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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. 105. 











7 ] c 


ad 


JOURNALS 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 




















From JANUARY the Slst, 1850, 


In the Tutrtrrentu YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To DEcEMBER the 17th, 1850, 


In the FourTEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


ee ee 


Sess. 1850. 


—&gt;— 


Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 








Vox. 105, A2 



























JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








VOL. 105. 











Vou. 105. 

















Message to 
attend The 
Lords Com- 
missioners. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Members take 
the Oaths. 


Military 
Operations in 
the Punjaub. 


J OUR 





NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE 


of COMMONS. 








Sess. 








Jovis, 31° die Januari ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


A MESSAGE was delivered by Mr. Pulman, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, ‘ 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Act passed in the 
twenty-fourth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the 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 pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Kidderminster, 
in the room of Richard Godson, Esquire, deceased ; 
for the Western Division of the County of Surrey, 
in the room of William Joseph Denison, Esquire, 
deceased ; for the City of Cork, in the room of 
Daniel Callaghan, Esquire, deceased ; and for the 
Borough of New Shoreham, in the room of Charles 
Goring, Esquire, deceased. 


Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths required by law, and delivered to the 
Clerk of the House an account of their Qualifica- 
tion. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received from Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, 
the following Letter, in return to the Thanks of this 
House, communicated to him in obedience to their 
Commands of the 24th day of April last :— 


Sir, Meerut, 27th September 1849. 


1 have had the honour to receive from the Most 
noble the Governor-General of India, a printed Re- 
solution of the House of Commons, of the 24th of 

VoL. 105. 











April 1849, conveying the Thanks of that House for 
the Victories in the Punjaub; and, as a Major-Ge- 
neral therein named, I had the honour to offer my 
best acknowledgments to the Most noble the Go- 
vernor-General for the same, and I now have the 
honour of expressing to the House of Commons my, 
grateful thanks for such a distinguished mark of 
their approbation. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 
Jos. Thackwell, 
Major-General, late commanding the 
Cavalry of the Army of the Punjaub, 


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


A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandes- 


; : . " Outlawries 
tine Outlawries was real the first time; and or- Bill. 


dered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict Diss 
mand ,—Copy of further Correspondence on the sub- cipline and 
ject of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in ee 
continuation of Papers presented in February and 
July 1849). 

Further Papers relative to the Affairs of New New Zealand. 
Zealand (in continuation of Paper presented 31st 
July 1849). 

Papers relative to the Affairs of the Island of Jamaica. 
Jamaica (in continuation of the Papers presented 
to Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, 10th 
May 1849). 

Copy of Despatches relative to the Reception of Convicts 
Convicts at the Cape of Good Hope, 18th Decem- (Cape of Good 
ber 1849. — 

Papers relative to Emigration to the Australian Emigration. 
Colonies (in continuation of House of Commons 
Paper, No. 593, July 1849). 

‘ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
‘able. 


Ordered, Tnat there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United and Expendi- 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year = 
ended the 5th day of January 1850 (after om 

B2 the 


No. 1. 














British 
Guiana. 


Poor Law 
Unions and 
Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law. 


(Ireland) 


Dolly’s Brae. 


Millbank 
Prison. 


Copyholds. 


Factories, 


. 31° Januariz. 


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 1849; the 
Amount of Money raised by additions to the Fund- 
ed or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1850; the Money applied towards 
the Redemption of the Funded, or paying off Un- 
funded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Re-payments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., 
with the Difference accruing thereon ; and the Ba- 
lances in the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 
1850. 


A. 1850. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—A Supple- 
mental Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 26th day of February, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for 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 Number of Churches and Chapels 
attached to the Establisliment 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 per- 
formed by the Incumbent or Curate (in continua- 
tion of the Return presented 6th July 1849). 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 





and Chapels 
( Wales.) 


Churches 


Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- | 24th day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, (Scotland.) 


counts. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts 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 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 Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 594, of Session 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. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Second Report of the 
Commissioners for inquiring into the Number and 
Boundaries of ~ wry se Unions, and Electoral 
Divisions in Jreland. 

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

Copy of Fourth Report of the Commissioners 
for inquiring into the Number and Boundaries of 
Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jre- 
land. 

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

Copy of Sixth Report of the Commissioners for 
inquiring into the Number and Boundaries of the 
Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jre- 
land. 

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


ig of Second Annual Report of the Poor 
Law Board, 1849, in pursuance of the Statute 10 
and 11 Vic. c. 109, s. 13. 

