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    top: 2px;
    left: 3px;
    width: 2.4rem;
    height: 2.4rem;
  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





VOL. 104. 
























JOURNAL 


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OF THE hi 


7 
— 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From FEesruary the Ist, 1849, 


In the Twetrru YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 


To JANUARY the S3lst, 1850, 





In the THIRTEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 
QUEEN VICTORIA. 


i 


Sess. 1849. 


ie 








Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 














Vor. 104. 


















JQURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 











VOL. 104. 





Message to 
attend Her 


Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess, 


Sligo Election, 


JOUR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








Sess. 





1849. 








Jovis, 1° die Februari ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


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


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


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That in 
pursuance of the directions of the Act passed in 
the twenty-fourth year of the reign of His Ma- 
jesty King George Third, c. 26, he had issued his 
Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
New Writs for the Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the West Riding of 
the County of York, in the room of the Right 
honourable George William Frederick Howard, 
commonly called Viscount Morpeth, now Earl of 
Carlisle, called up to the House of Peers; for the 
Borough of King’s Lynn, in the room of the Right 
honourable William George Frederick Cavendish 
Bentinck, commonly called Lord George Bentinck, 
deceased ; for the Borough of Liskeard, in the room 
of Charles Buller, Esquire, deceased ; and for the 
Borough of Zruro, in the room of Edmund Turner, 
Esquire, deceased. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 








had received two Notices of the withdrawal of the | 
Petition of John Ball, Esquire, who petitioned this | 
House upon the 1st day of August, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Sligo; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Westport House, Westport, 


Sir, 29th January 1849. 
I hereby withdraw the Petition presented by me 
to the House of Commons, against the Return of 
Vou. 104. 








John Patrick Somers, for the Borough of Sligo, at 
the last Election for that Borough. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble Servant, 


(Witnessed) John Ball. 
Geoffrey Browne, 3.P. 
J. Dillon, 3.P. 


To the Right honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


Sir 

I hereby, on the part of and as Agent for John 
Ball, Esquire, a Petitioner against the Return of 
J. P. Somers, Esquire, as Member for the Borough 
of Sligo, withdraw said Petition. Dated at Dublin, 

this 27th day of January 1849. 

Peter M:E. Gartilan, 
Agent for John Ball, Esquire. 
Present,— Robert T. Graham, Solicitor, 

of 34, Upper Dorset-street. 


R. Chambers Walker, Barrister, 
2, Granby-row, 
To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


Several Members returned upon New Writs took Members take 
the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and took the Oaths. 
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, and delivered 
to the Clerk of the House an account of their Quali- 
fication. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Portsmouth 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Portsmouth, in the 
room of the Right honourable Sir Francis Thorn- 
hill Baring, Baronet, who, since his election for 


| the said Borough, hath accepted tie office of First 


ommissioner for executing the office of Lord High 
Admiral. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Kingston- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New upon-Hull | 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this en 
present Parliament, for the Borough of Kingston- 

B2 upon- 





4 


n-Hull, in the room of Matthew Talbot Baines, 
ene, who, since his election for the said Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the office of Commissioner 
for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor 
in England. 


Devon (South- Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 

ern Division) rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New 

_— Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire, to 
serve in this present Parliament, for the Southern 
Division of the County of Devon, in the room 
of the Honourable William Reginald Courtenay, 
commonly called Lord Courtenay, who, since his 
election for the said Division of the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 
Her Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the County of Buck- 
ingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this 
resent Parliament, for the Borough of Leominster, 
in the room of Henry Barkly, Esquire, who, since 
his election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the office of Governor of Her Majesty’s Colony of 
British Guiana, 

Bolton Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the een to make out a New 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this 
present Parliament, for the Borough of Bolton, in 
the room of John Bowring, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 

office of Her Majesty’s Consul General at Canton. 


State of 
Ireland. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of a letter from the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland, to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, dated Dublin Castle, January 
26th 1849. 

Copy of First Report of the Commissioners for 
inquiring into the Number and Boundaries of Poor 
Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland. 

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


Poor Law 
Unions and 
Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland.) 


Outlawries 


' A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandes- 
Bill. 


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

Elections. Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for 
any county, city, borough, or place in the United 
Kingdom, do question the same within fourteen 
days next, and so within fourteen days next after 
any new Return shall be brought in. 

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

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


1° Februariz. 





A. 1849. 


the said twenty-eight days, then within fourteen 
days after the day when the House shall next meet. 


Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of Votes and 
this House be printed, being first perused by Mr. Bs. 
Speaker; and that he do appoint the poe 
thereof; and that no person but such as he shal 
appoint do presume to print the same. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- ceyjon. 
mand,—Papers relative to the Affairs of Ceylon. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Further Return to Governors of 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of Colonies. 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return, in a tabular form, of the names of all Gover- 
nors and Lieutenant Governors, and Parties acting 
in such capacities, of the different Colonies, stating 
in British Money, their Salaries, and the Date of 
their Appointments, the Places of their Residence, 
and the Countries or Districts over which they pre- 
side, distinguishing those who have served in the 
Army and Navy, and also stating the Amount of 
the Military or Naval Pay and Emoluments of 
whatsoever description, which they may be in re- 
ceipt of respectively, in addition to their Salaries as 
Governors. 

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


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


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


The period being arrived at which the business 
of Parliament is usually resumed, I have called you 
together for the discharge of your important du- 
ties. 

It is satisfactory to Me to be enabled to state, 
that both in the North and in the South of Europe 
the contending parties have consented to a suspen- 
sion of arins for the purpose of negotiating terms of 
Peace. 

The hostilities carried on in the Island of Sicily 
were attended with circumstances so revolting, that 
the British and French Admirals were impelled by 
motives of humanity to interpose, and to stop the 
further effusion of blood. 

I have availed myself of the interval thus ob- 
tained to propose, in conjunction with France, to 
the King of Naples, an arrangement calculated to 
produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily. 
The negotiation on these matters is still pending. 

It has been My anxious endeavour, in offering 
My good offices to the various contending Powers, 
to prevent the extension of the calamities of War, 
and to lay the foundations for lasting and honour- 
able Peace. It is My constant desire to maintain 
with all Foreign States the most friendly relations. 

As soon as the interests of the Public Service will 
permit, I shall direct the Papers connected with 
these transactions to be laid before you. 

A rebellion of a formidable character has broken 
out in the Punjaub, and the Governor-General of 
India has been compelled, for the preservation of 
the peace of the country, to assemble a conside- 
rable force, which is now engaged in military opera- 
tions against the insurgents; but the tranquillity 
of British India has not been affected by these un- 
provoked disturbances. 

I again commend to your attention the Restric- 
— imposed on Commerce by the Navigation 

aws. 

If you shall find that these Laws are in whole or 
in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our Ma- 
ritime Power, while they fetter Trade and Industry, 

you 





Motion for 
Address. 





12 Vicroriz. 


you will no doubt deem it right to repeal or modify 
their provisions. ; 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons. 


I have directed the Estimates for the Service of 
the year to be laid before you ; they will be framed 
with the most anxious attention to a wise economy. 

The present aspect of affairs has enabled me to 
make large reductions on the Estimates of last 
year. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I observe with satisfaction that this portion of 
the United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst 
the convulsions which have disturbed so many 
parts of Europe. 

The Insurrection in Jreland has not been re- 
newed, but a spirit of disaffection still exists; and 
Iam compelled, to My great regret, to ask fora 
continuance, for a limited time, of those powers 
which in the last Session you deemed necessary for 
the preservation of the public tranquillity. 

I have great satisfaction in stating that Commerce 
is reviving from those shocks which at the com- 
mencement of last Session I had to deplore. 

The condition of the Manufacturing Districts is 
likewise more encouraging than it has been for a 
considerable period. 

It is also gratifying to me to observe that the 
state of the Revenue is one of progressive improve- 
ment. 

I have to lament, however, that another failure 
in the Potato Crop has caused very severe distress 
in some parts of Lreland. 

The operation of the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor in Jreland will properly be a subject of your 
inquiry; and any measures by which those Laws 
may be beneficially amended, and the condition of 
the people may be improved, will receive My cordial 
assent. 

It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert 
to the loyal spirit of My People, and that attach- 
ment to our institutions which has animated them 
during a period of commercial difficulty, deficient 
production of food, and political revolution. 

I look to the protection of Almighty God for fa- 
vour in our continued progress; and I trust that 
you will assist Me in upholding the fabric of the 


Constitution, founded as it is upon the principles of 


freedom and of justice. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the 
dutiful thanks of this House for Her most gracious 
Speech from the Throne : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partici- 
pate in the satisfaction which Her Majesty has been 
pleased to express, that both in the North and in 
the South of Europe the contending parties have 
consented to a suspension of Arms for the purpose 
of negotiating terms of Peace: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
hostilities carried on in the Island of Sicily were 
attended with circumstances so revolting that the 
British and French Admirals were impelled, by 
motives of humanity, to interpose and to stop the 
effusion of blood; and that Her Majesty has availed 
herself of the interval thus obtained to propose, in 
conjunction with France, to the King of Naples, an 
arrangement calculated to produce a permanent 
settlement of affairs in Sicily : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her anxious endeavours, in offering Her good 
offices to the various contending Powers, to prevent 
the extension of the calamities of War, and to lay 
the foundation for lasting and honourable Peace ; 
and to acquaint Her Majesty of the gratification 
which we derive from the expression of Her constant 
VoL. 104, 


1° Februarie. 


5 


| desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most 
| friendly relations : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
| Papers connected with these transactions will be laid 
before Parliament, by direction of Her Majesty, as 
soon as the interests of the Public Service will 
permit : 

That we regret to learn that a Rebellion of a for- 
midable character has broken out in the Punjaub, 
and that the Governor-General of India has been 
compelled, for the preservation of the peace of the 
Country, to assemble a considerable force, which is 


dially rejoice at the information which Her Majesty 
has imparted to us, that these unprovoked distur- 
bances have not affected the peace of British 
India: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that the restric- 
tions imposed upon Commerce by the Navigation 
Laws will engage our most earnest attention ; and 
that it will be our duty to consider whether it 
be right to repeal or to modify their provisions, if we 
shall find that these Laws are in whole or in part 
unnecessary for the maintenance of our Maritime 
Power, while they fetter Trade and Industry : 


To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the Service of the year be laid 
before this House, and for acquainting us that they 
will be framed with the most anxious attention to a 
wise economy : 

That we rejoice to learn that Her Majesty has 
been enabled, on account of the present state of 
affairs, to make large reductions upon the Estimates 
of last year: 

We beg leave humbly to express the satisfaction 
which we participate with Her Majesty, that this 
portion of the United Kingdom has remained tran- 
quil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed 
so many parts of Europe: 


That, whilst rejoicing that the Insurrection in 
Ireland has not been renewed, we unite with Her 
Majesty in deploring the existence of a spirit of 
disaffection ; and that our serious consideration will 
be devoted to the intimation of Her Majesty, that 
Her Majesty is compelled, with regret, to ask for a 
continuance, for a limited time, of those powers 
which, in the last Session, were deemed by Parlia- 
ment to be necessary for the preservation of the 
public tranquillity : 

That we most sincerely share with Her Majesty 
the satisfaction which Her Majesty feels at the 
revival of Commerce from those shocks which, at 
the commencement of last Session, were to be de- 
plored ; that we learn with gratification that the 
condition of the manufacturing districts is likewise 
more encouraging than it has been for a considerable 
period, and that the state of the Revenue is one of 
progressive improvement : 


To assure Her Majesty, that we participate in the 
great concern which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to express on account of the very severe distress in 
some parts of Jreland, which has been caused by 
another failure of the Potato Crop : 

That our best attention will be devoted to the 
subject of the operation of the Laws for the Relief 
of the Poor in Jreland; and humbly to convey to 
Her Majesty the expression of our thanks for Her 
gracious intimation, than any measure by which 
those Laws may be beneficially amended, and the 
condition of the people may be improved, will receive 
Her Majesty’s cordial assent : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the gracious 
manner with which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to advert to the loyal spirit of Her people, and to 
that attachment to the institutions of their country, 
which has animated them during a period of com- 
mercial difficulty, deficient production of food, and 
political revolution : 

That we join with Her Majesty, in humbly looking 

B3 to 





now engaged in military operations ; and we cor-, 











6 1°—2° Februariz. 


to the protection of Almighty God, for favour in our 
continued progress ; and to convey to Her Majesty 
the assurance that we will faithfully assist Her Ma- 
jesty in upholding the fabric of the Constitution, 
founded, as it is, upon the principles of freedom and 
of justice ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the first word 
“ That,” in the eleventh paragraph, beginning with 
the words “ That, whilst rejoicing that the Insur- 


“ rection in Jreland has not been renewed,” to the | &gt; 


end of the paragraph, in order to add the words, 
“ the disturbances in Jreland have not been renewed, 
“ but a feeling of discontent, augmented by the dis- 
“ tresses of the people, still exists, which it will be 
“ our duty to watch, and as speedily as possible to 
“« remedy,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Veneris, 2° die Februarii, 1849: 


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

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

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ar by sed Hill: ~ 

Mr. Grattan, 

Tellers for the Noes, LMr. John O’ Connell :J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding, at the end of the twelfth | 
paragraph, beginning with the words “ That we | 
most sincerely share with Her Majesty,”’ the words, 
“ We regret, however, to be compelled humbly to | 
“ represent to Her Majesty, that neither Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s relations with Foreign Powers, nor the state 
“of the Revenue, nor the condition of the Com- 
“ mercial or Manufacturing Interests, are such as, 
“jin our opinion, to justify us in addressing Her 
“ Majesty in the language of congratulation; and 
“ that large portions of the Agricultural and Colo- 
“‘ nial Interests of the Empire are labouring under 
“a state of progressive depression, calculated to 
“ excite serious apprehension and anxiety.” 


And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


12. 





Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
No : Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, iu the year 
~""* ended the 5th day of January 1849 (after abating 
the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 

Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues or 

Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 

Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded, or 

paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances 

and Re-payments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of 

the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the 

Exchequer on the 5th day of January 1848; the 

Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the 

Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 

5th day of January 1849; the Money applied to- 

wards the Redemption of the Funded, or paying off 

Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances 





and Re-payments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., 
with the difference accruing thereon; and the Ba- 





A. 1849. 


lances in the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 
1849. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts, . 

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


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








Veneris, 2° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
ORDE RED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Donegal Writ. 
Warrant to the:Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, 
to make out a New Writ for the electing of a Knight 
of the Shire, to serve in this present Parliament, for 
the County of Donegal, in the room of Edward 
Michael Conolly, Esquire, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cardigan 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess, to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Cardigan, in the 
room of Pryse Pryse, Esquire, deceased. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Torquay 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for regu- Market Bill 
lating and maintaining Markets in the Town of 
Torquay, in the County of Devon, and for construct- 
ing convenient Market-places therein, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller and Sir 
Thomas Dyke Acland. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses (:rimsby 
of the Borough of Great Grimsby, in the County Corporation 


of Lincoln, and of Freemen of the said Borough, pe 


for leave to bring in a Bill for the Management and Bi, 
Disposal of the Freemen’s Pastures, in the Parish 

of Great Grimsby, in the Parts of Lindsey, in the 
County of Lincoln, and for other Purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edward Heneage 
and Sir Montague Cholmeley. 


A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingston- 
upon-Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling upon-Hull 
the said Company to raise a further Sum of Money, Dock Com- 


and for amending some of the provisions of the?” — 


Acts relating to such Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. Clay. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Bill for repairing Alford and 
the Road from Alford to Boston, and from thence Boston Road 
to Cowbridge, in the Township of Frithville, in the 
County of Lincoln, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the purposes above mentioned, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir John Trollope and Sir Montague 
Cholmeley. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- Newcastle 
lisle Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 2nd Carlisle 
to authorize the said Company to alter the Alston ‘Alsosaaiens 
Branch of their Railway, to make a Branch Railway of and Branch 
therefrom, and for other purposes, was presented, from Alston 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in Bt») Bill 
accordingly, by Mr. Matthew Bell, Mr. Philip 
Howard, Mr. Ord and Mr. Hudson. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts Sheffield and 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Tinsley Road 
to extend the present Tinsley and Doncaster Turn- the Tinsley 
pike-road from Tinsley to Sheffield, and for other and Doncaster 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ema) ; 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. piu, 
Edmund Denison and Mr, Parker. 

A Petition 


(Extension of — 


er&gt;sgoryee 


odgetreavyera 











12 Vicrortiz. 


Jand A Petition of the Sunderland Dock Company, for 
Dock Act and Jeave to bring in a Bill to amend the Sunderland 


River tate Dock Act, 1846, and for other purposes, was pre- 
ary sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Amendment, brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Sir 
&amp;e. Bill. Hedworth Williamson. 

Wareham A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl of 
Docks (Con- Eldon, and of Promoters of the Undertaking, and 
ots nen Suitors for the Bill thereinafter mentioned, for leave 


Wareham, and to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining Docks 


Entrenfrom | Bear to Wareham, in the County of Dorset, with an 
Wareham Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel, was pre- 


Channel) Bill. sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bankes, Mr. Floyer 
and Mr. Ker Seymer. 


HartlepoolGas A Petition of the Hartlepool Gas and Water 





and Wat, ~~ Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending 
va on et passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, for lighting with Gas and supply- 
ing with Water the ‘Town of Hartlepool, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Durham, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and 
Mr. Farrer. 
Longton, A Petition of Shareholders in the Undertaking | 
— thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Market Bill. for better establishing and maintaining the Market- 
place and Markets at Longton, heretofore called 
Lane End, in the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in 
the County of Stafford, was presented, and read ; | 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | 
by Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. Adderley and Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo. 
Sunderland A Petition of the Sunderland Water Company, | 
ee for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said | 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for | 
amending and enlarging the Provisions of the Act | 
relating to such Company, was presented, and read ; | 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | 
by Mr. Hudson and Sir Hedworth Williamson. 
New Ross A Petition of Commissioners of the New Ross | 
oe Port and Harbour Act, 1848, for leave to bring in 
on Bil, 2 Bill to amend an Act for the better regulating and 
improving the Port and Harbour of Mew Ross, in 
the Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Talbot and 
Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 
Surrey and A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- 
Sussex Roads inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter 
a and amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign 
Alteration of Of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, 
Tolls) Bil. “ An Act for more effectually amending the Road 


leading from the Stones’ End in Blackman-street, 
in the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Sur- 
rey, to Highgate, in the County of Sussex, and seve- 
ral other Roads therein mentioned, and for other 
purposes relating thereto,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. King and Mr. Alcock. 


2° Februariz. 





Rew North, A Petition of Trustees of the New North Road, | 
a leading from the South End of Highbury-place, | 


Islington, to Haberdusher’s-walk, in the parish of 

Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the county of Middle- 

sex, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the | 
term of an Act passed in the third = of the reign 
of his Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for continuing certain Powers to the Trus- 
tees of the New North Road, leading from the South 
End of Highbury-place, Islington, to Haberdashers’- 
walk, in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
in the County of Middlesex, for the purpose of en- 
abling the Trustees to pay off the Debt due on the 
VoL. 104, 








7 


said Road,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Masterman and Mr. Pearson. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway London ana 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Blackwall 
Time for the purchase of Lands required for the wi- ( yen ao 
dening of the London and Blackwall Railway, and and Extension 
to amend the Acts relating to such Railway, was of Time) Bill. 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London and 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Blackwall 
vate Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the “oo? 
London and Blackwall Railway (Amendment and and Extension 
Extension of Time) Bill, the Standing Orders have of Time) Bill. 
not been complied with, in the following instance, 
viz.; application was not made to the representa- 
tives of Mr. John Jones, lessee of property on the 
line of the proposed works, on or before the 15th of 
December ; but it appeared, that the Promoters of 
the Bill being unaware of the decease of Mr. Jones, 
which had recently occurred, forwarded a notice of 
application to his residence on the 8th of December, 
which notice was returned through the Post-office 
as undelivered on the 9th of January, with the in- 
formation that Mr. Jones was dead; that the Pro- 
moters immediately made application to Mr. John 
Annis, the executor and representative of Mr. Jones, 
who by a letter, dated the 12th of January, ac- 
knowledged that the application to Mr. Jones had 
been tendered at the residence before the 15th of 
December, and reported himself as assenting to the 
measure. 


A Petition of Subscribers for carrying into ex- Henley and 
ecution the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, London ‘ 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Navigable Ws‘rrerks 
= : ga- 
Cut from the Henley Reach of the River Thames, tion Bill. 
to the Grand Junction Canal near West Drayton, 
and for altering such canal and the Paddington 
Canal, and for constructing reservoirs near Pad. 
dington and Primrose Hill; and for better supply- 
ing with water the inhabitants of certain parts of 
the Metropolis, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Henley and 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for London 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Va'Nvvns. 
the Henley and LondonWaterworks and Navigation tion Bill. 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, in the following instance, viz.; application 
was not made to the Reverend Mr. Frewer, owner 
of property on the line of the proposed works, on or 
before the 15th of December; but it appeared that 
the application was forwarded in due time by post, 
directed according to information obtained from the 
tenant of the property, that it was returned through 
the Post-office as undelivered on the 24th of Ja- 
nuary, with the information that Mr. Frewer had 
left; Mr. Frewer was applied to on the 30th of 
January, and has not yet returned an answer. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Lancaster and 

Railway Company, and of Shareholders in the said Preston June- 
es gy . tion Railway 

ompany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 4 a, 4 mend- 
several Acts relating to the said Company, and to ment (Powers 
make further Provisions in reference thereto, was t® tro — 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be suiomaiven a 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Greene, Mr. Arm- Officers) Bill- 


strong and Mr. Hodgson. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Lancaster and 
Railway Company, and of Shareholders of the said ieee * mong 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Crenaiiees with 
said Company to make an extension of their Railway the East Lan. 


B4 in 











8 2 Februariz. 


A. 1849. 


eashire Rail- in the town of Preston, was presented, and read ; | rates, deeds, books, writings, maps, plans and per- 


np kr 
and Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill 


London 
Hospital 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
Bill 


Dublin 
Improvement 
Bill. 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | sonal estate whatever, which shall, on the passing 


by Mr. Greene, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Hodgson. 


A Petition of Governors of the London Hospital, 
situate in the parish of Saint Mary Matfellon, other- 
wise Whitechapel, in the county of Middlesex, for 
leave to bring ina Bill for better enabling the Gover- 
nors of the Tonten Hospital to carry on the cha- 
ritable designs of the said Institution, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir Edward 
Buxton and Mr. Masterman. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the 
Borough of Dublin, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Dublin Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with; as power is taken in 
the said Bill to repeal an Act passed in the Parlia- 
ment of Jreland, in the fourth year of King George 
the First, intituled, “ An Act for the better Amend- 
ment of the Pavements, and more effectual cleansing 
of the Streets of the City of Dublin, and for re- 
moving Encroachments and Nuisances that are or 
shall be erected therein, and preventing Mischiefs 
occasioned by Drivers of Carts, Drays or Cars riding 
thereon, and for regulating the selling of Hay in the 
City and Liberties adjoining ;” and another Act 
passed in the said Parliament of Jre/and, in the 
third year of King Georgethe Second, intituled, “ An 
Act for explaining and amending the several Laws 
now in force for the paving and cleansing the Streets 
of the City of Dublin, and the Liberties of Saint 
Sepulchre’s, Saint Thomas Court and Donore, and 
for other Purposes therein mentioned ;” and another 
Act passed in the said Parliament, in the twenty- 
third and twenty-fourth years of the reign of King 
George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for paving and 
repairing the Streets, Squares, Lanes, ewe and 
other Places, in the City and County of the City of 
Dublin and Liberties thereof, and for preventing 
and removing Obstructions, Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances within the same, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned ;” but the Notices for the said Bill do 
not specify the intention of the parties to repeal the 
said Acts ; it appears, however, that an Act passed 
in the said Parliament, in the twenty-sixth year of 
King George the Third, intituled, “An Act for the 
Improvement of the City of Dublin, and the Envi- 
rons thereof, by the better paving, lighting, and 
cleansing the same,” repealed so much of the said 
two first-mentioned Acts as relates to the paving and 
cleansing the streets in the city and suburbs of the 
city of Dublin, and the liberties thereunto adjoining, 
and to removing encroachments and nuisances 
therein, and all the said last-mentioned Act, except 
such clauses as relate to the Lying-in Hospital. 

That power is taken in the said Bill to amend an 
Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to ex- 
tend the Powers of the Commissioners of Wide 
S:reets, Dublin, to widen and improve certain Ways, 
Streets and Passages in the City and County of 
Dublin,” as well as the Acts in the said Act recited ; 
but the said Act of which the title is cited in the 
Notices for the said Bill, is erroneously described 
therein as having been passed in the eighth and 
ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty. 

‘That power is taken in the said Bill for vesting 
in the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of Dublin, the lands, messuages, 
hereditaments, buildings, works, material and pro- 
perty, and all the monies, bonds, debts, arrears of 





of the Act be vested in the Commissioners for wi- 
dening and improving the Streets of Dublin, and 
for paving, cleansing and lighting the Streets of 
Dublin, but the Notices for the said Bill do not 
specify the intention to apply to Parliament for such 
power. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord Dublin _ 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, for oe 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Corporation of gi 
Dublin to provide a continuous Supply of Water, 
delivered at High Pressure, for the use of the Inha- 
bitants of Dublin, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Corporation 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for =— 
the Dublin Corporation Waterworks Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have not been complied with; that the 
separate lists of owners, lessees and occupiers de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office are not prepared 
in compliance with the Standing Orders, as in the 
case of the following names they do not distinguish 
those who have assented, dissented or are neuter in 
respect to the application made to such owners, 
lessees and occupiers respectively, or who have re- 
turned no answer thereto; viz. 





LEssEEs. OccupiErs. 


Grand Canal Com- 


Owners. 


Trustees of Circular- 
road, 

Hugh Curlee. 

James A. Journeaux. 

Patrick Dowing. 

Sir Simon Bradstreet. 

John Mitchell. 

John Donagh. 

Grand Canal Com- 


Sir Simon Bradstreet. 
T ~~ a of turnpike- 


road. 
Grand Canal Com- 
pany. 
Trustees of Circular- 


pany. 

Grand J ury of county 
of Dublin. 

John Bradstreet. 

‘Trustees of the Cir- 
cular-road. 

John Mitchell. 

John Donagh. 

Brien Haskett. 

Grand Jury of Kil- 
dare. 


road. 
Marquis of Lansdown. 
Grand Jury of county 
of Kildare. pany. 
Patrick Byrne. 
Robert Palmer &amp; Co. 














Nor is the direction of the letter in which the appli- 
cation was forwarded to the Grand Jury of Kildare 
inserted in such lists, although no written acknow- 
ledgment appears to have been returned thereto. 


A Petition of the Jrish South Eastern Railway Irish South 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bastern Rail: 
Acts relating to the Jrish South Eastern Railway, a Acts) 
was ——- and read ; and ordered to lie upon Bill. 


the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Irish South 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Eastern Rail- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for vey ay 
the Jrish South Eastern Railway Bill, the Standing Bill. 
Orders have not been complied with, as the Bill 
relates to land situate in more than one county, but 
notices of the intended application to Parliament 
have not been published for three successive weeks 
in any newspaper published in Dublin, at least three 
days in the week. 


A Petition of the Windsor, Staines and South Windsor 


Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway Company, Extension of 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said poate 


Company to make an Extension of their Railway South Western 
to the Town of New Windsor, was presented, and ares 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- wer (with 


cordingly, by Colonel Reid and Mr. Chaplin. Power to the 

London and 
South Western Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe) Bill. 

A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking a ie 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill tear Bill 
for incorporating the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas 
Company, and for better supplying the Town and 


Borough 


arret eH RHEE sot SESYEese 


lento 


hee 3 et bel 





ish 
bocable 


Life Assurance 

Society (In- 
rating 

and conferring 


Powers) Bill. 


Lanarkshire 

East and 

est Line) 

and Glasgow 
and Shotts 
Turnpike- 
roads (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Kirkcaldy 
Harbour, 
Docks, Ferry 
and Petty 
Customs Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


Kidderminster 
Union Small 
Tenements 


Rating Bill. 


Brierley Hill 
District Gas 
Light Com- 
pany (for In- 


Powers 
. said 
pan: 
Taide 


_ Rates 


Brom 

Bate Court 
&amp;c. Roads 
(Continuation 
Acts) Bin 





12 Vicroriz. 


Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the County 
of Suffolk, with Gas, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Earl Jermyn, Mr. Harry Spencer Waddington and 
Mr. Philip Bennet. 


A Petition of a Quorum of the Ordinary Directors 
and the Manager of the Scottish Amicable Life As- 
surance Society, for leave to bring in a Bill to in- 
corporate the said Society, to enable the said Society 
to sue and be sued, and to take and hold Property, 


2 Februariz. 





9 


and for making another Turnpike-road, to com- 
_municate therewith, from the high road from London 
|to Fulham, in the said County, and to continue 
another Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike- 

road from Worth End to Hammersmith Bridge, both 
in the County of Middlesex, and to provide for the 
fulfilment of all existing engagements, and for the 
future repair and management of the said Roads, 
| was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
| be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Osborne and Sir 
| De Lacy Evans. 


and for other purposes relating to the said Society, | 


was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart 
and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of Trustees on the East and West Line 


of Lanarkshire Turnpike-roads, and on the Glasgow 


and Shotts Turnpike-roads, all in the county of | 


Lanark, for leave to bring ina Bill for maintaining, 
improving and keeping in repair certain Roads in 
the County of Lanark, to be called The East and 
West Lanarkshire Turnpike-roads, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by the Earl of Lincoln and Mr. William 
Lockhart. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Councillors of the 
burgh of Kirkcaldy, and a Quorum of the Commis- 
sioners of the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for enlarging, improving and main- 


taining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, in the County of 


Fife, for regulating the Petty Customs of the Burgh 
of Kirkcaldy, and for other Purposes relating to the 
said Harbour and Burgh, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Ferguson and Mr. Fergus. 


A Petition of the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
further Powers to the said Company, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Walter and Colonel Rolleston. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union 
of Kidderminster, for leave to bring in a Bill for 


__A Petition of Commissioners of the Haven of Great Yar- 
Great Yarmouth, for leave to bring in a Bill for the @outh ae 

| Improvement of the Haven, Bridge and Navigation Navigation 

| of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, was Improvement 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Rumbold and Mr. 

Joseph Sandars. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire — 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, + aaa 
amend, extend and enlarge some of the provisions (Ratentin 
of the several Acts relating to the Lancashire and of Ashton _ 
Yorkshire Railway, and for making Extensions of a” 
some of the Branches of the said Railway, and for gc.) Bil. 
making other provisions in relation to the said 

| Railway, and to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


| Brotherton and Mr. Hindley. 
| A Petition of Registered Ship-owners of the Tyne River 
ports of Newcastle and Shields, and Rate-payers aaa 
and other Inhabitants of the boroughs of South” ~ 
Shields and Tynemouth, and other places on the 

banks of the River Tyne between Hedwin Streams 

and Spar Hawke, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
Conservancy of the River Tyne, was presented, and 

read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Grey and Mr, Wawn. 


A Petition of Bonded Creditors on the Tolls Mary-le-bone 
authorized to be taken by the Act thereinafter men- ar mata 
: ’ “ - : pike- 
| tioned, and of Trustees acting in execution of the roads Bill. 


said Act, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing 





| 








better assessing the Poor Rates on Small Tenements | the term of an Act passed in the seventh year of the 
in certain Parishes and Places within the Union of | reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 
Kidderminster, was presented, and read ; and a Bill | tuled, “ Au Act for making a Turnpike-road. from 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Ge- | Saint John’s Chapel, in the Parish of Saint Mary- 
neral Zygon and Mr. Godson. | le-bone, to the North East end of Ballard’s-lane, 


i aie st An | abutting upon the North Road, in the Parish of 


thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for supplying the District of Brierley Hill, in the 
Parish of Kingswinford, in the County of Stafford, 
with Gas, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Foley, 
Mr. Benbow and Mr. Godson. 


A Petition of Owners of lands and tenements 
or Rate-payers within the parish of Epsom, in the 
county of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually assessing and collecting the Poor 
Rate, and all other Rates and Assessments in the 
Parish of Epsom, in the County of Surrey, and for 
the better Management of the Business and Affairs 
of the said Parish, and for other purposes relating 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Denison, Mr. Henry Drummond and Mr. 
Beresford. 


A Petition of Trustees of the there undermen- 
tioned roads, and others interested therein, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to continue an Act for 
making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from 
Brompton and Earl’s Court in the Parish of Saint 
Mary Abbott's, Kensington, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, to communicate with the Road called Fulham 
Fields Road, at North End in the same County, 

Vou. 104. 


Finchley, with a Branch therefrom in the County of 
| Middlesex, for the purpose of paying off the Debt 
| now due on the said Roads,” was presented, and 
‘read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
| cordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Osborne 
and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Birmingham 
of the Borough of Birmingham, for leave to bring Borough. 
in a Bill to relieve the Borough of Birmingham from so 
contributing towards certain expenses chargeable Rates) Bill. 
upon the County Rates of the County of Warwick, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz and Mr. 
Scholefield. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Lancaster 

| Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the and Carlisle 
_said Company to make a Railway from the Lancaster Railway (from 
| a q . 1e ancaster 
and Carlisle Railway at Lancaster, to the Preston and Carlisle 

| and Wyre Railway, in the Parish of Preston, with Railway at 
'a Branch to Glasson Dock, and for other purposes, oe 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to and Wyre 

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Charles Howard, Laas &amp;c.)- 

L 


Mr. William Marshall and Colonel Lowther. 





A Petition of Trustees appointed under and by Taunton Town 
| virtue of the Powers and Provisions of the Taunton = Market 
Town and Market Regulation Acts, or some or pip ovement 


Cc 





one 














10 


one of the said Acts, and of Inhabitants of the Town 
of Faunton, for leave to bring in a Bill for paving, 
dsaining, cleansing, watering, lighting, watching, 
regulating and otherwise improving the Borough of 
Taunton, in the County of Somerset,and maintaining, 
regulating and improving the Markets and Market- 
places and Fairs thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
yy Mr. Labouchere, Sir Edward Colebrooke and Sir 
lexander Hood. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
—— ire (Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
Janction Rail- bring in a Bill for authorizing the said Company 
way (Aban- toabandon part of their Line, to form a new Line to 
donment of | join the London and North Western Railway, to 

‘xtension to alter the mode of constructing part of their Works 
London and and to alter their Tolls, and for other purposes, was 
North Western presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and 


Birkenhead, 


Railway, &amp;.) f 
Bill. 
Mr. Tollemache. 


NorthWestern A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- 

Railway . 

* said Company tomakean Extension of the Lancaster 

Branch, Aban- Branch vf their Railway, and a new Road to Setéle 

,., of __ Station, and to abandon the William Lands Branch, 
illiam Lands ? 

Branch, New and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 


Road to Settle and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


Station, Ex- 3 . 
Soaitiens by Mr. Greene and Mr. Wilson Patten. 


for Purchase of Lands and Con- 
struction of Works) Bill. 


Division of 
the Living of 
Richmond and 
Kingston- 


A Petition of the Provost and Scholars of King’s 
College, Cambridge, and of the Vestry of the parish 


upon-Thames bring in a Bill for making the parish of Richmond, | 


Bill. 
dividing the Vicarage of Kingston-upon- Thames, and 
Sheen, otherwise Richmond, into two separate Vicar- 
ages, and for providing a Stipend and Residence for 
the Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, and for extinguish- 


ing the vicarial Tithes, in the parish of Richmond, | 


and for other purposes relating to such Vicarages, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Richmond and Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Kingston- Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
upon-Thames Division of the Living of Richmond and Kingston- 
Bill. upon-Thames Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with in the following instance ; viz., 
the notices in the Gazette and newspapers do not 
state the intention to amend the Act 9 Geo. 3, under 
which the vicarage of Kingston-upon-Thames and 
Richmond (which it is proposed by the Bill to divide 
into two vicarages) was constituted one distinct and 
independent vicarage. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of 
Lonsdale the Lord of the Manor of Saint Bees, in the 
county of Cumberland, one of theTrustees of the Port, 
Harbour and Town of Whitehaven, and of Trustees of 
the said Port, Harbour and Town, for leave to bring 
ina Bill for better supplying the said Town, Port 
and Harbour, and other places, with Water, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edward Stanley, 
Mr. Henry Lowther, and Mr. Robert Hildyard. 


A Petition of the Warrington Waterworks Com- 
(Amendment P2Y, for leave tu bring in a Bill to authorize the 
of Act, ana Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was pre- 
rerwanie sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

ition brought in accordingly, by Mr. Greenall, Mr. Wil- 
Sr ses Patten and Mr. , dey ; 


Truro Turn- A Petition of Trustees of the Truro Turnpike- 
pike-roads, roads, and Penryn and Redruth Turnpike-roads, 
eae ll for leave to bring in a Bill for consolidating the 
pike-roads Trusts of the 7ruro Turnpike-roads, and the Pen- 


Division of 
the Living of 


Whitehaven 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Warrington 
Waterworks 


2° Februariz. 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the | 


of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, for leave to | Bill for the Dissolution of the East Lothian Central 


in the county of Surrey, a distinct Vicarage, by| Railway, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 


A. 1849. 


and Redruth Turnpike-roads, in the county of (Consolidation 
ornwall, and for making a new Turnpike-road penton 
from Bosvigo Bridge to the Turnpike-road from Tolis, ead 
Truro to Redruth, and for making the road or high- tion of New 
way from Ferris Town to Bosvige Bridge, a Turn- ods) Bill. 
pike-road, and for maintaining all such roads, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be Soumait in accordingly, by 
Mr. Ennis Vivian, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. 
Pendarves. 


ly 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Roxburgh- 

for more effectually making, amending, widening, Sire and 
es deer : : rwickshire 

repairing and maimtaining certain Roads in the Roads Amend. 
Counties of Roxburgh and Berwick, for leave to ment Bill. 
bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing and 
maintaining the said Roads, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Elliot and Mr. Scott. ; 

A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Tay Naviga- 
Council of the city of Perth, and of Commis- on.and Perth 
sioners for improving the Navigation of the River amendment 
| Tay and Port and Harbour of Perth, for leave to Bill. 
bring in a Bill to amend and equalize the Rates 
and Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour of 
Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an additional 
Sum of Money, and for other purposes in relation 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fow 
| Maule and Mr. Home Drummond. 





ial : : 
| A Petition of Directors of the East Lothian East Lothian 
| Central Railway Company, for leave to bring in a sess 


: d t of the 
Railway Company, and for the abandonment of the Railway po 
Dissolution of 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. $i, Company) 
Charteris and Sir Henry Davie. 


| A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- Shrewsbury 


way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to $nd Chester 
authorize the said Company to make certain eh 
‘Branches to the River Dee, with Wharfs and other the RiverDee; 
|conveniences connected therewith; to enter into 4gteement for 
“eee ° =p Joint Station 
agreements for a joint station at Shrewsbury, and to 4+ shrews. 
subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford bury ; Power 
Railway, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was - —— 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Earl ghrewsbury 


: . _— Shrewsbury 
Grosvenor, Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. West. 


and Hereford 
Railway) Bill. 


A Petition of the Blackburn Waterworks Com- Blackburn 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said bp tnae: 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to Capital and 
amend the Act relating thereto, was presented, and Amendment 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- ° Act) Bill 
cordingly, by Mr. Hornby, Mr. Pilkington and Mr. 

Wilson Patten. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick York, New- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for i _ 
enabling the said Company to make certain Branches Chemeae oan 
in the counties of Northumberland and Newcastle- Alnmouth 


upon- Tyne, and for other purposes, was presented, New Branches, 





and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from York, New- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for we oe 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for (Barmoor am 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Barmoor Alnmouth = 
and Alnmouth New Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing et ai: 
Orders have not been complied with, as a Branch 

of the said Railway is shown upon the Plan de- 

posited in the Private Bill Office, as crossing the 

River Adn at a place which is reached by the tide 

at high-water ; but a copy of the Plans and Sec- 

tions of the proposed Railway was not deposited 

at the office of the Board of Admiralty until the 





4th of December last. 
Mr. 





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aff Vale Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway | Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Gesterthyr Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Tydfil) Bil. the Taff Vale Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with in the following instances ; viz. Sufficient proof 
was not adduced of application having been made to 
the following parties, being owners, lessees and occu- 
piers of property on the line of the proposed work, 
or within the limits of deviation defined upon the 
Plan; viz. 
NaMEs. Description. 
Daniel Stephens - | Occupier - - | Within limits of deviation. 
David Brown - | Lessee and Occupier | On the line. 
William Bowen - | Occupier - - | Within limits of deviation. 
Tsaac Davis - -|- ditto - -|- ditto. 
Joseph Davis -|- ditto - -|- ditto. — 
John Humfray - | Owner and Occupier | Part on line and part 
within limits of deviation. 
Anthony Hill - | Occupier - -j-. ditto. 
Christopher Harris | - ditto - - | Within limits of deviation. 
Edward Morgan - | Lessee and Occupier | - ditto. 
Benjamin Martin - | Occupier - -|- ditto. 
Benjamin Martin- | Lessee - - =| - ditto. 
Merthyr Tramroad | Owner and Occupier | Part on the line and part 
Company. within limits of deviation. 
Plymouth\ronCom- | - ditto - =| ditto. 
any. 
Ping arren ron |- ditto and Lessees | - ditto. 
Company. A ‘ 
William Thomas - | Owner and Occupier | - ditto. 
Mrs. Thomas -|- ditto - -|- ditto. 











Liverpool 
Sanatory Act 
(Alteration of 
Sewer Rate) 
Bill. 


Cathedral 
Churches, 


, Lord's Day. 





but it appeared from the production of the service 
book of Mr. Frederick Ovenden, who is since de- 
ceased, that the above-named parties had been duly 
applied to by him; it also appeared from the testi- 
mony of Mr. George Martin, that the said parties 
had actually verbally acknowledged to him the 
receipt of fresh applications; application was not 
made to the representatives of Lieutenant Ambrose 
Russell, owner of property on the line, and within 
the limits of deviation, deceased expiring in the 
month of December last ; but it appeared from the 
entry in the service book of the above-named 
Frederich Ovenden, that he served a notice on Mr. 
Overton, the agent of the late Lieutenant Russell 
on the 14th December ; Mr. Edward Stephens also 
proved that Mr. Ovenden had stated to him that he 
had served the notice on Mr. Overton, not being 
able to ascertain where Mr. Russell’s family were ; 
Mr. George Martin also proved that he had applied 
to Mr. Overton for the acknowledgment of the 
receipt of such application, but that he had refused 
to give any information in reference thereto. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mr. 
Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the Liver- 
pool Sanatory Act (Alteration of Sewer Rate) Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
in the following instances, viz; No notices of the 
intended application to Parliament have been pub- 
lished in the London Gazette, or in any newspaper 
of the county of Lancaster, in which the lands to 
which such Bill relates are situate. 


Petitions of Lay Clerks of the Cathedral Church, 
Chester ;—and, Lay Clerks of Peterborough Cathe- 
dral ; complaining of insufficient remuneration for 
their services; and praying the House to take their 
situation into consideration, and that the revenues 
of the suppressed prebendal stalls, minor canonries, 
and other offices, in those cathedrals may in the 
first instance be applied to the better maintenance, 
support and remuneration of the lay clerks,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Les- 
walt, in the county of Wigton, praying the House 
Vou. 104, 


2° Februariz. 








11 


to discountenance and prohibit all and whole the 
secular work hitherto and increasingly performed 
on the Lord’s Day under permission or authority in 
the several departments connected with the Post- 
office throughout the United Kingdom, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Bridport ;—and, Burton Brad- War. 


stock; stating that in the judgment of the Petition- 
ers, an appeal to arms for the purpose of deciding 
disputes among nations, is a custom condemned 
alike by religion, reason, justice, humanity and the 
best interests of the people; and praying the House 
to take prompt and decisive measures to negotiate 
treaties between the Government of this country 
and other governments of the world, binding the 
parties, for the future, to refer their misunderstandings 
to the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Henley- Poor Law. 


upon-Thames, and its vicinity, stating, that they 
believe and regret that the Poor Laws are found 
totally inadequate and defective in giving employ- 
ment to the poor for their support, and that they 
believe that the great increase of the population, 
as well as the poor, might find employment on, 
and in cultivating waste lands by a new and com- 
prehensive arrangement of the Boor Laws, so as 
materially to decrease the wants of those in, as well 
as those out of the union workhouses, from their 
own extensive labour, and praying the House to 
take the subject into consideration, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of per- 
sons assembled at the Western Literary and Scien- 
tific Institution, Leicester-square, praying that the 
House will immediately proceed to such revision of 
the New Poor Laws as shall include, among other 
provisions for the benefit of the poor, such modes 
of out-door and home-employment as may at once 
afford a maintenance for themselves and families, 
and operate as an incentive to personal independ- 
ence and self-respect, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shotover, in the Roman Catho- 


county of Oxford, stating that they have under-! 

stood that a measure for the endowment of the 

Roman Catholic priesthood in Ireland is likely to 

be submitted to the House ; and praying the House 

not to give countenance to such measure, was 

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


ic Clergy 


(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- Sale of Beer 
dians of the Cuckfield Union, in the county of A“ 


Sussex, complaining that great injury has resulted 
to the moral and social condition of the people of 
this country, from the working of the Sale of Beer 
Act; and praying that, with a view to increase 
respectability of the keepers of beer-houses, two 
sureties for the orderly keeping of the house be in 
all cases required to be bound each in a sum not 
less than 20/.; that no house shall in future be 
licensed as a beer-house without the consent of the 
owner, certified in writing, and that such owner 
shall, on such license being granted, be liable for 
all pecuniary penalties incurred by the occupier, and 
not recoverable from him; and that no new Beer-house 
be opened in any parish without the consent of the 
parishioners in vestry assembled, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Midleton, Cloyne, Castlemartyr, S#lmon 


Youghal, and part of the county of Cork, adjoining 
the River Blackwater ;—and, Mallow ; complaining 
of the declining state of the Salmon Fisheries of 


Ireland; and praying the House to insert in any 
c2 Bill 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 














Mendicancy. 


Foreign Wine. 


12 9° Februariz. 


Bill relating thereto, a clause, to enforce the owners | Mr. Labouchere also presented,—Return to an Railways. 


of all weirs to make gaps in all fishing weirs and 
“wm over mill-weirs, to permit a free run of 


] at all times and seasons,—were presented, | 
“yn : f ’\ the Length of each Line; the proposed Capital 


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

A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of! 
Guardians of the Cheltenham Union, stating that ' 
they view with regret and alarm the increased and | 
still increasing system of pauper-tramping, and pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased to give the subject 
immediate consideration, so that remedies may be 
devised to meet the evils complained of, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A. 1849. 


Order dated the 22d day of August, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for a Return of the Railways 
for which Acts were passed in the Session of 1848 ; 


Stock and the Amount of Capital subscribed for 
each; the Number of Shares that each Line is em- 
powered to create; and the Sum of Money each 
Line is empowered to borrow (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 22, of Session 1848). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grain, Meal 
Return of all Grain, Meal and Flour imported into 24 Flour, 


| the United Kingdom in each Week, from the 21st 


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


Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine 
imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, and the irony 
tities exported; also, the Quantities retained for 
Home Consumption after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1849, dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
Sorts, together with the Quantities of each Sort 
remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1849, 
distinguishing London from the Country (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 438, of Ses- 


day of June 1848 to the 1st day of February 1849 ; 
together with the Amount.of Duty received there- 
from in each Week ; and also, of the Weekly Aver- 
age Price of all Descriptions of Grain, since the 
2ist day of June 1848 (in continuation of a Return 
ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 
30th June 1840); together with the Aggregate of 
Grain and Meal of all Sorts, stated in Quarters, 
and the whole Amount of Duty received therefrom, 
from the 1st day of March 1848 to the 1st day of 
February 1849; and the Quantity of Grain, Meal 


}and Flour in Bond, on the 1st day of February 


1849. 


so 


age 


sion 1848). Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a flectoral 


Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, Divisions 


: ‘ j ‘ ; (Ireland. ) 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an No. 811, of Session 1848, and in the same tabular 





Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
distinguishing West India, East India and Foreign ; | 
also, of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial | 
or Jersey Spirits imported ; of the Quantities upon 


which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, | 


form, of the Valuation of each Electoral Division 
in Ireland, with its Population in 1841, and the 
Total Poundage directed to be raised by any Rate 
or Rates made upon every such Electoral Division 
during the year ending the 31st day of December 


om wnt 


the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped | 1848 ; distinguishng the Unions in which Out-door 


: Relief has been administered for the able-bodied 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended | 
the 5th day of January 1849, together with the | Poor, made under the Order of the Poor Law Com- 


Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the ‘missioners ; and specifying the date of such Order. 


5th day of January 1849, distinguishing London , ‘ 

from the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
Paper, No. 438, of Session 1848). | An Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or autho- Bills. 

| rized to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies —_No. 2. 


; ; ' of 1849, unprovided for. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | ; . . 
Returns, showing for each Railway Company the | Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 


Amount of Capital and Loans which the Company | —_. 


has been authorized to raise by Acts passed in Fag: a — Recount do Re upph Sie 
1848 ; the Amount of Share Capital actually paid; ~~’ P ‘ 
up at the end of 1848; the Amount due on De- 
bentures, Loan Notes, or any other Interest-bearing 
Securities, at the end of 1848, the Rates of Interest 
payable thereon, and the Sums to which such Rates 
of Interest are applicable; the Total Amount the 
Company retained Powers, at the end of 1848, to 
raise either on existing Shares, or by creating New 
Shares, or by Loans; the Length of Line open for 
Traffic at the end of 1848, distinguishing Single 
and Double Portions ; the Length of Line in course 
of Construction at the end of 1848; the Length of 
Line each Company is authorized to construct, but 
has not yet commenced ; and, consequently, the 
Total Length for which each Company has obtained 


~~ I a 


Railways. 


an. A, 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- postage 
mand,—Copy of additional Articles to those agreed Convention 
upon, between the Post-office of Great Britain and (Franc) 
the Post-office of France, for carrying into execu- 
tion the convention of April 3d, 1843. Signed at 
Paris, August 30, 1848, and in London September 7, 

1848, 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed Mint. 
to inquire into the Constitution, Management and 
Expense of the Royal Mint. 

Papers relating to the Aid afforded to the dis- pistress 
tressed Unions in the West of Jreland. (Ireland.) 
Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- gussian 

tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account Dutch Loan. - 





Powers :— And, of the Amalgamation of Rail- 
way Companies which have been effected either 
by Purchase, Loans or otherwise, during 1848, 
stating the nature of such Amalgamation, and the 
Date on which it commenced. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Return of the Number of Passengers 
conveyed on all the Railways in the United King- 
dom, during the year ending 30th June 1848; show- 
ing the different Classes, the Receipts from each 
Class, and from Goods, &amp;c.; also, the Number of 


Miles open on the Ist July 1847, and on the 30th 
June 1848. 











made up tothe31st December 1848, of the Sums which 
have been paid and applied, within the year 1848, 
by virtue of an Act of 55 Geo. 3, c. 115, intituled, 
An Act for carrying into effect a Convention between 
His Majesty and the King of the Wetherlands and 
the Emperor of all the Russias; for paying and sa- 
tisfying the Interest on the part of the Loan therein 
agreed to be borne by His Majesty, on all or any of 
the Securities therein mentioned, and towards pay- 
ing and satisfying the principal thereof (in case of 
the — of any of the said Securities shall have 
been paid), and also for paying the expenses of 
carrying the said Act into execution, and the Sink- 
ing Fund for the extinction of the same. 


Copy 








British 
Fisheries. 


Lunacy. 


Borneo. 


Slave Trade. 


Postal Com- 
munication 
with America. 


Governors of 
Colonies. 


No. 3. 


Fine Arts. 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland.) 


Queen’s 
Speech. 





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Copy of Report by the Commissioners for the 
British Fisheries, of their proceedings in the year 
ended 5th January 1848, being Fishing, 1847. 

An Account of all Monies received and paid by 
the Secretary of the Commissioners in Lunacy, and 
of all Charges and Expenses incurred under or by 
virtue of or in the execution of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
s, 34, c. 100, during the year ending 31st July 1848. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friendship and 
Commerce between Her Majesty and the Sultan of 
Borneo :—Signed, in the English and Malay lan- 
guages, May 27, 1847. 

Copy of additional Articles to the Treaty con- 
cluded at the Hague, May 4, 1818, between Great 
Britain and the Netherlands, for the Suppression of 
the Slave Trade :—Signed, at the Hague, August 31, 
1848. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America, for the Improvement 
of the Communication by Post between their re- 
spective Territories :—Signed, at London, December 
15, 1848. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Governors 
of Colonies, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Eighth Report of the Com- 
missioners on the Fine Arts, with Appendix. 

Copy of Third Annual Report of the Board of 
Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—-A Return 
of the Number of Causes instituted and decided in 
the Court of Session in Scotland, between the Ist 
day of January 1848 and the 1st day of January 
1849; showing the Number of Causes ready for 
Judgment, but not disposed of, at the last of these 
Dates. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, to convey to Her Majesty the dutiful Thanks 
of this House for Her most gracious Speech from 
the Throne : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partici- 
pate in the satisfaction which Her Majesty has been 
pleased to express, that both in the North and in the 
South of Europe the contending parties have con- 
sented to a suspension of arms for the purpose of 
negotiating terms of Peace: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
hostilities carried on in the Island of Sicily were 
attended with circumstances so revolting, that the 
British and French Admirals were impelled by 
motives of humanity to interpose and to stop the 
effusion of blood; and that Her Majesty has availed 
herself of the interval thus obtained to propose, in 
conjunction with France, to the King of Naples, an 
arrangement calculated to produce a permanent set- 
tlement of affairs in Sicily : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her anxious endeavours, in offering Her good 
offices to the various contending Powers, to prevent 
the extension of the calamities of War, and to lay 
the foundation for lasting and honourable Peace ; 
and to acquaint Her Majesty of the gratification 
which we derive from the expression of Her con- 
Vou. 104, 


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13 


stant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the 
most friendly relations: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
Papers connected with these transactions will be 
laid before Parliament, by direction of Her Majesty, 
as soon as the interests of the public service will 
permit: 

That we regret to learn that a Rebellion of a for- 
midable character has broken out in the Punjaub, 
and that the Governor-General of India has been 
compelled, for the preservation of the peace of the 
country, to assemble a considerable force, which is 
now engaged in military operations, and we cor- 
dially rejoice at the information which Her Ma- 
jesty has imparted to us, that these unprovoked 
disturbances have not affected the peace of British 
India: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that the restric- 
tions imposed upon Commerce by the Navigation 
Laws will engage our most earnest attention; and 
that it will be our duty to consider whether it be 
right to repeal or to modify their provisions if we shall 
find that these Laws are in whole or in part unne- 
cessary for the maintenance of our Maritime Power, 
while they fetter Trade and Industry : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the Service of the year be laid 
before this House, and for acquainting us that they 
will be framed with the most anxious attention to a 
wise economy : 

That we rejoice to learn that Her Majesty has 
been enabled, on account of the present state of af- 
fairs, to make large reductions upon the Estimates 
of last year. 

We beg leave humbly to express the satisfaction 
which we participate with Her Majesty, that this 
portion of the United Kingdom has remained tran- 
quil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed 
so many parts of Europe: 

That, whilst rejoicing that the Insurrection in Ire- 
land has not been renewed, we unite with Her Ma- 
jesty in deploring the existence of a spirit of disaf- 
fection; and that our serious consideration will be 
devoted to the intimation of Her Majesty, that Her 
Majesty is compelled, with regret, to ask for a con- 
tinuance, fora limited time, of those powers which, 
in the last Session, were deemed by Parliament to 
be necessary for the preservation of the public tran- 
quillity : 

That we most sincerely share with Her Majesty 
the satisfaction which Her Majesty feels at the re- 
vival of commerce from those shocks which, at the 
commencement of last Session, were to be deplored ; 
that we learn with gratification that the condition of 
the manufacturing districts is likewise more encou- 
raging than it has been for a considerable period, 
and that the state of the Revenue is one of progres- 
sive improvement : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we participate in the 
great concern which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to express on account of the very severe distress 
in some parts of Ireland, which has been caused by 
anotherfailure of the Potato Crop : 

That our best attention will be devoted to the 
subject of the operation of the Laws for the Relief 
of the Poor in Jreland, and humbly to convey to 
Her Majesty the expression of our thanks for Her 
gracious intimation, that any measure by which 
those Laws may be beneficially amended, and the 
condition of the people may be improved, will re- 
ceive Her Majesty’s cordial assent : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the gracious 
manner with which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to advert to the loyal spirit of Her people, and to 
that attachment to the institutions of their country, 
which has animated them during a period of com- 
mercial difficulty, deficient production of food, and 
political revolution : 

That we join with Her Majesty, in humbly look- 
ing tu the protection of Almighty God, for favour 





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14 9°39 Februarii. 


in our continued progress; and to convey to Her 
Majesty the assurance that we will faithfully assist 
Her Majesty in upholding the fabric of the consti- 
tution, founded, as it is, upon the principles of free- 
dom and of justice :—And which Amendment, was, 
at the end of the twelfth paragraph, beginning with 
the words “ That we most sincerely share with Her 
“ Majesty,” to add the words, “ We regret, however, 
“ to be compelled humbly to represent to Her Ma- 
“ jesty, that neither Her Majesty’s relations with 
“ Foreign Powers, nor the state of the Revenue, 
‘‘ nor the condition of the Commercial or Manu- 
“ facturing Interests, are such as, in our opinion, 
““ to justify us in addressing Her Majesty in the 
“ language of congratulation; and that large 
“ portions of the Agricultural and Colonial Inter- 
“ ests of the empire are labouring under a state of 
“ progressive depression, calculated to excite serious 
“ apprehension and anxiety.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate : 


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


Sabbati, 3° die Februarii, 1849: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Newdegate, i a0 
Yeas, 1 Mr. Forbes Mackenzie: Jf ~* 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, Yeas 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ae 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the duti- 
ful Thanks of this House for Her most gracious 
Speech from the Throne: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty that we partici- 
pate in the satisfaction which Her Majesty has been 
pleased to express, that both in the North and in 
the South of Europe the contending parties have 
consented to a suspension of Arms for the purpose 
of negotiating terms of Peace: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
hostilities carried on in the Island of Sicily were 
attended with circumstances so revolting that the 
British and French Admirals were impelled, by 
motives of humanity, to interpose and to stop the 
effusion of blood ; and that Her Majesty has availed 
herself of the interval thus obtained to propose, in 
conjunction with France, to the King of Naples, an 
arrangement calculated to produce a permanent 
settlement of affairs in Sicily : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her anxious endeavours, in offering Her good 
offices to the various contending Powers, to prevent 
the extension of the calamities of War, and to lay 
the foundation for lasting and honourable Peace ; 
and to acquaint Her Majesty of the gratification 
which we : me from the expression of Her constant 
desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most 
friendly relations : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that the 
Pepers connected with these transactions will be 
laid before Parliament, by direction of Her Majesty, 
as soon as the interests of the public service will 
permit: 

That we regret to learn that a Rebellion of a 
formidable character has broken out in the Punjaub, 
and that the Governor-General of Jndia has been 
compelled, fur the preservation of the peace of the 
country, to assemble a considerable force, which 
is now engaged in military operations; and we 
cordially rejoice at the information which Her 





A. 1849. 


Majesty has imparted to us, that these unpro- 
voked disturbances have not affected the peace of 
British India: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that the restric- 
tions imposed upon Commerce by the Navigation 
Laws will engage our most earnest attention ; and 
that it will be our duty to consider whether it be 
right to repeal or to modify their provisions if we 
shall find that these Laws are in whole or in part 
unnecessary for the maintenance of our Maritime 
Power, while they fetter Trade and Industry : 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
the Estimates for the Service of the year be laid 
before this House, and for acquainting us that they 
will be framed with the most anxious attention to a 
wise economy : 

That we rejoice to learn that Her Majesty has 
been enabled, on account of the present state of 
affairs, to make large reductions upon the Estimates 
of last year: 

We beg leave humbly to express the satisfaction 
which we participate with Her Majesty, that this 
portion of the United Kingdom has remained tran- 
quil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed 
so many parts of Europe: 

That, whilst rejoicing that the Insurrection in Jre- 
land has not been renewed, we unite with Her Ma- 
jesty in deploring the existence of a spirit of disaf- 
fection ; and that our serious consideration will be 
devoted to the intimation of Her Majesty, that Her 
Majesty is compelled, with regret, to ask for a con- 
tinuance, for a limited time, of those powers which, 
in the last Session, were deemed by Pestiamneet to 
be necessary for the preservation of the public tran- 
quillity : 

That we most sincerely share with Her Majesty 
the satisfaction which Her Majesty feels at the re- 
vival of commerce from those shocks which, at the 
commencement of last Session, were to be deplored ; 
that we learn with gratification that the condition of 
the manufacturing districts is likewise more encou- 
raging than it has been for a considerable period, 
and that the state of the Revenue is one of pro- 
gressive improvement : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we participate in the 
great concern which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to express on account of the very severe distress in 
some parts of Jreland, which has been caused by 
another failure of the Potato Crop: 

That our best attention will be devoted to the 
subject of the operation of the Laws for the Relief 
of the Poor in Jreland, and humbly to convey to 
Her Majesty the expression of our thanks for Her 
gracious intimation, that any measure by which 
those Laws may be beneficially amended, and the 
condition of the people may be improved, will re- 
ceive Her Majesty’s cordial assent : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the gracious 
manner with which Her Majesty has been pleased 
to advert to the loyal spirit of Her people, and to 
that attachment to the institutions of their country, 
which has animated them during a period of com- 
mercial difficulty, deficient production of food, and 
political revolution : 

That we join with Her Majesty, in humbly look- 
ing to the protection of Almighty God, for favour 
in our continued progress; and to convey to Her 
Majesty the assurance that we will faithfully assist 
Her Majesty in upholding the fabric of the Consti- 
tution, founded, as it is, upon the principles of free- 
dom and of justice. 


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


ress ; 


the said Resolution :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Edward Herbert 
Bunbury, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, 
Sir George Grey, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Attorney- 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir William Somer- 
ville, The Judge Advocate, Mr. Secretary-at-War, 


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Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ward and Mr. Ber- 
nal, or any Five of them :—And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most gracious 


’s 
Seach Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred 
referred. to the Committee. 


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

Revenue Bill. &gt; consolidate the Boards of Excise and Stamps and 
Taxes into one Board of Commissioners of Inland 
Revenue, and to make provision for the Collection 
of such Revenue: And that The Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Parker and Mr. Attorney-General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Woods, Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
Forests and inquire into the Expenditure and Management of the 


LandRevenues Woods, Forestsand Land Revenues of the Crown, and 
to report to the House whether any Reductions, Al- 
terations or Improvements, may be made in that 
Branch of the Public Revenue and Expenditure ; and 
that the Committee be instructed to include in their 
Inquiry the Management of the Department of the 
Works and Buildings, and of any other Depart- 
ment over which the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and 
Buildings, exercise control. 


Inland The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Revenue Bill. Bill to consolidate the Boards of Excise and Stamps 
No.4. and Taxes into one Board of Commissioners of 
Inland Revenue, and to make Provision for the 
Collection of such Revenue: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his 
Warrant for the Appointment of Members to serve 
on the General Committee of Elections, was upon 
the Table :—And the same was read, as followeth: 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 5. 


Pursuant to the provisions of “ The Election Pe- 
titions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 


The — honourable Fox Maule, Member for 
the Borough of Perth; 

The Right honourable Sir Gerge Clerk, Mem- 
ber for the Town and Port of Dovor; 

John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member for the 
Northern Division of the County of Lan- 
caster ; 

Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Member for 
the City of Londonderry ; 

Thomas Thornely, Esquire, Member for the 
Borough of Wolverhampton ; 

And Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Member 
for the Southern Division of the County of 
Devon; 

To be Members of the General Committee of 
Elections for the present Session. 


Given under my hand, this 2d day of February 
1849. 
Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


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


Adjournment. 


Sligo Election. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter from Messrs. Zaw, Holmes, Anton 
and Co., as agents for Thomas Hitchcock Williams, 
who petitioned this House upon the 2d day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Sligo, informing him that it is not intended to 
proceed with the said Petition :—And the same was 
read, as followeth : 

, 18 Fludyer-street, Whitehall, 
Sir, 2d February 1849. 

As agents for Thomas Hitchcock Williams, in the 
matter of his Petition, delivered in on the 2d day 
VoL. 104. 


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15 


of August last, so of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Sligo, we beg leave 
to inform you, that it is not intended to proceed with 
the said Petition. 
We have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servants, 


Law, Holmes, Anton and Turnbull. 
To the Right honourable the 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 5° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Reging, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Thames 
the city of London attended at the door, they lata 
were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the city of London, in Common Council as- 
sembled :—And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the better Conservation, Regulation, 
Management and Improvement of the River Thames, 
was read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Pattison and Mr. Masterman. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of London — 
the City of London attended at the door; they were — 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of ~ 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in common Council assembled :— 

And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, for leave to bring ina Bill 
to amend an Act passed in the eleventh year of the 
reign of King George the First, for regulating Elec- 
tions within the City of London, and for preserving 
the Peace, good Order and Government of the said 
City, was read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Pattison and Mr. Master- 


man. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Manchester, 
colnshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Sheffield and 
Bill to consolidate into one Act, and to amend the auteee (Con- 
provisions of the several Railway, Ferry and Dock solidation and 
Acts relating to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Amendment 
colushire Railway Company, was presented, and aire taki 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Montague Cholmely, Mr. Legh and 
Mr. William Brown. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road Wisbech, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Chatteris, 
"ee ‘ A Tid Gote and 
for repairing the Road leading from Chatteris Ferry Downham 
to Wisbech, and from thence to Tid Gote, in the Isle Bridge Turn- 
of Ely, and to Downham Bridge, in the county of ly 9 
Norfolk, and to authorize the conversion of the Ajteration of 
Wisbech and Marchlow Road into Turnpike, was Provisions 
se and read; and a Bill was ordered to be werd rw l- 
ought in accordingly, by Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. dersey and 
South Side 
Banks, Aban- 
donment as to Turnpike of Road 
over same, Construction of new 
Turnpike-road) Bill. 


A Petition of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for pei ate Rail- 
making a short Railway to connect the Line of the way (Branch 
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway with the to London and 
Line of the Zondon and South Western Railway, Railway) Bue 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Eve/yn Denison and Mr. Mangles. 


A Petition 


Townley and Lord George Manners. 


Reading, 
Guildford and 


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Bradford A Petition of the Bradford Waterworks Com- 
a pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the 
: said Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered tu be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Busfield and Colonel 

Thompson. 


Marshiand A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Smeeth and Act for draining and improving, and for inclosing, 


a - dividing and allotting certain Tracts of Common and 


Drainage Waste Lands, called Marshland Smeeth and Marsh- 
Repair of land Fen, lying within the Country of Marshland in 


1. the County of Norfolk, and for stinting and regulat- 
ee ing the Stocking, Feedingand Depasturing of the said 
Smeeth and Fen, until the Inclosure, Division and 
Allotment thereof, and of Owners of lands autho- 
rized to be drained under the powers of the said Act, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the mode of 
assessing the Drainage Rates athorized by the Act 
for draining and improving Marshland Smeeth and 
Marshland Fen in the Country of Marshland, in the 
County of Norfolk, and to provide for the repair of 
Roads, within the limits of the said Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bagge, Mr. Coke 
and Mr. Townley. 


Feltwell Se- A Petition of Commissioners or executing the 

cond District Acts thereinafter mentioned, and being also Pro- 

Drainage Bill. — ait i. rb 
prietors of land, within the second district or divi- 
sion thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for Improving the Drainage of Feltwell 
Second District, in the County of MNorfolk, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bagge and Mr. 
Coke. 


East Anglian A Petition of the East Anglian RailwaysCompany, 

pan pte man for leave to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Powers 

inns Slew of the East Anglian Railways Act, 1847, by extend- 

Extension of ing the Time and Powers for making the Ely and 

Time) Bill. = Huntingdon Railway, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Lacy and Mr. Abdy. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
Improvements 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of the 
town of North Shields, in the borough of Tyne- 
mouth and county of Northumberland, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for constructing and maintaining a 
Quay and other Works at North Shields, in the 
county of Northumberland and for conferring Ex- 
emptions from certain Dues, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Grey and Mr. Wawn. 

East Lanca- A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
— er pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts 
ment and De- relating to the said Company, and to enable the 
viation(Con- same Company to make a branch to Padiham, and 
ag oe bene certain other Branches and Deviations, was pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Walton-le- 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. ‘T'able. 


East Lanca- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
= y mnt Mr. a one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
ment and De- Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
viation (Con- the East Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment and 
necting Lines Teviation (Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton- 
in Preston and : Q . 
Walton-le-  «€-dale, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. complied with, as 8,400/. being one tenth part of 
84,000/., the amount subscribed to the subscription 
contract, was not deposited in the Court of Chancery 
before the 15th of January last; but 7,800/. only, 
being more than one tenth part of three-fourths the 
Estimate of the expense of the undertaking under 
the said Bill. 
Great North- A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
ote mtn pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts 
of Acts, De- Telating to the said Railway, and to make a Diver- 














A. 1849. 


sion of such Railway at Bentley-with-Arksey, in the Viations and 
West Riding of Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Bos- of'and 

ton, Lincoln and London Stations of such Railway, Boston, Bent. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon ley, Lincole 


the Table. Cross) iL 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great North. 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- @" — 
vate Bills, That in the case of the Petition for the of Acts, Dew 
Great Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, De- viations and 
viations and Enlargements at and near Boston, Beni- yp 
ley, Lincoln and King’s Cross Bill, the Standing Boston, Bent. 
Orders have not been complied with; that a pub- ley, Lincoln 
lished map, to a scale of not less than half an inch to Cross) Hal 
a mile, with the line of Railway as proposed to be 
made in the parish of Boston delineated thereon, so 
as to show its general course and direction, was not 
on or before the 30th day of November 1848, depo- 
sited at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace for the 
Holland Division of Lincolnshire, through which 
division the said work is proposed to be made, nor 
in the Private Bill Office of the House of Com- 
mons ; that the Estimate of expense of the under- 
taking under the said Bill (of which a copy is here- 
unto annexed), made and signed by “ W. Cubitt, 
Engineer,” and deposited in the Private Bill Office, 
and of which printed copies were deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, and delivered at the Vote Office, 
is not prepared in conformity with the Standing Or- 
ders, as the same does not estimate the expense of 
any of the New Works to be authorized by the 
said Bill; but states generally that the saving ef- 
fected by the deviations and alterations authorized 
in the Bill will be equal to the cost of such new 
works ; that no Declaration in lieu of a subscription 
contract, stating that such new works are to be 
made by funds belonging to the said Company, and 
setting forth the nature and amount of such funds, 
and showing the actual surplus of such funds, and 
given under the common seal of the said Company, 
or under the hand of some authorized officer, has 
been deposited in the Private Bill Office, in addi- 
tion to such Estimate, nor have printed copies of 
any such declaration been deposited in the Private 
Bill Office or delivered at the Vote Office. 


Copy of the EstiMATE. 


Great Northern Railway, (Amendment of Acts, 
&amp;e.) 

Estimate of the Expense. 

I estimate that the saving effected by the devia- 
tions and alterations authorized in this Bill will be 
equal to the cost of the new works contemplated 
therein, inclusive of the purchase of property neces- 
sary for such new works, and of contingencies, and 
that therefore no additional capital will be required 
by the Company for the purposes of this Bill. 


(signed) W. Cubitt, 
Witness, Engineer. 
William Livesey. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Liverpool 
of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a re 
Bill to repeal and amend certain Provisions in an Sewer Rate): 
Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in Bill. 
the ninth and tenth years of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, intituled “ An Act for the Improve- 
ment of the Sewerage and Drainage of the Borough 
of Liverpool, and for making further Provisions for 
the Sanatory Regulation of the said Borough, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Warrington 


Warrington Waterworks Company to raise a fur- re 
ther Sum of Money: And the same was read the a 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Power to raise 
additional 
Capital) Bill. 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Conser- Tyne River 


vancy of the River Zyne: And the same was read ne 


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the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Birmingham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to relieve the 
eno Borough of Birmingham from contributing towards 
i County certain Expenses chargeable upon the County 


Rates) Bill. Rates of the County of Warwick: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mary-le-bone Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing 
and Finchley the term of an Act passed in the seventh year of 


aL the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “An Act for making a Turnpike-road 
from Saint John’s Chapel, in the Parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, to the North-east End of Ballard’s- 
lane, abutting upon the North Road, in the Parish 
of Finchley, with a Branch therefrom, in the County 
of Middlesex,” for the Purpose of paying off the 
Debt now due on the said Roads: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Truro Turn- = Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for consolidating 

—, the Trusts of the Truro Turnpike-roads, and the 

Redrath Turn- Penryn and Redruth Turnpike-roads, in the County 

pike-roads of Cornwall; and for making a new Turnpike-road 

a from Bosvigo Bridge to the Turnpike-road from 


Alterations of Truro to Redruth; and for making the Road or 


Tolls, Forma- Highway from Ferris Town to Bosvigo Bridge a 
ono) Bi Turnpike-road ; and for maintaining all such Roads, 
and for other Purposes : And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Lancashire Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter, amend, 
Sheer (Ex extend and enlarge some of the Provisions of the 
tensionof Ash- several Acts relating to the Lancashire and York- 
ton Branch, shire Railway, and for making Extensions of some 
of Clifton of the Branches of the said Railway; and for 


, &amp;e. + Lanse :; 
— » making other Provisions in relation to the said Rail- 


way and to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Newcastle Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
+ Neggany Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Com- 
(Alterations of pany to alter the Adston Branch of their Railway, 
and Branch to make a Branch Railway therefrom, and for other 
— Alston Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
ranch) Bill. ‘ 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
York and A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
allway (De way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ena- 
yiation and bling the said Company to deviate their Railways 


Abandonment between Market Weighton and Beverley, and Cop- 
Ned gg manthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County of York, 
Lines of Rail- and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
way betweeu and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


Welghtoa _ by Mr, Smyth and Mr. Milner. 


Beverley, and Copmanthorpe 
and Tadcaster) Bill. 


Grimsby Cor- Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for the Manage- 

meting ment and Disposal of the Freemen’s Pastures in the 

Arrangement Parish of Great Grimsby, in the Parts of Lindsey, in 

Bill. the County of Lincoln, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Sunderland Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for enabling the 

BI ** ~Sunderland Water Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and for amending and enlarging the 
Provisions of the Act relating to such Company: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

aed Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for better esta- 

Lane End,  Dlishing and maintaining the Market-place and 

Market Bill. Markets at Longton, heretofore called Lane End, 


in the Parish of Stvke-upon- Trent, in the County of 
Stafford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


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Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for continuing New North 
the Term of an Act passed in the third year of the Seni tien 
Reign of his Majesty King William the Fourth, in- “"™ einen 
tituled, “An Act for continuing certain Powers to 
the Trustees of the New North-road, leading from 
the South End of Highbury-place, Islington, to Ha- 
berdashers’-walk, in the Parish of Saint Leonard, 
Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex,” for the 
purpose of enabling the Trustees to pay off the debt 
due on the said Road: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Colonel Reid presented a Bill for enabling the Windsor 
Windsor, Staines and South Western (Richmond to wy ne ~ 
Windsor) Railway Company, to make an Extension gtaines and. 
of their Railway to the Town of New Windsor : And South Western 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to ag ma 
be read a second time. Railway, Cexth 
Power to the London and South Western 
Railway Company to subscribe) Bill. 


Mr. Harry Spencer Waddington presented a Bill Bury Saint 
for incorporating the Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Edmund's Gas 
Company, and for better supplying the Town and ~°™P*"Y © 
Borough of Bury Saint Edmuna’s, in the County of 
Suffolk, with Gas: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Harry Spencer Waddington, by Order, pre- Alford and 
sented a Bill for repairing the Road from Alford to -— Road 
Boston, and from thence to Cowbridge, inthe Town-- ~* 
ship of Frithville, in the County of Lincoln: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Floyer presented a Bill for making and Wareham 
maintaining Docks near to Wareham, in the County Docks (Con- 
of Dorset, with an Entrance thereto from Wareham rd 
Channel: And the same was read the first time; Wareham, 


and ordered to be read a second time. and Entrance 
thereto from 
Wareham 
, 7 Channel) Bill. 
Mr. Clay presented a Bill for enabling the Dock Kingston- 
Company at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise a turther upon-Hull 
Sum of Money, and for amending some of the Pro- ames — 
visions of the Acts relating to such Company: And PY ™™ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- swansea 
gesses of the borough of Swansea, in the county of Municipal 


Glamorgan, and also of the Swansea Dock Com- pak mena 
: ? ° ( er to bor- 

pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Cor- row Money 

and Loan to 


poration of Swansea to borrow Money, to iend Mo- 

ney to the Trustees of the Swansea Harbour, and to tty eel . 
purchase the Rights of the Swansea Dock Company, and Purchase’ 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to ie wong 

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Henry Vi- 1847) BAL 
vian and Mr. Morris. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- Dublin Con- 
unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the solidation, 
abolition of several of the Public Boards and Trusts yhrovement 
in the Borough of Dublin, regulating the Taxation and Sewers 
of the said Borough, providing for the better Pav- Bill. 
ing, Cleansing, Lighting, Watering, Draining and 
Sewerage of said Borough, and Supply of Water 
therein, and for the general Improvement of the 
same, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan 
and Colonel Forester. 


Lord Marcus Hill presented a Bill to continue an Brompton and 
Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road Zar's Court, 
from Brompton and Earls Court, in the Parish of (Continuation 
Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the County of of certain 
Middlesex, to communicate with the Road called Fm ae 
Fulham Fields Road, at North End, in the same ““ " 
County, and for making another Turnpike-road to 
communicate therewith, from the High Road from 
London to Fulham, in the said County, and to con- 

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tinue another Act for making and maintaining a 
Turnpike-road from North End to Hammersmith 
Bridge, both in the County of Middlesex, and to 
provide for the Fulfilment of all existing Engage- 
ments, and for the future Repair and Management 
of the said Roads: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Yar- Lord Marcus Hill presented a Bill for the Im- 
mouth ro a provement of the Haven, Bridge and Navigation of 
teen Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk: And 
Improvement the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
Bill. be read a second time. 
New Ross Port Lord Marcus Hill presented a Bill to amend an 
ry ron etek Act for the better regulating and improving the 
Bill. Port and Harbour of New Ross, in the Counties of 
Wexford and Kilkenny: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Indian 


A Petition of Persons having the management 
Peninsula 


and direction of the Great Zndian Peninsula Rail- 
Railwa . ° ; : ° 
Company Bill, Way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incor- 
porate the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Com- 
pany, for makinga Railway in Jndia, from Bombay 
to Callian, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Patien and Mr. David Waddington. 


Laneasterand Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Lancas- 
Carlisle Rail- ¢ey and Carlisle Railway Company to make a Rail- 
way (from the i oe : 
Lancaster and Way from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at 
Carlisle Rail- Lancaster to the Preston and Wyre Railway, in the 
way at Lan- Parish of Preston, with a Branch to Giasson Dock, 
caster to the . 

Preston and 2nd for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
Wyre Rail- _ first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 
North Western 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for enabling the North 
Railway 


(Extension of Western Railway Company to make an Extension 
Lancaster of the Lancaster Branch of their Railway, and a 
Branch, Aban- new Road to Settle Station, and to abandon the Wi/- 
al q; am Lands Branch, and for other Purposes: And 
Branch, New the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


Road to Settle read a second time. 
Station, Ex- 

tension of Time for Purchase of Lands 
and Construction of Works) Bill. 


Lancasterand Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Zan- 
gn en caster and Preston Junction Railway Company to 
ilw + . . : : ; ; 

(Junction with make an Extension of their Railway in the Town 
the East Lan- of Preston: And the same was read the first time; 
cashire Rail- and ordered to be read a second time. 

way in Pres- 
ton, and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Lancasterand Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend the several 
Preston Junc- Acts relating to the Lancashire and Preston Junc- 
pater ome tion Railway Company, and to make further Pro- 
ment (Power visions in reference thereto: And the same was 


toalter Tolls yead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
and for Ap- time 


pointment of 
Officers) Bill. 


Birkenhead, Mr. Greene presented a Bill for authorizing the 
Lancashire 


.. Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction 
and Cheshire ‘ : . 
Junction Rail- Railway Company to abandon part of their Line, 
way (Aban- to form a New Line to join the Zondon and North 
donment of — Western Railway, to alter the mode of. construct- 
part of Line, . 5 a. 
Extension to ing part of their Works, and to alter their Tolls, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 


London and 
North Western ¢he first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Bill. time. 


Railway, &amp;c.) 


Macclesfield 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Borough 


Borough ns Resses of the borough of Macclesfield, in the county 

Markets, &amp;c. of Chester, for leave to bring in a Bill for better 

Bill. supplying with Water the Borough of Macclesfield, 
in the County of Chester, and for other Purposes 
connected with the said Borough, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Legh, 
Mr. Brocklehurst and Mr. John Williams. 





A. 1849. 


A Petition of the East India Railway Company, East Indian 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Galway 
East Indian Railway Company, and for other Pur- er ae by 
poses connected therewith, was presented, and maintaining 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 0n€ OF More 


cordingly, by Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Glyn. 


Railways in 

the East 

Indies) Incor. 

poration Bill, 
A Petition of Guardians of the Poor within the pam 

town and —, of the town of Southampton, and — be 

: —s 3 ‘ing 

of Occupiers of houses and tenements within the pill. 

town and county of the town of Southampton, and 

rated to the relief of the poor therein, for leave to bring 

in a Bill for better assessing and collecting the Poor’s 

Rates within the Town and County of the Town of 

Southampton, was presented, aud read ; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Compton and Lord Charles Wellesley. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to amend and rn ‘ 
repeal certain Provisions in the several Acts re- Restriction 
lating to the South Eastern Railway, and to enable against open- 
the South Eastern Railway Company to purchase, ing the Tun- 
hir A ene i B 3 for of] bridge Wells 
lire and use Steam Boats, and for other purposes, and Hastings, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered and Ashford 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer 24 Hastings 


and Mr. Dodd. demanaal 


Powers for Purchase of Lands, 
Steam Boats) Bill. 


Mr. Hornby presented a Bill to enable the Black- Blackburn 
burn Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum bales erg 
of Money, and to amend the Act relating thereto : Capital and 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Amendment 


to be read a second time. of Act) Bill. 





Mr. Elliot presented a Bill for more effectually Roxburghshire 
repairing and making certain Roads in the Counties ot ea 
of Roxburgh and Berwick: And the same was Amendment 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill. 


time. 


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill to amend and equalize Tay Naviga- 
the Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Har- — and Perth, 
; ‘ arbour Acts 
bour of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an Amendment 
additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes Bill. 
in relation thereto: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read asecond time. 


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill to incorporate the Scottish 
Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society ; to Amicable 

ble the said Society to sue and be sued, and to gcA% 
enapie tne ‘ y ssc ’ Society (Incor- 
take and hold Property, and for other Purposes porating and 
relating to the said Society: And the same was Powers) Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill for enlarging, improv- Kirkcaldy 
ing and maintaining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, in Harbour, 
the County of Fife; for regulating the Petty neo 
Customs of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy; and for other Customs Bill. 
Purposes relating to the said Harbour and Burgh : 

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


Mr. Elliot presented a Bill for maintaining, im- Lanarkshire 
proving and keeping in repair certain Roads in the (East a 
County of Lanark, to be called The East and West ine) a4 


orn . Glasgow and 
Lanarkshire Turnpike-roads : And the same was Shotts Turn- 


. ime ° ike-roads 
; ead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Pee Seal 
ime. of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

Mr. Godson presented a Bill for supplying the Brierley Hill 
District of Brierley Hill,in the Parish of Kings- District Gas 
winford, in the County of Stafford, with Gas: And &gt; 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to incorporating 
be read a second time. and giving all 

proper Powers 

to the said__ 

Company) 
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Kidderminster The Order made upon Friday last, That General Bill for vesting the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union GlasgowUnion 
Union Small Zygon and Mr. Godson do prepare, and bring in Canal in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- Cal (Amal- 


ae Bill the Kidderminster Union Small Tenements Rating pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- ge vieed 
Bill, was read ; and discharged. dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John Hope of the Union 
Ordered, That Mr. Godson and Mr. Bulkeley and Mr. Forbes. or ein ll 
Hughes do prepare, and bring in the Bill. pany) Bill, 


i _ | A Petiti ) i . 
a A Petition of Commissioners for the Improve- A Petition of the Staffordshire Potteries Water- staffordshire 


we vile stew : works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ex- Potteries 

tion . Penys 

Seprorement ment of the Navigation of the River Severn, for| tong the Provisions and enlarge the Powers of the Wa%rvorks 
Commission, leave to bring in a Bill for making certain Improve- - (Extension and 


Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Act, 1847, was Amendment 


Amendment ments in the River Severn, and for amending the presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be of Act) Bill. 


of Acts, New Acts relating thereto, was presented, and read ; and pe ye oe s 
gy a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by — ginger gd — Alderman Copeland 
Powers, Bill. Sir John Pakington, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Osman | ; , 


Ricardo. | Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for amending Hartlepool Gas 
Congleton A Petition of Trustees for carrying into execu- | ®? Act passed in the tenth year of the Reign of Her aed 
ees tion the Act thereiafter mentioned, for leave tobring | Present Majesty, for lighting with Gas, and supply- 
Bill. in a Bill for amending an Act passed in the Thirty- | 8. with Water, the Town of Hartlepool, and the 

fifth year of the reign of His Majesty King George Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Durham: 

the Third, for dividing and leasing or letting certain | And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

Commons or Waste Grounds, within the Borough | be read a second time. 

T i ‘ ny] ster 
ad for analog the: Profits of nact of tie eames ic| A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- Stockton an 
aid of the Poor's Rate or other Taxes or Public| W4y Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for en- Railway (Al- 
Expenses within the said Township, was presented, abling the said Company to abandon a Portion of teration of Line 
and read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought| their Railway in the Parishes of Eaglescliffe and in —— 
in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. John Stockton-on-Tees, and to make a new Line of Rail- on-‘Tees) Bill 
Tollemache and Mr. Brocklehurst. |} way in lieu thereof, all in the County of Durham, : P 

and for other Purposes, was presented, and read ; 


Cockermovth A Petition of the Cockermouth and Workington and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


ame Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


(Branch to enable the said Company to make a Branch Rail- — ” ; : 
Bridgefoot, way to Bridgefvot, for amending the Act relating Sir Edward Colebrooke presented a Bill for paving, Taunton Town 


: ‘ i ini ; sno. “hi j j and Market 
yogery to their Railway, and to enable them to lease their draining, cleansing, watering, lighting, watching, Improvement 


Power tolease Line to the Whitehaven Junction Railway Com- regulating and otherwise improving the Borough of ij), 


toWhitehaven pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | Taunton, in the County of Somerset, and maintain- 


Junction Rail- . ‘ . . ing, reculating and improving the Markets and 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. |'S&gt; Tes g ap $ 
a neeny) ~ = |Market-places and Fairs thereof: And the same 


ny Oa TO Aen. | was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


eo Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill for re- | Second time. 
aket S"" gulating and maintaining Markets in the Town of | 


Torquay, in the County of Devon, and for con- Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for granting further Nottingham 
? e ° * 
structing convenient Market-places therein: And Powers to the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Gs Bil 


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





‘Shefficldand Si» John Yarde Buller presented a Bill to extend A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Ashton-under- 


Tinsl F . . 1 . " 7 Lyne Police, 
dha the present Tinsley and Doncaster Turpike-road | S°SS¢s of the borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, for oo ee hg | 


the Tinsley from Tinsley to Sheffield, and for other Purposes : leave to bring in a Bill for the further Improvement Improvement 
and Doncaster And the same was read the first time ; and ordered of the said Borough, was presented, and read; and Acts Extensio 





oe as endl 0 conenil Gene a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by and Amend- 
Bi ) Mr. Hindley and Mr. Brotherion. Peemifeines 

, - ; of Gas and Waterworks and other 
apr 4 Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill to amend Property to the Corporation Bill. 


River Wear the Sunderland Dock Act, 1846, and for other Pur- | 


Commission- poses: And the same was read the first time; and |. A Petition of Trustees for repairing and improv- Dublin, Ash- 


&gt; : ° . Y &gt; bourne, Slane 
ers’ Act ordered to be read a second time. |ing the Roads from Dublin, by Ashbourne, to Slane ant Deaghadn 
Amendment, \and Drogheda, for leave to bring in a Bill to CON- Roads Act 

») Bill. | tinue and amend the Powers of an Act for repairing Continuation 
Commercial A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act} and improving the Roads from Dublin, by Ash- and Amend- 


Sides tae thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill | bourne, to Slane and Drogheda, was presente 


Cannon-street for more effectually repairing the Commercial Road, | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

mda a and other Roads connected therewith, in the Counties | at aera , 
Road, the of Middlesex and Essex, was presented, and read ; | A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birming cam pear fe . 
Horseferry and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ham iadiowy 


Branch of = by Sir William Clay and Mr George Thompson. #lter and amend some of the Powers and Provisions Acts Amend- 
Road, the East J ‘ 


Sl iiicks hand ond the of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts, a reer ee 
Barking Road) Bill. and to authorize the formation of certain Branch pi, Yevations 
Railways, a Navigable Canal, and other Works con- 
spor Rates Mr. Henry Drummond presented a Billfor more | nected with the same respectively, and for other 
; effectually assessing and collecting the Poor Rate, Purposes, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was 
and all other Rates and Assessments, in the Parish | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
of Epsom, in the County of Surrey, and for the better Ormsby Gore and Mr. Robert Clive. 
Management of the Business and Affairs of the 
said Parish, and for other Purposes relating thereto:| A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburgh 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Salen thn 
to be read a second time. | the said Company to vary their Dunfermline Branch, , Dunfermlize 
Béinburgh fe : nag in the Parish of Dunfermline, so as to pass under the primp ay! ote 
and Glasgow A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- | Townhill and Halbeath | ramways, and to connect 5) iin pa. 
ilway, and Way Company, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow | the same Tramways therewith, and for other Pur- rish, and so as 
burghand Union Canal Company, for leave to bring in a/| poses in relation thereto, was presented, and read ; to pass under 
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Townhill and and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
Halbeath by Mr. Edward Elliceand Mr. Cowan. 


Tramways ; 
Branches in connection with those Tram- 
ways; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees 
of Haibeath Colliery ; Increase of Capital 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinhurgh and Northern Rail- 
and Northern way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
Railway (B.) eer ° : : 
(Deviation of the said Company to alter their Branch Railway, in 
the Parish of Dunfermline, so as to pass over the 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway (C.) 
(Dunfermline 
Branch ; 
Alterations in 
Dunfermline 
Parish ; Level 
Crossing of 
Halbeath 
Tramway ; 
Repeal of 
Agreement 
with Lessees 
of Halbeath Colliery; Townhill and 
Halbeath Branches; Increase of Ca- 
pital and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
— way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
(Formation of the said Company to construct a Low-water Pier 
Slip, Quay,and and other Works at Granton, and to provide for the 
abn better Regulation, Management and Control of the 
Extension of general Railway Station at Perth, and for other 
Station at yurposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ee ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ed- 
Pesth Stations, ward Ellice and Mr. Cowan. 

and Amend- 

ment of Acts) 

Bill. 


Dunfermline 
Branchin §Halbeath Tramway, and to connect the same Tram- 
Dunfermline , : ° se 
Parish, and Way therewith, and to take and improve an adjoin- 
Alterations, so ing portion of the Townhill Tramway, and for other 
that the same Hurposes in relation thereto, was presented, and 
may pass over ‘ é 

the Halbeath vead; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
Tramway; cordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. Cowan. 
Branches in 

connection with Halbeath and Town- 

hill Tramways; Increase of Capital 

and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 

A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the said Company to vary their Branch Railway in 
the Parish of Dunfermline, and to carry the same 
across the Halbeath Tramway on the Level, to take 
and improve an adjoining portion of the Townhill 
Tramway, and for other purposes in relation there- 
to, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice, 
and Mr. Cowan. 


Mr. Edward Stanley presented a Bill for better 
supplying the Town, Port and Harbour of White- 
haven, and other Places, with Water: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Whitehaven 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Charing Cross 
Bridge 
(Amendmentof 
Acts; Powers 
to alter au- 
thorized Ap- 
proaches, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Charing Cross Bridge Company, 

for leave to bring in a Bill for improving the Ap- 
proaches to the Charing Cross Bridge, on the Surrey 
Side thereof, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto, for authorizing the raising of a further Sum 
of Money, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Masterman, Mr. Wood and 
Mr. Alcock. 
Lincolnshire, A Petition of Committee-men appointed and 
os acting in execution of the several Acts thereinafter 
Improvement mentioned, for the Drainage of the lands forming 
Bill. the South Holland Drainage district, in the county 
of Lincoln, and Trustees of the same district, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for an Act to enable the 
Trustees of the South Holland Drainage, in the 
County of Lincoln, to build a new Outfall or Sea- 
Sluice, and to make a new Cut, to discharge the 
Waters of the Main Drain through such Sluice into 
the River Vene, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
John Trollope, Lord Burghley and Mr. Childers. 


Stockton and 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
Darlington 


Rai ..,. way Company, and of Directors of the Stockton and 
Railway (Con- ° . : &gt; . 
solidation ot Darlington Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
Acts, Increase consolidate the several Acts relating to the Stockton 
of Capital, and and Darlington Railway Company, to enable the 
Purchase of " &gt; ma : 
Company to increase their Capital, and to vest in 


5° Februariz. 





A. 1849, 


them the Middlesbrough Dock, was presented, and the Middles. 
— Dock) 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Preston (Chairman) ;—and, Shef- Clergy. 


field (Chairman) ; stating that they have learned 
with much surprise, from successive judgments de- 
livered in the Court of Arches, Her Majesty's Court 
of Queen’s Bench, and by the Judicial Committee of 
Privy Council, in the case Barnes v. Shore, that a 
Clergyman cannot voluntarily secede from the Esta- 
blished Church, and officiate as a minister of the 
gospel, under the protection of the Toleration Acts, 
and praying the House to take such measures as 
shall secure full and religious liberty to all seceding 
Clergymen, as well as all other classes of Her Ma- 
jesty’s loyal subjects,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Barony of Duhallow (Cork) ;— Leases for 
and, Union of Kilmarnock (Chairman) ; praying the — (Ire- 


House to change the present law in Jre/and, as to 
Leases for Lives renewable for ever, into perpetuities, 
and to give to such landlords as hold under such 
Leases, all such rights, privileges and powers as will 
enable them to expend capital with safety, and work 
the soil with benefit and advantage,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


) 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Archbishops and Marriages 


Bishops of Ireland, stating that the law as it exists in ¢ 
relation to Marriages between Roman Catholics 
and Protestants, or between a Catholic and a person 
who had been a Protestant within a year previous, 
celebrated by Roman Catholic Priests, inflicts most 
serious evils on the Roman Catholic Clergy and 
people of Jredand, and is regarded by them as a 
very heavy grievance ; and praying that the statutes 
rendering such Marriages legally invalid may be 
repealed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ireland. ) 


Petitions from Portarlington ;—and, Cork Union poor Law 
(Clerk); praying for a searching inquiry into the (Ireland) 


whole working of the present Poor Law in Jreland, 
with the view of adopting some practicable remedy 
for admitted defects,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- Railways. 


pany, praying for such an alteration of the law as 
shall render more just and equal the local taxation 
upon Railway property, as imperatively necessary, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Roman Catho- 
England Lay Association, praying the House to lic Clerey. 


refuse its sanction to any measure which may be 
proposed, having for its object the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Priesthood, whether in Jreland 
or in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions, was pre- 
sented, and read ; an« ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tea to sixpence per pound, and on Sugar and Coffee 
to seven shillings per hundred weight, and also that 
the Taxes levied on Windows, Timber, Bricks, 
Paper, Soap, Butter and Cheese, may all be forth- 
with repealed,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


shire, praying the House to enact with all convenient § 
speed that every man in the realm, of sane mind and 
unconvicted of crime, and having attained the years 
of his majority, may equally share in annually elect- 
ing representatives to serve in Parliament, and that 
the voting be by Ballot, was presented, and read ; 





and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘. 
a 


Two Petitions from Reading ; praying the House Tea, Sugar, 
in the present Session to reduce the Tax levied on Coffee, &amp;. 


A Petition of William Bullock, of Biggar, Lanark- Universal 


” 








* Ecclesiastical 
k) Commission. 


Controverted 
Elections. 








12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- ' 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of | 
Orders in Council ratifying Schemes of the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England. 

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








The House was moved, That the 35th, 36th and | 
87th Sections of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 98, to) 
amend the Law for the Trial of Election Petitions, | 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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


Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Honourable Hugh 
Arbuthnott, Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esquire, 
Edward George Barnard, Esquire, John Benbow, 
Esquire, John Benett, Esquire, Richard Blakemore, 
Esquire, Admiral Bowles, Joseph Brotherton, Es- 
quire, William Brown, Esquire, Lewis William Buck, 
Esquire, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, William Bus- 
feild, Esquire, the Honourable Robert Henry Clive, 
Henry Combe Compton, Esquire, William Sharman| 
Crawford, Esquire, William Joseph Denison, Esquire, 
the Right honourable Charles Tennyson D’ Eyncourt, 
Quintin Dick, Esquire, Henry Drummond, Esquire, 
Henry Home Drummond, Esquire, the Right honour- 
able Edward Ellice, William Evans, Esquire, William 
Johnson Fox, Esquire, Augustus Eliott Fuller,Esquire, 
Admiral Gordon, William Ormsby Gore, Esquire, the 
Right honourable Henry Goulburn, Richard Har- 


ris, Esquire, John Heathcoat, Esquire, Alexander | * 


Henry, Esquire, the Right honourable John Charles 
Herries, Thomas Law Hodges, Esquire, Sir John 
Hope, Thomas Houldsworth, Esquire, Joseph Hume, 
Esquire, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Edward Ker- 
rison, Sir Charles Knightley, Sir Charles Lemon, the 
Right honourable Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 
James Loch, Esquire, Major Macnamara, Lord 
Charles Somerset Manners, John Masterman, Esquire, 
Thomas Philip Maunsell, Esquire, William Ord, 
Esquire, James Pattison, Esquire, the Right honour- 
able Sir Robert Peel, Edward William Wynne Pen- 
darves, Esquire, Colonel Powell, Nicholas Maher 
Power, Esquire, Sir Robert Price, Richard Prime, 





Esquire, Richard Richards, Esquire, George Richard 
Robinson, Esquire, Sir George Henry Smyth, | 
Richard Spooner, Esquire, Sir George Thomas 
Staunton, Sir George Strickland, Henry William | 
Tancred, Esquire, Thomas Thornely, we John | 
Ennis Vivian, Esquire, Harry Spencer Waddington, 
Esquire, Richard Walker, Esquire, Edmond Wode- 
house, Esquire, the Right honourable Charles Wat- 
kin Williams Wynn. 


The Right honourable Sir George Grey having 
stated that, being one of Her Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretaries of State, he could not attend Election Com- 
mittees without material inconvenience to the public 
service, during the time he may hold the said office ; 

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


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

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

The Right honourable Lord John Russell having 
stated that, being First Lord of the Treasury, he 
could not attend Election Committees without mate- 
rial inconvenience to the public service, during the 
time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Lord John 





Russell, First Lord of the T reasury, he excused from 
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serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said office. 

The Righthonourable Viscount Palmerston havin 
stated that, being one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, he could not attend Election 
Committees without material inconvenience to the 
— Service, during the time he may hold the said 
office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Viscount 
Palmerston, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
taries of State, be excused from serving on Election 
ne during the time he may hold the said 
office. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Railways. 
of Passengers conveyed on Railways, which was No.6. 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of Railways for which Railways. 
Acts were passed in 1848, which was presented upon No.7. 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented upon Friday ee a 
last, be printed. (Gunns) 

No. 8. 

Resolved, That in the present Session of Parlia~ Public 

ment all Orders of the day set down in the Order- Business. 
book for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, shall 
be disposed of before the House will proceed upon 
any Motions of which Notices shall have been 
given. 
Resolved, That at the time fixed for the commence- 
ment of Public Business, on days on which Orders 
have precedence of Notices of Motions, and after 
the Notices of Motions have been disposed of on 
all other days, Mr. Speaker do direct the Clerk at 
the Table to read the Orders of the Day, without any 
Question being put. 

Resolved, That the Orders of the Day be disposed 
of in the order in which they stand upon the Paper ; 
the right being reserved to Her Majesty’s Ministers 
of placing Government Orders at the head of the 
list, in the rotation in which they are to be taken 
on the days on-which Government Bills have pre- 
cedence. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the House do meet every Wednesday 
at Twelve o’clock at noon, for Private Business, Pe- 
titions, and Orders of the Day, and do continue to 
sit until six o’clock, unless previously adjourned ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the first word “ and.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
** and,” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by inserting after the words “ Orders 
“ of the Day,” the words “ except Bills involving 
** the repeal of existing public Acts.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by inserting after the words 
“ Orders of the Day,” the words “and Notices of 
“ Motions.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirma 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Resolved, That the House do meet every Wed- 
nesday at ‘Twelve o’clock at noon, for Private Busi- 
ness, Petitions, Orders of the Day, and Notices of 

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Motions, and do continue to sit till until Six o’clock, 
unless previously adjourned. 

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

Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in | 
Committee on Wednesday at six o’clock, the Chair- 
man do immediately report progress, and Mr. | 
— do resume the Chair, and adjourn the | 

ouse, without putting any Question. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That when any Bill shall be presented by a 
Member of this House, or shall be brought from the 
Lords, the Questions “ That this Bill be now read a 
first time,” and “ That this Bill be printed,” shall be 
decided without Amendment or Debate ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Member ” 
the words “in pursuance of an Order.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That when any Bill shall be presented 
by a Member, in pursuance of an Order of this 
House, or shall be brought from the Lords, the 
Questions “ That this Bill be now read a first time,” 
and “ That this Bill be printed,” shall be decided 
without Amendment or Debate ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Committees of Supply, and Ways 
and Means, may be appointed to sit on any day on 
which Orders of the Day shall have precedence of 
Notices of Motions; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Means” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ slrall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday and 
“ Friday, and for any other day on which Orders of 
“ the Day shall have precedence of Notices of 
“* Motions, of which notice shall have been given 
“ on the preceding Friday,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- 
“ day,and for any other day on which Orders of the 

‘ Day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions, 
“ of which notice shall have been given on the pre- 
ceding Friday,” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That the Committees of Supply, and 
Ways and Means, shall be fixed for Monday, Wed- 
nesday, and Friday, and for any other day on which 
Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Notices 
of Motions, of which notice shall have been given 
on the preceding Friday. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That when a Bill or other matter (except 
Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly con- 
sidered in Committee, and the Chairman has been 
directed to report progress and ask leave to sit again, 
and the House shall have ordered that the Com- 
mittee shallsitagain ona particular day, the Speaker 
shall, when the Order for the Committee has been 
read, forthwith leave the Chair, without putting any 
Question, and the House shall thereupon resolve it- 
self into such Committee, unless a Member shall 
have given Notice of an Instruction to such Com- 
mittee; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ unless a Mem- 
** ber shall have given Notice of an Instruction to 
“ such Committee.” * 





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

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That when a Bill or other matter (ex- 
cept Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly 
considered in Committee, and the Chairman has 
been directed to report progress and ask leave to sit 
again, and the House shall have ordered that the 
Committee shall sit again on a particular day, the 
Speaker shall, when the Order for the Committee 
has been read, forthwith leave the Chair, without 
putting any Question, and the House shall there- 
upon resolve itself into such Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That at the close of the Proceedings of a 
Committee of the whole House on a Bill,the Chair- 
man shall report the Bill forthwith to the House, 
and when Amendments shall have been made thereto, 
the same shall be agreed to conditionally without 
Debate, and a time appointed for taking the same 
into consideration ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ agreed to con- 
* ditionally” and inserting the word “ received,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ agreed to conditionally” stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
received ”’ be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That at the close of the Proceedings of 
a Committee of the whole House on a Bill, the 
Chairman shall report the Bill forthwith to the 
House, and when Amendments shall have been 
made thereto, the same shall be received without 
Debate, and a time appointed for taking the same 
into consideration. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That with respect to any Bill brought to this 
House from the House of Lords, or returned by the 
House of Lords to this House, with Amendments, 
whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture or fee, 
shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, regu- 
lated, varied, or extinguished, this House will not 
insist on its ancient and undoubted Privileges in the 
following cases : 


1. When the object of such pecuniary 
penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution 
of the Act, or the punishment or prevention of 
offences : 

2. Where such fees are imposed in respect 
of benefit taken or service rendered under the 
Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, 
and are not made payable into the Treasury 
or Exchequer, or in aid of the Public Revenue, 
and do not form the ground of public accounting 
by the Parties receiving the same, either in 
respect of deficit or surplus : 

3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill 
for a Local or Personal Act; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ in order to facilitate the passing of Bills through 
Parliament, this House will not insist upon its 
Privileges in respect of any Bills, Clauses or 
Amendments which may be brought from the 
House of Lords, whereby tolls, rates, or duties 
are authorized, imposed or regulated, provided 
the same shall be assessed and levied by local 
authorities, and for local purposes, and shall not 
be applied to the public service,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, 


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Resolved, That with respect to any Bill brought 
to this House from the House of Lords, or returned 
by the House of Lords to this House, with Amend- 
ments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, 
or fee, shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, 
regulated, varied, or extinguished, this House will 
not insist on its ancient and undoubted Privileges, in 
the following cases : 


1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty 
or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the 
Act, or the punishment or prevention of of- 
fences : 

2. Where such fees are imposed in respect 
of benefit taken or service rendered under the 
Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, 
and are not made payable into the Treasury or 
Exchequer, or in aid of tne Public Revenue, 
and do not form the ground of public accounting 
by the parties receiving the same, either in re- 
spect of deficit or surplus : : 

3. When s#@h Bill shall be a Private Bill 
for a Local or Personal Act. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That after Tuesday, the 1st day of May next, 
Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Notices 
of Motions on Thursdays, the right being reserved 
to Her Majesty’s Ministers of placing Government 
Orders at the lead of the List, as on Mondays and 
Fridays; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That ”’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
** the Speeches of Members be limited in duration 
“ to one hour; but that the introducers of Original 
“ Motions, and Ministers of the Crown speaking in 
“ reply, be exempted from this rule,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—lIt passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, that the words “ the 
Speeches of Members be limited in duration to one 
hour, but that the introducers of original Motions, 
and Ministers of the Crown speaking in reply, be 
exempted from this rule,” be added instead thereof: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

That the Speeches of Members be limited in du- 
vation to one hour; but that the introducers of 
original Motions, and Ministers of the Crown speak- 
ing in reply, be exempted from this rule ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Milner Gibson, \ 62 
{ Mr. Hume: - 


. Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Noes, {Tord Marcus Hill: oo 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


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

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland 
at the time elected, und not having declined to 
serve for any county, city or borough of Great 
Britain, to concern himself in the Election of 
Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, 
except only any Peer of Jreland, at such Elections 
in Great Britain respectively, where such Peer 
shall appear as a Candidate, or by himself, or any 
others, be proposed to be elected ; or for any Lord- 
Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail him- 
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23 


self of any authority derived from his Commission 
to influence the Election of any Member to serve 
for the Commons in Parliament. 

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


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


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

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


Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police Metropolis 
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the Police. 


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


Ordered, That no Footmen be permitted to be Footmen. 


within the Lobby of the House, or upon the stairs 
leading thereto. 

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

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

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


Ordered, That, to prevent the intercepting or Letters. 


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

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

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

Ordered, That, when any Letter or Packet di- 
rected to this House shall come to Mr. Speaker, he 
do open the same; and acquaint the House, at 
D4 their 





Privileges. 


Address 
reported. 


24 


their next sitting, with the contents thereof, if pro- 
er to be communicated to this House. 
Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be 
appointed. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
appointed upon Friday last, to draw up an Address 
to be presented to Her Majesty, That they had 


drawn up an Address accordingly: And the same | 


was read, as followeth ; 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


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

We beg humbly to assure Your Majesty that we 

articipate in the satisfaction which Your Majesty 
ine been pleased to express, that both in the North 
and in the South of Europe the contending parties 


5° Februariz. 


has not been renewed, we unite with Your Majesty 





have consented to a suspension of Arms, for the pur- 
ose of negotiating terms of Peace. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us, that | 

the hostilities carried on in the Island of Stcily were | 


A. 1849. 


in deploring the existence of a spirit of disaffection ; 
and our serious consideration will be devoted to the 
intimation of Your Majesty, that Your Majesty is 
compelled, with regret, to ask fora continuance, for 
a limited time, of those powers which, in the last 
Session, were deemed by Parliament to be neces- 
sary for the preservation of the public tranquillity. 

We most sincerely share with Your Majesty the 
satisfaction which Your Majesty feels at the revival 
of Commerce from those shocks which, at the com- 
mencement of last Session, were to be deplored; and 
we learn with gratification that the condition of the 
manufacturing districts is likewise mcre encou- 
raging than it has been for a considerable period, 
and that the state of the Revenue is one of progres- 
sive improvement. 

We fully participate with your Majesty, in the 
great concern which Your Majesty has been pleased 
to express on account of the very severe distress in 
some parts of Jreland, which has been caused by 
another failure of the Potato Crop. 

We can assure Your Majesty, That our best at- 
tention will be devoted to the subject of the opera- 
tion of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland, 
and we beg to convey to Your Majesty the expres- 


attended with circumstances so revolting that the| sion of our thanks for Your gracious intimation, 
British and French Admirals were impelled, by | that any measure by which those Laws may be 
motives of humanity, to interpose and to stop the | beneficially amended, and the condition of the 
effusion of blood ; and we rejoice to learn that Your | people may be improved, will receive Your Majesty’s 
Majesty has availed Yourself of the interval thus | cordial assent. 
obtained to propose, in conjunction with France, to! We humbly thank Your Majesty for the gracious 
the King of Naples, an arrangement calculated to | manner with which Your Majesty has been pleased 
produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily. | to advert to the loyal spirit of Your people, and to 
We humbly thank Your Majesty for the assur-| that attachment to the institutions of their country, 
ance of Your anxious endeavours, in offering Your; which has animated them during a period of com- 
good offices to the various contending Powers, to! mercial difficulty, deficient production of food, and 
prevent the extension of the calamities of War, and | political revolution. 
to lay the foundation for lasting and honourable, We join with Your Majesty in humbly looking 


Peace; and we beg to acquaint Your Majesty that | to the protection of Almighty God, for favour in 


we derive much gratification from the expression of our continued progress; and we beg to convey to 
Your constant desire to maintain with all Foreign | Your Majesty the assurance that we will faithfully 
States the most friendly relations. assist Your Majesty in upholding the fabric of the 


We thank Your Majesty for informing us, that 
the Papers connected with these transactions will 
be laid before Parliament, by direction of Your Ma- | 
jesty, as soon as the interests of the public service | 
will permit. 

We regret to learn that a Rebellion of a formi-, 
dable character has broken out in the Punjaub, and ' 
that the Governor-General of Jndia has been com- 
pelled, for the preservation of the peace of the coun- | 
try, to assemble a considerable force, which is now | 
engaged in military operations, and we cordially re- | 
joice at the information which Your Majesty has | 
imparted to us, that these unprovoked disturbances 
have not affected the peace of British India. 

We humbly assure your Majesty that the re- 
strictions imposed upon Commerce by the Naviga-| 
tion Laws will engage our most earnest attention ; | 
and that it will be our duty to consider whether it 
be right to repeal or modify their provisions if we. 
shali find that these Laws are in whole or in part! 
unnecessary for the maintenance of our Maritime 
Power, while they fetter Trade and Industry. 

We beg to express our Thanks to Your Majesty 
for having directed the Estimates for the Service of 
the year to be laid before this House, and for ac-' 
quainting us that they will be framed with the 
most anxious attention to a wise economy. | 

We rejoice to learn that Your Majesty has been 
enabled, on account of the present state of affairs, to 
make large reductions upon the Estimates of last | 
year. 

We beg leave humbly to express the satisfaction | 
which we participate with Your Majesty, that this | 
portion of the United Kingdom has remained tran- | 
quil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed so , 
many parts of Europe. | 

Whilst rejoicing that the Insurrection in Ireland 

i 


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| unto, by adding after t 


Constitution, founded, as it is, upon the principles 
of freedom and of justice. 
The said Address being read a second time; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
he words “ public tranquil- 
“ lity,” at the end of the 11th paragraph, the words 
‘‘ and we assure Your Majesty, that we shall also, 
without delay, direct our serious attention to the 
consideration of the rebellions which have un- 
happily occurred in the course of last year in the 
Island of Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope, 
in order to ascertain the extent, as well as the 
causes, of those rebellions; and we shall also en- 
deavour to trace the causes of the distress and 
discontent that exist in British Guiana, in the 
Mauritius, and in other British Colonies :” 
And the Question being put, That those words ~ 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
thereunto, by adding after the words “ progressive 
“ improvement,” at the end of the twelfth para- 
graph, the words, “ but we are, at the same time, 
* compelled earnestly to represent to Your Ma- 
“ jesty that the amount of Taxation is excessive, and 
“ the burdens more than the industry of the Country 
“‘ can support; that millions of the people are thereby 


| affected both in their physical and moral condition, 


causing great privations and consequent discon- 

tent amongst Your Majesty’s faithful People. 

“ We desire to inform Your Majesty, that nume- 
“ rous Petitions presented to this House, and re- 
“« corded in its proceedings of last Session, complain 
“ of the present system of National Taxation being 
“ unequal and unfair in its bearing on the several 
“ classes of the community; that the system, there- 


|“ fore, requires a complete revision, with a view to 


“ a more fair and equal distribution for the future. 
“ Our 








Address 
agreed ty. 


Queen’s Speech 


to be con- 
sidered. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Troops, &amp;c. 


in Ireland. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 
Act (Ireland. ) 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Coffee. 


Ceylon. 





12 Vicroriz. 


“ Our duty to the people further requires, that we 
“ humbly represent to Your Majesty, that great and 
“ well-founded anxiety exists in this Country re- 
“ specting the Elective Franchise and the Constitu- 
“ tion of this House ; that millions of Your Majesty’s 
‘ loyal and industrious people preferred their Peti- 
“ tions for a great extension of the Franchise, and 
“ for protection to the Electors, with other measures 
“ ofreform, by which this House might be so con- 
“ stituted as to fully and fairly representthe people.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Address to be presented to 
Her Majesty. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


wn“ 





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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed on 
Lrish Poor Laws ; 


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


Martis, 6° die Februarii, 1849: 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns of the Number of Troops of the Line or other 
Forces employed in the Insurrection in Jreland, as 
mentioned in Her Majesty’s Speech from the 
Throne; together with the List and Names of the 
killed and wounded, and the Number and Descrip- 
tion of Forces engaged on both sides :—And, of 
the Amount of Expenses and Cost in sending Troops 
from Great Britain to Ireland, and in moving the 
several Regiments and other armed Forces in va- 
rious parts of Ireland on the occasion of the said 
alleged Insurrection:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number and Names of Persons ar- 
rested under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus 
Act in Jreland, the Length of Imprisonment, and if 
let out on Bail, or otherwise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Despatch or Correspondence, secret 
or otherwise, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, to the Governor-General of 
India in Council, sanctioned by the Commissioners 
for the Affairs of India, and communicating the 
decision of the Court on the Question of the dis- 
posal of the Sattara State, in consequence of the 
death of the late Raja; together with all Corre- 
spondence, secret or otherwise, between the Govern- 
ments of India, from the 14th day of October 1847, 
and not already laid before Parliament; as also, 
Copies of all Minutes recorded by Members of 
Council in India, and Dissents, Protests, or Minutes 
recorded by any Member or Members of the Court 
of Directors on that subject. 


A Petition of Merchants, Planters, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the Island of Ceylon, praying 
for a reduction of the duty on Coffee, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


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colony, with a view to enforce retrenchment in all 
branches of the public service, to cause the imme- 
diate abolition of all useless offices, to reduce the 
present duties levied on the importation of coffee 
for home consumption in Great Britain, to increase 
the number of the unofficial Members of the Legis- 
lative Council, and extend their powers by permitting 
them to originate measures, and to make such 
alterations in the administration of Justice, as may 
meet the urgent requirements of the colony, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


praying that, with a viewto increase the respecta- 
bility of the keepers of Beer-houses, two sureties 
for the orderly keeping of the house be in all 
cases required to be bound, each in a sum not less 
than 20/.; thatnohouseshallin future be licensedasa 
beer-house, without the consent of the owner cer- 
tified in writing, and that such owner shall, on such 
license being granted, be liable for all pecuniary 
penalties incurred by the occupier and not recover- 
able from him; and that no new beer-houses be 
opened in any parish, without the consent of the 
parishioners in vestry assembled, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


(Chairman) ; praying the House to take prompt and 
decisive measures to negotiate treaties between the 
Government of this country and other governments 
of the world, binding the parties, for the future, to 
refer their misunderstandings to the decision of ar- 
bitrators,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


morrow, 


Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, to certain distressed Unions in Ireland; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-mat- 
ter of this Motion, recommends it to the consider- 
ation of the House. 

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


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


Martis, 6° die Februarii ; 


Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
An Account of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills 
or Treasury Bills, and other Government Securities, 
which have been purchased by the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, or on which 
any sum or sums have been lent and advanced for 
the Public Service by the Governor and Company 
of the said Bank, in the year ending the 5th da 

of January 1849, showing what amount of such 
Bills, before the making up of this Account, has 
been paid off and discharged, and the Amount of 
such Exchequer Bills or ‘Treasury Bills, or other 
Government Securities, which was in the hands of 





Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Planters, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the Island of Ceylon, praying 


the Governor and Company of the said Bank, on 
the 5th day of January 1849 aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums, 
issued for the payment of Dividends due, and not 





the House to direct inquiry into the state of that 
Vou. 104. 





demanded, and for the payment of Lottery Prizes or 
E Benefits, 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Sale of Beer 
parish of East Stonehouse, in the county of Devon, Act. 


Petitions from Woodbridge ; — and, Sheffield war. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Relief of 
resolve itself into a Committee to con- Distress 
sider of affording Relief out of the Consolidated (Ireland. ) 


R. Smee, from the Bank of England, was Bank of 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant England. 





26 


Benefits, which had not been claimed, and which 
remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, on the there under- 
mentioned days, being those next before the issue 
from the Exchequer of Money, for the Payment of 
Dividends, on Account of the National Debt, for 
each of the four preceding Quarters respectively. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.10,367. 11s. 10d. in one year, from the 5thJanuary 
1848, to 5th January 1849, by the Commissioners 
appointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the reduction of 
the National Debt :—And then he withdrew. 

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


National Debt. 


East Anglian 
Railways (Ely 
and Hunting- 
don Railway 
Extension of 
of Time) Bill. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for enlarging the 
Powers of the East Anglian Railways Act, 1847, 
by extending the Time and Powers for making the 
Ely and Huntingdon Railway: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to incorpo- 
rate the Great Jndian Peninsula Railway Company, 
for making a Railway in Jndia from Bombay to 
Callian: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House No. 2, relative to the appointment of 
Committees, might be read; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

“That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated ‘The Select Committee on Standing Orders,’ 
toconsist of Eleven Members, who shall be nominated 
at the commencement of every Session, of whom 
Five shall be a Quorum.” 

A Committee was accordingly nominated of Mr. 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Ord, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. 
Greene, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Aglionby, 
Captain Jones, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Wright- 
son, and Mr. Compton. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the London and Blackwall Railway (Amendment 
and Extension of Time) Bill, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 
of the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon 
the Table, upon Friday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Time) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Henley and London Waterworks and Naviga- 
tion Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Henley and 
London 
Waterworks 
and Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


Dublin 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
Improvement 
Bill. 


the Dublin Improvement Bill, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Dublin 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Dublin Corporation Waterworks Bill, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


6° Februari. 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of 
the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon 
the Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Irish South 
the Trish South Eastern Railway (Amendment of Eastern Rail. 
Acts) Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, meaet of eal 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Bil, ~~ 
Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of 
the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon 
the Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Division of 
the Division of the living of Richmond and King- the Living of 
ston-upon- Thames Bill, which was presented upon ar 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on upon-Thams 
Standing Orders. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in york, New. 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Bar- castle and Ber. 
moor and Alnmouth New Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, which Ban Railway 
was presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Sol; ‘Aiea 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. New Branches, 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- &amp;*) Bill. 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 


Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said Select 


‘ Committee. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Taff Vale 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the Railway 
Taff Vale Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tidfil) Hager te 
Bill, which was laid upon the Table upon Friday last, ‘Tyagi Bil. 
&gt; —- to the Select Committee on Standing 

rders. 


Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Liverpool 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the rpm be 
Liverpool Sanatory Act (Alteration of Sewer Rate) Sewer Rate) 
Bill, which was laid upon the Table upon Friday Bill. 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Stand. 
ing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in East Lanca- 
the East Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment and shite Railwiy 
Deviation (Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton- mp 
le-dale, &amp;c.) Bill, which was presented yesterday, viation (Con- 


be referred to the Select Committee on Standing »¢cting in 
Orders. in Preston an 


’ Walton-le- 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- Dale, &amp;c.) Bill 


— with the Standing Orders, in the case of the 
etition for the said Bill, which was laid upon the 
Table yesterday, be referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Great North- 


the Great Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, awahea 


Deviations and Enlargements at and near Boston, of Acts, De- 
Bentley, Lincoln and Kings Cross) Bill, which was viations and 
presented yesterday, be referred to the Select Com- ee 
mittee on Standing Orders. Boston, Bent- 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non-com- ley, Lincoln 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the ne King’ 
said Bill, which was laid upon the Table yesterday, 


be referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition 








a” 


ih MR 





ll Canal 
(abandonment 
of Undertak- 
ing, &amp;e.) Bill, 


sfer of 
areficld Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation — 
Company Bill. 


Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation — 
Company Bill. 


12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Argyle Canal Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Dissolution of the 
said Company, and for the Abandonment of their 
Undertaking, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Alexander Hastie and Mr. M’ Neil. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of 
the Navigation of the River Dun, and of the Man- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to transfer the Sheffield 
Canal to the Company of Proprietors of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Dun, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Transfer of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navi- 
gation Company Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, as the Bill takes power to 
transferthe Sheffield Canal from the Manchester Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company, in whom 
the same was vested by the Sheffield Canal Purchase 
Act, 1848, to the proprietors of the Navigation of the 
River Dun, but a copy of the Bill, annexed to the 
Petition, was not deposited in the Office of the 
Railway Commissioners, on or before the 31st day 
of December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


River Dun A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
a, Stainforth and Keadby Canal Navigation, and of 
(Purchase of the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of 
Stainforth and the River Dun, for leave to bring in a Bill, to vest 
— Canal) the Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the Company 
of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
River Dun Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Navigation Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
pre ll of Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Stainforth and the River Dun Navigation Company (Purchase of 
ny onal) Stainforth and Keadby Canal Bill), the Standing 
: Orders have not been complied with, as notice of 
the intended application to Parliament was pub- 
lished once only, in the month of November last, in 
a newspaper of the county of York, in which 
county the lands to which the said Bill relates 
are situate. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
ae A Petition of Sir Josiah John Guest, of Great 
(Extensi Canford, in the county of Dorset, Baronet, and 
in Merthyr Edward John Hutchins, of Eaton-square, Pimlico, 
Tydfil) Bill. in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, carrying on 
business in co-partnership, under the name or style 
of the Dowlais [ron Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making a to from the Taff Vale Rail- 
way to Dowlais, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 
Feltwell Se- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for improving 
(hava the Drainage of Feltwell Second District, in the 
County of Norfolk: And the sanie was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
East Indian Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
Company (for the East Indian Railway Company, and for other 
making and Purposes connected therewith: And the same was 
maintaining read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Rare time. 
ways in 
the East Indies) Incorporation Bill. 


VoL. 104. 


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27 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend and South Eastern 
repeal certain Provisions in the several Acts relating a ae 
to the South Eastern Railway, and to enable the nto 
South Eastern Railway Company to purchase, hire, against open- 
and use Steam-boats, and for other Purposes: And ing the Tun- 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bete 
be read a second time. and Ashford 
Lines, Grant of esenine tana 
Parchase of Lands, Steam Boats) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and Surrey and 
amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign taeda 
of his Majesty, King George the Fourth, intituled, ¢¢ act and 
“An Act for more effectually amending the Road Alteration of 
leading from the Stone’s End, in Blackman-street, in Ts) Bill. 
the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, 
to Highgate, in the County of Sussex, and several 
other Roads therein mentioned, and for other Pur- 
poses relating thereto: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Abolition publin 
of several of the Public Boards and Trusts in the Consolidation, 
Borough of Dublin, regulating the Taxation of said a 
Borough, providing for the better Paving, Cleansing, and Sewers( 
Lighting, Watering, Draining and Sewerage of said Bill. 
Borough, and Supply of Water therein, and for the 
general Improvement of the same: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Colonel Mure presented a Bill for vesting the Edinburgh 


Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal in the Edin- menoar ead 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Company: And the fainburgh 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be and Glasgow 


i Union Canal 
read a second time. (ates 


tion, or Sale or Lease of the Union 
Canal to the Railway Company) Bill. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, Renfrewshire 
and Commissioners of Supply for the county of ey ll 
Renfrew, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate gi ~ 
the Prosecution of Criminal Offences before Her 
Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in the county of 
Renfrew, and to simplify and render uniform the 
Proceedings therein, and lessen the Costs thereof, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Mure and 


Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


Mr. Godson presented a Bill for better assessing Kidderminster 
the Poor Rates on Small Tenements in certain Pa- _— — 
rishes and Places within the Union of Kiddermin- Rating Bill. 
ster: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Colonel T'’hompson presented a Bill for authorizing Bradford 
the Bradford Waterworks Company to raise a fur- Waterworks 
ther Sum of Money: And the same was read the ~ 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for better ena- London 
bling the Governors of the London Hospital to eet one ie 
carry on the Charitable Designs of the said Institu- pi?" 
tion: And the same was read the first time; and or- 


dered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for improving Charing Cross 
the Approaches to the Charing Cross Bridge, on the ae ; 
Surrey Side thereof, and for amending the Acts i ‘sais - 
relating thereto, for authorizing the raising of a fur- Powers toalter 
ther Sum of Money, and for other Purposes: And — 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be ey Bill. 


read a second time. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for repairing the —— 
Road leading from Chatteris Ferry to Wisbech, and 94 Gote and 
from thence to Tid Gote, in the Isle of Ely, and to Downham 


E 2 


Downham 





28 


Bridge Turn- Downham Bridge, in the County of Norfolk, and to 
he roma authorize the conversion of the Wisbech and March 
Alberetion of Low Road into Turnpike: And the same was read 
Provisions the first time: and ordered to be read a second 
pair of Wal- r 
dersey and South Side Banks, Abandonment 

as to Sapte of Road over same, Construc- 

tion of new Turnpike-road) Bill. 

Marshland, Mr. Townley presented a Bill for altering the 
Smeeth and mode of assessing the Drainage Rates authorized 


tion of Drain. by the Act for draining and improving Marshland 
age Ratesand Smeeth and Marshland Fen, in the Country of 
Beets) Bill Marshland, in the County of Norfolk, and to pro- 
’ vide for the repair of Roads within the limits of the 
said Act: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Macclesfield 
Borough 
Waterworks, 
Markets, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Mr. John Williams presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying with Water the Borough of Macclesfield, in 
the County of Chester, ani for other Purposes con- 
nected with the said Borough: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Mr. Compton presented a Bill for better assessing 
and collecting the Poor’s Rates within the Town 
and County of the Town of Southampton: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to’ be 
read a second time. 


Southampton 
Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


North Shields Mr. Compton presented a Bil! for constructing 

Quaysand and maintaining a Quay and other Works at North 

rcs Shields, in the County of Northumberland, and for 
conferring Exemptions from certain Dues: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Reading, The Order wnade yesterday, That Mr. Evelyn 

Guildford and Denison and Mr. Mangles do prepare, and bring 

Reigate Rail- i, the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway 

way (Branch 5  - 5 : 

to London and (Branch to Zondon and South Western Railway) 

South Western Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Railway) Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Wiliiam Denison and Mr. 
Mangles do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 

see erp Mr. Legh presented a Bill to consolidate into one 

ree mee Act, and to amend the Provisions of the several 

Railway (Con- Railway, Ferry and Dock Acts relating to the Man- 

= —_ chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 

Acts) Bill. * pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ashton-under- Mr, Hind/ey presented a Bill for the further Im- 

a &gt; &gt; hee » © » 

Lyne Police, provement of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne: 

Markets and . 

Improvement And the same was read the first time; and ordered 

Acts Exten- to be read a second time. 

sion and 

Amendment, and Transference of Gas 

and Waterworks and other Property 

to the Corporation Bill. 


Shrewsbury Mr. M‘Gregor presented a Bill to alter and 
and Birming- amend some of the Powers and Provisions of the 
ham Railway  ¢) -ewshur d Birmingh Rail Act dt 
nate ton. “4 ‘y an irmingham Railway Acts, and to 
ment,Brenches authorize the formation of certain Branch Railways, 
~ a aman a Navigable Canal, and other Works connected 
with the same respectively, and for other Purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


East Lothian = Mr. M‘*Gregor presented a Bill for the Dissolu- 
Central Rail- 


way (Aban. #00 of the East Lothian Central Railway Company, 
donment of the aud for the Abandonment of the Railway: And the 
Railway, and sanie was read the first time; and ordered to be 


Dissolution of ,, . 
the Company) read a second time. 
Bill. 


“Commercial 
Road (com- 
prising the 
Cannon-street 
Roads, the 
Commercial 
Road, the 
Horseferry Branch of Road, the 
East India Dock Road, and the 
Barking Road) Bill. 


Mr. George Thompson acne a Bill for more 


effectually repairing the Commercial-road, and other 
Roads connected therewith, in the Counties of Mid- 
dlesex and Essex: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





6° Februari. 





A. 1849. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to enable the Cock- Cockermouth 
ermouth and Workington Railway Company to pore 
make a Branch Railway to Bridgefoot, for amend- (Branch ‘o 
ing the Act relating to their Railway, and to enable Bridgefoot, 
them to lease their Line to the Whitehaven Junction re 
Railway Company: And the same was read the ~ 


: . Power to 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. _ to Whitehaven 


Junction Rail. 
way Com- 
pany) Bill. 
Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to a 
make certain Branches to the River Dee, with Seanehee an 
Wharfs and other Conveniences connected there- the River Dee; 
with; to enter into Agreements for a Joint Station [A sy reg 
at Shrewsbury; and to subscribe towards the ot shrew.” 
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway: And the same bury; Power 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a ~~ —— 
second time. Seeeten 
and Hereford 
Railway) Bill, 
Mr. Ewart presented a Bill for enabling the York York ana 
and North Midland Railway Company to deviate North Midland 
their Railways between Market Weighton and Be- Dovialenii 
verley, and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the Abandonment 
County of York, and for other Purposes: And the po ee te 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Lines of ] 


: Lines of Rail. 
read a second time. way between 


Market 
Weighton and Beverley, and 
manthorpe and Tadcaster) Bill. 


A Petition of the Darlington Gas Company, and Darlington 
of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of the town and bo- Gasand Water 
rough of Darlington, and the suburbs thereof, in CO™P*y Bill 
the county of Durham, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for lighting with Gas, and supplymg with Water the 
Town and Borough of Darlington, and the Suburbs 
thereof, in the County of Durham, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


o™ beet 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Stockton and . 
to bring in the Stockton and Darlington Railway Darl 
(Consolidation of Acts, Increase of Capital and jeri A 
Purchase of the Middlesbrough Dock) Bill, which Acts, Increase 
was presented yesterday, might be read: And the of Capital, and 
same being read ; Regrets 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill prough Dock) 
to consolidate the several Acts relating to the Bill. 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, to 
enable the Company to increase their Capital, and 
to vest in them the Middlesbrough Dock : And that 
Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Pvew do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


fm ll 


Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for enabling Stockton and 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to Darlington 
abandon a Portion of their Railway in the Parishes rn! of 

ration 
of Eaglescliffe and Stockton-on-Tees, and to make Line in Eagle 
a new Line of Railway in lieu thereof, all in the &lt;liffeand 
County of Durham, and for other Purposes: And Toes) Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


pe 


Lord Harry Vane preseuted a Bill to consolidate Stockton and 
the several Acts relating to the Stockton and Dar- Darlington 
; slurs Railway (Con- 
lington Railway Company, to enable the Company gojidation of 
to increase their Capital, and to vest in them the Acts, Increase 
Middlesbrough Dock: And the same was read the % Capital and 
yr A : urchase of 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. the Middles- 
renee Dock) 
Bill. 


Petitions from Beverley; — and, Nottingham Clergy. 
(Chairman); praying for the repeal of the laws 
which prevent a Clergyman voluntarily seceding 
from the Church of England from officiating as a 
Protestant Dissenting Minister,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Dillon, praying that a Select John Dillon. 
Committee of the House may be granted to inquire 
into the circumstances attending the capture of 
the 








T Sale of Beer 


Act. 


7 ee a ae 


$5) 


Ss 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


ae 


Stafford 
County 


(Southern Di- 
vision) Writ. 


Savings Banks 
(Ireland. ) 


Property Tax. 








12 VicTorRiZ. 


the American Brig “ Peru,” was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Landowners, Occu- 

iers of land and other Rate-payers of the Gort 

nion, suggesting various Amendments in the Jrish 
Poor Law, and praying for an immediate and 
searching inquiry into the whole system, and that 
remedies may be applied without delay to some of 
-the evils thereof, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Midleton Union (Chairman) ;—and, 
Nenagh (two Petitions); praying for amendment 
of the Poor Law in Jreland,—were also preseuted, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Bath 
Union, stating that after many years experience 
of the working of the Sale of Beer Act, they are 
fully convinced that great injury has resulted from 
it to the moral and social condition of the people of 
this country; and praying that with a view to in- 
crease the respectability of the keepers of beer- 
houses, two sureties for the orderly keeping of the 
house, be in all cases required, to be bound each in 
a sum not less than twenty pounds; that no house 
shall in future be licensed as a beer-house without 
the consent of the owner, certified in writing ; and 
that such owner shall, on such license being granted, 
be liable for all pecuniary penalties incurred by the 
occupier, and not recoverable from him; and that 
no new beer-houses be opened in any parish with- 
out the consent of the parishioners in vestry as- 
sembled, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the River Lee, and 
others interested in the increase of Salmon, and also 
of Inhabitants of the city of Cork, praying the 
House to pass such a measure as will compel pro- 
prietors of fixed Weirs to make a Queen’s gap at 
their own expense (such as those on the Lee) a mea- 
sure they feel assured will do more for the increase 
of the Salmon Fisheries in Jre/and than any other 
Act hithertu passed, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Southern division of 
the County of Stafford, in the room of Viscount Jn- 


gestre, now Earl Yalbot, called up to the House of 


Peers. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into and report on 
the Laws regulating Savings Banks in Jreland, witha 
view to their Amendment, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Number of Persons charged to 
the Income Tax, for the years ended the 5th day of 
April 1847 and 1848, under Schedule (D.) ; distin- 
guishing the Number charged in each of the follow- 
ing Classes ; viz. under £.150 a-year ; £.150 a-year, 
and under £.200 ; £.200, and under £.300; £.300, 
and under £.400; £.400, and under £.500; £500, 
and under £,600; £.600, and under £.700 ; £.700, 
and under £.800; £.800, and under £.900; £.900, 
and under £.1,000; £.1,000, and under £.1,500 ; 
£.1,500, and under £.2,000; £.2,000, and under 
£.3,000 ; £.3,000, and under £.4,000; £.4,000, 
and under £.5,000; £.5,000, and under £.10,000 ; 
£.10,000, and under £.20,000; £.20,000, and 
under £.30,000; £.30,00U, and under £.40,000 ; 
£.40,000, and under £.50,000; £.50,000, and 
under £.75,000; £.75,000, and upwards; and the 
Amount of Tax received from each Class :—A Si- 
milar Return under Schedule(E.), to £.5,000 a-year, 

Vou. 104. 


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29 


and upwards:—-Also, a Return, showing the Net 
Amount of Property and Income Tax for the same 
years, classed under the several Schedules (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 747, of Ses- 
sion 1847). 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Countries, the Vessels of 
which are either wholly or in part excluded from the 
Privileges which the Navi ation Act allows them in 
communicating with the British Colonies, for want 
of the Issue of Orders in Council, under the 4th sec- 
tion of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 93, or in consequence 
of the Issue of limited Orders, or in consequence of 
the Expiration or Withdrawal of Orders previously 
issued. 

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


of Absence till Easter, on account of ill health. 


ployed in Jreland, in the Collection of Poor Rates, 
between the 1st day of October 1848, and the 1st 
day of February 1849; distinguishing the Amount 
of the Force employed on each occasion. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence (not already 
laid before this House), between Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies and 
the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, 
respecting the ‘Taxation Ordinances passed by the 
Legislative Council of that Colony, which were re- 
cently declared by the Supreme Court of the Colony 
to be illegal ; or respecting the Removal of Judge 
Montagu, or of any Ordinance subsequently passed 
by that Council for giving validity to any such Tax- 
ation Ordinances. 

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


the 3d day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Final Decrees for the Sale of Landed Property 
in Jreland, pronounced within the last Five years by 
the Irish Court of Chancery or Equity Exchequer, 
and of the Amount of Incumbrances reported due 
in each Cause, and for the Payment of which a Sale 
was directed, and of the Cases in which a Sale of 
the Lands decreed, or a portion thereof, has been 
effected, and the Amount for which same were sold, 
and of the Amount of the Purchase-money paid out 
of Court to parties, in discharge of Incumbrances 
reported due ; such Return to be made out according 
to the tabular form annexed, 





Cases in which a Sale 


Amount of Amount of Purchase- 
“nal Incumbrances | of the Lands decreed : 1a ent of 
Fina reported due, to be sold, or a Por- r semece | gonad y 
Decrees and for tion thereof,has been aon to P Soon = 
for Payment of effected, and the Ps mare aed 
Sale. | which Sale | Amount for which} branes  reporte 
directed. same was sold. _ 














might be read; and the same being read ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
Defore this House forthwith :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





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


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote have leave Leave of 
Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Rates 
Return of the Number of Military and Police em- (Ireland. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Van Diemen’s 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Land. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Landed 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Vancouver's 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Island. 
’ E3 to 





30 6° Februariz. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Charter of Grant of Vancouver's 
Island to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and Copies 


A, 1849. 


the Halbeath Railway, it was seen that the Com- Townhill ana 
pany intended not to alter their own line, but to Halbeath 
change the level of the Halbeath Railway, so as to omy s* 





HabeasCorpus 
Suspension 
Act (Ireland.) 


Roman Catho- 
lic Church 
(India, &amp;c.) 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway ( A.) 
(Dunfermline 
Branch Devia- 
tion in Dun- 
fermline Pa- 
rish, and so as 
to pass under 
Townhill and 
Halbeath 
Tramways : 
Branches in 
connection 
with those 
Tramways ; 
Repeal of 
Agreement 
with Lessees 
of Halbeath 
Colliery ; 
Increase of 
Capital and 
Amendment of 
Acts) ;—Edin- 
burgh and 
Northern Rail- 
way (B.) 
(Deviation of 
Dunfermline 
Branch in 
Dunfermline 
Parish, and 
Alterations, so 
that the same 
may pass over 
the Halbeath 
Tramway ; 
Branches in 
connection 
with Halbeath 
and Townbill 
Tramways, 
Increase of 
Capital and 


Amendment of 


Acts );—and, 


Fdinburghand 


of any Correspondence which has passed between 
the Colonial Office and the Hudson’s Bay Company 


on that subject, since the last Papers were laid upon 
theTable. 

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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 5th day of this instant February, for a 
Return of the Number and Names of ancl 
arrested under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus 
Act in Ireland, the Length of Imprisonment, and 
if let out on Bail or otherwise. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
té Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 


Copies of all Treaties and Acts or Ordinances of 


the Local Legislatures of Jndia and the Trans- 
marine Possessions of the Crown, whereby or 
under which Provision is made for the Ministers of 
the Roman Catholic Church in Jndia or such Pos- 
sessions. 

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


A Petition of Proprietors of the Halbeath Rail- 
way, and Townhill Railway, in the county of Fife, 
and as individuals, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, Than an Act was passed in the 9th and 
10th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act to enable the Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway Company to make a Railway 
from their Line at Thornton to Dunfermline,” 
whereby the said Company obtained power as 
sought by them to carry the Railway thereby au- 
thorized to be constructed across the said Townhill 
Railway and the said Halbeath Railway on the 
level. That this authority was given in consequence 
of the evidence of the engineer of the Company, 
as to the perfect safety of such a crossing; that m 
the Session 1847, being the Session of Parliament 
immediately following the passing of the said Act, 
the said Railway Company presented a Petition to 
the House, for leave to introduce a Bill, intituled, 
“ A Bill to enable the Edinburgh and Northern 
Railway Company to make a Railway from Burntis- 
land Pier to their Branch to Dunfermline, to make 
a Deviation and Extension of the said Branch, to 
make another Railway from the Strathearn Devia- 
tion Railway to the Scottish Central Railway, and 
to make an Alteration in the manner of constructing 
the said Branch and Strathearn Deviation across 
certain Roads and the Halbeath Railway.” By that 
Bill power was sought to make “A Branch Rail- 
way from the Harbour and Low-water Pier of 
Burntisland, in the Parish of Burntisland, and 
County of Fefe, passing from, through or into the 


Parishes of Burntisland, Aberdour, Dalgety, Inver- | 


keithing and Dunfermline, in the same county, to 
the Railway authorized by the second hereinbefore 


recited Act,” (the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- | 


Northern Rail- way (Dunfermline Branch), 1846), “ at a point 


way (C.) 
(Dunfermline 
Branch ; 
Alterations in 
Dunfermline 
Parish ; Level 
Crossing of 
Halbeath 
Tramway ; 
Repeal of 
Agreement 
with Lessees 
of Halbeath 
Colliery , 


‘hereon near to Sheephousewell, in the said Parish 
of Dunfermline,” as also to make certain other de- 
viations and alterations upon the Railway and 
Branches which the said Company was authorized 
to construct. Upon referring to the Plan deposited 
in reference to the said Bill, for an explanation of the 
alteration proposed to be made upon the line of the 
Railway which the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way Company were authorized to construct by their 
Act of 1846, in so far as such alteration affected 








carry that Railway over their line instead of UPON Capital and 
the level, as authorized by the Statute. Memorials Amendment of 
were presented against the said Bill by the pro-A¢ts) Bills 


prietors of the Halbeath Railway, and by certain 
other parties, complaining of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders. ‘The result of the objections 
upon Standing Orders appears from the following 
entries in the Votes and Frenndings of the House, 
videlicet, on 22d February 1847 :—*“ 61. Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland 
to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.)—Petition for Bill, re« 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
—62. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch 
from Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.)— 
Report, in respect of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders, laid on the Table, and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders.”—And 
upon the 4th of March 1847, the Resolution of the 
Standing Orders Committee is reported, as follows : 
— That, in the case of the Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland to 
Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with” ; that upon 
the Petition of the said Edinburgh and Northern 
Railway Company, that portion of the said Bill 
which related to the crossing of the Halbeath Rail- 
way was allowed to proceed, notwithstanding the 
above decision of the Standing Orders Committee, 
and the same accordingly came to be tried upon its 
merits by a Committee of the House, who unani- 
mously rejected the same upon the 14th day of 
June 1847, as will appear from the Votes and Pro- 
ceedings of the House ; that notwithstanding this 

decisive rejection of their scheme for obtainin 
—_ to alter the mode of crossing the Halbeath 
ailway, the said Railway Company, in the last 
Session of Parliament (1848) deposited in the 
Private Bill Office a Petition for leave to introduce 
a Bill, intituled, “ A Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway Company to make Branch 
Railways to Roscobie, Keltyhead and Glencraig, 
and for certain other Purposes,” whereby the said 
Company sought power to make a deyiation from, 
or alteration of, a part of the Dunfermline Branch 
of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, as autho- 
rized to be constructed by the Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway Company (Dunfermline Branch) 
Act, 1846, and to make and maintain, in lieu of 
such part to be altered, a new portion of Railway 
to commence ata point on the said Dunfermline 
Branch Railway at or near to the East March of 
the Estate of Halbeath, in or near toa field marked 
No. 25, on the Plans of the parish of Dunfermline, 
referred to in the said Dunfermline Branch Act, 
and to terminate at a point on the said Dunfermline 
Branch Railway at or near to the road near Sheep- 
housewell, in the said parish of Dunfermline, marked 
No. 68, on the said Plans, in the said parish of 
Dunfermline and county of Fife. The Railway 
Company were thus again attempting to alter the 
mode of crossing the Halbeath Railway, which 
they themselves had sought and obtained by their 
Act of 1846, and had attempted, unsuccessfully to 
procure power from the House to alter in 1847. 
Memorials against the proposed Bill, complaining 
of non-compliance with Standing Orders, were 
again presented by the Proprietors of the Halbeath 
Railway and by other parties, and the result appears, 
from the Votes and Proceedings of the House, 
under date 7th February 1848, as follows: “70. 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Roscobie, Kelty- 
head and Glencraig Branches), Report in respect 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, laid 
on the Table (8d February) referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders.” On the 23d Fe- 
bruary 1848, the Standing Orders Committee re- 
ported, “ That, in the case of the Edinburgh and 
Northern 














12 VicToriz. 


Northern Railway (Roscobie, Keltyhead and Glen-' 
craig Branches) Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with. That the parties be permitted | 
to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of 
that part which authorized the proposed deviation 
of the Dunfermline Branch :’—The said Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway Company being thus again 
unsuccessful in attempting to procure powers to 
alter the method of crossing the Ha/beath Railway au- 
thorized in 1846; that notwithstanding of this second 
defeat, the said Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
Compuny deposited Petitions for leave to introduce, 
in the present Session of Parliament, no less than 
three Bills,which are respectively entitled as follows : 
« (A.) A Bill to enable the Edinburgh and Northern 
Railway Company to vary their Dunfermline Branch, 
in the parish of Dunfermline, so as to pass under 
the Townhill and Halbeath Tramways, and to con- 
nect the same Tramways therewith, and for other 
Purposes in relation thereto ;” “ (B.) A Bill to 
enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Com- 
pany to alter their Branch Railway, in the parish | 
of Dunfermline, so as to pass over the Halbeath | 
Tramway, and to connect the said Tramway there- 
with, and to take and improve an adjoining portion 
of the Townhill Tramway, and for other Purposes 
in relation thereto ;’ “(C.) A Bill to enable the 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to vary 
their Branch Railway, in the parish of Dunfermline, 
and to carry the same across the Halbeath ‘Tram- 
way on the level, to take and improve an adjoining 
Portion of the Townhill Tramway, and for other 
Purposes in relation thereto.” Thus, accordingly, 
they seek powers by the Bill (A.) to carry the said 
Dunfermline Branch Railway under the Townhill 
Tramway and under the Halbeath Tramway ; by} 
the Bill (B.) to carry the said Dunfermline Branch 

Railway over the said Halbeath Tramway or Rail- | 








way; and by the Bill (C.) to vary a part of the | 
said Dunfermline Branch Railway, and to carry | 


the same across the Halbeath Tramway on the level | 
thereof, they having already by the Act (1846) 

ower to carry their line across the Halbeath and 
Townhill Railways on the level ; that in the Stand- 
ing Order (39) of the House, describing the Plans 
required to be deposited in the case of all Bills of 
the Second Class, to which Class the said Bills 
(A. B. and C.) belong, care is taken that no alter- 
native line or work shall in any case be permitted ; 
but, notwithstanding that prohibition, the Railway 
Company have betaken themselves to the device of 
resorting to three Bills, so as to have their choice 
not of one line merely, or of two, but a choice of 
three lines. It is self evident that if they obtain 
powers under the whole of these three Bills, they 
would be enabled to form three lines crossing the 
Halbeath Railway, at the same point, in three 
different methods, one over it, another under it, and 
a third upon the level; and it humbly appears to 
the Petitioners to be disrespectful to Parliament for 
any Company to propose three separate and inde- 
pendent measures, at one and the same time, to 
obtain the same object, although inconsistent with 
each other. That is a matter with which the House 
will no doubt deal as to them shall seem proper. 
The Petitioners, however, have seriously to complain 
of the course which this Railway Company have} 
adopted. They have already been dragged three 
several times to Parliament, at a great expense, to} 
protect their property, and it would have been suffi- 
ciently oppressive to have been forced for the fourth 
time to oppose one Bill, in so far as their interest is 
concerned, but the expense of employing engineers 
and agents in the first place to examine three 
different lines, with the relative Plans, Bills and 
other documents, and of having afterwards to engage 
in a Parliamentary contest upon three separate 
measures, has actually deterred them from hitherto 
offering any opposition to these schemes, although 
all and each of them will in their opinion be deeply 

Vou. 104, 








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31 


injurious to their interests; that the Petitioners 
conceive that the course taken by the Railwa 
Company is a manifest evasion of the Standing 
Order of the House (as well as most oppressive to 
the Petitioners), it being remembered that, by the 
said Standing Order, no alternative line is, in any 
case, permitted, while at the same time the matter 
was not open to objection before the Examiners, 
who have ruled, as the Petitioners are informed, 
that they can only look to the Plan referred to in 
the Bill before them at the time, and if upon the 
Plan no alternative line is delineated, they are 
satisfied, and they will not look at the Plans re- 
ferred to in other Bills to prove that the promoters 
of the Bill before them are, in effect, proposing 
alternative lines. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- HabeasCorpus 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Suspension 
continue, for a limited time, an Act of the last Ses- (Itelan¢) Bill. 


sion, for empowering the Lord Lieutenant, or other 
Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, to appre- 
hend and detain such persons as he or they shall 
suspect of conspiring against Her Majesty’s am 
and Government ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Committee, consisting of twenty-one Members, 
be formed by ballot, to examine into such docu- 
ments as may be laid before them; and to report 
to the House their opinion upon these documents, 
whether the continuance of the suspension of the 
“‘ Habeas Corpus Act be a measure necessary to the 
“ tranquillity of Ireland at the present time,” in- 
stead thereof. 

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


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


“ce 
“ 
“ce 


“e 


Mercurii, 7° die Februarii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 

. Mr. Tufnell, F 
Tellers for the Yeas, ocd oo, Hill : } 221. 
SMr. John O’Connell,| 5. 
LMr. Grattan: } : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue, for a limited time, an Act of the last 
Session, for empowering the Lord Lieutenant, or 
other Chief Governor or Governors of Jreland, to 
apprehend and detain such Persons as he or they 
shall suspect of conspiring against Her Majesty’s 
Person and Government: And that Sir George 
Grey, Lord John Russell and Sir William Somer- 
ville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Library of the 
Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the House. 


direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed, of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, 
Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Williams Wynn, 
the Lord Advocate, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Solicitor- 
General, Mr. Pendarves, Sir William Somerville, 
Mr. Milnes, Mr. Gladstone, Sir David Dundas, Sir 
John Young and Mr. Robert Clive. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Roman Cathe- 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further lic Relief. 


repeal of Enactments imposing Pains and Penalties 
E4 on 





32 


on Roman Catholics, on account of their Religious 
Observances ; 
The House divided, 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Anstey, a“ 
Yeas, L Mr. Grattan: | Sars 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Robert Harry Inglis, | 
Noes, { Mr. Spooner : j 
So it passed in the Negative. 


6°—7° Februariz. A. 1849. 


Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Pusey, Sir Benjamin Hall, 
Mr. Langston, Mr. Trelawny, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. 
Henry Drummond, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. James 
Wilson, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Locke and The Judge 
Advocate, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
. The lIlouse, according to Order, proceeded to Queen's 
take into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious a : 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament; and the "a 
same was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

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

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


Insolvent 


' Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Members Bill. 


to provide for the Recovery of Debts from Persons 
having privilege of Parliament, and for the Exclu- 
sion of Insolvent Members from the House of Com- 
mons: And that Mr. Moffatt, Mr. William Evans 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Petition of Gabriel Hamilton Lang, of 87, Caledonian 
Great George-sireet, Westminster, Agent for the an 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Sheee of thal 
Company, was presented, and read; setting forth, Glasgow, 
That a Deed of Agreement was entered into between erty and 
the Caledonian Railway Company and the Glasgow, way) Bi = 


Public 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
Petitions. 


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





way ) Bill. 








Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms 
(House of 
Commons). 


Printing. 


Woods, Fo- 


rests and Land 


Revenues. 


of the same, in such form and manner as shall 
appear to them best suited to convey to the House 
all requisite information respecting their contents, 
and do report the same from time to time to the 
House; and that such Reports do in all cases set 
forth the Number of Signatures to each Petition :— 
And that such Committee have power to direct the 
printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts 
of Petitions, as shall appear to require it :—And 
that such Committee have power to report their 
Opinion and Observations thereupon to the House: 
—And a Committee was appointed, of Mr. Thornely, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, the Earl of Arundel and 
Surrey, Viscount Duncan, Captain Jones, Mr. 
Mackenzie, Mr. Brotherton, Lord Alfred Hervey, 
Mr. Scott, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Clements, Mr. 
Lushington, Mr. Duncan, Sir Charles Douglus and 
Mr. Adderley. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed 
to control the Arrangement of the Kitchen and the 
Refreshment Rooms in the Department of the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed, of Mr. Stafford, Mr. Alder- 
man Humphery, the Earl of Mulgrave, Captain 
Berkeley, Mr. Hastie, Lord Marcus Hill and Mr. 
Vesey Dawson. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by the Order of this House, 
and for the purpose of selecting and arranging for 
printing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance 
of Motions made by Members of this House :—And 
a Committee was appointed, of Mr. Cornewall Lewis, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Sir John Young, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Loch. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed, 


to inquire into the Expenditure and Management of 


the \Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of the 
Crown, and to report to the House whether any 
Reductions, Alterations or Improvements may be 
made in that Branch of the Public Revenue and 
Expenditure ; and that the Committee be instructed 
to include in their Inquiry the Management of the 
Department of the Works and Buildings, and of any 


other Department over which the Commissioners of 


Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, exercise control, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Viscount Dun- 
can, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 








Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company, 
under the seals of the two Companies, on 11th Sep- 
tember 1846, whereby the last-mentioned Company 
agreed to grant a lease of their Line, and the Cale- 
donian Railway Company agreed to accept such 
lease; that the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
Direct Railway Company obliged themselves by the 
said deed to complete their Railway, and to apply 
to Parliament, with the concurrence of the Caledo- 
nian Railway Company, for the necessary power to 
execute the said lease ; that the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Veilston Direct Railway Company was com- 
pleted and opened for traffic on the twenty-seventh 
day of September last, and the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and JVeilston Direct Railway Company, with the 
concurrence of the Caledonian Railway Company. 
on tke thirty-first day of December last, deposited 
in the Private Bill Office of the House, a Petition 
and Bill for ettectuating the said lease; that the 
said Bill passed Standing Orders onthe twenty-ninth 
day of January, and the Examiner of Petitions in- 
dorsed the Petition upon that day, certifying that 
Standing Orders had been complied with ; that the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
Company have deposited with the Railway Com- 
missioners a statement of their capital and expen- 
diture, as required by the 133d Standing Order ot 
the House, and have obtained a certificate from the 
Railway Commissioners, that they are satisfied with 
the said statement; that the Caledonian Railway 
Company have also deposited a similar statement of 
their capital and expenditure, but owing to a press 
of other business the Railway Commissioners were 
not enabled to give the necessary certificate until 
this day; that the 150th Standing Order of the 
House requires “that all Petitions for Private Bills 
be presented to the House not later than three clear 
days after the same shall have been indorsed by one 
of the Examiners, or if the House shall not be sitting, 
then not later than three clear days after the first 
sitting thereof, subsequent to such indorsement ;” 
that the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
Railway Company were required, in compliance 
with the Standing Order above referred to, to pre- 
sent their Petition to the House yesterday (5th 
February), but after having made every effort in 
their power to obtain the certifigate of the Railway 
Commissioners, they were unable to do so, and con- 
sequently were unable yesterday to — their 
Petition; and praying that the 150th Standing Or- 
der of the House may be suspended with reference 
to the Bill bearing the short title of the “ Caledonian 
Railway (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company) Bill,” 
and that leave may be given to the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company to pre- 
sent a Petition for leave to introduce the said Bill, 

notwithstanding 














12 Vicroriz. 


notwithstanding the same has been indorsed by one 
of the Examiners of Petitions prior to the first day 
of the sitting of the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


HabeasCorpus Sir George Grey presented a Bill, to continue, for 
nsion a limited time, an Act of the last Session, for em- 
ae powering the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Gover- 
No.9 nor or Governors of Jreland, to apprehend and detain 
such Persons as he or they shall suspect of conspiring 
against Her Majesty’s Person and Government : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 

be printed. 


Insolvent 
Members Bill 


No. 10, 


Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to provide for the 

* Recovery of Debts from Persons having Privilege of 

Parliament, and for the Exclusion of Insolvent 

Members from the House of Commons: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time upon Wednesday, the 14th day 
of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


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








Mercurii, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

M® Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented from the 1st to 
the 5th day of this instant February, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Public 
Petitions 
(First Report.) 


Liverpool 


a , oom 
Docks (Altera- A Petition of Members of the Liverpool Ship 


tion of Trust OWners Association, for leave to deposit a Petition 

and Amend- for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the constitu- 

ment of Acts) tion of The Committee for the affairs of the Estate 

a of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and for 
amending for that purpose the Acts relating to the 
same Docks and Estate, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Hospital for A Petition of Governors of the Hospital for Con- 
Consumption sumption and Diseases of the Chest, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to incorporate the Governors of the 
said Hospital, and to authorize the establishment 
of a Chapel in connexion with the said Hospital, 
and to enable the said Governors the better to carry 
on their Charitable Designs, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Standing Orders. 


Standing Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn Denison be added to 
&lt;a the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ransonmoor A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 


Pan mneton Act thereinafter mentioned, so far as relates to the 
inage Act Lower or Fifth District, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Amendment 


conrad ond King George the Third, for embanking, draining 


owers,to and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, 
annex other in the Parish of Ramsey, in the County of Hunting- 
borrow Money don, and in the Parishes of Doddington, March, 
and to levy ©’ Benwich, Wimblington and Chatteris, within the Isle 
sl or of Ely, and County of Cambridge, so far as relates 
“xes) Bill {&gt; the Lower or Fifth District, and to annex other 


Lands thereto, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Townley and Lord George 
Manners. 

VoL. 164. 





to amend an Act of the twelfth year of the reign of 








6°—7° Februari. 33 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Black Sluice 
several Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to —— Acts 
bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Provisions of Py trem ened 
the several Acts —s to the Black Sluice Drain- of sa 
age, to extend the Time by the Black Sluice Drain- 201. *ime 
age Act, 1846, limited for the completion of the wa 
Works, to authorize the levying and raising of Powers to levy 
further Rates and Monies, to alter existing Rates and raise 

further Rates 
and Tolls, and for other purposes, was presented, and Monies, to 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in alter existing 


accordingly, by Sir John Trollope and Mr. Chris- Tole — aa 

topher. other Pur- 

poses) Bill. 
A Petition of Owners of lands and tenements, Saint Alban’s 

or Rate-payers within the parish of Saint Alban, Rates Bill 

otherwise the Abbey Parish, within the Borough of 

Saint Alban, in the County of Hertford, for leave 

to bring in a Bill for better assessing and collecting 

the Poor Rates, Borough Rates, Highway Rates 

and Church Rates, within the Borough of Sainz 

Alban, in the County of Hertford, was presented, 

and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 

accordingly, by Mr. Repton, Mr. Raphael and Sir 

Henry Meuz. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Liverpool 
the Liverpool Sanatory Act (Alteration of Sewer ry nome | as 
Rate) Bill, which was presented upon Monday last, Sewer Men) 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Bill. 


Orders. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to extend the Pro- Staffordshire 
visions and enlarge the Powers of the Staffordshire 5 wa - 
Potteries Waterworks Act, 1847: And the same (Extension ona 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Amendment 


second time. of Act) Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Public Meeting Clergy. 
held in Zavistock, praying for the repeal of the laws 
which prevent an ordained Clergyman of the Church 
of England voluntarily seceding from that Church, 
from officiating as a Dissenting Minister, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the bvrough of Education 
Maidstone, in the county of Kent, complaining that (Ireland.) 
the Schools in connection with the Jrish branch of 
the United Protestant Church of England and Jre- 
land, are the only Schools in the United Kingdom 
which have been and continue to be made an ex- 
ception to the rule lately adopted by the Govern- 
ment respecting the grants in aid of Public Educa- 
tion, viz. to extend such aid to all Schools in 
connection with any christian denomination, on the 
general ground of respecting conscientious scruples, 
without examining into their soundness, and praying 
for alteration of the system, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Istand of Ceylon, Ceylon. 
praying that the duty on Coffee may be abolished, 
or otherwise reduced to a rate not exceeding the 
duty levied in Ceylon on the manufactures and 
produce of Great Britain; and also that the Legis- 
lative Council may be re-modelled; and the inha- 
bitants properly and unequivocally represented ; 
that the whole system of policy and taxation, and 
the entire colonial expenditure, may be under the 
control of the Council so re-modelled ; that the co- 
lony be relieved from the burden of military expen- 
diture; and lastly, that the taxes lately imposed, 
which are the source of great dissatisfaction, and 
not suited to the condition of the country, may be 
suspended, and brought under the consideration of 
the members of the Council elected to represent the 
people, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Roman Catho- 
Maidstone, in the county of Kent, praying the (Ireland 
House not to give countenance to any measure for : 

F the 








Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland.) 


Distress 
(ireland. ) 


Supply ; 





34 7° Februariz. A. 1849. 


the endowment of the Roman Catholic Priesthood 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wakefield; — and, Warrington; 
praying the House to take prompt and decisive 
measures to negotiate treaties between the Govern- 
ment of this country and other governments of the 
world, binding the parties for the future to refer 
their misunderstandings to the decision of arbi- 
trators,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





The Inland Revenue Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of af- 
fording Relief, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
certain Distressed Unions in Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Papers relating to the Aid af- 
forded to the Distressed Unions in the West of Jre- 
land, which were presented upon Friday last, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s + tenan de of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and TFreland be 
authorized to direct the issue out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the said United Kingdom, of any Sum, 
not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, for stheding 
relief to certain distressed Poor Law Unions in 
Ireland. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Question, 
to add the words, “ but that no appropriation of 
** Monies taken from general taxation be applied in 
“ aid of the Poor’s Rate of Jrish Unions, except 
* on condition that its repayment be secured by a 
** lien on the rateable property of the Union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


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

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

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Queen’s Speech read. 

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

Resolution to be reported. 

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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 3d day of July, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, That there be laid before this House, a 





Return of the Final Decrees for the Sale of Landed 
Property in Jreland, pronounced within the last Five 
pe by the Irish Court of Chancery or Equity 

xchequer, and of the Amount of Incumbrances 
reported due in each Cause, and for the Payment 
of which a Sale of the Lands decreed, or a Portion 
thereof, has been effected, and the Amount for 
which same were sold, and of the Amount of the 
Purchase-money paid out of Court to Parties in 
discharge of Incumbrances reported due, such Re- 
turn to be made out according to the Tabular Form 
annexed,— 





2ar&gt;ash BEYER AYZSSESS 


Cases in which Sale| Amount of Pur- 

qunieeaannn of the Lands decreed | chase Monies paid 

rted due, and| * be sold, or a por-| out of Court to 

= a of tionthereof, has been | parties, in dis- 

which Sele di- effected, and the| charge of Incum- 

santel amount for which| brances reported 
4 same was sold. due. 


Amount of In- 














might be read; and the same being read ; A 
Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid (A 
before this House forthwith. in 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Treasurers. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Abstracts of the Accounts of the 
several County Treasurers in England and Wales, 
for the years ending Michaelmas 1847 and Michael- 
mas 1848 (in a similar form to the Return presented, 
and ordered to be printed by the House of Com- 
mons, on the 22d day of May 1848, Paper No. 348.) 

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


cree 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Taxing 
Return of the Names and respective Salaries and Masters, Court 
Emoluments of the Taxing Masters in the Court of ye 
Chancery in Jreland, and of their Assistants and ‘ — 
Clerks, on the 1st day of February 1848, and on 
the ist day of February 1849; together with an 
Account of the Amount of Costs remaining Un- 
taxed in the Master’s Office at each Period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Honse, pablic Works 
an Account of the Amount of Issues out of the (Ireland.) 
Consolidated Fund made by the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury, under the Provisions of the 
Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 51 :—Statements of the se- 
veral Public Works in Jreland to the Commence- 
ment or Completion of which such Issues have been 
applied, and of the Amount applied respectively to 
each Work :—And, of the several Cases in which 
the Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned the Con- 
version of the Annuities created by the Act 10 and 
11 Vic. c. 87, and of the Terms on which such Con- 
version has been effected. 


me, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had Sligo Election 
this day received by post, a Letter from Terence 
Foley, who petitioned this House upon the 2d day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Sligo, informing him thut it is not his intention 
to proceed with his Petition :—And the said Letter 
was read, as followeth : 

Sir, February 3d, 1849. 

I hereby withdraw the Election Petition presented 
by me, against the Return of John Patrick Somers, ! 
Esquire, forthe Borough of Séigo. 

Terence Foley, Petitioner. 

Thomas P. Reidy. 


~~ 


J 
Present, | Timothy O’ Donovan. 
To the Right honourable 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


A Petition 





12 VicrorizZ. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for en- 
BailWay sine abling the said Company to lease their Undertaking 
(ne York, to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com- 
Newcastleand pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
7 dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry 
-’ Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


mation of the 
two Under- 


takings) Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 


Com 


Holme Reser- A Petition of Mortgagees and Creditors of the 
yoirs (Increase Rates authorized to be levied under or by virtue of 
of Rates and the Act thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring 


Ame Bill in a Bill to make better Provision for the Payment 
ofthe Interest on the Debts of the Holme Reservoir 
Commissioners, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr, Stansfield. 

Darlington Mr. Greene presented a Bill for lighting with Gas 


Gasand Wate? and supplying with Water the Town and Borough 

Company Bill. o¢ Darlington, and the Suburbs thereof, in the 
County of Durham: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Argyll Canal Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the Dissolution 

(Abandonment of the Argy// Canal st ea and for the Abandon- 

S Unie ment of their Undertaking: And the same was 

ing, &amp;) read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Applications to the Certifying 
Barristers, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, for 
Certificates of Exemption from Local Rates by Li- 
terary and Scientific Institutions, stating the Name 
and Locality of each Institution, and whether the 
Certificates were granted or refused, and specifying 
the Ground of Refusal in each Case (in continuation 
of Return of 20th May 1844). 

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


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Shinn, from the Office of the Queen’s 
Printer, was called in, and at the bar pre- 
/ sented, —Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each 
Session since the year 1800; distinguishing the 
Number of Public, Private and Local and Personal 
Acts ; and the Number relating to Great Britain, 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and those relating 
to the United Kingdom :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Acts of 
Parliament. 


Savings Banks 


dren Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 


mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed in the last Session of Parlia- 
liament, to inquire into and report on the Laws 
regulating Savings Banks in Jreland, with a view to 
their Amendment. 

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


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the 
House, That Her Majesty having been attended with 
their Address of Monday last, was pleased to receive 
the same very graciously, and to give the following 
Answer : 

1 thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. 


I rely with confidence on your co-operation with 
Vou, 104. 


Answer to 
Address, 


7°—8° Februariz. 





35 


Me in advancing the welfare and happiness of My 
People, whose interests it is My constant desire to 
promote. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lough Corrib 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for improvement 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for inecpendion 
the Lough Corrib Improvement Company Incorpo- and Amend- 
ration and Amendment of certain Public Acts Bill, — 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, in piy, 
the following instance, viz: Notices of the intended 
application were not published in three successive 
weeks in some one and the same newspaper of the 
county of Galway, in which a portion of the lands 
to which such Bill relates is situate ; but it appeared 
that instructions were given by the Promoters of 
the Bill for the insertion of the notice in the Galway 
“ Mercury,” for three successive weeks, which notice 
was accordingly published for the first time in the 
Galway “Mercury” of the 11th of November, which 
paper was discontinued after such first insertion of 
the advertisement, in consequence of the death of 
the Editor; that application was then made to the 
Editor of the only other paper published in the 
county of Galway, for the insertion of the advertise- 
ment, but that he refused to insert the same. 

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


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

Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for a 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for Wileumsown, 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Wilson- Morningside 
town, Morningside and Coltness Railway Amalga- — 
mation Bill, the Standing Orders have not been amalgamation 
complied with, in the following mstances, viz: By Bill. 
Clause 11 of the proposed Bill it is enacted, that 
the Proprietors of shares in the Wilsontown, Morn- 
ingside and Coltness Railway shall be entitled to 
receive a preferable dividend out of the profits of 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in which 
profits the shareholders in the Stirlingshire Mid- 
land Junction Railway (under Act 9 and 10 Vic. 
c. 165), and in the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction 
Railway (under Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 377), are al- 
ready entitled to a preferable dividend, and the 
shareholders in the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- 
way (under Act 9 and 10 Vic. ce. 202), and in the 
Edinburgh and Bathgate Junction Railway (under 
Act 9 and 10 Vie. c. 332), are entitled to a charge 
in the shape of a fixed rent, postponed by the mort- 
gage and loan debts existing at the time, with the 
proviso only that the preferable dividends so created 
shall not have priority over the dividends of any 
shareholders who, by virtue of any Act passed in the 
present or any previous Session of Parliament, may 
be entitled to a preferable dividend out of the said 
profit; by which enactment the Acts above men- 
tioned are amended, inasmuch as it appears that the 
preferential interests previously guaranteed will, 
under the said enactment, only rank pari passu with 
those of the proprietors of shares in the Wilson- 
town, Morningside and Coltness Railway; but the 
notice does not specify the intention to amend the 
said several Acts. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Hospital for 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Consumption 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for -. 
the Hospital for Consumption Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have not been complied with, in the following 
instances, viz; No Notices of the intended applica- 
tion have been published in the London Gazette, or 
in some one aud the same newspaper of the county 
of Middlesex. 

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


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Musselburgh 
cil of the burgh of Musselburgh, for leave to bring Pecan be 
in a Bill for regulating the Police Government of gj, 


F 2 the 














36 8° Februarit. 


the Burgh of Musselburgh, in the County of Edin- 
burgh, for the Paving, Draining, a Lighting 
and otherwise Improving the said Burgh, and for 
other purposes relating thereto, was presented, and 
read ; abe Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Rutherfurd, Sir John Hope and 
Mr. Dundas. 


Flimwell Vent A Petition of Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by 


to Hastings . 4 cheeks 
Turnpike-road the Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to g 


a Bill for more effectually managing and repairing 
the Road leading from Pimwell Vent, in_the 
County of Susser, to the Town and Port of Hast- 
ings, in the said County, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Fuller and the Earl of March. 


Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for enabling 
Darlington the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to 
Lanes of Line lease their Undertaking to the York, Newcastle and 
to the York, Berwick Railway Company: And the same was 


Newcastle and yead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
Berwick Rail- ,. 

way Company, time. 

— | Amalgamation of the 

two Undertakings) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- The House was moved, That the Standin Order 


Stockton and 


A. 1849. 


A Petition of the London and South Western London ang 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Fouth Westers 
extending the Powers of the London and South (5 
Western Railway Company, for purchasing Lands Time for the 
for, and completing the Wor s of the Railways from pet np 
Basingstoke to Salisbury, and from Farnham to completi, 
Alton, and for other purposes, was preser:ted, and Works on the 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- on 
cordingly, by Mr. Mangles, Mr. Seymer and Mr. ana Farney! 
Chaplin. and Alton 

Lines) Bill, 

Colonel Mure presented a Bill to facilitate the Renfrewshire 
Prosecution of Criminal Offences before Her Ma- es 
jesty’s Justices of the Peace in the County of Ren- pin” Courts 
frew, and to simplify and render uniform the Pro- 
ceedings therein, and lessen the Costs thereof: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Committee of 
of the House, No. 3, relative to the appointment Selection. 
of Committees, might be read; and the same was 
read as followeth : 

“ That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated ‘The Committee of Selection,’ to consist of 
the Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 


aGaNREe 


EE RREPES 


ties Railway ofthe House, No. 150, might be read; and the same | Orders, who shall be ~———- Chairman tiereof, 

Company and ’ tis ? r 

Newmarket was real, as followeth: and four other Members, who shall be nominated at 

Railway Com- “That all Petitions for Private Bills be pre-| the commencement of every Session, of which Com- 

pany Amalga- sented to the House not later than Three clear | mittee Three shall be a Quorum.” 

—_— days after the same shall have been indorsed} _ A Committee was accordingly nominated of Sir 
by One of the Examiners, or it the House | Robert Ferguson, Mr. Greene, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. 
shall not be sitting, then not later than Three | Evelyn Denison, and the Chairman of the Com- 
clear days after the First sitting thereof sub- | mittee on Standing Orders. 


sequent to such indorsement.” A Petition of the Reading, Guildford and Rei- Reading 
— ~_ a R: ty — ws gate Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill elowte Bale 
~~nniglag unten yi pred Bill. tl d for making a short Railway, to connect the Line of way (Branch 
Railway Company Amalgamation Bill, the said | yp, Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway with to London and 


Standing Order be suspended. tha Line of th “1 South Western 
A Petition of the Newmarket Railway Company, Whine of Che Someen Ans een een. aie Railwa 


vt the , way, and for other purposes, was presented, and (yo, ee 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the lease to read; anda Bill wasordered to be brought in ment ty, ) 
the Eastern Counties Railway Company of the 


Newmarket Railway and Branch to Cambridge, was ingly, by Br. William Denison and Mr. Mangles. 


resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be| Mr. Childers presented a Bill for An Act to Lincolnshire 

beeen in accordingly, by Lord George Manners enable the Trustees of the South Holland Drainage, Son 

and Colonel Hall. in the County of Lincoln, to build a new Outfall or Teprovenill 

Sea Sluice, and to make a new Cut to discharge the Bill. 

A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick | Waters of the Main Drain, through such Sluice, 

wick Railway ailway Company, and of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne into the River Nene: And the same was read the 

(Newcastle. and Carlisle Railway Company, for leave to bring | first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

upon-Tyne ina Bill for enabling the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and te 

and Carlisle Carlisle Railway Company to lease their Railway | A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Com- Universal 

— and Works to, and to amalgamate with the York, pany. thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in Foe Come 

mation) Bill. Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, was pre-|@ Bill to confer certain powers on the meen we 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be | Passengers Assurance Company, was presented, Company Bill 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Mat- and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


thew Bell and Mr. Smythe. accordingly, by the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Wood 


Holme Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make better mealies ong. 

Reservoirs Provision for the Payment of the Interest on the | A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Liver- Liverpool 
oo — Debts of the Holme Reservoir Commissioners : And | P04, and of the township of Kirkdale, and of the ae 
Amendment the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | ¢Xtra-parochial place of Toxteth Park, in the county perty) Bill 
of Act) Bill. ead a second time. of Lancaster, for leave to bring ina Bill for making the 

ii Trustees of the Liverpool Docks rateable to the relief 

Bates i ad of the Poor, and to other Local Rates, was presented, 

and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cardwell and Sir Thomas Birch. 





York, New- 
castle and Ber- R 


Mr. Raphael presented a Bill for better assessing 
andcollecting the Poor Rates, Borough Rates, High- 
way Rates and Church Rates, within the Borough 
of Saint Alban, in the County of Hertford: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


peat 29s 


ate 


PAPE AEE TELE OG 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Béinburss 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable paras — 
Ransonmoor, Mr. Raphael presented a Bill to amend an Act the said Company to raise a further Sum of Money; (additcenst 
Tia ington of the twelfth year of the reign of King George the | V9" presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to yp sere 

istri . : - —) - . : . : ° 
einen had Third, for embanking, draining and preserving cer- et ng in accordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice of Acts) Bill, 
Amendment tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parish of | @7® “tT “ouverte, 


(to amend and Ramsey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the| Ordered, That Lord Burghley be added to the Blac Sluice 
sen Parishes of Doddington, March, Benwick, Wim- Gentlemen appointed to nti and bring in the perme Fg 


Fi I ee eat ch wees BA dt OVS EPR PORE &amp; BHRAP SP VrOT SS POPES 


Powers, to 


— a blington and Chatteris, within the Isle of E/y, and | Black Sluice Drainage Acts Amendment, (Amend- Ament tl 
nds, to : 


ned County of Cambridge, so far as relates to the Lower | ment of Acts, Extension of Time for completion of den of Works e 
and tolevy ' oF Fifth District, and to annex other Lands thereto : | Works, Powers to levy and raise further Rates and Pont ther 
Rates or And the same was read the first time; and ordered | Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and for sn4 Monet 


: : alter existing Rates 
Taxes) Bill. to be read u second time. other purposes) Bill. and Tol ad 


... __ other purposes) 
A Petition Bil, 














12 Vicroriz. 





A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 


Caledonian 
. Railway 

=&lt; and Wishaw and Coltness Railway to the Caledonian 

Coltness Rail- Railway Company, was presented, and read ; and 

way) Bill. a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 

Glasgow, Kil- A Petition of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 

poeeck snd drossan Railway Company, and of the Ardrossan 

Dares, and Harbour Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

Ardrossan == ainend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of 

ae heyy the Acts relating to the Ardrossan Harbour, and to 

—¥ the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and 
Colonel Mure. 

Edinburgh Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to enable the 

and a Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to vary 

ee their Branch Railway, in the Parish of Dunfermline, 

Branch; Al- and tocarry the same across the Halbeath Tramway 

—,. on the Level, to take and improve an adjoining 

— Level Portion of the Townhill Tramway, and for other 

Crossing of Purposes in relation thereto ; and the same was read 

Halbeath — the first time. 

epoeal Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 


Agena Committee on Standing Orders. 
th Lessees 4 , 

of Halbeath Colliery; Townhill and 

Halbeath Branches ; Increase of Ca- 

pital ; and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Rdinburgh Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to enable the Edin- 
Borer (A) burgh and Northern Railway Company to vary their 
— 


(Dunfermline Dunfermline Branch in the Parish of Dunfermline, 


Branch Devi- 


so as to pass under the Townhill and Halbeath Tram- 
ation in Dun- 


an Ways, and to connect the same Tramways therewith, 
os, soas 2nd for other Purposes in relation thereto : “And the 
topass under same was read the first time. 


Townhilland Qrdered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Halbeath ° . 
Tramways; Committee on Standing Orders. 


Branches in connection with those Tram- 
ways; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees 
of Haibeath Colliery ; Increase of Capital 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Edinburgh Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to enable the Edin- 
Taileey (BD burgh and Northern Railway Company to alter their 
(Deriarion of Branch Railway in the Parish of Dunfermline, so 
Dunfermline as to pass over the Halbeath Tramway, and to con- 
a nect the said Tramway therewith, and to take and 
Parish, and improve an adjoining portion of the Town-hill Tram- 


Alterations, so way, and for other Purposes in relation thereto: 
that the same And the same was read the first time. 


theHalbeath Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Tramway; Committee on Standing Orders. 
Branches in 


connection with Halbeath and Town- 
hill Tramways; Increase of Capital 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


pm sa Ordered, That the Petition of the Proprietors of 
Railway (a.) the Halbeath Railway and Townhill Railway, al- 


(Dunfermline leging that the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
finch Devia- (A.) ( Dunfermline Branch Deviation in Dunfermline 
fernline Pa. Parish, and so as to pass under Townhill and Hal- 
tish,and so as beath Tramways ; Branches in connection with those 


com ei Tramways; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees of 
Halbeath  24albeath Colliery ; Increase of Capital and Amend- 
Tramways; ment of Acts);—Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
— (B.), (Deviation of Dunfermline Branch in Dunferm- 
with those ‘ave Parish, and Alterations, so that the same may 
Tramways; pass over the Halbeath Tramway; Branches in con- 
hell nection with Halbeath and Townhill Tramways, In- 
with Lessees Crease of Capital and Amendment of Acts);—and, 
of Halbeath Edinburgh and Northern Railway (C.), (Dunfermline 
patlery 5g Branch; Alterations in Dunfermline Parish ; Level 
Capital ana Crossing of Halbeath Tramway ; Repeal of Agree- 
Amendment ment with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery; Townhill and 
Bainbusgh Halbeath Branches; Increase of Capital and Amend- 
and Northern Ment of Acts) Bills, are for one and the same object, 
way (B.) and are in evasion of the Standing Orders of the 
eancan of House, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be re- 
hin ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
_ Dunfermline Vout, 104. 


8° Februari. 
| 


and the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company, | stances under which the Bills have been introduced Alterations, so 


for leave to bring in a Bill to effect the Sale of the | to this House, and whether they were such as to 








37 


Ordered, That the Committee doreport the circum- Parish, and 


that the same 
oa we to De may pass over 
in violation of the spirit of its Orders; and if so, the Halbeath 
whether the parties should or should not be allowed 2**™Wy; 

J . . Branches in 
to proceed with the said Bills, or any of them. connection 
with Halbeath 
and Townhill Tramways, Increase of Capital 
and Amendment of Acts ;— and, Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway (C.) (Dunfermline Branch ; 
Alterations in Toateniine Parish; Level 
Crossing of Halbeath Tramway; Repeal of 
Agreement with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery; 
Townhill and Halbeath Branches; Increase 
of Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to enable the jeer 

Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to con- #"4 Northern 
° y 

struct a Low-water Pier and other Works at Gran- (Formation of 
ton, and to provide for the better Regulation, Ma- Slip Quay and 
nagement and Control of the General Railway Sta- pay ht 
tion at Perth, and for other Purposes: And the Extension of 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Station at 


read a second time. Rerulation of 


Perth Stations, and Amend- 
ment of Acts) Bill. 


A Petition of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway York, — 
Company, and the York, Newcastle and Berwick wick Railway, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Maryport 
enabling the Sivenes and Carlisle Batteny Com- and Carlisle 
pany to lease their Railway and Works tothe York, pons pmb ay 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, was mation Bill. 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ar a! to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudsun and Mr. 


Robert Hildyard. 


The Right honourable Fox Maule, the Right ho- Controverted 
nourable Sir George Clerk, John Wilson Patten, ®ections 
Esquire, Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Thomas 
Thornely, Esquire, and Sir John Buller Yarde Bul- 
ler, being the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker 
to serve on the General Committee of Elections, 
and not objected to by the House, severally took 
the following Oath : 


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


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Dublin, Ash- 
to bring in the Dublin, Ashbourne, Slane and Drog- bourne, Slane 
heda Roads Act Continuation and Amendment $4 Prosheda 
Bill, which was presented upon Monday last, might Continuation 
be read; and the same being read ; and Amend- 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ™°™* B¥ 
to continue and amend the Powers of an Act for 
repairing and improving the Roads from Dublin, by 
Ashbourne, to Slane and Drogheda: And that Mr. 

vorbally and Colonel Rawdon do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates and Inhabit- Promiscuous 
ants of the borough of Lewes, in the county of Sus- Intercourse. 
sex, praying the House to enact such laws for the 
punishment of all persons trading in Seduction and 
Prostitution, as shall invest Magistrates with more 
summary powers for the suppression of these prac- 
tices, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Sheffield, praying the House war. 
to take such measures as may lead to the avoidance 
of War, and the settlement of all international dis- 
putes by arbitration or friendly settlement,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Distress 
Command,—Papers relating to the Aid afforded to (Ireland. 
the distressed Unions in the West of Jre/and, in 
continuation of the Papers presented on the 2d in- 
stant. 


F3 Copies 


Factories. 


William 
Hulme. 


Central 
Criminal 


Court, &amp;c. 


Public 
Libraries. 


38 


Copies of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories, 
to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, for the half-year ending 31st 
October 1848. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
May, in the last Session of Parliament, fora Re- 
turn, exhibiting the Names of all Cities and Bo- 
roughs in Great Britain; showing the Number of 
Electors on the Register of 1847; distinguishing 
those registered as Householders and those regis- 
tered under other qualifications ; the Numbers polled 
at the last General Election ; the Number of Mem- 
bers returned ; the Number of all Houses rated to 
the Relief of tae Poor, and the Population of each 
City or Borough at the last Census :—Such Return 
to be glven alnhabetically, in Groups; all such Cities 
and Boroughs as contain 200, and not exceeding 250 
Electors, and so on in Groups, increasing 50 Elec- 
tors in each Group. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
3d day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of the Names of the present Exhibi- 
tioners under the Will of William Hulme, formerly 
of Kearsley, in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, 
with the Dates of their respective Appointments, and 
by whom nominated, and of the Allowance made to 
each for Annual Subsistence, Lodgings and Books : 
—Of the Name of the present Lecturer in Divinity, 
appointed by the Trustees ; when nominated ; and 
the Annual Stipend paid to him :—And, of the 
Names and Addresses of the present Trustees of 
the said Estates; with the Dates of their respective 
Nominations. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, fora Return, in a tabular form, of the Num- 
ber of Bills submitted to the Grand Jury at the 
Central Criminal Court for each Session, in the 
years 1845, 1846 and 1847, distinguishing those 
returned True Bills from those which were Ignored, 
and in both cases distinguishing those in respect of 
which the accused parties had been previously ex- 
amined before a Magistrate, and committed or 
bailed, from those preferred without any previous 
investigation by a Magistrate ; and in respect of the 
latter class, stating, separately, the Number in which 
no further proceedings were taken, the Number 
prosecuted to Trial at the Central Criminal Court, 
with the result, and the Number removed from that 
Courttothe Queen’s Bench by Certiorari:=-A Similar 
Return from the Middlesex Sessions for the like 
period :—And, a Return, from the Crown Office, of 
the Number of Indictments removed from each of 
the foregoing Courts, into the Queen’s Bench, for 
thelike period, distinguishing those which have been 
prosecuted to Trial, with the result, from those in 
which no further proceedings have been taken by the 
prosecuting parties :—Also, any Presentations which 
have been made by the Grand Juries for the years 
1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848, to the Central Criminal 
Court or the Middlesex Sessions, relative to the con- 
tinuance or abolition of Grand Juries. 

Return to An Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
4th day of September, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Number of Volumes, and 
Parts of Volumes, of printed Books received in 
each year respectively, from 1814 to 1847, inclu- 
sive, under the various Cupyright Acts, by each 
of the following Public Libraries, viz., the British 
Museum ; the Bodleian Library at Oxford; the 
Public Library at Cambridge; the Library of the 
Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh ; the Library of 
the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of 
Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin:—Of the whole 
Number of Volumes (distinguishing Printed Books 
and Manuscripts) in each of the said Libraries, as 
nearly as the same can be computed :— Of the 
subsisting Regulations under which the said Li- 
braries are accessible to the Public; and of the 


8° Februariz. 


A. 1849, 


Number of Students and others who have frequented 
each of them during each of the last Ten years, for 
the purpose of Reading or consulting Books : — 
Of the several Sums of Money which have been 
paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the 
Person or Persons, Body Politic or Corporate, 
being the Proprietors or Managers of the Library 
of Sion College, in the City of London, of the Li- 
braries of the Four Universities of Scotland, and 
of the King’s Inns Libraries in Dublin, under the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 110 (which deprived those 
Libraries of their former Claim to gratuitous Copies 
of all newly-published Books, and granted them 
compensation in lieu thereof) :—Of the Appropria- 
tion of such Sums of Money by each of the said 
Libraries respectively, in each year since the passing 
of the Act aforesaid :—Of the whole Number of 
Volumes (distinguishing Printed Books and Manu- 
scripts) at present contained in each of the said 
Libranes, as nearly as the same can be computed : 
—And, of the subsisting Regulations under which 
the said Libraries are accessible to the Public; and 
of the Number of Students and others who have 


frequented each of them in each year since the — 


passing of the said Act, for the purpose of reading 
or consulting Books. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Milbank 
the 4th day of September, in the last Session of Prison. 


Parliament, for a Return of the Trade, Profession 
or Occupation of every Male Convict in Milbank 
Prison on the 1st of September 1848, previous to 
the Conviction of each. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,— Return to Dublin 
an Order, dated the 21st day of August, in the Metropolitan 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return showing *™™ 


the Total Amount of Monies raised, paid or ex- 
pended, for or on account of the Dublin Metro- 
politan Police Force, for the years 1845, 1846 and 
1847, respectively, and the Establishments thereof; 
distinguishing for each year the several Sources from 
whick such Monies have been derived, and the Autho- 
rities for the same respectively ; the Amount derived 
from each Source ; the Amount of each Metropolitan 
Police Rate in the pound; and the Amounts paid 
or allowed to the Commissioners of Police for or on 
account of Salaries or any other purposes ; together 
with the Cost, under distinct Heads, of the several 
Offices of the Police Commissioners and Police 
Magistrates of Dublin, and the Names, Number 
and Description of Persons employed in or attached 
to each such Office, and the Amount of Salary or 
Allowance of each Person. 


Retura to an Order, dated the 1st day of Sep- River Boyne 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- Navigation 


turns of the Annual Receipts and Disbursements 
of the River Boyne Navigation Company, from 
the time of their Incorporation to the 1st day 
of May 1848; under the Head of Receipts, such 
Return to comprise an exact Account of the 
several Sums raised by Subscription, advanced by 
Government, and borrowed from private Persons, 
for the Construction and Maintenance of the Works, 
together with the Funds annually derived from Tolls 
or any other productive Sources during the Period 
specified ; under that of Disbursements, the Return 
to include the Sums expended from time to time in 
the Construction and Maintenance of the Works, 
the Amount of Salaries and Allowances annually 
paid to Directors, Secretary, Clerks, Toll-keepers, 
and other Officers respectively, and the yearly Pay- 
ments on Account of Interest and Principal made 
to the Proprietors, to Government, and to those 
from whom Money was borrowed :—Of the Num- 
ber and Amount of the Loan Certificates or Deben- 
tures issued by the River Boyne Navigaticn Com- 

any, from the time of their Incorporation, with the 
Sempe of the Parties to whom they were made 


payable :— Of the Sums distributed periodically 
and for some years amongst a few Proprietors of 











old 


Company. 





Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland. ) 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Police 
Constables. 


Funded and 
Unfunded 
Debt. 


Landed 
Property 
(freland.) 


12 Vicrorix. 


old Stock, with a statement of the Grounds upon 
which such partial Distribution has been made:— 
And, of the Names of the Directors and Secretary 
for each year from the Incorporation of the Com- 
pany to the present; the Names of those upon 
whom the Management devolved to be specially 
marked. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy 
of Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jre- 
land, for the year ending the 1st day of August 1848. 

An Account of all Monies received and expended 
from 1st January to 3lst December 1848; and, 
also, an Account of all Monies received as ‘l'ax upon 
Houses, Lands and Tenements, for the purposes of 
the Dublin Metropolitan Police, made up to 31st 
December 1848. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Number of Police 
Constables in each County, or Division of a County, 
in England and Wales, under the Act 2 and 8 Vie. 
ce. 98, for the year 1848 ; distinguishing each Class 
and Denomination, and the Amount of Salary paid 
to each Constable, and made out in a similar form 
to the Return presented and ordered to be printed 
by the House of Commons on the 3d day of May 
1848, Paper, No. 294. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Amount of the Funded and 
Unfunded Debt of the United Kingdom during the 
years ending the 1st day of January 1847, 1848 and 
1849, stating, in separate columns, the Date and 
Amount of each Increase or Decrease, if any, of 
the Funded and Unfunded Debt of the United King- 
dom, during the years ending the 1st day of January 
1847, 1848, and 1849. 


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid 
before this House, forthwith, a Return to the Order 
made upon the 3d day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Final Decrees for 
the Sale of Landed Property in Jreland, pronounced 
within the last Five years by the Irish Court of 
Chancery or Equity Exchequer, and of the Amount 
of Incumbrances reported due in each Cause, and 
for the Payment of which a Sale of the Lands de- 
creed, or a Portion thereof, has been effected, and 
the Amount for which same were sold, and of the 
Amount of the Purchase Money paid out of Court 
to Parties in discharge of Incumbrances repurted 
due, such Return to be made out according to the 
Tabular Form annexed,— 





Cases in which Sale 
of the Lands decreed 


Amount of Pur- 


Amount of In- chase Monies paid 


cumbrances re- 


Final to be sold, or a por- | out of Court to 
es ~ tion thereof, has been | parties, in dis- 

Decrees. whith Sele di-| ‘flected, and the} charge of Incum- 
poner amount for which} brances reported 


same were sold. due. 














was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Final Decrees for the Sale of Landed 
Property in Ireland, pronounced within the last 
Five years by the Irish Court of Chancery or Equity 


8° Februari. 


39 


Exchequer, and of the Amount of Incumbrances 
reported due in each Cause, and for the Payment 
of which a Sale of the Lands decreed, or a Portion 
thereof, has been effected, and the Amount for 
which same were sold, and of the Amount of the 
Purchase Money paid out of Court to Parties in 
discharge of Incumbrances reported due, such Re- 
turn to be made out according to the Tabular Form 
annexed : 








same were sold, due. 


sr Cases in which Sale | Amount of Pur- 

; eunbeemen of the Lands decreed | chase Monies paid 
Final otiinaal to be sold, or a por- | out of Court to 
om ne of | tiom thereof, hasbeen | parties, in dis~ 

Decrees. which ae di- effected, aud the! charge of Incum- 
oa, amount for which | brances reported 

















of England, which were presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


tional Debt, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Corpus Suspension Act (Ireland), which was pre- 
sented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Communication from the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Earl Grey, on 
the subject of the Rank of Persons described as 
Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, 
to which Communication the Earl Grey adverted 
in his Circular Despatch of the 20th day of No- 
vember 1847. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Select Committee on the Jrish 
Poor Laws do consist of twenty-one Members ; 


Au Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “twenty-one,” 
and inserting the words “ twenty-two,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, that the words 
“ twenty-one” stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 
twenty-one Members. 


Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, Sir John 
Young, Colonel Dunne, Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton and Sir William Somerville were nomi- 
nated Members of the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Scrope be one other Member of the said 
Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, \ 10 

Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: ; 
Tellers for thef Mr. Stafford, } ‘a 
Noes, Mr. Grogan: P 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Clements, Mr. 
Shafto Adair, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Monsell, 
Sir Denham Norreys, Sir John Pakington, Mr. 
Herbert, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sharman Crawford, 





Vow. 104, 





Mr. Fagan, Mr. O’ Flaherty, Major Blackall and 
F4 Mr. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
England. 


No. 11. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- National Debt. 
No. 12. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Habeas HabeasCorpus 
Suspension 
Act (Ireland.) 


No. 13. 


Roman Catho- 


lic Prelates 
(Ireland.} 


Poor Laws 
(Treland.) 





Call of the 
House. 


Supply. 


Navy, Army, 
and Ordnance, 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


40 


Mr. Stafford, were nominated other Members of 
the said Committee. 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 


send for Persons, Papers and Records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House be called over To-morrow :—It 
passed in the Negative, 


Mr. Parker, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
Motion made upon Tuesday last, That a Supply 
be granted to Her Majesty, a Resolution; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 


he said Resolution being read a second time ; 


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


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1850, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1850, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1850, 
be laid before this House. 

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

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Accounts of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt | g 


made between the 10th day of October 1847 and 
the 10th day of October 1848 ; distinguishing the 
Quantity made in each Country, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers, and by Victuallers, and by Retail 
Brewers :—And, of the Quantity of Beer and Ale, 
in Barrels and Bottles, exported between the 10th 
day of October 1847 and the 10th day of October | 
1848, 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land 
in Great Britain, under the Cultivation of Hops in 
the year 1848 ; distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish:—Of the Duty on Hops of the 
growth of the year 1848; distinguishing the Dis- 
tricts and the Old from the New Duty :—Of the 
Quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain to 
Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1848 to the 5th day of January 1849 ; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been ex- 
ported, and also the Quantities to each Country ; 
also, British from Foreign growths, and the Dates 
of the years in which the British Haps were grown : 
—Of Foreign Hops imported into the United King- 
dom, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th 
day of January 1849; distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence ex- 
yorted :—And, of the Total Number of Pounds 
Veight of Hops charged with Duty in each of the 
several Collections of the United Kingdom in the 
year 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
An Account of the Number of Persons in each of 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom 
licensed as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the premises, and to sell Beer not to be 


6°—9? Februariz. 





drunk on the premises ; stating the Number of each 


A. 1849. 


Class who brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of 
Malt consumed by them, particularizing each Class 
in each Collection, from the 10th day of October 
1847 to the 10th day of October 1848. 


And then the House ad jjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 9° die Februari ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS, 


R. Parkinson, from the Court of Chancery, Court of 


. was called in ; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
A Return from the Accountant General of the High 
Court of Chancery, showing the State of the seve- 
ral Funds in his name, called “ The Suitors’ Fund,” 
and “ The Suitors’ Fee Fund,” and the Charges upon 
the same respectively :—And then he withdrew. 

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


ancery, 


Mr. Aston, from the Office of the Governors of Queen Anne's 


Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—An Account of all Monies received 
and disbursed by the Governors of Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, during the year ending on the 31st day of 
December 1847 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


unty. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the Coasting 
East India Company, was called in; and at the Trade (East 


bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 3d 
day of December, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return of the Number and Tonnage of the 
Vessels employed in the Coasting Trade of the Pre- 
sidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay, for the 
years 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and, as far as can be 
ascertained, the Articles which constituted the Car- 
oes of such Vessels :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


ndia, 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 


the Petitions presented upon the 6th, 7th and 8th ‘ 
days of this instant February, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Second Re- 
port.) 


A Petition of Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, Remem- London — 
brancer of the city of Zondon, was presented, and Corporation 


read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is employed 
in soliciting an application now making to the 
House by the Corporation of London, for a Bill to 
amend an Act passed in the eleventh year of the 
reign of King George the First, for regulating Elec- 
tions within the City of London, and preserving the 
Peace, Good Order and Government of the said City; 
that the Examivers of Petitions for Private Bills 
have reported that the Standing Orders of the 
House, in respect of the said Bill, have been com- 
plied with, and leave has been given to bring in the 
said Bill; that it is essential to the Corporation of 
London to communicate with Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, for the purpose of ascertaining the sen- 
timents of Her Majesty’s Government upon the pro- 
visions of the said Bill, before the same is brought 
into the House; and praying that leave may be 
given to present the Bill, to amend an Act passed 
in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the 
First, for edits Elections within the City of 
London, and for preserving the Peace, Good Order 
and Government of the said City, after the time li- 
mited by the Standing Orders of the House. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. us. 
A Petition 





12 Vicroriz. 


of London, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is employed 
in soliciting an application now making to the 
House by the Corporation of London, for a Bill to 
provide for the better Conservation, Regulation, Ma- 
nagement and Improvement of the River Thames; 
that the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills have 
reported, That the Standing Orders of the House, in 


brancer of the | 
&gt; 


ree jv of the said Bill, have been complied with, | 
and | 


eave has been given to bring in the said Bill ; 
that Her Majesty’s Government are materially in- 
terested in some of the provisions of the said Bill, 
and communications have taken place between some 
of the members thereof and the Corporation of Lon- 


don upon the provisions of the said Bill, and the | 


same is still under the consideration of some of the 
members of Her Majesty’s Government ; and it is 
probable that some material alterations may be ne- 
cessary to be made therein, and the said Bill might 
not therefore convey to the House the requisite in- 
formation of the powers desired to be obtamed from 


Parliament; and praying that under the circum-| 


stances aforesaid, leave may be given to present the 
Bill to provide for the better Conservation, Regu- 
lation, sateen and Improvement of the River 
Thames, after the expiration of the time limited by 
the Standing Orders of the House. 

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


Forest of Dean A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, 


and South 
Wales Rail- 


ways (Amend- 
ment of Acts as 


to Charges on 


Forest of Dean 


Railway and 
Branches ) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
Birmingham 
and Oxford 


Junction Rail- 
way (Purchase 


of the Strat- 
ford-upon- 
Avon Canal 
Navigation) 
Bill. 


Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Charges li- 
mited by the South Wales Railway Act 1847, upon 
the Forest of Dean Railway, and to amend the pro- 
visions of the said Act, was presented, and read; 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Lord James Stuart and Lord Norreys. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway Company, and the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway Company, tor leave to 
bring in a Bill to confirm and carry into effect an 
Agreement for the Sale to the Birmingham and Ox- 
ford Junction Railway Company of the Stratford- 
upon-Avon Canal Navigation, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr Muntz and Mr. Spooner. 


A Petition of Proprietors of shares in the Rock 
Life Assurance Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for better enabling the Rock Life Assurance 
Company to sue and be sued, and to alter certain 
provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and to give 
further Powers to the Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Hume. 


Great Central A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of London, 


9° Februariz. 


A Petition of Edward Tyrreil, Esquire, Remem- | 





41 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending an Congleton 
| Act passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of his Inclosure Act 
_ Majesty King George the Third, for dividing and Bill 6 
leasing or letting certain Commonsor Waste Grounds 
within the Borough and Township of Congleton, in 
the County of Chester, and for applying the Profits of 
| Part of the same in aid of the Poor’s Rate, or other 
Taxes or Public Expenses within the said Town- 
ship: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confer certain Universal 
Powers on the Railway Passengers’ Assurance Com- Railway 
: = Casualty 
| pany: And the same was read the first time ; and Compensation 


_ ordered to be read a second time Company Bill. 





York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Lease 
and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


_ Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Swansea 
Corporation of Swansea to borrow Money, to lend nee ol 
' Money to the Trustees of Swansea Harbour, and to (Power to 


purchase the Rights of the Swansea Dock Com- borrow Money, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Com- 
| pany to lease their Railway and Works to, and to 
amalgamate with the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


_pany: And the same was read the first time ; and gud Loan to 
| ordered to be read a second time. bour Trustees, 


and Purchase of Swansea 
Dock Act, 1847) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 

Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to 224 Northern 

raise a further Sum of Money: And the same was (aaditional 

read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Capital and 

time. Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 

A Petition of Trustees of the Bedford Charity, Bedford 

for leave to bring in a Bill for the better Manage- y rare | Act 

|ment and Disposition of the Estates given by Sirpin _— 

| William Harpur, Knight, and Dame Alice, his 

| Wife, for a free and perpetual School in the Town 

| of Bedford, and other Purposes, and of the Rents 

| and Profits thereof, was presented, and read ; and 

| a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. Henry Stuart and Sir Harry Verney. 





Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to authorize Eastern Coun- 
the Lease to the Eastern Counties Railway Com- ties Railway 
_pany of the Mewmarket Railway and Branch to rn me Ae 
Cambridge: And the same was read the first time ; Railway Com- 
and ordered to be read a second time. pany Amalga- 

mation Bill. 

A Petition of the Liynvi Valley Railway Com- Llynvi Valley 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending and Railways Bill. 
amending the Powers of the Acts for the Construc- 
tion of the Llynvi Valley Railways, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Morris and Mr. Blewitt. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Kendal Fell 
Act Amend- 


| Bill to repeal, alter, amend, extend and enlarge a 


some of the powers and provisions of an Act 
| assed in the seventh year of the reign of His 

ajesty King George the Third, intituled, “An 
Act for inclosing a Piece of Waste Ground in 
the Borough and Township of Kirkby-in- Kendal, 


a Rule or Order of Assize 
‘and Order of the High Court of Chancery, relating 
'to Rates and Assessments to be raised for Re- 


Township and the Owners of Lands, called the 
Park and Castle Lands ;” to authorize the granting 


Gas Con. for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying the 
a City of Zondon, and the Liberties thereof, with Gas, Feti E _the 
‘_ was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pattison, Mr. 
Hindley and Mr. Pearson. 
North Staf- A Petition of William Burchell, Solicitor to the | 
fordshire Rail- North Staffordshire Railway Company, for leave to 
beams of Acts) bring in a Bill to amend certain provisions of the 
Bill. North Staffordshire Railway Act (1847), was pre-' for the Benefit of the Poor; and for cleansing 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | and enlightening the Streets of the said Town; 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo | and for confirming 
and Mr. Alderman Copeland. 
Lough Corrib | A Petition of Members of the Company of Under- | lief of the Poor by the Inhabitants of the said 
—— takers for the Improvement of Lough Corrib, for 
fheorpotation leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the Lough 
and Amend- Corrib Improvement Company, and for amending 


prntofcertain the provisions of certain statutes, so far as they re- 
late to the said Company, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Vou, 104. 


blic Acts 





of Building and other Leases, and the making of 
Sales and Exchanges of the Lands vested in the 
Trustees under such Act; to authorize the Appro- 
priation of the Income of such Lands to certain 
Public Purposes; to authorize the levying of Light- 

G ing 





42 


ing and Improvement Rates; to empower the 
Trastees to transfer their powers to the Council of 
the Borough, and for uther purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly by Mr. Glyn and Mr. Aglionby. 


Black Sluice Mr. Christopher presented a Bill to alter and 
Drainage Acts amend the Provisions of the several Acts relating 
Amendment to the Black Sluice Drainage, to extend the Time 


remy by the Black Sluice Drainage Act, 1846, limited 


sion of Time for the Completion of the Works, to authorize the 


pr 402 levying and raising of further Rates and Monies, 


Powers to levy to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and for other Pur- 
and raise »oses: And the same was read the first time; and 


further Rates ordered to be read a second time. 
and Monies, to 
alter existing Rates and Tolls, 


and for other Purposes) Bill. 
Airdrie Police 
and Municipal 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the burgh of Airdrie, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of an 
Act of Parliament, for erecting the Town of Air- 
drie into a Burgh; to provide for the Municipal 
and Police Government of said Burgh; for the 
better Paving, Watching, Lighting and Cleansing, 
and for regulating the Police, and managing the 
Statute Labour of the said Burgh; for consoli- 
dating the Provisions of other Acts ; and for other 
Purposes relating thereto, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by the Earl of Lincoln and Mr. William Lockhart. 


Dublin, Ash- 
bourne, Slane 
and Drogheda 
Roads Act 
Continuation 
and Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Liverpool 
Rates (Rating 
Dock Pro- 
perty) Bill. 


Mr. Corbally presented a Bill to continue and 
amend the Powers of an Act for repairing and im- 
proving the Roads from Dublin, by Ashbourne, to 
Slane and Drogheda: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Thomas Birch presented a Bill for making 
the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks rateable to the 
Relief of the Poor, and to other Local Rates: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Reading, 
Guildford and 
Reigate Rail- 


Sir Thomas Birch presented a Bill for making a 
short Railway to connect the Line of the Reading, 
way (Branch (uildford and Reigate Railway with the Line of 
to London and the London and South Western Railway, and for 
South Western other Purposes: And the same was read the first 


ine at Lan time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to effect the Sale of 
Railway (Pur- 


pcan At we the Wishaw and Coltness Railway to the Caledonian 
of Wishaw and Railway ae : And the same was read the 


Coltness Rail- first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
way ) Bill. 


Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railways 
(Lease of Scot- 
tish Midland 
Junction Rail- 
way ) Bill. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Scottish 
Midland Junction Railway Company to lease their 
Undertaking to the Caledonian and Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Companies, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. Alex- 
ander Hastie. 


Caledonian 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
and Edinburgh 


oa ener for leave to bring ina Biil to enable the Dundee 
Railways and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Com- 
(Lease of Dun- pany, and the Dundee and Arbreath and Dundee 
dee and Perth and Newtyle Railway Companies, to lease their 


and Aberdee . ; ; 
or ng a Jndertakings to the Caledonian and Edinburgh 


tion, and the and Glasgow Railway Companies, was presented, 
nn. and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
“4 accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. 


the Dundee j 
and Newtyle Alexander Hastie. 


Railways) Bill. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway 
(Deviation of 
Branch to 
Alloa Harbour; 
Diversion of 
certain Works; 


A Petition of the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to au- 
thorize a Deviation of the Branch Line of the Stir- 
ling and Dunfermline Railway to Alloa Harbour, 
and the Diversion of certain Works ; to extend the 
Time for the Completion of a Portion of the Rail- 


9° Februarit. 





A. 1849. 


way, and for other Purposes, was presented, and Extension of 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- ny com~ 
cordingly, by General Morison, Mr. Cowan and Sony 


, and taking 
Mr. John Benjamin Smith. Land ; and 


Amendment 
of Acts) Bill, 
A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Edinburgh 

way Company, and the Wilsontown, Morningside and one Cnaey 
Coltness Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Wilsontowne 
Bill to authorize the Transfer of the Wéilsontown, Morningside 
Morningside and Coltness Railway to, and to vest = Coltness 
the same in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway po 
Company, was presented and read ; and referred to Bill. 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Norfolk 
Norfolk Estuary, for leave to bring in a Bill to Petuary 
amend the Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and to O nae — 
enable the Eau Brink Commissioners and the Cor- Powers of Con. 
poration of King’s Lynn to contribute towards the ttibution by 


. tk . 
Undertaking, and for other purposes connected toh em 


therewith, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ers of Drain. 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 28° and by the 

Corporation of 
King’s Lynn) 
Bill. 


Jocelyn and Mr. Townley. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders ; 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian Caledonian 
Railway (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barr- Railway 
head and Neilston Railway), Petition for leave to sates of 
present a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders the Glasgow, 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- are 
mitted to present a Petition accordingly. _ way) Bill, 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr Cockburn presented a Bill to amend and Glasgow, Kil- 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts re- yo 
lating to the Ardrossan Harbour, and to the Gilas- Reliwey, all 
gow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway: And the Ardrossan 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Harbour Acts 

. mendment 
read a second time. Bill. 

Mr. Grogan presented a Bill for making certain Severn 
Improvements in the River Severn, and for amend- Navigation 
ing the Acts relating thereto: And the same was meta 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Amendment 
time. of Acts, New 

Works, and 
further Powers 
Bill. 

A Petition of Commissioners for improving the Severn 
Navigation of the River Severn, was presented, and Navigation 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are pro- ett y 
moting before the House a Bill for making certain Amendment 
Improvements in the River Severn, and for amending °f Acts, — 
the Acts relating thereto ; that the said Bill was read par oem 
a first time on the ninth day of February instant, and Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time ; that by the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House, the Second Reading of the 
said Bill cannot be delayed beyond the twentieth 
day of February instant; that by virtue of the pro- 
visions of an Act passed in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for making Preliminary Inquiries in certain 
cases of Applications for Local Acts, the Lords 
Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed two 
Surveying Officers to proceed to Worcester, for the 
purpose of making a local examination and survey, 
and to report upon the provisions of the said Bill ; 
that the two officers appointed by the Admiralty 
(namely Captain Charles Drinkwater Bethune, r.N. 
and Captain Vitch, r.£.) have, by notice in the 
public newspapers, pursuant to the said Act, ap- 
pointed the fifteenth day of February instant, at the 
city of Worcester, for commencing on the examina- 
tion and inquiry ; that it is expedient that the re- 
port of the said Officers, which, under the provisions 
of the said Act, will have to be laid before both 
Houses of Parliament, shall be on the Table of the 
House, and in the hands of the public, prior to the 

Motion 








Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or 
Purchase of 
the Glasgow, 
Barrhead and 
Neilston Di- 
rect Railway) 
Bill. 


Bishopwear- 
mouth 
Rectory. 


Church Rates, 
&amp;e, 


Clergy. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts, 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 





12 Vicrortz. 


Motion being made for the Second Reading of the 
said Bill; that it will not be possible, from the 
Jength of time which such enquiry will necessarily 
occupy, that the said report should be made to the 
Lords of the Admiralty, and be presented to and 
rinted by the House, by the said twentieth day of 
ebruary instant; and praying that the Standing 
Order of the House which requires that there shall 
be a period of not less than three clear days, nor 
more than ten, between the First and Second 
Reading of any Private Bill, may in the case of the 
aforesaid Bill be dispensed with, and that the said 
period may be extended until twelve days after the 
day on which the report of the Lords Commissioners 
of the Admiralty, or from the said Surveying Officers, 
on the said Bill, shall be laid on the Table of the 
House. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. ” 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil- 
ston Direct Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston Direct Railway to the Caledonian 
Railway Company, was presented, and read ; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Bouverie, Colonel Mure, and Viscount Melgund. 


A Petition of Members of the ancient Vestry of the 
parish of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, duly 
elected by the inhabitants of the said parish, pay- 
ing scot and lot, pursuant to and acting under the 
provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the 
year One thousand eight hundred and nineteen, 
intituled, “ An Act for making Sunderland a distinct 
Parish from the Parish of Bishopwearmouth, in the 
County of Durham,” complaining of the unequal 
distribution of the revenues of Bishopwearmouth 
rectory, and praying the House to adopt such 
measures as will ensure the fair and proper distri- 
bution of the said revenues, for the better augmen- 
tation of the churches and chapels in the town of 
Sunderland at large, in such manner as the wants 
of the population and the justice of the case may 
seem to require, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Baptists of Wakefield, praying for 
the repeal of Church Rates, Easter Dues and all 
similar imposts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting, held 
in the lecture-room, Welson-street, Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, praying for the repeal of the laws which pre- 
vent an ordained Clergyman of the Church of Eng- 
land from officiating as a Dissenting Minister, was 
agg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 


Baptists meeting at Wakefield, praying the House 
to pass a measure for the abolition of the Ecclesi- 
astical Courts, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Roehampton, in 
the county of Surrey, stating that the rule lately 
adopted by the Government, respecting the grants 
in aid of Public Education, has been to extend such 
aid to all schools in connection with any christian 
denomination, on the general ground of respecting 
conscientious scruples, without examining into their 
soundness ; that in conformity with this rule, pe- 
cuniary aid has recently been awarded to Roman 
Catholic Schools, a measure which has been adopted 
without the direct sanction of Parliament, on the 
authority of a Minute of Privy Council on Edu- 
cation; that the schools in connection with the 
Ffrish branch of the United Protestant Church of 
England and Ireland, are the only schools in the 
United Kingdom which have been and continue to 
Vou. 104, 


0° Februariz. 











43 


be made an exception to this general rule ; and pray- 
ing the House to take measures forthwith to do away 
with an exception which the Petitioners consider to 
be injurious to the Protestant faith, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Court of ForeignClocks 
and Watches. 


Assistants of the art or mystery of Clockmaking, 
of the city of London, complaining of the circum- 
stances attending the sale last year of certain Foreign 
Clocks and Watches at the custom house sale; and 
praying that the House will investigate the extent 
and causes of the evils of which they complain, and 
will afford them relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, Pensioners 


resident in Glasgow and suburbs, complaining that ¢ 
five per cent. has been deducted from their Pensions, 
prior to April 1847, and praying that the House 
will be pleased to look into their case, and grant 
them relief, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Poor Law. 


habitants of the parish of Saint Pancras, stating 
that they have read, with alarm and horror, the re- 
ports of the sudden death of numbers of pauper 
children, under the management of Mr. Drouett, at 
Tooting ; and praying the House to amend the ex- 
isting Poor Law, to abolish the practice of farming 
out infant pauper children, to endeavour to find 
profitable employment for the able-bodied poor, on 
the uncultivated lands of England, and to provide 
adequate out-door relief for the maintenance of the 
aged and infirm, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Meath (Sheriff and Secretary) ;— poor Law 
and, Clonmel Union; praying for amendment of (Ireland. 


the Poor Law in Ireland, and that property of every 
description may be subjected to bear its just share 
in the burden of the poor rate, instead of throwing 
the onus exclusively, upon the land,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgwater, praying Promiscuous 
the House to pass such measures as may tend most Intercourse. 


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


A Petition of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Railways. 


Company, alleging that the present system of rating 
Railways to poor rates is unequal, unjust and 
oppressive, and praying for an alteration of the law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the congregation of Tea, Coffee, 
Baptists, residing at Wakefield, praying the House Sugar, &amp;c. 


to reduce in the present session, the tax levied on 
Tea to sixpence per pound, and on Sugar and Coffee 
to seven shillings per hundred weight, also, that the 
tax levied on Windows, ‘Timber, Bricks, Paper, 
Newspapers, Advertisements, Soap, Butter and 
Cheese, may all be forthwith repealed, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Watts, Letter Carrier, stating superannua- 
that he is a letter carrier in the employ of the Man- tion Act. 


chester Post-office, and has served the public for 
thirty-eight years; that he is now seventy-seven 
years of age, and is quite unable to fulfil the 
duties of his situation ; that he has been informed 
that there is an Act of Parliament which enables 
the Postmaster-General to grant annuities to the 
servants of the Post-office, but that its operations 
are confined to the London Office alone, and pray- 
ing the House to take his case into consideration, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


G2 Mr. 


44, 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of Au- 
gust, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of 
the Number of Letters-Patent for Inventions sealed 
in each year at Westminster respectively, for the Ten 
last years, ending the 31st day of December 1847: 
—Of the Number of Letters-Patent for the Colonies 
only, during the same Period :—Of the Number of 
Disclaimers and Memoranda of Alterations enrolled 
since the passing of the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 83, 
to the 31st day of December 1847 :—Of the Fees 
paid at the different Offices, and on the different 
Stages of passing such Letters-Patent ; specifying, 
1. the Amount ; 2. at what Office or Stage paid; 3. 
the Duties performed or Services rendered therefor ; 
4. the Application and Appropriation of the Fees; 5. 
the increased and additional or extra Fees, in case of 
Opposition and otherwise :—Of the Fees paid on the 
Enrolment of Specifications, and on Application 
for, and on the Enrolment of Disclaimers and Me- 
moranda of Alterations; specifying Particulars, as 
under the previous head :—A similar Return for 
Scotland :—And, similar Returns for [reland. 

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


0° Februariz. A. 1849. 


yearly in the Mint Accounts :—And, of the Opera- 
tive and Melting Waste allowed by Regulation in 
the Calcutta Mint, from 1831 to 1838, which was 
presented upon the 4th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of Acts of 
Parliament, which was presented yesterday, be Parliament 
printed. No. 15. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Electors. 
to Electors, which was presented yesterday, be No.1¢, 
printed. 


Patents for 
Inventions. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Central Central Crinj. 
Criminal Court, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, ®#! Court, &amp;e, 
be printed. No. 17. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public 
Libraries, which was presented yesterday, be printed. “a 
0. 18, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesiasti- Ecclesiastical 
cal Commission (Ireland), which was presented yes- Commission 
terday, be printed. Catena 
No. 19, 
The House was moved, That so much of Her Navigation 
Majesty’s Most gracious speech to both Houses of Laws. 


Mint. 
No. 14. 


Calcutta Mint. 


No. 14. 


Ordered, That the Return, showing the result 
of the Trials of the Pyx of every Coinage of the 
Gold and Silver Coin of this Realm, from the year 
1816 to the present time; setting forth the Varia- 
tion, in each case, from the exact Legal Standard, 
and how much the same was within or exceeded the 
Remedy :—A similar Return of the Result of all 
Trials of the Pyx, under the authority of the Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, held in 
Europe or elsewhere, of Monies coined at the Mint 
of Calcutta ; setting forth the same Particulars :— 
Copies of any Correspondence, Minutes or Direc- 
tions of the Directors of the East India Company, 
relating to Deviations from the Legal Standard be- 
yond the Remedy, in the Weight or Fineness of the 
Gold or Silver Coin issued from any of the Mints 
under their Government :—And, of the Report from 
the Secretary of the Mint Committee to the Direc- 
tors of the East India Company, on the Experi- 
mental Process of refining at the Calcutta Mint, 
and of any Minute of the Court on that subject :— 
And, a Return of the several Remittances of Ru- 
pees from the Mints of the East India Company to 
London during the present year, stating the Date 
and the Place of the Coinage of each Remittance, 
showing the Amount in tale, and the Legal Weight 
of the same, according to the British Standard, and 
the actual Weight (according to the same Standard), 
accounted for in the Bullion Office of the Bank of 
England ; stating, also, the Gain or Loss by the 
difference, if any, which was presented upon the 
lst day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
9th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Copies of the Letter from the Secretary of 
the Mint Committee at Ca/cutta to the Secretary of 
the Financial Department, dated the 30th day of 
November 1847 :—Of the annual Statements of the 
Master of the Mint at Calcutta, from the 1st day of 
May 1845 to the 30th day of April 1847; being in 
continuation of Returns ordered to be printed on the 
7th day of March 1848:—Returns of the Bullion 
Losses and Deficiencies, under the head of Wastage, 
in Gold, Silver and Copper Coinages respectively, 
distinguishing the Melting and Coining Departments 
of the Calcutta Mint, from 1831 to 1848; together 
with a Continuation of the Abstract of the Opera- 
tions of the Calcutta Mint, from 1844 to the latest 
Period to which it can be given:—Of the Weight 
of Copper used as Additional Alloy for the Cu/cutta 
Coinage, from 1831 to the present time, in Diminu- 
tion of the Waste arising from Refinement or other 
Causes, together with the Value thereof, as credited 





Parliament at the opening of the Session, as relates 
to the Navigation an, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth: 

“‘T again commend to your attention the Restric- 
tions imposed on Commerce by the Navigation 
Laws. 

“If you shall find that these Laws are in whole 
or in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our 
Maritime Power, while they fetter Trade and In- 
dustry, you will no doubt deem it right to repeal or 
modify their provisions.” 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 9 
Vic.c.86, forthe General Regulation of the Customs, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, 'I'hat the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 88, for the Encouragement of British Ship- 
ping and Navigation, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 89, for the Registering of British Vessels, 
might be read; and the same was read, 

he House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 93, to regulate the Trade of British Posses- 
sions abroad, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 94, for the regulating the Trade of the Jsle 
of Man, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 and 8 
Vic. c. 112, to amend and consolidate the Laws 
relating to Merchant Seamen, and for keeping a 
Register of Seamen, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 
Geo. 4, c. 80, to consolidate and amend the several 
Laws now in force, with respect to Trade from and 
to places within the limits of the Charter of the East 
India Company, and to make further Provisions, 
with respect to such Trade, and to amend an Act of 
the present Session of Parliament, for the Register- 
ing of Vessels, so far as it relates to Vessels regis- 
tered in India, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 
Geo. 4, c. 77, to authorize His Majesty, under cer- 
tain circumstances, to regulatethe Duties and Draw- 
backs on Goods imported or exported in Foreign 
Vessels, and to exempt certain Foreign Vessels from 
Pilotage, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 
Geo. 4, c. 1, to indemnify all Persons concerned in 
advising, issuing, or acting under a certain Order in 
Council, for regulating the Tonnage Duties on cer- 
tain Foreign Vessels, and to amend an Act of the 
last Session of Parliament, for authorizing His Ma- 


jesty, 








Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment. 


London and 


South Western Powers of the 


Railway (Ex- 


tension of Time 


for the Pur- 


chase of Lands 


and Comple- 


tion of 





12 Vicroriz. 


jesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the 
Duties and Drawbacks on Goods imported or ex- 
ported in any Foreign Vessels, might be read; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c. 14, to amend the Laws for the Importation 
of Corn, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Maurice O’ Connell have leave 
of Absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


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


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for extending the 

f eae and South Western Railway 
Company, for purchasing Lands for, and completing 
the Works of the Railways from Basingstoke to 
Salisbury, and from Farnham to Alton, and for 


orks Other Purposes: And the same was read the first 


on the Basing- time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


stoke and 


Salisbury, and Farnham 
and Alton Lines) Bill. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Ingrossing and 


Inrolling of 
Bills. 


No. 20. 





Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence between the Go- 
vernor-General of Canada, and the Secretary of 
State for the Colonial Department, upon the 
operation of the Navigation Laws (in continuation 
of the Papers presented to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment by command, July 1848). 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Leeda desire a present Conference with 
this House in the Royal Gallery, upon the subject 
matter of certain Resolutions of their Lordships 
on the present system of Ingrossing and Inrolling 
of Bills :—And then the Messenger withdrew, 
Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference, as desired by their Lordships. 


And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Sir George Grey, Sir Robert Peel, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Herries, Mr. Wilson 
Patien, Mr. Bernal, Sir John Yarde Buller, the 
Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Attorney-General, the Earl of 
Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Maitland, 
Mr, Hume, Mr. Mackenzie, The Judge Advocate 
and Sir John Young. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And, 
being returned ; 


Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Lord 
Privy Seal ; and that their Lordships communicated 
certain Resolutions, to which they desire the con- 
currence of this House : 


And the Resolutions, were read, as follow: 


“ Die Jovis, 8° Februarii, 1849. 


Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal 
in Parliament assembled : 


1. That it is expedient to discontinue the present 
system of Ingrossing, and to alter the present 
system of I[nrolling Bills, and to make such provi- 
sions in lieu thereof as are hereinafter mentioned. 


2. That this House is prepared to agree to the 
following arrangements, if agreed to by the other 
House of Parliament. 

VoL. 104, 





9° Februarii. 








45 


I. That in lieu of being ingrossed, every Bill 
shall be printed fair immediately after it shall 
have been passed in the House in which it 
originated, and that such fair printed Bill 
shall be sent to the other House, as the Bill 
so passed, and shall (subject to the regu- 
lation next hereinafter mentioned) be dealt with 
by that House, and its Officers, in the same 
manner in which Ingrossed Bills are now dealt 
with. 


II. That on its return to the House in which it 
originated, without Amendments (or if amended, 
after the Amendments shall have been settled 
and agreed to), it shall be fair printed by the 
Queen’s Printer; who shall furnish a fair 

rint thereof on vellum to the House of Lords, 
hehee the Royal Assent, and likewise a dupli- 
cate of such fair print, also on vellum. 


III. That one of such fair prints of each Bill 
shall be duly authenticated by the proper 
Officers of each House, as the Bill to which 
both Houses have agreed. 


IV. That the Royal Assent shall be indorsed in 
the usual form on such fair print so authenti- 
cated, which shall be deposited in the Record 
Tower, in lieu of the present ingrossment. 


V. That the Copies promulgated in the first 
instance by the Queen’s Printer, shall be im- 
pressions from the same form as the deposited 
Copy. 

VI. That for the present Session this arrange- 
ment shall not apply to Private Bills, nor to 
Local and Personal Bills, which last-mentioned 
Bills, intended to be brought in this Session, 
have been, for the most part, already printed, 
in pursuance of the Standing Orders of the 
House of Commons. 


VII. That the Master of the Rolls shall, upon 
being duly authorized in that behalf, receive 
in lieu of the Copies of Public General Acts 
as now inrolled, the hereinbefore-mentioned 
duplicate fair print of each Public General 
Bi!!, to be held for the same purposes, and 
subject to the same conditions for and upon 


which the Inrolled Acts are now received and 
held by him. 


VIII, That it is expedient, with a view to economy, 
convenience and dispatch, and to the diminu- 
tion of the chance of errors, that one Printer 
should print the Public General Bills for both 
Houses ; and that inasmuch as the Queen’s 
Printer is by virtue of his office bound to print 
the Acts, it would be advisable for the attain- 
ment of the before-mentioned objects, that the 
Queen’s Printer should be employed by both 
Houses to print the Public General Bills. 


Ordered, That the said Resolutions be communi- 
cated to the Commons at a Conference, and their 
concurrence thereto desired.” 





Ordered That the said Resolutions be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second HabeasCorpus 


Reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Zreland) 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments a were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 


G3 The 





Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland. ) 


Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


Supply ; 


Account of 
Exchequer 
Bilis referred. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


46 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Sadlier, 
Noes, Mr. Sharman Crawford : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


9°— 


lows: 
I" 
y 33. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of affording Relief out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, to certain distressed 
Unions in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland be authorized to 
direct the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the said United Kingdom of any Sum, not exceeding 
Fifty thousand pounds, for affording Relief to certain 
distressed Poor Law Unions in Ireland. 

Amendment again proposed: At the end of the 
Question, to add the words, “ but that no appro- 
“« priation of Monies taken from general Taxation 
‘ be applied in aid of the Poor’s Rates of Lrish 
‘ Unions, except on condition that its repayment 
“ be secured by a lien on the rateable property of 
the Union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


“ 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again, 

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





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Inland Revenue Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


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


Sabbati, 10° die Kebruarii, 1849: 


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

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer 
Bills raised or authorized to be raised, charged on 
the Aids or Supplies of 1849, unprovided for, which 
was presented upon the 2d day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, be referred to the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee, 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen | 


million seven hundred and eighty-six thousand 
seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged 
on the Aids of 1849, unprovided for. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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

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


-10°—12° Februari. 














A. 1849. 


Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


SRESS2E 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Army and 
to inquire into the Expenditure on account of the? ns 
Army and Ordnance, and to report their Observa- et 
tions thereupon to the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented British 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Guiana. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence 
between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and 
the Governor of British Guiana, relating to the 
Stoppage of Supplies, and the Civil List. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jamaica, &amp;. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence 
with the Governors of Jamaica, Trinidad and Mau- 
ritius, since the date of the last laid before Parlia- 
ment, relating to the General Condition and Go- 
vernment of these Colonies. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Hudson's Bay 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Company. _ 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, tio 
Copies of any Memorials presented to the Colonial an 
Office by Inhabitants of Red River Settlement, i 


complaining of the Government of the Hudson’s 
Bay Company ; of the Instructions given to the 
Governor-General of Canada for the Investigation 
of those ey wy of the Reports of the Officers 
appointed by Lord Elgin or by the Colonial Office, 
for the purpose of such Investigation ; and, of any 
Correspondence which has passed between the 
Colonial Office and the Hudson's Bay Company, 
and the Inhabitants of the Red River Settlement 
respectively, upon the subject of the above Me- 
morial. 

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


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


Lune, 12° die Februarii ; 


Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and Imperial Gas 
I Coke Company, was called in; and at the Company: 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—A Return of the Contingency Fund 
of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public Peti- 


tions (Third 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
Report.) 


the Petitions presented upon the 9th day of this 
instant February ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
A Petition 








12 Vicroriz. 12° Februari. AZ 


ieeds and A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- the House, the Examiner’s List of Petitions for 
thirsk Rail- pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the | Private Bills contained no reference whatever to the 
may (Power said Company to raise a further Sum of Money for said Bill; and the said Trustees and the Petitioner 

ton the completion of their Railways, to guarantee In- therefore, had reason to believe, and did in fact be- 
ertain Shares, terest on certain Shares, and for other purposes; lieve, that the further prosecution of the said Bill 
fc.) Bill. was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | had been wholly abandoned ; that, by reason of the 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett and Mr. non-compliance by the said Petitioners with the 


James Marshall. | Standing Order of the House, requiring that the 
_ Petition for a Bill, and a copy of the proposed Bill 
Binbrooke A Petition of the Reverend John Thomas Hunt-| shall, on or before the 31st cf December, be depo- 


Saint — ley, Clerk, Incumbent of the united benefices of) sited at the Private Bill Office, the said ‘lrustees 
ee Mery the rectory of Binbrooke Saint Mary-cum-Bin- | have been deprived of the advantage intended to be 
tnelosure brooke Saint Gabriel Vicarage, in the county of | conferred upon all parties interested, of ascertaining 


¥ . . . . oS 

(Amendment Lincoln, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and/| in due time the details of the Bill proposed by the 
— extend the Provisions of certain Acts for inclosing | said Petitioners to be introduced, and the reasons 
Alteration of Lands in the Parishes of Binbrooke Saint Mary | for its introduction ; that the said Petition was pre- 
Award 5 and Binbrooke Saint Gabriel, in the county of} sented to the House on the seventh day of February 
svanis, &amp;c., Lincoln, and to vary the Awards made thereunder, | instant, and as no notice of the intention to present 
and defining and to unite the said Parishes, was presented, and the same had been given to the said Trustees or to 
Parish Bound- read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | the Petitioner on their behalf, the earliest intimation 
aries) Bill cordingly, by Mr. Christopher and Sir ate aad the Petitioner had of the presentation thereof was 
Cholmeley. on the ninth day ofthe present month, when he was 

| informed of it by the Votes of the House, and also 

Whittlesey A Petition of Inhabitants and Owners of pro- by a letter from the Parliamentary Agents acting 
Saint Mary perty in the town of Whittlesey, for leave to bring | in other business on behalf of the said Council ; 
np erga in a Bill for uniting into one Parish the Parishes of | that by the said Act for regulating Municipal Cor- 
tow Union of Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint An- | porations, it is required that Three clear days’ notice 
Parishes, and drew, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cam-| shall be given previously to any meeting of the 
for improving bridge, and for better paving, lighting, watching, | Council, and inasmuch as the Committee of the 





whittioosy. F cleansing and otherwise regulating and improving | House to which the said Petition has been referred, 
Bill. the Town of Whittlesey, was presented, and read ; | has appointed to take the same into consideration 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | on the 13th of the present month, there has not been 

by Mr. Childers and Mr. Townley. sufficient time since the presentation of the said Pe- 

tition to enable the Council to meet to consider 

Liverpool A Petition of William Shuttleworth, Town Clerk | the said Petition, and to petition the House under 


—— of the borough of Liverpool, was presented, and | the common seal of the said Mayor, Aldermen and 
and Amend. Tread; setting forth, That a Petition has been pre-| Burgesses; that the Petitioner submits, that the 
ment of Acts) sented to the House by certain persons, describing reason urged by the said Petitioners for not having 
Bal. themselves as being “ Members of the Liverpool | deposited the Bill in the Private Bill Office on the 
Ship Owners’ Association,” for leave to deposit.a | 31st of December last, videlicet, That they were 

Petition for a Bill to alter the Constitution of the | reluctant, so long as any chance of accommodation 
Committee for the Affairs of the Estate of the Trus- | remained, te involve themselves and the Municipal 

tees of the Liverpool Docks, and for amending for | body of Liverpool in the contest to which the Bill 

that purpose the Acts relating to the said Docks | was likely to give rise,” is untenable, inasmuch as 

and Estate ; that the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur-| the mere deposit of the Bill, whilst it would have 

a of the Borough of Liverpool, acting by the | given the Petitioners the advantage of having com- 

ouncil of the said Borough, elected ander the pro- | plied with the Standing Orders, in the event of their 

visions of the Municipal Corporations Act, are the | determining to proceed with the Bill, would not 

Trustees of the Liverpool Docks; that for the ma-| have involved them in any contest with the said 
nagement of the affairs of the said Dock Estate, a | Municipal body; and if such reluctance really ex- 
Committee, consisting of twenty-one members, | isted, it would rather have prevented the publica- 

called the Committee for the affairs of the Estate | tion of the notices, than the deposit of the Bill; 

of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, is consti-| that the other reason given by the said Petitioners 

tuted, elected and appointed, as in the said Petition | for the non-deposit of the said Bill, viz., that about 

is alleged ; and itis by one of the Acts relating to | the middle of December it became probable (and 

the said Trust Estate provided, that all the proceed- | afterwards happened), that the Gentleman, who for 

ings of the said Committee shall be submitted to | many years had been Solicitor for the Association, 

the said Trustees for confirmation or rejection there- | and by whom in that capacity the notices had been 

of, in manner in the said Act mentioned ; that the | given, would be appointed the Solicitor of the Dock 

Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of | Trustees in a then expected vacancy in that office, 

Liverpool, and the Council of the said Borough, are | is, as the Petitioner submits, equally untenable, 

therefore deeply interested in the constitution of the inasmuch as the said Petitioners might, if they had 

said Committee, and in the management of the said intended to proceed with the said Bill, have em- 

Estate ; that although as in the said Petition is | ployed another Solicitor for the particular purpose, 

alleged, notices were published in the London the publication of the notices in the name of one 

Gazette and Liverpool henna in the month of | Solicitor forming no obstacle to the subsequent pro- 

November last, of an intention to apply to Parlia- | ceedings being conducted by another, as is evidenced 

ment in the present Session, for an Act to effect the | as well in other cases as in this, where the Solicitor 

object in the said Notices mentioned, or some of , who now acts for the said Petitioners is not in fact 

them, yet no copy of the Bill proposed to be ap-| the Gentleman who originally prepared the notices 

plied for in pursuance of such notices was deposited | for the Bill; that it is stated in the said Petition, as 

in the Private Bill Office, on or before the 31st of | affording a ground of the necessity for proceeding 

December last, as required by the Standing Orders with the said Bill, that at a meeting of the Dock 

of the House, nor was any notice given to the said Committee, the Chairman who had been recently 

Trustees or to the Petitioner on their behalf, of the nominated by the Town Council to that office, de- 

intention to apply to the House for leave to intro- | clined to affix the corporate seal of the trust to a 

duce the said Bill, and to obtain a dispensation | document, which was deemed by the Dock Com- 

from the Standing Orders of the House, which had | mittee essential to the protection of the Dock pro- 

not been complied with; that in consequence of perty, a!though a large majority of the Comumittee 

such non-compliance with the Standing Orders of had required him so to affix the same; and the So- 

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48 


licitor of the said Committee advised that it was 
the duty of the Chairman to obey the vote of the 
Committee ; that the document in the said Bill re- 
ferred to, and to which the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee for the affairs of the estate of the Trustees of 
the Liverpool Docks declined to affix the corporate 
seal of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, was a 
Petition to the House, purporting to be the Petition 
of the said Trustees, and that the said Chairman, as 
the Petitioner has been informed and believes, re- 
fused to affix the seal of the said Trustees thereto, 
upon the request of a majority of the said Committee, 
until such Petition had been submitted to the said 
Trustees, whose Petition it purported to be ; and 
that when such Petition was so submitted to the 
Trustees, the same was negatived by a large ma- 
jority, there being of the numbers present only 19 in 
favour thereof, and 38 against it; and the said Trus- 


tees at the same time expressed their approval of | 


the conduct of the said Chairman, in refusing to 
seal the said Petition until it had been submitted to 
them ; that the Petitioner submits that the conduct 
of the Chairman, under the above circumstances, 
affords no valid reason in favour of the case of the 
said Petitioners, inasmuch as it appears from the 
prayer of their Petition, that they seek by the pro- 
posed Bill not to define or control the power of the 
Chairman of the said Committee, with reference to 
the use of the common seal of the said Trustees, 
but to alter the constitution of the said Committee, 
and to amend for that purpose the Acts relating to 
the said Trust; and praying that no sufficient rea- 
sons have been advanced by the said Petitioners for 
dispensing with the Standing Orders of the House, 
and that the said Petitioners may not have leave to 
~?, a Petition for leave to introduce the said 
ill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or Pur 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to effectuate a 
Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Di- 
chase ofthe "ect Railway to the Caledonian Railway Company : 
Glasgow, And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


Barrhead and be r ‘ : 
wren to be read a second time. 


rect Railway ) 
Bill. 


York, New- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
9 a el ees and Carlisle Railway Company to om 
“— Sineypest their Railway and Works to the York, Newcastle and 
and Carlisle 


Railway Lease read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
and Amalga- time 


mation Bill. 


Forest of Dean Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter the 
and South == Charges limited by the South Wales Railway Act 
Wales Rail- a FE ‘ ? 
ways(Amend- 1847, upon the Forest of Dean Railway, and to 
mans of Aste amend the Provisions of the said Act: And the 
as to Charges « ; ‘ 

af ew same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
Dean Railway ® Second time. 


and Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Birmingham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confirm and 
see carry into effect an Agreement for the Sale to the 
way (Punches Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway Com- 
of the Strat- pany of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


ord-upon- 
Avon Canal to be read a second time. 


Navigation) 
Bill. 


Norfolk 
Estuary Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and to enable the Eau 
ye Brink Commissioners and the Corporation of King’s 
Powers ofCon- Ly” to contribute towards the ndertaking, and 
tribution by for other Purposes connected therewith : And the 
= Eau Brink same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
Ommission- ° 

ers of Drain. read a second time. 
age, and by the Corporation 

of King’s Lynn) Bill. 


12° Februari. 


Berwick Railway Company: And the same was | 


| a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 


A. 1849. 


Mr. Fuller presented a Bill for more effectually Mimwell Vey 
managing and repairing the Road leading from so Hastings 
Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, to the Town yyy Pike-road 
and Port of Hastings, in the said County: And 

the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


‘read a second time. 


A Petition ofthe Principal and Scholars of King’s Saint Mary's, 
Hall and College of Brazenose, in the University of en 
Oxford, Patrons of the Rectory of the parish of paster Offer. 
Saint Mary Mattfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, in ings Bill, 
the county of Middlesex, and city of London, and of 

the Reverend William Welden Champneys, Rector 
| of the said parish, and of Inhabitants and Rate- 
_ payers of the said parish, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for extinguishing the Rights of the Rector of the 
| Parish of Saint Mary Mattfellon, otherwise White- 
| chapel, to Easter Offerings, and to House or Rate 
Tithes, and to provide an annual Payment in lieu 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
| Harry Inglis and Mr. Gladstone. 


| Mr. Hume presented a Bill for better enabling the Rock Life 

| Rock Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, Assurance 
and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Company Bill 
Settlement, and to give further Powers to the Com- 

| pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 

| A Petition of the Warrington Waterworks Com- Warrin 

| pany, praying that provision may be made in the Waterworks 

| Warrington Waterworks Bill, for including the —s 

Townships of Latchford and Appleton within the power to raise 
limits of the Bill, was presented, and read; and additional 

| referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private ©#pital) Bill. 

| Bills. 


| 


Mr. Dundas presented a Bill for regulating the Musselburgh 
Police Government of the Burgh of Musselburgh, Police and 
| in the County of Edinburgh, for the paving, draining, on 
cleansing, lighting, and otherwise improving the 
| said Burgh, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Lockhart presented a Bill to enable Caledonian 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company to andEdinburgh 


lease their Undertaking to the Caledonian and Edin- Sawa 


burgh and Glasgow Railway Companies: And the (Lease of Scot- 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be tish Midland 
read a second time. | 


' 
! 


Mr. William Lockhart a a Bill to enable caledonian 


the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junc- and Edinburgh 
tion Company, and the Dundee and Arbroath and a 

Dundee and Newtyle Railway Companies, to lease (Lease of Dut- 
| their Undertakings to the Caledonian and Edin- dee and Perth 


burgh and Glasgow Railway Companies: And the tae 


| same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read tion, and the 
Dundee and 
Arbroath, and 

the Dundee and Newtyle 





| Railways) Bill. 


| 

| A Petition of Brown, Gordon and Company, Edinburgh 

| Lessees of Halbeath Colliery, and the Halbeath and Nortin 

| Railway, in the county of Fife, was presented, and CDuniornliae 

_read ; setting forth, That the Edinburgh and North- Branch Devi 

ern Railway Company have this Session introduced = a 
into the House three Bills, with the short titles rish, pone 
respectively therein written, which Bills were read a to pass under 

| first time upon the eighth day of February current ; a 

that the object of all those Bills is the same, vide- Tramways; 
licet, to alter a portion of the Branch Railway to Branches in 
Dunfermline, which the Promoters were authorized — 
to construct by an Act passed in 1846, at and near Tramways; 
the point where it crosses the Halbeath Railway, of Repeal of 
which the Petitioners are the lessees ; and the dif- Agreement 

‘ferent modes of altering the Dunfermline Branch }f fratbeath 

_ Railway, proposed to be authorized bythe respec- Colliery; 

tive Bills, are merely alternative lines and works for pe 

effecting *?" 





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) Amendment effecting the same object; that the device of intro- 
of a ducing three separate Bills for the same object has 
wd Northern been adopted by the Promoters for the purpose of 
Railway (B-) evading the Standing Order of the House, No. 39, 
mec and is in violation of the spirit of that Order, which 
Branch in _ provides that no alternative line of work shall be in 

© any case permitted ; that a Petition complaining of 

that evasion of the Standing Orders was, upon 6th 
that the same February current, presented to the House, on behalf 
may pass Over of the Proprietors of the Halbeath Railway, and the 
the Halbeath TP ornhill ailway, which Petition, together with 
Branchesin the three Bills, was, upon the 8th instant, referred 
conection ~ to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, with 
with Halbeath . A ‘ hich 
‘nd Townhill instructions to report the circumstances under whic 
Tramways, the Bills have been introduced into the House, and 
Increase of whether they were such as to be in violation of the 
= ake of Spirit of the Orders, and if so, whether the parties 
Acts) ;—and, &gt; seh or should not be allowed to proceed with the 
Edinburgh _— said Bills, or any of them; that the Promoters have 
eee) likewise evaded the Standing Orders of the House, 
Duteaies in reference to the said Bills, in another respect, that 
ch; . is to say, although they have, in formal compliance 
Aliefinine With Standing Orders Nos. 52, 53, 55, 56, 34 and 
Parish; Level 36, produced and deposited copies of a Subscription 
Crossing of Contract to the requisite amount, in relation to each 
Tramway; Of the three Bills, yet the said Subscription Con- 
Repeal of tracts are not intended to be enforced against the 
Agreement subscribers thereto, who are directors of the Edin- 
ofHalbeath Ourgh and Northern Railway Company, and who 
iery ; are expressly relieved from all liability for that and 
Townhill and other obligations which they have incurred on behalf 
Branches; Of the Company, under the provisions of a fourth 

, Increase of Bill, which the Promoters have introduced this Ses- 
ome hee of sion into the House, and which was read a first time 
Acts) Bills, 0 the 9th instant, intituled, Edinburgh and North- 

ern Railway (Additional Capital and Amendment of 
Acts) Bill; that the Petitioners, as lessees of the 
Halbeath Railway, are materially affected by the 
said three Bills (A.), (B.) and (C.), and are desirous 
of being heard before the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, to whom the said Bills have been 
already referred, as aforesaid, upon the evasions of 
Standing Orders above mentioned, which are of a 
nature and have been attempted under circumstances 
peculiarly oppressive and harassing to the Peti- 
' tioners; and praying that the Petition may be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
to examine and report, and that the Petitioners may 
be heard thereupon, by themselves, their agents and 
witnesses, before that Committee, and that on report 
from such Committee, the said Bills may not be 
allowed to proceed, or that the Petitioners may have 
‘ such other relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
| Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


; Retwra Coun- A Petition of the Newmarket Railway Company, 
Company, 20 a Was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Newmarket Petitioners were incorporated by an Act of Par- 

Railway Com- liament, which received the Royal Assent on the 

&gt; hom 16th day of July, 1846, and were thereby autho- 

rized to raise a share capital of 350,000/., for 
the purpose of constructing a Railway from Chester- 
| ford to Newmarket, with a Branch to Cambridge ; 

. that the Petitioners have raised and expended upon 

the works of the said Railway and Branch Railway 

, a sum of money amounting to considerably more 

| than one-half of the said sum of 350,000/.; that by 

two several Acts of Parliament, which received the 

Roya! Assent on the 8th day of June, 1847, the 

Petitioners were authorized to raise a further share 

capital of 900,000/., for the purpose of extending 

their said Railway to Thetford, Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s and Ely; thatthe Railway from Chesterford 
to Newmarket has been for some time past open to 
the public, and the Branch to Cambridge is now in 
course of construction ; that, owing to the late com- 
mercial crisis, and the general depreciation of Rail- 
way property, the Petitioners have not proceeded 
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12 Vicrortz. 12° Februarit. 49 


to exercise the powers granted to them by the Exten- 
sion Acts, nor have they made any call upon their . 
shareholders in respect of the capital thereby autho- 
rized to be raised; that the Petitioners have been 
in negociation with the Eastern Counties Railway 
Mig an for a lease to them of their said Railway 
to Newmarket and Branch to Cambridge, and there 
is now pending in the House a Bill promoted b 
the Petitioners, to authorize the granting of suc 
lease by the Petitioners, and the acceptance thereof 
by the said Eastern Counties Railway Company ; 
that by the 133d Standing Order of the House, 
it is ordered that no powers of purchase, sale, lease 
or amalgamation shall be given to any Railway 
Company, with reference to any other undertaking 
already authorized by any Act or Acts, nor to 
any other incorporated Company, with reference 
to any Railway, unless, previously to the application 
to Parliament for such purpose, the several Com- 
panies who may be parties to such purchase, sale, 
lease or amalgamation, shall have proved to the 
satisfaction of the Commissioners of Railways that 
they have respectively paid up one-half of the capital 
authorized to be raised by any previous Act or Acts 
by means of shares, and have expended for the pur- 
poses of such Act or Acts a sum equal thereto; 
that the Petitioners having as before mentioned paid 
up and expended upon their line of Railway and 
Branch Railway more than one-half of the share 
capital authorized to be raised by their Act of Incor- 
poration, applied to the Commissioners of Railways 
for a certificate, and adduced before them proof of 
such — and expenditure, but the Gamiby 
sioners did not feel themselves justified in granting 
such certificate, on the ground that one-half of the 
share capital authorized to be raised by the Ex- 
tension Acts had not also been paid up and ex- 
pended; that the Petitioners urged upon the con- 
sideration of the Commissioners the fact that the 
original line to Newmarket and Branch to Cambridge 
were undertakings totally distinct from the Exten- 
sions ; and that, inasmuch as the Petitioners had 
not been able to exercise any of the powers of such 
Extension Acts, and were desirous of not unduly 
pressing upon their shareholders at a time of unusual 
distress, they hoped the case was not one to which 
the Commissioners would consider the Standing 
Order of the House as applicable ; that it is very 
doubtful whether the Petitioners will ever be in a 
condition to proceed with the works on such Exten- 
sion Lines; and praying that they may be permitted 
to proceed with the Bill for leasing their Railway to 
Newmarket and Branch to Cambridge to the East- 
ern Counties Railway Company, upon proof, to the 
satisfaction of a Committee of the House, that they 
have paid up one half of the share capital authorized 
to be raised by their Act of Incorporation. 

Ordered, That. the said Petition be referred to the 
Sclect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. John Lewis Ricardo presented a Bill to North Staf- 


amend certain Provisions of the North Staffordshire a 1g 
Railway Act, 1847: And the same was read the weead hans 


‘first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Bill. 


A Petition of William Tite, for leave to bring in General Land 
a Bill for the Incorporation of the General Land Drainage and 
Drainage and Improvement Company, and for faci- Comsene 
litating the Execution of Land Drainage, and other (Incorporation 
Improvements, was presented, and read; and a 2nd conferring 

‘ ° aie? of Powers) 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by gi), 


Colonel Reid and Mr. Scott. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Birmingham 
posed, That the Birmingham Borough (Exemption Toeenption 
from County Rates) Bill be read a second time upon from County 
Friday next ; Rates) Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ Friday,” and 
inserting the word “‘ Monday,” instead thereof. 

H And 


50 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“« Friday” stand part of the Question :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ Monday” be inserted, instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Blackburn Waterworks (Additional Capital 
and Amendment of Act) Bill was read a second 
time; and commiited. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bury Saint Edmund’s Gas Company Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Blackburn 
Waterworks 
(Additional 
Capital and 
Amendment of 
Act) Bill. 


Bury Saint 
Edmund's Gas 
Company Bill. 


The Epsom Rates Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Epsom Rates 
Bill. 


The Grimsby Corporation and Freemen’s Arrange- 
ment Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Grimsby 
Corporation 
and Freemen’s 
Arrangement 
Bill. 


Hartlepool The Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks Bill was read 

., a second time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Kingston- 
upon -Hull 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Company Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lanarkshire (East and West Line) and 
Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads (Amendment 
of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred o the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Lanarkshire 
(East and 
West Line) 
and Glasgow 
and Shotts 
Turnpike- 
roads (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Longton, 
otherwise 
Lane End, 
Market Bill. 


The Longton, otherwise Lane End, Market Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turn- 
pike-roads Bill be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day the 22d day of this instant February ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘“ Thursday the 
“ 22d day of this instant February,” and inserting 
the words “ Monday the 5th day of March next,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Thursday the 22d day of this instant February,” 
stand part of the Question:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“¢ Monday the 5th day of March next,” be inserted, 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 5th day of March next. 


New North 
Road (Con- 
tinuation) Bill. 


_Ordered, That the New North Road (Continuation) 
Bill be read a second time upon Thursday, the 22d 
day of this instant February. 


New Ross Port The New Ross Port and Harbour (Amendment) 
and Harbour ij] was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


(Amendment) 
Bill. 


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A. 1849. 


The Nottingham Gas Bill was read a second time ; Notti 

and committed. Gas Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Roxburghshire and Berwickshire Roads Roxburgh. 
Amendment Bill was read a second time; and shire and | 
committed. Roads 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ment Bij, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society geottish 
(Incorporating and conferring Powers) Bill was read Amicable 
a second time; and committed. tit 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- corpo ng 


z rs corporating 
mittee of Selection. and conferri 


Powers) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Sheffield and Tinsley Road Sheffield ana 

(Extension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike- Ge 
road to Sheffield) Bill be read a second time upon ley 


a the Tinsley 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant February. and Doncaster 


Turnpike-rogd 
to Sheffield) 
Bill. 


The Sunderland Dock Act and River Wear Com- Sunderland 

missioners’ Act (Amendment, &amp;c.) Bill was read a Dock Act anj 
: &gt; River Wear 

second time; and committed. Commission. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 74 Act 

H ‘ H “(Amend 
mittee of Selection. &amp;e.) a 

The Sunderland Waterworks Bill was read a Sunderland 
second time; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-”* 


mittee of Selection. 


The Zay Navigation and Perth Harbour Acts Tay Navigs 


. . t 
——— Bill was read a second time; and com- Hotes ye 
mitted. 


Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Torquay Market Bill was read a second time ; Torquay 
and committed. Market Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Truro Turnpike-roads, Penryn Truro Turn- 
and Redruth Turnpike-roads (Consolidation _ of pike-roads, 
Trusts, Alterations of Tolls, Formation of New Redruth Tum 
Roads) Bill be read a second time upon Thursday pike-roads 


the 22d day of this instant February. ee 


Alterations of 
Tolls, Forma- 

tion of New 

Roads) Bill. 

The Zyne River Conservancy Bill was read a Tyne River 
second time; and committed. Conservancy 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wareham Docks (Construction of Docks near Wareham 
Wareham, and Entrance thereto from Wareham Docks (Con 
: . struction of 
Channel) Bill was read a second time; and com- pocks near 
mitted. Wareham, and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. Wareham 
Channel) Bill. 
The Warrington Waterworks (Amendment of Warrington 
Act, and Power to raise Additional Capital) Bill Waterworks 
. : (Amendment 
was read a second time; and committed. of Act, and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Powe Oat 
; i 1t100) 
mittee of Selection. Capit al) Bill 
Mr. John Benjamin Smith presented a Bill to Stirling snd 
authorize a Deviation of the Branch Line of the Stir- piiiway 
ling and Dunfermline Railway to Alloa Harbour, and (Deviation of 
the Diversion of certain Works; to extend the Time Drang tl 
for the Completion of a Portion of the Railway, and ji version of 
for other Purposes: And the same was read thie certain Works; 


; ° j Extension 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. PRWRe My, 


pleting Line and taking Land, 
and Amendment of Acts) 


A Petition 








Clergy. 


Copyholds. 


Currency. 


=. ae we 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Poor Law, 


Poor Law 
- (Ireland. ) 


Slave Trade. 


- vings Banks 





No, 21, 








12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Helens, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the laws which prevent an or- 
damed Clergyman of the Church of England from 
officiating as a Dissenting Minister, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tenants of Copyhoid Property in 
the parish of Burnham, inthe county of Norfolk, 
complaining of the amount of fines imposed on the 
renewal of Copyholds, and praying for relief, was 

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


A Petition of James Harvey, of Liverpool, pray- 
ing that when consols are at par, a price to which, 
under the arrivals of Gold from California, they 
are rapidly tending, be a substitute for the present 
currency, and that one-pound notes issued on de- 
posit of Consols certificate, and rendered legal 
tender by the government stamp, be made the cir- 
culating medium of this country, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Hereford Union, complaining of the 
increased and still increasing system of pauper 
tramping, and praying the House to give the sub- 
ject immediate consideration, so that remedies may 
be devised to meet the evil complained of, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Ship-builders, Trades- 
men and Artisans connected with the building and 
equipment of ships, and others interested in the 
shipping trade of the port of Stockton-upon-Tees, 
praying the House to reject every proposition for 
the repeal of the Navigation Laws, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
township of Leeds, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for the abolition of the laws relating to paro- 
chial settlement, and for the establishment of a 
system of uniform assessment for the relief of the 
poor, either national, county or district, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Landowners and Occupiers of land, 
and Rate-payers in the Zuam Union ;—and, Board 
of Guardians of the Poor Law Union of Monaghan 
(Chairman); praying for amendment of the Poor 
Law in Ireland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Totnes 
and its vicinity, praying the House to address 
Her Majesty, to the intent that instructions may 
be forthwith given to the Principal Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs, to demand from the 
Spanish and Brazilian governments the liberation 
from slavery of all Africans and their descendants, 
who have been illicitly and illegally introduced 
into their respective colonies and territories, and 
in the event of their attempting to evade the demand 
or procrastinate its strict fulfilment, it be notified 
to them that measures will be taken to exclude their 

roduce from the British market, until slavery itself 

e abolished in all their colonies and territories 
respectively, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Totnes ;-—and, Worcester ; praying 
the House to take prompt and decisive measures to 
negotiate treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, bind- 
ing the parties to refer all international disputes in 
future to the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament, relative to Savings Banks 
VoL. 104, 


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51 


(Ireland), which were presented upon Thursday last, 
be printed. 





Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen Queen Anne’s 


Anne’s en which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Bounty. 


No. 22. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Patents for Patents for 


Inventions, which was presented upon Friday last, a 
No. 


be printed. 


Mr. Cornewali Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commission- Commission. 


ers for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in Engiand (1848), in pursuance of the sta- 
tute 10 and 11 Vic. c. 109, s. 13. 


Copy of Fifth Report of the Inclosure Commis- Inclosure 


sioners, 1849, 


Commission. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,— Return to Metropolitan 
an Order, dated the 1st day of September, in the Police. 


last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Divisions into which the Metropolitan Police 
District is now divided for the purposes of Police, 
and the Letter and Name of each Division; the 
Names of all the Parishes and Places comprised in 
each Division, and the Total Population thereof, as 
nearly as can be stated; the Number of Police em- 
ager in each Division ; distinguishing the Num- 
er of every Class or Rank, and specifying the 
Amount of their respective Salaries and Allowances. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Parliamentary 


Return of the Number of Persons on the Registries 
in Ireland, as Parliamentary Electors, in January 
1849, and so appearing to be entitled to vote then, 
or within the next Six months, in each County at 
large, each County of a City or Town, and each 
Borough returning a Member to Parliament. 


Electors 
(Ireland.) 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Ingrossing 


consideration the Resolutions which were yesterday 
communicated to this House by the Lords, at the 
Conference :—The House proceeded to take the 
said Resolutions into consideration; and the same 
were again read, as follow: 


1. That in lieu of being ingrossed, every Bill 
shall be printed fair immediately after it shall 
have been passed in the House in which it 
originated, and that such fair printed Bill shall 
be sent to the other House, as the Bill so passed, 
and shall (subject to the regulation next here- 
inafter mentioned) be dealt with by that House, 
and its Officers, in the same manner in which 
ingrossed Bills are now dealt with. 

. That on its Return to the House in which it 
originated, without Amendments (orif amended, 
after the Amendments shall have been settled 
and agreed to), it shall be fair printed by the 
Queen’s Printer, who shall furnish a fair print 
thereof on vellum to the House of Lords, be- 
fore the Royal Assent, and likewise a dupli- 
cate of such fair print, also on vellum. 

3. That one of such fair prints of each Bill shall 
be duly authenticated by the proper Officers of 
each House, as the Bill to which both Houses 
have agreed. 

4. That the Royal Assent shall be indorsed in 
the usual form on such fair print su authenti- 
cated, which shall be deposited in the Record 
Tower, in lieu of the present Ingrossment. 

5. That the Copies promulgated in the first in- 
stance by the Queen’s Printer, shall be impres- 
sions from the same form as the deposited 
Copy. 

6. That for the present Session this arrangement 
shall not apply to Private Bills, nor to Local 
and Personal Bills, which last-mentioned Bills, 
intended to be brought in this Session, have 

H 2 been 


i) 


and Inrolling 
of Bills. 


52 


been, for the most part, already printed, in 
pursuance of the Standing Orders of the House 
of Commons. 

. That the Master of the Rolls shall, upon being 
duly authorized in that behalf, receive in lieu 
of the Copies of Public General Acts as now 
enrolled, the hereinbefore-mentioned duplicate 
fair print of each Public General Bill, to be 
held for the same purposes, and subject to the 
same conditions for and upon which the In- 
rolled Acts are now received and held by him. 

. That it is expedient, with a view to economy, 
convenience and dispatch, and to the diminu- 
tion of the chance of errors, that one Printer 
should print the Public General Bills for both 
Houses; and that inasmuch as the Queen’s 
Printer is by virtue of his office bound to print 
the Acts, it would be advisable for the attain- 
ment of the before-mentioned objects, that the 
Queen’s Printer should be employed by both 
Houses to print the Public General Bills. 


The first Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “(subject to the Re- 
“ culation next hereinafter mentioned).” 

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

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 

Lords in the said Resolution, so amended ; 

That in lieu of being ingrossed, every Bill 
shall be printed fair immediately after it shall 
have been passed in the House in which it ori- 
ginated, and that such fair printed Bill shall be 
sent to the other House, as the Bill so passed, 
and shall be dealt with by that House and its 
Officers, in the same manner in which In- 
grossed Bills are now dealt with. 


The second Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the 
words “it shall,” in order to insert the words 
“ when such Bill shall have passed both Houses of 
“ Parliament,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ when such Bill shall have passed both Houses of 
“‘ Parliament,” be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords, in the said Resolution, so amended ; 

That when such Bill shall have passed both 
Houses of Parliament, it shall be fair printed 
by the Queen’s Printer, who shall furnish a fair 
print thereof on vellum to the House of Lords, 
before the Royal Assent, and likewise a Iu- 
plicate of such fair print, also on vellum. 


The third Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words, ‘‘ proper Officers of 
“ each House,” and inserting the words, “ Clerk 
“ of the Parliaments, or other proper Officer of the 
“ House of Lords,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Clerk of the Parliaments, or other proper Officer 


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Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the subsequent Resolutions, as follow ; 

That the Royal Assent shall be indorsed in 
the usual form on such fair print so authenti- 
cated, which shall be deposited in the Record 
Tower, in lieu of the present Ingrossment. 

That the Copies promulgated in the first in- 
stance by the Queen’s Printer, shall be im- 
pressions from the same form as the deposited 
Copy. 

That for the present Session this arrange- 
ment shall not apply to Private Bills, nor to 
Local and Personal Bills, which last-mentioned 
Bills, intended to be brought in this Session, 
have been, for the most part, already printed, in 
pursuance of the Standing Orders of the House 
of Commons. 

That the Master of the Rolls shall, upon being 
duly authorized in that behalf, receive in lieu of 
the Copies of Public General Acts as now en- 
rolled, the hereinbefore-mentioned duplicate fair 
print of each Public General Bill, to be held for 
the same purposes, and subject to the same 
conditions for and upon which the Inrolled Acts 
are now received and held by him. 

That it is expedient, with a view to economy, 
convenience and dispatch, and to the diminu- 
tion of the chance of errors, that one Printer 
should print the Public General Bills for both 
Houses; and that inasmuch as the Queen’s 
Printer is by virtue of his office bound to print 
the Acts, it would be advisable for the attain- 
ment of the before-mentioned objects, that the 
Queen’s Printer should be employed by both 
Houses to print the Public General Bills. 

Resolved, That the Resolutions communicated by 
the Lords to this House on Friday last, to which 
their Lordships have desired the concurrence of this 
House, be returned to the Lords at a Conference, 
and that their Lordships be acquainted that this 
House have agreed to the same, with several Amend- 
ments, to which they desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the last Con- 
ference: And that Sir George Grey do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 

Sir George Grey reported, That having been with 
the Lords, to desire a Conference, the Lords do 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same imme- 
diately, in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Mr. Solicitor-General, Viscount 
ny, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Labouohere, Mr. 
Parker, Mr. Henry Drummond and Mr. Greene 
were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords, by the Lord Privy Seal ; 
and that the Managers have acquainted their Lord- 
ships that this House have agreed to the Resolu- 
tions to which their Lordships have desired the con- 
currence of this House, with several Amendments, 
to which they desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships ; and had left the Resolutions with their Lord- 
ships. 


“ of the House of Lords,” be inserted, instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Resolution, so amended ; 
That one of such fair prints of each Bill shall 
be duly authenticated by the Clerk of the Par- 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this Ingrossing 

House, in the Royal Gallery, upon the subject-mat- and! 

ter of the last Conference :—And then the Mes- % Bil 
senger withdrew. 


liaments, or other proper Ojticer of the House 
of Lords, as the Bill to which both Houses have 
agreed. | 





Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 

ference, as desired by their Lordships. 
And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker 











12 Vicroriz. 


Speaker acquainted him therewith: —And then he 
again withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords, by the Lord 
Privy Seal ; and that their Lordships acquainted the 
Managers that their Lordships agree to the Amend- 
ments proposed by the Commons to the Resolutions 
proposed by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

— on the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) 
ill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
to introduce such provisions into the Bill as shall 
guard and save intact the right of the subject to 
hold meetings, to petition for the enactment, repeal 
or alteration of Acts of Parliament, or for redress of 
grievances, or other constitutional object, without 
other or further restriction of that right than ex- 
isted under the operation of the Common and Sta- 
tute Law of the land, previous to the passing of the 
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act of last July :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Tufnell, 84 
\ Lord Marcus Hill : } ‘ 
Tellers for the N oes. Me — Connell, 14. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


(In the Committee.) 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Bill read, 1°; to be read, 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Clause, No. 1. (Persons imprisoned in Zreland for 
high treason, treasonable practices, &amp;c., may be de- 
tained) : 
Amendment proposed, in P, 1. 1. 13: To leave out 
the words “ is, are or.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
j Mr. Tufnell, 79 
\Lord Marcus Hill: \ . 
Tellers for the Noes, a — Connelt:} 12. 
An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.4: To 
leave out the words “ or treasonable practices.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P, 2. Is. 7 and 
8: Toleave out the words “ without bail or main- 
“ prize until,” in order to insert the words “ for 
“ any time by Order of the said Privy Council to 
“ be limited, such time not to exceed,” instead 
thereof. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1. 7. at 
the end of the line: To insert the words “ whereby 
“ any Order of the said Privy Council shall be so 
“ directed.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 
Vou. 104, 





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53 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiavse (No. 2.) amended, and agreed to. 
Crause (No. 3.) agreed to. 


Clause offered: “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ be construed or taken to warrant the arrest, com- 
“ mittal or detainer under this Act, of any person for 
procuring or seeking to procure, in a legal and 
constitutional manner, the holding of meetings 
to petition Parliament or to address the Queen, in 
accordance with the laws and the constitution, or 
for attending and taking part in the preparations 
for and proceedings at such meetings.” 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now brought up ; 


The Committee divided. 


n” 
wn 


iti 


Tellers for the { Mr. John O’ Connell, 7 
Yeas. \ Mr. Feargus O’Connor : { re 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 1 
Noes. Lord Marcus Hill: J? 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Relief of 


into a Committee, to consider of affording Relief, (reland.) 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to certain dis- 
tressed Unions in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and freland be authorized to 
direct the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the said United Kingdom of any Sum, not ex- 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, for affording Relief 
to certain distressed Poor Law Unions in Ireland. 

Amendment again proposed: At the end of the 
Question, to add the words “ but that no appro- 
“« priation of Monies taken from general Taxation be 
** applied in aid of the Poor’s Rates of Zrish Unions, 
“« except on condition that its repayment be secured 
“ by a lienon the Rateable Property of the Union.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
added : 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 

Question, to add the words, “ That, in the opinion 
“ of this Committee, the application to Parliament 
“ for any Sum of Money for the Relief of such 
“ Distress, ought to have been accompanied by an 
“ estimate of the probable amount which will be 
“ required for that purpose. 
«‘ That thecontinual application of Sums of Money 
raised by the General Taxation of the country, to 
“ the Relief of such Distress, is vicious in principle, 
“ unjust in practice, and impolitic with respect to 
“ the suffering districts themselves, as tending to 
“ destroy all spirit of self-reliance. 

“ That it is the duty of Her Majesty’s Government 
“ to introduce, without delay, measures which may 
“ obviate the future necessity of applying to Parlia- 
“ ment for the Relief of Local Distress in Jreland.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


Mr. Newdegate, , oe 
Tellers for the Yeas,| Mr. Beresford : 25. 

Mr. Tufnell, , oe 
Tellers for the Noes,| ene a 249. 
Original Question put ; 

H 3 The 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Inland 
Revenue Bill, 


Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Distraining 
fer Rates Bill. 


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The Committee — Tuf » 
° . r. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ ail, Mien ON 


Tellers for the. Noes, 9 an: 


Resolution to be reported. 


220. 


Tada 


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


Martis, 13° die Februarii, 1849: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 


lution. ; : 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the Acts 
8 and 9 Vic. c. 86, for the General Regulation of 
the Customs; also, the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 88, for 
the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navi- 
gation ; also, the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 89, for the re- 
gistering of British Vessels ; also, the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 93, to regulate the Trade of British Posses- 
sions Abroad ; also, the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 94, for 
the regulating the Trade of the Jsle of Man; also, 
the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 112, to amend and consoli- 
date the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, and 
for keeping a Register of Seamen; also, the Act 
4 Geo. 4, c. 80, to consolidate and amend the several 
Laws now in force, with respect to Trade from and 
to places within the limits of the Charter of the 
East India Company, and to make further Provi- 
sions, with respect to such Trade, and to amend an 
Act of the present Session of Parliament, for the 
Registering of Vessels, so far as it relates to Vessels 
registered in Jndia; also, the Act 4, Geo. 4, c. 77, 
to authorize His Majesty, under certain circum- 
stances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on 
Goods imported or exported in Foreign Vessels, 
and to exempt certain Foreign Vessels from Pilotage; 
also, the Act 5, Geo. 4, c. 1, to indemnify all Per- 
sons concerned in advising, issuing, or acting under 
a certain Order in Council, for regulating the 
Tonnage Duties on certain Foreign Vessels, and to 
amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for 
authorizing His Majesty, under certain circum- 
stances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on 
Goods imported or exported in any Foreign Vessels ; 
and, also, the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 14, to amend the 
Laws for the Importation of Corn ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Inland Revenue Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 

Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
million seven hundred and eighty-six thousand seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged 
on the Aids of 1849, unprovided for, 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itselt into a Committee to consider of Ways and 
Means for raising the Supply granted to Her Ma- 
jesty. 

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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of 
the Highways to recover the Costs of distraining 


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A. 1849. 


for Rates: And that Mr. Attorney General and 
Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Eutty Sensions 
for the holding of Petty Sessions of the Peace in 
Boroughs, and for providing Places for the holding 
of such Petty Sessions in Counties and Boroughs: 
And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, That the Poor Laws 
Committee on the Poor Laws (Ireland), do consist (Ireland) 
of Twenty-one Members, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 
Twenty-six members. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Lucius 
O’Brien and Mr. Moore, be added to the Com- 
mittee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That Mr. Bright be one other Member of the said 
Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Milner Gibson, 


Mr. Henry: om, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 


Mr. Taylor, 

Mr. Bateson: } 74. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grace be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Army and 
upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- ee 
pointed to inquire into the Expenditure on account ™ : 
of the Army and Ordnance, and to report their 
Observations thereupon to the House, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Committee do consist of Eighteen Mem- 
bers :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Seymour, 
Mr. Secretary-at-War, Mr. Hume, The Marquis of 
Granby, Mr. Walter, Sir William Molesworth, Lord 
Charles Wellesley, Sir James Graham, Mr. William 
Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mv. Sidney Herbert, Mr. John 
Greene, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith and 
Mr. Bankes, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Divorce Bills. 
of the House, No. 7, relative to the Appointment of 
Committees, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 


“ That there shall be a Committee to be de- 
signated ‘ the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills,’ to consist of Nine Members, who shall 
be nominated at the commencement of every 
Session, of whom Three shall be a Quorum.” 


A Committee was accordingly nominated, of The 
Judge Advocate, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. William Evans, Mr. Wood, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Pinney, 
Sir John Pakington, Mr. William Lascelles, Mr. 
Burroughes, Mr. Bonham Carter and Mr. Shafto 
Adair. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, for referring Taff Vale 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders the Railway, 
Petition for leave to bring in the Taff Vale Rail- (B Merthyt 
way (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil) Bill, was read, Tydfil) Bill 
and discharged. 

The Order made the same day, for referring to 
the said Select Committee the Report of the Ex- 
aminer of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect to 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the said Petition, was read, and discharged. 


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





sa0m=zm 


wee Re 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
yention Act. 


Taff Vale 
Railway 
(Extension 
in Merthyr 
Tydfil) Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 
pany Bill, 


Turnpike- 
Toad Bills, 





12 Vicroriz. 


Martis, 13° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Baine, from the General Board of Health, 
was called in, and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
A Return of every Direction and Regulation made 
by the General Board of Health, under the Nuisances 
Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848 :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Rowland Jones Venables, of Parlia- 
ment-street, in the city of Westminster, Parliamentary 
Agent, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner is agent for a Bill proposed to be in- 
troduced into Parliament during the present Ses- 
sion, under the short title of The Taff Vale Railway 
(Extension in Merthyr Tydfil); that the Petition 
for the said Bill, with a copy of the proposed Bill 
annexed thereto, was duly deposited in the Private 
Bill Office of the House, on or before the 30th day 
of December last; that the Examiner of Petitions 
for Private Bills appointed the twenty-ninth day of 
January last for inquiring as to the compliance with 
the Standing Orders of the House, with regard to 
the said Petition and Bill, and on the same day en- 
dorsed the said Petition to the effect that the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with; that on Fri- 
day the second day of February instant, the Report 
of the said Examiner in respect of the non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders was laid upon the Table 
of the House; that on Monday the fifth day of Fe- 
bruary the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
was nominated, and on the same day the said Re- 
port of the Examiner was referred to the said Select 
Committee ; that on Monday the said fifth day of 
February instant, the Petitioner was in attendance 
at the Lobby of the House, with the Petition for the 
said Bill, which, with other Petitions and Bills, were 
handed by his Clerk Charles Cross Davenport, to a 
Member of the House, viz., the honourable Member 
for Salford, with a request that he would present the 
same ; that on the following morning, viz., Tuesday 
the sixth day of February instant, the Petitioner, 
upon reading the Votes of the House, found that the 
said Petition had not been presented, and upon causing 
an inquiry to be made for it, the said Petition was 
discovered by the Petitioner’s said Clerk upon the 
bar of the House, and on the same day the Peti- 
tioner caused the said Petition to be presented ; 
that under these circumstances, and inasmuch as the 
said Petition was in the hands of an honourable 
Member for presentation on Monday the said fifth 
day of February instant, being the day on which the 
same should have been presented, and believing that 
the same would be so presented to the House, the 
Petitioner prays that the said Petition for the Taff 
Vale Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil) Bill, 
with the said Bill annexed, together with the Report 
of the Examiner as to the non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders applicable to the said Petition and 
Bill, may be referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, notwithstanding the said Petition 
and Bill was (owing to the circumstances above 
stated) presented later than three clear days after 
the first meeting of the House. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, 
with Gas: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Resolved, That the period for reading Turnpike 
Road Bills a second time, be extended to Thursday 
the 22d day of March next. 

VoL. 104, 


13° Februariz. 











55 


Colonel Reid presented a Bill for the Incorpora- General Lana 
tion of the General Land Drainage and Improvement Drainage and 
Company, and for facilitating the execution of Land }&gt;Provement 

, pany 
Drainage, and other Improvements : And the same (Incorporation 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a and conferring 
second time. of Powers) Bill. 


Mr. Henry Stuart presented a Bill for the better Bedford 
Management and Disposition of the Estates given Charity Act 
by Sir William Harpur, Knight, and Dame Alice his aaa 
Wife, fora Free and Perpetual School in the Town ~ 
of Bedford, and other Purposes, and of the Rents and 
Profits thereof: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Glyn presented a Bill to repeal, alter, amend, Kendal Fell 
extend and enlarge some of the Powers and Pro- Act — 
visions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the ™"*® 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti- 
tuled, “An Act for inclosing a Piece of Waste 
Ground in the Borough and Township of Kirkby-in- 
Kendal, for the Benefit of the Poor, and for clean- 
sing and enlightening the Streets of the said Town ; 
and for confirming a Rule or Order of Assize, and 
Order of the High Court of Chancery, relating to 
Rates and Assesments to be raised for Relief of the 
Poor by the Inhabitants of the said Township and 
the Owners of Lands, called the Park and Castle 
Lands ;” to authorize the granting of Building and 
other Leases, and the making of Sales and Ex- 
changes of the Lands vested in the Trustees under 
such Act; to authorize the Appropriation of the 
Income of such Lands to certain Public Purposes ; 
to authorize the levying of Lighting and Improve- 
ment Rates; to empower the Trustees to transfer 
their Powers to the Council of the Borough, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Morris presented a Bill for extending and Liynvi Valey 
amending the Powers of the Acts for the Construc- Railways 
tion of the Liynvi Valley Railways: And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to amend Airdrie Police 
and extend and partly repeal the Provisions of an — Munteipe 
Act of Parliament for erecting the Town of Airdrie ~ 
into a Burgh; to provide for the Municipal and 
Police Government of said Burgh; and for the 
better paving, watching, lighting and cleansing, 
and for regulating the Police, and managing the 
Statute Labour of the said Burgh; for consolida- 
ting the Provisions of other Acts; and for other 
Purposes relating thereto: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Alford and Boston Road Bill Alford and 
be read a second time upon Thursday the 22d day a Road 
of this instant February. ; 


Ordered, Vhat the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Birkenhead, 
Cheshire Junction Railway (Abardonment of Part ory owe ol 
of Line, Extension to London and North Western Junction Rail- 


Railway, &amp;c.,) Bill be read a second time To- way (Aban- 
morrow ; _ donment of 

° Part of Line, Extension to London and 
North Western Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Dublin 
posed, That the Dubin Consolidation Improvement, Consolidation, 
Waterworks, and Sewers Bill be now read a second 3 vasa 
time ; and Sewers 

The Amendments following were proposed to be Bill. 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Tuesday the 27th day of this instant 
“ February.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

H 4 And 





56 13° Februari. A. 1849. 


And the Question being again proposed, That | Fund on that part of the Greek Loan guaranteed Mint. 
the Bill be now read a second time ; by this Country under the authority of the said Acts, 

The Amendments following were proposed to be | and of the Amount repaid by the Greek Government, 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word \on account of the same. aoe te 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, toaddthe| An Account of all Supplies remaining in the 
words “ upon this day six months.” | Mint, and of Sums advanced out of the Consolidated 

And the Question ielen proposed, That the word | Fund, under the Authority of the Lords Commis- 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—And a De- | sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the Master of 
bate arising thereupon ; the Mint, for effecting the Purchase of Bullion for 





Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Tuesday the 27th day of this instant February. 


The Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry, and Petty 
Customs Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Kirkcaldy 
Harbour, 
Docks, Ferry, 
and Petty 
Customs Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Ex- 
tension of Ash- 
ton Branch, 

of Clifton 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension 
of Ashton Branch of Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Lancaster 

and Carlisle 
Railway (from 
the Lancaster 


The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (from the 
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Lancaster to the 
Preston and Wyre Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


the Coinage of Silver and Copper Monies for the Pub- 
lic Service; showing the Amount of the several 
Purchases of Bullion, and the Seignorage accruing 
on the Coinage ; also, of Cash received by the Mas- 
ter of the Mint in payment for the Coin delivered at 
the Mint Office for the Public Service, and the Sums 
paid thereout from time to time into Her Majesty’s 
Exchequer for the use of the Consolidated Fund, 
in repayment of the Advances so made, from the 
31st day of December 1847 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1848. 


Copy of Warrant, granting a Compensation Al- Court of 


lowance of £66. 6s. 7d., to William Shiell, one of 
the Assistant Clerks in the Inner House of the 
Court of Session (Scotland), year 1848. 

Copy of Warrant, granting Compensation Allow- 
ances to James Denham and others, Assistant 
Clerks in the Outer House of the Court of Session 
(Scotland), year 1848. 


Copy of Warrant, granting a Compensation Al- Teind Court 
lowance of £160. 6s. 10d., to John Barren, Depute (Scotland. 
Clerk of the Teind Court in Scotland, year 1848. 

Copies of Treasury Minutes, granting Special Al- Superannua- 
lowances of Superannuations, under the 17th sec. of ""* 
the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 24. 

An Account of the Fees which have been received Court of 
in the Office of William Tighe Hamilton, Esquire, Exchequer 


a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
the Preston mittee of Selection. 
and Wyre Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Lancasterand The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 
Preston Junc- 


tion Railway (Junction with the East Lancashire Railway in 
(Junction with Preston, and Amendment of Acts) Bill was read a 





the East Lan- second time ; and committed. | 


am rl Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


of Acts) Bill. 


and Amendment mittee of Selection. | 


The Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 
tion Railw Acts Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls and for 
yo sync Appointment of Officers) Bill was read a second 
ment (Powers time; and committed. | 
a a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
moe cnn ¥ of mittee of Selection. 
Officers) Bill. 
Newcastle and The Newcastle and Carlisle Railwa 
Carlisle Rail- of and Branch from Alston Branch) 
eae eer a second time; and committed. 

Branch from Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Lancaster and 
Preston Junc- 


(Alterations 
ill was read 


Alston 
Branch) Bill. 


North Western 


The North Western Railway (Extension of Lan- 
Railway 


(Extension of caster Branch, Abandonment of William Lands 
Lancaster Branch, New Road to Sett/e Station, Extension of 
, aera Time for Purchase of Lands and Construction of 
ont ? 3 ° : 

William Lands *’ °'ks) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Branch, New mitted. 
Road to Settle Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
aan to mittee of Selection. 
for Purchase of Lands and 
Construction of Works) Bill. 
Windsor Ex- The Windsor Extension of the Windsor, Staines 
aoe and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Rail- 
Staines and way (with Power to the London and South Western 
South Western Railway Company to subscribe) Bill was read a 
(Richmond to . F ae 
Windsor)Rail- second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


way (with , : 
Power to the mittee of Selection. 


London and 
South Western Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe) Bill. 
Naval Receipt Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to the directions 
a of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of Naval 
2 Receipt and Expenditure for the year ended the 
31st March 1848, and Report of the Commissioners 
of Audit thereon. 
An Account of Money paid out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund, under the Acts 2 and 3 Will. 4, c.121., 
and 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 94., for Interest and Sinking 


Greek Loan. 





Second Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer 
in Ireland, between the 6th day of October 1847, 
and Sth day of January 1848, following, both days 
inclusive, and also of the Disbursements made there- 
out, during the same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have been re- 
ceived in the Office of William Tighe Hamilton, 
Esquire, Second Remembrancer of the Court of 
Exchequer in Ireland, between the 6th day of Janu- 
ary 1848, and 5th day of April following, both days 
inclusive, and also of the Disbursements made there- 
out, during the same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have been received 
in the Office of William Tighe Hamilton, Esquire, 
Second Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer 
in Ireland, between the 6th day of April 1848 and 
5th day of July following, both days inclusive, and 
also of the Disbursements made thereout, during 
the same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have been received 
in the Office of William Tighe Hamilton, Esquire, 
Second Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer 
in Ireland, between the 6th day of July 1848, and 
5th day of October following, both days inclusive, 
and also of the Disbursements made thereout during 
the same period. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— Public Works 
An Account of the Amount of Issues out of the (Ireland. 


Consolidated Fund, made by the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury, under the Provisions of 
the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 51:—Statements of the 
several Public Works in Ireland to the commence- 
ment or completion of which such Issues have been 
applied, and of the Amount applied respectively to 
each Work :—And, of the several cases in which 
the Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned the con- 
version of the Annuities created by the Act 10 and 11 
Vic.c.87, and of the Terms on which such conversion 
has been effected. 

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


Ordered, That Dr. Power have Leave of Absence Leave of 


for two months, on account of illness in his family ;— 
and, 








i 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Harbours and 
Lighthouses 
(Cork. ) 


Lead and 
Lead Ore. 


Habeas Corpus 


Habeas C 
(ireland) Bill 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland. ) 


Inland 
Revenue Bill 


Navy. 


Kjectments 
(Ireland. ) 





12 Vicroriz. 


and, Mr, Fitzroy, till the 25th day of March next, on 
account of illness in his family. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all the Felons, and of all Civil Causes 
respecting Property the Value of which is above 
£.200, which have been transmitted to the Canadian 
Courts for Trial since the year 1821, under the Act 
1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 66; and the Royal Licenses of 
Trade, and Bonds which were made and taken in 
pursuance of that Act. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Threepenny Receipt 
Stamps sold from the 1st day of January 1847 to 
the 1st day of January 1848; from the 1st day of 
January 1848, to the 1st day of January 1849; 
together with the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
evasion of the Threepenny Stamp Duty on Receipts 
during the said Periods, the Date of the Order to 
prosecute, the Amount of Penalties incurred, and 
the Sum to which they were mitigated in each case ; 
distinguishing those Prosecutions which included 
Penalties for Stamp Duties upon Receipts other than 
Threepenny Receipts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report on the Memorials presented to 
the Lords of the Admiralty, with reference to the 
Harbours and Lighthouses on the Coast of the 
County of Cork. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Import and Export of Lead and 
Lead Ore (in continuation of the former Returns). 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of affording Relief out of the 


13° Februarit, 





57 


| Civil Bill Ejectment, and distinguishing the Number 
sued for Non-payment of Rent, and the Number for 
Overholding, and the Number for Desertion :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


yesterday, be printed. 


Thursday last, be printed. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from every County Court established 
throughout England and Wales, under the Act 
9 and 10 Vie. c. 95, of—1. The Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court, from the Ist day of 
January to the 31st day of December 1848, both 
days inclusive ; specifying the Number of Plaints 
above £. 10; above £. 5 and not exceeding £. 10; 
above £.2 and not exceeding £. 5; above £.1 and 
not exceeding £.2; and not exceeding £. 1 :—2. 
The Total Number of Causes tried by each Court 
during the same Period ; specifying the Number of 
Causes above £. 10; above £. 5 and not exceeding 
£.10; above £. 2 and not exceeding.£. 5; above 
£. 1 and not exceeding £.2; and not exceeding £. 1: 
—3. The Total Number of Days that each Court 
las sat within the same Period, and the Average 
, Number of Hours comprised in each sitting :—4. 
| The Total Amount of Monies for which the Plaints 
were entered in each Court during the same Period : 
—5. The Total Amount of Monies, exclusive of 
Costs, for which Judgment has been obtained in 
each Court during the same Period, and also the 
| Amount of such Costs :—6. Tne Total Amount of 
Monies paid into each Court during the same Pe- 
riod in satisfaction of Debts sued for, without pro- 
ceeding to Judgment :—7. The Gross Total Amount 
of Monies received in each Court during such Pe- 
riod; distinguishing the Amount for Fees for each 
' Officer, and on account of the General Fund, from 
the Amount received to the Credit of Suitors :—8. 
The Total Amount of Monies received on account 





Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of of the General Fund in each Court during the same 


Great Britain and Ireland, to certain distressed 
Unions in Jreland; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Inland Revenue Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Force of Admiral Parker’s 
Squadron, and the Distribution of the Vessels com- 
prising it, from the 30th day of June 1847 to the 
Ist day of December 1848. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
from the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, 
and Exchequer in Ireland, of the Number of Eject- 
ments brought in those Courts respectively, for the 
last Three years, beginning with Hilary Term 1846, 
and ending with Hi/ary Term 1849, both included ; 
specifying the Number in each Term and Year, and 
the Counties in which they have been brought, and 
the Number of Persons served in each Ejectment, 
pepe to the Affidavits of Service ; distinguish- 
ing the Number brought for Non-payment of Rent, 
and the Number brought for Overholding :—And, 
from the Assistant Barristers’ Court of each County 
in Ireland, of the Number of Civil Bill Ejectments 
entered in each of such Courts for a similar Period, 
together with the Number of the Defendants in each 

OL. 104, 





| Period, and the Total Amount ef Disbursements 
_thereout; specifying the principal Purposes for 
‘which such Disbursements were made:—9. The 
'Total Number of Causes tried in each Court during 
the same Period, with the assistance of a Jury; 
specifying the Number of such Causes in which a 
erdict has been given in favour of the Party re- 
quiring a Jury to be summoned (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 271, of Session 1847-8). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
|of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 





March, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Returns of the Annual Income derived from the 
Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, 
under the Management of the Commissioners of 
'Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., including Fines on 
Leases, and all other Sums received in respect of 
/such Leases, or otherwise, for or in respect of the 
‘said Possessions and Land Revenues (except from 
| Sales and Exchanges), within each of the Ten years 
ended the 5th day of April 1847, and in the Three 
quarters of a year ended the 5th day of January 
1848 :—Showing also, the Amount which has been 
applied within each of the same Periods, out of such 
Income, 1. In the Costs, Charges and Expenses 
attending the Management of the said Possessions 
and Land Revenues; 2. In the Payment and Dis- 

I+ charge 








Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Metropolitan 
to the Metropolitan Police, which was presented Felice. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dublin Dublin Metro- 
Metropolitan Police, which was presented upon Politan Police. 


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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an woods and 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of Forests. 





Woods and 
Forests. 


Works and 
Buildings. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


Public Roads 
Bill. 


58 13°—14° 


charge of any fixed Annual Sum of Money or any 
Pension permanently charged thereon; 3. In the 
Payment of any Principal Sum, and the Interest of 
any Principal Sum or Sums of Money, charged upon 
the said Possessions and Land Revenues by way of 
Loan; and, 4. The Amount which has been carried 
to the Consolidated Fund :—And, showing further, 
the Balance in the hands of the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., in respect of such An- 
nual Income, at the end of each of the Periods 
respectively above mentioned ; and the Balance in 
the hands of the said Commissioners on the Ac- 
cession of Her present Majesty. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of March, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for,—Returns showing the several Powers of Sale 
now vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, &amp;c., in respect,of the Possessions and Land 
Revenues of the Crown under the Management of 
that Board; and showing the Amount which in 
each of the Ten years ended the 5th day of April 
1847, and within the Three-quarters of a year ended 
the 5th day of January last, has been raised in exer- 
cise of those Powers; the Aggregate Rental of the 
Properties sold, the Purposes to which the Produce 
has been applied, distinguishing the Amount appro- 
priated under each Head, and the Balance in the 
hands of the said Commissioners at the end of each 
of those Periods respectively :—Of all Powers of 
Purchase vested in the said Commissioners, showing 
the Amount which has been expended in the exer- 
cise of those Powers, the Aggregate Rental of the 
Property acquired, and the Purposes to which such 
Property has been applied :—And, a similar Return 
as to the Powers of Exchange vested in the said 
Commissioners, and as to the exercise of such 
Powers, so far as it may have involved the Receipt 
or Application of Money. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
13th day of March, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for—Returns showing the Amounts respectively 
voted by Parliament within each of the Ten years 
ended the 31st day of March 1847, for Services in 
the Department of the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Works and Buildings, distinguishing Special 
from Ordinary Services ; showing also the Expen- 
diture incurred in respect of those Services :—Show- 
ing the Amounts respectively voted by Parliament, 
under the same Heads, for the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1848 ; and the Expenditure incurred 
in respect of each, up to the 31st day of December 
1847 :—And, of the Aggregate Balances in the hands 
of the said Commissioners in respect of the Monies 
so voted, at the end of each of the Periods above 
mentioned ; and the Application of such Balances. 
. ~ apres That the said Returns do lie upon the 

‘able. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the present state of the Inland Fish- 
eries and Navigation of Zre/and, and the Obstruc- 
tions which hinder the enjoyment of the same ; and 
the best means of removing such Obstructions, and 
to report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Transfer of Real Property: And 
that Mr. Henry Drummond and Mr. Wood do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Prevention of Bribery and Corruption 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament : 
And that Sir John Pakington, Lord Ashley, Mr. 
Bouverie and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 


Public Roads in England and North Wales: And 


Februarit. A. 1849. 
that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Woods,Foreaty 
That it be an Instruction to the Select Committee and Land 
on Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, to extend Revenues. 
their Inquiry to the Duchies of Cornwall and Lan- 
caster :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Qualification 
to amend the Laws which regulate the Qualification a 
and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Ire- (Ireland) Bil 
land: And that Sir William Somerville and Sir ' 


George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


to shorten the Duration of Elections in Jreland, and (rds a 


to establish additional Places for taking the Poll 
thereat: And that Sir William Somerville and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in, 


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill for the better Bribery at 
Prevention of Bribery and Corruption at Elections Elections Bil 
of Members to serve in Parliament: And the same No.6, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 21st day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to consoli- Public Roads 
date and amend the Laws relating to Public Roads Bill. 
in England and North Wales: And the same was_ No. 27, 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 26th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 14° die Februari ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


HE following Returns, pursuant to the direc- paniruptey 
tions of an Act of Parliament, having been Court. 
transmitted to the Clerk, were laid upon the Table ; 
viz., Returns of the Official Assignees of the Court 
of Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of their 
Receipts and Payments for the year ending the 31st 
December 1848, upon every Estate under their 
Charge as such Official Assignees ; and also, the 
Balances appearing by their Books to be then in 
the Bank of England, standing to the credit of the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy of every such Estate ; 
and also the Balances of every such Estate then in 
the hands or under the power or control of such 
Official Assignees ; together with Returns showing 
the several Sums allowed to them as Official Assig- 
nees for Remuneration, and for Petty Expenses, 
under every Estate under their Charge, during the 
year 1848, 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public \ 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 12th day of this Soul 
instant February, and had directed him to make a ™ 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- gtanding 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Severn Navi- severn Navi- 
gation Improvement Commission, Amendment of gation Im- 
Acts, New Works and further Powers Bill, Petition Prva, 
for extending the Time for the Second Reading of Amendmentof 
the Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Acts, er 
with; that the time for the Second Reading be Net Powel 


extended to the 22d day of March next. Bill. 





‘2. Resolved, 





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12 Vicroriz. 


Liverpool 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool 
Docks (Alter- Docks (Alteration of Trust and Amendment of Acts), 
ary — Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, 
Ment of Acts) the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
Bill with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Birkenhead, The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
Lancashire tion Railway (Abandonment of Part of Line, Exten- 
20 on Bail sion to London and North Western Railway, &amp;c.,) 
way (Aban- Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
donment of and committed. 

ee Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
London and mittee of Selection. 

NorthWestern 

Railway, &amp;c.) 

Bill. 

Lancashire A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and 


and Yorkshire Tondon and North Western Railway Companies, 
me — for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the Lan- 
Western Rail- cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and the 
wayCom- London and North Western Railway Company, the 
age onmmeg Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock, 
in the Preston and all the Works, Property and Effects belonging 
oy! og thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
wad Nery ana ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Gren- 


regulating the fell and Mr. Brotherton. 
Management 
of the Undertaking) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Alton, stating that in 
the opinion of the Petitioners, the Punishment of 
Death is opposed to the spirit of Christianity, and 
praying that some other penalty more befitting a 
civilized and Christian state may be provided, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Capital 
Punishment, 


Education. A Petition of George Anthony Denison, Clerk, 
mM. A. Vicar of East Brent, Somerset, expressing 
his opinion there is but one way in which, con- 
sistently with a due regard for the religious and 
social circumstances of the country, the State can 
take its part in furthering the Education of the Poor. 
1st. That the site of school buildings shall be legally 
secured by trusts legally constituted. 2d. That 
the school shall be open to Government inspection, 
for the purpose of ascertaining its efficiency, and of 
regulating the amount of State assistance; such 
inspection not to exceed the exact limits of the letter 
and of the spirit of the agreement of 1840. Sug- 
gesting that the State shall make grants to local 
founders and promoters of schools, whether in com- 
munion with the Church or otherwise, in proportion 
to local efforts, leaving to all alike entire freedom to 
constitute and to administer their respective schools 
upon their own model, and in exact accordance with 
their own system ; and praying that it be provided 
and settled, by Act of Parliament, that the Education 
Grant be dispensed in the way suggested by the 
Petitioner, was presented, and read ; and ordered tu 
lie upon the Table. 


Railway, 


A Petition of the Honourable Sir Richard Broun, 
Brompton, London, Baronet, praying that certain 
Returns and Papers relating to a direct line of Steam 
Boat and Railway Communication between Great 
Britain and Asia, vid the British North American 
Provinces, limited in the first instance to the con- 
struction of a Railway from Halifar to Quebec, and 
the systematic settlement and colonization of up- 
wards of 300 miles of vacant Crown territory in 
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada, through 
which it will pass, may be ordered to be laid before 
the House, and, together with the subject-matter of 
this Petition, may be referred to the consideration of 
a Select Committee to consider and report their 
Opinion upon the same, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 104, 


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59 


A Petition of James Stephenson, nearly three Imprisonment 
years a Prisoner of the Court of Chancery in Lin- for Contempt. 
coin Castle, stating that he is now in prison for 
alleged contempt, in not paying a certain sum of 
money which he is wholly unable to raise; com- 
plaining that since his imprisonment his diet had 
been changed for the worse, under regulations of the 
Secretary of State and visiting magistrates, and 
that he is classed with fraudulent debtors; and 
praying that such imprisonment for alleged con- 
tempt may be abolished, or such classification re- 
formed, or that such further or other remedy may 
be made for the grievances aforesaid, as to the House 
shall seem most meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Wroe, a Chancery Suitor, and John Wroe. 
four years and a half a Prisoner in Lincoln Castle, 
for costs of his bill dismissed; complaining of the 
proceedings of the Court of Chancery in his case, and 
of his treatment in the said prison, under the regu- 
lations of the Secretary of State and magistrates, 
and praying that the declaration of the Great 
Charter in respect of delays of justice, may be re- 
enacted, with a penalty, or that the House may take 
such further or other Order in the premises, as to 
them shall seem most meet, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Cork Harbour Commissioners, Light DuesBill 
as well as of Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, Merchants, (1847-48, &amp;c.) 
Ship-owners and other Inhabitants of the county 
and city of Cork, praying that the Light Dues 
Bill again about to be brought forward by Her 
Majesty’s Government, and embracing the organi- 
zation of a Board of Mercantile Marine, may meet 
with the approval of the House; that a general 
Harbour Act for the United Kingdom may be 
passed ; that the coast guard department may be 
rendered more efficient and available in the pre- 
servation of life, and that such other steps may be 
taken by Her Majesty’s Government as may afford 
the greatest possible protection to shipping, and 
every practicable security to life and property, in 
the event of shipwreck, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westminster ;—Saint Pancras ;— Lord's Day. 
and, Saint Mary-le-bone (two Petitions); praying 
the House to enact a law, greatly restricting or en- 
tirely prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors on 
the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Directors of the Chamber of Merchant 
Commerce and Manufactures established by Royal a 
Charter, in the city of Glasgow, stating that the (147-48, 
Petitioners having carefully considerea the provi- 
sions of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill, intro- 
duced in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Evidence and Report of the Commission appointed 
to inquire into the condition, —— and manage- 
ment of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, are not pre- 
pared to assert that the present system on which 
pensions are granted to Seamen, is susceptible of 
no improvement, at the same time the Petitioners 
considered the said Bill to be highly objectionable in 
all its most important provisions; and praying the 
House not to pass any Bill for imposing a tax on 
British Shipping for the Relief of Merchant Sea- 
men, or for placing the management of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund in the hands of the Trinity House, 
of Deptford Strond, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Whitehaven; — Ilfracombe ; — Navigation 
and, South Shields; praying the House to refuse Laws. 
to sanction any measure for an alteration in the 
Navigation Laws, subversive of the principles on 
12 which 





Navigation 
Laws, &amp;c. 


60 
which they were founded,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Citizens of Montreal ;—and, Board 
of Trade of the city of Hamilton, Canada West 
(Vice-President and Secretary); praying for the 


repeal of the said Laws,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Montreal Board of Trade, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Navigation Laws, as far as 
they relate to Canada, and the throwing open the 
Navigation of the Saint Lawrence, and the enact- 
ment of a moderate fixed duty, say of not less than 
five shillings per quarter on Foreign Wheat, Colonial 
to be admitted duty free, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 
Guardians of the Union of Bedminster, stating that 
the said Union consists of twenty-three parishes, 
twenty-two of which are rurai, and the remaining 
parish of Bedminster is part and parcel of the city 
of Bristol, with the exception of a small part of the 
population being in the county of Somerset; that 
at the formation of the Union many of the Peti- 
tioners remonstrated against being incorporated 
with any part of the city of Bristol, but that such 
Union was effected contrary to the wishes of the 
Petitioners ; and praying that the parish of Bed- 
minster, in the city of Bristol, may be joined with 
the other parishes of that city, for the management 
of the poor, and separated from the Union to which 
the Petitioners belong ; that parishes in one county 
may not be joined to parishes in another county, 
or that a large urban population shall not be united 
with a rural population, without the consent of the 
Guardians of such Union ; and that if, contrary to 
the wishes of the Petitioners, Bedminster is to remain 


14° Februariz. 


A. 1849. 


A Petition of William Mansfield, of Stapleton, William 


Schoolmaster in the Clifton Union, stating that 
the Petitioner has been informed that the Poor Law 
Board, against the remonstrances of the Guardians, 
intend to dismiss him from his situation, and thereb 
deprive him from any employment connected with 
the maintenance and education of the poor; and 
praying the House to protect him and his family 
from inevitable ruin, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians 
of the Clifton Union, stating that the Guardians, 
together with their predecessors, appointed, with the 
entire sanction of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
William Mansfield, in the year 1843, for the situation 
of Schoolmaster to the Union ; that the said William 
Mansfield has given satisfaction to the Board of 
Guardians, consisting of seventeen ex-officio and 
thirty-two elective guardians, including five Clergy- 
men of the Church of England; that the said 
William Mansfield is a good Schoolmaster, and 
efficiently instructs the children in scripture history, 
in reading, writing and arithmetic, and that too 
without the semblance of complaint from any, but 
in consequence of his not being thoroughly conver- 
sant in English grammar, composition, etymology, 
decimal arithmetic, geography oT of the 
British Empire, and of Palestine), the Guardians 
are threatened by the Poor Law Board, that the 
Schoolmaster of the Union will be dismissed unless 
he passes an examination to the satisfaction of a 
school inspector ; and suggesting to the House that 
it is unadvisable to give a higher education to the 
children of paupers than what can be afforded to 
persons in a higher station of life, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


d. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Naval Recei 
Receipt and Expenditure, which was presented and Expend- 
yesterday, be printed. — 

No. 28. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, Mint. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 29. 


united with the rural parishes, that it may contribute 
only its fair proportion of the salaries of the officers 
of the Union, and of the establishment charges, 
irrespective of the common fund, and be made liable 
for the maintenance of the poor that are settled in 
that parish, and for those paupers who are resident 
there, and whose relief is now taken out of the 
common fund, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public pypic works 
Works (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, be (Ireland.) 
printed. No. 30. 


Poor Law, &amp;c. 
(treland.) 


Roman Catho- 
lic Clergy 
(Ireland. ) 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Petitions from the Electoral Division of Kilmore 
(Chairman) ;—and, Electoral Division of Tacum- 


shane; praying for amendment of the Poor Laws of 


Treland, and for the establishment of District Fever 
Hospitals,-—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brailsford, in the 
county of Devon, praying the House not to give 
countenance to any measure for the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Priesthood in Jreland, was 


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


Petitions from Castle Connell ;— and, Limerick ; 

raying for amendment of the law relating to the 

Salmon Fisheries of Jreland,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Oswestry, paying 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wakefield ;— and, Hastings and 
Saint Leonards; praying the House to secure the 
adoption of a treaty of arbitration between the 
British Governmeut and the other governments of 
the world respectively, in which the parties shall 
mutually pledge themselves to refer every disputed 
question which cannot be settled by mutual negocia- 
tion to impartial arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Mr. Henry Drummond presented a Bill to facili- Real Pro 


tate the Transfer of Real 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 7th day of March 
next ; and be printed. 


roperty: And the same Transfer Bi 
No. 31. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Vancouver's 


Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of August, in Island. 


the last Session of Parliament, for Copies or Ex- 
tracts of a Despatch to the Admiralty, from Rear- 
Admiral Sir George Seymour, dated Her Majesty’s 
Ship “ Collingwood,” Veborabe, the 8th day of 
February 1847 :—Of a Despatch from Commander 
Gordon, dated Her Majesty’s Steam Sloop “ Cor- 
morant,” Nesqually, the 7th day of October 1846, 
to Captain I A. Duntze, of Her Majesty’s Ship 
“ Fesguard,” being an Enclosure in the last :—Of 
a Letter, dated Fort Vancouver, the 7th day of Sep- 
tember 1846, signed Peter Keen Ogden and James 
Douglas, addressed to Captain Duan, of Her 
Majesty’s Ship “ Fisguard”:—Copies or Extracts 
of a Report by Lieutenants Wane and Vavasour, 
dated the 1st day of November 1845, addressed 
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relating 
to Soil, Climate, Minerals and Harbours :—Copies 
or Extracts of a Report by Lieutenant Vavasour, 
dated March 1846, addressed to Colonel Holloway, 
of the Royal Engineers, Canada, to the same effect : 
—And, of the Instructions sent by the Admiralty 
to the Commanding Officer, or any other Officer 
on the Pacific Station, relative to the Coals in Van- 
couver’s Island ; and of the Correspondence —— 

the 











Cotton 
(India. ) 


Bricks, 


Insolvent 
Members Bill. 


Navigation 
Laws, 





12 VicToriz. 


the Colonial Office and the Admiralty, on the same 
subject. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of East Indian Cotton im- 
ported into the United Kingdom by the East India 
Company, from the year 1780 to the year 1814, in- 
clusive :—Of the Taxed Price at which the said 
Cotton was put up for Sale and sold in London at 
the Quarterly Sales, during each year of the above 
Period :—Similar Return to the above, from the 
year 1814 to the year 1834, inclusive :—Showing 
the Rate of Duty charged in the several Presiden- 
cies of India upon the Export of Cotton, whether 
Coastwise or to the United Kingdom, or to Foreign 
Countries, from the year 1780 to the period at which 
such Duty was discontinued :—Showing the Rate 
of Duty, in the several Presidencies of Jndia, upon 
the Transit of Cotton from place to place within the 
said Presidencies, from the Date at which such Duty 
was imposed until the Period of its discontinuance : 
—Of the Total Quantity of Cotton Cloth and Cot- 
ton Piece-goods exported from the several Presi- 
dencies of India, whether Coastwise, to the United 
Kingdom, or to Foreign Countries, from the time 
such Exports were first recorded until the present 
period: — Copies of a Circular, dated Bombay, 
28th January 1847, addressed by the Governor in 
Council of Bombay to the several Mercantile Houses 
of that place, giving a detail of the Government 
Measures connected with introducing an improved 
System of cultivating and cleaning Cotton in the 
Southern Mahratta Country :— Of the Report of 
the Settlement of Zillah Humeerpoor, in the Province 
of Bundlecund, made by Messrs. Allen and Muir, 
of the Bengal Civil Service: — Extracts from a 
Revenue Letter from the Governor in Council of 
Bombay, dated November 5th, 1823, addressed to 
the Court of Directors of the Kast India Company, 
as far as relate to the Districts of Guzerat, namely, 
Surat, Broach and Kaira :—And, ofa Proclamation, 
issued by the Governor in Council of Bombay, and 
published in the Bombay Government Gazette of 
the 20th June 1838; together with Copies of the 
Notifications of the 24th February and ist August 
1835, and of the Ist and 17th November 1836, 
issued under the authority of Government by 
Thomas Williamson, Esquire, Revenue Commis- 
sioner in the Deccan, granting certain Exemptions 
from Assessment to Land cultivated with Cotton 
and the Mauritius Sugar Cane :—Also, of all Cor- 
respondence which passed on the above Subjects, 
between the Revenue Commissioner and the Gover- 
nor in Council of Bombay, and between the Gover- 
nor in Council of Bombay and the Governor-General 
of India in Council, and the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Duties paid upon Bricks in the several 
Excise Collections in England during the year 1848 
(in continuation of a Return of the years 1846 and 
1847, dated 11th March 1848). 

The Insolvent Members Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
28th day of this instant February. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the Act 8 and 9 
Vic.c.86, forthe General Regulation of theCustoms; 
also the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c.88, for the Encourage- 
ment of British Shipping and Navigation; also 
the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 89, for the Registering 
of British Vessels; also the Act 8 and 9 Vic. 
c. 93, to regulate the Trade of British Pusses- 


14° Februariz. 





sions abroad ; also the Acts 8 and 9 Vic. c. 94, 
VoL. 104. 





61 


for regulating the Trade of the Isle of Man; 
also the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 112, to amend and 
consolidate the Laws relating to Merchant Sea- 
men, and for keeping a Register of Seamen; 
also the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 80, to consolidate and 
amend the several Laws now in force, with respect 
to Trade from and to Places within the limits of the 
Charter of the East India Company, and to make 
further Provisions, with respect to such Trade, and 
to amend an Act of the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, for the Registering of Vessels, so far as it 
relates to Vessels registered in India; also the 
Act 4 Geo. 4, c.77, to authorize His Majesty, under 
certain circumstances, to regulate the Duties and 
Drawbacks on Goods imported or exported in 
Foreign Vessels, and to exempt certain Foreign 
Vessels from Pilotage; also the Act 5 Geo. 4, 
c. 1, to indemnify all Persons concerned in advising, 
issuing, or acting under a certain Order in Council, 
for regulating the Tonnage Duties on certain Foreign 
Vessels, and to amend an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, for authorizing His Majesty, under cer- 
tain circumstances, to regulate the Duties and 
Drawbacks on Goods imported or exported in any 
Foreign Vessels; and also the Act 5 and 6 Vice. 
c. 14, toamend the Laws for the Importation of 
Corn. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to remove the Re- 
strictions which prevent the free carriage of Goods 
y sea, to and from the United Kingdom and the 

ritish Possessions abroad, and to amend the Laws 
regulating the Coasting Trade of the United King- 
dom, subject nevertheless to such control by Her 
Majesty in Council as may be necessary, and also 
to amend the Laws for the Registration of Ships 
and Seamen. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, That it is expedient to remove the 
Restrictions which prevent the free carriage of 
Goods by sea to and from the United Kingdom and 
the British Possessions abroad, and to amend the 
Laws regulating the Coasting Trade of the United 
Kingdom, subject nevertheless to such control by 
Her Majesty in Council as may be necessary, and 
also to amend the Laws for the Registration of 
Ships and Seamen. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Labouchere 
and Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order resolved itself Ways and 

into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 
(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Consolidatea 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions Fund. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted. the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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

13 The 








Habeas Corpus 
Sus 
¢ 


nmsion 


d) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Dublia 
Improvement 
Bill. 


62 14°—15° 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 


Februariz. A. 1849. 


pass into a law, and that the Corporation may not 
be permitted to proceed with the same, by reason 
of their non-compliance with the Standing Orders, 
and that this Petition may be referred to the Stand- 
ing Orders Committee of the House, for their con- 
sideration. 

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





adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 








Jovis, 15° die Februari ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

N R. Golden, from the Office of the Commission- 
ers of the Metropolitan Police, was called in ; 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to the cirections 
of several Acts of Parliament,-—Accounts showing 
the Sums received and expended for the purposes 
of the Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation 
Fund, and Police Courts, in the year ended the 31st 
December 1848 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Gentry, Traders 
and Rate-payers of the city of Dublin, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That a Bill hath 
been lodged in the Private Bill Office of the 
House, intituled, a Bill for the Improvement of the 
Borough of Dublin, and that the promoters thereof 
are the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
Dublin, being the Corporation of the said bo- 
rough; that said Bill seeks to transfer to and vest 
in the said Corporation all the powers of the se- 
veral boards and trusts now existing within the 
said borough, for the paving, cleansing, lighting, 
watering, making wide and convenient streets, and 
all the powers by law now authorized to be performed 
by the Grand Jury thereof, including the mainte- 
nance, control and support of the several gaols of 
the said borough, and adjacent thereto ; that said 
several boards and trusts, and the officers of the 
Grand Jury hold and enjoy large and considerable 
real and personal property, for the use and benefit 
of the several trusts reposed in them under divers 
Acts of Parliament ; that no notice whatever in the 
Dubdlin Gazette, or otherwise, has been given by the 
said Corporation to apply to Parliament for a trans- 
fer of said properties, and that upon this and other 
grounds, the Examiner of the House hath reported 
that the said Corporation have not complied with 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Gentry, Tra- pubtin 


| ders and Rate-payers of the borough of Dublin, was Corporation 
| presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill hath Waterworks 


| been lodged in the Private Bill Office of the House, —_ 


intituled, a Bill to enable the Corporation of Dublin 
to provide a continuous Supply of Water delivered at 
high pressure, for the use of the Inhabitants of Dub- 
lin; that the said Bill hath been before the Exami- 
ner of Petitions on Private Bills, who hath reported 
to the House, that the said Corporation, being the 
promoters of the same, have not complied with the 
Standing Orders of the House; that the omission 
complained of is of a serious nature, leaving the Pe- 
titioners and the other inhabitants of Dublin unable 
to judge of the nature of the proposed works, or 
‘any Book of Reference, whereby the Petitioners 
'can, with certainty, ascertain the probable expenses 
,that might be incurred in the purchase of land or 
| otherwise, being unable to ascertain the opinions 
of the several landowners in respect thereof; that 
the said Bill forms part of a scheme of the said Cor- 
poration to transfer to themselves all the local 
boards and trusts in the borough, and to obtain 
large and excessive powers of taxation, attempts in 
which the said Corporation have been for the past 
three years unsuccessfully engaged, and whereb 
, the Petitioners and other inhabitants of the “ewe | 
of Dublin have been obliged to undergo enormous 
expenses in Parliamentary and local litigation, to 
defeat the purposes of the said Corporation ; that 
the said Bill also interferes with the pipe-water rates 
and revenues of the city of Dublin, which are at 
present the subject of litigation, in an information 
filed against the said Corporation by Her Majesty’s 
Attorney-general for Jreland, which suit is pending 
and in course of prosecution, in consequence of de- 
faults and misapplications of said monies by the said 
Corporation, to an extent of 180,000/.; that the 
true object of the said Bill, so lodged in the Private 
Bill Office, is to embarrass the prosecution of the 
information, and not with a desire to extend any 





‘real advantage to the inhabitants of said boroug 

|of Dublin; and praying that said Bill may not be 
| permitted to be introduced into the House or pass 
into law, by reason of the non-compliance of the said 
Corporation with the Standing Orders of the House, 
and that this Petition may be referred to the Com- 


the Standing Orders of the House ; that said Cor- | Mittee on Standing Orders of the House. 


poration, by said Bill, seek large and extensive 
powers, and to vest in them the power to levy rates | 
within the said borough, and to transfer property to | 
an amount exceeding 100,000 /. annually, and that | 
the Petitioners and the other inhabitants of Dublin 
are deeply interested in and affected by the said pro- 
posed Bill; that during the past three years the said 


| 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting in Lancashire. 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, part pe 
and the London and North Western Railway Com- 04 Worth 


pany, the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Western Rail- 


Corporation have applied to Parliament for the pur- | Dock, and all the Works, Property, and Effects way Com- 


pose of obtaining such powers, contrary to the 
wishes and desire of the citizens and rate-payers of 
the said borough, who have been put to enormous 
expense in Parliamentary and local litigation there- 
by, and the Petitioners have successfully opposed the 
said attempts of the said Corporation on the merits, 
in the last two Sessions of Parliament; that the 
Petitioners are most desirous to avoid the public 
time being again wasted in the consideration of the 
hitherto unsuccessful and unpopular attempts of the 
said Corporation, in which body the citizens of 
Dublin have no confidence, by reason of their mis- 
conduct in the trusts already reposed in them ; and 
praying, that said Bill may not be permitted to 


belonging thereto: And the same was read the Pr ann 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
andWyreRail- 
way, Harbour and Dock, and 
regulating the Management 
of the Undertaking) Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburg 
way Company, was presented, and read ; setting whats A.) 
forth, That on the eighth day of February instant, ( punfermline 
three Bills having the respective short titles, Edin- ee 
burgh and Northern Railway (A.) (Dunfermline 2% ino 
Branch Deviation in Dunfermline Parish, and so as parish, and 
to pass under Townhill and Halbeath Tramways ; as to paw = 
Branches in connection with those Tramways ; ~ c= 


and 
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in the Preston: 


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12 Vicroriz. 


Tramways ; 1 of Agreement with Lessees of Halbeath Col- 
Branches ia jiery ; Increase of Capital and Amendment of Acts) 
aan these Bill ;— Edinburgh and Northern Railway (B.) (De- 
Tramways; viation of Dunfermline Branch in Dunfermline 
of R Parish, and Alterations, so that the same may pass | 
ae Teenees over the Halbeath Tramway; Branches in connec- | 
of Halbeath tion with Halbeath and Townhill Tramways, In- 
Colliery; 1- crease of Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bill ;— 
Capital and and, Edinburgh and Northern Railway (C.) (Dun- | 
Amendment of fermline Branch; Alterations in Dunfermline Pa-| 


ate) BES rish ; Level Crossing of Halbeath Tramway ; Repeal 
ae ethene of Agreement with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery ; 
Railway (B.) Townhill and Halbeath Branches; Increase of Ca- 
(Deviation OF yital and Amendment of Acts) Bill, were presented | 
— to the House, and read a first time ; that on the 
Dunfermline same day, the said three Bills were referred to the 
Parish, and =~ Select Committee on Standing Orders, who were 
Alterations, sO ,. : aia p 

that the same directed to inquire into and report the circumstances | 
may pass over under which the said Bills had been introduced to 


the Halbeath ¢he House, and whether they were such as to be in 





oof in Violation of the spirit of the Standing Orders, and 
conection — if so, whether the parties should or should not be 
ty allowed to proceed with the said Bills or any of 
Tramways, them; that no report hath as yet been made from 
Increase of the said Committee, and in these circumstances the 
—_—— of Petitioners have been unable to obtain the breviates 
Acts) Bil;— Of the said Bills appointed to be printed and de- 
and, Edin- posited three clear days before the Second Reading 
a ta of Private Bills ; that by the Standing Orders of the 
yay(C.)(Dun- House, three clear days’ notice of the Second Read- | 
fermline ing of Private Bills, are directed to be given at the | 
es a Private Bill Office; that the time limited by the | 
Dunfermline Said Standing Orders for the Second Readings of | 


Parish; Level the said Bills expires on Monday next, the nine- 





ow bl teenth instant; that until the said breviates are 
Tramway; lodged, no notice can be given of the Second Read- 
Repealof § ings of the said Bills, and in these circumstances 
—. the Petitioners pray that the time for the Second 
wf Halbeath Readings of the said three Bills be extended to 
Colliery ; Tuesday the twentieth day of February instant, or 
— and that they may have such other relief in the premises 
Branches; In- 28 to the House may seem meet. 

crease of Ca- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
— on, select Committee on Standing Orders. 

of Acts) Bill, 

Great Indian A Petition of Messieurs John Meadows White, 
Peninsula © and Thomas Borrett of Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, in the 
rR” County of Middlesex, Solicitors for the Bill therein- 


after referred to, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That a Bill is now pending in the House, for 
incorporating the Great Indian Peninsula Railway 
Company, for making a Railway in Jndia, from 
Bombay to Callian; that the last day upon which 
the said Bill can be read a second time, according 
to the Standing Orders of the House, will be on 
Monday next, the nineteenth instant ; that the Pe- 
titioners and the Directors of the proposed Com- 
pany, are in communication with the India Com- 
pany and the Board of Control, on the subject of 
the said Bill; that on the fifteenth day of February 
instant, the Petitioners received intimation from the 
department of the Board of Control, that the Board 
entertained objections to the further progress of the 
Bill, considering that the Government of India, 
could sufficiently legislate for the proposed Com- 
pany; that in order to afford time for the due con- 
sideration of the matter, and to enable the Peti- 
tioners and the Directors of the Company to com- | 
municate further with the Board of Control, and the | 
Honourable the Court of Directors, the Petitioners | 
are desirous that the time of the Second Reading 
of the said Bill should be enlarged ; and praying 
that the Standing Order of the House, which 
requires that there shall be a period of not less than 
three clear days, nor more than ten, between the First 
and Second Reading of any Private Bill, may, in the 
case of the aforesaid Bill, be extended to the fif- | 
teenth day of March next; or that such other order | 
may be made in the premises, or such other relief 
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63 


granted to the Petitioners, as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

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


Ordered, That the Return of the Annual In- Woods and 
come derived from the Possessions and Land Re- Forests. 
venues under the Commissioners of Woods and No. 32. 
Forests, which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Powers of Sale, Woods and 
now vested in the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. 
Forests, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 32. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Works and works and 
Buildings, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Buildings. 
be printed. No. 32. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Bolton 

the borough of Bolton, in the county palatine of Election. 
Lancaster, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth; 
That at the election of a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Boltcn, in the month of 
September, in the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-eight, the Petitioners were Electors of 
the said Borough, and had, and thereby claim to 
have had, a right to vote at the said Election; That 
Thomas Ridgway Bridson, Esquire, was Mayor of 
the said Borough, and Returning Officer at any 
Election which took place during such time as he 
was Mayor ; that previous to such Election, and in 
compliance with the statute which directs that pub- 
lic notice of the situation, division, and allotments 
of the different booths shall be given two days before 
the commencement of the poll by the Returning 
Officer, the said Thomas Ridgway Bridson did give 
public notice by placards and handbills in the words 
and figures following :—“ Notice of the situation of 
polling-places, Borough of Bolton, 9th September 
1848. Notice is hereby given, that the poll at this 
Election (if a poll be demanded) will commence on 
Wednesday the 13th day of September instant, at 
eight o’clock in the forenoon, and the poll will con- 
tinue during such one day only, and will be closed 
at four o’clock in the afternoon of the same day; 
and notice is hereby further given, that the situation 
and allotment of the buildings and places for taking 
the said poll are as follow ;— 





Disrricts. Powiine Puaces. 





No.1. Such part of Exchange Ward 
as is a_i in the following 
streets and places :— 

Ashburner-street ; Cheapside ; 
Deansgate, west of Oxford-street 
and Knowsley-street ; Exchange- 
street East; Exchange-street West ; 
Back Exchange- street West ; 
Grime-street ; Great Moor-street ; 
Howel Croft; King-street ; Back 
King - street; Knowsley - street ; 
Newport-street ; Back Newport- 
street; New Market-place; Old 
Hall - street ; Oxford - street ; 
Queen - street ; Ridgway - gates ; 
Spring-gardens; Taylor Brow ; 
White Lion Brow. 

No. 2. The remaining part of Exz- 
change Ward. 


A booth under the hust- 
ings, in New Market- 
place, Great Bolton, 


Borough Court Room, 
Bowkers - row, Great 
Bolton. 


No. 3. Such part of Church Ward 
as is comprised in the following 
streets and places :— 


Bradshawgate, north of the | A room adjoining the 





dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph | Boar's Head Inn, 
Cooper, coachmaker ; Bank- Churchgate,Great Bol- 
street , Churchgate; Churchbank; ton. 
nearChurchbank ; Clarke’sEntry; 
Newport-street ; Back Newport- 
street; Old Acres ; Princess- 
street ; Silverwell-street ; Wood- 
street; Haulgh. 
14 No, 4. 





64. 15°— 16° 





. Districts. Pouiine-P Laces. 





A room or shop occupied 
by Mr. Joseph Cooper, 
coachmaker, 
shawgate,Great Bolton. 


Old Waterworks Office, 
Moor-lane, Great Bol- 
ton. 


Aroom adjoining the Na- 
tional School,' Trintty- 
street, Great Bolton. 

A room or shop at Dean’s 
Foundry, Union- street, 
Little Bolton. 


A room in the Town 
Hall, Little Bolton. 


No.4. The remaining part of Church 
Ward. ” 


No. 5. The whole of Derby Ward. 
No.6. The whole of Bradford Ward. 


No.7. The whole of East Ward, to- 
gether with Manor-street and Kay- 
street in West Ward. 

No. 8. West Ward (except Manor- 
street and Kay-street). 





And notice is hereby further given, that no person 
will be admitted to vote except at the booth, build- 
ing, or polling-places above allotted for the district 
wherein the property may be situate in respect of 
which he claims to vote; but, in case any part of 
the Borough is omitted from the above districts, 
the votes of persons voting in respect of property 
situate in any part so omitted may be taken at any 
of the said booths, buildings, or polling-places, 
Thomas Ridgway Bridson, Mayor.” That on the 
twelfth day of September, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-eight, the Election of a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, was held 
at the hustings fixed and &lt; eme for that pur- 
pose, by and before the said Thomas Ridgway Brid- 
son, Esquire, Mayor and Returning Officer, and 
Stephen Blair, Esquire, and Joseph Barker, Esquire, 
were duly nominated, proposed, and seconded as 
Candidates; that a show of hands being taken of 
the persons present at the Election, the said Mayor 
and Returning Officer did, upon the view thereof, 
declare that Joseph Barker was duly elected; and 


thereupon a poll was demanded on behalf of the | 


said Stephen Blair, and the further proceedings of 
the said Election were adjourned till the following 
day, when the polling was to take place; that after 
such adjournment, and after many of the Electors 
had left the hustings, and without the consent of 
the said Joseph Barker, the said Mayor and Return- 
ing Officer, although he had already declared Joseph 
Barker duly elected, did alter his declaration, and 
return Stephen Blair, Esquire, as a Member dul 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Boroug 
of Bolton ; that neither the said Stephen Blair nor 
the said Joseph Burker was present at the said Elec- 
tion, but shortly after the said Mayor had left the 
hustings the said Joseph Barker, who had by that 
time arrived in Bolton, addressed an assembly of 
Electors from the said hustings, and publicly and 
openly declared that he should go to the poll, that 
he had not authorized any one to withdraw his name, 
and that noone could withdraw him ; that on Wed- 
nesday the thirteenth day of September, being the 
day of polling fixed by the public notice as afore- 
said, and by the said Mayor, many Electors went 
to the places appointed as the proper poliing-places 
for such Electors to give their votes, and in order to 
vote for the said Joseph Barker, but no poll-clerks 
had been appointed, nor any person to take the poll, 
and thereby no poll was taken, nor could any Elec- 
tors give their votes as they had intended to do; 
that the conduct of the said Thomas Ridgway Brid- 
son, the Mayor and Returning Officer at the said 
Election, was a direct violation of the freedom of 
Election, and that the Return of the said Stephen 
Blair, contrary to the show of hands, and to the 
view thereof declared by the said Mayor and Re- 
turning Officer, and the withholding of a poll after 
such poll had been demanded and appointed, were 
illegal and highly improper acts; that the Return 
of Stephen Blair, Esquire, was an illegal Return, 
inasmuch as he was not duly elected, and o 


ught 
not to have been returned, and the Election and Re- | 


Brad- | 


Februariz. A. 1849. 


turn of the said Stephen Blair was and is wholly 
null and void; that Joseph Barker, Esquire, was 
duly elected by the show of hands, and ought to 
have been returned ; and praying that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and will 
\declare that Stephen Blair, Esquire, was not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned, and 
that his Return ought to be set aside as wholly null 
and void, and that Joseph Barker, Esquire, was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned, and 
will afford to the Petitioners such further or other 
relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present; ‘The House was told by Mr. Speaker, 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 16° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th Gmangay 
day of this instant February, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Indian Great Indian 
Peninsula Railway Company, Petition for extend- Peninsula 
|ing the time for the Second Reading of the Bill 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
that the time for the Second Reading be extended 
| to the 15th day of March next. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Toff Vale Taff Vale 
Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil), Petition Railway 
for referring the Petition for the Bill, with the Re- Ce Marthyt 
port of the Examiner thereon, to the Select Com- Tydfil) Bill 
mittee on Standing Orders; the Standing Order 
No. 150, in respect to the presentation of the Peti- 
tion for the Bill, ought to be dispensed with; that 
the said Petition, and Report of Examiner thereon, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


\ 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Leeds and_ 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to raise a fur- Thirsk Rail- 
ther Sum of Money for the completion of their })’, r= 
Railways, to guarantee Interest on certain Shares, Interest on 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read certain Shares, 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second &amp;c.) Bill 
time. 





: : Binbrooke St. 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend and Gebel eal 


extend the Provisions of certain Acts for inclosing pinprooke St. 
| Lands in the Parishes of Binbrooke Saint Mary MaryInclosure 
iand Binbrooke Saint Gabriel, in the County of Lin- sate 
| coln, and to vary the Awards made thereunder, and $f'‘acts, Alters 
' to unite the said Parishes: And the same was read tion of Awa 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second scteling 
| time. and defining 
Parish Bound- 
The aries) Bill 








&lt;7 or 





12 Victoriz. 


Taff Vale The House was moved, That the mo in re- 
Railway (Ex- spect of the Petition for referring the Petition for 
TE leave to bring in the Taff Vale Railway (Extension 
-* in Merthyr Tydfil) Bill, together with the Report 
of the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills 
thereon, which was this day made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 

the same being read; 


Ordered, That the Report of the Examiner of 
Petitions for Private Bills, in the case of the Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the said Bill, which was 
laid upon the Table upon the 2d day of this instant 
February, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the said Bill, which was presented upon the 6th 
day of this instant February, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 

Whittlesey Mr. Townley presented a Bill for uniting into one 
Sain hitieeey Parish the Parishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary and 
Saint Andrew Whittlesey Saint Andrew, in the Isle of Ely, in the 
Union of County of Cambridge, and for better paving, light- 
ates ing, watching, cleansing and otherwise regulating 
the Town of and improving the Town of Whittlesey: And the 
Whittlesey same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
- read a second time. 
Saint Mary's, © Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for extinguishing 
gue, a the Rights of the Rector of the Parish of Saint 
Easter Offer- Mary Matfellon, otherwise Whitechapel, to Easter 
ings Bill. | Offerings and to House or Rate Tithes, and to pro- 
vide an Annual Payment in lieu thereof : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Bradford Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Brierley Hill 


The Brierley Hill District Gas Light C fi 
ey aa e Brierley Hill District Gas Light Company (for 


Light Com- incorporating and giving all proper Powers to the 
y (for said Company) Bill was read a second time; and 
rporating committed. 

oe! Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

r o said mittee of Selection. 

Company )Bill. 


Bromptonand Ordered, Thatthe Brompton and Earl's Court, 
a &amp;c., Roads (Continuation of certain ae 


(Continuation Acts) Bill, be read a second time upon Wednesday 


f certai 

oe the 2d day of March next, 

Acts) Bill. 

Charing Cross The Charing Cross Bridge (Amendment of Acts; 
Bridge nents  OWers to alter authorized Approaches, &amp;c.) Bill 
(inendments was read a second time ; and comniitted. 
Powerstoalter Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
authorized mittee of Selection. 

Approaches, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

Rast Anglian The East 4 ee Railways (Ely and Hunting- 
pale (Ely don Railway Extension of Time) Bill was read a 
don Raita second time ; and committed. 

Extension of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Time) Bill. mittee of Selection. 

ope The Edinburgh and ria Railway, and Edin- 
Roay and burgh and.Glasgow Union Canal (Amalgamation or 


burgh Sale or Lease of the Union Canal to the Railway 
~ Glasgow Company) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
on Canal |: 
(Amalgama. ™itted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


tion or Sale or 
ofthe mittee of Selection. 


Thion Canal 


to the Railway Company) Bill. 


: The Feltwell Second District Drainage Bill was 

trict Drainage ead a second time ; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

VoL. 104. 





16° Februari. 65 


The Great Yarmouth Haven, Bridge and Naviga- Great Yar- 
tion Improvement Bill was read a second time; mouth Haven, 

¢ Bridge and 
and committed. Navigation 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Improvement 
mittee of Selection’. Bill. 


The London Hospital Incorporation Bill was London Hos- 
read a second time; and committed. pital Incorpo- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ™*tio” Bill 
mittee of Selection. - 


The South Eastern Railway (Removal of Restric- South Eastern 
tion against opening the Tunbridge Wells and Has- —_w iat 
tings, and Ashford and Hastings Lines, Grant of aor 
Compulsory Powers for Purchase of Lands, Steam against open- 
Boats) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ro a € 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and fasts 


E ‘ and Hastings, 
mittee of Selection. and Ashford 


and Hastings 
Lines, Grant of compulsory Powers for 
Purchase of Lands, Steam Boats) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Surrey and Sussex Roads surrey and 
(Amendment of Act and Alteration of Tolls) Bill Sussex Roads 
be read a second time upon Friday the 2d day of Spee 
March next. Alteration of 
Tolls) Bill. 

The Yaunton Town and Market Improvement Taunton Town 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Market 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
mittee of Selection. ; 


The Whitehaven Waterworks Bill was read’ a se- whitchaven 
cond time; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


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

‘ Je W: t 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Waterworks 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for (Amendment 
additional Provision in the Warrington Waterworks %Actand 
(Amendment of Act, and Power to raise additional additional 
Capital) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- Capital) Bill. 
plied with. 


A Petition of Mr. Thomas Hedgcock, a Master Alexander 

in the Royal Navy, stating that all arrears of half- Murray. 
pay or pension have been withheld from the legal 
representatives of Lieutenant Alexander Murray, 
Royal Marines, who has been a lunatic patient at 
Haslar Hospital, since 1819, prior to which he was 
confined at Hoxton, since 5th November 1803, and 
praying that the propriety of granting pensions to 
all officers who have become more or less deranged 
by foreign clime or severe service, although not 
so bad as to be placed under restraint, but who are 
placed on the non-active list from said incapacity, 
may be taken into consideration, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Board of Mendicancy. 

Guardians of the Northampton Union ;—and, Board 
of Guardians of the Stamford Union; stating that the 
Petitioners view with regret and alarm the increased 
and still increasing system of Pauper Tramping; and 
praying the House to give the subject immediate 
consideration, so that remedies may be devised to 
meet the evil complained of,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Tradesmen and Arti- Navigation 
zans, connected with the building and equipping of Laws. 
ships, and others belonging to the port of Mary- 
port, praying the House to reject every proposition 
for the repeal of the Navigation Laws, and in any 
amendment of those laws that may be deemed es- 
sential to the interests of general commerce and of 
the community, to adhere inviolably to those great 
principles on which they are based, which, the Pe- 
titioners consider, have, under Providence, been the 





K chief 





Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Port of 
Limerick. 


Public 
Libraries. 


Jurors 
( Tipperary.) 


66 


chief means of elevating Great Britain to her pre- 
sent exalted rank in the scale of nations, and of 
securing to her people exemption from calamities 
and convulsions which have at various periods de- 
solated every other nation in Europe, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the bo- 
rough of King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, 
and within the liberties of the same borough, pray- 
ing the House to pass a Bill for the more equit- 
able distribution of the charge for the relief of the 
Poor in certain cities and towns, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the 
Guardians of the Poor of the Worcester Union, 
praying the House to abolish the law of settlement, 
and to give effect to that great principle which im- 
poses upon property of all kinds the sacred duty of 
providing for national destitution, by enacting that 
the relief of the Poor shall be a tax upon the nation 
at large, levied by an equal rate upon property as 
well personal as real, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting held in 
the Scientific Institution, Edward’s-street, Port- 
man-square, praying that the House will immedi- 
ately proceed to such revision of the New Poor Laws 
as shall include, among other provisions for the be- 
nefit of the poor, such modes of out-door and home 
employment as may at once afford a maintenance 
for themselves and families, and operate as an in- 
centive to personal independence and self-respect, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carrick-on-Shannon Poor Law 
Union; — Dublin (Chairman) ; — Carrickmacross 
Union (Chairman) ;— Kilbeggan ;— Balla; —and, 
Philip Reade; praying for amendment of the Poor 
Law in Jreland,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Laws 
(Jreland). 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Li- 
merich, praying the House to select the port of Li- 
merich, or some of its outports on the ‘ow Shan- 
non, as the port of peitre and arrival of American 
and West Indian Mails, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Imray, Civil Engineer, praying 
for the appointment of a Select Committee on the 
existing Public Libraries in Great Britain and Jre- 
land, and on the best means of extending the esta- 
blishment of Libraries freely open to the public, in 
our large provincial towns, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gloucester;—John Forster ;— 
Droitwich ;—and, William Fleet, and others ; stat- 
ing that in the judgment of the Petitioners, an ap- 
peal to arms for the purpose of deciding disputes 
among nations, is a custom condemned alike by re- 
ligion, reason, justice, humanity and the best inter- 
ests of the people ; and praying the House to take 
ms and decisive measures to negotiate treaties 

yetween the Government of this country and other 

governments of the world, binding the parties, for 
the future, to refer their misunderstandings to the 
decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of all Persons qualified to 
serve as Jurors in the South Riding of the County 
of Tipperary, commencing from the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1843, and ending the Ist day of January 


16° Februariz. 





A. 1849. 


1849 :—And, a Return, for the same period, of the 
Jurors’ Panel from which Juries were selected at 
each Assizes and Commission held in the South 


Riding. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Custom Houge 
a Return of the Denominations, Quantities and Va- Seizures. 
lue of the various imported Articles which have been 
seized by the Custom House Officers, under the sup- 
osition of their being undervalued, during the first 
Six months of 1848, compared with the same during 
the first Six months of 1847. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of the sth day of this instant Fe- Addresses. 
bruary (that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions to the proper Officers that 
the several Estimates therein mentioned might be 
laid before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give di- 
rections accordingly. 

Sir George Grey also reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 
13th days of this instant February (that Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this House), had been presented to Her Majesty ; 
aad that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return of the Number of Persons flogged 
in the British Navy, in the year 1848; specifying 
the Names of the Ships, the Offences, the Number 
of Lashes sentenced, and the Number inflicted. 


Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Order,— Harbours and 
re of the Report on the Memorials presented to (i 
the Lords of the Admiralty, with Reference to the 
Harbours and Lighthouses on the Coast of the 
County of Cork. 

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


Navy. 


M. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend the Navigation 
Laws in force for the Encouragement of British 
Shipping and Navigation: And the same was read No.38. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 5th day of March next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to an Army 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective Estimates. 
and Non-effective Army Services, from 1st April No.34 
1849 to 31st March 1850. 

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


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Navy. 
—A Statement of Excess of Expenditure for Her No. 37. 
Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1847-48. 

Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to an Address Navy | 
to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the year 1849- "ue. 35 
50. “a 

Estimate for the Posi-office Department (Packet 
Service), for the year 1849-50. 

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


No, 36. 


Mr. Hawes presented, b 
mand,—Copy of further , See ondence on the 
subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in tion. 
continuation of the Papers presented 16th February, 
15th April and 14th May 1847, and 3d May 
1848). 

Ordered, That the Paper do lie tpon the Table. 


Colonel 


Her Majesty’s Com- Discipline and 











12 Vicroriz. 


Colonel Anson presented, — Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 7th day of December, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns, stating the 
Number of Barracks for the Royal Artillery, En- 
gineers and Army in the United Kingdom, dis- 
tinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland, where 
situated, and the Areas in Square Feet of the 
Buildings and of the Parade Grounds attached 
thereto; the Date of Erection, if known, and the 
Materials of which built ; the Number of Officers 
and Men each Barrack is calculated to accom- 
modate; the Number of Men each Room is re- 
gulated to hold; the Number of Men, Women and 
Children usually occupying it; also, what Regula- 
tions there are respecting the accommodation of 
Married Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers ; 
the greatest Number of Men, Women and Children 
lodged in each of these Barracks and Rooms there- 
of, at any one time in 1846; the Number of Sleeping- 
rooms, distinguishing those for the use of theOfficers, 
Non-commissioned Officers and Privates severally, 
the Dimensions, Length, Width and Height of each 
Room; the Number of Men each Room is regu- 
lated to hold, compared with the cubic feet or space 
of each Room; the Number of Windows in each 
Room; the Number of Fire-places, and any other 
means of Ventilation in each Room; how the Bar- 
racks are supplied with Water, and the Distance 
from the Building, whether from Wells or Rivers, 
and whether laid on in each Floor of the Barrack, 
or in each Room used for cooking, or in what part 
of the Building, and whether there is a sink or 

ipe for the waste or refuse water ; also, whether the 
Sesh are drained, and how; what Accommoda- 
tion each Barrack affords for cooking, for the Men 
bathing, for washing, and for the Men cleaning 
their Clothes and Accoutrements, and other necessa- 
ries ; and in what parts of the Building these several 
places are situated, and whether the Floors of the 
Barrack are planked or laid with Stone or Brick ; 
the Numbers and Charge of the whole Establish- 
ment of each Barrack (Barrack-masters, Barrack- 
serjeants and Labourers), so as to exhibit the entire 
Expense of the Barrack Establishment in the year ; 
the Expense of Building and Repairs at each Bar- 
rack, and all other Contingent Charges, so as to 
exhibit the Aggregate Charge for Building and Re- 
pairs for each Barrack, in the last year; the Total 
Amount of Barrack Damages paid by Officers and 
Men respectively in each Barrack, in the year 1846 : 
—Of the Amount of Canteen-rent received at each 
Barrack, and the Aggregate Amount of the Rent 
of all the Barrack Canteens, and how the same was 
appropriated in the year ; the Regulations regarding 
the kind of Spirits, Beer, Coffee and other Articles 
sold in the Canteens, stating by whom the Prices 
are fixed, and whether any Committee of Officers 
or Men have the management of the Canteen :— 
of the Reading-rooms in each Barrack for Non- 
commissioned Officers and Privates,the Dimensions, 
and whether supplied with Books or other Articles 
by Government, or by Subscription of the Officers 
or Privates, and at what Total Expense it is con- 
ducted in the year:— Showing whether any and 
what Accommodation exists in each Barrack for 
Schools for the Soldiers or their Children, the Aver- 
age Daily Number of each in attendance on the 
School in the year 1846, and from what Funds the 
Teachers and requisite Articles are supplied, and 
the Expense thereof; and what Places and means of 
Amusements are attached to the Barracks, and also 
whether any and what kind of Rooms or other Places 
are prepared for confinement for minor Offences in 
the Regiment or Corps :—And, of the Dimensions 
of the Wards in the Hospital, and the Number of 
Wards, how the Wards are ventilated, and the Num- 
ber of Patients each Ward is calculated to accom- 
modate, and the Space in Cubic Feet allowed for 
each :—A similar Return of the Marine Barracks : 


—A similar Return of the Barracks in the Channel 
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Islands :—And, a similar Return of the Barracks 
in the Colonies. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indictable 
to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Offences 
Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in (ireland) Bill. 
Ireland, with respect to persons charged with In- 
dictable Offences : And that Sir William Somerville 
and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Summary 
to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Convictions 
Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in, Crelend) Bill 
Ireland, with respect to Summary Convictions and 

Orders: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 

Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be = to bring in a Bill Protection 
to protect Justices of the Peace in Jreland from of Justices | 
Vexatious Actions for Acts done by them in Execu- aia 
tion of their Office: And that Sir William Somer- 

ville and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


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


Return of the Amount of Window Duty assessed, 
and the Amount received, with the Number of 
Houses charged for the year 1847, ending 5th April 
1848 ; withthe Number of Surcharges made by the 
several Surveyors during that period; with a separate 
Account for the Twelve Towns paying the Largest 
Amount. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Slave Trade. 
to continue the Inquiry undertaken by a Committee 
appointed last year, to consider the best means 
which Great Britain can adopt for providing for 
the final extinction of the Slave Trade. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of ways and 
Waysand Means be received after the Orders of the Means. 
day. 


Ordered, That the Habeas Corpus Suspension Habeas Corpus 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be a. 
taken into consideration after the Orders of the day. (ela) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Relief of 
to whom it was referred to consider of affording Distress 
Relief out of the Consolidated Fund of the United “*e@") 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to certain 
distressed Unions in Ireland, be received after the 
Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Inland Revenue Bill be read Inland Re- 
the third time after the Orders of the day. venue Bill. 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to an Address Ordnance 
to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective and Non- Estimates. 
effective Ordnance Services, for the year 1849-50. No. 38. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s wining 
Command,—Copy of Report on Mining Inspection Inspection 
in Germany. (Germany ). 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Nuisances and 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Contagious 
Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council (ireland) 
of Ireland, for the prevention of Epidemic, Endemic 
and Contagious Diseases. 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Church 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of Collections 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, fora Return (S°t#n4)- 
of the Amount of the Church Collections of the 
Scotch Establishment in each Presbytery and in 
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68 


each Parish, applicable to the Relief of the Poor, 
during each of the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 
1847. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Establishment of the Office 
of the Keeper of Sasines and Reversions in Scot- 
land in the years 1846 and 1847, stating the Names, 
Office and Amount of Salary of “— Person em- 
ployed, and from what Sources paid:—And, Ac- 
count of the Amount received for Fees in the Office 
of Keeper of Sasines and Reversions in each of 
the years 1846 and 1847, with a List of the several 
Fees charged, and the Rate of each Fee, and how 
the same have been appropriated in each of these 

ears. 

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


Keeper of 
Sasines and 
Reversions 
(Scotland. 


Petty Sessions 
Bill. 
No . 39, 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill for the 
holding of Petty Sessions of the Peace in Boroughs, 
and for providing Places for the holding of such 
Petty Sessions in Counties and Boroughs: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Distraining Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to enable 
for Rates Bill. Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of the High- 
No, 40. ways to recover the Costs of distraining for Rates : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 

and to be printed. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


No. 41. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- 
politan Police, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Chat this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways 
and Means,a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

That, towards making good the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions, be 
granted out of the Consolidated Fund ofthe United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 
of Exchequer, Lord John Russelland Mr. Parker 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Habeas Corpus 
Suspension 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Habeas Corpus Suspen- 
sion (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill: 
(And whereas doubts have arisen whether the powers 
of the Act of last Session, 11 and 12 Vic. c. 35, 
which are continued by this Act, may not be im- 
properly applied to the restriction of the right of 
the subject to petition Parliament, and to address 
the Queen in a legal and constitutional manner, 
and to convoke, hold, attend at, and take part in 
meetings for the purposes of preparing and adopt- 
ing peacefully and legally such Petitions and Ad- 
dresses: And whiereas such restriction is and 
would be contrary to the spirit and purposes of the 
aforesaid Act, and of this present Act continuing 


16°—17° Februari. 








A. 1849. 


realms; Be it therefore declared and Enacted, That 
nothing contained in this Act, or in the before-men- 
tioned Act of 11 and 12 Vic., the powers of which 
are continued in this Act, does, ought to, or shall be 
construed or taken to warrant the application of the 
said powers, or any of them, to the cases of parties 
convoking, assembling, holding, attending at, and 
taking part in such legal, peaceful, and constitutional 
meetings, for the aforesaid legal and constitutional 
objects and purposes) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. John O’ Connell, 

Yeas, Mr. Grattan: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Relief of 
it was referred to consider of affording Relief out Distress 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom ‘!eland) Bill 


of Great Britain and Ireland, to certain distressed 
Unions in Jreland, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to direct the issue, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 
Kingdom, of any Sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand 
pounds, for affording Relief to certain distressed 
Poor Law Unions in Jreland. 


The said Resolution being read a second time ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding at the end thereof, the words, 
“ provided that the money be advanced only as a 
loan, and repayment secured by a lien on the 
lands liable to the uncollected rates, with power 
of sale for its recovery.” 


And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added ; 


“ 
‘ 


«c 


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


Sabbati, 17° die Februarii, 1849: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the said Resolution, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words, “ but that the Fifty thousand pounds, to be 
“« issued out of the Consolidated Fund, for the pur- 
“ pose of affording Relief to certain distressed Poor 
“ Law Unions in Jreland, be advanced by way of 
* Joan, to be repaid by means of a rate to be levied 
** on the whole of the Unions in Jre/and, except the 
“ Unions receiving such relief.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those words 
be there added :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

Tellers for the { Sir Henry Winston Barron, 

Yeas, Lord Dudley Stuart: } 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, } 

So it passed in the Negative, 


Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 
And the Question’being put, That those words 


9. 


174. 


the same, as well as to the Constitution of these | be there added ; 


| 


The 














Inland Re- 
venue Bill. 


Qualification 

and Registra- 
tion of Voters 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 42. 


Elections and 

Polling-places 

(Ireland) Bill. 
No, 43. 


Adjournment. 


Public Debt 
(Ireland. ) 










12 VicToriz. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mn Pigott? Stuart,\ 9 
Tellers for the Noes,{ a Pe » Hi: hsv. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House doth agree with the Committee in 
the said Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 

The Noes to the old ye . 

r. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, {tor 4 a reus Hill: 
{ Mr. Hume, 

(Mr. Aglionby: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell and Mr. 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


}i28. 


Tellers for the Noes, 39. 


a 


The Bill to consolidate the Boards of Excise and 
Stamps and Taxes into one Board of Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue, and to make Provision for the 
Collection of such Revenue, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Billto amend 
the Laws which regulate the Qualification and 
Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Ireland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the second 
day of March next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to shorten 
the Duration of Elections in Jreland, and to esta- 
blish additional Places for taking the Poll thereat : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the second 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, as far as they can be made out, of the 
Amount of the Debt of Jreland at the Union :—Of 
the Number and Amount of Loans contracted on 
account of Ireland from the period of the Union 
until the Exchequer of Jreland was united with 
that of Great Britain, in the year 1817:—Of the 
Amount (if any) which has been paid off, out of the 
Irish Revenue, of the Jrish Debt due at the Union, 
and of the Jrish Debt which accrued afterwards, 
down to the Union of the Zrish and British Ex- 
chequers :—Of the Amount (if any) of the said 
Debts which has been paid from the Consolidated 
Fund since the Union until the year 1817 :—Of the 
Total Amount of Funded and Unfunded Jrish Debt, 
including Floating Exchequer Bills, which was 
funded in England from the Date of the Union 
until the Union of the two Exchequers in 1817 :— 
Of the Amount of Loans contracted on Account of 
freland from the Union of the two Exchequers in 
1817 to the 5th day of January 1849:—Of the 
Amount (if any) of such Loans as has been repaid, 
distinguishing the Amounts paid (if any) out of the 
Consolidated Revenue, and (if any) out of the 
Revenue levied in Jreland :—Of the Gross Revenue 
levied in Ireland each year, from the 5th day of 


16°—17° Februarii. 


| the Exchequer :—Of the Total Gross Expenditure 





January 1818 to the 5th day of January 1849, dis- 

tinguishing the Expense of Collection, and the other | 
Payments out of the Jrish Revenue in its way to | 
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69 


of Ireland for each year, from the 5th day of January 
1818 to the 5th day of January 1849, distinguish- 
ing the Amounts (if any) of Repayments of Loans, 
of reducing the Jrish Debt funded in England or 
transferred to Ireland, the Civil, Military, Naval, 
and Constabulary Expenditures and Interest paid 
on Jrish Debt funded in England or transferred to 
Ireland, and which have been each year paid out of 
the Consolidated Revenue, and out of the Revenues 
collected in Ireland:—Of the Amount (if any) 
which has been redeemed of the Jrish Debt from 
the Date of Union to the 5th day of January 1849, 
distinguishing Payments out of the Consolidated 
Fund and out of the Revenue levied in Zreland :— 
Of the Total Amount which remains unredeemed 
of the Jrish Debt funded in England from the 
Union to the 5th day of January 1849 :—Of the 
Amount of Jrisk Debt funded in England on the 
5th day of January 1849, and Amount of Interest 
payable thereon out of the Consolidated Fund :— 
And, of the Amount of Jrish Debt funded in Jre- 
land on the 5th day of January 1849, and the Sources 
from which the Interest due thereon is paid. 


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


Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
Channel Isiands, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of 
December 1848 :—Similar Returns of Steam Ves- 
sels and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Number 
and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
Coastwise at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Jreland, 'sle of Man, and Channel Islands (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day 
of December 1847 and the 31st day of December 
1848 :—Like Returns from and to the Colonies; 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels : 
—Also, from and to Foreign Ports ; also distinguish- 
ing British From Foreign Vessels :—Returns of the 
Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered 
at each of the Ports of the Colonies of the United 
Kingdom respectively, distinguishing those under 
and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st 
day of December 1848 :—Similar Returns of Steam 
Vessels and Tonnage :—Returns of the Number of 
Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguishing Steam 
from Sailing Vessels), that were built and registered ; 
also, a similar Return of Vessels sold and trans- 
ferred; also, a similar Return of Vessels wrecked ; 
also, a similar Return of Vessels broken up, in the 
year 1848 :—Return of the Number of Colonial- 
built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered at each 
of the Ports of the United Kingdom in the year 
1848 ; distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of 
each Colony respectively :—Also, a similar Return 
of the Number of Foreign-built Vessels (Prizes), 
and their Tonnage ; and of the Shipping employed 
in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the 
Number and Tonnage of Vessels that entered in- 
wards and cleared outwards (including their repeated 
Voyages), separating British from Foreign Vessels, 
also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing 
the Trade with each Country in the year 1848 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 241, of 
last Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stamps and 
Copy of the Treasury Minute for the Consolidation Excise Boards. 


of the Board of Stamps with the Board of Excise, 
and a Statement of the Reduction of Officers by 
the Consolidation ; together with the Saving to be 
effected thereby. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Mon- Public Roads 
day the 26th day of this instant February the Pub- Bill. 


lic Roads Bill, was read, and discharged. 


kK 3 Ordered, 





a RN a ne eg ee Pa 








East India. 


Rankruptcy 
Court. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixth Report.) 


70 16°—17°—19° Februarii. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant 
February. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of an Account of the Sums paid out of the 
Consolidated Duties of Customs, under the Act 
59, Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the 
Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, in the year 1848, for the differ- 
ence of Rates and Charges due to Corporations, 
Companies, or Individuals, for Foreign Vessels, 
wih, under Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, 
are admitted into the Ports of the United Kingdom 
at the same Rates of Charge as British Vessels ; 
specifying each of the several Rates, on what Ac- 
count the same was paid, whether for Light Dues, 
Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandise, Pilot- 
age, or otherwise ; also, the Total Amount (under 
the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to each Corporation, 
Company, or Individual, in each year, up to the 
31st day of December 1848 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 195, of last Session). 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 19° die Februari ; 
Anno 12° Victorize Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

Mt Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 

the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,— Resolutions of the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Pension. 

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

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerationsand Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and of the East India Company, 
in 1848. : 

Particulars of all Compensations, Superannua- 





tions and Allowances, granted by the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, and con- | 
firmed by the Board of Commissioners for the | 
Affairs of India, between the 1st January and 31st | 
December 1848, under the Authority of the Act of | 
the 3d and 4th Will. 4. c. 85, s. 7:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Brown, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return 
by the Chief Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy 
of the Total Amount of all Fees received by or 
accounted for to him, under the provisions of the 
Statutes 5 and 6 Vic. c. 122, s. 91, and of 7 and 8 
Vic. c. 96, s. 50, and 10 and 11 Vic. c. 102, 8, 3, 
and of the Payment of such Fees to the Bank of 
England, certified by the Accountant in Bankruptcy, 
as required by the Statute secondly above-men- 
tioned, from the Ist day of January to the 31st 
day of December 1848, both inclusive :—And then | 
he withdrew. 

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





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Comunitton| 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 


A. 1849. 


Petitions presented upon the 16th day of this instant 
February ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mitteeon Standing Orders, to whom were referred the Orders 
Edinburghand Northern Railway Bills (A.) (B.)(C.), {becial 
and also a Petition of the Proprietors of Hal- — 
beath Railway and Townhill Railway, and a Peti- 
tion of Lessees of the Halbeath Colliery, and Hal- 
beath Railway, alleging that the said Bills are for 
one and the same object, and are in evasion of the 
Standing Orders of the House, and who were in- 
structed to report the circumstances under which 
the said Bills have been introduced to this House, 
and whether they were such as to be in violation of 
the spirits of its Orders ; and, if so, whether the 
parties should or should not be allowed to proceed 
with the said Bills, or any of them ; That they had 
examined the matters to them referred, and had 
agreed to the following Report: 

That it appears to this Committee that the Edin- 
burgh and Northern Railway Bills (A.) (B.) and (C.) 
are for one and the same Tot, and that the pre- 
sentation of them is a violation in spirit of Stand- 
ing Order, No. 39. The Committee consider it of 
great importance that the Standing Order in ques- 
ticn should be generally observed, not only in the 
letter but in the spirit; after full investigation, 
however, of all the circumstances of the present 
case, the Committee, being satisfied that the parties 
promoting the Bills were not actuated by motives of 
an unfair character, have been induced to recom- 
mend that they should be permitted to proceed with 
one of the said Bills, viz.; Bill (A.), which is to 
enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Com- 
pany to vary their Dunfermline Branch, so as to 
pass under the Townhill and Halbeath Tramways. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, us follow: 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Division of Division of the 


the Living of Richmond and Kingston-upon- Thames hr | “a 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Kingeton- 
with; That the parties be permitted to proceed with upon-Thames 
their Bill, provided the same be presented not later Bill 

than three clear days after the presentation of this 

Report. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway Bills (A.)(B.)(C.) Petition for vet, 
extending the time for the Second Reading of the (A) (B) (C.) 
Bills, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with in regard to Bill (A.) only ; That the time for 
the Second Reading of the said Bill be extended to 
Tuesday the 20th instant. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the York, New- York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Aln-¢stle ~~ 
mouth New Branches, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing vay (Barmoee 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the parties and Alnmouth 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided ev ae 
the same be presented not later than three clear a: 
days after the presentation of this Report. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin Dublin 
Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders ought E=prove™ 
to be dispensed with; That the parties be permitted ~ * 
to proceed with their Bill, on inserting amended 
notices once in the Dublin Gazette, and for three 
successive weeks in one and the same Newspaper, 
published in Dublin; That the parties do in the 
first place produce before the Committee on the Bill 
a certificate from the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills, that the said Orders have been com- 
plied with ; and that the said Committee do report 
the production of such certificate to the House, on 
the Repert of the Bill. 


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5. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin Cor- 





— tion ration Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders 
Waterworks oucht to be dispensed with; That the parties be 
wi permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 
painburgh 6. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow and Glasgow Railway, and Wilsontown, Morning- 
Railway and s5Je and Coltness Railway Amalgamation Petition, 
Eomedie the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
and Coltness. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Railway Amel. Bill, provided the same be presented not later than 
gunation” three clear days after the presentation of this Re- 
ort. 
London and : 7. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondonand 
Blackwall Blackwall Railway (Amendment and Extension 


nnn, of Time) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
and Extension dispensed with; That the parties be permitted to 
of Time) Bill. »roceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in 
respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
way (Barmoor York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Barmoor 
and Alnmouth and Alnmouth New Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, which was 
NewBranches, this day made from the Select Committee on Stand- 
&amp;e.) Bill. ing Orders, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
way Company to make certain Branches in the 
Counties of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, and for other Purposes: And that Mr. Hudson, 
Mr. Matthew Bell and Mr. Smythe do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 


Division of The House was moved, That the Report in 
the Living of respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Di- 
Richmond and vision of the Living of Richmond and Kingston- 


ie Tecmes nae Sey Bill, which was this day made from 
Bill. the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might 


be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making the Parish of Richmond, in the county 
of Surrey, a distinct Vicarage by dividing the Vicar- 
age of Kingston-upon- Thames and Sheen, otherwise 
Richmond, into two separate Vicarages, and for 
providing a Stipend and Residence for the Vicar of 
Richmond aforesaid, and for extinguishing the 
Vicarial Tithes in the parish of Richmond, and for 
other purposes relating to such Vicarage: And that 
Mr. King and Mr. Alcock do prepare, and bring 


it in, 


Dublin The House was moved, That the Report in 
juprovement respect of the Petition for leave to bring jin the 
Dublin Improvement Bill, which was this day made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might 

be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
‘for the Improvement of the Borough of Dublin : 
And that Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Timothy O’ Brien and 
Mr. Maurice O'Connell do prepare, and bring 

it in. 


Dublin The House was moved, That the Report in 
— respect of the Petition for leave to bring in the 
Bil, Dublin Corporation Waterworks Bill, which was this 


day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Corporation of Dublin to provide a 
contmuous supply of Water delivered at high 
pressure for the use of the Inhabitants of Dublin: 
And that Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Timothy O’ Brien and 
Mr. Maurice O’ Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 
VoL. 104, 





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71 


The Argyll Canal (Abandonment of Undertaking, Argyll Canal 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. ewer - 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- gertaking, 


mittee of Selection. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Markets and Im- Ashton-under- 
provement Acts Extension and Amendment, and —— 
Transference of Gas and Waterworks and other Improvement 
Property to the Corporation Bill was read a second Acts Exten- 
time ; and committed. penne ~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


2 . and Trans- 
mittee of Selection. ference of Gas 


and Water- 
works and other Property 
to the Corporation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Birmingham 
Reading of the Birmingham Borough (Exemption Boroush (Ex- 
from County Rates) Bill; County Rates) 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. _ Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Cockermonth and Workington Railway (Branch Cockermouth 
to Bridgefoot, Amendment of Act, and Power to #4 Working- 
¢ - ‘ ton Railway 
lease to Whitehaven Junction Railway Company) (Branch to 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Bridgefoot, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


prey 
, ; f Act, 
mittee of Selection. bnew 


Power to lease 
to Whitehaven Junction 
Railway Company) Bill. 

The Darlington Gas and Water Company Bill Darlington 
was read a second time; and committed. —_ oeny Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- y 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the East Indian Railway Com- East Indian 


any (for making and maintaining one or more Railway Com- 
I ; ‘ ; . “ ‘ pany (for 
ailways in the Kast Indies) Incorporation Bill be maxing ana 
read a second time To-morrow. maintaining 
one or more 


Railways in the East In- 
dies) Incorporation Bill. 


The East Lothian Central Railway (Abandon- East Lothian 


ment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Com- pias 
pany) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. donment of the 


rdered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway and 
mittee of Selection. tee Canment) 
Bill. 

The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Forma- Edinburgh 
tion of Slip Quay and other Works at Granton, —— 
Extension of Station at Edinburgh, Regulation of Ghermation of 
Perth Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill was Slip Quay and 
read a second time ; and committed. preety 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- rxtension of 


mittee of Selection. Station at 
Edinburgh, 
Regulation of Perth Stations and 
Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


The Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Holme Reser- 
Amendment of Act) Bill was read a second time ; bs c oe 
and committed. Annies 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- of Act) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Kidderminster Union Small Tenements Rating Kidderminster 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. oe 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Rating Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lincolnshire South Holland Drainage Im- Lincolnshire 
provement Bill was read a second time ; and com- rhe 
mitted. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Macclesfield Borough Waterworks, Markets, Macclesfield 
&amp;c. Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ee . 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Markets, &amp;c. 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincovnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Consolidation and Amendment of Acts) Bill Sheffield and 
was read a second time; and committed. Railway (Con- 

K 4 Ordered, 











72 
solidation and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Amendment of mittee of Selection. 

Acts) Bill. 

The Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of 
Drainage Rates and Repair of Roads) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Marshland 
Smeeth and 
Fen (Equaliza- 
tion of Drain- 
age Rates and 
Repair of 
Roads) Bill. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
Improve- 
ments Bill. 


The North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ransonmoor 
or Doddington 
Fifth District 
Drainage Act 
Amendment 
(to amend and 
extend the 
Powers, to 
annex other 
Lands, to 
borrow Money, and to levy 
Rates or Taxes) Bill. 


Renfrewshire The Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Courts Bill 

Justice of was read a second time ; and committed. 

ae ae Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ransonmeor or Doddington Fifth District 
Drainage Act Amendment (to amend and extend 
the Powers, to annex other Lands, to borrow Money, 
and to levy Rates or Taxes) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Saint Alban’s 


The Saint Alban’s Rates Bill was read a second 
Rates Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment, Branches 
and Devia- 
tions Bill. 


The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts 
Amendment, Branches and Deviations Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 


Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
Railway (for W2Y (for Branches to the River Dee; Agreement 
Branches to for Joint Station at Shrewsbury ; Power to subscribe 
the River Dee; towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) 


Agreement for p: : ss 
Sten Stetten Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


at Shrewsbury; Power to subscribe 
towards the Shrewsbury and Here- 
ford Railway) Bill. 


Southampton 
Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That the Southampton Small Tenements 
Rating Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


f Mr. Mackinnon, \ ¢, 
| Mr. Compton: a: 
- ( Mr. Cockburn, } ' 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Wilcox : 106. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon this day six months. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


Staffordshire 

Potteries 

Waterworks 

(Extension 

and Amend- 

ment of Act) 
il. 


The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks (Exten- 
sion and Amendment of Act) Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


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A. 1849. 


The Stockton and Darlington Railway (Alteration Stockton ag 
of Line in Eaglescliffe and Stockton-on-Tees) Bill Darlington 
was read a second time; and committed. ration of Line 

O~dered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- in Eaglesciig, 
mittee of Selection. and Stockton, 

on-Tees) Bil} 


The Stockton and Darlington Railway (Lease of Stockton anj 
Line to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Railwa 
Company, and Amalgamation of the Two Under- (Lease of Lin 
takings) Bill was read a second time; and com- 10 the York, 
mitted. Boric aa 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Com 
mittee of Selection. and A 

mation of the 
ae 
gs 

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (Consoli- Stockton anj 
dation of Acts, Increase of Capital, and Purchase of Darlingies 
the Middlesbrough Dock) Bill was read a second oclideuear 
time ; and committed. Acts, Increay 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pe ses 
mittee of Selection. i 


The York and North Midland Railway (Devia- York and 
tion and Abandonment of Part of the authorized pete 
Lines of Railway between Market Weighton and viation ad 
Beverley, and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster) Bill Abandonmay 
was read a second time; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Lines of Rai: 
mittee of Selection. way between 

Market 
Weighton and Beverley, and Cop- 
manthorpe and Tadcaster) Bill. 

A Petition of the There-undersigned, unanimously Clergy. 
adopted at a public meeting held in West Orchard 
Chapel, Coventry, praying for the repeal of the laws 
which prevent an ordained clergyman of the Church 
of England voluntarily seceding from that Church, 
from officiating as a Dissenting minister, was pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- HabeasCorpus 
habitants of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the Suspension 
borough of Mary-le-bone, stating that they have Ce 
heard, with feelings of alarm that a Bill for the ~ 
further suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in 
Ireland, to continue in operation for six months 
after the expiration of the present Act, has passed a 
second time through the House, complaining of the 
demand of Her Majesty’s Ministers for an addi- 
tional advance of money for the mitigation of Zrish 
we Hom and recommending to the attention of 
the House the propriety of refusing to vote any fur- 
ther sums of money out of the British Exchequer 
for that purpose, seeing that its coffers can be re- 
plenished only by the industrious classes of Eng- 
land, also stating that Ireland requires neither a 
suspended constitution, coercion Bill,nor charity, but 
simply a proper application of her great resources, 
and a good and wise government to superintend and 
protect them ; and that should the House feel itself 
unequal to such a course, then that they will forth- 
with cease to administer the affairs of Ireland 
altogether, and allow the people of that country to 
possess the government of themselves, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Two Petitions from Coventry, praying the House War. 
to negotiate treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, bind- 
ing the parties, for the future, to refer their misun- 
derstandings to the decision of arbitrators,—were 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Naval Fore 
Returns of the British Naval Force in the River (Bivet Pl 
Plate, on the 1st day of July and the 1st day ~ 
of January of each year, from July 1843 to January 
1849, both inclusive; containing the Names and 

Descriptions 














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Evicted 
Destitute Poor 
(Ireland) Act. 


Town of Ennis. 


Cavan Union, 
&amp;e. 


Ejectments 
(Ireland. ) 


Leave of 


nee, 


12 VicTorizZ. 


Descriptions of the Vessels, with their Complement 
of Guns, and the Number of their Crews, including 
the Marines Afloat or on Shore :—Of the Number 
of British Troops landed at Montevideo between 
the 1st day of July 1845 and the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1847 :—And, of the Number and Descrip- 
tions of the Argentine Vessels of War seized by 
the British and French Squadrons in 1845 and 
1846; specifying such as are still detained, and dis- 
tinguishing such as have been, or are still employed 
under the British and French flags respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Notices served upon Relieving Offi- 


19° Februarie. 





cers of Poor Law Districts in Ireland, by Land- 
owners and others, under the Act of last Session, 
11 and 12 Vic. c. 47, intituled, An Act for the Pro- 
tection and Relief of the Destitute Poor evicted from 
their Dwellings. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Reports made to the Commissioners 
of the Board of Works in Jreland on the Practicabi- 
lity of rendering the Town of Ennis, in the County 
of Clare, a Sea-port ; together with an Estimate of 
the Cost of Works for such purpose, and the pro- 
bable Amount of Time requisite for their Com- 
pletion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Letters from the Vice-Guardians of the 
Cavan Union to the Poor Law Commissioners, re- 
lative to their Travelling Expenses, in February and 
May 1848 ; and Answers :—Of Sealed Orders from 
the Poor Law Commissioners, dated the 8th day of 
June 1848, authorizing them to charge £2. 10s. 
weekly for Travelling Expenses to each of the 
Unions of Cavan and Cootehill :—Of Memorial of 
the Rate-payers of the Kilnaleck Electoral Divi- 
sion, addressed to the Poor Law Commissieners, in 
August 1848 :—Of Captain Hotham’s Report to the 
Poor Law Commissioners of an Investigation held 
by him on the 2d day of October 1848, and follow- 
ing days :—Of Letter from the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to William Smith, Drumkeel, dated the 5th 
day of December 1848 :—Of Mr. Charles Sharman 
Crawford’s Report to the Poor Law Commissioners 
of an Inquiry held by him at the Cavan Workhouse, 
on the 15th and 16th days of December 1848, and 
Letter to Mr. Smith thereon :—Of Letter from Poot 
Law Commissioners to Lord Farnham, dated the 
20th day of January 1849 :—And, Weekly Return 
of the Number of Paupers ia the Cavan Work- 
house, and on the Lists of Out-door Relief in the 
Cavan Union, from the 1st day of December 1847 
till the 1st day of December 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Com- 
mon Pleas and Exchequer, in Jreland, of the Num- 
ber of Ejectments brought in those Courts respec- 
tively, for the last Three years, beginning with Hi- 
lary Term 1846, and ending with Hilary Term 1849, 
both included ; specifying the Number in each Term 
and Year, and the Conniien in which they have 
been brought, and the Number of Persons served in 
each Ejectment, according to the Affidavits of Ser- 
vice, distinguishing the Number brought for Non- 
— of Rent, and the Number brought for Over- 

olding :—And, from the Assistant Barristers’ 
Court of each County in Jreland, of the Number of 
Civil Bill Ejectments entered in each of such Courts 
for a similar period, together with the Number of 
the Defendants in each Civil Bill Ejectment, and 
distinguishing the Number sued for Non-payment of 
Rent, and the Number for Overholding, and the 
Number for Desertion. 


Ordered, That Mr. Keogh have leave of Absence 
for a month, on urgent business. 
VoL. 104. 











73 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy ofa Letter from the Poor Law Com- 
missioners in Jreland to the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, dated the 31st day of Ja- 
nuary 1849, with Reference to the Restoration of 
Elected Boards of Guardians in certain Unions in 
Ireland. 

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


Admiralty, in September 1848, relative to a Con- 
tract for supplying Her Majesty’s several Dock- 
yards with Stone Ground or Plate Glass :—Of the 
Form of the Tender, and the Conditions of the Con- 
tract :—Of the Tenders received, and of the Letters 
with which they were accompanied, according to 
the Terms of the Advertisement :—Of the Replies 
sent by the Admiralty to the Parties who tendered : 
—Of the Contract or Contracts entered into, with 
the Names of the Parties and their Sureties :—Of 
the Contract or Contracts under which the Dock- 
yards had been previously supplied, with the Date 
or Dates when entered into;—And, Return of the 
Quantity of Stone Ground or Plate Glass with 
which the Dock-yards were supplied during the 
year 1848; distinguishing the Sizes, accordirg to 
the form in which the Tenders were required to be 
given by the Advertisement of September 1848, and 
the Quantities of each Size, with the Prices charged 


for them. 


Service Companies of the 66th Regiment, when 
they arrived at Barbadoes :—Of the Names of all 
Officers who accompanied the Service Companies 
to Barbadoes, their Period of Service in the Army, 
at this Date:—And, of the Number of Rank and 
File, together with Number of Officers attacked by 
Illness since their Arrival, and Number of Deaths 
and Recoveries ; specifying the Names of the Offi- 
cers, up to this Date. 


— for the Relief and Maintenance of the 
oor, the Rate per Pound on the Value of Rated 
Property of such Expenditure, the Total Number of 
Paupers relieved, including casual Poor, the Pro- 
portion per cent. to the Population of the Persons 
relieved, and the Rate per head of the Expenditure 
on the, Total Number of Paupers relieved for Eng- 








land and Ireland, for the year ending the 25th day 
of March 1848, and for Scotland, for the year end- 
ing the 14th day of May 1848 (being a continuation 
of No. 681, of Session 1848). 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid beforethis House, 
a Return of the Expenses at each of the Depdts or 
other Establishments for the reception of Emigrants, 
during the years 1847 and 1848 respectively ; dis- 
tinguishing in each case whether the Payments are 
made from Imperial or Colonial Funds, and de- 
fining: 1. The Amount paid for Rent of each De- 
pot and the Name of the Owner :—2. Cost per head 
of each Emigrant for Depot Expenses ; specifying 
the Charge for Lodging and Rations :—3. Cost of 
Bedding and Utensils for each Emigrant, by whom 
supplied, and whether by Public or Private Con- 
tract:—4. Expense of Establishments of Naval 


Agents at London and Plymouth respectively, with 





L tne 


Resolved, That an humble Address be ec Dente of 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, stone Ground 
Cupies of the Advertisement issued by the Board of oF Plate Glass 


Navy.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army 
Returns of the Strength, in Rank and File, of the @arbadoes.y 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ population, 
Return showing the Population, the Annual Value Poor's Rate, 
of Property rated to the Poor’s Rates, the Ex- *- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented pmigration. 