Copy of First Report of the Registrar-General 
of Marriages in Ireland, under the provisions of the 
Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 81. 

Papers relating to an Investigation held at Cas¢le- 
we'lan, into the occurrences at Dolly’s Brae on the 
12th July 1849. 

Copy of Sixth Report of the Inspectors of Mill- 
bank Prison. 

Copy of the a Report of the Copyhold 


Commissioners, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 


tary of State for the Home Department, pursuant 
to the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 35, s. 3. 


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 
3ist October 1849. 





for 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, 
and 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. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of April in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for 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 
Average Amount of actual Relief to each Pauper 
so relieved, in each Parish in Scotland, for the year 
1847; giving an Abstract in Counties:— And, a 
similar Return for the year 1848. 





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 
Medica! 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 Charge for 
Medical Assistance in the years ending June 1847 
and 1848, 





the 12th day of July in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for 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, Ozford, and in King’s College, Cam- 
bridge, and the Annual Number of Candidates a 
those 





Population, 


Poor Law, &amp;e. 


land.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Poor Law 
4th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, (Medical. 
for a Return in regard to each parish in the counties tend) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Universities. 





—_* 


Sd 


Fara e 








Quarantine. 


‘Court of 
Session 
Scotland. ) 


Poor Relief 
ATreland. ) 


Lighthouses 
Ireland.) 


‘Court of 
‘Chancery 
‘(Treland. ) 


Epidemic and 
Contagious 
Diseases 
&lt;Treland.) 


Votes and 
Proceedings. 


13 Vicroriz. 


those two Colleges in the University Examinations 
for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 17th day of July in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Expenses of Quarantine, 
distinguishing the Salary and Expenses of the Su- 
Se ee tee of Quarantine, and other 

xpenses, at the Privy Council Office, or in any 
other Public Department; the Expenses of the 
several Quarantine Stations in Great Britain, Ire- 
land, 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 Re- 
turns of Fees paid. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—A 
Return of the Number of Causes instituted and 
decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, be- 
tween the Ist day of January 1849, and the Ist 
day of January 1850, showing the Number of 
Causes ready for Judgment, but not disposed of at 
the last of these Dates. 

Copy of a General Order issued by the Commis- 
sicners for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in Jreland, fixing the Amount to be raised for 
the purposes of the Act passed for a General Rate- 
in-Aid,. 

Copy of a General Order issued by the Commis- 
sioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the 
Poor in Zreland, prescribing the Town in which the 
Union Rate-in-Aid is to be kept. 

Copies of Forty-eight General Orders issued by 
the Commissioners for administering the Laws for 
Relief of the Poor in Zreland. 

An Account of all Monies received and applied 
by the Corporation for preserving and improving 
the Port of Dublin, on account of Lighthouses, for 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1848. 

Copy of Order made by the Lord Chancellor of 
Ireland, for altering the Amount of certain Fees 
payable to the Clerks or Examiners of the Masters 
of the Court of Chancery. 

Copy of Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Council 
of Ireland, for again renewing an Order made on 
the 4th October 1848 for the prevention of Epi- 
demic and Contagious Diseases. 

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


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


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had been 
at the House of Peers, at the desire of the Lords 
Commissioners appointed under the Great Seal for 
holding this present Parliament ; and that the Lord 
High Chancellor, being one of the said Commis- 
sioners, made a Speech to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment; 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, 


WE are commanded by Her Majesty to assure 

ou that Her Majesty has great satisfaction in again 

coring recourse to the advice and assistance of Her 
Parliament. 

The decease of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide has 
caused Her Majesty deep affliction. The extensive 
charity and exemplary virtues of Her late Majesty 
will always render Her memory dear to the Nation. 

Her Majesty happily continues in peace and 
amity with Foreign Powers. 


In the course of the autumn, differences of a se- 
rious character arose between the Governments of 
Austria and Russia on the one hand, and the Sub- 
lime Porte on the other, in regard to the treatment 

VoL, 105. 





31° Januari. 





5 


of a considerable nuinber of persons who, after the 
termination of the civil war in Hungary, had taken 
refuge in the Turkish territory. 

Explanations which took place between the Turk- 
ish and Imperial Governments have fortunately re- 
moved any danger to the peace of Europe which 
might have arisen out of these differences. 

er Majesty, having been appealed to on this 
occasion by the Sultan, united Her efforts with those 
of the Government of France, to which a similar ap- 
peal had been made, in order to assist, by the 
employment of Her good offices, in effecting an ami- 
cable settlement of those differences in a manner 
consistent with the dignity and independence of the 
Porte. 

Her Majesty has been engaged in communica- 
tions with Foreign States upon the measures which 
might be rendered necessary by the relaxation of 
the restrictions formerly imposed by the Navigation 
Laws of this Country. 

The Governments of the United States of America 
and of Sweden have promptly taken steps to secure 
to British ships in the ports of their respective coun- 
tries, advantages similar to those which their own 
ships now enjoy in British ports. 

With regard to those Foreign States whose Na- 
vigation Laws have hitherto been of a restrictive 
character, Her Majesty has received from nearly all 
of them assurances which induce Her to hope that 
our example will speedily lead toa great and gene- 
ral diminution of those obstacles which previously 
existed to a free intercourse by sea between the na- 
tions of the world. 

In the summer and autumn of the past year the 
United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages 
of the Cholera; but Almighty God, in His mercy, 
was pleased to arrest the progress of mortality, and 
to stay this fearful pestilence. Her Majesty is per- 
suaded that we shall best evince our gratitude by 
vigilant precautions against the more obvious causes 
of sickness, and an enlightened consideration for 
those who are most exposed to its attacks. 

Her Majesty, in Her late visit to Ireland, derived 
the highest gratification from the loyalty and attach- 
ment manifested by all classes of Her subjects. 
Although the effects of former years of scarcity are 
painfully felt in that part of the United Kingdom, 
they are mitigated by the present abundance of food, 
and the tranquillity which prevails. 

Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratulat- 
ing you on the improved condition of Commerce 
and Manufactures. Itis with regret that Her Ma- 
jesty has observed the complaints which in many 


/parts of the Kingdom have proceeded from the 


Owners and Occupiers of Land. Her Majesty 
greatly laments that any portion of Her subjects 
should be suffering distress; but it is a source of 
sincere gratification to Her Majesty to witness the 
increased enjoyment of the necessaries and comforts 
of life which cheapness and plenty have bestowed 
upon the great body of Her people. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the 
year to be laid before you. They have been framed 
with a strict regard to economy, while the efficiency 
of the various Branches of the Public Service has 
not been neglected. 

Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction the pre- 
sent state of the Revenue. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


Some of the measures which were postponed at 
the end of the last Session, for want of time for their 
consideration, will be again laid before you. Among 


the most important of these is one for the better go- 
vernment of the Australian Colonies. 

Her Majesty has directed various measures to be 
prepared for the improvement of the condition of 





Ireland, The mischiefs arising from Party Pro- 
B 3 cessions 
























































Motion for 
Address. 


6 


31° Januari. 





A. 1850. 


cessions, the defects of the Laws regulating the rela- jesty has received from nearly all of them assurances. 


tions of Landlord and Tenant, the imperfect state of 
the Grand Jury Acts, and the diminished number of 
Electors for Members to serve in Parliament, will, 
together with other matters of serious consequence, 
form the subjects of measures to be submitted for 
your consideration. 

Her Majesty has learnt with satisfaction that the 
measures which have been already passed for the 
promotion of the Public Health are in a course of 
gradual adoption; and Her Majesty trusts that, 
both in the Rateersile and in various parts of the 
United Kingdom, you will be enabled to make fur- 
ther progress in the removal of evils which affect the 
health and well-being of Her subjects. 

The favour of Divine Providence has hitherto pre- 
served this Kingdom from the wars and convulsions 
which, during the last two years, have shaken so 
many of the States of the Continent of Europe. 

It is Her Majesty’s hope and belief that by com- | 
bining liberty with order, by preserving what is va-'| 
luable, and amending what is defective, you will sus- | 
tain the fabric of our Institutions as the abode and | 
the shelter of a free and happy people. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being _ | 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Maiesty, to convey to Her Majesty the Thanks | 
of this House for the gracious Speech whicti Her | 
Majesty has commanded to be made to both Houses 
of Parliament : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her great satisfaction in again having recourse 
to the advice and assistance of Her Parliament : 

That we condole with Her oe apn on the decease | 
of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, which has caused 
Her Majesty deep affliction ; and that we entirely 
concur with Her Majesty in the belief that the ex- 
tensive charity and exemplary virtues of Her late 
Majesty will always render Her memory dear to’ 
the Nation: 