74 


the Number of Clerks and the Amount paid to each : 
also any Additional Sums paid for other and what 
Superintendence at the aforesaid Depéts:—5. The 
Amount paid to each Selecting Agent in Great 
Britain and Ireland, and at what Per-centage :— 
6. The Amount per head for the Conveyance of 
Emigrants to the Depdts at London or Plymouth ; 
and the Commission paid to Agents for Shipping 
Emigrants at the Outports of Great Britain or 
Ireland on their way to the said Depots :-—7. Ave- 
rage Amount paid as per Contract for the Convey- 
ance of Emigrants to each of the Australian Colo- 
nies, per statute adult :—8. Charge, if any, stating 
the several items and the Amount borne by each of 
the Australian Colonies for the Maintenance of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ 
Department. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Copy of Tenth Report of the General 
Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, to the 


Prisons 
(Scotland. ) 


19°—20° Februarii. 





Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, one of | 
Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State, of | 
their Proceedings under the Acts 2 and 3 Vic. c, 42, | 
and 7 and 8 Vic. c. 34. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to | 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of | 
Directions and Regulations issued by the Com- | 
missioners of Health, Zreland, for the Prevention of | 
Epidemic and Contagious Diseases. 

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


Nuisances 

and Conta- 
gious Diseases 
(Ireland). 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant 
February, for Copy of any Communication from the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Earl Grey, on 
the subject of the Rank of Persons described as 
Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, 
to which Communication the Earl Grey adverted in 
his Cireular Despatch of the 20th day of November 
1847. 

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


Roman Catho- 
lic Prelates 
(Treland.) 


HabeasCorpus ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Suspension Reading of the Bill to continue, for a limited Time, 
(Ireland) Bill. an Act of the last Session, for empowering the Lord 
Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors 
of Ireland, to apprehend or detain such Persons as 
he or they shall suspect of conspiring against Her 
Majesty’s Person and Government ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
‘* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words ‘‘ upon this day six months,” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now’ stand part of the Question. 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Tufnell, lia 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: - 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, 23 
Noes, (Mr. Feargus O’ Connor: } ve 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in page 2.1. 8., by leaving out the word “ Sep- 
“ tember,” and inserting the word “ June” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ September” stand part of the Bill; 


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The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


A. 1849. 

Mr. Tufnell, 

Lord Marcus Hill: | 
Lord Nugent, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Colonel Thompson: f 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Title be, An Act to continue, until the 
First day of September One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-nine, an Act of the last Session, for empow- 
ering the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or 
Governors of Jreland, to apprehend and detain such 
Persons as he or they shall suspect of conspiring 
against Her Majesty’s Person and Government ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“and also to suppress the expression of Public 
‘¢ Opinion in that country.” 

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

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to continue, 
until the first day of September One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-nine, an Act of the last Session, 
for empowering the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 
Governor or Governors of Jre/and, to apprehend 
and detain such Persons as he or they shall suspect 
of conspiring against Her Majesty's Person and 
Government. 

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


166. 


11. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Parliamentary 
osed, That this House will, immediately, resolve 94th. 
itself into a Committee on the Oaths to be taken by 
Members of the two Houses of Parliament ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn, 
Then the Main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Mr. Tufnell, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, eae —, Hill: j 
Mr. Law, hin 
Mr. Plumptre : : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


214. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
expedient to alter the Oaths required to be taken by 
the subjects of Her Majesty not professing the Ro- 
man Catholic Religion, as qualifications for sitting 
and voting in Parliament, and to make provision in 
respect of the said Oaths for the Relief of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects professing the Jewish Religion. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

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





Martis, 20° die Februarii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in 








Buckingham 
Summer 
Assizes Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Army, 


Drainage 
dd.) 


(Irelan 








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in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the Act of the twenty-first year of George 
the Second, for holding the Summer Assizes at 
Buckingham, and to authorize the Appointment of 
amore convenient Place for holding the same: And 
that Mr. Du Pré, Mr. Compton Cavendish, and Mr. 
Disraeli do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present state of the Inland 
Fisheries and Navigation of Ireland, and the ob- 
structions which hinder the enjoyment of the same ; 
and the best means of removing such obstructions, 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Anstey, Sir 
William Somerville, The O’ Gorman Mahon, Sir 
Henry Winston Barron, Mr, Stafford, Mr. Fagan, 
Mr. O'Flaherty, Sir Percy Nugent, Mr. Monsell, 
Mr, Alderman Humphery, Mr. Bourke, Mr. Scully, 
Mr. Richard Fox, Mr. Grogan, and Mr. Ormsby 
Gore (Sligo); with Power to send for papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Nominal Return of all Officers at present serving 
on the Staff of the Army on Home or on Foreign 
Service in the capacity of General Officers or 
Colonels on the Staff; where employed, and Date of 
their Several Appointments, stating also the Period 
they had previously held Appointments on the Staff, 
and nature of them, where employed, and Date of 
each such Person’s Appointment; specifying whether 
borne on the strength of Regiments, whilst holding 
Staff Appointments, and in what Regimental Rank ; 
if promoted regimentally while so employed, and 
if so, stating whether with or without Purchase ; or if 
promoted by Brevet, stating whether on Half-Pay 
at the period of such Promotion, and specifying 
each step of Brevet Rank so conferred, as well as 
each step of Unattached Rank, in addition to such 
Brevet Promotion, whilst holding Appointments on 
the Staff; also, distinguishing the Regimental Rank 
held by such Officer upon being promoted to the 
Rank of General Officer, and if on Half-pay at the 
— of attaining such Rank, stating whether by 

eduction or by the preference of Exchange, and 
showing what time on Half-pay, as well as what 
period they served with their Regiments, and held 
permanent Command of themas Lieutenant Colonels: 
—And, a Return of all Officers appointed to the 
Colonelcies of Regiments, from January 1827 to 
March 1848, specifying the period they served as 
Regimental Officers, and in what Rank, and for 
what period of time, showing whether in the Guards 
or the Line ; also, showing the whole period of their 
Employment on the Staff, previous to, and with the 
Rank of General Officers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the different Works of Drainage in Jre- 
land, whether finished or in Progress, and of those 
for the Survey of which private Individuals have 
given Subscriptions, whether commenced or not, 
with the Estimates, if any have been made :—And, 
of the different Drainage Works in Jre/and in pro- 
gress, specifying the Sums originally estimated for 
them in the Printed Reports sanctioned by the 
Board of Works, and the Sums hitherto expended 
on each Work, with the further Sums necessary for 
their completion. 

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Februari. 75 


Ordered, That leave be given to — in a Bill to Commons _ 
authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursu- closure Bill 
ance of the Fourth Annual General Report of the 
Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales : 

And that Mr, Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be. given to bring in a Bill to Vice Guard- 
amend the Laws relating to the Appointment of ians of Unions 
Vice-Guardians of Unions in dolanl : And that (land) Bill. 
Sir William Somerville and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton Poor Law 
be discharged from any further attendance on the (Ireland. ) 
Select Committee on Poor Laws (Jreland). 

Ordered, That Mr. Napier be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Paymaster 
Accounts of the Saving effected by the Consolidation —— 
of the Offices of the Paymaster-General, Paymaster ~ “? ““ 
of Civil Services, and Paymasters of Exchequer 
Bills; distinguishing the Amount of Salary from 
every other Source :—And, of the Number of Clerks 
promoted into superior Classes since the 17th day 
of August 1848. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Fees (Courts 
to inquire into and report to the House on the Tax- of Law, &amp;c.) 
ation of Suitors in the Courts of Law and Equity 
by the Collection of Fees, and the Amount thereof, 
and the mode of Collection, and the Appropriation 
of Fees in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in 
all inferior Courts, and in the Courts of Special and 
General Sessions in England and Wales, and in the 
Ecclesiastical Courts and Courts of Admiralty ; and 
as to the Salaries and Fees received by the Officers 
of those Courts, and whether any and what means 
could be adopted with a view of superintending 
and regulating the Collection and Appropriation 
thereof. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Offences 
for the more speedy Trial and Punishment of Of- (Ireland) Bill 
fences in Ireland: And that Sir Henry Winston 
Barron and Colonel Dunne do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Stand- Kitchen and 
ing Committee on the Kitchen and Refreshment Refreshment 
Rooms (House of Commons), to inquire into the hy seh ney 
present position of the Ticket-porters of the House. 


Ordered, That the Corrected Alphabetical List Controverted 
of Members to serve on Election Committees be Elections. 
referred to the General Committee of Elections. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the Fund 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine : aca 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered No 44 
to be read a second time this day ; and to be printed. = 


Sir Henry Winston Barron presented a Bill for Offences 
the more speedy ‘I'rial and Punishment of Offences (teland) Bill. 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time; No. 45. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 28th day of this instant February; and to 
be printed. 





Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize the Commons 
Inclosure of certain Lands, in_ pursuance of the Mclosure Bill. 
Fourth Annual Generai Report of the Inclosure Noe. 46. 
Commissioners for England and Wales: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize an Ad- Relief of 
vance of Money for the Relief of certain distressed Distress 


Poor Law Unions in Jreland: And the same was (ireland) Bill. 
L2 read No, 47. 

















76 19°-—20° 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next, and to be printed. 


Buckingham § Mr. Du Pré presented a Bill to repeal the Act of 
ye the Fy ose year of George the Second, for hold- 
ing the Summer Assizes at Buckingham, and to 
No. 48. authorize the Appointment of a more convenient 
Place for holding the same: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday the 27th day of this instant 

February; and to be printed. 


Vice Guard- Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 

ians of Unions the Laws relating to the Appointment of Vice- 
ocr da Guardians of Unions in Jreland: And the same 
No.49. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Spirits. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 
Ireland, respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt, from a mixture of Malt and 
anata Grain, and from a mixture of Sugar or 
Molasses with Unmalted Grain, or from Sugar or 
from Molasses ; showing, also, the Total Quantity 
of each sort in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1849:—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the sorts) on which Duty was paid for Home Con- 
sumption in each of the three Kingdoms, with the 
Rate per Gallon and the Amount of such Duty ; 
also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1849 :—Showing, under separate Heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguish- 
ing the materials from which made, imported into 
each Kingdom from each of the others respectively ; 
stating also the Rate per Gallon, and the Total 
Amount thereof in each case, and what portion of 
such Duty was paid on Removal of the Spirits from 
Bond, and what after their Arrival at the place of 
Destination, for the year ending the Sth day of 
January 1849 :—Of the Total Number of Gallons 
of Proof Spirits permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks 
in England, and the Total Number of Proof Gallons 
of British Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted 
out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England for Home Con- 
sumption ; also the Total Quantity of Proof Gallons 
of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1849:—Of the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, Scot- 
land and Ireland ; distinguishing the Quantities in 
each Country delivered Duty-paid direct from Dis- 
tillers’ Stocks from the Quantities put into Bond, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1849 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 217, 
of Session 1848) :—And, of the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of British Compounds and Spirits of 
Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to Foreign 
Ports under Drawback, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1849. 


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








Martis, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 


York, New- R. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling 
og mel the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
(Barmoor aa Company to make certain Branches in the Coun- 
Alnmouth New ties of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
en &amp;c.) and for other Purposes: And the same was read 


3B ; 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Februariz. A. 1849. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- London ang 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Zon- ar pati 
don and Blackwall Railway (Amendment and ( Amentnms 
Extension of Time) Bill, which was yesterday made and Extension 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, Time) Bij, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to extend the Time for the , eo at of Lands re- 
quired for the widening of the London and Black- 
wall Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to 
such Railway: And that Mr. Alcock and Mr. Man- 
gles do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time the Caledo- Caledonian 
nian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways (Lease 24 Edinburg, 
of Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junc- ate 
tion, and the Dundee and Arbroath, and the Dun- (Lease of Dun 
dee and Newtyle Railways) Bill, was read; and 4 and Perth 
discharged. ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. tion, and ther 


Dundee and 
Arbroath, and the Dunde 
and Newtyle Railways) Bill, 


The Order for reading a second time the Cale- Caledonian ' 
donian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways 204Edinburgh 
(Lease of Scottish Midland Junction Railway) Bill, pe ee ep 
was read ; and discharged. (Lease of Sot 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. tish Midland 

Junction Rail 
way) Bill. 

Ordered, That one of the Examiners of Petitions publin 
for Private Bills do examine if the Resolution of Improvement 
this House of the 19th day of this instant February, ®" 
in regard to the Dublin Improvement Biil, has 
been complied with; and if so, that the said Exa- 
miner do give a Certificate thereof to the Parties 
promoting the said Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Compton be discharged from standing 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Orders. 
Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henley be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Black Sluice Drainage Acts Black Sluice 
Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension of Drainage Acts 


Time for Completion of Works, Power to levy and U ee 


raise further Rates and Monies, to alter existing of Acts, Exten- 
Rates and Tolls, and for other Purposes) Bill, be sio” of Time 


read a second time To-morrow. pr gh se epi 


Power to levy and raise further Rates 
and Monies, to alter existing Rates and 
Tolls, and for other Purposes) Bill. 


The Caledonian Railway (Lease or Purchase of Caledonian 
the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 4!¥4y 
: . ‘ (Lease or Pur- 
way) Bill was read a second time; and committed. chase of the 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —— si 


mittee of Selection. Neilston Di- 


coat Railway) 
The Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Caledonian 

Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Bill was read a se- — = 

cond time ; and committed. Sf Wishaw 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Coltness 
mittee of Selection. Railway) Bil. 


The Congleton Inclosure Act Amendment Bill Congleton 
was read a second time; and committed. — os 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill, 


mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second East Indian 
Reading of the East Indian Railway Company (for Bail 
; Sere , . Company (for 

making and maintaining one or more Railways in making and 
the East Indies) Incorporation Bill; maintaining 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- nahn 

ys 

morrow. in the East 
Indies) Incor- 
poration Bill 

The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (A.) (Dun- Edinburgh 
fermline Branch Deviation in Dunfermline Parish, te 
and so as to pass under Townhill and Halbeath (Dunfermline 


Tramways ; 








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12 Vicroriz. 


pranch Devia- Tramways; Branches in connection with those 


tion in Duv- Tramways; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees of 
ee 0s Halbeath Colliery ; Increase of Capital and Amend- 


to pass under ment of Acts) Bill was read a second time; and 
Townhill and eommitted. 


nll Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Branches in mittee of Selection. 
connection 


with those Tramways ; Repeal of Agreement 
with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery ; Increase 
of Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Edinburgh The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Addi- 
and Northern tional Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bill was 
Retaitional ‘ reada second time; and committed. 

Capital and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
a Bill mittee of Selection: ' 

Glasgow, Kil- The Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Rail- 
marnock and way, and Ardrossan Harbour Acts Amendment Bill 
oer, on was read a second time; and committed. 

Ardrossan Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Harbour Acts mittee of Selection. 


Amendment 

Bill. 

Liverpool — The Order for reading a second time the Liver- 
4 _— pool Rates (Rating Dock Property) Bill, was read ; 
perty) Bil, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


London and The London and South Western Railway (Exten- 


= wen of Time for the Purchase of Lands and Com- 
(Extehsion of pletion of Works on the Basingstoke and Salisbury, 


Time forthe and Farnham and Alton Lines) Bill was read a se- 
eee cond time; and committed. 


Completion of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Workson the mittee of Selection. 
Basingstoke 

and Salisbury, and Farnham 

and Alton Lines) Bill. 


Reading, The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway 
——_ (Branch to London and South Western Railway) 
an 7 teed (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time and com- 
to London and mitted. 

South Western Qrydered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


ues ; Yon mittee of Selection. 





Shrewsbury The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
allway (for Reading of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Brancbesto. (for Branches to the River Dee, Agreement for 


20° Februari. 





77 


Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same Railway 

being read ; Ameigunation 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to authorize the transfer of the Wilsontown, Morn- 

ingside and Coltness Railway to, and to vest the 

same in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- 

pany : And that Mr. Cowan and Mr. John Benjamin 

Smith do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. King presented a Bill for making the Parish Division of 
of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, a dis- - Living of 
&gt; ° ‘or . : ichmond and 
tinct Vicarage, by dividing the Vicarage of Kings- Kingston- 
ton-upon-Thames and Sheen, otherwise IRichmond, upon-Thames 
into two separate Vicarages, and for providing a Bill. 
Stipend and Residence for the Vicar of Richmond 
aforesaid, and for extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes 
in the Parish of Richmond, and for other Purposes 
relating to such Vicarages: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Reynolds presented a Bill to enable the Cor- Dublin 
poration of Dublin to provide a continuous Supply a marae 
of Water delivered at High Pressure for the Use of — P 
the Inhabitants of Dublin: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Reynolds presented a Bill for the Improvement Dublin 
of the Borough of Dub/in: And the same was read Improvement 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. ~” 


A Petition of John Childs, of Bungay, in the giples. 
county of Suffolk, praying the House to take mea- 
sures for avoiding the patent of the Queen’s Printer, 
so far as extends to the printing Bibles for the pub- 
lic use, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Durham ;— Leicester (High Sheriff Clergy. 

and Chairman) ;— Trinity Chapel, Leather-lane, 
Holborn, (Pastor and Deacons) ;—- Bolton-le- Moors; 
— Little Bolton (Chairman) ;—and, Joseph Kirkman 
and others; praying for the repeal of those laws 
which prevent a clergyman voluntarily seceding 
from the Established Church from officiating as a 
Dissenting Minister,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, stating that he Cadogan 
has given attention to the subject of facilitating Williams. 





the River Dee, Joint Station at Shrewsbury, Power to subscribe 


Agreement for . eens 
sare Station towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) 


at Shrewsbury, Bill ; ; : 

Power tosub- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 

scribe towards morrow. 

the Shrews- 

bury and 

Hereford Rail- 

way) Bill. 

Universal The Universal Railway Casualty Compensation 

—- Company Bill was read a second time; and com- 
tyCom- 

pensation mitted. 

Company Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Vew- 
ick that castle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Lease and 
oo . Amalgamation) Bill was read a second time; and 
a aemee committed. 
arlisle Rail- = = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


way Le a.. . 
&gt; snarl mittee of Selection. 
tion) Bill. 
ame mae The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, and 
wick Railway, Maryport and Carlisle Railway (Lease and Amal- 
and Maryport gamation) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Carlisle mitted. 
ost Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Amalgama- mittee of Selection. 
tion) Bill. 
Edinburgh and The House was moved, That the Report i 

- IS ’ port in respect 
coe Bal of the Petition for leave to bring in the Edinburgh 
Wilsontown, nd Glasgow Railway and Wilsontown, Morningside 


orningside 
and Coltness 


and Coltness pee Amalgamation Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Vou. 104. 


Emigration, and begs to call the attention of the 
House to the circumstance, that the vessel that 
carries two hundred adult passengers carries great 
means of propulsion, and that he exhibited at Swan- 
sea, during the meeting of the British Association 
for the Advancement of Science, an apparatus by 
which such powers might be greatly increased ; and 
praying that the House will cause inquiry to be 
made how far such power would be applicable, to 
facilitate the great object of Emigration, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Laws (Jreland). 


A Petition of the Reverend Charles John Elliott Emigration. 
and other Inhabitants of Winkfield, in the county of 
Berks, praying that the House will take into their 
early consideration the amount of Pauperism, the 
increasing burden of the poor rates and the danger 
as well as misery arising from such suffering, and 
adopt such measures as will give encouragement 
to a more extended and systematic Emigration, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Andrews, Legacy Duties. 
praying the House to exempt from Legacy Duty, 
in future, all bequests to hospitals, infirmaries and 
other charitable institutions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eastbourne Union ;—Atherstone Mendicancy. 
Union ;—- Oundle Union ;—-and, Frome Union ; stating 
that the Petitioners view with alarm the serious 
increase of pauper tramping, and praying the House 
L3 to 





























George Bridge 
Mullens. 


Public Expen- 
diture, &amp;c. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Affirmation. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Railways. 


78 


to enact some stringent means for the prevention of 
the evil complained of,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman and the rest of the 
Jurymen, upon the trial of George Bridge Mullens, 
stating that the Petitioners found the said George 
Bridge Mullens guilty of felony, in conspiring 
against Her Majesty’s Government, but from cir- 
cumstances elicited on the trial of the prisoner, the | 
Petitioners unanimously recommended him tomercy ; 
that notwithstanding such recommendation the | 
prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life ; 
and praying that the House will comply with the | 
recommendation which accompanied their verdict | 
and the prayer of their Petition, and in mercy to the | 
prisoner, memorialize Her Majesty to extend Her 
clemency in a commutation of the prisoner’s sentence, | 
was presented, and read, and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. | 


Petitions from Dundee ;— and, Cupar-in-Fife 
(Chairman) ; praying the House to reduce the Pub- 
lic Expenditure, more especially in the Naval and 
Military Establishments, to put an end to the system 
of intermeddling in the affairs of Foreign states, 
and to diminish, as far as practicable, the burden of 
Taxation which is pressing so heavily on the industry 
of the people,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Ship-owners, Tradesmen and Arti- 
sans connected with the building and equipment of 
ships, Seamen and others belonging to the ports of 
Alloa and Kincardine, praying the House to reject 
the Government proposition for the repeal of the 
Navigation Laws, and in any amendment of those 
laws that may be deemed essential to the interest 
of general commerce and of the community, to 
adhere inviolably to those great principles on which 
they are based, which the Petitioners consider have 
under Providence been the chief means of elevating 
Great Britain to her present exalted rank in the 
scale of nations, and of securing to her people 
exemption from calamities and convulsions which 
have at various periods cesolated every other nation 
in Europe, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Augustus Johann Hoffstaedt ; — 
Commercial Travellers ;— Francis Wedgwood and 
Robert Brown ;—London;—and, Chatham and Ro- 
chester ; praying the House to pass an Act allowing 
a solemn affirmation to be substituted in lieu of 
an Oath,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting held in 
the Temperance Hall, Broadway, Westminster, pray- 
ing that the House will immediately proceed to such 
revision of the new Poor Laws as shall include, 
among other provisions for the benefit of the poor, 
such modes of out-door and home employment as 
may at once afford a maintenance for themselves 
and families, and operate as an incentive to personal 
independence and self-respect, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Union of Rathkeale Chairman ;— 
Ennis Poor Law Union poionty of Clare (Chair- 
Z] 


man) ;—Clonrush (Chairman) ;—Electoral Division 
of Mount-shannon ;— and, Poor Law Union of 
Scariff ; praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
freland,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 


20° Februariz. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Theale and North- Roman Cath, 





the Select Committee on Poor Laws (Ireland). | 


Petitions of the Midland Railway Company ; 
—and, Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
tion Railway Company; praying for such an al- 
teration of the law as shall render more just and | 
equal the local taxation upon Railway property, as 
imperatively necessary,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A. 1849. 


street, in the county of Berks, praying the House lic Clergy 


to refuse its sanction to any measure which may be 
proposed, having for its object the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Priesthood in Ire/and, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Secretary to the Committee of 
the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society ;—and, 
Cambridge; praying the House to address Her Ma- 


jesty to the intent that instructions may be forth- 


with given to the Principal Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, to demand from the Spanish and 
Brazilian Governments the liberation from Slavery 
of all Africans and their descendants, who have 
been illicitly and illegally introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, and in the event 
of their attempting to evade. the demand or to pro- 
crastinate its strict fulfilment, to notify to them 
that measures will be taken to exclude their produce 
from the British markets until such measures should 
be adopted for the suppression of the Slave Trade, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Holmes, of Leominster, in 
the county of Sussex, Gentleman, praying for 
amendment of the Law relative to Highways, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


(Treland.) 


Slave Trade, 


Highways, 


Petitions from the Literary and Scientific Institu- war. 


tion, John-street, Fitzroy-square (Chairman and Pre- 
sident);—and, Members of the Hereford Mechanics 
Institution; praying the House to promote the forma- 
tion between the British Government and other 
governments of the world respectively of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise be- 
tween them to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Sheffield, praying that the House 
will, in the present Session, be pleased to pass a law 
to repeal the tax on Windows and Lights, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Number and Force of Admiral 
Parker’s Squadron, and the Distribution of the 
Vessels comprising it, from the 30th day of June 
1847 to the 1st day of December 1848. 

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


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the General Controverted 


Windows. 


Navy. 


Committee of Elections; That they had selected Elections. 


the following six Members to be the Chairmen’s 
Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of Election Com- 
mittees for the present Session :—The Honourable 
Edward Pleydell Bouverie, William Deedes, Esquire, 
Edward Divett, Esquire, George Alexander Hamil- 
ton, Esquire, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, William 
Battie Wrightson, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid 
before this House, Returns of the Strength, in 
Rank and File, of the Service Companies of the 
66th Regiment when they arrived at Barhadoes :— 
Of the en of all Officers who accompanied the 
Service Companies to Barbadoes, the period of 
Service in the Army, at this Date :—And, of the 
Number of Rank and File, together with Number 
of Officers attacked by Illness since their Arrival, 
and Number of Deaths and Recoveries, specifying 
the Name of the Officers, up to this Date, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, 


Army 
( Barbadoes.) 





on™ et et 





. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Land 
Reclaimed 
(Ireland. ) 


Copper. 


Tin, 


Zine, 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 





12 Vicroriz. 20°—21° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names, Residences and Occupa- 
tions of the several Treasurers appointed by the 
Commissioners of the Treasury under the provi- 
sions of the Small Debts Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 95, 
with the several District Courts for which each 
Treasurer is appointed ; the Number of Days in 
which each Treasurer is engaged in the Duties of 
his Office, distinguishing the Time occupied from 
Home; the Number of Miles travelled in each 
Circuit; the Number of Circuits in the year, with 
an Account of any extra Journies on other business 
of the Court; the Salary paid to each Treasurer ; 
the Salary or Allowance to each Treasurer for a 
Clerk or iedemes ; and a separate Account of the 
Rate of Mileage, Daily Allowance or other travelling 
Expenses, allowed to each Treasurer for himself 
and for his Clerk. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, taken from the data furnished by the Re- 
vision of the Ordnance Survey of the County of 
Donegal, showing the Number of Acres of Land 
reclaimed since the first Publication of the Maps 
of that Survey, in each parish of that County, and 
the Number of Acres still unreclaimed in the same 
Parishes, as well as the Number of Acres in Culti- 
vation :— And, similar Return as to any other 
County, from information considered authentic by 
the Department of the Ordnance Survey of Jreland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing each Sort of Copper, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—Similar 
Returns of the Quantity exported :—Quantity of 
Copper exported from the Port of Zondon in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1849, distinguishing 
each Sort, and to what Country exported :—Similar 
Returns for the Port of Liverpool :—And, an Ac- 
count of all Copper Ore which has been imported 
into the United Kingdom, in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1849, showing the Quantity 
upon which Duty has been paid, the Countries 
from which the same has been imported, and the 
Per-centage Quantity of Metallic Copper contained 
in each Parcel of Ore upon which the Duty has 
been paid, together with the Rate of Amount of 
Duty received thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 348, of Session 1848.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing from what Countries imported : 
—And, a Similar Return of the Exports of Tin 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 343, 
of Session 1848). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Zinc and Zinc Ore imported and 
exported during the _ ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1849, and the Duty paid thereon (in cuntinu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 343, of Session 
1848). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Crown Soli- 
citors of the Irish Circuits and the Jrish Board of 
Public Works, or the Zrish Executive Government, 
from the year 1842, inclusive, on the subject of 
Offences against the Irish Fishery Laws, or the Pro- 
secution of such Offences :—Of Reports made to 
the said Board by Commissioners and Inspectors of 
Irish Fisheries, upon the same Subject, during the 
same Period:—And, a Return of the Number, 
Nature, Periods and Results of such Prosecutions, 
distinguishing those instituted at Quarter Sessions, 
at Assizes, and in the Queen’s Bench ; and specify- 
ing at whose Suit such Prosecutions were instituted ; 
VoL. 104. 


Februari. 


79 


and also the Costs and Expenses attending the 
same. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Railways, 


Return of all Appointments of Umpires made by 
the Board of Trade, or the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, in Questions of disputed Compensation be- 
tween Railway Companies and Land-owners and 
Claimants under the provisions of the Lands 
Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 and 9 Vic. c. 18), 
and the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act (8 and 9 
Vic. ce. 20), since the 8th day of May 1845; stating 
the Names, Professions and Residences of the 
Umpires, and distinguishing, in each case, whether 
the Application was made on the part of the Rail- 
way Company, or on the Application of the 
Claimants for Compensation. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Ceylon and 


proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, British 


to inquire into the grievances complained of in the 
Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, and 
to report to the House whether any measures can 
be adopted for the better Administration and Go- 
vernment of those Dependencies ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words, 
“‘ whereby they may be rendered more capable of 
“ meeting the difficulties of the transition from a 
system of protection to that competition in the 
British Market with the produce of Foreign 
“« States, to which Parliament has determined that 
“ they should be exposed in accordance with the 
“€ general commercial policy which it has deliber- 
“ ately adopted.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added ; 


nan «4 
xn nN On 


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


Mercurii, 21° die Februarii, 1849: 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the grievances complained of in the 
Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, in 
connection with the Administration and Government 
of those Dependencies, and to report their Opinion 
whether any measures can be adopted for the 
redress of any grievances, of which there may be 
shown just reason to complain; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 
“and also whether any measures can be adopted 
“ for the better Administration and Government of 
** those Dependencies.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the grievances complained of in the 
Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, in 
connection with the Administration and Govern- 
ment of those Dependencies, and to report their 
Opinion whether any measures can be adopted for 
the redress of any grievances, of which there may 
be shown just reason to complain ; and also, whether 
any measures can be adopted for the better Admi- 
nistration and Government of those Dependencies. 


Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill Life Policies 
tc make Life Policies of Assurance assignable at of Assurance 


Law, and to make other Provisions in respect there- 
of: And that Mr. William Faganand Mr. Mullings 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Guiana. 


Ordered, That leave be given to briig in a Bill affirmation 
to enable Persons who refuse, on Religious Grounds, Bill. 
L 4 to 

















Steam Com- 
munication 
with the 
Australian 
Colonies, &amp;c. 


Lighthouses 
(Colonies). 


Slave Trade. 


Overseers 
(Cities and 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


80 


to be sworn, to substitute an Affirmation for an 
Oath: And that Mr. Wood, Sir Edward Buxton 
and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide a more effectual Deeiation and Control 
over the Maintenance of Poor Persons in Houses 
not being the Workhouses of any Union or Parish : 
And that Mr. Baines and Viscount Ebrington do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of any Proposals received by the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty, in the course of the year 
1848, in Reply to Advertisements issued by them, 
inviting Tenders for the Establishment of Commu- 
nication by Steam Navigation with the Australian 
Colonies :—Of any Charter of Incorporation or Let- 
ters Patent granted to any Person or Persons for 
the purpose of forming a Company, to be called 
“ The Sndia and Australia Mail Steam Packet 
Company ;” together with any Certificate or In- 
dorsement of the Board of Trade, showing the Ful- 
filment of the Conditions of the said Charter, in re- 
spect of any Deed of Association to be entered into 
by such Company :—Of any Tender or Proposal 
made by any Rane or Persons under the said De- 
signation, or on behalf of the said Company, for 
conveying Her Majesty’s Mails between England 
and Alexandria, with the Decision of the Board of 
Admiralty thereon :—And, of any Correspondence 
between the Boards of Admiralty and Treasury, or 
between those Boards and the said Company, rela- 
tive thereto :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report of Captain Bayfield, :.N., on the Ne- 
cessity of erecting a Lighthouse on Cape Pine, Vew- 
foundland, and Statement of the Measures that have 
been adopted by the Government in consequence : 
—Statement of the Progress made in the Erection 
of the Lighthouse on the Island of Barbadoes, for 
which the Assembly of Barbadoes has voted Mo- 
ney, and for which, in the Miscellaneous Estimates 
of last year, the House voted the Sum of £.2,000: 
Also, a Statement of what Measures have been 
adopted respecting the Erection, Management and 
Superintendence of Lighthouses, in the British Co- 
lonies and Possessions :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed, to continue the Inquiry undertaken by a 
Committee appointed last year, to consider the best 
means which Great Britain can adopt for provid- 
ing for the final extinction of the Slave Trade, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Hutt, the 
Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Brackley, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. 
Evelyn Denison, Mr. Simeon, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
Monckton Milnes, Admiral Bowles, Lord John Hay, 
Sir Edward Buxton, Colonel Thompson and Lord 
Harry Vane, with Power to send for persons, pa- 
pers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a Bill 
to remove Doubts as to the Appointment of Over- 
seers in Cities and Boroughs: And that Mr. Baines 
and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Marquis of Granby be dis- 
charged from any further attendance on the Select 
Committee on Army and Ordnance Expenditure. 

Ordered, That Colonel Anson be added to the 
Committee. 


Q0°—21° Februariz. 





A, 1849. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fish- Fisheries 
eries (Zreland) do consist of Twenty-one Members. “eland.) 
Ordered, That Mr. Bellew, Captain Jones, Mr. 
Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Osborne, Captain 
Archdall and Mr. Secretary-at-War be added to 
the Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidate 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for this day. co en) 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Inclosure Bil, 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till this day at Two of 
the clock in the afternoon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Post-office. 
Account, showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management, for the year 
ending January 1849 :—The Charges of Manage- 
ment for the United Kingdom, under the different 
heads, for the year en‘ling January 1849 :—The 
Payments made by the Post-office for the Convey- 
ance of Mails by baw within the United King- 
dom, during the year ending January 1849; distin- 
guishing, in each instance, Payments for Work done 
within the year from Payments for Work done in 
— years :—Payments out of the Post-oftice 

evenue, other than Charges of Management :— 
The Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid during the year ending January 1849 :— 
And, Expense of the Money Order Office, and the 
Amount received for Commission, during the year 
ending January 1849. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of yesterday (that Her Ma- Addresses. 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid be- 
fore this House), had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an Boards of 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter from Guardisns 
the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland to the Se- “"!"*) 
cretary of State for the Home Department, dated 
the 3lst day of January 1849, with Reference to 
the Restoration of Elected Boards of Guardians in 
certain Unions in Jreland. 

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


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to make Life Po- Life Policies 
licies of Assurance assignable at Law, and to make °% Assurance 
other Provisions in respect thereof: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a No. 50, 
second time upon Thursday, the 1st day of March 
next ; and to “ printed. 


Mr. Wood presented a Bill to enable Persons affirmation 
who refuse, upon Religious Grounds, to be sworn, Bill. 
to substitute an Affirmation for an Oath: And the  No.51. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 7th day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to remove Doubts Overseers 
as to the Appointment of Overseers in Cities and (Cun ae 
Boroughs: And the same was read the first time ; Yl 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday  y,, 59. 


next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to provide a more Qut-door 
effectual Kegulation and Control over the Mainte- Pauper 
nance of Poor Persons in Houses not being the No. 53. 
Workhouses of any Union or Parish: And the 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read 











Public 

Petitions 
(Seventh 
Report.) 


Black Sluice 
Drainage Acts 
Amendment 
(Amendment 
of Acts, Exten- 
sion of Time 
for Completion 
of Works, 
Powers to levy 
and raise 
further Rates 
and Monies, to 


40 Wectontz. 20°—21° 


read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 


printed. 


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








Mercurii, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th 
and 20th days of this instant February; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Black Sluice Drainage Acts Amendment 
(Amendment of Acts, Extension of Time for Com- 
letion of Works, Powers to levy and raise further 
Rates and Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, 
and for other Purposes) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 
alter existing Rates and 


Tolls, and for other Purposes) Bill. 


East Indian 


way 
Company (for 
making and 
maintaining 
one or more 
Railways in 
the East 
Indies) Incor- 
poration Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway (for 
Branches to 


the River Dee, 


The East Indian Railway Company (for making 
and maintaining one or more Railways in the East 
Indies) Incorporation Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (for Branches 
to the River Dee, Agreement for Joint Station at 
Shrewsbury, Power tosubscribe towards the Shrews- 
bury 


Agreement fF Order, read a second time ; and committed. 


Joint Station 


atShrewsbury, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Power to sub- mittee of Selection. 

scribe towards 

the Shrewsbury and Here- 

ford Railway ) Bill. 

Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 

Cates s mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

Henley and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Henley and 

2. London Waterworks and Navigation Petition, the 

and Naviga- Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 

tion Bill. the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided the same be presented not later than 
three clear days after the presentation of this Re- 

ort, 

Trish South 2: Resolved, That in the case of the Jrish South 

en Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts) Petition, 

ment of Acts) the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 

Bill. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, on inserting the notice once in each of three 
successive weeks in the newspaper or newspapers 
published in Dublin; That the Committee on the 
Bill, do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Order has been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

Sutera Coun- 8. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern 

Sie 2 q Counties Railway Company, and Newmarket Rail- 

Newmarket Way Oompany Amalgamation Bill, Petition for leave 

np — to proceed with the Bill, the Standing Orders ought 

mation Bil Ot to be dispensed with. 

oe Berth 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Great 

(Amendment Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, Deviations 

sf Acts, De- and Enlargements at and near Boston, Bentley, 

— owl Lincoln and King’s Cross) Petition, the Standing 


Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the parties 
Von. 104. 


81 


be permitted to proceed with their Bill on de- at and near 
positing an Estimate and a Declaration in the Pri- ong eg 
vate Bill Office, and printed copies thereof in the and King’s 
Private Bill Office and the Vote office; That the Cross) Bill. 
parties do in the first place produce before the Com- 

mittee on the Bill a certificate from the Examiner 

of Petitions for Private Bills, that the said Orders 

have been complied with; and that the said Com- 

mittee do report the production of such certificate 

to the House on the Report of the Bill. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the East Zanca- East Lanca- 
shire Railway Acts Amendment and Deviation shire Railway 
(Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton-le-Dale, a. 
&amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- viation (Con- 
pensed with ; That the parties be permitted to pro- necting Lines 
ceed with their Bill, on depositing with the Court of eo 
Chancery the Sum of Six hundred pounds, in order Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 
to make the total sum deposited equal to one-tenth 
part of the amount of the Subscription Contract ; 

That the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the 
first place, how far such Order has been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House on the 


Report of the Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the River Dun River Dun 
Navigation Company (Purchase of Stainforth and — 
Keadby Canal) Petition, the Standing Orders ought ‘pesban of 
to be dispensed with ; That the parties be permitted Stainforth and 
to proceed with their Bill. Eeaity Canal) 

The first, second, fourth and sixth Resolutions, ~~ 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Februarii. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Great North- 


of the Petition for leave to bring in the Great fA endo ‘ 
Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts, Deviations of Acts, De- 


and Enlargements at and near Boston, Bentley, viations and | 
Lincoln and King’s Cross) Bill, which was this day Enlargements 
- } “ : at and near 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Boston, Bent- 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read; __ley, Lincoln 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to and King’s 








j Bill. 
amend the Acts relating to the Great Northern aaa dan 
| Railway, and to make a Diversion of such Railway 


and Hereford Railway) Bill was, according to| at Bentley-with-Arksey, in the West Riding of 


| Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Boston, Lincoln and 
London Stations of such Railway: And that Mr. 
Octavius Duncombe, Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 
Christopher do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Henley and 

of the Petition for leave to bring in the Henley and }ondon 
, : ee ‘ ‘ aterworks 

London Waterworks and Navigation Bill, which ong Naviga- 
was this day made from the Select Committee on tion Bill. 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making a Navigable Cut from the Henley 
Reach of the River Thames, to the Grand Junction 
Canal near West Drayton, and for altering such 
Canal and the Paddington Canal; and for con- 
structing Reservoirs near Paddington and Primrose- 
hill; and for better supplying with Water the In- 
habitants of certain parts of the Metropolis: And 
that Sir De Lacy Evans, Lord Dudley Stuart and 
Mr. Wakiley do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect East Lanca- 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the East Zan- shire Railway 
cashire Railway Acts Amendment and Deviation alge 
(Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton-le- Dale, viation (Con- 
&amp;c.) Bill, which was this day made from the Select necting Lines 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; eo 
and the same being read ; Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the East Lancashire 
Railway Company, and to enable the same Com- 
pany to make a Branch to Padiham, and certain 
other Branches and Deviations: And that Mr. 

Wilson Patten and Mr. Pilkington do prepare, and 


bring it in. 





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se a 


82 21° Februari. 


River Dun The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Navigation of the Petition for leave to bring in the River Dun 
Cremaaee of Navigation Company (Purchase of Stainforth and 
Stainforth and Keadby Canal Bill, which was this day made from 
Keadby Canal) the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might 
_ be read; and the same being read ; . 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
vest the Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River 
Dun: And that Mr. Parker and Mr. Edmund Deni- 
son do prepare, and bring it in. 
London and Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to extend the Time 
Blackwall = for the Purchase of Lands required for the widen- 
7 om ing of the London and Blackwall Railway, and to 
and Extension amend the Acts relating to such Railwav: And the 
of Time) Bill. game was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Chester and A Petition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Holyhead Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave 
pony to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to 
pital, with raise a further Sum of Money, was presented, and 
—— to -” read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
North Western Standing Orders. 
Railway to 
subscribe 
thereto) Bill. 
Edinburgh The House was moved, That the special Report 
and Northern jn respect of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
(Deviation ot Bills (A.), (B.), (C.), which, upon Monday last, was 
Dunfermline made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
Branch in _— ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
nn ey Ordered, Vhat the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
arish, and ec &gt; ° . 
Alterations, so way (B.),( Deviation of Dunfermline Branch in Dun- 
that the same fermline Parish, and Alterations, so that the same 
the Halbesth, May pass over the Halbeath Tramway ; Branches 
Tramway; in connection with Halbeath and Townhill Tram- 
Branches in ways, Increase of Capital and Amendment of Acts) 
votl Halkeath Dill be withdrawn. 


and Townhill Tramways, In- 
crease of Capital and Amend- 
ment of Acts) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the special Report 
ae in respect of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
ae ad Bills (A.), (B.), (C.), which, upon Monday last, was 


Edinburgh 


Branch; made from theSelect Committee on Standing Orders, 
oo in might be read ; and the same being read ; 

ere Level Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
Crossing of | way (C.), (Dunfermline Branch; Alterations in 
Halbeath Dunfermline Parish; Level Crossing of Halbeath 
Repeal of &gt; Tramway; Repeal of Agreement with lessees of Hal- 
Agreement beath Colliery ; Townhill and Halbeath Branches ; 
with Lessees_ [ncrease of Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bill 
of Halbeath b ithd . 

Colliery ; e wi rawn. 

Townhill and Halbeath Branches ; 

Increase of Capital and Amend- 
ment of Acts) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway, and 
Wilsontc wn, 
Morningside 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Transfer of the Wilsontown, Morningside and Colt- 
ness Railway to, and to vest the same in the Edin- 

i burgh aud Glasgow Railway Company: And the 
—— same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


Amulgamation read a second time. 
Bill. 


Petitions from Whitby;— Hertford ;—and, Derby; 
praying for the repeal of the laws which prevent a 
Clergyman voluntarily seceding from the Established 
Church from officiating as a Dissenting Minister,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Clergy. 


British 


A Petition of Yeomen, Farmers and Agricul- 
Produce. 


turists of the parish of Saint Florence, in the county 
of Pembroke, praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the effects already in the course of deve- 
Jopment from the partial introduction of the system 
of Free Trade, and to restore an adequate and 
remunerative protection to British Pooliéen, was 





A. 1849. 


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


A Petition of Members of the Jrish Branch of Education 
(Ireland.) 


the United Church of England and Jreland, com- 
plaining that the Schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Ireland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament for 
thesupport of Education in that country ; and praying 
the House to relieve them from that grievance, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the counties of 
Waterford and’ Cork, agreed to at a public meeting 
at Clashmore, praying the House to repeal the 
Fisheries (ZJreland) Act, of the last Session, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mitee on Fisheries (Jreland). 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Committee of the National Anti-Game Law Asso- 
ciation, held at Edinburgh, praying the House to 
repeal all the Laws relating to Game, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Drogheda, praying for the total 
and complete emanicipation of the Jews from all 
Civil Disabilities, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Drogheda, praying for the im- 
mediate abolition of the Tax called Ministers’ 
Money, in Jreland, securing to the present incum- 
bents compensation for their life interest in same, out 
of the Ecclesiastical Commission Fund, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of Lime- 
rick ;—and, Hartlepool; praying the House’ to 
reject any alteration that may be proposed in the 
protective provisions of the Navigation Laws,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kinsale (Chairman) ; — Limerick 
(Mayor) ;— Kilmeena ;— and, Dungarvan Union ; 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Poor Laws (Jreland). 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leith, praying the 
House to reduce the national Expenditure, by abo- 
lishing all pensions for which no adequate service 
has been rendered to the country, all useless offices 
which merely add to the patronage and power of 
the executive, without being essential to the dig- 
nity of the Sovereign, and all abuses connected 
with the army and navy, and thus relieve the pres- 
sure of existing taxation, and bring the Expenditure 
of the country within its revenue, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the Total Amount of the Funded and 
Unfunded Debt of the United Kingdom during the 
years ending the 1st day of January 1847, 1848 and 
1849, stating, in separate columns, the Date and 
Amount of each Increase or Decrease, if any, of 
the Funded and Unfunded Debt of the United 
Kingdom, during the years ending the ist day of 
January 1847, 1848 and 1849. 

A Return of the Denominations, Quantities and 
Value of the various imported Articles which — 

een 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Act, 


Game Laws, 


Jewish 


Disabilities, 


Ministers’ 


Money 


Ireland.) 


Navigation 


Laws, 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Public Expen- 


diture. 


Funded and 
Unfunded 


Debt. 


Custom-house 
Seizures. 








Townof Ennis. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


henensed 


Taxes. 


Assessed 
Taxes 
(Scotland. ) 


Post-office. 


Sugar, 
Molasses, &amp;c. 


Valuation of 
‘enements 


(Ireland.) 


12 VicroriZ. 


been seized by the Custom-house Officers, under 
the supposition of their being undervalued, during 
the first six months of 1848, compared with the 
same during the first six months of 1847. 


Copies of any Reports made to the Commis- 
sioners of the Board ot Works in Jreland, on the 
Practicability of rendering the Town of Ennis, 
inthe County of Clare, a Sea-port ; together with 
an Estimate of the Cost of Works for such Pur- 
pose, and the probable Time requisite for their 
Completion. 


Returns of the Names, Residences and Occupa- 
tions of the several Treasurers appointed by the 
Commissioners of the Treasury, under the Provisions 
of the Small Debts Act, 9 and 10 Vic. c. 95, with 
the several District Courts for which each Treasurer 
is appointed ; the Number of Days in which each 
Treasurer is engaged in the Duties of his Office, 
distinguishing the Time occupied from Home; the 
Number of Miles travelled in each Circuit; the 
Number of Circuits in the year, with an Account of 
any extra Journies on other Business of the Court ; 
the Salary paid to each Treasurer; the Salary or 
Allowance to each Treasurer for a Clerk or Assist- 
ant; and a separate Account of the Rate of Mile- 
age, Daily Allowance or other Travelling Expenses, 
allowed to each Treasurer for himself and for his 
Clerk. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of all Cases which have been stated and signed by 
Commissioners acting in the execution of the Acts 
relating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 
2d day of December 1847, being the Date ofa like 
Return made in the last Session of Parliament. 


Copies of Cases respecting Assessed Taxes, de- 
termined by the Judges in Scotland, 1847. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return for the year 1848, of the estimated Amount 
of the Gross and Net Revenues of the Post-office, 
distinguished under the following Heads, viz :— 
ist. Inland Revenue ;—2d. Foreign and Colonial 
Revenue ;—3d. Money Order Revenue; dividing, 
under these three Heads, the “ Charges of Manage- 
ment of the Post-office,” in such Proportions as 
may be considered fairly chargeable to each; and 
in like manner dividing, under the first and second 
Heads, such part of the Expenses of the Packet 
Service as may be considered fairly chargeable to 
the Post-office ; but, on the other hand, deducting 
from the Charges of Management the Cost of dis- 
tributing the Newspapers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom of 
Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee and Cocoa from the 
West Indiesand British Guiana, for the years 1831 
to 1847, both inclusive; distinguishing the Quan- 
tities imported from each Colony in each year (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 360, of 
Session 1848):—Similar Return of Imports from 
the Mauritius, and the British Possessions in India: 
—Also, the Quantities of Foreign Sugar imported, 
stating the Places from whence, and the Quantities 
from each Place or Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Number of Tenements in each 
County in Jreland (exclusive of Boroughs), valued 
under £.4; at and above £.4, but under £.5; at 
and above £.5, but under £.6; at and above £.6, 
but under £.7; at and above £.7 but under £.8; 
and at and above £.8; on the first day of January 
1846 and 1849 respectively :—And, a like Return 
for each Borough in Jreland. 

Vou. 104. 





91° Februari. 








83 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Bribery at 
Reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; Elections Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made tothe Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “‘ upon this day six-months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
f Sir John Pakington, | 


Tellers for the Yeas,) hte. Cuciiaen s p 10. 
Tellers for the Noes, a pnd 1 80. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Select Committee, 


The Petty Sessions Bill was, according to Order, Petty: Sessions 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Distraining for Rates Bill was, according to Distraining 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a for Rates Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill ; Fund 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- a 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons’ 

into a Committee upon the Commons’ Inclosure Inclosure Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker, resumed the Chair, and Mr, Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lighthouses 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Colonics.) 
to give directions that there be laid beforethis House, 

a Copy of the Report of Captain Bayfield, x. n., on 
the necessity of erecting a Lighthouse on Cape Pine, 
Newfoundland, and Statement of the Measures that 
have been adopted by the Government in conse- 
quence :—Statement of the Progress made in the 
Erection of the Lighthouse on the Island of Bar- 
badoes, for which the Assembly of Barbadoes has 
voted Money, and for which, in the Miscellaneous 
Estimates of last year, the House voted the Sum of 
£.2,000 :—Also, Statement of what measures have 
been adopted respecting the Erection, Management 
and Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British 
Colonies and Possessions. . 

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


M2 Ordered, 


meses 


a Se ees 





SS RAE ae te 


— 








FT a NS aa OD Ta acrg ae 


Colonization 
from Ireland. 


River Dun 
Navigation 
Company 
(Purchase of 
Stainforth and 
Keadby Canal) 
Bill. 


Great North- 
etn Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, De- 
viations and 
Enlargements 
at and near 
Boston, Bent- 
ley, Lincoln 
and King’s 
Cross) Bill. 
Henley and 
London 
Waterworks 
and Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


Marshland 
Smeeth and 
Fen (Equaliza- 
tion of Drain- 
age Rates and 
Repair of 
Roads) Bill, 


Irish South 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 


84 21°— 


92° Februariz. 


A. 1849, 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, | mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Third 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the last Session of Parliament, to 
consider of the Means by which Colonization may be 
made subsidiary to other Measures for the Improve- 
ment of the Social Condition of Ireland, and by 
which, with full regard to the Interests of the Colo- 
nies themselves, the Comfort and Prosperity of those 
who emigrate may be effectually promoted ; together 
with the further Minutes of Evidence: And that 
Sir William Somerville do carry the said Message. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Brotherton presented a Bill to vest the 
Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River 
Dun: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway, and 
to make a Rieuion of such Railway at Bentley- 
with-Arksey, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and 
to enlarge the Boston, Lincoln and London Stations 
of such Railway: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Navigable Cut from the Henley Reach of the River 
Thames tothe Grand Junction Canal near West Dray- 
ton; andfor altering such Canal andthe Paddington 
Canal; and for constructing Reservoirs near Pad- 
dington and Primrose Hill; and for better supply- 
ing with Water the Inhabitants of certain Parts of 
the Metropolis: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act for draining and improving and for inclosing, 
dividing and allotting certain Tracts of Common and 
Waste Lands, called Marshland Smeeth, and Marsh- 
land Fen, lying within the Country of Marshland, in 
the County of Worfalk, and for stinting and regula- 
ting the Stocking, Feeding and Depastuaring of the 
said Smeeth and Fen, until the Inclosure, Division and 
Allotment thereof, praying that provision may be 
made in the Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equalization 
of Drainage Rates and Repair of Roads) Bill, to 
alter the qualification required by the above-recited 
Act, for the appointment of Commissioners to act 
in its execution, and also to give power to the pro- 
prietors of lands situate in Well Moor Broad Fen and 
Short Fen, within the district comprised or referred 
to in such Act, to appoint Deputy Commissioners 
to act for them in their absence; and to grant pow- 
ers to the Petitioners and all other Commissioners 
acting in execution of the said recited Act, to drain 
lands by steam, instead of wind engines, to impose 
penalties upon occupiers of lands, for not sufficiently 
making, cleansing and keeping in repair, ditches 
and tunnels for the passage of water atiecting the 
same, and in certain cases to alter the dimensions 
of the ditches specified in the said Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 


spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Jrish | 





the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Jrish South 
Eastern Railway: And that Mr. Grogan and Mr. 
John Greene do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That in all cases where the House shall Private Bi, 

have agreed to any Resolution of the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders requiring the production 
of a Certificate from one of the Examiners of Pe- 
titions for Private Bills, of the compliance with any 
Order before the Committee on any Private Bill, 
such Examiner do examine whether such Order has 
been complied with, and if so, do grant a Certificate 
thereof to the parties promoting the Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for Warrington 
additional Provision in the Warrington Waterworks Waterworks 
(Amendment of Act and Power to raise additional Sar pepe 
Capital) Bill, which was presented upon the 12th Power al 
day of this instant February, might be read; and additional 
the same being read ; Capital) Bil. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to tiie Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that the parties be permitted to 
introduce their additional Provision, if the Com- 
mittee shall think fit. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend the East Lanca. 
Acts relating to the East Lancashire Railway Com- pepe 
pany, and to enable the same Company to make a pi and De 
Branch to Padihamand certain other Branches and viation (Con. 
Deviations: And the same was read the first time ; pape 
and ordered to be read a second time. Walton-le- 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill, 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second Alford and 
Reading of the Alford and Boston Road Bill ; Boston Road 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday, the 5th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second New North 
Reading of the New North Road (Continuation) Road (Con- 
Bill; tinuation) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 5th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sheffield and 
Reading of the Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Extension jee = 
of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike-road to a Tinsley 
Sheffield) Bill; and Doncaster 

Ordered, That that the Bill be read a second Turmpike-road 


time upon Monday the 5th day of March next. a 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the Second Truro Tum- 
Reading of the Truro Turnpike-roads, Penryn and a 
Redruth Turnpike-roads (Consolidation of Trusts, Redruth Tur 
Alterations of Tolls, Formation of new Roads) Bill ; pike-roads 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (Consolidation 
. of Trusts, 
upon Monday, the 5th day of March next. ‘Alterations of 
Tolls, Forma- 
tion of New 
Roads) Bill. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing Attornies’ 
and practising at Pwllheli, in the county of Carnar- Certificates 
von, praying for the repeal of the annual duty on 
their Certificates, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Deputies of the several Con- Church Rates 
gregations of Protestant Dissenters of the three seen 
denominations, Presbyterian, Independent, and 
Baptist, in and within twelve miles of London, ap- 
pointed to protect their civil rights, praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates, and of ecclesiastical 
courts; against the renewal of Regium Donum, and 
in opposition to payments out of the public purse 
for aay religious or ecclesiastical purposes whatever ; 
for the admission of Dissenters to the universities, 


’ 


South Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts) Bill, | and as advocates in all courts of law and justice ; 


which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 


for an amendment of the Municipal Acts, by striking 
out 









ls, 
Clergy: 
L 
§ 
nt 
ise 
l Church of 
; England. 
o 
ay 
i. 
Je. 
n- 
md Gas (London.) 
Bill, 
il 
Military 
| Authorities 
; (Madras, ) 
Bill. 
1d 
ad 
of 
ster 
oad 
) 
he 
i 
ne 
‘ion 
; of 
na 
v 
l, 
i 
Marriages, 
tes, 
cal 
Mendicancy, 
Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland. ) 





12 VicrorizZz. 


out the declaration on becoming a member of a cor- 
oration; and for a removal of those restrictions on 
Shesstwe, and certain advantages granted to the 
Established Church, to the great injury of Dissenters, | 
which tend to impede the advancement of the sacred 
cause of civil and religious liberty, was presented, | 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


Petitions from Scarborough ;—Hexrham (Chatr- | 
man) ; — Saint Austell (Chairman); — Penzance 
(Chairman) ;— Folkestone ;—Saint Colnmb Major ; | 
Hayle Copper Grove ;—Redruth ;—Lancaster ;— | 
Ware;— Bridlington ;—Stour bridge ;— Darlington ; | 
— Liskeard ;—Saint Columb Minor ;—Padstow ;— | 
Saint Alban’s ;— Warrington (Chairman) ; — and, | 
Bradford (York) (Chairman) ; praying for the repeal | 
of the laws which prevent an ordained Clergyman | 
of the Church of England, voluntarily seceding from | 
that Church, from officiating as a Dissenting Minis- | 
ter,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. | 


A Petition of Clergy, having the cure of souls in | 
the High Peak of Derbyshire, in the diocese of | 
Lichfield, representing the four rural deaneries of | 
Bakewell, Eyam, Buxton and Castleton, praying for 
a large numerical increase of the episcopate, and | 
the better management of Ecclesiastical and more | 
especially of Episcopal Revenues, with a view to | 
the extensivun of the influence of the Church through- | 
out the kingdom, was presented, and read; and | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


Six Petitions of Inhabitants of the city of London, 
Consumers of Gas, or otherwise interested as Contri- | 
butors to the rates for lighting the streets, praying | 
the House to pass a law to enable them to be sup- | 
plied with ketter and cheaper Gas,—were presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Malcolm Lewin, lately an Inha- 
bitant of Madras, and now resident at 31, Gloucester 
Gardens, Hyde Park, calling the attention of the 
House to the case of seventeen soldiers of the 6th’ 
Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, who were placed 
on their trial charged with mutiny, of whom two , 
were shot, one acquitted, thirteen banished for life, | 
and one pardoned ; stating that the mutiny arose 
in consequence of an order withholding certain sti-| 
pends from the Sepoys, which order having been 
withdrawn, the men returned to their duty; that 
nine months were suffered to elapse without any 
proceedings on the part of the authorities against 
the men, during which time the regiment was em-_ 
ployed in guarding the frontier; complaining of, 
the constitution of the tribunal by which they were 
at length sentenced, of the intimidation of wit- 
nesses, and various proceedings in connection with the 
trial, and of the conduct of the Commander-in- 
Chief; and praying the House to inquire into the 
allegations contained in his Petition, which he asserts 
he is prepared to prove at the bar of the House, 
and to adopt such measures of redress as may ap- 
pear suitable in the judgment of the House, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—and Henry Dawson 
Roundeli, 8. p. ; praying that no Bill for legalizing 
Marriage with a deceased wife’s sister may ever 
receive the sanction of the House,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ross Union ;— and, Coventry; 
complaining of the great increase of the system of 
pauper tramping; and praying the House to adopt 
measures for checking that evil,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord | 


Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, pray- 


Vou, 104, 


22° Februariz. 





85 


mg the House to pass an Act for the abolition of 
the Tax called Ministers’ Money in Jreland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Corporation of the Master and Navigation 


Assistants of the Trinity House of Leith ;—and, 
Hastings ; praying the po to reject any propo- 
sition for an alteration of the principles of the Na- 
vigation Laws,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Archer, of 37, Great Patents for 
George-street, Westminster, praying the House to Inventions. 


appoint a Select Committee, to examine and report 
upon the present state of the laws and practice 
relative to Patents for Inventions, and to report 
their Observations thereupon to the House, was 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, com- Prize Fight- 
hting prevails to a great extent ing. 


plaining that Prize-fig 
in many districts in England, and praying the House 
to take prompt and efficient measures for abolishing 
that practice, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newport, and its Promiscuous 
vicinity, in the Jsle of Wight, in the county of Mtercourse. 


Southampton, praying the House to enact such laws 


for the punishment of all persons trading in Seduc- 


tion and Prostitution, as shall invest Magistrates 
with more summary powers for the suppression of 
these practices, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lerwick, praying the Public Expen- 
House, with the least possible delay, to cause a re- ‘iture, &amp;c. 


duction to be made in the Public Expenditure and 
Taxation of the country, and particularly to reduce 
the taxes on tea, and abolish those on timber, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of Rating of 


the parish of Highworth, in the county of Wilts, 
praying the House to abolish the system of making 
excused lists, and to empower. overseers, when rat- 
ing holdings not exceeding from five to six pounds 
rateable value, to make the rate upon the landlord, 
allowing him twenty-five per cent. discount, as a 
remuneration for occasional void cottages and other 
contingencies, or if it be deemed convenient and 
proper to continue to rate the occupier, to make the 
‘overseers’ receipts for poor-rates and the receipts 
| for highway-rates a legal tender to the landlord, in 
‘lieu of so much rent, after the same manner as re- 
‘receipts for land-tax and property-tax, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


hampton, praying the House to take prompt and 
decisive measures to negotiate treaties between the 
Government of this country and other governments 
of the world, binding the parties to refer their dis- 
putes to the decision of arbitrators, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Sir Frederic Thesiger presented, pursuant to the Thames 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, Navigation. 


in Abstract, of the several Sums of Money received 
and disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames 
Navigation, in the year 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Account 
Table. 


do lie upon the 








M 3 into 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Oke- War. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections; That they had divided Elections. 








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Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Army. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insol- 
vency, 


Lunacy. 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


86 92° Februari. 


into five Panels the lists of Members o serve on 
Election Committees. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided, by lot at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them by a number, denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :—Panel, 
C. No.1; B. No.2; D. No.3; A. No.4; and 
E. No. 5. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing the Amount of the Bonded 
or Mortgage Debt on Turnpike Trusts, and of un- 
paid Interest in each County of England and North 
Wales, arranged according to the largest Amount of 
Debt and Interest :—And, showing, in each County 
of England and North Wales, the Heater of Turn- 
pike Trusts, the Length of Turnpike-roads; Re- 
ceipts in 1846 under the following heads—Tolls, 
Parish Aid, Money borrowed, other Receipts, and 
Total Receipts; Expenditure in 1846 under the 
following heads—Repairs, Improvements, Salaries 
and Law Charges, Interest of Debt, Bonded Debt 
paid off, other Payments, Total Expenditure, Bonded 
Debt, Unpaid Interest, and Debt and Interest. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Distribution of the Army on 
the 1st day of January 1849. 

Mr. Secretary-at-War accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Select Committee on Army and Ordnance Expendi- 
ture. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to give leave to the Lord Advocate to attend 
their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being 
examined as a witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships, in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire into the subject of 
Bankruptcy and Insolvency :—And also, 

The iene request that this House will be 
pleased to give leave to the Solicitor-General for 
Scotland to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in 
order to his being examined as a witness before the 
Select Committee appointed by their Lordships, in 
the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the subject of Bankruptcy and Insolvency :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take the said Message 
into consideration: And the Lord Advocate and 
Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland being present in 
their places, declared that they were willing, with 
leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Lord Advocate and Mr. Soli- 
citor-General for Scotland have leave to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if 
they think fit. 

And the Messenger was again called in ; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis, presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Third Annual Report 
of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chan- 
cellor, 30th June 1848, 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—dated the 2d day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for, 1. 
A Return, showing, in columns, the Number of 
Causes brought before each Lord Ordinary of the 





A. 1849, 


Court of Session, between the Long Vacation, com- 
mencing on the 20th day of July 1847, and that 
which commenced on the 20th day of July in the 
present year 1848, and the Number of said Causes 
decided by each of said Judges, previous to the last 
of said Dates :—2. A Return, as above, of the Num- 
ber of Causes, other than and except such as related 
to matters of mere form, brought before each of the 
First and Second Divisions of the Court of Session, 
between the 20th day of July 1847 and the 20th 
day of July 1848, and the Number of said Causes 
decided by each of said Divisions, previous to the 
last of said Dates:—3. A Return, as above, of the 
Number of Causes, other than and except those spe- 
cified in No, 1 hereof, decided by each Lord Ordi- 
nary of the Court of Session, between the 20th day 
of July 1847 and the 20th day of July 1848, and 
the Number of Causes that remained to be decided 
by each of said Judges when the said Court rose, 
on the 20th day of July of the present year, for the 
Long Vacation :—4. A Return, as above, of the 
Number of Causes, other than and except those 
specified in No. 2 hereof, decided by each of the 
Virst and Second Divisions of the Court of Session, 
between the 20th day of July 1847 and the 20th day 
of July 1848, and the ne a of Causes that re- 
mained to be decided by each of said Divisions, at 
their rising respectively for the Long Vacation in the 
present year :—5. A » oad showing the Number 
of Days, and the Number of Hours each Day, which 
each of the above Courts respectively sat, between 
the 20th day of July 1847 und the 20th day of July 
1848 :—6. Copy of the Authority which authorizes 
the Judges of the Court of Session to prolong the 
Sittings of the respective Courts composing the said 
Court, for two months, should the business thereof 
be in arrear ; stating whether the Ist and 2d Vic. 
c. 36, has ever been acted on, and, if it has not, not- 
withstanding arrears, why it has not :—7. And, a 
Return, showing the Name and Official Designation, 
and the present Salaries of the Judge of the Court 
of Session, together with their former Salaries, that 
is, their Salaries before and since the passing of the 
Act which authorizes and empowers the Sittings of 
the said Court, should the business thereof be in 
arrear, to be extended two months. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Turnpike- 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Ac- roads (South 
counts of Receipts and Expenditure on Turnpike- ¥#*) 
roads in South Wales, in 1848, and Estimates for 
1849, 

Returns from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks Committals 
of the Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c. in Zreland, (telan¢) 
of the Number of Persons committed to the different 
Gaols thereof for Trial in the year 1848, 

. arr, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Come Emigration. 
mand,—Papers relative to Emigration to the British 
Provinces in North America (in continuation of 
Papers presented in August 1848), 

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


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Distress 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Further Papers relating (Ireland) 
to the Distressed Unions in the West of Jreland (in 
continuation of Papers presented sth February 
1849). 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Funded Funded "E 
and Unfunded Debt, which was presented yesterday, — . 


be printed. No. 54. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Custom Custom-howw 
House Seizures, which was presented yesterday, be Seizures 
printed. No. 53 

The 








Clergy Relief 
Bill 


Landed 


(ian) 


th 

3 
Duchies of 
Cornwall and 
Lancaster. 

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12 VicrorizZ. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Will. 

4, c. 54, to render certain Marriages valid, and to 
alter the Law with respect to certain voidable 
Marriages, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend and alterthe said Act, so far as relates to 
Marriage within certain Degrees of Affinity: And 
that Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Edmund Denison, 
and Mr. Masterman do prepare, and bring it in. 





Resolved,Thatthis House will,immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of granting Re- 
lief to Persons in Holy Orders of the United Church 
of England and Jreland, declaring their dissent 
therefrom :—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Relief of Persons in Holy Orders of the 
United Church of England and Ireland, declaring 
their dissent therefrom. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Relief of Persons in Holy Orders of the 
United Church of England and Ireland, declaring 
their dissent therefrom :—And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Bouverie and Mr, Lush- 
ington do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Laws relating to Landed Property 
in Ireland, as affecting the Rights and Powers both 
of Landlords and Tenants, require the immediate 
consideration of this House, with a view to such 
alteration of these Laws as will remove the obstacles 
at present existing to the improvement of the soil, 
and the employment of the a :—And the said 


Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire to what extent the public are entitled to 
claim an interest, present or prospective, in the 
management of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lan- 
caster, respecting which Returns are annually pre- 
sented to the House, and whether there is not 
reason to hope, from those Returns, as well as other 
circumstances, that an improvement in the manage- 
ment of those estates, in particular by the suppres- 
sion of antiquated and superfluous offices, and 
the diminution of the salaries of officials, would 


greatly increase the joint net income of the two 
Duchies. 


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


Veneris, 23° die Februarii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Trelawny, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Me. Mame: 


Tellers for the Noes, — Py aes Hill: 


So it passed in the Negative. 
VoL. 104, 


Lov. 


{* 


99°— 93° Februari. 


87 


to inquire into the practicability of providing, by 
means of the Commercial Steam Marine of the 
Country, a reserve Steam Navy, available for the 
National Defence when required. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Aggregate Amount of 
Fees received by the Commissary Clerk in Scotland, 
under the Act 4, Geo. 4,c. 97, as regulated in 1838, 
in each of the Ten years 1839 to 1848, both inclu- 
sive; stating the Amount paid to the Clerk, to his 
Depute, and to the Exchequer, in each of these 
years :—Table of the several Fees payable to the 
Commissary Clerk in Scotland, as regulated in 1838: 
—Statement of the manner in which the duties of 
the Commissary Clerk’s Office in Edinburgh has 
been discharged, stating whether the principal Clerk 
has attended the Office, and performed the duties 
in person, or whether daily or monthly, or whether 
by Deputy or by Deputy’s Substitute, since the 
year 1823, when the Office was regulated :—And, 
Copy of the Minute or Minutes of the Treasury 
granting a Retiring Allowance to Mr. Graham, in 
1823, on the abolition or re-organization of the Of- 
fice of Principal Commissary Clerk in Edinburgh ; 
stating the Amount paid to Mr. Graham in each 
year since that Date, as pension for the loss of that 
Office, and also the Amount paid to him for loss or 
remuneration in the Appointment of Depute Com- 
missary Clerk in each year for the same period. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Orders under which Medals 
have been presented to Officers of the Army and 
Naval Service in the Wars since 1792 :— Return of 
the Names of the Naval Actions and Battles for 
which Medals have been given under these Orders, 
distinguishing the Navy from the Army, and the 
Number of Officers and of Men of each Service who 
have received Medals, and the Aggregate Number : 
—Also, an Account of the Charge incurred for the 
same. 

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


Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Hudson’s 
Bay Company and the Secretary for the Colonies, 
in which the case submitted to Her Majesty’s At- 
torney and Solicitor-General!, and Opinion thereon, 
respecting the capability of the Hudson’s Bay Com- 
pany to hold land asa grant from the Crown on the 
North West Coast of America, was specially for- 
warded and referred to in the Letters of Mr. Hawes 
and Sir J. H. Pelly, printed in the Parliamentary 
Papers presented to this House in August last, re- 
specting Vancouver’s Island :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Copies of the Accounts of the Union of Kenmare, 
from the Date of the last Audit until the Removal 
of the Local Guardians, showing the state of the 
Accounts as between the several Electoral Divi- 
sions, and the actual Debts of the Union :—Of 
similar Accounts from the Removal of the Local 
Guardians to the present time :—Of Entries in the 
Ledger since March 1848 :—Of Registers of Persons 











M4+ receiving 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Steam Navy- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Commissary 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Clerk (Scot- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Medals (Army 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased an4 Navy.) 


A Motion was made and the Question was pro- Hudson's Bay 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kenmare 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill, 


Russia 
Company. 


Army. 
No, 56. 


Tariffs, &amp;e. 


88: 92° 25° 


receiving In-door and Out-door Relief, with their 
Residences, as set forth in the Register kept in the 
Workhouse :—Of Entries on the Register, showing 
the Number of Paupers in the Union Workhouse, 
on the 1st day of January in the present year :—Of 
Entries in the Clothing Book of the Workhouse, 
and Provision Account Book for the year 1848 :-— 
And, of all Entries showing the State of the Union 
during the year 1848. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Consclidated Fund Bill, 
as amended in Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Commons Inclosure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Fiouse, 


Returns of the Number of Freemen admitted into 


the Russia Company, in each year since 1835, the 
Amount paid on entry, and the Number now on the 
Roll :—-Of the Gross Amount of Dues, commonly 
called Russia Dues, levied on Russia Produce im- 
ported into the United Kingdom, in each year since 
1835; also, the manner in which the Amount of 
Entry Fees of Freemen, und the Dues from Goods 
have been appropriated, to whom paid, and for 
what Services, and of the Expenses of Collection of 
the above Dues, in each year since 1835 :—Of the 
Number of Ports in Russia from which Produce 


is imported into the United Kingdom :—Of the 
Amount levied by the Russia Company or by British 
Merchants on British Shipping at each of the Ports | 
of Russia, for the support of the English Episcopal 
Clergy, or for any other purpose in that Country, in 


each year since 1835, stating the Amount of ‘lax per 
ton, and the several Heads under which levied, by 
whom the Tax is levied, and an Account of the 
manner in which aud to whom the Sums collected 
were distributed :—And an Account of the Russia 
Company’s Property vested in the Three per cent. 
Consols, or elsewhere (in continuation of Parlia- 
meutary Paper, No. 303, of Session 1836). 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 4th day of February, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Number 
of Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers 
and Private Men in each description of Corps in 
the Army, on the 25th day of January, in the 
years, 1829, 1835, 1840 and 1847 (in continua- 
tion of Return, Appendix 41, of Finance Committee, 
1828):—And, of the Number of British Troops, 
Men and Officers, in each Colony and Foreign Gar- 
rison ; ‘Troops, Officers and Men employed in the 
Public Service, exclusive of India; Number of Men 
and Officers employed in Great Britain; ditto in 
freland, on the 25th day of January, ia the years 
1829, 1835, 1840 and 1847 (in continuation of Re- 
turn, Appendix 79, of Finance Committee, 1828). 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Further Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day 
of February 1847, fcr Returtis specifying any Altera- 
tions which have been made since the Ist day of 
January 1844 in the Tariffs of Foreign States, and 
of any Alterations of the Terms and Conditions 
upon which Raw Produce, Goods or Merchandize 
are imported into or exported from such Foreign 
States, specifying the Date at which such Altera- 
tions have been made, and the time at which they 
have or are tocome into Operation ; specifying any 
Alterations of Custom Duties or other Alterations 
affecting the Commerce of the British Possessions, 


Februariz. A. 1849. 


which have been authorized or effected under the 
Powers of the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 93 :—Of the 
declared Values of the following Manufactured 
Articles ; viz. Manufactures of Cotton, Woollen, 
Silk, Leather, Hardware, Pottery and Glass, which 
have been exported from this Kingdom, specifying 
the Countries or States to which such Manufactured 
Articles have been exported, in the years 1844, 
1845 and 1846 respectively :--Of the Corn, Grain, 
Flour and Meal, measured in Quarters of Corn, 
and of the Quantities of the following kinds of Pro- 
visions, viz. Butter, Cheese, Biscuit aud Cured or 
Fresh Meat, which have been imported into this 
Kingdom in the years 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 
respectively :—And, of the Foreign States, the Go- 
vernments of which have prohibited the Exportation 
of or have imposed additional Export Duties, spe- 
cifying the Amount and Increase of such Duties, 
upon Corn, Grain, Flour, Meal, Potatoes or other 
| Provisions, together with the Date of such Prohibi- 
tion or Imposition of additional Export Duty, in 
| the years 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 respectively. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman and Board of Guar- Poor Lav, 

_dians of the Union of Okehampton, in the county of 

| Devon, praying that the laws now in force relating 

to Parochial Settlement and Rating may be abo- 

lished, and that a veneral National Rate be substi- 

tuted, so that all persons possessing landed, funded 

or any other description of property may be com- 

— to contribute towards the maintenance of the 
| Poor, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
| upon the Table. 





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

| 


| 


| Veneris, 23° die Februarii ; 








Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS, 
R. Holmes, from the Commissioners of Arun- Arundel Port 
del Port, was called in ; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament—The General Account of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Monies which have been 
received and paid by the said Commissioners since 
the 31st day of December 1847, up to anu including 
the 31st day of December 18418 :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
ap . . (Eighth Re- 
Petitions presented upon the 21st day of this in- port.) 
staut February, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Pde" + 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resulved, That in the case of the Chester and Chester and 
Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with Powers ey a 
to the London and North Western Railway Com- of Capital, with 
pany to subscribe thereto (Petition for leave to de- pee - the 
posit a Petition for a Bill), the Standing Orders ought (7 Western 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted Railway Com 
to deposit a Petition accordingly. pany there) 
Bill. 

2. Resolved, Thatin the case of the Liverpool Sa- Liverpool | 
natory Act (Alteration of Sewer Rate) Petition, the S¢1mey a of 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. —_ Sewer Rate) 
3. Resolved, Bill. 








i int ote Fe 





3 Ses 


st 








sfer of 
Sheffield Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation ; 
Company Bill. 


Lough Corrib 
Improvement 


Hospital for 
Consumption 
Bill. 


Taff Vale 
Railway 
(Extension 
in Merthyr 
Tydfil) Bill. 


Birmingham 
Borough (Ex- 
emption from 
County Rates) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Trish South 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Amend~ 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction Rail- 
way (Purchase 
of the Strat- 
ford-upon- 
Avon Canal 
Navigation) 
Bill, 


Forest of Dean 
and South 
Wales Rail- 


ways (Amend- Dean Railway and Branches) (No. 2.) Bill was 


ment of Acts 
as to Charges 
on Forest of 
Dean Railway 





12 Vicrori2. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation Company 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, provided the same be presented not later 
than three clear days after the presentation of this 
Report. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Lough Cor- 
rib Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Hospital for 
Consumption Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, on serving a copy 
thereof on Mr. John Sawyer, of York, the brother 
of a testator to the Hospital for Consumption ; that 
the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first 
place, how far such Order has been complied with, 
and do report the same to the House on the report 
of the Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Taff Vale 
Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil) Petition, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
That the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Bill, provided the same be presented not later than 
three clear days after the presentation of this Re- 

ort. 

The 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Peter Fearon, and John 
Moxon Clabon, of Great George-street, Westminster, 
Parliamentary Agents, for leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve the Bo- 
rough of Birmingham from contributing towards 
certain Expenses chargeable upon the County Rates 
of the County of Warwick, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. John Greene presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the /rish South Eastern Railway : 
And the same was read the first. time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway 
(Purchase of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Na- 
vigation) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Forest of Dean and South Wales Railways 
(Amendment of Acts as to Charges on Forest of 


93° Februariz. 





read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


and Branches) 


(No. 2.) Bill, ‘ 
me Deutaal The Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company 
sumers’ Com- Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Com : ? 

pany Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 
por Ordered, That the Musselburgh Improvement 
Improvement 0d Police Bill be read a second time upon Mon- 
Bill. day next. 
— The Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and 
(Amendment Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Commis- 
of Acts and sioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation of 
th agua King’s Lynn) Bill was read a second time; and 
the Eau Bonk Committed. 
Commission Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
pont tear the mittee of Selection. 
Corporation of King’s Lynn) Bill. 


VoL. 104, 





89 


Ordered, That the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
(Amendment of Acts) Bill be read a second time frdshire Rail- 


upon Monday next. waned Aaah 
Bill. 


The Rock Life Assurance Company Bill was read Rock Life 
a second time; and committed. Assurance 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ©°™P#2y Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Devia- Stirling and 

tion of Branch to Alloa Harbour ; Diversion of cer- —__ 

tain Works; Extension of Time for completing Deviexton of 

Line and taking Land, and Amendment of Acts) Branch to 

Bill was read a second time ; and committed. a ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- costehn Ween: 

mittee of Selection. Extension of — 

Time for com- 

pleting Line and taking Land, 

and Amendment of Acts) Bill, 
A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Benefit 

Secretary of the Loyal Tyrone Lodge of the Inde- Societies Act. 

pendent Order of Odd-Fellows, Manchester Unity, 

Belfast District, meeting at the Lodge Rooms, 

Strabane, praying for amendment of the Benefit 

Societies Act, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lay Vicars of the Cathedral Church Cathedral 
of Sarum, complaining of the insufficiency of their Churches. 
stipends, and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and empower the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners to assign a portion of the 
revenues of the prebendal stalls in the Cathedral 
Church of Sarum, which have been already sus- 
pended, and of those hereafter to be suspended, to 
the support and increased remuneration as well as 
to the extension of the number of Lay Vicars in the 
said Cathedral Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne;—Rawden, 
Yeadon and Guiseley (two Petitions) ;— Carlisle ;— 
and, Northampton; praying for the repeal of the 
laws which prevent a Clergyman voluntarily seced- 
ing from the Established Church from officiating as 
a dissenting minister,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clergy. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the East Riding of Marriages. 
the county of York, praying the House to refuse 
their sanction to any measure for altering the an- 
cient laws of Marriage, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Boswell Reid, Doctor of Me- New Houses of 
dicine, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That Ptliament. 
for two and a half years the Petitioner has been 
under the necessity of sustaining a continued pro- 
test against the course pursued towards him at the 
Houses of Parliament, believing that it does not 
meet the wants of the case, and especially those of 
the House; that it is unnecessarily injurious to the 
Petitioner ; that it is opposed to the terms held out 
to him in letters of agreement ; and that it is equally 
inconsistent with the uniform practice that has pre- 
vailed in all the numerous public works in which 
the Petitionser’s plans have been introduced under 
his superintendence ; this course is also opposed to 
that pursued in the year 1836, when the Petitioner’s 
plans were introduced in the present House of Com- 
mons, all the works, including the entire re-casting 
of the interior (for the improvement of the commu- 
nication of sound and for ventilation), having been 
completed and tested in a period of less than three 
months, the Lord Sudeley having accorded his va- 
luable assistance, and directed the course pursued 
in respect to the architectural department ; no con- 
tiguous lobby, library or other apartment was in- 

N cluded 





gO 93° Februarit. A. 1849. 


cluded in the arrangements then authorized ; in this 
statement every allowance is made for the differ- 
ent circumstances of the present case; m 1846, 
a resolution, which had been unanimously adopted 
by a Committee of the House, and subsequently re- 
ported to the House, was set aside after a Report 
from a reference, where the Referees never once ex- 
amined the system of communication between the 
Architect and the Petitioner, of which the Petitioner 
had complained officially a year previously, though 
the wording of their Report led to the belief that 
they had examined this question, and though this 
formed the root and key of the right interpretation 
of every other point to which their attention was di- 
rected ; ina Petition, presented in 1847, this trans- 
action is referred to by the Petitioner in the follow- 
ing words: ‘“ The Referees, on the very first day of 
trial that would have enabled them to judge of the 
truth, on the day appointed by themselves for hear- 
ing the Petitioner on the points at issue between 
the Architect and himself, on the day on which the 
Architect was summoned to appear before them, 
that the Petitioner might state in his presence that 
which he refused to state in his absence, the new 
Referees received the Architect privately, kept the 
Petitioner waiting for nearly two hours, and did not 
call him in till the Architect had gone, announcing 
that their investigation was concluded.” Such were 
the proceedings that ensued immediately as a Com- 





mittee of the House had made the most full and 
elaborate inquiry hitherto instituted, in reference to | 
the New Houses of Parliament, and recommended | 
every thing the Petitioner had contended for, after | 
the examination of Commissioners of Her Majesty’s | 
Woods, and of the Referee appointed in the pre- 
ceding year, the Architect and the Petitioner hav- 
ing been also repeatedly examined before the same 
Committee. The Petitioner offers now, as he has | 
done previously, to unfold in the presence of all par- 
ties who have taken, or who now take, any part in 
the proceedings at the Houses of Parliament, and | 
in the presence of the Architect, the causes that 
have led to the Petitioner’s plans being placed be- 
fore the House and before the country in a position 
utterly inconsistent with the facts of the case. The 
Petitioner desires to state, with every proper defer- 
ence and humility, but in the strongest terms which 
any man conscious of the truth of his case may be 
permitted to use, that if the House will grant a 
Committee which shall devote one sitting, of the 
usual period of four hours, to this question, one 
hour being placed at the disposal of the Architect 
and another at the disposal of the Petitioner, that 
Committee will have ample materials, of a most pre- 
cise and definite character, to enable it to judge of 
the Petitioner’s great objections to the course of pro- 
ceeding permitted on the works at present, as well 
as in reference to the circumstances under which 
the Petitioner has been called to attend on the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Palace at West- 
minster. According to the present system, while 
Parliament, on the Petitioner’s suggestion, autho- 
rized the construction of a central tower for the re- 
moval of vitiated air, the Petitioner has been en- 
tirely excluded from the use of that tower, in any of 
the modes he considered most desirable, either for 
the economy or efficiency of his plans at the New 
House of Commons; again, in 1841 and 1842, 
that the House might have two sources for the sup- 
ply of fresh air, and also with the view of supplying, 
at all times, an atmosphere free from that dense 
aggregation of dew, fog and smoke, which so often 
accumulates at a low level in the vicinity of the river, 
certain provisions were sanctioned both at the 
Clock Tower and at the Victoria Tower; the sup- 
ply by the latter, however, is now cut off, though 
the channel is constructed by which it was to be led 
from that Tower. Nothing would prove so grateful | 
and refreshing, in many long dekotea, as the air) 
that could at times be procured from a great alti-| 








tude by the Victoria Tower, when, from the direc- 
tion of the wind, the Clock Tower might be sur- 
rounded by air from numerous smoke-shafts, or 
other sources of offence. The Petitioner is prepared 
to prove other causes of unnecessary expense, and 
also of injury to future comfort in the New House 
of Commons, which have led the Petitioner inces- 
santly to represent to the Commissioners of the 
New Palace his utter want of confidence in the 
system pursued in the works. Asa proof of the 
difficulties to which parties are exposed who are 
called to a special service, as the Petitioner was, it 
may be mentioned, that after some of the Petition- 
er’s views as to improvements in architecture had 
been laid before a society devoted to science, and 
now enjoying a high reputation and a royal charter, 
they were for a time subjected to the greatest in- 
jury by the supposed report of a Committee, in 
whose possession the Petitioner’s plans were de- 
tained for two years; but it was afterwards proved 
by letters, for which the Petitioner had to thank the 
Honourable Lord oe at that time Lord Advo- 
cate of Scotland, from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, 
since deceased, and from Colonel Macdonald, all 
Members of the said Committee, that it had never 
once been convened, and that the Chairman had sent 
in a report emanating from himself alone. The plans 
thus spoken against in 1835 were, in 1836, intro- 
duced in the present House of Commons, and have 
been sustained there during the last twelve years, 
though partaking of all the imperfections necessarily 
attendant on the restrictions under which the Peti- 
tioner had to act. Lastly, the Petitioner is prepared 
to prove, that every thing he considers most import- 
ant, in reference to the provision of a comfortable 
atmosphere in the New House of Commons, can be 
attained without any interference with the Archi- 
tect’s department, though in the matter of lighting, 
unless the Petitioner’s plans receive the facilities 
and co-operation accorded in other places, he can- 
not expect to introduce improvements which he be- 
lieves to be of the greatest practical value in pre- 
venting that sense of tension, fullness, head-ache, 
or inequality of circulation, which is prone to arise 
after fatigue in some constitutions, and at all times 
in others, when certain qualities of radiant light 
and heat act too strongly on the eye and on the 
forehead. 

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


A Petition of Out-Pensioners of Her Majesty’s Pensioners 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea, resident at Bolton, com- (Army.) 
plaining of the deduction of five per cent. from their 
Pensions, and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration, and grant relief, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Army and Ordnance Expenditure. 


Petitions from Union of Ballieboro ;—Electoral Poor Law 
Division of Killuryor ;—and, Mallow Union (Chair- (74) 
man); praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
Ireland,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Poor Laws (Ire- 


| land). 


A Petition of Members of the Mary-/le-bone Li- Public, 
terary and Scientific Institution, praying for the “”™"* 
appointment of a Select Committee on the existing 
Public Libraries in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
on the best means of establishing and extending 
Libraries, freely open to the public, in our large 
towns, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Glasgow Slave Trade 
Emancipation Society, having for its object the 
universal abolition of Slavery, praying the House 
to address Her Majesty, to the intent that instruc- 
tions be forthwith given to the principal Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs, to demand from the 

Spanish 





Small Debts 
Act. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Bolton 
Election, 


Wheat. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 





12 VicroriZz. 


Spanish and Brazilian Governments the liberation 
of all Africans and their descendants who have 
been introduced into their respective colonies and 
territories, and in the event of their attempting to 
evade the demand, or to procrastinate the strict 
fulfilment thereof, it be notified to them that mea- 
sures will be taken to exclude their produce from 
the British Markets, until Slavery itself shall be 
abolished by them, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and 
others of the town and borough of Sudbury, in the 
county of Suffolk, and its vicinity, praying that the 
jurisdiction of the County Courts may be im- 
proved and enlarged to such extent and in such 
manner as to the House shall, upon inquiry and due 
consideration, appear expedient, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, praying the 
House to promote and establish as speedily as pos- 
sible the principle of settling national disputes by 
friendly mediation, rather than an appeal to arms, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor 
Laws (Zreland) have power to report their Opinion 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time, to the 
House. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter from James Coppock, the Agent 
for William Lyons and Peter Orrell, who petitioned 
this House upon the 15th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Bolton, informing him 
that they do not intend to proceed with the said 
Petition; and the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 3, Cleveland-row, 23d February 1849. 

I hereby give you Notice that it is not intended 
to proceed with the Petition of William Lyons and 
Peter Orrell, complaining of the Election of Stephen 
Blair, Esquire, for the Borough of Bolton, and I 
beg to withdraw the same. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient humble Servant, 


James Coppock, 
Agent for the Petitioners. 


To the Right honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons, 


The Order made upon the 15th day of this instant 
February, for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Average Prices of Wheat in 
Fifteen Principal Agricultural and Fifteen Manu- 
facturing and Commercial Towns, in the Three last 
weeks of April, August and December, in each year 
since 1841 (in continuation of the Return, No. 83, 
of Session 1842). 


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91 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Raja of Goom- 
Return of the Killed, Wounded and Deaths, and of soor. 


the Men sent into Hospital, in the course of the ear 
1848, in the different Regiments in the Service of Her 
Majesty and of the East India Company employed 
in the Expedition against the Raja of Goomsoor. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the Navigation. 


Principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Mer- 
chandize, of the Consumption of such Articles, and 
of the Customs Duties received thereon, in the year 
1848, compared with the Imports, Consumption and 
Receipts of the preceding year:—An Account of 
the Exports of the Principal Articles of Foreign 
and Colonial Merchandize, in the year 1848, com- 
pared with the Exports of the preceding year :— 
An Account of the Exports of the Principal 
Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manu- 
factures, in the year 1848, compared with the Ex- 
ports of the preceding year:—An Account of the 
Gross and Net Produce of the Duties of Customs, 
in the year 1848, compared with the Produce in the 
preceding year :—An Account of the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing the Countries to 
which they belonged, which entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards, in the year 1848, compared with 
the Entrances and Clearances of the preceding year ; 
stated exclusively of Vessels in Ballast, and of 
those employed in the Coasting Trade, or the 
Trade between Great Britain and Ireland :—and, 
An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels which entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the United 
Kingdom, during the year 1848, compared with 
the Entries and Clearances of the preceding year ; 
distinguishing the Vessels employed in the Inter- 
course between Great Britain and Ireland from 
other Coasters. 


An Account of the Imports of the Principal Trade and 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, and Navigation. 


of the Consumption of such Articles in the month 
ended 5th January 1849, and in the twelve months 
ended Sth January 1849, compared with the Im- 
ports and Consumption in the corresponding periods 
of the years 1847 and 1848:—An Account of the 
Exports of the Principal Articles of Foreign and 
Colonial Merchandize in the month ended 5th Ja- 
nuary 1849, and in the twelve months ended 5th 
January 1849, compared with the Exports in the 
corresponding periods of the years 1847 and 1848 :— 
An Account of the Exports of the Principal Articles 
of British and Irish ft and Manufactures in 
the month ended 5th January 1849, and in the twelve 
months ended 5th January 1849, compared with 
the Exports in the corresponding periods of the 
years 1847 and 1848 :—An Account of the Number 
and Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing the Coun- 
tries to which they belonged, which entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards in the month ended 5th Ja- 
nuary 1849, and in the twelve months ended 5th 
January 1849, compared with the Entries and 
Clearances in the corresponding periods of the years 
1847 and 1848, stated exclusively of Vessels in 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence which may have | 
taken place within the last Six months between the | 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, | 
the Irish Government, and the Chief Baron of the | 
Court of Exchequer, on the subject of the Office | 
of Crier of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland, to | 
the latest period ; and any other Papers relating to 
the same subject. 

Vou, 104, 


Ballast, and of those employed in the Coasting 
Trade or the Trade between Great Britain and 
Ireland :—An Account of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Vessels which entered Inwards and cleared 
Outwards with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the 
United Kingdom, during the month ended 5th Ja- 
nuary 1849, and during the twelve months ended 
5th January 1849, compared with the Entries and 
Clearances in the corresponding periods of the years 
1847 and 1848, distinguishing the Vessels em- 
ployed in the Intercourse between Great Britain 
and Ireland from other Ccasters:—and, an Account 

N 2 of 





Railways. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


No. 57. 


92 


of the Quantities of the several Articles charged with 
Duties of Excise, the Quantities exported on Draw- 
back, and the Quantities retained for Home Con- 
sumption in the years ended 5th January 1847, 
1848 and 1849. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of all Appointments of Umpires made 
by the Board of Trade, or the Commissioners of 
Railways, in questions of disputed Compensation 
between Railway Companies and Landowners and 
claimants under the Provisions of the Lands Clauses 
Consolidation Act 1845 (8 and 9 Vic. c. 18), and 
the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act (8 and 9 
Vic. c. 20), since the 8th day of May 1845; stating 
the Names, Professions, and Residences of the 
Umpires, and distinguishing, in each case, whether 
the application was made on the part of the Rail- 
way Company, or on the application of the claim- 
ants for compensation. 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 21st and 22d vy 
e 


of this instant February, (That Her Majesty would 


graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions anentdinghy. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Returns, showing the 
Amount of the Bonded or Mortgage Debt on Turn- 
pike Trusts, and of unpaid Interest, in each County 
of England and North Wales, arranged according 
to the largest Amount of Debt and Interest :—And, 
showing, in each County of England and North 
Wales, the Number of Turnpike ‘Trusts, the length 
of Turnpike-roads; Receipts in 1846 under the 


23° Februarit. 


A. 1849. 


a Copy of all Correspondence between the Com- 
missioners for administering the Laws for Relief of 
the Poor in Ireland and in England, relative to the 
Removal of John M’ Coy from Newcastle-upon-T'yne 
to Armagh, including the Opinion of Counsel (if 
any) thereon. 


with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
from time to time to the House; That they had con- 
sidered the matters to them referred, and had come 
to a Resolution, which they had directed him to 
report to the House :—And the Resolution of the 
Committee was read, as followeth : 

“That in each of the next two years every Union 
shall pay a sum equal to a rate of sixpence in the 
pound on each Electoral Division in such Union, 
towards a general Fund for the relief of the poor in 
Ireland, and, if necessary, a rate shall be made for 
that purpose.” 

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


Order, dated the 21st day of this instant February, 
fora Return showing the Number of Tenements in 
each County in Jreland (exclusive of Boroughs), 
valued under £.4; at and above £.4, but under £.5 ; 
at and above £.5, but under, £.6; at and above 
£.6, but under £.7; at and above £.7, but under 
£.8; and at and above £8; on the Ist day of 
January 1846 and 1849 respectively :—And, a like 
Return for each Borough in Jreland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, John Moy, 


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- poor Laws 
mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were em- (Ireland) 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together #it Report.) 


No. 58. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an Valuation of 
Tenements 
(Ireland. ) 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: — Message ftom 
Mr. Speaker, a 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Real Property 


following heads—Tolls, Parish Aid, Money bor- 
rowed, other Receipts, and Total Receipts; Expen- 
diture in 1846 under the following heads—Repairs, 


Hudson’s Bay 
Company. 


Custom -house 
Seizures. 


Improvements, Salaries and Law Charges, Interest 
of Debt, Bonded Debt paid off, other Payments, 
Total Expenditure, Bonded Debt, unpaid Interest, 
and Debt and Interest. 

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


The following Return having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was Taid upon the Table, viz. Return to 
an Order, dated the 1st day of September, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for Accounts of the 
Capital of the Hudson’s Bay Company at the 
present date, and the nature of the Property in 
which invested, with the Names and Number of 
Shareholders or Proprietors, and the Number of 
Shares held by each :—And, of the principal Arti- 
cles of Import and Export by the Hudson’s Bay 
Company, during each of the past Five years, 
showing the Quantities of each, and Aggregate 
Value thereof. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Seizures of Silks, Lace, 
Ribbons, Embroidery, and Shawls made at the 
Custom House of London, from the 1st day of 
January 1847 to the 1st day of January 1849, on 
the plea of Under-valuation of Entry; stating the 
kind of Goods seized, the Amount of Entry, Valua- 
tion of such Seizures, the Amount paid by the 
Custom House to the Importers of the Goods, the 
Amount and Proceeds of the sale of such Goods, 
stating the Number of Lots into which they were 
divided for Sale, the several days upon which they 
were put up for Sale, and whether sold or bought 
in, or postponed, in each case, and the Expenses 
incurred on such Sales :—And, Balance of Account, 
showing the benefit or loss to the Custom House 
Department, and the Amount paid in each case to 
the seizing Officer. 


An Act made in the eighth and ninth year of Her 
present Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate the 
Conveyance of Real Property, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And also, 


to give leave to William Bulkeley Hughes, 
a Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, 
to be sworn, in order to his being examined as a 
witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships, in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, on the amending of Railway Acts as to Audit 
of Accounts :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ennis, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 


Persons in each County in Jreland whose Tene- 
ments are rated to the Poor at the Annual Value of 
£.8; of the Number rated above £.8 and not ex- 
ceeding £.10; above £. 10 and not exceeding £. 12; 
above £.12 and not exceeding £.15; above £.15 
and not exceeding £.18; above £.18 and not ex- 
ceeding £.20; above £. 20 and not exceeding £. 25 ; 
and, above £.25, which were presented upon the 
28th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 





Ordered, 


The Lords request that this House will be — Audit of 


; Rai 
squire 
4 ? Accounts. 


to amend and extend certain of the Provisions of — 


ilway 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Town of Townof Ennis. 


No. 59. 


Ordered, That the Returns of the Number of Tenements 
Rating 
(Ireland.) 


No. 64. 











12 Vicroriz. 


of Ordered, That the Paper relative to Boards of | 
Guardians (Guardians (Jreland), which was presented upon 


(freland-) = Tuesday last, be printed. 
N 0. 61 . | 


parliamentary The House, according to Order, resolved itself, 
Oaths Bill. into a Committee on the Oaths to be taken by 
Members of the two Houses of Parliament. 


(In the Committee). 


Question again proposed, That it is expedient to | 
alter the Oaths required to be taken by the sub- 
jects of Her Majesty not professing the Roman Ca- 
tholic Religion, as qualifications for sitting and 
voting in Parliament, and to make provision in 
respect of the said Oaths for the relief of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects professing the Jewish Religion. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
word “expedient” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “ to abolish all Oaths except 
“ the Oaths of Fidelity and Allegiance,” instead | 





thereof. Ordered, That all Reports, Surveys and other Fisheries 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left , Documents now before the House which relate to oe 
out stand part of the Question ; ‘the Inland Fisheries or Navigation of Jreland, be 
The Committee divided. | referred to the Select Committee on Fisheries (Jre- 
¥ lund). 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ = fife’ \uo, | ) 
Mr. tsi Smith | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tobacco and 
Tellers for the Noes, i Mens . \ 68. a Return of the Number of Pounds Weight of Leaf 5° 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


23° Februari. 


YS 


The Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 


Fund, to the Service of the year One thousand eight 


read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And thatthe 


| Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the service of the 
_year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


'the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Fund 
; ; £. 8,000,000. 
hundred and Forty-nine, was, according to Order, hy ) 


The Bill toauthorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Commons 


in pursuance of the Fourth Annual General Report of Iclosure Bill. 


the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, 
paid Duty upon Quarterly, in the years 1847 and 


Resolution to be reported. | 1848, and upto the 5th day of January 1849 ; also, 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, That it is expedient to alter the Oaths 
required to be taken by the subjects of Her Ma- 
jesty not professing the Roman Catholic Religion, 
as qualifications for sitting and voting in Parlia- 
ment, and to make provision in respect of the said 
Oaths for the relief of Her Majesty's subjects pro- 
fessing the Jewish Religion. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord John 
Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
Relief of The Relief of Distress (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
(inisad Bil. ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
and) Bill. toa Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


ViceGuard- The Vice-Guardians of Unions (Jreland) Bill 

ians of Unions was, according to Order, read a second time; and 

(ireland) Bill. committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Overseers The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Citiesand Reading of the Overseers (Cities and Boroughs) 
mee) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Out-door The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Papers Bill. Reading of the Out-door Paupers Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, Tat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee 
VoL. 104, 


| the Gross Amount of Duty received thereon, distin- 


guishing England, Scotland and Ireland, and the 
respective Ports of Importation therein, and the 
|Tota of each quarter and year :— Accounts of the 
Quantity of Foreign Manufactured Tobacco and 
| Snuff, imported into the United Kingdom in each 
| of the two years 1847 and 1848; stating the Quan- 
tity exported from the Bonded Warehouses, as 
Merchandize, to the British Colonies, and to what 
Colonies; also the Quantity exported as Ships’ 
_ Stores in each of these two years :—Of the Quantity 
| of British Manufactured Tobacco exported as Mer- 
jo under Drawback, to the British Colonies, 
|in each of the two years 1847 and 1848 ; and also, 
‘an Account of the Quantity exported as Ships’ 
Stores in each of these two years :—Of the Quan- 
| tity of British Manufactured Snuff exported in each 
_of the two years 1847 and 1848 :—Returns of the 
_Number of Persons convicted for smuggling To- 
bacco, Spirits, Tea, Silk, and for any other Articles, 
and the Total Number convicted in the years 1847 
‘and 1848, and up to the 5th day of January 1849; 
also the Number of Persons who paid the Penalties 
imposed, the Number of Compromises made, the 
Number of Persons committed to Prison, the Num- 
ber of Persons in Prison for Offences against the 
Revenue Laws, on the 5th day of January 1849 :— 
Of the Number of Seizures made, and of the Num- 
ber of Prosecutions for breach of the Laws relating 
to Tobacco, in the years 1847 and 1848, and up to 
the 5th day of January 1849; distinguishing Great 
Britain from those in Ireland, with the Total Quan- 
tity of unmanufactured and manufactured Tobacco, 
Cigars and Snuff respectively seized ; specifying the 
| Number of Persons imprisoned, and the Amount of 
Penalties received (so far as relates to the Customs 
Department) :—And, a like Return so far as relates 
to the Excise Department. 








and ) 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to facili- Indictatle 
tate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of Offences 


| the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in Jredand wit 

| respect to Persons charged with Indictable Offences : 

| And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 9th day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


h (Ireland) Bill. 
No. 62. 


| Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to facili- Summary 
tate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of Convictions 


he Peace out of Quarter Sessions in Ireland with 
N 3 respect 





(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 63. 


94 


respect to Summary Convictions and Orders: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon’ Friday the 9th day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


Protection 
of Justices 
(Ireland) B 


No, 64. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to pro- 
i, tect Justices of the Peace in Jreland from Vexatious 
Actions for Acts done by them in the Execution of 
their Office : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 9th day of March next; and to be printed. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


No. 65. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to alter the 
Oaths to be taken by Members of the two Houses 
of Parliament not professing the Roman Catholic 
Religion: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Munday 
the 16th day of April next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Luna, 26° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Reginew, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 
. Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions 
Fen (Equaliza- for Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition 
tfon of Drain- ; i ss : 
age Rates and for additional provision in the Marshland Smeeth 
and Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rates and 
Repair of Roads) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, inasmuch as it is sought 
by one of the Clauses annexed to the said Petition, 
to diminish the qualification of a Commissioner for 
Drainage, for the purposes of the Act therein recited, 
and also to extend to the proprietors of lands, within 
a District therein-mentioned, the power for appoint- 
ing Deputy Commissioners to act for them in their 
absence, with the other powers therein mentioned, 
but the Gazette and newspaper notices do not spe- 
cify such extension. 

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


Marshland 
Smeceth and 


Repair of 


Roads) Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days of 
this instant February, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Public 
Petitions 
(Ninth Re- 
port.) 


Transfer of The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
Sheffield Canal spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Trans- 
to River Dun fey of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation 
Navigation C a Bill, whicl Brides k nae - 
Company Bill, Vompany Bull, which, upon Friday ast, was made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to transfer the Sheffield Canal to the Company of 
Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun: 
And that Mr. Parker and Mr. Edmund Denison do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Hos- 
pital for Consumption Bill, which, upon Friday last, 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate the Governors of the Hospital for 
Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, and to 
authorize the establishment of a Chapel in con- 
nection with the said Hospital, and to enable the 
said Governors the better to carry on their Chari- 
table Designs: And that Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. 
Disraeli and Mr. Octavius Duncombe do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Hospital for 
Consumpticn 
Bill. 


23°—26” Februariz. 





A. 1849. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Taff Valp 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the Taff Vale Railway 
Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tydfil) Bill, which, oe 
upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- Tyagi Bil 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch from the Taff Vale Railway 
to Dowlais, and for other Purposes: And that Mr. 

John Henry Vivian and Mr. Divett do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Airdrie Police and Municipal Bill was read Airdrie Polig. 
a second time ; and committed. Bre, Municipal 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bedford Charity Act Amendment Bill was Bedford 
read a second time ; and committed. a Act 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bj.” 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the General Land Drainage and General Lani 
Improvement Company (Incorporation and con- jim 
ferring of Powers) Bill be read a second time, upon Company 


Sends ' (Incorporation 
Monday next. and conferring 


of Powers)Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the Kendal ee Fell 
Fell Act Amendment Bill was read, and discharged. ea a 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and Lancashire 
North Western Railway Companies (Transfer of — moan 
: , ndon 
Interest in the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and North 
and Dock, and regulating the Management of the Western Rail 
Undertaking) Bill was read a second time ; and com- )°Y Toate 
mitted. ; of Interest in 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- the Fue 
: a ° and Wyre 
mittee of Selection. Railway, Har- 
bour and Dock, and regulating the Ma- 
nagement of the Undertaking) Bill. 


The Llynvi Valley Railways Bill was read a Liynvi Valley 
second time; and committed. Railways Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Order for reading a second time the MMussel- Musselburgh 
burgh Police and Improvement Bill was read, and ome 
discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

North Staf- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ere 
Reading of the North Staffordshire Railway (Amend- ward pote 
ment of Acts) Bill ; ment of Acts) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- Bill 


morrow. 


Ordered, That the Standing Committee appointed Kitchen and 
to control the arrangement of the Kitchen and eomeey om" 
the Refreshment Rooms in the department of the of Commons) 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, have power (FirstReport) 


to report their Observations thereupon, from time to No. 66. 
time to the House. 

Lord Marcus Hill accordingly reported from the 
said Committee, and who were instructed to inquire 
into the present position of the Ticket Porters of the 
House; That they had come to the conclusion that 
it will be best to defer the matter until the comple- 
tion of the New House of Commons, which, as they 
have been informed, may be expected early in the 
ensuing year; they would however recommend that 
in the meanwhile a gratuity of Five pounds be ex- 
tended to each of the porters, to provide them with 
more uniform and decent attire. 

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


Audit of Rail- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
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that part of the Message from the Lords of Friday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to give leave to William Bulkeley 


Hughes, Esquire, a Member of this House, to aa 
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12 VicrorizZ. 


tend their Lordships to be sworn, in order to his 
being examined as a witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships, in the present 
Session of Parliament, on the amending of Rail- 
way Acts as to Audit of Accounts. 

And Mr. Bulkeley Hughes being present in his 

lace, declared that he was willing, with leave of the 
Sam, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, That William Bulkeley Hughes, Esquire, 
have leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That u Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to William Bulkeley Hughes, Esquire, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if 
he think fit: And that Mr. Bernal do carry the 
said Message. 





Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Earl of Gllengall, to attend as a 
witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, to inquire into the present state of the 
Inland Fisberies and Navigation of Zre/and, and the 
obstructions which hinder the enjoyment of the same, 
and the best means of removing such obstructions, 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House : 
And that Mr. dnstey do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of George Turner and others, com- 
plaining of the inadequate remuneration of the Lay 
Clerks in the Cathedral Church of Bristol; and 
praying that the Revenues of Prebendal Stalls, 
which have already been suppressed, and of those 
hereafter to be suppressed, may in the first instance, 
be applied to the due maintenance, support and re- 
muneration of the Lay Clerks of the said Cathedral 
Church, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting held 
in the public hall, Rochdale, praying for repeal of 
the laws which prevent an ordained Clergyman of 
the Church of England voluntarily seceding from 
that Church, from officiating as a Dissenting Mi- 
nister, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Browny;—and, Kilrogan; com- 
plaining that the schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Jreland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament 
for the support of Education in that country; and 
praying the House to relieve them from the grievance 
of which they complain,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Tradesmen and Arti- 
zans, connected with the building and equipment of 
ships, and others, belonging to the Port of Scar- 
borough, praying the House to reject every propo- 
sition for the repeal of the Navigation Laws, and 
in any amendment of those Laws that may be 
deemed essential to the interests of general com- 
merce and of the community, to adhere inviolably 
to those great principles on which they are based, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Electoral District of Penrith, 
in the counties of Cook and Cumberland, and colony 
of New South Wales ;—District of Windsor, in the 
colony of New South Wales ;—and, Bathurst, in the 
colony of New South Wales; praying the House 
not to pass any measure for alteration of the con- 
stitutional Act of the colony of New South Wales, 
until the same has been submitted to the colonists 
for their consideration, and the expression of their 
opinion thereupon,—were ental , and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 104, 








26° Februari. 95 


A Petition of Master-workers and others, engaged Paper. 
in the manufacture of Paper, at Ba/erno Mill, parish 
of Currie, county of Edinburgh, praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Paper, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Liverpool, Advertise- 
praying for the repeal or reduction of the Advertise- ments, &amp;c. 
ment Duty and for the repeal of the Paper and 
Newspaper Stamp Duties, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Sanders, late a Clerk in the Post-office. 
Money-order department of the General Post- 
Office, complaining of waste of the Public money, 
in the management of the department in which 
he was engaged ; suggesting various improvements 
in such department; and praying the House to 
grant such inquiry, for the full examination of 
the management of the Office, and the details of 
his proposed plan, as may appear to the House 
best calculated to secure the efficiency of an im- 
portant department of the Public Service, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Electoral Division of Carrow- poor Law 
brack ;—and, Mayo; praying for amendment of Ireland.) 
the Poor Law in Jreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Poor 


Laws (Jreland). 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Brokers and Public Expen- 

others, Inhabitants of the town of Liverpool, stating ‘iture. 

that they are deeply impressed with the impolicy 

and danger to the best interests of the country, 

arising from the constantly increasing Expenditure ; 

and praying the House to reduce the same to an 

amount which in 1835 was found amply sufficient 

to protect our commerce, and to provide for national 

security, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Exeter Slave Trade. 
and its vicinity, praying that instructions may be 
forthwith given to the Principal Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, to demand of the Spanish and 
Brazilian Governments the liberation of all Afri- 
cans who have been illicitly imported into their colo- 
nies and territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, 
together with their descendants, and in the event of 
their attempting to evade such demand, or to pro- 
crastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that mea- 
sures will be adopted to exclude their produce from 
the British markets, until such time as they faith- 
fully and honourably perform their engagements 
with this country, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and Small Debts 
others of Braintree and its vicinity, in the county of Act. 
Essex, praying that the jurisdiction of the County — 

Courts may be improved and enlarged to such ex- 
tent and in such manner as to the House shall, upon 
inquiry and due consideration, appear expedient, 


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


Petitions from Brill;—and, Chichester ; praying War. 
the House to take prompt and decisive measures to 
negotiate treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, bind- 
ing the parties for the future to refer their misunder- 
standings to the decision of arbitrators, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. , 


The Order made upon Friday last, That there be Custom-house 
laid before this House, a Return of the Number of Seizures. 








N44 Seizures 






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Custom-house 


Seizures. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 67 &amp; G8. 


Railways. 
No. 69. 


Valuation of 
Tenements 
Ireland.) 


No. 70. 


Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales. ) 


No. 71. 
Committals 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 72, 


Churches 
and Chapels 
( Wales.) 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Lancaster. ) 


96 


Seizures of Silks, Lace, Ribbons, Embroidery and 
Shawls made at the Custom-house of London, from 
the first day of January 1847 to the first day of Ja- 
nuary 1849, on the plea of under-valuation of Entry ; 
siating the kind of Goods seized, the Amount of 
Entry, Valuation of such Seizures, the Amount paid 
by the Custom-house to the Importers of the Goods, 
the Amount and Proceeds of the Sale of such Goods, 
stating the Number of Lots into which they were 
divided for Sale, the several Days upon which they 
were put up for Sale, and whether sold or bought in, 
or postponed, in each case, and the Expenses in- 
curred on such Sales :—And, Balance of Account, 
showing the Benefit or Loss to the Custom-house 
Department, and the Amount paid in each case to 
the seizing Officer, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Seizures of Silks, Lace, 
Ribbons and Shawls, made at the Custom-house of 
Lond, from the 1st day of January 1847 to the 
25th day of August 1848, on the plea of under- 
valuation of such Entry ; stating the kind of Goods 
seized, the Amount of Entry Valuation Seizures, 
the Amount paid by the Custom-house to the Im- 
porters of the Goods, the Amount of Proceeds of 
the Sales of such Goods, stating the Number of 
Lots into which they were divided for sale, the se- 
veral days on which they were put up for sale, and 
whether sold or bought in, or postponed, in each 
case, and the Expenses incurred on such Sales ; and 
a Balance Account showing the Benefit or Loss to 
the Custom-house Department, and the Amount 
paid in each case to the seizing Officer :—With an 
Appendix, being an Account of the several Articles 
specified in the foregoing, which, during the said 
period, were detained on the plea of under-valuation, 
but, on the Application of the Importers, were sub- 
sequently delivered at an increased valuation. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
and Navigation, which were presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation of 
Tenements (Jre/and), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
tive to Turnpike-roads (South Wales), which were 
presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to Committals ( Ireland), which were presented 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, for three months ending the 31st day of 
December 1848, of the Name of every Parish within 
the several Dioceses of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint 
David and Llandaff, showing the Names and Num- 
ber of Churches and Chapels attached to the Esta- 
blishment within each Parish, the Number of Services 
performed on each Sunday in each Church or Chapel ; 
whether such Services are performed in English or 
in Welsh, distinguishing the English entire Services 
from the Welsh entire Services, and whether such 
Welsh Services are performed by the Incumbent or 
Curate. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


26° Februariz. 


A. 1849. 


House, an Abstract of the General Statements of 
the Income and Expenditure of the several Turn- 
pike Trusts within the County Palatine of Zancas- 
ter, from the 1st day of January 1847 to the 31st 
day of December 1848, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 80. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tin. 
Return of the Quantity of Tin and Tin Ore shipped 
at the following Ports, in each of the Ten years 
preceding the 1st day of January 1849: Penzance, 
Saint Ives, including Hayle, Marazion, Falmouth 
and Penryn, Truro including Devoran, Par, Charles- 
town, owey and the Ports of the Tamar. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Quebec and 
mand,—Copy of Final Report of the Officers em- a 
ployed on the Survey of the Line for the Quebec Public Works 
and Halifax Railway, with the subsequent Cor- in Canada, 
respondence thereon, and on Public ‘Works in 
Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, Poor Laws 
upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- (Ireland. 
mittee on the Lrish Poor Laws, might be read; and 
the same being read ; , 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itselfinto a Committee to consider the 
said Report. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Poor Law 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of (Ireland.) 
an Order dated 22d January last, altering the Dates 
of Proceedings for the Annual Election of Guardians 
of the Poor in the several Unions named in the Sche- 
dule thereunto annexed. 

Copy ofan Order dated the 5th day of February 
instant, prescribing amended Rules for the Govern- 
ment of the Workhouses of the several Unions in 
Treland. 

Copy of General Orders of the Court of Chan- Incumbered 
cery, for regulating the Proceedings under the Act Estates 
for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jreland, bear- (achat) ae 
ing Date the 13th of January 1849. 

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


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ;—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. : 

A ren —- An Act to continue, until the at 
‘irst day of September One thousand eight hundred Suspension, 
and Sicepalen, an Act of the last rie. ny for em- (ireland) Bil 
powering the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Go- 
vernor or Governors of Ireland, to apprehend and 
detain such Persons as he or they shall suspect of 
conspiring against Her Majesty’s Person and Go- 

vernment : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to consolidate the Inland _ 
Boards of Excise and Stamps and Taxes into one Revenue Bill. 
Board of Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and to 
make Provision for the Collection of such Revenue : 

—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Supply. 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 





Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” = 
the 








Public 
Expenditure. 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Vice Guard- 
lans of Unions 
(Ireland) Bill. 





12 Vicrortz. 46°—27° 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the net expenditure of the Government for the 
“ year 1835 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, 1847) 
“ amounted to £.44,422,000; that the net expen- 
“ diture for the year ended 5th January 1849 (Par- 
“ liamentary Paper, No. 1, 1849) amounted to 
“ £.54,185,000; the increase of nearly ten millions 
“ having been caused principally by successive aug- 
* mentations of our warlike establishments, and 
“ outlays for defensive armaments :—That no fo- 
reign danger nor necessary cost of the Civil Go- 
vernment, nor indispensable disbursements for 
the services in our dependencies abroad, warrant 
the continuance of this increase of expendi- 
ture :—That the Taxes required to meet the pre- 
sent expenditure impede the operations of agri- 
culture and manufactures, and diminish the funds 
for the employment of labour in all branches of 
productive industry, thereby increasing pauperism 
and crime, and adding grievously to the local and 
general burthens of the people :—That, to dimi- 
nish these evils, it is expedient that this House 
take steps to reduce the annual expenditure, with 
all practicable speed, to an amount not exceed- 
ing the sum which, within the last fourteen years, 
has been proved to be sufficient for the mainte- 
nance of the security, honour and dignity of the 
nation,”’ instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old — Tufael 
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So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Martis, 27° die Februarii, 1849: 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred ; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Relief of Distress (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Vice Guardians of 
Unions (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuausg, N° 1. (Paid officers continued in office 
until the -) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the blank 
be filled with the words ‘‘ Twenty-fifth day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty.” 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Lord Edward Howard, 51 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew : i" 
Tellers for the {Mr. Monsell, 1 31 
Noes, Colonel Dunne : rites 
VoL. 104. 





Februari. 97 
Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauss, No. 2, agreed to. 

Cuausg, No. 3, amended, and agreed to. 
CrauseE, No. 4, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Overseers (Cities and Boroughs) Bill was, Overseers 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Cities and | 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- Boroughs) Bill. 
morrow. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into petty Sessions 
a Committee upon the Petty Sessions Bill; and, after Bill. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the No. 73. 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itselfinto Distraining 
a Committee upon the Distraining for Rates Bill ; for Rates Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 74. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] to Real and Per- 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the sonal Property 
Conveyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Pro- pia) 
perty vested in Mortgagees, Trustees and Persons 
under Legal Disabilities: And that Mr. Headlam 


and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lowtherstown 
Copy of Captain Gilbert’s Report to the Poor Law Workhouse. 
Commissioners, dated the 15th day of January 1849, 
on the State of Lowtherstown Workhouse; the An- 
swer of the Board of Goardians thereto, with the 
Returns from the Board appended ; Mr. Barron’s 
Report on the Investigation held relating to the 
foregoing Correspondence ; and all other Corre- 
spondence on the same subject between Captain 
Gilbert and the Commissioners, Mr. Barron and 
the Commissioners, and the Board of Guardians and 
the Commissioners. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Fees (Courts 
the 19th day of this instant February, That a Select of Law, &amp;c.) 
Committee be appointed to inquire into and report 
to the House on the Taxation of Suitors in the 
Courts of Law and Equity by the Collection of Fees, 
and the Amount thereof, and the Mode of Collec- 
tion, and the Appropriation of Fees in the Courts 
of Law and Equity, and in all inferior Courts, and 
in the Courts of Special and General Sessions in 


England and Wales, and in the Ecclesiastical Courts 
and Courts of Admiralty ; and as to the Salaries 
and 





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98 26°— 


and Fees received by the Officers of those Courts, 
and whether any and what means could be adopted 
with a view of superintending and regulating the 
Collection and Appropriation thereof, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Bouverie, 
Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Stuart Wortley, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. Henley, Sir William Molesworth, 
Mr. Clifford, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Wood, Mr. Tur- 
ner, Mr. Roundell Palmer and Mr. Ewart, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Resolved, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Sum required to be voted to make 
good the Deficiency in the Grants for Ordnance Ser- 
vices for years prior to the 1st day of April 1846. 

Colonel Anson accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Martis, 27° die Februari ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Dennis, from the Commissioners of Brid- 
lington Piers and Harbour, -was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Annual Account of the 
Commissioners of Bridlington Piers and Harbour, 
from the 26th day of July 1847 to the 26th day of 
July 1848, together with an Abstract :--And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders, — 
Return to an Order dated the 13th day of this in- 
stant February, for a Return of the Number of 
Threepenny Receipt Stamps sold from the 1st day 
of January 1847 to the Ist day of January 1848 ; 
from the Ist day of January 1848 to the Ist day of 
1849; together with the Number of Persons pro- 
secuted for evasion of the Threepenny Stamp Duty 
on Receipts during the said Periods, the Date of 
the Order to prosecute, the Amount of Penalties 
incurred, and the Sum to which they were mitigated 
in each case; distinguishing those Prosecutions 
which included Penalties for Stamp Duties upon 
Receipts other than Threepenny Receipts. 

Copy of the Treasury Minute for the Consolida- 
tion of the Board of Stamps with the Board of Ex- 
cise, and a Statement of the Reduction of Officers 
by the Consolidation ; together with the Saving to 
be effected thereby. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of 
the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, from the 1st January 1848 to the 31st De- 
cember 1848, showing the Amount of Revenue 
which became due, the Monies received and paid 
within the time, and the Arrears and Balance at 
the end of the preceding and current year, with 
Appendices. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of 
any Despatch or Correspondence, secret or other- 
wise, from the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company to the Governor General of Jndia in 


27° Februari. 





A. 1849. 


Council, sanctioned by the Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and communicating the Decision 
of the Court on the Question of the disposal of the 
Satiara State, in consequence of the Death of the 
late Raja; together with all Correspondence, secret 
or otherwise, between the Governments of India, 
from the 14th day of October 1847, and not already 
laid before Parliament; as also, Copies of all Mi- 
nutes recorded by Members of Council in Jndia, 
and Dissents, Protests, or Minutes recorded by any 
Member or Members of the Court of Directors on 
that subject :—And then he withdrew. 

— That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Brotherton 
Branch from the 
and for other Purposes : 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


yas a Bill for making a Tag Vato 
aff Vale Railway to Dowlais, Railway 


a (Extension 
And the same was read the in Merthyr 


Tydfil) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate Hospital for ° 
the Governors of the Hospital for Consumption and ee 
Diseases of the Chest, and to authorize the esta- ~ 
blishment of a Chapel in connection with ihe said 
Hospital, and to enable the said Governors the 
better to carry on their Charitable Designs: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to transfer the Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal to the Company of Proprietors of Shefield Canal 
“pant teers ° to River Dun 
the Navigation of the River Dun: And the same Navigation 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a Company Bill.’ 
second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Lough Corrib 
spect of the Petition for leave to bring in the Lough ag 
Corrib Improvement Company Incorporation and Tncempentill 
Amendment of certain Public Acts Bill, which, and Amend 
upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- a 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the Bil. 
same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Lough Corrib Improvement 
Company, and for amending the Provisions of cer- 
tain Statutes, so far as they relate to the said Com- 
pany: And that Mr. Divett and Mr. Cockburn do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Binbrooke Saint Gabriel and Binbrooke Binbrooke | 
Saint Mary Inclosure (Amendment and Extension Saint Gabriel 
‘ : . and Binbrooke 
of Acts, Alteration of Awards, settling Titles to gaint Mary 
Lands, &amp;c., and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill Inclosure 
was read a second time; and committed. Ce 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- o¢ acts, Altera- 


mittee of Selection. tion of Awards, 
settling Titles 
to Lands, &amp;c., and defining 

Parish Boundaries) Bill. 


Dublin 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 7 
Consolidation, 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Inpeovenstl 
upon the 13th day of this instant February, were waterworks 
proposed to be made to the Question, That the Dub- and Sewers 
lin Consolidation Improvement, Waterworks and Bil. 
Sewers Bill be now read a second time, and which 
Amendments were, to leave out the word “ now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words 
“ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

. Mr. Grogan, } da 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ §. Charles Douglas: 23. 


J Mr. Reynolds, 
Tellers for the Noes,) iy re &gt; a 39. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And 





HwaAIFe rma 






















































Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Power 
to guarantee 
Interest on 


certain Shares, mittee of Selection. 


&amp;e,) Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Time) Bill, 


North Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 


Saint Mary’s, 
Whitechapel, 
Tithes and 
Easter Offer- 
ings Bill, 


Whittlese 

Saint Mary 

and Whittlese 
lut Andrew 
Dion of 
atishes, and 





12 Vicroriz. 





And the Question being proposed, That the words | 
“upon this day six months” be added at the; mittee of Selection. 


end of the Question ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


said proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words | 
“‘ six months,” and adding the word “ fortnight” 


instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ six months” stand part of the said proposed 
Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Reynolds, 


lL 45 
Mr. William Fagan : { = 

\ 

J 


Tellers for the Noes, - Toor’ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


71. 


And the Question being put, That the word, 


“ fortnight” be added instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 


97° Februariz. 





| 


99 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- for improving 
the Town of 
Whittlesey 
Bill. 


Mr. Bramston presented a Bill for incorporating Lough Corrib 
the Lough Corrib Improvement Company, and for — 
amending the Provisions of certain Statutes so far Secctantion 
as they relate to the said Company: And the same and Amend-_ 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read ee 
second time. Bill. 

Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill to amend Marriages Bill. 
and alter an Aet of the fifth and sixth years of his No. 75. 
late Majesty, so far as relates to Marriage within 
certain Degrees of Affinity: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Steam Vessels. 





a Return, in a tabular form, of the Registered Steam 


And the Question being put, That the words | Vessels of the United Kingdom, on the 1st day of 
“ upon this day fortnight” be added to the words | January 1849, stating, in separate columns, the 
“ That the Bill be read a second time,” in the! following Particulars :—1. Vessels’ Names; 2. Port 
original Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- | of Registry; 3. Date of Registry; 4. Registered 


tive. 
Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Owners; 5. Dimensions of Vessels in Length and 
Breadth ; 6. Tonnage, exclusive of Engine-room, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon , and: Gross Tonnage, where practicable ; and distin- 


this day fortnight. 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Power to gua- 
rantee Interest on certain Shares, &amp;c.) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


The London and Blackwall Railway (Amendment 


and Extension of Time) Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the North Staffordshire Railway 
(Amendment of Acts) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Saint Mary’s, Whitechapel, Tithes 
and Easter Offerings Bill be now read a second 
time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
«* now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old ag 

Mr. Gladstone, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Gou burn ? 

J Mr. Osborne, 
Tellers for the Noes,) gi Winiam Clay : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

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


} 70. 


s 89. 


The Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint 
Andrew Union of Parishes, and for improving the 
Town of Whittlesey Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


| 


| guishing Vessels built of Iron. 


{ 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Troops 


Returns of the British Troops, Regular and Irre- (East India.) 
gular, ordered by the Governor-General of India, 
or any subordinate Functionary, to take the Field 
in the Punjaub, from the 18th day of April to the 
31st day of December 1848, showing the Number 
of Guns, the Number of Regiments or Detachments 
| of Regiments, and the Strength of each Regiment 
or Detachment in Officers and Men :—Of the Camp 
Followers attached to and officially reported by 
each Regiment, Detachment, and Field Department 
of the Troops so employed :—Showing the Number 
of Combatants and Non-combatants that were paid 
by the Field Pay Department, or subsisted by the 
Field Commissariat Department, during each Month 
of the above period :—And, of the Number of Na- 
tive Allies, vedas commanded by British Officers 
or Native Sirdars, that were in the Fie!d or main- 
tained during the same period. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented sicily. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Informations received by Go- 
vernment, relative to Atrocities alleged to have 
been committed by the Neapolitan Army in Sicily. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Incum- Incumbered 
bered Estates (Ireland) Act, which was presented Estates 
yesterday, be printed. = — 
No. 76. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ordnance, Ordnance. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 77. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Raja ot 
Return of the Amount of Money paid for the Main- Stara. 
tenance of the Family of the late Purtaub Shean, 

the late Raja of Sattara, since his Death, and the 

Dates on which the Payments were made. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman poys)_ 

Usher of the Black Rod? ui to Bil 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 

Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 

several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 


Assent 
to Bills. 





VoL. 104, 





02 the 


ne eae ee ee Se ee ee eect tetrad cea aineeeemmntinesipecaademeneapeyperentareraeh 





100 27°—28° Februari. 


the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read, 


A. 1849, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Buckingham 


Reading of the Buckingham Summer Assizes Bill ; Summer 
Assizes Bill, 


Inland 
Revenue Bill. 


Habeas Corpus 


Suspension 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ceylon 
and British 
Guiana. 


Punjaub. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Buckingham 
Summer 
Assizes Bill. 


Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow: 

An Act to consolidate the Boards of Excise and 
Stamps and Taxes into one Board of Commissioners 
of Inland Revenue, and to make Provision for the 
Collection of such Revenue : 

An Act to continue, until the First day of Sep- 
tember One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, 
an Act of the last Session, for empowering the Lord 
Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors 
of Ireland, to apprehend and detain such Persons 
as he or they shall suspect of conspiring against 
Her Majesty’s Person and Government. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue so much of An Act of the second and 
third years of Her present Majesty, as enables 
Justices to grant Warrants for entering Places in 
which Spirits are sold without License in Ireland: 
And that Sir William Somerville and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the grievances complained of 
in the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, 
in connection with the Administration and Govern- 
ment of those Dependencies, and to report their 
Opinion whether any measures can be adopted for the 
redress of any grievances of which there may be 
shown just reason to complain; and also, whether 
any measures can be adopted for the better Admi- 
nistration and Government of those Dependencies, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Hume, Sir 
Joshua Walmsley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Hogg, 
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Lord Hotham, Mr. Baillie, Mr. M‘Cullagh, 


and Major Blackall; with Power to send for per- | 


sons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That in reference to that part of Her Ma- 
jesty’s gracious Speech informing Her Parliament 
that a Rebellion had broken out in the Punjaub, 
an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
praying that She will be pleased to direct all Papers 
relating to an event of this domestic and important 
character to be laid before the House without further 
delay :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Petition of David Boswell 
Reid, Doctor of Medicine, relative to the New 
Houses of Parliament, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors of the borough of Buckingham, and of Bur- 
gesses and [nhabitants of the town and parish of 
Buckingham, praying the House not to sanction 
any Bull tending to the removal of the Summer 
Assizes from the town of Buckingham, where they 
have been so long accustomed to be holden, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Highways, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, showing the Total Receipts and 
Expenditure on account of the Highways and 
Streets of the several Parishes and Places in each 
County of England, for the year 1845, under the 
following Heads: Receipts—Rates or Assessments 
from Turnpike Trusts ; other Receipts ; Total Re- 
ceipts: Expenditure—Manual Labour; Team La- 
bour ; Materials ; ‘Tradesmen’s Bills; Salaries; Pay- 
ments to Turnpike Trusts; other Paynents; Total 
Expenditure :—Also, Balancesin hand or overspent ; 
stating also the Number of Returns received in each 
County, and the Number which cannot be obtained. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- Life Policies 
day the first day of March next, the Life Policies ff na 


Assurance Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 7th day of March next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Mercurii, 28° die Februarii ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Cope, from the Russia Company, was called Russia 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Company. 


Order, dated the 1st day of June, in the last Session 
of Parliament, for Returns of the Number of Free- 
men admitted into the Russia Company in each 
year since 1835 ; the Amount paid on Entry, and 
the Number now on the Roll: —Of the Gross 
Amount of Dues, commonly called Russia Dues, 
levied on Russia Produce, imported into the United 
Kingdom, in each year since 1835; also, the manner 
in which the Amount of Entry Fees of Freemen, 
and the Dues from Goods, have been appropriated, 
to whom paid, and for what Services, and of the Ex- 
penses of Collection of the above Dues, in each 
year since 1835:— Of the Number of Ports in 
Russia from which Produce is imported into the 
United Kingdom :—Of the Amount levied by the 
Russia Company, or by British Merchants, on 
British Shipping, at each of the Ports of Russia, 
for the support of the English Episcopal Clergy, or 
for any other purposes, in that country, in each 
year since 1835; stating the Amount of Tax per 
ton, and the several Heads under which levied, by 
whom the Tax is levied, and an Account of the 
manner in which, and to whom, the Sums collected 
were distributed :—And, an Account of the Russia 
Company’s Property vested in the Three per cent. 


Consols, or elsewhere (in continuation of Parlia- 


mentary 








Public 
Petitions 
(Tenth Re- 


Dogs. 


Health of 
Towns 


(Ireland. ) 


Medical 
(Navy.) 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Paper, 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 





12 Vicroriz. 


mentary Paper, No. 303, of Session 1836) :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this 
instant February, and had directed hiin to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions from Over Darwen ;—and, Kingsbridge; 
praying for the repeal of the laws which prevent an 
ordained Clergyman of the Church of England, 
voluntarily seceding from that Church, from offi- 
ciating as a Dissenting Minister,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, praying 
the House to pass an Act to abolish the practice of 
employing Dogs to draw Carts, as beasts of burden, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- 


tary of the Waterford Sanitary Association, praying | 


the House to pass an efficient and comprehensive 
Health of Towns Bill for Zreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal College of Surgeons in 


28° Februariz. 


101 


changes proposed by Government, relative to the 
Irish Poor Law, will be most injurious to the Peti- 
tioners in many respects ; and praying that the plan 
of dividing that Union, and of a Union rate in aid, 
/may not be adopted, but that the area of taxation 
may be lessened by an estate rating, or otherwise, 
and an extensive emigration of useless paupers may 
| be substituted, was presented, and read; and re- 
| ferred to the Select Committee on Poor Laws (Jre- 
| land). 





that the rates or assessment for the necessary relief 
| of the Poor, and also for the repairs of the high- 


| ways, in many of the parishes of the Liskeard 
| Union, are exceedingly oppressive; and praying 


| that laws may be enacted to remedy the evils com- 
| plained of, was presented, and read; and ordered 


, to lie upon the Table. 


__A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Promiscuous 
| Frome and its vicinity, praying the House to pass Intercourse. 


| such measures as may tend most effectually to sup- 
press Prostitution, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Leicester, praying the House to re-consider the 
| Clauses 35 and 37 of the Public Roads Bill, with 
| a view to their being so framed as to be consistent 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Lis- Poor Rates, 
heard Union, in the county of Cornwall, complaining &amp;c. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Public Roads 
| Atherstone Union, in the counties of Warwick and Bill. 


Treland, complaining that such of the Fellows and with the principle of the Bill, and so as to conduce 
Licentiates of the College as serve at sea in the | to the most convenient practical working of it, was 
rank of Assistant Surgeons, are much aggrieved by presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
being deprived of the accommodation of separate ‘Table. 

cabins, and by not being permitted to mess with 
gun or ward-room officers, whereby they are pre- | 


vented from opportunities of study and professional | Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, 


praying the House to take into consideration the 


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke's Public Roads. 


improvement, to the detriment of the public service, 
not less than to their own inconvenience ; and pray- 
ing the House to take the matter into consideration, 
and adopt measures of relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Market Drayton Union (Chair- 


injuries which she alleges have been done to her 

| etd by the Trustees of turnpike roads and the 

anagers of other public roads, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of the Middlesbro’ and Redcar Rail- Railways. 


man) ;— Wem Union (Chairman);—and, Bradford; way Company, stating that the present system of 
(York) Union (Chairman) ; stating that the Peti-| rating Railways to Poor, Highway, Church and 
tioners have observed, with great alarm, the increase | Other local rates, is unequal and oppressive; and 


of the system of Pauper tramping ; and praying the 
House to give the subject immediate consideration, 
so that remedies may be devised to meet the evil com- 
plained of,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Association of Ship-builders and Master Ship- 
wrights of the port of Liverpool, praying that in any 
alteration of the Navigation Laws which the House 
may think fit to support, the great principle on which 
those laws are founded may be preserved inviolate, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Clondalkin ;—Swift Brook ;—Kil- 
leen ;— Templeogue ;—Mount Brown ;—Drimnagh ; 
— Galway ;— Ballyboden ;—Old Bawn ;—Loaders 
Park ;— Great Newton ;— Edmondstown ;—Leizlip ; 
— Golden Bridge ;—and, County of Dublin; praying 
for the repeal of the duty on Paper,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Honiton Union, in the county of Devon, 
praying that the power of removing destitute poor 
wo from one parish to another, in England and 

ales, may be abolished, and at the same time that 
some change be made in the distribution of the 
burden of relieving the poor, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of principal Proprietors and Rate- 


payers of the Scarriff Union, stating that the 
Vou. 104, 


praying the House to pass a law to remedy the 
| grievances complained of, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to liie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- Registering 
| tary of the Waterford Sanitary Association, praying Births, &amp;c. 
the House to take steps for the establishment of an (e!@”d-) 


accurate Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


mittee of the Belfust Anti-slavery Society, stating 
that they have learned, with deep regret, that on the 
2d November last, Lord Harris, the Governor of 
Trinidad, authorized the Attorney-General of that 
Island to submit a series of resolutions which have 
been proposed by the Legislative Council, the Bishop 
and the Treasurer of the Island dissenting, which 
are of a nature to coerce and enslave the unfortu- 
nate Africans who may be transferred from captured 
slavers, brought from Sierra Leone, or from other 
parts of the African coast ; and praying the House 
to call upon Earl Grey to withhold his sanction 
from them, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


(two Petitions);—and, Clifton Dartmouth Hard- 

ness; praying the House to take such measures as 

may lead to the avoidance of War, and the settle- 

ment of all international disputes by arbitration or 

friendly settlement,— were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
03 





Viscount 


A Petition of Honorary Secretaries to the Com- Slave Trade. 


Petitions from Hereford ;— Whitchurch ;— Derby War. 


a 


102 98° Februari.—1° Marti. 


Navigation Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
same. Command,—Copy of Correspondence with Foreign 
States, relative to the proposed relaxation of the 
British Navigation Laws. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Newspaper Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

wtamnge. Return of the Aggregate Number of Stamps issued 
for Newspapers in each year, from the 1st day of 
January 1842 to the 1st day of January 1849, in 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Number at one penny and 
at one halfpenny (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 412, of Session 1842). 


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

Sheep-stealing Returns of the Number of Cases of Cattle and 

(Ireland.) —_ Sheep-stealing specially reported to the Consta- 
bulary in Jreland, during the years 1845, 1846, 1847 
and 1848 :—And, of the Number of Convictions for 
the above Crimes recorded at Assizes and Quarter 
Sessions during the same periods. 


William Ordered, That the Return relative to William 
Hulme. Hulme, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
No, 78. this instant February, be printed. 


Stamps and Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Stamps and 
Excise Boards. Excise Boards, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 79. printed. 


c duchy . Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duchy 
vornwall of Cornwall, which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 80. printed. | 


Insolvent The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Members Bill. »yjttee on the Insolvent Members Bill ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. — do now leave the Chair: 


—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
The Order for committing the Bill toa Committee 
of the whole House, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


Public Roads = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. Reading of the Public Roads Bill ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. | 


Public Roads = Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 

oe to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public 

Bill. *? Roads in England and North Wales: And that Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
und bring it in, 


Offences _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Irclana) Bill. Reading of the Offences (Jreland) Bill ; 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Relief of _ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

(Iretand) pil}, to consideration the Relief of Distress (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, 





Vice-Guard- § The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 


ians of Unions into consideration the Vice Guardians of Unions | 


(Ireland) Bill. 


A. 1849, 


(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in P. 2. 1. 26. by leaving out the words 
“ Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand eight 
“ hundred and Fifty,” and inserting the words 
“ Twenty-seventh day of September One thousand 
“ eight hundred and Forty-nine,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “ Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand 
“ eight hundred and Fifty” stand part of the Bill : 
--The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Overscers 
into a Committee upon the Overseers (Cities and od 
Boroughs) Bill; and, after some spent therein, Mr, pin), ~ ‘) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and had directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Out-door 
into a Committee upon the Out-door Paupers Bill; Pupers Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 

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

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Buckingham 
into a Committee upon the Buckingham Summer — 
Assizes Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 1° die Martii ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 
M&amp;* Cartledge, Secretary of Lunatics to the Lunatics. 
Lord Chancellor, was called in; and at the 
bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 28th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Returns, made up to the latest possible period, of 
the Number of Lunatics against whom Commis- 
sions of Lunacy are now in Force, and of the Total 
Amount of their Annual Incomes, and the Total 
Amount of the Sums allowed for their Maintenance 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, 
of Session 1839) :—And then he withdrew. 
, Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ewing, from the Office of the Accountant in Bankruptcy: 
Bankruptcy, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts of 
Parliament,—A Statement of the Amount trans- 
ferred and paid out as Dividends, of the Amount paid 
by Orders of the Court and of the Judges, from the 
31st day of December 1847 to 1st January 1849, 
also showing the unappropriated Balances existing 
on the following Accounts, and standing to the Ac- 
count of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant 


in Bankruptcy, on the 1st January 1849; viz., = 
1€ 





Pop 
Poo! 
&amp;e. 


Star 
Ord 


Birr 
Bort 
emp 
Cou 
(No 


Tit! 





Population, 
Poor’s Rate, 
&amp;e. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Birmingham 


Borough (Ex- 
emption from 
County Rates) 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Greenwich 
Markets 
Regulation 
Bill, 


Ardeley 
Tithes, 


12 VicrorizZ. 


The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 2d. The Interest 
arising from the Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. 
The Unclaimed Dividend Account; 4th. The Secre- 
tary of Bankrupts’ Account; 5th. The Secretary of 
Bankrupts’ Compensation Account; together with 
Appendices to the two last-named Accounts, of the 
Payments made, to whom, and whether as Compen- 
sations, Salaries or other Allowances:—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,— Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
February last, for a Return, showing the Population, 
the Annual Value of Property rated to the Poor’s 
Rates, the Expenditure for the Relief and Mainte- 
nance of the Poor, the Rate per pound on the value 
of rated Property of such Expenditure, the Total 
Number of Paupers relieved, including casual Poor, 
the Proportion per cent. to the Population of the Per- 
sons relteved, and the Rate per head of the Expen- 
diture on the Total Number of Paupers relieved 
for England and Ireland, for the year ending the 
25th day of March 1848, and for Scotland, for 
the year ending the 14th day of May 1848 (being a 
continuation of No. 681 of Session 1848, so far as 
relates to England and Wales): And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Birmingham 
Borough (Exemption from County Rates) (No. 2.), 
Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
That the Parties be permitted to deposit a Petition 
for a Bill, provided the same be deposited not later 
than Thursday the 1st March. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital 
to regulate and manage the Markets held at Green- 
wich, in the County of Kent: And that Admiral 
Dundas and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Petition of the Jacumbent and Parishioners 
of Ardeley, in the county of Herts, stating that 
the Petitioners are labouring under a heavy burden 
of local taxation; that, in searching for allevia- 
tion of this grievance, it has occurred to them 
to inquire how the great tithes of their parish 
have been alienated, and whether they cannot be 
recovered for the sacred and charitable purposes to 
which they were originally dedicated; that it ap- 
pears from a stamped and authenticated document, 
copied from the original in the registry at Lincoln, 
and in the possession of the incumbent, that in the 
year 1290 the great tithes were appropriated to the 
use of the dean and chapter of Saint Paul’s Ca- 
thedral, London, allotting the small tithes and 
glebe land to the vicar, but especially reserving to 
the bishops of the diocese and his successors for ever, 
the power of altering, correcting and amending that 
arrangement in such way as may seem fit to their 
lordships; that in the year 1814 the dean and 
chapter of Saint Paul’s sold the said great tithes 
for the redemption cf land-tax on other properties 
held by them; that under the provisions of the 
aforesaid document, they had not the power to do 
So, as such sale interferes with the reservation made 
to the bishop, enabling him to return the whole of 
the great tithes to the parish, if at any time they 


1° Martiz. 





103 


should be required; and that now, owing to the 
increase of population, the expense of relieving the 
poor, keeping the fabric in repair, and the inadequate 
income of the incumbent, they are required ; and 
praying that the House will cause the provisions of 
the aforesaid document to be acted up to by calling 
on the dean and chapter of Saint Paul’s, London, 
to repay the sum of money received by them for the 
great tithes to the present impropriator, in order 
that they may be re-conveyed to the parish of Ar- 
deley, and that such portions of the annual proceeds 
of the said tithes as may be deemed just and fitting 
by the proper authorities may be allotted towards 
maintaining the due ministry of the church, the 
setting in order, and after that, for ever, the repair of 
the fabric and parsonage house, the payment of 
sexton, &amp;c., the keeping of churchyard, the relief 
of the poor to a certain extent, under management 
of the minister and parish officers, and the support 
of the school for the children of the poor, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Rate-payers and other In- Cashel Union 
habitants of Fethard, Keltman and Peppardstown, Fever 
electoral divisions in the Cashel Union, county ee 
Tipperary, praying the House to commission the 
Vice-Guardians, who at present superintend the 
Cashel Workhouse, to inquire into the abuses which 
they allege exist in the Cashel Union Fever Hos- 
pital, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the diocese of Church of 
Saint Asaph, stating that they earnestly desire that England. 
the ministrations of the Church of England may be 
made adequate to the spiritual necessities of the 
people, and praying that, subject to such regulations 
and restrictions as the legislature may deem fitting, 
portions of the endowments of parish churches may 
be applied to the maintenance of the ministers of 
district churches already built, or of districts about 
to be formed, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield, in the Clergy. 
county of Chester, praying for a repeal of those 
laws which prevent an ordained Clergyman of the 
Chureh of England, voluntarily seceding from that 
Church, from officiating as a Dissenting Minister, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of the cjerey. 
Tower Hamlets, in the county of Middlesez, praying . 
that no Bill may be suffered to pass into a law which 
shall provide for the maintenance of the Clergy out 
of the poor rates, or shall in any degree exempt 
the Clergy or any of them from the parochial and 
local burthens which they ought by law to bear 
equally with their fellow-subjects, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mary Merrick and Richard Thorpe, Cork Lunatic 
of the city of Cork, stating that they have filled Asylum. 
the situations of matron and store-keeper of the 

Cork Lunatic Asylum since the year 1832; and 

praying the House to pass a law entitling them to a 
superannuation allowance, in the same manner as 

if they had served in a district Lunatic Asylum, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Kensington, 
Fulham and Chiswick ;—and, Kensington ; praying *¢- Parishes. 
that the House will adopt such measures as may seem 

good and sufficient for comprising in one borough 

the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, 

Fulham and Chiswick, and conferring upon it the 

privilege of electing two Members of Parliament, to 





Von. 104, 





04 supply 

















eat ot heh ee eet ee ae 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland. ) 


Mendicancy. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund 
Act. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Ireland.) 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public 
Expenditure. 


Public Roads 
Bill. 


Railways. 


104. 


supply the vacancy caused by the disfranchisement 
of Sudbury,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the King’s County, 
stating that the principal grievance of Jreland is 
the want of security for the investment of labour 
and capital in the improvement of the soil; and 
praying the House to enact that all improvements 
made by a tenant shall be the property of himself 
and his heirs, which he may sell or dispose of to 
the best advantage, was presented, and read; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





1° Martiz. 


A. 1849, 


Bill may pass into law, and that the House may 
devise such further relief in the premises as the 
case may seem to require, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Roman Cath. 


Lanark, praying that no measure to secure an endow- 
ment by the State for the Priesthood of the Romish 
Faith, may ever receive the sanction of the House, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Vew 


lic Clergy. 


Tea, Sugar, 


| Woodstock and neighbourhood, praying the House Coffee, &amp;. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of, 
Guardians of the Chard Union, stating that they | 
have observed with alarm the increase of the system | 
of pauper tramping in that and the surrounding | 
unions, the evils of which affect every union in the | 
kingdom ; and praying the House to give the sub- 
ject their immediate consideration, in order that | 
remedial measures may be adopted for the removal | 
of the evil complained of, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen be- 
longing to the respective ports of Whitehaven, Har- | 
rington, Workington and Maryport, in the county | 
of Cumberland, praying for amendment of the | 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Borrowstouness ; —Londonderry ; | 
—and, Members of the Board of Trade of Quebec ; 
praying the House to refuse to sanction any measure 
for the repeal of the Navigation Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Liverpool 
Shipowners Association, praying that the Naviga- 
tion Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the High Sheriff of Westmeath ;— 
and, Zwam Union (Chairman and Secretary) ; pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Laws ( Ireland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Nicholas, in the city of Worcester, praying the 
House to pass such measures as will enable ma- 
gistrates and officers of police to bring those persons 
who make a trade of and live by promoting the 
Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to prompt 
and certain punishment, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Taunton and the 
surrounding country, praying for a reduction of the 
National Expenditure, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Tees- 





dale Union, in the counties of Durham and York, 
praying that the Public Roads Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Cockermouth and Workington 
Railway Company, stating that the present system 
of rating Railways to poor, highway, church and 
other local rates, is, in the opinion of the Petitioners, 
very unequal and oppressive, and that the Peti- 
ioners have been informed that a Bill is about to 
be introduced into the House to remedy the griev- 
ances above complained of; and praying that such 





to reduce the tax levied on Tea to sixpence per 
pound, and on Sugar and Coffee to seven shillings 


per hundred weight ; also praying that the tax levied 


on Windows, Timber, Bricks, Paper, Newspapers, 
Advertisements, Soap, Butter and Cheese, may all 
be forthwith repealed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norwood (Surrey) ;—Bristol ;— 
Ashburton ;-— Glasgow (Chairman) ; — Newcastle- 
upon-T'yne (Mayor) ;—and, Northampton; praying 
the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 


| world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 


as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Admiral Dundas presented a Bill to enable the 
Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital to regulate 
and manage the Markets held at Greenwich, in the 


/County of Kent: And the same was read the first 


time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis have 
leave of absence till Easter, on account of ill-health. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Return of the Number and Nature 
of the Accidents and the Injuries to Life and Limb, 
which have occurred on the Railways in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the 1st of July, to the 
31st December 1848 ; together with the Number of 
Passengers conveyed during that period (in con- 
tinuation of the Return of Accidents for the pre- 
ceding half-year, Parliamentary Paper, No. 688, 
Session 1848). 


War. 


Greenwich 
Markets 
Regulation 


. 


No. 81. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Railways. 


_Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to the Coal-whip- 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Coal- Pe" 


whippers Office Balance Sheet, for the year ended 
the 30th December 1848. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Chargeable Letters 
which have passed through the London General 
Post (inwards and outwards), since the first general 
Reduction of Postage, on the 5th day of December 
1839, dividing the time, as far as practicable, into 
periods of four complete weeks each; and dis- 
tinguishing, as regards each period, the Unpaid, 
Paid, and Stamped, and Total Number of Letters ; 
also, of the Estimated Average Number for four 
weeks of the year immediately preceding the Re- 
duction, distinguished in like manner :— Of the 
Number of Letters which have passed through the 
London District Post (exclusive of all General Post 
Letters), for the same periods, and distinguished in 
the same manner as last Return :— Comparative 
Statement of the Number of Letters delivered in 
the United Kingdom in one week of each Calendar 

Month, 


Post-office. 








Poor Relief, 
Population, 
&amp;e, 


Ceylon. 


West India 
Colonies. 


Vancouver’s 
Island, 


12 Vicroriz. 


Month, beginning with November 1839, and ending | 
with the present time ; also (during the existence of | 
the Franking Privilege), the Estiniated Number of 
Franks, and of Letters exclusive of Franks :—Ac- 
count, showing the Gross and Net Post-oflice 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management for the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1838, and for each subsequent year, 
excluding from the Account, whether of Gross 
Revenue or Cost of Management, any Advances 
that may have been made by the English to the 
frish Post-office, and Advances to the Money Order 
Office ; also, disregarding in the Return for each 
year, any old Debts written off, or Postage remitted, 
or any other deductions which relate to previous 
years :—Returns, showing, as nearly as can be given, 
the Gross Amount of Postage Revenue for England 
and Wales (exclusive of Returns for refused Letters) 
for the month ending the 5th day of January 1840 | 
(during which the Fourpenny Rate was established); 
and for the corresponding month of each subsequent 
year :—Of the Payments by the Post-office, made 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 1838, 
and each subsequent year, for the Conveyance of the | 
Mails by Railway in Great Britain, distinguishing, | 
in each instance, the Payments for work done within | 
the year, from Payments for work done in previous 

years :—Of the Number and Amount of Money | 
Orders issued and paid in England and Wales | 
(London included) during the Quarter ending the | 
5th day of April 1839, and each subsequent Quarter : | 
—And, a similar Return as regards Money Orders | 
issued and paid in London. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Twenty Unions in Englandand Wales | 
which have been rated highest during the year 1848, | 
for the Relief of the Poor ; showing the Population | 
and Valuation of each; the Amount expended in| 
the Relief of the Poor; the Proportion of such | 
Expenditure to the Valuation ; the Proportion of 
Persons relieved to the Population; and the Pro- 
portion of Expenditure to the Population. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Young 
M‘Christie, of Old-square, Lincoln’s Inn, Agent of | 
the Committee of Inhabitants of Columbo, in the 
Island of Ceylon, complaining of the removal of 
their verandahs, without any compensation being 
made to them, which was presented upon the 7th day 
of March, in the last Session of Parliament, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Ceylon and British 
Guiana. 

Ordered, Thatthe Petition of Merchants, Planters, 
Land-owners, Traders, Householders and others of 
Columbo, for adoption of measures for the amelio- 
ration of the condition of that Colony, which was 
presented upon the 15th day of June, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, be referred to the said Select | 
Committee. | 


1° Martiz. 





105 
of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for Trade and Plan- 


tations, on the grant of Vancouver's Island to the 
Hudson’s Bay Company. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 


Command,—Copy of Fourteenth Report of the 
Inspectors appointed under the provisions of the 
Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different 
Prisons of Great Britain.—Il. Midland and East- 
ern District. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis, also presented,— Further Re- Public 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th Libraries. 


day of September, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returns of the Number of Volumes, and 
Parts of Volumes, of printed Books received in 
each year, respectively, from 1814 to 1847, inclu- 
sive, under the various Copyright Acts, by each 


of the following Public Libraries, viz., the British 


Museum; the Bodleian Library at Oxford; the 
Public Library at Cambridge ; the Library of the 
Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh; the Library of 
the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of 
Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin : — Of the whole 
Number of Volumes (distinguishing Printed Books 
and Manuscripts) in each of the said Libraries, as 
nearly as the same can be computed: — Of the 
subsisting Regulations under which the said Li- 
braries are accessible to the Public; and of the 
Number of Students and others who have frequented 
each of them during each of the last Ten years, for 
the purpose of reading or consulting Books :— 
Of the several Sums of Money which have been 
paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the 
Person or Persons, Body Politic or Corporate, 
being the Proprietors or Managers of the Library 
of Sion College, in the City of London, of the Li- 
braries of the Four Universities of Scotland, and 
of the King’s Inns Libraries in Dublin, under the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 110 (which deprived those 
Libraries of their former Claim to gratuitous Copies 
of all newly-published Books, and granted them 
Compensation in lieu thereof) :—Of the Appropria- 
tion of such Sums of Money by each of the said 
Libraries respectively, in each year since the passing 
of the Act aforesaid :—Of the whole Number of 
Volumes (distinguishing Printed Books and Manu- 
scripts) at present contained in each of the said 
Libraries, as nearly as the same can be computed : 
—And, of the subsisting Regulations under which 
the said Libraries are accessible to the Public ; and 
of the Number of Students and others who have 
frequented each of them in each year since the 
passing of the said Act, for the purpose of reading 
or consulting Books. 

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

















Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Ordered, That the Papers relative to Poor Law poor Law 
British Guiana interested in the cultivation of sugar, | (Ireland), which were presented upon Monday last, (Ireland.) 
praying for certain remedial measures, which was | be printed. No. 82. 

resented upon the 8th day of February, in the last | 
Session of Parliament, be referred to the Select! Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Raja of Raja of 
Committee on Ceylon and British Guiana. _Sattara, which were presented upon Tuesday last, Satara. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Members of the be printed. No. 83. 

Proprietary body, and others dependent on the, 


successful cultivation of the Plantations in British 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: Message from 
Guiana, praying that the free-labour produce in that | Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
Colony and other British Possessions may in future| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Consolidated 
be exempt from all duties, which was presented upon | Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions, out of the Fund 


the 25th day of February, in the last Session of Par- | Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year One ssgnaieaes 
liament, be referred to the said Select Committee. 


thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, without any 
| Amendment: And also, 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | The Lords request that this House will be pleased Poor Laws 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the (reland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this! First Report from the Select Committee appointed 


— a Copy of any Report from the Committee | by this House on the Zrish Poor Laws: And also, 
OL. 104, 


ry 


The 








Colonization 
from Ireland. 


Division of 
Parishes. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Land Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Act. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


1 06 1°——9° 


The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Third Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships, in the last Session of 
Parliament, to consider of the Means by which 
Colonization may be made subsidiary to other 
Measures for the Improvement of the Social Con- 
dition of Ireland, and by which, with full regard to 
the Interests of the Colonies themselves, the Comfort 
and Prosperity of those who emigrate may be effec- 
tually promoted ; together with the further Minutes 
of Evidence :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
that part of the said Message which requests a 
Copy of the Report from the Select Committee on 
the Jrish Poor Laws, by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
sroposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to appoint a 
Commission to inquire into the practicability and 
mode of subdividing into distinct and independent 
parishes, for all Ecclesiastical purposes, all the 
densely-peopled parishes in England and Wales, in 


such manner that the population of each, except in | 


particular cases at the discretion of the Commis- 
sioners, shall not exceed Four thousand souls ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ population” 


the words “ belonging to the Church of England.” | 


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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof the | 
words “and of uniting parishes where practicable | 
“ and advantageons,” 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there added ; ° 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Bright, 


Tellers for the Noess{ i Wood 


Tellers for the Yeas, } 18. 
1 111 
J 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to appoint a 
Commission to inquire into the practicability and 
mode of subdividing into distinct and independent 
parishes, for all Ecclesiastical purposes, all the 


densely-peopled parishes in England and Wales, in | 


such manner that the population of each, except in 
particular cases at the discretion of the Commis- 
sioners, shall not exceed Four thousand souls. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
improving the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Eng- 


land and Wales: And that Mr. Pusey, Mr. Tatton 
Egertonand Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Amount of Loans applied forin Ire-| 


land under the Land Improvement Act, and which 
were refused from want of sufficient funds. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
First Report of the Select Committee on the Jrish 
Poor Laws ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ it is unconstitutional and unjust to impose on 
“ Ireland separate National Taxation for the wants 





Martiz. 


“ 


A, 1849, 


of particular localities, so long as the public 

general revenue of Ireland is paid into an Im- 

— Treasury, and placed at the disposal of an 
mperial Legislature for the general purposes of 

the United Kingdom,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, ULord Marcus Hill: 

Tellers for the Mr. Sharman Crawford, 

Noes, LColonel Dunne : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr, Speaker do now leave the Chair: — And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

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

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


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


die Martii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

| The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


9° 


Veneris, 


| Tellers for the Yeas,{ Tend Movers Hill: p28: 
| ‘Tellers for the N oes;| Me aeunea, 96. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. § 
| The House accordingly resolved itself into the ( 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
| Motion made, and Question proposed, That im 
each of the next two E pra there shall be paid by 
every Union in Jreland, a sum equal to a rate of 
six-pence in the pound on each Electoral Division 
in such Union, towards a General Fund for the Re- 


lief of the Poor in Jreland. 


| To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
‘reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
|in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
_resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to authorize an Advance of Money for the gelics of ' 
Relief of certain Distressed Poor Law Unions in Jre- Distress _ 
land was, according to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Ap- vice- 
pointment of Vice-Guardians of Unions in Ireland Guardians 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Cfreland) Bill 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

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





The Bill to remove Doubts as to the Appoint- Overseers 
(Cities and 
Boroughs) 
Bill. 


iment of Overseers in Cities and Boroughs was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resvlved, ‘that the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Out-door 
take into consideration the Out-door Paupers Bill, P¥P¢t 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
| day. 

i The 





Buckingham 
ummer 
— Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


No. 84. 


Commissariat 
Chest. 


Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 85. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 


Navigation 
Act. 


Navigation 
WS, 


1°—9° 


12 VicroriZ. 


The Bill to repeal the Act of the twenty-first year 
of George the Second, for holding the Summer As- 
sizes at Buckingham, and to authorize the Appoint- 
ment ofa more convenient Place for holding the 
same was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Mr. Pusey presented a Bill for improving the Law 
of Landlord and Tenant in England and Wales: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 
14th day of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account showing all the Sums which have been 
paid into the Commissariat Chest, and which have 
been paid out of the same, between the Ist day of 
April 1846 and the 31st day of March 1847, and 
of the Assets and Liabilities of the Chest on that 
day, together with the Treasury Minute, dated the 
3d day of October 1845, directing the Preparation 
of the same, and the Report of the Commissioners 
of Audit thereon :—Alsv, an Extract from the Trea- 
sury Minute, dated the 22d December 1848, for the 
Government of the Office of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master-General, prescribing an Arrangement for the 
more speedy Re-payment of the Advances made 
out of the Commissariat Chest. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account du lie upon the 


Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to continue 
so much of an Act of the second and third years of 
Her present Majesty, as enables Justices to grant 
Warrants for entering Places in which Spirits are 
sold without License in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to Lord Fitzgibbon, the Earl of Erne 
and the Earl of Mouhtcashel to attend, to be exa- 
mined as Witnesses before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House to inquire into the present 
state of the Inland Fisheries and Navigation of Jre- 
land, and the Obstructions which hinder the enjoy- 
ment of the same, and the best means of removing 
such Obstructions; and to report their Opinion 
thereupon, to the House: And that Mr. Anstey 
do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—A Return of the Countries, the Ves- 
sels of which are either wholly or in part excluded 
from the privileges which the Navigation Act al- 
lows them in communicating with the British Co- 
lonies, for want of the issue of Orders in Council 
under the 4th section of the Act 8 and 9 Vice. ¢. 93, 
or in consequence of the issue of limited Orders, or 
in consequence of the expiration or withdrawal of 
Orders previously issued. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence with 
Foreign States, relative to the proposed Relaxation 
of the British Navigation Laws (in continuation of 
the Papers presented February 28, 1849). 

‘ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


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


VoL. 104, 








Marti. 107 


Veneris, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victoriz Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
— reported from the Select Com- public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 


27th and (Eleventh 
28th days of February last, and upon the 1st day saci 
of this instant March; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- fastern 
pany, and the Norfolk Railway Company, for leave Counties and 
to bring in a Bill to amalgamate the said Com- a 
panies, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was or- het. Bill. 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wode- 
house and Mr. Peto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Private Bills. 

Return of the Number of Private Bills deposited at 
the Board of Admiralty, under the Act 11 and 
12 Vie.c. 129, stating the Date at which each Bill was 
deposited ; also, the Date at which the consent, or 
otherwise, of the Board was signified to the parties : 
—And, a similar Return from the Office of Woods 
and Forests. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Brompton and 
Reading of the Brompton and Earl’s Court, &amp;c. Earl’s Court, 
— (Continuation of certain Turnpike-road Acts) Teeemmeten 

; of certain 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Turnpike-road 

upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March, 4¢ts) Bill 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- pjvision of 
posed, That the Division of the Living of Richmond the Living of 
and Kingston-upon-Thames Bill be now read a —— and 

. Kingston- 
second time ; upon-Thames 
The Amendments following were proposed to be Bill. 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thee Mr. King, 
Yeas, | Sir Charles Douglas : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Lushington, 

Noes, | Colonel Thompson : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


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n 


i&gt;) 
cr) 


to 
~~) 


Sea YY 


Ordered, That the Dublin Corporation Water- Dublin _ 
works Bill be read a second time after the Second oe 
Reading of the other Private Bills. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Dublin Improvement Bill pubiin 
be read a second time after the Second Reading of Improvement 
the other Private Biils. Bill. 
“- 


Ordered, That the Henley and London Water- Henley ana 
works and Navigation Bill be read a second time Lonon 


‘ - 3 W: rw 
after the Second Reading of the other Private bap 8 
Bills. tion Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second on | a 
Reading of the Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amend- (Amendment 
ment of Act and Alteration of Tolls) Bill; of Act and 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





Alteration of 
wa ; ls) Bill. 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. — 
P2 The 









108 


The York, Newcasileand Berwick Railway (Bar- 
moor and Alnmouth New Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was 
( Barmoor read a second time; and committed. 
andAlnmouth § Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
a) Branches, mittee of Selection. 


Dublin 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 


rhe Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ae of the Dublin Corporation Waterworks 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “upon Tuesday the 13th day of this in- 
stant March.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

on . , Mr. Reynolds . 

Tellers forthe ¥ eas,{ Mr. rae Oo’ Connell : \ - 

Yellers for the Noes, Me om } 93. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words | 


“ upon Tuesday the 13th day of this instant March,” 
be added at the end of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of this instant March. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Dublin Improvement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Tuesday the 13th day of this instant 
“ March.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon Tuesday the 13th day of this instant March,” 
be added at the end of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of this instant March. 


Henley and 
London 
Waterworks 
and Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Henley and London Waterworks 
and Navigation Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 


2° Marti. 


A. 1849. 


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


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke’s Frances Sarah 
Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk Barlee. 
(Wife of Charles William Barlee), complaining of 
the burdens imposed upon her lands, in the shape 
of tithes, rates and taxes, and praying to he relieved 
therefrom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Ladies of Lymington, Hants, pray- Promiscuous 
ing the House to enact such laws for the punishment Itercourse, 
of all persons guilty of trading in seduction and 
prostitution, as shall invest magistrates with more 
summary powers for the suppression of these prac- 
tices, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Worces- Slave Trade, 

_ter, stating that they have learned, with deep regret, 
that notwithstanding the long-continued and costly 
efforts of this country, to effect the complete sup- 
| pression of the Foreign African Slave Trade, it is 
| still carried on to an enormous extent, and under 
| circumstances of aggravated horror and atrocity ; 
/that they are of opinion that the horrors of the 
middle passage are increased, without the extent of 
the Slave Trade being materially, if at all, dimi- 
nished by the armed cruizers on the Coast of Africa ; 
and praying that they may be removed, and that 
pacific measures only be employed in its suppression, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Luton War. 
and vicinity, praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures to negotiate treaties between 
the Government of this country and other govern- 
ments of the world, binding the parties, for the 
future, to refer their misunderstandings to the deci- 
sion of arbitrators, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
_Poor’s Rate, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be Poor's Rate, 
printed, ” 
| No. 87. 

| Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 

| which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 88. 

| Ordered, That the Paper relative to Colonization Colonization 
| from Ireland, which was yesterday communicated from Ireland. 
| from the Lords, be printed. No. 86. 


| Ordered, That the Account relative to the Com- Commissariat 
| missariat Chest, which was presented yesterday, be Chest. 
printed. No. 89. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navi- Navigation 


‘gation Act, which was presented yesterday, be Ac 
| printed. No. 90. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Navigation 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | mand,—Copy of further Correspondence between L@¥s. 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add | the Governor General of Canada and the Secretary 


the words “ upon this day six months.” |of State for the Colonial Department, upon the 
And the Question being put, That the word | operation of the Navigation Laws (in continuation 


“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


of the Papers presented to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment by Command, July 1848, and February 1849). 
| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Tellers for the f Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Yeas, \ Lord Dudley Stuart : 
Tellers forthe { Colonel Knox, 'veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Revenues. — 
Noes, Mr. Robert Palmer : 187. | Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
So it passed in the Negative. March, in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- 
And the Question being put, That the words | turns of all Monies raised and at present charge- 
“ upon this day six months ” be added at the end of able on the security of the Land Revenues of the 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. | Crown, specifying the authority under which, and 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ;' the Purposes for which they have been so — 
an 


\ wee | Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to se- Land 
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12 VicrorizZ. 


and whether such authority is limited or otherwise 
in amount, the Dates and Amounts of the respective 
Loans, the Parties with whom, and the Periods for 
which they have been contracted ; the Rate or Rates 
of Interest respectively payable thereon; the Amount 
of Interest hitherto paid, and the Fund out of which 
it has been paid :—And, of any further Sum or Sums 
of Money proposed to be raised on the same Secu- 
rity ; the Authority under which, and the Purposes 
for which it is proposed to raise them, and the 
Amount. 

A Return of all Applications to the Certifying 


Literary and ; 
Scientific Barristers, under the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 36, for 


Institutions Certificates of Exemption from Local Rates by 


Literary and Scientific Institutions, stating the name 
and locality of each Institution, and whether the 
Certificates were granted or refused, and specifying 
the ground of refusal in each case (in continuation 
of Return of 20th May 1844). 

Fines and Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 

Penalties the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract 

(Ireland. ) of the Accounts of Fines and Penalties imposed 
and levied in the several Counties, Cities and Bo- 
roughs in Ireland, as audited by the Second Re- 
membrancer of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 


1847. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth : 
Marshland Resolved, That in the case of the Marshland 


Smeeth A Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rates 
eer rma and Repair of Roads) Bill, Petition for additional 
age Rates and Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
Repair of pensed with; That the parties be permitted to intro- 
Roads) Bill. Guce their additional provision, if the Committee on 
the Biil shall think fit. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Committee of Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
Selection of Selection; That under the powers granted to 
— Report.) them by the Standing Order, No. 84, they had 
No.91. formed into Groups certain opposed Private Bills, 
not being Railway Bills, which it is, in their Opinion, 
expedient to submit to the same Committees re- 
spectively ; and had agreed to report the same to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


RealandPer- © Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to consolidate and 
om ga amend the Laws relating to the Conveyance and 
Bil,’ +~=Transfer of Real and Personal Property vested in 
No.92,  Mortgagees, Trustees and Persons under Legal 
Disabilities: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 

the 14th day of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Grain, Flour,  Ftesolved, That an humble Address be presented 
ke, to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantity of Grain and Flour of all 
Sorts imported into Jreland, distinguishing each 
kind, from Foreign Countries and Colonies, for each 
year, from the 1st day of January 1839 to the first 
day cf January 1849, distinguishing each year :— 
Similar distinguishing Returns, and for the same 
period, of all sorts of Grain or Flour imported into 
Ireland from Ports of Great Britain: — Similar 
distinguishing Returns, and for the same period, 
of the Quantity of Grain and Flour of all kinds, 
and also of all sorts of Agricultural Produce, 
live or dead, imported into Great Britain from 
Ireland (if there be no means of ascertaining the 
Import of Live Stock generally from Jreland into 
Great Britain, then a Stem of the Number of 
VoL, 104. 

















2° Marti. 109 


Pigs sold in the Markets of Liverpool, Glasgow, 
Greenock, Gloucester, and Bristol, in each of the 
same years) :—Similar distinguishing Returns, and 
for the same period, of the Quantities of all kinds 
of Grain and Flour, and Live Stock, imported into 
Greai Britain and Ireland from foreign Countries 
and Colonies, distinguishing the Quantity imported 
from each foreign Country and Colony, and dis- 
tinguishing each year and each kind of Grain, 
Flour, Meal and Live Stock; and also adding, in 
parallel columns, the declared Value of British 
and Jrish Manufactures exported in each of the 
same years to the Countries from whence such 
Corn, Meal, and Live Stock was imported; and 
specifying the Value of such Manufactures taken 
by each :—Also, Returns of any increased Rate of 
Duty imposed by the Governments of Foreign 
Countries on British, Irish, and Colonial Produce 
or Manufactures within the same period ; specifying 
the Rate of such Increase, and upon what species 
of Goods, the Aggregate Rate of such Duties (in- 
cluding the Increase), the Date of such Increase, 
and the Names of the Countries importing them :— 
And, of the Number of Emigrants from Great 
Britain and Ireland, distinguishing Ireland from 
Great Britain, to our various Colonies and to fo- 
reign Countries ; distinguishing, if possible, Farmers 
or Tradesmen from Agricultural Labourers or Arti- 
zans ; or if this be impossible, then distinguishing 
Cabin from Steerage Passengers, in each of the 
same years :—The above Returns to be tabularized, 
as far as possible. 

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


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- poor Laws 
mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were em- (Ireland) 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together (Second Re- 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them from time to time, to the House ; That they No. 93. 
had proceeded to take evidence on the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to report the same 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, focal Acts. 
—Reports from the Admiralty, relative to applica- Wo, 94, 
tions for Local Acts. 

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


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


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

Ordered, That the Statement of Excess of Ex- Estimates, &amp;c., 
penditure for Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year referred: 
1847-48, which was presented upon the 16th day of Navy. 
February last, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year 
1849-50 be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate for the Post-office 
Department (Packet Service), which was presented 
upon the 16th day of February last, be referred to 
the Committee. 


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


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Excess of 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Naval Expen- 
towards defraying the Excess of the Naval Expen- “'™* 
diture beyond the Grants for the year ended on 
the 31st day of March 1848. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
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Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Out-door 
Paupers Bill, 


Qualification 

and Registra- 
tion of Voters 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Elections and 
Polling-places 
(Irelaad) Bill, 


- 


Petty Sessions 


110 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

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

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


Petition from Fermanagh (High Sheriff) ;--Bally- 
money Union (Chairman) ; — Limerick Union ; — 
Grand Jury of Meath ;—and, Belfast Union (Chair- 
man); praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
Ireland,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Poor Laws (/reland.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the First Report of 
the Select Committee on the Zrish Poor Laws. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That in each of the 
next Two years there shall be paid by every Union 
in Ireland, a sum equal to a rate of Sixpence in the 
pound on each Electoral Division in such Union, 
towards a General Fund for the Relief of the Poor 
in Ireland. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 3° die Martti, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Coramittee. 


The Bill to provide a more effectual Regulation 
and Control over the Maintenance of Poor Persons 
in Houses not being the Workhouses of any Union 
or Parish was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 
Voters (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 16th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 16th day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Petty Sessions Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuauss, N° 1, agreed to. 
Causes N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That, after the passing 
of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any Justices of 
the Peace in England to hold any Petty or Special 
Sessions of the Peace in any house licensed for the 
sale of exciseable liquors, or, after a Session House 
shall have been provided under the powers herein- 


9° —-3°—5° Martit. 





A. 1849. 


before contained, elsewhere than in such Session 
house, except in cases of urgent necessity, the 
cause of which shall be noted in the Minutes of 
Proceedings),—brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, Th at the 
Clause be now read a second time ; 
Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Distrainin 


into aCommittee upon the Distraining for Rates Bill ; for Rates Bin, 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

a Return of the Number who have been approved 
by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commis- 
sioners as Emigrants for the Australian Colonies, 
since the 31st day of December 1848, distinguishing 
Free from Assisted Passages, and likewise distin- 
guishing the Number of Free Passages which have 
been granted to Emigrants from the Counties of 
Dorset and Wilts. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Bailey, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Mu- Sir John 


seum, was called in; and at the bar pre- mer 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- mec 
liament,—A Statement of the Funds of the Museum 
of the late Sir John Soane, on the 5th of January 
1849 :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined ‘on 
the Petitions presented upon the 2d day of this Cenort.) 
instant March; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petitioh of Trustees for executing the Act Great Yar- 


: . ~ 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that provision may mags = 


be made in the Great Yarmouth Haven, Bridge and Navigation 
Navigation Improvement Bill for enabling the said Improvement 
Trustees to light with gas a certain road in the ®” 
hamlet of Southtown, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 

Mr. 





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Eastern 
Counties and 


Norfolk oe 
ays Ama ga- 
marion Bill. 


ord and 
oe Road 


Bill. 


fast Lanca- 
shire Railway 
Acts Amena- 
ment and De- 
yiation (Con- 
necting Lines 
in Preston and 
Walton-le- 
Dale, &amp;e.) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway, and 
Wilsontown, 
Morningside 
and Coltness 


12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Muntz presented a Bill to amalgamate the 
Norfolk Railway Company with the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Alford and Boston Road Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. 


The East Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment 
and Deviation (Connecting Lines in Preston and 
Walton-le-Dale, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way, and Wélsontown, Morningside and Coltness 
Railway Amalgamation Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Railway Amalgamation Bill. 


General Land 
Drainage and 
Improvement 
Company 


The General Land Drainage and Improvement 
Company (Incorporation and conferring of Powers) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 


(Incorporation and committed. 


and conferring 


of Powers) 
Bill. 


Great North- 
em Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, De- 
viations and 
Enlargements 
at and near 
Boston, Bent- 
ley, Lincoln 
and King’s 
Cross) Bill. 
Trish South 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


New North 
Road (Conti- 
nuation) Bill. 


River Dun 
Navigation 
Company 
(Purchase of 


Stainforth and 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Northern Railway (Amendment of 
Acts, Deviations and Enlargements at and near 
Boston, Bentley, Lincoln and King’s Cross) Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Jrish South Eastern Railway 
(Amendment of Acts) Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turn- 
pike-roads Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day ofthis instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the New North Road (Continuation) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. 


The River Dun Navigation Company (Purchase 
of Stainforth and Keadby Canal) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


a Canal) mittee of Selection. 


Sheffield and 
Tinsley Road 
(Extension of 
the Tinsley 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Exten- 
sion of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike-road to 


and Doncaster Sheffield) Bill ; 


Turnpike-road 


.0 Sheffield) 
Bill. 


Truro Turn- 
pike-roads, 
Penryn and 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Truro Turnpike-roads, Penryn and 


Redruth Turn. edruth Turnpike-roads (Consolidation of Trusts, 


pike-roads 


Alterations of Tolls, Formation of New Roads) 


(Consolidation B ill; 


rusts, 


Alterations of 


Tolls, Forma- 
tion of New 
Roads) Bill. 
Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 22d day of this instant March. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, Members of 


the Plymouth Law Society, praying for the repeal of 
~ annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, 
OL. 104, 


5° Marti. 111 


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


Petitions from Spa Fields ;— Bolton ;—Bolton- Clergy. 
le- Moors ;—and, Honiton ; praying for the repeal of 
the laws which prevent a Clergyman of the Church 
of England, voluntarily seceding from that Church, 
from officiating as a Dissenting Minister,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Bury County 
Union, in the county of Lancaster, complaining that Expenditure. 
the County Expenditure in Lancashire has of late 
years greatly increased and become extremely bur- 
thensome on the rate-payers ; and praying that a 
control may be obtained over the said expenditure, 
by the establishment of a financial and adminis- 
trative board, to be composed of elected guardians, 
to be chosen by and from the several boards of 
guardians in the county, and of a limited number 
of the magistrates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Knock- paucation 
avilly, complaining that the schools in connection (Ireland.) 
with the Church Education Society for Ireland de- 
rive no assistance from the funds granted by Par- 
liament for the support of Education in that country; 
and praying the House to relieve them from that 
grievance, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gamston ;—and, High Wycombe ; tdolatry 
praying that heathen temples and idols in India (India.) 
may be left to the management and support of their 
deluded votaries,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the Insolvent 
Committee of Management of the City of London Members Bill. 
Trade Protection Society, praying that the Insol- 
vent Members Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the King’s County, Landlora 
stating that, in their opinion, the principal grievance and Tenant 
of Ireland is the want of security for the investment (telan4.) 
of labour and capital in the improvement of the soil ; 
and praying the House toenact that all improvements 
made by a tenant shall be the property of himself 
and his heirs, which he may sell or dispose of to 
the best advantage, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Jrvine ;——-Cork ; and, Ayr ; Navigation 
praying that any measure that may be introduced Laws. 
into the House, for the alteration of the Navigation 
Laws, relating to the relief and support, in certain 
cases, of Merchant Seamen, their Widows and Chil- 
dren, and the taxation of British shipping, at the 
yearly rate of one shilling per ton, may not be al- 
lowed to pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Leicester 
Chamber of Commerce, praying that the Navigation 
Laws may be entirely abrogated, and that an un- 
restricted right of intercourse may be established 
between foreign nations and this country, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ke- MarriagesBill. 
merton, in the county of Gloucester, praying that 
the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











P4 Petitions 






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Mendicancy. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland. ) 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Maths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


112 


5° Marti. 


A, 1849. 


Petitions from Bury Union (Lancaster) ;—and, |towns, that power should be vested in some public 


Brechnock Union ; stating that the Petitioners view 


body, such as the Board of Guardians or the Pe- 


with alarm the serious increase of pauper tramping, | titioners, to rent or purchase land outside such cities 
and praying the House to enact some stringent |and towns for burial purposes; and praying the 


means for the prevention of the evil complained of, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Waterford, praying for the imme- 
diate abolition of the Tax called Ministers’ Money, 
in Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, praying 
the House to pass a law, extending the English 
Municipal Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 76, to the mu- 
nicipalities in Jreland, as far as the same is practi- 
cable, and to restore to the several cities and towns 
the appointment of the sheriffs, as enjoyed previous 
to the enacting the 3 and 4 Vic. c. 108, 109; and 
also to transfer to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses in Dublin, in Corporate Council, the seve- 
ral duties and powers exercised by the Paving Com- 
missioners, the Wide-street Commissioners, and the 
Graud Juries of the city of Dublin, as far as fiscal 
duties are discharged by them, and to grant to the 
Irish corporations the same rights and privileges as 
similar institutions have in the several other parts of 
the United Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dumbarton ; Bideford ;—— 
Liverpool (Chairman) ; Pembroke, Pembroke 
Dock and Milford Haven ;——Eastern District of 
the County of Stirling ;—— Liverpool Constitutional 
Association (Chairman) ; —— Arbroath ; -Water- 
ford (two Petitions) ;—— Bangor ;—— Bristol ;—— 
Whitstable ; —— Poole; ——Operative Shipwrights 
of the Port of London (Chairman) ;——ZJrvine ; 
Ayr ; —— Cardiff ; ——and, Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
praying that the Navigation Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 














Petitions from Horsmonden ;——and, Kirk Ses- 
sion of Doune or Kilmadock (Moderator) ; praying 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians for the Re- 
lief of the Poor in the Preston Union, in the county 
of Lancaster, praying the House either to abolish 
the central authority of the Poor Law Board, or so 
far to modify the same as to permit the unfettered 
operation of that local freedom of action, which, 
guided by the direct and legitimate authority of 
Parliament, and influenced by the salutary force of 
public opinion, would, as the Petitioners believe, 
tend to the mutual satisfaction of the contributors 
and the recipients of relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wel- 
lington Union, in the counties of Somerset and De- 
von, praying for the immediate abolition of the Law 
of Settlement, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Cork, stating that the expenses of Medical Cha- 
rities, Foundlings, and procuring of coffins for the 
Poor, which have hitherto been defrayed by Grand 
Jury Presentments, would be more le itimately 
and conveniently provided for out of the Poor’s 
Rate ; that private incomes, derivable from public 
buildings, may no longer be exempted from Poor’s 
Rate ; and that it is of the utmost importance, in 
reference to public health in large cities and 


Laws (Jreland). 


Committee. 


Committee. 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


lie upon the Table. 


taxes; and praying that such Bill may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wel- 
lington Union, in the counties of Somerset and De- 
von, praying the House immediately to pass a law 
ota 

the occupiers of ‘small Tenements, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Cork and 
its vicinity, calling the attention of the House to 
the grievous injury done to the Salmon Fisheries 
of the upper waters of the River Zee, by the tidal 
weirs upon the river within and above the city of 
Cork ; and praying the House to take these mat- 
ters into consideration, with a view to the removal 
of all obstructions on the river, the improvement of 
navigation and the prevention of flooding a large 
portion of the city, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of unpaid Depositors of the Saint Pe- 
ter’s Parish Savings Bank, Dublin, stating that 





the 


House to pass such legislative measures as may be 
necessary for carrying into effect the objects con- 
templated by the Petitioners, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Poor 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Ballinasloe Union, praying for amend- 
ment of the Poor Law in Jreland, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the said Select 


Petitions from Naas Board of Guardians (Chair- 
man) ;—High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the County 
of Longford ;—-High Sheriff of the County of Dub- 
lin; — Union of Carrickmacross ; — Castleblaney 
Union (Vice-Chairman) ;—County of Wexford ;— 
Nenagh Board of Guardians (Chairman);—Armagh 
Union ;—and, Lurgan Union; praying the House 
to reject any proposition for the imposition of a rate 
on the whole of Ireland, for the support of the 
paupers in certain distressed Unions,—were also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Mon- Promiscuous 
mouth and its neighbourhood, praying the House Mtercourse, 
to pass such measures as will enable magistrates 
and officers of police to bring those persons who 
make a trade of and live by promoting the Promis- 
cuous Intercourse of the Sexes to prompt and cer- 
tain punishment, was presented, and read; and or- 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Reform Pro- Pablic 
tection and Registration Association of the borough Expenditure, 
of Southampton, stating that the members of that 
association are deeply impressed with the impolicy 
and danger to the best interests of the country, of 
the present constantly increasing expenditure; and 
praying that the House will reduce the sum toa 
sum which, in 1835, was found amply sufficient to 
protect our commerce, and to provide for national 
security, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


Petitions of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- Railways. 
shire Railway Company ;—and, Taff Vale Rail- 
way Company ; stating that the Petitioners are in- 
formed, that a Bill is about to be introduced into 
the House, to remedy the present system of rating 
Railways to poor, highway, church and other local 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


1 shall compel the rating of owners in lieu of 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Savings Banks 


(Ireland. ) 


















































































Medica. 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


No. 95. 


Wheat. 


Savings 
8, 





12 VicroriZ. 


the Petitioners, with many privations and by in- 
creasing struggles, invested the savings of their 
hard earnings in the said Savings Bank, complaining 
of losses entailed upon them by the failure of such 
Bank, alleging that the failure thereof is peculiar to 
itself, and altogether distinct from that of any other 
defaulting Savings Bank in the United Kingdom, 
inasmuch as that department of the Government 
which had the superintendence and care of Savings 
Banks was fully cognizant of the increasingly in- 
solvent position of the Bank every successive year, 
for the last eighteen years ; and praying the House 
to take their case into prompt consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


city of Edinburgh, stating that the Petitioners feel 


called on most respectfully to urge on the consi- , 


deration of the House the position of the Assistant 
Surgeons of the Royal Navy, as regards the disad- 
vantages to which they are subjected on ship-board ; 
that these grievances necessarily deter a great pro- 
portion of the best-qualified young medical men 


from seeking admission into the medical department | 


of the Navy; that in particular, owing to the ex- 
treme youth of the shipmates, with whom the Naval 
Assistant Surgeons are associated in the gun-room, 
and the want of accommodation for books, apparatus 


and study, it is nearly impossible for them to ccntinue | 
the prosecution of the pursuits begun in the medical | 
schools, which are essential to their professional | 
efficiency; and praying the House to use its influence | 
for the redress of those grievances, was presented, | 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the bo- 
rough of Mary-le-bone, praying that Parliament 
may be constituted in future upon the principles 
of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual Par- 
liaments, no Property Qualification, Electoral Dis- 
tricts and Payment of Members, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingswood ;— Members of the 
Newport Atheneum and Mechanics’ Institution ;— 
Leicester (Chairman) ;—Bwichnewydd ;-—_Birming- 
ham (Chairman) ;—Great Yarmouth ;—and, Mac- 
clesfield; praying the House to promote the forma- 
tion hetween the British Government and other 
governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise 
between them to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
agg and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill for the Relief of 
Persons in Holy Orders of the United Church of 
England and Ireland, declaring their Dissent there- 
from : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 14th day of this instant March; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 23d day of February last, for a Statement of the 
Average Prices of Wheat in Fifteen principal Agri- 
cultural and Fifteen Manufacturing Commercial 
Towns, in the Three last weeks of April, August 
and December, in each year, since 1841 (in con- 
tinuation of the Return, No. 83, of Session 1842). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from each Savings Bank in England 
and Wales, Scotland, and Jreland, containing, in 


columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- 
VoL. 104, 


5° Martiz. 











113 


tive Salaries, and other Allowances (if any); the 
Amount of Security each gives, the Number of 
Accounts remaining open, the Total Amount owing 
to Depositors, the Total Amount invested with the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors, and 
the Total Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, 
on the 20th day of November 1848; the Number 
and Amount of Annuities granted ; also, the Annual 
Expenses of Management, inclusive of all Salaries. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Kingston- 


they had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by in- eeny Bill. 


serting therein the Amount authorized to be raised 


| by the therein fourthly-recited Act, and that such 
A Petition of the College of Physicians of the | 


sum has been wholly expended and the works are 
still incomplete ; which Amendment was considered 
necessary, the more clearly to explain the intent and 
meaning of the Bill; and that they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


‘and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


_Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Company Bill; That ¥pon-Hull 


Com- 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Blackburn 
Blackburn Waterworks (Additional Capital and Waterworks 


| Amendment of Act) Bill; That they had amended 


the Preamble of the Bill, by inserting 
Amount authorized to be raised by the recited Act, 
and that such Amount has been expended upon the 
purposes authorized by the said recited Act ; which 
Amendment was considered necessary, the more 
clearly to explain the intent and meaning of the 
Bill; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


( Additional 
: Capital and 
therein the Amendment 
of Act) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Woollen and 
Return of the Quantities and declared Value of Cotton Goods. 


Woollen and Cotton Goods the Manufacture of 
Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing the 
different Kinds, exported to J'urkey, in the years 
18438, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 :—And, a similar 
Return with regard to Russia. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Final Report made to the 
Secretary of State by the Commissioners for con- 
solidating and adjusting the Turnpike Trusts in 
South Wales, bearing date the 29th day of Septem- 
ber 1845. 

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


(South Wales.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Prisons. 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Four- 
teenth Report of the Inspectors appointed under 
the Provisions of the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38. 
to visit the different Prisons of Great Britain :—V. 
Scotland. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Further Return to an Navigation 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of Fe- Act. 


bruary last, for a Return of the Countries, the Vessels 
of which are either wholly or in part excluded from 
the Privileges which the Navigation Act allows them 
in communicating with the British Colonies, for 
want of the issue of Orders in Council under the 
4th section of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 93, or in con- 
sequence of the issue of limited Orders, or in con- 
sequence of the expiration or withdrawal of Orders 
previously issued. 


Q Mr. 





Paymaster 
General's 
Office, &amp;c. 


Local Acts. 
No 94° 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


No. 96. 
Harbours and 


Lighthouses 
(Cork. ) 


No. 97. 
Land 
Revenues. 

No, 98, 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Spirits 


(ireland) Bill. 


114. 5°—6° 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Accounts of theSaving effected by the Consolidation 
of the Offices of the Dicteniteethmeeh, Paymaster 
of Civil Services, and Paymasters of Exchequer 
Bills; distinguishing the Amount of Salary from 
every other source :—And, of the Number of Clerks 
promoted into superior classes since the 17th day of 
August 1848. 

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


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative to 
Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Receipt 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Harbours 
and Lighthouses (Cork), which was presented upon 
the 16th day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Reve- 
nues, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider tlie First Report of 
the Select Committee on the Jrish Poor Laws. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That in each of the 
next Two years there shall be paid by every Union 
in Ireland, a sum equal to a rate of a. in 
the pound on each Electoral Division in such Union, 
towards a General Fund for the Relief of the Poor 
in Ireland, 

Amendment proposed: To leave out from the words 
‘“‘ next Two years” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “ an auxiliary fund for the 
“ relief of the extraordinary Distress in Jreland be 
“ raised, by arate not exceeding Sixpence in the 
“ pound, to be levied upon all Property and In- 
“ come in Ireland above the annual value of £.150,” 
instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Question ; 

Whereupor, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ Viscount Castlereag shia. 

Mr. Grogan : 
Mr. Tufnell, = 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Lord Merens aan: J°*?- 

Question again proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 6° die Martiit, 1849: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
cress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committe may have 
‘eave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Spirits (Ireland) Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


Martiz. A. 1849. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply ; 
ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred Excess of 
thousand Pounds, be granted tu Her Majesty, towards Naval Expen. 
defraying the Excess of the Naval Expenditure “*™™ 
beyond the Grants for the year ended on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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

Resolved, f hat this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Petty Sessions 
take into consideration the Petty Sessions Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Distraining 
take into consideration the Distraining for Rates for Rates Bill, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways ana 





mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sir John Pakington, Lord Ashley, Sir Frederic Brivery at 
Thesiger, Mr. Bouverie, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Bro- Elections Bill, 
therton, Mr. Walpole and Mr. Legh were nominated 
Members of the Select Committee on the Bribery 
at Elections Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Sir John Hanmer be one other 
Member of the said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir John Pakington, 

Yeas, { Lord Marcus Hill: } 31. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Mackenzie, 

Noes, \ Colonel Sibthorp : } * 


And it appearing upon the Report of the division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not 
resent; and it being then One of the clock on 
fuesday morning :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, 
till this day. 





Martis, 6° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; O*4¢rss 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the London Cor- London | 
poration Petition for extending the time for pre- Corporation 
senting the Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be _ 
dispensed with; That the time for presenting the 
Bill be extended to Tuesday next the 13th instant. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That in the case of Petitions against Petitions 
Private Bills deposited pursuant to Standing Order, ese 
o,° ° ° °,° rivatc Bills. 
No. 107, the Petitioner may withdraw his Petition 
on a requisition to that effect being deposited at 
the Private Bill Office, signed by hm, or by the 
agent who deposited such Petition ; and that where 
any such Petition is signed by more than one per- 
son, any person signing such Petition may withdraw 

















his 





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12 Vicrori2Z. 


his opposition by a similar requisition, signed and 
deposited as aforesaid. 


gdinburgh The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Wil- 

and Glasgow sontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Amal- 

ee, gamation Bill was, according to Order, read a se- 

ingside cond time; and committed. 

and Coltness Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Com- 

aan Bil, mittee of Selection. 

Irish South The Jrish South Eastern Railway (Amendment 

Bastern Rail of Acts) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 

peat of Acts) time ; and committed. _ 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Taft Vale The Taff Vale Railway (Extension in Merthyr 

resseasion 'ydfil) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
n d 

Ceverthy mitted. 


Tydfil) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners 
for executing the Act for better paving, lighting, 
cleansing and watching the Town of Great Yar- 
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, and for removing 
Nuisances and Annoyances therein, and making 
other Improvements in the said Town, complaining 
that Gas Meters are not proved and stamped as 
other measures are, by persons properly appointed to 
test their accuracy; and praying the House to enact 
such laws as will ensure that all Meters shall be 
properly proved and inspected, either by bringing 
them under the same regulations and restrictions as 
measures generally, or in such other manner as to 
the House may appear conducive to the desired end, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Gas Meters. 


Marriage A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 

(Scotland) s_,. Wairn, of the Established Church of Scotland, pray- 

ing Births, &amp;e, ing the House to reject the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, 

(Scotland) and the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, was 

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





Petitions from Hopeman;—— Gainsborough; 
Aberdeen (three Petitions) ; Merchants’ House 
of Glasgow ;——Largs ; and, Wisbech; pray- 
ing that the Navigation Bill may not pass into a 
law, was — and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Navigation 
Bill. 








Poor Law Petitions from the Poor Law Union of Ballymena ; 

(Ireland.) = —Union of Leinardea ;—Belfast Poor Law Union 
(Chairman) ; — Rathmines ; —Swords ;— Belfast ;— 
and, Louth ; praying the House to reject any propo- 
sition for the imposition of a rate on the whole of 
Ireland, for the support of the paupers in certain 
distressed unions,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Poor Laws 
(Lreland). 


oe Law A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor 
het o'**8°S of the Cardiff Union, in the counties of Glamorgan 
and Monmouth, praying the House not to pass any 
enactment which will renew the provisions of the Poor 
Law Union Charges Act, 11 and 12 Vie. c. 110, was 


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


Railways, A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, 
agreed to at a general meeting of their Company, 
held at Plymouth, complaining that the present sys- 
tem of rating Railways to the poor, highway, church 
and other local rates, is unequal, unjust and oppres- 
sive; and praying for such an alteration of the law 
as shall render the local taxation upon Railway pro- 
perty more just and equal, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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6° Marti. 115 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dar- Public 
lington Union, in the counties of Durham and York, ®o=4s.Bill 
praying that the Public Roads Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace, Clergy, Free- Highways Bill 
holders and Rate-payers, acting in and for, and (1847.) 
residing within the several petty sessional divisions 
of Penrhwpal, in the county of Cardigan, and of 
Newcastle-in-Emlyn, in the county of Caermarthen, 
praying that the Highways Bill of Session 1847 may 
— into law, and that the southern part of the 

rincipality of Wales may be included in such Bill, 
with a due regard to such a scale of expenditure in 
the payment of the salaries of the officers, as shall 
be suited to the circumstances of that country, and 
that the same may speedily receive the sanction of 
the House, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and vi- Public Ex- 
cinity of Ross, in the county of Hereford, praying Pe™diture &amp; 
for a reduction in the Public Expenditure ; and that 
all national disputes may be settled by arbitration, 
instead of having recourse to arms, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Churchtown ; —Huddersfield ;— War. 
Carlisle;— Mold (two Petitions) ;— Carnarvon (two 
Petitions) ;— Cirencester ;— Garstang ;— Kettering ; 
— Bradford ; — Bridgwater (Chairman) ;— and, 
Rhyl; praying the House to promote the formation 
between the British Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively of such treaties of 
arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all inter- 
national disputes that may arise to the decision of 
arbitrators,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Exa- Birmingham 
miner of Petitions for Private Bills, to sit, and pro- — — 
ceed, on the Petition for the Birmingham Borough oumty Rates) 
(Exemption from County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill, forth- (No. 2.) Bill. 
with, and to report whether the Standing Orders 
required to be complied with in the present instance, 


are the same as those which affected the former Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Gooch have Leave of Absence Leave of 
for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 4sen¢e- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, House of 
a Return showing the Cost of Building the New Commons. 
Rooms attached to the Lobby of the present tem- 
porary House of Commons; and the Cost of the 
Passages and Staircase leading to the Committee 
Rooms in the New Houses of Parliament, which 
Works have been executed since last Session. 


Sir Francis Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Fishing-boats 
Command ,—Extract from Captain Washington's (un- (Scotland. ) 
finished) Report on the Damage caused to Fishing 
Boats on the East Coast of Scotland, by the Gale of 
the 19th August 1848. 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Answer to 
several Addresses of the 23d, 26th and 27th days of Addresses. 
February last, and the 1st and 5th days of this instant 
March (That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased 
to give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House,) had been presented 
to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded hin to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an Turnpike 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Final Report Trusts (Soutl: 
made to the Secretary of State by the Commissioners ¥“**) 
for consolidating and adjusting the Turnpike Trusts 
in South Wales, bearing date the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1845. 

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

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Court of 
Session 
Scotland.) 


No. 99. 


Wheat. 
No. 100. 


Navigation 
Act. 


No. 90.-II. 


P aymaster 
G eneral’s 
O flice, &amp;e. 


No. 101. 


Vancouver’s 
Island. 


Joint Stock 
Companies, 


Steam Com- 
munication 
with the 
Australian 
Colonies, &amp;c, 


Turnpike- 
roads 
( Middlesex.) 


116 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
22d day of February last, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navi- 
gation Act, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Pay- 
master-General’s Office, &amp;c., which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of Febru- 
ary last, and the 1st day of this instant March, for 
Copy of Charter of Grant of Vancouver’s Island to 
the Hudson’s Bay Company, and Copies of any Cor- 
respondence which has passed between the Colonial 


Office and the Hudson’s Bay Company on that sub- 


ject, since the last Papers were laid upon the Table : 


———And, for Copy of any Report from the 
Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for 
‘Trade and Plantations, on the grant of Vancouver's 
Island to the Hudson’s Bay Company. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement of the 
Licenses granted by the Lords of the Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade, from August 1847 to Fe- 
bruary 1849, to Joint Stock Companies to hold 
Land, Tenements, &amp;c., specifying the Nature and 
Extent of the Powers contained in each License, and 
of the Lands so authorized to be held, and in cases 
of Renewal or Extension of such Licenses, showing 
the Extent of Land actually held by the Company 
at the time of such Extension, and the Counties 
within which such Lands are situate. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Proposals received by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the 
course of the year 1848, in Reply to Advertisements 
issued by them, inviting Tenders for the Establish- 
meut of Communication by Steam Navigation with 
the Australian Colonies :—Of any Charter of Incor- 
poration or Letters Patent granted to any Person or 
Persons for the purpose of forming a Company, to 
be called, “ The Jndia and Australian Mail Steam 
Packet Company ;” together with any Certificate or 
Indorsement of the Board of Trade, showing the 
Fulfilment of the Conditions of the said Charter, in 
respect of any Deed of Association to be entered 
into by such Company :—And, of any Tender or 
Proposal made by any Person or Persons under the 
said Designation, or on behalf of the said Com- 
pany, fcr conveying Her Majesty’s Mails between 
England and Alexandria, with tne Decision of the 
Board of Admiralty thereon. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Aggregate Length of Turn- 
pike-roads in the County of Middlesex, and the Ag- 
gregate Amount of Debt and unpaid Interest on all 
the Trusts in that County. 


6° Martiz. 





A. 1849, 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Dublin 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Musical Fung, 


turn of the Estate and Funds of the Dublin Musical 
Fund or Charitable Musical Society, incorporated 
by an Act of the Parliament of Jreland, 17th and 18th 
deoee 3, c. 12; specifying the Nature and Amount 
of such Estate and Funds, and where situate, and 
how invested ; the Number of Loans issued by the 
Society in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 
and 1848 respectively; the highest and lowest 
Amounts so lent, the Expense attending each Loan, 
the Place of Business of the Society, the Number of 
its Officers, and the Amount of their Salaries :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Irish Poor, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Jrish Poor who, 
between the 31st day of December 1847 and the 
31st day of December 1848, have received Relief 
out of Poor Rates in the several Parishes comprised 
within the City of London, the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, the City of Westminster, the Borough of Lam- 
beth, the Borough of Southwark, the Borough of the 
Tower Hamlets, and the Borough of Finsbury re- 
spectively, and of the Money Value of the Relief so 
afforded :—And, of the Number of Jrish Poor re- 
lieved during the same Period out of the Poor Rates 
in the Parishes comprised in the Borough of Liver- 
pool, City of Glasgow, City cf Bristol, Borough of 
Cardiff, Borough of Newport (Monmouthshire), Bo- 
rough of Merthyr Tydvil, Borough of Manchester, 
Borough of Salford, Borough of Preston, Borough 
of Bury (Lancashire’, Borough of Leeds, Borough 
of Paisley, and the City of Edinburgh respectively, 
and of the Money Value of Relief so afforded. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Laws 
into a Committee, to consider the First Report of (Ireland) 


the Select Committee on the Jrish Poor Laws. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again pe. That in each of the 
next Two years there shall be paid by every Unionin 
Ireland, a sum equal to a rate of sixpence in the 
pound on each electoral division in such union, 
towards a General Fund for the relief of the Poor 
in Ireland. 


Amendment again proposed : To leave out from 
the words “ next J'wo years” to the end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ an auxiliary 
‘* fund for the relief of the extraordinary distress in 
“ Ireland be raised, by a rate not exceeding Six- 
“‘ pence in the pound, to be levied upon all pro- 
“* perty and income in Jreland above the annual 
“ value of £.150,” instead thereof. 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { pa Ap vom 
f Major Blackall, 


Tellers for the Noes, if Mr.Grogan : 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Question to add the words “ That for the purpose 
“ of augmenting the fund proposed to be raised by 
“‘ a rate in aid of sixpence in the pound from all 
“ property rated to the relief of the destitute poor 

in 


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in Ireland for the next two years, the same rate 
should be charged upon all salaries paid to Go- 
vernment officers, being not less than £.150 per 
annum, and upon all incomes derived from the 
public funds, and that all monies derived from 
the tax at present collected in England on income 
derived from Ireland, be for the next two years 
applied to the same fund.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
. . f Mr. Reynolds, a 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Sp eam 5? 
ny f Mr. Tufnell, ; 
Tellers for the Noes,; Lord Marcus Hill: ja 
Main Question put ; 
The Committee divided. 
ae { Mr. Tufnell, 1. 
ellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: j 206. 
1. { Mr. Richard For, ) 
Tellers for the Noes,) Sisiannl Dien: 4 f 34. 


1. Resolved, That in each of the next two years 
there shall be paid by every Union in Jreland, a 
sum equal to a rate of sixpence in the pound on 
each electoral division in such Union, towards a 
General Fund for the relief of the Poor in Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That the said sum shall be paid to a 
separate account at the Bank of Jreland, in the 
name of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Lreland, 
and shall be applied in such manner as Parliament 
shall direct. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Mercurii, 7° die Martii, 1849: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 





reported, That the Committee had come to several 


Resolutions. 


Marti. 117 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe Com- 
an Abstract of the Amount paid from the Public ™**- 
Taxes for the Board for the Commutation of Tithes, 
in each year since its establishment, and the Total 
Amount paid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Commons 
an Abstract of the Amount paid from the Public | ce 
Taxes in each year for the Board for the Inclosure 
of Waste Lands in each year since its establish- 
ment, and the Total Charge. 


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





Mercuri, 7° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
( Thirteenth 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 5th day Report.) 


of this instant March ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Derby (South- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a New a 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire, to _ 
serve in this present Parliament for the Southern 
Division of the County of Derby, in the room of 
Edward Miller Mundy, Esquire, deceased. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- Eastern Union 
and Eastern 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts @ounties Rail- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Spirits : 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Spirits (Jreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for the holding of Petty Sessions of the 
Peace in Boroughs, and for providing Places for 
the holding of such Petty Sessions in Counties and 
Boroughs, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Petty Sessions 
Bill. 


Distraining 


; The Bill to enable Overseers of the Poor and 
for Rates Bill. 


Surveyors of the Highways to recover the Costs of 
Distraining for Rates was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
“oie all Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
from County @ Return of the Amount paid from the Public 
Rates. Taxes for Local Charges formerly paid by Counties, 
distinguishing the Amount for Maintenance of cer- 
tain Classes of Prisoners in Gaol, for Conveyance of 
Prisoners, for Prosecution of Offenders, for School- | 
masters, for Medical Relief of the Poor, and for 
any other Payment connected with these objects, in 
Great Britain, in the year 1848 :—And, an Abstract 
of the Amount paid in each year for the above ob- 
jects since 1834. 


Poor Law 
Commission, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Amount paid for the Poor Law 
Board, and Inspectors, and Establishment, from the 
Public Taxes, in each year since 1833. 

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| relating to the Eastern Union Railway Company, way Compa- 


with Powers of sale or lease to, or amalgamation nies (Amend- 
with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, was Pepto" Acts 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be lease, sell or 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Philip Bennet and amalgamate 


Mr. Milner Gibson. tee La 


ties Railway 
Company) Bill. 
A Petition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Chester and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Holyhead 
said Company to raise a further Sum of Money, (tneresse of 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; Capital, with 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing Powers to the 


ondon and 
Orders. North Western 


Railway Company to sub- 
scribe thereto) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chester and 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Holyhead 

‘ . ° : a Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for (Increase of 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with 
Capital, with Powers to the London and North ee 
Western Railway Company to subscribe thereto) North Western 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied Railway Com- 
with, inasmuch as no notices of the said Bill have sr hana 
been given in the Gazette or in the newspapers, nor gill. 
was the Petition for the Bill deposited in the Private 
Biil Office on or before the 31st December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Birmingham 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for porn bone 
Private Biils,in pursuance of the Orders of the House Corsi Rowe) 
of the 6th March; That in the case of the Petition (No. 2.) Bill, 
for the Birmingham Borough (Exemption from 
County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders 
required to be complied with are the same as those 
which affected the former Bill. 

Q3 A Petition 

















































2 aN EO a elena Mere ie rte Neng Pw tame enn 









Birmingham 
Borough ( Ex- 
emption from 


County Rates) 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill; and, 
Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Education 
(Lancaster. ) 


Mendicancy. 


Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(ireland) 
(Rate in Aid.) 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
Union 
Charges. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


118 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Birmingham, in the county 
of Warwick, for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve 
the Borough of Birmingham from contributing 
towards the Expenses of erecting and maintaining 
a new Gaol and Pauper Lunatic Asylum for the 
County of Warwick, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Muntz and Mr. Scholefield. 


A Petition of Ministers of the Gospel and others 
resident in the United Kingdom, praying that the 
Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that 
the Affirmation Bill; and, the Clergy Relief Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Salford, praying for the establishment 
of a general system of secular Education through- 
out the County Palatine of Lancaster, to be sup- 
ported by Local Rates (levied on the same assess- 
ment as the Poor’s Rate), and managed by local 
authorities elected by the rate-payers specially for 
the purpose, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Brixworth Union, stating that they view with regret 
and alarm the increased and still increasing system 
of Pauper tramping ; and praying the ones to 
give the subject immediate consideration, so that 
remedies may be devised to meet the evil complained 
of, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen, re- 
siding in South Shields, in the county of Durham, 
praying the House to take the subject of the Mer- 
chant Seamen’s Fund into consideration, with a 
view to applying a remedy to the defects and ine- 
qualities of the laws relating thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zpswich ;——and, Gravesend (two 
Petitions); praying that the Navigation Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mallow Union (Chairman) ;—and, 
Poor Law Union of Larne (Chairman) ; praying the 
House to reject any proposition for the imposition 
of a rate on the whole of Lreland, for the support of 
the paupers in certain distressed unions,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Laws (Jreland). 

A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Catholic Clergy, and Rate-payers of the 
Zuam Union, praying for amendment of the Poor 
Law in Ireland, was also presented, and read ; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Clement, in the town and borough of Ipswich, in 
the county of Suffolk, praying the House to pass a 
Bill for the more equitable distribution of the Charge 
for the relief of the poor in certain cities and towns, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates and Inhabitants 
of the city of Hereford, praying the House to pass 
such measures as will enable magistrates and officers 
of police to bring those persons who make a trade 
of and live by promoting the Promiscuous Inter- 
course of the sexes to prompt and certain punish- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


7° Marti. 





A, 1849, 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Ozford Par- Public Expen. 

liamentary and Financial Reform Association, stating ‘iture. 

that the Petitioners are deeply impressed with the 

impolicy and danger to the best interests of the 

country of the present constantly increasing Ex- 
penditure ; and praying the House to reduce the 

sume to a sum which in 1835 was found amply suf- 

ficient to protect our commerce, and to provide for 

national security, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Christchurch (Hants) ;—Derby ; 
—Newark-upon-Trent ;—and, Truro; praying the 
House to secure the adoption of a treaty of arbi- 
tration between the British Government and the 
other governments of the world respectively, in 
which the parties shall mutually pledge themselves 
to refer every disputed question which cannot be 
settled by mutual negociation to impartial arbitra- 
tors,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Green Park, 
Return of the Lease, License or other Document 
under which certain portions of the Green Park 
have been granted as Gardens to Private Houses ; 
specifying whether any portions of such Houses 
are erected on such ground, and the Act of Parlia- 
meut under which the Grants were effected. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize an Advance Relief of 
of Money, for the Relief of certain distressed Poor Distress 
Law Unions in Jreland : (Ireland) Bis. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- Vice-Guard- 
lating to the Appointment of Vice-Guardians of prthei 
Unions in Ireland: And also, (ae 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Registering 
for registering Births, Deaths and Marriages in (Bente he 
Scotland ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence py), 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriage 
to amend the Law of Scotland affecting the Con- (Scotland) 
stitution of Marriage; to which the Lords desire” 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased Public 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the Business. 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the last Session of Parliament, on 
Public Business :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Vancouver's Vancouver's 
Island, which were presented upon the 14th day Island. 
of February last, and yesterday, be printed. No. 108. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fishing Fishing Boats 
Boats (Scotland), which was presented yesterday, (Scotland.) 
be printed. No. 104. 


Turnpike 
Trusts (South 
Wales. 


No. 105. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the a 
principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Mer- No. 102. 
chandize, and of the Consumption of such Articles, 
in the Month ended 5th February 1849, compared 
with the Imports and Consumption in the corre- 
sponding Month of the years 1847 and — 

n 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Turnpike 
Trusts (South Wales), which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 








en. 








Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill, 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


7° Marti. 119 


—An Account of the Exports of the principal | and shall be applied in such manner as Parliament 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in| shall direct. 

the Month ended 5th February 1849, compared} The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
with the Exports in the corresponding Month of) were agreed to. 

the years 1847 and 1848:—An Account of the; Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Exports of the principal Articles of British and | Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Sir William 
Trish Produce and Manufactures, in the Month | Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
ended 5th February 1849, compared with the Ex-) bring it in. 

ports in the corresponding Month of the years 1847 


12 Victoriz. 


and 1848:—And, an Account of the Number and} Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Godstone 
Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing the Countries | Copies of the several Letters received by the Clerk Union. 


to which they belonged, which entered inwards and | of the Godstone Union from the Vestry Clerk of 
cleared outwards in the Month ended 5th February | the Parish of Brighton, with the Answers thereto, 
1849, compared with the Entries and Clearances in | respecting the Maintenance of John Ledger, his 
the corresponding Month of the years 1847 and | Wife and Family, whose Relief was withdrawn by 
1848, stated exclusively of Vessels in ballast and of | the Godstone Guardians, pursuant to the Instructions 
those employed in the Coasting Trade, or the Trade of the Poor Law Commissioners, founded on the 
between Great Britain and Ireland. Opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the | 


Table; and be printed. 


\to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Pensions, Xe. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the , 
words, “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word | 
now”’ stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 


‘ 


n 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Salaries, 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a List, alphabetically arranged, of all Persons in 
England receiving Salaries, Pensions, Pay, Profits, 
Fees, Emoluments, Allowances or Grants of Public 
Money, inthe year 1848, the Amount of which ex- 
ceeds £.150; stating the Total Amount received by 
each Individual, and distinguishing the Sources from 
which the Payments are made, and the Aggregate 
of the whole :—Return of the Number of Persons 
in England receiving Salaries, Pensions, Pay, Fees, 
Emoluments, Allowances or Grants of Public 
Money in the year 1848, the Amount of which is 


' upwards of £.50 and not exceeding £. 150 sterling 
each person, stating the Number of Persons, in 
Classes, the Rates of Salary or other Payments to 
55. | each Class, and the Total Amount in each Class ; 


The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Henry Drummond, 


Yeas Mr. Wood: ager tienes &gt; . 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 45 cs a. - “ wr etcnnabras se es se 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: ee ee ee en ee eee 


Sin: te eons elesabnael tn toe ination | exhibit in these two Lists the Total Number of Per- 


: ; \sons in the receipt of upwards of £.50, and the 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : | Total Amount ded by them from all Sources of 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and pybjic Money (the Church excepted) :—And also, 


committed to a Select Committee. .a similar List and Return for Scotland ; and a simi- 


} 


The Affirmation Bill was, according to Order, | 
read a second time; and committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 28th 
day of this instant March. 

The Life Policies of Assurance Bill was, accord-! 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


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

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





} 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Sir William Somerville, by Order, reported from 
the Committee to whom it was referred to consider 
the First Report of the Select Committee on the Irish 
Poor Laws, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in each of the next two 
years there shall be paid by every Union in Jre- 
land, a sum equal to a rate of sixpence in the | 
pound on each electoral division in such Union, 
towards a General Fund for the relief of the Poor 
in Jreland. 

2. Resolved, That the said sum shall be paid to 
a separate Account at the Bank of Jre/and, in the | 
name of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Zreland, | 

Vou. 104, 





lar List and Return for Zreland. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being Sicily. 
proposed, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Ordnance Stores returned from that 
Department to any Contractor in the year 1848, for 


| the purpose of being sent to the Sicilian Insurgents 
‘in arms against Her Majesty’s Ally the King of the 


Two Sicilies, with the Consent of Her Majesty’s 
Government; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ sent to” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the word 
“* Sicily,” mstead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. - . 

Tellers for the Yeas, { PREY 8 wee sj 39 

f Mr. Tufnell, lis 
? | Lord Marcus Hill: J ~~ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


Tellers for the Noes 


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8° Marti. 


Jovis, 8° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order, —A Return of the Twenty Unions in 
England and Wales which have been rated highest 
during the year 1848, for the Relief of the Poor ; 
showing the Population and Valuation of each ; 


Poor Relief, 
Population, 
&amp;e. 


the Amount expended in the Relief of the Poor; | 


the Proportion of such Expenditure to the Valua- 
tion; the Proportion of Persons relieved to the 
Population ; and the Proportion of Expenditure to 
the Population :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Great Yar- 
mouth Haven, 
Bridge and 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Great Yarmouth Haven, 
Bridge and Navigation Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Gazette and Newspaper notices for 
the said Bill do not specify the intention to enable 
the trustees of the road from Yarmouth Bridge, 
through the hamlet of Southtown, to light the said 
road with gas, notwithstanding the provision to the 
contrary thereof, in the Act therein recited con- 
tained. 

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


Birmingham 
Borough ( Ex- 
emption from 
County Rates) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to relieve the 
Borough of Birmingham from contributing towards 
the Expenses of erecting and maintaining a new 
Gaol and Pauper Lunatic Asylum for the County 
of Warwick: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Eastern Union 
and Eastern 
Counties Rail- 
way Compa- 
nies (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
and Power to 
lease, sell, or 
amalgamate 
to or with the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Eastern Union Railway Com- 
pany, with Powers of Sale or Lease to or Amalga- 
mation with the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


London Cor- 
poration Bill. 


Ordered, That the Lord Mayor of London and 
Mr. Alderman Sidney be added to the Gentlemen 
appointed to prepare, and bring in the London Cor- 
poration Bill. 


Glasgow and 
Dundee Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill (1846.) 


A Petition of Messieurs Spottiswoode and Robert- 
son, of Great George-street, Westminster, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That a cause is 
depending in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
betwixt James Cramond Gun, Civil Engineer in 
Edinburgh, as pursuer or plaintiff, and the Glasgow 
and Dundee Junction Railway Company, as defen- 
dants, in which certain issues are to be tried before 
a Jury in Edinburgh, on or about the 15th day of 
March instant; that the said cause originates in 
the proceedings connected with a Bill, for making 
a Railway to be called, The Glasgow and Dundee 
Junction Railway, for which a Petition was pre- 
sented to the House in the Session of 1846, but 
which Bill was not allowed to be brought in, in 
consequence of noa-compliance with the Standing 
Orders ; that it is necessary to the due maintenance 
of the case of the said Glasgow and Dundee Junc- 
tion Railway Company, and to the ends of justice, 
that certain records and documents in the custody 
of the Officers of the House should be produced 
in evidence at the trial of the said cause viz :—1. The 

















A. 1849, 


Journals of the House for the Session of 1846 ;— 
2. The Estimate of expense of the proposed Rail- 
way, deposited at the Private Bill Office ;—3. The 
Report of the Committee on Petitions (Mr. Strutt 
Chairman), by whom inquiry was made into com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders ;—4. The State- 
ment submitted by the Promoters of the Bill to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, to whom the 
Report last-mentioned was referred by the House ; 
—5. The Report (if preserved), of the Committee on 
Standing Orders, reporting that the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with in regard to the said 
Bill ;—That, in so far as preserved, these records and 
documents, with the exception of No. 4, fall to be 
in the custody of the officers of the Journal Office 
of the House, No. 4. being in the custody of the 
Committee Clerks ; and praying the House to grant 
authority to one of the Officers of the Journal Office 
of the House to attend the trial of the said cause, 
and to exhibit and produce in evidence, at the said 
trial, the Journals of the House for Session 1846, 
and the several documents before mentioned, or to 
do otherwise in the premises, as to the House may 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That leave be given to one of the Offi- 
cers of the Journal Office to attend accordingly 
with the documents, 


A Petition of Members and Hearers of the first Affirmation 
Baptist church of Dunfermline, praying that the Bill. 
Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


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


A Petition of James Dowie, Patentee and Boots (Army). 
Manufacturer of elastic boots and shoes, Strand, 
London, praying for inquiry into the merits of 
his invention of Boots, adapted for the use of the 
Army, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Army and Ordnance Ex- 
penditure. 


A Petition of Copyholders of the township of Copyholds. 

Bilston, in the county of Stafford, praying the 
House to pass a Bill, securing the equitable rights 
of manorial lords, with such reasonable concession 
to the claims of copyholders, as shall assimilate such 
properties to the altered circumstances of the pre- 
sent times, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Waltham Agri- Corn, Cattle, 
cultural Society, and others, praying that the House &amp;c. 


| will impose such duties upon the importation of 


Foreign Corn and Cattle, and retain such duties, or 
increase them when necessary, upon foreign manu- 
factures, as shall ensure protection to British capital 
and industry, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Taole. 


A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian Education 
Church in Lreland, belonging to the congregation of (Ireland.y 
Dunluce, &amp;c., in the county of Antrim, complaining 
of the unequal distribution of the funds granted by 
Parliament for the support of Education in Ireland ; 
and praying the House to assimilate the mode of 
— aid to schools in Jreland to that adopted 
in England, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Education 


Inhabitants of Rochdale, praying that an Act may (Lancaster. 


be passed for the establishment of a general system 
of secular Education, throughout the county pala- 
tine of Lancaster, to be supported by local rates, 
levied on the same assessment as the poor’s rate, 
and managed by local authorities elected by the 
rate-payers specially for that purpose, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition 








Local Legisla- 


tures(Ireland.) de}oh, in the county of Cork, praying the House to 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Pensioners 
(Army. ) 


Personal 
Property. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland ) 
(Rate in Aid.) 


Promiscuous 
tercourse. 


Railways, 


12 Vicrortz. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the village of Bally- 





constitute for every one of the ancient grand divi- 
sions of Jreland a legislature for local concerns, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Scarsdale :—Cambridge and Suf- 
folk ;—Halesworth ; — Dunmow ; — Chelmsford ;— 
and, Hundred of Hartismere (Suffolk) ; praying for 
the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, and 


8° Marti. 


121 


other local rates, is unequal, unjust, and oppressive ; 
and praying for an alteration of the law, rendering 
such taxation more just and equal, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ; and, the Mar- 


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





read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birchington ;——and, Monkton ; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass intoa 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Peter’s parish 
Drogheda, praying for the immediate abolition of 
the tax called Ministers’ Money, in Jreland, securing 
to the present incumbents compensation for their 
life interest in same out of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
mission Fund, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Liverpool (two Petitions) ; 
Middleshrough ; Carnarvon ; -—— Bristol ; 
Plymouth ; —— and, Aberystwith; praying that 








the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law,—were | 


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


A Petition of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital 


of the Belfast district, complaining of the deduction the 


of one shilling in the pound from their Pensions ; 


praying the House not to give countenance to any 
measure for the endowment of the Roman Catholic 
Priesthood in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of the Bradfield Union, alleging that great in- 
jury has resulted to the moral and social condition 
of the people of this country, from the working of 
the Sale of Beer Act; and praying that, with a 
view to increase respectability of the keepers of beer- 
houses, two sureties for the orderly keeping of the 
house be in all cases required, to be bound each in 
a sum not less than 20/.; that no house shall in 
future be licensed as a beer-house without the con- 
sent of the owner, certified in writing, and that such 
owner shall, on such license being granted, be 
liable for all pecuniary penalties incurred by the 
occupier, and not recoverable from him, and that 
no new beer-house be opened in any parish without 
| the consent of the parishioners in vestry assembled, 
an and read; and ordered to lie upon 
able. 





and praying the House to take their case into con-| _ Petitions from Woodbridge ;—Halstead ;—and, 


sideration, and grant them relief, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Army and Ordnance Expenditure. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Saint Germans Poor Law Union, in the county of 
Cornwall, stating that the Petitioners feel severely 
the constantly increasing burdens levied exclusively 
upon landed property, for the maintenance of the 
Poor, and the repairs of Highways, and especially 
the recent imposition of the costs of registration 
and vaccination, together with the various charges 
to which the county rates are applied, suggesting that 
property amassed in manufacturing, mining and 
commercial pursuits, ought in fairness to be made | 
liable to contribute to the maintenance of the poor ; | 
and praying the House to enact laws to remedy the | 
evil complained of, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Castleberg Board of Guardians 
(Chairman) ;—LZondonderry Union (Chairman and 
Clerk) ; —Grand Jury of the King’s County 
(Foreman) ;—Union of Balrothery ; — Letterkenny 
Union ;—Ballycastle Union ;— Antrim Union; 
and, Poor Law Union of Lisburn (Chairman) ; 
praying that the proposed measure for a general 
rate in aid of certain distressed unions and elec- 
toral divisions in Jreland, may not receive the 
sanction of the House,—were presented, and read 
and referred to the Select Committee on Poor Laws 


(Jreland). 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Great Yarmouth, praying the House to enact such 
laws for the punishment of all persons trading in 
Seduction and Prostitution, as shall invest magis- 
trates with more summary powers for the suppression 
of these practives, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 


| Belfast Auxiliary to the British and Foreign Anti- 
Slavery Societies (Honorary Secretaries); praying 
the House to address Her Majesty, to the intent 
' that instructions be forthwith given to the principal 
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to demand 
‘from the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the 
liberation of all Africans and their descendants who 
have been introduced into their respective colonies 
and territories, and in the event of their attempting 
to evade the demand, or to procrastinate the strict 
' fulfilment thereof, it be notified to them that mea- 
| sures will be taken to exclude their produce from 
‘the British markets, until slavery itself shall be 
| abolished by them,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Two Petitions from Newton, praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
riage (Scotland) Bills may not pass into law,—were Lang Ul 


(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Petitions from Ston Easton ;—and, Brighouse ; Roman Catho 
ic Cl 


ergy 


(Ireland. ) 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians = of Beer 


c 


Slave Trade. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, South Eastern 


_ Sittingbourne, in the county of Kent, and the adjacent 
| district, praying that in the event of the South East- 
ern Railway Company applying to the House for 

Parliamentary sanction to any proposed object, for 
| their intention to do which they have recently given 
| the required formal notice, the House will impose 
| upon the said Company the condition that they shall 
'at such early period as to the House shall appear 
| reasonable, secure the execution ofa line of Railroad 
through the district of Sittingbourne, and that the 
Petitioners may be heard before the House, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, in support of the 
prayer of their Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


don ;—Stratford ; —Exeter ; —Evesham ; —'Tenter- 
den ;—King’s Lynn;—Holborn ;—Blaenau Festi- 
niog ;—Middleton Cheney ;— Bermondsey ;— Olney; 
— Bolton ;—and, Saint Asaph; praying the House 
to take prompt and decisive measures to negctiate 
treaties rth the Government of this country and 
other governments of the world, binding the parties 
to refer their disputes to the decision of arbitrators, 





way Company, complaining that the present system 
of rating Railways to poor, highway, church and | 
Von. 104, 





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


Ordered, 


| Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the town of oe 
ompany. 


Petitions from Wickwar ;—Charfield ;—Kelve- War. 


Committals, 
&amp;c. (Ireland, ) 


City of London 
Police. 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


British 
Guiana, 


Local Acts. 
” No. 94. 


Naval Force 
(River Plate), 
&amp;e. 


122 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Number of Persons committed, 
acquitted, and convicted in Ireland, for Cattle and 
Sheep Stealing in Ireland, during each of the years 
1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848:—Showing the 
Number committed as Vagrants during the same 
years :—Showing the Total Expenditure for Gaols, 
Bridewells and Houses of Correction for the same 
years:—Of the Total Number of Persons com- 
mitted, acquitted and convicted, for the same years : 
—Of the Number of Deaths in the Prisons of Jre- 
land during each of the same years :—Of the Num- 
ber of Prisoners sentenced to Transportation, and 
those actually transported, for the same Period :— 
Of the Number of Convicts under Sentence of Trans- 
portation, on the 1st day of January 1849, where 
confined, and how the Expenses of their Main- 
tenance are defrayed :—And, of the Number of 
Persons in custody in Ireland charged or convicted 
of Criminal Offences on the 1st day of January 
1849, where confined, and the Number of Criminal 
Prisoners for whose reception and safe custody the 
several Gaols were built, and the Number of Persons 
actually in custody on the Ist day of January 
1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
General Accounts of the City of London Police, for 
each year from their first establishment to the 31st 
day of December 1848 (made up, as far as possible, 
in conformity with the Annual Metropolitan Police 
Accounts). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Police Constables and others, Officers of 
the Metropolitan Police Force, who have been 
charged with Offences before any of the Police 
Magistrates during each year from 1844 to 1848 
inclusive, specifying the Rank of the Officer, his 
Age, the Time he has been in the Force, the Nature 
of his Offence, whether convicted or not, the Pu- 
nishment awarded, and whether he was retained in 
the Service ; Total Number of Men who have been 
dismissed, fined, suspended, or degraded by the Po- 
lice Commissioners during the same period, and the 
Number who have resigned their Appointments dur- 
ing the same period :—And a similar Return for the 
City of London Police Force :—A Return, from each 
Division of the Metropolitan Police, of the Number 
of Robberies committed, the Value of the Property 
stolen, and the Value of the Property recovered, for 
each year from 1844 to 1848, wt thea :—And a 
similar Return from the City of London Police :—A 
Return of the Number of Persons taken into custody 
by the Metropolitan Police, and the results, in each 
year from 1844 to 1848, inclusive :—And, a similar 
Return from the City of London Police (all in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 238 of Session 
1844.) 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of all Corre- 
spondence between the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies and the Governor of British Guiana, re- 
ane to the stoppage of Supplies and the Civil 

ist. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Select Committee on Ceylon and British Guiana. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further Reports from the Admiralty, relative to 
Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Returns of the British Naval Force in the River 
Plate, on the 1st day of July and the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary of each year, from July 1843 to January 1849, 
both inclusive ; containing the Namesand Descrip- 
tions of the Vessels, with their Complement of 
Guns, and the Number of their Crews, including 
the Marines afloat or on shore :—Of the Number of 


8° Martiz. 





A. 1849. 


British Troops landed at Montevideo between the 
1st day of July 1845 and the 1st day of January 
1847 :—And, of the Number and Descriptions of 
the Argentine Vessels of War seized by the British 
and French Squadrons in 1845 and 1846; specify-. 
ing such as are still detained, and distinguishing 
such as have been, or are still employed under the 
British and French Flags respectively. 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Private Bills, 


stant March, for a Return of the Number of Private 
Bills deposited at the Board of Admiralty, under 
the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 129, stating the Date at 
which each Bill was deposited; also, the Date at 
which the Consent, or otherwise, of the Board was 
signified to the Parties:—And, a similar Return 
from the Office of Woods and Forests (so far as 
relates to the Admiralty). 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell ; 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Inclo- Commons _ 
sure of certain Lands, in pursuance of the Fourth Mclosure Bill, 


Annual General Report of the Inclosure Commis- 
sioners for England and Wales : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act of the Buckingham 


twenty-first year of George the Second, for holding § 
the Summer Assizes at Buckingham, and to autho- 
rize the Appointment of a more convenient Place 
for holding the same :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Transporta- 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ti- 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Communications 
received by the Secretary of State from the Gover- 
nors of Ceylon and The Cape, respecting the Trans- 
portation of Convicts to those Colonies. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Local Taxa- 
posed, That the whole of the Local Taxation of the tion. 
country for national purposes falls mainly, if not 
exclusively, on real property, and bears with undue 
severity on the occupiers of land, in a manner in- 
jurious to the agricultural interests of the country, 


and otherwise highly impolitic and unjust; that 
the hardship of this apportionment is greatly aggra- 
vated by the fact, that more than one-third of the 
whole revenue derived from the Excise is levied 
upon agricultural produce, exposed, by the recent 
changes in the Law, to direct competition with the 
untaxed produce of foreign countries; the home 
producer being thus subjected to a burthen of tax- 
ation which, by greatly enhancing the price, limits 
the demand for British produce, and to restric- 
tions which injuriously interfere with the conduct 
of his trade and industry: That this House will re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into its se- 
rious consideration such measures as may remove 
the grievances of which the owners and occupiers 
of real property thus justly complain, and which 
may establish a more equitable apportionment of 
the public burthens ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “ That” 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘* if the Local Taxation of the country presses un- 

equally on real property, or bears with undue se- 

verity on the occupiers of land, such inequality and 
undue pressure ought to be removed; but, with 
the view of granting speedy relief to the agricul- 
tural and other interests of the country, without 

“ detriment 





Message from 
the Lords, 


Copyholds 
Enfranchises 
ment Bill. 


Steam Navy. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


Dockyard 
Battalions. 


12 Victoriz. §°—° 


“ detriment to the claims of the national credi- 
“ tors, it is the Opinion of this House, that the 
“‘ public expenditure, now excessive, ought to be 
‘ forthwith reduced, so as to enable Parliament to 
“ repeal totally the Excise Duties on Malt and 
‘“* Hops, and to remove, as far as practicable, other 
“‘ burdens which impede the progress of agriculture 
* and of commercial industry,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


n~ 


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


Veneris, 9° die Martii, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
eflect the compulsory Enfranchisement of Lands 
of Copyhold and Customary Tenure: And that Mr. 
Aglionby and Mr. Philip Howard do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 22d day of February last, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the practicability 
of providing, by means of the Commercial Steam 
Marine of the Country, a reserve Steam Navy, avail- 
able for the national defence when required, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Anderson, 
Captain Berkeley, Lord John Hay, Admiral Bowles, 
Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Corry, Mr. Cobden, Captain For- 
dyce, Mr. Scott, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Duncan, 
Mr. Forster, Mr. Tennent, the Earl of Shelburne 
and Mr. Mackinnon, with power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Sir John Hanmer be one other Member 
of the Select Committee on the Bribery at Elec- 
tions Bill; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Sir John 
“ Hanmer,” and inserting the name of “ Mr. 
“ Mackenzie,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Sir John Hanmer stand part of the Question :--It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Sir John Hanmer be one other 
Member of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Horsman be one other Member of 
the Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Hors- 
“ man,” and inserting the name cf “ Mr. Attorney- 
«© General,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Horsman stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Horsman be one other Mem- 
ber of the Committee. 

Then Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Napier, Mr. Maitland, 
Mr. Mullings aud Mr. Sheridan were nominated 
other Members of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, in detail, of the manner in which the Sum 
of £.72,399 (as per Parliamentary Paper No. 28, of 
Session 1849) has been expended for the Dock 
Yard Battalions, under separate and distinct Heads : 
—Returns of the Number of Battalions formed from 
the Officers and Men in the Royal Dockyards, 
stating the designation of each Battalion, and the 





Marti. 123 


'—And, of the Number of each class of Officers, 
Artificers, and Labourers enrolled in these Bat- 
talions :—Copy of the Treasury Minute authorizing 
the formation of these Battalions, and the Estimate 
sanctioned for the same :—And,a Return of the 
Number and Calibre of Cannon issued for and 
attached to the Dockyard Battalions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 
Return of the Number of Bills filed at the Equity Exchequer, 
Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, in each ae 
Term of the years 1846, 1847, and 1848 :—And a 
like Return of the Number of Bills filed in Hilary 
Term 1849, in the Court of Exchequer in Jreland : 

—An Account of the Total Amount of the Annual 
Income, as settled, of the Officers at the Equity 
Side of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland :—A 
Return of the Number of Bills filed in the Court of 
Chancery in Ireland for the years 1846, 1847, and 
| 1848 :—And, a like Return of the Number of Bills 
‘filed in Hilary Term 1849 in the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland. 

| 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Recovery 
amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year of King - beta - 
George the Third, for the Recovery of Small Sums (land) Bill. 
due for Wages in Jreland: And that Sir William 

| Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Insolvent Members Insolvent 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Goulburn, Members Bill. 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Henley, Mr. Headlam, Mr. 
Mackinnon, Sir David Dundas, Mr. Greene, Mr. 





John Williams, Mr. Napier, Mr. *tBouverie, Mr. 
Sclicitor-General, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Maitland and 
| Mr. Ewart. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatics 
to amend the Law of Scotland relative to the Care (Scotland) 
and Custody of Lunatics, and for the better Regu- ~~ 
lation of Lunatic Asylums, and for the establish- 
'ment of Asylums for Pauper Lunatics: And that 
|The Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor-General for 


| Scotland, do prepare, and bring it in. 





| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spirits _ 
into a Committee upon the Spirits (Ireland) Bill ; (reland) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

resumed the Chair; and Mr. Parker reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sicily. 
the further Proceeding upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That the word “ Sicily” be added after 
the words “ sent to” in the original Question ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding thereupon 
be resumed upon Monday next. 


The Marriage (Scotland) Bill was read the first Marriage 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon ce, 


Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
uesday next ; Pp etal 


The Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill was Registering 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bitths, &amp;c. 
} ; : -,, (Scotland) 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed, with pin. 
proposed Amendments. No. 107. 

Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to make Poor Laws 
Temporary Provision for a general Rate in aid of emp : 
certain distressed Unions and Electoral Divisions in $74'¢ **" A 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; yo. 19g 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday : 
the 19th day of this instant March; and to be 





Number of Men and Officers of each Rank in each: | printed. 


Vou. 104. 





9 


R 2 Ordered, 





Courts of 
Request. 


Distress 
(Treland.) 


Public Works. 


124 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Minutes of the Board of ‘Treasury upon 
the claims of certain Officers attached to the several 
Courts of Request abolished pursuant to the Act 
of the 9th and 10th Vic. c. 95, and Orders of Her 
Majesty in Council. 

Mr. Gibson Craig accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Reports from the Board of Public 
Works in Jreland, relating to measures adopted for 
the Relief of Distress in July and August 1847, 
which have been received by the Treasury since the 
date of the last Monthly Report which has been 
furnished to this House. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed and now officiating for the Advance of 
Loans for Public Works in England, Wales, and 
Scotland :—Accounts of the Yearly Expenses of 
the Board of Commissioners for the Advance of 
Loans for Public Works, &amp;c. (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 372, of Session 1846) :— 
Of the Amounts allotted to the Commissioners for 
distribution under the several Acts of Parliament 
passed for that purpose, and the Amount remaining 
unissued on the 5th day of January 1849 :—And, of 
the Amounts advanced to Borrowers and contracted 
to be advanced; the Dates of such Advances, and 
how to be repaid; the Objects thereof; Rates of 
Interest; Amounts of Interest paid, of Principal 
repaid, and of Principal remaining unpaid on the 
5th day of January 1849 :—An Abstract, showing 
the Total of Principal and Interest received by the 
Commissioners on account of Loans advanced, and 
the Amount returned by them into the Account of 
Her Majesty’s Exchequer, to the 5th day of January 
1849 :—And, a General Statement of the Transac- 
tions of the Commissioners for the Advance of Loans 
for Public Works, &amp;c. from their Appointment 
under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34 (June 1817); show- 
ing the Total Amount advanced, with Interest 
thereon calculated at the rate of £.3 per cent. per 
annum; the Amount returned into the Exchequer, 
Interest thereon being calculated at the same Rate ; 
the Balances of Loans and Interest outstanding, 
and the estimated Profit, to the 5th day of January 
1849. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- 
counts of the Total Number of Acres of Land 
in Great Britain, under the cultivation of Hops 
in the year 1848; distinguishing the Number 
of Acres in each Parish:—Of the Duty on Hops 
of the.growth of the year 1848 ; distinguishing the 
Districts and the old from the new Duty :—Of the 
Quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain to 
Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1848 to the 5th day of January 1849; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been ex- 
ported, and also the Quantities to each Country ; 
also, British from Foreign growths, and the Dates 
of the years in which the British Hops were grown : 
—-Of Foreign Hops imported into the United King- 
dom, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th 
day of January 1849; distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence 
exported :—And, of the Total Number of pounds 
weight of Hops charged with duty in each of the 
several collections of the United Kingdom in the 
vear 1848, 


8°—-9° Martiz. 








A. 1849. 


Accounts of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt. 


Malt made between the 10th day of October 1847 
and the 10th day of October 1848 ; distinguishing 
the Quantity made in each Country, and the Quan- 
tity used by Brewers, and by Victuallers, and by 
Retail Brewers :—And, of the Quantity of Beer and 
Ale in Barrels and Bottles exported between the 
10th day of October 1847 and the 10th day of 
October 1848. 


An Account of the Number of Persons in each Brewers, &amp;, 


of the several Collections in the United Kingdom 
licensed as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer 
to be drunk on the premises,” and “ to sell Beer not 
to be drunk on the premises ;” stating the Number 
of each class who brew their own Beer, and the 
Quantity of Malt consumed by them, particularising 
each class in each Collection, from the 10th day of 
October 1847 to the 10th day of October 1848. 


A Return of the Duties paid upon Bricks in the Bricks. 


several Excise Collections in England during the 
year 1848 (in continuation of a Return of the years 
1846 and 1847, dated 11th March 1848). 


Return to an Order dated the 16th day of Fe- Foreign 
bruary last, for an Account of the Sums paid out of Vessels, 


the Consolidated Duties of Customs, under the Act 
59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the 
Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, in the year 1848, for the differ- 
ence of Rates and Charges due to Corporations, 
Companies or Individuals for Foreign Vessels, 
which, under ‘Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, 
are admitted into the Ports of the United Kingdom 
at the same Rates of Charge as British Vessels ; 
specifying each of the several Rates, on what Ac- 
count the same was paid, whether for Light Dues, 
Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage, 
or étherwise; also, the Total Amount (under the 
Reciprocity Treaties) paid to each Corporation, 
rp or Individual, in each year, up to the 31st 
day of December 1848 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 195, of last Session). 


A Return of the Number of Seizures of Silks, Custom-house 
Lace, Ribbons, and Shawls made at the Custom- Seizures. 


House of London, from the 1st day of January 
1847 to the 25th day of August 1848, on the plea 
of Under-valuation of Entry; stating the kind of 
Goods seized, the Amount of Entry Valuation of 
such Seizures, the Amount paid by the Custom- 
house to the Importers of the Goods, the Amount 
of Proceeds of the Sales of such Goods, stating the 
Number of lots into which they were divided for 
Sale, the several days on which they were put up 
for Sale, and whether sold or bought in, or post- 
poned, in each case, and the Expenses incurred on 
such Sales; and a Balance Account showing the 
benefit or loss to the Custom-house Department, 
and the Amount paid in each case to the Seizing 
Officer :—With an Appendix, being an Account of 
the several Articles specified in the foregoing, which, 
during the said period, were detained on the plea of 
Under-valuation, but, un the application of the Im- 
porters, were subsequently delivered at an increased 
Valuation. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- Shannon 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the Tenth Navigation. 


Annual Report of the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the Navigation of the River Shannon, 
with an Appendix. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday Morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Public 

jtions 
Fpourteenth 
Report.) 


London Gas 
Light Com- 

y (Amend- 
ment of Act) 
Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 

and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 
way (Power to 
sell or lease to 
the London 

and North 
Western, the 
Chester and 
Holyhead, or 
the Shrews- 


bury and Chester Railway Companies, 
or to amalgamate therewith) Bill. 


Whittlesey 
Saint Mary 


and Whittlesey 


Saint Andrew 
Union of Pa- 

rishes, and for 
improving the 


Town of Whit- 


tlesey Bill. 


Public 
Business, 


Nottingham- 
Peverel 


12 Vicrori2. 


Veneris, 9° die Martii; — 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 6th and 
7th days of this instant March; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Zondon Gas Light Company, 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the said Company, with the consent 
and authority of a special General Council of the 
Company, to raise, in substitution for the like 
amount now borrowed, a sum of money not exceed- 
ing One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, by the 
creation of shares bearing a guaranteed rate of di- 
vidend, in preference to the existing shares in the 
Company, and for making provision in the said 
Bill that the money so raised by such preference 
shares be carried toa separate account in the books 
of the Company ; and that the same be wholly ap- 
plied in paying off the existing debts of the said 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to sell 
or lease their undertaking to the Zondon and North 
Western, the Chester and Holyhead, or the Shrews- 
bury and Chester Railway Companion, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and 
Mr. John Tollemache. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Whittle- 
sey, in the county of Cambridge, praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the Whittlesey Saint Mary 
and Whittlesey Saint Andrew Union of Parishes, 
and for improving the Town of Whittlesey Bill, with 
reference to the division and separation of the pa- 
rishes of Whittlesey Saint Maury and Whittlesey 
Saint Andrew, for all ecclesiastical purposes, and 
for ascertaining and defining the rights of the respec- 
tive vicars and patrons, for the appointment of 
churchwardens of the said parishes, and for the re- 
pair of the churches therein, and assigning a dis- 
trict to the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, at Coates, 
in the parish of Whittlesey Saint Mary, and pro- 
viding for the patronage thereof, and the repairs of 
the said chapel, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Wed- 
nesday last, wherein their Lordships request that 
this House will be pleased to communicate to their 
Lordships a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament on Public Business. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Parker do deliver thesame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Nottinghamshire Peverel Coutt, 
of the ‘Number of Summonses issued, where the 
Amount claimed did not exceed £.20, from the 30th 
day of June 1847 to the 1st day of July 1848, dis- 
tinguishing the Number of Suits arising out of each 
Parish or Place within the jurisdiction of the Court : 
—Of the Total Amount of Sums for which Suits 


were commenced, and Summonses were issued :-— 
VoL. 104. 


O° Martiz. 





125 


Of the Total Amount of Fees received upon the said 
Summonses or Suits :—And, Copies of the Bills of 
Costs allowed on the last Ten Suits tried by the 
presiding Officer prior to the 30th day of June 1848 ; 
and Copies of the Bills of Costs allowed on the last 
Ten Inquiries made by the Prethonotary prior to 
the 30th day of June 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported Made Wines. 
from Scotland and Ireland into England, under the 
Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating 
the Port or Place imported from, and the Port or 
Place imported into, from the 6th day of January 
1848 to the 5th day of January 1849, both dates 
inclusive ; stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind 
of all such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits so imported, and the Amount 
per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon all the 
above-mentioned Articles so imported :—Of all Sei- 
zures that have been made by the Excise and Cus- 
toms ofany such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweet- 
ened Compounded Spirits so imported, and the rea- 
son of such Seizures:—Of all Sweets or Made 
Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, seized 
Inland, being brought from Scotland into England 
contrary to the Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 72, from the 6th day of January 1848 to the 5th 
day of January 1849, both dates inclusive ; stating 
how all such Seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets 
or made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, 
within the periods of the dates specified, have been 
dealt with, if any and what amount of Penalty has 
been enforced against the Parties from whom any 
such Seizures have been made :—And, of the Quan- 
lity, stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, of all 
such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Com- 
pounded Spirits remaining in Bond, on the 5th day 
of January 1849, and where bonded. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation 
Returns of the several Counties, Counties of Cities, (Ireland, 
and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of which the 
Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has 
been completed, specifying the Name of each Barony 
or Half Barony, the Acreable Contents, and the 
Valuation thereof ; stating also, the Sum ordered to 
be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring As- 
sizes 1848 for each such Barony or Half Barony, 
and the rate per centum which each such Sum bears 
to the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848 
for each such Barony or Half Barony, and the rate 
per centum which each such Sum bears to the Valu- 
ation; stating also the Name and Acreable Contents 
of each such County, County of a City, and County 
of a Town, the Annual Value thereof, according to 
the Valuation under that Act; the Amount of the 
Expense of such Valuation, the Cost per Acre of 
such Valuation, and the Rate which the cost of such 
Valuation bears to each £.100 of the Valuation :-— 
From the Counties of Waterford and Cork, specifying 
the name of each Barony or Half Barony, the 
Acreable Contents and the Valuation thereof ; stating 
also the Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand 
Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 for each such 
Barony or Half Barony, and the rate per centum 
which each such Sum bears to the Valuation ; also, 
the Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Ju 
Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848 for each suc 
Barony or Half Barony, and the rate per centum 
which each such Sum bears to the Valuation :—And, 
Of the Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties 
of Towns in Jreland, except Cork and Waterford, 
of which the Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 
4,c. 84, has not been completed, specifying the 
name of each Barony or Halt Barony, the Acreable 
Contents according to the Ordnance Survey ; stating 
also the Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand 
Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 off each such 











R 3 Barony 





126 







Paper, No. 446, of Session 1848). 

















corporating 
and conferring 
Powers) Bill. 







ments thereunto. 





Sunderland 
Waterworks 
Bill. 












and made Amendments thereunto. 


Warrington 
Waterworks 
(Amendment 
of Act, and 








additional 
Capital) Bill. 






9° Martii. 


Barony or Half Barony, and the Rate per 1,000 
Acres assessable in the County Book for each Ba- 
rony, &amp;c.; also, the Sum ordered to be levied by 
the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848 
off each such Barony or Half Barony, and the Rate 
per 1,000 Acres assessable in the County Book for 
each Barony, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary 


Newspapers Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

and Adver- Return, showing the Number of London News- 

—— papers, the Number of Advertisements in them, the | 
Rate and Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by 
them in each year from the 1st day of January 1841 
to the 1st day of January 1849 :—And, a Similar 
Return as regards the English, Provincial, the 
Scotch and the Jrish Newspapers. 

Scottish Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the | 

Amicable Scottish Amicabie Life Assurance Society (Incor- 

Life Assurance 


omety (In. porating and conferring Powers) Bill; That they | 
po had made a verbal Amendment in the mela; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Sunderland Waterworks Bill; That they had 
amended the preamble of the Bill, by inserting 
therein the amount of capital authorized to be | 
raised under the former Act, and that the same is 
nearly expended ; it was considered necessary to do 
so, to make it consistent with the provisions of the 
Bill; and that the Committee had also examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Warrington Waterworks (Amendment of Act and 
Power to raise additional Capital) Bill ; Thatthey had 
Power to raise amended the preamble of the Bill, by inserting | 
therein the amount of the capital authorized to be | 
raised under the former Act, and that the same is | 
expended ; it was considered necessary to insert the | 






A, 1849. 


Three Petitions of Inhabitants of the city of Zon- Gas (London, 
don, Consumers of Gas, praying the House to pass 
a law to enable them to be supplied with better and 
cheaper Gas,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bridge-street, Blackfriars (Chair- Malt. 
man) ;—and, Beccles; praying for the repeal of the 
duty on Malt, —were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Lochcarron Marriage 
(Presbytery Clerk) ;—--and, Presbytery of Inverness Goodland) 
(Moderator) ; praying that the Marriage (Scotland); ro Bint + 

: ° e ~y . ~ + HE, 
and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bills, (Scotland) 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; Bills 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of Marriages 
the deanery of West, in the county of Cornwall Bill. 
and diocese of Exeter, praying that the Marriages 

Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool and its 

neighbourhood, praying that the said Bill may pass 
‘into a law, was also presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Ship-masters, Seamen Merchant Sea- 
| and others, belonging to the town of Peterhead, in men’s Fund 
the county of Aberdeen, praying for amendment of 4% 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Masters, Workers and others, en- Paper. 
gaged in the manufacture of Paper, at Eskmills, 
parish of Pennycuich, county of Edinburgh, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the duty on Paper, was pre- 

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


A Petition of the Reverend William Augustus parish Clerks. 
| Morgan, perpetual Curate of the parish of Zresmere, 
near Launceston, in the diocese of Eveter and 
county of Cornwall, stating that the Petitioner is 
informed that there is no law in existence by which 
Parish Clerks can enforce payment for the perform- 
ance of their duties, where no land or other pro- 


Amendment, to make it consistent with the pro-| perty is apportioned for such purposes ; and praying 
visions of the Bill; and that the Committee have | the House to take the matter into consideration, 


the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments 







vision, pursuant to leave granted by the House on 
the 22d day of February last. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 







Agriculture. A Petition of Members of the Capel Farmers 
Club, in the county of Surrey, and of Parties con- 
nected with Agriculture, in the neighbourhood, com- 
plaining of the present depressed state of Agricul- 
ture ; and praying for the interference of the Legis- 
lature, to avert the ruin which they allege to be im- 
pending over them, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

















Distress 


A Petition of Denis O'Connor, of Kingstown, in 
(Ireland.) 


the county of Dublin, praying the House to devise a 
remedy for the social grievances of Ireland, was pre- 








Flax. A Petition of James Hill Dickson, urging upon 
the House the expediency, as a means of relieving 
the existing Distress in Jreland, of encouraging 
the cultivation of Flax in Connaught and Munster, 
for spring, summer and autumn, the winter to be em- 
ployed in scratching, spinning, weaving and em- 
broidering the linens and lawns made from the 
fibre produced from said Flax; and praying the 
attention of the House to his plan, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 












thereunto; and have also inserted the additional pro- | 


_ the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester;—and, Southwark (Chair- poor Law. 
/man and Vestry Clerk); praying the House to take 

| measures for equalizing the charges levied as poor 

rates throughout the country, and also for the 

entire abrogation of the present law of settlement, 
_—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

/upon the Table. 


| Petitions from Edenderry Union (Chairman) ;— poor Law 
Parsonstown Union ;— County of Londonderry (Ireland) _ 
(Sheriff) ;—and, Louth (High Sheriff); praying the (Rate @ Aid.) 
| House to refuse their sanction to the proposed mea- 
| sure for making temporary provision by a general 

Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and Electoral 
| Divisions in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Public 
Bridgnorth, and its vicinity, praying the House to Expenditure. 
adopt early measures to ensure a reduction in wn | 
branch of the Public Expenditure, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dar- Public Roads 
lington Union, in the counties of Durham and York, Bill. 
praying that the Public Roads Bill may not pass 

into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

. A Petition 


tic 











ndoa, ) Railways. 


Suffrage, &amp;C. 


); 


A &amp;. 


) 


Transporta- 
tion. 


War. 


ers i 
7 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 109. 


Public 
Libraries. 


No. 18.-II. 


Naval Force 
(River Plate), 
&amp;e, 


No. 110. 


Hops. 
No. 111. 


Malt. 
No. 111. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No. 111. 


Foreign 
Vessels, 


No.112. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


No. 113, 


Navigation 
aws, 


Division of 
Parishes, 


12 Vicrortz. 


A Petition of Shareholders in Railways, pre- 
sent at a Meeting held at the Queen’s Hotel, in 
Birmingham, praying for an amelioration of the 
Jaw and practice of rating Railways, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Society formed 
for the diffusion of political information, in Taunton, 
in the county of Somerset, praying for an extension 
of the Suffrage, for the protection of the Ballot, for 
the division of Electoral Districts, so that they shall 
be more equally proportioned to the number of 
Members, and for shortening the duration of Par- 
liaments, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners 
and Wardmasters of the municipality of the city of 
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, praying the House 
not to sanction the introduction of offenders of what- 
ever denominations into that colony or its depend- 
encies, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Torquay ;-— Kingsbridge ;—Stour- 
port ;—Ripon ;—Gravesend ;— Llanelly ; — Read- 
ing ;—Stohe-upon- Trent ;— Hanley and Shelton ;~— 
Brigstock ;— Bridgnorth ; — and, Southampton ; 
praying the House to promote the formation between 
the British Government and other governments of 
the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise between them to the deci- 
sion of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

























9° Martie. 127 


a Commission to inquire into the practicability and 
mode of subdividing into distinct and independent 
Parishes, for all Ecclesiastical purposes, all the 
densely-peopled Parishes in England and Wales, in 
such manner that the Population of each, except in 
particular cases, at the discretion of the Commission, 
shall not exceed 4,0U0 souls, had been presented to 
Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint the House that She will give direc 
tions accordingly, 


Returns of the Amount of the Decrease of the Ca- 
pital of the Public Debt in each year since 1826 
inclusive, distinguishing Funded from Unfunded ; 
stating the kind of Stock decreased, and the Totals, 
and whether by being paid off or by conversion into 
Terminable Annuities, and also the Amount of those 
Annuities so created at the same time :—Of the 
Increase of the Funded and Unfunded Debt in each 
year since 1826 inclusive, and the Totals; stating 
whether by creation of Funded or Unfunded, and 
how increased,~ and by what Acts of Parliament 
authorized :—And, of the Amount of Interest on the 
National Funded and Unfunded Debt reduced in 
each year since 1826 inclusive, distinguishing the 
Nature and Amount of that Decrease of Funded and 
Unfunded, and whether by the Change in the Stock, 
and the Amount reduced by the Payment of the 
Principal of the Debt, and the Amount of the Prin- 
cipal so paid off, and the Total (in continuation of 
Appendix of the Finance Report of 1828). 


equivalent to the whole of the Terminable Annuities 





Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court of | 


Chancery, which was presented upon the 9th day of 
February last, be printed. 


Ordered, Thatan Abstract of the Supplemental 
Return relative to Public Libraries, which was pre- 
sented upon the ist day of this instant March, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Naval Force 
(River Plate), &amp;c. which were presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Hops, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Brewers, 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Vessels, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Shannon 
Navigation, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


which existed as part of the Public Debt, on the 5th 
day of January 1848; the Interest of Money heing 
taken in the Valuation after the rate of Three-and- 
a-half per cent., and also of Three per cent. per 


annum (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 348, of Session 1842). 


Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; and that 
the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are 


as follow ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Debt. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Terminabie 
Statement, showing the Perpetual Annuity which is An™™tes- 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Revel 
to 





Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of further Correspondence between | 
the Governor-General of Canada and the Secretary | 
of State for the Colonial Department, upon the ope- | 
ration of the Navigation Laws (in continuation of 
the Papers presented to both Houses of Parliament 
by _ July 1848, and February and March 
1849). 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
Address of the 1st day of this instant March, that 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to appoint | 

Vou. 194, | 





An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year a — 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine : — ) 


An Act to authorize an Advance of Money, for Relief of 
the Relief of certain distressed Poor Law Unions Distress 
in Ireland : (Ireland) Bill. 
An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Appoint- Vice-Guard- 


ment of Vice Guardians of Unions in Jreland: ians of Unions 
(Ireiand) Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons 
Lands, in pursuance of the Fourth Annual General Iclosure Bill. 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for Eng- 
land and Wales : 

An Act to repeal An Actof the Twenty-first year Buckingham 
of George the Second for holding the Summer As- ae ™ 
sizes at Buckingham, and to authorize the Appoint- “**“¢* ¥"- 
ment of a more convenient Place for holding the 
same, 

r4 Resolved, 









































cag Se or 


































pata nm nn 






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128 


Adjournment. : 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Waldy’s 
Divorce Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 


9°— 10°—12° Martiz. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 





A. 1849, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 


mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Poor Laws, 
to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas William Waldy, | to request that their Lordships will be pleased to (Ireland. 


Esquire, with El/en his now Wife, and to enable | communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes ; to which | of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:— , appointed by their Lordships on the Jrish Poor 
| Laws: And that Mr. Stafford do carry the said 


And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Navigation 
Bill. 





Petitions from Salcombe ; 
Fowey ; Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
Blyth, and Hartley ; Leith ; Perth; 
Peterhead; Glasgow (two Petitions) ; 
kilns , Inverheithing ; 
tions) ; Wapping (Chairman) ; 
Saint Andrews ; Liverpool ; 
Petitions) ; Lynn ; Topsham ; 
stone, Littleham, and Exmouth ; 
Classes of the River Thames; 


Brixham ; 
































Dundee; 


























Port Glasgow; 
Workington ; -— Harrington ; 











Tynemouth, 





Lime- 
London (two Peti- 





Montrose (two 
Lymp- 
Labouring 
Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis ;-—— Portsmouth ;—— Dartmouth; | 
Greenock; —-— Belfast ;--— 
New Ross ;—— | 
Ardrossan ,---—Saltcoats ;—-— South Shields (two 
Petitions) ; —— Sunderland (two Petitions) ; —— 
Penzance;—— Rothesay ;——and, Limehouse; pray- | 


| 
| Message. 





| Wages in Jreland: And the same was read the first 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Lunatics 
the Law of Scotland relative to the Care and Custody (Scotland) 
of Lunatics, and for the better Regulation of Lunatic 
Asylums, and for the Establishment of Asylums for 
Pauper Lunatics: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
| Friday the 23d day of this instant March; and to 
be printed. 


No. 114, 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend Recovery 
‘an Act of the fifty-fourth year of King George the of Wages _ 
Third, for the Recovery of small Sums due for (Ireland) Bill 


No. 115, 


time ; and ordered tu be read a second time upon 


ing that the Navigation Bill may not pass into a_ 


law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | 


upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Whitstable ;—Leith Chamber of | 
Commerce ;—and, Wigan; praying that the said | 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 


Bill. Reading of the Navigation Bill; 


| 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | == 


Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Waldy’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; watay’s 
_and ordered to be read a second time. 


Divorce Bill. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Saturday Morning, adjourned till 

Monday next. 








And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | : ? 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 18 49. 

PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
| mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 


time ; 


The Amencments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 


the words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now,” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 


arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- | 


day next. 


Spirits 
(Ireland) Bill. 


amended in the Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to| 
take into consideration the Spirits (Zre/and) Bill, as| p 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Indictable 
Offences 


(Ireland) Bill cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for to the London and North Western, the Chester and way (Power to 


| Holyhead, or the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway %!! ot lease to 


Monday the 19th day of this instant March. 


The Indictable Offences (Jreland) Bill was, sit 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and 
9th days of this instant March; and had directed 


Luna, 12° die Martii ; 


(Fifteenth 
Report.) 


him to make a Report thereof to the House. 


| 


| 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Greenwich 
r. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Markets 

rivate Bills; That in the case of the Greenwich quam 
| Markets Regulation Bill, the Standing Orders have 


Bill. 


been complied with. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Birkenhead, 
| Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail- Lancashire 


and Cheshire 


/way Company to sell or lease their Undertaking Junction Rail- 


ioe ' Companies : And the same was read the first time ; pa 
Summary The Summary Convictions (Jreland) Bill was, ac-| and ordered to be read a second time. Western, the 
pte cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Chester and j 
(ireland) Bil mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for eS ee ee 
Monday the 19th day of this instant March. amalgamate therewith) Bill. 
Protection The Protection of Justices (Jreland) Bill was, ac- | Ordered, That the Petitions of Inhabitants of Gas (London) 


of Justices 


(Ireland) Bil cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday the 19th day of this instant March. 


the city of London, Consumers of Gas, or other- 


| wise interested as Contributors to the Rates for 
|lighting the Streets, for the adoption of measures 
|for enabling them to be supplied with better and 


And the House having continued to sit till after | cheaper Gas, which were presented upon the 22d 


Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 

Sabbati, 10° die Martii, 1849: 
Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 


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


day of February last, and Friday last, be referred 
|to the Committee on the Group in which the 


Great Central Gas Consumers Company Bill is 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| included. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to amend an London 


Act passed 


in the eleventh year of the reign of a" 
King 


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12 VicToriz. 


King George the First, for regulating Elections | 
within the City of Zondon, and for preserving the 
Peace, Good Order and Government of the said 
City: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of John Meadows White and Thomas 
Borrett, of Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, in the county of 
Middlesex, Solicitors for the Bill thereinafter re- 
ferred to, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That a Bill is now pending in the House, for 
incorporating the Great Jndian Peninsula Railway 
Company, for making a Railway in Jndia, from 
Bombay to Callian ; that by an Order of the House, 
made on the 16th day of February last, the time 
limited by the Standing Orders of the House for 
the Second Reading of the said Bill, was, pur- 
suant to the prayer of a Petition, presented by the 
Petitioners, enlarged to Thursday the 15th day of 
March instant, in order to afford time to the Peti- 
tioners and the Directors of the proposed Com- 
pany to bring to a conclusion the negotiations 
then pending with the India Company and the 
Board of Control, on the subject of the said Bill; 
that the Directors of the said Company, have ac- 
cordingly, since the date of the said Order, been in 
communication with the honourable Court of Di- 
rectors of the India Company, but have not yet 
succeeded in bringing such negotiations to a con- 
clusion ; and the Petitioners are unwilling to 
proceed with the Second Reading of the said Bill, 
until they have obtained the decision of the said 
Court of Directors upon their proposals made on 
behalf of the proposed Company, and the Peti- 
tioners are therefore desirous that the time for the 
Second Reading of the said Bill should be further 
enlarged ; and praying that the time limited by the 
said Order of the House of the 16th day of February 
last, may be extended to the 23d day of April next, 
or that such other Order may be made in the pre- 
mises, or such other relief granted to the Petitioners 
as to the House may seem fit. 

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


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Blackburn Waterworks (Ad- 
ditional Capital and Amendment of Act) Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Blackburn 

Waterworks 
(Additional 
Capital and 
Amendment 
of Act) Bill. 


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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Com- 
pany Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Eastern Counties and Norfolk Railways 
Amalgamation Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties and Nor- 
ta 

malgamation 
Bill. 


Hospital for The Hospital for Consumption Bill was read a 
Seramption second time ; and committed. 
, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


pooek Corrib A Motion was made, and the Question being 

hpany Put, That the Lough Corrib Improvement Com- 
Incorporation pany Incorporation and Amendment of certain 
and Amend- Public Acts Bill be now read a second time; 
ment of certain 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Public Acts 
Biil. 


r Mr. Divett, } 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Aglionby: 36. 
J Mr. O'Flaherty, | .. 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Blake: j 55. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
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129 


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


The Transfer of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Transfer of 


Navigation Company Bill was read a second time; —— — 
and committed. . Navigation | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Company Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of David Morice Johnston, Thomas Great Western 
Newman Farquhar and Joseph Leech, of No. 65 — (ite- 
Moorgate-street, in the city of London, Solicitors, “42 (Dubin 

g ’ y ’ » to Mullingar 
carrying on business under the style or firm of and Athlone) 
Johnston, Farquhar and Leech, was presented, and nel one 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are the western Rail- 
attornies for John Masterman, the younger, and way of Ireland 
Thomas Newman Farquhar, who are defendants in amon, By 

: : 7 . alway) Bill 
certain actions brought against them by the Mid- (1846); and, 
land Great Western Railway Company of Jreland, Railway Bills 
which actions are appointed to be tried at the (184% 
present Maidstone Assizes, for the county of Kent, 
and that the Petitioners cannot safely proceed to 
the trial of the said causes without the following 
documents being produced in evidence on their 
behalf, videlicet; the Report of the Board of Trade 
on Railways proposed to be made in Jreland, west- 
ward of Dublin, and the maps relating thereto, 
dated 20th March 1845; also the Petition which 
was presented to the House on the 2uth day of 
March 1845, of the Subscribers to and Promoters 
of the undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Dudlin 
to Mullingar, with Branches to Longford and 
Athlone, and the Bill brought in pursuant thereto ; 
also the Petition which was presented to the House 
by the Midland Great Western Railway Company 
of Ireland, on the 6th day of February 1846, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend Acts, and to make 
a Railway from Mullingar to Galway; also the 
Bill so brought in and annexed to such Petition ; 
also the Act as brought into the House from the 
House of Lords on the 24th day of April 1846, 
authorizing the making of a Railway from Mullingar 
to Athlone; also the copy of such Act signed by 
the Chairman of the Committee of the House, to 
whom the same was referred, and as it passed the 
House ; also a Report which was presented to the 
House on or about the 7th day of May 1847, by 
the honourable the Commissioners of Railways, 
entitled, Report of the Commissioners of Railways 
on certain Bills comprised in Group No, 42; also 
copy of a Bill for making a Railway from Mul- 
lingar to Athlone, deposited in the Private Bill 
Ottice of the House, on the 25th day of June 1846, 
under a Sessional Order passed in the Session 
1846 ; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to direct the proper Officers of the House to attend 
at Maidstone, and produce the above-mentioned 
documents on the trial of the said actions. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
Officers to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of the Salmon 
city of Cork and its vicinity, relative to the Salmon Fisheries 
Fisheries (Zreland), which was presented on the “#!#"4.) 
5th day of this instant March, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Fisheries (Jreland). 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Bromyard, in the county of Hereford, praying Certificates. 
for the repeal of the annual duty on their Certifi- 
cates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ramsgute ;—Christionydd Kend- Church Rates. 
rick; — and, William Britten ; praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders and others, Inhabit- Copyholds. 








ants of the township of Willenhall, in the county 
s of 


Tens ae Se 


SO as ah a gE PROMEEC ae an ee 
OE Se 


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aac abss 


Manufacturers 


Names and 
Marks. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Railways. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


130 12° Marti. A. 1849. 


of Stafford, praying the House to pass a Bill for 
the general Enfranchisement of Copyholds, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the United 
Church of England and Jreland, praying that it 
may be provided and settled by Act of Parliament, 
that the Education grant shall hereafter be dis- 
pensed, subject only to the two following simple 
conditions; 1st. That the site of School buildings 
shall be legally secured by trusts legally constituted ; 
and, 2d. That the school shall be open to Govern- 
ment inspection within certain limits, as arranged 
in 1840, was presented, ‘and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Chubb aud Son, Patent 
Lock and Fire-proof Safe Manufacturers, of Saint 
Paul’s Churchyard, in the city of London, praying 
the House to provide that the principle recognized 
in the Cutlery Act, and in the copyright of Designs 
Act, and the easy remedies therein granted, may be 
applied to protect all manufacturers from the illegal 
use of their names and trade marks, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Boxwell-cum-Leighterton ; —— 
Weare ; Deanery of Axbridge ; Downe ;— 
Snenton ;——and, Lanlast ; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Camelford Union, stating that they view with re- 
gret and alarm the increased and still increasing 
system of Pauper tramping ; and praying the House 
to devise measures for remedying the evil, was pre- 


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


Petitions from Wells-next-the-Sea ; Menai 
Bridge ;-——Beaumaris ; Cardigan ;—— Whit- 
by; Great Yarmouth; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 

Swansea (two Petitions) ;——Padstow ;—— 
Deal ;—~—Looe ;——and, Truro; praying that the 
Navigation Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures at Manchester (President) ;—LZiver- 
pool ;—and, Dundee Chamber of Commerce ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymoney (Chairman) ;—— Cole- 
raine (Chairman) ;—— Midleton Union (Chairman) ; 
——Members of the Queen’s County Grand Jury, at 
Lent Assizes assembled ; Londonderry ; 
Newtonlimavady Union ; W. B. Smythe; 
County of Wexford (High Sheriff) ;—— Ballinasloe 
Union ;——County of Waterford ;——and, Grand 
Jurors of the county of Leitrim; praying that the 
Poor Law (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany;—and, Cheltenham; stating that the Peti- 
tioners conceive that the present system of rating 
Railways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for rendering such 
taxation more just and equal,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Church-wardens and Overseers of 
the parish of Cirencester, stating that the Petitioners 
have long witnessed the great evils inseparably con- 


nected with the existing laws for the collection of 
poor rates, from the occupiers of small Tenements ; 
and praying the House to abolish excused Lists, and 
empower overseers when rating holdings under seven 
pounds, to make the rate upon the landlord, but al- 
lowing him twenty-five per cent discount (as a re- 
muneration to him for occasional void cottages and 
other contingencies), or if cases occur in which the 
overseers and justices deem the occupier to bea 
more convenient payer, then the rate may be made 
for its full amount upon the occupier, and in this 
latter case, the overseers’ receipt for payment of the 
rate shall be a legal tender to the landlord, in lieu 
of so much rent, after the same manner as receipts 
for land-tax, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dumbarton (Mo- Registering 
derator) ; and, Presbytery of Kirkwall; praying ae oan 
that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scot/and) Bill ; and, Marriage 
and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, may not pass (Scotland) 
into law, as they now stand,—were presented, and Bills. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Falmouth ;—and, Penryn ; pray- Slave Trade, 
ing the House to address Her Majesty to the 
intent that instructions may be forthwith given 
to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to demand from the Spanish and Brazi- 
lian Governments the liberation from Slavery of 
all Africans and their descendants who have been 
illicitly and illegally introduced into their respec- 
tive colonies and territories, and in the event of 
their attempting to evade the demand or to pro- 
crastinate its strict fulfilment, to notify to them that 
measures will be taken to exclude their produce 
from the British markets until such measures should 
be adopted for the suppression of the Slave Trade, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southampton ; — Ramsgate ;— War. 
Hythe (Southampton) (Chairman) ;— Southampton 
Auxiliary Peace Society ;— Totton :—Milbrook ;— 
North Berwick ;—Plymouth ;—Stourbridge (seven 
Petitions) ; — Kidderminster ;— Holywell ;— Staf- 
ford;—Aldwinckle;—and, Halifar Mechanics’ In- 
stitution (Vice-President and Chairman); praying 
the House to take prompt and decisive measures 
to negotiate treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, bind- 
ing the parties for the future to refer their misunder- 
standings to the decision of arbitrators, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Harbours of 
Hythe, in the county of Kent, setting forth the ad- Refuge. 
vantages of the port of Hythe for a Harbour of 
Refuge on the eastern coast of England, and pray- 
ing for inquiry, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Kable. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Marriages 
the Marriages Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, Thai the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 19th day of April next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Middlesex.) 
to give directions that there be laid befure this 
House, a Return of the Number and Description of 
the Turnpike Trusts in the County of Middlesex, 

North of the Thames, the Length of the Roads, and 
Amount of Debt and Interest on each ‘Trust respec- 
tively at the Date of such Return. 

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





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12 VicToriz. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Navigation 
Laws. Command,—Copy of Reply of the United States 
Government, respecting the proposed relaxation of 
the British Navigation Laws. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Navigation Notice being taken, that the Further Return to an 
* Act. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of Fe- 


bruary last, fora Return of the Countries, the Vessels 
of which are either wholly or in part excluded from 
the Privileges which the Navigation Act allows them 
in communicating with the British Colonies, for 
want of the issue of Orders in Council under the 
4th section of the Act 8 and 9 Vie. c. 93, or in con- 
sequence of the issue of limited Orders, or in conse- 
quence of the expiration or withdrawal of Orders 
previously issued, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, was imperfect, and that a perfect Return 
had already been presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant March ; 

Ordered, That the Return which was presented 
upon Monday last be withdrawn. 


anal Main = Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Explosion. Command,—Copy of Report of the Inspector of 
Mines on the Darley Main Colliery Explosion. 
Taxing 6 Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
egg Order,—A Return of the Names and a Sa- 
(ireland.)  laries and Emoluments of the Taxing Masters in 


the Court of Chancery in Zreland, and of their As- 
sistants and Clerks, on the Ist day of ‘February 
1848, and on the Ist day of February 1849 ; to- 
gether with an Account of the Amount of Costs 
remaining untaxed in the Masters’ Office at each 
period. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Navigation Bill be now read a 
second time, and which Amendments were, to leave 
out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the Question, 
to add the words “ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :— The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


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


Martis, 13° die Martti, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Sf Mr. Tufnell, 1 066 

L Lord Marcus Hill: {~* 
Mr. Beresford, : 

{ Mr. Mackenzie : j 20. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday the 23d day of this instant March. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Bill to continue so much of an Act of the 
second and third years of Her present Majesty, as 
enables Justices to grant Warrants for entering 
Places in which Spirits are sold without License in 
Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, AnAct to continue, for Five years, so much 
of an Act ofthe second and third years of Her present 
Majesty as enables Justices to grant Warrants for 
Vou, 104. 


irits 
rena) Bill. 


12°—13° Martiz. 





to give directions that there be laid before this 











131 


entering Places in which Spirits are sold without 
License in Jreland. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sicily. 
the further Proceeding upon the Amendment which, 
upon Wednesday last, was proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the word “ Sicily” be added 
after the words “sent to” in the original Ques- 
tion. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ Sicily” be there added :—The House re- 
sumed the said further Proceeding. 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof 
the words ‘“ Also, Copies of all Correspondence 
“« which has passed between Officers of the Board 
of Ordnance and any other Departments of 
Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to 
the transaction in question ; and, Copies of all 
Communications on this subject which have 
passed between Her Majesty’s Government and 
the Representative of Her Majesty at the Court 
of the King of the Two Sicilies.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Ordnance Stores returned from that 
Department to any Contractor, in the year 1848, 
for the purpose of being sent to Sici/y :—Also, Ce- 
pies of all Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween Officers of the Board of Ordnance and any 
other Departments of Her Majesty’s Government, 
with reference to the transaction in question ; and, 
Copies of all Communications on this subject which 
have passed between Her Majesty’s Government 
and the Representative of Her Majesty at the Court 
of the King of the Two Sicilies. 


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“c 
“ec 
“ce 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Passengers 
regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Bill. 
Vessels: And that Mr. Hawes and Mr. Labouchere 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Conveyance of 
Copies of all Tenders for the Conveyance of the Mails (Har- 
Mails to and from the Ports of Harwich, Rotter- i **) 
dam and Hamburgh, and of all Correspondence or 
written Communication with the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty, relative to the Contract 
entered into by them, to commence from the 1st day 
of April next, for the Conveyance of the Mails to 
and from those Ports. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 
j S i i lis (T 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Hamits, Be.) 

House, a Return of the Number of Turnpike-gates 
and Side-bars at which Tolls are payable, in the 
Borough of the Tower Hamlets, the Borough of 
Finsbury, .the Borough of Mary-le-bone, the Bo- 
rough of Lambeth and the Borough of Southwark ; 
the Names of the Streets or Roads where such Gates 
$2 or 








Poor Relief, 
Population, 
&amp;e, 


Poor Relief. 


Passengers 
Bill. 


No. 116, 


Consolidated 
Three-per- 
Cent. Annui- 
ties. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Godstone 
Union. 


132 


or Bars are placed ; the Dates of their Establish- 
ment respectively ; and the Scale of Tolls payable 
at each. 

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


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the Ist day of this instant March, That there 
be laid before this House, a Return of the Twenty 
Unions in England and Wales which have been 
rated highest during the year 1848 for the Relief 
of the Poor; showing the Population and Valua- 
tion of each, the Amount expended in the Relief of 
the Poor, the Proportion of such Expenditure to 
the Valuation, the Proportion of Persons relieved 
to the Population, and the Proportion of Expendi- 
ture to the Population, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That there be also laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Area in Acres df 
each such Union, and the highest and lowest 
Amount at which any Parish in such Union was 
rated during the year 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Twenty Parishes in England and 
Wales which have been rated highest during the 
year 1848 for the Relief of the Poor, and the 
Counties in which they are severally situated. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for regulating the 
Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Owrdered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Consolidated Three per cent. An- 
nuities sold by the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt, per Act 11 and 12 Vic. ¢. 125, 
for raising £.2,000,000 Sterling: — And, of the 
daily Price of the Consolidated Three per cent An- 
nuities, from the 10th day of October 1848 to the 
3ist day of January 1849. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copy ofa Despatch from the Governor of Trinidad, 
dated 18th January 1849, respecting the operation 
of the Navigation Laws. 

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


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





Martis, 13° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Victoriz Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 

R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of the seve- 
ral Letters received by the Clerk of the Godstone 
Union from the Vestry Clerk of the parish of 
Brighton, with the Answers thereto, respecting the 
maintenance of John Ledger, his wife and family, 
whose relief was withdrawn by the Godstone Guar- 
dians, pursuant to the instructions of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, founded on the Opinion of the Law 
Officers of the Crown :—And then he withdrew. 


12°—13° Martz. 





A. 1849, 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Whittlesey 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Saint Mary 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Saine ties 
additional provision in the Whittlesey Saint Mary Union of Pa. 
and Whittlesey Saint Andrew Union of Parishes, Tishes and for 
and for improving the Town of Whitt/esey Bill, the Town of Wie 


Standing Orders have been complied with. tlesey Bill, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Marshland 
posed, That the Petitions of Inhabitants of Out- Smeeth and 
well, in the county of Norfolk, and of Mr. Henry ion 
Bird, of Upwell, in the county of Cambridge, Far- age Rates ang 
mer, in gpposition to certain Clauses in the Marsh- Repair of 
land Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of Drainage Roads) Bil 
Rates and Repair, of Roads) Bill, and praying to 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel, agents and 
witnesses, against the clauses in the said bill affect- 
ing their interests, and which Petitions were respec- 
tively lodged in the Private Bill Office, upon Thurs- 
day the 8th and Friday the 9th days of this instant 
March, be received and referred to the Committee 
on the said Bill, notwithstanding the said Petitions 
were so lodged more than seven days after the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Darlington Gas and Darlington 
Water Company Bill, with Amendments. ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 7?" 


Mr. Bernal reported the Epsom Rates Bill, with Epsom Rates 
Amendments. Bull. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dublin _ 
Reading of the Dublin Consolidation, Improvement, Co™*lidation 


. ?Im 
Waterworks and Sewers Bill; Woucant 


And a Motion being made, and the Question and Sewers 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second =. 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now,” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 27th day of this instant March ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Reynolds, 

Yeas, | Mr. John O'Connell: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Grogan, 

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


}120. 


}roo. 


Dublin 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Dublin Corporation Waterworks 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 27th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dublin 
Reading of the Dublin Improvement Bill; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 27th day of this instant March. 


A Motion was made, and the Question — pro- Eastern Union 
posed, That the Eastern Union and Eastern Coun- ee 
ties Railway Companies (Amendment of Acts and way Compa- 
Power to lease, sell or amalgamate to or with the nies (Amend- 


Eastern 








later 
Bill. 





12 VicrontZ. 


Eastern Counties Railway Company) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

‘mate Lhe Amendments following were proposed to be 
to or with the made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
Eastern Coun- « now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
ties RailWY the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Coaction i 


ment of .\cts, 
and Power to 


lease, sell or 


Message from Sir William 


poh A Message from the Lords, by 
the Lords. 


Horne: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Laws in England and TJreland, rela- 
tive to Larceny and other Offences connected there- 
with, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Fitzgibbon to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the present state of the Inland Fisheries 
and Navigation of Ireland, and the Obstructions 
which hinder the enjoyment of the same, and the 
best means of removing such Obstructions, his 
Lordship in his place consenting: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Second Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed hy this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, on the Jrish Poor Laws :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 


Larceny Acts 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. | 


Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Basten Union And the Question being again proposed, That the 
and Eastern §=word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
— a roposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
y Compa- 
nies (Amend- cen, withdrawn. 
ment of Acts, And the Question being again proposed, That the 
age hg Bill be now read a second! time ; 
amalgamate The Amendments following were proposed to be 
a made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
* ties Railway * now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
Company) the words “ upon Tuesday the 17th day of April 
bil. “ next.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ mg a 


Tellers for the Noes,{ - rene: 


1 
rr 


} 54. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


pactlepool Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee 
—_ on Group No. 1, of Private Bills; That the parties 
Waterworks : ? 

Bill. promoting the Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks 


Bill had stated to the Committee, that the evidence 
of William Mosman was essential, in order to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed to move the 
House, That William Mosman do attend the said 
Committee To-mcrrow, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That William Mosman do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


VoL. 104. 


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133 


| Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee Nottingham 
cn Group No. 1, of Private Bills; That the parties Gas Bill 
promoting the JVottingham Gas Bill had stated to 
| the Committee, that the evidence of Edwin Patchitt, 
Clerk to the Commissioners of the Nottingham 
_Inclosure, and the production by him of the Plans 
| and Papers relating to the Nottingham Inclosure, 
| were essential, in order to enable them to establish 
| their case before the Committee; and it having 
been proved that his attendance could not be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House, he 
| had been instructed by the Committee to move the 
| House, That Edwin Patchitt do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That Edwin Patchitt do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock, 
and do bring with him the Plans and Papers re- 
lating to the Nottingham Inclosure. 





A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Parliamentary 
Arbroath, praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Oaths Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of the city Promiscuous 
and borough of Wells, praying the House to pass Intercourse. 
such measures as will enable Magistrates and 
Officers of Police to bring those persons who make 
a trade of and live by promoting the Promiscuous 
Intercourse of the Sexes to prompt and certain 
punishment, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Commander 

Copies of any Instructions which were given, and ae 
of any Letters which were addressed to Commander © "8"°Y™ 
Edward Wingrove, of Her Majesty’s Steam Sloop 
** Scourge,” in relation to the convict Mitchell, by 
the Board of Admiralty, or by any other Depart- 
ment of Government in Great Britain or Ireland : 
—Of the Correspondence which passed between 
the Naval Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies 
and Commander Wingrove, on that subject :—And, 
of a Letter of the Secretary of the Admiralty, ad- 
dressed to the Commander-in-Chief in the West 
Indies, in reference to his Correspondencewith Com- 
mander Wingrove. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Chelsea 
Copy of a Circular addressed from the War Office pee 
to the Staff Officers in Ireland, on the subject gor 
Deposits in Savings Banks by Chelsea Pensioners, 
dated the 23d day of September 1843. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ballyshannon 
Copy of a Memorial addressed by the Rate-payers ™°™ 
of the Ballyshannon Union to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners (Ireland), on the occasion of the removal 
of John S. Darcy, Esquire, late temporary Inspec- 
tor of that Union. 


The Larceny Acts Amendment Bill was read the Larceny Acts 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time cc 


upon Friday next ; and to be printed. No. 117. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 12th Addresses. 
days of this instant March (That Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
| this House,) had been presented to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 





| Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Army. 
Order dated the 7th day of August in the last Ses- 
' sion of Parliament, for a Return of the Number of 
| Non-Commissioned Officers, and of Pupils educated 
at the Royal Military College, and other Persons 
$3 who 





Navigation 
Laws. 


Highways. 


Consolidated 
Three-per- 
Cent. Annui- 
ties. 


No. 118. 


Church Rates. 


Church Rates. 


134 


who have obtained Commissions without Purchase, 
in each of the last Eighteen years, viz. from 1830 to 
1847, both inclusive, in Her Majesty’s Army at home 
and abroad. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address _ to 
Her Majesty,—Copy of a Despatch from the Go- 
vernor of Trinidad, dated 18th January 1849, 
respecting the Operation of the Navigation Laws. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 


February last, for Returns, showing the Total Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure on acccount of the High- 
ways and Streets of the several Parishes and Places 
in each County of England, for the year 1845, 
under the following Heads :—Receipts—Rates or 
Assessments; from Turnpike Trusts; other Re- 
ceipts ; Total Receipts : — Expenditure — Manual 
Labour; Team Labour; Materials; Tradesmen’s 
Bills ; Salaries; Payments to Turnpike Trusts ; 
other Payments; Total Expenditure :—Also, Ba- 
lances in hand or overspent; stating also the Num- 
ber of Returns received in each County, and the 
Number which cannot be obtained. 

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


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Conso- 
lidated Three per cent. Annuities, which were pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Petitions from Llanrwst ;—Broughton (six Peti- 
tions) ;— Hitchin ;—Cefn Mawr ;—Pant ;—Esclu- 
sham Above ;—Adwyr Clawdd ;—Gresford ;— Coed 
Poeth ;— Minera ;— Holt ;— Brymbo (four Peti- 
tions) ;— Wrexham (four Petitions) ;—Liverpool ;~ 

Colchester ; — Derby ; — Honiton (Chairman and 
Minister) (three Petitions) ;— Aylesbury (Chairman) ; 
~-Denbigh (three Petitions) ;—Capel Pentre, Llan- 
rhaiadr in Commarch ;— Worcester (five Petitions) ; 
— Dudley ;—Saint Pancras (Chairman) ;—Itchen ; 
— Bittern ;—and, Southampton (seven Petitions) ;— 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, That 
effectual measures should be immediately taken for 
the abolition of Church Rates ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ the abolition 
“ of Church Rates,” in order to add the words 
“ discharging persons dissenting from the Church 
“ as by Lawestablished, from contributing to Church 
“ Rates, and from taking any part in levying, assess- 
‘“« ing or administering the same,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Trelawny, 
Mr. Hume: P } 183. 

r &gt;. { Mr. Wood, p 

yet for the Noes, { Mr. Headlam : } 20. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided. a 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Mr. Trelawny, 
Mr. Bright: 

: ‘ Mr. Wood, 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 ag Sa 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


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A. 1849. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Small Debt, 
to prevent Actions in the Superior Courts in Zreland ‘IHeland) By 
where the Debt does not exceed twenty pounds, 
and to improve the measures for the Recovery of 
Debts: And that Mr. Fagan and Mr. Roche do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present: The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


Mercuri, 14° die Martii ; 


Anno 12° Victorie Regine 1849. 





PRAYERS. 

M* Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Pca 

amined the Petitions presented upon the 12th day eat 
of this instant March, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the Bury Saint Edmund's a Saint 
Gas Company Bill, with Amendments. Geo Connell 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bin, 
Mr. Bernal reported the Longton, otherwise Lane asa 
End, Market Bill, with Amendments. pre 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Market Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Brierley Hill District Brierley Hill 
Gas Light Company (for incorporating and giving Light Com 
all proper Powers to the said Company) Bill, with pany (for 
Amendments. incorporating 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. — —s 


to the said 
Company) Bill. 
Mr. Bernal reported the Feltwell Second District Feltwell Se- 
Drainage Bill, with Amendments. —_ District 
; Drainage Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Whitehaven Waterworks Whitehaven 
Bill, with Amendments. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Saint Alban’s 
Saint Alban’s Rates Bill; That the Parties promoting Bates Bill 
the Bill had stated to the Committee that it was not 
their intention to proceed further with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Masterman be added to the Great Central 

Committee on the Great Central Gas Consumers &amp;4§ Co 
: sumers Com- 

Company Bill. pany Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Sunderland 
the Report onthe Sunderland Waterworks Bill ; and Waterworks 

Bill. 

the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Waldy’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Waldy’s _ 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, 
if the parties concerued think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 


*| communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 


of the Evidence taken before their Lordships ” 
the 








bts 
) Bil, 


. 
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8 





12 Vicroriz. 


the case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Wilson 
Patten do carry the said Message. 


small Debts Mr. Fagan presented a Bill to prevent Actions in 
(Ireland) Bill. the Superior Courts in Zreland where the Debt does 
No.119. not exceed Twenty pounds, and to improve the 
Measures for the Recovery of Debts: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 

be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 

Return of the Aggregate Number of Stamps issued 
for Newspapers in each year, from the 1st day of 
January 1842 to the 1st day of January 1849, in 
England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Number at One penny 
and at One halfpenny (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 412, of Session 1842), 
Woollen and A Return of the Quantities and declared Value 
Cotton Goods. 4f Woollen and Cotton Goods the Manufacture of 
Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing the 
different Kinds, exported to Turkey, in the years 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, and 1847 :—And, a similar 
Return with regard to Russia. 

A Statement showing the Perpetual Annuity 
which is equivalent to the whole of the Terminable 
Annuities which existed as part of the Public Debt, 
on the 5th day of January 1848; the Interest of 
Money being taken in the Valuation after the Rate 
of three and a half per cent., and also of three per 
cent. per annum (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No 348, of Session 1842). 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | 
which were read, as follow ; 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Chester and 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 





Terminable 
Annuities. 





Standing 
Orders ; 


Chester and 


ee Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with Powers 
eens of to the London and North Western Railway Com- 


Capital, with pany to subscribe thereto) Petition, the Standing 
— = Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the parties 
North Western be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the ex- 
Railway Com- ception of that part which enables the London and 
elke thereto) North Western Railway Company to raise addi- 
Bill. tional Capital; that the said Company be restricted 
from subscribing to the Capital of the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway Company, unless by consent 
of the proprietors of the London and North Western 
Railway at a special meeting assembled, of which 
meeting fourteen days notice shall have been given, 
and that notices be inserted, for three successive 
weeks, in the county newspapers, and once in the 
London Gazette ; that the Committee on the Bill 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 
have been complied with, and do report the same to 
the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Indian 
Railwe Peninsula Railway Company Bill, Petition for ex- 
Compairy pi, tending the time for the Second Reading of the 

Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the time for the Second Reading of the 
Bill be extended to Monday the 23d day of April 


next. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 


ne te. 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Yar- | 
Bridge and” ™”outh Haven, Bridge and Navigation Improvement 
Navigation  Petitiun for additional Provision, the Standing Or- 
Mprovement ders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 
a 4. Resolved, That in the case of the London Gas 


pany (Amend- Light Company (Amendment of Act) Petition for 
ment of Act) leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
Bill. Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the parties 
be permitted to deposit a Petition for a Bill, pro- 
vided the same be deposited not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report. 
The said Resolutions being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 
Vou. 104, 











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135 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Chester and 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the Chester and Holyhead 
Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with Pow- aoe of 
ers to the London and North Western Railway Com- Capital, with 
pany to subscribe thereto) Bill, which was this day Powers to the 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, —_ nl 
might be read ; and the same being read ; Railway Com- 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pany to sub- 
to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- $i thereto) 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for — 
other Purposes: And that Mr. Alderman Thompson, 

Mr. Glyn and Mr. Mangles do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Agriculture. © 
Members of the Associated Agriculturists of the 
Wapentake of Holderness, in the East Riding of 
the county of York, praying the House not to se- 
parate without granting some effectual relief to the 
Agricultural interest, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Grand Jury of the county of Cattle and 
Leitrim (Foreman);—J. J. Bourke and others ;— Sheep (Ire- 
Ballitore ;—Grand Jurors of the Queen’s County ;°" ) 
—and, Grand Jury of the county of Meath, Sheriff 
and Foreman; stating that they view with alarm 
the present inefficient state of the law as regards 
the possibility of convicting persons guilty of thefts 
of sheep and black cattle; and prayimg the House 
to pass some ehactment to compel persons sus- 
pected of having stolen cattle or meat in their pos- 
session, to give an account of the way they pro- 
cured the same,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn;— Reading (two Church Rates. 


| Petitions) ; — Cefnybedd ;— William Wright; — 


Ruabon ;— York ;—and, Ashford; praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Clergy. 
habitants of Stockport, praying for the repeal of 
those laws which prevent a clergyman of the 
Church of England voluntarily seceding from that 
church, from officiating as a dissenting minister, 


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


Petitions from Adlington ;— Brindle ; — With- County 
nell; — Bretherton; — Anderton ;— Eccleston ; — =*penditure. 
Rivington ;— Goosnargh ;—Grimsnargh ;—Rother- 
sall ; — Openshaw ; —Heapey ; —Cuerden ;—Chor- 
ley ; —Clayton-le- Woods ; —Charnock, Richard ;— 
Wheatley Carr ;—Welsh Whittle ;— Anglezark ;— 
Duxbury ;— Burnley ;—Briercliffe-with- Extwistle ; 
—and, West Derby Union, all in the county of Zan- 
caster; complaining of the burthensome amount of 
County Expenditure ; and praying that a law may 
speedily be passed by which a Financial and Admi- 
nistrative Board may be established, to be chosen 
by and from the several Boards of Guardians of the 
county, and of a limited number of the magistrates, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. . 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Deanery of Dun- Education. 

ster, in the county of Somerset, praying that it 
may be provided and settled by Act of Parliament, 
that the Education Grant shall hereafter be dis- 
pensed, subject to the two simple conditions of le- 
gal security and Government inspection, upon the 
principles of freedom, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owen Owen Roberts, of Bangor, in Education 
the county of Carnarvon, praying the House to take (North Wales.) 
into consideration the misappropriation of Educa- 
tion charities, which he alleges universally prevails 

s 4 throughout 





Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Paper. 


Poor Law 
( Ireland.) 


136 


throughout North Wales, and adopt measures to) 


restore and to perpetuate to the children of poor 
men their rights freely to be maintained and edu- 
cated at Bangor Friars’ school, and at all other 
schools similarly founded and endowed, subject to 
such changes and alterations in the kind of instruc- 
tion to be given, as the altered circumstances of the 
age may have rendered necessary for the benefit of 


the recipients ; and that the House may be pleased | Vv 
dians (Chairman); praying that the Poor Laws (Jre- 


to adopt such other measures as may be expedient 
and necessary to extend English or secular educa- 
tion among the children of the common people of 
North Wales, under such equitable rules and regu- 
lations as will render all future educational Par- 
liamentary Grants available for the children of the 


poor of every sect and creed, without trespassing | 


on the sacred rights of conscience, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Southern Unitarian Society, established in the south 
of England, praying that the Parliamentary Oaths 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of the Sabbath Ob- 
servance Committee of the General Assembly of the 
Free Church of Scotland, praying the House not to 
sanction any measure for compelling, by Act of Par- 
liament, the running of Railway Trains in Scotland 
on the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint George’s, Middlesex (Chair- 
man) ;—and, County of Cambridge; praying for 
repeal of the Duty on Malt,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Cadbury ;—— Lea ; 
—-—-District of Shotter Mill ; ——Thursley ;—— 
Bramley ; —— Cranley ; —— Bagshot ; Rural 
Deanery of Macclesfield North ;—— Croydon ;—— 
Deanery of Dunster ; Archdeaconry of Wilts; 
——and, Dudley ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Kirkcaldy, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Inveresk (Mode- 
rator) ;——Provincial Synod of Glasgow and Ayr 
(Moderator) ;——General Session of the Church of 
Scotland in Glasgow (Moderator) ;——and, Com- 
mittee of Management of the Parochial Board of the 
parish of Govan, in the county of Lanark (Chair- 
man); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) ; and, 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scutland) Bills, may not 
pass into law,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen, Mechanics, 
and other Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying that 
the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Salford; — Edinburgh ; — and, 
Clitheroe; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers, Ironmongers, Drapers, 
&amp;e., of the city of Edinburgh, praying for the abo- 
lition of the duty on Paper, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Athy Union, 
praying for the severance of some of the Electoral 


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A. 1849. 


divisions of that union, for the purpose of forming 
a separate Poor Law union in Kildare Town, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Laws (Ireland). 


Petitions from Athy Union (Chairman) ;—Dun- Poor Lays 


manway Union;—Monaghan (two Petitions) ;— 
Ballylinne 
Wexford Union ;—and, Oldcastle Board of Guar- 
land) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


(Ireland) 
;—Ballintoy ;—County of Antrim ;— = in Aid) 


Petitions from Trowbridge ;—and, Melksham ; Promiscuous 
praying the House to make such enactments as may Itercourse, 


seem fit for the easier conviction and the more sum- 
mary and adequate punishment of traders in vice, 
who live by promoting Promiscuous Intercourse 
between the sexes,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Railways, 


way Company ;— Fleetwood, Preston and West 
Riding Junction Railway Company ;—and, Preston 
and Longridge Railway Company; complaining 
that the present system of rating Railways to poor, 
highway, church and other local rates, is unequal, 
unjust and oppressive; and praying for such an 
alteration of the law as will render more just and 
equal the local taxation upon Railway property,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Congregationalists residing in Slave Trade, 


Swanage, Dorset, praying that instructions may be 
forthwith given to the Principal Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, to demand of the Spanish 
and Brazilian Governments the liberation of all 
Africans and their descendants, who have been il- 
licitly introduced into their respective colonies and 
territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, and in 
the event of their attempting to evade such demand, 
or to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them 
that measures will be adopted to exclude their pro- 
duce from the British markets until slavery itself 


shall be abolished by them, was presented, and’ 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Tea, Sugar, 


the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Quick’s Green, in 
Berkshire, praying the House to reduce, in the pre- 
sent Session, the tax levied on Tea to sixpence per 
pound, and on Sugar and Coffee to seven shillings 
per hundred weight; and also forthwith repeal the 
tax levied on Windows, Timber, Bricks, Paper, 
Soap, Butter and Cheese, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coffee, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Swanage ;—Edinburgh ;—Aber- War. 


deen ;— Chester ;— Derby (three Petitions) ;—Bremp- 
ton ;—and, Parkhead ; praying the House to nego- 
tiate treaties between the Government of this country 
and other governments of the world, binding the 
parties, for the future, to refer their misunderstand- 
ings to the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Pritt, Venables and Com- 
pany, of Parliament-street, Parliamentary Agents, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are agents for and in respect of a Bill 
now pending in the House, intituled, “‘ An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Thomas William Waldy, 
Esquire, with Ellen, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes,” and 
which said Bill was read a second time in the House 
on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of March instant, 
and the usual Order was made thereupon ; that the 


said Ellen is, as the Petitioners believe, now resid- 
; ing 


Waldy’s 
Divorce Bill. 

















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14° Marti. 137 


ing at Schwetzingen, near Heidelberg, in the duchy | the House made on the Second Reading of the 


of Baden; that a copy of the said Bill, asthe same 
was introduced into the House of Lords, was served 
upon the said Ellen by Henry Jones, on the twen- 
ty-second day of February last, at Schwetzingen 
aforesaid ; that evidence was given in support of the 
said Bill on behalf of Thomas William Waldy, at 
the bar of the House of Lords, on Monday the fifth 
day of March last past, when the said Bill was read 
a second time; that the said Ellen did not by her- 
self or her agent appear, or offer any opposition to 
the said Bill; that at the time when the said Ellen 
was served with a copy of the said Bill as before 
mentioned, at Schwetzingen, she informed the said 
Henry Jones, by whom she was served with a copy 
of the Bill, that she would instruct Edmund Charles 
Currey, cf Doctors’ Commons, London, Proctor, to act 
for her as her attorney in all matters relating to the 
said Bill; that the said Edmund Charles Currey has 
received a power of attorney from the said Ellen 
Waldy, authorizing him to act for her in the matter 
of the said Bill; and that the said Edmund Charles 
Currey has sent to the Petitioners a copy of the said 
power, and which said poweris to the following effect : 
—‘‘ Know all men by these presents, that 1, Ellen 
Waldy, of Egglescliffe, in the county of Durham, 
but now residing at Schwetzingen, near Heidelberg, 
in the duchy of Baden, Wife of Thomas William 
Waldy, of Eqglescliffe aforesaid, Esquire, have made, 
ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these 
presents do make, ordain, constitute and appoint 
Lidmund Charles Currey, of Doctors’ Commons, 
London, Proctor, my true and lawful attorney for 
me, and in my name, place and stead, to act and 
accept service for me and on my behalf, ina Bill to 
be brought before the High Court of Parliament of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
assembled and sitting, now and from time to time, in 
the city of Westminster, against me, by my husband, 
Thomas William Waldy aforesaid, and to appoint 
any person or persons whom he my said attorney 
may see fit to act for me as counsel, and to repre- 
sent me to the fullest extent in all matters con- 
cerned or connected with the prosecution of the 
said Bill before the Parliament, and generally to 
act for me and in my name in the matters afore- 
said, as fully in every respect as I could or might 
do being personally present; and in order that 
these presents may have their full, true and suffi- 
cient effect, I promise to ratify, allow and confirm 
all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully 
do or cause to be done fur me, and in my name, in 
the matters aforesaid, and by virtue and in execu- 
tion hereof: In witness whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal at Frankfort-on-Mayne, this 
first day of March, in the year of our Lord One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty-nine. 


(L.8.) Ellen Waldy. 


“ Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Ellen 
Waldy, in the presence of 
“ Chas. F. Grainger, as Witness. 
“ Rodolphus Chas. Koch, as Witness.” 


“ I, the undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty’s 
Consul for the free city of Frankfort, do hereby cer- 
tify, that the annexed power ofattorney, written on 
the other half of this sheet of paper, was duly ex- 
ecuted by Ellen Waldy, Wife of Thomas William 
Waldy, of Egglescliffe, in the county of Durham, 
Esquire, in my presence, and in that of Charles F. 
Grainger, of London, and of Rodolphus Charles Koch, 
of Frankfort, the subscribing witnesses thereto, at 
the British Consular Office at Frankfort, this first 
day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-nine. 

(1. s.) “ Christian Koch, 


“ H. B. Majesty’s Consul to the 
“ free city of Frankfort.” 


and praying that the delivery of the Order of 


Von. 104. 





said Bill, and of an official copy of the said Bill, 
to the said Edmund Charles Currey, may be deemed 
an effectual notice to and service upon the said 
Ellen Waldy, as if the said Order and copy of the 
Bill had been served upon her personally, and 
that personal service of the said Order and copy of 
the said Bill on the said Ellen Waldy may be dis- 
densed with. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, Army. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 120. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navi- Navigation 
gation Laws, which was presented yesterday, be L@Ws. 
printed. No. 121. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Highways, Highways. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 122. 


Ordered, That Mr. Alcock have leave of Absence Leave of 
till Easter, on account of ill-health. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Quarter 
Return from the Crown Books of the Clerks of the pose nee ) 
Peace of the respective Counties in Jreland, in- ‘ 
cluding the County of Dublin, of the Number of 
Cases tried in the Criminal Court at Quarter Ses- 
sions in each County, and of the Number of Ap- 
peals to the Quarter Sessions from the Decisions of 
Magistrates in each County, during each of the 
years 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799:—And, similar 
Returns for each of the years 1845, 1846, 1847 and 
1848. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed House of Com- 
to consider how far the Estimates for the Salaries ™™S Offices. 
and Allowances of the Clerks and Officers of the 
House of Commons, for the ensuing year, have been 
framed in accordance with the Recommendations of 
the Select Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates, 
who reported on the same in the last Session; and 
to consider if any and what further Regulations 
may be necessary. 


Ordered, That the Marriage (Scotland) Bill be Marriage 
read a second time after the Orders of the day. Soames) 


Ordered, That the Registering Births &amp;c. (Scot- Registering 


land) Bill be read a second time after the Orders of Births, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) 
the day. Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord and 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant Bill ; Tenant Bill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to 
be made to the Question; viz. To leave out the 
word “ now, ” and, at the end of the Question, to 
add the words “upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. P’ 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Mtr. Rebar Pies jaa. 
‘Colonel Sibthorp, | 
Tellers for the Noes, { Sir Harry Verney: J 11. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday next. 

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The Real and Personal Property Conveyance 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Select Committee. 


Real and Per- 
sonal Property 
Conveyance 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Clergy Relief Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed te a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
Bill. 


No. 123. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Life Policies of Assur- 
ance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, Thatthe Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Local Taxa- 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
tion. 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Thursday last, was proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the whole of the Local Taxation 
of the country for national purposes, falls mainly, 
if not exclusively, on real property, and bears with 
undue severity on the occupiers of land, in a manner 
injurious to the agricultural interests of the country, 
and otherwise highly impolitic and unjust :—That 
the hardship of this apportionment is greatly aggra- 
vated by the fact, that more than one-third of the 
whole Revenue derived from the Excise is levied 
upon agricultural produce, exposed, by the recent 
changes in the law, to direct competition with the 
untaxed produce of foreign countries; the home 
producer being thus subjected to a burden of taxa- 
tion which, by greatly enhancing the price, limits 
the demand for British produce, and to restrictions 
which injuriously interfere with the conduct of his 
trade and industry :—That this House will resolve 
itself into a Committee, to take into its serious con- 
sideration such measures as may remove the 
grievances of which the owners and occupiers of 
real property thus justly complain, and which may 


establish a more equitable foe mcg of the: 


public burthens; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the first word “That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ if the 
‘ local taxation of the country presses unequally 
on real property, or bears with undue severity on 
the occupiers of land, such inequality and undue 
pressure ought to be removed ; but, with a view of 
granting speedy relief to the agricultural and other 
‘ interests of the country, without detriment to the 
claims of the national creditors, it is the Opinion of 
this House that the public expenditure, now exces- 
sive, ought to be forthwith reduced so as to enable 

Parliament to repeal totally the Excise Duties on 

Malt and Hops; and to remove, as far as prac- 

ticable other burthens which impede the progress 

of agriculture and of commerciu! industry,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


14°—15° Marti. 


A. 1849, 


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


The Recovery of Wages (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Recovery 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- eae 
mitied to a Committee of the whole House, for ) aa 
Wednesday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Marriage (Scotland) Bill was, according to Marriage 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- aa 
lect Committee. 


The Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill was, Registering 


~ : : _ Births, &amp;e, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com (Seotan a) 
Bill, 


mitted to the same Select Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 15° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Chester and 
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to HolyheadRail. 
: Sum of M d for other Pur- way, cu 
raise a further Sum of Money, and for other Pur- ofGapital, with 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and Powers to the 


; ° London and 
ordered to be read a second time. North Western 


Railway Company to sub- 
scribe thereto) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Greenwich Markets Regula- Greenwich 
tion Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. yo on 
An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Dock Company Kingston- 
at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise a further Sum of ag 
, Pie ock Com 
Money, and for amending some of the Provisions of pany Bill. 
the Acts relating to such Company, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Christopher do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘ 


Marshland 


A Petition of George Hensman, of Basing-lane, 
Smeeth and 


in the city of London, Solicitor, was presented, and “gee 
read ; ain forth, That a Bill is &gt; resent de- ry 
pending in the House, intituled, “ A Bill for alter- age Rates 
ing the Mode of assessing the Drainage Rates au- wt yh 
thorized by the Act for Drainage and improving y 
Marshland Smeeth and Marshland Fen, in the 
Country of Marshland, in the County of Norfolk, 
and to provide for the Repair of Roads within the 
Limits of the said Act ;” that the Petitioner was in- 
structed on the twenty-third day of February last, 
by his agent, William Ludlam Ollard, of Upwell, 
in the county of Cambridge, Solicitor for parties in- 
tending to °P ose certain clauses in the said Bill, 
to apply to Messrs. Pritt and Company, the agents 
for the above-mentioned Bill, for a copy thereof, 
and to ascertain the time for the Second Reading 
of the said Bill; that the Petitioner instructed T’ho- 
mas Clark, one of his principal clerks, to apply to 
the said agents for the Bill, for a copy thereof, and 
to make the necessary inquiries as to the time of 
the Second Reading thereof, which was done by the 
said clerk on the said twenty-third day of February, 
and a copy of the said Bill obtained from the said 
Messrs. Pritt and Company; that at the time of 
obtaining the said copy of the Bill, the said Thomas 
Clark was informed by one of the principal clerks 
of the said Messrs. Prit¢ and Company, that the 
Second 





Universal 
Railway 
Casualty 
Compensation 
Company Bill. 





12 Vicroriz. 


Second Reading of the said Bill was appointed for 
the nineteenth day of March then next, and of 
which the said Thomas Clark made a memorandum 
in mans the time, and that the said clerk of 
Messrs. Pritt and Company at the same time in- 
quired of the said Thomas Clark whether he in- 
tended to oppose the said Bill, when he stated he 
was so instructed, upon which the said clerk of 
Messrs. Pritt and Company, in reply to a question 
by the said Thamas Clark, stated, that he would 
have seven clear days from the said nineteenth day 
of March then next, in which to present any Peti- 
tion against the said Bill; that the Petitioner, on 
the said twenty-third day of February, in conse- 
quence of the said information so obtained as afore- 
said, laid a case before his counsel, Joseph Brown, 
Esquire, for his opinion, as to the grounds of oppo- 
sition to certain clauses in the said Bill, and also 
wrote by that night’s post to the said Mr. Ollard, 
informing him that the Second Reading of the said 
Bill was appointed for the said nineteenth day of 
March, as stated by the said clerk ; that two Peti- 
tions were forthwith prepared against certain clauses 
in the said Bill, one of which has been signed by 
Henry Bird, and the other by several inhabitants 
of Outwell, who consider they would be greatly ag- 
grieved by certain clauses in the said Bill, and 
such Petitions being forwarded to the Petitioner 
for presentation, the said Thomas Clark did, on the 
eighth day of March instant, lodge the Petition of 
the said inhabitants at the Private Bill Office, when 
he was there informed, for the first time, that the 
said Bill had been read a second time on the nine- 
teenth day of February last, and that therefore it 
was too late for any Petitions against such Bill, 
according to the Standing Orders of the House; 
and praying that this Petition may be referred to 
the Committee upon the Standing Orders cf the 
House, and that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel, agents and witnesses, in support thereof ; 
and that the two Petitions above referred to may 
be received in opposition to the said Bill, and have 
the same effect as if presented within the time pre- 
scribed by the Standing Orders of the House, so 
that the Petitioners against the said Bill may be 
heard in opposition thereto; and that the Petitioner 
may have such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to ihe 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Directors of the Railway Passen- 
gers Assurance Company being offered to be pre- 
sented ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty having been informed of the contents of 
the said Petition, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners and certain other 
persons had formed themselves into a Company, 
under the name and style of the Railway Passengers’ 
Assurance Company, for the purpose of insuring 
compensation for loss of life or for personal injury to 
persons travelling by Railway, and the Petitioners 
are directors, having the charge and management of 
the affairs of the said Company ; that the Petitioners, 
with a view of enabling the said Company to carry on 
the business thereof, had proceeded to obtain the 
complete registration thereof, pursuant to the several 
Acts passed in the sixth and seventh, and tenth and 
eleventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for the Registration, Incorporation and Regulation 
of Joint Stock Companies, and are the promoters 
of a Bill now pending in the House, intituled, “ A 
Bill to confer certain Powers on the Railway Pas- 
sengers’ Assurance Company ;” that the said Bill 
was, on the twentieth day of February last, read a 
second time, and referred to the Committee of Se- 
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15° Marti. 159 


lection, who have appointed a Committee to meet 
thereon on Monday the nineteenth day of March 
instant; that by the said Bill it is proposed to con- 
fer certain powers on the said Company, with re- 
ference to the mode of marking and issuing tickets, 
denoting the payment of certain premiums of in- 
surance, and to provide that the said tickets shall, 
when duly marked and issued, have the effect of a 
policy of insurance, or contract between the Com- 
pany and the holders thereof, as in the said Bill set 
forth ; but inasmuch as the amount of stamp-duty, 
which by law would be payable in respect of tickets 
of insurance issued by the said Company would, in 
all cases, be infinitely greater than the amount 
which the Company would receive in exchange for 
such tickets, the said Company will be unable to 
carry on their said business, and a considerable sum 
would be lost to the Public Revenue, unless a mo- 
dification is made in the duties to which such tickets 
would be otherwise liable; and praying that provi- 
sion may be made in the said Bill for the imposi- 
tion of a per-centage duty on sums received by the 
Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company, in re- 
spect of assurances against loss of life or personal 
injury to persons travelling by Railway, in lieu of 
the stamp-duty which would otherwise be by law 
payable for or in respect of tickets of insurance is- 
sued by them, subject to such provisions and regu- 
lations as to the amount, and the ascertamment and 
collection of such per-centage, or otherwise, as to 
the House may seem meet. b 

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


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ypiversal 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of autho- Railway 
rizing the imposition of a Per-centage Duty on sums Casualty 

= ‘ = 3 Compensation 
received by the Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company 
Company, in respect of Insurances against loss of [Imposition of 
aie -*. ° *1_ a Per-centage 
life or personal injury to persons travelling by Rail- +" 
way, in lieu of the Stamp-duty which would other- 
wise be payable by Law on Tickets of Insurance 
issued by such Company. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Whittlesey 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect of Saint Mary 
the Petition for additional Provision in the Whittlesey wey er mn 
Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint Andrew Union of Union of Pa- 
Parishes, and for improving the Town of Whittlesey rishes, and for 
Bill, which was laid upon the Table upon Tuesday #Proving the 
last, might be read; and the same being read ; tlesey Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 


Petition. 


Petitions from South Division of the Hundred of Agriculture. 
East (Cornwall) ;— Bishop's Cleeve ; — Essex ;— 
Rhyl ;—and, Holywell: praying the House to adopt 
measures for the relief of Agricultural Distress, — 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church Bishops. 
of England, praying the House not to sanction the 
introduction of any clause intoa Criminal Law Con- 
solidation Bill, enforcing the election, confirmation 
and consecration of persons who may have been 
nominated by the Crown to the office of Bishop, 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Lyme Church of 
Regis, in the diocese of Salisbury, praying the England. 
House largely to augment the number or Bishops 
and Clergy, to afford increased legal securities for 
the appointment of Bishops well qualified for their 
office, and for the restoration of the deliberative and 
legislative rights of the Church of England, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

T2 Petitions 








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ao lage SE ae eae 


pose tyg 


‘Church Rates. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Copyholds. 


County 
Expenditure. 


Education. 


Harbours. &amp;c. 


Public Health 
(Ireland. ) 


140 


Petitions from Glyn Ceriog ; — Llangollen ; — 
Newtown ;—Members of the Church and Congre- 
gation of Protestant Dissenters, worshipping at 
Union-terrace Chapel, Southampton, and others; 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Members of the Protestant Dis- 
senters Congregation, assembling for worship in 
Morrice-square Chapel, in the borough of Devonport, 
praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Wolverhampton, praying 
the House to pass an Act for the compulsory en- 
franchisement of Copyholds, was presented, aud 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Roughlee ;—Mawdesley ; —Ighten- 
hall Park; — Leyland ;— Heath Charnock ;— Hut- 
ton; — Howich ;—Cliviger ;—Alston ;— Euxton ;— 
Old Laund Booth; — Heskin ; —Coppull ;—and, 
Ulnes Walton; complaining of the burthensome 
amount of County Expenditure; and praying that 
a law may speedily be passed, by which a financial 
and administrative board may be established, com- 
posed of elected guardians, chosen by and from the 
several boards of guardians of the county, and of 
a limited number of the magistrates,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lyme Regis, in the 
county of Dorset, praying the House to take mea- 
sures for defining and limiting the powers of the 
Committee of Privy Council, in relation to the 
Church of England, so as to prevent legislation on 
Church Education without the concurrence of the 
Ecclesiastical authorities, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Wuod- 
leigh, in the county of Devon and diocese of Exeter, 
praying that it may be provided and settled by 
Act of Parliament that the Education grant shall 
hereafter be dispensed, subject only to the two fol- 
lowing simple conditions; 1st. That the site of 
school buildings shall be legally secured by trusts 
legally constituted ; 2d. That the school shail be 
open to Government inspection within certain limits, 
as arranged in 1840, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Commissioners appointed under 
and by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament made 
and passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Second, intituled, “‘ An 
Act to recover and preserve the Navigation of the 
River Dee, in the County Palatine of Chester,” and 
under and by virtue of certain subsequent Acts of 
Parliament, respectively made and passed in the 
fourteenth, seventeenth and twenty-sixth years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Second, and the thirty-first year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Third, c. 88 ;—and, 
Chester (six Petitions); praying for the enactment 
of a General Conservancy measure of a compulsory 
character, agreeably with the Report of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Tidal Harbour Commissioners, made upon 
the 26th day of March 1846,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Cork, praying the House to pass an 
efficient and comprehensive Public Health Bill for 


Treland, was presented, and read; and ordered to | 


lie upon the Table. 


15° Marti. 


A. 1849. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Local Taxa. 

Guardians of the Launceston Union, in the counties tion. 

of Cornwall and Devon, praying for such a revision 

of the system of Taxation, us shall induce the House 

to discontinue the Stock in ‘T'rade Exemption Act, and 

for the adoption of such other measures as shall 
distribute over each and every species of property 

the burdens of Local Taxation, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Finningham ;— Brome ;—Chattis- yait. 
ham; — Burgh ; — Belstead ; — Westerfield ;—Cop- 
dock ;— Buntall ;—Freston ;— Trimley Saint Mary ; 
— Walton ; — Trimley Saint Martin; — Whitton- 
cum- Thurlstone;—East Bergholt;—Cupel ( Suffolk); 
—Stonham Aspal ;—Chelmondiston ;— Harkslead ; 
— Coddenham ; — Barham (Suffolk) ;— Worling- 
worth ;— Letheringham ;—Monksoham ;—Tanning- 
ton ;—Framlingham ;— Wickham Skeith ;— Thran- 
deston ;— Wyverstone ;—Thornham Magna ; —Gis- 
lingham ;—Thorndon All Saints ;—Stuston ;—Pal- 
grave ; —Occold ;— Redgrave ; —Westhorpe ;—Men- 
dlesham ; —Bacton ,— Rishangles ;— Mellis ;—Yaz- 
ley ;—Aspall ;—Botesdale ;—Thornham Parva ;— 
Braiseworth ; — Cotton ;—Rickinghall Superior ;— 
Eye ;—and, Thwaite; praying for the repeal of the 
Duty on Malt,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deanery of Woodleigh ;—— East 
Budleigh ; West Horsley ; District of Mil- 
ford ; —— Witley ; Deanery of Christianitie ; 
—— Archdeaconry of Exeter (Archdeacon) ; ——- 
Bishopsworth ; Buckfastleigh ;——Littlemore ; 

Walford ;—— Kendal ;—_— Cheadle ;——Ship- 
ton; Beddington ; —— Cam ; Grantham ; 
——and, Lyme Regis; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Marriage 
gesses of the borough of Berwich-upon- Tweed, (Scotland) 
praying that the Marriage (Scot/and) Bill may pass _ 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Session Clerk of Marriage 
Portmoak, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) ; (Scotland) ; 
and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bills, aot my 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read; (Seotland) 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Bills. 

Petitions from Cork ;——Berwich-upon- Tweed ; Navigation 
——and, Chelmsford and Springfield ; praying that Bill. 
the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Newcastle- Paper, &amp;. 
upon- Tyne and Gateshead, praying for repeal of the 
duties on Paper, Newspapers and Advertisements, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
_ the Table. 


' 
| 


| A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Lyme Parliamentary 
| Regis, in the diocese of Salisbury, praying that the Oaths Bill 
Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, 

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

| lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law. 
Guardians of the poor of the Bradford Union, in 
the counties of We/ts and Somerset, praying the 
House to abolish altogether the present system of 
the Poor Rate, and to adopt such measures as may 
be deemed fit to secure an equalization of the same, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the parish 

a of the present 
assessment 





\of Sidmouth, praying that instea 








Poor Laws 


d) 
(ste in Aid) 
Bll. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public 
Libraries. 


Railways. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


River Dee. 


12 VicroriZ. 


assessment for the relief of the poor, a national 
rate equally assessed on the general income of the 
country, to be disbursed as at present under local 
management, be adopted, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Electoral Division of Cloughogue ; 
——Union of Ballymena (two Petitions) ; un- 
fanaghy Union ; Down (High Sheriff) ; Ban- 
bridge Poor Law Union ;——Electoral Division of 
Dundonald ; Electoral Divisions of Portaferry, 
Quinton and Ardkeen; Poor Law Union of 
Newtownards ;—— Downpatrick Union ;——Stra- 
norlar Union ;——Shilelagh Board of Guardians 
(Chairman) ;—— Limerick Union ;—— George Mar- 
quis of Westmeath ;—Rathdrum Union ;——Grand 
Jurors of the county of Wicklow, assembled at the 
Lent Assizes, 1849 ;—-—and, Electoral Division of 
Rathdangan ; praying that the Poor Laws (Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 

















A Petition of the Clerk, Masters, and Matrons of 
the Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers and other Officers connected with the adminis- 
tration of the laws relating to the relief of the poor, 
in the Cheltenham Union, in the county of Glouces- 
ter, praying for the establishment of a superan- 
nuation fund for Poor Law Officers, based upon 
the principles contained in an Act for providing 
Superannuation for the Police in and near the Me- 
tropolis, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wolverley, in the 
county of Worcester, praying the House to pass 
such measures as will enable magistrates and of- 
ficers of police to bring those persons who make 
a trade of and live by promoting the Promiscuous 
Intercourse of the sexes, to prompt and certain pu- 
nishment, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Prescot Mechanics’ Institution 
(President) ;— Macclesfield ; — District of Ashted ; 
— Birmingham ; — Aberdeen ;—Central Committee 
of the Lancashire and Cheshire Union of Mechanics’ 
and other Literary and Scientific Institutions (Pre- 
sident and Secretary); praying for the appointment 
of a Select Committee on Public Libraries,—were 


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


A Petition of the Furness Railway Company, 
complaining that the present system of rating Rail- 
ways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for such an alteration of the law as shall render 
it more just and equal, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Cork, praying for the establishment of 
a Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Jre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
way Company, praying the House to appoint a 
Select Committee to inquire into the condition and 
management of the River Dee, and upon receiving 
and considering their Report, to enact such mea- 
sures as shall appear necessary, with a view to the 
enforcement of the conditions undertaken by the 
Dee Company, and the improvement of the naviga- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Vou. 104. 





15° Marti. 














14] 


A Petition of Members:of the Grand Protestant aon Catho- 
Association of Loyal Orangemen, and other Protes- Gea 


tants of Stranraer, in the county of Wigtown, pray- 
ing the House not to give countenance to any 
measure for the endowment of the Roman Catholic 
priesthood in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salcombe; — and, Kingsbridge, Slave Trade. 


Dodbrooke, and their vicinity ; praying that Instruc- 
tions may be given to the Principal Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs to demand of the Spanish 
and Brazilian Governments the liberation of all 
Africans who have been illicitly imported into their 
colonies and territories contrary to the faith of 
treaties, together with their descendants; and in the 
event of their attempting to evade such demand, or 
tv procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that 
measures will be adopted to exclude their produce 
from the British en sor until such time as they 
faithfully and honourably perform their engagements 
to this country,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Small Debts 
gesses of the city and borough of Chester, praying Act- 


the House to pass a measure, extending the juris- 
diction of the Small Debts Act, 9 and 10 Vie. ¢. 95, 
as to the amounts which may be recovered, further 
simplifying the proceedings, reducing and rendering 
more uniform the costs and fees, and introducing 
such modification and improvements as the present 
experience of the working of the measure may 
show to be desirable, in order to ensure the objects 
of the enactment, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Modbury ;—Louth ;— Rhuddlan ; War. 


— Llanbrynmair ; — Bishop's Hull ; — Salendine 
Nook ; —Oswestry ;—Sudbury ;—Street ;— Battle ; 
Shirley ; — Glastonbury ;—Stanningley ;—Iifra- 
combe ; — Aberdeen ; — Worstead ; — Wollaston ;— 
Lianelly (two Petitions) ;—Saint Alban’s ;—Lud- 
low ; — Birmingham ; — Devonport ; —Alergele ;— 
Glyn Ceiriog ;-—Rhosllanerchrugog ; —Gresford ;— 
Llansant ffir aid-Glan-Conway ; — Coed Poeth ; — 
Brymbo ;— Holt ;—Llansilin ;—Liangollen ;— Bod- 
fair ; — Llangwm ; — Denbigh; — Wrexham ; — 
Glyndwfrdwy ;—Ruthin;—Broughton ;-—Llanrwst ; 
—and, Lynn; praying the House to promote the 
formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer 
all international disputes that may arise to the de- 
cision of arbitrators, — were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Line of Battle Ships (specifying 
their Names, Tonnage, Number of Guns, and the 
date at which they were launched) which have been 
broken up, sold, wrecked, burnt, converted into 
Hulks or Depots, or otherwise rendered unfit for 
active Service, between the Ist day of January 1815 
and the 1st day of January 1849:—And, the 
Average of the periods during which the above 
Ships have been fit for active Service:—An Ac- 
count of the original Cost of Construction, and of 
the subsequent Repairs of each of the above Ships : 
—And, a Return of the Number of Line of Battle 
Ships annually launched during the period specified 
above. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Poor Relief. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to givedirections that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of any Unions or Parishes 
in England and Wales, in aid of which any Rate or 
Assessment for the Relief of the Poor has been 
made u; on any County, Hundred, Union, or Parish, 

T3 during 





Joint Stock 
Companies 
Registration. 


British 
Museum, 


Waldy’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Navigation 
Act. 


Godstone 
Union. 


No. 124: 


Woollen and 
Cotton Gocds. 
No. 125. 


‘Terminable 
Annuities. 


No. 126, 


142 


during each of the Ten years preceding Lady Day 
1848; specifying the Names of such last-mentioned 
Counties, Hundreds, Unions, or Parishes, and the 
Poundage and date of such Rate in Aid; also, the 
Poundage Rate which had been made on such first- 
mentioned Parishes or Unions respectively during 


the year prior to such Rate in Aid; the Amount of 


such Poundage on the Valuation, and the Amount 
thereof which had been actually paid prior to such 
Rate in Aid having been made. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament, — Report by the 
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, for the year 
1848. 

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


°e 


v 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum, being offered to be presented ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the contents of 
the said Petition, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 
consist of Thirty thousand pounds Three per cent. 
Reduced Bank Annuities, the annual dividend 
whereof amounts to Nine hundred pounds; of a 
bequest of the late Earl of Bridgwater, the annual 
proceeds of which amount to about Four hundred 
and fifteen pounds; and also of a bequest of the 
late Lord Farnborough, the annual proceeds of which 
amount to Eighty-six pounds three shillings and 
four-pence ; that the establishment is necessarily 
attended with an expense far beyond the annual 
produce of the above-mentioned sums, and the 
trust cannot, with benefit to the public, be carried 
on without the aid of Parliament, and praying the 
House to grant them such further support towards 
enabling them to carry on the execution of the trust 
reposed in them by Parliament for the general 
benefits of learning and useful knowledge, as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of tais House, of yesterday, re- 
questing that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of Waldy’s Divorce Bill, and that their Lord- 
ships had communicated a copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence: And he delivered the same in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The Order made upon the 6th day of this instant 
March, for printing the Return relative to the 
Navigation Act, which was presented upon the 5th 
day of this instant March, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Godstone 
Union, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Woollen 
and Cotton Goods, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


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


15° Marti. 


A. 1849. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed on 
existing Public Libraries in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on the best means of extending the Es- 
tablishment of Libraries freely open to the Public, 
especially in large Towns :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
on the best means of extending the Establishment 
of Libraries freely open to the Public, especially in 
large Towns, in Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Billi 
for consolidating and amending several of the Laws 
relating to Attornies and Solicitors in Jreland: And 
that Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Mr. 
Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Expense the Country has incurred from 
printing and publishing and collecting Returns 
moved for by the Honourable Member for Montrose, 
from February 1848 to February 1849 :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 


to consider how far the Estimates for the Salaries 
and Allowances of the Clerks and Officers of the 
House of Commons, for the ensuing year, have been 
framed in accordance with the Recommendations of 
the Select Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates, 
who reported on the same in the last Session; and 
to consider if any and what further regulations may 
be necessary, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Wilson Pat- 
ten, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Goulburn, Captain 
Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Cardwell, Sir John 
Guest, Mr. Roche, Sir Edward Colebrooke, Mr. 
Sotheron, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Parker, Mr. Miles, 
Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Viscount 
Mandeville; with Power to send for Persons, Pa- 
pers and Records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Reports uf the Select Com- 
mittees on House of Commons Offices, of Sessions 
1833, 1835, and 1886; and also so much of the 
Report of the Select Committee on Miscellaneous 
Estimates, of the lastSession, as relates to the Offices 
of the House of Commons; and also the Reports 
from the Standing Committee on the Kitchen and 
Refreshment Rooms, be referred to the Committee. 


to inquire into the constitution and management of 
the Government School of Design, and to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the House. 


spondence of the Admiralty in reference to the Arc- 
tic Expedition (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, Nos. 264 and 386, of Session 1848, up to 
the present time). 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Thursday last, was proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the whole of the Local Taxation 
of the Country for national purposes falls mainly, 
if not exclusively, on real property, and bears with 
undue severity on the occupiers of land, in a manner 
injurious to the agricultural interests of the country, 
and otherwise highly impolitic and unjust; That 
the hardship of this apportionment is greatly ag- 
gravated by the fact, that more than one-third of 
the whole revenue derived from the Excise is levied 








upon 


Public 
Libraries, 


Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Parliamentary 
Papers, 


House of Com. 


yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed ™os Offices, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed School of 
esign. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Arctic Expe- 
Copies or Extracts of any Proceedings or Corre- dition. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Kaeal Taxa- 
10n. 








Its 
ill. 


Severn 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Commission, 
Amendment 
of Acts, New 
orks and 


upon agricultural produce, exposed, by the recent 
changes of the law, to direct competition with the 
untaxed produce of foreign countries; the home 
producer being thus subjected to a burthen of tax- 
ation which, by greatly enhancing the price, limits 
the demand for British produce, and to restric- 
tions which injuriously interfere with the conduct 
of his trade and industry; That this House will re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into its serious 
consideration such measures as may remove the 
grievances of which the owners and occupiers of 
real property thus justly complain, and which may 
establish a more equitable apportionment of the 
public burthens; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the first word “That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words, “ if the 
“* local taxation of the country presses unequally 
“ on real property, or bears with undue severity on 
“ the occupiers of land, such inequality and undue 
pressure ought to be removed ; but, witha view of 
“ sranting speedy relief to the agricultural and other 
“ interests of the country, without detriment to the 
“ claims of the national creditors, it is the Opinion of 
this House that the public expenditure, now exces- 
“ sive, ought to be forthwith reduced so as to enable 
“ Parliament to repeal totally the Excise Duties on 
“ Malt and Hops, and to remove, as far as prac- 
ticable, other burthens which impede the progress 
of agriculture and of commercial industry,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question : —The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


nx 
n 


And the House having continued to sit till after |~ 


Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 16° die Martii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old — 

; . Ber d 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mt — a 


Tellers for the Noes, { = ao. 


394, 


70. 


oT eS 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the Main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ pote a = P 


lise. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Tufnell, } 


Lord Marcus Hill: 280. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Commissioners for improving the 
Navigation of the River Severn, was presented, and 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are pro- 
moting before the House a Bill for making certain 
Improvements in the River Severn, and for amend- 
ing the Acts relating thereto; that the said Bill 
was read a first time on the ninth day of February 
last, and ordered to be read a second time; that on 
the same day a Petition was presented to the House 
from the Petitioners, praying for an extension of 
the time allowed by the Standing Orders of the 
House for the Second Reading of the Bill, until 
after the Report from the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty, or from their surveying officers, un 
the said Bill, should be laid on the Table of the 
House, and which Petition was referred by the 
House to the Select Committee on Standing Orders ; 
that on the fourteenth day of February last the 
said Committee reported to the House, That they 
had resolved that the time for the Second Reading 


should be extended until the twenty-second day of 


March then next, and which Resolution was agreed 
Vou. 104, 











12 Vicroriz. 15°—16° Martiz. 143 


to by the House; that upon inquiring of the sur- 
veying officers appointed by the Admiralty to re- 
port upon the Bill, the Petitioners are now informed 
that their Report will not be presented to the 
House previously to the twenty-sixth day of March 
instant; that it is highly expedient that the said 
Report should be on the Table of the House and in 
the hands of the public prior to the Motion being 
made for the Second Reading of the Bill; and 
praying that the period allowed by the House for 
the Second Reading of the said Bill, may be ex- 
tended untii the thirtieth day of April, or that such 
other Order may be made in the premises, or such 
other relief granted to the Petitioners, as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions Offices in the 
of an Aot of Parliament,—A Return of all Persons © 
holding Offices in the Colonies, who have been ap- 
pointed thereto subsequent to the passing of an Act 
of Parliament of the 54th year of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, c. 61, and who are not at 
present in the execution of the duties of their 
Offices (so far as regards the Office of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies). 

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


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





Veneris, 16° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Coyte, from the Office of the Solicitors to Pilotage. 
the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Receipts and Appropriations of the Surplus 
Rates of Pilotage :—And then he withdrew. 
. Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Bernal reported the North Western Railway North Western 
(Extension of Lancaster Branch, Abandonment of Railway 
William Lands Branch, New Road to Settle Station, —— - 
Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands, and Con- Branch, Aban- 
struction of Works) Bill, with Amendments. Smet ef 

° r uham Lands 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Branch, New 
and be printed. Road to Settle 
’ ' Station, Ex- 
tension of Time for Purchase of Lands, 
and Construction of Works) Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; ‘That they had examined Fetitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 13th and 14th — 
days of this instant March, and had directed him ' 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Cum- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 74's: 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Marshland Marshland 
Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rates Fon (Equaliza- 
and Repair of Roads) Bill, Petition praying that two tion of Drain- 
Petitions may be received in opposition to the Bill, age Rates 
and have the same effect as if presented within the Roads) Sill 
time prescribed by the Standing Orders, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Severn Navi- Severn 


gation Improvement Commission, Amendment of Navigation 
Improvement 
T 4 Acts, 


Commission, 
Amendment 
of Acts, New 
Works and 
further 
Powers Bill. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills. 


Waldy’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Blackburn 
Waterworks 
(additional 
Capital and 





144 


Acts, New Works and further Powers Bill, Petition 
for further extending the time for the Second Read- 
ing of the Bill, the Order of the House of the 14th 
February ought to be dispensed with; That the 
time for the Second Reading of the Bill be further 
extended to Monday 23d day of April next. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That the time for the Second Reading 
of Turnpike-road Bills in England and Wales, be 
extended till Monday the 23d day of April next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration, 
the Petition of Messrs. Pritt, Venables and Company, 
of Parliament-street, Agents for Waldy’s Divorce 
Bill, which was presented yesterday, praying that 
the delivery of the Order of the House made on the 
Second Reading of the said Bill, and of an official 


Copy of the said Bill, to Edmund Charles Currey, the | 


Proctor of Mrs. Ellen Waldy, may be deemed an ef- 
fectual notice to and service upon the said Ellen 


Waldy, as if the said Order and Copy of the Bill had | 


been served upon her personally, and that personal 
service of the said Order and Copy of the said Bill 
on the said Ellen Waldy may be dispensed with :— 
And the same was again read. 

And the House being informed that Henry Jones 
attended at the door, he was called in; and at the 
bar stated, that he had been informed by Mrs. 
Waldy that she would instruct Edmund Charles 
Currey, of Doctors’ Commons, to act for her:— 
And then he withdrew. 


ey ey ey a ee the Insolvent Members Bill ; That they had gone Members Bill. 
&gt; ? 


Charles Currey attended at the duor, he was called 
in; and at the bar stated that he is authorized to 
act for Mrs. Waldy :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the service of the Order of the 
House made upon Wednesday last, on the Second 
Reading of the said Bill, upon Edmund Charles 
Currey, the Agent of Mrs. Ellen Waldy, and leaving 
an attested Copy of the said Bill with him, be 
deemed good service of the same respectively upon 


the said Mrs. Ellen Waldy. 


An ingrossed Billto enable the Blackburn Water- 
works Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend the Act relating thereto, was read the 


Amendment of third time. 


Act) Bill. 


Scottish 
Amicable 


Life Assurance 


An ingrossed Clause (Undertaking not to be ex- 
empt from the Public Health Act), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance 


16° Martz. 


A. 184y. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Universa 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the Railway 
Imposition of a Per-centage Duty on Sums received Guu’ 
by the Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company, Company 
in respect of Insurances against loss of life or per- [Imposition o 
sonal injury to persons travelling by Railway, in Duy 
lieu of the Stamp Duty which would otherwise be ~~ 
payable by Law on Tickets of Insurance issued by 


such Company. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a per- 
centage Duty of £.5 for every £.100 of all Sums 
received by the Railway Passengers’ Assurance 
Company, in respect of Insurances against loss of 
life or personal injury to persons travelling by Rail- 
way, shall be payable in lieu of any Stamp Duty 
which would otherwise by Law be payable upon any 
Policy, Contract, or Ticket of Insurance issued by 
such Company. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put and Negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 
| Resolution to be reported. 


| 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 





| Mr. Moffatt reported from the Select Committee insolvent 


| through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


| 


No. 127. 


| 


| 

| Petitions from Lancaster ; — Hertford ; — and, Attornies’ 
| Rugby ; praying tor the repeal of the annual duty on Certificates. 
| the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury Cattle and 
of the county of Sligo, assembled at Spring Assizes, Sheep-steal- 
nteass ‘ “4 - ” ing, &amp;c. 

1849, stating that for some years past the stealing ¢réand.) 
of Cows and Sheep, and the plunder of green crops 
have become very common offences in paved and 

few convictions take place, arising from the difficulty 
| of identifying the property; and praying for the 
re-enactment of a former law to meet the: evil com- 
| plained of, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





| A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Itish Paupers- 


Society (Incor- Society (Incorporating and conferring Powers) Bill ;| Board of the city of Glasgow, complaining that the 


porating and 
conferring 
Powers) Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers Com- 
pany Bill. 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 1, of Private Bills ; That the parties pro- 
moting the Great Central Gas Consumers Company 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that the evidence 
of David Methven, and of Alfred King, was essential, 
in order to enable them to establish their case before 
the Committee: and it having been proved that 
their attendance could not be procured without the 
intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, That David 


icity of Glasgow is again inundated with Paupers 
‘from Jreland, many of whom are obviously in the 
most appalling state of wretchedness and destitu- 
‘tion; and praying the House to consider the pre- 
mises, and to order an investigation and to provide 
a remedy, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting eb eg 
Owners and Occupiers of land, in the hundred of ~ ” ~~ 
East, in the county of Cornwall; stating that in the 
present depressed condition of the agricultural inte- 
rest, the system of taxation for local purposes 
acquiesced in during the existence of protection on 





Methven and Alfred King do attend the said Com- 
mittee on Tuesday next, at twelve o’clock. | 
Ordered, That David Methven and Alfred King | 
do attend the said Committee upon Tuesday next, | 
at twelve of the clock. | 


agricultural produce, by which the maintenance of 
the poor, the highway rate, the church rates and 
the county rates are imposed almost exclusively on 
the occupiers of land, is a grievance manifestly un- 
just and oppressive ; and submitting that their pro- 
perty should in justice be protected by a — 

1 ’ 





BE 







ESE 












Na 





Se 


















































































































































































































Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public Expen- 
diture. 


Naval and 
Military 
Expenditure. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Pensioners 
(Army. ) 


Peter Murray 
M‘Douall, 


Poor Law. 





12 Vicroriz. 


16° Martie. 





145 


Bill, and by the abolition of all duties on the articles | declare, that all the parishes comprised in the Big- 
of their produce ; also praying the House to take into | g/eswade Union should henceforth be united as one 
consideration the question of rateability and rating, | parish, for the purpose of rating and settlement, was 


with the view to such a revision of the system of | 
Local Taxation as shall distribute these veges 
equally and fairly over every species of property, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
able. 


Petitions from Leigh ;— —Morden;—— Godstone; | 
Sutton (Surrey) ; Compton Dando ; 
Clergy and Laity of the Church of England ;—— | 
South Brent; -——Chewton Mendip; Bristol ; 

Batheaston ; and, H. B. Barnard and others ; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass into | 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to” 

















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


Petitions from Grand Jury of the county of the Poor Laws 


city of Waterford, assembled at Spring Assizes, 1849 ¢ 
(Foreman) ; Grand Jury of the county of Tippe- 
rary, South Riding, at Clonmel Spring Assizes, 1849 ; 
——Lurgan Union ; and, High Sheriff and 
Grand Jury of the county of Cavan, assembled at 
Spring Assizes, 1849; praying that no measure 
having for its object the imposition of a rate on the 
whole of Jreland, for the support of the paupers in 
certain distressed unions in Jreland, may receive the 








Treland) 
(Rate in Aid.) 


lie upon the Table. | sanction of the House,—were presented, and read ; 


mt | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Moderator of the Reverend the 
Ministers and Elders of the Presbytery of Edin- | A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Rating of 
burgh, praying that the Marriage (Scodland) Bill | Biggleswade Union, in the county of Bedford, stating Tenements, 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; | that there is within that Union avery large amount of 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. | cottage property, in the occupation of labourers and 


a , _ other poor persons, assessed at a rateable value not 
A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town | exceeding 3/. or 4/, in amount (although the occu- 


scp ao Natlonsl Exrond ore pa | piers in many instances pay exorbitant rents for the 


; &gt; “| same), and a very considerable proportion of the 
it was in the year 1835, was presented, and read ; rates on such holdings is nth se. lost every 


year by reason of the inability of the occuriers to 
| pay the same, and indisposition on the part of the 
magistrates to enforce the payment thereof as against 
such poor persons when summoned for that pur- 
pose; and praying that an Act may be passed, 
empowering Overseers, when rating Tenements not 
exceeding such a limited amount in rateable value, 
to assess such rate upon the owner of such property 
instead of the occupier thereof, but allowing to such 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of the In- 
corporation of Guildry or Merchant Company of 
the royal burgh of Dunfermline, praying the House 
to reduce the war establishment of the country, to 
such an extent as will diminish the Expenditure 
therefor to an amount not exceeding that expended 
in the year 1835, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


owner a fair and reasonable deduction as a remunera- 
ition for occasional vacancies and other contin- 
gencies; or otherwise to entitle the occupiers of 
such Tenements to deduct such sums as they may 
pay for parochial rates, out of their then next pay- 
ment of rent, as sums paid for land-tax are now 
usually deducted, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Kingston-upon- Hull; —— and, 
Littlehampton; praying that the Navigation Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Helen’s ;—and, Prescot ; 
praying that the said Bill may ‘pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. - a 

A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the Church Registering 
of Scotland, met in the Commission of the General Births, &amp;c. 
Assembly at Edinburgh, praying that the Register- _ 
ing Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Out-Pensioners of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea, resident at and in the 
vicinity of Chippenham, complaining that five per 
cent. has been deducted from their Pensions, prior 
to April 1847; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to look into their case, and grant them relief, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Murray M‘Douall, com- 
plaining of the proceedings on his trial, on a charge 
of conspiracy and sedition ; and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Per- 
sons assembled at a Meeting held in the National 
Hall, Holborn, stating that the persons so assembled 
have read, with alarm and horror, the reports of the 
sudden death of numbers of pauper children, at 
Tooting, belonging to various Metropolitan Parishes 
and Poor Law Unions ; and they consider that the 
system of farming children by parish guardians at 
a certain rate per head, is replete with danger to the 
cause of civilization, and with the utmost possible 
mischief to society; and praying the House to 


Petitions from Kirk Session of Forres (Mode- Registering 
rator) ; Kirk Session of the Laigh parish of Births, = 
Paisley (Moderator) ;——and, Presbytery of Dun- pg on 
held (Moderator); praying that the Registering (Scotland) 
Births, &amp;c.( Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scoé- Bills. 
land) Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Shannon 
the county of Leitrim, Spring Assizes, 1849, praying N@vigation. 
for alteration of the provisions of the Act 2 and 3 
Vic., for the Improvement of the River Shannon, 
was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Tea, Sugar, 
the Baptist Chapel at Newbury, praying the House Coffee, &amp;c. 
to reduce the Tax levied on Tea to sixpence per 
pound, and on Sugar and Coffee to seven shillings 


amend the existing Poor Law, by inflicting a penalty 
on Guardians and Poor Law Commissioners propor- 
tioned to the crimes of which they may be guilty, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Biggleswade Union, in the county of Bedford, pray- 
ing that an Act of Parliament may be passed, de- 
claring, or empowering the Poor Law Board to 


per hundred weight; also forthwith to repeal the 
tax levied on Windows, Timber, Bricks, Paper, 
Newspapers, Advertisements, Soap, Butter and 
Cheese, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


praying that the Elective Franchise may be extended 





VoL. 104, 





U to 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Elective 
habitants of the parish of Saint Luke, Finsbury, Franchise, Kc. 


Manufactures 
Imported and 
Exported. 


Paupers. 


British 
Museum, 


Commissary 
Clerk 
(Scotland. ) 


146 


to all men ; that votes be taken by ballot ; that the 
duration of Parliament should not exceed three 
years ; that there should be an equal apportionment 
of Members to population; that the system of taxa- 
tion should be more equitable and simple ; that the 
national expenditure should be extensively reduced, 
and that sinecures be abolished, and pensions ma- 
terially abated, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rawtenstall ;—Cayo ;— Elswick ; 
— Birmingham (five Petitions) ;—Stroud ;— North- 
ampton (nine Petitions) ; —and, Wolsingham; pray- 
ing the House to promote the formation between 


the British Government and other governments of | 
the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration | 


as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. . 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Quantities or Value of Manu- 
factures, according to their Description in the En- 
tries at the Custom-house, retained for Home 
Consumption in the United Kingdom, since the 
passing of the New Tariff in 1845, for the years 
1846, 1847 and 1848:—A similar Account for the 
Three years preceding the passing of the New Ta- 
riff :—And, an Account, showing the Quantities or 
Value of Foreign Manufactures, according to their 
Description in the Entries at the Custom-house, 
exported from the United Kingdom to the British 
Colonies, during the years 1846, 1847 and 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Paupers in the Receipt of 
Relief in the several Unions of England and Wales 
on the 1st day of July 1848, classified according to 
Form 16 of the General Order of Accounts of the 
Poor Law Commissioners. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
British Museum for the year 1848, of the Esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1850, and of the Sum ne- 
cessary to discharge the same; and also, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Persons admitted to visit 
the Museum from Christmas 1842 to Christmas 
1848; together with a Statement of the Progress 
made in the Arrangement of the Collections, and an 
Account of Objects added to them in the year 1848. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, —Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Account of the Aggregate Amount 
of Fees received by the Commissary Clerk in Scotland, 
under the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 97, as regulated in 1838, 
in each of the Ten years 1839 to 1848, both inclusive ; 
stating the Amount paid to the Clerk, to his Depute, 
and to the Exchequer, in each of these years :— 
A Table of the several Fees payable to the Commis- 
sary Clerk in Scotland, as regulated in 1838 :—A 
Statement of the manner in which the Duties of the 
Commissary Clerk’s Office in Edinburgh have been 
discharged, stating whether the — Clerk has 
attended the Office, and performed the Duties in 
person, or whether daily or monthly, or whether by 
Deputy or by Deputy’s Substitute, since the year 
1823, when the Office was regulated :—And, a 
Copy of the Minute or Minutes of the Treasury, 
granting a Retiring Allowance to Mr. Graham mm 
1823, on the abolition or re-organization of the Of- 
fice of Principal Commissary Clerk in Edinburgh ; 


16° Marti. 


A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock Joint sto, 
Companies, which was presented yesterday, be Companies, 
printed. No. 128, 


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


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


Ordered, That the Army Estimates for the year ccheaie 
1849-50 be referred to the Committee. Amy, 


Ordered, That the Ordnance Estimatesfor the Ordnance, 
year 1849-50 be referred to the Committee. 


| And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
| the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
|“ in the present state of the Finances of the Coun- Financial 
try, Her Majesty’s Ministers, before calling on Statement. 
this House to vote the Estimates for the Public 
Service, should submit a general financial State- 
ment of the whole or expected Revenues, and the 
total intended Expenditure for the ensuing finan- 
cial years,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby: 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 
Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 
Noes, \ Sir Henry Willoughby: J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Seamen, &amp;. 
Forty thousand Men be employed for the Sea Service 
for Thirteen Lunar Months, to the 31st day of March 
1850, including Twelve thousand Royal Marines and 
Two thousand Boys. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
Thirty-five thousand Men be employed for the Sea 
Service for Thirteen lunar Months, to the 31st day of 
March 1850, including Twelve thousand Royal Ma- 
rines and Two thousand Boys; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, lL Mr. Cobden: J 
Tellers for they Mr. Tufnell, nee 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: } . 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One wages to -@. 


Estimates 





97. 


48. 


1 59. 


as 


million three hundred and fifty-five thousand four 
hundred and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five victuals ford. 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred and 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and 
Marines, in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and to the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 





stating the Amount paid to Mr. Graham in each 
year since that Date as Pension for the loss of that 
Office, and also the Amount paid to him for Loss or 
Remuneration in the appointment of Deputy-Com- 
missary Clerk, in each year for the same period, 

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


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three o;4nance 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Military 
| Her Majesty, on account of the Amount required ©orPs- 
| for defraying the Expense of the Pay, Allowances, 
| and Contingencies, of the Ordnance Military Corps, 
| which may come in course of payment during the 
| year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, 








ment, 






12 Vicroriz. 


issariat 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
and Barrack 
Supplies, 8 Top Majesty, on account of the Amount required 
for defraying the Expense of the Commissariat and 
Barrack Supplies for Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
and Great Coats and Clothing for the Army, which 
— come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Amount required for defraying the 
Expense of Salaries and Contingencies of the Ord- 
nance Office, which may come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty on account of the Amount required 
for defraying the Expense of the Salaries and Con- 
tingencies of Establishments, in the United King- 
dom and Colonies, which may come in course of 
arg during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1850. 

Wages of 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy 
Artificers and thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
labourers. account of the Amount required for defraying the 
Wages of Artificers and Labourers in the United 
Kingdom and Colonies, which may come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account of the Amount required 
for defraying the Expense of Ordnance Stores for 
Land and Sea Service, which may come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account of the Amount required 
for defraying the Expense of Ordnance and Barrack 
Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad, 
which may come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted’ to Her Majesty, 
on account of the Amount required for defraying 
the Expense of the Scientific Branch, which may 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account of the Amount required for defraying 
the Expense of the Non-effective Services, Military 
and Civil, which may come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Ordnance 


Ordnance 
Establish- 
ments. 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Ordnance 
Works an 


Repairs. 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance, 


Non-Effective 
Ordnance 
Services. 





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


Sabbati, 17° die Martii, 1849: 


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

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

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
tion of Voters Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 
(Ireland) Bill. — (Ireland) Bill ; 

OL. 104, 


16°—17° Marti. 


hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to, 

















147 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 
™~; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
pease the Elections and Polling-places (Zre- (ireland) Ball 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Larceny Acts 
Reading of the Larceny Acts Amendment Bill; | Amendment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ” 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Dublin 

Return of the Estate and Funds of the Dublin Musical Fund, 
Musical Fund or Charitable Musical Society, incor- 
porated by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, 
17th and 18th Geo. 3, c. 12; specifying the Nature 
and Amount of such Estate and Funds, and where 
situate, and how invested ; the Number of Loans 
issued by the Society in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 
1846, 1847, and 1848, respectively; the highest 
and lowest Amounts so lent, the Expense attending 
each loan, the place of Business of the Society, 
the Number of its Officers, and the Amount of their 
Salaries. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cattle and 
for the better Preservation of Cattle and Sheep, and —- 4) Bil 
the more speedy Detection of Cattle and Sheep ‘ a 
Stealers in Ireland: And that Mr. Bourke, Mr. 

Scully, Mr. Napier and Mr. Taylor do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Tenants at 
to relieve Occupiers of Lands or Tenements, hav- fock-%nt 
ing only a temporary Interest therein, in respect of 
Rates leviable. for erecting and providing County 
Lunatic Asylums: And that Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Ker 
Seymer, Mr. Long and Mr. Sidney Herbert do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Attachments, 
to alter and amend the Law relating to Proceed- pay bab 
ings by Attachments in Courts of Record in the n° mee 
City of Dublin and other Boroughs in Jreland: 

And that Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Maxwell Fox do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Freight Money 
Return of the several Sums for Freight Money re- —- 
ceived by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, “°°? 
since the 25th day of July 1848, with the Date of 
such Payments, and whether on Public or Private 
account ; also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the Cap- 
tain or Officer commanding the same. 


Ordered, That Mr. Roche be discharged from House of Com- 
attendance on the Select Committee on the House ™ons Offices. 
of Commons Offices: 

Ordered, That Mr. Chichester Fortescue be added 
to the Committee. 


Mr. Bourke presented a Bill for the better Pre- Cattle and 
servation of Cattle and Sheep, and the more speedy ~_— — 
Detection of Cattle and Sheep Stealers in Treland ; “"e!4#™® na 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 129. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 18th 
day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sotheron presented : Bill to rey Occupiers Tenants at 
of Lands or Tenements, having only a temporary Rack ren 
Interest therein, in respect of Rates leviable for _— Bill. 
erecting and providing County Lunatic Asylums : No. 130, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 

v2 Ordered, 





County Rates 


‘Commissary 
Clerk (Edin- 
burgh. ) 


British 
Museum, 


Poor Relief, 
Population, 
&amp;e. 


~ 


148 16°—1 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Amounts repaid to County 
Rates out of the Consolidated Fund yearly, from 
1845 to the end of the year 1848 (in continuation 
of Return, No. 472, of Session 1845). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Fees and Emoluments 
received in the Office of the Commissary Clerk, 
Edinburgh, in each year, from the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1824 to the Ist day of January 1838 :—Of 
the Number of Annual or other Abstracts of said 
Fees and Emoluments transmitted from the said 
Office to the Lord President of the Court of Ses- 
sion, and other Parties, in terms of the 8th section 
of the Act of Sederunt, 20th day of December 1823, 
and of the Date of the Transmission of each such Ab- 
stract, and of the Period to which they respectively 
applied :—Of the Amount of Fees and Emoluments 
received in the said Office in each year, from the 
Ist day of January 1838 to the 12th day of January 
1848 :—Of the Number of Annual or other Ab- 
stracts of said last-mentioned Fees and Emolu- 
ments transmitted from the said Office to the Lord 
President of the Court of Session, and other Par- 
ties, in terms of the Act of Sederunt of 20th day of 
December 1823, and of the Date of Transmission 
of each such Abstract :—Of the Amount of Fees 
and Emoluments received in the said Office be- 
tween the 12th day of May 1847 and the 12th day 
of January 1848 :—And, of the Amount paid into 
the Exchequer, out of said last-mentioned Fees and 
Emoluments, and of the Date on which such Pay- 
ment was made. 


Mr. Ward presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 4th day of August, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for Copy of a Letter from Vice- 
Admiral Sir W. Parker, dated July 11, 1848, detail- 
ing the Trials of Sailing in his Squadron, with any 
further Particulars since received, 

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


And then the House having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
M onday next. 











Lune, 19° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British 
Museum, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—An Account of the 
Income and Expenditure of the British Museum for 
the year 1848, of the estimated Charges and Ex- 
penses for the year ending the 25th day of March 
1850, and of the Sum necessary to discharge the 
same; and also, an Account of the Number of 
Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Christ- 
mas 1842 to Christmas 1848 ; together with a State- 
ment of the Progress made in the arrangement 
of the Collections, and an Account of Objects 
added to them in the year 1848 :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Return to an Order dated the 12th day of 
March last, for a Return showing the Area in Acres 
of each of the twenty Unions in England and Wales 
which have been rated highest during the ye ar 1848 
for the Relief of the Poor, and the highest and 


d — 





‘ 


19° Martiz. A. 1849, 


lowest Amount at which any Parish in such Union 
was rated during the year 1848. 
A Return of the Twenty Parishes in England and Poor Retieg 
Wales which have been rated highest during the 
year 1848 for the Relief of the Poor, and the Coun- 
ties in which they are severally situated :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 15th and 16th days of Crighteenth 
this instant March ; and had directed him to make oom 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Southampton 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ yee 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in Division). 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division of Writ. 
the County of Southampton, in the room of Sir Wii- 
liam Heathcote, Baronet, who, since his Election for 
the said Division of the said County, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Sunderland Sunderland 
Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money, }yaterworks 
and for amending and enlarging the Provisions of — 
the Act relating to such Company, was read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Undertaking not to be 
exempt from the Public Health Act) was thrice 
read ; and added tothe Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darlington 
the Report on the Darlington Gas and Water Gas and Water 
Company Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and C™P*y Bill. 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Undertaking not to be exempt from 
the Public Health Act) was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Epsom Rates Epsom Rates 
Bill be taken into consideration after the other Pri- 
vate Business. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Feltwell Se- 
the Report on the Feltwell Second District Drain- = oy | 
age Bill; and the Amendments were read, and - 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- Birkenhead, 
tion Railway (Power to sell or lease to the London oe 
and North Western the Chester and Holyhead, or Junction Rail- 
the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, way (Power to 
or to amalgamate therewith) Bill was read a second = a 
time ; and committed. _ and North 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Western, tie 
mittee of Selection. Holyhea ry 
the Shrewsbury and Chester — 
Railway Companies, or to 
amalgamate therewith) Bill. 
Birmingham 
Borough (Ex- 
emption from 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Borough (Ex- 
emption from County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill be read 
a second time after the other Private Business. County 


The 








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Greenwich The Greenwich Markets Regulation Bill was, ac- 
Markets cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
_ mitted to Admiral Dundas, Mr. Barnard, Mr. 
Ward, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Edmund Filmer, 
Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Mas- 
terman, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Greene and Five Mem- 
bers to be added by the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
gpsom Rates The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bill. take into consideration the Report on the Epsom 
. Rates Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Birmingham The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Borough (EX- Reading of the Birmingham Borough (Exemption 
x rt ten) from County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill; 
(No. 2.) Bill. And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
‘“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {oar , 


} 
Lord Brook d wa 

ord Brooke, 

Tellers for the Noes, 4 ¢- Cy aries Doug tet 62. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
—— colnshire Railway Company, praying that provi- 


Railway (Con- Sion may be made in the Manchester, Sheffield and 
solidation and Lincolnshire Railway (Consolidation and Amend- 
Amendment ment of Acts) Bill to authorize the construction of a 


Acts) Bil. certain short Branch or Siding from their Railway, 
across a certain road leading from Dock-street, to 
or in the direction of the River Humber, on the 
level of such road; and also to remove doubts as 
to the levying of certain Rates on boats of less 
burthen than a certain specified number of tons, on 
the canals belonging to the Petitioners, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Opposed Sir John Hope reported from the Committee 

(Grown +" on Group 8, of Opposed Private Bills; That 
the Committee met this day, pursuant to appoint- 
ment, when a Letter was received from the Earl of 
Mulgrave, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, stating that he was prevented from attending 
the said Committee by reason of domestic afflic- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Mulgrave be dis- 
charged from attendance on the said Committee. 

Ashton-under- Ordered, That Mr. Hindley be allowed to attend 

bagel and vote in the Committee on the Ashton-under- 

Improvement Lyne Police, Markets and Improvement Acts Ex- 

en tension and Amendment, and Transference of Gas 


ment, and. 224 Waterworks and other Property to the Corpo- 
Transference Tation Bill, notwithstanding that the Clerk of the 





oo ae Committee of Selection has not received from him 
a aoe toes the prescribed form of Declaration, with his signa- 
perty tothe ture attached, not later than the day immediately 
Gorporation preceding that fixed for the first meeting of the 





Committee on the Bill, provided that he deliver in 
VoL. 104, 





19° Marti. 











149 


a Declaration in compliance with the 96th Stand- 
ing Order forthwith. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Universal Rail- 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the way Casualty 
imposition of a Per-centage Duty on Sums received Compensation 
by the Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company, [Imposition of 
in respect of Insurances against Loss of Life or Per- a Per-centage 
sonal Injury to Persons travelling by Railway, in D“Y-] 
lieu of the Stamp Duty which would otherwise be 
payable by Law on Tickets of Insurance issued by 
such Company, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That a Per-centage Duty of £.5 for 
every £.100 of all Sums received by the Railway 
Passengers’ Assurance Company, in respect of In- 
surances against loss of life or personal injury to 
persons travelling by Railway, shall be payable in 
lieu of any Stamp Duty which would otherwise by 
Law be payable upon any Policy, Contract or Ticket 
of Insurance issued by such Company. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Universal Railway Casualty Com- 
pensation Company Bill, that they have Power to 
make provision therein, pursuant to the said Reso- 
lution. 


Petitions of the Grand Jury of the county of Fer- sheep-stealing 
managh, at Spring Assizes, 1849, assembled ;—and, (Ireland.) 
Grand Jury of the South Riding of the county of 
Tipperary, assembled at Spring Assizes, 1849 ; stat- 
ing that from the present state of the law great dif- 
ficulty arises in identifying stolen Sheep when cut 
up, and that there has been a great increase lately 
of Sheep-stealing in Jreland; and praying the House 
to make such changes in the present law as will 
tend to the better preservation of that species of 
property,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Baptist Mid- church and 
land Association, comprising twenty-five churches State. 
and between three and four thousand Members, 
praying the House to sanction any measure which 
has for its object the termination of the union be- 
tween Church and State, was presented, and read ; 
anil ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hoghton ;—and, Croston ; stating County 
that the County Expenditure in Lancashire has of Expenditure. 
late years greatly increased, and become extremely 
burthensome on the rate-payers; that, in conse- 
quence of the continued increase in the county rates, 
and of the heavy and serious amount at which the 
gross annual Expenditure of the county has now ar- 
rived, the Petitioners consider it highly important 
that some decided steps should be taken for effect- 
ing a reduction of the Mapenititins, and at the same 
time providing a more economical administration in 
future; that, in the opinion of the Petitioners, an 
advantageous control would be obtained by the es- 
tablishment of a financia! and administrative board, 
to be composed of elected guardians, to be chosen 
by and from the several Boards of Guardians of the 
county, and of a limited number of the magistrates ; 
and praying that a law may be speedily passed by 
which such a board may be constituted, and such 
control as above suggested may be obtained,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the borough of Fisheries 
New Ross, in the county of Wexford, praying for (Ireland) Act. 
the repeal of the Act passed in the last Session of 
Parliament, for the Improvement of the Salmon, 

Trout and other Inland Fisheries of Zreland, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Fisheries (Ireland). 


u3 Petitions 











150 


MarriagesBil. Petitions from Aylesbury ;——Great Horwood ; 


— — Archdeaconry of Buckingham ; and, Billes- 
ley ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Marriage 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour (Mode- 
(Scotland ) 


rator) ;——Presbytery of Dumfries (Moderator and 
Clerk) ;——and, Parochial Board of the city parish 
of Glasgow (Chairman); praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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


Marriage 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Forres (Mode- 
(Scotland) ; 


rator) ; -— Presbytery of Elgin (Moderator and 
eelan Terie, Presbytery Clerk: ad Lochmaben (Moderator); 
&amp;c, (Scotland) ——Kirk Session of the parish of Avondale (Mode- 
mats. rator) ; Presbytery of Hamilton (Moderator) ; 
——and, Presbytery of Ayr (Moderator); praying 
that the Marriage (Scotland) ; and, the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bills, may not pass into law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Car- 
digan Union, stating that they have observed, with 
great alarm, the increase of the system of Pauper 
tramping ; and praying the House to give the sub- 
ject immediate consideration, so that remedies may 
be devised to meet the evil complained of, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mendicancy. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Act. 


Two Petitions from Greenock, praying the House 
to refuse its sanction to any Bill for the repeal of the 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;——and, Greenock; 
praying that the Navigation Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Pour Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Petitions from Lowtherstown Union ; —— Fer- 
managh ;—— Tubrid ( Electoral Division) ; Elec- 
toral Division of Clonelly ; County of Carlow 
(two Petitions) ; Lisburn Union (Vice-Chair- 
man) ;——Macroom Poor Law Union (Chairman) ; 
—— Muff ;——Donoughmore ; Electoral Divi- 
sion of Kiltegan ; and, Members of the Board 
of Guardians of the Baltinglass Union; praying 
that the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

















Poor Law. A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Car- 
digan Union, praying the House to pass a law 
establishing Union settlement and Union rating, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Assistants and Guardians of the poor of the city and 
county of Exon, praying the House to repeal such 
of the existing Poor Laws as relate to the settle- 
ment and removal of paupers, and to adopt such 
measures by legislative enactment as will secure 
equal rating by a national assessment, and’ so that 
ull classes of Her Majesty’s subjects in England 
and Wales, possessing landed, funded or any other 
description of property, may be compelled to con- 
tribute fairly and equally towards the poor rates 
and the maintenance of the poor, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Poor Law 


Two Petitions from the county of Leitrim; pray- 
(Ireland. ) 


ing for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Laws (/reland). 


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A. 1849. 


Petitions from Saint George, Hanover-square ;— Poor Law 
and, P/ymouth Union ; praying that an Act may be Officers. 
passed in the present Session of Parliament, to 
enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a 
superannuation fund,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Deputy Chairman and Secretary Public 
of the Roscoe Club, Liverpool, praying fortheappoint- Libraries. 
ment of a Select Committee on Public Libraries, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 







Petitions of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- Railways, 
pany ;—London and South Western Railway Com- 
pany ;—Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 
Company ;— and, Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company ; complaining that the 
present system of rating Railways to the poor, 
highway, church and other local rates, is unequal, 
unjust and oppressive; and praying for such an 
alteration of the law as shall render the local taxation 
upon Railway property more just and equal,—were 
oe and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 















Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour (Mode- Registering 











rator) ; Presbytery of Dumfries (Moderator and ‘Hoot - 
Clerk) ; and, Presbytery of Edinburgh (Mode- gil, ) 






rator) ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


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















Petitions from Bradninch ;—and, Liskeard; pray- Slave Trade, 
ing that instructions may be forthwith given to the 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to 
demand of the Spanish and Brazilian Governments 
the liberation of all Africans who have been illicitly 
imported into their colonies and territories, contrary 
to the faith of treaties, together with their descen- 
dants, and in the event of their attempting to evade 
such demand, or to procrastinate its fulfilment, to no- 
tify to them that measures will be adopted to exclude 
their produce from the British markets until such 
time as they faithfully and honourably perform their 
engagements to this country,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

























Petitions from Llangernyw ;— Llan-Nefydd ; — Wat. 
Pentre Llanrhaiadr ;—Clawdd Newydd;—Prion;— 
Gyffylliog ;—Llangerniew ;—Mediden;— Tanyfron ; 
Llanrhaiadr ; —Llansammon ; — Halstead; —Sible 
Hedingham ; — Ashdon ;—East and West Looe ; — 
Liskeard ; — Dundee ; — East Grinstead ; — Red- 
bourn ; — Middlewich ; — Broadstairs ; —Mary-le- 
bone ; — Birmingham ;—Baptist Midland Associa- 
tion (Chairman) ; — Stratford-on-Avon ;—Preston 
(Lancaster) ; — Bilston ; — Henllan; — Wrexham 
(three Petitions) ;— Broughton (two Petitions) ;— 
Rhos ;—Llanerchrugog (four Petitions) ;— Brymbo ; 
—Rhostyllyn; —Adwyn Clawdd ; —Cefn Bychan ; 
Penbryn ;—Cefn Mawr (two Petitions) ;— Towyn ;— 
Sidbury;—and, Halifax ; praying the House to pro- 
mote the formation between the British Government 
and other governments of the world respectively, of 
such Treaties of Arbitration as shall bind the parties 
to refer all international disputes that may arise to 
the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Distress 
Command,—Papers relating to Proceedings for the Ireland.) 
Relief of the Distress and State of Unions and 
Workhouses in Jreland—Eighth Series—1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to John M'‘Coy. 
Order,—Copy of all Correspondence between the 
Commissioners for administering the laws for Re- 

lief of the Poor in Jreland and in England, relative 





to the removal of John M‘Coy from Newcastle-upon- 
Lyne 




























Convic 


Convicts. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Overseers 
(Cities and 
Boroughs) Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Supply ; 


Land Forces, 


‘Charge for do. 





12 Vicrortiz. 


Tyne to Armagh, including the Opinion of Counsel 
thereon. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
not already laid before the House between any 
Secretaries of State and Governors of the Cape of 
Good Hope, on the transmission of Convicts to that 
Colony :—And, of any Remonstrance of the Inha- 
bitants of the Cape of Good Hope, or any Docu- 
ments showing their sentiments in regard to the 
reception of Convicts in that Colony :—And, Copy 
of a Memorial of Landowners, Merchants, and 
others, recently presented to Earl Grey, respecting 
the introduction of Convicts into the Cape of Good 
Hope. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to remove Doubts as to the Appointment of 
Overseers in Cities and Boroughs, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Mount 


Cashell to attend the Select Committee appointed | 


by this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the present state of the Inland 
Fisheries and Navigation of Jreland, and the Ob- 
structions which hinder the enjoyment of the same, 
and the best means of removing such Obstructions, 
(pursuant to the Message of this House) his Lord- 
ship (in his place) consenting :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Number of Land Forces, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and three thousand two hundred and fifty-four 
Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the Terri- 
torial Possessions of the East India Company), 
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, be maintained for the Service of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 
1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding Eighty- 
nine thousand two hundred and fifty-four Men (ex- 
clusive of the Men employed in the Territorial Pos- 
sessions of the East India Company), Commissioned 
and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, inclusive ; 

The Committee divided. 

} 00 


Tellers for the Yeas, oq ken ; 
Mr. Tufnell, 71 
Lord Moves Hill: | oan 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not exceed- 
ing One million eight hundred thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for the Ser- 
vice in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Freland, and Stations Abroad (excepting the Regi- 


ments a in the Territorial Possessions of the 
East India Company), which will come in course 


Tellers for the Noes, { 


of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850. 
VoL, 104, 





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151 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex~- General Staff 
ceeding Eighty-six thousand pounds, be granted to Officers, &amp;c. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, 
serving with Her Majesty’s Forces in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on 
Foreign Stations (excepting India), and of Her 
Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of London, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Public 
ceeding Forty-seven thousand pounds, be granted ——_ 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of “¢?**™en'- 
the Allowances te the principal Officers of the 
several Public Departments, their Deputies, Clerks, 
and Contingent Expenses, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Royal Military 
ceeding Eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her College. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military College, which will come im course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Royal Military 
ceeding Nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Asylum, Sc. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military Asylum and of the Hibernian Military 
School, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Volunteer 
ceeding Thirty-three thousand pounds, be granted ©°rPs: 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Rewards for 
ceeding Seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her distinguished 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Allow- 5e*Vce- 
ances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons 
at Home and Abroad, and of Allowances to Ser- 
jeants as Rewards for Distinguished or Meritorious 
Service, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Pay of General 
ceeding Thirty-nine thousand pounds, be granted to Officers. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the 
Pay of General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, 
not being Colonels of Regiments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Full Pay for 
ceeding Twenty-eight thousand pounds, be granted wy and 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Oficors. 
Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Half Pay fords. 
ceeding Two hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Half Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Half Pay to 
ceeding Twenty-two thousand pounds, be granted San ‘an 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Half-Pay and Reduced Ailowances to Officers of 
Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to Wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Widows’ 
ceeding Sixty-four thousand pounds, be granted to Pensions. 
| Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Pen- 

i u 4 s10ns 








Compassionate 


List. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 


ers of Chelsea 


Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Excess of 
Naval Expen- 
diture. 


Supply; 


Seamen, &amp;c. 


Wages to - d°, 


152 


sions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of the 
Land Forces, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 


March 1850. 


as of Her Majesty’s 


14. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Forty-eight thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances 

Repel Bounty, and Pensions, 
Gratuities, and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 


day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 


15. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Seventeen thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Chel- 
sea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the In-Pen- 
sioners thereof, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st 


day of March 1850. 


16. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 


ceeding Six hundred thousand pounds, be granted 


to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions 


granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners 
from Hanoverian Corps which served with the 
British Army in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the 
Military Organization of Out-Pensioners in the 
United Kingdom, and in New Zealand, which will 


come in course of payment from the 1st day of 


April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Nineteen thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Al- 


lowances, 


ompensations and Emoluments, in the 


nature of Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to 
Persons formerly belonging to the several Public 
Departments, which will come in course of payment 


from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 


March 1850. 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding’ One 
hundred and twenty-three thousand seven hundred 
and eighty-seven pounds Six shillings and Ten- 
pence be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the 
Sum necessary to defray the Excess of the Naval 
Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year ended 
on the 31st day of March 1848, 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 20° die Martii, 1849: 


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


Resvlutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 


have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 


follow : 


1. Resolved, That Forty thousand Men be em- 
ployed for the Sea Service, for Thirteen lunar 
months, to the 31st day of March 1850, including 
Twelve thousand Royal Marines and Two thousand 


Boys. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


hundred and twenty 


jesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and 


Marines, and to the Ordinary and 


will come in course of 
ending on the 31st day o 


p 


‘Yard Craft, which 


ayment during the year 


March 1850. 


million three hundred and fifty-five thousand four | 


unds, be granted to Her Ma- 


19°—-20° Martiz. A. 1849. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Victuals form, 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred and 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rines, in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and to the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Ordnance 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Military 
Her Majesty, on account of the Amount required “Ps. 
for defraying the Expense of the Pay, Allowances 
and Contingencies of the Ordnance Military Corps, 
which may come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Commissaria; 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her a 
Majesty, on account of the Amount required for de- °UPPNS &amp; 
fraying the Expense of the Commissariat and Bar- 
rack Supplies for Her Majesty’s Land Forces, and 
Great Coats and Clothing for the Army, which may 
come in course of payment, during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty Ordnance 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on fice. 
account of the Amount required for defraying the 
Expense of Salaries and Contingencies of the Ord- 
nance Office, which may come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, on account of the Amount required for 
defraying the Expense of the Salaries and Contin- 
gencies of Establishments, in the United Kingdom 
and Colonies, which may come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy Wages of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on a 
account of the Amount required for defraying the 
Wages of Artificers and Labourers in the United 
Kingdom and Colonies, which may come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and sixty thousand pounds, be granted to Her SF. 
Majesty, on account of the Amount required for 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance Stores for Land 
and Sea Service, which may come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. é 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 

hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to a 
Her Majesty, on account of the Amount required for" 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance and Barrack 
Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad, 
which may come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 
11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account of the Amount required for defraying 
the Expense of the Scientific Branch, which may 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1850. 


12. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eighty- Non-Effective 
five thousand a be granted to Her Majesty, ae org 
on account of the Amount required for defraying 

the Expense of the Non-Effective Services, Military 

and Civil, which may come in course of payment 

during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance. 


Marine 


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


for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Bernal, Sir 
Francis Baring and Admiral Dundas do prepare, 
and bring it in. ti 












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Poor Laws 
(Ireland) : 
(Rate in Aid) 


Indictable 

Offences 

(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 131. 


Summary 

Convictions 

(Ireland ) Bill. 
No. 132. 


Protection of 
Justices 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Passengers 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Larceny Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill, 


Registerin 
Births, _ 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marria 
(Scotland) 
Bills, 


12 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Indictable Offences 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 28th 
day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Summary Convictions 
(Ireland) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 28th 
day of this instant March. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Protection of Justices 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Passengers Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Larceny Acts Amendment Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom 
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices 
and Employments, and to extend the Time limited 
for those Purposes respectively: And that Mr. 
Parker and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Lord Advocate be a Member of 
the Select Committee on the Registering Births &amp;c. 
(Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the the name of “the 
“ Lord Advocate” and inserting the name of “ Mr. 
““ Alexander Hastie,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
‘** the Lord Advocate” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old oy ‘ 

Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Mr. Hume, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Lockhart : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


59. 


} 4. 


Ordered, That the Lord Advocate be a Member 
of the Committee. 
Von. 104. 


19°—20° Martie. 


153 


Sir George Clerk, the Earl of March and Sit 
Henry Davie were nominated other Members of 
the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Elliot be one other Member of 
the Committee; 

An Amendment was proposed, to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Elliot,” 
and inserting the name of “‘ Mr. Alexander Hastie,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Mr. Elliot” stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Elliot be one other Member 
of the Committee. 

Sir David Dundas, Viscount Melgund, Mr. 
M‘Neill, Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland, Mr. 
Mackenzie, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Traill, Mr. 
Forbes, Mr. Duncan and Mr. Smollett were nomi- 
nated other Members of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Amount of a raised by 
the Corporation of MNewcastle-upon-Tyne on the 
security of the Tolls, Town and Quay Dues, and 
other Dues received by them as Conservators of 
the River Tyne, under the Acts 1 Vic. c. 72, and 
4 and 5 Vic. c. 71, or either of them, and showin 
the several and particular purposes to which the 
said Money had been applied. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Salary and Emoluments of each Clerk 
of the Peace in Jreland, during the years 1847 and 
1848, stating each vear respectively, with the several 
matters for which Fees have been paid ; specifying 
the Amount of each Fee paid or demanded; the 
Act of Parliament or authority under which it 
hath been paid or demanded, and upon what special 
Account it hath been paid or demanded ; and the 
Account of any Sum presented off any County, &amp;c. 
to the Clerk of the Peace, for Rent of an Office, 
Registration of Arms, Posting or Publishing Notices 
of Registration or Lists of Jurors, or any other 
reason whatever, so as to set forth the whole Re- 
ceipts of the several Offices of Clerks of the Peace, 
within each of the last two years respectively :— 
And, a like Return from each Clerk of the Crown 
in Ireland, setting forth the whole Receipts of the 
several Offices of Clerks of the Crown within each 
of the last two years respectively. 


named in the Return numbered 7, Appendix 2, to 
the Report from the Select Committee on Ministers’ 
Money (Jreland) 1848, together with the Amount 
of the Annual Tax to which each such Benefice 
was subject in the year 1848. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of the Amount borrowed from the Ex- 
chequer Bill Loan Commissioners by Turnpike 
Trusts, the Date of each Loan, the Rate of Interest, 
the Amount of Principal repaid, and the Amount 
of Principal, also of Interest, remaining unpaid, on 
the 5th day of January 1849. 

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


mand,—Reports of Officers appointed to institute 
Preliminary Inquiries with reference to the Powers 
and Authorities vested in the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods and Forests, by an Act of the 

x 9th 








Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Corporation. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ministers’ 


M 
Return of the Annual Value of each Benefice ( ed 4) 


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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- focal Acts. 


No. 133. 





154 19°— 


9th and 10th Vic., for making Preliminary Inquiries | 


in eertain cases of Applications for Local Acts of 
Parliament, &amp;c. 

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


Ordered, That the Reports of the several De- 
partments on Private Bills Preliminary Inquiry, be 
referred to the Committees on the Bills to which 
they respectively relate. 


Local Acts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Abstract of the Navy Estimates for 
the years 1848-9 and 1849-50, showing, in columns : 
—1. The gross corrected Estimate for 1848-9, 
showing the Sums estimated under each of the 
Votes numbered from 1 to 17 inclusive, after abating 
from each the Reduction made subsequently to the 
Presentation of the Estimates to Paslemet, 
amounting, for the Seventeen Votes, to £.199,000: 
—2. The Sums included under each of the Seven- 
teen Heads for 1848-9, the corresponding Items for 
which have been transferred to other Estimates in 
the year 1849-50, including Issues of Provisions, &amp;c. 
for other Departments, which are omitted from the 
Estimates for the latter year :—3. The Differences 
between the Two preceding columns under each of 
the Seventeen Votes:—4. the Gross Estimate re- 
quired to be voted for the Service of the year 
1849-50 :—5. The Increase, under each Head, in 
1849-50, as compared with the corresponding Item 
of 1848-9 :—6. And, the Decrease under each Head 
in 1849-50, as compared with the corresponding 
Item of 1848-9. 


Navy 
Estimates. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Dunboe, 
in the county of Londonderry, praying the House 
to pass such a Bill as will legalize existing Tenant 
Right in Jreland, whether created by the farmer’s 


industry, purchased with his capital, or inherited by 
descent, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Insolvent A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 

Members Bill. ‘Traders, carrying on their respective occupations in 
the city of Dublin, praying that the Insolvent 
Members Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—- 
Copies of any Instructions which were given, and 
of any Letters which were addressed to Commander 
Edward Wingrove, of Her Majesty’s Steam Sloop 
“ Scourge,” in relation to the convict Mitchell, by 
the Board of Admiralty, or by any other Depart- 
ment of Government in Great Britain or Ireland : 
—Of the Correspondence which passed between 
the Naval Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies 
and Commander Wingrove, on that subject :—And, 
of a Letter of the Secretary of the Admiralty ad- 
dressed to the Commander-in-Chief in the West 
Indies, in reference to his Correspondence with 
Commander Wingrove. 


Commander 
Edward 
Wingrove. 


No. 134. 


Conveyance 
of Mails 
(Harwich, &amp;c.) 


No. 135. 


Copies of all Tenders for the Conveyance of the 
Mails to and from the Ports of Harwich, Rotter- 
dam and Hamburgh, and of all Correspondence or 
written Communication with the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty, relative to the Contract 
entered into by them, to commence from the 1st 
day of April next, for the Conveyance of the Mails 
to and from those Ports. 

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


‘Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Précis of Reports received on Concentrated Milk, 
prepared by Mr. C. D. Moore. 

Mr. Ward accordingly presented the said Paper. 


Concentrated 
Milk. 


No, 136. 


20° Martie. 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon'the 
Table ; and be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


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Martis, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into considera- whitehayen 
tion the Report on the Whitehaven Water- Waterworks 
works Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Bill. 
agreed to; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition from the county of Leitrim, praying Public Works 
that the landed property of Zreland may be relieved (Ireland) , 
from the repayment by instalments of any portion 
of the money advanced for Public Works during 
the years of famine, was offered to be presented :-— 

But the Queen’s Recommendation not being signi- 
fied, the same was not received. 


Mr. Bernal reported the New Ross Port and Har- New Ross Port 
bour (Amendment) Bill, with verbal Amendments ; 204 Harbour 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. aa 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ~ 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on Nottingham 
Group No.1, of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the &amp;s Bill. 
case of the Wottingham Gas Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill; that they had amended the same by reciting 
that the Company by their Act of Incorporation 
were authorized to raise £.40,000 in shares, and 
£.13,000 on mortgage or by the creation of new 
shares, and that the whole of the said.sum of 
£.40,000, and nearly the whole of the said sum of 
£.13,000, has been raised, and that such sums and 
other large sums in addition thereto, have been ex- 
pended upon the purposes of the former Act; that 
they found the same, so amended for the purpose of 
setting forth the reason for increasing the capital 
of the Company, to be true; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Children in 
Return of the Number of Children in the Work- Workhouses. 
houses of the several Unions and Parishes in Eng- 
land and Wales, on Thursday the 15th day of 
March 1849; distinguishing, 1. Illegitimate Chil- 
dren whose Mothers are in the Workhouse ; 2. Ille- 

itimate Children whose Mothers are not in the 

orkhouse; 3. Children of Widows who are in 
the Workhouse; 4. Children of Widows who are 
not in the Workhouse ; 5. Children of Widowers 
who are in the Workhouse; 6. Children of Widow- 
ers who are not in the Workhouse; 7. Children 
whose Father and Mother are dead; 8, Children 
deserted by Father; 9. Children deserted by Mo- 
ther ; 10. Children deserted by both Parents; 11. 
Children whose Father is transported or suffering 
Imprisonment for Crime; 12, Children whose re- 
sidence in the Workhouse is caused by the bodily 
or mental infirmity of their Father or Mother; 13. 
Children of able-bodied Parents who are in the 
Workhouse; 14. Children of able-bodied Parents 
who are not in the Workhouse; 15. Children not 
falling within any of the foregoing Classes; distin- 
guishing also the Number of each Class capable of 
entering upon Service, and the Number of Boys 


and Girls respectively under Three years old, Three 
years 





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fdinburgh 


12 Vicrortiz. 


years old and under Seven, and Seven years old 
and upwards. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Edinburgh and Northern 


snd Norther? Railway (Additional Capital and Amendment. of 


hailway 
Additional 
ital and 


Acts) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report dolie upon the Table ; 


ay of and be printed. 


ies’ 


Certificates. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Ep- 
som; praying for the repeal of the Annual Duty on 
Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Stroud, praying for the repeal of the laws which 
prevent a Clergyman of the Church of England, 
voluntarily seceding from that Church, from offici- 
ating as a Dissenting Minister, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Duke Wiliam &lt;A Petition of John Cree, of the parish of Qur- 


Beale. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Landlord 
and Tenant 


(Ireland. ) 


moigne, in the county of Dorset, Esquire, complain- 
ing of the F nmgggan 4 of the Guardians of the 
Weymouth Union, and of the Poor Law Board, in 
reference to the case of Duke William Beale; and 
praying that the correspondence on the subject may 

e laid before the House, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Jrish Branch of 
the United Church of England and Ireland, com- 
plaining that the schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Jreland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament 
for the support of Education in that country ; and 
praying the House to relieve them from that 
grievance, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of West- 
meath, praying the House to enact that all im- 
provements made. bya Tenant shall be his own and 
his heirs’ property, and that he may sell or dispose 
of it to the best advantage, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


MarriagesBill. Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Balcombe ; 


Marriage 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Regis- 
terin, 

Births, &amp;c, 


pated) 


pital 





—and, Guildford (three Petitions); praying that 

the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were 

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

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Godal- 
ming, in the county of Surrey, praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the Church 
of Scotland, met in the Commission of the General 
Assembly at Edinburgh, praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Brechin (Mode- 
rator) ; and, Presbytery of Chanonry (Mode- 
rator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) ; and, 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bills may 
not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bills. 





A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the 
Committee of the Medical Officers of Unions in 
England and Wales, and other Members of the 
Medical Profession, praying the House to adopt 
measures to amend not only the system of Poor 
Law Medical Relief, but also to put ona more en- 
lightened and satisfactory footing the laws and re- 


gulations relating to the education and control of} 


VoL. 104. 












20° Marti. 155 


the Medical Profession generally throughout Eng- 
landand Wales, was presented, and read ; and. or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners, Navigation 
Manufacturers, Tradesmen, Artizans, Seamen and Bill. 


others of Southwold, interested in the prosperity of 
the commerce of the country, and in the maintenance 
of the national defences, praying that the Navigation 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk to the Board of Guardians, Poor Law 
Relieving Officers, and other Individuals connected Officers. 


with the administration of the laws for relief of the 
poor in the parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, 
in the county of Middlesex, praying that an Act 
may be passed during, the present Session of Par- 
liament to enable Poor Law Officers: to form: and 
distribute a superannuation fund, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Lettrim, Poor Law 
praying that the Act constituting the Poor Law (Ireland.) 


Commission in Ireland may be repealed, and less 
powers given to any future board; and that the 
Petitioners may be restored to their privilege of 
taxing themselves, and managing their own affairs ; 
and also that the Poor Laws be amended and made 
more in conformity with the wants of the country, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to. lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Armagh ;——Dun- Poor Laws 








gannon Union ; Strabane Union ; County of 
Tyrone (High Sheriff) ;—— Clogher ;——- Strabane ; 
——Cookstown Union ;—-—Bandon Union (Chairman 
and Clerk);—— and, Portadown; praying the 
House to reject any proposition for the imposition 
of a rate on the whole of Ireland, for the support 
of the paupers in certain distressed Unions,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Shrewsbury ;—Bradford (York) ; Promiscuous 
—and, Uxbridge Moor; praying the House to pass Intercourse. 


such measures as will enable magistrates and officers 
of police to bring those persons who make a trade 
of and live by promoting the Promiscuous Inter- 
course of the sexes to prompt and certain punish- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- public 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, praying the Expenditure. 


House to institute a searching inquiry into the cost 
and Expenditure of every branch of the public ser- 
vice, and to adopt such measures as may be neces- 
sary for ensuring the utmost practical retrenchment 
in such Expenditure for the future, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bury (Lancaster) ;— Newcastle- War. 


under-Lyne ;—and Birmingham; praying the House 
to secure the adoption of a treaty of arbitration 
between the British Government and the other 
governments of the world respectively, in which 
the parties shall mutually pledge themselves to refer 
every disputed questicn which cannot be settled by 
mutual negociation to impartial arbitrators,— were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Return, having been transmitted to Nottingham- 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz. Return to — everel 


an Order, dated the 9th day of this instant March, 
for Returns from the Vottinghamshire Pererel Court, 
of the Number of Summonses issued where the 
Amount claimed did not exceed £.20, from the 

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Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Third Re- 
port.) 


No. 137. 


Attornies 
aud Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 138. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Kaffir War. 


Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company 
Bill. 


‘thesaid Petition, recommends it to the consideration 


156 


30th day of June 1847 to the 1st day of July 1848, 
distinguishing the Number of Suits arising out of 
each Parish or Place within the Jurisdiction of the 
Court :—Of the Total Amount of Sums for which 
Suits werecommenced, and Summonses were issued : 
—Of the Total Amount of Fees received upon the 
said Summonses or Suits:—And, Copies of the 
Bills of Costs allowed on the last Ten Suits tried 
by the presiding Officer prior to the 30th day of 
June 1848; and Copies of the Bills of Costs 
allowed on the last Ten inquiries made by the Pro- 
thonotary prior to the 30th day of June 1848. 


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
from time to time, to the House; That they had 
further considered the matter to them referred, and 
had directed him to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

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


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton presented a Bill 
for consolidating and amending several of the Laws 
relating to Attornies and Solicitors in Jreland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 25th day 
of April next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names, Ages, Designation of Office, 
Period of Service, and Annual Salary of all Officers 
whose Incomes are paid from the Rates raised for | 
the Administration of the Relief to the Poor of 
England and Wales, and whether any and which of 
such Officers are permitted to follow other Occu- 
pations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Twisden Hodges have leave 
of absence till Easter, on account of illness in his 
family ;—and, Mr. Roche for two months, on urgent 
business. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any Report of the Commissioners of 
Audit, to the Treasury, upon the Despatches re- 
ferred to them by a Treasury Minute of the 2d day 
of May 1848, of Sir Henry Pottinger, relating to 
the great Irregularities, which, in his Excellency’s | 
opinion, existed in the system of paying and main- 
taining the Native Levies at the Cape of Good Hope, 
and generally in the Public Expenditure occasioned 
by the Kaffir War. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Rock Life As- 
surance Company, being offered to be presented ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the contents of 


of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in the 
House, intituled, “A Bill for better enabling the 
Rock Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, 
and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Set- 
tlement, and to give further Powers to the Com- 
pany”; that by the said Bill it is proposed, that 
annuities and property on which monies of the said 
Company are or may be secured, shall be vested in 
the Mortgage Trustees of the said Company, whose 
names shall appear as Mortgage Trustees in the 
Memorial to be enrolled from time to time, pursuant 


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to the terms of the said Bill, without any deed or 
other instrument, surrender, admittance or other | 
Act for that purpose; and the said Bill also pro- 
vides that the names of the said Mortgage Trustees 
for the time being shall be entered on the court- 
rolls of any manor, of which any such property 
shall be part, on every change of such Trustees ; 


| their several Addresses of the 15th and 19th da 


A. 1849. 


that it is proposed to provide in the said Bill, that 
in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would have been 
payable upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions 
and assurances in the law which would have been 
required in case the said Bill had not passed, there 
shall be raised and levied for the use of Her Ma- 
Jesty, the sum of five pounds for and upon the first 
Memorial enrolled pursuant to the said Bill, from 
which the names of the Trustees shall appear ; and 
for and upon every other such Memorial in which 
the name or names of any person or persons shall, 
for the first time, be inserted as Mortgage Trustees 
of the said Company, a like sum of five pounds; 
and that the duties so granted should be deemed to 
be Stamp Duties, and be subject to the same regu- 
lations in all respects as other duties of the same 
kind or description are liable ; that with a view of 
facilitating the transfers of the Company’s securities 
on a change of its Trustees, and in order that by 
dispensing with deeds of conveyance, surrenders and 
admissions, the Stamp Duties may not be avoided, 
it is expedient that the provisions hereinbefore re- 
ferred to in reference to such Stamp Duties should 
be inserted in the said Bill; and praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the said Bill for the imposi- 
tion of a Stamp Duty of five pounds on the first 
and every subsequent Samed, in which the name 
or names of any person or persons shall for the 
first time be inserted as a Mortgage Trustee or Mort- 
gage Trustees of the said Company, subject to such 
provisions and regulations for the collection thereof, 
or otherwise, as to the House may seem meet. 

. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
‘able. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Rock Life 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of autho- Assurance 


rizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first 
and every subsequent Memorial which may be en- 
rolled pursuant to any Act for better enabling the 
Rock Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, 
and for other Purposes, from which Memorial the 
names of the Mortgage Trustees of the said Com- 
pany shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties 
which would otherwise be payable on deeds, sur- 
renders, admissions or assurances, in order to vest 
the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, heredita- 
ments, property, etfects or monies of the said Com- 
pany in the said Mortgage Trustees. 


ompany 
Tmposition of 
tampDuties.] 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police (Glas- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 8°” &amp;e.) 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons taken 
into Custody by the Police, discharged by the Ma- 
gistrates, summarily convicted, and committed for 
Trial in the Towns of Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh 
and Liverpool, in the years 1846, 1847, and 1848, 
or any of them (similar in form to the Returns for 
the Metropolis and Manchester, already laid before 
this House). 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to 
Request, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Courts of Courts of 
Request. 


No. 139. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the —_. 


British Museum, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, 


of this instant March (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to —- this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 
Viscount 


No. 140. 


That Answer to 
¢ Addresses. 











Navigation 
Laws. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Bishopwear- 
mouth 
Rectory. 


Bishopwear- 
mouth 
Rectory. 


Committees, 


Malcolm 
Win, 
Esquire. 








12 Vicroriz. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence with 
Foreign States, relative to the proposed relaxation 
of the British Navigation Laws. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,— A Statement of the 
Amounts borrowed from the Exchequer Bill Loan 
Commissioners by Turnpike Trusts, the Date of 
each Loan, the Rate of Interest, the Amount of 
Principal repaid, and the Amount of Principal, also 
of Interest, remaining unpaid, on the 5th day of 
January 1849. 

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


Petitions from Bishopwearmouth ;—and, Sunder- 
land-next-the-Sea ; praying the House to adopt such 
measures as may be calculated to procure for the 
inhabitants of those parishes such a fair and equit- 
able distribution of the Ecclesiastical Revenues of 
the Rectory of Bishopwearmouth, as is suited to 
meet the spiritual wants of the population, and the 
maintenance of the churches and chapels of the 
town of Sunderland at large,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be pleased to 
issue a Commission of Inquiry into the allegations 


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contained in the Petitions presented to this House | 
from the parishioners of Bishopwearmouth and | 
Sunderland; and that the said Commissioners be 
directed to take into consideration the agreement 
stated in Parliament (on the authority of the Patron 
of the Living of Bishopwearmouth) to have been | 
entered into between himself and the present In- 
cumbent, whereby the surplus income of the Living, 
over and above the sum of £. 2,000 a year, reserved 
as the income of the Incumbent, is to be paid over 
to trustees; and to report on the best mode of ap- 
propriating that surplus to spiritual purposes con- 
nected with the two parishes, and of giving legal 
effect to such appropriation. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Horsman, 


Yeas, \ Mr. Hume: ~ 
Tellers for the J Lord Marcus Hill, Y 50 
Noes, Mr. Grey: | ae 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 21° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 1st 
day of September, in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Copies of the Minutes of Consultation recorded 
by = Governor in Council of Madras, and of the 

OL. 104, 


157 


Proceedings which have passed, both in Jndia and 


|in England, relative to the Suspension from Office 


of Malcolm Lewin, Esquire, late 2d Judge of the 
Court of Sudder Adawlut, of Madras; and to the 
removal to inferior Judgeships, of G. J. Waters, 
Esquire, late 1st Judge, and 7. E. Boileau, Esquire, 
late 3d Judge of the same Court :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Roxburgb- 
Roxburghshire and Berwickshire Roads Amend- shire and Ber- 
ment Bill; ‘That they had amended the preamble ,oMMe 
by inserting the sum of money borrowed under the ment Bill. 
authority of the existing Acts; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Renfrewshire 
Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Courts Bill; That Justice of 
they had made a verbal Amendment to the Pre- ag Courts 
amble, to correct an inaccuracy therein; and had” 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Glasgow, Kilmarnock Glasgow, Kil- 
and Ardrossan Railway, and Ardrossan Harbour — one 
Acts Amendment Bill, with Amendments. idbeee, and 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Ardrossan 
and be printed. y seer adhe 

mendment 
Bill. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Argy/d Canal (Abandon- Argyll Canal 

ment of Undertaking, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments, (4&gt;andonment 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. hg mec 


Mr. Bernal reported the Macclesfield Borough Macclesfield 
Waterworks, Markets, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. a k 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Seba, oe 

Bill. 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Publie Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 19th day of this instant Some a. 
March ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Petition of the Reverend Francis Thomas At- Grimsby 
wood, Vicar of the parish of Great Grimsby, and Corporation | 
of Freemen of the borough of Great Grimsby, in Fetter 
the county of Lincoln, praying that provision may Bill. 
be made in the Grimsby Corporation and Freemen’s 
Arrangement Bill, respecting the payment of certain 
tithe rent-charges, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Scottish scottish 
Amicable Life Assurance Society, to enable the Amicable 
said Society to sue and be sued, and to take and Site Assurance 

. ° y (In- 
hold Property, and for other Purposes relating to corporating 
the said Society, was read the third time. and conferring 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Sunes) ae. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brierley Hill 
the Report on the Brierley Hill District Gas Light District 
Company (for incorporating and giving all proper Comeaey the 
Powers to the said Company) Bill ; and the Amend- incorporating 
ments were read, and agreed to. and giving all 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Proer Powers 
he ingrossed. Company) Bill. 
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heal ian tise 


2 SAP Si SR SEN, SEEN BRE ITe ate DE 


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158 


Bury Saint The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Edmund's Gas the Report on the Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Com 
Company Bill. . 
pany Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bull, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Longton, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
otherwise 


Lane End, 
Market Bill. 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments 
be ingrossed. 


Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company 
[Imposition of 


21° Martiz. 


the Report on the Longton, otherwise Lane End, 
Market Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


A, 1849, 


mercantile interest is greatly depressed ; whilst the 
-| labouring population, in many instances, are sece- 
ding from work, and fast retrogradingin civilization; 
setting forth the causes to which they attribute this 
state of things; and praying, for the promotion 
of unrestricted emigration, on an extensive scale, at 
the expense of the British Government, from all 
parts of Africa; for the adoption of immediate 
and effective measures. for the better carrying into 
effect the treaties with Foreign States for the sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade, and for restoring to 
,| freedom those Africans imported into Cuba, Porto 
Rico and Brazil, now illegally held in slavery, in 
violation of treaties entered into by Great Britain 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself| with Spain and Brazil respectively ; for the full 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the im- 
position of a Stamp Duty on the first and every 
StampDuties]. subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- 
suant to any Act for better enabling the Rock Life 
Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and for 


recognition of British Guiana as an integral portion 
of the British Empire, and the admission of its pro- 
duce into consumption, on the same terms as, and 
subjected to no other duties than, the produce of a 
county in the United Kingdom ; the granting to that 


other Purposes, from which Memorial the Names of | colony a loan, for the purpose of effecting drainage 


the Mortgage Trustees of the said Company shall 
appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 
otherwise be payable on deeds, surrenders, admis- 
sions or assurances, in order to vest the annuities, 


messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Company in the 
said Mortgage Trustees. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five Pounds 
shall be payable for and upon the first Memorial 
which may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better 
enabling the Rock Life Assurance Company to sue 
and be sned, and for other Purposes, from which 
Memorial the names of the persons who shall be 
deemed, held and taken to be the Mortgage Trustees 
of the said Company, shall appear; and for and 
upon every other such Memorial in which the name 
or names of any person or persons shall for the first 
time be inserted asa Mortgage Trustee or Mort- 
gage Trustees of the Company, the like sum of Five 
Pounds, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 
otherwise be payable upon the deeds, surrenders, 
admissions or assurances in the Law, in order to 
vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, 
hereditaments, property, effects or monies of the 
said Company in the said Mortgage Trustees. 
Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





Thames The Order made upon the 9th day of February 

Conservancy ast, for referring to the Select Committee on Stand- 

F ing Orders the Petition of Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, 

for extending the time for bringing in the Thames 
Conservancy Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Local A Petition of Members of the Netherexe Farmers’ 


Taxation, &amp;c. ©jyb, Owners and Occupiers of land, in the county 


of Devon, stating that they have witnessed with deep 
regret and apprehension measures passed by the 
House for the abolition of the duty on Corn and 
Cattle imported into this country; and praying for 
an equalization of the local burthens upon all descrip- 
ticns of property which are now paid by the land ; 
and also for a protective duty on agricultural pro- 
duce, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


British 
Guiana. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of British Guiana, 
stating that that highly fertile and once flourishing 
colony is reduced to a state of unparalleled distress ; 
a considerable number of the proprietary body are 
ruined ; many estates are already abandoned ; and 
many others are in the course of abandonment ; the 


and other improvements to its lands, on the same 
terms and conditions as such loans have been granted 
to the landowners of the United Kingdom; for 
the abolition of the legislative and financial insti- 
tutions of the colony, and the substitution in their 
place of a Council and House of Assembly, similar 
to those of the island of Barbadoes, and based ona 
franchise suitable to the existing state of society in 
the colony ; and also that the House will be pleased 
to take the foregoing into consideration, and to 
grant to the Petitioners relief and redress, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Cey/on and British Guiana. 





Petitions from Warrington ;— Hull (Chairman) ; clergy, 
— Helston (Chairman) ;—Saint Ives ;— Kelvedon ; 

— Edinburgh (Chairman) ;— Exeter (Chairman) ;— 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;— Blackburn (Chairman) ;— 

and, Tower Hamlets; praying for the repeal of 
those laws which prevent a Clergyman of the Church 

of England, voluntarily seceding from that Church, 

from officiating as a dissenting minister,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Glou- Clergy Relief 
cester and Bristol, praying that the Clergy Relief Bill. 

Bill may not pass into a law, and instead thereof that 

measures may be adopted for facilitating the canon- 

ical deposition from holy orders of persons declaring 
themselves dissenters befone they are released from 

the obedience they have solemnly and knowingly 

pledged to the Church, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President, Insolvent 
Treasurer and Members of the Committee of the Members Bill 
Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of 

Trade, praying that the Insolvent Members Bill may 

pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Legacy Duties. 
cil of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House to 

adopt such measures as may be necessary for the 

exemption in future of all Legacy Duties payable on 

bequests made to infirmaries, hospitals and other 

charitable institutions, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westerleigh ; Deanery of Frome; Marriages Bill. 
Telscombe, Piddinghoe, Rodmill and Southease ; 
—— Lichfield ; Leigh( Lancaster) ; Hursley ; 
Clergy, and Laymen of the Church of England ; 
—— Whitchurch Canonicorum ; —— Saint George, 
East ;—— and, Sutton-with-Seaford ; praying that 
the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were 




















presented, 








Publi 
Bill. 








































Public Roads 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer . 


Act. 


Fees (Arches 
Court, &amp;c.) 


Army, 
Ordnance and 
Navy. 


Ships (Navy. 





12 Vicroriz. 


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


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 
Secretary of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce, 
praying that the Public Roads Bill may pass into 
a law, with such alterations and amendments therein 
as Parliament may think proper to make, so as the 
city and county of Norwich, as well as all other 
large and populous cities and boroughs similarly 
situated, may be included within its operations, but 
giving the powers and authorities intended to be 
vested in the magistrates of the county of Norfolk 
to the magistrates of the county of the city of Vor- 
wich, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clitheroe (five Petitions) ;—Slaid- 
burn ; — Chipping ; — Gisburn; — and, Whalley ; 
praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Description and Amount of the se- 
veral Fees legally demandable during the year 
ending the 5th day of April 1848, in the Arches 
Court, Prerogative Court, Consistory Court of Zon- 
don, Commissary Court of Zondon, Court of Dean 
and Chapter of Saint Paul’s, London, Vicar Gene- 
ral’s Office, Faculty Office, Admiralty Court, and 
Judicial Committee of Privy Council ; in each and 
every Diocesan Court, Bishops’ Commissaries Court, 
and Archidiaconal Court throughout England and 
Wales respectively ; in the Exchequer and Prero- 
gative Courts of the Province of York; in the Con- 
sistory and Chancery Courts of the Province of 
York ; ineach and every Peculiar Court, and Royal 
Peculiar Court, throughout England and Wales re- 
spectively :—Of the Aggregate Amount received in 
each of the said Courts and Offices, in respect of 
the said Fees, in the year aforesaid :—Stating b 
whom such Fees are received in each of the said 
Courts and Offices, to whom the Fees received 
in each of the said Courts and Offices are payable, 
and the manner in which the Fees so received in 
the year aforesaid have actually been applied :—Of 
the Amount of such Fees, if any, paid into the 
Consolidated Fund, and from what source :—Of 
the Amount, if any, paid out of the Consolidated 
Fund in aid of the Expenses of such Courts and 
Offices respectively, and to what Officers :—And, of 
the Sums received by all Judges, Officers and Ser- 
vants, and other Persons acting in any official 
capacity in any of the said Courts and Offices, dis- 
tinguishing how much of the Sum so received by 
each of the said Persons consists of Salary, and 
how much of Fees; and by whom and out of what 
Fund such Salary or Fees are payable. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Brevets in the Army, Ord- 
nance and Navy, since the year 1833, stating the 
Number of each Class of Officers, and the Amount 
of the annual increased Charge to the Public by 
each of these Brevets, in each year, since 1833. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, in Columns, of the Name of each of Her 
Majesty’s Ships and Vessels of War, distinguishing 
those in Commission and in Ordinary, on the 1st 
day of January 1849; stating where and when 
built, and by whom built; the Tonnage, Breadth, 
extreme Length of the Keel and Gun Deck for Ton- 
nage, the Number and Size of Guns ; distinguishing 
those Ships fit for Service, and theestimated Time to be 
VoL, 104, 


21° Martiz. 
















159 


so fit, the Expense of each Ship, stating the Charge 
of Materials and of Labour for the Hull and Equip- 
ment, and the Total Expense of each, and the Cost 
per Ton, distinguishing separately Steam Vessels, 
and the power of their Engines ; also, the Aggregate 
Number of Tons and the Aggregate Cost of the 
whole ; also, the Amount required to be voted for 
each Ship or Vessel in the year 1849-50 (page 49 
of Report of 1848) :—Of the Number of Ships in 
Ordinary, in classes, in each year since 1828, stating 
the Number of Tons of each class :—And, of the 
Number of Ships in Commission, in classes, in each 
year since 1828, stating the Number of Tons of 
each class (in continuation of Return, page 59, of 
Report of 1848):—And, an Account, in Abstract, 
of the Total Amount expended on each of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships and Vessels in building and in Repair- 
ing, at Home and Abroad, for Establishment of 
Dock Yards, and for the Repair and Improvement 
of Dock Yards, distinguishing at Home and Abroad, 
in each year since 1828, stating the Aggregate of 
each year. 


and Amount of the last Rate struck previous to the 
Ist day of March 1849, stating for how long a 
period, in each Electoral Division, the Rate is cal- 
culated to last, and where the Commissioners have 
recommended the striking of a less Rate than that 
calculated by the Guardians as necessary. 


a Return, by the Metropolitan Commissioners in 
Lunacy, of Admissions into all Lunatic Asylums in 
England and Wales, between the 1st day of January 
1846 and the 31st day of December 1848 ; showing 
the Number of Private and Pauper Patients ad- 
mitted in each year, the Number of each Class dis- 
charged cured, not cured, and died, as follows : 


Rr-ADMISSION. 


No. 1.—Generat Taste of Apmissrons, including all Casrs of 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Rate 
a Return from each Union in Ireland, of the Date “te!@n4-) 


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











































































































1846, 1847. 1848. Torat. 
: : Slalalila 
ot * a . | at * at 
S/ElSlele/SiS (EES) E13 
2a/ei/BPl/eiea lesa lealaelalal es 
Private - - 
Pauper - - 
Total of Patients 
No. 2.—Discnareks, Deatus, &amp;c. 
1846. 1847. 1848. Tora. 
3 o Cy 3 
aie¢ 3 | a s | ‘a aie 
S/eiZi2/8/2(318 12/218 ]2 
Sigs lelalm@lelalmialaelaliea 
Cured ; 
Private - 
Pauper - 
Not Cured (in- 
cluding Re- 
movals and 
Escapes ):— 
Private - 
Pauper - 
Deaths ; — 
Private - 
Pauper - 
Total - 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Haif Pay, &amp;e. 
an Account showing the Total Charge-for Military (Army and 
and Naval Half-Pay and Pensions, and Civil Super- ¥#¥¥-) 


annuation and Compensation Allowances, in the year 
1828, and each of the subsequent years to 1848, in- 
clusive, compared with the whole Expenditure (ex- 
clusive of the Charge for Debt), for the Effective 
Establishments and other National Expenses in the 

x4 same 





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4 
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Scot no eal 


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Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


No. 141. 


Poor Relief, 
Population, 
&amp;ce. 


No. 142, 


Poor Relief. 
No. 142. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


No. 143. 
Supply. 


Protection 
of Justices 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Small Debts 
({reland) Bill, 


Landlord and 
‘Tenant Bill. 


No, 144, 


160 21° Marti. A. 1849. 


same years (in continuation of Appendix 2, to the | 


Third Report of the Finance Committee of 1828). 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns, show- | 


ing the Name, Date of Appointment and Total 


Emoluments (including Salary and all other Pay- | 


ments and Allowances) of each Assistant Commis- | 
sioner or Permanent Inspector appointed by the 
Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, for the half 
years ending the 30th day of June and the 31st 
day of December 1847, and 30th day of June 1848, 
respectively ; also, the Names of the Unions placed 
in Charge of each Assistant Commissioner or Per- 
manent Inspector, the Date when such Assistant 
Commissioner or Inspector visited the Poor-house, 
or attended the Meeting of the Board of Guardians 
of each of said Unions, and the Total Number of 
Miles travelled by each Assistant Commissioner or | 
Permanent Inspector in each half year respectively : 
—Similar Return, as regards the Temporary In- 
spectors appointed by the Poor Law Commissioners 
in Jreland:—And, Return, showing the Average 
Weekly Cost of Maintenance per head (exclusive | 
of clothing), and the Total Number of Paupers re- | 
lieved, in each Union in Jreland, distinguishing the 
In-door and Out-door Poor, for the weeks ending 
the 8th day of January, the 5th day of February, 
the 4th day of March, the 8th day of April, the 
6th day of May and 3d day of June 1848, respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Unions under the Charge 
of Assistant Commissioners or Permanent Inspec- 
tors from those under the Charge of Temporary In- 
spectors, which were presented upon the 21st day 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns re- 
lative to Poor Relief, Population, &amp;c. which were 
presented upon the 8th and 19th days of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return re- 
lative to Poor Relief, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Supply be received after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Protection of Justices (Ire- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration after the Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Small Debts (Ireland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made; and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. William Fagan, 1 99 

Yeas, L Mr. Scully : iin 

Tellers for ther Mr. Bellew, 1 

Noes, Sir William Somerville: J oi. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Clergy Relief Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Comniittee. 


Cler 
Bil” Relief. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lite Policies 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance Bill ; of Assurance 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved _ itself Recovery 
into a Committee upon the Recovery of Wages of Wages — 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “*la¢) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
~ “ore That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Insolvent 
into a Committee upon the Insolvent Members Bill. Members Bill 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph, 
Preamble postponed. 
Ciauses N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 


CiausE N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciause No.4. (Election of Insolvent Member to 
be void after receipt of Certificate.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3 1. 15. To leave out 
the word “ Election,” in order to insert the word 
“« seat,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the word “ Election” 
stand part of the Clause. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again. 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, = William Clay, 

og — 
. r. Moffa 
Tellers for the Noes, ag a 
Original Question put,—and Negatived. 
The word “ seat” inserted. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses N° 5 to N° 9, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cause N° 10, disagreed to. 
CiavusE N° 11, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
day next. 


The Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill was, ac- Tenants at 





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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
~ age That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 





cording to Order, read a second time; and com- en 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for“ °™ 
Wednesday next, 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; +; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Order, reported — Supply. 
the 





Iand Forces. 


Charge for d° . 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 


Boral Military 


ge. 


Royal Military 


Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Rewards for 
distinguished 
ices, 


Pay of General 
Officers, 


Full Pay for 
Reduced and 


Officers, 








12 Vicroriz. 


the Committee of Supply, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, 
not exceeding One hundred and three thousand 
two hundred and fifty-four Men (exclusive of the 
Men employed in the Territorial Possessions of 
the East India Company), Commissioned and Non- 
Commissioned Officers included, be maintained for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 
1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One million eight hundred thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for the Ser- 
vice in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and Stations Abroad (excepting the Regi- 
ments employed in the Territorial Possessions of 
the East India Company), which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Eighty-six thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, 
serving with Her Majesty’s Forces in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on 
Foreign Stations (excepting Jndia). and of Her 
Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of London, which 
will come in course of payment from the ist day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Forty-seven thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Allowances to the principal Officers of the 
several Public Departments, their Deputies, Clerks 
and Contingent Expenses, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military College, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military Asylum and of the Hibernian Military 
School, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

7%. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Thirty-three thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances as Rewards for distinguished Services, of 
Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons 
at Homeand Abroad, and of Allowances to Serjeants 
as Rewards for distinguished or meritorious Service, 
which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Thirty-nine thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the 
Pay of General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, 
not being Colonels of Regiments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Twenty-eight thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty's Forces, which will come in course of pay- 
VoL, 104. 


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ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 


ceeding Two hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Half Pay to 
ceeding Twenty-two thousand pounds, be granted — * 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of ~~“ 
Half Pay and Reduced Allowances to Officers of 
Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Widows’ 
ceeding Sixty-four thousand pounds, be granted to Pensions. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Pen- 
sions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of the 
Land Forces, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Compassionate 
ceeding Forty-eight thousand pounds, be granted List. 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances 
as of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850. 


15. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Chelsea and 
ceeding Seventeen thousand pounds, be granted to Kilmainham 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Chel- Hospitals. 
seaand Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the In-Pen- 
sioners thereof, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Out-Pension- 
ceeding Six hundred thousand pounds, be granted ers of Chelsea 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Hospital, &amp;. 
the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions 
granted to discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners 
from Hanoverian Corps which served with tie Bri- 
tish Army in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Mili- 
tary Organization of Out-Pensioners in the United 
Kingdom, and in New Zealand, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 


17. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Superannua- 
ceeding Nineteen thousand pounds, be granted to %2*- 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the 
nature of Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to 
Persons formerly belonging to the several Public 
Departments, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Excess of 
hundred and twenty-three thousand seven hundred Naval Expen- 
and eighty-seven pounds, six shillings and ten-pence, “"** 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Excess of the Naval Expen- 
diture beyond the Grants, for the year ended on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

The first Seventeen Resolutions, being read a se- 
cond time, were agreed to. 

The last Resolution, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny Bill. 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Secretary-at-War, the 
Judge Advocate and Mr. Hawes do prepare, and 
bring it in. 








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11. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- HalfPayford’. 


















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Protection The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
of Justices consideration the Protection of Justices (Jreland) 
seein Bill, as amended in the Committee ; ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 
Sequestrators’ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Remedies Bill. +, extend the Remedies of Sequestrators of Eccle- 
siastical Benefices: And that Mr. Mullings and 
Mr. Headlam do prepare, and bring it in. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to conso- 
lidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Roads 
in England and North Wales: And the same was 


No. 145, ead the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
* time upon Wednesday the 4th day of April next; 

and to be printed. 
Sequestrators’ Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to extend the Re- 


Remedies Bill. medies of Sequestrators of Ecclesiastical Benefices : 








No.146, And the-same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 

Indemnity Mr. Parker presented a Bill to indemnify such 
Bill. Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 

No.147. qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 

Local Acts. Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

No. 94, mand,—A further Report from the Admiralty, re- 
lative to an Application for a Local Act. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 22° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 

PRAYERS. 
Norfolk PETITION of the Governor, Bailiffs and 
oo , Commonalty of the Company of Conservators 


of Acts, and Of the Great Level of the Fens called Bedford Level, 
PowersofCon- was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill 
ripation vy . has been introduced, and is now pending before the 
Commission- House, intituled, “A Bill to amend the Norfolk Estu- 
ersof Drainage ary Act eee ete enable we Brink Com- 
y the _. missioners and the Corporation of King’s Lynn to 
Knee ar contribute towards the Undertaking, ond ra other 
Bill. Purposes connected therewith;” That the Peti- 
tioners were incorporated by the name and title of 

the Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty of the 

Company of Conservators of the Great Level of the 

Fens called Bedford Level, under the authority of 

an Act of Parliament made and passed in the fif- 

teenth year of the reign of his Majesty King 

Charles the Second, intituled, “ An Act for settling 

the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens called 

Bedford Level,” and that under the provisions of 

the said Act and by virtue of other powers conferred 

upon them, the Petitioners are Guardians and Con- 

servators of the said Great Level, and also Commis- 

sioners of Sewers of the works made or to be made 

without the said Great Level, for conveying the wa- 

ters of the said Great Level by convenient outfalls 

to sea; that the Petitioners entertain great objec- 

tions to the before-named Bill, and are desirous of 

being heard, by themselves, their counsel, agents 

and witnesses, in opposition thereto ; but that in 
consequence of the severe illness and recent death, 

in February last, of their late Registrar, Samuel 

Wells, Esquire, who was the legal adviser of the 

Petitioners on Parliamentary matters, their atten- 


21°—92° Martiz. 











A e ] 849. 


tion was not directed to the said Bill until the time 
limited by the Order of the House for presenting a 
Petition against the same had expired, nor until a 
meeting of the Petitioners was held, on Tuesday the 
20th day of March in the present year, for the ap- 
pointment of a successor to the late registrar ; that 
no meeting of the Petitioners was held in the inter- 
val between the introduction of the said Bill into 
the House and the said 20th day of March, and 
the Petitioners, therefore, without any neglect on 
the part of themselves or any other person, were 
prevented presenting a Petition against the said 
Bill within the time fixed by the Order of the 
House ; and praying that leave may be given to 
them to present a Petition against the said Bill, b 
depositing the same in the Private Bill Office with- 
in such time as the House may think fit to appoint, 
and that the Standing Order, requiring the Pe- 
tition to be presented to the House, by having been 
duly deposited in the Private Bill Office, not later 
than seven clear days after the Second Reading of 
such Bill, may be dispensed with; and that it may 
be an Instruction to the Committee on the said Bill 
to entertain tlie said Petition, notwithstanding the 
same will not have been so deposited within seven 
clear days after such Second Reading of such Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of Subscribers to a Company called Railway 
The Railway Assurance Company, for leave to de- Assurance 


posit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill to au- 


Company 
(Alteration of 


thorize a reduction in the present amount of Stamp Stamp Duties) 


Duty, so far as regards the said Company, was pre- Bill. 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Rock Life 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the Assurance 


imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and every 


Company 
[Impos 


ition of 


subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- StampDuties.] 


suant to any Act for better enabling the Rock Life 
Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and for 
other Purposes, from which Memorial the names of 
the Mortgage Trustees of the said Company shall 
appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 
otherwise be payable on deeds, surrenders, admis- 
sions or assurances, in order to vest the annuities, 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Company in the 
said Mortgage Trustees, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five Pounds 
shall be payable for and upon the first Memorial 
which may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better 
enabling the Rock Life Assurance Company to sue 
and be sued, and for other Purposes, from which 
Memorial the names of the persons who shall be 
deemed, held and taken to be the Mortgage Trus- 
tees of the said Company, shall appear; and for and 
upon every other such Memorial in which the name 
or names of any person or persons shall for the first 
time be inserted as a Mortgage Trustee or Mort- 
gage Trustees of the Company, the like sum of Five 
Pounds, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 
otherwise be payable upon the deeds, surrenders, 
admissions or assurances in the law, in order to 
vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, here- 
ditaments, property, effects or monies of the said 
Company in the said Mortgage Trustees. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Rock Life Assurance Company Bill, 
that they have Power to make provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


A Message hog Augustus Clifford, Gentleman oye oer 


Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 

Commission, 





















12 Vicroriz. 


Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
an Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the Public Bill therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bill: Which Bill is as 
followeth : 


Overseers An Act to remove Doubts as to the Appointment 
Cie of Overseers in Cities and Boroughs. 


Darlington An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas and sup- 
Gasand Water plying with Water the Town and Borough of Dar- 
Company Bill. ington, and the Suburbs thereof, in the County of 
Durham, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually assessing 
and collecting the Poor Rate, and all other Rates 
and Assessments, in the Parish of Epsom, in the 
County of Surrey, and for the better Tomepreent 
of the Business and Affairs of the said Parish, and 
for other Purposes relating thereto, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Epsom Rates 
Bill 


Feltwell Se- An ingrossed Bill for improving the Drainage of 
cind Disttic, Feltwell Second District, in the County of Vorfolk, 
ge Bill. ; : 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Drainage of Felt- 
well Second District, in the County of Norfolk, 
and for amending the Acts relating to the same. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bagge do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Alford and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Boston Road Reading of the Alford and Boston Road Bill; 

oil. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 


Bromptonand The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Earl's Court, Reading of the Brompton and Earl’s Court, &amp;c. 


oe on Roads (Continuation of certain Turnpike-road Acts) 
of certain 1 ; ’ = P 
Turnpike-road Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Acts) Bill. ~~ upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 

Dublin, Ash- Ordered, That the Dublin, Ashbourne, Slane and 


~~ ~we Drogheda Roads Act Continuation and Amendment 
Rode ec” Bill be read a second time upon Thursday the 26th 


Continuation day of April next. 
and Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Mary-le-bone The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
merinchley Reading of the Mary-le-boneand Finchley Turnpike- 
roads Bi], roads Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 


New North The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eed (Conti Reading of the New North Road (Continuation) 
on) Bill. Bill: 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. 


Sheffield and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


ee, Reading of the Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Ex- 
the Tinsley tension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike- 
and Doncaster road to Sheffield) Bill ; 

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Turnpike-road 








22° Martie. 163 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time to Sheffield) 
upon Monday the 23d day of April next. = 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Surrey and 
Reading of the Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amend- pee — 
ment of Actand Alteration of Tolls) Bill; © eng 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Alteration of 


upon Monday the 23d day of April next. Tolls) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Truro Turn- 
Reading of the Zruro Turnpike-roads, Penryn and —— 
Redruth Turnpike-roads (Consolidation of Trusts, Redruth Turn- 
Alterations of Tolls, Formation of New Roads) pike-roads — 
Bill; (Coiatn 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Alterations of 


upon Monday the 23d day of April next. Tolls, Forma- 
tion of New 


Roads) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Wisbech, Chatteris, Tid Gote, Wisbech, 
and Downham Bridge Turnpike (Continuation of ey wri d 
Act, Alteration of Provisions relating to Repair of — 
Waldersey and South Side Banks, Abandonment as Bridge Turn- 
to Turnpike of Road over same, Construction of Pike (Continu- 
new Turnpike-road) Bill, be read a second time yc 


upon Monday the 23d day of April next. Provisions 
relating to 
Repair of Waldersey and South Side 
Banks, Abandonment as to Turnpike 
of Road over same, Construction of 
New Turnpike-road) Bill. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill for punish- Mutiny Bill. 
ing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for the Regulation of Marine 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunfermline, pray- Afirmation 
ing that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, Bill. 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bedfield ;—Petistree ;—Welby ;— ygait, 
Monewden ; —Kenton ,—Charsfield ;—Cretingham ; 
— Ashfield-cum- Thorpe ; — Brandestone ; — and, 
Athelington ; praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Malt,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Sandwich, in the county of Kent, praying for the Certificates. 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of At- 
tornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, unanimously Clergy. 
adopted at a public meeting held in the borough of 
Ipswich, praying for the repeal of those laws which 
prevent a Clergyman of the Church of England, 
voluntarily seceding from that Church, from of- 
ficiating asa Dissenting Minister, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of East Skull, Skib- Distress 
bereen Union, complaining of the deplorable state (Ireland) 
of destitution to which that Union in general, and 
the Electoral Division of East Skull, in particular, 
are now reduced ; suggesting the propriety and ne- 
cessity of imposing a temporary tax on all kinds of 
property hitherto exonerated, with the view of al- 
leviating the burden imposed on the agficultural 
interests, and praying that improved lands may meet 
with such a legislative exemption from increased 
taxation, as may stimulate the industry of the 
country, and that means may be afforded for faci- 
litating the collection of the poor rate on those 
lands, on which hitherto the payment of it has been 

y 2 evaded,, 



















i 


Pon eee 


pa 


- eo narra 
Sm hen AES a esti aaa 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Palace Court 
(Westmin- 
ster. ) 


Parliamentary 


Maths Bill. 


Peace, &amp;c. 


Pensioners 
(Army.) 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 


(Rate in Aid.) (Chairman) ;~-—Electoral Divisions of Tundragee, 


164 22° Martii. A. 1849, 


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


Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordoun (Mode- 
rator) ;——and, County of Aberdeen (Convener) ; 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Berwich-upon- Tweed Union, praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; at ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Penzance Union, stating that they view with regret 
and alarm the increased and still increasing system 
of Pauper tramping; and praying the House to 
give the subject immediate consideration, so that 
remedies may be devised to meet the evil complained 
of, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkaldy ;——and, Fraserburgh ; 
praying that the Navigation Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and* read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Edward Emery and others ;—and, 
James Evans and others ; praying that the business 
and pending proceedings of Her Majesty’s Court 
of Her Palace at Westminster, commonly called the 
Palace Court, may be transferred to the respective 
County Courts, and that the said Palace Court be 
totally abolished,—were presented, and read ; and 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Promiscuoys 
the Wesleyan Chapel, Kirkgate, Bradford, in the Intercourse, 
county of York, praying the House to enact such 
laws for the punishment of all persons guilty of 
trading in seduction and prostitution, as may appear 
desirable for the protection of the young and in- 
nocent, and the repression of these vicious practices, 
mw presented, and read, and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Wake- Public Expen. 
field, praying for a reduction of the National Ex- ‘iture, &amp;. 
penditure and Taxation, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Public Roads 
Cardigan Union, praying the House to extend the ss and 
provisions of the Public Roads Bill over England gar Wales) 
and the whole of Wales, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the South Eastern Railway Company ; Railways, 
and,— Ulster Railway Company; stating that the 
Petitioners are informed that a Bill is about to be 
introduced into the House, to remedy the present 
system of rating Railways to poor, highway, church 
and other local taxes; and praying that such Bill 
may pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordoun (Mode- Registering 
rator);——-and, County of Aberdeen (Convener) ; Births, &amp;. 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ———- 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and ~ 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 





ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordoun (Mode- 
rator);——Presbytery of Deer (Moderator) ;—— 


and, Rural Deanery of Middlewich; praying that | 


the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Robert Cooke and others, 
praying the House to pass a Bill for the consolida- 
tion of the British Empire in Peace, slowly and 


Bill. 

A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
Clackmannan and Kinross-shire Medical Association; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordoun ; Registering 
Kirk Session of the parish of Strachan (Minister Births, &amp;c. 
. . -_, (Scotland) ; 

and Moderator) ;—— Kirk Session of and Parochial ana, Marriage 
Board of Mew Deer; Presbytery of Deer (Scotland) 


(Moderator) ;—— Presbytery of Strathbogie (Mo- Bills. 





justly paying off the National Debt, taking off about 
ten millions of taxes, and conferring benefits on all | 
Britons and British subjects, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
| 
A Petition of Pensioners from the British Army, | 
Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, complaining of | 
certain deductions from their half-pay, and praying | 
for redress, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Margaret, Westminster ;— 
and, Saint James, Westminster; stating that the 
Petitioners have observed in the 12th Annual Re- 
port of the Poor Law Commissioners a paragraph 
evincing a disposition to aid the Petitioners in the 
endeavour to obtain the establishment of a fund for 
the benefit of superannuated officers connected with 
the administration of the Poor Laws ; and praying 
that an Act may be passed during the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament to enable the Petitioners to form 
and distribute such fund,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edenderry ; Hillsborough 


Mullahead, Baliyshiel and Mullabrack ; —— and, 
Counties of Antrim, Down and Armagh ; praying 
the House to refuse their sanction to the proposed 
measure for making temporary provision, by a ge- 
neral Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and 
Electoral Divisions in Jrelund,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


derator) ;——Presbytery of Aberdeen (Moderator) ; 
——and, Provincial Synod of Aberdeen (Moderator); 
yraying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

ill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into law,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, ~¥ at Rights of 


a public meeting held in the Zion-walk Chapel, Conscience. 
Colchester, expressing their opinion that the Rights 

of Conscience are paramount and indefeasible ; and 

praying for the repeal of all statutes affecting the 

said Rights, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Rome. 
habitants of Finsbury, praying the House to protect 
the people of Rome against those powers, whether 
kingly or republican, that would interfere between 
them and their rights, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Slave Trade. 
habitants of Brighton, praying the House to address 
Her Majesty to the intent that instructions may 
be forthwith given to the Principal Secretary for 
Foreign Affairs, to demand from the Spanish and 
Brazilian Governments the liberation from Slavery 
of all Africans, and their descendants, who have 
been illicitly and illegally introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, together with 
their descendants, and in the event of their at- 
tempting to evade the demand or to procrastinate its 
strict fulfilment, it be notified to them that measures 





will 








War. 


n= 


id 
8) 


Windows. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Window Duty. 


Newspapers 
and Adver- 
tisements, 


House of 
Commons, 


Charges for- 


12 VicTroriz. 


will be taken to exclude their produce from the 
British markets until their treaties be completely 
and honourably fulfilled, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome ;—Pendleton ;—Cadding- 
ton ;— Bury Saint Edmund’s ;— Manchester and 
Salford (Chairman) ;—Market Drayton ;—South- 
wark ;— Sheffield ;— Dunfermline ;— Preston (Lan- 
caster); Watlington ;—Hackney ;— Southmolton ;— 
Whitechapel; — Truro;— and, Helston; praying 
the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of 
the Poor and Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
Mary, Whitechapel, in the county of Middlesex, 
praying that the duties now payable for every 
dwelling-house, within and throughout Great Bri- 
tain, according to the number of Windows or Lights 
in such dwelling-house may be forthwith repealed, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Copies of Correspondence between the Crown Soli- 
citors or the Irish Circuits and the Jrish Board of 
Public Works, or the Jrish Executive Government, 
from the year 1842 inclusive, on the subject of Of- 
fences against the Jrish Fishery Laws, or the Pro- 
secution of such Offences :—Of Reports made to 
the said Board by Commissioners and Inspectors 
of Irish Fisheries, upon the same Subject, during 
the same Period :—And, a Return of the Number, 
Nature, Periods and Results of such Prosecutions, 
distinguishing those instituted at Quarter Sessions, 
at Assizes, and in the Queen’s Bench; and speci- 
fying at whose suit such Prosecutions were in- 
stituted ; and, also the Costs and Expenses at- 
tending the same, (with Schedules). 

Returns of the Amount of Window Duty assessed, 
and the Amount received, with the ac of 
Houses charged for the year 1847, ending 5th April 
1848 ; with the Number of Surcharges made by 
the several Surveyors during that Period; with a 
separate Account for the Twelve Towns paying the 
largest Amount.» 

A Return, showing the Number of London News- 
papers, the Number of Advertisements in them, the 
Rate and Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by 
them in each year from the 1st day of January 1841 
to the 1st day of January 1849 :—And, a Similar 
Return as regards the English Provincial, the 
Scotch, and the Irish Newspapers. 

A Return, showing the Cost of Building the New 
Rooms attached to the Lobby of the present tem- 
porary House of Commons; and the Cost of the 

assages and Staircase leading to the Committee 
Rooms in the New Houses of Parliament, which 
Works have been executed since last Session. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 6th day 


merly defrayed of this instant March, for a Return of the Amount 


from Count 
Rates, y 


Poor Law 
Commission. 


Tithe Com. 
mission, 








paid from the Public Taxes for Local Charges for- 
merly paid by Counties, distinguishing the Amount 
for maintenance of certain Classes of Prisoners in 
Gaol, for Conveyance of Prisoners, for Prosecution 
of Offenders, for Schoolmasters, for Medical Relief 
of the Poor, and for any other Payment connected 
with these Objects in Great Britain in the year 
1848 :—And, an Abstract of the Amount paid in 
each year for the above Objects since 1834: 
An Abstract of the Amount paid for the Poor Law 
Board and Inspectors, and Establishment, from the 
Public Taxes, in each year since 1833 : An 
Abstract of the Amount paid from the Public Taxes 
Vo, 104, 














22° Marti. 165 


for the Board for the Commutation of Tithes, in 

each year since its Establishment, and the Total 

Amount paid: And, an Abstract of the Amount Commons 
paid from the Public ‘l'axes, in each year, for the Inclosure 
Board for the Inclosure of Waste Lands, in each C°™™i8sion. 
year since its Establishment, and the Total Charge. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- west India 

tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account, Islands Relief. 
pursuant to an Act of 6 and 7 Vic. c. 63, intituled, 
“ An Act for granting Relief to the Islands of An- 
tigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominicaand Montserrat,” 
of all Sums advanced during the year ending 5th 
January 1849, to the said several Islands, and of 
all Sums repaid by reason of such Advances, with 
the Interest paid thereon during the same period. 

An Account, pursuant to Act of 11 and 12 Vic., 
c. 22, intituled, “ An Act for granting Relief to the 
Island of Tobago, and for aiding the Colonies of 
British Guiana and Trinidad in raising Money for 
the Promotion of Immigration of Free Labourers,” 
of all Sums advanced during the year ending 5th 
January 1849 to the said Islands or Colony, and of 
all Sums repaid by reason of such advances, with 
the interest paid thereon. 

An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue of the puchy of 
Duchy of Lancaster, for the year ending Michaelmas Lancaster. 
1848, showing the Amount of Revenue which be- 
came due, the Monies received and paid within the 
year, and the Arrears and Balance at the end of the 
preceding and current years, with Appendixes. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kanturk 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Rev. Mr, Union Work- 
Donovan, Catholic Curate of Kanturk, and the heme, 
Poor Law Commissioners of Ireland, relative to 
certain Charges made by the former against the 
Managers and Officers of the Workhouse in that 
Union :—Also, of Major Bolton’s Report on the 
same. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Copyhold 
Command,—Copy of the Seventh Report of the Commission. 
Copyhold Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
pursuant to the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 35, s. 3. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being Moldavia and 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Wallachia. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between this Government and the Government of 
Turkey, and between this Government and the 
Government of Russia, relating to the Occupation, 
by Russian Troops, of the Provinces of Moldavia 
and Wallachia :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Military 
That there be laid before this House, Copies of the Authorities of 
Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry and the Court M#4*- 
Martial held at Arcot in the year 1844, in the case 
of the alleged Mutineers of the 6th Regiment of 
Madras Light Cavalry, and of all Memorials and 
Correspondence relative thereto, or to the Punish- 
ments or Commutations of the Punishments of an 
such Mutineers; and also, of the Madras Pay Re- 
ulations, and the Native Mutiny Act ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Anstey, Nae 

Yeas, LMr. John O’Connell: Jf °™ 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 


Noes, Mr. Grey: oF. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
¥3 The 








School of 
Design. 


Prisoners’ 
Removal 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Recovery 
of Wages 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply 
[21 March. } 


Protection of 
Justices 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisoners’ 
Removal 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 150. 


Tasolvent 
Members Bill. 


No. 15). 


Highland 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


166 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Thursday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed, to inquire into the Constitution and 

anagement of the Government School of Design, 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Sir Robert Peel, 
Sir George Clerk, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. 
Labouchere, Mr. Rich, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Milner 
Gibson, Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, Mr. Scholefield 
and Mr. Kershaw, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue an Act of the tenth and eleventh years of 
Her present Majesty, for authorizing the Removal 
of Prisoners from the several Gaols in Jreland, in 
cases of Epidemic Diseases: And that Sir William 
Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Recovery of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 


an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions 
which were yesterday reported from the Committee 


of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 


further consideration ‘l’o-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Protection of Justices 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and 


an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bi!l be read the third time 


To-morrow ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ To-morrow,” 


and adding the words “ upon this day six months,” 
instead thereof. . 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ To-morrow ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, | 
Yeas, Mr. Grey : s se. 

Tellers for the { Mr. John O'Connell, | , 
Noes, Mr. Lawless : . 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- 
tinue an Act of the tenth and eleventh years of Her 
present Majesty, for authorizing the Removal of 
Prisoners from the several Gaols in Jreland, in cases 
of Epidemic Diseases: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Insolvent Members Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 23° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The 


Thirty-fifth Report of the Commissioners of High- 
land Roads and Bridges in Scotland. 





29°—-23° Martiz. 


A. 1849. 


Mr. Lethbridge, from the Commissioners of the Fre 





ight 


Royal Hospital, Greenwich, was called in ; and at Money, Grog, 
the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of Wich Hospital 


the several Sums for Freight Money received by the 
Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 25th day 


of July 1848, with the date of such Payments, and 
whether on public or private Account; also, the 


Name of the Ship or Vessel in which the Treasure 


was conveyed, and of the Captain or Officer com- 
manding the same :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Finch, from the Audit Office, was called in; Public 


An Account of the Arrears and Balances due 


and at the bar presented, pursuant to the cirections Accountants, 
of an Act of Parliament,-—List of Officers and 
Departments whose Accounts are audited by the 
Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts. 


to and from all Public Accountants, arising upon Ac- 
counts which have been stated or declared, so far 
as the said Particulars can be ascertained from the 
Books of the Commissioners for auditing the Pub- 
lic Accounts, completed to the 5th January 1849. 

A List of Accounts depending in the Office of the 
Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
which have not been audited, stated or declared, 
completed to the 28th February 1849 :—-And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; and Public Income 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 0d Expendi- 
several Acts of Parliament,—Account of the Or- ™™* 
dinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources con- No. 153. 
stituting the Public Income of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year. ended 
5th January 1849. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- 
nary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 1849. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Jreland, for the year ended 5th January 1849. 
Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 
5th January 1849, after deducting the Repayments, 
Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties in 
the nature of Drawbacks ; together with an Account 
of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
exclusive of the Sums applied to ‘the reduction of 
the National Debt, within the same period. 

Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended 5th January 1849, after abating the Expen- 
diture thereout defrayed by the several Revenue De- 
partments ; and of the actual Issues or Payments 
within the same period, exclusive of the sums ap- 
plied to the Redemption ot Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; and of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works. 

Account of the Balances of Public Money re- 
maining in the Exchequer on the 5th January 1848 ; 
the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1849 ; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded Debt or paying off Un- 
funded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
in the Exchequer, on 5th January 1849. 

Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended vai. 
5th January 1849 ; and also of the actual Payments 
on account of the Consolidated Fund, within the 
same period. 

Account of the Money applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1849, and “ed 
the 
































12 Vicroriz. 23° Marti. 167 


the several Charges which have become due thereon showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- same has been provided for. 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the; Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Order,— Public Works. 
commencement and at the termination of the year; A Return of the Names of the Commissioners ap- . 
with Appendixes, | pointed and now officiating for the Advance of Loans 
Account of the actual Receipt and Expenditure | for Public Works in England, Wales, and Scotland : 
of the Sums placed in the hands of the Commis-|—Accounts of the yearly Expenses of the Board 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt,| of Commissioners for the Advance of Loans for 
year ended 5th January 1849. | Public Works, &amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Account of the Total Amount of the Unredeemed | Paper, No. 372, of Session 1846) :—Of the Amounts 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja-| allotted to the Commissioners for distribution under 
nuary 1848; of the Debt and Charge thereof created | the several Acts of Parliament passed for that pur- 
in the year ended 5th January 1849; of the Debt} pose, and the Amount remaining unissued on the 
and Charge thereof reduced in the course of that | 5th day of January 1849 :—And, of the Amounts 
year; andthe Total Amount of the Unredeemed Debt advanced to Borrowers and contracted to be ad- 
and Charge, as it stood on 5th January 1849. | vanced ; the Dates of such Advances, and how to 
Account of the state of the Public Funded Debt | be repaid; the Objects thereof; Rates of Interest ; 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge | Amounts of Interest paid, of Principal repaid, and 
thereupon, at 5th January 1849. of Principal remaining unpaid, on the 5th day of 
Unfunded Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain | January 1849 :— An Abstract, showing the Total of 
Debt. and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding, on | Principal and Interest received by the Commis- 
5th January 1849 ; distinguishing Exchequer Bills; | sioners on Account of Loans advanced, and the 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids | Amount returned by them into the Account of Her 
granted by Parliament; and Exchequer Bills to be , Majesty’s Exchequer, to the 5th day of January 
issued out of the Consolidated Fund; and distin-| 1849 :—And, a General Statement of the Transac- 
uishing also such part of the Unfunded Debt and tions of the Commissioners for the Advance of 
emands as has been provided for by Parliament; | Loans for Public Works, &amp;c. from their Appoint- 
together with an Account of the Ways and Means | ment under the Act 47 Geo. 3. c. 34 (June 1817) ; 
remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received on the | showing the Total Amount advanced, with Interest 
5th January 1849, to repay such part of the Un- | thereon calculated at the Rate of £.3 per cent. per 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been | annum; the Amount returned into the Exchequer, 


pital 


Funded Debt. 


Disposition of 
Grants. 


Arrears and 


provided for ; with Appendixes. 


Account showing how the Monies given for the 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 


and Jreland, for the year 1848, have been disposed | 


of, distinguishing under their several heads, to 5th 
January 1849. 


Customs: England, Scotland, Ireland : — Ba-| 


| Interest thereon being calculated at the same rate ; ; 


| the Balances of Loans and Interest outstanding, and 
the Estimated Profit, to the 5th day of January 
| 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
_ Table; and, that the Accounts relative to Public 
|Income and Expenditure ; the Abstract of the Ac- 































count relative to Increase and Diminution of Sala- ‘ 


lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1849. - A - . ; 
Sasien England, Scotland, Pina vll Arrears "eS; Superannuations; and Public Debt, be printed. 


and Current Balances, on 5th January 1849. lai 
*e :. | ° ‘ a ‘ Ms 
Stamps: Great Britain :— Arrears due on 5th Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Manchester, 


—— Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Sheffield and 

ong on Pigg: 4 oe Nae comegaamat Net Balances in Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for — f 
t 5 la. “hy Bak: — yoo" A oo ; additional Provision in the Manchester, Sheffield (Consolidation 
18 a ia a LS OR Se CM | ond Lincslaclive Railway (Consolidationand Amend- ®"4 Amend- 


- a 2 ae ment of Acts) 
Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar- | pr sp Bill, the Standing Orders have been ag. f 
rears and Current Balances, on 5th January 1849. | P . 
Ireland :—Balances of deceased and-dismissed| Mr, Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
Collectors; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 


a i 4 
lector. ous | Petitions presented upon the 20th and 21st days of San. 
Post-office: Great Britain:—Arrears due on this instant March; and had directed him to make i 


5th January 1849; Balances and Arrears due on |g Report thereof to the House. 
5th January 1849. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; : 
Ireland : — Arrears due on 5th January 1849 ;| and be printed. 4 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1849. | 
Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales,| The House was moved, That the Report in respect Eastern Coun- 
&amp;c.:—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th J anuary | of the Petition for the Eastern Counties Railway ties Railway 
1849, | Company, and Newmarket Railway Company Amal- are “ 
° e : : ° et 4 
Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the|gamation Bill, which, upon Wednesday last, was Railway Com- 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years; made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- pany Amalga- 


ending 5th January 1849. ders, might be read; and the same being read ; mation Bill. : 


Account of every Increase and Diminution which Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


has taken place, within the y ear 1848, in the Num-| 4 Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Transfer of 
ber of Persons employed, andin the Salaries, Emolu- Navigation of the River Dun, and of the Man- Sheffield Canal 


ments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public | chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com-¥ River Dun i 


. at F “yr 2 Navigati i 
Offices or Departments ; with an Abstract. | any, praying that provision may be made in the Company Bill. 4 


Superannua- © An Account of all Allowances or Compensations | Transfer of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation 
tions, granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations,| Company Bill, for reduction of rates to be taken 
No. 155. in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained | on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal; and also for 


Balances. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Increase and 
Diminution 
of Salaries, 


No. 154. 


payable on the Ist January 1848; the Annual | the repeal of a Clause in the Sheffield and Tinsley i 
Amount which was granted in the year 1848; the; Canal Act, which directs the mode of rating the i 
j 


Public Debt. 
No. 156. 





Annual Amount which ceased within the year; 
and the Amount remaining payable on the 31st of 
December 1848. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 
Annuities created, in the last Ten years; and also 

Vo-. 104, 


said Canal to the poor and other parochial rates 
and taxes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the River Dun 
Navigation of the River Dun, praying that provi- N@vigation 


sion may be made in the River Dun Navigation (P 





¥4 Company 


mpany 
urchase of 


168 


Company (Purchase of Stainforth and Keadby 
Canal) Bill, for extending certain provisions of the 
“Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,” with re- 
spect to the purchase of lands by agreement, and 
the purchase-money or compensation coming to 
parties having limited interests, and the conveyance 
of lands, to all cases in which the said Navigation 
Company may agree for the purchase of lands for the 
purposes of the said Navigation or the said Canal ; 


Stainforth and 
Keadby Canal 
Bill. 


23° Martie. 


A. 1849. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies 
at Wincanton, in the county of Somerset, praying for ©ettificates, 
| the repeal of the Annual Duty on the Certificates of 
| Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions from the Barony of Connell ( Kildare) ;— Cattle ana 


| Grand Jurors of the county of Kildare ;—and, High She 


| Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county of Kilkenny 


P 
_ (Ireland) Bij), 


? 


and also or a reduction of rates to be taken on the Praying that the Cattle and Sheep (Jreland) Bill 
said Canal, was presented, and read; and referred to , May pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Whitehaven 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead Rail- 
way (Increase 
of Capital, with 
Powers to the 
London and 
North Western 
Railway Com- 
pany to sub- 


scribe thereto) 
Bill. 


London 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Gas and 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 
pany Bill. 


| 
An ingrossed Bill for better supplying the Town, | 
Port and Harbour of Whitehaven, and other Places, 
with Water, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hildyard do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Chester and Holyhead Railway (Increase of 
Capital, with Powers to the London and North 
Western Railway Company to subscribe thereto) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The London Corporation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 





mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Rock Life Assurance Company Bill; That they had 
amended the preamble by correcting some verbal 
inaccuracies therein; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and that, in pursuance of the Instruction 
of the House of the 22d day of March instant, they 
had made provision in the Bill in conformity with 
the Resolution therein mentioned; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on | 
Group No. 1, of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill ; that they had amended thesame | 
by reciting that the Company by their Act of Incor- 
poration were authorized to raise the sum of £.18,000 
in shares, and the sum of £.6,000 on mortgage, of | 
which sums £. 9,600 has been raised in shares, and 
expended for the purposes of the former Act, but no 
money has been raised on mortgage; that they | 
found the same, so amended, for the purpose of | 


setting forth what sums of money the Company | 


were authorized to raise under the former Act, and 
the reason for increasing the capital of the Com- 
pany, to be true; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 1, of Opposed Private Bills; That the 
parties promoting the Great Central Gas Consumers’ 
Company Bill had stated to the Committee, that the 
evidence of Thomas Headly was essential, in order 
to enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee ; and it having been proved that his at- 
tendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, That Thomas Headly 
do attend the said Committee on Monday next, at 
One of the clock. , 

Ordered, That Thomas Headly do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next, at One of the clock. 




















A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Church Rates, 
Giles, in the town of Northampton, praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harwich ;—Perth ;—and, Morice Clergy. 
Town and Plymouth ; praying for the repeal of the 
laws which prevent an ordained Clergyman of the 
Church of England, voluntarily seceding from that 
Church, from officiating as a Dissenting Minister, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Yatton, Education, 

in the county of Somerset, praying that the Educa- 

tion Grant may be hereafter dispensed, subject only 

to the two following conditions ;—1st. That the site 

of the school buildings shall be legally secured b 

trusts legally constituted ; 2d. That the school shall 

be open to Government inspection within certain li- 

mits, as arranged in 1840, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Members of the Legacy Duty. 
Committee of Management of the Roval Infirmary 
of Aberdeen, praying the House to exempt in future 
from the payment of Legacy Duty all bequests to 
Hospitals, Infirmaries and other charitable institu- 
tions, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Yatton ;——and, Ministers and Marriages 


| Elders of the Church of Scotland, met in the Com- Bill. 
'mission of the General Assembly (Moderator) ; 
| praying that the Marriages Bill may not 


as into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Bath Mendicancy. 
Union, stating that the Petitioners have had their 
attention called to the evils which arise from the 
admission of vagrants or tramps into the union 
workhouses ; and praying the House to take the 
subject into consideration, and devise remedies, was 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Presidegt, Vice-President and Navigation. 
Directors of the Hull Chante! Commerce and Bill. 
Shipping ; —— Saint Ives and Hayle ; Scilly ; 

and, South Shields; praying that the Naviga- 
tion Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 


other Inhabitants of Manchester, praying that the 


said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carlisle ;—and, Cardiff; praying Paper, &amp;e. 
for the repeal of the Duty on Paper, the Stamp 
Duty on Newspapers, and the Duty upon News- 
paper Supplements,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) | 
(Rate in Aid): 
Bill, 


Petitions from the Electoral Division of Craiga- 
rogan ; and, Killarney Union (Chairman) ; 
raying that the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions 








Bill 







Public Expen- 
diture, &amp;c. 


Railways. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Robert George 


Gammage. 


12 VicrorizZ. 


Petitions from Currie ;—and, Edward Edwards ; 
praying for reduction of the National Expenditure 
and Taxation,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, complaining that the present system 
of rating Railways to poor, highway, church and 
other local rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; 
and praying for an alteration of the law, rendering 
such taxation more just and equal, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Holywell Union, in the county of Flint, suggesting 
to the House the expediency and justice of assess- 
ing the owners of all tenements not exceeding five 
pounds per annum in value to the local rates in each 
parish or place, and requiring from them the pay- 
ment of all such rates; and in case of the non-re- 
sidence of such owner, or in default of assets on the 
part of such owner whereon to levy for the recovery 
of the rates, that then the same should be levied on 
the tenants, and that the receipt given to them for 
the payment of such rate and costs should be made 
a legal tender on their parts for so much of the rent 
due to the owners; and praying the House to take 
the subject into consideration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Abertarf (Mi-| 
nister) ;——~and, Presbytery of Tuin (Moderator) ; | 
raying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bills. 





A Petition of Robert George Gammage, formerly 
of Stoney Stratford, in the county of Buckingham, 
stating that the Petitioner was invited to address a 
meeting at Towcester, in the county of Northamp- 
ton, on the 10th of August 1848, upon the document 
known as the “People’s Charter,” which meeting 


23° Martii. 





169 


the peace the magistrates who committed the Peti- 
tioner for trial, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of New 
Woodstock, praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty, to the intent that instructions be forthwith 
given to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to demand from the Spanish and Brazilian 
Governments the liberation of all Africans and 
their descendants who have been introduced into 
their respective colonies and territories, and in the 
event of their attempting to evade the demand, or 
to procrastinate the strict fulfilment thereof, it be 
notified to them that measures will be taken to ex- 
clude their produce from the British markets, until 
slavery itself shall be abolished by them, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Slave, Trade. 


Petitions from Cambridge (Chairman) ;—How- war. 


den ;— Hull; — Hay ;— Harpole;— Spratton ;— Bug- 
brook ; — Helmdon; — Culworth ;— Milton, other- 
wise Middleton Malzor ;— Towcester ;— Moulton ;— 
Gateshead ;— Perth ;— Broughton and Cransley ;— 
Southwark ;—Llangadock (two Petitions) ;—Llan- 
sadwrn ; — Crygybar ; — Ffaldybrenin ;—Lianger- 
wys ;—Cayo (two Petitions) ;-—Abergorlech ;—Es- 
gairdawr ;— Llanelly ; — Mold ; — Rhosesmor ; —~ 
Brighton ; — Llanidloes (four Petitions) ; — Llawr- 
glyn ;—Trefeglwys (two Petitions) ;—Llangurig ;— 
Leiston ;—Carthew ;— Mevagissey ;—Saint Austell ; 
—and, Birmingham ; praying the House to promote 
the formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise be- 
tween them to the decision of arbitrators,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 13th day of this instant March, 
for Copy of a Circular addressed from the War- 
Office to the Staff Officers in Zreland, on the sub- 





he attended for that purpose; that he was, after 
speaking to a peaceable meeting for the space of an 

hour, stopped by the superintendent of police, who, 

without producing any authority (although requested 

to do so), insisted on the Petitioner leaving off, which 

he refused to do; that in about ten minutes, the 

superintendent again refusing to produce any au- 

thority, the Petitioner again refused compliance, 

and he was in consequence dragged from the plat- 

form by that functionary, and lodged in the station- 

house; that on being examined before the magis- 

trates on the following day, a charge of sedition was 

preferred against the Petitioner, which charge was 

supported by the evidence of three policemen ; and, 

after being remanded until the following day, he was 
held to bail for his appearance at the March assizes 
in the present year; that the Petitioner was put 
to great expense in bringing witnesses, employing 

attorney, &amp;c., and had to suffer great loss of time 

and inconvenience, in order to prepare for meet- 

ing the above charge; and, after waiting in court 

for several days, was informed by his attorney | 
that the proceedings had been quashed; notwith- 
standing which the Petitioner was called on to pay 
for acopy of the depositions, and for discharging 
the recognizances, the sum of one pound and eight | 
pence, which, together with other costs, put the Pe- 
titioner to an expense of nine pounds, although no 
bill was sent to the grand jury; and praying the 
House to pass into law a Bill providing that any 
magistrates who shall commit any party or parties 
to prison, or hold them to bail, without sending 
them to trial before a jury, and thus give them an 
opportunity of proving their innocence, shall them- 
selves bear the expense to which such aggrieved 
party or parties shall be put through their proceed- 
ings; and further praying that the an Chancellor 
may be directed to dismiss from the commission of 
VoL. 104. 

















ject of Deposits in Savings Banks by Chelsea Pen- 
sioners, dated the 23d day of September 1843. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Cost of fitting out Two Frigates as 
Troop — to convey One thousand Troops to Cey- 
lon, together with the Expenses of manning the 
the same :—-Of the Cost of the Home Voyage with 
the same Number of Troops, Time an Average Pas- 
sage :—Of the Outlay necessary for a Second and 
Third Voyage out and home, the Second to Malta, 
the Third to The Cape, with One thousand Troops 
each Voyage :—Of the Amount of Tonnage neces- 
sary for conveying the same Force, the Expense at- 
tending it by the Transport system, and the Ton- 
nage required :—Of the Expense incurred by the 
last Outward and Home Voyage of the “ Resist- 
ance” (Troop Ship) to the Mauritius, with Troops, 
her registered Tonnage, the Number of Persons on 
Board out and home, including the Commander and 
Crew and Cabin Passengers, the Tonnage appro- 
priated for their use and unoccupied by Stores, not 
being their Personal Baggage :—And, of the Num- 
ber of superficial and cubic Feet allowed to each In- 


| Cividual. 


Chelsea 
Pensioners 
(Ireland. ) 


Troop Ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Roman Catho- 
Returns from each and every Workhouse in Eng- lic Holydays. 


land and Ireland, showing the Number and Names 
of the Holydays, exclusive of Sundays, Christmas- 
Day and Good Friday, which are observed by the 
Roman Catholics in each, by an entire or partial 
cessation from all Business or Labour :—And, from 
the Office of the Poor Law Commission in Dubd/in, 
of any Correspondence that has taken place with the 
Board of Guardians and the Roman Catholic Chap- 
lain of the Lowtherstown Union, and of any —— 

Z rder 








Rating of 
Tenements, 


Bribery at 


Elections Bill. 


No. 157. 


Custom-house 


Seizures. 
No. 158. 


John M‘Coy. 
No. 159. 
Newspaper 
Stamps. 
No. 160. 
Newspapers 


and Adver- 
tisements, 


No. 160. 


Charges for- 


merly defrayed 


from County 
Rates ; Poor 


Law Commis- 


sion; Tithe 
Commission ; 


and, Commons 


Inclosure 
Commission. 


No. 161. 


Arctic Expe- 
dition (North 
Star.) 


No, 152. 


Commissary 
Clerk (Edin- 
burgh.) 





170 


Order or Orders that have been issued by the Poor 
Law Commissioners on the subject of allowing cer- 
tain Holydays to be kept by the Roman Catholic 
Inmates of Workhouses in Jreland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the several Parishes or Town- 
ships in the Counties of Lancashire, Suffolk, Hamp- 
shire and Gloucestershire respectively, of the Num- 
ber of Tenements assessed to the Rate for the Re- 
lief of the Poor, made next before the Rate now 
collecting, specifying the Amount of such Rate, the 
Number of Assessments rated under £.4 Annual 
Value, at £. 4 and under £. 5, at £. 5 and under £. 6, 
at £.6 and under £. 8, at £.8 and under £.10, at 
£.10 and under £. 12, at £.12 and under £.15, at 
£.15 and under £, 20, at £.20 and above respec- 
tively :—Also, the Number of Tenements assessed at 
each of these several Values, of which the Occupiers 
have been excused. 

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


Sir John Pakington reported from the Select 
Committee on the Bribery at Elections Bill; That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 25th 
day of April next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Custom- 
house Seizures, which was presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to John M‘Coy, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 


Stamps, which was presented upon the 14th day of 


this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers 
and Advertisements, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Charges for- 
merly defrayed from County Rates; Poor Law 
Commission ; Tithe Commission; and Commons 
Inclosure Commission, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Sir Francis Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Estimate of the Expense of the 
iquipment of Her Majesty’s Ship “ North Star,” 
for the purpose of taking outa supply of provisions, 
&amp;e, for the Crews of Her Majesty's Ships “ Investi- 
gator” and “ Enterprise,” employed on an expedi- 
tion to the Arctic Regions, 

Copy of Minute of the Board of Admiralty re- 
specting the equipment of the “ North Star,” for 
the purpose of taking out a Supply of Provisions, 
&amp;c., for the Crews of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Inves- 
tig itor” and “ Enterprise,” employed on an Expe- 
dition to the Arctic Regions. 


Ordered, That the said Estimate and Paper do | 


lie upon the Table ; and be printed. 


The following Return having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz.— Return to 
an Order, dated the 16th day of this instant March, 
for Returns of the Amount of Fees and Emolu- 
ments received in the Office of the Commissary 
Clerk, Edinburgh in each year from the 1st day of 
January 1824 to the Ist day of January 1838 :— 


23° Marti. 


A. 1849. 


Of the Number of Annual or other Abstracts of said 
Fees and Emoluments transmitted from the said 
Office to the Lord President of the Court of Session, 
and other Parties, in terms of the 8th section of the 
Act of Sederunt, 20th day of December 1823, and of 
the Date ofthe Transmission of each such Abstract, 
and of the Period to which they respectively ap- 
plied :—Of the Amount of Fees and Emoluments 
received in the said Office in each year, from the 1st 
day of January 1838 to the 12th day of January 
1848 :—Of the Number of Annual or other Ab- 
stracts of said last-mentioned Fees and Emoluments 
transmitted from the said Office to the Lord Pre- 
sident of the Court of Session, and other Parties, 
in terms of the Act of Sederunt of 20th day of De- 
cember 1823, and of the Date of Transmission of 
each such Abstract :—Of the Amount of Fees and 
Emoluments received in the said Office between the 
12th day of May 1847 and the 12th day of January 
1848 :—And, of the Amount paid into Exchequer, 
out of said last-mentioned Fees and Emoluments, and 
of the Date on which such Payment was made. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Local Acts. 
—Further Reports from the Admiralty, relative to No.2. 
Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Documents and Cor- 
respondence heretofore received, relating to Compen- 
sation for Rebellion Losses in Canada. 

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


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


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


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Marine _ 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Mutiny Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navigation 
into a Committee upon the Navigation Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
4 read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


CrauseE, N° 1, (Certain Acts repealed from and 
after 1st September 1849) : 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 26: To leave 
out from the beginning of the line to the end of 
1, 82. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause, put,—and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the words, “ Provided always, That 
“ the several restrictions and prohibitions in the 
aforesaid Acts contained, as to the voyages in 
which ships of any foreign country may engage, 
or as to the goods which they may import into, 
or export from, the United Kingdom or any Bri- 
“ tish Gconaion, or as to the goods and passen- 
“ cers they may carry from any British Possession 
“in any part of the world to any other J3ritish 
“ Possession (except such of the said restrictions 
“ and prohibitions as are hereby authorized to be 
“ removed or varied by the proper Legislative au- 
“ thorities of British Possessions), shall remain and 
“ be in full force respectively till it shall be made 
“ to appear to the satisfaction of Her Majesty in 





“ Her Privy Council, and it shall be declared by 


“ Her 














12 Vicroriz. 


“a 
n 


nn 
n” 


Her Majesty’s Order in Council, that British 
Ships are not subjected in such foreign country 
to the like several restrictions or prohibitions, as 
to the voyages in which they may engage, or as 
to the goods which they may import ito or ex- 
port from such foreign country, or any possession 
thereof: Provided further, with respect to the 
restrictions and prohibitions in the aforesaid Acts 
contained, as to the goods which the ships of any 
foreign country may import into or export from 
any British Possession, Her Majesty, by Her 
Order in Council, may direct, that the whole, or 
any part of such restrictions and prohibitions 
shall cease to remain or be in full force as to the 
ships of any foreign country, although the like 
restrictions and prohibitions respectively, as to 
the goods which any British ship may import 
into or export from any possession of such foreign 


* country, shall not in all respects have been re- 


moved .” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 

Mr. Wawn, 7) 


Tellers for the Yeas, Stn Mini. y 1. 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 ess ty = Hill: } 132. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 2 to N° 10, disagreed to. 
Cravszs, N° 11 and N° 12, amended, and agreed 


to. 


CravsE, N° 13, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 14, (Colonies may regulate their 


Coasting Trade, with consent of the Queen in Coun- 
cil.) 


Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 


as amended, stand part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided. 


é Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, ah: Mine: Eh, 


Mr. Henley, 
Mr. Scott: 


Cxause, N° 15, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 16. (No ship British unless regis- 


} 158 
Tellers for the Noes, } 104, 


tered and navigated as such.) 


Amendment proposed, in P. 7. 1. 20: To leave 


out from the word “ registered” to the end of 1. 25. 
&gt; 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, im 97 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: _—— 
Tellers for thef Mr. Alexander Hastie, } 53 
Noes, Mr. Duncan: _ 


Amendments made, 
To 


Another Amendment proposed, in P, 7.1. 35: 


leave out from the words “ British Seamen” to the 
word “ crew,” in |. 40. 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to 


be left out stand part of the Clause ; 


Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 18, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 24° die Martii, 1849: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress 


93°—-24° Maritiz. 





171 


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

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


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read Indemnity 
a second time; and committed toa Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Passengers 

Reading of the Passengers Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Larceny Acts 
into a Committee upon the Larceny Acts Amend- — 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
——, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the’day , being read, for the Second Lunatics 
Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time a 
upon Friday the 20th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year Recovery 
of King George the Third, for the Recovery of of Wages 
Small Sums due for Wages in Jreland, was, accord- ey oe 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions (2! March.] 
which, upon Wednesday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Bill to protect Justices of the Peace in Zreland protection 
from Vexatious Actions for Acts done by them in the of Justices _ 
Execution of their Office was, according to Order, (#4) Bill 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Select Committee on the Clergy Relief Bil] Clergy Relief 
was nominated of Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bill 
Stafford, Sir William Clay, Mr. Lacy, Mr. Headlam, 

Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Peel and Mr. Horsman. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Public 
the 15th day of this instant March, That a Select Libraries. 
Committee be appointed on the best means of ex- 
tending the Establishment of Libraries freely open 
to the Public, especially in Large Towns, in Great 
Britain and Ireland, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Excart, Vis- 
count Ebrington, Mr. Disraeli, Sir Harry Verney, 

Mr. Charteris, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. George Alex- 

ander Hamilton, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Milnes, The 

Lord Advocate, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. 

Mackinnon, Mr. Kershaw and Mr. Cardwell; with 

| Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Land Improve- 


in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That Return of the Names of the several Parties in the — (Ireland) 
| Union of Kinmere, who have applied for Sums of ~~“ 


the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Vox. 104, 





_Money under the Land Improvement Act; speci- 
| fying the Amount applied for, Date of Application, 
z2 Amount 





172 m 

Amount of Instalments issued, Date of each Issue, 
and greatest Number of Persons employed on each 
Work since commenced :—And, a similar Return 
for the adjoining Union of Bantry. 


Real Property 


Tronsfer Bill The Select Committee on the Real Property 


Tro nsfer Bill was nominated of Mr. Armstrong, Mr. 
Cayley, Mr. Wood, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Soli- 
citor-General, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Headlam, Mr. 
Roundell Palmer, Sir John Pakington, The Earl of 
Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Miles, 
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Henry Drummond and Mr. 
Stuart Wotley. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 


Luna, 26° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorize Regine, 1849. 











PRAYERS. 

PETITION of the London Gas Light Com- 
ae pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
( poe mR further Powers to the said Company, was presented, 
of Act) Bill. and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Standing Orders. 


London 


London 

Gas Light 
Company 
(Amendment 
of Act) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker Jaid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills: That in the case of the Petition for 


the London Gas Light Company (Amendment of 
Act) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been com- 
plied with, as Notices of the intended application 
to Parliament, were not published in the months of 
October and November last, or either of them, in 
the Zondon Gazette, nor in a 


newspaper of the 
County of Middlesex, in which County the principal 
office of the London Gas Light Company is situate. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Grimsby Corporation 
and Freemen’s Arrangement Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have not been complied with; That by virtue 
of an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of 
His late Majesty, King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for dividing, enclosing and exonerating 
from Tithes Lands in the Parish of Great Grimsby, 
in the County of Lincoln,” the lands affected by the 
said Bill are now subject to certain rent-charges, in 
lieu of the vicarial and proctorial tithes, the same 
being ascertained every fourteen years, if required, 
by the average price of wheat; and it is proposed 
by the clauses annexed to such Petition, to substi- 
tute for such rent-charges certain investments in 
the Public Funds, the dividends arising from which 
are calculated to produce the same amount as the 
rent-charges now payable upon such lands ; but the 
notices of the intended application to Parliament 
do not specify any intention to apply for powers to 
amend the said Act. 

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


Grimsby 
Corporation 
and Freemen’s 
Arrangement 
Bill. 


Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Transfer of Sheffield 
Canal to River Dun Navigation Company Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, as, by 
the clauses annexed to such Petition, it is proposed 
to reduce the rates and charges now payable upon 
the said Sheffield Canal, and also to extinguish an 
exemption from the payment of certain poor rates 
and other parochial rates and taxes, chargeable upon 


3°—24°—96° Martiz. 





A. 1849. 


the lands and buildings of the Company of pro- 
prietors of the Sheffield Canal; but the notices of 
the intended application to Parliament do not specify 
such intention. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from River Dun 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Navigation 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for “O™pany 
additional Provision in the River Dun Navigation Stainforth 
Company (Purchase of 7 and Keadby and Kead 
Canal) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been ©!) Bi 
complied with, as, by one of the clauses annexed to 
such Petition, it is proposed to reduce the rates now 
payableupon the said Stainforth and Keadby Canal; 
but the notices of the intended application to Par- 
liament do not specify such intention. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 22d and 238d days of South 
this instant March, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Marshland 
Act for draining and improving, and for inclosing, Smeeth and 
ar, ye allotting certain Tracts of Common and rhe mer mg 
Waste Lands, called Marshland Smeeth and Marsh- age Rates and 
land Fen, lying within the Country of Marshland, Repair of 
in the County of ~~ and for stinting and regu- oe 
lating the Stocking, Feeding and Depasturing of the 
said Smeeth and Fen, until the Inclosure, Division 
and Allotment thereof, praying that provision may 
be made in the Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equali- 
zation of Drainage Rates and Repair of Roads) 

Bill, that certain Roads which were set out as 
private Roads in the Award of the Commissioners 
for Inclosure, acting under the authority of the above 
recited Act, should, after the passing of the said Bill, 
be declared to be public Roads, and rendered sub- 
ject to the provisions of the existing laws relating 
to public highways in England, was presented, an 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for the better New Ross Port 
regulating and improving the Port and Harbour of and Harbour 
New Ross, in the Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny, Gee 
was read the third time. : 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take inta consideration Nottingham 
the Report on the Nottingham Gas Bill; and the Gas Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration, Roxburgh- 
the Report on the Roxburghshire and Berwickshire shire and Ber- 
Roads Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were + oy a 

oads Amen 
read, and agreed to. ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Judge Advocate reported from the Committee wWaldy’s 
on Waldy’s Divorce Bill; That they had exa- Divorce Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, as to the Mar- 
riage of the parties, the adultery charged as the 
ground for dissolving the Marriage, and the sentence 
of divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court, and, upon 
evidence satisfactory to the Committee, found the 
same and the other allegations to be true, and they 
saw no reason to suspect collusion between the 
parties ; 











12 VicrortzZ. 


arties; and that the Committee had gone through 

the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Committee on 


Was (Col Group 5, of Opposed Private Bills ; That the parties 
druction of = gy Hosing the Wareham Docks (Construction of Docks 


hel near Wareham, and entrance thereto from Wareham 
Entrance Channel) Bill, had stated to the Committee, that the 
thereto from evidence of James Crumpler, Farrier, Stoborough, 
conned) Bill, Was essential to enable them to establish their case 
before the Committee ; and it having been proved 
that his attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, That James 
rumpler do attend the said Committee To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That James Crumpler do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Lincolnshire The Order made upon the 19th day of February 
South Holland Jast, for referring the Lincolnshire South Holland 
nl Drainage Improvement Bill to the Committee of 
Bil lection, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Capital 


A Petition of James Hamerton, of Hellifield Peel, 
Punishment. Barrister-at-law, praying for the abolition of Ca- 
pital Punishment, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of 
the county of Galway, assembled at Spring As- 
sizes 1849, and other Proprietors and Occupiers of 
land, in the county of Galway;—and, W. H. M. 
Hodder ; praying that the Cattle and Sheep (/re- 
land) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Cattle and 
Sheep 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Two Petitions from Devonport; praying for the 
repeal of those laws which prevent a Clergyman 
voluntarily seceding from the Established Church 
from officiating as a dissenting minister,— were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Athlone, 
praying the House to enact that all improvements 
made by a Tenant in Jre/and shall be the property 
of himself and his heirs, which he may sell or dis- 
pose of to the best advantage, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Falmouth (Mo- 
derator) ; Presbytery of Linlithgow (Modera- 
tor);—— Rayne ;——and, Bamtie ; praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Wolstanton and Burslem Union, in the county of 
Stafford, praying the House to pass a law for 
relieving the country from the great and increasing 
evil of pauper tramping, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clergy. 


landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
Scotland) 








ills, 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 





Petitions from Lancaster ; - and, Newport 
(Monmouth); praying that the Navigation Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Non-Con- 

ee 
ngregations 

(Scotland. ) 


A Petition of Patrick Clason, praying for altera- 
tion of the laws affecting property held by Non-con- 
formist Congregations in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seammentary A Petition of the Pastor of the Congregation 
8 


of Unitarian Christians, meeting for worship at 

Granby-street Chapel, Devonport, praying that the 

Parliamentary Oaths Bill may pass into a law, was 

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

VoL. 104, 


26° Marti. 





lie upon the Table. 





175 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Poor Law 
gesses of the borough of Limerick, praying for “eland.) 
amendment of the Poor Law in Ireland} was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Poor Laws (Ireland). 

A Petition of John Walter Cowell, Medical Doctor 
of the Electoral Division of Kilbeggan, in the Tulla- 
more Union, praying the House to institute a search- 
ing and immediate inquiry into the conduct of the 
relieving officer of the Kilbeggan Division of the 
Union of Tullamore, since his appointment to that 
office; and that all copies of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners’ Reports to and from the Vice-guardians, and 
all other documents appertaining tocomplaints made 
against the said relieving officer, and all particulars 
relative to the Poor Law inquiries, be laid by 
the Government before the House, relative to the 
conduct of the said relieving officer, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Poor Law Union of Larne ;—— Poor Laws 
Poor Law Union of Coleraine (Chairman); (Ireland) 4 
Manorhamilton Union; Donegal Union ; — —_ 
County of Donegal ; Electoral Division of 
Raphoe and Figart;—- Ballyshannon Union (Chair- 
man) ;—— Kinsale Union ;——Electoral Division of 
Abbeymahon ;—— Rathdown Union; Lissan ; 

—— Artrea and Ballinderry ; Tamlaght 

O’Crilly ; Desertmartin and Kileronaghan ;— 
Ballynorcreen ;——Desertlyn and Moneymore ; 
County of Londonderry ;——Magherafelt Union ; 
Londonderry (Foreman); —— Castlequarter, Kil- 
raughts, Killagan and Courkey Divisions of the 
Ballymoney Union (Chairman and Secretary) ; 
County of Artrim ;——Kilkeel Poor Law Union 
(two Petitions) ; Grand Jury of the County of 
Galway (Foreman, High Sheriff and Secretary) ;—— 
Meath (Sheriff and Secretary) ; Dunshaughlin 
Union; Union of Bailieborough ; and, Car- 
rickfergus (two Petitions); praying that the Poor 
Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 












































Petitions from the Strand Union (Middlesex) ;—- Poor Law 
Stepney Union; — Holborn Union ;— Edmonton Officers. 
Union ;—Poplar Union ;— Hackney Union ;—Ful- 
ham Union ;—Saint Pancras ;—and, Saint George- 
in-the-East ; praying that an Act may be passed 
during the present Session of Parliament, br the 
establishment of a permanent fund for the benefit 
of superannuated Officers connected with the ad- 
ministration of the Poor Laws, and to enable the 
Petitioners to form and distribute such fund,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Attornies residing Roman Catho- 
in the city of Waterford, praying that they and the lic Attornies 
other Roman Catholic Attornies of the diocese of (eland.) 
Waterford and Lismore may be entitled to act as 
Proctors in the Consistorial Court of the said diocese, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Promiscuous 
habitants of Halifax, praying the House to enact Intercourse. 
such laws for the punishment of all persons trading 
in Seduction and Prostitution, as may appear de- 
sirable for the suppression of these practices, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Protestants and Protestant Dissent- Protestant 
ers, Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Th 
Alnwick, in the county of Northumberland, praying : 
for the abolition of the Protestant Establishment in 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


z3 A Petition 





ee ayy ae ee 


Rating of 
‘Tenements. 


Public Expen- 
diture, &amp;c. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


London and 
Blac kwall 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Time) Bill. 


West head‘s 
Patent for 
Improvements 
in the Manu- 
facture of Fur 
into Fabrics 
Bill. 


Attachments, 
Courts of Re- 
cord (Ireland ) 
Bill. 

No. 162. 


Window Duty 
No. 163. 


Highlana 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


No. 164. 
Public Works. 
No. 165. 


174 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Mans- 
field Union, in the counties of Nottingham and 
Derby, ptaying the House to abolish the system of 
excused lists, and to empower overseers, when rating 
Tenements not exceeding 5/. in rateable value, to 
make the rate upon the landlord, allowing him 25 per 
cent. discount for void holdings and other contingen- 
cies, or to make the receipts for poor and highway 
rates a legal tender to the landlord for so much rent, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Holmfirth (Chairman) ;—and, 
Colinton ; praying the House to secure strict eco- 
nomy in the administration of the Public Finances, 
to relieve the country from the unnecessary charge 
on account of its colonies, and to remove all im- 
pediments to free commercial intercourse with other 
nations,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Killearn 
(Chairman) ; Parochial Board of Kintore(Chair- 
man) ;——and, Glasgow; praying that the Regis- 
tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Biil may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of George Ball, Hexbro’, near Barns- 
ley, praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hawick ;—Saint Davids ;—Bir- 
mingham ; — Islington; —Saint Ninians, Cambus- 
barron, and Milton; — Bannockburn ; — Ravens- 
thorpe ;—Yardley Hastings ;— Roade ;—Sulgrave ; 
—Kislingbury;--Pattishall ;—and, Wellingborough ; 
praying the House to take prompt and decisive mea- 
sures to negotiate treaties between the Government 
of this country and other governments of the world, 
binding the parties concerned to refer their inter- 
national disputes to the decision of arbitrators,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the London and Blackwall 
Railway (Amendment and Extension of Time) 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


A Petition of Joshua Proctor Westhead, of Man- 
chester, Manufacturer, Member of Parliament, for 
leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill for confirming certain Letters Patent, granted 
to him for the protection of an Invention of Im- 
provements in the Manufacture of Fur into Fabrics, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Reynolds presented a Bill to alter and amend 
the Law relating to Proceedings by Attachments in 
Courts of Record in the City of Dublin and other 
Boroughs in Zreland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


‘Ordered, That the Return relative to Window 


Duty, which was presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland 
toads und Bridges, which was laid upon the Table 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


96° Martii. 





A, 1849. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an Police Con. 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing the Stables. 
Number of Police Constables in each County, or 
Division of a County, in England and Wales, under 
the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 93, for the year 1848; dis- 
tinguishing each Class and Denomination, and the 
Amount of Salary paid to each Constable, and made 
out in a similar form to the Return presented and 
ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on 
the 3d day of May 1848, Paper, No. 294. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Grand Jury 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts of Presentments 
Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the se- — 
veral Counties, Cities and ‘Towns in Jreland, in the 
year 1848. 

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


Mr. Ward presented,—Further Return to an Or- Navy, 
der, dated the 4th day of August, in the last Session No, 166, 
of Parliament, for Copy of a Letter from Vice-Ad- 
miral Sir W. Parker, dated July 11, 1848, detail- 
ing the Trials of Sailing in his Squadron, with any 
further Particulars since received. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Navigation 
Command,—Copy of Further Correspondence with Laws. 
Foreign States, relative to the proposed relaxation 
of the British Navigation Laws. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Mutiny Bill 
a Committee upon the Mutiny Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself intoa Marine 
Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill ; and, after Mutiny Bill 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navigation 
into a Committee upon the Navigation Bill. Bill. 


. No, 167. 
(In the Committee.) 

Criause, N° 19, (Queen may restrict the privi- 
leges of Foreign ships in certain cases). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 8. Is. 33.34: To 
leave out the words “ if She think fit.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause, put,—and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criauses, N* 20 and 21, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 22, disagreed to. 

Crausz, N° 23, agreed to. 

Crauses, N°“ 24 and 25, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuiavses, N° 26 to N° 33, agreed to. 

Clause, (Whereas it is expedient that induce- 
ments be held out to Foreign States to place Bri- 
tish Vessels in Foreign Ports on the same footing 
on which the vessels of such Foreign States are 
placed in the ports of this Country; Be it Enacted, 
That in case it shall, at the expiration of Three 
years from the passing of this Act, be made to ap- 
pear to Her Majesty that British vessels are sub- 
ject in any Foreign country to any prohibitions or 
restrictions as to the voyages in which they may en- 

gage, 











12 VicroriZ. 


gage, or as to the articles which they may import 
into or export from such country, to which the 
ships of such Foreign country are not subject in 
this country, it shall then be lawful for Her Ma- 
jesty in Council to impose such gee or re- 
strictions upon the ships of such Foreign country 
as shall place the ships of such country on as nearly 
as possible the same footing in British ports as that 
on which British ships are placed in the ports of 
such country),—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
now read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
aal reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Laws (/reland) (Rate in Aid) 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :— And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) — 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bi 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 27° die Martii, 1849: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(21 March.) further consideration the last of the Resolutions 
which, upon Wednesday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


Supply ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety-se- 
ven thousand nine hundred and eighty-four pounds 
thirteen shillings and one penny, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Excess of the Ordnance Ex- 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ended the 
31st day of March 1846. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Excess of Ord- 
nance Expen- 
diture, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisoners’ 
moval 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The Prisoners’ Removal (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


indemnity : 
° into a Committee upon the Indemnity Bill; and, 


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175 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, Tiat the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Passengers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of April next 


Passengers 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Larceny Acts 
Amendment 


take into consideration the Larceny Acts Amend- p; 

. : ‘ Bill. 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee; and the 
Amendments were read, as follow: 


P.2. 1.8. Leave out “ September” and insert 
“ May.” 


P. 2.1.29. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 
P. 2.1.31. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
P. 2. 1. 33. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
P. 2.1.35. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
P. 3.1. 4. Leave out “ upon” and insert “in. 
P. 3. 1. 6. After “ aforesaid” insert “ it shall 


“ be sufficient to state, that such person was, at 


certain times and places, so twice convicted as 
aforesaid, without otherwise describing the of- 
fences of which such person was so convicted as 
aforesaid, and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

To-morrow. 


”“ 


‘ 
it3 
‘&lt; 


“ 


Ways and 
Means, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a Bil] Bamstuptey 
for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy in areca 
Ireland: And that Mr. Napier, Mr. Timothy 
O’Brien, Mr. Grogan and Mr. Reynolds do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Real and Per- ee 
sonal Property Conveyance Bill was nominated of Ceonaune ad 
Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Bun- Bill. 
bury, Mr. Turner, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. Wood, 

Mr. Walpole, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Coles, Mr. Charles 
Howard, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Crowder, Mr. 
Simeon, Mr. Wyvill and Mr. Headlam. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That Mr. Archibald Hastie, Mr. John School of 
Ellis, Mr. Baring Wall and the Marquis of Kil-?*®™ 
dare, be added to the Select Committee on the 
School of Design. 


Public 
Libraries. 


Ordered, That Mr. Goulburn be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Public Libraries. 

Ordered, That Sir John Walsh be added to the 


Committee. 


Fisheries 


Ordered, That all Papers on the subject of Lrish 
(Ireland. 


Inland Fisheries or Navigation now before the 
House, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Fisheries (Jreland). 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Poor Laws 
Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to oye z 
consider ofaffording Relief, out of the Consolidated ; nimcnad 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Money.] 
Ireland, to certain distressed Unions in Jreland, to 
be charged on a Rate to be levied in each Union of 
Ireland, by an Act to be passed in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 





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z4 been 





Property Tax. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 168. 


Drainage 
(Ireland.) 


176 


been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Assessments under Schedule (D.) of 
Property drawn from Jreland by Persons residing 
in Creat Britain ; also, the Amount of Income Tax 
deducted from all Dividends paid by the Bank of 
Ireland to the Credit of Persons residing in Great 
Britain :—And, of the Amount of Income Tax paid 
to the Imperial Exchequer by all Officers of the 
Army and Navy, whether on Full-pay or on Half- 
pay, residing in Jreland, or by any other Persons 
deriving Income, whether as Pay or Pension, from 
the State, for any Services whatsoever, who are re- 
sident in Lreland. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 12th day ofthis instant March, That there 
be laid before this House, an Account of all Ord- 
nance Stores returned from that Department to any 
Contractor, in the year 1848, for the purpose of 
being sent to Sicily :—Also, Copies of all Corre- 
spondence which has passed between Officers of 
the Board of Ordnance and any other Departments 
of Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to 
the Transaction in question; and, Copies of all 
Communications on this subject which have passed 
between Her Majesty’s Government and pre Re re- 
sentative of Her Majesty at the Court of the Ring 
of the Two Sicilies, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That so much of the said Order, as re- 
quires Copies of all Correspondence which has 
passed between Officers of the Board of Ordnance 
and any other Departments of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, with reference to the transaction in 
question ; and, Copies of all Communications on this 
subject which have passed between Her Majesty’s 
Government and the Representative of Her Majesty 
at the Court of the King of the Two Sicilies, be 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence which has 
passed between Officers of the Board of Ordnance 
and any other Departments of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, with reference to the Transaction in 
question ; and, Copies of all Communications on 
this subject which have passed between Her Ma- 


jesty’s Government and the Representative of Her 


Majesty at the Court of the King of the Two 
Sicilies. 

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


Mr. Napier presented a Bill for the Amendment 
of the Law of Bankruptcy in Jreland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 25th day 
of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Returns of the different Works of Drainage in Jre- 
‘and, whether finished or in progress, and of those 
for the Survey of which Private Individuals have 
given Subscriptions, whether commenced or not, 
with the Estimates, if any have been made :—And, 
of the different Drainage Works in Jreland in 
progress, specifying the Sums originally estimated 
for them in the printed wg tate sanctioned by the 
Board of Works, and the Sums hitherto expended 
on each Work, with the further Sums necessary for 
their Completion. 


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A. 1849. 


A Return of the Amount of Loans applied for in Land Improy. 
Ireland under the Land Improvement Act, and ment (Ireland) 
which were refused from want of sufficient Funds, 4“ 

A Return of the Quantity of Tin and Tin Ore Tin. 

shipped at the following Ports, in each of the Ten 
years preceding the ist day of January 1849; 
Penzance, Saint Ives, including Hayle, Marazion, 
Falmouth and Penryn, Truro, including Devoran, 
Par, Charlestown, Fowey and the Ports of the 
Tamar. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- Paymaster 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return, setting General's 
forth all Rules, Regulations and Orders which have P&lt; 
been prescribed and issued by the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in relation to the Duties 
of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster-General. 

. _— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


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


Martis, 27° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House was moved, That the Report of the Manchester, 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in Sheffield and 
respect of the Petition for additional Provision in Barer Coad 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway solidation and 
(Consolidation and Amendment of Acts) Bill, which Amendment 
was laid upon the Table upon Friday last, might be aieatacies: 

read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 





Ordered, That the Committee on the Wareham Wareham 
Docks (Construction of Docks near Wareham, and ee = 
Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel) Bill fe epi 
have leave to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during Wareham, 


a and Entrance 
the sitting of the House. thereto from 


Wareham 
Channel) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Argy!l Canal 
the Report on the Argyll Canal (Abandonment of ——— 
Undertaking, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were ie &amp;e.) Bill 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration NorthWestern 
the Report on the North Western Railway (Exten- Railway 
sion of Lancaster Branch, Abandonment of William Neg - 
Lands Branch, New Road to Settle Station, Exten- Branch, Aban- 
sion of Time for Purchase of Lands and Construc- donment of P 
tion of Works) Bill; and the Amendments were on — 
read, and agreed to. Road to Settle 

A Clause (Compensation to be made where con- Station, 4 
tracts have been entered into or notices given) was fP)R0) aso 
twice read, and made part of the Bill. of Lands and 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. Construction 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, of Works) Bill 


be ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Dublin 
Reading of the Dubin Consolidation, Improvement, ema 
Waterworks and Sewers Bill ; Waterworks 

And a Motion being made, and the Question and Sewers 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second Bi 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

“now” 





wt at 





t 





Dublin 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Dublin 


12 VicTorrZ. 


“ now” stand part of the Question:—It passed in 
the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months,” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill, be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Dublin Corporation Waterworks 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


he Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Reynolds, to 
Yeas, Mr. John O'Connell: Jf °™ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wilson Patten, lie 6 
Noes, Sir John Yarde Buller: {°*"* 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“‘ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


a Reading of the Dublin Improvement Bill ; 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Distraining for 


Rates Bill. 


James’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Gatton and 
Povey Cross 
Turnpike 

t. 


Imports. 


Chicory and 
Coffee.” 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors 
of the Highways to recover the Costs of Distraining 
for Rates, with an Aniendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of John James with his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Receipts and Expenditure of the 
Gatton and Povey Cross Turnpike Trust, for each 
of the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848; the 
Length of the Road; the Number and Names of 
the acting Trustees ; and the Names and Salaries 
of the Clerk, Surveyor, and of any other Persons 
in the Employment of the Trust. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantities (in Tons) of the Produce 
of Europe imported into the United Kingdom 
during the years 1845, 1846 and 1847, showing the 
Proportion imported in British Ships, and that 
imported in Foreign Ships, and distinguishing the 
Articles enumerated in the Act 8 and 9. Vic. c. 88, 
s. 2. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Treasury Minutes allowing the Use and 
Sale of Chicory, as a substitute for or mixed with 
Coffee, and of all Memorials on this Subject now 
before the Treasury :—And, an Account of the 
Quantity of Coffee imported into the United King- 


27° Martit. 177 


dom from the British Possessions in the West Indies, 
the East Indies,Ceylon and the Mauritius, respec- 
tively, and from all Foreign Countries, the Rates of 
Duty chargeable thereon, and the Quantities taken 
for Consumption at each Rate of Duty, together 
with the Total Revenue derived therefrom, in each 
year from 1820 to 1848. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Distraining 
Lords to the Distraining for Rates Bill, be printed. for Rates Bill 
No. 169. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and and Culm. 


| Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 


Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1848, distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1847 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from from the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1848, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1847; 
also, distinguishing the Ports of the United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped :—Of the 
Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1848, with 
the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of 
the Quantities of Coals brought Coastways and by 
Inland Navigation into the Port of London during 
the year 1848, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Enrolled 
Return, showing the Expense, under separate Heads, Pensioners. 
attending the Enrolling, Clothing and Drilling of 
the Pensioners’ Force throughout the United King- 
dom, during the first year of their Enrolment, and 
the Amount of Expenditure in each subsequent 
year ; stating the Number enrolled in each year in 


England and Ireland. - 


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- Poor Laws 
mittee on the Zrish Poor Laws, and who were em- (!teland) 
; 4 (Fourth Re- 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together port.) 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
; , No. 170. 
from time to time to the House; That they had 
further considered the matter to them referred ; 
and had directed him to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- Jurors 
ders,—A Return of the Names of all Persons qua- (Tipperary.) 
lified to serve as Jurors in the South Riding of the 
County of Tipperary, commencing from the Ist day 
of January 1843, and ending the 1st day of January 
1849 :—And, a Return, for the same Period, of the 
Jurors’ Panel, from which Juries were selected at 
each Assizes and Commission held in the South 
Riding. 

Copy of a Memorial addressed by the Rate-payers Ballyshannon 
of the Ballyshannon Union to the Poor Law Com- Union. 
missioners (Jreland), on the occasion of the Re- 
moval of John S. D’ Arcy, Esquire, late temporary 
Inspector of that Union. 

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


mand,—An Estimate of the Sum required to be No, 171, 
voted on account of the there-undermentioned 
Charges usually provided for in the Estimates for 





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Civil Services. 
AA Mr. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services. 
























ee nema = me ten Pane Se 


cme renee 


ae 


Nae eee 


Ta RS ISN TRE nO ITE TE 
= had eee . ns 7 ae eee 


ase A See a as 


Green Park. 


Steam Vessels. 


Chelsea 
Pensioners 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 172. 


Police Con- 
stables, 


No. 173. 


178 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— | 
A Return of the Lease, License, or other Document 
under which certain Portions of the Green Park 
have heen granted as Gardens to Private Houses ; 
specifying whether any portions of such Houses are 
erected on such Ground, and the Act of Parliament 
under which the Grants were effected. 

Copy of any Report of the Commissioners of 
Audit, to the Treasury, upon the Despatches re- 
ferred to them by a Treasury Minute of the 2d day 
of May 1848, of Sir Henry Pottinger, relating to 
the great irregularities which, in His Excellency’s 
opinion, existed in the system of paying and main- 
taining the Native levies at the Cape of Good Hope, 
and generally in the Public Expenditure occasioned 
by the Kaffir War. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sail- 
ing Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of 
December 1848 :—And, similar Returns of Steam 
Vessels and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
Coastways at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day 
of December 1847 and the 31st day of December 
1848 :—Like Returns from and to the Colonies; 
further distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels: 
—Also, from and to Foreign Ports ; also, distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels :—Returns 
of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels 
registered at each of the Ports of the Colonies of 
the United Kingdom respectively, distinguishing 
those under and those above Fifty Tons Register, on 
the 31st day of December 1848 :—And, similar 
Returns of Steam Vessels and Tonnage :—Returns 
of the Number of Vessels, with their ‘l’onnage (dis- 
tinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were 
built and registered ; also, a similar Return of Ves- 
sels sold and transferred ; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1848 :—A Return of the 
Number of Colonial-built Vessels, and their Ton- 
nage, registered at each of the Ports of the United 
Kingdom in the year 1848; distinguishing the 
Number and Tonnage of each Colony respectively : 
—Also, a similar Return of the Number of Foreign- 
built Vessels (Prizes), and their Tonnage ; and of 
the Shipping employed in the Trade of the United 
Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
(including their repeated Voyages), separating 
British from Foreign Vessels, also Steam from 
Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with 
each Country in the year 1848 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 241, of last Session). 

A Return, in a tabular form, of the Registered 
Steam Vessels of the United Kingdom, on the Ist 
day of January 1849, stating, in separate columns, 
the following Particulars :—1. Vessels’ Names; 2. 
Port of Registry ; 3. Date of Registry; 4. Regis- 
tered Owners ; 5. Dimensions of Vessels in Length 
and Breadth; 6. Tonnage, exclusive of Engine- 
room, and Gross Tonnage, where practicable ; and 
distinguishing Vessels built of Iron. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Chelsea Pen- 
sioners (Jreland), which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Police Constables, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed, 


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A. 1849, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage Drainage 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be (Ireland.) 
printed. No. 174, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Tin, which Tin, 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 175. 


Petitions from Land-owners of New Zealand ;— Convict 

Aborigines Protection Society (President, Secretary Emigration, 
and Assistant Secretary) ;— William Bruce ;—Cape 
Town, Cape of Good Hope(Chairman) ; —and, 
South Australia; praying the House to refuse its 
sanction to any proposition for the transmission of 
Convicts to Colonies as yet uncontaminated by 
Convict Emigration,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies Arctic Expe 
or Extracts of any Proceedings or Correspondence ‘tions. 
of the Admiralty, in reference to the Arctic Expe- 
ditions (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, 
Nos. 264 and 368, of Session 1848, up to the present 
time). 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Cape of 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Good Hope, 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be gra- ‘ 
ciously pleased, out of consideration for the honour- 
able pride and moral welfare of Her Subjects the 
people of South Africa, to order that the hitherto 
unpolluted colony of the Cape of Good Hope may be 
spared the disgrace and affliction of being made a 
receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother 
country, whether as prisoners, free exiles, or holders 
of tickets of leave:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ministers’ 

posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Money 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration Gomeat) 
the law relating tothe rate or tax called “ Ministers’ 
Money ” in Jreland, with the view to the repeal of 
so much thereof as relates to the said rate or tax ; 
and further, to take into consideration the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 114, called the “Church Tem- 
poralities Act,” for the purpose of amending the 
same, so as to provide thereby a substitute out of 
the Revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 
as a provision for the Protestant Ministers in certain 
Corporate Towns in Jreland, in lieu of the annual 
Sums now received by them under and by virtue of 
the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, ¢. 7. 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Martti, 1849: 


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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { _ yer ee 44. 
Marcus Hil a, 


Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Grey: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That if at any time during the sitting of Select Com- 
a Select Committee of this House, the Quorum of ™ttees- 
Members fixed by the House shall not be present, 
the Clerk of the Committee shall call the attention 
of the Chairman to the fact, who shall thereupon 
suspend the proceedings of the Committee until a 
Quorum be present, or adjourn the Committee to 
some future day. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


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


to make better Provision for the certifying the — Societies B 


0 





Clergy Relief 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Supply ; 


Excess of 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


Prisoners 
Removal 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Grimsby Cor- 
tion and 
men’s 


Arrangement 
nomen 


Railway 
nee 
Company 





12 VicTorizx. 


of Contributions and Payments of Friendly So- | 
cieties, and for ascertaining from time to time the 
Solvency of such Societies: And that Mr. Sotheron 
and Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Napier and Mr. Lushington 
be added to the Select Committee on the Clergy 
Relief Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Mutiny Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 20th, 21st, 23d and 
26th days of this instant March, (That Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this House), had been presented to Her Majesty ; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to 
acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Lord Marcus Hill, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Supply, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety-seven 
thousand nine hundred and eighty-four pounds 
thirteen shillings and one penny, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Excess of the Ordnance Ex- 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ended the 
31st day of March 1846. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisoners Removal (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Indemnity Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Grimsby Cor- 
poration and Freemen’s Arrangement Bill, Petition 
for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with; That the parties be permitted 
to introduce their additional provision, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Railway As- 
surance Company (Alteration of Stamp Duties) Pe- 


(Alteration of tition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the 


Bill, 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 
No, 176, 


mp Duties) Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 


the parties be permitted to deposit a Petition for a 
Bill, provided the same be deposited not later than 
three clear days after the presentation of this Report. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to make better 
Provision for the certifying the Tables of Contribu- 
tions and Payments of Friendly Societies, and for 

VoL, 104, 


97°-—28° Marti. 179 


ascertaining from time to time the Solvency of such 
Societies: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next; and to be printed. 

The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Public Roads 
nesday next, the Public Roads (England and North (Engi alee) 
Wales) Bill, was read, and discharged. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


Colonel Anson presented,—Return to an Order, Sicily. 
dated the 12th day of this instant March, for an 
Account of all Ordnance Stores returned from that 
Department to any Contractor, in the year 1848, for 
the purpose of being sent to Sicily :——And, Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
this instant March, for Copies of all Correspondence 
which has passed between Officers of the Board of 
Ordnance and any other Departments of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, with reference to the transac- 
tion in question ; and, Copies of all Communica- 
tions on this subject which have passed between 
Her Majesty’s Government and the Representative 
of Her Majesty at the Court of the Kine of the 
Two Sicilies (so far as relates to the Ordnance). 

. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


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











Mercurit, 28° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Fetitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th and Seder Report.) 
27th days of this instant March ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Ashton-under- 
Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Markets, and Improve- a age 
ment Acts Extension and Amendment, and Trans- Reseprement 
ference of Gas and Waterworks, and other Pro- Acts Exten- 
perty, to the Corporation, Bill; That they had = = ane 
amended the preamble of the Bill, by striking out on een 
so much thereof as related to the power to enable ence of Gas 
the Mayor and Corporation to enter into arrange- — ot 9 
ments with the Proprietors of the Gas and Water- Sther Pro- 
works of the said borough; such powers having perty, to the 
been abandoned by the promoters of the Bill; and (erporation, 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill,” 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for supplying the District of Brierley Hill 
Brierley Hill, in the Parish of Kingswinford, in District Gas- 


; . . Light Com- 
the County of Stafford, withGas, was read the third sane (for 
time. incorporating 

and giving all 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Foley do carry the Bill to the cian. 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Company Bill. 


Aningrossed Bill forincorporating the Bury Saint Bury Saint 
Edmund's Gas Company, and for better supplying the E¢mund’s 
Town and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the — Comey 
County of Suffolk, with Gas, was read the third time; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Earl Jermyn do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











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Longton, An ingrossed Bill for better establishing and main- 
otherwise 
— heretofore called Lane End, in the Parish of Stoke- 
upon- Trent, in the County of Stafford, was read the 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway 
Additional 
apital and 
Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
(Additional Capital and’Amendment of Acts) Bill ; 
and the Amendments/were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That tie Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Rock Life Assurance Company 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Warrington 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks 


hyn ono the Report on the Warrington Waterworks (Amend- 
of Act and ment of Act and Power to raise Additional Capital) 


Power to raise Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
additional - oO. 
Capital) Bill. “A Clause (Undertaking not to be exempt from 
the Public Health Act), was twice read ; and made 


part of tie Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


be ingrossed. 


Wareham 
Docks (Con- 
struction of 
Docks near 
Wareham, 
and Entrance 
thereto from 
Wareham 
Channel) Bill. 


Mr, Divett reported the Wareham Docks (Con- | 


thereto from Wareham Channel) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


James's 


James’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and 
Divorce Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


MidlandGreat A Petition of William Stephens, of Bedford-row, 
ane se in the county of Middlesex, was presented, and 
(Mullingar to read; setting forth, That the Petitioner is acting as 
Athlone) Bill the Solicitor for the Midland Great Western Rail- 
(a) way of Jreland Company, in certain actions brought 
by that Company against Joseph Leech, and David 
Morice Johnston and Alexander Edmund, for calls 
due to the said Company; that such actions are 
appointed to be tried at the present Assizes at King- 
ston, in the county of Surrey ; that the Petitioner con- 
siders it advisable that the plaintiffs should be _pre- 
pared to give in evidence at the said trials the copy of 
the short-hand-writer’s notes of the proceedings and 
evidence taken before the Committee on the Group, 
to whom the Midland Great Western Railway of 
Treland Bill (Mullingar to Athlone) was referred in 
the Session of 1846, and also taken before the Sub- 
committee on Petitions for Private Bills, on the 21st 
and 22d days of May in the same year; and pray- 
ing that leave may be given to the proper Officer of 
the House to attend at the said trials, and to pro- 
duce the several documents aforesaid, or that such 
other relief may be afforded to the Petitioner or 
such other Order made, as to the House shall seem 
meet. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Affirmation 


Afi Petitions from Leith ;— Edinburgh (two Peti- 
il. 


tions) ;— Dalkeith ;— Musselburgh, Huddington and 
Dunbar ; — Kirkcaldy (two Petitions) ; — Leith 
(Chairman) ;—Dundee ;— Enfield ;— Cupar, Fife; 
—and, Dunbar ; praying that the Affirmation Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


28° Martzz. 


taining the Market-place and Markets at Longton, | 


struction of Docks near Wareham and Entrance | 


A, 1849. 


A Petition of Arthur Howe Holdsworth, Esquire, arthur Howe 
of Dartmouth, complaining of the treatment he has Holdsworth, 
experienced from the Board of Admiralty, with re- “*™. 
gard to a patent invention for cooling the Engine- 
rooms of ~~ Vessels; and praying for the ap- 
pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into his 
case, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attorniey 
at Leominster, in the county of Hereford, praying Certificates, 
for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Witham ;—Maldon ;—Meeting of Clergy Retier 
British Subjects lawfully convened and assembled Bill. 
at Exeter Hall (Chairman and Secretaries) ;— Wal- 
worth ;— and, Lambeth and Southwark; praying 
that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a Home 
very numerous meeting of the Working Classes of Colonies, 
London, held at the Hall of Commerce, complain- 
ing of the great distress which exists among the 
Working Classes ; and praying for the establishment 
of Home Colonies, vesting therein, in due proportion, 
| land, labour and capital, for agricultural, manufac- 





| turing and educational purpeses, as the best means 


f giving productive employment to our unemployed 
opulation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


fie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wortham ;—Burgate ;— Redling--Malt. 
field ;--Stoke Ash ;-- Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford ; 
—and, Oakley; praying for the repeal of the duty 
/on Malt,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Haslemere ; —-- Lawshall ; Marriages 
and, there-undersigned Clergy and Laity; praying Bill. 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of John Charles Hall, of East Ret- Medical Ad- 
ford, in the County of Nottingham, Doctor of Me- vertisements. 
dicine, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 
of Edinburgh, and Member of the Royal College of 
Surgeons of England, complaining that Medical 
Advertisements, of an indecent and immoral nature, 
are inserted in the public journals, and praying for 
remedial measures, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the West Bromwich Union ; — Mendicancy. 
Northwich Union ;—and, Congleton Union; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for relieving the 
country from the great and increasing evil of 
Pauper tramping,— were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master and Operative Ship and Navigation 
Anchor Smiths of the port of Liverpool, praying Bill. 
that the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read, and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter ;--Farnham Union ;—Rich- Poor Law 
mond Union (Surrey) ;—Derby Union ;—and, New- Officers. 
ton and Llanidloes Union; praying that an Act may 
be passed during the present Session of Parliament, 
for the establishment of a permanent fund for the 
benefit of superannuated Officers connected with 
the administration of the Poor Laws, and to enable 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute such fund, 

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





A Petition 





Poor Law 
Charges — 
Distribution 
Bill (1848.) 


Poor _ 
Trelan' 

(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


Public Expen- 
diture. 


Sheriffs of 
London, 


Slave Trade. 


12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Guar- 
dians of the Poor, Overseers of the Poor, Inhabit- 
ant Householders and Rate-payers of the parish of 
Saint James, in the borough of Colchester, taking 
notice of the Bill introduced in the last Session of 
Parliament, to provide for the more equitable dis- 
tribution of the charge for the relief of the Poor in 
certain cities and towns, and praying that such Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Grand Jury of the County of 
Tyrone (Foreman) ;——Fintona ;-— Banbridge ;-— 
Clones Union ; ——Kilmallock Union ; Grand 
Jury of the County of Kilkenny ;——and, County 
of Westmeath Grand Jury; praying that the Poor 
Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








Two Petitions from Bradford, in the county of 
York, praying the House to enact such laws for the 
punishment of all persons guilty of trading in Seduc- 
tion and Prostitution, as may appear desirable for 
the repression of these practices,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Elec- 
tors and Rate-payers of the parish of Lambeth, in 
the county of Surrey, praying the House to re- 
duce the Civil List, salaries, pensions and _half- 
pay, according to the reduced value of food and 
other necessaries, and the Public Expenditure to 
the necessities of the State; and Taxation accord- 
ingly, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Remington Mills, of Engle- 
field Green, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, stat- 
ing that on account of domestic circumstances he 
was compelled to remove his residence from Stam- 


ford-hill, Middlesex, where he had for many years 


resided, to Englefield Green, in the county of Sur- 
rey, twenty miles from the city of London; and by 
so doing, according to the provisions of the Reform 
Act, he lost his right as a liveryman to vote at the 
elections of four Members of Parliament for the city 
of London, which he had previously enjoyed ; and the 
Petitioner is informed and believes, that it is not the 
practice of the Privy Council to require a gentleman 
to serve the office of Sheriff in a county in which he 
does not reside, however qualified he may be by 
property therein ; that in 1848 a Common Hall was 
held, for the election of Sheriffs, at which the Peti- 
tioner and another gentleman were elected, who pre- 
ferred subjecting themselves to the fine of 6001. 
each; and praying the House to place the liability 
to be elected to such office under the same limita- 
tion, as to distance of residence from the city, as 
exists upon the right of voting at elections of its 
Representatives in Parliament, and generally to 
grant such exemptions as are usually allowed by 
the Lords of the Privy Council in nominating per- 
sons to Her Majesty for appointment to the Shrie- 
valty in the counties of England and Wales, was 
ragga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


A Petition of Ministers and Inhabitants of the 
district of Christ Church, Warminster, praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to the intent that 
instructions may be forthwith given to the Principal 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to demand 
from the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the 
liberation from Slavery of all Africans and their 
descendants who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, and in the event 
of their attempting to evade the demand or to pro- 
crastinate its strict fulfilment, to notify to them that 


measures will be taken to exclude their produce 
VoL, 104. 


98° Marti. 





181 


from the British markets, until Slavery itself shall 
be abolished by them, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


man of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence 
and unstained with crime, and to enact such other 
provisions as may be essential to the full, fair and 
free representation of the presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


jacent villages ;—Manchester (three Petitions) ;— 
Colchester ;-— Wivenhoe ; — Rooden Lane ;— Eden- 
bridge ; — Sandhurst ; —Kirkham ;—Fleetwood ;— 
Wakefield ;—Long Buckley ;— Walgrave ;— Weston- 
by-Weedon ;—Creaton and of Spratton ;—Bring- 
ton ;—Clipstone ;— Guilsborough ;— West Haddon ; 
—Potter’s Pury ;—Eydon ;— Banbury ;— Kenning- 
ton ;— Walworth;— Dudley;—and, Lambeth; pray- 
ing the House to take prompt and decisive mea- 
sures to negotiate treaties between the Government 
of this country and other governments of the world, 
binding the parties for the future to refer their mis- 
understandings to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Thomas Trevenen Penrose, Clerk, 
Rector of Weston, Notts, complaining of the con- 
tinual absence of the Master of the School in the 
said parish, by which the School is rendered totally 
inefficient; and praying the House to pass some 
measure which may afford a more prompt and less 
expensive remedy than the Court of Chancery in 
cases of this nature, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cabbell have leave of absence 
for six weeks, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to Grand Jury Presentments (Jredand), which 
was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Chicory and 
Coffee, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Green 
Park, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Sicily, which 
were presented yesterday, be printed. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Affirmation Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Indictable Offences 
(Ireland) Bill. 

(In the Committee). 

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

Preamble postponed. 





Cravuses, N° 1, to N° 16, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


AAS Cause, 


Ten Petitions from Zondon and its vicinity ; Elective 
praying the House to extend the Franchise to every Franchise, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Bartley, Cadnam and other ad- War. 


Weston 
School. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 177. 
Chicory and 

offee. 

No. 178. 
Green Park. 

No. 179. 


Kaffir War. 
No. 180. 


Shipping. 
No. 181. 


Sicily. 
No. 182, 


Affirmation 
ill. 


Indictable 
Offences 
(Ireland) Bill. 


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Summary 
Convictions 
(Treland) Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
Bill. 


182 


Cuavse, N° 17, (As to the examination of wit- 
nesses.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 13. 1.26: After the 
word “That” to insert the words “ except in cases 
“ of high treason.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
put,—and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 18 to N° 35, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. . 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Summary Convictions 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of April next. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant Bill ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to extend the provi- 
sions of the Bill to freland. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 
Instruction to the Committee, that they have 
yower to extend the Provisions of the Bill to Jre- 
hod, read. 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Cuauss, N° 1, (Parties having limited interests 
may enter into agreements to grant compensation.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1.14: To leave 
out the words “ effluxion of time.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1. 14: 
After the word “ notice” to insert the words “ served 
“ on such tenant.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 2: To 
leave out the words “ or the purchase of.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
rerorted, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of April next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


28° Marti. 





A. 1849. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Insolvent 
take into consideration the Insolvent eahen Bill, Members Bi, 
as amended in the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

sed, That the Bill be re-committed :—And the said 

otion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Insolvent 
provide for the Recovery of Debts from certain Per- Members _ 
sons having Privilege of Parliament, and for the (No. 2.) Bill. 
Exclusion of Insolvent Members from the House 
of Commons: And that Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Evans, 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants at 
mittee on the Tenants at ee Pane Relief Bill ; nce 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ~~ ss 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee: 


The Sequestrators’ Remedies Bill was, according Sequestrators’ 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Remedies Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Poor Laws 
the ad wwe Debate upon the Amendments which, (Ireland) _ 
upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to the (Rate in Aid) 
Question, That the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in — 

Aid) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
fnrther consideration the last of the Resolutions [2! March.] 
which, upon Wednesday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


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

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


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Larceny Acts 
amend the Laws in England and Ireland, relative to ‘cn 
Larceny and other Offences connected therewith,” 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Matiny Bill. 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Bill for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore was, according Mutiny Bill. 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Prisoners’ 
take into consideration the Prisoners’ Removal (Zre- Bemova 


i ; d) Bill. 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. va (Ireland) Bi 
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Indemnity 
Bil. 


Cattle and 
Sheep . 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 


pany Bill. 


Navy 
Estimates. 


Private Bill 
(Group 1.) ' 









12 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Bill to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves 
for Offices and Employments, and to extend the 
Time limited for those Purposes respectively, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to indemnify such Persuns in the 
United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify them- 
selves for Offices and Employments, and to extend 
the Time limited for those Purposes respectively, 
until the Twenty-fifth day of March, One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 18th day of April next, the Cattle and 
Sheep (Jreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 


Group No. 1, of Opposed Private Bills; That the | 


parties promoting the Great Central Gas Consumers 
Company Bill had stated to the Committee, that the 
evidence of John Aird, of Greenwich, and of James 
Samuel, of Shoreditch, was essential, in order to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that their attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That the said John Aird, 
of Greenwich, and James Samuel, of Shoreditch, do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow at Twelve of 
the clock. 

Ordered, That John Aird and James Samuel do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of 
the clock. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Com- 
parative Abstract of the Navy Estimates for the 
years 1848-9, and 1849-50, showing, in columns: 
—1. The Gross corrected Estimate for 1848-9, 
showing the Sums estimated under each of the Votes 
numbered from 1 to 17 inclusive, after abating from 
each the Reduction made subsequently to the pre- 
sentation of the Estimates to Parliament, amounting 
for the seventeen Votes, to £.199,000 :—2. The 
Sums included under each of the seventeen Heads 
for 1848-9, the corresponding items for which have 
been transferred to other Estimates in the year 
1849-50, including issues of Provisions, &amp;c. for 
other Departments, which are omitted fiom the Es- 
timates for the latter year: —3. The Differences 
between the two preceding columns under each of 
the seventeen Votes:—4. The Gross Estimate re- 
quired to be voted for the service of the P igo 
1849-50 :—5. The Increase under each Head, in 


1849-50, as compared with the corresponding item | 
of 1848-9:—6. The Decrease under each Head in. 


1849-50, as compared with the corresponding item 
of 1848-9. ; 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, 








Jovis, 29° die Mariii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


ORDERED, That the Committee on Group 
No. 1, of Opposed Private Bills, have leave 
to sit this this day, till Six of the clock, during 


28°—99° Marti. 





183 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the Marshland Smeeth and 
Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rates and Repair of 
Roads) Bill, which was referred to the Examiners 
on the 26th day of this instant March, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 
14th day of February last, for Returns of the Quan- 
tity of East Indian Cotton imported into the United 
Kingdom by the Last India Company, from the 
year 1780 to the year 1814, inclusive :—And, of the 
Taxed Price at which the said Cotton was put up 
for Sale and sold in Zondon at the Quarterly Sales, 
during each year of the above Period :—A similar 
Return to the above, from the year 1814 to the 
year 1834, inclusive :—Showing the Rate of Duty 
charged in the several Presidencies of India upon 
the Export of Cotton, whether Coastwise, or to the 
United Kingdom, or to Foreign Countries, from the 
year 1780 to the period at which such Duty was dis- 
continued :—Showing the Rate of Duty, in the 
several Presidencies of Jndia, upon the transit of 
Cotton from place to place within the said Presi- 
‘dencies, from the Date at which such Duty was 
imposed until the period of its discontinuance :— 
Of the Total Quantity of Cotton Cloth and Cotton- 





piece Goods exported from the several Presidencies 
of India, whether Coastwise, to the United King- 
dom, or to Foreign Countries, from the time such 
Exports were first recorded until the present period : 
—Copies of a Circular, dated Bombay, 28th January 
11847, addressed by the Governor-in-Council of 
Bombay to the several Mercantile Houses of that 
place, giving a detail of the Government measures 
connected with introducing an improved system of 
cultivating and cleaning Cotton in the Southern 
Mahratta Country :—Of the Report of the Settle- 
ment of Zillah Humeerpoor, in the Province of 
Bundlecund, made by Messrs. Allen and Muir, of 
the Bengal Civil Service:—Extracts from a Revenue 
Letter from the Governor in Council of Bombay, 
dated November 5th, 1823, addressed to the Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, as far as 
relate to the Districts of Guzerat, namely, Surat, 
Broach and Kaira:—And, of a Proclamation, issued 
by the Governor-in-Council of Bombay, and pub- 
lished in the Bombay Government Gazette of the 
20th June 1838 ; together with Copies of the Noti- 
fications of the 24th February and 1st August 1835, 
and of the 1st and 17th November 1836, issued 
under the authority of Government by Thomas Wil- 
liamson, Esquire, Revenue Commissioner in the 
Deccan, granting certain exemptions from assess- 
ment to land cultivated with Cotton and the Mau- 
ritius Sugar Cane:—Also, of all Correspondence 





which passed on the above Subjects, between the 
Revenue Commissioner and the Governor-in-Coun- 
cil of Bombay, and between the Governor-in-Coun- 
cil of Bombay and the Governor-General of India 
in Council, and the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company :—And then he withdrew. 

: — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


of the Petition for additional Provision in the 


laid upon the Table this day, might be read; an 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 





the sitting of the House. 
Von. 104, 





AA4 An 





Marshland 


Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Smeeth and 


Fen (Equaliza- 
tion of Drain- 
age Rates and 
Repair of 
Roads) Bill. 


East Indian 
Cotton. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Marshland 

| Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, in respect Smeeth and 
Fen yo me 

maar ~~ tion of Drain- 

Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of Drain- age Raves and 


; ; . Seosie at 
age Rates and Repair of Roads) Bill, which = Hoods) =m. 





9 ape 


he NET I 


es pt ren wpe a ee 


crscnn Sane ahes CE SIN TURP SELES Ae tt 





Roxburgh- 
shire and Ber- 
wickshire 
Roads Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Walay’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Cathedral 
Churches. 


Church of 
England. 


184 


An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to 
the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Nottingham Gas 
Light and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for amending some of the Provisions 
of the Act relating to such Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walter do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 
and making certain Roads in the Counties of Roz- 
burgh and Berwick, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Thomas William Waldy, Es- 
quire, with Ellen his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Church, 
meeting in Bristo-street, praying that the Affirma- 
tion Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Claydon ;—Holton ;—Akenham ; 
—Swilland ;— Waldringfield ;— Levington ;—Ring- 
shall ;— Heigham ; —Hintlesham ; — Stradbroke ;— 
Stutton ; —Bramford ; —Baylham ;—Needham ;— 
Henley ; --Woolverstone ; —Shotley ; —Shelley ; — 
Hemingstone ;—Arwarton ;—Great and Little Bla- 
henham ; — Wingfield ; — Sproughton ; —Michfield ; 
—Ash Bocking ;—Stonham Parva ;—Brantham ; 
— Martlesham ; — Felixton ; —Bentley ; —Bright- 
well;—Easton (Suffolk) ;—Mendham ;—Alderton ; 
— Somersham ; — Wherstead ; — Raydon ; —and, 
Battisford ; praying for the repeal ot the duty on 
Malt,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. a 

Petitions from Brotherton;—and, Members of 
the Grand Jury of the county of Galway ; praying 
the House to take into immediate consideration the 
depressed state of Agriculture, with a view of 
affording substantial relief,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Yeovil ;—and, Hastings ; praying 
for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lay Clerks of the Cathedral Church 
of Saint Peter, Gloucester, praying that the reve- 
nues of the Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral 
Church of Saint Peter, at Gloucester, which has 
been already suppressed, and of those hereafter to 
be suppressed, may in the first instance be applied 
to the due maintenance, support and remuneration 
of the lay clerks of the said Cathedral Church, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Residents and Visitors of Bourne- 
mouth, in the county of Southampton, praying the 
House to adopt such measures as may seem expe- 
dient for largely augmenting the number of Bishops 
and Clergy, for affording increased legal securities 
for the appointment of Bishops well-qualified for 
their office, and for the restoration of the delibera- 
tive and legislative rights of the Church of England, 


29° Martiz. 








A. 1849. 


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


Petitions from Norwich ;—Doncaster ;—Berry Clergy. 
Pomeroy ; —Stockton-upon- Tees ;—John Wallace ; 
Kirkby Stephen ; — Ravenstondale ; — Whitby ;— 
Southminster ; —Hyde ; —Chelmsford ; —Members 
of the Scottish Anti-State Church Association ; 
— Heywood (Chairman) ; — Warwick ; — Auchter- 
muchty (Chairman) ;—J. H. Ballingall;— Reverend 
John Dodson ;—Alloa (Chairman) ;—Kelso ;—and, 
Rutherglen; praying for the repeal of those laws 
which prevent a Clergyman of the Church of Eng- 
land, voluntarily seceding from that Church, from 
officiating as a dissenting minister,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘I'able. 


A Petition of Thomas Watts, praying for the Corporal 
abolition of Corporal Punishment in the Navy, was rm aa 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the y 
lable. 


A Petition of Residents and Visitors of Bourne- Education, 
mouth, in the county of Southampton, stating that 
the Petitioners view with uneasiness the powers now 

ossessed by the Committee of Privy Council on 

ducation, which is, under the present regulations, 
empowered to make and rescind Minutes on subjects 
of vital importance to the Church of England, with- 
out any reference to the ecclesiastical authorities or 
to the Legislature ; and praying the House to take 
measures for defining and limiting the powers of 
the said Committee, so as to obviate the evil of 
legislation on Church Education, without the 
concurrence of the ecclesiastical authorities, was 


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


Petitions from the County of Westmeath ;—and, Landlord 
Horse Leap; praying that all improvements made and Tenant 
by a tenant in Jreland may be the property of him- Heland.) 
self and his heirs, which he may sell or dispose of to 
the best advantage,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Incumbent and Inha- parriages 
bitants of Dudley, inthe county of Worcester, pray- Bill. 
ing that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Petitions from the Reverend George Trevor ;—-— 
Bournemouth ; and, Batleigh and Street; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dundee (Mode- Marriage 
rator) ; and, General Kirk Session of Dundee (Scotland); 
(Moderator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) tne Births, Bc. 
Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scot/and) (Scotland) 
Bill, may not pass into law,—were presented, and Bills. 

a and referred to the Select Committee on the 
ills. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the city of Cé#k, Medical 
assembled at Spring Assizes, 1849, praying the Charities 
House speedily to direct its attention to the Medical 
Charities of Zreland, with a view to ensure their 
establishment upon a permanent and efficient foot- 
ing, and also to make an equitable assessment for 
that purpose, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wolstanton and Burslem Union ; Mendicancy. 
—Leek Union ; — Tewkesbury Union ; — Market 
Drayton Union ;— Stoke-upon- Trent ; — Leicester . 
Union (Chairman),;—and, Strand Union; praying 
the House to pass a law for relieving the country 
from the great and increasing evil of Pauper tramp- 
ing,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


| upon the Table. 


A Petition 





Nova Scotia. 


Paper. 


Parliamentary A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scho- 


Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Expen- 
diture. 


Railways. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) 

Bill. 








29° Marti. 185 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Her Majesty’s Pro-| Petitions from Awuchtermuchty (Chairman) ;—— 
vince of Nova Scotia, complaining of the manner in| and, Z. H. Ballingall; praying that the said Bill i 
which the administration of the colony has been | may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were i 
conducted, and of the removal from office of the| also presented, and read; and referred to the said A 
Provincial Treasurer, and the dismissal of hundreds | Select Committee. i 
of magistrates and other irreproachable officers, with- | ae : 
out cause assigned ; and praying the House to give A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Roman Catho- i 
to the province of Nova Scotia a constitution which | United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, pray- lic Clergy. : 
will preserve to the people a just control over public | ing the House to refuse all grants for the endow- i 
affairs, such as is enjoyed by their fellow-subjects in | ment of the Roman Catholic Religion in Jreland, i 
England, and to take such further steps in the pre- | and to reject any proposal for endowing that reli- i 
mises as to the House may seem most conducive to | gion in any form, or by any means whatever, was pre- 
permanent harmony between Great Britain and | sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Nova Scotia, was presented, and read ; and ordered | ; 
to lie upon the Table. | Petitions from Kingsbridge ; — Olney ; —and, Slave Trade. 
| Leighton Buzzard ; praying that instructions may 

Petitions from Mewbattle ;—Currie ;—and, Ma-| be forthwith given to the Principal Secretary of 
nufacturers of Paper residing in Scotland ; praying | State for Foreign Affairs, to demand of the Spanish 
for repeal of the duty on Paper,—were presented, | and Brazilian Governments the liberation of all 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Africans and their descendants, who have been in- 
troduced into their respective colonies and territo- i 
: ; ; . ( ries, contrary to the faith of treaties, and in the event q 
lars of the University of Cambridge, praying that | of their cttnnpiing to evade such demand, or to | 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a) procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that 
law, was — and read; and ordered to lie | easures will be adopted to exclude their produce 
upon the Table. from the British markets until Slavery itself shall 


A Petition of Deputations from Boards of Guar- be abolished by them,—were presented, and read ; 
dians, and other Public Meetings in the counties of | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Nottingham and Leicester,and of Rate-payers therein | i , * re 
assembled, praying the "Ticese dos chal tis hee —_—oe fi “er Cheltenham (six Petitions); — War. 
of parochial settlement and parochial rating, and | Pe — = etitions) ;— Merthyr Tydfil (nine . 
to establish a law making all real property and all | a ™? wri and po pee 8 | 
personal property of the nature of public stocks | “*“ Fi Pillage tran. a (three Peti- | 
liable to the support of the poor, was presented, and | tions) ; — Fleet ;— Kingsbridge ; — Patricroft ; — 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. _ Tottenham-court-road ; — Finsbury ; — Stanton ;— 
A Petition of Guardians of Cirencester Union, in | 


Cutsdean ; — Birmingham ; — Deritend ; — North 
the counties of Gloucester and Wilts, praying the | Meols;—Toxteth Park ;— Little Waltham;—Orcop; 
House to pass a law abolishing all parochial settle- 


| —Earlstown ;—Tranent, Pencaitland and surround- 
ment and assessment, and to establish a national | '"8 neighbourhood ; —Penicuik ; — Auchtermuchty 
and equal rate on all descriptions of fixed and rea- | 


| (Chairman) ; — Coedycymer ; — Caepanttywyll ; — 
lized property, was also presented, and read; and | Beckington ;— Taunton ;— Walsall ;—Alloa (Chair- 
ordered to lie upon the Ta 


ble. | man) ; — Cratfield ; — Stirling ; — Tillicoultry ; — 
| Geddington; — Stoke Newington and Kingsland 
Petitions from Birmingham ;— Barnstaple Union; | (Chairman); — South Hackney; — Earl's Colne; 
—Tendring Union; —Saffron Walden Union ;— | — Bilston (three Petitions); — Swansea ; —Farn- 
and, Salisbury Union ; praying that an Act may be | worth ;—Blaenpenal ; — Penwick ; — Tregaron ; — 
passed in the present Session of Parliament, to | Swyddffynon ; — Yspity Ystwyth ;— Llangeitho ;— 
enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a | Llanddewibrefi ;—and, Blackburn (five Petitions) ; 
superannuation fund for their body,—were pre- | — praying the House to negotiate treaties between 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the the Government of this country and other govern- j 
Table. ments of the world, binding the parties, for the : 
i future, to refer their misunderstandings to the de- 
Png tg te a shape eed, Kick cision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; and 
Session of the Middle Parish of Perth (Moderator) 3] ordered to lie upon the Tate. 


praying the House to make such enactments as may! Mr, Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Metropolitan 
seem fit for the easier conviction and the more sum-| Order. dated the sth day of this instant March, = City 
olive, 


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ae a a ERE) ES 


? 


mary and adequate punishment of traders in vice,| for 4 Return of Police Constables and others, 
who live by promoting Promiscuous Intercourse | Officers of the Metropolitan Police Force, who have 
between the sexes,—were presented, and read ; and | heen charged with Offences before any of the Po- 
ordered to lie upon the Table. lice Magistrates during each year from 1844 to 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Edinburgh | 1848 inclusive, specifying the Rank ef the Officer, a 





Financial Reform Association, praying for a general 
reduction of the Public Expenditure, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, complaining that the present system of 
rating Railways to poor, highway, church and other 
local rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and 
praying for such an alteration of the law as will 
render the local taxation upon Railway property 
more just and equal, was presented, and read; and 


his Age, the Time he has been in the Force, the 
nature of his Offence, whether convicted or not, 
the Punishment awarded, and whether he was re- 
tained in the Service; Total Number of Men who 
have been dismissed, fined, suspended or degraded 
by the Police Commissioners during the same 
Period, and the number who have resigned their 
Appointments during the same Period : —And, 
a similar Return of the City of London Police 
Force: —A Return from each Division of the 
Metropolitan Police, of the Number of Robberies 
committed, the Value of the Property stolen, and 





ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘the Value of the Property recovered, for each year 


Petitions from Kirkcaldy ;——and, Rutherglen ; | from 1844 to 1848, inclusive:—And, a similar Re- 
paying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) | turn from the City of London Police:—And, Re- 
ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and | turn of the Number of Persons taken into Custody 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the | by the Metropolitan Police, and the Results, in each 
Bill. | year from 1844 to 1848, inclusive :—And, a similar 
Vou. 104. | BB Return 





aA ee A SS BOTT LT. a 


186 


Return from the City of London Police (all in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 238, of Ses- 
sion 1844), so far as relates to the Metropolitan 
Police. 


24° Mariii. 


A. 1849. 


Countries to which they were sent :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Wool of the Alpaca and Llama tribe im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1848, 
and of the Quantities re-exported during the same 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Period, and of the Countries to which they were 
Table. 


sent :—And, of the Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ 
Wool) imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1848, and of the Quantity re-exported during 
the same Period, and the Countries to which they 
were sent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 301, of Session 1846). 


Poor La Si - 
( toeland)” ir John wey reported from the Select Com 


(Fifth Report.) Mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws; and who were 

No. 148, °™powered to report their Opinion, together with 
‘""" the Minutes of Evidence taken before them from 
time to time, to the House; That they had further 
considered the matter to them referred ; and directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Literary Literary and 
and Scientific Institutions, which was presented upon Scientific 


the 2d day of this instant March, be printed. Institutions. 


No. 149, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Commis- Commissary 
sary Clerk (Scotland), which were presented upon Clerk (Scot- 
the 16th and 23d days of this instant March, be “"*? 


Kirkcaldy 
printed. No. 183, 


Harbour, 
Docks, Ferry 
and Petty 
Customs Bill. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Committee on 
Group 5, of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the case 
of the Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry and Petty 
Customs Bill, to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred ; That they had heard 
counsel in support of several of the said Petitions, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 
and had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same by 
inserting after the word “ Ferry” in the second line 
of the first paragraph, the following words “ if any ;” 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Land LandImprove. 
Improvement (Jreland) Act, which was presented = (Ireland) 
upon Monday last, be printed. No. 184 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy Esti- Navy 


mates, which was presented yesterday, be printed. peowe 
0. ° 


Supply 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into [21 March. 


further consideration the last of the Resolutions 


and, in the same paragraph, after the word “ Leith” 
the word “and ;” and had found the preamble, as 
so amended, to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and had made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of County Cess remaining 
unpaid to the Treasurer of each County in Jreland 
at and after the Spring Assizes of 1849, by the Col- 
lector of each Barony, or of the County of a City, or 
County of a Town ; distinguishing the Amount due 
under the Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848, and 
under the Warrant of any previous Assizes on which 
there may be an Arrear due. 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Persons who are at present confined for 
Contempt of Court in any of Her Majesty’s Gaols 
in Great Britain and Ireland, under Process issuing 
out of all Courts, Civil and Ecclesiastical ; stating 
the time at which, and by what Court, each Person 
was committed, and the Cause of Committal :—And, 
of all Persons who were in Confinement for Con- 
tempt of Court in March 1839, and of all Persons 
who have been imprisoned for Contempt of Court 
in those Gaols in each year since 1839; stating 
severally the Names, the Cause or Grounds of [m- 
prisonment, the Amount of Debts or Costs for 
which imprisoned, and the Date of Discharge (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 278, of 
Session 1839). 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 


ee to 
ouse as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities and Declared Value of 
British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1848, specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, Foreign and Co- 
lonial, imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1848, distinguishing the Countries from which 
they came ; of the Quantities re-exported during the 
same Period, and the Countries to which they were 
sent:—Of the Quantities of British Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool aud Woollen Yarn exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1848 ; specifying the 





which, upon the 19th day of this instant March, 
were reported from the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Maijesty’s 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the 
Principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Mer- 
chandize, and of the Consumption of such Articles, 
in the Month ended 5th March 1849, and in the 
two Months ended 5th March 1849, compared with 
the Imports and Consumption in the corresponding 
periods of the years 1847 and 1848, 

An Account of the Exports of the principal Articles 
of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in the Month 
ended 5th March 1849 and the two months ended 
5th March 1849, compared with the Exports in 
the corresponding Periods of the years 1847 and 
1848, 

An Account of the Exports of the principal 
Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manu- 
factures,in the Month ended 5th March 1849, and 
in the two months ended 5th March 1849, compared 
with the Exports in the corresponding years of the 
corresponding periods of the years 1847 and 1848. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered inwards and cleared ovt- 
wards in the month ended 5th March 1849, and in 
the two months ended 5th March 1849, compared 
with the Entries and Clearances in the correspond- 
ing periods of the years 1847 and 1848, stated ex- 
clusively of Vessels in Ballast, and of those em- 
ployed in the Coasting Trade between Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels which entered inwards and cleared outwards 
with Cargoes at the several Ports of the United 
Kingdom during the month ended 5th March 1849, 
and during the two months ended 5th March 1849, 
compared with the Entries and Clearances in the 
corresponding periods of the years 1847 and 1848 ; 
distinguishing the Vessels employed in the inter- 
course between Great Britain and Ireland from other 
Coasters. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lord’s Day 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 4“ 
to 

















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to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Number of Convictions under 
the Act of Charles 2, commonly called the Lord’s 
Day Act, specifying whether convicted by one or 
more Magistrate, and the Town and County in 
which such Convictions took place, for the year 
1848, and the three first months of 1849. 

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


Turnpike Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Trusts. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Turnpike Trusts in England on 
which Sunday Tolls are levied, stating the Amount 
4 such Tolls above the Payment enforced on Week 
ays. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Military Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the 
— directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Amount due by the Public to Depositors in 
Military Savings Banks, on the 31st March 1847 ; 
and of the Receipts; Interest and Disbursements 
in the said Military Savings Banks, during the 
year then next ensuing ending on the 31st March 
1848: together with the Number of Depositors 
therein on the said 31st March 1848 :—Also, an Ac- 
count of the Sums paid over, or now about to be 
paid over, by the Secretary-at-War to the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, for 
Investment in Bank Annuities, on Account of the 
Fund for Military Savings Banks ; and of the Divi- 
dends reported to the Secretary-at-War, by the said 
Commissioners, to have been received thereon, and 
invested in further aid of the Fund for Military Sa- 
vings Banks. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Spanish Tariff. Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Return of Alterations made in the 
Spanish Tariff, from 31st May 1847, to 31st De- 
cember 1848. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Grain, Meal Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 

md Flour. = Return of all Grain, Meal and Flour imported into 
the United Kingdom in each week, from the 21st 
day of June 1848 to the 1st day of February 1849 ; 
together with the Amount of Duty received there- 
from in each week ; and also, of the Weekly Average 
Price of all Descriptions of Grain, since the 21st 
day of June 1848 (in continuation of a Return 
ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 
30th June 1848); together with the Aggregate of 
Grain and Meal of all Sorts, stated in Quarters, 
and the whole Amount of Duty received therefrom, 
from the 1st day of March 1848 to the Ist day 
of February 1849; and, the Quantity of Grain, 
Meal and Flour in Bond, on the 1st day of February 
1849. 

Imports, An Account of the Quantities (in Tons) of the 
Produce of Europe imported into the United King- 
dom during the years 1845, 1846 and 1847, showing 
the Proportion imported in British Ships and that 
imported in Foreign Ships, and distinguishing the 
Articles enumerated in the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 88, 
8. 2. 

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


amen from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 

2 Mr. Speaker, 
Qat-door The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
“pers Bill. Act to provide a more effectual Regulation and 
VoL. 104. 





29° Martz. 187 


Control over the Maintenance of Poor Persons in 
Houses not being the Workhouses of any Union or 
Parish, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Glengall to Fisheries 
attend theSelect Committee appointed by thin House (Ireland. ) 
in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the present State of the Inland Fisheries and Na- 
vigation of Jreland, and the Obstructions which 
hinder the Enjoyment of the same, and the best 
means of removing such Obstruction, his Lordship, 
in his Place, consenting: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Minutes Poor Laws 
of Evidence taken before the Select Committee of (Ireland.) 
the House of Lords on the Operation of the Jrish 
Poor Laws :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, praying the Savings Banks 


House to take into consideration the case of the (Publin.) 
unpaid depositors in the Saint Peter’s Parish Savings 

Bank, Dublin, who have been deprived of their hard 
earnings by the failure of that institution, was pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Savings 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Banks. 
inquire into and report upon the circumstances con- 
nected with the Failure of the Saint Peter’s Parish 
Savings Bank, in Cuffe-street, Dublin, and into any 
Security or Liability that may exist for the satisfac- 
tion of the losses thereby occasioned ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Dublin,” 
the words “ and also the cases of the Saving Banks 
“ at Tralee, Killarney and Auchterarder.” 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

; &gt;. {Mr. Henry Herbert 

Tellers for the Yeas, {aa Willicm Fagan *\ 49 

Tellers for the Noes, {ioe —— i 42. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into and report upon the circumstances connected 
with the Failure of the Saint Peter’s Parish Savings 
Bank, in Cuffe-street, Dublin, and also the cases of 
the Savings Banks at Tralee, Killarney and Auch- 
terarder, and into any Security or Liability that may 
exist for the satisfaction of the losses thereby oc- 
casioned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Myr" Willem Fagen, f 51. 

Tellers for the Noes,! Mr — } 48. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Select Committee on the Life Policies of As- Life Policies 

surance Bill was nominated of Mr. William Fagan, of Assurance 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Roundell 
Palmer, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. 
Wood, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Edward Buxton, 
Mr. Napier, Mr. Coles, Sir William Verner, Mr. 
Spooner, Mr. O’ Flaherty and Mr. Mullings. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Bill to continue an Act of the tenth and Prisoners’ 
eleventh years of Her present Majesty, for autho- Removal 
rizing the Removal of Prisoners from the severa 
Gaols in Ireland, in Cases of Epidemic Diseases, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

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188 29°—30° Martit. A. 1849. 


Title be, An Act to continue for Three years, and | formed into further Groups certain Railway Bills 

to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, | and Opposed Private Bills, not being Railway Bills, 

an Act of the tenth and eleventh years of Her | which it is in their Opinion expedient to submit to 
resent Majesty, for authorizing the Removal of | the same Committees respectively ; and had agreed 

Pelasnant frum the several Gaols in Jreland, in Cases | to report the same to the House. 

of Epidemic Diseases. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to | and be printed. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Arthur Howe Arthur Howe 

Out-door Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Holdsworth, Esquire, which was presented upon aera 

Paupers Bill Lords to the Out-door Paupers Bill be taken into Wednesday last, be printed. 
No. 186. consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. 


A Petition of Farmers and others residing in the Agriculture, 
“a , township of Ulleskelf, in the West Riding of York- 
Sicily. Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to an| shire praying the House to take into immediate 


Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of Correspondence | consideration the depressed state of Agriculture, 
relative to Atrocities alleged to have been com-| with the view of affording substantial relief, was pre- 
mitted by the Neapolitan Army in Sicily. 


- sented, and read ; and i th " 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the A a ee 


Table. A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies 

at Upton-upun-Severn, in the county of Worcester, Certificates, 

Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty's Command, | praying for the repeal of the annual Duty on the 

—A further how from the Admiralty, relative to | Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, 

an Application for a Local Act. was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | the Table. 


Table ; and be printed. at 
: P ’ A Petition of Land-owners, Planters and other British 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. _| Residents of the colony of British Guiana, stating Guiana. 
TT that the colony, by causes over which the inhabit- 
ants possessed no control, has been reduced to ab- 
Veneris, 30° die Martii: ject depression and suffering; and praying that a 
anne ‘ Bill may be forthwith introduced into the House, 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. having for its object the granting to such of the 
PRAYERs. colonists of British Guiana as may avail themselves 
Public M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- ne aig" a — erg es “at 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had &amp; P 1 = 


ee examined the Petitions presented upon the 28th day not less than Five hundred thousand pounds, to be 


of this instant March, and had directed him to repaid with such interest, upon such terms and con- 

make a Report sheneell to; the Minane ditions, and at such times, and in such mode and 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; mo wet hy ” oe House shall seem meet, was pre- 

and be printed. sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Ceylon and British Guiana. 











Divorce Bills. | Ordered, That Mr. Pinney, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. 
William Lascelles and Mr. William Evans be dis- 
charged from any further attendance on the Select 
Coinmittee on Divorce Bills, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Carlisle Charles Gavan 
and its vicinity, praying that no further proceedings Duffy. 
| at law be instituted against Charles Gavan Duffy, 
| but that he may be restored to liberty, was presented, 


}and read; and ordered to li the Table. 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select eC ee 


Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | Petitions from the Independent Board of Ministers Clergy Relief 
which were read, as follow : (Chairman) ;—Committee of the Deputies of the Bill. 
Norfolk 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Norfolk Es-|Three Denominations of Protestant Dissenters, 
+n tuary (Amendment of Acts and Powers of Contri-| Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist, in and 
ce kete and bution by the Eau Brink Commissioners of Drain- | within twelve miles of Zondon, appointed to protect 
Powers of Con- age and by the Corporation of King’s Lynn) Bill, | their civil rights (Chairman) ;— and, Castleacre ; 
Se, x Petition for dispensing with the Standing Order, | praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a 
pens a requiring the deposit of a Petition against a Bill | law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 


ers of Drainage within seven clear days after the Second Reading, | Select Committee on the Bill. 
and by the , and for leave to present a Petition against the Bill, | 
LarPerstion the Standing Order ought to be dispensed with; A Petition of the Mayor of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Collieries. 
g’s Lynn) * 5. ; vith 5 : : he 
Bill. That the parties be allowed to deposit a Petition | stating that the Inhabitants of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne 
against the said Bill in the Private Bill Office on or | and the surrounding districts conceive that deficient 
before Wednesday the 4th day of April; and that it ‘ventilation is the most frequent cause of Colliery 
be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill to| explosions; and praying for the adoption of some 
entertain the said Petition more general and efficient plan for entirely oe 
London 2. Resolved, That in the case of the London Gas | or mitigating such calamities, was presented, an 
Gas Light Light Company (Amendment of Acts) Petition, the | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
pe Se Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That e. ; 
of Acts) Bill. the Parties be permitted to proceed with the Bill,| A Petition of Archibald White, of Great Missen- Distress 
on giving notices of the application in three succes- | den, in the county of Buckingham, Gentleman, sub- (Ireland.) 
sive weeks in the London Gazette, and in some one | mitting a plan for improving the condition of Jre- 
and the same newspaper published in the county of | /and, and praying the House to take the same into 
Middlesex ; and that the Committee on the Bill do | consideration, with a view to its adoption, was pre- 
examine, in the first place, how far such Order has | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House, on the Report of the Bill. Petitions from Edward Bracebridge and others ; Lord’s Day. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | John Henderson ;—Falkirk (Chairman) ;— Kil- 
were agreed to. syth (Moderator) ; — Partick; — and, Rothesay 
(Preses); praying the House not to sanction any 
Committee of | Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee | measure for compelling the violation of the Sabbath 
Selection (Se- 6 Selection, That under the powers granted to them | by Railway Trains in Scotland,—were presented, 
cond Report.) by the Standing Orders, No8. 83 and 84, they had | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
veeaaliat a A Petition 








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sao 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Railways, 


Registerin 
Births, aq 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Registerin 
Births, bee 
(Scotland) ; 


12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of the parish of Dundee, praying that the 
Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Essez ; 
Leigh( Essex); Rural Deanery of Hartfield; 
District of Saint John’s, Blindley Heath ;—— Chal- 
dron; George Wilkins, Doctor in Divinity ;---— 
and, Buckharn Weston; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not _ into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of the parish of Dundee, praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Rotherham Union (Chairman and 
Clerk) ;—and, Doncaster Union ; praying the House 
to adopt measures for relieving the country from the 
great and increasing evil of Pauper tramping,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Tradesmen and 
other Inhabitants of the borough of Stockport, pray- 
ing that the Navigation Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Merchants 
and others, Inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, 
praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the District of Clogher (two Peti- 
tions) ; County of Sligo ;—— Magherafelt ;—— 
CarrickmacrossU nion ;——Electoral Division of Fork- 











hill; Clonduff ; —— Poyntzpass ; Mulla- 
lass ;——Mountnorris ; —— ———— ; —— Bel- 
leek ; Hilltown ; Jonesborough ; Rath- 











friland ;—— Warrenpoint ; —— Newry ; —— Don- 
oughmore ; Glenn ; Ouley ; —— Upper Clo- 
nallan ; —— Lathberget ; Crobane ; —— and, 
Tullyhappy ; praying that the Poor Laws (Jreland) 
(Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the ZauncestonUnion ;— Manchester 
Union ;— Thakenham Union ;— Rotherhithe Union ; 











—Saint George-the-Martyr Union ;—Bermondsey ; ' 


— Union of Woburn ;—and, Bedford Union; pray- 
ing the House to pass an Act during the present 
Session of Parliament to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation Fund for 
Members of their own body,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Doncaster, Sheffield and Rother- 
ham ;—and, Barnsley; stating that the present 
system of rating Railways to poor, highway, church 
and other local rates is unequal, unjust and op- 
pressive; and praying for such an alteration of the 
law as shall render more just and equal the local 
taxation upon Railway property,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harray ;-——Presbytery of Cairs- 
ton (Moderator) ; Birsay ; ——and, Parochial 
Board of Dundee (Chairman) ; praying that the Re- 
gistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





Petitions from the Kirk Session of Monikie (Mo- 
derator) ; Nairn ; and, Commissioners of 
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189 


Supply and Justices of the Peace of the county of and, Marriage 
Bute (Convener); praying that the Registering (Scotland) 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage ~~ 


(Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Lost- Sale of Beer 
withiel, in the county of Cornwall, alleging that Act ( 


injuries arise to the working classes from the esta- 
blishment of Beer-shops; and praying the House 
to prohibit the granting of any new Songs to Beer- 
shops, and that those already granted shall be in 
force only during the tenure of the present holders, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Snuff, in the cities Tobacco, &amp;e. 


and towns of Dublin, Cork and other places in Jre- 
land, praying that such alteration may be made in 
the manner of imposing the duty on Tobacco as 
would, by a differential and higher duty on stripped 
than leaf Tobacco, check the undue and increasing 
importation of the former, and encourage the im- 
portation of the latter, and thereby afford the means 
of earning a subsistence to numbers of industrious 
persons now thrown out of employment, and enable 
the Petitioners to procure a sufficient quantity of 
Tobacco Stalk for the purposes of their manufacture, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- gective 
payers of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county Franchise, &amp;c. 


of Middiesex, praying the House to adopt measures 
for effecting the extension of the Franchise to House- 
hold Suffrage ; for enabling the elector to vote by 
Ballot ; for shortening the Duration of Parliaments 
to three years; and for forming Electoral Districts 
for the return of Members of Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Launceston ;—Bury ;—Salford ;— war. 


Epping ;—Southminster ;—Upper Clapton ;— Edin- 
burg (Lord Provost) ; — Borough ;— Brizton ; -- 
Eagle-street, Red Lion-square ; — Shipston-upon- 
Stour :— Withnell;— Newland ;—Lincoln (four Pe- 
titions) ;— Scarborough ;— Blackburn ;— Falkirk ;— 
Kirkfieldbank ;—Llanelly (three Petitions) ;— Llan- 
sadwrn ;—Fair Oak; — Dinas-y-Cymmar ;—Mer- 
thyr Cynog ;—Cardiff (five Petitions) ;— Lancar- 
van ;— Ainon Langwynlais ;—Llandovery ;—Llanur- 
da;— Llandilo Fawr ; — Moddfey ; — Llanvaira- 
rybryn; — Preston ;— Lancaster (four Petitions) ; 
—Linton; — Gillingham ; — Wauntrodau ; — and, 
Twynyrodyn ; praying the House to promote the 
formation between the British Government and 
other governmerts of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to the 
decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Rathkeale 


Copy of any Correspondence between the Poor Law U 
Commissioners and the Guardians of the Union of 
Rathkeale, with reference to the Appointment of 
Mr. O'Shea as Master of that Workhouse. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, LandImprove- 


a Return of the Amount of Money applied for, the m 
Amount of Money sanctioned by the Treasury, and “° 
the Amount of Money actually expended in each 
Poor Law Union in Jreland, under the Land Im- 


| provement Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Relief of 


a Return of the Amount paid by the Unions in Jre- 
land, in each Month, in Repayment of the Advances 
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under the Temporary Relief Act (10 Vic. c.7,) up to 
the latest period to which the same can be made 


up. 


Court of Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- 
he, Ciesla.) der,—A Return of the Number of Bills filed at the 
“ Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, 

in each Term of the years 1846, 1847 and 1848 :— 

And, a like Return of the Number of Bills filed in 

Hilary Term 1849, in the Court of Exchequer in 

Ireland :—An Account of the Total Amount of the 

Annual Income, as settled, of the Officers at the 

Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland : 

—A Return of the Number of Bills filed in the 

Court of Chancery in Ireland for the years 1846, 

1847 and 1848 :—And, a like Return of the Num- 

ber of Bills filed in Hilary Term 1849 in the Court 





A. 1849, 


were reported from the Committee of Supply :—The 
House proceeded to take the said Resolution into 
further consideration; and the same was again read, 
as followeth: 

“ Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Rxoog¢ op 
dred and twenty-three thousand seven hundred and Naval Expen. 
eighty-seven pounds Six shillings and Ten-pence, be “iture. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Excess of the Naval Ex- 
penditure beyond the Grants for the year ended on 
the 31st day of March 1848. ” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


a proposed, That this House doth agree with 
the 


ommittee in the said Resolution ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to Naval 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ 'That” Expenditure, 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


of Chancery in Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon th 


words “it appears by the Report of the Board of 
e|‘ Audit, that the Expenditure for Naval Services 
for the year 1847-48, per Act of 10 and 11 Vic. 
c. 107, exceeded the Grants (including Appro- 
s|‘‘ priations in Aid) voted by Parliament, to the 


amount of Three hundred and twenty-three thou- 


the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz. Abstract |“‘ sand seven hundred and eighty-seven pounds ; 
of Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales, | “ that the Sum voted by Parliament for the forma- 


Table. 
Loan The following Paper, pursuant to the direction 
Societies. of an Act of Parliament, having been transmitted to | ‘ 
to 3ist December 1848. 
Arctic Expe- 
ditions. 


No. 188. last, be printed. 


‘Trade and 


Navigation. ond Navigation, which were presented yesterday 
No. 189. be printed. 


Grain, Meal 
and Flour. 


No. 190. printed. 


Imports. Ordered, That the Account relative to [mports, 


No. 191. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


eit Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken | ¢ 
No 192 before the Select Committee of the House of Lords | « 


nicated from the Lords, be printed. 


Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Sicily. Viscount Palmerston presented,—Further Return 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day 
of this instant March, for Copies of all Correspon- 
dence which has passed between Officers of the 
Board of Ordnance and any other Departments of 
Her Majesty's Government, with reference to the 
transaction in question ; and, Copies of all Com- 
munications on this subject which have puassed 
between Her Majesty’s Government and the ~~ 
sentative of Her Majesty at the Court of the King 
of the Two Sicilies. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Mauritius. Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Ordinance 
passed by the Governor and Council of Mauritius, 
under the authority of an Act of the Imperial Par- 
liament of the 9th and 10th years of Her Majesty’s 
reign, intituled, “ An Act to enable the Legislatures 
of certain British Possessions to repeal or reduce 
certain Duties of Customs,” (in continuation of the 

Papers presented in April and August 1848). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Supply The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
[21 March.] further consideration the last of the Resolutions 
which, upon the 21st day of this instant March, 


Expeditions, which were presented upon Tuesday “ thousand t 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Meal 
and Flour, which was presented yesterday, be 


on Jrish Poor Laws, which were yesterday commu-| « 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


tion of the Dock Yard Battalions, in the year 
1847-48, was Twenty thousand pounds, and the 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Arctic |“ actual ce Seg oe amounted to Seventy-two 


ree hundred and ninety-nine pounds 
Nineteen shillings and Three-pence, being in ex- 
cess of the vote FE ifty-two thousand three hundred 
and ninety-nine pounds Nineteen shillings and 
Three-pence, and forms part of the Excess ; that 
this House concurs in the Opinion expressed by 
“ the Lords of Her Majesty’s - seas y, ‘That with 
regard to this large excess (for the Dock Yard 
Battalions) the Expenditure was entirely within 
the control of the Board of Admiralty ;’ and, 
‘that the proper course would have been to have 
postponed the enrolment of men beyond the num- 
bers provided for by Parliament ;’ that ‘when a 
certain amount of Expenditure for a particular 
Service has been determined upon by Parliament, 
it is the bounden duty of the Department which 
has that Service under its charge and control, to 
take care that the Expenditure does not exceed 
the amount placed at its disposal for that pur- 
“ pose,’ ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question:—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 


Ile“ 


Resolved, That it appears by the Report of the Naval Expen- 
Board of Audit, that the Expenditure for Naval diture. 
Services for the year 1847-48, per Act of 10 and 11 
Vic.c. 107, exceeded the Grants (including Appro- 
priations in Aid) voted by Parliament, to the amount 
of Three hundred and twenty-three thousand seven 
hundred and eighty-seven pounds; that the Sum 
voted by Parliament for the formation of the Dock 
Yard Battalions, in the year 1847-48, was Twenty- 
thousand pounds, and the actual Expenditure 
amounted to Seventy-two thousand three hundred 
and ninety-nine pounds Nineteen shillings and 
Three-pence, being in excess of the vote Fifty-two 
thousand three hundred and ninety-nine pounds 
Nineteen shillings and Three-pence, and forms part 
of the Excess; that this House concurs in the Opi- 
nion expressed by the Lords of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, “That with regard to this large excess (for the 
Dock Yard Battalions) the Expenditure was entirely 
within the control of the Board of Admiralty ;” 
and, “that the proper course would have been to 
have postponed the enrolment of men beyond the 
numbers provided for by Parliament ;” that “when 
a certain amount of Expenditure for a particular Ser- 
vice has been determined upon by Parliament, 7 
the 





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12 VicTroriz. 


the bounden duty of the Department which has that 
Service under its charge and control, to take care 
that the Expenditure does not exceed the amount 
placed at its disposal for that purpose.” 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in 
Aid) Bill be now read a second time; and which 
Amendments were, to leave out the word “ now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words 
“ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Suction :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


Poor “yy 
ein Aid) 
Bill 


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


Sabbati, 31° die Martti, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of afford- 
ing Relief, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
certain distressed Unions in Ireland, to be charged 
on a Rate to be levied in each Union of Jreland, 
by an Act to be passed in the present Session of 
Parliament ; 

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


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

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


Poor _ 
and) 
ee in Aid) 
‘Advance of 

oney. J 


Supply. 


Affirmation 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bill, 


take into consideration the Affirmation Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Adderley be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the Real Property Transfer Bill. 

Ordered, That Viscount Jocelyn be added to the 
Committee. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A farther Report from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to an application for a Local Act. 

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


Ways and 
Means, 


Real Property 
‘Transfer Bill, 


Local Acts. 
No, 94. 


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





Lune, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
: Poor Laws '(/reland) have leave to sit this day, 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 

h Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 29th and 30th days of 
March last, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, 

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30°—31° Martii.—2° Aprilis. 


19] 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

A Petition of the Zondon and North Western London and 
Railway Company, for leave to deposit a Petition North Western 
for leave to bring in a Bill for obtaining Powers for ¢amendment 
the Regulation of the Capital of the said Company, of Acts and 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- Geetal) Bill. 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. . 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- London 
spect of the Petition for the London Gas Light Conm- — Light 
pany (Amendment of Act) Bill, which, upon Friday ( pn 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Stand- of Act) Bill. 
ing Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for granting further Powers to the London Gas 

Light Company: And that Mr. Zushington and Mr. 

Osborne do prepare, and bring it it. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Kidderminster Union Kidderminster 
Small Tenements Rating Bill, with Amendments, Union Small 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Rating Bill 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Grimsby 
Grimsby Corporation and Freemen’s Arrangement Corporation | 
Bill; That pursuant to the Instruction of the House, psig 
of the 27th day of March last, they had made pro- gill, 1 
vision therein accordingly; and have in conse- 
quence of such provision amended the preamble by 
introducing certain recitals, as to the persons in 
whom the vicarial and rectorial tithes of the parish 
of Great Grimsby are vested, and the reasons for 
the proposed mode of dealing with the payment of 
the same; also, the recitals as to the Orders of the 
Court of Chancery, with reference to a certain sum 
of money invested in such Court, so as to include 
all future as well as existing Orders, and by the re- 
cital of a question now depending in such Court, as 
to a deduction from such sum of money; and that 
the Committee had also examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Marshland 
Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equalization of Drain- Pmeeth and 
age Rates and Repair of Roads) Bill; That, pur- a 
suant to the Instruction of the House of the 2d and age Rates and 
29th of March last, they had made provision there- — i 
in accordingly ; that, inasmuch as it is intended by ~~ — 
the Bill to form a separate district for the repair of 
roads, and to exempt the owners and occupiers of 
lands in such district from’ contributing towards 
the repair or maintenance of highways not situate 
within such district, it appeared to the Committee 
to be expedient that certain of the roads within the 
district, which are now private roads, and which 
will henceforth be kept in repair by means of rates 
levied under the authority of the Bill, should be 
declared henceforth to be public roads, and should 
be subjected to the general laws relating to high- 
ways in England, and that in consequence thereof 
the Committee had amended the preamble of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Newcastle and Carlisle Newcastle and 
Railway (Alterations of and Branch from Alston Ctlisle Rail- 
Branch) Bill, with Amendments. pre = om 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Branch from 


i R Alston Branch) 
and be printed — 


An ingrossed Bill for the Dissolution of the Ar- Argyll Canal 
gyll Canal Company, and for the Abandonment of po anny 
their Undertaking, was read the third time. ing, &amp;c.) Bill, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


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192 


Edinburgnand An ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh ana 


Northern Rail- w shew - 
way (Addi- Northern Railway Company to raise a further Sum 


tional Capital 
and, Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bi 


of Money, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North Western 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the North Western 
Railway 


(Extension of Railway Company to make an Extension of the Lan- 

Lancaster | caster Branch of their Railway, and a new Road to 

Branch, Aban- Settle Station, and to abandon the William Lands 

na pl as Branch, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 


Branch, f ay a 
New Road to An ingrossed Clause (Saving Rights of the 


Settle Station, Crown), was thrice read; and added to the Bill, 
Extension of . ' 
Time for Pur- by way of Rider. ; 
chase of Lands © And a Motion being made, That the Bill do pass ; 
and Construc- Mr. Lascelles, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
— ») quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of a of the Bill, gives Her consent, 
as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Rock Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for better enabling the Rock 
Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and 
to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Settle- 
ment, and to give further Powers to the Company, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Warrington 
Waterworks 

( Amendment 
of Act and 
Power to raise 
additional 
Capital) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Warrington 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Mar- 
teed kets and Improvement Acts Extension and)Amend- 
Acts Extension ment, and Transference of Gas and Waterworks 
and Amend- and other Property to the Corporation Bill. 
SS And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ofGasand _ being proposed, That the Bill be re-committed, for 
pee peeeeeny the purpose of considering the Amendment com- 
etete en of in the Petitions of the London and North 
Corporation, Western, Zanchashire and Yorkshire, and Manches- 
Bill. ter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, 
and that the said Companies be heard before the 
said Committee, by their counsel, agents and wit- 
nesses, upon their Petitions deposited in the Private 
Bill Office upon Friday the 30th day of March last ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ re-com- 
* mitted,” to the end of the Question. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
ee to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t passed in the Negative. 
Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Police, 


Hartlepool 
Gas and 
Watcrworks 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Wareham 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Docks (Con- 


socks (Om the Report on the Wareham Docks (Construction 
struction of a : 

Docks near Of Docks near Wareham, and Entrance thereto from 
Wareham, and Wareham Channel) Bill; and the Amendments 
Entrance were read, and agreed to. 

thereto from : F 

Werechom Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Channel) Bill. be ingrossed. 


James's James's Divorce Bill was read a second time; 


2 Aprilis. 


A. 1849, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, 
if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr Spooner do carry 
the said Message. 


A Petition of Resident Inhabitants of the County malt ana 
of Wilts, praying the House to pass a law to repeal Hops, &amp;. 
the duties payable on malt and ‘hops, and to im- 
pose a protective duty on the importation of foreign 
productions ; and also that the House will give other 
relief to the Petitioners, by an effective and equitable 
revision of the general and local taxation of the 
country, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the barony of Sheep-stealing 
Tkeathy, in the county of Kildare, praying the House (Ireland). 

to re-enact the Act of the Parliament of Jreland 

28 Geo. 3, c. 37, respecting Sheep-stealing, was pre- 

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


A Petition of Dealers in Coffee, stating, that by Chicory. 
Treasury Order, dated the 31st August 1840, the 
officers of Excise were directed hencetorth to allow 
grocers to sell Chicory and to mix it with coffee, 
coutrary to the provisions of the 3 Geo. 4, ¢. 53; 
and that consequent thereon the adulteration of 
coffee with Chicory and other substances has in- 
creased to an extent which materially interferes with 
the Petitioners’ trade; and praying the House to 
protect the dealer in genuine coffee from the unequal 
competition to which he is now exposed, by revok- 
ing the Order in Council of the 31st August 1840, 
and allowing the 3 Geo. 4, c. 53, to come again 
into full force, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edward Patteson ;—Staveley ;— Clergy Relief 
Kendal ; — King’s Lynn ;—Newton Limavady ;— Bill. 
Lewis H. Irving ;—Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, 
London ;—and, Lowestoft; praying that the Cheney 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered tu lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Game Laws. 
Council of the City of Edinburgh praying for the 
repeal of the Game Laws, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freemen, Electors, and other [n- Law of 
habitants of the borough of Stafford, alleging that N*™*- 
Her Majesty’s servants have been in the practice 
of interfering, by means of the power of this country, 
in the internal affairs of other states, in a manner 
which Her Majesty would be bound to resist and 
resent if attempted in this realm ; and praying the 
House to require that Her Majesty’s servants do 
conform to the law of nations and the law of the 
land, and to forbid them to undertake any measures 
affecting independent states without the prior as- 
sent of Parliament, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Clark, alleging that he Legal ana 
has been despoiled of a large property, bequeathed Judicial 
to him by a relative, through a decision in the Ec- Reforms. 
clesiastical Court, suggesting various Legal and 
Judicial Reforms; and praying the House to institute 
such inquiries and proceedings, and adopt such 





measures, as shall best promote and ensure the 
honour, the dignity and the safety of the Crown, 
with the just rights, welfare and aspirations of the 


Divorce Bill. and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce | people, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


Bills. 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 











Lord’s Day. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Paper. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Benjamin 
Pemberton. 


(Minister) ; —Tillicoultry (Chairman) ;— Alloa ;— | 


12 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Abernethy ; Loanhead ;—Saint 
Mary’s Edinburgh (five Petitions) ; — Edzell ;— 
Cockburnspath ;—Loanhead (Moderator) ; — Sab- 
bath Alliance of Comrie eng ;—Killearn and 
Balfron (Moderator) ;—Finlay Macalister ;—Stir- 
ling (Chairman) ;—Roslin ;—Arbroath (three Peti- 
tions) ;—TZemple and Carington ;—Crieff (Mode-| 
rator);—Donald M‘Gillivray ; —John Fraser ;— 
Datkeith ; — Creich ; — Kifriemuir ;—Glasgow ;— | 
Alexander Clinker ;—Uphall (Chairman) ;—-Loan- | 
head (Chairman and Clerk) ; Dundee ;— Lochee | 
(Moderator) ; — Makerstoun Park, Manor Hill, | 
Greatridgehall, &amp;c.;—Maxton ; — Haymount, Muir- | 
dean, Stodridge, &amp;c.;—Kettle and Cults ;—Ceres| 
(Minister) ;—Leven, Fife ;— Dunfermline ;—J. Ro- 
bertson ;— Torphichen (Chairman) ; — Innerleithen | 
(Minister);—Mi/ton of Dumpace ;—Slamannan ;— 
—Larbert ;—Forfur ;—Linlithgow (two Petitions) | 


Bridge of Weir ;—Stirling ;—Renton ;— Old Kil-| 


2° Aprilis. 


193 


in 1812, in which office he continued until its aboli- 
tion in 1846 by Act of Parliament; complaining that 
he was never able to obtain compensation for the loss 
of his office and emoluments thereupon, and that he 
is reduced to very distressed circumstances; and 
praying the House to cause proper inquiry, and to 
take his case into consideration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kildare ;—North Dublin Union ; Poor Laws 
——Grand Jury of the City of Dublin ;—— Clon- (Ireland) 


mel; —— Drogheda Union (Chairman) : ——an 
Grand Jury of the North Riding of the county of 
Tipperary (Foreman); praying that the Poor Laws 
(Ireland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


a (Rate in Aid) 
» Bill. 


Petitions from West Derby Union (Lancashire) ; Poor Law 


— Berwick-on-Tweed Union; — Batt/e Union ;— 


patrick ;—and, Rothesay (two Petitions); praying | Rye Union Sang Rothbury Union ; — Christchurch 
the House to refuse to entertain any proposal for, Union ; — Tiverton Union ;— Wantage Union ;— 
compelling Railway Companies to run passenger) Worwich ;—Dover Union ;—and, Wolstanton and 
trains on the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and | Burs/em Union; praying the House to pass an Act 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘l'able. | 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town | 
Council of the royal burgh of Dundee, praying that 
the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie} 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ; 
—and, Doncuster ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the Church of England, | 
resident in the Jsle of Wight, praying that the said | 





Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, | 


and onal ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


during the present Session of Parliament enabling 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super- 
annuation fund for members of their own body,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Officers. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Lowestoft, Promiscuous 
praying the House to pass such measures as will Intercourse. 


enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to 
prompt and certain punishment, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halifax (Mayor and Chairman); Public Expen- 


| —-Paisley; — and, Stafford; praying the House 
| to reduce the Expenditure of the country to a point 


Petitions from County of Edinburgh (Preses) ;—| consistent with due economy, to lessen the present 


Dundee ;—and, Presbytery of Stirling (Moderator) ; 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Evesham Union;—and, High- 
worth and Swindon Union; praying the House to 
relieve the country from the great and increasing 
evil of Pauper tramping,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birkenhead ; 





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

A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the Burgh of Hawick, in the county of Roxburgh, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Colinton ;—and, Lasswade ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Duty on Paper,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Isle of Wight ; 
and, Presbytery of Dumbarton (Moderator) ; pray- 
ing that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Benjamin Pemberton, late Master 
of the Incorporated Guild or Trade of Bricklayers 
and Plasterers of Dublin, stating that he is now in 
the eightieth year of his age, and was for filty-six 
years a member of the said incorporated guild or 
trade; that he was elected master of the said guild 

VoL. 104, 


| military establishments, to amend the representative 


system, to relieve the country from unnecessary 
charge on account of its colonies, and to remove all 
obstacles to free commercial intercourse with other 
nations,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


diture, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Con- Public 
gleton, praying for the appointment of a Select Com- Libraries. 





Newhaven and | 
Lewes ;——and, Poplar (Chairman) ; praying that | 
the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law,—were | 


mittee on Public Libraries, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Public Roads (Englandand North Wales) Bill 
may not pass intoa law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


—and, Stockton and Darlington Railway; com- 
plaining that the present system of rating Railways 
to the poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for such an alteration of the law as shall render 
the local taxation upon Railway property more just 
and equal,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Cork ;—and, Grand Jury of the county of Cork; 
praying that the attention of the House may be 
directed to the important subject of Jrish Railways, 
with a view to the establishment of a complete 
system of Railway communication throughout Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

\ CC 





Petitions 


Petitions from Mortgage Creditors upon the Public Roads 


Turnpike-road from Dover, through Deal, to Sand- ‘ 
wich ;——and, Box and Ditteridge ; praying that pan 


England and 


Petitions from Wear Valley Railway Company ; Railways. 


Petitions from Grand Jury of the county of Railways 


Kerry (Foreman);—Grand Jury of the city of (lan) 





































































































































































































































































































































































































































194. 2° Aprilis. 


Registering Petitions from Edinburgh (two Petitions); —— 

—- —“ Edzell ; Edward Patteson ;——Alexander Tul- 

bi . loch and Donald Fraser ;——John Fraser ; —— 
Pat. Lumsdaine;—— Dundee; 
——and, Paisley (Chairman); praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 














Registering Petitions from Presbytery of Dingwall (Mode- 
Births, &amp;e. ator); Paisley; Cupar ;——and, Rothesay; 
(Scotland) ; 


+, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) | 
— eh eal Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass | 


Scotland) ; 
ills. into law,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bills. 


Savings Banks A Petition of Mary Ward, of the parish of Bally- 
(Ireland. ) heige,in the county of Kerry, stating that during 


twenty-five years’ employment, in the capacity of | 


servant, she had reserved from her hard earnings 
the sum of 75/., which she had from time to time 
deposited in the T'ralee Savings Bank, hoping thereby 
to secure an independence for her old age; that, 
owing to a fraud which she alleges has been com- 
mitted in the said Bank, her hopes have been blighted, 


and she has now no alternative left apparently but 


the workhouse ; and praying the House to take her 
case into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirits A Petition of Distillers in Jreland, praying the 

(Ireland.) House to extend the provisions of the Warehousing 
Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 122, so as to apply to Spirits 
distilied in Jreland the privileges enjoyed by the 
owners of rum and other colonial Spirits in respect 
of the time and mode of levying the duties charge- 
able thereon, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Pastor and Congregation of the 
Primitive Methodist Chapel in Cowgate-street, Nor- 
wich, praying the House to reduce the Tax levied 
on Tea to sixpence per pound, and on Sugar and 
Coffee to seven shillings per hundred weight; also 
forthwith to repeal the tax levied on Windows, Timber, 
Bricks, Paper, Newspapers, Advertisements, Soap, 
Butter and Cheese, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tea, Sugar, 
Coffee, &amp;c. 


War. Petitions from Hulme ;— Bury Saint Edmund’s ; 
— Petersfield ;—Dalkeith ;— Colinton ;— Deptford ; 
—-Brentford ; — Sticklepath; — Bromley ; — New 
Broad-street, London ; — Finchley ; —Coed-y-cym- 
mer ;—Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil (two Petitions) ;— 
Manchester ;— Brampton ;—Amlwch ;—Llanarmon- 
in- Yale ; — Bagillt ;—Nannerch ; —Dover ;— Sta- 
tham (two Petitions) ;— Ingham;—and, Amlwch 
Port ; praying the House to promote the formation 
between the British Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively of such Treaties of 
Arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all inter- 
national disputes that may arise to the decision of 
Arbitrators,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Flectoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Return, in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 311, of Session 1848, and in the same 
tabular form, of the Valuation of each Electoral 
D.vision in Ireland, with its Population in 1841, and 
the Total Poundage directed to be raised by any Rate 
or Rates made upon every such Electoral Division 
during the year ending the 31st day of December 
1848; distinguishing the Unions in which Out-door 
Relief has been administered for the Able-bodied 
Poor, made under the Order of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners ; and specifying the date of such Order. 
Poor Rates A Return of the Number of Military and Police 
Ireland.) | employed in Jreland, in the collection of Poor Rates, 


Lewis H. Irving ; | 





A. 1849. 


between the 1st day of October 1848, and the Ist 
day of February 1849; distinguishing the Amount 
of the Force employed on each occasion. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Nuisances and 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Contagious 
Order of the Lords Justices and Privy Council of mer ) 
Ireland, renewing an Order made on the 4th day of 
October 1848, for the prevention of Contagious and 
Epidemic Diseases. 

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


_ Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Committee Clergy Relict 
on the Clergy Relief Bill; That they had gonethrough Bill. 
| the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
| Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
| 2d day of May next. 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place (Inverness.) 
between the Board of Supervision for Pocr Relief 
in Scotland and other parties, in reference to the 
mode of assessment for the Purposes of Poor Relief 
inthe Parish of Inverness. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Poor Laws 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to (freland.) 
‘communicate to this House a Copy of all Reports 
‘of the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships cn the Jrish Poor Laws: And that Sir Henry 
| Winston Barron do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from Journal of the 
the end of the last Session to the end of the present House. 
Session, with an Index to the 104th Volume, be 

rinted. 

Ordered, That 1,250 Copies of the said Journal 
and Index be printed, by the appointment and under 
the direction of John Henry Ley, Esquire, the Clerk 
‘of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 

Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 

print the same. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Mauritius, Mauritius. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. —_No, 193. 





Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- Poor Laws 
| mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were (Ireland) 

. es (Sixth Report.) 
/empowered to report their Opinion thereupon, tv- No. 194 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken * atin 
| before them from time to time, to the House; That 
they had further considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, and directed him to report the Minutes of the 
| Evidence taken before them. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Public 
posed, Thatupon Thursday the nineteenth day of this Business. 
instant April, and every alternate Thursday follow- 
ing, Orders of the Day have precedence of Notices 
of Motions; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ nineteenth day 
“ of this instant April,’ and inserting the words 
“ thirty-first day of May next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That upon Thursday the nineteenth day 
of this instant April, and every alternate Thursday 
following, Orders of the day have precedence of 
Notices of Motions. 


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








Ordered, 





i 











Estimate for 
Civil Services 
referred : 


nd 


New Houses of 


Parliament. 


Law Charges. 


Consular 
Establish- 
ment Abroad, 


Cfril Contin- 
gencies, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Indemnity 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill, 


Mutiny Bill. 
Tarceny Acts 


Amendment 
Bill, 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill 





12 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required 
to be voted on account of the there-undermentioned 
Charges, usually provided for in the Estimates for 
Civil Services, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge, to the 31st 
day of March 1850, of the Works at the New 
Houses of Parliament. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Ten thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying Law Charges in Eng- 
land to the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Con- 
sular Establishment Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- 
sons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively, until the Twenty-fifth day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of 
Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on 
Shore : 

A Billi, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny 
and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters: And, also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Laws in England and Jreland, relative to Larceny 
and other Offences connected therewith, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Fifth Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this ; se in the present Session of Parliament 
on the Irish Poor Laws :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon the 26th day of March last, were proposed to 


be made to the Question, That the Poor Laws (Jre- 
land) (Rate in Aid) Bill be now read a second time ; 
and which Amendments were, to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Questiu», to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

Vou, 104, 


2°—.3° Aprilis. 





195 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question:—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 3° die Aprilis, 1849: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Laws 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of afford- (Ireland) 


ing Relief, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Money.) 


certain distressed Unions in Jreland, to be charged 
on a Rate to be levied on each Union of Jreland, 
by an Act to be passed in the present Session of 
Parliament ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Navigation 
consideration the Navigation Bill, as amended in the Bill. 


Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Out-door__ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- P@¥pers Bill. 


tituled, An Act to provide a more effectual Regula- 
tion and Control over the Maintenance of Poor 
Persons in Houses not being the Workhouses of 
any Union or Parish ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

P. 3. 1. 40. After “ charged” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Commissioners may, if they think fit, appoint a 
person, either temporarily or permanently, to visit 
any such House or Establishment, and to inspect 
the same and the Poor Persons received and 
maintained therein, and to make a Report to 
such Commissioners upon every Visit and In- 
spection.” 

P. 4, 1.5. After “ Parish” insert “ and it shall 
be lawful for the General Board of Health, where 
“ they shall think proper, by Order under the seal 
of the said Board and the hands of any Two or 
more members thereof, to authorize a Superin- 
tending Inspector to visit and inspect, from time 
to time, or at such time or times as such Board 
shall direct, any such House or Establishment, 
and to ascertain the state and condition of the 
same. and of the poor people therein, and to re- 
port thereon to the Board; and it shall be law- 
ful for such Superintending Inspector accord- 
ingly so to visit and inspect, and to ascertain 
such state and condition, and to examine any offi- 
cer, servant, assistant or mmate of such House 
or Establishment in relation thereto; and the 
Powers and Provisions of the Public Health Act, 
1848, in relation to the examination of persons 
‘ forthe purposes of an inquiry under such Act b 
a Superintending Inspector, shall extend and be 
applicable to the examination of such officers, 
servants, assistants and inmates.” 

The first Amendment being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by adding 
at the end of Clause (A.), the words, “ and such 
‘* person shall be paid by the Guardians or Over- 
“ seers (as the case may be) of the several unions 
“ or parishes from which poor persons shall have 
“ been sent, and shall be at the time of such visi- 
“ tation maintained therein, such remuneration as 
“ the said Commissicners shall, by Order under their 
seal, direct.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 


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xn #n 


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cc2 Ordered, 











Ways and 
Means. 


Distraining 
for Rates Bill, 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Foreign Debts. 


Expiring 
Laws. 


Lowtherstown 
Workhouse. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Cheese. 


196 @..... GF 


Ordered That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Distraining for Rates Bill be taken 
into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for promoting the Public Health in Scotland: And 
that Sir George Grey, The Lord Advocate and Mr, 
Solicitor-General for Scot/and do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for facilitating and better securing the due Adminis- 
tration of Charitable Trusts : Aud that Mr. Solicitor- 
General, Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, and 
Mr. Attorney-General do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before this | 


House, a Copy of the Circular addressed by Vis- 
count Palmerston to the British Minister at Foreign 
States, respecting the Debt due by Foreign States 
to British Subjects. 

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


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired since the last Report upon the 
subject; and also, what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular periods, or in conse- 
quence of any contingent public event; and to 
report the same, with their Observations thereupon, 
to the House:—And a Committee was appointed, of 
Mr. Parker, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Attorney-General, 
Mr. Bernal, The Judge Advocate, The Lord Advo- 
cate, Mr. Hume, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Mackenzie, 
Mr. Bellew, Mr. Greene, Mr. Gibson Craig, Sir 
George Clerk, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Stafford ; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 26th day of February last, That there be laid 
before this House, a Copy of Captain Gilbert’s Re- 
port to the Poor Law Commissioners, dated the 15th 
day of January 1849, on the state of Lowtherstown 
Workhouse ; the Answer of the Board of Guardians 
thereto ; with the Returns from the Board appended; 
Mr. Barron’s Report on the Investigation held re- 
lating to the foregoing Correspondence; and all other 
Correspondence on the same subject between Cap- 
tain Gilbert and the Commissioners, Mr. Barron 
and the Commissioners, and the Board of Guardians 
and the Commissioners, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
out, That a Return to the said Order be laid before 
this House forthwith :—It passed in the Negative. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
day the 19th day of this instant April, the Marriages 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 3d day of May next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
an Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported, 
into the several Ports of Great Britain in each 
month of the year 1848, distinguishing the European, 





Aprilis. A. 1849. 


United States and Colonial Produce; and of all 
European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 
ported from England, in the vear 1848 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 384, of Session 
1848). 


The Order made upon Wednesday last, That Insolvent 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the Members 
‘recovery of Debts from certain Persons having Pri- X% 2) Bill, 
vilege of Parliament, and for the Exclusion of In- 
solvent Members from the House of Commons, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bankrupt 
to amend the Law relating to Bankrupt Members of 4n4 Insolvent 
the House of Commons, and to vacate the Seats of embers Bill, 
Bankrupt and Insolvent Members of the House of 
Commons, and to facilitate the Recovery of Debts 
from such Members: And that Mr. Moffat, Mr. 

William Evans and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill for facili- Charitable 
tating and better securing the due Administration of T*¥s*s Bill. 
‘Charitable Trusts: And the same was read the first No. 195, 
|time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

| Monday the 30th day of this instant April ; and to 

| be printed. 

| Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to amend the Law Bankrupt 
relating to Bankrupt Members of the House of ne 
Commons, and to vacate the Seats of Bankrupt and N ; 
Insolvent Members of the House of Commons, and ~~” ame. 
to facilitate the Recovery of Debts from such Mem- 

bers: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a sccond time upon Wednesday 

the 2d day of May next; and to be printed. 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Oue of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 








Martis, 3° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bernal reported from the Committee on Universal 
the Universal Railway Casualty Compensa- (® iy. 
- : * y 
tion Company Bill; That in the preamble of the Compensation 
said Bill it was alleged, that the Persons therein Company Bill. 
referred to were proceeding to obtain complete Re- 
gistration, pursuant to the several Acts of Purlia- 
ment for the Registration of Joint Stock Companies ; 
but, inasmuch, as it was proved to the Committee, 
that the Company have now obtained such com- 
plete registration, and have been incorporated pur- 
suant to such Acts, the Committee had amended the 
preamble, so as that the same might be consistent 
with the facts of the case; and that they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and, in pursuance 
of the Instruction of the House of the 19th day of 
of March last, they had made provision in the 
Bill, in conformity with the Resolution therein men- 
tioned ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Transfer of Transfer of - 
Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation Company — no 
Bill, Petition for additional provision, the Stand- Navigation 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Company Bill. 
Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall ne 

? 























— ee ee ee bet eet 










SS Se 

















































River Dun 
Navigation 
Company 

( ase of 
$tainforth and 
Keadby Canal) 
Bill. 


Westhead’s 
Patent for 
Improvements 
in the Manu- 
facture of Fur 
into Fabrics 


London 

Gas Light 
Company 
(Amendment 
of Act) Biil. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Amendment 


12 Vicroriz. 


fit, on inserting the Notices once in the London Ga- 
zette, and for three successive weeks in some news- 
paper of the county of York. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the River Dun 
Navigation Company (Purchase of Stainforth and 
Keadby Canal) Bill, Petition for additional provi- 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit, on inserting the Notices once in 
the London Gazette, and for three successive weeks 
in some newspaper of the counties of York and Lin- 
coln respectively. That the Committees on this and 
the preceding Bill do examine, in the first place, 
how far such Orders have been complied with, and 
do report the same to the House, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That, in the case of Westhead’s Pa- 
tent for Improvements in the Manufacture of Fur into 
Fabrics, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 
a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to deposit a 
Petition for a Bill, provided the same be deposited 
not later than three clear days after the presentation 
of this Report. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





Mr. William Evans presented a Bill for granting | 
further Powers to the London Gas Light Company : | 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 
to be read a second time. | 


' 
| 


the Report on the London and Blackwall Railway | 
(Amendment and Extension of Time) Bill; and the | 


3° Aprilis. 


197 


Board, to consist equally of Magistrates and elected 
Guardians, to be established in pursuance of the 
recommendation of the Parliamentary Commission 
appointed to consider the subject in 1836, which 
course will, in the opinion of the Petitioners, prevent 
the augmentation of county rates, which have become 
so heavy a burden and great grievance to the rate- 
payers, and give great satisfaction to all persons 
liable to pay such rates; and that the House will 
adopt measures that punishment awarded for crimes 
committed may more certainly follow the conviction 
of offenders, whereby large and expensive prisons 
will become unnecessary, the frequency of crime be 
prevented, and the rates diminished, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Protestant Church, Education 
complaining that the Schools in connexion with the (Ireland.) 


Church Education Society for Zreland derive no as- 
sistance from the funds granted by Parliament for 
the support of Education in that country, and 
praying the House to relieve them from that griev- 
ance, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian 
Church in Jreland, belonging to the congregation 
of Raphoe, in the county of Donegal, praying the 
House to assimilate the mode of granting aid to 
Schools in Ireland to that adopted in England, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


| Petitions from David Paton ;—Fordoun (Minis- Sunday Tra- 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | ter) ;—Stonehaven ;—Stirling ;—Madderty (Mode- Yelling on 


rator) ; — Alves; — Penicuich ; — Edinburgh (five 
Petitions) ;—Abbey Hill ;—Cockpen (Moderator) ; 


and Extension Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- | —Kinross ;— Blackford ;—Fra. W. Grant ;— Hugh 


of Time) Bill. 
Guardian 

Fire and Life 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


Agriculture. 


Sheep-stealin 
(Itelind.) 


Clergy Relief 
— 


Gaols, 





ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That that the Bill, with the Amend- 


ments, be ingrossed. 


Gordon ;—Ordinghill and Ord ;—Monquhitter ;— 
Whitehills ;—Inveravon (Chairman) ;— Portsoy ;— 
Keith (Chairman) ;—Deskford ;— Dumfries ;—Ab- 
botshall;—Bridges of Allan ; — Grangemouth ;— 


A Petition of the Chairman and Deputy Chair-! Aberdeen (two Petitions);—Reverend John Stephen; 


m 


pany, and of Shareholders in the same Company, | 


an of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- | — Forgue ;— Tannadice;— Mary Hill; — Dyke 


(Chairman) ;—.Dallas (Chairman) ;— Forres (Minis- 


for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in | ter) ;—Dunbarney ;—Dunkeld ;—Coupar Angus ;— 
a Bill for enabling the said Company to sue and be | Borrowstoness; — Perth ;—Auchterarder ;—Hiram 
sued, and for other purposes, was presented, and , Watson ; —Glasgow ; —Anderston ;— Greenock ;— 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on | Fossowery ; —Maybole ; —Killean ; — Ochiltree ;— 
Standing Orders. | Oban ;—Inverary ;— Tarbert, Kintyre and others ; 
co ; . | —Peter Davidson;— Newton-upon-Ayr (Chairman); 
A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in, _ Houndwood ;—Dunse ;—Mordington ;—Luss ;— 
the hundreds of Ely and Witchford, in the Isle of | Arrochar (Chairman) ;—Presbytery of Dumbarton 
Ely, and in the South Level of the Fens, praying | (Chairman);—Banchory Ternan;—Perth;—Killin; 
the House to adopt measures for the relief of the | —and, Monikie (Minister); praying the House to 


Railways. 


agricultural classes of the community, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the neighbourhood 
of Naas, in the county of Kildare, stating that the 
agricultural classes in Jreland have lately sustained 
heavy losses, by the extent to which the robbery 
and wilful injury to Sheep has been carried on, and 
praying the House to re-enact the Act of the Par- 
liament of Ireland, 28 Geo. 3, c..37, which, when 
in operation, proved quite efficacious, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hiram Watson ;—and, Islington ; 
praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, praying that 
the House will take measures to prevent the Magis- 
trates for the county of Surrey expending any money 
in the proposed erection of a new gaol; as well as to 
repeal the power now enabling Magistrates to erect 
or enlarge gaols and prisons, unless they obtain the 


consent of a county financial and administrative 
Vou. 104. 


refuse to entertain any proposal for compelling 
Railway Companies to run passenger trains on the 
Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Citizens of Glasgow, praying the 
House to pass a Bill to compel Railway Companies 
to run passenger trains on the Lord’s Day, was also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


(Chairman) ;——and, Parochial Board of Carluke 
(Chairman) ; praying that the Lunatics (Scot/and) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shadwell ;-—~— Wing ; and, 
Saint Nicholas-at-Wade; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| Petitions from the Parochial Board of Ba 

| (Chairman) ; and, Presbytery of Alford (Mode- 
rator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 








and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
cc3 A Petition 








Petitions from the Parochial Board of Barrey Lunatics 


(Scotland) 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill 





Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Poor Relief 
(St. Leonard’: 
Shoreditch.) 


198 


A Petition of the resident of the Royal College 
of Surgeons of Edinburgh, we that the 
Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy, many of 
whom are Licentiates of that Royal College, are sub- 
jected to certain grievances, and praying the House 
to take the premises into consideration, and to re- 
medy the evils set forth in his Petition, by granting 
to the Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy the 
rank and the privileges of Ward-room Officers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Stone Union, in the county of Stafford, 
praying the House to adopt measures to relieve the 
country from the great and increasing evil of Pauper 
tramping, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pittenween ;——and, Sandwich ; 
praying that the Navigation Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alness ;——and, Newport, in the 
Isle of Wight; praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incumbent and Parishioners of 
Ardeley, in the county of Herts, stating, that under 
the provisions of the new Poor Law, they have to 

ay nearly as much towards keeping up the Union 
Vorkhouse, and the officers of that establishment, 
situate at Buntingford, five miles distant, as they 
pay to relieve the poor of their parish; and that if 
the Petitioners were allowed to take care of their 
poor in time of distress, by means of a properly 
regulated vestry committee bound to assemble pe- 


riodically, they feel convinced that they could afford 
relief in a manner much more economical and much 
better suited to their welfare than the present Union 
system ; and praying that they may be permitted 
to adopt the mode of relieving the poor of their 
parish, as above proposed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Farmers and 
Rate-payers of the county of Wicklow, praying 
that the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clerks, Masters and Matrons of 
Workhouses, Relieving and other Officers connected 
with the administration of the Laws relating to the 
relief of the Poor, in the parish of Stoke-upon- 
Trent, in the county of Stafford;— Tewkesbury 
Union ;—Hitchin Union ;—Bury Saint Edmund's 
Union ;—Ampthill Union ;—Saint Mary-le-bone ;— 
and, Evesham Union; praying the House to pass 
an Act during the present Session of Parliament, 
enabling Poor Law Officers to form and distribute 
a Superannuation Fund for members of their own 
body,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
’ parish of Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch,in the county 
of Middlesex, stating that under the local Act, 
53 Geo, 3. c. 112, passed for the relief of the poor 
in the above-named parish, the trustees of the said 
parish, when once elected, are empowered to hold 
their office for life, a power which the Petitioners 
submit is most injurious to the interests of the rate- 
payers of the parish; and praying the House to 
grant relief either by an alteration of the said Act or 
otherwise, as the House may decide, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3° Aprils. 





A. 1849. 


Petitions from Brimfield and Ashford Bowdler ; Promiscuoys 
— George Stevenson ; — and, Bradford (York), Intercourse, 
praying the House to pass such measures as will 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes, 
to prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
aud read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kintore ;—-—Garioch;——Paro- Marria 
chial Board of Avondale, and Inhabitants of Strath- (Scotland); 
aven (Chairman) ; Daviot ; Presbytery of ing eee 
Turriff (Moderator) ; Kirk Session of Auchter- (Scotland) . 
less (Moderator) : Parochial Board of Rayne ; Bills. 
—-David Paton ;-—Inverury ;----and, Strachan ; 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the 

egistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, may not 
pass into law,—-were presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Alford (Modera- Registering 
tor);—— Paisley (Provost) ; Parochial Board of osoas 
Carlake (Chairman) ;——Monikie (Minister) ;—— Bill, 
and, Hiram Watson ; praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Church of England, Roman Cathos 
praying the House to refuse its countenance to any lic Clergy. 
measure for the endowment of the Roman Catholic 
Priesthood, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Mortgage Creditors upon the Turn- Public Roads 
pike-road from Canterbury to Sandwich ; and, (Tngland end 
Mortgage Creditors upon the Turnpike-road from piy, ) 
Canterbury to Barham; praying that the Public 
Roads (England and North Wales) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Universal 
habitants of Somers Town, praying the House to Suffrage, &amp;c. 
enact a law extending to every male adult, who has 
completed his twenty-first year, the power of voting 
in the election of members to serve in the House; 
that at all future elections voting shall proceed by 
ballot ; that elections shall occur annually; that 
population shall be the basis of all electoral divi- 
sions, and to that end, that the United Kingdom 
be divided into three hundred electoral districts, 
each of such districts to contain as nearly as pos- 
sible a numerical equality of population, was pre- 
sented, and read; fe. ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Valgarth ;—Elgin ;— Bakewell; War. 
— Kirkcaldy ;— Wilmslow ;—Pen-y-graig ;—Canee ; 
—Langunnog ;— Llanybri; — and, Milford Haven 
(two Petitions); praying the House to promote the 
formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of 
such treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties 
to refer all international disputes that may arise to 
the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bankruptcy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the Court of Bankruptcy in 
London, and the several District Courts of Bank- 
ruptey in the Country, of the Number of Certificates 
of Conformity granted, refused or suspended, or to 
which conditions have been annexed, during the 
last three years; showing also the name of the 
Bankrupt, and the Commissioner before whom the 
Application was made :—Also, the Number of Ap- 
plications made under the 11th and 12th Vic. c. 


86, the Name of the Commissioner before whom 
heard, 








12 Vicroriz. 


heard, and the Name of the Bankrupt, and the 
result of the Application. 

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


parliamentary Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to 


Electors Order,—A Return of the Number of Persons on 
(Ireland:) the Registries in Jreland, as Parliamentary Electors, 
in January 1849, and so appearing to be entitled to 
vote then, or within the next Six months, in each 
County at large, each County of a City or Town, 
and each Borough returning a Member of Parlia- 
mer. C Ul Lewis al ted tt 
icf, r. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
a an Address to Her er maa Senen of the 
Names of any Unions or Parishes in England and 
Wales, in aid of which any Rate or Assessment for 
the Relief of the Poor has been made upon any 
County, Hundred, Union or Parish, during each of 
the Ten years preceding Lady Day 1848 ; specifying 
the Names of such last-mentioned Counties, Hun- 
dreds, Unions or Parishes, and the Poundage and 
Date of such Rate in Aid; also, the Poundage Rate 
which had been made on such first-mentioned Pa- 
rishes or Unions respectively during the year prior 
to such Rate in Aid; the Amount of such Poundage 
on the Valuation, and the Amount thereof which 
had been actually paid prior to such Rate in Aid 
having been made. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
Court of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Exchequer, Exchequer, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) Priday last, be printed. 
No. 197. 
Flectoral Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral 
Divisions Divisions (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, 
(Ireland) be printed. 
No, 198. 
Colonial Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Military Return of the General Abstract of the Colonial 
Expenditure. Military Expenditure of Great Britain for every 
year since 1835 (similar to Return, No. 680, of 
Session 1846). 
Manufactures Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Imported and Returns of the Quantity and Value of each of the 

Exported. —-_ under-mentioned Articles of Foreign Manufacture 
entered for Home Consumption in the United 
Kingdom for each of the years 1840, 1841, 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848, viz. :— 
Manufactures of Brass; Manufactures of Bronze; 
Manufactures of Copper; Buttons of Metal; 
Copper or Brass Wire ; Manufactures of Iron or 
Steel (distinguishing Hard Ware and Cutlery) ; 
Japanned or Lacquered Ware; Manufactures of 
Spelter or Zinc :—Also, of the declared Value of 
each of the same Description of Articles of British 
Manufacture exported from the United Kingdom in 
each year during the same Period. 


Navigation The Order for taking into consideration, To-mor- 
Bill. row, the Navigation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday the 19th day of this instant 
April. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for oe Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Von. 104. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


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199 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills and one Private 
Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act to amend the Laws in England and Tre- Larceny Acts 
land, relative to Larceny and other Offences con- Amendment 
nected therewith : -_ 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, Mutiny Bill 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : ‘ 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine 
Royal Marine Forces, while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity 
Kingdom, as have omitted to qualify themselves for Bill. 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those Purposes respectively, until the 
Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Waldy’s 
William Waldy, Esquire, with Ellen, his now Wife, Divorce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill for promoting Public Health 
the Public Health in Scotland: And the same was i 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- N 199 
cond time upon Monday the 23d day of thisinstant “°° **** 
April; and to be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Employment 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to of Labour 
promote the Employment of Labour in Jreland by Gee) 

a proportionate Exemption from Poor Rate :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Church 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased P!ralities. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 

a Return of all Clergymen holding Two or more 
Benefices and Preferments in the Church, and ap- 
— since the passing of the Act called the 

luralities Act; stating the distances between the 
Benefices as stated by Incumbents on Appointment ; 
and also, the Amount of Income of each Living and 
Preferment held in Plurality, and the Number of 
the Population in each Benefice at the last Census. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her ye by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Apprehension 
for giving effect to the Stipulations of a Treaty ——— 
hetween Her Majesty and the Queen of Portugal San ” 
for the Apprehension of certain Deserters: And 
that Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Cornewall 


Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Administra. 
to facilitate the Administration of Justice at the pod —— 
Central Criminal Court and at Sessions of the Peace Districns) Bill 
in and near the Metropolis: And that Mr. Attorney- 

General and Mr. Solicitor-General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Fisheries 
Committee on Fisheries (Jreland), to inquire into Ireland.) 
the state of the Oyster Fisheries of Jreland, and 
the Obstructions to the due Enjoyment of the same, 
and the best means of removing such Obstructions ; 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the 


House. 


Mr. Spooner reported, That he had carried to the James's _ 
Lords the Message of this House of yesterday Vivorce Bill 
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requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes | 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in |“ 
the case of James’s Divorce Bill; and that their “ 


Lordships had communicated a Copy of the said 


Minutes of Evidence accordingly : And he delivered |“ 


the same in at the Table. 


Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to “ 


the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Supply ; Mr. Parker, by Order, reported from the Com 


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mittee of Supply, several Resolutions; which were | “ 


read, as follow : 
New Houses 1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex 


of Parliament. ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 


Majesty, towards defraying the Charge, to the 31s 


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Pr. 4. ]. ult. After “law” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuavuse (A.) “ And whereas it is desirable to 
limit the time within which a Person assessed to 
a Church-rate may be imprisoned for non-pay- 
ment of the same; Be it Enacted, That every 
person now undergoing any such imprisonment 
shall be discharged from such imprisonment so 
soon as he or she shall have been imprisoned 
Three calendar Months, or shall sooner pay the 
sum or sums with which he or she is charged ; 
and that hereafter no person shall be imprisoned 
for the non-payment of any Church-rate for any 
time exceeding Three calendar Months.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 


was agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


day of March 1850, of the Works at the New | the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


Houses of Parliament. 


Law Charges. 2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 


ceeding Ten thousand pounds, be granted to He 


ri 


_agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Employment 


Majesty, towards defraying Law Charges in Eng-| put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pro- of Labour 
mote the Employment of Labour in Zreland, by a, (ireland) Bil, 
Consular 3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex-| proportionate exemption from Poor-rate ; 

Establishment ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her | 


land, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


Abroad. 


sular Establishment Abroad, to the 31st day o 
March 1850. 


Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Con- | 


f 


Civil Contin- 4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex-| 
meet ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 


Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


| 


he House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. : 


Tellers for the Yeas, Va Mangtes st? }108. 


Tellers for the N oes,f a Hoey Stes } 15. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. Sharman Crawford and 
| Mr. Fagan do prepare, and bring it in. 

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were agreed to. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 
the Lords, ee 
Mr. Speaker, 


Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Sunday 


put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- Travelling on 

Poor Law The Lords communicate to this House, Copies of , gulate Sunday Travelling on Railways ; Railways Bill. 

(Ireland.) = the First and Third Reports from the Select Com- | 
mittee appointed by their Lordships, to inquire 
into the Seentien of the Jrish Poor Law ; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence :—And then the’ 


Poor Laws The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 


(Ireland) 


(Rate in Aid) the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
2. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Locke, 


l. 
Mr. Aglionby : | eae 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 4 - std } 20. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And 


upon the 26th day of March last, were proposed to that Mr. Locke and Mr. Peto do prepare, and bring 


be made to the Question, That the Poor Laws | it in. 


(Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill be now read a second 


time ; and which Amendments were, to leave out the | : J ; é 
word “now,” and, at the end of the Question, to/ to establish County Financial Boards for the as- = — 
| sessing of County Rates, and for the administration “* *™ 


add the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being again proposed, That 


the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The _And that Mr. 


House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Mercurii, 4° die Aprilis, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Lord Marcus Hill, hos. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Grey: 
Tater forthe { M,,Cree Alene 

- 

— | Mr. Corry : J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 


‘of 


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


County eg in England and Wales: 
ume, Mr. William Brown and Mr. 


| James Heywood do prepare, and bring it in. 


to 





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


amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commission 


Commissioners for England: And that Lord John 


Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill for giving Apprehension 
effect to the Stipulations of a Treaty between Her of Deserts 
Majesty and the Queen of Portugal for the Ap- eae 
prehension of certain Deserters : And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday the 16th day of this instant 
April ; and to be printed. 


Bill. 
No, 200. 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to facili- Administra- 
tate the Administration of Justice at the Central tion of Justico 


‘ . — “aleae- ° litan ' 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, | Criminal Court, and at Sessions of the Peace in rer 


for Thursday the 19th day of this instant April. 


'and near the Metropolis: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Districts) Bill. 
No, 201. 


Distraining The House proceeded to take into consideration | time upon Monday the 16th day of this instant 
for Rates Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | April; and to be printed. 


tituled, An Act to enable Overseers of the Poor 
and Surveyors of the Highways to recover the 


| 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the Ecclesiastical 


Costs of Distraining for Rates ; and the same was, Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Commission 


read, as followeth : 


| for England: And the same was read the first time ; 





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Employment 
of Labour 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 205. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


No. 206. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 

No. 207. 
Transporta- 
tion. 


Steam Vessels. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 
Report.) 


Nottingham 
Counts 


y 
(Southern Di- 
Vision) Writ. 


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and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 23d day of this instant April ; and to be printed. 


12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to effect the com- 
pulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and 
Customary Tenure : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 17th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill to establish County 
Financial Boards for the assessing of County Rates, 
and for the administration of County Expenditure 
in England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 25th day of this instant April ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope presented a Bill to promote 
the Employment of Labour in Jreland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 18th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Mr. Locke presented a Bill to regulate Sunday 
Travelling on Railways: And the same was read 


Aprilis. 201 


were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


urgent necessity of subdividing large parishes; of 
abolishing the present system of double fees; of 
forming into distinct parishes all existing ecclesias- 
tical districts ; and of some provision being made 
for the better endowment of all poorer benefices, 
adequate compensation being made where existing 
rights may be interfered with, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


— Stranraer (Provost);—Ceres (Minister) ;—and, 
Sheffield; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


habitants of Saint Pancras, Middlesex, stating that 





the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon W — the 25th day of this instant April ; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended, 
be printed. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
on the subject of Transportation to the Cape of 
Good Hope, of later date than the Address of the 
House for such Correspondence on the 19th day of 
March 1849 :—Also, of any recent Correspondence 
with the Governor of Bermuda on the removal of 
Convicts from that Station to The Cape. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam 
Vessels, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
March last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Steam Navy. 


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





Mercuri, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public. Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2d day 
of this instant April; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament, for the Southern Division 
of the County of Nottingham, in the room of Lan- 
celot Rolleston, Esquire, who, since his Election for 
the said Division of the said County, hath accepted 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 

VoL, 104. 


much Distress exists amongst the Inhabitants of that 
parish, occasioned by the dearth of employment ; 
that they are convinced that if the many millions of 
acres of land now lying waste were made available 
to the industrious classes, such Distress would be 
annihilated ; and praying the House to pass an im- 
mediate Act, giving a right to the people to culti- 
vate the now neglected soil; to cause the funds be- 
queathed for the purposes of education to be rightly 
applied ; to reduce the expenditure; and to give 
all male adults the right of voting for Members of 
Parliament, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Devon, praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





that the numerous grievances operating severely 
upon Medical Officers of Unions may be redressed 
by the House, in accordance with the principles of 
justice and an enlightened policy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor 
Law Officers to form and distribute a superannua- 
tion fund for members of their own body,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


vicinity, praying the House. to address the Queen, 
that instructions may be forthwith given to the Prin- 
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to de- 
mand of the Spanish and Brazilian Governments 
the liberation from Slavery of all Africans who have 
been illicitly introduced into their colonies and ter- 
ritories, together with their descendants; and in the 
event of their attempting to evade such demand, or 
to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that 
measures will be adopted to exclude their produce 
from the British markets until Slavery itself shall 
be abolished by them, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Kilmarnock (two Petitions) ; 
Dumbarton ; 
—- Kilpatrick (Durham) (Minister); —— Shan- 
don ; Dundonald ; Renfrew (Chairman) ; 
— S trcutian Logierait ; ——Langton ; 

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The House proceeded to take into consideration Kirkcaldy 
the Report on the Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, + = 
Ferry and Petty Customs Bill; and the Amend- ana Petty 


ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments Customs Bill. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Established Church, Church of 
praying the House to take into consideration the E2sland. 


Petitions from Stourbridge ;— Buckfastleigh ;— Clergy Relief 
Alexander Clenhew ;— George Stevenson ;—Clifton ; Bil. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Distress, &amp;e. 


A Petition of Gentry, Yeomen and Inhabitants Parliamentary 
of the parish of Newton Ferrers, in the county of Oaths Bill. 


A Petition of Medical Officers of the Bradford Medical 
Poor Law Union, in the county of Wilts, praying Profession. 


Petitions from Frome Union ;—and, Weymouth Poor Law 
Union ; praying the House to pass an Act during Officers. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chelmsford and its Slave Trade. 


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202 


Shotts ; Dirleton; and, George Stevenson; 

raying that the Sunday Travelling on Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








War. Petitions from Lianon (two Petitions) ;— Carmar- 
then ;~-Mydrim ;—Lanfihangel Abercowin ;—Saint 
Clear’s ;—and, Bodmin; praying the House to pro- 
mote the formation between the British Govern- 
ment and other governments of the world respec- 
tively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall bind 
the parties to refer all international disputes that 
may arise to the decision of arbitrators,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

a he The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 

(ireland) .,, Committee, upon Monday the 16th day of this in- 

ps i¢) stant April, to consider of affording Relief out of 

Money. ] the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to certain distressed 
Unions in Ireland, to be charged ona Rate to be 
levied in each Union of Ireland, by an Act to be 
passed in the present Session of Parliament, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 19th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
into the said Committee. 

Local Acts. The Order made upon the 19th day of March 
last, for printing the Papers relative to Local Acts, 
was read, and discharged. 

Poor Rates Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates 

(Ireland.) (Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 

No. 208. be printed. 
Poor Laws Ordered, That the Copies of the First and Third 
(Ireland.) —_ Reports from the Select Committee of the House of 
No.209. Lords on Poor Laws (Ireland), which were yester- 
day communicated from the Lords, be printed. 

Parliamentary Ordered, That an Abstract.of the Return relative 

ee to Parliamentary Electors (Ireland), which was pre- 

¢ ne sented yesterday, be printed. 

Poor Relief. Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, 

No.211, Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Public Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 

Records. Command,—Copy of Tenth Report of the Deputy 
Keeper of the Public Records. 

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

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday the 16th day 
of this instant April. 

Attachments, The Attachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill 


Courts of Re- 


cord (Ireland) 8 according to Order, read a second time; and 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Bill. 
Wednesday the 25th day of this instant April. 
Passengers The Passengers Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 25th day of 
this instant April. 
Friendly The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to 


Societies Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Select Committee. 


‘Tenants at The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


Rack-rent = a Committee upon the Tenants at Rack-rent Re- 
Relief Bill. " : . 
No.212 lief Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
—— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
day the 25th day of this instant April; and be 
printed, 


4° Aprilis. 


' The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sequestrators? 
into a Committee upon the Sequestrators’ Remedies Remedies Bill, 






A. 1849. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
day the 25th day of this instant April; and be 
printed. 


mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
16th day of this instant April, resolve iteelf into 
the said Committee. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 16th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Chattels Personal held in Joint Tenancy or Tenancy 
in Common: And that Mr. Roundell Palmer and 
Mr. Cardwell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Police of Towns and Populous Places in Scotland, 
and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting and 
improving the same: And that The Lord Advocate, 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland 
and Mr, Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 18th day of this instant April, the Em- 
ployment of Labour (Zreland) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums granted under the 
authority of the Committee for Educational Pur- 
poses in each County of Scotland since the end of 
the year 1847, giving the Names of the Places in 
which the Schools receiving aid are situated, and 
the Religious Body with which they are connected ; 
and distinguishing the Parochial Schools from other 
Schools in connection with the Established Church. 

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


Mr. Roundell Palmer presented a Bill to au- 
thorize, in certain cases, the Partition or Sale of 
Chattels Personal held in Joint Tenancy or Tenancy 
in Common: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to make more 
effectual Provision for regulating the Police of 
Towns and Populous Places in Scot/and, and for 
paving, draining, cleansing, lighting and improving 
the same: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 16th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting 
the arrival of Sir William Parker and his Squadron 
in the Bay of Naples, in 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 





Table. 
Mr. 


No. 213, 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- awe and 


eans, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Biil Chattels 
to authorize, in certain cases, the Partition or Sale of ey and 


Police of 


to make more effectual provision for regulating the pueee can: 


and) Bill, 


Employment 
of Labour 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Education 
(Scotland,) 


Chattels 
Partition and 
Sale Bill. 


No, 214. 


Police of 
Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 215. 


Naples, 





Spi 




























Expiring 
Laws. 
No. 216. 


Spirits. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Transporta- 
tion. 


No. 217, 


12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire what Temporary Laws of a pub- 
lic and general nature are now in force; and 
what Laws of the like nature have expired since 
the last Report upon the subject; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire at 
particular periods, or in consequence of any con- 
tingent public event ; and to report the same, with 
their Observations thereupon, to the House; That 
they had considered the matters to them referred, 
and directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Ac- 
counts, showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt, from a’ Mixture of Malt and 
unmalted Grain, and froma Mixture of Sugar or 
Molasses with unmalted Grain, or from Sugar or 
from Molasses; showing, also, the Total Quantity 
of each sort in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1849:—Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the sorts) on which Duty was paid for Home Con- 
sumption in each of the Three Kingdoms, with the 
Rate per Gallon and the Amount of such Duty; 
also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1849 :—Showing, under separate heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguish- 
ing the Materials from which made, imported into 
each Kingdom from each of the others respectively ; 
stating also the Rate per Gallon, and the Total 
Amount thereof in each case, and what Portion of 
such Duty was paid on Removal of the Spirits from 
Bond, and what after their Arrival at the Place of 
Destination, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1849 :—-Of the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks in 
England, and the Total Number of Proof Gallons 
of British Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted 
out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England for Home Con- 
sumption ; also the Total Quantity of Proof Gallons 
of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, 
Scotland and Jreland, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1849:—Of the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, Scot- 
land and Jreland ; distinguishing the Quantities in 

~each Country delivered Duty-paid direct from Dis- 
tillers’ Stocks from the Quantities put into Bond, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1849 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 217, of 
Session 1848):—And, of the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of British Compounds and Spirits 
of Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to Fo- 
reign Ports, under Drawback, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1849. 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 29th day of March 
Jast, and the 2d and 3d days of this instant April 
(That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of 
any Communications received by the Secretary of 
State from the Governors of Ceylon and The Cape, 
respecting the Transportation of Convicts to those 
Vou, 104, 





4°—16° Aprilis. 208 


Colonies : 
spondence not already laid before the House be- 
tween any Secretaries of State and Governors of 
the Cape of Good Hope, on the Transmission of 
Convicts to that Colony :—Of any Remonstrance 
of the Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, or 
any Documents showing their Sentiments in regard 
to the Reception of Convicts in that Colony :—And, 
Copy of a Memorial of Landowners, Merchants and 
others, recently presented to Earl Grey, respecting 
the Introduction of Convicts into the Cape of Good 
Hope :— 








the Cape of Good Hope, of later Date than the Ad- 
dress of the House for such Correspondence on the 
19th day of March 1849 :—Also, of any recent 
Correspondence with the Governor of Bermuda on 
the Removal of Convicts from that Station to The 
Cape. 

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


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and other Promiscuous 
Inhabitants of the parish of Sheffield, praying the Intercourse. 


House to pass such measures as will enable ma- 
gistrates and officers of police to bring those persons 
who make a trade of and live by promoting the 
Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to prompt and 
certain punishment, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Public Expen- 
habitants of the borough of Sheffield, stating that diture, &amp;e. 


the inhabitants of that borough are deeply impressed 
with the impolicy and danger to the best interests of 
the country of the present increasing Expenditure ; 
and praying the House to take immediate steps to 
secure strict economy in the administration of the 
public finances, to relieve the country from the charge 
on account of its colonies, and to remove all impedi- 
ments to free commercial intercourse with other 
nations, was presented, and read; and ordered to. 
lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday, 
the 16th day of this instant April. 





Lune, 16° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


N R. Scott, from the Office of the Commis- National Debt. 


_ sioners for the Reduction of the National 

Debt, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parlia- 
ment,—An Account of the Gross Amount of all 
Sums received and paid by the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt, on account of 
Banks for Savings and Friendly Societies, in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from their commencement at 
6th August 1817 to the 20th November 1848, in- 
clusive :—Also, an Account ofall Expenses incurred 
by the said Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks 
or other Incidental Charges during the preceding 
year. 
“An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank 
Annuities and Long Annuities, and any other An- 
nuities for Terms of Years transferred, and of all 
Sums of Money paid to the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt; and the Gross 
Amount of Annuities for Lives and for Terms of 
Years, which have been granted for the same, under 
the Provisions of the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, c.24, and 
3 Will. 4, c. 14, within the year ending 5th January 
1849. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt on account of the 

DD2 Fund 


Copies or Extracts of any Corre- Convicts. 


And, Copies or Extracts of any Cor- Transporta- 
respondence on the Subject of Lara ci to ton. 





























































Se ee 


Se ee a nn ee cnr AE hl A RNS See 








204. 


Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 19th 
September 1845 to the 5th January 1849, inclusive: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Cominittee 
(twenty ait on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presentedlupon the 3d and 4th —_ of this 
instant April, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Hartlepool An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act passed in 
ow nl the tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 


Bill, for lighting with Gas, and supplying with Water, 
the Town of Hartlepool, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County of Durham, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and An ingrossed Bill to extend the Time for the 
Blackwall 


boar Purchase of Lands required for the widening cf the 
(Amendment London and Blackwall Railway, and to amend the 
and Extension Acts relating to such Railway, was read the third 
of Time) Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wareham An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining 
——— Docks near to Wareham, in the County of Dorset, 
Docks near With an Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel, 


Wareham, and was read the third time. 
Entrance Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


thereto from hes : 
et Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 


16° Aprilis. 


A. 1849, 


The London Gas Light Company (Amendment of London 


Act) Bill was read a second time; and committed. _ Light 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Amietaas 
mittee of Selection. of Act) Bill, 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- Landed 
ders,—Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of Property 
February last, for a Return of the Final Decrees (74) 
for the Sale of Landed Property in Jreland, = 
nounced within the last Five years by the Jrish 
Court of Chancery or Equity Exchequer, and of 
the Amount of Incumbrances reported due in each 
Cause, and for the Payment of which a Sale of the 
Lands decreed, or a Portion thereof, has been 
effected, and the Amount for which same were sold, 
and of the Amount of the Purchase Money paid out 
of Court to parties in discharge of Incumbrances 
reported due ; such Return to he made out accord- 
‘ing to the Tabular Form annexed :— 





Amount of Pur- 
chase Monies paid 
out of Court to 


Cases in which Sale 
of the Lands decreed 
to be sold, or a por- 


Amount of In- 
cumbrances re- 


Final y rted due, = tion thereof, hasbeen} parties, in dis- 

—_— which Bele 5. effected, and the} charge of Incum- 

: weit amount for which| brances reported 
— same was sold. due. 














A Return of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Gatton and 
Gatton and Povey Cross Turnpike Trust, for each Povey — 
of the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848; the Tras 
Length of the Road; the Number and Names of the 
Acting Trustees; and the Names and Salaries of 
the Clerk, Surveyor, and of any other persons in 
the Employment of the Trust. 

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





Channel) Bill. the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Grimsby The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Corporation 


: ,, the Report on the Grimsby Corporation and Free- 
and Freemen’s &lt; : 
‘Arrangement men’s Arrangement Bill; and the Amendments 
Bill. were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 





Kidderminster 
Union Small 
Tenements 
Rating Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report.on the Kidderminster Union Small Te- 
nements Rating Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Macclesfield 
Borough 
Waterworks 
Markets, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Macclesfield Borough Water- 
works, Markets, &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Rates how to be recovered), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Rates, when Amount not dis- 
puted, may be recovered as other Rates), was twice | 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving Freemen’s Exemptions), 
wis twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Marshland 
Smeeth and 
Fen (Equaliza- 
tion of Drain- 
age Rates and 
Repair of 
Roads) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Marshland Smeeth and Fen 
(Equalization of Drainage Rates and Repair of 
Roads) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to, 


Petitions from Bristol ;— Dundee ;—Alexander Clergy Relief 
O. Laird ;—and, Kelso Presbytery; praying that Bil. 
the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were 
=" ges and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Francis Higginson, of Marine Pa- Francis 
rade, Brighton, a Lieutenant in Her Majesty’s Higginson. 
Royal Navy, and an Author, complaining of the 
suspension of his Half-Pay, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Lunatics 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying that —- 
the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a” 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Agriculturists and others, in public Malt and 
meeting assembled at Cirencester, praying for the #°P* 
repeal of the Malt and Hop Duties, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk of the Kelso Presbytery Marriage 
of the United Presbyterian Church, praying that — 
the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa’ ~ 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Alexander Macdonald ;——Pres- Marriage , 
bytery of Olnafirth (Presbytery Clerk) ;——Perth ; (Scoume) 
Presbytery of Mull (Moderator) ;——Synod gins, &amp;e. 
of Argyll (Moderator) ;—— and, Presbytery of (Scotland) 
Lorn (Moderator); praying that the Reyistering Bills. 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scot- 


land) Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, 











~ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 





and read, und referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bills. S. 
A Petition 


” 


fe 


rt 


aa 


FE 


Nav 
Bill, 














































(Scotland) : 
Births, 

Lunatics 
fotland) 
Bills. 


Marriages 
Bil. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Navigation 
Bill, &amp;c, 


Poor Law, 





12 VicrorizZ. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill; the Registering Births, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Lunatics (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to jie upon the Table. 





Petitions from East Grinstead; Cottenham ; 

















Archdeaconry of Northampton ; Somerford | 
Keynes ; Portishead ; Brasted ; Sand- 
hurst ; District of Middleton ;—— Hallidon ; 











Donhead Saint Mary; Dodford ;—-— Tyl- 
desley ; Bothal-with-Hebburn ;—-—and, Coven- 
try Church Union Society (Chairman); praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Wincanton ;—Rotherham ;—and, 
Foxholes ; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of the Council of the 
National Institute of Medicine, Surgery and Mid- 
wifery, representing to the House the urgent ne- 
cessity that exists for immediate legislation on the 
affairs of the Medical Profession, and praying that 
a Bill for regulating the profession of Physic and 
Surgery may, on public as well as on profes- 
sional considerations, be enacted by the Legislature 
with as little delay as possible, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Leicestershire 
Agricultural Society, stating that the Petitioners 
view with alarm the renewed attack upon British 
industry which is attempted by the motion for the 


repeal of the Navigation Laws ; that they deprecate | 


in strong terms any attempt to lay fresh burdens 
on the county rate, as is now contemplated by the 
Bill on public roads, by throwing the debts of turn- 
pike trusts upon that. rate; that they submit that 
the laws of settlement and removal of the poor be 
repealed ; that for the purpose of relief, every poor 
person shall be deemed settled wherever he becomes 
destitute ; that, with a view to civil rights, parochial 
charities, statistical returns, &amp;c., every person shall 
be held from this time to belong to the parish in 
which he may be born ; that the unions and boards 


16° Aprilis. 


205 


Petitions from Leominster Union; — Eccleshall 
Bierlow Union ;— Daventry Union ;—and, Ban- 
| bury Union; praying that an Act may be passed 
| during the — Session of Parliament to enable 

Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a superan- 
nuation fund for members of their body,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Halifax ;— Brixton; — Scarbo- 
rough ;—and, Bradford (York); praying the House 
_to pass such measures as will enable magistrates 
/and officers of police to bring those persons who 
make a trade of and live by promoting the Pro- 
miscuous Intercourse of the sexes to prompt and 
certain punishment,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








| Petitions of Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road 
— from Rochdale, in the county palatine of 

Lancaster, to Halifax and Ealand, in the West 
| Riding of the county of York; and, Acting 
| Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading from Roch- 
| dale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, to Halifax 
and Ealand, in the West Riding of the county of 
| York; praying that the Public Roads ( England and 
| North Wales) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
| svossated, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 

A Petition of Clerks to Turnpike Trusts, in the 
county of Worcester, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, but that such 
clauses or provisions may be inserted therein as will 
secure to them, and other clerks to Turnpike Trusts, 
a fair and reasonable compensation for the loss of 
their present offices, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition of Members of the Manchester Law 
| Association, praying that the Real Property Transfer 
| Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
|read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Monifieth 
(Chairman) ; —— Kelso Presbytery (Presbytery 
Clerk) ;——Parochial Board of Inverness and Baird 
(Chairman) ; and, C. H. Stewart ; praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 








of guardians, as at present constituted, shall con-| 


tinue and shall have the same local management 


| A Petition of Rate-payers of Ross, in the county 





Poor Law 
cers, 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 


Bill. 


Real Property 


Transfer Bill. 


Registering 


Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Rating of 


aud superintendence ofthe poor; that the payments | of Hereford, praying the House to abolish excused Tenements. 


of the rate-payers of each union throughout the 
kingdom shall be in proportion to their existing 
average payments for the relief of the poor, to be 
taken triennially ; that the costs of all pauper lu- 
natics confined in county asylums shall be paid out 
of the Treasury ; that the national burden of the 
relief of the poor shall be borne by the nation at 
large, every description of property being brought 
to bear its due proportion, as in the income and 
eo tax; and praying that the malt tax may 
e repealed, and that a substitute, ifnecessary, may 
be found in a moderate duty upon corn and cattle, 
and that the customs duties may be increased upon 
tallow, slave-grown sugar, spirits, luxuries generally, 
and manufactured goods of every description, was 
st and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the. 


Kidderminster Union, praying the House to adopt 
measures for the abolition of the law of settlement, 
for establishing one uniform system of raising the 
necessary funds for the relief of the poor by taxing 
property of all descriptions, and, as far as may be 
practicable, for the suppression of vagrancy, in such 
manner as to the House shall seem meet, was pre- 


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


Vor. 104, 


lists, and to empower overseers, when rating hold- 
ings under 6/. rateable value, to make the rate 
upon the owner, allowing him 25 per cent. discount 
as a remuneration for occasional void cottages and 
other contingencies; or, if it be deemed more con- 
venient and proper to continue to rate the occupier, 
|to make the overseers’ receipts for poor rates and 
_ the receipts for highway rates a legal tender to the 
landlord in lieu of so much rent, after the same 
manner as receipts for land tax and property tax, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Petty;-——Laggon;——Alexander 
| Macdonald ;—— Kilmorack ;——— Ballachulish ;—- 
| Dundee (three Petitions) ; Kelso Presbytery 
of the United Presbyterian Church (Clerk) ;—~—- 
Hobkirk and Southdean; —-Paisley (two Petitions) ; 
—- Inverness ; Rattray; Glasgow ;—-Aber- 
nyte (Chairman) ;—— Tobermory ;—— Applecross ; 
——Auchtergaven ;——Ministers, Elders, Deacon 
and other Members of the Free Church of Scot- 
land ;— — Dunkeld (Minister) ;—— Kinfauns ;—— 
Presbytery of Dunvon and Iaverary (Moderator) ; 
——and, Ashhirk; praying that the Sunday Tra- 
velling on Railways Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

















Ten 


DD3 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 











206 


Universal Ten Petitions of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, 

Suffrage, &amp;. raving the House to extend the Franchise to every 
man of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence 
and unstained with crime; and to enact all other 
provisions essential to the full, fair and free repre- 
sentation of the people,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

War. Petitions from Bristol;--Blisworth;—-Kingsthorpe; 

—FEarls Barton; — Kettering ; — Northampton ;— 

Corgleton;— Edward Madeley and others;— Bir- 


mingham;—and, Liansamlet (two Petitions) ; pray- | 


ing the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as 
shall bind the parties to refer all international dis- 
putes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bricks, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of March 
last, be printed. 


Bricks. 
No. 218. 


Spirits. 
No. 219. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits, 
which were presented upon the 4th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 

Punjab. Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers relating to the Punjab. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Public Income (Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
—~ raed Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
No.220. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the 
m=" year ended the 5th day of April 1849 (after abating 
the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 
Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues 
or Payments within the same period, exclusive of 
the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded, or 
paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances 
and Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of 
the Balances of the Public Money remaining in 
the Exchequer on the 5th day of April 1848 ; the 
Amount of Mopey raised by the Additions to the 
Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 
5th day of April 1849 ; the Money applied towards 
the Redemption of the Funded, or paying off Un- 
funded Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on Account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on the 5th day of April 1849. 
Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Navigation 


- Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty's 
saws, 7 - . 


Command,—Copy of further Correspondence with 
Foreign States, relative to the proposed Relaxation 
of the British Navigation Laws. 

Viscount Pa/merston also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of 
this insiant April, for Copy of the Circular ad- 
dressed by Viscount Palmerston to the British 
Minister at Foreign States, respecting the Debt 
due by Foreign States to British Subjects. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Foreign 
Debts. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Oaths Bill. 


Reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 30th day of this instant April. 


16° Aprils. 








A, 1849. 


The Apprehension of Deserters (Portugal) Bill Apprehension 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and | 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin” 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Administra. 
Reading of the Administration of Justice (Metro- tion of Justice 
politan Districts) Bill ; (Metropolitan 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualification 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 404 Registra. 
Voters (Jreland) Bill; Ciniend) Ea 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections ana 
Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Zre- Polling-places 
land) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Colonies. 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the political and financial relations between 
Great Britain and her Dependencies, with a view 
to reduce the Charges on the British Treasury, and 
to enlarge the Functions of the Colonial Legisla- 
tures ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ie oe : 34. 

, 5 Mr. Tufnell, 1 

Lellers for the Noes,{ Ford een iit: { 81. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- gmithfield 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Market. 
inquire into the necessity of the removal of Smith- 
field Market, as a nuisance in the centre of the 


‘British Metropolis, to some appropriate site or 


sites, containing an area of not less than twelve 
acres, and the establishment of abattoirs in the 
vicinity of London :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Smithfield 
on the removal of Smithfield Market: — And a Market. 
Committee was appointed of Lord Robert Gros- 
venor, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Bramston, Mr.. Alder- 
man Copeland, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Miles, Mr. 

Eliot Yorke, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Machin- 
non, Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir 
Charles Douglas, Mr. Childers and Mr. Christopher, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
made progress in the matter to them referred; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








“oO PR 














Railway 
Assurance 
" Company 
( Alteration 
of Stamp 
Duties) Bill. 


Universal 
Railway 
Casualty — 
Compensation 
Company Bill. 


7 


Small Debt 
Courts (East 
India.) 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Cavan Union, 
&amp;e. 


Lowtherstown 
Workhouse, 





12 Vicrortz. 


Martis, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the 
Railway Assurance Company (Alteration of Stamp 
Duties) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, as notices of the intended applica- 
tion to Parliament were not published in the months 
of October and November last, or either of hem, in 
the London, Edinburgh and Dublin Gazettes. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Universal Railway Casualty 
Compensation Company Bill ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, — Return to an Order, dated the 
29th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Copies of all Correspondence on the pro- 
posed Establishment, Extension or Improvement of 
Small Debt Courts, within the Towns of Calcutta, 
Madras and Bombay, which has taken place be- 
tween the Judges of Her Majesty’s Courts of Judica- 
ture in India, the Law Commissioners for Zndia, the 
Governor-General of Jndia, the Governors of Bengal, 
Madras and Bombay, and the Honourable the Court 
of Directors of the Kast India Company, during the 
last Three years :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— An Abstract of the General Statements 
of the Income and Expenditure of the several Turn- 
pike Trusts in Englandand Wales, from 1st January 
1846 to 31st December 1846, inclusive. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Copies of Letter from the Vice-Guardians 
of the Cavan Union to the Poor Law Commission- 
ers, relative to their Travelling Expenses in Febru- 
ary and May 1848 :-~And, Answers :—Of Sealed 
Orders from the Poor Law Commissioners, dated 
the 8th day of June 1848, authorizing them to 
charge £. 2. 10s. weekly for Travelling Expenses to 
each of the Unions of Cavan and Cootehill :—Of 
Memorial of the Rate-payers of the Kilnaleck Elec- 
toral Division, addressed to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in August 1848: — Of Captain Hotham’'s 
Report to the Poor Law Commissioners of an In- 
vestigation held by him on the 2d day of October 
1848, and following days: — Of Letter from the 
Poor Law Commissioners to /Villiam Smith, Drum- 
keel, dated the 5th day of December 1848 :—Of 
Mr. Charles Sharman Crawford’s Report to the 
Poor Law Commissioners of an Inquiry held by him 
at the Cavan Workhouse, on the 15th and 16th day 
of December 1848, and Letter to Mr. Smith thereon : 
—Of Letter from Poor Law Commissioners to Lord 
Farnham, dated the 20th day of January 1849 :— 
And, Weekly Return of the Number of Paupers 
in the Cavan Workhouse, and on the Lists of Out- 
door Relief in the Cavan Union, from the 1st day of 
December 1847 till the 1st day of December 1848. 

Copy of Captain Gilbert's Report to the Poor 
Law Commissioners, dated the 15th day of January 
1849, on the state of Lowtherstown Workhouse; the 
Answer of the Board of Guardians thereto, with 
the Returns from the Board appended ; Mr. Bar- 
ron’s Report on the Investigation held relating to 
the foregoing Correspondence; and all other Cor- 
respondence on the same subject between Captain 

TOL. 104, 





17° Aprils. 











207 


Gilbert and the Commissioners, Mr. Barron and 
the Commissioners, and the Board of Guardians 
and the Commissioners. 

A Return of the Annual Value of each Benefice Ministers 
named in the Return numbered 7, Appendix 2, to Money 
the Keport from the Select Committee on Ministers’ — 
Money (Jreland), 1848, together with the Amount No, 221. 
of the Annual Tax to which each such Benefice was 
subject in the year 1848. 

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


A Petition of Directors of the Great Central Gas Great Central 


Consumers Company, praying that provision may sae. 
be made in the Great Central Gas Consumers Com- pany Bill. 
pany Bill, to extend the limits of the Bill to such 
parishes lying beyond the city of London and li- 

berties thereof, where the land for the establishment 

of Gas Works may be obtained at a reasonable rate, 

and the manufacture of Gas may be carried on upon 

a more extended scale, free from the objections which 

attach to the carrying on of such works in the heart 

of the metropolis, was presented, and read ; and re- 

ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, south Devon 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring im Railway (to 
a Bill for enabling the said Company to secure to yon eae fa 
the new shares or stock to be created for paying off dends) Bill. 
their Debt, the same priority in and payment of 
dividends, as now attaches to the Mortgage and 
Bond Debt of the Company to be so paid off, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Affirmation 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline, praying ®" 
that the Affirmation Bill may pass to a law, was 
es and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 

A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers and others, 
connected with the cultivation of the soil in the pa- 
rish of Chertsey, Surrey, and its neighbourhood, 
complaining of the distressed state of the agricul- 
tural interest ; and praying for relief from the heavy 
burthen of the malt and other taxes, and for an 
equitable adjustment of the poor, county, police 
and highway rates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agriculture. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Drainage 
the county of Tipperary, North Riding, assembled (Ireland.) 
at Spring Assizes, 1849, praying the House to give 
its sanction to any measure that will have for its 
object the improvement of the Arterial Drainage of 
Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Loyal Grand Turk Lodge of Benefit 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Societies Act. 
Unity, Birmingham district, meeting at the house 
of Rowland Hill, known by the name of The Grand 
Turk, situate in Lombard-street, Birmingham (Pre- 
sident, Vice-President and Secretary) ;—and, True 
Briton Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, Manchester Unity, Thedghen district, meet- 
ing at the New Inn, Bromsgrove-street (President, 
Vice-President and Secretary); praying for amend- 
ment of the Benefit Societies Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and other Residents in Cattle 
the county of Westmeath, stating that the present “*¢land). 
state of the law for the protection of Cattle is wholly 
insufficient for the purpose, and affords a direct en- 
couragement to plunder, by the impossibility, in most 
cases, of detection; and praying for such an altera- 
tion in the law as will put an end to such practice, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Darkhouse; — Willenhall; — Church and 
Bromsgrove ;-—Cradeley ;— Wolverhampton ;— Bir- State. 
pp4 mingham ;— 








Church Rates. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


208 17° Aprils. A. 1849, 


mingham ;— West Bromwich ;—and, Kidderminster ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for dissolving 
the connection of the Church and the State,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Llangollen ;—and, Glyndyfdwy ; 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Mackay;— Patrick Tul- 
loch;—Presbytery of Elgin (Moderator) ;—Stir- 
ling ;—and, Market Weighton; praying that the 
Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Members of the Society for the Diffusion of Poli- 
tical Information, held in Taunton, in the county of 
Somerset, suggesting that in Divisions of the House 
the number of constituents represented by Members 
be taken, and not the votes of the Members indi- 
vidually, and praying that the House will take im- 
mediate steps to bring about the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Ziff and 
Benvie (Chairman) ; Forfar ;——and, Commis- 
sioners of Supply, and other Heritors of the Stew- 
artry of Kirkcudbright (Preses); praying that the 
Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from MNewcastle-under-Lyme ; — Gos- 
port; — Fareham; — Wickham; -- Titchfield ;-- 
Poole ;--and, Portsea; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Yealmpton ;—— Rural Deanery 
of Moreton; —— Seaton; —— Darlington ; —— 
Southampton ;——Frimley ;—--and, British subjects 
resident at Stockholm, in the kingdom of Sweden ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Ziff and 
Benvie (Chairman) ;——Foveran ; and, Forfar; 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Kirkcaldy, praying that the 
Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Theale and North-street ;—— 
Weldon ;——and, Doune (Chairman); praying that 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass intoa 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Hal- 
stead, in the county of Essex, praying the House to 
take into immediate consideration the propriety of 
passing an Act to substitute a Union rate for the 
present mode of assessment for relief of the poor, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Union ;—and, Bodmin Union ; praying that an Act 
may be passed during the present Session of Par- 
liament to enable Poor Law Officers to form and 
distribute a superannuation fund for members of 
their body,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Trail, praying the House Promiscuous 
to enact such laws as it may in its wisdom see fit Mtercourse, 
for the punishment of all persons guilty of trading 
in seduction and prostitution, and for the better 
protection of virtuous women, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Public Expen. 
Town Council of the royal burgh of Dunfermline, diture. 
praying the House to take the necessary means for 
effecting a reduction of the Public Expenditure, and 
confining it to the narrowest possible limits, consis- 
tent with the welfare of the country, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Creditors on the Tolls of the Turn- Public Roads 





ike-road from Harrowgate to Boroughbridge; (Pogiand and 
; Trustees of the Ganpllennad from ‘ene — Wales) 
gate to Boroughbridge ; Guildford ; Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the Turnpike-road and 
Branch, called The Moses Gate District of Road 
and Ringley Branch, in the county of Lancaster ; 
——Trustees for putting into execution the Acts 
for regulating the Turnpike-road from Bolton-le- 
Moors to Parr, in the county of Lancaster, com- 
monly called the Bolton and Saint Helen’s Turn- 
pike-road ;——-Trustees for putting into execution 
the Acts for regulating the Turnpike-road and 
Branch called the Moses Gate District of Road and 
Ringley Branch, in the county of Lancaster ;—— 
Persons entitled tv monies secured by mortgagees 
of the Tolls on the 'Turnpike-road from Bolton-le- 
Moors to Parr, in the county of Lancaster, com- 
monly.called the Bolton and Saint Helen’s Turnpike- 
road ;——and, Bolton Union (Chairman) ; praying 
that the Public Roads (England and North Wales) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of George Ducre;—William Senhouse 
Gaitskell ;—Clerks to Turnpike Trusts in the county 
of Southampton (two Petitions) ;—and, Clerks to 
Turnpike Trusts in the county of Berks; praying 
that clauses may be inserted in the said Bill, se- 
curing to the Petitioners, and other Clerks to Turn- 
pike Trusts similarly situated, a fair and reasonable 
compensation for the loss of their present offices, 
should the said Bill pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 











A Petition of Shareholders in Railways, Inhabi- Railways. 
tants of the town and neighbourhood of Ulverstone, 
in the county of Lancaster, stating that they con- 
sider that the present system of rating Railways to 
poor, highway, church and other local rates, is 
unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and praying for 
such an alteration in the law as may render more 


just and equal the local taxation upon Railway 


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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Rating of 
Chesterton Union, in the county of Cambridge, Tenements. 
praying the House to pass some measure of Uniform 





A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land 
in the county of Kildare, praying that the Poor 
Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-on-Hull Union ;—Hal- 
stead Union ; — Catherington Union ;— Croydon 
Union ;—Shard/ow Union;--Romsey Union ;--Kings- 
cleare Union ;— Brirworth Union ; — Whitechapel 
Union ;— Chesterton Union ;—Cazton and Accring- 





ton Union ;—Midhurst Union ;— South Stoneham, 





National Rating, whereby the owners, instead of 
the occupiers of cottage residences, of a rental not 
exceeding five pounds a year each, may be assessed 
thereto, and whereby every description of real and 
other property and profits arising from trade and 
other sources may be called upon to bear its fair 
proportion towards the burden of relief, maintenance 
and support of the poor, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board and Parish of soggy 
Inverury (Chairman) ; Alexander Topp ;—— (Scotland) 


Parochial Bill. 





EGEgae 


Sale 
Act. 














































































































































































Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


irit Licenses 
(Scotland. ) 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Smithfield 
Market, 


12 Vicroriz. 
Parochial Board of Ziff and Benvie (Chairman) ; 


Foveran ;——and, Forfar; praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





Petitions from Kirkcaldy Presbytery of the 
United Presbyterian Church (Moderator and Pres- 




















bytery Clerk) ; Church Session of the parish of 
Tyrie (Moderator) ; Monymush ; Meldrum ; 
Kenmay ; Methlick ; and, Oyne; pray- 


ing that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; 
and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
law,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions from Carlisle ; — Otley ;—Salford ;— 
Huddersfield ;—and, Highfield ; praying the House 
to prohibit the granting of any new licenses to Beer- 
houses, and to cause those already granted to be 
in force only during the tenure of the present 
holders,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Loddiswell;—and, Thurlestone ; 
raying the House to address Her Majesty to the 
mtent that instructions may be forthwith given to 
the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
to demand from the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
ments the liberation from Slavery of all Africans, 
and their descendants, who have been introduced 
into their respective colonies and territories, and in 
the event of their attempting to evade the demand 
or to procrastinate its strict fulfilment, it be notified 
to them that measures will be taken to exclude their 
produce from the British markets, until Slavery 
itself be abolished in all their colonies and terri- 
tories respectively,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Reverend the 
Presbytery of Fordyce, praying the House to take 
the whole subject of the granting of Spirit Licenses 
in royal burghs, as well as in all other localities in 
Scotland, into consideration, and to pass such mea- 
sures as may appear most likely to diminish the 
number of such Licenses, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pluscarden ;—— Patrick Tulloch ; 
Engie ; Alexander Topp ; Kirk Session 
of Turriff ;—— Buckie ; Garmouth, Kingston, 
and their vicinity ;——-Girthon and Anwoth ; 
Dunfermline Presbytery (Moderator) ;——Stirling ; 
and, Tyrie; praying that the Sunday Travelling 
on Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from John Cooper, Carron Ironworks ; 
—and, Carron; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 




















Petitions from Oswaldtwistle and Church ;—Sal- 
ford ;—Stockport ;— Whalley’s End ;—Pontefract ; 
—Darkhouse ;— Willenhall ;— West Bromwich ;— 
Dudley ;-- Birmingham ;—Cradeley ;-- Bromsgrove ;-- 
Wolverhampton ;—Kidderminster ;— Dunfermline ; 
Peg (two Petitions);—and, Romsey ; praying 
the House to secure the adoption of a treaty of 
arbitration between the British Government and 
the other governments of the world respectively, in 
which the parties shall mutually pledge themselves 
to refer every disputed question which cannot be 
settled by mutual negociation to impartial arbitra- 
tors,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
which, upon the 9th day of July 1847, were reported 
~~ the Select Committee appointed to inquire 

OL. 104. 





17°—18° Aprilis. 








209 


into the necessity for removal of Smithfield Market, 
as a nuisance in the centre of the British Me- 
tropolis, to some appropriate site, comprising an 
area of not less than twelve acres, and the establish- 
ment of Abattoirs, in the vicinity of London, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- County Rates 
nesday the 25th day of this instant April, the 4 _— 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill, was read, and ” 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Taxing Taxing 
Masters, Court of Chancery (Jreland), which was Masters, Cour 


presented upon the 12th day of March last, be ireland) 


printed. No. 222. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tional Debt, which was presented yesterday, be No. 223. 
printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Landed 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Ss ne 4 
inquire into the legal circumstances which unduly ) 
impede the sale of Landed Property in Jre/and ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
were not present; The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present ; 
and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 18° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th day Sena tiene 
of this instant April ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Divett reported the Sunderland Dock Act Sunderland — 
and River Wear Commissioners’ Act Amendment, eset hoa 
&amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. Cenmmaieaion 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ers’ Act 

Amendment. 
&amp;c. Bill. 

The Order made yesterday, for referring to the Great Central 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, the Petition aor» 
for additional Provision in the Great Central Gas pany Bill. 
Consumers’ Company Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of East Agriculture. 

Grinstead, in the county of Susser, praying the 
House to grant relief to Agriculturists, either by 
a re-imposition of protection, or by such a sufficient 
reduction of their present burdens as may enable 
them to compete on fair terms with their foreign 
rivals, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Principal, Ancients and Juniors, Attornies’ 
Members of the Society of Staple Inn, one of the Certificates, 
Inns of Chancery, praying for the repeal of the 
Annual Duty on the Certificates of Attornies, So- 
licitors and Proctors, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Capital 
Inhabitants of the city of Worcester, praying that Punishment. 
the laws enacting Capital Punishment may be re- 

EE 


pealed, 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Education 
(Lancaster.) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Mendicancy. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


210 


pealed, and that some other mode of Punishment 
may be substituted in its place, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberdeen (Mode- 
rator);— Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;—Alloa (Chairman); 
—and, East Stonehouse; praying that the Clergy 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (three Petitions) ;— 
Bury ;—and, Hulme; praying for the establishment 
of a general system of Secular Education through- 
out the County Palatine of Lancaster, to be sup- 
ported by local rates (levied on the same assessment 
as the poor’s rate), and managed by local autho- 
rities, elected by the rate-payers specially for the 
purpose,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Directors of 
the Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum, in the county 
of Forfar, praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ellesmere ; Mansfield Wood- 
house ; Sutton-in-Ashfield ; ——Rural Deanery 
of Bolton ; Llangunnider ; Brenham ; 
Bellerly ; Gillingham ;—— Exeter ;——Prior’s 
Marston; Bourton-on-the- Hill ;— —Saint Mar- 
garet-next-Rochester ; —— Bristol ; Tremeir- 
chion ; —— Monart ; Southminster ; —— Fox- 
earth and Bexley ;——Dalston ; South Hack- 
ney ; —— Auntingfield ; Stretton (Norwich) ; 

Bisley ;——Great Risington ; Stackallan ; 
—— Wibsey Low Moor ;——Clergy and Laymen of 
the Church of England ;——lIpswich ; Diocese 
of London ; Salehurst ; Deanery of Whit- 
church ;——District of Brechin ;——Norton Saint 
Philips and Hinton Charterhouse ; Archdea- 
conry of Leicester ; Cookley ; and, Bury 
Saint Edmund’s; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Longston ; — Wolstanton ;—Fenton ; 
-—Stohe-upon-Trent ;-- Burslem ;-—-and, Yeovil ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Yowie ;——and, Kirk Session of 
Kirriemuir (Moderator); praying that the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Poor of the Mansfield Union, in the counties of 
Nottingham and Derby, praying the House to 
adopt measures to put an end to the great and in- 
creasing evils of Pauper vagrancy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Tradesmen and Ar- 
tizans connected with the building and equipment 
of ships, and others belonging to the town of Mist- 
ley and the Port of Harwich, praying the House to 
reject every proposition for the repeal of the Navi- 
gation Laws, and to adhere inviolably to those great 
principles on which they are based, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Parliamentary Petitions from Warwick, Leamington and the 


Oaths Bill. 


Passengers 
Bill. 


vicinity ; Withyham; and, Polstead; pray- 
ing that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Select Vestry 
of the parish of Liverpool, praying that Clauses 
may be introduced into the Passengers Bill, ren- 


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A. 1849. 


dering it imperative on all owners of steam-boats or 
sailing-vessels carrying passengers from or to any 
part of the United Kingdom, to afford a certain ac- 
commodation between decks to each passenger, and 
to prohibit, under a severe penalty, the carrying any 
human being as a deck passenger, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Jnnishannon, and Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 


that the Poor Laws (/reland) (Rate in Aid) Bill gy in Aid) 


its neighbourhood, in the county of Cork, praying 


may not pass into a law, was presented and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Orsett Union ;—Ongar Union ;— Poor Law 
Leeds ;—West Ashford Union ;—Plomesgate Union ; Officers. 


— Newcastle-upon- Tyne Union ;— Badworth Union; 
—Solihull Union ; — Tenbury Union ; — Fording- 
bridge Union ; Gainsborough Union ;—and, Hart- 
ismere Union; praying that an Act may be passed 
in the present Session of Parliament, to enable 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super- 
annuation fund for members of their body,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—Alexander Keith ;— Promiscuous 
Stretton-on-the-Fosse ;—and, Halford ; praying the Intercourse. 


House to enact such laws for the punishment of all 
persons guilty of trading in seduction and prostitu- 
tion, as may appear desirable for the protection of 
the young and innocent, and the repression of these 
vicious practices,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mew Mills; —Trustees of the Public Roads 
Turnpike-road leading from the Broyle Park Gate (England and 


to Battel, in the county of Susser (Chairman) ;— 
Battel ;—Trustees of the Hollington and Hastings 
Turnpike-road, in the county of Sussex (Chairman) ; 
—Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading from Beach 
Down and Battel to Heathfield, and from Roberts- 
bridge to Hood’s Corner, all in the county of Sussex 
(Chairman);— and, Salehurst; praying that the 
Public Roads (England and North Wales) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Tadcaster to Otley ;——Mortgagees 
of the Turnpike-road leading from Leeds to Wake- 
field ; J. G. Bourne ; Trustees of the Dud- 
ley, Pedmore and Holly Hall District of Turnpike- 
roads, in the counties of Worcester, Stafford and 
Salop; Sedgley ;——Trustees of the Dudley and 
Brettel-lane District of Turnpike-roads, in the coun- 
ties of Worcester and Stafford ;——-Mortgagees of 
the Tolls of the Dudley and New Inn District of 
Turnpike-roads, in the counties of Worcester, Staf- 
ford and Salop;——Trustees of the Dudley, Bir- 
mingham and Wolverhampton, and Streetway VDis- 
trict of Turnpike-roads in the counties of Worcester, 
Warwick and Stafford ; Trustees of the Dudley 
and Halesowen District of Turnpike-roads, in the 
counties of Worcester, Stafford and Salop ; Tip- 
ton ; Mortgagees of the Tolls of the Pedmore and 
Holly Hall District of Turnpike-roads, in the coun- 
ties of Worcester and Stafford;——Trustees of the 
Dudley and New Inn District of Turnpike-roads, in 
the counties of Worcester, Salop and Stafford ; 
Rowley Regis ; Dudley ; Mansfield Union 
(Presiding Chairman) ; —— Walton-le-Soken ; —— 
Great Berkhamsted ; Hemel Hemsted ; 
Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Turnpike-road from 
Bolton-le-Moors to Westhoughton, in the county of 
Lancaster ;——Trustees for putting in execution 
the Act for regulating the Turnpike-road called the 
Hulton District of Road, in the county of Lancaster ; 
——Edmund Haworth, Junior ;——Mortgagees of 
the Tolls on the Turnpike-road called The Hulton 
District of Road, in the county of Lancaster ; 
Trustees for putting in execution the Acts for regu- 





lating 








d) 





12 Vicroriz. 


lating the Turnpike-road and Branches leading from 
Radcliffe towards Bolton and Bury, all in the 
county of Lancaster ;—-— Farnworth ; --Mortgagees 
of the Tolls on the Turnpike-road and Branches 
leading from Radcliffe towards Bolton and Bury, 
in the county of Lancaster ; Great Lever ;—— 
Trustees for putting in execution the Acts for regu- 
Jating the Turnpike-road from Bolton-le-Moors to 
Westhoughton, in the county of Lancaster ; -— 


























Middle Hulton ;——-Edgeworth ; Darcy ;-— 
Little Hulton; Warwick ; Barford ; 
Sherbourne ; ——Princethorpe ; Gaydon ; —— 
Eatington ; Grandborough ; ——Warmington ; 
Wolfhamcote ; ——Knowle ;——Burton Das- 
sets ;—— Radford ;——Trustees and Commissioners 


of the Turnpike-road situate in the county of War- 
wick, and called or known by the name of The War- 
wick, Coventry and Leamington Turnpike (Chair- 
man) ;—— Owen Dassett; Hatton ;—— Beaude- 
sert ; Newbord Pacey ;——Halford ; Woot- 
ton Wawen;——Wootton Hill; —— Leamington 














Priors ; Lapworth ; —— Lighthorne; —— 
Brailes ; —— Alderminster ; ——-Shotteswell ; —— 
Wellisbourne ;——Newberd ; —— Tachbrooke ;—— 
Charlecote; —— Preston Bagot; —— Warwick 
(Chairman) ; —— Sutton (Gloucester); —— Wil- 


loughby ;——Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turn- 





pike-roads leading from Salford, through Pendleton 
and other places, in the county of Lancaster, and | 
known as the Pendleton District, the Swinton Dis- | 
trict, the Irlams-o’-th’-Height District, the Gilda | 


Brook and Iriam District, and the Agercroft Dis- | 





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Saltersbrook Turnpike-road, in the counties of Lan- 
caster and Chester ; Trustees for putting into ex- 
ecution the Act for more effectually repairing and 
otherwise improving the Roads from Hurdlow 
House, in the county of Derby, to Manchester, in 
the county palatine of Lancaster, and other Roads. 
therein mentioned, in the said counties, and in the 
county palatine of Chester, commonly called The 
Manchester and Buxton Turnpike-road ;—--Trus- 
tees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading 





from Hinckley, in the county of Leicester, to Nun- 
| eaton, in the county of Warwick, and from thence 





to Bishop’s Gate, in the city of Coventry; 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road 
from the city of Coventry to Over Whitacre, in the 
county of Warwick ; Trustees of the Turnpike- 
road leading from Dunchurch to Stonebridge, in 
the county of Warwick ;——- Glossop ; ‘Trustees 
and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from 
Chapel-en-le-Frith to Enterclough Bridge, in the 
county of Derby;——Creditors of the Flimwell 
Vent to Hastings Turnpike-road, in the county of 
Sussex ; —— Wanborough ; Mortgagees and 
Creditors of the Marlborough and Swindon Turn- 
pike-road, in the county of Wilts ; Trustees of 
the Swindon and Hungerford Turnpike-roads, as- 
sembled at a General Meeting held at Swindon 
(Chairman); Wroughton; Southern Division 
of the county of Wilts ;——Petty Sessional Division 
of Thornbury ; —— Dursley ; Rearsby ; —— 
Trustees and Mortgagees of Turnpike-roads in 
the county of Leicester ; Thurmastor ; —— 





























trict of Turnpike-roads ;—— Modbury ;——Trustees | Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley ;——Cre- 
of the Exeter Turnpike-road Trust;——Trustees | ditors on the Tolls of the Turnpike-road from 
and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from | Wetherby to Knaresborough, in the West Riding of 
Colne to Broughton ;—— Trustees for repairing the 





Trustees of the Turnpike-| the county of York ; 
road leading from Gomersal to Dewsbury, both in | Turnpike-roads leading from Birmingham to Wed- 
the West Riding of the county of York ;——-Bing-  nesbury and to Great Bridge, and from thence to 
ley; —— Pudsey (York); Division of Stow | the Portway adjoining the Bilston and Wednesbury 
( Gloucester) ;—-Trustees of some or all of the Turn- | Turnpike-road, and to Nether Trindle, near Dud- 
pike Trusts entitled The Foss and Cross, The Stump | ley, and from Trouse-lane, in the parish of Wednes- 
Cross, The Northleach, The Evesham Second District, | bury, to Darlaston, in the counties of Stafford and 
The Chapel-on-the-Heath and Bourton-on-the-Hill,| Worcester, called The Birmingham and Wednesbury 
The Stow and Burford, and The Burford and Ban- | Turnpike-road ; Trustees for maintaining and 
bury Trusts ; West Riding of the county of! improving the Road from Soho Hill, in the parish 
York ; Creditors of the Tolls of the Turnpike- | of Handsworth, to the Walsall-road, on the north- 
roads thereinafter mentioned ; ——Exeter; —— ern side of Hamstead Bridge, and another Road 
South Leverton ; Elksley ; Gringley ; from Brown’s Green to the Friary, in the county 
Ramshill ;—— Gamston ; Ordsall ;——- Botham- | of Stafford;——Trustees under an Act of Parlia- 
sell ;—-—Mortgagees and Trustees of the Salter- | ment, for more effectually repairing several Roads 
hebble, Stainland and Sowerhy Bridge Turnpike- | leading from Kidderminster, in the county of Wor- 
road, in the West Riding of the county of York ; | cester, and several other Roads connected therewith, 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road | in the counties of Worcester, Stafford and Salop, 
leading from Halifax to Huddersfield, in the West | unanimously resolved upon at a meeting of the 
Riding of the county of York ;——Trustees and | said Trustees, held at Kidderminster aforesaid, on 
Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from | the 11th day of April 1849, signed on behalf of 



































Keighley to Halifax, in the West Riding of the | 


county of York ; —— Elland-cum-Greetland ;—— 
Mortgagees of the Turnpike-roads leading from 
Brighouse, in the parish of Halifax, to Denholme 
Gate, in the parish of Bradford, in the West Riding 
of the county of York; Trustees of the Turn- 
pike-road leading from Brighouse, in the parish of 
Halifax, to Denholme Gate, in the parish of Brad- 
ford, in the West Riding of the county of York; 
Mortgagees of the Tolls of the New Biddulph 
Turnpike Trusts, in the counties of Chester and 
Stafford ;——Mortgagees of the Tolls of the First 
District of the Tunstall and Bosley Turnpike Trust, 
in the counties of Chester and Stafford ; Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls of the Wilmslow and Lawton 
Turnpike Trust, in the county of Chester ;——Trus- 
tees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading 
from the Old Bridge, in the town of Stockport, in 
the county ae of Chester, to or near Marple 
Bridge, in the said county, and a Branch from the 
said Road near Marple Bridge aforesaid, to or near 
Thornset Gate, in the county of Derby, commonly 
called The Stockport and Marple Turnpike-road ; 
——Marple ;——Trustees of the Manchester and 














VoL. 104. 


the meeting (Chairman) ; Mortgagees of the 
Ilminster Turnpike Tolls, in the county of Somerset ; 
——Tlminster ; Nor thover ;——L chester ;—— 
Trustees acting in the execution of an Act for more 
effectually repairing and improving certain Roads, 
in length upwards of forty miles, passing through 
or near the l'own of Jiminster, in the County of So- 
merset, assembled at a meeting held on the 14th 
day of April 1849 (Chairman) ;——Perry Barr ; 
——Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation ; Trustees of the Turnpike- 
road from Birmingham to Watford Gap, in the 
parish of Sutton Coldfield, in the county of War- 
wick, and other roads connected therewith ; 
Trustees of the Bristol District of Turnpike-roads, 
(Chairman) ; Queeniborough ; —— Knighton ; 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; Mortgagees of the 
Tolls of the Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove 
district of Turnpike-roads, in the counties of Wor- 


cester and Stafford ;——Mortgagees of the Tolls of 























the Dudley and Brettle-lane District of Turnpike- 
roads, in the counties of Worcester and Stafford; 
——Company of Proprietors for embanking part 
of the Lairy, near Plymouth ; 
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Clayton-le-Moors ; 
Church ; 








212 


Church ; Wilpshire ; —— Trustees and 
Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road from Clitheroe, 
through Whalley to Blackburn, and Mellor Brook, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster ;——Trustees 
and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from 
Haslingden to Todmorden, in the county of Lan- 
caster ;—-— Billington ;——Trrustees for putting in 
execution the Act for regulating the Turnpike-road 
leading from Hunt’s Bank, in the town of Man- 
chester, to join the Manchester and Bury Turnpike- 
road in Pilkington, in the county of Lancaster, 
called The Manchester and Bury New Turnpike- 
road ; Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike- 
road from Bury, through Haslingden, to Blackburn 
and Whally, and other roads communicating there- 
with, in the county palatine of Lancaster ; 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, 
to Addingham and Cocking End, in the West 
Riding of the county of York ;——Dinckhley ; 
Oswaldtwisle ; Mortgagees of the Tolls arising 
at the several gates upon and by the side of the 
Turnpike-road from Fosten Bridge to the Division 
Stone on Witham Common, in the county of Lincoln ; 

Haune ;——Shipston-upon-Stour ,——Lutley ; 
—— Hasbury ; —— Ridgeacre and Lappal ; —— 
Rowley Regis ; Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Birmingham, in the county of War- 
wich, to Blakedown, in the parish of Hagley, in the 
county of Worcester ;——Hales Owen :——Hill ; 
—— Warley Wigan ;—— County of Wilts ;—— 
Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading from Bir- 
mingham, in the county of Warwick, to Bromsgrove, 
in the county of Worcester ; Nantwich ; 
Mortgavees of the Tolls of the Dudley, Birming- 
ham, Wolverhampton and Streetway district of ‘Turn- 
pike-roads, in the counties of Worcester, Warwick 
and Stafford ;—— Bromsgrove ; Sutton Cold- 
field ;—— Pilton (Somerset) ;—— Kingsnorton (two 


Petitions) ; — — Dunchurch ;——Crofton Hacket ; | 


——Cluines ; —— Northfield ; Saint John-in- 
Bedwardine ; —— Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
from the Welsh Harp, of Stonnall, in the county of 
Stafford, to Stonebridge, and from Castle Brom- 
wich, to Birmingham, in the county of Warwick ; 
Mortgagees of the Tolls of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Birmingham to Wednesbury, and other 
places, called the Birmingham and Wednesbury 
Turnpike-road ; Trustees and Mortgagees of 
the Turnpike-road leading from Wakefield to Ha- 
lifax, in the West Riding of the county of York; 
Ossett ; Usk ; —~Members of the Board 

for repair of the Highways of the township of Brad- 
ford, in the West Riding of the county of York 
(Chairman) ; Bradford ( York);——Mortgagees 
of the Turnpike-road leading from Godley-lane Head 
to Northowram Green, in the West Riding of the 
county of York; Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Godley-lane Head, near Halifax, to 
Northowram Green, in the West Riding of the 
county of York; Rushworth ;—— Heptonstall ; 
Henley-in- Arden ; Sowerby ;——Creditors and 
Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading from Rother- 
ham, in the county of York, to Pleasiey, in_the 
county of Derby ;—— Wilton ( Warwick) ;—— Tam- 
worth; —— Castle Bromwich ; Trustees acting 
under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed 
in the sixth year of his late Majesty King Wi/liam 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing, main- 
taining and improving the Road from Dewsbury to 
Ealand, in the West Riding of the county of York ; 
Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from 
Rotherham to Four-lane Ends, near Wortley, in the 
West Riding of the county of York ;——Trustees 
and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-road leading from 
Glossop to Bowd Bridge, in the county of Derby ; 


——Lea Marston ;—-Mortgagees of the Tolls of the 
Sheffield and Gander-laneTurnpike road,inthecoun- 
ties of York and Derby ;—-Shustock;-—Trustees for 
putting in execution the Act for amending, diverting 


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A. 1849. 


and improving the present Road, and making and 
maintaining certain new Roads between the Towns 
of Birstal and Huddersfield, in the West Riding of 
the county of York; and another Act for diverting, 
improving and maintaining the Roads between the 
town of Birstal and Huddersfield, in the county of 
York ;——Trustees of the Cloun and Budley Turn- 
pike-road, in the counties of Derby and Notting- 
ham ;——Ardsley ; Norland ;——Southowram ; 
Mortgagees of the Cloun and Budley Turnpike- 
road, in the counties of Derby and Nottingham 
Thorne ; Solihull ;—— Water Orton ;—— 
Mortgagees of the Tolls of the Turnpike-road 
between the Towns of Birstal and Huddersfield, in 
the West Riding of the county of York, called The 
Birstal and Huddersfield Turnpike-road ;—— Bark- 
island ;——Prescot ;——Soylund ;—— Northowram ; 
—— Ovenden ;—— Warley ;——Soothill ;——Trus- 
tees and Mortgagees of the Dewsbury and Leeds 
Turnpike-road, in the West Riding of the county of 
York ;—— Hipperholme ;——T rustees acting in the 
execution of the Act for more effectually repairing 
and maintaining the Road from Top of Odsall, near 
Bradford, through Wibsey Low Moor, to Hudders- 
field, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
commonly called The Bradford and Huddersfield 
Turnpike-road ; and also of the Mortgagees of the 
Tolls of the said Road ;—— Coleshill ; Moxton ; 
Elmdon;— — Ryton ;-—— Minworth ; —-Stret- 
ton-upon- Dunsmore ; Trustees of the Fisherton, 
Wilton, Heytesbury, Willoughby, Hedge and Red- 
hone Turnpike-road, in the county of Wilts ;—— 
Creditors and Trustees of the Rotherham and Swin- 
ton Turnpike-road, in the West Riding of the county 
of York ;——Trustees for putting in execution the 
Act for amending, maintaming and improving the 
Road from Lockwood to Meltham, and the Branch 
of Road from Meltham Mills, all in the parish of 
Almondbury, in the West Riding of the county of 
York ;——Trustees for putting in execution the Act 
for improving and maintaining the Road from the 
South Side of a Bridge over the River Colne, called 
Engine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in 
the West Riding of the County of York, to Wood- 
head, in the County Palatine of Chester, and from 
thence to a Bridge over the River Mersey, called 
Enterclough Bridge, on the Confines of the County 
of Derby ; Trustees and Mortgagees of the 
Turnpike-roads leading from Liverpool to Prescot, 
Ashton and Warrington, in the county palatine of 
Lancaster ; ‘Trustees of the Turnpike-road lead- 
ing from Rotherham to the Four-/ane Ends, near 
Wortley, in the West Riding of the county of York 
(Chairman) ; Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
leading from Tadcaster to Halton Dial, in the West 
Riding of the county of York; Mortgagees of 
the Tolls of the Wadsley, Langset and Sheffield 
Turnpike-road, in the county of York; Rother- 
ham ; Schotes ; Trustees and Commissioners 
of the Doncaster and Tadcaster Turnpike-road, in 
the West Riding of the county of York, the Red- 
house and Crofton Road, and the Wakefield and 
Weeland Road, also in the West Riding of the said 
county of York ;——Creditors and Trustees of the 
Tinsley and Doncaster ‘Yurnpike-road ; Ras- 
trick ; Drighlington ; —-— Water Orton; —— 
Trustees of Bradford and Wakefield Turnpike-road, 
in the county of York; Mortgagees of the Tolls 
of the Turnpike-road leading from Engine Bridge, 
in the township of Huddersfield and county of York, 
to Woodhead, in the county palatine of Chester, 
and from thence to Enterclough Bridge, on the con- 
fines of the county of Derby, and called The Hud- 
dersfield and Woodhead Turnpike-road ; Trus- 
tees of the Wadsley, Langset and Sheffield Turn- 
pike-road, in the county of York; Trustees of 
the Sheffield and Gander-lane Turnpike-road, in the 

counties of York and Derby; Barnsley ; 
Over Whitacre ;—— Shelf;——Trustees of the 
Keighley and Bradford Turnpike-roads, in the West 
Riding 











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Riding of the county of York (Chairman) ;—— 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls of the Wake- 





field and Austerlands Turnpike-road ; and, 
Brighouse ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Clerks to the Trustees of the Bristol 
Turnpike Trusts; — Clerks to certain Turnpike 
Trusts in the county of Lancaster ;—Treasurers and 
Clerks to Trustees of Turnpike Trusts situate in the 
county of Devon ;—Clerks to Turnpike Trusts in 
the eastern division of the county of Kent ;—Clerks 
to Turnpike Trusts in the county of Derby ;—Sur- 
veyors of the Bristol District of ‘Turnpike-roads ;— 
John Wilkson, Office Clerk to the Trustees of the 
Bristol District of Turnpike-roads ;— Clerks to 
Turnpike Trusts in the county of Wilts ;—Trustees 
of the Turnpike-road leading from James Deeping 
Stone Bridge, in the county of Lincoln, to the town 
of Morcott, in the county of Rutland (Chairman) ;— 
Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading from Wans- 
ford, in the county of Northampton, to Stamford, 
in the county of Lincoln (Chairman) ;—Trustees of 
the Turnpike-road leading from the town of Stam- 
ford to the Division Stone in South Witham, in the 
county of Lincoln (Chairman) ;—Clerks to Turnpike 
Trusts in the counties of Lincoln, Rutland and 
Northampton ;—Trustees of the Turnpike-road lead- 
ing from Stamford to Bourn, in the county of Lin- 
coln (Chairman) ;—Clerks to Turnpike Trusts in the 
county of Huntingdon ;—and, Clerks to Turnpike 
Trusts in the county of Norfolk; praying that 
clauses may be inserted in the said Bill, securing 
to Clerks to Turnpike Trusts a fair and reason- 
able compensation for the loss of their present 
offices, should the said Bill pass into a law,—were 
——— and read ; and ordered to lie upon 





the Table. 
Registering Petitions from Canongate (First Resident Bailie); 
oehesy and, Alloa (Chairman); praying that the Re- 
bay a gistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; and, the Mar- 
Gotland) riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were 


presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bills. 


Petitions from Alexander P. Laird ;—— Towie ; 
and, Kirk Session of Kirriemuir (Moderator) ; 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 


Bill. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying 
the House to appoint a Select Committee to con- 
sider the whole question connected with the making 
and maintaining of Roads and Bridges in Scotland, 
and to report their opinion whether the present 
mode of raising the funds requisite for that pur- 
pose should be continued, or what other should be 
substituted in its stead, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 





Roman Catho- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Otton 
lie Clergy. 


Belchamp and Belchamp St. Paul, in the county 
of Essex, praying the House not to countenance any 
measure for the endowment of the Roman Catholic 
Priesthood, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


ae of Beer Petitions from Leeds; — Oswaldtwisle; — and, 
; King’s Lynn; praying the House to prohibit the 
granting of any new licenses to Beer Shops, and 
to cause those already granted to be in force only 
during the life of the present holders,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
ae of the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
OL. 104, 


Slave Trade. 


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praying the House to address Her Majesty, to the 
intent that instructions be forthwith given to the 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
to demand from the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
ments the liberation of all Africans and their de- 
scendants, who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, and in the event 
of their attempting to evade the demand, or to pro- 
crastinate the strict fulfilment thereof, it be notified 
to them that measures will be taken to exclude their 
produce from the British markets until Slavery itself 
shall be abolished by them, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—— Newhills (two Sunday 
Petitions) ;—— Strichen ; Aberdeen (five Peti- — Teh 
tions) ;—— Brechin ;—— Roskeen ; —— Ardross ;~" "7° ™ 
Bridge End ;—— Kincardine; —— and, Presby- 
terian Church in Alloa (Chairman); praying that 
the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Landilo; — Maenclochog ; — War. 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; — Stony Stratford ;— and, 
Devonport; praying the House to promote the 
formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise be- 
tween them to the decision of arbitrators,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, re- No. 94. 
lative to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That the Copyholds Enfranchisement Copyholds 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the ory a 
9th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Indictable 
take into consideration the Indictable Offences (Jre- ym seer Bill 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and (Teland) Bill 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Summary 
take into consideration the Summary Convictions Convictions | 
(Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Gees) = 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration ‘To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landlord and 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant Bill; Tenant Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Roads 
Reading of the Public Roads (England and North — - 
Wales) Bill ; — 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question: viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ after the other Orders of the day.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question: —The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


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Affirmation 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Scotland.) 


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And the Question being again proposed, That the Returns from the Sheriff or Steward of each County 


Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. Po leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question: —The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were, severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to enable Persons who refuse, 
on Religious Grounds, to be sworn, to substitute an 
Affirmation for an Oath ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

now’ stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wood, 

Yeas, Sir Edward Buxton: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Goulburn, 

Noes, l Mr. Henley : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being proposed, That 
the Bill be now read the third time ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


“ 





Jovis, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849: 


PRAYERS. 

N R. Hodgson, from the Office of the City 
of London Police, was called in, and at 
the bar presented,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of Police Constables and others, Officers of 
the Metropolitan Police Force, who have been 
charged with Offences before any of the Police 
Magistrates, during each year from 1844, to 1848, 
inclusive, specifying the Rank of the Officer, his 
age, the time he has been in the Force, the Nature 
of his Office, whether convicted or not, the Punish- 
ment awarded, and whether he was retained in the 
Service; Total Number of Men who have been 
dismissed, fined, suspended or degraded by the 
Police Commissioners during the same period, and 
the Number who have resigned their Appointments 
during the same period :—And, a similar Return 
of the City of London Police Force:—A Return, 
from each Division of the Metropolitan Police, of 
the Number of Robberies committed, the Value of 
the Property stolen, and the Value of the Property 
recovered, for each year, from 1844 to 1848, in- 
clusive :—And, a similar Return from the City of 
London Police :—A Return of the Number of Per- 
sos taken into Custody by the Metropolitan Police, 
and the results, in each year from 1844 to 1848, 
inc!usive :—And, a similar Return from the City of 
London Police (all in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 288, of Session 1844), so far as relates to 
the City of London Police:—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


The Lord Advocate presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of 
August, iv the last Session of Parliament, for 








and Stewartry in Scotland, of the several Mad- 
houses which were licensed by them respectively, 
under the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 69, during the year 
1847; specifying the Parish and Place in which 
each is situate, and the Name or Names of the 
Proprietor and Resident Superintendent of each 
such Madhouse :— Of the Workhouses in each 
County orStewartry in which any Furious or Fatuous 
or Lunatic Persons were kept on the 1st day of 
January 1848 :—Of the Number of Lunatics pri- 
vately confined in each County or Stewartry in 
Scotland, on the 1st day of January 1848, under 
the provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 34:—Copy 
of the last Account rendered to the Commissioners 
of Supply of each County and Stewartry, under the 
Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 69, s. 21:—Returns from each 
of the Public Asylums, licensed Madhouses and 
Workhouses in the several Counties and Stewartries 
in Scotland, of the Number of Furious or Fatuous 
Persons or Lunatics, of each Sex, maintained 
therein, on the 1st day of January 1848; distin- 
guishing in such Return those maintained out of 
Parochial or Public, and those maintained out of 
Private Funds, and specifying the Amount of the 
Sum charged per week for Pauper Patients of each 
Sex :— Showing the Parishes and Counties from 
which the Patients maintained out of Parochial 
Funds have been sent to each such Asylum, Mad- 
house or Workhouse, and the Number belonging 
to each Parish and County respectively :— From 
each Public Asylum, of the Parishes or other 
Parties who have acquired any Right to accommo- 
dation in such Asylum, the nature and extent of 
such Right, the Considerations for which it was 
granted, and the date of its being so granted :— 
And, from the Board of Supervision, of the Num- 
ber of Cases in each Parish and County in Scotland 
in which the Board has, under the Act 8 and 9 Vice. 
c. 83, s. 59, dispensed with the removal of Insane 
or Fatuous Poor Persons to a Lunatic Asylum or 
Establishment; and, Copy of any General Regu- 
lations, as to Inspection and otherwise, under which 
the Board has sanctioned such Cases being pro- 
vided for in some other manner. 

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


A Petition of Subscribers to a Company, called Railway 
The Railway Assurance Company, for leave to bring Assurance 
in a Bill to regulate the Stamp Duties payable in pone 
respect of Policies to be issued by the Railway As- of Stamp 
surance Company, was presented, and read; and Duties) Bill. 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


The Order made upon the 16th day of February South Eastern 
last, for referring the South Eastern Railway (Re- Railway 


moval of Restriction against opening the Tunbridge een tg 


| Wells and Hastings, and Ashford and Hastings against open- 


Lines, Grant of compulsory Powers for Purchase of —— 
Lands, Steam Boats) Bill to the Committee of 3h4 ‘Hastings, 
Selection, was read, and discharged. and Ashford 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. and Hastings 
Lines, Grant 


of compulsory Powers for Purchase 
of Lands, Steam-boats) Bill, 


A Petition of Messrs. Law, Holmes, Anton and Westhead’s 
Turnbull, of Vludyer-street, Westminster, Parlia- ce eamitt 
mentary Agents, was presented, and read; setting jn manufac- 
forth, That Joshua Proctor Westhead, of Manchester, turing Fur into 
Manufacturer, and Member for the Borough of Fabrics Bill. 
Knaresborough, for whom the Petitioners act as” 

Agents, presented, on the 26th day of March last, 
a Petition to the House for leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in a Bill for rendering valid 
certain Letters Patent granted to him, the said 
Joshua Proctor Westhead; that the said Petition 
having been referred to the Standing Orders Com- 
mittee, the said Committee came to the Resolution, 
“ That the Parties be permitted to deposit a Peti- 

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tion for a Bill, provided the same be deposited not |and read; and referrea to tne Select Committee 
later than three clear days after the presentation of | on Standing Orders. 


this Report,” which Resolution was reported and 
agreed to by the House on the 3d of April; that | 


the House having risen next day for the Easter | Orders,—Copy of any Correspondence between the 
recess, and an important point having arisen in the | Poor Law Commissioners and the Guardians of the 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Rathkeale 
Union 
Workhouse. 


preparation of the Bill, which required some time | Union of Rathkeale, with reference to the Appoint- 


for consideration, and the Petitioners conceiving | 
that the three clear days allowed implied days on | 


ment of Mr. O’ Shea as Master of that Workhouse. 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken Poor Relief 


which the House should sit, offered their Petition | place between the Board of Supervision for Poor (Inverness.) 


for deposit in the Private Bill Office on Monday 


Relief in Scotland and other Parties, in reference 


last, being the first sitting day of the House after| to the mode of Assessment for the Purposes of 
the recess, the same being within the first three clear Poor Relief in the Parish of Inverness. 


sitting days of the House after the presentation of | 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


the Report from the Standing Orders Committee, | Table. 


but the said Petition was not received, on the ground | 
that the period prescribed for the deposit had ex- | 
pired during the recess ; that the Standing Order of | 
the House which requires the deposit of a Petition 
instead of its presentation, having recently come 
into operation, and the Petitioners entertaining the 
opinion that the privilege of presenting a Petition, 
the period for presenting which may expire during 
a recess, extended to the next first sitting day of 
the House, postponed the deposit of the said Peti- 


A Petition of Members of the Pembroke Farmers Agriculture. 
Club, and of Landed Proprietors, Merchants 


| Farmers, Tradesmen and others of the hundred of 
| Castlemartin, in the county of Pembroke, praying 
| the House to take such steps to equalize the taxation 


of the kingdom, as may best relieve the burdens af- 


| fecting the landed interest, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 


tion until the first sitting day after the recess, as | at Burford, in the county of Ozford, praying for ©ttificates. 
above mentioned ; that the Petitioners having thus | the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
inadvertently but, as they conceived, properly con-| of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 

strued the Resolution of the Standing Orders Com- | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mittee, beg to submit the matter to the judgment of | 
the House, hoping for redress; and praying that, in | 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Benefit 


pursuance of the said Resolution of the Standing | Secretary of the Bridgewater Lodge of the Inde- Societies Act. 
Orders Committee, the parties may have leave to, pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, 
deposit in the Private Bill Office a Petition for leave | Ellesmere District, meeting at the Red Lion Inn, 
to bring in the said Bill, notwithstanding that the | Ellesmere, Salop, praying for amendment of the 
period prescribed by the said Standing Orders Com- | Benefit Societies Act, was presented, and read ; and 


mittee for such deposit has expired. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Grimsby An ingrossed Bill for the Management and Dis- 
oe. posal of the Freemen’s Pastures, in the Parish of 
Arrangement Great Grimsby, in the Parts of Lindsey, in the 
Bill. County of Lincoln, and for other Purposes, was 
» read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Trollope do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Kidderminster An ingrossed Bill for better assessing the Poor 
Union Small Rates on Small Tenements in certain Parishes and 


T t PE ; “ , 
Rating Bill. Places within the Union of Kidderminster, was 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Macclesfield An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water 
~ the Borough of Macclesfield, in the County of 


Chester, and for other Purposes connected with the 
said Borough, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Markets, &amp;c. 
Bill, 


Mershland An ingrossed Bill for altering the mode of as- 
ie Ciesstiee- sessing the Drainage Rates authorized by the Act 


tion of Drain- for draining and improving Marshland Smeeth and 


age Rates and Marshland Fen, in the Country of Marshland, in the 


oe County of Norfolk, and to provide for the Repair of 
’ Roads within the Lintits of the said Act, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
South Devon A Petition of Charles Stevens, of Frederick’ s-place, 
ted a in the city of London, Gentleman, praying that 
ority of Divi. leave may not be given to deposit a Petition for 
dends) Bill. leave to bring in the South Devon Railway (to re- 


gulate Priority of Dividends) Bill, was presented, 





ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Society of Friends, Capital 
commonly called Quakers, in Jreland, praying for Punishment. 
the abolition of Capital Punishment, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Sedgfield, praying Church Rates. 
for the repeal of the laws enforcing the payment 
of Church Rates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool (Chairman) ;—Presby- clergy Relief 
tery of Dumfries (Moderator) ; — Mevagissey; — Bill. 
Ayr;—and, Walworth (Chairman); praying that 
the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Mixbury ;—and, Finmere ; pray- Education. 
ing that the Education Grant may be hereafter dis- 
pensed, subject only to the two following condi- 
tions ;—Ist. That the site of the school buildings 
shall be legally secured by trusts legally consti- 


tuted; 2d. That the school shall be open to Govern- 
ment inspection within certain limits, as arranged in 





VoL. 104. 





1840,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Game Laws. 
cil of the royal burgh of Pittenweem, praying for the 
repeal of the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitious from Orkney (Convener) ; Wigtown Lunatics 
(Chairman) ; Aberdeen ; —— County of Forfar ce 
(Chairman) ; Parochial Board of Forfar (Chair- 
man) ; and, Parcchial Board of Campbeltown 
(Chairman); praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Wimborne Minster ;—Blandford ; Marriages 
—Newport (Isle vr Wight) ;— and, Portsmouth ; Bill. 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


EE4 Petitions 








Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Parish 
Registers. 


216 


Petitions from Great Canford ;——Rural Dean- 
ery of Hastings ;——Farnborough ;—— Gloucester ; 
—— Shenley ; —— Stratford ; —— Finmere ; —— 
Clergy and Laity of the Church of England ;—— 
Warwick, Leamington, and the vicinity ;——Dean- 
ery of Frodsham ; Stoke Damerel ; Harlew ; 

Gayton ; Tor Mohun; Mexbury ;—— 
Swaffham ; Aberdeen ; —— Godalming ; 
Llanrhaiadr-yng-nghinmeirch ; —- Blackburn ;—— 
Presbytery of Kelso (Moderator);——Archdeaconry 
of Wilts; —— Grantham; —— Archdeaconry of 
Manchester ;—— David Cooper, Incumbent of Saint 
John’s, Portsea, Hants, Hibbert Neuton, B.A., 
Clerk, and others ;——Daneton ; Sutton (Sus- 
sex);——and, Berkswell; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Orkney (Convener) ;——Freehold- 
ers, Commissioners of Supply and Justices of the 
Peace for the county of Forfar (Chairman) ;—— 
Parochial Board of Forfar(Chairman);——Presby- 
tery of Kelso (Moderator) ; and, Parochial Board 
of Campbeltown (Chairman) ; praying that the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Francis Orpen Morris, Vicar of 
Nafferton, in the East Riding of the county of 
York, stating that many of the more ancient of the 
several parish registers of England are going fast to 
decay, or becoming illegible through damp; and 
that they are of the utmost value, legally and other- 
wise, to all the families in the kingdom ; and pray- 
ing that all copies of parish registers, and the old 
registers themselves, be transferred to the custody 
of the Registrar-General, to be by him preserved 
and classified, and copied as may be required, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Parliamentary A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Fring- 


Oaths Bill. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Poor Laws 
(Treland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


ford, in the county of Oxford, praying that the 
Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Officers of the parish of 
Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, pray- 
ing for removal of the grievances affecting the Poor 
Law Medical Officers of Unions, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Poor of the Walsingham Union, in the 
county of Norfolk, praying, first, that the Laws of 
Settlement and Removal of the Poor may be re- 
pealed ; secondly, that for the purposes of relief 
every poor person may be deemed settled wherever 
he becomes destitute ; thirdly, that the relief of the 
poor may be borne by the nation at large, every 
description of property bearing its due proportion, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Sherborne Union ;—Tunstead and 
Hopping Hundreds Union agg ;—Guiltcross ; 
— Thame Union; — Selby Union; — Alderbury 
Union ;— Barnet Union;—and, Montgomery and 
Poole United District; praying that an Act may be 
passed in the presenf Session of Parliament to 
enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a 
superannuation fund for members of their body,— 


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


Petitions from the Electoral Division of Nar- 
raghmore ;—— Comber (Chairman) ;——and, Down- 
patrick Union; praying that the Poor Laws (Jreland) 
(Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass intoa law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


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A. 1849. 


Petitions from John Duns ;—and, Ryde; praying Promiscuoys 
the House to pass such measures as will enable Itercourse, 
magistrates and officers of police to bring those 
persons who make a trade of and live by promoting 
the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to prompt 
and certain punishment,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the London, Brighton and South Railways, 

Coast Railway Company ;—and, Bradford; stating 
that the Petitioners are informed that a Bill is about 
to be introduced into the House, to remedy the 
present system of rating Railways to poor, highway, 
church and other local taxes, and praying that such 
Bill may pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Orkney (Convener); Parochial Registering 
Board of Forfar (Chairman) ;—~—County of Forfar Births, &amp;c 
(Chairman) ;——and, Parochial Board of Camp- aaa 
beltuwn (Chairman); praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Alexander Grierson ; Montrose Registering 
(Provost) ;——Kirk Session of West Kilbride (Mo- aan &amp;e. 
derator) ;—— Presbytery of Jedburgh (Moderator) ; Ot Manes 
——and, Donald M‘Gillivray; praying that the (Scotland) 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Bills. 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 

A Petition of John Ainslie, praying that the said 
Bills may not pass into law, as they now stand, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


A Petition of George Hermon Ryland, of Maddox- George Her- 
street, Bond-street, complaining of having been ™” Ryland. 
deprived of his office of Registrar and Clerk of the 
Executive Council of Upper and Lower Canada ; and 
praying for inquiry and compensation, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colyton ;—and, Devonport; pray- Sale of Beer 
ing the House to prohibit the granting of any new Act. 
Licenses to Beer Shops, and to enact that those al- 
ready granted shall be in force only during the 
tenure of the present holders,--were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Linlithgow ;—and, Falkirk; pray- Sunday 
ing that the Sunday ‘Travelling on Railways Bill a 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from «Stromness ; —— Dunscore ; 

George Innes ; —— Catrine;——Kirk Session of 
Tullibody (Minister) ; Alloa (two Petitions) ; 

Chirnside (two Petitions) ;——Allanton (two 
Petitions); ——A yr Presbytery (Presbytery Clerk); 
—— Campbeltown ; —~-Benholme ;——and, Drum- 
lithie; praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sudbury ; — Trefgarn ; — Aber- war. 
hosan ; — Leeds ; — Sheffield (two Petitions) ; -— 
Othery ; — Bacton ; — Llanerfil; — Chilton-super- 
Polden ; — Bridgewater ; — South Petherton; — 
Barmouth ;— Machynlleth (two Petitions) ;—Pen- 
rhyn-den-draeth ;— Bishop Auckland ; Throope ; 

Alton; Oldham ; Cefncoed-y-cymar ;— 
Saint Peter Port, in the Island of Guernsey ;—Ot- 
ley ;—Llansaintffraid ;— Dwygyfylchi ;—Carno ;— 
Holmfii th ; — Cemes; — Hamsterley ; — Hexham 
(Deacon) ;—Northiam ;—Conway and Henryd;— 
Leominster ; — Bridgewater ; — Selkirk ; — White- 
church ;—Kirk Session of Stirling (Minister and 
Moderator) ; — Llanfyllyn ;— oedycymmar ;— 
Preston Pans ;—Stow-on-the-Wold ;—Llandudno ; 
—-Nibley ;—Llandovery ;—Brecon ;—Llanybyther ; 

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—Llansawel ; — Rhydyceisiad ;—Llanfihangel and 
Bankyfelin ;— Alloa ;—and, Penuel and Llanfair ; 

raying the House to promote the formation between 
the British Government and other governments of 
the world respectively of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ashton-under- Ordered, That the Ashton-under-Lyne Police, 
Police, Markets and Improvement Acts Extension and 
ocho Amendment, and Transference of Gas and Water- 

ee Exten- works, and other Property to the Corporation (re- 

sion and committed) Bill be referred to the Committee of 

— Selection. 


oees of Gas and Waterworks and 


other Property to the Corporation, Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Fagan have leave of 


Leave of ) 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 


Absence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Navigation Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(And be it Enacted, That the master or owner of 
every ship belonging to any subject of Her Ma- 
jesty, and of the burthen of eighty tons and up- 


Navigation 
Bill. 


19°—20° Aprilis. 





wards (except pleasure yachts), shall have on board 
at the time of her proceeding from any port of the 
United Kingdom, and at all times when absent from | 
the United Kingdom, or navigating the seas, one | 
apprentice or more, in the following proportion to | 
the number of tons of his ship’s admeasurement, 
according to the certificate of registry ; (that is to 
say), for every ship of eighty tons and under three 
hundred tons, one apprentice at the least ; for every | 
ship of three hundred tons and under six hundred | 
tons, two apprentices at the least; and for every 
ship of six Tendeed tons and upwards, three ap- 
prentices at the least ; all of whom, at the period of 
their being bound respectively, shall be subjects of 
Her Majesty, and above twelve and under seventeen 
years of age, and be duly bound for the term of four 
ears at least; and if any such master or owner 
shall neglect to have on board his ship the number 
of apprentices as hereby required, together with | 


| 


| 
| 


. . . . . | 
their respective registered indentures, assignments | 


and register tickets, he shall for every such offence 
forfeit and pay the sum of Ten pounds in respect of 
each apprentice, indenture, assignment or register 
ticket so wanting or deficient): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time:—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 2.1. 43., by inserting after the word 
“ deficient,” the words “ and that any seamen 
. se any vessel whatever in order to enter 
“ Her Majesty’s Naval Service, and being received 
** into such Service, shall be exempt from any pe- 
“ nalty or forfeiture to which they would otherwise 
“ be liable as deserters.” 

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

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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





Poor Laws 
(freland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Advance of 
y-] 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of affording Relief, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to certain dis- 
tressed Unions in Jreland, to be charged on a Rate 
to be levied in each Union of Jreland, by an Act to 
be passed in the present Session of Parliament. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Vou. 104, 





217 


Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland be 
authorized to direct the advance, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the said United Kingdom, of any 
sum, not exceeding One hundred thousand pounds, 
for affording relief to certain distressed Poor Law 
Unions in Ireland, the same to be charged on any 
Rate to be levied in each Union of Jreland under 
any Act to be passed in the present Session of Par- 
liament. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
words “ distressed Poor Law Unions in Jreland,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “‘ and in consideration thereof that an In- 
“ come and Property Tax be assessed on Incomes 
and Property in Zreland not liable to Income and 
“ Property Tax under the Act 11 and 12 Vic.c. 8,” 
instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Question ; 

boty ay Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again; 

The Committee divided. 

Colonel Dunne, 7 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Scully : j 77 

: Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Noes, per ow Hill : hoe. 

Question again proposed, That the words pro 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


“cc 





And the House having continued to sit till after 


| Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 20° die Aprilis, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred ; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor 1, 
mittee on the Poor Laws (Ireland) (Rate in Aid) Bill ; (Ireland). 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (Rate in Aid) 
itself into the said Committee. _ 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take summary 

into consideration the Summary Convictions (Jre- Convictions 

land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (ireland) Bull. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Landlord and 

into a Committee upon the Landlord and Tenant Te™™* Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Affirmation 
the further Proceeding upon the Question proposed Bill. 
yesterday, That the Bill to enable Persons who re- 
fuse, on Religious Grounds, to be sworn, to substitute 
an Affirmation for an Oath, be now read the third 
time :—The House resumed the said further Pro- 





ceeding. 

And the main Question being again proposed, 
That the Bill be now read the third time :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned tiil Wed- 


nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





The 


FF 


A. f849. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses roy: 
* ae : th M; 
of the borough of Louth, in the county of Lincoln, and iapeeel 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in ™¢™*s Bill. 


218 19°—20° Aprilis. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Lighthouses 
(Colonies. ) 


Half Pay, &amp;c. 
(Army and 
Navy.) 


Arctic Expe- 
ditions. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
eighth Re- 
port. ) 


Universal 
Railway 
Casualty 
Compensation 
Company Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway (In- 
crease of Ca- 
pital, with 
Powers to the 
London and 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Friendly Societies 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Adderley, Mr. Attorney- 
General, Mr. Henley, Mr. Ewart, Sir John Duch- 
worth, Mr. Tennent, Mr. Solicitor-General for Scot- 
land, Mr. Baines, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Brother- 
ton, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. 
Scholefield, Sir Henry Halford and Mr. Sotheron. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty, —Copy of the Report of Captain 
Bayfield, R.x. on the necessity of erecting a Light- 
house on Cape Pine, Newfoundland, and Statement 
of the Measures that have been adopted by the 
Government in consequence: — Statement of the 
Progress made in the Erection of the Lighthouse 
on the Island of Barbadoes, for which the Assembly 
of Barbadoes has voted Money, and for which, in 
the Miscellaneous Estimates of last year, the House 
voted the Sum of £.2,000:—Also, Statement of what 
Measures have been adopted respecting the Erec- 
tion, Management and Superintendence of Light- 
houses in the British Colonies and Possessions. 

Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 


An Account, showing the Total Charge for Military | 


and Naval Half-Pay and Pensions, and Civil Super- 
annuation and Compensation Allowances, in the 
year 1828, and each of the subsequent years to 
1848 inclusive, compared with the whole Expendi- 
ture (exclusive of the Charge for Debt), for the 
Effective Establishments and other National Ex- 
penses in the same years (in continuation of Ap- 
pendix II. to the Third Report of the Finance Com- 
mittee of 1828). 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 15th day 
of March last, for Copies or Extracts of any Pro- 
ceedings or Correspondence of the Admiralty in 
reference to the Arctic Expeditions (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 264 and 386, of 
Session 1848, up to the present time). 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 20° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
4¥Vii mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 17th and 
18th days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to confer certain Powers on the 
Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company was read 
the third time ; and Amendments being proposed 
to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the further Proceeding upon the 
‘vhird Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway (Increase of Capital, with 
Powers to the London and North Western Railway 
Company to subscribe thereto) Bill, have leave to 
sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting 


North Western of the House. 


Railway to 
subscribe 
thereto) Bill. 


a Bill for settling Disputes respecting certain Mar- 
kets and Fairs in the said Borough, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Amount of Fees received b 
the Registrars of Deeds in Middlesex, in each year 
from 1839 to the end of the year 1848 ; stating the 
Rate of Fees demanded and taken for the Registry 
of Memorials, and of the Authority under which 
such Fees are charged, and stating the Application 
of such Fees; distinguishing the Amount paid for 
the Expenses of the Office, and the Amount re- 
ceived by the Registrars for their own use, and stat- 
ing whether any and what Duties are performed by 
them in person :—Of the Names of the Deputies 
and Clerks now employed in transacting the Busi- 
ness of the Office; of the Dates of their respective 
Appointments, and of the Amount of Salary or other 
Remuneration annually paid to each, during the Pe- 
riod of their Employment :—An Account of the 
Sums expended in Rates, Taxes and Repairs of the 
Office in each year, for the last Five years :— Co- 
pies of all Rules and Orders made by the Lord 
Chancellor and Judges for the better Management 
and Government of the Office, in pursuance of the 
Act of 7 Anne, c.20, and of any Record of the Ar- 
rangement referred to in the Return of the 18th 


| March 1840, for an Increase of the Fees allowed by 





the Act, as having been made in 1768, between 


the Registrars and some Attornies of that time, and 
a Statement of the increased Facilities and Advan- 
tages derived by the Public, in return for the In- 
crease of Fees thereby imposed upon them :—And, 
Statement of the years during which the Registrars 
for the time being kept up the Alphabetical Calen- 
dar required by the Act, of all Parishes, Extra-pa- 
rochial Places and Townships within the County, 
referring to the Number of every Memorial which 
concerned Hereditaments in every such Parish, 
Extra-Parochial Place or Township, and of the 
Time when and of the Authority under which such 
Calendar was discontinued. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee cn Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day, till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


bers of the Winfrith Farmers’ Club, and others, as- 
sembled at Winfrith Newburgh, in the county of 
Dorset, praying the House to take into consideration 
the grievances and great disadvantages under which 
the English farmers and agriculturists labour, and 
to pass such legislative enactments as may appear 
best calculated to remove the same, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Barnstaple ;—Great Torrington ; 
— Bideford ;—and, Folkestone ; praying for the re- 
peal of the annual Duty on the Certificates of At- 
tornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





—James Brodie; —John Dow ; —Members of the 
United Presbytery of West Port, Cupar, Fife;— 
Robert B. Nichol;—and, Brighton; praying that the 
Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers, Churchwardens and 
others, Inhabitants of the parish of Zythe, in the 
county and diocese of York, praying the House to 
adopt measures for largely augmenting the number 
of bishops and clergy, for affording increased legal 
securities for the appointment of bishops well and 
duly qualified for their sacred office, and for the 
restoration of the deliberative and legislative rights 





of 


Registrars 
of Deeds 
(Middlesex.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of Farmers and Agriculturists, Mem- Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Petitions from Liverpool;—Leicester (Chairman); Clergy Relief 


ill, 


Church of 
England. 





Education. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Laws (Ire- 
land.) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Marriages Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Marriages ; 

iage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills, 


Mendicancy. 


Military 
Knights of 
Windsor, 


12 VicTroriz. 


of the Church of England, to be exercised in con- 
vocation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers, Churchwardens and 
others, Inhabitants of the parish of Zythe, in the 
county and diocese of York, praying the House to 
take measures for defining and limiting the powers 
of the Committee of Privy Council, in relation to the 
schools of the Church of England, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- 
taries of the Birmingham General Provident and 
Benevolent Institution, praying that the Friendly 
Societies Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands ; and that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, in support of the allegations 
contained in their Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Kerry, praying for amendment of the 
Grand Jury Laws in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the county of Kincardine (Chair- 
man) ; Parochial Board of Kilbarchan (Chair- 
man); and, Rothesay ; praying that the Lunatics 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Land-owners, Farmers, Tradesmen 
and others, residing in the town and neighbourhood 
of Bridgnorth, praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Malt, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Moseley ; Presbytery of 
Saint Andrew’s (Moderator) ; Arlington ; 
Byers Green ; Presbytery of Selkirk (Modera- 
tor); Rural Deanery of Bridgeworth ;——Ham- 
let of Whaplode Drove ; Deanery of Aveland ; 
Coventry ;——and, Dean and Canon of the 
King’s Free chapel of Saint George, within his 
Castle of Windsor ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Sheffield ;—Luton ;—Saint Mary- 
le-Strand ;—Uttoxeter ;—and, Christchurch ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 























Petitions from the Parochial Board of Saint 
Mungo ;—-—Presbytery of Saint Andrew’s (Modera- 
tor); Presbytery of Selkirk (Moderator) ; 
John Dow;——Parochial Board of Carnwath(Chair- 
man); Synod of Fife (Moderator) ; and, 
Parochial Board of the parish of Barony of Glasgow 
(Chairman) ; praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 


Bill. 


A Petition of Henry Moncrieff, praying that the 
Marriages Bill; the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; and, 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 














Petitions from Epsom Union ;—and, Bridgnorth 
Union ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
checking the increasing evil arising from Pauper 
tramping,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors, Tax and Rate-payers, of 
and for the borough and garrison of Mew Windsor, 
and its vicinity, in the county of Berks, praying 
hat the House will be pleased, in the present Ses- 
sion, to take into consideration those items or sums 
of 200/. and 690/. that are stated in the Appendix 

VoL. 104. 


20° Aprilis. 219 


'to the Report of the Select Committee on Miscel- 
_laneous Estimates, dated the 27th day of July 1848 ; 
| and also those other items or sums that may have 
since been incurred in respect of or for the repairs and 
improvements made or agreed to be made to some of 
the houses of the Military Knights of Windsor ; and 
also, that the House will be further pleased to take 
into consideration and inquiry those charitable trusts, 
and those facts and allegations which have reference 
thereto, that are disclosed and stated in the two 
Petitions of the Military Knights of Windsor, which 
were presented to the House on the 7th day of 
August 1846, and on the 23d day of February 1847, 
and thereupon that the House, in justice to the Peti- 
tioners and the public, will be pleased to refuse and 
to withhold the vote and authority in the present 
Session for the payment of those sums above stated, 
and of the other sums, for those repairs by the Lords 
of the Treasury, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


in the manufacture of paper at Springfield Mill, 
parish of WVeilston, county of Renfrew, praying for 
the repeal of the duty on Paper, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warblington ; 





mentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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


Aylsham Union, praying that the law of settlement 
may be abolished, and that the poor and needy in 
England and Wales may be relieved wherever they 
shall reside, from one common national fund, to be 
raised upon the principle of the income and property 
tax, or upon some other fair and equitable assign- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


first, the reduction of the areas of local taxation, for 
the purposes of the Jrish Poor Law, to the smallest 
practical limits; second, the allocation of a further 
sum for purposes of the Land Improvement Act; 
third, the allocation of a sum, say One million 
sterling, for the purposes of emigration, to be lent 
to landed proprietors, on the same terms and con- 
ditions as loans under the Land Improvement Act ; 
fourth, a remodelling and improvement of certain 
tenures of land in Jreland, as college tenures, and 
leases of lives renewable for ever; and fifth, the 
construction of Railways; if in the opinion of the 
House these proposed remedial measures should not 
be considered as likely to prove equal to the present 
emergency, and that it should be considered ne- 
cessary to raise further sums for the temporary 
Relief of Jreland, the Petitioners beg leave to 
submit that they consider such extra funds should 
be derived from the empire at large, and not from 
any particular portion of it ; the Petitioners would 
at the same time observe, that they do not con- 
template that any extra aid will be required, if the 
above suggested measures be carried into practical 
effect; and they would, in conclusion, express a hope 
that in any legislation for Jreland, the peculiar 

FF2 claims 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and port Navigation 
of Ramsgate, in the county of Kent, praying that Bill. 



























A Petition of Master Workersand others, engaged Paper. 


; and, Presby tery Parliamentary 
of Selkirk (Moderator) ; praying that the Parlia- Oaths Bill. 


Petitions from Dundee;—and, Kirkcaldy; praying affirmation 
that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law,—were Bill. 


ge sere Ee debi 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Poor Laws 
Kerry, praying that the Poor Laws (Ireland) (Rate (Ireland) 
in Aid) Bill may not pass into a law ; and suggesting, Bill, &amp;. 















































a 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Railways. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Slave Trade. 


220 


claims of that unfortunate country, as a nominally | 

united and integral but much neglected portion of 

the empire, will not be forgotten ; and praying the 

House to take the subject into consideration, was 

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


A Petition of the Master and Members of the 
Loyal Independent Hanoverian Orange Lodge, | 
Moneymore, County Derry, praying that the Poor 
Laws (Ireland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zlanelly Union ;—Reeth Union ; 
—Gateshead Union; — Walsall Union; — Wem 
Union ;— Poole Union ;— Spalding Union ;—and, 
Aylsham Union ; praying the House to pass an Act 
in the present Session of Parliament, to enable 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super- 
annuation fund for members of their body,—were 
—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Bradford (York);—Presbytery of 
Dunfermline (Moderator); — and, John Renton; 
praying the House to pass such measures as will 
enable Magistrates and Officers of Police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to 
prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Darlington, in the 
county of Durham, praying that the Public Roads 
(England and North Wales) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions of Clerks to Turnpike Trusts in the 
county of Durham ;—and, Clerks to Turnpike Trusts 
in the county of Lincoln; praying that Clauses may 
be inserted in the said Bill, granting a fair and rea- 
sonable compensation to the Petitioners for the loss 
of their present offices, should the Bill pass into a 
law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—Stockton and Dar- 
lington Railway Company ;—and, Kendal; com- 
plaining that the present system of rating Railways 
to poor, highway, church and other local rates, is 
unequal, unjust and oppressive; and praying for 
an alteration of the law, rendering such taxation 
more just and equal,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Saint Andrew’s 
(Moderator) ; West Port, Cupar, Fife (Minister 
and Preses);——John Dow ; Presbytery of 
Selkirk (Moderator) ;——County of Selkirk (Chair- 
man); County of Lanark (Convener) ;—— Pa- 
rochial Board of Glasgow (Chairman) ; Cadder ; 
——Carnwath (Chairman) ; —— Kirk Session of 
Muiravonside (Moderator) ;—— Kilbarchan (Chair- 
man) ;—-—and, Fentry (Chairman); praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scot/and) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 














Petitions from Hitchin ;— Stevenage ;— Arlsey ; 
— Weston ; — Selby ; — Derby ;— and, Chatteris; 
praying the House to prohibit the granting of any 
new licenses to Beer Shops, and to enact that those 
already granted shall be in force only during the 
tenure of the present holders,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast;—and, Waterford, praying 
that instructions may be forthwith given to the Prin- 
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to de- 
mand of the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the 
liberation of all Africans and their descendants, who 
have been introduced into their respective colonies 
and territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, and 


20° Aprilis. 





A. 1849, 


in the event of their attempting to evade such de- 
mand, or to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to 
them that measures will be adopted to exclude their 
produce from the British markets until Slavery itself 
shall be abolished by them,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Slave Trade 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- (Brazil). 
ing that the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 122, to amend an 

Act for carrying into execution a Convention between 

His Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, for the 
Regulation and final Abolition of the African Slave 

Trade, may be forthwith repealed, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glencairn ; Clyne ;—— West Sunday 

Port, Cupar, Fife;—— Tongue ;—— Cotlassie ; —- a 
James Brodie ; George Fulton Knight and James **%* = 
Balfour ; Cupar, Fifeshire ;——Presbytery of 
Dunfermline (Moderator) ;—— Wemyss, Fife ;—— 
Flisk and Creech ;—-—Monimail ;—-John Renton ; 
——Kirk Session of Ceres (Minister);—— Forfar 
(two Petitions) ; Kirk Session of Galashiels 
(Moderator) ; Chryston ;—- East Kilbride;-— 
John Dow; Slamannan ; —— Kirk Session of 
Girthon and Anwoth Gatehouse ;—— William Hut- 
cheson ; —— Lochwinnoch ; Kirk Session of 
Johnstown (Moderator) ;—-Kirk Session of Houston 
(Moderator) ;——and, Barrhead ; praying that the 
Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Officers, Inhabitant Rate- Gaols. 
payers and Owners of property, in the parish of 
Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, as- 
sembled for the purpose of taking into consideration 
the proposed building of a new County Gaol, at 
the expense of One hundred and twenty thousand 
pounds, praying the House to pass a law to prevent 
the proposed new Gaol from being erected, as also 
for the future to restrain the power of the magistracy, 
in incurring the outlay of such enormous sums of 
money extracted from the pockets of the Peti- 
tioners and other rate-payers in the county, without 
their concurrence in the same, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 



































on tn, 
















Petitions from Charles Noke, Thomas Young and Universal 
others ; —London;—The Metropolis (three Peti- Suse, - 
tions) ;—Joseph Gill, and others ;—W. D. Skinner 
and others ;—and, W. Gillett and others; praying 
the House to extend the franchise to every man of 
mature age, sound mind, fixed residence, and un- 
stained with crime; and to enact all other provi- 
sions essential to the full, fair and free represen- 
tation of the people,—were presented, fon read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Barnstaple ;— West Port, Cupar, Wt. 
Fife ;— Whitchurch (Somerset);—and, Clitheroe ; 
praying the House to promote the formation between 
the British Government and other Governments of 
the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbi- 
trators,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Assurance 

Return of the Names, Places of Business, and Ob- Companies. 
jects of all Assurance Companies completely regis- 
tered, from the passing of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. 
c. 110, up to this day, stating the Dates of Com- 
plete Registration :—And also, Copy of every Ac- 
count registered by such Companies within the 
same Period, conformably with the provisions of the 
said Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Joint Stock 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Banks. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 































a Return 









Hudson’s Bay 
Company. 


Canadian 
Courts. 


Supply ; 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 


Naval Stores. 


Half-Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines. ) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 
(Navy.) 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances, 

(Navy.) 


12 Victoriz. 


a Return of the Joint Stock Banks established in 
England under the provisions of the Act 7 Geo. 4, 
c. 46, stating the Periods when and the Places 
where they were os established, and the 
Dates at which any such Banks ceased to exist ; 
and further specifying any such Banks as may have 
become Insolvent or suspended Payment :—A simi- 
lar Return for Scotland, as to Banks established 
under the provisions of the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 67 :— 
And, asimilar Return for Zreland, as to Banks esta- 
blished under the provisions of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c.42. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to several Ad- 
dresses to Her SRsteste-Ueplen of any Memorials 
presented to the Colonial Office by Inhabitants of 
the Red River Settlement, complaining of the go- 
vernment of the Hudson’s Bay Company ; of the 
Instructions given to the Governor-General of 
Canada for the investigation of those complaints ; 
of the Reports of the Officers appointed by Lord 
Elgin or by the Colonial Office, for the purpose of 
such investigation; and, of any Correspondence 
which has passed between the Colonial Office and 
the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the Inhabitants 
of the Red River Settlement respectively, upon the 
subject of the above Memorial. 

A Return of all the Felons, and of all Civil 
Causes respecting Property the Value of which is 
above £.200, which have been transmitted to the 
Canadian Courts for Trial since the year 1821, 
under the Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4,c. 66; and the Royal 
Licenses of Trade, and Bonds which were made and 
taken in pursuance of that Act. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others 
employed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of Naval Stores for the Building, Repair, 
and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam 
Machinery, and for other Purposes connected there- 
with, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Half Pay to Officers of the Navy and of the Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment dur- 
ing the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Two hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

Vou. 104. 





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221 


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

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Recovery 
fifty-fourth year of King George the Third, for the of Wages _ 
Recovery of Small Sums due for Wages in Ireland: (treland) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to protect Justices of the protection 
Peace in Ireland from Vexatious Actions for Acts of Justices 
done by them in the execution of their Office : (Ireland) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Blackburn Blackburn 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Waterworks 
Money, and to amend the Act relating thereto: And emp 
‘ Y; g . Capital and 
also, Amendment 

of Act) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Petty Sessions 
Act for the holding of Petty Sessions of the Peace Bill. 
in Boroughs, and for providing Places for the hold- 
ing of such Petty Sessions in Counties and Bo- 
roughs, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Abdy’s 
for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Estate Bill. 
Freehold and Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments 
forming Part of the Estate of the late Charles 
Hayes, Esquire, and for authorizing certain Leases 
to be granted thereof; and for authorizing the Sale 
and Exchange of certain Freehold and Copyhold 
Lands and Hereditaments forming Part of the Es- 
tate of the late John Rutherford Abdy, Esquire ; 
and for enabling the Trustees of this Act to shift 
the Charges affecting the Inheritance of the last- 
mentioned Lands and Hereditaments, and for other 
Purposes, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Poor Laws 
the Second Report from the Select Committee of the “ela"4.) 
House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the Ope- 
ration of the Irish Poor Law, and the expediency of 
making any amendment in its Enactments, together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said 
Committee (pursuant to Message of this House): 

—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Relief of 
dated the 30th day of March last, for a Return of Arcana.) 
the Amount paid by the Unions in Jreland, in each ; 
Month, in Repayment of the Advances under the 
Temporary Relief Act (10 Vie. c. 7), up to the latest 
Period to which the same can be made up. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- Colonial 
stant April, for a Return of the General Abstract of i . 
the Colonial Military Expenditure of Great Britain ~s ong 
for every year since 1835 (similar to Return, No. 680, oe 
of Session 1846). 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- Committals, 
der,—Returns, showing the Number of Persons &amp;¢- (Ireland ) 
committed, acquitted and convicted in Ireland, for 
Cattle and Sheep Stealing in Jreland, during each 
of the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848 :— 
Showing the Number committed as Vagrants dur- 
ing the same years :—Showing the Total Expendi- 
ture for Gaols, Bridewells and Houses of Correc- 
tion, for the same years :—Of the Total Number of 
Persons committed, acquitted and convicted, for 
the same years :—Of the Number of Deaths in the 
Prisons of [reland, during each of the same years : 

—Of the Number of Prisoners sentenced to Trans- 
FFS portation , 














Metropolitan 
and City 
Police. 


No. 133. 


Lighthouses 
(Colonies. 


No. 225. 


Arctic 
Expeditions. 


No, 188.-II. 


Foor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
{Advance of 
Money. | 


portation, and those actually transported, for the 
same Period :—Of the Number of Convicts under 
Sentence of ‘Transportation, on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1849, where confined, and how the Expenses 
of their Maintenance are defrayed:—And, of the 
Number of Persons in custody in Jreland charged 
or convicted of Criminal Offences, on the Ist day 
of January 1849, where confined, and the Number 
of Criminal Prisoners for whose Reception and safe 
Custody the several Gaols were built, and the Num- 
ber of Persons actually in Custody on the 1st day 
of January 1849. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Me- 
tropolitan and City Police, which were presented 
upon the 29th day of March last and the 19th day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lighthouses 
(Colonies), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic 
Expeditions, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of affording Relief, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to certain dis- 
tressed Unions in Jreland, to be charged on a Rate 
to be levied in each Union of Jreland, by an Act to 
be passed in the present Session of Parliament. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Commission- 


ers of Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United King- | 


dom of Great Britain and Ireland be authorized to 
direct the advance, out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the said United Kingdom, of any sum, not ex- 
ceeding £.100,000, for,affording relief to certain 
distressed Poor Law Unions in /reland, the same to 
be charged on any Rate to be levied in each Union 
of Ireland under any Act to be passed in the present 
Session of Parliament. 

Amendment again proposed: To leave out from 


the words “ distressed Poor Law Unions in Jre- | 


‘* land,” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ and in consideration thereof that 
“an Income and Property Tax be assessed on In- 
comes and Property in Jre/and not liable to 
Income and Property Tax under the Act 11 and 12 
Vic. c. 8,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Question ; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Tufnell, 
| Lord Marcus Hill: \ _ 
Tellers for the Noes, { ayes 4 146. 
Mr. Stafford: 
Original Question put 5 
The Committee divided. 
( Mr. Tufnell, 
| Lord Marcus Hill: 
f Mr. Mackenzie, 
\ Mr. Beresford : 


Resolution to be reported. 


“ 
“ 


“ 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 201. 


Tellers for the Noes, joe. 





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


Sabbati, 21° die Aprilis, 1849: 


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

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


20°—21° Aprilis. 





A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poo —_ 
mittee on the Poor Laws (Jre/and) (Rate in Aid) (Ireland) 
Bill ; a in Aid) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~ Ways ang 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lunatics 
Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; Sosthand) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time - 
upon Friday the 4th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Apprehension 

intoa Committee upon the Apprehension of De- a 
serters (Portugal) Bill; and, after some time spent pi), sal) 
therein, Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr, 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and had directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Administra. 
Reading of the Administration of Justice (Metro- tion of Justice 
politan Districts) Bill ; (Metropolitan 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualification 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of and Registra- 
Voters (Ireland) Bill ; Cinelend) wae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ; 
upon Friday the 4th day of May next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
| Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Zre- Pollins-places 
land) Bill « 5 (Ireland) Bill. 
| Cand) Dill ; 

Ordered, That Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 4th day of May next. 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunatics 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland. ) 
togive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, from the 1st day of January 1847, till this 
date, of all Lunatics in Scotland maintained in 
whole or part by Parochial Relief, not confined in 
any Public Asylum; stating, 1. The Name of the 
Pauper Lunatic :—2. The Parish of his or her Set- 
tlement, or the Parish that actually defrays the Ex- 
pense of maintenance :—3. The Place or Places in 
which he or she has been confined, either originally 
or by Removal, stating the date of the original 
Confinement, and the date of Removal, and specially 
stating the Parish in which such: Place or Places 
are situated, if different from the Parish of Settle- 
ment, or the Parish that actually defrays the Ex- 
pense of maintenance :—4, Whether the house in 
which such Pauper was or is confined, be or be not 
a Licensed House, under the Acts 55 Geo. 3, c. 69, 
9 Geo. 4, c. 34, and 4 and 5 of Her present Ma- 
jesty, c. 60 :—5. If not a House so licensed, whether 
the Owner or Occupier of the House be or be not 
a relative of such Pauper, and, if a relative, in what 
degree of relation :— 6. The Expense of Main- 
tenance half yearly, for each Pauper, during the 
Period of Confinement:— 7, The Authority and 
Medical Certificates, stating the Name of the Sheriff 
and Names of the Medical Practitioners under which 
such Confinement or Removal took place :—And, 
of all the Licensed Houses and Houses in each 
County from which a Return has been made under 
the said Statutes, adding the Name of the Patient, 
if a Pauper, and known to be so, 

Ordered, 





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Districts) Bill. 





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12 VictrorizZ. 


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


Fire Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 

Insurances. an Account of ali Sums paid into the Stamp Office 
in Great Britain and Ireland on Insurances from 
Fire, for the Quarters ending severally the 25th day 
of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of 
September and the 25th day of December 1848 ; | 
distinguishing Amount of Allowance made to each 
Office for collecting the same, in the Country, Zon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the 
Dates of such Payments :—And, Returns of Sums 
insured by each Office on Farming Stock, for the 
same period (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 413, of Session 1847-8). 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Hermon 
Ryland, which was presented yesterday, complaining 
of having been deprived of his Office of Registrar 
and Clerk of the Executive Council of Upper and 
ig Lower Canada, and praying for inquiry and com- 
pensation, be withdrawn. 


George Her- 
mon Ryland. 


} 


Revenue, Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Population, Command,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, 
te. Commerce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its 





Dependencies; Supplement to Part XIV., eal 
ments relating to Foreign Countries. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit | 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, | 
adjourned till Monday next. | 








| 
Se ddedisitekasamiudaee 


Lune, 23° die Aprilis ; | 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


Transfer of M R. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
Sheffield Canal the Transfer of Sheffield Canal to River Dun 
og Navigation Company Bill; That in his opinion, the 
Saeany Bill, Bill should be treated as an Opposed Private Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Bradford Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 

Waterworks Bradford Waterworks Bill; That they had amended | 

- the preamble of the Bill, by inserting the amount 
of Capital authorized to be raised under the former | 
Act; and that they had examined the allegations | 
of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be | 


true, and had gone through the Bill, and samt 


Amendments thereunto. 


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223 


Fabrics Petition, the Order of the House of the 3d Improvements 
April, ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties 7 nae 
be permitted to deposit a Petition for a Bill forth- Fabrics Bill. 
with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the London and London and 
North Western Railway (Amendment of Acts and — 
Regulation of Capital) Petition for leave to deposit (amentateh 
a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought —_ 4 

72 . guiation 0 
not to be dispensed with. Capital) Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Guardian Guardian _ 
Fire and Life Assurance Company Petition for = = Lm 
leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Compagy Bl 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Railway As- Railway 
surance Company (Alteration of Stamp Duties) Pe- Assurance 

be ' mpany 
tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed (iteration of 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed Stamp Duties) 
with their Bill, on inserting the notices once in the Bill. 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin Gazettes; that the 

Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place 

how far such Orders have been complied with, and 

do report the same to the House on the Report of 

the Bull. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the South Devon South Devon 
Railway (to regulate Priority of Dividends) Peti- allway, 
tion for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Priority ~y 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That Dividends) 
the Parties be permitted to deposit their Petition, Bi) 
provided the same be deposited not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report. 

The 1st, 4th and 5th Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Housewas moved, That the Report in respect Railway 
of the Petition for the Railway Assurance Company Sue 
(Alteration of Stamp Duties) Bill, which was this (Alteration of 
day, made from the Select Committee on Standing Stamp Duties) 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; = 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


| to regulate the Stamp Duties payable in respect of 


Policies to be issued by the Railway Assurance 
Company: And that Mr. Lacy and Mr. Forbes do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


‘on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 19th and 20th days of 
‘this instant April, and had directed him to make a 


(Twenty-ninth 
Report.) 


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


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee Opposed 
on Group No. 2, of Opposed Private Bills; That the Private Bills 
Committee met this day, pursuant to appointment ; (GTP 2.) 
but that Mr. Robert Charles Hildyard, one of the 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | Members of the said Committee, was not present 


Mr. Bernal reported the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Railway (Increase of Capital, with Powers to the | 
(Increase of London and North Western Railway Company to 
Capital, with subscribe thereto) Bill, with Amendments. 


Powers to the ‘der i ¢ : 
Lonlon and —- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


North Western and be printed. 
Railway Company to sub- 
scribe thereto) Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 





Ransonmoor Ordered, That the Committee on the Ransonmoor 


rit eon or Doddington Fifth District Drainage Act Amend- 
Drainage ion ment (to amend and extend the Powers, to annex 


Amendment other Lands, to borrow Money and to levy Rates or 


(to amend and Taxes) Bill have leave to sit this day, till Five of 


extend tl : bin 
eet to the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


annex other Lands, to borrow Money, 
and to levy Rates or Taxes) Bill. 


Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
ders ; 

which were read, as follow ; 
trary aig 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Westhead’s 


VoL. 104. 


| during the sitting of the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robert Charles Hildyard be 
discharged from attendance on the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great Central 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Gas Con- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for ve gaa 

ana ae aay pany Bill. 

additional provision in the Great Central Gas Con- 
sumers Company Bill, the Standing Orders have 
/not been complied with, inasmuch as the Gazette 
_and Newspaper notices of the said Bill do not 
specify the intention to include within the limits 
thereof, for the purposes of erecting works and 
laying on main branch pipes, other than service 
pipes, and for the other purposes of the said Bill, 
| the several parishes of Bromley Saint Leonard, Saint 
_ Anne Limehouse, Saint Dunstan Stepney, Saint Paul 
| Shadwell, Saint George Middlesex, Saint Mary 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | Whitechapel and the hamlets of Mile-end New 


Town, Mile-end Old Town. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 


Patent for Improvements in manufacturing Fur into | Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
| 
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The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the Third Reading of 
the ingrossed Bill to confer certain Powers on the 
Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Abdy do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Universal 
Railway 
Casualty 
Compensation 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Sunderland Dock Act and River | 
Wear Commissioners’ Act Amendment, &amp;c. Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. | 


The Alford and Boston Road Bill was, according | 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Brompton and Ear/s Court, &amp;c. Roads (Con- | 
tinuation of certain Turnpike-road Acts) Bill was, | 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


sunderland 
Dock Act and 
River Wear 
Commission- 
ers’ Act 
Amendment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Alford and 
Boston Road 
Bill. 





Brompton and 
Earl’s Court, 
&amp;c. Roads 
(Continuation 
of certain 
‘Turnpike-road 
Acts) Bill. 


The Commercial Road (comprising the Cannon- 
street Roads, the Commercial Road, the Horseferry 
Branch of Road, the East India Dock Road and | 
the Barking Road) Bill was read a second time; | 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. | 
| 


Commercial 
Road (com- 
prising the 
Cannon-street 
Roads, the 
Commercial 
Road, the 
Horseferry 
Branch of 
Road, the East 
India Dock Road, and the 
Barking Road) Bill. 





The Flimwell Vent to Hastings Turnpike-road | 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Flimwell Vent 
to Hastings 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


The Mary-le-bone and Finchley ‘Turnpike-roads 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The New North Road (Continuation) Bill was, , 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
‘Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


| 


New North 
Road (Conti- 
nuation ) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Severn Navigation Improve- 
ment Commission, Amendment of Acts, New Works | 
and further Powers Bill be read a second time after 
the Second Reading of the other Private Bills. 


Severn 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Commission, 
Amendment 
of Acts, New 
Works, and further Powers, Bill. 


Sheffield and 
Tinsley Road 


| 
| 
The Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Extension of the | 
iaeuken at Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike-road to Sheffield) | 
the Tinsley Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; | 
and Doncaster and committed. 

Turnpike-road = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


to Sheffield ° ie ; 
Bill. — mittee of Selection. 


Surrey and The Surrey and Susser Roads (Amendment of 
cakes Act and Alteration of Tolls) Bill was, according to 
of Actand Ordler, read a second time; and committed. 

Alteration of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Tolls) Bil. mittee of Selection. 


Truro Turn- 
pike-roads, 
Penryn and 
Redruth Turn- 
pike-roads 


: The Truro Turnpike-roads, Penryn and Redruth 
Turnpike-roads (Consolidation of Trusts, Altera- 
tions of Tolls, Formation of New Roads) Bill was, 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
(Consolidation mitted. 


f Trusts, 7 . 
Ticatiee of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Tolls, Forma- mittee of Selection. 
tion of New 
Roads) Bill 





23° Aprilis. 


A. 1849, 


The Wisbech, Chatteris, Tid Gote and Downham Wisbech, 
Bridge Turnpike (Continuation of Act, Alteration Chatteris, 
of Provisions relating to Repair of Waldersey and Downe aad 
South Side Banks, Abandonment as to Turnpike of Bridge Turn. 
Road over same, Construction of new Turnpike-road) = (Continu. 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; yrvete hn 

, ion of 

and committed. Visions 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Teme to 

. ~ e air Oo; 
mittee of Selection. Waldersey and 
South Side Banks, Abandonment ag to 
Turnpike of Road over same, Construc. 
tion of new Turnpike-road) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Severn 
Reading of the Severn Navigation Improvement Navigation 
Commission, Amendment of Acts, New Works and a 
further Powers Bill ; Amendment 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Kong" 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second ang ge 
time ; 


and further 
Powers, Bill, 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 


|made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ic John Pakington, }is7 
Yeas, Mr. Litéleton : ; 
Tellers for the ( Captain Berkeley, } 71 
Noes, \ Mr. Robert Clive: ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon this day six months. 


“ 


“ 


Abdy’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Abdy’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Forbes have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of a severe accident. Absence. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Local Acts. 
—A further Report from the Admiralty, relative to No. 94. 
an Application for a Local Act. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Navigation 
gesses of the borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hard- Bill. 
ness, in the county of Devon, praying that the Na- 
vigation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Dunmow; Selby; —— Knotting- 
ley ; Shoreham ; Falmouth ; Brighton ; 

Cowes ; Dover ; Seaham ; Wis- 
bech ;—-~— Maldon; and, Mile End (Chairman) ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Jurors 
to Jurors (Tipperary), which was presented upon (Tipperary.) 
the 27th day of March last, be printed. No. 226. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Hudson’s Hudson’s Bay 
Bay Company, which were presented upon Friday Company. 
last, be printed. No, 227. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Poor Laws Poor Laws 
(Ireland), which was communicated from the Lords (reland.) 
upon Friday last, be printed. No, 228. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Relief of Relief of 
Distress (Ireland), which was presented upon Fri- Distress 


. (Ireland.) 
day last, be printed. Mr No. 229. 





Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland. 


Dublin 
Musical Fund. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Holydays. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland. ) 


Audit Office. 


Taxing 


12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report on the District Local 
and Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, 1848 ; with 
Appendices. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Return of the Estate and Funds of the 
Dublin Musical Fund, or Charitable Musical Society, 
incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, 
17th and 18th Geo. 3, c. 12; specifying the Nature 
and Amount of such Estate and Funds, ard where 
situate, and how invested; the Number of Loans 
issued by the Society in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 
1846, 1847 and 1848, respectively ; the Highest and 
Lowest Amounts so lent, the Expense attending 
each Loan, the Place of Business of the Society, 
the Number of its Officers, and the Amount of their 
Salaries. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of March 
last, for, Returns from each and every Workhouse 
in England and Ireland, showing the Number and 
Names of the Holydays, exclusive of Sundays, 
Christmas Day and Good Friday, which are ob- 
served by the Roman Catholics in each, by an 
Entire or Partial Cessation from all Business or 
Labour :—And, from the Office of the Poor law 
Commission in Dublin, of any Correspondence that 
has taken place with the Board of Guardians and 
the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Lowtherstown 
Union, and of any General Order or Orders that 
have been issued by the Poor Law Commissioners 
on the subject of allowing certain Holydays to be 
kept by the Roman Catholic Inmates of Work- 
houses in Ireland, (so far as relates to Ireland). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count, in Charge and Discharge, of Fees received 
by the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts and Re- 
ceiver of Fee Fund, under the Act 1 Vic. c. 54, and 
of the Appropriation thereout, for the year ended 
25th March 1849. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Statement of the Accounts in the Audit 
Office, showing to what Date examined, or finally 
audited ; and the reason for the delay, if any, in 
the Audit of Accounts in Arrear; also, Report of 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts 
to the Lords of the Treasury, showing the Result 
of the Inquiry of the Committee of the Board ap- 
pointed for the purpose of suggesting Improvements 
m the mode in which the Business of the Audit 
Office is conducted (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 434, Session 1848), with Treasury Mi- 
nute thereon. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Masters,Court a Return of the Number and Amount of the Bills 


ancery 


(Ireland.) 


of Costs lodged for Taxation in the Office of the 
Taxing Masters of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land, from the 1st day of November 1845 to the 
13th day of September 1848; distinguishing those 
handed over from the Master’s Offices, and those 
lodged from the 13th day of September 1848 to the 
31st day of December 1848, and from the 31st day 
of December 1848 to the 1st day of March 1849 ; 
the Number and Amount of the Bills certified in 
said Class, and of those remaining untaxed in each 
of those Pericds ; the Number and Amount of all 
the Bills of Costs remaining untaxed on the Ist day 
of March 1849; and the Number and Amount of 
said Untaxed Bills on which no Summons has ever 
been issued. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return, 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
VoL, 104, 


23° A [prilis. 995 


County of a City and Town in Jreland, stating the 
Number of Dispensaries, Fever Hospitals and In- 
firmaries, for which County Presentments were 
made in each of the years 1845, 1846, 1847 and 
1848; the Sum presented for each, and the Sum 
subscribed for each ; also, the Sum subscribed for 
Fever Hospitals at the presenting Sessions prepara- 
tory to the Spring Assizes of 1845, and the Amount 
granted at that Assizes; and a similar Return for 
the Amount of Subscriptions and County Grant at 
the Spring Assizes of 1849 :—And, of the Number 
of Fever Hospitals that are supported by Poor Rate, 
distinguishing those under the Temporary Fever 
Act, and the Cost of each inthe year 1848. 


Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the 1st 
day of July 1848; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showimg whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents: Of all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties n England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January to the 1st 
day of July 1848; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents: Of all Apportionments of Rent-charges 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- 





sioners from the 1st day of January to the 1st day 
of July 1848:—And, of all Agreements for the 
| Commutation of Tithes, which have been confirmed 
' by the Tithe Commissioners, in the several Counties 
lin England and Wales, from the 1st day of July 
1848 to the 1st day of January 1849 ; specifying 
also, in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge 
agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing 
whether the same be payable to Appropriators, Im- 
propriators or Clerical Incumbents: Of all Awards 
for the Commutation of Tithes which have been 
confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the se- 
veral Counties in England and Wales, from the 1st 
day of July 1848 to the 1st day of January 1849 ; 
specifying also, in each case, the Amount of Rent- 
charge awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and 
showing whether the same be payable to Appro- 
priators, Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents :— 
Of all Apportionments of Rent-charges which have 
been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from 
the 1st day of July 1848 to the Ist day of January 
1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 686, of last Session). 


imported into Great Britain from Ireland, from the 
5th day of July 1847 to the 5th day of this instant 
April (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 727, of Session 1847). 


the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navi- 
gation ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
* now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ;—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 





GG And 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dispensaries, 
Returns from the Treasurer of each County and &amp;c. (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe Commu- 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of tation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cattle, Sheep ' 
Quarterly Accounts of all Cattle, Sheep and Swine 2"4 Swine. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Navigation 
Reading of the Bill to amend the Laws in force for Bill. 





























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Ways and 
Means. 


Supply ; 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 


Naval Stores. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances 
(Navy). 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances (Navy). 


226 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 24° die Aprilis, 1849: 

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

And the Question being put, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


‘ 


, _¢ Mr. Tufnell lees 
Tellers for the Yeas,/ _— Final Hill: os 
‘ _f Mr. Mackenzie, . 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Beresford : j23 4. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
“ (And be it Enacted, That no British Ship engaged 
“ inthe Foreign Trade, which shall have discharged 
““ its cargo at any port of the United Kingdom, 
“ shall be compelled, under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 125, 
“ to take a pilot on board, while proceeding in 
“ ballast to any other port of the United King- 
“ dom): And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Tnat Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other Or- 
ders of the day,resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Parker, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and 
others, employed in Her Majesty's Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
Tarch 1850. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of Naval Stores, for the Building, Repair 
and Outfit of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Ma- 
chinery, and for other Purposes connected there- 
with, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Half Pay to Officers of the Navy and of the Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment dur- 
ing the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on ‘account, not ex- 
ceeding Two hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
io Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Military Pensions and Allowances, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1850. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


93°.94° Aprilis. 





| was, according to 


A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ecelesiasticay 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill; | Commission 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Bill to facilitate the Performance of the Du- Indictable 
ties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions Offences 
in Zreland with respect to Persons charged with “eland) Bill, 
Indictable Offences, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Bill to facilitate the Performance of the Du- Summary 
ties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions Convictions 
in Ireland with respect to Summary Convictions ‘{eland) Bill, 
and Orders, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read,for receiving the poor Laws 
Report of the Committee, to whom it was referred (Ireland) 
to consider of affording Relief, out of the Consoli- —— mee 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- \ivney' 
tain and Ireland, to certain distressed Unions in 
Ireland, to be charged on a Rate to be levied in 
each Union of Ireland, by an Act to be passed in 
the present Session of Parliament ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be now brought 
up; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ now brought 
‘‘up,” and adding the words “ received upon this 
*“« day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ now brought up,” stand part of the Question :-— 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 

Mr. Parker, by Order, accordingly reported a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to direct the Ad- 
vance, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said 
United Kingdom, of any Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred thousand pounds, for affording Relief to 
certain distressed Poor Law Unions in Jreland, the 
same to be charged on any Rate to be levied in 
each Union of Ireland under any Act to be passed 
in the present Session of Parliament. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Laws (Ireland) (Rate in Aid) 

Bill, that they have power to make provision there- 
in, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor lave 
a on the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) Gate “y Aid) 
Resolved, That this Honse will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for giving effect to the Stipulations of a Apprehension 
Treaty between Her Majesty and the Queen of CPortegal) 
Portugal, for the Apprehension of certain Deserters, pin, 

Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, 


SRBEz 


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Administra- 

tion of Justice 
(Metropolitan 
Districts) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Petty Sessions 


No. 230. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Caledonian 


way 
(Lease or Pur- 
chase of the 


Glasgow, Barr- 


12 VicToRIZ. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Administration of Justice (Metro- 
politan Districts) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
ranted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Seventeen 
Millions seven hundred and eighty-six thousand 
seven hundred pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, 
for the service of the year 1849. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Parker also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘that this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Petty Sessions Bill, be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Landlord and 
Tenant Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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








Martis, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Shadwell, Secretary to the Trustees of the 
Royal Harbour of Ramsgate, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Revenue and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of 
Ramsgate Trust, from 24th June 1847 to 24th June 
1848 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Deedes reported the Caledonian Railway 
(Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


head and Neil- and be printed, 


ston Direct 
Railway) Bill. 
Newcastle and 
Carlisle Rail- 


way (Altera- 
tions of, and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Wewcastle and Carlisle Railway 
(Alterations of, and Branch from Alston Branch) 


Branch from Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
Sn Branch) to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Holme Reser- 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee 


eee on Group No. 2, of Opposed Private Bills ; That the 


Amendment 
of Act) Bill, 





parties promoting the Helme Reservoirs (Increase 
of Rates and Amendment of Act) Bill, had stated 
VoL. 104, 








93°—24° Aprilis, 227 


to the Committee, that the evidence of William 
Jacomb, of Joseph Brook, and of Joshua Little- 
wood, was essential, in order to enable them to esta- 
blish their case before the Committee ; and it having 
been proved that their attendance could not be pro- 
cured without the intervention of the House, he 
had been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, That the said William Jacomb, Joseph Brook, 
and Joshua Littlewood, do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That William Jacomb, Joseph Brook, ° 

and Joshua Littlewood do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the whittiesey 
Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint Andrew Saint Mary 
Union of Parishes, and for improving the Town of yy ee me 
Whittlesey Bill; That pursuant to the Instruction of ara ‘aiid 
the House of the 15th day of March last, they had Parishes, and 
made provision in the Bill accordingly ; and had fr improving 
amended the preamble, by inserting some additional Whittlesey” 
recitals, which were necessary in consequence of Bill. 
some additional clauses being added for defining 
the boundaries of the two parishes of Whittlesey 
Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint Andrew, for 
ecclesiastical purposes, and to explain the necessity 
of the 7th and 8th clauses of the Bill, providing 
for the collection of the existing rates, and for 
confirming the Acts of the present Parish Offi- 
cers :and that the Committee had also examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same as 
amended to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Division of the Living Division of 
of Richmond and Kingston-upon-Thames Bill, with the Living of 


} 
Richmond and 
Amendments. Kingston- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. upon-Thames 
ill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Ransonmoor or Dod- Ransonmoor 
dington Fifth District Drainage Act Amendment oF Doddington 
, = Fifth District 
(to amend and extend the Powers, to annex other pyainage Act 
Lands, to borrow Money, and tolevy Rates orTaxes) Amendment 
Bill, with Amendments. (to amend and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. °°" = 


* Powers, to 
annex other Lands, to borrow Money, 
and to levy Rates or Taxes) Bill. 

Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Tay Naviga- 
Tay Navigation and Perth Harbour Acts Amend- tion and Perth 

ill: Harbour Acts 

ment Bill; Thatthey had made a verbal Amendment 4 mendment 
to the preamble of the Bill, to correct an inaccuracy Bill. 
therein ; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Billinghurst ;— Revesby ;— Mare- Agriculture. 
ham ;—Wood Enderby ;—East Kirkby ;—Minings- 
by and New Bolingbroke ;—Wilksby, Claxby and 
Moorby ;-—-Hareby and Old Bolingbroke ;-- Nackhing- 
ton ;—Sholden ; —Blean ; —Denton ; —Petham ;— 
Hoath;—Lower Hardres ; —Ardisham ;—Bridge ; 
— Wickhambreaux ; — Weston ;—Sazton Parish ;— 
Barkston Ash ;—Cawood ;—and, Ferrybridge; pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the de- 
pressed stute of Agriculture, with the view of afford- 
ing relief,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Retford ;—and, Shaftesbury ; Attornies’ 
praying that the annual Duty on the Certificates of Certificates. 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors may be wholly 
repealed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Waterford, praying the Registering 
House to take steps for the establishment of an Births, &amp;c. 
accurate Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Cireland. ) 
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Charitable 
Trusts. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Copyholds. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Attachments, 
Courts of Re- 
cord (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Education. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Schoolmasters 
{Scotland.) 


228 


in Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Gover Bedford, a Clergy- 
man, residing at Twyford, near Winchester, pray- 
ing the early attention of the House to the state 
of the smaller charities affecting the poor of this 
kingdom, with the view of affording to them more 
cheap and easy means of protection and management 
than can be obtained at present through the Court 
of Chancery, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derby ;—Castle Donnington ;— 
Great Yarmouth; — Bushey ;— Perth (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Swanwick ;— Watford ;— Kilmarnock (two 
Petitions) ; —Synod of Glasgow and Ayr ;—Rat- 
tray ;— Callender (Chairman) ;— Wigtown ;—Synod 
of Fife (Moderator);— Kilmarnock ;— Ilfracombe ;— 
South Devon Association of Ministers and Churches 
(Chairman) ;— Woodham Ferris; — Romford; — 
Yester, Thomas M‘Kenzie Fraser (Moderator) ;— 
Edinburgh ; — Kirriemuir ;— Weymouth and Mel- 
combe Regis ;—West Lynn ;— Glasgow (Chairman) ; 
— Nairn (Chairman) ; — Stirling (Chairman) ;— 
Dunfermline (two Petitions) ;— Hoxton ;— Reading 
(Chairman); — and, Slinland; praying that the 
Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders, Freeholders and | 


others, Inhabitants of Loughton, in the county of 
Essex, praying the House to pass an Act for the en- 
franchisement or commutation of Copyhold Pro- 
perty on equitable principles, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered tv lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Robert Upton;— Hulme ;— Whittle- 
le- Woods ;— Didsbury ;-- Wheelton ;--Moreton Say; 
-—and, Boston Poor Law Union; praying that the 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Archer, Registrar, John 
J. Butler, Marshal, Michael Walsh, William Smith, 
and Thomas Samuel Rivett, Officers-at-Mace of 
the borough court of the city of Dublin, praying 
the House to make provision for their compensa- 
tion in the event of the Attachments, Court of Re- 
cord (Ireland) Bill becoming law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition.of the Mayor of the borough of Man- 
chester, praying the House not to sanction any sys- 
tem of Education of which the Christian Religion 
is not the basis, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—Bury (Lancaster) ;— 
Bolton ;— Bilston ;— Rawtenstall ;— Stranraer ; — 
and, Aberdare ; complaining that the schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land derive no assistance from the funds granted by 
Parliament for the ve of Education in that coun- 
try, and praying the House to relieve them from that 
grievance,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kelso Presbytery (Clerk of Pres- 
bytery) ;— Dunfermline Presbytery (Moderator) ;— 
and, Gillespie United Presbyterian Church, Dun- 
fermline (Preses); praying the House to take into 
consideration the expediency of rendering truly 
national the parochial schools of Scotland, by the 
removal of all sectarian tests, which bar the admis- 
sion of duly qualified schoolmasters into the office 
of parochial teacher, merely because they do not 
conform tothe Established Church; and also b 
placing the system under popular control through 
parochial or district boards chosen by a liberal and 
unsectarian constituency, to elect the teacher and 


24° Aprilis. 


A. 1849, 


take a general superintendence of the school,—were 
3 ogg » and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members of the London Cymrei- Establishea 
gyddion Society, praying the House to pass an Act Church 
to prevent in future the bestowal of Ecclesiastical (V) 
offices in Wales upon persons who are not thoroughl 
conversant with tae Welsh language, was sonetied, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkwall (Provost); Parochial Lunatics 
Board of Haddington (Chairman) ;— Parochial (Scotland) 
Board of South Leith (Chairman) ;— County of 
Edinburgh (Preses) ; — Leith; — Lanark ; — and, 
Parochial Board of Aberlemno (Chairman) ; praying 
that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
| a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Farmers, Malt. 
and others residing in the neighbourhood of North 
| Walsham, in the county of Norfolk, praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Malt, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint George-in-the-East ;—Wake- Marriages 
field ; — Shaftesbury ; — Detling ;— and, Cowes ; Bill. 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
aw,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
/upon the Table. 
| Petitions from the Deanery of East ;——Pres- 

bytery of Edinburgh (Moderator); Rural Dean- 
‘eries of Belchamp, Halstead and Yeldham;- 
| Deanery of South Malling ;—- Maidstone ;—- Rural 
Dean and Clergy of the Deanery of Deddington ;—— 
| Deanery of Chalke ;——Hawkesbury ;——Mag- 
‘hery ; Archdeaconry of Maidstone, and Deauery 
| of Charing ; Synod of Fife (Moderator) ; 
| Rodney Stone and Draycott ; Denbigh ;——and, 
|Henllan; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 























Petitionsfrom the Parochial Board of Haddington Marriage 
(Chairman); County of Perth (Preses); and, —— 
‘Parochial Board of Aberlemno (Chairman); pray- 
ing that the Marriage (Scot/and) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and referred 


‘tothe Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profes- Medical 
sion, as general Practitioners at Reigate, praying Tso 
| that a Bill for regulating the profession of physic 

‘and surgery may, on public as well as on pro- 
fessional considerations, be enacted by the Legis- 

lature with as little delay as possible, was presented, 

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











A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Mendicancy. 
Guardians of the parish of Bermondsey, in the 
county of Surrey, praying the House to adopt 
measures for relieving the country from the great 
and increasing evil of Pauper tramping, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Navigation 
of the borough of Manchester, praying that the Bill. 
| Navigation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the High Sheriff of the county of 
Glamorgan, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-Press Printers of the city of Paper, &amp;e. 
Durham, praying for the abolition of the Duties on 
Paper, Advertisements and Newspaper Stamps, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Sydenham Damarell ; 
mouth and Lympstone;——Deanery of Hawkesbury ; 





Oaths Bill. 








and, 


Ex- Parliamentary 





Poor 





a 



























































Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Health of 
Towns 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Railways. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 





12 Vicrortz. 





and, Chalke; praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunmow Union ;— Warwick Poor 
Law Union ;—There-undersigned, assembled from 
various parts of the kingdom, connected with or in- 
terested in the administration of the Laws for the 
Relief of the Poor, at a Meeting held at the King’s 
Arms Hotel, Westminster ;—and, Atherstone; pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Woodstock Union; — Menden 
Union ;— Romford Union ;—Louth Union ;—Slea- 
ford Union ;-- Holbeach Union ;--Rotherham Union ; 
— Sedburgh Union ;— Weardale Union ;—Lancaster 
Union ;—Dore Union ;—Hertford Union ;—Here- 
ford Union ;—Cuckfield Union ;—Chailey Union ; 
—Shaftesbury Union ;—Corwen Union ;—Forehoe 
Hundred Union (Norfolk) ;—and, Braintree Union ; 
praying that an Act may be passed in the present 
ession of Parliament, to enable Poor Law officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thetford ;—-Otley ;—Session of 
Whitburn (Moderator) ;— Blyth ;— Glasgow (Chair- 
man) ;— Bloxham ;— Kington ;—Leswalt;— _Buston; 
—and, Nottingham (two Petitions; praying the 
House to enact such laws for the punishment of all 
persons guilty of trading in Seduction and Prostitu- 
tion, as may appear desirable for the suppression of 
these practices,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Waterford ; praying the 
House to pass an efficient and comprehensive Health 
of Towns Bill for Zreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alfreton; Rampton ; Tux- 
ford ;——North Leverton and Habblesthorpe (two 
Petitions) ; Sturton ; —— Sutton-cum-Lound ; 
Trustees of the several Turnpike-roads, called 
The Lynn East Gate, the Lynn South Gate, and 
the Lynn and Wisbech Turnpike-roads, iu the county 
of Norfolk (Chairman) ; and, Trustees of the 
Bath Turnpike-roads, and Mortgagees of the Tolls 
secured thereon; praying that the Public Roads 
(England and North Wales) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Clerks of Turnpike-trusts in the 
county of Somerset ;—Clerks of Turnpike-trusts in 
the county of Cornwall ;—and, Clerks of Turnpike- 
trusts in the county of Bedford; praying that clauses 
may be inserted in the said Bill for securing to the 
Petitioners a fair and reasonable compensation for 
the loss of their present offices, should the said Bill 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

















A Petition of Shareholders in Railways, Inha- 
bitants of the town and neighbourhood of Lancas- 
ter, complaining that the present system of rating 
Railways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for such an alteration of the law as will render 
the local taxation upon Railway property more 
just and equal, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Poor of the Zexden and Winstill 
Union, in the county of Essex, praying the House 
to make the landlords of all cottages whose rents 
are under six pounds, liable to the payment of the 
poor-rates, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 104. 


24° Aprilis. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Senior At- Real and Per- 
sonal Property 


229 


tornies Club of the county of Somerset, suggesting 
an efficient system of registration of deeds; and 
praying that the Real and Personal Property Con- 
veyance Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Tarbert 
(Chairman) ; 
man) ;——Parochial Board of Rothes (Chairman) ; 
——Parochial Board of the United Parish of Jn- 
verness and Bona (Chairman) ;—— Parochial Board 
of Renfrew (Chairman); —— Kilmarnock ; —— 
Wigtoun ; --—Parochial Board of Haddington 
(Chairman) ;—-— County of Perth (Preses) ;—— 
Elgin (Provost); ——— Parochial Board of Wick 
(Chairman) ; Synod of Fife (Moderator) ; 
Nairn (Chairman) ;—-— Greenock (Chairman) ;—— 
Parochial Board of Aberlemno (Chairman) ; 
Dunfermline Presbytery (Moderator) ;—— Gillespie 
United Presbyterian Church (Preses) ; —— and, 
Stirling (Chairman) ; praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 














Petitions from the Presbytery of Garioch (Mode- 
rator) ;——Parochial Board of Duthill;——Paro- 
chial Board of Auldearn ;——John Haining ;—— 


Conveyance 
Bill. 


Registering 


Parochial Board of Forres (Chair- Births, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 


and, Marriage 


Perth; —— Kirk Session of Saint Cuthbert’s, (Scotland) 
Edinburgh (Moderator) ; —— Parochial Board of Bills. 


Kirkmichael and Cullicudden (Chairman); Pres- 
bytery of Perth (Moderator) ;—— Presbytery of 
Forfar (Moderator) ;——Kirk Session forming the 
Parochial Board of the parish of Logierait (Chair- 
man) ;——Presbytery of Weem (Moderator) ;—— 
Presbytery of Peebles (Moderator) ; —— Cupar 
(Moderator) ;—— Parochial Board of Kinnoull; 
—— Forteviot ; —-— Parochial Board of Dryfes- 
dale ; County of Linlithgow (Chairman and 
Convener) ;—— Parochial Board of South Leith 
(Chairman); Leith (Provost) ; Will, Clugs- 
ton ; Kirkwall (Provost) ;—-Robert B. Nichol; 
——Presbytery of Lanark (Moderator) ;——Pres- 
bytery of Annan (Presbytery Clerk) ;——Presby- 
tery of Dunoon (Moderator) ; and, County of 
Kincardine (Chairman); praying that the Regis- 
tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bills. 




















Petitions from Bristol ;—Norwich ;— Bilston ;— Roman Catho- 


Bury (Lancaster) ;— Rawtenstall ;— Kidderminster ; lic Clergy. 


—Bolton;—and, Aberdare; praying the House to 
refuse its sanction to any measure for the endow- 
ment of the Roman Catholic Priesthood,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sheerness ;— Leicester ; —Combe 
Down and South Stoke; — Leighton Buzzard ;— 
Beeston ;— Nottingham ;—and, East Church; pray- 
ing for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Cockermouth, &amp;c.;—and, Crat- gjave Trade. 





field; praying that instructions may be forthwith 
given to the principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian 
Governments the liberation of all Africans and their 
descendants who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties, and in the event of their attempting 
to evade such demand, or to procrastinate its ful- 
filment, to notify to them that measures will be 
adopted to exclude their produce from the British 
markets, until slavery itself shall be abolished by 
them,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


GG3 Petitions 








Sale of Beer 
Act. 





2A RRNA SA RIE FE GMEINE UME RS SOR RO GLEE LET APS A AE 


ee 


eens estas" 2 


—— 


ee 

















Small Debts 
Act. 


Charles 
Stewart. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


















































Tea, Sugar, 
Coffee, &amp;e. 











Turnpike 
Trusts. 






230 94° Aprilis. 


Petitions from Maldon;—and, Rochford; praying 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Stewart, praying for con- 
sideration of his services in saving the lives of a 
number of officers and men of a royal Nova Scotia 
regiment of infantry, shipwrecked during the late 
American war, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the able. 