Humbly to express the satisfaction with which we 
learn that Her Majesty happily continues in peace 
and amity with Foreign Powers : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, in 
the course of the autumn, differences of a serious 
character arose between the Governments of Austria 
and Russia on the one hand, and the Sublime Porte 
on the other, in regard to the treatment of a con- 
siderable number of persons, who, after the termi- 
nation of the civil War in Hungary, had taken refuge 
in the Turkish Territory ; ont we rejoice to learn 
that explanations which took place between the 
Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately 
removed any danger to the peace of Europe which 
might have arisen out of these differences : 

umbly to convey to Her Majesty our thanks | 


for informing us that Her Majesty having been ap- | 
pealed to on this occasion by the Sultan, united | 
Her efforts with those of the Government of France, 


to which a similar appeal had been made, in order 
to assist, by the poms se of Her good offices, 
in effecting an amicable settlement of those differ- 
ences in a manner consistent with the dignity and 
independence of the Porte : 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that 
Her Majesty has been engaged in communications 
with Foreign States upon the measures which might 
be rendered necessary by the relaxation of the re- 
strictions formerly imposed by the Navigation Laws 
of this Country : 

That we rejoice to learn that the Governments of 
the United States of 4merica and of Sweden have 
promptly taken steps to secure to British Ships, in 
the Ports of their respective Countries, advantages 
similar to those which their own Ships now enjoy 
in British Ports: 

That with regard to those Foreign States whose 
Navigation Laws have hitherto been of a restrictive 
character, we learn with gratification that Her Ma- 


which induce Her to hope that our example will 
speedily lead to a great and general diminution of 
those obstacles which previously existed to a free 
intercourse by sea between the nations of the 
world : 

That we unite with Her Majesty in lamenting 
that in the summer and autumn of the past year the 
United Kingdom was again visited by the ravages 
of the Cholera; but we are thankful to Almighty 
God, who in His mercy was pleased to arrest the 
my of mortality, and to stay this fearful pesti- 
ence : 

That we humbly concur with Her Majesty, in the 
persuasion that we shall best evince our gratitude 
by vigilant precautions against the more obvious 
causes of sickness, and an enlightened consideration 
for those who are most exposed to its attacks. 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that we rejoice 
to be informed that Her Majesty, in Her late visit 
to Ireland, derived the highest gratification from 
the loyalty and attachment manifested by all 
classes of Her subjects; and that we learn with 
satisfaction that, although the effects of former years 
of scarcity are painfully felt in that part of the 
United Kingdom, they are mitigated by the present 
abundance of food, and the tranquillity which 
prevails : 

That we regard with great satisfaction the im- 
proved condition of Commerce and Manufactures ; 


_and whilst sharing with Her Majesty in the regret 


with which Her Majesty has observed the com- 
plaints which in many parts of the Kingdom have 
proceeded from the owners and occupiers of Land ; 
and humbly concurring with Her Majesty in la- 
menting greatly that any portion of Her Majesty’s 
subjects should be suffering distress; to unite with 
Her Majesty in the feelings of sincere gratification 
with which Her Majesty witnesses the increased 
enjoyment of the necessaries and comforts of life, 
which cheapness and plenty have bestowed upon 
the great body of Her people: 

To thank ie Majesty for having directed the 


_ Estimates for the year to be laid before us, and for 


informing us that they have been framed with a 
strict regard to economy, whilst the efficiency of 


' the various branches of the Public Service has not 


been neglected : 
That we participate in the satisfaction with which 
Her Majesty has seen the present state of the 
Revenue : 
To express our thanks to Her Majesty for in- 
forming us that some of the measures which were 
postponed at the end of the last Session, for want of 
time for their consideration, will be again laid before 
us, and that among the most important of these 
is one for the better government of the Australian 
Colonies : 
Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di- 
rected various meusures to be prepared for the im- 
provement of the condition of Jreland, and for ac- 
| quainting us that the mischiefs arising from Party 
Srosmvtiene ; the defects of the laws regulating the 
| relations of landlord and tenant ; the imperfect state 
|of the Grand Jury Acts ; and the diminished num- 
ber of electors for Members to serve in Parliament, 

will, together with other matters of serious eonse- 
quence, form the subjects of measures to be sub- 
| mitted for our consideration : 

That we unite in the satisfaction with which Her 
Majesty has learnt that the measures which have 
been already passed for the promotion of the Pub- 
_lic Health are in a course of gradual adoption, and 
| that we concur with Her Majesty in the ewe that, 
both in the Metropolis and in various parts of the 
United Kingdom, we shall be enabled to make fur- 

ther progress in the removal of evils which affect 
the health and well-being of Her subjects : 

Humbly to join with Her Majesty in acknow- 

ledging that the favour of Divine Providence has 
hitherto 











gai 








Liberia. 