Petitions from Glasgow (Chairman) ;—and, Leith; 
praying that the Sunday Travelling on Railways 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














Petitions from Stromness ;——Fortwilliam ; 
Portree; ——Fort Augustus and Glen Moriston 
(Chairman) ; —— Thomas Hardy Whitaker and 
others ; —— Stevenston ; Dreghorn ;—— Wig- 
town; —— Port Glasgow ; Dalrymple ; —— 
Langton; North Knapdale;——Stewarton ;—— 
Knocklands ; —— Kinloss ; Kirk Session of 





Vester, Thomas M‘ Kenzie (Moderator) ;——Kirk- 
colm, William Cumming (Chairman) ;—— Hadding- 
ton (Chairman) ;—— Keith (Chairman) ; Peter- 
head ;—— Burghead ;——K irk Session of Alves (two 
Petitions) (Moderator) ; —— Znveravon ;——Mac- 
duff ;—— Portsea ;—— Banff ;- Kirk Session of 
Boyndie, Robert Irvine (Moderator) ;——Kirk Ses- 
sion Deacon’s Court of Turriff ; —— Arbroath, 
Robert Beattie (Chairman) ;—— Barrie ;—— Hill- 














town ; —— Swalwell; Dudhope ; —— Dundee, 
John M‘ Dougall (Moderator) ;—-— Strathy ; 
Helmsdale ; Dornoch ; ——Farr ; Kinloch 











(Minister) ; Kirkcudbright; —— Provincial 
Synod of Dumfries, Patrick Borrowman (Mode- 
rator);—-- Blyth; —— North Shields ;—— Free 
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, Robert Wilson (Mode- 
rator) ;——- Glasgow (thirteen Petitions) ;——New- 
castle-upon-Tyne (three Petitions) (Chairman) ;—— 
Carlisle (two Petitions) ; Thomas H. Brydon ; 
—— Brechin ;—— Montrose ;—— Wiiliam T. Ran- 

















kine and others; ——Lewis H. Irving ;—— Tain 
(two Petitions) ;—— William ‘Tailor ;—— Cromarty 
(Chairman) ; D. Mitkie ; —— Cromarty ; —— 
William Burnet ; —— Govan ; —— Tongland and 
Twisnholm; Rerrick (two Petitions); —-—Dyhke ; 
—— Forres ; Arthur Forbes ;——Nairn (Chair- 
man) ;——Gorbals ;——-Glasgow, James Gibson ; 
——Killann and Kilmenny ; Whithorn ;-— 
Greenock ;—— Hexham ;—— Dun fermline( Preses) ; 


—— Girvan (Chairman) ;——Hector M‘ Neil; 
Oban (two Petitions) ;--—Killean ;——Inverary ; 
——Joseph Patrick ;——Ayr and Wallacetown ; 
——Muirhkirk; H. Fraser ;--— William Grant ; 
—— Monkton ;——Cumnoch (Session Clerk) ;—— | 
Alexander M‘ Kenzie ; Kilmory ;—— Rothesay 
(Moderator) (three Petitions) ; South Shields; 
—— Brompton ;—— Carr Bridge ;—— Hayton; 
Kilmarnock ; —-—and, Urquhart ; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

















| posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Road (com- 





A. 1849. 


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


Petitions from the Metropolis and its vicinity (five Univers) 

Petitions) ;— Nathaniel Warrenand others;—Charles Suffrage, &amp;&amp;, 
Huxley and others ;—John Darby and others ;— 
Thomas Coply and others ;—and, Edmund Lee and 
others; praying the House to extend the Franchise to 
every man of mature age, sound mind, fixed resi- 
dence and unstained with crime, and to enact such 
other provisions as may be essential to the full, fair 
and free representation of the people,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poo! 


Petitions from Lancaster (two Petitions) ; — war, 

Llanelly ;— Trevecca ;—Langamarch;—.Devynnock ; 
—Ticknall ;— Kilmarnock (two Petitions) ;—Liver- 
pool (Mayor) ;—Riddings ;— Pinxton and Pinxton 
Wharf ;—Somercotes ;— Rochdale ;— Banbridge ;— 
Eastern District of the county of Linlithgow ;— 
Kirriemuir ;— Wickham ;— Oldham (two Petitions) ; 
— Sunderland ;— North Shields ;—-Shields ;— Lees- 
wood near Mold ;—Mold (three Petitions) ;— Little- 
borough ;—Cheetham Hill ;—Southport ;— Lytham ; 
—Brechin (two Petitions) ;— Leeds (Mayor) ;— 
Woollard ;—Llangadock ;—Saron ; — Henmore ; — 
Carmarthen (two Petitions) ;—Llanfynydd ;—Bir- 
mingham ;—Studley ; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne (two 
Petitions) ;— Willington Quay ;—Hayle ;— Back- 
water ;—Llanllechid and Llandegail Mountain ;— 
Llysfaen ; — Bottwnog and Llandegwning ;—Tri- 
saint ;—Llanybyther ;—Aberystwyth ; — Llanfihan- 
gelgeneurglyn ; — Llanbadarn ; — Cellan ; — Llan- 
rhystyd ;—Brynmair ;—Cwmystwyth ;— Brynison ; 
—Hawen and Glynarthen ;—Cellan ;—Llandyssil ; 
— Lampeter ;—-Llanbadarn Fawr ;—Llanychaiarn ; 
—Rhydlewis ee Clydogan ; — Llangiby ;— 
Llannon ; — Pontrhydefendigaid ; — Llanafan ; — 
Llanbadarn Fawr ;— Dinas Mowddwy ;—Gynwyd ; 
— Cerrigdruidion ; — Llanycil ; — Maentwrog ; — 
Llandderfel;—Trellanerch and Bodorlas ; — Nan- 
pean ;— Birmingham (three Petitions) ;—Dunferm- 
line (two Petitions) ;— York ;— Hoxton ;— Gee 
Cross ;— Royston ;— Wheaton Ashton ;—Ashwood ; 
—Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog ;— Treyddyn;—Snail- 
beach ;~- Llangonwyd ;—Pontesbury ; — Minsterley ; 
— Rhayader ;—Melbourne;— Bedford ;—Cilcen and 
Llyn-y-pandy ;— and, Shrewsbury ; praying the 
House to negotiate treaties between the Govern- 
ment of this country and other governments of the 
world, binding the parties, for the future, torefertheir 
misunderstandings to the decision of arbitrators,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Commercial 
on the Commercial Road (comprising the Cannon- ace el 
street Road, Commercial Road, the Horseferry Branch Road, Com- 
of Road, the East India Dock Road and the Bark- ee 
ing Road) Bill to refer the Accounts of the Trustees Branch of 
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Road, the East 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Tilehurst, in the 
county of Berks, praying the House to reduce in 
the present Session the tax levied on Tea to Six- 
pence per pound, and on Sugar and Coffee to Seven 
shillings per hundred-weight; and also forthwith 
to repeal the tax levied on Windows, Timber, Bricks, 
Paper, Soap, Butter and Cheese, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and other property in Camden Town and Kentish | 
Town, in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county | 
of Middlesex, complaining of the erection of new | 
Toll-bars in the neighbourhood of Camden and | 
Kentish Towns ; and praying the House to cause | 
inquiry to be made into the present system of ma- | 


nagement of all Turnpike Trusts in the kingdom, | Order, dated the 21st day of March last, for a Re- nance, and 
with a view to remedy the grievance of which the | turn of the several Brevets in the Army, Ordnance 





Y | their Establishment respectively ; and the Scale of 
Tolls payable at each. 


under the Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will, 4, India Dock 
: : : Road, and the 
c. 80 :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the parking Road) 


House, withdrawn. Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an Turnpike 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- Tolls Sago 
ber of Turnpike Gates and Side Bars at which Tolls 2*™*s &amp;* 
are payable, in the Borough of the Tower Hamlets, 
the Borough of Finsbury, the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, the Borough of Lambeth and the Borough of 
Southwark; the Names of the Streets or Roads 
where such Gates or Bars are placed ; the Dates of 


Ordered, Thatthe said Return dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Army, Ord- 
y P 
avy. 


and 





Poor Law. 


Mails to India, 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


12 Vicroriz. 


and Navy, since the year 1833, stating the Number 
of each Class of Officers, and the Amount of the 
Annual increased Charge to the Public by each of 
these Brevets, in each year, since 1833. 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upontheTable. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of the Salaries of all the 
Officers employed in 591 Unions under the Poor 
Law Board in England and Wales, together with 
the Expense of the Poor Law Commission for the 
year ended Lady Day 1848 :—And, of the Amount 
of the Sums voted annually in Supply in the years | 
1846, 1847 and 1848, under the head of School- | 
masters and Medical Relief; stating, also, the 
Degree of Proportion (viz. the Rate in the Pound) 
which the Charge for the Education of the Poor, 
together with that of Medical Relief to the Poor, 
bears to the Annual Value of Real Property as- 
sessed to the Property and Income Tax in 1843, 
viz. £,85,802,735, according to a Return ordered 
to be printed 4th September 1848 (No. 735, Poor 
Rates, &amp;e. p. 5). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Transit Postage paid to 
the French Post-office, for the Six months immedi- 
ately previous, and for the Six months immediately 
subsequent to the 3d day of June 1848 :—And, of 
the Steam Packets now employed by the Admiralty 
in maintaining the Mail Communication in the 
Mediterranean, namely, between Marseilles ana 
Malta, between Malta and Alexandria, between 
Malta and the Ionian Islands, stating the Number 
and Names of the Packets employed, and how often 
the Packet arriving at Malta from Marseilles has, 
since the 14th day of June 1848, proceeded in con- 
tinuation to Alexandria :—An Account of the Net 
Amount of Passage-money received for Account of 
the Public, for Passengers conveyed in these Pack- 
ets:—An Estimate of the Total Charge for these 
Steam Packets, in the year 1848, distinguishing, 
under separate Heads, the Amount of Expense for 
Wear and Tear, for Wages and Victuals, Sea Risk 
and other Expenses :—And, Abstracts of any Pro- 
posals made to the Treasury, Admiralty or Presi- 
dent of the Board of Control, for re-establishing 
the Steam Postal Communication of the 3d day of 
every month between Southampton and Alexandria, 
and for improving and reducing the General Charge 
of the Steam Packet Communication in the Medi- 
terranean and between Suez and Bombay, and the 
Answers thereto, or Decisions thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty re- 
ceived on Spirits in Jreland during each of the years 
ending the 5th day of April 1848 and 1849, and 
the Number of Gallons brought to Charge, showing 
the Increase or Decrease in Gallons and in Duty’: 
—-Of the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought to 
Charge in Jreland, and the Duty paid thereon, in 
the Quarters ending the 5th day of April 1848 and 
1849, showing the Increase or Decrease :—-Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing 
the Quantities produced from Malt and from a 
Mixture of Malt and Unmalted Grain) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in Ireland, 
in each Quarter of the years ending the 5th day of 
April 1848 and 1849, and in each of the vears :— 
Of the Number of Detections, and of the Number 
of Persons prosecuted for Offences in Ireland against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 
in each Quarter of the years ending the 5th day of 
April 1847, 1848 and 1849, distinguishing those 
convicted :—And, of the Number of Persons con- 
fined in each Gaol in Jreland for Offences against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, 





on the 5th day of January, the 5th day of March, 


_ and the 5th day of April, in each of the years 1847, | 


VoL. 104, 








24° Aprilis. 231 


1848 and 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 401, of Session 1848). 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders; 


was read, as followeth: 


Resolved, That in the case of the Zouth Markets Louth Markets 
and Improvements, Petition for leave to deposit a and Improve- 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be ™**8 Bill 


dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
deposit a Petition for a Bill, provided the same be 
deposited not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Paper. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Convictions of 
Manufacturers of Paper for a breach of the Excise 
Laws in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
during the years from 1840 to 1848, inclusive ; 
stating the Names of the Parties convicted, the 
Amount of Penalty inflicted in each Case, the 
Amount recovered, and distinguishing those Cases 
in which a Compromise has been effected. 

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


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks Military 
of this House be given to the Right honourable the Operations in 
Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the Most Ancient and “¢ Punjab. 


Most noble Order of the Thistle, Governor-General 
of India, for the zeal and ability with which the 
resources of the British Empire in the East Indies 
have been applied to the support of the Military 
Operations in the Punjab. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to General the Right ho- 
nourable Lord Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath, Commander- 
in-Chief of the Forces in India, for the conspicuous 
intrepidity displayed by him during the recent 
Operations in the Punjab, and especially for his 
conduct on the 21st of February 1849, in the Battle 
of Goojerat, wnen the British Army obtained a 
brilliant and decisive Victory. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Major General Sir Joseph 
Thackwell,; Knight Commander of the Most ho- 
nourable Order of the Bath; to Major General Sir 
Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Knight Commander of 
the Most honourable Order of the Bath ; to Major 
General William Samson Whish, Companion of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath; and to Bri- 
gadier Generals the Honourable Henry Dundas, 
Companion of the Most honourable Order of the 
Bath; Colin Campbell, Companion of the Most 
honourable Order of the Bath; Hugh Massey 
Wheeler, Companion of the Most honourable Order 
of the Bath; and James Tennant; and the several 
Officers, European and Native, under their Com- 
mand, for the indefatigable zeal and exertions ex- 
hibited by them throughout the recent Campaign. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Non-Commissioned 
Officers and Private Soldiers, European and Native, 
for the service rendered to the British Empire, by 
the signal overthrow of the numerous enemies com- 
bined in arms against them; and that the same be 
signified to them by the Commanders of the se- 
veral Corps. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to Major General William 
Samson Whish, Companion of the Most honourable 
Order of the Bath, for his eminent services in con- 
ducting to a successful issue the Siege of the Fort 
and City of Mooltan. 

Ga4 Resolved, 





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Slave Trade 
(Brazil.) 


Inquests in 


Cases of Fire. 


Marriage by 
License Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 


and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 


Pupils Protec- 
— for the better Protection of the Property of Pupils, 


Poor Laws 
(Treland) 


(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


232 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the several Officers, 
European and Native, under the command of Major 
General Whish, and to the Officers of the Indian 
Navy — on that occasion, for their gallant 
conduct during the Siege of Mooltan. 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks 
of this House be given to the Non-Commissioned 
Officers and Private Soldiers and Seamen, European 
and Native, for the bravery and fortitude manifested 
by them during the Siege of Mooltan ; and that the 
same be signified to them by their several Com- 
manders. 

Ordered, That these Resolutions be transmitted 
by Mr. a to the Governor-General of Jndia, 
and that he be requested to communicate the same 
to the several Officers referred to therein. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 9 Vic. 
c. 122, to amend an Act, intituled, An Act to carry 
into execution a Convention between Her Majesty 
and the Emperor of Brazil, for the Regulation and 
final Abolition of the African Slave Trade, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the said Act ; 


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


Mercurii, 25° die Aprilis, 1849: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ _ Bright rae \ 


Tellers for the Noes, a Tufecll, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


34. 


J 
frsz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to explain 
and amend the Law relating to the holding of In- 

uests or Courts of Inquiry in cases of Fire within 
the United Kingdom :—It passed in the Negative. 


94° 95° Aprilis. 


A. 1849. 


as followeth : 

Resolved, That towards makin 
granted to Her Majesty, the § 
millions seven hundred and eighty-six thousand 
‘seven hundred pounds be raised by Exchequer 
Bills, for the Service of the year 1849. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Parker, Mr. Bernal and 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


mittee on the Passengers Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Churches in the Highlands and 
Islands of Scotland built or endowed by Parliamen- 
tary Grant ; stating, 1. The Amount of Minister’s 
Stipend and Precentor’s Salary in each Church, 
no the Source from which these are derived :— 
2. The Number of Persons for which each Church 
is seated, distinguishing the Free from the Let 
Sittings :—3. The Average Number of each Congre- 
gation above Fourteen years of age, during the last 
Five years :—And, a similar Return of all Churches, 
commonly called “ Quoad Sacra” Churches, built by 
Private Subscription, and belonging to the Esta- 
blishment; distinguishing those which have Dis- 
tricts attached to them from those which have 
none. 

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


sons and Persons under Mental Incapacity in Scot- = 
land: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 





° - . 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 


amend an Act of theseventh year of his late Majesty, 
so far as it renders necessary the giving a notice to 
the Superintendent Registrar, and the issuing of a 
Certificate by him, in cases of Marriage by License : 
And that Mr. Ewart and Mr. Brotherton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That Mr. Forbes be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Home Drummond be | 


to the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on the Real Property Transfer Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Campbell be added to the 


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


Absent Persons, and Persons under Mental Incapa- 
city in Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and 
Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) 
Bill; 

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








next ; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon the 20th day of this instant Registrars 


of Deeds 
Returns (Middlesex. ) 


April, That there be laid before this House, 
of the Total Amount of Fees received by the Regis- 
trars of Deeds in Middlesex, in each year from 1839 
to the end of the year 1848 ; stating the Rate of Fees 
demanded and taken for the Registry of Memo- 
rials, and of the authority under which such Fees 
are charged, and stating the Application of such 
Fees ; distinguishing the Amount paid for the Ex- 
penses of the Office, and the Amount received by 
the Registrars for their owu use, and stating whether 
any and what Duties are performed by them in 
Person :---And, of the Names of the Deputies and 
Clerks now employed in transacting the Business 
of the Office ; of the Dates of their respective Ap- 
oa, and of the Amount of Salary or other 
emuneration annually paid to each, during the 
Period of their Employment :—An Account of the 
Sums expended in ben Taxes and Repairs of the 
Office in each year, for the last Five years :—Copies 
of all Rules and Orders made by the Lord Chan- 
cellor and Judges, for the better Management and 
Government of the Office, in pursuance of the Act 
of 7 Anne, c. 20, and of any Record of the Ar- 
rangement referred to in the Return of the 18th 
March 1840, for anincrease of the Fees allowed 
by that Act, as having been made in 1768, be- 
tween the Registrars and some Attornies of that 
Time, and a Statement of the increased Facilities 
and Advantages derived by the Public, in return 
for the Increase of Fees thereby imposed upon 
them :—And, a Statement of the years during — 
e 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee of Ways ang 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means ; 


good the Supply g 
um of “ween 0d Bills, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the better Pupils Protec- 
Protection of the Property of Pupils, Absent Per- tion(Scotland) 


istrars 
a Deeds 
(Middlesex. ) 


Committees. 


Public 


Petitions 
(Thirtieth 


Report. 


pr 


) 


ion, 


Law, &amp;c. 


d.) 


12 VicTrori2Z. 


the Registrars for the time being kept up the Al- 

habetical Calendar required by the Act of all 
Parishes, Extra-parochial Places and Townships 
within the County, referring to the Number of 
every Memorial which concerned Hereditaments in 
every such Parish, Extra-parochial Place or Town- 
ship, and of the Time when and of the authority 
under which such Calendar was discontinued, was 
read, and discharged. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before this | 


House, Returns of the Total Amount of Fees re- 


24°—25° Aprilis. 





233 


House, a Return, showing the Population; the 
Annual Value of Property rated to the Poor’s Rate ; 
the Gross Amount of Assessment; the Rate in the 
Pound on the Value of Rated Property of such 
Assessment; the Amount expended on Manage- 
ment or Litigation ; the Amount expended in actual 
Relief; the Total Number of Paupers relieved, in- 
cluding casual Poor ; the Proportion per cent. to the 
Population of the Persons relieved ; and, the Aver- 
age Amount of actual Relief to each Pauper so re- 
lieved, in each Parish in Scotland, for the year 
1847; giving an Abstract in Counties:—And, a 
similar Return for the year 1848. 

Ordered, 'That the said Address be presented to 


ceived by the Registrars of Deeds in Middlesex, in | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


each year from 1839 to the end of the year 1848; 
stating the Rate of Fees demanded and taken for 
the Registry of Memorials, and of the authority 
under which such Fees are charged, and stating 
the Application of such Fees; distinguishing the 
Amount paid for the Expenses of the Office, and 
the Amount received by the Registrars for their 
own use, and stating whether any and what Duties 
are performed by them in person:—And, of the 
Names of the Deputies and Clerks now employed 
in transacting the Business of the Office; of the 
Dates of their respective Appointments, and of the 
Amount of Salary or other Remuneration annually 
paid to each, during the period of their Employ- 
ment:—An Account of the Sums expended in 
Rates, Taxes and Repairs of the Office in each 
year, for the last Five years:—Copies of all Rules 
and Orders made by the Lord Chancellor and 
Judges for the better Management and Government 
of the Office, in pursuance of the Act of 7 Anne, 
c. 20, and of any Record of the Arrangement re- 
ferred to in the Return of the 18th March 1840, 
for an Increase of the Fees allowed by that Act, 
as having been made in 1768, between the Regis- 
trars and some Attornies of that Time, and a State- 
iment of the increased Facilities and Advantages 
derived by the Public, in return for the Increase 
of Fees thereby imposed upon them :— And, a 
Statement of the years during which the Registrars 
for the Time being kept up the Alphabetical Calen- 
dar required by the Act of all Parishes, Extra- 
parochial Places and Townships within the County, 
referring to the Number of every Memorial which 
concerned Hereditaments in every such Parish, 
Extra-parochial Place or Township, and of the 
Time when and of the authority under which such 
Calendar was discontinued. 

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


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











Mercuri, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
OR DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Commit- 
teeon Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant April; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 


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


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


to give directions that there be laid before this 
Vo... 104. 








Table. 


of Her Mujesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in reference to the Record of Ap- 
plications to the Board of Supervision for Relief of 
the Poor in Scotland; stating, in each case, the 
Amount of Relief, whether in Food or Money, but 
if in Food giving its Money Value, and which 
formed the subject of complaint; the Decision of 
the Board as to such Allowance being insufficient or 
the contrary ; stating in cases where the ground of 
complaint was removed, the Additional Amount of 
Relief that was granted, and whether and to what 
extent interim Relief was given from the Date of the 
first Application to the Sheriff to the final Decision 
of the Board of Supervision, for the year 1847 :— 
And, a similar Return for the year 1848 :—Returns 
of Parishes in Scotland where the Rules as to Me- 
dical Relief, quoted in the Annual Report of the 
Board of Supervision, are not applicable by reason 
of there being no duly qualified Medical Practitioner 
within the Parish :—And, of Parishes in Scotland 
which have not availed themselves of the Grant for 
£.10,000, for the purposes of Medical Relief to the 
Poor. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Instructions given by the present 
Attorney-General for Jreland to the respective 
Crown Solicitors (sessional or otherwise), as to the 
conduct of Crown Prosecutions, the retaining of 
Counsel, and the Expenditure to be incurred 
therein:—And, of any Memorial or Resolution 
agreed to by the Sligo Grand Jury at either the 
Spring or Summer Assizes, 1848, and presented to 
the Jrish Government, having reference to the con- 
duct of Crown Prosecutions in the Connaught Cir- 
cuit. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


-| mand,—-An Estimate of the Sum required to be 


voted to enable Her Majesty to replace the Amount 
carried to the credit of the Consolidated Fund, as 
the escheated Property of the late John Turner. 

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


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of Dublin, praying the House to pass 
a measure subjecting all proprietors who do not 
reside in Jreland for at least six months in each 
year, to a tax of twenty per cent. per annum, three- 
fourths of such tax to be applied to the relief of 
the destitute poor, and the remaining one-fourth 
to be retained by the occupying tenants, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 
that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Petitions 


H 


H 





Poor Law 
(Scotland. » 


Crown 
Prosecutions 
(Ireland.) 


John Turner. 
No. 232° 


Absentees 
(Ireland. ) 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Education. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill, 


234 


Petitions from Bradninch ;— Dorchester ;—Ey- 
thorne ;—Tilmanstone ;—Monkton;—Patrixbourne; 
—Littlebourne ;— Westbere ;— Upper Hardres ;— 
Waltham ;— Norton ;—and, Kingsdown ; praying 
the House to adopt measures for the relief of Agri- 
cultural Distress,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of York, 
praying for the abolition of Capital Punishment, was 


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


Petitions from Alexander Macdonald ;— Thomas 
N. Brydon;—Slamannan ;— Falkirk (Chairman) ;— 
and, Plymouth ; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Rural Dean of the Rural 
Deanery of Torrington, in the diocese of Exeter, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
was Milso presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-Presidents and 
Members of the Committee of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, established for the purpose 
of supporting the rights, privileges and property of 
the United Church of England and Ireland, as well 
as her union with the state, praying for the establish- 
ment of an increased number of the Bishops of the 
Church of England, was presented and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Rural Dean and Clergy of the 
Deanery of Cadbury, in the Archdeaconry of Exeter, 
and diocese of Exeter, praying the House not to 
sanction the introduction of any clause into a 
Criminal Law Consolidation Bill, enforcing the 
election, confirmation and consecration of persons 
who may have been nominated by the Crown to the 
office of Bishop, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Church of England, 
within the Deanery of Torrington, in the Diocese of 
Exeter, praying that. it may be provided and settled 
by Act of Parliament that the Education grant shall 
hereafter be dispensed, subject only to the two 
following conditions ; 1st. That the site of school 
buildings shall be legally secured by trusts legally 
constituted ; 2d. That the school shail be open to 
Government inspection within certain limits, as 
arranged in 1840, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cupar ;——Parochial Board of 
Paisley (Chairman) ;——and, Irvine; praying that 
the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Taunton;— Ryde ;— Huddersfield ; 
— Melksham ; — Trowbridge ; — and, Bradford 
(Wilts); praying that the Marriages Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Deanery of Torrington ;—— 
Alexander Macdonald ;—— William Macara ;—— 
Rast Fairleigh ;—— Toxteth Park ;——Sprowston ; 
-—— Rackheath ; Kempston ; —— Kirk Ham- 
merton ;——Crostwick ;——Lymm and Warburton ; 
—-— Hawkhurst ;—— Brighton (two Petitions) ;—- 
Broughton Sulney ; orking ; ——Saint Pan- 
cras ; Tyldesley-cum-Shackherley ;—— Ewhurst ; 
—— Hoxton; Ticehurst ;—— Hillingdon, Ux- 
bridge and Uxbridge Moor; Wakefield ; 
Radford ; Stoke Newington; Bignor ; 
a : Matching ; Clocaenog ; 
Writtenhall (Assistant Curate); —— Deanery of 
Fincham ;——Synod of Glasgow and Ayr (Mode- 
rator); —— Kirk Session of Riccarton ; —— and, 


25° Aprilis. 





A. 1849. 


Netheravon ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery Marriage 
of Peebles, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) (Scotland); 


Bill; the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; peering 
and, the Marriages Bill may not pass into law, (Scotland); 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon ai Marriages 


the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians Mendicancy, 
of the Droitwich Union, in the county of Worcester, 
praying the House to pass a law to relieve the 
country from the great and increasing evil of Pau- 
per tramping, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to he upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Cooper, of the borough of Municipal 
Congleton, in the county of Chester, Attorney and Corporations 
Solicitor, and also a Town Councillor for the said 4* 
borough, praying the House to adopt measures to 
prevent justices’ clerks from acting or being con- 
cerned in conducting any prosecution for any offence 
arising in the borough or district for which they act 
as clerks, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, Navigation 
in and around the town of Dumfries, praying that Bill. 
the Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, was 
gg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Culmstock ; Deanery of Tiver- Parliamentary 

ton; Deanery of Torrington ;——Archdeaconry Oaths Bill. 
of Dorset;—— Hadlow; Bishop’s Caundle; 
Bramber ;—— Wiston ; and, Gresford ; praying 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colebrooke ;—Thorverton ;—and, Promiscuous 
William Macara ; praying the House to adopt mea- Intercourse. 
sures for the punishment of all persons trading in 
Prostitution, and for the better protection of vir- 
tuous women,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Pable. 


Petitions from Glossop Union ;— Cirencester Poor Law 
Union ;—and, Stratford-on-Avon Union; praying Officers. 
that an Act may be passed in the present Session of 
Parliament to enable Poor Law Officers to form and 
distribute a superannuation fund for members of 
their body,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Poor Laws 
gesses of Dublin, praying that the Poor Laws (Jre- any Aid) 
land) (Rate in Aid) Bill may pass into a law, was ag 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Cos- Rating of 
ford Union, in the county of Suffolk, praying the Tenements. 
House to pass a law making the landlords of all 
cottages whose rents are under six pounds, liable to 
payment of the poor rates, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cupar ; Robert Wilson ;—— Registering 
and, Jrvine; praying that the Registering Births, aeectinad) 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pin. 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Dalkeith (Mo- 
derator);—Carnoustie;— Edinburgh (two Petitions); 
—Borgue;—George Stevenson ;—and, Strathmiglo ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 

Petitions 





aoe, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) ; 


(Scotland) 
Bills. 


George Her- 
mon Ryland. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 





12 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Edinburgh 
(Chairman) ;—— Leven ;—— William Macara ;—— 
Kirk Session of Rathen (Moderator) ; and, Pres- 
bytery of Irvine (Moderator); praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 





A Petition of George Hermon Ryland, Esquire, 
complaining of having been deprived of his office of 
Registrar and Clerk of the Executive Council of 
Upper and Lower Canada, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the borough of Brad- 
ford, in the county of York, praying for amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Marnock and Banffshire ; —— 
James M‘Donald and others; Sheene ; —— 
Aberlour ;——Port Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—— 
Dailly ; Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—— Salt- 
coats ;— —Greenock ; Dumbarton ; Congre- 
gation of Original Seceders, Kilmarnock (Mode- 
rator);——Kingussie; Preston Pans;—--Long- 






































fordun ; Larbert ; Airdrie ; John Coch- 
rane ;—~J. R. Ormond ;——Aberfeldy;—-J. Hog ; 

Dunnipace ; Stromness ; Henry Ander- 
son ; R. Gordon ;——Kelso ;——Abbey Hill; 











James Henderson ; Maypbole ; Killearn 
and — ;——Eneas M. Rate ;——Laing ;—— 
Bendochy ; Montrose (sixteen Petitions) ;—— 
Cupar Angus ;——Inverness ; Edinburgh (seven 
Petitions) ;—-—Mulhill; Members of the Session 
of the Reformed Congregation of Loanhead (Mode- 
rator); Kiltarity; Appoun; Westruther ; 
——LILnverness ; Glasgow ; Blairgowrie ; 

South Leith (two Petitions); Kettins ; Roz- 
burghshire;—-—George Burns, p.v. ; John Nom- 
hill; Fochabers ;—-David Larment ;—-Robert 
Johnstone and Matthew Hutchison ; Firth;—- — 
John Paterson and others ; Cupar Angus ;—— 
Alexander P. Dempster ;—-— Denny ;—— Falkirk ; 
—— Comrie ;——Portobello ;——Logie Pert ;—— 
Aberfeldy ; Kirriemuir ;——Lewis H. Irvine ; 
——Largo ; Jofin Harper ;—— Gustavus Aird ; 
Carnostie ; Haddington ; Thomas His- 
Allan Stewart and others; D. Maclean ; 
Balquhidder ; —— Braco ; Dunblane ;—— 
Fordyce ; Charles W. Barclay ; Cullen ; 
Inverkeithing ; Robert Shanks; Mortlach ; 
Elgin;—— Dundee (seven Petitions) ; Ed- 
drachillis ; —— Anstruther ; Crail ; Loch- 
erbie ; Sanquhar ;—— Mazwelltown ;——Leven ; 
Falkland ; —— Gauldry ; ——Synod of Fife 
(Moderator) ;—— Collessie ; Newport ; Leu- 
chars ;——Invertiel ;——.Kirkcaldy ;——Kinghorn ; 
Pathhead (two Petitions) ; —— Abbotshall; 
—--Burntisland ;—-- Aberdeen (ten Petitions) ;——- 
Bankhead (two Petitions) ;——-Leslieand Premnay ; 
Donald Stewart ;—— David Simson ; —— 
Cluny ; Blairduff ;—— William Duncan Colpy 
and others ;—Alezander L. Forbes, and others ; 
Alexander Graith, George Cromar,and J. H. Robb; 
—— Oyne ;——Richard Gavin ;—— Robert Philip; 
Robert Forbes ; A. Cobban; Donaldson 
Rose ;—.— Alexander Mackay ; —— Belhelvie ; 




































































lop ; 































































































Vale of Alford; Alexander Davidson ; Ro- 
bert Philip ;——-James Murdock ;—-—Fraserburgh ; 
Echt ; Saint Fergus; New Leeds ; 
Rosehearty ;—— Manchester and Salford ;——Mel- 


drum (two Petitions) ;—~Auchterless ;——Udney ; 
Berwich-upon- Tweed ; Directors of the 
Calton Association for Evangelic purposes ;——John 
Thomson ;—-~ Greenock ;—- Glasgow ;——Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne (three Petitions) ;——-Members of the 
Vou. 104. 








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235 


Committee appointed by the Wesleyan Methodist 
Conference for Observance and Sanctification of the 
Christian Sabbath ; West Calder ; Cockpen ; 
Montrose ; Brechin (three Petitions) ; 
Arbroath ;—-Alexander Hislop and others ;—— Yar- 
row; Selkirk ;—— Blantyre; Synod of Glas- 
gow and Ayr (Moderator); Rev. Rob. Noble, 
and others ; —-— Bothwell; —— Campbelton ; 
Dalziel ;——Shirling ; Kirk Session of Riccar- 
ton ; Borgue ; Killearnan ; Urquhart ; 
——Kilmuir Easter ; Maryburgh-by-Dingwall ; 
——A. Chisholm;—— Fearn ;— —Lochcarron;—— 
Logie Easter ;—— Alexander Ross and others ;—— 
Knockbain, or Kilmuir Wester ; Dingwall ;—— 
Wray ; Meigle ; A. Stewart; Kinfauns ; 
Marykirk ;—— Fummel Bridge and Rannock ; 
Andrew Kessen ; Andrew A. Bonar ;—— 
Stoen Assynt ;—— Woodside and Burrelltown ;—— 
Duncan McLaren;—-—Blairdrummond ;— William 
Grant ; Arngask ; —--Dunblane ; Auchter- 
arder ;-—Inverkeillor ;——-Strathfillan ;—--Session 
of the United Presbyterian Congregaticn of Craig- 
end (Moderatorand Session Clerk) ;—-—Kirkmichael; 
Perth (five Petitions);——Alexander Fra- 
ser ;——Glenshee and Blackwater ; Presbytery 
of Breadalbane (Moderator) ; —— Kinkell ; 
Glenlyon; Presbytery of Arbroath (Moderator) ; 
—— Errol; Lawers ;—-— Fossoway ; —— Al- 
loa ;——Tillicoultry (two Petitions) ;-—Kincardine 
and Tulliallan ;-—Leith ;—-James Ketchen; 
Dunse and Churnside ; Newthorn ; ——Dunse ; 
——Robert Lang ;——-John C. Fairbairn +—John 
Fairbairn ; Adam Spence ; Robert Graham 
and others ;—— Kilbarchan ; —— Roseneath ;—— 
Kirk Session of Houston and Killelan (Moderator) ; 
Beith ;——Cartsdyke, Greenock, &amp;c. ;-—Alex- 
andria ; Duntocher ; Kirkintilloch ;—— 
Presbytery of Greenock (Moderator pro tem.) ;—— 
Gourock ; Ayr Presbytery (Clerk) ; Auch- 
inleck ;——-Saltcoats ;—— Cosshill ;-—— Sunderland 
(two Petitions) ;——Rothesay (two Petitions) ;—— 
Fordoun;——John M‘Leish and others ;——Strath- 
miglo ;—— Paisley (six Petitions) ;——Alyth ;—— 
Greenock (Chairman); Strachan ; —— George 
Garioch ; William Morton ;——Bathgate ; 
Benholme ; —— Gartmore ;——Fettercairn ;—— Dun- 
fermline ; ——Kinneff ; Bridge of Weir ;—— 
and, Scone; praying that the Sunday Travelling 
on Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered, to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Arbroath ;—and, Bath; praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
peeenten, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





























































































































wydd ;—Four Crosses ;— Pwllheli ;— Llanbedrog ;— 
Uwchymynydd ; —Evdern ; —Pentreuchaff ; —Abe- 
rerch ;—Bodean ; —Tymawr ; —Pencaenewydd ; — 
Penycaeran ; — Huddersfield ; —Chester ; —Gala- 
shiels ;—and, Newhaven; praying the House to 
take prompt and decisive measures to negotiate trea- 
ties between the Government of this country and 
other governments of the world, binding the parties 
for the future to refer their misunderstandings to 
the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to Turnpike Tolls (Tower Hamlets, &amp;c.), which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House for 
Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


mittee on the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 





HH 2 And 


Petitions from Brechin ;—Abererch ;—Reve.ne- War. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Turnpike Tolls 
(Tower Ham- 
lets, &amp;c.) 


The Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) Bill was, Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bribery at 





Bankruptcy 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 


Railways Bill. 





236 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That os 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
a apes to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee). 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Crause N° 1 (Every Member of Parliament 
before taking his seat to make and subscribe a 
declaration against Bribery) : 

Amendment proposed in P. 1.1.7: To leave out 
the words “ That every person who shall be elected.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause. 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, re — et 54, 
; } 146. 


sViscount Mahon, 
7) Mr. Vernon Smith 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill,—put, and 
Negatived. 


Tellers for the Noes 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 9th day of May next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bankruptcy (Zreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Travelling on Railways 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

f Mr. Locke, 
&gt; \ Mr. Hume : 
° Mr. Cowan, 
Tellers for the Noes, \ Mr. M’Gregor: J 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“* upon this day six months,” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, | 
upon this day six months. 


Teliers for the Yeas 


25°—26° Aprilis. 


‘|(Branch to London and South 
_| (No. 2.) Bill); That they had amended the preamble to 





A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Atttachments 
mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Zre- Courts of Re. 
land) Bill; a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





ti) 


Select 


om 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tenants at 
consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Rack-rent 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Relief B 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sequestrators? 
into consideration the Sequestrators’ Remedies Bill, Remedies Bin, 
as amended in the Committee, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Affirmation (Gi 
the adjourned Debate upon the main Question again Bill. 
png upon Thursday last, That the Affirmation 

ill be now read the third time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 16th day of May next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


a a es | 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- winiam 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Hulme. 
Return, in a tabular form, showing the several Ad- 
vowsons, or other Ecclesiastical Benefices, pur- 
chased by or now belonging to the Trustees of 
William Hulme, formerly of Kearsley, in the county 
of Lancaster, Esquire, when respectively purchased, 
the Price paid for each, the Gross Annual Income 
of each, the Names of the present Incumbents, and 
when such Incumbents were respectively presented, 
and by whom :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being smithfield 
proposed, That Mr. Miles be discharged from any Market. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Smithfield Market ; 


And Notice being taken,that Forty Members were 
not present : The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


S IR John Hanmer reported from the Committee Reading, ‘ 
on the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway a 
Western Railway way (Branch 
London and 
South Western 
Railway) | ] 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


of the Bill, by striking out that portion of it which 
related to the use of the London and South Western 
Railway by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
Railway Company; that they had examined the alle- 
ations contained in the preamble, as amended, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and had made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 





and be printed. pre | 














12 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have | 
leave to make a Special Report. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Com-'| 
mittee ; That the Windsor Extension of the Windsor, | 
Staines and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) | 
Railway (with Power to the Zondon and South 
Western Railway Company to subscribe) Bill, had 
been referred back to them as an Unopposed Bill, 
from the Committee on Group No. 11, under the 
108th Standing Order; That the 108th Standing 
Order does not appear to the Committee of Selection 
to apply to the case as reported to them ; and they | 
recommend to the House that the Committee on | 
Group No. 11, be revived, and instructed to proceed 
with the consideration of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Committee of 


Selection. 


nts 
ind) 


Railway Bills 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 11, 
(Group 11.) | 


of Railway Bills, be revived. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to proceed with the consideration of the 
Windsor Extension of the Windsor Staines and 
South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway 
(with Power to the London and South Western 
Railway Company to subscribe) Bill. 


Dublin, Ashe _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
bourne, Slane Reading of the Dublin, Ashbourne, Slane and | 
rare Drogheda Roads Act Continuation and Amendment 
Continuation Bill ; 

andAmend- And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ment Bill. —_ being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; : 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 


made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word | 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add | 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word | 


“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Taylor, 
Yeas, L Colonel Rawdon : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Reynolds, 
Noes. L Mr. John O’ Connell : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


46. 


= 


16 


Agriculture, Petitions from Rainham; — Lynstead ;—Crun- 
dale ; — Standford ; — Orlestone ; — Elmstead ; — 
Ewell ; — Hawhinge ; — Saint Nicholas (Kent) ;— 
Sandwich (two Petitions) ; — Poulton ;—Womens- 
wold ; — Elmstone ;—Knowlton ;— Northbourne ;— 
Borden ;— Coldred ; — Selling ; — Betshanger ; — 
Hougham ; — Ashford ; — Hythe ;—Sibertswold ;— 
Upchurch ;— Newington ( Kent) ;—Alkham ;— Dun- 
kirk ;—and, Staplegate; praying the House to adopt 
measures for the relief of Agricultural Distress,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Attachments, 
Courts of Re- 
Bit (Ireland) 


A Petition of William Forsayeth, taking notice 
of the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) 

ill, and praying the House, in case it should deem 
fit to abolish the process by Attachment, to make 
some provision to compensate the parties who shall 
be soe | deprived of the usual and established 
fees payable on such proceedings, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Cork, 
being Merchants and Traders, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





26° Aprilis. 


as 


| sary to direct a reduction of the number of hands 


237 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Crickhowell, in the county of Brecknock, pray- ©etificates. 
ing for the repeal of the annual duty on the Cer- 
tificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Powell, praying the House Bishops. 
to present an Address to Her Majesty, that She will 

be pleased to take measures for discontinuing the 
present manner of appointing the Bishops of the 
Anglican Church, and for adopting the plan set 

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


Petitions from James Carment ;—United Original Clergy Relief 
Seceders in Dundee (Moderator) ;— Durham and Bl. 
Northumberland Association of Congregational Mi- 

nisters and Churches (Chairman and Secretary) ;— 
Colchester ; — Glasgow (Chairman); — Glasgow 
Presbytery (Moderator) ;—Nairn;—and, Glouces- 

ter; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass 

into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Yealand Redmayne ;— Warton- County Rates 
with-Lindeth ; — Cockerham; — Priest Hutton ;— = — 
Ashton-with-Stodday;— Over Wyersdale;— Evesham ~*~ 
Union;— Yealand Conyers;—and, Heaton-with-Ox- 
cliffe; praying that the County Rates and Expendi- 
ture Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lympstone, in the faucation 
county of Devon, complaining that the schools in (reland.) 
connexion with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland derive no assistance from the funds granted 
by Parliament for the support of Education in that 
country; and praying the House to relieve them 
from that grievance, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Farrell, of Bell-square, Moor- John Farrell. 
fields, stating that he was formerly employed as a 
labourer in the Tower of London; complaining of 
having been deprived of his situation, in consequence 
of the Board of Ordnance having deemed it neces- 


employed, and praying for redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to. lie upon the Table. 


A Petitiou of Members of Friendly Societies, esta- Friendly 
blished in the borough Greenwich and its vicinity, Societies Bill, 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select, Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Gaols, &amp;c. 
Guardians of the Poor of the Lewes Union, in the 
county of Sussex, praying the House to relieve 
counties from the expense of building new Gaols 
and Lunatic Asylums, was presented, and read ; 
aud ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Irish Paupers, 
general convention assembled, complaining of the 
serious and alarming evils to the inhabitants of cer- 
tain districts of Great Britain, from the vast num- 
bers of Irish vagrants and beggars who are inflict- 
ing a greater tax upon the benevolent, and upon 
the parochial Boards, than even the native poor 
themselves ; and praying the House to provide the 
means of speedy and easy recovery of money ne- 
cessarily ie cams. for the support of Zrish Paupers, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the Institution in Legacy Duty. 
Aberdeen for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Per- 
sons, praying the House to exempt Bequests and 





VoL. 104. 





HH3 


Legacies 


Lunatics. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland. ) 





Mendicancy. 


Palace Court 
(Westmin- 
ster.) 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Union ;— Maidstone Union ;— Wincanton Union ;— 
Saint Faith's Union ;—Wortley Union ;—Swansea 
Union ; — Lewes Union ; — and, Thetford Union; 


238 


ment of Legacy Duty, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Honorary Secretary, 
Honorary Solicitor and Assistant Secretary of the 
Alleged Leuatie’ Friend Society, praying that the 
House will appoint a Committee to inquire into the 
whole system of the seizure, confinement and treat- 
ment of patients in the Lunatic Asylums of these 
kingdoms, with the view to placing the law upon 
sound foundations of justice and humanity, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aylesbury ;— Southsea ;—Stam- 
ford ;—W. F. Wilkinson and others ;—and, West- 
bury; praying that the Marriages Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Dundee (Mode- 
rator) ;—-— Hambleton ; ——Broadhill ; Kim- 
bolton ;——Stretton Grandison ;——Rural Deanery 
of Ludlow ;—— Deanery of Burford ; and, Pres- 
bytery of Greenock (Moderator pro tem.); praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a ‘law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








Petitions from Renfrew (Provost) ;——Kirk Ses- 
sion of Longfurgan; dnchture (Clerk to the 
heritors) ; and, Noblemen, Gentlemen, Justices 
of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the 
County of Dumbarton (Chairman); praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 








A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Common Council of the royal burgh of Hadding- 
ton, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Cork, praying that the atten- 
tion of the House be speedily directed to the Me- 
dical Charities of Zreland, with a view to ensure their 
establishment upon a permanent and efficient footing, 
and that, inasmuch as voluntary contributions are 
now inadequate for their support, an equitable as- 
sessment may be made for that purpose,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stafford Union ; —and, Yeovil 
Union ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
relieving the country from the great and increasing 
evil of Pauper tramping,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Holcombe, of Somers-place 
East, New-road, in the county of Middlesex, Gen- 
tleman, praying the House to cause inquiry to be 
made into the constitution of the Palace Court of 
Westminster, and to the manner of administering 
justice therein, and into the propriety of abolishing 
the Court, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Hopeman ; Oldham ; Lan- 
caster ;——Presbytery of Greenock (Moderator) ; 
——and, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis; praying 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


Petitions from Burton-upon-Trent Union; — 
Winchcomb Union ;— Greenwich Union ;—Liskeard 


26° Aprilis. 


Legacies to charitable institutions from the pay-' 


others ; 





A. 1849. 


praying that an Act may be passed in the present 


Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunfermline ;— Stromness ;— Dun- 
dee ;—Foleshill ;—and, Coventry; praying the House 
to make such enactments as may seem fit for the 
easier conviction and the more summary and ade- 
quate punishment of traders in vice, who live b 
promoting Promiscuous Intercourse between the 
sexes,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in 
convention assembled, stating that the Petitioners 
view with much alarm the fact that the present 
very large income of this country, arising from such 
numerous taxes, aeons as they do so heavily on 
the people, scarcely meets the National Expenditure; 
complaining of the complex method of stating the 
National Income and Expenditure; and praying for 
an investigation into the matters complained of in 
their Petition, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killarney ;— Valencia ; —Mill- 
town; — and, Caherciveen; praying the House to 
adopt measures for the encouragement of Railways 
in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Renfrew (Provost) ; James 
Carment (two Petitions) ; Inchture (Clerk to the 
heritors) ; 
and, Dumbartonshire (Chairman) ; praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,——were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 














—— Presbytery of Greenock (Moderator pro tem.) ; 

Aboyne;——and, Parochial Board of Fyvie 

(Chairman); praying that the ——— Births, 

&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) 

Bill, may not pass into law,—were presented, and 

ly and referred to the Select Committee on the 
ills. 





Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, praying the 
House not to give countenance to any measure for 
the endowment of the Roman Catholic Priesthood 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


their vicinity; praying for amendment of the Sale 
of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the 
Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from W. M‘ Lachlan ; —— Ardrossan ; 
Kilmarnock ; Dumbarton ; Galston ; 
Rutherglen ; Lochgilphead (two Peti- 
tions) ; Leith ;——- Moffatt ; Cockburnspath 
and Oldhamstocks; Cawdon; Maderty ;—— 
Carloss ; Kirriemuir ; —— John Laurie and 
Edinburgh (two Petitions) ;—- Thomas 
Session of the Congregation of How- 



































Guthrie ; 











gate 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and o- 





Promise 
Intercourse 


Public 
Expenditure, 


Railways 
(Ireland. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 


Kirk Session of Longforgan ;—— Bill. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Old Church and Registering 
Parish, Edinburgh ; Jumes Izzett ; —— Royal ae 4 
Burghs of Scotland, in general convention assem- Cs Monies 
bled ; —— New Deer ;—— Whithorn ; Nairn 3 (Geotiand) 






A Petition of Members of the Grand Protestant Roman Catho- 
Association of Loyal Orangemen, in the borough of ic Clerey- 


Petitions from Stone (Stafford) ;—Crantock ;— Sale of Beer 
Cirencester; — and, Kingsbridge, Dodbrooke, and Act 


day 


velling on 
Railways Bill. 





uous 
Tse, 


ho- 





12 Vicroriz#. 


gate (Moderator and Clerk) ;——-ains and Strath- 
martin; —— Auchtermuchty (Chief Magistrate); 
Killchrenan ;—— Galashiels ; Strathglass ; 
Balbeggie ; Young Men’s Sabbath Observance 
Society (President and Secretary) ; James Car- 
ment ;— Temple and Carrington ; Dunbar ; 
Jedburgh (two Petitions) ;——North Berwick ; 
Kilbirnie (two Petitions) ;—— Dundee ; Mor- 
peth ;——-Glasgow (six Petitions) ;——Arbroath ; 
Peebles ;—-——George Dudgeon and others ; 
Kelso ; Melrose ; Galashiels ;——Darnick ; 
—— Thomas Kennedy and others ; Crailing and 
Eckford ; James Bett ;——J. A. Wallace ; 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Kirk Session of Paisley ; 
—— Helensburgh (two Petitions) ; Pollokshaws ; 
and, Peter Davidson and others; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 



























































A Petition of the Moderator (pro tem.) of the 
Presbytery of Greenock, in the Synod of Glasgow 
and Ayr, praying that no Bill for the abolition of 
the existing tests relative to Schoolmasters in Scot- 
land may receive the sanction of the House, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 





Transporta- A Petition of Tradesmen, Mechanics and other 

tion. Inhabitants of the town of Launceston, in the 
Island of Van Diemen’s Land, praying that the 
House will take instant measures that ‘l'’ransportation 
to Van Diemen’s Land may for ever cease, that a 
Legislative Council constituted on British principles 
may be at once established, and that the benefits 
of free emigration may be extended to that colony, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


War. Petitions from Mewport ; — Dundee ; — North 
Shields (three Petitions) ;— Warminster ;— Nant- 
wich ;— Warkworth ;—Glasgow ;—Ancrum ;—New- 
castle ;-— Wakefield ;—Hanslope ;— Birmingham ;— 
and, Bradford; praying the House to promote the 
formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to the 
decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Nottingham- Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
—— to the Nottinghamshire Peverel Court, which was 


presented upon the 20th day of March last, be 
No. 234, printed. ? 


Turnpike- Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to se- 
_ (Middle- veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the 
et Aggregate Length of Turnpike-roads in the county 
of Middlesex, and the Aggregate Amount of Debt 
and Unpaid Interest on all the Trusts in that 


County. 
Turnpike Return of the Number and Description of the 
Trusts Turnpike Trusts in the County of Middlesex, North 


(Middlesex.) ofthe Thames, the Length of the Roads, and Amount 


of Debt and Interest on each Trust respectively at 
the Date of such Return. 


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


Answer to 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
Addresses, 


several Addresses of the 4th, 20th, 24th and 25th 
days of this instant April (That Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
= House, that She will give directions accord- 
ingly. 
OL. 104. 


26° Aprilis. 


239 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Colonies. 
Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of all the Co- 
lonies of Great Britain, specifying the Date of 
their Accession or Plantation, whether they have 
Legislative Councils and Representative Assemblies, 
what Amount of Her Majesty’s Troops have been 
employed in each during the last Five years, and at 
what Cost for Pay, as well as Commissariat Ex- 
penses to Great Britain; also, what Amount of 
Colonial Military Force, as far as it can be fur- 
nished from the latest Colonial Blue Books. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to several Van Diemen’s 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Corre- and. 
spondence (not already laid before this House) be- 
tween Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
the Colonies and the Lieutenant-Governor of Van 
Diemen’s Land, respecting the Taxation Ordinances 
passed by the Legislative Council of that Colony, 
which were recently declared by the Supreme Court 
of the Colony to be illegal ; or respecting the Re- 
moval of Judge Montagu, or of any Ordinance sub- 
sequently passed by that Council for giving validity 
to any such Taxation Ordinances. 

A Return of the Expenses at each of the Depots Emigrants. 
or other Establishments for the Reception of Emi- 
erants during the years 1847 and 1848 respectively ; 
distinguishing in each case whether the Payments 
are made from Imperial or Colonial Funds, and 
defining :—1. The Amount paid for Rent of each 
Depét and the Name of the Owner :—2. Cost per 
Head of each Emigrant for Depot Expenses ; spe- 
cifying the Charge for Lodging and Rations :— 
3. Cost of Bedding and Utensils for each Emigrant, 
by whom supplied, and whether by Public or Private 
Contract :—4. Expense of Establishments of Naval 
Agents at London and Plymouth respectively, with 
the Number of Clerks and the Amount paid to 
each; also any additional Sums paid for other and 
what Superintendence at the aforesaid Depots :— 
5. The Amount paid to each selecting Agent in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and at what Per-cent- 
age :—6. The Amount per Head for the Conveyance 
of Emigrants to the Depdts at London or Plymouth; 
and the Commission paid to Agents for shipping 
Emigrants at the Outports of Great Britain or 
Ireland on their way to the said Depdts :—7. Aver- 
age Amount paid as per Contract for the Convey- 
ance of Emigrants to each of the Australian Co- 
lonies, per Statute Adult:—8. Charge, if any, 
stating the several Items and the Amount borne by 
each of the Australian Colonies for the Maintenance 
of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission- 
ers’ Department. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to Order,— Emigrants. 
A Return of the Number who have been approved 
by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission- 
ers as Emigrants for the Australian Colonies, since 
the 31st day of December 1848, distinguishing Free 
from Assisted Passages, and likewise distinguishing 
the Numberof Free Passageswhich have been granted 
to Emigrants from the Counties of Dorset and Wilts. 

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


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee Holme Reser- 

on Group No. 2, of Opposed Private Bills; That voirs (Increase 
the Parties promoting the Holme Reservoirs (In- phe, ne 
crease of Rates and Amendment of Act) Bill, had o¢ act) Bill. 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of 
Frederich Robinson, Barrister-at-Law, was essential, 
in order to enable them to establish their case before 
the Committee ; and it having been proved that his 
attendance could not be procured without the inter- 
‘vention of the House, he had been instructed by 
the Committee to move the House, That the said 
Frederick Robinson do attend the said Committee 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Frederick Robinson, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at ‘Il welve of 
the clock. 





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240 


we yt and Sir John Hanmer reported the London and South 
South Western : ; j oe ‘ " 
Railway (Ex- Western Railway (Extension of ‘Time for the Pur 


tensionof Time chase of Lands and Completion of Works on the 

forthe Pur- Basingstoke and Salisbury and Farnham and Alton 

chase of Lands 7 ines) Bill, with Amendments. 

and Comple- f . Table: 

tion of Works Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

on the Basing- and be printed. 

stoke and 

Salisbury and Farnham 

and Alton Lines) Bill. 

_ Exchequer Mr. Parker presented a Bill for raising a Sum 

Bills ___.. by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 

 jaaaaiataa thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Edward Rush- Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
ton, Esquire. Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter addressed to Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for the Home Department by 
Edward Rushton, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate 
of Liverpool, bearing date 21st April 1849. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 


Message from 


the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
Spirits A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue, for Five 


(ireland) Bill. years, so much of an Act of the second and third 
years of Her present Majesty, as enables Justices to 
grant Warrants for entering Places in which Spirits 
are sold without License in Jreland: 


Sunderland A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Sunder- 
a land Water Company to raise a further Sum of 
lil. 


Money, and for amending and enlarging the Provi- 
sions of the Act relating to such Company: And 
also, 


Society for the The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


oo to enable the Trustees of a Society, called or known 
Distribution by the Name of “ The Society for the Prosecution 


of Funds Bill. of Felons and Receivers of Stolen Goods,” to dis- 
tribute the Monies and Funds of the said Society 
amongst certain Charitable Institutions; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Contract Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
Packet to inquire into the Contract Packet Service. 

Service. 

Sweets or Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Order, 


Made Wines. dated the 9th day of March last, for Returns of all 
Sweets or Made Wines imported from Scotland and 
Ireland into England, under the provisions of the 
Act 6and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating the Port or Place 
imported from, and the Port or Place imported into, 
from the 6th day of January 1848 to the 5th day of 
January 1849, both dates inclusive ; stating the De- 
nomination, Sort or Kind of all such Sweets or Made 

» Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits so im- 
ported, and the Amount per gallon of Duty charged 
and paid upon all the above-mentioned Articles so 
imported :—Of all Seizures that have been made by 
the Excise and Customs of any such Sweets or 
Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits 
sc imported, and the reason of such Seizures :— 
Oy all Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits, seized Inland, being brought 
from Scotland into England contrary to the Provi- 
sions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, from 


the 6th day of January 1848 to the Sth day of 


January 1849, both Dates inclusive; stating how 
all such Seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets or 
Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, 
within the Periods of the Dates specified, have 
been dealt with, if any and what Amount of Penalty 
has been enforced against the Parties from whom 


26°— 97° ‘Aprilis. 








A. 1849, 


any such Seizures have been made :—And, of the 


Quantity, stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, 
of all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits remaining in Bond, on the 5th 
day of January 1849, and where Bonded. 

Mr. Parker aiso presented, pursuant to the direc- Exchequer. 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all 
Monies received during the year ended 5th April 
1849 to the Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer 
at the Bank of England and Ireland, under the re- 
spective heads of Public Revenue ; the Amount of 
all Royal Orders and Treasury Warrants received, 
and of the Credits and Transfers made by the 
Comptroller-General of the Exchequer, the Pay- 
ments by the Bank of Englund, and the Balance 
remaining tv the account of the Exchequer at each 
Bank on the 5th April 1849. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Relief 
to amend the Acts for the more effectual Relief of (eland) Bill. 
the Destitute Poor in Jreland: And that Lord 
John Russell and Sir William Somerville do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Incumbered 
further to facilitate the Sale of Incumbered Estates Estates 
in Ireland: And that Mr. Solicitor-General, Lord (Ieelend) Bil. 
John Russell and Sir William Somerville do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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


Veneris, 27° die Aprilis, 1349 : 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Estates 
to enable Persons having perpetual and _ limited a Bill 
Interests in Lands in Jreland to make Grants in (704 Bil. 
Fee or Demises for Long Terms of Years: And 


that Mr. Solicitor-General, Lord John Russell and 
Sir William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Real Real and Per- 
and Personal Property Conveyance Bill do consist sonal Property 
of Seventeen Members. — _ 

Ordered, That Mr. Ogle, Mr. Locke King and 
Mr. Hardcastle be added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wakley be discharged from School of 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Desig. 
the School of Design. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ricardo be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


The Administration of Justice (Metropolitan administra- 
Districts) Bill was, according to Order, read a se- =&lt; — 
cond time; and committed to a Committee of the Gistrices) Bill. 


whole House, for Friday the 4th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Laws 
mittee on the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) oe 4) 
Bill ; =" 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill further to Incumbered 
facilitate the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jre- Feit. pin 
land: And the same was read the first time ; and ‘ Me ann 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the “°*~"”" 
7th day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a ry to enable Eetstes 
Persons havin rpetual and limited Interests in Leas |. 
Lands in Treland ~ oem Grants in Fee or Demises gone 
for Long Terms of Years: And the same was read “°° “"™ 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 7th day of May next; and 
to be printed. 

A Petition 


















12 Vicroriz. 


York, New- A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
castle and Ber- cesses of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, was presented, and 
Se ea read ; setting forth, That a Bill is now depending 
(inmouth in the House, intituled, a Bill for enabling the York, 
NewBranches, Wewcastle and Berwick Railway Company to make 
&amp;c.) Bill certain Branches in the Counties of Worthumberland 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other Purposes ; 
that the Committee upon the said Bill will sit in 
the week commencing on the 30th day of April 
instant; that it is proposed by Clause 5 of the said 
Bill, to authorize the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway 
in the borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, commenc- 
ing from the main line of the York, Newcastle and 


Berwick Railway, near to Argyle-street, and ter- |. 


minating at the Vew Quay, near to where Maughan’s 
Entry comes into the same; that by Clause 7 of 
the said Bill, the said Railway Company propose 
to take power to cross certain roads therein specified, 
and, amongst others, the Wew Quay, in the parish 
of Saint Nicholas, in the borough and county of 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, on the level thereof ; that the 
Petitioners are seised of or entitled to the ground 
and soil of the streets, and of the Public Quay in 
the borough of NMewcastle-upon-Tyne, and are en- 
titled to receive tolls and dues for goods landed at 


the Quay; that under the authority of an Act of | 
Parliament passed in the 5th year of the reign of | 
Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, An | 


Act to alter and extend an Act passed in the first 

year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 

An Act for regulating and mg se. the Borough 

of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the Petitioners have ex- 

pended a sum exceeding Sixty thousand pounds, in 

purchasing houses, buildings and land, and ex-| 
tending the Public Quay in the borough of Vew- 

castle-upon- Tyne, to provide space which could not 
be obtained on the old Quay, for the increasing 

trade and commerce of the Port of Wewcastle, 
part of which ground and premises have been added 

to the Public Quay and the adjoining streets ; that 
the formation and continuance of the said Branch 

Railway across the street, called the New Quay, 
which is one of the greatest thoroughfares in the 
borough of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, on the level of 
the street, may occasion great interruption and in- 
convenience to the public, and to the business and 
trade of the said borough, unless the mode in which 
the same is to be so crossed be subject to such re- 
gulations as it may be requisite to impose, so as to 
preserve to the Petitioners the same control over 
the whole Public Quay of the borough which they 
now possess ; that under the said Bill the said Rail- 
way Company will obtain power to purchase and 
use part of the property purchased by the Peti- 
tioners, and intended to be added to the Quay, and 
to deprive the Petitioners and the public of part of 
the ground now used for the quay and streets ; that 
there are other clauses in the said Bill, which will 
interfere prejudicially with the property, tolls and 
dues of the Petitioners, and with the interest of the 
public, and no sufficient clauses or provisions have 
been inserted for their protection ; that the pre- 
judicial effect and operation of the said Bill, if 
passed into a law, were first brought under the 
notice of the Petitioners at a meeting of the council 
of the said borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, held 
on the 28th day of March last, and since the ex- 
piration of the time within which, according to 
Standing Order No. 107 of the House, a Petition 
against the said Billis required to be presented, by 
being deposited in the Private Bill Office; and 
praying that the said Standing Order No. 107, 
relating to Private Bills, may be dispensed with, so 
far as regards the above-mentioned Bill, and that 
the Petitioners may be allowed to present a Petition 
against the said Bill, and so much and such parts 
thereof as affect the property, rights and interests 
of the Petitioners, and that the Petitioners may be 
Von. 104, 


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26°—27° Aprilis. 241 


heard, by their counsel, agents and witnesses, against 
the said Bill, and the preamble thereof. 

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


The Society for the Prosecution of Felons—Dis- Society for the 
tribution of Funds Bill was read the first time. Prosecution 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- of Feloms— 
of Funds Bill 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 


clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 27° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Victoriz Regine 1849. 





PRAYERS. 

O RDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Sheffield Writ. 

warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Sheffield,intheroom of Henry George Ward, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
—— and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 

am. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Abdy’s 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Abdy’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the pwn , 
Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th days beats - 
of this instant April, and had directed him to 
make a Keport thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bradford 
the Report on the Bradford Waterworks Bill; and Waterworks 
: Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East Indian 
the East India Company, was called in; and at Cotton. 
the bar presented,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of February last, for Re- 
turns of the Quantity of East Indian Cotton 
imported into the United Kingdom by the Last 
India Company, from the year 1780 to the year 
1814, inclusive :—And, of the taxed Price at which 
the said Cotton was put up for sale and sold in 
London at the Quarterly Sales, during each year of 
the above period :—A similar Return to the above, 
from the year 1814 to the year 1834, inclusive :— 
Returns showing the Rate of Duty charged in the 
several Presidencies of India, upon the Export of 
Cotton, whether Coastwise or to the United King- 
dom, or to Foreign Countries, from the year 1780 
to the period at which such Duty was discontinued : 
— Showing the Rate of Duty, in the several Presi- 
dencies of India, upon the transit of Cotton from 
place to place within the said Presidencies, from 
the date at which such Duty was imposed until the 
period of its discontinuance :—And, of the Total 
Quantity of Cotton Cloth and Cotton Piece-goods 
exported from the several Presidencies of Jndia, 
whether Coastwise, to the United Kingdom, or to 
Foreign Countries, from the time such Exports were 
first recorded until the present period :—Copies of 
a Circular, dated Bombay, 28th January 1847, 
addressed by the Governor-in-Council of Bombay 
to the several mercantile houses of that place, giving 





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a detail of the Government measures connected 
with introducing an improved system of cultivating 
and cleaning Cotton in the Southern Mahratta 
Country :—And, of the Report of the Settlement 
of Zillah Humeerpoor, in the Province of Bundle- 
cund, made by Messrs. Allen and Muir, of the Ben- 
gal Civil Service :—Extracts from a Revenue Letter 
from the Governor-in-Council of Bombay, dated 
November 5th, 1823, addressed to the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, as far as 
relates to the districts of Guzerat, namely Surat, 
Broach, and Kaira: — And, of a Proclamation, 
issued by the Governor-in-Council of Bombay, and 
published in the Bombay Government Gazette of 
the 20th June 1838; together with Copies of the 
Notifications of the 24th February and ist August 
1835, and of the 1st and 17th November 1836, 
issued under the authority of Government by Tho- 
mas Williamson, Esquire, Revenue Commissioner in 


27° Aprilis. 








A. 1849, 


Petitions from Winchester ;— Hull and East Rid- Clergy Rejieg 

ing and North Lincoln Association of Congrega- Bill 

tional Ministers and Churches (Chairman) ;— King- 
ston-upon-Hull ; —Sherborne;— Kirkby Lonsdale ; 

—James Carment;— David Simson ;— Loughbo- 

rough ;— Brechin (Provost) ;— Deanery of Oswestry 

and Llagollen;—and, Dunfermline (two Petitions) ; 

praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a 
aw,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dewsbury ;—Elton ;—and, Aston County Rates 
Union ; praying that the County Rates and Ex- and Expendj. 
penditure Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, “7? Bill. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Zrish Branch of the Education 
Church Education Society, complaining that the (Ireland. 





schools in connection with the Church Education 


the Deccan, granting certain Exemptions from | Society for Zreland derive no assistance from the 
Assessment to land cultivated with Cotton and the | funds granted by Parliament for the support of Edu- 


Mauritius Sugar Cane : — Also, of all Correspon- 
dence which passed on the above subjects, between 
the Revenue Commissioner and the Governor-in- 
Council of Bombay, and between the Governor-in- 
Council of Bombay and the Governor-General of 
India in Council, and the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company :— And then he with- 


drew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Lancashire A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
iailwoy (Exe way Company, praying that provision may be made 
tension of Ash- 11 the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension 
oe of Ashton Branch, of Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill for 
of Clifton 


enabling the Petitioners and the London and North 
Western Railway Company to enter into agree- 
ments, from time to time, with respect to the con- 
struction, enlargement, alteration, maintenance, use, 
apportionmentand management, as well of the portion 
of the line and station at Huddersfield, in which 


Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


they are jointly interested, as of other portions of | dia colonies have not had the effect of enhancing the 


their respective lines and works, and as to the 
receipt and apportionment of the tolls and charges 
arising therefrom, and generally as to the convey- 
ance und interchange of traffic upon their respective 
undertakings, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


James’s The Judge Advocate reported from the Com- 
Divorce Bill. mittee on James’s Divorce Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, as to the Marriage 
of the parties, the adultery charged as the ground 
for dissolving the marriage, and the sentence of 
divorcee in the Ecclesiastical Court, and, upon evi- 
dence satisfactory to the Committee, found the 
same and the other allegations to be true; and they 
saw no reason to suspect collusion between the 
parties; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Zrish Poor Laws, and who were em- 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
from time to time, to the House; That they had 
vurther considered the matter to them referred, and 
had directed him to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

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


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Seventh Re- 
port.) 


No, 237. 


Petitions from Colchester (Chairman) ;—and, Zay- 
stock ; praying the House toadopt measures for the 
relief of those engaged in Agriculture,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agriculture. 


cation in that country; and praying the House to 
relieve them from that grievance, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Central Com- Friendly 
| mittee of the Friendly Institution of the county and Societies Bil. 
city of Worcester, praying that the Friendly So- 
_cieties Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
oo and referred to the Select Committee on the 
ill. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Planters of the Jamaica. 
parish of Saint George, in the Island of Jamaica, 
stating that it was proved by the evidence taken 
before the Committee appointed by the House last 
year, to inquire into the condition of Sugar and 
Coffee Planting, that the cultivation of sugar in the 
British West India colonies could not be main- 
‘tained, when exposed to competition with slave 
countries, and that the provisions of the Bill passed 
by the House last year for the relief of the West In- 





| value of the properties or produce of the Petitioners ; 
‘and praying that provision may be made for the 
/maintenance of religious and educational instruc- 
tion, the administration of justice, the police and 
general government of that island ; and also that an 
inquiry may be instituted into the effects produced 
iby emancipation on private property, and that the 

ouse will pass such other measures as shall prove 
to them and the world that free labour is more pro- 
ductive and more profitable than slave labour, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








Petitions from Montrose (two Petitions) ; Lunatics 
and, Bute (Preses); praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were Bill. 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 





Petitions from the Eastern Division of the county malt. 
of Suffolk ;—Somerleyton ;—All Saints (Suffolk) ;— 
Thornington ;— Reydon ; — Pakefield ; — Withers- 
dale ;—Ringsfield ;— Heveningham ;—Framsden ;— 
Saddingfield and Willingham ;— Lyleham ;—Glem- 
ham ;-~Flixton ;—Ali Saints and Saint Nicholas 
(Suffolk) ;— Froxtenden;— Worlingham ; — Saint 
Lawrence (Suffolk) ;— Hunting field ;— Rumburgh ; 
—Cookley;— Homersfield;— Weybread ;—Cratfield ; 
— Bungay Trinity ;— Butley ;—Otley ;—Bartham; 
— Halesworth ;—Holton Saint Peter’s;—Henham ; 
—Dallingho;—-Saint James ( Suffolk) ;--Spexhall;— 
Shipmeadow ;—Aulton ;— Debenham ;—Saint Pe- 
ter’s( Suffolk) ;—_Rushmere ;—Southelmham (four Pe- 
| titions) ; —Dennington ; —Orford ; — Mutford ;— 
| Laxfield ;— Wissett ;— Wenhaston ;— Carlton Col- 
| ville ;— Bedingfield ;—Blyford ;— Winston ;— West- 
| hall;— Fritton (two Petitions) ;— Blythburgh ;— 
Rendlesham ;— 
























12 VicrortZ. 


Rendlesham;— Pettaugh ;—Marlesford ;—Metting- 
ham ;— Walpole ;—Linstead Magna ;—Wangford ; 
—Bramfield; — Bungay Saint Mary ;— Linstead 
Parva;--Debenham;--Metfield ;—Kirkley ;—- Grund- 
isburg ;—Sudbourne ;—Southwold and Wolberswick ; 
— Redisham ;-—-Saint Andrew’s Ilketshall ;--Beccles; 
—Ubbeston ;— Clopton ;— Chediston ;— Sotherton, 
Stoven and Uggeshall;— Ba.nby ;— Hoxne ;—Sot- 
terley; —Saint Michael (Suffolk); —Saint Mar- 
garet’s Ilketshall :--Giselham ;— Dunwich ;—Gun- 
ton ;—and, Hundred of Samford (Suffolk) ; praying 
for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


YarriagesBill. © Petitions from the Kirk Session of Monikie (Mo- 
derator); —— Archdeaconry of Middlesex ; —— 
Archdeaconry of London; Archdeaconry of 
Huntingdon ;—— David Menzies ; Bathwich ; 

Shoreham;—— Allington ;——Chidcock ;—— 

Deanery of Holywell; Llanrwst ;—— Mold ;—- 

Saint Asaph ; Taxal ;——and, Rural Deanery 

of Bridport; praying that the Marriages Bill may 

not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Folkestone ;— Ramsgate;— Mar- 

gate;—Shelton;— Hanley ;— Dorchester ;—Halifaz ; 

— Warminster ;—Rainhill ;—-Saint Paul’s Covent- 

garden ;—and, Tirall and Great Haywood ; pray- 

ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read: and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

















Marriage Petitions from the Kirk Session of Duffus (Mo- 
(Scotland); ~~ erator) ; Kirk Session of the south parish of 
Soe tithe, Aberdeen ;——and, Pathhead; praying that the 
&amp;e, (Scotland) Marriages (Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering 
Bills. Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, 

—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 


Select Committee on the Bills. 





Medical A Petition of Medical Practitioners of the county 
Charities and city of Cork, stating that from the present 
(ieland.) distressed state of Ireland the sources whence the 
Medical Charities derived support will no longer be 
available; and praying that provision may speedily be 
made for the efficient maintenance of Institutions on 
which the pvor solely rely for medical relief, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mendicancy. A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Wem Union, praying the House 
to adopt measures for relieving the country from 
the great and increasing evil of Pauper tramping, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Nova Scotia, A Petition of Inhabitants of Her Majesty’s pro- 

vince of JVova Scotia, praying the House to give to 

that province a constitution which will preserve to 
the people a just control over public affairs, such as 
is enjoyed by their fellow-subjects in England, and 
to take such further steps in the premises as to the 

House may seem most conducive to permanent har- 

mony between Great Britain and Nova Scotia, was 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


datliamentary A Petition of Inhabitants of Wyton, in the county 
— 6 Huntingdon, praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Atirmation A Petition of the There-undersigned, belonging 

- to various denominations residing in the burgh of 
Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, praying that the Affir- 
mation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law, A Petition of the Chairman of the Aylesbury 
Board of Guardians, who represent an uniqn com- 
Vou. 104, 





27° Aprilis. 243 


prising forty parishes, chiefly agricultural, com- 
plaining of the inequality and injustice of the 
present system of rating to the relief of the poor, 
and to the county expenditure; and praying the 
House to ensure an equal charge on all property sub- 
ject to the present local management and supervi- 
sion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Officers of the Dorking Medical 
Poor Law Union, complaining of the grievances Profession. 
affecting the Medical Profession, and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westbury-on-Severn Union ; — Poor Law 
Bishop Stortford Union ;— Tisbury Union;—Saint Officers. 
Asaph Union ;—and, Horne Union; praying that 
an Act may be passed during the present Session of 
Parliament, for the establishment of a permanent 
fund for the benefit of superannuated Officers con- 
nected with the administration of the Poor Laws, 
and to enable Poor Law Officers to form and dis- 
tribute such fund,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Residents of the parish of Bally- Poor Law 
clough, in the Poor Law Union of Mallow, in the (Iteland-) 
county of Cork, praying for amendment of the Poor 

Law in Jreland, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halifax ;—Aberdeen;—and, Great Promiscuous 
Ryburgh and Little Ryburgh ; praying the House to Intercourse. 
pass such measures as will enable Magistrates and 
officers of police to bring those persons who make 
a trade of and live by promoting the Promiscuous 
Intercourse of the sexes to prompt and certain 
punishment,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Midgley ;—Chowbent ; —Great Yarmouth ; — and, 
Grundtsburgh and Burgh; praying for a general 

reduction of the Public Expenditure,—were pre- 

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


Petitions from Wadsworth ; — Heptonstall ; — Public Expen- 
diture. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the county of Derby, public Roads 
praying that the Public Roads (England and North (England and 
Wales) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, — Wares) 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ; 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- Railways. 
any, complaining that the present system of rating 
ailways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for such an alteration of the law as shall render 
more just and equal the local taxation upon such 
property, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kenmare, in the Railways 
county of Kerry, praying for the encouragement of (Ireland.) 
Railways in Jreland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Eton Rating of 
Union, in the county of Buckingham, praying the Tenements. 
House to pass a law, making the Landlords of all 
cottages, of the rateable value of six pounds and 
under, liable to the payment of the poor and other 
parochial rates, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alexander Mackay ; —— David Registering 

Simson ; Brechin ; and, John M’ Millan ; Births, &amp;c. 

raying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) _—_ce 
ill may not pass into a law,-—were presented, and 


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Slave Trade. 


Slave Trade 
Felony Act. 


244, 


read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Members of the Good Samaritan 
Temperance Society ;—~- Aylsham , — Stamford ; — 
Churchtown ;—Saffron Walden ;—and, Great and 
Little Chesterford, Littlebury and Debden; praying 
for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Norton Bavant, in 
the county of Wilts, and others, praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to the intent that instruc- 
tions may be forthwith given to the Principal Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, to demand from 
the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the liber- 
ation from Slavery of all Africans and their de- 
scendants who have been introduced into their re- 
spective colonies and territories; and in the event 
of their attempting to evade the demand or to pro- 
crastinate its strict fulfilment, to notify to them that 
measures will be taken to exclude their produce 
from the British markets, until Slavery itself shall 
be abolished by them, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Palmer, Clerk, 
Master of Arts, of Withcote Hall, in the county of 


_ Leicester, praying for the repeal of the Slave Trade 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Third Re- 
port.) 

No. 238. 


Grain, Flour 
and Meal. 


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


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of West 
Smithfield, and immediate neighbourhood, within 
the city of London, praying the House not to sanc- 
tion the removal of the Markets from Smithfield, 
and to allow the Petitioners to be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against such pro- 
posed measure, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool; Largs ;—-- Melness; 
—— Tongue ; Berwich-upon- Tweed (Chairman); 
Wellington (Salop) ; Paisley (three Peti- 
tions); -— Dunfermline (three Petitions) ; Stir- 
ling ;——Arrocher ; and, Castle Douglas; pray- 
ing that the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table 


Petitions from Deptford ;—Stoke Goldington ;— 
Winlaton and Blaydon ;—and, Languike ; praying 
the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as 
shall bind the parties to refer all international dis- 
putes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they have added the Transfer 
of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation Com- 
pany Bill to Group No. 7; and that they have 
formed into a further Group (No. 18) the Bedford 
Charity Act Amendment Bill, and the Birmingham 
Borough (Exemption from County Rates) Bill. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantities of each of the following 
Descriptions of Grain, viz. Wheat, Barley and Oats, 
and of the Flour and Meal therefrom (stated in 
Quarters, and distinguishing Foreign from Colonial), 
imported into the United Kingdom, cleared for Con- 
sumption, and exported, in each year from 1792 to 
1848, both years inclusive; with the Annual Ave- 
rage Price and Duty per Quarter thereof, and the 


27° Aprilis. 


A. 1849. 


Total Annual Amount of such Duty ; specifying the 
years when the Duty was suspended, and under 
what authority. 


Ordered, That Mr. French have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family ;— Absence. 
and, Viscount Seaham three weeks, on urgent busi- 
ness. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Trusts. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of Turnpike Trusts in Eng- 
land and North Wales, having Arrears of Interest 
exceeding six years; also, of Turnpike Trusts of 
which the Toll Revenue is insufficient to pay Five 
per cent. onthe Amount of Bonded Debt; also, the 
Trusts of which the Toll Revenue has been seized 
by the Mortgagees ; stating the Amount of Bonded 
Debt, unpaid Interest, and Toll Revenue on each of 
the said Trusts respectively ; together with the Date 
and Duration of each Local Act. 

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


Colonel Anson presented,—Further Return to an Army, 
Order, dated the 21st day of March last, for a Re- Ordnance and 
turn of the several Brevets in the Army, Ordnance “*'% 
and Navy, since the year 1853, stating the Number 
of each Class of Officers, and the Amount of the 
Annual increased Charge to the Public by each of 
these Brevets,in each year since 1833 (so far as re- 
lates to the Ordnance). 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A further Report of Officers appointed to 
institute Preliminary Inquiries with refefence to the 
Powers and Authorities vested in the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, byan Act of the 
9thand 10th Vic., for making Preliminary Inquiries 
in certain cases of Applications for Local Acts of 





Parliament, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. ) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Colonies, Colonies. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 239. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Van Diemen’s Van Diemen’s 
Land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 14 
No. 240. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- Exchequer. 
chequer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 241. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike- 
Roads (Middlesex), which was presented yesterday, 4 (Middle- 
be printed. ; 


No, 242. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Turnpike 
Trusts (Middlesex), which was presented yesterday, (atiddleses.) 
be printed. No. 243. 


Ordered, That the Return of Expenses at each of Emigrants. 
the Depéts of Emigrants, which was presented yes- No. 244. 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Emigrants. 
Emigrants approved since 31st December 1848, No. 245. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or Sweets or 
made Wines, which was presented yesterday, be Made \ we 
printed. No, 246. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Parliamentary 
day next, the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, was read, Oaths 5 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 7th day of May next. n 

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naritable 
— Bill. 


Poor ig 
Irelan 

{Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 





12 VicrorizZ. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Charitable Trusts Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 14th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Laws (Jreland) 
(Rate in Aid) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 

ower to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 

Resolution of the House, reported‘on the 23d of 
April, read. 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Curavse, N°1.(Poor Law Commissioners in Jre- 
land may authorize the levying a Rate in Aid.) 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1. Is. 13. and 14. To 
leave out the words “ to fix and declare, from time 
“ to time, the amount of such sum.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 1 
Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill: J 

\ 

J 


P F Captain Jones, 
Tellers for the | Mr. George Alexander 


Hea, l Hamilton : 
Other Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
‘Clause, to add the following words; ‘ Provided al- 
“ ways, That the occupier of all rateable heredita- 


“ ments in any Union who shall not have any greater 


“* estate or interest therein than a tenancy from year 
“ to year, or who shall hold under a lease or leases 
“ terminable on the demise of one life, concurrent 
with thirty-one years, or under a lease of years 
“€ not exceeding thirty-one years, or under a lease 
“ for one life without years concurrent therewith, 
“ shall be entitled to deduct from the rent payable 
“ by him to his immediate lessor the full amount 
“€ of all rates and arrears of rate paid by him under 
“ and by virtue of this Act: Provided further, That 
“* every person not an occupier as aforesaid, who 
“ shall pay rent in respect of any lands or tene- 
“« ments, shall not be entitled to deduct from the 
“ rent paid by him any greater sum than a sum 
“* bearing such proportion to the amount of rate de- 
“ ducted from the rent received by him as the rent 
“ paid by him bears to the rent received by him.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


fMr. Fagan, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Reynolds : f 13. 


Tellers for the Noes, ately som Hill: 101. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 2. (Upon receipt of Order from the 
Poor Law Commissioners for the levy of such Rate, 
the amount leviable on each Electoral Division to 
be levied and paid into the Bank of Jreland.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1.11. To leave out 
the word “in,’ and to insert the words “by a 
‘* separate rate to be made immediately subsequent 
“ to,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “in” stand part of 
the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, | weal aon Hill: hus. 


Colonel Dunne, 1 ..- 
Tellers for the Noes, a Wes sj 35. 


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Amendment made. 
Ciause, as amended, agreed to. 


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27° Aprils. Q45 


Cause, N° 3. (Commissioners of the Treasury 
to direct the disposal of Monies arising from the 
Rate in Aid.) 


Amendment proposed, in P. 2. Is. 31. and 32. 
To leave out the words “ as the said Commissioners 
“ of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall think fit,’ and 
insert the words “as shall be directed by a Board 
“ appointed as hereinafter provided,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 


left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thee Mr. Tufnell, 
Yeas, { Lord + sew Hill: tht. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, 19 
Noes, \ Sir Arthur Brooke : } : 
Amendments made. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That whenever a 
Rate-in-Aid shall have been levied in any electoral 
division, or when a sum equivalent to the amount 
of such Rate in Aid, if levied separately, shall have 
been paid out of any balance standing to the credit 
of such electoral division in the books of the trea- 
surer to the Union wherein such electoral division 
is comprised, it shall be lawful for the occupier pri- 
marily liable, being a tenant at will, or leaseholder 
for a term of years whereof not more than seven 
shall be unexpired, or for one life, at a rack-rent of 
not more than twenty pounds, to deduct the full 
sum to which he shall have been rated asa Rate 
in Aid, or to make good any deficiency in the ba- 
lance of the electoral division created as aforesaid, 
from any rent then due, or which may become then 
next due from him to his immediate landlord, on 
production of the receipt of the collector of Poor’s 
Rates for such payment: Provided always, That in 
any receipt hereafter to be given by any collector of 
Poor’s Rates, so long as this Act shall remain in 
force, it shall be stated what proportion of the gross 
rate, if any, shall have been paid as a Rate in Aid) 
——brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time, put,—and Negatived. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That no sums shall 
be advanced for the relief of the destitute poor in 
any Union or electoral division, under the authority 
of this Act until the Commissioners aforesaid shal! 
have been certified that the entire rates levied in 
such Union shall have been collected with the ut- 
most diligence)——brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time, put,—and Negatived. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


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


mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required Estimate 
to be voted to enable Her Majesty to replace the referred : 
Amount carried to the credit of the Consolidated John Turner. 


Fund, as the escheated Property of the late John 
Turner, be referred to the Committee. 


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


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-two Jonn Tarner. 


thousand une hundred and seventy-three pounds, 
two shillings and eleven pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty to enable Her Majesty to replace the Amount 

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246 


carried to the credit of the Consolidated Fund, as the 
escheated Property of the late John Turner. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Exchequer The Exchequer Bills (£.17,786,700) Bill was, ac- 
yA 786,700.) cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
Bill. * to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

—* Reading of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; 

— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

Ecclesiastical © The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was, accord- 

Commission ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
the 14th day of May next. 

Passengers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Passengers Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petty Sessions The House proceeded to take into consideration, 
Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the holding of Petty Sessions 
of the Peace in Boroughs, and for providing Places 
for the holding of such Petty Sessions in Counties 
and Boroughs; and the same were read, as follow : 


P, 2.1. 13. After “riding ” insert “ liberty.” 

P. 2.1. 16. After “riding” insert “ liberty.” 

P. 2. 1. 20. Leave out “ built.” 

P. 2. 1. 24. After“ be ” insert “ Provided always, 


that no such direction for hiring or otherwise pro- 
viding any place for the holding of such petty 
sessions shall be given by the justices for any 
“ such county, riding, liberty, or division, so 
“ assembled as aforesaid, unless an application in 
writing for that purpose, signed by the Justices 
of the Peace acting in such petty sessional divi- 
sion, or the major part of such Justices, shall 
*« have been transmitted to the Clerk of the Peace 
six weeks at the least before the holding of the 
general or quarter sessions at which such direc- 
“ tion shall be given; and the Clerk of the Peace 
shall cause notice of such application to be pub- 
“ lished in some newspaper circulating in the same 
county, riding, liberty, or division, and in which 
the advertisements of county business are usually 
inserted, Fourteen days at the least before the 
holding of such general or quarter sessions.” 

L. ult., at the end of the Bill, add Clause (A.) 

CriauseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That where Justices of the Peace, acting 
as such for two or more adjoining counties, 
ridings, liberties, or divisions, hold petty sessions 
on or near the common boundaries of such 
counties, ridings, liberties or divisions, it shall be 
lawful for the Justices of the Peace of each of 
such counties, ridings, liberties, or divisions, upon 
“ suchapplication as hereinbefore provided, to agree 
with the Justices of the Peace of the other or 
others of such counties, ridings, liberties, or 
* divisions, that a place for the holding of such 


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Petty Sessions be hired or otherwise provided 
within either of such counties, ridings, fiberties, 
or divisions, and that the same be so hired or 
otherwise provided at the joint expense of such 
counties, ridings, liberties or divisions, in such 
manner and proportions as in the said agreement 
shall be specified ; and all the provisions of an 
“ Act of the last Session, intituled, ‘An Act to pro- 
vide for the Expenses of erecting and maintain- 
ing Lock-up Houses on the Borders of Counties,’ 
concerning the appointment and re-assembling of 
Committees, filling up vacancies in Committees, 
the proceedings of Committees, the agreement 
to be drawn by them (except so far as respects 
the appointment and salary of a superintendent 
constable), and the powers of the Court of general 
or quarter sessions, and of Committees, in relation 
to such agreement and the executing the same, 
and doing all necessary acts consequential upon 
such agreement, shall extend and be applicable 
to every agreement to be made under this Act 
“ by and between the Justices of two or more such 
*“ counties, ridings, liberties or divisions as afore- 
said, as if such provisions had been here — 
and the agreement to be made as aforesaid under 
“ this Act and the place to be provided for the 
“ holding of such petty sessions as aforesaid had 
“ been substituted in such provisions for such agree- 
*‘ ment and lock-up house as in the said Act 
“ mentioned.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the object of the Amendment, 
Clause (A.), is in furtherance of the provisions of the 
Bill, as passed by the Commons), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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


Sabbati, 28° die Aprilis, 1849: 


The House was moved, That the Order made Savings. 
upon the 29th day of March last, That a Select Banks. 
Committee be appointed, to inquire into and report 
upon the circumstances connected with the failure 
of the Saint Peter’s Parish Savings Bank, in Cuffe- 
street, Dublin, and also the cases of the Savings 
Banks at Tralee, Killarney and Auchterarder, and 
into any security or liability that may exist for the 
satisfaction of the losses thereby occasioned, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Mr. Reynolds, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

Mr. Henry Herbert and Mr. Goulburn, were nomi- 
nated Members of the said Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Vapier be one other Member 
of the said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Heary Herbert, log 
Yeas, \ Mr. Reynolds : J ' 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, } 11 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
nomination of the said Committee be adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Miles be discharged from any Smithfield 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Market. 
Smithfield Market. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Ormsby Gore be added to the 
said Select Committee ; , 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the ' 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Ormsby 
Gore,” and inserting the name of “Sir De Lacy 
Evans,” instead thereof. 

And 































12 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Ormsby Gore stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ormsby Gore be added to the 
said Select Committee. 


Poor Relief Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 
(ireland) Bil. th. Acis for the more effectual Relief of the Des- 
No. 247+ titute Poor in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time ; und ordered to be read a second time 

upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


oie . a Ley —— Address be presented 
t to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
—" to give Sevan that there ty laid before this 
House, a Copy of Despatches from the Lieutenant- 
Governor of the Gold Coast, giving an account of 

Missions to the King of Ashantee and Dohomey. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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








Sabbati, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


Gaols, &amp;c. PETITION of the Chairman, Vice-Chair- 
man and Guardians of the Eastbourne Union, 
in the county of Sussex, praying the House to re- 
lieve counties from the expense of constructing 
Gaols and Lunatic Asylums, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Paton and William Wilson, 
praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 





upon the Table. 

eee 4 Petitions from David Paton and William Wilson ; 

velling on &gt; . } 

Railways Bill —and, Libberton; praying that the Sunday Tra- 
velling on Railways Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Poor Laws The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

ea a) into consideration the Poor Laws (Ireland) (Rate 

Bill. in Aid) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


No. 248. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon aE next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Supply ; Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 


John Turner. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-two 
thousand one hundred and seventy-three pounds, 
two shillings and eleven pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to replace the 
amount carried to the credit of the Consolidated 
Fund, as the escheated Property of the late John 
Turner. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Eachequer _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(£.17,786,700,) Hto a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill ; 
Bill. and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





27°—28°—3 Aprilis. 247 


Lune, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had Fetitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the o6th and Galteuns 
27th days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 








mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; OTders ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Cen- Great Central 
tral Gas Consumers Company, Petition for Addi- Gas Con: 
tional Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to omy al 
be — with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the York, New- York, New- 


New Branches, &amp;c.) Petition, for leave to present J ep 

a Petition against the Bill, the Standing Orders Alnmouth 

ought not to be dispensed with. aa 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. a 


Sir John Hanmer reported the Windsor Extension Windsor 


ts ‘ . ion of 
of the Windsor, Staines and South Western ( Rich- an Wiehe. 


mond to Windsor) Railway (with Power to the Zon- gtaines and 

don and South Western Railway Company to sub- South Western 

scribe) Bill, with Amendments. CFindsor). = 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway (with 


and be printed. Power to the 
London and 


South Western Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe) Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburgh 
way Company, praying that provision may be made — 
in the Edznburgh and Northern Railway (Formation (Hemaiin of 
of Slip Quay and other Works at Granton, Exten- Slip Quay and 
sion of Stations at Edinburgh, Regulation of Perth other Works 
Stations and Amendment of Act) Bill for changing pextension of 
the name and style of the Edinburgh and Northern Stations at 
Railway Company into the name and style of the eeaeienad 
Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, Perth Stations 
and for changing the name and style of the under- and Amend- 
takings of the said Company so as that the same pert of Act) 
may be hereafter known and called oy the name of 
the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 


of Petitions for Private Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Bradford Bradford 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum a Teo 
Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Division of 
the Report on the Division of the Living of Rich- the Living na 
mond and Kingston-upon-Thames Bill; and the Sinestem - 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. upon -Thames 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 34. 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ransonmoor 


° ~ or Doddington 
the Report on the Ransonmoor or Doddington Fifth Fifth Disteict 


District Drainage Act Amendment (to amend and prainage Act 
extend the Powers, to annex other Lands, to borrow Amendment 
Money, and to levy Rates or Taxes) Bill; and the (t0 amend and 


extend the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Powers, to 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be annex other 
ingrossed. ns el 
and to levy Rates or Taxes) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tay Naviga- 


the Report on the Tay Navigation and Perth Har- tion and Ferth 


bour Acts Amendment Bill; and the Amendments 4 mendment 





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114 were Bill. 


castle and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth ©astle and Ber- 





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Se et 


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248 


were read, and agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 

M the Report on the Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whit- 
and whittes’Y tlesey Saint Andrew Union of Parishes, and for 
Union of Pas improving the Town of Whittlesey Bill; and the 
rishes, and for Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


ana Mara _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Whittlesey 
Saint Mary 


tlesey Bill. 


Unopposed Ordered, That all Committees on ym 
Private Bills. Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, tili Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Barmoor and 
Alnmouth 
New Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth 
New Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee of Selection, to form into a Group all Turn- 
pike-road Bills for England and Wales, whether 
Opposed or Unopposed. 
Railways. Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order 
dated the 28th day of August in the last Session 
of Parliament, for a Return of the Number and 
Description of Persons employed on all the Rail- 
ways in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, on the 1st day of May 1848, which 
were then open for Traffic :—And, similar Return on 
all Lines and Branches of Railway in course of 
construction, on the 1st day of May 1848, as nearly 
as the same can be ascertained (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 579, of Session 1847). 

Mr. Labouchere also presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Names, Places of Business, and 
Objects of all Assurance Companies completely 
registered, from the passing of the Act 7 and 8 
Vic. c. 110, up to the Date of the Order, stating 
the Dates of complete Registration :—And also, a 
Copy of every Account registered by such Companies 
within the same Period, conformably with the Pro- 
visions of the said Act. 

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


Petitions from Liskeard (Chairman) ;—and, Gar- 
forth; complaining of the depressed state of persons 
engaged in Agriculture ; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief, and a general reduction 
of the public expenditure,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Assurance 
Companics. 


Agriculture, 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—Edinburgh (Minister) ;— 
Hugh Martin;—Nairn (two Petitions) ;— Alexander 
Hislop ; —- Finlay Macallister ; — Dublin ;—Shef- 

field ;—H. Fraser;—and, David Purves; praying 
that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ellel;—Scotforth ;—Skerton ;— 
Middleton;—Failsworth ;---Blatchinworth and Cal- 
derbrook, Butterworth, Castleton, Spotland, Wardle- 
worth, and Wuerdale and Wardle, forming the 
Rochdale Union ;— Cheltenham Union ;—Greenwich 
Union (Chairman) ;—Zancaster Poor Law Union ; 
— Over Wyersdale;—and, Gateshead Union ; pray- 
ing that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education 


(irelond.) Petitions from Bowling ;— Undercliffe ;—Middle- 


ton ; — Heywood ; — Blakeley ;— Bristol ;— and, 
Jonas Hanson and others; complaining that the 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Jreland derive no assistance from the 


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A. 1849, 


funds granted by Parliament for the support of 
Education in that country ; and praying the House 
to relieve them from that grievance,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of Teachers residing in the county of Education 
Caithness, stating that the existing means for ef- (Scotland) 
fecting the Education of the people in Scotland are 
inadequate in amount, unequal in distribution, and 
limited in operation, inasmuch as many districts, 
especially in the northern part of the kingdom, are 
entirely destitute of the advantages of a suitable 
Education, while in others schools of a sectarian 
character, where they were unnecessary, have been 
multiplied to such an extent as to prove most in- 
jurious to the best interests of all classes ; and pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the pro- 
priety of ae a great and unsectarian system 
of instruction, by which the blessings of a sound 
and useful Education may be conferred on all, and 
the elevation of the moral and intellectual character 
be promoted among all classes of the community, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ancoats (Chairman) ;—and, Man- raucation 
chester (three Petitions); praying that an Act may (Lancaster.y 
be passed for the establishment ofa general system 
of secular Education throughout the county pa- 
latine of Lancaster, to be supported by local rates, 
levied on the same assessment as the poor’s rate, and 
managed by local authorities elected by the rate- 
payers specially for that purpose,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;——and, Perth; pray- Lunatics 
ing that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass (Scotland) 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered ~” 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Gaols, &amp;. 
Guardians of the Poor of the Rye Union, in the 
counties of Sussex and Kent, praying the House to 
relieve counties from the expense of constructing 
Gaols and Lunatic Asylums, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Wakefield Malt. 
Farmers’ Club, praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Malt, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thorne ;— Goole ;—Selby ;— Tich- Marriages 
hill;— Maidstone; — Chesterfield ;—Preston (Lan- Bill. 
caster) ;— Kent ; — Deal ; —Sunderland ;—Sitting- 
bourne ;—Leatherhead ;—Feversham ;—and, Wind- 
sorand Eton ; praying that the Marriages Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Alfreston ; Hope; Bally- 
gawley ;—— Bakewell ; Kinwarton and Great 
Alne ;——Presbytery of Glasgow (Moderator) ; 
Archdeaconry and County of Leicester ; —— H. 
Fraser ; Lewes ; and, Roystone; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Dumfries; Marriage 
Presbytery of Stirling (Moderator and Clerk) ; (Scotland) 
and, Inverness; praying that the Marriage 

(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery Marriage 
of Biggar, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) (Sees 
Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) a gMte ye 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and (scotland) 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the Bills. 
Bills. 


A Petition 








Bais, 


Mendicancy- 


12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Cookham Union, praying the House to relieve the 
country from the great and increasing evil of Pauper 
tramping, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Parliamentary Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Stone (Staf- 


Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) — 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Clergy 
(Ireland. ) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Sinall Debts 
Act. 


ford); 


Altarnun ; —— Brighton; —— Kenil- 
worth ; Alness ;——University of Oxford; 
and Reading; praying that the Parliamentary Oaths 
Bill, may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Fylde Union ;— Worcester Union ; 
Bedminster Union ;—and, Cranborne Union; praying 
the House to pass an Act during the present Session 
of Parliament, enabling Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund, for members 
of their own body,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lissan ;——and, Limerick Union ; 

raying that the Poor Laws (Jreland) (Rate in Aid) 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Ednam ;--.Dun- 
donald ;—Presbytery of Strathbogie (Moderator) ; 
— George Stevenson ; — Bradford (York) ; —Leeds 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Sheffield (three Petitions) ; 
praying the House to pass such measures as will 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to 
prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from William Wallace Duncan ;—— 
David Purves ;——Provincial Synod of Dumfries ; 
—— Edinburgh (Chairman); Pollokshaws ;—— 
Parochial Board of East Kilbride (Chairman) ;—— 
Nairn (two Petitions) ; —— Inverness ;——Alex- 
ander Hislop; —— D. Maclean ;——H. Fraser ; 
—— Alexander Greene; —— John Machay ;——and, 
Finlay Macallister; praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa law, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 








30° Aprilis. 949 


the jurisdiction of the County Courts to a larger 
amount, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Sunderland; Regent’ s-square, Sunday 
Middlesex ; —— Peebles (Minister); Rogart ; Travelling om” 
—— David Purves ;—— Blairgowrie ;—— William Se eal 
Findlater and John M‘Kay; —— Carnbee ; —— 

Inverness ; —— Hugh Martin ;——Glasgow Pres- 

bytery of the United Presbyterian Church (Mo- 

derator and Presbytery Clerk) ;—— United Pres- 

Fre of Stirling (Moderator and Clerk) ; 
Paisley ; —— Carluke ; —— Strathaven ; —— Les- 
mahagow ; —— Crawfordjohn ; Kirk Session 
of Larbert (Moderator) ;—— Presbytery of Glas- 
gow (Moderator); Nairn (two Petitions); 
Glasgow ; Kirk Session of Panbride (Mi- 
nister) ; Crieff ; —— Kenmore ; ——Reverend 
James Harvey and others ;——Ki/maurs ;—— Fen- 
wick ; —— Fairlie; Galston (Minister) ; 
Keiss(Chairman) ;—— Mauchline;—— Kilwinning ; 
—— Loudoun ; Golspie ; and, Crossford 
Orchard; praying that the Sunday Travelling on 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 



































Petitions from Edwin Utley, and others ;—Syden- Universal 

ham; — The Metropolis (five Petitions); — G, Suffrage, &amp;c. 
Bennett, and others; — Thomas Rust, and others ; 
—James May and others ;—and, S. Cox, and others; 
praying the House to extend the Franchise to every 
man of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence and 
unstained with crime; and to enact all other provi- 
sions essential to the full, fair and free representa- 
tion of the people,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worth Shields (two Petitions) ;— War. 
Galston (Moderator) ;-- Holyhead ;—and, Liverpool; 
praying the House to promote the formation between 
the British Government and other governments of 
the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitra- 
tion as shall bind the parties to refer all internaticnal 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitra- 
tors,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—— Bowling ; 
— Blakeley ;— Heywood ;— Middleton ;—and, Jonas 
Hanson and others ; praying the House not to give 
countenance to any measure for the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Priesthood,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huddersfield (two Petitions) ;— 
Paddock ;—and, Leeds ; praying for amendment of 
the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Tynemouth, praying that Instructions may be forth- 
with given to the Principal Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs to demand of the Spanish and Bra- 
zilian Governments the liberation of all Africans 
who have been illicitly imported into their colonies 
and territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, 
together with their descendants; and in the event 
of their attempting to evade such demand, or to 
procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that 
measures will be adopted to exclude their produce 
from the British markets, until Slavery itself shall 
be abolished by them, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, praying for 
By yen of the Small Debts Act, by extending 

OL. 104, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An prisoners 
Act to continue for Three years, and to the end of Removal 
then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the (!teland) Bill 
tenth and eleventh years of Her present Majesty, 
for authorizing the Removal of Prisoners from the 
several Gaols in Jreland, in Cases of Epidemic 
Diseases, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Darlington 
Act for lighting with Gas and supplying with Water Gas and Water 
the Town and Borough of Darlington, and the Company Bill. 
Suburbs thereof, in the County of Durham, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Epsom Rates 
Act for more effectually assessing and collecting Bil. 
the Poor Rate, and all other Rates and Assess- 
ments, in the Parish of Epsom, in the County of 
Surrey, and for the better Management of the 
Business and Affairs of the said Parish, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto, with Amendments ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Feltwell Se- 
Act for improving the Drainage of Feliwell Second = —— 
District, in the County of Norfolk, and for amend- att 
ing the Acts relating to the same, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 








concurrence of this House: And also, 
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The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to remove Doubts concerning the Validity of cer- 
tain Grants of Land in the Colony of New South 
Wales ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to confirm certain Acts of the Legislature of New- 
foundland, respecting the Re-building of the Town 
of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, and to enable the 
said Legislature to make other Provisions respect- 
ing the Re-building of the said Town ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
toabate the Nuisance of Smoke from certain Fur- 
naces and Chimneys ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to give leave to John Bagshaw, Esquire, a Member 
of this House, to attend their Lordships, to be 
sworn, in order to his being examined as a witness 
before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships, in the present Session of Parliament, on 
the amending of Railway Acts, as to Audit of Ac- 
counts: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to give leave to William James Chaplin, Esquire, a 
Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, 
to be sworn, in order to his being examined as a 
witness before the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships, in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, on the amending of Railway Acts, as to Andit 
of Accounts :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last parts of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was called in, and Mr. Speaker 
acquainted him therewith :— And then he again 
withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to make Temporary Provision 
for a General Rate in Aid of certain Distressed 
Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
niade to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words, “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now’ stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 

Tellers for the (Captain Jones, 

Noes, [Viscount Castlereagh : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Title be, An Act to make Provi- 
sian, until the Thirty-first day of December, One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty, for a General 
Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and 
Electoral Divisions in /reland; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ General” and 
inserting the word “ separate,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“« general” stand part of the Question:— It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to make 
Provision, until the Thirty-first day of December 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, for a 


pre. 


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A. 1849. 


General Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions 
and Electoral Divisions in Jreland. 

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


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


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Expense of the Estimate 
Equipment of Her Majesty’s Ship “North Star,” referred: 
for the purpose of taking out a supply of provisions, Arctic Expe- 
&amp;e. for the Crews of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Investi- “ition. 
gator” and “ Enterprise,” employed on an expedi- 
tion to the Arctic Regions, be referred to the foe. 
mittee. 


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


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One admiralty 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and Office. 
fourteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1850. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine General 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, Register and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries co 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
General Register and Record Office of Seamea, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-two scientific 
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven pounds, be Departments 
granted to Her Majesty, to — the Salaries of the Navy 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and blishments 
eighty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to *t Hom. 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Naval Esta- 
four thousand eight hundred and _ seventy-three blishments 
pounds, be granted to Her mente, to defray the 4" 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses 
of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Wages to 
hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and Artificers, &amp;e. 
sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to —_— 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty wages to 
thousand seven hundred and forty-four pounds, be Artificers, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Pr°** 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others, employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores. 
hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Naval Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit 
of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1850. 

9. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a New Works, 
Sum, not exceeding Three hundred and ninety-one &amp;- 
thousand ,nine hundred and thirty-four pounds, be 

granted 





Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval Miscel- 
laneous Ser- 
vices. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances 


(Navy. ) 


Civil Pensions 
and Allow- 
ances (Navy.) 


Freight of 
Ships, &amp;e. 


Post-office 
Packet 
Service. 


Arctic Expe- 
dition, 





12 Vicroriz. 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges of 
New Works, Improvements and Repairs in the 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and se- 
venty-one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charges of New Works, Improvements and Re- 
pairs in the Naval Establishments, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1850 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir William Molesworth, } o7 

Yeas, Mr. Cobden : ‘ul 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, h - 
Noes, Mr. Parker : : 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand six hundred and five pounds, be 
ran to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

edicines and Medical Stores, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
eight thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of divers Naval 
Miscellaneous Services, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and 
fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Half-Pay to Officers of the Navy and of the 
Royal Marines, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred thousand five hundred and sixty-one 
aaa be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the 

um necessary to defray the Charge of Military 
Pensions and Allowances, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 


14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of Civil Pensions 
and Allowances, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 


15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for the Freights of Ships, and for the Vic- 
tualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on 
account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and forty-eight thousand two hundred and 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Ser- 
vice, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 


17. Resulved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand six hundred and eighty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Equipment of Her Majesty’s Ship “ North 
Star,” for the purpose of taking out a Supply of 
Provisions and Stores for the Crews of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships “ Investigator” and “ Enterprise,” 
employed on an Expedition to the Arctic Regions. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Vou. 104. 








30° Aprilis.—1° Maiz. 951 


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


Martis, 1° die Maiti, 1849: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Pupils’ Protec- 
Reading of the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill ; cama 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Exchequer 
take into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as a. —_ 
amended in the Committee. ¢ — ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day — read, for resuming Savings 
the further Proceeding upon the nomination of the Banks. 
Select Committee on Savings Banks ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
nomination of the said Committee be further ad- 
journed till this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell be discharged from public 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Libraries. 
Public Libraries. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyld be added to the Com- 
mittee. .&lt; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kanturk 
Copies of Correspondence between the Poor Law Union Work- 
Commissioners of Jreland and the Vice-Guardians ~*~” 
and other Officers of the Kanturk Union, relative 
to Charges preferred by the Reverend Mr. Donovan 
against the Officers of that Workhouse. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an County 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Ab- Treasurers. 
stracts of the Accounts of the several County 
Treasurers in England and Wales for the years end- 
ing Michaelmas 1847 and Michaelmas 1848 (in a 
similar Form to the Return presented, and ordered 
to be printed by the House of Commons, on the 22d 
day of May 1848, Paper No. 348). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Further Population, 
Return to an Order dated the 19th day of February Poor's Rate, 
last, for a Return, showing the Population, the - 
Annual Value of Property rated to the Poor’s Rates, 
the Expenditure for the Relief and Maintenance of 
the Poor, the Rate per Pound on the Value of Rated 
Property of such Expenditure, the Total Number 
of Paupers relieved, including Casual Poor, the 
Proportion per cent. to the Population of the Per- 
sons relieved, and the Rate per head of the Expendi- 
ture on the Total Number of Paupers relieved for 
England and Ireland, for the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1848, and for Scotland, for the year 
ending the 14th day of May 1848 (being a continua- 
tion of No. 681 of Session 1848), so far as relates to 
Scotland and Ireland. 

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

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


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1° Mazz. 


Martis, 1° die Mai; 
Anno 12° Victorize Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 


I 
is that part of the Message from the Lords, of 
yesterday, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to give leave to John Bag- 
shaw, Esquire, a Member of this House, to attend 
their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being 
examined as a witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships, in the present Session 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts. 


of Parliament, on the amending of Railway Acts as | 


to Audit of Accounts. 

And Mr. Bagshaw, being present in his place, 
declared that he was willing, with leave of the 
House, to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

Resolved, That John Bagshaw, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired, by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to John Bagshaw, Esquire, to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit : 
And that Mr. Bernal do carry the said Message. 

Newcastle An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Newcastle- 
— upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to alter 
(Alterations of the Alston Branch of their Railway, to make a 
and Branch Branch Railway therefrom, and for other Purposes, 
from Alston was read the third time. 
Branch) Bill, W@S rea — , 
"Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Chester and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Holyhead Rail- 


way (Increase the Report on the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
of Capital,with (Increase of Capital, with Powers to the Londen 
Powers to the and North Western Railway Company to subscribe 


=. thereto) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and 
Railway Com- agreed to. 

pany to sub- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
scribe thereto) }» inorossed. 

Bill. 5 
Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ardrossan 
Railway and 
Ardrossan 
Harbour Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
drossan Railway and Ardrossan Harbour Acts 
Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 

“ 


| 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Torquay 


Irde ’ the Surveyi " 
a aon Ordered, That the Report of the Surveying Offi 


cers, under the Preliminary Inquiries Act (9 and 10 
Vic. c. 106), in the case of the Zorquay Market Bill, 
which was presented in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be referred to the Committee on the Torquay 
Market Bill. 


1 E House proceeded to take into consideration | 


. 


A. 1849, 


of Acts, Increase of Capital, and Purchase of the ana, 
Middlesbrough Dock) Bill, into one Bill. and Darlington 
“— Railway (Con- 
solidation of Acts, Increase of 
Capital, and Purchase of the 
Middlesbrough Dock) Bill, 
Petitions from Molash ;—Brabourne ;—Bishops- Agriculture. 

bourn ;— Kingsworth ;—Eastling ;—Lydden ;— No- 

nington ;— Newington (Kent);—Baddlesmere;— Isle 

of Harty ;—Barham;— East Well ;—Fordwick ;— 

Minster (in Sheppy) ;—Stone ;—East Church ;— 

Kingston (Kent) ;— Herne ; —Boughton-under-the- 

Blean;—and, Leysdown; praying the House to 

_adopt measures of relief for persons engaged in 

Agriculture,—were presented, and read; and or- 

_ dered to lie upon the Table. 


Stockton 


| A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Church 

| England Lay Association, established for the purpose Temporalities 

| of supporting the rights, privileges and property of (ireland) Act. 

‘the United Church of England and Ireland, as 

| well as her union with the State, praying that an 

| Act may be passed, restoring the separate jurisdic- 

| tion of the ten suppressed Sees in Jreland, and en- 

| abling Her Majesty to nominate to them, according 

/as an adequate provision for each, whether from 

| public or private sources, shall have been secured ; 

_and also that the Sees of Cashel and Tuam be re- 

| stored to their former archiepiscopal dignity, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


_ Petitions of Emanuel Mitchell and others; — Church and 
and, Edward Sharp and others; praying the House State, &amp;. 
| to separate the Church from the State, to oppose all 
further endowments of any religious sect, and to 
'enact all such laws as are essential to the full, 
‘fair and free representation of the people,-—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 
| Petitions from Bradninch ;—Morpeth (two Pe- Clergy Relief 
| titions) ;—Aberdeen ;—Rostrick ;— Bowdon ;— Up- Bill. 
ton-cum-Chalvey ;— Torpoint ;—Kirkwall ;—Str- 
ling ; — Swansea ;— and, Loughborough ; praying 
that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—— 
| were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


Petitions of Irederick Van Der Meulen ;—— Copyholds 
Oswald Mosley ;—-Judith Gee and Elizabeth Mary — 
| Gee; —— William Dimes ;—— Elizabeth Buxton oa 
jand Henry Haffill; Thomas Jacomb, = 
| Tawhe Kemp and John Wainewright; John 
| George Sheppard and others; —— Henry Lewis 
| Magendie and others ; William Leveson Gower 
‘and others ;—— William Harlock ; Biscor H. 
| Wortham and others ; Robert Bullock Marsham 
| Warden; T. Ely ;——John Hitch; WwW. W. 
| Francis and W. S. Lambe ;—— Benjamin Baker ; 
| ——Mary Ann May; ——and, John P. Tomlin- 
son; praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement 


Society for the 


or the — Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
Pros2cution of 


een Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Distribution Private Bills; ‘That in the case of the Society for | nl : , 
of Funds Bill, the Prosecution of Felons—Distribution of Funds| Petitions from Saddleworth ;—Cirencester Union ; County Rates 


Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. '— Wakefield Union (Chairman) ;— Cosford Union ; and — 
'—and, Rotherham Union (Presiding Chairman, 

Mr. Deedes reported the Caledonian Railway and Clerk); praying that the County Rates and 
(Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Rail- | Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—- were 
way) Bill, with Amendments. | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

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


Caledonian 

Railway (Pur- 

chase or Lease 

of Wishaw 

and Coltness 

Railway ) Bill. 
| A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Education. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-! Goole and Selby, in the West Riding of the county 

tte. mittee on Group No. 12, of Railway Bills, That! of York, complaining of the administration of grants 

a they have power, if they so think fit, to consolidate | of public money voted for the purposes of I:duca- 

in Eaglescliffe the Stockton and Darlington Railway (Alteration of | tion, and praying for an alteration of the conditions 

and Stockton- Line in Eaglescliffe and Stockton-on-Tees) Bill and | on which they are to be received, was presented, 


on-Zees) Bills the Stocktun and Darlington Railway (Consolidation _and read ; and ordered to lie upon the = = 
\ etitions 


Stockton and 
Darlington 








fon 
on- 


the 





cation 
iireiand.) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
{Scotland ) ; 
and, Marriage 
{Scotland ) 
Bills, 


Malt and 
Hops. 


Irish Paupers. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill, 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


12 Vicrori2z. 


Petitions from Bowden ;—Ballinaclogh and Kil- | 
keary ;—and, Shipley; complaining that the Schools | 
in connection with the Church Education Society for | 
Treland derive no assistance from the funds granted | 
by Parliament for the support of Education in that | 
country ; and praying the House to relieve them | 
from that grievance,—were presented, and read; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

Petitions from Aberdeen (two Petitions) ;-—and, | 
Stirling ; praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill | 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| 

Petitions from Totnes ; Twycross ;——Lewh- | 

nor ;—— Dorset Church Union ;——Clergy of the | 





Church of England ;—— Liverpool ; —— Rural | 
Deanery of Wilton ;—— Beckley ;——Great Saz- | 
ham ;—-- Finedon ;—— Winchester ;—- Carshalton; 
—— Charlton-near- Pewsey ; —— Cromhall ; —— | 
Colchester ;—— Balsall ;—— Aston-upon- Trent ;—- | 
and, Provincial Synod of Angus and Mearns (Mo- | 
derator); praying that the Marriages Bill may not | 
pass into a law—were presented, and read; and| 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

Petitions from Frome ;— Devizes ;— Honiton ;— | 
Hertford ;— Carlisle ;— Vauxhall ;— Barnsley ;— | 
Chichester ;— Billericay ;— Howden ;—and, Laun- | 
ceston; praying that the said Bill may pass into a/| 
law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to Jie upon the Table. | 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Angus and | 
Mearns (Moderator) ; Stirling ;—-—and, Dum- 
barton ; praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill | 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; | 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. | 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial | 
Board of Denny, Stirlingshire, praying that the | 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the | 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, was | 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Landowners, Farmers and others, assembled in the 
County Hall, Oxford, praying for the repeal of the 
duty on Malt and Hops, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of North Berwick, complaining 
of the great influx of Jrish Paupers ; and praying 
the House to pass such a measure as may give re- 
lief to the parochial boards im that country, who 
are compelled to extend their funds for the support 
of the wandering Jrish, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Angus and 
Mearns (Moderator) ;——Ezeter (three Petitions) ; 
John Smith and others ;——Louth ;—— Bow- 
don ; -— Kilypebyll ; Alexander Hislop ;—— 
and, Epsom; praying that the Parliamentary Oaths 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Newport (Isle of Wight) ;—and, 
Bolton-le-Moors; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Eust Stonehouse Union ;— Ris- 
bridge Union ;— Bideford Union ;—Ipswich Union ; 
—and, Altrincham Union; praying that an Act may 





county of Dorset, praying the House to refuse its 


1° Maiz. 253 


Petitions from Uttoxeter ;—and, Aberdeen; pray- Promiscuous 
ing the House to pass such measures as wil! enable Intercourse. 
magistrates and officers of police to bring those 
persons who make a trade of and live by promoting 
the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes, to prompt 
and certain punishment,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Turton; Little Lever ;—~—— Public Reads 
and, Tonge-with-Haulgh; praying that the Public (England and 
Roads (England and North Wales) Bill may not pass i —_—e 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Reading (Chairman) ;— Witham ; Capital 


| —Darlington; — Tower Hamlets; — Sheffield ; — Punishment. 


Hereford ;—Stoke-upon-T'rent ;— Newport (Isle of 


| Wight) ;—Lancaster ;— Walthamstow (Chairman) ; 
| —Ipswich (Chairman) ;—P/ymouth ;—Great Yar- 


mouth (Chairman) ;— and, Southampton ; praying 
for the abolition of Capital Punishment,—were 


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


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Angus and Registering 


Mearns (Moderator) ; —— Stirling ;—— Dumbar- ‘acme 
re Ly . scot 
ton; —— and, Kilmarnock (Chairman) ; praying oy 


that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Symondsbury, in the Roman Catho- 
lic Clergy. 

countenance to any measure for the endowment of 

the Roman Catholic Priesthood, was presented, and 

read ; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Uttoxeter ;— Brill ;— Salendine Sale of Beer 
Nook; — and, Huddersfield; praying for amend- 4¢*- 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act,— were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lauder ; John Edmondston ; Sunday 

——Kirk Session of Ladhope (Moderator) ;—— Fe Anan 
Newstead ;—- Aberdeen (six Petitions) ;——-Banff; ee 
—— Ballater ; —— Kirkwall ; —— Dunfermline ; 
——A. Sutherland ;——Irvine ;—-— Oban (Chair- 
man) ;—— Cumnock ;——Ayr, Newton and Wal- 
lacetown (Chairman) ;—— and, Strachan; praying 
that the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Greenock (Chairman) ; — and, 
Girvan ; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from The Metropolis and its vicinity Universal 
(eight Petitions) ;— and, London; praying the S¥frage, &amp;e. 
House to extend the Franchise to every man of 
mature age, sound mind, fixed residence and unstained 
with crime ; and to enact all other provisions es- 
sential to the full, fair and free representation of 
the people,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ipswich ;—- Crickhowell ;— Frome ; War. 
— Manchester (four Petitions) ;— Bowden ;— No- 
mansland, Bramshaw ;—Rattlesden ;— Swanwick ; 

— West Houghton ;—Altrincham ;— Westerleigh ;— 
James Leslie ;— Hindley ; — Eccles ; — Moreton~ 
hampstead ;— Peter-street ;—Shirland ;—-Southpore; 


be passed during the present Session of Parliament, |—Old Fish-street-iill, in the city of London ;— 
for the establishment of a permanent fund for the | Chelmsford ;— Walthamstow ;— Saint David’s;— 
benefit of superannuated Officers connected with the | Kirkwall ;— Roxton;— Boltou-le-Moors ;— Llan- 
administration of the Poor Laws, and to enable Poor | vairaryllyn ;—Rhymney ;—and, Jedburgh ; praying 
Law Officers to form and distribute such fund,— | the House to promote the formation between the 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | British Government and other governments of the 
the Table. world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
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254 


upon the Table. 


Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 


Nv. 249. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Population, Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 
Poor's Rate, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, 


Poor’s Rate, 
&amp; » 


No. g7.-l1, be printed. 


Marriage by Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the seventh year of his late Majesty, so far as it 
No. 250. renders necessary the giving a Notice to the Super- 

intendent Registrar, and the issuing of a Certificate 


License Bill. 


by him, in cases of Marriage by License: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 16th day 
of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Title or Designation of all 
Joint Stock Banks in England and Wales, and the 
Name and Residence of each Proprietor or Share- 
holder: Also, the Title or Firm of all Private Banks, 
with the Name and Residence of each Partner ; 
the whole arranged in Towns, alphabetically, and 
made up from the latest Returns to the Stamp 
Office:— A similar Return for Scotland :—And, a 
similar Return for Zreland. 

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


Answer to Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 

Acdresses. — their several Addresses of the 26th and 27th days 
of April last (That Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House) had 
been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her Ma- 
jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Edward Rush- Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an 

ton, Esquire. Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter ad- 
dressed to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, by Edward Rushton, Esquire, 
Stipendiary Magistrate of Liverpool, bearing date 
21st April 1849. 

County Cess Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 

(Ireland.) § Order,—A Return of the Amount of County Cess 
remaining unpaid to the Treasurer of each County 
in Jreland, at and after the Spring Assizes of 1849, 
by the Collector of each Barony, or of the County 
of a City, or County of a Town; distinguishing 
the Amount due under the Warrant of Summer 
Assizes 1848, and under the Warrant of any previous 
Assizes on which there may be an Arrear due. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Fethard Ten- | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ke ever Copies of all Correspondence between the Board of 
ree Health, the Poor Law Commissioners, the Board of 
Guardians of the Cashel Union, the Vice-Guardians, 
and any other Persons, with respect to the Fethard 

Temporary Fever Hospital. 


Compjaint. Complaint being made to the House of a Report 
published in a printed Newspaper, intituled, “‘ The 
Times,” dated Tuesday, May Ist, 1849, printed and 
published by John Joseph Lawson, of Tottenham 
Cottage, Dowxshire Hill, Hampstead, in the County 
of Middlesex, as containing an account of a Debate 
in this House, in breach of the Privileges of this 
House :—The said Paper was delivered in, and the 
paragraph complained of read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

sed, That John Joseph Lawson do attend this 
ions To-morrow :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


1° Maiz. 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 


disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 





A 


the Connaught Circuit. 
Table. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several 
lowing, without Amendment, viz : 


trict of Brierley Hill, in the Parish of 
in the County of Stafford, with Gas. 


of this House: And also, 


if he think fit. 
And the Messenger was again called 


he again withdrew. 


Punishmert of Death ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { eye ; 


; ll, 
Tellers for the Noes, { a _—. : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


withdrawn. 





- 1849. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an Crown 
Order, dated the 25th day of April last, for Copies i 
of all Instructions given by the present Attorney- (ireland) 
General for Ireland to the respective Crown Soli- 
citors (sessional or otherwise), as to the conduct of 
Crown Prosecutions, the retaining of Counsel, and 
the Expenditure to be incurred therein :—And, of 
any Memorial or Resolution agreed to by the Sligo 
Grand Jury at either the Spring or Summer Assizes 
1848, and presented to the Irish Government, having 
reference to the conduct of Crown Prosecutions in 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Canada, 
Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of Documents 
and Correspondence heretofore received, relating to 
Compensation for Rebellion Losses in Canada. 

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


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bills fol- 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for supplying the Dis- Brierley Hil 
ingswinford. District 


” Gas Light 
Company (for 


incorporating and giving all proper 
Powers to the said Company) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- Roxburgh- 
pairing and maintaining certain Roads, in the Shire and Ber. 


wickshire 


Counties of Roxburgh and Berwick: And also, — Roads Amend. 


ment Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Nottingham 
Act for enabling the Nottingham Gas Light and &amp;@s Bil 
Coke Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 

and for amending some of the Provisions of the Act 

relating to such Company, with Amendments; to 

which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 


The Lords request that this House will be pleased African 
to give leave to Lord John Hay, a Member of this Slave Trade. 
House, to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in 

order to his being examined as a witness before 

the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships, 

to consider the best means which Great Britain can 

adopt for the final extinction of the African Slave 
Trade :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 

the last part of the said Message :—And Lord John 

Hay, being present in his place, declared that he 

was willing, with leave of the House, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Lord John Hay have leave to go 

to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 


in; and 


Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Punishment 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the of Death. 


51. 


1 
1 on 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Crown 

posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Prosecutions 
inquire into the general Management of Crown Pro- 
secutions in Jreland at Assizes and Sessions, and 
into the Expenditure incurred in those Prosecutions : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 


(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, 


BES 


weats 





















































12 Vicroriz. 


sheriff of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Iondon and =~ Return of all Monies paid to the Chamberlain of 

Middlesex. the City of London by Persons either nominated or 
elected to the Office of Sheriff of London and Mid- 
dlesex, with the Date, Cause, and Amount of each 
Payment, and the Names and Addresses of the re- 
spective Payers, from the 1st day of January 1800 
to the present time; stating also, the Amount received 
in each year, the Sum Total, and the Purposes to 
which the Money was applied by the Corporation of 
London. 

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

land to Rail- to facilitate the Transfer of Land to Railway Com- 

ae anies for Railway Purposes in Zre/and: And that 

Bill. r. Keogh, Mr. Blake and Sir Percy Nugent do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

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

leases Bill for granting Relief against Defects in Leases made 
under Powers of Leasing, in certain cases: And that 
Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Solicitor-General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Savings The Order of the day being read, for resuming 

Banks. the further Proceeding upon the nomination of the 


Select Committee on Savings Banks ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
nomination of the said Committee be further ad- 
journed till To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 2° die Mai ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions | «a on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
— ) Petitions presented upon the 28th and 30th days 
of April last; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Lancashire | Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
a yorkshire Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North 
and North 4 Western Railway Companies (Transfer of Interest in 


Western Rail- the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock, 
ey and regulating the Management of the Undertaking) 
fer of Interest Bill; That the Committee had amended the preamble 
in the Preston of the Bill, by substituting (in reference to the acqui- 
way Harbour Sition by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Ruilway 
and Dock, and Company of the said Preston and Wyre Railway, 
&gt; oem the Harbour and Dock) for the words “ and whereas 
of the Unies. the said deed-poll was entered into,” the following 
taking) Bill, words, “ and whereas the said arrangement between 
the said Companies was made and entered into, 
and the said deed-poll was executed ;” and had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the preamble 
of the Bill, and found the same, as so amended, to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Commitee on the 
River Dun Navigation Company (Purchase of 
Stainforth and Keadby Canal) Bill ; That the Order 
of the House, of the 3d day of April last, had been 
“l) complied with ; and that they had made provision 

in the Bill accordingly; and had amended the 

preamble, by reciting therein the expediency of 

diminishing the Tolls now levied upon the Canal, 

to give effect to the enactments thereon contained 

in the Bill; and that the Committee had examined 

the allegations of the Bill, and found the same, as 
VoL. 104. 


River Dun 
Navigation 

ompany 
(Purchase of 
Stainforth and 
Keadby Can 
Bill, 


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255 


amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Staffordshire 
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks (Extension and Potteries 
Amendment of Act) Bill; That they had amended bn ag ‘ 
the preamble of the Bill, by stating the sum of and Amend- 
money authorized to be raised under the former ment of Act) 
Act, and how the same had been expended, in order “ 
the more clearly to explain the nature of the Bill ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true, 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon thé Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the York and 
York and North Midland Railway (Deviation and North Midland 
Abandonmentof Part of the authorized Lines of Rail- R@iiway (e- 
way between Market Weighton and Beverley, and Abandonment 
Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster) Bill; That the Com- of Part of the 


mittee had made some verbal Amendments to the *Utborized 


Lines of Rail- 


preamble ; and had examined the allegations of the way between 

Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true; ee , 

and had gone through tie Bill, and made Amend- Hevddien. suit 

ments thereunto. Copmanthorpe 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; —— 
ll. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury 
Railway (for Branches to the River Dee; Agree- 2% Chester 
ment for Joint Station at Shrewsbury; Power to oe 
subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford the River Dee; 
Railway) Bill, with Amendments. Agreement for 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 20a Station 


. &gt; at Shrews- 
and be printed. bury; Power 


to subscribe 
towards the Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway) Bill. 


The Society for the Prosecution of Felons—Dis- Society for the 
tribution of Funds Bill was read a second time ; Prosecution 
and committed. of Felons— 

Distribution 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- of Funds Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Westhead’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Patent (for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for —— 
Westhead’s Patent (for Improvements in Manufac- turingFur into 
turing Fur into Fabrics) Bill, the Standing Orders Fabrics) Bill. 
have not been complied with, as notice of the in- 
tended application to Parliament has not been 
published in the London Gazette in the month of 
October or November last. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South Devon 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for (riorty of 
the South Devon Railway (to regulate Priority of Dividends) 
Dividends) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been Bill. 
complied with, as notices of the intended applica- 
tion to Parliament have not been published in the 
months of October and November last, or either 
of them, in the Zondon Gazette, nor in any News- 
paper published in Zondon at least six days in the 
week, nor in any newspaper of the county of Devon, 
in which county the principal office of the South 
Devon Railway Company, who are the Promoters 








of the said Bill, are situate. 








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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lancashire 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for #74 Yorkshiro 


Private Biils; That in the case of the Petition for femme 


additional provision in the Lancashire and York-of Ashton 
shire Railway (Extension of Ashton Branch of Branch of Clit 
Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders 

KK4 


ton Branch, 
&amp;e.) Bill, 
have 





256 


have not been complied with, as by the Clause an- 
nexed to the said Petition, the Lancashire and York- 
shire Railway Company and the North Western 
Railway Company are empowered to enter into 
agreements, concerning the construction, alteration, 
enlargement, apportionment, maintenance, use, en- 
joyment, control and management of the portion of 
Railway and Station at Huddersfield, and also of 
any other portions of their respective undertakings, 
which for the time being communicate or are con- 
nected with each other, and as to the receipt and 
apportionment of tolls and charges, and generally 
as to the conveyance and interchange of traffic 
upon their respective Railways ; but the notices of 
the intended application to Parliament do not specify 
the intention to apply for any such powers, or to 
amend or repeal any of the former Acts of the said 
North Western Railway Company. 

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


A Petition of Joshua Proctor Westhead, of Man- 

chester, Manufacturer, for leave to bring ina Bill 
nents for confirming certain Letters Patent, granted to 
turing Furinto him for the protection of an Invention of Improve- 
Fabrics) Bill. ments in the Manufacture of Fur into Fabrics, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Westhead’s 
Patent (for 


Cattle and Petitions from the Electoral Division of Killeagh ; 

Sheep —Brawney, Kilkenny West, and Clonlolon ;—Grand 

(Ireland) Bill. Jury of the county of Dublin, assembled at the pre- 
senting term, 1849 (Foreman) ;—and, Grand Jury of 
the county of Carlow, at Spring Assizes, 1849 (Fore- 
man); praying that the Cattle and Sheep (Jreland) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Patrick Borrowman ;—Balbeggie; 
— Dumbarton ; — Torquay ;—and, Wakefield (two 
Petitions); praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergymen of the Diocese of 
Exeter, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lay Clerks of the Metropolitical 
Church of Christ, Canterbury, praying that the 
revenues of the prebendal stalls in the diocese of 
Canterbury, which have been already suppressed, 
and of those hereafter to be suppressed, may, in the 
first stance, be applied to the due maintenance, 
support and remuneration of the Lay Clerks of that 
the Metropolitical Church of all England was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Charles Blois aud J. Sheriffe;—— 
and W.G. T. Daniel Tyssen and George Best; pray- 
ing that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bil) may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Cathedral 
Churches. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchisec- 
ment Bill. 


Petitions from Market Drayton Union ;—Pen- 
nington ; — Golborne ; — Eccleston ; — Whiston ; — 
Ramhill ; —Lowiton ; —Prescott ;— Parr ;—Ather- 
ton ;—Kenyon ;— Tyldesley-with-Shackerley ;—Bea- 

ford ;—Culcheth ;— Wettleigh ;—and, Astley ; pray- 
ing that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill 
lay pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
aad ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
dure Bill. 


Elective 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the village of Dun- 
Franchise, &amp;c. 


shalt, parish of Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, praying 
that the Elective Franchise be extended to house- 
holders, including under that name all resident 
lodgers, that Vote by Ballot be established, that 
Equal Electoral Districts be appointed, and that the 
duration of Parliaments be limited to three years, 
was preseated, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


2° Mai. 








A. 1849, 


Petitions from Mere ;— Chippenham ;—Noncon- : 
formist Ministers ; — and, poe praying that mae 
the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Saint Alban’s; 
——Rural Deanery of Pimperne; Deanery of 
Dorchester ;——Shaftesbury ;—— Tarrant Hinton ; 
—— Rampisham :——Penselwood ; East Stoke ; 

Liverne Minster ;——Bradpole ;——-Melplaish ; 
——Laycock ;—— and, Archdeaconry of Wilts; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—-were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from the General Session of Saint Marriage 
Nicholas, Aberdeen (Moderator) ;——and, County es 
of Cromarty (Chairman) ; praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bi!l may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Mendicancy, 
Guardians of the Warrington Poor Law Union, 
praying the House to adopt measures for relieving 
the country from the great and increasing evil of 
Pauper tramping, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portmadoc ; Nevin ;——and, Navigation 
Pwllheli; praying that the Navigation Bill may not Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Brad- Parliamentary 
pole, in the diocese of Sarum, praying that the Par- ths Bill 
liamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Out-pensioners of Her Majesty’s Pensioners 
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, residing in Nantwich and (Amy.) 
its vicinity, in the county of Chester, complaining 
of certain deductions from their half-pay, and pray- 
ing for redress, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of Poor Law 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor inthe Warrington Union, in the county of Lan- 
caster, praying the House to pass an Act during the 
present Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund, for members of their own body, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to ie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield ;— Clitheroe ;— Whalley ; Promiscuous 
—and, Slaidburn; praying the House to pass such Intercourse. 
measures as will enable magistrates and officers of 
police to bring those persons who make a trade of 
and live by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse 
of the sexes to prompt and certain punishment,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Fife 
——-and, General Session of Saint Nicholas, Ab 
deen (Moderator); praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not. pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Glenmuick ;—— Tull -— a Registering 
Forbes ;——and, Donald Murray ; praying that the (ore wt 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the nego hy 


(Chairman) ; Registering 
Aber- Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


5 and, Marriage 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill, may not pass into law,— (Scotland) 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Bills. 
Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions from Clifton (two Petitions) ;—Lock- Sale of Beer 
wood ;— Leiston ;—Colchester ; — Tyldesley ; — and, Act 


Huddersfield ; praying for amendment of the = of 
eer 








ithfield 
Basket 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


War. 


Navy. 
No. 251. 


Taxing 
Masters, Court 
of Chancery 
(Ireland.) 

No. 252. 
Canada. 

No. 258. 


Army. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Cattle and 
Sheep 
(Ireland) Bill. 


12 Vicrortz. 


Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Master, Wardens, and Assist- 
ants of the Worshipful Company of Butchers of 
the city of London ;—and, Graziers, Salesmen, and 
Butchers using and frequenting Smithfield Market 
(three Petitions); praying that Smithfield Market 
may not be removed, and that the Petitioners may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
before the Select Committee appointed to consider 
the subject,—were presented, an@ead; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 

















Petitions from Alness ;—— Dingwall ;—— Daniel 
R. Munro and John Kennedy ; Stornoway ;—— 
Shieldag; Tarvas;—— Huntly ; and, Drum- 


blade; praying that the Sunday Travelling on Rail- 
ways Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chatham, Rochester, and the 
vicinity ;— Tyldesley ;—Llanbeblig (two Petitions) ; 
—Llanddeiniolen ;— Bontfechan;— Nevin ;—Dinor- 
wig District (two Petitions) ;—Rhydclafdy ;—Bryn- 
bacha ;— Carnarvon ;—Llaniestyn ;— Beddgelert ;— 
Dolbenmaen ;—Clynnog ; — Llanbent ;—and, Lith- 
faen; praying the House to promote the formation 
between the British Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively, of such treaties of 
arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all inter- 
national disputes that may arise to the decision of 
arbitrators,— were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 
which was presented upon the 20th day of February 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Taxing Masters, Court of Chancery (Jreland), 
which was presented upon the 23d day of April 
last, be printed. 


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


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their Half 
Pay, since 1st April 1848, under the provisions of 
the Act 11 and 12 of Vic. c. 126, sec. 27. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Edward Stanley have leave 
of absence for three weeks, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Cattle and Sheep (Jreland) Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby. 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Bourke, 


“ 


67. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Keogh : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 86 
Noes, Mr. Reynolds: ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months, 
VoL, 104, 


cs 





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957 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Clergy Relief Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to make provision in 
the Bill for persons in Holy Orders being relieved, 
without such persons being obliged to declare them- 
selves Dissenters from the United Church of Exg- 
land and Ireland; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Lacy, 

Yeas, Mr. Milnes : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Bouverie, 

Noes, U Mr. Serjeant Zalfourd: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

CrauseE N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses N° 2, to N° 5, agreed to. 


CrauseE N° 6, “ And be it Enacted, That eve 
license, office and place whatsoever held by oa 
person, for which it is or may bean indispensable 
qualification that the holder thereof for the time 
being should be a minister or member of the said 
United Church, shall become and be, from and 
after the date of such entry in the Registry of 
the said Bishop, ipso facto, determined or vacant, 
as the case may be ; And that no clergyman shall 
be prosecuted or proceeded against, or punished, 
or held liable in any action for damages or other- 
wise, in any court, for refusing to administer any 
rite or sacrament of the said United Church to 
or in respect of any such person.” 

The Committee resolved to divide the Clause 
into two Clauses. 


CuauseE N° 6 (A.) As far as the word “ And” in 
P. 3.1. 35., agreed to. 


Cxiause N° 6 (B.) the remainder of the Clause. 


Amendment made, by inserting after the word 
* And” the words “ be it Enacted.” 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 36: 
To leave out the words “no clergyman.” 

Question proposed, That the words “no clergy- 
man” stand part of the clause :—Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That Clause 
No. 6 (B.), as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, - — 57. 

Mr : 

Tellersfor the Noes,{ Mi — 118. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 23d day of this instant May, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Bankrupt and 


Reading of the Bankrupt and Insolvent Members 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May 


The Chattels Partition and Sale Bill was, accord- Chattels 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed og and 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednes- 
day the 23d day of this instant May. 
LL 


The 





Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


258 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Bankruptcy The Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill was, according to 

(Ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Attachments, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Courts of Re- mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jre- 
cord (Ireland) Tamq) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


Sequestrators’ The ingrossed Bill to extend the Remedies of 
Remedies Bill. Sequestrators of Ecclesiastical Benefices was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


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

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


Supply. 


The Bill for raising a Sum by Exchequer Bills, 
Sia 700) °F the Service of the year One thousand eight 
“eek Nandred_ and Forty-nine, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That*the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen 
millions seven hundred and eighty-six thousand 
seven hundred pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-nine. 

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


Exchequer 
Bills 
(f. 


Bill 


Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Savings 


. The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Banks, 1 


the further Proceeding upon the nomination of the 
Select Committee on Savings Banks ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
nomination of the said Committee be further ad- 
journed till ‘To-morrow. 


Friendly Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Societies Bill. Friendly Societies Bill have power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 


Defects in 
Leases Bill, 


Mr, Attorney-General presented a Bill for grant- 
ing Relief against Defects in Leases made under 
Powers of Leasing, in certain cases: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday the 11th day of this in- 
stant May; and to be printed. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Lease 
and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 
Carlisle Railway Lease and Amalgamation) Bill, with 
Amendments, 

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


2°—3° Mart. 








A. 1849. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope reported the York, Newcastle York, Now. 
and Berwick Railway, and Maryport and Carlisle °astle and Ber. 
Railway (Lease and Amalgamation) Bill, with il way, 
Amendments. and Carlisle 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway 

(Lease and 


and be printed. Amalgama. 
tion) Bill. 
A Petition of the South Devon Railway Com- South D 
—s ; : evon 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Railway 
Company to secure Priority of Dividends to Shares (to regulate 
or Stock created for the liquidation of their Mort- p05" 
idends) 
gage and Bond Debt, was presented, and read ; Bill, 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 3° die Maiti; 
Anno 12° Victorie Reginw, 1849. 


PRAYERS, 
R. Watson, from the Corporation for the Re- Merchant 
lief of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was Seamen. 
called in ; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Income and Expenditure of the Presi- 
dent and Governors of the Corporation for Relief 
of Seamen in the Merchant Service, their Widows 
and Children, at the Port of Zondon and the va- 
rious Outports under their management, from 1st 
January 1848 to 31st December 1848, inclusive. 

An Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Trustees for the Relief of Seamen in the Merchant 
Service, their Widows and Children, appointed at 
the therein-mentioned Outports of the United 
Kingdom, from ist January to 31st December 
1848 :--And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of John Andrew, W. Warrington and Congleton 

Thomas Goodall, praying that provision may be — Act 
. mendment 

made in the Congleton Inclosure Act Amendment gi), 

Bill, to repeal so much of an Act recited in such 

Bill as enacts that nothing therein contained should 

be deemed, construed or taken to extend to ease or 

lower Charles Wathin John Shakerley therein de- 

scribed, his heirs and assigns, in his or their taxes 

or levies of any sort or kind, but that he and they 

should be assessed, bear and pay the same ad-va- 

lorem, as well for his present freehold estates as for 

such parts of the said commons and waste lands as 

should be allotted to him in right of his said manor 

and his other freehold estates, and that in as full and 

ample manner as if that Act had not been made, 

anything therein contained to the contrary notwith- 

standing, was presented, and read; and referred to 

the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darlington 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Gas roe 
tituled, An Act for lighting with Gas and supplying C°™P*"Y *™ 
with Water the ‘Town and Borough of Darlington, 
and the Suburbs thereof, in the County of Durham : 

And the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 3.1.7. After “or” insert “ for the purpose 
“ of supplying the inhabitants within the limits of 
“ this Act with water.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 8. After “ thereto” insert “such town, 
borough and places.” ; : 
Pr. 4. 1. 24. Leave out “ Shields” and insert 
Sheilds.”’ 
Pr. 4. 1. 26. Leave out “ John Beaumont Pease.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 27. Leave out ‘‘ baths or water- 

“ closets.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. ' 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton de carry the Bill 
to 











12 Vicrori@. 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


T- 
'y 


Feltwell The House proceeded to take into consideration 

geoond Dis- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 

irict Drainage )ituled, An Act for improving the Drainage of Fel¢- 
well Second District, in the County of Norfolk, and 
for amending the Acts relating to the same: And 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 9. 1. 32. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr. 18. |. penult. Leave out “ existing.” 

Pr. 18. l. ult. After ‘ Commissioners” insert 
now existing, and any monies which may be bor- 
rowed for discharging the same.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 4. After “ charging” insert “ and 
assessing.” 


id 


al 


‘ 


“ 


Pr. 21. 1.29. After “ and” insert “ for which | 


“ 


they.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Ransonmor or + An ingrossed Bil] to amend an Act of the twelfth 


Doidinevrict Yat Of the reign of King George the Third, for 
om ron embanking, draining and preserving certain Fen 
Amendment Lands and Low Grounds in the Parish of Ramsey, 
— and in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parishes 
—— to Of Doddington, March, Benwick, Wimblington and 
annex other Chatteris, within the Isle of Ely, and County of 
lands to bor Cambridge, so far as relates to the Lower or Fifth 
oa ay District, and to annex other Lands thereto, was read 
Rates or the third time. 
Taxes) Bill. == Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Tay Naviga- | An ingrossed Bill to amend and equalise the 


— — Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour 
Aneniment of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an addi- 
Bill. tional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes in re- 
lation thereto, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Whittlesey Ordered, That the Whittlesey Saint Mary and 


Saint Mary . ° : : 
and Whittlesey Whittlesey Saint Andrew Union of Parishes, and for 


Saint Andrew improving the Town of Whittlesey, Bill be read the 
Union of third time To-morrow. 

Parishes, and 

for improving the Town 

of Whittlesey, Bill. 


Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pool the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Lease or 
_—* of Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 


theGlasgow, Direct Railway) Bill; and the Amendments were 


ae and read, and agreed to. __ 

Direct Rail- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

way) Bill. be ingrossed. 

Prisons, Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Copy of the Fourteenth Report of the 
Inspectors appointed under the provisions of the 
Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different 
Prisons of Great Britain.—1V. Northern District. 

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

LandImprove- Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 

oy (ireland) Order,—a Return of the eaken of the pa Parties 


in the Union of Kenmare, who have applied for 
Sums of Money under the Land Improvement Act ; 
specifying the Amount applied for, Date of Appli- 
cation, Amount of Instalments issued, Date of each 
Issue, and greatest Number of Persons employed 
on each Work since commenced :-—And, a similar 
Return for the adjoining Union of Bantry. 
Vor. 104. 





3° Mai. 





259 


Return to several Orders, dated the 22d day of Kanturk 
March last, and the 30th day of April last, for Copies _— Work- 
of all Correspondence between the Reverend Mr. -" 
Donovan, Catholic Curate of Kanturk, and the Poor 
Law Commissioners of Jreland, relative to certain 
Charges made by the former against the Managers 


‘and Officers of the Workhouse in that Union :— 





Also, of Major Bolton’s Report on the same: 
And, for Copies of Correspondence between the Poor 

Law Commissioners of Ireland, and the Vice Guar- 

dians and other Officers of the Kanturk Union, re- 

lative to Charges preferred by the Reverend Mr. 
Donovan against the Officers of that Workhouse. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Education 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,——Copy of (eland.) 
Annual Report of the Commissioners of Educa- 
tion in Ireland, to His Excellency the Lord Lieute- 
nant, for the year ending 25th March 1849. 

. — hat the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Collun:,:‘on; — Hayton ; — Full Agriculture. 





Sutton ;—Shipton ;— Ross ;—Burnby ;— a 
jand Newton ;—Melbourne; —Allenthorpe and Wap- 
| lington ;—Nunburnholme ; — Sivenalin ;— Shir- 
| penbach ;— Bishop Wilton;—and, Yapham-cum- Mel- 
| tonby ; praying the House to take into immediate 
‘consideration the depressed state of Agriculture, 
with the view of affording substantial relief,—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


| Table. 


| A Petition of the Secretary to the Committee of Attachments, 
| Merchants of the city of Cork, praying that the Courts of Re- 
Attachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill may — (iretend) 
‘not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 

| ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, practising Attornies’ 
|in the town and county of Southampton, praying for Certificates, 
| the repeal of the Annual Duty on the Certificates 


| of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of Bishops. 

England, in the parish of Yealmpton, in the county 
of Devon, praying the House not to sanction the 
introduction of any clause into any Criminal Law 
Consolidation Bill, enforcing the election, confirma- 
| tion and consecration of persons who may have been 
‘nominated by the Crown to the office of Bishop, 
| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol ;—Members of the Presby- Clergy Relief 
terian Congregation of Eglinton-street, Glasgow Bill. 
(Minister and Secretary); — Richmond (York) ;— 
| Bradford (York); —and, Royston; praying that 
| the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were 
[og and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Clergymen of the Diocese of Exeter, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was also presented, and read ; and 











, | ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions from Ormskirk Union ;— Everton 3— County Rates 
| a Union ; — Lutterworth Union ;— Fal- and — aa 
| mouth Poor Law Union ;—and, Ashbourne Union ; “? BY 
| praying that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill 

may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions fromthe Deanery of Hartland ;--Justow; Education. 
— Totness ; — Yealmpion ; — Winterbourne ; — and, 
Deanery of Fincham; praying for an alteration in 
the mode of dispensing the Annual Grant for Edu- 
cation,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
| lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Rochfort, of Drum- Estates 

man, in the county of Westmeath, Lieutenant Colonel (teland.) 
of Artillery in the liberating army of H. M. F. M. 

LL2 Donna 


! 





Gaols, &amp;c. 


Tifracombe and 


Barnstaple 
Road. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
Cireland.) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


260 3° Mai. A. 1849, 


Donna Maria Seconda, of Portugal, and formerly 
of the Bombay Artillery inthe East Indies, praying 
for an alteration of the law in reference to famil 
charges upon Estates, and to family holders of Life 
Estates in Ireland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 
Guardians of the Chailey Union, in the county vf 
Sussex, praying the House to relieve counties from 
the expenses of building Gaols and Lunatic Asy- 
lums, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ilfra- 
combe, in the county of Devon, stating that in the 
vicinity of the said town, and in the turnpike-road 
leading from thence to Barnstaple, in the summer 
season, asses and horses, to be let for hire, are daily 
congregated in such numbers as to obstruct the free 
passage of the said road, and occasion great nui- 
sance and annoyance, as well to the passengers on 
the said road, as to the persons inhabiting the said 
vicinity ; that the present Turnpike laws, have not 
been found sufficient to prevent such obstruction, 
nuisance and annoyance ; and praying that laws 
may be passed for that purpose, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Queen’s County, 
praying for amendment of the law of Landlord 
and Tenant in Jreland, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Nairn (Convener) ; 
Elginand Forres; North Leith(Chairman); 
—— Falkirk (Provost) ; Members of the Royal 
Burghs of Scotland,in general convention assembled ; 
——Greenock (Provost and Town Clerk) ; and, 
County of Ayr ; praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shipley ;—and, West Grinstead ; 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from psom ;— Bolton-le-Moors ;— Wil- 
liam Evans and others ;— Kingston (Surrey) ;— Rei- 
gate;— Basingstoke ;— Redruth ;— Torpoint ;-- Pen- 
rith ;—Camelford ;— Turnham-green ; — Dover ; — 
Newark ; —Ware ; — Yatton; — Southampton ; — 
Doncaster ;—Bawtry ; — Charlton; —Greenwich ; 
— Coventry ; — Manchester ; —Chester ; — Green- 
stead ;— Duffield ;--Scarborough ;--Knaresborough ; 
— Penzance ;—Lymington ;— Pontefract ;— Charles 
Winner and others;—London (two Petitions) ;— 
Richmond ; — Worcester ; — Calne ; — Walsall ; — 
Bilston ;--Birmingham ;-- Beverley ;—Macelesfield ; 
— Rye; — Burnington ; — Eckington ; —Leeds ; — 
Southwark ;— Kingsland ;—Richmond (Surrey) ;— 
Cambridge ; — Wolford; — F. W. Strickland and 
others ;—John Stoddart and others ;— Whitstable ; 
— Skipton ; —Winster ; — Corsham ; —Darlington ; 
— Dorking ;— Battersea ; — Crowle ; — Croydon ;— 
Reading ;— Canterbury ;—Reverend Dr. Cumming, 
Minister of the Scottish National Church, and Mem- 
bers of his Congregation ; — Thetford ;— York ;— 
and, Kingston-upon-Hull; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; andordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Colchester ; 
—— Pilton( Devon); ProvincialSynod of Moray 
(Moderator) ;——Rural Deanery of Hartland ; 
Kirk Session of Greenside ; Rural Deanery of 
Stottesdon ; Archdeaconry of Cleveland ;—Ea- 
singwold ;——Rural Deanery of Pontefract ;—— 
Archdeaconry of Richmond ;—— Lythe ; Pres- 
bytery of Lochmaben (Moderator) ;—— Winchester ; 





Willingdon ; Wartling ; Bevhiil ; 
Hexham ; University of Cambrid e; Mem- 
bers ofthe Church of England ; ural Deanery 
of Doncaster ;—— Crawley ; Clergy of the Dio- 
cese of Gloucester and Bristol ; interbourn ; 
--— Bristol ; Presbytery of Dalkeith (Mode- 
rator ; Kirriemuir ; Aberfoyle ; -—Hawar- 
den ; —— Burwash ; Northenden ; ——Gould- 
hurst ; Ashbourne ; Leeds ; Sunbury ; 

Forfar ; —— Brigstock ; ~— Bradwell ; 
Clapton ; Saint Michael Royaland Saint Mar- 
tin Vintry (London); Rusholme ; Leeds ; 
——Coupar Angus (two Petitions) ; Deer ; 
Woodhead ; Rural Deanery of Rotherham ; 
Archdeaconry of the East Riding of the county of 
York ; —— Stonehaven ; Houghton-le-Spring ; 

Hambridge ;—— Walworth ;—— Holbeck ; 
Halliwell ; Goosnargh ; Rural Deanery of 
Lympne ; Deanery of Dartford ; Southend ; 
——Deanery of Wrexham ;——Deanery of Sitting- 
bourne ; Canterbury ;—— Bamburgh ; Wal- 
tham ; —— Badsworth ; York ; Haseley ; 
——Archdeaconry of Berks (two Petitions) ; 
Deanery of Southwark ; Rural Deanery of Shiff- 
nall ;-—Alverstoke ; Stock ;-— Wickford ;—— 
Downham ; —— Shankhill ; —— Garvaghy ; —— 
Aghaderg ;——Mold; and, Llangwm; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions fram Elgin and Forres ; -—Provincial Marriage 
Synod of Moray (Moderator) ; Parochial Board aes 
of North Leith (Chairman) ; and, Falkirk (Pro-" ~ 
vost); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; und referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the County of airn (Convener) ; Marriage 
—Presbytery of Dalkeith (Convener) ;-—County Oo nero. 
of Ayr ; and, Greenock; praying that the Mar- ing Births, &amp;. 
riage (Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering Births, (Scotland) 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill, may not pass into law,—were Bills. 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions from Kirkby Moorside Union ;—and, Mendicancy. 
Chipping Sodbury Union ; praying the House to 
pass a law for relieving the country from the great 
and increasing evil of Pauper tramping,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of the Master and Workers engaged in Paper. 
the manufacture of Paper at Polten Mill, parish of 
Lasswade, and county of Edinburgh, praying the 
House to relieve Paper Manufacturers from the 
present Excise restrictions on the manufacture of 
Paper, and also to abolish the additional five per 
cent. on the Amount of the Excise duties thereon, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from David Paton;——-Deanery of Parliamentary 
Cricklade;——and, Clyst Honiton; praying that Oaths Bill 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pensioners of the Belfast District, Pensioners 
complaining of certain deductions from their half- (A™Y-) 
pay, and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newington (Surrey) ;— Weyland Poor Law 
Union ;—Saint Thomas's Union ;—Belford Union ; °er* 
—Leach Union ;—Tonbridge Union ;—Erpingham 
Union ;--Swaffham Union;--and, Torrington Union; 
praying the House to pass an Act during the present 
Session of Parliament to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund, for 
members of their own body,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 





Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Mullingar 
Railway. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c, 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


12 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Hythe ;—and, Bristol (five Peti- 
tions); praying the House to pass such measures as 
will enable Magistrates and Officers of Police to 
bring those persons who make a trade of and live 
by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the 
sexes to prompt and certain punishment, —were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply, Her 
Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, and Trustees on 
the Highways of the county of Edinburgh, praying 
that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. ~ 


A Petition of Merchants, Farmers and Rate- 
payers of the county of Norfolk, praying that the 
Public Roads (England and North Wales) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of the united parishes of 
Kilmeena and Kilmaclasser, barony of Rovtshools, 
county Mayo, praying the House, with the view of 
employing the destitute poor in Jreland, to adopt 
measures for extending the Dublin and Mullingar 
Railway through that county, on to Clew Bay, was 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Pen- 
zance Union, in the County of Cornwall, praying 
that all tenements under six pounds may be rated 
for all parochial purposes in the first instance on 
the owner, with an ultimate power of recovery from 
the occupier, who should, if that power were exer- 
cised, be entitled to deduct the rates out of his next 
payment of rent, the collector’s receipts for such 
rates being made a legal tender to the landlord in 
lieu of so much rent, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in 
the borough of Honiton, in the county of Devon, 
praying that the Real Property Transfer Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Elgin and Forres ;——Parochial 
Board of New Spynie (Chairman) ;——Provincial 
Synod of Moray (Moderator) ;——Parochial Board 
of Duffus (Chairman); —— Parochial Board of 
North Leith (Chairman) ; Denny ; —— and, 
Falkirk (Provost); praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the President and Fellows of the 
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a Jaw, as it now 
stands, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 





Petitions from Chipping Sodbury Union ;— New- 
castle-upon-Tyne ; — and, Preston (Lancaster); — 
praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House 
to abolish the existing test imposed upon the teachers 
of the Parochial Schools of Scotland, to open up 
these Schools to all duly-qualified teachers, and to 
provide for the election of the teachers, and the 
management of the Schools by local boards, to be 
chosen according to some uniform, impartial and 
non-sectarian qualification, so as fairly to represent 

Vou. 104. 





3° Mai. 261 


all classes of the community, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Members of the Slave Trade. 


Congregation of the Presbyterian Church, York- 
street, Belfast, praying the House to address Her 
Majesty, to the intent that instructions be forthwith 
given to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs to demand from the Spanish and Brazilian 
Governments the liberation of all Africans and their 
descendants, who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories ; and in the event 
of their attempting to evade the demand, or to pro- 
crastinate the strict fulfilment thereof, it be notified 
to them that measures will be taken to exclude their 
produce from the British markets, until Slavery itself 
shall be abolished by them, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Borrowstounness ;—Airdrie;—and, Sunday 
Coatbridge ; praying that the Sunday Travelling on T 


Railways Bill may pass into a law,-—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Archibald Cook and others ; 

















Thomas Gun; Ronsay ; Earlstown ;—— 
Linlithgow ; Airdrie ; Glasgow (two Peti- 
tions) ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; —— Burghead ; 





——and, John Miller and others; praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 


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


Petitions of J. R. Scales and others ;— William Universal 
Seager and others ;—Jabez Miles and others ;— Suffrage, &amp;c. 


C. Filgate and others ;—D. Anthony and others ;— 
James Henry and others ;—J. Durber and others ; 
—.J. Hodson and others ;—C. White and others ; 
—W. Woods and others ;—and, the There-under- 
signed, of the Metropolis and its vicinity; praying 
the House to extend the Franchise to every man of 
mature age, sound mind, fixed residence, and un- 
stained with crime ; and to enact all other provisions 
essential to the full, fair and free representation of 
the people in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Monmouth ;— Pontypool (two Pe- War. 


titions) ; ~Llanhilleth ;— Winchester ;— Collumpton; 
— Warrington ;—Frenchay;— White’s Hill ;— New- 
castle-upon- Tyne ; —Benenden ; — Chester ; — Glas- 
gow ;--and, Bath; praying the House to promote 
the formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively ef such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to the 
decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Slave Trade. 


before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament to consider the best means 
which Great Britain can adopt for providing for 
the final extinction of the Slave Trade, be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Slave Trade. 


Mr. Deedes reported the Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh 
Railway, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal 2 
(Amalgamation, or Sale, or Lease of the Union 
Canal to the Railway Company) Bill, with Amend- and Glasgow 


ments. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Deedes reported the Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh 
Railway, and Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness % 


Railway Amalgamation Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Morningside 


and be printed. 


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Ashton-under- Sir John Hope reported from the Committee on 
Lyne Police, 
Markets, and ? ; 
pesnousnent case of the Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Markets and 
ActsExtension Improvement Acts Extension and Amendment, and 


and Amend- ‘Tyansference of Gas and Waterworks and other Pro- 


—. perty to the Corporation Bill, they had considered 

ofGasand the Petition referred to the Committee on the re- 

Waterworks ¢ommitted Bill; and had made other Amendments 

and other Pro- , 

perty tothe thereunto. 

sepntion Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
lil. 


Real and Per- Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

cae” Committee on the Real and Personal Property 

Bill. Conveyance Bill, that they have power to divide 
the Bill into two Bills. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 


No. 255. 


The Smoke Prohibition Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May ; and 
to be printed. 


Wheat and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of all Wheat and Flour entered for Home 
Consumption, with the Amount of Duty paid per 
Quarter, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 14, specify- 
ing the Weekly General Averages, and the London 
Averages, on the Weeks on which such Duties 
were paid. 


Land Improve- 
ment and 
Drainage 
(Ireland). 


The House was moved, That the Act 10 and 11 
Vic. c. 32, to facilitate the Improvement of Landed 
Property, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 and 
11 Vic. c. 106, to provide Additional Funds for 
Loans for Drainage and other Works of Public 
Utility in Ireland, and to repeal an Act of the last 
Session, for authorizing a further Issue of Money in 
Aid of Public Works of acknowledged Utility, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of authorizing Advances, out of the Consoli- 
° dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for facilitating the Improve- 
ment of Landed Property in Jreland, by the Owners 
thereof, and for the Extension and Promotion of 
Drainage in Ireland ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the 
principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- 
dize, and of the Consumption of such Articles in 
the Month ended 5th April 1849, compared with 
the Imports and Consumption in the corresponding 
Month of the preceding year. 

An Account of the Exports of the principal 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in 
the Month ended 5th April 1840, compared with 
the Exports of the corresponding Month in the pre- 
ceding year. 

An Account of the Exports of the principal 
Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manu- 
factures in the Month ended 5th April 1849, com- 
pared with Exports of the corresponding Month in 
the p-eceding year. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered inwards and cleared out- 
wards in the Month ended 5th April 1849, compared 
with the Entries and Clearances in the corresponding 
Month ofthe year 1848, stated exclusively of Vessels 
in Ballast, and of those employed in the Coasting 
Trade or the Trade between Great Britain and 
Lreland. 





3°—4" Maii. 


A. 1849. 


An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 


Group 3, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the | Vessels which entered inwards and cleared outwards 


with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the United 
Kingdom, during the Month ended 5th April 1849, 
compared with the Entries and Clearances in the 
corresponding Month of the year 1848, distinguish- 
ing the Vessels employed in the Intercourse between 
Great Britain and Ireland from other Coasters. 
Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Railways, Railways. 
1848, : 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the Governor Good Hope. 
of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the state of 
the Kafir Tribes on the Eastern Frontier of the 





Colony (in continuation of Papers presented July 
1848). 

Copy of Correspondence relative to the Establish- Natal. 
ment of the Settlement of Natal, and the recent 
Rebellion of the Boers (in continuation of the Paper 
presented July 1848). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 
Reading of the Marriages Bill ; Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, toadd the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon; 

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


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


Veneris, 4 die Maiti, 1849: 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Savings 
the further Proceeding upon the nomination of the Banks. 
Select Committee on Savings Banks :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. John Abel Smith be one other 
Member of the said Committee :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Debate be now adjourned :—It passed in 
the Negative. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. John Abel Smith be one 
other Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Grogan be one other Member of 
the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Grogan” 
and inserting the name of “ Sir George Clerk,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Grogan” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


“ec 


r air. 4 lds, 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ a ~m 1 81. 
‘ li, 
Tellers for the Noes, gore msm &gt; Hill: jas. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Sir George Clerk” be inserted instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That Sir George Clerk be one other 
Member of the said Committee. 


Mr. 

















Accounts 

of Turnpike 
Trusts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 





Marriage 
(Scotland. ) 








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Mr. Gibson Craig was nominated one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton be one 
other Member of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. George 
“ Alexander Hamilton” and inserting the name of 
“ Mr. Herries,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Mr. George Alexander Hamilton” stand part of 
the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Reynolds, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { Colonel Dunne : 
Mr. Tufnell, 


Tellers for the Noes, { a ae 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the name of 
“Mr. Herries” be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Herries be one other Member 
of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Spooner be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Mr. Poulett Scrope was nominated one other 
Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Forbes be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Sir John Yarde Buller was nominated one other 
Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


} 61. 


120. 


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263 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for requiring Accounts 
the Transmission of the Annual Abstracts and State- ¢= npike 
ments of Trustees of Turnpike-roads in Scotland iand) Bal 
to the Secretary of State, to be laid before Parlia- yy, 956 
ment: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coals 
Return of the Gross Number of Tons of Sea Coal (eland.) 
imported into the Ports of Dublin, Cork, Water- 

ford, Limerick, Drogheda, and Belfast, and any 

other Ports in Jreland from which Returns can be 
obtained, in the periods between the Ist day of 
January 1846 and the 31st day of December 1846, 

and the 1st day of January 1847 and the 31st day 

of December 1847. 


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








Veneris, 4° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 

M®*: Thornely reported from the Select Com- puptic 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 1st and (Thirty ‘anes 
2d days of this instant May ; and had directed him 

to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Marriage 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to (Scotland.) 
give leave to the Lord Brougham and Vaux, and 





That Mr. Henley be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

The Marquis of Kildare was nominated one 
other Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Sir Henry Willoughby be one other Member 
of the said Committee :—-It passed in the Negative. 

Mr. Ker Seymer was nominated one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Richard Fox be one other Member of the 
said Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Mr. Shafto Adair was nominated one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Bourke be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Mr. William Fagan and Mr. Bramston were 
nominated other Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for requiring the Transmission of the annual Ab- 
stracts and Statements of Trustees of Turnpike- 
roads in Scotland to the Secretary of State, to be 
laid before Parliament: And that Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to take into consideration the state of the Law of 
Scotland as regards the constitution of Marriage : 
—And a Committee was appointed of the Lord 
Advocate, Sir George Clerk, the Earl of March, 
Sir Henry Davie, Mr. Elliot, Sir David Dundas, 
Viscount Melgund, Mr. M‘ Neill, Mr. Solicitor-Ge- 
neral for Scotland, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Cumming 
Bruce, Mr. Traill, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Smollett, and 
Mr. Home Drummond; with power to send for 
persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

VoL, 104, 


the Lord Campbell, to come to the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, to take into con- 
sideration the State of the Law of Scotland, as 
regards the Constitution of Marriage: And that 
the Lord Advocate do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Lancashire Lancashire | 
and Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ashton Railway Clix. 
Branch, of Clifton Branch, &amp;c.), Petition for ad- tension of Ash- 
ditional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to ton Branch, 
be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted Branch: &amp;c.) 
to introduce their additional Provision, if the Com- Bill, 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the South Sou 
Devon Railway (to regulate Priority of Dividends) &gt; ogee 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- Priority of Di- 
pensed with. vidends) Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of Westhead’s Westhead’s 
Patent (for Improvements in Manufacturing Fur Secencee site 
into Fabrics) Petition, the Standing Orders ought in Manufac- 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted turing Fur into 
to proceed with their Bill, on inserting the notice ¥*°"s) Bil. 
once in the London Gazette; That the Committee 
on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far 
such Order has been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The First and Third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


South Devon 


House of Com- 
mons Offices. 


No. 258. 


Mr. Goulburn reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider how far the Esti- 
mates for the Salaries and Allowances of the Clerks 
and Officers of the House of Commons, for the 
ensuing year, have been framed in accordance with 
the Recommendations of the Select Committee on 
Miscellaneous Estimates, who reported on the same 
in the last Session; and to consider if any and 
what further Regulations may be necessary, and 
to whom the Reports of the Select Committees 

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on House of Commons Offices, of Sessions 1833, | 
1835 and 1836 ; and also so much of the Report | 
of the Select Committee on Miscellaneous Esti- 
mates, of the last Session, as relates to the Offices 
of the House of Commons; and also the Reports 
from the Standing Committee on the Kitchen and 
Refreshment Rooms, were referred ; That they had 
considered the matters to them referred; and di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House, 
together with an Appendix. 

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


Louth Markets 
and Improve- 
ments Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Louth, in the county of 
Lincoln, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating 
and improving the Markets and Fairs in the said 
Borough, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Chris- 
topher and Mr, D’ Eyncourt. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for more effectually assessing 
and collecting the Poor Rate, and all other Rates 
and Assessments, in the Parish of Epsom, in the 
County of Surrey, and for the better Management of 
the Business and Affairs of the said Parish, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1. 22. Leave out “ inhabitants,” and in- 
sert “ rate-payers.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 38. Leave out “ inhabitants,” and in- 
sert “ rate-payers.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, (and it appearing that the same were made 
in order to render the provisions of the Clause 
consistent with the other Clauses of the Bill), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Epsom Rates 
Bill. 


Nottingham 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Nottingham Gas 
Light and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for amending some of the Provisions of 
the Act relating to such Company; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 5. 1. 12. Leave out from “shares” to “ to” 
in 1. 13., and insert “ when and as the same shall 
‘* from time to time be issued,” and in J}, 13. leave 
out from “ be” to “sold” in 1. 14. 

Pr. 8. 1. 18. After ‘‘ mentioned” insert ‘ Pro- 
vided always, That the amount due and owing 
upon mortgage or bond at any one time, shall 
“ not exceed one-third of the share capital, for the 
“ time being, actually subscribed for and issued.” 

Pr, 13. 1. 2. After “ that” insert “‘ on and after 
the First day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-nine.” 

Pr. 13.1. 13. After “ Act” insert “ and shall 
take effect on and after the said First day of July 
* One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 18. After “ consumer” insert “ of 
gas supplied by the Company.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘hat Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


« 
“ 


« 


«ce 


Chester and 


_ An ingrossed Bill to enable the Chester and 
Holyhead Rail- 


wor Caeenes Holyhead Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
ofCapital,with Of Money, and for other Purposes, was read the 
Powers to the third time. 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

- Ordered, That Mr. Glyn do carry the Bill to the 


Railway Com- ; a 
pany tosub- Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


4° Maiv. 








scribe thereto) 
Bill. 


A. 1849, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Kirkealay 
Reading of the Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry Harbour, 
and Petty Customs Bill; sed ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Customs Bi, 
after the other private business. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Sunderland Dock Sunderlana 
Act, 1845, and for other Purposes, was read the Dock Act ana 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Conia 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ers’ Act 
Ordered, That Mr. Jackson do carry the Bill to amendment, 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Whittlesey 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for uniting into One Saint Mary 
Parish the Parishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary and Saint eet 
Whittlesey Saint Andrew, in the Isle of Ely, in the Union of Pa. 
County of Cambridge, and for better paving, light- Tshes, and for 
ing, watching, cleansing and otherwise regulating Town of Whit 
and improving the Town of Whittlesey ; tlesey Bill, 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for defining the Boundaries of the 
Parishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey 
Saint Andrew, in the Isle of Ely, in the County 
of Cambridge, for Ecclesiastical Purposes, for the 
Union of the said Parishes for other Renae and 
for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and 
otherwise regulating and improving the Town of 
Whittlesey. 

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


Abdy’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Abdy’s 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The ingrossed Bill for enlarging, improving and 
maintaining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, in the )*00". 
County of Fife; for regulating the Petty Customs ana Potty . 
of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy ; and for other Purposes Customs Bill 
relating to the said Harbour and Burgh, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Nomination of County 
Commissioners) was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Exemptions from 
Petty Customs) was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill do pass ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kirkcaldy 
Harbour, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Edinburgh 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for —* 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Chermation of 
additional Provision in the Edinburgh and North- Slip Quay and 
ern Railway (Formation of Slip Quay and other — a 
Works at Granton, Extension of Station at Edin- Extension of 
burgh, Regulation of Perth Stations, and Amend- Station at 
ment of Acts) Bill,the Standing Orders have not eet ry of 
been complied with, inasmuch as the Notices in the perth Stations, 
E:linburgh Gazette and Newspapers for the original and Amend- 
Bill do not specify the intention of changing the pert * Acts) 


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name of the Undertaking of The Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway Company to The Edinburgh, 
Perthand Dundee Railway Company, and of amend- 
ing the several Acts affecting the said Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway Company, for that purpose. 

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


Westhead’s The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
Patent (for spect of the Petition for leave to bring in Westhead’s 
Improvement® Patent (for Improvements in manufacturing Fur into 
in Manufac $ 


uringFurinto Fabrics) Bill, which was this day made from the Se- 
Fabrics) Bill. lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted 
to Joshua Procter Westhead, of Manchester, Manu- 
facturer: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. 
Ellis do prepare, and bring it in. 

Agriculture. Petitions from Birkin ;— Darrington; —-Ledsham; 
—Sherburn ; — Monk Fryston ; — and, County of 
Cambridge and Isle of Ely (Chairman); praying 
the House to adopt measures of relief for persons 
engaged in agriculture,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bath and its vicinity, 
complaining of the state of Agriculture in Zreland, 
and also in this country, and praying the House to 
compare the taxation sustained by Foreign States 
with that sustained by the United Kingdom, and 
then by wise measures enable the landed proprietors 
to employ the labouring population in fair competi- 
tion with foreigners, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bayford;— Walton; — Thund- 
ridge ;—Essenden ;— Brainfield ;— Lacombe ;— Her- 
lingfordbury ;— Bengehoo ; Stapleford ;—Hert- 
ford ;—Saint Margaret's and Stanstead Abbott ;— 
Digswell and Tewin ;—and, Widford; praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief for persons en- 
gaged in Agriculture, and to refuse to repeal the 
Navigation Laws,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agriculture, 
&amp;e. 





Bankruptand A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
rent ay, Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, in the county ot 


Devon, praying that the Bankrupt and Insolvent 
Members Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Heckmondwike ; — Leamington ; 
—Presbyterian Church of England (Moderator) ; 
—James Manson ;—and, Ministers and Members 
of the Hampshire Church Association; praying 
that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Clergy Relief 
Bil” 


County Rates Petitions from Habergham Eaves ;—Haslingden ; 


te aa —Saffron Walden Union ; — Heptonstall ; — and, 
; Bedford Union ; praying that the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Grae A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of 
. Walton, in the county of Hertford, complaining that 
the schools in connection with the Church Educa- 
tion Society for Ireland derive no assistance from 
the funds granted by Parliament for the support of 
Education in that country, and praying the House 
to relieve them from that grievance, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Gattblished A Petition of Parishioners of Saint Asaph, in the 
« Wales.) county of Flint, praying the House to take such 


measures as will henceforth preclude the appoint- 
ment of any parties not thoroughly conversant with 
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265 


the Welsh language to Ecclesiastical Offices in 
Wales, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There undersigned in the Me- Home Colo- 
tropolis, praying the House to introduce a Bill ™** 
sanctioning the establishment of Home Colonies, 

and to supply sufficient capital by way of loan 

from the Imperial Treasury for that purpose, as 

being, in their opinion, the best and most profitable 

means of giving productive employment to our un- 
employed population, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Gloucestershire tpterment in 
Medical and Surgical Association ;-—and, Westmin- Towns. 
ster (Chairman); praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures to prohibit the Interment of the Dead in large 
Towns,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worth Leith (Chairman) ; 
County of Perth (Chairman) ; County of Banff (Scotland) 
(Convener) ; County of Roxburgh (Convener) ; Bi 
-——and, Peebles (Chairman) ; praying that the Lu- 
natics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Abergele; —— Llansannan ; Marriages 
Essenden ; —— Fettercairn ; Cramon ;—John- Bill. 
stone ;—— Banff ; Worfield ; Shrewsbury ; 

Diocese of Saint Andrew's, Dunkeld and Dun- 

blane ;——Archdeaconry of Oxford ; Chiches- 

ter ; James Proudfoot ; Alexander Comrie ; 

Long Compton ; Melcombe Horsey ; 
Kington Magna;——Rural Deanery of Longoboby ; 
——and, Windsor and Eton Church Union ; pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, 
--were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from W. Dairs and others ;— Wareham ; 
— A. B. Harris and others; — Reverend James 
Rudge ;— Hythe ;—and, Nottingham; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergymen of the dioceses of Dub- 
lin and Gilendelagh, praying that the House will be 
pleased to refuse their sanction to any measure which 
has forits object therelaxation of the lawof Marriage, 
with reference to degrees of kindred, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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Petitions from Worth Leith (Chairman); Rozx- Marriage 
burgh (Chairman) ; and, County of Peebles — 
(Chairman); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 





A Petition of the Chairman of the —— ~—e ere 
of the parish of Canongate, Edinburgh, praying that (cotlane) + 
the Saisie (Scotland) Bill; the Registering Births, gag 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Lunatics (Scotland) (Scotland) ; 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and a, 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the pins, 
Marriage (Scotland); and, the Registering Births, 


&amp;e. (Scotland) Bills. 


A Petition of the President, Treasurer and Mem- Marriage 
bers of the Committee of the Trongate, Glasgow, Lag 
Hebrew Congregation, praying that the Marriage ing Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill may nct pass into law, as they now Bills. 
stand, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


Petitions from Reigate Poor Law Union ;—and, Medical 
Croydon ; complaining of grievances affecting the 


Profession. 





Medical 


MM &gt; 





Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Railways. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotiand) 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 





266 


Medical Profession, and praying for relief,—were 
caggeg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Lei- 
trim, praying that the Act constituting the Poor 
Law Commission in Jreland may be repealed, and 
less powers given to any future Board; that the 
Petitioners may be restored to their just rights and 
constitutional privileges of taxing themselves and ma- 
naging their own affairs; and that the Poor Laws be 
amended and made more in conformity with the 
wants of the country, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stokesley Union; — Whittlesey 
Union ; — Wiiliton Union ; — Narberth Union ; — 
Leighton Buzzard Union; — and, Truro Union; 
praying that an Act may be passed during the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law Offi- 
cers to form and distribute a superannuation fund 
for members of their body,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—and, Shrews- 
bury; praying the House to pass such measures as 
will enable magistrates and officers of police to 
bring those persons who make a trade of and live by 
promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes 
to prompt and certain punishment,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shepton Mallett ;——and, Trus- 
tees of the Bath Turnpike-roads, and Mortgagees 
of the Tolls secured thereon ; praying that the Pub- 
lic Roads (England and North Wales) Bill may not 
pass into a law,~were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Newmarket Railway Company, 
stating that they consider that the present system of 
rating Railways to poor, highway, church and other 
local rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and 
praying for such an alteration in the law as may 
render more just and equal the local taxation upon 
Railway Property, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Hertford Union, in the county of Hertford, praying 
that owners of Sinall Tenements may be rated to 
the poor’s rate, in lieu of the occupiers,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from North Leith (Chairman) ; —— 
County of Roxburgh (Chairman) ; and, Peebles 
(Chairman); praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 





Petitions from Cilonelly ;—-Darlington ;—Sunder- 
land ;—and, Saint Werm; praying the House to 
prohibit the granting of any new licenses to Beer 
Shops, and to cause those already granted to be in 
force only during the life of the present holders,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Birmingham, praying 
the House to address the Queen, that instructions 
may be forthwith given to the Principal Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs to demand of the Spa- 
nish and Brazilian Governments the liberation from 
Slavery of all Africans who have been illicitly in- 
troduced into their colonies and territories, together 
with their descendants; and in the event of their 
attempting to evade such demand, or to procrasti- 
nate ils fulfilment, to notify to them that measures 
will be adopted to exclude their produce from the 





4° Mai. 





A. 1849. 


British markets, until Slavery itself shall be abo- 
lished by them, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Distillers of Cork, praying the gpirits 
House to apply to Spirits distilled in Ireland, when (Ireland.) 
warehoused, the privileges enjoyed by the owners 
of Rum and other Colonial Spirits, in respect of the 
time and mode of levying the duties chargeable 
thereon, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Alexander Fairweather ; and, Sunday 
Botriphnie ; praying that the Sunday Travelling on Travelling on 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- Railways Bill. 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Festiniog ; — Tiverton ; — South War. 

Shields ;—and, Little Gransden ; praying the House 
to take prompt and decisive measures to negotiate 
treaties between the Government of this country 
and other governments of the world, binding the 
parties concerned to refer their international disputes 
to the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- Poor Laws 
mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were em- (Ireland) 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together nm Be 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them No. 259 
from time to time, to the House; That they had ats 
further considered the matter to them referred ; 
and had directed him to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

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


Admiral Dundas presented, by Her Majesty’s pocat Acts. 
Command,—A further Report from the Admiralty, Wo, 94, 
relative to an application for a Local Act. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her — Annuity Tax 
Command,—Copy of Report on the Annuity Tax, in Edinburgh.) 
the City of Edinburgh and Canongate, with Appen- 

dices. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Quarter 
Orders,—A Return from the Crown Books of the Sessions 
Clerks of the Peace of the respective Counties in (land) 
Ireland, including the County of Dublin, of the 
Number of Cases tried in the Criminal Court at 
Quarter Sessions in each County, and of the Num- , 
ber of Appeals to the Quarter Sessions from the 
decisions of Magistrates in each County, during 
each of the years 1796, 1797, 1798, and 1799:— 

And, similar Returns for each of the years 1845, 
1846, 1847, and 1848. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to paycation 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Sums (Scotland.) 
granted under the authority of the Committee for 
Educational Purposes in each County of Scotland 
since the end of the year 1847, giving the names 
of the places in which the Schools receiving aid are 
situated, and the religious body with which they 
are connected; and distinguishing the Parochial 
Schools from other Schools in connection with the 
Established Church. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s sicily. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relating to 
Sicilian Affairs, 1814-1816. 
Copy of Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Naples and 
Naples and Sicily, 1848-1849. Sicily. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County County 
Treasurers, which was presented upon Monday last, Treasurers. 
be printed. 


No. 260. 


Ordered, 








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12 Vicroriz. 


Education Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education 
(Ireland)  (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No.261. printed. 


Trade and Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
Navigation. ‘and Navigation, which were presented yesterday, be 
No.257. printed. 


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


Land A The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ImPryrainage into a Committee to consider of authorizing ad- 
(Ireland.) vances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for facili- 
tating the Improvement of Landed Property in Jre- 


4°—5° 





land by the owners thereof, and for the Extension 
and Proniotion of Drainage in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the advance 
of Sums, not exceeding in the whole Three hundred 
thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the purposes and under the provisions of any 
Act in force to facilitate the Improvement of Landed 
Property in Zreland by the owners thereof. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the advance 
of Sums, not exceeding in the whole Two hundred 
thousand pounds, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
to be applied by the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Jreland, for making Loans under the Provisions 
of any of the Acts authorizing the said Commis- 
sioners to make Advances for the Extension and 





Promotion of Drainage and other works of public 
utility in Lreland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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

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


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Qualification The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— Registra~ Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 
on of Voters : 
Ireland) Bil. Voters (Zreland) Bill ; 
( ) : , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Elec.ions and = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(irelncd&gt; Bill Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Jre- 
land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Lunatics The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Gotland) Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill ; 
} Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Administra. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
iniepencne mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropoli- 


Districts) Bill. tan Districts) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select, 
Committee. 


Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Zand) Reading of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


puusengers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Bill ; 
Vox. 104. 


Mai. 267 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief. 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 17th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Attachments, 

mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jre- Courts of Re- 
. cord (Ireland) 

land) Bill; Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Adjournment. 
That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Jnglis,\ ,,. 
Yeas, { Mr. Henley: bes 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, Laie 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: J ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriages Bill 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which 
were yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Marriages Bill, be now read a second time, 
and which Amendments were, to leave out the word 
“ now,’ and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Maiti, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Contract 
upon the 26th day of April last, That a Select Com- Packet 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the Contract °°" 
Packet Service, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir James Hogg, 

Mr. Cardwell, Sir William Clay, Mr. Cowper, Mr. 
Alderman Thompson, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Hastie, Mr. 
Mangles, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Bankes, Mr. 
William Brown, Mr.Childers, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Gro- 
gan, and Mr. Henley, with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Re-building Saint Jobn’s, 
Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be New found- 


read a second time upon Monday next; and to be —- 
printed. No. 262. 


The Grants of Land (New South Wales) Bill was Grants of 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Land (New 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. — ee 


And then the House, having continued to sit till No. 263. 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





MM 2 






















Luna, 7° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


M*® Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,— Copies of Acts 
passed by the Right honourable the Governor- 
General of India in Council, in 1847, Nos. 1 to 23, 
with Index to the Acts of 1847. 
East India. Copy of Report on a Scheme of Pleading and 
Prentine, with forms of Indictment adapted to 
the Provisions of the Penal Code:—And then he 
withdrew. . 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


East India. 


Oaths of The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
Supremacy = the city of London attended at the door, they were 
and Abjura- ‘ 


tion. called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
' the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying for the abolition 
of the Oaths of Supremacy and Abjuration, was 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Mr. Thornely —— from the Select Com- 
(Thirty Ath mittee on Public etitions; That they had ex- 
Report.) amined the Petitions presented upon the 3d and 


4th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Louth Mr. Christopher presented a Bill for regulating 

oo ol and improving the Markets and Fairs in the 

Bill. Borough of Louth, in the County of Lincoln: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Committee of Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 


(Fourth Re- of Selection ; That in compliance with the Instruct- 
port.) tion of the House of the 30th day of April last, 
No.264, they had formed into a Group certain Opposed 
and Unopposed Turnpike-road Bills; and directed 

him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Westhead’s Mr. Wilson Patton presented a Bill for render- 
“4 oe ing valid certain Letters Patent granted to Joshua 


in Manufac- rocter Westhead, of Manchester, Manufacturer : 
turing Fur into And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
Fabrics Bill. to be read a second time. 
Congieton Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
oo Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Bill. Private Bills; That in the matter of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Congleton Inclosure Act 
Amendment Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have power to make 
— therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
etition. 


Charing Cross Ordered, That the Committee on the Charing 
Bridge Cross Bridge (Amendments of Acts, Powers to 
(Amendments ¥ 


of Acts, alter authorized Approaches, &amp;c.) Bill, have leave 
Powers toalter to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 


authorized — sitting of the House. 

Approaches, . 

&amp;e.) Bill. 

Caledonian An ingrossed Bill to effectuate a Lease of the 


Railway Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
(Lease or Pur- 


chase of the to the Caledonian Railway Company, was read the 
Glasgow, Barr- third time. 
head and Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





7° Maiz. 





A. 1849, 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Neilston Direct 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. way) Bill, 
An ingrossed Bill for making the Parish of Division of 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey, a distinct the Living of 
Vicarage, by dividing the Vicarage of Kingston- on ond 
upon- Thames and Sheen, otherwise Richmond, into upon-Thames 
wo separate Vicarages, and for providing a Stipend Bill. 
and Residence for the Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, 
and for extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes in the 
Parish of Richmond, and for other Purposes relating 
to such Vicarages, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Locke King do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Glasgow, Kil- 
Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the ™rnock and 


Ardrossan Harbour, and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock = nal a 
and Ardrossan Railway, was read the third time. Ardrossan 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Harbour Acts 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton-under- 
the Report on the Ashton-under-Lyne Police, herd Police, 
Markets and Improvement Acts Extension and 7,27&lt;cts and 

a : 7.,.., Lmprovement 
Amendment, and ‘Transference of Gas and Water- Acts Extension 
works and other Property to the Corporation Bill ; and Amend. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. men oll of 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Gas and Wa- 


i . terworks and 
be ingrossed rei ell 
to the Corpo- 
ration Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration River Dun 
the Report on the River Dun Navigation Company —— 
(Purchase of Stainforth and Keadby Canal) Bill; (purchase of 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _Stainforth and 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be —- Canal) 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Small Debts 
to the Small Debts Act, which was presented upon Act. 
the 21st day of February last, be printed. No, 265. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Edward Edward Rush- 
Rushton, Esquire, which was presented upon Tues- *®, Esquire. 
day last, be printed. No. 266. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Ministers’ 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day co and 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns (Scotland.) 
of the Name of every Parish in Scotland from 
which any application has been made for an 
augmentation of the Minister’s Stipend, during the 
last Ten years; stating the Amount, if any, 
modified in each case :—And, of the Names of the 
Parishes in which there are unexhausted Teinds; 
stating the Amount applicable in each Parish to 
the augmentation of Stipend. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Cattle and 
Order,—Returns of the Number of Cases of Cattle Sheep a 
and Sheep Stealing specially reported to the Con- : 
stabulary in Ireland, during the years 1845, 1846, 

1847 and 1848 :—And, of the Number of Convic- 
tions for the above Crimes recorded at Assizes and 
Quarter Sessions during the same Periods. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Pawnbrokers 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return (Ireland.) 
from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, of the 
Pawnbrokers of Jreland, for the year ending the 
31st December 1848. 

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


A Petition of Attornies-at-Law and Solicitors, Attornies’ 
practising in the county of Cumberland, praying for Certificates. 
the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 





Duk 


Coy 


mel 





Duke William 
Beale. 


Church and 
State. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


‘Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


County Rates 
-and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Revenues. 


Education. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Parliamentary 
tepresenta- 
tion, &amp;e, 





12 VicTorRizZ. 


A Petition of Duke William Beale, now a Resi- 
dent in the union house of Weymouth, in the county 
of Dorset, praying for inquiry into the circumstances 
of his admission into the said union workhouse, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Partick, parish of 
Govan, Lanarkshire, praying for the separation of 
the Church from the State, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Heckmondwike;— Lincoln ;— Dun- 
fermline (Chairman) ;—and, Polperro; praying that 
the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were 
or a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Patrick Mannock and James Cud- 
don, Owners and Proprietors of mancrs and ma- 
norial rights in England, praying that the Copy- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and chau! to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stansfield ;—Halifax Union ;— 
Burslem ; — Stoke-upon- Trent ; — Westbury-upon- 
Severn Union ;— Wycombe Union ;—Little Crosby ; 
— Great Crosby ;— Aintree ;—Lunt ;— Allerton ;— 
Ince Blundell ;— Netherton ;— Bootle ;— Kirkby ;— 
Orrell and Ford; — Withington ; — Stretford ; — 
Gorton (two Petitions) ;—Flixton ;—Urmston ;— 
Burnage ; — Levenshulme ; — Goldshaw Booth ;— 
Higham-with-West Close ;—Newton ;—Great and 
Little Marsden ;—Barrowford Booth ;—Colne ;— 
Reedley Hollows, Filly Close, and New Laund 
Booth ;—and, Saint James, Westminster; praying 
that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Dundee, praying the House 
to institute an investigation into the present condi- 
tion and extent of the Ecclesiastical Revenues of 
the Empire, and to adopt measures for having the 
said revenues applied for the benefit of all classes 
of the community, respect being had to the claims 
and rights of the present incumbents, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Deanery of 
Frome, in the county of Somerset, praying that the 
grants for Education may be dispensed on the two 
following conditions only :—1. That sufficient legal 
security be obtained for the permanent application 
of the school buildings and their site to the in- 
tended purposes.—2. That the schools be open to 
Government Inspectors, appointed according to the 
arrangements made in 1840, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighthelmstone, in 
the county of Sussex, complaining that the schools 
in connection with the Church Education Society 
for Ireland derive no assistance from the funds 
granted by Parliament for the support of Education 
in that’ country, and praying the House to relieve 
them from that grievance, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Castle 
Acre, in the county of Norfolk, praying the House 
to adopt measures essential to the full, fair and free 
representation of the people in Parliament, including 
provisions that the votes of the electors shall be 
taken by Ballot; that the duration of Parliaments 
shall not exceed three years, and that the appor- 
tionment of Members to population shall be made 
more equal, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 104. 


7° Mazz. 


ferry; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c, 





269 


A Petition of Parishioners of Tremeirchion, in Established 
the county of Flint, praying the House to preclude Church 
the appointment of any parties not thoroughly con- Cran 
versant with the Welsh language to ecclesiastical 
offices in Wales, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Gaols, &amp;c. 
Guardians of the Cuckfield Union, in the county of 
Sussex, praying that counties may be relieved trom 
the expense of building Gaols and Lunatic Asy- 
lums, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Andrew’s (two Petitions) ; Lunatics 
—— Dysart ;—— Glasgow ; Parochial Board of (Scotland) 
Falkirk (Chairman) ; Kinross ; and, Dum-" * 
barton ; praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Bredfield ;—Bawdsey ; —Great Malt. 
Bealings ; — Little Bealings ; —Flowton ; —Kettle- 
burgh ;—Hoo ; —Hacheston ; — Ufford ; —Shottis- 
ham ;—Nacton ;—Badingham ; —Culpho ; —Capel 
Saint Audrew ; — Boyton ; —Willisham ; —Brins- 
yard ;— Hasketon ;—Campsey Ash ;—Falkenham ; 
—Newbourn ;— Debach-with-Boulge ; —Brundish ; 
—and, Hemley ; praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Malt,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Netherton ;~-Rowley Regis ;— Marriages 
and, Cradley; praving that the Marriages Bill may Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, andvead ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordyce (Mode- 
rator);——-Charles M‘Kenzie; and, Kirk Ses- 
sion of Dumblane (Moderator; praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 





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


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Hamilton Marriage 
(Chairman) ;—-—County of Lanark (Chairman) ; (Scotland) 
and, County of Kinross ; praying that the Mar- Bi 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on the Bill. 





Petitions from the Synod of Ross (Moderator); Marriage 
——Synod of Zetland( Moderator); and, Queens- (S.tland) ; 
ing Births, &amp;c 
(Scotland) Bill); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bil] (Scotland) ‘ 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read , Bills. 


and referred to the Select Committee on the Bills. ’ 





A Petition of Samuel Clerk Jervoise, Esquire, National 
and Thomas Newsome, Rector of Shenley, calling the Gallery. 
attention of the House to the subject of some Paint- 
ings which are exhibited in the National Gallery, of 
representations of the Deity ; and praying for their 
removal, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Weston ;——- Thorley ;——-Walkern; Navigation 
——Much Hadham ;——Little ee Al- Bill, &amp;c. 
bury ; Sawbridgworth ;—— Ardeley ;—— Grrave- 

ley ;——and, Watlington ; praying that the Naviga- 

tion Bill may not pass into a law; and that those 

taxes which press with undue severity upon the 
cultivators of the soil may be revised,—were pre- 

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








A Petition of Grocers of the city of Glasgow, Paper. 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Paper used in 
packing goods, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ; 
Llanhenoch ; 





Weston Saint Mary’s ; Parliamentary 
Charmouth ; Nantmel ; Oaths Bill. 
































Banstead ; Little Stukeley ; Archdea- 
conry of Huntingdon ; Kendal ;—— Clifton ; 
Torquay ; Shotover ; —— Twyneham ; 


MM3 Weston~ 






























i 
# 
, 
i 
t 
































Poor Law 
Officers. 


























Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 



































Public 
Expenditure. 




















Rating of 
Tenements. 
































Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway. 






















Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Roads and 
Pridges 
(Scotland.) 














Public 
Salaries. 





7° Maz. 


A. 1849. 








Weston-super-Mare ; Wigan ; Hackney ; 


Kirkby Kendal ;-——Saint Andrew, Holborn- 
above-Bars, and Saint George-the-Martyr ; 
Lyme Regis; Galgorm ; —— Harefield ; —— 
Attleborough ; ——Hillingdon, Uxbridge and Uzx- 

















Hawarden ;—aud, Ripon; praying the House to 
prohibit the granting of any new licenses to Beer- 
houses, and to cause those already granted to be 
in force only during the tenure of the present 





bridge Moor ; Isleworth ; Kew; Twick- holders,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
enham ;—— Brentford ; Sheen and Mortlake; to lie upon the Table. 
-—Richmond (Surrey) ;—— Hounslow; Man- | 





A Petition of Members and Adherents of the 








5 int Werburgh ;--— Islington (four oe 
an ts Valley;--—Stoke Gifford; Fore Abbey-street United Presbyterian Congrega- 
—— Bewdley ; Bristol ; Thereunder-signed | 1on of Arbroath, praying the House to passa Bill 








for the improvement of the Parochial School Es- 
tablishment of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Persons, in Hanover-square Rooms assembled ; 
Nether and Over Compton;——Charlton Kings ; | 
— —Mitchel Troy and Cwmcarvan ; —— Ewell; 
— Brent Ely; Brailsford ;—— Walton ;—— 


scone" AB wet of Fordyce, praying that no Bill for the abolition of 
Arley and Astley ;——and, Chilvers Coton; praying | the existing tests relative to Schoolmasters in Scot- 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass | land, may receive the semeton of the eg wT ah 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 








| Petitions from Berkhampstead, Saint Peter’s ;— 

Petitions from Epsom Union ;—Bakewell Union; | and, Armagh ; praying the House to address Her 
Saint Neot’s Union ;—Buntingford Union ;—and, | Majesty to the intent that Instructions may be forth- 
Spilsby Union ; praying that an Act may be passed with given to the Principal Secretary of State for 
during the present Session of Parliament, to enable | Foreign Affairs, to demand from the Spanish and 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super-) Brazilian Governments the liberation from Slavery 
annuation fund for members of their body,—were | of all Africans, and their descendants, who have 
presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the| been introduced into their respective colonies and 


Table. 


territories, and in the event of their attempting to 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Zanark (Mode- _ evade the demand or to procrastinate its strict fulfil- 


rator) ;—and, Thomas Fawthrop, and others ; pray- | 
ing the House to enact laws for the punishment of | 
all persons guilty of trading in Seduction and Pros- | 
titution,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Saint Andrew's (Provost) ;—and, | 
Hawick ; praying for a general reduction of the | 
Public Expenditure,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wat- | 


ford Union, in the county of Hertford, praying the | 


House to pass a law making the landlords of all | 
cottages “egg. rents under six pounds a year | 
liable to the payment of poor rates, was presented, | 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the cities and towns 
of Waterford, Clonmel, Cahir, Tipperary, 
ox-Suir, Portiaw, and country interjacent, praying | 
the House to adopt measures for the completion | 
of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, was pre-| 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Sutherland | 
and Caithness (Moderator) ;-—-Saint Andrew’s (two | 
Petitions) ; Glasgow (Chairman) ;—-Arbroath ; | 
Parochial Board of Falkirk (Chairman); 
Hamilton (Chairman) ; and, county of Kinross ; 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates 
and Council of the city of Glasgow, praying the | 
House to appoint a Select Committee to consider 
the whole question connected with the making 
und maintaining of Roads and Bridges in Scotland, 
and to report their opinion whether the present 
mode of raising the funds requisite for that pur- 
pose should be continued, or what other should be 
substituted in its stead, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 














A Petition of the Chairman of the Society for 
the Diffusion of Political Information held in Taun- 
ton, praying for a reduction of the Salaries of all 
Public Officers, was presented, and read; and ov- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ment, it be notified to them that measures will be 
taken to exclude their produce from the British 
markets, until Slavery itself be abolished in all their 
colonies and territories respectively,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


| Table. 


A Petition of the Thereunder-signed Distillers, 
praying the House to allow the duty on natural wast- 
ages of Spirits remaining in warehouse, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Berry Brow ;— Huddersfield ;— Sale of Beer 


Act. 


Schools 


(Scotland.) 


Schoolmasters 


(Scotland.) 


Slave Trade, 


Spirits. 


Petitions from the University of Saint Andrew’s ; Sunday 


——Crail ;——and, Braidwood ; praying that the 
Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Petitions from the Exeter Reform Association Universal 


praying the House to extend the Franchise to every 
man of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence, 
and unstained with crime; and to enact all other 
provisions essential to the full, fair and free repre- 


sentation of the people in Parliameyt,—were pre- 


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


Carrich- (Chairman) ;—and, the Metropolis (two Petitions) ; Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Oldham ;—Frenchay ;— Billing- War. 


hurst ;—Arbroath ;—Coychurch ;— Brynymenyn ;— 
and, Coity ; praying the House to secure the adop- 
tion of a treaty of arbitration between the British 
Government and the other governments of the 
world respectively, in which the parties shall 
mutually pledge themselves to refer every disputed 
question which cannot be settled by mutual nego- 
ciation to impartial arbitrators,--were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Anson presented,—Return to an Order, Land 


dated the 20th day of February last, for a Return 
taken from the data furnished by the Revision of 
the Ordnance Survey of the County of Donegal, 
showing the Number of Acres of Land reclaimed 
since the First Publication of the Maps of that 
Survey, in each Parish of that County, and the 
Number of Acres still unreclaimed in the same 
Parishes, as well as the Number of Acres in Culti- 
vation: —And, similar Return as to any other 
County, from Information considered autheutic by 
the Department of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. 
Ordered, 


Reclaimed 
(Ireland.) 


No, 267, 





Savin 
Bank 


Abst 


Par] 
Oat 


mn tn Se el 





Savings 
Banks. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Land 
Improvement 
and Drainage 
(Ireland. ) 


Supply. 





12 Vicroriz. 


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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed in the 
last Session of Parliament, to inquire into and re- 
port on the Laws regulating Savings Banks in Jre- 
land, with a view to their Amendment, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Savings Banks. 

Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the 
House during the present Session, relating to the 
failure of the Cuffe-street Savings Bank, Dublin, 
be referred to the said Select Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Saunders Davies have leave 
of absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to 
be made to the Question; viz. To leave out the 
word “* now, ” and, at the end of the Question, to 
add the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

now’’ stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Tufnell, lew 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: | sped 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ on 
Noes, \ Mr. Beresford : -" 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 

time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 

time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 

House, for Monday next. 


‘ 


n 


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


Martis, 8° die Mati, 1849: 


Mr. Parker, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for facilitating the Improvement of Landed Property 
in Ireland, by the Owners thereof, and for the Ex- 
tensionand Promotion of Drainage in Ireland, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the 
Advance of Sums, not exceeding in the whole Three 
hundred thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the Purposes and under the Pro- 
visions of any Act in force to facilitate the Im- 
provement of Landed Property in Jreland, by the 
Owners thereof. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the 
Advance of Sums, not exceeding in the whole Two 
hundred thousand pounds, out of the said Conso- 
lidated Fund, to be applied by the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland, for making Loans 
under the Provisions of any of the Acts authorizing 
the said Commissioners to make Advances for the 
Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other 
Works of Public Utility in Zreland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in = the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Parker, Mr. Bernal, 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord John 
Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Vow. 104, 





7°—8° Maize. 








271 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second tacumberea 
Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill; Estates 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Seeond Estates 
Reading of the Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill ; a Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon eee bee 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Pupils’ 
Reading of the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill ; —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — ) 
upon Monday next. 


_ The Accounts of Turnpike Trusts (Scotland) Bill Accounts.of 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and Tree (Scots 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for jand) Bil 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lunatics 
Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ® 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
And a Motion being made, and the Question - 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby: 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Mackenzie 1 04 
Yeas, | The Earl of March: | pi 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 69 
Noes, | Lord Marcus Hill: } . 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

f Mr. Mackenzie, } 19 

Mr. Oswald : ; 

Mr. Tufnell, } 63 
Lord Mareus Hill: ’ 
So it passed in the Negative. / 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion and original Question were, severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes,/ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 

mittee on the Passengers Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Attachments, 


4 Courts of Re- 
mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jre- cord (Ireland) 
land) Bill; Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
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272 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


The Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Re-building Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Saint John’s, 
Newfound- 
land, Re-build- 
ing Bill. 


Grants of 
Land (New 
South Wales) 
Bill. 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


Lancasterand Mr, Rice one from the Committee on Group 
Preston Junc- g of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Lan- 


ae mee caster and Preston Junction Railway (Junction with 


the East Lan- the East Zancashire Railway in Preston, and 
Amendment of Acts) Bill; the parties promoting the 
same had informed the Committee it was not their 


cashire Rail- 


intention to proceed with the said Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tabie ; 
and be printed. 


Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 


Estimates of Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Civil Services. yand,—Estimates, &amp;c. of Civil Services; for the 
ClassI, year ending 31st March 1850. 
No. 268. 


Comparative 
Statement. 


Pusitic Works AND BUILDINGS. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50; com- 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 
1847-48 and 1848-49. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will probably 
be required for the Maintenance and Repair of 
Royal Palaces and Public Buildings ; for providing 
the necessary Supply of Water for the same; for 
Rents of Houses a ad for the occasional and tem- 
porary Accommodation of the Public Service ; for 
the Purchase and Repair of Furniture required in 
the various Public Departments ; and for Services 
connected with the Lighting, Watching and Genera! 
Protection of the Public Offices ; for one year, from 
ist April 1849 to ist March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1849, on account of Works required for 
enlarging and improving Buckingham Palace. 

An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be 
required to detray the Expenses of providing Tem- 
porary Accommodation for the Houses of Parlia- 
ment, Committee Rooms, Offices, and Temporary 
Official Residences for the Speaker of the House of 
Commons, and other Officers of the House, &amp;c., for 
the year ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be 
required to defray the Expense of the Works at the 
New Houses of Parliament, for the year ending 31st 
March 1850, beyond the Sum that has already been 
provided fur by Votes of Parliament. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
be voted on account of the Works at the New 
Packet Harbour and Harbour of Refuge at Holy- 
head; and to defray the Expense of the present 
Harbour Establishment at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 
3ist March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1849, on account of the Expense of Con- 
structing Harbours of Refuge. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted 
in the year 1849, on account of Works and Repairs 
to the Caledonian Canal. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of main- 


Public Build- 
ings, &amp;c. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Houses of 
Parliament 
(Temporary 
Accommoda- 
tion. ) 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Holyhead 
Harbour, &amp;c. 


Harbeurs of 
Refuge. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Public Build- 
ings, &amp;c. 


(Ireland.) 


7°— 8° Maiz. 


The Grants of Land (New South Wales) Bill was, | Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and of 


A ) dle Exp | pay the Salaries of Persons employed in the Care 
taining the several Public Buildings in the Depart-| 


A. 1849. 


the Expenditure on the Works at Kingstown Har- 
bour, and to provide for Harbour Establishment, for 
one year, from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 


SALARIES AND Expenses or Pustic Class IT. 
DEPARTMENTS. No. 268, 
Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services, for Statement, 
1847—48 and 1848-49. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Houses of 
the year 1849, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Parliament. 


Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required Treasury. 
in the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 
1850, to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other 
Expenses, in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Home Office, 
the year from ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850, 

the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 


to pay 
| Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home De- 


partment. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Foreign Office. 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses ‘n the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs ; also, of the Queen’s Messengers and Extra 
Couriers attached to the Department, for the year 
ending 31st March 1850. | 

An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Sa- War and 
laries and other Expenses, in the Department of Colonies. 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for War and Co- 
lonies, for the year ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Privy Council 
the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, to Office. 
pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
and the Committee of Privy Council for 'l'rade. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Lora Privy 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, for one vear, Seal. 
from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Paymaster- 
pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses, of General’s 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster-General, °%°e- 
from the 1st April 1849 to the 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Comptroller. 
to pay the Salaries of the several Persons under ——— 
the direction of the Comptroller-General of the — 
Exchequer, for one year, from 1st April 1849 to 
31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to state Paper 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Ex- Office. 
penses of the State Paper Office, for one year, from 
Ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray a Ecclesiastical 
portion of the Expenses of the Heclesiaatical Com- Commission. 
missioners for England, for the Year commencing 
Ist April 1849 and ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Poor Laws 
defray Expenses connected with the Administration Administra- 
of the Laws relating to the Poor, from 1st April “°™ 
1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Mint. 
to defray the Expenditure for the several Branches 
of the Mint, for the year ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Railway 
Charge of the Office of the Commissioners of Rail- Commission. 
ways, appointed under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 105, 
for the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 
1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Public 

Records. 


and Arrangement of the Public Records, and Ex- 


ment of the Commissioners of Public Works in| penses connected therewith, for the year from 1st 
Ireland ; also of the Expense of Inland Navigation | April 1849 to 31st March 1850; also, to pay Com- 


and other Services, under the direction of the Com- 
missioners, for the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st 


March 1850. 
Kingstown 
Harbour. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required for) 


pensations to Keepers of Records and others whose 
Offices have been abolished. 
An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Factories, 
defray the Expenses of the Inspectors and Sub-In- Mines, &amp;c. 
spectors 
























12 VicrorizZ. 


the Acts 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 103, 5 and 6 Vie. c. 99, 
and 7 and 8 Vic. c. 15, for the year ending 31st 
March 1850. 

Officers An Estimate of the Sum that will be required 

(Scotland) to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in Scotland, 
and other Charges formerly paid from the Heredi- 
tary Revenue, for the year from 1st April 1849 
to 31st March 1850. 

Household of An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 

Lord Lieute- Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attendants 

nant (Ireland.) | +16 Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
for one year, to 31st March 1850. 

Chief Secre- An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the 

tarytothe Salaries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the 

_ — Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in Dublin and in Lon- 

, don, and the Privy Council in Ireland, for one year, 

to 31st March 1850. 

Paymasterof An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 

Civil Services Charge of Salaries of the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 

(Ireland.) vices Office in Ireland, for the year ending 31st 
March 1850. 

Board of An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 

Public Works t4 pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of 

(Ireland.) Public Works in Jreland, for one year, from the 
Ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

Secret An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 

Services. the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services. 

Stationery, An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- 

&amp;e. ery, Printing and Binding, for the several Depart- 
ments of Government in England, Scotland, Ireland, 
and the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, 
Binding, Printing and Paper, for the Two Houses 
of Parliament, and including also the Expense of 
the Establishment of the Stationery Office, from 
the 1st of April 1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 


Crass III. 
Law AaNp JusTIcE. 
No. 268. 
Comparative Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50, com- 
Statement. 


pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 
1847-48 and 1848-49 : 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 
and Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, for the 
year ending 31st March 1850. 

Mint Prose- An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
cutions. required to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- 
secution of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
Gold and Silver Coin, between the 1st day of April 
1849 and the 31st day of March 1850. 
Sheriffs’ An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
Expenses, &amp;c. the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 185v, 
to defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies ; also, of the Amount 
required to make good the Deficiency in the Fees in 
the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the Ex- 
chequer, and to pay the Salaries and Ancient Allow- 
ances to certain Officers of the Court of Exchequer ; 
also, certain Expenses of the Queen’s Prison. 


Law Charges. 


Insolvent An Estimate of the Sum which may be required 
—— to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- 
ourt, 


missioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their 
Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of tle Court 
and Office, for one year, from 1st April 1849 to 
31st March 1850. 

Law Expenses An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
(Scotland.) —_ required to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, from 
Ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 


Law Charges An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 


(Ireland.) defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Ireland, for one year, ending 
31st March 1850. 

Dublin Police. _ An Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the 


Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 

including the District of Blackrock and Kingstown, 

and of the Sum which will be required from Parlia- 
Vou. 104, 





7°—8° Mar. 973 


spectors of Factories, Mines, Xc., appointed under | 


ment in aid of these Departments, for the year com- 
mencing 1st April 1849 and ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in County Rates. 
the year 1849, to defray certain Charges formerly 
paid out of the County Rates, for one year, from 
ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Prisons and 
defray the Expense of General Superintendence over Convict Ser- 
all the Prisons in England and Wales (including the “~~ 
Prison Board in Scotland, and the Inspectors of 
Lunatic Asylums in Jreland); the Expenses of 
Government Prisons and Convict Establishments at 
Home ; the Maintenance of Prisoners in County 
Gaols and Bethlem Hospital; the Expenses of 
Transportation ; and the Expenses of Convict Es- 
tablishments in the Colonies, for the year ending 


3ist March 1850. 
Crass IV. 


Epvucation, ScieENcE AND Art. No. 268. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50; com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for St#tement. 
1847-48 and 1848-49: 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Education. 
the year 1849, for Public Education in Great Bri- 
tain. 

An Estimate of the Expenses of the Commissioners Education 
of National Education, Selena, for the year ending (Ieland). 
31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required School of 
to defray the Expenses of the School of Design for Desis™- 
the year ending 31st March 1850, and for Aid to 
Provincial Schools. 

An Estimate of the Sum required in the year from Professors 
ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850, to defray the (Qsordand 
Charge of the Salaries and Allowances granted to - 
certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford and 
Cambridge. 

An Estimate of the Expenses of the University of University of 
London, from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850. a. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Scottish — 
pay Grants to Scottish Universities, formerly de- U™¥ersities. 
frayed from the Hereditary Revenues of tiie Crown, 
and not provided for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, 
nor on the Consolidated Fund, from 1st April 1849 
to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income, Royal Irish 
and Sum required for the Royal Irish Academy, 4°@¢™y- 
from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the probable Expenditure and Royal — 
Income of the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the iaken 
year commencing Ist April 1849 and ending 31st : 
March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required for Royal Dublin 
defraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin So- 5°ciety- 
ciety, for the year commencing Ist April 1849 and 
ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required in aid of the Royal Belfast 
Expenditure of the Royal Belfast Academica! In- ——— 
stitution, for a half year, ending 30th September , 
1849, and for Salaries of Theological Professors at 
Belfast, for one year, ending 31st March 1850, 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required British 
for the British Museum, exclusive of the ordinary Meu. 
and necessary Works for the Maintenance of the 
Building, provided for in the Estimate for Public 
Buildings, &amp;c., for the year ending 31st March 
1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1849, to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring 
Antiquities for the Museum. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in National 
the year 1849 for the Expenses of the National &amp;«ty- 
Gallery. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Geological 
required to defray the Expenses of the Geological ““’* ““ 
Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; the Museum 
of Practical Geology, London ; and the Museum of 
Trish Industry, Dublin, for the year ending 31st 
March 1850. 

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Magnetic ~ An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be 

Observatories, required in the year ending 31st March 1850, to 
Toronto, Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, 
and Van Diemen’s Land; also for Observations and 
Services carrying on under the direction of the As- 
tronomer Royal and Colonel Sabine. 

Nelson's An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

Monument. the year 1849-50, for completing and fixing in their 
respective Panels, four Alu-Relievi, now in progress, 
for the Decoration of the Pedestal of the Column in 
Trafalgar-square, to the Memory of Lord Nelson. 


Crass V. CoLoniAL, ConsULAR, AND OTHER FoREIGN 
No. 268. SERVICES. 
Comparative Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50, com- 
Statement. —_ pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 
1847-48 and 1848-49. 
Bermudas. An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for 


defraying the Charge of the Bermudas, from the 1st 
of April 1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for 
defraying the Charges of Prince Edward's Island, 
from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

Ecclesiastical An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for 


Establishment defray} . ¢ » of » F »sjasti “sta- 
‘leeds dene. defraying the Charge of the Ecclesiastical Est 


Prince Ed- 
ward's Island. 


rica.) blishment of the British North American Provinces, | 


from the Ist day of April 1849 to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 
Indian An Estimate of the Expenses of the Indian De- 
ee partment in Caxada, from the 1st April 1849 to 
(Canada-) 31st March 1850. 
Bahamas. An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for 
defraying the Charge of the Bahama Islands, from 
the 1st of April 1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 
Governors, &amp;c. An Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
West India Salaries of the Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, 
Cane. and others, in the West India Colonies, from 1st 
April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 
Stipendiary An Estimate of the Sum required from the 1st 
a April 1849 to the 31st March 1850; to defray the 
~* Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Sti- 
pendiary Justices in the West India Colonies and 
the Mauritius. 
Western Coast An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
of Africae defray the Charges of the Civil Establishments on 
the Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st of April 
1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount which will be required 
to defray Charges connected with the Island of Saint 
Helena, from ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 
Western An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
Australia. defray the Charge of Western Australia, from 1st 

April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 
Port Essing- | An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
on the year 1849, in aid of the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington. 

An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
defray the Charge of New Zealand, from 1st April 
1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
defray the Charge of Heligoland, from the 1st of 
April 1849 to the 31st March 1850. 

Falkland An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
Islands. defray the Charge of the Falkland Islands, from 
the ist of April 1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to 
defray the Charge of Hong Kong, for the year 
ending 31st March 1850. 

Labuan, An Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for 
defraying the Charge of Labuan, from the Ist of 
April 1849 to the 31st of March 1850. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray the Charge of the Colonial Land and Emi- 
ration Board, and the Salaries of the Agents for 
migration at the different Ports of this Kingdom ; 
also, to defray the Expenses in Canada, connected 
with Emigration from this Country, for the year 


Saint Helena. 


New Zealand. 


Heligoland. 


Hong Kong. 


Emigration. 


defray the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at | 


A. 1849. 


from the Ist of April 1849 to the 31st of March 
1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required Captured 
in the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, Negroes, &amp;. 
to defray the Expenses incurred for the Support of 
Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges, under Acts for the Abolition of the Slave 
Trade, including Conveyance to the West Indies. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required for siave Trade 
Payment of the Salaries and Contingent Expenses Commissions, 
of the Mixed Commissions established under the 
Treaties with Foreign Powers for Suppressing the 
Traffic in Slaves, and in pursuance of Acts of the 
Legislature for carrying those Treaties into effect, 
for the year ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required to Consular Es. 
| provide for the Expense of the Consular Establish- tablishments, 
ments Abroad, for the year ending 31 March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required Missions 
for payment of the Extraordinary Disbursements of 4F0a4. 
Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, for the year ending 
31st March 1850. 


SUPERANNUATION AND Retirep ALLOWANCES, 
AND GRaTUITIES FOR CHARITABLE AND (yass VI, 


OTHER PURPOSES. No. 268 


Statement of the Estimates for 1849-50, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for Statement. 
(1847-48 and 1848-49. 


' An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Superannua- 
| defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations tions. 
granted as Superannuation or Retired Allowances 

_to Persons formerly employed in the Public Offices, 

or in the Public Service, according to the Provisions 

\of the Acts 50 Geo. 3,c.117; 3 Geo. 4,c. 113; 

” and 5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;c., for the year from 1st 








April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Toulonese and 

the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, Corsican Emi- 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Joulonese 8" &amp; 
and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 
American Loyalists, and others who have heretofore 
received Allowances from Her Majesty, and who, 
for Services performed or Losses sustained in the 
British Service, have special Claims on Her Ma- 
jesty’s justice and liberality. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Vaccine Esta- 
Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment for lishment. 
the year 1849, 

An Estimate of the Sum to be voted in aid of the Refuge for the 
Institution called The Refuge for the Destitute, for Destitute. 
the year 1849. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required for Polish Re- 
the payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Re- fugees, &amp;c. 
fugees, and Allowances to Distressed Spaniards, for 
the year from ist April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Miscellaneous 
the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, Allowances. 
to pay Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent provision has been made 
by Parliament. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of the Foundling 
Foundling Hospital, Dublin, for the year commenc- Hospital 
ing ist April 1849, and ending 31st March 1850 — " 
setting forth also the several Heads of Expenditure 
for the year 1848, and the Increase or Decrease 
under each Head. 

An Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House of 
House of Industry, Dublin, including the Island Industry 
Bridge Lunatic Asylum and the Ta/bot Dispensary, — 
for one year, from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850, inclusive. 

An Estimate of the Expense of the Female Female 
Orphan House, Circular-road, Dublin, for one —— House 
year, from 1st of April 1849 to the 31st of March (Putin) 
1850, for 120 Children. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the Support Westmoreland 
of the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for one year, Lock Hospital 

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275 


from the 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, for | Great Britain; also, the Amount of Income Tax 


130 Patients. 
Lying-in Hos- 
pital (Dublin.) for the year ending 31st March 1850. 


id 
An Estimate of the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, | Lreland to the credit of persons residing in Great 


educted from all Dividends paid by the Bank of 


Britain :—And, of the Amount of Income Tax paid 


An Estimate of the probable Income and Expen- | to the Imperial Exchequer by all Officers of the Army 
diture of Doctor Stevens’ Hospital, for one year, from | and Navy, whether on Full-pay or on Half-Pay, resid- 


ing in Lreland, or by any other persons deriving In- 
come, whether as Pay or Pension from the State, for 


Recovery and House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, | any services whatsoever, who are resident'in Ireland. 


Dr. Stevens’ 
Hospital 

in.) . : 
_— 1st April 1849 to 31st day of March 1850. 
House of An Estimate of the probable Expense of the | 
‘ever Hospital . : &gt; 
(publin) Dublin, for the year commencing Ist April 1849, 


and ending 31st March 1850. 


Hospital for An Estimate of the probable Expenses of the 


Incurables_ == Hospital for Incurables, capable of maintaining 78 

pam) Patients, for one year, from the ist of April 1849 
to the 31st of March 1850. 

Protestant An Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to 

-arevomyg defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding, 


(Ireland. ) “ and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, for 
one year, ending 31st March 1850. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
pay Charitable Allowances charged on the Con- 
cordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances 
and Bounties formerly defrayed from the Grants for 
the Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingen- 
cies, &amp;c., for the year ending 31st March 1850. 


Charitable 
Allowances, 
&amp;c., (Ireland.) 


MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL AND TEMPORARY 


Crass VII. 

No. 268. OsJEcTs. 
Comparative Statement of tke Estimates for 1849-50, com- 
Statement. pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 


1847-48 and 1848-49. 


Metropolitan An Estimate of the further Sum required on 
Sanitary Account of the Expenses of the Metropolitan Sani- 
Commission. 


tary Commission. 


General Board An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 


of Health. defray the Expense of the General Board of Health 
to the 31st March 1850. 

Central Board An Estimate of the Sum required for payment of 

of Health Salaries and Incidental Expenses at the Central 

(ireland. ) Board of Health in Dublin, to 31st March 1850. 

Navigation An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in 


and Drainage the year from 1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850, to 


ee? defray moiety of the Cost of executing certain 
Works of Navigation in Jre/and, connected with 
Drainage. 

British An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 


a the year 1849-50, to defray the Charge of Works 

ousears “"®* and Repairs to the British Ambassador’s House at 
Paris. 

British An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

Ambassador’s the year 1849, towards defraying the Expense of 

House at Con- Re-building the British Ambassador’s House at Con- 


stantinople. “ 

stantinople. 
Militia and An Estimate of the Expense to be incurred in 
Volunteers Canada for Militia and Volunteers, for the year 
(Canada. ) 1849-50. 

Lighthouses An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
Abroad. defray the Cost of erecting and maintaiiing the 
Lighthouses, &amp;c. there-undermentioned. 

Lybster An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
Harbour, the year 1849, towards defraymg the Expense of 
repairing the Harbour at Lybster, as a place of 
Refuge for Fishing Boats, on the East Coast of 

Scotland. 

General General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed 
Abstract. for Civil Services for 1849-50, compare with 
similar Charges for 1847-8, and 1848-9. 

Commissariat. Commissariat Estimate for the year 1849-40. 


No. 269. 
Civil Contin. | An Account of the Sum expended under the head 
gencies, of Civil Contingencies in the year 1848, and an Esti- 
No. 270. mate of the Amount required for 1849. 
Relief of Further Papers relating to the Aid afforded to the 
Distress Distressed Unions in the West of Ireland (in con- 
(Ireland.) —_ tinuation of Papers presented, 8th February 1849.) 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,—. 
Returns of all Assessments under Schedule D. of 
hs drawn from Ireland by persons residing in 

"OL. 104, 


Property Tax. 





| 


Returns of the Quantity and Value of each of the Manufactures 


there-undermentioned Articles of Foreign Manufac- ae and 
ture entered for Home Consumption in the United“? 


Kingdom for each of the years 1840, 1841, 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848, viz. :— 
Manufactures of Brass; Manufactures of Bronze ; 
Manufactures of Copper; Buttons of Metal; Cop- 
per or Brass Wire; Manufactures of Iron or Steel 
(distinguishing Hard-ware and Cutlery) ; Japanned 
or Lacquered Ware; Manufactures of Spelter or 
Zinc :—Also, of the declared Value of each of the 
same description of Articles of British Manufac- 
ture exported from the United Kingdom in each year 
during the same period. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Papers do 
lie upon the Table ; and, except the three last, be 
printed. 


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








Martis, 8° die Mati; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Hunier, from the Margate Pier and Har- Margate Pier 
bour Company, was called in; and at the and Harbour. 

bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 

of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipt and 

Application of all Monies which have been received 

by the Directors of the Margate Pier and Harbour 

Company, from the 6th day of April 1848 to the 5th 

day of April 1849, both days inclusive :—And then 

he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Leeds and 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Power to guarantee In- Thirsk Rail- 
terest on certain Shares, &amp;c.) Bill; That the Com- pay ho 
mittee had amended the preamble of the Bill by Interest on 
inserting a recital of the monies which the Com- certain Shares, 
pany were authorized by their former Acts to raise, a dorian 
and of the monies raised and expended by them 
pursuant to such Acts; and had examined the al- 
legations contained in the preamble of the Bill, 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the London Gas 
London Gas Light Company (Amendment of Act) Light Com- 
Bill ; That the Resolution of the House of the 30th PY Gaap 
day of March last had been complied with; that Bi 
they had amended the preamble of the Bill, by in- 
serting therein the amount of capital authorized to 
be raised under the former Act; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- gtanding 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders; 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh and Edinburgh 
Northern Railway (Formation of Slip Quay and 24 Northern 
. . ’ . * Railway 
other Works at Granton, Extension of Station at (porn stion of 

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other Works Amendment of Acts) Petition for additional provi- 


tremor naa sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
Station at | with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
Edinburgh, — their additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Regulation of +)- . 

Perth Stations, Bill shall think fit. 
and Amend- The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


ment of Acts) was agreed to. 
Bill. 8 


Cockermouth Ordered, That the Committee on the Cocker- 
and Working- mouth and Workington Railway (Branch to Bridge- 
finch to foot, Amendment of Act, and Power to lease to 
Bridgefoot, | Whitehaven Junction Railway Company) Bill 
Amendment of aye leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Act,and Power 
to lease to 
Whitehaven Junction Rail- 


way Company) Bill. 
Greenwich Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
ll on the Greenwich Markets Regulation Bill, and 
Bill. against which a Petition of certain Parishioners of 
the town of Greenwich was referred; That no per- 
son appeared in support of the said Petition ; and 
that they had amended the preamble of the Bill, by 
reciting therein the Acts of Parliament referred to ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Lancashire | The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
— of the Petition for additional provision in the Lan- 
(Extension  cashireand Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ash- 
of Ashton ton Branch, of Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, which, 
ae, of upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- 


mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Extension of 
Time for the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the London and South Western 
Railway (Extension of Time for the Purchase of 

Lands and Completion of Works on the Basing- 
Purchase of stoke and Salisbury and Farnham and Alton Lines) 
Lands and “ A 
Completion of Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
Works on the to. 
Basingstoke 
and Salisbury, 
and Farnham 
and Alton 
Lines) Bill. 


Reading, 
Guildford and 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Reigate Rail. the Report on the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
way (Branch Railway (Branch to London and South Western 
to London and Railway) (No. 2) Bill; and the Amendments were 
— read, and agreed to. 

(No. 2.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
he ingrossed. 


Windsor The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Extension of the Report on the Windsor Extension of the Wind- 


the Windsor, ie ~ . 
Staines and sor, Staines and South Western (Richmond to 


South Western Windsor) Railway (with Power tc the London and 


Findeor). © South Western Railway Company to subscribe) 


Railway (with Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
Power to the t»; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


——— Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Railway Com. be ingrossed. 

pany to sub- 

scribe) Bill. 


Stockton and Sir John Duckworth reported from the Committee 


——— on Group 12, of Railway Bills; That in the case 
(Lease of Line of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (Lease of 


to the York, Line to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
—— Company, and Amalgamation of the two Undertak- 
way Company, ings) Bill, the Promoters had stated to the Com- 
and Amalga- mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed 


mation of the farther with the Bill. 


8° Mai. 


Slip Quay and Edinburgh, Regulation of Perth Stations, and | 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; two Under- churel 
and be printed. takings) Bill, 
Mr. Townley reported from the Committee on a 
Group No. 4, of Opposed Private Bills; That the Private Bills 
Committee met this day, pursuant to appointment, (Soup 4.) Clers) 
at One of the clock, but that Mr. M‘Cullagh, one of Bill. 
the Members of the said Committee, did not attend 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 
Ordered, That Mr. M‘Cullagh do attend the said 
Committee upon Thursday next. copy 
A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Her Affirmation 7) 
Majesty’s Courts of Law and Equity at Westmin- Bill. 
ster, residing and practising at Oswestry, in the 
county of Salop, praying that the Affirmation Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; ) 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. On 
ture | 


Petitions from Tedford ;—Somersby and Bag Agriculture. 
Enderby ;— Langton ;— Hemingby ;— Wilksby ;— 
Belsford ;— Edlington ;— Thimbleby ;— Thornton 
and Martin ;—Mareham-on-the-Hilland Scrafield; 
—Snave ;— Burmarsh ;— Old Romney ;— Orgars- 
wick ;—Sevington ;—Smeeth ;— Hope Ali Saints ;— 
Woodnesboro’ ;— Tunstall ;—Saint Mary ;—Pluck- 
ley ;—Mersham ;—New Romney ;—Ivy Church ;— 
Dymchurch ;-- Westcliff ;--Bircholt ;— Newchurch; 
— Kenardington ;— Challock ;— Ospringe ;— Little 
Chart ;—Hoathfield ;—-Hayward’s Heath ;— Tyn- 
ham ;—Midley ;—Appledore ;—Saint Stephen’s ;— 
Ash ;—Swade ;—Saint Peter ;—Eust Langdon ;— 
Blackmanstone ; — West Hythe ;— Whitstable ;— 
Great Mongeham ;—Milton ;—Reculver ;—Head- 
corn ;— Warden;— Ruckinge ;—Milstead ;— Oare; 
— Westwell ;—Chillenden ;—Murston ;—Lydde ;— 
Hernhill ;— Wittersham ; — Faversham ;— Stalis- 
field ;— Bredgar ;—Snargate ;— North ;—Sarre ;— 
Sittingbourne ;—Chislett ;— Hinxhill ;—Stodmarsh; 
—Sution Bridge;—Tydd Saint Mary ;—Tetbury ; 
—and, Horncastle; praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief for persons engaged in Agricul- 
ture,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





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A Petition of the Council of the Society of Arts, gociety of 
of London, incorporated by Royal Charter, stating Arts. 
that the Society having remarked the great advan- 
tages which have resulted to Painting and Sculpture, 
and the Fine Arts generally, from exhibitions of 
Pictures and works of Art, and also to fureign 
decorative manufactures, from the systematic esta- 
blishment of exhibitions of manufactures in various 
capitals of Europe, have established an annual 
exhibition of British Manufactures, which has been 
held in the years 1847 and 1848, and in the present 
year, in the Society’s house in the Adelphi ; that as 
the Society’s house is not very spacious, each annual 
exhibition has consisted only of certain classes of 
decorative manufactures, but that it is the intention 
of the Society to collect together and exhibit 
specimens of all classes of decorative manufacture, 
at stated intervals of five years ; that the council of 
the said Society feel that for the efficient promotion 
of such enlarged exhibition it is expedient that the 
same should be recognized as a national institution, 
and that some public building sufficiently capacious 
to exhibit advantageously all classes of decorative 
manufacture, should be provided or permitted to be 
used for the purpose, in the year 1851 ; and praying 
the House to assist in promoting this object which 
the council feel is of the utmost importance to the 
growth of public education in Art, and to the 
progress of British manufactures, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
School of Design. 






















—s | 








Pare ae 










A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, practising Attornies’ 
at Laingport, in the county of Somerset, praying for Certificates 
the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 













Church Rates. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Copyholds’ 


Bnfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education 


(Ireland. ) 


Parliamentary A Petition of Abraham Booth, of Sheffield, | 


Representa~ 
» tion. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Malt and 
Hops, &amp;c, 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 

gisterin 
Births, eer 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 





12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and bo-| 
rough of Shaftesbury, in the county of Dorset, pray- 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dartford, praying 
that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law, 
was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Acton Tindal and Euphemia Gif- 
ford,Owners and Proprietors of manorsand manorial 
rights in England, praying that the Copyhold En- 
franchisement Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Aberystwith Union, in the county of Cardigan, | 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure | 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bolton-le-Sands;—-— Nether Kellet; 
Slyne-with-Hest ; —— Over Kellet ; and, 
Halton, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, established for the purpose 
of supporting the rights, privileges and property of 
the United Church of England and Ireland, as well 
as her union with the State ;—and, Mullaghbrack ; 
complaining that the schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Zreland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament for 
the support of Education in that country; and 
praying the House to relieve them from that griev- 
ance,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








Grocer, and of Members of his family, complaining 
of the want of a fair representation of the people 
in Parliament; and praying the House to provide 
an adequate remedy, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Dumbarton (Chair- 
man); —— and, County of Caithness (Chairman) ; 
praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, in 
the county of Caithness, praying for the repeal of 
the duty on Malt, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Worthiam Farmers 


Club, praying for the repeal of the Duties on Malt 
and Hops, and for economy in the public service, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from W. Tasker ; John Wallace ; 
and, Kirk Session of the county of Edinburgh 
(Moderator); praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition cf the Chairman of a meeting of 
Landholders, Commissioners of Supply and Justices 
of the Peace of the county of Caithness, praying 
that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Convener and Clerk of the 
Commissioners of the eight southern districts of the 


8° Maiz. 





city of Edinburgh, praying that the Marriage (Scot- 
land) Bill; the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) | 





277 
the Select Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) ; 
and, Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bills. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Mendicancy. 
Guardians of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Union, in the 
counties of Leicester and Derby, praying the House 
to adopt measures to put an end to the great and 
increasing evils of Pauper Vagrancy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Sheffield, Paper, &amp;c. 
praying for the repeal of the Paper and Newspaper 
tamp Duties, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;——-Winchel- Parliamentary 
sea ;—— Peasmarsh ;——Hastings ;——and, Bod- 0%*s Bill. 
min; praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fareham and Doxford Unions ;— Poor Law 
Blything Union ;— and, Newent Union; praying OMicers. 
that an Act may be passed in the present Session of 
Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute . superannuation fund for members 
of their body,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petition from Huddersfield ;—and, Hailsham ; Promiscuous 
praying the House to pass such measures as will Itercourse. 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes 
to prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of PublicExpen- 
Stansfield, in the parish of Halifax, in the West ‘iture, &amp;e. 
Riding of the county of York, praying the House to 
take immediate steps to secure strict economy in 
the administration of the Public Finances, to remove 
all impediments to free commercial intercourse with 
other nations, and thereby effect that large reduction 
of Expenditure which the Petitioners believe is need- 
ful to the full development of the national industry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Land- Registering 
holders, Commissioners of Supply, and Justices of en os 
the Peace of the county of Caithness, praying that ou#"® 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Saint Columb Major ;—Great Sale of Beer 

Hall ;— Hechington;— Kemerton (two Petitions) ;— Act. 

and, Northallerton; praying the House to prohibit 

the granting of any new Licenses to Beer Shops, 

and to enact that those already granted shall be in 

force only during the tenure of the present holders, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eaglesham ;--Inchinnan ;— Thurso ; Sunday 
— Dunnet ; — Canisbay ; — Samuel Campbell ; — | ren 
H. Fraser ;—Alexander Gunn ;—John Mackay ;—*™ a 
Latheron ;—and, Keiss; praying that the Sunday 
Travelling on Railways Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Cardigan, Tidal 
complaining of the state of the River Tivy, or port Harbours. 
of Cardigan; and praying the House to carry out 
the measure propounded by Her Majesty’s Tidal 
Harbour Commissioners, by the enactment of a 


Bill ; and, the Lunatics (Scot/and) Bill may not pass | general Conservancy Bill, was presented, and read ; 
into law, was presented, and read; and referred to | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


VoL. 104, 


' 





NN3 Petitions 








Windows. 


Quarter 
Sessions 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 271. 
Assurancc 
Companies. 

No. 272, 


Bankrupt and 


Insolvent 


Members Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Revising 
Barristers 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Longton, 
otherwise 
Lane End, 
Market Bill. 


Warrington 
Waterworks 
(Amendment 
of Act and 


Power to raisc 


Capital) Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks. 





978 


praying the House to promote the formation between 
the British Government and other governments of 
the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitra- 
tors,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of | 


the Todmorden Union, in the counties of Lancaster 
and York, praying for the repeal of the tax on 
Windows, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Quarter Sessions (Ireland), which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Assurance Companies, which was presented upon 
the 30th day of April last, be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 23d day of this instant May, the Bank- 
rupt and Insolvent Members Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Martin Tucher Smith have 
leave of absence for three weeks, on account of 
illness in his family. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (in continuation) for the last year, 
of the Decisions of the Court of Common Pleas, as 
to the Qualification of Voters, by way of Appeal 
from Revising Barristers’ Decisions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 


as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | 4, 


Council. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- | 

lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for better establishing 


&gt; | 


~ 8°—9° Maiz. 


Petitions from Burwash ;—and, Wokingham ; | 


A. 1849, 
Mercurii, 9° die Maii ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees, 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 





| 
| Mr. 7 hornely reported from the Select Committee Public 

|on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 

| Petitions presented upon the 7th day of this instant ieee 
|May; and had directed him to make a Report 


thereof to the House. 


* | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Charing Cross Bridge Charing Cros, 
(Amendment of Acts, Powers to alter authorized Bridge 


- - A 
Approaches, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. G a 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Powers to alter 
authorized 
Approaches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 





| 
| Mr. Bernal reported the Black Sluice Drainage Black Sluice 
| Acts Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension —- Acts 
\of ‘Time for Completion of Works, Powers to levy (Amendment 
and raise further Rates and Monies, to alter exist- of Acts, Extex- 
ing Rates and Tolls, and for other Purposes) Bill, = of Time 
| with Amendments. of Works 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Powers to levy 
and raise 
further Rates and Monies, to alter 
existing Rates and Tolls, and for 
other Purposes) Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Committee of 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Selection. 
of Selection to appoint the Committee on Abdy’s 
Estate Bill to meet upon pene 4 next, notwith- 








standing Fourteen days will not then have expired 
since the Second Reading of the Bill :—And the 
|said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis be added to Turnpike-road 
e Committee on the Turnpike-road Bills. Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 


| of the House, No. 6, relative to Private Bills, might 
| be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


“ That the Committee on every Unopposed Pri- 
vate Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, and 


and maintaining the Market-place and Markets at |?” such Unopposed Railway Bills as shall not have 


Longton, heretotore called Lane End, in the Parish been placed in any Group, or shall subsequently 
| have been withdrawn from any such Group, shall, 


f Stoke-upon-Trent, in the County of Bz |; ee “mg 

¥ A Bill ee dea ee |if the same shall have originated in this House, be 
rington Waterworks Company to raise a further | Composed of the Chairman of the Committee of 
Sum of Money: And also | Ww ays and Means, who shall be ex-officio Chairman 
additional . : _of every such Committee, together with one of the 
| Members ordered to prepare and bring in the Bill, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | Nd one other Member not locally or pena “ 

~ y Iraveanti Vow ie | ns ° id “ ° s5 ° 
for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-| the Committee of Selection, and shall, if such Bill 


mals, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of | 
2 : ' shall have been brought from the House of Lords 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. | h : 


| becomposed of the Chairman, as aforesaid, and Two 
other Members, to be appointed by the Committee 
lof Selection, of whom one at least shall not be 


: - ; ; : ae locally or otherwise interested in the Bill; and the 
der lawful the formation of Incorporated Joint Stock | Chairman and one other Member of such Com- 


Banks, based upon the principle of a limited liability | jittee shall be the Quorum thereof.” 


of the Shareholders :—And the said Motion was, | tones : 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. | Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended, in the case of Turnpike-road Bills. 

Notice being taken, That Forty Members were | Ordered, That the Committee on the Turnpike- 

not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; road Bills have power to consider the Unopposed 

and Forty Members not being present, aud it being | Bills referred to them. 

then after Four of the clock :-—The House was ad- | 

journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first | 

put, till To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill toren- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Staffordshire 
the Report on the Staffordshire Potteries Water- Potteries 


works (Extension and Amendment of Act) Bill ; and be mg 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. and Amend- 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ment of Act) 
be ingrossed. Bill. 





Mr. 








Land Improve- 
ment an 
Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 273. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 


’ 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills, 


Marriage 
(Scotland, 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Health 
(Metropolis. ) 


12 Vicrortz. 





Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize further 
Advances of Money for the Improvement of Landed 
Property, and the Extension and Promotion of 
Drainage and other Works of Public Utility in 
Ireland: Aud the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Petitions from Longton, Fenton and Stoke ;— 
Hinckley Union; —Sapcote ; —Hinckley ;— Earl 
Shilton ;-- Barwell ;--Barbage ;-- Poulton Bane and 
Torrisholme; — Caton ; —Queenmore ; —Heysham ; 
--— Wavertree ; —Garston ; — Bury (Lancaster) ; — 
Thornton ;— Roeburndale ;— Berwick ;— Claughton; 
— Wray-with- Bolton ;—and Mary-le-bone ; praying 
that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Old Machar 
(Chairman) ;— —and, County of Aberdeen ; praying 
that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Ives ( Huntingdon) ;—Flow- 
ton ;—and, Bourchier Wray Saviile, M.a.; praying 
that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Parochial Board 
and Parishioners of Slaines, in the County of .Aber- 
deen, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; 
and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, may 
not pass into law, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, in the diocese of 
Durham, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Winkfield, in the 
county of Wilts, praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
poor in the Hinckley Union, Leicestershire, praying 
that an Act may be passed during the present 
Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, York (three Peti- 
tions) ; praying the House to pass such measures as 
will enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by 
promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the 
sexes to prompt and certain punishment,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to Jie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of an Association, called 
and known by the name of the Health of Towns 
Association, and of other Persons present at a 
meeting held at the rooms of the Statistical Societ 
of London, praying the House to pass a sani 
comprehensive and practical Health Bill for the 
Metropolis, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 104, 


4° Mair. 








279 


Petitions from the Deanery of Bolton ;—and, Sale of Beer 
York ; praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer 4¢t- 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Petitions from British Guiana, British 
presented to the House during the Sessions of 1847, Guiana. 
1848 and 1849, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Ceylon and British Guiana. 

Ordered, That the Copies or Extracts of the Earl 
of Aberdeen’s Despatches to the Governor of British 
Guiana, dated the Ist day of March 1835, relative 
to the provision of a Civil List for that Colony ; 
also, of any Despatches addressed by Lord John 
Russell to the Governor of British Guiana, rela- 
tive to the provision of a Civil List, together with 
any Correspondence that may have arisen thereon, 
which were presented upon the 23d day of June 
1840, be referred to the said Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Marriages 
Amendments which, upon Thursday last, were pro- Bill 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Mar- 
riages Bill be now read a second time, be resumed 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Public Health (Scotland) Bill Public Health 
be read a second time To-morrow. oo 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return of the Total Amount expended on the New Museum. 
Buildings and Fittings of the British Museum, from 
the commencement of the rebuilding in the year 
1823 until the present time; also, an Estimate of 
any further Amount which may be required for com- 
pleting the Buildings and Fittings (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 198, of Session 1847). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manufac- Manufactures 
tures Imported and Exported, which was presented Imported and 
ir Exported. 
upon Monday last, be printed. , 
No, 274. 

The Employment of Labour (Jre/and) Bill was, Employment 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- of Labour 
mitted to a Committee of the whoie House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Friday next,” 
and inserting the words “ upon this day six months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘* Friday next ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Poulett Scrope, Lay 
Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford: J ~~" 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 166 
Noes, Mr. Bellew: = 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘upon this day six months” be inserted instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County Rates 
Reading of the County Rates and Expenditure = — 
Bill; ure Dil. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Attornics 
mittee on the Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) en ae 
Bill; (Ireland) Au, 

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


NN4 + The 





(Ireland ) Bill. 































| 
| 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


Attachments, 


280 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bribery at Elections 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravusr N° 2 (Persons convicted of Bribery after 
such declaration incapacitated to sit in Parlia- 
ment.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cuausr, N°3 (Agreements for payment of a 
stipulated Sum to procure a Neat in Parliament to 
be illegal, and within the Laws against Bribery.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 4 (Candidate to make declaration at 
time of Election, before taking the show of hands.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do leave the Chair :— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put,—and Negatived. 

Cuiause, N° 5, disagreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (Jredand) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Courts of Re- into a Committee upon the Attachments, Courts of 


cord (Ireland) 


Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Greenwich 
Markets Re- 
gulation Bill. 


Record (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Greenwich Markets Re- 
gulation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


9°—10° Mazz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- gmithfiela 
posed, That Mr. Eliot Yorke be discharged from Market. 


A. 1849. 


any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Smithfield Market:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


(Consolidation of Acts, Increase of Capital, and 
Purchase of the Middlesbrough 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of Cap- 


before the Committee ; and it having been proved 
that his attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been in- 
structed by the Committee to move the House, That 
Captain John Ellerby do aitend the said Committee 
on Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Captain John Ellerby do attend the 
said Committee upon Friday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Friendly Societies Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Wednesday the 13th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to continue for Three Years, and to 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament, an 
Act of the tenth and eleventh years of Her present 
Majesty, for authorizing the Removal of Prisoners 
from the several Gaols in Ireland, in Cases of 
Epidemic Diseases; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

P. 1. 1. 8. Leave out “ continue the said Act 
“ for a limited time,” and insert “ make the said 
“ Act perpetual.” 

P. 1,1, 12. Leave out from the first “be” to 
“ And ” in Pr, 2. 1. 1., and insert “and the same is 
“hereby made perpetual.” 


In the Title of the Bill. 


Leave out “continue for Three years, and to 
“the end of the then next Session of Par- 
“‘ liament,” and insert “ make perpetual.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 10° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 











called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order,—Returns of the Amount of the Salaries 
of all the Officers employed in 591 Unions, under the 
Poor Law Board in England and Wales, together 
with the Expense of the Poor Law Commission for 
| the year ended Lady day 1848:—And, of the Amount 
(of the Sums voted annually in Supply in the years 
| 1846, 1847 and 1848, under the Head of School- 
‘masters and Medical Relief; stating, also, the degree 
of Proportion (viz. the rate in the pound) which the 
|charge for the Education of the Poor, together with 
that 


Sir John Duchworth reported from the Committee Stockton and 


on Group 12, of Railway Bills; That the parties Darlington 


promoting the Stockton and Darlington Railway ew (Cone 


olidation of 


Acts, Increase 
Dock) Bill, had of Capital, and 


urchase of 


. &gt; “&gt; ppt the Middles- 
tain John Ellerby, of the Trinity House, was essen- brough Dock) 


tiil, in order to enable them to establish their case Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr, Ewart be discharged from any Friendly _ 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the Societies Bill, 


The Cruelty to Animals Bill was read the first Cruelty to 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Animals Bill. 


No, 275. 


Prisoners 
Removal 
(Ireland) Bill. 


R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was Poor Law. 





a ee ae ak eee ot ee he eee ae 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Police, 
Markets, and 
Improvement 
Acts Exten- 
sion and 
Amendment, 
and Transfer- 
ence of Gas 


12 Vicroriz. 


that of Medical Relief to the Poor, bears to the 
Annual Value of Real Property assessed to the Pro- 
perty and Income Tax in 1843, viz. £.85,802,735, 
according to a Return ordered to be printed 4th 
September 1848 (No. 735, Poor Rates, &amp;e. p. 5) :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for the further Improvement 
of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


and Waterworks, and other Pro- 
perty, to the Corporation, Bill. 


River Dun 
Navigation 
Company 
(Purchase of 
Stainforth and 
Keadby Canal) 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Purchase or 


Lease 

Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way) Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway (for 
Branches to 
the River Dee; 
Agreement for 
Joint Station 
at Shrews- 
bury ; Power 
to subscribe 
towards the 


An ingrossed Bill to vest the Stainforth and 
Keadby Canal in the Company of Proprietors of 
the Navigation of the River Dun, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Purchase or 
Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
(for Branches to the River Dee; Agreement for 
Joint Station at Shrewsbury ; Power to subscribe to- 
wards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) Bill. 


York and 
North Midland 
Railway 
(Deviation and 
+ Abandonment 
of Part of the 
authorized 
Lines of Rail- 
way between 
Market 
Weighton and 
Beverley and 
Copmanthorpe 
and Tadcas- 
ter) Bill. 


York, New- 


castle and Ber- 


wick Railway, 
and Maryport 
and Carlisle 
Railway 
(Lease and 
Amalgama- 
tion) Bill. 


York, New- 


castle and Ber- 


wick Railway 
(Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne 
and Carlisle 


Railway Lease 


and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway 
(Formation of 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- 
way (Deviation and Abandonment of Part of the 
authorized Lines of Railway between Market Weigh- 
ton and Beverley and Copmanihorpe and Tadcaster) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway, and Maryport and Carlisle Railway (Lease 
and Amalgamation) Bill ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick 
Railway (ewcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Rail- 
way Leaseand Amalgamation) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for additional provision in the 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Formation of 


Slip Quay and Slip Quay and other Works at Granton, Extension 
of Station at Edinburgh, Regulation of Perth 
Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill, which, upon 
Tuesday last, was made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Vou. 104, 


other Works 
at Granton, 
Extension of 
Station at 
Edinburgh, 
Regulation of 
Perth Stations, 


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281 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- and Amend- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make ment of Acts) 
— therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying that Annuities. 
measures may be adopted for selling deferred 
Annuities to the working classes, through the 
savings banks, to be paid them at sixty years of age, 

to enable them to make a provision for declining 

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


A Petition of Metropolitan Traders, praying the Boards of 
House to sanction a Bill for the establishment of 14 
Local Boards of Trade, composed of an equal 
number of employers and workmen, under the super- 
intendence of a minister of labour, whose office 
would be to give an impetus to the industrial opera- 
tions of the nation, and act as an impartial arbitrator 
between employers and employed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheltenham ; — Ctley ; — Heck- Clergy Relief 
mondwike ; — Alexander Topp; —and, Woolwich ®- 
(Churchwardens) ; praying that the Clergy Relief 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and borough Clergy 
of Bath, stating that they deeply sympathize with Relief, &amp;c. 
the Reverend James Shore, now lying in Exeter 
Gaol ; and praying for the adoption of some legis- 
lative measure for his release, and for the abolition of 
all Ecclesiastical Courts, the removal of the Bishops 
from the House of Lords, the immediate and entire 
reformation of the Established Church, including its 
separation from the State, for securing to the people 
the right to elect their own ministers, and for the ap- 
propriation of all ecclesiastical property to national 
purposes, ‘regard being had to existing incumbents 
and patrons, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Woodford ;—and, Walthamstow ; Copyholds 
praying the House to pass an Act for the Enfran- E=fanchise- 
chisement of Copyholds on equitable principles,— 


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


Petitions from Cheadle Union ;—- Ovenden ;--Lang- County Rates 
field ;— Hipperholme-cum- Brighouse ; — Todmorden and Expendi- 
and Walsden ;—Anglesey Union; —Preston (Lan- *¢ Bill 
caster) ;—Gressingham ;—Little Hoole ;— Wenning- 
ton ;— Tatham ; — Hornby ;—Favington ;—Haigh- 
ton ;—Farleton ;—Much Hoole ;—Longton;—Har- 
purhey ;— Blackley ;—and, Wolstanton; praying 
that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Stone;—and, Education 
Rural Deanery of Cheadle; complaining that the (Iteland.) 
schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for [reland derive no assistance from the 
funds granted by Parliament for the support of 
Education in that country; and praying the House to 
relieve them from that grievance,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Southampton Re- Elective 
form Protection and Registration Association, pray- Ftnehise. 
ing the House to pass a measure for extending the 
Parliamentary Franchise toall householders, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Gaols, &amp;c. 
Guardians of the Ticehurst Union, in the county of 








Sussex, praying that counties may be relieved from 





the expense of erecting Gaols and Lunatic Asy- 
lums, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Harper, of Clarence- Richard 
street, in the city of Dublin, late a Tide-waiter in the Harper. 








00 Customs, 





















f 





Interment in 
Towns, 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland); 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Archibald 
M'‘Donald. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


282 


Customs, complaining of having been dismissed from 
his situation, and praying the House to take his 
case into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Stamford, alleging that 
great danger to the public health, proceeds from the 
crowded state of the several parochial church-yards 
within that borough, and that the inconvenience and 
danger therefrom are daily increasing ; and praying 
that an Act may be passed for legalizing the pro- 
vision of a general cemetery for the six parishes of 
the town, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Renfrew (Chair- 
man);—and, Pollokshaws; praying that the Lunatics 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Owners and Occupiers of 
land, Bankers, Merchants and others, residing in and 
near the market-town of Zewes, in the county of 
Sussex, praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Bucks ; 
Deanery of Shoreham ;——and, Presbytery of Jed- 
burgh (Moderator); praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from the county of Renfrew(Chairman); 
County of Berwick (Chairman) ;——and, Kirk 
Session of Hopekirk (Moderator) ; praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Langholm, praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scot/and) Bill may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bills. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Aberdeen, praying that the 
said Bills may not pass into law, as they now stand, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Archibald M‘ Donald, Citizen of 





10° Maiz. 





A. 1849. 


and certain punishment,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


Petitions from Members of the Parochial Board Registering 
of Drainie ; Members of the Parochial Board of Births, &amp;e. ’ 


Saint Andrews Lhanbryd ; Parochial Board of Content) 











Elgin(Chairman) ; Alexander Topp;——Peter- 
head ; County of Renfrew (Chairman) ;—— 





and, County of Berwick (President); praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the Rural Deaneries of Mewcastle- Sale of Beer 
under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent and Trentham; — Act. 
Chelmsford ;— Cantley ;—Sedbergh ;—and, Chester ; 
praying the House to prohibit the granting of any 
new licenses to Beer Shops, and to enact that those 
already granted shall be in force only during the 
tenure of the present holders, —were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Darlington ; pray- Slave Trade, 
ing that instructions may be forthwith given to the 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to 
demand of the Spanish and Brazilian Governments 
the liberation of all Africans and their descendants, 
who have been introduced into their respective 
colonies and territories, contrary to the faith of 
treaties, and in the event of their attempting to evade 
such demand, or to procrastinate its fulfilment, 
to notify to them that measures will be adopted to 
exclude their produce from the British markets until 
Slavery itself shall be abolished by them,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘fable. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session Spirit Licenses 
of Banff, complaining of the evils arising in Scot- Scotland) 
land from the facilities afforded for procuring in- 
toxicating liquors, by the present system of granting 
licenses for the sale of ardent Spirits, both in royal 
burghs and in other localities; and praying fora 
remedy, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 











Petitions from the Provincal Synod of Moray ; Sunday 
——Alexander Topp ;——Kirk Session of Banff Neen 
(Moderator) ;—— Erskine ;——and, Longformacus ; y 
praying that the Sunday Travelling on Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Rate-payers of the Granard Poor Tithe Rent- 
Law Union, praying the House to appropriate the —- P 
Tithe Rent-charge in Jreland to the support of the “7 ) 















Aberdeen, stating that in the year 1833 he was) 
deprived of his all by the conduct of his landlord, | | 
and praying that the House will take his case into | upon the Table. 
consideration, was presented,and read ; and ordered | 


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


Petitions from Merston ;— Kendal ;—Saltash ;— war. 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bolton, praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
und read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kedtering ;—and, Carlisle (Chair- 
man) ; praying for amendment of the Law of Rating 
and Settlement,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Malton Union ;--Brentford Union ; 
—Hendon Union ;—and, Kensington; praying the 
House to pass an Act in the present Session of 
Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund for members 
of their body,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheadle;--Leeds ;--Lingoln ;-Kirk 
Session of Kelso ;—and, Leeds (Chairman) ; praying 
the House to pass such measures as will enable 
magistrates and officers of police to bring those 
persons who make a trade of and live by promoting 
the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to prompt 





| Callington ;— Tooting Graveney ;— Feltham ; — 
| Burslem; — Wigan; — Hachney;— and, Stoke 
| Newington ; praying the House to promote the 
| formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise be- 
tween them to the decision of arbitrators,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 









Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitant House- Smithfield 
holders of West Smithfield, and immediate neigh- Market. 
bourhood, within the city of London, which was pre- 
sented upon the 27th day of April last, praying the 
House not to sanction the removal of the Markets 
from Smithfield, and to allow the Petitioners to be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
such proposed measure, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of William Dixon, of Govan Colliery, Edinburgh 
near Glasgow, was presented, and read; setting ican tal 
forth, That a Billis at present pending in the House, Wilsontown, 
intituled, “A Bill to authorize the Transfer of the Morningside 


| Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway d Coltness 


















an 
to, Railway Amal- 
and gamation Bill. 









County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Special Re- 
port.) 


12 Vicroriz. 


and to vest the same in the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Company”; that the Petitioner is the pro- 
prietor of lands and mineral fields of great extent and 
value on and near the line of the said Wi/sontown, 
Morningside and Coltness Railway, and that Rail- 
way affords the only means of connecting those mi- 
neral fields with the ironworks of Calder and Govan, 
belonging to the Petitioner, and with the city of 
Glasgow ; that the effect of the said Bill would have 
been to materially injure the Petitioner’s rights and 
interests as a trader on the said Wilsontown, Mor- 
ningside and Coltness Railway, and otherwise ; and 
upon the fourteenth-day of March last he presented 
a Petition to the House, praying to be heard, by 
counsel, both against the preamble and the clauses 
thereof; that the Promoters of the said Bill en- 
tered into a negociation with the Petitioner with 
the view of removing his opposition, and ultimately 
an arrangement was effected, whereby the Promoters 
agreed to restrict the tolls, rates and charges le- 
viable on the said Wilsontown, Morningside and 
Coltness Railway, in respect of coal, ironstone and 
certain other articles in which the Petitioner is 
interested, to certain specified amounts, and to in- 
sert in the Bill clauses for restricting the said tolls, 
rates and duties accordingly, and for securing to the 
Petitioner certain other facilities and accommoda- 
tions for the conveyance of his traffic ; that clauses 
were accordingly adjusted between the agents of the 
parties, and the Promoters undertook to insert the 
same in the said Bill ; and the Petitioner thereupon 
withdrew his opposition, and did not appear b 
counsel, upon his Petition against the Bill; that the 
Promoters thereafter found it expedient to remodel 
their Bill, and to repeal the tolls, rates and charges 
authorized by the existing Acts, and insert a new 
table of dues, and they intimated such intention to 
the Petitioner, engaging at the same time that the 
arrangement made with him would nevertheless be 
fully carried into effect, and embodied in the Bill 
as before ; that the Promoters, while they have in- 
serted in the Bill certain of the clauses adjusted 
with the Petitioner, have, in remodelling the Bill, 
added thereto a new power of levying whatever 
sums they may think fit, for the use of the wharfs, 
basins, loading-places and stations on the said Rail- 
way, and thus increased indefinitely the dues 
chargeable by them in respect of the Petitioner’s 
traffic; that the power thus inserted in the Bill is 
directly opposed to the agreement made by the Pro- 
moters with the Petitioner, on the faith of which he 
withdrew his opposition to the Bill, and allowed it 
to pass through Committee as an unopposed mea- 
sure; that as the Promoters refuse to insert a 
clause exempting the Petitioner’s traffic from the ad- 
ditional dues, to an indefinite amount, thus endea- 
voured to be imposed upon it, he has no resource 
but to pray for a re-committal of the Bill, that the 
arrangement made with him may be carried into 
effect, or the Bill rejected, as prosecuted in breach 
of faith with him; and praying that the said Bill 
may be re-committed to the Committee to whom it 
was formerly referred ; and that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel, agents and witnesses, before 
the Committee, upon the Petition formerly presented 
by him as aforesaid, and upon this Petition ; and 
that he may have such further and other relief as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had agreed to the 
ag Special Report :— 

The House having received a document, purport- 

VoL. 104. 





10° Maiz. 











283 


ing to be a Petition from the There under-signed Cler- 
gymen of the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalagh, 
against the relaxation of the law of Marriage, in re- 
spect to degrees of kindred, and having referred the 
same, with the Petitions of the day, to your Com- 
mittee ; and your Committee having thereupon ex- 
amined the said alleged Petition, find it to bea sheet 
of parchment, without a single signature written 
thereon, though there are 110 names, purporting to 
be those of clergymen in the said dioceses, on slips 
of paper pasted thereon, sometimes one and some- 
times more than one name on the same slip. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition of Clergymen of the 


5 
Dioceses of Dublin and Glendelagh, praying that 
the House will be pleased to refuse their sanction 
to any measure which has for its object the relaxa- 
tion of the law of Marriage with reference to de- 
grees of kindred, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to County Cess (Ireland), which was presented upon 
the 1st day of this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract 
of Statements of Monies received and expended on 
account of certain Boroughs in Jreland. 


Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Copies of Trea- 


y |sury Minutes allowing the use and Sale of Chicory 


as a substitute for or mixed with Coffee, and of all 
Memorials on this subject now before the Treasury : 
—And, the Account of the Quantity of Coffee im- 
ported into the United Kingdom from the British 
Possessions in the West Indies, the East Indies, 
Ceylon and the Mauritius respectively, and from all 
Foreign Countries, the Rates of Duty chargeable 
thereon, and the Quantities taken for Consumption 
at each Rate of Duty, together with the Total Re- 
venue derived therefrom, in each year from 1820 to 





Marriages 
Bill. 


County Cess 
(Ireland.) 


No. 276. 
Municipal 


Boroughs 
(Ireland. ) 


Chicory and 
Coffee. 


1848, which were presented upon the 27th day of 


March last, might be read ; and the same being read; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House views with serious concern and dis- 
approbation the great and growing increase of the 
Consumption of the Plant Chicory in the Adultera- 
tion of Coffee, contrary to Act of Parliament; such 
Increase having been, in the Opinion of this House, 
chiefly owing to the Orders given by the Admini- 
stration to the Officers of Excise not to enforce the 
said Act; that the direct Results of such Orders 
have been the fraudulent sale of ground Chicory, 
under the name and at the current prices of ground 
Coffee ; a corresponding depreciation of the value 
and decrease in the consumption of Coffee ; in- 
creased depression and distress in Ceylon and other 
Coffee-growing Colonies ; a permanent loss of reve- 
nue to the‘actual amount of some hundreds of thou- 
sands of pounds annually, and which loss in the last 
year was augmented by the addition of about forty 
thousand pounds more; the prejudice of the fair 
dealer ; discontent and disaffection in the Colonies ; 
and the encouragement of the evil-disposed both at 
home and abroad to disobey laws which must ap- 
pear to them to depend upon the arbitrary pleasure 
of Administration for sanction and enforcement ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

sMr. Anstey, 
Tellers for the Me Henry Baillie: 

, Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Noes,) ford — Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


1 
11. 
J 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 


mittee, to consider the Public Expenditure and the 
002 existing 


62. 


Public 
Expenditure 
and Taxation. 








Protection of 
Purchasers, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 


284 


existing system of Taxation, and how far both may 
be revised, with a view to relieve the pressure upon 
the industry of the Country ; 
And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Henry Drummond, 
Yeas, Mr. Urquhart : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Milner Gibson, 
Noes, L Mr. Cobden: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of every Requisition for Negative Search, 
in pursuance of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 90, deli- 
vered unto or left with the Registrar of Judgments 
in Jreland, between the 1st day of January 1848 and 
the 1st day of January 1849, showing the Date of 
each such Requisition being delivered to the Regis- 
trar, the Date of the Certificate given in pursuance of 
each such Requisition, the Number of Days which 
elapsed between the Delivery of each such Requisi- 
tion to the Registrar of Judgments, and the giving 
of the Certificate to the Person making each such 
Requisition, and the Stamp Duty paid on each such 
Negative Search. 


Such Return to be in the Form following : 





Number of Requisition. 


Date | Number of Days 
Date of £ Cortificat elapsed 
Requisition oF Mereilicare | between delivery 
of Search | of Requisition 
; : to Registrar 
given in pursu- | 4 aie Sat. 
ficate to person 
making 
Requisition. 


Stamp Duty 


: paid on 
being aepienne to each Negative 
Registrar 
ance of Search, 
of Judgments. ae 
Requisition. 





1848: 


January 1 - | February4 - 34 days - - 


| 
| 
| 
| 
1848: | 
} 


January 2 + | February7 ~- | 36 days - - 











10°—11° Maii. 








A. 1849. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Eastern Coun. 
to inquire into and report upon the Expenditure of (¢* Railway 
: . ompany, 

certain Sums which appear as unaccounted for, 

under the head of Parliamentary Expenses, in the 

Report which was recently published by a Com- 

mittee appointed to inquire into the Management of 

the Affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 

pany. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to Sunday 
prevent ary og A Sunday Trading in the Metro- (Metret " 
polis: And that Mr. Hindley and Mr. Brotherton bine 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Baring be discharged Contract 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- Packet 
mittee on the Contract Packet Service. —— 

Ordered, That Mr. Elliot be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Charles Howard be discharged Real and Per 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- sonal Property 
mittee on the Real and Personal Property Convey- §o7"°"™ 
ance Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriages 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Bill. 
upon the 3d day of this instant May, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Marriages Bill 
be now read a second time ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby. 
The Noes to the new Lobby ; 


: Tellers for the Viscount Drumlanrig, 
Registry o See 
Deeds (Ire- Yeas, | Mr. Mackenzie: 


land) Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of every Requisition for Search and Nega- 


} 33. 


- 96. 


tive Certificate, in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 
Will. 4, ce. 87, delivered unto or left with the Re- 
gistrar or any of the Assistant Registrars of the 
Office for registering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills 
in Ireland, between the 1st day of January 1848, 
and the 1st day of January 1849, showing the Date 
of each such Requisition being delivered in the Re- 
gistry-office, the Date of the Certificate of Search 
given in pursuance of each such Requisition, the 
Number of Days which elapsed between the Deli- 
very ofeach such Requisition to the Registrar or 
Assistant Registrar, and the giving of the Certifi- 


Tellers for the (Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Noes, | Lord Marcus Hill: J 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Veneris, 11° die Maii, 1849: 


And the Question being put, That the Bill be 
now read a second time :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative :—-The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday the 21st day of this 


cate to the Person making each such Requisition, the instant May. 


Fees charged in the Registry-office on each such 

Negative Search, and the Stamp Duty paid there-| The House, according to Order, proceeded to Greenwich 

on. ‘ take into consideration the Greenwich Markets Markets Re- 

Regulation Bill, as amended in the Committee. cee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

lay. 

“—_ 


Such Return to be in the Form following : 





Number of 
| Days elapsed Fees charged 
between 
delivery of | 
Requisition of | Registry Office 
Registrar | 
and 
| giving Certifi- 
cate to 
person making 
Requisition. 


Date 
of Certificate 
of Search 


}given in pursu- 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- New Zealand. 
mand,— New Zealand :—Papers relative to the re- 
cent Earthquake at Wellington. 

Papers relative to the Affairs of the Island of Jamaica. 
Jamaica. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- Colonies. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of 
all the Colonies of Great Britain, specifying the 
Date of their Accession or Plantation, whether they 
have Legislative Councils and Representative As- 
semblies, what Amount of Her Majesty’s Troops 
have been employed in each during the last Five 
years, and at what Cost for Pay, as well as Com- 

missariat 


Date of | : 

in the . 

Requisition Stamp Duty 

being «'elivered paid on 
on each 


each Negative 
Search. 


in the 


Registry Office. 


ance of Negative 


Nuinber of Requisition. 


| Requisition. Search. 








| 1848: 


1848 ; 


1 | January 1 - 


January 12- 


11 days 


2 | January 2 - 
| 


February 3- | 32 days 


5 days 





January 5 - | January 10- 
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un. 
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10°—-11 


missariat Expenses to Great Britain; also, what 
Amount of Colonial Military Force, as far as it can 
be furnished from the latest Colonial Blue Books. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of all 
Correspondence with the Governors of Jamaica, 
Trinidad, and Mauritius, since the Date of the last 
laid before Parliament, relating to the general Con- 
dition and Government of these Colonies.—Part I. 
Jamaica. 

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


12 Vicrorra. 


Jamaica, &amp;c. 


Kenmare The Order made upon the 22d day of February 

Union. last, That there be laid before this House Copies of 
the Accounts of the Union of Kenmare, from the 
Date of the last Audit until the Removal of the 
Local Guardians, to show the State of the Accounts 
as between the several Electoral Divisions, and the 
actual Debts of the Union :—Of similar Accounts 
from the Removal of the Local Guardians to the 

resent time:—Of Entries in the Ledger since 

March 1848 :—Of Registers of Persons receiving 
In-door and Out-door Relief, with their Residences, 
as set forth in the Register kept in the Workhouse : 
—Of Entries on the Register showing the Number 
of Paupers in the Union Workhouse, on the 1st 
day of January in the present year :—Of Entries in 
the Clothing Book of the Workhouse, and Provi- 
sion Account Book, for the year 1848:—And, of 
all Entries showing the State of the Union, during 
the year 1848, was read, and discharged. 


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


Veneris, 11° die AMaii ; 
Auno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


. PRAYERS. 


Public M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
(Thirty-se- mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
venth Report.) amined the Petitions presented upon the 8th and 
9th days of this instant May; and had directed 

him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 





Birkenhead, Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 


and Cheshire ON Group 10, of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
Junction Rail- the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
et tion Railway (Abandonment of Part of Line, Ex- 
Part of Line, tension to London and North Western Railway, 
Extension to &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the allegations of 
sonten and the Bill, and had amended the preamble by striking 
North Western = 
Railway, &amp;c,) Out so much thereof as related to the construction 
Bill. of a Railway from Norton to Kekewich, in conse- 
quence of the promoters having abandoned that 
portion of their undertaking ; also so much thereof 
as related to the alteration of the mode of crossing 
Canning-street, as the Committee considered the 
proposed alteration to be inexpedient ; also so much 
thereof as related to the diminishing the nominal 
amount of shares, and to the making further regu- 
lations with reference to such shares, as the Com- 
mittee were of opinion that it would be sufficient to 
limit the amount of capital which the Company 
should raise by calls, without specifying the amount 
of each share ; also so much thereof as related to 
the alteration of the tolls now authorized to be taken, 
as the Committee were of opinion that the tolls 





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Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Cockermouth 
Cockermouth and Workington Railway (Branch to png sar 
Bridgefoot, Amendment of Act, and Power to /ease (Beeneh eo 
to Whatehaven Junction Railway Company) Bill ; Bridgefoot, 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, (Amendment 

‘ . of Act, and 
and had amended the preamble by inserting the power to lease 
amount of money authorized to be raised by the to Whitehaven 
existing Act by shares and by mortgage, and the Junction Rail- 
amount that had already been raised. by those two pill — 
means ; and that it was expedient that the Com- 
pany should be authorized to raise an additional 
sum of money to carry into effect the works autho- 
rized by the recited Act; that the Committee had 
made these alterations the more clearly to explain 
the necessity of the clauses contained in the Bill ; 
and that they had found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills 
following, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Exchequer 
Seventeen millions seven hundred and eighty-six Bills 
thousand seven hundred pounds, by Exchequer Bilis, ett sect 
for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-nine : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- Wareham 
taining Docks near to Wareham, in the County of Docks (Con- 
Dorset, with an Entrance thereto from Wareham — 
Channel: And also, Wareham, 

and Entrance 
thereto from Wareham 
Channel) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Grimsby 
Act for the Management and Disposal of the Free- Corporation — 
men’s Pastures, in the Parish of Great Grimsby, in 04 Freemen'’s 

: - Arrangement 
the Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, and Bill. 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire thé concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- a 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money, (additional 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Capital and 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And of Acts) Bill 
also, , - 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An NorthWestern 
Act for enabling the North Western Railway Com- (Renee 

; ixtension of 
pany to make an Extension of the Lancaster Branch Lancaster 
of their Railway, and a new Road to Settle Station, Branch, Aban- 
and to abandon the William Lands Branch, and for a a 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- Sain New : 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Road to Settle 


House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. Station, Ex- 
&gt; tension of Time 
for Purchase of Lands and 


Construction of Works ) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the Powers of London and 
the London and South Western Railway Company South Western 
for purchasing Lands for and c¢ apleting the Works om a of 
of the Railways from Basingstoke to Salisbury, and Time for the 
from Farnham to Alton, and for other Purposes, — of 
was read the third time. Commas of 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Works on the 

Ordered, That Mr. Chaplin do carry the Bill to Basingstoke 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. pe —ae 
and Alton 
Lines) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a short Railway to Reading, 
connect the Line of the Reading, Guildford, and Guildford and 











should remain as at present limited; and that they 
had found the preamble, as amended, to be true; and | 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments | 
thereunto. | 

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

VoL. 104, 


Reigate Railway with the Line of the Zondon and — ce 
; 2 y (Branch 
South Western Railway, and for other Purposes, to London and 
was read the third time. South Western 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ino. 2 Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
003 A Motion 








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Windsor 
Extension of 
the Windsor, 
Staines and 
South Western 
(Richmond to 
Windsor) 
Railway (with 
Power to the 
London and 
South Western 
Railway Com- 
pany to sub- 
scribe) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway and 
Edinburgh and 
Glasgow 
Union Canal 
(Amalgama- 
tion or Sale or 
Lease of the 
Union Canal to 
the Railway 
Company) Bill. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Gaols, &amp;c. 


Malt. 


286 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 
enabling the Windsor, Staines and South Western 
(Richmond to Windsor) Railway Company, to make 
an Extension of their Railway to the Town of New 
Windsor, be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enabling the Windsor, Staines and 
South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway 
Company to make an Extension of their Railway 


11° Maite. 


| —Icklingham ;— Drinkstone ;— Horrington ;— Bar- 


A. 1849. 


row ;—Barningham ;—Hengrave ; — Stanstead ; — 
| Norton ;—Izxworth ;—Elvedon ; — Stanton ;—Tros- 
ton ;—Finborough ;— Bradley Parva;—Horringer ; 
— Tuddenham ;— Lavenham ;— Hawleigh ;—Cock- 
Jield ;—Wattisfield ; — Langham; — Chedburgh ; — 
Beighton ;—Lawshall ;— Brockley ;— Cavenham ;— 
Woolpit;— Knettishall;—Stanningfield;— Denham; 
— Gedding ;—Kentford ;—Timworth ; — Lackford ; 
— Denston ;—and, Mildenhall; praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, and: 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, MaltandHops, 
and resident Inhabitants of the hundred of Cos- &amp;c- 





ford, in the county of Sussex, praying for the repeal 


to the Town of New Windsor, and for other Pur- | of the Malt and Hop duties, and the more equal dis- 


oses. 
Ordered, That Colonel Reid do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
and Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal (Amal- 
gamation or Sale or Lease of the Union Canal to 
the Railway Company) Bill ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Ickham ;-—Hastingleigh ;—Monh’s 
Horton ;— Preston ( Kent);— Godmersham ;—Sheld- 
wick ;—Davington ;—Lower Hulston ;—Graveney ; 
— River ;—Goodnestone next Faversham (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Stourmouth ; — Deal; — Staple ;—Ham 
(Kent) ;— Waldershare ; — East Bridge ; —Swing- 
field ;—Sandwich ;— Buckland ;-- Bobbing ;—-- Bough- 
ton Aluph;—Werehorne ; — Capel (Kent) ;— West 
Langdon ;— Ripple ;—Saltwood ;—Stelling ;—Post- 
ling ; — Guston ; — Rodmersham ; — Chartham ; — 
Frinstead ;— Hartlip ; — Charlton ;— and, Swale- 
cliffe; complaining of the distress existing among 
persons engaged in Agriculture, and praying for 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Shepton Mallet, in the county of Somerset, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the annual duty on the Cer- 
tificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was 
gp and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Wesleyans of Pinzton and Pinz- 
ton Wharf, in the county of Derby, praying that 
the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. : 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 
Guardians of the Hastings Union, in the county of 
Sussex, praying that counties may be relieved from 
the expense of erecting Gaols and Lunatic Asylums, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Western division of the County 
of Suffolk ;-- Barnham ;-- Wixoe ;—Ixworth Thorpe ; 
-— Bardwell ;— Rougham ;—Hundon ;— Pakenham ; 
—-Rushbrook ; —Walsham-le- Willows ; — Felsham ; 
—-Wratting Magna ;—Hawkedon ;— Barton Mills ; 
— Freckenham;— Bradfield Saint George ;—Santon 
Downham ;—Fornham Saint Martin ;—Alpheton ; 
—Withersfield ;— West Stow ;—Rattlesden ;—Hop- 
ton ;— Wickhambrook ;—Somerton ;—Badwell Ash: 
— Sascham Magna ;— Elmeswell;-—Hartest ;--Stans- 
field ;— Brandon ; —Euston ; — Dreeting ; — Ash- 
field ; — Haverhill: — Sapiston;— Lakenheath ;— 
Barton ;—Eriswell ;—Whelnesham Parva; —Hin- 
derclay ;— Rede ;— Newton ;—Burhall ;— Flempton ; 





tribution of all imposts both local and general, and 
also for a general retrenchment in every department 
|of the state, and the entire abolition of sinecures, 

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


| 


| Petitions from the County of Haddington (Chair- Lunatics 
-man) ;——County of Stirling (Chairman) ;——and, aaa 
| Parochial Board of Baldernock (Preses); praying 
| that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of Perth and Stirling Marriages Bill. 
(Moderator) ;—-—Presbytery of Cupar (Moderator) ; 
Members of the Rural Decanal Chapter of 
Horsham ;—— and, Presbytery of Dumbarton (Mo- 
derator); praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were = and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from James Brodie ; Committee of Marriage 
the Parochial Board of Baldernock (Preses) ; ages 
and, Presbytery of Znverarcy (Presbytery Clerk) ; ing Births, &amp;. 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the (Scotland) 

egistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not Bills. 
pass into law,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bills. 








Petitions from the county of Haddington (Chair- Marriage 
man) ; Synod of Perth and Stirling (Moderator) ; (Scotland) 
Presbytery of Kirkcudbright (Moderator) ; ® 
Kirk Session of Campsie (Moderator) ; —— 
County of Stirling (Chairman) ;——Kirk Session 
of Strathblane (Moderator); and, Synod of Gal- 
loway (Moderator); praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 

Committee on the Bill. 














A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mines. 
Coal Miners of Old Hill, in the county of Wor- 
cester, stating that in their daily occupation, their 
lives are exposed to great peril, from explosions 
of fire-damp, and which they allege is not pro- 
vided against, to the extent which it might be, 
by the proprietors or superintendents of ‘Mining 
property ; and praying that some measure may be 
brought forward to remedy this evil, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Pewsey Union ;—and, Alstonfield; Poor Law 
praying that an Act may be passed during the Officers. 
present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon- Hull ;—Kirk Ses- promiscuous 
sion of Stirling (Moderator) ;— Stockwell ;— Pres- Intercourse. 
bytery of Dumbarton (Moderator) ;— Namptwich ; 
—and, Wettenhall ; praying the House to pass such 
measures as will enable magistrates and officers 
of 





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Public Expen- 
diture. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Tithes. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure, 


No. 277. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


No, 278. 


Committee of 
Selection, 





12 Vicrortiz. 


of police to bring those persons who make a trade | 


of and live by promoting the Promiscuous Inter- 
course of the sexes to prompt and certain punish- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Dysart, 
praying for a reduction of the Government Expendi- 
ture to at least the standard of 1835, by so equa- 
lizing the taxation of the 7 that it may be 
raised as nearly as possible according to the ability 
of tax-payers, by observing the strictest economy in 
the collection of the taxes, and by instituting a 
more correct method of keeping the public accounts, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from County of Haddington (Chair- 
man); Synod of Perth and Stirling (Moderator) ; 
—-~ Kirk Session of Campsie (Moderator); —— 
county of Stirling (Chairman) ; Parochial Board 
of Strathblane (Chairman) ; Synod of Galloway 
(Moderator) and, Presbytery of Kirkcudbright 
(Moderator) ; praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 














Petitions from Tutbury ;—East Harling ;—Bury 
(Lancaster) ;— Paulton ;—and, Woburn; praying 
for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Greenock ;——John Murray ;—— 
Logie ; Kinglassie ; Kippen ; —— Balder- 
nock ; Bridge of Allan ;—— Saint Vinian’s ; 
——General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 
in Sabbath Observance (Convener) ; Alexander 
M*‘ Naughton ; Gargunnock ;——Presbytery of 
Edinburgh (Moderator) ;——and, Kilsyth ; praying 
that the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

















A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mazey, 
in the county of Northampton, praying the House 
to take measures for preventing in future the sale 
of Tithes appropriated or vested in the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Expenditure on account of the 
Army and Ordnance, and to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House, have Power to report 
from time to time. 

Lord Seymour reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had made Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Selection ; That under the Powers granted te them 
by the Standing Orders, Nos. 83 and 84, the 
had formed into Groups certain Railway Bills and 
Opposed Private Bills, not being Railway Bills, 
which it is in their Opinion expedient to submit to 
the same Committees respectively; and had agreed 
to report the same to the House. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Se- 
lection; That they have not received from Mr. 
Horsman, one of the Members nomigated on a 
VoL. 104, 


11° Mart. 








287 


Committee on the Group No. 18 of Opposed Pri- 
vate Bills, appointed to meet on Monday next, at 
One o'clock, either the Declaration required by the 
Standing Order, No. 90, or any excuse in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That Edward Horsman, Esquire, do 
attend the Committee on Group No, 18 of Opposed 
Private Bills upon Monday next, at One of the 
clock. 


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

a Copy of a Letter, of date the 19th day of 
March 1849, from the General Board of Health to 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, on the Advantages, in regard to Convenience 
and Economy, of Printing Official Reports in the 
Octavo instead of the Folio Form ; also, a Copy 
of the Observations of the 26th day of March 
thereon, by the Comptroller of the Stationery Office; 
with the Reply thereto by the Secretary of the Ge- 
neral Board of Health, of date the 5th day of 
May 1849. 


Ordered, That Lord Rendlesham have leave of Leave of 
absence for one month, on account of ill heath. Absence. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
Usher of the Black Rod : —— 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read, 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up tothe House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had de- 
clared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which 
Bills are as follow: 

An Act for raising the Sum of Seventeen millions Exchequer 
seven hundred and eighty-six thousand seven hun- io eae 
dred pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service §3177°°7 
of the Year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
nine: 

An Act to provide a more effectual Regulation Out-door 
and Control over the Maintenance of Poor Per- Paupers Bill. 
sons in Houses, not being the Workhouses of any 
Union or Parish : 

An Act to enable Overseers of the Poor and Sur- Distraining 
veyors of the Highways to recover the Costs of % Bates Bill 
Distraining for Rates: 

An Act to amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year Recovery 
of King George the Third, for the Recovery of Cireiaes) Bil 
Small Sums due for Wages in Jreland : — 


An Act to protect Justices of the Peace in Jre- pi yn 
land from Vexatious Actions, for acts done by (Ireland) Bill. 


them in the Execution of their Office : 


An Act to continue for Five years so much of Spirits _ 
an Act of the second and third years of Her present (Ireland) Bill. 


Y | Majesty, as enables Justices to grant Warrants for 


entering Places in which Spirits are sold without 
License in Ireland; 

An Act for the holding of Petty Sessions of the Petty Sessions 
Peace in Boroughs, and for providing Places forthe Bill. 
holding of such Petty Sessions in Counties and 
Boroughs, 

An Act to make perpetual an Act of the tenth Prisoners’ 
and eleventh years of Her present Majesty, for Removal Bu. 
authorizing the Removal of Prisoners from the seats 
several Gaols in Jreland, in Cases of Epidemic 
Diseases. 

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Blackburn 
Waterworks 
(additional 
Capital and 


Amendment of 


Act) Bill. 
Sunderland 


Waterworks 
Bill. 


Brierley Hill 


District Gas- 


Light Com- 
pany (for 


incorporating 
and giving all proper Powers 
to the said Company) Bill. 


Roxburghshire 
and Berwick- 


shire Roads 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Warrington 
Waterworks 
(Amendment 


of Act, and Power to raise 
additional Capital) Bill. 


Longton, 
otherwise 
Lare End, 
Market Bill. 


Feltwell Se- 
cond District 


Drainage Bill. 


Darlington 


Gas and Water 
Company Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas Bill. 


Epsom Rates 
Bill. 


Wareham 
Docks (Con- 
struction of 
Docks near 
Wareham, 


and Entrance thereto from 
Wareham Channel) Bill. 


Quarantine. 


Army. 
Ordnance and 
Navy. 


Education 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 279. 


Jamaica, &amp;c. 
No, 280, 


Public 
Business. 


Adjournment, 


288 


Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
amend the Act relating thereto: 


An Act for enabling the Sunderland Water Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for 
amending and enlarging the Provisions of the Act 
relating to such Company : ; 

An Act for supplying the District of Brierley Hill, 
in the Parish of Kingswinford, in the County of 
Stafford, with Gas : 


An Act for more effectually repairing and main- 
taining certain Roads in the Counties of Roxburgh 
and Berwick : 


An Act to authorize the Warrington Waterworks 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 


An Act for better establishing and maintaining the 
Market-place and Markets at Longton, heretofore 
called Lane End, in the Parish of Stoke-upon- Trent, 
in the County of Stafford: 

An Act for improving the Drainage of Feltwell 
Second District, in the County of Norfolk, and for 
amending the Acts relating to the same : 

An Act for lighting with Gas and supplying with 
Water the Town and Borough of Darlington, and 
the Suburbs thereof, in the County of Durham: 

An Act for enabling the Nottingham Gas Light 
and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for amending some of the Provisions 
of the Act relating to such Company : 

An Act for more effectually assessing and collect- 
ing the Poor Rate and all other Rates and Assess- 
ments in the Parish of Epsom, in the County of 
Surrey, and for the better Management of the 
Business and Affairs of the said Parish, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto : 

An Act for making and maintaining Docks near 
to Wareham, in the County of Dorset, with an 
Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—General Board of Health : Copy of 
Report on Quarantine, 

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


Admiral Dundas presented,—Further Return to 
an Order, dated the 21st day of March last, for a 
Return of the several Brevets in the Army, Ord- 
nance and Navy, since the year 1833, stating the 
Number of each Class of Officers, and the Amount 
of the Annual increased Charge to the,Public by 
each of these Brevets, in each year, since 1833. 


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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Education (Scotland), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jamaica, &amp;e. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That, upon Thursday the 7th day of June next, 
Orders of the Day have precedence of Notices of 
Motions :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


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


11°— 12° Maz. 


An Act to enable the Blackburn Waterworks | 


A. 1849. 


The Land Improvement and Drainage (Zreland) Land Improve. 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; — and 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, (ireland) Bill 
for Monday next. 


The Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Incumberea 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Estates 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “!#"4) Bill 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply. 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 

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


The Defects in Leases Bill was, according to Defects in 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Leases Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualification 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of and Registra- 
Voters (Jreland) Bill ; (irelend) Ba 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Jre- Polling-places 
land) Bill ; on 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 25th day of this instant May. 


The Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill was, according Estates 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to yan ; 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday nest. (ireland) Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Accounts of 
into a Committee upon the Accounts of Turnpike Turnpike 
Trusts (Scotland) Bill; and after some time spent iand) — 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 
Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Saint John’s, 
into a Committee upon the Saint John’s, Newfound- a. 4 
land, Re-building Bill; and, after some time spent in Bill, —t 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill; and had directed him to report 

the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Grants of 
into a Committee upon the Grants of Land ( New Land (New 
South Wales) Bill; and, after some time spent — weeny 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. ~ 
Parker reported, That, the Committee had gone 

through the Bill; and directed him. to report the 

same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Tuesday next. 


The House according to Order, proceeded to Attachments, 
take into consideration the Attachments, Courts of — &lt; ar 
Record (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- on wn 
mittee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ;— 

And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 12° die Maiti, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day the 25th day of this instant May. 





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12 Vicroriz. 


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

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


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


i, The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon the 3d day of this instant May, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Marriages 
Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Marriages B. 


Greenwich The Bill to enable the Commissioners of Green- 
Markets a wich Hospital to regulate and manage the Markets 
gulation Bill. held at Greenwich, in the County of Kent, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Admiral Dundas do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sheep-stealers Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. ¢, the better Preservation of Sheep, and more 
speedy Detection of Receivers of Stolen Sheep, in Lre- 
land: And that Mr. Bourke, Mr. Keogh, Mr. O’ Fla- 


11°—19°— 





herty, and Mr. George Alexander Hamilton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Grand Jury 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Cees (Ireland 


to continue certain Temporary Provisions relating 
to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Jreland: 
And that Sir William Somerville, Sir George Grey, 
and Mr. Bellew do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of all Issues of Public Money made for 
the Promotion of Public Works in the County of 
Mayo, from the 1st day of January 1801 to the 
1st day of January 1846 ; specifying the Date and 
Purpose of each Advance, the Authority under which, 
and the Party to whom made; distinguishing Grants 
from Loans, and setting forth, in the case of Loans, 
the Amount of Principal repaid, the Amount of In- 
terest paid, and any Balance of Principal or Interest 
due on said 1st day of January 1846 ; also, the Time 
fixed for Repayment, and the Rate of Interest. 


Public Works 
(Mayo.) 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into and report upon the Expenditure of cer- 
tain Sums which appear as unaccounted for, under 
the head of Parliamentary Expenses, in the Report 
which was recently published by a Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the management of the 
Affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Charteris, 
Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. 
Henley, Mr. Ord, Mr. Disraeli, Sir David Dundas, 
and Mr. Monsell; with power to send for persons, 
papers, and recoris. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Bourke presented a Bill for the better Preser- 
vation of Sheep, and more speedy Detection of Re- 
ceivers of Stolen Sheep, in Jreland: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 23d day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Company. 


Sheep-stealers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 281. 


Registering 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Com- 
Births, &amp;c. 


mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 


oes) Bill ; That they had gone through the Bill,and made 
No. 282. Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 





14° Mazz. 289 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Grand Jury 
tinue certain Temporary Provisions relating to the Coss (ireland) 
Collection of Grand Jury Cess in Zreland: Andthe \- 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read No. 283. 
a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


A Petition of the Lancashireand Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire | 

way Company, and of the Manchester, Sheffield and *=4 on 

Lincolnshire Railway Company, praying that pro- Ciaeadien 

vision may be made in the Lancashire and York- of Ashton _ 

shire Railway (Extension of Ashton Branch, of Clif- ag 
. on ° on Branch, 

ton Branch, &amp;c.) Bili, for effecting a more con- ge.) Bill. 

venient communication between the Ashton and 

Stalybridge Branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire 

Railway, and the Huddersfield and Manchester Rail- 

way, by means of a Junction to be made between 

the said Ashton and Stalybridge Branch, and the 

Ashton Branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and 

Lincolnshire Railway, and for conferring powers of 

using part of the Ashton Branch upon the Lan- 

cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, than by 

means of the proposed Extension of the Ashton and 

Stalybridge Branch, was presented, and read ; and 

— to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

ills, 


A Petition of Messieurs Bridges, Mason and Metropolitan 
Bridges, Solicitors for the Westminster Improvement _~ 
Commissioners, was presented, and read ; setting Manure Com 
? prese ? ? S pany Bill 

forth, That a Bill to incorporate a Company by the (1846.) 
name of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, 
was introduced into the House on the 24th day of 
March 1846 ; that an action is pending relating to 
an agreement entered into between Henry Peter 
Fuller, as one of the promoters, and Petitioners for 
the said Bill, and the Westminster Improvement 
Commissioners ; that the Petitioners are advised it 
is necessary that the said Bill, as first introduced 
into the House, should be produced in evidence on 
the trial of the said action ; and praying that leave 
may be given to the proper Officer to attend on the 
trial of the said action, and produce the said Bill,as 
originally introduced into the House. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 14° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

M* Wright, from the Metropolis Turnpike- Metropolis 
roads Office, was called in; and at the bar — 

presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of ~~ 
Parliament,—The Twenty-third Report of the Com- 
missioners of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads North 
of the Thames :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the crhiztead hth 
Petitions presented upon the 10th and 11th days of Report. ) . . 
this instant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to effect the Sale of the Wishaw Caledonian 
and Coltness Railway to the Caledonian Railway ‘Pesdaes ~ 
Company, was read the third time. Lease of 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. b sme _ 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill “=~ ti. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





VoL. 104. 





An 


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York, New- An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Maryport and 
ye Ber- Carlisle Railway Company to lease their Railway 
a esseels and Works to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick 
and Carlisle Railway Company, was read the third time. 

—— An ingrossed Clause (Priority of interest or divi- 
ow dend on existing mortgages and preference shares 


mation) Bill. reserved), was thrice read, and added to the Bill, 


York, New- 


castle and Ber- 


wick Railway 
(Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 


Railway Lease 


and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


Charing Cross 
Bridge 
(Amendments 
of Acts, 


authorized 
Approaches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


London Gas 
Light Com- 
pany (Amend- 
ment of Act) 
Bill. 


Louth Markets 
and Improve- 
ments Bill. 


Westhead’s 
Patent (for 
Improvements 
in Manu- 
facturing Fur 
into Fabrics) 
Bill. 


Great Central 
Gas Con- 
sumers’ Com- 
pany Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Ireland. 


Ejectments 
(Ireland. ) 


290 14° 


by way of Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


pany, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Charing Cross Bridge (Amend- 
ments of Acts, Powers to alter authorized Ap- 
Powers toalter proaches, &amp;c.) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 


and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Report on the London Gas Light Company 


(Amendment of Act) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The Louth Markets and Improvements Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Westhead’s Patent (for Improvements in Manu- 
facturing Fur into Fabrics) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 
Group 1, of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the case 
of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company Bill, 
they had heard counsel in support of several Peti- 
tions against the Bill, and had also heard counsel 
in favour of the Bill ; but that the parties promoting 
the Bill had stated to the Committee, that it was 
not their intention to proceed further with the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 


jesty’s Command,—-Copy of Fifteenth Report of 


the Commissioners of National Education in Jre- 
land, for tiie year 1848. 

Tables showing the number of Criminal Offenders 
committed for trial, or bailed for appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County of Ireland, in 
the year 1848, and the Result of the Proceedings. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Returns from the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer, in Ireland, of the 
Mumber of Ejectments brought in those Courts re- 
spectively, for the last Three years, beginning with 
Hilary Term 1846, and ending with Hilary Term 
1849, both included ; specifying the Number i each 
term and year, and the Counties in which they have 
been brought, and the Number of Persons served in 
each Ejectment, according to the Affidavits of Ser- 
vice, distinguishing the Number brought for Non-pay- 
ment of rent, and the Number brought for Overhold- 
ing :—And, from the Assistant Barristers’ Court of 
each County in Zreland, of the Number of Civil Bill 
Ejectments entered in each of such Courts for a 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to lease their 
Railway and Works to, and to amalgamate with 
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Com- 


Mai. A, 1849, 
similar period, together with the Number of the 
Defendants in each Civil Bill Ejectment, and dis- 
tinguishing the Number sued for Non-payment of 
Rent, and the Number for Overholding, and the 
Number for’ Desertion. 

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


Petitions from the County of Hereford (Sheriff) ; Agriculture, 
— Kippax; — Castleford ; — Hambleton ( York) ; — 
Ryther;— and, New Malton; complaining of the 
distressed state of Agriculture, and praying the 
House to adopt measures for the relief of those 
engaged therein,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Capital 
habitants of the city and borough of Bath, pray- Punishment. 
ing the House to enact a law for abolishing the 
Punishment of Death, and to substitute in its place 
some other Punishment more effectual for the sup- 
pression of capital crimes, and more in accordance 
with the spirit of the age and of christian _princi- 
ples, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighouse ;—Seaham Harbour ;— Clergy Relief 
Wakefield ;—Bolton ; —Belper and Ripley ;—and, ®“- 
Ripley; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Masters, Foremen and Journeymen Clergy Relief 
Hatters of London and Southwark, praying that the Bill, &amp;. 
Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law, and that a 
Bill may be introduced for the Abolition of the Ec- 
clesiastical Courts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eccleshall Bierlow ;— Todmorden ; Parliamentary 
—and, Saint Luke’s Reform Association (Chair- Representa- 
man); praying the House to take into consideration “°™ 

the state of the Representation of the people in Par- 

liament, with a view to its extension,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of Members of the Board of Manage- Friendly 
ment of the Friendly Society, established in Exze- Societies Bill. 
ter, called the Western Provident Association, pray- 
ing that power may be given to all Members of 
Friendly Societies to vote by proxy, unstamped, at 
any general or special meeting of a Friendly Society ; 
that no Friendly Society be enrolled without having 
its tables approved by some actuary or actuaries to 
be properly appointed, nor without having its affairs 
periodically investigated and controlled by such 
actuary or actuaries, or that proper tables may be 
prepared by some competent authority, and that 
societies be prevented from receiving less contri- 
butions than therein specified ; that all tables may 
be made on graduated scales; that all such 
societies may be prevented from receiving the same 
sums for similar benefits, from persons having com- 
paratively great differences in age; and that the 
Friendly Societies Bill, with such Amendments, may 
be passed into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Dundee ;—and, Royal Burghs of Game Laws. 
Scotland in general convention assembled ; praying 

for the repeal of the Game Laws,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of In- Interment in 
habitants of Westminster and others, praying that Towns. 
the Burial of the Dead in the midst of the living 
may be instantly and for ever prohibited by the 
closing of all Burial-places in Cities and ‘Towns, was 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 








A Petition 


See 


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12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of William Wright, of Duke-street, in 
the parish of Saint James, in the city of Westmin- 
ster, Surgeon Aurist, alleging that the rights of the 
Crown to the numerous islands on the sea coasts, 
arms of the sea and navigable rivers throughout the 
United Kingdom, have been invaded ; and praying 
that inquiry may be made into the tenures by which 
they are respectively held, or that the House will 
adopt any other mode of proceeding which may 
appear proper to regain possession of these valuable 
rights of the Crown, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Woods, Forests 
and Land Revenues. 


Islands on the 
Sea Coasts, 
&amp;e. 











a, Petitions from the County of Linlithgow (Chair- 
Ae nd) man); County of Fife (Chairman) ;—— and, 
Parochial Board of Gorbals, Glasgow (Chairman) ; 
praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not 
_ into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
ered to lie upon the Table. 
— Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Dumfries ; 
P. a — a of Ardudwy ; 
praying that the Marriages Dill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Paper, &amp;c. A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates, Merchants, 


Letter-press Printers, Copper-plate Printers and 
Bookbinders of Huddersfield, in the county of York, 
praying for the repeal of the Paper and Newspaper 
Stamp Duties, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Parliamentary Petitions from Stretton-on-Dunsmore ;—Leaming- 
Oaths Bill. ton Priors ; Lindfield ; Cadoxton-juxta 
Neath;——Deanery of Lichester :—---Rural Deanery 
of Coleshill ; Birmingham ; —— Paulerspury ; 
——and, Uxbridge; praying that the Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Hunslet ;—Elham ;—Lyminge ;— 
Wootton ;—Barham;— Dover ;— Dymchurch;—and, 
Huddersfield; praying the House to pass such mea- 
sures as will enable magistrates and officers of 
police to bring those persons who make a trade of 
and live by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse 
of the sexes to prompt and certain punishment,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Doncaster Union ;— Whitby Union ; 
—Martley Union ;—and, Oxford; praying that an 
Act may be passed during thepresent Session of Par- 
liament, for the establishment of a permanent fund 
for the benefit of superannuated officers connected 
with the administration of the Poor Laws, and to 
enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute 
such fund,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 











Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Financialand A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and borough 
Parliamentary of Bath and its vicinity, praying the House to take 
form, &amp;. into immediate consideration the great questions of 
Financial and Parliamentary Reform; to reduce 
the Public Expenditure to the amount of 1835; to 
substitute direct for indirect taxation ; and, in order 
that these things may be effectually accomplished 
and rendered permanent, to grant a liberal exten- 
sion of the suffrage to all those of Her Majesty’s 
subjects who are justly entitled by the equitable 
principles of the British constitution to the exercise 
of the Franchise, and that such Suffrage shail be 
protected by the Ballot, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


14° Mazz. 





291 


A Petition of Farmers and others, frequenting the Malt and 
market at Lower Heyford, praying for the repeal of Hops. 
the duties on Malt and Hops, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mortgagees of the Tolls of the Public Roads 
Lyme Regis Turnpike Trust ; Trustees of the (England and 
Fernhill and Newport Road ;~—and, Trustees of — hae 
the Turnpike-road in the counties of Salop and — 
Stafford, called the Eccleskall, Newport and Wat- 
ling-street District; praying that the Public Roads 
(England and North Wales) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of George Hingeston, Clerk to the 
| Trustees of the Lyme Regis Turnpike Trust, praying 
| that before the said Bill is passed into a law, a fair 
/and competent provision be made for the Clerks 


| of Trusts when their offices are abolished, was also 








| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

_ Table. 

| 

A Petition of the Moderator pro tempore of the Registering 

| Reverend the Presbytery of Dunfermline, praying Births, &amp;c. 
that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 5 og, Marrieg 
/ and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into (Scotland) 
_law, was presented, and read ; and referred to the Bills. 


Select Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. 


e 


A Petition of Ministers and Members of the Con- Regium 
| gregational Churches in Derbyshire, assembled in Donum. 
| Belper, praying the House to refuse the Parliamen- 
| tary grant usually called the Regium Donum, if it 
| shall be again proposed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clerkenwell, in the Smithfield 
county of Middlesex, praying for the removal of Market. 
Smithfield Market, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


Petitions from Monkwearmouth ;——and, Sun- sunday 
derland (two Petitions); praying that the Sunday Travelling on 
Travelling on Railways Bill may not pass into a ’#lways Bil 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Faculty of Surgeons of 
Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, praying the the Navy. 
House to grant to the Assistant Surgeons of the 
Royal Navy the rank and privileges of ward-room 
officers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deanery of Bridport ;—and, Tithes. 

Wotton Fitzpaineand Chatherston Lewston ; stating 
that the Petitioners observe with alarm the recent 
Orders in Council for the sale of Tithes lately belong- 
ing to the dignitaries of the Church, and now vested 
in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; and praying 
the House to take measures for preventing in future 
the sale of Tithes appropriate or vested in the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Robert Stark and others ;—and, Universal 
Market Drayton (two Petitions); praying the S¥ffrage, &amp;c. 
House to extend the Franchise to every man of ma- 
ture age, and unconvicted of crime, and who has a 
fixed residence duly registered, and to enact all 
other provisions essential to the full, fair and free 
representation of the people in Parliament,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of VotebyBallot. 








Petition from Dundee ;——and, County of Fife | 
(Chairman); praying that the Public Health (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 104, | 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 


Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, praying the 
House to pass a measure that all votes for Mem- 
bers of Parliament and Municipal Officers may be 
taken by Ballot, was presented, and read ; and or- 
| dered to lie upon the Table. 
PP 2 


Petitions 








292 


Petitions from Greenwich ; -- Wooldale ; — Shep- 
ley ;—Manchester (two Petitions) ;—and, Sunder- 
land; praying the House to promote the formation 
between the British Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively, of such treaties of 
arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all in- 
ternational disputes that may arise to the decision 
of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


War. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence between the Archbishop 
of Tuam and the Poor Law Commissioners of Jre- 


land, on the subject of the Chaplaincy of the Tuam 
Workhouse. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cabbell have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of ill health. 


Tuam Work- 
house. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Army. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Instructions which may have been 
issued by the Commander-in-Chief respecting Exa- 
minations to be required on the Admission or Pro- 
motion of Officers in the Army. 

Public 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Business. 


proposed, That Orders of the day have precedence 
of Notices of Motions, upon Thursday the 7th day 
of June next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Orders of the day be disposed of in the 
* order in which they stand, upon Thursday the 
“ 14th day of June next,” instead thereof. 

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

The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Votes of the Proceedings of the House of the 2d 
day of April last, relative to Public Business, might 
be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


“* Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
“ upon Thursday the 19th day of this instant 
April, and every alternate Thursday follow- 
ing, Orders of the day have precedence of 
Notices of Motions: —Amendment pro- 
posed : To leave out the words ‘ 19th day 
of this instant April,’ in order to insert the 
“ words ‘ 31st day of May next,’ instead 
thereof :—Question proposed, That the words 
“ proposea to be left out stand part of the 
Question:—Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn :—Main Question put, and agreed to.” 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Marriages 


a The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Bill. 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon the 3d day of this instant May, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Marriages Bill 
be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Record 
in the House of Lords in the case of Smith O’ Brien 
v. The Queen, in Error: And that Lord John 
Russell do carry the said Message. 


William Smith 
O’Brien. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for better assessing the 
Poor Rates on Small Tenements in certain Parishes 
and Places within the Union of Kidderminster : 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Kidderminster 
Union Small 
Tenements 
Rating Bill. 


14°—15° Mai. 





A. 1849. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Dissolution of Argyll Canal 
the Argyll Canal Company, and for the Abandon- (#?endonment 


ment of their Undertaking : ing) Bil 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for New Ross 
the better regulating and improving the Port and Port and Har. 
Harbour of New Ross, in the Counties of Wexford — 
and Kilkenny: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Out-door 
by this House to the Amendments made by their P@upers Bill 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to provide 
more effectual Regulation and Control over the 
Maintenance of Poor Persons in Houses, not being 
the Workhouses of any Union or Parish, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Whitehaven 
Act for better supplying the Town, Port and Har- Waterworks 
bour of Whitehaven, and other Places, with Water, ill. 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And, 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Marshlana 
Act for altering the mode of assessing the Drainage Smeeth and 
Rates authorized by the Act for draining and im- ion Sp eee 
proving Marshland Smeeth and Marshland Fen, in age Rates 
the Country of Marshland, in the County of Nor- nd Repair of 
folk, and to provide for the Repair of Roads within 84) Bill. 
the Limits of the said Act, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Land Improve. 
a Committee upon the Land Improvement and ment and 
Drainage (Ireland) Bill ; and, after some time spent (reland) Bill, 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parliamentary 
into a Committee upon the Parliamentary Oaths Oaths Bill 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 


Ciause, N° 1, (Oath to be taken as a qualifi- 
cation for sitting and voting in Parliament instead 
of the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjura- 
tion). 

Amendment proposed to the Oath, to leave out 
the words “ and that I do not believe that the Pope 
“ of Rome, or any other foreign Prince, Prelate, 
“ Person, State or Potentate hath, or ought to have, 
“any temporal or civil jurisdiction, authority or 
“ power within this Realm ; and that I will defend, 
“ to the utmost of my power, the settlement of pro- 
“ perty within this Realm as established by the 
“ Laws.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ and that 
“« I do not believe that” stand part of the Clause ; 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Spooner, } 
Mr. Miles: a 
f Mr. Tufnell, , 
\ Lord Marcus Hill: 241. 
Whereupon “Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 
Mr. Goring, 1 
Mr. Vyse: : 
jf Mr. Tufnell, 295 
| Lord Marcus niu: } : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 





Tellers for the Noes, 












Tellers for the Yeas, { } 11 





Tellers for the Noes, 





















And 








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nent 


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Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Trusts Bill. Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Incumbered The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Estates. ;y, nto a Committee upon the Incumbered Estates (Lre- 
(eend) DE. land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
No. 284. Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Defects in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Leases Bill. mittee on the Defects in Leases Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Estates The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
leasing __. into a Committee upon the Estates Leasing (Jreland) 
(ireland) Bill. Bill; and,after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
No.285. resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 
Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Commission mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Pupils’ Protec- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


-\_—rcces Reading of the Pupils Protection (Scotland) Bill ; 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Accounts 

of ‘Turnpike 
Trusts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Saint John’s, 
Newfound- 
land, Re-build 
ing Bill. 


12 Vicroria. 


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


Martis, 15° die Maii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 4th day of June next. 


14°—15° Mazz. 





293 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Grand Jury Cess (Jre/and) Bill was, accord- Grand Jury 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to —_ (Ireland) 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. . 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marriages in 
for facilitating the Marriages of British Subjects in ae 

. . ° ountries 
Foreign Countries : And that Viscount Palmerston, facilitating 
Sir George Grey, and Sir Robert Harry Inglis do Bill. 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ord be discharged from any Eastern Coun- 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the —* 

; , pany. 
Eastern Counties Railway Company. 
Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Excise Duties. 
Account, specifying the different Articles subject to 
Excise Duties in Great Britain in the years 1800 
and 1848, and the Rates to which they were respec- 
tively subject. 
Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. o 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hop Duties. 
an Account, showing how often, in each year from 
1800, the payment of the Hop Duties has been de- 
ferred, and to what periods, and upon what Securi- 
ties, as well as the ‘Total Weight of Hops charged 
with Duty in each of such years. 
Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 
Ordered, That the said 4ecount do lie upon the 
Table. . 


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








Martis, 15° die Maiti ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Petition of the Mayor Tyne River 
and Corporation of Gateshead, against clauses Conservancy 
in the Tyne River Conservancy Bill, be referred“ 
to the Committee on the Bill; and that it be an 
Instruction to the Committee to entertain the same, 





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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Accounts of Turnpike 
Trusts (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to con- 
firm certain Acts of the Legislature of Newfound- 
" land, respecting the Re-building of the Town of 
Saint John’s, Newfoundland, and to enable the said 
Legislature to make other Provisions respecting the 
Re-building of the said Town, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 104. 





notwithstanding it was not deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office within seven clear days after the 
Second Reading of the Bill, by reason of the illness 
of the Member to whom it was intrusted. 


Viscount Barrington reported the Congleton In- Congleton 
closure Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments. ae 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pin. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ao ada 
intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and tional Capital 
Northern Railway Company to raise a further Sum 2nd Amend- 
of Money ; and the same were read, as follow : Bil ele 

Pr.11. 1.35. After “made” insert “ or the Com- 
“¢ pany.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. After “ Railways” insert “or to 
“* the better and more impartial audit of the Ac- 
** counts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 





PP3 An 








Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway (for 


Branches to 


the River Dee; Conveniences connected therewith; to enter into 
Agreement for 
Joint Station 


at Shrews- 


bury; Power Railway, was read the the third time. 


to subscribe 
towards the 
Shrewsbury 


and Hereford Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Railway) Bill. 


York and 


North Midland 
Railway (De- 


viation and 


Abandonment and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County 
of Part of the 


authorized 


Lines of Rail- time. 
way between 


Market 


Weighton and 
Beverley, and 


Copmanthorpe ways between Market Weighton and Beverley, and 
and Tadcaster) C 
ili 


Black Sluice 
Drainage Acts 


Amendment 


(Amendment Amendment (Amendment of Acts, Extension of 
of Acts, Exten- Time for Completion of Works, Powers to levy and 


sion of Time 


for Completion 


of Works, 


Powers to levy the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


and raise 


further Rates ; 
and Monies, to be ingrossed. 
alter existing 

Rates and Tolls, and for 

other Purposes) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway, and 


Wilsontown, 
Morningside 
and Coltness 
Railway 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


York, New- 


castle and Ber- 

wick Railway the 
(Barmoor and 
Alnmouth New 
Branches, &amp;e.) acreed to. 


Bill. 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire 


Railway 
(Extension 
of Ashton 


Branch, of Clif- 


ton Branch, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


294 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway Company to make certain 
Branches to the River Dee, with Wharfs and other 


Agreements for a Joint Station at Shrewsbu 
to subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and 


; and 


ereford 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Robert Price do carry the 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the York ana 
North Midland Railway Company to deviate their 
Railways between Market Weighton and Beverley, 


of York, and for other Purposes, was read the third 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the York and North 
Midland Railway Company to divert their Rail- 


‘opmanthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County of 
York, and for other Purposes. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Black Sluice Drainage Acts 


raise further Rates and Monies, to alter existing 
Rates and Tolls, and for other Purposes) Bill ; and 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 
and Welsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway 
Amalgamation Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Report on the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth New Branches, 
&amp;e.,) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


” Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Lancashire and York- 
shire Railway (Extension of Ashton Branch, of 
Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as by the clauses an- 
nexed to the said Petition, the Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company are empowered 
to form a Junction at Stalybridge Branch of the 
said Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 
upon lands belonging to the said Companies, and 
the said Companies are enabled to enter into agree- 
iments with respect to the construction, maintenance, 
control and management of such Junction and of 
part of the said Ashton Branch, and of the stations, 
works and conveniences of the said Companies at 
Stalybridge, and for other purposes ; but the notices 
of the intended application to Parliament do not 
specify the intention to apply for any such powers, 
or to amend or repeal any of the former Acts of the 
said Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company. 

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


15° Mazz. 


A. 1849, 


ad stated to the Committee that the evidence of 
E. K. Calver, Commander, Rk. N., was essential, to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That the said E. K. Ca/- 
ver do attend the said Committee, To-morrow, at 
twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That E. K. Calver, Commander, rk. N., 
do attend the said Committee, To-morrow, at twelve 
of the clock. 


adjournment, when a letter was received from Mr. 
Horsman, one of the Members of the said Commit- 
tee, stating that he was prevented by illness from 
attending the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Horsman be excused from 
further attandance on the said Committee. 


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


the neighbourhood of Cuckfield, in the county of 
Sussex, praying for the repeal of the Malt and Hop 
duties, and also for an equalization of the burthens 
which now press unequally on the land, imposing 
unprecedented difficulties, and preventing the full 
employment of the labourers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


— Birstall ;—Clipstone (Northampton) ;— Draugh- 
ton;—Stoke Albany ;—Middleton;— Brampton Ash; 
— Desborough ;—Litile Bowden ;— Braybrooke ;— 
Great Oxendon ;—Ashley (Northampton) ;—Mars- 
ton ;—East Farndon;—Aston Flamville ;—Maid- 
well; —Laughton ; — Rearsby ; —Thrussington ; — 
Saddington ;—Medbourne ;—Sapcote ;—Blaston ;— 
Kirkby Mallory ;—Thurnby ;—Peckleton ;—Key- 
ham ; — Whetstone ; —Frisby-on-the-Wreake ; —Ar- 
nesby ;— Ratcliff ;— Rother by ;—Kibworth;— Hoby ; 
—Alexton ;—Gilenn ;—Market Harborough ;—En- 
derby ;—Ashby Magna ;—Husbands Bosworth ;— 
East Langton;—Croft;— North Kilworth ;— Slaws- 


;ton;—Grooston Hallaton ; —Theadingworth ; — 


Queniborough ;—Scraptoft;—Great Bowden ;— Til- 
ton and Halstead ; —Gaddesby ;—Tugby and _Li- 
berty of Keythorpe ;—Ragdale ;— Oadby ;-~Thorpe 
Langton ;—Tur Langton ;—Beeby ;—Horningwold ; 
Humberstone ;—Hungarton and Ingarsby ;—East 
Norton and Loddington ;—and, Kirby Cave;— 
complaining of the distressed state of Agriculture, 
and praying for measures of relief,— were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee Tyne River 
on Group 7, of Opposed Private Bills; That the Conservancy 
— promoting the Zyne River Conservancy Bill ~~ 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on Opposea 
Group 18, of Opposed Private Bills; That the Com- Private Bills 


mittee met this day, at twelve o’clock, pursuant to (TP 18.) 


A Petition of Residents of Reading, and its Affirmation 
vicinity, praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass Bill. 


A Petition of Occupiers of land, Tenant Farmers, Maltand Hops, 
and others connected with Agriculture, residing in &amp;¢- 


Petitions from Peatling Magna ;—Thurmaston ; Agriculture. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Taunton, in the Capital 
county of Somerset, praying for the abolition of Ca~ Punishment. 


Petitions from Riddings;—and, Somercotes ; Clergy Relief 
praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into Bill. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe- Ecclesiastical 
dral Church of Saint Peter, in Exeter, praying that Commission 


the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill may not pass a 













Elect 
fran 


Poo! 
(Irel 


































































































































r Elective 
oy Franchise, &amp;c. 


Poor Relief. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public 
Libraries. 





12 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Stockport, praying the House to institute equal 
Electoral Districts, founded on acensus of population, 
to extend the elective Suffrage at least to every 
uncriminated householder, to protect him in its 
rightful exercise by usage of the Ballot, and to pro- 
vide that the protective energy in the representative 
should be more frequently renewed by a return to 
the]practice of Triennial Parliaments, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Lime- 
rick Union, praying the House to devise a large and 
liberal system of Emigration, as the best mode, as 
the Petitioners conceive, of relieving the present 
pauperism of Ireland, and to empower them, in the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, to obtain loans for emi- 
gration purposes, to be repaid out of the rates, with 
interest, by annual instalments, in seven years, and 
further to empower them whenever a majority of 
the board, present at any meeting duly convened, 
shall decide in favour of Emigration, to carry same 
into execution, if approved of by the Poor Law 
Commissioners, and to provide that pauper Emigra- 
tion be not confined to the British Colonies, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Laws (Jreland). 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Nairn, praying 
that the Lunatics (Scotland Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy and Laity of the United 
Church of England and Ireland ;—and, Garveston ; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Kirk Session of Kinglassie 
(Moderator) ; Diocese of Worcester ;—-—and, 
Presbytery of Brechin (Moderator) ; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Abernethy 
(Moderator) ; and, Kirk Session of Kinglassie 
(Moderator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill. 








A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Leaming- 
ton and Warwick, praying for the repeal of the 
Paper and Newspaper Stamp Duties, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Crediton Union ; — Uppingham 
Union ;—Chorley Union;—and, Keighley Union ; 
praying the House to pass an Act during the present 
Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their own body,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers and other Parishioners of the parish of Saint 
John, Southwark, praying the House to enact laws 
for the punishment of all persons guilty of trading 
in Seduction and Prostitution, and for the better 
protection of virtuous women, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of Stirling’s Public Li- 
brary in Glasgow, praying the House to cause the 
necessary inquiries to be made, as to the constitution 
of Stirling’s Public Library, and relative to the ad- 
vantages which the citizens of Glasgow would derive 
from its enlargement, and in the event of a grant 
Vou. 104. 


15° Maiz. 





295 


being made of the duplicate volumes of the British 
Museum to any of the Public Libraries of Great 
Britain, or should any other arrangement be adopted 
for the encouragement of Libraries freely open to 
the public, that the House may be pleased to givea 
grant of books, or otherwise confer such advantages 
upon Stirling’s Library, as they may consider ex 

pedient, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Public Libraries. 


Temperance Association (Chairman) ;— Nailsea ;— 
and, Sheffield; praying for amendment of the Sale 
of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


tion of the Public Expenditure, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


and others ;— Joseph Lee, and others ;— Robert 
Justice, and others ;—Mrs. Rickards, and others ;— 
Samuel Jones, and others ;—Henry Pleasant, and 
others ;—John King, and others;--John Roberts, 
and others ;—Matithew Martin, and others ;—John 
Aldridge, and others ;—John Thomas Young, and 
others ;—Mr. Thorn, and others ;—Edwin Charles 
Brown, and others ;— Edward Westlake, and others ; 
— William Abbott, and others ;—John Hagger, and 
others ; — Joseph Dussee, and others ; — Thomas 
French, and others ;—John Hughes, and others ;— 
Josiah Alford, and others;— John Stovold, and 
others ;—John Adams, and others ;—J. Teede, and 
others ;— William Burt, and others ;—John Boyce, 
and others ;— Thomas Barnes, and others ;—Ten- 
bury ;—Saint Pancras ;— Camberwell and Kenning- 
ton ;— Hawick ;-- Londonand its neighbourhood (nine 
Petitions) ;—The Metropolis(ten Petitions) ;-—Roch- 
dale (Chairman) ; — Sydenham; — Brooklynn by 
Blairgowrie ;— Hawich ;— Berwick-upon- Tweed ;— 
William Strattor, and others;—and, James Reed, 
and others; praying the House to extend the Fran- 
chise to every man of mature age, sound mind, fixed 
residence, and unstained with crime; and to enact 
all other provisions essential to the full, fair, and 
free representation of the people in Parliament,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


upon-Tyne (four Petitions) ; — Llwynrhydowen ; — 
Aberforth :— Cardigan;—Llandissilhogogoand Llan- 
granog ;—Penbryn;—and, Saint Dogmells; praying 
the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as 
shall bind the parties to refer all international dis- 
putes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


day of January 1847, 1848 and 1849, distinguishing 
the actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in 
the Collection and Management of the Revenue ; 
for the Charges of the Public Debt (the terminable 
Annuities being also valued by Estimate); for the 
Expenses of the Civil Government ; the Allow- 
ances to the Royal Family, and to His Majesty the 
King of the Belgians; the Establishment of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the Expenses of the 
Two Houses of Parliament and the Civil Depart- 
ments; the other Pensions on the Consolidated 
Fund, the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List ; also, 





PP4 the 


Petitions from Thomas Young, and others ; — Universal 
William Rayment, and others ;—William Dodds, S“#se, 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—Hawick ;—Newcastle- War. 





Petitions from Warwick ;—-Saint Ives (Hunting- Sale of Beer 
don) ;—West Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Hunts 4*- 


A Petition of the Mayor and Town Council of Public Expen- 
the city of Hereford, praying for a general reduc- ‘ture. 


&amp;e. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure and Expendi- 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th ™™® 











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the Payments for the Administration of Justice ; 
Diplomatic Expenses, and on Account of the Sums 
voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscel- 
laneous Services; also, Public Works, Bounties, 
Post-office, the Quarantine and Warehousing Es- 
tablishments, and all other Payments not coming 
under any of the foregoing Heads; with an Ap- 
pendix, showing the several Items composing each 
Head of the Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 724, of Session 1848). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative tothe Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


” Metropolis 
Turnpike- 
roads. 

No. 286. 
Excise Duties. 
No. 287. 

Hop Duties. 
No. 288. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


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


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


Ordered, That Mr. Prime have leave of absence 
till Whitsuntide, on account of ill health. 


Ballinasloe 
Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of such Extracts from the Correspondence 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 
Board of Guardians of the Union of Ballinas/oe, 
since the date of the 29th September last, as relate 
to the affording of Out-door Relief to the Poor of 
that Union. 


The Order for resuming, upon Wednesday the 
13th day of June next, the adjourned Debate upon 
the Amendments which, upon the 3d day of this 
instant May, were proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, That the Marriages Bill be now read a second 
time, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 20th day of June next. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 
&gt; on Group 10, of Railway Bills ; That in the case of 
ye neg the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction 
way (Power to Railway (Power to sell or lease to the London and 
sell or leaseto North Western, the Chester and Holyhead, or the 
——— Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, or to 
Western, the amalgamate therewith) Bill, the Promoters of the 
Chester and Bill had stated to the Committee that it was not 
Holyhead, or their intention to proceed further with the mea- 
the Shrews- 
bury and Ches- Sure. ; ‘ 
ter Railway Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Companies, or and be printed. 
to amalgamate 


therewith) Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Corporation. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Ordets,—A 
Return, showing the Amount of Money raised by 
the Corporation of Newcastle-upon- Tyne on the se- 
curity of the Tolls, Town and Quay Dues, and other 
Dues received by them as Conservators of the 
River Tyne, under the Acts 1 Vic. c. 72, and 
4 and 5 Vic. c. 71, or either of them, and showing 
the several and particular purposes to which the said 
Money had been applied. 

An Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain, in each | 
month of the year 1848, distinguishing the Euro- | 
pean, United States and Colonial Produce ; and of 
all European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, 
exported from England in the year 1848 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 384, of Ses- | 
sion 1848), 

Quarterly Accounts of all Cattle, Sheep and 
Swine imported into Great Britain from Ireland, 
from the 5th day of July 1847 to the 5th day of 
April last (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 727, of Session 1847). 

Copy of a Letter, of date the 19th day of March 
1849, from the General Board of Health to the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
on the Advantages, in regard to Convenience and 
Economy, of Printing Official Reports in the 


Cattle, Sheep 
and Swine. 


Printing. 


15° Mazz. 





A. 1849. 


Qctavo instead of the Folio Form; also, a Copy 
of the Observations of the 26th day of March 
thereon, by the Comptroller of the Stationery Office; 
with the Reply thereto by the Secretary of the 
General Board of Health, of date the 5th day of 
~ 1849. 

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


Lord Edward Howard reported, That he had William §mith 
carried to the Lords the Message of this House, of O’Brien. 
yesterday, requesting that their Lordships would be 
pleased to communicate to this House a Copy of 
the Record in the House of Lords in the case of 
Smith O’ Brien, v. The Queen, in Error; and that 
their Lordships gave for answer, That they will 
send an answer by a Messenger of their own. 


A’ Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Emigration. 

posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative 
to Emigration to the North American and Austra- 
lian Colonies, in continuation of the Papers pre- 
sented to this House in August 1848 and February 
1849 ;——— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 


The Lords communicate the following Paper : 
“ In the House of Lords. 
William Smith O’ Brien,—Plaintiff, in Error, 
The etniei tliat, in Error. 
Copy of the Transcript, Assignment of Errors, 
and Rejoinder; together with the Judgment and 


Tenor of Judgment in the above Writ of Error’ :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


William Smith 
O’Brien. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Emigration. 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 

“ Emigration is, at the best, a partial, tardy and 

most expensive remedy for the evils of Jreland; 

and that it is more immediately necessary at 

a to endeavour to check the disastrous 

migration of the farmers and small capitalists of 

that country, by giving them security against 

wanton ejectment, and loss of the fruits of their 

industry and enterprize, rather than to stimulate 

their departure, or that of the labourers who 

would be employed by them if such security were 

given : 

“ But that the most immediate and pressing 

object for this House to consider, is the frightful 

progress of starvation, disease and death in Ire- 

land, the total insufficiency of local means, as 

well as of any assistance now afforded by the 

State, to arrest that progress ; and the urgent ne- 

cessity that exists for additional contributions 

from the State to save hundreds of thousands 

from perishing, and whole counties from being 

depopulated,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
fMr. Monsell, 
i Young : &gt; 
: r. John O’ Connell 
Tellers for the Noes, ) yi Roche : "| 10. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches re- 
lative to Emigration to the North American and 

Australian 


Tellers for the Yeas, 








nith 





12 Vicroriz. 


Australian Colonies, in continuation of the Papers 
eng to this House in August 1848 and Fe- 
ruary 1849. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Sisens as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire and report upon the practicability of 
establishing an uniform system of Discipline, puni- 
tive, reformatory and self-supporting, to be applied 
to all persons sentenced to Imprisonmentfor crimes : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Prison 
Discipline. 


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


Mercurii, 16° die Mati, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


LandImprovee The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
mentand = take into consideration the Land Improvement and 
(ireland) Bill — (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

To-morrow. 


Grants of 
Land (New 
South Wales) 
Bill. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
remove Doubts concerning the Validity of certain 
Grants of Land in the Colony of New South Wales, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Grand Jury The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Cess (Ireland) into a Committee upon the Grand Jury Cess (Jre- 
™ land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hawes re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Police of The Order for reading a second time this day, 
tend) Ba the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
niorrow. 


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








Mercurii, 16° die Maiti ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
Taunton Town M R. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
= Market Taunton Town and Market Improvement 
BL -Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and had amended the same, by reciting the 
sum of money the trustees appointed by the recited 
Acts were authorized to raise, and how the same 
has been expended ; and had found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


East Anglian _ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Railways (Ely East Anglian Railways (Ely and Huntingdon Rail- 
_ ar sag way Extension of Time) Bill; That the Committee 
Extension c¢ bad examined the allegations contained in the pre- 
Time) Bil | ambie of the Bill, and had amended the same by 
inserting two recitals—that it is expedient that fur- 

Vou. 104, 


15°—16° Maiz. 








297 


ther powers should be granted to the Company for 
the conversion of the mortgage and bond debt of 
the Company into share-capital, and for dealing in 
other respects with the share-capital of the Com- 
pany ; and that the above arrangement had been 
submitted to and approved of by a meeting of the 
Company, which the Committee considered desir- 
able the more clearly to explain a clause they had 
added to the Bill ; and that they had found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the NThin ninth 
Petitions presented upon the 14th day of this instant Report) 
May, and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Grimsby Cor- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- —— 
tituled, An Act for the Management and Disposal Arrangement: 
of the Freemen’s Pastures, in the Parish of Great Bill. 
Grimsby, in the Parts of Lindsey, in the County of 
Lincoln, and for other Purposes ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 8. 1. 9. Leave out “ within ” and insert “ be- 
“ tween.” 

Pr. 11. 1.17. After “his” insert “ period of.” 

Pr. 11.1. 23. Leave out “ person” and insert 
*€ persons.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 30. Leave out “shall have been ” and 
insert “ is.” 

Pr. 11.1. 25. Leave out “ to be.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 5. Leave out “ hereinafter provided 
i” 

Pr. 50.1.17. Leave out “ May” and insert “ No- 
“* vember.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 21. Leave out “ November ” and insert 
“ May.” 

Pr. 53. 1. ult. Leave out from “ court” to “ And” 
in Pr. 54. 1. 22. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it Enact- 
“ed, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ enable the Corporation to alienate or encumber, 
“ without the consent of the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, any hereditaments 
““ which could not have been alienated or encumbered 
“ before the passing of this Act, without such con- 
“ sent.” 

Pr. 57. Is. penult. and ult. After “ Administra- 
tors” insert “ and the incumbent for the time being 
‘* of the vicarage of the parish, and the impropriator 
for the time being of the impropriate rectory of 
the parish.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 


n 


wn 
nx 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds and 
the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Power Thirsk Rail- 
to guarantee Interest on certain Shares, &amp;c.) Bill; hon dig 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Interest on 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be a 
ingrossed. — 


Ordered, That Mr. Grey be allowed to attend Tyne River 
and vote in the Committee on the Tyne River Con- peg Sera ; 
servancy; and, the North Shields Quays and Im- gpieids Quays 


provement Bills, notwithstanding the Clerk of the and Improve- 


Committee of Selection has not received from him ™¢m* Bills. 
the prescribed form of Declaration, with his signature 
attached, not later than the day immediately pre- 

ee 


ceding 








298 


ceding the first meeting of the Committee, provided 
he deliver in such Declaration forthwith, 


Edinburgh 


Mr. Edwin Lascelles reported from the Committee 
and Northern 


Railway (A.) 22 Group 17 of Railway Bills ; That in the case of 
(Dunfermline the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (A.) (Dun- 
Branch Devi- fermline Branch Deviation in Dunfermline Parish, 
ation in Mat and so as to pass under Zownhill and Halbeath 
rish, and soas Lramways; Branches in connection with those 
to pass under Tramways; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees of 


Townhilland FJ q/beath Colliery; Increase of Capital; and Amend- 


eel ment of Acts) Bill, the promoters of the Bill had 
Branches in stated to the Committee, that it was not their in- 
connection 


tention to proceed further with the measure. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


with those 
‘Tramways ; 
Repeal of 
Agreement 
with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery ; 
Increase of Capital and Amend- 
ment of Acts) Bill. 


Fdinburghand Mr, Edwin Lascelles reported from the Committee 
——_ Rail- on Group 17 of Railway Bills; That in the case of 
hw c Slip the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Formation of 
Quay and Slip Quayand other Works at Granton; Extension 
other Works of Station at Edinburgh; Regulation of Perth 
+ dhe gt Stations ; and Amendment of Acts) Bill, the Com- 
Station at | mittee had examined the allegations contained in 
Senulenn . the preamble of the Bill, a had amended the 
Perth Sta.  8ame by striking out so much thereof as related to 
tions; and the regulation, management, and control of the 
Amendment general Railway Station at Perth (the promoters 
of Acts) Bill. having stated that they did not now intend to pro- 
ceed with that portion of the Bill), and by adding 
a recital with reference to the rights of the Duke of 
Buccleuch and Queensberry, in order to set forth the 
state of the case more fully; and had found the 
preamble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and had introduced the additional 
provision therein, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House of the 10th day of May; and had made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions from Falkirk (two Petitions) ;—Porto- 
bello ;—and, Linlithgow ; praying that the Affirma- 
tion Bill may pass intoa law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


16° Maiz. 


A, 1849, 


Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Game Laws, 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying for the 
repeal of the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mem- Lunatics 
bers of the parochial board of the parish of Saint (Scotland) 
Ninian’s, Stirlingshire, praying that the Lunatics ~" 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hunston; —hurlow Parva; — Malt. 
Fakenham ; — Thorpe Morieux ; — Botesdale ; — 
Shimpling ; —Glemsford ; —Thelnesham ; —Risby ; 
—Davendish ;—Rickhinghall Inferior ;—Straddis- 
hall ;—Whipstead ; —Weston Market ; — Bradley 
Magna ;— Thurlow Magna ;—Worlington ;—Little 
Livermere ;— Hepworth ;—Cowlinge ; —Hawstead ; 
—Nowton ;—Hargrave ; —Boxted ; —Chevington ; 
_—Dupden ; —Wetherden ; —Herringswell ; —Amp- 
| ton ; --- Cornard ; —Ingham ; — Saxham Parva ; — 

Knoddishall ; —Friston ; —Middleton ;--Farnham ; 
—Peasenhall ; — Blaxhall; —Glemham Parva ;— 
Snape ;— Hazlewood ;— Kelsall ;— Benhall ;--Stern- 
Sield ;—Stratford (Suffolk) ;—Sibton ;—Leiston ;— 
Theberton ;— Rendham ; —Aldeburgh ; —and, Wit- 
nesham; praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Malt,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Char- Marriages 
mouth, in the diocese of Salisbury, praying that the Bill. 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Peterhead ; Kincardine O’ Neil Marriage 
(two Petitions); Saint Ninian’s(Chairman);—— hag perdi 
and, Ross-shire; praying that the Marriage (Scot- ing Births, he. 
land) Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (.Scot- (Scotland) 
land) Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, Bills. 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. 





Petitions from Burnley Union;—and, Stow Poor Law 
Union ; praying that an Act may be passed in the Officers. 
present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 





A Petition of the Reverend John Jordan, Vicar 
of Enstone, in the county of Oxford, stating that 
the Petitioner has for some years past addressed 
the House on the subject of Church Reform, the 
consideration of which has deeply engaged his at- 
tention for very many years, and that he now feels 
himself more than ever constrained to urge this 
needful matter upon their earnest and best regard, 
in consequence of a recent occurrence, that shall be 
briefly explained ; that it has hitherto been custom- 
ary for ministers of the Church of England either to 
preach, or to allow others to preach, in their pulpits, 
sermons in behalf of the Moravian Missions, the 
London Missionary Society, the Religious Tract 
Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, and | 
other Lindred institutions, but that the Petitioner, | 
having been invited this year to do such an act of | 
friendly goodwill and fraternal affection for the | 
Wesleyan Missionary Society, in a chapel of the 
Church of England, in Gray's Inn-lane, in the cit 
of London, the Bishop of London has thought it ex- 
pedient, in the exercise of the authority he has over 
that chapel, to forbid the minister of it allowing the 
use of his pulpit for this purpose, and praying the 
House to take these the premises into consideration, 
and to pass the Clergy Relief Bill, and other mea- 
sures of a similar character, for a general reform of 
the Church of England, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill, &amp;e. 





Petitions from Arthington ;— Daniel R. Munro ; 
—and, John Kennedy; praying that the Clergy | 








Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their own body,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bramhope ;—Leathley ;—Hawks- Promiscuous 
worth ;— Rigton ;—Welton ; — Menstone ; — Burley Itercourse. 
(York) ;—and, Morpeth; praying the House to 
make such enactments as may seem fit for the easier 
conviction and the more summary and adequate 
punishment of traders in vice, who live by promoting 
Promiscuous Intercourse between the sexes,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Public Health 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying that the ae) 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was agg and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wood- Rating of 
bridge Union, in the county of Suffolk, praying the Tenements. 
House to pass a law making the landlords of all 
cottages, whose rents are under six pounds, liable 
to the payment of the ae rates, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Daniel R. Munro and John Ken- Registering 
nedy, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;e. (Scot- Births, &amp;. 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, CL ) 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition 
























Act. 


Slave 


eye 





















































Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Canada. 


Committees. 


Hops. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Corporation. 
No. 289, 
Cheese. 


No. 291. 


Cattle, Sheep 


and Swine. 
No. 292. 


Printing. 
No, 293. 


12 Vicrortm. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, of the per- 
suasion of the Society of Friends, residing in the 
city of Worcester, praying for amendment of the Sale 
of Beer Act, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the town of Colchester, praying that In- 
structions may be forthwith given to the Principal 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to-demand of 
the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the libera- 
tion of all Africans who have been illicitly imported 
into their colonies and territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties, together with their descendants ; 
and in the event of their attempting to evade such 
demand, or to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notily 
to them that measures will be adopted to exclude 
their produce from the British markets, until Sla- 
very itself shall be abolished by them, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Kirk Session of 
the parish of Stornoway ; —— District of Back, 
parish of Stornoway, Lewis ;——and Knock, Island 
of Lewis; praying that the Sunday Travelling on 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Market Drayton (two Petitions) ; 
—and, Eccleshill (three Petitions); praying the 
House to extend the Franchise to every man of ma- 
ture age, sound mind, fixed residence, and unstained 
with crime; and to enact all other provisions essen- 
tial to the full, fair and free representation of the 
people in Parliament,— were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Devizes ;—and, Wickham Market ; 
praying the House to promote the formation be- 
tween the British Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively, of such treaties of 
arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all in- 
ternational disputes that may arise to the decision 
of arbitrators,—-were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,-—Papers relative to the Affairs of Canada. 

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


Ordered, That on To-morrow, being Ascension 
day, no Committee do meet and proceed with busi- 
ness before Two of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantity of Hops charged with 
Duty in each of the years 1843, 1844, and 1845, 
and in each of the years 1846, 1847, and 1848, the 
Rate of Duty on British Hops, the Quantity of 
Foreign Hops retained for Home Consumption, and 
the Rate of Duty thereon; the Number of Acres of 
Land under Hop Cultivation ; the Quantity of British 
Hops exported, and the Rates of Duty on British 
Hops, from 1711, showing the periods at which 
alterations were made. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the NWew- 
castle-upon- Tyne Corporation, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Cattle, 
Sheep and Swine, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Printing, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
VoL. 104, 


16° Maiti. 


The House according to Order, resolved itself into Landlord and 
‘ Tenant Bill. 






299 


a Committee upon the Landlord and Tenant Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cravuse N° 1 (Parties having limited interests 
may enter into agreements to grant compensation). 
Amendment again proposed, in P.2.].2: To leave 
out the words, “ or the purchase of.” 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and Negatived. 
Another Amendment proposed, in P.2. 1.2: To 
insert after the word: “ manures” the words “ or of 
“ such articles of food for cattle, sheep, or pigs, as 
“shall be specially mentioned in the said agree- 
** ments.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Pusey, Liog 
Yeas, L Mr. Evelyn Denison: las 
Tellers forthef Mr. Christopher | 27 
Noes, \ Sir John Yarde Buller: J ~" 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.5: After 
the word “ fences” to insert the words “ or by the 
“ erection of substantial farm buildings.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse N° 3 (Drainage, &amp;c. to be kept in repair.) 
Amendments made. 

Motion made, and. Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 

f Mr. Pusey, 


Tellers for the Yeas,) in. Miecmeeies \120. 
f Sir Harry Verne 
Tellers for the Noes,) Mr. Williams : y } 11. 


Cuause N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses N° 5, and N° 6, disagreed to. 
Cravuses N° 7, and N°8, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavuses N° 9, and N° 10, agreed to. 
Ciavse N° 11, (Owners and persons who may 
make agreements on behalf of owners.) 
Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words, “ Provided always, That 
“ no owner of any farm, of which he is not possessed 
in fee simple, shall have power, under this Act, 
by agreement with the tenant of such farm, to 
render any future owner of such farm liable for 
any principal sum by way of compensation for 
improvements which shall exceed two years’ rent 
of such farm, according to the annual value thereof 
at the time of making such agreement: Provided 
also, that no tenant of such farm shall have power 
under this Act, to recover, by virtue of any such 
agreement, from any future owner, any such prin- 
cipal sum by way of compensation for improve- 
ments, except by seven equal annual instalments ; 
and at the time of the payment of each annual 
instalment, interest at the rate of £.5 per cent. 
per annum upon the whole amount then due shall 
likewise be paid; and the first of the above in- 
stalments and payments of interest shall not be 
due until one year’s rent of such farm shall have 
been paid to such future owner.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 

' Mr. Newdegate 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Christopher : 
Mr. Pusey, 

Mr. Bouverie : 


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\ 52. 


t 
Tellers for the Noes, } 80. 
Clause agreed to. 

Crause N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses N° 13, and N° 14, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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300 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bull. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the main Question again 
proposed upon the 19th day of April last, That the 
Affirmation Bill be now read the third time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Marriage by License Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of this instant May. 


Marriage by 
License Bill. 


Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Attornies and Solicitors(Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, ‘That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 13th 
day of June next. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 294. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Sup 
Resolved, 


ly ; 
That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
miitee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire and report upon the practicability of esta- 
blishing an uniform system of Discipline, punitive, 
reformatory and self-supporting, to be applied to 
all persons sentenced to imprisonment for crimes ; 

‘dered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


Prison 
Discipline. 


Grand Jury The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Cess (Ireland) take into consideration the Grand Jury Cess Jre- 
Bill. land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Parliamentary Oaths 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Ordered, That the Paper, intituled: “ In the 
House of Lords: 
William Smith O’ Brien,—Plaintiff, in Error, 
and 
The Queen,— Defendant, in Error : 
Copy of the Transcript, Assignment of Errors and 
Rejoinder ; together with the Judgment and Tenor 


William Smith 
O'Brien. 


No. 290. 


16°—17° Mazz. 








A. 1849. 


of Judgment in the Writ of Error : which was yes- 


terday communicated from the Lords, be taken into 
consideration upon Friday next ; and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 17° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine 1849. 





PRAYERS. 
R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain City of London 
of the City of London, was called in; and at Police. 

the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—General Ac- 
counts of the City of London Police, for each year, 
from their first establishment to the 31st day of 
December 1848 (made up, as far as possible, in 
conformity with the Annual Metropolitan Police, 
Accounts) :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the T'yne River Tyne River 
Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day, till Five ae 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. oe 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 8, of Opposed _ 
Opposed Private Bills have leave to sit this day, till a Bills 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. ett 


Mr. Childers reported from the Committee on Birmingham 
Group 18, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the Borough (Ex- 
case of the Birmingham Borough (Exemption from Sonnty Roses) 
County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill, they had heard counsel (No. 2.) Bill. 
in support of one of the Petitions against the Bill, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; that 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill; that they had amended the 
same by leaving out, in the ninth paragraph thereof, 
the word “all,” and by inserting the words “ their 
“ present” instead thereof; that they had found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Marshland 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Fon CEqaaliss- 


_intituled, An Act for altering the mode of assessing tion of Drain- 


the Drainage Rates authorized by the Act for drain- age Rates and 


ing and improving Marshland Smeeth and Marsh- Repair of 


land Fen, in the Country of Marshland, in the cents BE) 


County of Norfolk, and to provide for the Repair of 
Roads within the Limits of the said Act; and the 

same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 10. 1. 1. After “ whatsoever” insert Clause 
(A,) 
Cuaust (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the Com- 
missioners for the time being acting in execution of 
the said recited Act and this Act may and shall, in 
all cases arising out of or under any of the provi- 
sions of the said recited Act, or this Act, sue and 
be sued in the name of any one of the said Com- 
missioners, or of their Clerk for the time being, 
and no action, suit, information or indictment 
which shall be brought, commenced, filed, pre- 
ferred or prosecuted by or against the said Com- 
missioners, or any of them respectively, by virtue 
of the said recited Act, or this Act, in the name of 
any Commissioner or of their Clerk, shall abate 
or be discontinued by the death, suspension or 
removal of any such Commissioner or Clerk, or 
by the act of any such Commissioner or Clerk, 
without the consent of the said Commissioners ; 
but the said Commissioner, or the Clerk for 
the time being, shall always be and be deemed to 
be the plaintiff, prosecutor or defendant, as the 
case may be, in any such action, suit inf6rmation 
or indictment; provided nevertheless that every 
such Commissioner and Clerk shall be reimbursed 
and paid, out of the funds to arise by virtue of 
this 








‘Whitehaven 
Waterworks 
Bill. 





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12 Vicrortiz. 





this Act, all such damages, losses, costs, charges 
and expenses as he shall be put to or become 
chargeable with by reason of his being made 
plaintiff, prosecutor or defendant as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 17. 1.32. After “ throughout” insert “ and 
shall be paid by the Owners or Occupiers for the 
time being of such lands respectively.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 9. Leave out the first “and.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 24. Leave out “laid ” and insert “ le- 
vied.” 

Pr. 46. 1.29. After “Fen” insert “ or in Well- 
more Broad Fen and Short Fen.” 

Pr. 50. 1.16. Leave out “ the making ” and in- 


sert “‘ payment ;” and in the same line, after “rate” 
insert “ shall have been demanded.” 


“ 
“ 
“ 
6c 
“ 
é“ 


Pr. 51. 1. 39. After ‘‘ 1849” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
contained in this Act, or in the Act herein recited 
or referred to, shall extend or be deemed or con- 
strued to extend, to prejudice, diminish, alter or 
take away any of the rights, privileges, powers, 

rerogatives or authorities vested in or enjoyed 
* Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time 


(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr, 17. 
1, 32., was for the purpose of carrying out the in- 
tention of this House), were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Townley do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better supplying the Town, 
Port and Harbour of Whitehaven with Water: And 
the same were read, as follow : 


“cc 
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“ 
if) 
“ 
cc 


Pr. 6. |. 27. After ‘* river” insert “ Provided 
always, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Trustees to divert into the said lake a certain 
stream which now flows across a certain close or 
field, called Hollin Field, situate in the parish of 
Saint Bee’s, and numbered 133, on the said de- 
posited Plan.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 33. Leave out from “ or” to “and,” in 


Pr. 9. 1.3. and insert “ with the enlargement, deep- 


6c 
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ening and improvement thereof, by any person 
or persons for the time being entitled so to en- 
large, deepen or improve the same, in order to have 
the full benefit of the increased quantity of water 
which will be drawn and pass through the same, 
in consequence of the raising of the surface of the 
said lake as hereinbefore directed, nor to preju- 
dice or injure the free and uninterrupted use and 
enjoyment claimed by Mr. Thomas Ainsworth, of 
Flosh Mills, in the parish of Cleator, his heirs and 
assigns, of the said sluice and canal, or goit, in its 
present state, or as the same may be enlarged, 
deepened and improved as aforesaid, or of the 
water of the said lake in its present state, or as 
increased by any impounding thereof as herein- 
before mentioned ; but the said Thomas Ainsworth, 
his heirs and assigns, shall have and enjoy such 
and the same rights and privileges in and over 
the said sluice and canal, or goit, as so enlarged, 
deepened and improved as aforesaid, and in and 
over the said lake, and the increased quantity of 
water in the same arising from such impounding, 
as he and they are entitled to have and enjoy in 
and over the same respectively, in their present 
state,” and also insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Crause(A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That the said Thomas Ainsworth, his heirs 
or assigns, or other the owner of the said sluice 
for the time being, shall, at the expense of the said 
Trustees, make and construct, and for ever there- 
after continue and maintain, in the lower part of 
such sluice such sufficient aperture and apparatus 
as shall be necessary to enable such and the same 
quantity of water to be drawn or discharged from 
VoL, 104, 


17° Maii. 


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301 


and out of the said lake to and into the upper 
portion of the said river, as shall from time to 
time be withdrawn by the said Trustees from the 
lower portion of the said river, for the purposes 
of this Act; and the said Thomas Ainsworth, 
his heirs and assigns, or other the owner of the 
said sluice for the time being, shall, if and when 
required by notice in writing, signed by any two 
or more of the occupiers for the time being of 
mills situate on the said river, such notice to be 
delivered or left at the counting-house of the said 
mills called Flosh Mills, from time to time, and 
at the like expense, to regulate and adjust such 
aperture as to enable such quantity of water as 
aforesaid so to be drawn or discharged from and 
out of the said lake to and into the said river, 
any thing herein contained to the contrary not- 
withstanding.” 

Crause (B.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That the said Trustees shall make and construct 
in the upper part of the said weir a moveable 
waste board, of the width of thirty feet at least, 
and of a depth as nearly as may be corresponding 
to the additional height to which the surface of the 
said lake shall be raised by the said Trustees under 
the provisions of this Act, with all proper gear- 
ing and other apparatus thereto, for raising and 
lowering the same; and in case, and when and so 
often as the said mills, called Flosh Mills, shall 
cease to be worked for the space of Three work- 
ing days at any one time, it shall be lawful for 
the said Trustees and they are hereby required, 
on the requisition in writing of any Two or more 
of the occupiers of mills on the said river, forth- 
with so to regulate and adjust the height of the 
upper edge of the said waste board for the then 
next succeeding period of seven days, as shall be 
mentioned in and required by the said requisition, 
and so in like manner from time to time, and so 
often as shall be required, during such periods as 
the said mills, called Flosh Mills, shall cease to 
be worked for the space of three working days 
at any one time, any thing herein contained to 
the contrary notwithstanding ; and from time to 
time, when and so often as the said mills, called 
Flosh Mills, shall again begin to be worked, it 
shall be lawful for the occupier for the time being 
of such last-mentioned mills, or the said Trustees 
shall, on the requisition of the said Thomas Ains- 
worth, his heirs or assigns, and they are hereby 
required forthwith to raise and restore the upper 
edge of the said waste board to the said addi- 
tional height to which the surface of the said lake 
shall be so raised as aforesaid; and in case the 
said mills, called Flosh Mills, shall not be worked 
for more than three working days at any one 
time after the said waste board shall have been 
so raised as aforesaid, the said Trustees shall and 
they are hereby required forthwith, on notice in 
manner aforesaid, again to lower the upper edge 
of the said waste board as may in such notice be 
required, any thing in this Act contained to the 
contrary notwithstanding.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 


time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Glasgow Union Canal in the 
gow R 


An ingrossed Bill for vesting the Edinburgh and 
Edinburgh and Glas- 
ailway Company, was read the third time; 


and Amendments were made to the Bill. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir John Hope do carry the Bill ‘ 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway and 
Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Union Canal 
Amalgama- 
tion or Sale or 
Lease of the 


Union Canal to the 
Railway Company) Bill. 


An 


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302 


London An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to 
— the London Gas Light Company, was read the third 
time. 
Se act) Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Staffordshire | An ingrossed Bill to extend the Provisions and 
Potteries enlarge the Powers of the Staffordshire Potteries 
eadenand Waterworks Act, 1847, was read the third time. 
Amendment Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


of Act) Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Copeland do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Townley reported from the Committee on 
Group 4, of Opposed Private Bills ; ‘That in the case 
of the Torquay Market Bill, they had heard counsel 
in support of the Petition of Emily Munro Cary 
against the Bill referred to the Committee ; and 
that they had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and that they had examined the allegations 
contained in the preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same by striking out so much as re- 
lated to the establishment of a Cattle Market, that 
portion of the Bill having been withdrawn by the 
promoters; and that they had found the allegations 
of the Bill, as amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Torquay 
Market Bill. 


Binbrooke A Petition of Her Majesty’s Attorney-General, 
Saint Gabriel praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
and Binbrooke 4 ‘avent, against certain parts of the Binbrooke 
Saint Mary &lt;e $ ° ° 
Inclosure Saint Gabriel and Binbrooke Saint Mary Inclosure 
(Amendment (Amendment and Extension of Acts, Alteration of 
peng med Awards, settling Titles to Lands, &amp;c. and defining 
tion of Awards, Parish Boundaries) Bill, was brought up and read. 
settling Titles And a Member having stated, in his place, that 
a the case was urgent, and that it was essential to the 
Parish Bound- public interests that the said Petition should be 
aries) Bil. = forthwith referred to the Committee on the Bill, and 
the Attorney-General heard, in pursuance of the 
prayer thereof ; 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 160, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

“ That every Petition in favour of or against 
any Private Bill before the House be presented to 
this House by depositing the same in the Private 
Bill Office; and that there be indorsed thereon the 
name or short title by which such Bill is entered in 
the Votes, and a statement that such Petition is in 
favour of, or against the Bill, as the case may be, 
together with the name of the Member, party or 
agent depositing the same.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended in respect of the said Petition. 

Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to entertain the said Petition, notwithstanding 
the same has not been deposited in the Private Bill 
Office within seven clear days after the Second 
Reading of the Bill. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned John Spark 
and others, complaining of the conduct of George 
Hudson, Esquire, a Member of the House, and 
Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, and praying for inquiry, and that he may be 
expelled from being a Member of the House, being 
offered to be presented ; 

And Mr. Hudson being in his place ; 

The said Petition was brought up, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are Shareholders in an 
undertaking called the “ Eastern Counties Railway,” 
of which said undertaking George Hudson, Esquire, a 
Member of the House, is the Chairman; that the 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Company. 





17° Maiz. 








A, 1849. 


Petitioners are informed, and which they verily believe 
to be true, that the said George Hudson, so acting 
in his capacity of Chairman to the said Company, 
has, from time to time, caused to be made out and 
published, statements purporting to be true accounts 
of the receipts and disbursements of the said Com- 
pany, which he well knew to be false and untrue ; 
whereby the public have been grossly deceived, and 
the Petitioners grievously injured ; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to cause inquiries to be 
made into the truth of these charges, and if the 
same be proved that the said George Hudson may 
be expelled from being a Member of the House, 
and that the House will adopt such course as to the 
House may seem meet, to prevent a continuance of 
such false and scandalous practices, whereby thou- 
sands of Her Majesty’s subjects are daily ruined. 

Mr. Hudson was heard in his place. 

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

A Petition of Proprietors of the Eastern Counties 
Railway, complaining of the conduct of George 
Hudson, Esquire, and David Waddington, Esquire, 
Members of the House, and Chairman and Deputy 
Chairman of the Board of Directors, and of John 
Bagshaw, Esquire, a Member of the House and 
a Director of the Company, and praying for inquiry, 
being also offered to be presented ; 

And Mr. Hudson, Mr. Waddington, and Mr. 
Bagshaw being in their places ; 

The said Petition was brought up, and read; set- 
ting forth, That doubts having begun to be entertained 
in the minds of the proprietary, as to the integrity and 
good faith of the directors of this Company, in the 
administration of their official duties, at the half- 
yearly meeting held on the twenty-eighth day of 
February one thousand eight hundredand forty-nine, 
a committee of investigation was appointed, to inquire 
into all the affairs and accounts of the Company, and 
to report their opinion thereon to an adjourned meet- 
ing, and that they be at liberty to send for books, 

apers and accounts, and examine any parties they 
think fit, and to employ such accountants as they 
might require; that such Committee accordingly 
entered upon the inquiry, and, upon or about the 
twenty-fourth day of April last, made their report, 
whereby although they admit that the “investigation 
has necessarily been only partially entered upon,” and 
no general audit accomplished, nor the share-capital 
account subjected to scrutiny, most extraordinary 
and wholly unexpected acts and transactions have 
been disclosed, which justice both to the share- 
holders and to the public at large imperatively 
demand should be subjected to a most rigid and 
searching inquiry; that it is unnecessary to trouble 
the House with a recapitulation of the several facts 
set forth in the report ; it will be sufficient to state 
(to prove the propriety of the prayer of the Peti- 
tion), that not only have the directors countenanced 
most unjustifiable extravagance in the construction 
of works, and in the expenditure of the funds of 
the proprietors, but they have altered the accounts 
to make them agree with the dividends they pro- 
posed, and have, on the faith of the accuracy of 
such accounts, misled the general meetings of the 
Company into an acquiescence of dividends, which 
if the accounts had been truly stated, never would 
have been made; that so far as this system pre- 
vailed, that although in July one thousand eight 
hundred and forty-five, the half-yearly dividend 
declared was three shillings per share, in January 
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, a half- 
yearly dividend of nine shillings (or three times the 
the previous amount, without any change of circum- 
stances, to allow of such augmentation) was pro- 

osed and carried by the directors, and subsequent 
aveteer dividends of nine shillings, ten shillings, 
ten shillings, eight shillings, and eight shillings, have 
been successively made, when, by the report of the 
accountants of the committee of investigation, it ap- 
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pears that three shillings and eight pence, two shillings 
and one penny, five shillings and ten pence, four 
shillitigs and five pence, and two shillings and four 
pence, ought only to have been declared ; that the 
consequences of these false appearances of prosperity 
have been the indulgence in the most reckless extra- 
vagance, the encouragement of schemes of extension 
and amalgamation, which would not. otherwise have 
been thought of, the actual increase, since January one 
thousand eight hundredand forty-five, of the capital of 
the Company from two million nine hundred and six 
thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds, to ten 
million eight hundred and fifty-one thousand five hun- 
dred and ninety-three pounds, exclusive of the pro- 
jected amalgamation with the Norfolk Company, 
which, if it takes place, will augment such capital to 
thirteen million one hundred and thirty: nine thousand 
one hundred and fifty-six pounds; that the market 
value of the shares of the Company has been seriously 
affected, and opportunities have been thus afforded, 
for the few to get rich at the expense (and itis feared 
as it will ultimately prove by the ruin) of thousands 
of honest and useful, although perhaps more humble 
members of society; that this system appears to 
have commenced almost immediately after George 
Hudson, Esquire, and David Waddington, Esquire, 
(respectively Members of the House), became chair- 
man and deputy chairman of the board of directors, 
and while John Bagshaw, Esquire, (also a Member of 
the House) was likewisea director, and their being so 
necessarily increased the confidence aforesaid, in the 
board at large ; and the just and wholesome jealousy 
the House has on many prior occasions of less pub- 
lic importance than the present shown, respecting 
the conduct of its members, encourage the Peti- 
tioners to hope will be again evinced and exercised ; 
that the Petitioners cannot charge themselves with 
any supineness or inattention to their own interests, 
or of placing a culpable confidence in directors who 
held such important positions in society, and by 
whom they could as little expect to be deceived by 
“ cooked ” or altered reports (an act so repugnant to 
every notion of commercial honour), as by the direc~ 
tors of the Bank of England, or of the Honourable 
East India Company, and whose responsibilities it 
was relied the wisdom of Parliament had taken care, 
in the various Acts it passed, to render co-extensive 
with their powers; that the Petitioners also most 
deferentially suggest, that clothed as the directors 
were, not merely with the powers, but also with the 
prestige that invariably attends parties acting under 
the sanction and authority of Acts of Parliament, 
they have peculiar claims to the interposition of the 
House, especially as the rejection of the clauses of 
the Bill introduced two Sessions ago, which would 
have empowered Railway Commissioners to inspect 
Railway accounts, and also of the Railway Audit 
Bill of the last Session, have prevented their pos- 
sessing such means of prosecuting inquiry elsewhere, 
and the Petitioners now unfortunately find the Acts 
which the legislature have passed inadequate to afford 
them that speedy, certain and salutary investigation, 
satisfaction and redress, which a matter of such ex- 
tensive importance and so grievously affecting such 
a large number of individuals, and involving matters 
of such great public consequence, unite in requiring, 
and they are thus constrained to place their especial 
hope and reliance on the aid and interposition of the 
House; and praying the House to cause a speedy, salu- 
tary and searching investigation to be instituted into 
the conduct of the Members of the House who have 
been concerned in the several matters contained in 
the report of the said committee of investigation, 
and into their transactions and dealings as directors 
or otherwise, in the accounts and affairs of the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company. 

Mr. Waddington and Mr. Bagshaw were heard in 
their places. 

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

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17° Maize. 303 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Yeomanry. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of the Yeomanry 
Corps in Great Britain, the Names of the Regi- 
ments or Troops, the Number of Officers, the Num- 
ber of Non-commissioned Officers and Privates be- 
longing to each Regiment or Troop ; together with 
the Number of times they have severally been called 
out in aid of the Civil Power, either by Regiments, 
Detachments or Troops, made out in separate co- 
lumns. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Health of the 
Copies of Statistical Reports on the Health of the Navy. 
Navy (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 53, of Session 1841). 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee Transfer of 
on Group 7, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the a 
case of the Transfer of Sheffield Canal to the Ri- Ton pond 
ver Dun Navigation Company Bill, the parties pro- tion Company 
moting the Bill had produced the London Gazette Bil. 
and a newspaper published in the county of York, 
containing notice of additional provision, pursuant 
to the Order of the House of the 3d April; and 
that the Committee had considered the Petition 
against the said Bill, and had heard counsel in fa- 
vour of the Bill; and had examined the allegations 
contained in the preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by striking out certain words 
which contemplated the payment to persons, by the 
Navigation Company, of annuities mentioned in the 
Bill, as the provisions in the Bill for such payment 
were withdrawn; and had found the allegations of the 
Bill, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Newfoundland 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to #4 Labrador. 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy or Extract of a Report, dated the 2d day of 
October 1848, addressed to Vice-Admiral the Earl 
of Dundonald, by Captain G. G. Loch, 8. N., upon 
the Fisheries of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Army, Army, 
Ordnance and Navy, which were presented upon the Ordnance, 
24th and 27th days of April last, and the 11th day N = 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 205. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Hops, Hops. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 296. 


Petitions from Wootton ;—Saint Margaret’s ; — Agriculture. 
Buckland ;— Minster ;—Sellinge ;—Doddington ;— 
Egerton ;—Stonar ;—Lympne ; — Otterden ;—Fair- 
field ; —Shelton ; —Shimpling ; —Burston ; —Bres- 
singham ;—Winfarthing ; —Tivetshall Saint Mar- 
garet ;—Tivetshall Saint Mary ;—Dickleburgh ;— 
Diss ;—Roydon ; —Fersfield ; —Shelfanger ;—and, 
Scole, Frenze and Thorpe Parva; praying the House 
to adopt measures for the relief of persons engaged 
in Agriculture,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol (Chairman) ;—Manchester ; Capital 
—and, Dublin (Chairman) ; praying for the aboli- Punishment. 
tion of Capital Punishment,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Rugby Charity, Charitable 
founded by Lawrence Sheriff, Grocer, of London, Trusts Bill. 
praying that the Charitable ‘I'rusts Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, or that the Rugby cha- 

aq4 rity 





Cl Relief 
Bil. 


Copyholds 
Bnfranchise 
ment Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Representa- 
tion. 


Gainsford 
Parish. 


Isle of Man. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill 


Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police. 


304 


rity may be exempted from the operation thereof, 
and that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against the said Bill, was — and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Matthew Barclay ;—Selston ;— 
Inverness (Chairman) ;— Braintree ;—and, Necton ; 
praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a 
aw,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Hundred of Hartismere (Suf- 
folk) ;— Blything (two Petitions) ;—and, High and 
Low Bishopside (Chairman); praying that the Copy- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Peter B. Long ; and, Edmund 
Jenney and others; praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Toxteth Park ;— Windle ;—Dit- 
ton; —Cronton ;—Bold ; —Knowsley ; —and, Pil- 
hington ; praying that the County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Dysart ;—Great Yarmouth ; — 
Eccleshall Bierlow ;—Southwark (High Bailiff) ;— 
and, Kensington, &amp;c.; praying for an extension of 
the suffrage, and other measures for the full, fair 
and free Representation of the people in Parliament, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Lay Members of the Church of En- 
gland, resident in the chapelry of Barnard Castle, 
in the county of Durham, praying the House to adopt 
measures for dividing the parish of Gainsford, and 
endowing the clergyman of the chapelry of Barnard 
Castle with a more equitable proportion of the re- 
venues of the said parish, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Crawford, of the village of 
Onchan, in the Isle of Man, Solicitor, stating that 
he was incarcerated in Castle Rushen Gaol, in the 
Isle of Man, on the 15th day of February last, by 
order of the Lieutenant-governor of the said island, 
in his capacity of Chancellor and Judge of the 
Court of Chancery of the said island, for an indefi- 
nite period ; and praying the House to cause an in- 

uiry to be instituted as to what is the law of the 
Isle of Man in cases of contempt, and as to the 
power of the courts of the island to punish con- 
tempts with imprisonment for life, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Renfrew ;——and, Falkirk(P reses); 
praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers and others 
of the western division of the county of Norfolk, 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Reverend J. S. Henslow ;— 

‘oodford ;—and, Burley (Hants); praying that the 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Tavle, 

A Petition of Matthew Barclay, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers, and other Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Saint Clement Danes, in the city of West- 
minster, praying the House to inquire into the 
amount permanently required for the support of the 





17° Mazi. 





A. 184Y, 


Metropolitan Police Force, and into the distribution 
of wih Force, and the expenditure of the Police 
rate levied in the county of Middlesex, and to adopt 
such measures as may be necessary to relieve the 
Petitioners and their fellow rate-payers from the 
payment of additional, and unnecessary rates, and to 
take such other steps in the distribution of the 
Police Force, and of the Police rate, as to the House 
may seem meet, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the New Zealand Company, incor- New Zealand: 
porated by Royal Letters Patent, under the reat 
seal of the United Kingdom, praying that the House 
will be pleased to adopt measures for saving the 
colony of New Zealand from those evils which past 
experience in that as well as other colonies has 
shown to be inseparable from the introduction of 
convicted criminals of any denomination, or under 
any form, and from being made the subject of ex- 
periments in convict emigration ; for affording to it 
the guarantee of law against such emigration ; and 
for ensuring to it the grant of a charter of free 
government, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the Paper. 
Fenwick Mutual Improvement Society, praying for 
the repeal of the duty on Paper, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of Poor Law 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
poor in the Kidderminster Union, in the county of 
Worcester, praying that an Act may be passed in 
the present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor 
Law officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sixteen Petitions from Morwich, praying for a Public Expen- 
general reduction of the Public Expenditure, and for diture, &amp;. 
a Reform in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town pyplic Health 
Council of the royal burgh of Dundee, praying (Scotland) 
that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, Members of Public Health 
the Sanatory Association, praying the House to insti- (Ireland.) 
tute such sanatory legislation as may be calculated 
to improve the Public Health in Zredand, to diminish 
pauperism, and render the rates less burdensome, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Marlborough and Public Roa &lt;« 


its vicinity, in the county of Wilts, praying that the (England and 
Public Roads (England and North Wales) Bill North Wales) 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Matthew Barclay ;— —and, William Registering 
Christie; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. Births, &amp;. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now (Scotland) 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrick Borrowman, praying that Registering 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, Births, &amp;e. 
. (Scotland) ; 

the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, and, Marriage 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Cartel) 


Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost of the ~— of Kil- Registering 
marnock, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Beotinad) 
(Scotland) Bill; the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, Marriage 
the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, (Scotland) ; 
was presented, and read ; apd ordered to lie upon 224, Lunatics 

(Scotland) 
the Table. i 


es Bill 
A Petition 








Sle 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c, 
(Ireland. ) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Smithfield 
Market, 


Tithes, 


Universities 
(Scotland.) 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


pool;—and Lowestoft ; praying for amendment of 


12 VicroriZ. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board for the management of the Poor of Eastwood 
parish, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Dublin Sanatory 
Association, praying the House to take steps for the | 
establishment of an accurate Registry of Births, | 
Deaths and Marriages in Jreland, was presented, | 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halstead ;—Dewsbury ;—Liver- 


the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Belfast (two Petitions) ;—and, | 
Norwich; praying that instructions may be forthwith | 
given to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian | 
Governments the liberation of all Africans, and their 
descendants, who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties, and in the event of their attempting 
to evade such demand, or to procrastinate its ful- 
filment, to notify to them that measures will be 
adopted to exclude their produce from the British 
markets, until Slavery itself shall be abolished by 
them,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holyhead, and its 
vicinity, praying that the Jurisdiction of the County 
Courts may be extended to sums above twenty 
pounds, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Graziers, Salesmen and Butchers | 
using and frequenting Smithfield Market ; praying | 
the House to refuse its sanction to the removal of 
the Market,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Smithfield | 
Market. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery Chapter of Bal- 
combe ;—and, Ifield; praying the House to prevent | 
in future, the sale of Tithes appropriate or vested 
in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,—were pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

A Petition of Clergymen, Owners of Tithe Com- | 
mutation Rent-charge, praying for amendment of | 
the law in regard to the assessment of Tithes for 
parochial rating, was also presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House 
to pass a law, freeing the professors of literature and 
science, including those of the whole medical and 
law curriculum, and office-bearers of the Scottish 
Universities, except theological professors, from the 
imposition of restrictions, so as to secure to those 
establishments the character of standing and national, 
and not exclusive and sectarian institutions, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


17°—18° Maii. 





305 


negotiate treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, bind- 
ing the parties for the future to refer their mis- 
understandings to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Spanish Tariff. 
Command,—Copy of Supplement to the Spanish 
Tariff, containing the alterations made from No- 
vember 1841 to January 29th 1849. 
. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Bill to authorize further Advances of Money Land Improve- 
for the Improvement of Landed Property, and the ment and 
Extension and Promotion of Drainage and other Creland) Bill 
Works of Public Utility in Zreland, was, according P . 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill was, according to Poor Relief 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Charitable 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill for requiring the Transmission of the Accounts 


Annual Abstracts and Statements of Trustees of p Kaimnny «ae 
. ik y rusts (Scot- 
Turnpike-roads in Scotland to the Secretary of jand) Bill. 


State, to be laid before Parliament, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


_ The Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Police of 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Towas (Scot- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday “™” — 
the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Select Committee on the Administration of Administra- 
Justice (Metropolitan Districts) Bill was nominated tio of Justice 
of Mr. Attorney-General, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Districts) Bill 
Forster, Mr. Henley, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Henry 
Drummond, and Sir William Molesworth. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Friendly 
Friendly Societies Bill have Power to report their Societies Bill. 
Observations, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 18° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pyplic 





Petitions from Thomas Fraser and others ;— 
John Logie and others ;—John Rogers and others ; 
— Earston;—Bainsford ;— Carron;—and, Napoleon 
Kalthoeber and Augustus Edward Delaforce; pray- 
ing the House to extend the I’ranchise to every man 
of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence, and 
unstained with crime, and to enact all other pro- 
visions essential to the full, fair and free representa- 
tion of the people in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmarnock; — West Leigh ;— 
Norwich ;—Swaffham ;—and, Neatishead; praying 
the House to take prompt and decisive measures to 

Vou. 104. 





mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th (Fortieth 
and 16th days of this instant May; and had di- — 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 6, of Opposed 
Opposed Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till ‘ann &gt; 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. si 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 7, of Opposed 
Opposed Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Private Bills 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. iieiinis 

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306 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the grievances complained of in the 
Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, in 
connection with the Administration and Govern- 
ment of those Dependencies; and to report their 
Opinion whether any measures can be adopted for 
the redress of any grievances of which there may 
be shown just reason to complain; and also whether 
any measures can be adopted for the better Admi- 
nistration and Government of those Dependencies, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them, from time to time, to the House. 


Ceylon 
and British 
Guiana. 


NorthWestern 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway 


intention of the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Lancaster Mtituled, An Act for enabling the North Western 
Branch, Aban- Railway Company to make an Extension of the 
donment of — Lancaster Branch of their Railway, and a new Road 
William Lands -y er Ae oppo 
Branch, to Settle Station, and to abandon the William Lands 
New Road to Branch, and for other Purposes; and the same 
ae ae a were read, as follow; 
Time for Pur. EF: 12. 1. 30. After “ reserved”’ 
chase of Lands (A.). 
and Construc- Cravse (A.) “ And whereas, the said proposed 
ton of Works) « Railway will pass through part of the glebe lands 
Bill. y will pass through part of the glebe lands, 
in the township of Lancaster, belonging to the 
vicarage of Lancaster, whereof George Martin, 
of Capernwray Hall, Esquire, is now patron, and 
the Reverend Joseph Turner, Master of Arts, is 
vicar, and it is expedient to provide for the appli- 
cation of the purchase-money and compensation 
to be paid in respect of the said lands; Be it 
therefore Enacted, That in the conveyance by 
the said vicar or his successors to the said Com- 
pany, of any lands belonging to the said vicarage 
of Lancaster, or any interest therein, the purchase 
and compensation-money which shall be payable 
in respect of the same may be lawfully paid to 
two trustees to be nominated by the said vicar 
or his successors (with the consent of the ordinary 
and patron for the time being), such nomination 
and consent to be signed in writing under the 
hands of the said vicar and ordinary and patron ; 
and it is hereby declared that the said trustees or 
the survivor of them, or the executors or adminis- 
trators of such survivor, shall, at the request of 
the said vicar or his successors, with such con- 
sents as aforesaid, pay and apply any part not 
exceeding one-half of the said purchase or com- 
pensation-money, in erecting and completing the 
new vicarage or parsonage-house at Lancaster 
aforesaid, now in progress of erection, with the 
requisite buildings and approaches thereto, and 
(at such request and with such consents as afore- 
said) pay and apply the remaining one-half of 
the said money and the surplus of the said other 
half, if any, after such application as aforesaid, 
in the purchase of any freehold land of inheri- 
tance in fee simple, upon the conveyance thereof 
to the said vicar of Lancaster and his successors, 
to the like uses as the lands for which such money 
shall have been paid by the said Companyas afore- 
said,are now subject to: Provided always, That the 
said trustees, and the survivor of them, and the 
executors and administrators of the survivor, may, 
and they are hereby required, until such applica- 
tion of such purchase-money and compensation 
as aforesaid, to lay out and invest in their or his 
names or name in the Government Stocks or 
public funds of Great Britain, or in Government 
or real securities, all or any part of the said pur- 
chase-money or compensation, and until such 
application as aforesaid, to pay and apply the 
interest, dividends and annual produce of the said 
“ trust monies to the use of the said vicar of Zan- 
‘“* caster and his successors.” 

Pr. 14. ls, 28. and 29. After “ aforesaid” insert 
Clause (B.). 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 


insert Clause 


18° Maiz. 





A. 1849. 


shall be lawful for the Company to enter into such 
contracts and agreements with the Leeds and 
“ Bradford, the Midland and the Lancaster and 
Carlisle Railway Companies, or any or either of 
them, as shall be ee | deemed expedient, 
for or in respect of the working, use and occupa- 
tion of their respective Railways, and the several 
stations and conveniences connected therewith, 
and for and in respect of the appropriation of any 
part of any of such stations to the exclusive or 
particular use of any of the said Companies re- 
spectively, and for or in respect of the interchange 
of traffic upon the Railways belonging to the 
said Companies or any of them, and generally for 
and in respect of all such matters and things as 
may be necessary or desirable for the mutual 
convenience and accommodation of the said Com- 
panies respectively.” 