Postage 
(Belgium. ) 


Tyne Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Carlisle Gas 
Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill, 


London 

cio 
illen Rail 

— 





13 Vicrorim. 


hitherto preserved this Kingdom from the Wars and 
convulsions which during the last two years have 
shaken so many of the States of the Continent of 
Europe; and that we heartily concur in the hope 
and belief expressed by Her Majesty, that by com- 
bining liberty with order, by preserving what is 
valuable, and amending what is defective, we shall 
sustain the fabric of our Institutions as the abode 
and the shelter of a free and happy people; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting in the 13th paragraph, after 
the words “Commerce and Manufactures,’ the 
words, “ but humbly to represent to Her Majesty, 
“ that in many parts of the United Kingdom, and 
“ especially in Jreland, the various classes of Her 
“ Majesty's subjects connected with the cultivation 
“ of the soil are labouring under severe distress, 
“ mainly attributable, in our opinion, to recent legis- 
“ lative enactments, the operation of which is aggra- 
“« vated by the heavy pressure of local taxation.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


wn 


n 


And the House yam, nape to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 1° die Februarii, 1850: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by. Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Friendship and 
Commerce between Her Majesty and the Republic 
of Liberia, signed at London, November 21, 1848. 

Copy of additional Convention between Her Ma- 
jesty and the King of the Belgians, reducing the 
Rates of Postage between the British dominions 
and Belgium, signed at London, November 27, 
1849. 

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


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








Veneris, 1° die Februarii; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Mayor, Aldermen and 
— of the borough of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improve- 
ment and Regulation of the River Tyne, and the 
Navigation thereof, and for other purposes, was 
esented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
— in accordingly, by Mr. Ord and Mr. Head- 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the city of Carlisle, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to authorize a Transfer of the Undertaking and 
Powers of the Carlisle Gas-Light and Coke Com- 
pany to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the 
City of Carlisle; to enable them to light the said 
City and the Environs thereof, and to raise Money 
for such purposes ; to repeal, or amend and extend 
the powers of the several Acts for lighting the said 
City and Environs, and for other Purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Philip Howard and 
Mr. Hodgson. 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Enniskillen 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to extend their line of 
Railway from Strabane to Omagh, and to amend 


31° Januaru.—1° Februari. 7 


the Acts relating to the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson, 
Captain Jones and Captain Bateson. 


of land and houses adjoining the banks of the 
River Tyne, between Spar Hawke and Hedwin 
Streams, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Con- 
servancy 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. 


counties of Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, for 





leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts 
relating to the said Navigation, and to enable the 
Trustees further to improve the Navigation, and to 
dispose of the Surplus Water, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the 
River Lee Trust (Powers to improve the Navigation 
and dispose of the Surplus Water, and Amendment 
of existing Acts) Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, in the following instances; viz. 
1. The Book of Reference deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, on 
the 30th of November, did not contain any de- 
scription of properties No. 1, to 10, in the parish 
of Wormley, or of properties No. 39, to 47, in the 
arish of Tottenham; but an amended copy of the 
ook of Reference was deposited with the said 
Clerk of the Peace on the 3d of December, and it 
appeared that no application had been made for in- 
spection of the Plans in the interval. 


2. The portions of the Plan, Section and Book of 
Reference relating to the following parishes, were 
not deposited with the respective Parish Clerks, , 
before eight o’clock on the 30th of November. 





PARISHES, Time deposit was made. 
Enfield - = = =  =|8} p.m., Nov. 30th. 
Waltham Holy Cross - 9 p.m. 