Pr. 16.1. 29. After “ made” insert “ or the Com- 
pany.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 33. After “ Railways” insert “ or to 
the better and more impartial audit of the ac- 
counts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


iis 


na 


- 
~~ 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to Black Sluice 
alter and amend the Provisions of the several Acts a 
relating to the Black Sluice Drainage, to extend the (Amendment 
lime by “The Black Sluice Drainage Act, 1846,” of Acts, Exten- 
limited for the Completion of the Works, to autho- 90" of Time 

“ . “e or Completion 
rize the levying and raising of further Rates and o¢ works, 
Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and for Powers to levy 
other Purposes, be now read the third time ; and seine 

The Comptroller of the Household, by Her Ma- *"t'Momen’t 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her alter existing 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Rates and 

an : » : ». Tolls, and for 
Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s other Pur- 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein poses) Bill. 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Trollope do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for improving the Approaches Charing Cross 
to the Charing Cross Bridge on the Surrey Side Bridge 
thereof, and for amending the Acts relating thereto, a - 
for authorizing the raising of a further Sum of Powers toalter 
Money, and for other Purposes, was read the third suthorized 
time. rs Bill - 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Transfer of Edinburgh 
the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway wf ey 
to, and to vest the same in the Edinburgh and Gias- Wilsontown, 
gow Railway Company, was read the third time; Morningside 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. —o 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pe 


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


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the York, New- York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway Company to make cer- —_ and Ber- 
tain Branches in the Counties of Northumberland pater | 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other Purposes, Alnmouth 
was read the third time; and Amendments were New Branches, 
made to the Bill. maadenes 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Parker, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Op 
Frewen and Mr. Briscoe, be allowed to attend and Private Bills 





vote in the Committee on Group 19, of one (Group 19.) 
rivate 
















Capital 
Punish: 


Churcl 
Tempo 
(Irelat 


Copy 
Entr: 
ment 


Cow 
(Ire 


Sm: 
Act 


bore se 


ee 









Capital 
Punishment. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland) Act. 


Copyholds 
Entranchise- 
ment Bill, 


County Cess 
(Ireland) Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Freemen’s 
Lands. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law. 


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Private Bills, in respect of the Bills for which they 
were added to that Committee, notwithstanding the 
Clerk of the Committee of Selection has not received 
from them the prescribed forms of Declaration, 


with their signatures attached, provided they deliver 


in such Declaration forthwith. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


Inhabitants of the city of Gloucester, praying for 
the abolition of Capital Punishment, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Diocese of Cloyne ;-~Stackallan; 
— Bruff ;— Odogh ;—and, Grangegorman ; praying 
that an Act may be passed restoring the separate 
jurisdiction of the ten suppressed Sees in Ireland, 
and enabling Her Majesty to nominate to them, ac- 
cording as an adequate provision for each, whether 
from public or private sources, shall have been se- 
cured; and also that the Sees of Cashel and Tuam 
be restored to their former archiepiscopal dignity, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners of the township of 


Ellenborough, in the county of Cumberland, and 


others, praying that the Copyholds Enfrachisement 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the 
Cork Board of Guardians, praying for amendment 
of the County Cess (Jreland) Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of the town of Doncaster, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, praying for the amendment of the 
Small Debts Act, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply, Justices 


of the Peace and Road Trustees of the county of 


Edinburgh, praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkwall and vici- 
nity, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; and, 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into law, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Stamford, stating that they are in- 
formed that a Bill is about to be introduced into the 
House to provide for the management and regula- 
tion of the Lands and Commonable Rights of Free- 
men of cities and boroughs in England, and pray- 
ing that such Bill may pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zow Toynton ; West Ashby ; 
Moorby ;——~— and, Maidstone; praying that 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of Sandsting and Aithsting, in Shetland, 
praying for modification and amendment of the 

oor Law in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Poor of the Bromsgrove Union, in the county of 
Worcester, praying that the Law of Settlement may 
be entirely abolished, and that in lieu of the present 
system of assessment for the relief of the Poor, the 


Maiz. 307 


requisite funds be raised by an uniform rate on all 
kinds of property, to be estimated in the language 
of the ancient law of England, according to the 
ability of the rate-payers, and on the principle of an 
equitable Income-tax, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Meigle (Moderator); praying the House to adopt 
measures for the punishment of all persons trading 
in Prostitution, and for the better protection of 
virtuous women,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


House to reduce the National Expenditure by a 
large amount, and to place the representation of the 
people on a basis consistent with their enlightened 
condition, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


bitants of the town and neighbourhood of Carlisle, 
complaining that the present system of rating Rail- 
ways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for an alteration of the law, rendering such 
taxation more just and equal, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 


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





habitants of Carlisle, praying the House to address 
Her Majesty, to the intent that instructions be forth- 
with given to the Principal Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs to demand from the Spanish and 
Brazilian Governments the liberation of all Afri- 
cans and their descendants, who have been intro- 
duced into their respective colonies and territories ; 
and in the event of their attempting to evade the de- 
mand, or to procrastinate the strict fulfilment there- 
of, it be notified to them that measures will be taken 
to exclude their produce from the British markets, 
until Slavery itself shall be abolished by them, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual 
Parliaments, no Property Qualification, Equal 
Electoral Districts and Payment of Members, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


and, Capel-y-groes and Rhydygwin; praying the 
House to promote the formation between the British 
Government and other governments of the world 
respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall 
bind the parties to refer all international disputes 
that may arise to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered tu lie upon the 
Table. 


appointed to inquire into the grievances com- # 


British Guiana, in connection with the Adminis- 
tration and Government of those Dependencies, 
and to report their Opinion whether any measures 
can be adopted for the redress of any grievances of 
which there may be shown just reason to complain ; 
and also, whether any measures can be adopted for 








VoL. 104. 


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plained of in the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and 






















Petitions from Halifax ;— and, Presbytery of Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the County Public Expen- 
of Hertford Reform Registration Society, praying the ‘iture, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Shareholders in Railways, Inha- Railways. 


Petitions from Langcliffe;—Settle (three Peti- Sale of Beer 
tions) ;—Griggleswick ;—and, Kendal; praying for Act 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Slave Trade. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of In- Universal 
habitants of Birmingham, praying for the adoption Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Killingholme; — Tamworth ; — War. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Select Committee Ceylon 
nd British 
ulana. 


No, 297. 








308 


the betterAdministration and Government of those 
Dependencies, and who were empowered to report 
their Observations thereupon, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House; That they had consi- 
dered the matters to them referred; and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a List of all the Causes 
that have been decided in the House of Lords on 
Appeal from the Cuurt of Session in Scotland, since 
the 1st day of January 1839, in reference to rights 
of property in which the legitimacy of any party 
was raised as a point for decision, specifying the 
names of the parties Appellants and Respondents 
in such Appeals, the Dates of the ultimate Judg- 
ments of the House of Lords thereon, and whether 
by such Judgments the Decision of the Court of 
Session upon the question of Legitimacy was 
affirmed, or reversed or altered: And that Mr. 
M‘ Neill do carry the said Message. 


Legitimacy 
(Scotland. ) 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Return 
made to an Order of the House of Lords, dated 
the 30th day of June 1848, for a Return of all 
Declarators of Marriage or Legitimacy brought 
into the Court of Session since November 1830, 
with the decisions of the Court; and also,a Return 
of all Appeals to the House of Lords, for the same 
period, from decisions of the Court of Session in 
cases of Marriage or Legitimacy, with the result 
of such Appeals: And that Mr. M‘WNeill do carry 
the said Message. 


Marriage and 
Legitimacy 
(Scotland. ) 


City ofLondon _ Ordered, That the General Accounts, relative to 


Police. the City of London Police, which were presented 
No. 298. yesterday, be printed. 

Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com - 

Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 


was read, as followeth : 
Lancashire Resolved, That in the case of the Lancashire and 
and Yorkshire Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ashton Branch, of 
wt Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Petition for additional provi- 
C ote sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
Branch,ofClif- with ; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
om on their additional provision, if the Committee on the 
iamead Bill shall think fit. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Stocktonand Sir John Duckworth reported from the Com- 


Darlington mittee on Group 12, of Ruilway Bills ; That in the 
oe uaa case of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (Con- 
of Acts; solidation of Acts, Increase of Capital and Pur- 


Increase of 
Capital, and 
Purchase of 
Middles- 
brough Dock) 
Bill; and, 


chase of Middlesbrough Dock) Bill; and, the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway (Alteration of 
Line in Eaglescliffe and Stockton-on-Tees) Bill, the 
Committee had, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House of the 1st of May, considered the question of 


Stockton and eis * : = ag 
Darlington tue proposed consolidation of the said two Bills into 
Railway one Bill; and, inasmuch as the object of one of the 


(Alteration of Bills is 


Line in Bagies- to consolidate and include in one Act all 


cliffe and the powers and provisions of the Stockton and Dar- 
Stockton on- ington Company’s Acts, it appeared to the Com- 
Tees) Bill, J pr : _nm 2 


mittee that it would be more convenient that the 
powers now sought in reference to an alteration in 
the line of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
should be embodied in the Bill for the consolidation 
of the Company’s Acts, rather than that such 
powers should form the subject of a separate Bill; 
and that the Committee had accordingly conso li- 





18° Maiz. 





A. 1849. 


dated the said two Bills into one Bill, “ for consoli- stockton ana 
dating the Acts of the Stockton and Darlington Darlington 
Railway Company, making an Alteration in the Line eH . 

P ° -? ° ° P ation 
of Railway, increasing their capital and purchasing of Acts, &amp;. 
the Middlesbrough Dock”; and that they had Alteration of 
examined the allegations of the said consolidated /™® &amp;¢.) Bill 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- Nuisances 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of two Removal and 
Orders of the Lords of the Council, issued under Diseases Pre. 
the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention “""™" 4% 
Act of the 11 and 12 Vic. c. 123, for putting that 

Act in force in Great Britain. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Baillieborough 
Copy of all Correspondence between the Zrish Poor Union. 

Law Commissioners or the Central Board of Health 

in Ireland, orboth, with the Guardians of the Baillie- 

borough Union in that Country, respecting the re- 

cent Appointment ofa Medical Officer in that Union. 


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor Poor Laws 
Laws (Ireland) have leave to sit To-morrow, not- (Ireland.) 
withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Fire Insur- 
dated the 20th day of April last, for an Account of ®"°¢* 
all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Great 
Britain and Ireland on Insurances from Fire, for 
the Quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of 
September, and the 25th day of December 1848 ; 
distinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to 
each Office for collecting the same, in the Country, 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with 
the dates of such Payments. 

ee That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Wiliam 
consideration the Paper, intituled, “ In the House Smith O’Brien. 
of Lords: William Smith O’Brien, Plaintiff in 
Error, and the Queen, Defendant in Error.” Copy 
of the Transcript, Assignment of Errors and Re- 
joinder; together with the Judgment and Tenor of 
Judgment in the above Writ of Error :—The House 
proceeded to take the said Paper into consideration; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, 
Defender of the Faith, and so forth, to our trusty 
and well-beloved Francis Blackburne, our Chief 
Justice assigned to hold Pleas in our Court before 
us at Dublin, greeting: Because in the record and 
process, as also in giving of judgment in a certain 
indictment against William Smith O’ Brien, late of 
Cahermoyle, in the county of Limerick, at a certain 
special Session of Oyer and Terminer and General 
Gaol Delivery, holden in and for the wepes Sd 
Tipperary, at Clonmel, in the said county of Tip- 
perary, on Thursday, the twenty-first day of Sep- 
tember, in the year of our Lord One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-eight, preferred and found 
against the said William Smith O’ Brien, for certain 
treasons, whereof the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
by a certain jury of the said county of Tipperary, 
taken thereupon between us and the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, was thereupon convicted, which 
said record, process and judgment aforesaid we 
lately caused to be brought before us in our Court 
for certain alleged cause of error therein intervening, 
and because, in the affirmance of the judgment 
aforesaid before us, upon the Writ of Error afore- 





said, 








12 VicrorizZ. 


said, manifest error hath intervened, to the great 
damage and oppression of the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, as by him we are informed: We, willing 
that the error, if any there be, should be in due 
manner corrected, and full and speedy justice done 
to the said William Smith O’Brien in this behalf, 
do command you, that if judgment be thereupon 
given and affirmed as aforesaid, then you distinctly 
and plainly send, under your seal, the record and 
proceedings aforesaid, and all the things touching 
the same, and this writ, to us, in our present Par- 
liament, now holden at Westminster, in the county 
of Middlesex, inAhat part of our United Kingdom 
called England, that the record and proceedings 
aforesaid, being inspected, we may cause further to 
be done thereon, with the assent of the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal in the same Parliament, for 
correcting the said error, what of right and according 
to law ought to be done. 
Witness, George William Frederick Earl of 
Clarendon, our Lieutenant-General and 
General Governor of Ireland, at the 
Queen’s Courts, the seventh day of Fe- 
bruary, in the twelfth year of our reign. 
Yelverton Dawson. 
Robert Potter, Attorney. 
(Allowed.) F. Blackburne. 
The execution of the within writ appears by the 
record and schedule hereunto annexed. 
So answers, F. Blackburne. 
Received, 14th February 1849, 
Peirce Mahony, Clerk of the Crown. 





Peas before our Lady the Queen, at the Queen’s 
Courts at Dublin, in Michaelmas Term, in the 
twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign 
Lady Victoria, by the Grace cf God of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, 
and in the year of our Lord One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-eight. 


Witness, Francis Blackburne, Esq. 


‘County of Tipperary, {Our Sovereign Lady Victoria 

to wit. J the Queen hath sent to the 
Right honourable Francis Blackburne, the Right 
honourable John Doherty, and the Right honourable 
Richard Moore, Justices, appointed to hear and 
determine all treasons, felonies and trespasses com- 
mitted within the county of Tipperary, and to de- 
liver the gaols of our Lady the Queen in the same 
county, on the twenty-first day of September, in 
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-eight, and the following days, and to 
each of them her writ, closed in these words: 
Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender 
of the Faith, and so forth, to the Right honourable 
Francis Blackburne, Chief Justice of our Court of 
Chief Place, the Right honourable John Doherty, 
Chief Justice of our Court of Common Bench, and 
the Right honourable Richard Moore, fourth Justice 
of our said Court of Chief Place, three of our Justices 
appointed to hear and determine all treasons, 
felonies and trespasses committed within our county 
of Tipperary, and to deliver the gaol of said 
county, on the twenty-first day of September last 
past, forasmuch as in the record and process, as 
also in giving of judgment in a certain indictment 
against William Smith O’ Brien, for certain treasons, 
whereof the said William Smith O’ Brien, by a 
certain jury of the country, taken thereupon be- 
tween us and the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
before you, is thereupon convicted, as it is said 
manifest error hath intervened, to the great danger 
of the said William Smith O’Brien, as by his 
complaint we are informed : We, willing that the 

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18° Mazz. 309 


said error, if any, be duly amended, and full and 
speedy justice done to the said William Smith 
O’ Brien in this behalf, do command you, that if 
judgment be given thereupon, then you send to us 
distinctly and plainly, under your seals, or seal of 
one of you, the record and process aforesaid, with 
all things touching the same, and this writ, so that 
we may have them on the fifteenth day of Novem- 
ber next, wherever we shall be in Jreland, that, in 
inspecting the record and process aforesaid, we may 
cause further to be done thereupon for amending 
the said error as of right, and according to the 
laws and customs of Ireland, shall be meet to be 
done. 
Witness our Justices General and General 
Governors of Jrel/and, at the Queen’s 
Courts, the twenty-eighth day of October 
in the twelfth year of our reign. 


Yelverton Dawson. (seal.) 
Robert Potter, Attorney. 


The execution of the within writ appears by the 
annexed record of the proceedings in the case within 
mentioned. 

So answers, 
Francis Blackburne. (seal.) 
John Doherty. (seal.) 
Richard Moore. (seal.) 





County of Tipperary,| Be it Remembered, That at a 

to wit. J Special Sessions of Oyer and 
Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, holden in and 
for the county of Tipperary, at Clonmel, in the said 
county of Tipperary, on Thursday, the Twenty-first 
day of September, in the twelfth year ofthe reign of 
our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace 
of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so 
forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-eight, before the Right 
honourable Francis Blackburne, Chief Justice of 
Her Majesty’s Court of Chief Place in Jredand, the 
Right honourable Jokn Doherty, Chief Justice of 
Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas in Jreland, 
and the Right honourable Richard Moore, fourth 
Justice of Her Majesty’s Court of Chief Place in 
Lreland, Justices and Commissioners of our said 
lady the Queen, of Oyer and Terminer, within our 
said county of Tipperary, nominated and appointed 
to inquire into, hear and determine all and all man- 
ner of treasons, murders, manslaughters, burnings, 
felonies, robberies, crimes, contempts, offences, 
transgressions, evil-doings, and matters and things 
whatsoever, by whomsoever done, committed or 
perpetrated within the said county of Tipperary, as 
well against the peace and the common law of 
Ireland, as against the form and effect of any statute 
or statutes, acts, ordinances or provisions theretofore 
made, ordained or confirmed, and also nominated 
and appointed, from time to time, as need should 
be, to deliver the gaols of our said Lady the Queen, 
of the said county of Tipperary, of all prisoners 
and malefactors therein, saving to our said Lady 
the Queen all amerciaments thence arising and 
accruing, being by virtue of a Commission under 
Letters Patent of our suid Lady the Queen, under 
the Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, called Jreland, bear- 
ing date at Dublin, the first day of September, in 
the twelfth year of the reign of our said Lady the 
Queen, to them the said Francis Blackburne, John 
Doherty and Richard Moore and others, in the said 
letters named, directed by the oaths of Richard 
John Hely tHlutchinson, commonly called Lord Vis- 
count Suirdale; the Honourable Cornelius O’ Cal- 
laghan; the Honourable Francis Aldborough Prittie; 
the Honourable Richard Hely Hutchinson; Sir Ed- 
mund Waller, Baronet ; William Ponsonby Barker, 





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a 





310 


Esquire; Stephen Moore, Esquire ; John Bagwell, 
Esquire; Ambrose Going, Esquire; Matthew Penne- 
fe ther, Esquire ; Wray Palliser, Esquire; John 
Bayly, Esquire ; Thomas Barker Barton, Esquire ; 
John Trant, Esquire; John Carden, Esquire ; Wil- 
liam Quinn, Esquire; James Butler, Esquire ; 
Stephen O’ Meagher, Esquire; Henry Trench, Es- 
quire; Caleb Going, Esquire ; Thomas Lalor, Es- 

uire; James Lanigan, Esquire; Joseph Cooke, 
+ all good and lawful men of the body of the 
said county, then and tiere impannelled, sworn and 
charged to inquire for our said Lady the Queen, 
and for the body of the said county of Tipperary : 
It is presented in manner and form following, that 
is to say,—County of Tipperary, to wit: The jurors 
for our Lady the Queen, upon their oath, do say and 
present, that William Smith O’ Brien, late of Cahir- 
moyle, in the county of Limerich, Esquire ; Terence 
Bellew Mac Manus, \ate of Liverpool, in that part 
of the United Kingdom called England, Gentleman ; 


James Orchard, \ate of Killenaule, in the county of 


Tipperary, Labourer ; Denis Tyne, late of Crohill, 
in the said county of Zipperary, Labourer; and 
Patrick O’ Donnell, \ate of Ballingarry, in the said 
county of Tipperary, Yeoman, being subjects of our 
said Lady the Queen, not having the fear of God 
in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their al- 
legiance, but being moved and seduced by the in- 
stigation of the devil, as false traitors against our 
said Lady the Queen, and wholly withdrawing the 
love, obedience, fidelity and allegiance which every 
true and lawful subject of our said Lady the Queen 
should and of right ought to bear towards our said 
Lady the Queen, on the seventeenth day of July, 
in the twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign 
Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, 
Defender of the Faith, and so forth; and on divers 
other days between that day and the thirtieth day 
of the same month of July, with force and arms, at 
the parish of Ballingarry, in the said county of 
Tipperary, together with a great multitude of false 
traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown, 
to the number of five hundred and more, arrayed 
and armed in a warlike manner, that is to say, with 
guns, pistols, pikes, clubs, bludgeons and other 
weapons, being then and there unlawfully, ma- 
liciously and traitorously assembled and gathered 
together against our said Lady the Queen, did then 
and there wickedly, maliciously and traitorously 
levy and make war against our said Lady the Queen, 
within this realm ; and being so assembled together, 
arrayed and armed against our said Lady the Queen, 
as aforesaid, did then and there, with great force 
and violence, parade and march in a hostile manner 
m and through divers villages, towns, places and 
public highways, to wit, in the said parish of Bai- 
lingarry, in the county of Tipperary aforesaid, and 
did then and there erect certain obstructions, com- 
posed of cars, carts, pieces of timber and other ma- 
terials, erected and built to a great height, that is to 
say, to the height of five feet and upwards, upon 
and across the said highways, to obstruct and pre- 


vent the marching of the soldiers of our said Lady | 


the Queen within this realm; and did then and 
there make a warlike attack upon, and fire at a 
large body of constables, then and there lawfully 
being upon their duty, as such constables; and did 
then and there, with force and violence, endeavour 
to compel the said constables to join them in levy- 
ing and raising public insurrection, rebellion and 
war against our said Lady the Queen, within this 
realm; and did then and there make a warlike 
attack upon a certain dwelling-house, situate at 
Farrinrory, in the said parish of Ballingarry, in 
the county of Tipperary, aforesaid ; and did then 
and there fire upon a large body of constables, that 
is to say, forty constables therein assembled ; and 
did then and there maliciously and traitorously at- 
tempt and endeavour, by force and arms, to subvert 





18° Mazi. 





A. 1849. 


and destroy the Government and Constitution of 
this realm as by law established, in contempt of 
our said Lady the Queen and her laws, tu the evil 
example of all others, contrary to the duty of the 
allegiance of them, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
Terence Bellew Mac Manus, James Orchard, Denis 
Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, against the form of 
the statute in such case made and provided, and 
against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, Her 
Crown and Dignity. And the jurors aforesaid, upon 
their oath aforesaid, do further say and present, 
that the said William Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bel- 
lew Mac Manus, James Orchurd, Denis Tyne and 
Patrick O’ Donnell, being subjects of our said Lady 
the Queen, not having the fear of God in their 
hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, 
but being moved and seduced by the instigation of 
the devil, as false traitors against our said Lady the 
Queen, and wholly withdrawing the love, obedience, 
fidelity and allegiance which every true and lawful 
subject of our said Lady the Queen should and of 
right ought to bear towards our said Lady the 
Queen, on the twenty-sixth day of July, in the twelfth 
year of the reign aforesaid, with force and arms, at 
Mullinahone, in the parish of Kilvennon, in the said 
county of Tipperary, together with a great multitude 
of false traitors, whose names are to the said jurors 
unknown, to the number of one hundred and more, 
arrayed and armed in a warlike manner, that is to 
say, with guns, pistols, pikes, clubs, bludgeons and 
other weapons, being then and there unlawfully, 
maliciously and traitorously assembled and gathered 
together against our said Lady the Queen, did then 
and there wickedly, maliciously and traitorously 
further levy and make war against our said Lady 
the Queen within this realm, and being so arrayed 
and armed against our said Lady the Queen, as 
aforesaid, did then march in a warlike manner in 
and through divers villages, towns, places and high- 
ways; to wit, at the parish aforesaid, in the county 
aforesaid, and did then and there maliciously and 
traitorously, with great force and violence, march to 
a certain dwelling-house in Mullinahone, in said 
county, in which a large body of constables then 
were lawfully assembled, as such constables, and 
did then and there endeavour by force and violence 
to compel the said constables to surrender their 
arms, and join with them in so levying and mak- 
ing war against our said Lady the Queen within 
this realm, and did then and there maliciously and 
traitorously attempt and endeavour by force and 
violence to subvert and destroy the Government and 
Constitution of this realm as by law established, in 
contempt of our said Lady the Queen and Her laws, 
to the evil example of all others, contrary to the 
duty of the allegiance of them, the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew Mac Manus, James 
Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, 
against the form of the statute in such case made 
and provided, and against the peace of our said 
Lady the Queen, Her Crownand dignity. And the 
jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do fur- 
ther present, that the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
Terence Bellew Mac Manus, James Orchard, Denis 





| Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, being subjects of our 


said Lady the Queen, not having the fear of God 
in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their al- 
legiance, but being moved and seduced by the in- 
stigation of the devil, as false traitors against our 
said Lady the Queen, and wholly withdrawing the 
love, obedience, fidelity and allegiance which ever 

true and lawful subject of our said Lady the Queen 
should and of right ought to bear towards our said 
Lady the Queen, on the twenty-eighth day of July, 
in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, with force 
and arms, at Killenaule, in the parish of Killenaule, 
in the county of Tipperary aforesaid, with a great 
multitude of false traitors whose names are to the 
said jurors unknown, to the number of one hundred 
and more, arrayed and armed in a hostile manner, 
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that is to say, with guns, pistols, pikes, clubs, 
bludgeons and other weapons, being then and 
there unlawfully, maliciously and traitorously as- 
sembled and gathered together against our said 
Lady the Queen, did then and there wickedly, ma- 
liciously and traitorously further levy and make 
war against our said Lady the Queen, as aforesaid, 
did then and there unlawfully, maliciously and trait- 
orously erect and build certain obstructions, com- 
posed of cars, carts, pieces of timber and other ma- 
terials, erected and built to a great height, that is 
to say, to the height of five feet and upwards, upon 
and across the highway leading through the said 
town of Killenaule, whereby then and there unlaw- 
fully, maliciously and traitorously to obstruct and 
hinder the marching of the soldiers of our said 
Sovereign Lady the Queen through Kidlenaule, upon 
and along the said highway, and did then and there | 
maliciously and traitorously attempt and endeavour | 
by force and violence to subvert and destroy the | 
Government and Constitution of this realm as by 
law established, in contempt of our said Lady the 
Queen and Her laws, to the evil example of all others, 
contrary to the duty of the allegiance of them, the 
said William Smith O’Brien, Terence Bellew Mac 
Manus, James Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick 
O’ Donnell, against the form of the statute in such 
case made and provided, and against the peace of | 
our said Lady the Queen, Her Crown and Dignity ; | 
and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, | 
do further present, that the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, James Orchard, 
Denis Tyne and Patrick O’ Donneil, being subjects 
of our said Lady the Queen, not having the fear | 
of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of 
their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by 
the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against | 
our said Lady the Queen, and wholly withdrawing | 
the love, obedience, fidelity and allegiance which 
every true and lawful subject of our said Lady the 
Queen should and of right ought to bear towards 
our said Lady the Queen, on the twenty-ninth day 
of July, in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, 
with force and arms, at Farrinrory, in the parish of 
Ballingarry, in the said county of Tipperary, to- 
gether with a great multidude of false traitors whose 
names are to the said jurors unknown, to the num- 
ber of five hundred and more, arrayed and armed in 
a warlike manner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, 
pikes, clubs, bludgeons and other weapons, being | 
then and there unlawfully, maliciously and traitor- 
ously assembled and gathered together against our | 
said Lady the Queen, did then and there wickedly, | 
maliciously and traitorously further levy and make | 
war against our said Lady the Queen within this | 
realm, and being so arrayed and armed against our 
said Lady the Queen as aforesaid, did then and 
there in a warlike manner make an attack upon and 
fire at a large body of constables, then and there, 
lawfully being in discharge of their duties as such | 
constables ; and did then and there make a warlike 
attack upon a certain dwelling-house at Farrinrory 
aforesaid, in which a large body of constables, that 
is to say, forty constables, were then lawfully ac-| 
sembled on their duty as such constables, and did | 
then arid there fire upon the constables there as-| 
sembled, and did then and there maliciously and | 
traitorously attempt and endeavour, by force and 
violence, to subvert and destroy the Government and | 
Constitution of this realm as by law established, in! 
contempt of our said Lady the Queen and Her laws, 
to the evil example of all others, contrary to the | 
duty of the allegiance of them, the said William) 
Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, James 
Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O'Donnell, 
against the form of the statute in such case made 
and provided, and against the peace of our said 
Lady the Queen, Her Crown and Dignity; and the | 
jurors aforesaid, npon their oath aforesaid, do fuar- | 
= present, that the said Wélliam Smith O’ Brien, 
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311 

Terence Bellew Mac Manus, James Orchard, Denis 
Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, being subjects of our 
said Lady the Queen, not having the fear of God in 
their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegi- 
ance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation 
of the devil, as false traitors against our said Lady the 
Queen, and wholly withdrawing the love, obedience, 
fidelity and allegiance which every true and lawful 
subject of our said Lady the Queen should and of right 
ought to bear towards our said Lady the Queen, on 
the twenty-ninth day of July, in the twelfth year of 
the reign aforesaid, with force and arms, at the parish 
of Ballingarry, in the said county of Tipperary, toge- 
ther with a great multitude of false traitors whose 
names are to the said jurors unknown, to the number 
of five hundred and more, arrayed and armed in a 
warlike manner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, 
pikes, clubs, bludgeons and other weapons, being 
then and there unlawfully, maliciously and traitor- 
ously assembled and gathered together against our 
said Lady the Queen, did then and there wickedly, 
maliciously and traitorously further levy and make 
war against our said Lady the Queen within this 
realm, and did then and there maliciously and trait- 
orously attempt and endeavour by force and arms to 
subvert and destroy the Constitution and Govern- 
ment of this realm as by law established, and deprive 
and depose our said Lady the Queen of and from 
the style, honour and kingly name of the Imperial 
Crown of this realm, in contempt of our said Lady 
the Queen and Her laws, to the evil example of all 
others, contrary to the duty of the allegiance of 
them, the said Wéilliam Smith O’ Brien, Terence 
Bellew MacManus, James Orchard, Denis Tyne and 
Patrick O’ Donnell, against the form of the statute 
in such case made and provided, and against the 
peace of our said Lady the Queen, Her Crown and 
Dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath 
aforesaid, do further say and present, that the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, 
James Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O’ Don- 
nell, being subjects of our said Lady the Queen, not 
having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing 
the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and 
seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false trait- 
ors against our said Lady the Queen, and wholl 

withdrawing the love, obedience, fidelity and alle- 
giance which every true and faithful subject of our 
said Lady the Queen should and of right ought to 
bear towards our said Lady the Queen, on the seven- 


teenth day of July, in the twelfth year of the reign 


uforesaid, and on divers other days between that 
day and the thirtieth day of the same month of July, 
with force and arms, at the parish of Ballingarry, 
in the said county of Zipperary, maliciously and 
traitorously amongst themselves, and together with 
divers other false traitors whose names are to the 
said jurors unknown, did compass, imagine and in- 
tend to move and excite insurrection, rebellion and 
war against our said Lady the Queen within this 
realm, and to subvert and alter the Legislature, Rule 
and Government now duly and happily established 
within this realm, and to bring and put our said 
Lady the Queen to death, and the said compassing, 
imagination, invention, device and intention did then 
and there express, utter and declare by divers overt 
acts and deeds, hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, 
in order to fulfil, perfect and bring to effect their 
most wicked treason and treasonable compassing, 
imagination, invention, device and intention afore- 
said, they, the said William Smith O' Brien, Terence 
Bellew Mac Manus, James Orchard, Denis Tyne and 
Patrick O’ Donnell, as such false traitors us afore- 
said, on the said seventeenth day of July, in the 
twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, and on divers 
other days between that day and the thirtieth day 


of the same month of July, with force and arms, at 
the said parish of Ballingarry, in the said county of 


Tipperary, maliciously and traitorously did assemble, 
meet, consult and conspire amongst themselves, and 
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312 


together with divers other false traitors whose names 
are to the said jurors unknown, to devise, arrange 
and mature plans and means to stir up, raise, make 
and levy insurrection, rebellion and war against our 
said Lady the Queen within this realm, and to sub- 
vert and destroy the Constitution and Government 
of this realm, as by law established, and to bring 
and put our said Lady the Queen to death ; and 
further, in order to fulfil, perfect and bring to effect 
their most wicked treason and treasonable compass- 
ing, imagination, invention, device and intention 
aforesaid, they, the said William Smith O’Brien, 
Terence Bellew MacManus, James Orchard, Denis 
Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, as such false. traitors 
as aforesaid, on the said seventeenth day of July, in 
the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, and on divers 
other days between that day and the said thirtieth 
day of the same month of July, with force and 
arms, at the said parish of Ballingarry, in the said 
county of Tipperary, maliciously and traitorously did 
arm themselves with and bear and carry certain 
weapons, that is to say, guns, pistols and pikes, with 
intent to associate themselves with divers other false 
traitors, armed witn guns, pistols and pikes, whose 
names are to the said jurors unknown, for the pur- 
pose of raising, levying and making public insur- 
rection, rebellion and war against our said Lady the 
Queen, and of committing and perpetrating a cruel 
slaughter of and amongst the faithful subjects of 
our said Lady the Queen, within this realm ; and 
to bring and put our said Lady the Queen to death ; 
and further, in order to fulfil, perfect and bring to 
effect their most wicked treason and treasonable 
compassing, imagination, invention, device and 
intention aforesaid, they, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, James Or- 
chard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O’ Donnell, as 
such false traitors as aforesaid, on the said seven- 
teeth day of July, in the twelfth year of the reign 
aforesaid, and on divers other days between that 
day and the said thirtieth day of the same month 
of July, with force and arms, at the said parish 
of Ballingarry, in the said county of Tippe- 
rary, with a great multitude of persons whose 
names are to the said jurors unknown, to a great 
number, to wit, to the number of five hundred per- 
sons and upwards, armed and arrayed in a warlike 
manner, to wit, with guns, pistols and pikes, being 
then and there unlawfully and traitorously assembled 
and gathered together against our said Lady the 
Queen, wickedly, maliciously and traitorously did 
then and there ordain, prepare, levy and make public 
war against our said Lady the Queen within this 
realm. And further, in order to fulfil, perfect and 
bring to effect their most wicked treason and trea- 
sonable compassing, imagination, invention, device 
and intention aforesaid, they, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, James Orchard, 
Denis Tyne and Patrick O Donnell, as such false 
traitors as aforesaid, on the said seventeenth day of 
July, in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, and 
on divers other days between that day and the said 
thirtieth day of the same month of July, with force 
and arms, at the said parish of Ballingarry, in the 
county of Tipperary, maliciously and traitorously 
did construct and erect obstructions, consisting of 
carts, cars, logs of timber and other materials, upon 
and across the public highway, in order then and 
there to obstruct the marching of the soldiers of our 
siid Lady the Queen, and in order then and there 
to prevent the arrest of the said William Smith 
O' Brien, while the said William Smith O’ Brien then 
and there was maliciously and traitorously acting as 
the leader in raising, making and levying public in- 
surrection, rebellion and war against our said Lady 
the Queen, within thisrealm. And further, in order 
to fulfil, perfect and bring to effect their most wicked 
treason and treasonable compassing, imagining, 
invention, device and intention aforesaid, they, the 


suid William Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew Mac- 





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A. 1849. 
Manus, James Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick 


O’ Donnell, as such false traitors as aforesaid, on 
the said seventeenth day of July, in the twelfth year 
of the reign aforesaid, and on divers other days 
between that day and the thirtieth day of the same 
month of July, with force and arms, at the said 
parish of Ballingarry, in the said county of Tippe- 
rary, together with a great multitude of false traitors 
whose names are to the said jurors unknown, to the 
number of five hundred and upwards, then and there 
arrayed and armed in a warlike manner, that is to 
say, with guns, pistols, pikes, clubs and other wea- 
pons, being then and there unlawfully, maliciously 
and traitorously assembled and gathered together 
against our said Lady the Queen, did then and 
there wickedly, maliciously and traitorously levy 
and make war against our said Lady the ee, 
within this realm, and being so arrayed and armed 
against our said Lady the Queen, as aforesaid, did 
then and there make a warlike attack upon and fire 
at a body of constables, then and there lawfully pro- 
ceeding upon their duty as such constables, and did 
then and there make a warlike attack upon a certain 
dwelling-house, and fire upon certain constables, and 
other the liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, 
therein assembled. And further, in order to fulfil, 
perfect and bring to effect their most wicked trea- 
son and treasonable compassing, imagination, in- 
vention, device and intention aforesaid, they, the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, 
James Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O’Don- 
nell, as such false traitors as aforesaid, on the seven- 
teenth day of July, in the twelfth year of the reign 
aforesaid, and on divers other days between that day 
and the said thirtieth day of the same month of 
July, with force and arms, at the said parish of 
Ballingarry, in the said county of Tipperary, mali- 
ciously and traitorously did assemble a great mul- 
titude of persons whose names are to the said jurors 
unknown, to a great number, to wit, to the number 
of five hundred persons and upwards, armed and 
arrayed in a warlike manner, to wit, with guns, 
pistols and pikes, and did then and there proceed to 
a certain dwelling-house, situate at Mullinahone, in 
the county of Tipperary aforesaid, in which said 
dwelling-house, divers, to wit, twenty, constables 
then were, and did then and there, with force and 
violence, maliciously and traitorously demand that 
the said constables should deliver up their arms to 
them, and did then and there maliciously and trai- 
torously solicit the said constables to join with them 
in raising, making and levying public insurrection, 
rebellion and war against our said Lady the Queen, 
within this realm. And further, in order to fulfil, 
perfect and bring to effect their most wicked treason 
and treasonable compassing, imagination, invention, 
device and intention aforesaid, they, the said Wit- 
liam Smith O’ Brien, Terence Bellew MacManus, 
James Orchard, Denis Tyne and Patrick O’ Don- 
nel/, as such false traitors as aforesaid, on the said 
seventeenth day of July, in the twelfth year of the 
reign aforesaid, and on divers other days between 
that day and the said thirtieth day of the same 
month of July, with force and arms, at the said 
parish of Ballingarry,inthe said county of Tipperary, 
maliciously and traitorously did onuntie and gather 
together a great multitude of persons whose names 
are to the said jurors unknown, in a great number, 
to wit, to the number of five hundred persons and 
upwards, and then and there maliciously and trai- 
torously drill, marshal and array them in military 
order and procession, and practise them in military 
movements, in order to fight with and kill the sol- 
diers, and other liege subjects of our said Lady the 
Queen, and in order to raise, levy and make public 
rebellion, insurrection and war against our said Lady 
the Queen within this realm, in contempt of our said 
Lady the Queen and Her laws, to the evil example of 
all others, contrary to the duty of the allegiance of 
them, the said William Smith O' Brien, Terence 
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12 VicToriz. 


Bellew MacManus, James Orchard, Denis Tyne 
and Patrick O’ Donnell, against the form of the 
statute in such case made and provided, and against 
the peace of our said Lady the Queen, Her Crown 
and Dignity. And thereupon, then and there, on 
the said Thursday, the twenty-first day of the said 
month of September, in the twelfth year of the reign 
aforesaid, the delivery of the gaols of our said Lady 
the Queen, for the said county of Tipperary, and all 
and singular the further and other proceedings of 
the said Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and 
General Gaol Delivery, are adjourned by the said 
Justices and Commissioners until the morrow, to 
wit, Friday, the twenty-second day of September, 
in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, to be held 
at the tenth hour, before mid-day of the said day, 
at Clonmel aforesaid, before the Justices and Com- 
missioners aforesaid, to do further as the Court there 
should consider, and so forth; and upon the said 
Friday, the twenty-second day of the said month of 
September, in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, 
the said delivery of the gaol for the said county of 
Tipperary, and the further and other proceedings of 
the said Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and 
Gaol Delivery, are held by the said adjournment for 
the said county, at Clonmel aforesaid, before the said 
Justices and Commissioners of our said Lady the 
Queen. And thereupon, then and there, on the said 
Friday, the twenty-second day of the said month of 
September, in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, 
the said delivery of the said gaols of our said Lady 
the Queen, for the said county of Tipperary, and all 
and singular the further and other proceedings of 
the said Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and 
General Gaol Delivery are adjourned by the said 
Justices and Commissioners until the morrow, to 
wit, Saturday, the twenty-third day of September, 
in the twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, to be held 
at the tenth hour, before mid-day of the said day, 
at Clonmel aforesaid, before the Justices and Com- 
missioners aforesaid, to do further as the Court 
there should consider, and so forth ; and upon the 
said Saturday, the twenty-third day of the said 
month of September, in the twelfth year of the reign 
aforesaid, the said delivery of the gaols of our said 
Lady the Queen, for the said county of Tipperary, 
and all and singular the further and other proceedings 
of the said Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer 
and General Gaol Delivery, are held by the said 
adjournment for the said county, at Clonmel afore- 
said, before the said Justices and Commissioners of 
our said Lady the Queen. And thereupon, then and 
there, on the said Saturday, the twenty-third day of 
the said month of September, in the twelfth year of 
the reign aforesaid, the said delivery of the gaols of 
our said Lady the Queen, for the said county of 
Tipperary, and all and singular the further and other 
— of the said Special Sessions of Oyer and 
erminer and General Gaol Delivery, are adjourned 
by the said Justices and Commissioners until Thurs- 
day, the twenty-eighth day of September, in the 
twelfth year of the reign aforesaid, to be held at the 
tenth hour before mid-day of the said last-mentioned 
day, at Clonmel aforesaid, before the Justices and 
Commissioners aforesaid, to do further as the Court 
there should consider, and so forth ; and upon the 
said Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of the said 
month of September, in the twelfth year of the reign 
aforesaid, the said delivery of the gaols of our said 
Lady the Queen, for the said county of Tipperary, 
and all and singular the further and other proceedings 
of the said Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer 
and General Gaol Delivery, are held by the said 
adjournment, for the said county at Clonmel aforesaid, 
before the said Justices and Commissioners of our 
said Lady the Queen. And thereupon, then and 
there, on the said Thursday, the twenty-eighth day 
of said month of September, in the twelfth year of 
the reign of our said Lady the Queen, at the said 
delivery of the said gaols aforesaid, and at the Ses- 
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sions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, held 
by the said adjournment for the said county at 
Clonmel, before the said Justices and Commissioners 
of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, comes the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, in his proper person, in the 
custody of Richard Pennefather, Esquire, High She- 
riff of the said county of Tipperary, to whose custody 
the aforesaid William Smith O’ Brien, for the cause 
aforesaid, was before that time committed ; and the 
said William Smith O’ Brien being brought to the 
bar of the court here, in his proper person, and he, 
the said William Smith O’ Brien, having heard the- 
indictment aforesaid read, and forthwith concerning 
the treasons in the indictment aforesaid, above spe- 
cified and charged, upon being asked how he, the 
said William Smith O’ Brien, would acquit himself 
thereof, he, the said William Smith O’ Brien, says, 
that he ought not to be compelled now to answer 
the same, because he saith that by the indictment 
aforesaid, he, the said William Smith O’ Brien, is 
charged and indicted for, amongst other offences, 
compassing, imagining and intending to put our 
Lady the Queen to death; and that by the statut- 
able enactments in that case made and provided, 
and now in force in this realm, every person indicted 
for compassing, imagining and intending death or 
destruction to our Lady the Queen, is entitled to 
have delivered to him ten days before his trial, and 
in presence of two or more creditable witnesses, a 
copy of the indictment, and at the same time a list 
of the witnesses to be produced on the trial for prov- 
ing the said indictment, mentioning the names, pro- 
fessions and places of abode of the said witnesses. 
And the said William Smith O’ Brien says, that the 
indictment aforesaid was found a true bill of the 
jurors aforesaid, on Thursday, the twenty-first day 
of September instant ; and that on the said Thurs- 
day, the twenty-first day of September instant, a 
copy of the said indictment was delivered to him, 
the said William Smith O’Brien, in open Court, 
but that no list of the witnesses, or of any witnesses 
or witness to be produced on the trial for proving 
the said indictment, was then or at any time since 
delivered to him, the said William Smith O’Brien. 
And the said William Smith O’ Brien says, that ten 
days have not elapsed since the delivery to him, the 
said William Smith O’ Brien, of the indictment afore- 
said, and this, he the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
is ready to verify ; wherefore he prays judgment, 
and that he may not be compelled nuw to answer 
the said indictment, and so forth. And thereupon 
the Right honourable James Henry Monahan, At- 
torney-General for our said Lady the Queen, who, 
for our said Lady the Queen, prosecutes in this be- 
half, to the plea of the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
by him above pleaded, saith, that the same, and the 
matters therein contained, in manner and form as 
the same are above pleaded and set forth, are not 
sufficient in law to prevent the said William Smith 
O’ Brien from being now compelled to answer the 
said indictment, and that our said Lady the Queen 

is not bound by the law of the land to answer the 
same; and this he, the said James Henry Monahan, 

who prosecutes as aforesaid, is ready to verify. 

Whereiore, for want of a sufficient plea in this he- 

half, he, the said James Henry Monahan, for our 

said Lady the Queen, prays judgment, and that 

the said William Smith O’ Brien may be compelled 

now to answer the said indictment. And the said 

William Smith O’ Brien saith, that his said plea by 

him above pleaded, and the matters therein con- 

tained, in manner and form as the same are above 

pleaded and set forth, are sufficient in law to pre- 

vent the said William Smith O’Brien from being 

compelled now to answer the said indictment, and 

the said William Smith O’ Brien is ready to verify 

and prove the same, as tlie said Court here shall di- 

rect. Wherefore, inasmuch as the said James Henry 

Monahan, for our said Lady the Queen, hath not 

answered the said plea, nor hitherto, in any manner, 





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314 


denied the same, the said William Smith O’ Brien 
prays judgment, and that he may not be compelled 
now to answer the same indictment. Whereupon, 
all and singular the premises being seen, and by the 
Court here fully understood, it is ordered, considered 
and adjudged by the Court here, that the said plea 
above pleaded by the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
in manner and form aforesaid, and the matters there- 
in contained, are not sufficient in law to prevent the 
said William Smith O’ Brien from being compelled 
now to answer the said indictment; and that the 
said William Smith O’ Brien do now answer the said 
indictment; and the said William Smith O’ Brien 
being then and there again asked how he, the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, would acquit himself there- 
of, saith he is not guilty of the treasons in the in- 
dictment aforesaid, above specified and charged, or 
any of them ; and thereof, for good and ill, he puts 
himself upon the country, and so forth. And the 
said James Henry Monahan, Attorney-General of 
our said Lady the Queen, who for our said Lady the 
Queen in this behalf prosecutes, doth the like, and 
so furth. Whereupon, the said Sheriff of the county 
of Tipperary is, by the Court here, commanded that 
he cause immediately to come before the Justices 
and Commissioners aforesaid, at the said Sessions 
of Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, at Clonmel afore- 
said, a jury of honest and lawful men of the body 
of the said county, and so forth, by whom the truth 
of the matter may be better known, and who are of 
no affinity to the said William Smith O’ Brien, to 
recognize upon their oath whether the said William 
Smith O’ Brien be guilty of the treasons in the said 
indictment above charged and specified, or any of 
them, or not guilty, and so forth; because as well 
the said William Smith O’ Brien as the said James 
Henry Monahan, Attorney-General of our said Lady 
the Queen, who for our said Lady the Queen, in 
this behalf, prosecutes, have put themselves thereof 
upon that jury, and the jurors of that jury, by the 
said Sheriff of the said county, for this purpose, im- 
pannelled, and here returned, being called there- 
upon, come. And thereupon the said William Smith 
Brien challenges the array of the said panel, and 
for cause of challenge saith, that by the statutable 
enactments in such case made aa provided, and 
now in force in this realm, it is amongst other things 
required, that the Clerk of the Peace in every county 
in Jreland shall within one week after the com- 
mencement in every year of the October General or 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden in each 
division of each county at large, issue and deliver 
his precept to the High Constable and Collectors 
of Grand Jury Cess in each barony or other dis- 
trict of collection in such county, and to the Col- 
lectors of other cess or assessments where no Grand 
Jury is levied, requiring such Collectors to prepare 
and make out within one month then ensuing, a true 
list of all men residing within their respective dis- 
tricts, qualified with respect to property, and liable 
to serve on juries; and that by said statutable 
enactments, it is further required that the High Con- 
stable and Collector or Collectors, to whom said 
precept is delivered, shall make out a true list, in 
alphabetical order, of all men within their districts 
qualified and liable by law to serve on juries, and 
return the same to the Clerk of the Peace, by whom 
such precept was issued, and that the said Clerk of 
the Peace shall lay the same before the Justices 
assembled at a Special Sessions, to be holden at a 
place and time to be fixed by the said Justices as- 
sembled at every October or General or Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace to be holden in each division 
of the county at large, and that the Justices assem- 
bled at such Special Sessions shall correct, number, 
allow and sign the same, and from the lists so cor- 
rected, numbered and allowed, and signed, the ju- 
rors’ book shall be made out and delivered by the 
Clerk of the Peace to the Sheriff for the time being, 
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A. 1849. 


after it shall be so delivered. And the said William 
Smith O’ Brien says, that the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Tipperary, which said county of Tip- 
perary is a county at large, did not within one week 
after the commencement of the October General 
Quarter Sessions, which were holden in each divi- 
sion of the said county of Tipperary, in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, or at 
any time thereafter, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, issue and 
deliver any such precept as is hereinbefore men- 
tioned, as required by the statutable enactments in 
such case made and provided, to the High Consta- 
ble and Collectors of Grand Jury Cess in each ba- 
rony or other district of collection in the said county 
of Tipperary, or to the Collectors of any other cess 
or assessments in the said county, or to any of said 
persons; nor was any jurors’ book for the said 
county of Tipperary, for the now current year, pre- 
pared or made out pursuant to the statutable enact- 
ments made and provided; nor was, nor is, any 
such book for the now current year, in existence, 
to wit, at Clonmel, in the county of Tipperary. 
And the said William Smith O’Brien says, that 
although, for the reasons aforesaid, there was not 
in existence at the time of the arranging and re- 
turning of the said panel or jurors’ book for the 
current year, to wit, the year One thousand eight 
hundred and forty-eight, Richard Pennefather, the 
High Sheriff of the county of Tipperary, has not 
returned, pursuant to the statutable enactments 
in such case made and provided, the said jurors 
whose names are on the said panel, or any of them, 
from the jurors’ books of the said county for the 
year preceding the now current year, nor from the 
respective jurors’ books of the said county, or any 
of them, for any year or years preceding the now 
current year; nor hath the said Sheriff returned or 
impannelled the said jurors on the said panel men- 
tioned in like manner as was and hath been used 
and ascertained before the passing of a certain Act 
of Parliament, made in a Session of Parliament 
holden in the third and fourth years of the reign of 
our late Lord King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to 
Jurors and Juries in Jreland.” And therefore the 
said William Smith O’Brien challenges the array 
of the said panel; and the said William Smith 
O’ Brien also challenges the array of the said panel, 
because he says that the said panel has by the said 
Richard Pennefather, High Sheriff as aforesaid, 
been arrayed and returned with reference to the re- 
ligion of the jurors returned on the same, to the 
prejudice of him, the said William Smith O’ Brien. 
And the said William Smith O’ Brien says, that the 
several panels of jurors, which for a long time, to 
wit, three years now last past, have been from time 
to time returned by the respective Sheriffs of the 
county of Tipperary, to serve upon juries for the 
trial of indictments at the Assizes, and other Com- 
missions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery 
in and for the said county, have consisted respec- 
tively of a large number of persons, to wit, cath of 
said panels of three hundred and eighty persons 
duly qualified and liable to serve as such jurors as 
aforesaid. And the said William Smith O’ Brien 
says, that of said panels of jurors not less than a 
certain large proportion, to wit, one-third of the per 

sons on each of the said panels, consisted of persons 
professing the Roman Catholic religion, and that 
the residue thereof, to wit, two-thirds of the persons 
on each of said panels, consisted of persons profes- 
sing the Protestant religion. And the said William 
Smith O’ Brien saith, that of the jurors returned by 
the said Richard .Pennefather, Sheriff as aforesaid, 
to serve at this present Commission, not more than 
a very small proportion, to wit, one-eighteenth, con- 
sisted of persons professing the Roman Catholic 
religion, and that of the residue thereof, to wit, 
seventeen-eighteenths of said last-mentioned persons 





are 





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are persons professing the Protestant religion. And 
said William Smith O’ Brien saith, that said last- 
mentioned panel has by the said Sheriff been ar- 
rayed and returned partially and indifferently in 
manner aforesaid, with a view and intention to in- 
jure and prejudice him, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, in his trial in this case. And this he, the 
said William Smith O’ Brien is ready to verify. And 
wherefore he prays judgment, and that the said 
panel may be quashed, and so forth ; and thereupon 
the said James Henry Monahan, Attorney-General 
for our said Lady the Queen, who in this benalf 
prosecutes for our said Lady the Queen, cometh and 
saith, that for anything by the said William Smith 
O’Brien in his said challenges alleged, the said 
panel ought not to be quashed, because he saith 
that there was a jurors’ book for the said county of 
Tipperary, for the now current year, prepared and 
made out pursuant to the statuable enactments in 
that behalf made and provided; and that the said 
jurors’ book for the said county for the said current 
year is now in existence, to wit, at Clonmel. And the 
said James Henry Monahan further saith, that the ar- 
ray of the said panel was well, equally and impartially 
made and arrayed from the said jurors’ book for the 
current year, by the said Sheriff, according to the duty 
of his office: wherefore he prays judgment, and that 
the array of the said panel may be affirmed, and the 
said challenge disallowed. And the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, by way of replication to the plea 
pleaded by the Right honourable James Henry 
Monahan, Her Majesty’s Attorney-General, who in 
this behalf prosecutes for our said Lady the Queen, 
to the challenge of him, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, above made to the array of the said panel, 
says, that notwithstanding anything in and by the 
said plea alleged, the said panel ought to be quashed, 
because he says that there was not a jurors’ book 
for the said county for the now current year pre- 
pared and made pursuant to the statuable enact- 
ments in such case made and provided ; nor was 
the panel well, equally and impartially made and 
arrayed from the said jurors’ book for the current 
year, in manner and form as the said Attorney-Ge- 
neral has in and by his said plea alleged ; and this 
the said William Smith O’ Brien prays may be in- 
quired of the Court here according to law, and so 
forth. And the said James Henry Monahan, who 
prosecutes on behalf of our said Lady the Queen, 
doth the like ; and thereupon the Honourable Cor- 
nelius O'Callaghan and the Honourable Francis 
Aldborough Prittie, by whom the truth of the mat- 
ter may be better known and inquired into, and who 
are of no affinity to the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
are duly appointed by the said Justices and Com- 
missioners, and duly sworn as triers, to try and in- 
quire, upon their oath, whether there was a jurors’ 
book for the said county for the now current year 
prepared and made, pursuant to the Statute in that 
case made and provided, or not ; and further to try 
and inquire, upon their oath aforesaid, whether the 
panel of the jurors returned by the Sheriff at this 
Special Session of Oyer and Terminer was equally 
and impartially made out and arrayed by the said 
Sheriff according to the duties of the office of the 
said Sheriff, or not. And the said Cornelius O’ Cal- 
laghan and the said Francis Aldborough Prittie, 
having heard the testimony of witnesses given upon 
oath, in open Court, do find upon their. oath against 
the said challenge, and that there was a jurors’ 
book for the now current year prepared and made 
pursuant to the statutes in that case made and 
provided. And further, that the panel of jurors 
returned by the said Sheriff at this Special Sessions 
of Oyer and Terminer was equally and impartially 
made and arrayed by the said Sheriff, according to 
the duties of the office of the said Sheriff. Where- 
upon, all and singular the premises last aforesaid 
being seen, and by the Court here fully understood, 


it is further ordered considered and adjudged by 
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the Court here, that the said challenge of the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, so taken as aforesaid to the 
array of the said panel, for the causes aforesaid, be 
overruled and disallowed, and that the said panel of 
the said jurors is good and sufficient in law, and 
that the same do stand arrayed as aforesaid. And 
thereupon Richard Martin, Southcote Mansergh, 
Edward Crosby Moore, Richard Gason, John Going, 
John Lloyd, Samuel Perry, John Russell, Edward 
Pennefather, Thomas Sadleir and John Fottreil, ten 
of the said jurors, being called, come, and in due 
form of law are sworn on the said jury ; and James 
Willington, Laurence Creagh, Charles Clarke, Sa- 
muel William Barton, Joshua Robert Minnett, Hugh 
Baker, Henry Dwyer, John Dawson, Hutchinson 
Thomas Bunbury, Richard Phillips, Henry Whitby 
Briscoe, Samuel Cooper, George Gough, William 
Smith, Jacob Sankey, Nicholas Biddulph Wiils, 
Crofts Gason, James Millett, William Ryan and 
Thomas Godfrey Phillips, twenty of the jurors 
aforesaid, are thereupon also called, and severally 
answer to their names; and thereupon the said 
William Smith O’ Brien challenges the said James 
Willington, Lawrence Creagh, Charles Clarke, Sa- 
muel William Barton, Joshua Robert Minnett, Hugh 
Baker, Henry Dwyer, John Dawson, Hutchinson. 
Thomas Bunbury, Richard Phillips, Henry Whitby 
Briscoe, Samuel Cooper, George Gough, William 
Smith, Jacob Sankey, Nicholas Biddulph Willis, 
Crofts Gason, James Millett, William Ryan and 
Thomas Godfrey Phillips, peremptorily, severally, 
as they and each of them come to the book to be 
sworn, and without showing any special cause of 
challenge to the said jurors, or to any or either of 
them, and the challenges so made to the said last- 
mentioned twenty jurors are by the Court here al- 
lowed. And thereupon and after the said twenty 
last-mentioned jurors had been peremptorily chal- 
lenged, and after the said twenty challenges had 
been by the Court here allowed as last aforesaid, 
Southcote Mansergh, one other of the said jurors, 
also is called and answers to his name, and there- 
upon the said William Smith O’Brien also chal- 
lenges the said Southcote Mansergh peremptorily, 
and without any special cause why the said South. 
cote Mansergh should not be sworn on the said jury, 
and prays that the said last-mentioned peremptory 
challenge be also allowed, and so forth. And there- 
upon the said Right honourable James Henry Mo- 
nahan, Attorney-General for our Lady the Queen, 
who for our Lady the Queen in this behalf prosecutes, 
says, that the said challenge should be rejected, in- 
asmuch as the said William Smith O’ Brien has 
already challenged peremptorily, and without show- 
ing any special cause, twenty of the jurors aforesaid. 
Whereupon it appearing to the Court here that the 
said William Smith O' Brien has already challenged 
peremptorily, and without showing any special 
cause, twenty of the jurors aforesaid, it is ordered 
by the said Justices and Commissioners of our said 
Lady the Queen, that the said challenge to the 
said Southcote Mansergh aforesaid be rejected, and 
that the said Southcote Mansergh be allowed to 
be of the jury to try between our Lady the Queen 
and the said William Smith O’ Brien, and there- 
upon the said Southcote Mansergh and Charles 
Going, being called, came in due form of law, are 
sworn on the said jury. And the jurors of the said 
jury so impannelled as aforesaid, being duly elected, 
returned and sworn to speak the truth of and con- 
cerning the premises in the indictment aforesaid, 
above specified and charged, do say upon their 
oath aforesaid, that he, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, is guilty of the treason in the said first 
count of the indictment aforesaid, above specified 
and charged, in manner and form as the same is 
charged and alleged against him, the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, in the said first count thereof. And 
the jurors aforesaid do further say, upon their oath 
aforesaid, that the said William Smith O’ Brien is 

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guilty of the treason in the said second count 
of the indictment aforesaid, above specified and 
charged, in manner and form as the same is charged 
and alleged against him, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, in the said second count thereof. And 
the jurors aforesaid do further say, upon their oath 
aforesaid, that the said William Smith O’ Brien is 
guilty of the treason in the said third count of the 
indictment aforesaid, above specified and charged, 
in manner and form as the same is charged and 
alleged against him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
in the said third count thereof. And the jurors 
aforesaid do further say, upon their oath aforesaid, 
that the said William Smith O’Brien is guilty of 
the treason in the said fourth count of the indict- 
ment aforesaid, above specified and charged, in 
manner and form as the same is alleged and charged 
against him, the said William Smith O’Brien, in 
the said fourth count thereof. And the jurors 
aforesaid do further say, upon their oath aforesaid, 
that the said William Smith O’Brien is guilty of 
the treason in the said fifth count of the indictment 
aforesaid, above specified and charged, in manner 
and form as the same is charged and alleged against 
him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, in the said 
fifth count thereof. And the jurors aforesaid do 
further say, upon their oath aforesaid, that the said 
William Smith O’ Brien is not guilty of the treason 
in the said sixth count of the indictment, above 
specified and charged, in manner and form as the 
same is charged and alleged against him, the said 
William Smith O’Brien, in the said sixth count 
thereof. Upon which it is demanded of him, the 
said William Smith O’ Brien, whether he now hath 
anything to say for himself wherefore the said 
Justices and Commissioners ought not, upon the 
premises and verdict aforesaid, to proceed to judg- 
ment against him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
for the said treasons in the said first, second, third, 
fourth and fifth counts of the said indictments 
above specified and alleged; who nothing further 
says than he had before said. Whereupon all and 
singular the premises being seen, and by the said 
Justices and Commissioners here fully understood. 
And it is considered and adjuged by the Court here, 
that he, the said William Smith O’ Brien, for the said 
treasons in the said first count of the said indict- 
ment, above specified and charged, be taken from 
the bar of the Court where he now stands to the 
place from whence he came, the gaol, and that he 
be thence drawn on a hurdle to the place of execu- 
tion, and that he be there hanged by the neck until 
he be dead, and that afterwards his head shall be 
severed from his body, and his body divided into 
four quarters, to be disposed of as Her Majesty 
shall think fit. And it is further considered and 
adjudged by the Court here, thathe, thesaid William 
Smith O’ Brien, for the said treason in the said 
second count of the said indictment, above specified 
and charged, be taken from the bar of the Court 
where he now stands to the place from whence he 
he came, the gaol, and that he be thence drawn on 
a hurdle to the place of execution, and that he there 
be hanged by the neck until he be dead, and that 
afterwards his head shall be severed from his body, 
and his body divided into four quarters, to be dis- 
posed of as Her Majesty shall think fit. And it is 
further considered and adjudged by the Court here, 
that he, the said William Smith O’Brien, for the 
said treason in the said third count of the said in- 
dictment, above specified and charged, be taken 
from the bar of the Court where he now stands to 
the place from whence he came, the gaol, and that 
he be thence drawn on a hurdle to the place of 
execution, and that he there be hanged by the neck 
until he be dead, and that afterwards his head shall 
be severed from his body, and his body divided 
into four quarters, to be disposed of as Her Ma- 
jesty shall think fit. And it is further considered 


and adjudged by the Court here, that he, the said 





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William Smith O’ Brien, for the said treason in the 
said fourth count of the said indictment, above 
specified and charged, be taken from the bar of the 

ourt where he now stands to the place from whence 
he came, the gaol, and that he be thence drawn on 
a hurdle to the place of execution, and that he be 
there hanged by the neck until he be dead, and that 
afterwards his head shall be severed from his body, 
and his body divided into four quarters, to be dis- 
posed of as Her Majesty shall think fit. And it is 
further considered and adjudged by the Court here, 
that he, the said William Smith O’Brien, for the 
said treason in the said fifth count of the said indict- 
ment, above specified and charged, be taken from 
the bar of the Court where he now stands to the 
place from whence he came, the gaol, and that he 
be thence drawnona hurdle to the place of execution, 
and that he there be hanged by the neck until he be 
dead, and that afterwards his head shall be severed 
from his body, and his body divided into four 
quarters, to be disposed of as Her Majesty shall 
think fit. And it is further considered and adjudged 
by the Court here, that he, the said- William Smith 
O° Brien, for the said treason in the said sixth count 
of the said indictment, above specified and charged, 
go thereof without a day, and so forth. And now, 
that is to say, to wit, on Wednesday, the fifteenth 
day of November, in this same term, comes the 
said William Smith O’Brien into the Court here 
of our Lady the Queen, before the Queen herself, 
in his own proper person, in the custody of Richard 
Pennefather, Esquire, High Sheriff of the said 
county of Tipperary, by virtue of a Writ of Habeas 
Corpus, duly issued in that behalf, and immediately 
says, that in the record and proceedings aforesaid, 
and also in the giving of the judgments aforesaid, 
there is manifest error in this, to wit, that by the 
record aforesaid, it appears that judgment was 
given upon the record aforesaid for our said Lady 
the Queen; whereas, by the laws of this realm, 
judgment ought to have been given thereupon for 
the said William Smith O’Brien, and against our 
said Lady the Queen, and therefore in that there is 
manifest error. There is error also in this, to wit, 
that it does not appear by the record aforesaid that 
the Justices aforesaid by whom the said indictment 
was taken, and before whom the same was tried, 
were duly authorized in that behalf to take or try 
the same, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error. There is error also in this, to wit, that by 
the record aforesaid, it appears that the Letters 
Patent in said record mentioned, appointing and 
nominating Justices and Commissions* of Oyer and 
Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the said county of 
Tipperary, were directed to the Justices by whom 
the said indictment was taken, and others in said 
Letters Patent named, but it does not appear in or 
by said record that any power or jurisdiction was 
given to any number of the Justices and Commis- 
sioners to whom the said Letters Patent were 
directed, less than the whole number of said Justices 
and Commissioners, to take indictments, or to hear 
and determine the offences in said indictment 
charged, and yet by the record aforesaid it appears 
that the said indictment was taken by, and tried 
before, three only of the Justices and Commissioners 
to whom the said Letters Patent were directed, and 
therefore in that there is manifest error. There is 
error also in this, to wit, that it does not appear by 
the record aforesaid, that the Justices aforesaid by 
whom the said indictment was taken, were duly or 
at all in manner by law required assigned to hear and 
determine offences within the said county of Jip- 
perary, or to deliver the gaols of said county, and 
therefore in that there is manifest error. There is 
error also, in this, to wit, that it does not appear by 
the record aforesaid that the said indictment was 
found by the jurors aforesaid a true bill by and upon 
the oaths and testimony of two lawful witnesses, pur- 
suant to the statuable enactments, in such case made 





and 








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and provided, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error. There is error also in this, to wit, that by the 
record aforesaid, it-appears that judgment was given 
for our said Lady the Queen against the said William 
Smith O’ Brien upon each and every of the first five 


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counts of the said indictment ; whereas, by the laws | 


of this realm, judgment should have been given for 
the said William Smith O’Brien upon each of the 
said first five counts, each of said first five counts 
being insufficient in law to warrant judgment thereon 
for our said Lady the Queen against the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, and therefore in that there is mani- 
fest error. There is error also in this, to wit, that 
judgment was given for our said Lady the Queen 
upon the demurrer put in by Her Majesty’s Attorney- 
General to the plea pleaded by the said William 
Smith O’ Brien on the twenty-eight day of Septem- 
ber aforesaid, whereby he, the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, prayed judgment, whether he should be 
compelled then to answer the said indictment; 
whereas, by the laws of this realm, judgment should 
have been given upon the said demurrer for the 
said William Smith O’ Brien, and therefore in that 
there is manifest error. There is error also in this, 
that by the record aforesaid it appears that a copy 
of the indictment aforesaid was not delivered to 
him the said William Smith O’ Brien, ten days 
before his trial upon said indictment, pursuant 
to the statutable enactments in that behalf made 
and provided, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error. There is error also in this, that by the record 
aforesaid it appears that no list of the witnesses, or 
of any witnesses or witness, to be produced on the 
trial for proving the said indictment was delivered 
to him the said William Smith O’ Brien, ten days 
before his trial, upon the indictment aforesaid, pur- 
suant to the statutable enactments in such case 
made and provided, and therefore in that there is 
manifest error. ‘There is error also in this, to wit, 
that it does not appear by the record aforesaid that 
any precept or writ for the return of the jurors who 
passed upon him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
was in that behalf issued to the Sheriff of the said 
county of Tipperary, and therefore in that there is 
manifest error. There is error also in this, to wit, 
that it appears by the record aforesaid that the 
Venire facias juratores awarded to the Sheriff of the 
said county of Tipperary by the Justices aforesaid, 
was not a proper Venire facias juratores in that 
behalf, and conformable to the statutabie enact- 
ments in such case made and provided, and there- 
fore in that there is manifest error. There is error 
also in this, to wit, that by the record aforesaid it 
appears that the challenge of him, the said William 
Smith O’ Brien, to Southcote Mansergh, one of the 
jurors aforesaid, who passed upon him the said Wii- 
liam Smith O’ Brien, on the indictmeut aforesaid, 
was disallowed by the said Justices and Commis- 
missioners ; whereas, by the laws of this realm, said 
last-mentioned challenge ought to have been al- 
lowed, and therefore in that there is manifest error. 
There is error also in this, to wit, that it does not 
appear by the record aforesaid that the verdicts 
above given upon the said first five counts of the 
said indictment respectively, or any of them, were 
or was found upon the oaths and testimony of two 
lawful witnesses, and therefore in that there is ma- 
nifest error. There is error also in this, to wit, that 
it does not appear by the record aforesaid that it 
was demanded of him the said William Smith 
O’ Brien, in manner in like cases used and accus- 
tomed, and by law required, what he had to say 
why execution should not be awarded against him, 
and therefore in that there is manifest error. There 
is also error in this, to wit, that the judgment afore- 
said, in manner and form as the same is also given, 
is insufficient in law, and therefore in that there is 
error. There is error also in this, to wit, that the 
process and proceedings aforesaid, in manner and 
form as the same are above set forth, are not suf- 
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ficient in law to warrant the judgments aforesaid 
given against him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
and therefore in that there is manifest error. And 
the said William Smith O’ Brien prays, that for the 
errors aforesaid, and divers other errors in the record 
and proceedings aforesaid, the judgments aforesaid 
may be reversed, annulled and altogether holden for 
nought, and that he, the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
may be restored to all things which he hath lost by 
the judgments aforesaid, and so forth. And the 
Right honourable James Henry Monahan, Attorney- 
General of our said Lady the Queen, in the Court 
of our said Lady the Queen, before the Queen her- 
se'* who for our said Lady the Queen in this behalf 
prosecuteth, being present here in Court, and having 
heard the matters aforesaid above assigned for error 
in manner aforesaid, for our said Lady the Queen 
saith, that neither in the record and proceedings 
aforesaid, nor in the giving the judgment aforesaid, 
is there any error; therefore the said Attorney-Ge- 
neral of our said Lady the Queen, for our said Lady 
the Queen, prayeth that the Court of our said Lady 
the Queen, now here, may proceed to examine as 
well the record and proceedings aforesaid, and the 
judgment thereon given as aforesaid, as the matters 
above assigned and alleged for error, and that the 
judgment aforesaid may in all things be affirmed ; 
and because the Court of our Lady the Queen here 
is not yet advised in their judgment of and concern- 
ing the premises before it gives judgment thereupon, 
a day is given by the Court of our Lady the Queen, 
as well to the said James Henry Monahan, Attorney- 
General of our said Lady the Queen, who for our 
said Lady the Queen, now here, prosecutes, as to 
the said William Smith O’ Brien, who is thereupon 
by the said Court here committed to the custody of 
the Sheriff of the county of the city of Dublin, then 
and there to appear, and so forth, to wit, till Thurs- 
day the eleventh day of January, in Hilary Term 
then next coming, to hear the judgment of the 
Court here thereupon, and so forth ; on which said 
last-mentioned day, to wit, on the eleventh day of 
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-nine, here, to wit, before 
the Court of our said Lady the Queen, at Dublin, 
came as well the said James Henry Monahan, who, 
and so forth, as the said William Smith O’ Brien, 
being in the custody of the Sheriff of the county of 
the city of Dublin as aforesaid. Whereupon all and 
singular the premises being seen, and by the Court 
here fully understood, and upon mature deliberation 
thereof being had, it is considered and adjudged by 
the Court here, that neither in the record and pro- 
ceedings aforesaid, nor in the rendering of judgment 
aforesaid, is there any error; and that the judgment 
aforesaid in all things be affirmed. 
F. Blackburne. 
(Examined.) 


Peirce Mahony, 
Clerk of the Crown. 





And now, that is to say, on the Twenty-second Assignment 
in this same year, comes the said of Errors by 
William Smith 
O’Brien. 


day of February, 
William Smith O’ Brien before our Lady the Queen 
and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in this pre- 
sent Parliament assembled, and immediately says, 
that in the record and proceedings aforesaid, and 
also in the giving and affirming the judgment afore- 
said, there is manifest error in this, to wit, that by 
the record aforesaid it appears that jadgment was 
given upon the record aforesaid for our said Lady 
the Queen; whereas, by the laws of this realm, 
judgment ought to have been given thereupon for 
the said William Smith O’ Brien, and against our 
said Lady the Queen, and therefore in that there is 
manifest error. ‘There is error also in this, to wit, 
that it does not appear by the record aforesaid that 
the Justices aforesaid, by whom said indictment was 

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duly taken, and before whom the same was tried, were 
duly authorized in that behalf to take or try the 
same, and therefore in that there is manifest error. 
There is error also in this, to wit, that by the record 
aforesaid it appears that the Letters Patent in said 
record mentioned, appointing and nominating Jus- 
tices and Commissioners of ieee and Terminer and 
Gaol Delivery for the said county of Tipperary, were 
directed to the Justices by whom the said indictment 
was taken, and others in said Letters Patent named, 
but it does not appear in or by said record that any 
power or jurisdiction was given to any number of 
the Justices and Commissioners to whom the said 
Letters Patent were directed, less than the whole 
number of such Justices and Commissioners, to take 
indictments, or to hear and determine the offences 
in said indictment charged, and yet by the record 
aforesaid it appears that said indictment was taken 
and tried before three only of the Justices and 
Commissioners to whom the said Letters Patent 
were directed, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error. There is error also in this, to wit, that. it does 
not appear by the record aforesaid, that the Justices 
aforesaid, by whom the said indictment was taken, 
were duly, or at all, in manner by law required, as- 
signed to hear and determine offences within the 
said county of Zipperary, or to deliver the gaols of 
said county, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error, There is error also in this, to wit, that by 
the record aforesaid it ae that judgment was 
given for our said Lady the Queen, against the said 
William Smith O’ Brien, wpon each and every of the 
first five counts of the said indictment ; whereas, by 
the laws of this realm, judgment should have been 
given for the said William Smith O’Brien upon 
each of said first five counts, each of said first five 
counts being insufficient in law to warrant judgment 
thereon for our said Lady the Queen against the 
said William Smith O’ Brien, and therefore in that 
there is manifest error. There is error also in this, 
to wit, that by the record aforesaid it appears that 
judgment was given for our said Lady the Queen 
upon the demurrer put in by Her Majesty’s At- 
torney-General to the plea pleaded by the said 
William Smith O’ Brien on the twenty-eighth day 
of September aforesaid, whereby he, the said Wil- 
liam Smith O’ Brien, prayed judgment, whether he 
should be compelled then to answer the said indict- 
ment; whereas, by the laws of this realm, judgment 
should have been given upon said demurrer for the 
said William Smith O’Brien, and therefore in that 
there is manifest error. There is error also in this, 
to wit, that by the record aforesaid it appears that 
no list of the witnesses, or of any witnesses or wit- 
ness to be produced on the trial for proving the 
said indictment was delivered to him, the said 
William Smith O’Brien, ten days before his trial 
upon the indictment aforesaid, pursuant to the sta- 
tutable enactments in such case made and provided, 
and therefore in that there is manifest error. There 
is error also in this, to wit, that it does not appear 
by the record aforesaid that it was demanded of him, 
the said William Smith O’ Brien, in manner in like 
cases used and accustomed, and by law required, 
what he had to say why execution should not be 
awarded against him, and therefore in that there is 
manifest error. There is error also in this, to wit, 
that by the record aforesaid it appears that the judg- 
ment aforesaid, upon the indictment aforesaid, was 
by the Court of our Lady the Queen, at Dublin, in 
all things affirmed upon Writ of Error duly brought 
by him, the said William Smith O’ Brien, before the 
said Justices there ; whereas, by the laws of this 


realm, the judgment aforesaid ought not to have | 


been affirmed, and therefore in that there is manifest 
error. And the said William Smith O’ Brien prays 


that for the errors aforesaid, and divers other errors 
in the record and proceedings aforesaid, the judg- 
ment aforesaid, and the affirmation thereof, may be 
reversed, annulled, and altogether holden for nought, 





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A. 1849. 


and that he, the said William Smith O’ Brien, may 
be restored to all things which he hath lost by the 
judgment aforesaid, and so forth. 


Colman M. O’ Loghlen. 
Robert Potter, Solicitor. 


Brot in 22° Februarii, 1849. 


Anp hereupon the Right honourable James Henry 
Monahan, Attorney-General of our Sovereign Lady 
the Queen, who prosecutes for our said Lady the 
Queen in this behalf, comes in his own proper person 
here, and says, that there is no error in the record 
and proceedings aforesaid, or in the giving or affirm- 
ing of the judgment aforesaid, and he prays that the 
Court of our said Lady the Queen, in Her adnan 
here, may proceed to examine as well the record and 
proceedings aforesaid as the several matters afore- 
said above assigned for error, and that the judgment 
aforesaid, in manner aforesaid given, may be in all 
things affirmed, &amp;c. But because the said Court of 
our said Lady the Queen, in Her Parliament here, 
is not yet advised what judgment to give of and 
upon the premises, a day is therefore given to the 
parties aforesaid here, until the day of 

in the twelfth year of the reign of our 
Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, to hear their judg- 
ment thereon, for that the said Court of our said 
Lady the Queen, in Her Parliament here, is not yet 
advised thereof. 
George Maule, 
Agent for the Defendant in Error. 


Brot in 5° Martii, 1849. 





JUDGMENT OF AFFIRMANCE. 
Die Veneris, 11° Maii, 1849. 

WueErEAs by virtue of Her Majesty’s Writ of 
Error, returnable in the House of Lords, in Parlia- 
ment assembled, wherein William Smith O’ Brien is 
Plaintiff, and Her Majesty the Queen is Defendant, 
a record of the Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland 
was brought into this House, on the 19th day of 
February 1849, in order to reverse a judgment given 
in the said Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland, 
affirming a judgment of the Court of Oyer and Ter- 
miner and General Gaol Delivery therein mentioned, 
against the said Plaintiff in error, and also the said 
judgment so aflirmed; and Counsel having been 
heard yesterday for the said Plaintiff in error, to 
argue the errors assigned upon the said Writ of 
Error, and the unanimous opinion of the Judges 
having been delivered upon a question of law pro- 
posed to them this day, and due consideration had 
this day of what was offered for the said Plaintiff in 
error: It is ordered and adjudged, by the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, 
That the said judgment of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench in Jreland, affirming the said judgment of 
the said Court of Oyer and Terminer and General 
Gaol Delivery against the said Plaintiff in error, 
and also the said judgment so atlirmed, be, and the 
same are hereby respectively affirmed ; and that the 
record be remitted, to the end such proceeding may 
be had thereupon as if no such Writ of Error had 
been brought into this House. 





TENOR OF JUDGMENT. 
Smith O’Brien v. The Queen. 


Ar which day, before our Lady the Queen and 
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in this present 
Parliament assembled, come as well the said Wii- 
liam Smith O’ Brien as the Right honourable James 
Henry Monahan, Attorney-General of our Sovereign 
Lady the Queen, who prosecutes for our said Lady 
the Queen in this behalf, in his own proper person ; 
whereupon all and singular the premises having been 
seen, 











Limerick 
County Writ. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


12 Vicroriz. 


seen, and by the Court of Parliament aforesaid now 
here fully understood, and as well the record and 
proceedings aforesaid, and the judgment thereupon 
given, and the affirmance thereof, as the several 
causes and matters by the said William Smith 
O’ Brien above assigned for error, being diligently 
examined and inspected, and mature deliberation 
being thereupon had, it seems to the said Court of 
Parliament now here, That neither in the record and 
proceedings aforesaid, nor in the giving of the judg- 
ment aforesaid in the Court of Queen’s Bench in 
Treland, affirming the said judgment of the Court of 
Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery 
against the said Plaintiff in error, nor in the said 
judgment so affirmed, there is any error, and that 
the said record is in nowise vicious or defective : 
Therefore it is considered by the same Court of 
Parliament, That the judgment aforesaid, so given 
in the said Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland, 
affirming the said judgment of the Court of Oyer 
and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery against 
the said Plaintiff in error, and also the said judg- 
ment so affirmed, be respectively in all things 
affirmed, and stand in full force and effect, the said 
causes and matters by the said William Smith 
O’ Brien above for error assigned in anywise not- 
withstanding ; and thereupon the record aforesaid, 
and also the proceedings aforesaid in the same Court 
of Parliament had in the premises, are remitted by 
the same Court of Parliament to the said Court of 
Queen’s Bench of that part of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, to the 
end that such proceeding may be had thereupon as 
if no such Writ of Error had been brought into the 
said Court of Parliament. 


John George Shaw Lefevre, 
Dep. Cl. Parliament.” 





Resolved, That it appears by the said Record, 
that William Smith O’Brien, 2 Member of this 
House, has been adjudged guilty of High Treason. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a New Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Limerick, in the room of William Smith 
O’ Brien, adjudged guilty of High Treason. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause N° 1 (Oath to be taken as a qualification 
for sitting and voting in Parliament, instead of the 
Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration.) 

Amendment again proposed to the Oath: Toleave 
out the words “ and that I do not believe that the 
“ Pope of Rome, or any other Foreign Prince, 
“ Prelate, Person, State or Potentate hath, or 
ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, 
authority or power withia this Realm; and that 
I will defend, to the utmost of my power, the 
settlement of property within this Realm as es- 
* tablished by the Laws.” 

Question put, That the words “ and that I do 
not believe that,” stand part of the Oath ;” 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ neta Harris, 1. 69. 
Mr. Goring: J 

Mr. Tufnell, 

A Toca ao Fill: hoa. 
Another Amendment made, by leaving out the 
words, “the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign 

Prince, Prelate, Person, State or Potentate hath, 
or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdic- 
tion, authority or power within this Realm ; and 


‘ that I will defen , to the utmost of my power, 
Von. 104. 


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“ the settlement of property within this realm as 
** established by the Laws.” 

Another Amendment proposed, in P.2.1.3: After 
the word “ subject’’ to insert the words “ and I do 
“* hereby disclaim, disavow and solemnly abjure any 
“‘ intention to subvert the present Church Esta- 
“ blishment, as settled by law within this Realm ; 
and I do solemnly swear that I never will 
exercise any privilege to which I am or may 
“ become entitled to disturb or !weaken the Pro- 
testant Religion or Protestant Government in the 
United Kingdom ; and I do solemnly, in the pre- 
sence of God, profess, testify and declare, that I 
‘ do make this declaration, and every part thereof, 
in the plain and ordinary sense of the words of 
this oath, without any evasion, equivocation or 
mental reservation whatsoever, upon the true faith 
of a Christian. So help me God.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiauses, N° 2 to N°4, agreed to. 


Cravuse N° 5 (Form of Affirmation for Quakers, 
&amp;c., and Form of Oath for Persons professing the 
Jewish Religion.) 

Amendment proposed, in P, 3. 1. 16: To leave 
out from the word “ swear” tothe word “ And” in 
1, 19. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 3, 1. 21: To 
leave out from the word “same” to the word 
“ shall” in 1. 23. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Criause N° 6 (Act not to extend to Roman 
Catholics, nor to aflect 10 Geo. 4, c. 7.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Mr. Tufnell , 
Tellers for the Yeas, pet _. Hill: (2 - 
Tellers for the N fMr. M'Cullagh, 54. 


°€)) Mr. Wood: 
Crause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 8, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Passengers Bill ; 

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


read, for the Com- Passengers 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 


mittee on the Registermg Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Births, &amp;c 
(Scotland) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself pone in 


into a Committee upon the Defects in Leases Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
ss4 Committee 





ases Bill. 
No. 299. 





Supply. 


Tenants at 
Rack -rent 
Relief Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Landlord and 


Tenant Bill. 
No.300. 


Northern 


Lighthouses. 


Sutherland- 
shire Writ. 


Society for the 
Prosecution of 


Felons,— 


Distribution 
of Funds Bill. 


Abdy’s 
Estate Bill 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-first 
Report. ) 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire 


Railway 
(Extension 
of Ashton 


Branch, of Clif- 
ton Branch, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 





320 


Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Landlord and Tenant Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 21° die Mai; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERS. 


M®*: Maitland, from the Trinity House, was 
. called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A State- 
ment and Abstract of Accounts of the Commis- 
sioners of Northern Lighthouses for the year 1848 : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Sutherland, in 
the room of Sir David Dundas, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Shire, hath accepted the Office of 
Her Majesty’s Judge Advocate-General. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Society for the Prosecu- 
tion of Felons,— Distribution of Funds Bill, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Abdy’s Estate Bill, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 17th and 
18th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for additional provision in 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension 
of Ashton Branch, of Clifton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, 
which, wpon Friday last, was made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition, 


18°—-21° Maiz. 


A. 1849. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Zeeds and Leedsanad , 
Thirsk Raieey Company to raise a further Sum of iy Lg 
Money for the completion of their Railways, to to A nite 
anes interest on certain Shares, and for other Interest on 

urposes, was read the third time. ec.) Bal ‘ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass, , 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taunton Town 
the Report on the Taunton Town and Market Im- 4nd Market 
provement Bill; and the Amendments were read, jyiprovement 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


The Marquis of Worcester reported the Binbrooke Binbrooke 
Saint Gabriel and Binbrooke Saint Mary Inclosure Saint Gabriel 
(Amendment and Extension of Acts, Alteration of wg see 
Awards, settling Titles to Lands, &amp;c. and defining Inclosure 
Parish Boundaries) Bill, with Amendments. (Amendment 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. thane 


tion of Awards, 
settling Titles to Lands, &amp;c., and 
defining Parish Boundaries) Bill, 

Mr. Wrightson reported the Wisbech, Chatteris, Wisbech, 
Tid Gote, and Downham Bridge Turnpike (Con- Rotten, 
tinuation of Act, Alteration of Provisions relating ee ae 

° ° m 
to Repair of Waldersey and South Side- Banks, Bridge Turn. 
Abandonment as to Turnpike of Road over same, Pike (Continu. 
Construction of new Turnpike-road) Bill, with poke 

of 
Amendments. Provisions 
Ordered, That the Report do li ' . Telating to 
red, p o lie upon the Table Repair Web 
dersey and South Side Banks, 
Abandonment as to Turnpike of 
Road over same, Construction of 
New Turnpike-road ) Bill. 

Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select Poor Laws 
Committee on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were (Ireland) 
ee to report their Opinion thereupon, to- ae 

/ ~ “ port.) 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken No.301 
before them from time to time, to the House; That as 
they had further considered the matter to them re- 
ferred, and had directed him to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee Holme 
on Group 2, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the Reservoirs” 
case of the Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates, ——— 
and Amendment of Act) Bill, they had examined Amendment 
the allegations contained in the preamble of the of Act) Bill. 
Bill; and had amended the same by setting forth, 
that the Commissioners by virtue of their Act had 
constructed certain works, by detailing more fully 
the state of the finances of the Company, and by 
striking out the recital, that the interest on the 
debt of the Commissioners could not be discharged, 
unless other Rates were granted; that they found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and that they 
had gone through the bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

And Notice being taken, That almost the whole 
of the Bill, as brought in, had been omitted, and a 
new set of clauses introduced ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Holme _ 
to bring in the Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates meet 
and Amendment of Act) Bill, which was presented Rates and 
upon the 7th day of February last, might be read ; Amendment 
and the same being read; . (No 2.) Bill 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill “~ 
to make better Provision for the Payment of the 
Interest on the Debts of the Holme Reservoir Com- 
missioners: And that Mr. Edmund Denison and 
Mr. Stansfield do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, 





ee ee le ee) ee ee 












Railway Bills 
(Group 8.) 


Lancaster and 
Preston Junc- 


l ) tion yam 


Acts Amen 
ment (Power 
to alter Tolls, 


and for Ap- 


Ube 


intment of 
rs) Bill. 


Colonial 
Despatches, 
&amp;e. 


| Fire Insur- 
ances. — 


Clerks of the 


No. 302. 


Prisons 
(Ireland. ) 


eace, &amp;c. 


(Ireland. 


Ceaiery 


) 


12 Vicrortiz. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com-_ 
municate to this House, a Copy of the First Report | 
from the Select Coinmittee appointed by their Lord- | 
ships, to inquire into the expediency of a legislative | 
enactment being introduced to enable possessors of 
Entailed Estates to charge such Estates with a sum 
to be limited for the purpose of draining and other- 
wise permanently improving the same, together with | 
the Minutes of the Evidence: And that Sir Robert | 
Ferguson do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, ‘That the Committee on Group 8, of 


Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of the Zancaster and Preston Junc- 








21° Mazz. 


321 


each County, County of a City, and County of a 

Town in Ireland, on the 1st day of January 1849. 

7 Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Clergy, Farmers and Agriculture. 
others of the county of Worcester, praying that the 
present distressed condition of persons engaged in 
Agriculture may meet with the early and deltberate 
consideration of the House, and that some speedy 
measure of relief may be granted, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from London, praying the House Boards of 
to sanction a Bill for the cchibhenent of local Trade. 
Boards of Trade, composed of an equal number of 
employers and workmen, under the superintendence 

of a minister of labour, whose office would be to 





tion, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Compa- 
nies, praying that provision may be made in the 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Acts 
Amendment (Power to alter Tolls and for Appoint- 
ment of Officers) Bill, that the existing line of the 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway shall be 
transferred to, and the control and management 
thereof vested in the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail- 
way Company, upon certain conditions as to a di- 
vision of the profits to arise thereon, and on the Lan- | 
caster and Carlisle Railway, was presented, and | 
read; and referred to the Seuninet of Petitions | 


for Private Bills. | 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 


to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Statement of the Number of Despatches | 
and Letters received in each year for the last Three 
years by the Colonial Office, distinguishing how 


many were received from Governors of Colonies, | 


how many from other Persons in the Colonies, how 


many from Public Offices in this Country, and how | 


many from other Quarters :—And, of the Number 
of Colonial Ordinances which have been received at 
the Colonial Office, and of the Number of the same 
disallowed during the last two years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Fire In- | 


surances, which were presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Twenty-seventh Report of the 
Inspectors-General, on the general state of the 
Prisons of Ireland, 1848 (with Appendices). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Return of the Salary and Emoluments of 
each Clerk of the Peace in band during the years 
1847 and 1848, stating each year respectively, with 
the several Matters for which Fees have been paid ; 
specifying the Amount of each Fee paid or de- 
manded ; the Act of Parliament or Authority under 
which it hath been paid or demanded, and upon 
what special account it hath been paid or demanded ; 
and the Account of any Sum presented off any 
County, &amp;c. to the Clerk of the ' me for Rent of 
an Office, Registration of Arms, posting or publish- 
ng Notices of Registration or Lists of Jurors, or any 
other reason whatever, so as to set forth the whole 
Receipts of the several Offices of Clerks of the 
Peace, within each of the last two years respec- 
tively :—And, a like Return from each Clerk of the 
Crown in Ireland, setting forth the whole Receipts 
of the several Offices of Clerks of the Crown within 
each of the last Two years respectively. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement 


of oe of Constabulary Force employed in 





give an impetus to the industrial operations of the 
nation, and act as an impartial arbitrator between 
employers and employed,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Poole, praying that Clergy Relief 
the Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law, was Bill. 
— , and read; and ordered to jie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Union of Settle ;— Aylsham County Rates 
Union ; —and, Stroud Union; praying that the 24 — 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into ™™ ® 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Aldermen, Cruelty to 
Councillors, Clergy, Gentry and other Inhabitants Animals Bill. 
|of the borough of Hertford, praying that a clause 
may be inserted in the Cruelty to Animals Bill 
| rendering it illegal, under certain penalties, any 
longer to use dogs for the purpose of drawing carts, 
or any other description of vehicle, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ash- Faucation 
| bourn, in the county of Derby, complaining that the (Ireland.) 
| Schools in connection with the Church Education 

Society for Zreland derive no assistance from the 
| funds granted by Parliament for the support of Edu- 
| cation in that country ; and praying the House to 
resented, 


| relieve them from that grievance, was 
able. 


'and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| A Petition of the Chief Magistrate of North Ber- Elective 

| wick, praying for an extension of the Elective Fran- Franchise, &amp;c. 
| chise, the adoption of Vote by Ballot, Triennial 
Parliaments, and no Property Qualification of 

Members, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chief Magistrate of the royal Game Laws. 
burgh of North Berwick, praying the House to re- 
peal all laws for the protection of Game, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








| A Petition of Conducting, Comparing and Copy- Incumbered 
ing Clerks of the Rolls Office of Her Majesty’s oreeed) _ 
| High Court of Chancery in Jreland, praying that “T° ; 
/aclause may be introduced into the Incumbered 

Estates (Ireland) Bill, securing to the Petitioners 

adequate compensation for such loss or diminution 

of value and emoluments of their situations as they 

may respectively sustain through the operation of 

the proposed law, or that they may be selected or 
| employed, in the first instance, in such office or 
| offices as may be created by Commissioners under 

and in pursuance of the provisions of the said Bill, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


' =? 


Petitions 








Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 


Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Mines. 


Monaghan 


and Lurgan 
Road Act. 


Parliamentary 


Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


322 
Petitions from North Berwick (Chief Magis- 

















trate) ; Dundee ; County of Selkirk; 
Selkirk ; County of Ross; Kilmuir Easter 
(Chairman) ; —— Rosskeen (Chairman) ; and, 





Parochial Board of Portmoak (Chairman); pray- 
ing that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Eéwall, 
in the county of Derby, praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chief Magistrate of the royal 
burgh of North Berwick, praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Landowners, Farmers, Traders, 
Labourers and others in the neighbourhood of 
Bakewell, in the Northern and Southern Division of 
the county of Derby, praying for the repeal of the 
duty on Malt, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Halifaz, 
and its adjoining townships, praying the House to 
give an early assent to a Medical Bill on a sound 
basis, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colliers, working in the Coal Mines 
of Northumberland and Durham, praying the House 
to appoint Government inspectors of Mines, selected 
and appointed by Her Majesty Government, in 
order that the lives of that part of Her Majesty’s 
subjects who procure their living in Mines, may be 
secured from the awful calamities of explosion which 
so frequently occur, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and county 
of Monaghan, stating that they consider that a 
renewal of the Monaghan and Lurgan Road Act 
would be injurious to the trade and commerce of 
the town of Monaghan, and to the agricultural 
interests of the farmers of the county ; and praying 
that as the said Act will soon expire, the House will 
not permit the same to be renewed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholics, Members of the Catholic 
Congregation of Mawley, in the county of Salop, 
taking notice of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill; and 
praying the House to amend or repeal the oath re- 
quired to be taken by Catholic Members of Parlia- 
ment, and by Catholics generally, as a qualification 
for civil office, and for the exercise of the Elective 
Franchise, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy, residing near each other, 
in the deaneries of Norham, Bamburgh and Roth- 
bury, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Officers of the Halifax 
Poor Law Union, and other Practitioners in Medi- 
cine and Surgery, calling the attention of the House 
to the numerous evils and defects of the present 
system of administering medical relief to the sick 
poor; and praying for their redress and removal, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ashbourne Union ;— Stow-on-the- 
Wold ;— and, Bridgewater Union; praying the 
House to pass an Act during the present Session 
of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund for members 
of their own body,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1849, 


A Petition of Joseph H. Robinson and others, Promiscuous 
praying the House to pass such measures as will Itercourse, 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes, 
to prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from North Berwick (Chief Magistrate) ; Registering 
Dumfries ;——and, Members of the Parochial Births, &amp;c, 

Board of Rosskeen ; praying that the Registering eotend) 

Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Registering 
Board of the parish of Kilmuir Easter, Ross-shire, Births, &amp;. 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) neg en 
Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not (Scotland) 
pass into law, was presented, and read ; and referred Bills, 

_ ” Select Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) 

ill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ash- Roman Catho. 
bourn, in the county of Derby, praying the House to lic Clergy, 
refuse its countenance to any measure for the endow- 
ment of the Roman Catholic Priesthood, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Proprietors of Fisheries and Salmon 
Fishermen, in the River Severn, in the county of Fisheries. 
Gloucester, situate in the Marsh Common, and its 
vicinity ;— Tidenham ;—and Oldbury-upon-Severn ; 
stating that the Petitioners feel themselves grievously 
oppressed by the law, as it now stands, regarding 
the prohibition of taking Salmon at certain seasons, 
in the River Severn; and praying for alteration or 
amendment of the laws relating thereto, — were 
ong and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Dumfries ;—and, Glasgow (Chair- Schools 
man); praying the House to abolish the existing (Scotland) 
religious tests inthe Parochial Schools of Scotland, 
together with the exclusive superintendence and 
control exercised over them by the presbyteries of 
the Established Church,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mewnham ;—and, Little Dean ; Slave Trade. 
praying that instructions may be forthwith given 
to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian 
Governments the liberation of all Africans who 
have been illicitly imported into their colonies and 
territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, together 
with their descendants; and in the event of their 
attempting to evade such demand, or to procrasti- 
nate its fulfilment, to notify to them that measures 
will be adopted to exclude their produce from the 
British markets until Slavery itself shall be 
abolished by them,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochdale (Chairman and Tellers) ; yniversal 
Harleston ;—London;— Walter Mason ;— Cornelius Suffrage, &amp;e. 
Mason ;—and, Cample; praying the House to extend 
the Franchise to every man of mature age, sound 
mind, fixed residence and unstained with crime ; and 
to enact all other provisions essential to the full, fair 
and free representation of the people in Parliament, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chedworth; — Thornbury ; — war. 
Rangeworthy ; — Pucklechurch ;— Watlington and 
Tetsworth ;—Ynyscynhaiarn, Criccieth and Llany- 
stumdwy ;—and, Stockport; praying the House to 
promote the formation between the British Govern- 
ment and other governments of the world respec- 
tively, 












Fatailed 
Estates. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill, 


12 Vicroriz. 


tively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall bind 
the parties to refer all international disputes that 
may arise to the decision of arbitrators,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of this day, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the First 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships, to inquire into the expediency of 
a legislative enactment being introduced to enable 
—- of Entailed Estates to charge such 

states with a sum to be limited for the purpose of 
draining and otherwise permanently improving the 
same, together with the Minutes of the Evidence ; 
and that their Lordships gave for answer, that they 
will send an Answer by a Messenger of their own. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Incumbered Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuavuse N°1. (Three Commissioners to be ap- 
pointed under Sign Manual.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 2 to N° 5, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauset, N° 7, agreed to. 

Cuausez, N°S, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciause, N°9, agreed to. 


Ciavuse N° 10. (Commissioners to make General 
Rules for regulating Proceedings under this Act.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 35 : To leave out 
the words “ Her Majesty’s Privy Council of,” and 
insert the words “High Court of Chancery in,” 
instead thereof. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


Criauses, N° 11 to N° 18, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 19. (Commissioners, upon applica- 
tion for sale, may, after notices and hearing, direct 
a sale.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7. 1. 25: At the end 
of the Clause, to add the following words, “ Pro- 
“ vided always, that no such order for sale shall 
“ be made unless the Incumbrances on the Estate 
“ to be sold shall amount to one-half of the value 
“ thereof.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ion ree , } 9. 
Tellers for the Noes, nad asm Hi: 5 %: 


Clause agreed to. 
VoL, 104. 


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323 


Cuiavusses, N° 20 to N° 47, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: Message from 


Mr. Speaker, — 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An LandImprove- 
Act to authorize further Advances of Money for ment and 
the Improvement of Landed Property, and the Ex- (ireland) Bill. 
tension and Promotion of Drainage and other 
Works of Public Utility in Jreland, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Poor Laws 
Act to make Provision, until the thirty-first day of (Ireland) 
December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, ee aan 
for a General Rate in Aid of certain Distressed 
Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jreland, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Macclesfield 
Act for better supplying with Water the Borough —— ” 
of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, and for Saeentn Oat 
other Purposes connected with the said Borough, Bill. 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bury Saint 
Act for incorporating the Bury Saint Edmund’s Ramund’s Gas 
Gas Company, and for better supplying the Town ~P*Y 
and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the 
County of Suffolk, with Gas, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords request, That this House will be poor Laws 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships a Copy (Ireland.) 
of the Reports and Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
Irish Poor Laws, subsequent to the last Report 
and Evidence delivered :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Parliamentary 
take into consideration the Parliamentary Oaths Oaths Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 11th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lunatics 
Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill ; —- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon - 
Friday the 1st day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland ) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 2# 
Ist day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Leasing q 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


TT2 The 











Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


No, 303. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Passengers 
Bill. 


No. 304. 


Supply. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Marriage 
(Scotland.) 


Poor Laws 
(Treland) 
(Rate in Aid) 
Bill 





324 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Landlord and Tenant 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(For lessening evils of Emblements.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now brought up ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
« Bill, as amended, be further considered upon this 
“ day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—-The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Clause be now brought up : 
—The Clause was accordingly brought up, and read 
the firstand second time, and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Crops seized by Sheriffs’ Officers 
liable to rent, so long as they remain on the farm), 
was twice read, and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Biil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Passengers Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
take into consideration the state of the Law of 
Scotland, as regards the constitution of Marriage, 
have power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

The Lord Advocate reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 


tituled, An Act to make Provision, until the thirty- 
first day of December One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty, for a General Rate in Aid of certain 
Distressed Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jre- 
land ; and the same were read, as follow: 

P, 3.1. 8. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That an 
account shall be made up of the sums received 
and expended under this Act by means of the 
said Rate in Aid, to the thirty-first day of De- 
cember, with the present year; and also, a 
similar account to the same day, with the year 





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A. 1849, 


One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, in the form 
set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed, 
which accounts shall be laid before Parliament 
within ten days after the first sitting of Parlia- 
ment next, after the thirty-first day of Decem- 
ber, in each of the said years.” 

P. 3. 1. ult. At the end of the Bill, add Schedule 
marked (A.) 


“ 
if 3 
‘“ 
“ 
‘“ 
“ 


ScHepute (A.) 
Schedule to which this Act refers. 





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The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Order made upon Monday last, That there Tuam Work- 
be laid before this House, a Copy of Correspon- house. 
dence between the Archbishop of Tuam and the 
Poor Law Commissioners of Ire/and, on the subject 
of the Chaplaincy of the TuamWorkhouse, was read, 
and discharged. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Sheep-stealers 
nesday next, the Sheep-stealers (Ireland) Bill, was (1*eland) Bill. 
read and discharged ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for resuming, upon Wednesday next, Prison 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Discipline. 








upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire and report upon the practica- 
bility of establishing an uniform system of Disci- 
pline, punitive, reformatory and self-supporting, to 
be applied to all persons sentenced to imprisonment 
for crimes, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 27th day of June next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 22° die Maiti ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, That Lord Dudley Stuart be opposed 


allowed to attend and vote in the Committee on Private Bills 
Group 19, of Opposed Private Bills, in respect of the (GTP — 
Bill for which he was added to that Committee, not- 
withstanding the Clerk of the Committee of Selec- 
tion has not received from him the prescribed form 


of declaration, with his signature attached, pro- 




















vided he delivers in such declaration forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead, 


the Report on the Birkenhead, Lancashire and nr ye 
Cheshire Junction Railway (Abandonment of Part — Rail 


of Line, Extension to London and North Western way (Aban- 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, donment of 
and agreed to Part of Line, 
S " . ‘ Extension to 
Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, London and 
be ingrossed. North Western 
= Railway, &amp;c.) 
ill. 


The 





Cockermouth 
and Working- 
ton Railway 
(Branch to 
Bridgefoot, 
Amendment 
of Act, and 


to lease 2d agreed to. 
PoWhitehaven Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Junction 
way Compan, 
Bill. 


Holme — 
Reservoirs 
(Increase of 
Rates and 
Amendment 
of Act) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Agriculture. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland) Act. 


Clergy Relief 
Bil. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
nent Bill, 


Small Debts 
Act, 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 





Rail- i 
y) be ingrossed. 


12 Vicrortz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Cockermouth and Workington 
Railway (Branch to Bridgefoot, Amendment of Act, 
and Power to lease to Whitehaven Junction Railway 
Company) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make better 
Provision for the Payment of the Interest on the 
Debts of the Holme Reservoir Commissioners : And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Harlow ;—Shadoxhurst ;—Bren- 
zelt ;— Canterbury (three Petitions) ;— Bilsington ; 
— Ramsgate ; — Margate ; — Tong ; —- Stowting ;— 
Beaksbourne ;—Smarden ;—Eastry ;—Bapchild ;— 
Kennington (Kent); —Wye ;—Birchington ;—and, 
Barfrestone ; complaining of the distressed state of 
Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief for persons engaged therein,—were 
eee, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Diocese and City of Cork ;— 
Portadown ;--A ughnamullen;—and, College of Saint 
Columba, Stackallan; praying that an Act may be 
passed, restoring the separate jurisdiction of the ten 
suppressed Sees in Jreland, and enabling Her Ma- 
jesty to nominate to them, according as an adequate 
provision for each, whether from public or private 
sources, shall have been secured; and also that the 
Sees of Cashel and Tuam be restored to their former | 
archiepiscopal dignity,—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 





Petitions from the Presbytery of Armagh (Mode- 
rator and Clerk); — East Keswick;— and, Man- 
chester ; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Dunn Gardner ;——T. G. 
Bucknall Estcourt ; Dimsdale and W. Selby 
Loundes ; Alfred Caswall;—T. R. S. Phil- 
lips ;—— Bishop of Norwich ;——A. Sedwick ;—— 
and, Earl of Orford; praying that the Copyholds 
Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lanidloes, in the 
county of Montgomery, and its vicinity, praying for 
the amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extend- 
ing the jurisdiction of the county courts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor 
of the Bolton Union, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that the County Ratesand Expenditure Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Honorary Secretary of the 
Committee of the Iron, Hardware and Metal Trades 
Pension Society, established in the city of London, 
for the relief of deserving and necessitous persons 
connected with such trades, and the widows of such 
persons, praying that the said Society and other 
Societies of a like nature may be declared to be 
within the provisions of the statute of the 9th and 
10th Vic. c. 27, or that a clause to that effect may 
be inserted in the Friendly Societies Bill, or that, by 
a short declaratory Act of the Legislature, they may 
be deciared to be entitled to the benefit and provisions 
of the statutes relating to Friendly Societies, and 

VoL. 104, 


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325 
may be at liberty to invest their funds with the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, or that the said Society represented by the Peti- 
tioners, may be placed under such other regulations 
and restrictions, and have conferred on them such 
other benefits and privileges, as may be deemed just 
and right, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Two Petitions from London ; praying the House Home 
to introduce a Bill, sanctioning the establishment of Colonies. 
Home Colonies, and to supply sufficient capital, by 
way of loan, from the Imperial Treasury for that 
purpose,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to he upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders, of the Elective 
parish of Saint Pancras, in the borough of Mary- Franchise, &amp;. 
le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, praying the 
House to extend the right of voting to all House- 
holders, to protect them by the Ballot, to rescind the 
Property Qualification for Members of Parliament, 
to repeal the Septennial Act, to divide more fairly 
Electoral Districts, to abolish unmerited pensions 
and sinecures, and to equalize the probate and 
legacy duties, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bighton;—Chilton Candover ;— 
Itchen Stoke ;— Northington ;—Kilmeston ;—New 
Alresford ;—Old Alresford ;—Hinton Ampney ;— 
Brown Candover ;— Tichborne ;— Cheriton ;—Swar- 


raton ;—Ropley ;— Bishop’s Sutton ;— West Tisted ; 


Malt. 


| —and, Ovington; praying for the repeal of the 


duty on Malt,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint James’s parish, Marriages 
in the county of the city of Exeter, praying that the Bill. 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profession, Medical 
practising in Wolverhampton and its neighbourhood, Profession. 
praying the House to withhold its sanction from the 
principles of Medical Reform, as set forth by a body 
calling itself the National Institute, and sanctioned 
by the representatives from the different medical 
corporations in London, and to pass such a law as 
will prove generally acceptable to the profession, and 
tend to elevate the character and enlarge the intel- 
ligence of its members, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk of the Guardians of the Metropolis 
Poor of Saint Luke’s, Middlesex, complaining that Police. 
the rate or charge on that parish for the Metropo- 
litan Police Force has recently been increased, and 
praying for a Committee of inquiry into the circum- 
stances, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from El/mley Lovett ; and, Wrazxall Parliamentary 
praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Billi may not Oaths Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of Poor Law 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the Saint Ives Union, in the county of Hun- 
tingdon, praying the House to pass an Act during 
the present Session of Parliament enabling Poor 
Law Officers to form and distribute a superannua- 
tion fund for members of their own body, was 
—- and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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326 

A Petition of Parishioners of the united parishes 
of Saint Edmund-the-King and Saint Nicholas 
Acons, in the city of London, praying for the adop- 
tion of measures for the punishment of all persons 
guilty of trading in seduction and prostitution, and 
for the better protection of virtuous women, was 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bradford, in the West Riding of 
the county of York, praying the House to secure 
strict economy in the administration of the Public 
Finances, and thereby effect a large reduction of 
Expenditure, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Public Expen- 
diture, 


Queen’sPiates. A Petition of the Honorary Secretaries of the Bel- 
fast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
mals, praying the House to refuse its sanction to such 
applications of the public funds as the granting of 
money for Queen’s Plates, to be run for in any part 
of the empire, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
Tenements. 
Middlesex and Hertford, praying the House to pass 
a law, making the landlords of all cottages, whose 
rents are under six pounds, liable to the payment of 
the poor-rates, was presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—~ Wembley ;— 
Huntingdon (Sussex); —and, Stroud; praying for 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Schools 


Petitions from the United Presbytery of Orkney 
(Scotland. ) A 


(Moderator and Clerk);—and, Kirkwall; praying 


the House to pass a Bill which shall secure a tho- 


rough reformation of the parochial Schools of Scot- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Slave Trade. Six Petitions from Belfast, praying that instruc- 


22° Maiz. 


the Poor of the Barnet Union, in the counties of | 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Warwick 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ County 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in ery ta 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division 
of the County of Warwick, in the room of Evelyn 
John Shirley, Esquire, who, since his election for 
the said division of the said County, hath accepted 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 








Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Law, 
Law, which was presented upon the 10th day of wo, 39g 
this instant May, be printed. ~— 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Northern Northern 
Lighthouses, which was presented yesterday, be Lighthouses, 
printed. No. 307. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tuam Work. 
Copy of Correspondence between the Most reve- house. 
rend Doctor M‘Hale and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners of Jreland, on the subject of the Chaplaincy 
of the Tuam Workhouse. 


Mr. Edwin Lascelles reported from the Committee East Lothian 
on a 17 of Railway Bills; That in the case Central Rail.’ 
of the East Lothian Central Railway (Abandon- ¥3¥ (Aban- 
;}ment of the a ne 





, and Dissolution of the Com- Railway and 
pany) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- Dissolution of 
| tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had amended So ages ) 
_ the same by inserting a recital that no notices had” 

| been given by the Company of an intention to take 

land under the powers of their Act, nor contracts 

entered into for the purchase of land, which the 

| Committee considered necessary the more clearly to 

,explain the enactments of the Bill; and that they 
_had found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
‘had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
| ments thereunto. 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor's Rate. 














tions may be forthwith given to the Principal Secre-| Return of all Monies the payment of which has 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, to demand of the | been legally excused from the Poor’s Rate, for the 
Spanish and Brazilian Governments the liberation year ended the 25th day of March 1849, in the 
of all Africans, and their descendants, who have been | several Parishes and Places in England and Wales; 
introduced into their respective colonies and terri-| and also of all Sums for other reasons not reco- 
tories, contrary to the faith of treaties, and in the | verable on account of the Poor’s Rate for the same 
event of their attempting to evade such demand, or | period. 

to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify to them that | 
measures will be adopted to exclude their produce | 


from the British markets, until Slavery itself shall | m : - ei - 

be abolished by them,—were seneanted, and read ; | PUt, Chat this House will, at the rising of the House 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. this day, adjourn till Thursday next ; 

| The House divided. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the city | The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

of Westminster, praying the House not to consent | The Noes to the old Lobby. 

to the removal of Smithfield Market, was presented,| Tellers for the f The Marquis of Granby, 

and read; and referred to the Select Committee on | Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : 

Smithfield Market. | Tellers for ther Mr. Aglionby, lino 
Noes, Mr. Sharman Crawford: S°°"’ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


}iss. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the practicability of providing, by | 
— of the Commercial Steam Marine of the | 

ountry, a reserve Steam Navy, available for the |, . . 

National Defence, when re wo have Power to To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of 
report the Minutes of the Thideees taken before | the House. 
them. | 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 0 
to them referred ; and directed him to make a Re-| to give directions, that there be laid before this 
port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes | House, Returns of the Number of Juvenile Of- 
of the Evidenee taken before them. fenders committed to every County, City or Borough 


Steam Navy. 
No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;| Prison in England and Wales, for any Offence, in 
and be printed. 


the years 1847 and 1848, and stating at what age 
Prisoners 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Adjournment. 


| Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Juvenile 


ffenders. 











Message from 





12 VicToriz. 


Prisoners are classed as “ Juvenile”? in each 


Prison : 





1847. | 1848. 





Number committed 


Sentenced on trial : 
Transportation 
Imprisonment above one year - 

one year and above six months 

six months and above three months 

three months and under 


” 


” 
Summarily convicted : 
Imprisoned above two months 
two months and above one month 
one month and under 


” = 


Number committed who have been whipped in prison 
pursuant to sentence ; viz. 
Once 
Twice 
Thrice 
Four or more times - 
Number committed who had lost one parent 
who had lost both parents - 
who were unable to read 
who had not been brought up to 
any definite employment - 


Number committed who had been convicted before : 
Once 
Twice 
Thrice 
Four times 
Five times 
Above five times 


” 


»” 











Of the Number of Juvenile Offenders now under- 
gong Sentence in every Prison in England and 

ales, stating the age at which Prisoners are 
classed as “ Juvenile” in each Prison : 





Date and Term of any former 





Imprisonment. 
Name, | Age. |Sentence.| ¢ . 8 it =. g ‘e * 
SEEIREES ERS EE ees 
&amp; &amp; a g g 
_ _ _ — -_ 


























And, a Return from every Prison of the Names 
of any Associations or Charitable Institutions for 
affording temporary refuge to Young Offenders 
when discharged from such Prison. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 


ae Mr. Speaker, 

Bradford The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Waterworks Act for authorizing the Bradford Waterworks 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, without 
any Amendment : And also, 

Scottish The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

_— Act to incorporate the Scottish Amicable Life As- 

Society =" surance Society, to enable the said Society to sue 

corporating and be sued, and to take and hold Property, and 

ee for other Purposes relating to the said Society, with 

aes Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Williams's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. tg authorize the granting of Building Leases of the 
Estates devised by the Will of Richard Morris 
Griffith, Gentleman, deceased, called Caemaeslodig, 
situate in the Parish of Bangcr, in the County of 
Carnarvon, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

allel The Lords communicate a Copy of the First 

states, 


Report from the Select Committee appointed by 

their Lordships in the present Session of Parlia- 

ment, to inquire into the expediency of a Legislative 

Enactment being introduced to enable Possessors 

of Entailed Estates to charge such Estates with a 
VoL, 104. 


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327 


Sum to be limited for the purpose of Draining and 
otherwise permanently improving the same; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
said Committee :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 


Duration of 
Parliaments 
Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for shortening 
the Duraiion of Parliaments ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. D’Eyncourt, } 46 

Yeas, \ Lord Dudley Stuart : ’ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell: } 41 

Noes, \ Viscount Ebrington : F 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Mr. D’ Eyncourt and Lord Dudley Stuart do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present:—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock:—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till Thursday next. 


Jovis, 24° die Maiti ; 


Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849. 





PRAYERs. 


M® Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st day a” 
of this instant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Williams’s Estate Bill, was read the first time ; Williams's 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for !st#te Bill. 
Private Bills. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Society for the 

the Trustees of a Society called or known by the Prosecution 
‘ ‘ : of Felons— 

Name of the Society for the Prosecution of Felons pjstribution 
and Receivers of Stolen Goods to distribute the of Funds Bill. 
Monies and Funds of the said Society amongst cer- 
tain Charitable Institutions, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East Anglian 
the Report on the East Anglian Railways (Ely and pear yn wn 
Huntingdon Railway Extension of Time) Bill; and Gon Railway. 


don Railway 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Extension of 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Time) Bill. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 2%4 Northern 


way (Formation of Slip Quay and other Works at (formenion of 


Granton, Extension of Station at Edinburgh, Re- Slip Quay and 
gulation of Perth Stations and Amendment of Acts) °ther Works 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed ae 
to 


Station at 
Edinburgh, 
Regulation of 
Perth Stations 
and Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 


“Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Torquay Market Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Undertaking not to be exempt from 
the Public Health Act), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 


Torquay 
Market Bill. 


TT4 





Ordered, 











398 24° Mazz. A. 1849, 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | Station, and to abandon the William Lands Branch, Branch, Aban- 


ingrossed. and for other Purposes : donment of 
. : Branch, New Road to Settle Staten 
Great Yar- Mr. Bernal reported the Great Yarmouth Haven, tension of Time for Purchase of Lands, 
none Bridge and Navigation Improvement Bill, with and Construction of Works) Bil. =” 
Navigation Amendments. An Act for authorizing the Bradford W 
; g the Bradford Waterworks Bradford 
Sugeoremant Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Waterworks 


Hospital for Mr. Bernal ted the Hospital for C - 
Consumytion sion Bill, with jo ea ety ee Mr. Wrightson reported the Sheffield and Tinsley Sheffiela ana 


Ordered, That t li the Table, | Road (Extension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Tinsley Road 
a ee Sheffield) Bill, with Amendments, ae 


, " e Tinsley 
Royal Assent A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Ordered, That the Repert do Ue upon the Tete. To, 
to Bills. Usher of the Black Rod : - Sheffield) 


Mr. Speaker, - 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s| Mr. Wrightson reported the Truro Turnpike- Truro Turn. 


Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- | roads, Penryn and Redruth Turnpike-roads (Conso- ae, 





veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire | lidation of Trusts, Alterations of Tolls, Formation Regruth Tum. 

the immediate attendance of this Honourable House | of New Roads) Bill, with Amendments. pike-roads 

in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. er antolidation 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went | Alterations of Tolls, Forma- 

up to the House of Peers :—And being returned; | tion of New Roads) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- , 
™ A “ : _| Mr. Edwin Lascelles reported from the Committee Stirling and 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma i Group 17, of Railway Bills; That in the case of Dunfermline 





jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, | a ; : oe ailway 

where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, | the Stirling and ag me Railway (Deviation of (Deviation of 

giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to | Branch to Alloa Harbour; Diversion of certain Branch to 

the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; and that | Works; Extension of Time for completing Line and Siomienan’ 
&gt; 


° . Diversion of 
the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the | taking Land, and Amendment of Acts) Bill, they certain Works, 


Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are had examined the allegations of the Bill, and had Extension of 


as follow : amended the preamble by striking out so much as — ng 
Saint John’s, An Act to confirm certain Acts of the Legisla- related to the proposed extension of the time for pee, mn 
Newfoundland, ture of Newfoundland, respecting the Re-buildin Re cone Oe ee ee ee 
Bill. © of the Town of Saint Jo n’s, Newfoundland, a to the Committee inexpedient ; and found the pre- of Acta) nid 


to enable the said Legislature to make other Provi- | #™mble, as amended, to be —— and had One. 
sions respecting the Re-building of the said Town: | through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 





Grants of An Act to remove Doubts concerning the Validity | 4"*9- ' 
Bouth Wales) of certain Grants of Land in the Colony of New Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Bill. South Wales : and be printed. 


LandImprove- An Act to authorize further Advances of Money . . 

—_ for the Improvement of Landed Property, and the Ordered, sees the — a Glave Trade. 

(Ireland) Bill. ae er Promotion of Drainage and other rs gw po Agger og ee ee No. 308. 
s blic Utility i : ? : a 

—- Ps “ " i “ ieee wanes . |which Great Britain can adopt for providing for 

(ireland) n Act to make Provision until the Thirty-first | ¢he final extinction of the Slave Trade, have Power 


(Rate in aia) Cay of December One thousand eight hundred and | ¢, report their Observations thereupon, together with 
ill. Fifty, for a General Rate in Aid of certain Dis-' th¢ Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
tressed Unions and Electoral Divisions in Zreland: | from time to time, to the House. 

Kidderminster An Act for better assessing the Poor Rates on | Mr. Hutt reported feum the said Select Com- 


Union Small . ° : | 
Tenements Small Tenements, in certain Parishes and Places | mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
_them referred, and had directed him to report the 





Rating Bill. within the Union of Kidderminster : 


ys hero . An Act for the Dissolution of the Argyll Canal! Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
OO asane"* Company, and for the Abandonment of their Under- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ing, &amp;c.) Bill. taking: land be printed. 

New Ross Port An Act to amend an Act for the better regulating | 


and Harbour and improving the Port and Harbour of New Ross,; Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- Maynooth 


A d ° : “ . 

$i." in the Counties of Wexford and Kilkenny : | jesty’s Command,—Copy of Third Report of the Clee: 
Edinburgh An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern | Visitors of Maynooth College, 1847. 

— Railway Company to raise a further Sum of - Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
(Additional Money: | Table. 

Capital and | 

Acpament of Petitions from Sturry ;—Canterbury (three Peti- Agriculture. 
a ' _ tions) ;— Wingham ;—Aldington ; —Bonnington ;— 

ons An Act for the Management and Disposal of the | County of Southampton (Sheriff) ;— Great Clacton ; 


and Freemen’s /reemen’s Pastures, in the Parish of Great Grimsby, | — Litile Bentley ;—Ardleigh ;—Great Holland ;— 
Arrangement i the Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, Walton;—Saint Osyth ;—Frating ;— Ramsey (Es- 
_ and for other Purposes : sex) ;—Elmstead ;—Great Bentley ;— Tendring ;— 


mes An Act for better supplying the Town, Port and Lawford ;—Weeley ; —Manningtree ;— Little Hol- 


Bill. Harbour of Whitehaven, and other Places, with | land;—and, Wiz; praying the House to take into 
Water: | immediate consideration the depressed state of 
or. An Act for altering the mode of assessing the Agriculture, with the view of affording substantial 


Ben (Beuallen- Drainage Rates authorized by the Act for draining | relief,— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

tion of Drain- and improving Marshland Smeeth and Marshland | upon the Table. 

age Ratesand Fen, in the Country of Marshland, in the County of | ; be 

Repair of Norfolk, and to provide for the Repair of Roads A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 

Roads) Bill. a ooh . P . - Certificates. 
within the limits of the said Act: at Abingdon, in the county of Berks, praying for 

NorthWestern An Act for enabling the North Western Railway | the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 

Railway Company to make an Extension of the Lancaster | Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 

¢&lt;Extension of : R : ? ° . 

Lancaster | Branch of their Railway, and a New Road to Settle | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 





wo 


seo 





































Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Copyholds 
Erreanchise- 
ment Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education. 


Elective 
Franchise, &amp;c. 


Hops. 


Lisburn and 
Monaghan 
Road Act. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Profession. 





12 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Warrington ;— Goring ; — and, 
Sunderland (Chairman) ; praying that the Clerg 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brentford, being 
Copyholders in the counties of Middlesex and Sur- 
rey, praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of 


24° Maii. 





ee in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upn the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Chew 
Magna and its vicinity, in the county of Somerset, 
praying that the Education Grant may be dispensed 
upon the principles of freedom to all bodies to con- 
stitute and administer their respective Schools upon 
their own model, and in exact accordance with their 
own system, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
— of the borough of Sheffield, praying the 

ouse to extend the right of Voting to all house- 
holders, to protect them by the Ballot, to rescind 
the Property Qualification for Members of Parlia- 
ment, to repeal the Septennial Act, to divide more 
fairly electoral districts, to abolish unmerited pen- 





sions and sinecures, and to equalize the probate 
and legacy duties, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stone ;—Appledore ;—and, Wit- 
tersham ; praying for an immediate and total repeal 
of the Excise duty on Hops,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landholders of the parish of Keady, 
in the county of Armagh, stating that an Act of 
Parliament was obtained for “ more effectually re- 

airing and improving the Road leading frcm Lis- 

urn, in the County of Antrim, to the Town of Mo- 
naghan,” which received the Royal Assent on the 
22d of May 1828, and is to continue in force for the 
term of 21 years, and from thence to the end of the 
next Session of Parliament; and praying that, as 
said Turnpike Act will soon expire, the House will 
not permit same to be renewed, or, if it shall be 
judged expedient to renew said Act, that a clause 
shall be inserted therein to prevent a turnpike-gate 
or toll-bar being erected or placed on said road 
within the distance of one mile from the city of Ar- 
magh; and that a clause shall also be inserted in 
said Act to permit carts and cars used for the pur- 
pose of conveying lime or manure for agricultural 
purposes to pass through said turnpike-gate exempt 
from payment of tolls, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wittersham ;— and, Appledore ; 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Stranraer (Mode- 
rator) ; and, Burham; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of duly qualified Medical Practitioners, 
residing in Maidstone, in the county of Kent, pray- 
ing the House to enact without delay such a measure 
as will not only tend to maintain and enlarge the 


present standard of medical qualification, but will 
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329 


at the same time effectually protect the public and 
the members of the Medical Profession from the 
pretensions of ignorant and unqualified individuals, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition of the Churchwardens and Repre- seeapelle 
ce. 


sentative Vestrymen of the parish of Saint James, ¥ 


Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
the House to appoint a Select Committee to inquire 
into the manner of making the assessment in the 
several counties for the maintenance of the Metro- 
politan Police, and into the expenditure thereof, as 
well as into the general administration of the force, 
and especially into the recent annual increased 
charge of upwards of Thirty-five thousand pounds 
on the county of Middlesex, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ely Union ;— Guisborough Union ; poor Law 
— Dulverton Union ;—Blackburn Union ;— Henley Officers. 


Union; — Great Yarmouth Union ; — Abingdon 
Union ;— Rochford Union ;—and, Sheffield Union ; 
praying that an Act may be passed during the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body,—-were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Portpatrick, stating Post-office 


that the proposed removal of Her Majesty’s packets 
from Portpatrick would bring utter ruin on the 
small town with which the Petitioners are con- 
nected ; and that, although whilst they have such 
a personal interest in the question they cannot 
expect to be heard as unbiassed witnesses, they feel 
assured of a generous attention and sympathy when 
they respectfully request that they may be heard in 
the House as the weaker party, who are to suffer in 
the first instance, and to suffer greatly ; and praying 
the House to appoint a Committee to inquire into 
this matter, and to ascertain the grounds on which 
the Petitioners are prepared to establish their as- 
sertion that, in every point of view, it is of great 
importance that the "Post-office Communication be- 
tween Great Britain and Ireland should be, as at 
present, by the short and safe sea-passage of 
eighteen miles at Portpatrick, and not by the long 
sea-passage of about ninety miles from Greenock, 
as is now proposed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Communica- 
tion with 
Treland. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Poughill, in the Promiscuous. 


county of Devon, praying the House to pass such Intercourse. 


measures as will enable Magistrates and Officers of 





Police to bring those persons who make a trade of 
and live by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse 
of the sexes to prompt and certain punishment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of Rating of 


the Poor of the Halsted Union, in the — 
Essex, praying the House to = a law, making 
the landlords of all cottages whose rents are under 
six pounds liable to the payment of the poor rates, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


of Tenements. 


Petitions from Banwell ;— Bath Easton ;—Flaz gale of Beer 


Bourton ;—Cheddar ;— Farnboro’ ;—and, Banbury; Act. 


praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Llangefni ;— Lincoln ; — and, Small Debts 
Thomas Lloyd Boyle and others; praying for amend- Act. 


ment of the Small Debts Act, by extending the 
jurisdiction of the county courts,—were presented, 





and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
UU A Petition 





330 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Liverpool, praying the House to take measures for 
preventing in future the sale of Tithes appropriated 
or vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


VotebyBallot. Petitions from Bristol ;— Chelsea ;— Bath ;— 
Cardigan ; — Macclesfield (eleven Petitions) ; — 
Sutton (Chester) ;—and, John Wyke Fowler ; pray- 
ing the House to pass a Bill giving to the Voter 
the protection of the Ballot,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tithes. 


Petition from Bolton (Lancaster) ;—and, Isling- 
ton; praying the House to take prompt and decisive 
measures to negotiate treaties between the Govern- 
ment of this country and other governments of the 
world, binding the parties concerned to refer their 
international disputes to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 
of Supply be received To-morrow. 


War. 


Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Chattels Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
oe and solve itself into a Committee upon the Chattels 
Suan, Partition and Sale Bill. 

Copyholds Ordered, That the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
—— Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the 


6th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the Smoke Prohibition Bill be 
read a second time upon Friday the 1st day of June 
next. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) 
ony (Ireland) Bill be read the third time after the Orders of the 
‘ day. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 


Tenants at 


Ordered, That the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief 


Rack-rent Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 
Relief Bill. &lt;4 : 
consideration upon Wednesday the 6th day of June 
next. 
Supply. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 
a and Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Means. 


solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 


the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Universal The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
roe Act to confer certain Powers on the Railway Pas- 
Compensation sengers’ Assurance Company, with Amendments ; 
Company to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
Bill. currence of this House: And also, 

Small The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
(Sovtiand) to amend an Act regulating the Justice of the Peace 


Bill. Small Debt Courts in (Scotland), to which the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 
Vote by Ballot. | A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Votes of Parliamentary Electors to be taken by 
Ballot ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 
f{Mr. Henry Berkeley, 
*\ Mr. John Williams : 
{Sir Harry Verney, 
"UMr. Cowper : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas \ 85. 


J 
Tellers for the Noes y 36. 


24° —95° Mair. 





A. 1849. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Colonial 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the better Possessions. 
Government of certain of our Colonial Possessions; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

{ Mr. Roebuck, 

Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Wyld : 
&gt;. J Mr. Tufnell, 
Tellers for the Noes, . Lord Marcus Hill: 


So it passed in the Negative. 






= 
hue. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
to empower Justices of the Peace to unite Parishes (District Sur. 
into Districts, and to appoint a Surveyor of High- Y¥°rs) Bill. 
ways to each District: And that Mr. Frewen, Vis- 
count Barrington, and Mr. Moody do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, strangers, 

That this House will take into its consideration the 
rule or practice whereby Strangers have been ex- 
cluded on the Motion of any single Member, with 
a view to alter the same; so that a Motion for the 
exclusion of Strangers shall be made and seconded, 
and Question thereupon be put, as is the practice 
with other Motions :—It passed in the Negative. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 25° die Maii, 1849: 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented Hampton 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Court Palace, 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, ** 
a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted free 
of Charge to see the State Apartments at Hampton 
Court Palace, and Windsor Castle, and the Royal 
Botanic Gardens at Kew, during the years 1847 
and 1848, distinguishing the Number in each year 
and month (in continuation of Parliamentary Re- 
turn, ordered 31st May 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Incumbered 
into consideration the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Estates _ 
Bill, as amended in,the Committee. (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a No. 309. 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day ; and 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Landlord and 
Reading of the Bill for improving the Law of Land- Tenant Bill. 
lord and Tenant in England and Wales ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “‘ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
‘* now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Pusey, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. pa : 
Tellers for the Noes, ee 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





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J 74. 


} 15. 








Ordered, 





Passengers 
Bill. 


Sheep-stealers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland.) 


No.310. 


Duration of 
Parliaments 
Bill. 


No. 311. 


Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


No, 312, 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(Increase of 
Rates and 
Amendment 
of Act) 

(No. 2.) Bill, 


Lancaster and 
-Teston Junc- 
tion Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Power 
to alter Tolls, 
and for Ap- 
pointment of 
Officers) Bill, 


12 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Law of Landlord 
and Tenant in England and Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pusey do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sheep-stealers (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Bill to continue certain Temporary Provi- 
sions relating to the Collection of Grand Jury Cess 
in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue to the end of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one certain 
Temporary Provisions relating to the Collection of 
Grand Jury Cess in Jreland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon Monday 
last, was made from the Select Committee appointed 
to take into consideration the state of the Law of 
Scotland, as regards the constitution of Marriage, 
be printed. 


Mr. D’ Eyncourt presented a Bill for shortening 
the Duration of Parliaments: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 27th day of June next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to empower Justices 
of the Peace to unite Parishes into Districts, and 
to appoint a Surveyor of Highways to each District : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th 
day of July next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Veneris, 25° die Mai ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills; That in the case of the Holme 
Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amendment of 


Act) (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 








Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Petition for ad- 
ditional — in the Lancaster and Preston 
Junction Railway Acts Amendment (Power to alter 
Tolls, and for Appointment of Officers) Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, as by 
the clauses annexed to the said Petition, the Zan- 
caster and Preston Junction Railway is transferred 
to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, 
and the control and management thereof vested n 
the said Company ; and in consideration of such 
transfer, the Lancaster and Preston Junction Rail- 
way Company is to participate in the profits and 
revenue arising from the said Lancaster and Preston 


94°—95° Mazi. 





33] 


Junction Railway and from the Lancaster and Car- 
lisle Railway ; but the notices of the intended appli- 
cation to Parliament for the said Bill do not specify 
an intention to apply for any such powers; nor is 
it stated in such notices that it was intended to ap- 
ply for power to amend any ofthe former Acts of 
the said Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


and at the bar presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of Con- 
victions of Manufacturers of Paper, for a Breach 
of the Excise Laws in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively, during the years from 1840 to 
1848 inclusive; stating the Names of the Parties 
convicted, the Amount of Penalty inflicted in each 
case, the Amount recovered, and distinguishing those 
Cases in which a Compromise has been effected. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of February 
last, for a Return, showing the Number of Persons 
charged to the Income Tax for the years ended the 
5th day of April 1847 and 1848, under Schedule 
(D.); distinguishing the Number charged in each 
of the following Classus, viz. under £.150 a year; 
£.150 a year and under £.200; £.200 and under 
£.300; £.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under 
£.500; £.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under 
£.700; £.700 and under £.800 ; £.800 and under 
£.900; £.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and 
under £.1,500; £.1,500 and under £.2,000 ; £.2,000 
and under £.3,000; £.3,000 and under £.4,000 ; 
£.4,000 and under £.5,000; £.5,000 and under 
£.10,000; £.10,000 and under £. 20,000 ; £20,000 
and under £.30,000; £.30,000 and under £. 40,000 ; 
£.40,000 and under £.50,000 ; £. 50,000 and under 
£.75,000 ; £.75,000 and upwards ; and the Amount 
of Tax received from each Class :—Similar Return 
under Schedule (E.) to £.5,000 a year and upwards : 
—Also, Return, showing the net Amount of Pro- 
perty and Income Tax for the same years, classed 
under the several Schedules (in continuation of Par- 
liamentarv Paper, No. 747, of Session 1847). 





February last, for an Account ofall Copper imported 
into the United Kingdom in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1849, distinguishing each sort of 
Copper, from what Country, and into what Ports 
imported :—Similar Returns of the Quantity ex- 
ported :—Quantity of Copper exported from the 
Port of Zondon in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1849, distinguishing each sort, and to what 
Country exported :—Similar Returns for the Port 
of Liverpool :—Account of all Copper Ore which 
has been imported into the United Kingdom, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1849, showing 
the Quantity upon which Duty has been paid, the 
Countries from which the same has been imported, 
and the Per-centage Quantity of metallic Copper con- 
tained in cach Parcel of Ore upon which the Duty 
has been paid, together with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty received thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 343, of Session 1848) : 
An Account of all Tin imported into the United Tin. 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1849, distinguishing from what Countries 
imported :—And, a similar Return of the Exports 
of Tin (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 343, of Session 1848): And an Account 


during the year ending the 5th day of January 
1849, and the Duty paid thereon (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 343, of Session 1848) :— 
And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 








VoL. 104, 





uUU2 


Mr. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Paper. 


Mr. Crafer also presented pursuant to Orders,— property Tax. 


A Return of the Import and Export of Lead and Lead and 
Lead Ore (in continuation of the former Returns) ; #4 Ore. 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Copper. 


of all Zine and Zine Ore imported and exported Zine. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-third 
Report.) 


Bury Saint 


Edmund's Gas 


Company Bill. 


Scottish 
Amicable 


Life Assurance 


Society 





332 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 22d and 24th days of 
this instant May, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for incorporating the Bury Saint 
Edmund’s Gas Company, and for better supplying 
the Town and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in 
the County of Suffolk, with Gas; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr, 8. 1. 5. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 8. Is. 5. and 6. After “ Commissioners” in- 
sert “ hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 9. 1.24. Leave out from “ Act” to “ Pro- 
“ vided,” in |. 26. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to incorporate the Scottish Amicable 


(Incorporating Life Assurance Society, to enable the said Society 


and conferring to sue 


Powers) Bill. 


and be sued, and to take and hold Property, 
and for other Purposes relating to the said Society ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.5. After “ the” insert “ nineteenth 
“* and,” and in the same line leave out “ day” and 
insert ‘‘ days.” 

Pr. 3.1s. 15. and 16, After “survivorships” in- 
sert “and.” 

Pr. 3. 1.17. Leave out from “ reversions” to 
“ and,” in |. 20. 

Pr. 3. }. 22. Leave out from “ business” to 
* connected,”’ in 1. 23. 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. After “ Society” insert Clause (A.) 

Curause (A.) * And be it Enacted, That neither 
the Incorporation of the Society, nor any thing 
herein contained, shall in anywise restrict the lia- 
bility of any of the members of the Society under 
any Judgment, Decree or Order for the payment 
of money which shall be obtained against the So- 
ciety, or avy of the members thereof, in any ac- 
tion or suit prosecuted by or against the eee 
in any court of law or equity, but every such 
meinber shall, in respect of such monies, be and 
continue liable as he would have been if the So- 
ciety had not been incorporated: Provided al- 
ways, That it shall be lawful for the Society, in 
all policies, contracts and agreements which they 
may enter into, to make such special conditions 
and provisions, and such limitations of the liabili- 
ties of the members thereof, as the Society may 
think fit.” 

Pr. 9. 1.10. Leave out from “ in” to “ and” in 
30., and insert “ or upon such securities, funds, 
stocks, revenues, property, estate or other invest- 
ments, as are or may be authorized and allowed 
by the said deed of constitution, or by any bye- 
laws, rules or regulations made or to be made 
“ under and in virtue of the same.” 

Pr. 9. 1. penult. Leave out from “ invested” to 
and,” in Pr. 10. |. 1. 

Pr. 10. 1. 12. Leave out from “ appoint” to 
and” in Pr. 11. 1. penult. 

Pr, 12. 1.20. Leave out “ bonds.” 

Pr. 18.1. 19. After ‘ Society” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be !awful for the ordinary Directors (three-fourths 
of their number agreeing and concurring) at any 
time, with the sanction of the Directors, to under- 
take on behalf of the Society, the payment of the 


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A, 1849. 


sums and annuities respectively assured and 
granted by any Assurance Company or Society 
desirous of being dissolved, or of relinquishing 
the whole or any part of their business, and to 
make such contracts and arrangements with an 
such Company or Society for enabling the ordi- 
nary Directors to complete such undertaking, and 
to exonerate the Company or Society so dissolved 
or relinquishing business from all further liability 
in respect of the sums and annuities which the 
ordinary Directors on behalf of the Society may 
have undertaken to pay, and to obtain from any 
such Company or Society a transfer to the So- 
ciety of so much of the funds or property of such 
Company or Society as the ordinary Disestes 
shall think fit.” 

Pr, 19. 1. 34, After “ assigned” iasert “ or of a 
memorandum specifying the names and descrip- 
tions of the party assigning, and of the assignee 
respectively, the cause of granting or considera- 
tion of the assignment, the number of the policy 
assigned, and the date of the assignment.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 5. Leave out “ in conformity,” and in 
the same line leave out “ this Act,” and insert “‘ the 
“ Society.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 21. After “ policy” insert “ such mo- 
nies may, on the application of the party legally 
entitled thereto, be paid by the Society (under 
deduction of discount), before the time when the 
same would become payable, in terms of such 
policy, and.” 

Pr, 22. 1, 24. Leave out “ named as” and insert 
who shall be.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 25. 
under.” 

Pr, 22. 1. 26. Leave out “ will of the deceased” 
and insert “ probate,” and in the same line leave 
out from “ or’ to “ letters,” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 22. 1, 29. Leave out “in a” and insert 
“* under any.” 

Pr, 22. |. 31. After “ Scotland” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That in the case of any policy for- 
feited by non-payment of the premium, the ordi- 
nary Directors may, if they think fit, allow any 
sum not exceeding the surrender value of such 
policy.” 

Pr. 22.1. 32. Leave out from “that” to “and” 
in Pr, 23. 1.9. and insert “ where any policy has 
‘* been granted or assigned to Trustees for or on be- 
half of any other person, the receipt of such Trus- 
tees, or the survivor of them, for the sums payable 
in respect of such policy, shall (unless the Society 
have received notice from the parties beneficially 
interested in such policy, or some of them, not to 
pay tosuch Trustees or Trustee) be a sufficient 
discharge to the Society, and the Society shall 
not be bound to see to the application of the sums 
so paid to such Trustees or Trustee.” 

Pr. 26.1. 2. After “ England” insert “ and to 
the jurisdiction of the superior Courts of Com- 
mon Law and Equity in Jreland, in reference to 
any policies or other engagements entered into 
with parties described therein, as of any place in 
Ireland.” 

Pr, 26. 1. 5. After “ England” insert “ or in 
Ireland respectively.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 16. After “ England” insert “or in 
Ireland respectively.” 

Pr. 28.1.7. After “ England” insert “ or Ire- 
land.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 31, After “ England” insert “ or Ire- 
land.” 

Pr, 28, 1. 33. After “ London” insert *‘ or Dub- 
lin.” 

Pr. 28. |. ult. After England” insert “or Jre- 
land,as the case may be.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 29. Leave out “ in.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 33. After “ described” insert “ there- 
in.” 

Pr. 39. |. 34. After “ England” insert “ or in 

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Leave out ‘ in’’ and insert 


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“c 
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Cockermouth 
and Working- 
ton Railway 
(Branch to 
Bridgefoot, 
Amendment 

of Act, and 
Power to lease 
to Whitehaven 
Junction Rail- 
way Company ) 
Bill. 


Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation 
Company Bill. 


Tyne River 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands Act. 


Ministers’ 
Stipends and 
Teinds (Scot- 
lead.) 


No, 313. 
Municipal 
Boroughs 
(Ireland. ) 

No. 314, 


Ejectments 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 315. 
Consta 
(lreland.) 

No. 316, 


Agriculture. 


Attachments, 
Courts of 
Record 
(ireland) Bill. 





to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


12 VicrorizZ. 


‘ 


Dublin or Glasgow, in the option of the person 
desiring such arbitration, regarding any policy 
entered into with any person described therein as 
resident in Ireland.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


“ 
iti 
“cc 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Cockermouth and 
Workington Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railway to Bridgefvot, for amending the Act re- 


25° Mait. 





lating to their Railway, and to enable them to lease 
their Line to the Whitehaven Junction Railway | 
Company, was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Cockermouth and 
Workington Railway Company to make a Branch | 
Railway to Bridgefoot, and for amending the Act | 
relating to their Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Report on the Transfer of Sheffield Canal to 
River Dun Navigation Company Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Tyne River 
Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day, till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Applications for Loans, 
with the Datesand Amount of each, recorded in the 
Inclosure Office, as applied for, above the £.2,000,000 
granted under the provisions of the Act 9 and 10 
Vic.,c. 101; giving a separate List of the Scotch 
and English Applications. 





Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- 
tive to Ministers’ Stipends and Teinds (Scotland), 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper rela- 

tive to Municipal Boroughs (Jreland), which was 

resented upon the 10th day of this instant May, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative 
to Ejectments (Jreland), which was presented upon 
the 14th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper rela- 
tive to Constabulary (Jreland), which was presented 
upon Monday last, be printed. 


Petitions from Kingsbridge Poor Law Union ;— 
County of Devon ;—£xeter ;—and, Hundreds and 
neighbourhood ‘of Erme and Plym; complaining of 
the distressed state of Agriculture ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief for persons 
engaged therein,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, taking 
notice of an Amendment proposed to be inserted in 
the Attachments, Courts of Record (Zreland) Bill, 
to the effect that compensation to certain officers 
of the Attachment Court, for loss of fees which it is 
supposed they may suffer by the proposed changes 
in the law, shall be charged upon the funds of that 
borough; and praying the House not to permit the 
insertion of the suggested Amendment, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 104, 





333 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Bridgewater, in the county of Somerset, praying ©¢Ttificates. 
for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Berington, formerly Veteri- Infantry 
nary Surgeon in the army, stating that he has de- Knapsacks, 
voted his time and exertions to produce an entirely ~~ 
new system of the carriage of the Infantry Knap- 
sack, and also for the carriage of pouch and bay- 
onet; and praying for a committee of inquiry to 
report upon the merits of his invention, with a view 
to its adoption in the army, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Lanark (Convener) ; Lunatics 

——Parochial Board of Strathblane (Chairman Ore 
——Parochial Board of Govan (Chairman) ;——~ * 
Parochial Board of Hamilton (Chairman) ;—— 
East Kilbride (Chairman) ; Parochial Board of 
the barony parish of Glasgow (Chairman) ;——and, 
Parochial Board of the city parish of Glasgow; 
praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Marriage 
Wigtown, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill re, 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read;~ * 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law 
Anglesey Union, in the county of Anglesey, com- = 
plaining that the expenditure towards the relief of ~ = 
the Poor in that Union has considerably increased, 
and, owing to the present system of rating, bears 
very unequally and oppressively on certain parishes, 
whilst on others the burthen is comparatively light, 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
equalization of taxes within the same Unions, was 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Cosford Union ;—Anglesey Union ; Poor Law 
—Hailsham Union; — Pontypool Union; — and, Officers. 
Hexham Union ; praying that an Act may be passed 
in the present Session of Parliament to enable Poor 
Law Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Edward Rice, Doctor prison 

of Divinity, Chairman at the closing session of a Discipline. 
numerous meeting, held at the Literary and Scien- 

tific Institution of the City of London, suggesting 
measures for an improved system of Prison Disci- 

pline, and praying for the appointment of a Select 
Committee to inquire into the practicability and 
efficiency of the system, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— Roche ;—Altercliffe- Promiscuous 
cum-Darnall ; — Llanvetherine;— and, Bassalleg ; Intercourse. 
praying the House to pass such measures as will 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to 
prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Wigtown (Mo- Registering 
derator) ; and, Moderator and Clerk of the a ~— 
United Presbyterian Church, in Synod assembled ; ay ones 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Clergy, Magis- Public Works 
trates and Farmers whose estates, parishes and farms Ireland.) 





uvUs:3 are 








Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Spirits 
(Treland.) 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


War. 


Australian 
Colonies. 


Canada. 


hina. 


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are situate on the banks, and under the flooding 
influence of the Znny River, in the county of Long- 
ford and barony of Abbeyshrule, lately being im- 
proved under the Drainage Act, complaining of the 
manner in which the works on that River have of 
late been conducted; and praying the House to 
direct that the Commissioners, for the future, shall 
conduct their works with greater economy and regu- 
larity, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from North Petherton ;— Pontypool ;— 
and, Weston-super-mare; praying for amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Members of the 
Donegal-square Wesleyan Church Congregation ; 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to the 
intent that instructions may be forthwith given to 
the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
to demand from the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
ments the liberation from Slavery of all Africans 
and their descendants who have been introduced into 
their respective colonies and territories, and in the 
event of their attempting to evade the demand or to 
procrastinate its strict fulfilment, to notify to them 
that measures will be taken to exclude their produce 
from the British markets, until Slavery itself shall 
be abolished by them,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Menai Bridge ;—and, Brighton ; 
praying for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by 
extending the Jurisdiction of the County Courts,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Ardee;— Dungarvan ; — Tippe- 
rary ;— Drogheda ;—Castleblayney ;—Clonmel and 
Fethard ;—and, Merchants, Factors and Dealers in 
Trish-made Spirits; praying the House to extend 
the provisions of the Warehousing Act, 11 and 12 
Vic. c. 122, so as to apply to Spirits distilled in Zre- 
land the privileges enjoyed by the owners of rum 
and other colonial Spirits, in respect of the time and 
mode of levying the duties chargeable thereon,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Cuthbert Stella, in the county of Durham, praying 
that the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Llan- 
geinwen, in the county of Anglesey, praying the 
House to promote the formation, between the British 
Government and other governments of the world re- 
spectively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall 
bind the parties to refer all international disputes 
that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers relative to the proposed Altera- 
tions in the Constitution of the Australian Colonies. 

Further Papers relative to the Affairs of Canada 
(in continuation of Papers presented May 1, 1849). 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 31st‘ day of March, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Accounts of the Receipt and Ex- 
penditure of the Colony of Hong Kong (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 261, of Session 
1847):—Of all Lands that have at any time been 
leased, sold or granted to the Public in the Colony 
of Hong Kong ; specifying Situation, Quantity, and 
Rent of each Lot, the Rents received from each 
Lot, the Date of Payment, and the Arrears, if any, 





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specifying when such Rents became in Arrear:— 

And, of all the Lands which, by non-fulfilment of 

Covenants, Forfeiture of Deposits, or from other 

causes, have become lapsed to the Crown. 

. “ngagaes That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Inspectors of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Schools. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Persons ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Council for Education 
to act as Inspectors of Schools, from the 10th da 
of April 1839 to the 5th day of April 1849 ; with 
the Dates of their Appointment, the Salary of each 
Inspector, and the Sums separately paid to him for 
Travelling and other Expenses. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bourke have leave of absence Leave of 
for three weeks, on account of the death of a near Absence. 


Relation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Stationery 
Tabular Returns of the different Descriptions of (eland.) 


Paper contracted for, for the Irish Stationery Office, 
during the years 1847 and 1848, the Price of each 
Description contracted for, and the Name and 
Address of each Contractor :—Showing the Annual 
Amount in Value of Paper, Books,and Printed Forms 
supplied by the Stationery Office in Dublin to the 
Post-office, Ordnance Office, Custom-house, and 
Excise Offices, in Jreland, during the years 1847 and 
1848, distinguishing each year; the Amount of 
Paper, Books, and Printed Forms, stated separately : 
—And, showing the Quantity and Descriptions of 
Paper, and Weight per Ream, of all Papers sent from 
the London Stationery Office to Dublin, for the pur- 
pose of printing Reports and Papers ordered to be 
presented to Parliament, and for all other purposes, 
during the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, workhouses 
Returns of the Number of Deaf and Dumb Chil- Ireland.) 


dren, under Fourteen Years of age, in the several 
Union W orkhouses in Jreland :—And of the Num- 
ber of Blind Children, under Fourteen years of Age, 
in said Workhouses:—And, a Statement of the 
Means of Instruction in said Workhouses, 1. for 
the Deaf and Dumb; 2. for the Blind. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navigation 
a Return of all Petitions presented during this 18% 


Session in favour of the proposed Bill for the 
Amendment of the Navigation Laws, specifying the 
Name of each Place or District from whence such 
Petition came, with the Number of Signatures ap- 
pended to each :—Also, a similar Return of all Pe- 
titions against the said Bill, or any Alteration in the 
existing Laws. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Fees (Arches 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of Au- Court, &amp;.) 


gust, in the last Session of Parliament, for Re- 
turns of the Description and Amount of the se- 
veral Fees legally demandable during the year 
ending the 5th day of April 1848, in the Arches 
Court, Prerogative Court, Consistory Court of Lon- 
don, Commissary Court of London, Court of Dean 
and Chapter of Saint Paul’s, London, Vicar-Ge- 
neral’s Office, Faculty Office, Admiralty Court and 
Judicial Committee of Privy Council; in each and 
every Diocesan Court, Bishops’ Commissaries 
Court, and Archidiaconal Court throughout England 
and Wales er ote in the Exchequer and Pre- 
rogative Courts of the Province of York; in the Con- 
sistoryand Chancery Courts of the Province of York, 
in each and every Peculiar Court and Royal Peculiar 
Court 








of 


Adjournment. 


Supply ; 


Admiralty 
Office. 


General 
Register and 
Record Office 
of Seamen, 


Scientific 
Departments 
of the Navy. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments at 
Home. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;e, 
at Home. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
Abroad, 





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Court throughout England and Wales respectively : 
—Ofthe Aggregate Amount received in each of the 


said Courts and Offices, in respect of the said Fees, | 


in the year aforesaid :—Stating by whom such Fees 
are received in each of the said Courts and Offices, 
to whom the Fees received in each of the said Courts 
and Offices are payable, and the manner in which 
the Fees so received in the year aforesaid have 
actually been applied :—Of the Amount of such 
Fees, if any, paid into the Consolidated Fund, and 
from what Source :—Of the Amount, if any, paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund in aid of the Expenses 
of such Courts and Offices respectively, and to what 
Officers :—And, of the Sums received by all Judges, 
Officers, and Servants, and other Persons acting in 
any official capacity in any of the said Courts and 
Offices, distinguishing how much of the Sum so 
received by each of the said Persons consists of 
Salary, and how much of Fees; and by whom and 


out of what Fund such Salary or Fees are payable, | 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Kesolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and 
fourteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
two thousand eight hundred and _ forty-seven 

ounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the several Scientific Departments of 
the Navy, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred 
and eighty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Es- 
tablishments at Home, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand eight hundred and seventy-three 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1850. . 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and 
sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand seven hundred and forty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others, employed 


in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
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335 


| which will come in course of payment during the 
_ year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 
| 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores. 
hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Naval Stores, for the Building, Repair and Outfit 
of the Fleet, the Purchase of Steam Machinery, and 
for other Purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1850. 
9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three yew works, 
hundred and ninety-one thousand nine hundred &amp;c. 
and thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements 





and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which 

will come in course of payment during the year 

ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

| 10. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Medicines 
seven thousand six hundred and five pounds, be = Medical 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of — 
Medicines and Medical Stores, which will come in 

course of payment during the year ending on the 

31st day of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Naval Mis- 
eight thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to cellaneous 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of divers Naval 5¢TVices- 
Miscellaneous Services, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Half Pay 
hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and (Navy and 
fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to nee 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge of 
Half Pay to Officers of the Navy and of the Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1880, 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Military 
hundred thousand five hundred and sixty-one — onal 

. owances 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete (Nayy.) 
the Sum necessary to defray the Charge of Military 
Pensions and Allowances, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Civil Pensions 
ove thousand three hundred and fifty-seven pounds, and — 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum *™°% (X#vy-) 
necessary to defray the Charge of Civil Pensions 
and Allowances, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

15. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding One hun- Freights of 
dred and forty-seven thousand two hundred pounds, Ships, &amp;c. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the Freights of Ships, and for the Victualling and 
Conveyance of Troops and Stores on account of 
the Army and Ordnance Departments, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1850, 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven post-office 
hundred and forty-eight thousand two hundred and Packet Ser- 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Arctic Expe- 
thousand six hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be dition. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Equipment of Her Majesty’s Ship “ North 
Star,” for the purpose of taking out a supply of 
Provisions and Stores for the crews of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships “ Investigator’ and “ Enterprise,” 
employed on an Expedition to the Arctic Regions. 

The first Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ One hundred and thirty- 

“ eight thousand twohundred and fourteen pounds,” 
and inserting “ One hundred and thirty-two thou- 
uu4 “ sand 


| 











Supply ; 


Charge of 
Land Forces, 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 








336 


“ sand seven hundred and fifty-three pounds” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That “ One hun- 
“ dred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred 
“‘ and fourteen pounds” stand part of the Resolu- 
tion :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the said Resolution was agreed to. 
The second, third, fourth and fifth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 
The sixth Resolution, being read a second time, 
was postponed, 
The subsequent Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
a be taken into further consideration upon 
hursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 





(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | 
million eight hundred and fifty-five thousand five | 
hundred and eighty-eight pounds (being a part of | 
a Sum of Three millions six hundred and fifty-five | 
thousand five hundred and eighty-eight pounds, of 
which One million eight hundred thousand pounds | 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her | 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for Service in the United Kington of | 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations abroad 
(excepting the regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both 
days inclusive. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Eighty-seven thousand three | 
hundred and seventy-six pounds, (being a part of | 
a Sum of One bundred and seventy-three thousand | 
three hundred and seventy-six pounds, of which — 
Eighty-six thousand pounds has been granted on | 
account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of General Staff Officers and Of- | 
ficers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s | 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and | 


| 


Ireland, and on Foreign ern oe India), | 


and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the ‘Tower of 
London, which will come in course of payment from 
the ist day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850, both days inclusive : 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Eighty-six thousand five hun- 
dred and ninety-seven pounds (being a part of aSum 
of One hundred and seventy-three thousand three 
hundred and seventy-six pounds, of which Eighty- 
six thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted toler Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hos- 
_ serving with Her Majesty’s Forces in the 

nited Kingdom of Great Brituin and Ireland, and 
on Foreign Stations (excepting Jndia), and of Her 
Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of Zondon, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both 
days inclusive ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { a Deas? 

{ Mr. Tufnell, 
\ Lord Marcus Hill: 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
seven thousand one hundred and ninety-nine pounds 
(being a part of a Sum of Ninety-four thousand 
one hundred and ninety-nine pounds, of which 
‘orty-seven thousand pounds has been granted on 
account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Ciarge of the Allowances of the principal Offi- 


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A. 1849, 


cers of the several Public Military Departments in 
Great Britain, their Deputies, Clerks and Contin- 
gent Expenses, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Royal Military 





thousand four hundred and eight pounds (being a College. 


part of a Sum of Seventeen thousand four hundred 
and eight pounds, of which Eight thousand pounds 
bas been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military College, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten RoyalMili 
thousand two hundred and ninety-eight pounds Asylum, &amp;c. 


(being a part of a Sum of Nineteen thousand two 
hundred and ninety-eight pounds, of which Nine 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum, &amp;c. and of the Hi- 
bernian Military School, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
3ist day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Volunteer 
three thousand two hundred and eighty-six pounds ©Ps- 


(being a part of a Sum of Sixty-six thousand two 
hundred and eighty-six pounds, of which Thirty- 
three thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Rewards for 


thousand one hundred and twenty pounds (being a 
part of a Sum of Fifteen thousand one hundred and 
twenty pounds, of which Seven thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her. 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances as 
Rewards for distinguished Services, and of Allow- 
ances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons holding 
their appointments as Rewards for Military Service, 


in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 


land, and on Foreign Stations, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850, both days inclu- 


| sive. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Pag of Geneelt 
cers. 


nine thousand nine hundred and eight pounds 
(being a part of a Sum of Seventy-eight thousand 
nine hundred and eight pouads, of which ‘Thirty- 
nine thousand pounds has been granted), be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Pay of General Officers in Her —- Forces, 
not being Colonels of Regiments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both days in- 
| clusive. 





‘thousand pounds bas been granted on account), be 
| 


‘granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of 
Her Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 


day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


hundred thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum 
of Four hundred thousand pounds, of which Two 
hundred thousand pounds has been granted on ac- 
count), be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the 
Charge of Half-Pay and Military Allowances to 
Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
' 1850, both days inclusive. 





| 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Halt Poy to 
oreign 
. Officers, &amp;c. 


‘two thousand one hundred and Fifty-six pound 
‘(being part of a Sum of Forty-four thousand One 
hundred 


distinguished 
Services. 


| 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Full Pay for 
‘eight thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum fo and: 
| Fifty-six thousand pounds, of which Twenty-eight ogicers, 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Half Pay and 
Military 
Allowances. 











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hundred and Fifty-six pounds, of which ‘Twenty 


Mar. 


397 


-| was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


two thousand pounds has been granted on account), leave to sit again. 


be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 


Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 


of Half-Pay and reduced Allowances to Officers of next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


disbanded 


oreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded | 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows | 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which mittee on the Charitable ‘T'rnsts Bill; 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
Trusts Bill 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both days , next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


inclusive. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
four thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight 


pounds (being part of a Sum of One hundred and 


twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and seventy- 


eight pounds, of which Sixty-four thousand pounds 


has been granted on account), be granted to Her 


Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Pensions to be 
paid to the Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, 


which will come in course of payment from the 1st 


day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, 
both days inclusive. 
13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 


seven thousand five hundred pounds (being part of 


a Sum of Ninety-five thousand five hundred pounds, 
of which Forty-eight thousand pounds has _ been 
granted on account), be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pensions, Gratuities and 
Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which will come 
in course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both days in- 
clusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand five hundred and forty-one pounds (being 
part of a Sum of Thirty-five thousand five hundred 
and forty-one pounds, of which Seventeen thousand 
pounds has been granted on account), be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chel- 
sea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the In-Pen- 
sioners of those Establishments, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850, both days inclu- 
sive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
hundred and twenty-four thousand and fifty-three 
poands (being part of a Sum of One million two 
hundred and twenty-four thousand and fifty-three 
pounds, of which Six hundred thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pen- 
sioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensioners from 
Hanoverian Corps which served with the British 
Army in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Military 
Organization of Out-Pensioners in the United 
Kingdom, which will come in course of payment 
from the Jst day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850, both days inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand pounds (being part of a Sum of 
Thirty-eight thousand pounds, of which Nineteen 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the 
Charge of Allowances, Compensations, and Emolu- 
ments, in the nature of Superannuation or Retired 
Allowances, to persons formerly belonging to the 
several Military Public Departments in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both 
days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions, 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualifcation 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of #24 Registra- 
‘ ° tion of Voters 
Voters (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
te es = (Fyre. Polling-places 
pie | e the Elections and Polling-places (Zre ecken ry Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed a &lt; _ 
upon the 11th day of this instant Mav, That the fin. nies 
Attachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill be 
re-committed ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Clergy Relief 

mittee on the Clergy Relief Bill ; bm. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill; eign and 
Resolved, Chat this House will, upon Friday ~*° 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Incumbered 
take into consideration the Incumbered Estates Estates, 
(Lreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ao 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Bill ; ue. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheep-stealers 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second (Ireland) Bill. 


Reading of the Sheep-stealers (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 4th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Couy Relief 
mittee on the Clergy Relief Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] General and 
to amend the Procedure in Courts of General and —— 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace in England and 

Wales, and for the better Advancement of Justice in 

cases within the Jurisdiction of those Courts: And 

that Mr. Baines and Mr. Solicitor-General do pre- 

pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Palace and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Marshalsea 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Salaries and other Emolu- 





Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 


VoL. 104, | 


inents received by the several Officers of the Palace 
x X and 

















338 


25°—31° Maiz. 





A. 1849. 


and Marshalsea Courts, in each year from July to give directions that there be laid before this House, 


1838 to July 1848, inclusive :—Of the Number of 
Actions brought and Causes tried in the above 
Courts during every Week of the same Period :— 
Of the Amount of Costs in every Action brought | 
and Cause tried during the years 1847 and 1848; | 
distinguishing those tried from those in which 
Judgment went by default, and also distinguishing 
the Number of Cases submitted to Taxation during 
the same Period :—And, of all Fines paid by Coun- 
sel or Attornies for Liberty to practise in the same 
Courts. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
next. 








Jovis, 31° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 





a Copy of the Despatches of the Governor of New 
South Wales to the Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies, together with the Memorial of the Legis- 
lative Council of the Colony, on the Subject of Quit 
Rents, and the Reply of the Secretary of State 
thereto in January last. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation Clergy Relief 
assembled in the Wesleyan Chapel, Navenby, in the Bill, 
county of Lincoln, praying that the Clergy Relief 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of Cli- County Rates 
theroe, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the ra aa 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Board Public Health 
of the parish of Saint Cuthbert’s, in the county of (Scotland) 














Abdy’s 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
Estate Bill. £ \ 


authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain | 
Freehold and Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments | 
forming Part of the Estate of the late Charles | 
Hayes, Esquire, and for authorizing certain Leases | 
to be granted thereof; and for authorizing the Sale | 


and Exchange of certain Freehold and Copyhold | P 


Lands and [ereditaments forming Part of the Estate 
of the late John Rutherforth Abdy, Esquire ; and 
for enabling the Trustees of this Act to shift the 
Charges aflecting the Inheritance of the last-men-' 
tioned Lands and Hereditaments, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Forster do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill for enlarging the Powers of the 
East Anglian Railways Act (1847), by extending 
the Time and Powers for making the Ely and Hun- 
tingdon Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending the Time and Powers 
for making the Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and 
for amending the Act relating to the East Anglian 
Railways. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East Anglian 
Railways (Ely 
and Hunting- 
don Railway 
Extension of 
Time) Bill. 


Fast Lothian 
Central Rail- 
way (Aban- 
donment of the 
Railway, and 
Dissolution of 
the Company) 
Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the East Lothian Central Railway 
(Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of 
the Company) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, 


stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway 
(Consolidation 
of Acts, &amp;c. 
Alteration of 
Line, &amp;c.) Bil. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way (Consolidation of Acts, &amp;c., Alteration of Line, 
&amp;e.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Interpretation Clause) was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Williams's 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— 
Estate Bill. ipon the Table,—Report from 


Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


New South 
Wales. 





Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Williams's Estate 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 


Edinburgh, praying that the Public Health (Scot-""~ 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Parochial Board of the burghal Lunatics 
arish of Edinburgh, praying that the Lunatics — 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Magistrates’ 


of the borough of Southampton, praying that the Clerks. 
House will pass an Act enabling salaries to be 


paid to magistrates’ clerks in the place of fees, 
that the fees be paid to the credit of the borough 
rate instead of the salary to be derived therefrom, 
and the magistrates have power to lessen or dis- 
pense with fees or costs in connection with such 
cases as may appear to them to require such leniency, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
_the Table. 
Petitions from the Presbytery of Arbroath (Mode- Marriages 
rator) ;——-Bideford ; and, Winfield; praying Bill 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
, the Table. 


| 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish Parliamentary 
of Crediton, in the county of Devon, praying that Oaths Bill 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


| &lt;A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law. 
| Poor of the Williton Union, in the county of Somer- 
set, praying the House to give full power to each 
union, and to each single parish in each union, sepa- 
rately to manage their own pecuniary concerns and 
the expenditure of their own rates, and to relieve 
and set to work their own poor within their respec- 
tive parochial boundaries, subject, nevertheless, in 
all cases of doubt and dispute, to the final arbitra- 
tion and settlement of the board of guardians, was 
presented, and read; aud ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Poor Removal 
of the Driffield Union, in the East Riding of the A 
county of York, praying fur amendment of the Poor 
Removal Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Epping Union ;—Sudbury Union ; poor Law 
—and, Warminster Union; praying that an Act Officers. 
may be passed during the present Session of Par- 
liament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form and 
distribute 

















Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Septennial 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act, 


Smithfield 
Market, 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c, 





12 Vicroriz. 


distribute a superannuation fund for members of 
their body,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Strachan (Mi- 
nister and Moderator) ;—Hornsey ;—Purston ;— 
Beal ;— Smeaton ;— Knottingley ;— Ackworth ;— 
Methley ;—Castleford ;—lerry Bridge ;—Norton; 
—South Kirkby;—Pontefract ;—and, South Elm- 
sall; praying the House to pass such measures as 
will enable magistrates and officers of police to 
bring those persons who make a trade of and live 
by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the 
sexes to prompt and certain punishment,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upom the 


Table. 


A Petition of M. Mackay, praying that the Re- 
areege Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cruden (two Petitions) ; and, 
Rathen; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill 





“ — not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Clergy and 
Tenant Farmers, whose estates, parishes and farms, 
are situated on the banks ofthe Rath River, in the 
barony of Rathcondra, county Westmeath, and also 
in the barony of Shrule, in the county Longford, 
setting forth the distressing situation in which they 
are now placed by the conduct of the Commissioners 
of Public Works, who were charged with the direc- 
tion of the works for the improvement of the above 
river under the Drainage Act; and praying for a 
strict inquiry into the operations of the Commis- 
sioners, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thirsk ;—--Sowerby;—and, Sut- 
ton-under-Whitestone Cliff; praying the House to 
rohibit the granting of any new Licenses to Beer 
hops, and to enact that those already granted 
shall be in force only during the tenure of the pre- 
sent holders,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and others residing in 
Rhos Llanerchrugog, county of Denbigh, praying 
for the repeal of the Septennial Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Llanrwst, praying 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extend- 
ing the Jurisdiction of the County Courts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the 
town of Greenwich, praying the House to refuse its 
sanction to the removal of Smithfield Market, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 

A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and 
others, of the city of London, praying for the re- 
moval of Smithfield Market, was also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Melton Mowbray and 
the neighbourhood, in the county of Leicester, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for preventing the 
sale of Tithes appropriate, or vested in the Eccle- 


siastical Commissioners, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Allan Stevenson and others ;—and, 
Saint 9 oe (Chairman) ; praying the House 
to age the Franchise to every man of mature age, 

OL. 104, 





31° Maiz. 339 


sound mind, fixed residence, and unstained with 
crime; and to enact all other provisions essential to 
the full, fair, and free representation of the people, 
in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 1st, 8th, 15th, 17th, Addresses. 
21st, 22d, 24th and 25th days of this instant May 

(That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 

give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 

might be laid before this House), had been pre- 

sented to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 

will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to seve- County 
ral Addresses to Her Majeer—-A Return from Courts. 
every County Court established throughout Lng- 
land and Wales, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 95, 
of :—1. The Total Number of Plaints eatered in 
each Court, from the 1st day of January to the 31st 
day of December 1848, both days inclusive ; speci- 
fyimg the Number of Plaints above £.10; above 
£.5 and not exceeding £.10; above £.2 and not 
exceeding £. 5 ; above £.1 and not exceeding £.2 ; 
and not exceeding £.1 :—2. The Total Number of 
Causes tried by each Court during the same period ; 
specifying the Number of Causes above £.10 ; above 
£.5 and not exceeding £.10; above £.2 and not 
exceeding £.5; above £.1 and not exceeding £.2 ; 
and not exceeding £.1:—3. The Total Number of 
Days that each Court has sat within the same period, 
and the Average Number of Hours comprised in each 
sitting :—4. The Total Amount of Monies for which 
the Plaints were*entered in each Court during the 
same period :—5. The Total Amount of Monies, 
exclusive of Costs, for which judgment has been ob- 
tained in each Court during the same period, and 
also the Amount of such Costs:—6. The Total 
Amount of Monies paid into each Court during the 
same period in satisfaction of debts sued for, with- 
out proceeding to judgment :—7. The Gross Total 
Amount of Monies received in each Court during 
such period ; distinguishing the Amount for Fees for 
each Officer, and on account of the General Fund, 
from the Amount received to the credit of Suitors: 
—8. The Total Amount of Monies received on ac- 
count of the General Fund in each Court during 
the same period, and the Total Amount of Dis- 
bursements thereout ; specifying the principal pur- 
poses for which such Disbursements were made :— 
9. The Total Number of Causes tried in each Court 
during the same period, with the assistance of a 
Jury ; specifying the Number of such Causes in 
which a verdict has been given in favour of the 
party requiring a Jury to be summoned (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 271, of 
Session 1847-8). 

Copy or Extract of a Report, dated the 2d day of Newfoundland 
October 1848, addressed to Vice Admiral the Ear] #84 Labrador. 
of Dundonald, by Captain G. G. Loch, R. N. upon 
the Fisheries of Wewfoundland and Labrador. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Poor Law 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a (reland.) 
general Order, issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Ireland, to the Guardians of the Poor, 

&amp;e. to supply vacancies existing in the Boards of 
Guardians of the several Unions named in the 
Schedule thereto annexed. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s Punjab. 
Command,—Continuation of Papers relating to the 
Punjab, 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


; Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- China, 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order 
xx2 of 














340 
of Her Majesty in Council, of the Ist May 1849, 
placing all persons in Holy Orders of the United 
Church of England and Ireland, within the do- 
minions of China, or in vessels within one hundred 
miles of the coast thereof, under the authority and 
jurisdiction of the See and Bishop of Victoria. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Property 
Tax, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Property Tax. 
No. 317. 


LeadandLead Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lead, and 
Ore; Copper; Lead Ore; Copper; ‘Tin; and, Zinc, which was 
Wins ane, sine, presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


No. 318. 

Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 

the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Hartlepool The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Gas and Act for amending an Act passed in the tenth year 

— of the reign of Her present Majesty, for lighting 

; with Gas, and supplying with Water, the Town of 

Hartlepool, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the 
County of Durham, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Supply ; The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


(25th May.) into further consideration the sixth of the Reso- 
lutions which, upon Friday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply, and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; and the same was again read, as 
followeth : 

“ Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and 
sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to | 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge | 
of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others em-_ 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at | 
ead which will come in course of payment | 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1850.” 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- | 
unto, by leaving out “ Four hundred and fourteen | 
* thousand seven hundred and sixty-three pounds,” 
and inserting “ Three hundred and sixty-four thou- | 
“ sand seven hundred and sixty-three pounds,” in- | 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, “ That Four | 
“ hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and , 
“ sixty-three pounds” stand part of the R 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 


Naval Esta- 
blishments at 
Home. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million eight hundred and fifty-five thousand five 
hundred and eighty-eight pounds (being a part of a 
Sum of ‘Three millions six hundred and fifty-five 
thousand five hundred and eighty-eight pounds, of 
which One million eight hundred thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for Service in the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations 
abroad (excepting the regiments employed in the 
Territorial Possessions of the East India Company), 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850 
both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eighty- 
seven thousand three hundred and seventy-six 
pounds (being a part of a Sum of One hundred and 
seventy-three thousand three hundred and seventy- 


Supply ; 


Charge of 
Land Forces. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 





31° Mai. 


esolution : | 


A. 1849, 


six pounds, of which Eighty-six thousand pounds has 
been granted on account), be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of General Staff Of- 
ficers, and Officers of the — serving with 
Her Majesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations 
(excepting Jndia), and of Her Majesty's Garrison 
of the Tower of London, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive, 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- pupyic 
seven thousand one hundred and _ ninety-nine Military 
pounds (being a part of a Sum of Ninety-four thou- Departments, 
sand one hundred and ninety-nine pounds, of which 
Forty-seven thousand pounds has been granted on 
account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Allowances of the principal Of- 
ficers of the several Public Military Departments in 
Great Britain, their Deputies, Clerks and contin- 
gent Expenses, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day 
of March 1850, both days inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand four hundred and eight pounds (being a part 
of a Sum of Seventeen thousand four hundred and 
eight pounds, of which Eight thousand pounds has 
been granted on account), be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal Military 
College, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850, both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Royal Mili 
thousand two hundred and _ ninety-eight pounds Asylum, &amp;. 
(being a part of a Sum of Nineteen thousand two 
hundred and ninety-eight pounds, of which Nine 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum and of the Hibernian 
Military Schvol, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 
day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Volunteer 
three thousand two hundred and eighty-six pounds ©orps. 
(being a part of a Sum of Sixty-six thousand two 
hundred and eighty-six pounds, of which Thirty- 
three thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 31st 


ena 


day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Rewards for 
thousand one hundred and twenty pounds (being a ae 
part of a Sum of Fifteen thousand one hundred and °*""™* 
| twenty pounds, of which Seven thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
| Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances 
/as rewards for distinguished Services, and of Allow- 
jances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons holding 
their appointments as Rewards for Military Service, 
lin the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Foreign Stations, which will come in 
| course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to 
| to the 31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 

8. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- pay of General 
‘nine thousand nine hundred and eight pounds Officers. 
(being a part of a Sum of Seventy-eight thousand 
nine hundred and eight pounds, of which Thirty- 
nine thousand pounds has been granted), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Pay of General Officers in Her Majesty’s 
Forces, not being Colonels of Regiments, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both days in- 
clusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Full Pay for 
eight thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of — and 
Fifty-six thousand pounds, of which Twenty-eight oieon. 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be - 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the ig 

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Half Pay and 
Military 
Allowances. 


Half Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassionate 
List. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals, 


Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c, 


Superannua- 
tion Allow. 
ances, 





12 Vicroriz. 31° Mui. 341 


of Full Pay for Reduced and Retired Officers of to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Al- 
Her Majesty’s Forces, which will come in course | lowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the | nature of Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to 





31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two! 
hundred thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum | 
of Four hundred thousand pounds, of which| 
two hundred thousand pounds has been granted 
on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for de-| 
fraying the Charge of Half Pay and Military Al-| 
lowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 to the 
31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twen- 
ty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-six pounds 
(being part of a Sum of Forty-four thousand one 
hundred and fifty-six pounds, of which Twenty-two 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Half-pay and Reduced Allowances to Officers of 
Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows 
and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which | 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of | 
April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both 
days inclusive. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
four thousand seven hundred and _ seventy-eight 
pounds (being part of a Sum of One hundred and 








| 
| 
} 


twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and seventy- | P 


eight pounds, of which Sixty-four thousand pounds | 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her | 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Pensions to be 
paid to the Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, | 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st | 
day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, | 
both days inclusive. 


13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
seven thousand five hundred pounds (being part of 


Persons formerly belonging to the several Military 
Public Departments in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended Account and 
under the head of Civil Contingencies in the year wy 
1848, and the Estimate of the Amount required for gencies re- 
1849, which were presented upon the 7th day of this ferred. 
instant May, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the 
mittee. 


Com- 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Civil Contin- 
Sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds (being sen¢ies- 
part of a Sum of One hundred thousand pounds, of 
which Fifty thousand pounds has been granted on 
account), be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray the Charge for Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put,That 
a Sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand pounds (being 
art of a Sum of One hundred thousand pounds, of 
which Fifty thousand pounds has been granted nn 
account), be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray the Charge for Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1850; 

The Committee divided. 

ha 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Colonel Ssbchorp : 
} 47. 


5. 


(Mr. Tufnell, 
(Lord Marcus Hill: 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


a Sum of Ninety-five thousand five hundred pounds, | 
of which Forty-eight thousand pounds has been | 
granted on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for | 
defraying the Charge of Allowances on the Com-| 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


— List, of Allowances as of Her Majesty’s 
oyal Bounty, and Pensions, Gratuities and Allow- 
ances to Officers for Wounds, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1849 
to the 31st day of March 1850, both days inclusive. 


14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- 
teen thousand five hundred and forty-one pounds 
(being part of a Sum of Thirty-five thousand five 
hundred and forty-one pounds, of which Seventeen 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the 
In-Pensioners of those Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1849 to the 31st day of March 1850, both days in- 
clusive. 


15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and twenty-four thousand and fifty-three 
a (being part of a Sum of One million two 

undred and twenty-four thousand and fifty-three 
pounds, of which Six hundred thousand pounds has 
been granted on account), be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pen- 
sioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensioners from Ha- 
noverian Corps which served with the British Army 
in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Military Or- 
ganization of Out-Pensioners in the United King- 
dom, which will come in course of payment from the 
1st day of April 1849 to the 31st day of March 
1850, both days inclusive. 


16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand | mentee (being part ofa Sum of Thirty- 
eight thousand pounds, of which Nineteen thousand 
be granted 


pounds has been granted on account), 
VoL. 104. 


reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
| lution. 
| Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Defects in 
into a Committee upon the Defects in Leases Bill ; Leases Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and had 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Passengers 
into a Committee upon the Passengers Bill; and, Bill 
| after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker resumed 
‘the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
| mittee had gone through the Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Police of 
mittee on the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill ; Towns (Scot- 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. nd) 
| Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 


| Committee. 
| 


| 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Registering 


_a Committee upon the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scot- Teetend) 
land) Bill. on 


xx3 In 



























Clergy Relief 
Bill. 
No. 319. 


Marriage by 
License Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No, 2.) Bil. 


Collection of 


ic, to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Highways 
(Annual Ke- 
turns) Bill. 





342 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravses, N° 1 to N° 11, agreed to. 

Ciavuses, N° 12 and N° 13, postponed. 
Crauses, N° 14 to N° 37, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 38, postponed. 

Cuavuszs, N° 39 to N° 64, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made progress in 
the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 11th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Clergy Relief Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Criavuszs, N° 7 to N° 10, agreed to. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That it shall not be 
lawful for any Archbishop or Bishop of the United 
Church of England and J/reland to re-ordain, grant 
etters of orders to, or again admit to Holy Orders, 
any person so having been relieved by sentence of 
deposition from Holy Orders, as aforesaid)—— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
day the 13th day of June next, and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Marriage by License Bill be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th day 
July next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in Jreland: And that Sir William 
Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the City of Dublin: And 
that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Bellew do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


of Dublin: And that Sir William Somerville and 
Mr. Bellew do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Joint Stock Companies’ Winding-up 
Act, 1848: And that Mr. Solicitor-General and Mr. 
Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for requiring Annual Returns of the Expenditure 
on Highways in England and Wales to be trans- 
mitted to the Secretary of State, and afterwards 
laid before Parliament: And that Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


31° Mazz. 





A. 1849, 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the Dubin 
Improvement of the City of Dublin: And the Improvement 
same was read the first time. (No. 2.) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- No. 320, 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to amend Joint Stock 
the Joint Stock Companies’ Winding-up Act, 1848 : Companies 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered prt see I 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 8th day Bill, 


of June next; and to be printed. No, 321, 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for requiring Highy, 

: : &gt; Highways 
Annual Returns of the Expenditure on Highways (Annual Re- 
in England and Wales to be transmitted to the Se- ‘*2s) Bill. 
cretary of State, and afterwards laid before Parlia- No.322. 
ment: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to amend the Pro- General and 
cedure in Courts of General and Quarter Sessions Quarter Ses. 
of the Peace in England and Wales, and for the “°"* apes 
better Advancement of Justice in Cases within the No. 323, 
Jurisdiction of those Courts: And the same was 

read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Wednesday the 13th day of June next; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Orders,— Coals, Cinders 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and and Culm, 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1848, distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1847:—Of the Quanti- 
ties and declared Value of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm exported from the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and 
the British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1848, 
distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
were sent, and comparing the same with the year 
1847; also, distinguishing the Ports of the United 
Kingdom from which the same were shipped :—Of 
the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom in the year 1848, 
with the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, 
of the Quantities of Coals brought Coastways and 
by Inland Navigation into the Port of London 
during the year 1848, comparing the same with the 
Quantities brought during the year 1847. 

Accounts of the Quantities and declared Value of Wool. 
British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1848, specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, Foreign and 
Colonial, imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1848, distinguishing the Countries from which 
they came; of the Quantities re-exported during 
the same period, and the Countries to which the 
were sent :—Of the Quantities of British Sheep 
and Lambs’ Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from 
the United Kingdom in the year 1848 ; specifying 
the Countries to which they were sent:—Of the 
Quantities of Wool of the Alpaca and Llama Tribe 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1848, 
and of the Quantities re-exported during the same 
period, and the Countries to which they were sent : 
—And, of the Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year 
1848, and of the Quantity re-exported during the 
same period, and the Countries to which they were 
sent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
341, of Session 1846). 

A Return of the Gross Number of Tons of Sea Coals 
Coal imported into the Ports of Dublin, Cork, (Ireland) 
Waterford, Limerick, Drogheda and Belfast, and 
any other Ports in Jreland from which Returns can 
be obtained, in the periods between the 1st day of 
January 1846 andthe 31st day of December 1846, 








and 











Army, Com- 
missariat, and 
Ordnance. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-fourth 
Report. ) 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Lancaster and 
Preston Junc- 
tion Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Powers 
to alter Tolls 
and for Ap- 
pointment of 
Officers) Bill. 


Tancaster and 
Preston Junc- 
tion Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Powers 
to alter Tolls 
and for Ap- 
pointment of 
Officers) Bill, 


Torqua: 
Market Bill. 


Sheffield Canal to the Com 


to River Dun 
Navigation 


12 VicrorizZ. 


and the 1st day of January 1847 and the 31st day| 
of December 1847. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts of 
Army, Commissiariat, and Ordnance Receipt and 
Expenditure for the year ended 31st March 1848, 
with Reports of the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Veneris, 1° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

ee E House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 

the city of London attended at the door, they 
were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of 
the city of London, in common council assembled : 
—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the provisions 
of the Smoke Prohibition Bill may be extended to 
the prevention of smoke from steam vessels, and 
that the said Bill so extended may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


31° Mait.—1° Juniz. 





343 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Tenant Farmers, Agriculture. 


Tradesmen, and others, within the division of Croy- 
don, in the county of Surrey, praying the House to 
impose an equal import duty upon all articles of 
foreign production other than the produce of the 
British colonies, such duty being less on raw mate- 
rials of foreign production imported for the pur- 


| poses of manufacture, and thereby relieve the Peti- 


tioners, and equalize the burthens of taxation, 
which now, they allege, press unequally on different 
classes of the community, and especially on the 
agricultural interests, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Iver ;—and Hundred of Wang- 
ford (Suffolk) ; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


the Table. 





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 25th and 31st days of 
May last, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ord reported from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Zazcaster and 
PrestonJunction Railway Acts Amendment (Powers 
to alter Tolls and for Appointment of Officers) 
Petition foradditional provision, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties be per- 
mitted to introduce their additional provision, if the 
Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for additional provision, in the 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Acts 
Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls, and for appoint- 
ment of Officers) Bill, which was this day made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
— therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating and maintaining 
Markets in the Town of Zorquay, in the County of 
Devon, and for constructing convenient Market- 
places therein, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Townley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to transfer the Sheffield Canal 
ipany of Proprietors of the Navigation of 


the River Dun, was read the third time. 


Company Bill, © Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Williams’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Williams’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 
VoL. 194, 





Petitions of the Earl of Leicester ;——and, Earl of Copyholds 
Abergavenny ; praying that the Copyholds Enfran- Enfranchise- 
chisement Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 


¢ Bill. 


_ A Petition of Guardians of the Depwade Union, County Rates 
in the county of Norfolk, praying that the County and Expendi- 
Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law, “¢ Bill 

| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


A Petition of Representatives of Fire Insurance Friendly 


Societies in Great Britain, complaining of the man- Societies. 


ner in which friendly societies evade the payment 
of duty on policies of Fire Insurance, and praying 
that friendly societies may be restrained from 
granting policies of assurance against loss or 
damage by fire, to two or more persons, being co- 
partners, upon property in which they are jointly 
interested, beyond the aggregate sum of 200/.; that 
any policy which shall be granted by a friendly 
society to any one person (either solely or jointly 
with any other person) whois already insured in any 
other friendly society, shall be declared illegal, and 
that such other provisions may be made as will 
prevent an evasion of the Acts of Parliament regu- 
lating friendly societies, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


divesting the court of chancery in Jreland of the 
management of the estates of Minors and Lunatics, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Seamen, for promoting a speedy and equitable ad- 
justment of the Merchant Seamen’s Funds, and for 
other purposes conducive to the interest of Seamen 
and of worn out marines, and the widows and or- 
phans of Seamen(Chairman); praying foramendment 
of the Merchant Seamen’s Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


gation Bill may not pass into a law, but that the 
Navigation Laws may be so modified as to grant to 
vessels of the United States the free navigation of 
the Saint Lawrence, between their ports on the 
lakes and the sea, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





xx4 A Petition 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Court of 


: , Chancery 
Dublin, praying the House to take measures for (Ireland. ) 


Petitions from the Tower Hamlets ;— William Jen- Merchant 
kin ;—and, Association of Shipmasters, Mates and Seamen’s Act. 


A Petition of the Council of the Corporation of the Navigation 
Board of Trade of Quebec, praying that the Navi- Bil 


. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Mew- Parliamentary 
bury, in the diocese of Ozford, praying that the Oaths Bill. 





Police of 
Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage, ke. 


Vaccine Fsta- 
blishment. 


Turnpike 
‘Trusts. 


344 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the 
Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hursley Union ;—Leigh Union ; 
—Dorhking Union ;— Staines Union ; — Garstang 
Union ;— Wakefield Union ;— North Bierley Union; 
—Wolverhampton Union ;—and, Mildenhall Union; 
praying that an Act may be passed in the present 

ession of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and other 
Inhabitants of the consolidated parishes of Swan- 
ington, with Wood Dalling, county of Norfolk, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for the punishment 
ofall persons guilty of trading in seduction and pros- 
titution, and for the better protection of virtuous 
women, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal College of Physicians of 
Edinburgh, praying that the Public Health (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ayr (Chairman and Secretary) ; 
———and, Adam Blyth; praying that the Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Chichester, 
praying for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by 
extending the jurisdiction of the County Courts, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Shopkeepers and Traders, Inha- 
bitants of Holborn, Theobald’s-road and King-street, 
in the county of Middlesex, praying for the removal 
of Smithfield Market, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


A Petition of George Orr and others, of Syming- 
ton, county of Ayr, praying that the Sunday Tra- 
velling on Railways Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Calton of Glasgow ;—and, Hud- 
dersfield (Chairman); praying the House to extend 
the Franchise to every man of mature age, sound 
mind, fixed residence, and unstained with crime ; 
and to enact all other provisions essential to the full, 
fair and free Representation of the people in Parlia- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command.—Copy of Report from the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the 
Names of Turnpike Trusts in England and North 

Wales having Arrears of Interest exceeding Six 
vears; also, of Turnpike Trusts of which the Toll 
Revenue is insufficient to pay Five per cent on the 
Amount of Bonded Debt ; also, the Trusts of which 
the Toll Revenue has been seized by the Mort- 
gagees ; stating the Amount of Bonded Debt, Un- 
paid Interest, and Toil Revenue on each of the said 





1° Junie. 








A. 1849. 


Trusts respectively; together with the Date and 
Duration of each Local Act. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill to prevent unneces- sunday 
sary Sunday Trading in the Metropolis: And the Trading 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be (Metropolis) 


read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th da 
of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


Y No. 304, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Lunatics 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Orkney and 
ive directions that there be laid before this House, a Shetland.) 


eturn of the Number of Lunatics, Idiots, and Fa- 
tuous Persons in the Orkney and Shetland Islands 
receiving any Parochial Relief, distinguishing their 
Sex and Ages respectively, their Places of Dwelling, 
and whether confined or under restraint or not, 
and the Amount paid towards the Maintenance of 
each ; and if confined or under restraint, whether 
under the authority of the Sheriff, and on what 
Medical Certificates ; stating also, if they have been 
removed, the Date of original Confinement and 
Removal, and the Authority and Medical Certificates 
under which such Confinement and Removal took 

lace. 
/ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, jew House of 
a Return, showing how many Members the New Commons. 
House of Commons will accommodate; specifying No. 325, 


the Amount of Space allowed for each Member; 
whether there will be any Partitions between the 
Seats, and any Shelves (for the deposit of Papers) 
beneath them ; also, showing how many each of the 
Division-rooms will hold, how many of the Public 
will be accommodated in the Strangers’ and 
Speaker’s Gallery respectively, and how many in 
the Reporters’ Gallery. 

Mr. Greene accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County county 
Courts, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Courts. 


No. 326. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Newfound- Newfoundland 
land and Labrador, which was presented yesterday, and Labrador. 


be printed. 


No. 327. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders, 
Cinders and Culm, which were presented yesterday, #04 


be printed. 


No. 328. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Wool, Wool. 


which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 329. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Army, Army, Com- 
Commissariat, and Ordnance, which were presented — and 


yesterday, be printed. 


No. 330. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Irish Steamers. 


Command,—Copy of Captain Denham’s Report on 
Passenger Accommodation in Steamers between 
Ireland and Liverpool, May 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education 


a Return of the Total Number of Prope 


missioners of Education in Jreland, under the Act 
53 Geo. 3, specifying the Name of each Property, 
the County in which same is situated, the Number 
of Plantation Acres in each Property, the Rent 
paid per acre for each holding on last letting, Num- 





be] 
ber 


rties (Ireland.) 
vested, up to the 1st day of May 1849, in the Com- . 





Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Adjournment. 


Supply ; 

Estimates 
referred : 

Civil Services. 


Commissariat. 


Public 
Buildings. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Temporary 
Accommoda- 
tion for the 
Houses of 
Parliament. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Public Works 
Trelan 


12 Vicroriz. 


ber of Tenants on each Property on the 1st day 
of May 1846, the Number of Tenants on each 
Property on the 1st day of May 1849, the Names 
of the Schools in immediate connection with the 
Commissioners, and where situated, with the Num- 
ber of Boys in each, on the 1st day of May last ; 
and the Number of Boys taught in each School 
gratis in each year for the last Seven years, ending 
on the 31st day of December 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Articles 35 and 36 of the Sealed Orders 
of the Irish Poor Law Commissioners, dated the 
5th day of February 1849 :—Of all Correspondence 
(if any) between the Jrish Poor Law Commissioners 
and the Roman Catholic Clergy relative to Article 
36 :—And, of any Correspondence on the same 
Subject between the Jrish Poor Law Commissioners 
and their Inspectors, and also between the Com- 
missioners and the Board of Guardians of the 
Belfast Union. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Estimates for Civil Services 
for 1849-50, be referred to the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Commissariat Estimates for 
the year 1849-50, be referred to the Committee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and three thousand four hundred and 
sixty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1850, the Expense 
of Maintenance and Repair of Royal Palaces and 
Public Buildings, for providing the necessary 
supply of Water for the same, for Rents of Houses 
taken for the occasional and temporary accommo- 
dation of the Public Service, for the Purchase and 
Repair of Furniture required in the various Public 
Departments, and for Services connected with the 
lighting, watching and general protection of the 
Public Offices. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849, the Expense 
of Works for enlarging and improving Buckingham 
Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing Temporary Accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee-rooms, Offices and Tempo- 
rary Official Residences for the Speaker of the House 
of Commons and other Officers of the House, to 
the 31st day of March 1850. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand seven hundred and _ seventy-one 
pounds, be granted to Eler Majesty, on account of 
the Works at the New Packet Harbour and Har- 
bour of Refuge at Holyhead, and to defray the 
Expense of the present Harbour Establishment at 
Holyhead, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1849, the Expense of constructing Harbours of 
Refuge. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Works and Repairs to the Caledonian Canal, in 
the year 1849. 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Twenty-four thousand two 

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345 


hundred and thirty-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of maintaining the 
several Public Buildings in the Department of the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland; also 
the Expense of Inland Navigation and other Ser- 
vices, under the direction of the said Commissioners, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-three thousand 
and seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of maintaining the several Public 


Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Ireland; also the Expense of 
Inland Navigation and other Services, under the 
direction of the said Commissioners, to the 31st day 
of March 1850; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas,| oa en lhe } 27. 

Tellers for the Noes, eet ae Hill: } 96. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Kingstown 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Harbour. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works 
and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to provide 
for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Houses of 
three thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Parliament. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Treasury. 
a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-seven thousand two 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-two thousand one 
hundred and sixty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st 
day of March 1850; 

The Committee divided. 

J Mr. Henley, 33 
L Mr. Spooner : ‘ 

; s Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ pee (ama Hill: } 84. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

11. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Home Depart- 

five thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to ment. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Foreign 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Department. 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers 
and extra Couriers attached to that Department, to 
the 3ist day of March 1850. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Colonial 
six thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- privy Council 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Office. 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Lord Privy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Se. 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 


day of March 1850. 
y¥ 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


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Paymaster- 16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
Cue. three thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries, Contingent and 
other Expenses, of the Office of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General, to the 31st day of March 1850. 
Comptroller- 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
General of the thousand six hundred and twenty-six pounds, be 
Exchequer. 


granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller-Ge- 
neral of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 


State Paper 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


Office. thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State-Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

Ecclesiastical 19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Commission. 


thousand five hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray a Portion of the Expenses 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

20. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding ‘'wo hundred and forty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to detray 
Expenses connected with the administration of the 
Laws relating to the Poor, tothe 31st day of March 
1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and 
ten thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray Expenses connected with the administra- 
tion of the Laws relating to the Poor, to the 31st 
day of March 1850; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Freich was appointed one of the Tellers for 
the Yeas, but there being no other Member to be a 
second Teller for the Yeas, the Chairman declared, 
that the Noes had it. 

Original Question put,—and agreed to. 

21. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expendi- 
ture of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

22. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of the Commissioners of Railways, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

23. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses connected with the Public Records, and 
Compensations to Keepers of Records and others 
whose Offices have been abolished, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scot/and, and other Charges, for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Sa.aries of the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland, to the 
3ist day of March 1850. 

27. Resolved, ‘That aSum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland in London and Dublin, and the 
Privy Council Office in Zreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


Mint. 


Railways 
Commission. 


Public 


Records, 


Inspectors of 
Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Houschold of 
Lord Lieute- 
nant of Ireland. 


Chief Secre- 
tary to Lord 
Lieutenant of 
Ireland, &amp;c. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Service 


(Ireland.) 


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granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1850, 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Board of 
nine thousand five hundred and sixty-two pounds, Public Works 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and “*#n4.) 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- gecret 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Services, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 3lst day of March 
1850. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, 
hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred Printing and 
and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, ™™ding. 
to defray the Expenses of Stationery, Printing and 
Binding, for the several Public Departments, in- 
cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to 
the 31st day of March 1850. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six- Law Charges, 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray Law 
Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances and Inciden- 
tal Expenses in the Office of the Solicitor for the 
affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Mint Prosecn. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to tions. 
defray the Expenses connected with the Prosecution 
of Offenders against the Laws relating to the Coin, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Sheriff’ 
teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Expenses, &amp;, 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1850, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the De- 
ficiency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 
ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 
of Exchequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 
Prison. 

35. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Insolvent 
thousand three hundred and seventy pounds, be Debtors’ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and om. 
Expenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
Debtors Court, to the 31st day of March 1850, 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Law Expenses 
three thousand seven hundred and thirty pounds, (Scotland.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses 
in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1850, 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Charges 
three thousand nine hundred and ninety-one pounds, ( Ireland.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Remned 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges 
in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

38. Itesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Dublin _ 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Metropolitan 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of? 
the Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates, 
hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds, be granted &amp;«. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1850, certain Charges formerly paid out of 
the County Rates, &amp;c. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Prisons and 
hundred and two thousand five hundred and twenty- Convict Esta- 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, lishment. 
to the 31st day of March 1850, the Expense of 
General Supermtendence over all the Prisons in 
England and Wales, in Scotland and Jreland, the 
Expenses of Government Prisons and Convict Es- 





‘tablishments at Home; the maintenance of Pri- 


soners in County Gaols and Bethlem Hospital, the 
Expenses of Transportation, and the Expenses of 
the Convict Establishments in the Colonies. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education. 
hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 
Great Britain, in the year 1849, 

42, Resolved, 


(Ireland. ) 


School of 
Design. 


Professors 
Oxford and 


ambridge. ) 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal Hiber- 


nian Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


British 
Museum, 


National 
Gallery, 


Geological 
Survey, &amp;c. 


Magnetic 
Observatories, 
c. 


Nelson 
Monument, 


Bermudas, 


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347 


42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One| Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 


hundred and twenty thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the School of Design, and 
for Aid to Provincial Schools, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

44. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the University of London, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1850, Grants to Scottish Universities, 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hi- 
bernian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

49. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Dublin 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Royal 
Belfast Academical Institution, to the 30th day of 
September 1849, and for Salaries to Theological 
Professors at Belfast, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand two hundred and eighty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu- 
seum, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum to defray, in the year 1849, Expenses incurred 
in procuring Antiquities for the Museum. 

53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849, the Expenses 
of the National Gallery. 

54. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the Geological Survey of 
Great Britain and Ireland, the Museum of Prac- 
tical Geology in London, and the Museum of Jrish 
Industry in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at To- 
ronto, Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope and 
Van Diemen’s Land; also, for Observations and 
Services carrying on under the direction of the As- 
tronomer Royal and Colonel Sabine, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849-50, the Expense 
of completing the Monument erected in Trafalgar- 
square to the memory of Lord Nelson. 

57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 


blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Prince 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to W's Island. 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of 
Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Ecclesiastical 
thousand five hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be (let Aue 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the rica.) 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British North 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

60. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Four- Indian 
teen thousand one hundred and two pounds, be ae 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the on 
Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

61. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Bahama 
hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to Her Ma- lands. 
jety, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment 
of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

62. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors 
thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Sas) 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries ; 
of the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors and others, 
in the West India Colonies, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

63. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Stipendiary 
one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be Justices 

: : ( West India 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Goonies.) 
Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Sti- 
pendiary Justices in the West India Colonies and 
the Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

64. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- Western Coast 
teen thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be of Africa. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Civil Establishment on the Western Coast of Africa, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

65. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Saint Helena, 
thousand nine hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray Charges connected with 
the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

66. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Western 
thousand three hundred and seventy-nine pounds, Australia. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

67. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Port Essing- 
thousand seven hundred and sixty-three pounds, be t™ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

68. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty New Zealand, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Colony of New Zealand, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

69. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Heligoland, 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

70. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Falkland 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 18!@"4s- 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Falkland Is- 
lands, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

71. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Uong Kong. 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the British Settlement at 
Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

72. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Labuan. 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Government of Labuan, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

73. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Ewigration. 
thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, be 





thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
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granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
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348 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other | 
Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. : 
Captured 74. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
Negroes and thousand pounds, be grauted to Her Majesty, to de- 
— fray Expenses incurred for the support of Captured 
; Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other Charges, 
under the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 
Slave Trade 75. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
Commissions. thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1850, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established on the part of Her 
Majesty under the ‘Treaties with Foreign Powers 
for suppressing the Traftic in Slaves. 

76. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand six hundred and ninety pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Charge of the Consular Esta- 
blishment Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

77. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Extraordinary Disbursements of Her Majesty’s 
Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Consular Esta- 
blishment 
Abroad. 


Missions 
Abroad. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to seve- 
ral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fiftv thou- 
sand pounds (being part of a Sum of One hundred 
thousand pounds, of which Fifty thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Charge for Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


Supply ; 


Civil Contin- 
gencies. 


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was agreed to. 


The Bill for granting Relief against Defects in 
Leases made under Powers of Leasing, in certain 
cases, was, accurding to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Defects in 
Leases Bill. 


Passengers The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Bill. 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


Public Health ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Scotland) mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 
Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Trusts Bill. mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Qualification The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and Registra- ading’ f 
: eading 
tion of Voters R 5 


(Ireland) Bill, Voters (Irelard) Bill ; 


Ordered, Tinat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of this instant June. 


of the Qualification and Registration of 








A. 1849 


. The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
di . . o ‘0. :. ¥ 1 
rome + the Elections and Polling-places (Jre- (Ireland Bin 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of this instant June. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lunatics 
Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil 
upon Monday the 18th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill; Partition and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 5“ Bill 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Smoke Prohj. 
Reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill ; bition Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Silver Coinage 
to extend an Act of the Fifty-sixth year of King Bill. 
George the Third, for providing for a new Silver 
Coinage, and for regulating the Currency of the 
Gold and Silver Coin of this Realm: And that the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Sheil and Mr. 
fTayter do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ad- administra- 
ministration of Justice (Metropolitan Districts) Bill, tion of Justice 


Z _ (Metropolitan 
nerd power to send for persons, papers and re Districts) Bill. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 2° die Junii, 1849: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sites for 
to extend and explain the Provisions of the Acts for Schools Bill 
the granting of Sites for Schools: And that Mr. 

Walpole and Mr. Turner do prepare, and bring it in. 


DD) °o 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to extend an Act of Silver Coinage 
the Fifty-sixth year of King George the Third, for Bi 


| providing for a new Silver Coinage, and for regulating No, 331. 


| 


consideration the Passengers Bill, as amended in| 








| the Currency of the Gold and Silver Coin of this 


Realm: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wa/pole presented a Bill to extend and explain sites for 
the Provisions of the Acts for the granting of Sites Schools Bill 
for Schools: And the same was read the first time; No.332. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849, 


PRAYERS. 
N. R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was Children in 
A called in; and at the bar presented, pur- Workhouses 
suant to Order,—A Return of the Number of 
Children in the Workhouses of the several Unions 
and Parishes in England and Wales, on Thursday 
the 15th day of March 1849; distinguishing, 
1. Illegitimate Children whose Mothers are in 
the Workhouse ; 2. Illegitimate Children whose 
Mothers 





Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-fifth 
Report.) 


Hartlepool Gas 


and Water- 
works Bill. 


Macclesfield 

rough 
Waterworks, 
Markets, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Universal 
ilway 
Casualty 
Compensation 
Company Bill. 





12 VicrorizZ. 


Mothers are not in the Workhouse ; 3. Children of 
Widows who are in the Workhouse; 4. Children 
of Widows who are not in the Workhouse ; 5. Chil- 
dren of Widowers who are in the Workhouse ; 
6. Children of Widowers who are not in the Work- 
house ; 7. Children whose Father and Mother are 
dead ; 8, Children deserted by Father; 9. Children 
deserted by Mother; 10. Children deserted by both 
Parents; 11. Children whose Father is transported 
or suffering Imprisonment for Crime; 12. Children 
whose Residence in the Workhouse is caused by 
the bodily or mental infirmity of their Father or 
Mother; 13. Children of able-bodied Parents who 
are in the Workhouse; 14. Children of able-bodied 
Parents who are not in the Workhouse; 15. 
Children not falling within any of the foregoing 
Classes ; distinguishing also the Number of each 
Class capable of entering upon Service, and the 
Number of Boys and Girls respectively under 
Three years old, Three years old and under Seven, 
and Seven years old and upwards:—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the Ist day of this instant 
June, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Tie House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for amending an Act passed in 
the tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for lighting with Gas, and supplying with Water, 
the Town of Hartlepool, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County of Durham; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr, 22. 1.19. Leave out “ of,” and inthe same 
line after “‘ any” insert “ easement.” 

Pr. 22. Is. 19. and 20. Leave out “ license” and 
insert “ privilege.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 36. Leave out “ or” and insert “ nor 
“ shall the Company lay down or construct any 
“« portion of the works in, under or along the said 
“ tidal lands.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better supplying with Water 
the Borough of Macclesfield, m the County of 
Chester, and for other Purposes connected with the 
said Borough ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 20. 1. 34. Leave out “ baths.” 

Pr. 20. ]. 37. Leave out from ‘ whatsoever” 
to “ And” in Pr. 21. |. 2. 

Pr. 38. 1. 29. Leave out “ on.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to confer certain Powers on the 
Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 12.1. 16. Leave out “ fourteen” and insert 
“ thirty,” and in the same line, leave out from 
Vox. 104, 


4° Juni. 








34G 


“ after” to “the” in 1. 23., and insert “the Com- 
“* pany shall have received such notice in writing 
as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 16. ]. 13, After “aforesaid” insert “ or in 
case the Company shall have omitted or refused 
to offer compensation as aforesaid,” and in the 
same line, after “ and” insert “ such holder.” 

Pr, 22. 1. 28. After ‘* thereto” insert “ to be.” 
Pr. 23.1. 4. After ‘‘ Company” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
“ contract of the Company or any compensation 
“ received or recoverable by virtue of such contract 
“ either under this Act or otherwise, shall be held 
to prejudice or affect any right of action, claim, 
*“* or demand which any person, or his executors 

or administrators, may have against any Compan 
or person for the injury in respect of which an 
compensation shall be received or recoverable, 
whether the injury shall have been fatal or other- 
wise, either at common law or under or by virtue 
“ of an Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for compensating the Families of Persons 
“ killed by Accidents, or any other Act of Parlia- 
“ ment.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for the Dissolution of the East East Lothian 
Lothian Central Railway Company, and for the Central Rail- 
Abandonment of the Railway, was read the third pie hare 9 
time. , the Railway, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. -_ oma 

Ordered, That Mr. M‘Gregor do carry the Bill 7° OS... 

7 ? Company) Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. anes 

Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Northern radinburgh 
Railway (Formation of Slip Quay and other Works and Northern 
at Granton, Extension of Station at Edinburgh, Crorention ” 
Regulation of Perth Stations, and Amendment of Slip Quay and 


Acts) Bill be read the third time To-morrow. other Works 
at Granton, 


Extension of Station at Edinburgh, 
Regulation of Perth Stations, and 
Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Report on the Birmingham Borough (Exemp- Borough (Ex- 
tion from County Rates) (No. 2.) Bill; and the Cua Rates) 
Amendments, were read, and agreed to. (No. 2.) Bill. 

A Clause (Expenses of Pauper Lunatics confined 
in Lunatic Asylums for the Borough of Birming- 
ham, whose Settlement cannot be ascertained not 
to be chargeable on County cf Warwick), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Yar- 
the Report on the Great Yarmouth Haven Bridge mouth Haven 


: : , Brid 
and Navigation Improvement Bill; and the Amend- ation 
ments were read, and agreed to. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Bill. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hospital for 
the Report on the Hospital for Consumption Bill ; — 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. . 

Ordered, Tat the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Renfrewshire 
the Report on the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Justice of 
Courts Bill. oo 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee, and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Wednesday next, at a Quarter 
before Twelve of the clock, and to make their report 
upon the same day. 

yYy3 The 





Truro Turn- 
ike-roads, 
enryn and 


Redruth Turn- 


pike-roads 


(Consolidation 


of Trusts, 


Alterations of 
Tolls, Forma- 


tion of New 
Roads ) Bill, 


Holme Reser- 


voirs (Increase 


of Rates and 
Amendment 
of Act) 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


Burgage 
Tenure (Scot- 
land). 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Distress, 


Lord’s Day. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


350 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Zruro Turnpike-roads, Penryn 
and Redruth Turnpike-roads (Consolidation of 
Trusts, Alterations of Tolls, Formation of New 
Roads) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and 
Amendment of Act) (No. 2.) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Proprietors of lands and houses in 
the city of Glasgow, praying the House to take 
into consideration the Report of the Royal Com- 
missioners on Burgage Tenure in Scot/and, dated 
13th January 1838, and enact that the disposition 
or other warrant to lands and houses recorded, 
shall be a valid title, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation 


usually assembling for public worship at the Inde- | 
pendent Chapel, New Conduit-street, in the borough 


r 


of King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, praying 
for the total abolition of the Punishment of Death, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petitionof Matthew Phillips, Engineer and Sur- 
veyor, complaining that great distress has existed 
from want of employment among the working people 
of the kingdom for sixty years; and praying for 
the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry on the 
best means of employing and sustaining the people, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Saint James, Westminster ;—and, 
Saint Paul, Covent-garden; praying for the adop- 
tion of measures for securing the better observance 
of the Lord’s Day,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy within the rural deanery 
of the central division of Pontefract, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 


4° Junii. 





A. 1849. 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Public Health 
{Convention assembled, praying that the Public Saeed) 


Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
| presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 

Council of the royal burgh of Dumfries, praying 

that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it 

| now stands, was also presented, and read ; and re- 
| ferred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;—Hythe ;—Lyminge ; 
Buckland-in-Dover ; — and, Dover; praying for 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie vpon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Shop- 
keepers and other Inhabitants of Barnsley, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, praying for 

amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
| the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was pre- 


| sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of James Dean, of the parish of Tot- 
_tenham, in the county of Middlesex, Surveyor and 
Agricultural Engineer, stating that his inquiries and 
experience have led him to the conclusion, that no 
substantial advantage, either to the public or to 
‘individuals, would arise from the removal of the 
'Market from Smithfield to Islington, or to any 
other place in the vicinity of the metropolis ; but 
that if three such market-places were to be provided, 
with an abattoir to each, at short distances from 
London, he is of opinion, that West Green, situate 
on the south side of the parish of Tottenham, is well 
adapted for one of such markets, that Kennington 
Common, in the parish of Lambeth, would be a 
| suitable site for the second market-place, and that 
Old Oak Common, in the parish of Acton, or 
Wormwood Scrubbs near, presents a suitable site 
for the third of such markets ; and praying that he 
‘may be allowed to give evidence on the several 
matters herein referred to, before the Committee 
| now sitting on the subject of the Removal of Smith- 
| field Market, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 


Petitions from Glossop;—and, Tillicoultry ; 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Universal 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | praying the House to extend the Franchise to every Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Table. 


A Petition of Parish Officers and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Andover, in the county of Southampton, 
praying the House to abolish the present system of 
parochial assessment and settlement, and promote, 
in lieu of it, a law by which the different parishes 
comprising the present Poor Law Unions shall be 
united in an equal rate of assessment for the relief 
ofthe Poor settled within the Union, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Basingstoke Union ;— 


Ellesmere 


|man of mature age, sound mind, fixed residence and 
unstained with crime; and to enact all other pro- 
visions essential to the full, fair and free represen- 
tation of the people in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon Table. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
Trusts, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


| Mr. Headlam reported from the Select Com- 
“mittee on the Real and Personal Property Convey- 
‘ance Bill, and who were empowered to divide the 
Bill into two Bills; That they had divided the said 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 
No. 333. 


Real and Per- 
sonal Property 
Conveyance 
Bill. 


Union ;— Horsham Union ;—-Uchfield Union ;--Stohe Bill into two Bills; and had gone through one of 


Damerel Union;—and, Newhaven Union; praying 
that an Act may be passed during the present Session 
of Parliament, for the establishment of a permanent 
fund for the benefit of superannuated officers con- 


nected with the administration of the Poor Laws, 


and to enable Poor Law Officers to form and dis- 
tribute such fund,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Buckland-in- Dover ;--and, Shrews- 
bury; praying the House to pass such measures as 
will enable magistrates and officers of police to 
bring those persons who make a trade of and live 
by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the 
sexes to prompt and certain punishment,—were 





the said Bills, “ to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Conveyance and Transfer of Real and 
Personal Property vested in Mortgagees and Trus- 
tees,”’ and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 4th 
day of July next. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to give 
leave to the Earl Grey to attend and give Evidence 
before the Select Committee appointed by this 
House on Army and Ordnance Expenditure: And 
that Lord Seymour do carry the said Message. 
Ordered, 


Real and Per- 
sonal Property 
Transfer Bill. 


No. 334. 


Army and 
rdnance 
Expenditure. 


Union. 


Spanish Tariff 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


New South 
Wales, 


Savings 
Banks, 


12 Victroriz. 


Correspondence in relation thereto. 


4° Junie. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Memorial from a Meeting of the Rate- 


ayers of Nenagh Union, held on the 6th day of| Amount of Annuities granted ; also, the Annual Ex- 
May last, to the Poor Law Commissioners, and any | penses of Management, inclusive of all Salaries. 





351 


‘the Total Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, on 


the 20th day of November 1848; the Number and 


Returns of the Number of chargeable Letters Post-office, 


| which have passed through the London General Post 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Alterations made in the Spanish Ta-| 
riff, since November 1841, comparing the Duties’ 
now in force with those existing previous to such | 
alterations. 

Mr. Labouchere accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Jrish Poor who, 
between the 31st day of December 1847 and the 
81st day of December 1848, have received Relief 
out of Poor Rates in the several Parishes comprised 
within the City of London, the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, the City of Westminster, the Borough of Lam- 
beth, the Borough of Southwark, the Borough of the 
Tower Hamlets, and the Borough of Finsbury re- 
spectively, and of the Money Value of the Relief so 





afforded :—And, of the Number of Irish Poor re- 
lieved during the same period out of the Poor Rates | 
in the Parishes comprised in the Borough of Liver- | 
pool, City of Glasgow, City of Bristol, Borough of | 
Cardiff, Borough of Newport (Monmouthshire), | 
Borough of Merthyr Tydvil, Borough of Manches- | 
ter, Borough of Salford, Borough of Preston, Bo-| 
rough of Bury (Lancashire), Borough of Leeds, Bo- 
rough of Paisley, and the City of Edinburgh respec- | 
tively, and of the Money Value of Relief so afforded | 
(so far relates to England and Wales). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. | 

Lord Seymour reported, That he had carried * 
the Lords the Message of this House of this day, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
give leave to the Earl Grey to attend and give 
Evidence before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House on Army and Ordnance Expenditure ; 
and that their Lordships gave for answer, that they | 
will send an Answer by a Messenger of their own. | 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their | 
several Addresses of the 31st day of May last, and | 
the ist day of this instant June (that Her Majesty | 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that | 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before | 
this House), had been presented to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac-| 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 





Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Copy of the Despatch of the Gover- 
nor of New South Wales to the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, together with the Memorial of the 
Legislative Council of the Colony, on the subject 
of Quit Rents, and the Reply of the Secretary of 
State thereto in January last. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Orders,— Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 5th day of March last, 
for a Return from each Savings Bank in England 
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in 
columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- 
tive Salaries, and other Allowances (if any); the 
Amount of Security each gives, the Number of Ac- 
counts remaining open, the Total Amount owing to 
Depositors, the Total Amount invested with the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors, and 

VoL, 104, 





| 


{ 


(inwards and outwards), since the first General Re- 
duction of Postage, on the 5th day of December 
1839, dividing the time (as far as practicable) into 
Periods of Four complete Weeks each; and distin- 
guishing, as regards each period, the unpaid, paid 
and stamped, and Total Number of Letters; also, 
of the estimated Average Number for Four Weeks 
of the year immediately preceding the Reduction, 
distinguished in like manner :—Of the Number of 
Letters which have passed through the London Dis- 
trict Post (exclusive of all General Post Letters), 
for the same periods, and distinguished in the same 
manner as last Return :—Comparative Statement 
of the Number of Letters delivered in the United 
Kingdom in one Week of each calendar Month, 
begmning with November 1839, and ending with 
the present time; also (during the existence of the 
Franking Privilege), the estimated Number of 
Franks, and of Letters exclusive of Franks :— 
Account, showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management for the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1838, and for each subsequent year, ex- 
cluding from the Account, whether of Gross Reve- 
nue or Cost of Management, any Advances that 
may have been made by the English to the Irish 
Post-office, and Advances to the Money-Order 
Office; also, disregarding in the Return for each 
year, any old Debts written off, or Postage remitted, 
or any other Deductions which relate to previous 
years: — Returns, showing, as nearly as can be 


r 
=&gt;?) 


‘given, the Gross Amount of Postage Revenue for 


England and Wales (exclusive of Returns for re- 
fused Letters) for the Month ending the 5th day of 
January 1840 (during which the Fourpenny Rate 
was established) ; and for the corresponding Month 
of each subsequent year :—Of the Payments by the 
Post-office, made during the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, for 
the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in Great 
Britain, distinguishing, in each instance, the Pay- 
ments for Work done within the year, from Pay- 
ments for Work done in previous years :—Of the 
Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and 
paid in England and Wales (London included) dur- 
ing the Quarter ending the 5th day of April 1839, 
and each subsequent Quarter :—And, a similar Re- 
turn as sgl Mine Orders issued and paid in 


London. 


Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty re- Spirits 
ived on Spirits in Lreland during each of the years (Ireland.) 
| ending thé 5th day of April 1848 and 1849, and the 


ce 


Number of Gallons brought to Charge, showing the 
Increase or Decrease in Gallons and in Duty :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought to Charge 
in Ireland, and the Duty paid thereon, in the Quar- 
ters ending the 5th day of April 1848 and 1849, 
showing the Increase or Decrease :—Of the N umber 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Quan- 
tities produced from Malt and from a Mixture of 
Malt and unmalted Grain) on which Duty was paid 
for Home Consumption in Jreland, in each Quar- 
ter of the years ending the 5th day of April 1848 
and 1849, and in each of the years :—Of the Num- 
ber of Detections, and of the Number of Persons 
prosecuted for Offences in Ireland against the Laws 
for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, in each 
Quarter of the years ending the 5th day of April 
1847, 1848 and 1849, distinguishing those con- 
victed :—And, of the Number of Persons confined 
in each Gaol in Ireland for Offences against the 
Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, on 
the 5th day of January, the 5th day of March, and 
the 5th day of April in each of the years 1847, 1848 

yy4 and 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Sewers Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Toulonese and 
Corsican Emi- 
grants, &amp;c. 


Vaccine Esta- 


blishment. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute. 


Polish Re- 
fugees, &amp;c. 


Miscellaneous 


Allowances. 


352 


and 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 401, of Session 1848). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for further amending the Laws relating to Sewers, 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill further to facilitate the Sale of 
Incumbered Estates in Ireland ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


{ Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas,) pet eee pt. 
Tellers for the N oes,{ cee’ } 13. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Solicitor-General do carry the | 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ten thousand one hundred and seven- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Superannuation Allowances and 
Compensations to Persons formerly employed in 
the Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to 
the 31st day of March 1850, to Toulonese and 

‘orsican. Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 
American Loyalists, and others who have heretofore 
received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Es- 
tablishment, for the year 1849. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards the support of the Refuge for the Destitute, 
in the year 1849. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand nine hundred and ninety pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Sub- 
sistence of the Polish Refugees, and Allowances 
to Distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Six thousand four hundred and 
twenty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1850, Miscel- 


laneous Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil 
List, the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c., for which no 
permanent provision has been made by Parliament. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 





4° Juniz. 











A. 1849. 


1850, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent provision has been made by 
Parliament ; 

1 a. 





The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Wyld, 


Yeas, Mr. Lushington: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. — 52 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: } . 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Foundling 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Hospital 
defray the Expense of the Foundling Hospital (?¥&gt;lim) 
(Dublin), to the 31st day of March 1850. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve House of 
thousand and ninety-three pounds, be granted to Industry 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of ‘P¥blin.) 
the House of Industry (Dublin), to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Eight Female 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Orphan House 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan ‘ ay 
House ( Dublin), to the 31st day of March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmorelana 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Lock Hospital 
to Her Majesty, to defray the acum of the Wes¢- (Dublin.) 
moreland Lock Hospital (Dudlin), to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Lying-in 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- os 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in ¢ ) 
Hospital (Dublin), to the 31st day of March 1850. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Dr. Stevens’ 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her a 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor (Pubiin.) 
Stevens’ Hospital (Dublin), to the 3ist day of 
March 1850, 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three House of 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her row! &amp;e. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the‘ ~" ) 
House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork- 
street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Jncurables 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for os 
Incurables (Dublin), to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
seven thousand one hundred and eighty-three {yssenting 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the (treland.) 
Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding and Pro- 
testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
thousand and ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Allowances, 
Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1850, Cas 
Charitable Allowances, charged on the Concor- 
datum Fund in Jre/and, and other Allowances and 
Bounties. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand six hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the eee of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Central Board 
thousand four hundred and forty-seven pounds, be Conblie.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Incidental Expenses of the Central Board of 
Health in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


19. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eighteen Works of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to eo 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1850, one moiety Sth Drain 
of the Cost of certain Works of Navigation con- (Ireland.) 
nected with Drainage in Ireland. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight British 
hundred and thirty-eight pounds, be granted to Her pees 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849-50, the Charge paris, 
of Works and Repairs to the British Ambassador’s 


House at Paris. 


General Board 
of Health, 


21. Resolved, 








‘Ambassador’ 3 
House at Con- 
stantinople. 


Militia and 
Volunteers 
(Canada. ) 


Mood, be. 


— 


se Commissariat 
Department. 

d 

il 


Supply ; 


Public 


Buckingha 
Palace.” ” 


Temporary 
Accommoda- 
tion for the 
Houses 


t. 


; 








12 Vicroriz. 


21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1849, the Expense of 
Re-building the British Ambassador’s House at 
Constantinople. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray, in the year 1849-50, the Expense of 
Militia and Volunteers in Canada. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Cost of erecting and main- 
taining certain Lighthouses Abroad ; also of the 
Establishment at Sable Island, for the Relief of 
Shipwrecked Persons. 

24, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying, in the year 1849, the Expense of repairing 
the Harbour at Lybster, as a Place of Refuge for 
Fishing Boats on the East Coast of Scotland. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Commissariat Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
three thousand eight hundred and seventy-two 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Half-pay, Pensions and Allowances in 
the Commissariat Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
Ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
ow: 

1. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and three thousand four hundred and sixty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1850, the Expense of 
Maintenance and Repair of Royal Palaces and Pub- 
lic Buildings, for providing the necessary supply of 
Water for the same, for Rents of houses taken for 
the occasional and temporary accommodation of the 
Public Service, for the endhese and Repair of Fur- 
niture required in the various Public Departments, 
and for Services connected with the Lighting, 
Watching, and general protection of the Public 
Offices. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849, the Expense 
of Works for enlarging and improving Buckingham 
Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

roviding Temporary Accommodation for the 

ouses of Parliament, Committee-rooms, Offices, 
and Temporary Official Residences for the Speaker 
of the House of Commons and other Officers of the 
House, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand seven hundred and seventy-one 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 
the Works at the New Packet Harbour and Har- 


bour of Refuge at Holyhead, and to defray the Ex- | State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
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353 
pense of the present Harbour Establishment at 
Holyhead, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Harbours of 
hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred pounds, Refuge. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1849, the Expense of constructing Harbours of 
Refuge. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Caledonian 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Canal. 
Works and Repairs to the Caledonian Canal, in the 
year 1849. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Public Works 
four thousand two hundred and thirty-three pounds, Ireland.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of maintaining the several Public Buildings in the 
Department of the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Lreland ; also the Expense of Inland Navigation 
and other Services, under the direction of the said 
Commissioners, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Kingstown 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Harbour. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works 
and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to provide 
for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Houses of 
three thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Parliament. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
Retired Otticers of the two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Treasury. 
seven thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Home Depart- 

five thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to ment. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, to the 21st day of March 
1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Foreign 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Department. 
pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers and 
extra Couriers attached to that Department, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Colonial 
six thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Privy Council 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Office. 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Lord Privy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay Seal. 
the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

16. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Paymaster- 
three thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to General. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries, contingent and 
other Expenses, of the Office of Her Majesty’s 
Paymaster-General, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Comptroller- 
thousand six hundred and twenty-six pounds, be General of 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and ete 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller- 

General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two state Paper 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Office. 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
March 1850. 

19. Resolved, 





Ecclesiastical 
Comniission. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


Mint. 


Railways 
Commission. 


Public 
Records. 


Inspectors of 
Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Household of 
Lord Lieute- 


nantof Ireland. 


Chief Secre- 
tary to Lord 
Lieutenant of 
Ireland, &amp;c. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services 
(Ireland. ) 


Board of 


Public Works 


(Ireland. ) 


Secret 
Services. 


Stationery, 
Printing and 
Binding. 


Law Charges. 





354 


19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the Expenses 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1850. 


20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with 
the administration of the laws relating to the Poor, 
to the 31st day of March 1856. 


21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expendi- 
ture of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Commissioners of Railways, to the 
Sist day of March 1850. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sularies and 
Expenses connected with the Public Records, and 
Compensations to Keepers of Records and others 
whose offices have been abolished, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges formerly 
paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jredand, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland in London and Dudlin, and the 
Privy Council Office in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jre- 
land, to the 51st day of March 1850. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand five hundred and sixty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 3ist day of March 1850. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred 
and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenses of Stationery, Printing, and 
Binding, for the several Public Departments, in- 
cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 
31st day of March 1850. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Ex- 
ey in the Office of the Solicitor for the affairs of 

er Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 





4° Junii. 





A. 1849. 


83. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Mint Prosecy, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to tions. 
defray the Expenses connected with the Prosecution 

of Offenders against the laws relating to the Coin, 

to the 31st day of March 1850. 

34, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- sherity 
teen thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Expenses, &amp;, 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 

1850, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the defi- 

ciency in the Fees in the office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and 

Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 

of Exchequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 

Prison. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Insolvent 
thousand three hundred and seventy pounds, be Debtors 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and ~“°"™ 
Expenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 

Debtors Court, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Law Expenses 
three thousand seven hundred and thirty pounds, (Scotland) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Expenses 
in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Charges 
three thousand nine hundred and ninety-one pounds, (Ireland.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 

of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges 

in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- pubiin 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Metropolitan 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Police. 
the Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates, 
hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds, be granted &amp;* 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1850, certain Charges formerly paid out of 
the County Rates, &amp;c. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Prisons and 
hundred and two thousand five hundred and twenty- Convict Rsta- 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, a 
to the 31st day of March 1850, the Expense of : 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in 
England and Wales, in Scotland and Ireland, the 
Expenses of Government Prisons and Convict Es- 
tablishments at Home; the Maintenance of Pri- 
soners in County Gaols and Bethlem Hospital, the 
Expenses of Transportation, and the Expenses of 
the Convict Establishments in the Colonies. 


41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education. 
hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 
Great Britain, in the year 1849. 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education 
hundred and twenty thousand pounds, be granted (eland.) 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten School of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Desig™ 
defray the Expenses of the School of Design, and 
for Aid to Provincial Schools, to the 3ist day of 
March 1850. 





44, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- (Oneeidee) 


jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four University of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to London. 
defray the Expenses of the University of London, 
to the 31st day of March 1850. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Scottish 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be Universities 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1850, Grants to Scottish Universities, 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 


the Crown. 
47. Resolved, 














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Royal Irish 47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three! 62. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors 

Academy- hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- | thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Cdealen) 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish | Her Majesty, to detray the Charge of the Salaries 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1850. _of the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, and others, 

Royal Hiber- 48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | in the West India Colonies, to the 31st day of 

nian Academy. hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- | March 1850. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber-| 63. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Stipendiary 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1850. one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be Justices 


“ , : West India 
Royal Dublin 49. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six/ granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Colonies.) “ 


Society. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-| the Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Dublin | Stipendiary Justices in the West India Colonies, 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1850. \and the Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


pagel Balteet 50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three} 64, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- Western Coast 
ay thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- | teen thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be °% Africa. 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Royal | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Belfast Academical Institution, to the 30th day of \the Civil Establishment on the Western Coast of 
September 1849, and for Salaries to Theological | Africa, to the 31st day of March 1850. 
ae at Belfast, to the 3ist day of March 65. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Saint Helena. 
British 51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- | a ee pounds, be oo 
Museum. =~ six thousand two hundred and eighty-eight pounds, | o L. 1 rery es “Hy ey ry "3 -” f 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | M “ee FEE Oy SO: SS ES I 
New Buildings and Fittings at the British Museum, ) an ? fae or) . 
to the 31st dav of March 1850. | . Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Western 
= 7 thousand three hundred and seventy-nin ds, Australia. 
: y-hine pounds, 
52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | he granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 'the Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st 
Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British | day of March 1850. 
Museum to defray, in the year 1849, Expenses| 67, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Port Essing- 
incurred in procuring Antiquities for the Museum. | thousand seven hundred and sixty-three pounds, be *”- 
National 53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Gallery. thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her | the Settlement at Port £ssington, to the 31st day 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849, the Expenses | of March 1850. 
of the National Gallery. | 68. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty New Zealand. 
Geological 54. Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding Eighteen | thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
Survey, &amp;¢. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to| defray the Charge of the Colony of New Zealand, 
defray the Expenses of the Geological Survey of to the 31st day of March 1850. 
Great Britain and Ireland, the Museum of Prac-| 69. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
tical Geology in London, and the Museum of Jrisk | thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Industry in Dublin, to the 3ist day of March} Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Es- 
1850. tablishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 
Magnetic — 55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five | 1850. 
—_— thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to| 70. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Falkland 
defray the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at | thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Fler Islands. 
Toronto, Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope,| Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Falkland 
and Van Diemen’s Land ; also, for Observations and | Islands, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


Services carrying on under the direction of the As-| 71, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Hong Kong. 
tronomer Royal, and Colonel Sabine, to the 31st five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
day of March 1850. ; to defray the Charge of the British Settlement at 

Nelson Monu- 56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

ment. Peg eight hundred pounds, be granted a Her| 5 Resolve d, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Labuan. 

ajesty, to defray, in .  sannlininipadiionredy e Ex- thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven pounds, 

pense of completing the Monument erected in Z’ra-| },, granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
Jalgar-square to the memory of Lord Ni elson. of the Government of Labuan, to the 31st day of 

Bermudas, 57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four} March 1850. 


thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her| 73. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- Emigration. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta-| teen thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
March 1850. the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other 

Prince Ed- 58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 31st 

ward's Island. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to day of March 1850. 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of| 74, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Captured 


Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st day of March | thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Sages oat 
1850. defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Cap- Africans. 


Ecclesiastical 59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven | tured Negroes and Liberated Africans and other 
Establishmen . 


(North Ame. thousand five hundred and seventy-eight pounds, | Charges, under the Acts for the Abolition of the 
Tica, ) be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1850. 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 


North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
; March 1850. 
Indian . 60. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- | 
(Canada.) teen thousand one hundred and two pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
"adie a mera 76. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Consul 
61. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two; , ‘9 4tesotved, that a oum, not exceeding Avinety~ Vonsular 
Islands hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to He Ma-| eight thousand six hundred and ninety pounds, be oo qn 
jesty, todefray the Charge of the Civil Establish- | gtanted to Her M ajesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
ment of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st day of | cessary to defray the Charge of the Consular Esta- 
March 1850. blishment Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1850. 


VoL. 104. ZzZ2 77. Resolved, 








75. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Slave Trade 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commissions. 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1850, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the 
_ Mixed Commissions established on the part of Her 
| Majesty under the Treaties with Foreign Powers for 
suppressing the Traffic in Slaves. 




















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Missions 77. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
Alves, thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Extraordinary Disbursements of Her Majesty's 
Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1850. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Estates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cinelana) pill, Mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Pupils Protec- The Pupils Protection (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 


tion(Scotland) oording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Bill. : ed : ; 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Sheep-stealers The Sheep-stealers (Jreland) Bill was, according 

(ireland) Bill. 4 Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, tor Wednesday 
next. 


Passengers The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Bill. into consideration the Passengers Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Australian Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Colonies Bill. ¢. the better Government of the Australian Co- | 


lonies: And that Mr. Hawes, Lord John Russell 
and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


Newgate Gaol 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
(Dublin) Bill. 


abolish the Gaol of Newgate, in the County of the 
City of Dublin, and provide Compensation for the 
Officers thereof, and to enable the Grand Jury of 
the County of the said City to increase the Sala- 
ries of the Chaplains of certain other Gaols thereof, 
and to re-assess on the County of the said City cer- 
tain Arrears of Grand Jury Cess: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Mr. Bellew do prepare, and 


4°—5° Junie. 


A. 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs 
an Account of the Total Net Produce of the Duties Duties, &amp;. 
of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and of the 
Revenue of the Post-office respectively paid into 
the Exchequer, between the 5th day of January 
1849 and the latest Date to which the same can be 
rendered, compared with the Receipts under the 
same heads in the corresponding periods of 1847 
and 1848. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grain, Flour 
Return, showing the Quantities of Foreign Grain of #04 Meal, 
each Description, and of Foreign Flour and Meal 
imported into the United Kingdom in each Month 
of the years 1847 and 1848, and in each of the first 
Four months of 1849; with a Statement of the Ave- 
rage Prices of Wheat, and the Average Rates of 
Duty payable thereon, when such Duty existed, in 
each of the said Months. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Distress, &amp;, 
Return of all Sums of Money either granted or ad- (Ieland.) 
vanced from the Exchequer of the Tnited King- 
dom, on account of the Distress and Famine, or in 
Aid of the Administration of the Poor Law in Jre- 
land, during the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, with 
the Amount of Repayments, to as late a period as 
can be furnished. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to provide Collection of 
for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin : Rates(Dublin) 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered N 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and ~* ats. 
to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to make County Ces 
Temporary Provision relating to the Collection of (Ireland) Bill. 
County Cess in Zreland, and to the Remuneration No. 336. 
of the Collectors thereof: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir Villiam Somerville presented a Bill to abolish Newgate Gaol 
the Gaol of Newgate, in the County of the City of (Dublin) Bill 
Dublin, and provide Compensation for the Officers No. 337. 
thereof, and to enable the Grand Jury of the County 
of the said City to increase the Salaries of the 





bring it in. 


County Cess Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


(ireland) Bill. t9 make Temporary Provision relating to the Col- | 


lection of County Cess in Jreland, and to the Re-| 
muneration of the Collectors thereof: And that Sir | 
William Somerville and Mr. Bellew do prepare, and | 
bring it in. 


mong Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
(Grecawich Return of the Amount of Freight Money paid in | 
Hospital. » each year since July 1819, to the Admirals and | 
Commodores of the several Stations, and to the Cap- 
tains and Officers commanding Her Majesty’s Ships | 
and Vessels for the Conveyance of Public and Pri- | 
vate Treasure, with the Total Amount received dur- | 
ing the same period by the Treasurer of Greenwich 
Hospital, as the Proportion of such Freight Money | 
for the use of that Institution, pursuant to the Pro- 
clamation dated the 12th day of July 1819. 
"rons Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


an Account showing the Sums received into the 


Commissariat Chest, and paid out of the same, be- | 


tween the Ist day of April 1847 and the 31st day 
of March 1848, and of the Assets and Liabilities of 
the Chest on the latter day. 


Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- | 


count. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 





Chaplains of certain other Gaols thereof, and to 
re-assess on the County of the said City certain 
| Arrears of Grand Jury Cess: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 5° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victorie Regine, 1849, 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, being the 
Warrants or Instruments granting any Pension. _ 
Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 


| India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 


granting any Salary or Gratuity :—And then he with- 
rew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
| 
| 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 8, of Opposed 


Private Bills 
(Group 8.) 


Opposed Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
| House. 


Mr. 














12 Vicroriz. 


Lancashire Mr. Rice reported the Lancashire and Yorkshire 


snd Yorkshire Railway (Extension of Ashton Branch, of Clifton 
ont Te Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. — v 


ton Branch, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
g oan ¢) and be printed. ; “ 

Bill. 

Manchester, Mr. Vesey reported from the Committee on the 


 cecertrn Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Railway (Con- (Consolidation and Amendment of Acts) Bill; That 
solidation and Colonel Reid; one of the Members of the Com- 
sey Bill mittee, had stated to the Committee that he was per- 
sonally interested in such Bill as proprietor of shares 
in, and one of the General Committee of the Grand 
Junction Railway Company ; and that he was not 
aware at the time he signed the declaration, and had 
only just discovered, that the Grand Junction Rail- 
way Company were Petitioners against the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That Colonel Reid be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Committee. 


Irish South Lord Harry Vane reported the Jrish South East- 


Eastern Rail- ern Railway (Amendment of Acts) Bill, with Amend- 
ee) ments. 
Bil. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Westhead’s Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on 
— for. Westhead’s Patent for Improvements in Manufac- 
provements 


in Manufac- turing Fur into Fabrics Bill; That the Instruction of 

turing Fur the House of the 4th day of May last had been com- 

— plied with; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions cuntained in the preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as recited an error in the specification by which the 
Letters Patent might be liable to question, the 
recital not being considered necessary ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
though the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Dublin Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Improvement Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, forth- 
(Ho. 3.) Bill with, on the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill. 


Edinburgh A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
andNorthern to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
a of Company to construct a Low-water Pier and other 
Oe Quay and Works at Granton, and to provide for the better 
other Works Regulation, Management and Control of the general 
hae seal Railway Station at Perth, and for other Purposes, 
Station at | be now read the third time; 
Edinburgh, Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
pnw be mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
and Amend- having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
Ty of Acts) gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and North- 
ern Railway Company to construct a Low-water 
Pier, and other Works, at Granton, and for other 
Purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ant the Report on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and 

North Western London and North Western Railway Companies 

Railway Com- (Transfer of Interest in the Preston and Wyre 

ef ney Railway Harbour and Dock, and regulating the 

in the Preston Management of the Undertaking) Bill. 

wht Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
and Dock former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit, 

_ regulating and proceed, To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

ie 


jage- 
ment of the Undertaking) Bill. 
Vou. 104. 


5° Juniz. 











357 
Petitions from Pontefract and Tanshelf ;—Cold agricultwe. 
Kirby ;— Thirsk ;— Carlton ;— Bucknall and Stiz- 
would ;—Greetham (Lin ;— Winceby and As- 
garby ;—Kirkby-on-Bain and Haltham ;—and, Kil- 
burn and Bagby ; complaining of the distressed state 
of Agriculture; and praying the House to adopt 
measures for the relief of those engaged therein,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon of Middlesex, and Charitable 
the Rural Dean and Clergy of the rural deanery of T™sts Bill. 
Hampton, praying that the Charitable Trusts Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Society for Duration of 
the Diffusion of Political Information, heldin Taunton, Parliaments 
in the county of Somerset, praying that the Duration 
of Parliaments Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Norwich, paucation 
complaining that the schools in connection with the (Ireland.) 
Church Education Society for Zreland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament for 
the support of Education in that country, and pray- 
ing the House to relieve them from that grievance, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers in the county of War- Highways 
wick, praying that the Highways Bill introduced in Bill (1847-48). 
the last Session of Parliament may not pass into 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the city of Norwich and Marriages 
its vicinity, praying that the Marriages Bill may Bil. 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of David Millar and others, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Redditch;—and, Thrapstone ; promiscuous 
praying the House to adopt measures for the pu- Intercourse. 
nishment of all persons guilty of trading in seduction 
and prostitution, and for the better protection of 
virtuous women,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Norwich, praying partiamentary 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into Oaths Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Police of 
Convention assembled, praying that the Police of Towns (Scot- 
Towns (Soct/and) Bill may not pass into a law, was “” - 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the town Poor Law. 
of Watlington, in the county of Oxford, praying for 
amendment of the law of settlement and assessment, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers under the Act for the Poor Law 
Relief of the Poor, in the Union of Manor Hamil- ee in 
ton, in the county of Leitrim, praying that the Poor —— 
Law (Ireland) (Rate in Aid) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered -to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Northwich Union ;—and, Horn- poor Law 
castle Union; praying that an Act may be passed, Officers. 
during the present Session of Parliament, to enable 


-Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super- 


annuation fund for members of their body,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


zZ23 Petitions 











Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marria 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


War. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insol- 
vency. 


$58 


Petitions from Oldberrow ; Claverdon ; 
and, Tamworth; praying that the Public Roads 
(England and North Wales) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Wang- 
ford Union, in the county of Suffolk, praying the 
House to pass a law, enacting that the poor rates 
of all cottages, the yearly rent of which is under 
six pounds, may henceforth be recoverable from the 
owners of such cottages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session of 
Borrowstowness, praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Petitions from Hutton Bushel;—and, Ticehurst; 
praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mildenhall, Barton 
Mills, Worlington, Eriswell and Lakenheath, praying 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Graziers, Salesmen and Butchers, 
using and frequenting Smithfield Market (three Pe- 
titions);—and, Hammersmith, Kensington, Bromp- 
ton, Chelsea; &amp;c.; praying the House to refuse to 
sanction the removal of Smithfield Market,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 


Petitions from Minster Lovel (Chairman) ;— 
Brighton (High Constable) ;-- Wakefield (twenty- 
nine Petitions) ;—and, Banbury ; praying the House 
to extend the Franchise to every man of mature 
age, and unconvicted of crime, and who has a fixed 
residence duly registered, and to enact all other 
provisions essential to the full, fair and free repre- 
sentation of the people in Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Old Kent-road ;—Liandibie ;— 
Llandilofawr ;—and, College, Caermarthenshire ; 
praying the House to promote the formation between 


the British Government and other governments of | 


the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise between them to the decision 
of arbitrators,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their — will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, Copies of the First and 
Second Reports from the Select Committee ap- 

ointed by their Lordships in the present Session of 
een 2 to consider whether the Railway Acts 
do not require Amendment, with a view of pro- 
viding for a more effectual Audit of Accounts to 
guard against the application of the Funds of such 
Companies to purposes for which they were not 
subscribed under the authority of the Legislatare, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee, and an Appendix thereto: 
And that Mr. Bernal do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, Thata Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, Copies of the First and Se- 
cond Reports from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the present Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the subject of Bankruptcy and Insol- 
vency, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee, and the Index thereto: 
And that Mr. Bernal do carry the said Message. 





5° Junit. 





l, 1849. 





A Petition of John Meadows White and Thomas Great India 


Borrett, of Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, in the county of 
Middlesex, Solicitors for the Bill thereinafter re- 
ferred to, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That a Bill was introduced into the House, in the 
present Session, intituled, “ A Bill to incorporate 
the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company for 
making a Railway in India, from Bombay to 
Callien,” and was read a first time therein on the 
sixth day of February last; that wpon the several 
Petitions of the said John Meadows White and Tho- 
mas Borrett, praying for an extension of the time 
limited by the Standing Orders of the House for the 
Second Reading of the said Bill, in order to afford 
time for certain negociations then pending between 
the Promoters of the said Bill, the East India Com- 
pany and the Board of Control, the period so li- 
mited for the Second Reading of the said Bill was 
extended until the 23d day of April now last past ; 
that at the instance of the Board of Control, and 
under the impression that the objects proposed by 
the said Bill might be attained without the autho- 
rity of Parliament, the promoters decided to pro- 
ceed no further with the said Bill, and therefore did 
not procure the same to be read a second time in 
the Rese within the extended period granted for 
that purpose; that in the course of the negociations 
which have since been carried on between the pro- 
moters of the said Bill, the East India Company 
and the Board of Control, it has recently become 
apparent that the objects in view cannot be effected 
without the sanction of Parliament, and the pro- 
moters, with the concurrence of the East India 
Company and Board of Control, are therefore de- 
sirous of proceeding with the said Bill; and pray- 
ing that the Standing Order of the House which 
requires that there shall be a period of not less than 
three clear days nor more than ten between the First 
and Second Reading of any Private Bill may be 
dispensed with in the case of the aforesaid Bill, and 
that the same may be allowed to proceed, or that 
such other Order may be made in the premises as 
to the House sha!l seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Motion being made, That the Sewers Acts 
Amendment Bill be now read the first time ; 

Mr. Speaker stated, That he had read the Bill, 
and found that there were several provisions in it 
relating to the collection of tolls, which infringed on 


| the privileges of this House. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the first time upon 
this day three months. 


Peninsula 
Railway Com. 
pany Bill, 


Sewers Acts 


Amendment 


Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sewers Acts 
for farther amending the Laws relating to Sewers : Amendment 


And that Mr. Moody and Sir Alexander Hood do %**? vans 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Mr. Wrightson reported the Surrey and Sussex Surrey and 


Roads (Amendment of Act and Alteration of Tolls) 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Moody presented a Bill for further amending 
the Laws relating to Sewers: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 13th day of this instant 
June ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants, House- 
holders and Owners of property in the New North 
Road, Hoxton, and its vicinity, against the New 
North Road (Continuation) Bill, which was deposited 
in the Private Bill Office upon the 15th day of May 
last, be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee to enter- 
tain the same, notwithstanding it was not deposited 
in the Private Bill Office within seven clear days a 

e 


Sussex Roads 
(Amendment 
of Act and 
Alteration of 
Tolls) Bill. 


Sewers Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No, 338. 


New North 
Road (Con- 
tinuation) 
Bill. 





French 
Claims. 


Trish 
Steamers. 
No. 339. 


Children in 


Workhouses. 


No. 340. 


Spanish Tariff, 


No, 341. 


Trish Poor. 
No. 342. 


New South 
Wales. 


No. 343. 
Savings 
Banks. 

No, 344. 
Post-office. 

No. 345. 


(land. 


No. 346. 


Commissariat 


Chest. 

No. 347 , 
Criminal 
Offenders. 
Criminal 


Offenders 
(Scotland.) 


Message from 


the Lords, 


Tay Naviga- 
tion and Perth 
sate Acts 

ndment 
Bill, 


Ransonmoor 


12 Vicroriz. 


the Second Reading of the Bill, by reason of the 
illness of the Member to whom it was intrusted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all unsettled Demands on the Funds 
provided by the Government of France for the li- 
quidating the Claims of British Subjects, and of the 
Balance which remains unappropriated to the Li- 
quidation of such Claims, including Interest there- 
on ; together with — of Treasury Minutes re- 
lating to the Surplus Fund arising out of the Trea- 
ties and Conventions of 1814, 1815 and 1818, be- 
tween his late Britannic Majesty and the King of 
France (in continuation of the Returns already 
printed by Order of the House of Commons of the 
26th day of March 1830, 3d day of March 1834, 
and the 22d day of July 1840). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Irish Steam- 
ers, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Children in 
Workhouses, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Spanish 
Tariff, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jrish Poor, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relatiye to New South 
Wales, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- 
office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative toSpirits (Zre- 
land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Com- 
missariat Chest, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Tables, showing the Number of 
Criminal Offenders, in the year 1848. 

Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1848 ; 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, 
in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with altera- 
tions and additions ordered and required by one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, in 
virtue of the powers therein contained. 

Ordered, } hat the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and equalize 
the Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Har- 
bour of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an 
additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes 
in relation thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the 


rine Twelfth year of the reign of King George the Third, 


Amendment 


(to amend and 


‘owers, to 
annex other 


Lands, to bor- 


Tow Money, 
and to levy 
Rates or 

Taxes) Bill. 


Act for embanking, draining and preserving certain Fen 


Lands, and Low Grounds in the Parish of Ramsey, 
in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parishes of 
Doddington, March, Benwick, Wimblington and 
Chatteris, within the Isle of Ely and County of 
Cambridge, so far as relates to the Lower or Fifth 


a ard to annex other Lands thereto: And 
also, 


5° Juni. 





Vou, 104, 








359 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, - Kisheabiy 
Act for enlarging, improving and maintaining the ~4™?0ur, 
Harbour of Kirkcaldy. in the County of Fife; for hae 
regulating the Petty Customs of the Burgh of Kirk- Customs Bill. 
caldy ; and for other Purposes relating to the said 
Harbour and Burgh, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Tale desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dean and 
for confirming two several Indentures of Lease, dated Chapter of 
respectively the twenty-sixth day of June One Sanerbuty’s 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, respectively Estate Bill. 
granted by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
and Metropolitan Church of Christ, Canterbury, 
and Henry Penton, to Thomas Clutton, of Heredita- 
ments situate at Walworth, in the Parish of Saint 
Mary, Newington, in the County of Surrey, and for 
settling the Boundaries of the Hereditaments thereby 
intended to be demised ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl Grey to attend army and 
and give Evidence before the Select Committee ap- _—— 
pointed by this House on Army and Ordnance Ex- ~*~?" 
penditure :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Or- Navigation 
der,—A Return of all Petitions presented during Laws. 
this Session in favour of the proposed Bill for the 
Amendment of the Navigation Laws, specifying the 
name of each place or district from whence such 
Petition came, with the number of signatures ap- 
pended to each :—Also, a similar Return of all Pe- 
titions against the said Bill, or any alteration .in the 
existing Laws. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- potieg of 
mand,—Further Papers relating tothe Aid afforded Distress 
to the distressed Unions in the West of Ireland (in (eland.) 
continuation of Papers presented 8th May 1849). 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Orders,— Sugar, 
Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of February Molasses, &amp;c. 
last, for an Account of the Imports into the United 
Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, and 
Cocoa from the West Indies and British Guiana, 
for the years 1831 to 1847, (148), both inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from each 
Colony in each year (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 360, of Session 1848) :—Simi- 
lar Return of [mports from the Mauritius, and the 
British Possessions in India :—Also, the Quantities 
of Foreign Sugar imported, stating the places from 
whence, and the Quantities from each place or 
country. 

Returns of the Amount of the Debt of Zreland Public Debt 
at the Union:—Of the Number and Amount of (Ireland.) 
Loans contracted on Account of Jreland from the 
period of the Union until the Exchequer of Ireland 
was united with that of Great Britain, in the year 
1817:—Of the Amount (if any) which has been 
paid off, out of the Jrish Revenue, of the Irish Debt 
due at the Union, and of the Irish Debt which 
accrued afterwards, down to the Union of the Zrish 
and British Exchequers :—Of the Amount (if any) 
of the said Debts which has been paid from the 
Consolidated Fund since the Union until the year 
1817 :—Of the Total Amount of Funded and Un- 
funded Jrish Debt, including floatmg Exchequer 
Bills, which was funded in England from the date 
of the Union until the Union of the two Exchequers 
in 1817:—Of the Amount of Loans contracted on 
account of Jreland from the Union of the two Ex- 
chequers in 1817 to the 5th day of January 1849: 

—Of the Amount (if any) of such Loans as has 
been repaid, distinguishing the Amounts paid (if 
any) out of the Consolidated Revenue, and (if any) 
out of the Revenue levied in Jreland:—Of the 
Gross Revenue levied in Jreland each year, from the 
5th day of January 1818 to the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing the Expense of collection, and 
the other Payments out of the Jrish Revenue in its 
way to the Exchequer:—Of the Total Gross Ex- 

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360 5°—6° Juniz. 


penditure of Ireland for each year, from the 5th day 
of January 1818 to the 5th day of January 1849, 
distinguishing the Amounts (if any) of eens 
of Loans, of reducing the Jrish Debt funded in 
England or transferred to Ireland, the Civil, Military, 
Naval, and Constabulary Expenditures and Interest 
paid on Irish Debt funded in England, or trans- 
ferred to Ireland, and which have been each year 
paid out of the Consolidated Revenue, and out of 
the Revenues collected in Ireland :—Of the Amount 
(if any) which has been redeemed of the Jrish Debt 
from the date of Union to the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing payments out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund and out of the Revenue levied in Jre- 
land :—Of the Total Amount which remains Unre- 
deemed of the Jrish Debt funded in England from 
the Union to the 5th day of January 1849 :—Of 
the Amount of Irish Debt funded in England on 
the 5th day of January 1849, and Amount of In- 
terest payable thereon out of the Consolidated Fund : 
—And, of the Amount of Jrish Debt funded in Jre- 
land on the 5th day of January 1849, and the sources 
from which the Interest due thereon is paid. 

A Return of all Sums of Money either granted 
or advanced from the Exchequer of the United 
Kingdom, on account of the Distress and Famine, 
or in aid of the administration of the Poor Law in 
Ireland, during the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, 
with the Amount of Repayments, to as late a period 
as can be furnished. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Elective A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

Franchise, &amp;. nosed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the National Representation, by extending 
the Elective Franchise so as to include all house- 
holders, by enacting that votes shall be taken by 
ballot, that the duration of Parliaments shall not 
exceed three years, and that the apportionment of 
Representatives be rendered more equal to the 
Population ; 


Distress, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 6° die Junii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 

p Mr. Hume, 82 
bo r, Henry Berkeley : } 

: Mr. Jufnell, 

Tellers for the Noes, Tord a, Hill: 268. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Public Health The Select Committee on the Public Health (Scot- 
— land) Bill was nominated of The Lord Advocate, 
os Mr. Henley, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. M‘Gregor, Mr. 
Loch, Viscount Drumlanrig, Colonel Mure, Mr. 

Archibald Hastie, Mr. Oswald, Mr. M‘Neill, Sir 

John Hope, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Stuart Wort- 

ley, Sir Henry Davie, and Mr. Alexander Matheson. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Police of Ordered, ‘That the Police of Towns (Scotland) 


‘Towns (Scot- : - j 
land) Bill Bill be referred to the same Committee. 


Silver Coinage The Silver Coinage Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Supply ; Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow: 


Superanaua- 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
one, hundred and ten thousand one hundred and seven- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of ng NO Allowances and 
Compensations to Persons formerly employed in 
the Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1850. 








A. 1849. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Toulonese ana 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Corsican Emi. 
Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to 8°", &amp;c. 
the 31st day of March 1850, to Toulonese and 
Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 

American Loyalists, and others who have hereto- 
fore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two vaccine Kets. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to blishment, 
defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Es- 
tablishment, for the year 1849. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Refuge fur the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Destitute. 
wards the support of the Refuge for the Destitute, 
in the year 1849. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Polish 
thousand nine hundred and ninety pounds, be Refugees, &amp;. 
granted to Her Majesty, for payment of the Sub- 
sistence of the Polish Refugees, and Allowances 
to Distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Miscellaneous 
thousand four hundred and twenty-three pounds, Allowances, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1850, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Re- 
venue, &amp;c., for which no permanent provision has 
been made by Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Foundling 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to oe 
defray the Expense of the Founding Hospital, Dub- tea. 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve House of 
thousand and ninety-three pounds, be granted to ed 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of . ) 
the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Female 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- ae House 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan —- 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmoreland 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Lock Hospital 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the (Publin.) 
Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Lying-in 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Cpeblin 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hos-* " - 
pital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Dr. Stevens’ 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her (Datla) 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor V™™™ 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1850. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three House of 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her (pebliny ae. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the ‘ ’ 
House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, 

Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Hospital for _ 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- —, 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for OM) 
Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
seven thousand one hundred and eighty-three arene 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Ureland.) 
Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding and Pro- 
testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
thousand and ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Allowances. 
Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1850, eee 
Charitable Allowances charged on the Concordatum 
Fund in Jreland,and other Allowances and Bounties. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- General Board 
teen thousand six hundred and fifty-two pounds, be of Health. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the taeenes of 
the General Board of Health, to the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

























































18. Resolved, 





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Central Board 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

of Health thousand four hundred and forty-seven pounds, 

(Dublin.) be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Incidental Expenses of the Central Board of 
Health in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1850. 

Works of 19. Resolved, That a Sum, notexceeding Eighteen 

Navigation thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

— ws" defray, to the 31st day of March 1850, one moiety 

({reland.) of the Cost of certain Works of Navigation con- 
nected with Drainage in Jreland. 

British 20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 

eh hundred and thirty-eight pounds, be granted to Her 

— , ry to defray, in the year 1849-50, the Charge 
of Works and Repairs to the British Ambassador’s 
House at Paris. 

British 21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 

susbesseden’s thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 

mete wards defraying, in the year 1849, the Expense of 
Re-building the British Ambassador’s House at 
Constantinople. 

Militia and 22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six- 

Volunteers teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 

— t% defray, in the year 1849-50, the Expense of 
Militia and Volunteers in Canada. 

Lighthouses, 23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 

Abroad, &amp;¢. thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Cost of erecting and main- 
taining certain Lighthouses Abroad; also of the 
Establishment at Sable Island, for the Relief of 
Shipwrecked Persons. 

Lybster 24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Harbour. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1849, the Expense of 
repairing the Rohow at Lybster, as a Place of 
Refuge for Fishing Boats on the East Coast of 
Scotland. 

Commissariat 25, Resolved, ThataSum, not exceeding Fourhun- 

Department. dred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1850. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
three thousand eight hundred and_ seventy-two 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Half Pay, Pensionsand Allowances in 
the Commissariat Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1850. 

The first twenty-one Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

The twenty-second Resolution, being read a 
second time, was postponed. 

The subsequent Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
postponed, be taken into further consideration upon 
Thursday the 14th day of this instant June. 

aarp Ordered, That the Attachments, Courts of Re- 
cord (Ireland) cord (Zreland) Bill, as amended, be printed. 

ill. 

No, 348, 
Registrar of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Court’ Copies of the Report of the Committee or Com- 
Calcutta, missioners appointed in Jndia to investigate the 


recent Defalcations of Sir Thomas Turton, the Re- 
gistrar of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, together 
with a Copy of any Letter or Letters addressed to 
the President of the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of Jndia, either by the Judges of the 
Supreme Court of Calcutéa, or 4 Sir Thomas Tur- 
ton, relating to the said Report :—Also, of all Cor- 
respondence that has passed between the Court of 
Directors of the Eust India Company and the 
Bengal Government on the Subject of taking larger 
Security from the Registrar, or with Reference to 
these Defalcations. 


VoL. 104. 





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Suni. 361 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rebellion 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Losses 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, (©""*4*) 
the Appendix to the First Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed to inquire into the Losses oc- 
casioned by the troubles in Canada, during the 
years 1337 and 1838, and into the Damages arising 
therefrom, containing a List of the Names of the 
said Claimants, referred to in a Marginal Note of 
the Papers (page 43), relative to the Rebellion 
Losses in Canada, ordered by the House of Com- 
mons to be printed, 2d May 1849, Sessional Paper, 
No. 253. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend Municipal 
an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corpora- Corporations 
tions in Zreland : And the same was read the first “el Bill 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon No. 349. 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before One of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Mercurii, 6° die Junii ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 








PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That Colonel Lowther have leave Leave of 
of Absence for a week, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That Colonel Lowther be discharged Opposed 
from any further attendance on the Committee on faune ry 
Group 19, of Opposed Private Bills. _— 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Lancashire 
Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and Norti: *®4 Yorkshire 
Western Railway Companies (Transfer of Interest a a 
to the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Western Rail- 
Dock, and regulating Management of the Undertak- a (Trenate 
ing) (re-committed) Bill; That they had made other ¢¢ Tntorest in 
Amendments thereunte. the Preston 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tabl 


e; and Wyre 
and be printed. Railway, Har- 


bour and Dock, 
and regulating Management 
of the Undertaking) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Renfrewshire 
Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Courts (re-committed) . ustice of 
Bill; That they had made other Amendments there- Bill Courts 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 4th day of this instant — 
June; and had directed him to make a Report _ 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- James's _ 
solve the Marriage of John James with his now Piveree Bill 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wisbech, 
the Report on the Wisbech, Chatteris, Tid Gote and Chatteris, 
Downham Bridge Turnpike (Continuation of Act, = Gote and 
: os : r ownham 
Alteration of Provisions relating to Repair of Wal- Bridge ‘Turn- 
dersey and South Side Banks, Abandonment as to pike (Continu- 


3A Turnpike 








































ation of Act, Turnpike of Road over same, Construction of new | 


Alteration of 
Provisions 
relating to 
Repair of 
Waldersey and 
South Side 


$62 


Turnpike-road) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Banks, Abandonment as to Turn- 
pike of Road over same, Construc~ 
tion of new Turnpike-road) Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment and De- 
viation (Con- 
necting Lines 
in Preston and 
Walton-le- 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


British 
Museum. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


rand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Act. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on Group 
8, of Railway Bills; That in the case of the East 
Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment and Deviation 
(Connecting Lines in Preston and Walton-le- Dale, 
&amp;e.) Bill, they had amended the preamble of 
the Bill, by striking out so much thereof as relates 
to the making of a Branch Railway to Padiham ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone tlirough the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Dublin Im- 
provement (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, as Notices of the intended 
application to Parliament have not been published 
in the Dublin Gazette, nor in any Newspaper pub- 
lished in the City of Dublin. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—A Re- 
turn of the Total Amount expended on the New 
Buildings and Fittings of the British Museum, 
from the commencement of the re-building in the 
year 1823 until the present time ; also, an Estimate 
of any further Amount which may be required for 
completing the Buildings and Fittings (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 198, of Session 
1847.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Tabie. 


Petitions from the Faversham Farmers’ Club( Presi- 
dent) ;—Kemsing ;—Ightham;—Linton ;--Hadlow ; 
—Northfleet ;— Chiddingstone ; —Chalk ;—Chisle- 
hurst ; — Addington (Kent) ;— Shorne ; — Seal ;— 
Langley (Kent) ;— West Peckham (Kent) ;—Stone ; 
— Nettleshead ;— Marden ;— Kast Sutton ;—King- 
down ;— Lewisham ;—East Peckham (Kent) ;—Sut- 
ton Valence ;— Halstead ;—Trotterscliffe; —Shore- 
ham ;—Cowden ;— Chelsfield;— Bredhurst ;—Maid- 
stone ;— Erith ;—Chevening ;—Farnboro’ ;—Leigh 
(Kent);— Burham ; — Leeds (Kent); — Boughton 
Monchelsea ;— Yalding ; — Otford ;—Bromley ;— 
Penshurst ;—Cudham ;— Eltham ;—East Malling ; 
—Ryarsh ; —Darenth ; — Horsmonden; — Staple- 
hurst ; — Headcorn; —Chart Sutton; —Watering- 
bury ;—East Farleigh ;— Orpington ;—Birling ;— 
Aylesford ;— West Furleigh;—Broomfield;— Down; 
—Hollingbourn ;—Barming ;—Mereworth ;—Nur- 
stead and Ifield;—and, Saint Mary and Saint 
Paul's Cray; complaining of the distress existing 
among persons engaged in Agriculture, and praying 
for measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Bilston, in the county of Stafford, praying that 
the annual duty on Certificates of Attornies, Solici- 
tors and Proctors may be wholly repealed, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the County of Limerick ;—and, 
Limerick Union; praying for amendment of the 
Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


6° Junizz. 








A, 1849. 





Petitions from Kettering Poor Law Union ;—A/- Poor Law 
cester Poor Law Union ;—Vorthampton Poor Law o&gt; 


Union ;— Prescot Poor Law Union ;—Helbeach Poor 
Law Union ;—Spalding Poor Law Union ;—South 
Shields Poor Law Union ;—Preston Poor Law Union; 
— Hardingstone Poor Law Union;—and, Aston Poor 
Law Union; stating that the Petitionershave long felt 
the evils of the present defective system of Poor Law 
Medical Relief, and are now suffering under additional 
oppressions, through certain powers given in the 
Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, and 
praying that such grievances may be redressed in ac- 
cordance with the principles of justice,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westbourne Union ; — Medway Poor Law 
Union ;—Seven Oaks Union ;—Lewisham Union ;— Officers, 


Eltham Union; — East Bourne Union ;— Eastry 
Union ;—and, Huntingdon Union; praying the 
House to pass an Act, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund for members 
of their body,— were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector and Inhabitants of Fal- Promiscuous 
mouth, in the county of Cornwall, praying that mea- Intercourse. 


sures may be adopted for the punishment of all per- 
sons guilty of trading in seduction and prostitution, 
and for the better protection of virtuous women, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other Small Debts 
Inhabitants of the — of Lewes, praying for the Act. 
| 


amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the county courts, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the First Report, re- Entailed 
lative to Entailed Estates, which was communicated Estates. 


from the Lords upon the 22d day of May last, be 
printed. 


No. 350. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Sugar, Sugar, 
Molasses, &amp;c. which was presented yesterday, be Molasses, &amp;. 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Distress, 
&amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


No. 351. 


Distress, &amp;c. 
(Treland.) 


No, 352. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 


their Address of the 5th day of this instant June 
(That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the Paper therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 


Address. 


Rebellion 


Her Majesty,—The Appendix to the First Report of Losses 


the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
Losses occasioned by the troubles in Canada, during 
the years 1837 and 1838, and intothe Damagesarising 
therefrom, containing a List of the Names of the said 
Claimants, referred to in a marginal] note of the 
papers (page 43), relative to the Rebellion Losses in 
Cunada, ordered by the House of Commons to be 
printed, 2d May 1849, Sessional Paper, No, 253. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bankrupt and Insolvent Members 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And 


anada. ) 
No. 353. 


. 


Bankrupt 
and Insolvent 
Members Bill 





Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


No. 354. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 





12 Vicrori2z. 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Moffatt 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mt. a 98 . } 55. 
JS Sir William Clay, \ ,. 
Tellers for the Noes, L Mr. John Stuart: J 4° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bribery at Elections 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Speak- 
er resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, 
That the Comn:ittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednes- 
day next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 19th day of April last, That the Bill to en- 
able Persons who refuse on Religious Grounds to 
be sworn, to substitute an Affirmation for an Oath, 
be now read the third time :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Main Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Page Wood, } 73 
Yeas, \ Mr. Aglionby: : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Law, l 51 
Noes, { Mr. Alderman Sidney: J °** 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Page Wood, Lay 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby: ioe 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Law, 73 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Sidney : . 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Page Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Attornies and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
—: That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Ameniments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now’’ stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Noes to the old Lobby ; 
The Yeas to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Aglionby, 2 80 
Yeas, Mr. Granger : jn 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grenville Berkeley, } 55 
Noes, Mr. Turner: ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 104. 


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363 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: — The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
— for Wednesday the 20th day of this instant 

une. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Tenants at 
into consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Relief Rack-rent 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- Belief Bill. 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Courts of Re- 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- ay (Ireland 
ments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill, be re-com-  ~* 
mitted; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Highways (Annual Returns) Bill, was accord- Highways 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to (Annual __ 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. Returns) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Smoke Prohi- 
Reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill; bition Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Mackinnon, l 22 


Yeas, \ Mr. Octavius Duncombe : ; 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Humphrey Willyams, \ 37 
Noes, Mr. Thornely : Yong 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whvle 
House for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheep-stealers 
into a Committee upon the Sheep-stealers (Zreland) (Heland) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Silver Coinage 
into a Committee upon the Silver Coinage Bill; and, Bill- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Duration of 
nesday the 27th day of thisinstant June, the Dura- Parliaments 
tion of Parliaments Bill, was read, and discharged. ~~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of July next. 








3A 2 Ordered, 











Weymouth 
Unior. 


Mines and 


Collieries Bill. 


Chapels of 


Ease (Ireland) 


Bill. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Canterbury’s 
Walworth 
Estate Bill. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Chapels of 


Ease (Ireland) ment of Cha 


Bill. 


No. 355. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland) 
(Tenth Re- 
port.) 

No. 356. 





to the Petition of John C 
the County of Dorset, complaining of the improper | 

admission of an aged pauper into the Workhouse of | PRAYERS. 
the Weymouth Union :—Also, Copies of Letters 
from the Clerk of the Weymouth Union to the Poor 
Law Board, dated the 8th day of November 1848, ’ 
stating the circumstances under which Dake William | Mr. Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
Beale became an inmate of that Workhouse; from 
the Poor Law Board to the Clerk of the Weymouth 
Union, dated the 16th day of November 1848 ; and 
from the Clerk of the Weymouth Union to the Poor 
Law Board, dated the 24th day of November 1848. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the better Ventilation of Mines and 
Collieries, for the Protection of the Lives of the Per- 
sons employed in and about the same, and to make 
other Provisions relating thereto: And that Mr. 
Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Aglionby 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to encourage Endowment of Chapels of Ease and 
facilitate Assignment of Pastoral Districts thereto : 
And that Mr. Mapier and Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it iu. 


The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury’s Walworth 
Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships 
a Copy of the Reports and Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
this House, in the present Session of Parliament, on 
the Jrish Poor Laws, subsequent to the last Report 
and Evidence delivered. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
ports be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Baines do deliver 


Ordered, Thata Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Fourth Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships on the Irish Poor Laws: 
do carry the said Message. 


And that Mr. Mon- 


Mr. Napier presented a Bill to encourage Endow- 
pels of Ease, and facilitate Assignment 
of Pastoral Districts thereto: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Colonel Dunne reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Jrish Poor Laws; and who were 
empowered to report their Opinion thereupon, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time, to the House ; ‘That 
they had further considered the matter to them re- 
ferred ; and directed him to report the Minutes of | Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;| Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





6°—7°—8° Junie. A. 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | ' ” 
Cépy of Report of the Poor Law Inspector, relative | Jovis, 7° die Junit ; 


; | 
re, Magistrate of Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


HE House met, and being counted by Mr. Adjournment, 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members 
‘were not present, yet it being Four of the clock, 


House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
|The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
/a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 8° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That the Committee on Group Opposed 
7, of Opposed Private Bills, have leave to sit Fxivate Bills 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting ‘ re 


of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 8, of Railway Bills 
Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (Group 8.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standiag Orders, several Resolu- O'ders; 
tions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Indian Great Indian 
Peninsula Company Petition, for dispensing with ae 
the Standing Order limiting the time between the Company Bill 
First and Second Reading of the Bill, the said Stand- 
ing Order ought to be dispensed with; that the 
time for the Second Reading be extended to Friday 
next, the 15th instant. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin Dublin 
Improvement (No. 2.) Petition, the Standing Orders nreewnee 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties X® 
he permitted to proceed with their Bill, on insert- 
ing the notices once in the Dublin Gazette, and 
for two successive weeks in some one and the 
same newspaper published in Dublin; that the 
Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first 
place, how far such Order has been complied with, 
and do report the same to the House on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 5th and 6th days i‘) 
of this instant June; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select Marriage 
Committee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, to — 
whom several Petitions, and also the Report of the N 358 
Select Committee on the Law of Marriage in Scot- “°°? 
land of the present Session, were referred; That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
| ments thereunto. 





Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 


| 


| Mr. Mullings reported from the Select Com- Life Policies 
| mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance Bill; That of Assurance 
they had gone through the Bill, aud made Amend- ‘We. 359. 
| ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


| Mr. 


j 
| 














12 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group 19, of Opposed Private Bills ; That in the case 
of the Flimweli Vent to Hastings Turnpike-road 
Bill, they had heard counsel in favour of several 
Petitions against the Bill, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; that they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the preamble 
of the Bill; that they had amended the same, by 
omitting the recital as to how certain debts were 
incurred by the trustees, such recital being more 
fully detailed in a Clause expressly relating to such 
debts; that they found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through tie Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Flimwell Vent 
to Hastings 
Turnpike-ro' 


Lancashire Ordered, That the Report from the Committee 
and Yorkshire on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and 
oi Lame North Western Railway Companies (Transfer of 
Western Rail- Interest in the Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour 


wayCom- and Dock, and regulating Management of the 
“frome Undertaking) Bill, be considered upon Monday 


in the Preston next, provided amended Prints be delivered to the 
andWyre Rail- Door-keepers three clear days previously, and the 
Harbour P P ys p d 
vad Dock ‘ana 2mended Breviate be laid upon the Table one clear 
regulating day previously. 
Management 
of the Under- 
taking) Bill. 
Eastern Union 
and Eastern 
Counties Rail- 
way Compa- 
nies (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
and Power to 
lease, sell or 
amalgamate 
to or a the new or preference shares, was presented, and read ; 
joiiear and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 


Company) Bill. Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, praying that provision made be made in the 
Eastern Union and Eastern Counties Railway 
Companies (Amendment of Acts and Power to 
lease, sell or amalgamate to or with the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company) Bill, to enable them 


Holme Reser- 
voirs (Increase 
of Rates and 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Holme Re- 
servoirs, praying that provision may be made in the 
Amendment lolme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amend- 
of Act) ment of Act) (No. 2.) Bill, for enabling the Peti- 
(No. 2.) Bill. tioners to raise a further sum of money, and for the 
appointment of certain mortgagees of the rates and 
other property vested in them, and certain sub- 
scribers to the said Reservoirs, as Commissioners 
of the Holme Reservoirs, and for power to persons 
being females and others to vote by proxy ; and that 
the Petitioners may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, before the Committee to whom the said 
Bill may be referred, against the preamble of the 
said Bill, and the clauses thereof which affect their 
interests, and for the insertion of provisions in the 
said Bill for effecting the several objects aforesaid, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Kirkcaldy The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Docks, Ferry 


and Petty - intituled, An Act for enlarging, improving and 
Customs Bill, maintaining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, in the 
County of Fife; for regulating the Petty Customs 
of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy ; and for other Purposes 
relating to the said Harbour and Burgh ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 35. 1. 32. After “ is” insert “ or is claimed 
“ to be.” 
Pr. 35. 1. penult. After “ right” insert “ vested 
“ in the magistrates and council.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fergus do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed ta the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Hospital for An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Governors 


By Ption = of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of 
the Chest, and to authorize the Establishment of a 
Vou. 104, 


8° Junzz. 





365 


Chapel in connection with the said Hospital, and to 
enable the said Governors the better to carry on 
their Charitable Designs, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Stockton and 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for consolidating the ma 
Acts of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Com- ae - 
pany, making an Alteration in the Line of Railway, Acts, &amp;., Al- 
increasing their Capital, and purchasing the Mid- oe 
dlesbrough Dock, be now read the third time ; Bill. ) 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
niade to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Friday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be now read the third time: 

—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 





to raise a further sum of money by the creation of 


the Bill, by way of Rider (And whereas in and by 
an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh years of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for enabling the Wear Vallev Railway Com- 
pany to purchase or lease the Bishop Auckland 
and Weardale Railway, the Wear and Derwent 
Railway, the Weardale Extension Railway, and 
the Shildon Tunnel, and to raise an additional Sum 
of Money, and for other Purposes,” the Wear 
Railway Company are authorized, in the event of 
the purchase, sale or lease therein mentioned, to 
demand or receive in respect of the articles, goods 
and things therein enumerated, which shall pass or 
be conveyed through the said Shildon Tunnel, such 
toll as the Company shall appoint, not exceeding 
per ton six-pence in addition to the tolls therein- 
before authorized to be demanded and received ; 
and whereas the Company hereby incorporated have 
taken a lease of the Wear Valley Railway and other 
works, including the said Shildon Tunnel, for the 
term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years; Be 
it Enacted, That so long as any part of the said 
additional toll of six-pence per ton exceeding three- 
pence per ton shall be demanded or received for 
articles, goods or things which shall pass or be con- 
veyed through the said Shildon Tunnel, it shall not 
be lawful for the Company hereby incorporated to 
demand or receive any toll for articles, goods or 
things which shall pass or be conveyed on their 
Railway, and which shall also pass or be conveyed 
through the said Shildon Tunnel, exceeding the 
sum of one farthing per ton per mile, which shall 
include the use of carriages and engines for pro- 
pelling the carriages on the Railway, and all shipping 
charges, and all other incidental expenses) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate the several Acts re- 
lating to the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
Company, to enable the Company to alter their 
Line of Railway in the Parishes of Egglescliffe and 
Stockton-on-Tees, and to Increase their Capital, and 
to vest in them the Middlesbrough Dock. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for consolidating the Trusts of Truro Turn- 
the Truro Turnpike-roads, and the Penryn and pike-roads, 
Redruth Turnpike-roads, in the County of Corn- a 
wall; and for making a new ‘Turnpike-road from pike-roads 
Bosvigo Bridge to the Turnpike-road from Truro (Consvlidation 


to Redruth ; and for making the Road or Highway % Lr 





4 Alterations of 
348 from 





























































Ape mene 













$66 8° Junie. 


Tolls, Forma- from Ferris Town to Bosvigo Bridge a Turnpike- | 
tion of New = road; and for maintaining all such Roads, and for 
— wae Purposes, was read the third time. 
Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Lemon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sheffield and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
on the Report on the Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Ex- 
on Tinsley tension of the Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike- 
and Doneaster road to Sheffield) Bill; and the Amendments were 
cea) read, and agreed to. 
Bill, Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Birmingham An ingrossed Bill to relieve the Borough of Bir- 
ng al mingham from contributing towards the Expenses 
County Rates of erecting and maintaining a New Gaol and 
(No. 2.) Bill. Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the County of War- 
wick, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Muntz do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Binbrooke Ordered, That the Report on the Binbrooke Saint 
Saint Gabriel Gabriel and Binbrooke Saint Mary Inclosure 
and Binbrooke “e s . : , 
Saint Mary (Amendment and Extension of Acts, Alteration 
Inclosure of Awards, settling Titles to Lands, &amp;c., and de- 
(Amendment fining Parish Boundaries) Bill be taken into consi- 
and Extension A ; 

of Acts, deration upon Monday next. 


Alteration of ; 
Awards, settling Titles to Lands, &amp;e. 
and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill. 


Congleton The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Inclosure Act the Report on the Congleton Inclosure Act Amend- 
nee ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 

; agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Poor Laws Sir John Young reported from the Select Committee 
(Ireland ) on the Jrish Poor Laws, and who were empowered 
ry to report their Opinion thereupon, together with the 
No. 357, Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
: time to time, to the House; That they had further 
considered the matters to them referred, and had 
come to several Resolutions, which they had directed 
him to report to the House; and the Resolutions 

of the Committee were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Committee approve of the 
principle of fixing a Maximum Rate. 

2. Resolved, That the principle of the suggestions 
contained in the Report of the Boundary Commis- 
sioners is calculated to lead to a convenient and 
desirable re-arrangement of Unions and Electoral 
Divisions. 

3. Resolved, That in order, so far as may be, to 
guard against the evils necessarily incidental to an 
extensive system of Out-door Relief, sufficient 
Workhouse accommodation ought to be provided 
in every new Union. 

4. Resolved, That prompt and energetic measures 
should be taken to complete the Tenement Valua- 
tion, upon the principles laid down in the 9 and 10 
Vie. c. 110. 

5. Resolved, That Farms should not be liable to 
Re-valuation or increased Rating on account of any 
Drainage or the erection of Farm Buildings or other 
‘ gricultural Improvements, until Seven years after 
their completion. 

6. Resolved, That the Rents derived from 
Buildings used for charitable and other public pur- 
poses, should be declared liable to be rated. 

7. Resolved, That no greater proportion than 
one-half of the Poor Rate actually paid sha!l in any 
case be deducted from the person receiving rent in 
respect of any rateable property. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





A. 1849, 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Brompton ana 
Group 19, of Opposed Private Bills ; That the parties Earl’s Court, 
promoting the Brompton and Earls Court, ke. — 
Roads Bill had stated to the Committee, that the 
Evidence of Josiah Towne, of No. 9, Devonshire- 
square, Bishopsgate, Solicitor, and the production by 
him of all books, papers, and documents relating to 
the above Trust, were essential, in order to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that his attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the 
House, he had been instructed by the Committee to 
move the House, That the said Josiah Towne do 
attend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve of the clock, and do bring with him all 
such books, papers and documents. 

Ordered, That Mr. Josiah Towne, of No. 9, De- 
vonshire-square, Bishopsgate, Solicitor, do attend the 
said Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve of 
the clock, and bring with him all books, papers and 
documents relating to the Brompton and Earl’s 
Court Roads Trust. 


Colonel Anson presented,—Further Return to an Half Pay, &amp;e, 
Order, dated the 21st day of March last, for an (Atmy and 
Account, showing the Total Charge for Military avy+) 
and Naval Half Pay and Pensions, and Civil Su- No. 360. 
perannuation and Compensation Allowances, in the 
year 1828, andeach of the subsequent years to 
1848 inclusive, compared with the whole Expendi- 
ture (exclusive of the Charge for Debt), for the ef- 
fective Establishments and other national Expenses 
in the same years (in continuation of Appendix 1 
to the Third Report of the Finance Committee of 
1828). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The following Return, pursuant to Order, having Drainage of 
been transmitted to the Clerk, was laid upon the Lands Act. 
Table ; viz.—A Return of the Number of Applica- 
tions for Loans, with the Dates and Amount of 
each, recorded in the Inclosure Office, as applied 
for above the £.2,000,000 granted under the provi- 
sions of the Act 9 and 10 Vic.,c. 101; giving a 
separate List of the Scotch and English Applica- 


tions. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon Wednesday Museum, 
last, be printed. No. 361. 


Petitions from Blandford ;—Gueldable ;— North- Agriculture. 
allerton;— Pickhill ;—Canterbury ;—Acol ;—Leave- 
land ;— Thanington ; — Walmer; — and, Great 
Chart; complaining of the distressed state of 
Agricuiture, and praying for measures of relief,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
theTable. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Leek, in the county of Stafford, praying for the Certificates. 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke’s Frances Sarah 
Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, Barlee. 
praying that she may be relieved from the rates and 
taxes imposed upon her land, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of Wray- Charitable 
with-Bolton, and the township of Roeburndale, in Trusts Bill 
the county of Lancaster, praying that the Charitable 
Trusts Bill now under consideration may extend 
the jurisdiction of the Judges of County Couets to 
501. per annum, to all charities for educatioual pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition 


12 Vicroriz. 


Church Rates. A Petition of John Edward Henry Greves, of 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


Education. 


Established 
Church 
(Wales. ) 


Sir John 
Franklin. 


Freemen’s 
Lands, 


Friendly 
Societies Bill, 


Manor Court 
(ireland) 





Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, At- 
torney-ut-Law, complaining of proceedings against 
him for non-payment of Church Rates, and praying 
the House to make, and aid in making such altera- 
tions in the existing laws of this country as will pre- 
vent the Petitioner and all other of Her Majesty’s 
subjects from being imprisoned for past or future 
Church Rates or suits therefor, and further, that the 
laws and practices of the Ecclesiastical Courts of 
England and Wales may be revised and corrected, 
so as to enable any person to defend himself from 
illegal Church Rates at a fair and moderate cost, and 
without running the risk of being ruined thereby, 
either in the event of his success or defeat; and that 
the Ecclesiastical Courts and their proceedings may 
be more assimilated to the procedure and practice 
of the County Courts of England and Wales; and 
that until such laws be passed the Petitioner may 
be protected by the House, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lanreath and _ its 
neighbourhood, praying that the Clergy Relief Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


’ A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Street 
and Butleigh, in the county of Somerset, and the 
neighbourhood, praying that the grants for Educa- 
tion may be dispensed on the two following condi- 
tions only :—1. That sufficient legal security be ob- 
tained for the permanent application of the school 
buildings and their site to the intended purposes.— 
2. That the schools be open to Government Inspec- 
tors, appointed according to the arrangements made 
in 1840, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Aberyst- 
with and neighbourhood, in the county of Cardigan, 
praying the House to preclude the appointment of 
any — not thoroughly conversant with the 
Welsh language to ecclesiastical offices in Wales, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of John Snook, of Drury-lane, alleg- 
ing that he has discovered a plan for finding and 
rescuing Sir John Franklin, now supposed to be 
detained in the North Pole Sea; and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freemen of the city of Bath, stat- 
ing that they are informed that a Bill is about to be 
introduced into the House, to provide for the ma- 
nagement and regulation of the laws and common- 
able rights of Freemen of cities and boroughs in 
England; and praying that such Bill may pass into 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Saint Martin’s United Bro- 
thers Benefit Society, held at the Star and Garter, 
Saint Martin’s-lane, in the parish of Saint Mar- 
tin, in the county of Middlesex (President) ; 
and, Members ofa Female Friendly Society, called 
the Reform Union, and meeting at the Cobham’s 
Head, Cobham-row, in the parish of Saint James, 
Clerkenwell, and county of Middlesex ; praying that 
the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 





A Petition of John Kennedy, of Nenagh, in the 
county of Tipperary, late a Merchant, praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the mode in 
which the Manor Courts in Jreland are conducted, 


was er, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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367 


A Petition of Colliers, whose names are thereunto Mines. 
subscribed, praying the House to adopt measures for 
preventing accidents in Mines, and also that Colliers 
shall be paid for their work by weight and not by 
measure, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in 
Convention assembled, praying for amendment of © 
the Municipal Coporations (Scotland) Act, was pre- Act. 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 
orporations 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Police of 
cil of the royal burgh of Haddington, praying the innd) Bal 
House to delay the further consideration of the 
Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill till next Session of 
Parliament, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Poor Law. 
Ann, Blackfriars, in the city of London, praying the 
House to take into consideration the unequal pres- 
sure of the Poor Rate in the city of London Union, 
and pass an Act whereby all the parishes therein 
may be equitably assessed by an equal rate for the 
relief of the Poor within the said Union, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Faringdon Union ;— Wandsworth Poor Law 

Union ;— Witney Union ;— Wisbeach Union ;— Ross °° 
Union (Hereford) ; — Strand Union ( Gloucester- 
shire) ; — Stockbridge Union (two Petitions); — 
Saint Luke, Chelsea;—and, Whitby Union ; pray- 
ing that an Act may be passed during the present 
Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and In- Public Expen- 
habitants of the royal burgh of Haddington and its “™"* 
vicinity, praying the House to review the whole 
Income and Expenditure of the British Empire, 
and place the same on a satisfactory footing, by 
equalizing and modifying Taxation, abolishing all 
Pensions for which adequate service has not been 
rendered, and suppressing all offices, civil and mi- 
litary, which can be dispensed with, and thereby re- 
duce the national Expenditure, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Public Expen- 
Members and Friends of the county of Hertford diture, &amp;c. 
Reform Society, praying for a reduction of the Na- 
tional Expenditure, and for a Reform in the Repre- 
sentation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Haddington; Glasgow ;-—— Public Health 
and, Lanark; praying that the Public Health — 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 
A Petition of the President of the Royal College 
of Surgeons of Edinburgh, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 








A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Registering 
Council of the city of Glasgow, praying that the Births, &amp;e. 
‘ ; ‘ “ay (Scotland) 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not py, 
pass intoa law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and — and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the 27 ses 
House to appoint © Select Committee to consider (8) 
the whole question connected with the making and 
maintaining of Roads and Bridges in Scotland, and 
to report their Opinion whether the present mode of 
raising the funds requisite for that purpose should 
be continued, or what other should be substituted in 
3A4 its 




























































ner 





a a ne ae a ok ete Sate i is tt 
a A 





Rome. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Schools 
(Scotland. ) 


Septennial 
Act. 


Smithfield 
Market, 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Tithes, 


Universal 


Suffrage, &amp;c. 


War. 


Canada. 


Foreign 


Manufactures. 


Education. 


368 
its stead, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Wills, of Brixton, Surrey, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty that She 
will be graciously pleased to direct Her Ministers to 
acknowledge the Roman Republic, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol;—and, Kingswood ; pray- 
ing the House to prohibit the granting of any new 
licenses to Beer Shops, and to enact that those 
already granted shall be in force ouly during the 
tenure of the present holders,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Glasgow, praying the House 
to free the Parochial Schools of Scotland from all 
sectarian restrictions, and to adapt their constitution 
and government to the present wants and circum- 
stances of the country, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Six Petitions from Wakefield; praying for the 
repeal of the Septennial Act,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, praying for 
the removal of Smithfield Market, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Smithfield Market. 

A Petition of Inbabitant Householders of the 
borough of Southwark, praying the Elouse not to 
consent to the removal of Smithfield Market, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Derby, and the neighbourhood, praying for amend- 
ment of the Small Debts Act, by extending the 
jurisdiction of the County Courts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter ;—Thomas P. Phelps ;— 
Bristol ;—Ardeley ;—and, Hertfordshire; praying 
the House to take measures for preventing in future 
the sale of Tithes appropriate or vested in the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors and Non-Electors of the 
Ward of Portsoken, in the city of London, praying 
for Manhood Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Triennial 
Parliaments and Electoral Districts on a more ex- 
tended scale, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Salisbury and its vici- 
nity, praying the House to promote the formation 
between the Bridish Government and other govern- 
ments of the world respectively, of such treaties of | 
arbitration as shall bind the parties to refer all inter- 
naticnal disputes that may arise to the decision of 
arbitrators, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Affairs of 
Canada (in continuation of the Papers presented 
25th May 1849). 

. eee That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantity, or Declared Value, of | 
Foreign Manufactures imported into the United | 
Kingdom, and the Quantity re-exported, from 1840 
to 1848, inclusive; specifying the Countries to which 
they were re-exported, and the various Articles. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence which has 


8° Junie. 





A, 184y. 


taken place between the Committee of Council on 
Education and the Committee of the National So- 
ciety, upon the subject of the Management Clauses, 
subsequent to the last publication of the Minutes: 
—Of the Management Clauses, as amended :—And, 
of all Conditions which are imposed, either upon Ro- 
man Catholic Schools or Schools of Dissenting Bo- 
dies, previously to the Advance of any Sum of Money 
towards the Building of the aforesaid Schools by the 
Committee of the Privy Council on Education. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this oun as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That the Sites for Schools Bill be read Sites for 


a second time upon Monday next. 


Schools Bill, 


Ordered, That the County Cess (Ireland) Bill be County Cess 


read a second time atter the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William 
Horne: , 
Mr. Speaker, 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Chester and 


Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway 


Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for ( 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- Capital, with 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Powers to the 
London and 
North Western 

Railway Company to sub. 


House: And also, 


Holyhead 
il 


Railway 
Increase of 


scribe thereto) Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend, methodize and consolidate the Laws re- 
lating to Bankrupts, and to Arrangements between 
Debtors and their Creditors, with the concurrence 
of a certain Number thereof; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate Copies of the First and 
Second Reports from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by the House of Lords in the present Session 
of Parliament, to consider whether the Railway Acts 
do not require amendment, with a view of providing 
for a more effectual Audit of Accounts to guard 
against the application of the Funds of such Com- 
panies to purposes for which they were not sub- 
scribed under the authority of the Legislature, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Committee, and an Appendix thereto: And also, 


Bankrupt Law 
Consolidation 


Audit of Rail. 
way Accounts. 


The Lords communicate Copies of the First and Bankruptcy 


Second Reports from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by the House of Lords in the present Session 
of Parliament, to inquire into the subject of Bank- 
ruptcy and Insolvency, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before the Committee, and the 
Index thereto: And also, 


an 
vency. 


nsol- 


The Lords communicate a Copy of the Fourth Poor Law 


Report from the Select Committee appointed by the 
House of Lords in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, to inquire into the Operation of the Zrish 
Poor Law, and the expediency of making any 
amendment in its Enactments, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


(Ireland.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 


mittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the property at present rated to support the Poor 
“ in Ireland is totally inadequate for that purpose ; 
“ that in England there are sixty-seven millions of 
‘€ property rated to the Poor, the population being 
‘ about fifteen millions; whilst in Zreland there are 
“ only thirteen millions of property rated to the 
“ Poor, 


” 


(Ireland) Bill. 





oO 


rs 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Passengers 
Bill. “ 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
= — ) 

mendment 
Bill. 


paattels 
‘artition and 
Sale Bill. 





12 Vicroriz. 


“* Poor, with a (much poorer) population of about | 


“ eight millions ; showing nearly three times more 
“cc 


| 


property in England per head to support the Poor | 
than in Jreland ; that, therefore, it is necessary to | 
consider whether other means for support of the 
Poor of Ireland ought not to be provided, in order 
to remove the extreme pressure which is now 
crushing down the rate-payers in that country, and 
checking the energies of all employers and capi- 
talists,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: p= 
Tellers for the (Sir Henry Winston anit 
Noes, Colonel Dunne: 30. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 


. the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 
Preamble postponed. 


CrauseE No 1, (Yearly limit of Poor Rate to Five 
Shillings in the pound on Electoral Divisions), 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ho a . } 31. 

‘ t Mr. Tufnell, 1 

Tellers for the Noes, pee a Hilt :J 
Clause further considered. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 9° die Junii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, ‘hat 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this Housewill, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for regulating the Carriage of Passengers 
in Merchant Vessels was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) Amend- 
ment Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Chattels Partition and 
Sale Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 


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Vou. 104. 


369 


the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Attornies and 
take into consideration the Attornies and Solicitors Solicitors 
(Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (ocean) 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways 
into a Committee upon the Highways (Annual Re- (Annual 
turns) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Returns) Bil. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mitte of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sheep-stealers 
take into consideration the Sheep-stealers (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Silver Coinage 
take into consideration the Silver Coinage Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill was, accord- Chapels of 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Lay (Ireland) 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The County Cess (Jreland) Bill was, according County Cess 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Stock in Trade 
to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from Lia- Bill. - 
bility to be rated as such in respect of Stock in 
Trade or other Property to the Relief of the Poor : 
And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
for further continuing certain Temporary Provisions Jurisdiction 
concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in England: ~ 
And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Loan Societies 
to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to™ 
Loan Societies : And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Bankrupt and 
a Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Bank- — Bill. 
rupt and Insolvent Members Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 27th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Kilrush Union. 
Copy of all Reports addressed to the Poor Law 
3B 


Commissioners 




































































370 §°—G°— 


Commissioners in Jreland, relative to Evictions and 
the Levelling of Houses in the Union of Kilrush. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the prin- 
cipal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- 
dize, and of the Consumption of such Articles, in 
the month ended 5th May 1849, and in the Four 
months ended 5th May 1849, compared with the 
Imports and Consumption in the correspording pe- 
riods of the year 1848 :—And, an Account of the Ex- 
ports of the principal Articles of Foreign and Colo- 
nial Merchandize, in the month ended 5th May 
1849, and in the Four months ended 5th May 1849, 
compared with the Exports in the corresponding 
periods of the year 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Stockin Trade Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 
Bill. the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be 


Nv, 362. rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other 
Property, to the Relief of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Ecclesiastical Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for further 

Jurisdiction ¢ontinuing certain Temporary Provisions concern- 

—_ ing Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And 
No. 363. . 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Loan Societies Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to conti- 
Bill. nue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan So- 
No. 364, cieties: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next; and to be printed. 


Dublin, Ash- Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 

bourne, Slane on Group 20, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the 

a case of the Dublin, Ashbourne, Slane and Drogheda 

Continuation Roads Act Continuation and Amendment Bill; 

and Amend- they had examined the allegations contained in the 

ment Bill. preamble of the Bill; and had amended the same, 

by striking out the foilowing words in the 8th, 9th 

and 10th lines of the last paragraph; “ and that 

‘* other provisions should be made for maintaining 

“ and repairing that portion of the said roads which 

* jies within the borough of Drogheda, and also the 

““ Deans Roads before described ;” and had found 

the allegations, as amended, to be true; and had 

gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


- 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Fourth Report 
relative to Poor Laws (Jreland), which was com- 
municated from the Lords this day, be printed. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 365. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 

journed till Monday next. 


Luna, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
Opposed ( RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
Private Bills 7, of Opposed Private Bills, have leave to sit 
(Group 7.) this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Weymouth Mr. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was 
Union. ealled in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order,—Copy of Report of the Poor Law In- 
spector relative to the Petition of John Cree, Es- 
quire, Magistrate of the County of Dorset, com- 
ylaining of the improper admission of an aged | 
Paper into the Workhouse of the Weymouth Union : 





11° Juniz. A. 1849, 


| —Also, Copies of Letters from the Clerk of the 
| Weymouth Union to the Poor Law Board, dated the 
| 8th day of November 1848, stating the circumstances 
|under which Duke William Beale became an In- 
mate of that Workhouse; from the Poor Law 
Board to the Clerk of the Weymouth Union, dated 
the 16th day of November 1848 ; and from the 
Clerk of the Weymouth Union to the Poor Law 
Board, dated the 24th day of November 1848 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


certain Sums which appear as unaccounted for 
under the head of Parliamentary Expenses, in the 
Report which was recently published by a Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the Management 
of the Affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company, have power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 


Mr. Charteris reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; ‘That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them ; and the Report 
of the Committee was read, as followeth ; 


Your Committee Report That, in accordance with 
their Instructions, they have inquired into the ex- 
penditure of certain Sums, amounting to about 
£.7,600, which appear under the head of Parlia- 
mentary Expenses in the printed “ Report of the 
Committee of Investigation to the Shareholders of 
the Eastern Counties Railway Company,” a copy 
of which will be found appended to this Report. 
Your Committee have likewise made inquiries with 
regard to certain expressions in the Appendix to 
that Report, which have given rise to rumours in- 
juriously affecting the character of Parliament. 
With regard to these expressions, Your Committee 
are unable to state positively whether they were 
or were not used by the person to whom they are 
imputed, the evidence upon this point being con- 
flicting and unsatisfactory ; but they feel satisfied, 
that no portion whatever of the money in question 
has beenexpended, directly or indirectly, in corruptly 
influencing Members of Parliament. 


Indeed, from what has transpired in the course 
of this Investigation, it may be fairly questioned 
whether this expenditure has been properly classed 
under the head of “ Parliamentary Expenses,” as 
it appears to have been incurred by a self-appointed 
body, called the Sise-lane Committee, under the 
following circumstances : 


In 1845 three competing lines were before Par- 
liament; viz. the Zondon and York, the Direct 
Northern, and a continuation of the Eastern Coun- 
ties from Cambridge to York. ‘The Board of Trade 
reported in favour of a line compounded of a portion 
of the Eastern Counties scheme and a portion of 
the Direct Northern; the cost of which, as stated 
by Mr. Duncan, was estimated at 4,000,0002. ; 
while that of the London and York was calculated 
at 8,000,000/. 


| This Report was dated 20th March 1845. The 
Committee of the House of Commons, to whom 
these competing Lines were submitted, after sitting 
80 days, decided in favour of the London and York, 
but as the Bill could not go through the Lords, 
' owing to the advanced period of the Session, Re- 

' solutions were passed in Parliament, enabling the 

| Bill to be proceeded with in the Upper House in 

| the ensuing Session. 

In the interval, Mr. Hudson joined the Eastern 
Counties Direction ; and at a public meeting of the 
Eastern Counties Shareholders, held on the 30th 
or 











Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Eastern Coun. 
to inquire into and report upon the Expenditure of ties Railway 


ompany, 
No. 366, 





n- 


Mr. Dawes was 


summoned, 


but could not 
be found at the 


time Com. 
mittee were 
Prepared to 
receive his 
Evidence. 


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11° Junzz. 





371 


or 3ist of October, after pointing out the evils at- -7,6002.; lest further inquiry, and “ the giving of 


tending this contest between the two Companies, | 
and the saving of capital that might be effected by | 
an amicable arrangement between them, invited | 
the London and York Shareholders, by a public 
announcement made at the meeting, to come into | 
the Eastern Counties Line, and exchange their | 
London and York for Eastern Counties Shares. | 
This invitation was not accepted, although Mr. | 
Duncan, Solicitor to the Eastern Counties Railway, | 
addressed, through the press, to the London and | 
York Shareholders, four Letters, signed “ One of| 
Yourselves,” calling upon them to accede to the 
Eastern Counties proposition. ‘These letters having 
failed to produce the effect desired, in April 1846, 
Mr. La’ Mert, who describes himself as “ a specu- 
lator in shares, and a medical man,” and who was 
a considerable Shareholder in both Companies, 
called upon Mr. Duncan, and expressed an opinion 
that it would be highly desirable to form a com- 
mittee of London and York Shareholders, and by 
advertisement to invite Shareholders to join in the 
movement for an amalgamation of the two Com- 
panies. Mr. Duxcan, approving of this scheme, a 
Committee was formed, of which Mr. Za’ Mert be- 
came Chairman; in that capacity he appointed Mr. 
Philipps, of Sise-lane (his private solicitor), to be 
Solicitor to the Committee, and afterwards induced 
Messrs. Cash, Shepperson, Huxley, Field and Jones 
to join him. This was the origin of the Sise-lane 
Committee. 


particulars” should have tended to “ implicate other 
parties,” those parties being none other than the 
originators and members of the Sise-/ane Com- 
mittee. 


In conclusion, Your Committee feel bound to ex- 
press their belief, that if Mr. Cash, Chairman of 
the Committee of Investigation, and the only mem- 
ber of that Committee who had also been a member 
of the Sise-lane Committee, had thought proper to 
state, at the time of the Shareholders’ investigation, 
all he knew with regard to the Sise-lane Committee, 
and the expenses attending it, this expenditure of 
7,600/. would not have given rise to rumours ren- 
dering an inquiry necessary for the vindication of 
the honour of the House of Commons. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on Group Lancaster and 
8, of Railway Bills ; That in the case of the Zancas- Preston June- 
ter and Preston Junction Railway Acts Amendment 4°? ane 

1 3 ‘ cts Amend- 
(Powers to alter Tolls, and for Appointment of Of- ment (Powers 


ficers) Bill, they had examined the allegations of to alter Tolls, 


the Bill, and had amended the preamble in order to “4 AP- 


‘ pointment of 
carry out the arrangements with regard to the Lan- Officers) Bill. 


caster and Preston Junction Railway, by making 
some verbal alterations, and by inserting more ex- 
press reference to the election of a Treasurer to the 
Company, by omitting so much as referred to the 





Mr. Duncan had previously obtained Mr. Wad- | 
dington’s sanction for its formation, as well as his | 
cuarantee that all the expenses attending it should 





confirmation of the election of certain persons who 
lately acted as Directors of the Railway Company, 
and ulso by striking out so much of the preamble 
as referred to the ratifying of a certain agreement, 


be defrayed by the Eastern Counties Railway Com- the provisions of which are to be carried out by 


pany. It was likewise agreed between Messrs. 
Duncan and La Mert, with Mr. Waddington’s sanc- 
tion, that it would be necessary for the Committee 
to be possessed of a certain number of shares, to 
form a nucleus, round which other Shareholders 
might gather; and Mr. La’ Mert was authorized to 
purchase a sufficient number of London and York 
Shares, with the understanding that he should be 
indemnified for any loss he might sustain thereby. 


The Committee would thus appear to have been | 


formed on the responsibility of Mr. Waddington 
alone, without the knowledge or authority of the 
other Directors, or of the Proprietors of the Eastern 
Counties Railway. It was subsequently joined by 
a considerable number of London and York Share- 
holders, but the scheme entirely failed. 


The total expenditure incurred by this Committee, 
under the different heads of Advertisements, Print- 
ing, Solicitor’s Bills, Loss on Shares, &amp;e., &amp;c., in- 
cluding likewise a sum of 1681. given to Mr. Davis, 
in addition to the payment of his bill, to purchase 
his silence with regard to the proceedings of the 
Sise-lane Committee, to which he had occasionally 
acted as Secretary, appears to have amounted to 
about 7,600/., the sum which is mentioned under 
the head of Parliamentary Expenses in the Report 
of the Committee of Investigation, and into the ex- 
penditure of which Your Committee were instructed 
to inquire. 

It would thus appear, from the above summary 
of the proceedings of the Sise-lane Committee, as 
well as from the general evidence, that although 
the objects which the Sise-lane Committee had in 
view may have been deemed beneficial to the East- 
ern Counties Railway Company, yet the means by 
which those objects were sought to be attained were 
of a questionable character; and, indeed, Mr. Wad- 
dington, in his evidence, stated to Your Committee, 
that it “ was a transaction which had much better 
be in oblivion, inasmuch as no doubt it was an irre- 
gular proceeding.” Your Committee therefore feel 
satisfied, that it was in consequence of the question- 


specific enactments in the Bill, and by adding a 
| paragraph in regard to the clauses which the 
| Committee had leave to insert pursuant to the Pe- 
tition for additional provision; and that the Com- 
mittee had found the allegations of the Bill, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
|mined the Petitions presented upon the Sth day of 
| this instant June; and had directed him to make 
|a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
| and be printed. 
| Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 13, of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Forest of Dean and South Wales Rail- 
way (Amendment of Acts as to Charges on Forest 
of Dean Railway and Branches) (No. 2.) Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill; but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 13, of Railway Bills; That Mr. 
Baring Wall, one of the Members of the Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Charles Baring Wall, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of 
the clock. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, —Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Dean and 


Public 
Petitions 


(Forty-eighth 
I 


Report.) 


Forest of Dean 


and South 


Wales Kail 
way (Amend 
ment of Acts 
as to Charges 
on Forest of 
Dean Railway 
and Branches) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 13.) 


Dean and 


Chapter of 
Canterbury's 


Walworth 


able character of these transactions, that an attempt | Chapter of Canterbury’s Walworth Estate Bill, the Estate Bill. 


was made to shroud in mystery the expenditure of 
VoL, 104, 





— Orders have been complied with. 
3B 2 


Mr. 

















Eastern Union 


and Eastern 


Counties Kail- . 
way Compa- vate Bills ; 


nies (Amend- 
ment of Acts, 
and Power to 
lease, sell or 
amalgamate 
to or with the 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
Company ) 
Bill 


Holme Reser- 


voirs (Increase 


of Rates and 
Amendment 
of Act) 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


Wisbech, 
Chatteris, 
Tid Gote and 
Downham 
Bridge Turn- 
ike (Con- 


tinuation of 


372 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the ante of Petitions for Pri- 
That in the case of the Petition for ad- 
ditional provision in the Eastern Union and Eastern 
Counties Railway Companies (Amendment of Acts, 
and Power to lease, sell or amalgamate to or with 
the Eastern Counties Railway Company) Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, as 
by the clauses annexed to the said Petition the 
Eastern Union Railway Company are enabled to 
raise a further Sum of Two hundred and fifty thou- 
sand pounds, by means of preference shares, and 
also to borrow money; but the Notices of the in- 
tended application to Parliament do not specify the 
intention to apply for any such powers. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Holme Reservoirs (In- 
crease of Rates and Amendment of Act) (No. 2.) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with,as by the clauses annexed to the said Petition, 
the Commissioners are enabled to grant further 
mortgages, to be secured upon the Rates, in addition 
to the amount already authorized to be borrowed 
by them, upon mortgage of such rates, but the No- 
tices of the intended application to Parliament do 
not specify the intention to apply for any such 
power. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road leading 
from Chatteris Ferry to Wisbech, and from thence 
to Zid Gote, in the Isle of Ely, and to Downham 
Bridge, in the County of Norfolk, and to authorize 
the Conversion of the Wisbech and March Low 


Act,Alteration Road into Turnpike, was read the third time. 


of Provisions 
relating to 
Repair of 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


Waldersey and to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Side 


Banks, Abandonment as to Turnpike of 
Road over same, Construction of new 
Turnpike-road) Bill. 


Great Yar- 
mouth Haven 
Bridge and 
Navigation 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Binbrooke 
Saint Gabriel 


and Binbrooke 


Saint Mary 
Inclosure 
(Amendment 
and Extension 


An ingrossed Bill for the Improvement of the 
Haven Bridge and Navigation of Great Yarmouth, 
in the County of Norfolk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Report on the Binbrooke 
Saint Gabriel and Binbrooke Saint Mary Inciosure 
(Amendment and Extension of Acts, Alteration of 
Awards, settling Titles to Lands, Xc. and defining 


of Acts, Altera- Parish Boundaries) Bill. 


tion of Awards, 


settling Titles 
to Lands, &amp;c. 
and defining 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 
Ordered, Vhat the Committee have leave to sit, 


Parish Bound- and proceed, ‘To-morrow, notwithstanding three 


aries) Bill. 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire 


and London 
and North 
Western Rail- 
way Compa- 
nies (Transfer 
of Interest in 
the Preston 
and Wyre 
Railway, Har- 


bourand Dock, 


clear days’ notice has not been given of the meeting 
of the Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and 
London and North Western Railway Companies 
(Transfer of Interest in the Preston and Wyre Rail- 
way, Harbour and Dock, and regulating Manage- 
ment of the Undertaking) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


and regulating Management 
of the Undertaking) Bill. 


11° Junz. 








A. 1849. 


The House proceeded to teke into consideration Renfre 
the Report on the Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Tustioe of 
Courts Bill; and the Amendments were read, and —_ Courts 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Surrey and 
the Report on the Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amend- Sussex Roads 
ment of Act and Alteration of Tolls) Bill; and the ae 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Alteration of 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Tolls) Bill 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westheaa’s 
the Report on Westhead’s Patent for Improvements Patent for 
in manufacturing Fur into Fabrics Bill; and the improvements 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. taring Fur into 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Fabrics Bill, 
be ingrossed. 


The Small Debt Courts (Scotland) Bill was read Small Debt 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Courts (Scot. 


_ * and) Bill. 
time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. No. 367. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Army. 
Order, dated the 16th day of December, in the last No, 36g, 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Men discharged, under Ten 
years in the Infantry, and under Twelve in the 
Cavalry, and the Number above those Periods, in 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1847, 
specifying those discharged at their own Request, 
and the Number through Disability: — Of the 
Number of Deaths which took place in the same 
year under and above the same Periods of Service: 
—Of the Number of Desertions in the same year, 
specifying the Number under Three months’ Ser- 
vice, between Three and Six months’ Service, Six 
and Twelve months, One year and Two years, Two 
and Three years, Three and Four years, Four and 
Five years, and above Five years’ Service :—And, 
of the Number of Men who rejoined from Deser- 
tion in the years ending the 31st day of March 
1846, and 31st day of March 1847. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of May army, 
last, for Copy of any Instructions which may have 
been issued by the Commander-in-Chief respecting 
Examinations to be required on the admission or 
promotion of Officers in the Army. , 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the first be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, goap, 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town of Great 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and also 
that on which Silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day 
of January 1849 :—Of all Soap exported from Great 
Britain and Ireland, and the Amount of Drawback 
paid thereon, specifying the Port from whence 
shipped, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1849 :-—Of the Quantity of Soap, 
distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the Amount of 
all Allowances and Drawbacks made to the Manu- 
facturers of Woollens, Linen, Silk, and others, from 
the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day of 
January 1849 :—Of all Soap exported to Jreland, 
Hard and Soft, the Port from whence shipped, and 
the Amount of Drawbacks paid thereon, from the 
5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day of January 
1849 :—Of all Soap imported into Great Britain, 
Hard and Soft, the Port at which imported, and the 
Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of 
January 1848 to the 5th day of January 1849 (so far 
as relates to Soap imported from Foreign parts) :— 
Of all Soap imported into Great Britain, Hard and 
Soft, the Port at which imported, and the Amount 
of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of January 
1848 











Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Justices of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 
No, 369. 


Bankrupt Law 
Consolidation 
Bill, 


No. 370. 


Lancaster and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way (from the 
ter and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way at Lan- 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts. 


No. 371. 


Bankrupt 
and Insol.&gt; 
vency, 


No, 372. 


Trade and 


Navigation, 
No. 373, 


Ma 
College 





12 Vicroriz. 
1848 to the 5th day of January 1849 (so far as re- 


convicted of defrauding the Revenue arising from 
Soap; the Date of each Conviction; the Amount of 
the several Penalties ; whether persons so convicted 
had been previously convicted or fined, or had had | 
penalties compromised, with or without conviction ; 
and the Names, Dates,and Amount of all Penalties | 
paid in all eases which have been compromised or | 
tried before the Summary Court of Excise, from the | 
5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day of January | 
1849 :—And, of the Number of Licenses granted to | 
Soapmakers, distinguishing those granted in Eng-| 
land, Scotland, and Ireland, from the 5th day of 
January 1848 to the 5th day of January 1849 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 276, of 
Session 1848). 


Ordered, That the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
- directions, that there be laid before this House, 

eturns of the Names and Residences of all the 
Acting Justices of the Peace for Counties, Cities, 
and Boroughs in England and Wales, and of the 
year in which each was sworn in :—Also, of all the 
Stipendiary Magistrates in England and Wales, | 
with the dates of their Appointments and Salaries. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ker Seymer have leave of 
absence for six weeks, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to pro- 
vide for the better Ventilation of Mines and Col- 
lieries, for the Protection of the Lives of the Persons 
employed in and about the same, and to make other 
Provisions relating thereto: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June ; 
and to be printed. 


The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee on Group 
8, of Railway Bills; That in the case of the Lan- 
caster and Carlisle Railway (from the Lancaster and 
Carlisle Railway at Lancaster, to the Preston and 
Wyre Railway) Bill, the parties promoting the Bill 
had stated to the Committee that it was not their 
intention to proceed further with the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the First and Second 


11° Juniz. 




















Reports on Audit of Railway Accounts, which were 
communicated from the Lords upon Friday last, be | 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the First and Second 
Reports on Bankruptcy and Insolvency, which were 
communicated from the Lords upon Friday last, be | 
printed. 


Navigation, which were presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Fourth Report of the Visitors 
of Maynooth College, 1849. 

Vox. 104. 





373 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Church | 
lates to the Excise Department):—Of all Persons several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Pluralities. 


Clergymen holding two or more benefices and pre- 
ferments in the Church, and appointed since the 
passing of the Act called the Pluralities Act ; stat- 
ing the distances between the benefices as stated by 
incumbents on appointment; and also, the Amount 
of Income of each living and preferment held in 
plurality, and the Number of the Population in 
each benefice at the last Census. 


A Return of the Number of Lunatics, Idiots, Lunatics 
and Fatuous Persons in the Orkney and Shetland (Orkney and 


Islands receiving any parochial Relief, distinguish- 
ing their sex and ages respectively, their places 
of dwelling, and whether confined or under re- 
straint or not, and, the Amount paid towards the 
maintenance of each; and, if confined or under re- 
straint, whether under the authority of the Sheriff, 
and on what medical certificates; stating also, if 
they have been removed, the date of original Con- 
finement and Removal, and the Authority and Me- 
dical Certificates under which such Confinement 
and Removal took place. 


Shetland.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return Protection of 


to an Order, dated the 10th day of May last, for P 


a Return of every Requisition for Negative Search, 4 
in pursuance of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 90, de- 
livered unto or left with the Registrar of Judg- 
ments in Jreland, between the Ist day of January 
1848 and the 1st day of January 1849, showing 
the date of each such Requisition being delivered 
to the Registrar, the date of the Certificate given 
in pursuance of each such Requisition, the Number 
of days which elapsed between the delivery of each 
such Requisition to the Registrar of Judgments, 
and the giving of the Certificate to the person 
making each such Requisition, and the Stamp 
Duty paid on each such Negative Search :—Such 
Return to be in the Form following : 











Date of Date of Number of Days Stamp Dut 
Num- | Requisition |Certificate of} elapsed between | = 
— being Search | delivery of Requisition) paid on 
delivered to} given in to Registrar, and | each 

Requi-| Registrar | pursuance | giving Certificate to | Negative 
sition of of Person making | Gund 
* | Judgments. | Requisition. Requisition. | — 

1848: 1848; | £. 3. d, 

1 | January 1 | February 4 | 34 days ~ - l- = 

2 | January 2 | February 7 | 36 days - -{/ le-- 











Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


urchasers, 


c. (Ireland) 
ct. 


Two Petitions from Dublin; praying that the Attachments, 
Attachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill may Courts of Re- 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; cond (Ireland) 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Stevenson and others, Boards of 
praying the House to sanction a Bill for the Esta- Trade. 


blishment of Local Boards of Trade, composed of 
an equal number of employers and workmen, under 
the superintendence of a minister of labour, whose 
office would be to give an impetus to the industrial 
operations of the nation, and act as an impartial 
arbitrator between employers and employed, was 
a and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Chairman); Clergy Relief 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and | —and, York; praying that the Clergy Relief Bill Bill. 


may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord Collection of 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, was Rates (Vublin) 


e Peti- 
tioners 


presented, and read; setting forth, That th 
3B3 














































































aes mek 








Distress 
(Westport 
Union. ) 


$7 4 11° Junie. 


tioners have been advised, and believe, that leave 
has been given to bring a Bill into the House to 
provide for the collection of rates in the city of| 
Dublin, and that such Bill has been brought in 
and read a first time; that the said Bill relates 
solely to the local affairs of ublin, and is strictly 
a Private Bill within the intent and meaning of | 
the Standing Orders of the House; that the said | 
Standing Orders applicable to such a Bill have not | 
been complied with, nor has there been any order 
made by the House to dispense with the same; 
that the said Bill affects the rights, interests and 
privileges of the corporation of Dublin, and the 
interests of its creditors, most materiaily and in- 
juriously ; that the Bill, if passed into a law, will 
throw into the greatest confusion the monetary 
affairs of the corporation, and the rights of all per- 
sons holding bonds or securities, either upon the 
pipe-water rents or upon the landed property and 
ancient revenue of the corporation; that the cor- 
poration will not, if the said Bill should pass into 
a law, be able for some time to come to meet its 
engagements with its creditors, and to pay the 
interest upon the debt created by the late corpora- 
tion, and which amounted to, for city and pipe-water 
debentures, 292,000/.; that the Petitioners object to 
the said Bill, not only because it is uncalled for and 
unnecessary, and will be sure to produce great 
expense to the rate-payers, great personal injury 
and public inconvenience, but also because it will 
place the municipal institutions of Jreland still 
further upon terms of inequality with those of 
England and Scotland; that the municipal corpora- 
tions of Jreland, and particularly those of Dublin, 
stand in need of reform and extension, and it is 
the anxious wish of the Petitioners that such reform 
and extension should be immediately effected, but 
at the same time the Petitioners object in the most 
earnest and decided manner to the making of any 
law or laws for that purpose, at variance with the 
principles and provisions of those which are in 
force in the sister country, and have there given so 
much satisfaction and been productive of so much 
public good; that the practice of managing the 
local affairs of Dublin by means of Government 
boards has been tried for many years, and has 
always produced extravagance, abuse and dis- 
content, and that the present is an attempt to mo- 
dify a system too gross to be continued as it exists, 
and that it is Inexpedient to give the Government the 
patronage which this Bill so unnecessarily creates ; 
that the Petitioners appeal with confidence to that 
sense of justice and impartiality which has always 
distinguished the Commens of England; and 
praying that the said Bill may not be allowed to} 
be proceeded with, except upon a Petition first | 
duly lodged in point of time and place, and upon | 
the public notices prescribed by the House, and 
that no dispensation or relaxation of the Standing 
Orders of Parliament may be allowed in a case 
which, as the Petitioners are prepared to prove, will 
involve private and public inconvenience and injury 
to an extreme extent; and further praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel, 
agents and witnesses, against the preamble and 
several clauses of the said Bill in all its stages 
through the House, and that the Petitioners may | 
have such other and further relief in the premises, | 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 











A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 
of Kilmeena and Kilmaclassar, in the Westport 


A. 1849. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the royal burgh of Spirit 
Kirkwall, praying that in any modification of the Licenses 
law respecting the granting of certificates for Ex- Scotland.) 
cise Licenses to sell spirits, a clause may be 
introduced, confining the administration of the 
laws regarding the granting of such certificates 
within burghs to magistrates only, and that no 
appeal to the Quarter Sessions shall hereafter be 
permitted, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from William Stevenson, and others ;— Home 
and, Benevolent Institution of Smiths (Chairman Colonies. 
and Secretary); praying the House to pass a Bill 
sanctioning the establishment of Home Colonies, 
and to supply sufficient capital, by way of loan 
from the Imperial ‘Treasury, for that purpose, as a 
means of giving productive emplcyment to our 
population,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of M. Mackay, praying the House to Intemperange 
devise measures for discouraging Intemperance in (Scotland) 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the Lunatics 
royal burgh of Dunfermline, praying that the Luna- (Scotland) 
tics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was Bil 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Cuckfield ; County of Warwick Marriages 
and Diocese of Worcester ;——Arbroath ;—— Ro- 
bert Elder ;——Alexander Hislop ; M. Mackay ; 
——and, James Miller ; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of William Smith O’ Brien, now a William Smith 
Prisouer in Richmond Bridewell, Dublin, was pre- O’Brien. 
sented, and read ; setting forth, that the Petitioner 
was convicted of high treason at a Sessions of Oyer 
and Terminer held hy Special Commission at Clon- 
mel, in the month of October 1848 ; that the Peti- 
tioner does not think it necessary now to offer any 
observations upon the circumstances which gave 
occasion to his trial, or upon the means by which a 
verdict was obtained against him; he is conscious 
that his life was by that verdict placed at the dis- 
posal of Her Majesty, and that it has been in the 
power of Her Majesty to order him to execution, or 
to cause him to be detained in prison during Her 
pleasure ; that upon the fifth day of this present 
month of June a letter was read to the Petitioner by 
the Governor of that prison, purporting to come from 
Dublin Castle; that a copy of that letter has been 
refused to the Petitioner, but, if his recollection be 
correct, it was signed by Mr. Redington, Under- 
Secretary for Ireland, and it directed the Governor 
of Richmond Prison to communicate to the Peti- 
tioner, as well as to Thomas I’. Meagher, Patrick 
O’ Donoghue and Terence Bellew McManus, that 
their lives were spared, but that they were to be 
transported for life ; that the Petitioner has been 
informed by counsel of the highest eminence (both 
English and Irish), that Her Majesty is not autho- 


\rized by precedent or by statute to cause to be 


transported from the United Kingdom, without his 
own consent, any subject of this realm convicted of 
high treason, and sentenced to death; that taking 
into consideration the interests of others, rather 
than his own personal inclination, the Petitioner 


Union, alleging that it is vain to hope and quite | cannot consent to accept transportation for life as a 


useless to strive to relieve the present Distress in 
that Union, by any efforts of private or public 
charity, no matter how extensive ; and praying for | 
relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
iie upon the Table. 


mitigation of his sentence; the Petitioner now sub- 
mits that if it be desirable toenable Her Majesty to 
commute his sentence of death to transportation for 


‘life, it is incumbent upon Her Majesty’s Govern- 


ment to procure a statutory enactment to that effect 





(even 





Court, 
Westminster. 


Paper. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Public Expen- 
diture, &amp;c. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 


a 


Slave Trade, 








11° Junie. 


12 Vicroriz. 375 
(even by ex post facto legislation), rather than to that instructions may be forthwith given to the 
violate the law by causing him to be transported by Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
lawless force; the Petitioner having reason to believe , to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
that it is in contemplation to remove him within a | ments the liberation of all Africans who have been 
very few days into a convict transport ship, prays that | illicitly imported into their colonies and territories, 


the House taking the premises into consideration 
will adopt such measures as shall prevent his trans- 
portation without the authority of law. 

Ordered That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


contrary to the faith of treaties, together with their 
descendants ; and in the event of their attempting 
to evade such demand, or to procrastinate its ful- 
filment, to notify to them that measures will be 
adopted to exclude their produce from the British 


markets until Slavery itself shall be abolished by 


A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants resi- | 
dent in the Metropolis, and the vicinity thereof, 
praying the House to enact that the business and &gt; 

ending proceedings of Her Majesty’s Court of Her 

alace at Westminster, commonly called the Palace 
Court, may be transferred to the respective Courts 
wherein proceedings, but for the existence of the | 


them, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wimborne Minster ;—Malion ;— Small Debts 
and, Torrington; praying for amendment of the Ac 


Small Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of 
the County Courts,—were presented, and read ; and 


aforesaid Palace Court, would have been had, and | ordered to lie upon the Table. 


that the said Palace Court be henceforth totally 
abolished, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Paper, resident 
ees, in Manchester, and other parts of the 

orth of England, and paying Excise Duties to the 
amount of upwards of 240,0001. per annum, praying 
for the immediate and entire abolition of the Excise 
Duty upon Paper, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and | 


Inhabitants of the district of Saint Stephen’s, Is- | 
lington, in the county of Middlesex, praying that | 
the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass into a | 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Downham Union ;—Portsea Island 
Union ;— Newport Union (Monmouth) ;—Shirlaugh 
Union ;— Knighton Union ;—and, Camelford Union; 
praying that an Act may be passed in the present 
Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool; — and, Bridgwater 
(Mayor); praying for a general reduction of the 
Public Expenditure, and for a re-adjustment of 
Taxation,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the royal burgh of Wigtown, praying that the 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from the Parochial Board of Edinburgh 
(Chairman) ;——and, Dunfermline; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, praying 





that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

_ A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Wrazall, 
in the county of Somerset, praying the House to pro- | 


| 


A Petition of Agriculturists of the county of Wor- Smithfield 
folk, praying that it may be an Instruction to the Market. 


Select Committee on Smithfield Market to examine 
into such sites and plans as may be proposed in lieu 
of Smithfield, and the drainage and extent or space 
thereof ; also what portion should be allotted for the 
accommodation and sale of foreign cattle, in order 
to prevent the spread of disease which so frequently 
exists among them; and to inquire into the expe- 
diency of having a wholesale dead meat market 
annexed ; and to report to the House what site, 
with ample space, could be most advantageously 
substituted, for the agricultural and public interests, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 





| A Petition of Members of the Mauritius Associa- sugar. 


| tion in London, and others, being Proprietors, Mort- 
| gagees, or otherwise interested in the colony of 
Mauritius, praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty, that so much of the Act of 1848 as refers to 
|the descending scale of duties on foreign Sugar 
| may stand deferred until the British Colonial Su- 
| gar planter shall have had a fair and just trial of 
that system of unrestricted free labour and colonial 
reforms which have been promised by the Imperial 
| Government, such as may enable them to compete 
with slave labour, and may leave a hope of even- 
tually putting an end to the slave trade, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of M. Mackay, praying the House fo Universities 
abolish Religious Tests in the Universities in Sco¢- (Scotland.) 


land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of the bo- Vote by Ballot. 


rough of Adpar, and hamlet of Emlyn, in the coun- 
ties of Cardigan and Carmarthen, praying the 
House to pass a Bill, without delay, enacting that 
at all future Parliamentary elections in the United 
Kingdom, the Votes of the electors of the respective 
constituencies may be taken by Ballot, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


| Petitions from Dorchester (two Petitions);--Port- War. 
sea ;—Stafford ; —Tremadoc ;—Lochwoed ;— Roch- 


dale ;— Penmachno ;— Conwyl;--Great Eversden ;— 
Merthyr Tidvil;—Pyle;—Yspytty Ivan;—Pembrey 


hibit the granting of any new licenses to Beer-shops, | (two Petitions) ;—-Stafford (two Petitions) ;-- Ripley ; 
and to enact that those already granted shall be in Lanpumsaint ;—Clynnog ;--Stone;-- Wellington (Sa- 
force only during the tenure of the present holders, | /op) (two Petitions) ; —Dolwyddelen ;— Thorne ; — 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | L/anddarog;—Kelso;— Bungay ;— Solihull ;— New- 
the Table. port (Isle of Wight) ;—Spaldwich ;—Rhydlydan ;— 
at Preston Brook ;—Ryde ;— Beccles ;— East Linten ; 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Per-| —Knowle ; —Llanbrynmair ;—Hatherleigh ;—Bee- 
ran-Arworthal, in the county of Cornwall, praying cles ;—Cwmfelin; —Currig and Bettws ; —-Cefn-y- 
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376 


coed-cymmer ;— Pormadoc;—Felingwm ;— Evesham ; 
— Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — Sunderland ; — Pen- 
zance ;—and, Macclesfield (two Petitions) ; praying 
the House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitra- 
tors,—were presented, and read ; aud ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 


the Lords. 
= Mr. Speaker, 


Apprehension The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ee a Act for giving Effect to the Stipulations of a Treaty 
Bill. between Her Majesty and the Queen of Portugal, 
for the Apprehension of certain Deserters, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords communicate a List of all cases 
that have been decided in the House of Lords, on 
appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland, from 
the ist January 1839 to the 7th of June 1849, in 
reference to rights of property, in which the legiti- 
macy of any party was raised as a point for deci- 
sion ; specifying the names of the parties Appel- 
lants and Respondents in such Appeals, the Dates 
of the ultimate Judgments of the House of Lords 
thereon, and whether by such Judgments the deci- 
sion of the Court of Session upon the Question of 
Legitimacy was affirmed, or reversed or altered :— 
Aud then the Messenger withdrew. 


Legitimacy 
(Scotland.) 


Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Oaths Bill. Reading of the Bill to alter the Oaths to be taken 
by Members of the ‘'wo Houses of Parliament not 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months,” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
‘The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
“Mr. Tufnell, 1 
, 1 Lord Marcus Hill: §?"? 


Tellers for Nope | Mr. Law, 71 
lellers for the Noes, ‘Me. Mapheed: }206. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
* Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Poor Re‘ief. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. nittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Trusts Bill, mittee on the Charitable ‘Trusts Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

pe eee mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) 
ct (1848) : 

Amendment Amendment Bill; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Highways The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(us) Bil take into consideration the Highways (Annual Re- 
turns) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


11° Junii. 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, Th at the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 

























































The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. : 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 

day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to extend an Act of the fifty-sixth year Silver Coinage 
of King George the Third, for providing for a New Bill 
Silver Coinage, and for regulating the Currency of 
the Gold and Silver Coin of this Realm, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Coss 
intoa Committee upon the County Cess (Zreland) (ireland) Bill, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; ye 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday a ) 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Qualification 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 2nd Registra- 
Voters (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Ba 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections and 
Reading of the Electionsand Polling-places (Ireland) re 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; Leasing 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (ireland) Ba, 
next, resolve itself into the said Comunittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pupils’ Protec: 
mittee on the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill ; eae 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~* 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill was, ac- Collection of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Rates (Dublin) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill was, according Newgate Gad 
to Order, read a second time; and committed (Dublin) 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Municied) 
ang of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) (ireland) Bill 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mersie 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; ang 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 














e” 





12 VicrorizZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June. 


suck in Trade 
Bill. 


feclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Jurisdiction Reading of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


joan Societies The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Sites for Schools Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


ites for 
Bhool Bill. 


gheep-stealers The Bill for the better Preservation of Sheep, and 
(Ireland) Bill. more speedy Detection of Receivers of Stolen 
Sheep in Jreland, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Keogh do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Administra- Ordered, That Mr. Masterman, Lord Robert 

ee Grosvenor, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. D’ Eyn- 

Dietricte) Bill. court, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Alcock and Mr. Bremridge 
be added to the Select Committee on the Adminis- 
tration of Justice (Metropolitan Districts) Bill. 


Arctic Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Expedition. to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Communication from Her 
Majesty’s Consul at Washington to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 
reference to measures adopted by the Government 
of the United States on the Subject of the Expedi- 
tion sent forth by this Country, urcer Command of 
Sir John Franklin, to the Arctic Seas. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Railways Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
—_— facilitate the Abandonment of Railways, and the 
Dissolution of Railway Companies, in certain Cases : 
And that Mr. Solicitor-General and Mr. Labouchere 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


Palace Court Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

aie) to enable a Defendant to an Action in the Palace 
Court at Westminster to remove the Action into a 
County Court: And that Lord Dudley Stuart and 
Mr. Osborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Junii, 1849: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 


roads (Ireland 
Bill. ( ) to 


11°—12° Juniz. 





377 


the effect of the present Laws and Regulations of 
the said Courts in the Management of Estates 
under their Control. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to facilitate Railways 
the Abandonment of Railways, and the Dissolution Abandonment 
of Railway Companies, in certain Cases: And the . 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 374. 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for the better Go- Australian 
vernment of the Australian Colonies: And the ©olonies Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No.375. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Frewex presented a Bill to amend the Law Benefices in 
relating to the holding of Benefices in Plurality : Plurality Bill 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 376. 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to continue Turnpike- 


certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Jre- cae 
land: And the same was read the first time; and No 377 


ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to continue Assaults 
an Act of the second and third years of Her present (/reland) Bill. 
Majesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment No.378. 
of Assaults in Ireland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rebellion 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Losses Bill 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, (came 
Copies or Extracts of the Votes and Proceedings 
of the House of Assembly of Canada, relating to 
the Rebellion Losses Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Dudley Stuart presented a Bill to enable Palace Court 
a Defendant to an Action in the Palace Court at (Westminster) 
Westminster, to remove the Action into a County ye 
Court: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


No. 379. 











Martis, 12° die Junii ; 





Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 


N R. Thurston, from the Office of the Registrar Registrars 
of Deeds for the County of Middlesex, was of Deeds 


called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Middlesex.) 


roads in Ireland: And that Sir William Somerville Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of 


and Mr, Bellew do prepare, and bring it in. 


Assaults Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

(ireland) Bill. to continue an Act of the second and third years 
of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention 
and Punishment of Assaults in Jreland: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Mr. Bellew do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Benefices in Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Plurality Bill. to amend the Law relating to the holding of Bene- 
fices in Plurality: And that Mr. Frewen and Mr. 
Heald do prepare, and bring it in. 
Receivers, Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
ete ake 
«orn dy the Appointment of Receivers of the Courts of! 
(Ireland. ) Chancery and Equity Exchequer in Jre/and, and 


VoL. 104. 


| April last, for Returns of the Total Amount of Fees 


received by the Registrars of Deeds in Middlesex, 
in each year from 1839 to the end of the year 1848 ; 
stating the rate of Fees demanded and taken for 
the Registry of Memorials, and of the authority 
under which such Fees are charged, and stating the 


_ application of such Fees; distinguishing the Amount 
paid for the Expenses of the Office, and the Amount 


received by the Registrars for their own use, and 
stating whether any and what duties are performed 
by them in person :—Of the Names of the Deputies 
and Clerks now employed in transacting the busi- 
ness of the office; of the dates of their respective 
appointments, and of the Amount of Salary or other 


to inquire into the State of the Law as respects, Remuneration annually paid to each, durin 


g the 
period of their employment :—Account of the Sums 


| expended in Rates, Taxes, and Repairs of the Office 


3C in 











378 


in each year, for the last Five years :—Copies of all 
Rules and Orders made by the Lord Chancellor and 
Judges for the better management and Government 
of the Office, in pursuance of the Act of 7 Anne, 
c. 20, and of any Record of the arrangement re- 
ferred to in the Return of the 18th March 1840, for 
an increase of the Fees allowed by that Act, as 
having been made in 1768, between the Registrars 
and some Attornies of that time, and a statement 
of the increased facilities and advantages derived by 
the public, in return for the increase of Fees thereby 
imposed upon them :—And, Statement of the years 
during which the Registrars for the time being kept 
up the Alphabetical Calendar required by the Act 
of all Parishes, Extra-parochial places, and Town- 
ships within the County, referring to the Number 
of every Memorial which concerned Hereditaments 
in every such Parish, Extra-parochial Place, or 
Township, and of the time when and of the autho- 
rity under which such Calendar was discontinued : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Sharland, the Town-clerk of Gravesend, 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An 
Account of the Sums of Money received and 
applied by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament, 
made and passed in the fifth year of the Reign of 
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act for 
amending the Acts relating to the Gravesend Quay 
and Pier,” for the year ending the 18th day of June 
1848 :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Gravesend 
Pier. 


Chester and 
Holyhead Rail- 
way (Increase 
of Capital,with ’ 
Powers to the head Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
—_ Money, and for other Purposes ; and the same were 
orthWestern ; 

Railway Com. Tead, as follow. 
pany to sub- Pr. 1. 1. 9. Leave out from “ Company” to 
scribe thereto) «« And” in ]. 22. 
-_ Pr. 6.1.9. Leave out from “ stock ” to “ And” 
in |, 32. 

Pr. 8. 1. 33. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ And” in Pr. 9. 1. 13. 

Pr. 9.1.15. Leave out “ Companies or either of 
“ them ” and insert “said Company.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 18. Leave out “Companies respec- 
“ tively” and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 9. 1, 31. Leave out “Companies respec- 
“ tively” and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. Leave out from “ said” to “ from ” 
in 1, 32. and insert “‘ Company ” 

Pr. 10.1. 2. Leave out from “said” to “ out” 
in 1. 3. and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 6. Leave out “ Companies respec- 
“ tively ” and insert ‘“‘ Company.” 

Pr. 10. 1.17. Leave out from “said” to “ to” 
in ], 18. and insert Company. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hindley do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Congleton 
Inclosure Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act passed in 
the thirty-fifth year of the Reign of His Majesty 
King George the Third, for dividing and leasing or 
letting certain Commons or Waste Grounds within 
the Borough and Township of Congleton, in the 
County of Chester, and for applying the Profits of 
part of the same in aid of the Poor's Rate, or other 
faxes or Public Expenses within the said Township, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





12° Junie. 


intituled, An Act to enable the Chester and Holy- 








A. 1849. 


The Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill was read Dublin 
a second time ; and committed. Improve: 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (® 2.) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on pg 
Group 19, of opposed Private Bills; That in the case Ear!’s 
of the Brompton and Earl’s Court, &amp;c. Roads (Con- *¢- Roads — 
tinuation of certain Turnpike-road Acts) Bill, they niente 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, but the Turnpike-rogq 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction, Acts) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





and 


Viscount Barrington reported from the Committee Binbrooke 
on the Binbrooke Saint Gabriel and Binbrooke Saint Gabriel 
Saint Mary Inclosure (Amendment and Extension erry aed 
of Acts, Alteration of Awards, settling Titles to Sodeuee* 
Lands, &amp;c. and defining Parish Boundaries) (re- (Amendment 
committed) Bill; That they had amended the toma 
preamble, by striking out, in the fourth line of the teration of | 
last paragraph, the words “ or other,” and in the Awards, set. 
eighth line of the said paragraph the word “the,” rane, Tiles to 
and inserting the word “ certain,” and by inserting and defining} 
in the said line after the word “ interested” the Parish Boun. 
word “ therein ;” and had made further Amend- “*es) Bill. 
ments to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- Taf Vale 
mittee on Group 13, of Railway Bills; That in the Railway _ 
case of the Taff Vale Railway (Extension in Mer- a ata 
thyr Tydfil) Bill, they had examined the allega- Tyagl) Bu, 
tions contained in the preamble of the Bill; and 
that, it having been shown that the Taff Vale Rail- 
way Company were authorized by an Act passed in 
the 6th year of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth to make a Branch to communicate with the 
Tram-road leading to the a and Dow- 
lais Iron Works, and that the Branch to the Wor- 
lais Castle Limestone Quarries, which the said Com- 

any were authorized to make in the first year of 

ler present Majesty, was in extension of the last- 
mentioned Branch, they had amended and corrected 
the recitals contained in the preamble, and have 
made some verbal alterations therein, which were 
rendered necessary in consequence of the correction 
of such recitals; and that they had found the pre- 
amble, as amended, to betrue ; and had gonethrough 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of George Williams, of Little Wootton, Act of Settle- 
in the county of Lancaster, a Justice of the Peace ment. 
and Deputy-Lieutenant of the said county, pray- 
ing for the restoration of so much of the Act of 
Settlement as abolished Triennial Parliaments, to 
its original form, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zoanhead and Affirmation 
parish of Lasswade, Edinburghshire, praying that Bill 
the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Owners Agriculture. 
and Occupiers of land, in the county of Gloucester, 
complaining of the distressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
relief of persons engaged therein, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stone (Stafford) ;—and, Stafford; Attornies’ 
praying for the repeal of the annual duty on the 
Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of G/oucester Cruelty to. 
and neighbourhood, praying that the Cruelty to 
Animals Bi.1 may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions 


Cork and Ban- 
don Railway. 


Schools 
(Scotland. ) 


Lighthouses. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Register- 
ing Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Parliamentary 
Oaths Bill. 


Poor Law 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Parliament 
Debates. wad 


Small Debts 
Act, 


12 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Dunmanway ;—Shibhereen ;—and, 
Bantry ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
enabling the Cork and Bandon Railway Company 
to give employment to the destitute in the South dis- 
trict of Ireland, adjoining the said line of Railway, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister of the United Presby- 
terian Congregation, Saint Andrews, praying the 
House to abolish religious tests in the parochial 
schools of Scotland, and the exclusive superinten- 
dence and control exercised over them by the 
Church Courts of the Establishment; and to place 
the election of the teachers and the superintendence 
of the schools in the hands of a Board chosen on 
liberal and equitable principles, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Hull Chamber 
of Commerce and Shipping, praying the House to 
appoint a Committee to inquire into the general 
management of the Lighthouses of the United 
Kingdom, and the charges for the same, and also 
into the mode of their collection, with a view to re- 
move the objections now existing, and to afford 
some relief to the mercantile marine of this country, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
Crail, and vicinity, praying that the Marriage (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into law, as they now stand, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of the city of 
Bristol, praying for the repeal of the Paper and 
Newspaper Stamp Duties, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Stoke 
Bruerne, in the county of Northampton, and of the 
villages in the immediate neighbourhood, praying 
that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Whitchurch Union ;—Southwell 
Union ;— Worksop Union ;—Kings Lynn Union ;— 
Oldham Union ;—Uzxbridge Union ;—Paddington 
Union ;— Machynlleth Union ;—and, Ruthin Union; 
praying the House to pass an Act during the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their own body,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Huddersfield ;-— Wath-upon- 
Dearne ;—and, Randwick ; praying for amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of practising Shorthand-writers, sug- 
gesting the expediency of establishing an authorized 
record of the Debates and Proceedings of Parlia- 
ment ; and praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the matter contained in their Petition; and 
that if the House should think fit to institute an 
inquiry into the subject, the Petitioners may be 
examined as witnesses, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shaftesbury ;—and, Wellington 
(Somerset); praying for amendment of the Small 
Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the 


County Courts,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vor. 104. 


12° Junii. 


| 


379 


A Petition of Tradesmen and other Inhabitants 
of the parish of Whitechapel, praying that the 
Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Biil may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


mutation Rent-charge, within the rural deanery of 
Burwash, in the county of Sussex, stating that 
formerly stock in trade was rated to the relief 
of the poor, and that an Act is now annually 
passed to exonerate property of that description 
from such rating, whereby the owners of Tithe 
Commutation Rent-charge are materially injured ; 
and praying that stock in trade may be assessed to 
the relief of the poor, or that a proportionate re- 
duction be made in the assessment on the Tithe 
Commutation Reut-charge, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mature age, sound mind, fixed residence, and un- 
stained with crime; and to enact all other provi- 
sions essential to the full, fair and free representa- 
tion of the people in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tion for Mutual Improvement (President) :— Bristol 
Young Men’s Society (Chairman); — Manchester 
(five Petitions) ;— Walworth ; — Great Yarmouth 
(four Petitions); — London (eleven Petitions) ;— 
Workmen in the employ of Joseph Tyler and Son, 
Warwich-lane, Newgate-street, in the city of Lon- 
don ;— Barbican, London ;—Stockton-upon- Tess ;-— 
Camberwell ;— Ollerton and Peplow ;— Littleton 
Panel ;—Market Drayton ;— Whitechapel ;—New- 
port (Salop); — Middlesbrough-on-Tees ;— Mile 
End ;— Kingston-upon-Hull;—Seadon ; — Clayton, 
West ;— Huddersfield (two Petitions);— Tredegar 
(three Petitions) ;—Perth Presbytery of the United 
Presbyterian Church (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Chatham ;— Bridgwater ;—Llanvihangel-fechan ,—- 
Harpenden ;— Blakely ;— Exeter ;— Gatehouse ; — 
Sandbach ;— Bridgwater (two Petitions) ;— Notting- 
ham ;— Pentir ;— Coldstream ;— Highbridge;— Mor- 
peth ;—Session of the First United Presbyterian Con- 
gregation in Kirriemuir (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Sheffield ;—Gaerwen ;— Bury ( Lancashire) ;--Llhoyn 
Union ;— Belton (two Petitions) ;— Wembdon ;— 
Hindley ;— Peterwell ;— Colyton ;— Session of the 
North United Presbyterian Congregation of Perth 
(Minister and Clerk); — Selby ; — Blockley ; — 
Llandderfel ;— Liverpool ;—- Clerkenwell (Elder) ;— 
Greenock ; — Aldersgate-street ; — Crieff ; — Ros- 
sendale ;— Bala ;—Tamerton Foliot, Knackersknow, 
and neighbourhood ;— Brecon ; -—— Cefn Brith ;— 
Dunfermline ;—Standishgate ;— Llanfihangel Glyn 
Myfyr ;— Wigan ;— Wotton-under-Edge ;— Wath- 
upon-Dearne ;—New Basford ;— Exeter ;— Hamp- 
ton-in-Arden and Balsall ;—Tillicoultry ;— Tipton ; 
—Chorley ; — Llanycil ; — Wotton-under- Edge ; — 
Shelmanthorpe ;—Loddington ;— Waterly-bottom ;-— 
Rattray ;— Hebden Bridge;— Ballymoney ;— Cheet- 
wood ;— High Hoyland ;—Penketh and Sankey ;— 
Appledore ;— Caerhtin ; — Ridlington ;— Bridge- 
water ;— Jackson Bridge ;—Pensford ;—Scissett ;— 
Upton-on-Severn ;— Bangor ;— Runcorn ;— Todmor- 
den ;— Fordingbridge ;— Tarvas ; — Crumpsall ;— 
Hartlepool ;—Sheffield ;— Shepton Mallet ;— Heb- 
den Bridge ;— Pen-y-Groes ;— Lynn ;— Wigan ;— 
Sirhowy Iron Works ;—Pont Vane ;— Morpeth ;— 
Belper and Ripley ;— Winsford ;— Cheltenham ;— 
Moston ;— Malton ;— Lewes (three Petitions) ;— 
Broughty Ferry; — Barton Forbis; — Evesham 
(three Petitions); — Beeralston ;— Healwell ; — 
Langtree ;—New Lanark ;—Frithelstock ;—Mary- 
le-bone (two Petitions) ; —- Langtree ;— Worcester- 

8c2 shire ;— 











Sunday 
Trading 
¢ Metropolis) 


A Petition of Clergymen, Owners of Tithe Com- Tithes. 


Two Petitions from Market Drayton, praying Universal 
the House to extend the Franchise to every man of Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Petitions from the Bristol Working Men’s Associa- War. 


Foreign Wine. 


Spirits. 


Stationery 
(Treland.) 





380 


shire ;— Langtree ;— Bideford; — Frithelstock ;— 
Welbeck-street ;— Saint Giles (Devon) ; — George 
Ham ;—Tottenham-court-road ;— Horsham ;—Lon- 
don and Westminster ; — Falkirk ;— Colchester ;— 
Notting-hill;--Limehouse;--Chelsea (two Petitions); 
— Mile End New Town ;—Bethnal-green-road (two 
Petitions) ;—Somerton ;— Llandilofawr ;—Birming- 
ham (two Petitions) ;—Staines ;— Worcester (eight 


12° Juniz. 





Petitions) ;—Lowesmoor ;— Marshfield ;— Birming- 
hum (four Petitions); — Midland Association of 
Baptist Churches, assembled in their annual ses- 
sions in Birmingham (Moderator) ;—Shaftesbury ; 
—There-undersigned, in the employment of Water- 
low and Sons, London Wall ;—General Assembly of 
General Baptist Churches in England and Wales 
(Chairman and Moderators) ;— Clerks, Workpeople 
and others in the employ of William Smee and Son, 
Pavement, Moorfields, Finsbury ; — There-under- 
signed in the employ of Messrs. Ward, Sturt, 
Sharp and Ward, of Nos. 89 and 91, Wood-street, 
in the city of London ;—Assistants in the employ 
of George Hitchcock and Co., Saint Paul's Church- 
yard, in the city of London ;—Stockton-upon-Tees 
(two Petitions) ;—Stockton-upon- Tees (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Hartlepool; — Roe Wen; — Conwy ;— 
Mochdre;—Llancystenyn ;—Llanelian ;— Bettws ;— 
Llanddulas ;—Llandudno ;— Dorchester ;— Reading 
(four Petitions) ; — Aylesbury ;— Caerhun ;— and 
Exeter ; praying the House to promote the forma- 
tion between the British Government and other 
governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to 
the decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_ 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Orders,—An | 


Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 


Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty | 


has been paid for Home Consumption, and the 
Quantities exported ; also, the Quantities retained 
for Home Consumption after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1849, 
distinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish 
Maderia, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and 
other Sorts, together with the Quantities of each 
Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 
1849, distinguishing London from the Country (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 438, of 
Session 1848.) 

An Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, distinguishing West India, East India and 
Foreign; also, of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, 
Colonial or Jersey Spirits, imported ; of the Quan- 
tities upon which Duty has been paid for Home 
Consumption, the Quantities exported, and the 
Quantities shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1849, 
together with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond on the 5th day of January 1849, distin- 
guishing London from the Country (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 438, of Session 1848). 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of May last, 
for Tabular Returns of the different Descriptions 
of Paper contracted for, for the Jrish Stationery- 
office, during the years 1847 and 1848, the I’rice 
of each Description contracted for, and the Name 
and Address,of each Contractor :—Showing the 
Annual Amount in value of Paper, Books and 
Printed Forms supplied by the Stationery-office in 
Dublin tothe Post-office, Ordnance-office, Custom- 
house and Excise-offices, in Ireland, during the 
years 1847 and 1848, distinguishing each year; 
the Amount of Paper, Books and Printed Forms, 
to be stated separately :—And, showing the Quan- 
tity and Descriptions of Paper, and weight per 
ream, of all Papers sent from the London Sta- 
tionery-office to Dublin, for the purpose of Printing 
Reports and Papers ordered to be presented to 











A. 1849. 


Parliament, and for all other purposes, during the 
years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Townley have leave of absence Leave of 
for six weeks, on account of a domestic affliction, Absence, 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Church 
Pluralities, which was presented yesterday, be Pluralities. 
printed. No. 381, 


Sir Francis Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s Local Acts, 
Command,—A further Report from the Admiralty, No, 94 
relative to an application for a Local Act. : 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That aii humble Address be presented British 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lpiaplainey et 

to give directions that there be laid before this“ ** 

House, Copies of a Letter on the subject of the 

British Chaplaincy at Maderia, addressed to Con- 

sul Stoddart by Calverley Bewicke, B.a., dated 

Funchal, 11th December 1846 ; also, Copies of the 

Report of the General Meeting held on the 31st 

day of December 1847, to pass the Accounts of 

the British Chapel for the year 1847; of Consul 

Stoddart’s Account of a Meeting held on the 1st 

day of January 1848; and of all further Corre- 

spondence and Papers relating to the subject, from 

the date of the last Return to the present time, 

including the Report of the General Meeting held 

to pass the Accounts of the British Chapel for the 

year 1848; also, Copies of the Old, and of the New 

Regulations for the Management of the Affairs of 

British Chapels Abroad, together with the Dates at 

which such Regulations were respectively issued. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 8th and 11th days Adtreees 
of this instant June (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been = to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Arctic Expe- 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this “tion. 
instant June, for Copy of any Communication from 
Her Majesty’s Consul at Washington to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretaries of State for Foreign 
Affairs, in reference to measures adopted by the 
Government of the United States on the subject of 
tbe Expedition sent forth by this Country, under 
command of Sir John Franklin, to the. Arctic 
Seas. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Ninth General Report of the Colo- 
nial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 1849. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of the 
Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of 


Colonial Land 
and Emigra- 
tion Commis- 
sion. 
Rebellion 
Losses Bill 
(Canada.) 


Canada, relating to the Rebellion Losses Bill. No. 380. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ; and that the last be printed. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message f from 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment : viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting Relief Defects 
against Defects in Leases, made under Powers of 
Leasing, in certain Cases : 
: A Bill, 

















12 Vicroriz. 


192°—13° Junie. 





381 


in the management of Estates under their control, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Mr. Osborne was nominated a Member of the 
Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Sir Robert Peel be one other Member 
of the Committee: —And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

"- Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Colonel Dunne, 


Vis. 


Yeas, Sir Percy Nugent: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Osborne, 1 ae 
Noes, Mr. Monsell : gr 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 13° die Junii, 1849: 


And the Question being put, That Sir Robert 
Peel be one other Member of the Committee :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Sir James Graham, Sir William Somerville, Mr. 
Solicitor-General, Mr. Napier, Mr. Monsell, Mr. 
Bright, Mr. Henley, Mr. O’ Flaherty, Mr. George 
Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Tennent were nomi- 
nated other Members of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Return from the Registrar’s 
Office of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, of the 
Number of Causes, Description of Property, Rental 
of Estates, Arrears of Rent, when Receiver was 
appointed, and when Receiver last accounted ; also, 
the Profession and Residence of Receiver, Gross 
Amount of Costs paid by Receiver since his Ap- 
pointment, as allowed in his Account, in each 
County in Ireland, during the years 1844, 1845 and 
1846, and up to the Ist day of December 1847; 
together, with a Statement of the Amount expended 
on Improvements during the same years :—Also, 
Copy of all General Rules or Instructions given 
since 1843 for the guidance of Receivers in reference 
to Allowances for Improvements or the Manage- 
ment of Estates, or the letting of Lands by the 





Reading, a A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a short Rail- 
sane Rail. way to connect the Line of the Reading, Guildford 
way (Branch and Reigate Railway with the Line of the London 
tes —— and South Western Railway, and for other Pur- 
Railway) poses: 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

River Dun A Bill, intituled, An Act to vest the Stainforth 

Navighy and Keadby Canal in the Company of Proprietors 

Purchase of of the Navigation of the River Dun: And also, 

infort 

and Keadby Canal) Bill. 

Division of |. _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

el ond Act for making the Parish of Richmond, in the 

ingston- County of Surrey, a distinct Vicarage, by dividing 
upon-Thames the Vicarage of Kingston-upon-Thames and Sheen, 
=. otherwise Richmond, into Two separate Vicarages, 
and for providing a Stipend and Residence for the 
Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, and for extinguishing 
the Vicarial Tithes in the Parish of Richmond, and 
for other Purposes relating to such Vicarages, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Borough of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Louthand _for settling all Questions of disputed Ownership 

— between the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 

Louth Bill. the Borough of Louth, and the Warden and Six 
Assistants of the ‘Town of Louth, and Free School 
of King Edward the Sixth in Louth, with reference 
to the Lands, Tenements, Fairs, Markets, Rents, 
Tolls, Powers, Rights, Privileges, and Property 
obtained by them respectively, and for vesting the 
Fairs and Markets within the said Borough in the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses thereof, and for 
other Purposes, to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

Gordon's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

(Cairness) for authorizing the Trustees of the late Thomas 

Estate Bill, Gordon to sell his Estates of Cairness, and others, 
in the County of Aberdeen, and to apply the Price 
thereofin Payment of the Debts and Burthens af- 
fecting the same, and for laying out the Residue of 
the Price in the Purchase of other Lands to be en- 
tailed in Terms of the Trust Deed of Settlement by 
the said Thomas Gordon, and for other Purposes, 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Arbitration, A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to direct Her Principal Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs to enter into communication with 
Foreign Powers, inviting them to concur in Treaties, 
binding the respective parties, in the event of any 
future misunderstanding, which cannot be arranged 
by amicable negotiation, to refer the matter in dis- 
pute to the decision of Arbitrators. 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, — 79. 
Tellers for the Noes, pathy soem Hill: } 176. 
So it passed in the Negative. 

Adjournment. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

patrons, The House was moved, That the Order made yes- 

Chancery ang tetday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 

Exchequer Inquire into the state of the Law as respects the ap- 

(Ireland. pointment of Receivers of the Courts of Chance 


and Equity Exchequer in Ireland, and the effect of 
oy present Laws and Regulations of the said Courts 
OL. 104, 





Lord Chancellor or Master :— And, a similar Return 
from the Chief Remembrancer’s Office in reference 
to Estates under the Court of Exchequer in Jre/and, 
which were presented upon the 27th day of March, 
in the last Session of Parliament, be referred to the 
Committee. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny ana 


for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and 





Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, 
and for regulating in such Service the Payment of 
Regimental Debts and the Distribution of the Ef- 
fects of Officers and Soldiers dying in the Service : 
And that Sir John Hobhouse and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Attornies and Solicitors (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 





The Bill for requiring Annual Returns of the Ex- 
penditure on Highways in England and Wales to be 
transmitted to the Secretary of State, and after- 
wards laid before Parliament, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

3c3 





Sir 





Desertion 
(India) Bill. 


Attornies and 
Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Highways 
(Annual Re- 
turns) Bill. 











382 12°—13° Juniz. A. 1849. 


Mutiny and Sir John Hobhouse presented a Bill for punishing! The Borough of Zouth and Free Grammar School Borough of 
Desertion Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in in Zouth Bill was read the first time. Louth and 





yee neg the Service of the East India Company, and for) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Sree Grammar 
No. 382. regulating in such Service the Payment of Regi- aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. Louth Bil. 


mental Debts and the Distribution of the Effects of 
Officers and Soldiers dying in the Service: And the | Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Holme Reser. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be before the Committee on the Holme Reservoirs Voirs (dn 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be (Increase of Rates and Amendment of Act) Bill, y Pane oan 
printed. | be referred to the Committee on the Holme Reser- of Act) 
'voirs (Increase of Rates and Amendment of Act) (No. 2.) Bil, 
Marriages in Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for facili- (No. 2.) Bill. 
ee a tating the Marriage of British Subjects resident in | ; 
tating Bill © Foreign Countries: And the same was read the’! Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
No.383, first time ; and ordered to be read a second time mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on the Selection. 
“" upon Monday next; and to be printed. | Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amend- 
|ment of Act) (No. 2.) Bill, to meet upon Monday 


And then the House, having continued to sit till next, or any subsequent day. 


half an hour after Twelve of the clock on/| 


Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. | The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin, Ash. 
|the Report on the Dublin, Ashbourne, Slane and bourne, Slane 
| Drogheda Roads Act Continuation and Amendment wee 
| Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Continuation 


Mercuri, 13° die Junii ; Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 24 Amend. 
* stort : be ingrossed ment. El, 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 8 , 


PRAYERS. Ordered, That the Great Indian Peninsula Rail- Great Indian 


Committees. RD ERED, That all Committees have leave | W@Y Company Bill be read a second time To-morrow. baer tel 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. pany Bl 
Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on Group Airdrie Police 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee | 21, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the case of and Municipal 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | the Airdrie Police and Municipal Bill, they had 
beet.) Petitions presented upon the 11th day of this in-| examined the allegations contained in the preamble 
stant June, and had directed him to makea Report | of the Bill; and had amended the same, by omit- 
thereof to the House. ting the recital of certain Acts, in consequence of 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; the clauses to which such Acts referred having 
and be printed. been struck out of the Bill, and by adding a recital 
| with reference to a general Police Bill introduced 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: into Parliament in the present Session, in order that 
the Lords. Mr, Spenker the provisions of such general Bill should be incor- 
ad ? 


; en. 
a at porated into this Bill; and had found the same, as 

Navigation The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 5 d to b : ‘ ‘ 

Bill. Act to amend the Laws in force for the Encourage- ~~ yp neg atest ape. nla acl 


ak, ae os &gt;~ | Bill, and made A ’ 
ment of British Shipping and Navigation, with a SA Se Senne: SEEN 


Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords wd . 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ashton-under- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | Gordon’s (Cairness) Estate Bill was read the first Gordon’s 


Lyne Police, Act for the further Improvement of the Borough of , time. (Cairness) 
Markets and 5 | 


Improvement Ashton-under-Lyne, with Amendments; to which! Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- eenaians 
Acts Extension Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


and Amend- this House: And also, 
ment, and 








Transference of Gas and Water- Petitions from Burton-upon- Trent ;—and, Droit- Attornies’ 
works and other Property to the | wich ; praying for the repeal of the annual duty on Certificates. 
Corporation, Bill. | the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, 

Hoghton’s The Lords request, That this House will be | —~~Were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

Estate Bill. the Table. 


pleased to give leave to George Dodd, Esquire, a 


Member of this House, to attend their Lordships, to | A Petition of the President of the Manchester Bankrupt Law 
be sworn, in order to his being examined as a wit-! Commercial Association, praying that the Bankrupt Consolidation 


ness upon the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, | [a Consolidation Bill may pass into a law, was Bill. 
“ An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Hogh- | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
ton, Esquire, with Louisa Josephine Hoghton, his’ Table. 

now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and | 

for other Purposes :”—And then the ae A Petition of Customary Tenants of the Manor Copyholds 


withdrew. of Aspatria, in the county of Cumberland, praying a, 
Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to | that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass ws 
the last part of the said Message by Messengers of| into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 


their own. to lie upon the Table. 
And the Messenger was again called in; and | 23s ' : ad —" : 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then | os ho peg ert. Aan ys _ ane sot Expen 
he again withdrew. _Plumpton; — Poulton-le-Fylde ; — Greenalgh-with- = 
Thisleton ;—Marton ; — Layton-with-Warbreck ; — 
Norfolk Ordered, That Mr. Bagge, notwithstanding he Carleton (Lancaster) ;— Warton ;— Elswick ;—and, 
Estuary has not signed the Declaration the day previous to Sudbury Union; praying that the County Rates and 


— the sitting of the Committee on the Norfolk Estuary Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 


Powers of Con- (Amendment of Acts and Powers of Contribution by , sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

tribution by the Eau Brink Commissioners of Drainage, and by | 

the Eau Brink ¢he Corporation of King’s Lynn) Bill, be permitted; Petitions from Bristol, Clifton and neighbour- Cruelty to. 
Commission- . ‘ ; ° " Bill. 
ers of Drainage to attend and vote on such Committee, if he signs | hood ;—Scottish Society for the Prevention of 

and by the the Declaration at the next sitting of the Com- Cruelty to Animals (Chairman, Treasurer and Se- 
Corporation of mittee, cretary) ;—Cirencester ; — Norwich ; — Devonport ; 
King’s Lynn) | ’ ond 
Bill. a ’ 









Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Master 
Porters 
(Liverpool. ) 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Paper. 


Poor Law 
rs, 





12 Victroriz. 


13° Juniz. 


—and, Southampton ; praying that the Cruelty to| Petitions from Kilkenny and Callan ;—Carrick- spirits 
Animals Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, | on-Suir ;— Kells — Ballibay ;—Newry ;—Carlow, (Ireland.) 


383 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Tullow, and Bagnalstuwn ;—Cashel ;—and, Water- 


| ford ; praying that Dealers in Irish Spirits may be 





Petitions from Brede and Westfield ;—Salehurst 


and Etchingham ; —Mountfield, Whatlington and | 
Sedlescomb ;— Beckley and Northiam;—Bezhill and | 
Hollington ;—Ninfield and Hove;—Rye, Playden | 
and Iden ;—Hailsham and Hellingby ;—Icklesham, | 
Pett and Guestling ;—Withyam and Hartfield ;— | 
Ashburnhamand Penhurst;—Ewhurst and Bodiam ; | 
—Peasemarsh and Udimore ;— Battle ;— Ticehurst ; 

— Heathfield ; —Mayfield ; —Rotherfield ; —Lam- 

berhurst;—Burted, Framyield and Uckfield ;—Bur- 

wash ;— Brightling and Dallington;— Wadhurst and 

Frant ;—Catsfield and Crowhurst ;—Chiddingly 

and Waldron ;—Wartling and Hurstmonceaux ;— 

Staplehurst ; —Marden ; —Goudhurst ; —Horsmon- 

den ; — Hawkhurst ; —Cranbrook ;— Benenden ; — 

Sandhurst ;—Frittenden and Headcorn ;—Kent ;— 

and, Rolvenden; praying for the repeal of the duty 

on Hops,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Board 
of Kintore, praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thomas McKenzie Fraser ;—— 
Edinburgh ; William Nixon (two Petitions) ; 
—— Francis Gillies ; Skene; Robert Elder ; 
and, James Stevenson; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may not pass into a law—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 























A Petition of Merchants, Brokers Rate-payers 
and Operative Porters of the borough of Liverpool, 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 9 and 
10 Vic. c. 109, as relates to the Receiving, Weigh- 
ing and Loading off, of all Foreign Imports into the 
Town upon the Dock Quays by the Master Porters 
appointed under the said Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Canterbury, one of the Offi- 
cers of the prison of Newgate, in the city of Dublin, 
praying that in the event of the Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill passing into a law, the House will 
take into consideration his long service of thirty 
years, impaired health and advanced years, and per- 
mit him to retire on his present allowance, to which, 
he respectfully submits, he is entitled, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William and Robert Chambers, 
Publishers, in Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of 
the duty on Paper, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pembroke Union ; — Glendale 
Union ;—and Milton Union (Kent) ; praying that 
an Act may be passed in the present Session of 
Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund for members 
of their own body,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener and Clerk to the Com- 
missioners of the eight southern districts of the 


placed upon an equal footing (as regards allowances 
for waste and evaporation) with the manufacturers, 
importers and dealers in Foreign and Colonial 
Spirits,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons carrying on the businesses sunday 
of Fishmongers and Poulterers, praying that in the Trading. 


event of the House amending the present laws 
against Sunday Trading, they will be pleased to 
prohibit the delivery of fish, poultry and ice, after 
the hour of ten o’clock in the morning, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of War. 


the Wesleyan Methodist Association, in the town of 
Stockton-upon-Tees, praying the House to promote 
the formation betweeu the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to 
the decision of arbitrators, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenue 
an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (Ireland.) 


Ireland, paid into the Exchequer in the years ended 
the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 1849, dis- 
tinguishing the years :—Accounts of the Net Pub- 
lic Income and Expenditure of Zre/and for the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849, distinguishing the years, and showing the 
whole of the Ways and Means provided within the 
same periods, together with the application thereof: 
—Of the Amount of Duties of Excise in each 
Revenue District of Jreland, in each of the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849 :—And, of the Amount of Duties of Customs 
of the Revenue Districts of Jreland, in each of the 
years ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, 
and 1849 :—Statements iawian the Annual Ave- 
rage Quantities of the following Articles retained 
for Home Consumption in Jreland, in each of the 
years ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849 respectively, viz. Wine, Spirits, Foreign and 
Home-made Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax Seed, 
Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and Worsted 
Yarn, Silk raw and thrown, Iron unwrought, Tim- 
ber, Deals, and Coals :—And, showing the Annual 
Average Quantities of the following Articles ex- 
ported from Jreland, in each of the years ended the 
5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 1849 respec- 
tively, distinguishing the Exports to Great Britain 
from those to Foreign Countries, viz. Oxen, Sheep, 
Swine, Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, 
Butter, Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oat- 
meal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen 
Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper No. 585, of Session 1846) :— 
Accounts of the Amount of Stamp Duties collected 
in each Stamp District of Ireland, for the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849, distinguishing each year:— And, of the 
Amount of Postage collected in each County of Jre- 
land, for the years ended the 5th day of January 


city of Edinburgh, — the Public Health | 1847, 1848, and 1849, distinguishing each year. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Police of Towns (Scot- 

land) Bill, may not pass into law, was presented,| Ordered, That Mr. Stephenson have leave of ab- Leave of 
aud read ; and referred to the Select Committee on | ence for three weeks, on urgent business. a 


the Bills. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the East Indian 

_ A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashby-de-la-Zouch,| East Indian Railway Company (for making and —— (for 
in the county of Leicester, and the neighbourhood, | maintaining one or more Railways in the East Indies) olin A 
praying for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by Incorporation Bill; That, inasmuch as the Bill does maintaining 
extending the Jurisdiction of the County Courts, not confer any powers for the construction of any po A dheney 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Railway, but is simply a Bill for incorporating @ the East 

the Table. /Company, and for empowering the Company so Indies) Incor- 


304 incorporated, Porstion Bill. 


VoL. 104. 





Weymouth 
Union. 


No. 388. 


Registrars 
of Deeds 
(Middlesex. ) 


No. 385. 


Foreign Wine. 
No. 386. 


Spirits. 
No. 386. 


Arctic Expe- 
dition. 

No. 387. 
Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. 

No, 384. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


384 


incorporated, to enter into contracts with the East 
india Company, the several Standing Orders re- 
lating to Railway Bills were, in the opinion of the 
Committee, inapplicable to the case ; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and had 
amended the preamble by striking out the name of 
one Director; and had found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Wey- 
mouth Union, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Regis- 
trars of Deeds (Middlesex), which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign 
Wine, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Spirits, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Arctic Ex- 
pedition, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—An 
Account of the Total Net Produce of the Duties of 
Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Taxes, and of the 
Revenue of the Post-office, respectively paid into 
the Exchequer between the 5th day of January 
1849 and the latest date to which the same can be 
rendered, compared with the Receipts under the 
same heads in the corresponding periods of 1847 
and 1848, 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The Cruelty to Animals Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into 
the present mode of levying and expending the 
“ County Rate in England and Wales, with a view 
“ to ascertain whether any more satisfactory mode 
of levying the said Rates, and more effectual and 
“ economical control over their Expenditure, can be 
“ adopted,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


“ 


“ 


Tellers for the f Mr. H7ume, 7 96 
Yeas, Mr. Bright: asi 
Tellers for the{ Sir John Pakington, lose 
Noes, L Mr. Robert Palmer : | mo 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
a Sele ct Committee be appointed, to inquire into 
the prese nt mode of levying and expending the 
County Rate in Englandand Wales, with a view to 
ascertain whether any more satisfactory mode of 
levying the said Rates, and more effectual and 
economical control over their Expenditure, can be 
adopted,” be added, instead thereof ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by inserting after the 


“ 
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iii 
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13°—14° Juniz. 





A. 1849, 


word “ascertain” the words “the best mode of 
“ arranging an effective control on the part of the 
“ Rate-payers over the County Expenditure, and.” 


And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Rate, 





; Mr. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. pee nll } 83. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr — Gibson: jai. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 





Jovis, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 








PRAYERS, 
M R. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was Lighthouses, 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Re- 
turn of the Receipt and Application of all Monies 
received as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c. in the year 
ending 31st December 1847, by the Corporation of 
Trinity House of Deptford Strond. 

Mr. Maltby also presented,-—Further Return Trinity Hous. 
to an Order, dated the 20th day of July, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the 
whole Receipts and Revenue of the Corporation 
of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, dis- 
tinguishing the particular Sources from which the 
same are derived, together with a particular and 
detailed Account of the Appropriation of the same, 
for each of the years 1844 to 1847, both inclu- 
sive:—And, of the Number of Pensioners re- 
ceiving Relief from the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond, on the 1st day of Janu- 
ary in each year, distinguishing Men, Women and 
Children, and specifying the Rate of Pension al- 
lowed to each Class of Pensioners; the Names of 
the Ports or the Places at or inthe vicinity of which 
the Parties receiving Pensions reside, and the Num- 
ber of Men, Women and Children at each Port; 
also, an Abstract of the Number of Vacancies 
which have occurred by the Death or Disqualifica- 
tion of Pensioners in each of the last Three years, 
1845, 1846 and 1847, commencing oa the 1st day 
of January 1845, distinguishing the Number of Va- 
cancies occasioned by the Death or Disqualification 
of Male Pensioners from the Number of Female 
Pensioners (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 639, of Session 1844) :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain London 
of the City of London, was called in; and at the Corporation. 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- London 
veral Acts of Parliament,—An Account of Monies Bridge, &amp;. 
received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City 
of London, in respect of the year ending 5th Janu- 
ary 1849, being the Produce and Application of the 
several Duties and Payments constituting the Fund 
called the London Bridge Approaches or Improve- 
ment Fund for effecting Public Works and Improve- 
ments in the Metropolis, in pursuance of the Pro- 
visions of the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, 

1 and2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 and 2 Vic. c. 100, 1 and 2 
Vic. c. 101, and 8 and 9 Vic. c. 101. ” 
n 








Coal Market. 


Coals, &amp;c. 


Bridge. 


London City 
Police. 


Bridge Hous 
Estates, . 


Thames 
Navigation. 


12 Vicroriz. 


An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending 
5th January 1849, of the Fund called the Zondon 
Bridge Approaches or [mprovement Fund, for effect- 
ing Public Works and Improvements in the Me- 
tropolis, and the Appropriation of the same in dis- 
charge of Monies raised under the authority of the 
Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, and 11 Geo. 4, c. 64. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, from the 1st 
January to the 31st December 1848, in relation to 
rebuilding London Bridge, and for improving and 
making suitable Approaches thereto, in pursuance 
of the several Acts of Parliament of 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 
7 Geo. 4, c. 40, 10 Geo, 4, c. 136, 1 Will. 4, c. 3, 
2 Will. 4, c. 23, 4 Will. 4, c. 13, and 2 and 3 Vic. 
c. 107. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1848, in relation to a Mar- 
ket established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant 
to the Acts 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and 1 and 2 
Vic. c. 101, and 8 and 9 Vic. c. 101. 

An Account of the Receipt, by the Chamberlain 
of the City of London, of the Duty of One penny 
per Ton on Coals, Culm and Cinders brought into 
the Port of London &amp;c., made payable by the Act 
of 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and continued by subse- 
quent Acts; also of the Application of the same 
under the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 101, in the creation 
of a Fund for the execution of such Improvements 
in the Metropolis as Parliament may direct and 
sanction, for one year ending 31st December 1846. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the year ending the 14th August 1848, for lighting, 
watching, cleansing and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, 
pursuant to the Acts 7 Geo. 3, c. 37, 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 183, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 25th December 1848, in pursuance of the 
Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 94, intituled, An Act for re- 
gulating the Police of the City of London. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
1848, in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 94. 
for regulating the Police of the City of London, in 
respect of the City Police Superannuation Fund, 
for the Payment of Superannuated and Retiring 
Allowances. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, on account of 
the year ending 25th July 1848, for detraying the 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c. 
the Mooring Chains in the River Z'hames, of paying 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
and other Expenses of the Harbour Service, pur- 
suant to the Acts 39 Geo. 3, c. 69, 10 Geo. 4, c. 124, 
and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 32. 

A Statement of the Receipt and Application of 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1847, to the 14th August 1848, 
pursuant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 
7 Geo. 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year, 
ending 29th September 1848, for improving the 
Navigation of the River Thames, westward of London 
Bridge, in pursuance of the several Acts of 50 Geo. 3, 
c. 204, 52 Geo. 3, c. 46, 54 Geo. 3,c. 223, 5 Geo. 4, 
c. 123, and 8 Vic. c. 1. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in the year 
ending 29th September 1848, for making, maintain- 
ing, enlarging, repairing and cleansing the Vaults, 
Drains and Sewers, within the said City and Liber- 
ties, pursuant to the several Acts of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29, 
18 Geo. 3, c. 66, and 33 Geo. 3, c. 75. 


14° Junie. 





385 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, in the year 
ending 29th September 1848, for paving, cleansing 
and lighting the said City and Liberties, pursuant 
to the several Acts of Parliament of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29, 
33 Geo. 3, c. 75, 57 Geo. 3, c.29, and 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 114, 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the Wardmotes. 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles and other 
Expenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 
and other Ward Meetings, and for local purposes 
connected therewith, within the several Wards of 
the City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 and 3 Vic. 

c. 94, s. 85. 

Mr. Scott also presented,—Return to an Order, Sheriff of 
dated the 1st day of May last, for a Return of all ae 
Monies paid to the Chamberlain of the City of Zon- 
don, by persons either nominated or elected to the 
Office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, with 
the Date, Cause and Amount of each Payment, and 
the Names and Addresses of the respective Payers, 
from the 1st day of January 1800 to the present 
time; stating also the Amount received in each 
year, the Sum Total, and the Purposes to which the 
Money was applied by the Corporation of London : 

—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Paving, 
Cleansing and 
Lighting. 


Mr. Vesey reported from the Committee on the Manchester, 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway a 
(Consolidation and Amendment of Acts) Bill; That Railway 
_they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and (Consolidation 
| had amended the preamble, at the request of the pro- — 
|moters, by setting out at length the title of an Act pin, . 
of Parliament in reciting such Act, and also by sub- 
stituting the words “steam communication and 
works connected therewith” for the word “ ferry,” 

/in order to obviate an objection that the use of the 
word “ ferry” in the Bill might have the effect of 
conferring a franchise of ferry on the Company not 
at present enjoyed by them, or intended to be con- 
ferred upon them; and had found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and had, pursuant to the Instruction of the House 
of the 27th day of March last, inserted two of the 
clauses containing additional provisions therein, and 
had made Amendments thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





| 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee Norfolk 
on the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and ——- . 
Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Com- G yom 
missioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation of PowersofCon- 
King’s Lynn) Bill; That a Report from the Lords tribution by 
Commissioners of the Admiralty on the Bill, under Gommission- 
the 11 and 12 Vic. c. 129, had been laid before the ersof Drainage 
Committee, in which it is stated that their Lordships nd by the 
had received from their Inspectors who instituted the Teas lou 
local inquiry under the said Act, along and detailed Bill. 
Report on the Bill, but such Report has not yet 
been laid before Parliament or the Committee on the 
Bill; and as it appears from the last paragraph con- 
tained in the Report of the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty, that their Lordships specially call the 
attention of the Committee to the Inspectors’ Report 
as detailing the injurious effects which may result 
to the Navigation of the Estuary of the Ouse 
from carrying the proposed works into execution; 
the Committee think it desirable that they should 
be in possession of the Inspectors’ Report, above- 
mentioned, before proceeding with the Bill; and 
they have therefore adjourned till Friday next at 
Twelve o'clock, and have instructed the Chairman 
to apply to the House, to order that the Inspectors’ 
Report may be laid on the Table of the House, and 
referred to the Committee ; and that Captain Wash- 
ington one of the Admiralty Inspectors employed in 





Vou. 104. 


3D the 








386 


the local inquiry, do attend at the meeting of the 
Committee on Friday next. 


before this House. 


said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties and Nor- 
folk Railways 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, De- 
viations and 
Enlargements 
at and near 
Boston, Bent- 
ley, Lincoln 
and King’s 
Cross) Bill. 


at a less cost than he would have to pay if conveyed 
a less distance than 25 niiles; but the maximum 
tolls and charges to be made by the Company under 


existing Great Northern Railway Acts ; and that the 
Committee did not consider it necessary to revise 
those tolls, except by enabling the Company to 
charge a reasonable sum for loading, covering, and 
unloading goods, if that service is performed by the 
Company ; and that, in pursuance of the Resolution 
of the House of the 21st of February last, the cer- 
tificate from the Examiner of Petitions for Private 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Holme Reser- 
voirs (Increase 
of Rates and 
Amendment 
of Act) 


(No. 2.) Bill. 
Tyne River 


Conser’ancy 
Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
and London 
and North 
Western Rail- 
way Compsa- 
nies (‘Trans er 
of Interest in 
the Preston 
and Wyre Rail 
way, Harbour 


and Dock, and 


regulating 
Management 
of the Under- 
taking) Bill, 


Ordered, That a Copy of the said Report be laid 
Ordered, That Captain Washington do attend the 


Viscount Castlereagh reported the Eastern 
Counties and Norfolk Railways Amalgamation Bill, 
with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Viscount Castlereagh reported from the Commit- 
tee on Group 15, of Railway Bills; That in the case 
of the Great Northern Railway (Amendment of 
Acts, Deviations, and Enlargements at and near 
Boston, Bentley, Lincoln, and King’s Cross) Bill, 
they had altered the tolls authorized to be levied 
under the Great Northern Railway Act, 1846, and 
the Stamford and Spalding Railway Act, 1846, to 
remedy the defect in the present scale of tolls, 
which enables a person to travel more than 25 miles 


the Bill are the same as those which are fixed by the 


Bills, stating that the Order of the Standing Orders 
Committee, permitting the deposit of an estimate 
and declaration in the Private Bill Office, and 
printed copies thereof in the Private Bill Office and 
Vote Office, had been complied with, kad been pro- 
duced to the Committee; and that they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth. 

Resolved, That in the case of the Holme Reser- 
voirs (Increase of Rates and Amendment of Act) 
(No. 2.) Bill, Petition for additional provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 
the parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 
fit. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Philip Miles reported the Tyne River Con- 
servancy Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for vesting in the Lancashireand Yorkshire Railway 
Company and the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company the Preston and Wyre Railway, Har- 
bour and Dock, and all the Works, Property and 
Effects belonging thereto, be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir William Somerville, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


14° Junie. 








A. 1849, 


An ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Prosecution of Renfrewshire 
Criminal Offences before Her Majesty's Justices of Justice of 
the Peace in the County of Renfrew, and to simplify gin, Courts 
und render uniform the Proceedings therein, and 
lessen the Costs thereof, was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to facilitate the Prosecution of 
Criminal Offences before Her Majesty’s Justices of 
the Peace in the County of Renfrew, and to simplify 
the Proceedings therein, and lessen the Costs thereof. 

Ordered, Tlrat Colonel Mure do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act Surrey ana 
passed in the ninth year of the Reign of His Ma- Sussex Roads 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled,“ An Act for ee 
more effectually amending the Road leading from Alteration of 
the Stone’s End, in Blackman-street, in the Borough Tolls) Bill. 
of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to High- 
gate, in the County of Sussex, and several other 
Roads therein mentioned, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto,” was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for rendering valid certain Westhead’s 
Letters Patent granted to Joshua Procter Westhead, Patent for 


of Manchester, Manufacturer, was read the third Pay At 
time, turing Fur into 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Fabrics Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration fast Lanca- 
the Report on the East Lancashire Railway Acts shire Railway 
Amendment and Deviation (Connecting Lines in paneer 
Preston and Walton-le-dale, &amp;c.) Bill; and the viation (Con 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. necting Lines 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 4 reston and 

: “le- 
be ingrossed. Dale, &amp;c.) Bill, 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Irish South 
the Report on the Jrish South Eastern Railway Eastern Rail- 


(Amendment of Acts) Bill; and the Amendments we ae 
were read, and agreed to. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
the Report on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- we 
way (Extension of Ashton Branch, of Clifton (Extension 


Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, of Ashton 


and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Branch,of Clif 
Bi i] ton Branch, 
ut. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Great Indian 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; —— 
and committed. Company Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wisbech, and Own- Agriculture. 
ers and Occupiers of land in the surrounding 
neighbourhood, complaining of the distressed state 
of Agriculture, and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief for persons engaged therein, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders of Hudders- Bankrupt la¥ 
field, praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Consol 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Macgowan, praying that the Clergy Rall 





Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Clergy Relief Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 














12 VicTorizZ. 


andBan- A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Citizens 
don Railway of the city of Cork and its vicinity, stating that 
the fearful increase of distress, destitution and mor- 

tality in the south-west portion of the county of 

Cork demands the intervention and assistance of 

the Government of the country, with a view to the 
removal of the present, if not at least the prevention 

of a further increase of, disease and poverty ; and 
praying the House to take such steps as will enable 

the Cork and Bandon Railway Company to give 
employment to the destitute in the south district 

of Lreland, adjoining the said line of Railway, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


County Rates — Petitions from Sefton ;— Crompton ;— Royton ;— 
—- Oldham ;—Kirkby and Simonswood ; — Lytham; 
and, Kirkham ; praying that the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Cruelty to A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighton, in the 
Animals Bill. county of Sussex, and the neighbourhood, praying 
that the Cruelty to Animals Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 
Established A Petition of Parishioners of Ysceifiog, in the 
Church , : at &lt;5 
(Wales.) county of Flint, praying the House to adopt such 
measures as will henceforth preclude the appoint- 
ment of any parties not thoroughly conversant with 
the language to those ecclesiastical offices in Wales 
to which any Welsh duty is annexed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


—— and _A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 

Railway. cillors of Ki/marnock, stating that the Petitioners 
represent a large manufacturing and mercantile com- 
munity, whose very numerous commercial pursuits 
and personal movements extend into the country and 
towards the coast in all directions ; that previous to 
the House authorizing theformation of any Railways 
in Scotland, no place in this kingdom was better 
accommodated with roads and conveyances for goods 
and passengers than Kilmarnock ; this more espe- 
cially was the case upon a Railway constructed for 
horse-power, connecting that town and the sea-port 
of ZLroon (nearly ten miles separate), which most 
amply, cheaply, safely and quickly afforded accom- 
modation for all the traffic and travelling required 
between Kilmarnock and Troon, and the intervening 
populous district, from the year 1812, until the Glas- 
gow and Ayrshire Railway Company got possession 
of said line of Railway, when this useful line of 
communication was converted into a branch of the 
Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway, a most unnecessary 
supply of carriages and frequency of trains were 
provided and continued for a few months between 
Kilmarnock, Troon and Ayr, but suddenly with- 
drawn, upon the pretence of defective remuneration ; 
and the line is now used exclusively for the convey- 
ance of coals, minerals and other heavy materials ; 
and all attempts to recover the lost accommodation, 
or even to procure a morning and evening train 
daily toand from Toon, which is very much wanted 
during the summer months, have been refused, 
though repeatedly asked; and praying that the 
House may be pleased to direct an immediate inquiry 
into the same, and enforce such measures as finally 
may prevent that act of the Legislature which trans- 
ferred the Troon Railway into the hands of the 
Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway Company, from 
occasioning great and continuous damage to the 
mterest and comfort of all classes of the inhabitants 
of Kilmarnock, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Hops. Petitions from Wood Church ;— Halden ;-— Rol- 
venden ; — Wittersham ; —Biddenden ; —Tenterden ; 
—Appledore, Stone and Ebony ;—and, Horsmon- 

Vou, 104, 


14° Junii. 





$87 


den; praying for a repeal of the war and five per 
cent. duty on Hops,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Justices Lunatics 
of Peace and Commissioners of Supply of the county — 
of Berwick, praying that the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill ~~ 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the General Assembly of Marriage 
the Church of Scotland, praying that the Marriage = 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre-  ~ 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Glasgow (two Petitions) ; and, Marriages 
Presbytery of Langholm (Moderator pro tem.) ; Bill, 
praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed of Colney Nationa 
and Ridge, alleging that there are certain paintings Gallery. 
exhibited in the National Gallery bearing repre- 
sentations of the Deity ; and praying that the said 
paintings may be removed, or that the representa- 
tions of the Deity may be erased or painted over, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of James E. Toole, John Ramsbottom Newgate Gaol 
and James Raymond, Assistant Turnkeys, and (Dublin) Bill. 
James K. Thompson, Schoolmaster to the Gaol of 
Newgate, in the city of Dublin, praying that, in 
case the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill should pass 
into a law, compensation may be given them for 
the loss they would sustain thereby, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Parker, Out-pensioner, pensioners 
resident at Lime-street, Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon- (Army.) 
Tyne, complaining of certain deductions from his 
half-pay, and praying for redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Risbridge Poor Law Union ;— Poor Law 
Godstone Poor Law Union;—Saint Faith’s Poor (Medical 
Law Union ;—Hertford Poor Law Union ;—Ches- Relief.) 
terton Poor Law Union ;— Saffron Walden Poor 
Law Union ;— Walsingham Poor Law Union ;— 
Woburn Poor Law Union ;—and, Hungerford Poor 
Law Union; stating that the Petitioners have long 
felt the evils of the present defective system of Poor 
Law Medical Relief; and praying that numerous 
grievances affecting Medical Officers may be re- 
dressed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East and West Flegg Union ;— Poor Law 
Berkhampstead Union ;— Chesterton Union ;—and, Officers. 
Macclesfield Union; praying that an Act may be 
passed during the present Session of Parliament, for 
the establishment ofa permanent fund for the benefit 
of superannuated Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the Poor Laws, and for enabling Poor 
Law Officers to form and distribute such fund,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of tie Poor Law 
Belfast Union, was presented, and read; setting (Ireland. 
forth, That Petitioners some time ago received a 
sealed order from the Poor Law Commissioners of 
Ireland, ordering them to give to the Roman Ca- 
tholic paupers residing in the workhouse of the 
above union nine holidays, in addition to those 
commanded to be given by Act of Parliament ; 
that during the eight years in which this work- 
house has been establisbed such holidays have not 
been observed in this workhouse by a total ab- 
stinence from work, or, so far as Petitioners have 

3 D2 heard, 





Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland.) 


Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 





388 


heard, in any part of the province of Ulster; that 
Petitioners have never heard that any inconvenience 
has resulted from the non-observanc? of such _holi- 
days, or that any application has been made from 
this province for their observance ; that if the above 
order is enforced, Petitioners dread that it will 
seriously interfere with the internal arrangements 
and discipline of the workhouse, and will induce 
religious disagreements, which have hitherto not 
been felt; will moreover prove an example per- 
nicious to the industrious habits of this portion of 
Ireland, by promoting that idleness which has been 
one of the principal causes of the absence of man- 
ufacturing industry in the other portions of Ireland; 
and praying the House to order an inquiry to be 
made into the causes which have induced the Poor 
Law Commissioners to issue the aforesaid order. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of small houses in 
the city of Cork, praying that a clause may be 
inserted in the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill, exempt- 
ing from poor-rate all houses of the value of five 
pounds and under, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the New- 
market Uniun, in the counties of Cambridge and 
Suffolk, praying the House to pass a law making 
the landlords of all cottages whose rents are under 
six pounds liable to the payment of the poor-rates, in 
respect of such cottages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of 
Bardney, in the county of Lincoln, praying for 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Cork, 
praying that instructions may be forthwith given to 
the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 
to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
ments the liberation of all Africans and their de- 
scendants, who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies and territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties ; and in the event of their attempt- 
ing to evade such demand, or to procrastinate its 
fulfilment, to notify to them that measures will be 
adopted to exclude their produce from the British 
markets, until Slavery itself shall be abolished by 
them, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Bideford, in the county of Devon, praying for 
amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Commissioners of Supply and Justices of the Peace 
of the county of Forfar, praying that the present 
law for granting licenses for exciseable liquors in 
Scotland be altered and amended, so as to prevent 
appeals from the decisions of the local justices ; and 
at least that no such appeals be allowed, unless toa 
Select Committee of the magistrates and justices of 
the county, including the sheriff, or sheriff-substi- 
tutes, and that such decision of the Committee shall 
be final, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Upper Chelsea, in 
the district of Trinity Church, Tradesmen, Dealers, 
and others, praying that the Sunday Trading (Me- 
— Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





14° Juniz. 





A. 1849. 





A Petition of Members of the Church of Eng- Tithes, 


land, praying the House to take measures for pre- 

venting in future the Sale of Tithes appropriate, 

or vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, was 

oe and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Haverfordwest (three Petitions) ;— War. 


and, New Brentford ; praying the House to promote 
the formation between the British Government and 
other governments of the world respectively, of such 
treaties of arbitration as shall bind the parties to 
refer all international disputes that may arise to the 
decision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Game Laws, 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of Au- 
gust, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
of the Number of Persons convicted of any Offences 
against the Game Laws at any Petty Sessions, 
Quarter Sessions, or Assizes, in England and Wales, 
from the 5th day of May 1846 to the Ist day 
of August 1848; specifying in which County and 
Parish the Offences were committed ; the Penalties 
or Punishments inflicted; and distinguishing the 
Cases in which a pecuniary Fine was paid, and those 
in which Imprisonment was suffered by the Offend- 
ers :—And, of all Inquests held by the Coroners of 
England and Wales on the Bodies of Gamekeepers, 
and on the Bodies of other Persons killed in Affrays 
between Gamekeepers and Poachers, from the 1st 
day of November 1832 to the 1st day of August 
1848 ; specifying the County and Parish in which 
the Inquest was held, on whose Property the Affray 
took place, and giving a full Copy of the Verdict 
returned in each case. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Bankruptcy. 


several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns from 
the Court of Bankruptcy in London, and the several 
District Courts of Bankruptcy in the Country, of 
the Number of Certificates of Conformity granted, 
refused, or suspended, or to which conditions have 
been annexed, during the last Three years; showing 
also the name of the Bankrupt, and the Commis- 
sioner before whom the application was made :— 
Also, the Number of Applications made under the 
11th and 12th Vic. c. 86, the Name of the Commis- 
sioner before whom heard, and the Name of the 
Bankrupt, and the result of the Application. 


A Return of the Names ofall Persons appointed Inspectors of 
by the Committee of Council for Education to act Schools. 


as Inspectors of Schools, from the 10th day of 
April 1839 to the 5th day of April 1849; with the 
dates of their appointment, the Salary of each In- 
spector, and the Sums separately paid to him for 
travelling and other expenses. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Tuam Work- 
Order,—Copy of Correspondence between the Most house. 


Reverend Doctor M/‘Hale and the Poor Law Com- 
missioners of Jreland, on the subject of the Chap- 
laincy of the Zuam Workhouse. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Legitimacy Legitimacy 
(Scotland), which was communicated from the Lords (Scotland.) 


upon Monday last, be printed. 


No. 389. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hoghton’s. 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of yester- Divorce B 


day, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to give leave to George Dodd, Es- 
quire, a Member of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a witness upon the Second Reading of the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of 
Henry Hoghton, Esquire, with Louisa Josephine 
Hoghton, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes. 

And 


Bankruptcy. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Supply 
[5 June.] 


Militia and 
Volunteers 
(Canada. } 


Rebellion 
Losses Bill 
(Canada. ) 





12 Vicroriz. 


And Mr. Dodd being present in his place, declared 
that he was willing, with leave of the House, to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That George Dodd, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to George Dodd, Esquire, to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he think 
fit: And that Mr. Bernal do carry the said Mes- 
sage. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of additional Com- 
missioners of the Court of Bankruptcy appointed 
for the Country Districts, under the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c. 122; of the Names of such Commissioners, 
and the Dates of their respective Appointments, and 
the District to which each Commissioner has been 
appointed ; the Number of Sittings in each week in 
every District Court for the last Five years, and the 
Number of Hours occupied at each Sitting; and 
the Amount of Salary paid to each Commissioner. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


tituled, An Act to amend the Laws in force for the | 


Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

P. 3. 1. 42. After “ Acts” insert “ and parts of 
“ Acts.” 

P. 5.1.36. After “ navigated ” insert “ Provided 
“ also, that every British Ship except such as are 
“ required to be wholly navigated by British Sea- 
“ men, which shall be navigated by one British 
*¢ Seaman for every Twenty tons of the burthen of 
“‘ such ship, shall be deemed to be duly navigated, 
“* although the number of other Seamen shall exceed 
“ one-fourth of the whole crew.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


wn 


n 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the 22d of the Resolutions 
which, upon the 5th day of this instant June, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolution was then postponed :—The House pro- 
ceeded to take the said Resolution into further 
consideration ; and the same was again read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

“ Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray, in the year 1849-50, the Expense of Militia 
and Volunteers in Canada.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the said Resolution ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end.of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ humbly to pray that Her Majesty will be pleased 
“ not to issue any Order in Council, leaving to its 
“ operation an Act of the Canadian Legislature, 
“ intituled, An Act to provide for the Indemnifica- 
“ tion of Persons in Lower Cunada, whose Property 
“ was destroyed during the Rebellion in 1837 and 
1838, without and until Her Majesty shall have 
received satisfactory assurance that no persons 
engaged in, or having aided or abetted that un- 
Vou. 104. 


“ 
“ 
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389 


“ natural Rebellion, shall be admitted to participate 
“ in the indemnification so to be granted,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 15° die Junii, 1849: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


‘ Mr. Nicholl, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, Visccust Mien: j} 72, 
Tellers for the Noes, 


Mr. Mackenzie, } 07 
Mr. Newdegate : p 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Zredand) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) ——— 
; ct (1848) 
Amendment Bill; par wn 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 
| itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
mittee on the Charitable ‘Trusts Bill; Trusts Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
‘into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Com- a 
| mission Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ~~~ 
| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and, Mr. Attorney 
|General reported, ‘That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Biil be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
25th day of this instant June. 


No. 390. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriage 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; maa 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) (Seothind) 
Bill; Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill ; Abandonment 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Turnpike-roads (Jreland) Bill was, according Turnpike- 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to params 
a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday ~~ 





next. 


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EE 


on nn arene mee ee 





Pupils’ Protec- 
tion (Scotland) 
Bill. 


Assaults 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Qualification 

and Registra- 
tion of Voters 
(freland) Bill. 


Elections and 
Polling-places 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Estates 
Leasing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Benefices in 
Plurality Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill, 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Clergy Relief 
Bill. 


General and 
Quarter Ses- 
sions Bill. 


Sunday 
Trading 

( Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Sewers Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Biil. 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


390 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
22d day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Assaults (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Qualification and Registration of 
Voters (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Elections and Polling-places (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
22d day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Benefices in Plurality Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the Second Reading of 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Second Reading of the said Bill be resumed upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (/re/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The General and Quarter Sessions Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2.) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Bribery at Elections Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Bill to relieve Occupiers of Lands or Tene- 
ments, having only a Temporary Interest therein, in 
respect of Rates leviable for erecting and providing 
County Lunatic Asylums, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


14°.—15° Junzz. 








A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Courts of Re- 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- — 
ments, Courts of Record (/reland) Bill be re-com- 
mitted ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Smoke Probj. 
mittee on the Smoke Prohibition Bill; bition Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Life Policies 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance Bill; of Assurance 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday _ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill ; Partition and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 
mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill; Hose (Ireland) 
Resulved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Small Debt Courts (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Small Debt 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- a (Scot- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ro 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County Cess 
take into consideration the County Cess (Jreland) (ireland) Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, accord- Ecclesiastical 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed aT 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
into a Committee upon the Loan Societies Bill ; Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and the Judge Advocate reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Bill for consolidating and amending several Attornies and 
of the Laws relating to Attornies and Solicitors in cmeye 
Ireland was, according to Order, read the third ‘ ) 
time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 


currence, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Bills 
an Account of all Sums paid to Solicitors or others (Scotland) 
for preparing and conducting, or assisting in the 
preparing andconducting, of Public Bills relative 
to Scotland, and of all “Expenses connected with 
such Bills, charged against the Public, for each 
year from 1841 to 1848, both inclusive; distin- 
zuishing the Portions of such Payments and Ex- 





penses 








ts, 
id 


d) 





Sirangers. 


Windsor 
Castle. 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 


Receivers, 
Courts of 
Chancery and 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Barracks, 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill, 


No. 391. 


— 
tuary 
(Amendment 
of Acts, and 


Powers of Con- 


tribution by 
the Eau Brink 
Commission- 
ets of Drain- 


12 Vircroriz. 


penses applicable to Solicitors or others in Scotland ; 
also, the estimated Expense for 1849. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the present practice of this House in re- 
spect of the exclusion of Strangers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Copy of all the Correspondence between the Lords 
of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests respecting the Sums of £.6,550 and 
£.10,000 for supplying Windsor Castle with Water : 
—And, a Return stating whether the Works and 
Materials are to be executed and supplied by Con- 
tract or otherwise; likewise the Amount paid or to 
be paid to the Engineer and Surveyor. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty of 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And that 
Mr. Hayter and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Receivers, 
Courts of Chancery and Exchequer (Jreland) do 
consist of Seventeen Members. 

Ordered, That Sir Percy Nugent, Mr. Keogh, Mr. 
Villiers, Colonel Dunne and Mr. Vesey be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1850 :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Secretary-at-War, 
The Judge Advocate, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. 
Bellew, Mr. Cornewull Lewis, Sir William Somer- 
ville, Colonel Anson, Mr. Hayter, Sir John Tyrell, 
and all Colonels of Militia, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Barracks, 
which were presented upon the 16th day of February 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Army 
and Ordnance Expenditure. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to continue certain 
of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap 
used in Manufactures; And the same was rea dthe 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy 
of Report to the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
ralty, by Captain James Vetch, r.£., and Captain 
John Washington, x. N., the Inspectors appointed by 
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (under 
11 and 12 Vic., c. 129), to make a local inquiry into 
the case of the Norfolk Estuary Bill, now before 


age, and by the Parliament. 


Corporation 
King’s 
Lynn) Bill. 
Shrewsbu 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Acts Amend- 


ment,Branches 


and Devia- 
tions Bill. 
Birmingham 
and Oxiord 


Junction Rail- 


Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Mackenzie reported the Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham Railway Acts Amendment, Branches and 
Deviations Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Mackenzie reported from the Committee on 
Group 9, of Railway Bills; That in the case of the 


way (Purchase Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway (Pur- 
Strat- 
ford-upon. 
Avon Canal 
navigation) 


chase of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation) 
Bill, to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred, they had heard counsel in support 
of several of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had 
examined the allegations contained in the preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Vou. 104, 


14°—-15° Junzz. 


391 


A Petition of Parishioners of Cluny, in the Pres- Re 
bytery of Kincardine O' Neil, praying that the Re- (Beutlee), 
gistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the ol Me 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, (Scotland) 
- — and read; and ordered to lie upon Bills. 
the lable. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions Court of 

of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury mer 
Warrant granting Compensation for Loss of Fees Scotland.) 
to the Macers and Doorkeepers of the Court of Ex- 

chequer in Scotland. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensa- Keeper of the 
tion to Mr. W. P. Dundas, Keeper of the Register Register of 


of Entails, &amp;c. (Scotland). (Scotland. 


Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensa- Clerk Depute 
tion for loss of Fees to Mr. David Keith, Clerk (Aberdeen. 
Depute of the City of Aberdeen. i 

Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensa- Clerks of 
tion to Clerks of Birghe in Scotland. aS (Scot- 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mitteé on Public Petitions; That they had trihioth Re- 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th, port.) 
13th and 14th days of this instant i une ; and had 
directed him, to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Holme Reser- 
spect of the Petition for additional provision in the be at gee 
Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amend- Amendment 
ment of Acts) (No. 2.) Bill, which was yesterday of Acts) 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- (N® 2) Bill 
ders, might be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Sir John Walsh reported from the Committee on etl 
the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and *stuary 
Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Com- Ly vem 
missioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation of PowersofCon- 
King’s Lynn) Bill; That the Committee met this bp by 

, . e Eau Brink 

day, at Twelve o’clock, pursuant to adjourn- Commission- 
ment, when the Committee received a letter from ers of Drain- 
Mr. Tatton Egerton, the Chairman of the Com- #8® and by 

- ‘ ‘ ‘ e Corpora- 
mittee,accompanied bya Medical Certificate, stating tion of King’s 
that he was prevented by illness, from attending the Lynn) Bill. 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee Opposed __ 
on Group 7, of Opposed Private Bills ; That a letter aiuees 
had been received from the Earl of Arundel and “" 
Surrey, one of the selected Members of the Com- 
mittee, stating that he was prevented by indisposi- 
tion from attending the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 
be discharged from any further attendance on the 
Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 7 PP 
the Amendments made by the Lordstothe Bill, in- Tenenit ant 


tituled, An Act for making the Parish of Richmond, kingston- 





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392 


upon-Thames in the County of Surrey, a distinct Vicarage, by 
Bul. dividing the Fens of Kingston-upon- Thames and 
Sheen, otherwise Richmond, into Two separate 

Vicarages, and for providing a Stipend and Resi- 

dence for the Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, and for 

extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes in the Parish of 

Richmond, and for other Purposes relating to such 

Vicarages ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 30 1. 28. Leave out from “ fit” to “ And ” in 

Pr. 32. 1. 14. and insert “ Provided always, That 

“ instead of the said vestrymen granting and con- 

“ veying any part of the said lands as aforesaid, 

“ as or for a residence or endowment for the said 

“ Vicarage of Richmond, it shall be lawful for the 

*¢ said vestrymen or a majority of them assembled 

‘* at a general meeting (by the order or direction of 

“ the High Court of Chancery, upon a Petition or 

“ Petitions to be presented in a summary way by 

“ the said vestrymen, or any five or more of them, 

“ to be entituled in the matter of this Act, the costs, 

“ charges and expenses of which Petition or Pe- 

“ titions, and of all proceedings under the same, 

“ shall be paid out of the rents and profits of the 

said lands, so held by the said vestrymen, and 
which Petition and Petitions shall and may be 
“ presented at any time or times within the space 
“ of Twelve calendar months after the passing of 
“ this Act, or within Twelve calendar months after 
“ the said parish of Richmond shall have become 
“ a distinct Vicarage, although there shall nut be 
any cause in the said Court relating to the said 
“ trust land or the matter of such Petition or Peti- 
* tions, and with which Petition or Petitions or any 
““ copy thereof it shall not be necessary to serve 
‘* the Attorney-General, or any other party) to sell 
“ and dispose of any part, not exceeding one acre 
*“ and a quarter of the said lands, (except any part 
" of ee kind formerly the hill common,) either by 
“ public auction or private contract, and by deed or 
** deeds, under the hands and seals of the said ves- 
“ trymen, or any five or more of them, to convey 
“ the land so sold unto the purchaser or purchasers 
“ thereof, freed and discharged from the trusts and 
“ purposes in the said Act and grant mentioned, 
“ and the receipt and receipts of the said vestry- 
men, or any five or more of them, for the pur- 
chase-money of the land so sold, shall be a suf- 
“ ficient discharge and discharges for any such pur- 
‘“* chase or consideration money, and shall acquit 
and discharge every purchaser or purchasers, and 
every other person, from seeing to the application 
* thereof, and from being accountable for the non- 
“ application or misapplication thereof, and the 
monies to arise from any sale or sales as aforesaid, 
after payment thereout of the expenses of such 
“ sale or sales, shall be paid and applied by the 
“* said vestrymen, in, for or towards providing or 
“ procuring a residence for the Vicar of Richmond 
‘* aforesaid, or for an endowment for the said Vi- 
“ carage of Richmond ;” and also insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 

“ be lawful for the trustees for the time being of 
“ the lands, tenements and hereditaments, called 
“ the Richmond Church Estate, at Richmond afore- 
“ said, by the order or direction of the High Court 
of Chancery, upon a Petition or Petitions to be 
“ presented in a summary way, by the said trustees 
“ or trustee for the time being, or the major part of 
* them, to be entituled in the matter of this Act 
“* (the costs, charges and expenses of which Peti- 
“ tion or Petitions, and of all proceedings under 
“ the same, shall, if the Court of Chancery shall 
“ so direct, be paid out of the rents and profits of 
“ the said Richmond Church Estate, and which Pe- 
“ tition and Petitions shall and may be presented 
“ at any time or times, although there shall not be 
“‘ any cause in the said court relating to the said 
“ charity, or the matter of such Petition or Peti- 
“ tions, by and out of any monies or surplus or 
“ accumulations of rents arising, or which may 


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A. 1849. 


have arisen or accumulated from such estates or 
otherwise,) to give to the said vestrymen a sum 
of money, not exceeding five hundred pounds 
sterling, in, for or towards providing or procurin: 
a residence for the Vicar of Richmond state 
or by any grant or conveyance, under the hands 
and seals of the said trustees for the time being, 
to give, grant and convey any messuage, land, 
tenement, or hereditament, under their care, con- 
trol, or management, as or for a residence or site 
for a residence for the Vicar of Richmond, or for 
an endowment for the said Vicarage of Richmond, 
and such grant or conveyance may be made, 
without any valuable consideration whatever, and 
the said trustees so giving, granting or conveying 
as aforesaid, are hereby indemnified for or in re- 
spect of any such gift, grant or conveyance.” 

he said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Locke King do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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on 


An ingrossed Bill to extend the present Tinsley gnemeta ana 
and Doncaster Turnpike-road from Tinsley to Tinsley Road 
Sheffield, and for other Purposes, was read the third of of 
time. : and Dencuster 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Turnpike-road 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to Sheffield) 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Flimwell Vent 

the Report on the Flimwell Vent to Hastings Turn- to Hastings 
ike-road Bill. ——- 

pike-roa : road Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

former Committee :—And that they have leave to 

sit, and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Essex ;— Agriculture. 
Godstone;—County of Northampton ;—and, Hol- 
beach; complaining of the distressed state of Agri- 
culture, and praying the House to adopt measures 
for the relief of persons engaged therein,— were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident Attornies’ 
in Liverpool, praying for the repeal of the duty Certificates. 
on the Annual Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors 
and Proctors, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-Presidents and Bankrupt Law 


Members of the Committee of the Bath Commer- — hen 
cial and Literary Institution, praying that the Bank- 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the Diocese of Raphoe, Church 
praying that an Act may be passed restoring the Seed) Ace 


separate jurisdiction of the ten suppressed Sees in 
Ireland, and enabling Her Majesty to nominate 
to them, according as an adequate provision for 
each, whether from public or private sources, shall 
have been secured; and also that the Sees of 
Cashel and Tuam be restored to their former archi- 
episcopal dignity, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of County Rates 
Netherton, in the aoa of Aameetten Sng that ds ee 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Dublin, complaining that Dublin City. 
by defective and deficient sewerage, and by an in- 
adequate supply of water, and by the want of 
facilities for cleanliness, the health and lives of the 





citizens 








fducation. 


. Home 
Colonies. 


Hotel Keepers. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Police of 
Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Poor Law. 


Poor-Law 
(Ireland) 


12 Vicrortiz. 


citizens of Dublin, but especially the poorer classes, 
are endangered ; destitution is increased and taxa- 
tion for the relief of want and sickness is rendered 
burdensome; and praying the House to institute 
such sanitary legislation as may be calculated to 
a the public health, to diminish pauperism 
and render the rates less burdensome,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Managers, Friends and Supporters 
of the Norwich Diocesan Training Institution, 
situated at Norwich, praying the House to pass an 
Act exempting all lands and buildings used exclu- 
sively as training institutions or normal colleges, 
from all assessed taxes, county, borough and poor 
and highway-rates, church-rates and local-rates, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Operative Stone Masons Society of Lambeth, pray- 
ing the House to introduce a Bill, sanctioning the 
establishment of Home Colonies, and that suffi- 
cient capital be supplied, by way of loan from the 
Im utah treme, for that purpose, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Hotels, Taverns 
and Victualling Houses in London and its neighbour- 
hood, calling the attention of the House to their 

resent liability to the window tax upon their trade 

ouses, the increasing and heavy rates of duty 
charged for their trade, servants, apprentices and 
labourers, and also to the charges for servants 
designated waiters, burdens to which no other 
trade is liable; and praying the House to consider 
their case, and grant them such relief as may seem 
to be just, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—Lichfield ;— Diss ;— 
and, Lowestoft; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Editors of the 
Liverpool Mercury, praying for the establishment 
of two well-timed despatches within each twenty- 
four hours from the Post-oftices in all the towns 
connected by Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Forres, praying that the Police 
of Towns (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Saint Germans Union ;—Aber- 
ystwyth Union ;--Oundle Union ;--Pershore Union; 
—and, Newcastle-on-Emlyn Union ; praying that an 
Act may be passed during the present Session of 
Parliament, br the establishment of a permanent 
fund for the benefit of superannuated Officers con- 
nected with the administration of the Poor Laws, 
and to enable Poor Law Officers to form and dis- 
tribute such fund,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Towcester Union ;—and, Tiverton; 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law,—were 
—, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


; A Petition of the Archdeacon of Kildare, pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law in Ireland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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393 





_ Petitions from Bangor ;—and, Carnarvon ; pray- Promiscuous 
ing the House to adopt measures for the punish- Intercourse. 


ment of all persons guilty of trading in Seduction 
and Prostitution, and for the better protection of 
virtuous women,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the East Anglian Railways Com- Railways. 


pany, complaining that the present system of rating 
Railways to poor, highway, church and other local 
rates, is unequal, unjust and oppressive ; and pray- 
ing for an alteration of the law, rendering such 
taxation more just and equal, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Winsham ;—Shepton Beauchamp ; gale of Beer 
— Barrington ;--Chard ;--Crewherne;--and, Elham; Act. 


praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wem ;—and, Carnarvon ; praying gmail Debts 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extend- Act. 
ing the jurisdiction of the County Courts,—were — 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the bo- gmithfiela 
rough of Lambeth, praying the House not to con- Market. 


sent to the removal of Smithfield Market, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Smithfield Market. 

A Petition of William Johnson, of West Smith- 
field, in the city of London, Wine-merchant, com- 
plaining of the loss which the public would sustain 
by the removal of Smithfield Market, and praying 
that his Petition may be referred to the Committee 
on Smithfield Market, was also presented, and read; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Limehouse ;—Shoreditch ;—Saint Sunday 


George, Hanover-square ;--Saint James, Piccadilly; 


ster ; praying that the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mary-le-bone;——Edward Med- 
ley and others ; The Metropolis (three Petitions); 
Spitalfields ; White Cross-street;——Shop- 
keepers residing in Hungerford Market ;——and, 
Saint Luke’s; praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Hawkers and Criers of Water- 
cresses in the Metropolis, praying that a clause may 
be inserted in the said Bill granting to them equal 
privileges with the hawkers and criers of Milk, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











Trading 


—and, Saint Margaret and Saint John’s, Westmin- — 


ui. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Universal 
habitants of the city of London, praying the House Suffrage, &amp;c. 


to extend the Franchise to every man of mature age, 
sound mind, fixed residence, and unstained with 
crime ; and to enact all other provisions essential to 
the full, fair and free representation of the people 
in Parliament, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of the Speaker and Members of Her West India 
Majesty’s House of Assembly of Jamaica (signed Colonies. 


by the Speaker,) was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners, under the pressure of 
the present calamitous condition of the Island of 
Jamuica, resort to the House with confidence, be- 
lieving that, should they succeed in proving a claim 
to redress on principles of equity and justice, it is 
impossible that redress can be withheld, or that the 
House can view with indifference the heavy respon- 





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394 
sibilities which, as they humbiy submit, their pre- 
sent condition imposes on the parent Government ; 
that, while the Petitioners are ready to acknow- 
ledge that in the state almost of despair to which 
all classes in that Island have been reduced by the 
pressure of distress, their measures may appear to 
some to have indicated inconsideration of conse- 

uences to partial interests, yet they can assure the 
Rows that this course has been adopted from no 
desire but to discharge with fidelity the obligations 
of a difficult position; they desire especially to re- 
cord before the world that, while the price of Sugar, 
the principal staple export of that Island, has dimi- 
nished by one-half, and Coffee to a still greater ex- 
tent, the demand for these articles is cruelly limited 
in the markets of England by duties higher than 
the most hostile governments have ever imposed 
upon the products of foreign countries (ranging now 
on sugar from one hundred to one hundred and 
twenty per cent. on its market value, and on coffee 
from fifty to three hundred per cent. according to 
the qualities); and that, labouring under such a 
disadvantage, those colonies have been refused all 
redress in the unequal contest they are required to 
continue with the products of slave cultivation ; 
the lamentable consequence which has followed 
from this state of things has been, that cultivation 
is being daily abandoned, and profits so diminished 
that as against 1,212,741/. 10s. 1d. the value of 
the exports in 1847, there is not likely to be, ac- 
cording to the best computation, a larger amount 
in the year 1848 than 894,621 1. 3s. 3d.—showing 
the alarming decrease of 318,120/. 6s. 10d.; and, 
as inevitably following, there has been a propor- 
tionate decrease of imported goods, the value for 
the year 1847 having been 1,077,434 /. 4s., leaving 
a balance in favour of the Island for that year of 
135,3061. 18s. 1d., while in 1848, the amount of 
imports not having exceeded 938,692/. 17s. 1d., 
there has been a balance against the Island for that 
year of 170,185/. 12s. 5d.—a most unanswerable 
evidence of the consummation of its ruin; the de- 
pression of the markets, now so much complained 
of, can never be relieved so as to yield a remune- 
rating price, nor can the restoration of the planta- 
tions be effected, so long as the consumption is re- 
pressed by the present rate of duties. The injury 
1s felt equally by the consumer and the producer. 
The Petitioners feel that there is a point beyond 
which forbearance cannot go, and that point has 
surely been attamed when, not only the once 
affluent classes of that Island, but a large portion 
of the labouring population, are struggling in desti- 
tution, and compelled to witness the abandonment 
of their inheritances er acquired properties, in the 
latter of which many had invested the savings of a 
life-time; while those who from peculiar cireum- 
stances are enabled a little longer to maintain their 
position do so with trembling apprehension for the 
future, particularly when the Petitioners consider 
that, although with temporary interruptions they 
have been in Session since August 1848, and al- 
though they then unequivocally declared their ap- 
prehension that the Island could not maintain its 
institutions on their present footing, yet up to this 
hour they have not had the slightest intimation 
that any measure of relief or justice is intended for 
them. The Petitioners venture, with all deference, 
to suggest, whether or not, if such measures be with- 
held, the name of the mother country may not be 
tarnished by the history of the suffermgs and fall 
of that ancient and loyal colony, and by the ruin of 
the population, which has been redeemed from 
bondage at so great a sacrifice ; that that Island 
has maintained for a series of years the dignity of 
Her Majesty’s representative, and provided a salary 
for a governor and secretary, amounting to nearly 
10,000 /, and now to nearly 8,000/. per annum—a 
charge which the Petitioners believe is borne by the 
Imperial Government in almost all the other colo- 





15° Juni. 














A.'1849, 


nies of the British Crown; that, yielding to theex- 
paws wishes of the Secretary of State for the co- 
onies in regard to the establishment of prisons, the 
House of Assembly has provided, from time to time, 
large sums for the establishment of a general i- 
tentiary, inwhich the most approved system of Nisei 
pline might be carried out, and has also made a liberal 
expenditure in the erection of a lunatic asylum, and 
on other objects and institutions for the welfare and 
amelioration of society ; but these important objects 
must be abandoned or thrown on the Government of 
England for that support which the House is utterly 
unable to furnish ; that the Petitioners have received 
no reply to their repeated remonstrances against the 
continued pressure of the imperial duties on the 
West India produce markets, beyond assertions 
made that the money derived ‘from that source is 
needed for the service of Government,—a reason 
which they leave to the judgment of those who try 
measures, not by the rules of expediency, but of 
equity and justice, by which the Petitioners are 
ready to abide in the adjustment of all their griev- 
ances. So far as that Island receives a benefit from 
the parent state, the people are willing, though they 
do not participate in its wealth and glory, to consi- 
der as indelible its claims on them for a fair contri- 
bution ; but they cannot admit that it has a right 
to crush them by persisting in measures which, so 
far from reciprocating that sentiment, obviously vio- 
lates it in the destruction of the fortunes and fami- 
lies of all whose interests are fixed in the colony. 
They only claim to have the justice of their remon- 
strances determined by the principles which it has 
been the boast of Britain before the world to hold 
forth as supreme in all her councils, and to these the 
Petitioners now solemnly appeal before the House, 
as well as before the public of England, whose aid 
they now invoke, to obtain justice to their case, 
which indeed requires only to be known and under- 
stood to secure the sympathy and co-operation of a 
just and generous people ; that, having thus stated 
their sentiments on the relations of that Island to 
the mother country, the Petitioners now intimate 
their utter inability to raise from any means but a 
sacrifice of the capital stock of the inhabitants, now 
almost rendered valueless, the supplies requisite to 
maintain, even for a very short time, the establish- 
ments of the Island ; yet, in order to avert as far as 
possible the calaniitous effects that would fall on a 
large class of helpless individuals, and in the hope 
that the oppressions that weigh upon agriculture 
and commerce may be removed by the justice of 
the parent Government, the Petitioners have passed 
such Bills as they consider will press least heavily 
on the suffering people, which, however inadequate 
to meet the demands of the public servants, will 
show, unequivocally, their desire at all hazards to 
maintain the public credit, to preserve as far as pos- 
sible the integrity of the public institutions, trust- 
ing that, this inability having arisen from the causes 
to which they have referred, the deficiency may be 
supplied by the parent Government ; that the Peti- 
tioners feel imperatively called upon to make this 
appeal as to the justice of their claim for relief from 
payment of the imperial duties which now press with 
ruinous effect on their capital and industry, and for 
the enforcement of the existing treaties respecting 
the slave-trade, in which the total well-being of 
those colonies, as well as the honour of the British 
Government, is so deeply involved ; and they ven- 
ture humbly and respectfully to submit to the House 
that on the just disposal of these questions depends 
the establishment of that Island, as well as the 
whole British West Indies, in comparative pros- 

erity, or their irretrievable ruin ; and, finally, the 
Pasilioness humbly crave, that, as their position is 
hourly becoming more critical from the pressure of 
a distress which has become utterly intolerable, 
no time may be lost by the House in considering 
the points referred to. 





A Petition 





12 Vicrorim. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s most dutiful and 
loyal subjects, the Assembly of Jamaica (signed by 
the Speaker), was also presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That, according to the resolutions intro- 
duced by the late Mr. Canning, and agreed to by 
the Commons House of Parliament of the United 
Kingdom, in One thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-three, a prospective change in the constitu- 
tion of the slave colonies was first promulgated by 
the Imperial Government; by that proclamation, 
although no specific period of revolution was then 
indicated, yet the idea of a contemplated change 
having been expressed by the Imperial Parliament 
and Government, the principle on which the security 
of colonial property rested was invaded, confidence 
abolished, the transfer by sale of such property at 
that time suspended, and its value afterwards per- 
manently reduced ; the measure of abolition of Bri- 
tish colonial slavery must therefore take its date 
from that period ; from that we date the deprecia- 
tion in value of all property in the British slave 
colonies, and, in many cases, its ultimate extinc- 
tion: That the House of Assembly of Jamaica, in 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, when 
immediate abolition of slavery had been enacted 
by the Imperial Parliament, did formally protest 
against the Act of the Imperial Parliament for the 
abolition of slavery; which protest stands recorded 
on the journals of the House of Assembly, of date 
December twelfth One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-three, was formally communicated to the 
Imperial Government, and did especially, inter alia, 


set forth, “ That the amount to be raised, under the | 


Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, will not yield a 
fair and just compensation and equivalent for the 
property which the British Parliament has, in the 
plenitude of its power, thought fit to wrest from the 
people of this Island :” It was also stated in the me- 
morial of that period to his Majesty, that by the 
partial system adopted for distribution, an unfair 
advantage was given to the new colonies at the ex- 
pense of those which have been longer settled, and 
the House “claimed a fair and full participation, 
per caput, in the sum awarded for general compen- 
sation:” That by the solemn declaration of His 
Excellency the Earl of Mulgrave, at that time the 
representative of our sovereign, an assurance was 
given to the colony, through her representatives, 
“ that in all her future difficulties their ready re- 
cognition of the natural rights of their fellow men 
will meet its best reward in the revived diffusion of 
national sympathy, and the cheerfully continued 
extension of British protection :”’ That Messieurs 
Barrett and Hodgon, sent from that island as dele- 
sor for that purpose, did, in One thousand eight 
undred and thirty-three, convey to the Commons 
House of Parliament of the United Kingdom their 
instructions ‘to demand full compensation accord- 
ing to the value of property, before it was unsettled 
by the agitation of the question of emancipation,” 
viz. in One thousand eight hundred and _ twenty- 
three: That the wonted full supply of continuous 
labour, in that clime essential to profitable agricul- 
ture, having been withdrawn by the fiat of the Im- 
perial Parliament, and no other means having been 
furnished for carrying on the cultivation of planta- 
tions, the proprietors have been subjected to great 
annual loss, which has in most cases not only ab- 
sorbed the nominal compensation awarded by the 
Imperial Parliament for contemplated but unascer- 
tained losses, but a vast amount of unrequited, 
irredeembale capital has been annihilated: That 
adequate and pledged protection against the com- 
tition of slave-cultivated coffee had long since 
n withdrawn, which had consigned to abandon- 
ment upwards of four-fifth parts of the coffee culti- 
vation of that Island, and carried spoliation and ruin 
into the bosom of many families of Her Majesty’s 
loyal and unoffending subjects ; and by the enact- 
ment of a law for the ultimate repeal of discrimi- 
Vou. 104. 


15° Junie. 





395 


nating duties on foreign sugar, the protection hitherto 
vouchsafed to the British sugar planter has also 
been withdrawn; the British markets have been 
thrown open to slave-trading and slave-cultivating 
competitors; and Her Majesty’s Ministers have 
proclaimed this abandonment of the British sugar 
planter, whose ruin is thus notoriously inevitable, 
asking credit, in the Speech of Her Majesty at the 
opening of the Session of the Imperial Parliament 
of One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, for 
the fiscal changes which they had, with such dire 
issue, carried out, as is set forth in the following 
expressions used by Her Majesty on that occasion ; 
“ | have had great satisfaction in giving My assent 
to the measures which you have presented to me 
from time to time calculated to extend commerce 
and to stimulate domestic skill and industry, by the 
repeal of prohibitory, and the relaxation of protective, 
duties :”’ That the determination of Her Majesty’s 
Government, as affirmed in the despatch of Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies, of date October thirtieth, One thousand eight 
hundred and forty-seven, and confirmed by subse- 
quent declarations of the Imperial Parliament, leaves 
no hope of a renewal of protection against the ruinous 
competition of the slave-trading and slave-cultivating 
foreigner, and the House of Assembly must, therefore, 
in conformity with its purpose as expressed in the last 
sentence of its memorial addressed to Her Maiest 
the Queen, at the close of the Session of One thou- 
sand eight hundred and forty-six, “in the face of 
the nation and of the world,’ demand fcr the pro- 
prietors of property in Jamaica, that equitable com- 
pensation to which, as British subjects, they are 
clearly entitled: That the House, therefore, before 
| the nation and the world, now solemnly registers 
the claim, that the Imperial Parliament shall redeem 
the pledges given by statesmen of eminence and 
authority, and take such measures as to the House 
of Commons may in its wisdom seem meet, to afford 
an opportunity to the proprietors of Jamaica of ad- 
ducing proof of losses already sustained by the ope- 
ration of the Act of the Lmperial Parliament abolish- 
ing slavery in that colony. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the Island of Tobago ;— Bristol ; 
—and, Acting Committee of West India Planters 
and Merchants (Chairman); complaining of the 
distressed state of the British West India Colonies ; 
and praying for relief,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


dresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of any proposa 
received by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 


Advertisements issued by them, inviting tenders 
for the Establishment of Communication by Steam 
Navigation with the Australian Colonies :—Of any 
Charter of Incorporation or Letters Patent granted 
to any Person or Persons for the purpose of 
forming a Company, to be callea “ The Jndia and 
Australian Mail Steam Packet Company,” together 
with any Certificate or Indorsement of the Board 
of ‘Trade, showing tht fulfilment of the conditions 
of the said Charter, in respect of any Deed of 
Association to be entered into by such Company : 
—And, of any Tender or Proposal made by any 
Person or Persons under the said Designation, or 
on behalf of the said Company, for conveying Her 
Majesty’s Mails between England and Alexandria, 
with the Decision of the Board of Admiralty 
thereon. 


Copy of Despatches from the Lieutenant Go- 
vernor of the Gold Coast, giving an Account of 
Missions to the King of Ashantee and Dahomey. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





5) 


—_ 


3 E 


Mr, 





Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to several Ad- steam Com- 
|g munication 
with the 


: &lt; . Australian 
miralty, in the course of the year 1848, in reply to Colonies, &amp;c. 


Missions to 
the King of 
Ashantee and 
Dahomey. 





Factories. 


Registry of 
Deeds (Ire- 
land) Act. 


396 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors 
of Factories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, for the Half- 
year ending 30th April 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, — Return 
to an Order dated the 10th day of May last, for 
a Return of every Requisition for Search and Ne- 
oy Certificate, in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 

ill. 4, c. $7, delivered unto or left with the Re- 
gistrar or any of the Assistant Registrars of the 
Office for registering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills 
in Ireland, between the 1st day of January 1848, 
and the 1st day of January 1849, showing the 
date of each such Requisition being delivered in 
the Registry-office, the date of the Certificate of 
Search given in pursuance of each such Requisi- 
tion, the Number of Days which elapsed between 
the delivery of each such Requisition to the Re- 
gistrar or Assistant Registrar, and the giving of 
the Certificate to the Person making each such Re- 
quisition, the Fees charged in the Registry-office 
on each such Negative Search, and the Stamp Duty 
paid thereon:—Such Return to be in the form fol- 
lowing : 





Num- 
ber of | 
Requ 


sition. 


Requisition | 


. | delivered in | 
"| the Registry} 


Fees 
charged in 
the Registry 

Office on 
each 
Negative 
Search. 


Date of 
Certificate of] 
Search 
given in 
pursuance 
of 
| Requisition. 


Number of Days 
elapsed between 
delivery of Requisition 
of Registrar, and 
giving Certificate to 
Person making 
Requisition, 


Date of | Stamp Duty 


; paid on 
Being each 
Negative 


Office. Search. 





| 
] 


2 
3 





January 1} 


January 2 


January 5 


1848: 1848 : gq. a @ be. a &amp; 


January 12} 11 days - 
February 3} 32 days © ° 


January 10| 5 days - - 

















Tobacco and 
Snuff, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of February last, for Returns 
of the Number of Pounds weight of Leaf Tobacco, 
Manufactured Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, paid 
Duty upon quarterly, in the years 1847 and 1848, 
and up to the 5th day of January 1849: also, the 
Gross Amount of Duty received thereon, distin- 
guishing England, Scotland and Ireland, and the 
respective Ports of Importation therein, and the 
Totals of each Quarter of the year :—Accounts of 
the Quantity of Foreign Manufactured Tobacco 
and Snuff, imported into the United Kingdom in 
each of the ‘Iwo years 1847 and 1848; stating the 
Quantity exported from the Bonded Warehouses, 
as Merchandize, to the British Colonies, and to 
what Colonies; also, the Quantity exported as 
Ships’ Stores in each of these Two years :—Of 
the Quantity of British Manufactured Tobacco 
exported as Merchandize, under Drawback, to the 
British Colonies, in each of the Two years 1847 
and 1848; and also, an Account of the Quantity 
exported as Ships’ Stores in each of these Two 
years :—And, of the Quantity of British Manu- 
factured Snuff exported in each of the Two years 
1847 and 1848:—Returns of the Number of Per- 
sons convicted for Smuggling Tobacco, Spirits, Tea, 
Silk and for any other Articles, and the Total 
Number convicted in the years 1847 and 1848, and 
up to the 5th day of January 1849; also, the Num- 
ber of Persons who paid the Penalties imposed, 
the Number of Compromises made, the Number 
of Persons committed to Prison, the Number of 
Persons in Prison for Offences against the Revenue 
Laws, on the 5th day of January 1849 :—Of the 
Number of Seizures made, and of the Number of 
Prosecutions for Breach of the Laws relating to 
Tobacco, in the years 1847 and 1848, and up to 
the 5th day of January 1849; distinguishing Great 
Britain from those in Ireland, with the Total 





15° Junie. 








A. 1849. 


Quantity of Unmanufactured and Manufactured 
Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff respectively seized ; 
specifying the Number of Persons Imprisoned, and 
the Amount of Penalties received (so far as relates 
to the Customs Department) :—-And, alike Return, 
so far as relates to the Excise Department. 

. nit That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Causes for 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Tal. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Causes entered for 
Trial in Zondon and Middlesex, in each year durin 
the last Ten years, in the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer, with the Number 
of Remanets left at the close of each sitting in 
each Court :—Also, of the Number of Causes 
entered for Trial at each Assizes in every Circuit 
during the last Ten years, and the number of 
Remavets left at each Assize. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Inspectors’ Report Norfolk 
on the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and rpm | 
Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Commis- ¢f Acts smi 
sioners of Drainage, and hy the Corporation of PowersofCon. 
King’s Lynn) Bill, which was presented yesterday, pg BE 
be printed. Comaniesien. 
ers of Drainage, and by the Cor. 
poration of King’s Lynn) Bill. 


No. 94, 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Public Health 
Public Health (Scot/and) Bill have leave to sit (Scotland.) 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees, Fees, Courts 
Courts of Law, &amp;c., have leave to sit To-morrow, of Law, &amp;. 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, 
Act to amend the Sunderland Dock Act, 1846, and Dork ee 
for other Purposes, without any Amendment: And Commission- 
also, ers’ Act 
Amendment, 
&amp;c. Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London 
Act for granting further Powers to the London Gas } ween 
Light Company, with Amendments; to which renee ae 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of of Act) Bill 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Turnpike 
facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts; to which the Truss Unies 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act. Transporta- 
to remove Doubts concerning the Transportation of eon Poe) 
Offenders under Judgment of Death to whom mercy gin), 
may be extended, in Jreland; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Protection of 
to protect Women from Fraudulent Practices for wes 
procuring their Defilement ; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Return Marriage of 
of all Declarators of Marriage or Legitimacy brought ee 
into the Court of Session since November 1830, 
with the Decisions of the Court :—And also, a Re- 
turn of all Appeals to the House of Lords for the 
same Period, from Decisions of the Court of Session 
in cases of Marriage or Legitimacy, with the Result 


of such Appeals, as desired by this House :—And 


Message from 
the Lor 


An Sunderland 





then the Messenger withdrew. 
Ordered, 











ea= 
d) 





Clerks of the 

Peace, &amp;c. 

(Ireland. ) 
No. 392. 


Supply; 
[5 June. ] 


Militia and 
Volunteers 
(Canada. ) 


Rebellion 
Losses Bill 
(Canada.) 


Ways and 
Means, 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bil, 





12 Victoriam. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Clerks of the Peace, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was 
presented upon the 21st day of May last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That this House doth agree with the Committee in 
the 22d of the Resolutions, “ That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding Sixteen thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849-50, the 
Expense of Militia and Volunteers in Canada,” 
which, upon the 5th day of this instant June, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolution was then postponed; and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ humbly to pray that Her Majesty will be pleased 
“ not to issue any Order in Council, leaving to its 
“ operation an Act of the Canadian Legislature, 
“ intituled, ‘An Actto provide for the Indemnifica- 
* tion of Persons in Lower Canada, whose Pro- 
“ perty was destroyed during the Rebellion in 1837 
“ and 1838,’ without and until Her Majesty shall 
“ have received satisfactory assurance that no per- 
“ sons engaged in, or having aided or abetted that 
“‘ unnatural Rebellion, shall be admitted to partici- 
“* pate in the indemnification so to be granted,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 


Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 16° die Junii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Tufnell, loo. 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: ' 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Newdegate, Lise 
Noes, Mr. Mackenzie : os 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution, ‘‘ That a Sum, not 
exceeding Sixteen thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849-50, the 
Expense of Militia and Volunteers in Canada.” 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies 
Act (1848) Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause N° 1, (The 11th and 12th Vie. c. 45, to 
extend to all Persons, Associations and Companies 
consisting of not less than Six Members). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Parker 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vou. 104, 





15°— 16° Juni. 


397 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon =“ 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assaults 
into a Committee upon the Assaults (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Parker reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third County Cems 
Reading of the County Cess (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) B 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- —_— 
tion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.” 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Parker re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Loan Societies 
take into consideration the Loan Societies Bill, as Bili 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Clergy Relief 
consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended Bil. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sunday 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; Mee eclis) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time pi, 


upon Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Mon- Marriages in 
day next, the Marriages in Foreign Countries fa- Foreign 
ont . . . Countries 
cilitating Bill, was read, and discharged. facilitating 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
to continue an Act of the last Session, for charging Union Charges 
‘ , ? : Act Amend- 
the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons in Unions pent Bill, 
upon the Common Fund, and to make certain 
Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor: And that Mr. Baines and Viscount Ebring- 


ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Strangers. 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to consider the present practice of this House in 
respect of the exclusion of Strangers, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goulburn, Sir George Grey, Mr. 
Henley, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Hume, Mr. John 
O’ Connell and Mr. Bernal; with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Debts from 
to inquire into and ascertain the Amount of Debts Foreign 
due trom Foreign Governments and States to the - 
Government and Individuals of this Country. 


overnments. 





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Ordered, 
































































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aan 


a dh ere a 


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SOP ET ORE 1S 





398 15°—16°—18° Juni. 


Ballinasloe Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Union. Copies of all Correspondence between the Poor 
Law Commissioners and the Guardians of the Poor 
of the Ballinasloe Union, and with the Inspector of 
the District, on the subject of Out-door Relief and 
the Establishment of Auxiliary Workhouses in the 
Town of Ballinasloe; also, a Return of the Num- 
ber of Deaths that have occurred in the Workhouses 
of Ballinasloe in each Week during the months of 
April, May and June in the present year, stating 
the Cause of Death in each case. 


Transporta- The Transportation for Treason (Zreland) Bill was 
tion for Trea- read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


~ ces time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

No. 393, 
Prisoners in Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Richmond Command,—Copy of a Letter from the Under Se- 
Bridewell. : 


cretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to the 
No. 394. Governor of Richmond Bridewell, dated the 5th 
June 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Protection of | The Protection of Women Bill was read the first 

Women Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

No. 395. Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June; and 
to be printed. 


Turnpike The Turnpike Trusts Union Bill was read the 
Trusts Union first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
Bill. . ‘ yp Cae 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June ; 
No. 396. and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the several Treasury Minutes in 1847, 
relative to the Removal of Mr. Thomson from the 
situation of Superintendent or Manager or Collector 
of the Crinan Canal. 


Crinan Canal, 


Poor Law Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue an Act 
— —~ aa of the last Session, for charging the Maintenance 
on Bill. ~ Of certain Poor Persons in Unions upon the Com- 
No.397, ™on Fund, and to make certain Amendments in the 
Laws for the Relief of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 25th day of this 

instant June; and to be printed. 


Rome. Viseount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Affairs of Rome. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





I —————SS=—= = 


Lune, 18° die Junii ; 


Anno 12° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
Public N R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
ie : _ mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
eon) examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th day 


of vhis instant June; and had directed him to make 
a Feport thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ashton-under- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee’ the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Improvement itituled, An Act for the further Improvement of the 
ActsExtension Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne ; and the same were 
and Amend- ead, as follow: 


—_ Pr. 13. Is. 36. and 37. After “compulsorily ” in- 





A. 1849. 


sert “nor to construct any new cisterns, pumps, of Gas and 
“ conduits, or other waterworks, for the gratuitous Vterworks 
supply of water to the inhabitants within the bo- ae 
rough, except in substitution for existing public Corporation 
cisterns, pumps, wells, conduits and other water- Bill. 
“ works (if any) so used, at the time of the passing 
of this Act.’ 
Pr. 20. 1. 1. Leave out “ if” and insert “ when 
and so soon as.” 
Pr. 20. |. 3. After “ borough” insert “ shall.” ° 
Pr. 20. 1. 4. Leave out “already,” and in the 
same line leave out from ‘‘ been” to “ sewered ” in 
1. 5. 
Pr. 20. 1. 15. After “such” insert “ certificate 
‘“ and.” 
Pr. 20. ]. 29, After “ borough” insert “ when so 
“ sewered, drained, levelled, flagged, paved, and 
“ otherwise completed, to the satisfaction of the 
‘ Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 31. After “shall” insert “from time 
“ to time.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, (and it appearing that the Amendments in 
Pr. 20. ls. 1, 3, 4, 15, 29 and 31, are made to carry 
out the intentions of this House), were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hindley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Dublin, Ash- 
proposed, That the ingrossed Bill to continue and bourne, Slane 
amend the Powers of an Act for repairing and im- and Drogheda 

: , . Roads Act 
proving the Roads from Dublin, by Ashbourne, to Continuation 


Slane and Drogheda, be now read the third time; and Amend. 


The Amendments following were proposed to be ames 


made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Lord Harry Vane, 65 
Yeas, Viscount Galway $ } _ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Reynolds, P 
Noes, Mr. John O’ Connell : } ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to East Lanca- 
the East Lancashire Railway Company, and to ee 
enable the same Company to make a Toonch 10 Sent ond Be 
Padiham, and certain other Branches and Devia- viation (Con- 
tions, was read the third time; and Amendments —— 
were made to the Bill. Walton-le- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Dale, &amp;c.) Bill 
Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
East Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable 
the same Company to make certain Branches at 
Preston. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Irish South 
the Jrish South Eastern Railway, was read the third Eastern Rall 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. wee ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grogan do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend, extend and Lancashire. 
enlarge some of the Provisions of the several Acts and Yorkshire 





° Ex- 
relating paieny &lt; 





12 Vicroriz. 


tension of Ash- relating to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 
— and for making Extensions of some of the Branches 
Branch, &amp;c.) Of the said Railway ; and for making other Provi- 
Bill. sions in relation to the said Railway, and to the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Binbrooke 
Saint Gabriel 
and Binbrooke 
Saint Mary 
Inclosure 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Binbrooke Saint Gabriel and 
Binbrooke Saint Mary Inclosure (Amendment and 

Extension of Acts, Alteration of Awards, settling 
(Amendment ‘Titles to Lands, &amp;c., and defining Parish Bounda- 
— ries) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
Alteration of agreed to. 


Awards, Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
settling Titles . d 

to Lands, &amp;c, Mgrossed. 

and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill. 


East Indian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway ‘ the Report on the East Indian Railway Company 
—S (for making and maintaining one or more Railways 
maintaining in the East Indies) Incorporation Bill; and the 
one or more Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

— ” Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


Indies ) Incor- ingrossed. 


poration Bill. 

Dean and The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury’s Walworth 

—— of _ Estate Bill was read a second time; and com- 

anterbury’s - 

Walworth mitted. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Norfolk Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

Estuary before the Committee on the Norfolk Estuary 

— (Amendment of Acts and Powers of Contribution 


Powers of Con- by the Eau Brink Commissioners of Drainage, and 
tribution by — by the Corporation of King’s Lynn) Bill, be printed 
a at the expense of the parties, if they think fit. 
ers of Drainage, and by the Cor- 

poration of King’s Lynn) Bill. 


Attornies’ 


Petitions from Leeds ;— Coleford ;— Bristol ;— 
Certificates. 


Thornbury ; — Newent ; — Wotton-under-edge ; — 
Birkenhead ; — Tynemouth ; — Walsall ; — Ciren- 
cester ; — Tamworth ;—and, Sheffield; praying for 
the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


BankruptLaw Petitions from Members of the Preston Guardian 
onsolidation Society for the Protection of Trade ;— Manchester ; 
‘ —Salford ;—and, Bolton (Lancaster); praying that 
the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of William Charles Wryyhte, of No. 4, 
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, in the city of 
London, Accountant, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Coffee. A Petition of Merchants of London, and others 
concerned in Coffee Plantations in the island of 
Ceylon, and in the Coffee trade, praying the House 
to give effect to the Acts 43 Geo. 3, c. 129, and 
3 Geo. 4,c. 53, by which the adulteration of Coffee 
is prohibited under heavy penalties, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates 


and Expendi- A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 


Chapel-en-le-Frith Union, in the county of Derby, 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 104, 


18° Juni. 





399 


A Petition of Samuel Creebo and others, praying Home 
the House to introduce a Bill sanctioning the esta- Colonies. 
blishment of Home Colonies, and that sufficient 
capital be supplied, by way of loan from the Imperial 
Treasury, for that purpose, as being, in their opinion, 
the best and most profitable means of giving pro- 
ductive employment to our unemployed population, 
was presented, aad read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of John Kennedy, of Nenagh, in the Manor Courts 
county of Tipperary, latea Merchant; complaining (Ireland.) 
of the constitution of the Manor Courts in Jreland, 
and of the manner in which their proceedings are 
conducted ; and praying the House to inquire into 
the subject, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tamworth ;—Bishop’s Stortford ; Marriage 
—and, Kensington ; praying that the Marriages Bill 5ilL 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Pat. Fairburn; Andrew Wal- 
lace ;—-— Sanquhar ; William Reid; and, 

John Murray (two Petitions) ; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Glou- Mendicancy. 
cester Union, complaining of the burthen arising 
from the enormous amount of relief now afforded 
to the vagrant poor, and praying for relief, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Falconer, of Wootton, in New Forest. 
the New Forest, complaining of a certain order of the 
Verderers of the Vew Forest, prohibiting the cutting 
of peat, and praying that the said Order of the 
Verderers, and the matters contained in this Peti- 
tion, may be a into by the Committee ap- 
pointed by the House to investigate the administra- 
tion of certain forests under the management of the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newton Abbot Union ;—Halifax Poor Law 
Union ;—and, Windsor Union; praying that an Act Officers. 
may be passed in the present Session of Parliament 
to enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute 
a superannuation fund for members of their body, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Public Health 
Council of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying that (Scotland) 
the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Walsall Poor Law Union ;—Clut- Poor Law 
ton Poor Law Union ;—Nortleach Poor Law Union; apy 
—Azminster Poor Law Union;— Swindon Poor Law ) 
Union ;—Langport Poor Law Union ;— Tewkesbury 
Poor Law Union ;—Stroud Poor Law Union ;— 
Plympton Saint Mary Poor Law Union ;— Shepton 
Mallet Poor Law Union;— Dorchester Poor Law 
Union ;—and, Williton Poor Law Union; stating 
that the Petitioners have long felt the evils of the 
present defective system of Poor Law Medical Re- 
lief; and praying that numerous grievances affecting 
Medical Officers may be redressed,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chesterfield; — and, Stamford 


&gt; Promiscuous 


praying the House to pass such measures as will Intercourse. 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes to 
prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 





and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
3E4 


Petitions 



































































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4.00 18° Juniz. 


Post-office Petitions {rom Kirkmaiden ;— Cairnryan ;—Kirk- 
— colm (two Petitions) ;— Inch ;—Glenluce ;—New- 
Ireland. tonstewart ;—Stoneykirk ;— Leswalt (two Petitions) ; 
—and, Stranraer; praying the House to refuse to. 
sanction the transfer of the Mail and Packet Com- | 
rounication between Scotland and Jreland, from 
Portpatrick to Greenock,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1849. 


tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 249, of the present 
Session). 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Audit of Rail. 
to request that their — will be pleased to Y*Y Accounts, 
communicate to this House, Copies of further Re- 
ae from the Select Committee appointed by their 

ordships in the present Session of Parliament, to 


‘consider whether the Railway Acts do not require 


Alexander A Petition of Alexander Sharp, stating that he | 

Sharp. is now undergoing two years and two months im-| 
prisonment in Westminster Bridewell for sedition ; | 
complaining of the harshness and severity he ex- | 
periences under the silent system, as he is subjected | 
to the same rules and regulations that are enforced | 
upon prisoners convicted of felony; and praying | 
the House to crder his removal to the Queen’s | 
Bench or Newgate, or some other prison where the | 
silent system is not enforced, that he may have the 
use of pens, ink and paper, sec his friends more 
frequently than at present, and undergo the re- 
mainder of the term of his imprisonment under | 
better treatment than that he has hitherto ex- 
“sap was presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


Smithfield A Petition of Inhabitant Shopkeepers of Oxford- 

siarket. street, praying for the removal of Smithfield Market, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 

Universal A Petition of John Carter, Clarence Gardens, 


Suffrage, &amp;e. Regent's Park, praying the House to extend the 


Franchise to every man of mature age, sound mind, 
fixed residence, and unstained with crime; and to 
enact all other provisions essential to the full, fair, 
and free representation of the people in Parliament, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


War. A Petition of Individuals engaged in Sunday 
School tuition in the counties of Lancaster, York, 
Chester, and elsewhere, praying the House to pro- 
mote, the furmation between the British Govern- 
ment and other governments of the world respectively, 
of such treaties of arbitration as shall bind the 
parties to refer all international disputes that ma 
arise to the decision of arbitrators, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lighthouses. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
No, 398. which was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Missions to Ordered, That the Paper relative to Missions to 
the King of | the King of Ashantee and Dohomey, which was 


Ashant d : ; 
Dohomey. presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

No. 399, 
Borough of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Louthand Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Free Grammar ° Y&gt; . . 
School in Private Bills ; That in thecase of the Borough of 


Louth Bill Louth and Free Grammar School in Louth Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Gordon's Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

ee Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Gordon’s (Cair- 
ness) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Railways. Ordered, That there be !aid before this House, 


u Return of the Number and Description of Per- 
sons employed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, amputee, on the 
30th day of June 1849, which may at that date be 
open for Traffic:— And, a similar Return for all 
Lines and Branches of Railway which have been 
authorized, but which may not be open for Traffic 
on the 30th day of June 1849, and distinguishing 
the Length of such Railways on which the Works 


amendment, with a view of providing for a more 
effectual Audit of Accounts to guard against the 
application of the Funds of such Companies to 
purposes for which they were not subscribed under 
the authority of the Legislature, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee, and an Appendix thereto: And that Mr. 
Labouchere do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders ; 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Union Eastern Union 
and Eastern Counties Railway Companies (Amend- = Eastern 
ment of Acts and Power to ony sell or amalga- way Gaaae 
mate to or with the Eastern Counties Railway nies (Amend- 
Company) Bill, Petition for additional provision, ment of Acts 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with 5 fease, por phy 
That the parties be permitted to introduce their amalgamate 
additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill {0 or with the 
shall think fit, on the insertion of a Clause pro- ties Railway 
viding that fourteen days’ previous notice of any Company)Bill 
meeting at which power shall be sought, either to 
issue shares or to create new shares, setting forth 
the proposed mode of issuing such shares, shall be 

iven by circular to each shareholder. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Eastern Union 
of the Petition for additional provision in the = a 
Eastern Union and Eastern Counties Railway Com- wun Choate , 
panies (Amendment of Acts and Power to lease, nies (Amend- 
sell or amalgamate to or with the Eastern Counties — 
Railway Company) Bill, which was this day made jease, sell, or 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, amalgamate 
might be read ; and the same being read ; edi ns 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- ties Railway 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make Company)Bill 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the 


said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Advertise- 
a Return of the Number of Advertisements on ments. 
which Duty was paid, and of the Amount of Duty 
paid in each year from the year 1833 (the date of 
the last reduction of Duty) to the end of the year 
1840 ; and a similar Return for an equal Number 
of years previous to such Reduction of the Duty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Clonmel En- 
Copy of Special Report of the Education Com- dowed School 
mission in Jreland, relative to the Endowed School at 
Clonmel, sent in to the Lord Lieutenant of Jre/and. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Coals (Steam 
mand,—Museum of Practical Geology, Copy of Se- Navy-) 
cond Report on the Coals suited to the Steam Navy, 
by Sir Henry de la Beche, c.8., ¥.R.8. and Dr. Lyon 
Playfair, ¥.R.s. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Valuation 
Orders,—Returns of the several Counties, Counties (Ireland.) 
of Cities and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of 
which the Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 

4,c. 84, has been es specifying the Name 
of each Barony or Half Barony, the Acreable 











may be in Progress, and the Length on which they 
may not be in Progress at that date (in continua- 


‘Contents, and the Valuation thereof; stating also, 
| the Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury 
Warrant 








12 Vicroriz. 


Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848, for each such 
Barony or Half Barony, and the Rate per centum 
which each such Sum bears to the Valuation ; also, 
the Sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury 
Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848, for each such 
Barony or Half Barony, and the Rate per centum 
which each such Sum bears to the Valuation; 
stating also the Name and Acreable Contents of 
each such County, County of a City and County 
of a Town, and Annual Value thereof, according 
to the Valuation under that Act; the Amount of 
the Expense of such Valuation, the Cost per acre 
of such Valuation, and the Rate which the Cost of 
such Valuation bears to each £.100 of the Valua- 
tion :—From the Counties of Waterford and Cork, 
specifying the Name of each Barony and Half- 
barony, the Acreable Contents and the Valuation 
thereof; stating also the Sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848, 
for each such Barony or Half-barony, and the Rate 
per centum which each such Sum bears to the 
Valuation; also, the Sum ordered to be levied by 
the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848, 
for each such Barony or Half-barony, and the Rate 
per centum which each such Sum bears to the 
Valuation :—And, of the Counties, Counties of 
Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland, except 
Cork and Waterford, of which the Valuation under 
the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4. c. 84, has not been com- 
pleted, specifying the Name of each Barony or 
Half-barony, the Acreable Contents according to 
the Ordnance Survey ; stating also the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring 
Assizes 1848, off each such Barony or Half-barony, 
and the Rate per 1,000 acres assessable in the 
County Book for each Barony, &amp;c.; also, the Sum 
ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant 
of Summer Assizes 1848, off each such Barony or 
Half-barony, and the Rate per 1,000 acres asses- 
sable in the County Book for each Barony, &amp;c. 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 446, 
of Session 1848). 


Nenagh Copies of any Memorial from a Meeting of the 
Union. Rate-payers of Nenagh Union, held on the 6th day 
of May last, to the Poor Law Commissioners, and 
any Correspondence in relation thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

‘Guatemala, Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friendship, Com- 
merce and Navigation, between Her Majesty and 
the Republic of Guatemala, signed at Guatemala, 
20th February 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Te. om A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

Greenwich A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- 

— in sioners of Greenwich Hospital to regulate and 
manage the Markets held at Greenwich in the 
county of Kent: And also, 

London and A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Powers 

a of the London and South Western Railway Com- 

Suslon of'Tene pony, for purchasing Lauds for and completing the 

for the Pur- Works of the Railways from Basingstoke to Salis- 


poe Nang bury, and from Farnham to Alton, and for other 


and Comple- 
tion of Works 


Purposes: And also, 


on the Basingstoke and Salisbury and 
Farnham and Alton Lines) Bill. 


Accounts 

of Turnpike 
sts (Scot- 

land) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for requiring the Transmission of the Annual 
Abstracts and Statements of Trustees of Turnpike- 
roads in Scotland to the Secretary of State, to be 
laid before Parliament, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
VoL. 104. 





18°—19° Junzz. 








401 


A Petition of William Smith O’ Brien, Thomas Transporta- 
Francis Meagher, Terence Bellew M‘Manus and son (ireland) 
Patrick O’ Donohoe, Prisoners at present confined piq, 
in Richmond Bridewell, in the county of the city of 
Dublin, praying that no enactment may be passed 
upon the subject of Her Majesty’s right to commute 
sentences, which will enable the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland to transport the Petitioners to a penal set- 
tlement; that so far as the proposed enactment, and 
the Transportation for Treason (Zreland) Bill, now 
introduced into the House, confers this power, that 
they may be heard at the bar of the House, by 
counsel, agents and witnesses, against same, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Transporta- 
tion for Trea- 
son (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— of the Transportation for Treason (Jreland) 

ill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, that the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ William Smith OU’ Brien, Thomas Francis Meagher, 
Terence Bellew M‘ Manus and Patrick O’ Donohoe 
be heard at the bar of this House, by counsel, 
agents and witnesses, upon their Petition against 
the said Bill,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 


The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeass{ tr Py wed Hill: 


hire. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Myr ys a —_ } 31. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


“ 
“cc 
“ 
&lt;&lt; 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ig ype ad - } 9. 
f Mr. Tufnell, 1 
Tellers forthe Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: J19&gt; 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 19° die Junit, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas,f yey Hill: }175. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ a —_ “a 


} 19. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
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402 18°—19° Juniz. 


gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 


again. 
"Minsleed, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Marriage The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
e mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Registering The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Births, &amp;c. 


Scotland) mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
or Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Soap Duty The Soap Duty Allowances Bill was, according 

eo to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

Lunatics The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

_— Reading of the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill; 

; Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Mutiny and The Mutiny and Desertion (India) Bill was, ac- 

ay cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

(india) Bil. nitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 

Charitable The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Trusts Bill. jnto a Committee upon the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
No. 400. and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Australian The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Colonies BL Reading of the Australian Colonies Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
—— ae of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Newgate Gaol The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Dublin) Bill. mittee on the Wewgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Collectionof The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Rates(Dublin) mittee on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill; 


Bil. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Companies 


‘aot 11048) mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) 

Amendment Amendment Bill; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Railways The Railways Abandonment Bill was, according 
— to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Assaults The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(Ireland) Bill. into consideration the Assaults (Jreland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Sup)ly. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 








A. 1849. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to make Temporary Provision relating to County Coss 
the Collection of County Cess in Jreland, and to the (Ireland) Bin 
Remuneration of the Collectors thereof, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to make Provision during the pre- 
sent year, and to the end of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-one, relating to the Collec- 
tion of County Cess in Jreland, and to the Remune- 
ration of the Collectors thereof. 

Ordered, Tha. Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Ecclesiastical 
consideration the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill, as Jurisdiction 
amended in the Committee; Bal. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Bill to continue an Act to amend the Laws Loan Societies 
relating to Loan Societies was, according to Order, Bill. 
read the third time. 
Resolved, ‘TYhat the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, to the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and 
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Socie- 
ties. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


- The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill was, ac- Bankrupt Law 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Consolidation 
mitted to Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Walpole, The Bill. 
Judge Advocate, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. 
Peel, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Miles, Mr. John Williams, 
Mr. Mullings, Mr. William Brown, Mr. Alderman 
Thompson, Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. Forster and 
Mr. Heathcoat, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sites for 
into a Committee upon the Sites for Schools Bill ; Schools Bilt 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The Palace Court ( Westminster) Bill was, accord- palace Court 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed (Westminster) 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday ® 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 

mittee on the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 
mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill; Ease ( 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bribery at 
consideration the Bribery at Elections Bill, as Elections Bil 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant 


June. 
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Pdi 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


— 

Offenders 
and Small 
Larcenies 


Debts from 


Foreign 
Governments. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 


No. 401. 


Juvenile 

Offenders 

and Small 

Larcenies Bill. 
No, 402. 


Corpora 
tion 
Bill. 


Norfolk 
Estuary 
(Amendment 
of Acts and 
Powers of 
Contribution 
by the Eau 
rink Com- 
missioners of 


, and 
by the Cor- 
) 4 of 
in, 
a 


Bu, Speedy Trial and Punishment of Juvenile Offenders, 


12 Vicroriz. 18°—1 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the more 


and to apply the same to the Trial and Punishment 
of Larcenies of small Amount: And that Mr. Attor- 
ney-General and Mr. Solicitor-General do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into and ascertain the Amount of Debts 
due from Foreign Governments and States to the 
Government and Individuals of this Country, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Roebuck, 
Mr. Glyn, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. 
John Abel Smith, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Henry Drum- 
mond, Mr. Alexander Matheson and Mr. Cardwell, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select 
Committee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to extend 
the Provisions of the Acts for the more speedy Trial 
and Punishment of Juvenile Offenders, and to apply 
the same to the Trial and Punishment of Larcenies 
of small Amount: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 19° die Juni; 
Anno 12° Victoria Regine 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
x; ETITION of Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, 
Remembrancer of the city of London, pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the London Cor- 
poration Bill, for shortening the time of the election 
for officers elected by the Livery of London, in Com- 
mon Hall assembled, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Sir John Walsh reported from the Committee on 
the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and 
Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Commis- 
sioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation of 
King’s Lynn) Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill ; 
and had amended the same, by inserting a recital 
of an agreement entered into between the Parties 
promoting the Bill and certain corporate bodies, 
also interested in the provisions thereof; and had 
further made Amendments in certain other recitals 
in the Bill; and that they had found the allega- 
tions of the Bill, as amended, to be true; and that 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 





9° Juniz. 403 


mittee on the Irish Poor Laws, and who were e 


from time to time, to the House; That they had 
further considered the matter to them referred ; 
and had come to several Resolutions, which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the 
Resolutions of the Committee were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that any Magistrate, not being a Stipendiary 
Magistrate or Assistant Barrister, having property of 
not less than 100/. annual value in a Union, should be 

ualified and eligible to sit and vote as an e2-officio 
Guardian of the Union in which such property is si- 
tuate, although he may not havea residence therein ; 
provided the number of Magistrates resident within 
the Union does not exceed the number of Guardians 
to be elected by the rate-payers of such Union. 

2. Resolved, That section 12 of 10 Vic. c. 31, 
should be so modified as to increase the corm 
of Paupers chargeable upon the Electoral Division, 
as compared with the numbers chargeable on the 
Union at large. 

8. Resolved, That the means of faciliting Emi- 
gration under the provisions ofthe Poor Law should 
be increased. 

4. Resolved, That it is advisable to repeal so 
much of the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 92, as directs that 
where the Net Annual Value of any Tenement shall 

not exceed £.4., the rate in respect of such pro- 
perty shall be made on the immediate Lessor ; and 
to provide that the Occupier of such tenement shall 
be liable for the rate in the first instance, having 
power to deduct the whole amount paid by him from 
his Landlord. 

5. Resolved, That it appears equitable that per- 
sons liable to pay any Jointure or any other Rent- 
charge or Annuity granted for a life or lives in being, 
or for years determinable on a life or lives in being, 
should be entitled to deduct the half poundage of 
every rate made under the Poor Law Acts upon the 
hereditaments charged with the said payments, 

6. Resolved, That permanently to diminish Pau- 
perism in Jreland, and to secure the working of the 
Poor Law, without grievously burdening the indus- 
try and property of the country, it is desirable that 
measures be adopted to remove all impediments 
which the Law or the Practice of the Courts impose 
upon the transfer of land. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


tituled, An Act for granting further Powers to the 
London Gas Light Company ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1.14. After “ or” insert “ loan or.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out “ powers of” and insert 
“ amount which,” and in the same line leave out 
“ to” and insert “ may.” 

Pr. 3. J. 13. Leave out “ money.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 14. Leave out “ extended” 
“ increased,” 

Pr. 4. 1. 36. After the first “ of” imsert “ the 
“ Company for,” and in the same line leave out the 
second “ of.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 37. Leave out from “money” to 
“ shall,” in 1. 38. 

Pr, 7. 1. 26. After “ vacant” insert “ is hereby 
“ repealed.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 32. After “hereby” insert “ also,” and 
in the same line, after “repealed” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That the present Governor and Deputy 
“ Governor of the Company shall continue in office 
“ until the first General Council of the Company 
“ held in the year One thousand eight hundred and 


and insert 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vow 104. 


“ Fifty-one.” 
3F2 The 


I : - Poor Law 
Sir John Young reported from the Select — rook 


powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together Report.) 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them wy. 403. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London Gas 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Light Com- 

pany (Amend- 
ment of Act) 
Bill. 











Lancaster and 


Preston Junc- 
tion Railwa: 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Powers 
to alter Tolls, 
and for Ap- 
pointment of 
Officers) Bill. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway (De- 
viation of 
Branch to 
Alloa Har- 
bour ; Diver- 


sion of certain 


Works ; Ex- 
tension of 


Time for com- 


pleting Line 


and taking Land; and 
Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Borough of 
Louth and 
FreeG 
Schooi in 
Louth Bill. 


Holme 
Reservoirs 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


the Report on the Lancaster and Preston Junction 
Railway Acts Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls, 
and for Appointment of Officers) Bill; and the 


404 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Amendments were read, and agreed to ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- 
way (Deviation of Branch to Alloa Harbour; Di- 
version of certain Works; Extension of Time for 
completing Line and taking Land ; and Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


The Borough of Zouth and Free Grammar School 
in Louth Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Joshua Charlesworth, of Holmfirth, 
in the county of York, Gentleman, and George Ro- 
binson, of Thong’s Bridge, near Holmfirth, Mill 
Owner, was presented, and read ; — forth, That 
the Petitioners are the owners of mills liable to be 
rated under the Holme Reservoirs Act, and are also 
Commissioners under the said Act; that Mr. Wil- 
liam Jacomb, of Huddersfield, in the county of 
York, Solicitor, is the Clerk to the Commissioners 
under the said Act; that prior to the present appli- 
cation to Parliament being made, a meeting of the 
Commissioners under the said Act was held, at 
which the Petitioners, along with Mr. Joseph Brook, 
Sidney Morehouse and Joshua Littlewood (also re- 
spectively mill-owners and Commissioners), were | 
appointed a committee to watch the proceedings in 
Parliament, and to advise with thesaid Mr. William 
Jacomb thereon, who was appointed to protect the 
interests of the said Commissioners in such Parlia- 
mentary proceedings; that the Petitioners are in- 
formed, and believe, that a Petition was presented 
to the House, purporting to be the Petition of the 
Commissioners of the said Holme Reservoirs, 
praying for the introduction of certain additional 
clauses to the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2.) Bill 
now before the House, and that on or about the 
eighth day of June instant, certain clauses were 
introduced to the House, indorsed with the name 
of the said William Jacomb, and which the Peti- 
tioners are informed, and believe, are the clauses 
mentioned or referred to in the said Petition, alleged 
to be the Petition of the said Commissioners ; that 
the suid clauses are, in the judgment and belief of 
the Petitioners, highly detrimental and injurious to 
the interests of the said Commissioners, inasmuch 
as the creditors and mortgagees of the rates of the 
said Commissioners, whose interests are opposed to 
the interests of the present Commissioners, are 
thereby proposed to be made Commissioners with a 

plurality of votes, which may have the effect of out- 
numbering the votes of the said Commissioners ; 
that the Petitioners, as members of the said com- 
mittee and as Commissioners, have not been applied 
to or advised with by the said Mr. Jacomb, or any 
other person, on the subject of the said Petition 
and clauses, presented on or about the said eighth 
day of June last as aforesaid, and that the same 


19° Junie. 








A, 1849. 


have been introduced without their consent or know- 
ledge also that the Petitioners have applied to the 
said Sidney Morehouse and Joshua Littlewood, on 
the subject of the said Petition and clauses, and 
have been informed by them (as the Petitioners be- 
lieve the fact to be) that they also have not been 
applied to or advised with by the said Mr. Jacomb, 
or any other person, on the subject of the said Pe- 
tition and clauses, and that the same have been in- 
troduced without their consent or knowledge ; and 
also, that the Petitioners are informed and believe, 
that the said Joseph Brook is now, and for some 
time = hath been, out of the kingdom ; that not 
only have the said Petition and clauses been pre- 
sented and introduced to the House without the 
consent or knowledge of the Petitioners and the 
said Sidney Morehouse, Joshua Littlewood and Jo- 
- Brook, but also that no meeting of the said 

ommissioners hath been held, and no resolution 
of the said Commissioners hath been passed, or any 
authority given by them for the introduction of the 
said Petition and clauses, and that if such Petition 
be sealed with the seal of the said Commissioners, 
the same hath been improperly used, without an 
competent authority for that purpose, and in breac 
of the privileges of the House; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to inquire into the cir- 
cumstances under which the said Petition was pre- 
pared and presented to the House, and make such 
Order, or take such proceedings thereon, as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill, to inquire into the al- 
legations thereof, so far as they - we to the Clerk 
to the Commissioners having acted without their 
authority, and to report thereupon to the House. 


ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


of the annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, 
Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverp 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





gesses of Dublin; and, Frederick Jackson, of 
Harcourt-street, in the city of Dublin, Solicitor, 
and one of the Relators and Plaintiffs in a suit now 
pending in the High Court of Chancery of Ireland, 
wherein the Right honourable the Attorney-General 
for Ireland, the Petitioner, and Francis Armstrong, 
are Plaintiffs, and the Right honourable the Lord 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, and 
several others, are Defendants, and being also a 
Rate-payer of said city, and the Owner and Occupier 
of certain houses and lands therein ; praying that 
the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Inhabitants of the Ecclesiastical District of Saint 
Luke’s, Cheetham Hill, in the parish of Manchester, 





praying 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of Hale, C - 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that the County ft B ‘ 





































































Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Fimwell Vent 
the Flimwell Vent to Hastings Turnpike-road (re- to Hastings 
committed) Bill; That they had made other Amend- a 7g 


Petitions from Cheltenham ;— Bath ;—Colchester; Attornies’ 
—Sudbury ;—and, Romford ; praying for the repeal Certificates. 


ool; — Exeter ; — Bury BankruptLaw 
(Lancaster) ;— Blackburn ;—and, Stonehouse ; pray- Consolidation 
ing that the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill may . 


Petitions of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Collection of 
eames 


‘ounty Rates 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and other Education. 








Lunatics 
«Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Municipal 
tions 
d) Bill. 


Newgate Gaol 


(Dublin) Bill. 


n) 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Poor Law 
Union 





12 VicToRIZ. 


raying the House to adopt measures to provide 

ducation for the children of those receiving out- 
door relief, also to give additional effect to the pre- 
sent mode of promoting Education by Parliamentary 
grants, and under no circumstances to sanction any 
scheme of Education which, whether supported by 
rate or otherwise, does not recognize revealed re- 
ligion as its basis, was presented and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of the town of Greenock, praying that the 
Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from W. Wallace ;——David Cowper 
and John Davidson ;—— Robert Candlish, p.p., and 
others ; Patrick Borrowman ; Glasgow ; 
Kirk Session of Glencairn (Moderator) ; 
Hugh Mackay ; Braco (two Petitions) ; 
Andrew Duff;—— Andrew Leitch ; Rhynie ; 
John Pollock (two Petitions) ; John 
Adams Cooke ; —— Kirk Session of Rattray 
(Moderator) ; —— John Robertson ; Edin- 
burgh ; Members of the Deacons’ Court of 
Braco Free Church; James C. Burns; —— 
John Allan ; Nathaniel Paterson and William 
Steele; —— reg Anderson ; John C. Fair- 

































































burn ; John Wright ; Diocese of Winchester ; 
Kilworth ; Barton-on-the- Heath ; Up- 
pingham ; and, Harlow; praying that the Mar- 


riages Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
ant read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Exeter ;—Ashburton ;—and, Ta- 
vistock; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Reynolds, Marshal of Dub- 
lin, and Registrar of Pawnbrokers in Jreland, com- 
plaining of the pecuniary loss he has sustained by 
the Town Council of Dublin substituting a fixed 
salary for fees payable to him ; and praying for the 
introduction of a compensation clause into the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill now before the 
House, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Smith, the Governor of the 
Gaol of Newgate, in the city of Dublin, ‘aking notice 
of the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill, and praying 
the House to permit him and the other ollieas of 
the said Gaol to retire from the prison service 
on the abolition of that prison, at the rate of two- 
thirds of their present salary, emoluments and al- 
lowances, by whish an immediate saving of one- 
third would be effected, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Leeds, 
praying for the repeal of the Paper and Newspaper 

tamp Duties, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the Easingwold Union, York, North Riding, 
praying that an Act may be passed during the present 
Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the town and county of Poole, praying 
the House to pass some legislative measure to pro- 
vide for the rating of all property in the kingdom, 
upon an uniform and equal scale, to the relief of the 


Poor, instead of the present system under which 
VoL. 104, 


19° Junez. 





405 


some parishes are suffering an almost ruinous bur- 
then, and especially the parish of Poole, whilst 
others are almost and in many cases entirely re- 
lieved from any contribution at all, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the pa- PublicExpen- 
rish of Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex, titure, &amp;e. 
praying the House to return to the Budget of 1835 ; 
to effect such reductions of Expenditure as may not 
be absolutely required for the necessities of the 
state, to extend the Suffrage to adult males, to 
equalize the Electoral Districts, to give the Voter 
the protection of the Ballot, and shorten the dura- 
tion of Parliaments, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Catharine’s Public Health 
parish, Dublin, praying the House to institute such (Ireland.) 
sanitary legislation for the protection of the Jrish 
people, as may conduce to the diminution of disease 
and destitution, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parish Officers and Rate-payers of Rating of 
the parish of Goudhurst, in the county of Kent, Tenements. 
praying the House to make the overseers’ receipts 
for poor’s rates and the receipts for highway rates, 
upon all holdings not exceeding five pounds rateable 
value, a legal tender to the landlord, in lieu of so 
much rent, after the same manner as receipts for 
Land Tax and Property Tax, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrick Regan, a Builder, of the cetriage 
city of Dublin, complaining of being unable to Union 
obtain a settlement of his claims upon the Poor Workhouse. 
Law Commissioners for extra works and fittings at 
the Celbridge Union Workhouse, in the county of 
Kildare, which he completed in 1841, and praying 
for redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Tirley, Sale of Beer 
in the county of Gloucester, praying the House to Att 
prohibit the granting of any new Licenses to Beer 
Shops, and to enact that those already granted shall 
be in force only during the tenure of the present 
holders, was presented, and read; and soled to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of the Small Debts 
County Court of Lancashire, holden at Colne, pray- Act. 
ing for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by ex- 
tending the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Spirit-dealers, Grocers, Merchants Spirits 
and Traders of the town of Mullingar, praying that (teland.) 
Irish Spirits, while in bond and on removal, may 
have all the privileges enjoyed by Colonial Spirits, 
in the same circumstances, in respect of the time and 
mode of paying the duties leviable thereon, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Spitalfields ;— Saint Andrew, sunday 
Bethnal Green (five Petitions) ;—Upper Chelsea ;— Trading (Me- 
Norton Folgate and Old Artillery Ground ; ~and, *°Ps) Bill 
Mile End New Town (two Petitions); praying that 
the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and’ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Congrega- War. 
tion, assembling for Divine Worship at South Parade 
Chapel, in Leeds, praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures to negotiate treaties between 
the Government of this country and other govern- 
ments cf the world, binding the parties concerned 
3F3 to 











Martha 
Wrede. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


No. 404. 


Crinan Canal. 


Paper. 
No. 405. 


Sheriff of 
London and 
Middlesex. 


No. 406. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


No. 80. 


Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 407. 


Nenagh 
Union. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Windsor 
Extension of 
the Windsor, 
Staines and 


South Western 


(Richmond to 
Windsor) 


406 


to refer their international disputes to the decision of 
arbitrators, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Martha Wrede, now of Emerson- 
terrace, Southwark, Widow of Mr. Herman Wrede, 
formerly of Lower Whitecross-street, Cripplegate, 
who died on the 29th January 1841, complaining 
that certain sums of money bequeathed to her by 
her husband have never been paid, in consequence 
of the neglect and mismanagement of the property 
by her husband’s executor, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Estimate of the Sums of Money required 
for the completion of the Building of the New 
Houses of Parliament. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Copies of the several Treasury Minutes in 1847, re- 
lative to the removal of Mr. ' Thompson from the 
Situation of Superintendent or Manager or Collector 
of the Crinal Canal. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate and Paper do lie 
upon the Table ; and that the Estimate be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Paper, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Office of 
Sheriff of Zondon and Middlesex, which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duchy 
of Lancaster, which were presented upon the 22d 
day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Valuation 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Rates collected in the 
Nenagh Union within the year ending the 7th day 
of June 1849 :—Of the Amount expended in re- 
lieving the Poor for the same Period, specifying 
In-door and Out-door Relief:--Of the Liabilities and 
Numbers charged to each Electoral Division for 
each month during the same Period :—Of the 
Amount expended in the Hospitals and in making 
Coffins, and the Number of Deaths within the same 
Period :—And, of the Sums of Money expended in 
the Auxiliary Workhouse, called The Brewery, and 
the Number of Persons who have died within that 
place since its opening in December 1848. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the Windsor, Staines and South 
Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway Company 
to make an Extension of their Railway to the Town 
of New Windsor, and for other Purposes, with 


Railway (with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 


Power to the 
London and 


sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


South Western Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe) Bill. 


York and 


North Midland 
Railway (De- 


viation and 


Abandonment 
of Part of the 


authorized 


Lines of Rail- 


way between 
Market 


Weighton and 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled An 
Act for enabling the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company to divert their Railway between 
Market Weighton and Beverley, and Copmanthorpe 
and Tadcaster, all inthe County of York, and for 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Beverley, and Copmanthorpe 
and Tadcaster) Bili. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway, and 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for vesting the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union 


Canal in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- 





19°—20° Junie. 








A. 1849, 


pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments Eiinburgh 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House; 2%4 Glasgow 


Thi 
And also, } 7 eae Sane 


tion or Sale or Lease of the Union Ba 
Canal to the Railway Company) Bilj, ls 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leasehola 4 
for converting the Renewable Leasehold Tenure of | pene sy of 
Lands in Jreland into a Tenure in Fee; to which nt) a 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— ; C 
And then the Messenger withdrew. ~ 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Poor Relief 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday : 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) Bill Leasehold 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a eee 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. jana) Bil. 

No. 408, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Vancouver's 
gee That an humble Address be presented to Island. 

er Majesty, setting forth, That this House hath 
taken into its consideration the Papers which Her 
Majesty has graciously commanded to be presented 
to it with regard to the grant of Vancouver's Island 
by Royal Charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company, 
and is of opinion that it is ill adapted for superin- 
tending the establishment of any Colony founded 
upon principles of political or commercial freedom ; 
That it also appears from the Papers before men- 
tioned, that the means adopted by the Secretary of 
State to ascertain that the acceptance by the Com- 
pany of such a grant would be consistent with their 
Charter of Incorporation, were insufficient; That 
this House accordingly prays Her Majesty to be 
graciously pleased to direct that such measures as 
shall appear to Her Majesty most suitable may be 
adopted to ascertain whether, by the Charter in 
question, a grant in all respects valid has been made 
of the powers which it purports to convey ; 


And Notice being taken,that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
OF DERED, That the Examiner of Petitions London _ 
for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed Corporation 
To-morrow, on the Petition for additional provision 
in the Zondon Corporation Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 18th day Seen 
of this instant June; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Miles reported from the Committee on Group North Shields 
7, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the case of Quaysand 
the North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill, !preve™™ 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne River ; 
the Report on the Zyne River Conservancy Bill ; Conserv"? 
Bill. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 





Ordered, 








Bankrupt 
Law Consoli- 
dation Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


C 
Bill. 


Cathedral 
Churches. 


Collection of 
oo Members of the Council of the Chamber of Com- 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages Bill, _ Petitions from the Church of Scotland, met in 


coors trot 
onsolidation Petitions) (President); praying that the Bankrupt 


13 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented during the 
present Session in favour of and against the Bank- 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the Second Reading of 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Second Reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


Petitions from Hunton ;—Bidborough ;—Loose ; 
—and, Hever ; complaining of the distressed state 
of Agriculture, and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief for persons engaged therein,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Cockermouth ;— Usk ;— Rochdale ; 
—and, Oldham; praying for repeal of the annual 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham ;—and, Manchester (two 


Law Consolidation Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen, and 
other Inhabitants of the city of Canterbury, pray- 
ing that an inquiry may be instituted into the pro- 
vision and maintenance established for the Lay 
Clerks of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church 
of Canterbury, and other Cathedral Churches, and 
that in the arrangements now in contemplation for 
the regulation and more satisfactory appropriation 
of ecclesiastical property, the case of lay clerks of 
the several cathedrals, and particularly of that ca- 
thedral and metropolitical church, may be taken 
into consideration, and that a due and sufficient pro- 
vision for their maintenance and support, and the 
due performance of their important duties in the 
choir, according to the statutes of the same churches, 
may be made out of the revenues of the stalls or 
canonries already suppressed, or of those hereafter 
to be suppressed, in the same Cathedral Churches, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-Presidents and 


merce of Dublin, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Keswick ; — and, Borrowdale ; 
praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill 
— pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of a meeting of 
Commissioners of Supply, being also Her Majesty’s 
Justices of the Peace and Trustees on the High- 
ways of the County of Banff, praying that the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


General Assembly (Moderator) ;——ewton Abbott 
and Newton Bushell ; Modbury ; —— Alez- 
ander Mac Watt ;——Senatus Academicus of Ma- 
rischal College and University of Aberdeen (Chair- 
man) ;——Jevington;——-Swepstone and Snarestone; 


Auchinblae ; Drumlithie ;—— Westerham ; 
Vou, 104, 











20° Junii. 





407 
Dean of Theology in the University of Edin- 
burgh ; Kilbroney ; —— Seapatrick ; and, 
Drumgooland ; praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bridgewater ;—Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s ;— King’s Lynn ;—-Liverpool ;— Norwich ;— 
Stafford ;—Northampton;—Rugby ;-- Wolverhamp- 
ton;—Kibworth Harcourt and Kibworth Beauchamp, 
and Smeeton ;—Lambeth ;— Eye ;— Dublin ;—Bur- 
ton-on-Trent ;— and, Saint George’s, Bloomsbury, 
and Saint Giles’s ; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition of Guardians of the poor of the Zps- Poor Law. 
wich Union, in the County of Suffolk, praying that 
the House will be pleased to enact; firstly, That all 
the existing laws relating to the assessment and 
collection of poor’s rates be repeuled, and that a 
general and equable rate, for the support of the 
poor, may be levied throughout England and Wales, 
each parish or other place paying in proportion to 
the actual annual value of its property ; secondly, 
That the distribution of the fund, to be thus raised, 
be under local management, subject to Parlia- 
mentary supervision ; and lastly, That all the pre- 
sent laws affecting parochial settlement and removal 
be repealed, whereby the greatest freedom may be 
afforded forthe exercise of industrial labour, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Masters of the Work- Poor Law 
houses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers, and Officers. 
other Officers connected with the administration of 
the laws, relating to the relief of the Poor, in the 
Bolton Union, in the county of Lancaséer,. praying 
that an Act may be passed during the present Session 
of Parliament, for the establishment of a perma- 
nent fund for the benefit of superannuated officers 
connected with the administration of the Poor Laws, 
and to enable Poor Law Officers to form and dis- 
tribute such fund, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Camberwell ; —Shirley ;—Sheer- Promiscuous 

ness ; —Knockholt ; —Tenterden ; — Queenborough ; intercourse. 
— Tunbridge ;— Seal;—Seven Oaks (two Petitions); 
— Sandwich (two Petitions) ; — Faversham ; — 
Eastry ; — and, Wateringbury and Nettlestead ; 
praying the House to pass such measures as will 
enable magistrates and officers of police to bring 
those persons who make a trade of and live by pro- 
moting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes 
to prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Public Health 
gesses of the borough of Waterford, praying the (Ireland.) 
House to pass an efficient and comprehensive Health 
of Towns Bill for Lreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Registering 
gesses of the borough of Waterford, praying for Pmt 
the establishment of a Registry of Births, Deaths “7"*) 
and Marriages in [reland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of a meeting of Com- Registering 
missioners of Supply, Landholders and Trustees Births, &amp;c, 
on the Highways of the County of Banff, praying —— 
that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chard Union (Chairman) ; — Sale of Beer 
Lopen ;—Ilminster ;—and, South Petherton ; pray- 4“ 
ing for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
A Petition 








3F4 





Small Debts 
Act. 


Sunday 


Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Tithes. 


War. 


Hospital of 
St. 8, 
Winchester. 


British 
Guiana. 


Attachments, 


Courts of 
Record (Ire 
land) Bill. 


Transporta- 
tion for 


Treason (Ire- 


land) Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


408 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgwater, praying 
for amendment of the Smal! Debts Act by ex- 
tending the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of John Broom, Hair Dresser, of 
Silver-street, in the parish of Clerkenwell, in the 
county of Middlesex, praying that the Sunday 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Beneficed 
Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Essex, in the diocese 
of Rochester, praying the House to restore them to 
the liability to assessment only in like manner as 
before the commutation of their Tithes, and ac- 
cording to the same principles and relative liabilities 
as formerly, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Rochdale, praying the House 
to promote the formation between the British Go- 
vernment and other governments of the world re- 
spectively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall 
bind the parties to refer all international disputes 
that may arise to the decision of arbitrators,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to cause an inquiry to be made as to the Revenues 
of the Hospital of Saint Cross, Winchester, and 
their Appropriation, and as to the Duties and 
Emoluments of the Master of the Hospital, with a 
view of enabling Parliament to Place the Hospital, 
on the determination of the present Mastership, on 
such a footing as will secure the greatest amount of 
benefit to the Public consistent with its original 
Design. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Mujesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the Despatches from 
the Governor of British Guiana, showing the State 
of the dispute between the Combined Court and 
the Governor, respecting the Estimates for the 
Public Service, received since the last Returns were 
laid before the House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ease as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon the 11th day of May last, 
That the Attachments, Courts of Record (Ireland) 
Bill be re-committed, be resumed upon Friday 
next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Transportation for Treason (Ireland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into a Committee upon the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 





20° Juniz. 





A. 1849. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Collection 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Collection of Rates 
of Rates (Dublin) Bill. (Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Assaults (Ireland) Bill be read Assaults 
the third time To-morrow. (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Ecclesiastical 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into Semetiction ' 
consideration To-morrow. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriages 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Bill. 
upon the 3d day of May last, were proposed to be 
made to the Question, That the Marriages Bill be 
now read a second time ; and which Amendments 
were, to leave out the word “now,” and, at the 
end of the Question, to add the words “ upon this 
“ day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the ecdian —_ 
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Stuart Wortley, 

Yeas, { Mr. Edmund Denison : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Goulburn, 143 

Noes, { Sir Robert Harry Inglis } v= 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


iss] 


hi. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyholds 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; ae 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-™™ &gt; 
day the 4th day of July next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mines and 
Reading of the Mines and Collieries Bill ; Collieries Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 

Reading of the Stock in Trade Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cruelty to. 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill; Animals Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sewers Acts 
mittee on the Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 3.) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday~ °~ 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Life Policies 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance Bill ; of Assurance 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chatiels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill; ee and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday - 
the 4th day cf July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Clergy Relief 
consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended in Bill 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 





The 


13 Vicroriz. 








Supply. The Order of the day being read; for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. mittee on the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Chapelsof | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Ease (Ireland) mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Ireland) Bill ; 

Bil. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Militia Ballots © Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Suspension to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and 

a Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom: 

No. 409. And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey 

do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
Bill: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to he read a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 

And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the _ am till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 

Jovis, 21° die Junii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 

PRAYERS. 

Registrar of M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 

—— the East India Company, was called in; 

Calcutta, and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies 
of the Report of the Committee or Commissioners 
appointed in India to investigate the recent Defal- 
cations of Sir Thomas Turton, the Registrar of the 
Supreme Court of Calcutta, together with a Copy 
of any Letter or Letters addressed to the President 
of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, either by the Judges of the Supreme Court 
of Calcutta, or by Sir Thomas Turton, relating to 
the said Report :—Also, of ail Correspondence that 
has passed between the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company and the Bengal Government, 
on the subject of taking larger Security from the 
Registrar, or with reference to these Detalcations : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 

Savings Ordered, That the Select Committee on Savings 
Bauks. Banks have leave to sit this day, till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 

Biubrooke An ingrossed Bill to amend and extend the Pro- 
Saint Gabriel visions of certain Acts for inclosing Lands in the 
ee Penecee Parishes of Binbrooke Saint Mary and Binbrooke 
Inclosure Saint Gabriel, in the County of Lincoln, and to vary 
(Amendment the Awards made thereunder, and to unite the said 

of ace ension Parishes, was read the third time. 

ration of Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Awards, Ordered, That Mr. Christopher do carry the Bill 
claw to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill. 

East Indian An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the East 
a Indian Railway Company, and for other Purposes 
making and Connected therewith, was read the third time. 
maintaining Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

a oes Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill 
the Eax In. to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

dies) Incorporation Bill. 





Vou, 104. 





Q0°—21° Juniz. 





409 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, draining, cleansing, Taunton Town 
watering, lighting, watching, regulating and other- 904 Market 
wise improving the Borough of Taunton, in the — 
County of Somerset, and maintaining, regulating 
and improving the Markets and Market-places and 
Fairs thereof, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Local Board of Health, if 
the Public Health Act, 1848, apply to Taunton, to 
be Commissioners), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Management of the 
Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Taunton, in 
the County of Somerset, and the better Regulation 
of the said Borough. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Colebrooke do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taf Vale 

the Report on the Taff Vale Railway (Extension in (uation in 

Merthyr Tydfil) Bill; and the Amendments were Merthyr 

read, and agreed to. Tydfil) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Eastern Union 
Eastern Union and Eastern Counties Railway Com- 2nd Easter 
panies (Amendment of Acts, and Power to lease, pear 
sell or amalgamate to or with the Eastern Counties (Amendment 
Railway Company) Bill; That the Committee had _—— = 

eas ‘ower to lease, 
amended the preamble, by reciting an Act, refer- sei or amal- 
ence to which had been previously omitted; and gamate to or 
also by stating more fully the facts relating to the With the East- 
, é ‘ ; ern Counties 
issue of the Eastern Union Company’s capital ; and Railway Com- 
had examined the allegations contained in the pre- pany) Bill. 
amble of the Bill, and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made the additional provisions referred to in the 
Instructions of the House of the 18th instant, re- 
lating to the further capital of the Company, and 
had inserted a clause providing that, with reference 
to such further capital, fourteen days’ notice of any 
meeting at which power should be sought to issue or 
create new shares should be given by circular to 
each shareholder; and that the Committee had 
made several other Amendments ‘n the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Lanarkshire 
Lanarkshire (East and West Line) and Glasgow (East and 
and Sho&lt;ts Turnpike-roads (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) pete oe 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- and Shotts 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had amended Turnpike 
the same in the second paragraph, by inserting the Road*(Amend- 
name and description of the Branch Road therein &amp;c.) Bill" 
referred to; and fad found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Williams’s Estate Bill, with- Williams's 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the General Land 

General Land Drainage and Improvement Com- Drainage and 
: : mprovement 

pany (Incorporation and conferring of Powers) Company 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- (Incorporation 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had amended = ae 
the same, by limiting the operation of the Bill to ° — 
England and Wales; and had found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Tenison reported the Holme Reservoirs (In- Holme Reser- 
crease of Rates and Amendment of Act) (No. 2.) voirs(Increase 


; ; f Rates and 
Bill, with Amendments. y Pee a nt ner 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. fen (No. 2.) 





Mr. 


3G 





London Cor- 


poration Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Second _Re- 
port.) 

No, 410. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Bankrupt Law 


Consolidation 
Bill. 


William 
Bridle. 


Collection of 


Rates (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


410 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional Provision in the London Corporation Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
as power is sought to shorten the time of the elec- 
tion for officers elected by the livery of London in 
common hall assembled ; but the notices of the in- 
tended application to Parliament do not specify the 
intention to apply for any such power. 

Ordered, Thai the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hutt reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to continue the inquiry undertaken by a 
Committee appointed last year, to consider the best 
means which Great Britain can adopt for providing 
for the final extinction of the Slave Trade, and to 
whom the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
Select Committee of last Session were referred ; and 
who were empowered to report their Observations 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time, to the 
House; That they had further considered the matters 
referred to them, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions from Tewkesbury ;— Keighley and — 
ley;—Saint Austell ;— Horncastle ;—Gainsborough ; 
— Market Rasen ;—Asxbridge ;—and, New Sarum ; 
praying for the repeal of the annual Duty on the 
Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Dudley ;— Rochdale ;—Glasgow ; 
—and, Members of the Blackburn Guardian Society 
for the Protection of Trade; praying that the 
Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bul may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of William Bridle, praying for inquiry 
into the circumstances of his removal from the office 
of Governor of Somerset County Gaol, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Farran Darley, of William- 
street, Dublin, Gentleman, praying that the Collec- 
tion of Rates (Dublin) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, and that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, before the Committee 
to whom the said Bill may be referred against the 
clauses thereof, and in support of such clauses as he 
may submit for the protection of his interests, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and county 
of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull and neighbour- 
hood, praying that the Cruelty to Animals Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Cork;—- Tormoham;-- 
Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Twickenhamand Teddington; 
—Saint Andrew, Holborn-above-Bars, and Saint 
George-the-Martyr ; — Dundee (two Petitions) ;— 
Clergy of the Church in Ireland ; — Clapham ;— 
Sheen and Mortlake ; — Richmond ;—Kew ;— Ewell ; 
— Banstead ;—-Members of the Jrish Branch of the 
United Church of England and Ireland (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Barony of Tullyhunco (Cavan) ;—Geashill ; 
—Diocesan Church Education Society of Down 
and Connor and Dromore (Chairman and Honorary 
Secretaries) ;—Drumgool ;— Barby ;—Adamstown ; 
— East Farleigh ; — ~~ ;—Isleworth ;—Sher- 
burn House ;—Hadlow ; —Brentford ; — and, Per- 


sons in pany mg be Rooms assembled ; com- 
plaining that the 


chools in connection with the 





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Church Education Society for Ireland derive no 
assistance from the funds granted by Parliament 
for the support of Education in that country, and 
praying the House to relieve them from that grie- 
vance,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of James Goodfellow, of Fisherton, Frienaly 
Salisbury, Wilts, the Founder of the National Fo- Societies Bill, 


resters’ Friendly Society, praying that no Act of 
Parliament now in existence, nor the operation of 
the Friendly Societies Bill, may in any way interfere 
with the Society called the National Foresters’ So- 
ciety established at Salisbury by the Petitioner, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Two Petitions from Belfast; praying that the Irish Paupers, 


law regulating the removal of Paupers from Eng- 
land and Scotland to Ireland may be assimilated 
to the existing laws for the removal of Paupers 
from one part of England to another, or that the 
removing officers be compelled to convey such 
Paupers from where they have probably spent their 
strength and labour, and which has thus derived 
the benefit of the man, to the place of his nativity, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Tuble. 


Petitions from Finlay Macpherson; ——-Edinburgh; 
Glasgow ; Dromore ; 
Clonallan ; —— and, Archibald Swinton, Esquire, 
Professor of Civil Law in the University of Edin- 
burgh, and Dean of the Faculty of Law in that Uni- 
versity, John Schank More, Resto, Professor of 
the Law of Scotland, in the said University, and 
Allan Menzies, Esquire, Professor of Conveyancing 
in said University ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were re, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, and other Inhabit- 
ants of Snaith, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











Clonduff ;—— ® 


arriages 


ill 


Petitions of Joseph Holden Turner, Benjamin Palace Court 
Edward Willoughby, James Dolman, Mark Blowers (Westminster) 


Miller, Thomas Hichs and Mark Shephard, the Six 
Attornies of the Marshalsea and Palace Courts ; 
and, John Locke, William March Sowton; 
William Govett Romaine, John Best, Esquires, the 
Four Counsel of the ancient Court of the Marshalsea 
and Court of Her Majesty’s Palace at Westminster ; 
praying that the Palace Court (Westminster) Bill 
_ not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Letter Paper, &amp;. 


Press-printers of London, praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Paper and Advertisements, as also the 
Penny Stamp on Newspapers not posted, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— Leicester ;—Union of Poor Law. 


Hinckley ;— Wycombe Union ;— Exeter ;—Hadden- 
ham ;—Saint Michael-in-Bedwardine ;—-Lambeth ; 
— Worcester (six Petitions);—Great Yarmouth ;— 
Rotherhithe ;—King Stanley ;— Nuneaton ;—Great 
Yarmouth ; — Brill ;— Stourbridge Union ;— War- 
wick ; — Whitstones ;— Long Crendon ;— Hinckley ; 
—Norwich ; — Shepton Mallet ;—and, Gravesend, 
Milton and Northfleet ; praying for amendment of 
the Poor Law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the Electoral Divi- Poor Law 


sion of Rathfeigh, in the Union of Dunshaughline, 
the barony of Skeene, and county of Westmeath, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Poor Laws (Ireland). 

A Petition 


Ireland.) 








13 Vicrortz. 


Poor Relief A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Bei- 
(Ireland) Bill. fast Union, praying the House to introduce such 
rovisions into the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill as will 
eave the matter of internal discipline in respect to 
holydays in workhouses, under the control of Boards 
of Guardians, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Promiscuous Petitions from Tarring Neville ;— Tredegar ;— 

Intercourse. L/anvrechva; — Tredynnock ;—Monmouth ;— War- 
ton-near- Lytham ; — Wray ; —Accrington ;—Mars- 
den ;—Lancaster ;— Hippings ;— Fleetwood ;—Hud- 
dersfield (three Petitions) ;— Ringmer ;— Pett ;— 
Rottingdean ;-— Uckfield ;—South Heighton ;—and, 
Battle; praying the House to pass such measures 
as will enable magistrates and officers of police to 
bring those persons who make a trade of and live by 
promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse of the sexes 
to prompt and certain punishment,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Health 


A Petition of James Lewis, Bailie of the burgh 
a 


and regality of Canongate, praying that the Public 
Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners of Police for the 
city of Edinburgh, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Committee of the Bath Associa- 
tion for promoting the due observance of the Lord’s 
Day (Chairman) ;--Lockwood ;-- Huddersfield ;—and, 
Chelsea; praying for amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 


om A Petition of Inhabitants of Aberystwith, in the 
ct, 


county of Cardigan, praying for amendment of 
the Small Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction 
of the County Courts, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sunday 
etropolis 
tor polis) 


Petitions from Upper Chelsea; — and, Saint 
Clement Danes; praying that the Sunday Trading 
(Metropolis) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from John Cokes and others; 
Christian Reaman and others ;—-and, Saint Mary, 
Islington; praying that the said Bill — not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 





Universal 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mar- 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


ket Drayton, in the county of Salop, praying the 
House to extend the Franchise to every man of 
mature age, sound mind, fixed residence and un- 
stained with crime ; and to enact all other provisions 
esseutial to the full, fair and free representation of 
the people in Parliament, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

War. Petitions from Woodbridge ;— Harwich ;—Somers- 
ham ;—and, Campsie; praying the House to pro- 
mote the formation between the British Govern- 
ment and other governments of the world respec- 
tively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall bind 
the parties to refer all international disputes that 
may arise to the decision of arbitrators,— were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Minute of Sir Charles Metcalfe (Lord 
Metcalfe), dated the 28th day of October 1837, re- 
lative to the right of the Native Princes of India 
to adopt Heirs, in failure of Heirs of their own 
body. 

VOL. 104, 


Native Princes 
(India. ) 


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411 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sanitarium, 
Copies of all Papers relative to the formation of Nilgherries. 
a Sanitarium on the Nilgherries for European 
Troops. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Capital 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Punishment 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, aan 
a Return, showing how far Crimes, for which 
Capital Punishments have been abolished in this 
Country, are still capitally punishable in the Colonies 
and Dependencies of Great Britain. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways. 
Command,—A Return of the Number of Pas- 
sengers conveyed on all the Railways in the United 
Kingdom, during the Half-year ending the 31st 
December 1848 ; showing the different Classes, the 
Receipts from each Class, and from Goods, &amp;c. ; 
also, the Number of Miles of Railway open at the 
commencement and at the termination of the Half- 
year. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions Bahamas and 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Acts passed Dominica. 
by the Legislatures of the Bahamas and Dominica, 
under the authority of an Act of the Imperial 
Parliament of the ninth and tenth years of Her 
Majesty’s reign, intituled, An Act to enable the 
Legislatures of certain British Possessions to 
repeal or reduce certain Duties of Customs (in con- 
tinuation of the Papers presented in April and August 
1848, and April 1849). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Leeds and 
Act for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Thirsk Rail- 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money for the ¥*Y — * 
Completion of their Railways, to guarantee Interest Scena 
on certain Shares, and for other Purposes, with certain Shares 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords *) Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Whittlesey 
Act for defining the Boundaries of the Parishes of poe Pee 
Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint 80¢\* nittesey 
| Andrew, 2 the Isle of Ely, in the Connty 8 Cam- ae 
bridge, for Ecclesiastical Purposes, for the Union Parishes, and 
'of the said Parishes for other Purposes, and for {pt Proving 
better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and Whittlesey 
| otherwise regulating and improving the Town of Bill. 
| Whittlesey, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the cuncurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Medical 
posed, That efficiency and economy in respect to Officers 
Armies in the field ‘considerably depend on the (47™Y-) 
ability, energy and zeal of the Medical Officers 
attached to them; That the history of every war 
proves that this class of Officers, while so employed, 
have been killed, wounded or made prisoners, and 
that the nature of their duties unavoidably exposes 
them to those casualties: And that as they thus share 
in the dangers and fatigues of war, as well asin some 
‘of its most essential duties, it is not expedient or 
| just that they should be excluded from a share of 
| honorary distinction or reward, in proportion to 
i their relative rank and the relative importance of 
| their respective services. 

And the previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put:— The said previous 
| Question and Motion were, severally, with leave of 
| House, withdrawn. 
3a2 





A Motion 





412 


Maintenance 


0 
Poor. into the practicability of better providing for the 


t 
Maintenance of the fadigent Poor of England and 


Wales, by an equal and general apportionment of | mittee on the Turnpike-roads (Jreland) Bill ; 


the burthen of the same :—It passed in the Negative. | 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That an humble Address be presente to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to direct that such a modification of the 
system of National Education in Jreland may be 
made as may remove the conscientious objections 
which a large proportion of the Clergy and Laity of 
the Established Church entertain to that system as 
at present carried into operation; or otherwise that 
means may be taken to enable those of the Clergy 
and Laity of the Established Church who entertain 
such conscientious objections, to extend the blessings 
of Scriptural Education in Zreland :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 22° die Junii, 1849: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


02, 


J 
} 162. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into the extent of the losses of life by Ex- 
plosions and Accidents in Coal Mines, and the best 
means of preventing the recurrence of the same in 


Tellers for the [ 5 Alexander 
Yeas, Lord Claud Hamilton: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Coal Mines. 


future :—And the said Motion was, with leave of | 


the House, withdrawn. 


Judgments Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

(Ireland) Bill. to amend the Law concerning Judgments in Jre- 
land: And that Mr. Solicitor-General, Lord John 
Russell and Sir William Somerville do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Peel, The Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Greene and Mr. Evelyn Denison 
be added to the Select Committee on Strangers. 


Strangers. 


Bankrupt Law Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Consolidation Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill do consist of 
_ Eighteen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Roe- 
buck and Sir Henry Willoughby be added to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett be added to the 
Committee. 


Royal Pavilion 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
(Brighton) 
Bill. 


bring in a Bill to authorize the Sale of the Royal 
Pavilion at Brighton, and the Grounds thereof, and 
to apply the Money arising from such Sale ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, gives Her consent, as far as Her 
Majesty’s interest isconcerned, that the House may 
do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 


21°—23° Juniz. 


i A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | Bill: And that Mr. Zayter and the Chancellor of 
f the Indigent That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 





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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Turnpike. 
roads (Ire- 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Small Debt 
into a Committee upon the Small Debt Courts Courts (Scot. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time sent therein, land) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Marriages in Foreign Countries facilitating Marriages 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; —— 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, facilitating 
for Monday next. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Soap Duty 
into a Committee upon the Soap Duty Allowances ~ — 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newgate Gaol 
mittee on the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill ; (Dublin) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies ery os 
Act (1848) Amendment Bill; and, after some time amendment 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; Bill. 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That. the Committee had No. 411. 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways 
into a Committee upon the Railways Abandonment #tandonment 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 412 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- “® *** 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sites for 
take into consideration the Sites for Schools Bill, as Schools 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sunday 


Reading of the Sunday Trading Metropolis Bill; Trading 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time oy 


this day. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Marriage (Scot/and) Bill. 


(In the Committee). 


Bill read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Forbes, \ - 
Yeas, Mr. Mackenzie: , 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, } 50 
Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: mr 
i 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


rer 
rations 
(ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 


13 Vicroriz. 


Bill to be read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauseg, N° 1 (Marriage, how to be contracted). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1. 1. 15. To leave 
out the words “ or not otherwise.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravusgs, N° 2 to N° 5, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 7, to N° 15, agreed to. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 

(In the Committee. 


Postponed Clause, N’ 12 (Appointment of Re- 
gistrars of Sub- Districts), considered. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Irelund) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


oy (Dublin) mittee on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill ; 


Assaults 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Life Policies 


of Assurance 
Bill, 


Bankrupte 
(Ireland) Bil, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to continue an Act of the second and 
third years of Her present Majesty, for the better 
Prevention and Punishment of Assaults in Jreland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, for Five years, an Act 
of the second and third years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for the better Prevention and Punishment of 
Assaults in Lreland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- 
tion Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Life Policies of Assurance 
Bil!; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Von. 104, 





21°—22° Juniz. 








413 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- stock in Trade 
nesday the 4th day of July next, the Stock in Trade Bill 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of July next. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to amend Judgments 
the Law concerning Judgments in Jreland: And (Ireland) Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be No. 413. 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to authorize the Sale Royal Pavilion 
of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and the Grounds (Brighton) 
thereof, and to apply the Money arising from such 
Sale: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That Bill be referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


No. 414. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, schools in 
a Copy of any Communications in relation to Schools India. 
in India (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 20, of Session 1848). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Idolatry 
Copy of any Communications in relation to the (India.) 


; connexion of the Government of British India with 


Idolatry or with Mahometism (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 664, of Session 1845). 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—An Post-office. 

Account, showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management, for the 
year ending January 1849:—The Charges of Ma- 
nagement for the United Kingdom, under the dif- 
ferent Heads, for the year ending January 1849 :— 
The Payments made by the Post-office for the con- 
veyance of Mails by Railway within the United 
Kingdom, during the year ending January 1849; 
distinguishing, in each instance, Payments for Work 
done within the vear from Payments for Work done 
in previous years :—Payments out of the Post-office 
Revenue other than Charges of Management :— 
The Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid during the year ending January 1849 :— 
And, Expense of the Money Order Office, and the 
Amount received for Commission, during the year 
ending January 1849. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the di- British 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report Fisheries. 
by the Commissioners of the British Fisheries, of 
their Proceedings for the year ending 5th January 
1849, being Fishing, 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Two of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Veneris, 22° die Junii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Secretary-at-War reported from the Select Militia 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates Estimates. 
of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great No.415. 
Britain and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850; That they had prepared the 
said Estimates accordingly, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr, Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 19th and 
20th days of this instant June; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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(Fifty-third 
Report.) 


Ordered, 


414 22° Junie. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Stirling and Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee 
— on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway ( Deviation 
(Deviation of Of Branch to Alloa Harbour, Diversion of certain 
Branch to Alloa Works, Extension of Time for completing Line and 
Harbour, Di taking Land, and Amendment of Acts) re-committed 
certain Works, Bill; That they had made other verbal Amendments 
Extension of thereunto. 
‘Time for com- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


pleting Line “ 
andtaking and be printed. 


Land, and 

Amendment 

of Acts) Bill , 
Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Glasgow the Amendments-made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
we ? - tituled, An Act for vesting the Edinburgh and 
ee Siar Glasgow Union Canal in the Edinburgh and Glas- 
Union Canal gow Railway Company ; and the same were read, as 
(Amalgama- follow : 


i i mA . 
a Pr. 26.1. 18. Leave out “passing of this Act”’ 


Union Canal and insert “ vesting of the canal in the Railway 
to the Railway « Com any.” 


ill. ’ 
Compu Pr. 26. 1. 27. Leave out from “the ” to “ were ” 


in 1, 28. and insert “ vesting of the canal in the 
“ Railway Company.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 30. After “made” insert “ or the 
“ Railway Company.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 34, After “ Railways” insert “ or to 
“the better and more impartial audit of the ac- 
“ counts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Henry Davie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Windsor The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Extension of the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
oe tituled, An Act for enabling the Windsor, Staines 
Staines anc “ : we : 
South Western and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Rail- 
eeemens te way Company to make an Extension of their Rail- 
aa way to the Town of New Windsor, and for other 
Power to the Purposes; and the same were read, as follow; 
London and Pr, 12. 1. ult. After “ acres ” insert Clause (A.) 
Dallwey — Cause (A.) “ And whereas it is proposed by the 
pany tosub- ‘ said Company to erect a bridge for the purpose 
scribe) Bill &lt;“ of carrying the said extension line of Railway 
** over the River Thames; Be it Enacted, That the 
“« piers of such bridge shall be founded sufficiently 
“ deep to admit of providing and maintaining at 
“ the said bridge a depth of ten feet of water below 
“ the ordinary summer surface of the river; and 
“ also that the said Company shall and will dredge 
“ or deepen the said river, at the site of the said 
“ bridge, and for a quarter of a mile above and 
“ below the same, if and as and when the said 
“ Company are so required to do by the Lord High 
“ Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great 
“ Britain and Ireland, or the Commissioners for 
“ executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, by 
‘‘ writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
“ Admiralty.” 
Pr. 26. 1. 9. After “ made ” insert “ or the Com- 
“ pany.” 

Pr, 26.1. 13. After “ Railways” insert “ or to 
the better and more impartial audit of the ac- 
‘€ eounts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Reid do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


North Midland the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


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and for other Purposes; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 14. 1. 38. After “ this” insert “ Act.” 


A. 1849. 


between Market Weighton and Beverley, and Cop- of Part of the 


manthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County of York, —. 


way between 
Market 


be it Enacted.” 

Pr. 22. |. 33. After “be” insert “ purchased 
or,” and in the same line, after “ taken” insert 
either permanently or temporarily.” 

Pr, 23.1.1. After “interests” insert “in any 
such lands.” 

Pr. 24. |. 28. After “taking” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 4. After “ arbitration” insert “and 
that it shall not be necessary to include the 
amount thereof in the award to be made under 
any such arbitration, or to delay the making of 
any such award in consequence thereof, and 
where the costs of the arbitration are not included 
in the award, the amount thereof, when so taxed 
and settled, together with the costs of recovering 
the same, may be recovered by distress, in the 
manner by the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 
provided in other cases of costs.” 

Pr. 25. Is. 17. and 18. After “ taking ” insert 


1 of. ”? 


Pr, 27.1.31. After “ Acts” insert “ or the Acts.” 
Pr. 28. 1.7. After “ twelve ” insert “ calendar.” 
Pr. 29. 1. 8. After “‘ be”’ insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “And whereas by the said first 
recited Act, it was enacted, that at the first gene- 
ral meeting, or at some adjournment thereof to 
be held pursuant to the directions of that Act, 
twelve persons respectively possessed in their 
own right of twenty or more shares in the said 
undertaking, should be elected directors to manage 
the affairs of the said Company, by the proprie- 
tors present at such meeting, either personally or 
by proxy, eight at least of which persons so to 
be elected directors should be proprietors residing 
in or within seven miles of York, unless there 
should at any time not be so many as eight pro- 
prietors duly qualified and willing to act resi-. 
dent within that distance from the limits of the 
said city, in which case all proprietors duly quali- 
fied and willing to act should be qualified to be 
elected as directors, which restriction as to resi- 
dence was by subsequent provisions of the said 
Act extended to the ilirectors to be subsequently 
elected or appointed, so that eight at least of the 
directors for the time being of the said Company 
should, subject as therein mentioned, always con- 
sist of proprietors residing in or within seven 
miles of the city of York: And whereas by the 
said Act passed in the fourth year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to ena- 
ble the York and North Midland Railway Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, to make 
a certain Approach to the said Railway, and to 
amend the Acts relating thereto,’ it was enacted, 
that when, by death or resignation, or any other 
cause than that of going out of office by rotation, 
as provided for by the said first recited Act, the 
number of directors should be reduced below 
twelve (and so often as the same should happen), 
it should not be necessary for the remaining di- 
rectors to proceed to fill up such vacancy pre- 
vious to the general meeting of the said Com- 
pany which would be held in the month of 
January then next ensuing, and if any such meet- 
ing should resolve that it was inexpedient to fill 
up the said vacancy, then the number of direc- 
tors of the said Company should be and remain 
reduced accordingly, and all the acts of the said 
directors, when so reduced in number, should be 
as valid and effectual as if the number of the 
said directors had not been reduced ; and it was 
by the same Act provided, that at no time should 
the whole number of directors be reduced, — 
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Weighton and 


Pr. 17.1. 33. After “ Clauses ”’ insert “ powers.” oe mantho 
Pr, 22. 1.27. Leave out “ and ” and insert “ And and Tadcaster) 











13 Vicroriz. 


“ the provisions thereinbefore contained, to a less 


“ number than eight : And whereas, under the pro- 
“ visions of the said last-mentioned Act, the num- 
“ber of the directors of the said Company has 
been reduced to eight: And whereas doubts are 
entertained whether, under the provisions of the 
“ said Acts, the whole of the eight directors for 
“ the time being, or only two-thirds of that number, 
ought to be resident in or within seven miles of 
the city of York; and whereas some of the present 
directors of the Company not being so resident, 
doubts may be raised as to the validity of their 
acts as directors of the Company, which doubts it 
is expedient should be removed ; Be it Enacted, 
That the acts and proceedings of the present 
directors of the said Company, done in the execu- 
tion or under the authority of the said recited 
Acts, and this Act, or any of them, shall not be 
or be deemed invalid by reason or in consequence 
of such directors, or any of them, not being resi- 
dent in or within seven miles of the said city of 
* York.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 2. After “ made ” insert “ or the Com- 
“ pany.” 

Pr, 41. 1. 6. After “ Railways” insert “or to 
the better and more impartial audit of the ac- 
counts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, as far as Clause (A.), 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Cravuse (A.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

The Amendments following were made there- 
unto: viz. 

By inserting inl. 93, after the word “ removed,” 
the words “ And whereas the greater portion of the 
“ proprietors of the said Company, who are in other 
“ respects duly qualified to act as directors of the 
“* said Company, are now resident in London and 
“ other places distant from the city of York, and 
have no residence in or within seven miles of the 
“« said city, and it is expedient that a general meet- 
“ ing of the proprietors of the said Company should 
“* be authorized to dispense with the said restriction 
as to residence, and to declare that any proprietor 
“* ofthe Company, wherever resident, shall, if other- 
wise duly qualified, be eligible to be elected or 
appointed a director of the said Company ;” and 
by adding in 1. 105, after the word “ York,” at 
the end of the Clause, the words “ and that it 
“ shall be lawful for any general or special general 
“ meeting of the said Company, of which due 
“ notice, stating the objects of such meeting, shall 
“* have been given, to declare that any proprietor of 
“ the said Company who may thereafter be a can- 
“ didate for the office of, or be willing to act as a 
“ director of the said Company, shall, if otherwise 
“« duly qualified, be eligible to be elected or ap- 
“« pointed a director of the said Company, although 
“« he may not be resident in or within seven miles 
“ of the said city of York, anything in the said 
“ recited Acts, or any of them, to the contrary 
‘* thereof in anywise notwithstanding.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


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Lancaster and Ordered, That the Lancaster and Preston Junc- 


tion Ss me- tion Railway Acts Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls 
Acts Amenj. and for Appointment of Officers) Bill be read the 
ment (Powers third time upon Monday next. 

Se 

of Oflcers) Bill 


Vou. 104. 


92° Juniz. 








415 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Report on the Eastern Counties and Norfolk tics and Nor- 
Railways Amalgamation Bill ; and the Amendments dendlgnanalan 
were read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Sheffield and 
colnshire Railway (Consolidation and Amendment eee 
of Acts) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and solidation and 
agreed to. Amendment 

A Clause (Company may issue new shares in lieu  4*ts) Bill- 
of shares merged in Company), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Gordon's (Cairness) Estate Bill was read a second Gordon’s 
time; and committed. (Cairness) 

Ordered, That the Bill: be referred to the Com- = 34- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Gedney; — and, Epsom; com- Agriculture. 
plaining of the distressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
relief of persons engaged therein,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lincoln ;— Newbury ;— Ulverston ; Attornies’ 
— Bromsgrove ; — Melksham ; — and, Spalding ; ettificates. 
praying for the repeal of the annual duty on the Cer- 
tificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,-—were 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Saint Alban’s (three Petitions) ;— Clergy Relief 
and, Wheathamstead ; praying that the Clergy Re- Bill. 
lief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Johnson, Licensed Dealer Game. 
in Game, of Sloane-street, Chelsea, stating that he 
has been compelled, for the last twelve years, to pay 
a certain sum of money annually for the privilege 
of being allowed to sell Game in his shop; alleging 
that a number of hawkers, who he conceives can 
have no license, are in the habit of daily selling 
Game in the streets and at the houses, to the Peti- 
tioner’s great loss and injury; and praying the 
House either to protect the lawful dealer in Game 
from those unlawful sellers, or to take into consi- 
deration the propriety of abolishing the license for 
shopkeepers to be allowed to deal in Game, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Islington (six Petitions) ;—and, Faucation 
Upper Holloway; complaining that the schools in (Ireland) 
connection with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland derive no assistance from the funds granted 
by Parliament for the support of Education in that 
country ; and praying the House to relieve them from 
that grievance,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Brown, of Woodfield-row, West Palace Court 
Harrow-road, in the county of Middleser, but now = 
a Prisoner confined in Whitecross-street Prison, in =“ 
the city of London, Labourer, complaining of his im- 
prisonment for a contempt of the Palace Court, for 
not discharging a debt of 6/. 6s. and costs; and 
praying the House to inquire into the practice of 
the Palace Court, in regard to the powers of impri- 
sonment now exercised by it, and to take such mea- 
sures for its effectual suppression or declaration of 
the law, as it now exists, under the Act 7 and 8 Vic., 
with a view to the better protection of parties sued 
for debts under twenty pounds, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3G4 A Petition 





Foreign Books, 
&amp;e. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Public Health 
(Scotland ) 
Bil 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Roman, 
Hungariaa 
and Rhenish 
Republics. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Sunday 
Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill 


416 


A Petition of James Beal, Clerk, of Grosvenor 
Cottages, Eaton-square, praying for the repeal of 
all and every the Acts of Parliament imposing du- 
ties on the importation of Foreign Books, the ma- 
nufacture of Paper, the publication of Newspapers, 
and the insertion of Advertisements, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kendall Union ;—and, Carmarthen 
Union ; praying the House to pass an Act during the 
present Session of Parliament, enabling Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 


fund for members of their body,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portsea ;—Landport ;—Ayton ;— 
Holmfirth ;—Brighouse ;— Batley ;—Undercliffe; — 
Hunmanby ;— Langbar ;—Cross Hills ;—Sedburgh; 
— Cononby ; — Skipton ;—South Cave and North 
Cave ; — Irstead ; —- Elmham ; — Wymondham ;— 
Lynn Regis ;—Larling ;—Barton Turf ;—Swaff- 
ham ;— Hingham ;— Portsmouth ;— Greenwich (four 
Petitions) ;—Blackheath (two Petitions) ;—Syden- 
ham; — Deptford (five Petitions) ;— Charlton ; — 
Perry Hill ;— Montrose ;—Northwich ;— Runcorn ; 
— Ashton-upon-Mersey ; -- Ashley ;— Rainow ; — 
Bollington ; — Disley ;—Knutsford ;—New Mills ; 
--Partington ; — Castle Hall ; — Congleton ;—Al- 
trincham ;— Weston and Weston Point ;—Allen- 
heads ;— Hesleywell ;—Allendale Town ;—Limestone 
Brae ;—High House ;—Cuxham ;— Elsfield ;—Mal- 
lington ;— Weston ;— Adderbury ;— Bicester ;— Bla- 
don ;—Hethe ;—Britwell;— Great Tew ;— Ozford ; 
—Cropredy ;— Woodstock ;—Christmas ;—Epwell ; 
—Duns Tew ;—Claydon ;— Benson ;—and, Ward- 
ington; praying that measures may be adopted for 
the punishment of all persons guilty of trading in 
seduction and prostitution, and for the better pro- 
tection of virtuous women,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the burgh of Inverness, praying that the Pub- 
lic Health (Scotland) Biil may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Bonhill 
(Vice-Chairman); Dumbarton ;——and, Fenton 
district of the parish of Cardross; praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Chairman of a Public Meeting 
of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, holden in the 
Scientific and Literary Institution, John-street, in 
the borough of Mary-le-bone, praying the House to 
address Her Majesty, to forthwith recognize the 
Roman, Hungarian and Rhenish Republics, and 
to instruct Her Ministers to take the necessary 
measures to ensure the integrity of those States, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;— Norton Fitzwarren; 
—Fremington ; — Canterbury ; — and, Woolwich ; 
praying for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bridport ;—Dolgelley ;—and, Cor- 
wen; praying for amendment of the Small Debts 
Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the County 
Courts,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of 
the parish of Saint Margaret's, Westminster, the 





22° Junii. 











A, 1849. 


Rector and Churchwardens of the parish of Saint 

John-the-Evangelist, Westminster, and of the Ves- 

tries of the united parishes of Saint Margaret and 

Suint John-the-Evangelist, praying that the Sunday 

Trading (Metropolis) Bill may pass into a law, was 

e— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 






Sir John Young reported from the Select Com- Poor Laws 
mittee on the Irish Per Laws, and who were em- — d) 
powered to report their Opinion thereupon, together Report.) * 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before them wy 4i¢ 
from time to time, to the House; That they had &gt; 
further considered the matters to them referred, 
and had come to several Resolutions; which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and 
the Resolutions of the Committee were read, as 
follow: 

1. That Boards of Guardians should be instructed 
to employ the Able-bodied Paupers on such useful 
and productive works of a public character, as the 
Commissioners may sanction ; avoiding all inter- 
ference with the ordinary independent industry of 
the country. 

2. That all technical difficulties in proceedings at 
Sessions and before Magistrates in respect of the 
collection of the Rates should be taken into con- 
sideration, with a view to their abatement or re- ( 
moval. ( 

3. That Boards of Guardians be empowered to 
send young persons who shall have been over one 
year in the Workhouse into private service, with 
power of control, as in cases of Apprentices ; and 
also to place them inthe land or sea service. 

4. That persons obtaining relief under false pre- 
tences be subjected to the same punishment as is 
provided for a vagrant under 10 and 11 Vic, c. 84. 

5. That it is desirable that the Tenement Valua- | 
tion, under the 9 and 10 Vic. c. 110, be introduced 
into each Electoral Division as the valuation is 
completed ; but that the proportion of the establish- 
ment charges, and those on the Union at large, 
shall be divided among the Electoral Divisions ac 
cording to the previous valuation of each. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to Lords, to Railways. 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Return to an 
Order of the House of Lords of the 3d May 1849, 
for Return of the Share Capital of every Railway in 
the United Kingdom; also, the Capital authorized 
to be raised by their Acts of Parliament ; also, the 
Number of Shares issued, and Number allotted to 
each Director, Committee-man, or other person con- 
nected with the Company ; also, Amount of each 
Share; also, Number of Shares reserved, and for 
what purpose, and how disposed of, and to whom ; 
also, when the Calls on such Shares became due ; 
also, when received; also, the Capital or Monies 
raised by each Railway in the United Kingdom on 
Loan, or on the Security of their Debentures, or 
otherwise ; also, when such Debentures were issued ; 
also, Date of Act of Parliament sanctioning such 
Issue of Debentures; also, Amount of each Deben- 
ture; also, Rate of Interest paid to the Lender, and 
any other Terms agreed on for the purpose of raising 
Money; also, Term for which such Loan was made ; 
also, Commission or other Sum paid by the Rail- 
way Companies to the Broker or Agent for obtain- 
ing Loans on the Security of Debentures, or other- 
wise ; also Cost of Construction of each Railway and 
each Branch Railway, exclusive of Land Purchases, 
Parliamentary Expenses, and Law Charges ; also, 
Law Charges, and stating whether taxed or not; 
also, Money expended in purchases of Land and 
Property, distinguishing the Expenses and Charges 
from the Price of the Land; also, Parliamentary 
Expenses; also, Engineers’ Charges; also, eer 

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trar of 
the Supreme 
Court of 
Calcutta. 


No. 417. 


Railways. 
No. 418. 


Post-office. 
No. 419. 


Smithfield 
Market, 


No, 420. 


13 Vicroriz. 


of Railway Plant; also, Amount entered in each 
year’s printed Account for Depreciation of Plant; 
also, Total Annual Receipts from Passengers or 
Goods from the first opening of any portion of the 
Railway ; also, Total Annual Expenditure contin- 
gent on the working of the Railway, exclusive of 
the Interest paid to the debenture holders and 
others ; also, Mode by which the fixed Dividends 
which have been paid to the various Shareholders 
were ascertained; also, the Loans made by each 
Railway Company to any other Railway Comaney 
or person, to whom and when, at what Rate of In- 
terest, and when repaid; also, Amounts of Sub- 
scription paid and agreed to be paid, and Guarantees 
given, or agreed to be given, of Capital or Interest, 
by any Railway Company or Person to any other 
Railway Company or Person; when paid or given 
or agreed upon, and for what purposes; of whom 
the Shares were taken ; and also, the Date of any 
Act of Parliament, or the Powers and Authorities 
ofevery Railway Company to subscribe to or hold 
Shares or interest in any other Railway Company, 
and to what extent: And that Sir John Young do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative tothe Registrar 
of the Supreme Court of Ca/cutta, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Post- 
office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Re- 
moval of Smithfield Market, and to whom the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence reported to the House in 
1847 by tl e Select Committee on Smithfield Market, 
were reverred, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon to the House; together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 


Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred, and bad come to several Resolu- 
tions ; which they had directed him to report to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken betore them; and the Resolutions of the 
Committee were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that the continuance of a Market for the 
sale of Live Stock in Smithfield is proved by expe- 
rience to be attended with serious inconveniences 
and objections, and that it ought to be removed. 

2. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that these inconveniences and objections 
have been of late years in some degree mitigated by 
the care and attention of the Corporation of the City 
of London, but that so long as the Market con- 
tinues to be held in its present situation the incon- 
veniences referred to will not admit of prevention. 

3. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that in providing Market accommodation 
for the sale of Cattle in substitution for Smithfield 
Market, due care should be taken to ensure suffi- 
cient space, not only for the present, but also for 
the future wants of the Metropolis. 

4. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that there has been great benefit to the 
Health of the neighbouring Inhabitants from the 

resence of a large open space, such as Smithfield, 
in the midst of a deasely-populaied district; the 
Committee, therefore, trusts that in — contem- 
plated alterations the greater portion of the present 
open poe may be retained. 

5. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that, in accordance with the tenor of the 
Evidence, only one great Metropolitan Cattle 


Market can exist ; and that therefore, in the selec- 
VoL. 104, 





YQ” Juniz. 





417 


tion of its Site, regard should be had to the position 
of the Railway Termini, the Place of the Disem- 
barkation for Scotch, Irish and Foreign Cattle; the 
Bridges, especially Blackfriars; and to the Den- 
sity of the Population in the Neighbourhood of 
such Site. 

6. Resolved, That in reference to the propriety 
of constructing Abattoirs, of placing Slaughter- 
houses, both public and private, under inspection, 
and the necessity ofa more vigilant superintendence 
of the Markets of both Live and Dead Stock, to 
prevent the sale of Meat unfit for human food, the 
alteration of the Market day from Monday to Tues- 
day, and the establishment of Lairs, with a suffi- 
cient supply of food and water for cattle, upon 
which the Committee has incidently received Evi- 
dence, the Committee forbear to express an Opinion ; 
but looking at the immense importance of the 
supply of Animal Food to this vast and rapidly 
increasing Metropolis, and the variety and magni- 
tude of the interests involved in the satisfactory 
settlement of this question, they desire to express an 
earnest hope that the Government will take the whole 
matter into their early and serious consideration. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Powers of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Ww 
Act 1847, without any Amendment: And also, 


ailway Acts do not require amendment, with a 
view of providing for a more effectual Audit of 
Accounts, to guard against the Application of the 
Funds of such Companies to purposes for which 
they were not subscribed under the authority of 
Legislature :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


into a Committee upon the Transportation for T 


son (Lreland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph, by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause N° 1 (Her Majesty or the Lord Lieu- 
tenant may order the Transportation of any Offen- 
der under Judgment of death, to whom mercy may 
be extended.) 

Amendment proposed, in P.1.]. 3: To leave out 
the words “ declared and.” 





3H Question 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An staffordshire 
Act to extend the Provisions and enlarge the Potteries 


-ment of Act) 
Bill. 


The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Audit of 
the third Report from the Select Committee ap- Railway 
era by their Lordships to consider whether the A¢c™* 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Three millions Fund. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transporta- 

rea- tion for 
Treason (Ire- 
land) Bill. 








418 


Question put, That the words “ declared and” 
stand part of the Clause ; 


}151. 
Tellers for the Noes, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


7 


7 


Tne Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas {er Minces Hill: 
Mr. Anstey, 27 

Mr. Roche: , 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1.9: After 
the word “ offender,” to insert the words “ who may 
“ be hereafter convicted and.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { _ a \ 24. 

Tellers for the Noes, { peg md Hu.}}4°- 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 1. 1. 10: To 
leave out the words “ for any offence whatsoever by 
“« Jaw punishable with death,” and insert the words 
“ for High Treason,” instead thereof. 

Question put, ‘That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Tufnell, 1 
{ Tord Marcus Hill: §'?® 
fM r. Anstey, } 19. 
LMr. Lawless : 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1. 8: To 
add, at the end of the clause, the following words, 
‘“* Provided always, That nothing in this Act con- 
‘ tained shall be construed to impair or hinder the 
“ exercise of any prerogative of the Crown, in vir- 
‘ tue whereof Her Majesty may grant Her free or 
“ conditional pardon to any such offender.” 

Question That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause N° 2, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 23° die Junii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and had directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mutiny and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ae . into a Committee upon the Mutiny and Desertion 
nee) ©" (India) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monda 
ttee, be tak t derat pon Monday 
next. 
Pupils’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Protection —_yyittee on the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill; 
(Scotland) &lt; &gt; : ? 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Estates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ea) pin, mittee on the Estates Leasing (/reland) Bill ; 


Lesolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health 
(Seotland ) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


22°—23° Juni. 





A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Juvenile 


Reading of the Juvenile Offenders and Small Lar- tn 
cenies Bill ; Larcenies Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Municipal 

Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) tions 

Bill; ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Se- 
lect Committee. 


Collection 


of Rates 


(Dublin) Bill, 


The Bill for further continuing certain Temporary Ecclesiastical 
Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Jurisdiction 
England was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for further continuing, until the 
First day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty, and to the end of the then next Session 
of Parliament, certain Temporary Provisions con- 
cerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Life Policies 
take into consideration the Life Policies of Assur- eee 
ance Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Deakregty 

mittee on the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 

mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Jreland) Bill ; Ease (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ® 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Palace Court 
mittee on the Palace Court ( Westminster) Bill ; (Westminster) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Attachments, 
Courts of Re- 
cord (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for me oe 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question propose 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- 
ments, Courts of ood (Zreland) Bill, be re-com- 
mitted ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sunday 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; Trading og 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time *°?° ) 
upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal 
Return of the Pay, and other Allowances respec- Arti 
tively, of the four Colonel Commandants of the 
Royal Artillery, namely, General Sir A. Farrington 
(of the Battalion), General R. Douglas (Driver), 
Lieutenant-General Sir J. M‘Leod (of the Horse), 
Lieutenant-General Shrapnel (of the Battalion), 
from 1792 to 1844. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Registrational 
Copies of the old Form of the Index of Names, Omics 








Deeds 














13 Vicroriz. 


and of the new Form of Index lately sanctioned by 
the Treasury, in the Registration of Deeds Office 
in Dublin :—A Copy of any Statement laid before 
the Lords of the Treasury by the Registrar of Deeds 
which led to their approval of it; and a Copy of 
any Order or Minute made thereon :—And an Ex- 
tract of so much of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4. c. 87, 
as regulates the Form in which the Index of Names 
was required to be kept, and of any subsequent Act 
or Minute of Treasury which directed or sanctioned 
a deviation from this Form. 


Fees, Courts © The Order made upon the 26th day of February 
of Law, &amp;. ast, That Five be the Quorum of the Select Com- 
mittee on Fees, Courts of Law, &amp;c., was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the said 
Committee. 
Accounts of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Turnpike the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
iand) AS tituled, An Act for requiring the Transmission of 


the Annual Abstracts and Statements of Trustees of 
Turnpike-roads in Scotland to the Secretary of State, 
to be laid before Parliament: And the same were 
read, as follow : 

P. 2. 1.1. After “ Statements” insert “ and 
“ also similar Annual Accounts and Statements of 
“ Bridge Trusts.” 

P. 2. 1. 10. After “ aforesaid” insert “and also 
‘* the several and respective Clerks to the Trustees 
“ acting under any Act or Acts of Parliament for 
‘ building or maintaining any &gt; in Scotland.” 

P. 2. 1. 12. Leave out “ Fifty” and insert 
“ Forty-nine.” 
. P. 2. 118. Leave out “ Fifty” and insert 
“ Forty-nine.” 

P, 2. 1. 38. After “ Roads” insert 
“ Bridges.” 

P. 2. 1. 39. After “ Turnpike” insert “ and 
“ Bridge.” 

P. 2.1.41. After “ Road” insert “ or Bridge.” 

P. 2. 1. penult. After ‘“ Road” insert “ or 
“ Bridge.” 
. 3. 1.1. After “‘ Road” insert “ or Bridge.” 
1.3. After “Tolls” insert “ or Pontages.” 
1.4. After “ Road” insert “ or Bridge.” 
1.8. After “ Tolls” insert “ or Pontages.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


In the Heading,—After “‘ Turnpike” insert “ or 
“ Bridge ;” leave out “ 1st day of January” 
and insert “ term of Whit-Sunday ;” also, 
leave out ‘31st day of December” and insert 
“ term of Whit-Sunday.” 

In the third column,—After “ carriage” insert 
“ of.” 


« and 


P 
P. 3. 
P. 3. 
P. 3. 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L.5. After “Roads” insert “and Bridges.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Appendix to Ninth Annual 
Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths 
and Marriages in England. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Court Palace, an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- 
ber of Visitors admitted free of Charge to see the 
State Apartments at Hampton Court Palace and 
Windsor Castle, and the Royal Botanic Gardens at 
Kew, during the years 1847 and 1848, distinguish- 
ing the Number in each Year and Month (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Return, ordered 31st 
7" 1847). 

OL. 104, 


Births, Deaths 
and . 


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419 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—A Grain, Flour 
Return, showing the Quantities of Foreign Grain of #24 Meal. 
each description, and of Foreign Flour and Meal, 
imported into the United Kingdom in each Month 
of the years 1847 and 1848, and in each of the first 
Four Months of 1849; with a Statement of the 
Average Prices of Wheat and the Average Rates of 
Duty payable thereon, when such Duty existed, in 
each of the said Months. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 25° die Junii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


T H E House being informed, that the Sheriffs Bankrupt 
of the city of London attended at the door, Laws. 
they were called in; and at the bar presented,—A 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Cum- 
mons of the city of London, in Common Council 
assembled :--And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to re- 
vise and improve the Batikrupt Laws, was read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bank- 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of Leasehold Te- 
the city of London attended at the door, they were nure of Lands 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition og Caent) Ee. 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 

And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Leasehold 
Tenure of Lands (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, and that clauses may be in- 
serted therein to exempt the property of the Irish 
Society from the operation of the said Bill, was 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Army Army and 
and Ordnance Expenditure have leave to sit this Ordnance 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the @*Pendiure. 
House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Fetitions 
Petitions presented upon the 21st and 22d days of oon aa 
this instant June; and had directed him to make a : 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Thirsk Rail- 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Leeds and T'hirsh fon A ng - 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money Interest on 
for the Completion of their Railways, to guarantee tain Shares, 
Interest on certain Shares, and for other Purposes ; : 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1.17. After “ made” insert “ or the 
“ Company.” 

Pr.13. 1.20. After “ Railways” insert “ or to 
“ the better and more impartial audit of the accounts 
“ of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





3H2 The 











4.20 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for defining the Boundaries of the 
Parishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey 
Saint Andrew, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of 
Cambridge, for Ecclesiastical Purposes, for the 
Union of the said Parishes for other Purposes, and | 
for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and 
otherwise regulating and improving the Town of 
Whittlesey ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr.1. 1.3. Leave out “ Whittlesea” and insert | 
“ Whittlesey.” ' 

Pr.1, 1.4. Leave out “ Whittlesea’ 
Whittlesey.” 

Pr.1. 1.21. Leave out “is patron” and insert 
has contracted for the purchase of the advowson 
and right of patronage.” 

Pr. 2. 1.1. Leave out “ 
and insert “ Ldmund Reynolds.” 

Pr. 7.1.14. Leave out “ from assigns” to “ and,” 
in |, 18, 

Pr.17. Is. 25. and 26. Leave out “ Whittlesey,” 
and in Is. 26. and 27. leave out “ Whittlesey,” and 
in 1. 27., aiter “ Andrew” insert “ Whittlesey.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 1. Leave out “ Whittlesey.” 

Pr. 19. 1.2. Leave out “ Whittlesey.” 

Pr.19. 1.3. After “ Andrew” insert “ Whittle- 
sey.” 

Pr. 25. 1.13. After “ Act” insert “ with respect 
to lighting, paving, watching, cleansing, draining, 
regulating and improving.” 

Pr. 26. 1.12. Aftet “and” insert “ the south 
side of.” 

Pr. 28. 1.35. After “ Act” insert “ 1845.” 

Pr. 37. 1.13. After “ Act” imsert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 


Whittlesey 
Saint Mary 
andWhittlesey 
Saint Andrew 
Union of 
Parishes, and 
for improving 
the Town of 
Whittlesey 
Bill, 


, 


and insert | 


| 


co 


‘ 


&lt; 
‘ 


“ 


iti 
“ 


“ 


25° Juniz. 





A, 1849. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Third Lancaster ana 
Reading of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Preston Junc. 


Railway Acts Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls, oey ane 
and for Appointment of Officers) Bill ; ment (Powers 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time to alter Tolls, 
upon Wednesday next. a tbe, 3 
Officers) Bill. 
An ingrossed Bill for making a Branch from the Taff Vale 


poses, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


River Z'yne was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grey do carry the Bill to the 


| Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 


authorize the granting of Building Leases of the 
Estates devised by the Will of Richard Morris 
Griffith, Gentleman, deceased, called Caemaeslodig, 
situate in the Parish of Bangor, in the County of 
Carnarvon, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Childers do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


| 








Ordered, That the Re 
\and Municipal Bill be ta 


ort on the Airdrie Police 
en into consideration To- 


Cause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all or-) ™orrow. 


‘ 


co 


a 


dens and overseers of the united parishes of Saint 
Mary and Saint Andrew, Whittlesey, or to the 
Board of Guardians of such united parishes, shall, 
if otherwise lawful, be and be deemed to have been 
valid for all purposes, although the said parishes 
were not in law united, whether such parishes 
shall have been described in such orders, rules or 
regulations as a Union or as a parish, or as united 
parishes.” 

Criavuse (B.) “Saving always to the Queen’s 
Most'excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, 
and all other persons, bodies politic and cor- 
porate, and their heirs, successors, executors and 
administrators respectively, save and except the 
Right Reverend Thomas Lord Bishop of Ely 
and his successors, the said John Walbanke 
Childers, his heirs and assigns, and the said 
Simeon Lloyd Pope and his successors, Vicars of 
Saint Mary,Whittlesey, aforesaid, all such estate, 
right, title, claim and demand of, in, to or out of 
the advowson and right of patronage of the 
Vicarage of Saint Mary, Whittlesey, and all and 
singular the tithes, tithe-rents, glebe lands, en- 
dowments, rent-charges and emoluments of the 
said Vicarage, as they or any of them had before 
the passing of this Act, or could or might have 
held or enjoyed in case this Act had not been 
passed : Provided always, That the saving hereby 
made shall not extend, so as in any way to 
interfere with or disturb the settlement of the 
boundaries of the said parishes of Saint Mary, 
Whittlesey, and Saint Andrew, Whittlesey, respec- 
tively, as defined and established for ecclesiastica! 
purposes by this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 26. 
1. 12., is to make the intention of the House more 
clear), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Childers do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


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tai 





ders, rules and regulations heretofore issued by | 
the Poor Law Commissioners to the churchwar- | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Flimwell Vent to Hastings Turn- 
pike-road Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with. the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to seve- 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, in refer- 
ence to the Record of Applications to the Board 
of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland; 
stating in each case the Amount of Relief, whether 
in food or Money, but if in food giving its Money 
Value, and which formed the subject of complaint ; 
the Decision of the Board as to such allowance 
being insufficient or the contrary; stating in cases 
where the ground of complaint was removed, the 
additional Amount of Relief that was granted, and 
whether and to what extent interim Relief was 
te from the date of the first application to the 
Sheriff to the final decision of the Board of Super- 
vision, for the year 1847 :—And, a similar Return 
for the year 1848 :—Returns of Parishes in Scot- 
land where the Rules as to Medical Relief, quoted 
in the Annual Report of the Board of Supervision, 
are not applicable by reason of there being no duly 

ualified Medical Practitioner within the Parish :— 
| , of Parishes in Scotland which have not availed 
themselves of the Grant for £.10,000 for the Pur- 
poses of Medical Relief to the Poor. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of May last, for Returns of all Salaries 
and other Emoluments received by the several Offi- 
cers of the Palace and Marshalsea Courts, in each 
year from July 1838 to July 1848 inclusive :—Of 
the Number of Actions brought and Causes tried in 
the above Courts during every week of the same 
Period :—Of the Amount of Costs in every Action 
brought and Cause tried during the years 1847 and 
1848 ; distinguishing those tried from those in which 
Judgment went by default, and also distinguishing 
the 








| Taff Vale Railway to Dowlais, and for other Pur- eerey, (Ex. 


nsion in. 


nya Bi 


| 
John George Beresford” | An ingrossed Bill for the Conservancy of the Tyne River 


Conservan 
Bill, 7 


Williams's 
Estate Bill. 


Airdrie Police 
and Municipal 
Bill. 


Flimvell Vent 
to Hastings 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland.) 


Palace and 
Marshalsea 


umber of cases submitted to Taxation during 
the 





Lord’s Day 
Act. 


13 VicToriz. 


the same Period :—And, of all Fines paid by Coun- 
sel or Attornies for liberty to practise in the same 
Courts. 

A Return of the Number of Convictions under 
the Act of Charles II, commonly called the Lord’s 
Day Act, specifying whether convicted by one or 
more Magistrate, and the Town and County in which 
such Convictions took place, for the year 1848, and 
the three first months of 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 
8th day of February last, for a Return of the Final 
Decrees for the Sale of Landed Property in Zreland, 

ronounced within the last Five years by the Jrish 
urt of Chancery or Equity Exchequer, and of 
the Amount of Incumbrances reported due in each 
cause, and for the payment of which a Sale of the 
Lands decreed, or a portion thereof, has been ef- 
fected, and the Amount for which same were sold, 
and of the Amount of the Purchase-Money paid out 
of Court to parties in discharge of Incumbrances 
reported due ; such Return to be made out accord- 
ing to the Tabular Form annexed :— 





Final to be sold, or a por- | out of Court to 
= ms - tion thereof, hasbeen | parties, in dis- 

Decrees. whith 8 ale di effected, and the| charge of Incum- 
steted © ©) amount for which | brances reported 


Amount of Pur- 
chase Monies paid 


Cases in which Sale 


Amount of In- of the Lands decreed 


cumbrances re- 


same were sold. due. 

















Ballinasloe 
Union. 


Clonmel 
Endowed 
School. 


Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway 
Deviation of 
ch to 
Alloa Har- 
bour ; Diver- 
sion of certain 


Works; Extension of Time for com- 
pleting Line and taking Land ; and 
Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Collieries and 
Mines, 


Audit of 

Railway 

Accounts. 
No. 421. 


Grain, Flour 
and Meal, 


No. 422, 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 





A Return of such Extracts from the Correspon- 
dence between the Poor Law Commissioners and 
the Board of Guardians of the Union of Ballinas- 
loe, since the date of the 29th September last, as 
relate to the affording of Out-door Relief to the 
Poor of that Union. 

Copy of Special Report of the Education Com- 
mission in Jreland, relative to the Endowed School 
rs Clonmel, sent in to the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
and. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on 
the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of 
Branch to Alloa Harbour; Diversion of certain 
Works; Extension of Time for completing Line 
and taking Land; and Amendment of Acts) Bill, 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Instructions issued by the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, to 
Professor Phillips, ¥. R. s., and 7. R. Blackwell, Es- 
quire, appointed to inquire into the state of Collieries 
and Ironstone Mines, in the nee Coal Districts, 
especially with reference to the system of ventilation, 
and to report thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Third Report re- 
lative to Audit of Railway Accounts, which was 
communicated from the Lords upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, 
Flour and Meal, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 

Petitions from Arundel ;— recy (two Peti- 
tions);— Newnham ;— Tetbury ;— Whitehaven ;— 


25° Junie. 





421 


the annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, 
Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, and read 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigan ;— Devonport ;—and, Man- Bankrupt Law 
chester ; praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolida- —_— 
tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, ~ 

and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

the Bill. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

gesses of the borough of Liverpool, praying that 

the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 

stands, was also presented, and read; and referred 

to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions of the Supervisor of Works and other Collection of 
Persons holding office under the Commissioners for Rates (Dublin) 
paving, cleansing and lighting the Streets of Dublin, _ 

and paid by annual salary, and of the Law Agent 

and the Collectors of the paving and lighting tax, 

holding office under the said Commissioners, which 

said Law Agentand the said Collectors are paid by 

fees and poundage ouly, and not by annual salary ; 

—-and, Collectors of Grand Jury Cess levied within 

the county of the city of Dublin; praying that 

the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill may not 

pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William D. C. Cooper, Owner and Copyholds 
Proprietor of a copyhold and customary manor —— 
and manorial rights in England, namely at Tod-™°™ _— 
dington, in the county of Bedford, praying that 

the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass 

into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hercules Ellis, of Hardwicke-place, Court of 
in the county of Dublin, Barrister-at-law, reciting Common Pleas 
his proceedings as counsel in an action in Replevin, —— 
which has been for some time pending in the Court 

of Common Pleas in Jreland, wherein William 

Clarke is plaintiff, and the guardians of the poor of 

the Cavan Union and John Kelly are defendants ; 
complaining of the conduct of the judges in relation 
thereto, and praying that the House will inquire 

into the matter thereof, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Watton, Eaucation 
in the county of Hertford, complaining that the (Ireland.) 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 

Society for Zreland derive no assistance from the 

funds granted by Parliament for the support of 
Education in that country; and praying the House 

to relieve them from that grievance, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of True Britons, Members of a Friendly Friendly 
Benefit Society, meeting at the Saddlers’ Arms, Si¢ties Bill 
Swallow-street, in the parish of Saint James’s, West- 
minster, and county of Middlesex, praying that the 
Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Members of a Society of Operative Home 
Carpenters, Finsbury, county of Middlesex, pray- Colonies. 
ing the House to introduce a Bill, sanctioning the 
establishment of Home Colonies, and that sufficient 
capital be supplied, by way of loan from the Im- 
perial Treasury, for that purpose, was presented, and 
read; and po to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of St. John Mason, Barrister, praying Leases for 
the House to promote some measure for eventually ae 
converting Leases for lives renewable for ever into “"*!*™"? 
perpetuities in Ireland, was presented, and read ; 








Ware;—and, Stroud; praying for the repeal of 


VoL. 104, 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
3H3 








A Petition 








Leasehold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Lunatics 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill 


New Oxford- 
street. 


Poor Law 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


429 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Freemen, Burgesses and Inhabitants of the city of 
Londonderry, praying that the Leasehold Tenure of 
Lands (Ireland) Bill may pass into a Jaw, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Governor and Assistants, Lon- 
don, of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the 
Realm of Jreland, commonly called the Jrish 
Society, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, and that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against the preamble of 
the said Bill, and the several clauses thereof, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Councillors 
of the royal burgh of Rutherglen, praying that the 
Lunatics (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Niel Douglas ;—— and, Robert 
M‘Gillivray ; praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of Port Glasgow, praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ;—and, Saint 
Helen's, Lancaster; praying the House to adopt 
measures for preventing accidents in Mines, and 
that colliers shall be paid for their work by weight, 
and not by measure,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Dudley, 


25° Junie. 





A. 1849. 


— Bromley ; —Allington ; — Minster ;— A shford ;— 
Gravesend ;— Haverfordwest ;— Wimborne ;—Man- 
ston; — Blandford ; — Gillingham ; — Shaftesbury 
(two Petitions); — Fonthill Magna ;— Donhead 
Saint Mary ;— Sturminster Newton ;— Maiden 
Newton and Frome Vanchurch ; — Lancaster ;— Pad-. 
dleworth (two Petitions); — Greenfield ; — Bolton 
Percy ;—Masham ;—Snaith ;— Idle ;— Kilhaing ;— 
Bridlington ;— Bridlington Quay, Barnsley, Pock- 
lington ;—Saint Mary Aldermary, and Saint Tho- 
mas-the-Apostle ;—Saint Catherine Cree, London 
(eight Petitions);— Bristol (three Petitions) ;— 
Clifton ;—Christ Church District (Gloucester) ;— 
Walworth ;—Southwark (five Petitions) ; —Ber- 
mondsey (two Petitions) ;— Feltham ;— Leominster ; 
—Saint Decuman’s; — Alnwick ; — Selworthy ;— 
Dunster ;—Kilmington;— Hounslow ;-- Rotherhithe; 
—Monksilver ; — Huntspill; — Holloway ; — Old 
Kent-road ; — Uxbridge ; — Timberscome ; — South 
Petherton ;— Twickenham ;— Minehead ;— Clonmel ; 
—and, Stoke Pew and Calbone; praying that mea 
sures may be adopted for the punishment of all per- 
sons guilty of trading in seduction and prostitution, 
and for the better protection of virtuous women,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Stirling, praying that 
the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the royal burgh of Dumbarton, praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





in the county of Worcester, praying the House to 
appoint Government ay of Mines, selected 
and a by Her Majesty’s Government, in 
order that the lives of that part of Her Majesty’s 
subjects who procure their living in Mines may be 
secured from the awful calamities by explosions 
which so frequently occur, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of New Oxford-street, 
Bloomsbury, stating that they were induced to 
become inbobitants of that street upon the faith of 
the representation made to them by their landlords, 
that al the premises would be completed at once, 
or nearly so, and the street made a mart for busi- 
ness, instead of which there are many houses still 
unfinished, and likely to remain so; that they have 
made repeated applications to the Commissioners, 
of Her Sajecty’e Woods and Forests, relative to 
the injury they suffer from the street being allowed 
to remain in its present unfinished state; and pray- 
ing the House to devise some means to compel the 
completion of the said street, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich Union (Chairman) ;— 
and, Poole; praying for amendment of the Poor 
Law,—were Oe and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clutton Union ; — Wheatenhurst 
Union ;—and, North Witchford Union; praying 
that an Act may be passed during the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers to 
form and distribute a superannuation fund for mem- 
bers of their body,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Launceston ;—Tewitfield ;—Gar- 
stang ; —Barrowford ; — Preston (Lancaster); — 
Kirkham ; — Poulton-le-Fylde;— Haslingden ; — 
Caton ;— South Molton; — Newton Ferrers ; — 
Maker ;—Crediton ;— Bishop's Nympton;— Bred- 
gar ;—Sittingbourne ; — Marden; —Saint Nicholas 
( Kent) ;—Littlebourne;— Dartford ;—East Church ; 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the burgh of Dunbar, praying that the 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill; and, the Police of 
Towns (Scoé¢land) Bill may not pass into law, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Rate-payers and Far- 
mers of the Union of Callan, in the counties of Kil- 
kenny and Tipperary, complaining of the injudicious 
manner in which Public Works ‘hews been hereto- 
fore carried on in Zreland, and praying the House 
to take immediate steps for carrying out the most 
useful works, by which industry will be stimulated, 
trade mens , and capital increased, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rutherglen ; ——- and, Parochial 
Board of Port Glasgow (Chairman) ; praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Adam Steel, residing in Stirling, 
praying the House to refuse to sanction any enact- 
ment that will deprive the Petitioner of the office of 
Keeper of the Registers of Births, Baptisms, Mar- 
riages and Burials for the burgh and parish of Stir- 
ling, or at least until provision is made that the Pe- 
titioner shall receive ample compensation for the loss 
of emolument which he will thereby suffer, was also 
eng and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Darlington (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Bristol (six Petitions); praying for amendment of 
the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


enact a law whereby provision shall be made for the 
education of the people of Scotland, under the su- 
perintendence of a board at once popular and un- 
sectarian, and from funds to be raised by local as- 
sessment, where required, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 





Public Health 


(Scotland) 


Public Health 


(Scotland) ; 


and, Police of 
Towns (Scot+ 


land) Bills, 


Public Works 


Ireland.) 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 


Sale of Beer 


Act. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the Schools 
royal burgh of Dunfermline, praying the House to (Scotland) 





Tithes. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Clergymen, Owners of Tithe Com- 
mutation Rent-charge, praying for a modification 
of the law in regard to the rating of their property, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Sheep Stealers The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Passengers 
Bill. 


Black Sluice 


Act for the better Preservation of Sheep and more 
speedy Detection of Receivers of Stolen Sheep in 
reland, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in 
Merchant Vessels, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Drainage Acts Act to alter and amend the Provisions of the seve- 


Amendment 
(Amendment 


ral Acts relating to the Black Sluice Drainage, to 


of Acts, Exten- extend the Time by “ The Black Sluice Drainage 


sion of Time 


for Completion 
ks, 


of Wor! 


Act 1846,” limited for the Completion of the Works, 
to authorize the levying and raisng of further Rates 


Powers tolevy and Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and 


and raise fur- 


ther Rates and 
Monies, toalter 


for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


existing Rates this House: And also, 


and To 


poses) Bill. 
Lee’s Estate 
Bill. 


French 
edition 

to Civita 

Vecchia, 


Public Debt, 


s, and 
for other Pur- 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Sale of Part of the Estates devised 
by William Lee Antonie, Esquire, deceased, and for 
applying the Proceeds in Payment of certain In- 
cumbrances, and in Purchase of Hereditaments to 


be limited to the Uses declared of certain Estates 
substituted and settled by an Act of the second and 
third years of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
intituled, “‘ An Act for vesting the Fee Simple of 
Part of the Freehold Estates devised by the Will of 
William Lee Antonie, Esquire, deceased, in strict 
Settlement in his Nephew, John Lee, Esquire, Doc- 
tor of Laws (subject to a term of Five hundred 
years as an Indemnification against a Sum of Ten 
thousand Pounds and Interest), and for substituting 
Part of the Fee Simple Estates of the said John Lee 
in lieu thereof, and also for appointing new Trus- 
tees of the said settled Estates,” and to amend the 
said Act ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And also, 


The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed by this House, in the present 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into the state of 
the law as respects the Appointment of Receivers 
of the Courts of Chancery and Equity Exchequer 
in Ireland, and the effect of the present Laws and 
Regulations of the said Courts, in the management 
of Estates under their control:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the carrer. was again calledin; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Instructions addressed by the 
Government of France to the French Agents at 
Vienna and at Gaeta, respecting the French Ex- 

dition to Civita Vecchia. . 

- — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 9th day of March last, for Returns of 
the Amount of the Decrease of the Capital of the 
Public Debt in each year since 1826 inclusive, dis- 
VoL. 104, 


25° Juniz. 423 


tinguishing Funded from Unfunded; stating the 
kind of stock decreased, and the Totals, and 
whether by being paid off or by conversion into 
Terminable Annuities, and also the Amount of those 
Annuities so created in the same time :—Of the In- 
crease of the Funded and Unfunded Debt in each 
year since 1826 inclusive, and the Totals; stating 
whether by creation of Funded or Unfunded, and 
how increased, and by what Acts of Parliament 
authorized :—And, of the Amount of Interest on 
the National Funded and Unfunded Debt reduced 
in each year since 1826 inclusive, distinguishing the 
nature and Amount of that decrease of Funded and 
Unfunded, and whether by the change in the stock, 
and the Amount reduced by the payment of the 
principal of the Debt, and the Amount of the prin- 
cipal so paid off, and the Total (in continuation of 
Appendix of the Finance Report of 1828) (so far 
as the said Order relates to the National Debt 
Office). 


made for the promotion of Public Works in the 
County of Mayo, from the 1st day of January 1801 
to the 1st day of January 1846 ; specifying the Date 
and Purpose of each Advance, the Authority under 
which, and the party to whom made ; distinguishing 
Grants from Loans, and setting forth, in the case of 
Loans, the Amount of principal repaid, the Amount 





of Interest paid, and any Balance of Principal or 
Interest due on said 1st day of January 1846 ; also, 
the Time fixed for Repayment, and the Rate of In- 
terest. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Transporta- 
Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An tion for ag 


Act to remove Doubts concerning the Transporta- 
tion of Offenders under Judgment of Death, to 
whom Mercy may be extended, in Jreland ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, hy —— } 59. 


Tellers for the Noes,{ a ‘Sooner , } 27. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P.1.1. 15., by leaving out the word “ trans- 
“ portation” and inserting the words “ imprison- 
“ ment, during the Queen’s pleasure, or banishment,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
‘“* transportation” stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 

The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, _ mad }ras. 


Tellers for the Noes, — 5 pone id . } 21, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 





38H4 The 


Return to an Order dated the 11th day of May public Works 
last, for a Statement of all Issues of Public Money (Mayo.) 






























































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424 25°—26° Junii. 


Poor Relief The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Craussg N° 1 (Yearly limit of Poor Rate to 
in the pound in Electoral Divisions.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1. 8 : To leave out 
the words “ it shall not be lawful.” 

Question put, That those words stand part of the 


Clause ; 
The Conimittee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { oo — }i28. 
Tellers for the Noes, “4 oo \ 51. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House baving continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 26° die Junii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Marriage The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as 
Bill. : : 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


Registering The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Births, &amp;c. mittee on the Registerimg Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill: , 
Bill. y o- : ‘ 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Commission mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Australian The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Colonies Bill. Reading of the Australian Colonies Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Australian Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Colonies _— for the better Government of the Australian Colo- 

(No. 2.) Bill nies: And that Mr. Hawes, Lord John Russell, and 
Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for receiving 

Means. the Report from the Committee of Ways and 
Means ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Militia Bailots— The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- 
Suspension jing to Order, read « second time; and committed 
Bill. to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Marriages in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Foreign mittee on the Marriages in Foreign Countries facili- 
Countries at 1, : 

facilitati tating Bill 

acilitating 5 -_ : i . 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Soap Duty The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Allowances take into consideration the Soap Duty Allowances 
Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Turnpike- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
roads(Ireland) mittee on the Turnpike-roads (Zreland) Bill ; 

pu. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








A. 1849, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Nevgate Gao} 
mittee on the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill; (Dublin) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Law 
Reading of the Poor Law Union Charges Act UnionCharges 
5 ; Act Amend. 
Amendment Bill ; ment Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 

mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill; Trusts Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Mutiny and 
take into consideration the Mutiny and Desertion Desertion 
(India) Bill, as amended in the Commiitee. (india) Bil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; Leasing 

Resolved, That this House will, upon ‘Vhursday “¢l#n4) Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Juvenile Offenders and Small Larcenies Juyenite 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Offenders 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 24 Small_ 
for Monday next. a 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day a read, for the Second Municipal 
; i ; - 
oa, of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Leasehold 
Reading of the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Ireland) Tenure of 
Bill ; ay 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gewers Acts 
mittee on the Sewers Acts Amendment (No, 2.) Amendment 
Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Clergy Relief 
consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended Bill. 
in the Committee ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, accordingly adjourned 
till this day. 












12 VicrorizZ. 


Martis, 26° die Juni ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1849, 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


tion 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
(Ireland. ) 


Return of the Cost of the following Works, printed 
by Order of the Commissioners of National Educa- 
tion in Ireland, viz. Biographical Sketches of Emi- 
nent British Poets, chronologically arranged, from 
Chaucer to Burns; Selections from the British 
Poets, chronologically arranged, from Chaucer to 
the present time, in Two Volumes; showing the 
Amount paid for Compilation or Editing the said 
Volumes, and to whom paid, the Total Cost of 
Printing and Publishing the said Volumes, the Num- 
ber of Copies struck off, the Average Cost per Copy, 
and the Prices charged to the National and to other 
Schools, and to the Public, for the same. 


fastern Coun- _ An ingrossed Bill, to amalgamate the me oe 
ties and Nor- Railway Company with the Eastern Counties Rail- 
folk Railway® way Company, was read the third time. 


tion Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Airdrie Police The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


and Municipal consideration the Report on the Airdrie Police and 
Municipal Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


Great North. | The House proceeded to take into consideration 

em Railway the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Amend- 

a ment of Acts, Deviations and Enlargements at and 

tions and En. near Boston, Bentley, Lincoln and King’s Cross) 

een : at Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 

near S- 

ton, Bentley, . Cl . . 

Lincoln and ause (For Protection of the Regent’s Canal) 

King’s Cross) was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Bill. Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Holme Reser- ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a me the Report on the Holme Reservoirs (Increase of 
Amendment of Rates and Amendment of Act) (No. 2.) Bill; and 
Act)(No.2.) the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Birming- the Report on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 


dyn d Railway Acts Amendment, Branches and Deviations 

ment,Branches Bill; aud the Amendments were read, and agreed 

and Deviations to, 

=. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Stirling and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

Dunfermline 


Rallwar (De take into consideration the Report on the Stirling 

~ win ~ and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of Branch to 

BranchtoAlloa Alloa Harbour ; Diversion of certain Works; Ex- 

Harbour ; Di- tension of Time for completing Line and taking 

tain Works; Land; and Amendment of Acts) Bill; and the 
ion of Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


forcom- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments 
phe be ingrossed. : 
Land ; and 
Amendment 
of Acts) Bill, 
Savings The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant 
Banks. June, for printing the Return relative to Savings 


No.344, Banks, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, 

printed. 
VoL. 104. 


That an Abstract of the said Return be 





26° Junie. 








425 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Public Public Debt 
Debt (Zreland) which were presented upon the 5th (Ieland.) 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 423. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Crinan Crinan Canal. 
Canal, which were presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 424, 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Palace Palace and 


and Marshalsea Courts, which was presented yes- — 
terday, be printed. Ne. 408 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Clonmel Clonmel 


Endowed School, which was presented yesterday, ea 
be printed. 
No. 426. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Collieries and Collleries 

: 2 ona tee, 
Mines, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 427. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Public Debt. 
Debt, which was presented yesterday, be printed. =No, 428. 


Ordered, That the Sites for Schools Bill be read Sites for _ 
the third time after the Orders of the day. Schools Bill. 


Ordered, That the Small Debt Courts (Scotland) smal Debt 


Bill be read the third time after the Orders of the Courts (Scot- 
day. land) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Life Policies of Assurance Life Policies 
Bill be read the third time after the Orders of the cee 
day. ; 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Bankruptcy 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the (Ireland) Bill. 
Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Chapels of 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Ease (Ireland) 
Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill. om. 


Ordered, That the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended Clergy Relief 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration upon Bill. 
Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Poor Relief. 
a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill. Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause N° 1. (Yearly Limit of Poor Rate to 
in the pound in Electoral Divisions.) 
Amendment proposed, in P. 1. ls. 12. and 13: To 
leave out the words “ Electoral Divisions,” and in- 
sert the words “ rating district,” instead thereof. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 
Proposed to fill the blank in P. 1. 1. 14. with 
“ five shillings ;” afterwards proposed to fill the 
blank with “ seven shillings.” 
Question put, “ That the blank be filled with 
five shillings ;” 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 1 
Yeas, { Mr. Bellew : / 126. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Stafford, 
Noes, t Mr. Henry Herbert: J ves 


Another Amendment made. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
— without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue to the End Grand Jury 


Messuge from 
the Lords. 





of the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty- 55 (Ireland) 
3I 


one, 
































SS 


ee 
Ee = “+: 


Cockermouth 
and Working- 
ton Railway 


(Branch to 
Bridgefoot, 
Amendment 


426 26° Juniz. 


one, certain Temporary Provisions relating to the 
Colleetion of Grand Jury Cess in Ireland : 

A Bill, intituled, An ‘het to enable the Cocker- 
mouth and Workington Railway Company to make 
a Branch Railway to Bridgfoot, and for amending 
the Act relating to their Railway: And also, 


of Act, and Power to lease to Whitehaven 
Junction Railway Company) Bill. 


East Anglian 
Railways (Ely 
and Hunting- 


don Railway 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for extending the Time and Powers for making 
the Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and for amending 


Extension of the Act relating to the East Anglian Railways, with 


Time) Bill. 


York, New- 


Amendments; to which Amendments. the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


castle and Ber- Act for enabling the York, Newcastle and Berwick 


wick Railway 
(Barmoor and 
Alnmouth New 


Railway Company to make certain Branches in 
the Counties of Northumberland and Newcastle- 


Branches, &amp;¢.) upon- Tyne, and for other Purposes, with Amend- 


Bill. 


Hudson’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Railways. 


ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Francis Hudson, Mer- 
chant, with Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy 
of the Return (Part 1.) to an Order of the House 
of Lords of the 3d May 1849, for Return of the 
Share-capital of every Railway in the United King- 
dom ; also, the Capital authorized to be raised by 
their Acts of Parliament; also, the Number of 
Shares issued, and Number allotted to each Direc- 
tor, Committee-man, or other person connected with 
the Company; also, Amount of each Share ; also, 
Number of Shares reserved, and for what purpose, 
and how disposed of, and to whom; also, when the 
calls on such shares became due; also, when re- 
ceived ; also, the Capital or Monies raised by each 
Railway in the United Kingdom on Loan, or on the 
security of their Debentures, or otherwise; also, 
when such Debentures were issued ; also, date of 
Act of Parliament sanctioning such Issue of De- 
bentures ; also, Amount of each Debenture ; also, 
rate of Interest paid to the lender, and any other 
terms agreed on for the purpose of raising Money ; 
also, term for which such Loan was made; also, 
Commission or other Sum paid by the Railway 
Companies to the Broker or Agent for obtaining 
Loans on the security of Debentures, or otherwise ; 
also, Cost of Construction of each Railway and each 
Branch Railway, exclusive of Land Purchases, Par- 
liamentary Expenses, and Law Charges; also, Law 
Charges, and stating whether taxed or not; also, 
Money expended in purchases of Land and Property, 
distinguishing the Expenses and Charges from the 
Price of the Land; also, Parliamentary Expenses ; 
also, Engineers’ Charges; also, Cost of Railway 
Plant; also, Amount entered in each year’s printed 
Account for depreciation of Plant; also, Total An- 
nual Receipts from passengers or goods from the 
first opening of any portion of the Railway; also, 
Total Annual Expenditure contingent on the work- 
ing of the Railway, exclusive of the Interest paid 
to the Debenture holders and others ; also, mode by 
which the fixed dividends which have been paid to 
the various shareholders were ascertained ; also, the 
Loans made by each Railway Company to any 
other Railway Company or person, to whom and 


when, at what rate of Interest, and when repaid ; | 
also, Amounts of subscription paid and agreed to | 


be paid, and guarantees given, cr agreed to be given 
of capital or interest, by any Railway Company or 


- person to any other Railway Company or person ; 
-when paid or given or agreed upon, and for what 


purposes; of whom the shares were taken; and, 
also, the date of any Act of Parliament, or the 
powers and authorities of every Railway Company 








A. 1849, 


to subscribe to or hold shares or interest in any 
other Railway Company, and to what extent :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal 
the Black Rod: ' to ius. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up tothe House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Bows authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Publicand Private Bills therein 
mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 

Which Bills are as follow: ni aah ‘ 

An Act for giving effect to the Stipulations of a Apprehension 
Treaty helen Her Majesty and the Queen of of Deserter 
Portugal, for the Apprehension of certain Desert- (Fortugal) 
ers : 

An Act for granting Relief against Defects in Defects in 
Leases, made under Powers of Leasing, in certain Leases Bill. 
cases: 

An Act to enable the Commissioners of Green- Greenwich 
wich Hospital to regulate and manage the Markets Markets Re. 
held at Greenwich, in the County of Kent: gulation Bill 

An Act to amend the Laws in force for the En- Navigation 
couragement of British Shipping and Navigation: Bill. 

An Act for the better Preservation of Sheep, and gheep-stealers 
more speedy Detection of Receivers of Stolen Sheep (Ireland) Bill 
in Ireland: 

An Act for requiring the Transmission of the Accounts 
Annual Abstracts and Statements of Trustees of of Turnpike 
Turnpike-roads and Bridges in Scotland, to the ied) Ba 
Secretary of State, to be laid before Parliament: 

An Act to remove Doubts concerning the Trans- Tran 
portation of Offenders, under Judgment of Death, tion for Trea 
to whom Mercy may be extended, in Ireland : a 


An Act to continue to the end of the year One Grand Jury 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-one, certain Tem- Cess (Ireland) 
porary Provisions relating to the Collection of 
Grand Jury Cess in Jreland : 

Au Act for incorporating the Bury Saint Ed- Bury Saint 
mund’s Gas Company, and for better supplying the a 
Town and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in “°™?*™Y 
the County of Suffolk, with Gas: 

An Act to incorporate the Scottish Amicable Life Scottish 
Assurance Society, to enable the said Society to Anleieee 
sue and be sued, and to take and hold Property, ¢nech 

: . . 2? Society (Incor 
and for other Purposes relating to the said Society : porating and 
conferring 
Powers) Bill. 

An Act to amend and equalize the Rates and Tay Naviga- 
Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour of Perth, tion and —_ 
to authorize the borrowing of an additional Sum of pee 
Money, and for other Purposes in relation thereto : Bill. . 


An Act to amend an Act of the Twelfth year of Ransonmoor 
the Reign of King George the Third, for embank- or Doddington 
ing, draining, and preserving certain Fen Lands ene ease 
and Low Grounds in the Parish of Ramsey, in the amendment 
County of Huntingdon, and in the Parishes of Dod- (to amend and 
dington, March, Benwick, Wimblingdon and Chat- weg 
teris, within the Isle of Ely, and County of Cam- annex other 
bridge, so far as relates to the Lower or Fifth Dis- — bs, 
trict, and to annex other Lands thereto. a olen 
Taxes) Bill.” 

An Act for amending an Act passed in the tenth partlepoolGas 
year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, for and Water- : 
lighting with Gas, and supplying with Water, the W°™s Bill 
Townof Hartlepool, and the Neighbourhood thereof, 
in the County of Durham: ; 


An 


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Macclesfield An Act for better supplying with Water the 
Borough Borough of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, 
verb, &amp;c. and for other Purposes connected with the said 


Bill. Borough : 


Universal An Act to confer certain Powers on the Railway 
oe Passengers Assurance Company : 

Compensation 

Company Bill. 


Reading, An Act for making a short Railway, to connect 
Guildford and the Line of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 

sigate Rail- p.- : " = 

, Railway with the Line of the London and South 

way (Branc W. P 
fo London and Western Railway, and for other Purposes : 
South Western 

ilway 
(No. 2) Bill. 
niverDun _ An Act to vest the Stainforth and Keadby Canal 
Navigation in the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation 


Poser of of the River Dun: 


Stainforth and 

Keadby Canal) 

Bill. 

Kirkcaldy An Act for enlarging, improving and maintain- 
Harbour, ing the Harbour of Kirkcaldy, in the County of 
Docks, Ferry Fife, for regulating the Petty Customs of the 
Soe Bill Burgh of Kirkcaldy, and for other Purposes re- 

lating to the said Harbour and Burgh: 


Sunderland An Act to amend the Sunderland Dock Act 1846, 
Dock Act and and for other Purposes : 


River Weir 

Commissioners’ Act (Amend- 

ment, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Chester and An Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead 


meee Rel Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
Meavital) Bill and for other Purposes : 


Iondon and An Act for extending the Powers of the London 
South Western and South Western Railway Company, for purcha- 
wh owl sing Lands for, and completing the Works of the 
frthePur- Railways from Basingstoke to Salisbury, and from 


cuseof Lands Farnham to Alton, and for other Purposes: 
andCompletion 


of Works on the Basingstoke 
and Salisbury and Farnham 
and Alton Lines) Bill. 


Division of An Act for making the Parish of Richmond, in 

tie Living of the County of Surrey, a District Vicarage, by 

Kingston. dividing the Vicarage of Kingston-upon- Thames and 

won-Thames Sheen, otherwise Richmond, into two separate Vicar- 

Bill ages, and for providing a Stipend and Residence for 
the Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, and for extin- 
guishing the Vicarial Tithes in the Parish of Rich- 
mond, and for other Purposes relating to such 
Vicarages : 


Ashton-under- An Act for the further Improvement of the Bo- 


Lyne Police, : “ 
Markets and rough of Ashton-under-Lyne : 


Improvement Acts Extension and Amendment, 
and Transference of Gas and Waterworks and 
other Property to the Corporation, Bill. 


Staffordshire An Act to extend the Provisions and enlarge the 
— Powers of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks 
(Extensionand Act 1847: 


Amendment 
of Act) Bill, 


London Gas 
Light Com- 
san — 
of Act 
Bill ) 


An Act for granting further Powers to the Zon- 
don Gas Light Company : 


Cockermouth _ An Act to enable the Cockermouth and Workington | 
and Working- 


iene Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to 
(Branch to © Bridgefoot, and for amending the Act relating to 
Bridgefoot, their Railway : 

Amendment of 

Act, and Power to lease to Whitehaven 

Junction Railway Company) Bill. 


pi An Act for vesting the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
—at Union Canal in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 

Edinburgh Way Company : 

and Glasgow Union Canal ( Amalgama- 

tion or Sale or Lease of the Union Canal 

40 the Railway Company) Bill. 


26° Junie. 427 


An Act for enabling the Windsor, Staines, and bees ait 
South Western ( Richmond to Windsor) Railway the Windsor, 
Company to make an Extension of their Railway Staines and 


n : for other Pur- South Western 
to the Town of New Windsor, and for othe (Richmond to 


poses : Windsor) 
Railway (with Power to the London 
and South Western Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe) Bill. 
An Act for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- Leeds and 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money caraioee 
for the Completion of their Railways, to guarantee to guarantee 


Interest on certain Shares, and for other Purposes : Interest on 
certain Shares, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
An Act for defining the Boundaries of the Pa- Whittlesey 
rishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary, and Whittlesey Saint Saint Mary 
‘ 7 eat and Whittlesey 
Andrew, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cam- saint Andrew 
bridge, for Ecclesiastical Purposes, for the Union of Union of ~ 
the said Parishes for other Purposes, and for better seme — ee 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise Town of Whit- 
regulating and improving the Town of Whittlesey : tlesey Bill. 


An Act to enable the Trustees of a Society called Society for the 
or known by the name of “ The Society for the Pro- a 
secution of Felons and Receivers of Stolen Goods ” pjstribution 
to distribute the Monies and Funds of the said of Funds Bill. 
Society amongst certain Charitable Institutions : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale and Exchange Abdy’s 
of certain Freehold and Copyhold Lands and Estate Bill. 
Hereditaments, forming part of the Estate of the 
late Charles Hayes, Esquire, and for authorizing 
certain Leases to be granted thereof, and for autho- 
rizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Freehold 
and Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments, forming 
Part of the Estate of the late John Rutherforth 
Abdy, Esquire, and for enabling the Trustees of 
this Act toshift the Charges affecting the Inheritance 
of the last-mentioned Lands and Hereditaments, 
and for other Purposes. 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building Williams’s 
Leases of the Estate devised by the Will of Richard Estate Bill. 
Morris Griffith, Gentleman, deceased, called Cae- 
maeslodig, situate in the Parish of Bangor, in the 
County of Carnarvon: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John James James's 
with his now Wife, and to enable him to marry Divorce Bill. 
again, and for other Purposes. 


Lee’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Lee’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Bill 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Airdrie Police 
into consideration the Report on the Airdrie Police = Municipal 
and Municipal Bill; and the Amendments were = 

read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 

to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; OFdrs; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the London Cor- London Cor- 
poration Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the P°*0” Bill. 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Overseers of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased the Poor. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 

House, Returns for the years 1845, 1846, 1847 and 

1848, of the Expenses allowed by the Revising 
Barristers to the Overseers of the Poor for the 
publication of the Lists of Persons entitled to vote 

in the Election of Members of Parliament for Eng- 

land and Wales. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 

to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 

as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 





VoL. 104, 


312 Petitions 













































































Re ra ge a RS 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Bankrupt Law 


Consolidation 
Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Marriages 
Bill. 


New Zealand. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


428 26°—927 


Petitions from New Malton ;—and, Wellington 
(Salop) ; praying for the repeal of the Annual Duty 
on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proc- 
tors,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Shrewsbury, praying that the 
Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill may pass into a 
law, with certain modifications, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 

A Petition of John Kibble, of Hemingford Cot- 
tages, Barnsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Prin- 
cipal Clerk in the Inrolment Office, in Her Majesty’s 
Court of Bankruptcy, praying that some provision 
may be madein the said Bill for the continued em- 
ployment and services of the Petitioner in the said 
Court, or that the House will afford the Petitioner 
such relief as under the circumstances of his long em- 
ployment shall seem meet, was also presented, and 
read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Plymouth and neigh- 
bourhood, praying that the Cruelty to Animals Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Great 
Saling, in the county of Essex, complaining that the 
schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Jreland derive no assistance from the 
funds granted by Parliament for the support of Edu- 
cation in that country; and praying the House to 
relieve them from that grievance, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from James R. Simpson;——and, 
Robert Stocks ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wellington, in New 
Zealand, praying for the immediate introduction of 
representative institutions into the southern pro- 
vince of that Island, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Relieving-officers, Assistant Over- 
seers and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the Newark Union, praying that an Act may 
be passed during the present Session of Parliament, 
for the establishment of a permanent fund for the 
benefit of superannuated Officers connected with 
the administration of the Poor Laws, and to enable 





° Juniz. A. 1849. 


and live by promoting the Promiscuous Intercourse 
of the sexes to prompt and certain punishment,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition of James Hislop, praying that the Public Health 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a (Scotland) 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the village and Slave Produ, 
neighbourhood of Frocester, praying the House to 

ass a law for the prohibition into our markets of 
Slave-made Sugar or Slave Produce of any kind 

whatever, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Olves- War. 

ton, in the county of Gloucester, praying the House 
to promote the formation between the British 
Government and other governments of the world 
respectively, of such treaties of arbitration as shall 
bind the parties to refer all international disputes 
that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, was 
— and read; and ordered tu lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Colonial 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Government, 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to appoint a Commission to — into the admi- 
nistration of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, 
with a view of removing the causes of Colonial 
complaint, diminishing the Cost of Colonial Go- 
vernment, and giving free scope to individual enter- 
prize in the business of colonizing ; 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 27° die Junii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir William Molesworth, 


Yeas, Mr. Hume: 66. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 163 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Small Debts 
amend the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Act Amend- 
Debts and Demands in England, and to abolish ™™ _ 
certain inferior Courts of Record: And that Mr. 
Attorney-General and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 








Poor Law Officers to form and distribute such fund, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Oreston; — Landkey ;— Swin- 
bridge ;— Braunton ;— Ilfracombe ;— Portlemouth ; 
—Kenton ;--Holcombe Rogus ;---Bampton ;--Exeter 
(two Petitions) ; — Fremington ; — Culmstock ; — 
Harwich ;—Filey ;--Adel ;-- Wexford;—Brayford ; 
—Halwell;— Leicester ;— Steynton and town of 
Milford ;— Milford ; — Chalgrove ; — Lewknor ;— 
Tetsworth ;— Somerton; — Broughton Pogges ;— 
Bodicott ;—Wegginton ;— Baldwyn Brightwell ;— 
Wooton ;— Chipping Norton;— Thame ;— Newton 
Purcell ; — Swalcliffe; — Eye; — Lostwithiel ; — 
Marazion ;— Roche ; — Saint Ives (Cornwall) ;— 
Camborne; — Tuching Mill;— Plymouth (three 
Petitions) ;— Stonehouse ;—Shrewsbury (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Kemston ;—-Arlsey ;-- Woburn ;-- Banbury; 
— Wolverhampton (two Petitions) ;— Haverford- 
west ;—and, Hakin; praying the House to pass such 
measures as will enable magistrates and officers of 
police to bring those persons who make a trade of 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Excise Bene- 
to extend to the Officers of Inland Revenue the ven Oe 
privilege of becoming Members of the Excise Bene- sania 
volent Fund Society: And that Mr. Hayter and 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Rates, 
to provide a more convenient mode of levying and &amp;«. Bill 
collecting County Rates, County Police Rates, and 
District Police Rates in parishes situated partly 
within and partly without the Limits of ome 
which are not liable to such Rates: And that Mr. 

Baines and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Collection of Rates Collection of 
(Dublin) Bill was nominated of Mr. Walpole, Mr. Rates ( Dublis) 
Burroughes, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. Bill. 
Christie, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Grogan, Mr. James Hans 
Hamilton, and Mr. George Alexander Hamilton. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. ‘ 

The 











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Attachments, 
Courts of 


Record 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


13 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Guestion proposed upon 
the.11th day of May last, That the Attachments, 
Courts of Record (Ireland) Bill be re-committed ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 18th day of July next. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Three mil- 
lions be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of 
pos United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
and. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Tufnell, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Militia Ballots The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


Suspension 
Bill. 


Marriages 
in Foreign 
Countries 
facilitating 
Bill 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Sewers Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Sites for 
Schools Bill. 


Small Debt 
Courts (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
Bill, 


a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspension 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bellew reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriages in Foreign Countries faci- 
litating Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to continue certain of the Allowances o 
the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title he, An Act to continue until the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 
and to the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to extend and explain the Provisions of 
the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act regulating the Justice of the Peace 
Small Debt Courts in Scotland, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill to make Life Policies of Assurance as- 
signable at Law, and to make other Provisions in 
respect thereof, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Vo. 104, 


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4,29 


Ordered, That Mr. Fagan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland ) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 
mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Jreland) Bill; Ease (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, _ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Turnpike 
the Turnpike Trusts Union Bill, was read, and dis- Trusts Union 
charged. _ 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Registration 
a Return of the Estimate of the probable Expense of Births, &amp;c. 
of Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in eee 
Scotland under the Bill now before the House, if 
passed into Law; distinguishing the Expenses to 
be paid by Annual Vote in Parliament, the Expenses 
to be paid by Local Taxation, and the Expense to 
be paid by private Persons. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Roman Catho- 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased lic Prelates 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, (SERS 
a Copy of any Correspondence between the Lord 
Bishop of Sydney and the Governor of New South 
Wales, and between the Governor and the Colo- 
nial Office, on the subject of the Circular Despatch 
of the Earl Grey, dated the 20th day of November 
1847, relative to the Titles and Rank of Roman 
Catholic Prelates in the Colonies; and, Copy of any 
further Communication from the Colonial Office to 
the Governor of New South Wales, or to any other 
Colonial Governor, in relation to the said subject. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for the better Govern- Australian 
ment of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies: And Colonies 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to (No. 2.) Bill 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to No, 429% 
be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Passengers 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill. 
intituled, An Act for regulating the Carriage of 
Passengers in Merchant Vessels: And the same 
were read, as follow: 

P. 6.1.25. Leave out “ one” and insert “ some.” 

P. 16. 1.33. After ‘“‘ Board” insert “ aided and 
“ assisted by the Master thereof,” and in the same 
line leave out “ his” and insert “ the.” 

P. 16. 1. 34. After “ absence” insert “ of such 
“ Medical Practitioner,” and in the same line leave 
out “ thereof” and insert “ of such ship.” 

P. 16. 1. 40. Leave out “ the” and insert “any 


“ two.” 
In Schedule (B.) to the Bill: 
P. 32. 1. 2. Leave out “ 41st” and insert 
“ 43d.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed te. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to provide a more County Rates, 
convenient Mode of levying and collecting County &amp;¢- Bill 
Rates, County Police Rates, and District Police No. 430. 
Rates in Parishes situated partly within and partly 
without the Limits of Boroughs which are not liable 

313 to 








430 


to such Rates: And the same were read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to extend to the Offi- 
cers of Inland Kevenue the Privilege of becoming 
Members of the Excise Benevolent Fund Society : 


Kxcise Bene- 
volent Fund 
Society Bill. 


No.431. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 

Administra- Ordered, That the Select Conimittee on the Ad- 


tion of Justice ministration of Justice (Metropolitan Districts) Bill 
Cirieke) Bil have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
, ‘ taken before them. 
No. 432. Mr. Attorney-General reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; and had 
taken Evidence on the Matter referred to them, 
which they had directed him to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day, 


Mercurii, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


Committees. 
C to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


London Cor- Mr. Bernal reported the London Corporation 
poration Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Peutions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 25th day of this instant 


Public 
Petitions 
( Fifty-fifth 


2eport. 
ne June; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
London Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 


rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of London, in 
the room of Lionel Nathan Rothschild, commonly 
called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, who, 
since his Election for the said City, hath accepted 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts 
relating to the Lancashire and Preston Junction 
yng en fl Railway Company, and to make further Provisions 
ment (Powers in reference thereto, was, according to Order, read 
to alter Tolls, the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
and for Ap- Bill 
pointment of » 
Officers) Bill,  Ftesolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the several Acts relating 

to the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 
Company, and to transfer the Management of the 
Railway to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 
Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancaster and 
Preston Jure- 


Manchester, 


Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 


a colashire Railway (Consolidation and Amendment 
Railway (Con- Of Acts) Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 
solidation and 

Amendment 

of Acts) Bill. 








A. 1849. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lanarkshire ° 
the Report on the Lanarkshire (East and West (East and West 
Line) and Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads Uin®) a 
(Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amend- shotts Turn. 
ments were read, and agreed to. pike Roads 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, yyy 
be ingrossed. ai 


Ordered, That the Reports and Evidence of and Dublin 
hefore the Surveying Officers in the years 1847 and Bit dee 
1848, in the case of the Dublin Improvement Bill, ana 1848.) 

and the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 

Committee on the Dublin Improvement Bill in 

the last Session of Parliament, be referred to the 

— on the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) 
ill. 


Ordered, That all Petitions which have been Collection of 
presented to the House during the present Session em 
against the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill, be” 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence publin 
taken before the respective Committees which sat on Improvement 
the Dublin Improvement Bills in the Sessions of sad 808) 
1847 and 1848 ; and also the Reports of the Sur- ; 
veying Officers appointed under the Preliminary 
Inquiries Act, together with the Evidence taken 
before them in relation to the Dublin Improvement 
Bills in the Sessions of 1847 and 1848, be referred 
to the Committee on the Dublin Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bellew be added to the Com- Dublin 
mittee on the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
Petitions from Dorking ;— Monmouth ;—Aber- Attornies’ 
gavenny ;—and, Nantwich ; praying for the repeal of Certificates. 
the annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, So- 
licitors and Proctors,—were presented, and read ; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants and Brokers Bankrupt Law 
of the borough of Liverpool, praying that the Bank- Consolidation 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Laidman, of the city of 
Eveter, Solicitor, praying that the said Bill, with 
modifications, may pass into a law, and that his 
Petition may be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Bill, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mines. 

assembled Multitudes in the vicinity of Mr. Morris’s 
Coal Pit, Dudley Port, near Dudley, praying the 
House not to delay adopting some means to prevent 
the frequency of accidents in Mines, and suggesting 
the propriety of Government Mine Inspectors 
being appointed over districts or a given number of 
pits, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Collectors of the Dublin Metro- onan S 
politan Police Tax, praying that the Collection reeee ) 
Rates (Dublin) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, and that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, before the 
Committee to whom the said Bill may be referred, 
against the clauses thereof, and in support of such 
clauses as they may submit for the protection of 
their interests, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of County Rom 
Altcar, in the county of Lancaster, praying that aod Bik, 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clare,and its vicinity, Education 
in the county of Suffolk, complaining that the (Ireland.) 
Schools 


















Marriages 
Bill. 


Marriage 
2 


Postage 
Channel 
Ciands), &amp;e. 


Post-office 
Communica- 
tion with 
Ireland. 


Police of 
Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill, 


Prison 
Discipline, 


Protection of 
Women Bill, 








13 Vicroriz. 27° Junii. 431 


Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Jreland derive no assistance from the 
funds granted by Parliament for the support of 
Education in that country, and praying the House 
to relieve them from that grievance, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Peter Petrie (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Archibald Bannatyne; praying that the Mariages 
Bill may not pass into a law,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Adam Blyth, praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of Temperance Societies, 
complaining of the withdrawal of the privilege of 
receiving free by post periodical Papers, printed in 
the Isle of Man, f send &amp;c., advocating the claims 
of the Temperance movement; and praying that 
they mav be transmitted throughout the United 
Kingdom at a low scale of charge, and that the In- 
land Revenue Duty on Paper may be repealed, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Heritors and Inhabitants of and 
near Ballantrae, in the county of Ayr, stating that 
the Petitioners view with much anxiety an intention 
which has been evinced by Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment to transfer the Packet Communication between 
Scotland and Ireland from Portpatrick to Greenock ; 
and praying the House to direct an inquiry into the 
subject, and to adopt such measures as shall seem 
best for increasing rather than diminishing the faci- 
lities of communication between Scotland and Ire- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the royal burgh of Jrvine, praying that 
the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
poor in the Congleton Union, in the county of 
Chester, praying the House to pass an Act, in the 
present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;—Hozxton ;—Mile End ;— 
Sheerness ;— Hackney ;--and, Lambeth (four Peti- 
tions); praying that a Petition which was presented 
to the House upon the 25th day of May last, signed 
by the Reverend Dr. Rice, as Chairman of a meeting 
held at the Literary and Scientific Institution in 
Aldersgate-street, London, praying for a reference 
to a Committee to inquire into the statements 
therein contained, and of the system it recommended 
as a deterring, reformatory and economical agent 
of Prison Discipline, may be referred to a Com- 
mittee for investigation,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blewbury ;— Wantage ;— Chevely; 
— Harwell ; — Leeds (five Petitions) ;— Liverpool 
(three Petitions); — Barnstaple; — Bury Saint 
Edmund's ;— Great Oakley ;— Belchamp Otten ;— 
Waltham Abbey ;— Tendring ;— Witham (Essex) ;— 
Belehamp Saint Paul ;— Milford(Derby);- Kilbourne; 
--Duffield;-- Horsley Woodhouse ;--Denby ;-- Belper 
— Bakewell ;— Edensor and Pilsley ;— Etwall; — 
Ashbourne (two Petitions) ;— Melbourne ;—Chester- 

VoL. 104, 


field ;— Youlgreave ;— Marple ;— ton ;— Roch- 
dale (two Petitions) ;—Peckham;— Denmark Hill; 
—Kingston-on-Thames ;— East Dulwich ;— Cam- 
berwell (two Petitions) ;— Balham and Upper Toot- 
ing ;-- Godalming ;-- Walworth ;-- Lower Norwood;-- 

Christchurch (Surrey) ;— Roehampton ;—Streatham; 

— Camberwell New-road ;--Bickleigh;--Thurlestone; 

— Kingsbridge;— 1 orquay ;—Gisleham ;— Notting- 

ham ;— York ;— Woodbridge ;— Hereford ;— King- 

ton ;--King’s Pyon-cum-Birley ;-- Hampton Bishop; 

— Almely;-- Dublin (four Petitions) nan drone i— 

Black Rock; — Drayton (Oxford); — Thame ;— 

Great Milton ;— Watlington ;—Eaton Hastings ;— 

North Aston;-- Weston ;-- Tetsworth ;--Chechendon ; 

— Ewelme ;— Witney ;— Broughton ;— Bowton and 

Enstone ;— Arncott ;— Little Milton ;— Neston ;— 
Dukinfield ;— Millington ;— Temperley Bowdon ;— 

Rainow ;—Church Hulme ;— Tarporley ;— Sand- 
bach ;---Dukinfield ;-- Ashton-upon- Mersey ;-- Hyde, 

Stockport ;— Bowden ;— Congleton ;— Tiverton ;— 

Devizes ;—Seend ;— Tisbury ;— Littleton Drew ;— 

Dillon’s Marsh ;— Calne; — Whiteparish ;— War- 

minster ;— Chippenham ;—Melksham ; — Brighton ; 

—Manea ;— Dartmouth ;—Luccombe ;— Portbury ; 

— Bridgwater ; — Weston-super-Mare ; — Pilton 

(Somerset) ; — Stogumber; — Weston Zoyland ; — 

Barnwell ;—Castle Cary ;—-New Church ;—Risca ; 

— Newport (Monmouth) ;—Caerleon ;— Pillgwenlly; 

— Itton ;— Bryngwyn ;— Ragland ;—Llanhennock ; 

— Chepstow (two Petitions) ;— Penley ; — Cwm; 

— Whitford ; — Caergwrle ; — Mold ; — Mostyn ; 

—Stroud ; — Oakham; — Uppingham; — Lough- 

borough ;—Lapcote;— Castle Donington ;— Melton 

Mowbray ; — Wymeswold ; — Seale (Leicester); — 

Orton-on-the- Hill ;— Greenham ;— Wokingham ;— 

South Lambeth ; — Lambeth (four Petitions) ; — 

Camberwell (six Petitions);— Saint Alban’s ;— 

Darby Hand ;—Raweliffe ;— Burwell ;— Mirfield ; 

— Brighouse ;— Stockton-upon-Tees ;— Bloomfield ; 

—Gornal ;— Whichford ;—Culworth ;— Bristol; —~ 

Wolford ;— Longdon ;— Brailes ;— Snitterfield ;— 

Beaminster ; — Birmingham ;— Dudley Port ;— 
Swinefleet ; — Presbytery of Kincardine O Neil 
(Moderator) ;—Morebath ;— Mildenhall;— Oundle; 

—Weymouth ; — Bridgenorth; — Myfod;— Mont- 
gomery ;— Llanfair ;— Llivior ; — Newton (Mont- 
gomery); — Caersus Llandyssil ; — Welshpool ; — 

Stockwell; — Haddenham; — South Lambeth ; — 
Tichenhall ;— North Molion ;— Chatteris ; — and, 

March; praying that the Protection of Women 

Bill may pass into a law,— were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Public Health 
Council of the royal burgh of Irvine, praying that (Scotland) 
the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into ™ 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Roads and 
cil of the royal burgh of Irvine, praying for an im- Bridges | 
mediate revision of the whole question connected ow 
with the making aud maintainmg of Roads and 
Bridges in Scotland, for the abolition of the present 
mode, and the adoption of such other less expensive 
and more equitable plan as to the House shall appear 
proper, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the village and parish Sale of Beer 
of Clehonger, in the county of Hereford, praying for 4*- 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view of 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses, was present- 

ed, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spirit Dealers, Grocers, Merchants Spirits 
and others of the town of Roscrea, praying the House (teland.) 
to extend the provisions of the Warehousing Act, so 

as to apply to Spirits made in Jreland, and lodged 

in the Queen’s warehouses, the like privileges as are 

enjoyed by the proprietors of Rum and other Colo- 











314 nial 





432 


nial spirits put into bond, in respect of the time and 

mode of levying the duties payable thereon, was 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Steam Com- A Petition of Heritors and Inhabitants of and 

munication near Ballentrae, in the county of Ayr, complaining 

me yy and of a proposed transference of the Packet Commu- 

— nication between Scotland and Ireland from Port- 
patrick to Greenock, and praying that the matter 
may be inquired into by Parliament previous to the 
final settlement of the question, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the borough of Merthyr Tydvil, call- 
ing the attention of the House to the document, in- 
tituled, “‘ The People’s Charter,” which, as the in- 
habitants of that borough conceive, embodies the 
principles and details for securing the full and 
equitable representation of the male adult popula- 
tion in Parliament, and praying the House forthwith 
to enact the same as the law of the realm; and that 
the inhabitants of that borough may be heard at the 
bar of the House, by their counsel or agents, in sup- 
port of the same, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Statement of Excess of Expen- 
diture on Army Services, for the year 1847-48. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the Line-of-Battle Ships (specifying their 
Names, Tonnage, Number of Guns, and the date at 
which they were launched) which have been broken 
up, sold, wrecked, burnt, converted into Hulks or 
Depots, or otherwise rendered unfit for active Ser- 
vice, between the 1st day of January 1815 and the 
ist day of January 1849 :—And, the Average of 
the periods during which the above Ships have been 
fit for active Service :—An Account of the original 
Cost of Construction, and of the subsequent Re- 
pairs of each of the above Ships :—And a Return 
of the Number of Line-of-Battle Ships annually 
launched during the period specified above. 

Copies of Statistical Reports on the Health of the 
Navy (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 53, of Session 1841). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant June, for a Return of the Amount of Freight 
Money paid in each year since July 1819, tothe Ad- 
mirals and Commodores of the several stations, 
and to the Captains and Officers commanding Her 
Majesty’s ships and vessels for the conveyance of 
public and private treasure, with the Total Amount 
received during the same period by the Treasurer 
of Greenwich Hospital, as the proportion of such 
Freight Money for the use of that Institution, pur- 
suant to the Proclamation dated the 12th day of 
July 1819. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Army. 


Ships ( Navy.) 


Health of 
the Navy. 


Freight Money 
(Greenwich 


Hospital. ) 


Small Debts Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to amend 


Act Amend- the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts 
ment Bill. ° . . . 
ee ate and Demands in England, and to abolish certain 
0. 433: Inferior Courts of Record : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 
Prison The Ord f i ; i 
Dincipline. er of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 15th day of May last, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to inquire and report upon the 
practicability of establishing an uniform system of 
discipline, punitive, reformatory and self-supporting, 
to be applied to all persons sentenced to imprison- 
ment for crimes ; 


27° Juniz. 





A. 1849. 


And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ inquire,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ into the system of Prison Discipline at present 
“ applied to Prisoners in confinement in England,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Members Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1. (If any member, not being a 
trader, shall be indebted in any sum of money 
upon any judgment, &amp;c., it shall be lawful for the 
creditor to apply to the court in which such judg- 
ment, &amp;c. was obtained, to fix a peremptory day 
for payment.) 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put, and agreed to. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Reading of the Benefices in Plurality Bill ; 
Ordered, 'That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
a That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Reading of the Protection of Women Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Mr. Spooner, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Nn ewdegate : 
Tellers for the Noes, { oem 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 








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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupt and 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupt and Insolvent — 


Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Benefices in 
Plurality Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into General and 


a Committee upon the General and Quarter Sessions Quarter 
Sessions Bill. 


The Order of the day pr ee. for the Second Protection of 


Women Bill. 








13 VictToriz. 


Jovis, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
Native Princes M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
(India. ) the East India Company, was called in; and 


at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of 


Minute of Sir Charles Metcalfe (Lord Metcalfe), ' 


dated the 28th day of October 1837, relative to the 
right of the Native Princes of India to adopt Heirs, 
in failure of Heirs of their own body :—And then 
he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Dovor 


Mr. Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants of 
Harbour. 


Dovor Harbour, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Applica- 
tion of the Monies received by the Warden and As- 
sistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the County of 
Kent, from the 10th day of October 1847, to the 
10th day of October 1848 :—And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upcen the 
Table. 


Friendly Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

Societies Bill. Friendly Societies Bill have leave to sit this day, 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Black Sluice 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Drainage Acts 


nee adhe the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
(Amendment tituled, An Act to alter and amend the Provisions 
of Acts, Exten- of the several Acts relating to the Black Sluice 
tion of Time , Drainage, to extend the Time by “The Black Sluice 
of Works, Drainage Act, 1846,” limited for the Completion of 
Powers to levy the Works, to authorize the levying and raising of 
and raise fur- further Rates and Monies, to alter existing Rates 
ther Rates and ’ 
Monies, to alter 20d Tolls, and for other Purposes; and the same 
existing Rates were read, as follow: 


and Tolls, and = Pr. 9.1.1. Leave out “eighteen” and insert 
for other Pur- ,, . ” 
poses) Bill. one thousand eight. 
Pr. 35. 1. 27. Leave out “Act” and insert 
“ Acts.” 
Pr. 48. 1]. 33. Leave out “ten” and insert 
five.” 
Pr. 49. 1. 20. Leave out from “ shall” to “ be” 
in 1, 22. 
Pr. 50. 1. 32. After “repealed” insert Clause 
(A.) 


Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for vessels passing through the New 
Outfall Sluice, and not navigating any part of 
the drains under the control of the Commis- 
sioners above Cook’s Luck, to lade or unlade, or 
land or remove their cargoes at any of the landing- 

laces on any of the said drains below the said 

ck, without the consent of the Commissioners, 
and if the owner, or any person having the charge 
of any such vessel, shall lade or unlade, or land 
or remove the cargo thereof, or any part thereof, 
at any of the said landing-places, without such 
consent, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to 
the Commissioners, any sum not exceeding forty 
shillings.” 

Pr. 55. Is, 30. and 31. Leave out “ signatures ” 
and insert “signature.” 


In the Schedules to the Bill. 
In Schedule B, annexed to the Bill. | 


Pr. 63. 1. 9. After the first “ of” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 34. After “lands” insert “and the 

“ costs and expenses of letting, and cleansing the 
“ said lands, and incidental thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 

were agreed to. 

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28° Junii. 


433 


Ordered, That Sir John Trollope do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

| hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually managing Flimwell Vent 
and repairing the Road leading from Flimwell Vent, 0 Hastings 
in the County of Sussex, to the Town and Port of oad Bill 
Hastings, in the said County, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fuller do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Manchester, 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to consolidate into Sheffield and 


one Act, and to amend the Provisions of the several Linesiashive 


: ‘ Railway (Con- 
Railway, Ferry, and Dock Acts relating to the solidation and 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Amendment of 
Company ; — 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

The Comptroller of the Household, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate into one Act, and to 
amend the Provisions of the several Railway and 
Dock Acts relating to the Manchester, Sheffield, and 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, and to amend their 
Canal Acts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Hudson’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Hudson's 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Biil. 


A Petition of Landowners, Tenant Farmers, Agriculture. 

Tradesmen, and others interested in the prosperity 
of Agriculture, residing at Bugthorpe and Kirby 
Underdale, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, com- 
plaining of the distressed state of Ayriculture, and 
praying the House to grant measures of relief for 
persons engaged therein, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in the county of the borough of Carmarthen, pray- ©*Ttificates. 
ing for repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon tne Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors resident in Shrewsbury, Bankrupt Law 
praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill — 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre-- ~ 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of George Chapman and others, pray- Boards of 
ing the House to sanction a Bill for the establish- Trade. 
ment of Local Buards of Trade, composed of an 
equal number of employers and workmen, under 
the superintendence of a minister of labour, whose 
office would be to give an impetus to the industrial 
operations of the nation, and act as an impartial 





| arbitrator between employers and employed, was 


resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from the Aylesbury Poor Law Union County Rates 
(Chairman); — and, Hundreds of Tunstead and 24 — 
Happing (Norfolk) ; praying that the County Rates 
and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


3K 


Petitions 








434, 


Marriag es 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Police. 


management, the most vigilant superintendence and 


Political 
Offences. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Medical] 
Relief.) 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Protection of 
Women Bill. 


Edinburgh ; 
zell ; 
Edinburgh ;——D. B. Mellis ; 
George Charles ; 
James Glen; pra 
not pass into a 

and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Vestry of the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, com- 
plaining of the manner of making the assessment 
for the maintenance of the Metropolis Police, and 





Petitions from John Laird (two Petitions) ; 
Glasgow (two Petitions) ; 
A. B. Parker ;——John M‘ Lachlan ; 
Knapdale ; 
Dun. M‘Laren ; and, 
ying that the Marriages Bill may 
aw,—were presented, and read; 


























A Petition of Members of the Representative 


of the increased amount thereof, and praying the 
House to appoint a Select Committee, before whom 
the Petitioners may have an opportunity of going 
fully into the grievances set forth in their Petition, 
so that, while on the one hand the peace of the 
metropolis may be preserved by an efficient police 
force, on the other both as regards numbers and 


the most rigid economy should be preserved, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of 
Chartists of Newport, Isle of Wight, praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to grant an amnesty 
for all Political Offences, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Nottingham Equitable Rate 
Association (Chairman) ; — Workington; — and, 
Kingston-upon-Thames ; praying for amendment of 
the Poor Law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lic upon the Table. 


Petitions from Malling Poor Law Union ;—Fare- 
ham Poor Law Union ;—East London, West Lon- 
don, and City of London Poor Law Unions ;—Isle 
of Sheppey Poor Law Union ;—Burnley Poor Law 
Union ;— Faversham Poor Law Union ;—and, Saint 
George the Martyr, Southwark; stating that the 
Petitioners have long felt the evils of the present 
defective system of Poor Law Medical Relief, and 
are now suffering under additiona! oppressions, 
through certain powers given in the Nuisances Re- 
moval and Diseases Prevention Act, and praying 
that such grievances may be redressed inaccordance 
with the principles of justice,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Church Stretton Union ;—and, 
Sunderland Union; praying that an Act may be 
passed during the present Session of Parliament, to 
enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a 
superannuation fund for members of their body,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh (two Petitions); 
and, Feoffees of Trust and Governors of George 
Heriot his Hospital ; praying that the Public Health 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Petitions from Lyme Regis ;— Cowbridge ;— 
Gloucester ;—County of Gloucester ;— Blymhill ;— 
Kingswinford ;— Longton ; —Gentleshaw ; —Fare- 
well ;—West Bromwich ; —Penkridge ; — Brierley 
Hill ;—Smethwick ;— Willenhall ;—Drayton Bas- 
sett ;— Wrayfield ;— Bastion ;— Horncastle ;—-Long 
Sutton ;—Willoughton ;—Brigg;—Market Rasen; 
— Langtoft ;—East Stockwith ;—Kirton Lindsey ; 
— Upton ; —Heapham ; —Blyton ; — Holbeach ; — 


28° Junit. 
ton ;—-Allerton;-- Thornton (two Petitions) ;— Wath- 
on-Dearne ; —Shipton ;—Featherston ; —Bridling- 
ton ;—Snaith ;—Osmotherley ; —Swinton ;— Bomere 
Heath ;— Bridport ;— Carmarthen (two Petitions) ; 
—Llanelly ;--Great Yarmouth ;--Skipsea ;—- Ilkley ; 
—AIccornshaw ;— Addingham ; — Wortley ; —Wood- 
house Grove ;—Eccleshill ;— Greengates ;—Snenton ; 
—Farsley ;—Silsden ;— Thorne ;-—Merthyr Tydvil ; 
and, Bridge End; praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1849. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railways 


Railway Company, praying that the Railways Abandonment 
Abandonment Bill may pass into a law, was pre- * 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;-—Rotherham ;—Hur- Sale of Beer 


ford ;—and, Darlington ;—praying for amendment Act. 


of the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, Smithfield 
in the hundreds of Loddon and Clavering, in the Market. 
county of Norfolk, praying for the removal of the 
Market from Smithfield, was presented, and read ; 

Ww — to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


Petitions from Huddersfield ;—and, Todmorden ; War. 
praying the House to promote the formation between 

the British Government and other governments of 

the world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 

as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Louth Markets and Im- Louth 


provements Bill, with Amendments. ener mer 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ot 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 
Command,—Copy of Treaty containing the acces- 
sion of Belgium to the Treaty signed at London, 
20th December 1841, for the Suppression of the 
African Slave Trade, signed at London, 24th Fe- 
bruary 1848, with a Protocol relating thereto. 
. _— That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Fund 000) 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine a 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Select potice of 
Committee on the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill ; Towns (Scote 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made #4 _ 
Amendments thereunto, No, 434. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army, Army. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 435. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Health Health of the 


of the Navy, which was presented yesterday, be Navy: 
printed. sansa 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Receivers, Receivers, 

. , ‘ t 
Courts of Chancery and Exchequer (Jre/and), have ener ail 
Power to report their Observations thereupon, to- gxchequer 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken (Ireland.) 
before them from time to time, to the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Palace, 





Normanby ;-- Bourne;-- Whaplode ;- Ford ;-Montford 
Bridge ;— Wibseu ;—Shelf ;—Slack Side ;—Clay- 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Westminster. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 








House, 











Savings 
Banks. 


No. 437. 


Railways and 
Distressed 
Unions (Ire- 
land.) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


York and 


North Midland 


Railway 


13 Vicroriz. 


House, a Copy of a Letter of the Architect of the: 
New Palace at Westminster, addressed to Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners for completing the same, 
dated the 6th day of February last, respecting his 
Professional Remuneration; with Copies of all 
other Correspondence between Charles Barry, 
Esquire, and the said Commissioners, or with the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or with the 
Commissioners of the Treasury, on the same 
subject. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed | 
to inquire into and report upon the circumstances 
connected with the Failure of the Saint Peter’s Pa- 
rish Savings Bank, in Cuffe-street, Dublin, and also | 
the cases of the Savings Banks at Tralee, Killarney | 
and Auchterarder, and into any Security or Liability 
that may exist for the Satisfaction of the Losses 
thereby occasioned, have Power to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time, to the House. 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee; That they had con- 
sidered the matter to them referred; and directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 





28° Juniz. 


435 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Maiesty’s Education. 


Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Comm‘ttee 
of Council on Education, Correspondence, &amp;c., 
1848-49. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Education. 


an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Corre- 
spondence which has taken place between the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education and the Committee 
of the National Society, upon the subject of the 
Management Clauses, subsequent to the last publi- 
cation of the Minutes :—Of the Management 
Clauses, as amended :—-And, of all Conditions 
which are imposed, either upon Roman Catholic 
Schools or Schools of Dissenting Bodies, previously 
to the advance of any Sum of Money towards the 
building of the aforesaid Schools by the Committee 
of the Privy Council on Education. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Kilrush Union. 


mand,—Reports and Returns relating to Evictions 
in the Kilrush Union. 


to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Title or De- 9nd Fr 


signation of all Joint Stock Banks in England 
and Wales, and the Name and Residence of each 
Proprietor or Shareholder ; also the Title or Firm 
of all Private Banks, with the Name and Residence 
of each Partner; the whole arranged in Towns 
alphabetically, and made up from the latest Returns 
to the Stamp-office :—A similar Return for Scot- 
land :—And, a similar Return for Zre/and. 





morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
of authorizing the Issue of Money out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Com- 
missioners, to be by them applied by way of Loan 
for the Purpose of constructing a Railroad between 
Athlone and Galway ; and also of a further Advance 
for affording Relief out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, to certain distressed Unions in Jreland, to be 


secured upon a Rate to be levied on each Union of 


Treland ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
yesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 


(Deviationana Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling 


Abandonment 
of Part of the 
authorized 
Lines of Rail- 
way between 
Market 


Weighton and 


Beverley and 


the York and North Midland Railway Company 
to divert their Railways between Market Weighion 
and Beverley, and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster, 
all in the County of York, and for other Purposes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


Copmanthorpe 


and Tadcaster) Bill. 


Charing Cross 


Bridge 
(Amendment 
of Acts, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for improving the Approaches to the Charing 
Cross Bridge on the Surrey Side thereof, and for 


Powers toalter amending the Acts relating thereto, for authorizing 


authorized 
Approaches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Hoghton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


the raising of a further Sum of Money, and for other 
Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, . 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Hoghton, Esquire, 
with Louisa Josephine Hoghton, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

VoL. 104, 


Descriptions of Grain ; viz. Wheat, Barley and Oats, 
and of Flour and Meal therefrom (stated in Quar- 
ters, and distinguishing Foreign from Colonial), 
imported into the Unite’ Kingdom, cleared for Con- 
sumption, and exported, in each year from 1792 to 
1848, both years inclusive ; with the Annual Ave- 
rage Price and Duty per Quarter thereof, and the 
Total Annual Amount of such Duty; specifying 
the years when the Duty was suspended, and under 
what Authority. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrausE N° 1, (Yearly limit of Poor Rate to five 
shillings in the pound in Electoral Divisions), 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
“ Clause, to add the following words “ Provided al- 
“‘ ways, That such yearly limit of Poor’s Rate speci- 
“ fied in this Act, shall be in force for the period only 
“ of five years from the passing thereof,and thence to 
“ the end of the then next Session of Parliament.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers forthe {Me Shafto Adair, 


1 
Yeas, Mr. Morgan JohnO’ Connell: a. 
Tellersforthes Mr. Tufnell, 1, 66 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ' ao 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. ; 
Tellers for the {oe Tufnell, 6 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: } es 
Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, ~ 
Noes, Mr. Stafford: } % 
Ciause N° 2, (Where the expenditure of the 
Electoral Division exceeds five shillings in the pound 
shillings may be charged on the Union at 
large). 





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Amendment 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to an Address Joint Stock 


Private 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Order,— Grain, Flour 
A Return of the Quantities of each of the following and Meal. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Poor Relief 
a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill, teland) Bilt 





436 


Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.5: After the | 
word “shall” to insert the words “as soon as ra 
“ sible after the Twenty-fifth day of March, which 
shall be in the year One thousand eight hundred 
“ and Fifty, and in each subsequent year.” 


Auiendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: ‘To leave out the words “‘l'wenty-fifth day of 
* March~” and insert the words “ Twenty-ninth 
day of September,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ Twenty-fifth 
day “of March” stand part of the proposed Amend- 
ment ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 


Yeas, \ Lord Edward Howard : ™ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Stafford, \ as 
Noes, Mr. Monsell: eran 


Original Amendment agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P, 2. 1. 9: To 
leave out from the words “such Union” to the end 
of the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “and if upon an 
“ examination of such account” stand part of the 
Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Lord Mareus Hill, 7 43 
Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard: { ~“* 
Tellers for - Mr. Stafford, oT 
Noes, Mr. Heury Herbert : J : 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P, 2. Is. 23. 
and 24: To leave out the words “or so much 
“ thereof as with due diligence it has been practi- 
“ cable to levy.” 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the, Lord Marcus Hill, \ 79 


Yeas, \ Lord Edward Howard: 
Tellers for wis | Mr. Stafford, } 93 
Noes, Mr. Henry Herbert: . 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1.34: To 
leave out from the word “ respectively” to the word 
“ or,” in |. 36. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided 
“ always, That it shall not be lawful for said Com- 
* missioners to make such order, if it shall appear 
“ to them that the payment of rates, greater than 
“ the sums hereinbefore specified, in any Electoral 
“ Division to be named in the order aforesaid, 
“ would prevent the due and proper cultivation of 
“ the lands situate therein.” 

Question, That those words be there added, —put, 
and Negutived. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That the Commissioners shall in no case 
* levy such second rate, unless they have received a 
“ certificate from the Board of Guardians, stating 
“ that due diligence has been used in the collection 
“ of the five-shilling rate.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Lord Naas, 

Yeas, Lord Claud Hamilton : 

Tellers for the{ Lord Marcus Hiil, 

Noes, Lord Edward Howard : 


n 


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\ os 


\ 88. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause, to add the following words: “ Provided 
“ always, That it shall not be lawful for any Board 
“* of Guardians to strike the rate of two shillings in 
“ any Union for a longer period than two years from 
“ the 29th day of September 1849.” 


28°— 20° Junie. 





A. 1849. 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Colonel Dunne, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Tenison: J 38. 
Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 
Noes, | Lord Edward Howard: 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 

as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, i 08 
Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: |°°~* 

Tellers for the {Sir Henry Winston Barron, 52 
Noes, LMr. Conolly : } , 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


103. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


the Payment of Regimental Debts and the Distri- 
bution of the effects of Officers and Soldiers dying 
in the Service, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal de carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ; 


Friday the 6th day of July next. 


land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Captain Jones, 1 29 
Yeas, L Colonel Dunne : J 
Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 4 08 

Noes, Lord Edward Howard: J*~** 


Preamble postponed. 
Ciause N° 1, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House — continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 29° die Junii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 








ported, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Judgments 
Reading of the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; (ireien 





d) Bill. 


The Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Mutiny and 
Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East Desertion 
India Company, and for regulating in such Service @4ia) Bill 


The Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jre/and) Bill Leasehold 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 


and) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Estates 
into a Committee upon the Estates Leasing (Jre- (ireland 


Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike 


se . roads (Ire- 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike-roads (Jre jand) Bill. 





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— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. | 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


General and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Quarter Bill into consideration the General and Quarter Sessions 
Sessions ©*"" Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
nll Act Reading of the Poor Law Union Charges Act 
Amendment Amendment Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Newgate Gaol The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Dublin) Bill. mittee on the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Cc tions ; ici . ; 
drdand) Bill ne of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Pupils’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
my into a Committee upon the Pupils’ Protection (Scot- 
y wd land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 
- Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Marriages The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
——— into a Committee upon the Marriages in Foreign 
facilitating Countries facilitating Bill; and, after some time 
Bill. spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr, Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Sewers Acts The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ay into a Committee upon the Sewers Acts Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Bankrupt i i 
(Ireland) ae The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


— a Committee upon the Bankruptcy (Ireland) 
ill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read, 1°; to be read, 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausgs N° 1 to N° 68, agreed to. 
Cravszs N° 69 and N° 70, postponed. 
Crauszs N° 71 to No. 111, agreed to. 
Cravuses N° 112 and N° 113, postponed. 
Crauses N° 114 to N° 120, agreed to. 
Cravuse N° 121, postponed. 


Cuiavuses N° 122 to Ne 124, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





98°— 9° Juniz. 


| mittee on the Palace Court ( 


437 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr: Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Turnpike Trusts Union Bill was, according Turnpike 
to Order, read a second time; and committed Trusts Union 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question propose tee of 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the At-j,q4) piu, 
tachments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill be re- 
committed ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Palace Court 
estminster) Bill ; ceca 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being ~~ 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Protection of 
the further Proceeding upon the Second Reading of Women Bill. 
the Protection of Women Bill ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 





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the further Proceeding upon the Second Readin 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 





VoL. 104. 


drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


J Colonel Salwey, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Milner Gibson: f 29. 
Tellers for the Noes, Lo poems ” } 52. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Alexander Hastie, 

Yeas, Mr. Milner Gibson: 

Tellers for the | Mr. Spooner, 

Noes, Mr. Cumming Bruce 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 


1 on, 


1 ss 


nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bribery at 


consideration the Bribery at Elections Bill, as Elections Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming County Rates 
g of and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 


Second Reading of the said Bill be further ad- 
journed till Wednesday next. 


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438 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as|L 


Marriage 
Scotland) 
ill. 


this day. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


General Board 


of Health Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill, 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty: sixth 
Report. ) 


amended in the Committee ; 


28°—-29° 


ta 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mitttee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of 4 Xd ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | « 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Militia Ballots Suspension 





Juniz. A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
ords to the East Anglian Railways (Ely and Hun- 
ngdon Railway Extension of Time) Bill be taken 


into consideration upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ~~ 
tituled, An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle (Barmoor and 
and Berwick Railway Company to make certai 
Branches in the Counties of Northumberland and es) a 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and for other Purposes ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 11.1. 15. After “ boat” insert “ navigating 
“« or using the said River.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. After “ work ”’ insert “ connected 


therewith.” 


East Anglian 
Railways (Ely 
and Hunting- 
don Railway 
Extension of 
Time) Bill. 


York, New-. 
castle and Ber. 
wick Rail 


n Alnmouth 


Pr. 13. 1. 36. Leave out from “ suit” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr, 14. 1. 5. and insert Clause (A.) 
Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, And be it 
Enacted, That no erection or building, except 
such as may be required by the Commissioners 
‘ of Railways under the provisions in this Act con- 
tained, and except the rails, chairs and sleepers 
of the line of Railway thirdly hereinbefore de- 
scribed, and hereby authorized to be formed, and 
‘ the other works usually required for the formation 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. “ of a Rail : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time}, O' ® ‘sallway ona level crossing (except gates), 
inten ‘« shall be erected or made under the powers hereby 
* “ granted on the road or street called the New 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Dublin Im-| ¢ 


provement (No. 2.) Bill have leave to sit, and pro- 
ceed, this day, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for giving effect to certain provisional Orders of the 
General Board of Health: And that Lord Ashley 
and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to effect certain Amendments in the Nuisances Re- 
moval and Diseases Prevention Act: And _ that 
Lord Ashley and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Friday morning:—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
this day. 





Veneris, 29° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Upperton, from the Commissioners of Shore- 
ham Harbour, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—The Report of the Commissioners, 
acting under and by virtue of an Act of Parlia- 
ment, passed in the 56th year of the reign of His 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act 
for the more effectual Security and Improvement of 
the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the County of 
Sussex :—And then he withdrew. 
, "gga That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 26th and 27th days 
of this instant June, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


of this Act.” 

the same line after “and” insert “in.” 
sert “ And be it Enacted.” 

“« permanently or temporarily.” 


“© such lands.” 


(B.) and (C.) 


“ and it is desirable to remove the same; Be 


“ holder shall have one vote for every share, up 


“ beyond the first ten shares held by him up 








“ ten, and an additional vote for every five shar 


Quay of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as the same may 
be laid out by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
“ gesses of the Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
“ or on the quay or wharf between the said street 
or road and the River Tyne, without the consent 
“ of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, save 
that on a space extending thirty feet backwards 
“ from the face of the said quay, the said Railway 
“¢ Company may place, maintain and use turn-tables, 
* as well as rails, chairs and sleepers, and the usual 
“« works on level crossings (except gates).” 

Pr. 21. 1.17. After “ thereof” insert “ provided 
that so far as regards any lands belonging to the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Mewcastle- 
upon- Tyne, such powers shall not be exercised 
and bring it in. es after the expiration of two years from the passing 


Pr. 25.1. 30. After “‘ this ” insert “ Act,”{and in 
Pr. 31.1. 28. Leave out the first “and” and in- 
Pr. 31. 1. 33. After “required” insert “ either 
Pr. 32.1. 1. After “interests” insert “ in any 


Pr. 36.1. 38. After “arbitration” insert “and 
“that it shall not be necessary to include the 
“amount thereof in the award to be made under 
“ any such arbitration, or to delay the making of 
“‘ any such award in consequence thereof, and fur- 
“ ther that where the costs of the arbitration are 
“ not included in the award, the amount thereof 
“ when so taxed and settled, together with the costs 
“ of receiving the same, may be recovered by dis- 
“ tress in the manner by ‘ The Lands Clauses Con- 
“ solidation Act’ provided in other cases of costs.’ 

Pr. 40. 1. 5. After “ Company” insert Clauses 


, 


Crause (B.) “ And whereas doubts have been 
‘¢ raised as to what is the prescribed scale of voting 
‘“‘ at any general meetings of the said Company, 


it 


“ therefore Enacted, That at all general meetings 
“ of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
“ Company aforesaid, every shareholder therein 
“ shall be entitled to vote according to the follow- 
“ ing scale and none other, namely, every share- 


to 
es 
to 


“ one hundred, and an additional vote for every ten 
“« shares 

















13 Vicroriz. 


“ shares held by him beyond the first one hundred 
“ shares.” 

Cravse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That no per- 
son shall be entitled to vote as a proxy, unless the 
instrument appointing such proxy shall have been 
lodged with or received by the Secretary of the 
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company 
aforesaid, or left or delivered at the Office of such 
Secretary, not less than forty-eight hours before 
the time appointed for holding the meeting at 
which such proxy is to be used.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 33. After “as ” insert “ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 35. After “ Act” insert Clause (D.) 

Cuavse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in citing 
the said last recited Act in other Acts of Parlia- 
ment, and in legal instruments and other pro- 
ceedings, it shall be sufficient to refer to and de- 
scribe it as the Durham Junction Purchase Act 
1844,” 

Pr. 53. 1. 26. After “ Act”’ insert Clause (E.) 

Ciavse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That in citing 
the said last recited Act in other Acts of Purlia- 
ment, and in legal instruments and other pro- 
ceedings, it shail be sufficient to refer to and de- 
scribe it as the Brandling Junction Purchase Act, 
1845.” 

Pr. 54.1. 6. After “ purpose,” in the interlineation, 
insert Clauses (F.) and (G.) 

Cuause (F.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
shares so subscribed for by the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway Company may be held 
either in the name of the said Company, or, with 
the consent of the Sunderland Dock Company, 
in the names of any two or more of the directors 
of the said Company, as the said Company, or 
the directors for the time being thereof, shall from 
time to time direct.” 

Criause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, and the Sunderland Dock 
Company aforesaid, from time to time, to enter 
into such mutual contracts and agreements as 
shall be deemed expedient for or in respect of 
the use and occupation by the said Railway Com- 
pany and the coal owners or others using their 

ailways, of the Staiths, W harves, and Shipping- 
places of the said Dock Company, and the works 
and conveniences connected therewith, or any of 
them, and generally for and in respect of all 
such other matters and things as may be neces- 
sary or desirable for the mutual convenience and 
accommodation of the said Companies respec- 
tively, and of the traffic which may be brought by 
the said Railways to or taken by them from the 
said Dock.” 

Pr. 56.1.9. After “ made ” insert “ or the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 56. 1. 12. After “ Railways” insert “ or to 
the better and more impartial audit of the Ac- 
counts of Railway Companies.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 16. After “ them” insert “ unless there 
be something in the subject or context repugnant 
to such construction.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, Devia- 
tions and En- 
lergements at 


and " : 
ton, Dondier, was, according to Order, 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
the Great Northern Railway, and to make a Diver- 
sion of such Railway at Bentley-with-Arksey, in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Boston, 
Lincoln, and London Stations of such Railway, 
read the third time; and 


Lincoln and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
pins's Cross) 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vou. 104. 


29° Juniz. 





439 


An ingrossed Bill to make better Provision for Holme — 
the Payment of the Interest on the Debts of the Reservoirs 


Holme Reservoir Commissioners, was read the third = — 
time. Amen eed 
i of Act) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. “nn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize a Deviation of the Stirling and 
Branch Line of the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- Dunfermline 
way to Alloa Harbour, and the Diversion of certain i of 
Works ; to extend the Time for the Completion of Branch to 
a Portion of the Railway ; and for other  Sematetiny Alloa Harbour 
was read the third time. porn OM 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Extension of * 
Title be, An Act to authorize a Deviation of the Time for com- 
Branch Line of the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- par. ban 
way to Alloa Harbour, and the Diversion of certain Land, and 
Works ; to extend the Time for the compulsory Amendment 
Purchase of certain Lands, and for other Purposes. ae arian 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Report on the Eastern Union and Eastern 2nd Eastern 
Counties Railway Companies (Amendment of Acts, Comtics Rail: 
and Power to lease, sell, or amalgamate to or with (nua 
the Eastern Counties Railway Company) Bill ; and of Acts, and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — ——— 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, mabe toer with 


be ingrossed. the Eastern 

pee Rail- 
wayCompany) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk 
the Report on the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Estuary 
Acts and Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink (Pimendment 
Commissioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation Powers of Con- . 
of King’s Lynn) Bill; and the Amendments were tribution by 
read, and agreed to. pean og 
A Clause (Saving rights of the Duchy of Corn- ers ofDrain- 
wall,) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. age, and by the 
Another Clause (Application of monies so re~{i™poration of 
‘ © g’s Lynn) 
covered by Mooring Harbour Commissioners), was Bill. 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Band (on 
Group 19, of opposed Private Bills; That in the, °** s*°™.. 
case of the New North Road (Continuation) Bill, ———— 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill; and had amended the same, 
by reciting more fully what sum of money still 
remains due and owing on the eer sum of 
money or capital stock which had been raised by 
subscription on the credit of the tolls authorized 
to be taken on the said road, and by reciting that 
the present Act will expire on the first day of No- 
vember 1849, and that it is expedient for making 
provision towards the repair of the road, and the 
satisfaction of the debt ie thereon, that the term 
of the said recited Act should be extended for ten 
years, and no longer; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Mary-le-bone 
Group 19. of opposed Private Bills; That in the and — 
case of the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turnpike-&gt;oo3¢ Bil, 
roads Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the preamble of the Bill; and had amended 
the same, by introducing recitals to the effect that 
the portion of road within the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone should not continue to form part of 
the trust, and by omitting a recital by which arrears 
of interest due to mortgagees are required to be 
paid; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 

3K4 and 





440 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 


ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Hoghton’s 


Hoghton’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
Divorce Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 
Receivers, Mr. Napier reported from the Select Committee 
ated and ®Ppointed to inquire into the state of the Law as re- 
Exchequer — the appointment of Receivers of the Courts of 
(ireland. ) shancery and Equity Exchequer in Ireland, and the 

No. 438. effect of the present Laws and Regulations of the 
said Courts in the management of Estates under 
their control, and who were empowered to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House ; That they had considered 
the matter to them referred; and directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of all Wheat and Flour entered for Home 
Consumption, with the Amount of Duty paid per 

uarter, under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 14, specifying 
the weekly general Averages, and the London Ave- 
rages, on the weeks on which such Duties were 

id. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Wheat and 
Flour. 


No. 439. 


Agriculture. A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashby-de-la- Zouch, 
in the county of Leicester and the neighbourhood, 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture, 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief 
for persons engaged therein, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Attornies’ 


eettieetes. Petitions from Clitheroe ;—Dewsbury ;—Settle ; 


—Bishop Auckland; — Truro;—and, Bradford 
(York); praying for repeal of the annual duty on 
the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Bankrupt Law 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders of the city 
of Coventry, praying that the Bankrupt Law Con- 
solidation Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 

A Petition of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors, 
Proctors and others, not being Barristers, practising 
in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United 
Kingdom, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 
Mincs. Three Petitions of Coal Miners residing in Tip- 
town, stating that in their daily employment they 
are exposed to fatal risks, over which they have no 
control, and praying the Houre to adopt measures 
for the prevention of accidents in Mines,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Servants’ Pro- 
vident and Benevolent Society, praying the House 
to adopt ineasures for extending the advantages now 
offered by the Annuity Act to Servants, and others 
of the humbler classes, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Domestic 
Servants and 
others. 


Marriages 


Mar Petitions from George Shepherd, and Donald 
1 


Frazer : Bodmin ; and, William Burnet (two 
Petitions); praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 








Municipal 
Corporations 
{Treland) Bill. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of Dublin, praying that the Municipal 





29° Juniz. 








A. 1849. 





Corporations (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, is 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- Bi 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Robert Logsdon, of Park-place, in Palace Court. * uM 
the city of Westminster, praying the House to insti- (renteaia (s 
° eee: : -) 
tute an inquiry into the precise character of the Bi 
Patent of Car. Il, and by what other authority the 
Palace Court enforces its processes against Her 
Majesty’s subjects, and furthermore, that if upon 
finding (which he verily believes the House will, upon he 
inquiry) that the officers and legal practitioners of the Bi 
Palace Court have all along violated the laws, the (s 
House, instead of granting compensation to the said . 
officers and legal practitioners, will compel them to 
give satisfactory redress and compensation to those 
of Her Majesty’s subjects who have cruelly suffered 
from their proceedings, was presented, and read ; : 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
I 
Petitions from North —— Union ;— Bos- poor Law ¢ 
mere Union ;—and, Falmouth Union; praying that Officers. 
an Act may be passed, in the present Session of Par- 
liament, to enable Poor Law Officers to form and 
distribute a superannuation fund for members of 
their body,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. ( 


Petitions from Bridgewater (two Petitions) ;— Protection of 
Withycombe ;—Croft with Southworth ;—Colne ;— Women Bill 
Lyme Regis ;— Barton-upon- Humber ;— Caistor ;— 
Scotton ;—Laughton ;— Gainsborough ;— Trulby ;— 
Lissington ;— Binbrook ;— Thurlby ; ~ Tetford ; — } 
Winterton ;— Timberland ;—Ewerby ;—Middle Ra- | 
sen ;—North Kilsyon;—North Coates ;— Rippin- 
gale ;—Marton ;— Elmley Lovett ;—Earl’s Croome ; 
—Cradly ; — Newbold-upon-Stour ; -— Yardley ;— 
Saint John-in-Bedwardine ; — Dudley ; — Mount 
Pleasant ; — Stourbridge ; (two Petitions) ; —and, 
Whitby ; praying that the Protection of Women 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scoéland, in public Health 
Convention assembled, praying that the Public (Scotland) 
Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was Bill. 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich (two Petitions) ;—and, Universal 
Bromsgrove; praying the House to extend the Suffrage, &amp;. 
Franchise to every man of mature age, and uncon- 
victed of crime, and who has a fixed residence duly 
registered, and to enact all other provisions essen- 
tial to the full, fair and free representation of the 
people in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- Game Laws. 
tive to the Game Laws, which were presented upon No, 440. 
the 14th day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Lord’s Day 
to the Lord’s Day Act, which was presented upon Act. 
Monday last, be printed. No. 441. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Native Native Princes 
Princes (India), which was presented yesterday, be (India.) 
printed. No. 442. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Flour grain Flour 
and Meal, which was presented yesterday, be and Meal. 
printed. No, 443. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into pypits Pro- 
consideration the Pupils Protection (Scotland) Bill,tection (Scot- 
as amended in the Committee ; land) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. “i 

e 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Highways 
(Annual Re- 
turns) Bill. 


Incumbered 


Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 444, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Mondey 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for requiring Annual Returns of the Expendi- 
ture on Siaboun in England and Wales to be 
transmitted to the Secretary of State, and afterwards 
laid before Parliament, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act further to facilitate the Sale of Incumbered 
Estates in Jreland, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended by the Lords, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 3 (Adjustment of the Accounts on 
any alteration of the limits of a Union or Electoral 
Division taking place). 

Amendment proposed, in P.3. 1.1: After the 
word “And” to insert the words “ whereas it is 
“ expedient that prompt and immediate measures 
“¢ should be taken for the revision of Unions and of 
«&lt; Electoral Divisions in Ireland.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words, “ Provided 
“ always, That no such dissoiution or alteration 
“ shall take place or be made, unless a majority of 
“the Guardians of the Unions affected by such 
“ change shall also consent thereto in writing.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Henry Herbert, } 24 
Yeas, _ { Mr. Conolly : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, } 68 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ’ 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 4, agreed to. 


Cravse, N°5 (Rent-charges by way of annuity 
and jointure made liable to deduction for Poor 
Rate). 

an proposed, in P. 4. 1. 9: After the 
word “annuity” to insert the words, “as also every 
“‘ interest payable on any mortgage, judgment debt 
“* or family charge.” ; 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the oo Henry Winston Barron,\ ,, 

Yeas, Mr. Feargus O'Connor: JS ~~ 

Tellers for the f Mr. i 81 

Noes, Lord Marcus Hill : + sees 


Vou. 104, 


99°—30° Juniz. 441 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1. 9: After 
the word “ annuity” to insert the words “ including 
“ Tithe Rent-charge.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 


CiausE, N°7 (Occupier not to deduct from rent 
more than one-half the amount of the rate paid). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, lies 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew : | amine 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John O’Connell, 19 
Noes, Mr. Roche : _— 


Cravse, N° 8, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 9 (Valuation of Land not to be in- 

creased in respect of Improvements made within 
years). 

Amendments made. 

Proposed to fill the blank in P. 5. 1. 25. with 
“ seven.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “twenty- 
one.” 

Question, That the blank be filled with “ seven,” 
—put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavuses, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 12 (Civil Bill Decree for Poor Rates 
may be filed as Judgment of Superior Court, and 
have Forceas such). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put, and agreed to. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 30° die Junii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this fous will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to 
be by them applied by way of Loan for the purpose 
of constructing a Railroad between Ach/one and 
Galway ; and also of a further Advance for afford- 
ing Relief, out of the said Consolidated Fund, to 
certain Distressed Unions in Jreland, to be secured 
upon a Rate to be levied on each Union of Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next, . 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 





3 L The 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider of au- Distressed 
thorizing the Issue of Money out of the Consolidated mt (Ire- 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and *™*? 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 
Order, read a second time; and committed to Fund. 


The Excise Benevolent Fund Society Bill was, Excise Bene- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Volent Fund 













































Fo tee. 


posers 7 


St en RRS 


ae es 


Fe ree SER A ESS 





Joint Stock 
Companies Act 
(1848) Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Railways 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Australian 
Colonies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Estates 
Leasing 


({reland) Bill. 


Turnpike- 
roads (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


General and 
Quarter Ses- 
sions Bill. 


Poor Law 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Municipal 


ao 





29°— 30° Juniz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) 
Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Abandonment mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Small Debts Act Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Commitiee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Australian Colonies (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The County Rates, &amp;c. Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day bei 
Reading of the Judgments ( 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


e read, for the Second 
reland) Bill ; 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Turnpike-roads (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to amend the Procedure in Courts of 
General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in Eng- 
land and Wales, and for the better Advancement of 
Justice in cases within the Jurisdiction of those 
Courts, was, according to Order, read the third 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Poor Law Union Charges Act Amendment 
Union Charges Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday the 11th day of Juiy ext. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself) 
into a Committee upon the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) | 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Pie of the Municipal 
ill 


rporations (Jreland) 








A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Marriages 


take into consideration the Marriages in Foreign in Foreign 
Countries facilitating Bill, as amended in t Nb ee 


acilitating 


Committee ; and Amendments were made to the gil, 
Bill. No. 445 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this Howe Will, upoa Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to suspend the making of Lists, and the Militia Ballots 


Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the Suspension 
United Kingdom, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act to suspend, until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 
the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrol- 
ments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sewers Acts 


take into consideration the Sewers Acts Amendment Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and (No, 2.) Bill. 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 


mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill ; Ease (Ireland) 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®! 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Titles of 


to render more easy and effectual the Titles by Religious 


Congregations 


which Congregations or Societies, associated for (scotland) 
purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Bill. 
Scotland, hold Real Property required for such Pur- 

poses: And that Mr. Secretary-at-War and Mr. 
Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Registration 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased of Births, &amp;. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Accounts, in detail, of the manner in which 
the charge of £.37,043, in the Finance Accounts 
for the Registration of Births, Deaths and Mar- 
riages in England and Wales, in the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1849, was incurred, under 
separate Heads, showing the Amount paid under 
each Head:—And, of the manner in which the 
_ Estimate (laid before this House in Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 254, of Session 1847), of £.50,078 
for Fees, was made up; stating the Amount paid 
to each District Registrar, and under the several 
Heads of Marriages, Births and Deaths, under the 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 86. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Bankrupt Law 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Consolidation 
give leave to the Lord Brougham and Vauz to 
attend, in order to his being examined as a witness, 
before the Select Committee appointed by this 


ouse 











13 Vicroriz. 


House on the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill: 
And that Mr. Hayter qo carry the said Message. 


Benefices Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
iro.) Bill. to amend the Law relative to the holding of Bene- 


fices in Plurality: And that Mr. Frewen and Mr. 
Heald do prepare, and bring it in. 


Manufactures Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Imported and Return, showing the Quantities or Value of Manu- 
le factures, according to their Description in the 

Entries at the Custom House, retained for Home 


Consumption in the United Kingdom, since the 
passing of the New Tariff in 1845, for the years 
1846, 1847 and 1848 :—A similar Account for the 
Three years preceding the passing of the New 
Tariff:—And, an Account, showing the Quantities 
or Value of Foreign Manufactures, according to 
their Descriptions in the Entries at the Custom 
House, exported from the United Kingdom to the 
British Colonies, during the years 1846, 1847 and 
1848. 


Registration © A Return of the Estimate of the probable Ex- 
Seunl) pense of Registration of Births, Deaths and Mar- 


riages in Scotland, under the Bill now before the 

House, if passed into Law ; distinguishing the Ex- 

penses to be paid by Annual Vote in Parliament, 

the Expenses to be paid by Local Taxation, and the 

Expenses to be paid by Private Parties. 

. en That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Landed Ordered, That the Further Return relative to 
nd) Landed Property (Zreland), which was presented 
: upon Monday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Receivers, Courts of Chancery and Ex- 
chequer (Jreland). 
North Staf- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
fordshire 


Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to 
(Nevextle bring in a Bill to extend the Time limited for the 


and Silverdale compulsory Purchase of Lands required for the 
_— Purposes of the Branch Railway to Newcastle- 
Act) Bil,  “nder-Lyme and Silverdale, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Benefices in Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to amend the Law 
{No 2) Bil relating to the holding of Benefices in Plurality : 
No : 446 And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
"to be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and 

to be printed. 
Collection of _ Ordered, That Mr. Walpole be discharged from 
_ pam) any further attendance on the Select Committee on 


the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Bellew be 
added to the Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 30° die Junii ; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees, O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


aie lalla Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
heoounta.) the East India Company, was called in; and at 


the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—Accounts respecting the 
Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of 
the East India Company, for Three years, 1844-45, 
1845-46, 1846-47, according to the latest Advices, 
with a Statement of the same for the succeeding 
year, partly estimated. 


99°—30° Junzz. 


443 


1. An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements East India 
of the Home Treasury of the East India Company, Home 
from the 1st May 1848 to 30th April 1849 :—2. Esti- °™"* 
mate of the pag and Disbursements of the Home 
Treasury of the Kast India Company, from 1st May 
1849 to 30th April 1850:—3. An Account of the 
Debts and Credits in England of the Government 
of India on 1st May 1849 :—4. A List of the several 
Establishments of the East India Company in Eng- 
land, and the Salaries and Allowances payable by 
the Court of Directors in respect thereof, on the Ist 
May 1849 :—5. An Account of new or increased 
Salaries, Establishments or Pensions payable in 
Great Britain, granted or created between 1st May 
1848 and Ist May 1849 :—6. Allowances, Compen- 
sations, Remunerations and Superannuations granted 
to Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, 


between Ist May 1848 and 1st May 1849:—7. 
Compensations granted between 1st ty 1848 and 
Ist May 1849, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 


s. 7, to the Widows and Children of deceased Offi- 

cers and Servants of the East India Company in 

England :—And then he withdrew. 

‘ en That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


CuausE N° 12, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxiause N° 13, (Judgments for Poor Rates to 
have priority except in certain cases). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 6. 1.43: To leave out 
the word “ Union,” and insert the words “ Elec- 
toral Division,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ Union” stand 
part of the Clause; — 

The Committee divided. ; 

f 72 
} a0. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Gibson Craig, 


Mr. Bellew: 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Lord Naas, 
Clause agreed to. 


Mr. Stafford: 
CrausE N° 14, agreed to. 
Clause added. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That from and after 
the passing of this Act, every Justice of the Peace 
acting for any county in /reland, and otherwise 
qualified under the laws now in force, to be, or to be 
appointed, an ex-officio Guardian of any Union within 
such county, and who shall be seised, possessed, or 
entitled for his own use and benefit of or to any 
lands, tenements, or hereditaments situate within 
such Union, or in the rents and profits thereof, for 
any life or lives in being, or for any term of twenty- 
one years at the least, such estate being of the yearly 
value of fifty pounds at the least, shall be eligible 
to be, or to be appointed, an ex-officio Guardian of 
such Union, notwithstanding that such Justice shall 
not be resident within the same),— brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That no distress for 
non-payment of any rate, or part of any rate, shall 
hereafter be levied or taken upon any rateable pro- 
perty being of the descriptions following, that is to 
say :—implements of husbandry, gardening or farm- 
ing utensils, horses, carts and horse furniture, pro- 
vided that the same respectively shall be in the 
actual or habitual use or employment of the person 
or persons possessing the same),—brought up and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 





VoL. 104. 


Clause be read a second time. 
3L2 Motion 





istration 

of Births, &amp;c. 
{Scotland.) 
No. 447. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Public 
Petitions 


( Fifty-seventh 
Report.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Standing 
Revision. 


Bri 
of Acts, 


Powers toalter the Charing Cross Bridge on the Surrey Side thereof, 
and for amending the Acts relating thereto, for 
authorizing the raising of a further Sum of Money, 

= for other Purposes; and the same were read, as 
ollow : 


authorized 
Approaches, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


444, 


which a Rate shall be struc 


dge 
(Amendment 





Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clauses added. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That in future any 

Board of Guardians in any Union in Jreland in 
for the support of the 

able-bodied Poor, in all or any Electoral Division, 
shall estimate and strike such rate as a separate 
rate from the rate for the support of the sick, aged, 
and impotent poor, and for Union purposes and 
Establishment Charges: Provided always, That such 
rates may be collected together),—brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Hayter 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
_— in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

at the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 

And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 2° die Julit ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

Ms’ Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in ; and 

at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return 
of the Amount of Money paid for the maintenance 
of the family of the late Purtaub Shean, the late 
Raja of Sattara, since his death, and the dates on 
which the payments were made :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 28th and 29th days of 
June last, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the’ Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day, till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to revise the Standing Orders of the House :—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Evelyn Denison, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Sotheron, Sir 
John Yarde Buller, Captain Jones, Sir Robert Fer- 
guson, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. 
Thornely, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Brotherton, 
Mr. Deedes, Mr. Wrightson, and Mr. Wilson Pat- 
ten, with Power to send for persons, papers, and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for improving the Approaches to 


50° Junsit.—2° Juliz. 











A. 1849. 


Pr. 6.1. 25. Leave out from “ raise” to “a” in 
1, 26. . 
Pr. 6. 1. 27. Leave out from “ of” to be in 1. 32. 
and insert “thirty-one thousand pounds: And 
‘¢ whereas the said bridge being completed, and 
“ the works authorized by this Act being of great 
“ public benefit, and the said Company being pos- 
“ sessed of a large surplus revenue, which is likely 
“ to increase, an which is at present more than 
“ sufficient to secure the whole of the said sum of 
“ thirty-one thousand pounds, it is expedient that 
“« the said Company should be authorized to raise 
“ thesame by mortgage or bond, on the credit of their 
“ said undertaking.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 13. Leave out “fifteen” and insert 
“ thirty-one,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ thousand ” to “ pounds ” in I. 14. 

Pr, 10. 1. 28. After “ made” insert “ and also 
other lands and houses required to be purchased 
“ by, the Company.” 

r. 11. 1. 2. After “made” insert “and of the 
“ Jands and houses so required to be purchased.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 22. After “ approach” insert “ and for 
“ other the purposes of the Company, or any of 
“ them.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 28. Leave out from “ reference” to 
“ as” in |. 31. 

Pr. 13. 1. 9. Leave out from “reference” to 
‘ it” inl, 12. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take East Angliap 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Railways 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for extendin GY ington 
the Time and Powers for making the Ely and Railway, Ex- 
Huntingdon Railway, and for amending the Act tension of 
relating to the East Anglian Railways; and the readies: 
same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 6. 1. 36. Leave out from “ whereas” to 
“ so” in |. ult. 

Pr. 9. 1. 9. After “shares” insert “ of three 
“ pounds and ten shillings each.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for maintaining, improving, and Lanarkshire 
yma in repair certain Roads in the County of (East and 
? 


Lanark, to be called, the East and West Lanark- pele bn 


shire Turnpike-roads, was read the third time. and Shotts 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Leary ' 


Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry omens 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. &amp;c.) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend some of the Shrewsbury 
Powers and Provisions of the Shrewsbury and Bir- $n4 Dene 
mingham Railway Acts, and to authorize the Forma- Acts Amend- 
tion of certain Branch Railways, a Navigable Canal, ment,Branches 
and other Works connected with the same respec- Tw 
tively, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Limiting the terms on which 
shares are to re-issue,) was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Provisions for future 
general Railway Acts), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, 'That Mr. Clive do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Louse proceeded to take into consideration General lag 
the Report on the General Land Drainage and Im- Drainage te 








provement cit 





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Company —_ provement Company (Incorporation and conferring 
(Incorporation 


13 VicToriz. 


of Powers) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


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Opposed Ordered, That the Committee on Group 19, of 
Private Bills Qpposed Private Bills, have Power to report their 
(Group 19) Observations, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders 5 mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 
North Staf- § Resolved, That in the case of the North Staf- 
— Rail- fordshire Railway ( Newcastle and Silverdale Branch 
way and. Amendment Act), Petition for leave to deposit a 
Silverdale Petition for a Bill, the Standing Order ought to be 
vment “spensed with: That the parties be permitted to 
an) deposit their Petition accordingly. 
he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
North Staf- Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
fordshire Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-| 
way (rey Morrow, on the Petition for the North Staffordshire | 
Silverdale § Railway (Vewcastle and Silverdale Branch Amend- 
Branch ment Act) Bill, provided such Petition, and Bill an- 
io Bil, nt nexed , be deposited in the Private Bill Office before 
six of the clock this day. 
Royal Pavilion Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
pe) Mr. May. one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Royal Pavilion 
(Brighton) Bill, the Standing Orders have been | 
complied with. 
Lee’s Estate Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Bill. Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills That in the case of Zee’s Esiate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 
Titles of Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to render 
_—— tions More easy and effectual the Titles by which —— 
Scotland) gations or Societies, associated for Purposes of Re- 
bi, ligious Worship or Education in Scotland, hold Real 
No, 448. Property required for such Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 
Bedford Lord Henry Bentinck reported from the Com- 
Charity Act mittee on Group 18, of Opposed Private Bills ; That 
snnament in the case of the Bedford Charity Act Amend- 
ment Bill, the parties promoting the Bill having 
stated to the Committee that they were not in a 
condition to produce evidence in support of the 
preamble of the Bill, they had declared the same 
to be not proved. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Royal Pavilion Ordered, That the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) 
{iehten) Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 
Agriculture. _, Petitions from Bradfield ; — Great Bromley ;— 


Alresford ;—Little Bromley ;—Great Oakley ;— 
Frinton ;—Mistley ; —Thorpe ; —Kirby ; — Thor- 
rington ; — Little Clacton ; —Wrabness ; — Dover- 
court ;— Beaumont ;— Warwick (two Petitions) ;— 
Southern Division of the county of Derby ;—Felis- 
hirk ; — Kepwick ; — Northallerton ; — Sandhutton 
and Carlton; —Sexhow, near Rudby ;— Appleton- 
on-Wiske ;—Acklam and Linthorpe;—.Broughton ; 
— Kirk Levington, Castle Levington and Pickton; 
—Ingleby Greenhough ;—Hutton, near Rudby ;-— 
Marton ;— Yarm ;— Loughborough ;— Wandsworth ; 
—Hundred of Reigate (Surrey) ;— Brighton ;— Pet- 
worth ;— Hurstpierpoint ;— Horsham ;—Hayward’s 
Heath ;— Storrington ; — Midhurst ; — Mayfield ;— 
Cuckfield ; — Pulborough ; — Henfield ; — Rye ;— 
4 ; — Rotherfield ; — Uckfield ; — Shenton ;~- 
OL. 104, 








445 


Roycross ; — Stapleton; — Sutton Cheney ; — Uz- 
bridge ;—_Dadlington ;— Boston (two Petitions) ;— 
Algarkirk ; — Kirton ; — East Ville; — Bicker ; — 
Sibseu ;— Thornton-le-fen ; —Surfleet ;—Sutterton ; 
— Butterwick ;— Frithville ;-- Benington ;-~ Doning- 
ton; — Wrangle ; — Brothertofte ; — Freiston ;— 
Quadring ; —Skirbeck ; —Leverton ; —Langriville ; 
— Midville ; — Frampton ;—and, Little Oakley; 
complaining of the distressed state of Agriculture; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
reliet of those engaged therein,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident in Attornies’ 
the city of Durham, and practising in the Courts of ©*tificates. 
Law and Equity in England and Wales, praying for 
the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward William Smith, Clerk in Bankrupt Law 
the office of the Secretary of Bankrupts, and of gu —_ 
Francis Ross, a Clerk in the Office of the Chief” ~ 
Registrar in Bankruptcy, praying that they may 
receive compensation for the loss they will sustain 
if the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill be passed 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the townships of County Rates 
Lunt and Thornton, in the county of Lancaster, ™4 _— 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure = 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Wigan, raucation. 

in the county palatine of Lancaster, praying that 
the grants for Edncation may be dispensed on the 
two following conditions only:—1. That sufficient 
legal security be obtained for the permanent appli- 
cation of the school buildings and their site to the 
intended Ln, seme That the schools be open to 
Government Inspectors, appointed according to the 
arrangements made in 1840, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Cwm, in the county Established 
of Flint, praying the House to preclude the appoint- Church 
ment of any parties not thoroughly conversant with (vem) 
the Welsh language to ecclesiastical offices in Wales, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Freeholders, Tax- Jamaica. 
payers and other Inhabitants of the city of King- 
ston, in Her Majesty’s Island of Jamaica, stating, 
that in the opinion of the Petitioners, it is desi- 
rable that certain altegations should be made in the 
constitution of the Legislative Council, and in the 
executive administration of the government of the 
Island of Jamaica ; and praying that the qualifica- 
tions of the respective members of the Legislative 
Council in that Island, and their powers as an in- 
dependent branch of the legislature, may, as far as 
possible, be assimilated to those which are deemed 
essential in the constitution enjoyed by Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects in the British North American pro- 
vinces; and further, that an Executive Council be 
nominated by the Governor of the Island for the 
time being, on whom shall devolve the duties of the 
various departments of the public service, and who 
shall, as Members of the Legislative Assembly, be 
responsible to the public for their advice to the re- 

resentative of Her Most gracious Majesty, in Her 
Majesty’s Island of Jamaica, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (two Petitions) ; 
William Rogers and others ; 
riages Bill may not pass into a 





; and, Marriages 
praying that the Mar- Bill. 
aw,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Chairman and Secretaries of 
the Committee of the Baptist Union, representing 





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upwards 





Mines and 


446 


upwards of one thousand Congregations of Pro- 
testant Dissenters of the Baptist Denomination in 
the United Kingdom, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham ; and, the Right 





Collieries Bill. }onourable George John Warren Lord Vernon, and 


Protection of 


Owners and Lessees of Coal Mines near to Stock- 
port; praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
a ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wolsingham ; — Sheriff Hill ;— 


Women Bill. High House ;—West Gate ;—Darlington ;—Dur- 


Public Health 


(Scotland) ; 


and, Police of 


ham ;— South Shields ; -—-Shotley Bridge ;—Stan- 
hope; — Ballysheehan; — Macclesfield (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Louth; praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Stranraer, in the 


Towns (Scot- county of Wigtown, praying that the Public Health 


land) Bills. 


Public Health 


(Ireland.) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Scientific 
Societies 


Bill (1847-48.) 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Slave Trade, 


Small Debts 
Act. 


(Scotland) Bill; and, the Police of Towns (Scotland) 
Bill, may not pass into law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dublin ;—and, Armagh; praying 
the House to institute such sanatory legislation for 
the protection of the Jrish people, as may conduce 
to the diminution of disease and destitution,—were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Great Grimsby (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Ward of Farringdon Without; praying for 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view to 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Committee of the 
Dudley Mechanics’ Institution ;—and, of Members 
of the Committee of the Stafford Mechanics’ Insti- 
tution; praying that the Scientific Societies Bill 
of the last Session of Parliament may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Thomas Robert Reynal, 
and George Ashley, praying that a clause may be 
inserted in the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill, 
exempting the Lord Mayor’s Court of the City of 
London from the provisions of the said Act, and 
that the Petitioners, as practising Attornies in the 
said Court, may be included in the clause granting 
compensation to persons whose appointments are 
injured or abolished by the provisions of the said 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters, meeting in the Independent 
Chapel, Wattisfield, Suffolk, praying that instruc- 
tions may be forthwith given to the Principal Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs to demand of 
the Spanish and Brazilian Governments the libera- 
tion of all Africans who have been illicitly imported 
into their colonies and territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties, together with their descendants ; 
and in the event of their attempting to evade such 
demand, or to procrastinate its fulfilment, to notify 
to them that measures will be adopted to exclude 
their produce from the British markets, until Sla- 
very itself shall be abolished by them, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of White- 
haven, in the county of Cumberland, praying for 
amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the County Courts, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





2° Julit. 





A. 1849. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull (Chairman) ; Universal 
— Heckmondwike ; Mirfield ;—Chester ;— Eccles ; S¥ftrage, &amp;e. 
— Burnley ;—Haslingden ;—John Stafford and Fa- 

mily ; — Derby (two Petitions) ;— Holytown ; — 
Elderslie ; — Dicken -—-dbaanaah sae » Preston 
(Lancaster) (one hundred and ninety-three Peti- 
tions) ; praying for the adoption of Annual Elections, 
Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral 
Districts, no Pro rty Qualification, and Payment 

of Members of Parliament,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tobacco and Tobacco and 
Snuff, &amp;c., which were presented upon the 15th day 5®4 &amp;. 
of June last, be printed. No. 449, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor Poor Law 
Law (Scotland), which were presented upon Mon- (Scotland.) 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manufac- Manufactures 
tures Imported and Exported, which was presented Teaported ond 
upon Friday last, be printed. Pp 

No. 451, 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East East India. 
India, which were presented upon Saturday last, No. 452. 
be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Charitable 
Command,—Copy of Fourth Report of the Com- Donations 
missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests Guay 
for Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- Tuscany and 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Communication from the Legations, 
the Austrian Government, as to the advance of 
Austrian Troops into Tuscany and the Legations. 

. aes That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


. The — to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
urnpike-roads in Jreland was, according to Order, 1°48 (Ire- 
read the third time. “fend 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ) 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill for facilitating the Marriage of British Marriages 
Subjects resident in Foreign Countries was, accord- —— 
ing to Order, read the third time. facilitating 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- i 

mittee on the Consolidated F + Bill; eee 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, after (£-3,000,000) 

the Motion on the State of the Nation, resolve~ ~ 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gman Debts 
mittee on the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday ™&amp;"* Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 

“ ittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larcenies aor Fea 
ill &gt; i Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upou Monday gg 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come gxcise Bene- 
mittee on the Excise Benevolent Fund Society volent Fund 
Bill; Society Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, after 
the Motion on the State of the Nation, resolve itself 





into the said Committee, 
The 


No. 450, 


Seres 


easy 


Joint Stock 


Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Pupils’ Pro- 
ation (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Public Health 
— 


Marriage 
i. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Railways and 
Distressed 
Unions (Ire- 
land.) 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Australian 
nies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Estates 
Leasing 





13 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) 
Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, after 
the Motion on the State of the Nation, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day, after the Motion on the State of the 
Nation. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of au- 
thorizing the Issue of Money out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to 
be by them applied by way of Loan for the purpose 
of constructing a Railroad between Athlone and 
Galway ; and also of a further advance for afford- 
ing Relief, out of the said Consolidated Fund, to 
certain Distressed Unions in Jreland, to be secured 
upon a Rate to be levied on each Union of Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Australian Colonies (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 16th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dui ° ° 


Municipal 


Co = 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House. will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
—" of the Municipal Corporations (Jre/and) 

ul; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 

VoL. 104. 





2 Jultz. 


' (Metropolitan Districts) Bill be re-committed to a 





447 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 
mittee on the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, after the 
Motion on the State of the Nation, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Bill for further amending the Laws re- Bowers Acts 
lating to Sewers was, according to Order, read “mendmen 
the third time. : eae 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Moody do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Palace Court 
adjourned Debate upon the i proposed upon (Westin: 
Thursday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair (for Committee on the Palace Court ( Wesé- 
minster) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Administration of Justice Administra- 
tion of Justice 
for Thursday next. Cie) BL 


Committee of the whole House, 
The Order for taking into consideration, upon Bribery at 
Wednesday next, the Bribery at Elections Bill, as Elections Bill. 
amended in the Committee, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, Golam 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An County Cess 
Act to make Provision during the present year, and (ireland) Bill. 
to the End of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-one, relating to the Collection of County 
Cess in [reland, and to the Remuneration of the 
Collectors thereof, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Torquay 
Act for regulating and maintaining Markets in Market Bill 
the Town of Torquay, in the County of Devon, and 
for constructing convenient Market-places therein, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Incumbered 
Lords to the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill fond) Ba 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—An Account of the Imports of the Navigation. 
Principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Mer- No. 453. 
chandize, and of the Consumption of such Articles, 
in the month ended 5th June 1849, and in the Five 
months ended 5th June 1849, compared with the 
Imports and Consumption in the corresponding Pe- 
riods of the year 1848. 

An Account of the Exports of the Principal Ar- 
ticles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize in the 
month ended 5th June 1849, and in the Five months 
ended 5th June 1849, compared with the Exports 
in the corresponding Periods of the year 1848. 

An Account of the Exports of the Principal Ar- 
ticles of British and Irish Produce and Manufac- 
tures in the month ended 5th June 1849, and in the 
Five months ended 5th June 1849, compared with 
the Exports in the corresponding Periods of the 
year 1848. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels, distinguishing the Countries to which the 











3L4 belonged, 





Bankrupt Law 


Consolidation 
Bill. 


State of the 
Nation. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.3,000,000) 
Bill. 


Exeise Bene- 
volent Fund 
Society Bill. 


County Rates, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Pupils’ Pro- 
tection (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 





448 


belonged, which entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards in the month ended 5th June 1849, and in 
the Five months ended 5th June 1849, compared 
with the Entries and Clearances in the corresponding 
Periods of the year 1848, stated exclusively of Ves- 
sels in Ballast, and of those employed in the Coast- 
ing Trade, or the Trade between Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels which entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the United 
Kingdom, during the month ended 5th June 1849, 
and in the Five months ended 5th June 1849, com- 
pared with the Entries and Clearances in the cor- 
responding Periods of the year 1848 ; distinguishing 
the Vessels employed in the Intercourse between 
Great Britain and Jreland from other Coasters. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of Friday last, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pleased 
to give leave to the Lord Brougham and Vauz, to 
attend to be examined as a Witness before the Se- 
lect Committee appointed by this House on the 
Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill; and that their 
Lordships had given leave to the Lord Brougham 
and Vauz to attend the said Committee, if he 
think fit. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will resolve itself into a 
Committee to take into consideration the State of 
the Nation :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 3° die Julii, 1849: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill ; 
and, after some time om therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Gibson Craig =, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Excise Benevolent Fund 
Society Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Gibson 
Craig reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 

rovision therein for the levying and collecting of 
orough Rates. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Gibson Craig 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Biil; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Pupils’ Protection (Scotland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Cautioner may be heard before the 
ane was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 





9°— 3° Juli. 








A. 1849, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself omy | 
into a Committee upon the Bankruptcy (Zreland) (Heland) Bil, 


Biil. 
(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clauses, N° 69, N° 70, N° 112 and 
N° 113, disagreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 121, agreed to. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That in case of 
illness or other necessary cause of absence, it shall 
be lawful for any of the officers filling the respec- 
tive offices hereinbefore mentioned, from time to 
time, as occasion may require, to appoint a de- 
puty, such deputy, and also the occasion for such 
appointment, to be first approved by the Judge 
on whom it shall be the duty of such officer to 
attend, upon a petition to be verified by affidavits, 
for such time and under such regulation as the 
Judge shall direct; and no such appointment of a 
deputy shall continue for any longer time than 
shall be allowed and specified in and by the order 
which shall be made on such petition; and that 
such deputy shall be paid out of the salary of such 
officer such sum as shall be directed by the said 
order,)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 

A Clause added. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Gibson 
Craig reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 


to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Bri- 
tain, and to make certain Provisions respecting 
Turnpike-roads in England: And that Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to brin 
to continue an Act for authorizing the Application 
of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And that 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Continuance, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


in a Bill Highwa 
Rates B: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill House of 


further to amend the Acts relatin 
of the House of Commons: And that Mr. Hayter 
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Commons 
to the Offices Offices Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Weymouth 
_— of the Letters to the Poor Law Board from Union. 


John Cree, Esquire, a Magistrate in the County 
of Dorset, and of Mr. Pigott, the Poor Law In- 
spector, respecting the Admission to the Work- 
house of the Weymouth Union of Duke William 
Beale, 90 years of age. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Relief 
to remove Doubts as to the Authority of Justices = 
to act in certain Matters relating to the Poor in pi” 


Cities and Boroughs: And that Mr. Baines and 
Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to con--pupnpike Acts 
tinue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and Continuance, 


to make certain 
roads in England: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


rovisions respecting Turnpike- &amp;. Bill. 


No. 454. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill further to amend House of 
the Acts relating to the Offices of the House of Ce nen Bill 


Commons: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 

next; and to be printed, - 
r. 


No, 455. 





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&gt; Bighway 


18 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to conti- 
Rates Bil. nue an Act for authorizing the Application of High- 

No. 456. way Rates to Turnpike-roads: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to remove Doubts as 


{cities and __ to the Authority of Justices to act in certain Matters 
relating to the Poor in Cities and Boroughs: And 
No. 457. the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 
be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 3° die Juli ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849, 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


9°39 Juli. 


449 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Louth Markets 
the Report on the Zouth Markets and Improve- and improre- 
ments Bill; and the Amendments were read, and ™" : 
agreed to ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Lee’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Lee's Estate 
committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Hudson's Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Hudson’s 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 
Bills, 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that 4, 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, 
if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Depo- 
sitions transmitted from Ceylon, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lord- 
ships, in the case of the said Bill: And that Mr. 
Wilson Patten do carry the said Message. 


Petitions from Chester ;—and, Swansea ; praying Attornies’ 
for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates Certificates. 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upun the 
Table. 


Committee Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

of Selection. mittee of Selection, if they should so think fit, to 
appoint the Committee on Gordon’s (Cairness) Es- 
tate Bill to meet any day after the eighth day from 
the Second Reading of the Bill. 

North Staf- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 

ae ler * Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 

twleand _time for compulsory Purchase of Lands required for 

Silverdale the Newcastle and Silverdale Branch of the North 
yon eam Railway, was presented, and read ; 

Act) Bill, | and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, 

Eastern Union An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 

and Eastern 


Deuntion Rail- the Eastern Union Railway Company, with Powers 
wayCompanies Of Sale or Leaseto or Amalgamation with the Eastern 
(Amendment Counties Railway Company, was read the third 
nam, cad time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
sloramsize, Zresolved, That the Bill do pass. 

matetoorwith Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
hee the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


meen) 


Norfolk A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
Estuary amend the Worfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and to ena- 
poy ble the Eau Brink Commissioners and the Corpo- 
Powersof ration of King’s Lynn to contribute towards the 


Contribution Undertaking, and for other Purposes connected 
— therewith, be now read the third time ; 

missioners of Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 

Drainage, and acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 

deer Ete been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 

Lynn) Bill, © Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, That the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

And notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales,as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Jocelyn do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London Cor- 


nl The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Report on the London Corporation Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Vou. 104, 


Two Petitions from Dudley and its vicinity, pray- 
ing the House to adopt such measures as may seem 
best adapted to prevent the sacrifice of human life 
by accidents in Coal Mines,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of R. H. Wade Walpole, and Charles 
Whaetes Witton, Lords of several manors, praying 
that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not 
pass into a law, and that they may be heard, by their 
counsel cr agents, against the same, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Downham Union, 
in the county of Norfolk, praying that the County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,— 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Free- 
men, Burgesses and Inhabitants of the city of Lon- 
donderry, praying that the Leasehold te 
Lands (Jre/and) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Londonderry Free Church, stating that the Free 


Derry, is without endowment, and praying that 
the sum of 1501. per annum, be charged by law on 
the income of the future Bishop of Derry, as an 
endowment for the minister of the said Free Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Doubleday, of the town and 
county of the town of Nottingham, Gentleman, 
stating that he is a member of the Society of Lin- 
coln’s Inn, and has resided many years in the town 
and county of the town of Nottingham, and is by 

rofession a Conveyancer, Special P 
aquity Draftsman, calling the attention of the House 
to an Inquest held, in January 1847, upon the body 


of his brother, Matthew Doubleday, who committed 
suicide in the Lunatic Asylum at Nottingham, and 





3M 


alleging 


Mines, 


Copyholds 
ment Bill. 


County Rates 


rare Bil. 


Leasehold 
Tenure of 
ds (Ire- 


nure Of jgnd) Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregations of Lontentony 


Free 


Church at Londonderry, built by the late Bishop of 


Lunatics. 


leader, and an 





Marriages 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Protection of 
Women Bill, 


450 


alleging that his death was permitted by the negli- 
gence of the keeper of the said Asylum ; complain- 
ing of crimes end cruelties committed in the said 
Asylum by the physician, the keepers, and the ser- 
vants connected therewith ; setting forth at great 
length evidence respecting such transactions, which 
the Petitioner states that he has collected from 
keepers, nurses, and others who have been con- 
nected with the Asylum, and also from the relatives 
of patients; commenting at great length — the 
general proceedings of the Commissioners in Lunacy, | 
and praying that further mental, moral, and personal 
protection may be provided for idiots and lunatics 
confined in Asylums and other places, and that the 
conduct of the said Commissioners in Lunacy may 
be inquired into; also that especial attention may 
be directed to the above-mentioned Institution, was 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions of Samuel Spurrett ;—and, Bedford; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


3° Sulit. 








A, 1849. 


_A Petition of Members of the Leicester Mecha- 
nics’ Institution, praying that the Scientific Socie- 
ties Bill of the last Session may pass into law, was 


on and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of 
Malmesbury, praying for amendment of the Small 
Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the 
county courts, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Bath Association for promoting’the due Observance 
of the Lord’s Day, praying that the Sunday Trading 
(Metropolis) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kilmarnock ;—Paisley (Chair- 
man) ;—Manchester ;— Beckside ;— Park Gate lron 
Works, near Rotherham ;— Rotherham ;— Rochdale 
(two Petitions); — Samuel Morseley ; — Leicester 





the Table. 


A Petition of Relieving Officers connected with 
the administration of the laws relating to the relief 
of the poor in Glanford Brigg Union, in the county 
of Lincoln, praying the House to pass an Act during 
the present Session of Parliament, enabling Poor 
Law Officers to form and distribute a superannua- 
tion fund for members of their body, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bermondsey ; —Havant ; —Her- 


\(Chairman); — Aberdeen (Chairman) ; — Joseph 
Grundy ;—Henry Moody ;—John Fever;— William 
| Thomas ; — George Salmon; — Richard Evitt ;— 
John Tindall ;— William Birch ;—John Sainsbury; 
— Matthew Buller ;— David Parr;— Henry Moody; 
|—William Randall; —William Pardoe ; —Alfred 
| Wittington;— Robert Bradman;—Joseph Purvey ; 
— William Chilton;—John Howard ;— Tynemouth ; 
—Stochport ;—Glasgow (Chairman) ; —Carlisle ;— 
Nuneaton ; — Nottingham ; —Sandbach ; — Preston 
(Lancaster) (one hundred and seventy-one Peti- 
tions) ; —Batford ; — Hathern ; —Normanton-upon- 








riard ;— Titchmarsh ;— Dallington ;—Syresham ;— | Soar ;-—-Loughborough (two Petitions) ;— William 
Greatworth ; —Eye ; —Brachkley ; —Croughton ;— | Draper; — Charles Turner and others ; —John 
Basingstoke ; — Fareham ;— Wootton Saint Law- Kenny ;—Polmont ;—James Bumbay and others; 
rence ; —Catherington ; —Alton ;—and, Ringwood ;| —j{nhabitants of the British Isles and Subjects of 
praying that the Protection of Women Bill may|the British Crown ;—Pershore (twenty-one Peti- 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and | tions) ;— Brighton (two Petitions) ;—Oswaldtwistle; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Hanley and Shelton ;— Gosport ;—John Sheving- 
| ton ;— Northampton (Chairman) ;—John Arnott ;— 
A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of | Saint Pancras, Middlesex ;—Finsbury ;— Bilston ; 
the royal burgh of Forfar, praying that the Public | John Brown and others ;— Winlanton ;—Park- 
Health (Scotland) Bill may be postponed until the | head and Drumlachie;—Charles Clements ;—Alex- 
next Session of Parliament, was presented, and | ander Urquhart ;—James Empson;—Richard Mills; 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | —and, John Bryan Mery; praying for the adoption 
jof Annual Elections of Members of Parliament, 
A Petition of the Board of Directors of the Dub- | Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral 
lin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Company, | Districts, No-Property Qualification, and Payment 
praying that the Railways Abandonment Bill may | of Members,—were presented, and read; and or- 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- | dered to lie upon the Table. 
dered to lie upon the Table. | 


— 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


— 
| 


} 
i 


Railwaye 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


A Petition of Thomas Best, late an Inhabitant of | into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) 


Royal Pavilion : 5 : . 
the town of Brighton, in the county of Susser, but | Bill 


( Brighton) 


Bill. now of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, praying | . 
that the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill A oes, not | antes meas 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or-| Clause, (And whereas it is found that out-door 
dered to lie upon the Table. relief demoralises the paupers, leads to great frauds, 
pauperises the rate-payers, and destroys all motives 
Rome. A Petition of the Chairman of a Public Meeting | for exertion on the part of both landed proprietors 


and capitalists; Be it therefore Enacted, That from 
the first of January One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty, it shall not be lawful for any Board of Guar- 
dians in Jreland to grant relief to the able-bodied 
poor out of the workhouse),——brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

"Clause, (And be it further Enacted, That in any 
Electoral Division where the rate-payers of any 
townland, or Union of townlands within such Elec- 
toral Division, shall undertake and satisfy the Guar- 
dians of the Poor of the Union in which such Elec- 
toral Division is situate, that they will support a 
proportion of the Poor of the Electoral Division, 
which proportion shall seem to the said Board of 

Guardians 


assembled in the Literary Institution, Carlisle-street, 
Portman Market, in the parish of Mary-le-bone, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to re- 
cognise the Roman Republic, and take such other 
means as shall prevent the frightful sacrifice of life 
now threatened by the invaders of Rome, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of William Glover, m.p., a Fellow of 
the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 
praying that suitable ambassadors may be forthwith 
and immediately appointed to the Republics of Rome 
and of Hungary, and that the Ambassador of Her 
Majesty may be withdrawn from any Court vio- 
lating the law of nations and the rightS of humanity, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


ltome and 
Ilungary. 





Scientific 
Societies. Bil] 
(1847-48,) 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Sunday 
Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 











13 Vicroriz. 


Guardians to be a fair proportion of the Poor (taking 
into consideration the entire amount of paupers 
liable to be relieved under the Poor Law, and the 
valuation and extent of the townlands aforesaid and 
the Electoral Division), then it shall be lawful for 
the Board of Guardians to exempt such townland or 
townlands from any rate, except a rate for Union 
and establishment charges; and in case any pauper 
within any such townland or townlands should ap- 
peal to the Board of Guardians against the support 
afforded to him or her by the rate-payers of such 
townland or townlands, and it shall appear to the 
Guardians that such complaint is well founded, then 
the Board of Guardians shall relieve such person or 
persons appealing, and charge the townland to 
which such pauper or paupers appealing shall be 
chargeable : Provided always, That should the deci- 
sion of the Board of Guardians be disputed, either 
by the pauper or paupers appealing, or by the rate- 
payers or any one rate-payer on their part, then an 
appeal shall be given to either party to the Magis- 
trates and Assistant Barristers at the quarter 
sessions next ensuing, whose decision shall be final), 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the ¢ Colonel Dunne, 18 
Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford 7 ; 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 1 ao 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: : Ais 


Clause, (Whereas in many Unions large sums are 
due to contractors and others, for the payment of 
which the outstanding amount of uncollected rates 
is insufficient; Be it Enacted, That the Commis- 
sioners for the administration of the Poor Laws in 
Treland shall cause an account to be taken of the 
debts which shall be due on the Twenty-ninth day 
of September next, and also of the probable amount 
of rates which may be expected from the outstanding 
collection ; and if it shall appear that in any Elec- 
toral Division in which the expenses for the relief 
of the poor have during the year exceeded five shil- 
lings in the pound of its valuation, the debts due by 
it shall exceed its probable assets, and that a rate of 
sixpence in the pound, in addition to the five shil- 
lings maximum rate, would be insufficient for their 
payment, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to 
require the Board of Guardians, or the paid officers 
in charge of the Union, to borrow such sum as may 
be required on the security of the rates of the Union 
at large, but on condition always that the sum so 
borrowed shall be repaid, with interest, by instal- 
ments extending over a period not exceeding ten 
years; and the instalments and the interest payable 
thereon shall be the first charge on tHe rates of such 
Union, and the Treasurer of such Union shall be 
bound to pay off the instalments and interest as 
they become due, out of any money which may be 
in his hands to the credit of the Union, or to 
advance the amount thereof and charge interest on 
such advance, and for so doing the order of the 
Commissioners shall bea sufficient discharge: Pro- 
vided always, That the Union at large becoming 
responsible for the debts of the Electoral Division, 
shall not affect the separate liability of the Electoral 
Division for the debts due by it),——-brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That so much of an 
Act passed in the second year of Her present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act for the more effec- 
tual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland,” as 
enacts “that any covenant or agreement whereby 
any person liable to pay rent, and entitled under 
the provisions of this Act to deduct therefrom any 
rate or portion of rate, shall have covenanted or 
agreed, or shall hereafter covenant or agree to forego 

Vou. 104, 











3 Julie. 451 


such deduction, shall, so far as such rate is con- 
cerned, be of no effect,” be repealed, except as to 
anything heretofore done or now pending under this 
Act),——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Naas, 


Yeas, Mr. Grogan: va. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. William Fagan, 10 
Noes, \ Mr. Roche: } ‘ 


Clause read 2°, and added. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this Biden will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North Staf- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- fordshire Rail- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the ¥*¥ (New- 
North Staffordshire Railway (Newcastle and Silver- silverdale 
dale Branch Amendment Act) Bill, the Standing Branch 
Orders have not been complied with, as notices of rey 
the intended application to Parliament have not ; 
been published in the London Gazette, nor in any 
newspaper of the county of Stafford, in which county 
the lands are situate to which the Bill relates; and 
as application in writing has not been made to any 
of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed 
lessees, or occupiers of lands intended to be taken, 
in respect of which an extension of the time granted 
by a former Act for that purpose, is sought in the 
said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell : Message from 
Mr. Speak er, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An East Lothian 
Act for the Dissolution of the East Lothian Central Central Rail- 
Railway Company, and for the Abandonment of 1 Se the A 
the Railway, with an Amendment; to which Amend- Railway and 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this Dissolution of 
House: And also, a 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An ghrewsbury 
Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- and Chester 
way Company to make certain Branches to the oe aang 
River Dee, with Wharfs and other Conveniencies the River Dee; 
connected therewith ; to enter into Agreements for Agreement for 
a Joint Station at Shrewsbury ; and to subscribe to- Jot Sttion 
, -,, at Shrews- 
wards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, with pury ; Power 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords to oe 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then + et do 
the Messenger withdrew. and Hereford 
Railway ) Bill. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 
Return of the Amount of the Suitors’ Fee Fund Ac- Chancery 
count of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, in each (ireland. ) 
year from its Commencement in 1836, and the Pay- 
ments made thereout in each year, and the Charges 
now payable out of that Fund; and the Surplus 
thereof in each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tipperary 
Returns of the Amount expended by the Vice-Guar- Union. 
dians of the Tipperary Union in Buildings, up to 
the last Date that can be made :—Of the Tenures 
of the Land upon which such Buildings (if any) ’ 
have been erected, and of any Correspondence be- 
tween them and the Poor Law Commissioners upon 
that subject, and also any Correspondence relating 
to the Dismissal of John Dalton, late one of the 
Poor Rate Collectors of that Union :—Of the Ba+ 
lance in Cash due by John Dalton, at the time of 
his Dismissal ae 4 Date of the last Auditing of 

3M 2 the 






























































ee 


Sa ee SS 


Hudson’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


452 


the Financial Affairs of that Union, and a Report 
of same, if made within the last Twelve months. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of this day, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pes to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Depo- 
sitions transmitted from Ceylon, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lordships 
in the case of Hudson’s Divorce Bill; and that their 
Lordships had communicated a printed Copy of the 
Proceedings of the Judges of the Supreme Court 
of Judicature in the Island of Ceylon, on the said 
Bill, together with the Minutes of the Evidence : 
And he delivered the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the manner of making the Assessment in 
the several Counties for the maintenance of the Me- 
tropolitan Police, and into the Expenditure thereof; 
as well as into the general admmistration of the 
Force, and especially into the recent annual in- 
creased charge of upwards of £.35,000 on the County 
of Middlesex ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“* there be laid before this House, a Return, show- 
“ ing the Increase of the Rate in the year 1848 
above that of the year 1847, for the maintenance 
of the Metropolitan Police Force, in the county 
of Middlesex, and in each of the other counties 
parts of which are within the Metropolis Police 
District, and showing what proportion the valua- 
tion upon which the Police Rate is now raised 
bears to the actual value of the property in each 
of the counties within the Metropolitan Police 
District, as nearly as it can be ascertained :— 
Also, a Return of the Expenditure of such in- 
creased Rate :—Also, a Return of the number of 
Houses built, and of new Streets formed (with 
their length in miles) within the Metropolitan Po- 
lice District, since the 1st day of January 1839, 
when the limits of the present district were fixed, 
to the present time, so far as the same can be as- 
certained :— Also, a Return of the Increase of the 
Population within the said district, since the Ist 
day of January 1839, so far as the same can be 


nx 


‘é 
‘ 


x wn 


“ 
“ce 
“ 
«ec 
“ 


Tellers forthe Noes, 


ascertained,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Wr pene. Stare, } 28. 
J Mr. Gibson Craig, h 87 
(Lord Marcus Hill : . 
So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ there be laid before this avon a Return, show- 
“« ing the Increase of the Rate in the year 1848 
“« above that of the year 1847, for the maintenance 
“ of the Metropolitan Police Force, in the county 
“ of Middlesex, and in each of the other counties 
“ parts of which are within the Metropolis Police 
“ District, and showing what proportion the va- 
“ Juation upon which the Police Rate is now raised 
“ bears to the actual value of the property in each 
“ of the counties within the Metropolitan Police 
“ District, as nearly as it can be ascertained :— 
“ Also, a Return of the Expenditure of such in- 
“ creased Rate :—Also, a Return of the number 
“« of Houses built, and of new Streets formed (with 
“ their length in miles) within the Metropolitan 
“ Police District, since the 1st day of January 
“ 1839, when the limits of the present district were 
“ fixed, tv the present time, so far as the same 





3°—4° Sulit. 








A. 1849. 


** can be ascertained :—Also, a Return of the in- 
crease of the Population within the said District, 
since the 1st day of January 1839, so far as the 
same can be ascertained,” be added, instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative, 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Increase of the Rate in the 
year 1848 above that of the year 1847, for the main- 
tenance of the Metropolitan Police Force, in the 
County of Middlesex, and in each of the other 
Counties, parts of which are within the Metropolis 
Police District, and showing what Proportion the 
Valuation upon which the Police Rate is now raised 
bears to the actual value of the property in each of 
the counties within the Metropolitan Police Dis- 
trict, as nearly as it can be ascertained :—Also, a 
Return of the Expenditure of such increased Rate : 
—Also, a Return of the number of Houses built, 
and of new Streets formed (with their length in 
miles) within the Metropolitan Police District, since 
the 1st day of January 1839, when the limits of the 
present District were fixed, to the present time, so 
far as the same can be ascertained :—Also, a Return 
of the Increase of the Population within the said 
District, since the 1st day of January 1839, so far 
as the same can be ascertained. 








A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House, recognizing the great principle 
that labour is the source of all wealth, that the 
people are the only legitimate source of power, that 
the labourer should be the first partaker of the fruits 
of his own industry, that taxation without represen- 
tation is tyranny, and should be resisted, and be- 
lieving that the resources of the country would be 
best developed by laws made by representatives 
chosen by the labouring classes in conjunction with 
those who live by other industrial pursuits ; that (in 
recognition of the above great truths) this House 
adopts the principles embodied in the document 
entitled The Pevple’s Charter, namely, Annual 
Elections, Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, equal 
Electoral Districts, No Property Qualification, and 
Payment of Members ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Feargus O’ Connor, 


} 13. 


Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 222 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill : } ‘i 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 


mittee to consider of the best mode of preventing 
Frauds in the Sale of Bread, and for making further 
Provision to secure the wholesome quality of articles 
used in the Manufacture of Bread ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 4° die Julii, 1849: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr yee 

a Mr. Mangles, 

Tellers for the Noes, Captain Pechell : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee:—The House 

accordingly resolved itself into the said Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 


91. 


37. 





the House, ‘That leave be given to. bring in a _ 
or 








Universal 


Suffrage, &amp;. 


Sale and 
anufacture 
of Bread. 





Mails (South 
West of Scot- 


land and North 


of Ireland.) 


Mines and 
Inspection 


Lyme Regis 
on. 





13 Vicrortiz. 


for preventing frauds in the sale of Bread, and for 

making further Provision to secure the wholesome 

— of Articles used in the manufacture of 
read. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Bernal accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for preventing frauds in the Sale of Bread, and for 
making further Provision to secure the wholesome 
quality of Articles used in the manufacture of 

read :—And he moved the House accordingly. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Spooner 
and Mr. John Stuart do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the expediency of the proposed alterations 
as regards the transmission of the Mails between 
the South West of Scotland and the North of 
Freland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Ker, 37 
Yeas, 1 Viscount Castlereagh : } . 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, \ “a 
Noes, Mr. Bellew: ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to secure a due Inspection of Mines and Collieries 
in the United Kingdom: And that Mr. Wyld and 
Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Resolutions 
which, upon the 7th day of March, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliement, were reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the 
matter of the Petition of George Cartwright and 
others, Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Lyme Regis, might 
be read ; and the same were read, as follow : 


“That it appears from the Evidence, That an 
Honourable Member of the House, John Attwood, 
Esquire, has since the year 1842, purchased a con- 
siderable property in the Borough of Lyme; and 
that he has been in the habit of granting loans of 
ons A property to Voters, on the condition that 
such Voters should, on any future occasion, vote 
for him, or any one whom he might appoint to be 
a candidate for the Representation. 


“That the Committee have ascertained that the 
Petition was set on foot at the desire of Mr. Att- 
wood, and his agent, Mr. Templer, who personally 
requested the parties to become Petitioners, making 
a promise that they should be at no expense; that 
Mr. Attwood, having made such contracts with cer- 
tain of the Electors, bore the entire expense of such 
Petition, including the possible forfeiture of the 
Recognizances ; and that the same gentleman bore 
the expenses of the former Petition in 1842, which 
amounted to nearly £.9,000. 


“The Committee desire. to impress upon the 
House the necessity of putting an instant check to 
such transactions, which operate as a grievous snare 
to the Voter, and totally destroy all freedom of 
Election.” 


- A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
me Mr. Attorney-General be directed to prosecute 
OL. 103. 


3°— 4° Jultz. 














453 


Mr. Attwood and his Agents for the alleged cases 
of Bribery and Corruption at Lyme Regis ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


1, Mr. Butler, 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Richard ieeed 3. 


Tellers for the Noes, 1 _ pr a } 46. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Benefices in 
Reading of the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill; meg 

Ordered, 'That the Bill be read a second time (8% 2+) Bill 
To-morrow. 


The Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill was, Municipal 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Corporations 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “eland) Bill 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming state of the 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Nation. 
yesterday, That this House will resolve itself into a 
Committee, to take into consideration the State of 
the Nation ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Qonsolidated 
take into consideration the Consolidated Fund Fund 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. aca 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Excise Bene- 
consideration the Excise Benevolent Fund Society volent Fund 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Society Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Bill for the better Protection of the Property Pupils’ Pro- 
of Pupils, Absent Persons, and Persons under tection (Scot- 
Mental Incapacity in Scotland, was, according to a 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into Bankrupt and 
a Committee, this day, on the Bankrupt and In- [solvent 
solvent Members Bill, was read, and discharged. embers BEL. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Friendly _ 
on the Friendly Societies Bill, and who were em- S°ieties Bill. 
powered to report their Observations thereupon, No. 458. 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and find that alterations must be 
made in it that would extend beyond the title of 
the Bill, and they therefore recommend that the 

resent Bill be withdrawn, and a new Bill brought 
in ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Friendly 
make better Provision for certifying the Tables of Societies 
Friendly Societies, and for the Regulation and Ma- (N® 2) Bill. 
nagement of the same: And that Mr. Sotheron and 
Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring it in. 


3m 3 Mr. 








Mines and 
Collieries 
Inspection 
Bill. 


No. 459. 


Committees. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Canterbury’s 
Walworth 
Estate Bill. 


New North 
Road (Con- 


tinuation ) Bill. 


Hoghton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Me dical 
Relief) (Scot- 
land.) 


Ships 
* Thetis” and 
“ Spartan.” 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-eighth 
Report.) 


454, 

Mr. Wy/d presented a Bill to secure a due In- 
spection of Mines and Collieries in the United 
Kingdom: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Mercurii, 4° die Juli ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Dean and Chapter of 
Canterbury’s Walworth Estate Bill, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the New North Road (Continuation) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Hoghton’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the 
Bill, if the parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by counsel, or produce witnesses. 

A Petition of John Swarbreck Gregory, of Bed- 
ford-row, Solicitor, and agent for Henry Hoghton, 
of Hafod, in the county of Cardigan, Esquire, 
praying that service of a copy of the said Bill, 
and of such order as to the House has appeared 
necessary, on Montague John Tathamand Frederick 
Farrar, or one of them, the Proctors of Louisa Jo- 
sephine Hoghton, may be deemed good service, and 
that service thereof on the said Louisa Josephine 
Hoghton may be dispensed with, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return in regard to each parish in the counties of 
Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Sutherland, showing 
the Arrangements that have been made by the Pa- 
rochial Authorities, and approved of by the Board 
of Supervision for Poor Relief, to carry into effect 
the Instructions issued by the Board in reference to 
Medical Relief; stating the Distance between the 
Residence of the Inspector of the Poor, and that 
of the Medical Practitioner employed by the Pa- 
rochial Board, and the Amount of pe for 
Medical Assistance in the years ending June 1847 
and 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Ccpy ofa Report from Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, 
Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, of 
Trials of .sailing between Her Majesty’s Ships 
“ Thetis” and “ Spartan,” specifying by whom 


these Ships were built (in continuation of. former 


Reports). 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions prerented upon the 2d day of this instant 





3°—4° Julit. 




















A, 1849, 


July, and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. ; : 






A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, resident Attornies’ 
in Saint Helen’s and Prescot, in the county of ©ttificates, 
Lancaster, and practising in the Courts of Law 
and Equity in England and Wales, praying for 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, practising Bankrupt Law 
in Manchester, Members of the Manchester Law Consolidation 
Association, praying that the Bankrupt Law Con- 
solidation Bill, with certain alterations, may pass into 
a law during the present Session, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


Petitions of R. H. Nevill and W. A. Gilbert ;—— Copyholds 
W. H. Marsh and Thomas D’ Eye Betts ;—-Charles —e 
Weston and J. S. Musket ;—-and, Ellis Burroughes 
and W. F. Irby; praying that the Copyholds En- 
franchisement Bill may not pass into a law,—were 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Cruelty to 
Portsmouth, and neighbourhood, praying that the 4=imals Bill 
Cruelty to Animals Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Crick, of the Island of Guernsey. 
Guernsey, complaining of the proceedings of the 
Royal Court of that Lend, in regard to certain 
property belonging to him, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Township of Highways 

Barnard Castle, in the county of Durham, praying omery 
that the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill may ata: 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of William Barnes ;—— Charles Thomp- Marriages Bill 
son ; and, John Mackay; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Rochester ;— Dumfries ;— Kidder- 
minster ;— Merthyr Tidvil;— Lincoln ;— Bridge- 
north ;— Sleaford;— Gravesend ;— and, Board of 
Baptist Ministers residing in and near the cities of 
London and Westminster (Chairman and Secretary) ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass intoa law,— 
were also ima and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Helen’s (Lancaster) ;—— Mines and 
Bolton;—-and, Owners or Tenants and Occupiers of Collieries Bill. 
Mines and Collieries in Scotland ; praying that the 
Mines and Collieries Bill may not pass into a law, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of David Boswell Reid, Doctor of New Houses 
Medicine, was presented, and read; setting forth, Postioment, 
Thatina Parliamentary Paper, intituled, “ An Esti- 
mate of the Sums of Money required for the Com- 
pletion of the Buildings of the New Houses of Par- 
liament,” which was ordered to be printed by the 
House on the 19th June, a Letter from the Con 
missioners of Her Majesty’s New Palace, to the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
commences with the following sentence : ‘“‘ We have 
the honour to transmit herewith the enclosed Return, 
pursuant to an Order of the House of Commons, 
dated the 14th August last, calling for an estimate 
of the sum that will probably be required to com- 








plete the New Palace, which Mr. Barry and Dr. 


Newspapers 
and Adver- 
tisements. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Protection of 
Women Bill. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


13 Vicrortz. 


Reid have furnished, in compliance with our direc- 
tions”; that the only estimate furnished by the 
Petitioner to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
New Palace did notamount to five thousand pounds, 
and that this sum is not included in any of the items 
mentioned in the Estimate referred to, which exceeds 
two millions; that the Petitioner never saw the Es- 
timate in question, till it had been printed and cir- 
culated among Members of Parliament, and that he 
had no information previously as to any of the de- 
tails, statements, or observations, which it was in- 


‘tended that this Estimate should include; that the 


Petitioner has therefore considered it incumbent on 
him to mention these facts in this Petition, that no 
misapprehension may arise from the paragraph 
quoted above, and the omission of the only docu- 
ment he had furnished to the Commissioners, as he 
had many reasons for objecting to his name being 
in any way associated with the Estimate in question, 
or with any of the details or the observations con- 
tained in it; the Petitioner also considers it incum- 
bent on him to add, in reference to the New Houses 
of Parliament, that he adheres to the opinions he 
has expressed in former Petitions, and other docu- 
ments printed by order of the House, and also to 
suggest in the strongest terms which he may be al- 
lowed to use, that this Session should not be per- 
mitted to pass away without his having the oppor- 
tunity of showing before a Committee of the House 
the unnecessary injury done to the plans now in pro- 
gress at the New House of Commons, and his ob- 
jections to the system pursued on the works. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgewater, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers 
and Advertisements, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and 


. Rate-payers of the township of Pilkington, in the 


county of Lancaster, praying for amendment of the 
Poor Law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- 
missioners of Supply of the county of Caithness, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Scot- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;—Ipswich ;— Lambeth 
(two Petitions) ;— Peckham ;— Walworth (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Saint Mary Newington ;—Camberwell ;— 
Southwark ;—Kennington ;—Herne Hill; — Dul- 
wich ;—Lambeth ;— Twyneham ; —Kingsend, Dub- 
lin ;—and, Ballymoney ; praying that the Protection 
of Women Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Kirkcudbright, pray- 
ing that the Public Health (Scot/and) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saddleworth ;—Stanley ; — and, 
Eccleshall Bierlow; praying the House to amend 
the Sale of Beer Act, with a view to diminishing the 


-number of Beer-houses—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Lewis, Charles Soper, 
Samuel Stalker, and John Tewart, stating that they 
are Clerks to the Barristers practising in the Palace 
Court, and for their services have been remunerated 
by the fees arising out of the business devolving 
upon their employers, and that from the abolition 
of that Court they will be deprived ofa considerable 
part of their incomes; and praying the House to 

VoL. 104. 


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455 


award them some compensation for the loss they 
will sustain should the Small Debts Act Amend- 
ment Bill pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ‘ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Arthur Dyson, residing in High- Sunday 
street, Shoreditch, praying that the Sunday Trading Snowe ‘m 
(Metropolis) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- et 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dudley ;— Lambley ;—Sheffield Universal 
(Chairman) ;—Long Sutton ;—and, Preston (Lan- Suffrage, &amp;c. 
cashire (seventy-nine Petitions); praying for the 
adoption of Annual Election of Members of Par- 
liament, Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal 
Electoral Districts, No Property Qualification, and 
Payment of Members,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services. 
mand,—Estimates, &amp;c., of Civil Services, for the VIII. 
year ending 31st March 1850. No. 460. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted Colleges 
in the year 1849, to defray the Expense of the par oneg 
Purchase of the necessary Books, Apparatus, In- 
struments, &amp;c. required for the use of the Professors 
in the Colleges established in Jreland, under the 
Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 66. 

Statement of Excess of Expenditure beyond the Commissariat. 
grants for Commissariat Services, in the year No.461, 
1847-8. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Paper do 
lie upon the Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Monies in the 
an Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or remain- *chequer. 
ing to be raised on the 30th day of June 1849, to No. 462. 
complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
service of the years 1847 and 1848. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count, 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


8 
Ordered, That the Papers relative to Education, Education. 
which were presented upon Thursday last, be printed. No. 463. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton Hampton 
Court Palace, &amp;c., which was presented upon the ag Palace, 
22d day of June last, be printed. No. 464. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight Te 
Money (Greenwich Hospital), which was presented Hospital.) 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. No. 465. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second Highways 
Reading of the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill; yon) oa 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being , 
proposed, That the Bull be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole ‘ 
House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being 
Reading of the Marriage by License Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


read, for the Second Marriage by 
License Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Real and 
into a Committee upon the Real and Personal — 
Property Transfer wh —_ after some time spent te Bill. 

M 


therein, 





Marriages 
Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 





456 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Marriages Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cause, N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to, 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That this Act shall 
not extend to Scotland, nor shall anything therein 
contained alter or be construed to alter the law 
relating to Marriages in that country), brought 
up; read 1°, 2°, and amended, by inserting after 
the word “ Scotland,” the words “or Ireland;” 
by leaving out the words “in that country,” and in- 
serting the words “either of those countries,”’ instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 


part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
66. 
ji 19, 





Tellers for the f Mr. Secretary-at-War, 
Yeas, L Mr. Oswald : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Stuart Wortley, 
Noes, \ Mr. Spooner : 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Aglionby, i] 60 
Mr. Flume : eee 


Tellers for the Noes f Mr. Christopher, } 71. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


~?\ Viscount Galway: 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” be inserted 
instead thereof :—It was resolved inthe Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mines and Collieries Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 





4°—5° Juliz. 


A. 1849. 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question es roposed, That the word 
‘now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 18th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Animals Ba 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill; Partition and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Protection of 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Women Bill 
upon the 28th day of June last, That the Protection 
of Women Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming County Rates 
the further Proceeding upon the Second Reading of #4 ee 
the County Rates cal tpendinas Bill ; sateen 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Second Reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 
mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill ; Ease (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Titles of 
Reading of the Titles of Religious Congregations Religious 

&gt; . Con 
(Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bi 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 





Jovis, 5° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bell, from the Office of the Commis- Liverpool 
. sioners of the Liv l Dock and Light Port. 

Duties, was called in, and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of An Act of Parliament, 
—An Account of the Receipt and Disbursement 
of Dock and Light Duties at the Port of Liverpool, 
from the 25th June 1847 to the 24th June 1848 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
is day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 

the House. 

th The 











re 


es 





Hoghton's 


Divorce Bill, 


Improvement 


13 Vicroriz. 


5° Sulit. 


457 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | further Provision for the Relief of the Destitute 


consideration the Petition of John Swarbreck 
Gregory, of Bedford-row, Solicitor, and Agent for 
Henry Hoghton, of Hafod, in the county of Car- 
digan, Esquire, which was presented yesterday, 
praying that service of a Copy of Hoghton’s Di- 
vorce Bill, and of such Order as to the House 
has appeared necessary, on Montague John Ta- 
tham and Frederick Farrar, or one of them, the 
Proctors of Louisa Josephine Hoghton, may be 
deemed good service, and that service thereof on 
the said Louisa Josephine Hoghton may be dis- 
pensed with :——The House proceeded to take the 
said Petition into consideration ; and the same was 
again read, 

And the House being informed, that John Swar- 
breck Gregory attended at the door, he was called 
in; and at the bar examined, in relation to the mat- 
ter of his Petition :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That service of a Copy of the said Bill, 
and of the Orders made upon the Second Reading 
of such Bill, on Montague John Tatham, of | 
Doctors’ Commons, Proctor, be deemed good service 
on Louisa Josephine Hoghton, and that personal 
service thereof on the said Louisa Josephine Hogh- 
ton be dispensed with. 








A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for the Incorporation of the General Land Drainage 
and Improvement Company, and for facilitating the 


Company 2 . 
{incorporation Execution of Land Drainage, and other Improve- 


and conferring 


of Powers) 
Bill, 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Peor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


ments, be now read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken that the Prince of 
Wales’s interest, as Duke of Cornwall, is con- 
cerned therein ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Saving the rights of the 
Duchy of Lancaster), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Resident Freemen of the borough 
of Leicester, praying that the Charitable Trusts 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hammersmithand Fulham;—Mar- 
den ;—and, Yeovil Union ; praying for amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view to diminishing 
the number of Beerhouses,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Pembroke, Pem- 
broke Dock and Tenby, praying for amendment of 
the Small Debts Act by extending the jurisdiction 
of the County Courts, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
= a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
ill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause (And be it further Enacted, That from 
and after the passing of this Act, so much of an 
Act passed in the 10th and 11th years of Her pre- 


sent Majesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act to make 
Vou, 104. 


Poor in Ireland,” as provides “ that no ft pm who 
shall be in the occupation of any land of greater 
extent than a quarter of a statute acre, shall be 
deemed and taken to be a destitute poor person 
under the provisions of the Acts therein mentioned, 
and that it shall not be lawful for any Board of 
Guardians to grant relief to any such person,” be 
and the same is hereby suspended for the period 
included between the time of the passing of this 
Act and the 29th day of September 1851), 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Lawless, 1 12 

Yeas, \ Mr. Roche: | de 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edward Howard, } we 

Noes, L Mr. Rich : ’ 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That from and after 
the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful 
for the Poor Law Commissioners, and they are 
hereby required, to divide the Electoral Divisions of 
the several Unions in Jreland into such and so many 
rating districts as to them shall seem fit ; and when 
the said division of such Electoral Divisions shall 
have been duly made by the said Commissioners, 
each such rating district shall constitute a separate 
rating district for the relief of the poor now resident 
within the same, and no pauper or destitute person 
shall be entitled to relief under this Act or any Act 
for administering relief to the destitute poor of Jre- 
land, save and except from and on account of the 
rating district, so to be formed as aforesaid, in re- 
spect to which his legal claim for relief arises; and 
such Electoral Division, so divided into rating dis- 
tricts as aforesaid, shall continue to bean Electoral 
Division, for all the purposes of election of Guar- 
dians and of representation at the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Union within which same shall be 
situate: Provided always, That in forming such 
rating districts the Commissioners shall, as far as 
circumstances will permit, have regard to the boun- 
daries of the several properties within such Electoral 
Division, so as to form the property of each pro- 
prietor in such Electoral Division (orin such Union, 
if they shall so think fit), into a separate rating dis- 
trict, if such property shall amount in rated value to 
the annual sum of One thousand pounds ; and if the 
rated value of any such property shall not amount 
to the said sum, it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
missioners to unite such and so many of the adjoin- 
ing properties as to them shall seem fit, so as to 
form a separate rating district for the purposes of 
this Act: And provided also, That no rating district, 
to be formed under the authority of this Act, shall 
exceed in rated value the amount of Three thousand 
pounds per annum: And provided also, That nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to limit or pre- 
vent the said Commissioners from forming any rating 
districts of any smaller extent than One thousand 
pounds rated value per annum, if it shall seem expe- 
dient and necessary to them so to do),— brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn 

Clause (And whereas the relief that can be 
afforded to certain classes of the destitute poor, un- 
der the second section of the said recited Act, is 
confined to food only, and that many sucl: persons 
have experienced great suffering, and the destruction 
of health, and even of life, from want of the means 
for procuring shelter, clothing, or fuel wherewith to 
cook the raw food allowed to them; Be it Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the Guardians of any 
Union in which the Order of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to afford relief to such persons is in force, to 
afford such other relief to them, besides food, as 
shall appear to them necessary for the preservation 














3.N of 








Message from 


the Lords. 


Newcastle and 
Carlisle Rail- 


way (Altera- 
tions of, and 


Branch fron a Branch Railway therefrom, and for other Pur-| 
Alston Branch) . 


Bill. 


Truro Turn- 
pike-roads, 
Penryn and 


Redrath Turn-7Y” and Redruth Turnpike-roads, in the County of 





5° Juliz. A. 1849. 


Act for more effectually amending the Road leading Alteration of 


458 


of their lives and health),——brought up, and | 






read 1°. |from the Stones End in Blackman-street, in the Tolls) Bill, 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the | Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, | Highgate, in the County of Sussex, and several 





by leave, withdrawn. | other roads therein mentioned, and for other Pur- 

Clause (And whereas the reduction of the period | poses relating thereto : ‘ 
of residence which shali create chargeability from | A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending an Act Congleton 
thirty months to twelve months will tend to increase | _ in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of His — Act 
unjustly the rates of the cities and towns of Ireland, | | ajesty, King George the’l hird, fordividing and leas- Ry)" "“™* 
inasmuch as from the demolition of the houses of ing, or letting certain Commons or Waste Grounds 
the poorer classes in the rural districts, the destitute within the Borough and ‘Township of Congleton, in 
poor are compelled to seek shelter and employment | the County of Chester, and for applying the Profits 
in them; Be it Enacted, That no destitute poor | of Part of the same in Aid of the Poor's Rate or 
person claiming relief shall be chargeable to the | other Taxes or Public Expenses within the said 
Electoral Division in which any city or market town | Township : And also, rsa 
may be situated, who shall have come to reside| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Stockton ana 
therein within two years next previous to his appli- Act to consolidate the several Acts relating to the rae ie 
cation for relief, unless he shall, previous to such two | Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, to en~ sciidntiyece” 
years, have occupied some certain place of residence | able the Company to alter their Line of Railway in the Acts, &amp;e., 
therein for twelve months continuously ; but that in| Parishes of Egglescliffe and Stockton-on-Tees, and _—— of 
every such case the applicant for relief shall be | to Increase their Capital, and to vest in them the » &amp;e.) Bill, 
chargeable to that Electoral Division to which he | Middlesbrough Dock, withan Amendment ; to which 
would have been chargeable previous to his coming | Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
to reside in thé town Electoral Division), this House: And also, nt) Bt d= 
brought up, and read 1°. | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wisbech, 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause | Act for repairing the Road leading from Chatteris y rege Tid 
be read a second time ; | Ferry to Wisbech, and from thence to Tid Gote, in pape 


° ° Downh 
The Committee divided. the Isle of Ely, and to Downham Bridge, in the Bridge Turn: 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Denham Norreys, County of Norfolk, and to authorize the Conversion Pike (Con- 


tinuation of 








Yeas, \ Mr. William Fagan: Jf 7+ of the Wisbech and March Low Road into Turn- 4 Alteration 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, pike, with Amendments; to which Amendments of Provisions 
Noes, { Lord Marcus Hill : J 73+ the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : weit att Lee Re- 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That when any land And also, 
shall have been unoccupied and laid waste for the 
period of twelve months next before the Twenty-fifth 
day of March One thousand eight hundred and | 
Forty-nine, the Board of Guardians may excuse any | 


dersey and 
South Side Banks, Abandonment as to 
Turnpike of Road over same, Construc- 
tion of New Turnpike-road, &amp;c. ) Bill. 
The Lords have passed « Bill, intituled, An Act Administra- 


new occupier of such land from the payment of any | t© provide for the Administration of Justice in Van- Cecil 


arrears of rates left unpaid by a former occupier of | CO¢vEr $ Island ; to which the Lords desire the con- jsjand) Bill. 
such land), brought up, and read 1°. _ currence of this House: And also, — 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ogle’s Estate 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, | for enabling the Trustees of the Settlement made Bill 
by leave, withdrawn. , under Orders of the High Court of Chancery, after 

Clauses added. | the Marriage of Chaloner Ogle, Esquire, and Eliza 

Preamble read, and agreed to | Sophia Frances Ogle, his Wife, to grant building 

, , : improving, and other Leases of certain Estates and 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. Hereditaments situate at Patcham, in the Count 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal of Sussex, comprised in the said Settlement ; towhich 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the ce ov desire the concurrence of this House : 
Bill. —— , ies 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act cnend taal 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. | to incorporate by the Name of the T rustees of the h 
Hospital in Aberdeen for Orphan and Destitute Fe- patton 


| male Children, “The Trustees of the Aberdeen Des- (Davidson's 
'titute Female Orphan Asylum,” acting under a Deed ©) map 
of Constitution granted by the ‘Trustees of John 
Gordon, of Murtle, Esquire, deceased, and to alter 
and extend the Powers and Provisions of the said 
Deed, and to vest the Residue of the Estate and 
Effects of John Carnegie, Esquire, deceased, in the 
Trustees so incorporated ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased Steam Navy. 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House on the Steam Navy; together with the 








Aberdeen Des- 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the New- 
castle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to 
alter the Alston Branch of their Railway, to make 


poses : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for consolidating the 
Trusts of the Zruro Turnpike-roads, and the Pen- 


pike-roads ornwall, and for makinga new Turnpike-road from | Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
a Bosvigo Bridge, to the Turnpike-road from Truro | mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto :—And 


Alterations of Saperigens . . : 
Tolls, Forma- from Ferris Town to Bosvigo Bridge a Turnpike- 


tion of New 
Roads) Bill. 


Renfrewshire 


Justice of 


Peace Courts 


Bill. 


Surrey and 


Sussex Roads 
(Amendment 


of Act and 





to Redruth, and for making the Road or Highway | then the Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


road, and for maintaining all such Roads, and for 
other Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the Prose- 
eution of Criminal Offences, before Her Majesty’s 
Justices of the Peace, in the County of Renfrew, 
and to simplify the Proceedings therein, and lessen 
the Costs thereof: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend an 
Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An 


The Administration of Justice (Vancouver's Island) Administra- 


Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read pate = 


a second time upon Monday next; and to be {siand) Bill. 
printed. 





No. 406. 
Ordered, 


le-bone 
and Finchley 
pike- 


roads Bill. 


Colonial 
Despatches, 
&amp;e. 


Glass. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Relief) 
(Scotland. ) 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Copyholds 
Entranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Relief.) 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 





13 VicrortiZ. 


Ordered, That the Mary-le-bone and Finchley 
Turnpike-roads Bill be re-committed to the former 
Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee that they have power to amend the Acts 
7 Geo. 4, c. 90, and 5 Will. 4. c. 23, so far as relates 
to the general management of the Trust, and the 
regulation of the Mortgage and other Debts, 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Statement of the Number of Des- 
— and Letters received in each year for the 
ast three years by the Colonial Office, distinguish- 
ing how many were received from the Governors of 
Colonies, how many from other persons in the Colo- 
nies, how many from Public Offices in this country, 
and how many from other quarters :—And, of the 
Number of Colonial Ordinances which have been 
received at the Colonial Office, and of the Number 
of the same disallowed during the last two years. 
m Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Foreign Glass imported, retained for 
Home Consumption, exported, and remaining in 
Bond, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1849; with the Duty paid thereon, and Countries 
from which imported; and a similar Return of 
British Glass exported (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 305, of Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Appropriation to each 
Parish in Scotland of the Sum voted on account of 
the Parliamentary Grant of £.10,000 in aid of 
Medical Relief, or towards payment of the Salaries 
of the Parochial Medical Officers. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Land-owners, Tenant 
Farmers, and Labourers residing in the parish of 
Crowland, in the county of Lincoln, and adjacent 
villages, complaining of the distressed state of Agri- 
culture, and praying the House to adopt measures 
for the relief of persons engaged therein, was 
Sipe and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Wareham, in the county of Dorset, praying for the 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Aitornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers of 
land in the manor of Highhead, in the parish of Dail- 
ston, in the county of Cumberland, praying that the 
Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Officers of the Rugby Poor 
Law Union, stating that they have long felt the evils 
of the present defective system of Poor Law Medical 
Relief; and praying that the numerous grievances 
affecting Medical Officers may be redressed, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘l'able. 


A Petition of the President and Vice-President of 
the “ Friendly Brothers,” a Friendly or Benefit So- 
ciety, established twenty-five years, and consisting 


_ of three hundred members, meeting at the Cobham’s 


Head, Cobham-row, in the parish of Saint James’s, 
Vou. 104, 


5° Julie. 





459 


Clerkenwell, and county of Middlesex, praying that 
the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Huntingdon ;—Saint Ives ;— Yel- Protection of 
ling ;—and, Bodmin; praying that the Protection Waa 
of Women Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Thomas and Public Health 
Saint Mark’s parishes of the borough of Dubéin, “telan4.) 
praying the House to institute such sanatory legis- 
lation for the protection of the Jrish people, as may 
conduce to the diminution of disease and destitution, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned,assembled in Rome. 
the National Hall, High Holborn, praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to recognise the 
Roman Republic, and to take other means for pre- 
venting the frightful sacrifice of life now threatened 
by the invaders of Rome, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Daniel Godwin, of New Ross, Sale of Bread 
stating that the 4th section of the Act 1 and 2 Vic, (Ieland.) 
c. 28, directs that ‘“‘ all Bread sold in Jreland, shall 
be sold by the several bakers or sellers of Bread 
respectively by weight only, and. not by measure” ; 
and that doubts have arisen as to what constitutes 
selling by weight only ; and praying that the House 
will be pleased to pass an Act to explain what con- 
stitutes selling Bread by weight only, was pre- 
oe and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members of the Zeek Mechanics’ Selenite 
Institution, praying that the Scientific Societies Societies 
Bill introduced in the last Session of Parliament &gt;“! @*?—®) 
may pass into law, was pape and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petition from Newcastle-upon-Tyne;—-and, Brigh- Universal 

ton; praying the House to enact Annual Elections 5“tage, &amp;c. 
of Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, 
Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Pro- 
perty Qualification, and Payment of Members,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hudson’s Bay 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be ©°™P*"Y- 
graciously pleased to direct that such means as to 
Her Majesty shall seem most’fitting and effectual, 
be taken to ascertain the legality of the Powers 
in respect to Territory, Trade, Taxation and Go- 
vernment, which are or recently have been claimed 
or exercised by the Hudson’s Bay Company on the 
Continent of North America, under the Charter of 
his Majesty King Charles the Second, issued in 
the year 1670, or in virtue of any other Right or 
Title, except those conveyed by or under the Act 
43 Geo. 3, c. 138 (extending the Criminal Jurisdic- 
tion of Canadian Courts),and 1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 66, 
intituled, “An Act for regulating the Fur Trade, 
and establishing a Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction 
within certain Parts of North America. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock:—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





3N2 





Committees, 


Aberdeen Des- 


titute Female 
Orphan 
Asylum 
(Davidson’s 
Estate) Bill. 


Commercial 
Road (com- 
prising the 


Cannon-street 


Roads, the 
Commercial 
Road, the 
Horseferry 
‘Branch of 





460 6° Julie. A. 1849. 


subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford to subscribe 





Veneris, 6° die Juli ; Railway ; and the same was read, as followeth : oe 
: , 9° : 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. ~ — - os go -_ os poe sa A and —— 
UsE (A. nd whereas by certain articles Railway) Bi 
PRAYERS. “ of agreement, bearing date the eighth day of 


OF DERED, That all Committees have leave | “ July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the | “ and made between the North Wales Mineral 
sitting of the House. Railway Company of the one part, and George 
Hammond Whalley, of Serjeants-Inn, Fleet-street, 
The Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum |“ in the city of Zondon, Esquire, the receiver ap- 





(Davidson's Estate) Bill, was read the first time. “* pointed in certain causes, Yonde v. Jones and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- | “ others, in Her Majesty’s High Court of Chancery 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. “ at Westminster, of the other part, it was among 


: we other things agreed, for the considerations and 
ay — 1 be an a to the ae | —_ the a — a — of _ 
mittee on the Commercial-road (comprisin ment mentioned, that the said Company shou 
Camnomstret Ronda, the, Commercia road, the ““ make, construct and Keep up a Branch Kailuay 
orseferry Branc , - “ from their Railway across the Plas Madoc Es- 
road and the Barking-road) Bill, that they have |“ tate, to the orate upon the said estate: And 
power to amend the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 112, so far |“ whereas certain disputes ,and differences have 
as relates to the general Management of the Trust, “ arisen between the parties to the said agreement, 


Road, the East and the regulation of mortgage and other debts. — “ in regard to the import and effect of the same, so 


India Dock 


Road, and the Barking Road) Bill. 


Hoghton’s 
Divorce Bill 


Divorce Bills. 


East Lothian 
Central Rail- 
way (Aban- 


donment of the 


far as relates to the making and constructing of 
ais Mietnnineneennd; Thad tes Censiling @iiiee (x the said Branch Railway and the direction thereof, 
e House was » 4 and they have agreed to submit and refer such 
— sap ponte nga be read; and the « disputes and differences to arbitration; BE it 
same was read, as weth ; « rT arr . 
“ That there be fourteen clear days between the | « wep elie sadlgpadipe nite rite sey vie 
; ‘ pay nme “© shall from time to time be determined by arbi- 
we pry vats 0 Private Bill and the sitting | « — in the manner prescribed by the Railway 
of the Committee thereupon. “QC “dati 
Resolved, That in the case of Hoghton’s Divorce | « cong See = pro or gor a 
Bill, the said Standing Order be dispensed with. | « ways, That in case the said Company shall not 
“ within three months after the delivery of the 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce | “ award by the arbitrator, and after a request in 
Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on Hudson’s | “ writing to that effect by the said George Ham- 
Divorce Bill upon Monday the 16th day of this “ mond Whalley, complete and open for traffic the 
instant July, notwithstanding that fourteen clear“ said Branch Railway, they shall pay ‘l'wenty 
days’ notice has not been given in the Private Bill “ pounds to the said George Hammond Whalley, 
Office of the sitting of the Committee. |“ for every week during which such Branch Rail- 
“ * . 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | « ti premade  c: 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
tituled, An Act for the Dissolution of the East | was agreed to. 


co 
n 


nn 





“c 


Railway and Lothian Central Railway Company, and for the | Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
ne of Abandonment of the Railway ; and the same was | Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them that this House 
a neeny) read, as followeth : hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Pr. 6. 1. 21. After “ passed” insert Clause (A.) | Lordships. 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if, in | . ' 
“ the course of winding-up the affairs of the said The House proceeded to take into consideration Torqua: : 
“ Company, two or more persons shall claim to be | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Market Bill. 
“ entitled to the same share or shares, or to the | intituled, An Act for regulating and maintaining 
“ money which may be payable in respect thereof, | Markets in the Town of Torquay, in the County of 
“ or to any part of such money, then and in such | Devon, and for constructing convenient Market- 
“ case it shall be lawful for the said directors, and | Places therein ; and the same were read, as follow : 
“ they are hereby authorized and required to pay. Pr. 5. 1. 19. Leave out “ Phillips” and insert 
“ the money which shall be payable in respect of | ‘ Philipps. nae 
“ the share or share, the title to which shall be so! | Pr. ils 1, 8. After ‘‘ fish” insert “eggs or 
“in dispute, into any of the chartered banks in * fruit. a 
“ Scotland, in the joint names of one of their num-| _ Pr. 11. 1. 37, After “ fish” insert “ eggs or 
“ ber and of the persons claiming such share or | “ fruit.” — ; : 
“ shares, and which money shall be applied and; The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
“ paid to the person or persons who shall establish _ Were agr eed to. ; 
“a legal right thereto, subject to the necessary | Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
“ costs and charges incurred by the directors, | the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


“in relation to the monies so deposited as afore- | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


* said. 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, | 
= pepees 4 si Ur. ten Peat doouny-te |in the County of Lincoln, was read the third time. 
Bi.l to the Lords, and acquaint them that this | —- E oo. rns Patt d h 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 7. /°°/° 7 . 4a a atten do carry the 
their Lordships. Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





An ingrossed Bill for regulating and improving Louth Markets 


the Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Louth, 2nd Improve- 
ments Bill. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Royal Pavilion 


Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration | Reading of the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill: (Brighton) 

——. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill,| Qrdered, That the Bill be net pte time Bil 
ors intituled, An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and | 4); . 

Branches to - . y this day. 

the River Dee; Chester RailwayCompany to make certain Branches ' 

———— to the River Dee, with Wharfs and other Con- Ogle’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Ogle’s Estate 


at Shrews- 
bury ; Power 





veniences connected therewith ; to enter into Agree- | Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be referred to the Ex- Bil. 
ments for a Joint Station at Shrewsbury; and to | aminers of Petitions ‘or Private Bills. 
Mr. 














13 Victoriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Special Report of the 
Inclosure Commissioners to Her Majesty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns for 
three months ending the 31st day of December 
1848, of the name of every Parish within the seve- 
ral dioceses of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint David, 
and Llandaff, showing the Names and Numbers of 
Churches and Chapels attached to the Establish- 
ment within each parish, the Number of Services 
performed on each sonra in each Church or Chapel; 
whether such Services are performed in English or 
in Welsh, distinguishing the English entire Services 
from the Welsh entire Services, and whether such 
Welsh Services are performed by the Incumbent or 
Curate. 

A Return (in continuation) for the last year, of 


6° Juliet. 





the Decisions of the Court of Common Pleas, as to 


, 
461 
by the Ordinance of 1841, and which expired on the 
31st December 1847; that during the year 1844, 
the Court of Policy passed, at the suggestion of the 
Secretary of State, an Ordinance continuing the then 
existing Civil List Ordinance to 1854, to secure the 
confirmation of the Immigration Loan Ordinance, 
and praying the House to direct a Bill to be intro- 
duced to rescind the extended;Civil List Ordinance of 
1844, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Sealy Grannell, late an Richard Sealy 
Officer of Her Majesty’s Customs, in the Port of Grannell. 


London, complaining of having been superseded in 
1838 from his situation as a first-class tide waiter, 
upon a charge of temporary absence from duty, 
and praying for inquiry and redress, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Keepers of Hotels, Hotel-keepers. 


the qualification of voters, by way of appeal from Taverns and Houses licensed and used for the sale 


Revising Barristers’ Decisions. 


29th day of June last, for Accounts in detail, of the 
manner in which the Charge of £. 37,043, in the 
Finance Accounts for the Registration of Births, 
Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales, in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1849, was | 
incurred, under separate heads, showing the Amount | 
paid under each head:—And, of the manner in 
which the Estimate laid before this House in Par- | 
liamentary Paper, No. 254, of Session 1847, of | 
£.50,078 for Fees, was made up; stating the Amount | 
paid to each District Registrar, and under the several 
heads of Marriages, Births and Deaths, under the | 
Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 86. | 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to | 
Order,—Returns of the Number of Deaf and Dumb | 
Children under fourteen years of age, in the several | 
Union Workhouses in Zreland :—Of the Number of 
Blind Children under fourteen years of age, in said 
Workhouses:—And, Statement of the means of In- 
struction in said Workhouses, 1. for the Deaf and 
Dumb ; 2. for the Blind. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Wetherby ; —Leake (Lincoln) ;— 
Wyberton ; —and, Wigtoft; complaining of the de- 
heey condition of Agriculture, and praying the 

ouse to adopt measures of relief for persons en- 
gaged therein,—-were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from North Walsham ;— Thorne ;—and, 
Faversham; praying for the repeal of the annual 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the market-towns 
of Chipping Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh and Stow- 
on-the-Wold, and the parishes in their vicinity, 
forming the district included within the limits of 
the Stow-on-the-Wold and Chipping Norton Agri- 
cultural Society, praying for the total repeal of the 
Excise duties on Bricks, Hops, Malt, Paper and 
Soap, supplying the loss thus occasioned to the 
revenue by moderate import duties on all articles 
of foreign produce and manufacture, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Elective Members of the Honour- 
able the Court of Policy of British Guiana, stating 
that the Sugar Duties Bill of 1846 has reduced the 
Inhabitants of that colony to abject distress and 
suffering; that from the withdrawal of capital and 
the consequent abandonmeit of estates, the colony 
is unable to pay the civil list at the amount fixed 








VoL. 104. 





| of spirituous liquors, and the general accommoda- 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 


tion of Her Majesty’s subjects, calling the attention 
of the House to their present liability to the window 
tax upon their trade houses, the increasing and 
heavy rates of duty charged for their trade servants, 
apprentices and labourers, and also to the charges 
for servants designated waiters, burdens to which 
no other trade is liable: and praying the House to 
consider their case, and grant them such relief as 
may seem to be just, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Greyfriars, Marriages 
in the city and county of Aberdeen (Moderator and Bill. 





Clerk) ; and, Presbytery of Newcastle upon- 
T'yne (Moderator); praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants and other Inhabitants 
of Dunse, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a Jaw, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the House of Assembly of New- Newfoundland 
foundland, in general assembly convened (signed by 


the Speaker), was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the present depressed condition of that 
colony imperatively demands of them that they 
should bring the subject prominently before the 
notice of the House ; they cannot believe that a 
feeling of unconcern would pervade the House in 
regard to the interests of that island, the oldest 
transatlantic possession of the British Crown ; and 
though the benefits they might have hoped for have 
not hitherto attended on their appeals on the sub- 
ject to the parent Government, the daily aggravating 
evils under which they labour compel them to re- 
newed efforts to obtain a hearing for their just com- 
plaints; the grounds on which they presume to rest 
the appeal for the consideration of the House are, 
that the interests of that colony were sacrificed to 
views of imperial policy; by the treaty of Utrecht 
and subsequent treaties foreign powers were granted 
the right of fishing on the banks and the principal 
part of the shores and harbours of Mewfoundland ; 
the French have successfully claimed the right of 
the exclusive enjoyment of the fisheries from Cape 
Ray to Cape John, an extent of three hundred 
miles of coast, and embracing the most valuable 
portions of the fishing grounds of that island ; the 
American treaty of eighteen hundred and eighteen 
gives the subjects of the latter power privileges 
nearly equal to those enjoyed by the French, and 
thus are the natural rights of Her Majesty’s loyal 
subjects ruinously compromised ; the exigencies of 
imperial interests might have demanded these con- 
cessions at the hands of the parent Government, 
but they humbly and respectfully submit whether 
it is consistent with any recognized principles of 

3N3 justice 





Fisheries. 


462 


justice that the imperial advantages on which these 
treaties were grounded should be purchased at the 
sacrifice of those rights the preservation of which 
can alone secure the prosperity of that ancient and 
loyal colony ; but if even the evil rested here, if it 
were simply the right of foreign powers to concur- 
rent privileges of fishing on their coasts, and pro- 
secuting their avocations on similar terms, they 
should feel but comparatively small cause of com- 
plaint, for fair competition would leave them little 
to apprehend for the success of their trade and 
fisheries; accordingly, in the abstract, the conces- 
sions embraced in the treaties referred to would 
have been lightly regarded by Her Majesty’s loyal 
subjects, but they have been made the foundation 
of the system under which those foreign powers now 

rosecute their fisheries, sustained by enormous 
Sonation which have urged them into a condition 
of activity and strength, furnishing them every day 
with fresh proofs of the hopelessness of unaided 
competition, of which the decreasing productiveness 
of their fisheries and the awful impoverishment of 
the people are a truthful and lamentable develop- 
ment; that when they look to the source of all this, 
they find it has been for matters of imperial policy 
that theirinterests have been thustotally disregarded ; 
the various results of these bounties have frequently 
been brought by the legislature and the people of 
that colony under the notice of the Imperial Govern- 
ment; the foreign fisheries so sustained are an- 
nually becoming augmented, while theirs are marked 
by corresponding diminution and decay ; the effect 
of these bounties has been to give to the French 
and Americans the entire deep-sea fishing, formerly 
the boasted nursery for British seamen, but now 
completely transferred to our powerful and ambitious 
rivals for maritime supremacy ; the bounty on the 
French-caught fish is fully equal to the price usually 
obtained for British cure ; and, met as they are in 
almost all their markets by the protected fish of their 
competitors, they are frequently driven to consent 
to sales which leave much less than the actual cost 
of production; a most fruitful source of the pros- 
perity of the French fisheries is to be found in the 
supplies of bait they receive from their shores for 
the bankers which fit out at Saint Pierre and Mi- 


6° Sulit. 





quelon, in direct contravention of the Imperial Act, 
26 Geo. 3. c..26; this traffic is carried on to the 
serious injury of the British on that part of the 
coast, and to the detriment generally of their fishe- 
ries; this question is ably treated of by Captain 
Loch, of Her Majesty’s ship “Alarm,” who was em- 
ployed in the protection of our fisheries last year, 
these evils have been progressing for many years, 
until they have reached a crisis which places their 
existence as a colony in utter peril; the great 
fire in eighteen hundred and forty-six, which swept | 
away three-quarters of a million of the capital of 
the country, assisted materially in hastening this | 
conjuncture, and precipitated the result which the | 
operation of the treaties in question was producing 
by slower but not less certain means; since the 
period of that disastrous event the sum of thirty- 
five thousand pounds has been disbursed from the 
public treasury of the colony, to preserve the fishing | 
population from actual starvation ; nor do they see 
a prospect of relief from a continued pressure, 
while the evil of foreign competition in their fishe- 
“ie8 remains uncorrected; so strong is the feeling 
widely spreading on this subject, that numbers of 
their most hardy fishermen are quitting the colony 
to seek from their rivals that remunerative employ- 
ment which they despair of being able to obtain at 
home, and it creates not unnaturally a feeling of deep 
discontent that in the prosecution of similar pur- 
suits in which they are often together engaged, the 
subjects of other powers find an adequate recom- 
pense for their toil, while British fishermen in New- 
Joundland are unable to obtain the common ueces- 
saries of life, and have latterly been dependent in a 














A. 1849. 


great degree on the bounty of the local govern- 
ment for support; that the result of such a con- 
dition of things must be inevitably ruinous ; the con- 
tinued emigration of their fishermen can scarcely 
be prevented, and a valuable portion of their popu- 
lation will be attracted to swell the tide of compe- 
tition which assails them ; they will naturally flee 
from a colony whose resources are withered by neg- 
lect, to obtain that reward for their labour which is 
offered them by the rivals of British naval supre- 
macy ; neglect has long been their portion; while 
other colonies have been from time to time reci- 
pients of imperial bounty, no such aid has ever been 
extended to Newfoundland, which, considered by 
reference to its maritime and commercial importance, 
is the most valuable of the transatlantic British 
possessions ; that the people of that colony are not 
chargeable with the causes of its present depression ; 
the trade was fairly and legitimately carried on, ex- 
hibiting none of those wild speculations which 
brought ruin on other colonies, but sustaining itself 
without bounty or protection, and had their natural 
rights been preserved the necessity for this appeal 
would not have arisen ; but for purposes of imperial 
policy the best portions of their fisheries were handed 
over to foreign rivals, whose operations have brought 
Her Majesty’s loyal subjects to their present alarm- 
ing state; it will not be matter of surprise when 
they acquaint the House that, from the pressure 
created by all these adverse circumstances, and the 
diminution of their revenue, the colony has within 
the last six years contracted a debt of one hundred 
thousand pounds ; the cession of so large a portion 
of their fisheries by Her Majesty’s royal predeces- 
sors is the only intelligible cause of the evils which 
necessitated this debt ; they therefore humbly sub- 
mit that the Imperial Government should relieve 
them from the liabilities which are so clearly the 
result of sacrifices forced on the colony for imperial 
purposes alone ; the French fisheries are upheld by 
the supplies of bait they receive from their shores ; 
by the Imperial Act, 26 Geo. 3, this traffic is de- 
clared to be illegal, and yet it is vigorously carried 
on because of the absence of a sufficient preventive 
force to suppress it; on the coast of Labrador Her 
Majesty’s subjects are exposed to continued depre- 
dations on the part of the French and Americans ; 
and, though annually visited by one of Her Ma- 
jesty’s ships, this serves but little more than to as- 
certain that such incursions are made, and that they 
can only be prevented by the continual presence of 
a man of war during the summer season; two or 
three war steamers employed during the fishing 
season would be required to protect that portion of 
their rights which the treaties have left them ; several 
French vessels of war are constantly occupied in the 
protection of their fishery, while the occasional pre- 
sence of one vessel is all they have hitherto had to 
show that British protection extends to that ancient 
colony ; in the markets of Spain, Portugal, and 
Brazil, their staple export is subject to enormous 
rates of duty,-and in the latter country a still further 
increase appears to be contemplated; if firmly 
urged by Her Majesty’s Government, they would 
have confident hope that, on the occasion of new 
treaties with these powers, arrangements might be 
effected less detrimental to their interests; they 
humbly submit the premises for the consideration 
of the House, and pray that such assistance may 
be extended to them as will relieve the colony from 
its pecuniary embarrassment, and that such other 
measures may be adopted as will avert the ruin 
which further neglect of that loyal dependency must 
inevitably, and at no distant period, occasion. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Relief 
North Dublin Union, praying that the Poor Relief (trelan¢) bill. 


(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, 





13 Vicroriz. 


stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Protection of 


Petitions from Taunton ;— Edinburgh ;—Oheley ; 
Women Bill 


—Saunderton ; — Broughton ; — Adstock ; —Hart- 
well ;— Haddenham ;—Long Crendon ;—Hertford ; 
— Cottingham-cum- Middleton ; — Worcester (three 
Petitions) ; — Tipton ; —Dudley-Wood ;—Coseley ; 
— Cork ;—Hicten ;—Bect Row — Walton( Buchs) ; 
— Brill ;— Gornal-Wood ; — Oldbury ;— Woodside ; 
—Ludgershall ; —Swansea ; — Woodbridge ; —Hen- 
ley ;— Mildenhall ;— Clare (Suffolk); —Mendlesham; 
— Comber ; — Bangor ; — and, Archdeaconry of 
Richmond (York); praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon tiie Table. 


Petitions from Blandford Union ;—and, Aberga- 
venny Union; praying that an Act may be passed 
during the present Session of Parliament, enabling 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute a super- 

,annuation fund for members of their body,—were 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 
Chairman of a Meeting of Commissioners of Police 
for the city of Edinburgh, praying the House so to 
amend the Public Health (Scotland) Bill as to 
obviate the objections to which it is liable, or to 
delay passing the Bill during the present Session of 
Parliament, in order that further time may be af- 
forded for the consideration of the measure, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public Roads 
(England and 
North Wales) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Holme-lane End and 
Heckmondwike Turnpike-road, in the West Riding 
of the county of York, praying that the Public Roads 
(England and North Wales) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nathaniel Hartland, of Oaklands, 
near Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, Es- 

uire, the Reverend Peter Edward Boissier, of 

alvern Wells, in the county of Worcester, Clerk, 
and Henry Haines, of Cheltenham aforesaid, Gen- 
tleman, raying the House to except from the ope- 
ration of the Railways Abandonment Bill all con- 
tracts for the purchase of which there has been 
either a part performance, or wherein or in pursuance 
of which a specified price or sum for the property 
thereby agreed to be taken by any Railway Com- 
pany has been already fixed, notwithstanding the 
time originally named for the completion of the 
purchase may have been extended by arrangements 
with the Company, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Rating of 


A Petition of Directors and Guardians of the Poor 
Tenements. 


of the Hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, in the 
county of Suffolk, praying the House to pass a law 
making the landlords of all cottages whose rents 
are under six pounds liable to the payment of the 
peat was presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


Roman Catho- 


Petitions from East Farleigh ;— Upper Holloway ; 
dic Clergy. 


—and, Islington; stating that the Petitioners have 
understood that a measure for the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Clergy is likely to be submitted 
to the House ; and praying the House not to give 
countenance to such measure,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rome and 
Hungary, 


A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of the 
neighbourhood of Jslington, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, praying the House to recognize at once the 
Governments of Rome and Hungary, by protesting 
against the intervention of the French and Russian 
Armies, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 104, 


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463 


Petitions from Toxteth Park ;— and, Jarrow ; Sale of Beer 
praying the House to prohibit the granting of any Act. 
new Licenses to Beer Shops, and to enact that those 
already granted shall be in force only during the 
tenure of the present holders,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edmund Cook, late of Carey-street, Small Debts 
Lincoln’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Law Sta- ““* 
tioner, but now of New Ormond-street, in the same 
county, praying the House to take into considera- 
tion the propriety of granting costs to the successful 

arty in all cases of claims to goods and chattels to 
be permanently established in County Courts; also 
of giving the right of appeal to the Superior Courts 
in all cases where the parties may have been im- 
properly adjudged, oak that the 118th section of 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 95, also be so altered, 
controlled or extended as to empower the presiding 
Judge in such County Courts to award compensa- 
tion for any damage sustained in the prosecution 
thereof, which the Petitioner is advised the Judges 
of the said County Courts at present cannot do, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Dealers and others, in- Spirits 
terested in the Spirit Trade of Ireland, praying that (reland.) 
the duty on Jrish-made Spirits in future be levied 
in the same manner as the duty on Colonial and 
Foreign Spirits, that is, according to the measure- 
ment of the actual quantity and strength when re- 
moved from the els we warehouses, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich ;—Bradford (Chair- Universal 
man) ;—O’ Connorville ;—and, Saint Mary-le-bone ; S“frage, &amp;e. 
praying the House to enact Annual Elections of 
Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property 
Qualification, and Payment of Members,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Notting Hill and its War. 
vicinity, praying the House to promote the settle- 
ment of disputes between the British Government 
and other governments of the world respectively, by 
arbitration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Turnpike _ 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the ce Union 
Turnpike Trusts Union Bill. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the attachments, 
Question proposed upon the 11th day of May last, Courts of Re- 
That the Attachments, Courts of Record (Ireland) = (Ireland) 
Bill be re-committed, be resumed upon Thursday 
next. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Newgate Gaot 
of the day, resolve itseif into a Committee upon the (Dublin) Bill. 
Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate on the Ques- Palace Court 
tion proposed upon the 28th day of June last, That (Westmin- 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair, (for Committee ster) Bi. 
on the Palace Court ( Westminster) Bill), be resumed 
after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Administra- 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the (auocedinen 
Administration of Justice (Metropolitan Districts) Districts) Bill. 


Bill. 


Resolved, That this. House will, upon Tuesday County Rates, 

next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the * 
County Rates, &amp;c. Bill. 
3N4 


Ordered, 








‘Turnpike Acts | J 
Continuance &amp;¢., Bill be read a second time after the Orders of 


&amp;c. Bill. 


House of 
Commons 
Offices Bill. 


Highway 
Rates Bill, 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 


Boroughs) Bill. 


Benefices in 
Plurality 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


State of the 
Nation. 


Real and 
Personal 
Property 


Transfer Bill. 


Chapels of 





464. 


Ordered, That the Turnpike Acts Continuance, 


the day. 


Ordered, That the House of Commons Offices 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Highway Rates Bill be read a 
second time after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Poor Relief (Cities and Bo- 
roughs) Bill be read a second time after the Orders 
of the day. 


Ordered, That the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) 
Bill be read a second time after the Orders of the 
day 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon Monday last, That this 
House will resolve itself into a Committee, to take 
into consideration the State of the Nation, be re- 
sumed before the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Real and Personal Property 
Transfer Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 


Ease (Ireland) of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 


Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 


Congregations 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Municipal 


Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Titles of Religious Congrega- 


tions (Scotland) Bill be read a second time after the 
Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Corporations mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill; 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 


(ireland) Bill. 


No. 467. 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 
Aglionby, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Bun- 
bury, Mr. Christy, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Grogan, Mr. 
Hans Hamilton, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
and Mr. Bellew. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Recovery of Arrears of Rates) was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill: (Whereas an Act was passed in the seventh 
year of Her present Majesty’s reign, intituled, “ An 
Act for the further Amendment of an Act for the 
more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jre- 
land,” in which Act provision was made for the lia- 
bility of immediate lessors for the whole Rates, in 
place of the occupiers, in certain cases, of the value 
of rateable property ; Be it Enacted, That so much 
of the said recited Act as provides that whenever 
the net annual value of the whole of the rateable 
hereditaments in any Union occupied by any person 
or persons shall not exceed four — the rate 
in respect of such property shall be made on the 
immediate lessor, be repealed, except as to anything 
heretofore done or now pending under this Act). 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, 25 
Yeas, \Sir Lucius O’Brien: | Rs 
Tellers for a | Mr. Tufnell, - 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: — 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 


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A. 1849. 


Bill: (And whereas by an Act passed in the tenth 
year of the reign of Her pea Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Law relating to the Valua- 
tion of Rateable Property in Jreland,” it is provided 
that every rate for the relief of the destitute poor in 
every Union which shall be made after thirty days 
from the time when the Board of Guardians shall 
have received the valuation of all the townlands 
comprised in the Union, shall be made according to 
such valuation, and it is expedient to amend the said 
provision ; Be it therefore Enacted, That from and 
after the passing of this Act, so soon as the Guar- 
dians of any Union shall have received from the 
Commissioners of Valuation the valuation of all the 
townlands situate in any Electoral Division of such 
Union, all rates thereafter to be made on such Elec- 
toral Division shall be made according to such va- 
lation, until the same be revised, as in the said Act 
is provided, and thereafter according to such valua- 
tion as revised from time to time: Provided that all 
salaries, establishment charges and other sums pay- 
able by the Union and chargeable on the several’ 
Electoral Divisions, according to the net annual va- 
lue of the property situate therein respectively, shall 
be chargeable on such Electoral Divisions accord- 
ing to the net annual value of the rateable property 
therein, as set forth in the rates last made on such 
Electoral Divisions, previous to the time when the 
Board of Guardians received. from the Commis- 
sioners of Valuation the valuation of all the town- 
lands situate in any of the Electoral Divisions as 
aforesaid, until the Guardians shall have received 
the valuation of all the Electoral Divisions in the 
Union, and no longer) :—And_ the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Clause be withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions , 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 3d, 4th and — 
5th days of this instant July ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


Mr. Bankes presented a Bill for preventing Frauds Sale and 
in the Sale of Bread, and for aliens further Pro- Manufact 
vision to secure the wholesome Quality of Articles “ae 
used in the Manufacture of Bread: And the same 0. 468. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the several Petitions against the Collection of 
Collection of Rates Dublin Bill, which have been Rates(Dubliay 
presented to the House during the present Sessiun ~” 
of Parliament, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Ordered, That the several Petitions against the Municipal 
Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill, which have Cor oY Bill 
been presented to the House during the present aes: 
Session of Parliament, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit ;.and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to make better Friendly 
Provision for certifying the Tables of Friendly So- Secieties 


ieti .) Bill. 
cieties, and for the Regulation and Encouragement (No. 2.) B 
oof «No. 469- 

























13 VicrorizZ. 


of the samie: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next; and be printed. 


Royal Pavilion The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(Brighton) Reading of the Royal Pavilion Brighton Bill; 

Bill. . Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon ‘Tuesday next. 

adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 

Army and Ordered, That the Select Committee on Army 

Ordnance = and Ordnance Expenditure have leave to sit, To- 

Expenditure. sorrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 

Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell: 

the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

Great Yar- A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Improvement 

hee of the Haven Bridge and Navigation of Great 

Navigation Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk : 

Improvement 

Bil 

Westhead’s A Bill, intituled, An Act for rendering valid cer- 

— nts 20 Letters Patent granted to Joshua Procter 

ie icautae Westhead, of Manchester, Manufacturer: And 

turing Fur also, 

into Fabrics) 

Bill. 

Reynolds's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. for vesting the Cole and Reynold’s Estate, situate 
at Doddington, Leverington, Guyhurn, Broughton 
and Buckden, in the Isle of Ely and Counties of 
Cambridge and Huntingdon, in Trustees, for Sale, 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Honourable The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

oe www to enable Leases for Mining Purposes to be granted 

Bill, to Anthony Hill, Esquire, of Parts of the Estate 
situate in the Parish of Merthyr Tidril, in the 
County of Glamorgan, devised by the Will of the 
Right honourable Other Arthur, Earl of Plymouth, 
deceased, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And also, 

Duke of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Soca of to enable the Trustees of the Settlement made in 


Sutherland’s) pursuance of the Will of George Granville, late 
estate Bill. Duke of Sutherland, to grant or demise for a long 
Term of Years to the Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Company, certain Springs and Reservoirs of 
Water in Lands, in the Parishes of Caverswall and 
Stone, in the County of Stafford, comprised in the 
said Settlement, and certam Waterworks, Rights 
and Privileges, for supplying with Water the Towns 
of Longton and Lane End, in the said County, and 
several Townships or Places near thereto; and to 
enable the said Trustees to take Shares in the said 
Company, and toadvance Money to the said Com- 
pany on mortgage, and for other Purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 
Sequestrators’ The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
es Bill. t give leave to Joseph Randolph Mullings, asia, 
a Member of this House,to attend their Lordships to 
be sworn, in order to his being examined as a witness 
before the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships, in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Remedies of 
Sequestrators of Ecclesiastical Benefices :— And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 


Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 
Vou, 104. | 


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465 


The Duke of Worfolk’s (Duke of Sutherland’s) Duke of 

Estate Bill, was read the first time. naea e 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Sutheriand’s) 

aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill. 


Reynolds's Estate Bill was read the first time. —_ Reynolds's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Estate Bill. 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Honourable Robert Henry Clive’s Estate Honourable 
Bill was read the first time. ae Henry 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- — 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Marriage 
consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as (Scotland) 
amended in the Committee ; Be. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words ‘ Monday next 
“ at Twelve of the clock,” and inserting the words 
“* this day three months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next, at Twelve of the clock,” stand 
part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ ys oy ued Hill: |ise. 

f Mr. Mackenzie, 60 
&gt;. Mr. Oswald: } ¢ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Tellers for the Noes 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registering 
into a Committee upon the Registering Births, &amp;c. Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, — 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney- ~ 
General reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee muy have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming gtate of the 
the a Debate upon the Question proposed Nation. 
upon Monday last, That this House will resolve 
itself into a Committee to take into consideration 
the State of the Nation ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 7° die Julii, 1849: 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Beresford, 7} 

Tellers for the Yeas, 4 44, ron stews : «756. 
Mr. Tufnell, leog 
Lord Marcus Hill: J~"* 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, { 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways and 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of Distressed 
authorizing the Issue of Money out of the Con- land.) — 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Com- 
missioners, to be by them applied by way of Loan 
for the Purpose of constructing a Railroad between 
Athlone and Galway ; and also of a further Advance 


for affording Relief, out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, to certain distressed Unions in Jreland to be 


secured 


390 








Police of 
Towns (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Judgments 
(Treland.) 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 470. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Estates 
Leasing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.3,000,000) 
Bill. 


Excise Rene- 
volent Fund 
Society Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 





466 


secured upon a Rate to be levied on each Union of 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

mittee on the Police of Towns (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Judgments (/reland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Small Debts Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and, ‘om some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) 
Amendment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee onthe Railways Abandonment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund to the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-nine, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Three Mil- 
lions, out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Excise Benevolent Fund Society 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 


6°—7? Jultt. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leasehold 
‘mittee on the Leasehol 





A. 1849. 


T f Lands (Zreland) Ten 
Bill, enure of Lands (Jrela. ) ran 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


consideration the Marriages 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


upon the 28th day of June last, That the Protection 
of Women Bill be now read a second time; 

And the Question being again a ootgg :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Wednesday next. 


mittee on the Turnpike Trusts Union Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day 
mittee on the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming palace Court 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Westmin- 
upon the 28th day of June last, That Mr. Speaker *ter) Bill. 


do now leave the Chair, (for Committee on the Pa- 
lace Court (Westminster) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- jdministra- 


mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropo- tion of Justice 
(Metropolitan 


litan Districts) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c., Bill was, Turnpike Acts 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Continuance, 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Boroughs) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


cording to Order, read a second time; 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 





Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





into consideration the Real and Personal Property 


' /Transfer Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, 


land) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Bankruptcy 
| into consideration the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill, as (Ireland) Bin, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Marriages 
Bill, as amended in the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- chattels 
Partition and 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday S#e Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Protection of 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Women Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- qurnpike 
Trusts Union 


being read, for the Com- Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, Highway 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Rates Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 


The Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- Benefices in 
and com- Plurality 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Real and 











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13 Victrortiz. 6°—7°— 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Chapels of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Ease (Ireland) mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Jreland) Bill; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Titles of The Titles of Religious Congregations (Scotland) 
Religious tions Dull was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
oo) and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
Bill. 


for Monday next. 


Boroughs Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Relief Bill. to relieve Boroughs, in certain cases, from Contribu- 
tion to certain Descriptions of County Expenditure : 
And that Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Cornewall 
Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Trustees Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Relief Bill. for the further Relief of Trustees: And that Mr. 
Attorney-General and Mr. Solicitor-General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Inland Posts Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Colonies) for enabling Colonial Legislatures to establish In- 
Bill. land Posts: And that Mr. Hayter and the Chan- 


cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mauritius. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Instructions to Sir George Anderson, re- 
Jating to the Issue of a Government Paper in 
Mauritius. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


River Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

Humber. to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter from the Commissioners of 
Woods, dated the 30th day of June 1846, respect- 
ing the Grant of a Portion of the Foreshore by the 
Crown to the Grimsby Dock Company :—Of the 
Treasury Warrant consequent thereon :—And, of 
the Letter setting forth the Conditions on which 
the Grant was made. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Boroughs Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to relieve 
Relief Bill. | Boroughs, in certain cases, from Contribution to cer- 
No.471. tain Descriptions of County Expenditure: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


Trustees Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill for the 

Relief Bill. further Relief of Trustees: And the same was read 

No. 472. the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Inland Posts Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for enabling Colonial 
(Colonies) Bill. Legislatures to establish Inland Posts: And the 
No. 473. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 


printed. 
Colonial Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address to 
Postage. Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of August, in the 


last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the several 
Rates of Postage charged upon Letters conveyed be- 
tween the United Kingdom. and each of the British 
Colonies and Possessions respectively ; distinguish- 
ing the Rate when conveyed by Packet from that 
charged when the conveyance is by Private Ship: 
—Of the Rates of Postage charged upon Letters 
conveyed direct, whether by Packet or by Private 
Ship, between the several British Colonies and 
Vou, 104. 





9 Sulit. 467 


Possessions :—Of the Rates of Postage charged 
upon Letters conveyed between the United Kingdom 
and Jndia, whether vid Southampton, vid Marseilles, 
or by Private Ship:—Of the Rates of Postage charged. 
upon Letters between one part of the East Indies 
and another part of the East Indies, and between 
any British Colony or Possession and India, 
whether by Packet or Private Ship :—Of the Rates 
of Postage charged upon the Conveyance of Letters 
within each of the several British Colonies and 
Possessions :— And, showing the Gross Amount of 
Postage collected, the Expenditure and the Net 
Revenue of the Post-office in each of the British 
Colonies and Possessions and in Jndia, for the 
Three years ended the 5th day of January 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Colonel Anson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Statement of Excess of Expenditure 
on Ordnance Services for the year 1847—48. 

Ordered, That the said Paper ‘do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 

And then the House, having contiued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 9° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Reginz, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to consolidate the several Acts 


Ordnance. 
No. 474. 


Committees. 


Stockton and 

Darlington 
ailway 

(Consolidation 


relating to the Stockton and Darlington Railway of Acts, &amp;c. 