Broxborne; Ware; and, Saint John’s, 
Bee - - - 
Great Amwell (deposit made with 
the resident Curate at the Vicar- 
age, there being no Parish Clerk) | about 9 p.m. 
Cheshunt ; Wi ; Stanstead Ab- 
botts ; Saint Margarets ; Nazing ; 
and, Roydon - - - -= 
It appeared that the =. of the above-men- 
tioned portions of the Plan, Section and Book of 
Reference from the press, was delayed, owing to an 
accident in carrying the type, when set up. 
3. Application was not made in conformity with 
the Standing Orders to William Bradshaw, owner 
of property intended to be taken, the application 
having been forwarded to him by post, and returned 
by the Post-office as undelivered; but application 
was made personally to the above-named party on 
the 17th of December. 


between 8 and 10 p. m. 





between 8 and 11 p.m. 


within Ordinary Spring Tides in Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan and Mr. 
James Fagan. 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the sai 
Company to make a Deviation in and @ Branch 








VoL. 105, 


p4 Railway 















































A Petition of Shipowners of the ports of Mew- Pyne River 
castle and Shields, and Proprietors and Occupiers ow 


A Petition of Trustees for preserving and im- River Lee 
proving the Navigation of the River Lee, in the Trust Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there~ Embankment 


. . . . . = d Re 1 
unto subseribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- #° (ireland) 


closing and embanking Waste and Slob Lands, pin, 


A Petition of the West Cornwall Railway Com~ West Cornwall 
d Railway Bill. 





NS ne ete AEE SS SIE 








Nar 





8 1° Februari. 


Railway from their authorized Line of Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 


West Cornwall 


Railway 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 
the West Cornwall Railway (Deviation of Line, and 
Branch at Hayle, and Amendment of Act) Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with ; asa 
printed copy of the said Bill was not deposited in 
the office of the Commissioners of Railways, until 
after eight o’clock on the evening of the Thirty-first 
day of December last. 


Montrose A Petition of Trustees of the Harbour of the 

Harbour Bill. burgh of Montrose, in the county of Forfar, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act relating to 
the Harbour of Montrose, and to enable the Trustees 
to borrow a further Sum of Money, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Humeand Lord Gordon Hally- 
burten. 


Borough of A Petitionof the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, 
— ~~ a of the borough of Salford, in the county of Lan- 
Improvement caster, for leave to bring in a Bill for better sup- 
plying with Water the Borough of — and for 

the further Improvement of the said Borough, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Borough of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

a Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

Improvement Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 

i the Borough of Salford Waterworks and Improve- 

ment (Transfer of the Powers of the Corporation of 
Manchester to the Corporation of Salford, and 
making other Arrangements for supplying Salford 
with Pemnend Amendmentof the Salford Improve- 
ment Acts and Enlargement of Powers, and makin 
new Arrangements respecting the Bond Debts of the 
Corporation of Salford) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as by Clause ninety- 
one of the said Bill, power is sought to alter, divert, 
stop up, or enclose the whole, or any part of an 
street within the borough of Salford, which the 
Town Council shall deem necessary to be altered, 
diverted, stopped up or enclosed, and such power 
being for the making, maintaining, varying, or en- 
larging of streets, constitutes the said Bill a Bill 
of the second class, whereas the same has been 
treated by the promoters as a Bill of the first class, 
and none of the Standing Orders applicable to Bills 
of the second class have been complied with. 

Railway A Petition of the Railway Passengers Assurance 

Yassengers’ Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to confer ad- 

Company Bill. ditional Facilities for the Insurance of Railway Pas- 
sengers and other persons and goods by the Rail- 
way Passengers’ Assurance Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Granby 
and Mr. Mangles. 


South Devon —_A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, 
Railway Bill. ¢.+ Jeave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said 
Company to create new Shares in their Capital, for 


regulating the Payment of Dividends on the Shares 
in their Capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, bee read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly by Sir John Yarde Buller 
and Sir Ralph Lopes. 


South Wales A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, 
ime Bill. for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 


any to make a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, 
in lieu of the Railway already authorized, and to 
make certain Alterations in the Line and Levels, and 
the mode of Construction of their Railway, and for 











A. 1850. 


other purposes, was + ag and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gouth Wales 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the (X® 2) Bil. 
South Wales Railway (No. 2.) Repeal and Alteration 
of Powers as to Forest of Dean Railway and Works, 
and as to Tolls thereon, &amp;c., Construction of new 
Railway in the Forest of Dean, Deviation of Line, 
Crossing of Public Road, Arrangements with Vale of 
Neath Railway Company as to use of Station, &amp;c. 
Powers to secure Advantages on the re-issue of for- 
feited and on un-issued Shares, Purchase of Land for 
Wharves in Chepstow,and Amendment of Acts) Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
as application was not duly made on or before the 
fifteenth day of December last, to Mrs. Ann 
Nicholls, the owner of certain property in the parish 
of Magor,in the county of Monmouth, the same 
having been forwarded to the said Mrs. Ann 
Nicholls by post in a registered letter, which being 
improperly addressed, was returned by the Post- 
office as undelivered, but it appears that the address 
of the said Mrs. Ann Nichalls, as written on such 
letter, was obtained from Walter Pritchard, the 
tenant of such property. 