Company, to enable the Company to alter their 
Line of Railway in the Parishes of Egglescliffe and 
Stockton-on-Tees, and to increase their Capital, and 
to vest in them the Middlesbrough Dock ; and the 

same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 55. 1. 38. After “ ton” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That as soon 
as the Clarence Railway Company shall have 
provided sufficient and proper station-room, si- 
dings, booking-places, or other conveniences, at 
or near to the junction of the Clarence Railway 
with the Stockton and Darlington Railway, at 
Sim Pasture, to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Company shall thenceforth, at all season- 
able and proper times, deliver at and take from 
such stations, sidings or booking-places, by loco- 
motive power in the ordinary course of Railway 
traffic, any waggons, empty or laden with coals 
or other minerals, or with merchandize, which may 
be required by any person or persons whomsoever 
to be left at or taken from such station, sidings 
or booking-places, to or from any station, siding 
or booking-place on the said Stockton and Dar- 
lington Railway: Provided always, That nothing 
herein contained shall make the said Stockton and 
Darlington Railway Company liable to take any 
such waggons, unless the same shall have been 
before collected for that purpose at the station, 
siding or booking-place from which the same 
shall be required to be taken, to the number of 
not less than thirty-two at any one time: Pro- 
vided also, That if any difference shall at any 
time arise between the said Companies, relating 
to the use or management of the said station- 
room, siding or booking-places, so to be provided 
at or near Sim Pasture, the same may be from 
time to time referred by either of the said Com- 
panies to the Commissioners of Railways, whose 
302+ “ order 


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wn 


Alteration of 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 

















468 


“ order thereon shall be binding and conclusive 
“ between the parties.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Wisbech, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
&gt; Tid the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Downham _ intituled, An Act for repairing the Road leading 
Bridge Turn- from Chatteris Ferry to Wisbech, and from thence 
pike (Cone to Tid Gote, in the Isle of Ely, and to Downham 
Act, Altera- Bridge, in the County of Norfolk, and to authorize 


the Conversion of the Wisbech and March Low 
Road into Turnpike; and the same were read, as 


tion of Provi- 
sions relating 
to Repair of 


Waldersey and follow : 

we “—- Pr. 8. 1. 32. Leave out “ Rushton” and insert 
anks, an- ¢¢ ” 

donment as to Ruston. “ i 

Turnpike of Pr, 8. |]. 33. Leave out the first “ Rushton” and 

Road rd insert “ Ruston,” and in the same line, leave out the 

same, Con- 


second “ Rushton” and insert “ Ruston.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


struction of 
NewTurnpike- 
road) Bill. 


Airdrie Police An ingrossed Bill to amend and extend and 
and Municipal partly repeal the Provisions of an Act of Parliament 
Bill. f a ee 
for erecting the Town of Airdrie into a Burgh; to 
provide for the Municipal and Police Government 
of said Burgh ; and forthe better paving, watching, 
lighting and cleansing, and for regulating the Police 
and managing the Statute Labour of the said 
Burgh ; for consolidating the Provisions of other 
Acts; and for other Purposes relating thereto, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Earl of Lincoln do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dean and A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for con- 

Chapter of | firming two several Indentures of Lease, dated 

wine * respectively the twenty-sixth day of June One thou- 

Estate Bill. sand seven hundred and Eighty-six, respectively 
granted by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
and Metropolitan Church of Christ, Canterbury, 
and Henry Penton, to Thomas Clutton, of Heredi- 
taments situate at Walworth, in the parish of Saint 
Mary, Newington, in the County of Surrey, and 
for settling the Boundaries of the Hereditaments 
thereby intended to be demised, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

New North An ingrossed Bill for continuing the Term of 
fioeation) Bill an Act passed in the third year of the reign of 


his Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“An Act for continuing certain Powers to the 
Trustees of the New North-road, leading from 
the South End of Highbury-place, Islington, to 
Haberdashers’ Walk, in the Parish of Saint Leo- 
nard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex,” for 


the Purpose of enabling the Trustees to pay off 
the Debt due on the said Road, was read the 


third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, an Act for continuing the term of an Act 


ssed in the third year of the reign of his Majesty 


a 
King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 


continuing certain powers to the Trustees of the 


New North-road, leading from the South End of 
Highbury-place, Islington, to Haberdashers’ Walk, 
in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 


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A. 1849. 


County of Middlesex,” and for vesting the Manage- 
ment of the said Road in the Metropolis Roads 
Commissioners for the Purpose of paying off the 
Debt due thereon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 






eb eto 


Ordered, That the Petition of Sir George Morris, Dublin 
Knight, deposited in the Private Bill Office upon Improvement 
Wednesday last, be referred to the Committee on (*® 2.) Bill 
the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, although 

such Petition shall not have been deposited within 

Seven days after the Second Reading of the Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; Orders; 
which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the North Stafford- North Stat- 
shire Railway (Newcastle and Silverdale Branch pty Rail- 
Amendment Act) Petition, the Standing Orders pe A oe 
ought not to be dispensed with. 


Silverdale 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Branch 


Amendment 
Act) Bill. 


A Petition of Directors of the Scottish Anti- Australian 
State Church Association, praying that the Aws- Colonies 
tralian Colonies (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a (N® 2.) Bill 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the ciergy Relief 
Provincial Synod of Ballymena and Coleraine, in Bill. 
connection with the general assembly of the Pres- 

byterian Church in Zreland, praying that the Clergy 

Relief Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered te lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Lora’s Day. 
Provincial te of Ballymena and Coleraine, 
praying the House to adopt measures for securing 
the due observance of the Lord’s Day, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Boston, praying Marriages 
that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law, was Bill. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from John Mac Tavish ;——Glasgow ; 

and, Kirk Session of the North parish of Aber- 

deen (Moderator and Clerk); praying that the said 

Bill may not pass into a law,—were also presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Owners and Lessees of Collieries Mines and 
and Coal Mines, in and near to Middle Hutton, in Collieries Bill. 
the county of Lancaster, praying that the Mines 
and Collieries Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brixton ;— Lambeth ;—Kirk Ses- Protection of 
sion of Denny (Moderator and Clerk);—Glasgow ; Women Bill. 
—John G. Lorimer ;—and, Wing; praying that 
the Protection of Women Bill may pass intoa law,-- 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of In- Public 
habitants of Dundee, praying the House to enforce Expenditure. 
measures of economy and retrenchment, and to 
refuse its sanction to any measures for creating new 
officers, and adding to the burthens of the country, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Solihull ;—Bethesda ;—and, Ban- Small Debis 
gor; praying for the amendment of the Small 4c 
Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 


Roman, | 
Hungarian 
and Rhenish 
Republics. 


Universal : 
Suffrage, &amp;c, 


Public 

Petitions 
{Sixtieth 
Report.) 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 


No. 475. 


Colonial 
Postage. 
No. 476. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registerin 
Births, vy 
(Scotland ) 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of In- 
habitants of Glasgow, praying the House to ad- 
dress Her Majesty, forthwith to recognize the forms 
of government adopted by the Romans, Hungarians 
and Germans of the Rhine, and to instruct Her 
ministers to take the necessary measures to secure 
their integrity, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon tae Table. 


Petitions from Barnstaple ;—Charterville Mins- 
ter ;— Bristol ;—Joseph Burrage ;—John Styles ;— 
George Wilkins; — William Clamtree ; — George 
Hinkins ;— Robert Butler and others ;— Reuben 
Harrington ;— Tower Hamlets (two Petitions) ;— 
Bethnal Green;— and, William Charles Weeks ; 
praying the House to enact Annual Elections of 
Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property 
Qualification and Payment of Members,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
July, and had directed him to make a Report there- 
of the House. 


G° Julie. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. | 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Registration | 
of Births, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial 
Postage, which was presented upon Friday last, be | 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday 
“ next,” in order to add the words “ this day three 
“ months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
** Monday next” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hiil, 1 23 
Yeas, Mr. Secretary at War: f °"* 
Tellers for the bo Mackenzie, 1 6a 
Noes, Mr. Dundas: at 


= 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be read the third time upon Monday next ; 
And a Debate arising thereupon; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Statistical Statement for each Poor 
Law Union in Jreland, for Quarter ended 31st March 
1849 ; and Half-years ended 31st March 1849 and 
1848 respectively ; compiled from Returns furnished 
by the Clerks of Unions. 

Copy of Eleventh Annual Report of the Com 
missioners of the Loan Fund Board of Zreland, pur- 
suant to the Act 6 and 7 Vic. c. 98, 

Vou. 104. 














469 


Mr. Cornewati Lewis also presented, pursuant to Evicted Des 
Order,—A Returk ofall Notices served upon Reliev- titute Poor 
ing Officers of Poor Law Districts in Ireland, by sate, 
Land-owners and others, under the Act of last Ses- 
sion, 11 and 12 Vie. c. 47, intituled, “ An Act for 
the Protection and Relief of the Destitute Poor 
evicted: from their Dwellings.” 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : oa 

Mr. Speaker, ae 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Rock Life 
Act for better enabling the Rock Life Assurance — 
Company to sue and be sued, and to alter certain 
Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and to give 
further Powers to the Company, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to provide for the better auditing of the Accounts 
of Railway Companies; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ladykirk 
to enable Marianne Sarah Robertson, of Ladyhkirk, (Robertson’s) 
to disentail certain detached Portions of the en- =state Bill. 
tailed Estate of Ladykirk, to be conveyed to David 
Robertson, her Husband, in lieu of the Lands of 


ompany Bill. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts 
Bill. 


| Simprim, to be added by him to the said entailed 


Estate; to grant Security upon the said Estate for 
a certain Sum of Money expended in Improve- 
ments; and for other Purposes relating thereto; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Rickards’ 
to authorize the Trustees of the Will of the late An- (or Harman's) 
o. APP Estate Bill. 
thony Harman, Esquire, to grant Building, Improv- 
ing and other Leases of certain Freehold Estates 
devised by the said Will ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hurd’s 
to confirm the Title of the Trustees of the Will of "state Bill. 
Philip Hurd, Esquire, deceased, to a Copyhold 
Estate at Kentish Town, in the county of Middle- 
ser, and to extend the Power to grant Building 
Leases contained in the said Will, and to empower 
the Trustees of the said Will to raise Money for 
the Improvement of the said Estate, and for other 
Purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scquestrators” 
that part-of the Message from the Lords, of Friday Remedies 
last, wherein their Lordships request, That this ; 
House will be pleased to give leave to Joseph Ran- 
dolph Mullings, Esquire, a Member of this House, 
to attend to be sworn, in order to his being ex- 
amined as a witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships, in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, on the Bill, intituled, “ An Act 
to extend the Remedies of Sequestrators of Eccle- 
siastical Benefices”:— And Mr. Mullings being 
present in his place, declared that he was willing, 
with leave of the House, to go to the House of 
Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Joseph Randolph Mullings, Es- 

uire, have leave to goto the House of Lords, as 
p sar by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to Joseph Randolph Mullings, Esquire, to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if he think fit: And that Mr. Rich do carry the 
said Message. 


The Audit of Railway Accounts Bill was read maceagy pions 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time ,4y “°OU"’® 


. ‘ Bill. 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. No. 477. 


303 Ladyhkirh 























470 9° Julit. A. 1849. 


i Ladykirk Ladyhirk (Robertson’s) Estate Bill was read the) The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways ana 
i (Robertson's) first time. into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the ne 
iH Betete BE. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-| Issue of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of CTreland.) 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. | the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
|to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to be by 
Rickards’s Richards’s (or Harman's) Estate Bill was read the | them applied by way of Loan for the purpose of 
(or Harman’s) firct time. | constructing a Railroad between Athlone and Gal- 
aaendenes Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-| way; and also of a further Advance for affording 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Relief, out of the said Consolidated Fund, to certain 
| distressed Unions in Lreland, to be secured upon a 
Hurd's Hurd’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 


| Rate to be levied on each Union of Jreland. 
| (In the Committee.) 
1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 


Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 


aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


' 
j 


Attornies’ A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident in | Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances 
Certificates. WVorthallerton, in the county of York, and practising | to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
in the Courts of Law and Equity in England and | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the 
Wales, praying for repeal of the annual duty on the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to an amount not 
Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,| exceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, to be by 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | them applied, by way of loan, for the purpose of con- 

Table. structing a Railroad between Athlone and Galway. 
oi a 2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
es a ml A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances 
Bill. of the city of Worcester, praying that the Bankrupt | to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the 


Law Consolidation Bill may pass into a law, was| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland of 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 





Interment in 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 
Towns. 


bitants of the boroughs of the Tower Hamlets and 
of Finsbury, and others, praying that the burial of 
the dead in the midst of the living may be instantly | 
and for ever prohibited, by closing all burial places | 
in cities and towns, and by the adoption of such | 
measures as may secure the public from the prac- 
tices at present existing, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions of the There-undersigned, residing 
in Curtain-road, Shoreditch; praying the House to | 
address Her Majesty, to grant an amnesty to all | 
Political Offenders,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Political 
Offences. 





Poor Relief A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | 
(Ireland) Bill. of Cork, praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill | 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law Petitions from Bicester Union;— and, Skipton 

Officers. Union; praying that an Act may be passed during | 
the present Session of Parliament, for the establish- 
ment ofa permanent fund for the benefit of superan- | 
nuated officers connected with the administration of | 
the Poor Laws, and to enable Poor Law Officers to | 
form and distribute such fund,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Sale of Beer Petitions from Havering-atte-Bower ; — and, 

Act. Harewood ; praying for amendment of the Sale of | 
Beer Act, with a view to diminishing the number of | 
Beerhouses,—were presented, and read; and or- | 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

Smithfield A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, 

Market. and Residents in the hundreds of Mutford and 
Lothingland, in the county of Suffolk, praying the 
House to pass a Bill for doing away Smithfield 
Market, and for substituting a central Market at 
Islington, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Waterford A Petition of the Mayor, Chairman of a meeting 

Ee of Citizens of Waterford, complaining of the disad- 


any Sum not exceeding One hundred and fifty thou- 
sand pounds, for affording Relief to certain distressed 
Poor Law Unions in Jreland, the same to be charged 
on any Rate to be levied in each Union in Jreland, 
under an Act of the present Session, for a General 
Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and Elec- 
toral Divisions in Jreland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Bill toamend the Acts for the more effectual poor Relief 
Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland was, accord- (Ireland) Bill. 


ing to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas, by the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56, the Poor 
Law Commissioners are empowered to appoint fit 

ersons to be chaplains to workhouses; Be it 
Enacted, That no clergyman shall be deemed a fit 
person for such office, or if appointed, to be continued 
in such office, who shall not be approved of by his 
ordinary ; and that no clergyman shall be removed 
from such office save for default of duties purely 
civil in their nature, without the consent of his or- 
dinary):—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. John O’Connell, 

Yeas, UMr. Feargus O’ Connor : 

Tellers for the {Mr. Tufnell, 

Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
| Bill(And be it Enacted, That from and after the 
passing of this Act, in all cases where any land, or 
any house and land, or any house, shall be held by 
the tenant thereof for any term, not exceeding one 
‘calendar month, at a rent not exceeding fhe rate of 
one pound sterling by the month in Jreland, and 
‘the term or interest of such tenant in such land, 
house and land, or in such house, shall have ended, 


} s. 


74. 








vantages under which the Port of Waterford is la-| or shall have been duly determined by a legal notice 
bouring, owing tothe unfinished state of the Water- to quit, and such tenant or (if such tenant do not 
ford and Limerick Railway, and praying the House | actually occupy the premises, or only a part thereof) 
to adopt such measures as may enable the Water- any person by whom the same or any part thereof, 

ord and Limerick Railway Company to commence’ shall be then actually occupied, shall neglect or re- 
works at the Waterford end of the line, was pre-| fuse to quit and deliver up the possession of the 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | premises or such part thereof respectively, it _ 
c 








} and 
d 








13 VictrorizZ. 


be lawful for the landlord of the said premises, or 
his known agent, or receiver of his rents, to cause 
the person or persons so neglecting or refusing to 
quit and deliver up the possession, to be served with 
a summons in writing, to be signed by a Justice of 
the Peace of or having jurisdiction in the county in 
which the said premises shall be situate, to appear 
before the next Court of Petty Sessions to be holden 
for the district within which the said premises shall 
be situate, to show cause why the said premises 
should not be delivered up to such landlord or his 
said agent or receiver as aforesaid ; and if the tenant 
or occupier shall not appear at the time and place 
appointed, or if such tenant or occupier shall appear, 
and shall not show to the satisfaction of the Justices 
assembled at such Court of Petty Sessions reasonable 
cause why possession should not be given, and shall 
still neglect or refuse to deliver up the possession 
of the said premises, or such part thereof as he was 
in possession of at the time of the service of such 
summons, to the said landlord or his said agent or 
receiver, it shall be lawful for the said landlord, or 
his agent or receiver, to give to the said Justices 
proof of the holding, and of the end or determination 
of the tenancy, with the time and manner thereof, 
and where the title of the Jandlord hath accrued 
since the letting of the premises, the right by which 
he claims the possession ; and thereupon it shall be 
lawful for the said Justices, or any two of them, to 
issue a warrant under their hands and seals, to any 
constable of, or acting in the district within which 
such premises shall be situate, requiring and autho- 
rizing him, within a period to be therein named, not 
less than seven or more than ten clear days from 
the date of such warrant, to give possession of the 
premises to such landlord or his agent; and such 
warrant shall be a sufficient warrant to such con- 
stable to enter upon the premises, with such assist- 
ants as he shall deem necessary, and to give posses- 
sion accordingly : Provided always, That entry upon 
any such warrant shall not be made on a Sunday, 
Good Friday, or Christmas Day, or at any time ex- 
cept between the hours of nine in the morning and 
four in the afternoon: Provided also, That nothing 
herein contained shall be deemed to protect any 
person by whom any such warrant shall be sued out 
as aforesaid, from any action that may be brought 
against him by any such tenant or occupier for or 
in respect of such entry and taking possession, 
where such person had not, at the time of suing 
out the same as aforesaid, lawful right to the pos- 
session of the said premises). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be brought up:—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That where any person 
who shall be in the occupation of any land, or of 

any house and land, under any lease, contract for 
a tesco, or other tenure, in Jreland, of greater 
extent than a quarter of a statute acre, shall apply 
for, and shall have received relief (medical relief 
to himself or to any member of his family only 
excepted) under the laws now in force for admin- 
istering relief to the destitute poor in Jreland, it shall 
and may be lawful for the Board of Guardians of 
the Union within which such person shall have been 
resident when such relief was administered to him as 
aforesaid, and they are hereby required, on the ap- 
plication of the owner of the said land, or house 
and land, so held by such person as aforesaid, or 
of his authorized agent, to grant to such owner, or 
to his agent, a certificate in writing of the relief 
(medical relief to such person or to any member of 
his family only excepted) so administered to such 
person ; and if the said land, or house and land, 
shall be in an abandoned state or condition, and 
shall be unoccupied, it shall be lawful for the said 
owner, or for his agent, upon the receipt of such 
certificate from’ the Board of Guardians as’ afore- 
VoL. 104, 


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471 


said, to enter upon the said land, or the said house 
and land, and the same to have, hold, occupy, 
possess and enjoy, as in his or their former estate, 
notwithstanding any unexpired term in such lease, 
contract for a lease or other tenure of such land, or 
house and land, and as if such lease, contract for 
a lease, or other tenure were wholly void ; and if, 
upon the receipt of such certificate as aforesaid by 
the said owner or his agent, the said land, or the 
said house and land, or any part thereof, shall be in 
the occupation of such person as aforesaid, or of 
any other person or persons claiming to hold from, 
by or under such person as aforesaid, it shall be 
lawful for the said owner, or his agent, to cause a 
summons in writing, signed by a Justice of the 
Peace of or having jurisdiction within the county 
where said premises shall be situate, to be served 
upon the person or persons who shall be in the oc- 
cupation of such land, or house and land, or an 
part thereof, to attend at the next Court of Petty 
Sessions to be holden in and for the district within 
which such land, or such house and land, shall be 
situate ; and it shall be lawful for the Justices of 
the Peace assembled in such Court of Petty Ses- 
sions, and they are hereby required, upon produc- 
tion of the certificate of the said Board of Guar- 
dians as aforesaid, and upon proof that the said 
land, or house and land, or any part thereof, held 
by the person named in such certificate as aforesaid, 
is and continues in the occupation of such person, 
or of any other person or persons claiming to hold 
the same, or any part thereof, from, by, or under 
such person as aforesaid, and that a summons to 
attend the said Court has been duly served upon 
the person or persons who shall be in the occupa- 
tion of the said land, or house and land, or any 
part thereof, to order and direct that the possession 
of the said land, or house and land, shall be de- 
livered up to the said owner or his agent ; and the 
said Justices shall, upon the application of the said 
owner or his agent, issue their warrant under their 
hands and seals to any constable acting in and for 
the district within which such premises shall be 
situate, to deliver or cause to be delivered, to the 
said owner or his agent, the possession of the said 
land, or the said house and land, and the said 
warrant snall be a sufficient warrant to such con- 
stable to enter upon the premises with such as- 
sistants as he shall deem necessary, and to give 
possession accordingly, notwithstanding any unex- 
pired term in any lease, contract for a lease, or other 
tenure of such land, or house and land, and as if 
such lease, contract for a lease, or other tenure, were 
wholly void: Provided always, That no such warrant 
shall be in force for any longer period than ten 
days from the date thereof, and provided also that 
no such warrant shall be executed until after four 
clear days’ (Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas 
Day excepted) notice of the decision of the said 
justices shall have been given to or left at the usual 
place of abode of the person or persons who shall 
be in the occupation of the said land, house and 
land, or any part thereof, by the said owner or his 
agent). ¢ 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be brought up ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

‘ Tellers for the Yeas,| My . Pe sy } 23. 
Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Noes, Lord Some Hill: } 97. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to: be added to the 
Bill (And whereas it is provided by the said recited 
Act, passed in the seventh year of Her present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, that the rate in respect of certain 
property, the net annual value of which shall not 








exceed four pounds, shalt be made on the immediate 
: 304 lessor ; 





472 


lessor ; and it is expedient to alter the liability of 
the immediate lessor, in such cases, in respect of 


property not exceeding the net annual value of four 
pounds, to property of a net annual value not ex- 
ceeding two pounds; Be it therefore Enacted, That 
so much of the said recited Act as provides that 
whenever the net annual value of the whole of the 
rateable hereditaments in any Union, occupied by 
the person or persons therein described, shall not 
exceed four pounds, the rate in respect of such 
hereditaments shall be made on the immediate lessor, 
shall be and the same is hereby repealed, save as to 
any matter or thing done before the passing of this 
Act; and that whenever the net annual value of 
the whole of the rateable hereditaments in any 
Union occupied by any person or persons having no 
greater estate or interest therein than a tenancy from 
year to year, or holding under any lease or agree- 
ment, leases or agreements, made after the passing 
of this Act, shall not exceed two pounds, the rate 
in respect of such property shall, after the passing 
of this Act, be made on the immediate lessor or les- 
sors of such person or persons, and if at the time of 
making any rate the name of the immediate lessor 
be not accurately known to the persons making the 
rate, it shall be sufficient to describe him therein as 
“ the immediate lessor,’ with or without any name 
or further addition, and such rate shall be held to 
be duly made on him by such description, and shall 
be recoverable from him accordingly, notwithstand- 
ing any error or defect in his name or description, 
or the entire omission of his name therein: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing herein contained shall 
extend to any Electoral Division situated wholly or 
in part within any of the boroughs named in the 
Schedule annexed to the said last recited Act) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And whereas it is just and reasonable that the 
deduction for Poor Rate claimable by the person 
immediately liable to pay tithe rent-charge, should 
not exceed the deduction by law allowed in the 
case of any fee farm rent or other rent-charge 
chargeable upon and payable out of the rents and 
profits of the rateable property charged with such 
rent and rent-charge ; Be it therefore Enacted, That 
it shall not be lawful for any person immediately 
liable to pay tithe rent-charge to deduct therefrom, 
for every pound in value thereof, any further or 
greater sum than one-half of the poundage of any 
rate made after the passing of this Act, for the re- 
lief of the Poor: Provided always, that nothing 
herein contained shall be taken to affect or alter the 
right of deduction of the entire poundage of any 
rate made before the passing of this Act) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Mr. Napier 
Tellers for theJ Mr. George Alexander Her} 50. 


Yeas, milton : 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Tufnell, , 
Noes, {Lord Marcus Hill: }125. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

‘Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in P. 7. |. 9., by leaving out from the word 
“* guardian” to the word “‘ And ”’ in 1, 24. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Aftirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


9°—10° Juliz. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 






A, 1849. 






the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


__ And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 10° die Julii, 1849: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Incumberea 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Estates 
to the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 


mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larce- many ewe’ 
ni on an ma 
ies Bill ; Larcenies Bill. 


_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day ~~” 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Administra. 
Reading of the Administration of Justice (Van- tion of Justice 
couver’s Island) Bill; Sh 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House of Commons Offices Bill was, accord- House of 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Commons 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday Offices Bill. 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Judgments 
Reading of the Judgments (/re/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gmat Debts 
mittee on the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ™™* Bill 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies Companies 
Act (1848) Amendment Bill; and, after some time — — 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Bil. —_ 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 

next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; Abandonment 
Resolzed, That this House will, upon Thursday _ 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Estates 

into a Committee upon the Estates Leasing (Jre- Leasing 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. (ireland) Bill 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 

the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 

the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; : 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ané 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 








solve itself into the said Committee. 
The 





Newgate Gaol 


13 Vicrori2z. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


G°—10° Julzz, 


473 


Ordered, That Mr. Napier do carry the Bill to 


(Dublin) Bul. into a Committee upon the Wewgate Gaol (Dublin) the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Administra- 
tion of Justice 
(Metropolitan 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re-| 
| consideration the Marriages Bill, as amended in the B¥- 


. That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metro- 


Districts) Bill. politan Districts) Bill ; 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Boroughs) Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Boroughs 
Relief Bill. 


Trustees 
Relief Bill. 


Leasehold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Union 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


No. 478, 


Friendly 
Societies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Highway Rates Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Poor Relief (Cities and Boroughs) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Titles of Religious Con- 
gregations (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Boroughs Relief Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Trustees Relief Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day heing read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this Honse will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Trusts Union 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Bribery at Elections 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Charges of bribery or treating may be 
made against unsuccessful candidate, whether seat 
prayed for, or not), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | 
|in pursuance of the 
The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to | 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, tor Thursday 
next. 


The Bill for the Amendment of the Law of Bank- 
ruptey in Jreland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

VoL. 104. 








The Order of the day being read, for taking into Marriages 


Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill ; he gy and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday” 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Palace Court 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Westmin- 
upon the 28th day of June last, ‘That Mr. Speaker ince 
do now leave the Chair, (for Committee on the 
Palace Court ( Westminster) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Benefices in 
mittee on the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill;  Plurality 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ee 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Real and Per- 
lating to the Conveyance and Transfer of Real and sonal Property 
Personal Property vested in Mortgagees and 7™™sfr Bill. 
Trustees was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass : 

Ordered, That Mr. Headlam do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Commons 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- (ie 2.) Bil 
suance of a Special Report of the Inclusure Com-* “"" * 
missioners fur England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Petty Bag, 
to amend an Act to regulate certain Offices in the &amp;c. Offices 
Petty Bag in the High Court of Chancery, the $4" 
Practice of the Common Law Side of that Court, 
and the Inrolment Office of the said Court: And 
that Mr. Solicitor-General and Mr. Attorney- 

General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill somes 
to amend the Law for the Registration of certain py 
Persons commonly known as Compound House- 
holders, and to facilitate the Exercise by such Per- 
sons of their Right to vote in the Election of Bo- 
rough Members to serve in Parliament: And that 
Sir William Clay, Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir 


De Lacy Evans do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ay ae 
to facilitate the Execution of Conveyances and 3 a 
other Instruments by or on behalf of the New Zea- 
land Company in New Zealand: And that Mr. 

Aglionby, Mr. John Abel Smith and Mr. Monsell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Protection of 
a Return of every Requisition for Negative Search, he (ireland) 
ct 7 and 8 Vic. c. 90, de- act, 

livered unto or left with the Registrar of Judgments 
in Jreland, between the 1st day of January 1848, 
and the 1st day of January 1849, showing the 
date of each such Requisition being delivered to 
the Registrar, the date of the Certificate given in 
pursuance of each such Requisition, the Number 
of days which elapsed between the delivery of each 
such Requisition to the Registrar of Judgments, 
and the giving of the Certificate to the Person 
3P maxing 


























474, 


making each such Requisition, and the Stam 
Duty paid on each such Negative Search :—Suc 
Return to be in the form following : 

















Petty Bag, 
&amp;c. Offices 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 479. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 480. 


New Zealand 
Land Con- 
veyances Bill. 


No. 481. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 

No, 482. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


Opposed 
Private Bills 
(Group 19.) 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ogle’s Estate 
Bill. 


Duke of 
Norfolk's 
(Duke of 
Sutherland's) 
Estate Bill. 


Number of days elapsed 
Date of - a ‘ between delivery of Re- | Fees 
ate of Certificate of| quisition to Registrar. Stam 
g ~ Search given in pur-| and giving Certificate cage sf 
| quisition suance of Requisition. | to person making Re- in Duty 
4 being quisition, Registry | paid on 
&amp; | delivered Office | each 
‘S| inthe | Completed | Retained | Completed | Retained h ‘ 
§ oo ‘ by Clerks until by Clerks until “om = Negative 
= Registry | and ready | certified, as| and ready | certified, as Negative | Search, 
5 | Office. for required by for | required by | Search. 
- Certificate. | Depositors. | Certificate. | Depositors. 
| 
| 
| 














Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to amend 
an Act to regulate certain Offices in the Petty Bag 
in the High Court of Chancery, the Practice of the 
Common Law Side of that Court, and the Inrol- 
ment Office of the said Court: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to authorize 
the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a | 
Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for | 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to facilitate the | 
Execution of Conveyances and other Instruments | 
by or on behalf of the New Zealand Company in 
New Zealand: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 


| 


Thursday next ; and to be printed. | 





Sir William Clay presented a Bill to amend the | 
Law for the Registration of certain Persons com- 
monly known as Compound Householders, and to 
facilitate the Exercise by such Persons of their 
Right to vote in the Election of Borough Members 
to serve in Parliament: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Martis, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
Army and Ordnance Expenditure have leave to 
sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group 19, of 
Opposed Private Bills have leave to sit this day, till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Dublin Im- 
provement (No. 2.) Bill have leave to sit this day, 
till half an hour after Six of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; Thatin the case of Ogle’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid a the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Duke of Nor- 


9°— 10° Juliz. 
folk’s (Duke of Sutherland’s) Estate Bill, no Stand- 








A. 1849. 

























































ing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Reynolds's 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Estate Bill, 
vate Bills; That in the case of Reynolds’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from onourable 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Robert Henry 
vate Bills ; That in the case of the Honourable Robert Clive’s Estate 
Henry Clive’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


The Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill was, accord- Royal Pavilion 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed (Brighton) 
to a Select Committee. Bill 


Petitions from Sunderland;—and, Kingston-upon- Bankrupt Law 
Hull; praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolida- omsolidation 
tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 


Bill. 


A Petition of John James Bezer, now confined in John James 
Newgate, for a political offence, complaining that hav- Bezer. 
ing been imprisoned for a political offence, medical 
assistance was denied to his sick infant, in conse- 
quence of which he died ; and praying for an inves- 
tigation into the circumstances of the case, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Lassalle, Apothecary, Life-boat. 
Bristol, praying for inquiry into his invention of an 
improved Life-boat, his plan for quickly converting 
any ordinary boat into a Life-boat ; also into his 
mode of instantaneously applying the life lines to 
all boats, and lastly, into the life-buoys for use 
on board ships and boats, &amp;c., was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend George Trevor, Mas- Marriages 
ter of Arts, Proctor in Convocation of the Chapter 31 
of York, praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;— Ashkirk ; — West- Protection of 
minster ;—Stratton ;— Wadebridge ;— Uny-Lelant ; Women Bill 
—Saint Austell ;— Callington ;—Camelford ;—and, 
Alexander Gunn; praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master and Matron of the Poor Law 
Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers Officers. 
and other Officers connected with the administra- 
tion of the laws relating to the Relief of the Poor, 
in the Clitheroe Union, Lancashire, praying that 
an Act may be passed during the present Session 
of Parliament, toenable Poor Law Officers to form 
and distribute a superannuation fund for members 
of their body, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Edinburgh Stock — , 
Exchange Association, praying that provision may i — 
be made in the Railways Abandonment Bill for re- 
pealing the existing Stamp Duty upon Proxies to 
vote at meetings of Railway Companies, or at least 
in so far as applicable to the dissolution of such 
Companies under the said Bill, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting as- Rome. 
sembled in the City Mechanics Institute, Gould- 
square, praying the House to address Her Majest 
to recognize the Roman Republic, and to take suc 
other means as shall prevent the sacrifice of life now 
threatened by the invaders of Rome, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 











Royal Pavilion 
(Brighton) 


pet 
jure 
Bread Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Baking Trade. 


No. 483. 


House of 
Commons 


[Salaries. ] 


Hoghton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Italy. 


New Houses 


of Parliament. 


No. 484. 


Advertise- 
ments, 


Bankruptcy. 


18 Victoriz. 10°—11° Julie. 475 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Brigh- spective Appointments, and the District to which 
ton, in the county of Sussex, praying that the Royal each Commissioner has been appointed ; the Num- 
Pavilion (Brighton) Bill may not pass into a law, ber of Sittings in each week in every District Court 
and that they may be heard, by themselves, their for the last Five years, and the Number of Hours 
counsel or agents, against the same, was presented, occupied at each Sitting ; and the Amount of Salary 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. paid to each Commissioner. 


= | Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
A Petition of Master Bakers of the borough of Table. 


Greenwich, praying that the Sale and Manufacture 
of Bread Bill may not pass into a law, was presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile __ 
’ for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, and the fenders Bill. 
Prevention of Juvenile Offences: And that Mr. 
Petitions from Ipswich and surrounding parishes; Milnes and Mr. Headlam do prepare, and bring it 
Pay ov aco ;—Finsbury ;—and, Lead- 1m. 
ate, Hi onsett, Black Hill, and surrounding ‘or: 
Tiisasn. Io. ibe paaben. af Billingside and Len-| ae — saeanatanan ta dies Cas 
chester ; praying the House to pass measures, enact- | bet “ee: 


ing Annual Elections of Members of Parliament, The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 


. : lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue to the First Loan Societies 


py ee ah Shmesarae pater 2 rye | day of October One thousand eight hundred and Bill. 
dened te ie upon the fable. ‘ ’ | Fifty, and to the End of the then next Session of 


Parliament, an Act to amend the Laws relating to 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Evidence given | Loan Societies : ote 
by Dr. Grey before the Sanitary Commission, in| A Bill, intituled, An Act for further continuing Ecclesiastical 
reference to the Persons employed in the Baking | Util the First day of August One thousand eight _— 
Trade, which was presented upon the 29th day of | hundred and Fifty, and to the End of the then next ™™ 
May in the last Session of Parliament, be re-| Session of Parliament, certain Temporary Provi- 
printed. = concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Eng- 

and: 

A Motion being made, That this House wil, A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the goap Duty 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee, | Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hun- Allowances 
to consider of charging upon the Consolidated Fund | dred and Fifty, and to the End of the then next BY 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Session of Parliament, certain of the Allowances 
Ireland, the Salaries of the Clerk of the House of, of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manu- 

Commons, the Clerk Assistant, the Second Clerk | factures: 

Assistant, the Serjeant-at-Arms, the Deputy Ser-| A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Five Assaults 
jeant-at-Arms, and the Speaker’s Secretary, now | years an Act of the second and third years of Her (Ireland) Bill. 
charged on the Fee Fund of the House of Com-' present Majesty, for the better Prevention and 

mons; | Punishment of Assaults in Ireland: 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command,| A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend, extend Lancashire 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having | and enlarge some of the Provisions of the several and Yorkshire 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, | Acts relating to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- pometet pn 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. | way, and for making Extensions of some of the ton Branch, of 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | Branches of the said Railway, and for making CliftonBranch, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | other Provisions in relation to the said Railway, and **-) 8 
to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com- 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, | Pany: And also, et oe 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act sheriff of 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes | to provide for the Execution, for One Year, of the Westmoreland 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships, in Office of Sheriff in the County of Westmoreland ; to _ 
the case of Hoghton’s Divorce Bill: And that which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


: House: And also, 
nssinaenneeieas dene ye The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lora 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke Brougham and 
of Cleveland to raise certain Monies on the Trust Che cenate) 
Estates in the County of Durham by the said Will gstate Bill. 
devised, and for the Management of the said Es- 
tates ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Part I., Copy of the Correspondence 
respecting the Affairs of Italy, 1846-1847. 

‘ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Church of 
mand,—Supplementary Estimate of the Sums of posed, That this House will resolve itself into a Ireland. 
Money'required for the Completion of the Buildings! Committee, to consider the present state of the 
of the New Houses of Parliament. Temporalities of the Church of Jreland ; 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Order,— ; , age 
A Return of the Number of Advertisements on| And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


which Duty was paid, and of the Amount of Duty 
paid in each year from the year 1833 (the date of Mercurii, 11° die Julii, 1849: 
the last reduction of Duty) to the end of the year prTe 
1840; and a similar Return for an equal Number | om a way toe _— pms 
of years previou i , b | nek ntact rage 
previous to such reduction of the Duty The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 





dered, That the said Estimate and Return do lie. 
upon the Table; and that the Estimate be printed. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a bh 108. 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an | Mr. T, ell 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num-| Tellers for the Noes, { M rh ena 170. 
ber of additional Commissioners of the Court of 5. Cowper : 


Bankruptcy appointed for the Country Districts, | So it passed in the Negative. 
under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 122; of the Names| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Harbours of 


of such Commissioners, and the Dates of their re- Return of all Sums voted for Harbours of Refuge, ®&amp;fee- 
VoL. 104, 3P2 since 





















deme See eee a ee — 


Nea aS 


\ 
i 
| 
1 
i) 
: 


Harbour 
Department 
(Admiralty.) 


Stamp, &amp;c 
Allowances 


Bill. 


Labouring 
Poor Act 
Amendment 
(Treland) Bill. 


Land Improve- 
ment Amend. 
ment Act 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Captain 
Ponsonby 
Matthews. 


Mines and 
Collieries 
Inspection 
Bill. 


476 


since the year 1844; and a Statement of the Money 
expended upon Dover, Harwich and Portland re- 
spectively :—A similar Return for Holyhead, dis- 
tinguishing between the Sums expended upon the 
Old and New Harbours:—A Statement, showing 
under which Department of Government the se- 
veral Harbour Works are being carried out, and the 
sort of Superintendence or Control that is exer- 
cised over them: —Copies of the authenticated 
Plan, if any, of the Works to be executed at each 
of these places, showing the extent to which it is 
proposed they should be carried, and the estimated 
Expense of each :—And, of the Report of Surveys, 
if any, or Copy of Plans, if any, showing the 
Progress made from time to time in the Works ; 
and showing also their present state; the Amount 
already expended on each and the Amount to be 
expended to complete the Works as originally 
planned. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Authority under which the Harbour 
Department of the Admiralty was formed, and of 
the Letter of Instructions, if any, which prescribed 
its Duties :—And, of Report of any Committee of 
Inquiry as to the efficiency of that Denaninent, or 
of any Report, if any, recommending its Reduc- 
tion, together with any Documents or other Evi- 
dence on which such Report may have been 


founded. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Allowances on the Purchase of Stamps, 
and for the receiving and accounting for the Duties 
on Gold and Silver Plate, and to grant other Al- 
lowances in lieu thereof: And that Mr. Hayter and 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
further to amend an Act of the tenth year of Her 
present Majesty, for rendering valid certain Pro- 
ceedings for Relief of Distress in Jreland, by Em- 
ployment of the Labouring Poor, and to indemnify 
those who have acted in such Proceedings: And 
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir 
William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the tenth year of Her Majesty, 
for facilitating the Improvement of Landed Pro- 
perty in Ireland: And that the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Sir William Somerville do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
Her present Majesty, for amending the Law relative 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be Jaid before this House, a Copy 
of the Letter or other Document, conveying to the 
Horse Guards the Resignation of Captain Ponsonby 
Matthews, of the 47th Regiment, in May 1825, 
and of any Papers which accompanied it :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
dyawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
pig of the Mines and Collieries Inspection 

ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 


10°--11° Judie. 








A. 1849. 


And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, or put ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Rates, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sale and Manufacture of Bread 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chapels of 


mittee on the Chapels of Ease (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Inland Posts (Colonies) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Issue 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to be by them 
applied by way of Loan for the purpose of construct- 
ing a Railroad between Athlone and Galway; and 
also of a further Advance for affording Relief, out 
of the said Consolidated Fund, to certain distressed 
Unions in Ireland, to be secured upon a Rate to be 
levied on each Union of Jreland, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances to 
be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ex- 
chequer Loan Commissioners, to an amount not ex- 
ceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, to be by 
them applied by way ofloan, for the purpose of con- 
structing a Railroad between Athlone and Galway. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances to 
be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of any Sum 
not exceeding One hundred and fifty thousand 
a for affording Relief to certain distressed 

oor Law Unions in Treland, the same to be charged 
on any Rate tu be levied in each Union in Jreland, 
under an Act of the present Session, for a General 
Rate in Aid of certain distressed Unions and Elec- 
toral Divisions in Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the First 
of the said Résolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir William So- 
merville do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
of the said Resolutions: And that the same Gentle- 
men do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Lar- cael ton 


cenies Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. ms 

e 


Hig 
Rat 
Po 
(Ci 
Bo 
Bil 
County Rates, 
&amp;c. Bill. 
Sale and T 
Manufacture R 
of Bread Bill. C 
(s 
B 
Ease (Ireland) 
B 
} 
Inland Posts 
(Colonies ) Bill. 
Railways and 
Distressed 
nions q 
(Treland.) ] 


Juvenile 
Offenders and 
m: 


cenies Bill. 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 








Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Boroughs ) 
Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Boroughs 
Relief Bill. 


Trustees 
Relief Bill. 


Turnpike 
Trusts Union 


Benefices in 
Plurality 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


sheriff of 


13 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Highway Rates Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Cities and 
Boroughs) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Titles of Religious Con- 
gregations (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Boroughs Relief Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Trustees Relief Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill ; and had directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Turnpike Trusts Union Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Sheriff of Wes¢moreland Bill was read the first 


pmenetanl time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Legacy, &amp;c, 
Dein’ 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 1esumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Amount of Capital on which 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid 
in Great Britain in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1849; and an Abstract of the Total Amount 
under each Rate since 1797 :—And, showing the 
Amount of Capital on which the several Rates of 
Legacy Duty have beer vaid in Jreland, for the 
OL. 104, 


10°—11° Julzz. 








477 


year ended the 5th day of January 1848, and dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of each Rate ; also, an Ab- 
stract of the Total Amount under each Rate since 
1797 :—An Account, showing the Total Amount of 
Duties on Legacies, Probates, and Administrations 
received in Jreland in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1849 :—Returns of the Total Amount of 
Revenue received in the United Kingdom, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1849, for Stamp 
Duty on Legacies, on Probates, Administrations, 
and Testamentary Inventories ; distinguishing the 
Amount from England and Wales, from Scotland 
and from Jreland :—Of Total Duty received in Eng- 
land, Scotland, and Ireland since 1797, distinguish 
ing Legacies from Probates, Administrations, and 
Testamentary Inventories ; also, an Abstract of the 
Aggregate Amount from Legacies and Probates, 
&amp;e. in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Jre- 
land :—And, an Account, showing the Total Amount 
of Duty on Legacies, Probates, and Administrations 
received in each year in Ireland, since the year 1797 
to the 5th day of January 1849 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 243, of Session 1848). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Probates and 
Return of Number of Probates and Letters of Ad- Letters of 
ministration stamped under each grade of duty re- A¢ministra- 
spectively (after correction for return or increase of ~ 


Duty) in the year 1848 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 692, of Session 1848). 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a xouse of 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the House of Commons 
Commons Offices Bill, was read, and discharged. ffices Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order made upon the 6th day of this instant River 
July, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- Humber. 


dress, that She would be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter from the Commissioners of 
Woods, dated the 30th day of June 1846, respec- 
ting the grant of a portion of the Foreshore by the 
Crown to the Grimsby Dock Company :—Of the 
Treasury Warrant consequent thereon :—And, of 
the Letter setting forth the conditions on which the 
grant was made, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to River 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Humber. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Report, dated the 26th day of September 
1846, from the Commissioners of Woods to the 
Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury, recommending 
Grant of a portion of the Foreshore of the River 
Humber to the Grimsby Dock Company for the 
Construction of their Docks, upon certain con- 
ditions :—Of the Treasury Warrant dated the 6th 
day of October 1846, giving authority for the 
Grant :—And, Agreement for Grant of part of the 
Foreshore of the River Humber between the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and the Man- 
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
pany, dated the 1st day of November 1847. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Lunatic 
tinue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her Asylums 


present Majesty, for amending the Law relative to 


Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: And the same No. 485. 


was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Municipal 
on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill ; That Corporations 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and (Ireland) Bill. 


3P3 found 











a 





= 


treme ca as 





rae meee: 





otk 


eNOS 


nal emnet orp enen calpains 


i 
| 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


Commercial 
Road (com- 
prising the 


Cannon- street 


Road, the 
Commercial 
Road, the 
Horseferry 
Branch of 


Road, the East 


India Dock 
Road, and th 


Merchant 
Seamen and 
Pilots. 


Labouring 
Poor Act 
Amendment 


(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 486. 


Land Improve- 
ment Amend- 


ment Act 


(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 487. 


Stamps, &amp;c. 
Allowances 
Bill. 


No. 488. 





478 


ound the same to be true; and that they had 
amended the preamble of the Bill, by limiting its 
operation to the Borough of Dublin ; and that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 19, of Opposed Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turupike- 
ragds (re-committed) Bill, the Committee had, pur- 
suant to the Instruction of the House of the 5th day 
of July, amended the Acts 7 Geo. 4, c. 90, and 
&amp; Will. 4, c. 23, so far as relates to the general ma- 
nagement of the trust, and the regulation of the 
mortgage and other debts. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 19, of Opposed Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Commercial-road (comprising the Can- 
non-street Roads, the Commercial-road, the Horse- 


ferry Branch of Road, the East India Dock Road, 


and the Barking Road) Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, 
and had amended the same by reciting that it 


e is expedient that the term granted by the Act 
Barking Road) 
Bill. 


9 Geo. 4, c. 112, should be extended, except so far 
as regards the several Roads therein described as the 
Cannon-street Roads; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; that pursuant to the Instruc- 
tion of the House of the 6th day of July, they had 
amended the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 112, so far as relates 
to the general management of the trust, and the 
regulation of mortgage and other debts; and that 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 


improving the condition of Masters, Mates, and 
Seamen in the British Merchant Service, and of so 
much of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 125, as relates to the 
compulsory employment of Pilots. 


Mr. Hayter, by Order, presented a Bill further to 
amend an Act of the tenth year of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for rendering valid certain Proceedings for the 
Relief of Distress in Jreland, by Employment of the 
Labouring Poor, and to indemnify those who have 
acted in such Proceedings: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter, by Order, presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of the tenth year of Her Majesty, for facili- 
tating the Improvement of Landed Property in Jre- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayler presented a Bill to repeal the Allow- 
ances on the Purchase of Stamps, and for the re- 
ceiving and accounting for the Duties on Gold and 
Silver Plate, and to grant other Allowances in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


10°—11° Juliz. 








A. 1849. 


Mercurii, 11° die Julit ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Bernal reported from the Committee on Borough of 
the Borough of Louth, and Free Grammar Louth and 

School in Louth Bill; That they had examined the f7soGusammn 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be Louth Bin, 
true ; and that the parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Great Indian 
Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bill; That, inas- Peninsula 
much as this Bill does not confer any powers for ®#ilway Bill 
the construction of any Railway, but is simply a 
Bill for incorporating a Company already established 
under a Deed of Settlement and for empowering the 
Company so incorporated to enter into contracts 
with the East India Company, the several Standing 
Orders relating to Railway Bills were, in the Opinion 
of the Committee, inapplicable to this case; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and had amended the preamble, by striking out 
certain allegations stating the objects of the Com- 
pany, and by inserting instead thereof a recital of 
the Deed of Settlement entered into since the intro- 
duction of the Bill into Parliament, and of the 
names of the present Directors ; and had found the 
preamble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pgplic 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 9th day of ee 8 
this instant July; and had directed him to make a?” ) 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Select Committee on the Royal Pavilion Royal Pavilion 

(Brighton) Bill was nominated of Captain Pechell, (Brighton) 
Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Frewen, Bill. 
Mr. Deedes, Mr. Childers, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Hay- 
ter, Mr. I’uller, Mr. Headlam, and Five Members 
to be added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Arctic 
mand,—Copy of a Report from Sir John Richard- Expedition. 
son, dated Fort Confidence, Great Bear Lake, 16th 
September 1848, reporting his Proceedings in search 
of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bernal presented a Bill to authorize the Athlone to. 
Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, O07 ace 
to the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland o¢ ‘Money) Bill. 
Company: And the same was read the first time; wo, 499. 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 


and to be printed. 


Mr. Bernal presented a Bill to authorize a fur- Relief of Dis- 
ther Advance of Money for the Relief of certain tress Cineientp 
Distressed Poor Law Unions in Ireland; And the\“* y 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No, 490. 


read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Lord Brougham and Vaux (Duke of Cleveland's) Lord P 
Estate Bill was read the first time. Veet (Dabe of 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Cleveland's) 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. os Estate Bill. 

r. 








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vita 
Orp 
As) 
(Ds 
ist 





ice 
ill. 


id) 


nd 
: of 











titute Female 














Asylum 
jdson’s) 
erate Bill 














agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Protection of 
Women Bill. 


Public Health 
(Ireland. ) 


Sale and 
Manufacture 
of Bread Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act, 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill, 


aberdeen Des- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


13 VicrorizZ. 


Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Aberdeen 
Destitute Female Orphan Asylum (Davidson’s) 
Estate Bill, the Standiog Orders have not been 
complied with, as the said Bill relates to property 
devised, for charitable purposes, by John Gordon, 
of Murtle, Esquire, deceased, as well as to property 
devised by the will of John Carnegie, Esquire, 
deceased ; but the Notices of the intended applica- 
tion to Parliament do not specify the intention to 
apply for any power to affect the property devised 
by the said John Gordon, Esquire ; but it has been 

roved to the Examiner that amended Notices have 
~ published, by direction of the House of Lords, 
in the Edinburgh Gazette of the 18th May, and in 
the Aberdeen , ater of the 16th, 23d, and 30th 
May 1849, in which the objects of the Bill are 
correctly stated. 


11° Julie. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon of Colchester, and qithes. 





Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
Agricultural Labourers of the parish of Benenden, in 
the county of Kent, praying the House to grant 
forthwith full and effectual protection to every 
branch of British industry, without which the Pe- 
titioners conceive they will be unable to pay the 
present amount of taxes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartford ;—and, F. C. Paynter 
and others; praying for the repeal of the annual 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron 
of the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant 
Overseers and other Officers connected with the 
administration of the laws relating to the relief of 
the poor in the South Molton Union, in the county 
of Devon, praying that an Act may be passed in the 
present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (six Petitions) ; — 
Hulme (two Petitions) ;— Buckingham;—Penrith ; 
—and, Maidstone (two Petitions) ; praying that the 
Protection of Women Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitionsof Inhabitants of Jreland (two Petitions); 
—and, Thurles; praying the House to institute such 
sanatory legislation for the protection of the Lrish 
people, as may conduce to the diminution of disease 
and destitution,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of 
Master Bakers, residing in the borough of Mary- 
le-bone, and its vicinity, praying that the Sale and 
Manufacture of Bread Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of the 
county courts of Deal and Sandwich, in the county 
of Kent, praying for amendment of the Small Debts 
Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the County 
Courts, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tynemouth;—and, North Shields 
(two Petitions); praying that the Smoke Prohibi- 
tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Von, 104. 


479 


Clergy in the rural deanery of Bocking, in the county 
of Essex, praying the House to restore them to a 
liability of assessment only, in like manner as before 
the commutation of their ‘Tithes, and according to 
the same principles and relative liabilities as for- 
merly, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Independent War. 


Congregation of Dissenters, Dorchester, praying the 
House to promote the formation between the 
British Government and other governments of the 
world respectively, of such treaties of arbitration 
as shall bind the parties to refer all international 
disputes that may arise to the decision of arbitra- 
tors, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address New Palace, 
of June last, Westreinster. 
for Copy of a Letter of the Architect of the New No. 491. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day 


Palace at Westminster, addressed to Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners for completing the same, dated the 
6th day of February last, respecting his profes- 
sional remuneration; with Copies of all other 
Correspondence between Charles Barry, Esquire, 
and the said Commissioners, or with the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests, or with the Com- 
missioners of the Treasury, on the same subject. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Reading of the Duration of Parliaments Bill ; 


proposed, ‘hat the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. D’ Eyncourt, 
Yeas, \ Lord Dudley Stuart: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 
Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


1 on 


lise. 
J 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Smoke Prohi- 


mittee on the Smoke Prohibition Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “this House will, upon this day three 
“ months, resolve itself into the said Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Mackinnon, 


\ 83. 





Yeas, Sir Charles Burrell: 
Tellers for the § Mr. Bright, 
Noes, { Mr. Roebuck : } in 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative, 
3P4 Ordered, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Duration of 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 4 


480 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse N° 1.(The issue of opaque smoke prohi- 
bited after 1st January 1851.) 
An Amendment made. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of this instant July, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Stock in Trade 


Bone The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
lil, 


Reading of the Stock in 'l'rade Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Poor Law The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
UnionCharges - : 


Act Amend. toa Committee upon the Poor Law Union Charges 
ment Bill. Act Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 
Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Highways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

aenerg g mittee on the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill; 

sieaos Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

County Rates 


and Expendi- 
ture Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding upon the Amendment which, 
upon the 13th day of June last, was proposed to 
be made to the Amendment proposed to be made to 
the Question, ‘‘ That the County Rates and Expen- 
‘* diture Bill be now read a second time;’’ and 
which Amendment to the proposed Amendment was, 
after the word “ ascertain,” to insert the words 
“ the best mode of arranging an effective control 
“on the part of the rate-payers over the County 
“ Expenditure, and.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The House resumed the 
said further Proceeding. | 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in | 
the Affirmative. | 

And the Question being put, That the words “ a| 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into| 
the present mode of levying and expending the 
County Rate in England and Wales, with a view 
to ascertain the best mode of arranging an effec- 
tive control on the part of the rate-payers over 
the County Expenditure, and whether any more 
satisfactory mode of levying the said rates, and | 
more effectual and economical control over their | 
expenditure, can be adopted,” be added to the 
word “ That” in the original Question :— It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appoirted 
to inquire into the present mode of levying and ex- 
pending the County Rate in England and Wales, 
with a view to ascertain the best mode of arranging 
an effective control on the part of the rate-payers 
over the County Expenditure, and whether any 
more satisfactory mode of levying the said rates, 
and more effectual and economical control over 
their expenditure, can be adopted. 








11° Julie. 








A. 1849. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itsef Protection of 
into a Committee upon the Protection of Women Women Bill, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Turnpike Acts 
mittee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill ; Continuance 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- © Bull 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale and 
Reading of the Sale and Manufacture of Bread ——— 
Bill ; of Bread Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Bill to continue an Act for authorizing the Highway 
Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads Rates Bill. 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 
and to the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, an Act for authorizing the Application of 
Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Poor Relief 
consideration the Poor Relief (Cities and Boroughs) (Cities and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Seeeaghay eae 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Boroughs 
take into consideration the Boroughs Relief Bill, Relief Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Boroughs having copies of imperial 
standard weights and measures, and having local 
examiners of weights, not to contribute to county 
expenditure on account of weights and measures), 
was twice read ; and made partof the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Lord Ashley presented a Bill for confirming cer- General Board 
tain Provisional Orders of the General Board of of Health Bill 
Health, and for other matters relative to the Public No. 492. 
Health, and the Improvement of Towns and Po- 
pulous Places: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second upon Fri- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations (Jre- Municipal 
land) Bill, as amended, be printed. &gt; nd) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a ps 5, 

Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. asian 


Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to the directions General Board 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Reports to o Health. 
the General Board of Health on a Preliminary In- 
quiry into the Sewerage, Drainage and Supply of 
Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabit- 
ants of the Borough of Zaunton, by George Tho- 
mas Clark, Superintending Inspector. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. 





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ill. 


Bill, 


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ill. 





Receivers, 
Courts of 
Chancery and 
Exchequer 

Ireland) 
fSecond 
Report. | 

No. 494. 


Committees. 


New Churches. 


Duration of 
Parliaments 
Bill, &amp;c. 


Kilrush Union. 


Mines and 
Collieries 
Inspection Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen and 
Pilots, 


13 VicToRiz. 11°— 12° Julie. 481 


Mr. Napier reported from the Select Committee 6 Geo. 4, c. 125, as relates to the compulsory em- 
appointed to: inquire into the state of the Law as ployment of Pilots. 
respects the Appointment of Receivers of the Courts | (In the Committee.) 
of Chancery and Equity Exchequer in Jreland, and | 4 
the effect of the present Laws and Regulations of, 1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
the said Courts in the management of Estates under move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 


their Control, and who were empowered to report 


their Observations thereupon, together with the | 
| move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 


Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time, to the House; That they had further 
considered the matter to them referred ; and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 
O RD ERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five ofthe clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Tyssen, from the Commissioners for building 
New Churches, was called in; and at the bar _ 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
liament,—An Account of Charges and Expenses 
paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners, in and about 
the execution of the several Acts of Parliament, for 
building and promoting the building of additional 
Churches in populous Parishes, from the 25th March 
1848, to the 25th March 1849 :—And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 


habitants of the town of Cambridge, taking notice | 


of the Duration of Parliaments Bill, and praying 
for an extension of the Franchise, Vote by Ballot 
and Triennial Parliaments, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Marcus Keane, of Beech Park, in 
the county of Clare, Agent over the Estates of the 


Most noble the Marquis Conyngham, and seve-| 


ral other extensive properties, in the said county, 
stating that he has seen reports and returns pre- 
sented to both Houses of Parliament, by command 
of Her Majesty, relating to evictions in the Kilrush 
Union, which appear to have been made by Captain 
Kennedy, Poor Law Inspector; that being under 
responsibility for the good management of so large 
a portion of the said Union, he feels himself seriously 
aggrieved by the statements made, and the returns 
given in the aforesaid reports, in which the Peti- 
tioner alleges, that so far as they relate to the pro- 
perties under his management, the facts have been 
grossly misrepresented, exaggerated in every case, 
and in many instances the statements are wholly 
without foundation ; and praying the House to afford 
him relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Mines 
and Collieries in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that the Mines and Collieriés Inspection Bill ma 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of improving the con- 
dition of Masters, Mates and Seamen in the British 
Merchant Service, and of so much of the Act 

Vou. 104. 


| Bill to amend the Laws relating to Pilotage. 


2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 


| Bill for improving the condition of Masters, 
and Seamen in the Merchant Service. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


ates, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported several Reso- 
lutions ; which were read, as follow: 
| 1. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
| move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Laws relating to Pilotage. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for improving the condition of Masters, Mates, 
and Seamen in the Merchant Service :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
/ upon the first of the said Resolutions: And that 
| Mr. Bernal, Mr. Labouchere and Sir Francis Baring 








ar- ea 
| do — and bring it in. 


rdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
upon the last of the said Resolutions: And that 
the same Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, ,That the Bill be read a second time 
| To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals (Jre- 





May last, be printed. 





Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Estates 
Leasing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Coals 


land), which. was presented upon the 31st day of (Ireland.) 


No. 496. 


|_ Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Arctic Arctic 


printed. 


Expedition, which was presented yesterday, be Expedition. 


No. 497. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 2"4 Expendi- 


| Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of July 1849 (after abating the 
Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Reve- 
nue Departments), and of the actual Issues or Pay- 
ments within the same period, exclusive of the Sums 
applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of the Balances 
of Public Money remaining in the Exchequer on 
the 5th day of July 1848, the Amount of Money 
| raised by the additions to the Funded or Unfunded 
| Debt in the year ended the 5th day of July 1849, 
the Money applied towards the Redemption of the 
Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, the Total 
Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account 
of Local Works, &amp;c. with the difference accruing 
thereon, and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 





Y | sth day of July 1849. 


Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 





respect 


No. 495. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Strangers. 
to consider the present practice of this House, in 
3Q+ 


No, 498. 














482 12° Jultz. A. 1849. 


respect of the exclusion of Strangers, have power to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Greene reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred, and agreed to the following Report ; 

That the existing usage of excluding strangers, 
during a division, and upon the notice by an individ ual | 
Member that strangers are present, has prevailed | 
from a very early period of Parliamentary history ; 
that the instances in which the power of an individual 
Member to exclude has been exercised have been 
very rare; and that it is the unanimous Opinion of 
your Committee, that there is no sufficient ground for | 
making any alteration in the existing practice with | 
regard to the admission or exclusion of strangers. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 








Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | 
Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which | 
was read, as followeth ; 

Aberdeen Des- Resolved, That in the case of the Aberdeen Desti- | 
a Female tute Female Orphan Asylum (Davidson’s) Estate 

phan Asy- : : : ; 

lum (David- Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
son's) Estate with; that the parties be permitted to proceed with | 
_ their Bill. | 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, | 





was agreed to. | 








Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend the Pilotage Bin. 
Laws relating to Pilotage: And the same was read No. 500 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 





Bar 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Universities, Cot 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bil 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, Returns for the last Five years, from the 

Vice Chancellor and Heads of Houses in Oxford 

and Cambridge, and the Provost of Trinity College, - 


Dublin, of the Number of Students entered annually 
in the Books of each College or Hall within the 
Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the 
Number of Candidates in each year for the Degree 
of Bachelor of Arts, specifying the Number both of 
successful and of unsuccessful Candidates in the 
Degree Examination; the Number of Testimonials 
for Holy Orders granted annually by each College 
or Hall within the said Universities ; the Average 
Number in each year of resident Undergraduates in 
New College, Oxford, and in King’s College, Cam- 
bridge, and the Annual Number of Candidates from 
those two Colleges in the University Examinations 
for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


_of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord Ashley presented a Bill to amend _ the Nuisances 


Army and Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, mens 
wll to inquire into the Expenditure on account of the! 1348: And the same was read the first time ; and vention Bill. 
(Second Army and Ordnance, and to report their Observa-| o:dered to be read a second time upon Monday No. 501 
Report.) tions thereupon to the House, and who were em-| next: and to be printed. —— 
No. 499. powered to report from time to time, have Power | : 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before | A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
them. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the said Com-_ 
mittee ; That they had further considered the matter | Act to extend an Act of the Fifty- 


to them referred; and directed him to make a 


nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Royal Pavilion The House was moved, That the Standing Order | 
— of the House, No. 167, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

“ That there be Fourteen clear days between the 
Second Reading of every Private Bill, and the 
Sitting of the Committee thereupon.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
— in respect to the Royal Pavilion ( Brighton) 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bill 
have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they inquire, in the first instance, 
whether any private interests which would give 
parties a locus standi before the Committee, are 
affected by the provisions of the Bill; and that 
they report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane be discharged 
from attendance on the said Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Armstrong be added to the 


Committee. 
caane of _ Ordered, That Mr. Hutt have leave of absence 
—— for a month, on account of ill health. 
Poor Laws Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
(Ireland.) : 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, Copies of the Fifth and 
Sixth Reports from the Select Committee appointed 
by their Lordships to inquire into the operation of 
the Jrish Poor Law, and the expediency of making 
any amendment in its Enactments, together with the 
Minutes of Evidence: And that Sir Robert Ferguson 
do carry the said Message. ad 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Silver Coinage 
sixth year of Bill. 


a *| King George the Third, for providing for a new 
Report thereof to the House, together with the Mi-| gijyey Coinage, and for regulating the Currency of 


the Gold and Silver Coin of this Realm, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Mutiny and 
Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers Desertion 
and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Com- “4 Bill 
pany, and for regulating in such Service the Pay- 
ment of Regimental Debts and the Distribution of 
the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in the 
Service, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands Blackwall : 
required for the widening of the London and Black- aan 
wall Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to and Extension 
such Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amend- of Time) Bill 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Slave Trade. 


to communyate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 


First and Second Reports from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to continue the inquiry undertaken by 
a Committee appointed last year, to consider the 
best means which Great Britain can adopt for pro- 
viding for the final extinction of the Slave Trade ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Appendix thereto :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith: And then 
he again withdrew. 


Petitions from Newark-upon- Trent ;—and, So- Agriculture. 
merset (Sheriff) ; complaining of the depressed state 








of Agriculture, and praying the House to adopt 
measures 





13 Vicroriz. 


measures of relief for persons engaged therein,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


nkruptLaw A Petition of Merchants and Traders of the 
Consolidation borough of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 

referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Bagley 


A Petition of Poor Cottage Occupiers of the 
Common. 


several parishes of Hincksey, Sunningwell, Ken- 
nington and Radley, in the county of Berkshire, 
stating that from time immemorial the several occu- 
piers of cottages within the said parishes have had 
and enjoyed, in respect of their occupation of cot- 
tages, the right and privilege of turning out, feeding 
and depasturing their sheep, cows, horses and pigs, 
and of cutting and taking of fire-wood from a piece 
or parcel of land, containing several hundred acres, 
lying in the middle of the above parishes, called 
Bagley Common, or Open Bagley Wood, near to 
the property belonging to Saint John’s College, 
Ozford, called Close Bagley, or Enclosed Bagley 
Wood ; that they have heard with alarm that an 
Order has been issued by and from the Honourable 
Board of Commissioners of the General Inclosure 
Act, directing the inclosure of the said Common, or 
— Bagley Wood; and praying that in the event 
of the said common, or open wood being inclosed, 
the Petitioners’ just rights may be considered, and 
that they may receive under such inclosure a suffi- 
cient allowance of fuel as heretofore had and used 
by them, as also a sufficient allotment of feed for 
their cattle, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Education. A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Kemer- 
ton, in the county of Gloucester, praying that the 
grants for Education may be —- on the two 
following conditions only :—1. That sufficient legal 
security be obtained for the permanent application 
of the school buildings and their site to the intended 
purposes.—2. That the schools be open to Govern- 
ment inspectors, appointed according to the arrange- 
ments made in 1840, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander Fraser, praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Poor Law A Petition of Officers of the townships of Wray- 

yo with- Botton, praying that the House will extend to 

ment Bil. the Giélbert’s Unions the provisions of a Bill now 
before the House, to continue an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament for charging the maintenance 
of certain poor persons in unions upon the common 
fund ; and to make certain amendments in the laws 
for the relief of the poor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Protection of A Petition of Parishioners of Kilconniola, in the 

Women Bill county of Antrim, praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sale of Beer 


Petitions from South Mimms;— Ridge ;—District 
Act. 


of Cleeve ;—Pennard ;—Pilton (Somerset) ;— Yat- 
ton ;—Clevedon ;—and, District of Bishopsworth, or 
Bishport ; praying for amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act, with a view to diminishing the number of 
Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie vpon the Table. 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of the President of the Committee of 
the Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of 
Trade, praying that the clauses in the Small Debts 
Act Amendment Bill, affecting the County Courts 

VoL, 104, 


12° Juli. 





483 


and Inferior Courts of Record (except the Marshal- 
sea, Palace and Peveril Courts), may not pass into 
a law; or, in case they are deemed necessary by the 
House, that the Borough Court of Liverpool may 
be excluded from the operation of such law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mansfield, praying Universal 
the House to enact measures for Annual Elections Suffrage, &amp;c. 
of Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, Vote 

by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No-Property 
Qualification, and Payment of Members, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriage 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Scotland) 
upon Monday last, That the Marriage (Scotland) Bi 
Bill be read the third time upon Monday next ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 


: - “ J Births, &amp;c. 
a on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) (Scotland) 


Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for taking into consideration, To- Incumbered 
morrow, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Estates (Ire- 
Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, was read, and 2” = 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply : Estimates, &amp;e. 

And a Motion being made, That the Account of — 
the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum ll 
for the year 1848, of the estimated Charges and 
Expenses for the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1850, and of the Sum necessary to discharge 
the same ; and also, an Account of the Number of 
Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Christ- 
mas 1842 to Christmas 1848; together with a 
Statement of the progress made in the Arrange- 
ment of the Collections, and an Account of Objects 
added to them in the year 1848, which was pre- 
sented upon 19th day of March last, be referred to 
the Committee ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Account and Estimate be 
referred to the Committee. 

A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon militia 
the 22d day of June last, was made from the Select Estimates. 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850, be referred to the Committee; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Statement of Excess of Expen- Army. 
diture on Army Services, for the year 1847-48, 


which was presented upon the 27th day of June 
last, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Monies in the 
Exchequer, or remaining to be raised on the 30th Exchequer. 
day of June 1849, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1847 and 





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Civil Services. 
VIIL 


Commissariat, 


Ordnance. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land, 


Ordnance 
Military 
Corps, 


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1848, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
this instant July, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered,That the Estimates, &amp;c. of Civil Services, 
for the year ending 31st March 1850, which were 
presented upon the 4th day of thisinstant July, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Statement of Excess of Expen- 
diture beyond the grants for Commissariat Ser- 
vices, in the year 1847-8, which was presented 
upon the 4th ier of this instant July, be referred 
to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Statement of Excess of Ex- 
penditure on Ordnance Services for the year 1847-48, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant July, be referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, on the subject of certain illegal Ordinances 
or Acts of Council for the taxation of the people 
of Van Diemen’s Land, the attempts of Lieu- 
tenant Governor Sir William Denison, to inti- 
midate the Judges of the Supreme Court of that 
Island into declaring such Ordinances or Acts to 
be legal, and the grievances complained of by 
the Colonists of that Island in their Petition 

resented last year to Her Majesty, and printed 
y Order of this House; and that Her Majesty 
may be pleased to direct the local authorities in 
future to respect the independence of the 
judicial functions of that Court, and also to 


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of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
Mook 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Benjamin Smith, 21 

Yeas, Mr. Hume: | as 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 90 

Noes, \ Lord Edward Howard : : 

Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and sixty-one thousand 
eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of 
Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 20 

Yeas, Mr. Milner Gibson : } , 

Tellers for the § Lord Marcus Hill: er 

Noes, Lord Edward Howard: j°°*" 

Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and sixty-one thousand 
eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of 
Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 
8ist day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


“ signify Her disallowance of any Ordinance or} ‘Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, 1 18 
“ Act subsequently passed by the said Lieutenent Yeas, Mr. Cobden: Beas 
* Governor in Council, for giving to such illegal Tellers for the ( Lord Marcus Hill: 118 


“ Ordinances or Acts the force of law,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
{Lord Marcus Hill, 
UMr. Lascelles : 


Tellers for the Noes jMr. Anstey, } 24, 


Tellers for the Yeas, } 72. 


’LMr. Page Wood: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Three hundred and sixty-one 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Expense of the Pay, Allowances and Contin- 
gencies of Ordnance Military Corps, which will 





Yeas, Lord Edward Howard : 
Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding Three hundred and sixty-one thousand 
eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of 
Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1850. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 13° die Juliit, 1849: 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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The Athlone to Galway Railway (Advance of Athloneto 
Money) Bill was, according to Order, read a second pony) $e 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole of Money) Bill. 


House, for Monday next. 


come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1850. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 


That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again; 


















The Relief of Distress (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill was, Relief of Dis- 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- (ss sig 
43, | mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for &amp;% * 
Monday next. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, Mr. Cobden : 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 1 80 
Noes, \ Lord Edward Howard: § ai The House, according to Order, proceeded to Excise Bene- 
Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex-| take into consideration the Excise Benevolent Fund sent Bill 
ceeding Three hundred and sixty-one thousand Society Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty,| A Clause (Persons effecting Insurances as Mem- 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex-| bers of the Society to be bound by the Deed of 
pense of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of | Settlement, although not executed by them), was 
Ordnance Military Corps, which will come in course | twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 





Ordered, 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 502. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


P etty Bag, 
&amp;c. Offices 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


House of 
Commons 


(Salaries. ] 


Juvenile 
Offenders and 
Small Lar- 
cenies Bill. 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill, 


Trustees 
Relief Bill, 





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Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Joint Stock Companies 
Act (1848) Amendment Bill, as amended in the 
on and an Amendment was made to the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Petty Bag, &amp;c. Offices Amendment Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee to consider of charging upon the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, the Salaries of the 
Clerk of the House of Commons, the Clerk As- 
sistant, the Second Clerk Assistant, the Serjeant- 
at-Arms, the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms, and the 
Speaker’s Secretary, now charged on the Fee Fund 
of the House of Commons. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Salaries of the Clerk of the 
House of Commons, the Clerk Assistant, the Se- 
cond Clerk Assistant, the Serjeant-at-Arms, the 
Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms, and the Speaker’s Se- 
cretary, now charged on the Fee Fund of the House 
of Commons, be charged upon the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larcenies 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to abolish the Gaol of Newgate, in the 
County of the City of Dublin, and provide Com- 
pensation for the Officers thereof, and to enable the 
Grand Jury of the County of the said City to in- 
crease the Salaries of the Chaplains of certain other 
Gaols thereof, and to re-assess on the County of 
the said City certain arrears of Grand Jury Cess, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill for the further Relief of Trustees was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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485 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 

The Labouring Poor Act Amendment (Zreland) Labouring 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; ee ll 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, (Ireland) Bill. 
for this day. 


The Land Improvement Amendment Act (Jre- LandImprove- 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second tent 5 - 

time; and committed to a Committee of the whole (Ireland) Bill. 
House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stamps &amp;«. 


Reading of the Stamp, &amp;c. Allowances Bill ; ARowances 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
New Zealand 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ean 
a of the New j Pa Land Conveyances — 
ill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words ‘* upon Monday next.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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The-House, according to Order, resolved itself en 


into a Committee upon the County Rates, &amp;e. Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Turnpike Acts 
vontinuance, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Poor Relief 


take into consideration the Poor Relief (Cities and {jue3nn" 
Boroughs) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Bill to relieve Boroughs, in certain cases, from Boroughs 
Contribution to certain Descriptions of County Ex- Belief Bill 
penditure, was, according to cube, read the third 
time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed ser en 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- pj), ~ oe 
ments, Courts of Kecord (freland) Bill be re-com- 
mitted ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Bill to render more easy and effectual the Titles of 
Titles by which Congregations or Societies associated sal = 
for Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in (Scotland) 
Scotland hold Real Property required for such Pur- Bill. 
poses, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





3Q3 Ordered, 








486 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and the 
Amendments following were made to the Bill : viz. 

P. 2. 1.20. After “ pass” insert “ and from and 
afier the date of such Registration, the said trusts 
‘ shall become and continue one united trust, and 
‘ all the trustees of every trust so united shall be 
‘ trustees of the said United Trusts;” and also 
insert Clause (A.) 

Crauss (A.) “ And be it Euacted, That every 
such trust shall be called and known as the 
United Trust of Roads, and shall be subject to all 
the liabilities of each trust so united, and be en- 
titled to all the tolls, profits and other property 
of each such trust, and all payments shall be made 
from the common fund of the said trusts so united ; 
and all the provisions of the general turnpike 
Acts shall be applicable to such united trust.” 


Turnpike 
Trusts Union 
Bill. 


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Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
ass. 
' Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Friendly 
Societies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Marriages Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Chattels 
Partition and 
Sale Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Chattels Partition and Sale 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Solicitor Gene- 
ral reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Palace Court The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
(Westminster) adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
Bill. the 28th day of June last, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair, (for Committee on the Palace 
Court (Westminster) Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


Compound The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Householders Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Chapels of _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— (Ireland) into a Committee upon the Chapels of Ease (Jre- 
land) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
a That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Benefices in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(No 2.) Bill mittee on the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill; 











A. 1849. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Bill; Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 
mittee on the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill; (istrict Sur. 
Resolved, That this House: will, upon this day — 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Sale and 
Reading of the Sale and Manufacture of Bread Manufacture 
Bill; of Bread Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Regimental 
to dissolve Regimental Benefit Societies, and to Sectine Ba 
rovide for the Application of the Funds of such 
Becieties and of Regimental Charitable Funds: 
And that Mr. Secretary-at-War and Mr. Hayter do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Enlistment 
to limit the Enlistment in the Artillery and other (tillery and 
Ordnance Corps: And that Mr. Secretary-at-War a. 
and Mr. Hayter do preprre, and bring it in. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That the Royal Pavilion 
Petition from Brighton against the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) 
(Brighton) Bill, do lie wpon the Table, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be lodged in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to dissolve Regimental 
Regimental Benefit Societies, and to provide for the Benefit __ 
Application of the Funds of such Societies and of 5°ities Bill. 
Regimental Charitable Funds: And the same was 0 503. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to limit Enlistment 
the Enlistment in the Artillery and other Ordnance (Artillery and 
Corps: And the same was read the first time; and p51) ance) 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

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next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Veneris, 13° die Juli ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 

QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 

sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rock Life 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, re, 
intituled, An Act for better enabling the Rock Life “°"™?**Y 
Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and to 
alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, 
and to give further Powers to the Company; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 27. Leave out from “ Court” to “ that” 
in Pr, 3.1. 8. 

Pr. 7. 1. 9. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 
“ that” in Pr. 9. 1. 26. 

Pr, 10. 1. 4. Leave out from “ fund ” to “ that ” 
in Pr. 15. 1. 26. 

Pr. 17. 1.28. Leave out from “Company” to 





“ And” in Pr. 81. 1. 15. 
Pr, 31. 





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Pr. 31. }. penult. Leave out from “ empowered ” 
to “to” in Pr, 32.1. 2. 

Pr. 32. Is. 11. and 12. Leave out from “ settle- 
“ ment” to “ and” in Ll. 23. 

Pr. 50. 1. 22. Leave out “ A.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 24. Leave out “ A.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 36. Leave out “ A.” 

Pr. 52. 1.7. Leave out “ A.” 

Pr. 54. 1. penult. Leave out “ shares.” 

Pr. 54. 1. ult. Leave out “or contingent.” 
Pr. 55. 1.2. Leave out from “ And” to “ in” in 

- 5. 
Pr. 55. 1. 20. Leave out “or contingent or 
“ other.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 24. Leave out “ contingent.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 25. Leave out from “ otherwise” to 
“ and” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 55. 1. 32. Leave out “interests”’ and insert 
“&lt; interest.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Kingdom” to 
“ And” in Pr. 60. 1. 26., and insert Clause (A.) 

Criauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That on each 
occasion when a bonus shall have been declared 
out of the surplus profits of the Company, and 
the property of the Company shall be valued for 
the purpose of ascertaining the amount of such 
profits, the securities and annuities, and other 
property which shall be taken or purchased under 
the provisions herein contained, and which shall 
then belong tothe Company, shall be valued as near 
as may be, and the circumstances thereof respec- 
tively will permit in the same manner, as the secu- 
rities and investments taken and made under the 
provisions of the said recited Deed of Settlement 
shall on each such occasion be valued.” 

Pr. 69. |. 35. Leave out from “ same ” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 70. |. 36. 

Pr. 73. 1.5. Leave out from “ Manor” to “ And” 
in Pr. 87. 1. 15. 

Pr. 88.1.7. Leave out from “or” to “ guar- 
“ dians ” in |. 8. 

Pr. 88. 1. 30. After “that” insert “in regard to 
any policy or annuity which, after the passing of 
this Act, shall be issued or granted by the Com- 
pany, the Deed of Settlement of the Company 
“ hereinbefore recited shall be read and construed, 
and have force and effect as if the following pro- 
‘¢ viso had been inserted therein, that is to say, 
“ Provided always that.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 31. Leave out from “ annuity” to 
“ which ” in 1. 33. 

Pr. 88. 1. 34. Leave out “after the passing of 
“ this Act.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 36. Leave out “ now is or.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 15. Leave out from “ non-application” 
to “ And” in Pr. 105. 1. 14. 

Pr. 105. 1. 22. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“ whether ”’ in 1. 27. 

Pr. 108. 1. 8. Leave out from “ expression”’ to 
“ the ” in |. 13. 


In the Schedules to the Bill : 


Pr. 108. 1. 28. Leave out “ Schedules ” and in- 
sert “ Schedule.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 31. Leave out “ Schedule (A.)” 

Leave out Schedule (B.), annexed to the Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Rickards’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
(or Harman’s) Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
aes Private Bills; That in the case of Rickards’s (or 
Harman’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


Ladykirk Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


(Robertson’s) Mr, Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Estate Bill. 


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487 
Private Bills; That in the case of Ladykirk (Ro- 


bertson’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are ap- 
plicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Hurd’s Estate 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Hurd’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself states 
into a Committee upon the Estates Leasing (Jre- Leasing _ 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, (“eland) Bill 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
—_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next. 


The Judgments (Jreland) Bill was, according to Judgments 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Heland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself nto the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itseif into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India. 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—Statement, No. 141, of the Amount 
proposed to be transferred from the Company’s Cash 
to the credit of the Fund for the benefit of the 
Widows and Families of Officers and Clerks of the 
Regular Home Establishment of the East India 
Company, and to the credit of the Fund for the 
benefit of the Widows and Families of extra Clerks 
and others of the same Establishment, as Compen- 
sation under an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
and laid before the Honourable the House of Com- 
mons, on the 26th February 1835. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to Order, Schools in 
—Copy of any Communications in relation to Ma 
Schools in India (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 20, of Session 1848):—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- Fethard 
der,—Copies of all Correspondence between the yom gaa 
Board of Health, the Poor Law Commissioners, the Hospital. 
Board of Guardians of the Cashel Union, the Vice- 
Guardians, and any other Persons, with respect to 
the Fethard Temporary Fever Hospital. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lancashire 
Act for vesting in the Lancashire and Yorkshire ee 
Railway Company and the London and North ong ee 
Western Railway Company the Preston and Wyre Western Rail- 
Railway, Harbour and Dock, and all the Works, way Com- 
Property and Effects belonging thereto, with Amend- sae &gt; mg 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the in the Preston 


concurrence of this House: And also, en a 


and Dock, and regulating Manage- 
ment of the Undertaking) Bill. 


The Lords communicate to this House, Copies of Poor Laws 
the Fifth and Sixth Reports from the Select Com-(/eland). 


mittee appointed by their Lordships to inquire into 
3Q4 the 











Rickards’s 


(or Harman’s) Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in the county of Middlesex, 


Estate Bill, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-second 
Report.) 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Attornics’ 
Certificates. 











488 13° Julii. 


the Operation of the Zrish Poor Law, and the expe- 
diency of making any Amendment in its Epact- 
ments, together with the Minutes of Evidence, as 
desired by this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


A Petition of Edward Henry Rickards, of No. 29, 


A, 1849. 


Petitions from Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;— Baking Trade 
George W. Watson me perme te Saint pa i 
cras (two Petitions); praying the House to pass a 

Bill to suppress the working by night in Bake- 

houses,— were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of 7h is, Clerk, stating t 
Gentleman, was presented, and read ; setting forth, | p. cg — de re : 7 a pp kong Thomas 
That a Bill in Parliament, intituled, “ An Act to | Curate of the parish of Llangattock Vibon-Avel, in 
authorize the Trustees of the Will of the late | i), county of Monmouth _ diocese of Llandaff ; 
Anthony Harman, Esquire, to grant ae Es. that during the whole of "that time the Vicar of the 
aig _ — ee een ewe ¥ "4 said parish was non-resident; that the Petitioner 
tates devised by the said Will, has lately passed | yo, therefore, as he conceives, entitled, under the Act 
the Right honourable the House of Lords, and has |) 214 9 Vic. ¢.106, 8.85. toa stipend of 1201. per 
been by — oe mae the — oe annum, the population of the above-named parish 
same was read the first time on the ninth day of) being stated in the “ Clergy List” as 503; that, ne- 
July instant, and that notice of the Second Reading | yertheless (after his having served for some time 
thereof has been given for Monday the sixteenth | &amp;,. 3 much smaller sum) the Petitioner, upon his 
? 


day of July instant; that the Petitioner, together | , . : 
: ; pplying for the above amount of stipend to the 
with Samuel Walker, the Reverend Thomas Har- Bishop, was met with a refusal by his Lordship, 


man, Charles Andrew Beckett and Elizabeth Beckett, | 5 declined to incre ror Sans, a . 

ney hss , ase the Petitio then stipend 
his Wife, Mary Beckett, Mary Harman, Elizabeth | o¢ 9 1, and praying for relief eames “wee d 
Harman and Henry Harman, were Petitioners for | ..4q. and ordered to lie upon the Table ‘ 
the said Bill; that the said Bull contains only the | : P , 
clauses necessary for conferring the Powers of | 


7 se wery on — by the yee = | House to adopt such measures as shall appear most 
— v — ag he ah a | likely to induce Her Majesty’s Government, with- 
tl = ste &amp; aie a bebl y ve oar ere*0s | out any resort to arms, aud without delay, to recog- 
vat very serious and probably irreparab’e injury | nize the independence of Hungary, was presented 
will accrue to the said freehold estates of the sai ‘end cond: end esdesed to le amen ‘in Table ’ 
testator, Anthony Harman, and to the persons inte- ¥ P : 
rested therein, or some of them, if the said Bill should | A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the Interment j 
oni » desi : : : — in 
ats into ot during — pres — of town of Portsmouth, stating that there are several Towns. 
d ae se eee that the celay oF every | grave-yards within the town of Portsmouth, which 
ay In the passing thereo occasions inconvenience are overcrowded with dead bodies: that they are 
and loss to the said persons so interested, inasmuch | .y+roynded on all sides with houses: that they have 
as it prevents the completion and carrying out of | . . “ 
nes P proce hich! hey ficial and “wel 5 | been examined and reported on to the Board of 
errangements highty Denencia! and sevaningoous a, Health; that the earth is many feet above the level 
f . + ‘ *,* , c * . . 
them, = to “ — See age the zo wt morerned of the surrounding houses; and praying the House 
is apprehensive that the said Dill may be lost for | to pass a law, forbidding interments in towns in 
j f=] 


Wi ti arry it through its several remaining | ¢ . 
want of time to carry oagn Ths severa’ cmaining’ | future, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
stages previous to the prorogation of Parliament, 


unless the one hundred and sixty-seventh Standing | nies 
Order of the House, “That there be fourteen clear} 4 Petition of Thomas Kettlewell, Clerk. Master of 
days between the Second Reading of every Private | the Clonmel Endowed School complaining of erro- Endowed 
Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon,” | neous assertions in a special Re ost relative to the School. 
be suspended ; and praying that the House will be | Clonmel Radowed Sclrool made ~“ the Commis- 
pleased to order that in the case of “ Rickards’s (or | sioners of Education to the Lord "Yow of Ire- 
Harman's) Estate Bill,” the said Standing Order | Jang which Report was intended as an Answer to 
may be suspended, and that the Committee of stetuanemie a charges contained in a pamphlet 
Selection of the House may be instructed to ap- 'lately published by the Petitioner, eapemtinn the 

| self prepared to establish, by incontrovertible proof, 


point, if they should think fit, the sitting of the 
Committee on the said Bill for any day after the | the statements and charges in the said pamphlet 
etition as 


ar, aw 7. &gt; ~ ay } ) | . . . 
en ee wd ee a etre — ‘and praying the House to receive his 
that the House will grant to the Fetitoner, ane | an answer to the said Report, was presented, and 


the Petitioners for the said Bill, such further or read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
other relief in the premises as the House shall 


think fit. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 














A Petition of S. Morley and others, praying the Hungary, 


| Petitions of Adam D. Tair ;—— and, Robert Marriages 
| Philip; praying that the Marriages Bill may not ® 

| pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


; ' 2 Se i “we! 
Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Petitions from Joseph Stansbury ;—Bromsgrove ; 


on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the é - : ; 
Petitions presented upon the 10th, 11th and 12th) — Wolverhampton ;— Gainsborough ;—Stourbridge ; 


days of this instant July, and had directed him to | and, Oswestry ; ei ge | that the said Bill may 
make a Report thereof to the House. | pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


end be printed. A Petition of Members of the Board of Superin- Newgate Gaol 


tendence of the several Prisons in the city of Dub- (Dublin) Bill. 
lin, taking notice of the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) 
Bill; and praying the House not to pass any 
law for an increase of salaries to the Chaplains of 

A Petition of Members of the Manchester Law| Richmond and Grange Gorman Penitentiaries, was 
Association, consisting of Attornies and Solicitors | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
in the courts of Law and Equity, praying that | Table. 
the annual duty on Certificates of Attornies, Soli- | 
citors and Proctors may be wholly repealed, was, A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dun- Poor Law 
presented, and read ; and ordered to he upon the | garvan Union, praying that there may be associated Ireland.) 
Table. ‘ee the Poor Law Boards in Ireland, a nee 

pai 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Dublin 
Improvement (No. 2.) Bill have leave to sit this day, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Poor Law 


Poor Law 


Union Charges chester Union, in the county of Lancaster, 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Protection “of 
Women Bill. 


Treaty with 
Portugal. 


Foreign 
Policy. 


Sale and 
Manufacture 
of Bread Bill. 


13 Victorrz. 


d Guardian, for the purpose of enabling such 

oards to maintain, durimg their absence from the 
poor-house, by means of their functionary, an effec- 
tual system of supervision over the interests of the 
Union, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
poor in the Kington Union, in the county of He- 
reford, praying the House to pass an Act in the 
present Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law 
Officers to form and distribute a superannuation 
fund for members of their body, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Man- 
praying 
that the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amendment 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—Connor ;—Crays ;— 
Skerry and Rathranan ;—Drummane ;—and, New- 
ark-upon-Trent ; praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Quail, M. p., stating that he 
was appointed by Don Pedro, in 1833, Diplomatic 
Agent for the Claims of the Auxiliary Legion; that 
he has received no remuneration for his services; 
that the time allowed Portugal by treaty to pay 
off the amount has expired ; and pra ng for the en- 
forcement of a due observance of the Treaty con- 
cluded by Lord Aberdeen with that Power, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of W. J. Linton, Miteside, Irton, 
Cumberland, complaining of the invasion of Rome 
by France, and praying the House at once to assume 
the control of the Foreign Office, and to assert every 
where such a course of foreign policy as shall be 
consistent with the high mission of England, was pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Giles-in-the- 
Fields, in the county of Middlesex, praying for 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, with the view 
to diminishing the number of Beer-houses, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Finsbury (Chairman) ; and, 
Saint Mary-le-bone; praying that the Sale and 
Manufacture of Bread Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 





Savings Banks A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Kerry, 


(Ireland.) 


Scientific 
(1847-8, 





stating that the Petitioners are many of them de- 
positors in the county of Kerry Savings Bank, and 
said Bank having stopped payment, they cannot 

et their money either from the trustees of said 
Bank, from the Government, or any quarter what- 
ever; that a record was tried at the last assizes, to 
try the validity of an award as to the liability of the 
trustees to the depositors; complaining of the delay of 
the judgeinnot sending in his report in time, whereby 
great loss and inconvenience has been occasioned 
to the Petitioners; and praying the House to pass 
an Act, rendering it imperative on judges to send in 
reports of cases tried before them, when such become 
necessary, within a reasonable time, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Nottingham Mechanics Institution, taking notice of 
VoL, 104. 


13° Juli. 











489 


the Scientific Societies Bill, introduced in the last 
Session of Parliament ; and praying that such Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Swindon District of small Debts 
Circuit, No. 53, of the County Courts, praying the Act. 
House to amend the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the Jurisdiction of the Ccunty Courts, was pre- 

—_ and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Chris- Lord’s Day. 

tian Temperance Union, assembled at Barnsbury 
Chapel School Rooms, Islington, praying the House 
to entirely prohibit the sale of Spirituous or fer- 
mented Liquors on the Sabbath day, and to make 
any infringement of such enactment penal or punish- 
able accordingly, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Pancras, pray- Universal 
ing the House to pass measures for Annual Elec- Suffrage, &amp;c. 
tions of Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, 

Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Pro- 

perty Qualification, and Payment of Members, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Thomas Midgley Webb, Printer, of Thomas 
Wyndham-street, Bryanstone-square, complaining of MidgleyWebb. 
being, as he conceives, unjustly imprisoned for debt 
under the verdict of a Jury at the County Court at 
York, and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod : to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Public Bills and one Private Bill therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby autho- 
rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 
An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers Passengers 
in Merchant Vessels : ne. 
An Act to amend an Act regulating the Justice Small Debt 


i ° Cc ™ 
of the Peace Small Debt Courts in Scotland : i and) Ba 


An Act for requiring Annual Returns of the Ex- Highways 
enditure on Highways, in England and Wales, to (Annual Re- 
be transmitted to the Secretary of State, and after- ‘"*) Bill. 
wards laid before Parliament : 

An Act to make Provision, during the present County Cess 
Year, and tothe End of the Year One thousand (/land) Bill 
eight hundred and Fifty-one, relating to the Col- 
lection of County Cess in Jre/and, and to the Re- 
muneration of the Collectors thereof: 

An Act to continue to the First Day of October Loan Societies 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and to the 
End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act 
to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies : 

An Act for further continuing until the First Day Ecclesiastical 
of August One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 37° 
and to the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, certain Temporary Provisions concerning Ec- 
clesiastical Jurisdiction in England : 

An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first Day of Soap Duty 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and piewsnce* 
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 

3R certain 





490 


certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on 
Soap used in Manufactures : 
Assaults An Act to continue for Five Years an Act of the 
(Ireland) Bill. second and third Years of Her present Majesty, for 
the better Prevention and Punishment of Assaults 
in Ireland : 


Silver Coinage An Act to extend an Act of the Fifty-sixth Year 
Bill. of King George the Third, for —— for a new 
Silver Coinage, and for regulating the Currency of 


the Gold and Silver Coin of this Realm : 
Sheriff of An Act to provide for the Execution, for one Year, 
ccc of the Office of Sheriff, in the County of Westmore- 
land : 


York and An Act for enabling the York and North Midland 
a Railway Company to divert their Railways between 
(Deviation, Market Weighton and Beverley and Copmanthorpe 


and Shenton and Zadcaster, all in the County of York, and for 
ment of Part . ‘ 

inane. other Purposes : 

rized Lines of Railway between Market 
Weighton and Beverley, and Copman- 
thorpe and Tadcaster) Bill. 


Black Sluice An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of the 


Drainage Act several Acts relating to the Black Sluice Drainage, | 


Amendment 


to extend the Time by the Black Sluice Drainage 


13° Julia. 








A. 1849, 


Commons or Waste Grounds, within the Borough 
and Township of Congleton, in the County of Ches- 
ter, and for applying the Profits of Part of the same 
in Aid of the Boor’s Rate, or other Taxes or Public 
Expenses within the said ‘Township : 
An Act for the Improvement of the Haven Bridge Great Yar. 
and Navigation of Great Yarmouth, in the Couuty mouth Haven 


of Norfolk : Bridge and 





An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent Westhead’s 
granted to Joshua Procter Westhead, of Manches- me Ge 
ter, Manufacturer : in manufac. 
Fabris) Bil” 

An Act for the Dissolution of the East Lothian East Lothian 
Central Railway Company, and for the Abandon- Central Rail- 
ment of the Railway : jm hye 
the Railway, and 
of the Company) Bill, 

An Act to consolidate the several Acts relating to Stockton and 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, to Darlington 
enable the Company to alter their Line of Railway, — 4 
‘in the Parishes of Egglescliffe, and Stockton-on- acts, &amp;e., 

Tees, and to increase their Capital, and to vest in i 


Alteration of 
them the Middlesbrough Dock : Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury 





yen (i. Act, 1846, limited for the Completion of the Works, 
tension ey to authorize the levying and raising of further Rates 
mat °™" and Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls, and 
Works,Powers for other Purposes : 

to levy and 


raise further Rates and Monies, to 
alter existing Rates and Tolls, and 
for other Purposes) Bill. 


York, New- An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle, and 
oy a ee Berwick Railway Company to make certain 
(Barmoor and 


Alnmouth = Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other Purposes : 


New Branches 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

CharingCross An Act for improving the Approaches to the | 
Bridge nent Charing Cross Bridge on the Surrey Side thereof, 
5 ime. and for amending the Acts relating thereto, for 


Powers toalter authorizing the raising of a further Sum of Money, 


Branches in the Counties of Northumberland and | 
| in the Town of Torquay, in the County of 


see, age to make certain Branches to the 224 Chester 


River Dee, with Wharfs and other Conveniences on oe 


connected therewith, to enter into Agreements for the River Dee; 
'a Joint Station at Shrewsbury, and to subscribe to- 4gteement for 


| wards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway : a 


bury ; Power to subscribe towards the Shrews- 

bury and Hereford Railway) Bill. 

An Act for regulating and maintaining Markets Torquay 
natty icon, and Market Bill. 

for constructing convenient Market-places therein : 

An Act for repairing the Road leading from Wisbech, 
Chatteris Ferry to Wisbech, and from thence to Tid ora aal 
| Gote, in the Isle of Ely, and to Downham Bridge, Downham 
orfolk, and to authorize the Conr- Bridge Turn- 


in the County of 








authorized and for other Purposes : version of the Wisbech and March Low Road into Lamy oy 
acu Turnpike : Alteration of 
East Anglian An Act for extending the Time and Powers for | ee yt mae Ne ane 
pe — making the Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and for | Turnpike of road over same, Construction of 
don Railway amending the Act relating to the East Anglian Rail- new Turnpike-road) Bill. 
Extension of ways: An Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge some Lancashire 
Time) Bill. of the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the 24 Yorkshire 
Newcastle An Act to authorize the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and for making vaste 
— Carlisle Railway Company to alter the Alston| Extensions of some of the Branches of the said of Ashton 
( Alterations of Branch of their Railway, to make a Branch Rail- | Railway, and for making other Provisions in relation — — 
and Branch way therefrom, and for other Purposes : to the said Railway, and to the Lancashire and Re.) Bill.” 
— —. Yorkshire Railway Company : | 

senor An Act for confirming two several Indentures of Dean and 
Truro Turn- An Act for consolidating the Trusts of the Truro Lease, dated respectively the twenty-sixth day of Chapter of 

ot Turnpike-roads, and the Penryn and Redruth Turn- | June One thousand seven hundred and Eighty-six, ae pe 
Redruth Turn- pike-roads, in the County of Cornwall, and for | respectively granted by the Dean and Chapter of Estate Bill 
pike-roads = =making a new Turnpike-road from Bosvigo Bridge | the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, 
— to the Turnpike-road from Truro to Redruth, and Canterbury, and Henry Tecan to Thomas Clutton, 


Alterations of for making the Road or Highway from Ferris Town | of Hereditaments situate at Walworth, in the Parish 





ela Deseo to Bosvigo Bridge a Turnpike-road, and for main-| of Saint Mary Newington, in the County of Surrey, 
Roads) Bil, ‘taining all such Roads, and for other Purposes : and for settling the tae am of the Heredita- 
Renfrewshire An Act to facilitate the Prosecution of Criminal ments thereby intended to be demised. 
ey a Offences before Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, Mr. Greene reported, That he had carried to the Hoghton's 
Bill. in the County of Renfrew, and to simplify the Pro- | Lords the Message of this House, of Tuesday last, PVT =. 
ceedings therein, and lessen the Costs thereof : requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
Surrey and Av Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the | Communicate to this House, a Cone the Minutes 
Sussex Ronde ninth year of the Reign of His Majesty King | of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
(eAct and George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for more |¢a8e of Hoghton’s Divorce Bill; and that their 
Alteration of effectually amending the Road leading from the | Lordships had communicated a printed Copy of 
Tolls) Bill. —_Stone’s End, in Blackman-street, in the ena of | the said Minutes of Evidence: And he delivered 
Southwark, in- the County of Surrey, to Highgate, the same in at the Table. _ 
in the County of Sussex, and several other Roads|_ Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
therein mentioned, and for other Purposes relating | Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 
— A Motion being made, That this House will, small Debts 
Solan i An Act for amending an Act passed in the Thirty-| upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee — 
anatase Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George| to consider of granting Compensation out of the eee ns a 
Bill. the Thirc, for dividing and leasing or letting certain} Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Olen - 
Britain lished. 








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- Fiscal Rela- 


18 Victroriz. 


Britain and Ireland, to the Judges, Counsel, Attor- 
nies and other Officers, having a freehold in their 
’ Offices in the Courts of the Marshalsea, of the Pa- 
lace of the Queen at Westminster, and for the Ho- 
nour of Peveril and additional limits of the same, 
for any Losses they may sustain by the abolition of 
their Offices under any Act to be passed in the pre- 
sent 3 
Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Law 
Union Charges mittee on the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amend- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


act ani ment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
ane The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tome (ire mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Zreland) 
land) Bill. —BBilll; 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Administra- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
tion —— Reading of the Administration of Justice ( Vancou- 
nd) Bill. ver’s Island) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Anendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee he appointed to inquire into 
tions between « the Fiscal Relations between Great Britain and 
aytery “ Jreland,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Supply ; 


British 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 

Museum. § two thousand nine hundred and fifteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges of 
the British Museum, for the year ending on the 25th 
day of March 1850. 

Disembodied 2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding One hun- 


Militia. dred and twelve thousand eight hundred pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 


Excess of 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

Army Ex- hundred and nineteen thousand nine hundred and 

penditure. fifty pounds and one penny, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Excess of the Army Expendi- 
ture beyond the Grants for the year ended on the 
3ist day of March 1848. 

New Houses 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 


of Parliament. nine thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum required to de- 
fray the Charge, to the 31st day of March 1850, of 
the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 

5. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Twelve thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849, the 
— of the Purchase of the necessary Books, 

OL. 104. 


Colleges 
(Ireland.) 


13° Judit. 


491 


Apparatus, Instruments, &amp;c., required for the use of 
the Professors in the Colleges established in Ire- 


land ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas,| ae chee } 106. 


, Mr. \ 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Plumptre: 28. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Excess of 
five thousand five hundred and twenty-five pounds Commissariat 
and one penny, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- — 
fray the Excess of the Commissariat Expenditure 
beyond the Grants for the year ended on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Excess of 
five thousand three hundred and eighty-six pounds, Ordnance 
fifteen shillings and seven pence, be granted to Her *Penditure. 
Majesty, to defray the Excess of the Ordnance Ex- 
penditure, beyond the Grants for the year ended on 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- Supplies. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to discharge the like amount of Supplies granted 
for the service of the year 1848, or for any preceding 

ear. 
4 Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropo- tion of Justice 
litan Districts) Bill ; Gieriete) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Inland Posts 
into a Committee upon the Inland Posts (Colonies) (Colonies)Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom House of 
it was referred to consider of charging upon the Commons 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great [Salaries ] 
Britain and Jreland the Salaries of the Clerk of : 
the House of Commons, the Clerk Assistant, the 
Second Clerk Assistant, the Serjeant-at Arms, the 
Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms, and the Speaker’s Secre- 
tary, now charged on the Fee Fund of the House 
of Commons, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That the Salaries of the Clerk of the 
House of Commons, the Clerk Assistant, the Second 
Clerk Assistant, the Serjeant-at-Arms, the Deputy 
Serjeant-at-Arms, and the Speaker’s Secretary, now 
charged on the Fee Fund of the House of Commons, 
be charged upon the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the House of Commons Offices Bill, that 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into House of 
a Committee upon the House of Commons Offices —— 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker anaes 
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ALC TC I 


Ways and 
Means. 


General Board 


of Health Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Petty Bag, 
&amp;c. Offices 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Labouring 
Poor Act 
Amendment 
({reland) Bill, 


Land Improve- 
ment Amend- 
ment Act 

(Ireland) Bill. 


492 


resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the General Board of Health Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
intoa Committee upon the Petty Bag, &amp;c., Offices 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 14° die Julii, 1849. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the labeoiee Poor Act Amend- 
ment (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Land Improvement 
Amendment Act (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


13°—14° Julie. 





A. 1849. 


The House according to Order, proceeded to take County Rates, 
into consideration the County Rates, &amp;c., Bill, as &amp;. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to remove Doubts as to the Authority of Poor Relieg 
Justices to act in certain matters relating to the (Cities and 
Poor in Cities and Boroughs was, according to em) 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill for the better Prevention of Bribery Bribery at 
and Corruption at Elections of Members to serve in Elections Bill, 
Parliament was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Pakington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Chapels of 
into consideration the Chapels of Ease (Jreland) Ease (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. =. 

A Clause (Consent of the Crown as patron, may 
be given by the Lord Lieutenant, in certain cases), 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Law 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Union Charges poy 
Act Amendment Bill. — 


ment Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph, by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauszs, N* 1, to N° 3, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leasehold 
mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) E paeay- 
Bill; 2 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday or 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Administration of Justice (Vancouver’s Is- Administra- 
land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second jy rota 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole fsland) Bill. 


House, for Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bank- Bankrupt _ 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill have leave to sit baw Contoli- 
this day, notwithstanding the adjournment of the “"" 
House. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Mutiny and 
Lords to the Mutiny and Desertion (Zndia) Bill be Desert’ 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. nae 


The House was moved, That the several Acts im- Customs. 
posing Duties of Customs might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
said Acts. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Workhouses 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to (Ireland) 





consider 








Public Works Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com-|« 


(Ireland). 


Half-Pay, &amp;c. 
ime and 
avy.) 


Public Bills 
(Scotland. ) 


Lord 


Brougham and 


Vaux (Duke 


of Cleveland’s) 


Estate Bill. 


Committees. 


Name and 
Estate Bills. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
(Amendment 


and Extension 
of Time) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


consider of authorizing Advances, out of the Con- |&lt; 
solidated Fund of the United Kinzdom of Great | ‘ 
Britain and Ireland, for Loans to Workhouses in | ‘ 
Ireland ; ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mand,—Copy of Seventeenth Report from the |« 
Board of Public Works (Ireland), with Appendices. | « 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Orders,— | « 
Further Return to an Order dated the 21st day of | « 


13°— 14°—16° Juli. 





493 


‘ engine should be used which should not be first 
: &gt; were of by His Majesty’s Commissioners of 

oods and Forests, certified under their hands 
‘ and seal; and such certificate of the said Com- 
missioners should express that such engine was, 
in their opinion, adequately provided with means 
to prevent the danger of fire, either from the 
chimney or fire-place of the said engine; and the 
said Commissioners should have authority, from 
time to time, to cause anv such engine to be in- 
spected; and the directors of the said Railway 
should give every facility to any inspector or other 
person appointed by such Commissioners, from 
time to time, to made such inspection, under a 
penalty of five pounds for any impediment inter- 
posed by them, or by persons acting under their 


n 


March last, for An Account showing the Total | « authority ; and it was thereby also Enacted, That 


Charge for Military and Naval Half-Pay and Pen- | « 
sions, and Civil Superannuation and Compensation | « 
Allowances, in the year 1828, and each of the sub-| « 
sequent st to 1848 inclusive, compared with the | « 
whole Expenditure (exclusive of the Charge for | « 
Debt), for the Effective Establishments and other | « 
National Expenses in the same years (in continu- | « 


it should be competent to the said Commissioners, 
at any time, if they should so think fit, to require 
the directors of the said Railway Company to 
adopt any further means of security, beyond those 
expressed in the said certificate; and it was 
thereby also Enacted, That in case the mzans of 
security against fire, directed as aforesaid by the 


ation of Appendix 2 to the Third Report of the |« said Commissioners to be adopted in such loco- 


Finance Committee of 1828). ‘ 


motive engines, should not be adopted by the said 


An Account of all Sums paid to Solicitors or | « Company, the directors of the said Railway Com- 


others for preparing and conducting, or assisting in | « 


the preparing and conducting of Public Bills rela-| « 


tive to Scotland, and of all Expenses connected | « 
with such Bills, charged against the Public, for | « 
each year from 1841 to 1848, both inclusive ; dis-| « 
tinguishing the portions of such Payments and Ex-| « 
penses applicable to Solicitors or others in Scotland ; | « 
also, the estimated Expense for 1849. ‘ 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the |&lt; 


Table. ‘ 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 16° die Julii ; Z 


—————— “ 


pany shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 
en pounds for every day that any such engine 
should be used without the adoption of such 
means of security as aforesaid ; and it was thereby 
also Enacted, ‘That nothing in that Act contained 
should be construed to relieve the Company from 
any responsibility tor damage by fire, or other- 
wise, to which they would be subject by common 
law ; and it was thereby also Enacted, for the 
further protection of persons and property resi- 
ding and being on the line of the said Railway ; 
That every such engine which should at any time 
thereafter be brought upon or used on the said 
Railway, should have a proper and well-secured 
hood or cover of wire gauze (the width of the 
spaces between the wires of which should not be 
more than one-eighth of an inch from each other) 
affixed upon the top of the shaft of the chimney 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. “ thereof, and that no such engine should at any 


PRAYERS. 


R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills; That in the case of Lord Broug- 
ham and Vaux (Duke of Cleveland’s) Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Ordered, That in the case of Name and Estate 
Bills (not being Bills relating to Crown, Church, or 
Corporation Property, or Property held in trust for 
Public or Charitable Purposes), the Standing Order, 
No. 167, be suspended ; and that in respect of such 
Bills there be three clear days between the Second 
Reading and the first sitting of the Committee 
thereupon, one clear day’s notice being given of the 
first sitting of such Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase 
of Lands required for the Widening of the London 
and Blackwall Railway, and to amend the Acts 
relating to such Railway; and the same were read, 
as follow : : 

Pr. 7. 1. 5. After “ contained” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
“ Act of the seventh year of the reign of His late 
“ Majesty King William the Fourth, it was En- 
“ acted, That in case of locomotive engines being 
“ proposed to be used on the said Railway, no such 

OL. 104. 





time be brought upon, or used on the said Rail- 
way, unless the same should have first affixed 
thereon such hocd or cover as aforesaid; and 
whereas it is expedient that the hereinbefore re- 
cited provisions should be repealed, and that 
other provisions should be made in lieu thereof ; 


“ Be it Enacted, That so much of the said Act as 


is hereinbefore recited shall be repealed.” 
Curavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawfui for the Company to use locomotive 
engines on the said London and Blackwall Rail- 
way, unless it shall have been certified by the 
Commissioners of Railways that locomotive en- 
“ gines can in their opinion be used with safety on 
the said Railway, and in case locomotive engines 
shall at any time hereafter be used on the said 


“ Railway, it shall be lawful for the said Com- 


missioners, from time to time, to require the Com- 
*“* pany to adopt such means of security, either in 
the locomotive engines tobe used on the said Rail- 
way, or in the construction of the works of the 
“ said Railway, as shall be necessary to prevent the 
“« danger of fire from locomotive engines being used 
“on the said Railway ; and the Company shall be 
“ subject to, and shall abide by all such reasonable 
“ rules and regulations, with regard to the use of 
“ locomotive engines on the said Railway, as may 
“ from time to time be made by the said Com- 
“ missioners, for the purpose of preventing such 
“ danger of fire ; and if the Company shall use any 
“ locomotive engine on the said Railway, without 
“ such certificate of the said Commissioners having 
“ been first obtained, or shall fail to adopt any of 
“ the means of security which may be required to 
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ne 


© (Davidson's) 


‘ Honourable 
‘ Robert Henry 
-Clive's Estate 


“ be adopted as aforesaid, or shall fail to observe or 


abide by any such rules or regulations as afure- 
said, the Company shall for every such offence 
be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds, 
and also to a daily penalty not exceeding Ten 
pounds for every day such offence shall be con- 
tinued, after such penalty of Fifty pounds shall 
have been incurred ; Provided always, That 
nothing in this Act contained shall be construed 
to relieve the Company from any responsibility 
for damage by fire, or otherwise, to which they 
would be subject by common law.” 

Pr. 8.1. 38. After “ widened” insert “ or the 
said Company.” 

Pr. 8. ls. 36. and 37. After “ Railways” insert 
or to the better and more impartial audit of the 
“ accounts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


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A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
settling all Questions of disputed Ownership between 
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough 
of Louth, and the Warden and Six Assistants of the 
Town of Louth, and Free School of King Edward 
the Sixth in Zouth, with reference to the Lands, 
Tenements, Fairs, Markets, lients, Tolls, Powers, 
Rights, Privileges, and Property obtained by them 
respectively, and for vesting the Fairs and Markets 
within the said Borough in the Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Burgesses thereof, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Borough of 
Louth and 
Free Grammar 
School in 
Louth Bill 


Commercial- 
road (com- 
prising the 
Cannon-strce 
Roads, the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Commercial Road (comprising 
, the Cannon-street Roads, the Commercial Road, the 
Horseferry Branch of Road, the East India Dock 


*Commercial- Road, and the Barking Road) Bill; and the Amend- 


road, the 
Horseferry | ments were read, and agreed to, 


Branch of Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Road, the East he jnorossed. 
India Dock- sos 


road, and the Barking-road) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Great Indian 
Peninsula Railway Company Bill be taken into 
consideration this day. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway 
Company Bill, 


Mary-le-bone Ordered, That the Report on the Mary-le-bone 
= eo and Finchley ‘Turnpike-roads Bill be taken into 
roads Bill, consideration upon Wednesday next. 

Aberdeen Dese The Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum 
titute Femele ( Davidson's) Estate Bill was read a second time ; 


* Orphan 


Asylum and committed. 
: Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Fstate Bill, mittee of Selection. 
The Honourable Robert Henry Clive’s Estate 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Duke of The Duke of Norfoik’s (Duke of Sutherland's) 


Norfolk's Estate Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(Duke of 


Sutherland's) mitted. 
Kstate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Furd's Estate © Hurd’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
Bill. committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


16° Juliz. 








A, 1849. 


Ladykirk (Robertson’s) Estate Bill was read a Ladykirk 
second time ; and committed. eee) 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- =**#* Bill 

mittee of Selection. 


Ogle’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Ogle’s Estate 
committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Reynolds’ Estate Bill was read a second time ; Reynolds’ 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Rickhards’s (or Harman’s) Estate Bill was read Rickards’s 
a second time ; and committed. (or Harman's) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tate Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of William Samuel Curry, of Parlia- Aberdeen Des. 
ment-street, Parliamentary Agent, praying that the — 
Standing Order of the House, No. 167, may be sus- Asylum 
pended in the case of the Aberdeen Destitute Fe- (Davidson's) 
male Orphan Asylum ( Davidson’s) Estate Bill, and Estate Bill. 
that it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selec- 
tion to appoint the Committee on the said Bill to 
sit, and proceed, on any day they may think fit, not- 
withstanding fourteen days may not have elapsed 
since the Second Reading, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


Petitions from Harrogate ;—and, Knaresborough ; Attornies’ 
praying for the repeal of the annual duty on the ©*Ttificates. 
Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of William Edward Porter, Clerk of Judgments | 
Recognizances of the High Court of Chancery of (Rene aes 
Ireland, praying that in the event of the Judgments 
(Zreland) Bill passing into a law, compensation may 
be provided for the loss he will sustain thereby, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders of the Dublin, Dun- Railways 
drum and Rathfarnham Railway Company, and rca 
others interested in Railway projects in Ireland, 
praying that the Railways Abandonment Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Messingham, in the Roman Catho- 
county of Lincoln, praying the House not to give lic Clergy. 
countenance to any measure for the endowment of 
the Roman Catholic Priesthood, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Sale of Beer 
Ledbury Poor Law Union, praying for amendment 4¢t- 
of the Sale of Beer Act, by prohibiting the granting 
of new Beer-house licenses to any other persons 
than the present holders of such licenses, and pro- 
hibiting the granting of new licenses to the present 
holders of such licenses in respect of any other 
houses than those which they now occupy, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birkenhead ;—Colchester ;—and, Small Debts 
Hundred of Leyland (Lancaster); praying for A 
amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the County Courts,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Small Debts 
esses of the borough of Liverpool, praying that the coe — 
mall Debts Act Amendment Bill may not pass 

into 








13 Vicroriz. 


into a law, as it now stands, but that the Court of | 


Passage of the said borough may be exempted from 
the provisions thereof, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered .to hie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sugar Refiners of London, praying 
that the Smoke Prohibition Bill may not pass into 
a law, or that the Manufactories of the Petitioners 
may be exempted from its operation, was presented, 
re read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of granting Compen- 
sation out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the 
Judges, Counsel, Attornies and other Officers, hav- 
ing a freehold in their Offices in the Courts of the 

arshalsea, of the Palace of the Queen at Westmin- 
ster, and for the Honour of Peveril, and additional 
limits of the same, for any losses they may sustain 
by the abolition of their Offices, under any Act to 
be passed in the present Session. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to grant Compen- 
sation, out of the Consolidated Fund of the said 
United Kingdom, to such persons as are legally en- 
titled to any Franchise or Office in the Court of the 
Marshalsea of the Household of the Kings of En- 
_ and the Court of our Lady the Queen, of the 

alace of the Queen, at Westminster, and Her Ma- 
jesty’s Court of Record for the Honour of Peveril, 
and additional limits of the same, and who may sus- 
tain any losses by the abolition of their Offices un- 
der any Act of the present Session. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Small Debts Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read, 1°; to be read, 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criausss N° 1 to N° 5, disagreed to. 

Cravses N°6 and N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiavuse N° 8, agreed to. 


CriavseE N° 9, (Power to Secretary of State, with 
consent of the Treasury, to alter Fees payable on 
proceedings in County Courts). 

Amendment proposed: To add, at the end of the 
Clause, the words, “ and it shall be lawful for the 


“ Secretary of State, in like manner, to fix and re- 
“ gulate the fees to be taken under and in respect 
“ of the increased jurisdiction hereby given.” 
Question put, ‘hat those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Fitzroy, } - 
Yeas, Captain Pechell: ; 
Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: J ®?: 
Clause agreed to. 
Cravses N° 10 to N° 21, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Clause added. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
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495 


the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, gtock in Trade 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Bill for enabling Colonial Legislatures to tniana Posts 
establish Inland Posts, was, according to Order, (Colonies) Bill. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to House of 
take into consideration the House of Commons a 
Offices Bill, as amended in the Committee. -_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Petty Bag, 
into consideration the Petty Bag, &amp;c. Otfices Amend- &amp;. Offices 


ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. Amendment 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Bill to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons 
Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the In- Inclosure 
closure Commissioners for England and Wales, was, ‘%° *) = 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Land Im- 
into consideration the Land Improvement Amend- — 
ment Act (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- Act (ireland) 
mittee. Bill. 

Ordered, That tine Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Bill to provide a more convenient Mode of County Rates 
levying and collecting County Rates, County Police &amp;¢ Bill 
Rates, and District Police Rates, in Parishes si- 
tuated partly within and partly without the Limits 
of Boroughs which are not liable to such Rates, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Labouring 
consideration the Labouring Poor Act Amendment ee 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Palace Court 
adjourned Debate upon the Question a upon (Westminster) 
the 28th day of June last, That Mr. Speaker do _ 
now leave the Chair, (for Committee on the Pa- 
lace Court (Westminster) Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Lunatic 
into consideration the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) —— Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. c ese 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mutiny and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ay 
tituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion “"™*) 
of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East 
India Company, and for regulating in such Service 
the Payment of Regimental Debts and the Distri- 
bution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying 

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Advertise- 
ments. 


No. 506. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 507. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Relief ) (Scot- 
land.) 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Opposed 
Private Bills 
(Group 19.) 


No. 508. 


496 


in the Service; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Pr. 14, 1. 1. After “ forty” insert “ two.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Advertise- 
ments, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Copies of the Fifth and Sixth 
Reports, relative to Poor Law (Jreland), which were 
communicated from the Lords upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing the 
Appropriation to each Parish in Scotland of the 
Sum voted on account of the Parliamentary Grant 
of £.10,000, in aid of Medical Relief, or towards 
Payment of the Salaries of the Parochial Medical 
Officers. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant 
to Order,—A Return of the Cost of the following 
Works, printed by Order of the Commissioners of 
National Education in Jreland ; viz. “ Biographical 
Sketches of Eminent British Poets, chronologically 
arranged, from Chaucer to Burns;” “ Selections 
from the British Poets, chronologically arranged, 
from Chaucer to the present time, in two volumes ;” 
showing the Amount paid for compilation or edit- 
ing the said volumes, and to whom paid, the Total 
Cost of Printing and Publishing the said volumes, 
the Number of Copies struck off, the Average Cost 
per Copy, and the Prices charged to the National 
and to other Schools, and to the Public, for the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Opposed Pri- 
vate Bills (Group 19) have Power to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Wrightson reported trom the said Committee ; 
and who were empowered to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, to the House ; That the 
Committee had agreed to the following Report : 

That Your Committee, to which Group 19 of Pri- 
vate Turnpike Bills were referred, have sat 29 days, 
and have considered the provisions of the following 
Bills: viz., 

1. Alford and Boston Road. 

2. Brompton and Eazl’s Court, &amp;c. Roads (Con- 
tinuation of certain Turnpike-road Acts). 

3. Commercial Road. 

4. Flimwell Vent to Hastings Turnpike-road. 

5. Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turnpike-road. 

6. New North Road (Continuation Act). 

7. Sheffield and Tinsley Road (Extension of the 
Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike-road to Sheffield). 

8. Surrey and Sussex Roads (Amendment of Act 
and Alteration of Tolls). 

9. Zruro Turnpike-roads, Penryn and Redruth 
Turnpike-roads. 

10. Wisbech, Chutteris, Tid Gote and Downham 
Bridge Turnpike-roads. 

With the exception of the Bills relating to the 
Alford and Boston Road and the Brompton and 
Earl’s Court &amp;c. Roads, Your Committee have 
found that the preambles of all the Bills were 
proved, and have'agreed to them, with Amendments, 
in some instances very considerable in extent. 

Your Committee think it right to state that, upon 
the first refererence to them of the Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley Road Bill, they introduced Clauses 
which appeared not to be strictly within the Title of 


16° Juliz. 


A. 1849. 


the Bill. The attention of the House having been 
called to this circumstance, the Bill was re-committed 
to Your Committee on the 5th of July, with the 
eye necessary for making the Amendments which 
ad been introduced, and the Bill, as previously 
agreed to by them, was again reported. 
Your Committee understood that in referring all 
the Private Turnpike Bills, both Opposed and Un- 
opposed, to a single Committee, contrary to the 
ordinary practice, the House desired to secure the 
application of similar principles of decision to the 
several cases; and Your Committee have, therefore, 
endeavoured to deal with the Bills brought before 
them, in a uniform manner, so far as the diversity of 
the circumstances of the trusts would permit. 
Before Your Committee terminate their proceed- 
ings, they deem it their duty to put upon record 
some conclusions suggested to them by the facts 
which have been disclosed in their investigations. 
1. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, im- 
providence in the creation of debt, laxity of manage- 
ment with respect to the expenditure, and other 
evils, have arisen from the absence of an enactment 
(as well in the local as in the general Turnpike 
Acts), requiring Trustees of Turnpike-roads to pay 
off annually a fixed proportion of the monies bor- 
rowed by them on the security of the tolls. 

2. That in the Opinion of Your Committee, the 
power of borrowing money upon the security of 
the tolls, conferred on the Trustees of Turnpike- 
roads by sec. 81 of 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, has, in certain 
cases, been improperly exercised, and that it ought 
to be restrained by a general enactment. Your 
Committee deem it worthy of consideration whether 
it might not be expedient to enact that no mortgage 
debt should be created by Trustees of a Turnpike- 
road without the previous consent of the Secretary 
of State, or other competent authority unconnected 
with the trust. 

3. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, no 
Turnpike Bill ought hereafter to be renewed which 
does not contain a provision for applying a portion 
of the annual income of the trust to the redemption 
of the debt existing at the time of its renewal. 

4. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, no 
Turnpike Bill ought to be hereafter passed, which 
does not contain prospective regulations with respect 
to the creation of future debt, and to the time and 
mode of its redemption. 

5. That, with respect to the mode of redeeming 
the debt of Turnpike Trusts, Your Committee beg 
leave to direct the attention of the House to the 
following Clause contained in the local Act for the 
Wisbech and Chatteris Trust, and re-enacted in the 
Bill agreed to by Your Committee. 


the said Trustees, and they are hereby required tot 
pay yearly out of the monies and tolls collected 


accepted by any person or 
or creditors on the said tolls, as a composition or 
compositions on and in satisfaction of his, her or 
their security or securities, to the amount of Two 
hundred pounds, according to the stipulation after 
mentioned ; (that is to say), the said ‘Trustees shall, 
Twenty-one days at least before the general 
meeting in each year, cause public notice to be 
given i some one or more newspaper or newspapers 
circulated in the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk 
and Lincoln, that a composition or compositions 
will be paid for Four shares of Fifty pounds each 
to such creditor or creditors on the said tolls as 
shall be willing to accept the smallest composition 
for his, her or their share or shares, and requirin 

such creditors to transmit proposalsin writing, seale 

up, to the Trustees at the said meeting, specifyin 

therein the lowest rate per centum which a 
creditor or creditors will accept and take for each 
and every share of Fifty pounds, not exceeding 





Four, 





“ And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for For paying of 


2001. yearly as 
and received by virtue of this Act, such sum and ee canal * 


sums of money as shall or may be agreed to be securities on 
rsons being a creditor *he Tolls. 











13 VicroriZ. 


Four, which he, she or they may have due and 
owing on the said tolls (which said proposals shall, 
as soon after the hour of One of the clock in the 
afternoon of the day of the said meeting as con- 
venient, be publicly opened by the clerk to the 
Trustees at the me meeting), and the creditor or 
creditors whose proposal or proposals shall specify 
the lowest rate per centum which he, she or they 
will accept and take for all or any of the said 
shares of Fifty pounds intended to be paid off, 
shall have the preference, and be paid such sum or 
sums of money as he, she or they may be willing 
to accept for the same, by the treasurer to the said 
Trustees, at the expiration of One calendar month 
next after such meeting, with all interest then due 
for the same; and if Two or more of the said 
creditors shall deliver in proposals at the same 
meeting for accepting a composition for any such 
share or shares at an equal rate per centum, then 
and in such case it shall be forthwith determined b 
lot, to be fairly drawn by the clerk to the said 
Trustees, to which of the said creditors preference 
shall be given in payment of such composition or 
compositions, and the creditor or creditors having 
the casting lot shall be paid his, her or their com- 
— or compositions at the time and in manner 

ereinbefore mentioned ; but if there shall not be 
any proposals delivered in at the said annual 
meetings or any of them, by any of the creditors, for 
accepting any such composition or cumpositions as 
aforesaid, for his, her or their share or shares to 
the amount of Two hundred pounds or any part 
of that sum, ata less rate than the full amount of 
the principal monies due to him, her or them on 
the said tolls, then and in such case, but not other- 
wise, the said Trustees shall and may, and they are 
hereby required, in each and every year in which 
such proposal or proposals shall not be delivered in 
as aforesaid, to set apart by and out of the said 
monies or tolls, the full sum of Two hundred pounds, 
or such part of the same sum as shall be requisite 
to be applied for and towards payment of the prin- 
cipal monies then due and owing on the said tolls ; 
and the said Trustees shall then cause the numbers 
of the respective securities, with the several sums 
for which they are given, to be separately set down 
in writing and put together into a box or wheel, and 
out of such box or wheel immediately afterwards 
cause to be drawn the numbers of so many of the 
said securities as shall be equal in value or amount 
to the sum so set apart and intended to be paid off, 
and in One calendar month next after such numbers 
shall be respectively drawn, the treasurer to the 
said Trustees shall pay to the person or persons who 
shall be entitled to the respective securities the 
numbers of which shall be drawn as aforesaid, or 
to the Trustee or Trustees, guardian or guardians of 
such of the persons so entitled as shall be under 
age, such sum or sums of money as shall be due 
by virtue thereof, which they are hereby required to 
accept and take accordingly in discharge of such 
securities or of such part of the same as shall be 
thereby satisfied and paid.” 

6. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, the 

resent state of the law respecting the seizure of 
Tolls by mortgagees, whose principal or interest is 
unsatisfied, has been productive of. serious practical 
evils, and requires the early attention of Parliament. 

7. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, the 
provisions of the Act of 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 59, with re- 
spect to aid afforded from the Highway Rates to 
Turnpike Trusts whose ordinary income is insuffi- 
cient to defray the costs of .maintaining the roads, 
are imperfect and inconvenient in their operation ; 
and that they require amendment. 

8. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, no 
Turnpike Bill ought to be hereafter renewed, which 
does not contain a Clause subjecting it to the pro- 
visions of any future general Act for amending the 
Laws relating to Turnpike-roads. 

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16° Julie. 


497 


9. That, in the Opinion of Your Committee, it is 
expedient that measures should be taken for dimi- 
nishing the heavy Parliamentary expenses necessa- 
rily attendant upon the present system of renewing 
Turnpike Acts ; and it appears to Your Committee 
that a preliminary inquiry, conducted under the di- 
rection of a Public Office, would tend to the accom- 
plishment of this end. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions presented upon the 13th day of this instant 
July ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


several Petitions against the Bill were referred ; 
That the Order of the House of the 8th day of June 
last had been complied with; and that they had 
heard counsel in support of the said Petitions, and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Orders and Representations made under the Act 
to General Board of Health. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


take into consideration the Report on the G 
Indian Peninsula Railway Company Bill; 
the Amendmerts were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


and 


street, in the City of London, Attorney at Law, 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That an action 
is pending in the Court of Queen’s Bench, for pe- 
nalties for bribery arising out of the Harwich Elec- 
tion, which took place on the thirtieth day of July 
1847, under the seventh section of the second George 
the Second, chapter 24, being “An Act for the 
more effectual preventing Bribery and Corruption 
in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament,” 
wherein John Baker is plaintiff, and George Rush 
is defendant, and that the venue in such action is 
Essex, and that the cause is coming on for trial at 
Chelmsford, in the said county of Essex, at the As- 
sizes which commence this day ; that a Petition was 
presented to the House against the Return of John 
Attwood, Esquire, one of the Members chosen for 
the Borough of Harwich, which Petition was re- 
ferred to a Select Committee of the House; that 
certain persons gave their Evidence before such 
Committee, and are about to give their Evidence in 
this cause, and that the Petitioner, as the Attorney 
for the defendant in the said action, is advised by 
counsel that it is necessary that the short-han 
notes taken before the said Committee should be 
produced on the said trial, and that the defendant 
cannot safely proceed to trial without the production 
of the said original notes in short-hand ; and pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased to direct that 
the clerk or officer who took the short-hand notes 
of Evidence on the said Harwich Election Petition 
may beat liberty to attend at the present Chelms- 
ford Assizes, with the book or books containing such 
original short-hand Minutes of Evidence. 

dered, That leave be given to the proper Of- 








ficer to attend accordingly. 
38 Mr. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 

i iti : i Petitions 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Sixty-third. 
Report.) 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Committee on Dublin 


Y| the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, to whom Ce 2) Bill 


mprovement 


Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to the directions General Board 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Provisional of Health. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Great Indian 
reat Peninsula 

Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


A Petition of John Foster Elmslie, of Moorgate- Harwich 
was Election 
(1847-8.) 


498 


Education Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions 
(Canada) Bill. of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a Bill to raise 
an Income of One hundred thousand pounds out of 
the Public lands of Canada, for Common School 


Education (passed 30th May 1849). _ 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Benefices in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Plurality mittee on the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ge. 2.) Ba. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz., 
Consolidated A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of 
Fund Three Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the 


mata Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-nine : 


Sheffieldand A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the present 
wre | Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike-road from Tinsley 
= Tinsley. to Sheffield, and for other Purposes : 
and Doncaster Turnpike- 
road to Sheffield) Bill, 
Taff Vale A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Branch 
ieeion to from the Taff Vale Railway to Dowlais, and for 
Merthyr other Purposes: And also, 
Tydfil) Bill. 
Inclosure Act The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Powers) Bil further to facilitate the Inclosure of Commons, and 
~~" the Improvement of Commons and other Lands; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
—— of the Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
we promote the Advance of Private Money for 
Drainage of Lands in Great Britain ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
W. H.F.Ca- =$The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
ere for supplying the Omission in the Will of the Right 
honourable George Augustus Henry Earl of Bur- 
lington, deceased, of Powers of granting Farming 
and Building Leases of the Estates in the Counties 
of York and Derby, devised by the same Will; of 
Powers of selling and exchanging the same Estates ; 
and for other Purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Grenville’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. for the better Administration of the Real and Per- 
sonal Estates of the Right honourable James Lord 
Glastonbury, deceased; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Wilson’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
— ,. enable Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Baronet, to 
wich) Estate “ grant the Site of a Church for the District of Saint 
Bill. Thomas, Woolwich, in the County of Kent, and for 
other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 
——— The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


dish’s (Bur- fr temoving Doubts relative to the Powers of grant- 

lington House) ing Building Leases contained in the Will of the 

Estate Bill. Right honourable George Augustus Henry Earl of 
Burlington, deceased, and for other Purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


W. H. F. Ca- W. H. F. Cavendish’s Estate Bill was read the 
wera first time. 
— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Grenville’s Grenville’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Wilson’s Wilson’s (Saint Thomas Church, Woolwich) Es- 

(St. Thomas 


tate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Church, Wool- 
wich) Estate 
Bill. 


16° Judiz. 





A, 1849. 


The Honourable C. C. Cavendish’s (Burlington Honourable 


C. C. Caven- 
— (Bur- 
ington Ho 
Estate Bil 


House), Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers) Bill Inclosure Act 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a (Extension of 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. Peng 


The Drainage of Lands Bill was read the first Drainage of 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time, To-~ Lands Bill. 
morrow ; and to be printed. No. 510, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Steam Navy. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 5th 
day of this instant July, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will be pleased to commu- 
nicate to their Lordships a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by this House on 
the Steam Navy; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the said Committee, and the 
Appendix and Index thereto. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 
same. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Australian 
the Newcastle and Gateshead Religious Freedom Colonics 
Society, praying thatthe Australian Colonies (No. 2.) aaa 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
gg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Woolwich, in the bo- Baking Trade, 
rough of Greenwich, praying the House to pass a 
law to regulate the hours of labour of the Journey- 
men Bakers, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Godfrey Wilson and William Combustion 
Pidding, of Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, of Fuel. 
stating that they have invented a plan and appara- 
tus for effecting perfect combustion of fuel; and 
that Her most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to 
grant unto them Her heel Letters Patent for the 
said invention; that the said invention is applicable 
to steam-engine and other furnaces, and to every 
description of fire-place and stove in private dwell- 
ings; and that the result in all cases, where their 
invention may be applied, will be perfect combustion, 
with great economy of fuel and a smokeless fire ; 
and praying the House to recommend Her Majesty’s 
Government to allow the Petitioners to apply their 
patent apparatus to any one or more of the furnaces 
in the government dock-yards, factories or works, 
and also to some of the fire-places or stoves in the 
Government offices ; and that the officers of such 
departments where the same may be » igre may, 
after most fully testing the efficacy of the invention 
to their satisfaction, report thereon to the House; 
and also praying the ~ al to give their Petition 
favourable consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury, Emigration 
and the High Sheriff of the county of Limerick, as- Ireland.) 
sembled at Summer assizes, 1849, praying for the 
adoption of measures for aiding and promoting Emi- 
gration from Zreland on some organized system, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of British Subjects, resident in Monte Monte Video. 

Video, stating that they, with others, contracted to 
advance a loan to the government of Monte Video, in 
the year 1845, under the guarantee of Her Majesty’s 
Government ; complaining of a violation of the con- 
tract on the part of the government of Monte Video, 
and praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 








13 Vicroriz. 


General Board A Petition of Beneficed Clergymen of the town 


of Health Bill. 


New South 
Wales. 


New Zealand. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Relief. ) 


Public Health 
(Ireland.) 


Sunda 
Travelliig on 
Railways Bill. 


Supply ; 


Public 
Salaries. 


wedaenee 
ita 
Corps.” 


and borough of Birmingham, praying that the Ge- 
neral Board of Health Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Colony of New 
South Wales, praying the House so to reduce the 
elective qualification as to give a full and fair share 
of the representation in the Tesiintese of the colony 
to the colonists at large, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mew Zealand Company, stat-| E 


ing that they have been long impressed with a con- 
viction, that the welfare of the colony is seriously 
impeded by the absence of steam communication 
with the United Kingdom ; and praying that mea- 
sures may be forthwith adopted for its early attain- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Members of the 
Medical Profession and others, in the town and 
neighbourhood of Winslow, in the county of Buck- 
ingham, stating that the Petitioners have long felt 
the evils of the present defective system of Poor 
Law Medical Relief; and praying that numerous 
; ae gan affecting Medical Officers, may be re- 

ressed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, 
praying that the House will, without delay, insti- 
tute such sanitary legislation for the protection of 
the Irish people, as may conduce to the diminution 
of disease and destitution, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members and Adherents of the 
United Presbyterian Congregation of Carnoustie, 

raying that the Sunday Travelling on Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
propesed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ a reduction of ten per cent. be made in all Sala- 
“ ries in the Ordnance Department, and in all other 
“ Departments of Government at Home and 
“ Abroad,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr Greys Hill, }ras. 


Tellers for the Noes,| mr Neodive — hoe. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker donow leavethe Chair: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and sixty-one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of Ord- 
nance Military Corps, which will come in course of 
= cag during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1850. 

Voi. 104. 


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499 


dred and fifty-one thousand six hundred and fifty 


um necessary to defray the Expense of the Com- 
missariat and Barrack Supplies for Her Majesty’s 
Forces, Great Coats for the Army, Clothing for Co- 
lonial Corps, &amp;c., which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. 


dred and eighty-one pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
xpense of the Ordnance Office, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put, and Negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


thousand three hundred and seventy-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of the Establish- 
ments in the United Kingdom and Colonies, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing the 31st day of March 1850. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Cobden, lia 
Yeas, Mr. Horsman: filing: 
Tellers for the; Lord Marcus Hill, li07 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: {f° " 


Question again proposed, That a Sum, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred and sixty-five thousand three 
hundred and seventy-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Expense of the Establishments in the 
United Kingdom and Colonies, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 17° die Julii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





consideration the Amendments made by the 
to the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next. 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges of 
the British Museuni, for the year ending on the 25th, 
day of March 1850. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1850. 





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3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Ordnance 
Sum, not exceeding Forty-five thousand eight hun- Office. 


4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That @ Ordnance 


Sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty-five Establish- 
ments. 


The Order of the day being read, for —r eomnbered 
rds (reland) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Supply; 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- British 
two thousand nine hundred and fifteen pounds, be Museum. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding One Excess of 


hundred and nineteen thousand nine hundred and Army Ex- 
fi fty penditure.. 





2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Commissariat 
and Barrack 


posal be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the S°PPles- 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One-pisembodied 
hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred pounds, Militia. 


500 


fifty pounds and one penny, be granted to Her Ma- 
seaby, to defray the Excess of the Army Expenditure 

yond the Grants for the year ended on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
nine thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Sum required to de- 
fray the Charge, to the 31st day of March 1850, of 
the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1849, the Expense of the Pur- 
chase of the necessary Books, Apparatus, Instru- 
ments, &amp;c. required for the use of the Professors in 
the Colleges established in Jreland. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
five thousand five hundred and twenty-five pounds, 
and one penny, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Excess of the Commissariat Expenditure 
beyond the Grants for the year ended on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand three hundred and eighty-six pounds, 
fifteen shillings and sevenpence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Excess of the Ordnance 
Expenditure, beyond the Grants for the year ended 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Supplies 
granted for the Service of the year 1848, or for any 
preceding year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Colleges 
(Ireland). 


Excess of 
Commissariat 
Expenditure. 


Excess of 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


Supplies, 


— Pay Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Con- 
tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Al- 
lowances, in certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant 
Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Em- 
ployment of the Non-commissioned Officers: And 
that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Secretary-at-War and the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Athlone to 
Galway Rail- 
way (Advance 
of Money) 
Bill. 


Tie House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Athlone to Galway 
Railway (Advance of Money) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cravuszs, N° 3 to N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N°6 and N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N°8 (Baronies in Galway and two Ba- 
ronies in Roscommon to pay a sum equal to interest 
on advances, in certain events). 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause 
to add the following words, “ Provided also, That 
“* any monies so paid by such baronies and half ba- 
** rouies and county of the town of Galway, shall 
be considered as an advance to the said Railway 
Company, and shall be repaid by them before any 
‘ dividends of profits be made by them to their 
“ shareholders.” 

Question, That those words be there added,—put, 
and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 


Cravuses, N° 9 and N° 10, agreed to. 


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Cravuses, N° 11 to N° 36, with Amendments to 





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several of them, agreed to. rt 
Clause added. 
Preamble agreed to, 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





“~~ aw 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Relief of Dis- 
into a Committee upon the Relief of Distress (Jre- tess (Ireland) 
land) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent (No, 3.) Bill 1 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Bill to amend the Joint Stock Com- Joint Stock 
panies Winding-up Act (1848) was, according to Companies 
Order, read the third time. pene ee 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


being read, for the Second Australian 
Colonies 


The Order of the day 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Reading of the Australian Colonies (No. 2.) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Pilotage Bill. 
Reading of the Pilotage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Stamp, &amp;c., Allowances Bill was, according stamp, &amp;e. 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Allowances 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- Continuance, 
ance, &amp;c. Bill; and,after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

a That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Bill to extend to the Officers of Inland Re- Excise Bene- 
venue the Privilege of becoming Members of the volent Fund 
Excise Benevolent Fund Society was, according to ay 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larce- Offenders and 
. “n, Small Lar- 
nies Bill; cenies Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Regimental Benefit Societies Bill was, ac- Regimental 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ao Bill. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for — 
this day. 


The Enlistinent (Artillery and Ordnance) Bill Enlistment 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and oc ge 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin. 


this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 





solve itself into the said Committee. 
The 








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General Board _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
of Health Bill. Reading of the General Board of Health Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Municipal The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Corporations into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations 
(reland) Bill. (7,eJand) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Abandonment mittee un the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Audit of Rail- | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

way Accounts Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill; 

bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Union Charges mittee on the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amend- 
nent Bil. ment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Leasehold The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Tenure of mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) 
DL Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Administra- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Tcsesaiten mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metro- 
Districts) Bill. politan Districts) Bill ; . 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Customs. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
several Acts imposing Duties of Customs ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing Ad- 
vances, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for Loans 
to Workhouses in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances 
to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to 
the Public Works Loan Commissioners, to an 
amount not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, to 
be by them applied by way of Loan for the pur- 

ose of building, fitting and furnishing Workhouses 
in Ireland, and other objects of a similar nature, 
for which Advances have heretofore been authorized 
to be made under the provisions of the Act of the 
fifth year of Her present Majesty, c. 9, 8. 12. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland.) 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Nuisances The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 

camel on Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

vention Bill, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


Vou. 104. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Justice ( Vancouver's bahay 
Island) Bill ; {sland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to encourage Endowment of Chapels of Chapels of 
Ease, and facilitate Assignment of Pastoral Dis- Ease (Ireland) 
tricts thereto, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to encourage Endowment of Chapels 
of Ease, and facilitate Assignments of Pastoral 
Districts thereto, and to amend an Act of the eighth 
year of Her present Majesty, for Marriages in 
Ireland, and for registering such Marriages. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their 
concurrence. 


The New Zealand Land Conveyances Bill was, New Zealand 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Land — 
mitted toa Committee of the whule House, for this” ~~” 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Courts — 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- — oon 
ments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill, be re-com- 
mitted ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Labouring 
into consideration the Labouring Poor Act Amend- Poor Act 
ment (Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; creand) Sill 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolitan 
to amend the Metropolitan Sewers Act: And that S°¥¢?s Bill 
Viscount Ebrington and Lord Ashley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a LandImprove- 
Return of all Applications received by the Board ™*™* Act. 
of Works fur Loans under the Land Improvement 
Act, since the late additional Grant, specifying the 
Counties from which such Applications were made, 
whether the Loans were granted or refused, and 
when refused, the reason of such refusal. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to defray Militia Pay 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent Bill 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britainand Ireland, to grant Allowances, in 
certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, 
Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant 
Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of 
the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of 
the Non-commissioned Officers: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day. 


Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill to amend Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Sewers Act: And the same was Sewers Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- No. 511. 
cond time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Dublin 


Bill, as amended, be printed. re 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- ( eae 
No.512. 


mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till haif an hour after Two of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





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aa cha eS, Rai Late a ee 








17° Julia. A. 1849, 


and after the said Election in July One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-seven, the said Lionel 
athan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, did, by himself, his agents, 
PRAYERS. friends, and partizans, by divers ways and means, at 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave | his charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly, 

to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the | give, provide, present, and allow, and cause and 
sitting of the House. knowingly allow to be given and provided to per- 
'sons having votes at such Election, money, meat, 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors for , drink,entertainment, provision and reward, and make 
the City of Zondon was delivered in, and read ; presents, gifts, rewards, promises, agreements, and 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at and engagements to give money, meat, drink, enter- 
during the last Election of a Member to serve in tainment, provision, and reward to ‘and for persons 
this present Parliament for the City of London, regis- | having votes at such Election, and to and for the 
tered electors of the said City, and claimed to have | use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and pre- 
had and had a right to vote and did vote at the said | ferment of such persons, in order that the said. 
Election ; that at the said last Election of a Mem- | Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said City, Lionel Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, might be elected, or 
Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel | for being elected a citizen to serve in Parliament for 
Nathan de Rothschild, and John James Robert | the said City; that before and after such last-men- 
Manners, otherwise called Lord John James Robert | tioned Election the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, 
Manners, were candidates to represent the said City | otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths- 
in Parliament; that a poll having been demanded, child, by himself, his agents, friends, and managers, 
was taken by the Returning Officers of the said| was guilty of bribery and corruption, and did, by 
City, on Tuesday, the third day of July, One thou- | gifts, presents, money, rewards, and promises, agree- 
sand eight hundred and forty-nine; that the said | ments, and securities for money, gifts, and rewards, 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron , and by other corrupt, illegal, and improper practices, 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, was, by the said Re-, acts,and means, corrupt and procure divers persons, 
turning Officers, declared to have had a majority of | having or claiming to have votes at such Election,, 
votes at the said Election, and to have been duly | to give their votes at the same Election for the said. 
elected, and was returned to serve in this present! Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Parliament for the said City; that at the last pre-| Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, or to forbear to give 
ceding Election of a Member to serve in this present | them for the said John Masterman, John Johnson, 
Parliament for the said City of London (that is to! Robert ‘yx Lee Beevan, and James William 
say) at the Election in July 1847, John Masterman, Freshfield, Esquires, or some or one of them; that, 


Martis, 17° die Juli ; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 





John Johnson, Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, and James 
William Freshfield, Esquires, and the Right honour- 
able John Russell, commonly called the Right 
Honourable Lord John Russell, and James Pattison, 
Esquire, Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 
Baronet, and Lionel Nathan Rothschild, Esquire, 
otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
were the Candidates to represent the said City in 


the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, was guilty, by 
himself, or his agents, at such last-mentioned Elec~ 
tion, as well of bribery as of treating and other cor- 
rupt practices ; and that extensive and systematic 
_bnibery, treating, and corruption were practised 
and carried on at such last-mentioned Election by 
| divers persons, with a view to the Election of the 


Parliament ; and a poll being demanded and taken, | said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
at the close thereof, the said Right Honourable John | Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild; that at the 
Russell, commonly called the Right Honourable | said last Election for the said City of London, that 
Lord John Russell, James Pattison, Esquire, Lionel | is to say, the Election of the second day of July, 
Nathan Rothschild, Esquire, otherwise called Baron | One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, herein- 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, and John Masterman, | before mentioned, the said Lionel Nathan Roths- 
Esquire, were by the Returning Officers of the said | chi/d, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de 
City declared duly elected as citizens to serve in Par- | Rothschild, was incapable of being elected to serve 
liament for the City; that the said Lionel Nathan| in the present Parliament for the said City on ac 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan count of the bribery, treating and other corrupt 
de Rothschild having been so returned as aforesaid | practices by himself, his agents, friends and others 
to serve for the said City as aforesaid, did not nor! on his behalf at the said preceding Election in July, 
could he take or subscribe the oaths by law in that | One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and 
case provided, inasmuch as he the said Lionel Nathan | also was further incapable of being elected to serve 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan |in the present Parliament by reason that the said 
de Rothschild, did not nor does he profess the true | Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
faith of a christian, as is by law in the oaths required | Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, does not, and did not 
by each Member of the House to be sworn, whereby | at the time of the said last Election for the said 
the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called | City, profess the true faith of a Christian, but on the 


Baron Lionel Nathande Rothschild, not having taken 
such oaths as aforesaid, was rendered and became 
incapable of serving as such citizen, and of sitting 
and voting in Parliament, for that the said Lionel 
Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, did not take and subscribe 
the oaths aforesaid required by law in that behalf 
to be taken and subscribed by each Member of the 


| contrary was a member of the Hebrew persuasion, 
commouly called a Jew, and the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rothschild, was further incapable of being elected 
to serve in the present Parliament, by reason that 
he or some person or persons in trust for him, or for 
his use or benefit, or on his account, held or en- 
joyed in the whole or in part a contract, agreement 
or commission with some person or persons for or 





House, or any of them ; that the said Lionel Nathan 


Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan | on account of the public service ; that at the time 
de Rothschild, being so incapable as aforesaid of | and place of the said last Election for the said City 
sitting and voting in Parliament, did solicit and ob- | of London (that is to say) the Election of the second 


tain from the Crown the office of Steward to Her 
Majesty for the Chiltern Hundreds; that by the 
acceptance of the said office by the said Lionel Na- 
than Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, a vacancy occurred in the 


representation of the said City ; that before, during, 


day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
nine, before the nomination of the Candidates, and 
also before the taking of the poll, a notice under 
the hands of one or more Electors of the said City 
who were well known to be duly qualified and re- 
gistered as electors, was on behalf of such electors 








publicly 








13 Vicroriz. 17° Julii. 503 


publicly delivered to the said Returning Officers of | 

the said last-mentioned Election, in the words and 

figures, or to the effect following (that is to say):— 
“ City of London to wit. 

“To Thomas Guested Finnis, a wiry and Jacob 
Emanuel Goodhart, Esquire, Sherifis of the City of 
—* being the Returning Officers of the said 
‘City. 

o We, the undersigned Electors of the said City 
‘of London, do hereby give you notice that Lionel 
Nuthan Rothschild, Esquire, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the Candi- 
dates to represent the said City in Parliament at 
this present Election, was guilty, by himself or his 
agents, as well of bribery as of treating and other 
corrupt practices, at the Election of the said City, 
held on the 29th of July, in the year 1847, and is 
thereby rendered ineligible and incapable of being 
elected to serve as a citizen in Parliament for the 
said City upon the present vacancy. And we do 
also hereby give you notice that the said Zione/ 
Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, is further ineligible and in- 
capable of being elected to serve as such citizen for 
the said City, inasmuch as he does not profess ‘ the 
true faith of a Christian,’ and is thereby rendered 
incapable of serving as such citizen, and of sitting 
and voting in Parliament, and of taking and sub- 
scribing the oaths required by law in that behalf to 
be taken and subscribed by each Member of the 
House of Commons, or some one or more of them. 

“And we do hereby give notice, that the said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, is further ineligible 
and incapable of being elected to serve as such 
citizen for the said City, inasmuch as he is at this 
time a Government contractor, and is thereby ren- 
dered incapable of serving as such citizen, and of 
sitting and voting in Parliament. 

“ And we do also hereby give you further notice, 
that all votes given for the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rothschild, at the present Election, will, on ac- 
count of his being ineligible and incapable as afore- 
said, be lost and thrown away. 

“ And we do further object to and protest against 
the nomination of the said Lionel Nathan Roths- 
child, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de 
Rothschild, as a Candidate, and against the recep- 
tion, or record, or entry on the poll-books, of any 
votes which may be tendered on his behalf, and 
against his Election and Return at the present 

lection. 

“ Dated this 2d day of July, 1849. 


““ Witnesses,— 
“ Charles Young, Solicitor, 10, Warwick- 
square, City. 
“ J. Chas. G. Bennett, Attorney-at-Law, 
1, Sise-lane, City. 
“¢ Jonathan Crocker. 
“* Henry Stokes. 
“ Frederick Syrett. 
“ G. E. Nias.” 
That at the said last Election for the said City of 
London (that is to say), the Election of the third 
July, One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, 
both before the nomination of the Candidates and 


also before the taking of the poll, a similar notice | P 


was given by one or more of the Electors of the 
said City, to the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, 
otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
and to Raikes Currie, Esquire, Member of Patlia- 
ment for the borough of Northampton, and John 
Dillon, Esquire, the proposer and seconder of the 
said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild ; that anotice was 
also given to each voter who polled at the said last 
Election for the said City on the third day of July, 
‘One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, for the 





VoL. 104. 


said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, and before 
each such voter so polled, in the words and figures 
or to the effect following (that is to say) :-— 
* City of London, to wit. 
“To the Electors. 

“We, the undersigned Electors of the said City 
of London, do hereby give you notice that Lionel 
Nathan Rothschild, Esquire, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the Candidates 
to represent the said City in Parliament at this pre- 
sent Election, was guilty, by himself or his agents, 
as well of bribery as of treating and other corrupt 
practices at the Blection of the said City, held on 
the 29th day of July, in the year 1847, and is 
thereby rendered ineligible and incapable of being 
elected to serve as a citizen in Parliament for the 
said City upon the present vacancy; and we do 
also hereby give you notice that the said Lionel 
Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, is further ineligible and in- 
capable of being elected to serve as such citizen for 
the said City, inasmuch as he does not profess ‘ the 
true faith of a Christian,’ and is thereb rendered 
incapable of serving as such citizen, = of sitting 
and voting in Parliament, and of taking and sub- 
scribing the oaths required by law in that behalf to 
be taken and subscribed by each Member of the 
House of Commons, or some one or more of them. 

** And we do hereby give notice that the said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, is further ineligible 
and incapable of being elected to serve as such citi- 
zen for the said City, inasmuch as he is at this time 
a Government contractor, and is thereby rendered 
incapable of serving as such citizen and of sitting 
and voting in Parliament. 

“ And we do also hereby give you further notice 
that all votes given for the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de 
Rothschild, at the present Election, will, on account 
of his being ineligible and incapable as aforesaid, be 
lost and thrown away. 

“ Dated this 2d day of July 1849. 


“ Witnesses.— 
** Charles Young, Solicitor, 10, War- 
wich-square, City. 
“J. Chas. G. Bennett, Attorney-at- 
Law, 1, Sise-lane, City. 
“ Jonathan Crocker, 
“ 7. J. Fenton. 
“ Henry Stokes. 
“« Frederick Syrett.” 
That the said last-mentioned notice was separately 
served upon the voters for the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rotlischild, by persons who were placed in every 
polling-place for the purpose of delivering such no- 
tice to every elector as he came to the poll; that 
by reason of the said several notices, incapacities 
and disqualifications as aforesaid, and of the said 
notices so given as aforesaid, the votes of those fea 
sons who voted at the said last Election in July 
1849, for the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, other- 
wise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, were 
lost and thrown away, and ought not to have been 
counted upon the poll; that after the close of the 
oll, and before the declaration of the numbers 
polled and the Return, a further notice of the inca- 
pacity of the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, other- 
wise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, was 
served upon Thomas Quested Finnis, and Jacob 
Emanuel Goodhart, the Returning Officers at the 
said last Election, prior to the Return being made 
by them, in the words and figures or to the effect 
following (that is to say): 
“ City of London Election, July 1849. 
“ To Thomas Quested Finnis, and Jacob Emanuel 
Goodhart, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesez, 
384 Returning 
























































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Returning Officers at the Election now held for the 
City of London, and all others whom it doth or may 
concern. 

“ We, the undersigned Electors for the City of 
London, do hereby give you notice that the follow- 
ing notice was duly served upon Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, Esquire, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathande Rothschild, on or near the hustings held in 
the Guildhall, in the City of London, on Monday the 
2d day of July 1849, and that the said notice has 
also been duly served on each and every of the 
electors of the said City of London who have voted 
at this Election for the said Lionel Nathan Roths- 
child, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de 
Rothschild: 

“ ¢ City of London to wit. 
“ “ €To the Electors: 

“ «We, the undersigned Electors of the said 
City of London, du hereby give you notice, that Lionel 
Nathan Rothschild, Esquire, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the Candidates 
to represent the said City in Parliament at this pre- 
sent icction, was guilty, by himself or his agents, 
as well of bribery as of treating, and other corrupt 
practices, at the Election of the said City held on 
the twenty-ninth day of July 1847, and is thereby 
rendered ineligible and incapable of being elected to 
serve as a citizen in Parliament for the said City 
upon the present vacancy; and we doalso hereby give 
you notice that the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, 
otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
is further ineligible and incapable of being elected 
to serve as such citizen for the said City, inasmuch 
as he does not profess ‘ the true faith of a Christian,’ 
and is thereby rendered incapable of serving as such 
citizen, and of sitting and voting in Parliament, and 
of taking and subscribing the oaths required by law 
in that behalf to be taken and subscribed by each 
Member of the House of Commons, or some one or 
more of them. 

“ ¢ And we do hereby give notice that the said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, is further ineligible 
and incapable of being elected to serve as such 
citizen for the said City, inasmuch as he is at this 
time a Government contractor, and is thereby ren- 
dered incapable of serving as such citizen and of 
sitting and voting in Parliament. 

“ *And we do also hereby give you further no- 
tice that all votes given for the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rothschild, at the present Election, will, on ac- 
count of his being ineligible and incapable as afore- 
said, be lost and thrown away. 

“ * Dated this 2d day of July 1849. 

“« « Witnesses. 

“ * Charles Young, Solicitor, 10, War- 
wich-square, City. 

“ «J. Chas. G. Bennett, Attorney-at- 
Law, 1, Sise-lane, City. 

“¢ ¢ Jonathan Crocker. 

“ ¢ FS. Fenton. 

“* * Henry Stokes. 

“ « Frederick Syrett. 

“ And we the undersigned Electors do hereby 
further give you, the said Sheriffs, notice that all 
votes which have beenso givenas aforesaid tothe said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, are invalid and thrown 
away, and we hereby demand that you the said 
Sheriffs do return Lord John James Robert Man- 
ners, and no other, as duly elected at this Election 
&gt; serve in the present Parliament for the said 

ity. 

“ Dated this 3d day of July 1849. 

“ T. J., Fenton. 
“ Jas, Oliphant. 
“ F.D. Lewis.” 

That it was further required and demanded of 

the said Returning Officers, prior to the Return 














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being made by them, that they should indovse the 
said last-mentioned notice upon the back of the 
Return to be by them made, which said demand 
was then and there refused by the said Returning 
Officers ; that by reason of the said several inca- 
— disqualifications and premises, the said 

eturning Officers ought not to have returned the 
said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, but on the 
contrary the said John James Robert Manners, 
commonly called Lord John James Robert Manners, 
was duly elected and ought to have been returned 
thereat by the said Returning Officers ; that before, 
during, and after the said last Election for the said 
City, held in July, One thousand eight hundred and 
forty-nine, the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, 
otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths- 
child, did, by himself, his agents, friends and 
partizans, by divers ways and means, at his charge 
and on his behalf, directly and indirectly, give, 
provide, present and allow, and cause and know- 
ingly allow to be given and provided to persons 
having votes at such last-mentioned Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision and reward, 
and make presents, gifts, rewards and prcmises, 
agreements and engagements to give money, meat, 
drink and entertainment, provision and reward to 
and for persons having votes at such Election, and 
to and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
that he the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, other- 
wise called Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
might be elected a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said City; that before, during and after 
such last-mentioned Election for the said City, the 
said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, was guilty of 
bribery and corruption, and did, by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards and promises, agreements and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by other 
corrupt, illegal and improper practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at such last Election, to 
give their votes at the same Election for the said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, and to forbear to give 
them to the said John James Robert Manners, com- 
monly called Lord John James Robert Manners ; that 
the said Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, was guilty, by 
himself or his agents, at such last-mentioned Elec- 
tion, as well of bribery as of treating, and other 
corrupt practices, and that extensive and systematic 
bribery, treating and corruption were practised and 
carried on at such last-mentioned Election by divers 
persons with the view to the Election of the said 
Lionel Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and will declare that the said Lionel Nathan 


Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan. 


de Rothschild, was not duly elected at the said jast 
Election as a citizen to serve in Parliament for the 
said City of London, and ought not to have been 
returned thereat, but that the said John James 
Robert Manners, commonly called Lord John James 
Robert Manners, was duly elected and ought to 
have been returned, and that the House will direct 
the Return to be amended accordingly by the sub- 
stitution therein of the name of the said John 
James Robert Manners, commonly called Lord John 
James Robert Manners, for that of the said Lionel 
Nathan Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel 
Nathan de Rothschild, or that the House will declare 
the said last Election of the said Lionel Nathan 
Rothschild, otherwise called Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rothschild, as a citizen to serve in Parliament 
for the same City to have been wholly null and 
void, and that the House will give to the —— 
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such further and other relief as to the. House shall may sustain any losses by the abolition of their 
seem meet. Offices under any Act of the present Session. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to, The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
the General Committee of Elections. was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records | mittee on the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill, 
as shall be thought necessary by the several parties That they have powe r to make provision therein, 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | pursuant to the said Resolution. 


13 Vicroriz. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Small Debts 


cashire The House proceeded to take into consideration | . . % 
sa Yorkshire Peay vireeae oo made by the Lords to the Bill into a Committee upon the Small Debts Act Amend- a 
mdLondon . ig . ;| ment Bill. 
md North = intituled, An Act for vesting in the Lancashire and | (In the Committee.) 
Western Rail- Yorkshire Railway Company and the London and ‘ 
ay orecetee North Western Railway Company the Preston and| Instruction to the Comnuittee, That they have 
Faelenest in Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock, and all the | Power to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to 
the Preston Works, Property and Effects belonging thereto; | the Resolution reported this day, read. 
and Wyre and the same were read, as follow : | Clause (Compensation to officers of abolished 


Railway, Har- 
pour and Dock, 


Pr. 31. 1. 24. After “case” insert “after such 


| Courts.) 








and mr “ payment by the London and North Western Rail- | Brought up ; read 1° and 2°, 
rae Under- “ way Company as aforesaid.”’ |} Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
taking) Bill. Pr. 32. 1. 38. After “which” insert “in the | be added to the Bill ; 
“ event aforesaid.” The Committee divided. 
Pr, 52. 1. 11. Leave out “ such.” Tellers for the f Mr. Elliot, 5 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard : S as 
were agreed to. Tellers for the { Lord Dudley Stuart, \ 9 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Noes, L Mr. Evans: sees 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House! Another Clause added. 
—— to the Amendments made by their Lord- Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
. Bill, as amended, to be reported. 
d An i ssed Bill t d an Act d in tl 
Corporation denuiy sen of aoe ne of Sing’ Gravee — Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
_ First, for regulating Elections within the City of reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
London, and for preserving the Peace, Good Order Bill. . : 
and Government of the said City, was read the| ,Q7dered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
third time; and Amendments were made to the | mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- stock in Trade 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill to | mittee on the Stock in Trade Bill ; 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | And a Motion being made, and the Question 
| being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
Lord Lord Brougham and Vaux (Duke of Cleve- | the Chair ; 


Brougham and /gnd’s) Estate Bill was read a second time; and | 


Vaux ( 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 





e : Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
of Cleveland’s) Committed. | ot —. 
Estate Bill. ” tag That the Bill be referred to the Com- &gt;. tn ncn yates 4 
mitt ion. ; “$08 ; Preciteaag 5 ; 
atten of Selection “ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
Estates thereof. 


(relent) pi, take into consideration the Estates Leasing (Ireland) | 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
— to be left out stand part of the Question : 
| —The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
‘the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 





yen _ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
ment [Com- it was referred to consider of granting Compen-| reported, That the Committee had gone through 
pensation for sation out of the Consolidated Fund of the United | the Bill. 

lished] Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Judges, Counsel, Attornies and other Officers, having 
a freehold in their Offices in the Courts of the 
Marshalsea, of the Palace of the Queen at Wes¢- 
minster, and for the Honour of Peveril, and additional 
limits of the same, for any losses they may sustain 
by the abolition of their Offices, under any Act to 
be passed in the present Session, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth ; 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to grant Com- 
pensation, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
said United Kingdom, to such persons as are legally 
entitled to any Franchise or Office in the Court of 
the Marshalsea of the Household of the Kings of 
England, and the Court of our Lady the Queen of 
the Palace of the Queen at Westminster, and Her 
Majesty’s Court of Record for the Honour of 
Peveril and additional limits of the same, and who 

VoL, 104, 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Offices of the House of Commons was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Offices in the Petty Bag in the 


of that Court, and the Inrolment Office of the said 
Court, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

A Clause (Specifications to be enrolled in the 
Enrolment Office), was thrice read; and added to 





the Bill. 


3T+ 


Then 








The Bill further to amend the Acts relating to the House of Com- 
— Offices 


The Bill to amend an Act to regulate certain petty Bag, &amp;e. 
igh Court of Offices Amend- 
wey, the Practice of the Common Law Side ™*™* Bill. 


Land Improve- 


ment Amend- 
ment Act 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland) 
CNo. 2.) Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Regimental 
Benefit Sucie- 
ties Bill. 


Enlistment 
(Artillery and 
Ordnance) 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 


Union Charges mittee on the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amend- 


Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Customs. 


506 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend an Act of the tenth year of 
Her Majesty, for facilitating the Improvement of 
Landed Property in Ireland, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to continue an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, for amending 
the Law relative to Private Lunatic Asylums in 
Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Relief of Distress (Jre- 
land) (No. 2.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Regimental Benefit 
Societies Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Enlistment (Artillery 
and Ordnance) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration ‘To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the ae Corporations 
(Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


ment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


17° Julie. 





Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


_ The Houst, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the several Acts im- 
posing Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 
1. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Customs. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now chargeuble on the Articles undermen- 





A. 1849. 


tioned, the following Duties shall be charged ; 
viz.— 





| RATES OF DUTY. 








ARTICLES. 
Of or from | Of and from 
When Imported into the United Kingdom. Foreign British 

Countries. Possessions. 
| &amp;. 2 421f.8 ¢@ 

Embroidery and Needlework, for every 100 7. 
value - - ° - ° ot A at ow 5 - « 
Articles of Green or Common Glass, theewt. | - - 9] -— - 9 


Leather Manufactures : 

Men’s Boots and Shoes: 

If the quarter do not exceed 23 
inches, or the vamp 4 inches in height 
from the sole, the dozen pairs - -| - 7 6) - 7 6 
If either the quarter or vamp exceed 
the above dimensions, but do not exceed 
6 inches in height from the sole inside, 


























the dozen pairs - - - - o| = 20.6) «0 6 
If either the quarter or vamp do 
exceed 6 inches in height from the sole 
inside, the dozen pairs - - - oo] = it = —) 
Wild Nutmegs, not in the shell, the lb. -| -— - 5 
Wines of any description, not enumerated or 
otherwise charged with Duty in any Act 
or Acts relating to the Customs, the gallon | - - - 29 
--—— the Lees of such Wines, the gallon - | - - - 29 
Coffee : 
Kiln dried, roasted or ground, on 
and after the Ist day of January 1850, 
thelb, = + - - - - -| - - 8] - - 5 
When Imported into the Isle of Man : 
Muscovado Sugar, the cwt. - - - - o| = 2 « 
Tea, the lb. - - - - - | 9 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to two 
Resolutions, 

Ordered, That the Report on the first Resolution 
be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the Laws 
relating to the Customs. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancel- 
lor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Hayter do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Ordered, That the Report on the second Resolu- 
tion be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Workhouses 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing Ad- Ireland.) 


vances, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for Loans 
to Workhouses in Ireland, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances 
to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
the Public Works’ Loan Commissioners, to an 
Amount not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, to be 


.by them applied by way of Loan for the purpose of 


building, fitting, and furnishing Workhouses in Jre- 
land, and other objects of a similar nature for which 
Advances have heretofore been authorized to bemade 


| under the Provisions of the Act of the fifth year 
| of Her present Majesty, c. 9, s. 12. 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution; And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Sir William Somerville do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Bill further to amend an Act of the tenth year Labouring 
of Her present Majesty, for rendering valid certain Poor Act 
Proceedings for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, 

b 








Amendment 


({reland) Bill- 











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by Employment of the Labouring Poor, and to in- 
demnify those who have acted in such Proceedings, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia Pay The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, read 
Bill. a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Palace Court 4 The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Westminster) the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
Bil. upon the 28th day of June last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Palace 
Court ( Westminster) Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 
Agriculture, A Petition of Freeholders, Agriculturists, and 


&amp;e. others of the hundred of Rhayader, in the county 
of Radnor, and the surrounding hamlets, com- 
plaining of the depressed state of Agriculture, and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief for 
persons engaged therein, and also that the Expen- 
diture of the country may be revised, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Attornies’ 


I A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident 
Certificates, 


in Penrith, in the county of Cumberland, and prac- 
tising in the Courts of Law and Equity in England 
and Wales, praying for the repeal of the annual 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Audit of Rail- 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, resi- 
= Accounts 


dent in Warrington and the vicinity, being respec- 
tively Shareholders in the London, North Western 
or other Railways, praying that the Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
. Table. 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Minister, Members, and Hearers of the 
Primitive Methodists ;— Tower Hamlets ;—Members 
and Hearers of the Primitive Methodists ;— Bristol 
(two Petitions) ;—Edinburgh, Leith, and vicinity ; 
— Paisley ;— Greenoch;— Dundee ;— Perth ;— West- 
minster (three Petitions) ;— Newington ;—South- 
wark (five Petitions) ;—.Lambeth (three Petitions) ; 
—Stratford, Ilford, and Bow ;—Brighton (two Pe- 
titions) ;—G/asgow ;—Bristol ;—London (two Pe- 
titions) ;—insbury (two Petitions) ;—Saint Mary- 
le-bone(four Petitions) ;— Greenwich (two Petitions); 
—Somers Town, King’s Cross, and Clerkenwell ;— 
and, Tottenham Court-road; praying the House 
to pass a law to regulate the hours of labour of 
Journeymen Bakers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Baking Trade. 


Cattle and 
Sheep Diseases 
Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis and 
parts adjacent, praying that in accordance with 
section 1 of the Cattle and Sheep Diseases Act, 
some person or persons should be immediately au- 
thorized and appointed by Her Majesty in Council 
to seize any sheep infected with or labouring under 
any disorder, as well as unwholesome meat, pub- 
licly exposed for sale, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Audit of 
Railway Ac- 
counts Bill, 


A Petition of Daniel Fripp, of Brislington, in 
the county of Somerset, stating that he is a Creditor 
of the Bridgewater and Taunton and Stolford Har- 
bour Railway Company, and the Chard Canal Rail- 
way Company, for the sum of 26,7821. for which 
he has not adequate security, in consequence of 
their non-compliance with their respective Acts of 
Parliament, and that he is in a position to establish 
these facts before a Committee of the House ; also, 


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507 


stating that he should not have been in his pre- 
sent unfortunate position if there had been a public 
auditor of the Railway Accounts; and praying that 
the principal clerks of these two Companies may be 
examined before a Committee of the House; and 
that the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Chance, of Stourbridge, in Juvenile 
the county of Worcester, Letter Cutter and En- Offenders and 
graver, praying that the Juvenile Offenders and _ , ne 
Small Larcenies Bill may not pass into a law; 
and complaining of the treatment he has received 
at the hands of one of the magistrates there, and 
praying for redress, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Marriages 
Aberdeen, praying that the Marriages Bill may not Bill 
pass into a law, or at all events that Scotland may 
be relieved from its operation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Marriage 
Board of the parish of Urquhart, Ross-shire, pray- Scotland) ; 
ing the House to withhold their sanction to the ine Biche fc. 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the Registering (Scotland) 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, was presented, and read ; Bills. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wareham and Purbeck Union ;— Poor Law 
Lichfield Union ;—and, Stourbridge Union ; pray- Officers. 
ing that an Act may be passed during the present 
Session of Parliament, for the establishment of a 
permanent fund for the benefit of superannuated 
Officers connected with the administration of the 
Poor Laws, and to enable Poor Law Officers to 
form and distribute such fund,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the thereundersigned, praying that Protection of 
the Protection of Women Bill may pass into a Women Bill 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the Wharfdale Rail- Railways 
way Company, praying that the Railways Abandon-  Sramenoame 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Muc- Sale of Beer 
clestone, praying the House to amend the Sale of Act. 
Beer Act, by prohibiting the granting of any new 
licenses to Beer-shops, and to enact that those 
already granted shall be in force only during the 
tenure of the present holders, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Small Debts 
Horsham, in the county of Sussex, praying for 4% 
amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extending 


the Jurisdiction of the County Courts, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Juckhes, of Parson’s Green, Smoke Prohi- 
Fulham, in the county of Middlesex, Patentee, ition Bill 
praying that the Smoke Prohibition Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Hair-dressers’ Phi- Sunday 
lanthropie Society ;— and, Hair-dressers of the Ttding 
Metropolis ; praying that a clause may be inserted 
in the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill, restricting 
all persons engaged in the business of a hair-dresser 
from carrying on business after the hour of ten of 
the clock in the forenoon of the Sabbath day, and 
that all Hair-dressers’ shops shall be closed at that 
hour,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 


( Metropolis); 
Bill. 


3T 2 





Sunday 
Trading 
( Metropolis.) 


Tithes. 


Pensions. 


Revenue 
ATreland.) 


Windsor 
Castle. 


508 


A Petition of Salesmen, Fruiterers and others, 
connected with and trading in Spitalfields Market, 
calling the attention of the House to the present 
extensive and increasing system which now exists 
in various parts of the Metropolis of publicly hawk- 
ing and exposing all kinds of goods for sale, up to 
late hours on the Sabbath-day, and praying the 
House to take the matter into their immediate con- 
sideration, and restrain a system alike oppressive to 
tradesmen, and repugnant to the feelings of the 
community at large, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen, Owners of Tithe Com- 
mutation Rent-charge, within the rural deanery of 
Yeldham, in the county of Essex, praying the House 
to restore them to their liability to assessment only 
in like manner as before the commutation of their 
Tithes, and according to the same principles and 
relative liabilities as formerly, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—A List of all Pensions 
granted between the 20th day of June 1848 and 
20th day of June 1849, and charged upon the Civil 
List. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of June last, 
for an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of 
Ireland, paid into the Exchequer in the years ended 
the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 1849, dis- 
tinguishing the years :—Accounts of the Net Pub- 
lic Income and Expenditure of Jre/and for the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849, distinguishing the years, and showing the 
whole of the Ways and Means provided within the 
same periods, together with the application thereof: 
—Of the Amount of Duties of Excise in each 
Revenue District of Jreland, in each of the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849 :—And, of the Amount of Duties of Customs 
of the Revenue Districts of Jreland, in each of the 
years ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, 
and 1849 :—Statements showing the Annual Ave- 
rage Quantities of the following Articles retained 
for Home Consumption in Jreland, in each of the 
years ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849 respectively, viz. Wine, Spirits, Foreign and 
Home-made Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax Seed, 
Cotton Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and Worsted 
Yarn, Silk Raw and Thrown, Iron unwrought, Tim- 
ber, Deals, and Coals :—And, showing the Annual 
Average Quantities of the following Articles ex- 

rted from Jreland, in each of the years ended the 
5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 1849 respec- 
tively, distinguishing the Exports to Great Britain 
from those to Foreign Countries, viz. Oxen, Sheep, 
Swine, Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork, 
Butter, Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oat- 
meal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen 
Yarn, and Cotton Manufactures (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper No. 585, of Session 1846) :— 
Accounts of the Amount of Stamp Duties collected 
in each Stamp District of Ireland, for the years 
ended the 5th day of January 1847, 1848, and 
1849, distinguishing each year: — And, of the 
Amount of Postage collected in each County of Jre- 
land, for the years ended the 5th day of January 

1847, 1848, and 1849, distinguishing each year. 

Cory of all the Correspondence between the Lords 
of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests respecting the Sums of £.6,550 and 
£.10,000 for supplying Windsor Castle with Water : 
—And, a Return, stating whether the Works and 
Materials are to be executed and supplied by Con- 
tract, or otherwise ; likewise the Amount paid or 
to be paid to the Engineer and Surveyor. 

‘ “ ered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


17° Juliz. 





A, 1849. 


Viscount Villiers reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill; That 
they had, pursuant to the Instructions of the House 
of the 12th of July, inquired in the first instance 
whether any private interests, which would give 
parties a locus standi before the Committee, are 
affected by the provisions of the Bill; and they 
have to report to the House, That certain parties 
claiming to be heard had appeared by counsel! before 
them, and had withdrawn all further opposition to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


this day, during the sitting of the House. 


of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Provisional Or- 
der for the Application of the Public Health Act to 
the Borough of Lancaster. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Crown, and to report to the House whether any 
reduction, alterations or improvement may be made 
in that Branch of the Public Revenue and Expen- 
diture, and who were instructed to include in their 
inquiry the Management of the Department of the 
Works and Buildings, and of any re Department 
over which the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues exercise control, 
have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them to the House. 

Viscount Duncan reported from the said Com- 
mittee; That they had proceeded with the con- 
sideration of the matters to them referred, and 
had taken Evidence thereupon, which they had 
agreed to report to the House; but that owing to 
the late period to which their inquiries have been 
protracted, they are unable satisfactorily to report 
their Opinion to the House thereon during the 
present Session, but will be prepared to do so in 
the event of their re-appointment next year. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


the allegations of the Bill, as to the Marriage of 
the parties, the adultery charged as the ground for 
dissolving the Marriage, the verdict at law, and the 
sentence of Divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court ; 
and, upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, 
found the same and the other allegations to be true ; 
and they saw no reason to suspect collusion between 
the parties; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, with an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


the allegations of the Bill as to the Marriage of 
the parties, the adultery charged as the ground for 
dissolving the Marriage, the interlocutory judgment 
in the Action for Criminal Conversation, the inquiry 
of damages, the final judgment thereupon, and the 
sentence of Divorce in the proper Ecclesiastical 
Court ; and, upon evidence satisfactory to the Com- 
mittee, found the same and the other allegations to 
be true ; and they saw no reason to suspect collusion 
between the parties; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, 





Royal Pavilion 


(Brighton) 


(Special Re- 
port.) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Royal Pavilion 
Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill have leave to sit, aon 


Lord — presented, pursuant to the directions Generel Boast 
of Health. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Woods. Fo- 
inquire into the Expenditure and Management of rests and Land 
the Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of the Revenues 


No, 51%. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on Hoghton’s 
Hoghton’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined Divorce Bill. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on Hudson’s 
Hudson's tale Bill; That they had examined Divorce Bill 





€ 


he tet 








Collection of 


13 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Col- 


ees lection of Rates (Dublin) Bill have leave to sit this 


Bankruptcy, 
&amp;e. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association. 


New South 
Wales, &amp;c. 


Non-Resident 
Incumbents, 


Quarantine. 


day, till Seven of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, as far as the same can be given, of the 
Number of Commissioners of Bankrupts in each 
District, with the Days and Hours which each has 
sat per Month and Year during the last Five years : 
—Of the like Return as to the Registrars :—Of the 
Number of Official Assignees :—Of the Number of 
Fiats opened before each Commissioner in each 
Month, with, in each Case, the Amount of Debts 
proved, the Amount of Assets collected, the Amount 
of Fees, Per-centage, or other Emolument received 
by each Officer from and including the Issue of the 
Fiat to the close of the Proceedings already had 
thereunder, distinguishing how much each Officer 
has received, and what Amount has been paid to 
any and what Fund under each Fiat, and by whom 
the same has been paid, the Amount of the Bills of 
Costs, the Amount of the Messengers’ Bills, and 
the Amount of the Dividend paid to the Creditors : 
—As to the Bankrupt Fund, showing from what 
Source it is collected, with the Amounts of the se- 
veral Items, and how it is disbursed :—And, showing 
what is the rule as to the Superannuation Allowances 
or Retiring Pensions in each Government Office. 


Ordered, That there he laid before this House, a 
Return of a List of the Shareholders of the British 
Guarantee Association, and a Copy of the Annual 
Balance Sheets, including the Amount of the Share- 
holders Fund, and its actual State of Investment, 
laid before the Board of Trade in pursuance of 
9 and 10 Vic. c. 375, s. 51. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid beforethis House, 
a Return of the Population, &amp;c. of New South 
Wales (in continuation of Parliamentary Pauper, 
No. 639, of Session 1845):—A similar Return re- 
lating to Van Diemen’s Land (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 637, of Session 1846): 
—Also, a similar Return, as far as practicable, re- 
lating to South Australia. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of all Non-Resident 
Incumbents, and the Names and Locality of their 
Benefices, who have obtained “ License and Leave,” 
since the passing of the Pluralities Act ; stating the 
Dates of the several Licenses, and whether granted 
for a Period, and how long, or without Limitation ; 
stating also, the Grounds on which each such “ Li- 
cense and Leave” was granted. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Expenses of Quarantine, 
distinguishing the Salary and Expenses of the Su- 
perintendent General of Quarantine, and other Ex- 

nses, at the Privy Council Office, or in any other 

ublic Department ; the Expenses of the several 
Quarantine Stations in Great Britain, Ireland, at 
Malta, and in the Colonies, during the last Ten 
years ; also, the Scales of any Fees payable to any 
Officers in respect to Quarantine, and any Returns 
of Fees paid. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

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17° Julie. 





509 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 
Copies of any Despatches from the Governor-Ge- 
neral of Jndia in Council to the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company, reporting the Circum- 
stances attending the Succession by adoption of any 
Sovereign Princes in Jndia in alliance with the 
British Government, from the year 1820 downwards; 
also, Copies of any Despatches referring to the 
States of Colaba and Mandavee, in which the Sanc- 
tion of the British Government to Adoptions by 
the Chiefs of those States was refused. 


Viscount Villiers reported from the Select Com- Royal Pavilion 
mittee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill; and (Brighton) 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That they had heard couusel in favour of No. 
the Bill, and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Tuam Work- Tuam Work- 
house, which was presented upon the 14th day of house. 


§14. 


June last, be printed: No. 515. 
: M fi 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : —- “. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An General and 
Act to amend the Procedure in Courts of General aS 
and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in England and ‘eaten 
Wales, and for the better Advancement of Justice in 
Cases within the Jurisdiction of those Courts, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Sites for 
Act to extend and explain the Provisions of the Schools Bill 
Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lancaster and 
Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Zan- Preston Junc- 
caster and Preston Junction Railway Company, and ‘ion Railway 
to transfer the Management of the Railway to the ment (Power 
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, with to alter Tolls, 


au Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords me rand 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Officers) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Transfer of 
Act to transfer the Sheffield Canal to the Saag ae sang 
of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun, jeri Aa oy 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Company Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Caledonian 


‘ Rail Pur- 
Act to effect the Sale of the Wishaw ‘and Coltness my — 


Railway to the Caledonian Railway Company, with of Wishaw 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords and Coltness 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, ailway) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to authorize the Transfer of the Wilsontown, oe Nena 
Morningside and Coltness Railway to, and to vest Wilsontown, 
the same in the Edinburgh and Glasgow oe Morningside 
Company, with Amendments; to which Amend- ®n4 Coltness 


; Rail 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Amaigama- 
House: And also, tion Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An East Lanca- 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the East Zan- _ ped 
cashire Railway Company, and to enable the same cr an1 De. 
Company to make certain Branches at Preston, viation (Con- 


with Amendments; to which Amendments the necting Lines 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And —— 
also, Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sir Robert 
to remove Doubts relative to the Appointment of Pigot’s Estate 
Mr. George Bishton, as a Commissioner under the 
Pattingham and Patshull Inclosure Act; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 











And also, my 
e 


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Trenchard’s 
Estate Bill 


Cripps’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Railways. 


Baking Trade. 








510 


17° Julii. A. 1849. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act ; Labour in Bakehouses during certain Hours of the 
for enabling the Trustees of the Will of William | Night; 
Trenchard, Esquire, deceased, to pull down the! The House divided. 





Mansion or Dwelling-house at Lytchet Matravers,| The Yeas to the old Lobby; Be 
in the County of Dorset, and the Stables, Offices The Noes to the new Lobby. Pl 
and Out-buildings belonging thereto, part of the Tellers for the { Lord Robert Grosvenor, \ 

Estates devised by the said Will, and to rebuild a) Yeas, Mr. Stafford : j 19. 

smaller Mansion, Stabling and Out-buildings suit-| _— Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 1 77 

able to the same, and to pull down Farm-buildings Noes, Colonel Boyle : FO" 


on the said Estates, and to rebuild the same, and| So it passed in the Negative. 
to convert Shrubberies and Pleasure-grounds into | 
Arable and Pasture-lands, and to raise Money for; Sir Robert Pigot’s Estate Bill was read the first Sir Robert 
these Purposes by the Sale of Part of the Capital | time. Pigot’s Estate 
of the Personal Estate of the said William Trenchard,| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 5! 
deceased, and for other Purposes; to which the miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Lords desire theconcurrence of this House: And also, | 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act; Trenchard’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Trenchard’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Cripps, Es- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
quire, with Augusta Sarah, his now Wife, and to| miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes ; | 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Return (Part 2.) to an Order of the House of! A Petition of Rowland Jones Venables, of 44, Cripps’s _ 
Lords of the 3d May 1849, for Return of the Share | Parliament-street, Parliamentary Agent, was pre- Pivoree Bill. 
Capital of every Railway in the United Kingdom ;| sented and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
also, the Capital authorized to be raised by their | tioner is agent for and in respect of a Bill now pend- 

Acts of Parliament; also, the Number of Shares | ing in the House, intituled “An Act to dissolve the 

issued, and Number allotted to each Director, Com-| Marriage of Edward Cripps, Esquire, with Augusta 
mittee-man, or other Person connected with the| Sarah, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
Company; also, Amount of each Share; also, | again, and for other Purposes,” and which said 

Number of Shares reserved, and for what purpose, | Bill has been read a first time; that according to 

and how disposed of, and to whom ; also, when the the Standing Orders of the House, the said Bill 

Calls on such Shares became due; also, when re-| cannot be read a second time until Monday the 23d 

ceived ; also, the Capital or Monies raised by each | day of this instant July; that by the Standing 

Railway in the United Kingdom on Loan, or on the Order No. 167, of the House, it is provided that 

Security of their Debentures, or otherwise ; also, there be fourteen clear days between the Second 

when such Debentures were issued; also, Date of ; Reading of every Private Bill and the sitting of the 

Act of Parliament sanctioning such Issue of De-| Committee thereupon; and by Standing Order 
bentures ; also, Amount of each Debenture ; also,| No. 193, it is provided, that in the case of Bills not 

Rate of Interest paid to the Lender, and any other referred to the Committee of Selection, Seven clear 

‘Terms agreed on for the purpose of raising Money; days’ notice be given by the agents of the day and 

also, Term for which such Loan was made; also, hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee 
Commission or other Sum paid by the Railway | on — Private Bill; that, under the said Stand- 
Companies to the Broker or Agent for obtaining | ing Orders, the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 

Loans on the Security of Debentures, or otherwise ; could not sit in reference to the said Bill until 

also, Cost of Construction of each Railway and | Tuesday the seventh day of Auugst next; that the 

each Branch Railway, exclusive of Land Purchases, | Petitioner is apprehensive that the present Ses- 
Parliamentary Expenses and Law Charges; also, sion of Parliament will not be continued so as to 

Law Charges, and stating whether Taxed or not .| enable the said Bill to be prosecuted with effect, 

also, Money expended in Purchases of Land and | unless the House will be pleased, under the circum- 
Property ; distinguishing the Expenses and Charges | stances of the case, to dispense with some of the 

from the Price of the Land ; ee. Parliamentary ; Standing Orders; that the said Bill was unopposed 
Expenses ; also, Engineers’ Charges ; also, Cost of | in the House of Lords; and praying that the 

Railway Plant; also, Amount entered in each year’s | Standing Orders Nos. 167 and 193, before referred 

printed Account for Depreciation of Plant; also, | to, may be dispensed with, in respect of the said 

Total Annual Receipts from Passengers or Goods | Bill, and that the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 

from the first opening of any portion of the Rail-| may have leave to sit, and proceed, in reference to 

way ; also, Tetel Anoeel Expenditure contingent on | the said Bill, provided that three clear days shall 

the working of the Railway, exclusive of the Interest | intervene between the Second Reading of the said 

paid to the Debenture Holders and others; also,| Bill and the meeting of the Select Committee on 

mode by which the fixed Dividends which have been | Divorce Bills thereon, and that two clear days’ no- 

paid to the various Shareholders were ascertained ; | tice be given of the meeting of the said Committee 

also, the Loans made by each Railway Company | thereon. 

to any other Railway Company or Person, to whom} Ordered That the said Petition be referred to the 

and when, at what Rate of Interest, and when re-| Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

paid ; also, Amounts of Subscription paid and agreed 
to be paid, and guarantees given, or agreed to be 
ziven of Capital or Interest, by any Railway Com- 
pany or Person to any other Railway Company or 
Person ; when paid or given or agreed upon, and 
for what purposes ; of whom the Shares were taken ; 
and also, the Date of any Act of Parliament, or 
the Powers and Authorities of every Railway Com- 
pany to subscribe to or hold Shares or Interest in 
any other Railway Company, and to what extent : 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Cripps’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; Cripps’s _ 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 








A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- gmithfield 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Market. 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that the Report of the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market be taken into the 
early and serious consideration of Her Majesty’s 
Ministers :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Court of 
put, That the Petition of Hercules Ellis, Esquire, — Pleas: 
Barrister-at-Law, which was presented upon the (Ieland.) 
25th day of June last, complaining of the one 
° 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit 














Benefices in 
plurality. 


itate- 


l’s 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland.) 


Benefices in 
Plurality 
(No, 2.) Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in 
Ireland, be printed :—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That there be laid before this House, a 
eturn of allthe Fees paid to the Faculty Office, 

Doctors’ Commons, for Dispensations to Clergy- 
men to hold Benefices and Preferments in Plurality 
since the passing of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106, 
called the Pluralities Act, stating the Amount paid 
for each Dispensation ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“‘ and distinguishing the officer or officers to whom 
“ each of the Fees have been paid; and also, a Re- 
“ turn of the Fees which would have been payable 
“ on each of such Dispensations if the Statute 1 and 
“ 2 Vic. c. 106, had not been passed, distinguishing 
“‘ the officer or officers to whom each of the Fees 
“‘ would have then been payable.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 
nit 5 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all the Fees paid to the Faculty Office, 
Doctors’ Commons, for Dispensations to Clergymen 
to hold Benefices aud Preferments in Plurality, 
since the passing of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106, 
called the Pluralities Act, stating the Amount paid 
for each Dispensation, and distinguishing the Of- 
ficer or Officers to whom each of the Fees have been 

aid ; and also, a Return of the Fees which would 
| oe been payable on each of such Dispensations if 
the Statute 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106, had not been 
passed, distinguishing the Officer or Officers to whom 
each of the Fees would have then been payable. 


n 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Petitions presented to the 
Lord Chancellor of Jreland during the last Ten 
years, distinguishing the Number in each year ; 
and also distinguishing the Number of Petitions in 
each year in which the Orders thereon were made 
by the Lord Chancellor and by the Master of the 
Rolls respectively :—Of the Fees received by the 
Lord Chancellor’s Secretary, or by any other Officer, 
in respect of these Petitions; distinguishing the 
Fees paid in each and every year to the Lord Chan- 
cellor’s Secretary, or to any other Officer or Officers, 
Pepayable on any other account in respect of such 
or titions:—And of the Fees or Emoluments received 
by the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary in each and 
every year for the last Ten years, in respect of any 
other Duty performed, specifying the entire Annual 
Emoluments of that Office by Salary, Fees, or other- 
wise, during each and every year for the last Ten 
years. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Benefices in Plurality (No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

Vou, 104. 


17°—18° Juliz. 








511 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inclosure Act 
Reading of the Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers) (Extension of 
Bill; ? Powers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Drainage of 
Reading of the Drainage of Lards Bill; Lents 5a. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp, &amp;c. 
mittee on the Stamp, &amp;c. Allowances Bill; Allowances 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ®# 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Lar- fenders and 
cenies Bill ; Pn _— 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 18° die Julii, 1849: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways 
into a Committee upon the Railways Abandonment Abandonment 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker © | ° 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cornewall Lewis re- N° 516- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropo- (Me - —— 
litan Districts) Bill ; rere ag 

‘ 4 , ° Districts) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ee 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Nuisances 
into a Committee upon the Nuisances Removal and Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Bill; and, after some time rc ang 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and : 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Administra- 
into a Committee upon the Administration of Justice tn of Justice 
(Vancouver’s Island) Bill; and, after some time ‘oland) Bill. 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill; and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New Zealand 
into a Committee upon the Mew Zealand Land — =, 
Conveyances Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Cornewall Lewis reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attachments, 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed poe yg ve — 
upon the 11th day of May last, That the Attach- —e &gt; 
ments, Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill be re-com- 
mitted :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

374 The 





























Poor Law 
Union Charges 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. ; 


Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-fourth 
Report.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts 
Bill. 


512 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 

PRAYERS. 

O RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 16th day of this instant 


July; and had directed him to make a Report| 


thereof to the House. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 2. might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“ That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated ‘ The Committee on Standing Orders,’ to con- 
sist of Eleven Members, who shall be nominated at 
the commencement of every Session, of whom Five 
shall be a Quorum.” 

Ordered, That so much of the said Standing 
Order as directs that Five be the Quorum of the 
Committee, be suspended. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Com- 
miltee during the remainder of the present Session. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turn- 
pike-road Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, be ingrossed ; 

The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 2d day of this instant July, That the 
Committee on Group 19, of Opposed Private Bills 
have Power to report their Observations, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ further proceedings on this Bill be postponed until 
‘ the said Committee shall have reported their Ob- 
‘“« servations to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them, in con- 
formity with the said Order, and until the same 
be printed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


ii 
“ 
“ 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Persons, 
being Shareholders in the South Devon Railwa 
Company, praying that the Audit of Railway Ac- 
counts Bill may not pass into a law, until the subject 
has received more mature consideration ; and that 
no system of auditing accounts may be sanctioned 
by the House, which will interfere with the control 
which the Petitioners and other shareholders, in 
common with the proprietors in all other commer- 
cial companies, exercise over their own financial 
affairs, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





17°-—18° Julia. 











A. 1849. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Belfast, praying Cruelty to 
that the Cruelty to Animals Bill may pass into a law, Animals Bill. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the table. 


A Petition of Parish or Church Clerks and Sex- General Board: 
tons of Birmingham, praying that the General Board ° Health Bill 
of Health Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, and that provision may be made for secur- 
ing them an equitable compensation for the loss of 
their emoluments, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Epps, m.p., and others, pray- Hungary. 
ing the House to address Her Most gracious Ma- 
jesty to enter into a commercial treaty with Hun- 
gary, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the Juvenile 
county of Bedford, praying that the Juvenile Offen- | sa png 
ders and Small Larcenies Bill may pass into a nies Bill. 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stratton Saint Mar- Malt and 
garet’s,in the county of Wilts, praying for the re- 2°Ps 
peal of the Duties on Malt and Hops, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Minister, Elders and Deacons Marriages 
of the National Scotch Church, Regent-square, Lon- Bill. 
don ; William Clugston (two Petitions) ; 
Presbytery of Breadalbane (Moderator) ;——Tho- 
mas Davidson ; and, Atholl Stewart; praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Bankers and other Jn- 
habitants of Berwick-on-Tweed, praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; a ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Holme ;— Kendal (two Petitions) ; Protection of 
—Kirkby Lonsdale ;—and, Bandon ; praying that Women Bill 
the Protection of Women Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dublin, praying the Public Health 
House to institute such sanatory legislation for the (Ireland.) 
protection of the /rish people, as may conduce to 
the diminution of disease and destitution, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the county of Lei- Poor Employ- 
trim, praying for the repeal of the Acts 9 and 10 Vic. ment (Ireland) 
c.107, to facilitate the Employment of the Labouring public Works 
Poor fora limited Period, in the distressed Districts (Ireland) 
in Jreland, and also the Act 9 and 10 Vice. c. 108, (No. 4.) Act. 
to provide additional Funds for Loans and Grants for 
Public Works in Jreland,—were presented, and 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lincoln; — and, Henry-street, Sale of Beer 
Hampstead-road ; praying the House to prohibit the Act: 
granting of any new Licenses to Beer Shops ; and 
to enact that those already granted shall be in force 
only during the tenure of the present holders,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Lincoln and Lin- Scientific 
colnshire Mechanics Institution, praying that the Societies Bil! 
Scientific Societies Bill ietedanel, in the last Ses- (1847/48-) 
sion of Parliament may pass into law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and liber- Small Debts 
ties of Machynlleth, in the county of Montg , Act. 
raying for amendment of the Small Debts Act, 
by extending the jurisdiction of the County Courts, 
was 








re 





gmithfield 
Market. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Half Pay, &amp;c. 
(Army and 
Navy.) 


Half Pay, &amp;c. 
(Army and 
Navy.) 


No. 360. 
Evicted 


Destitute Poor 


(Ireland) Act 
No. 517. 


Bankruptcy. 
No. 518. 


Pensions. 
No. 519. 


Revenue 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 520. 


Windsor 
Castle, 


No. 621. 
Clergy Relief 
Bil. 


Sunday 

g 
(Metropolis 
Bill. a) 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Protection of 
Women Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Tower Hamlets Sanitary Association, praying the 
House to pass a Bill for the abolition of Smithfield 
Market, as a necessary preliminary to the abolition 
of the offensive and unhealthy practice of slaughter- 
ing cattle in the Metropolis, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Wrightson, of Thorne, in 
the West Riding of the county of York, Accountant, 
praying that every male subject of Her Majesty, re- 
sident in the United Kingdom, who has attained 
his majority (not being a pauper or convicted of 
crime), on proving that he has acquired the element- 


18° Juli. 





ary principles of education, should be entitled to 
vote for Members of Parliament ; and that the Suf- | 
frage may be extended on the principle of educa- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Halifax, praying for the adoption of 
Annual Elections of Members of Parliament, Uni- 
versal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral 
Districts, No Property Qualification, and Payment 
of Members, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





The Order made upon the 8th day of June last, 
for printing the Return relative to Half-Pay, &amp;c. 
(Army and Navy), was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Half Pay, 
&amp;c., (Army and Navy), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Evicted Destitute Poor (Jreland) Act, which 
was presented upon the 9th day of this instant July, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Bankruptcy, which was presented upon the 10th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered That the Paper relative to Pensions, | 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Revenue 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Windsor 
Castle, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Ordered, That Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee onthe Protection of Women Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vo. 104. 











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| 





} 








513 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Marriages 
consideration the Marriages Bill, as amended in the Bil. 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- chattels 
mittee on the Chattels Partition and Sale Bill; Partition and 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Gale Eas. 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Compound 
Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; Householders 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and sixty-five thousand three hundred and Fstablish- 
seventy-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, — 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Establishments in the United Kingdom 
and Colonies, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Wages of 
one thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be Attificers and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- —_— 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Wages of 
Artificers and Labourers in the United Kingdom 
and Colonies, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- stores. 
dred and sixty-three thousand four hundred and 
eighteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Ordnance Stores for Land and Sea Service, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1850. 
| 7% Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Works, Build- 
hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred and ings and 
' thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to R¢P™?* 
| complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Works, Buildings and Repairs, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Scientific 
nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine pounds, ®*"*- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of the Scientific 
Branch, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Non-Effective 
six thousand six hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be Services. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of Non-Effective 
Services, Military and Civil, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Athlone to 
take into consideration the Athlone to Galway G*lway Rail- 
Railway (Advance of Money) Bill, as amended in of Money) EAI. 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

3 U 





The 








Ways and 
Means. 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Stock in Trade 


Bill. 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Regimental 
Benefit Socie- 
ties Bill. 


Enlistment 

C rtillery and 
rdnance ) 

Bill. 


Customs. 


514 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Small Debts Act Amendment 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


roceeded to 
rade Bill, as 


The House, according to Order, 
take into consideration the Stock in 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Bill to authorize a further Advance of Money 
for the Relief of certain distressed Poor Law Unions 
in Ireland was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Regimental Benefit 
Societies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Enlistment (Artillery 
and Ordnance) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider the several Acts 
mye Duties of Customs, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles undermentioned, the 
following Duties shall be charged ; viz: 





ARTICLES, RATES OF DUTY. 





Of or from { Of and from 
Foreign British 


Countries. Possessions. 


When Imported into the United Kingdom. 





£34 


15 - 


£. 
5 


&amp; d. 
Embroidery and Needlework, for every 1007. 
val ° 


ne - - - - - - 
Articles of Green or Common Glass, the ewt. i) 9 
Leather Manufactures : 
Men's Boots and Shoes; 
If the quarter do not exceed 2} 
inches, or the vamp 4 inches in height 
from the sole, the dozen pairs - ° 
If either the quarter or vamp exceed 
the above dimensions, but do net exceed 
6 inches in height from the sole inside, 
the dozen pairs - - - - - 
——— If either the quarter or vamp do 
exceed 6 inches in height from the sole 
inside, the dozen pairs - - - - 


Wild Nutmegs,not in the shell, the Ib. - 

Wines of any description, not enumerated or 
otherwise charged with Duty in any Act 
or Acts relating to the Customs, the gallon | - - 

=—— the Lees of such Wines, the gallon - | - - 

Coffee : 

~——— Kiln dried, roasted or ground, on 
and after the Ist day of January 1850, 
the Ib, - - ° ° e © 











10 








When Imported into the Isle of Man : 
Muscovado Sugar, the ewt. - - . « - 
Tea, the Ib. - - - - - . « 








18° Julit.’ 








A. 1849. 


The said Resolution being read a second time ; 
the Amendments following were made thereunto ; 
viz., by omitting “7s. 6d.,” and inserting “7s,” 
in the first part of the Resolution relative to Men’s 
Boots and Shoes ; and by inserting “5d.” in the 
Resolution relative to Wild Nutmegs, not in the 
shell, the Ib., of and from British Possessions (the 
same being less than the present) :—And the said 
Resolution, so amended, was agreed to; and is as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles undermentioned, the 
following Duties shall be charged ; viz : 





ARTICLES. | RATES OF DUTY, 





Of orfrom | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. 


When I into the United Ki ; 
en Imported into the Uni ingdom 





£. s. 
15 = 


£. 8. 
eae 


d, d, 
Embroidery and Needlework, for every 10071. 


value - - - ° ° * 
Articles of Green or Common Glass, the cwt. 


Leather Manufactures: 

Men’s Boots and Shoes: 

——If the quarter do not exceed 2} 
inches, or the vamp 4 inches in height 
from the sole, the dozen pairs - - 

If either the quarter or vamp exceed 

the above dimensions, but do not exceed 

6 inches in height from the sole inside, 

the dozen pairs - - - - - 

If either the quarter or vamp do 
exceed 6 inches in height from the sole 
inside, the dozen pairs - - - 

Wild Nutmegs, not in the shell, thelb, —- 

Wines of any description, not enumerated or 
otherwise charged with Duty in any Act 
or Acts relating to the Customs, the gallon | - - 

the Lees of such Wines, the gallon -| - - 

Coffee : 


9 9 








- 10 





- 14 








Kiln dried, roasted or ground, on 
and after the ist day of January 1850, 
the Ib. = - - - - - 








When Imported into the Isle of Man: 
Muscovado Sugar, the cwt. - - - - «-}| - 1 
Tea, the Ib. ° - ° ‘ « i cn = 





Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gen- 
tlemen appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, 
pursuant to the Resolution which was yesterday 
reported from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider the several Acts imposing Duties 
of Customs, and which Resolution was then agreed 
to by the House, That they do make provision 
therein, pursuant to the Resolution now reported, 
and agreed to by the House. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, Bill. 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and, Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Royal Pavilion 


mittee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Go=- 


a 


The Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers) Bill Inclosure Act 


was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day 
Reading of the Drai 
Ordered, That the 


To-morrow. 


ill be read a second time 


Extension of 
‘owers) Bill. 


being read, for the Second of 
of Lands Bill ; Lands Bil 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to pro- Administra- 


vide for the Administration of Justice in Vancouver 


», tion of Justice 


Island, was, according to Order, read the third time. sland) Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, 

















Pilotage Bill. 


Sites for 
Schools Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Pilotage Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to extend and explain the Provisions 
of the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

P. 2.1. 19. Leave out “as to the lands not so 
* conveyed.” 

P. 2.1. 41. After “acre” insert Clause (A.) 

Ciavuse (A.) ‘And whereas it would be expe- 
“ dient that the absolute owners of land, and tenants 
“ in tail in possession, should have the power of 
“ granting land to a limited extent, for the purpose 
“ of erecting Sites for Schools, to be applied and 
“ used in and for the education and instructing of 
persons intended to be masters or mistresses of 
elementary Schools for poor persons, without any 
risk of such grant being defeated by the death of 
the grantor; Be it therefore Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for ail persons being such absolute 
owners or tenants in tail in possession as afore- 
said, to grant, convey and enfranchise by way of 
gift, sale or exchange, any quantity of land, not 
exceeding in the whole five acres, to any corpo- 
ration, sole or aggregate, or to several corpora- 
tions sole, or to any trustees whatsoever, to be 
held, applied, and used by such corporation or 
corporations or trustees in and for the erection of 
School Buildings and premises thereon, for the 
nee of educating and instructing, and of 

arding during the time of such education and 

instruction, persons intended to be masters or 
mistresses of elementary Schools for poor persons, 
and for the residence of the principal or master 
or mistress and other. officers of such institution, 
and such gift, sale or exchange shall be and con- 
tinue valid if otherwise lawful, although the donor 
or grantor shall die within Twelve calendar months 
from execution thereof: Provided always, That 
it shall be lawful for the trustees of such School 
buildings and premises to allow the same to be 
applied and used, concurrently with the education 
‘* and instruction of such masters or mistresses, for 
“the purpose of boarding other persons and of 
“ educating and instructing the said persons in re- 
“ Jigious and useful knowledge. 
. 3. 1. 3. After the first “of” insert “lands 
nted for,” and in the same line after “sites,” 
insert “ or for the endowment of the last-mentioned 
“* Schools or.” 

Pr. 3. 1.10. After “ Act” insert “ or for the en- 
* dowment of such Schools.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 11. After “corporations” insert “ as 
“ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 13. Leave out from “‘ conveyed ” to and 
in }. 17. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Walpole do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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A Motion being made, That leave he given to 
bring in a Bill to authorize Her Majesty to issue a 
Commission, to inquire into and report upon Rights 
or Claims over the New Forest, in the County of 
Southampton, and Waltham Forest, in the County 
of Essex ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, gives 
= consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 

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515 


cerned, That the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Hayter, and the Chancellor of 


the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exports and 


an Account of the declared Value of the various 
Articies of British Produce and Manufactures ex- 
ported to the British West India Colonies, for the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1840 to 1849, 
with the Rate of Duty on each Article in the Colo- 
nies ; and of the Quantities of the principal Articles 
of the growth and Manufacture of the British 
West India Colonies imported into the United King- 
dom ; and of the Quantities cleared for Home Con- 
sumption, and the Rate of Duty charged on each 
Article, with the Gazette Average Price of Sugar 
for the year ending on the 5th day of January 1848 ; 
also, the Number of Ships, distinguishing British 
and Foreign, with their Tonnage, that have entered 
and cleared for the British West India Colonies 
from the United Kingdom, during the same period.: 
—A similar Account for the East India Company’s 
Territories and Ceylon :—A similar Account for 
China :—A similar Account for the Mauritius :—A 
similar Account for the British North American 
Colonies :-—A similar Account for New South Wales 
and the Australian Colonies:—A similar Account 
for the United States of America:—A similar Ac- 
count for Cuba :—A similar Account for the Bra- 
zils:—And, similar Accounts for Mexico and the 
other Ports of South America :—Returns of Ports 
or Creeks in the United Kingdom approved of by 
the Honourable the Board of Customs, for the 
Warehousing in Bond of Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Wines, 
Spirits, and Tobacco:—Of the Amount of the 
above-mentioned Goods in Pounds and Gallons 
warehoused at each Port, for the year ending the 
5th day of April 1849, distinguishing the Quantities 
of those warehoused directly imported into such 
Ports, with the Quantities removed under Bond 
from the Ports of Importation, together with the 
number of Duty-paid Entries made at each Port 
during the above Period :—And, of the Amount of 
Customs Duty received in the United Kingdom for 
the year ending the 5th day of April 1849, showing 
the Payments made for Services specially connected 
with the Collection of the Revenue, together with 
Payments made for Services not specially connected 
with the Collection of the Revenue. 


Imports, &amp;c. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to authorize Her New Forest 


Majesty to issue a Commission to inquire into an 
report upon Rights or Claims over the New Forest, 
in the County of Southampton, and Waltham Forest, 
in the County of Essex: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


d and Waltham 
Forest Bill. 


No. 522. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Collection of 
on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill, to whom —_ 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had considered the said Petitions, and had 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill 


missioners for building Workhouses in Jreland : ‘ 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
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No. 523. 


rovide additional workhouse 


to 
: - Loans 
Funds for Loans by the Public Works Loan Com ireland) Bill. 


No. 524. 











Comamuttees. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Aberdeen Des. 
titute Female 
Orphan Asy- 
lum (David- 
son’s) Estate 
Bill. 


Cripps's 
Divorce Bill 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Divorce Bills. 


Standing 
Orders 
Revision. 


No. 525. 


Commercial 
Road (com- 
prising the 
Cannon-street 
Roads, the 
Commercial 
Road, the 
Horseferry 
Branch of 
Road, the East 


516 


Jovis, 19° die Julii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
House. 





Mr. Wilson Pattex reported from the Select Com- | 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Aberdeen 
Destitute Female Orphan Asylum (Davidson's) | 
Estate Bill, the Standing Order, No. 167, ought to 
be dispensed with : That the Committee of Selection 
be empowered to appoint the Committee on the 
Bill to sit, and proceed, on Monday next, the 23d 
instant. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of Cripps’s Divorce 
Bill, the Standing Orders, 167 and 193, ought to be 
dispensed with: ‘That the Select Committee on Di- 
vorce Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, three 
clear days after the Second Reading of the Bill ; and 
that two clear days’ notice be given in the Private 
Bill Office of the meeting of the said Select Com- | 
mittee. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


| 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum (David- 
son’s) Estate Bill to sit, and proceed, upon Monday | 
next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce | 
Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Cripps’s | 
Divorce Bill, three clear days after the Second Read- | 
ing of the Bill; and that two clear days’ notice be 
given in the Private Bill Office of the meeting of| 
the said Select Committee. 





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to revise the Standing Orders 
of the House ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred; and had agreed to report the 
Standing Orders, as revised by them, to the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further | 


consideration upon Tuesday next, and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 
the Commercial Road, and other Roads connected 
therewith, in the Counties of Middlesex and Esser, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


India Dock Road, and the 
Barking Road) Bill. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway 
Company Bill. 


Harbour 
Department 
( Admiralty.) 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Great Indian 
Peninsula Railway Company, for making a Railway 
in dndia, from Bombay to Callian, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to incorporate the Great Indian 


Peninsula Railway Company, and for other Pur- 


19° Juli. 


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A. 1849. 


together with any Documents or other Evidence 

on which such Report may have been founded. 

. i That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 





Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, putsuant to Enrolled 
Order,—A Return, showing the Expense, under Pensioners. 


| separate Heads, attending the enrolling, clothing, 


and drilling of the Pensioners’ force throughout the 
United Kingdom, during the first year of their en- 
rolment, aud the Amount of Expenditure in each 
subsequent year; stating the Number enrolled in 
each year in England and Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie u 


on the 
Table. P 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- Audit of Rail- 
way Company, taking notice of the Audit of Rail- way Accounts 
way Accounts Bill; stating that the measure vitally - 
affects that as well as other Railway Companies ; 
and praying that time may be afforded for full inquiry 
into the exigency of the case, and for due considera- 
tion by the Shareholders, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders of Singa- East Indies. 
pore, complaining of the infraction of the Treaty of 
London, dated the 17th day of March 1824, between 
Great Britain and the Netherlands, by which the 


| rights of those two Powers in the East Indies were 


defined, and praying the House to take measures 
for promoting British trade and interests in the 
Eastern Archipelago, and procuring from the Ne- 
therlands Government a more strict observance of 
that treaty, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Epps and others, praying Hungary. 
ajesty, to enter into a 
Commercial Treaty with Hungary, was presented, 


|and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clerks of the Peace of Counties, Juvenile 
raying that if the Juvenile Offenders and Small Offenders and 
Lemenien Bill should be passed into a law, a Clause — — 
may be introduced into it awarding compensation 
to the Clerks of the Peace of Counties, for the 
pecuniary loss to their office, based upon the average 
‘receipt of fees in respect of trials of prisoners, 
during the period of the last seven years, or during 
;such other period as to the House shall seem 
| fit ; or otherwise, that the system of fees be abo- 
|lished, and the Clerks of the Peace be in future 
paid by salaries based upon the principle of such 
average receipts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


| 
| 


‘ 


A Petition of Colin Mackenzie, residing at Breck- Marriage 
nock-terrace, Camden Town, in the parish of Saint Settlements, 
Pancras, setting forth the evil effects which arise, ** 
in his opinion, from the present state of the law re- 
gulating marriage settlements ; and praying for its 
amendment, and for the punishment ofall those per- 
sons who promote separation between husband and 
wife, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





poses connected therewith. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Co- 
pies of the Authority under which the Harbour De- 
partment of the Admiralty was formed, and of the 
Letter of Instructions, if any, which prescribed its 
Duties :—And, of Report of any Committee of In- 
quiry as to the efficiency of that Department, or of 
any Report, if any, recommending its reduction, 


| England residing in Paris and its vicinity, pray- to Paris.) 


A Petition of R. Jones and others, Subjects of yfaits (London 





_ing that the proposed plan of sending the Mails vid 
| Calais, instead of Boulogne, may not receive the 


_sanction of the House, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Arundel;—and, East Grinstead ; walt. 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 











A PetitioB 





Advertise- 
ments, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 


Union Charges 


Act Amend- 


ment Bill. 


Sale and 
of Bread Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Universal 


Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Dog Tax. 


Courts of Law. 


Supply; 


Ordnance 


Commissariat 
and Barrack 
Supplies, 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zondon, and its vici- 
nity, praying for the a of the Duty on Adver- 
tisements, as also the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Edwards, of Prince’s-road, 
in the parish of Zambeth, in the county of Surrey, a 
Rate-payer and Elector, praying that a Clause may 
be inserted in the Poor Law Saicn Charges Act 
Amendment Bill, to render extra-parochial places 
liable to the payment of poor rates and other pa- 
rochial rates and taxes, was presented, and read, 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zondon;— and, Clapham and 
Kennington (Chairman) ; praying that the Sale and 
Manufacture of Bread Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Watlington ; —Lambeth ; — and, 
Walworth; praying for amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act, by prohibiting the granting of new beer- 
house licenses to any other persons than the present 
holders of such licenses, or the granting of new 
licenses to the present holders of such licenses in 
respect of any other houses than those which they 
now occupy,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newport (Monmouth) ; — and, 
Hastings; praying for amendment of the Small 
Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Whitlock, Light Porter, of 
Albany-road, Camberwell, Surrey, praying the 
House to take measures whereby the Elective Fran- 
chise may be fully, fairly and freely exercised by 
himself and every other male inhabitant of these 
realms, who has attained the age of twenty-one 
years, if of sound mind, and who is not suffering a 
sentence for crime, by passing into a law the docu- 
ment called “ The People’s Charter,” was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount paid into the Treasury in each 
year for the last Five years for the Tax on Dogs in 
England and Wales. 


The following Return, having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz., Return 
to an Order, dated the 31st day of March in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Number of Writs issued, Declarations filed, and 
Issues joined, in each of the Courts of Queen’s 
Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, during the 
Nine months preceding and the Nine months suc- 
ceeding the 15th day of March 1847, when the 
County Courts Act came into operation (so far as 
relates to the Court of Exchequer). 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not conning Three 
hundred and sixty-one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-five pounds, be granted to Her om, OKs to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 


of the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of Ord- 
nance Military Corps, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850. 
2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-one thousand six hundred and 
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517 


fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to com- 
plete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense of 
the Commissariat and Barrack Supplies for Her 
Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, Clothing 
for Colonial Corps, &amp;c., which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1850. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- ordnance 
five thousand eight hundred and eighty-one pounds, Office. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of the Ordnance 
Office, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1850. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Establish- 
hundred and sixty-five thousand three hundred and ments. 
seventy-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of the Establishments in the United Kingdom and 
Colonies, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Wages of 
one thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be Attificers and 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- _ 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Wages of 
Artificers and Labourers in the United Kingdom 
and Colonies, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850, 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One gtores. 
hundred and sixty-three thousand four hundred and 
eighteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Ordnance Stores for Land and Sea Service, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1850. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Works, 
hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred and Buildings 
thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to “4 Repairs. 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Works, Buildings and Repairs, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1850. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- scientific 
nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine pounds, Branch. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of the Scientific 
Branch, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1850. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Non-Effective 
six thousand six hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be Services. 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of Non-Effective 
Services, Military and Civil, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Bill to enable Persons having perpetual and Estates 
limited Interests in Lands in Ireland to make Heating 
Grants in Fee or Demises for Long Terms of Years, {7eland) Bi 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable Persons having limited 
Interests in Lands in Jreland, to make Building and 
Improving Leases for Long Terms of Years. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
Municipal Corporations in Jreland was, according Corporations 
to Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act for the Regulation 
of Municipal Corporations in Jreland, so far as re- 


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lates to the Borough of Dublin. 
Ordered, 








Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


Regimental 
Benefit Socie- 
ties Bill. 


Enlistment 
Artillery and 
rdnance) 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 





518 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend the Act for the more easy Re- 
covery of Smal! Debts and Demands in England, 
and to abolish certain Inferior Courts of Record, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered,‘That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants 
from Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock 
in Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and 
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be 
rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other 
Property, to the Kelief of the Poor. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to dissolve Regimental Benefit Societies, 
and to provide for the Application of the Funds of 
such Societies and of Regimental Charitable Funds, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to limit the Enlistment in the Artillery 
and other %rduance Corps was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House’ proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act further to facilitate the Sale of 
Incumbered Estates in Jreland ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

P.1. 1.2. After “ sale” insert “and transfer.” 
P, 1. 33. After “ Commissioners” insert 
« shall a Court of Record and.” 
22. Leave out “ or any incumbrancer 
and or lease.” 
5. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) and 


5. 
be 
P. 6. 1. 
on such | 
P. 6. 1. 
(B.) 
Crause (A) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
any land in Jreland, or any such lease as afore- 
said of land in /reland, shall be subject to any 
incumbrance, it shall be lawful for any incum- | 
brancer on such land or lease, within three years | 
from the passing of this Act, to apply to the| 
Commissioners tor a sale under the provisions of 
this Act of the whole or part (as in the judgment | 
of the Commissioners may appear necessary) of | 
such land or lease, for the purpose of discharging | 
the incumbrances thereon.” 
Cravuss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
application for a sale of any land or lease has | 
been dismissed with costs by a competent tribunal, | 
no application by the same party for a sale of | 
such land or lease, or any part thereof, shall be | 
entertained by the Commissioners, unless it is | 
shown that such costs have been paid.” | 
Pr. 7. 1. 16. Leave out from “ that” to the first | 
and” in |. 20., and insert “ if upon any applica- | 
tion for a sale under this Act, or upon any in-| 
formation or evidence which may be required by | 
and produced to the Commissioners in relation to | 
the matter of such application, it shall appear to | 
the Commissioners that a sale of the land or lease | 
to which the application may relate, or any part 
thereof, may be found to be expedient, they shall 
“ direct notices to be given to such persons and in | 


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“« such manner as they think fit, and shall? where 


any parties interested in the land or lease apply 
to them for that purpose, hear such parties, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, and shall, so 
“ far only as may be necessary to enable them to 
“ determine whether under all the circumstances it 
“ is expedient that a sale of all or any part of the 
“ land or lease should be made.” 

P. 7. 1. 22. Leave out from “lease” to “ and’ 
in |, 25. 
P. 7. 1. 27. After “ lease’ insert Clause (C.) 


Cuiavuse (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That the Commissioners shall not make an 
order for sale of any land or lease, or any part 
thereof, upon application by an incumbrancer on 
such land or lease, in case it be shown, to the 
satisfaction of the Commissioners, by the owner 
of such land or lease, that the amount of the 
yearly interest on the incumbrances and other 
yearly payments (if-any) in respect of charges 
payable out of the income of such land or lease, 
and the other lands or leases (if any) subject to 
the incumbrance of such incumbrancer, do not 
exceed one-half of the gross yearly income of 
such land or lease, or of all the lands or leases so 
subject: Provided always, that the decision of 
the said Commissioners thereupon shall in all 
cases be final and conclusive to all intents and 
purposes whatsoever.” 

P. 7.1.29. After “ shall” insert “ where and 
so far as they may deem necessary for the pur- 
poses of such sale.” 

P. 8. 1. 14. After “ sale” insert “ or the sale 
may, where the Commissioners think fit, be made 
subject to any leases, under-leases or tenancies, 
according to any general deseription, or subject to 
any condition concerning any leases, under-leases 
or tenancies the nature of which shall not have 
been ascertained or shall be disputed.” 


P. 8. 1. 18. After “ thereon” insert “ and 
where such land or lease or part thereof is subject 
to any incumbrance under the terms of which the 
incumbrancer cannot be required to accept pay- 
ment of the principal money before the expiration 
of a term of years unexpired, such sale may, if 
the Commissioners think fit, be made subject to 
such incumbrance.” 

P. 12. 1. 15. After the second “ may” insert 
with the consent of the owner.” 

P. 12. 1. 18. After “ may” insert “ with such 
consent,” 

P. 13. 1.31. Leave out from “ respectively” to 
And” in 1, 35. 

P. 13.1. 40. After “ include” insert “ with the 
consent of the persons by whom such respective 
applications may be made or prosecuted, and of 
any other persons whose consent the Commis- 
sioners may, under the circumstances, think fit 
to, require.’ 

P. 14.1.4. After “include” insert “ with such 
consent as aforesaid.” 

P. 16, 1. 10. After “ sale” insert “ and not- 
withstanding the owner may have power under 
an Act of Parliament or otherwise to make a 
sale.” 

P. 16.1. 26. Leave out from “is” to “ and” 
in |. 34., and insert “ any clerical error, or any 
“ error of names or in computation or other like 
error, in such decree, or in any finding or proof, 
or where from matters coming to their know- 
ledge it shall appear to them that the court in 
which the decree has been made should have an 
opportunity of reconsidering such decree, or 
considering or reconsidering any finding or proof, 
to direct such person as the Commissioners may 
think fit to apply to such court in relation thereto, 
and such court may make such order ee 
the matter of such. application as it may thin 
fit.” 


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P. 19.1. 31. After “exchange imsert Clauses 
(D.), (E.), (F.) and (G.) 
Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Commissioners, upon the ap- 
“ plication of the owners of the several undivided 
“ shares (not subject to be sold under this Act, or 
as to which no proceedings for a sale under this 
Act shall be pending) of any land in Jre/and who 
shall desire to effect a partition of such land, to 
make or cause to be made such inquiries as the 
Commissioners may think fit for ascertaining 
whether such partitions would be beneficial to the 
ns interested in such respective shares ; and 
m case the Commissioners shall be of opinion 
that the proposed partition would be beneficial, 
and that the terms thereof are just and reasonable, 
they shall make an order under their seal for 
such partition accordingly; and in such order, 
or in a mapor plan annexed thereto, shall be 
shown the part allotted in severalty in respect of 
each such undivided share; and the part so 
allotted in severalty in respect of each such 
undivided share by such order of partition shall, 
without any conveyance or other assurance in 
relation thereto, go and enure to and upon the 
same uses, and be subject to the same conditions, 
charges and incumbrances as the undivided 
share in respect of which the same is so allotted 
would have stood limited or been subject to in 
case such order had not been made.”’ 

Cuiause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the Commissioners, upon the 
application of the owners of lands in Ireland 
not subject to be sold under this Act, or as to 
which no proceedings for a sale under this Act 
shall be pending, who shall desire to effect an 
exchange of such lands, to make or cause to be 
made such inquiries as the Commissioners may 
think fit for ascertaining whether such exchange 
would be beneficial to the persons interested in 
the respective lands; and in case the Commis- 
sioners shall be of opinion that the proposed ex- 
change would be beneficial, and that the terms 
thereof are just and reasonable, they shall make 
an order under their seal for such exchange ac- 
cordingly ; and in such order for exchange, or 
in a map or plan annexed thereto, shall be shown 
the lands given and taken in exchange respec- 
tively under such order ; and the land taken upon 
such exchange under such order shall, without 
any conveyance or other assurance in relation 
thereto, go and enure to and upon the same uses 
and trusts, and be subject to the same conditions, 
charges and incumbrances, as the land given 
upon such exchange would have stood limited or 
been subject to in case such order had not been 
made.” 

Cuiause (F,) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Commissioners, upon the appli- 
cation of any number of persons who shall be 
“ separately owners of parcels of land not subject 
“ to be sold under this Act, or as to which no pro- 
“* ceedings for a sale under this Act shall be pend- 
ing, so intermixed, or divided into parcels of 
inconvenient form or quantity, that the same can- 
not be cultivated or occupied to the best advan- 
tage, but forming together a tract which may be 
divided into convenient parcels, and who shall 
desire to have the whole of such tract divided 
into convenient parcels, to be allotted in lieu of 
the old parcels, to make or cause to be made 
such inquiries as the Commissioners may think 
fit, for ascertaining whether such proposed divi- 
sion and allotment would be beneficial to the per- 
sons interested in such lands; and in case the 
Commissioners shall be of opinion that the pro- 
posed division and allotment would be beneficial, 
they shall make an order for the division and 
allotment thereof accordingly, with a map or plan 
“ thereunto annexed, in which shall be specified as 
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well the parcels in which the several persons on 
whose application such order shall have been 
made were respectively interested before such 
division and allotment as the several parcels 
allotted to them respectively by such order; and 
the parcels of land taken under such division and 
allotment shall go and enure to and upon the 
same uses and trusts, and be subject to the same 
conditions, charges and incumbrances, as the 
several lands which the persons taking the same 
shall have relinquished or lost on such division 
would have stood limited or been subject to in 
case such order had not been made.” 

Ciavusr (G.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That in the case of all im respect of 
which no proceedings for a sale under this Act 
shall be pending, no such order of partition cr of 
exchange, or of division and allotment as afore- 
said, shall be made by the Commissioners until 
such notices by advertisement in such public 
newspaper cr newspapers as the Commissioners 
shall direct, shall have been given of such pro- 
posed partition, exchange, or division and allot- 
ment, and three calendar months shall have 
elapsed from the publication of the last of such 
advertisements ; and in case, before the expiration 
of such three calendar months, any person entitled 
to any estate in or to any charge upon any land 
included in such proposed partition, exchange, or 
division and allotment, shall give notice in writing 
to the Commissioners of his dissent from such 
proposed partition, exchange, or division and 
allotment, as the case may be, the Commissioners 
shall not make an order for such partition, ex- 
change, or division and allotment, unless such 
“ dissent shall be withdrawn, or it shall be shown 
to the Commissioners that the estate or charge of 
the party so dissenting shall have ceased, or that 
such estate or charge is not an estate or charge 
in respect of which he would be entitled in equity 
to prevent such partition, exchange, or division 
and allotment; but no such order as aforesaid 
shall be in anywise liable to be impeached by 
reason of any infirmity of estate or defect of title 
“ of the persons on whose application the same 
shall have been made.” 

P. 19. 1. 34. After “exchange ” insert “ or for 
“ division and allotment.” 

P. 20.1. 21. Leave out from “by” to “ judi- 
“ cial” in 1. 23., and insert “such ;” and in I. 23., 
leave out “for that purpose” and insert “ of the 
“ said Privy Council, as hereinafter mentioned.” 

P. 23. 1. 27. After “ final ” insert Clause (H.) 

Cuavuse (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Judicial Committee hereinbefore referred to shall 
“ consist of the Lord Hizh Chancellor of Ireland 
“ for the time being, and such of the Members of 
“ the said Privy Council as shall from time to time 
“hold any of the following Offices in Ireland ; 
“ that is to say, the Office of Lord Keeper or First 
“ Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal of Ireland ; 
“ Lord Chief Justice or Judge of the Court of 
“ Queen’s Bench, Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief 
Justice or Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 
“ Lord Chief Baron or Baron of the Court of Ex- 
“ chequer, and Judge or a of Her Ma- | 
“ jesty’s Court of Prerogative for Causes Eccle- 
siastical and Court of Faculties in and throughout 
Treland, and of all persons Members of the said 
“ Privy Council who shall have held the Office of 
“ Lord Chancellor of Ireland, or any of the other 
“ Offices hereinbefore mentioned, oak of snch other 
persons, not exceeding four in number, being Privy 
“ Councillors in Jreland, as the Lord Lieutenant or 
other Chief Governor or Governors for the time 
“ being of Ireland shall appoint to be members of 
“ such Committee ; and no such appeal as aforesaid 
shall be heard or reported on by the said Judicial 
“ Committee unless in the presence of at least four 
“ members of the said Committee ; and no report on 
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(Ireland) Bill 


udgments 


Stamp, &amp;e. 


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llowances 
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520 


“ such appeal shall be made unless a majority of 
“ the members of such Committee present at the 
“ hearing concur in such report.” 


In the Title of the Bill : 


L. 3. After “ sale” insert “and transfer.” 
The said Amendments, as far as Clause (C.), 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Clause (C): The next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, in |. 8., by inserting, after the word ** lease,” 
the words “that no part of such land or lease is 
“ subject to any receiver, or in the possession of any 
“ incrumbrancer, and.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


19° Juli. 





Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 84 
Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: { . 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Lucius O’ Brien, _— 


Noes, | Colonel Dunne : J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was made to the Clause, in 
1. 16., by leaving out the word “gross” and in- 
serting the word “ net,” instead thereof. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Clause, in the same line, by inserting after the 
word “income” the words “ after payment of all 
“ Tithe Rent-charge, County Cess, Poor’s Rate, 
“© Quit, Crown and Head Rent :” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted:—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Another Amendment was made to the Clause, by 
inserting after the word “ income” the words “ after 
“ the payment of all Tithe Rent-charge, such part of 
“ the County Cess and Poor’s Rate as is payable by 
* the owner, and all Crown, Quit and Head Rent.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in P, 13. 1. 31., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

P. 13. 1. 31: The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered tothe Lords at a Conference, 
for disagreeing to the Amendment to which this 
House hath disagreed: And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Bernal, Mr. 
Monsell, Mr. Stafford, Sir John Young, Mr. Sadleir, 
and Sir William Somerville: Aud they are to with- 
draw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Judgments (Jreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Stamp, &amp;c. Allowances 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, ‘That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
niitiee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Turnpike Acts 
consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c, Continuance, 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; &amp;e. Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 

tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juvenile 

mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larce- Offenders and 

nies Bill; ay gee 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Law 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Union Charges poy tm a 


Act Amendment Bill. ment Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 
Crauses N°4, and N°5, amended, and agreed to. 
CrausE N° 6, disagreed to. 
Crauses N° 7, to N° 9, agreed to. 


CravuseEs N° 10, to N° 13, amended, and agreed 
to. 


CiausE N° 14, agreed to. 
Cause N° 15, disagreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

_ That this House will, ‘To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


roceeded to Militia Pay 


The House, according to Order, 
ay Bill, as Bil 


take into consideration the Militia 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Athlone to 
take into consideration the Athlone to Galway Rail- meg Joe 
way (Advance of Money) Bill, as amended in the of Money) Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Royal Pavilion 
mittee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill ; aw 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-  * 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Workhouse 
Reading of the Workhouse Loans (Ireland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Australian 
Reading of the Australian Colonies (No. 2.) Bill; (Y0"35 Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after ~ ‘~ 
the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second General Board 
Reading of the General Board of Health Bill; °f Health Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin 
mittee on the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; Improvement 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropo- tion of Justicé 
. ‘saat : : (Me tan 
litan Districts) Bill; Districts) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
The 














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nce, 


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jill. 





13 Victroriz. 


Nuisances The Order of thé day being read, for taking into 
Bemoval and consideration the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Distion Bill. Prevention Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken intoconsideration 
To-morrow. 


Inclosure Act The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cree el of mittee on the Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers) 
wers) Bill. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Drainage of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Lands Bill Reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Leasehold The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Tenure of mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Zre- 
aa land) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Audit of Rail- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Bill Accounts Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Palace Court The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Westminster) the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
am. upon the 28th day of June last, That Mr. Speaker 
donow leave the Chair, (for Committee on the Palace 
Court ( Westminster) Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till after the other Orders of the day. 


Attachments, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Courts of Re- mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jre- 
gerd (ireland) and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Bills Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 

(Scotland.) Bills (Scotland), which was presented upon Friday 
No, 526. last, be printed. 

Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 

(ireland)  (Zreland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
No, 527. be printed. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : 


poses. Mr. Speaker, 

Irish South The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
anee anil, Act to amend the Acts relating to the Jrish South 
mest of Acts) a Railway, without any Amendment: And 

also 

Marriages in The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
—— Coun- Act for facilitating the Marriage of British Subjects 
acili- resident in Foreign Countries, with Amendments ; 


— to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Dublin, Ash- § The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


peor Act to continue and amend the Powers of an Act 
Roads Act for repairing and improving the Roads from Dub- 
Continuation lin, by Ashbourne, to Slane and Drogheda, with 


oe Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
HouseofLords The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


poets Taxation for the more effectual Taxation of Costs on Private 
Bills in the House of Lords, and to facilitate the 
Taxation of other Costs on Private Bills, in cer- 
tain cases; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the granting of Building Leases of 

Vou. 104, 


Tempest’s 
Estate Bill, 


19° Juliz. 








521 


Parts of the Estates devised by the Will of the late 
Henry Blundell, Esquire, situate in the Townships 
of Heaton and Rumworth, in the county of Lan- 
caster, and to lease Coal and other Mines, and to 
grant Farming Leases for Twenty-one Years of Lands 
within the said Townships, and for other Purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Theophilus 
for the Sale of certain Hereditaments in the Parish Cire’ Estate 
of Barkham, in the County of Berks, affected by” 
the Settlement made on the Marriage of Theophilus 
Clive, Esquire ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to amend the Laws Customs Bill. 
relating to the Customs: And the same was read No, 598 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- New Forest 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider #24 Waltham 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Revenues of [Expenses of 
the Woods and Forests, of the Expenses arising Commission. ] 
under an Act of the present Session to authorize 
Her Majesty to issue a Commission to inquire into 
the claims over the New Forest and Waltham 
Forest ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to the directions General Board 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Orders issued of Health. 
by the General Board of Health, since 13th Febru- 
ary 1849 (the date of the last presentation). 

. _— That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to Order,—A Glass. 
Return of Foreign Glass imported, retained for 
Home Consumption, exported and remaining in 
Bond, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1849 ; with the Duty paid thereon, and Countries 
from which imported; and, a similar Return of 
British Glass exported (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 305, of Session 1848). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Mauritius. 
Her Majesty,—Copy of Instructions to Sir George 
Anderson, relating to the Issue of a Government 
Paper in Mauritius. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House of Lords Costs Taxation Bill was House of Lords 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- Costs Taxation 
cond time upon Monday next; and to be printed. ™ 
No. 529. 

Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to Order,— Railways. 

A Return, showing, for each Railway Company, the 
Amount of Capital and Loans which the Company 
has been authorized to raise by Acts passed in 
1848; the Amount of Share Capital actually paid 
up at the end of 1848; the Amount due on De- 
bentures, Loan Notes, or any other Interest bearing 
Securities, at the end of 1848, the Rates of Interest 

avable thereon, and the Sums to which such 

ites of Interest are applicable ; the Total Amount 
the Company retained Powers, at the end of 1848, 
to raise either on existing Shares, or by creating 
new Shares, or by Loans; the Length of Line 
open for traffic at the end of 1848, distinguishing 
Single and Double Portions; the Length of Line 
in course of Construction at the end of 1848; the 





3x Length 
















































TE EL TE ATS ae a ee ENT ee 


Public 
Expenditure. 


Fiscal Affairs 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Offences in 
Public Roads 
(Treland ) Bill. 


522 
Length of Line each Company is authorized to! 
construct, but has not yet commenced ; and, con- 
sequently, the Total Length for which each Com- 
pany has obtained Powers :—And, a Return of the 
Amalgamation of Railway Companies which have 
been effected either by Purchase, Loans or other- 
wise, during 1848, stating the nature of such 
Amalgamation, and the date on which it com- 
menced, 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That whereas a greater Amount of Taxa- 
tion is levied upon the people than is required for 
the good and efficient Government of the United 
Kingdom ; and whereas large sums are expended 
in supporting needless places, extravagant salaries 
and unnecessary works and establishments; and 
whereas the present Taxation of the Country de- 
presses all classes, and especially the labouring 
classes, by diminishing the fund for the employ- 
ment of productive labour ; it is the Opinion of this 
House, that adequate means should be forthwith 
adopted to reduce the expenditure of the Govern- 
ment ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ whereas” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words, “no greater amount of taxation 
“ ought to be levied than is sufficient for the good 
“ and efficient Government of the Empire; and 
whereas it is expedient that a searching inquiry 
should take place, whether some places may not 
have become useless, whether some salaries are 
not too large, and whether some works and es- 
tablishments may not be unnecessary, it is the 
Opinion of this House that a vigilant superin- 
tendence should be exercised over the expendi- 
ture of the country in all its departments, in order 
that every reduction may be made therein which 
can be effected without detriment to the public 
service,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

{ Mr. Henry Drummond, | 71 

(Mr. Hume: .— 
fLord Marcus Hill: \ 6. 
(Mr. Rich : jee 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That whereas a greater amount of 
Taxation is levied upon the people than is required 
for the good and efficient Government of the 
United Kingdom ; and whereas large sums are ex- 
pended in supporting needless places, extravagant 
salaries, and unnecessary works and establishments; 
and whereas the present Taxation of the country 
depresses all classes, and especially the labouring 
classes, by diminishing the fund for the employment 
of productive labour ; it is the Opinion of this House, 
that adequate means should be forthwith adopted 
to reduce the expenditure of the Government. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better Provision for the Administration of 
the Fiscal Affairs of Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns in Jre/and: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of Accidents and Dangers to 
Passengers upon Public Roads and Highways in 
Ireland, and for the Punishment of Offences re- 
lating thereto: And that Sir William Somerville 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


19° Juliz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to ee a Bill Public Health 
nd: And ‘ireland) Bill 




















A. 1849. 


for promoting the Public Health in Jre 
that Sir William Somerville and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
Accounts of the Number of Individual Depositors Banks. 


and of Charitable Institutions and Friendly So- 
cieties depositing their funds. in Savings Banks, and 
of the Sums deposited, divided into the usual 
Classes, on the 20th day of November 1847 and on 
the 20th day of November 1848 :—Of the Amount 
of Principal Money received from and of Interest 
credited to, and of Principal and Interest Money 
paid to the Trustees of Savings Banks, distinguish- 
ing Great Britain and Ireland, by the National 
Debt Commissioners, from the 6th day of August 
1817 to the 20th day of May 1849; of the 
Amount of Money, Principal and Interest, due to 
the Trustees by the Commissioners on the 20th da 

of May 1849; of the Securities held by the Com- 
missioners on the 20th day of May 1849, and of 
the Value of those Securities at the Prices of that 
day (stating such Prices) to provide the Amount 
due by the Commissioners to the Trustees on that 
day for Principal and Interest ; and the Balance in 
excess or deficient:—Of the Aggregate Amount of 
Interest paid and credited to the Trustees of Savings 
Banks, distinguishing Great Britain and Ireland, 
by the Commissioners, and of the Aggregate 
Amount of Interest or Dividends received by and 
due to the Commissioners on the Stocks, Funds 
and Exchequer Bills, held by them on account of 
the Trustees, from the 6th day of August 1817 to 
the 20th day of May 1849, inclusive; and stating 
also the aie in Amount between the Amounts 
so paid and credited and received up to the 20th 
day of May 1849 :—Stating, in Detail, the Changes 
which have been made in the Bank Annuities and 
Exchequer Bills held by the National Debt Com- 
missioners on Account of the Trustees of Savings 
Banks under the authority of the Acts 9 Geo. 4. 
c. 92, and 3 Will. 4, c. 14; showing, in separate 
columns, the Dates, Description and Extent of 
each of such Changes, and the Rates at which the 
Changes were effected, from the 20th day of May 
1847 to the 20th day of May 1849 (all in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 677, 16th July 
1847):— Stating, in Detail, the Purchases and 
Sales of Bank Annuities and Exchequer Bills 
effected by the National Debt Commissioners on 
account of the Trustees of Savings Banks, under 
the authority of the Acts 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 
3 Will. 4, c. 14; showing, in separate columns, the 
Date, Description and Extent of each of such Pur- 
chases and Sales, and the Rate at which each of 
such Purchases and Sales were effected, from the 
9th day of December 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 45, 20th December 1847): 
—A Return, of the Name of each Savings Bank 
and Parochial or other Society in the United King- 
dom, which had availed itself of the Power given 
by the Acts 3 Will. 4. c. 14, and 7 and 8 Vic.c. 83, 
to grant Annuities, not exceeding £.30 each, to the 
Industrious Classes, up to the 5th day of July 1849 ; 
showing, in separate columns: —1. The Number 
and Amount of each Description of Annuity 
granted by the Trustees of each Bank and rome 
from commencement, at the 26th day of Mare 

1834, to the 5th day of July 1849, inclusive :— 
2. The Amount of el id to the National 
Debt Commissioners by the Trustees of each Bank 
and Society for the Annuities so granted :—3. The 
Number and Amount of each Description of Annuity 
granted by each Bank and Society which have 
fallen in:—4. The Number and Amount of each 
Description of Annuity payable by the Trustees of 
each Bank and Society, on the 5th day of July 
1849 :—5. The Amount of Money returned by the 
National Debt Commissioners to the Trustees . 
eac 


Medals 
(India. 


Outrages, 
Castlewellan. 


Sale and 
of Bread Bill. 


New Zealand 
Land Convey- 
ances Bill. 


Collection of 


13 Vicrorti2z. 


each Bank and Society, on account of Persons 
who had contracted for deferred Annuities having 
died or become unable to continue the Payments, 
previous to the commencement of such Annuities :— 
6. And the manner in which the Money paid for 
the Purchase of the said Annuities was invested or 





disposed of, stating the Description and Amount of | - 


the Investments made, and the Annual Revenue de- 
rived therefrom, in part payment of the Annuities 
acy, (in continuation of Return dated National 

ebt Office, 7th June 1844, in Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 453, 4th July 1844). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence between the Court of Di- 
rectors of the East India Company and the Board 
of Control, respecting the granting of Medals to the 
Officers and Men who fought at Assaye, Lasmaree, 
Bhurtpoor, and other places in India, in the early 
part of the present century, for which period Medals 
have been given for Services in the Peninsula and 
other places. 


A Motion was made, ard the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of any Information which may have been received 
by the Government relating to the Outrages lately 
committed in the neighbourhood of Castlewellan :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 20° die Julii, 1849: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
os of the Sale and Manufacture of Bread 

ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “‘ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘* upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Mew Zealand Land 
Conveyances Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bates (Dublin) mittee on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill; 


Dublin 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Leasehold 
ft 
land) Bill. 





Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Dublin Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Ireland) 
Bill ; 


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523 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





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Veneris, 20° die Julit ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 


to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 


sitting of the House. 


time. 


Theophilus Clive’s Estate Bill was read the first Theophilus 
Clive’s Estate 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway 
tituled, “ An Act to effect the Sale of the Wishaw § 


and in the same line leave out from “alter” to the 
first “ the” in J. 31. 


sé 


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Pr. 5. 1. ult. After “ provided” insert “ and to 
the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 6.1. 7. After “extent” insert “and subject 
as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 7.1.10. After “that” insert “ subject to 
the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 8.1. 18. After “ been” insert “ or may be.” 

Pr. 12. |. 19. After “ shareholders” insert 


Clause (A.) 





VoL. 103. 





Crause (A.) “ And whereas the Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company and the said 
Caledonian Railway Company were by the Cale- 
donian and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Rail- 
ways Amalgamation Act, 1847, authorized to 
become amalgamated, subject to certain terms 
and conditions consented to by the said Com- 
panies respectively, at the time of the passing of 
the said Act ; and whereby it was amongst other 
things provided and enacted, that the Caledonian 
Railway Company should guarantee a dividend 
after the rate of four pounds per centum per 
annum on the ordinary stock of the said Glasgow, 
Paisley and Greenock Railway Company, desig- 
nated by the said Act Caledonian Railway (Gias- 
gow, Paisley and Greenock) guaranteed ordinary 
shares; but that the said Caledonian Railway 
Company should have right at any time before 
the expiration of five years after the opening of 
the said Caledonian Railway, to withdraw from 
and to putan end to such guarantee, and to merge 
the said guaranteed ordinary shares in the ordi- 
nary capital stock of the said Caledonian Railway 
Company: And whereas the said Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company have not 
consented to the guarantee of interest proposed to 
be secured by this Act to-the shareholders in the 
Wishaw and Coltness Railway, out of the re- 
venues of the Caledonian Railway Company ; 
whereby, if the right reserved to the said last- 
mentioned Company of putting an end to the 
said guarantee on the said ordinary shares, and 
of merging the same in the ordinary capital stock 
of the said Caledonian Railway Company, should 
be exercised, the interests of the holders of the 
said guaranteed ordinary shares might be pre- 
judicially affected; and it is therefore just and 
expedient that such right should not be exercised 
without the consent of the respective holders of 
such shares for the time being: BE it therefore 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Caledonian Railway Company to withdraw from 

3x2 “ or 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave committees. 


Purchase or 


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and Coltness Railway to the Caledonian Railway eon and 


Company ; and the same were read, as follow : s 
Pr. 4. 1. 18. After “ prejudice” insert “ or,” way) Bill. 


Coltness Rail- 








East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment and De- 
viation (Con- 
necting Lines 
in Preston and 
Walton-le- 
Dale, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Transfer of 


524 


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— 


or put an end to the guarantee of interest secured 
or proposed to be secured by the said Caledonian, 
ne Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways 
Amalgamation Act, on any of the said shares 
therein designated Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, 
Paisleyand Greenock) guaranteed ordinary shares, 
the holders of which shares for the time being 
shall not have previously consented in writing 
that the same shall be merged in the ordinary 
stock of the said Caledonian Railway Company 
without such guarantee.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 32. After “ Act” insert “ or with the 
provisions of the Caledonian Railway Act, 1845, 
and the Acts therewith incorporated, as extended 
to this Act.” 

Pr, 22.]. 28. After “ Railways” insert “ or the 
Caledonian Railway Company.” 

Pr, 23. Is. 2. and 3. After “ Railways” insert 
or to the better and more impartial audit of the 
accounts of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fox Maule do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


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Amendment was read, as followeth : 

P. 3.1. 8. Leave out “ his said wife,” and insert 
“ Louisa Josephine Hoghton, the wife of Your said 
subject.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Grenville’s Es- 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of W. H. F. Caven- 
dish’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Honourable 


no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Wilson’s (Saint 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
East Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable 
the same Company to make certain Branches at 
Preston; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 34, After “ powers” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That upon the request of the said pro- 
“ prietors, the said East Lancashire Railway Com- 
pany shall, and they are hereby required to exercise 
all or any such powers.” 

Pr. 24.1.18. After “sum” insert “ Provided 
also, That within six months after the passing of 
this Act, the East Lancashire Railway Company 
shall tender to the said proprietors security for 
the payment of any sum which the said arbi- 
trators or umpire may find due from them ; and 
if the said proprietors shall not be satistied with 
the nature vr amount of the said security, the 
matter shall be forthwith referred to the decision 
of the Railway Commissioners; and until the 
East Lancashire Railway Company shall have 
given such security as shall be approved either 
by the said proprietors or the said Commissioners, 
they shall not have or exercise any of the powers 
or privileges with reference to the said station 
conferred on them by this Act or the said recited 
Act, save only as to the Railways by this Act 
authorized.” 

Pr, 25. 1, 22. After “ parties” insert “who may 
desire the same.” 

Pr. 31.1. 10. After “ any” insert “ such.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Shettield Canal te \Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


to River Dun 
Navigation 
Company Bill. 


tituled, An Act to transfer the Sheffield Canal to the 
Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of the 
River Dun; and the same was read, as followeti : 
Pr. 7. l. ult. After “ passed” insert “ or to be 
yassed.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 





Thomas’s Church, Woolwich,) Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Petitions from Burleigh Walk, in the New Forest; 
—and, Brockenhurst, in the New Forest; stating 
that recent orders have been made or given to the 
officers who are in the pay of the Commissioners of 
Woods, not only greatly circumscribing or reducing 
the number of tickets for digging turf and peat, 
but which have or would have, if executed accord- 
ing to the letter, the effect of summarily, and with- 
out notice, dispossessing and evicting great numbers 
of householders of the fuel of which they have been 
so long in possession, and entailing on them great 
discomfort, if not misery, during the next winter, 
and even now a very general inconvenience must 
arise from the peat and turf cutting, instead of being 
nearly already done, being required during the pres- 
sure of the hay harvest ; and praying the House to 
address Her Majesty, or to give instructions to the 
Select Committee on Woods, Forests and Land Re- 
venues to provide some remedy, or to make such 
orders as may remove the evils and inconveniences 
complained of in the Petitions, or to give the Peti- 
tioners and the other householders in the Forest 
redress and relief,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hastings, praying 
that the Protection of Women Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Bradford, in the county of York, 
praying for the recognition of the Roman Republic, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Hastings ;— Evesham Union (Vice- 
Chairman) ;—and, Clifton ; praying for amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view to diminishing 
the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Flour Dealers and Bakers carryin 
on business at Liverpool, praying that the Sale an 
Manufacture of Bread Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Plymouth (Chairman) ;——and, 
Devonport and East Stonehouse (Chairman) ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a Jaw,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition 


dis 
lin 
C. C. Cavendish’s ( Burlington House) Estate Bill, Estate Bill. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Hoghton’s 
the Report on Hoghton’s Divorce Bill; and the Pivorce Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Grenville’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from W. H. F. Ca- 
vendish’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Honourable 


. C. Caven- 
’s (Bur- 
on House 


Wilson’s 
Saint Thomas’ 
hurch, Wool- 
wich) Estate 
Bill. 


New Forest. 


Protection of 
Women Bill. 


Rome. 


Sale of Beer 
ct. 


Sale and 
Manufacture 
of Bread Bill. 








Smithfield 
Market. 


Contract 
Service. 


Judgments, 
fe (Dublin.) 


Woods, Fo- 


18 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land 
and Residents in the hundred of Blything, in the 
county of Suffolk, praying for the removal of Smith- 
field Market, and for the substitution of a central 
market at Js/ington, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon the 4th day of May last, 
That Five be the Quorum of the Select Committee 
on the Contract Packet Service, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number and Total Amount of 
the Judgments, Recognizances, Crown Bonds, De- 
crees, Orders and Rules respectively registered in 
the Office of the Registrar of Judgments inD ublin, 
pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 90, distinguish- 
ing, by separate columns, the Total Number and 
Total Amount of Judgments confessed or obtained 
for Penal Sums from the Total Number and Total 
Amount of Judgments in Case, and placing the 
Total Number and Amount respectively of the Judg- 
ments, Recognizances, Crown Bonds, Decrees, Or- 
ders and Rules so registered, in distinct columns, 
made out in a tabular form. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 17th 


rests and Land day of this instant July, was made from the Select 


Revenues. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-fifth 
Report.) 


Militia Pay 
Bill, 


Atklone to 
Galway Rail- 
f, Advance 


wa 
of 
Bill. 


oney) 





Committee appointed to inquire into the Expendi- 
ture and Management of the Woods, Forests and 
Land Revenues of the Crown, and to report to the 
House whether any reduction, alterations or im- 
provement may be made in that Branch of the 
Public Revenue and Expenditure, and who were 
instructed to include in their inquiry the Manage- 
ment of the Department of the Works and Build- 
ings, and of any other Department over which the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests 
and Land Revenues exercise control, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, be re- 
committed to the former Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to re-examine Mr. Gore, touching his former 
Evidence. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 17th and 18th days of 
this instant July, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Bill to defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloth- 
ing and Contingent and other Expenses of the Dis- 
embodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to 
grant Allowances, in certain cases, to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 
Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize 
the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to defray, until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, the 
Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and 
other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances, in 
certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia ; and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to authorize the Advance of Money, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Midland 
Great Western Railway of Ireland Company, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

VoL, 104, 


20° Julie. 








525 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Solicitor-General reported from the Com- Incumbered 
to be offered Estates 


mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, 
to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to 
the Incumbered Estates (Jrelund) Bill; That they 
had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (C.) by 
inserting after the word “ lease” F. 1.1.8. the words 
“ that no part of such land or lease is subject to 
“ any receiver, or in the possession of any Incum- 
“ brancer, and ;” by leaving out the word “ gross” 
in 1. 16., and inserting the word “ net,” and in the 
same line, afterthe word “income” by inserting the 
words “ after the payment of all Tithe Rent- 
“ charge, such part of the County Cess and Poor’s 
** Rate as is payable by the owner, and all Crown, 
** Quit and Head Rent.” 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 13. 1. 31., for the following Reasons: 

Because it is inconsistent with the main object 
of a Bill for facilitating the Sale of Incum- 
bered Estates to impose an unnecessary 
charge on the proceedings instituted for car- 
rying that object into effect. * 

Because under the Act passed in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament for the same purpose, no 
such charge would be payable. 

Because by the Railways Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, all monies paid into the Court of 
Chancery, underevery subsequent Act for the 
making of Railways in Ireland, are exempted 
from the payment of this charge. _ 

Because lands sold under the provisions of 
this Bill ought, in the Opinion of the Com- 
mons, to be treated as if they were sold under 
the authority of the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, and by the law and practice of that 
Court all monies paid into that Court which 
are derived from lands sold under the autho- 
rity of that Court are exempt from Usher’s 
Poundage. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by your Lord- 
ships. 
he said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 








3x3 made 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Judgments 
take into consideration the Judgments (Zreland) Bill, (Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Stamp, &amp;c. 
take into consideration the Stamp, &amp;c. Allowances a 


The Pilotage Bill was, according to Order, read Pilotage Bill 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of No. 530. 





Poor Law 


Union Charges 
Act Amend- 


ment Bill. 
No.631. 


526 


made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that | 
Mr. Solicitor-General do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Union Charges 
Act Amendment Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


CravseE, N° 16, disagreed to. 


Cravuszs, N° 17 to N° 19, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Ciauses, No, 20 to N° 22, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That the 
Guardians of any Parish or Union may expend, 
with the order aud subject to the rules and regula- 
tions of the Poor Law Board, but not otherwise, 
any sum of money not exceeding Fifteen pounds for 
each person, in and about the emigration of poor 
persons having settlements in such parish, or in any 
parish in such Union respectively, without the ne- 
cessity of the rate-payers and owners of property 
therein meeting, and giving their consent (as required 
by the said Act of the fifth year of King William 
the Fourth) to such expenditure; and such Guardians 
shall charge the same to the parish of the settle- 
ment in every case where such poor person resided 
therein, or was removable thereto, at the time of 
the emigration: Provided that the Guardian or (if 
more than one) a majority of the Guardians of such 
last-mentioned parish, shall concur in the resolution 
of the Board of Guardians for such expenditure, 
and that such concurrence shall be signified by the 
Clerk of the Union, in communicating that resolu- 
tion to the Poor Law Board: Provided also, that 
the aggregate amount of the monies expended in 
the course of any one year in and about the emigra- 


20° Sulit. 





tion of such poor persons, shall not exceed one-half 
the average yearly Poor Rate raised in the said pa- | 


rish for the three preceding years),—brought up, 
and read 1°, 2°, and amended. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words “ Provided always, that 
“ the said Guardian as aforesaid may, without such 
“ order, and without being subject to such rules and 
“ regulations, and without such meeting and con- 
sent as aforesaid, expend any sum of money not 
exceeding the sum of Three pounds for each per- 
son having a settlement in such parish or Union, 
“ or residing therein, or being irremovable therefrom, 
in and about the emigration of such person, such 
sum of Three pounds not being in addition to 
“ the said sum of Fifteen pounds.” 

Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, added. 

Another Clause added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That it shall be law- 
ful for the Guardians of any Union, or for the Select 
Vestry, Guardians, Directors, Managers or Overseers 
of the Poor of any parish not in Union in England 
or Wales, and they are hereby authorized to pay out 
of the monies in their hands for the relief of the 
poor in such Union or parish respectively, the cost 
of or attending the education of the children of 
parents receiving relief out of the workhouse, or of 
children partly or wholly maintained by means of a 
Poor Rate out of the workhouse, within such Union 
oi parish, and also to make contracts for any period 
nct exceeding one year, with any schoolmaster, for 
the education of such children, and to pay the 
amount so contracted to be paid out of the said 
monies, subject, however, in respect of all such 
payments as aforesaid, to the rules and regulations 
which may from time to time be made by the Poor 
Law Board in respect of the schools at which such 
children shall be placed, and the maximum amount 
to be allowed for such payments in respect of each 
child, whether by contract or otherwise ; and all pay- 











A. 1849. 


ments so made shall be charged to the common 
fund of the Union, or to the parish, where the same 
is not in the Union,)—brought up, and read 1°, 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Captain: Pechell " } 13. 
Tellersfor the Noes,{ 4 yee : } 54. 


Another Clause added. 

Clause (And whereas by an Act passed in the 
twenty-sccond year of his late Majesty George the 
Third, intituled, “ An Act for the better Relief and 
Employment of the Poor,’ certain Unions were 
formed, commonly called Gilbert's Unions, of which 
several still remain in different parts of England ; 
BE it therefore Enacted, That the provisions of this 
Act be extended to the Unions so created under the 
before-mentioned Act, so far as the same are appli- 
cable,)—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (Whereas at the time of the passing of 
the last-mentioned Act of Parliament, divers poor per- 
sons residing in parishes where they had had no legal 
settlement, and from which they were not irremov- 
able under the provisions of the said Act, were re- 
ceiving relief from the parishes in which they were 
legally settled, or from the Unions in which such 
parishes are situated ; and whereas such relief was 
in many cases withdrawn under an erroneous con- 
struction "a on the said Act, whereby the said first- 
mentioned parishes, or the Unions in which they 
are situated, had to maintain such poor persons, and 
have incurred great and heavy expense thereby, and 
such expense is not now recoverable by law under 
proceedings for the removal of such poor persons to 
the places of their settlement; Be it therefore En- 
nacted, That it shall be lawful for the Poor Law 
Board to order the repayment to the first-mentioned 
parishes, or to the Unions in which they are situated, 
or to the overseers of the poor or guardians thereof 
respectively, by the parishes by which such relief as 
aforesaid has been withdrawn, or the Unions in 
which such last-mentioned parishes are situated, or 
by the overseers of the poor or guardians thereof 
respectively, of all such cost of relief as may be 
proved to the satisfaction of the said Board to have 
been incurred by such first-mentioned parishes, or 
the Unions in which they are situated, by reason of 
such relief having been withdrawn, as aforesaid,)— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; 
and be printed. 





Reading of the Workhouse Loans (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 








Resolved, 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Workhouse 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leasehold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Inclosure Act 


mittee on the Inclosure Act (Extension of Powers) 
Bill ; 











13 Vicroriz. 20° 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Drainage of = =The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Lands Bil. Reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the other Orders of the day. 
Royal Pavilion The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Metropolitan § The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Sewers Bill. Reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Javenile The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Larce- 


nies Bill. nies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Administrae | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


tion of Justice mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropoli- 
ee —f tan Districts) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Audit of Rail- | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
| Accounts Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


New Forest The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
orest * 
nsesof izing the Payment, out of the Revenues of the 
mmission.] Woods and Forests, of the Expenses arising under 
an Act of the present Session to authorize Her Ma- 
jesty to issue a Commission to inquire into the 
Claims over the New Forest and Waltham Forest ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


New Zealand The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
land Convey- Reading of the New Zealand Land Conveyances 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

after the other Orders of the day. 


Collection of _ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eecoubiia) mittee on the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Dublin The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

peproremens mittee on the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; 

(No, 2.) Bill. Resolved, That this _ will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Attachments, 
of Re- 
“ (Ireland) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Attachments, Courts of Record (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Army. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Army, 
No. 532, which was presented upon the 11th day of June 
last, be printed. 


Enrolled Ordered, That the Return relative to Enrolled 
moners.. Pensioners, which was presented yesterday, b 
Roane’ *° , presented yesterday, be 

* printed. 

Glass, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass, which 
No, 534, “ presented yesterday, be printed. 
or. 104. 





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Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 535. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Turnpike- 
Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- —_ (Ireland) 
roads in Jreland, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An gequestrators’ 
Act to extend the Remedies of Sequestrators of Remedies Bill. 
Ecclesiastical Benefices, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Pupils’ Protec- 
Act for the better Protection of the Property of ena 
Pupils, Absent Persons, and Persons under Mental 
Incapacity in Scotland, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Fisheries 
to inquire into the present state of the Inland Fishe- (Ireland.) 
ries and Navigation of Ireland, and the obstructions No. 536, 
which hinder the enjoyment of the same, and the 
best means of removing such obstructions, and to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House, and 
who were instructed to inquire into the state of the 
Oyster Fisheries of Jreland, and the obstructions to 
the due enjoyment of the same, and the best means 
of removing such obstructions ; and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House, have power to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Anstey reported from the said Committee ; 

That they had examined the matters to them re- 
ferred, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Tempest’s Estate Bill was read the first time. | Tempest’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- =st#te Bill. 
ners of Petitions fur Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 
Return of all Admirals, Vice, Rear, and Retired 
Admirals, Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders, 
and Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on 
and since the 1st day of January 1848; distin- 
guishing those promoted on Full-Pay from those on 
Half-Pay at the time of their Promotion, stating 
the date of Entry of each Officer into the Navy, 
and the Dates of the several Commissions succes- 
sively attained ; also, the Period which each Officer 
had served in each Commission, and the Period on 
Half-Pay in each Commission, and the Aggregate 
Time of Full-Pay and of Half-Pay of each Officer, 
to the 1st day of January 1849 :—And, an Abstract 
Return of the Total Number of Promotions in the 
Royal Navy, since the 15th day of May 1847, from 
the Rank of Midshipman to that of Admiral, inclu- 
sive ; stating the Number of each Rank promoted 
in each year, and distinguishing the Number of each 
Rank promoted when employed and afloat, from 
those on Half-Pay, and also from those on the Coast 
Guard Service in each year :—Returns of the Num- 
ber of Sea Officers on the 1st day of January in 
each of the years 1828 and 1849; and also, the 
Total Amount per annum for the Sea-Pay of those 
employed, and for the Half-Pay of those unem- 
loyed, at each of those Periods; stating also, the 
Number of each Rank employed and unemployed 
at each of those Periods, and the Total Number of 
each Class :—And, showing the Total Number of 
Officers in the Royal Navy on the 1st day of 
January in each of the years 1828 and 1849; dis- 
tinguishing the Number of each Rank, from Admi- 
ral to Lieutenant, inclusive, on Half-Pay and in 








3x4 Commission ; 







































































Roman Catho- 
lic Prelates 
(Colonies. ) 


British 
Guiana. 


Juvenile 
Offenders and 
Small Larce- 
nies Bill. 


Administra- 


tion of Justice mittee on the Administration of Justice (Metropoli- 


( Metropolitan 


Districts) Bill. 


Royal 
Artillery. 


No. 537. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Highways 


(District Sur- the North Riding of the county of York, praying 


veyors) Bill. 


Financial and 


Parliamentary payers of Saint Anne, Westminster, praying the 


Reform. 


528 


Commission; also, distinguishing the Number of 
Officers und their Ranks, in the Coast Guard Ser- 


20° Julie. 


le-bone; praying that the Sunday Trading (Metro- 





A. 1849. 


Petitions from Paddington ;—and, Saint Mary- Sunday 








Trading 
: gieertn 


vice in each of those years (all in continuation of | polis) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


Parliamentary Paper, No. 725, of Session 1848). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Ashton-under- Passengers 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Zyne Union, in the counties of Lancaster and Bill. 
to give directions that there be laid before this| Chester, praying the House to insert a clause or 
House, Copies of any further Correspondence rela-| clauses in the Passengers Bill, rendering it impe- 
tive to the Titles and Rank of Roman Catholic Pre- | rative on all owners of steam-boats or sailing ves- 
lates in the Colonies, since the Address moved for | sels, carrying passengers from or to any port in the 


on the 26th day of June last. 


United Kingdom, to afford a certain and sufficient 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | accommodation between decks to each passenger, 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be meat pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the Despatches from 
the Governor of British Guiana, showing the state 
of the dispute between the Combined Court and the 
Governor, respecting the Estimates for the Public 
Service, received since the last Returns were laid 
before the House, in continuation of the Papers 
moved for, by the Address of the House of Com- 
mons, dated the 20th day of June 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this eae as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders and Small Lar- 
cenies Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


tan Districts) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Pay and other Allowances respec- 
tively of the Four Colonel Commandants of the 
Royal Artillery ; namely, General Sir A. Farrington 
(of the Battalion), General R. Douglas (Driver), 
Lieutenant-General Sir J. M‘Leod (of the Horse), 
and Lieutenant-General Shrapnel (of the Battalion), 
from 1792 to 1844. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians and other Rate-payers of the Docking Union, 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure 

ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of North Cowton, in 


that the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- 


House to originate and assist in passing into law 
such measures of Financial and Parliamentary Re- 
form as will effectually remove the burthens which 
now press upon the industry of the people, and re- 


and to prohibit, under a severe penalty, the carry- 
ing any human being as a mere deck passenger, was 
——— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Torquay, complain- Public 

ing of the weight of taxation borne by the trading Expenditure. 
and industrious classes, and of the pressure of the 

Customs and Excise duties upon various articles of 

general consumption ; and praying for a reduction of 

the public expenditure, and the adoption of a wise and 
well-ordered economy in the public service, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Men of the Cork Union, Public Health, 
raying the House to institute such sanatory legis- &amp;c. (Ireland.) 
[ation tor the protection of the Jrish people, as may 

conduce to the diminution of disease and destitution, 

and to make provision for the registration of births 

and deaths in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Yorkshire Law ~ Small Debts 
ciety, praying that provision may be made in the Act Amend- 
Small Debts ‘Act hertetietd Bill for making At- ment Bill 
tornies eligible to the Judgeships of County Courts, 

and for securing to them the right of advocacy in 

those courts, and a reasonable remuneration for their 

services, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; eames 5 
Ordered, That Class 5, of the Annual Finance — 
Accounts, which were presented _ the 23d day Whasiess 
of March last, be referred to the Committee. Accounts. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- monies in the 
chequer, or remaining to be raised on the 30th day Exchequer. 
of June 1849, to complete the Aids granted by Par- 
liament for the service of the years 1847 and 1848, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of this instant 
July, be referred to the Committee. 

y a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn, 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards — good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Ten mil- Fund. 
lions four hundred and twenty-three thousand two 


medy the effect of the present a system of| hundred and twenty-seven pounds twelve shillings 


taxation, and as will also secure such an extension 
of the suffrage, and make such alterations in the 
present representative system, as are necessary to 
render the House of Commons a more faithful re- 
flex of the opinions, wants and interests of the 
people, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


and seven-pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 

Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

ro Resolved, Th ds making good the Sup- Surplus of 
2. Resolved, That, towards makin the Sup- us 

ply granted to Her Majesty, there ¥ issued an be aly 

applied to the Service of the year 1849, the Sum of 

One hundred and twenty-two thousand five _ 

Te 



















Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


No. 538. 


New Forest 
and Waltham 
Forest Bill. 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


No. 539. 


Customs Bill. 


Inclosure Act 
(Extension of 
wers) 


13 Vicroriz. 


dred and eighteen pounds six shillings, being the 
Surplus of Ways and Means granted for the Service 
of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 30th 
day of June 1849, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1847 and 
1848, be appiied to the Service of the year 1849. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Railways Abandonment Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The New Forest and Waltham Forest Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The General Board of Health Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 21° die Julii, 1849: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


The Workhouse Loans (Jre/and) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 
on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Inclosure Act (Extension of 


* Powers) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
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529 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Drainage of Lands Bill was, according to Drainage of 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a nds Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Royal Pavilion 
a Committee upon the Royal Pavilion ( Brighton) (Grighton) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker * 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; Sewers BER. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Audit of Rail- 
Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill ; way Accounts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. ‘ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 224 Waltham 
rizing the Payment, outof the Revenues of the Woods [Expenses of 
and Forests, of the Expenses arising under an Act Commission.] 
of the present Session to authorize Her Majesty to 
issue a Commission to inquire into the Claims over 
the New Forest and Waltham Forest ; 

And a Motion being made, That it be an Instruc- 
tion to the Committee to consider also of authorizing 
the Payment out of the Revenues of the Woods and 
Forests, of a Salary to one of the Commissioners, and 
the other Expenses and Charges which may become 
payable under the said Act ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to consider also of authorizing the Payment 
out of the Revenues of the Woods and Forests, of a 
Salary to one of the Commissioners, and the other 
Expenses and Charges which may become payable 
under the said Act. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to facilitate the Execution of Conveyances New Zealand 
and other Instruments, by or on behalf of the New — — 
Zealand Company, in New Zealand, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Collection of 
a Committee upon the Collection of Rates ( Dublin) mn 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ~ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 

s 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Dublin 
a Committee upon the Dublin Improvement (No. 2.) we 2) Bal 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ~ “~ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 





mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Attachments, 


a Committee upon the Attachments, Courts of Re- ona end and) 


cord (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent pin, 








therein, 


3Y+ 


Chronometers 
(Admiralty. 


Defects in 
Leases Sus- 
pension Bill. 


New Houses of 


Parliament. 


Pupils’ Protec- 


tion (Scotland) 


Bill. 


530 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all the Chronometers which the Board of 
Admiralty have given permission to be placed on 
trial at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from the 
ist day of December 1844, arranged in their order 
of merit as shown by the Trials, and distinguishing 
the nature of the Trial to which each has been ex- | 
posed :—Also, a List of all the Chronometers that 
the Board have purchased during the same Period, 
and the Prices that have been paid for them :—Also, 
Copies of the Reports and Opinions submitted to 
the Board of Admiralty by the Hydrographer and | 
Astronomer Royal relative to Mr. Losebys Mer- 
curial Compensation for Chronometers. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for rendering inoperative an Act passed this Session, | 
intituled, “ An Act for granting Relief against De- 
fects in Leases made under Powers of Leasing, in 
certain Cases :” And that Mr. John Stuart and Mr. 
Turner do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing, under different Heads, in what 
manner the Sum of £.109,900, voted for the New 
Houses of Parliament for the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1850, is to be applied ; distinguishing 
the Amount to be applied in Payment of Contracts 
entered into previous to and since the Appointment 
of the New Palace of Westminster Commission. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the better Protection of the 
Property of Pupils, Absent Persons, and Persons 
under Mental Incapacity in Scotland ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

P. 2. 1. 17. After “law ” insert “ to any pupil.” 

P. 6.1. 28. After “shall” insert “along with 
“ the factor or his agent,” and in the same line 
leave out “along,” and also in the same line, and 
in |. 29., leave out “ or his agent.” 

P. 7. 1. 8. After “report” insert “and approval.” 

P. 8. 1. 25. After the second “the” insert “ Lord 
“ Ordinary, or the.” 

P. 9. 1. 35. Leave out “ movables ” 
“ moveables.” 

P. 10. 1. 7. Leave out “hereof” and insert 
“* thereof.” 

P. 11.1. 29. After “ Individuals” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cruatse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
“ ever the Director of Chancery shall issue letters 
“ of tutory or curatory proceeding on any service or 
“ oift dated after the passing of this Act, he shall 
“ transmit a certified copy of such letters to the 
* accountant, who, after making an entry thereof 
“ in his books, shall transmit the same to one of 
“ the principal clerks of session in order of seniority 
“ and by rotation, and such certified copy when so 
* transmitted shall be held as establishing a sum- 
“ mary process in regard to the estate to which 
“ such letters relate before that division of the Court 
to which such clerk shall belong, to the same 
effect as if the tutor or curator to whom such let- 
“ ters are issued had been appointed judicial factor 
“ by the Court, on a Petition in ordinary form ; and 
such certified copy shall be held for the purposes 
of this Act as equivalent to such appointment.” 

P. 12.1.1. After “ estate’? insert “ as afore- 

“ said.” 

P. 12.1. 7. Leave out from “ accordingly” to 
* and” in |. 22, 

P. 14.1. 2. After “ factories” insert “ tutories 
and curatories.” 


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A. 1849, 


P. 15. 1. 23. Leave out “ such.” 
P. 15. 1. 25. Leave out “ said.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
were agreed to. : : 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of May last 

That there be laid before this on a og of ae 
all Monies, the payment of which has been legally 
excused from the Poor’s Rate, for the year ended 
the 25th day of March 1849, in the several Parishes 
and Places in England and Wales; and also of all 
Sums for other reasons not recoverable on account 
of the Poor’s Rate for the same period, was read, 
und discharged. 


The House was moved, That Class (D.) Copy of Slave Trade 
Correspondence with Foreign Powers not Parties PetsianGult) 
to Treaties or Conventions giving a mutual Right of 
Search of Vessels suspected of the Slave Trade, 
from January 1, 1847, to March 31, 1848, inclu- 
sive, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; = 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
the said Correspondence ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. John Stuart presented a Bill for rendering Defects in 
inoperative an Act passed this Session, intituled, Leases Sus- 
“An Act for granting Relief against Defects in?" -_ 
Leases made under Powers of Leasing, in certain No. 540. 
Cases: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day ; and 
to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to make Fiscal Affairs 
better Provision for the Administration of the Fiscal (Ireland) Bill. 
Affairs of Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties No. 641. 
of Towns in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the Offences in 
Prevention of Accidents and Dangers to Passengers Public Road 
upon Public Roads and Highways in Jreland, and ageing 
for the Punishment of Offences relating thereto: No. 54 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon this day three months; 
and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for pro- Public Health 
moting the Public Health in Jreland: And the (Ireland) Bil 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 54 
read a second time upon this day three months ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- signet and 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Committee on the Privy Sed 
Signet and Privy Seal Offices; with Minutes of 0M 
Evidence, and Appendix. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to an Ad- River 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies of Report, dated the Humber. 
26th day of September 1846, from the Commis- 
sioners of Woods to the Lords of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, recommending grant of a Portion of the 
Foreshore of the River Humber to the Grimsby 
Dock Company, forthe Construction of their Docks, 
upon certain Conditions :—Of the Treasury Warrant 
dated the 6th day of October 1846, giving authority 
for 




















Cou 






Lon 


Dub 
Tupt 
(No. 


Huds 
Divor 


Court 
Chane 
(Irelar 





Bankr 
&amp;e, 









Committees. 


London Writ. 


Dublin 


Improvement 
(No, 2.) Bill 


Hudson’s 


re 


Court of 
Chancery 





ed — io 


th 
- pukraptcy, 





Divorce Bill. 


(Ireland.) 


13 VicToriz. 20°—2 


for the Grant :—And, Agreement for Grant of Part | 


of the Foreshore of the River Humber between the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and the 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, dated the 1st day of November 1847. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 


ee 


Sabbati, 21° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Zondon, in the room of 
James Pattison, Esquire, deceased. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to Mr. George Lewis Smythe to 
deposit a Petition in the Private Bill Office, speci- 
fically stating the instances of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the Amendments introduced 
into the Dublin Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as re- 
ported from the Committee, and that no further 
Progress be made with the said Bill until the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills, or one of 
them, shall have examined the allegations of such 
Petition, and reported thereupon to the House :— 
It passed in the Negative. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on Hudson’s Divorce Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 6. 1. 8. Leave out from “ otherwise ” to “ of” 
inl. lu. 

Pr.6.1. 21. At the end of the line insert “if any, 
** at common law or by custom which she might 
“se 
“ riage with the said Francis Hudson.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—A Return of the Amount of the Suitors’ Fee 
Fund Account of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, 
in each year from its commencement in 1836, and 
the Payments made thereout in each year, and the 
Charges now payable out of that Fund; and the 
Surplus thereof in each year. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That there 
be laid before this House, Returns, as far as the 
same can be given, of the Number of Commission- 
ers of Bankrupts in each District, with the Days 
and Hours which each has sat per Month and Year 
during the last Five years :—Of the like Return as 
to the Registrars: — Of the Number of Official 
Assignees :—Of the Number of Fiats opened before 
each Commissioner in each Month, with, in each 
case, the Amount of Debts proved, the Amount of 
Assets collected, the Amount of Fees, Per-centage, | 
or other Emolument received by each Officer from | 
and including the Issue of the Fiat to the close of | 
the Proceedings already had thereunder ; distin- | 
guishing how much each Officer has received, and 
what Amount has been paid to any and what Fund | 
under each Fiat, and by whom the same has been | 
paid, the Amount of the Bills of Costs, the Amount | 
of the Messengers’ Bills, and the Amount of the 

Vou. 104, 


claim by, through or in consequence of her mar-. 


1° Juiz. 531 
Dividend paid to the Creditors :—As to the Bank- 
rupt Fund, showing from what Source it is col- 
lected, with the Amounts of the several Items, and 
how it is disbursed :—And, showing what is the 
Rule as to the Superannuation Allowances or Re- 
tiring Pensions in each Government Office, was 
read, and discharged. 


the county of Wicklow, assembled at Summer Assizes, 
1849, complaining of the depressed state of Agricul- 
ture, and praying the House to adopt measures of 
relief for persons engaged therein, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Colonies and New Zealand, stating that the Peti- 
tioners, acting in pursuance of the resolution adopted 
at a public meeting, held at Wi/lis’s Rooms, King- 
street, Saint James’, for the purpose of promoting 
communication with the Australian Colonies by 
means of steam vessels, beg to approach the House 
with the expression of their great anxiety for the 
speedy accomplishment of that object, and praying 
the House to take the matter into early and serious 
consideration, and afford relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


habitants of the parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, 
praying the House to cause it to be enacted, that 
that district, comprising the parishes of Chelsea, 
Kensington, Fulham and Hammersmith, should send 
Representatives to Parliament, by giving it the two 
Members formerly allotted to the borough of Sud- 
bury, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upoithe Table. 


ment of the city of Dublin; and the said Bill has 
been treated by the House partly as a Private and 
partly as a Public Bill, and that in its present stage 
it is a Public Bill; that the said Bill as amended 
by the Committee to which the same was referred, 
contains divers new provisions, and, amongst others, 
one by which the rights and interests of the Peti- 
tioner are materially affected, diminished and taken 
away; that the Petitioner has always refused 
and still refuses his consent to the said provisions ; 
that the Petitioner has paid a considerable sum of 
| money to the House as fees and charges, for and in 
irelation to the proceedings referred to in the said 
Bill, and that a further sum is still due and will 
have to be paid to the House, for and on account 
of the same; but that the said Bill, as it now stands, 
takes away from the Petitioner his existing right 
both at law and in equity to recover from his clients 
payment of the same, together with the proper costs 
and charges incident thereto, all which the Peti- 
tioner submits is unprecedented and unjust ; and 
praying that the said Bill may not be allowed to 
pass the House, as the same now stands, but that 
the same be re-committed to the Committee to 
which the same was originally referred ; and that 
leave may be given to the Petitioner to appear 
before the said Committee, by himself, his counsel, 
agent and witnesses, in support of the allegations 
'in this Petition contained ; and that the Petitioner 








| may have such other and further relief in the pre- 
| mises as to the House may seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies practising in Leeds, in Small Debts 
be Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


the county of York, praying that provision may be 
made in the Small Debts Act Amendment Bill, 
for making attornies eligible to the Judgeships of 
county courts, and for securing to them the right 
of advocacy in those courts, and a reasonable re- 
3Y¥2 muneration 





A Petition of Grand Jurors and Magistrates of agriculture, 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Landholders, Australian 
Stockholders, and others interested in the Australian Colonies. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Chelsea, &amp;e. 


A Petition of George Lewis Smythe, Parliamentary Dublin 
Agent, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That Improvement 

ea Sith: No. 2.) Bib. 
a Bill is now pending in the House, for the Improve- 


Ways and 
Means; 


Hungary. 


Consolidated 
Furd, 


Surplus of 
Ways and 
Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids. 


Stamp, &amp;c. 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bili. 


Leasehold 
Tenure of 
Lands (Ire- 
and) Bill. 


Poor Law 


Union Charges 


act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


532 


muneration for their services, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and 
Means ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be now brought up ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
‘“« an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
“ tions that there be laid before this House, Copies 
‘“* or Extracts of any Information connected with 
the advance of Russian Troops into the Kingdom 
“ of Hungary, which may have been received by 
“‘ Her Majesty’s Government, and of any Commu- 
“ nications which have passed involving Naval or 
“ Military Aid or Interference on the part of this 
* Country,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Ten 
millions four hundred and twenty-three thousand 
two hundred and twenty-seven pounds twelve shil- 
lings and seven pence, be granted out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year 1849, the Sum of 
One hundred and twenty-two thousand five hundred 
and eighteen pounds six shillings, being the Sur- 
plus of Ways and Means granted for the Service of 
preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five 
hundred thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, or remaining to be raised on the 30th 
day of June 1849, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1847 and 
1848, be applied to the Service of the year 1849. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

The Bill to repeal the Allowances on the Pur- 
chase of Stamps, and for the receiving and account- 
ing for the Duties on Gold and Silver Plate, and to 
grant other Allowances in lieu thereof, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-nine: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itseif into the said Committee. 


The Elouse, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Poor Law Union Charges 
Act Amendment Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 





21° Julie. 


A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to amend the Law concerning Judgments Judgment 
s $ 


in Ireland was, according to Order, read the third (Ireland) Bin, 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


T he Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the New Forest and Waltham Forest 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


New Forest 
and Waltham 
Forest Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself R m 
into a Committee upon the Royal Pavilion ( Brigh- gaa 
ton) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Bill. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
“ha That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself New For 

. . . ee est 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the and Waltham 
payment, out of the Revenues of the Woods and Forest 
Forests, of the Expenses arising under an Act of the arene’ 
present Session, to authorize Her Majesty to issue : 
a Commission to inquire into the Claims over the 

New Forest and Waltham Forest; and who were 
instructed to consider also of authorizing the pay- 

ment, out of the Revenues of the Woods and Fo- 

rests, of a Salary to one of the Commissioners, and 

the other Expenses and Charges which may become 

payable under the said Act. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Salary of one of the Commis- 
sioners, not exceeding the Sum of Five hundred 
pounds per annum, and the other Expenses and 
Charges which may become payable under an Act 
of the present Session, for authorizing Her Majesty 
to issue a Commission to inquire into rights or 
claims overthe New Forest and Waltham Forest, 
be defrayed out of the Revenues of the Woods and 
Forests. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Collection of 
into consideration the Collection of Rates (Dublin) Rates(Dublin) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to pypiin 
take into consideration the Dublin Improvement Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No. 2.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Attachments 
take into consideration the Attachments, Courts of a te 
Record (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Com- i. 7 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trat 





i - . “ +n Cult 
into a Committee to consider Class (D.) Copy of (Persian Galt) 
Correspondence with Foreign Powers not Parties to 
Treaties or Conventions giving a mutual Right of 


| Search of Vessels suspected of the Slave Trade, 


from 






























Tr 
Ins 


Bil 


Nor 
Sch 





Marr 
in Fe 
Coun 
facili 


Bill. 


Trea: 
Instr 
Bill, 


No 


Marin 








of 
blin) 





nent 
pill. 


ents, 
if Re- 
and) 


‘rade 
n Gull.) 





Defects in 
Leases Sus-: 
pension Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Treasury 
Instruments 


Bill. 


Normal 
Schools. 


Marriages 
in Foreign 
Countries 
facilitating 
Bill. 


Treasury 
lnstruments 
Bill. 


No. 544. 


Marine Glue, 


13 Vicrortim. 


from January 1, 1847, to March 31, 1848, inclu-. 
sive, 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Bounty of Five pounds be 
paid, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United | 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for every 
Slave seized on board any British Ship or Vessel 
belonging to the Subjects or Dependents of certain 
Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf, captured and 
condemned for Traffic in Slaves, and also a Bounty 
upon the Tonnage of such Ships. 

2, Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury of the said United Kingdom be 
authorized to pay, out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, any Costs and Damages attending Seizures 
of Ships detained, but not condemned, for the 
violation of any Act for carrying into effect the 
Engagements between Her Majesty and the said 
Chiefs, for the more effectual Suppression of the 
Slave Trade. 

3. Resolved, That provision be made by law for 
carrying the said Engagements into effect. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions, 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Defects in Leases Suspension Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time! 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to reduce the Number of Signatures required to In- 
struments issued by the Lords of the Treasury : 
And that Mr. Hayter and the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of so much of the Minutes of the 
Committee of Council, as relates to the establish- 
ment of Normal Schools for training Masters for 
Workhouse Schools, together with a Statement of 
the measures which have been taken in consequence 
for providing Buildings for that purpose, the Sums 
expended in giving effect to the said Minute, and 
the Funds out of which the Expenditure has been 
defrayed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Marriages in Foreign Countries faci- 
litating Bill be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to reduce the Num- 
ber of Signatures required to Instruments issued by 
the Lords of the Treasury: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports and Letters to the Admiralty 
respecting the application of the Marine Glue to the 
Decks and Masts of Her Majesty’s Ships and other 
Vessels, with the Answers to the same. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


21°98? Juli. 





VoL. 104, 








Lune, 23° die Julia; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 


O RD ERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


~ to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Tempest’s 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ©*te Bill 
Private Bills; That in the case of Tempest’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sir Robert 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pigot’s Estate 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Sir Robert Pigot’s ~*~ 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Theophilus 


| Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Clive’s Estate 


Private Bills; Thatinthe case of Theophilus Clive’s - 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Trenchara’s 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Trenchard’s 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Aberdeen Destitute Aberdeen Des- 
Female Orphan Asylum (Davidson’s) Estate Bill, — Female 


without Amendment. ‘alten 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. (Davidson’s) 


Estate Bill. 


M r. Bernal reported the Honourable Robert Henry fonourable 
Clive’s Estate Bill, without Amendment. Robert Henry 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. flive’s Pstate 


Mr. Bernal reported Hurd’s Estate Bill, without Hurd’s Estate 
Amendment. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Ladykirk (Robertson’s) Ladykirk 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. marge = s) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. : ‘ 


Mr. Bernal reported the Duke of Norfolk’s (Duke Duke of 
of Sutherland’s) Estate Bill, without Amendment. pose wing 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Sotherland’s) 
Estate Bill. 
Mr. Bernal reported Reynold’s Estate Bill, with- Reynold's 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Lord Brougham and Vaux tora 
(Duke of Cleveland’s) Estate Bill, without Amend- Brougham 
ment. and Vaux 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ou 


Cleveland’s ) 
Estate Bill 


Mr. Bernal reported Lee’s Estate Bill, without Lee’s Estate 
Amendment. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Gordon’s 
(Cairness ) 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported Gordon’s (Cairness) Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


(or Harman’s) Rickards’ 
(or Harman's) 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported Rickards’ 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Ogle’s Estate Bill, without Ozle's Estate 
Amendment. ; Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to the directions General Board 
of an Act of Parliament, — Copy of Provisional of Health. 
Order for the Application of the Public Health Act 
to the City of Gloucester. 

3Y¥ 3 


Ordered, 





Dublin, Ash- 
bourne, Slane 
and Drogheda 
Roads Act 
Continuation 
and Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway, and 
Wilsontown, 
Morningside 
and Coltness 
Railway Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Hoglhton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Mary-le-bonc 
and Finchley 
‘Turnpike- 
roads Lill. 


534 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie uponthe 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act te continue and amend the Powers 
of an Act for repairing and improving the Roads 
from Dublin, by Ashbourne, to Slane and Drogheda; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 16. 1. 17. Leave out “ fourth’ and insert 
&amp; Gon.” 

Pr. 16.1. 33. Leave out “ proceed to carry” 
and insert “ make arrangements for carrying.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 34. After “ execution” insert “on the 
“ commencement thereof.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


23° Juli. 





A. 1849, 


The Honourable C. C. Cavendish’s (Burling 
House) Estate Bill was read a second time; and C C. Caven. 
committed. + (Bur- 

nalew r : — ington House. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Estate Bill” 
mittee of Selection. 


ton Honourable 


W. H. F. Cavendish’s Estate Bill was read aw.up ¢ 
second time ; and committed. vendica’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Este Bill 

mittee of Selection. 


Cripps’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Cripps’s 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill, 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 





Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 


tituled, An Act to authorize the Transfer of the | 


and to vest the same in the Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Railway Company ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 6. Is. 18. and 19. After “ purposes” insert 
“ asthe same would have remained in reference to | 
“ the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Rail- 
“ way Company, if that Company had not been 
“ dissolved or their Acts repealed in manner herein- 
“ after provided, or,” and, in |. 19., after “ said” 
insert “ Edinburgh and Glasgow.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 30. After “ privilege’’ insert “ liberty, 
‘* power, easement, accommodation, exemption,” 

Pr. 6.1. 33, After “ granted” insert “ continued, 


“ reserved,” 

Pr. 7. 1. 37. Leave out “ by or.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. After “ if” insert “ that Company 
“ had not been dissolved, or their Acts repealed in 
“ manner hereinafter provided, or.” 

Pr. 10. ]. 34. After “ Act’’ insert “ and on the 
“ 


execution and recording of the aforesaid deed of 
‘ conveyance.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 
. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 


solve the Marriage of Henry Hoghton, Esquire, | 


with Louisa Josephine Hoghton, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do | 
&gt; 


ass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for continuing the Term of an 
Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, fintituled, “ An 
Act for making a Turnpike-road from Saint John’s 


Chapel, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, to the | 


North-east End of Ballard’s-lane, abutting upon 
the North Road, in the Parish of Finchley, with a 
Branch therefrom, in the County of Middlesex,” for 
the purpose of paying off the Debt now due on the 
said Roads, was read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





hear counsel and examine witnesses against the 
| Bill, if the parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by counsel or produce witnesses. 

| Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
/ request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
/municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 


Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway to, | case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Spooner do carry 


the said Message. 


Grenville’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Grenville’s 
and committed. Estate Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir Robert Pigot’s Estate Bill was read a second Sir Robert 
time; and committed. Pigot's Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bu. 
mittee of Selection. 


Trenchard’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Trenchard’s 
and committed. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





A Petition of Merchants and Traders of the bo- Bankrupt Law 


| rough of Plymouth, praying that the Bankrupt Law —_— 
| Consolidation Bill. may pass into a law, was pre-  — 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
| mittee on the Bill. 
A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Clergy Relic? 
Synod of Armagh and Monaghan, in connexion with 8 
| the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 
| Ireland, praying that the Clergy Relief Bill may 

pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or 
| dered to lie upon the Table. 


| 
| 





A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the Game Laws. 
burgh of Anstruther Easter, praying for the repeal 

‘of the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; and 

| ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Protection of 


Petitions from Windsor, Eton and the immediate Pr 
Women Bill. 


| vicinity ; — Ashford ; — and, Upton-cum-Chalvey ; 
praying that the Protection of Women Bill may 
| pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
| ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Postage 

Council of the royal burgh of Cupar, praying the (Great Bris! 
ad J Parry, and the Cole 

House to adopt the scheme of Mr. Rowland Hill, nics.) 

by imposing an uniform low rate of postage on all 

letters passing betwixt Great Britain and the Colo- 

nies therewith connected, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of Saint Andrew’s, Roads and 
| praying the House to appoint a Select Committee ee 
_to consider the whole question connected with  eaaemaiie 
| making and maintaining Roads and Bridges in 

Scotland, and to report their Opinion whether the 
| present system of raising funds for that purpose 
| should be continued, or what other should be sub- 
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Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Sunday 
Travelling on 
Railways Bill. 


Workhouses 


(Ireland. ) 


Clergy Relief 


Bill. 


Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis 
Bill, _ 


13 VicToriz. 


stituted in its stead, was presented, and read; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newington, Surrey,and other parts; 
— Southwark (two Petitions) ;—Suint Luke’s, Mid- 
dlesex ;— Finsbury ;— City Road;— Christ Church, 
Surrey;—Saint James, Saint Margaret’s and Saint 
John’s, Westminster ;—Lambeth (four Petitions) ;— 
Clerkenwell; — Islington; — Saint Giles-in-the- 
Fields; — and, Saint Andrew, Holborn; praying 
that the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of William Winter and others; 
Harriet Ward and others ; William Dean and 
others ; Edward Bowyer Giles and others ; 
Members of the Jewish persuasion; —— William 
Mason ; and, Harriet Medley and others; pray- 

















ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, | 


—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister of the Congregation 
of the United Presbyterian Church, Anstruther 
Easter, praying that the Sunday Travelling on Rail- 
ways Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons, under Eighteen 


years of age, in the Workhouses of Ireland, on the | 


3d day of May last, so far as the same can be com- 
plied with. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to’ 
take into consideration the Clergy Relief Bill, as | 


amended in the Committee. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, | 


(And be it Enacted, That, immediately upon the 


transmission of such Certificate, Letters of Orders, | 


and Statement, such person shall forfeit all right, 
title and interest in and to the preferment held by 
him, and to the possession of the parsonage house, 


buildings, lands, tithes and other hereditaments be- | 


longing to or held with and as appurtenant to the 
same, and to the receipt and benefit of the rents, 
issues, profits and proceeds thereof, subject, never- 
theless, and without prejudice to the claims of 
sequestration creditors as hereinafter provided) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


93° Juliz. 





535 


| Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the Ist day of August next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cruelty to 
into a Committee upon the Cruelty to Animals Animals Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

CrausE, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuiavse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to, 

Ciavse, N° 3, disagreed to. 

Cravusss, N’ 4and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 8 and N° 9, disagreed to. 

Criausss, N° 10 to N° 33, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That if at any time 
after the passing of this Act any person shall ride, 
or, being the owner, shall permit any other person 
| to ride, any animal in any steeple-chace, or other 
| race in which any hedges, fences, walls, hurdles, or 
other erections, or any ditches, dykes, streams, 
_ brooks or rivers, are intended to be leaped or jumped 
‘over by the animals engaged in such steeple-chace 
or other race as aforesaid, every such person shall 
| be deemed to have cruelly used such animal), 
| brought up, and read 1° 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
| be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 
f Mr. Henry, 1 
&gt; | Mr. Ellis: J 
( Viscount Newport, | 
? | Mr. Newdegate: 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Tellers for the Yeas 50. 


Tellers for the Noes 58. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
| Bill. 7 
| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sag 
into a Committee upon the Protection of Women Women Bill. 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


| Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made | graph. 


to the Bill, in P. 4. 1. 6., by leaving out the words | 
** within the period of one year from the date when | 
“ he shall have made the declaration hereinbefore | 
‘“* contained.” 

And the Question being put, That the words | 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 
To-morrow. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
Reading of the Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill ; | 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Baring Wall, 
Yeas, Mr. Divett: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hindley, 
Noes, | Sir Edward Buxton: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 104, | 





Preamble postponed. 
Criause, N°1, (Punishment of persons procuring 
Amendment proposed: In P. 1. 1. 9., after the 
word “ woman” to insert the words “ under the age 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
7 80. 
Yeas, L Mr. Wood: } 
Tellers for the |} Mr. Spooner, 
Amendment proposed to the last Amendment: 
After the word “ years” to insert the words “‘ unless 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
| serted ; and there appearing to be only one Teller 
had it. 
Another Amendment proposed: In P. 1. 1. 10., 


defilement of Women). 
‘* of twenty-one years.” 
Tellers for the f Mr. Roebuck, 
: \ ea 
Noes, L Lord Robert Grosvenor : 
“ such woman shall have been previously defiled.” 
| for the Yeas, the Chairman declared that the Noes 
after the word “shall” to insert the words “ toge- 


| ** ther with such man.” 


Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 
Other 


3y¥4 











Marriages 
Bill. 


Chattels 
Partition and 
Sale Bill. 


Compound 
Houscholders 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Treasury 
Instruments 
Bill. 


Pocr Law 
Union Charges 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates 


(ireland) Bill. 































Message from 
the Lords. 


Sewers Act 
Amendment 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Admiralty 
Jurisdiction 

in the Colonics 
Bill. 


536 


Other Amendments made. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Marriages Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Chattels Partition and 
Sale Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to receive a Clause of 
Appropriation. 


The Treasury Instruments Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Bill to continue an Act of the last Session, 
for charging the Maintenance of certain Poor Per- 
sons in Unions upon the Common Fund, and to 
make certain Amendments in the Laws for the Re- 
lief of the Poor, was, according to Order, read the | 
third time. 

Resoived, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Solicitor-General reported, That, having heen 
with the Lords to desire a Conference on the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships | 
to the Incumbered Estates (Jre/and) Bill, the Lords , 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same | 
immediately. | 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to oneof the said Amend- ' 
ments, do manage the Conference ; and the Names | 
of Mr. Secretary-at-War, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Nicholl, | 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Mr. feynolds, were added | 
to them, 

Then the Names of the Managers were called | 
over; and they went to the Conference ; and being | 
returned ; 

Mr. Solicitor-General reported, That the Mana- 
gers had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Minto; and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to the said Amendment, and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for further amending the Laws relating to 
Sewers, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, mtituled, An Act 
to provide for the Prosecution and Trial in Her 
Majesty’s Colonies of Offences committed within 


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A. 1849, 


the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Faussett’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Bryan Pivore Bil, 
Faussett with Helena Caroline, his Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Tufoy 
for naturalizing Richard Tufton, and Henry Lufton, Nat. Bill, 
his Infant Son; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cresswell’s 
for vesting the Real Estates devised by the Will of (or Bateman’s) 
the late Sir Hugh Bateman, of Hartington Hall, in ©*t*¢ Bill. ” 
the County of Derby, Baronet, in Trustees, upon 
Trust, to sell a Part thereof, and to lay out the 
Monies arising from such Sale in Payment of the 
Mortgage Debts and other Charges and Incum- 
brances affecting the said Estates, and in Repairs 
and substantial Improvements upon the said Es- 
tates, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Osbor’s 
for authorizing the Sale of certain Parts of the Es- Estate Bill. 
tates in the County of Middlesex, devised by the 
Will of Sir George Osborn, Baronet, deceased, for 
the Purpose of discharging the Incumbrances 
thereon; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 


The Bill to provide tor the Collection of Rates in Collection of 
the City of Dublin was, according to Order, read Bates(Dublin) 
the third time. os 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, m P. 34, 1. 10., by leaving out the word “ of” 
and inserting the word “ after” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “of” 
stand part of the Bill :—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 


|to the Bill, in the same page and line, by leaving 


out the words “ and shall also deliver a true copy 
“ of such list.” 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas. f Mr. Hayter, a 
Tellers for the Yeas, f Lord Mureus Hill: } 56. 
Tellers for the N oes, ag Fe = } x 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill for the Improvement of the City of Dublin 
Dublin was, according to Order, read the third ome 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. saat 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding to Clause No. 132, the words, 

* Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the 
“ the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen 
“ and Burgesses of Dublin to pay, out of the Bo- 
“ yough fund, or any portion thereof, the costs, 
“ charges and expenses due and owing for and inci- 
“ dent to the Petitions of the said Mayor, Aldermen 
“ and Burgesses against the Dublin Consolidation 
“ Improvements, Waterworks and Sewers Bills of 
“ the said years 1848 and 1849 hereinbefore referred 
“ to, and in relation to this Act, any thing herein 
“ contained to the contrary notwithstanding: Pro- 
* vided also, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses to levy any bo- 
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“rough or other rate for the purpose last-men- 
“ tioned.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘Yhat Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the pay- 
ment, out of the Revenues of the Woods and Fo- 
rests, of the Expenses arising under an Act of the 
present Session, to authorize Her Majesty to issue a 
Commission to inquire into the Claims over the New 
Forest and Waltham Forest; and who were in- 
structed to consider also of authorizing the payment, 
out of the Revenues of the Woods and Forests, of a 
salary to one of the Commissioners, and the other 
expenses and charges which may become payable 
under the said Act, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That the salary of one of the Commis- 
sioners, not exceeding the sum of Five hundred 
pounds per annum, and the other expenses and 
charges which may become payable under an Act 
of the present Session, for authorizing Her Majesty 
to issue 2 Commission to inquire into rights or 
claims over the New Forest and Waltham Forest 
be defrayed out of the Revenues of the Woods and 
Forests. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the New Forest and Waltham Forest Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


New Forest 
and Waltham 
Forest 
[Expenses of 
Commission. ] 


New Forest The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


and Waltham intoa Committee upon the Mew Forest and Waltham 
Forest Bill. Forest Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Royal Pavilion The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(Brighton) into consideration the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Sommittee to 


Slave Trade Mr. Bernal reported from the 


(PersianGulf.) whom it was referred to consider Class (D.) Copy of 


Correspondence with Foreign Powers not Parties 


to Treaties or Conventions giving a mutual Right of 


Search of Vessels suspected of the Slave Trade, from 
January 1, 1847, to March 31, 1848, inclusive, 
several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a bounty of Five pounds, be paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for every Slave 
seized on board any British ship, or on board any 
vessel belonging to the subjects or dependents of cer- 
tain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf, captured 
and condemned for traffic in Slaves, and also a 
bounty upon the tonnage of such ships. 

2, Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the said United Kingdom be au- 
thorized to pay, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
any costs and damages attending seizures of ships 
detained, but not condemned, for the violation of any 
Act for carrying into effect the engagements between 
Her Majesty and the said Chiefs, for the more eftec- 
tual suppression of the Slave Trade. 

3. Resolved, That provision be made by Law for 
carrying the said engagements into effect. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

VoL, 104, 


93° Juliz. 





537 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Viscount Pal- 


merston and Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike Acts 
into consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, Continuance, 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- o.2m 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pilotage Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Pilotage Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without further Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee upon the General Board of Health of Health Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 545. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Bill. 
mittee on the Customs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Workhouse 
mittee on the Workhouse Loans (Jreland) Bill; Loans 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- (Ireland) Bill. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Inclosure Act 
consideration the Inclosure Aet (Extension of (&amp;xtension of 
Powers) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Powers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill; Lands Bill. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- No. 546. 
mittee, That they have Power to extend the Bill to 
Ireland. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second auait of Rail- 
Reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill; — way Accounts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon B#- 
this day three months. 


The Bill to alter and amend the Law relating to Attachments, 
Proceedings by Attachments in Courts of Record in ae ve bee 
the City of Dublin, and other Boroughs in Jreland, ah sais 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Reynolds do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Defects in 
a Committee upon the Defects in Leases Suspension Le#ses —— 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker _aemaanaaias 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

3Z Viscount 





Roe 
D3 
Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for carrying 


into effect Engagements between Her Majesty and 
certain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the 


Slave Trade 
(Persian Gulf ) 
Bill. 


No. 5 
seeiuet more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
ee Petitions presented upon the 19th, 20th and 21st 


days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Faussett’s Divorce 
ordered to be read a 


Faussett's 
Divorce Bill, 


Bill was read the first time ; and 
second time. 


Osborn’s Osborn’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Tufton’s Tufton’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 


Nat. Bill. time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Cresswell’s Cresswell’ s (or Bateman’s) Estate Bill was read the 

(or Bateman’s ) first time. 

Jstate Bill. : sin : . " . 

Katate Bi Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Tutton’s 


A Petition of William Samuel Curry, of Parlia- 
Nat. Bill. 


ment-sireet, Parliamentary Agent, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That a Bill has been passed 
by the House of Lords, and bas been read a first 
time in this House, intituled, an Act for naturalizing 
Richard Tufton and Henry Tufton, his Intant son; 
that great loss and inconvenience will be suffered by 
the said Richard Tufton, if the said Bill do not pass 
into a law in the present Session of Parliament; that 


the Petitioner is apprehensive that in consequence of 


the late period of the Session, there will not be suf- 
ficient time to allow the said Bill to pass through 
its several stages, unless the Standing Orders of the 
Hlouse, Nos. 159, 192, 167, 193 and 200, be allowed 
to be suspended as regards the said Bill; and praying 


that the Standing Orders of the House, Nos, 159, 
192, 167, 193, and 200, may be suspended, as regards | 
the said Bill; and that the said Bill may be allowed 


23° Julri. 


A. 1849, 


| A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of Poor Law 
| the Poor of the parish of Manchester, praying that UvionCharges 
/a clause may be inserted in the Poor Law Union ct Amend. 
Charges Act Amendment Bill, permitting the — 
Guardians of the Poor to pay, out of monies in their 

hands, subject to the rules and regulations which 

the Poor Law Board may from time to time issue 

such sums as may be necessary for the education of 

the children of persons receiving out-door parochial 

relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Wye Williams, Managing Pitot, 
Director of the city of Dublin Steam Packet Com. 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
Pilotage Bill, allowmg the masters and mates of 
steam vessels to claim to be examined as to their 
qualification to pilot their respective steam vessels 
in and out of the ports of Liverpool and Dublin, and 
if found qualitied, to be entitled to a certificate or 
license, authorizing them to act as Pilots on board 
such vessels as they may be respectively employed 
as masters or mates, and to have tke benelit of the 
exemption for penalties imposed by such Act, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


ge Bill, 





A Petition of Shareholders in the Lancaster and Audit of Rail- 
Preston Junction Railway Company, praying that Way Accounts 
the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill may not pass” 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Two Petitions from Sheffield, praying for amend- Sale of Beer 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act, by prohibiting the Act. 
granting of any new licenses to Beer-shops, and by 
enacting that those already granted shall be in force 
only during the tenure of the present holders, —were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Faussett’s 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Divorce Bill 
/communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships, in the 
case of Faussett’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Hay- 


to be read a second time in the House on Thursday | ¢er do carry the said Message. 
next the 26th instant, and that it may be made an In- 


struction to the Committee of Selection of the House, 
that they may have leave to appoint the Committee 
on the said Bill to sit, and proceed, on Friday next, 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Criminal Law. 
Command,—Copy of Fifth Report from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners for revising and consolidating 





the 27th instant, or any subsequent day, and the said | the Criminal Law, appointed the 22d day of Fe- 


Bill may be allowed to be read a third time on the 


next sitting day after the Report from the Committee | 


bruary 1845. 
Copy of Seventh Report of the Commissioners Pentonville 


rea Soot av . . . . P — So - ° ° oP 
thereupon shall have been brought up, or that such | for the Government of the Pentonville Prison, made Pt 


other Order may be made, or such other relief giver 
im the premises, as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred t« 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Court of 


Chancery. = Return, by the Masters of the High Court of Chan 


cery, of all Causes or other Matters pending in thei 


respective Offices, on the 30th day of June 1849, 
and of the Proceedings had therein; stating the 


following particulars, in a Tabular Form :— 

Date of Total Number of War- 

Order of | rants taken out in each 
Reference, or| Cause or Matter; dis- 
| (where no | tinguishing how many 
or other |such Order)| wereattended by Coun- 
sel, and how many were 


| of the first | 
for more than One 
Hour. 


Date of 


| 
Name | ‘ 
| the first and 


of Cause . Obser- 
, of the last — 
Warrant in vations. 
each Cause 


Matter. | “lines 
Application | 
or Matter. 


to theMaster.| 


!/ in pursuance of the Act 5 and 6 Vic, sess. 2, ¢. 22, 
| sec. 18. 

&gt;! Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to pispensaries, 
| Orders,—Returns from the Treasurer of each County &amp;c. (Ireland) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | and County of a City and Town in Jreland, stating 


the Number of Dispensaries, Fever Hospitals, and 
_Infirmaries, for which County Presentments were 
made in each of the years 1845, 1846, 1847, and 
1848; the Sum presented for each, and the Sum 
'subseribed for each; also, the Sum subscribed for 
_| Fever Hospitals at the presenting Sessions prepara- 
_tory to the Spring Assizes of 1845, and the Amount 
|eranted at that Assizes; and a similar Return for 
'the Amount of Subscriptions and County Grant at 
ithe Spring Assizes of 1849 :—And, of the Number 
of Fever Hospitals that are supported by Poor Rate, 
distinguishing those under the Temporary Fever Act, 





| 
| 
| 
| 





and the Cost of each in the year 1848. 


A Return of all Correspondence between the Lrish — 
f . 


| 
| i 
| Poor Law Commissioners and the Central Board o 
| Health in Jreland, or both, with the Guardians of 
ithe Baillieborough Union in that country, respec- 

ting the recent Appointment of a Medical Officer in 








| that Union. 


Copy 


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Kilrush Union. 


Public. 
Libraries. 


No. 548. 


Navy and 
Marines, &amp;c. 


Revenue 
Officers. 


Cripps’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Faussett’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill, 


House of 
Lords Costs 
Taxation Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Nuisances 
moval and 

Diseases Pre- 

Vention Bill, 


13 Vicrori¢«. 


Copy of all Reports addressed to the Poor Law 
Commissioners in Lreland, relative to Evictions and 
the Levelling of Houses in the Union of Kilrush. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the best means of extending the esta- 
blishment of Libraries freely open to the public, 
especially in large Towns in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, have power to report their Observations there- 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Ewart reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing what Examinations, or Tests of 
Qualification, are required on Adinission into or on 
Promotion of Officers in the Navy and Marines :— 
And, a Similar Return as to the Artillery and En- 
gineers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return, showing what Examinations, or Tests of 
Qualification, are required on Admission of Candi- 
dates for Appointment, or on the Promotion of 
Officers, by the different Boards of Revenue. 


Mr. Spooner reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of this day, re- 
questing that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes | 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
vase of Cripps’s Divorce Bill; and that the Lords | 
had communicated a printed Copy of the said Mi- 
nutes of Evidence: And he delivered the same in at | 
the Table. | 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to | 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. | 


Mr. [layter reported, That he had carried to the | 
Lords the Message of this House, of this day, re- | 
questing that their Lordships would be pleased to | 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes | 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
vase of Faussett’s Divorce Bill; and that the Lords 
had communicated a printed Copy of the said 
Minutes of Evidence: And he delivered the same 
in at the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notices of Motions. 


The House of Lords Costs Taxation Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


25° —24° Julri. 





539 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Marriages 
into consideration the Amendments made by the im Foreign 
Lords to the Marriages in Foreign Countries facili- pa crf 
tating Bill; Bil. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being State of 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to Hl@&gt;4 
Her Majesty, praying Her to take into Her gracious 
consideration the unhappy state of Jreland, repre- 
senting that a crisis of unparalleled magnitude is 
afflicting that most wretched country; that the 
chief food of her population and the main product 
of her agriculture has failed to a most disastrous 
extent for several years; that thereby all classes of 
Her Majesty’s subjects in Zreland have been in- 
volved in ruin; that much of its soil has gone out 
of cultivation ; that the moral and physical condition 
of the people is lamentably degraded, and in spite 
of unexampled aid from England, vast numbers of 
our fellow-subjects have actually perished from 
want :—That it is the conviction of this House, 
that the very vastness of the calamity furnishes a 
well-founded hope that a wise legislation, appre- 
hending the peculiar opportunity hereby oftered, 
and skilfully availing itself of the elements now set 
free for the reconstruction of agricultural relations 
in Jreland, might lay the foundation of a prosperity 
hitherto unknown in that country :—That the House 
is confirmed in that conviction, by the evidence 
given before Parliament by witnesses of the highest 
intelligence and of the profoundest knowledge of 
the actual state and undeveloped resources of Tre- 
land :— That on a review of that evidence, this 
House is constrained painfully to acknowledge that 
while the Acts specially framed for the relief of 
distress since the commencement of the famine 
have not realised the benevolent intentions of Par- 
liament, neither have those of a more permanent 
nature been characterised by a true discernment of 
the peculiar features of the present crisis, and the 
establishment of any comprehensive policy adequate 
to the emergency :—That this House humbly prays 
Her Majesty to direct the special and careful at- 
tention of Her Majesty’s Government to the Evi- 
dence which has been laid before Parliament, feeling 


-assured that the ability, information and practical 


suggestions therein displayed, furnish ample ma- 
terials for legislation at once solid, profound and 
regenerative :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 

The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


The Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colonies Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Admiralty 
Jurisdiction in 
the Colonies 
Bill. 


‘ , Soh ; No. 549. 
And the House having continued to sit till after ~ 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 24° die Julii, 1849: 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zolbrook, in the 
county of Derby, praying for the adoption of mea- 
sures to secure Annual Elections of Members of 
Parliament, Universal Suflrage, Vote by Ballot, 
Equal Electoral Districts, No Property Qualifica- 
tion, and Payment of Members, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


A Petition of John Moxon Clabon, of 21, Great Faussett’s 
George-street, Parliamentary Agent, was presented, Divorce Bill. 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner is 
agent for and in respect of a Bill pending in the 
House, intituled, “ An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
of the Reverend Bryan Faussett, with Helena 
Caroline, his Wife, and to enable him to marry 


again, and for other Purposes,’ and which said 





Vou. 104. 


| 322 Bill 








540 


Bill has been read a first time; that according to 


the Standing Orders of the House, the said Bill) vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this da ’ 
cannot be read a second time until Monday the on the said Bill, and to make his report forthwith, 


80th day of July instant, nor can the Select Com- 


mittee on Divorce Bills sit on the said Bill until the Report being brought up from the Examiner. 


Tuesday the 14th day of August next ; that the 
Petitioner is apprehensive that the present Session of 
Parliament will not be continued, so as to enable 
the said Bill to be prosecuted with effect, unless 
some of the Standing Orders of the House are dis- | 





pensed with; and praying that the Standing Orders | sion in Private Bills, and of Estate Bills brought 


No. 159, 167, 192 and 193 may be dispensed with, | 
in respect of the said Bill, and that the Second | 
Reading may take place on Wednesday the 26th | 
instant, provided notice thereof be given in the | 
Private Biil Office the day previous ; and that the | 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills may have leave 
to sit, and proceed, forthwith, if they shall think fit, 
or on such day as the said Select Committce on 
Diverce Bills may appoint. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants and Rate-payers of Mew Mills, in se 
parish of Glossop, in the county of Derby, stating 
that the Turnpike-road from Stockport to Thorasett, 
passes througn the centre of Mew Mills, and that 
within one mile of that place there are fifteen toll- 
bars and side-gates, and within two miles seventeen | 
toll-bars, and upon two trusts only; and praying 
that previous to the Turnpike Acts Continuance, 
&amp;c. Bill passing into a law, the House will take into 
consideration the hardships and oppressions the In- 
habitants of New Mills labour under, by so many 
bars being placed close to New A/ills, with a view to 
their removal, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Stockport to 
Thornsett 
Turnpike- 
road, 





And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Martis, 24° die Julii; 
Anno 13° Victoriw Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 
( RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Committees. 





Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Provisional Or- | 
der for the Application of the Public Health Act to | 
the Town of Uxbridge, in the County of Middlesex. 

Copy of Provisional Order for the Application of | 
the Public Health Act to the City of Coventry. 

Ordered, Vinat the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


General Board 
of Health, 


Cresewell’s The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
(or Bateman’s) of the House No. 66, might be read; and the same 
Estate Bill, was read; as followeth: 

“That in all cases of Petitions for additional provi- 
sion in Private Bills, and of Estate Bills brought from 
the House of Lords, and of Bills introduced by leave 
of this House, in lieu of other Bills which shall have 
been withdrawn and referred to the Examimer, the 
Examiner shal! give at least two clear days’ notice of 
the day on which the same will be examined; and he 
shall re port to the House whether the Standing Or- 
ders have or have not been complied with; and when 
they have not been complied with, the facts upon 
which his decision is founded, and any special cir- 
cumstances connected with the case.” 

Ordered, Yat the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended in respect of Cresswell’s (or Bateman’s) Es- 
tate Bill. 


25°—294° Juliz. 


of the House No. 66, might be read; and the same Estate Bill, 
was read; as followeth: 


jand he shall report to the House whether the Stand- 





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Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on 


rhe House was moved, That the Standing Order Osborn’s 


“That in all cases of Petitions for additional provi- 


from the House of Lords, and of Bills introduced by 
leave of this House, in lieu of other Bills which shail 
have been withdrawn, and referred to the Examiner, 
the Examiner shall give at least two clear days’ no- 
tice of the day on which the same will be examined ; 


ing Orders have or have not been complied with ; 
and when they have not been complied with, the facts 
upon which his decision is founded, and any special 
circumstances connected with the case.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended, in respect of Osborn’s Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this day, 
on the said Bill, and to make his Report forth- 
with, 





Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on Selection, 
Wilson’s (Saint Thomas’ Church, Woolwich) Estate 
Bill to meet upon Friday next, notwithstanding 
three clear days shall not have elapsed after the 
Second Reading. 


Tempest’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Tempest's 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Theophilus Clive’s Estate Bill was read a second Theophilus 
time; and committed. Clive's Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-B 
mittee of Selection. 


Wilson's (Saint Thomas’ Church, Woolwich) Es- wijson’s 
tute Bill was read a second time ; and committed. (Saint Tho- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 8s’ Church, 
mittee of Selection. Estate Bill. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standing 
into further consideration the Report which, upon Orders 
Thursday last, was made from the Select Committee einen 
appointed to revise the Standing Orders of the 
llouse ; and the same was again read. 
The House was moved, That the present Standing 
Orders of the House relative to Private Bills might 
be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, 'Vhat the said Standing Orders be re- 
pealed, 
Then the Orders, as reported by the Committee, 
were agreed to, as follow: 


Me 


Co 
ex 


I, 


APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 
AND EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS. 


1. That there shall be one or more Officers Examiners of 
of this House, to be called “The Examiners of Pe- Petitions. 
titions for Private Bills,” who shall be appointed 
by Mr. Speaker, and shall hold their offices during 
his pleasure. 

2. That there shail be a Committee to be de- Committee 
signated “'The Select Committee on Standing Or- on Standing 
ders,” to consist of Eleven Members, who shall be — 
nominated at the commencement of every Session, 
of whom Five shall be a Quorum. 

3. That there shall be a Committee, to be de- Committee of 
signated “ The Committee of Selection,” to consist Selection 

of 


Ist 





Committees 
on Railway 


Bills. 


Committees 
on Opposed 
Private Bills, 


Committees on 
Unopposed 
Private Bills. 


Committee 
on Divorce 
Bills. 


Members not 
to be added to 
Committees, 
except by 
Special Order. 


Private Bills 
divided into 
Two Classes. 


Ist Class, 


of 





13 Vicrori2. 


of the Chairman of the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman thereof, 
and I’our other Members, who shall be nominated 
at the commencement of every Session, of which 
Committee Three shall be a Quorum. 

4. That the Committee on every Railway Bill, 
except as hereinafter provided, and on every Group 
of such Bills, shall be composed ofa Chairman and 
Four Members not locally or otherwise interested 
in the Bill or Bills in progress, to be appointed by 
the Committee of Selection. 

5. That the Committee on every Opposed Pri- 
vate Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, and 
on every Group of such Bills, shall be composed of 
a Chairman and Four Members not locally or other- 
wise interested in the Bill or Bills in progress, to 
be appointed by the Committee of Selection, with 
the addition, if such Bill or Group shall specially 
relate to any one County, Division of a County, or 
Parliamentary Borough, of the Member or Mem- 
bers representing the same, or if such Bill or Group 
shall relate to more than one County, Division of a 
County, or Parliamentary Borough, of so many of 
the Members representing the same as the Com- 
mittee of Selection shall appoint, not exceeding Four 
on any one Bill. 

6. That the Committee on every Unopposed 
Private Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, 
and on such Unopposed Railway Bills as shall not 
have been placed in any Group, or shall subse- 
quently have been withdrawn from any such Group, 
shall, if the same shall have originated in this House, 
be composed of the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means who shall be ez-officio Chairman 
of every such Committee, together with one of the 
Members ordered to prepare and bring in the Bill, and 
one other Member not locally or otherwise interested 
therein, such Members to be appointed by the Com- 
mittee of Selection, and shall, if such Bill shall have 
been brought from the House of Lords, be composed 
of the Chairman, as aforesaid, and Two other Mem- 
bers, tobe appointed by the Committee of Selection, 
of whom one at least shall not be locally or otherwise 
interested in the Bill; and the Chairman and one 
other Member of such Committee shall be the 
Quorum thereof. 

_ 7%. That there shall be a Committee, to be de- 
signated “The Select Committee on Divorce Bills,” 
to consist of Wine Members, who shall be noniinated 
at the commencement of every Session, of whom 
Three shall be a Quorum. 

8. That after any Committee on a Private Bill 
shall have been formed, no Members be added 
thereto, unless by Special Order of the House. 





Il. 
THE TWO CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS. 


9. That for the purposes of the Standing Orders 
of this House, all Private Bills to which the Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable be divided into the Two 
following Classes, according to the subjects to which 
they respectively relate :— 

Ist CLAss: 

Burial Ground, making, maintaining or altering. 

Charters and Corporations, enlarging or altering 
powers of, 

Church or Chapel, building, enlarging, repairing or 
maintaining. 

City or Town, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 
or improving. 

Company, incorporating or giving powers to. 

County Rate. 

County or Shire-hall, Court-house. 

Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Pro- 
perty held in Trust for Public or Charitable 
Purposes. 

Fishery, making, maintaining or improving. 

Gaol or House of Correction, 

Vou. 104, 


94° Julie. 








54 


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Land, inclosing, draining or improving. 

Letters Patent, confirming, prolonging or trans- 
ferring the Term of. 

Local Court, constituting. 

Market or Market-place, erecting, improving, re- 
pairing, maintaining or regulating. 

Police. 

Poor, maintaining or employing. 

Poor Rate. 

Powers to sue and be sued, conferring. 

Stipendiary Magistrate or any Public Officer, Pay- 
ment of :—And, 

Continuing or amending an Act passed for any of 
the purposes included in this or the Second 
Class, where no further work than such as was 
authorized by a former Act is proposed to be 
made. 


2d Crass: 


Making, maintaining, varying, extending or en- 
larging any 


2d Class. 


Aqueduct. Port. 

Archway. Railway. 

Bridge. Reservoir. 

Canal. Sewer. 

Cut. Street. 

Dock. Tunnel. 

Ferry. Turnpike or other 
Harbour. public carriage 
Navigation. road, 

Pier. Waterwork,. 





III. 


STANDING ORDERS, 
COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH IS TO BE 
PROVED BEFORE THE 
EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS; viz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement - - - = - p- 541 
2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees and 

Occupiers of Lands and Houses - - - p. 541 
3. Documents required to be deposited, and the times 

and places of Deposit - - - - - p. 542 
4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sections 

and Cross Sections shall be prepared - = p. 545 
5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts, or Declara- 

tions in lieu of Subscription Contracts, and De- 

posit of Money, in certain cases + - - p. 544 





10. That compliance with the following Standing 
Orders shall be proved before one of the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills; viz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement. 


Notices to 


11. That in all cases where application is intended q 
state objects 


to be made for leave to bring ina Bill relating to oF application, 
any of the subjects included in either of the ‘Two and intention 
Classes of Private Bills, Notices be given stating the to seek for 
objects of such intended application ; and if it be PPwery to Pur 
intended to apply for powers for the compulsory pur- or to amal- ; 
chase of Lands or Houses, or for extending the time gamate, &amp;c. 
granted by any former Act for that purpose, or to °° ol 
amalgamate with any other Company, or to sell or pe stated. | 
lease the Undertaking, or to purchase or take on 

lease the Undertaking of any other Company, or to 

amend or repeal any former Act or Acts, or to levy 

any Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to alter any existing 

Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to confer, vary or ex- 

tinguish any exemptions from payment of Tolls, 

Rates or Duties, or to confer, vary or extinguish 

any other rights or privileges, the Notices shall 

specify such intention ; and the whole of the Notice 

relating to the same Bill shall be included in the 

same Advertisement, which shall be headed by a 

short title, descriptive of the Undertaking or Bill. 

12. ‘That in cases of Bills included in the Second !» Second 
Class, such Notices shall also contain the Names \i8 BUS 
of the Parishes, Townships, Townlands and Extra- tain Names of 

arochial places, from, in, through or into which the Parishes, &amp;c. 
Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, 
extended or enlarged, and shall state the time and 
place of deposit of the Plans, Sections, Books of 
Reference and Copies of the Gazette Notice respec- 
323 tively, 


542 94° 


tively, with the Clerks of the Peace, Sheriff Clerks, 
Parish Clerks, Schoolmasters, Session Clerks, Town 
Clerks and Clerks of Unions, as the case may be. 
(See Nos, 24, 30 and 81.) 


Cuts, Canals, 13. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert 
Navigations, into any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct 
&amp;e. _ or Navigation, or into any intended variation, ex- 
When itis tension or enlargement thereof respectively, any 
intended to Water from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
divert Water 


Aqueduct or Navigation, whether directly or deri- 
vatively, and whether under any agreement with 
the Proprietors thereof or otherwise, the Notices 
shall contain the name of every such existing Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, the 
Waters supplying which will either directly or deriva- 
tively flow or proceed into any such intended Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, or into 
any intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof. 

14, That in cases of Bills for confirming or pro- 
longing the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice 


from an exist- 
ing Cut, &amp;c. 


LettersPatent. 


Name of In- shall have prefixed toit, in Capital Letters, the name 

vention to be : oe ere : 

prefixed in by which the Invention is usually distinguished, and 

Capitalsto shall contain a distinct description of the Invention 

Botice. for which such Letters Patent have been obtained, 
and also an account of the Term of their Duration. 

Publication 15. That in the months of October and Novem- 


of Notices in 
Gazettes and 
Newspapers, 


ber, or either of them, immediately preceding the 
Application fora Bill, such Notices shall be pub- 
lished once in the London, Edinburgh or Dublin 
Gazette, as the case may be, and in Three succes- 
sive Weeks in some one and the same Newspaper 
of the County in which the City, County of a City, 
Town, County of a Town, or Lands to which such 
Bill relates shall be situate; or if there be no 
Newspaper published therein, then in the News- 
paper of some County adjoining or near thereto ; 
and if such Bill relate specially to any particular 
City, County of a City, Town, or County of a Town, 
in which anv Newspaper is published, such Notices 
shall be published in Three successive Weeks, in one 


and the same Newspaper published therein; or if 


such Bill do not relate to any particular City, County 
of a City, Town, County of a Town, or Lands, 
such Notices shall he published once in the London, 
Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette only, as the case 
may be; and if such Bill relate to Lands situate in 
more than one County, such Notices shall be in- 
serted once in each of Three successive Weeks, in 
some Newspaper or Newspapers which shall be pub- 
lished in London at least Six Days in the Week, or 
in Edinburgh or Dublin at least Three Days in the 
Week, as the case may be, and in a Newspaper of 
the County in which the principal Office of the Com- 
pany or Companies or other parties who are the 
ig of any such Bill, shall be situate, and in 
a Newspaper of every County in which any new 
Works are proposed to be constructed, or in which 
any lands are situate in respect of which any new 
or further powers for the completion of Works al- 
ready anthorized are intended to be applied for. 





2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of Lands and Houses. 


Applicationto 16. That on or before the 15th day of December 
Owners, &amp;. immediately preceding the application for a Bill by 
on or before : 


which any Lands or Houses are intended to be taken, 
cr an extension of the time granted by any former 
Act for that purpose is sought, application in writing 
be made to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees 
or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of all lands and 
houses in the Line of the proposed Work, or within 
the Limits of Deviation defined upon the Plan; and 
in cases of Bills included in the second class, such 
application shall be, as nearly as may be, in the 
form set forth in the Appendix marked (A.) 


15th Decem- 
ber. 


How Appli- 17. That such application be made by delivering 
—— tobe the same personally to every such party, or by 


leaving the same at his usual place of abode, or in 


Julit. A. 1849. 


his absence from the United Kingdom, with his 
agent, on or before the 15th day of Baraier, or by 
forwarding the same by post in a registered letter, 
addressed with a sufficient direction to his usual 
place of abode, and posted on or before the 12th 
day of December, at the chief Post-office in London, 
Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, New- 
castle-upon- Tyne, Norivich, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, 
Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, 
Inverness, Dublin, Belfast, Cork or Athlone, at 
such hours and according to such regulations as the 
Postmaster-General shall from time to time appoint, 
for the posting and registration of such letters. 

18. That in all cases the written acknowledgment y,. 
of the party applied to shall, in the absence of other pean 
proof, be sufficient evidence of an application having ment of P 
been made, or notice given; and in case of an ap- — to, 
plication or notice having been forwarded by post, ye te ig 
in a registered letter, the production of the Post- Notice by post, 
office receipt for such letter duly stamped, in such ——— 
form as the Postmaster-General shall have appointed, psy 
shall be sufficient evidence of the due delivery of such 
letter; Provided it shall appear that the same was 
properly and sufficiently directed, and that the same 
was not returned by the Post-office as undelivered. 

19. That separate Lists be made of the Names of Lists of 
such Owners, Lessees and Occupiers, distinguishing Owners, &amp;. 
those who have assented, dissented or are neuter in diesentieg 
respect to such application, or who have returned no and neuter. 
answer thereto; and where no written acknowledg- 
ment has been returned to an application forwarded 
by post, or where such application has been returned 
as undelivered at any time before the making up of 
such lists, the direction of the letter in which the same 
was so forwarded shall be inserted therein (See Order 
34, directing the deposit of the said Lists in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office). 

20. That before the deposit of a Petition for leave Crown, &amp;e. 
to bring in a Bill relating to Crown, Church or Cor- Property. 
poration Property, or Property held in Trust for notice to 
Public or Charitable Purposes, or before the First Owners, &amp;e. 
Reading of any such Bill brought from the House of 
Lords, Notice m writing of such Application to Par- 
liament shall be given to the Owners or reputed 
Owners of such Property, and to the Lessees or re- 
puted Lessees of such Property holding Leases 
granted for a life or lives, or for any term of Twenty- 
one years or upwards. 

21. That on or before the Fifteenth day of De- _Burial 
cember immediately preceding the Application for any Grounds. 
Bill for making a Burial Ground, Notice be given tO Notice to 
the Owner and Occupier of every Dwelling House Owners and 
situated within 300 Yards of the Boundary of the ae 
proposed Burial Ground. 

22. That previously to the deposit of a Petition Relinquish- 
for leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part of a ment of 
Work authorized by any former Act is intended to ppm 
be relinquished, Notice in writing of such Bill be given Notice to 

to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed Owners, — 
Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands in which the panne 
part of the said Work intended to be thereby relin- any Public 
quished is situate. Work. 

23. That no Notice given or Application made on Time for 

a Sunday or Christmas Day, or before Eight o’clock serving 

. : 4 - Notices and 
in the forenoon, or after Eight o’clock in the afternoon 4 ppiications. 
of any day, shall be deemed valid, except in the case 

of delivery of letters by post. 





3. Documents required to be deposited, and the 
Times and Places of Deposit. 


Deposits on or before the 30th November. 


24. That in cases of Bills of the Second Class, a Plans and 
Plan and also a Duplicate thereof, together with a saga 
Book of Reference thereto, and a Section and also a gections, with 
Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter described, shall be Clerk of the 
deposited for public inspection at the office of the Ponce. 


Clerk of the Peace for every County, Riding or Di- 





vision in England or Ireland, or in the Office of the 
Principal 


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Principal Sheriff Clerk of every County in Scotland, 
and where any County in Scotland is divided into 
districts or divisions, then in the office of the Principal 
Sheriff Clerk in or for each district or division in or 
through which the Work is proposed to be made, 
maintained, varied, extended or enlarged, on or be- 
fore the 30th day of November immediately preceding 
the Application for the Bill. 


Clerks of 25. That the Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff Clerks, 
Peace to or their respective Deputies, do make a Memorial in 
anorial on Writing upon the Plans, Sections and Books of Re- 
Plans, &amp;c. ference so deposited with them, denoting the time at 
which the same were lodged in their respective offices, 
and do at all seasonable hours of the day permit any 
person to view and examine one of the same, and to 
make copies or extracts therefrom ; and that one of 
the two Plans and Sections so deposited, be sealed up 
and retained in the possession of the Clerk of the 
Peace or Sheriff Clerk until called for by order of 
one of the Two Houses of Parliament. (See Appendix, 

Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) 
Tidal Lands. 26. That in cases where the Work shall be situate 
Pans, &amp;e. in 2 Tidal Lands within the ee Spring Tides, a 
certain cases COpy of the Plans and Sections shall, on or before the 


tobe deposited 30th day of ovember, be deposited at the Office of 
at Admiralty. the Board of Admiralty. 


Railways. 27. That in the case of Railway Bills, a published 
Published Map, to a scale of not less than halfan inch to a mile, 
Map tobe | With the line of Railway delineated thereon, so as to 
deposited show itsgeneral courseand direction, shall, on or before 
——— of the Thirtieth day of November, be deposited at the Of- 

*"" fice of the Clerk of the Peace, or Sheriff Clerk, together 

with the Plans, Sections and Book of Reference. 

Plans, &amp;c. at 28. That, in the case of Railway Bills, a Copy of 

gb all Plans, Sections and Books of Reference, required 

Commis- y by the Orders of the House to be deposited in the 

sioners. Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff Clerk, on 
or before the 30th day of November immediately pre- 
ceding the Application for the Bill, together with a 
published Map to a Scale of not less than half an 
inch to a mile, with the Line of Railway delineated 
thereon, so as to show its general course and direc- 
tion, shall on or before the same day be deposited in 
the Office of the Commissioners of Railways. 

Deposit of | 29. That, on or before the 30th day of November, 

coke Fy a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of Re- 

Office. ference, and in the case of Railway Bills, also a copy 
of the said published Map, with the line of Railway 
delineated thereon, be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office of this House. 

Parish Plan, § 30. That on or before the 30th day of November, 

&lt;—o~ a Copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections as 

ference, with relates to each Parish in or through which the Work 

Parish Clerk, is intended to be made, maintained, varied, extended 

- or enlarged, (see Fig. 5.), together with a Copy of so 
much of the Book of Reference as relates to such 
Parish, be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each 
such Parish in England, or, in the case of any Ex- 
tra-parochial Place, with the Parish Clerk of some 
Parish immediately adjoining thereto, with theSchool- 
master of each such Parish in Scotland, or if there be 
no Schoolmaster of any such Parish, then with the 
Session Clerk, or in Royal Burghs with the Town 
Clerk, and with the Clerk of the Union within which 
such Parish is included in Zreland. (See Appendix, 
Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) 

GazetteNotice 31. That, wherever any Plans, Sections and Books 


to be deposited of Reference, or parts thereof, are required to be de- 


with Plans, &amp;c. : i is i 

: »&amp;c- posited, a Copy of the Notice published in the Ga- 
why dng zette of the intended application to Parliament shall 
Clerks, &amp;c. be deposited therewith. 

Deposits on or before the 31st December. 

Petition for 32. That every Petition for a Private Bill, headed 
be deposited by ashort Title descriptive of the Undertaking or 
in Private Bill Bill, corresponding with that at the head of the ad- 
Office, vertisement, with a Declaration signed by the Agent, 


and a printed Copy of the Bill annexed, be deposited 

in the Private Bill Office on or before the Thirty-first 

we of December ; and that such Petition, Bill and 
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Q4° Juliz. 





543 


Declaration be open to the inspection of all parties ; 
and also that printed copies of the Bill be delivered 
therewith for the use of any Member of the Huuse, 
or Agent, who may apply for the same. 

33. That such Tiecbestion shall state to which of Declaration of 
the two Classes of Bills such Bill, in the judgment may — 
of the Agent, belongs ; and if the proposed Bill shall 5.3 Powers’ 
give power to effect any of the following objects ; thereof, to be 
that is to say :— — 

Power to take any lands or houses — 
pulsorily, or to extend the time granted by any 
former Act for that purpose : 

Power to levy tolls, rates or duties, or to 
alter any existing tolls, rates or duties; or to 
confer, vary or extinguish any exemption from 
payment of tolls, rates or duties, or to confer, 
= or extinguish any other right or privilege : 

ower to amalgamate with any other Com- 
pany, or to sell or lease their Undertaking, or 
to purchase or take on lease the Undertaking 
of any other Company : 

Power to interfere with any Crown, Church 
or Corporation property, or property held in. 
trust for public or Charitable purposes : 

Power to make a Burial-ground : 

Power to relinquish any part of a work au- 
thorized by a former Act: 

Power to divert into any intended cut, canal, 
reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, or into any 
intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof respectively, any water from any existing 
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, 
whether directly or derivatively, and whether 
under any agreement with the proprietors 
thereof, or otherwise : 

Power to make, vary, extend cr enlarge any 
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct. or navigation : 

Power to make, vary, extend or enlarge any 
Railway : 

The said Declaration shall state which of such 
powers are given bv the Bill, and shall indicate in 
which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their 
number) such powers are given, and shall further 
state that the Bill does not give power to effect any 
of the objects enumerated in this:Order, other than 
those stated in the Declaration. 

If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect 
any of the objects enumerated in the preceding 
Order, the said WVeclaration shall state that the 
Bill does not give power to effect any of such 
objects. 

The said Declaration shall also state that the 
Bill does not give any powers, other than those in- 
cluded in the Notices for the Bill. 

34. That on or before the Thirty-first day of De- Other Docu- 
cember there be also deposited in the Private Bill Te he 
Office, all Estimates, Copies of Subscription Con- deposited in 
tracts and Declarations, and Lists of Owners, Private Bill 
Lessees and Occupiers, which are required by the fice. 
Standing Orders of the House. 

35. That as respects all Bills for the incorpora- Documents to 
tion of Joint Stock Companies, or proposed Com- fed ave 
panies for carrying on any ‘lrade or Business, or gin Office in 
for conferring upon such Companies the power of regard to 
suing and being sued, (such Bills being Bills of the — — 
First Class), there be deposited in the Private Bill gi.’ 
Office, together with the Petition for the Bill, a 
copy of the Deed or Agreement of Partnership (if 
any) under which the Company or proposed Com- 
pany is acting, or of the Subscription Contract 
(if any), and in all cases a declaration in writing 
stating the following matters :— 

1st.—The present and proposed amount of 
the Capital of the Company. 

2d.—The number of Shares, and the Amount 
of each Share. 

3d.—The Number of Shares subscribed for. 

4th.—The amount of Subscriptions paid up. 
5th.—The names, residences and descriptions 
of the Shareholders or Subscribers (so far as 
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544, 


the same can be made out), and of the actual 
or provisional Directors, Treasurers, Secre- 
taries or other officer, if any. 

And such documents shall be verified by the sig- 
nature of some authorized officer of the Company 
or proposed Company (if any), and by some respon- 
sible party promoting the Bill. 

36. That previously to the deposit of a Petition 
for a Bill, copies of the Estimate of Expense of the 
Undertaking under such Bill, andof the Subscription 
Contract, if any, with the Names of the Subscribers 
arranged in alphabetical order, and the amount of 
the deposit respectively paid up by each such Sub- 
scriber, and the total amount of such Subscriptions, 
and of the Sums so paid up ; or where a Declaration 
alone, or Declaration and Estimate of the probable 
amount of Rates and Duties, are substituted for a 
Subscription Contract, copies of such Declaration, 
or of such Declaration and Estimate, be printed at 
the expense of the Promoters of the Bill, and be 
delivered at the Vote Office for the use of the Mem- 
bers of the House, and at the Private Bill Office 
for the use of any Agent who may apply for the 
same, 

37. That a printed Copy of every Railway Bill 
shall be deposited in the Office of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, on or before the 31st day of 
December. 


Copies ot 
Estimate, 
Subscription 
Contract, or of 
Declaration, 
&amp;c. to be 
printed, and 
delivered in 
Vote Office 
and Private 
Bill Office. 


Railways. 


Copy of Rail- 
way Bil] to be 
deposited with 
Commissioners 
of Railways. 

38. That no Deposit shall be deemed valid if 
made on a Sunday or Christmas Day, or before 
Eight o’clock in the forenoon, or after Eight o’clock 
in the afternoon of any day. 


Deposit not 
valid on 
Sunday, &amp;c. 





4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sec- 
tions and Cross Sections shall be prepared. 


Plans. 


39. That the Plan required to be deposited in the 
case of all Bills of the Second Class shall be drawn 
to a scale of not less than Four inches to a Mile, and | 
shall describe the line or situation of the whole of 
the Work (no alternative line or Work being in any 
case permitted), and the lands in or through which 
itis to be made, maintained, varied, extended or 
enlarged, or through which every communication to 
or from the Work shall be made; and where it is 
the intention of the Parties to apply for powers to 
make any lateral deviation from the line of the pro-| 
posed Work, the limits of such deviation shall be | 
defined uponthe Plan, and all Lands included within | 
such limits shall be marked thereon ; and unless 
the whole of such Plan shall be upon a scale of not 
less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet, an 
enlarged Plan shall be added of any Building, Yard, 
Court-yard or Land within the curtilage of any Build- 
ing, or of any Ground cultivated as a Garden, either 
in the line of the proposed work or included within 
the limits of the said deviation, upon a scale of not 
less than a guarter of an inch to every 100 feet 
(See Fig. 3.) 

40. That in all cases where it is proposed to make, 
vary, extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
Aqueduct or Navigation, the Plan shall describe the 
Brooks and Streanis to be directly diverted into such 
intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navi- 
gation, or into any variation, extension or enlarge- 
ment thereof respectively, for supplying the same 
with Water. 

41. That in all cases where it is proposed to make, 
vary, extend or enlarge any Railway, the Plan shall 
exhibit thereon the distances in miles and furlongs, 
from one of the termini; and a memorandum of the 
radius of every curve not exceeding One Mile in 
length shall be noted on the Planan furlongs and 
chains; and where tumelling as a substitute for 
open cutting is intended, such tunnelling shall be 
narked by a dotted line on the Plan. 


Description of 
Plans, 


Lands within 
Deviation to 
be on Plan, 


Buildings, &amp;c. 
on enlarged 
Scale. 


Cuts, Canals, 
&amp;c. 


Plan to de- 
scribe Brooks, 
&amp;c. to be di- 
verted. 


Railways. 
Distances to 
be marked 
in Miles and 
Furlongs, and 
memorandum 
of Curves and 
Tunnelling. 


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A. 1849. 


42. That if it be intended to divert, widen or ee ng and 
narrow any Turnpike-road, Public Carriage-road "iirowine s 


: : p narrowing of 
Navigable River, Canal or Railway, the course of Roads, &amp;c. to 


such diversion, and the extent of such widening or be shown. 
narrowing, shall be marked upon the Plan. 


Book of Reference. 


43. That the Book of Reference to every such Contents of 
Plan shall contain the Names of the Owners or —, 
Reputed Owners, Lessees or Reputed Lessees, and : 
Occupiers of all Lands and Houses in the Line of 
the proposed Work, or within the limits of deviation 
as defined upon the Plan, and shall describe such 
Lands and Houses respectively. 


Sections. 


44, That the Section be drawn to the same hori- Section to be 

zontal scale as the Plan, and to a vertical scale of 44" toa 
“ a scale of not 

not less than one inch to every 160 feet, and shall jess than one 

show the surface of the ground marked on the Plan, inch to every 

the intended level of the proposed Work, the height ! feet. 

of every Embankment and the depth of ever 

cutting, and a datum horizontal line, which shall be 

the same throughout the whole length of the Work, 

or any Branch thereof respectively, and shall be re- 

ferred to some fixed point (siated in writing on the 

section), near some portion of such Work, and in 

the case of a Canal, Cut, Navigation, Turnpike or 

other Carriage-road or Railway, near either of the 

Termini. (See Line D. D., Fig. 2.) ' 

45. That in cases of Bills for improving the Navigations. 
Navigation of any River, there shall be a Section 507, 
which shall specify the Levels of both Banks of specify level 
such River; and where any alteration is intended of both banks, 
to be made therein, it shall describe the same by 
Feet and Inches, or decimal parts of a foot. 

46. That in every Section of a Railway, the Line Railways, 
of the Railway marked thereon shall correspond 
with the upper surface of the rails. 
Fig. 2.) 


(See line 8. 8. nen 
to correspond 
tuce of Rails. 

47. That distances on the Datum Line shall be Vertical mes- 
marked in miles and furlongs, to correspond with S¥res to be 

: marked at 
those on the Plan; that a vertical measure from the change of 

Datum Line to the Line of the Railway shall be gradient. 

marked in feet and inches, or decimal parts of a 

foot, at each change of the gradient or inclination ; 

and that the proportion or rate of inclination between 

each such change shall also be marked. 

48. That wherever the line of the Railway is in- Height of 
tended to cross any turnpike-road, public carriage- Railway over, 
road, navigable River, Canal or Railway, the height ph - 
of the Railway over or depth under the surface Roads, &amp;c. to 
thereof, and the height and span of every Arch of pd me 
all Bridges and Viaducts, by which the Railway will “85 rev 
be carried over the same, shall be marked in figures Crossings. 
at every crossing thereof; and where the Railway 
will be carried across any such turnpike-road, public 
carriage-road or Railway, on the level thereof, such 
crossing shall be so described on the Section; and 
it shall also be stated if such level will be unaltered. 

49. Thatif any alteration be intended in the water- Cross Sections 
level of any Canal, or in the level or rate of inclina- dry 
tion of any turnpike-road, public carriage-road, or crossed by the 
Railway, which will be crossed by the line of Rail- Railway when 
way, then the same shall be stated on the said Sec- level or rate 

Ci. - of inclination 
tion, and each alteration shall be numbered; and ajterea, 

Cross Sections, in reference to the said numbers, on 

a horizontal scale of not less than one inch to every 

330 feet, and on a vertical scale of not less than one 

inch to every 40 feet, shall be added, which shall 

show the present surface of such Canal, Road or 

Railway, and the intended surface thereof when al- 

tered; and the average, and also the greatest, of the 

present and intended rates of inclination of such 

Road or Railway shall also be marked in figures 

thereon. (See Fig. 4.) 

50. That wherever the extreme height of any em- Embankments 
bankment, or the extreme depth of any cutting oe and Cuttings. 

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13 Victoriz. 


shall be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Report of Bill 170, That the Report upon every Private Bill 
tolie on Table. shall lie upon the Table. 
Breviates of 171. That a Breviate of the Amendments made in 
eg oan every Committee on a Private Bill, except in the 
to be laid upon C@ses wherein the Committee shall have reported 
the Table of the Amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be 
the House. Jaid upon the Table of the House at least One 
clear day previous to the consideration of the Re- 
port of such Bill. 
Bill to be 172. That every Private Bill, as amended in 
printed after Committee, excepting in thecases wherein the Com- 
Report, mittee shall have reported the Amendments to be 
merely verbal or literal, be printed at the expense 
of the Parties applying for the same; and be de- 
livered to the Door-keepers for the use of the 
Members, Three clear days at least before the con- 
sideration of the Report. 
NoClauseor 173. That no Clause or Amendment be offered 
pera in the House on the consideration of the Report, 
tion of Report, of on the Third Reading of any Private Bill, unless 
oron Third the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
age Means shall have informed the House, or signified 
unless Chair- in writing to Mr. Speaker, whether, in his opinion, 
man of Ways such Clause or Amendment be such as ought or 
ag ought not to be entertained by the House, without 
informed The Teferring the same to the Select Committee on 
House, &amp;c. Standing Orders. 


Committee on 
Bill. 


Clauses and 174. That when any Clause or Amendment is 
— offered on the consideration of the Report, or the 


Report or Third Reading of any Private Bill, such Clause or 
Third Read- Amendment shall be printed: And when any 
= eg Clause is proposed to he amended, it shall be 
; printed in extenso, with every addition or substitu- 
tion in different type, and the omissions therefrom 

included in brackets and underlined. 


Whenreferred, 175, That when any Clause or Amendment on 
aceting “ the consideration of the Report, or the Third 
be had until Reading of any Private Bill, shall have been re- 


Report of ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


—— no further proceeding on either of suck stages shall 
Standing be had until the Report of the said Select Com- 
Orders. mittee shall have been brought up. 

Reports on 176. That in order to afford opportunity for the 


ge Bese proper discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills 
upon every cluded in the second class, this House will upon 
Tuesday and every Tuesday and Thursday proceed to the consi- 


Thursday. eration of Reports on such Bills. 


Time between 177. That Seven clear days shall intervene be- 
Rellway’ Bill tween the Report of a Railway Bill and the further 
and further Consideration of such Report; and that no further 
consideration consideration of such Report shall take place, unless 
of Report, &amp;¢. the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 
shall have informed the House, or signified in writing 
to Mr. Speaker, whether the Bill contain the several 
provisions required by the Standing Orders. 


Lords’ 178. That all Amendments made by the House 
oeqgereeey of Lords to any Private Bill be printed and circu- 
and cxreulatea lated with the Votes, prior to such Amendments 
with the Votes being taken into consideration; and where any 
Mileration fc, Clause has been amended it shall be printed in ex- 
anor “°* tenso, with every addition or substitution in different 
type, and the omissions therefrom included in 
brackets and underlined; and that when any 
Amendments are intended to be proposed to the 
Lords’ Amendments, such proposed Amendments 

shall also be printed in like manner. 


Notice of 179. That in all cases where it is intended to 
a be appoint a Committee to inspect the Journals of the 
Journals to House of Lords with relation to any proceedings 
begivento upon any Private Bill, previous notice thereof in 
Committee writing be given by the Agent to the Clerks in the 


C , 
aus. Committee Clerks’ Office. 


Bill not to 180. That no Private Bill shall pass through two 


Proceed two stages on one and the same day without the special 
anon on same; 
iy. 


leave of the House. 
VoL. 104. 








94° Juli. 553 


waystobe sioners of Railways upon any Bill, or the objects 
referred 10 thereof, be laid before the House, such Report 


181. That (except in cases of urgent and pressing Notice to be 
necessity) no motion be made to dispense with any cna 
Sessional or Standing Order of the House without dispensation. 
due notice thereof. 

182. That each day, so soon as the House shall Order of Pro- 
be ready to proceed to Private Business, the Clerk ae — 
at the Table shall read from the Private Business yate Business 
List the Titles of the several Bills set down therein, 
according to their precedence, as arranged under 
the following heads :— 

1. Consideration of Lords’ Amendments ; 

2. Third Reading ; 

8. Consideration of Report ; 

4. Second Reading ; 
and if upon the reading of each such Title, as afore- 
said, no motion shall be made with respect to such 
Private Bill, the further proceedings thereon shall 
be adjourned until the next sitting of the House. 





VI. 
THE ORDERS 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE IN THE 
PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 


Private Bitu OFrice. 


183. That a Book, to be called “The Private Private Bill 
Bill Register,’ be kept in a Room, to be called —— 
“The Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall be ee 
entered by the Clerks appointed for the business of 
that Office, the Name, Description and Place of 
Residence of the Parliamentary Agent in Town, and 
of the Agent in the Country (if any) soliciting the 
Bill; and all the Proceedings, from the Petition to 
the passing of the Bill:—Such Entry to specify, 
briefly, each day’s Proceeding before the Examiners 
of Petitions respectively, or in the House, or in any 
Committee to which the Bill may be referred ; the 
day and hour on which the Examiner or the Com- 
mittee is appointed to sit; the day and hour to which 
the Proceedings before such Examiners or Com- 
mittee may be adjourned, and the name of the 
Clerk attending the same. Such Book to be open 
to public inspection daily, in the said Office, between 
the hours of Ten and Six, 

184, That the receipt of all Plans, Sections, Receipt of 
Books of Reference, Lists of Owners and Occupiers, #ns. — 
Estimates, Copies of the Subscription Contracts, jedged. 
and Declarations required by the Standing Orders 
of the House to be lodged in the Private Bill Office, 
be acknowledged by one of the Clerks of the said 
Office, upon the said Documents, and upon the 
Petition for the Bill, when deposited. 

185. That a List of all Petitions for Private Bills List of Peti- 
be kept in the Private Bill Office in the order of tions to be 
their deposit, according to such regulations as shall “&gt;” 
have been made by Mr. Speaker, which shall be 
called the “General List of Petitions,” and each 
Petition therein shall be numbered. 

186. That all Memorials complaining of non-com- Memorials 
pliance with the Standing Orders, in reference to pong 
Petitions for Bills deposited in the Private Bill — 
Office on or before the 31st December, shall be 
deposited as follows: 

f the same relate to Petitions for Bills numbered 

in the General List of Petitions ; 
From 


1 to 100 7 They shall be depo- anne 17th. 


101 to 200 oe 24th. 
201 &amp; upwards J sited on or before. -* 31st. 


And in the case of any Petitions for Bills which 
may be deposited by leave of the House after the 
31st December, such Memorials shall be deposited 
Three clear Days before the day first appointed for 
the examination of the Petition. 

187. That all Memorials be deposited in the Pri- neposit of 
vate Bill Office before Six of the clock in the evening Memorials 
of any day on which the House shall sit, and be- y ~ eho ng 
fore Two of the clock on any day on which the Private Bill 
House shall not sit; and that Twocopies of every such Office. 

4B Memorial 











554 


Memorial be deposited for the use of the Examiners 
before Twelve of the clock on the following day. 

188. That every Memorial complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders of the House 
in reference to Petitions for additional provision in 
Private Bills, to Estate Bills brought from the 
House of Lords, and to Bills introduced by leave of 
this House in lieu of other Bills which shall have 
been withdrawn, and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills, be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, together with Two copies thereof, 
before Twelve o’clock on the day preceding that 
appointed for the examination of any such Petition 
or Bill by the Examiner; and that the Examiner be 
at liberty to entertain such Memorial, although the 
party (if any) who may be specially affected by 
the non-compliance with the Standing Orders shall 
not have signed the same. 


189. That one of the Examiners shall give at least 
Seven clear days’ notice in the Private Bill Office 
of the day appointed for the examination of each 
Petition for a Bill. 


190. That after each Private Bill has been read 
the First time, its Name (or short Title) shall be 
copied by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, from 
the Clerk’s Minute Book of the day, into a separate 
Book, to be called “The Examination Book ;” 
wherein shall be noted the number of such Bill, 
according to the priority of its being read, and the 
date of the day of such First Reading. 


191. That every Private Bill, after it has been 
read the First time, and the Title copied and exa- 
mined for the Votes, be in the custody of the Clerks 
of the Private Bill Office, until laid upon the Table 
for the Second Reading; and when committed, be 
taken by the proper Committee Clerk into his 
charge, till reported. 

Examination 192. That between the First and Second Reading 

of Bill. ofevery Private Bill, every such Bill shall, according 
to its priority, be examined, with all practicable des- 
patch, by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, as 
to its conformity with the Rules and Standing 
Orders of the House; and if no¢ in due form, the 
Examining Clerk shall specify thereon the page in 
which any irregularity occurs, and shaJjl enter the 
day of such Examination, together with his own 
Name, in the Examination Book. 


Notice of Se- 193. That Three clear days’ Notice in writing be 
cond Reading. piven by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Second Reading of every Private Bill; and that no 
such Notice be given until the day after that on 
which the Bill has been read a first time. 

194. That, except in the case of Name Bills, and 
Estate Bills, as described in Order 168, and except 
in the case of Bills referred back to the Committee 
of Selection as unopposed, Seven clear days’ Notice 
be given by the Clerk to the Committee of Selec- 
tion to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, of the 
day and hour appointed for the meeting of the 
Committee on every Private Bill that shall have 
been referred to such Committee :—That, in the 
case of such Name Bills and Estate Bills, there be 
One clear day’s Notice given of Committee by the 
Clerk to the Committee of Selection :—That, in the 
case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Se- 
lection, Seven clear days’ Notice, and, in the case 
of a re-committed Bill, Three clear days’ Notice be 
given by the Agents for the Bill to the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office of the day and hour ap- 
pointed for the meeting of the Committee cn every 
Private Bill, and that all the proceedings of an 
Committee of which such Notice shall not have 


been given, be void. 


Filled-up Bill 195. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent 
to be deposited for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
— Bill Committee on the Bill, and in the case of a re-com- 

mitted Bill, a filled-up Bill, as proposed to be sub- 


Seven clear 
Days’ notice 
to be given of 
Examination 
of Petitions. 
Examination 
Book. 


Notice of 
Committee. 


24° Juliz. 





A, 1849. 


mitted to the Committee on re-committal, be depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office One clear day before 
the meeting of the Committee on every Private 
Bill; and that all parties shall be entitled to a copy 
thereof, upon payment of the charges for making 
out Amendments of such Bill. 


196. That Notice in writing be given by the Notice of 
Clerk to the Committee of Selection to the Clerks Postponement, 
in the Private Bill Office of the postponement of 
the first meeting of any Committee on a Private 
Bill, which shall have lem referred to such Com- 
mittee, on the day on which such postponement is 
made ; and that in the case of Bills not referred to 
the Committee of Selection, One clear day’s Notice 
be given by the Agents for the Bill to the Clerks 
in the Private Bill Office of such postponement, 


197. That Notice, in writing, be given by the Notice of 
Committee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill Adjournment. 
Office, of the day and hour to which each Com- 
mittee is adjourned. 


198. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in consideration 
the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the of Repent. 


consideration of the Report of every Private Bill. 


199. That the Committee Clerk, after the Report Bill, as 
is made out, do deliver in to the Private Bill Office re = Sangh 
a printed Copy of the Bill, with the written Amend- pe delivered in, 
ments made in the Committee; in which Bill, all 
the Clauses added by the Committee shall be regu- 
larly marked in those parts of the Bill wherein they 


are to be inserted. 


200. That when it is intended to bring up any Notice to be 
Clause, or to propose any Amendment on the con- given of 
sideration of the Report, or on the Third Reading ae 
of any Private Bill, Notice shall be given thereof, tion of Report, 
in the Private Bill Office, One clear day previous to °F Third 


such consideration of the Report or Third Reading. ne 


201. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the ae 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the Third “ 
Reading of every Private Bill; and that no such 
Notice be given until the day after that on which the 
Report of such Bill shall have been considered. 


202. That the Amendments (if any) which are Amendments 
made on the consideration of the Report, and on 0 considera- 
the Third Reading of any Private Bill, and also pene tS aan 
such Amendments made by the House of Lords as Reading. 
shall have been agreed to by this House, be entered 
by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, 
upon the printed Copy of the Bill as amended in 
Committee ; which Clerk shall sign the said Copy 
so amended, in order to its being deposited and 
preserved in the said Office. 


205. That when Amendments made by the House Notice of 

of Lords to any Private Bill are to be taken into —— 
consideration, One clear day’s Notice be given 

thereof in the Private Bill Office, and if any hes mane: 
ments be intended to be proposed thereto, a copy 

of such Amendments shall also be deposited, and 

Notice given thereof, One clear day previous to the 

same being proposed to be taken into consideration ; 

and that nosuch Notice be given until the day after 

that on which such Bill shall have been returned 

from the House of Lords. 


206. That all Notices required to be given, or Time for 
deposits to be made in the Private Bill Office, be delivering 
delivered in the said Office before Siz of the clock N°“** 
in the Evening of any day on which the House 

shall sit, and before Two of the clock on any da 

on which the House shall not sit; and that after 

any day on which the House shall have adjourned 

beyond the following day, no Notice shall be given 

for the first day on which it shall again sit. 


207. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office Daily Lists of 
do prepare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, and Pe- Committees 
titions for Private Bills upon which any Committee “"* 

or 





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Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 








13 Vicroriz. 


or Examiner is appointed to sit; specifying the 
hour of meeting, and the room where the Committee 
or Examiner shall sit; and that the same be hung 
up in the Lobby of the House. 

208. That every Plan, and Book of Reference 
thereto, which shall be certified by the Speaker of 
the House of Commons, in pursuance of any Act of 
Parliament, shall previously be ascertained and 
verified in such manner as shall be deemed most 
advisable by the Speaker, to be exactly conformable 
in all respects to the Plan and Book of Reference 
which shall have been signed by the Chairman of 
the Committee upon the Bill. 





APPENDIX. 
[Form referred to in Page 541.] 


(A.) 
No 
Sir, 

We beg to inform you that Application is in- 
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing 
Session for “ An Act” [here insert the Title of the 
Act], and that the Property mentioned in the an- 
nexed Schedule, or some Part thereof, in which we 
understand you are interested as therein stated, will 
be required for the Purposes of the said Undertaking, 
according to the line thereof as at present laid out, 
or may be required to be taken under the usual 
powers of deviation to the extent of yards 
on either side of the said line which will be applied 
for in the said Act, and will be passed through in 
the manner mentioned in such Schedule. 

We also beg to inform you, that a Plan and 
Section of the said Undertaking, with a Book ‘of 
Reference thereto, have been or will be deposited 
with the [several Clerks of the Peace, or principal 
Sheriff Clerks, as the case may be] of the Counties 
of [specify the Counties in which the Property is 
situate], on or before the 30th of November, and 
that Copies of so much of the said Plan and Section 
as relates to the [Parish or extra-parochial place, 
as the case may be], in which your Property is situate, 
with a Book of Reference thereto, have been or will 
be deposited for public Inspection with the [Clerk 
of the said Parish, Clerk of the Parish of 
adjoining to such extra-parochial place, Schoolmaster 
of the Parish, Session Clerk, Town Clerk of the 
Royal Burgh, or the Clerk of the Union in which 
such parish is included, as the case may be], on or 
before the 30th day of November, on which Plans 
your Property is designated by the Numbers set 
forth in the annexed Schedule. 


As we are required to report to Parliament whether 
you assent to or dissent from the proposed Under- 
taking, or whether you are neuter in respect thereto, 
you will oblige us by writing your answer of Assent, 
Dissent or Neutrality in the Form left herewith, 
and returning the same to us, with your Signature, 
on or before the day of 

next ; and if there should be any error or 


misdescription in the annexed Schedule, we shall 
feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at your 
earliest convenience, that we may correct the same 
without delay. 





We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 


To 


Note.—If the Application be forwarded by Post, the words 
* Parliamentary Notice” are to be printed or written on the 
cover, 





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Appendix (B.) 


Anno Primo Victorie Regine. 
Cap. LxXxxIII. 

An Acr to compel Clerks of the Peace for Coun- 
ties and other Persons to take the Custody of 
such Documents as shall be directed to be de- 
posited with them under the Standing Orders 
of either House of Parliament. 


Wuereas the Houses of Parliament are in the 
habit of requiring that, previous to the introduction 
of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 
bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, ac- 
queducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 
ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks 
and other works, to be made under the authority of 
Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, and 
books and writings, or extracts or copies of or from 
certain maps, plans or sections, books and writings, 
shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the 
peace for every county, riding or division in England 
or Ireland, or in the office of the Sheriff Clerk of 
every county in Scotland, in which such work is 
proposed to be made, and also with the parish clerk 
in every parish in England, the schoolmaster of 
every parish of Scotland, or in Royal Burghs with 
the town clerk, and the postmaster of the post town 
in or nearest to every parish in Ireland, in which 
such work is intended to be made, and with other 
persons: And whereas it is expedient that such 
maps, plans, sections, books, writings, and copies or 
extracts of and from the same, should be received 
by the said clerks of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish 
clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, postmasters and 
other persons, and should remain in their custody 

4B2 for 














556 


for the purposes hereinafter mentioned ; Be it there- 
fore Enacted, by the QuEEN’s most Excellent Ma- 
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in 
this present Parliament assembled, and by the au- 
thority of the same, THar whenever either of the 
Houses of Parliament shall by its Standing Orders, 
already made or hereafter to be made, require that 
any such maps, plans, sections, books or writings, or 
extracts or copies of the same, or any of them, shall 
be deposited as aforesaid, such maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, copies and extracts shall be received 
by and shall remain with the clerks of the peace, 
sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmasters, town 
clerks, postmasters and other persons with whom 
the same shall be directed by such Standing Orders 
to be deposited, and they are hereby respectively 
directed to receive and to retain the custody of all 
such documents and writings so directed to be de- 
posited with them respectively, in the manner and 
for the purposes and under the rules and regulations 
concerning the same respectively directed by such 
Standing Orders, and shall make such memorials 
and endorsements on and give such acknowledg- 
ments and receipts in respect of the same respec- 
tively as shall be thereby directed. 

II. And be it further Enacted, That all persons 
interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks 
of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school- 
masters, town clerks and postmasters, and every of 
them, are and is hereby required, at all reasonable 
hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to 
inspect during a reasonable time, and make extracts 
from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the 
same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- 
ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, 
sheriff clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, town 
clerk or postmaster having the custody of any such 
map, plan, section, book, writing, extract or copy, 
One shilling for every such inspection, and the fur- 
ther sum of One Shilling for every hour during which 
such inspection shall continue after the first hour, 
and after the rate of Sixpence for every One hun- 
dred words copied therefrom. 

I[I. And be it farther Enacted, That in case any 
clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, school- 
master, town clerk, postmaster or other person, shall 
in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to comply 
with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, 
schoolmaster, town clerk, postmaster or other person 
shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum 
not exceeding the sum of Five pounds; and every 
such penalty shall, upon proof of the offence before 
any Justice of the Peace for the county within which 
such offence shall he committed, or by the confes- 
sion of the party offending, or by the oath of any 
credible witness, be levied and recovered, together 
with the costs of the proceedings for the recovery 
thereof, by distress and sale of the goods and effects 
of the party offending, by warrant under the hand 
of such Justice, which warrant such Justice is hereby 
empowered to grant, and shall be paid to the person 
or persons making such complaint ; and it shall be 
lawful for any such Justice of the Peace to whom 
any complaint shall be made of any offence com- 
mitted against this Act to summon the party com- 
plained of before him, and on such summons to hear 
and determine the matter of such complaint in a 
summary way, and on proof of the offence to convict 
the offender, and to adjudge him to pay the penalty 
or forfeiture incurred, and to proceed to recover the 
same, although no information in writing or in print 
shall have been exhibited or taken by or before such 
Justice; and all such proceedings by summons 
without information shall be as good, valid and ef- 
fectual to all intents and purposes as if an informa- 
tion in writing had been exhibited. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. to 
receive the 
Documents 
herein men- 
tioned, and 
retain them 
for the pur- 
poses directed 
by the Stand- 
ing Orders of 
the Houses of 
Parliament. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. to 
permit such 
Documents to 
be inspected 
or copied by 
persons 
interested. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. for 
every omission 
to comply with 
the provisions 
of this Act, 
liable to the 
Penalty of 52, 
to be reco- 
vered in a 
summary way. 





24° Juliz. 





A. 1849. 


Appendix (C.) 


Anno Nono Victorie Regine. 
Cap. xx. 


AN ACT to amend an Act of the Second Year 
of Her present Majesty, for providing for the 
Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance 
of the Standing Orders of either House of 
Parliament by Subscribers to Works or Under- 
takings to be effected under the Authority of 
Parliament. 


WHEREAS an Act was passed in the second ! &amp; 2 Vict. 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen® ©” 

ICToRIA, intituled, “ An Act to provide for the 
Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of the 
Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, by 
Subscribers to Works or Undertakings to be effected 
under the Authority of Parliament :” And whereas 
it is expedient that the said Act should be repealed 
and should be re-enacted, with such modifications, 
extensions and alterations as after mentioned ; BE Recited Act 
it therefore Enacted, by The QuEEN’s most Excel- — 
lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent aeady paid 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in to be dealt 
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the with as di- 
authority of the same, Twat the said Act shall be formor Act, 
and is hereby repealed: Provided always, That all 
acts done under the provisions of the said Act shall 
be good, valid and effectual to all intents and pur- 
poses, and that all sums of money paid under the 
provisions of the said Act shall be dealt with in all 
respects as if this Act had not been passed. 

II. And be it Enacted, That in all cases in which Authority to 
any sum of money is required by any Standing 4? 
Order of either House of Parliament, either now in 
force or hereafter to be in force, to be deposited by 
the subscribers to any work or undertaking which 
is to be executed under the authority of an Act of 
Parliament, if the director or person, or directors or 
persons having the management of the affairs of 
such work or undertaking, not exceeding Five in 
number, shall apply to one of the Clerrks in the 
office of the Clerk of the Parliaments with respect 
to any such money required by any Standing Order 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament 
assembled, or to one of the Clerks of the Private 
Bill Office of the House of Commons with respect 
to any such money required by any Standing Order 
of the Commons in Parliament assembled, to be 
deposited, it shall be lawful for the Clerk so applied 
to, by warrant or order under his hand, to direct that 
such sum of money shall be paid in manner herein- 
after mentioned ; (that is to say), into the Bank of 
England in the name and with the privity of the 
Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery in 
England, if the work or undertaking in respect of 
which the sum of money is required to be deposited 
is intended to be executed in that part of the United 
Kingdom called England; or into any of the Banks 
in Scotland established by Act of Parliament or 
Royal Charter in the name and with the privity of 
the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Exche- 
quer in Scotland, at the option of the person or per- 
sons making such application as aforesaid, in case 
such work or undertaking is intended to be executed 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; 
or into the Bank of Jreland in the name and with 
the privity of the Accountant-general of the Court 
of Chancery in /reland, in case such work or under- 
taking is intended to be made or executed in that 
part of the United Kingdom called Jreland; and 
such warrant or order shall be a sufficient authority 
for the Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery 
in Englaud, the Queen’s Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Accountant- 
general of the Court of Chancery in Ireland respec- 
tively, to permit the sum of ep, Bar to be 
paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an 

account 





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De 


of 


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posit. 


13 VicrorizZ. 


account opened or to be opened in his name in the 
bank mentioned in such warrant or order. 

III. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the person or persons named in such warrant or 
order, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pay 
the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into 
the bank mentioned in such warrant or order, in the 
name and with the privity of the officer or person 
in whose name such sum shall be directed to be 
paid by such warrant or order, to be placed to his 
account there ex-parte the work or undertaking 
mentioned in such warrant or order, pursuant to the 
method prescribed by any Act or Acts for the time 
being in force for regulating monies paid into the 
said Courts, and pursuant to the General Orders of 
the said Court respectively, and without fee or 
reward ; and every such sum so paid in, or the 
securities in or upon which the same may be in- 
vested as hereinafter mentioned, or the stocks, 
funds or securities authorized to be transferred or 
deposited in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned, 
shall there remain until the same, with all interest 
and dividends (if any) accrued thereon, shall be 
paid out of such bank, in pursuance of the provi- 
sions of this Act: Provided always, That in case 
any such director or person, directors or persons, 
having the management of any such proposed work 
or undertaking as aforesaid, shall have previously 
invested in the Three per Centum Consolidated or 
the Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, 
Exchequer Bills, or other Government Securities, 
the sum or sums of money required by any such 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament as 
shesseld to be deposited by the subscribers to any 
work or undertaking which is to be executed under 
the authority of an Act of Parliament, it shall be 
lawful for the person or persons named in such 
warrant or order, or the survivors or survivor of 
them, to deposit such Exchequer Bills or other 
Government securities in the bank mentioned in 
such warrant or order in the name and with the 
privity of the officer or person in whose name such 
sum shall by such warrant or order be directed to 
be paid, or to transfer such Government stocks or 
funds into the name of the officer or person ; and 
such transfer or deposit shall be directed by such 
Clerk of the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, 
or such Clerk of the Private Bill Office of the 
House of Commons, as the case may be, in lieu of 
payment of so much of the sum of | required 
to be deposited as aforesaid as the same Exchequer 
Bills, or other the Government stocks or funds, will 
extend to satisfy at the price at which the same 
were originally purchased by the said person or 
persons, director or directors, as aforesaid, such 
price to be proved by production of the broker’s 
certificate of such original purchase. 

IV. And be it Enacted, That if the person or 
persons named in such warrant or order, or the 
survivors or survivor of them, desire to have invested 
any sum so paid into the Bank of England or the 
Bank of Ireland, or any interest or dividend which 
may have accrued on any stocks or securities so 
transferred or deposited as aforesaid, the Court in 
the name of whose Accountant-general the same 
may have been paid may, on a Petition presented to 
such Court, ina summary way by him or them, 
order that such sum or such interest or dividends 
shall, until the same be paid out to the parties 
entitled to the same in pursuance of this Act, be 
laid out in the Three per Centum Consolidated or 
Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, or any 
Government security or securities, at the option of 
the aforesaid person or persons, or the survivor or 
survivors of them. 

V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition 
or Bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning any 
such work or undertaking shall have been intro- 


duced into Parliament, or if such Petition or Bill 
VoL. 104, 





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557 


shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some pro- 
ceeding in either House of Parliament, or shall not 
be allowed to proceed, or if the person or persons 
by whom the said money was paid or security de- 
posited, shall have failed to present a Petition, or if 
an Act be passed authorizing the making of such 
work or undertaking, and if in any of the foregoing 
cases the person or persons named in such warrant 
or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the 
majority of such persons, apply by Petition to the 
court in the name of whose Accountant-general the 
sum of money mentioned in such warrant or order 
shall have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, 
stocks or funds shall have been deposited or trans- 
ferred as aforesaid, or to the Court of Exchequer in 
Scotland, in case such sum of money shall have 
been paid in the name of the said Queen’s Remem- 
brancer, the Court in the name of whose Accountant- 
general or Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of 
money shall have been paid, or such Exchequer 
Bills, stocks or funds shall have been deposited or 
transferred, shall by order direct the sum of money 
paid in pursuance of such warrant or order, or the 
stocks, funds or securities in or upon which the 
same may have been invested, and the interest or 
dividends thereof, or the Exchequer Bills, stocks or 
funds so deposited or transferred as aforesaid, and 
the interest and dividends thereof, to be paid or 
transferred to the party or parties so applying, or 
to any other person or persons whom they ma 

appoint in that behalf; but no such order shall be 
made in the case of any such Petition or Bill being 
rejected or not being allowed to proceed, cr being 
withdrawn or not being presented, or of an Act 
being passed authorizing the making of such work 
or undertaking, unless upon the production of the 
certificate of the Chairman of Committees of the 
House of Lords with reference to any proceeding in 
the House of Lords, or of the Speaker of the House 
of Commons, with reference to any proceeding in 
the House of Commons, that the said Petition or 
Bill was rejected or not allowed to proceed, or was 
withdrawn during its passage through one of the 
Houses of Parliament, or was not presented, or that 
such Act was passed, which certificate the said 
Chairman or Speaker shall grant on the application 


vivor or survivors of them: Provided always, That 


make the Chairman or Speaker signing the same 
liable in respect of any monies, stocks, funds and 
securities which may be paid, deposited, invested or 
transferred in pursuance of the provisions of this 
Act, or the interest or dividends thereof. 





Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Or- 
ders of this House. 


be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 

“ ‘That in any Bill, which, having passed the 
House of Lords, shall be sent down to this House 
for their concurrence, or in any Bill which, having 
passed this House, shall be returned by the Lords 
with Amendments, it shall appear that any pecu- 
niary penalty or forfeiture is thereby imposed, varied 
or taken away, the Speaker shall, before the Second 
Reading of such Bill or Amendments, report to the 
House his opinion, whether the object thereof be 
to impose, vary or take away any pecunriary charge 
or burthen on the subject, or whether the same 
relates only to the punishment or prevention of 
offences ; and the House shall thereupon determine 
whether it may be expedient, in such particular case, 
to insist upon the exercise of their privilege, to origi- 
nate all such provisions respecting pecuniary penal- 





ties or forfeitures.” 
4B3 Ordered, 





in writing of the person or persons, or the majority Granting 


of the persons, named in such warrant, or the sur- Certificate, &amp;c. 
-_ . make 

‘ * } the Chairman 

the granting of any such certificate, or any mistake or Speaker 


or error therein or in relation thereto, shall not signing the 
same liable. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order pecuniary 
of the House relative to Pecuniary Penalties might Penalties, 





558 


Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 
pealed. ; 

The House was also moved, That the Resolution 
of the House of the 5th day of February last, re- 


lative to Pecuniary Penalties, might be read; and | 


the same was read, as followeth : 
“ That with respect to any Bill brought to this 
House from the House of Lords, or returned by 


the House of Lords to this House with Amend- | 


ments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture or 
fee shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, re- 
gulated, varied or extinguished, this House will not 
insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the 
following cases : 

“1, When the object of such pecuniary pe- 
nalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of 
the Act, or the punishment or prevention of 
offences : 

“2. Where such fees are imposed in respect 
ot benefit taken or service rendered under the 
Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, 
and are not made payable into the Treasury or 
Exchequer, or in aid of the Public Revenue, 
and do not form the ground of public account- 
ing by the parties receiving the same, either in 
respect of deficit or surplus. 

“3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill 
for a Local or Personal Act.” 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House relative to Temporary Laws, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth: 

“ That the precise duration of every new Tem- 
porary Law should be expressed in the Title of the 
Bill, and also in a distinct Clause at the end of the 
Bill, and nowhere else.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 

ealed. 

Resolved, That the precise duration of every Tem- 
porary Law be expressed in a distinct Clause at the 
end of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 


Temporary 
Laws. 


Standing Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House 
Orders. be printed. 
Osborn’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Bstate Bill. Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of Osborn’s Estate 


Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ceeest’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

(orBateman’s) Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

Estate Bill. Private Bills; That in the case of Cresswell’s (or 
Bateman’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are ap- 
plicable. 


Creswell’s Cresswell’s (or Bateman’s) Estate Bill was read a 
Sweeny 8) second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Osborn’s - Osborn’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bil. — and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Shannon Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Commission. Return in detail, of the particular Items composing 


each of the several Sums following, as certified by 
the Shannon Commissioners to have been payable 
by the county of Limerick, in the several years fol- 
lowing ; viz. 





s. &amp;-@ 

1843: Spring Assizes- - - 1,596 18 9} 
Summer Assizes - - 266 16 = 

1844: Spring Assizes- - - 626 15 3 
Summer Assizes - - 22 610 

1845: Spring Assizes- - - 292 19 2 
1848 : Summer Assizes - - 2,550 18 - 
£5,356 17 =3 





besides large Sums for Interest. 





24° Juliz. 





A. 1849, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stamp Du 
Return of the Amount of Stamp Duties in Ireland, (Heland.) 
for each year, commencing with the year 1840, up 
to the present time. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Harbour Harbour 

Department 

(Admiralty,) 
No, 553 

| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mauri- Mauritius, 

| tius, which was presented upon Thursday last, be No, 554 

| printed. ; 


Department (Admiralty), which was presented upon 
Thursday last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund (Ap- Fund (Appr 
eee Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, seat da: 

r. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
es, That the Committee had gone through the 

il. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Bill to facilitate the Abandonment of Rail- Railways 
ways, and the Dissolution of Railway Companies, in Shendonmen 
certain cases, was, according to Order, read the third 
time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to authorize the Sale of the Royal Pavi- Royal Pavilion 
lion at Brighton, and the Grounds thereof, and to ame 
apply the Money arising from such Sale, was, ac- ° 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpike Acts 

Great Britain, and to make certain Provisions re- ma eae, 
A : x 4 c. Bill, 

specting Turnpike-roads in England, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend the Laws relating to Pilotage Pilotage Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leasehold Te: 
mittee on the Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Zreland) nure of Lands 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
as proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 

“ resolve itself into the said Committee,”’ instead 
thereof ; 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
ayo to be left out stand part of the Question :— 

t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 








Preamble 

















co ord 





13 Vieroriz. 


Preamble postponed. 


CuauseE N° 1 (Reversioner, &amp;c. to execute Grants 
in fee-farm when required by lessee or under-lessee 
in perpetuity). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 2: After the 
word “ shall” to insert the words “have power if 
“ he be so pleased to.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. ’ 

Tellers for the Yeas, { — — sea 71. 
Mr. Newdegate, } a1 
Mr. Grogan: ra 


Criausss N° 2 to N° 41, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Clause (Whereas some lands are held in Lreland 
by leases for a term of years exceeding seven 
hundred years, with a proviso or covenant con- 
tained therein, that three lives therein named should 
so long live, and containing a clause or covenant to 
renew those three lives from time to time during 
said term of years, without payment of any fine 
upon such renewal; and whereas the necessity of 
obtaining such renewals is useless, oppressive and 
vexatious ; Be it therefore Enacted, by the authority 
aforesaid, That any such lease shall continue and 
hold good as a lease for the full term of years 
originally granted by such lease, discharged of any 
such condition as to the term being dependent on 
the continuance of any lives named therein, or the 
necessity of renewing same),--brought upand read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time ; 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed 
to extend, to prejudice, diminish, alter or take 
away any of the rights, privileges, powers or autho- 
rities vested in or enjoyed by, or duties or liabilities 
imposed upon, the Society of the Governor and 
Assistants, London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, 
within the Realm of Ireland, under or by virtue of 
any Charter or Charters heretofore granted to them 
by the Crown, or of any statute or statutes in any- 
wise relating thereto),—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Law, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Yeas, UL Mr. Alderman Sidney : } ™ 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, } 88 
Noes, Mr. Bellew: ; 


Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act shall extend, or be construed to extend, 
to prejudice or in anywise to affect the estate or 
estates, or the interest or interests, of the said 
Society in any lands, tenements and hereditaments 
to which they are now entitled, but that the said 
Society shall as fully and effectually maintain and 
enjoy all their rights, estates and interests of, in 
and to any lands, tenements and hereditaments to 
which they are entitled at the passing of this Act, 
in as large and ample a manner, to all intents and 
pera as if this Act had not been passed),— 

rought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
be read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Von. 104, 

















24° Juli. 559 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to New Forest 
take into consideration the New Forest and Wal- and Waltham 
tham Forest Bill, as amended in the Committee. Forest Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Bill 
into a Committee upon the Customs Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Workhouse 
into a Committee upon the Workhouse Loans (Zre- Loans (Ire- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. aan) oe 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Inclosure Act 
consideration the Inclosure Act (Extension of (Extension of 
Powers) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; aa an 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Treasury 
into a Committee upon the Treasury Instruments Istrument 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.” 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

—_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Slave Trade (Persian Gulf) Bill was, ac- giave Trade 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Persian Gulf) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 2 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fouse of Lords 

into a Committee upon the House of Lords Costs Costs Taxation 
Taxation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 2. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and had directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to General Board 
take into consideration the General Board of Health of Health Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Third Nuisances 
Reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Removal and 
Prevention Bill ; ee ~" 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time s 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; Lands Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. ' 
4B4+ The 














560 


Defects in The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Sus- into consideration the Defects in Leases Suspension 
pension Bill. Bij], as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Marriages The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
in Foreign —_ consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
fctating — Marriages in Foreign Countries facilitating 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
nto consideration To-morrow. 
Admiralty The Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colonies Bill 
Jurisdiction was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
eg Colonies .ommitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
, To-morrow. 
Metropolitan © The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Sewers Bill. jnto a Committee upon the Metropolitan Sewers 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Clergy Relief | The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Bill. Reading of the Clergy Relief Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Cruelty to The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


Animals Bill. take into consideration the Cruelty to Animals 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Protection of | The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Women Bill. take into consideration the Protectioa of Women 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Militia Ballots A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the First 
— day of October One thousand eight hundred and 


Fifty, the making of Lists, and the Ballots and En- 
rolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 
Flimwell Vent A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually 
te managing and repairing the Road, leading from 
Bill. Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, to the 
Town and Port. of Hastings, in the said County : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for maintaining, im- 
proving and keeping in repair certain Roads in the 


Lanarkshire 
(East and 


ae County of Lanark, to be called “The East and 
and Shotts West Lanarkshire Turnpike-roads”: And also, 
Turnpike 


Roads (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill 


Indictable The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ireland) pi, Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of 
Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in 
Ireland, with respect to Persons charged with In- 
dictable Offences, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this\House: And also, 

Summary The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ere Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of 

(ireland) Bil. justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in 
Ireland, with respect to Summary Convictions and 
Orders, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
os Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 


Edinburgh The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


and Northern Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
Reilway 


(Formation of Company to construct a Low-water Pier, and other 
Slip Quay and Works, at Granfon, and for other Purposes, with an 





Q4° Juliz, 


A. 1849, 


Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords de- other Works 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, Cane, 
nsion of 
Station at Edinburgh, Regu- 
lation of Perth Stations, ang 
Amendment of Acts) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An East Indien 
Act for incorporating the East Indian Railway Railway Com. 
Company, and for other Purposes connected there- a Aad 
with, with Amendments; to which Amendments maintaining 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: Real OF more 


ailways in 
And also, the ews In- 


dies) Inco’ 
ration Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Kingston- 
Act for enabling the Dock Company at Kingston- ay 

hae iock Com~ 
upon-Hull to raise a further Sum of Money, and pany Bin. 
for amending some of the Provisions of the Acts 
relating to such Company, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bowling Iron 
for confirming and carrying into effect an Arrange- Company Bill. 
ment made by the Court of Chancery, concerning 
the Proprietors of the Bowling Iron Company, and 
for granting certain Powers to the said Company ; 
to which the Lords desire. the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bank- Bankrupt Law 
rupt Law Consolidation Bill have Power to report Consolidation 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to y 
the House. 

Mr. Attorney-General reported from the said 
Select Committee; That they had taken Evidence 
on the subject of the Bill to them referred, which 
they have — to report to the House ; and have 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


No. 550. 
No. 551. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Ma- Military 

jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report on the Disci- Prisons. 
line and Management of the Military Prisons, by 
ieutenant-Colonel Jebd, x. £. Inspector General. 

. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Boston Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Boston, in the room 
ofthe Right honourable Sir James Duke, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which Orderss 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of Tufton’s Natu- Tufton’s 
ralization Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Nat. Bill 
Orders, 159, 192, 167,193 and 200,thesaid Standing 

Orders ought to be dispensed with: That the Bill 

may be read a second time on Thursday next, the 

26th instant : That the Committee of Selection have 

leave to appoint the Committee on the Bill to sit, 

and proceed, on Friday next the 27th instant: and, 

That the Bill may be read a third time on the next 

sitting day, after the Report from the Committee 
thereupon, and that with respect to each of such 

stages, notice be given the day previous in the Pri- 

vate Bill Office. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of Faussett’s Di- Faussett’s 
vorce Bill, Petition for dispensing with Standing Pivr 





Orders 159, 167, 192 and 193, the said Standing 
Orders 


eres 


13 VictrortzZ. 


Orders ought to be dispensed with: That the Bill 
may be read a second time on Wednesday next, the 
25th instant ; That the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on Friday next 
the 27th instant; and that with respect to each of 
such stages, notice be given the day previous in the 
Private Bill Office, and to Mrs. Faussett or her 
Solicitor, and that Mrs. Faussett be also served 
with a copy of the said Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
y Return showing the Number of Persons on the Re- 

dundant List of the several Public Departments, at 
the commencement of the year 1848; the Number 
that have died or become incapable of serving during 
the year ; the Number that have re-entered the ser- 
vice during the year; the Number that have been 
ailded to the List during the year; and the Number 
that remained on the List at the close of the year. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upen the 
Table. 


Mr. /layter presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town of Great 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and also 
that on which silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day 
of January 1849 :— Of all Soap exported from 
Great Britain and Ireland, and the Amount of 
Drawback paid thereon, specifying the Port from 
whence shipped, from the 5th day of January 1848 
to the 5th day of January 1849 :—Of the Quantity 
of Soap, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the 
Amount of all Allowances and Drawbacks made 
to the Manufacturers of Woollen, Linen, Silk and 
others, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1849:—Of all Soap exported 
to Ireland, Hard and Soft, the Port from whence 
shipped, and the Amount of Drawback paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1849 :—Of all Soap imported 
into Great Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port at 
which imported, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1849 (so far as relates to Soap 
imported from Foreign Parts):—Of all Soap im- 
ported into Great Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port 
at which imported, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th 
day of January 1849 (so faras relates to the Excise 
Branch of Inland Revenue):—Of all Persons con- 
victed of defrauding the Revenue arising from Soap; 
the date of each Conviction ; the Amount of the 
several Penalties; whether Persons so convicted 
had been previously convicted or fined, or had had 
Penalties compromised, with or without Convic- 
tion; and the Names, Dates and Amounts of all 
Penalties paid in all Cases which have been com- 
promised or tried before the Summary Court of 
Excise, from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1849 :—And, of the Number 
of Licenses granted to Scapmakers, distinguishing 
those granted in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
from the 5th day of January 1848 to the 5th day 
of January 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary 

- Paper, No. 276, of Session 1848.) 

Return to an Order dated the 16th day of this in- 
stant July, for Returns, showing the Amount of Ca- 
‘om on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty 
rave been paid in Great Britain in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1849; and an Abstract of 
the Total Amount under each Rate since 1797 ; and 
showing the Amount of Capital on which the several 
Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in Ireland, 
for the year ended the 5th day of January 1849, 
and distinguishing the Amount of each Rate ; also, 

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94° Juliz. 








«561 


an Abstrnet of the Total Amount under each Rate 
since 1797:— An Account, showing the Total 
Amount of Duties on Legacies, Probates and Ad- 
ministrations, received in Jreland in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1849: — Returns of the 
Total Amount of Revenue received in the United 
Kingdom, in‘the year ended the 5th day of January 
1849, for Stamp Duty on Legacies, on Probates, 
Administrations and Testamentary Inventories; 
distinguishing the Amount from England and Wales, 
from Scotland and from Ireland :—Of Total Duty 
received in England, Scotland and Ireland since 
1797, distinguishing Legacies from Probates, Ad- 
ministrations and Testamentary Inventories ; also, 
an Abstract of the Aggregate Amount from Le- 
gacies and Probates, &amp;c. in England and Wales, 
in Scotland and in Jreland:—And, An Account, 
showing the Total Amount of Duty on Legacies, 
Probates and Administrations received in each year 
in Ireland, since the year 1797 to the 5th day of 
January 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 243, of Session 1848). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Bowling Iron Company Bill was read the Bowling Iron 
first time. Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy Ships _ 
of a Report from Vice Admiral Sir W. Parker, “ Thetis” and 
Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, of Trials —— 
of Sailing between Her Majesty’s Ships ‘ Thetis” 
and “Spartan,” specifying by whom these Ships 
were built (in continuation of former Reports). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Campden, and the neighbourhood thereof, in the Certificates. 
county ot Gloucester, praying for the repeal of the 
annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solici- 
tors and Proctors, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of church 
England Lay Association, established for the pur- Establishment 
pose of supporting the rights, privileges and pro- (Vales) 
perty of the United Church of England and Jreland, 
as well as her union with the State, praying the 
House to preclude the appointment of any parties 
not conversant with the language to Ecclesiastical 
Offices in Wales, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mildred, Bread-street and Protection of 
Saint Margaret Moses, London ;—Saint Botolph, Women Bill. 
Aldgate ;—Saint Margaret Pattens, and Saint Ga- 
briel, Fenchurch-street, London ;—and, Allhallows 
Barking, London; praying that the Protection of 
Women Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Sale of Beer 
Inhabitants of the parishes of Woolastone and Al- 4“ 
vington, in the county of Gloucester, praying the 
House to repeal the Sale of Beer Act as speedily as 

ossible, with due consideration to the parties whose 
interests may be affected by the measure, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of King’s Lynn, in the Universal 
county of Norfolk, praying for Annual Elections of “rage, &amp;e. 
Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property 
Qualification, and Payment of Members, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

4c Resolved, 








Consolidation 
Collection of 
‘ees. | 


Faussett’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Emigration, 


British 
Guiana. 


562 24° 95° Juli. 


Bankruptlew Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into a Committee to consider of charging 
and collecting the Fees payable in relation to pro- 
ceedings in Bankruptcy, by means of Stamps. 


A Petition of John Moxon Clabon, of Great 
George-street, Solicitor and Agent of the Reverend 
Bryan Faussett, Clerk, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That a Bill is pending in the House, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the 
Reverend Bryan Faussett with Helena Caroline 
his Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes ;” that, in consequence of the 
advanced state of the Session, the Petitioner was 
apprehensive that the said Bill would not pass into 
a law during the present Session, unless certain 
Standing Orders of the House were suspended, and 
accordingly he presented a Petition, praying that 
the time required by the said Standing Orders to 
elapse between the First and Second Reading, and 
the Second Reading and the Committee, might be 
shortened ; that the said Petition was referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, who re- 
ported in favour of the suspension of the Standing 
Orders, and recommended that the Promoters be 
allowed to give Notice of the Second Reading for 
To-morrow (Wednesday the 25th instant), and that 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills be allowed 
to sit and proceed on Friday next, provided the 
Petitioner gave notice of suck Second Reading to 
the Solicitor or Agent of Mrs. Bryan Faussett, and 
served a Copy of the Bill, Order of Commitment, 
and Notice of the suspension of the Standing Orders, 
personally on the said Mrs. Bryan Faussett, the 
wife of the Petitioner’s client; that the Petitioner, 
in pursuance of the Order of the said Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, forwarded a Notice of 
the Second Reading to Mr. John Dangerfield, of 
Chancery-lane, London, the Solicitor or Agent of 
the said Helena Caroline Faussett; that the said 
John Dangerfield informed the Petitioner’s clerk, 
who served the Notice of the Second Reading, that 
the said Helena Caroline Faussett was not in Eng- 
land, but that he was prepared to accept service for 
or act on her behalf; that the Petitioner is appre- 
hensive that, should the House insist on a Copy of 
the said Bill and Order of Commitment being per- 
sonally served on the said Helena Caroline Faussett, 
the said Bill cannot be effectually prosecuted during 
the present Session ; and praying that the service 
of a Copy of the said Bill, Order of Commitment, 
and a Notice of the Suspension of the Standing 
Orders, on the said John Dangerfield, may be 
deemed good service, and that personal service 
thereof on the said Helena Caroline Faussett may be 
dispensed with, or that the House wiil be pleased to 
grant such other relief in the premises as to the 
House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is expedient that means be annually 
aay for the voluntary emigration, to some of 

er Majesty’s Colonies, of a certain number of 
young persons of both sexes, who have been edu- 
cated in the Schools ordinarily called Ragged 
Schools, in and about the Metropolis:—And the 
said Motion was, by leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That it appears by the Evidence taken before | 


the Select Committee on British Guiana, that that 
Government has been carried on for the last ten 
years in opposition to the expressed views and opi- 
nions of the Elective Members o :the Colonial 
Legislature, and that the supplies are now stopped 
in the Colony by continued opposition, to the great 
injury of the Colony; that this House is of opinion, 


A. 1849. 


that the time has arrived when the Pablic Expen- 
diture of the Colony should be reduced, as desired 
by the Colonists; and also for the establishment of 
a responsible Local Government, which should have 
full power to decide on the extent and nature of 
their establishments, and to provide the means for 
paying the same:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 


And the House peg ee ee oe to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 25° die Julii, 1849: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

Tellers for the Yeas, poe } 17. 

Tellers for the Noes, { ag Zz one Hill, 94, 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put:—It passed 
in the Negative. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Mercurii, 25° die Juli ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 





to sit this day, during the sitting of the 
House. 


instant July, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


of the House, No. 75, might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

“ That a copy of all Amendments made in the 
House of Lords to any Private Bill; and of all 
Amendments to such Amendments intended to be 
proposed in this House, be laid by the Agent before 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, before two o’clock on the day previous to 
that on which the same are respectively appointed 
for consideration by the House.’ 

The House was also moved, That the Standing 
Order of the House, No. 204, might be read; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

“ That when Amendments made by the House of 
Lords to any Private Bill, are to be taken into con- 
sideration, One clear day’s notice be given thereof 
in the Private Bill Office, and if any Amendments 
be intended to be proposed thereto, a copy of such 
Amendments shall also be deposited, and notice 

iven thereof, One clear day previous to the same 
| Soles proposed to be taken into consideration, and 
that no such notice be given until the day after that 
on which such Bill shall have been returned from 
the House of Lords.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be sus- 
pended for the remainder of this Session ; and that 
Amendments made by the House of Lords to any 
Private Bill be taken into consideration, provided a 
Copy of all such Amendments be laid by the om 
before the Chairman of the Committee of _ 
‘and Means on the day on which the same are to be 
| taken into consideration. 





Ordered, 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 23d day of this re 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Private Bills. 








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25° 


13 Vicrortz. 


Ordered, That, in the case of Bills brought from 
the Lords, not being Bills relating to Crown, 
Church or Corporation property, held in trust for 
public or charitable purposes, it be an Instruction 
to the Committee of Selection, that they have power 
to appoint the meeting of the Committee on such 
Bills so soon after the Second Reading of the same 
as they shall think fit, on giving notice in the| 
Private Bill Office on the day previous to that! 
named for the sitting of the Committee; and that 


vate Bills 
Fem the 





in the case of Bills of the class above mentioned, | 
the Standing Orders, Nos. 179 and 200 be sus- | 


pended, and that the said Bills be read a third time | Wednesbury ;—and, Rugeley; praying for the re- 





Juliz. 5035 


oe Breviate has been deposited on Tuesday 24th 
uly. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on the Selection. 
Bowling Ivon Company Bill for Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bowling Iron Company Bill Bowling Iron 
be read the third time on bringing up the Report Company Bill. 
from the Committee. 


Petitions from West Bromwich ;—Darlaston ;— Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


on the Report of the Cummittee on the same being | peal of the annual Duty on the Certificates of At- 


brought up. 


Faussett’s The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Divorce Bill. the Petition of John Moxon Clabon, which was pre- | 

sented yesterday, praying that the service of a Copy 
of Faussett’s Divorce Bill, Order of Commitment, 
and a Notice of the Suspension of the Standing 
Orders, on John Dangerfield, the Agent of Mrs. 
Faussett, may be deemed good service, and that per- 
sonal service thereof on Helena Caroline Faussett 
may be dispensed with; and the same was again 
read. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Danger- 
field, the Solicitor of Mrs. Faussett, attended at the 
door ; he was called in, and at the bar examined in 
relation to the allegations of the Petition :—And 
then he withdrew. 


Hudson’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 

Divorce Bill. dissolve the Marriage of Francis Hudson, Merchant, 
with Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Faussett’s 


) Faussett’s Divorce Bill was read a second time, 
Divorce Bill. 


and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill, and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel 
or produce witnesses. 
pas Iron The House was moved, That the Standing Order 

mpany Bill. of the House, No. 66, might be read; and the 
same was read ; as followeth: 

“ That in all casesof Petitions for additional pro- 
vision in Private Bills, and of Estate Bills brought 
from the House of Lords, and of Bills introduced 
by leave of this House in lieu of other Bills which 
shall have been withdrawn, and referred to the Exa- 
miner, the Examiner shall give at least Two clear 
Day’s notice of the day on which the same will be 
examined ; and he shall report to the House whether 
the Standing Orders have or have not been com- 
plied with; and, when they have not been complied 
with, the facts upon which his decision is founded, 
and any special circumstances connected with the 
case.” 

Ordered, That, in the case of the Bowling Iron 
Company Bill, the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended. 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this day on 
the said Bill, and to make his Report forthwith. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time on 

bringing up the Examiner’s Report that the Stand- 
ing Orders have been complied with, provided that 





Vou. 104. 


tornies, Solicitors and Proctors, — were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor steam Com- 
and Directors of the Australian Agricultural Com- munication | 
pany, stating that the Petitioners, acting in pur- Vb Australia. 
suance of the Resolution adopted at a public 
meeting held at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, Saint 
James’s, for the purpose of promoting Communica- 
tion with the Australian Colonies by means of 
Steam-vessels, beg to approach the House with the 
expression of their great anxiety for the speedy 
accomplishment of that object; and praying the 
House to take the matter into early and serious 
consideration, and either by referring the subject 
to the Committee which is now sitting on Steam 
Packet Contracts, or otherwise, to afford such 
effectual relief to the Petitioners as shall seem meet 
to the House, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders of the Bankrupt Law 
borough of Ashton, in the county of Lancaster, _ccrcaas 
praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill “"~ 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned of Rhyl, in Church 
the parish of Rhydland and county of Flint, and Establishment 
diocese of Saint Asaph, praying the House to pre- ‘¥***) 
clude the appointment of any parties not thoroughly 
conversant with the Welsh language, to Ecclesias- 
tical Offices in Wales, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Henley - on- Thames ; — Ashton- Clergy Relief 
under-Lyne (five Petitions) ;—Staleybridge (three Bill. 
Petitions) ; — Denton ; — Dukinfield ; ~ Hurst ;— 
Droylsden;—and, Rycroft; praying that the Clergy 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Osler, of the town of Ecclesiastical 
Truro, in the county of Cornwall, complaining of Cts. 
abuses and grievances connected with the practice 
of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and praying that he may 
be allowed to give evidence thereon, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workers of Messrs. J. Bartholomew Factories Act. 

and Co., Cumberland-street, Calton, Glasgow, com- 
plaining of the evasion of the Factories Act by the 
relay system, and praying the House, at the earliest 
Opportunity, to alter or amend the said Act, so as 
to prevent mill-owners from working their Factories 
beyond ten hours per day, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Stuart and others, praying Hungary. 
the House to address Her Majesty to enter into 
a commercial Treaty with Hungary, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting held in 
the City of London, on Monday 23d July 1849, 
praying the House to secure the immediate recog- 
nition of the Government, de facto, of Hungary, 
4c2 was 

















Malt, &amp;c. 


Mines. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Sale and 
Manufacture 
of Bread Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill, &amp;e. 


Windows. 


564 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Tuble. 


A Petition of Clergy, Owners and Occupiers of 
land, Bankers, Merchants and others residing in and 
near the market town of Hailsham, in the county of 
Sussex, praying for the repeal of the Duty on Malt, 
and that the burdens now pressing on persons en- 
gaged in agriculture may be removed, and that 
Customs Duties be placed on Foreign produce and 
manufactures fro countries untithed or compara- 
tively untaxed, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colliers and Miners of Northum- 
berland, stating that they are from day to day ex- 
posed to imminent dangers while following their 
employment, and that a great number of the friends 
and relatives of the Petitioners have been killed 
and otherwise deprived of life by explosions of fire- 
damp and other calamities incident to coal mines, 
and praying the House, hefore this Session of 
Parliament closes, to provide by some enactment 
a proper protection to their lives and health, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Lindley ;— Ashton-under-Lyne ; 
—and, Kirkheaton; praying for amendment of the 
Sale of Beer Act, with the view of diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Master Bakers of Devonport and East Stonehouse, 
in the county of Devon, praying that the Sale and 
Manufacture of Bread Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Laxfield;—and, Robert Garrod and 
others ; praying that instructions may be forthwith 
given to the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian 
Governments the liberation of all Africans who 
have been illicitly imported into their colonies and 
territories, contrary to the faith of treaties, together 
with their descendants; and in the event of their 
attempting to evade such demand, or to procrastinate 
its fulfilment, to notify to them that measures will 
be adopted to exclude their produce from the Bri- 
tish markets, until Slavery itself shall be abolished 
by them,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Hall, of Basford, near 
Nottingham, Civil Engineer, stating that he hath in- 
vented, and had in extensive operation, apparatuses 
for the consumption of the opaque 3 arising 
not only from steain-engine and other boiler furnaces, 
but from annealing furnaces and locomotive engines ; 
they have also been applied (but not so extensively) 
to dyers’ or bleachers’ pans, and to bakers’ ovens, 
and they are equally well calculated to consume the 
smoke generated by every other description of close 
furnaces whatever ; and praying the House to in- 
stitute an inquiry into the merits of his apparatuses, 
and to pass the Smoke Prohibition Bill into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from London ;—and, Members of the 
Newcastle-on- Tyne and Gateshead Sanitary Associa- 
tion; praying that the said Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Com- 
mittee of the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, praying 
the House forthwith to repeal the Window ‘Tax, and 
to provide for any loss of revenue arising therefrom, 


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A. 1849. 


by enforcing greater economy in the national expen- 
diture, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bowling tron 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Company Bil, 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Bowling Iron 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, fron ana 
Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported Hardware, 
and exported from the United Kingdom in the year 
1848, distinguishing the several sorts of Iron, and 
the Countries from which imported and to which 
exported :—Of British Iron exported, including un- 
wrought Steel, in the year 1848, distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same were exported :—And, 
of the Quantity of British Hardware exported in 
the year 1848, distinguishing the Countries to which 
exported, and the declared Value thereof. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lents, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Inclo- Commons 
sure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special Inclosure 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England (N° 2) Bill. 
and Wales: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Highway 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred Rates Bill 
and Fifty, and to the End of the then next Session 
of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Applica- 
tion of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend to the Officers Excise Bene- 
of Inland Revenue the Privilege of becoming Mem- volent Fund 
bers of the Excise Benevolent Fund Society : Society Ee 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to abolish the Gaol of Newgate Gaol 
Newgate, in the County of the City of Dublin, and (Dublin) Bill 
provide Compensation for the Officers thereof, and 
to enable the Grand Jury of the County of the said 


City to increase the Salaries of the Chaplains of 


certain other Gaols thereof, and to re-assess on the 
County of the said City certain Arrears of Grand 
Jury aie 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to — a Lunatic 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hun- Asylums 
dred aaa Fifty, and to the End of the then next (teland) Bill 
Session of Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, for amending the 
Law relative to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An poor Relief 
Act to amend the Acts for the more effectual Relief (Ireland) Bill. 
of the Destitute Poor in Jreland, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Poor Relief 
Lords to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill be taken (Ireland) Bill. 
into consideration To-morrow. No. 552. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Bowling Iron 
Company Bill. 


The Bowling Iron ew Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Redundant 

List (Public 

Departments.) 
No. 555. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Soap, Soap. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 566. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Legacy, saa 
&amp;e., Duties, which was presented yesterday, be oe bist 
printed. naan 
Ordered, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to the Redundant List (Public Departments), which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 











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sill. 


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ll. 








18 VicrorizZ. 


ips Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ships 
S Zaatio” gaa “ Thetis” and “ Spartan,” which was presented 
ape yesterday, be printed. 


State of 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Ireland. 


Question proposed upon Monday last, That an hum- | 
ble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying 

Her to take into Her gracious consideration the un- | 
happystate of Ireland, representing thata crisis of un- | 
paralleled magnitude is afflicting that most wretched | 
country ; that the chief food of her population and | 
the main product of her agriculture has failed to a | 
most disastrous extent for several years; that thereby | 
all classes of Her Majesty’s subjects in Jreland 

have been involved in rum; that much of its soil has 

gone out of cultivation ; that the moral and physical 

condition of the people is lamentably degraded, and 

in spite of unexampled aid from England, vast 

numbers of our fellow-subjects have actually pe- 

rished from want :—That it is the conviction of this 

House, that the very vastness of the calamity fur- 

nishes a well-founded hope that a wise legislation, 

apprehending the peculiar opportunity hereby offered, 

and skilfully availing itself of the elements now set 

free for the re-construction of agricultural relations | 
in Ireland, might lay the foundation of a prosperity | 
hitherto unknown in that country :—That the House 
is confirmed in that conviction, by the evidence 
given before Parliament by witnesses of the highest 
intelligence and of the profoundest knowledge of 
the actual state and undeveloped resources of Jre- 
land :—That on a review of that evidence, this 
House is constrained painfully to acknowledge that 
while the Acts specially framed for the relief of dis- 
tress since the commencement of the famine have 
not realised the benevolent intentions of Parliament, 
neither have those of a more permanent nature been 
characterised by a true discernment of the peculiar 
features of the present crisis, and the establishment 
of any comprehensive policy adequate to the emer- 
gency :—That this House humbly prays Her Ma- 
jesty to direct the special and careful attention of 
Her Majesty’s Government to the Evidence which 
has been laid before Parliament, feeling assured 
that the ability, information and practical sugges- 
tions therein displayed, furnish ample materials for 
legislation at once solid, profound and regenera- 
tive, be resumed after the Orders of the day. 


Revenue, 
Population, 
Commerce, &amp;c. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, 
Commerce, &amp;c. of the United Kingdom and its De- 
pendencies.—Part X VII.—Sec. A. 1847, compiled 
from Official Returns. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupt and Insolvent 
* Members Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


Bankrupt and 
Insolvent 
Members Bill 


Smoke Prohi- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
bition Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Smoke Prohibition Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair. 


Consolidated | The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Fund (Appro- into consideration the Consolidated Fund (Appro- 
appeneademee priation) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


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565 


or Claims over the ew Forest, in the County of 
Southampton and Waltham Forest, in the County 
of Essex, was, according to Order, read the third 
time, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Customs Bill. 
into consideration the Customs Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Workhouse 
into consideration the Workhouse Loans (Jre/and) Loans J 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Inclosure Act 
take into consideration the Inclosure Act (Extension (Extension of 
of Powers) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Fowen) Se 
A Clause (Persons interested in several matters of 

exchange may effect exchanges) was twice read ; 

and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Treasury 
take into consideration the Treasury Instruments Instruments 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trade 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Persian (Persian Gulf) 
Gulf) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
_— , That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the House of Lords 
more effectual Taxation of Costs on Private Bills Costs Taxation 
in the House of Lords, and to facilitate the Taxation 2 
of other Costs on Private Bills, in certain Cases, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hume do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to General Board 
take into consideration the General Board of Health of Health Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Bill to amend the Nuisances Removal and Nuisances 
Diseases Prevention Act, 1848, was, according to Removal and 
Order, read the third time. ne 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 

(General Board of Health may cause inquiry to be 
made into state of Burial Grounds, and may direct 
measures of precaution) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read, with a blank ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause ; 











Leasehold The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Lands (ire into consideration the Leasehold Tenure of Lands 
land) Bil. (Zreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
New Forest The Bill to authorize Her Majesty to issue a 
a Commission to inquire into and report upon Rights 


VoL. 104. 

















and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 
to the Bill. 

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Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


Defects in 
Leases Sus- 
pension Bill. 


Marriages 
in Foreign 
Countries 
facilitating 
Bill. 





566 


Another Clause was offered to be added to th 


Bill (Where churchyard is dangerous to health, 
Churchwardens way agree for the burial of pa- 
rishioners in the ground of any Cemetery Company, 
or in the burial-ground of any other parish): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, with 
a blank; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House: —The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause 


and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was read the third time, and added 


to the Bill. 


Ancther Clause (General Board of Health may 
direct inquiries, where it may be expedient to pro- 
hibit interment), was thrice read; and added to the 


Bill. 


Another Clause (Upon report, Board of Health 
may frame a scheme for providing new burial- 


grounds), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Lord Ashley do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


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e|“ Books safely, until the same shall be filled; and 
“ one of such Duplicate Marriage Register Books, 
“‘ when filled, shall be transmitted to one of Her 
“ Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, to be 
“ transmitted by him tothe Registrar-General.” 

P. 7. 1. penult. After “ England” insert “ or 
“ of Ireland, or of the United Church of England 
“ and Ireland.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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in the Colonies Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


into a Committee upon the Drainage of Lands Bil!;| Reading of the Bill for the Relief of Persons in 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Bill for rendering inoperative an Act passed 
this Session, intituled, ‘‘ An Act for granting Relief 
against Defects in Leases made under Powers of 
Leasing, in certain Cases,” was, according to Order, 


read the third time. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Stafford do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


tituled, An Act for facilitating the Marriage of 


British Subjects resident in Foreign Countries; and 
the same were read, as follow; 


P. 5.1. 15, After “ register” insert “in dupli- 
“ cate.” 
P. 5.1.16. Leave out “ a” and insert “ two,” 


and in the same line, leave out “ book’’ and insert 
“ books.” 

P. 5. 1. 23. After “entry” insert “in each such 
“ book.” 

P. 5.1. 28. Leave out “ the book” and insert 
each such book, and the number of the place of 
entry in each duplicate marriage book shall be 
the same.” 

P. 5. 1. ult. Leave out the first “ or” and insert 
and all Marriages of the like parties which.” 

P. 8.1. 7. Leave out “ or” and insert “and all 
Marriages of the like parties whieh.” 

P.8. 1.15. After “law” insert “ Provided always, 
That this enactment shall not extend to render 
valid any Marriage which before the passing of 
this Act has been declared invalid by any court 
of competent jurisdiction, in any proceeding 
touching such Marriage, or any right depen- 
dent, on the validity or invalidity thereof, or any 
Marriage where either of the parties has after- 
wards, during the life of the other, lawfully inter- 
married with any other person.” 

P. 8. 1. ult. After “ seal” insert “ and the Consul 
shall keep the said Duplicate Marriage Register 


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Holy Orders of the United Church of England and 
Ireland declaring their Dissent therefrom ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time: — The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and 
the Amendments following were made to the Bill : 
P. 2.1.6. Leave out “ wantonly or.” 
P.2. 1.7. After “torture” insert “ or cause or 
*« procure to be cruelly beaten, ill treated, over 
‘“&lt; driven, abused or tortured.” 
P. 2.1.8. Leave out from “ Pounds” to “‘ And” 
in P. 3. 1.1. 
P. 3.1.5. Leave out “Ten” and insert “ Five.” 
P.3. 1.6. Leave out “nor less than Five 
“ Pounds.” 
re &amp;. 1. 36. 
“ And” in 1. 23. 
P. 3. Is. 23. and 24. Leave out “ wantonly or.” 
P. 3. 1. 31. Leave out “twenty” and insert 
“ ten.” 
P. 4. 1. 22. Leave out from “ Act” to “ omission,” 
inclusive, in 1. 29. 
P.4. 1.30. Leave out from ‘‘ And” inclusive, to 
“ And” in P.5.1.1. 
P.5. 1.40. Leave out “ ten” and insert “ five.” 
P. 6. 1.6. Leave out “three pounds ” and insert 
“ forty shillings.’’ 
P. 6. 1.28. Leave out “ three pounds” and insert 
“ forty shillings.” 
P.8. 1.4. After “ shall” insert “ after tender of 
“ his reasonable expenses in that behalf.” - 

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Leave out from “ offence” to 





Bill 


Anim 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Admiralty 


: ; : isdiction Jurisdiction 
into a Committee upon the Admiralty Jurisdiction ; is Colonies 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Metropolitan 
take into consideration the Metropolitan Sewers Sewers Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Clergy Relief 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the Cruelty to 


als Bill. 





an 


‘Protection of 
Women Bill. 


13 Vicroria. 


P. 9.1.10. Leave out “ten” and insert “ five.” 
_ _P.11. 1.14. Leave out from “ pounds” to “any” 
In 1. 16., and insert “and in all cases where impri- 
sonment shall be adjudged.” 
P.14. 1. 13. After “ gender” insert “and the 
‘¢ word over-drive shall also signify over-ride,” and 
insert Clause (A.). 
Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
“ Act shall not extend or apply to Scotland.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That the Marquis of Worcester do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to protect Women from fraudulent Practices 
for procuring their Defilement ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ npon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,/ Mr. Spooner, 


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567 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupt Law 
into a Committee upon the Bankrupt Law Consoli- — ation 


dation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankrupt Law 


into a Committee to consider of charging and col- 
lecting the Fees payable in relation to Proceedings f} 
in Bankruptcy, by means of Stamps. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
collection of the Fees payable in relation to Pro- 
ceedings in the Court of Bankruptcy, by means of 
Stamps. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


\ a faty ; Mr. Bernal accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
Tellers for the Noes,f Mr. pote ‘ } 92, | which was read, as followeth : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time; and the Amendments following were made 
to the Bill: 

P.1. 1.3. Leave out “ for lucre of gain.” 

P.1.1. 7. Leave out “ for the lucre of gain.” 

P.1. 1.8. Leave out “solicit and.” 

P.1. 1.9. After “ women” insert “ or child under 
“ the age of twenty-one years ;” after “have” in- 
sert ‘‘illicit;’’ and, leave out from “person” to 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Collection of the Fees payable in relation to Pro- 
ceedings in the Court of Bankruptcy, by means of 
Stamps. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Con- 
mittee on the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill, 
That they have power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved Bankrupt Law 
itself into a Committee upon the Bankrupt Law — 
Consolidation Bill; and, after some time spent” * 







“ shall” in 1. 10., and insert “ shall be guilty ofa mis- 
“ demeanor, and.” 








P.1. 1.12. After “labour” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
any prosecutor or other person shall appear be- 
fore any Court on recognizance to prosecute or 
give evidence against any person charged with 
“ any offence against this Act, every such Court is 
“ hereby authorized and empowered, whether any 
“ Bill of Indictment for such charge shall or shall 
not be actually preferred, to order payment of the 
costs and expenses of the prosecutor and wit- 
nesses for the prosecution in the same manner as 
Courts are now by law authorized and empowered 
“ to order the same in cases of prosecutions for 
“ felony.” 

Cuavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
order for the payment of any money by virtue of 
this Act, shall be made out and delivered by the 
proper officer of the Court unto such prosecutor, 
or other person, upon the same terms and in the 
‘* same manner in all respects as orders for the pay- 
“ ment of costs are now made in cases of felony, 
“ and the treasurer or other person, when any such 
order shall be made, shall be, and is hereby re- 
“ quired, upon sight of such order, forthwith to pay 
“ to the person therein named, or to any one duly 
authorized in that behalf, the money in such 
“ order mentioned, and such treasurer or other 
“* person shall be allowed the same in passing his 
“ accounts.” 

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therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming State of 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Ireland. 


upon Monday last, That an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, praying Her to take into Her 
gracious consideration the unhappy state of Ireland, 
representing that a crisis of unparalleled magnitude 
is afflicting that most wretched country ; that the 
chief food of her population and the main product 
of her agriculture has failed to a most disastrous 
extent for several years; that thereby all classes 
of Her Majesty’s subjects in Ireland have been 
involved in ruin; that much of its soil has gone 
out of cultivation; that the moral and physical 
condition of the people is lamentably degraded, and 
in spite of unexampled aid from England, vast 
numbers of our fellow-subjects have actually pe- 
rished from want :—That it is the conviction of this 
House, that the very vastness of the calamity fur- 
nishes a well-founded hope that a wise legislation, 
apprehending the peculiar o a hereby offered, 
and skilfully availing itself of the elements now set 
free for the reconstruction of agricultural relations 
in Ireland, might lay the foundation of a prosperity 
hitherto unknown in that country :—That the House 

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Fees (Courts 
of Law, &amp;c.) 


No. 559. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


No, 560. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Prelates 
(Colonies.) 


Scquestrators’ 
Remedies Bill. 


568 
is confirmed in that conviction by the evidence 
given before Parliament by witnesses of the highest 
intelligence and of the profoundest knowledge of 
the actual state and undeveloped resources of Jre- 
land:—That on a review of that evidence, this 
House is constrained painfully to acknowledge that 
while the Acts specially framed for the relief of dis- 
tress since the commencement of the famine have 
not realised the benevolent intentions of Parliament, 
neither have those of a more permanent nature been 
characterized by a true discernment of the peculiar 
features of the present crisis, and the establishment 
of any comprehensive policy adequate to the emer- 
gency :—That this House humbly prays Her Ma- 
jesty to direct the speciul and careful attention of 
Her Majesty’s Government to the Evidence which 
has been laid before Parliament, feeling assured that 
the ability, information and practical suggestions 
therein displayed, furnish ample materials for legis- 
Jation at once solid, profound and regenerative ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into and report to the House on the Taxa- 
tion of Suitors in the Courts of Law and Equity by 
the collection of Fees, and the amount thereof, and 
the mode of collection, and the appropriation of 
Fees in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of Special and 
and General Sessions in England and Wales, and in 
the Ecclesiastical Courts and Courts of Admiralty ; 
and as to the Salaries and Fees received by the 
officers of those Courts, and whether any and what 
means could be adopted with a view of superintend- 
ing and regulating the collection and appropriation 
thereof, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Committee ; 
That they had considered the matter to them referred, 
and directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Milnes presented a Bill for the Reformation 
of Juvenile Offenders and the Prevention of Juvenile 
Offences: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon this day 
three months; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hlawes presented,—Return to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of June 
last, and the 20th day of this instant July, for a 
Copy of any Correspondence between the Lord 
Bishop of Sydney and the Governor of Mew South 
Wales, and between the Governor and the Colonial 
Office, on the subject of the Circular Despatch of 
the Earl Grey, dated the 20th day of November 
1847, relative to the Titles and Rank of the Roman 
Catholic Prelates in the Colonies; and, Copy of 
any further Communication from the Colonial Office 
to the Governor of New South Wales, or to any 
other Colonial Governor, in relation to the said 
subject :— And, for Copies of any further Cor- 
respondence relative to the Titles and Rank of 
Roman Catholic Prelates in the Colonies, since the 
Address moved for on the 26th day of June last. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to extend the Remedies of Seques- 
trators of Ecclesiastical Benefices ; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

P.1. 1.1. Leave out from “the” to “for” in 
]. 2., and insert “ remedies.” 

P.1. 1.9, After “ordinary” insert “or by any 
“ competent Ecclesiastical Court,” and in the same 


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line leave out “and raise from” and insert “ collect, 
“ gather or receive,” and also in the same line leave 
out “an” and insert “ any.” 

P.1. 1.10. Leave out from “ Benefice’”’ to 
“ may” in 1. 11., and insert ‘“ by virtue or in pur- 
“ suance of any writ of Fieri facias de bonis eccle- 
siasticis sequestrari facias, or of any sequestration 
made or issued by authority of law.” 


P.1.1.12. Leave out “ proceedings either by,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ action’’ to 
“ at” in 1.13. 

P. 1.1.13. After the first “or” insert “ suit” ; 
and in the same line, leave out “by” and insert 
“ levy any”; and in the same line, after “ dis- 
“‘ tress” insert “or take any other proceeding” ; 
and in the same line, leave out “ such” and insert 
“ the.” 

P.1. 1. 14. Leave out from “ sequestrator,”’ to 
“ for” in 1. 15., and insert “ of such Roukes with- 
“ out further description.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 15. Leave out “ render or.” 


P. 1. 1. penult. Leave out “ due” and insert 
“« dues or fees payable,’ and in the same line leave 
out “such” and insert “ the;” and in the same line, 
after “‘ Incumbent” insert ‘‘ of such Benefice ;” and 
in the same line leave out “ for the recovery.” 


P. 1. 1. ult. After “any” insert ‘ messuages, 
“ Jands, tenements or hereditaments subject to such 
“ sequestration, or of any,” and in the same line 
leave out “such” and insert “ the,” and also in 
the same line, and in P. 2. 1. 1., after “ incumbent” 
insert “ of such benefice.” 

P. 2.1.2. Leave out “the glebe” and insert 
any such messuages, lands, tenements or heredi- 
taments, tithes,’ and in the same line, after 
tithe” insert “ rent-charge.” 

P, 2.1. 3. Leave out from “relates” to “ Pro- 
vided” in 1. 6. 

Pr, 2.1.6. After “that” insert “ nothing herein 
contained shall be construed to empower the 
sequestrator of any benefice to bring, prosecute, 
levy or take any action, suit, distress or other 
proceeding by virtue of this Act, except against 
the incumbent of;” and in the same line, after 
such ” insert “ benefice which might not lawfully 
have been brought, prosecuted, levied or taken by 
the incumbent of such benefice, if such benefice 
had not been under sequestration : Provided also, 
That no,” and in the same line, after “ sequestra- 
tion” insert “ appointed under a sequestration 
“ issued at the suit or instance of any creditor,” and 
in the same line, leave out “ not.” 

P. 2.1. 7. Leave out “sue” and insert “ com- 
mence, prosecute, levy or take,” and in the same 
line, leave out ‘‘ party so liable ” and insert “ action, 
‘ suit, distress or other proceeding, as aforesaid, 
under the provisions of this Act.” 

P. 2. |. 8. Leave out from “creditor” to the 
first “ such” in |. 11., and insert “ at whose suit or 
“ instance.” 

Pr. 2.1.11. After “ have” insert “ been.” 

P. 2.1. 12. After “ordinary ” insert “ or Eccle- 
siastical Court.” 

P. 2.1. 13. After “ expenses ” insert “ incurred 
or,” and in the same line, after “the” insert 
commencement,’ and in the same line, after 
prosecution ” insert “ or conduct.” 

P. 2. 1. 14. After the second “ or” insert “ other 

“ proceeding.” 

P. 2.1.17. Leave out “or,” and in the same 
line, after “suit” insert “distress or other pro- 
“ ceeding.” 

P. 2.1.19. After “ sequestration” insert “ law- 
“ fully entitled.” 

P, 2.1. 21. Leave out “ due” and insert “ dues, 
“ fees.” 

P. 2. 1. 25. Leave out “subject as hereinafter 
“ provided.” 

P. 2. 1. 25. After “ of”’ insert “any.” 


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‘«* ing for the sume,” and also insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A:) “ And be it Enacted That this 
Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to 
be passed in this Session of Parliament.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 
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Indictable 
Offences 
(ireland) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to facilitate the Performance of the 
Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter 
Sessions in Jre/and, with respect to Persons charged 
with Indictable Offences ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

P.11. 1. 30. Leave out “ chief.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to facilitate the Performance of the 
Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter 
Sessions in Zreland, with respect to Summary Con- 
victions and Orders; and the same were read, as 
follow : 


Summary 
Convictions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


P. 37. ls. 11. and 12. Leave out “ the Clerk 
** of the Justice of the Peace for the district of.” 

P. 38. Is. 15. and 16. Leave out “ the Clerk of 
“ the Justices of the Peace for the district of.” 

P. 44. Is. 6.and 7. Leave out “ the Clerk of the 
“ Justices of the Peace for the district of.” 

P. 45. ls. 17. and 18. Leave out “ the Clerk of 
“ the Justices of the Peace for the district of.” 

P. 47. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out “ the Clerk of 
“ the Justices of the Peace for the district of.” 

P, 49. ls. 22. and 23. Leave out “ the Clerk of 
“ the Justices of the Peace for the district of.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


And it being Six of the clock Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-moriow, without putting 
the Question. 








Jovis, 26° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 18 49. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of West- 
minster Bridge, was called in ; and at the bar 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts | 


of Parliament,—The Four Quarterly Accounts of 
the Treasurer to the Commissioners of Westminster 
Bridge, from the 5th of April 1848 to the 5th of 
April 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milton, from the Faculty Office, Doctors’ 
Commons, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
VoL. 104. 


Benefices in 
Plurality. 


95°— 26° Juliz. 


Pr. 2. 1.27. Leave out from “ sequestration” to | pursuant to Order,—A Return of all the Fees 
the end of the Bill, and insert “ Provided always, | to the Faculty Office, Doctors’ Commons, for 
That nothing herein contained shall make any | pensations to Clergymen to hold Benefices and Pre- 
alteration in the law respecting the application of | ferments in Plurality, since the passing of the Act 
the money received by a sequestrator, or the | 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106, called the Pluralities Act, stating 
security to be given by him for his duly account- | the Amount paid for each Dispensation, and dis- 


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tinguishing the Officer or Officers to whom each 
of the Fees have been paid; and also, a Return of 
the Fees which would have been payable on each 
of such Dispensations if the Statute 1 and 2 Vice. 
c. 106, had not been passed, distinguishing the Offi- 
cer or Officers towhom each of the Fees would have 
then been payable :—And then he withdrew. 

. 7 That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Private Bills. 
of the House, No. 177, might be read ; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 


“ That all Amendments made by the House of 
Lords to any Private Bill be printed and circulated 
with the Votes, prior to such Amendments being 
taken into consideration; and where any Clause 
has been amended, it shall be printed in extenso, 
with every addition or substitution in different type, 
and the omissions therefrom included in brackets 
and underlined ; and that when any Amendments 














are intended to be proposed to the Lords’ Amend- 
ments, such proposed Amendments shall also te 
printed in like manner. 


Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended for the remainder of the Session. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- upon-Hull 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Dock Company a 
at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise a further Sum of *™ 
Money, and for amending some of the Provisions of 
the Acts relating to such Company; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1.36. After “ granted” insert Clauses (A.) 
(B.) (C.) (D.) (E.) (F.) (G.) (H.) and (I.) 

CravuseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That from 
and after the expiration of four years from the 
passing of this Act, if any mud or soil, whether 
dredged or lifted from the Humber Dock or old 
Harbour, or otherwise arising, shall be thrown by 
the Company or any person or persons whomso- 
ever, into the River Humber, in each and every 
case the Company and every person so throwing 
any such mud or soil into the River Humber shall 
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding the sum of 
ten pounds over and besides all expenses which 
may be incurred by or under the direction of the 
Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for 
executing the office of Lord High Admiral, in re- 
moving to a proper place any such mud or soil 
which may have been thrown into the said River 
Humber, which expenses may be recoverable as 
a penalty, or as debt due to Her Majesty, with 
costs of suit: Provided always, that if any gene- 
ral Act shall hereafter pass, relating to the con- 
servancy and regulation of Tidal Rivers, and 
the casting of mud therein, then the said Com- 
pany shall, at the expiration of the said four years, 
or upon the commencement of such general Act, 
if passed after the expiration of the said four 
years, be subject to the provisions of such gene- 
ral Act, and the provisions in this Act contained 
with reference thereto shall cease and determine ; 
Provided also, that in the meantime, no such 
mud or soil as aforesaid shall be cast into the said 
River Humber by the said Company or any other 
person, to the westward of a line to be drawn in 
a southward direction across the said River from 
the westward entrance from the said River into 
the New Dock, called the Victoria Dock, nor at 
any other time of the tide than between the 

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Cravuse (B.) “ And whereas the Company will 
require for the deposit of the mud from the docks, 
a considerable quantity of land at a distance from 
the town of Kingston-upon-Hull; Be it Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the Company to pro- 
vide places of deposit for the mud taken from the 
docks, or from the old Harbour, and for such 
purpose, from time to time, to purchase from any 
person willing to sell the same any quantity of 
land not exceeding one hundred acres ; and with 
veference to such purchases, the Clauses in the 
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, with re- 
spect to the purchase of lands by agreement, shall 
be incorporated with, and form part of this Act.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That, except 
as hereinafter provided, the Company shall, within 
one year from the passing of this Act, cleanse 
the old Harbour, and shall remove all obstructions 
to the ebb and flow of the tide therein, according 
to such plan as shall be directed or approved of 
by the Lord High Admiral, or by the Commis- 
sioners for executing the office of Lord High 
Admiral, such direction or approval to be signified 
in writing, under the hand of the Secretary of 
the Admiralty ; Provided always, that if within 
one year from the passing of this Act, legal pro- 
ceedings shall be taken by the Company, or by 
any Corporation, Commissioners or person against 
any other Corporation, Commissioners or persons, 
for the purpose of fixing upon such last-men- 
tioned Corporation, Commissioners or persons 
the liability to cleanse the said old Harbour, and 
to remove obstructions therein, then and in such 
case, the liability of the said Company to perform 
such works, under the provisions in this Act con- 
tained, shall be extended to a period of three 
years, computed from the passing of this Act: 
Provided that if the said liability shall at any 
time be fixed upon such other Corporation, Com- 
missioners or persons, no greater or other liability 
to perform such works shall thereafter attach to 
the said Company than if this Act had not been 
passed : Provided always, that nothing in this Act 
contained shall exonerate or discharge any Cor- 
poration, Company, Commissioners or person or 
persons, if any, from the liability to cause such 
cleansing or removal as aforesaid ; and if the said 
Company shall, in compliance with this Act, or 
under the direction and approval aforesaid, spend 
any money in cleansing the said old Harbour, and 
removingthe obstructions therein, and the liability 
to do such work shall at any time be fixed upon 
some other Corporation, Commissioners or per- 
sons, the said Company muy and shall be entitled 
to recover the amount so expended from the Cor- 
poration, Commissioners or persons so fixed with 
such liability, as a debt due to the Company by 
virtue of this Act, with costs of suit.” 

Cravuse (D.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Company shall not construct the Docks or Piers, 
or any part thereof, or any works connected 
therewith, on any part of the shore of the River 
Humber, or the River Hull, where and so far up 


the same as the tide flows and reflows, without |‘ 


the previous consent of Her Majesty, Her heirs 
and successors, to be signified in writing under 
the hands of two of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, and of the Lord High 
Admiral, or of the Commissioners for executing 
the Office cf Lord High Admiral, to be signified 
in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
Admiralty, and then only according to such plan, 
and under such restrictions and regulations as the 
said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 


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A, 1849, 


Admiral, shall approve of, such approval being 
signified as last aforesaid, and where any such 
work shall have been constructed with such con- 
sent as aforesaid, the Company shall not at any 
time alter or extend the same, without obtaining, 
previously to making any such alteration or ex- 
tension, the like consents or approvals, and if any 
such work shall be commenced, completed, al- 
tered or extended without such consent and ap- 
proval, the said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and 
Buildings, or the said Lord High Admiral, or the 
said Commissioners for executing the Office of 
Lord High Admiral, may abate and remove the 
same and restore the site thereof to its former 
condition at the cost of the Company, and the 
amount of such costs shall be a debt due to the 
Crown, and be recoverable against the Company 
accordingly.” 

Cuiauss (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
Company propose to make any deviations from or 
alterations in the plans of their works, they shall, 
before adopting and carrying such deviations or 
alterations into execution, submit the plans thereof 
to the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners 
for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, 
and also to the said Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works 
and Buildings ; and no deviations from or altera- 
tions in the deposited plans shall be adopted b 
the Company, unless approved by the Lord High 
Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral, or the said Com- 
missioners respectively, signified in manner afore- 
said, or otherwise, as they shall think proper.” 

Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if after 
working-drawings of the works which may be 
hereafter constructed by the said Company shall 
have been submitted to the Lord High Admiral 
of the United Kingdom, or to the Commissioners 
for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, it 
shall be deemed expedient by him or them to 
order a local survey and examination of such 
works, or of the intended site thereof, the Com- 
pany shall defray the costs of such local survey 
and examination, and the amount thereof shall 
be a debt due to Her Majesty from the Company, 
and if not paid upon demand may be recovered 
as a debt due to the Crown, with the costs of 
suit, or may be recovered with costs, asa penalty 
is or may be recoverable from the Company.” 

Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
work now or hereafter to be constructed by the 
Company in or across any tidal water, or if any 
portion of the work which affects any such water 
or river, or access thereto, shall be abandoned or 
suffered to fall into disuse or decay, it shall be 
lawful for the Lord High Admiral, or the Com- 
missioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
Admiral, to abate and remove the same, or such 
part or parts thereof as he or they may at any 
time or times deem fit and proper, and to restore 
the site thereof to its former condition, at the 
cost and charge of the Company, and the amount 
thereof shall be a debt due from the Company to 
the Crown, and shall be recoverable accordingly, 
with costs of suit.” 

Cuavsr (H.) “And be it Enacted, That the Com- 
pany shall, within three months after the passing 
of this Act, provide and always thereafter main- 
tain in good repair and working order in a proper 
part of the River, near the entrance of the 
Victoria Dock, and in such manner as the Lord 
High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral shall, by 
writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
Admiralty, approve of, an efficient self-registering 


. tide-gauge, with a barometer ; and the said Com- 


pany shall cause the daily working and results 
of the said tide-gauge and barometer, and a 
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daily account of the state of the wind and| 
weather to be regularly and properly kept, and | 
shall cause the full and true results and details | 
thereof to be sent monthly to the Secretary of 
the Admiralty.” 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Company shall be liable to a penalty, not ex- 
ceeding two pounds, for every twenty four hours 
during which the said self-registering, tide-gauge 
and barometer shall not be provided or main- 
tained, or such accountof the wind and weather 
shall not be kept as aforesaid, and they shall be 
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for 
each month they shall neglect or refuse to send | 
as aforesaid to the Secretary of the Admiralty, | 
a full and true account of the daily workings 
of the said tide-guage and barometer, and of the 
daily state of the wind and weather.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


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Lordships. 
Aberdeen Des» A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to in- 
titute Female corporate by the Name of the Trustees of the 


Orphan Asy- Hospital in Aberdeen for Orphan and Destitute 
hn David Seale Children, “‘ The peies of the Aberdeen 
Bill. Destitute Female Orphan Asylum,” acting undera 
Deed of Constitution granted by the Trustees of 
John Gordon, of Murtle, Esquire, deceased, and to 
alter and extend the Powers and Provisions of the 
said Deed, and to vest the residue of the Estate 
and Effects of John Carnegie, Esquire, deceased, in 
the Trustees so incorporated, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


mee st A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
—_ of enable the Trustees of the Settlement made in 


Sutherland’s) pursuance of the Will of George Granville, late 
Estate Bil. Duke of Sutherland, to grant or demise fora long 
term of years tothe Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Company, certain Springs and Reservoirs of 
Water in Lands in the Parishes of Caverswall and 
Stone, in the County of Stafford, comprised in the 
said Settlement, and certain Waterworks, Rights 
and Privileges, for supplying with Water the Towns 
of Longton and Lane End, in the said County, and 
several Townships or Places near thereto; and to 
enable the said Trustees to take Shares in the said 
Company, and to Advance Money to the said 
Company on Mortgage, and for other Purposes, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Gordon’s 
(Cairness) 
Estate Bill. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
authorizing the Trustees of the late Thomas Gor- 
don to sell his Estates of Cairness, and others in 
the County of Aberdeen, and to apply the Price 
thereof in Payment of the Debts and Burthens 
affecting the same, and for laying out the Residue 
of the Price in the Purchase of other Lands to be 
entailed in Terms of the Trust Deed of Settlement 
by the said Thomas Gordon, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Honourable A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 


Robe ‘ni 
Clive ty Leases for Mining Purposes to be granted to 


© Anthony Hill, Esquire, of Parts of the Estate 
VoL. 104, 


96° Juliz. 


571 


situate in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil, in the 
County of Glamorgan, devised by the Will of the 
Right honourable Other Arthur, Earl of Plymouth, 
deceased, and for other Purposes, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Hurd’s 
confirm the Title of the Trustees of the Will of state Bill 
Philip Hurd, Esquire, deceased, to a Copyhold 
Estate at Kentish Town, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, and to extend the Power to grant Building 
Leases contained in the said Will, and to empower 
the Trustees of the said Will to raise Money for 
the Improvement of the said Estate, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Ladykirk 
enable Marianne Sarah Robertson, of Ladyhkirk, to (Robertson's) 
disentail certain detached Portions.of the Entailed ®state Bill. 
Estate of Ladykhirk, to be conveyed to David Ro- 
bertson, her Husband, in lieu of the Lands of 
Simprim, to be added by him to the said Entailed 
Estate ; to grant Security upon the said Estate for 
a certain Sum of Money expended in Improve- 
ments, and for other Purposes relating thereto, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed tothe same, without Amendment. 





A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Lee’s Estate 
authorize the Sale of Part of the Estates devised Bill. 
by William Lee Antonie, Esquire, deceased, and 
for applying the Proceeds in Payment of certain 
Incumbrances, and in Purchase of Hereditaments 
to be limited to the Uses declared of certain Es- 
tates substituted and settled by an Act of the 
second and third years of the reign of King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for vesting the Fee 
Simple of Part of the Freehold Estates devised by 
the Will of William Lee Antonie, Esquire, de- 
ceased, in strict Settlement in his Nephew, John 
Lee, Esquire, Doctor of Laws (subject to a term 
of Five hundred years as an indemnification against 
a Sum of Ten thousand pounds and interest), and 
for substituting Part of the Fee Simple Estates of 
the said John Lee in lieu thereof, and also for ap- 
pointing New Trustees of the said settled Estates,” 
and to amend the said Act, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 











to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Lord 
enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke ecg me and 
of Cleveland to raise certain Monies on the Trust of Cleveland's) 
Estates in the County of Durham by the said Will Estate Bill. 
devised, and for the Management of the said Es- 
tates, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Ogle’s Estate 
enabling the Trustees of the Settlement made Bill. 
under Orders of the High Court of Chancery after 
the Marriage of Chaloner Ogle, Esquire, and 
Eliza Sophia Frances Ogle, his Wife, to grant 
Building, Improving and other Leases of certain 





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572 


Estates and Hereditaments situate at Patcham, in 
the County of Sussex, comprised in the said Set- 
tlement, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting the Cole and Reynolds’ Estates, situate at 
Doddington, Leverington, Guyhurn, Broughton and 
Buckden, in the Isle of Ely and Counties of Cam- 
bridge and-Huntingdon, in Trustees for Sale, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the Trustees of the Will of the late 
Anthony Harman, Esquire, to grant building, im- 
proving and other Leases of certain Freehold Es- 
tates devised by the said Will, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Tufton’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Tolls, Rates, Charges, &amp;c. authorized 
to be made by any Railway Act of Parliament :— 
Also, of the Tolls, Rates, Scale of Charges, &amp;c. 
made by every Railway Company in the year 1848, 
and those in existence on the 1st day of May and 
the 1st day of July 1849, for or relating to the Toll, 
Carriage, Conveyance, Receipt, Collection, De- 
livery, &amp;c. or ana of Goods, Parcels, Luggage, 
&amp;c. by Passenger, Van and Luggage Trains re- 
spectively :—Also, when every such Tolls, Rates, 
Charges, &amp;c. were established, and came into Force : 
—Also, distinguishing the different Rates and 
Charges made under each Head, and in respect of 
different Trades, Species and Classes of Goods, 
Parcels, Small Parcels, &amp;c., and of different Dis- 
tances, Weights, Trains and other matters. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in the annexed Form, of the Names of the 
Inspectors under the Poor Law Board, the Names 
of the Unions comprised in each Inspector’s Dis- 
trict, and the Amount paid to each for Salary and 
Travelling Expenses for the last Three years, ending 
the 31st day of March 1849; and, also, the Num- 
ber of Times each Inspector has, during such Period, 
visited each Union Workhouse in his District, to- 
gether with the Number of Special Inquiries held 
by him during the same Period :— 





Number of Visits 
made by each In- 
spector during 
the same Period 
to each Work- 
house in his Dis- 
trict. 


Amount of Salary 
and Expenses for 
the Three Years 
ended the 31st 
March 1849, paid 
toeach Inspector. 


Names 
of Unions 
comprised 

in each 
Inspector's 

District. 


Number of Spe- 
cial Inquiries 
held by each 
Inspector dur- 
ing the same 
Period. 




















A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Reigate, in the county of Surrey, praying for the 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A, 1849. 


Petitions from Walsall ;—and, Richmond (York- Bankrupt Law 
shire); praying that the Bankrupt Law Consolida- Consolidation 
tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Ford, a Prisoner in custody Writs of 
of the keeper of the Queen’s Prison, in the county Attachment, 
of Surrey, complaining of being taken and impri- 
soned ever since the 27th January 1835, and of 
being by means of a Vesting Order of the Court for 
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, absolute in the first 
instance, disseised of his freehold and copyhold in- 
heritance, under writs of attachment, in contempt 
of the Court of Exchequer, for non-payment of 
costs at the suit of his own attorney; and praying 
that a prisoner’s disobedience of a writ of attach- 
ment in contempt, and Vesting Order for non-pay- 
ment of attornies’ costs by rules of court absolute 
in the first instance (after he has been in custody 
such time as the House may think proper) be deemed 
a breach of the peace, and indictable at common 
law, and that the party who obtains such writ of 
attachment and Vesting Order, be compelled to 
proceed by indictment against such prisoner, or he 
be forthwith delivered out of custody without pre- 
judice, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ellesmere ;—Wrexham ;—Llan- Marriages 
gollen;—and, Newport (Salop); praying that the Bill. 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Water- Ministers’ 

ford, praying for the repeal of the statute of the ren a 
Irish Parliament, 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, passed —_— 
the year 1665, by which the Tax called Ministers’ 
Money is imposed, reasonable compensation for 
life interests being granted to such as may suffer 
thereby, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merchants, Bankers, Wholesale Railway 
Dealers, Carriers and others; — Newcastle-upon- Parcels. 
Tyne ;—and, Edinburgh; complaining of oppressive 
and unequal rates charged by Railway Companies 
as to goods traffic, and breaking open packages of 
small parcels ; and praying for an investigation and 
inquiry, a revision of companies’ powers and official 
superintendence of traffic, to protect competitors,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Helen’s (Lancaster);—Here- Sale of Beer 
ford ;—and, Blean Union; praying for an amend- At 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view to dimi- 
nishing the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kelso and its vici- Schools 
nity, praying fora thorough reform of the Paro- (Scotland.) 
chial Schools of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the ous Debts 


ct. 


parish of North Walsham, in the county of Norfolk, 
praying the House to amend the Small Debts Act, 
by extending the jurisdiction of the County Courts, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Dispensaries, 
to Dispensaries, &amp;c. (Ireland) which was presented &amp;«- (Ireland.) 
upon Monday last, be printed. No. 561. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Roman Roman Catho- 
Catholic Prelates (Colonies) which was presented lic Prelates 
. : (Colonies.) 
yesterday, be printed. No.562 


The Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 





Fund, and certain other Sums to the Service of the Fund (Appro- 
year priation) Bill. 








Customs Bill, 


Workhouse 
Loans 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Treasury 
Instruments 
Bill. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Inclosure Act 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill, 





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year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum out of the Con- 
solidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted 
in this Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Workhouse Loans (reland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Bill to reduce the Number of Signatures re- 
uired to Instruments issued by the Lords of the 
Testers, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were, severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Bill for confirming certain Provisional Orders 
of the General Board of Health, and for other 
matters relative to the Public Health, and the 
Improvement of Towns and Populous Places, was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Ashley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
further to facilitate the Inclosure of Commons, and 
the Improvement of Commons and other Lands, 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
the Amendments following were made to the Bill : 

P. 2. |. 6. After “ That” insert “ it shall be 
lawful for the valuer in the matter of any inclo- 
sure, with the approbation of the Inclosure Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, to declare by 
his award, how much and which part of any 
of the lands to be allotted, divided or dealt with 
by such award, or of any roads passing over or 
through the same or any part thereof, shall be 
and be deemed to be situate in any parish or 
parishes in which any of the land so to be divided, 
allotted or dealt with shall be situate; and after 
the date of the confirmation of such award, so 
“ much and such part of such lands and roads 
shall be and be deemed part of the parish or 
“ parishes in which such award shall declare them 
to be situate: Provided always, That no such 
declarations as aforesaid shall be made in any 
award where it shall appear to the said Inclosure 
Commissioners that there is any dispute or dif- 
ference as to the parish or parishes in which such 
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land or road, or any part thereof respectively, to 
be dealt with by such declaration is situated : 
Provided also, That no award containing such 
declaration as aforesaid shall be confirmed b 
the Inclosure Commissioners, where it shall 
appear to them that the boundaries of any coun- 
ties would be affected by such declaration, until 
notice in writing under the hand of the valuer, 
of his intention to insert the same in his award, 
shall have been served upon the respective Clerks 
of the Peace of the counties the boundaries of 
which may be affected by such declaration, or 
shall have been left at their respective offices of 
business ; and if within the space of fourteen days 
after the holding of the next general quarter ses- 
sions for eachof such counties, or of the last of such 
respective sessions, a requisition in writing under 
the hand of the Clerk of the Peace of either of 
such counties and countersigned by the Chair- 
man who shall have presided at such quarter 
sessions as aforesaid, holden for the same county, 
requiring the omission of such declaration from 
such award, shall be sent to the Inclosure Com- 
missioners, such Commissioners shail not confirm 
such award with such declaration as aforesaid 
therein ; and also.” 

P. 2.1.6. Before “whenever” insert “ And be 
it Enacted, That.” 

P. 3. 1. 38. Leave out from “ just” to “And” 
in P, 4. 1. 1. 

P. 4. 1. 6. Leave out “and” and leave out 
from “ heriots” to “ for any” and insert “ tithes 
“ and rent-charges,” and after “other” insert 
“ of the said.” 

P. 4. 1. 7. Leave out “ rents or heriots” and 
insert “ and things whether of the same or a like 
“ or different nature.” 

P. 4.1.10. Leave out “ such,” and leave out 
easements, rents or heriots”’ and insert “ or pro- 
perty proposed to be exchanged or partitioned 
under this or the said recited Acts.” 

P. 4.1. 24. After “ therewith ” insert “ Clause 
(A.)” 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all the 
provisions of the said recited Acts applicable to 
the ascertaining, setting out and fixing the boun- 
daries of any parish or manor in which the land 
proposed to be inclosed, or any part thereof, shall 
be situate, and of any parish or manor adjoining 
thereto, shall extend and be applicable to the 
ascertaining, setting out and fixing of the boun- 
daries of any township, vill, hamlet or tithing 
not having separate overseers of the poor and of 
a manor, although the same shall not abut or 
ae a upon any other manor.” 

. 4.1.40. Leave out from “ therein” to “on” 
in |, 43. 

P. 5, 1. 30. Leave out from “ contained” to 
“ And” in P. 6.1. 8. and insert “ Clause (B.)” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And whereas doubts have arisen 
“ whether under the said recited Acts a person 
* interested in several subject-matters of exchange, 
“ but held under separate titles, or for distinct and 
“ separate interests, or subject to separate charges 
‘* or incumbrances, can effect an exchange thereof : 
Be it declared and Enacted, That the person 
so interested as aforesaid may affect exchanges 
of such several subject-matters of exchange in 
such and the same manner as if different persons 
had been interested therein.” 

. Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernai do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments, to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


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The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Leasehold Te- 


converting the renewable Leasehold Tenure of Lands nure of Lands 
in (Ireland) Bill. 


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in Ireland into a Tenure in Fee, was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and the Amendments 
following were made to the Bill: 

P. 2. 1.40. Leave out from “ thereof” to “ And,” 
in 1, 42. 

P, 24. 1. 39. After “ agreement” insert “ and 
for the purposes of this Act, a covenant or agree- 
ment giving, in respect of a lease for a term of 
not less than ninety years determinable on a life 
or lives, a perpetual right of renewal on the drop- 
ping of a life or lives within the term for which 
such lease or under-lease or the renewed lease or 
under-lease, for the time ron in force, may have 
been granted, shall, although such covenant or 
agreement may not give right of renewal in the 
event of the termination of such term by effluxion 
of time, be deemed a covenant or agreement for 
the perpetual renewal of such lease or under- 
lease.” 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That in case of lands leased or 
under-leased in perpetuity, where the owner of the 
lease or of the under-lease in perpetuity, or hisrespec- 
tive heirs or assigns, shall, by any covenant or con- 
tract made with the owner of the reversion or lessor 
in such lease or under-lease, or any renewal thereof, 
be bound and required from time to time to take out 
a renewal, or new lease or under-lease in perpetuity, 
as the case may be, it shall be lawful for the owner 
of the reversion for the time being, of any such 
lands so leased or under-leased in et a with 
such covenant or contract as last aforesaid, to make 
application to the said Court, by petition, in like 
manner as hereinbefore mentioned, and subject to 
the like provisions, and stating that he is desirous | 
that the owner of the lease or under-lease in per- 
petuity in such lands, derived immediately from 
such reversion, as the case may be, should acquire 
the fee and inheritance in such respective lands, 
under the provisions of this Act, subject to such 
fee-farm rent or rents as herein provided ; and such 
petition shall be heard and dealt with in like man- 
ner, and the rents, fines, fees and interest, if any, 
and the fee-farm rent or rents to be reserved shall 
be ascertained in like manner as hereinbefore pro- 
vided, with like powers for ascertaining the rights 
of other parties, and a like report be made, with 
like operation, and subject respectively, as nearly 
as may be, to like provisions as hereinbefore con- 
tained, relating to an application under this Act by 
the owner of a lease in perpetuity) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


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being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Whereas some lands are held in Ireland by 
leases for a term of years exceeding five hundred 





years, with a proviso or covenant contained therein, 
that three lives therein named should so long live, 
and containing a clause or covenant to renew those | 
three lives from time to time during said term of | 
years, without payment of any fine upon such re- 
newal ; and whereas the necessity of obtaining such 
renewals is useless, oppressive and vexatious; Be | 
it therefore Enacted, by the authority aforesaid, 
That any such lease shall continue and hold good 
as a lease for the full term of years originally 
granted by such lease, discharged of any such con- 
‘lition as to the term being dependent on the con- 
tinuance of any lives named therein, or the neces- 
sity of renewing same) :—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by adding the following words to Clause 4, 
‘* Provided always, That when any owner interme- 
“‘ diate between the owner of the lowest estate in 





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“ perpetuity and the owner of the reversion in fee, 
“ shall object to the intermediate rent being in- 
“ creased by the sum fixed on as an equivalent for 
“ royalties, it shall be lawful for the owner of such 
“ lowest estate in perpetuity to take a separate fee- 
“ farm grant of or to purchase from the reversioner 
* in fee the _ to work the mines, minerals and 
“ quarries of his estate, without requiring the as- 
“ sent of the intermediate owner.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Bill to amend the Metropolitan Sewers Act Metropolitan 
was, according to Order, read the third time. Sewers Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Ebrington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Slave Trade 
into consideration the Slave Trade (Persian Gulf) (Persian Gulf) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Drainage of 
into consideration the Drainage of Lands Bill, as Lands Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Stock in Trade 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred Bi 
and Fifty, and to the End of the then next Session 
of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants from 
Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in 
Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the 
Poor : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Advance Athlone to_ 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the caraidienes 
Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Com- of —_ 
pany : Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide a more con- County Rates, 

venient Mode of levying and collecting County “* 
Rates, County Police Rates and District Police 
Rates in Parishes situated partly within and partly 
without the limits of Boroughs which are not liable 
to such Rates : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to remove Doubts as to Poor Relief 
the Authority of Justices of the Peace to act in {Cities and 
certain Matters relating to the Poor in Cities and pu” » 
Boroughs : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for enablin 
Legislatures to establish Inland Posts : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Land Improve- 


ng the Im- ment Amend- 
ment Act 


(Ireland) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act further to amend an Labouring 
Act of the Tenth year of Her present Majesty for Poor Act 
rendering valid certain Proceedings for the Relief (ireland) Bill 
of Distress in Jreland, by Employment of the 
Labouring Poor, and to indemnity those who have 
acted in such Proceedings : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a further Relief of 
Advance of Money for the Relief of certain dis- Ueland) 
tressed Poor Law Unions in Ireland : (No. 2.) Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for continuing the Term New North | 
of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of Road (Conti: 


His nuation) Bill. 


g Colonial Inland Posts 
(Colonies ) 


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His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for continuing certain Powers to the Trus- 
tees of the Mew North-road, leading from the South 
End of Highbury-pluce, Islington, to Haberdasher’s- 
walk, in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
in the County of Middlesex,” and for vesting the 
Management of the said Road in the Metropolis 
Roads Commissioners, for the purpose of paying off 
the Debt due thereon: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 


Hoghton’s | 

Divorce Bill. by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Henry Hoghton, Esquire, 
with Louisa Josephine Hoghton, his now Wife, and 
toenable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses, without any Amendment: Aud also, 


Small Debts The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act Amend- Act to amend the Act for the more easy Recovery 
ment Bill. of Small Debts and Demands in England, and to 
abolish certain Inferior Courts of Record, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And also, 
Boroughs The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Relief Bill. Act torelieve Boroughs, in certain cases, from con- 
tribution to certain Descriptions of County Expen- 
diture, with Amendmeuts ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Manchester, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Sheffield and Act to consolidate into one Act, and to amend, the 
Daiway (Con- Provisions of the several Railway and Dock Acts 


solidation and relating to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 

Amendment Railway Company, and to amend their Canal Acts, 

of Acts) Bill. With Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Airdrie Police The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
and Municipal Act to amend and extend and partly repeal the Pro- 
Bill. visions of an Act of Parliament for erecting the 
Town of Airdrie into a Burgh; to provide for the 
Municipal and Police Government of said Burgh ; 
and for the better paving, watching, lighting and 
cleansing, and for regulating the Police and manag- 
ing the Statute Labour of the said Burgh; for con- 
solidating the Provisions of other Acts; and for 
other Purposes relating thereto, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 
Binbrooke St. | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Gabriel and Act to amend and extend the Provisions of certain 
= Acts for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Bin- 
vant Amena- brooke Saint Mary and Binbrooke Saint Gabriel, in 
ment and Ex- the County of Lincoln, and to vary the Awards 
1 cee ar made thereunder, and to unite the said Parishes, 
Awards, , With Amendments; to which Amendments the 
settling Titles Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 


to Lands, &amp;c. 

and defining also, 

Parish Bound- 

aries) Bill. 

Eastern Union The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


and Eastern Act to amend the Acts relating to the Eastern Union 
neon comb Railway Company, with Powers of Sale or Lease to 
(Amendment Or Amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Rail- 
of Acts, and way Company, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
pnp ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
mate to or with House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company) Bill. 


BankruptLaw The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
en into consideration the Bankrupt Law Consolidation 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 89, Clause 256, by leaving out the words 
“ the Court shall refuse to grant the Bankrupt any 
“ further protection from arrest.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

to the Bill, in P. 113, Schedule Z, l. 30. by leaving 

out from the word “ same,” to the end of |. 3., P.114. 

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And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Admiralty 
into consideration the Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Jurisdiction 
Colonies Bill, as amended in the Committee. Ay jo Cotentes 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Poor Relief 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords (Ireland) Bill. 
to the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Bankrupt Law 
amend, methodize and consolidate the Laws relating Consolidation 
to Bankrupts, and to Arrangements between Debtors ~ 
and their Creditors, with the concurrence of a cer- 
tain Number thereof, was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and the Amendments following were 
made to the Bill: 

P. 1. 1.1. After “amend ” insert “and con- 

“ solidate ;” and in the same line, leave out “now 
“ in force.” 

P.1. 1 2. 
“ be” inl. 8. 

P.1. 1.12. Leave out from “ That” to “ That” 
in P, 2.1.8., and insert “ from and after the com- 
‘““ mencement of this Act the several Acts and parts 
“ of Acts set forth in the Schedule (A.) to this Act 
“ annexed, to the extent to which such Acts or parts 
of Acts are by such Schedule expressed to be 
repealed, and every other Act or Acts, and such 
parts of every other Act or Acts as shall be in- 
consistent with this Act, shall be repealed, except 
so far as the said Acts or parts of Acts, or any 
of them, whether mentioned or included in the 
said Schedule or not, repeal any former Act or 
part of an Act, and except also so faras may be 
necessary for the purpose of supporting any pro- 
“ ceedings taken or to be taken under and after the 
“ commencement of this Act upon any trading 
“act of bankruptcy, petitioning creditor’s debt, 
“ fiat or other proceeding in bankruptcy before the 
“ commencement of this Act, and except as to the 
“ recovery and application of any penalty for any 
“ offence which shall have been committed before 
“ the commencement of this Act: And be it 
*« Enacted ;” and also insert Clauses (A.) and (B.). 

P.2 1.8. Leave out “ herein.” 

P.2. 1.10. Leave out “after such day,” and 
insert “that from and after the commencement of 
“ this Act.” 

P.2. 1.11. Leave out from “but” to “an” in 
1. 12., and insert “ all proceedings in bankruptcy, 
“ or to found.” 

P.2. 1.12. Leave out from “ bankruptcy” to 
“« for” in]. 13., and insert “ shall, and proceeding.” 

P. 2.1.13. Leave out from “ between ” to “ be” 
in 1. 14., and insert “debtors, being traders liable 
““ tv become bankrupt, and creditors may.” 

P.2.1.14. Leave out “in terms” and insert 
“ according to the provisions;” and in the same 
line, leave out from “Act” to “and” in lL. 15., 
and insert “and that all proceedings in bank- 
“ ruptecy.” 

P.2. 1.18. Leave out from “ Act” to “ nothing” 
in 1.23., and insert “ Provided that every trading 
“ act of bankruptcy, petitioning creditor’s debt, or 
“ other matter or thing which before the commence- 
“ ment of this Act would have authorized proceed- 
“ ings in bankruptcy, shall after the commencement 
“ of this Act be sufficient to authorize proceedings 
‘«* in bankruptcy under this Act, and.” 

P. 2. 1.23, Leave out “herein” and insert “in 
“ this Act.” 

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“ any fiat in bankruptcy or any.” 


P. 2.1. 26. Leave out “ or affect” and insert 
or any proceedings which may have been insti- 
tuted, or taken under or by virtue of such bank- 
ruptcy fiat or petition ;” and in the same line, 
after “lessen” insert “ or affect;” and in the same 
line, after “ right” insert “ title.” 

P.2.1. 27. After “ or” insert “ hereafter ;” and 
in the same line, leave out “ then.” 

P. 2. ls. 27. and 28. Leave out “ thereunder, 
or,” and insert “ under or by virtue thereof, or 
lessen or affect any right, title, claim, demand or 
remedy which any person now has, or hereafter 
“* may have.” 

P. 2.1. 28. After “fiat” insert “ has or.” 

P. 2. 1. 29. Leave out ‘ debtor” and insert 
such trader.” 

P. 2.1. 29. After “ may” insert “ or shall.” 

P. 2. 1. 30. Leave out from “ as” to “ Parlia- 
“ ment” inclusive, in P. 3.1. 9., and insert “ in this 
“ Act is hereafter cog t provided: Provided 
“ always, that nothing in this Act contained shall 
affect the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies 
Winding-up Act, 1848, or any of the Acts therein 
“ recited, or of any Act amending such Act, except 
“so far as regards the abolition of the fiat in 
bankruptcy, and the substitution of a petition for 
adjudication of bankruptcy.” 

P. 3.1. 9. Leave out from “ Parliament” to the 
end of the Bill, and insert Clauses (C.) to (A. s.), 
and Schedules. 

[ These Clauses and Schedules were agreed to by the House 
of Lords, and will be found in the printed Act. ] 
In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 1. Leave out “ methodize.” 
L. 2. Leave out from “ bankrupts” to end 
of the Title. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


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Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- 


Management of the Woods, Forests and Land Re- 
venues of the Crown, and to report to the House 
whether any reductions, alterations or improvements 
may be made in that branch of the Public Revenue 
and Expenditure ; and who were instructed to in- 
clude in their inquiry the management of the de- 
partment of the Works and Buildings, and of any 
other department over which the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings exercise control, and who 
were empowered to report their Observations there- 
upon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them to the House ; and to whom their 
Report, and the Minutes of the Evidence reported 
by them to the House, were re-committed, with an 
Instruction to re-examine Mr. Gore, touching his 
former evidence; That they had re-examined Mr. 
Gore accordingly, and had agreed to report his evi- 
dence, together with the former Report, and Minutes 
of Evidence, to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the Grievances com- 
plained of in the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and 
British Guana, in connection with the Adminis- 
tration and Government of those Dependencies, 
and to report their Opinion whether any measures 
can be adopted for the redress of any grievances of 
which there may be shown just reason to complain ; 
and also, whether any measures can be adopted for 





Juliz. 


A. 1849. 


P. 2.1. 24. Leave out from “ proceedings” to | the better Administration and Government of those 
“ petition” in 1. 25., and insert “ in bankruptcy or | Dependencies, and who were empowered to report 


their Observations thereupon, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House ; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred; and had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report 
to the House; and the Resolution of the Com- 
mittee was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that the Chairman be instructed to move the 
House, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to appoint a Commission to inquire on the 
spot into the means taken for the repression of the 
late Insurrection at Ceylon. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner 
appointed, under the Provisions of the Act 5 and 
6 Vic. c. 99, to inquire into the operation of that 
Act, and into the State of the Population in the 
Mining Districts, 1849. 


from 1st September 1847, to 31st August 1848. 


March last, for Returns of Persons who are at pre- 
sent confined for Contempt of Court in any of Her 
—— Gaols in Great Britain and Jreland, 
under Process issuing out of all Courts, Civil and 
Ecclesiastical ; stating the time at which, and b 
what Court, each Person was committed, and the 
Cause of Committal :—And, of all Persons who 
were in Confinement for Contempt of Court in 
March 1839, and of all Persons who have been im- 
prisoned for Contempt of Court in those Gaols in 
each year since 1839 ; stating severally the Names, 
the Cause or Grounds of Imprisonment, the Amount 
of Debts or Costs for which imprisoned, and the 
Date of Discharge (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 278, of Session 1839), so far as 
relates to Great Britain. 


Juvenile Offenders committed to every County, City 
or Borough Prison in England and Wales, for any 
Offence, in the years 1847 and 1848, and stating at 
what Age Prisoners are classed as “ Juvenile” in 
each Prison: 





1847. | 1848. 








Number committed - - - © ° » 


Sentenced on trial : 
Transportation - - - - - 
Imprisonment above one year - - - 
&gt; one year and above six months 
. six months and above three months 
- three months and under - 


Summarily convicted : 

Imprisoned above two months - - - - 
si two months and above one month - 
- one month and under - - - 


Number committed who have been whipped in prison, 
pursuant to sentence ; viz. 
Once - ~ 
Twice - - 
Thrice - - 

Four or more times - 


Number committed who had lost one parent - - 
- who had lost both parents - - 
- who were unable to read = - 
” who had not been brought up to 

any definite employment - 
Number committed who had been convicted before; viz. 
Once ~ 
Twice - 
Thrice - 
Four times 
Five times 
Above five times 














Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Mining 


tricts, 


Abstract of Return of Abstracts of the Accounts Munici 
of Boroughs in England and Wales, for one year, Boroughs. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Juvenile 
22d day of May last, for Returns of the Number of fenders. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Contempt 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of of Court. 


= wa 





Tithe Com- 
mutation. 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 





13 Vicrortz. 


Of the Number of Juvenile Offenders now under- 
oing Sentence in every Prison in England and 
ales, stating the Age at which Prisoners are 
classed as “ Juvenile ” in each Prison : 





Date and Term of any former 
Imprisonment. 





Name. | Age. | Sentence. 


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2.28 S SS 25/226 
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And, a Return from every Prison of the Names of 
any Associations or Charitable Institutions for 
affording Temporary Refuge to young Offenders 
when discharged from such Prison. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis a!so presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Returns of all Agreements for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes, which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners, in the several Counties in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
1848 to the 1st day of July 1848; specifying, in 
each case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be 
paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents :—Ofall Awards for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
to the 1st day of July 1848; specifying also, in 
each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to 
be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Apportionments of 
Rent-charges which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners from the 1st day of January 
1848 to the Ist day of July 1848 :—And, of all 
Agreements for the Commutation of Tithes, which 
have been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, 
in the several Counties in England and Wales, from 
the 1st day of July 1848 to the 1st day of January 
1849; specifying, in each case, the Amount of 
Rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and 
showing whether the same be payable to Appro- 
priators, Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents :— 
Of all Awards for the Commutation of Tithes which 
have been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in 
the several Counties in England and Wales, from 
the 1st day of July 1848 to the 1st day of January 
1849 ; specifying also, in each case, the Amount of 
Rent-charge awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, 
and showing whether the same be payable to Ap- 
propriators, Impropriators or Clerical Incumbents: 
—And, of all Apportionments of Rent-charges 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- 
sioners, from the Ist day of July 1848 to the 1st 
day of January 1849 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 686, of last Session). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Accounts of the Notes, Securities, Bullion, 
&amp;c. of the Bank of England, as published weekly 
in the Gazette, according to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., 
c. 32 :—Of the Quarterly Averages of the Weekly 
Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 6, of Ses- 
sion 1847, from the latest Dates given therein up 
to the present time):—Of the Monthly Average 
Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes, payable to 
Bearer on demand, in circulation, in the United 
Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the 
Banks of England and Ireland, and by Private and 
Joint Stock Sooke in England, Scotland and Ire- 
VoL. 104. 








G6? Juli. 577 


land, together with the Bullion in the Bank of 
England (in continuation of Appendix, No. 1, to the 
Report of the Committee on Commercial Distress, 
appointed in 1847, from the latest Dates given 
therein up to the present time):—Of the General 
Weekly Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
Rye, Beans and Peas, per Quarter, from January 
1846 to January 1848, and a similar Return for the 
first Six Months of this year:—.And, of the Quan- 
tities of the Wheat and Wheat Flour, and of all 
other kinds of Grain and Meal, stated in Quarters, 

imported into Great Britain during each month of 
the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, distinguishing each 

kind separately, and whether imported from Ireland, 

the Colonies, or Foreign Parts, giving the Monthly 

Average Prices thereof, as also the Average Price 

and the Totals for each year ; together with a similar 

Return for the first Six months of the present 

year. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her ym by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—A Chronometers 
Return of all the Chronometers which the Board of (A¢™#lty.) 


Admiralty have given permission to be placed on 
Trial at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 
the 1st day of December 1844, arranged in their 
order of merit as shown by the Trials, and distin- 
guishing the Nature of the Trial to which each has 
been exposed :—Also, a List of all the Chronometers 
that the Board have purchased during the same 
Period, and the Prices that have been paid for 
them :—Also, Copies of the Reports and Opinions 
submitted to the Board of Admiralty by the Hydro. 
grapher and Astronomer Royal relative to Mr. 
Loseby’s Mercurial Compensation for Chronometers. 
. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Charitable 
exempt from the Legacy Duties all Charitable Be- Bequests Bill 


quests not to Private Individuals but to Public 
Bodies: And that Mr. Raphael and Lord Robert 
Grosvenor do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mauritius. 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Despatches or Letters 
from Sir William Maynard Gomm, Governor of the 
Island of Mauritius and its Dependencies, with 
Copies of all Petitions or Memorials addressed to 
Her Majesty or to Parliament, as wel! by the In- 
habitants of Mauritius as by the Mauritius Asso- 
ciation in London; together with Copies of all recent 
Local Laws passed by the Governor and Council of 
Mauritius, and of the Instructions and Despatches 
to the present Governor, Sir George William An- 
derson, c.B., and not yet laid before this House :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Processions, 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies ®c- (Ireland.) 


of any Correspondence between the Government of 
Ireland and the Civil and Military Authorities of 
the County of Down, relating to Processions, Public 
Meetings, or Armed Assemblages of the People, on 
the 12th day of this instant July :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Writs of 
a Return from the Superior Law Courts in Wes¢- Prohibition. 


minster of all Writs of Prohibition that have issued 
from each such Court respectively to all Count 
Courts in England and Wales, since their establish- 
ment in March 1847, specifying the respective 
Courts to which such Writs were directed. 

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578 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act for the more 
easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in 
England, and to abolish certain Inferior Courts of 
Record ; and the same was read, as followeth : 

P. 3. 1. 32. After “ require ” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
“« That where, under the provisions hereinbefore con- 
“ tained, persons might be committed to any gaol or 
“ prison not now used for the purposes of the said 
“ Act, which by reason of the tenure of any liberty 
“ or franchise, or otherwise, is maintained at the 
“ private charges of the lord of such liberty or 
“ franchise, or of any other private person, such 
“ gaol or prison shall not be used for the purposes 
“ of commitments under the said Act, until such 
lord or person as aforesaid shal] have given his 
consent in writing to such gaol or prison being so 
used.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendment made by their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 


iT 3 


Boroughs 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Relief Bill. 


Lords to the Boroughs Relief Bill be taken into 
consideration upon this day three months. 


Boroughs Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
—_— 2.) to relieve Boroughs, in certain cases, from Contribu- 
” tions to certain Descriptions of County Expenditure : 
And that Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. vena do 

prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Attorney-General accordingly presented the 
said Bill: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: — The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Elliot re , That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 27° die Julii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


QRPE RED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Pilotage. Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called 


in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Receipt and Appropriation of the Pilots’ Fund 
of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford 
Strond, distinguishing the several sources of Income 
and Heads of Expenditure, in the year ending 31st 
December 1848 :—And then he withdrew. 

a a That the said Account do lie upon the 

able. 


Paupers, 


_ Mr. Owen, from the Poor Law Board, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,— 





26°—27° J ul; 22 m 





A, 1849. 


A Return of the Number of Paupers in the receipt 
of Relief in the several Unions of England and 
Wales on the 1st day of July 1848, classified accord- 
ing to Form 16 of the General Order of Accounts 
of the Poor Law Commissioners :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bills. 
Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this day, on 
Faussett’s Divorce Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Resolutions of Ingrossing and 
the House of the 12th day of February last, upon Enrolling of 
the subject of Ingrossing and Enrolling of Bills, a 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That the arrangement contained in the 
Resolutions agreed to by both Houses of Parliament 
on the 12th day of February last, relative to the In- 
grossing and Enrolling of Bills (except so much 
thereof as relates to the expediency of one Printer 
printing the Bills for both Houses), shall in future 
Sessions apply to Local, Personal, and Private, as 
well as to Public Bills. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be communi- 
cated to the Lords: And that Mr. Wilson Patten do 
communicate the same. 


Ordered, That no Private Bill be sent to the Private Bills, 
Lords until a Certificate is endorsed upon the fair 
printed Bill, and signed by one or more of the proper 
Officers for that purpose, declaring that such printed 
Bill has been examined, and agrees with the Bill, as 
read a third time. 
Ordered, That the said Order be a Standing Order 
of this House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Edinburgh 
Lords to the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (For- and Northern 


mation of Slip Quay and other Works at Granton, acontiten of 


Extension of Station at Edinburgh, Regulation of Slip Quay and 
Perth Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill be iy —— 

z : : at Granton, 
taken into consideration To-morrow. Betencien af 
Station at Edinburgh, Regulation of Perth 
Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Manchester, 


Lords to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire pomeoe Teg 
Railway (Consolidation and Amendment of Acts) Riicas (Con 
: : : : Railway (Con 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. solidation and 
Amendment of 
Acts) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Airdrie Police 
Lords to the Airdrie Police and Municipal Bill be = Municipal 
taken into consideration To-morrow. - 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Binbrooke — 
Lords to the Binbrooke Saint Gabriel and Bin- Saint Gabriel 


7 ons 
brooke Saint Mary Inclosure (Amendment and Ex- ues e 


tension of Acts, Alteration of Awards, settling Inclosure 
Titles to Lands, &amp;c. and defining Parish Boundaries) (Amendment 

s 2 . ; and Extension, 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. of Acts, 
Alteration of Awards, settling Titles to Lands 
&amp;c. and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Eastern Union 
Lords to the Eastern Union and Eastern Counties Freche ne 
Railway Companies (Amendment of Acts, and way Compa- 
Power to lease, sell, or amalgamate to or with the nies (Amend- 
Eastern Counties Railway Company) Bill be taken ment of Acts, 


, . . and Power to 
into consideration To-morrow. lease, sell or 
amalgamate to or with the Eastern 


Counties Railway Company) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the East Indian 
Lords to the East Indian Railway Company (for mare (for 
making and maintaining one or more Railways in making and 
the East Indies) Incorporation Bill be taken into maintaining 
consideration To-morrow. Saou i. 
the East Indies) Incorpora- 
tion Bill. 





Mr, 














Navy and 


13 VicToriz. 
Mr. Parker presented ,—Return to an Order, dated 


Marines, &amp;¢. the 23d day of this instant Jaly, for a Return, show- 


Parliamentary Mr. S 


Papers. 


d No, 564. 


Agriculture. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Education. 


Emigration 


(Ireland) 


4 Writs of 
Attachment. 





Metropolis 
Water. 








ing what Examinations, or Tests of Qualification 

are required on admission into, or on promotion of 

Officers in the Navy and Marines :—And, a similar 

Return as to the Artillery and Engineers (so far as 

relates to the Navy and Marines). 

. pea That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


peaker laid upon the Table,—A list of the 
rinted Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and 
apers of Session 1849; 15th Parliament, second 
Session, 12 and 13 Vice. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Montgomery- 
shire Farmers Club, praying the House to give 
special attention, with the view of enabling the 
Farmers of this kingdom successfully to compete 
with foreigners of lower rented and less taxed 
countries, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Uxbridge, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates 
of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Clyst Honiton, in 
the county of Devon, stating that they have learnt 
that the House has voted a sum of money for Pub- 
lic Education in Great Britain, and that the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council intend to appropriate a 
wares of the said grant for the encouragement of 

opish Education in this kingdom; and praying 
the House to interfere in order to prevent the appli- 
cation of the public money for such a purpose, was 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the County of 
Sligo, praying the House to promote such legislative 
measures as may facilitate the removal of distressed 
persons from the several workhouses in Jreland, to 
some of Her Majesty’s Colonies, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Ford, a Prisoner in custody 
of the Keeper of the Queen’s Prison, in the county 
of Surrey, complaining of being taken and im- 
prisoned ever since 27th January 1835, and of 
being, by means of a vesting order of the Court for 
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, absolute in the first 
instance, disseised of his freehold and copyhold in- 
heritance under writ of attachment in contempt of 
the Court of Exchequer, for non-payment of costs, 
at the suit of his own attorney; and praying that 
a prisoner’s disobedience of a writ of attachment in 
contempt and vesting order for non-payment of 
attorney’s costs by rules of court, absolute in the 
first instance (after he has been in custody such time 
as the House may think proper), be deemed a breach 
of the peace, and indictable at common law; and 
that the party who obtains such writ of attachment 
and vesting order be compelled to proceed by in- 
dictment against such prisoner, or that he be forth- 
with delivered out of custody without prejudice, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kentish Town, in 
the county of Middlesex, complaining of the impure 
Water supplied to Kentish Town, and part of Camden 
Town, owing to the polluted state of the ponds 
lying on the declivity of the Hampstead and High- 
gate Hills, common sewers or drainage being suffered 
to run into the same; and praying the House to 
pass a law, with the least possible delay, for a con- 
Vor. 104. 


| 


97° Julie. 















579 


tinued supply of -_ and cheap water to the Inha- 

bitants of Kentish Town, and London generally, in- 

dependent of all the existing Water Companies, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistratesand Inhabit- Marriages 
ants of Shrewsbury, praying that the Marriages Bul 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Lessees of Col- Mines and 
lieries, in and around Asftor, in the County of Zan- Collieries Bill. 
caster, praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Tenants in the district of Solas, in Distress 
the island of North Uist, complaining of the great (North Uist.) 
distress existing in the island of North Uist, in 
consequence of the manufacture of kelp having for 


_years been discontinued, and no work afforded to 


any adequate extent; but, notwithstanding, the 
rents have suffered no abatement, and have remained 
as labour rents; also complaining of the conduct of 
the proprietor of that island in connection there- 
with, and praying for redress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of the Poor Law. 

parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, in the counties of 
Kent and Surrey, complaining of the present unequal 
mode of levying rates dongle England and Wales, 
for the support of the Poor, and of the litigation and 
great expense caused by the laws of parochial set- 
tlement and removal; and praying for the repeal of 
those laws, and for consideration of the grievances 
set forth in their Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Amersham Union;—and, Eas¢ Poor Law 
Ward Union, Westmoreland; praying that an Act Officers. 
may be passed during the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, for the establishment of a permanent fund for 
the benefit of superannuated Officers connected with 
the administration of the Poor Laws, and to enable 
Poor Law Officers to form and distribute such fund, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Lei- Protection of 
cester, praying that the Protection of Women Bill Women Bill. 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Public Health 
of the royal burgh of Kirkwall, praying that the —- 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa ~ 
law during the present Session of Parliament, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Alexander Robb, Surgeon, Glasgow, Glasgow 
complaining of the general inefficiency of the Ma- ae ang 
gistrates and Town Council of Glasgow, more espe- Council, 
cially during the late riots, and during the prevalence 
of cholera; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for defining and limiting the duties of the said 
Magistrates and Town Council, and all other muni- 
cipal authorities requiring regulation, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ho/- Sale of Beer 
beach Union, in the county of Lincoln, praying the ““ 
House to prohibit the granting of new beer-house 
licenses to any other persons than the present 
holders of such licenses in respect of any other 
houses than those which they now occupy, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


4E2 A Petition 














cme 











Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund 
Act. 


Slave Trade. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Steam Com- 
munication 
with Australia, 


Poor Law (Me- 
dical Relief) 
(Scotland.) 


No. 565. 
Benefices in 
Plurality. 

No. 566. 


Contempt of 
Court. 


No. 567. 


Juvenile 
Offenders. 


No, 568. 


Tithe Commu. 
tation, 


No. 569, 


Workhouse 


Loans 
(ireland) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


580 


A Petition of George Cook, and others, praying 
for amendment of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Jamaica, without 
distinction of class or colour, political opinion or 
religious creed, at a Meeting convened by the 
Chief Magistrates at the seat of government of the 
Cathedral City of Spanish Town, praying the House 
to adopt measures for the purpose of procuring from 
the Government of Her Catholic Majesty, and of 


the Emperor of Brazil, the faithful and exact ob- | ‘ 


servance of the treaties for the suppression of the 
Slave Trade, by which these governments are bound 
to our Most gracious Sovereign, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians and others, 
Inhabitants in the Tiverton Union, in the county 
of Devon, praying the House to amend the Small 
Debts Act by extending the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merchants, Bankers, Landholders, 
Stockholders, and others interested in the Austra- 
lian Colonies and New Zealand, residing in the 
borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;— Merchants, 
Bankers, Landholders, Stockholders, and others 
interested in the Australian Colonies and New 
Zealand (three Petitions) ;—and, Directors of the 
Bank of Australasia, incorporated by Royal Char- 
ter ; stating that the Petitioners, acting in pursuance 
of the resolution adopted at a public meeting held 
at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, Saint James, for the 
purpose of promoting communication with the Aus- 
tralian Colonies by means of Steam-vessels, beg to 
approach the House with the expression of their 
great anxiety for the speedy accomplishment of that 


object ; and praying the House to take the matter 
into early and serious consideration, and afford re- 
lief,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Poor Law Medical Relief (Scotland), which was 
= upon the 16th day of this instant July, 

e printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Benefices in Plurality, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative 
to Contempt of Court, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Juvenile Offenders, which was presented yester- 


day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tithe Com- 
mutation, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Bill to provide additional Funds for Loans by 
the Public Works Loan Commissioners for building 
Workhouses in Jreland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
promote the Advance of Private Money for Drainage 
of Lands in Great Britain was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and the Amendments following 
were made to the Bill : 

P. 2.1.1. After “ sterling” insert “for Great 
“ Britain, and One million sterling for Zreland,” 
and after “ appropriated” insert “and additional 


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A. 1849. 


“ sums have been granted under subsequent Acts 
“ for Lreland.” 

P. 2.1.3. After “ upwards” insert “for Great 
Britain, and for further sums for Jreland.” 

P. 2.1.23. After “ respectively” insert “ and 
the said Inclosure Commissioners may, with such 
consent as provided by the said Act of the Ses- 
sion of Parliament holden in the eighth and 
and ninth years of Her present Majesty, in 
respect of appointments under such Act, from 
time to time appoint a sufficient number of per- 
sons to be Assistant Commissioners and Surveyors 
respectively, for the purpose of this Act, and 
may from time to time remove any such Assistant 
Commissioners and Surveyors; and the allow- 
ances, and travelling and other expenses of such 
Assistant Commissioners and Surveyors, shall be 
regulated as to the amount thereof in like 
manner as provided by the said last-mentioned 
Act, in respect of allowances and expenses to 
Assistant Commissioners under the same Act; 
and such allowances shall not exceed the allow- 
ances payable to the last-mentioned Assistant 
Commissioners ; and the Commissioners for the 
execution of this Act in Jreland shall be the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, 
under an Act of the first and second years of 
his Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
‘An Act for the Extension and Promotion of 
Public Works in Ireland,’ and of an Act of the 
fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to promote Drainage 
of Lands and Improvement of Navigation, and 
Water Power in connection with Drainage in 
Ireland, and of the several Acts amending the 
same respectively ; and such Commissioners shall 
have full power and authority, with the approbation 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
to employ such civil engineers, surveyors, clerks 
and other officers appointed under the said last- 
mentioned Acts respectively, as may be necessary 
for carrying this Act into execution.” 

P. 2. |. 25. After “ Britain” insert “ or Jre- 
land.” 


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“ said.” 
“ said.” 
“ said.” 
“ said.” 
“ said.” 
“ said,” 
“ said.” 
“ said.” 
“ said.” 


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36. Leave out 
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1. Leave out 
5. Leave out 
. 18. Leave out 
33. Leave out 
36. Leave out 
. 40. Leave out 
43. Leave out 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. 4.1.10. Leave out “ chartered,” and after 
Scotland” insert “ established by Act of Parlia- 
ment or Royal Charter, or in Ireland, intu the 
Bank of Ireland.” 
. Leave out 
. Leave out 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. Leave out “ said.”’ 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. Leave out “ said.” 
. 38. Leave out “ said.” 
. 39. After “grant” insert “in such 
hey shall deem fit.” 
1. Leave out “ said.” 
. 8. Leave out “ said.” 
. 1.11. Leave out “ said.” 
.1. 14. Leave out “ said.” 
. 5. 1. 19. After “ grant” insert “in such 
m as they shall deem fit.” 
. 1. 24. Leave out “ said.” 
. 1.34. Leave out “ said.” 
.1. 35. Leave out “ said.” 
. 1, 15. Leave out “ said,” 


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P. 6. 1. 23. After “ Yorkshire’ insert “ or in| “ 


Ireland.” a 
P. 6. |. 28. After “ tax” insert “ local rates | “ 
and taxes.” " 
P. 6.1. 30. After “ drainage” insert “ or the | “ 
improvement of land.” 5 
P. 6. ls. 32. and 33. After “ Yorkshire” insert | “ 
or in Jreland.” - 
P. 6. 1.34. After “ manner” insert “ respec- | “ 
tively.” - 
P, 6. 1. 38. After “ extent” insert “ respec- |“ 
tively.” - 


P. 7. 1. 16. After “term” insert “and any | “ 
rent-charge which shall become charged on land | “ 
in Ireland by virtue of this Act, shall be re- | “ 
coverable by the same means and in the same | ‘ 
manner, and with the like remedies for the re- 
covery thereof in all respects, as a rent-charge in 
lieu of tithes charged on the same lands, is now 
recoverable under and by virtue of an Act passed 
in the Session of Parliament holden in the first 
and second years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to abolish Composi- | ‘ 
tions for Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute | “ 
Rent-charges in lieu thereof,’ and the several | “ 
Acts passed for amending the same.”’ 

P. 8.1. 32. After “ shall’ insert “ as well as | “ 
to lands in Jreland, as to the lands in Great | “ 
Britain.” ” 

P.8. 1. 37. After “ engineer” insert “ or other 
office.” 

P. 9. 1. 3. After “ works” insert Clauses (A.) 


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Ciavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That, with 
the exception of cases where the owner of land 
shall himself advance Money, and the expenses 
shall be paid thereout, for which provision is 
hereinbefore made, all monies which shall be 
payable on account of the works to be executed 


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of this provision, the Commissioners may invest 
all or any part of the money applicable to in- 
demnify as aforesaid in the public funds, and 
may invest and accumulate the dividends arising 
from such investment, and may out of such 
monies or the investments thereof purchase any 
government annuity or annuities for any term of 
years, and may apply and dispose of such money 
and such investments, dividends and accumula- 
tions in re-purchasing all or any part of the 
rent-charge, or otherwise apply the same to 
such indemnity as aforesaid, as the circumstances 
may require : Provided always, That where part 
only of the money paid into any such bank as 
aforesaid had become applicable under the pro- 
visions hereinbefore contained, but the works in 
respect of which such money was so paid have 
been fully executed, or part only of such works 
having been executed, and the Commissioners 
are satisfied that such part thereof will indepen- 
dently of the part remaining unexecuted, produce 
an improvement in the yearly value of the land 
exceeding the whole amount of the rent-charge, 
and that it will not be expedient to execute the 
remainder of such works, the part unapplied of 
such money shall beapplied rateably to indemnify 
as well the owner upon whose application such 
money shall have been advanced, as all the other 
persons liable to pay the rent-charge.” 

P. 9.1.9. Leave out “ said.” 

P. 9. 1. 23. Leave out “ said.” 

P. 10. 1.19. After “ Act” insert “the words 
‘The Commissioners’ or ‘ The said Commissioners’ 
shall, as regards lands in Great Britain, mean 
the Inclosure Commissioners for England and 


Wales, and as regards lands in Jreland, the said 
Commissioners of public works in Jreland.” 


P. 10.1. 31. After “ corporation” insert “ and 


under this Act, and all expenses to be incurred | the words ‘ owner of land’ shall as to lands in 


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by the said Commissioners or their officers of or 
incident to the application in pursuance whereof 
such monies shall have been authorized to be 
raised, or any proceedings taken or works done 
in consequence thereof, shall be paid by means of 
cheques, to be from time to time drawn by the 
said Commissioners, on the bank wherein the | “ 
monies advanced on account of such works shall | “ 
have been deposited, and be paid out of such “ 
monies: Provided always, That no such pay- |“ 
ment shall be made unless the said Commis- | “ 
sioners shall be satisfied that such works, or any | “ 
part thereof which will, independently of the part | “ 
remaining unexecuted, be complete in itself, will | “ 
be durable and effectual, and produce an im- |“ 
provement in the yearly value of the land ex- |“ 
ceeding the amount of the yearly charge which | “ 
will be made under this Act in respect of such | “ 
payment.” ty 

Cravuss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That where | “ 
it shall appear to the Commissioners, that by | “ 
reason of the circumstances of the land or the 
neglect of the owner or otherwise, any proposed 
works in respect of which money shall have been 
paid into any such bank as aforesaid, and a 


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Treland, mean and include such person as under 
the said Act passed in the first and second 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled ‘An Act to abolish Compositions for 
Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute Rent-charges 
in lieu thereof,’ shall have the first estate of in- 
heritance or other estate or interest, equivalent 
to a perpetual estate or interest therein; and 
also, any tenant in dower, or by the curtesy, or 
any person having under the limitations of any 
settlement by deed, will, Act of Parliament, or 
otherwise, any estate for life or other particular 
estate, thereby created or limited out of or in 
any estate of inheritance, or out of or in any 
such estate or interest as by or under the said 
last-mentioned Act is to be deemed equivalent 
to a perpetual estate or interest; and also, a 
husband of a married woman seised in her own 
right, and the guardian of any infant or Com- 
mittee of any idiot or lunatic, and any trustee or 
trustees in the actual possession or in the receipt 
of the rents, as to any such estates or interests 
as last aforesaid, and shall include a corpora- 
tion.” 


P. 10. 1. 39. Leave out from “ 1849’ to the end 


rent-charge shall have been granted under this | of the Bill, and add Clause (C.) 


Act cannot be executed, or that for any other | 
cause all or part of such money will not be | ,, 
applied under the provisions hereinbefore con- | ,, 
tained, such money or such part thereof as last 
aforesaid shall be applied, by or under the di- 
rection of the Commissioners, to indemnify 
against the rent-charge granted in respect of 
such money the persons liable to pay the same, 


Cravuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to 
be passed in this present Session of Parliament.” 


In the Title of the Bill : 
L. 2. After “ Britain” add “ and Ireland.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


but so that no part of such money be paid to 
the owner upon whose application such money 
shall have been advanced or his representatives, 
until all other persons liable to pay such rent- 
charge shall have been indemnified against the 
same or released therefrom ; and for the purposes 
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do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 

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Slave Trade 
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Bill. 


Poor Relief 
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ovide for the Prosecution and Trial, in Her Ma- 

jesty’s Colonies, of Offences committed within the 

Jurisdiction of the Admiralty, was, according to 

Order, read the third-time ; and the Amendment 
following was made to the Bill : 

P. 3. 1, 4. Leave out from “ notwithstanding” to 

“ And” in P. 4. 1. 1. | 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do | 


pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to which 


27° Juliz. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to | “ 





Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Reading of the Bill for carrying into effect Engage- | 


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A. 1849. 


or authorized to be done by the promoters of the 
undertaking may be done by any two of the said 
Commissioners under their hand and seal.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
orders made by the Poor Law Commissioners for 
the alteration of the boundaries of Unions shall 
be for the establishment of new Unions of a 
smaller size, and shall provide that every such 
Union shall have or shall erect, lease or purchase 
a workhouse within the same; and all orders for 
new arrangements in relation to the area of elec- 
toral divisions shall be with the view of adopting, 
as far as may be practicable, boundaries more 
generally conterminous with property; and all 
such orders shall be included in the reports of the 
Poor Law Commissioners to be laid annually be- 
fore Parliament.” 

P. 7. 1. 9. Leave out from “ Guardian” to 


ments between Her Majesty and certain Arabian | “ And,’ in 1. 24., and insert Clause (C.) 


Chiefs in the Persian Gulf, for the more effectual | 
Suppression of the Slave Trade ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third | “ 
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time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 4. 1.35, by inserting after the word “ and” 
the words “ in case of such vessel being found to 
“‘ have been or to be engaged in the exportation of 
“ Slaves from the coasts of Africa or elsewhere.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill in P. 5, 1. 8., by inserting after the word | 
*« Admiralty” the words “ Provided always, That, in 
“ applying so much of the said Act or Acts as re- 
late to the indicia or evidences of Slave trading, 
regard shall be had by all such courts respectively 
to the general habits and customs of the said 
tribes, and of their respective countries, with re- 
ference to the build nor peer share of ships.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ;—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





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the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts 
for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor 
in Jreland ; and the same were read, as follow : 

P. 1. 1. 6. Leave out from “ same” to “That” 
in P, 3.1. 15. 
P. 4. 1. 30. After “ Act” insert “ and of the 





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ao. ms 
P. 6. 1. 2. After “ accounts ” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in order 
to enable the said Commissioners for administer- 
ing the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Jreland 
to purchase and hire such lands, tenements and 
hereditaments as they are by law authorized to 
purchase and hire for the purpose of providing 
workhouses in Unions, the Lands Clauses Conso- 
lidation Act, 1845, shall be incorporated with the 
said recited Act of the second year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, and the Acts amending 
the same, and this Act; Provided always, That 
all things by the said first-mentioned Act required 


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Criavuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
and may be lawful for the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, if they shall think fit, upon the request 
of one-third of the Guardians of any Union, to 
appoint one fitting and proper person to act as 
resident Assistant Guardian for the Unions so 
applying, in the execution of the duty of Guar- 
dian for the Union to which he may be appointed, 
in the same manner in all respects as if such re- 
sident Assistant Guardian were an ex-officio or 
elected Guardian for such Union; and the Poor 
“ Law Commissioners shall be authorized to remove 

such Assistant Guardian, and to appoint another 
from time to time, and, if they shall think fit, to 
discontinue such appointment altogether, when- 
y opin they may consider it to be expedient to 
0 so.” 
P. 8.1.40. After “ Jreland” insert “as amended 
by this Act.” 

. 8. 1, 22. Leave out from “ to” to “ And,” 
inl, 24., and insert “ any covenant or agreement 
entered into or made before the passing of this 
Act ;” and also insert Clause (D.) 

Crause (D.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
in the first and second years of Her present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the more ef- 
fectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland,’ 
it is, amongst other things provided, that where 
the occupier of rateable property shall be liable 
to pay a rent in respect of the same, he may 
deduct from such rent a certain portion of the 
rate payable out of such rateable property, and 
that certain proportions of rent may also be de- 
ducted where more than one rent is payable out 
of such rateable property: Now be it Enacted, 
That in all cases in which any occupier or lessee, 
from and after the passing of this Act, shall assign 
or underlet, or in any way subdivide the posses- 
sion, or dispose of by deed, will or otherwise, the 
whole or any part of the lands or tenements 
which he holds as such occupier or lessee, con- 
trary to any covenant contained in the lease or 
other instrument under which he is entitled as 
occupier or lessee as aforesaid, then and in such 
case such occupier or lessee shall forfeit all right 
to deduct from his rent any portion of such rate 
so paid by him, and which he might otherwise 
have deducted under the provisions of this Act, 
or the hereinbefore recited Act.” 

P. 9. 1. 8, After “any” insert “ permanent,” and 
in the same line, after “ improvement” insert “ as 
“ specified under the provisions of an Act passed 

in the Session of Parliament held in the tenth 
and eleventh years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to facilitate the Im- 
provement of Landed Property in Jreland.’”’ 
P. 9. 1. 9. Leave out from “ revision” to “ And” 
in P. 11.1.1. 
P. 11. 1. 6. After “ rate” insert Clauses (E.), 
(F.), (G.), (H.), (I.), (K.) and (L.) 
Crause (E.) “ And for the purpose of giving 
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better effect to the audit of the accounts of the 
several Guardians of the Poor throughout Jre- 
land ; Be it Enacted, That to the annual reports 
required to be laid before Parliament there shall 
be appended a statement of the date up to which 
the several accounts of the Unions shall have been 
closed and audited, together with a statement of 
all such charges and payments disallowed, struck 
out, reduced or inserted by such auditor, and of 
the steps taken at law for the recovery of the 
same, or the enforcement of any disallowance, 
surcharge or other demand founded on the audi- 
tor’s report, from any Guardian, Treasurer or other 
person having the control of the poor rate, or any 
part thereof, or being accountable for any ba- 
lances or any sums applicable for the relief of the 
poor, and the amount of such disallowances, sur- 
charges or balances which have been recovered 
and paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the 
Union.” 

Cuiause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Guardians of the Poor of the several Unions shall, 
before the making of every rate, leave the rate- 
books open for the inspection of any rate-payer 
between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four 
in the afternoon, during fourteen days at the least 
before the making of every such rate, and that 
such Guardians shall give the same public no- 
tice of the deposit of such rate-books br inspec- 
tion as they are now required to give in relation 
to the making of such rates, and that in all cases 
the names of occupiers for whom the immediate 
lessor is primarily liable for the payment of rate 
shall be inserted in the rate-book, and that in no 
case whatever shall the name of any such imme- 
diate lessor be omitted to be entered in such rate- 
book, unless it shall be made to appear to the 
Board of Guardians that the name of such im- 
mediate lessor cannot be accurately ascertained 
by the persons making such rate, nor unless a 
specific resolution be made to such effect by the 
Board of Guardians, and entered on their mi- 
nutes.” 

Cuauss (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
purpose of giving due facility of appeal against 
the said rates, it shall and may be lawful for the 
known agent of any appellant, appointed in like 
manner as a proxy is appointed for voting in the 
election of ane ig to sign the notices and 
enter into the recognizances required by law in 
cases of appeal, which notices and recognizances, 
so signed as aforesaid, shall be in all respects as 
good and effectual in law as if signed by the ap- 
pellant in person.” 

Cravuse (H.) “ And whereas by the said re- 
cited Act passed in the second year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, it is, amongst other 
things, enacted, that within five days after 
notice given of an appeal to the Quarter Sessions, 
the person or persons appealing shall enter into 
a recognizance before some Justice of the Peace, 
with sufficient securities, conditioned to try such 
appeal at the then next sessions of the peace to 
be held in the presence of the Assistant Barrister, 
and to abide the order of and pay such costs as 
shall be awarded by the Justices and Assistant 
Barrister at such sessions : And whereas it is ex- 
pedient to repeal the said provision, and to sub- 
stitute another provision in lieu thereof: Be it 
therefore Enacted, That within five days after no- 
tice given of any such appeal as in the said re- 
cited Act, or any Act amending the same, 
provided, the person or persons appealing shall 
enter into a recognizance before some Justice of 
the Peace, with sufficient securities, conditioned 
to try such appeal at the sessions of the peace to 
which such person or persons shall have so ap- 
pealed, and to abide the order of and to pay such 
costs as shall be awarded by the Court at such 
sessions.” . 

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Crause (1.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Clerk to the Board of Guardians of every Union 
shall, within seven days after he shall have been 
requested so to do by any person entitled in pos- 
session to the rents ofany lands or hereditaments 
within such Union, or his or her agent, furnish to 
such person or agent a copy of so much of the 
rate book or rate books of such Union as may be 
necessary to show the amount of poor rates 
then due from all or any of the tenants or occu- 
piers of such lands or hereditaments, or any part 
thereof; and such Clerk shall be entitled to be 
paid by the person so applying for such copy 
such a moderate and reasonable compensation as 
shall be regulated by the Poor Law Commis- 
stoners.” 


Cuavuse (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Board of Guardians of each Union shall cause 
the names of all persons relieved out of the 
see rates to be duly entered in books, to be 

ept, one for the Union at large, and one for each 
electoral division, and under the heads of the 
townlands in which they are stated to have last 
resided, and such books shall be open to the in- 
spection of all persons assessed to the pvor rate 
within the Union from Ten o’clock in the fore- 
noon until Four o’clock in the afternoon on two 
days at least in each week.” 


Ciause (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That on each 
Saturday the Board of Guardians of every Union 
shall cause a statement to be prepared and posted 
on the door of the poor-house, showing the num- 
ber of persons who shall have received relief in 
such Union during the seven days then next 
preceding, and further showing the number of 
persons chargeable against the Union at large 
and against each separate electoral division.” 

P. 11. 1.24. After “ Treasury” insert “ Pro- 
vided also, That it shall not be lawful for any 
paid officers appointed to act as Guardians by 
the said Commissioners to exercise the said power 
of applying or borrowing money for the purpose 
of emigration without the consent of a majorit 
in value of the rate-payers of the electoral divi- 
sion or divisions to be charged therewith, assem- 
bled in the manner provided by the said recited 
Act of the second year of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, for the purpose of agreeing to and 
signing an application to the said Commissioners 
for the raising of a rate to assist emigration.” 


P. 11. Is. 27. and 28. After “‘ Debenture’” in- 


sert “made out in such form as the Poor Law Com- 


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missioners shall direct.” 
P.12. 1. 22. After ** Ireland” insert Clause 


Cravuss (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That if in 
any case such sum or sums of money so borrowed 
on debenture as aforesaid shall have been ad- 
vanced by any person who is or hereafter may 
become liable to the payment of poor’s-rate with- 
in any Union or electoral division on the rates of 
which any such debenture is made chargeable, it 
shall and may be lawful for every such person, 
his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, in 
all cases where such rate due shall exceed the 
amount due for interest and instalment on ac- 
count of such debenture, to deduct the full amount 
of interest and instalment to which he or the 

shall or may be entitled on account of any suc 

debenture, from any poor’s-rate to which he or 
they may become liable within such Union or 
electoral division; and the payment of the ba- 
lance of such poor’s-rate, after such deduction as 
aforesaid, shall be taken in full satisfaction of 
every such rate; and in all cases where such rate 
shall be less than the amount of interest and in- 
stalment due as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for 
such person to give a receipt for the amount of 
such rate as being so much received on account 
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Crause (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
popes of facilitating and rendering more effec- 
tual all legal proceedings of Quarter Sessions, or 
before any Assistant Barrister in Jreland, or be- 
fore the Chairman of the Sessions of the Peace of 
the county of Dublin, or before the Recorder of 
the city of Dublin, in anyways relating to the 
collection or recovery of poor’s rate, or relating to 
a or other proceedings respecting rating, t 
shall and may be Jawful for such Assistant Bar- 
rister, Chairman or Recorder, if he shall so think 
fit, to correct or amend any variance, clerical 
error, or irregularity not affecting the substantial 
merits of the question to be tried, and which may 
be found in the notices, recognizances, processes, 
decrees, or other forms or instruments of a like 
kind brought before him in relation to this Act 
or the Acts hereinbefore recited.” 

Cravse (O.) ‘ And whereas it is provided, under 
an Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of 
Her present Majesty’s reign, intituled, ‘ An Act 
for the further Amendment of an Act for the more 
effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland,’ 
that proceedings may be taken for the recovery 
of rates in certain cases by action or suit, in the 
name of the Guardians of the Union, in the Supe- 
rior Courts of Law in Dublin; Be it Enacted, 
That from and after the passing of this Act no 
such proceeding in the way of action or suit in 
the Superior Courts of Law in Dublin shall be 
commenced, but such rate or rates shall be reco- 
verable only by the other remedies provided for 
the collection and recovery of such rates in the 
said recited Act, and in an Act passed in the first 
and second years of Her Majesty’s reign, inti- 
tuled, ‘ An Act for the more effectual Relief of 
the Destitute Poor of Ireland,’ more particularly 
set forth: Provided, however, That nothing herein 
contained shall be held to abate, invalidate or 
affect any suits or actions in the Superior Courts 
of Dublin as aforesaid, which at the time of the 
passing of this Act have been commenced or are 
pending, but that such suits or actions may be 
continued and prosecuted in such Superior Courts 
in the same manner as if this Act had not passed : 
Provided also, That in any case in which it a 
be necessary to institute proceedings by civil bill 
before any Assistant Barrister in /reland, or before 
the Chairman of the Sessions of the Peace of the 
county of Dublin, or before the Recorder of the 
city of Dublin, against any immediate lessor pri- 
marily liable to the payment of rates for premises, 
the occupier of which is exempted from such 
payment, it shall be lawful for the Guardians of 
the Poor to institute such proceedings before the 
Assistant Barrister for the county wherein the 
rated premises are situated, and in the division 
thereof wherein the same are situate ; and in case 
the said rated premises are situated within the 
county of Dublin, or within the city of Dublin, 
then before the Chairman of the Sessions of the 
Peace of the county of Dublin, or the Recorder 
of the city of Dublin, as the case may be, first 
giving to such immediate lessor, or to his known 
agent or receiver of his rents, fourteen days’ notice 
of the proceeding about to be taken against him 
as aforesaid, by service of process ; and the service 
of process in such civil bill on such immediate 
lessor, his known agent or receiver, at any place 
out of such division and county, or at any place 
out of the said county of Dublin or city of Dub- 
lin, shall be as effectual as a service of the same 
upon such lessor within such division or within 
the said county of Dublin or city of Dublin: 
Provided also, That in any case in which it shall 
be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Poor 





27° Sulit. 


A. 1849, 


Law Commissioners that the amount decreed to 
be due from any immediate lessor under this Act, 
or the hereinbefore recited Act, cannot be reco- 
vered under such decree, after due diligence used 
to recover the same, it shall and may be lawful to 
and for the said Poor Law Commissioners, if they 
shall so think fit, to direct that any such civil bill 
decree shall, in the case aforesaid, be removed 
into any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law 
in Dublin, without any writ of certiorari or other 
writ or process for that purpose, and that upon 
the production of such civil bill decree to the 
Master of any such Superior Court of Law, and 
upon production of an affidavit made by an At- 
torney of such Superior Court verifying the signa- 
ture of such Assistant Barrister, Chairman or 
Recorder to such civil bill decree, and upon pay- 
ment of a fee of two shillings to such Master, he 
shall receive and file the said decree upon a file to 
be kept for that purpose, and shall enter the same 
in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall 
be open to inspection ; and that immediately upon 
the filing of such decree, as aforesaid, such decree 
shall, with respect to all lands of the person against 
whom such judgment or civil bill decree shall have 
been obtained, situate within the Union where such 
poor rate shall have accrued, be deemed a record 
of such Superior Court, and shall be of the same 
force and effect as a judgment recovered in such 
Superior Court, and execution and all other pro- 
ceedings shall and may be had and taken there- 
upon, or by reason or in consequence thereof, as 
if such decree had been originally a judgment of 
such Superior Court, and such decree may be 
registered in the Office of the Registrar of Judg- 
ments, in like manner as a judgment of any such 
Superior Court.” 

Causes (P.) “And be it Enacted, That after 
the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to 
commence any proceeding for the recovery of any 
arrear of rate made for the relief of the poor 
against any person not primarily liable to pay the 
same, but such arrear may be recovered by dis- 
training any crops, goods, chattels or effects being 
in or upon the lands in respect of which the same 
had become payable.” 

Crause (Q.) “And be it Enacted, That when 
the poor rates payable by any tenant or occu- 
pier of any lands or hereditaments shall be in 
arrear or unpaid for the space of twelve calendar 
months next preceding the first day of May or 
the first day of November in any year, it shall be 
lawful for the person entitled in possession to the 
rent of such lands or hereditaments, upon pay- 
ment by him of such rates, to recover possession 
of such lands or hereditaments, by action of eject- 
ment, or otherwise, in like manner as he might 
have done in case of tenants wrongfully continuing 
in possession after the expiration of their tenancy.” 

Cuause (R.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
recited Act of the second year of Her Majesty’s 
reign, and the Acts amending the same, and this 
Act, shall be construed as one Act.” 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 


proposed, ‘hat the said Amendments be now read 
a second time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 


made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 


“ 


now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 


words ‘ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 


“ now” stand part of the Question ; 





The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ; Lord Marcus Hill, im "1 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew: acer 
Tellers for the { Sir Denham Norreys, 1 62 
Noes, \ Mr. Grattan; &lt; 


So it was resolvéd in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, 








13 Vicroriz. 27° Jultz. 585 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be now read | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An a a 
a second time —~— Act to authorize a Deviation of the Branch Line Ralteey (De« 


of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to Alloa viation of 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: | Harbour, and the Diversion of certain Works ; to ee 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 'extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of version of cer- 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- certain Lands, and for other Purposes, with Amend- tain Works ; 


lowing, without Amendment; viz. ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire - gg of 


House of Com- 


Bill. 


mons : 
Regimental A Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve Regimental; The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great Indian 
Benefit Socie- Benefit Societies, and to provide for the Application | Act to incorporate the Great Indian Peninsula Rail- Peninsula 
-— of the Funds of such Societies, and of Regimental | way Company, and for other Purposes connected B*i!way Bill. 
Charitable Funds: therewith, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
Militia Pay A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray, until the First | the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
Bill day of August One thousand eight hundred and | And also, peed ae 
Fifty, the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Con-| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An General Land 
tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied | Act for the Incorporation of the General Land = 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant| Drainage and Improvement Company, and for Campuny 
Allowances, in certain Cases, to Subaltern Officers, | facilitating the Execution of Land Drainage, and (Incorporation 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, | other Improvements, with Amendments; to which aaa 
Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of giy), 
Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the Employ- | this House: And also, 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers : | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow, Kil- 
Trustees A Bill, intituled, An Act for the further Relief! Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provi- marnock and 
Relief Bill. of Trustees : | sions of the Acts relating to the Ardrossan Harbour, a 
Enlistment A Bill, intituled, An Act to limit the Enlistment | and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan auieann 
(aril el in the Artillery and other Ordnance Corps: And | Railway,with an Amendment; to which Amendment pone nag 


Protection of 


Women Bill. by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to| The Lords do agree to the Amendments made by Incumbered 
protect Women from Fraudulent Practices for pro- | this House to the Amendments made by the Lords Estates. _ 
curing their Defilement, without any Amendment: | to the Bill, intituled, An Act further to facilitate (ane ee 
And also, the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jreland; and do 

namaang - The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | not insist on the Amendment made by their Lord- 

1 . 


Joint Stock 


mons Offices Acts relating to the Offices of the House of Com- 


A Bill, intituled, An Act further to amend the 


} 
SO, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made | 


by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Francis Hudson, Merchant, 
and Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to'! 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- | 
tioned, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Line and taking Land ; and 


completing 


Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 3: 
Bill. 
And also, 


ships to the said Bill to which this House hath 
disagreed: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bili, intituled, An Act Hill’s Divorce 


to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Eustace Hill, Bil. 
Esquire, with the Honourable Georgiana Charlotte 
(commonly) called Lady Georgiana Charlotte) his 


yey poor Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Winding- | "0w Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
Amendment up Act (1848), with Amendments; to which Amend- for other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
Bill. ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | Concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 

House: And also, senger withdrew. 
Hospital for The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An } 
oe Act to incorporate the Governors of the Hospital Then the Amendments made by the Lords to the Poor Relief 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, Devia- 
tions and En- 
largements at 


for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, and to 
authorize the Establishment of a Chapel in con- 
nection with the said Hospital, and to enable the | 
said Governors the better to carry on their Charita- 
ble Designs, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Northern 
Railway, and to make a Diversion of such Railway 
at Bentley-with-Arksey, in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Boston, Lincoln, and 








Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill were read second a time, (Ireland) Bill. 


and several were agreed to; other Amendments 
were amended and agreed to,and other Amendments 
were disagreed to; which will more fully appear in 
the Report of Reasons, [See p. 593.] 

Cxause (C.) No. 10, being read a second time, 
was amended. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Clause so amended ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


~— ohm London Stations of such Railway, with Amend- Tellers for the Yeas,f Lord Marcus Hill, } 
Linco and ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ellers tor the Yeas,, Mr. Bellew : | ae 
King’s Cross) concurrence of this House: And also, Mr. Stafford. 1 

Bill. ae Tellers for the Noes, Mr. M ll: 25. 
Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | : ; r. onsets : J 
ey P Act to effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barr- | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. — A 
— ofthe head and Neilston Direct Railway to the Caledonian | A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Glasgow, Railway Company, with Amendments; to which | put, Phat this House doth disagree with the Lords 
Barrhead and Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of |! the omission of Clauses 16, 17, 18 and 19; 


Neilston Di- 
rect Railwa’ 
Bill. ” 


this House: And also, 


The House divided. 


| The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
| 


The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Shrewsbury The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | : 5 

ana Birming- Act to alter and amend some of the Powers and) ‘Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hiil, 81. 
alec Provisions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham | Mr. Bellew : 

ment(Branches Railway Acts, and to authorize the Formation of ‘Tellers for the Noes, Mr. French, 22. 
tions) Bae certain Branch Railways, a Navigable Canal, and Mr. Sadleir : 





other Works connected with the same respectively, | 
and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ciavse 30. An Amendment was proposed to be 


which Amendments the Lords desire the con-| made to the Clause, by leaving out from the first 


currence of this House: And also, 
VoL. 104. 





word “And” .to the words “ Be it Enacted.” 
4P+ And 

























Grenada. 


Education. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-eighth 
Report.) 


Mercantile 
Marine Bill. 


N Ce 570. 


Prisons. 


Poor Laa 
(Ireland. } 


586 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the {oe Henry Winston Barron, 26 
Yeas, Colonel Dunne : Jj : 
Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 1100 
Noes, LMr. Bellew: oe 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House doth disagree with the Lords in 
Clause 31; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ a Hill, }10s. 


: J Colonel Dunne 1 
Tellers for the Noes,) Captain Taylor : J 24. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, Tinat a Committee be appointed, to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, 
Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Sir William Somerville, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Attorney- 
General, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Baines, Mr. Richard Fox, 
Sir John Young, Sir Robert Ferguson, Major Black- 
all, Mr. Fagan and Mr. Cornewall Lewis: And they 
are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of two Acts passed by the Legisla- 
ture of the Island of Grenada, under the authority 
of an Act of the Imperial Parliament, of the ninth 
and tenth years of Her present Majesty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Legislatures of cer- 
tain British Possessions to repeal or reduce certain 
Duties of Customs (in continuation of the Papers 
presented in April and August 1848, and April and 
June 1849.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education, with Appendices, 1847-8-9, 
England and Wales, Schools of Parochial Unions. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 24th, 25th and 26th 
daysof this instant July; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for improving 
the Condition of the Masters, Mates, and Seamen 
in the Merchant Service: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon this day three months ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Fourteenth Report of the te 
spectors appointed under the Provisions of the Act 
5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons 
of Great Britain ;—I11, Southern and Western Dis- 
‘rict, 

Copy of Second Annual Report of the Commis- 
sioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of 
the Poor in Jreland, with Appendices. 





97° Julti. 


A. 1849. 


Copy of the Report of the Tithe Commissioners Tithe Com- 
to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home mission. 
Department, dated 25 July 1849. 


Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison, Parkhurst 
1848. Prison. 


Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed Railway 
to inquire into the Application of Iron to Railway Structures. 
Structures, 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Protection of 
Order,—A Return of every Requisition for Negative Purchasers, 
Search, in pursuance of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 90, So. Coane 
delivered unto or left with the Registrar of Judg- 
ments in Ireland, between the 1st day of January 
1848 and the 1st day of January 1849, showing the 
date of each such Requisition being delivered to the 
Registrar, the date of the Certificate given in pur- 
suance of each such Requisition, the Number of 
Days which elapsed between the delivery of each 
such Requisition to the Registrar of Judgments, 
and the giving of the Certificate to the person 
making each such Requisition, and the Stamp Duty 
paid on each such Negative Search :—Such Return 
being in the form following : 

















Number of days elapsed 
auedt D , between yt of Re- Foss 

Re- ate of Certificate of | quisition to Registrar, | charged Stamp 
= rw Search given in pur- | and giving Certificate an D 
‘3 |4 suance of Requisition. | to Person making Re- uty 
‘5 | being quisition. Registry | paid on 
= | delivered | Office | each 
fe inte Completed | Retained | Completed | Retained h , 
S by Clerks until by Clerks until on each | Negative 
&amp; | Registry | and ready | certified, as} and ready | certified, as | Negative| Search. 
= Office for | required by for required by Seed 
7, * | Certificate. | Depositors. | Certificate. | Depositors. — 

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Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stamp 
Return, stating the Total Amount of Allowances Allowances. 
made on the purchase of Stamps, under the autho- 
rity of the Act 44 Geo. 3, c. 98, for the years ending 
respectively on the 5th day of January 1847, the 
5th day of January 1848, and the 5th day of January 
1849 ; distinguishing, so far as the same can be done, 
the Allowances made on the purchase of Stamps of 
the value of £,10 each and upwards, 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Joint Stock 


Lords to the Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) Companies 


Amendment Bill be taken into consideration To- —— 


mendment 
morrow. ill. 
Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Hospital for 
Lords to the Hospital for Consumption Bill be Consumption 
taken into consideration To-morrow. : 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Great North- 


Lords to the Great Northern Railway (Amendment ¢™ Railway 


of Acts, Deviations and Enlargements at and near —— 


Boston, Bentley, Lincoln, and King’s Cross) Bill be tions and En- 
taken into consideration ‘To-morrow. largements at 
and near Bos- 
ton, Bentley, Lincoln and King’s Cross) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Caledonian 
Lords to the Caledonian Railway (Lease or Pur- Railway 


chase of the Glussgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Di- (Lease cm Fur- 


rect Railway) Bill be taken into consideration To- Glasgow, . 
arrhead an 
spree Neilston Di- 
rect Railway) 
Bill. 


Lords to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway ae A 


Acts Amendment (Branches and Deviations) Bill Acts Amend- 


be taken into consideration To-morrow. ment (Branches 
and Devia- 


tions) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the pow years 


Ordered, 














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Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway 
(Deviation of 
Branch to 


Alloa Harbour; 


Diversion of 


certain Works; 


13 VicTroriz. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway 
(Deviation of Branch to Alloa Harbour ; Diversion 
of certain Works; Extension of Time for com- 
pleting Line and taking Land ; and Amendment of 
Acts) Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Extension of Time for completing Line and 
taking Land, and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Bill. 


General Land 
Drainage and 
Improvement 
Company 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bill 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the General Land Drainage and Improve- 
ment Company (Incorporation and conferring of 


(Incorporation Powers) Bill be taken into consideration To-mor- 


and conferring 


of Powers) 
Bill. 


Hill’s Divorce 
Bill. 


' 


Divorce Bills. ' 


Faussett’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Cripps’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Contract 
Packet 
Service. 


No. 571. 





row. 


Hill’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to the Select Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the 
Bill, if the parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by counsel and produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do 
carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, on 
Hill's Divorce Bill (provided that service of a Copy 
of the Bill on Lady Georgiana Hill, and Notice of 
the Commitment for that day, be proved), and to 
make their Report forthwith. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on 
Faussett’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill as to the Marriage of the 
parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving the Marriage, the verdict at law, and the 
sentence of divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court; and, 
upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, found 
the same and the other allegations to be true, and 
they saw no reason to suspect collusion between the 
parties ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on 
Cripps’s Divorce Bill, from the Lords; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill as to the 
Marriage of the parties, the adultery charged as the 
ground for dissolving the Marriage, and the sentence 
of divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court ; and, upon 
evidence satisfactory to the Committee, found the 
same and the other allegations to be true, and they 
saw no reason to suspect collusion between the par- 
ties; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with 
an Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the Contract Packet Service, have 
— to report their Opinion thereupon to the 

ouse, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Committee; 
That they had considered the matter to them re- 
ferred, and had come to several Resolutions, which 

VoL, 104. 





27° Julii. 587 


they had directed him to report to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them; and the Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee were read, as follow : 

1. That so far as the Committee are able to judge 
from the Evidence they have taken, it appears that 
the Mails are conveyed at a less cost + Hired 
Packets than by Her Majesty’s Vessels. 

2. That some of the existing Contracts have 
been put up to public tender, and some arranged 
by private negotiation; and that a very large sum 
beyond what is received from Postage is paid on 
some of the lines ; but considering that at the time 
these Contracts were arranged the success of these 
large undertakings was uncertain, your Committee 
see no reason to think better terms could have been 
obtained for the Public. 

3. That your Committee recommend great cau- 
tion either in renewing the existing, or in forming 
new arrangements. They suggest that if it be 
decided to renew the existing Contracts, the most 
strict and searching inquiry should be instituted, 
by some responsible Department of the Govern- 
ment, into the cost of the execution, into the man- 
ner in which the service has been performed, and 
into the profits resulting from the several trans- 
actions to the Companies by which they have been 
respectively carried on; and if it should be decided 
to put up the several Contracts to public tender, 
ample notice, and full particulars of the terms and 
conditions of the service required, should be given 
to the Public, as being the means most likely to 
secure a real competition by responsible parties. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to an Address Salaries, 


to Her Majesty,—A List, alphabetically arranged, 
of all Persons in England receiving Salaries, Pen- 
sions, Pay, Profits, Fees, Emoluments, Allow- 
ances or Grants of Public Money, in the year 1848, 
the Amount of which exceeds £.150; stating 
the Total Amount received by each Individual, and 
distinguishing the Sources from which the Payments 
are made, and the Aggregate of the whole :—A 
Return of the Number of Persons in England re- 
ceiving Salaries, Pensions, Pay, Fees, Emoluments, 
Allowances or Grants of Public Money in the year 
1848, the Amount of which is upwards of £.50 and 
not exceeding £.150 sterling each Person, stating 
the Number of Persons, in Classes, the Rates of 
Salary or other Payments to each Class, and the 
Total Amount in each Class; distinguishing the 
Sources from which the Payments are made, and 
the Aggregate of the whole; so as to exhibit in 
these two Lists the Total Number of Persons in the 
receipt of upwards of £.50, and the Total Amount 
received by them from all sources of Public Money 
(the Church excepted) :—And also, a similar List 
and Return for Scotland; and, a similar List and 
Return for Zreland. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Grain, Flour, 
2d day of March last, for Returns of the Quantity © 


of Grain and Flour of all sorts imported into Jre- 
land, distinguishing each kind, from Foreign Coun- 
tries and Colonies, for each year, from the Ist day 
of January 1839 to the Ist day of January 1849, 
distinguishing each year :—Similar distinguishing 
Returns, and, for the same period, of all sorts of 
Grain or Flour imported into Lreland from Ports 
of Great Britain :—Similar distinguishing Returns, 
and for the same period, of the Quantity of Grain 
and Flour of all kinds, and also of all Sorts of 
Agricultural Produce, Live or Dead, imported into 
Great Britain from Ireland (if there be no means 
of ascertaining the import of Live Stock generally 
from Ireland into Great Britain, then a Return of 
the Number of Pigs sold in the Markets of Liver- 
pool, Glasgow, Greenock, Gloucester and Bristol, 
in each of the same years) :—Similar distinguishing 

4F2 Returns, 


























































= 








Probates and 
Letters of 
Administra- 
tion. 


Bog Tax. 


County Rates. 


Public Income 


and Expendi- 
ture. 


French 
Clainis. 


588 


Returns, and for the same period, of the Quantities 
of all kinds of Grain and Flour, and Live Stock, 
imported into Great Britain and Ireland from Fo- 
reign Countries and Colonies, distinguishing the 
Quantity imported from each Foreign Country and 
Colony, and distinguishing each year and each kind 
of Grain, Flour, Meal and Live Stock ; and also 
adding, in parallel columns, the Declared Value of 
British me Trish Manufactures exported in each 
of the same years, to the Countries from whence 
such Corn, Meal and Live Stock was imported ; 
and specifying the Value of such Manufactures 
taken by each:—Also, Returns of any increased 
Rate of Duty imposed by the Governments of Fo- 
reign Countries on British, Irish and Colonial Pro- 
duce or Manufactures within the same period ; 
specifying the Rate of such Increase, and upon what 
species of Goods, the aggregate Rate of such Duties 
(including the Increase), the Date of such Increase, 
and the Renee of the Countries importing them: 
—And, of the Number of Emigrants from Great 
Britain and Ireland, distinguishing Ireland from 
Great Britain, to our various Colonies and to Fo- 
reign Countries ; distinguishing, if possible, Farmers 

r Tradesmen from Agricultural Labourers or Arti- 
zans; or if this be impossible, then distinguishing 
Cabin from Steerage Passengers, in each of the 
same years :—The above Returns to be tabularized, 
as far as possible. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this instant 
July, for a Return of the Number of Probates and 
Letters of Administration stamped under each 
grade of Duty respectively (after correction for 
Return or increase of Duty) in the year 1848 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 692, of 
Session 1848). 

A Return of the Amount paid into |the Treasury 
in each year for the last Five years for the Tax on 
Dogs in England and Wales. 

ene to an Order, dated the 16th day of March 
last, for a Return showing the Amounts repaid to 
County Rates out of the Consolidated Fund yearly 
from 1845 to the end of the year 1848 (in continu- 
ation of Return, No. 472, of Session 1845). 

An Account of the Public Income and Expendi- 
ture of the United Kingdom, in the years ending 
the 5th day of January 1847, 1848 and 1849, dis- 
tinguishing the actual Payments for the Expenses 
incurred in the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue ; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
Terminable Annuities being also valued by Esti- 
mate); for the Expenses of the Civil Government ; 
the Allowances to the Royal Family, and to his 
Majesty the King of the Belgians; the Establish- 
ment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the Ex- 

penses of the Two Houses of Parliament and the 
Civil Departments; the other Pensions on the Con- 
solidated Fund, the gross Revenue and the Civil 
List; also, the Payments for the Administration of 
Justice ; Diplomatic Expenses, and on account of 
the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous Services ; also, Public Works, Boun- 
ties, Pust-office, the Quarantine and Warehousing 
Establishments, and all other Payments not coming 
under any of the furegoing Heads ; with an Appen- 
dix, showing the several items composing each Head 
of the Account (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 724, of Session 1848.) 

Returns of all unsettled Demands on the Funds 
provided by the Government of France for the li- 
quidating the Claims of British Subjects, and of 
the Balance which remains unappropriated to the 
liquidation of such Claims, including Interest there- 
on; together with Copies of Treasury Minutes re- 
lating to the Surplus Fund arising out of the 
Treaties and Conventions of 1814, 1815 and 1818, 
between His late Britannic Majesty and the King 
of France (in continuation of the Returns already 
printed by Order of the House of Commons of the 


97° Julit. 
26th day of March 1830, 3d day of March 1834 
and the 22d day of July 1840). 


thereupon to the House. 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Jrish Poor Laws 
Poor Laws have Power to report their Observations ee 
Report. 
Sir John Young reported from the said Select No, am 
Committee, and who were empowered to report their 

Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of 

the Evidence taken before them, from time to 

time, to the House, and who were also empowered 

to report their Observations thereupon to the House; 

That they had further considered the matters to 

them referred, and had come to several Resolutions, 

which they had directed him to report to the House, 

together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

before them, and an Appendix; and the Resolu- 

tions of the Committee were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 

mittee that the rate for the support of aged sick 

and impotent destitute Poor should be estimated 

and struck as a separate rate from that for the 

support of the able-bodied Poor. 

2. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 

mitee, that where the rate-payers within any dis- 

trict or townland, or union of townlands within 

any electoral division, voluntarily undertake to 

support a number of Poor to an amount of a fair 
proportion between the valuation of such townland 

or townlands, and the number of poor and outside 

valuation of the electoral division within which such 
townlands are situate, then such townland, or union 

of townlands, voluntarily undertaking the support 

of such fair proportion of the Poor, and fulfilling 

such undertaking to the satisfaction of the Guar- 

dians and the a Law Commissioners, shall be 

exempt from any other rate than a rate for the 

charges of the Union Establishment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Second Report which was yes- Ceylon and 
terday made from the Select Committee on Ceylon (Second _ 
and British Guiana be printed. port.) 

No. 573. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Foreigners. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Foreigners in Great 
Britain and Ireland, distinguishing the three King- 
doms, ordered to quit the realm under the Alien 
Act passed last Session, up to the present time ; 
the Number arrested under the said Act; the Coun- 
tries to which such Foreigners belonged, the length 
of time they were detained, and the Mode in which 
each case was disposed of. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Polish 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Refuses. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a Note addressed by five Mem- 
bers of Parliament to the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, in the year 1834, at his desire, containing 
suggestions as to the Amount of the Grant to Polish 
Refugees :—Of any Instructions sent by the Trea- 
sury to the Literary Association of the Friends of 
Poland as to the Administration of the Grant whilst 
entrusted to that Body :—Of any Minutes laying 
down any general Rules adopted by the Treasury 
with regard to the Distribution of the Grants, with 
the Dates thereof :—And, of the Report on the Re- 
duction of the Allowances to the Polish Refugees, 
drawn up by Mr. Bellew and Mr. Pennington. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Bowes as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Ordered, 








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Se 
De 











13 Vicroriz. 


Woods,Forests Ordered, That the Second Report, which was 


and Land 
Revenues 
(Second Re- 
port.) 

No. 574. 


Imports and 
rts 
(Official 
Value.) 

No, 575. 


Emigration. 


New Zealand. 


School of 
Design. 
ad No, 576. 


London and 
Norwich 
Direct Rail- 
way Bill, &amp;c. 
(1845 and 
1846, ) 











yesterday made from the Select Committee on 





97°? Juli. 589 


‘action will come on for trial at the next assizes, to 
be held for the county of Surrey ; viz., at Croydon, 


Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, be printed. _in the county of Surrey, on the sixth day of August 


Ordered, That the Account of the Rates by which | 
the Official Valuation of the principal Articles im- | 
ported into England, Scotland, and Ireland sepa- 
rately is estimated; also, a Return of the Rates at | 
which Foreign and Colonial Products are valued, | 
when exported from England, Scotland and Ireland, 
separately and respectively ; together with an Ac- | 
count of the Rates fixed for the Official Valuation | 
of the principal Articles of British and Irish Pro- | 


duce and Manufactures exported from England, | 


Scotland and Ireland separately and respectively, 
which was presented upon the 18th day of May 
1826, be re-printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches rela- 
tive to Emigration to the North American and 
Australian Colonies, since those moved for on the 
15th day of May last. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches re- 
lative to the Affairs of New Zealand (in continua- 
tion of the Papers presented in August 1848.) 

Ordered, That. the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the constitution and management 
of the Government School of Design, and to re- 
port their Opinion thereupon to the House, have 
Power to report their Observations thereupon, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and to be printed. 


A Petition of William Stephens, of Bedford-row, 
in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That an action is now 
pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer of 
Pleas, wherein James Thomas Dorington, George 
Bradford Ellicombe, Richard Rous Ellicombe, and 
Wilttam Samuel Currey, are Plaintiffs, and Henry 
Maltby, Richard Beachcroft and William Fooke 
Robinson, ave Defendants, wherein the said plaintiffs 
seek to recover from the said defendants certain 
fees, costs and expenses due from the said defen- 
dants to the said plaintiffs, in respect of professional 
business done, and monies paid by the said plaintiffs 
on account of the defendants, with reference to 
certain applications to Parliament, and proceedings 
therein in the Sessions 1845 and 1846, in reference 
to the following Bills introduced into Parliament ; 
viz., the London and Norwich Direct Railway Bill ; 
the Thetford, Bury Saint Edmund's and Newmar- 
het Railway Bill; the Sligo and Shannon Railway 
Bill, and the Sligo Ship Canal Bill, and other 
matters; that the Petitioner is acting as attorne 
for the plaintiffs in the said action, and that oid 

VoL, 104. 


| One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine ; that 


the Petitioner is advised and believes that it is 
necessary and of importance in support of the case 
of the said plaintiffs, that the papers and docu- 
ments relating to several applications to the Right 
honourable The Speaker, for the taxation of such 
costs and expenses, the order of The Speaker 
there, and the certificate of The Speaker, and 
all minutes, memoranda and documents in any 
matter relating to the matters aforesaid, be produced 
at the trial of the said action at Croydon; and 
| praying, that leave may be given for the proper 
iofticer of the House to attend at Croydon, on 
‘the sixth day of August One thousand eight 
| hundred and Forty-nine, and on such subsequent 
‘day as the said action may come on for trial, and 
‘produce the several applications, orders and certi- 
|ficates hereunder mentioned, and any minutes, 
memoranda and other documents relating thereto : 
Original application from J. Dorington, Ellicombes, 
and Company, to the Righthonourable The Speaker, 
dated March One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-eight, for the taxation of costs and ex- 
/penses, in respect of the application to Parliament 
for the London and Norwich Direct Railway Bill; 
the Order of The Speaker thereon; the Bill of 
costs as taxed by Mr. May the taxing officer, to 
whom the same was referred, and his report in re- 
ference thereto; and all papers, books, minutes 
and memoranda relative thereto: Original applica- 
tion from J. Dorington, Ellicombes, and Company, 
to the Right honourable The Speaker, dated Twenty- 
third January One thousand eight hundred and 
| Forty-nine, for the taxation of the costs and expenses, 
In respect of the application to Parliament for the 
Bury Saint Edmunds aud Newmarket Railwa 

| Bill; the Order of The Speaker thereon; the Bill 
of costs, as taxed by Mr. May the taxing officer, 
to whom the same was referred, and his report in 
reference thereto; and all papers, books, minutes 
and memoranda relative thereto: Original applica- 
| tion from J. Dorington, Ellicombes, and Company, 
| to the Right honourable The Speaker, dated Twenty- 
third January One thousand eight hundred and 
_ Forty-nine, for the taxation of the costs and ex- 
| penses, in respect of the application to Parlia- 
| ment for the Sligo and Shannon Railway Bill; the 
| Order of The Speaker thereon ; the Bill of costs, as 
)taxed by Mr. May the taxing officer, to whom the 
‘same was referred, and his report in reference 
| thereto; and all papers, books, minutes and me- 
moranda relative thereto: Original application from 
J. Dorington, Ellicombes, and Company, to the 
Right honourable The Speaker, dated Twenty-third 
January One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
nine, for the taxation of the costs and expenses, in 
respect of the application to Parliament for the 
Sligo Ship Canal Bill; the Order of The Speaker 
thereon ; the Bill of costs,as taxed by Mr. May 
the taxing officer, to whom the same was referred, 
and his report in reference thereto ; and all papers, 
books, minutes and memoranda relative thereto ; 
or that such further or other Order may be made 
in the premises, as to the House may seem fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 

officers to attend accordingly. 


Savings Banks, which was presented upon the 29th 


day of March last, be printed. 


June last, for Copies of a Letter on the subject o 
the British Chaplaincy at Madeira, addressed to 
Consul Stoddart by Calverley Bewicke, B. a., dated 

4PF3+ Funchal, 








Ordered, That the Return relative to Military Military 
Savings 
Banks. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an British 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of Chaplaincy 
te 7 Madeira, 
Cc. 























Gravesend 
Royal Terrace 
Pier. 


Army Prize 
Money. 


Weymouth 
Union. 


No. 578. 


Tufton’s 
Nat. Bill. 


590 


Funchal, 11th December 1846; also, Copies of 
the Report of the General Meeting held on the 
31st day of December 1847, to pass the Accounts 
of the British Chapel for the year 1847; of Consul 
Stoddart’s Account of a Meeting held on the 1st 
day of January 1848; and of all further Corre- 
spondence and Papers relating to the subject, from 
the date of the last Return to the present time, in- 
cluding tie Report of the General Meeting held 
to pass the Accounts of the British Chapel for the 
year 1848 ; also Copies of the old, and of the new 
Regulations for the Management of the Affairs of 
British Chapels Abroad, together with the Dates 
at which such Regulations were respectively issued 
(in continuation of the Papers presented 29th 
August 1848.) 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 28° die Juliz ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


HE following Account, pursuant to the direc- 

tions of an Act of Parliament, having been 
transmitted to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, 
viz.—An Account of the Receipt and Application of 
the Sums of Money received and applied by virtue of 
a certain Act of Parliament made and passed in the 
fifth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Vic- 
toria, intituled, “An Act for amending the Acts 
relating to the Gravesend Quay and Pier,” for the 
year ending the 31st day of December 1848. 


The following Return, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table : viz.—An Ac- 
count of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (formerly 
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hos- 
pital at Chelsea), from 18th January 1809 to 31st 
December 1848. 


Mr. Owen, from the Poor Law Board, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copies of the Letters to the Poor Law Board 
from John Cree, Esquire, a Magistrate in the 
County of Dorset,and of Mr. Pigott, the Poor Law 
Inspector, respecting the Admission to the Work- 
house of the Weymouth Union of Duke William 
Beale, 90 years of age :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on Tuf- 
ton’s Naturalization Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and had amended the 
preamble, by reciting, that Richard Tufton and 
Henry Tufton (the parties seeking by the Bill to be 
naturalized) had respectively obtained letters of 
denization, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and that they had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 21. |. 18. After “allegiance” insert “ but 

“ being respectively denizens of Your Majesty’s said 
* Kingdom, by virtue of Letters Patent under the 
““ Great Seal, bearing date respectively the twenty- 
seventh day of May One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-five, and the fifteenth day of December 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.” 
Pr. 3. |. ult. After “ notwithstanding ” insert 
Clause (A.) 
Cravss (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing herein contained shall in any 
manner prejudice or affect any title in Her Ma- 
jesty, Her heirs or successors, or in any other 
person or persons in respect of the office of Sheriff 


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27° — 28° Juli. 





A. 1849. 


“ of the county of Westmoreland, lately held by 
“ Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported Wilson’s (Saint Thomas’ Wilson’s 
Church (Woolwich) Estate Bill, without Amend- (Cates The» 


ment. Woolwich 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Estate Bil, 


Mr. Bernal reported Theophilus Clive’s Estate Theophilus 
Bill, with verbal Amendments; and the same were Clive’s Estate 
read, as follow: aa. 

Pr. 4. 1. 3. After “ his ” insert “ said then.” 

Pr. 6.1.24. Leave out “ Sandenstead” and insert 

“ Sanderstead.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. After “the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 14. After “ his” insert “ heirs and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported Sir Robert Pigot’s Estate sir Robert 
Bill, without Amendment. Pigot’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Bi 


Mr. Bernal reported Tempest’s Estate Bill, with- Tempests 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Cresswell’s (or Bateman’s) Cresswell’s 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. (or Bateman’s) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, "state Bill 


Mr. Bernal reported the Bowling Iron Company gowhing Iron 
Bill, with a verbal Amendment; and the same was Company Bill, 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 26. 1.28. Leave out “ for’ and insert “ from.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported Osborn’s Estate Bill, with- Osborn’s 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 


Mr. Bernal reported Grenville’s Estate Bill, with- Grenville’s 
out Amendment. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported W. H. F. Cavendish’s Estate W. i. F. 
Bill, with verbal Amendments; and the same were Cavendish’s 
read, as follow: Estate Bill 

Pr, 20. Is. 5. and 6, Leave out “never been” 
and insert “ recently.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 6. After “ married ” insert “ but has 
“ no issue.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Honourable C. C. Ca- Honourable 
vendish’s( Burlington House) Estate Bill, with verbal &gt; Caren 
Amendments ; and the same were read, as follow : Sepeniineat 

Pr. 28. Is. 33. and 34. Leave out “never been” Estate Bill. 
and insert ‘ recently.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 34. After “‘ married ” insert “ but has 
“ no issue.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported Trenchard’s Estate Bill, Leroy 8 
without Amendment. Estate 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod : to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 











desire 





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Aucttut to ani Fe tetiot «&lt;2 bet A~ eo te 


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13 VictToriz. 


desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 


Consolidated § An Act to apply the Sum of Three Millions out 

tas 000) of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the 

a ; year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine : 

General and An Act to amend the Procedure in Courts of 

Quarter Ses- General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace in Eng- 

sions Bil, == Jand and Wales, and for the better Advancement of 
Justice in cases within the Jurisdiction of those 
Courts: 

Turnpike An Act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike 

Trusts Union Trusts: 

Bill. 

Mutiny and An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of 

Desertion Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East 

(India) Bill. T»dia Company, and for regulating in such Service 
the Payment of Regimental Debts and the Distri- 
bution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying 
in the Service : 

Attornies An Act for consolidating and amending several 


and Solicitors of the Laws relating to Attornies and Solicitors in 
(Ireland) Bill. 7, oland : . 


, Sites for An Act to extend and explain the Provisions of 
Schools Bill. the Acts for the granting of Sites for Schools : 
Administra- An Act to provide for the Administration of 
tion of Justice Justice in Vancouver’s Island : 

(Vancouver's 
Island) Bill. 
Turnpike- An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating 


roads (Ireland) Tyrnpike-roads in Ireland : 


An Act for further amending the Laws relating 
to Sewers : 


Sewers Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Pupils’Protec- An Act for the better Protection of Pupils, 
a Absent Persons and Persons under Mental Inca- 
“= pacity in Scotland : 


Militia Ballots An Act to suspend, until the First day of Oc- 
pupension tober One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, the 


making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for 
the Militia of the United Kingdom: 


Commons An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands 

Inclosure = in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure 

(No. 2.) Bill. Commissioners for ngland and Wales: 

Highway An Act to continue, until the First day of Oc- 

Rates Bill. ~—_ tober One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and to 
the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an 
Act for authorizing the Application of Highway 
Rates to Turnpike-roads : 

Excise Bene- An Act to extend to the Officers of Inland Re- 

— Fund venue the Privilege of becoming; Members of the 

ociety Bill, 


Excise Benevolent Fund Society : 


Newgate Gaol An Act to abolish the Gaol of Newgate, in the 
(Dublin) Bill. County of the City of Dublin, and provide com- 
pensation for the Otficers thereof, and to enable the 
Grand Jury of the County of the said City to 
increase the Salaries of the Chaplains of certain 
other Gaols thereof, and to re-assess on the County 
e the said City certain Arrears of Grand Jury 
ess: 


Lunatic An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of 

ava ,, July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and 

(Ireland) Bill. to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, 
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present 
Majesty, for amending the Law relative to Private 
Lunatic Asylums in Jreland : 

HouseofLords An Act for the more effectual Taxation of Costs 


punts Taxation on Private Bills in the House of Lords, and to 
facilitate the Taxation of other Costs on Private 
Bills, in certain cases : 


in Tees An Act for facilitating the Marriage of British 
Countries Subjects resident in Foreign Countries : 
Bautating 


VoL. 104. 


28° Juliz. 





591 


An Act to provide a more convenient Mode of county Rates, 
levying and collecting County Rates, County Police &amp;c. Bill. 
Rates, and District Police Rates in Parishes 
situated partly within and partly without the limits 
of Boroughs which are not liable to such Rates : 

An Act to remove Doubts as tothe Authority of Poor Relief 
Justices of the Peace to act in certain Matters re- (Cities and 
lating to the Poor in Cities and Boroughs : Bil, ) 

An Act to continue until the First day of Oc- Stock in Trade 
tober One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and Bill. 
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be 
Rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other 
Property, to the Relief of the Poor: 

An Act to authorize the Advance of Money, out Athlone to 


of the Consolidated Fund, to the Midland Great pam + no 


Western Railway of Jreland Company : of Money) Bill. 
An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money Relief of 
Distress 


for the Relief of certain distressed Poor Law Unions (Ireland) 
in Ireland : (No. 2.) Bill. 


An Act for enabling Colonial Legislatures to es- Inland Posts 
tablish Inland Posts: (Colonies) Bill. 

An Act to amend an Act of the tenth year of Her Land Improve- 
Majesty, for facilitating the Improvement of Landed ment Amend- 


Property in Ireland : (ireland) Bill. 


An Act further to amend an Act of the tenth year Labouring 
of Her present Majesty, for rendering valid certain — _ . 
Proceedings for the Relief of Distress in Jreland, (Ireland) Bill. 
by Employment of the Labouring Poor, and to 
indemnify those who have acted in such Pro- 
ceedings : 

An Act to extend the Remedies of Sequestrators Sequestrators” 
of Ecclesiastical Benefices : Remedies Bill. 
An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties Indictable 
of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions in bo mer Bill 
Ireland, with respect to Persons charged with ee 

dictable Offences : 

An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties Summary 
of Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions, Cinelacd) Bill. 
in Ireland, with respect to Summary Convictions 
and Orders: 

An Act further to facilitate the Sale of Incum- Incumbered 


: 4 Estates 
bered Estates in Jreland: (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the House of 
Offices of the House of Commons : Commons 
Offices Bill. 
An Act to dissolve Regimental Benefit Societies, Regimental 
and to provide for the Application of the Funds Benefit 
of such Societies, and of Regimental Charitable — 
Funds : 
An Act to defray, until the First day of August Militia Pay 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, the Charge Bill. 
of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other 
Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great 
Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances, in certain 
cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Sur- 
geons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; 
and to authorize the Employment of the Non- 
commissioned Officers : 
An Act to protect Women from Fraudulent Prac- Protection of 


tices for procuring their Defilement : Women Bill. 
An Act for the further Relief of Trustees : Trustees 
Relief Bill. 


An Act to limit the Enlistment in the Artillery Enlistment 

and other Ordnance Corps : (Artillery and 
Ordnance) 
Bill. 

An Act for better enabling the Rock Life As--Rock Lite 
surance Company to sue and be sued, and to alter Assurance 
certain Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and C°™P#*Y Bill. 
to give further Powers to the Company : 


An Act to extend the present Tinsley and Don- Sheffield and 
caster Turnpike-road from Tinsley to Sheffield, and Tinsley Road 


ve Fee 
for other Purposes : + am Tinsley. 


and Doncaster Turnpike- 
road to Sheffield) Bill. 


4Fr4 An 





092 


An Act for making a Branch from the Taff Vale 
Railway to Dowlais, and for other Purposes : 


Taff Vale Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sionin Merthyr 
Tydfil) Bill. 


London and An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Blackwall 


Rail Lands required for the widening of the London and 
( ‘Amentment Blackwall Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 


and Extension to such Railway : 
of Time) Bill. 


Lancashire An Act for vesting in the Lancashire and York- 
and Yorkshire shire Railway Company, and the London and North 


and Tondon Western Railway Company, the Preston and Wyre 


Western Rail- Railway Harbour and Dock, and all the Works, 
way Compa- Property and Effects belonging thereto : 

nies (Transfer _" 
of Interest in the Preston and Wyre Rail- 
way Harbour and Dock, and regulating 
Management of the Undertaking) Bill. 


Trish South 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Amend- 
ment of Acts) 
Bill. 
Caledonian 
Railway (Pur- 
chase or Lease 
of Wishaw 
and Coltness 
Railway) Bill. 
East Lanca- An Act to amend the Acts relating to the East 
Ser Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable the 
ment and De. Same Company to make certain Branches at 
viation Bill. Preston: 


An Act to transfer the Sheffield Canal to the 


Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of the 
River Dun: 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Irish 
South Eastern Railway : 


An Act to effect the Sale of the Wishaw and 
Coltness Railway to the Caledonian Railway Com- 


pany: 


Transfer of 
Sheffield Canal 
to River Dun 
Navigation 
Company Bill. 


Flimwell Vent 
to Hastings 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 


An Act for more effectually managing and re- 
pairing the Road leading from Flimwell Vent, in the 
County of Sussex, to the Town and Port of Hast- 
ings, in the said County : 


An Act for maintaining, ay se and keeping 
¢ rl in repair certain Roads in the County of Lanark, to 
om a and be called “ The East and West Lanarkshire Turn- 
Shotts Turn- pike-roads :” 

pike-roads 

(Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Dublin, Ash- 
bourne, Slane 


Lanarkshire 
(East and West 


An Act to continue and amend the Powers of an 

ine Act for repairing and improving the Roads from 
et gry * Dublin, by Ashbourne, to Slane and Drogheda : 
Continuation and Amendment Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Transfer of the Wilson- 
town, Morningside and Coltness Railway to, and to 
Railway, and ; . " , : 
Wilsontown, Vest the same in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
Morningside way Company : 
and Coltness 
Railway 
Transfer Bill. 
New North 
Road (Con- 
tinuation) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed 
in the third year of the reign of his Majesty King 

‘illiam the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for conti- 
nuing certain Powers to the Trustees of the New 
North Road, leading from the South End of High- 
bury-place, Islington, to Haberdasher’s-walk, in the 
Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County 
of Middlesex,” and tor vesting the Management of 
the said Road in the Metropolis Roads Commis- 
sioners, for the purpose of paying off the Debt due 
thereon : 


An Act for enabling the Dock Company at King- 
ston-upon-Hull to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and for amending some of the Provisions of the Acts 
relating to such Company : 

An Act for settling all Questions of disputed Ow- 
nership between the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Louth, and the Warden 
and Six Assistants of the Town of Louth, and Free 
School of King Edward the Sixth in Louth, with 
reference to the Lands, Tenements, Fairs, Markets, 
Rents, Tolls, Powers, Rights, Privileges and Pro- 
perty claimed by them respectively, and for vesting 
the Fairs and Markets within the said Borough in 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


Borough of 
Louth and 
Free Grammar 
School in 
Louth Bill. 


28° Julii. 





A. 1849. 


the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses thereof, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act to incorporate, by the Name of “ The Aberdeen Des. 
Trustees of the Hospital in Aberdeen, for Orphan titute Female 
and Destitute Female Children,’ the Trustees of artes 

° id- 
the Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum, son’s) Estate 
acting under a Deed of Constitution, granted by the Bill. 
Trustees of John Gordon, of Murtle, Esquire, de- 
ceased, and to alter and extend the Powers and 
Provisions of the said Deed, and to vest the Resi- 
due of the Estate and Effects of John Carnegie, 

Esquire deceased, in the Trustees so incorporated : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Settlement Duke of Nor- 
made in pursuance of the Will of George Granville, *lk’s (Duke 
late Duke of Sutherland, to grant or demise, for a fund's) Ee 
long Term of Years, to the Staffordshire Potteries Bill. 
Waterworks Company, certain Springs and Reser- 
voirs of Water, in Lands in the Parishes of Cavers- 
wall and Stone, in the County of Stafford, com- 
prised in the said Settlement, and certain Water- 
works, Rights and Privileges, for supplying with 
Water the Towns of Longton and Lane End, in the 
said County, and several Townships or Places near 
thereto; and to enable the said Trustees to take 
Shares in the said Company, and to advance Mo- 
ney to the said Company on Mortgage, and for 
other Purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the late 
Thomas Gordon to sell his Estates of Cairness, and 
others, in the County of Aberdeen, and toapply the 
Price thereof in Payment of the Debts and Talons 
uffecting the same, and for laying out the Residue 
of the Price in the Purchase of other Lands, to be 
entailed in Terms of the Trust Deed of Settlement 
by the said Thomas Gordon, and for other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act to enable Leases for Mining Purposes to Honourable 
be granted to Anthony Hill, Esquire, of Parts of nara wo 
the Estates situate in the Parish of Merthyr Tydvil, pi 
in the County of Glamorgan, devised by the Will 
of the Right honourable Other Archer, Earl of 
Plymouth, deceased, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to confirm the Title of the Trustees of the Hura’s Estate: 
Willof Philip Hurd, Esquire, deceased, to a Copy- Bill. 
hold Estate at Kentish Town, in the County of 
Middlesex, and to extend the Power to grant Build- 
ing Leases contained in the said Will, and to em- 
power the Trustees of the said Will to raise Money 
for the Improvement of the said Estate, and for 
other Purposes : 

An Act to enable Marianne Sarah Robertson, of Ladykirk , 
Ladykirk, to disentail certain detached Portions of mere 8} 
the entailed Estate of Ladykirk, to be conveyed to “°° 
David Robertson, her Husband, in lieu of the Lands 
of Simprim, to be added by him to the said entailed 
Estate, to grant Security upon the said Estate for a 
certain Sum of Money expended in Improvements, 
and for other Purposes relating thereto : 

An Act to authorize the Sale of Part of the Estates Lee’s Estate. 
devised by William Lee Antonie, Esquire, deceased, Bill. 
and for applying the Proceeds in payment of cer- 
tain Incumbrances, and in Purchase of Heredita- 
ments to be limited to the Uses declared of certain 
Estates substituted and settled by an Act of the 
second and third years of the reign of King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for vesting the Fee- 
simple of Part of the Freehold Estates devised by 
the Will of William Lee Antonie, Esquire, ceceased, 
in strict Settlement in his Nephew, John Lee, Es- 
quire, Doctor of Laws, (subject to a term of Five 
hundred years as an Indemnification against a Sum 
of Ten thousand pounds and Interest), and for sub- 
stituting Part of the fee-simple Estates of the said 
John Lee, in lieu thereof, and also for appointing 
new Trustees of the said settled Estates,” and to 
amend the said Act: 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the Lora 
late Duke of Cleveland to raise certain Monies on tan Ang 
the Trust Estates, in the County of Durham, by the ne 
said Will devised, and for the Management of the Estate Bill. 
said Estates : 


Estate: 


Gordon's 
(Cairness) 
Estate Bill.. 


An 








ors Estate 


nolds’ 
+ on Bill. 


Rickards’ 
(or Harman’s) 
Bstate Bull. 


Hoghton’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Hudson’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Hill’s Divorce 
Bill. 


London 
Election. 


13 Victroriz. 


An Aci for enabling the Trustees of the Settle- 
ment made under Orders of the High Court of 
Chancery after the Marriage of Chaloner Ogle, Es- 
quire, and Elizu Sophia Frances Ogle, his Wife, to 
grant Building, Improving and other Leases of cer- 
tain Estates and Hereditaments, situate at Patcham, 
in the County of Sussex, comprised in the said 
Settlement: 

An Act for vesting the Cole and Reynolds’ Es- 
tates, situate at Doddington, Leverington, Guyhurn, 
Broughton and Buckden, in the Isle of Ely, and 
Counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, in Trustees, 
for Sale: 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Will of 
the late Anthony Harman, Esquire, to grant Build- 
ing, lmproving and other Leases of certain Freehold 
Estates devised by the said Will : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Hogh- 
ton, Esquire, with Louisa Josephine Hoghton, his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Francis Hud- 
son, Merchant, with Louisa, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes 
therein mentioned. 


Mr. Brotherton reported, That he had carried to 
the Lords the Message of this House, of yesterday, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of Hill’s Divorce Bill ; and that the Lords had 
communicated a printed Copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence: And he delivered the same in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Francis David Lewis and 


. Henry Haley Collins, relating to the city of London, 


Hill's Divorce 
Bill, 


Cripps’s 
Divorce Bill, 





is unobjectionable. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on 
Hill's Divorce Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill as to the Marriage of the 
Parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving the Marriage, the verdict at law, and the 
sentence of Divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court in 
Dublin, and, upon evidence satisfactory to the Com- 
mittee, found the same and the other allegations to 
be true; and they saw no reason to suspect collu- 
sion between the Parties; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 171, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

“That every Private Bill, as amended in Com- 
mittee, except in the cases wherein the Committee 
shall have reported the Amendments to be merely 
verbal or literal, be printed at the expense of the 
Parties applying for the same ; and be delivered to 
the Door-keepers for the use of the Members, Three 
clear days at least before the consideration of the 
Report.” 

‘he House was also moved, That the Standing 
Order of the House, No. 197, might be read; and 
the same was read, as followeth ; 

“ That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be given 
by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office, of the day proposed for the consi- 
deration of the Report of every Private Bill.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be sus- 
pended in respect of Cripps’s Divorce Bill. 

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28° Julte. 593 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the said Bill; and the Amendment 
was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 3.1. 3. Leave out from “ Garth” to “ That” 
in 1, 7. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Fishing Boats 
mand,—Copy of Captain Washington’s Report on (Scotland.) 
the Loss of Life, and the Damage caused to Fishing No. 579. 


Boats on the East Coast of Scotland, by the Gale of 
the 19th August 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by New 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Twenty-ninth Churches. 


Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for 
Building new Churches. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered (Ireland) Bill. 


to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to cer- 
tain Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Poor Relief.(Zreiand) Bill; That they had drawn 
up Reasons accordingly, which tley had directed 
him to report to the House; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

The Commons disagree to Clause B., inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider that it is not 
necessary or expedient tu limit as therein 
proposed the Power now vested by law in 
the Poor Law Commissioners as to the For- 
mation of new Unions and the Alteration of 
Electoral Divisions. 

The Commons propose to amend Clause C, in- 
serted by the Lords, by leaving out “ one tisird ” in 
Fo. 1.1. 4, and inserting “the Board ” and in 1. 5. 
by leaving out “ the” and by leaving out the word 
“ resident” in Fo, 1. ]. 7, and also in]. 12. 

The Commons disagree to Clause D, inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the subletting or subdividing of lands 
and tenements by the occupier or lessee 
thereof contrary to covenant is a civil wrong, 
for which a civil remedy is already provided 
by law. 

The Commons disagree to so much of the Amend- 
mentin P, 9.1.9, as proposes to leave out the Clause 
No. 16, for the following Reason: 

Because that Clause is calculated to simplify 
the proceedings in actions for poor rates, 
and to diminish the expense thereof to the 

arties in such actions. 

The Commenn disagree to so much of the Amend- 
ment in P. 9.1. 9, as proposes to leave out the 
Clause No. 17, for the following Reason : 

Because it is expedient that the Judges of the 
Superior Courts in Jreland should regulate 
the practice and proceedings of those courts 
in relation to actions for poor rates. 

The Commons disagree to so much of the Amend- 


ment in P. 9. 1.. 9. as proposes to leave out the’ 


Clause No. 18, for the following Reason : 
Because the only mode at present of enforcing 
payment of poor rates by means of a Judg- 
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28° Jult. 


ment is by proceeding in one of the Superior 
Courts, and it is desirable that the expense 
of proceeding by way of action in the Su- 
perior Courts in /reland for poor rates should, 
as far as practicable, be avoided; and that 
for this purpose the decree of the court ob- 
tained in the less expensive proceeding by 
civil Bill should, as to lands belonging to the 
defendant, and situate in the Union in which 
the rates are due, afford the plaintiff the 
same means of enforcing payment of the 
amount adjudged to be due as he would ob- 
tain by procuring a judgment in one of the 
Superior Courts. 

The Commons disagree to so much of the Amend- 
ment in P. 9. |. 9., as proposes to leave out Clause 
No. 19, for the following Reason : 

Because the provisions of that Clause are ne- 
cessary for the enforcement of a decree or 
judgment for poor rates in Jreland in cases 
in which there are other previous judgments 
or other charges or incumbrances on the 
lands belonging to the defendant and situate 
within the Union wherein such poor rates 
shall have become due and payable. 


The Commons propose to amend Clause F., in- 
serted by the Lords, by leaving out from the word 
“ rate book ” Fo. 1. |. 19., to the end of the Clause. 

The Commons disagree to Clause I, inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reasons : 

Because the Clerks of Unions in Ireland cannot 
ascertain from the rate books what amount 
of poor rates may be due at any time after 
the collection has commenced from persons 
rated therein, and it is not expedient that the 
accounts of the payment of poor rates 
should be transferred from the collectors’ 
books to the rate-books for the purpose of 


enabling the clerks to supply such informa- | ( ( 
Sale of certain Hereditaments in the Parish of =" Estate 
| Barkham, in the County of Berks, affected by the ~™ 


tion ; because likewise the liability of clerks 
of Unions to furnish copies of portions of | 
the books within seven days after demand 

would be likely to cause a serious interrup- | Clive, Esquire, was read the third time. 


tion of their ordinary duties. 


The Commons propose to amend Clause K. by 
leaving out the words “ Two days ” Fo, 1. ls. 14. and 
15., and inserting the words “ one day.” 

The Commons disagree to Clause M, inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reasons : 

Because it is not reasonable to place a class of 
creditors, having already sufficient security 
for the payment of their debts by debentures 
charged upon the rates, on a more advanta- 
geous footing than other creditors of the 
Union, by enabling them to withhold pay- 
ment of the rates assessed on them for the 
relief of the poor in satisfaction of the in- 
terest and instalments accruing due to them 
on such debentures; and because it is con- 
trary to the principle of the Poor Law to 
allow a set-off of any other debt against the 
poor rate. 

The Commons propose to amend Clause QO, in- 
serted by the Lords, by leaving out from the first 
word “And” to “be it enacted, That” in Fo. 1. 
1. 12., and by leaving out from the word “ That ” in 
the same line to “in any” in Fo. 2.1. 14., and by 
leaving out from “ Dublin” in Fo. 4.1. 3. to the end 
of the Clause. 

The Commons disagree to Clause P, inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reasons: 

Because it is inconsistent with the provision 
contained in Clause 20; and because the 
power of recovering rates from the’ subse- 
quent occupiers of rateable hereditaments in 
Ireland in default of payment by the occu- 
pier who was primarily liable to pay such 


rates, subject to the limitation in point of | 








A. 1849. 


the due enforcement and levying of poor 
rates in Ireland. 

The Commons disagree to Clause Q, inserted by 
the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider that any altera- 
tion of the law of ejectment, if required, 
should properly be made the subject of a 
separate enactment, and is not within the 
scope of the present Bill. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by your Lord- 
ships. 

he said Reasons being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill; and that 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Reading Writ, 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament, for the Borough of Reading, in 
the room of Thomas Noon Talfourd, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of one of Her Majesty's Puisne 
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Wilson's 
enable Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Baronet, to Oe Oar 
grant a Site of a Church for the District of Saint wootwich 
Thomas, Woolwich, in the County of Kent, and Estate Bi 
for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the Theophilus 


Settlement made on the Marriage of Theophilus 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Tufton’s 
Naturalizing Richard Tufton and Henry Tufton, Nat- Bill 
his Infant Son, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Cresswell’s 
vesting the Real Estates devised by the Will of - ee 
the late Sir Hugh Bateman, of Hartington Hall, in 
the County of Derby, Baronet, in Trustees, upon 
Trust, to sell a Part thereof, and to lay out the 
Monies arising from such Sale in Payment of the 
Mortgage Debts and other Charges and Incum- 
brances affecting the said Estates, and in Repairs 
and Substantial Improvements upon the said Es- 
tates, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for con- Bowling Iron 


time contained in Clause 20, is necessary to| firming and carrying into effect an Arrangement Company®” 


made 








Osborn’s 
Estate Bill. 


Grenville’s 
Estate Bill. 


W. H. F. 
Cavendish’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sir Robert 


13 Vicrorrz. 


made by the Court of Chancery, concerning the 
Proprietors of the Bowling Iron Company, and 
for granting certain Powers to the said Company, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
authorizing the Sale of certain Parts of the Es- 
tates in the County of Middlesex, devised by the 
Will of Sir George Osborn, Baronet, deceased, for 
the Purpose of discharging the Incumbrances 
thereon, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 
better Administration of the Real and Personal 
Estates of the Right honourable James Lord Glas- 
tonbury, deceased, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bil! from the Lords, intituled, An Act for sup- 

lying the Omission in the Will of the Right 
mpanbte George Augustus Henry Earl of Bur- 
lington, deceased, of Powers of granting, Farming 
and Building Leases of the Estates in the Counties 
of York and Derby, devised by the same Will; 
of Powers of selling and exchanging the same 
Estates, and for other Purposes, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 7 

Ordered, That Mr- Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments, to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- 


-_ Estate move Doubts relative to the Appointment of Mr. 


Honourable 
C. C. Caven- 
dish’s (Bur- 


lington House) 


BP Estate Bill 


n’s) 


Tempest’s 
Estate Bill. 


BE 





George Bishton, as a Commissioner under the 
Pattingham and Patshull Inclosure Act, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for re- 
moving Doubts relative to the Powers of granting 
Building Leases contained in the Will of the Right 
honourable George Augustus Henry Earl of Bur- 
lington, deceased; and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the granting of Building Leases of Parts 
of the Estates devised by the Will of the late 
Henry Blundell, Esquire, situate in the Townships 
of Heaton and Rumworth, in the County of Lan- 
caster, and to lease Coal and other Mines, and to 
grant Farming Leases for Twenty-one years of 
Vo. 104. 


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595 


Lands within the said Townships, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 

Kesolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Trenchard’s 
enabling the Trustees of the Will of Wélliam Estate Bill. 


Trenchard, Esquire, deceased, to pull down the 
Mansion or Dwelling-house at Lytchet Matravers, 
in the County of Dorset, and the Stables, Offices 
and Out-buildings belonging thereto, Part of the 
Estates devised by the said Will, and to rebuild 
a smaller Mansion, Stabling and Out-buildings 
suitable to the same, and to pull down Farm Build- 
ings on the said Estates, and to rebuild the same, 
and to convert Shrubberies and Pleasure Grounds 
into Arable and Pasture Lands, and to raise Money 
for these Purposes by-the Sale of Part of the 
Capital of the Personal Estate of the said William 
Trenchard, deceased, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Hill’s Divorce 


dissolve the Marriage of Edward Eustace Hill, 
Esquire, with the Honourable Georgiana Charlotte 
(commonly called Lady Georgiana Charlotte) his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Airdrie Police 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 224 Municipal 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend” ” 


and extend and partly repeal the Provisions of an 
Act of Parliament for erecting the Town of Air- 
drie into a Burgh; to provide for the Municipal 
and Police Government of said Burgh; and for 
the better paving, watching lighting and cleansing, 
and for regulating the Police and managing the 
Statute Labour of the said Burgh ; for consolidating 
the Provisions of other Acts; and for other purposes 
relating thereto; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 26. Leave out from “ Dumbarton” to 
“ and” in Pr. 4.1. 2. 

Pr. 7. l. 11. Leave out from 
“ within” in |. 12. 

Pr. 7. 1. 20. Leave out from “ same” to the 

second “ and” in l. 26. 

Pr. 7.1. 31. Leave out from ‘“‘ burgh” to “ and” 
in |. 36. 

Pr. 8. ls. 17. and 18. Leave out from “ Parlia- 
“ ment” to “ may” in 1]. 29. 

Pr. 10. 1. 5. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in |. 34. 

Pr. 11. 1. 1. After “ Act” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That no land shall, under this Act, be 
“ taken by compulsion.” 

Pr. 13. l. 5. Leave out from “ 
without” in 1. 7. 

Pr. 40. 1. 25. After “ Act” insert “ and it shall 
“ also be lawful for them to seize and take pos- 
“ session of all stolen goods and articles, and of 
“ all false weights, and measures, or other articles, 
“ instruments or things which have been used in 
“ or are connected with the commission, or ne- 
“‘ cessary in evidence of any offence as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 19. After “aforesaid” insert “and 
“ with the powers hereinbefore provided.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 38. Leave out “ the said recited” and 
insert “ an.” 


“ markets” to 


council” to 


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Binbrooke 
Saint Gabricl 
and Binbrooke 
Saint Mary 
Inclosure 
(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Acts, 
Alteration of 
Awards, 
settling Titles 
to Lands, &amp;c. 
and defining 
Parish Bound- 
aries) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or Pur- 
chase of the 
Glasgow, 
Barrhead and 
Neilston Di- 
rect Railway) 
Bill. 


596 


Pr. 59. 1. 7. Leave out from “and” to “ be” |“ 
in 1. 33., and inl. 33. Leave out “ therefore” and | “ 
insert ** further.” 

Pr. 59.1. ult. After “under” insert “ any Act | “ 
passed for regulating,” and in the same line | 

leave out “ said.” ™ 
Pr. 60. |. 1. Leave out “ Act” aad insert “ in| 

“ Scotland, or for paving, draining, cleansing, | ‘ 

“ lighting and improving the same.” * 

Pr. 60. 1.31. Leave out from “ Act” to “ shall” | 
in |. 33. 

Pr. 77. 1. ult. After “ occupied” insert “ and 
if any such dealers shall be dissatisfied with 
such rent or market dues, it shali be lawful for 
him or her to complain to the Sheriff of the 
county of Lanark, within eight days, who shall 
determine the matter of such complaint, without 
being subject to any appeal or review whatever.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 27. Leave out from “ licensed’”’ to 
and” in Pr. 83.1. 24. 

Pr. 86. 1. 7. Leave out from ‘ pounds” to 

“ and” in Pr. 94. 1.17. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 77. | 
], ult., is to supply an omission in the Bill, as sent | 
from this House, and to carry out its intention), were | 
agreed to. i 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | “ 


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the conditions under which the said Railway shall 
be transferred to and vested in the said last-men- 
tioned Company, shall be in accordance with the 
provisions hereinafter contained.” 

Pr. 2.1. 10. After “ Act” insert “ and the exe- 
cution of the conveyance of the Glasgow Southern 
Terminal Railway in their favour as hereinafter 
provided, or as soon thereafter as conveniently 
can be.” 

Pr, 2, 1. 12. Leave out from “ execute” to 
under” in |. 14., and insert “ and deliver.” 

Pr. 2.1.16. After “‘ Company” insert “ a deed 
of lease, in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act, duly stamped.” 

Pr, 2.1. 24. After “ and” insert “ an absolute 
assignment of,” and in the same line after “ all” 


insert ‘‘ the.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 27. Leave out from “ whatsoever” to 
then” in 1. 29. 

Pr, 2. 1.32. After “ Company” insert “ or ac- 
quired or constructed by means of the funds and 
for the behoof of the said last-named Company, 
or of the Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway 
Company.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 1. Leave out “ fixed.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 4. After “ lease” insert “ and assign- 
ment.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 8. Leave out “ deed” and insert 
deeds,” and in the same line, after “ lease” in- 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | sert “ and assignment.” 
Lordships. | 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend | 
and extend the Provisions of certain Acts for in-|“ 
closing Lands in the Parishes of Binbrooke Saint 
Mary and Binbrooke Saint Gabriel, in the County | xi 
of Lincoln, and to vary the Awards made there- | “ 
under, avd to unite the said Parishes ; and the same | 
were read, as follow: 
Pr, 6. 1.25. After “ payable” insert “by equal 
“ half-yearly instalments.” 


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In the Schedule to the Bill: 


Pr. 12.1. 11. In the first column leave out 
«* Edward” and insert ‘“* Edmund.” 
Pr. 12.1. 16. In the second column, after “ Top- 
“ lis” insert “ John Enderby, John Fletcher.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to effectuate a 
Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
Railway to the Caledonian Railway Company ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 9. After “ Railway” insert “ and an-  ‘ 
other Act was passed in the tenth and eleventh | “ 
years of the reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, | “ 
‘*The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
“ Railway(Amendment and Deviation) Act, 1847.” 

Pr, 4, 1. 7. Leave out “ hereinafter’ and insert 
“ therein,” and in the same line, after mentioned” | “ 
insert “ And whereas the Glasgow, Barrhead and | “ 
“ Neilston Direct Railway Company have, in ful- | “ 
filment of their part of the said agreement, ex- | “ 
pended large sums of money in altering their | “ 
line, so as to make the same communicate directly | “ 
with the Caledonian Railway ; and whereas the 
parties to the said agreement are respectively | 
willing (subject to the approval of Parliament to | “ 
be obtained in this present Session), that the | “ 
amount of rent or fixed dividend to be paid by “ 
the said Caledonian Railway Company and other “ 





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Pr. 5.1.14. Leave out from “ whatsoever” to 
and” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 5. 1.21. After “and” insert “ save as herein- 
after excepted.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 26. After “ by” insert “ or under the 
powers of.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 27. After “them” insert “ or any 
other act or acts, or any deeds granted in pur- 
suance of any such Acts.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 32. Leave out from “ the” to “be” in 


1. 34., and insert “ provisions of this Act, and a 


such lease.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Company” to 
and” in |. ult. 

Pr, 6.1. 4, Leave out from “ Company” to “ in” 


in |. 6. 


Pr. 6. 1.15. After “acts” insert “ or in the 
deeds executed in pursuance thereof as afore- 
said,” 

Pr. 6.1. 18. After “ Company” insert Clauses 


(A.) and (B.) 


Cuiauss (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
be held to disincorporate the said Glasgow, Barr- 


‘ head and Neilston Direct Railway Company, or 


to alter the constitution of the said Company, or 
to divest them of or repeal any of the powers 
conferred on them by the Companies Clauses Con- 
solidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, as incorporated 
with the said recited Acts, orany of them, relating to 
the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
Railway, or any of the provisions of the last- 
mentioned Acts, so far as such powers and pro- 
visions have reference solely to the capital of the 
Company or the government and constitution 
thereof.” 

Cuiavuss (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That the powers vested in the Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company 
by the said recited Acts, or any of them, in relation 
to the completion of the said Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston Direct Railway from Barrhead to 
Crofthead, shall for that purpose remain vested in 
and may be exercised by the said last-mentioned 
Company; and the said last-mentioned Com- 
pany, if requested so to do by the said Culedonian 
ow thal Company at any time within six months 
after the passing of this Act, shall and they are 
hereby required, at the expense of the said Cale- 
donian Railway Company, to the extent hereinafter 

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13 VicrorizZ. 


“* mentioned, and upon their supplying from time 


to time the whole funds necessary for the pur- 
pose, to complete the said Railway between the 
aforesaid places as a double line of Railway, but 
in other respects as far as may be in accordance 
with the original specifications thereof; and on 
such completion to deliver the same in good work- 
ing condition to the said last-mentioned Com- 
pany, whereupon the several powers of the said 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
Company in relation to the said portion of Rail- 
way shall cease, and shall be and become thence- 
forth transferred to and vested in the said Cale- 
donian Railway Company, who shall hold the 
said portion of Railway as part of the undertaking, 
to be transferred to and vested in them by virtue 
of the said lease, and as such, subject to the se- 
veral provisions herein contained; and if any 
difference shall arise between the said two Com- 
panies as to the manner in which the said portion 
of Railway has been completed, or as to the state 
or sufficiency thereof, or the time within which 
the same should be completed, or otherwise in 
relation thereto, such difference shall be referred 
to some independent engineer, to be agreed on 
between the parties, or, in default of such agree- 
ment, to be nominated by the Commissioners of 
Railways, on the application of either of the said 
parties ; and if, through any neglect or default of 
the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
Railway Company, the said portion of Railway 
shall not be completed as aforesaid within such 
time as shall be fixed by such independent en- 
gineer, the Caledonian Railway Company shall 
be entitled to retain out of the dividends hereby 
secured to the holders of shares or stock, repre- 
senting the original capital of the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company, 
until the said portion of Railway shall be com- 

leted, such per-centage on the amount advanced 
ty the said Caledonian Railway Company, towards 
the completion of the said portion of Railway, as 
an engineer to be appointed as aforesaid may de- 
termine: Provided always, That if for the purpose 
of completing as aforesaid the said portion of 
Railway, the said Caledonian Railway Company 
shall be called on to pay, and shall pay, more than 
the sum of Twenty thousand pounds, the said 

Caledonian Railway Company shall be entitled to 
retain and deduct the amount of such excess of 
expenditure out of and from the dividends which 
they are by the provisions of this Act required to 
pay to the holders of shares or stock representing 
the original capital of the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Veilston Direct Railway Company, until the 
whole of such excess shall have been paid and 
reimbursed to them.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. After “ Company ” insert “ and 
delivery to the Caledonian Railway Company,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ the” to “ here- 
“ inbefore ” in |. 36., and insert “ deeds.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 5. Leave out “ in respect of each such 
“¢ share.” 

Pr. 7.1. 9. Leave out “ fixed.” 

Pr. 7. 1.10. Leave out “two” and insert “ Six,” 
and in the same line after “ Sterling” insert “ per 
“* centum.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 11. Leave out from “ annum” to 
And” in Pr. 8. |. 4. and insert Clauses (C.) (D.) 
and (E.) 

Cuause (C.) “And whereas by the said secondly 
and fourthly recited Acts, the said Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company 
were also empowered to raise a further sum of 
Seventy-five thousand pounds by the creation of 
new shares or stock, in addition to the capital 
which they were authorized to raise by the said 
first recited Act; and by the said first, second 
and fourth recited Acts,and the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, incorporated 


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therewith, the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil- 
ston Direct Railway Company were authorized to 
borrow on the credit of their undertaking the 
sum of Seventy-five thousand pounds, or (if they 
should think fit) to raise such sum by the creation 
of new shares or stock, either in lieu of or to pay 
off any sums which they might have borrowed 
under the provisions of the said Acts: Be it 
therefore Enacted, That the whole of the said two 
last-mentioned sums of Seventy-five thousand 
pounds respectively, making in all the sum of 
One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, or so 
much thereof as shall not have been raised by 
the said Company by the creation of new shares 
or stock at the time of the passing of this Act, 
shall be so raised by the creation of new shares 
or stock in conformity with the powers to that 
effect conferred on the said Company by the 
said recited Acts; and the several holders of 
such new shares or stock shall be entitled to 
receive and shall be paid by the said Caledonian 
Railway Company, in manner hereinafter men- 
tioned, out of the general funds or profits of the 
said last-mentioned Company, a fixed annual 
dividend after the rate of Five pounds per centum 
per annum on the sums which they may respec- 
tively pay or have paid in respect of such new 
shares orstock: Provided always, That the moneys 
to be raised by such new shares or stock, as well 
as all moneys which may be hereafter paid in 
respect of calls due on the said original capital 
stock, or such portion thereof as may be neces- 
sary for the purpose, shall be applied in the pay- 
ment or redemption of all bonds and mortgages 
secured on or affecting the said Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway at the time 
when the same shall become vested in the said 
Caledonian Railway Company, as and when the 
same shall fall due and become payable and 
redeemable, and in payment of all the other 
liabilities and obligations affecting the said Glas- 
gow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct and Glasgow 
Southern Terminal Railways or Railway Com- 
panies, at the time when the said Railways shall 
become vested in the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany as aforesaid: Provided also, That the said 
Caledonian Railway Company shall pay the 
interest accruing due on all mortgages secured 
on the Railways, lands, works and property to 
become vested in them by virtue of the lease 
hereinbefore mentioned, until such mortgages 
shall have been paid off by means of the capital 
raised or to be raised as aforesaid, and until the 
said last-mentioned Company shall be called on 
to pay the dividend by this Act secured, or in- 
tended to be secured on the whole of the said 
capital raised or to be raised by the creation of 
the said new shares ; but if by reason of the pay- 
ment of interest on any such bonds or mortgages, 
and of such dividend, or any portion thereof, the 
said Caledonian Railway Company shall in any 
one year be called on to pay, and shall pay, a 
larger sum than the sum by this Act made pay- 
able by them in respect of the whole of such 
dividend, it shall be lawful for the said Caledonian 

Railway Company to deduct the excess so paid 
by them out of the next half-yearly dividend 
payable to the holders of shares or stock repre- 
senting the original capital of the said Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company, 
and so from time to time.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
aforesaid dividends, after the rate of Six pounds 
“ per centum, and Five pounds per centum per 
annum respectively, shall be paid by the said 
Caledonian Railway Company beiteciss, at the 
terms of Martinmas and Whitsunday, to the Trea- 
surer of the said Glasgow, Barrhéad and Neil- 
ston Direct Railway Company, who shall dis- 
tribute the same among the several holders of 





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598 


“ shares or stock entitled thereto, subject to the 
“ orders and directions in that behalf of the 
“ Directors for the time being of the said Glasgow 
“ Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company ; 
“ and the said dividends shall accrue due as from 
“ the Twenty-seventh day of September One 
“ thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, in respect 
of all sums paid upon the said shares or stock 
prior to that date; and in respect of all sums 
which may be paid on such shares or stock 
subsequently to the Twenty-seventh day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and 

Forty-nine, the said dividends shall accrue due 
upon such sums as from the period or periods of 
the payment thereof respectively ; and the receipt 
of the Treasurer for the time being of the said 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Company for the sums paid by the said 
Caledonian Railway Company in respect of all 
such dividends, or of any proportion of profits 
which the holders of shares in the said Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company 
are or may be entitled to receive from the said 
Caledonian Railway Company in manner herein- 
after mentioned, shall be a sufficient discharge to 
the said last-mentioned Company for the pay- 
ment thereof, and they shall not be bound to see 
to the application of the sums so paid by them: 
Provided always, That the said Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company 
shall create the said new shares, and shall call 
up the same, and enforce, if necessary, the calls 
due thereon, as well as on the original shares of 
the said Company, within such period as in case 
of their not having previously created such shares, 
and made and enforced such calls, they shall be 
required so to do by the Caledonian Railway 
Company: Provided also, That the guarantee of 
dividends created by this Act shall not’ prejudice 
or affect any guarantee of dividends or interest 
which may have been granted by the Caledonian 
Railway Company by or in pursuance of any 
Act of Parliament passed on or prior to the date 
of this Act.” 

Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Caledonian Railway Company shall keep true 
and particular accounts of all sums of money 
received by them on revenue account, upon or in 
respect of the Railways, !and, works and other 
property which may become vested in them 
by virtue of the said deeds hereinbefore men- 
tioned, or which may arise from the passage 
or conveyance or accommodation thereon, or 
by means thereof, of any passengers, animals, 
goods, wares or merchandize, and which accounts 
shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection 
by any two of the Directors of the said Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company, 
or of their officers or servants, who may from 
time to time be duly appointed by the said 
Directors for the purpose of inspecting the same ; 
and if in any one year the net profits arising from 

“the use or working of the said Railways, and the 
“works and conveniences connected therewith 
which shall become so vested as aforesaid in the 
said Caledonian Railway Company, shall be more 
than sufficient to pay a dividend after the rate of 
Six pounds per centum per annum on the said 

' original capital of One hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds, and a dividend after the rate of Five 
pounds per centum per annum on the said two 
sums of Seventy-five thousand pounds respectively, 
making together the sum of One hundred and 
fifty thousand pounds, then and in such case, and 
so often as the same shall happen, the holders of 
the shares or stock representing the said original 
capital shall be entitled to receive rateably in 
ae, corm to the amount of shares or stock held 
y them respectively, one half the surplus of such 
net profits in addition to the said dividend, after 


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A. 1849, 


“ the rate of Six pounds per centum per annum ; 
“ and such moiety of the said surplus shall be paid 
“ by the said Caledonian Railway Company to the 
“ Treasurer of the said Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company, at the same 
time as the other dividends hereinbefore men- 
tioned ; and the said Treasurer shall distribute 
the same among the several holders of shares or 
stock entitled thereto in the same manner as the 
other dividends hereinbefore mentioned: Pro- 
vided always, That in estimating the said profits 
the working expenses of the said Railways shall 
be calculated at Forty per centum per annum 
upon the amount of the gross annual receipts 
thereon ; and if any difference shall at any time 
arise between the said Companiesas to the amount 
of such profits or as to the proportion thereof 
receivable by the said Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company under the pro- 
visions hereinbefore contained, such difference 
shall be referred to some independent engineer to 
be agreed on between the two said Companies, or 
in default of such agreement then to be nomi- 
nated by the Commissioners of Railways on the 
application of either of them, and the decision 
of such engineer shall be final.” 

Pr. 8.1.5. After “ that” insert “ none of.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 6. Leave out “ such” and insert “ shares 
in the.” ; 

Pr. 8. 1.8. Leave out “ shares” and insert 
Company,” and in the same line, leave out 
not ;”’ and also, in the same line, after “ entitled” 
insert “as such.” 

Pr. 8. 1.12. Leave out from “than” to “nor” 
in 1. 15., and insert “as limited by this Act.” 

Pr. 8. ls.24 and 25. After “ Company” insert 
save as by this Act expressly provided.” 

Pr. 8. 1.383. After “ thereof” insert “ and the 
“* Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway.” 

Pr. 8. |. 34. After “therewith” insert “ respec- 
“ tively.” 

Pr. 8. 1. ult, Leave out “ fixed.” 

Pr, 9.1.7. Leave out from “ Company to “And” 
in 1. 9. ; 

Pr. 9. 1. 12. Leave out from “mortgages” to 
“ And” in Pr. 11. 1. 28., and in Pr.11. 1. 28., after 
“ that” insert “ subject to the provisions hereinafter 
“ contained.” 

Pr.11. 1. 30. Leave out from “ execution” to 
“of” in 1. 33., and insert “ and delivery,” and in 
1, 33. leave out “ lease ” and insert “ deeds,” 

Pr. 12. Is. 11. and 12. After “execution” insert 
and delivery.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 138. 
deeds.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 24. After “ enforced” insert “ by or.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 31. After “ therein” insert “or as if 
the same had been granted or entered into for 
behoof of the said Company.” 

Pr. 12. |. 34. After “ Company” insert Clause 
(F.). 

Cravuse (F.) “ Provided always, And be it 
Enacted, That if the said Glasgow, Barrhead, 
and Neilston Direct Railway Company, and the 
said Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway Com- 
pany, or either of them, or the Directors of those 
Companies, or either of them, shall, at the date of 
the execution by the Glasyow Barrhead, and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company, and delivery 
to the Caledonian Railway Company, of the afore- 
said lease and assignment, have incurred liabilities 
affecting or in any way relating to the Railways, 
works, lands or other property comprehended in 
the foresaid deeds (whether such liability shall 
have been then ascertained or not), which to- 

‘ gether with the funds expended by them at that 

date in relation thereto, shall amount to a greater 
sum than Fifty thousand pounds over and above 
the capital of Three hundred thousand pounds, on 
which the said Caledonian Raiiway Company, 

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“ are-to pay dividends as hereinbefore mentioned, 
“and which liabilities the said last-mentioned 
“ Company shall be called on and shall be liable to 
“ make good, it shall be lawful for them to pay the 
“ said liabilities,as and when the same respectively 
“ fall due or become payable out, of the dividends, 
“ after the rate of six per centum per annum, payable 
“ to the holders of shares or stock representing the 
“ original capital of the said Glasgow, Barrhead 
“and Neilston Direct Railway Company, and to 
“ withhold the payment of such dividends until the 
“ full amount of such liabilities over and above 
such aggregate sum of Three hundred and fifty 
thousand pounds shall have been paid off and 
discharged.” 

Pr. 12. 1.35. After “that” insert “ subject to 
“ the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 13. 1.2. Leave out “ empowered.” 
Pr. 14. 1.25. Leave out from “ Company ” to 
“ And” in 1. penult. 

Pr. 15. 1.13. After “the” insert “ said first and 
second recited,” and in the sameé line leave out 
from “ Acts” to “ the” in 1.14, and in 1.14. leave 
out “ further.” 

Pr. 15.1.15. After “ pounds” insert “ being part 
“* of the said additional capital on which the said 
“ dividend of five per centum per annum is made 
“* payable as hereinbefore mentioned.” 

Pr. 17. 1.27. After “ Act” insert Clause (G.) 

Cuause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway shall be con- 
veyed to the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
Direct Railway Company immediately after the 
passing of this Act, or as soon thereafter as prac- 
“ ticable, and when so-conveyed the same shall be 
“and be deemed to be part of the Railways, 
“ branches, works, and’ property to be vested in 
“ the Caledonian Railway Company, by virtue of 
‘‘ the lease hereinbefore mentioned, for the said 
“ term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and 
“ as part of the consideration for the payment by the 
“ said last-mentioned Company of the said divi- 
dends by this Act made pay4ble to and amongst 
“ the shareholders in the said Glasgow, Barrhead 
“ and Neilston Direct Railway Company.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 16. After “ Railways” insert or the 
“* Caledonian Railway Company.” 

Pr. 19. 1.21. After “ Railways” insert “or to 
“ the better and more impartial audit of the accounts 
“ of Railway Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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Eastern Union The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
and Eastern into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Counties Rail 


way Compa- Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 
nies (Amend- Acts relating to the Eastern Union Railway Com- 
on anagre pany, with Powers of Sale or Lease to, or Amalgama- 

,sellor tion with the Eastern Counties Railway Company ; 
amalgamate to and the same were read, as follow: 


td Pr. 4. 1. 2. Leave out from “ mentioned ” to 
ties Railway “ but” in Pr. 6.1. 15. 
Company)Bill. Pr, 17. 1. penult. Leave out from “ twelve” to 


“ And” in Pr. 26. 1. penult. 

Pr. 27.1. 29. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ out” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 27. 1. 34. Leave out “‘ Companies, or either 
“ of them” and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 5. Leave out from “ said” to “ to” 
in ]. 6., and insert “ Company.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 9. After “ Undertaking” insert Clause 
A.) 
Cuause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Company shall, within nine months after the 
“ passing of this Act, make application in writing 
under their common seal, to the Commissioners 
“ of Railways to appoint an auditor to examine and 

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report to them on the financial affairs of the Com- 
pany; and the said Commissioners are hereby 
required, within twelve months after the passing 
of this Act, to appoint such auditor, and from 
time to time to remove and replace such auditor ; 
and all the powers granted by the ‘ Companies 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,’ to the auditors 
to be appointed by Companies touching the de- 
manding and examining of books and accounts 
are hereby also conferred on the auditor so from 
time to time to be appointed by the Commission- 
ers; and such auditors shall annually report to 
the Commissioners concerning the finances of the 
Company, and the amount and application of their 
income, and the said Commissioners may, if they 
think fit, order such report to be printed at the 
expense of the Company, and the expenses and 
remuneration of such auditors shall be settled b 
the Commissioners, and be detrayed by the Com- 
pany: Provided always, that no such auditor 
shall be appointed after the thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, 
and on that day all the powers of any auditor who 
may have been appointed under the power for 
that purpose hereinbefore contained, and who 
then shall be in office, shall cease and absolutely 
determine.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 16. Leave out from ‘‘ Company” to 
“ in” in 1. 18, 

Pr. 29. 1. 24. Leave out from “ Company” to 

“ so” in I. 26. 

Pr. 29. Is. 31 and 32. Leave out from “ Com- 
pany ” to “ from” in 1. 34. 

In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out from “ Company” to the end 
of the Title. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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__ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take yainburgh 
into consideration the Amendment made by the and Northern 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the (were as 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to con- g); 

g * Slip Quay and 
struct a Low-water Pier, and other Works, at Gran- other Works 
ton, and for other purposes ; and the same was read, #t Granton, 


Extension of 
as followeth : . .» ,. Station at 
Pr. 19. 1. 24, Leave out from “ pounds” to Edinburgh, — 
“ And” in Pr, 20. |. 18. yet 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, snd Amend. 
was agreed to. : ment of Acts) 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to Bill- 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendment made by the Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take General Land 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Drainage and 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Incor- — 
poration of the General Land Drainage and_Im- (incorporation 
provement Company, and for facilitating the Exe- and conferring 
cution of Land Drainage, and other Improvements ; ft. Nene 
and the same were read, as follow: ; 

Pr. 14. 1.10. Leave out “nor” and insert “ or.” 
Pr.17. 1. 21. After “ fit” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuavuse (A.) “ And whereas a Billis now pend- 
“ ing in Parliament for promoting the advance of 
“ private money for drainage of lands in Great 
«“ Britain; Be it therefore Enacted, That if any 
“ Act for promoting the advance of money for 
« drainage of lands in Great Britain, or for autho- 
“ rizing the advance of private money for draining 
“ lands in Great Britain pass into a law during the 
“ present Session of Parliament, all charges on the 
« Jands improved by drainage made in favour of the 
« Company, in respect of monies advanced by them 
“ for the drainage of such lands, and to which ad- 
“ vances the provisions of such Act are applicable, 
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“ shall be made according to the provisions of such 
Act, instead of according to the provisions of this 
Act, and the provisions of this Act authorizing 
the Company to make advances for the drainage 
of lands, and authorizing charges for securing 
such advances to be made, shall so far only as 
the making of such advances and charges respec- 
tively is provided for by such Act, be void and of 
none effect, but in all other respects the powers 
and provisions of this Act shall have full force 
and effect, and the Company may accordingly 
make any advances of money for the drainage of 
lands in Great Britain, under the authority and 
according to the provisions of such Act.” 

Pr. 23. 1, 38. Leave out from “ Engineer’ to 

who” in }. penult. 
Pr. 25. Is. 26. and 27. After “ accordingly” in- 
sert Clause (B.) 
Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in 
“ every case in which the application is for the 
sanction of the Commissioners to an improvement 
which would divert or otherwise interfere with 
any navigable or other river, canal or other wa- 
tercourse, or any waterworks respectively vested 
in or under the management or control of any 
Commissioners, Trustees, Company or other body, 
or the banks or other works or conveniences 
thereof, or would occasion the flow or discharge 
into such river, canal, watercourse or waterworks 
of any drainage or other matter, the Assistant 
Commissioner or engineer shall direct the Com- 
pany to give, and the Company shall give no- 
tice in writing of such application to such Com- 
missioners, Trustees, Company or other body, 
and the Assistant Commissioner or engineer shall 
not report on such application until such notice is 
given; and the Commissioners shall not sanction 
the proposed improvement within twenty-one days 
next after the giving ofsuch notice; and in case 
such Commissioners, Trustees, Companv or other 
body, within such twenty-one days, signily in writ- 
ing to the Commissioners their dissent from such 
application, and state the nature of their interest in 
or authority over such river, canal, watercourse or 
waterworks, the Commissioners shall certify such 
dissent to the land-owner by whom the applica- 
tion was made, and also to the Company, and shall 
not sanction the improvement unless or until such 
dissent be withdrawn, or an order is made by the 
High Court of Chancery, in manner by this Act 
provided, authorizing the Commissioners to sanc- 
tion the improvement.” 
Pr. 27. 1.34. Leave out from “land’’ to “ with- 
in,” in 1,37. 

Pr. 27. l.ult. Leave our “ or their.”’ 

Pr. 28.1. 17. Leave out from “ always” to “ that” 
Pr. 29. 1. 3. 

Pr. 29. |. penult. After “ procure” insert “ the 
‘ sanction of the Commissioners to the proposed 

improvement, or as the case may be.” 

P.30. |. 9. After “to” insert “ sanctioned the 

proposed improvement, or as the case may be, to.” 

Pr, 30. 1.28. After “that’’ insert “ such sanc- 

tion should be given or.” 

Pr. 31. 1.19. After “that” insert “such sanc- 

tion should be so given or.” 

Pr. 31. 1.21. After “to” insert “sanction the 

proposed improvement, or as the case may be, to.” 

Pr. 33. 1.35. After “ Commissioners” insert “ to 

sanction the proposed improvement.” 

Pr. 33. Ils. 37. and 38. After “ advertisement ” 
insert “ or otherwise as by this Act required.” 

Pr. 36, 1. ult. Afier “ improved” insert “ by 
“« drainage or erecting farm or other buildings.” 

Pr. 37.1. 8. Leave out from “ the” to “charge” 
in 1, 15. 

Pr. 37. 1. 22. After “ twenty” insert “ two,” 
and in the same line after “ years” insert “ nor in 
“ any case more than fifty years.” 

Pr, 37. 1. 23. After “ right” insert “ nor as 


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“ regards farm or other buildings more than thirty- 
“ one years.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 25. Leave out “ theentry” and insert 
entering on.” 

Pr, 50.1.27. Leave out “ of.” 

Pr. 55.1.8. After “any” insert “ and to insure 
against damage by fire all such improvements, if 
any, as are susceptible of damage by fire.” 

Pr. 64, 1. 8. After “ drainage” insert Clause 

(C.) 

Criause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the Company shall not make any 
outfall, drain, watercourse, embankment, or other 
work whatsoever in, into, upon, over or across the 
River Lea, or any branch thereof, or any canal or 
cutting made for improving the navigation thereof, 
or in lieu or substitution for the natural course 
of that river, between the commencement of the 
navigation in the county of Hertford and the 
River Thames, or divert or carry, or cause to be 
diverted or carried any drainage water, sewage 
water or other matter into the River Lea, or any 
such branch, canal or cutting, or enter — take 
use, or interfere with the navigation of that river, 
or the embankments, works or conveniences con- 
nected therewith, or the lands held or occupied 
by the Trustees for the purposes of the naviga- 
tion, except with the consent in writing of the 
Trustees or any five of them.” 

The said Amednments being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Great Indian 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to incorpo- 
rate the Great Jndian Peninsula Railway Company, 


and for other Purposes connected therewith ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 18. After “ Wharneliffe” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 37. Leave out “said” and _ insert 
same.” 

Pr. 8.1, 34. After “1845” insert “as if the 
same Act had been expressly made applicable to 
such a case as is ror. to be provided for by 
this Act.” 

Pr. 9.1.26. Leave out from “ bye-laws” to 
the ”’ in 1. 27. 

Pr. 9. 1. 34. Leave out “ hereinafter ” and insert 
herein,” and in the same line and |. 35., after 
contained ” insert “ and that as to the said clauses 
with respect to the distribution of the capital of 
the Company into shares, the certificates of the 
proprietorship of shares shall be admissible in the 
supreme Courts of Judicature in India, as primé 
facie evidence of title, as in the Courts mentioned 
in the same clauses; and that as to the said 
clauses with respect to the payment of subscrip- 
tions, and the means of enforcing the payment of 
calls, the Supreme Courts of Judicature in India 
shall have jurisdiction in cases where the Com- 
pany shall sue shareholders in Jndia for the 
amount of calls, and the same course of procedure 
shall be adopted in all actions and suits in the 
said Supreme Courts as in actions and suits in 
England in the like matters under the last-men- 
tioned clauses; and that as to the said clauses 
with respect to the remedies of creditors against 
the shareholders, the Supreme Courts of Judica- 
ture in India shall have power to order execution 
to be issued against shareholders residing in Jndia, 
such shareholders being entitled to such reim- 
bursement as in the said last-mentioned clauses is 
provided ; and that as to the said clauses with 
respect to the proceedings and liabilities of the 
Directors, every entry signed by the Chairman of 
a meeting, asin the same clauses mentioned, shall 


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of Judicature in Jndia, as well as in the Courts | 
mentioned in the same clauses; and that as to the 
said clauses with respect to the accountability of | 
the Officers of the Company, Justices of the 
Peace, or Magistrates in Jndia, shall, in all mat- 
ters occurring in India have the same powers as 
under the same clauses are exercisable by Justices | 
in England in matters occurring there ; and that | 
as to the said clauses with respect to the making | 
of bye-laws, bye-laws to have effect in /ndia shall | 
be not repugnant to the laws of India; and that 
as to the said clauses with respect to the giving 
of notices, the reference iu the same clauses to any 
“ Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors shall be 
‘ construed to include the Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment, for the time being in force, relating to [n- 
solvent Debtors in Jndia, and the Secretary or 
Treasurer of the Company, shall have power to 
authorize by letter of attorney, some other officer 
in India of the Company to represent the Com- 
pany in all cases of bankruptcy and insolvency in 
India, and to act therein in like manner as it shall 
be lawful for the Secretary or Treasurer of the 
Company tv act under the Jast-mentioned clauses 
in like cases in England ; and the provision made 
by the same clauses for the tender of amends shall 
be held to apply to tender of amends in India ; 
and that as to the said clauses with respect to the 
provision to be made for affording access to the 
special Act by all parties interested, a copy of the 
special Act shall be kept in the principal place of 
business in Jndia of the Company, as well as in 
their principal place of business in England ; and 
that any declarations which by the Consolidation 
Act are authorized to be made before a Justice, or 
before a Master in Chancery, shall be of the sanie 
force and effect if made before a Justice of the 
Peace or Magistrate in India, or before any officer 
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any of the Supreme Courts of Judicature in 
“ India.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. After “ Company ”’ insert “on ac- 
eount of the Government of India.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 31. Leave out “ said Railway.” 

Pr. 10. |. 35. Leave out “ said Railway.” 

Pr. 10. 1. penult. Leave out “said Railway,” 
and in the same line, after “Company ”’ insert 
“ whether qualified by holding shares or not.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 1. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 4. After “ powers ”’ insert “ including 
“ a right of veto at the Board of the Directors and 
“ the.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 8. Leave out “said Railway.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 16. Leave out from “ the” to “ Com- 
pany ” in]. 17. 

Pr. 14. 1. 19. Leave out “ Railway.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 22. Leave out “ Railway.” 

Pr.16.1. 5. Leave out “said Companies’ Clauses.” 


Pr. 16. 1. 24. Leave out from “the” to “ con- 
*“ solidation ” in 1, 25. 

Pr. 17. |. 32. Leave out from “ Act” to “ and ” 
in Pr. 18. |. 20. 

Pr. 19. |. 3. Leave out “ Railway.” 

Pr. 19.1.8. Leave out from “ Directors” to 
“ and” in |. 9. 

Pr. 19.1]. 11. Leave out from “the” to “ con- 
“ solidation ” inl. 12. 

Pr. 20. |. 6. Leave out from the second “ the” 
to “ consolidation ” in 1, 7. 

Pr. 20. 1. 16. Leave out “ of such increase ” and 
insert “ thereof.” ; 

Pr. 20.1. 24. Leave out “said Companies’ Clauses.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Great North- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the (amenienes 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act to amend the of Acts, De- 
Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway, and Viations and 
to make a Diversion of such Railway at Bentley- oo 
with-Arksey, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Boston, Bent- 
tu enlarge the Boston, Lincoln and London Stations ley, —— 
= such Railway; and the same were read, as fol- Cross) Bill. 
ow: 

Pr. 8. 1. 26. After “ suit” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cravuse (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Company shall purchase the whole of the house, 
buildings and land in the said parish of Boston, 
delineated on the said Plans deposited for the 
purpose of The Great Northern Railway Act, 

1846, and thereon numbered respectively 75, 

* 120, 121, 126 and 127, and described in the 
Books of Reference to the said last-mentioned 
Plans as belonging to Holliday William Hartley, 
as the owner or reputed owner thereof, or such 
part or parts of the said houses and lands, and 
such estate or interest therein respectively, as the 
said Holliday William Hartley is now entitled to 
or would be authorized to sell to the Company, 
if the same were required for the purposes of this 
Act; and such purchase shall be made under 
and subject to the provisions of this Act and the 
other Acts incorporated herewith, in the same 
manner as if the said houses and lands were re- 
quired for the purposes of this Act, save and 
except that it shall not be necessary for the said 
Company to give notice to the said Holliday 

Wiliam Hartley, that the said Company require 
to purchase or take the said houses and lands, or 
to demand from him the particulars of his estate 
and interest in such houses and lands, or of the 
claims made by him in respect thereof; but for 
the purpose of this Act, the said Company shall 
be deemed to have given such notice on the da 
of the passing hereof, and to have stated in fe 
notice that the said Company are willing to treat 
for the purchase of the said houses and lands.” 

Cuiausse (B.) “ Provided always, and it is hereby 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Company 
to take and purchase, subject to the provisions 
of this and the said recited Acts incorporated 
therewith, such part as is hereinafter mentioned 
of certain gardens and orchards, or pieces of land, 
in the said parish of Boston, delineated on the 
said Plans for deposited the purposes of this 
Act, and thereon numbered 3 and 23, and de- 
scribed in the said Books of Reference to the 
said Plans, as belonging to Thomas Hopkins, as 
the owner or reputed owner thereof; that is to 
say, so much and such part of the said two pieces 
of land as would lie on the west side of a straight 
line drawn across the same at the distance of 
one hundred and thirty-six feet from the centre 
line of the existing Railway, parallel to the same 
centre line; and, save and except as aforesaid, 
nothing in this Act or in said recited Acts con- 
tained shall be deemed or taken to authorize or 
empower the Company to take or purchase the 
pieces of land in the parish of Boston, delineated 
on the said Plans deposited for the purposes of 
this Act, and thereon numbered respectively 3, 

“ 5, 6, 9 and 23, and described in the said Books 
of Reference thereto as belonging to the said 

Thomas Hopkins, as the owner or reputed owner 
thereof.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Hospital for 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Consumption 
4H Lords * 


602 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to incorporate 
the Governors of the Hospital for Consumption and 
Diseases of the Chest, and to authorize the Esta- 
blishment of a Chapel in connection with the said 
Hospital, and to enable the said Governors the 
better to carry on their Charitable Designs ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1.11. After “ baronet,” insert “ Sir.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 31. After “law” insert “by such 
means as charitable Institutions now are, or may 
“ be enabled by law.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 832. Leave out “ acquire, receive.” 

Pr. 8.1.16. Leave out “or” and in the same 
line after “ purchase ” insert “ devise or bequest.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“ And” in Pr. 13. 1. 14. and insert Clauses (A.) (B.) 
(C.) (D. and (E.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said corporation, from time to 
time, to contract for the following considerations | 
respectively, (that is to say) money to be pac, 
lands to be given in exchange, or the surrender of 


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any lease or agreement fora lease by the said cor- 
poration, or for any one or more of the same con- 
siderations respectively, for the purchase or ace | 
and conditions, if any, relating to the apportion- 

ment of or release from any tithe or rent-charge | 
in lieu of tithe or any rent-service, rent-charge, | 
chief or customary, or other rent, or any other | 
payment or incumbrance charged upon, or pay- 

able out of, or to the erection or non-erection of | 
buildings upon or fences to, or otherwise howso- | 
ever relating to or affecting the lands to be pur-| 
chased or acquired, or any lands, roads or ways 

adjoining the same or any part thereof, as to the | 
contracting parties may seem fit) of the absolute | 
property, or any term or terms of years, or other | 
estate or interest, of, in or out of, the said Hospital | 
and erections and the said piece of ground and | 
premises comprised in the said agreement of the 

2d day of May 1844, or any part or parts thereof, 

and also of, in or out of any further lands which 


such parties as, either under the provisions in 
that behalf hereinafter contained, or otherwise, 
shall have power to dispose of the same several 
premises, lands, estate or interest, and as shall be 
willing so to do, and to acquire, hold and enjoy 
such premises, lands, estate or interest accord- 
ingly: Provided always, that the lands to be ac- 
quired by the said corporation by way of gift, 
purchase, exchange or surrender as aforesaid, 
shall not together exceed twenty acres at any 
one time.” 

Curause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the parties of the first part to the 
hereinbefore recited agreement or the survivors or 
other the trustees for the time being of a charity, 
commonly called Smith’s Charity, and also for 
their tenants or lessees, or any of them, for the 
time being occupying or holding, or interested in 
any lands immediately adjoining or near to the 
said premises comprised in or now subject to the 
hereinbefore recited agreement, or any part or 
parts thereof, for the purpose of any such pur- 
chase or acquisition by the said corporation as 
aforesaid, with the approbation and consent of| 
the High Court of Chancery, to be obtained on 
Petition in a summary way, at any time or times 
hereafter, to enter into every such contract with 
the said corporation for the sale, exchange, demise 
for any term or terms of years not exceeding nine 
hundred and ninety-nine years, surrender or other 
disposition unto the said corporation of the said 
hospital, erections, piece of ground and premises 
comprised in or now subject to the said recited 
agreement, or any estates or interest therein, or 
of any lands immediately adjoining or near to 


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the same, of any part or parts thereof respectively, 
and for any one or more of the considerations 
hereinbefore specified, and either with or without 
any such stipulations and conditions of the cha- 
racter hereinbefore mentioned or referred to, or 
any such other stipulations or conditions as the 
said trustees for the time being of the said charity 
may deem expedient, and for the purpose of car- 
rying any such contract into effect, with such con- 
sent as aforesaid, to grant, assign, demise, sur- 
render or convey and assure the lands to be com- 
prised in such contract, unto or for the benefit of 
the said corporation, their successors and assigns, 
and to accept and take any conveyance of any 
lands, to be given in exchange, and any surrender 
of any lease or agreement for a lease, to be sur- 
rendered by the said corporation, which may re- 
spectively be the consideration or part of the con- 
sideration of any such contract, and to execute 
all deeds and assurances which may be necessary 
for carrying every such conveyance or surrender 
into operation ; and further that, for the purposes 
aforesaid, all the clauses and provisions contained 
in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 
with respect to the sale, conveyance, or release of 
lands or any estate or interest therein, by parties 
being seised, possessed or entitled to any such 
lands or any estate or interest therein, as in the 
said Act mentioned, and with respect to the pur- 
chase-money or compensation coming to parties 
having limited interests or prevented from treating, 
shall (so far as the same shall be applicable) be 
incorporated with this Act.” 

Cravuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That upon 
every or any such purchase or acquisition by the 
said corporation as aforesaid, it shall be lawful 
for the said corporation, by deed or deeds under 
their common seal, to enter into covenants, for 
themselves, their successors and assigns, for the 
observance and performance of any such stipula- 
tions or conditions as hereinbefore are mentioned, 
with or without penalties or agreements for pay- 
ment by the said corporation, their successors or 
assigns of a sum, by way of liquidated damages, 
for the non-observance or non-performance of any 
such stipulation or condition, the burthen of whic 
covenants shall run with the estate or interest pur- 
chased or acquired ; and upon every or any such 
purchase or acquisition, it shall be lawful to reserve 
or give to any persons whomsoever, described by 
name, estate, representation or otherwise howso- 
ever, all effectual power, in the event of non-per- 
formance or non-observance of any such cove- 
nants as aforesaid, to enter upon the lands in 
which an estate or interest shall be so purchased 
or acquired, or upon any part of the same lands, 
and by such entry to avoid and put an end to such 
estate and interest, and such powers may be so 
reserved or given as well on conveyances in fee, 
or for a less estate, as on leases for a term of 
years.” . 

Ciavse (D.) ‘And with respect to the con- 
sideration(in all cases where the sameshall consist, 
either wholly or in part of lands, to be given or 
taken in exchange, or surrendered as aforesaid), 
for any lands, estate or interest to be purchased 
or taken by the said corporation, from the said 
trustees for the time being, their tenants or lessees, 
in exercise of the powers of this Act; Be it En- 
acted, That such consideration or part consideration 
shall be of not less value than shall be determined 
by the valuation of two able practical surveyors, 
and if such two surveyors cannot agree in the 
valuation, then by a third surveyor, which sur- 
veyors shall be a nominated and ap- 
pointed in such manner, an shall annex to their 
respective valuation such declaration in writing 
as .. the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 


1845, is respectively provided, with respect to the 
purchase-money therein referred to, 


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“ for any lands to be taken from any party under 
any disability, and further with respect to such 
consideration as last aforesaid, that so far as the 
same shall consist of lands to be given in exchange 
by the said corporation, such lastly-mentioned 
lands shall be conveyed or limited and settled at 
the expense, costs and charges of the said cor- 
poration, upon and for the like uses, trusts and 
2 cone and in the same manner, as the lands in 
exchange for which such lands shall be so given 
by the said corporation were previously settled 
or limited.” 

Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said trustees for the time being 
of the charity called Smith’s Charity, with the 
approbation and consent of the said High Court 
of Chancery, to be obtained as aforesaid, by any 
grant or conveyance signed by any seven or more 
of them, to give, grant and convey unto the said 
corporation, any part or parts of the lands and 
premises (other than the site of the said hospital) 
comprised in, or subject to the hereinbefore re- 
cited agreement, not exceeding in the whole half 
an acre, to be used as a site for such chapel and 
chaplain’s residence as hereinafter are mentioned ; 
and every such gift, grant and conveyance shall 
be made to the said corporation, and their suc- 
cessors, to be used for the purpose aforesaid, and 
may be made and given without any valuable 
consideration whatever ; and all conveyances and 
assurances made for carrying any such gift or 
grant into effect, shall be valid and effectual in 
the law to all intents and purposes whatever, any 
law, statute, usage or custom to the contrary 
thereof in anywise notwithstanding, and all per- 
sons so giving, granting and conveying as afore- 
said, are hereby indemnified for or in respect of 
any such gift, grant or conveyance which they 
shall respectively make or convey by virtue or in 
pursuance, and for the purposes of this Act, and 
every or any such gift or grant may be made 
subject to any such stipulations or conditions as 
are hereinbefore authorized to be made, or agreed 
to, upon purchases by the said corporation; and 
upon every or any such gift or grant, it shall be 
lawful for the said corporation, by deed or deeds 
under their common seal, to enter into covenants 
for themselves and their successors, for the ob- 
servance and performance of any such stipula- 
tions or conditions, with or without penalties or 
agreements for payment by the said corporation, 
and their successors of a sum, by way of liqui- 
dated damages, for the non-observance or non- 
performance of any such stipulation or condition ; 
and further, that all grants, conveyances end as- 
surances which shall be so made, may and shall 
be made according to the form contained in an 
Act made and passed in the third year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, ‘ An Act to amend and render more 
effectual two Acts passed in the fifty-eighth and 
fifty-ninth years of his late Majesty, for building 
and promoting the building of additional churches 
in Populous Parishes,’ or in such other form as 
the case may require, or as near thereto as the 
circumstances of the case will admit; and every 
such conveyance and assurance shall be valid 
and effectual in the law to all intents and pur- 
poses, and shall be a complete bar to all estates, 
rights, titles, trusts and interests whatsoever.” 

Pr. 13. 1.37. Leave out “ land and property” 
and insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 14, 1. 2. Leave out “ or granted.” 

Pr. 26. |. 30. After “ apart” insert “ exclu- 
“¢ sively.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 31. After “ hospital” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 32. Leave out from “ and” to “ be- 
“ long” in |. 33., and insert “ servants.” 

Pr, 26. 1.34. Leave out from “ hospital” to the 
second “ land” in 1. 35. 
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Pr. 26. 1. 38. After “ thereof” insert “ for the 
* time being.” 

Pr. 27. |. 5. After “ aforesaid” insert “ and of 
any new district hereafter to be formed.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 7. After “ successors” insert “ in so 
‘ far as relates to the performance of his duties in 
“ the said hospital and chapel, and no further.” 

Pr. 28.1. 36. After “‘ Lreland” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That it shall not be lawful for the 
“ chaplain of the said hospital or any other person 
“* to perform the rites of marriage or burial within 
“ the said chapel, or to administer the sacrament 
“ of baptism, without the consent of the incumbent 
“ of the parish or district within which the said 
chapel shall be situate.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 14. Leave out “the.” 

Pr. 29. Is. 18. and 19. After “ service” insert 
and also to cause divine service to be performed 
in the said chapel at such other times as the 
Committee may, with the consent of the Bishop, 
determine upon.” 

Pr. 34, 1. 5. After “ assigns” insert “other 
than and except the aforesaid parties to the 
hereinbefore recited agreement of the second part, 
and their respective executors and administrators, 
and also all and every the person or persons 
claiming or to claim any estate, right, title or 
interest under the future exercise of any one or 
more of the powers or provisions in this Act con- 
“ tained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Manchester, 
into consideration the Amendments made by the pape ae 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to consolidate hdinar ge 
into one Act, and to amend the Provisions of the (Consolidation 
several Railway and Dock Acts relating to the Man- ee hye yee 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- pi ) 
pany, and to amend their Canal Acts; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 72. 1. 30. Leave out “ provision” and insert 
provisions.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 29. After “ notice” insert “ of such 
“ forfeiture shall have been or,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ given”’ to “ Company,” in 
Pr. 81. 1. 9., and insert “ to the owner of the share 
‘&lt; forfeited by letter from the Secretary of the Com- 
“ pany, given tv such owner or sent by post to or 
“ left at his place of abode or business as described 
“ in the Shareholders’ Address Book, it shall be law- 
“ ful for the directors of the;”’ and in Pr. 81. 1. 9. 
leave out from “ Company” to ‘‘ and” in Pr. 81. 
1, 21., and insert “ if they shall be unable to sell 
“ the said share for a sum equal to the arrears of 
“ calls and interest due in respect thereof, to declare 
“ the same to be merged in the general capital \ 
“ stock of the Company, and the same shall thence- 
“ forth merge accordingly in the said capital.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 32. Leave out from “ same” to “ shall” 
in |. 34., and insert “ at the time of such merger.” 

Pr. 87. 1. ult. After “ 1848” insert “ and the 
“ branch Railway or Works originally authorized 
“ by the Act to the purposes of which any of the 
“ said sums is made exclusively applicable as afore- 
“ said, shall, so long as the sum so exclusively ap- 
“ plicable tothe purposes of such Act shall remain 
“ unborrowed, be exempted by the operation of 
‘“‘ this Act out of the security for any other money 
“ to be borrowed by the Company under the pro- 
“ visions of this Act.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 19. After “ suit” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if during 
“ the construction of any of the Docks and Works 
“ hereby authorized adjoining the River Humber, 
“ any mud or soil shall be thrown by the Company, 
“ or any person or persons whomsoever, into the 

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first “ the” inl. 15. 


in Pr. 373. 1. 8. 


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said river, except such as may be necessary for | Mi 
the purpose of construction and maintenance of Y 
such Docks and Works, or if after the construc- | 
tion and completion of such Docks and Works | ot 
any mud or soil, whether dredged or lifted from | ‘ 
the said Docks or Works, or otherwise arising, 
shall be thrown by the Company, or any person | | 
or persons whomsoever, into the said river, then, | © 
and in every such case, the Company or persons | © 
so throwing any such mud or soil into the said 
River Humber shall forfeit and pay a sum not |" 
exceeding the sum of Ten pounds over and be-| 7 
sides all expenses which may be incurred by or | * 
under the direction of the Lord High Admiral or ; “ 
the Commissioners for executing the office of 
Lord High Admiral, in removing to a proper place 
any such mud or soil which may have been thrown 
into the said River Humber, which expenses may | 
be recoverable as a penalty, or as a debt due to 
Her Majesty, with costs of suit.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 31. After “ highways” insert “ which 
were authorized to be so crossed by the said re- 
cited Acts, and which are.” 

Pr. 164. 1, 24, Leave out from “ buildings” to 
and,” in Pr. 170. 1. 7. 

Pr. 368. 1. 38. Leave out from “ say” to “ with,” 


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Pr. 371. |. 12. Leave out from ‘ from” to the 


Pr. 371. 1. 16. Leave out “ same.” 
Pr. 371. 1. 17. Leave out from “ parish” to 
“ after,” in 1. 21., and insert “ of Stockport.” 

Pr. 372. 1. 34. Leave out from “ one” to “ with,” 


Pr. 373.1. 22. Leave out from “ one” to “ with,” 


Pr, 374. 1. 2. Leave out from “the ” to “ Man- 
“ chester,” in |. 16. 

Pr, 377. Is. 19. and 
three ”’ to “ the” in], 26. 

Pr. 396. 1. 20. After “ void” insert Clause (B.) 

Cause (B.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
in the thirty-second year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for making a navigable Canal from Manches- 
ter to or near Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster,’ it was en- 
acted, that no action, suit or information should 
be brought, commenced or prosecuted against 
any person or persons for anything done or to be 
done in pursuance of the said Act, orin execution | 
of any of the powers or authorities, or any of the |. 
orders made, given or directed in, by or under the | “* 
said Act, unless One calendar month’s previous 
notice in writing should be given by the person |“ 
or persons intending to commence and prosecute | “ 
such action, suit or information to the Company | ‘ 

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of Proprietors in the said Act mentioned, or to | 
their clerk or clerks or treasurer for the time being, | “ 
nor unless such action, suit or information should | “ 
be brought or commenced within Three calendar | “ 
months next after the fact committed, or in case | ‘ 
there should be a continuation of damage, then 
within Three calendar months next after the doing 
or committing of such damage should cease, and 
not afterwards, and should be laid or brought in 
the county of Lancaster, or in the county of Ches- 
ter, as the case might be, and not elsewhere, and 
the defendant or defendants in such action, suit 
or information should and might plead the general 
issue, and give the said Act and the special mat- 
ter in evidence in any trial to be had thereupon, 
and that the same was done in pursuance and by 
the authority of the said Act, and that if it should 
appear to have been so done, or if any such action, 
suit or information should have been so brought 
or commenced before or after the respective times 
so limited for bringing or commencing the same, 
or should be brought in any other county or place 
than as aforesaid, then and in every such case, 


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the jury should find for the defendant or defend- 
ants, and upon such verdict or if the plaintiff or 
plaintiffs should become nonsuit or suffer a dis- 
continuance of his, her or their action, suit or 
information after the defendant or defendants 


* should have appeared, or if a verdict should pass 


against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or if upon de- 
murrer or otherwise judgment should be given 
against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant or 
defendants should have treble costs, and should 
have such remedy for the same as any defendant 
had for costs of suit by any other case by law 
awarded ; And whereas by another Act made and 
“ong in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of 

is said late Majesty King George the Third, 
intituled, ‘An Act for making and maintaining 
a navigable Canal from and out of the Canal 
Navigation from Manchester to or near Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Oldham, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, at the intended Aqueduct Bridge, 
near Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, to or 
near to Chapel Milton, in the County of Derby, 
and a Communication by Railways orStone Roads 
from thence to Loads Knowl, within Peak Fo- 
rest, in the said County of Derby, and a Branch 
from and out of the said intended Canal to 
Whaley Bridge, in the said County of Chester,’ 
it was enacted that no action, suit or information 
should be brought, commenced or prosecuted 
against any person or persons for anything done 
or to be done in pursuance of the said Act, or in 
execution of any of the powers or authorities, or 
any of the orders made, given or directed in, by 
or under the said Act, unless One calendar month’s 
previous notice in writing should be given by the 
person or persons intending to commence and 
prosecute such action, suit or information to the 
said Company of Proprietors, or to their clerk or 
clerks or treasurer for the time being, nor unless 
such action, suit or information should be brought 
or commenced within Three calendar months 
next after the fact committed, or in case there 
should be a continuation of damage, then within 
Three calendar months next after the doing or 
committing such damage should cease, and not 
afterwards, and should be laid or brought in the 
county where the matter in dispute or cause of 
action should arise, and not elsewhere; and the 
defendant or defendants in such action, suit or 
information, should and might plead the general 
issue, and give the said Act and the special matter 
in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and 
that the same was done in pursuance and by the 


* authority of the said Act, and if it should appear 


to have been so done, or if any such action, suit 
or information should have been so brought or 
commenced before or after the respective times 
so limited for bringing or commencing the same, 
or should be brought in any other county or 
place than as aforesaid, then and in every such 
case the jury should find for the defendant or 


‘ defendants, and upon such verdict, or if the plain- 


tiff or plaintiffs should become nonsuit, or suffer a 
discontinuance of his, her or their action, suit or 
information after the defendant or defendants 
should have appeared, or if a verdict should pass 
against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or if upon de- 
murrer or otherwise judgment should be given 
against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant or 
defendants should have treble costs, and should 
have such remedy for the same as any defendant 
had for costs of suit in any other case by law 
awarded: And whereas it is expedient that the 
said provisions should be repealed ; Be it there- 
fore Enacted, That the said several provisions 
shall be and the same are hereby declared to be 
repealed ; provided always, That nothing herein 
contained shall extend or be held to revive any 
claim already barred by the operation of the en- 
actments hereby repealed, or either of them.” 
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Pr. 405. 1. 6. After “ being ” insert Clause (C.) 

Cause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act or in the Acts in- 
corporated herewith, or any of them, contained, 
shall extend to abridge, lessen or abrogate any of 
the powers or authorities by law vested in the 
Council of His Royal Highness the Duke of 
Cornwall, in relation to the lands or possessions 
of the Duchy of Cornwall.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
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and Birming- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


ham Railway into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Acts Amend- Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and 
—— amend some of the Powers and Provisions of the 
tions) Bill. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts, and to 
authorize the Formation of certain Branch Railways, 
a Navigable Canal, and other Works connected 
with the same respectively, and for other Purposes ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 13. 1. 6. Leave out “metals” and insert 
‘* matter.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 2, After “hereby” insert “ charged 
“ and made.” 
. Pr. 19, 1.3. After “with” insert “and liable 
to.” 
Pr. 
“* said. 
Pr. 29. 1. 32. After “ incline” insert “ plane.” 
Pr, 29. 1. 38. After “incline” insert “ plane.” 
Pr. 30. 1. 2, Leave out “a cattle arch” and in- 
sert “ an arch.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 10. Leave out from “ bridge” to 
And ” in 1, 38. and insert “ and that in passing 
through the lands belonging to the Shropshire 
Canal Company, in the said parish of Madeley, 
it shall not be lawful for the said Shrewsbury and 
Birmingham Railway Company, in the making 
of the said bridge, or the Railway hereby autho- 
rized to be made, or for any other purpose what- 
soever, to deviate to a greater extent than twenty 
yards from the centre line of the said Railway, 
as delineated on the map or plan deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Salop, 
as hereinbefore mentioned, without the consent 
in writing of the said Shropshire Canal Company, 
under their common seal, first had and obtained, 
nor shall it be lawful for the said Shrewsbury and 
Birmingham Railway Company to take any lands 
in the said parish of Madeley, belonging to the 
said Shropshire Canal Company, save for the 
purpose of constructing the said line of Railway 
and Bridge, in manner hereinbefore described, 
without the like consent of the said Shropshire 
Canal Company. ” 

Pr, 42, 1. 1. After “‘ Companies” insert “ with 
the consent of the other of such Companies, under 
their common seal, first had and obtained. ” 

Pr. 42. 1. 32. After “land” insert “ with such 
consent as aforesaid.” 


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Pr. 49. 1.20. After “ Company” insert “ nor | P 


should the holders of the said last-mentioned 
shares have any voice in the affairs of the said 
Company.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 30. After “and” insert “ with the 
consent in writing of the London and North 
Western Railway Company, and of the Bir- 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Rail- 
way Company, under their respective corporate 
seals, first had and obtained. ” 

Pr. 54. 1. 4. Leave out from “ after” to “ the” 
in |. 5. and insert “ such separation as aforesaid. ” 

Pr. 54. 1. 13. Leave out “ hitherto.” 

Pr. 54. 1.17. After ‘* Directors” insert “ and 
“ otherwise. ” 
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Pr. 54. 1. 36. After “ dividend” insert “ whether 
“ such separation be carried out or not.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 26. After “ shall ” insert “ after such 
separation as aforesaid. ” 

Pr. 57. 1. 24. Leave out “ any” and insert 
the. ” 

Pr. 57. 1. 25. Leave out “a” and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 57. 1. penult. After “ always” insert “ that 
the fact of such submission for sale, and of no 
sufficient offer being made, and of such declara- 
tion being made as last aforesaid, shall be entered 
in the minute book of the Directors of the Com- 
pany; and such entry shall be primé facie evi- 
dence of the truth of the matter entered: Pro- 
vided further. ” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to Stirling and 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Dunfermline 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize ae of 
a Deviation of the Branch Line of the Stirling and Branch to 
Dunfermline Railway to Alloa Harbour, and the Alloa Har- 

4 “ ° . ur; Diver- 
Diversion of certain Works; to extend the Time .5.., ¢¢ certain 
for the compulsory Purchase of certain Lands, and Works; Exten- 
for other Purposes; and the same were read, as sion of Time 


foll . for completing 
ollow ; sie Line and 
Pr, 2.1. 34. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) taking Land; 


Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- aoe yao 


acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall gill. 
be held to alter, qualify or prejudice the rights or 
interests of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Company and the Stirling and Dunfermline Rail- 
way Company, under the said first-recited Act.” 

Pr. 16.4. 32. After “‘ be” insert “ continued.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That having been Poor Relief 
with the Lords, to desirea Conference on the subject- (Ireland) Bill. 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, the Lords 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same 
immediately. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 
Lords at a Conference, for oe to certain of 
the said Amendments, do manage the Conference :-— 
And the names of Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Newdegate, Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Reynolds, were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned : 

Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
art of the Lords by the Lord President ; and that 
they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing to 
the said Amendments, and had left the Bill and 
Amendments with their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, Faussett’s 
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Divorce Bill. 
Bryan Faussett with Helena Caroline his Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses, be now read the third time :—The Bill was 
accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

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Laneasterand The House proceeded to take into consideration | “ 


Preston Junc- the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- « 
wy tituled, An Act to amend the several Acts relating | “ 
ment (Power to the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway | “ 
to alter Tolls, Company, and to transfer the Management of the | “ 


and for ap- . i ; ml . | 66 
pointment of Railway to the Lancaster and Carlisle manwey | 


Officers) Bill. Company; and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 6. l. 13. Leave out from “ should” to “ and” | “ 

in 1, 22. and insert “ abandon the possession of the | “ 

“ said Railway and Works.” 5% 


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The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 2 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the | 4 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | “ 

agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. | * 

Kast Indian The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | ‘ 
a into consideration the Amendments made by the 
melinee and Lords tothe Bill, intituled, An Act for incorporating 
maintaining the East Indian Railway Company, and for other 
Reliuage in Purposes connected therewith ; and the same were 
the East read, as follow : 
Indies) Incor- Pr. 10.1. 33. Leave out “and” and insert) ‘ 
poration Bill. ¢ accessary or.” “ 

Pr. 11. 1. 26, Leave out from “ any” to “ per- | 

“ son” in 1. 27. Ps 
Pr. 11. 1.29. Leave out “ said.” i“ 
Pr. 11.1, 32. Leave out from “ Company ” to |“ 

“ without” in 1. 33. ye 
Pr. 11. |. penult. After “the” insert “ said 

“ Railway.” ‘“ 

Pr. 11. 1. ult. Leave out “ or Directors.” am 

Pr, 12. 1. 1. Leave out “ Trustees, or any,” and | “ 

in the same line leave out from “person” to “ on” bn 

in 1, 2., and in 1. 2. after “ the” insert “ said Rail- | “ 

“ way,” and also in 1. 2. and |. 3. after “ Company” | “ 

insert “other than any of the covenants of the |“ 

“« said deed of settlement which are superseded by 

“ the provisions hereinafter contained.” 

Pr. 12.1.6. Leave out “ which” and insert 
and such incorporated.” 

Pr. 12, 1. 7. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 12.1. 9. After “ thereof” insert “ in the 
same manner as if such incorporated Company 
had been party thereto.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 31. After “ 1845,” insert “as if the 
same Act had been expressly made applicable to 
such a case as is intended to be provided for by 
this Act.” 

Pr. 12. 1. ult. After “ shares” insert “ the cer- 
tificates of the proprietorship of shares being 
admissible in all Courts in India as prima facie 

‘ evidence of title, as in other courts referred to in 

the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 11. Leave out from “ Act” to “ Pro- 
vided” in |, 22., and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
and may be lawful for the Company, from time 
to time, to enter into and conclude with the East | 
India Company on account of the Government 
of India, such contracts, agreements and arrange- 
ments as the respective parties may think fit and | 
agree upon for making any Railway or Railways we 
in India, and any telegraphs connected therewith, | - 
and for maintaining and working the same, and | “ 
for the other objects and purposes aforesaid, in- | “ 
cluding so far as the said respective parties may | 
agree thereto, all or any of the provisions fol-| 
lowing (that is to say); any provisions for secur- | “ 
ing to the East India Company any facilities, |“ 
rights and advantages in relation to the said | 
Railways and premises respectively, and any pro- | 
visions for giving to the East India Company and | “‘ 
to any of their officers, servants or agents, any | “ 
absolute or other rights of supervising, con- |“ 
trolling, directing, regulating and ordering the  “ 
said Railway Company, and the works, contracts, | “ 
accounts, bye-laws, acts, proceedings, transac- | “ 
tions and aifuirs of the said Railway Company, | « 


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as well in England as elsewhere, and any provi- | - 


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sions for enabling the East India Company to 
appoint an ex-officio Director of the said Railway 

ompany, whether qualified by holding shares or 
not, in the place of any one of the ordinary Di- 
rectors of the said Company, or otherwise, and 
any provisions for regulating the powers, including 
even a right of veto at the Board of the Directors, 
and the duties and proceedings, and the liabilities 
of any such official Director ; and any provisions 
for binding the said Railway Company to conform 
to and fulfil all or any directions which may be 
given by the East India Company, or their autho- 
rized officers and agents touching all or any of 
the matters aforesaid, and any provisions for the 
appointment of agents of the said Railway Com- 


* pany in India, or elsewhere, and for oe 


and regulating the powers and duties of suc 
agents as aforesaid, and any provisions for depo- 
siting with or paying to the East India Company 
all or any part of the subscribed capital of the 
Company, upon any terms (as to interest or other- 
wise) to be agreed upon ; and any provisions with 
regard to any land which may be granted or 
leased to the Company by the East India Com- 
pany or otherwise, and any provisions for charging 
all or any part of the property of the Company 
with any sum or sums of money upon any terms 
to be agreed upon; and any provisions for the 
surrender or sale to the East India Company, or 
to any other person or persons, of the said Rail- 
way or Railways, or any part thereof, and of all 
or any part of the property of the Company at 
any future period, and any provisions for referring 
disputes to arbitration, and any provisions in- 
tended to enforce or secure the due performance 
of any contract or engagement to be made by the 
Company, and generally all such provisions and 
stipulations in relation to the matters aforesaid, 
and any of them, and in relation to the under- 
takings of the Company, and the encouragement 
and promotion thereof, and the eventual or con- 
tingent transfer of the same, or any part thereof, 
to the East India Company, as the said respective 
parties shall think fit and agree upon, and from 
time to time to vary and alter such contracts, 
agreements and arrangements, and to enter into 
new or other contracts, agreements and arrange- 
ments in relation to the premises, all which con- 
tracts, agreements and arrangements (whether the 
same shall or not be within the objects originally 
contemplated by the said Company, or in accord- 
ance with the provisions and clauses by which the 
Company would otherwise be governed) shall be 
valid and effectual, and be binding to all intents 
and purposes whatsoever, and full effect shall be 
given to the same accordingly ; and in case there 
shall be included in any such contract, agreement 
and arrangement any provision for referring dis- 
putes to arbitration, the arbitrators or their um- 
pire shall, so far as there shall be no provision to 
the contrary in any such contract, agreement or 
arrangement, have all such powers as are given 
to arbitrators or their umpire by the provisions in 
that behalf included in the clauses contained in 
the said Clauses Consolidation Act with respect 
to the settlement of disputes by arbitration.” 

Pr. 14, 1. 2. Leave out “ daily.” 

Pr. 14.1.3. Leave out from “ published” to 
Provided” in 1. 5., and insert “ at least Six days 
in the week in London or Middlesex.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 20. After “ stated ” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That any de- 
clarations which by the said Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act are authorized to be made 
before a Justice or before a Master in Chancery, 
shall be of the same force and effect if made 
before a Justice of the Peace or Magistrate in 
India, or before any officer authorized to take an 
affidavit or declaration in the Supreme Court of 
any of the Presidencies.” 

Pr. 19. 


a4 te, 4 he et Pe CO 





Ardrossan 
Harbour Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Bequests Bill. 


No. 581. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Audit of Rail- 
way Accounts 
Bill, 


13 Victoriz. 


Pr. 19. 1.16. Leave out “ twenty-four” and 
insert “ eighteen.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 13. 1. 11., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 13. 1. 11. The next Amendment being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was made to Clause (A.), in Fo. 1. 
1, 13., by inserting after the word “ respectively” the 
words “and any provisions as to the tolls, receipts 
“ and profits thereof, and the deposit, custody and 
“ application of such tolls, receipts and profits.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 





28° Juli. 


607 


A Petition of John Thomas Church, of Bedford- Bankrupt Law 
row, Gray’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Gen- Consolidation 





tleman, Clerk of Inrolments in Her Majesty’s Court 2“ 


of Bankruptcy, praying the House to provide com- 
anne to the Petitioner for the loss of the emo- 
uments of his office in the event of the Bankrupt 
Law Consolidation Bill passing into a law, and that 
proper provision may be made for the custody of 
the public records in the Petitioner’s possession, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Donald Grant, on the retired pay ventilation, 


of Her Majesty’s Ordnance Department, Esquire, 
now residing at Greenwich, in the county of Kent, 
stating that he has devoted the last seven years, and 
expended a large sum of money during that period, 
in promoting, inventing, and carrying out improve- 
ments in ventilation, and especially in the combus- 
tion and ventilation of coal gas, and applying its 
heat as a means of effecting general ventilation, the 
warming of buildings, and other uses applicable to 
sanitary, domestic and manufacturing purposes ; 
that he has had his attention directed to the condi- 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Ardrossan 
Harbour, and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- | 
drossan Railway; and the same was read, as fol-_ 
loweth : 

Pr. 9. 1. 38. After “ 1845 ” insert Clause (A.) 
Ciause (A.) “And whereas John Eglinton 
«Montgomerie, one of the three heirs next entitled | 
‘“ to suceed to the entailed Estates of the said de- 
ceased Hugh Montgomerie, of Skelmorlie, Earl of 
Eglinton, after Archibald William Montgomerie, of 
Skelmorlie, Earl of Eglinton and Winton, and the 
heirs of his body, is now serving on board one of 
Her Majesty’s ships of war, and so cannot be 
present to give his consent to the passing of this 
Act: Be it therefore Enacted, That none of the 
provisions of this Act shall take effect, nor shall 
the same be carried into execution unless, within 
three years from and after the passing of this Act, 
the said John Eglinton Montgomerie shall, by a 
deed to be executed by him before two witnesses, 
express his consent to this Act, which deed shall 
be registered in the Books of Council and Session, 
and shall in all time thereafter be held and taken 
to be sufficient evidence of the consent of the said 
John Eglinton Montgomerie to the passing of 
this Act, which shall thereafter be put in execu- 
tion as if such consent had been previously given, 
and such consent shall be effectually binding 
upon him in all time thereafter.” 

he said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


} 





Mr. Raphael presented a Bill to exempt from the 
Legacy Duties all Charitable Bequests not to Pri- 
vate Individuals but to Public Bodies: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon this day three months; and to 
be printed. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, praying for 
the repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie-upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of fhe 
Committee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law 
Association, praying that the Audit of Railway 
Accounts Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 104. 


| tion of the residences of the wives and children of 


the Greenwich Pensioners, and that in 1848 he 
brought their case before Sir James Gordon, the 
Governor, with a proposal to erect a model building, 
to be occupied by a selected number of them, as a 
first step towards the removal of the entire class 
from scenes of contamination and vice; that the 
principal officers of the Royal Hospital approve of 
the plan, but that from want of funds he is unable 


to carry out his views, though a piece of land was 


offered to him in 1848 for that purpose, and praying 
for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of people Hungary. 


of Birmingham, praying the House to address Her 
Majesty on the propriety of expressing Her disap- 
proval to the Courts of both Russia and Austria of 
the war made upon the Hungarian people, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Richard Roberts, and others, pray- 
ing the House to address Her Majesty to enter into 
a commercial treaty with Hungary, was also pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates and other Marriages 


Inhabitants of Great Yarmouth, praying that the Bill. 


Marriages Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, 
complaining of the defective construction of Milbank 
Prison, and of the existence of nuisances in the 
neighbourhood, as mainly conducing to the severity 
of cholera, and praying for relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pilots of the port of Liverpool, in Pilotage Bill 


the county of Lancaster, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Pilotage Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





4H may 





A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of Milbank 


Tison. 


Petitions from Cockermouth ;—and, Maryport ; Protection ot 
praying that the Protection of Women Bill may Wome Bill. 


A Petition of the Masters and Matrons of the Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, and other Officers Officers. 
connected with the administration of the laws rela- 
ting to the relief of the poor in the Chippenham 
Union, in the county of Wilts, praying that an Act 
4 








608 


may be passed in the present Session of Parliament, 
to enable Poor Law Officers to form and distribute 
a superannuation fund for members of their body, 
was presented, and read; and orde ed to lie upon 


the Table. 
Sale of Beer Petitions from Prescot ;—and, Taunton; praying 
Act. for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, with a view 


to diminishing the number of Beer-houses,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon th 
Table. . 


Small Debts A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the 

Ast. Committee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law 
Association, praying for amendment of the Small 
Debts Act, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Tuesday next. 

Committees. Ordered, That all Committess have leave to sit 


upon Monday next, notwithstanding the adjourn- 
ment of the House. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing , without Amendment: riz. 
Commercial A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
Road(com- pairing the Commercial Road, and other Roads 
prising the ot connected therewith, in the Counties of Middlesex 
and Essex: 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Roads, the 
Commercial 
Road, the Horseferry Branch of 
Road, the East India Dock Road 
and the Barking Road) Bill. 


Dublin A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Improvement of 
Improvement the City of Dublin: And also, 


(No. 2.) Bill. 
Royal Pavilion The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
—_— Act to authorize the Sale of the Royal Pavilion at 
: Brighton, and the Grounds thereof, and to apply 
the Money arising from such Sale, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Chapels of Ths Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Ease (Ireland) Act to encourage Endowment of Chapels of Ease, 
Bill. tts ae &lt; e er 

and facilitate Assignments of Pastoral Districts 
thereto, and to amend an Act of the eighth year of 
Her present Majesty, for Marriages in Zreland, and 
for registering such Marriages, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law concerning Judgments in 
Ireland, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
&amp;e. Offices Act to amend an Act to regulate certain Offices in 
— the Petty Bag in the High Court of Ciancery, the 
Practice of the Common Law Side of that Court, and 
the Inrolment Office of the said Court, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy 
in Ireland, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petty Bag, 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


London The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Corporation Act to amend an Act passed in the eleventh year 
Bill. of the Reign of King George the First, for regu- 
lating Elections within the City of Zondon, and for 
preserving the Peace, Good Order and Government 
of the said City, with Amendments, to which 
Amendments ; the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Poor Law The Lords haveagreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
Union to continue an Act of the last Session, for charging 
oe the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons in Unions 
Bill. 





28° Juli. 


A. 1849. 


upon the Common Fund, and tomake certain Amend- 
ments in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Louth Mi 
Act for regulating and improving the Markets and gnq seen 
Fairs in the Borough of Louth, in the County of ments Bill, 
Lincoln, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Norfor, 

Act to amend the Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and Estuary 

to enable the Eau Brink Commissioners and the Onentnens 

Corporation of King’s Lynn to contribute towards Serenaliiel 

the Undertaking, and for other Purposes connected tribution by 

therewith, with Amendments; to which Amend- = Eau Brink 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this pomere ne g 

House: And also, age, and by the 
Corporation of 
Be) 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An York, New. 
Act for enabling the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- castle and Ber. 
lisle Railway Company to lease their Railway and ewer 
Works to, and to amalgamate with the York, New- wpon-Tyne, 
castle and Berwick Railway Company, with Amend- and Carlisle 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire mam 

“ ase and 
the concurrence of this House: And also, Amalgama- 
tion) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An yoy now. 
Act for enabling the Maryport and Carlisle Rail- castle and Ber. 
way Company to lease their Railway and Works to wick Railway, 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com-*"4 oa 
pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments Railway 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And (Lease and 
also Amalgama- 
The Lords h d to the Amend we cae 

‘he Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend, re oD my 
methodize and consolidate the Laws relating to Bill. 
Bankrupts, and to make Arrangements between 
Debtors and their Creditors, with the concurrence 
of a certain Number thereof, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Drainage of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to pro- Lands Bill 
mote the Advance of Private Money for Drainage 
of Lands in Great Britain, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a property Tax 
Return of the Amount of Income Tax paid on the on Foreign 
Dividends of the several Foreign Stocks by Agents Stocks. 
in this Country on whom the Assessment is made, 
from 1843 to 1849 inclusive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Forest. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Reports made by Messrs. Clutton, 
Neave and Hall, and by Messrs. Clutton, to the 
Office of Woods and Forests, with reference to the 
New Forest. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented London | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased University. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the amended Charter granted by 
Her Majesty to the University of London. 

Ordered, That the said Address be  tasageag to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Improve- 
to give directions that there be laid before this ™™* 
House, a Return of Expenses incurred in the Me- 





tropolitan 


ey 





Commercial 
Tariffs, &amp;c. 


Rolls Court, 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) 


Lunacy. 


Tand Tax, &amp;c. 








13 VicroriZ. 


tropolitan Improvements proceeding under the di- 
rection of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests ; 
distinguishing, as far as practicable, the Expenditure 
and Receipts of each District, with an Estimate of 
the Sum or Sums that will probably be required to 
complete the same ; also, the Rental of the Ground 
already let for building in each District, since the 
Ist day of January 1846 :—And, a Return, in detail, 
stating the Names of the Surveyors or Valuers em- 
ployed by the Commissioners, and the Sum or Sums 
paid to each Surveyor or Valuer employed in Valua- 
tions and Purchases, by Private Contract, or by 
reference to Arbitration, and by Verdict of Juries, 
since the Ist day of January 1846. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs and Re - 
gulations, Resources and Trade of the several States 
of Europe and America, together with the Com- 
mercial Treaties between England and Foreign 
Countries, Part the Twenty-third. Appendices to 
the Commercial Reports. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Orders made 
by the Master of the Rolls, from the 1st day of 
August 1848 to the 1st day of August 1849, classi- 
fied as follows :—1. Number made for the Appoint- 
ment or Extension of Receivers in Petition Matters 
under the Acts 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 55, and 3 and 4 
Vic. c. 105 :—2. Number of Like, made in Petition 
Matters under the Tithe Rent-charge and other 
Acts :—3. Number of Like, in Causes or Plenary 
Suits (the Appointments to be distinguished from 
the Extensions in these Three Classes):—4. The 
Number made, giving Landlords permission to pro- 
ceed by Ejectment against the Lands over which a 
Receiver has been appointed: — 5. The Number 
made for the Review of Receivers’ Accounts passed 
by the Masters, in respect to Rents, Payments, &amp;c., 
or otherwise affecting the Conduct of the Receiver : 
—6. The Number made as to the Reduction of 
Rents, Repairs, Allowances, &amp;c., or otherwise, af- 
fecting the Interests of the Tenants :—7?. The Num- 
ber made for Attachments against Receivers, for 
non-compliance with Rule of the Court, &amp;c.:— 
8. The Number of all other Orders of all Kinds: 
—A like Return for the Court of Exchequer (the 
Number of Orders made in Open Court to be dis- 
tinguished from Side Bar Rules). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter to the Lord Chancellor 
from the Commissioners in Lunacy, with reference 
to their Duties and Practice, under the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 100. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Apportionment of the Land 
Tax Quotas in the several Districts of England and 
Wales, and in Scotland, arranged according to 
Counties ; showing the Rate per Pound in the Value 
of Real Property assessed to Property Tax in 1842; 
appending to each County the Average Rate in the 
Pound at which the Land Tax is charged in the se- 
Vor. 104, 


98° Juliz. 








609 


veral Cities, Boroughs and Towns, according to the 
Form adopted in the Papers delivered in by J. Wood, 
Esquire, Chairman of the Board of Excise, when 
examined before a Committee of the House of 
Lords on the 24th day of March 1246, on the sub- 
ject cf the Burthens affecting Real Property ; com- 
prising Appendices, No. 9, 10, 11:—A Statement 
of the Amount of Duty assessed on Personal Estate 
in each County in England and Wales, by virtue of 
the Act 3 Will. 4, c. 3, for the Service of the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1833, being the year 
preceding the Repeal of the said Duty; Appendix, 
No. 12 :—And, my orl showing the Total Amount 
of Money levied for Poor Rate and County Rate in 
England and Wales, and the Amount expended 
thereout for the Relief and Maintenance of the Poor 
for the years ended Lady Day 1813 to 1845, both 
inclusive ; and showing also the Rate per Head on 
the Population in each County for the same Period. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mauritius. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the 
Governor of the Mauritius, respecting the Trade 
and Finances of the Island; and also of any Peti- 
tions or Memorials of the Inhabitants of that Island, 
and of the Mauritius Association of London, ad- 
dressed to Her Majesty or the Secretary of State, 
on the same subjects ; and also, Copies or Extracts 
of Despatches relating to the Trade and Finances 
of the Island addressed to Sir G. W. Anderson, c.B., 
and not yet laid before this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Me‘ropolitan 
Returns of the Number and Description of Metro- Police. 
politan Police Officers employed out of the limits of 
the Metropolitan District in the years 1847 and 
1848, as nearly as can be given; the Number of 
Days each Police Officer was so employed in each 

ear ; and the Sums paid to, or on account of each 
olice Officer for Pay, Lodging, Travelling, or other 
Expenses whilst so employed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chrishna Rao 
Copies of the Despatches from the Bombay Govern- Withul. 
ment respecting the Claims of Chrishna Rao Withul, 
with Inclosures :—Also, Copies of any Orders or In- 
structions issued by the Court of Directors thereon, 
together with any Minutes made on the subject. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Divisions of 
Command,—Copy of the First Report of the Sub- Parishes. 
division of Parishes Commissioners. No, 582. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to County 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,— Abstracts Lunatic 
of Accounts of Monies received and paid on account 4*v!ums. 
of several County Lunatic Asylums in England, No. 583. 
during the year ending on the 31st day of December 
1848. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the York, New- 
Lords to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway ¢astle — Ber- 
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Lease Sonaeaie” 
and Amalgamation) Bill, be printed, at the expense upon-Tyne 


rties. and Carlisle 
“= —_— Railway Lease and Amalgamation) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the York, New- 
Lords to the York, Neweastle and Berwick Railway, ©stleand Ber 
d Carlisle Railway (Lease and Wi Railway, 
and Maryport and Carlist way i and Maryport 
Amalgamation) Bill, be printed, at the expense of and Carlisle 


j Railway 
the parties. asad 
Amalgamation ) Bill. 


41 The 








Joint Stock 
Companies 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


No, 584. 


Chronometers 
(Admiralty. ) 


No. 585. 
Paupers. 
No. 586. 


Navy and 
Marines, &amp;c. 


No. 532.-II. 


Dog Tax. 
No. 587. 
Grain, Flour, 

&amp;e. 


No. 588. 
Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 

No. 589, 


Lunatics. 


610 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Joint Stock Company’s Act (1848) Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Forty- 
fourth Report of the Commissioners for making 
and maintaining the Caledonian Canal, with Ap- 
pendixes. 

Ordered, 'That the said Paper be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Chronome- 
ters (Admiralty), which was presented upon: Thurs- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Paupers, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navy and 
Marines, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dog Tax, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Grain, 
Flour, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Lord Ashley presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of March last, for a Return by 
the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, of 
Admissions into all Lunatic Asylums in Exgland 
and Wales, between the 1st day of January 1846 and 
the 31st day of December 1848 ; showing the Num- 
ber of Private and Pauptr Patients udmitted in 
each year, the Number of each Class discharged 
cured, not cured and died, as follow : 


No. 1.—Generat Taste of Apmissions, including all Casgs of 


Private - 


Pauper ~ 


Total of Patients 


RE-ADMISSION. 





1848. 


1847. 


it a | 












































Cured ; 
Private 
Pauper 

Not Cured 

cluding 

movals 

Escapes); 
Private 
Pauper 

Deaths ;— 
Private 
Pauper 


Total 


scHARGES, Drearus, &amp;c. 





1847. 


1848. 











(in- 
Re- 
and 

















28° Sulit. 





























Mails to India. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. ; 


Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th day of April last, for Returns of the 
Amount of Transit Postage paid to the French 





A. 1849. 


Post-office, for the Six months immediately pre- 
vious, and for the Six months immediately subse- 
quent, to the 3d day of June 1848 mn of the 
Steam Packets now employed by the Admiralty in 
maintaining the Mail Communication in the Medi- 
terranean, namely, between Marseilles and Malta, 
between Malta and Alexandria, between Malta and 
the Ionian Islands, stating the Number and Names 
of the Packets employed, and how often the 
Packet arriving at Malta from Marseilles has, since 
the 14th day of June 1848, proceeded in continua- 
tion to Alexandria: — An Account of the Net 
Amount of Passage-money received for Account 
of the Public, for Passengers conveyed in these 
Packets :—An Estimate of the Total Charge for 
these Steam Packets, in the year 1848, distin- 
guishing, under separate Heads, the Amount of 
Expense for wear and tear, for Wages and Victuals, 
Sea-risk and other Expenses :—And, Abstracts of 
any Proposals made to the Treasury, Admiralty or 
‘President of the Board of Control, for re-esta- 
blishing the Steam Postal Communication of the 
3d day of every month between Southampton and 
Alexandria, and for improving and reducing the 
General Charge of the Steam Packet Communica- 
tion in the Mediterranean and between Suez and 
Bombay, and the Answers thereto or Decisions 
thereon (so far as relates to the Naval Depart- 
ment). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Royal Pavition 
Lords to the Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Bull be (Brighton) 
taken into consideration upon Tuesday next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Chapeis of 
Lords to the Chapels of Ease (Zreland) Bill be Ease (Ireland) 
taken into consideration upon Tuesday next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Judgments 
Lords to the Judgments (Lreland) Bill be taken (Ireland) Bill, 
into consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the petty Bag, 
Lords to the Petty Bag, &amp;c. Offices Amendment &amp;c. Offices 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Tuesday Pmendment 
next. : 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Bankruptcy 
Lords to the Bankruptcy (Zre/and) Bill be taken (Ireland) Bill. 
into consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the zongon 
Lords to the London Corporation Bill be taken into Corporation 
consideration upon Tuesday next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the poor Law 
Lords to the Poor Law Union Charges Act Amend- Union Charges 
ment Bill be taken into consideration upon Tues- mee ge 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the youth Markets 
Lords to the Louth Markets and Improvements and Improve- 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Tuesday ™™ts Bill. 
next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Norfotk 
Lords to the Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts Estuary 


and Powers of Contribution by the Eau Brink Com- pee 


missioners of Drainage, and by the Corporation of Powers of Con 
King’s Lynn) Bill be taken into consideration upon tribution by 


the Eau Brink 
Tuesday next. Commission- 


ers of Drainage, and by the Cor- 
poration of King’s Lynn) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the bebe ac 
Lords to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- ey paiway 


way (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway (Newcastle- 
Lease and on Bill be taken into con- pap 
sideration upon Tuesday next. Railway Lease 
and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 
Ordered, 





ey 


Ce; 


Ce 








18 VicrortZ. 


York, New- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
castle and Ber- Tords to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
Oe bayer way, and Maryport and Carlisle Railway (Lease 


gnd Carlisle and Amalgamation) Bill be taken into consideration 
Railway upon Tuesday next. 

(Lease and 

Amalgama- 

tion) Bill. 

Bankrupt Law Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


Consolidation Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Drainage of Lands Bill be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday next. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
appoint a Commission to inquire on the spot into 
the means taken for the repression of the late Insur- 
rection at Ceylon; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Baillie, 

Yeas, | Mr. Hume : 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Second Report which, upon 
Thursday last, was made from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the Grievances complained 
of in the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British 
Guiana, in connection with the Administration and 
Government of those Dependencies, and to report 
their Opinion whether any measures can be adopted 
for the redress of any grievances of which there 
may be shown just reason to complain ; and also, 
whether any measures can be adopted for the better 
Administration and Government of those Depen- 
dencies, be re-committed to the former Committee : 
—And that they have leave to sit, and proceed, upon 
Monday next. 


Ceylon. 


SS ae 
© ivy) 
S nw 


Ceylon and 
British 
Guiana. 


Ceylon and 
British 
Guiana, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the grievances complained of in the Crown 
Colonies of Ceylon and British Guiana, in connec- 
tion with the Administration and Government of 
those Dependencies, and to report their Opinion, 
whether any measures can be adopted for the redress 
of any grievances of which there ;may be shown 
just reason to complain; and also, whether any 
measures can be adopted for the better Administra- 
tion and Government of those Dependencies, so far 
as relates to the Colony of Ceylon, be laid before 
this House :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


tee Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Bil," for the better assessing and collecting the Poor 
Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small Tene- 
ments: And that Mr. Halsey and Sir Henry Meux 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Turnpike 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Trusts, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid befure this 
House, a Return from Turnpike Trusts in England 
and North Wales, showing the Cost of Parliamentary 
Renewals from the year 1800 to 1848, inclusive; 
the entire Sum borrowed during the existence of 
the several Trusts; the Total Amount paid off; 
the Amount of Debt on the 1st day of January 1849 ; 
the Rate of Interest; the Amount of Interest un- 
paid, distinguishing the Amount unclaimed ; also 
stating the Amount of Interest converted into 
Principal. 
VoL. 104, 


98°—31° Julzz. 





611 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Halsey presented a Bill for the better assess- Small Tene- 
ing and collecting the Poor Rates and Highway ments Rating 
Rates in respect of Small Tenements: And the ae 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 590. 
read a second time upon this day three months; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday next. 








Martis, 31° die Julit ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1849. 
PRAYERS. 
R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was Poor Law 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Re- Officers. 
turn to an Order, dated the 20th day of March last, 
for a Return of the Names, Ages, Designation of 
Office, Period of Service and Annual Salary of all 
Officers whose incomes are paid from the Rates 
raised for the administration of the Relief to the 
Poor of England and Wales, and whether any and 
which of such Officers are permitted to follow other 
occupations, (so far as the same have been received, 
that is, from 577 Unions, and other places) :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 27th and 28th days of — 
this instant July, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Baillie reported from the Select Committee Ceylon and 
appointed to inquire into the grievances complained British Guiana 
of in the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and British ry _ 
Guiana, in connection with the Administration and N 591 
Government of those Dependencies, and to report “~°°*** 
their Opinion whether any measures can be adopted 
for the redress of any grievances of which there may 
be shown just reason to complain; and also, whether 
any measures can be adopted for the better Admi- 
nistration and Government of those Dependencies ; 
and who were empowered to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, from time tv time, to 
the House ; and to whom the Second Report of the 
said Select Committee was re-committed ; That they 
had further considered the matters to them referred ; 
and directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Accidents in 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- Coal Mines. 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships, 
in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into 
the best means of preventing the occurrence of dan- 
gerous Accidents in Coal Mines; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, and the Appendix and Index thereto: And 
that Mr. Hayter do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Railways. 
request that their Lordships wiil be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Return, 

Part 3, and following Parts, to an Order of the 
House of Lords of the 3d May 1849, for Return 
of the Share Capital of every Railway in the United 
Kingdom ; also, the Capital authorized to be raised 
by their Acts of Parliament; also, the Number of 
Shares issued, and Number allotted to each Director, 

412 Committee-man, 


Lunacy. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


East India. 


Army, 
Commissariat, 
Ordnance and 
Naval Ser- 
Vices, 


612 


Committee-man, or other person connected with 
the Company; also, Amount of each Share; also, 
Number of Shares reserved, and for what purpose, 
and how disposed of, and to whom ; also, when the 
Calls on such Shares became due; also, when 
received ; also, the Capital or Monies raised by each 
Railway in the United Kingdom on Loan, or on 
the Security of their Debentures, or otherwise ; 
also, when such Debentures were issued ; also, Date 
of Act of Parliament sanctioning such Issue of 
Debentures; also, Amount of each Debenture ; 
also, Rate of Interest paid to the Lender, and any 
other Terms agreed on for the purpose of raising 
Money ; also, Term for which such Loan was made; 
also, Commission or other Sum paid by the Rail- 
way Companies to the Broker or Agent for obtain- 
ing Loans on the Security of Debentures, or other- 
wise; also Cost of Construction of each Railway and 
each Branch Railway, exclusive of Land Purchases, 
Parliamentary Expenses, and Law Charges; also, 
Law Charges, and stating whether taxed or not ; 
also, Money expended in purchases of Land and 
Property, distinguishing the Expenses and Charges 
from the Price of the Land; also, Parliamentary 
Expenses; also, Engineers’ Charges; also, Cost 
of Railway Plant; also, Amount entered in each 
year’s printed Account for Depreciation of Plant ; 
also, Total Annual Receipts from Passengers cr 
Goods from the first opening of any portion of the 
Railway ; also Total Annual Expenditure contin- 
gent on the working of the Railway, exclusive of 
the Interest paid to the debenture holders and 
others; also, Mode by which the fixed Dividends 
which have been paid to the various Shareholders 
were ascertained ; also, the Loans made by each 
Railway Company to any other Railway Company 
or person, to whom and when, at what Rate of In- 
terest, and when repaid; also, Amounts of Sub- 
scription paid and agreed to he paid, and Guarantees 
given, or agreed to be given, of Capital or Interest, 
by any Railway Company or Person to any other 
Railway Company or Person ; when paid or given 
or agreed upon, and for what purposes; of whom 
the Shares were taken; and also, the Date of any 
Act of Parliament, or the Powers and Authorities 
of every Railway Company to subscribe to or hold 
Shares or interest in any other Railway Company, 
and to what extent: And that Sir John Young do 
carry the said Message. 


Lord Ashley presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Cupy of a Letter to the Lord 
Chancellor from the Commissioners in Lunacy, with 
reference to their Duties and Practice, under the 
Act 8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 100. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon theTable. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in ; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of any Com- 
munications in relation to the connexion of the 
Government of British India with Idolatry or with 
Mahometanism: (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 664, of Session 1845). 

Mr. Campbell also preseuted, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,--Resolutions 
of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity :—And then he 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Detailed Accounts of Receipt and Ex- 
penditure for Army, Commissariat and Ordnance 
Services; also for Naval Services for the year 
ended 31st March 1848, 


31° Sulit. 





A. 1849. 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 

dress to Her Majesty,a Return of the Apportionment 
of the Land Tax Quotas in the several Districts of 
England and Wales, and in Scotland, arranged ac- 
cording to Counties ; showing the Rate per pound in 
the Value of Real Property assessed to Prepares Tax 
in 1842; appending to each County the Average 
Rate in the Pound at which the Land Tax is 
charged in the several Cities, Boroughs and Towns, 
according to the Form adopted in the Papers de- 
livered in by J. Wood, Esquire, Chairman of the 
Board of Atl when examined before a Com- 
mittee of the House of Lords on the 24th day of 
March 1846, on the subject of the Burthens af- 
fecting Real Property; comprising Appendices 
No. 9, 10, 11:—A Statement of the Amount of 
Duty assessed on Personal Estate in each County in 
England and Wales, by virtue of the Act 3 Will. 4, 
c. 3, for the Service of the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1833, being the year preceding the 
Repeal of the said Duty; Appendix, No. 12 :— 
And, a Return, showing the Total Amount of 
Money levied for Poor-rate and County-rate in 
England and Wales, and the Amount expended 
thereout for the Relief and Maintenance of the 
Poor, for the years ended Lady Day 1813 to 1845, 
both inclusive; and showing also the Rate per 
head on the Population in each County for the 
same Period. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Orders, Land Improve 
—A Return of the Amount of Money applied for, ment Act 
the Amount of Money sanctioned by the Treasury, (ireland. 
and the Amount of Money actually expended in 
each Poor Law Union in Jreland, under the Land 
Improvement Act. 

A Return of all Applications received by the Land Improve 
Board of Works for Loans under the Land Im- ment Act. 
provement Act, since the late additional Grant, 
specifying the Counties from which such Applica- 
tions were made, whether the Loans were granted 
or refused, and when refused, the Reason of such 
refusal. 

Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron im- Iron and 
ported and exported from the United Kingdom in Hardware. 
the year 1848, distinguishing the several Sorts of 
Iron, and the Countries from which imported and 
to which exported: — Of British Iron exported, 
including Unwrought Steel, in the year 1848, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
exported :—And, of the Quantity of British Hard- 
ware exported in the year 1848, distinguishing the 
Countries to which exported, and the declared Value 
thereof. 

A Return stating the Total Amount of Allow- stamp 
ances made on the Purchase of Stamps, under the Allowances. * 
authority of the Act 44 Geo. 3, c. 98, for the years 
ending respectively on the 5th day of Januar 
1847, the 5th day of January 1848, and the 5t 
day of January 1849 ; distinguishing, so far as the 
same can be done, the Allowances made on the 
Purchase of Stamps of the Value of £.10 each 
and upwards. 

A Return, showing what Examinations or Tests Revenue 
of Qualification, are required on Admission of Officers. 
Candidates for Appointment, or on the Promotion 
of Officers, by the different Boards of Revenue. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the di- Irish Repro- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, el 
showing the Receipts and Disbursements on ac- 
count of the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund to 31st 
December 1848. 


Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, woods, 
Accounts of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Forests, Land 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Revenues, 
Land Kevenues, Works and Buildings, in the year 
ended on the 31st day of March 1849, and of the 


Balances due to or by them on that day; distin- 


guishing 








Railways. 
No. 592. 


Convict 
Discipline and 
Transporta- 
tion. 


Colonies. 


Emigration. 
No. 593. 


British 
Guiana, 


No. 594. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 





13 Vicroriz. 


guishing the Receipts, Payments and Balances re- 
lating to each separate Service under their Manage- 
ment. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—A Return of the Number and Nature 
of the Accidents, and the Injuries to Life and Limb, 
which have occurred on the Railways in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, from the first of January to the 
30th of June 1849, together with the Number of 
Passengers conveyed during that Period (in conti- 
nuation of the Return of Accidents for the preceding 
half-year, Parliamentary Paper, No. 88, of the pre- 
sent Session). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of further Correspondence on the 
subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in 
continuation of Papers presented February 1849). 

Copy of Reports made for the year 1848 to the 
Secretary of State having the Department of the 
Colonies ; in continuation of the Reports annually 
made by the Governors of the British Colonies, 
with a view to exhibit generally the past and present 
state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, and of 
the United States of the Zonian Islands, transmitted 
with the blue books for the year 1848. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of 
May last, and the 27th day of this instant July, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the North American and Australian 
Colonies, in continuation of the Papers presented 
to this House in August 1848 and February 1849: 
And, for Copies or Extracts of any Des- 
patches relative to Emigration to the North American 
and Australian Colonies, since those moved for on 
the 15th day of May last. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, dated 
the 20th day of June last, and the 20th day of this 
instant July, Copies or Extracts of the Despatches 
from the Governor of British Guiana, showing the 
State of the Dispute between the Combined Court 
and the Governor, respecting the Estimates for the 
Public Service, received since the last Returns were 
laid before the House :—— And, for Copies or 











Extracts of the Despatches from the Governor of 


British Guiana, showing the state of the Dispute 
between the Combined Court and the Governor, 
respecting the Estimates for the Public Service, re- 
ceived since the last Returns were laid before the 
House, in continuation of the Papers moved for by 
the Address of the House of Commons, dated the 
20th day of June 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the two last be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A List of the Shareholders of the British Guarantee 
Association, and a Copy of the Annual Balance 
Sheets, including the Amount of the Shareholders’ 
Fund, and its actual state of Investment. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of March 
last, for a Return from the several Parishes or 
Townships in the Counties of Lancashire, Suffolk, 
Hampshire and Gloucestershire, respectively, of the 
Number of Tenements assessed to the Rate for the 
Relief of the Poor made next before the Rate now 
collecting, specifying the Amount of such Rate, the 
Number of Assessments rated under £.4 Annual 
Value, at £.4 and under £.5, at £.5 and under £.6, 
VoL. 104. 


31° Julie. 

















613 


at £.6 and under £.8, at £.8 and under £.10, at 
£.10 and under £.12, at £.12 and under £.15, at 
£.15 and under £.20, at £.20 and above respec- 
tively :—Also, the Number of ‘Tenements assessed 
at each of these several Values, of which the Occu- 
piers have been excused (so far as the same can be 
ascertained). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to London 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Corporation 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend Bil 


an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of 
King George the First, for regulating Elections 
within the City of London, and for preserving the 
Peace, Good Order and Government of the said 
City ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3.1. 5. Leave out “ as owner or tenant.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. After “ police” insert “or any 
other,’ and in the same line, leave out from 
and ” to ‘* shall” in 1. 25., and insert “ who shall 
be registered in the register of voters for the city 
of London, in use at elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament, and then in force, with respect 
to such premises.” 

Pr, 3. 1, 30. After “ situate” insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That on the 
first day of November in every year, the Alder- 
men and Common Councilmen of each ward 
shall make cr cause to be made out an alpha- 
betical list of all persons who shall be entitled to 
vote as freemen occupiers under this Act, such 
list to be duly signed by the aldermen of the 
ward, and the ward-clerk shall keep a true copy 
of such list, to be perused by any person, without 
payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours, be- 
tween the first and fifteenth days of November in 
every year, and shall at all times deliver a written 
or printed copy of such list to any person requiring 
the same, on payment of a reasonable price for 
each copy; and the said list shall be the list of 
freemen occupiers entitled to vote after the passing 
of this Act at any Election for Alderman or Com- 
mon Councilman, or ward-officer for any ward.” 

Pr. 4.1. 4, Leave out from “thereof” to “ either” 
in |}. 5. 

Pr, 4. 1. 14. After “police” insert “or any 
other,” and in the same line, leave out from 
and”’ to “ shall” in |. 24., and insert “ who shall 
be registered in the Register of Voters for the city 
of London, in use at Elections for Members to 
serve in Parliament, and then in force, in respect 
of such premises.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 25. Leave out from “am ” to “ for” ia 
1, 28., and insert “on the list of freemen occupiers 
“ entitled to vote.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to Louth Markets 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 2»4 Improve- 


the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for regu- 
lating and improving the Markets and Fairs in the 
Borough of Louth, in the County of Lincoln; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 1. Leave out from “ whereas” to 
“ Parliament” in |. 2. and insert “an Act has 
“ passed in the present Session of.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 26. Leave out “any” and insert 
“* the said.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 28. Leave out “ any ” and insert 
“ the said.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 10. Leave out from “ or” to “ or’ 
in,]. 12. and insert “ the said Act vesting the said 
“ Markets and Fairs in the said Mayor, Aldermen 
“ and Burgesses. ” 

413 


Pr. 








614 


Pr. 29. 1. 19. Leave out from “ Parliament” | 


to “ And” in |. 26. 


were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
Norfolk The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Estuary take into consideration the Amendments made by 


een the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 


Powersof Con- the Worfolk Estuary Act, 1846, and to enable the 
tribution by = Kau Brink Commissioners and the Corporation of 
——- King’s Lynn to contribute towards the Undertaking, 
ers of Drain- and for other Purposes connected therewith ; and 
age, and by the the same were read, as follow : 

King’s Lynn) Pr. 48, 1. 14. After “ them ” insert Clause (A.) 

Bill. Crause (A.) “ Provided always and be it En- 
acted, That the said two cuts and the works ap- 
pertaining thereto, shall be constructed and com- 
pleted under the superintendence and direction of 
a committee, to consist of five persons, to be from 
“ time to time appointed by the Directors of the 
said Company, of two persons not being share- 
holders in the said Company, to be from time to 
“« time appointed by the said Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses, and of two persons not being share- 
‘“* holders in the said Company, to be from time to 
time appointed by the said Commissioners of 
Drainage at any general or special meeting, if | 
“« they shall so think fit, of which committee three 
shall be a quorum at any meeting thereof: Pro- 
vided nevertheless, That if the said Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses, or the said Commis- 
“ sioners, shall not within three months after the 
passing of this Act, respectively appoint the 
members of the said committee, whom they are 
hereby authorized to appoint, then and in such 
event it shall be lawful for the said Company to 
proceed alone in the execution of the said cuts 
“ and works,” 

Pr. 101. 1, 2. Leave out “ other werks” and 
insert “ the banks and forelands thereof.” 

Pr. 102. ls. 1 and 2. Leave out from “ always” 
to “ Provided” in 1. 32. and insert “ that for all 
“ land, ifany, belonging to the said George William 
“ Pierrepont Bentinck, taken for the purposes of 
the said cuts, banks and forelands thereof, and 
for all damage which he shall sustain by the 
construction thereof, he shall receive compensa- 
“ tion in the manner prescribed in the Lands 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845; and provided 
also, that nothing herein contained shall repeal, 
prejudice or affect the rights reserved to the said 
George William Pierrepont Bentinck, his heirs, 
executors, administrators or assigns, or the 


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Estuary Act, 1846, touching the maintaining and 
repairing the banks, fences or boundaries of or 
adjoining to the lands of the said George William | 
Pierrepont Bentinch, and the cost, damages and | 
expenses which may be incurred by reason of any 
default in the maintenance of the same. ” 
Pr. 103. 1. 27. After “ reserved” insert Clause 
(B.) 
Cravse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
* Enacted, That nothing contained in this Act, or 
“im the said WVorfolk Estuary Act, 1846, shall | 
extend to take away, alter, diminish or prejudice 
any rights belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, 
or to authorize any interference with the posses- 
sions, property, prefits or privileges vested in or 
* claimed by Her Majesty, in right of the Duchy 
of Cornwall, without the consent in writing of 
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“ of the said Duke, testified in writing under the 


| privy seal of the said Duke, first had and ob- 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 


“ tained for that purpose. ” 

Pr. 48. 1, 14. The first Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made to Clause (A.), by 
adding at the end thereof the words, “ Provided 
“ also, That the said committee, if the same shall 
‘ have been appointed within the period aforesaid, 
shall, during any vacancy, so long as it shall con- 
sist of not less than five persons, by whomsoever 
“ appointed, be deemed and taken to be the com- 
“« mittee appointed by this Act.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Townley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide additional Workhouse 
Funds for Loans, by the Public Works Loan Com- Loans 
missioners for building Workhouses in Jreland: — “*eland) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue certain Turn- Turnpike Acts 
pike Acts in Great Britain for limited Periods, and Continuance, 
to make certain Provisions respecting Turnpike- ** Bill 
roads in England: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply a Sum out of Consolidated 
the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to Fund (Appro- 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred P™ton) Bill. 
and Forty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to relieve Boroughs, in Boroughs 


certain cases, from Contribution to certain Descrip- oa (No, 2.) 


tions of County Expenditure : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Allowances stamps, «ec. 
on the Purchase of Stamps, and for the receiving and Allowances 
accounting for the Duties on Gold and Silver Plate, 
and to grant other Allowances in lieu thereof: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for the Municipal 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Zrelund, Corporations 
so far as relates to the Borough of Dublin: (Cirelend) Be. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- Cystoms Bill. 
lating to the Customs: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- Pilotage Bill. 
lating to Pilotage: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce the Number of Treasury 
Signatures required to Instruments issued by the — 
Lords of the Treasury : . 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize Her Majesty New Forest 
to issue a Commission to inquire into and report and Waltham 
upon Rights or Claims over the New Forest, in the Forest Bill 
County of Southampton, and Waltham Forest, in the 
County of Essex : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect Slave Trade 
Engagements between Her Majesty and certain (Persian Gulf) 
Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf, for the more 
effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the Col- Collection of 
lection of Rates in the City of Dublin: Sy 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Metropo- Metropoiitan 
litan Sewers Act : Sewers Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the Execu- New Zealand 
tion of Conveyances and other Instruments, by or Land Con- | 
on behalf of the New Zealand Company in New Y°¥#ces Bill 
Zealand: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for confirming certain General Board 
Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health, of Health Bill. 
and for other Matters relative to the Public Health, 
and the Improvement of Towns and populous 
Places: And also, 

The 


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Leasehold Te- 
pure of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Inclosure Act 
(Extension of 
Powers) Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Tufton’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Theophilus 
Clive’s Estate 
Bill. 


Admiralty 
Jurisdiction in 
the Colonies 
Bill. 


Bowling Iron 
Company Bill. 


Cripps’s 
Divorce Bill. 


East Indian 
Railway 
Company (for 
making and 
maintaining 
one or more 
Railways in 
the East 
Indies) Incor- 
poration Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Defects in 
Leases Sus- 
pension Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for con- 
verting the renewable Leasehold Tenure of Lands 
in Ireland into a Tenure in Fee, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act further 
to facilitate the Inclosure of Commons, and the 
Improvement of Commons and other Lands, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
mals, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Richard Tufton and Henry Tufton, his 
Infant Son, without any Amendment : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to th« Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
Sale of certain Hereditaments in the Parish of 
Barkham, in the County of Berks, affected by the 
Settlement made on the Marriage of Theophilus 
Clive, Esquire, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to pro- 
vide for the Prosecution and Trial in Her Majesty’s 
Colonies, of Offences committed within the Juris- 
diction of the Admiralty, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for con- 
firming and carrying into effect an Arrangement 
made by the Court of Chancery, concerning the 
Proprietors of the Bowling Iron Company, and for 
granting certain Powers to the said Company, with- 
out any Amendment, And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Edward Cripps, Esquire, 
with Augusta Sarah, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes, without 
| Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for incor- 
porating the East Indian Railway Company, and 
for other Purposes connected therewith, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Act, 1848, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for rendering inoperative an Act passed this 
Session, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act for granting Relief 
against Defects in Leases made under Powers of 
Leases, in certain cases,” with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur-' 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords do agree to the Amendments rade by 
this House to the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts for 
more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jre- 
land, and do not insist upon the Amendments made 
to the said Bill to which this House hath disagreed : 
And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House a Copy 
of the Return, Part 3, and following Parts, to an 
Order of the House of Lords of the 3d May 1849, 
for Return of the Share Capital of every Railway 
in the United Kingdom ; also, the Capital autho- | 
rized to be raised by their Acts of Parliament ; also, | 
the Number of Shares issued, and Number allotted 
to each Director, Committee-man, or other person 





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connected with the Company; also, Amount of 
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615 


each Share; also, Number of Shares reserved, and 
for what purpose, and how disposed of, and to whom ; 
also, when the Calls on such Shares became due; 
also, when received; also, the Capital or Monies 
raised by’each Railway in the United Kingdom on 
Loan, or on the Security of their Debentures, or 
otherwise ; also, when such Debentures were issued ; 
also, Date of Act of Parliament sanctioning such 
Issue of Debentures ; also, Amount of each Deben- 
ture ; also, Rate of Interest paid to the Lender, 
and any other Terms agreed on for the purpose of 
raising Money; also, Term for which such Loan 
was made; also, Commission or other Sum paid by 
the Railway Companies to the Broker or Agent for 
obtaining ; Pano on the Security of Debentures, or 
otherwise ; also, Cost of Construction of each Rail- 
way and each Branch Railway, exclusive of Land 
Purchases, Parliamentary Expenses, and Law 
Charges ; also, Law Charges, and stating whether 
taxed or not; also, Money expended in purchases 
of Land and Property, distinguishing the Expenses 
and Charges from the Price of the Land; also, 
Parliamentary Expenses; also, Engineers’ Charges; 
also, Cost of Railway Plant; also, Amount entered 
in each year’s printed Account for Depreciation of 
Plant; also, Total Annual Receipts from Passen- 
gers or Goods from the first opening of any portion 
of the Railway; also, Total Annual Expenditure 
contingent on the working of the Railway, exclu- 
sive of the Interest paid to the debenture holders 
and others ; also, Mode by which the fixed Divi- 
dends which have been paid to the various Share- 
holders were ascertained ; also, the Loans made by 
each Railway Company to any other Railway Com- 
pany or person, to whom and when, at what Rate 
of Interest, and when repaid; also, Amounts of 
Subscription paid and agreed to be paid, and Gua- 
rantees given, or agreed to be given, of Capital or 
Interest, by any Railway Company or Person to 
any other Railway Company or Person; when paid 
or given or agreed upon, and for what purposes ; 
of whom the Shares were taken; and, also, the 
Date of any Act of Parliament, or the Powers and 
Authorities of every Railway Company to subscribe 
to or hold Shares or Interest in any other Railway 
Company, and to what extent: And, also, 


The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy Accidents in 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed Coal Mines. 


by their Lordships in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment to inquire into the best means of preverting the 
occurrence of Dangerous Accidents in Coal Mines ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the said Committee, and the Appendix and Index 
thereto :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take York, New- 
the castle and Ber- 
wick Railway, 


into consideration the Amendments made by 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the 


Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company to lease and Carlisle 
Railway 


their Railway and Works to the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway Company ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 3.1.36. After “lawful” insert “at any time 
“« within Three years from the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 4.1. 10. After “ years” insert “ not exceed- 
ing Fifteen years renewable as hereinafter men- 
tioned.” 

Pr. 4.1. 14. After “ Company” insert “at any 
time within Three years from the passing of this 
Act.” 

Pr. 5.1. 5. Leave out from “ them” to “ and” 
in |. 8. 

Pr. 6.1. 8. After “ equity” insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.) and (C.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
such lease may, by and with such consent of the 
said two Companies as aforesaid, be renewed at 
the end of any of the equal intervals of five years 
from its commencement for a new term or number 
of years not exceeding Fifteen years from the 

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“ time of any such renewal: Provided always, That 
“ the authority of Parliament shall be obtained for 
“ every such renewal.” 

Cuiavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
the continuance of any such lease, the said York, 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company shall 
be bound and obliged to receive and forward pas- 
sengers and goods passing to or from the Lancas- 
ter and Carlisle, and Caledonian Railways re- 
spectively, upon the said Maryport and Carlisle 
Railway, in the like manner as they receive and 
forward, and with the like conveniences in all 
respects, so far as may be, as they afford to pas- 
sengers and goods passing to or from the York, 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway upon the said 


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Maryport and Carlisle Railway.” 
Crause (C.) “ And whereas a Bill is now pend- | 
ing in Parliament, intituled, ‘ An Act for enabling 
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway 
Company to lease their Railway and Works to | 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com- 
pany,’ whereby the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company are empowered to take a lease 
of the Newcast/e-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway, 
for the term and on the conditions therein men- 
tioned; BE it Enacted, That it shall not be lawful 
for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
Company to take a lease of the Maryport and 
Carlisle Railway, under and by virtue of the 
powers of this Act, unless they shall, within the 
said period of Three years, take a lease of the 
said Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 19. In Clause (A.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 
L. 3. Leave out “ the said” and insert “ the.” 
L. 5. Leave out “the said” and insert “ the.” | 
L. 18. Leave out “ the said’’ and insert “ the.” 
L. 36. Leave out “the said” and insert “ the.” 


Pr. 6.1.20. Leave out “the” and insert “ every.” 

Pr. 6. 1.21. Leave out “ or receipts.” 

Pr. 6. 1.33. Leave out from “ receipt” to “ shall” 
in 1, 34. 


Pr. 6. 1.37. After “ not” insert “ after any such ; 


“ receipt shall have heen given.” 


. ‘ 
Pr, 7.1. 2. Leave out “ thereof” and insert “ of 

P ° . . ‘ 
“ the money which in any such receipt shall be 


“ acknowledged or expressed to be received.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 18. Leave out from “‘ Company” to the 
first or” in 1. 17. 

Pr. 7. 1. 33. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
"o7.,” 

Pr. 7. 1. penult. Leave out “ the” and insert 
“ The;” and in the same line, after “ Newcastle” 
insert “ upon- Tyne.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 13. Leave out “ said first-recited Act” 
and insert “ Acts relating to the Newcastle-upon- 
‘* Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company.” 

Pr. 8. ). 28. After “ shall” insert “ so far as re- 
gards the said Maryport and Carlisle Railway.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. After “ that” insert “ so much of 
the first-recited Act relating to the Maryport and 

Carlisle Railway Company, as relates to the pe- 

riods for holding general meetings of such Com- 

pany, shall, during the continuance of any such 
lease, be, and the same is hereby suspended, and 
in lieu thereof.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 1, Leave out “ the saic 

The.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 36. Leave out from “ against” to 

York” in |. 37., and insert “ The.” 

Pr, 10.1.1. Leave out “ the said” and insert 

The.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 14. Leave out “ two.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“¢ or” in |, 19. 

Pr. 12. 1. 18. After ‘ aforesaid” insert Clause 
(D.) | 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 


”? 


and insert 





“ Company shall, within nine months after the 


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A. 1849. 


passing of this Act, make application in writing 
under their common seal to the Commissioners of 
Railways, to appoint an auditor to examine and 
report to them on the financial affairs of the 
Company ; and the said Commissioners are here- 
by required, within twelve monthsafter the passing 
of this Act, to appoint such auditor, and from 
time to time to remove and replace such auditor ; 
and all the powers granted by the Companies 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, to the auditors 
to be appointed by Companies, touching the de- 
manding and examining of books and accounts, 
are hereby also conferred on the auditors so from 
time to time to be appointed by the Commission- 
ers; and such auditors shall annually report to 
the Commissioners concerning the finances of the 
Company, and the amount and application of 
their income ; and the said Commissioners may, 
if they think fit, order such report to be printed 
at the expense of the Company, and the ex- 
penses and remuneration of such auditors shall 
be settled by the Commissioners, and be defrayed 
by the Company : Provided always, that no such 
auditor shall be appointed after the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-four, and on that day all the powers of any 
auditor who may have been appointed under the 
power for that purpose hereinbefore contained, 
and who shall then be in office, shall cease and 
absolutely determine ; provided also, that no such 
auditor as aforesaid shall be appointed or shall 
continue in office after any general Act shall have 
been passed, relating to the better and more im- 
partial audit of the accounts of Railway Com- 
panies.” 

Pr. 12. 1, 26. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
the.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 2. 
the.” 

sy 13.1.4. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
the.” 

Pr. 13. 1.11. Leave out “ the same” and insert 
such requisition.” 

Pr. 16, Is. 13. and 14. After “‘ Railways” insert 
or to the better and more impartial audit of the 
accounts of Railway Companies.” 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Amendments be now 
read a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Headlam, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Greene: 
Tellers for the Mr. Fox Maule, 
Noes, Sir James Graham: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Af- 
firmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be read a 
second time upon this day three months. - 


Leave out “ the said” and insert 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into york, New- 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (New- 


castle and Ber- 


wick Railway 
(Newcastle- 


castle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Lease, and upon-Tyne 


Amalgamation) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon this day three months. 
Ordered, 


and Carlisle 
Railway Lease 
and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 








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probatesand © Ordered, That the Return relative to Probates 
Letters - x and Letters of Administration, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 
No, 595. 
County Rates. Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
No. 596. Rates, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


FrenchClaims. Ordered, That the Return relative to French 
No. 597. Claims, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Army Prize Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize 
Ne 598 Money, which was laid upon the Table upon Satur- 
oon" day last, be printed. 


Lunatics. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics, 
No. 599. which was presented upon Saturday last, be printed. 


Mailsto India. Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails to 
No 600. India, which was presented upon Saturday last, be 
printed. 


Salaries, Ordered, That the Paper relative to Salaries, 
Pensions, &amp;¢. Pensions, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday 
No.601. last, be printed. 


Agriculture. Petitions from Scamblesby and Cawkwell ; — 
Gantby and Waddingworth ;—Langton-by-Wragby 
and Hatton ;—Ashby Puerorum and Saimonby ;— 
Wispingtonand Horsington ;--Enderbyand Moorby; 
— Renniworth ;— Tumby ;— West Ashby ;—Wood- 
hall ;— Roughton ;—and, Scrivelshy and Dalderby ; 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture, 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
relief of persons engaged therein,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Australian A Petition of the Chairman of the Giasgow 

Onlenles. Australian Association, praying for a total discon- 
tinuance of the transportation of all Criminals 
whatsoever to any part of the Australian Settle- 
ment, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Thomas An- A Petition of Thomas Andrew Evans, of Mad- 

drew Evans. (ox-street, Hanover-square, Jeweller and Dealer in 
Autographs, Relics and Curiosities, stating that he 
purchased the dress-sword of Lord Nelson, which 
was repurchased by Lord Saye and Sele, and pre- 
sented by his Lordship to Greenwich Hospital; com- 
plaining of the refusal of the authorities of the 
hospital to exhibit the said sword, owing to doubts 
having been raised as to its genuineness, whereby 
he conceives his character has been much injured ; 
setting forth certain facts as to its authenticity, and 
praying for redress, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hungary. A Petition of Mary Lake, and others, praying 
the House to address Her Majesty to enter into a 
Commercial Treaty with Hungary, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Mary Lake, and others ;—Mary- 
le-bone (Chairman) ;— and, London (Chairman) ; 
praying the House at once to recognise the inde- 
pendence of Hungary,~were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Intermentin A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and county 

Towns. of Bristol, praying the House to abolish the practice 
of burying the dead in densely-populated neigh- 
bourhoods, due regard being had to the vested 
rights of all parties, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

William A Petition of William James, Messenger in the 

_— Inland Department of the General Post- office, 


stating that he has written certain suggestions for 
improvements in the Post-office establishment ; 
alleging that they have not received that attention 
which was due to them; and praying for the con- 
sideration of the House, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Petitions from Wincanton ; Shillingstone ; Marriages 
Winterbourne ; J. A. Templer, and others ; Bill. 
and, Maiden Newton and Frome Vanchurch ; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass into 

a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 














A Petition of Medical Officers of the township Medical 
of Leeds, stating that they have long felt the evils Profession. 
of the present defective system of Poor Law Medi- 

cal Relief; and praying that numerous grievances 
affecting medical officers may be redressed, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Arundel - street, Nuisances 
Norfolk-street and Water-street, in the parish of Removal. 
Saint Clement Danes, in the liberty of Westminster, 
complaining that one of the wharves in that vicinity 

is used for the purpose of accumulating large quan- 

tities of dung, offal and all kinds of decomposing 
substances, both animal and vegetable ; that espe- 

cially in hot weather the smell is most offensive and 
disgusting ; and praying the House to interfere to 

remove this great nuisance, which, especially during 

the spread of the present formidable epidemic of 
cholera, is so likely to prove of serious injury to 

the health of a considerable number of Her Ma- 

jesty’s subjects, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Treasurer, Sub-Treasurer and Newspaper 
Collector of the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Com- Stamps. 
mittee, praying for the abolition of the Stamp Duty 

on Newspapers, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


county of Dorset, praying that the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. 
Oaths Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Clerk, Master and Matron of poor Law 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers and other Officers connected with the Adminis- 
tration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the Poor 
in the Beaminster Union ; and, Bourn Union ; 
praying the House to pass an Act in the present 
Session of Parliament, to enable Poor Law Officers 
to form and distribute a superannuation fund for 
members of their body, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of the poor Law. 
Cheltenham Union, praying the House to introduce 
some measure, giving Boards of Guardians a greater 
control over Union expenditure than they at present 
possess, and imposing a check on the exercise of 
power by the Poor Law Board, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Three Petitions from Belfast, praying that the Protection of 
Protection of Women Bill may pass into a law,— Women Bill. 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield ;—and, London; praying Railway 
for an investigation into the oppressive and unequal Packages. 
rates of Railway Companies, as to goods traffic, 
and breaking open packages of small parcels, and 
for an inquiry, also a revision of Railway Compa- 
nies’ powers, and official superintendence of traffic 
to protect competitors,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cutcombe ;—Ticehurst ; — Louth Sale of Beer 
(three Petitions) ; — Manby ; — Donnington ; — “- 
Goulceby ;— Carlton ;—Marshchapel ; —Fotherby ; 
Yarborough ; — Utterby ; — Leybourne ; — Ludbo- 
rough ;—Theddlethorpe ;— and, Fulstow; praying 
for amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, with the 
view to diminishing the number of Beer-houses,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Vou. 104. 








4k A Petition 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sherborne, in the pariiamentary 





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Sattara. 


Slave Trade. 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 


Assistant 
Surgeons of 
the Navy. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation Act, 


618 


A Petition of Runjo Bapogee, residing at Bland- | 
ford-place, Regent’s Park, London, the Vakeel re- 


presentative of his highness Pertaub Sing Maharaj 
Chuttraputtee, Raja of Sattara, deceased, and now 
of his highness Shahoo Maharaj Chuttraputtee, the 
cousin and adopted son of his highness the late 
Raja Pertaub Sing, praying the House to institute 
an inquiry into the seizure aud annexation of the 
territory of the Rajas of Sattara by the East India 
Company, and to grant redress to the heirs and 
successors of the late Rajas, and to the people of 
that state, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Charles Grant and others, Pro- 
prietors of East India Stock, deeply interested in 
the welfare and good government of the British 
Indian Empire, stating that the East India Com- 
pany, by a treaty dated the 25th September 1819, 
which treaty was renewed on the 4th September 
1839, ceded the territory of Satiara to the Raja of 
Sattara, and to his heirs and successors in perpetual 
sovereignty ; that the first and second Raja of 
Sattara under those treaties are deceased; that 
there are members now living of the family of Sat- 
tara who claim and are known to be their lineal 
heirs and rightful successors to the said territory ; 
that a majority of the Directors, with the sanction 
of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India have, nevertheless, recently sent orders to 
the government of Jndia to annex the said territory 
of Sattara to the British dominions; and praying 
the House to take such steps as to them may seem 
fitting for the suspension of the order aforesaid, 
until the claims of those who assert themselves to 


be heirs to the territory of Sattara under the provi- | 
sions of the before-mentioned treaties shall be heard, | 


investigated, and adjudged, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochester, Chatham, and vicinity ; 


—Stohke Newington ;--and, Be/fast (three Petitions) ; | 


praving that instructions may be forthwith given to 
the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Aftairs 
to demand of the Spanish and Brazilian Govern- 
ments the liberation of all Africans and their de- 
scendants, who have been introduced into their 
respective colonies aud territories, contrary to the 
faith of treaties; and in the event of their attempt- 
ing to evade such demand, or to procrastinate its 
fulfilment, to notify to them that measures will be 
adopted to exclude their produce from the British 
markets, until Slavery itself shall be abolished by 
them,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spirit Dealers of Belfast and its 
vicinity, praying the House to extend to home made 
Spirits the same advantages as are allowed by the 
Warehousing Act to Foreign and Colonial Spirits in 
respect of wastages, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners residing in 
the parish of Devonport, and Township of East 
Stonehouse, praying the House to take into con- 
sideration whether the rank and privileges of Ward- 
room Officers could not be granted to the Assistant 
Surgeons of the Royal Navy, without impairing the 
discipline and general efficiency of that service, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
A Petition of Charles Miller, m. a. Clerk, Har- 


low Vicarage, praying the House to appoint a Com- 
mittee to examine into the origin and uses of the 
Institution of Tithe, and to aftord hira an opportu- 
nity of vindicating the allegations of his Petition, 
either before such Committee or at the bar of the 
House, and that until such examination be made, 
the House will take such constitutional measures as 
may be necessary for staying the proceedings otf 
the ‘Tithe Commission in his parish, and in other 


31° Julvz. 


A. 1849. 


parts of the kingdom, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


habitants of the borough of Leeds, 
House to pass measures for Annual Elections of 
Members of Parliament, Universal Suffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property 
Qualification, and Payment of Members, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


year 1848 above that of the year 1847, for the 
maintenance of the Metropolitan Police Force, in 
the County of Middlesex, and in each of the other 
Counties parts of which are within the Metropolis 
Police District, and showing what proportion the 
valuation upon which the Police Rate is now raised 
bears to the actual value of the property in each of 
the counties within the Metropolitan Police Dis- 
trict, as nearly as it can be ascertained :—Also, a 
Return of the Expenditure of such increased Rate : 
—Also, a Return of the Number of Houses built, 
and of new Streets formed (with their length in 
| miles) within the Metropolitan Police District, since 
the 1st day of January 1839, when the limits of the 
| present district were fixed, to the present time, so 
| far as the same can be ascertained :—Also, a Return 
of the Increase of the Population within the said 
District, since the 1st day of January 1839, so far 
as the same can be ascertained. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 











Command,—Returns of the Trade of the various 
| Ports of China (in continuation of the Returns 
| presented to the House of Commons in March 1847, 
and April 1848). 


British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, 
the Cape of Good Hope, Jamaica, Loanda, and the 
Cape Verd Islands; and Reports from British 
Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from British Naval 
Officers, relating to the Slave Trade, from April 1, 
| 1848, to March 31, 1849. 

Class B,—Copy of Correspondence with British 
Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, and 
with Foreign Ministers in England, relating to the 
| Slave Trade, from April 1, 1848, to March 31, 1849. 


Copy of Correspondence respecting theAffairs of Italy. 


| Italy, from January to June 1848,— Part 2. 
Copy of Correspondence respecting theAffairs of 
Italy, trom July to December 1848.—Part 3. 
Copy of Correspondence respecting theA ffairs of 
Italy, 1849.— Part 4. 


mark and the King of Prussia, Berlin, July 10, 
1849. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Address of the 20th day of June last, that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to cause an in- 
quiry to be made as to the Revenues of the Hos- 
pital of Saint Cross, Winchester, and their appro- 
priation, and as to the duties and emoluments of the 
Master of the Hospital, with a view of enabling 
Parliament to place the Hospital, on the determi- 
nation of the present Mastership, on such a footing 
as will secure the greatest amount of benefit to the 
public consistent with its original design, had been 
presented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty 
had given directions that the necessary steps should 
be taken by the Attorney-General, with a view to 
place the Hospital of Saint Cross, Winchester, on 
such a footing as may secure the greatest benefit to 
the public consistent with its original design. 


Ordered, 








A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of In- Universa) 
raying the Suffrage, &amp;¢, 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to Order,— yy, i 
b . . etropolitan 
a Return, showing the increase of the Rate in the Police, 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s China. 


Class A,—Copy of Correspondence with the slave Trade. 


Copy of Preliminaries of Peace, and Convention Denmark and 
of Armistice, concluded between the King of Den- Prussia. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Hospital of 





Committees. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 602. 


Joint Stock 


13 Victoria. 31° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Public Committees ap- 
pointed in the Session of 1849, their subjects, and 
the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- 
man; the Number of days on which each Committee 
sat, and the Number of days on which each Mem- 
ber served on each Committee (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 641, of Session 1847-48.) 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
gation, month ended 5th July 1849, and six months 
ended, 5th July 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Companies Act into consideration the Amendments made by the 
ey yaa Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 





Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Act (1848); 
and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 6.1.18. After “ Master,” insert “ Provided 
“ that the said Master shall not dispense with the 
«“ advertisement of an intended call or other pro- 
“ ceeding, until he is satisfied that notice has been 
“ given to each of the several contributories in- 
« tended to be included in such call or affected by 
such proceeding, that it is intended to include him 
«« therein or affect him thereby.” 
P. 7. 1. 32. After “ direct’? insert Clause (A.) 
Cuausez (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Master, by any order under his 
« hand, to direct the examination in Scotland, of 
“ any person within Scotland, whether a contri- 
butory of the Company or not, in regard to the 
“ estate, dealings or affairs of such Company, or in 
regard to the estate, dealings or affairs of any 
“ person being a contributory of the Company, so 
far as the Company may be interested therein, in 
respect of his being such contributory, and such 
order shall be directed to the Sheriff of the 
“ county in which the person to be examined shall 
reside or be for the time; and the Sheriff shall 
‘‘ summon such person to appear before him at 
“ such time and place as shall be specified in the 
“ summons, for examination upon oath as a wit- 
“ ness, or as a haver, and to produce the books, 
“ papers, deeds or documents called for which may 
be in his possession or power, and the Sheriff may 
“ take such examination either orally or upon 
“« written interrogatories, and shall report the same 
“ in writing, in the usual form, to the Master, and 
“ shall transmit with such report, the books, papers, 
“ deeds or documents produced if the original 
“‘ thereof shall be required and specified by the 
“ order, or otherwise such copies thereof or extracts 
“ therefrom, authenticated by the Sheriff, as shall 
“‘ be necessary; and in case any person so sum- 
“ moned shall fail to appear at the time and place 
“ specified, or appearing shall refuse to be examined, 
“ or to make the production required, the Sheriff 
“ shall proceed against such person as a witness or 
«« haver duly cited and failing to appear, or refusing 
“ to give evidence to make production, may be pro- 
“ ceeded against by the law of Scotland, and the 
“ Sheriff shall be entitled to such and the like fees, 
« and the witness shall be entitled to such and the 
“ like allowances as Sheriffs when acting as Com- 
“ missioners under appointment from the Court of 
“ Session, and as witnesses and havers are entitled 
“to in the like cases according to the law and 
“ practice of Scotland: Provided always, That if 
“ any objection shall be stated to the Sheriff by 
“ the witness, either on the ground of his incom- 
“« petency as a witness, or as to the production re- 
“ quired to be made, or on any other ground what- 
“ ever, it shall be competent for the Sheriff, if he 
“ shall think fit, to report such objections to the 
“ Master, and to suspend the examination of such 
“ witness until such objection shall be disposed of 
“ by the Master.” 
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The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the 
Sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and the 
Grounds thereof, and to apply the Money arising 
from such Sale ; and the same were read, as follow : 

P. 3.1.5. After the second “ therevf”’ insert 
‘* other than the materials of the Chapel.” 

P. 3.1. 6. Leave out “ may” and insert “ shall,” 
and in the same line and in 1. 7. leave out “ and the 
** site and materials sold.” 

P. 3. 1. 8. After “ consecrated” insert “ but it 
shall not be lawful for the said Commissioners to 
sell the materials of the said Chapel, orto use or 
appropriate them without the previous consent in 
writing of the Bishop of the diocese for the time 


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being.” 
The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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into consideration the Amendments made by the ( 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Royal Pavilion 


Brighton) 
ill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Chapels of 


into consideration the Amendments made by the Ease (Ireland) 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to encourage 
Endowment of Chapels of Ease, and facilitate 
Assignments of Pastoral Districts thereto, and to 
amend an Act of the eighth year of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for Marriages in Zreland, and for registering 
such Marriages; and the same were read, as follow : 

P. 3.1.21. After ‘‘ dioceses” insert “ provided 
“ such contiguous dioceses shall be within the same 
‘ province.” 

P. 4.1.11. Leave out “ Armagh,” and insert 
“ the Province.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Humilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Juagments 


into consideration the Amendments made by the (Ireland) Bill. 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 
Law concerning Judgments in Jreland; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

P. 4, 1. 25. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in 1, 30. 

P. 4. 1.36. Leave out “for” and insert “ not 
“ exceeding.” 

P.7. 1. 31. After “ appointed ” insert “ or ex- 
“ tended.” 

P. 7. 1. 34. After “appointed ” insert “ or ex- 
“ tended,” and in the same line after “ appoint- 
“ ment” insert “ or extension.” 

P.7. 1.39. After ‘‘ appointment” insert “ or 
“ extension.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Petty Bag, 


into consideration the Amendments made by 


Act to regulate certain Offices in the Petty Bag in 
the High Court of Chancery, the Practice of the 
Common Law Side of that Court, and the Inrol- 
ment Office of the said Court ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

4x2 P, 4, 


the &amp;c. Offices 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an ioe 








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P. 4. 1.28. Leave out “appointed under this 
a 

P. 4.1.36. Leave out “ such ” and insert “ the.” 
P.4. !.37. Lease out “as aforesaid” and insert 
“ of the Master of the Rolls for the time being.” 
P.5.1. 8. After “ removal” insert “of the said 
“ Francis George Abbott, or.” 
P.7. 1. 20. After “ time ” insert “ being.” 
P.8.1.41. After “which” insert ‘‘ such.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Bankruptey The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


31° Jultz. 


A. 1849. 


| with the Concurrence of a certain number thereof; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

In Clause (D.) added by the Commons to the 
said Bill: 

L. 29. After “them” insert “ of whom the Senior 
‘¢ Commissioner shall be one.” 
In Schedule (K.) added by the Commons to the 
said Bill: 
L. 27. After “ has’’ insert “ not.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley: \fossage trom 





Ireland) Bill. into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Amend-| 
ment of the Law of Bankruptcy in Jreland; and | 
the same were read, as follow : 

P. 8. |. 28. Leave out from “ filed” to “ And” in 
P. 9. 1.16, 

P.16. 1.15. Leave out “ G.” and insert “ H.” 
P, 20, |. 36. Leave out “ two years” and insert | 
“ one year.” | 
P. 25. 1.36. Leave out “and the Lord Chan- 
“ cellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts.” 
P. 25. 1. ult. Leave out from 

“ And” in P. 26. |. 7. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ specified ” to 





Poor Law The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | 
UnionCharges into consideration the Amendments made by the | 
——— Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to continue an | 

Act of the last Session for charging the Maintenance | 

of certain Poor Persons in Unions upon the Com- | 
mon Fund, and to make certain Amendments in 
the Laws for the Relief of the Poor ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

P. 6.1.21. Leave out the first “ to.” 

P. 6. ls.27. and 28. Leave out “inmate of a 

“ workhouse,” and in 1,28. leave out “ while such | 
‘ inmate,” and also in 1. 28. leave out “ therein” | 
and insert “ or belonging to him.” 

P. 6. 1. 30. Leave out “ to” and insert “ within,” 

and in the same line leave out “ workhouse belongs,” 
and insert “‘ pauper is chargeable.” 

P. 6.1.31. After “security” insert “ or recover 

“ the same as adebt before any local court.” 

P. 6. 1.35. After “appropriation ” insert “ or 
prior to such proceeding for the recovery thereof 
(as the case may be).” 

P.6. 1.36. Leave out “ in the workhouse,” and 
in the same line leave out “therein” and insert 
“ or belonging to him.” 

P. 6.1.37. After “ Guardians” insert “of the 
Union or parish wherein such pauper shall die.”’ 

P.7. 1.33. After “ Union ” insert “ or parish.” 

P. 7. 1.36. Leave out “ parish or.” 

P.7. 1.37. After “ Union” insert “or of any 
separate parish for which a Board of Guardians 
is or shall be established.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 

time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaintthem, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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Bankrupt Law 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend, methodize and 
consolidate the Laws relating to Bankrupts, and to 
Arrangements between Debtors and their Creditors, 


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Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed tothe Amendments made wy ga. 
y this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for sup- vendish’s 
ying the Omission in the Will of the Right hon- ©state Bill. 
ourable George Augustus Henry Earl of Burlington, 
deceased, of Powers of granting Farming and 
Building Leases of the Estates in the Counties of 


York and Derby, devised by the same Will, of 


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| Powers of selling and exchanging the same Estates, 


and for other Purposes, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made yonourable 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for re- C. C. Caven- 
moving Doubts relative to the Powers of granting eer a 
Building Leases contained in the Will of the Right arog 
honourable George Augustus Henry Earl of Bur- 
lington, deceased, and for other Purposes, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made yorfolk 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Estuary 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend a 
the “ iy ee Estuary Act, 1846,” and to enable powers of 
the Eau Brink Commissioners and the Corporation Contribution 
of King’s Lyan to contribute towards the Under- Bad se 
taking, and for other Purposes connected therewith, missioners of 


without any Amendment: And also, Drainage, and 
J by the Corpo- 
ration of King’s 
Lynn) Bill. 
The Lords do agree to the Resolution of this Ingrossing and 
House, viz.—That the arrangement contained in Enrolling of 
the Resolutions agreed to by both Houses of Par- Bills. 
liament on the 12th day of February last, relative 
to the Ingrossing and Enrolling of Bills (except so 
much thereof as relates to the expediency of one 
Printer printing the Bills for both Houses), shall in 
future Sessions apply to Local, Personal and Pri- 
vate, as well as to Public Bills, pursuant to Mes- 
sage of Friday last:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take prainage of 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Lands Bill. 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to promote the Advance 
of Private Money for Drainage of Lands in Great 
Britain ; and the same was read, as followeth: 

In Clause (B.), added by the Commons to the 
said Bill: 

L. 50. Leave out “ and ” interlined. 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Nuisances 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Removal ot 
tituled, An Act to amend the Nuisances Removal aon il. 
and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

P. 4. 1. 20. Leave out “ objects” and insert 
“ object.” 
P. 4. 








Defects in 
Leases Sus- 
pension Bill. 


Debts from 
Foreign 
Governments. 


No. 603. 


Sattara 
Territory. 


13 Vicrortz. 


P. 4, 1. 26. After “ lawful” insert “ in Eng- 
land or Wales.” 

P. 4. 1. 27. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and 
“ in Ireland for the,” and in the same line leave out 
“ in Ireland.” 

P. 4. 1.29. After “health” insert “ or such 
“ Commissioners.” 

P. 4. 1. 31. Leave out “ or Zreland,” 

P. 4. 1. 32. After “ place” insert “ in England 
“ or Wales.” 

P,4. 1. 33. After “ applied” insert “ or in 
“ any populous city, town or place in Treland.” 

P. 4. 1. 34, After “ health” insert “ or the said 
“ Commissioners.” 

P. 4. 1.37. Leave out “ or Commissioners to 
“ issue” and insert “ in England and Wales.” 

P, 4. 1. 38. After “ thereof” insert “ and the 
“ said Commissioners of Health (in Zreland) under 

“ the hands of two or more of them to issue.” 

P. 4.1. 39. After “ Board” insert “ or Com- 
missioners respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Ashley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for rendering inoperative an Act 
passed this Session, intituled, An Act for granting 
Relief against Defects in Leases made under Powers 
of Leasing, in certain Cases” ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

P.1. 1.4. Leave out “ that” and insert “ to 

“« suspend the operation of,” and in the same line 

leave out from “ Act” to “be” inl. 6, and insert 
as hereinafter mentioned.” 

P. 1. Is.10 and 11. Leave out “ End of the 
“ next Session of Parliament,” and insert “ first 
“ day of June One thousand eight hundred and 
“ Fifty.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 4. Leave out “ rendering inoperative” and 
insert “ suspending until the first day of June 

“ One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, the 

“ operation of.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
—— that this House doth agree with the 

ords in the said Amendments ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« the said Amendments be taken into further con- 
“* sideration upon this day week,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendments. 

Ordered, That Mr.John Stuart do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into and ascertain the Amount 
of Debts due from Foreign Governments and States 
to the Government and individuals of this Country ; 
That they had considered the matter to them re- 
ferred ; and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That it appears from the Papers laid before 
VoL. 104. 


31° Julit.—1° August. 


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this House, that, by the Law, and usage of India, 
as recognised by the British Government, and dis- 
tinctly expressed in a Minute of Sir Charles Met- 
calf, Lieutenant Governor of the North Western 
Provinces of India, and dated the 28th day of Oc- 
tober 1837, that Hindov Princes, in failure of heirs 
male of their body, have a right to adopt, to the 
exclusion of collateral heirs, and of any supposed 
reversionary right of the paramount power; and 
that the British Government is bound to acknow- 
ledge the adoption, provided that it be regular and 
not in violation of Hindoo Law:—That the East 
India Company, by a Treaty concluded on the 25th 
day of September 1819, ceded the territory of Sat- 
tara to the Rajah of Sattara, his heirs and succes- 
sors, in perpetual sovereignty, which ‘Treaty was 
confirmed on the 4th day of September 1839, when 
his brother and successor was raised to the Throne: 
—That both the Rajahs died, leaving heirs, by 
adoption, heirs by blood, and collateral heirs :— 
That the East India Company, nevertheless (without 
giving an opportunity to any claimants of stating 
their claims), have set aside the Hindoo law of suc- 
cession, and have ordered the Saétara territory to 
be annexed to the British dominions, on the plea 
that it has lapsed by failure of heirs:—That such 
a proceeding being in violation of national faith, 
and against the recognised rights of all the Sove- 
reign Princes of Jndia, it is the Opinion of this 
House, that the orders for annexing the Sattara 
territory should be suspended until those members 
of the family who have the right to claim to be 
heirs to the throne have been heard, and their rights 
determined : 


And notice being taken, That Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock: —The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 1° die Augusti ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1849. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Cornewall Lewis 
jesty’s Command,—Returns of Agricultural 
Produce in Ireland, in the year 1848. 


land. 


Law Union in Jreland, for Quarter ended 30th of 
June 1849; with comparative Summary for the 
nine months ended 30th June 1848 and 1849 re- 
spectively; compiled from Returns furnished by 
the Clerks of Unions. 


much of the Minutes of the Committee of Council, 
as relates to the Establishment of Normal Schools 
for training Masters for Workhouse Schools, to- 
gether with a Statement of the measures which 
have been taken in consequence for providing 
buildings for that Purpose, the Sums expended in 
giving effect to the said Minute, and the Funds out 
of which the Expenditure has been defrayed. 


Persons who are at present confined for Contempt 
of Court in any of Her Majesty’s Gaols in Great 
Britain and Ireland, under process issuing out of 
all Courts, Civil and Ecclesiastical; stating the 
time at which, and by what Court, each Person 





4K3 + was 


resented, by Her Ma- Agricultural 
Preduce 
(Treland. ) 


Copy of Tenth Annual Report of the Registrar- Births, Deaths 
general of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Eng- and Marriages. 


Statistical Statement of Expenses, Collection of poor Law 
Poor-rate and Numbers relieved for each Poor (Ireland.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also — pursuant to Normal 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of so Schools. 


No. 604. 


Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Contempt of 
dated the 29th day of March last, for Returns of ©°™* 


No. 605. 

































Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Lancaster. ) 


No. 606. 


London 
University. 


No. 610. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


No, 607. 


Poor Rate 
Ireland.) 


No, 608. 


Tipperary 
Union, 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Nvo.609. 


General Board 


of Health, 


* Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c, 


No. 611, 


622 1° August. A. 1849, 


was committed, and the Cause of Committal :— 
And, of all Persons who were in Confinement for 
Contempt of Court in March 1839, and of all 
Persons who have been imprisoned for Contempt 
of Court in those Gaols in each year since 1839 ; 
stating severally the Names, the Cause or Grounds 
of Imprisonment, the Amount of Debts or Costs 
for which imprisoned, and the date of Discharge 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 278, 
of Session 1839). 


An Abstract of the General Statements of the 
Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts within the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
from the 1st day of January 1847 to the 31st day 
of December 1848, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 80. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
28th day of July last, for Copy of the amended 
Charter granted by Her Majesty to the University 
of London. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Return of the Total Number of Proper- 
ties vested, up to the 1st day of May 1849, in the 
Commissioners of Education in Jreland, under the 
Act 53 Geo. 3, specifying the Name of each Pro- 
perty, the County in which same is situated, the 

umber of Plantation Acres in each Property, the 
Rent paid per Acre for each holding on last letting, 
Number of Tenants on each Property on the Ist 
day of May 1846, the Number of Tenants on each 
Property on the 1st day of May 1849, the Names 
of the Schools in immediate connection with the 
Commissioners, and where situated, with the Num- 
ber of Boys in each, on the 1st day of May last; 
and the Number of Boys taught in each School 
gratis in each year for the last Seven years, ending 
on the 31st day of December 1848. 


A Return from each Union in Jreland, of the 
Date and Amount of the last Rate struck previous 
to the 1st day of March 1849, stating for how 
long a Period, in each Electoral Division, the Rate 
is calculated to last, and where the Commissioners 
have recommended the striking of a less Rate than 
that calculated by the Guardians as necessary. 


Returns of the Amount expended by the Vice- 
Guardians of the Tipperary Union in Buildings, up 
to the last date that can be made :—Of the Tenures 
of the Land upon which such Buildings (if any) 
have been erected, and of any Correspondence 
between them and the Poor Law Commissioners 
upon that subject, and also any Correspondence 
relating to the Dismissal of John Dalton, late one 
of the Poor Rate Collectors of that Union :— Of 
the Balance in Cash due by John Dalton at the 
time of his Dismissal:—And, Date of the last 
auditing of the Financial Affairs of that Union, 
and a Report of same, if made within the last 
Twelve months. 

A Return of the Number of Persons under 
Eighteen years of Age, in the Workhouses of Jre- 
land on the 3d day of May last, so far as the same 
can be complied with. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Normal 
Schools; Contempt of Court; Turnpike Trusts 
(Lancaster); London University ; Education (Jre- 
land); Poor Rate (Ireland); and, Workhouses 
(/reland), be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report by the General Board of 
Health on the measures taken for the Execution of 
the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention 
Act, and the Public Health Act, up to July 1849. 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—The Twenty- 
sixth 4 of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Build- 





ings, being the Twentieth Annual Report of the 
said Commissioners, dated 31st July 1849, 

Twenty-sixth Report of the Commissioners of the Holyhead 
Holyhead Road. Road. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the No.612. 
Table ; and, except the first, be printed. 


Mr. Elliot presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy Medals 
of Correspondence between the Court of Directors (India.) 
of the East India Company and the Board of 
Control, respecting the granting of Medals to the 
Officers and Men who fought at Assaye, Lasmaree, 
Bhurtpoor and other places in India, in the early 

art of the present century, fur which period 
Medals have been given for Services in the Penin- 
sula and other places, . 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Military 
received from the Right honourable the Earl of Dal- Operations in 
housie, the following Letter, in return to the Thanks ‘"° *™%J*&gt;- 
of this House, transmitted by him to his Lordship, 
in obedience to the commands of this House of the 
24th day of April Jast:—And the said Letter was 
read, as followeth : 

Sir, Simla, June 14, 1849. 

I have had the honour of receiving your letter of 
25th April, enclosing the Resolutions which on the 
preceding day had been adopted by the House of 
Commons. 

In obedience to the request of the House, I have 
communicated those Resolutions to General Lord 
Gough, G.c.B., and to the several officers referred to 
therein. 

On my own part, I beg permission to express 
the gratitude and pride with which I have received 
this distinguished mark of the approbation of the 
House of Commons. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your obedient and faithful servant, 


Dathousie. 
To the Right honourable the 
Speaker of the House of Commons. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Todmorden, praying Factories Act. 
that the House will not in any manner change or 
alter the Ten Hours Factories Act, but suffer it to 
remain in its entirety the law of the land, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Heywood (Chairman) ; — and, Hungary. 
Leeds (Chairman); praying the House to recognize 
the Independence of Hungary,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Palk Griffin, Clapham Rise, Interment in 
Surrey, and others, stating that they have, during T°W"* 
many years, had just cause for complaint, arising 
not only from the number, but the overcharged state 
of the metropolitan and other burial places; and 
praying that the burial of the dead in the midst of 
the living may be instantly and for ever prohibited, 
by the closing of all burial places in cities and 
towns, and by the adoption of such measures as may 
secure the public from the injurious and debasing 
practices at present existing, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Dixon, Milton-street Political 
Theatre, City of London, praying the House to Offences. 
present an Address to Her Majesty, to grant an 
amnesty to all political prisoners at present con- 
fined in Her Majesty’s gaols of Great Britain and 
Ireland, or who may be undergoing sentence of 
transportation in any of Her Majesty’s Colonial. 
possessions, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 








Poo! 


Pub 
Peti 
(Ser 


Nev 


Sit 










Poor Law. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventicth 
Report.) 


New Zealand. 


Sittings of the 
House. 


No. 615. 


Divisions, 
No. 616. 


Public Bills, 
No. 617. 


Rome. 


Writs of 
Prohibition, 


13 Vicrortz. 


| hg Augusti. 


623 


Petitions from Saint Andrews, Holborn (Chair-|of Prohibition that have issued from each such 


man) ;—Saint Bartholomew-the-Great, London ;— 
and, Saint Luke, Chelsea ; praying for amendment 
of the Poor Law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 31st day of 
par last and the 1st day of this instant August, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Papers relative to the Affairs of New 
Zealand :—Correspondence with Governor Grey, 
(in continuation of the Papers presented by Com- 
mand in August 1848 and May 1849.) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House of Commons sat in the Session 1849, stating 
for each Day the Hour of Meeting and the Hour 
of Adjournment, and the Total Number of Hours 
occupied in the Sittings of the House, and the 
Average Time; and, also, showing the Number of 
Hours on which the House sat each Day, and the 
Number of Hours after Midnight; and the Number 
of Entries in each Day’s Votes and Proceedings ; 
also, the Total Number of Hours the House sat 
during the Session. 

The Clerk accordingly laid the said Return upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid hefore this House, 
a Return of the Number of Divisions in the Ses- 
sion 1849, stating the subject of the Division, and 
the Number of Members in the Majority and Mino- 
rity, Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate Number 
in the House on each Division ; distinguishing, also, 
the Divisions on Public Bills from Private; and, 
also, the Number of Divisions before and alter 
Midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 740, of Session 1847-8.) 

The Clerk accordingly laid the said Return upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
been introduced into the House of Commons during 
the Session 1849, stating by whom introduced, or 
which have been brought from the House of Lords ; 
the Dates of their several Stages in the House, and 
distinguishing those which have since become Law 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No.741, 
of Session 1847-8). 

The Clerk accordingly laid the said Paper upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Resolved, Tnat an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Communications received by 
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Af- 
fairs, from the British Consul at Rome, on the sub- 
ject of the recent Bombardment of that City by the 
French Forces. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 


The Order made upon the 26th day of July last, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return from 
the Superior Law Courts in Westminster of all Writs 

You. 104. 


Court respectively to all County Courts in England 
and Wales, since their Establishment in March 
1847, specifying the respective Courts to which such 
Writs were directed, was read ; and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Writs of 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Prohibition. 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Superior Law Courts in West- 
minster of all Writs of Prohibition that have issued 
from each such Court respectively to all County 
Courts in England and Wales, since their Establish- 
ment in March 1847, specifying the respective 
Courts to which such Writs were directed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty's Spanish Tariff. 


Command,—Copy of Spanish ‘Taritf, July 17th, 
1849. 


Copy of Act relative to the Principalities of Mol- Moldavia and 


davia and Wallachia, concluded between Turkey Wallachia. 


and Russia, at Constantinople, on a 1849. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, private Bills. 


Returns of the Number of Private Bills iatroduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in 1849, classed according to the following 
subjects :—Railways; Roads and Bridges; Water- 
works; Ports, Piers, Harbours and Docks ; Canals 
and Navigations ; Churches, Chapels and Burymg 
Grounds; Paving, Lighting and Improving ; Gaols 
and other County Buildings; Inclosures; Small 
Debts Courts; and all other Bills and Acts :—Of 
all the Private Bills, other than Railway Bills, 
which, in the present Session, have been treated as 
Opposed Bills; specifying those Bills which have 
been classified in Groups by the Committee of Se- 
lection; together with the Names of the Selected 
Members who served on each Committee ; the first 
and also the last day of the sitting of each Com- 
mittee ; the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat; the Number of Days on which each 
Selected Member has served; the Bilis the Pre- 
amble of which was reported to have been proved ; 
the Bills the Preamble of which was reported to 
have been not proved; the Bills referred back to 
the Committee of Selection as having become Un- 
opposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not proceeded 
with by the Parties: —Of all the Railway Bills which, 
in the present Session, have been classified in Groups 
by the Committee of Selection; specifymg the 
Names of the Selected Members who served upon 
each Committee to which a Group was referred ; 
the first and also the last Day ot the Sitting of 
each Committee ; the Number of Days on which 
each Committee sat ; the Number of Days on which 
each Selected Member has served ; the Bills in each 
Group the Preamble of which was reported to have 
been proved; the Bills in each Group the Preamble 
of which was reported to have been not proved ; 
the Bills in each Group referred back to the Com- 
mittee of Selection as having become Unopposed ; 
and the Bills in each Group withdrawn, or not pro- 
ceeded with by the Parties:—Of all the Private 
Bills, other than Railway Bills, which, in the present 
Session, have been treated as Unopposed Bills, and 
have been referred to the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means :—And, of all Railway 
Bills which, being Unopposed, have been referred 
in the present Session to the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 739, of Session 1847-8). 

The Clerk accordingly laid the said Returns upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 





4x4 Ordered, 


No, 618. 
































































&lt; 


| otT asta eee 


cee ees 





Newspapers. 


Principalities 
of the Danube. 


Cotton and 
Cotton Manu- 
factures. 


Sunday 
Trading (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland.) 


624. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Estimate of the Annual Expense of coilecting 
the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, stating the Num- 
ber and Wages of Persons emploped at Somerset 
House, and in Edinburgh and Manchester, in stamp- 
ing the Paper, the Annual Cost of Machinery, and 
the Expense of Clerks, including those who receive 
the Money for Stamps. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Act agreed to in the present 
year by the Russian Government and the Porte, 
relative to the Government and Constitution of the 
Principalities of the Danube. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Pounds Weight 
of Cotton Wool imported into the United Kingdom 
in each of the years 1847 and 1848 ; distinguishing 
the Quantities imported from the United States of 
Ameriva, Brazil, the Mediterranean, the East Indies 
and the British West Indies respectively, from that 
imported from all other Parts; with the several 
Rates of Duty payable upon such Cotton Wool in 
the United Kingdom during that Period; and the 
Total Amount of Duty received in each year :—Of 
the ‘Total Quantities and Declared Value of British 
Cotton Manufactured Goods, and of Cotton Twist, 
Yarn or ‘Thread, exported from the United Kingdom 
to all Parts of the World, in each of the years 
1847 and 1848 ; specifying the Number of Yards 
and Declared Value of all Goods entered by the 
Yard; the Declared Value of such Goods as are 
entered by Value cnly, as Hosiery, Lace, &amp;c.; and 
the Number of Pounds Weight and Declared Value 
of Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, so exported ; 
showing the Aggregate Declared Value of all such 
Exports in each year:—A similar Account to the 
foregoing of the Export of British Cotton Manu- 
factured Goods and Cotton Twist, Yarn or Thread, 
to the United States of America :—And, an Account 
of the Total Official Value of all Goods imported 
into, and the Total Official Value of the Produce 
and Manufactures of, the United Kingdom, and of 
Foreign and Colonial Merchandize respectively, 
with the Aggregates of such Amounts, exported 
from the United Kingdom to the United States of 
America; also, the Total Declared Value of the 
Produce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom 
so exported, in each of the years 1847 and 1848 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 383, 
of last Session). 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 23d day of July last, That the Sunday 
Trading (Metropolis) Bill be now read a second time; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Bills filed in the 
Court of Chancery in Zreland, in each of the years 
from 1840 to 1848 (both inclusive) ; distinguishing 
how many were original and how many were not 
original Bills; and specifying (so far as the same 
can be made out), the Number of such Bills filed in 
each Term, and in the Vacation next following :— 
And, of the Total Number of Petitions filed in the 
same Court in the same Periods; specifying how 
many were, and how many were not in the matters 
of Minors or Lunatics. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Bills filed in the 
Court of Equity Exchequer in Ireland, in each of 


the years from 1840 to 1848 (both inclusive); dis- 


1° Auguste. 








A. 1849. 


tinguishing how many were original, and how many 
were not original Bills ; and specifying the Number 
filed in each Term, and in the Vacation next fol- 
lowing :—Of the Total Number of Petitions filed in 
the said Court in the same Periods :—Of the Total 
Number of Rules and Orders made in the said Court 
in the same Periods; distinguishing those which 
were made upon application in Court, or before a 
Baron in Chamber, and those which were Side-bar 
or other Rules; and further stating, whether the 
Nature or Number of such Rules or Orders was 
affected by any and what Actor Acts of Parliament, 
or by any and what General Order or Orders of the 
Court; and if so, stating the Contents or Substan- 
tial Import of any such Order or Orders :—Of the 
Number of Days in which the said Court sat in 
Equity, distinguishing the Sittings in Chamber :— 
Of the Total Gross Amount of Fees or other Income 
received in or in respect of the following Offices, or 
by any Officer or Officers therein; namely, the 
Offices of Registrar, Secondary, Filager and Exa- 
miner of said Court, in each year from the year 1836 
to the year 1848 (both inclusive); specifying the 
proper Disbursements thereout, and the Net Amount 
thereof, after deducting such Disbursements; stating 
whether the Fees were altered, or their Amount 
diminished or increased, by reason of any Act or 
Acts of Parliament, or General Orders of the Court ; 
and if so, stating from what time such Change took 
effect, and the Contents or Substantial Import of 
such Order or Orders; and stating whether any and 
what Compensative Income was settled for any of 
said Officers; and if so, when and upon what Ave- 
rage of Years the same was settled, and the Annual 
Amount of the same :—Like Return as to the Offices 
of Chief and Second Remembrancer in each year 
since those Offices were adjusted by the Statute 
6 and 7 Vic. c. 78; stating, further, the Dates of 
the Suspension and subsequent Dismissal of any 
Officer or Clerk for Fraud or Defalcation detected 
in the Collection of Fees; and specifying the Fees 
received in each Quarter ending the 5th day of 
January, the 5th day of April, the 5th day of July, 
and the 5th day of October in each year :—Account 
of the Amount of the Exchequer Fund received out 
of the said Court in each year, from the year 1836 
to the year 1848 (both inclusive); specifying the 
Office or Offices in respect of the business of which 
the same was chargeable :—And, Return showing 
the Total Amount derived from Fees, Exchequer 
Fund, Dividends on Suitors’ Fund, County Treasu- 
rers’ Fee Fund, Produce of Fines and Penalties, of 
other Sources of Income applicable to the Payment 
of the Salaries or Emoluments of the Officers of the 
said Court, or any of them, or to the re-imbursement 
of the Treasury for the same, and received or yielded 
in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 
1848; specifying the Amount of Fees or other 
Income derived in or in respect of each Office, and 
the Act or Acts of Parliament under which each 
Source of Income is derived. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Amount of Law Fund Duty 
received in or yielded by the Courts of Queen’s 
Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer in Jreland, 
in the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 
and 1848 :—And, of the Total Number of Writs of 
Capias ad Respondendum, or other Processes, to 
procure appearance in Actions at Law, issued out of 
each of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Common 
Pleas and Exchequer, in Jreland, in each of the 
years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848 ; 
specifying the Amount of the Law Fund Duty pay- 
able for the same :—A like Return as to Writs of 
Execution :—Returns of the Total Number of Ap- 
pearances entered in each of the said Courts in the 
same periods, specifying the Amount of Law Fund 
Duty payable in respect of the same :—Of the 
Total Number of Judgments entered in each of o 

sal 


Court of 
Queen’s Bench, 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) 














13 Vicrortiz. 


said Courts in the same periods, specifying the 
Amount of Law Fund Duty payable in respect of 
the same :—Of the Total Number of Jury Processes 
issued in each of the said Courts in each of the said 
years, specifying the Amount of Law Fund Duty 

ayable in respect of the same (if any) :—Of the 

otdl Number of Cases entered or listed for Trial at 
Nisi Prius, at the sittings in Term, in Dublin, in 
each of the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, specifying 
(so far as the same can be made out) the Number 
so entered or listed for the sittings in each Term of | 
each year: Of ‘the Total Number of Cases entered | 
or listed for Trial at Nist Prius at the Sittings after 
Term in each of the years 1846, 1847 and 1848; 
specifying the Number so entered or listed for the 
Sittings after each Term of each year:—Of the 
Number of Cases entered or listed for Trial at Wisi’ 
Prius in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Common 
Pleas and Exchequer, in Jreland, in and after each 
Term in the years 1846, 1847 and 1848: 


QUEEN’S BENCH. 









































1° August. 





625 


The Order made upon the 24th day of July last» Standing 
That the Standing Orders of this House be printed, O'4¢ts- 
was read, and discharged. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of Ingrossing and 
the House, of Friday last, upon the subject of Enrolling of 
Ingrossing and Enrolling of Bills, might be read;~ 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, That the arrangement contained in 
the Resolutions agreed to by both Houses of Parlia- 
ment on the 12th day of February last, relative 
to the Ingrossing and Enrolling of Bills (except so 
much thereof as relates to the expediency of one 
Printer printing the Bills for both Houses), shall 
in future Sessions apply to Local, Personal and 
Private, as well as to Public Bills.” 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 


Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House Standing 


° Orders. 
be printed. No. 563. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law poor Law 


Officers, which was presented yesterday, be printed. — = 
0. . 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, Lunacy. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 620. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Idolatry Idolatry 
(India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. "i 
0.62). 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Land LandImprove- 
Improvement Act (Jreland), which was presented ment Act 


yesterday, be printed. eae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Land LandImprove- 
Improvement Act, which was presented yesterday, ment Act. 
be printed. No. 622. 


Ordered, That that the Account relative to Iron Iron and 
and Hardware, which was presented yesterday, be Hardware. 
printed. No. 623. 















































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1847 

1848 



































And, of the Total Amount of Law Fund Duty of the 
Court of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas and Ex- 
chequer, in Ireland, in the following years, 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848: 





Cases entered 
for Trial in 
Term. 


Appearance. 
Writs of 
Execution. 
Appearances. 
Judgments. 
Rules and 
Orders. 

Jury Process. 
Cases entered 
for Trial after 
Term. 


Process to 
procure 





1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 





























LAW FUND DUTY PAYABLE ON THE ABOVE, 





1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 




















| 











Ordered, That the Return relative to Stamp Stamp 
| Allowances, which was presented yesterday, be Allowances. 


| printed. No, 624. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Land Land Tax, &amp;c. 
Tax, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be printed. No, 625. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Jrish Irish Repro- 
Reproductive oan Fund, which was presented yes- — Loan 
terday, be printed. No. 626. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Array, Army, Com- 
Commissariat, Ordnance and Naval Services, which ™8s4riat, 
? ‘ Ordnance and 
were presented yesterday, be printed. Mawel Gn. 
vices. 


No. 627. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue Revenue 


* | Officers, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Officers. 


No. 628. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Woods, wogas, 
Forests, Land Revenues, &amp;c., which were presented Forests, Lend 
2 } evenues, &amp;c. 
yesterday, be printed. gee 
Ordered, That the Returns relative to Rating of Rating of 
Tenements, which were presented yesterday, be Tenements. 
printed. No. 630. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report relative Accidents in 
to Accidents in Coal Mines, which was communi- Coal Mines. 
cated from the Lords yesterday, be printed. No. 613. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Police, which was presented yesterday, be Pvlice. 
printed. No. 614. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, and 
for proroguing the present Parliament, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 





Vou. 104. 





4L Accordingly 


626 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up tothe House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 

desire of the ‘be og authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Publicand Private Bills therein 
mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow: 

Consolidated An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 

Fund on Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the 

a year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 

Cruelty to An Act for the more effectual Prevention of 

Animals Bill. Cruelty to Animals : 

Boroughs An Act to relieve Boroughs, in certain cases, from 

ay (No. 2.) Contribution to certain Descriptions of County Ex- 

’ penditure : 

New Forest An Act to authorize Her Majesty to issue a Com- 

and Waltham mission to inquire into and report upon Rights or 

Forest Bill. Claims over the New Forest, in the County of 
Southampton, and Waltham Forest, in the County 
of Essex : 

Inclosure Act | An Act further to facilitate the Inclosure of Com- 

(Extension of mons, and the Improvement of Commons and other 

Powers) Bill. Lands: 

Municipal An Act to amend an Act for the Regulation of 

Corporations Municipal Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates 

(Ireland) Bill. +5 the Dossush of Dublin : 

Collection of An Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in 


paw (Dublin) the City of Dublin : 


Dublin An Act for the Improvement of the City of Dub- 


Improvement 7;,,. 
(No. 2.) Bill. lin: 


Pilotage Bill. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Pilotage : 


An Act to facilitate the Execution of Conveyances 

y, and other Instruments by or on behalf of the New 
Zealand Company, in New Zealand : 

Admiralty An Act to provide for the Prosecution and Trial, 

Jurisdiction in jn Her wy woe Colonies, of Offences committed 


—— within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty : 


Leasehold Te- An Act for converting the renewable Leasehold 


nure of Lands p . . ° 7 
(ireland) Bill. Tenure of Lands in Ireland into a Tenure in Fee: 


New Zenland 
Land Con- 
veyances Bi 


General Board An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders 

of Health Bill. of the General Board of Health, and for other Mat- 
ters relative to the Public Health, and the Improve- 
ment of Towns and Populous Places: 


Metropelitan | An Act to amend the Metropolitan Sewers Act : 


Sewers Bill. 
Slave Trade 


An Act for carrying into effect Re be- 
(Persian Gulf) tween Her Majesty and certain Arabian Chiefs in 


Bil. the Persian Gulf, for the more effectual Suppres- 


sion of the Slave Trade: 
Treasury An Act to reduce the Number of Signatures re- 
Instruments quyired to Instruments issued by the Lords of the 
_ » senate : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Customs : 

An Act to repeal the Allowances on the Purchase 
of Stamps, and for the receiving and accounting for 
the Duties on Gold and Silver Plate, and to grant 
other Allowances in lieu thereof : 

Workhouse An Act to provide additional Funds for Loans by 
Loans , pip, the Public Works Loan Commissioners, for building 
(Ireland) Bill. Workhouses in Zreland : 

Turnpike Acts An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in 
Continuance, (Great Britain, for limited Periods, and to make 
= certain Provisions respecting Turnpike-roads in 
England : 

An Act to amend the Act for the more eas 
\ Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England, 
ment Bill and to abolish certain Inferior Courts of Record : 
Poor Relief An Act to amend the Acts for the more effectual 
(lreland) Bill. Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland : 


Customs Bill. 


Stamps, &amp;c. 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act Amend- 


1° Augusti. 


A, 1849. 


An Act to amend the Joint Stock Companies Joint g,,,, 
Winding-up Act, 1848: 


ment Bj 

An Act to authorize the Sale of the Royal Pa- etees mei 
vilion at Brighton, and the Grounds thereof; and (Brighton) 
to apply the Money arising from such Sale: , = 

An Act to encourage Endowment of Chapels of Chapels of 
Ease, and facilitate Assignment of Pastoral Dis- Ease (Ireland) 
tricts thereto ; and to amend an Act of the eighth Bill. 
year of Her present Majesty for Marriages in Jre- 
land, and for registering such Marriages : 

An Act to amend the Law concerning Judgments Juagments 
in Ireland: &lt;Ireland) Bill. 
An Act to amend an Act to regulate certain Offices Petty Bag. 
in the Petty Bag in the High Court of Chancery, &amp;c. Offices 
the Practice of the Common Law Side of that Amendment 
Court, and the Enrolment Office of the said Court : " 

An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bank- Bankrupte 
ruptcy in Lreland : (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act to continue an Act of the last Session of poor Law 


Poor Persons in Unions upon the Common Fund ; Act Amend- 
. : ment Bill, 
and to make certain Amendments in the Laws for 


the Relief of the Poor: 


An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws re- BankruptLaw 
lating to Bankrupts : Consolidation 


An Act to promote the Advance of Private Money Drainage of 
a + rei of Lands in Great Britain and Jre- Lands Bill. 
and. 

An Act to amend the Nuisances Removal and Nuisances 
Diseases Prevention Act, 1848: Removal and 

Diseases Pre- 
vention Bill. 

An Act for suspending, until the First day of Defects in 
June One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, the Leases Sus- 
Operation of an Act passed this Session, intituled, 2" Bill 
“ An Act for granting Relief against Defects in 
Leases made under Powers of Leasing, in certain 
Cases :” 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Com- Commercial 
mercial Road, and other Roads connected there- ®0*4 (com- 
with, in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex :” ome he 


Cannon-street 
the Commercial Road, the Horse- 


An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh 
Railway Company to construct a Low Water Pier 74 Northern 
and other Works at Granton, and for other Pur- 


poses : 


way 
(Formation of 
Slip Quay and 
other Works 


at Granton, Extension of Station at Edinburgh, Regu- 


lation of Perth Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 
An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Lancaster and 
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company, Preston June- 
and to transfer the Management of the Railway to 4°", om 
ye . cts Amend- 
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company : ment (Power 
to alter Tolls, 
and for Appointment of Officers) Bill. 
An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Glasgow, Kil- 
Provisions of the Acts a to the Ardrossan ™arock and 
. rossan 
Harbour, and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- Railway, and 
drossan Railway : Ardrossan 
Harbour Acts 
Amendment 
Bill 


An Act to amend and extend and partly repeal Airdrie Police 
the Provisions of an Act of Parliament for erecting 224 Municipal 
the Town of Airdrie into a Burgh; to provide for _ 
the Municipal and Police Government of said 
Burgh ; and, for the better paving, watching, light- 
ing and cleansing, and for raion. the Police, 
and managing the Statute Labour of the said 
Burgh; for consolidating the Provisions of other 
Acts, and for other Pu relating thereto. 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Binbrocke 
certain Acts for inclosing Lands in the Parishes Saint Sans 
of Binbrooke Saint Mary and Binbrooke Saint Seine Mary” . 
Gabriel, in the County of Lincoln, and to vary Inclosure 
the Awards made thereunder, and to unite the said (Amendment 
Parishes : pe 

&amp;c,, and defining Parish Boundaries) Bill. 
An 








©MPanies Act 
(1848) amend. 


Parliament, for charging the Maintenance of certain Union Charges 


Roads, 
ferry Branch of Road, the East India 
Dock Road, and the Barking Roa) Bill. 


Alteration of Awards, settling Titles to Lands, 


a tahoe ae one Ge oh GC. G Gh Oh O50 ee bad 











13 Victoria. 


An Act to effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway to the Cale. 

(Lease or Pur- deni , 

chase of the @onian Railway Company : 


Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil- 
ston Railway) Bill. 


Eastern Union An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Eastern 


eg Union Railway Company : 


way Companies (Amendment of Acts, and Power 
to lease, sell or amalgamate to or with the East- 
ern Counties Railway Company) Bill. 


General Land 
Drainage and 





Caledonian 
Railway 


An Act for the Incorporation of the General Land 
Irorovement Drainage and Improvement Company, and for 
Company facilitating the Execution of Land Drainage and 


(Incorporation other Improvements : 
and conferring 
of Powers)Bill. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Bill. 


An Act to incorporate the Great Indian Peninsula 
Railway Company, and for other Purposes con- 
nected therewith : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great 

- Northern Railway, and to make a Diversion of such 
ae Da Railway at Bentley-with-Arksey, in the West Riding 
of Acts, De- A : 
viations and Of Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Boston, Lincoln 
Enlargements and London Stations of such Railway : 
atandnear_ 

Boston, Bentley, Lincoln 

and King’s Cross) Bill. 

Hospital for An Act to incorporate the Governors of the Hos- 

en pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, 
and to authorize ‘he Establishment of a Chapel in 

connexion with the said Hospital, and to enable 

the said Governors the better to carry on their Cha- 

ritable Designs : 

An Act to consolidate into one Act, and to amend 
were the Provisions of the several Railway and Dock 
Railway (Con- Acts relating to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
ee =, colnshire Railway Company, and to amend their 

m . 
Acts) Bil, Canal Acts : 
Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Acts Amend- 
ment, 


Branches and 
Deviations 
Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


Manchester, 


An Act to alter and amend some of the Powers 
and Provisions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
Railways Acts, and to authorize the Formation of 
eertain Branch Railways, a Navigable Canal, and 
other Works connected with the same respectively, 
and for other Purposes : 

Stirling and 
Dunfermline 
Railway 
{Deviation of 
Branch to 


An Act to authorize a Deviation of the Branch 
Line of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to 
Alloa Harbour and the Diversion of certain Works, 
-~ La, extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of 
Diversion of | certain Lands, and for other Purposes : 
certain Works; Extension of Time for completing Line 
and taking Land; and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 

East Indian An Act for incorporating the East Indian Rail- 
eed tor W2Y Company, and for other Purposes connected 
or ae therewith : 


intaining or mi ways i 

the East Indies) Incorporation Bil. 
Bowling Iron An Act for confirming and carrying into effect 
Company Bill. an Arrangement made by the Court of Chancery, 
concerning the Proprietors of the Bowling Iron 
Company, and for granting certain Powers to the 
said Company : 

An Act for regulating and improving the Markets 
and Fairs in the Borough of Louth, in the County 
of Lincoln: 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the eleventh 
year of the Reign of King George the First, for 
regulating Elections within the City of Zondon, and 
for preserving the Peace, good Order, and Govern- 
ment of the said City : 

An Act to amend the Norfolk Estuary Act 1846, 
on and to enable the Eau Brink Commissioners, and 
of Acts,ang_ the Corporation of King’s Lynn, to contribute to- 
Powers ofCon- wards the Undertaking, and for other Purposes 
sribution i. connected therewith : 


Louth Markets 
and Improve- 
ments Bill, 


London Cor- 
poration Bill, 


Norfolk 


the Eau B. 
Commissioners of Drainage, and by the 
Corporation of King’s Lynn) Bill. 

Trenchard’s 
Estate Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of 
William Trenchard, Esquire, deceased, to pull down 
the Mansion or Dwelling-house at Lytchet Matra- 
vers, in the County of Dorset, and the Stables, Of- 
VoL. 104, 


1° Augusti. 








627 


fices, and Outbuildings belonging thereto, part of the 
Estates devised by the said Will, and to rebuild a 
smaller Mansion, Stabling and Outbuildings, suit- 
able to the same, and to pull down Farm Buildings 
on the said Estates, and to rebuild the same; and 
to convert Shrubberies and Pleasure Grounds into 
Arable and Pasture Lands, and to raise Money for 
these Purposes, by the Sale of part of the Capital 
of the personal Estate of the said William Trench- 
ard, deceased, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for vesting the Real Estates, devised by Cresswell’s 
the Will of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, of Harting- (ot Bateman’s) 
ton Hail, in the County of Derby, Baronet, in Trus- P***¢ Bill 
tees, upon Trust, to sell a part thereof, and to lay 
out the Monies arising from such Sale in Payment 
of the Mortgage Debts, and other Charges and In- 
cumbrances, affecting the said Estates, and in Re- 

airs and substantial Improvements upon the said 
states, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Wilson's 
Baronet, to grant the Site of a Church, for the weary mel 
District of Saint Thomas, Woolwich, and for other Wootwich) 
Purposes : Estate Bill. 

An Act for the better Administration of the Reai Grenville’s 
and Personal Estates of the Right honourable James Estate Bill. 
Lord Glastonbury, deceased : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of certain Parts Osborn’s 
of the Estates, in the County of Middlesex, devised Estate Bill. 
by the Will of Sir George Osborn, Baronet, deceased, 
for the purpose of discharging the Incumbrances 
thereon : 

An Act to remove Doubts relative to the Appoint- Sir Robert 
ment of Mr. George Bishton, as a Commissioner _ Estate 
under the Pattingham and Patshull Inclosure Act : ~~ 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building Tempest’s 
Leases of Parts of the Estates devised by the Will Estate Bill. 
of the late Henry Blundell, Esquire, situate in the 
Townships of Heaton and Rumworth, in the County 
of Lancaster, and to lease Coal and other Mines, 
and to grant Farming Leases for twenty-one years 
of Lands, within the said Townships, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act for the Sale of certain Hereditaments in Theophilus 
the Parish of Barkham, in the County of Berks, Clive’s Estate 
effected by the Settlement made on the Marriage of 
Theophilus Clive, Esquire : 

An Act for removing Doubts relative to the Honourable 
Powers of granting Building Leases contained in C. C. Caven- 
the Will of the Right honourable George Augustus Soot Evens) 
Henry Earl of Burlington, deceased, and for other Estate Bill. 
Purposes : ; , 

An Act for supplying the Omission in the Will of W. H. F. 
the Right honourable George Augustus Henry Earl [avendist’s 
of Burlington, deceased, of Powers of granting 
Farming and Building Leases of the Estates in the 
Counties of York and Derby, devised by the same 
Will; of Powers of selling and exchanging the 
same Estates, and for other Purposes: 

An Act for naturalizing Richard Tufton, and Tafton’s 
Henry Tufton, his Infant Son: Het. BiB. 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward cripps’s 
Cripps, Esquire, with Augusta Sarah, his now Divorce Bill. 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage ofthe Reverend Faussett’s 
Bryan Faussett, with Helena Caroline, his Wife, Divorce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes : ; 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward Eus- Hill’s Divorce 
tace Hill, Esquire, with the Honourable Georgiana Bill. 
Charlotte (commonly called Lady Georgiana Char- 
lotte), his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes. 


And afterwards a Speech of the Lords Commis- Lords Com- 
sioners was delivered to both Houses, by the Lord — 
President, which is as followeth : pecee. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


We have it in command from Her Majesty to in- 
4L2 form 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


628 1° Augusti.—9° Octobris.—20° Novembris 1849.—16° Januarii 1850. 


form you, that the state of Public Business enables | 
Her to dispense with your attendance in Parlia-— 
ment, and to close the present Session. 

Her Majesty has directed us to express Her sa- . 
tisfaction with the zeal and assiduity with which you T HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parlisinent 
have discharged the !aborious and anxious duties, in | Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 
the performance of which you have been occupigd. Country ; 

er Majesty has given = assent to the import- | 
ant measure you have passed to amend the Na- 
vigation Laws, in full confidence that the enter-| 
prise, skill and hardihood of Her people will assure | Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
to them a full share of the Commerce of the World,! The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
and maintain upon the Seas the ancient renown ad Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Nation. F | this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 

Her Majesty has commanded us to acquaint you, | hear the Commission read. 
that the friendly character of Her relations with Fo- | : 
reign Powers affords Her a just confidence in the, . Accordingly the House, with the Clerk As- 
continuance of Peace. sistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 

The Preliminaries of Peace between Prussia and the Commission was read, for the further pro- 
Denmark have been signed, under the mediation of | TOSWg of the Parliament until Tuesday the 20th 
Her Majesty; and Her Majesty trusts that this | CY of November next ; and the Parliament was 
Convention may prove the forerunner of a definitive | accordingly prorogued until Tuesday the 20th day 
and permanent Treaty. |o November next. 

Her Majesty’s efforts will continue to be directed |__ 
to promote the restoration of Peace in those parts | 


ot Europe in which it has been interrupted. | Martis, 20° die Novembris ; 


Martis, 9° die Octobris ; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 





Gentlemen of the House of Commons, Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1849. 


We are commanded by Her Majesty to return 'r | ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 


you Her thanks for the provision which you have | Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 
made for the Public Service. country ; 7 


The Public Expenditure has undergone consider- | 
able reductions within the present year, and Her; _A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Majesty will continue to apply a watchful economy , Pu/man, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


. Hf viet: 
in every branch of the Public Service. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
We are commanded by Her Majesty to congra- Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
tulate you on the happy termination of the War in this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
the Punjaub. ‘The exertions made by the Govern- | hear the Commission read. 
ment of Indie, and the valour displayed by the: Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Army in the field, demand Her Majesty Ss warmest | Assistant, went up to the House of Peers ; where 
acknowledgments. ; . : _ the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
Her Majesty has observed with gratification the | of the Parliament until Wednesday the 16th day of 
spirit of obedience to the Laws which has been ma- | January next; and the Parliament was accord- 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


nifested by Her Subjects during the period which | 
has elapsed since Her Majesty last addressed Her | 
Parliament. 

It is the characteristic of our Constitution, that | 
it renders the maintenance of order compatible with | 
the fullest enjoyment of political and civil liberty. 

The satisfaction with which Her Majesty has | 
viewed the peaceful progress of Her People in arts 
and industry, has been greatly alloyed by the con- | 
tinuance of severe distress in one part of the United | 
Kingdom. | 

Her Majesty has observed with pleasure your li- 
beral exertions to mitigate the pressure of this ca- | 
lamity ; and Her Majesty commands us to thank | 
you for your unremitting attention to measures cal- 
culated to improve the general condition of Ireland. 
It is Her Majesty’s fervent hope that it may please 
the Almighty Disposer of events to favour the ope- 
ration of those Laws which have been sanctioned by 
Parliament, and to grant to Her Jrish People, as 
the reward of that patience and resignation with 
which they have borne their protracted sufferings, 
the blessings of an abundant harvest, and of inter- 
nal Peace. 


After which a Commission was read, for pro- 
roguing the Parliament until Tuesday the 9th day 
of October next; and the Parliament was accord- | 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 9th day of Oc- | 
tober next. | 


ingly prorogued until Wednesday the 16th day of 
January next. 





Mercuri, 16° die Januarii ; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


i &amp;- House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Thursday the 31st day of 


this instant January ; and the Parliament was ac- 


cordingly prorogued until Thursday the 31st dey 
of this instant January. 








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