Peo of Trustees of the road from the Cromford and 
arket-place in Cromford, to the guide post, on Newhaven 
Hopton Siew, and st branch ed to New- ccna 
haven House and Wirksworth, all in the county of 

Derby, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing 

the Term of the Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike- 

road Act, and for other purposes, was presented, and 

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

cordingly, by Mr. William Evans and Mr. Mundy. 


A Petition of the Liverpool Cattle Market Com- riverpoor 
pany, and of the there-undersigned Directors of the Cattle Market 
said Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Bil. 
Enlargement of the Cattle Market at Liverpool, and 
for the better Regulation and Maintenance of the 
said Market, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

William Brown and Mr. Henry. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, Birkenhead 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and extend the Dock Trustees. 
Acts relating to the Docks of the Birkenhead Dock 34! 
Trustees, toextend the Time for completion of Works, 
and to exempt certain Vessels from the Payment of 
Rates to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and 
Mr. TYollemache. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Cambridge 
thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill = os 
for making a Railway to connect the Line of the ge : 
Royston avd Hitchin Railway with the Town of Branch to join 
Cambridge, and with the Line of the Eastern the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company, was presented, and Railway Bill 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cambridge 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for a a. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for wun, aus 
the Cambridge and Shepreth Junction Railway, and Branch to join 
Branch to join the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, be — 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, Railway Bill. 
as a printed copy of the said Bill was not deposited 
in the Office of the Commissioners of Railways, 
until after eight o’clock on the evening of the 31st 


day of December last. 


A Petition of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Exeter and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Crediton Bill. 
said Company to enlarge their Cowley Bridge 
Station, and to raise a further amount of Capital, 

was 














Exeter and 
Crediton 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Cork Docks, 
and Harbour 
— 
Bil o 


Cork Docks, 
and Harbour 
a 
B 


Clerical, 
Medical and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


18 Vicroriz. 


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 Exeter and Crediton Railway (Amendment of 
Acts, Further Capital, and Cowley Bridge Station 
Enlargement) Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, as the sum of 45/., being one- 
tenth part of the amount subscribed to the Subscrip- 
tion Contract, was not deposited with the Court of 
Chancery until the 22d day of January; and as a 
printed copy of the said Bill was not deposited in 
the office of the Comumnissioners of Railways until 
after eight o’clock on the evening of the 31st day 
of December last. 


A Petition of the Shrewshury and Hereford Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 
the Act relating to the said Company, was pre- 


sented, 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 Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Alteration 
and Decrease of Capital, Alteration and Increase 
of Number of Shares, and Amount thereof, and 
Amendment of Act) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, as the Bill relates to lands 
situate in more than one county, but the notices of 
the intended application to Parliament have not 
been published in any newspaper of the county of 
Chester, in which the principal office of the said 
Company, who are the Promoters of the Bill, is 
situate ; but notices have been published ina ZLon- 
don newspaper, und in newspapers of the counties 
of Salop and Hereford, in which counties the lands 
are situate to which the said Bill relates. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an 
Act for erecting a Ballast-office, and for reguiating 
Pilots within the Port and Harbour of Cork, and 
for rendering more safe and commodious the said 
Port and Harbour for all Ships and Vessels trading 
to and from the same, and also of the Cork and 
Bandon Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the Commissioners for improving 
and preserving the Port, Harbour and River of 
Cork, to construct Docks and other Works, and to 
make a Deviation in the Line of the Cork, Black- 
rock and Passage Railway, and to enable the Cork 
and Bandon Railway Company to-make an exten- 
sion of their present Line of Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upoa the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Cork Docks and Harbour Improvement (Con- 
struction of Wet Docks and Graving Docks, De- 
viation of Cork, Blackrock and Pussage Railway ; 
Extension of Cork and Bandon Railway and 
Amendment of various Acts of Parliament) Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
as a printed copy of the said Bill was not deposited 
in the office of the Commissioners of Railways, 
until after eight o'clock on the evening of the 31st 
day of December last. 


A Petition of Directors of the Society or Com- 
any, called The Clerical, Medical and General 
ife Assurance Society, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better enabling the said Society to sue and be 
sued, and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed 
of Constitution, and to give further Powers to the 
Vou. 105. 


1° Februari. 








9 


Society, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Turner 
and Mr. Walpole. 


A Petition of the Swansea Dock Company, for Swansea Dock 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending the ‘Time Company Bill. 
limited by the Swansea Dock Act 1847, for the 
compulsory Purchase of Lands and Executivn of 
Works, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot 
and Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- oe oat 
cesses of the borough of Swansea, for leave to Mumecipa 
bring in a Bill to enable the Corporation of Swansea, te 
with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, to subscribe for Shares in 
the Swansea Dock Company, and to raise Money 
for that purpose, and to purchase the Interest of 
certain Lessees of Property belonging to the said 
Corporation, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. John Henry Vivian and Mr. 
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Leeds and Halifax Leeds and 
District of Road, for leave to bring in a Bill for Halifax 
continuing the Term of an Act passed in the sixth FContinestion 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the of Term as to 
Fourth, intituied, “ An Act for repairing, widening, —_ 
improving and maintaining in Repair the Turnpike- ji) 4 
roads from Leeds to Halifax, and the several 
Branches and Roads therein mentioned, in the 
West Riding of the County of York,” so far as 
relates to the Leeds and a Road, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Cobden. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- waterford 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and Limerick 
the Acts relating to the Waterford and Limerick ®*!w+y Bil. 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Henry Winston Barron, Mr. 

Meagher and Mr. Monsell. 


A Petition of the Buckinghamshire Railway Buckingham- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize shire Railway 
an Alteration in the Line of the Buckinghamshire 
Railways at Oxford, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
the Marquis of Chandos, Sir Harry Verney and 
Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Norwich 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying — 
the City of Norwich and the Neighbourhood thereof * 
with Water, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the 
Marquis of Douro and Mr. Peto. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto New North 
subscribed, being Four of the Commissioners of the oad Bill 
Metropolis Turnpike-roads, North of the Thames, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and.amend the 
New North Road Act, 1849, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Ber- 
nal Osborne. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Rochdale, through Rochdale, 
Bamford and Birtle to Bury, and other Turnpike- {708" 
roads, for leave to bring ina Bil for more effectually pirtle to Bury, 
repairing and improving the Road from Rochdale, and other 
through Bamford and Birtle to Bury, and several a ae 
other Roads therein mentioned, all in the County 

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Direct Rail- 
way Bill, 


Dublin and 


Belfast Junc- 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Cambridge 
Regulation 


ment, Markets 


10 


Palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. William Brown and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Barrhead aud Neil- 
ston Direct Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to extend, amend and enlarge some of the 
Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 


to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and 
Colonel Mure. 


- A Petition of the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands required 
for the Completion of the Dublin and Belfast 
Junction Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
to such Railway, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Mr. James 
Hans Hamilton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Cambridge, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for regulating the Markets and Fairs held 


and Fairs Bill. within the Borough of Cambridge, and at Reach, 


Birkenhead 


Improvement 


Wakefield 
Borough 
Market Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich Rates 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway Bill. 


in the county of Cambridge ; and for enlarging the 
Market-place ; and for rebuilding or altering the 
Guildhall of the said Borough ; and for the Im- 
provement of the said Borough; and the better 
regulation of the Police within the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Shafto Adair, 
Mr. Eliot Yorke and Mr. Campbell. 


A Petition of Commissioners for carrying into 
effect certain Acts of Parliament relating to the 
Improvement of the Township of Birkenhead, in 
the county of Chester, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
give further Powers to the Birkenhead Improvement 
Commissioners, for purchasing the Wuodside Ferry ; 
and for regulating their Mortgage Debt, and facili- 
tating the Sale of their Lands, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. John 
Tollemache. 


A Petition of the Wakefield Borough Market 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the said Company to purchase certain Lands for a 
Market-place, and to make Approaches thereto, was 
presented, and read; and a Biull was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. George Sandars. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates 
and tenements and Rate-payers in the parish of 
West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, and the 
township of Oldbury in the parish of Hales Owen, 
in the county of Worcester, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for better assessing and collecting the Dante 
Rates, Highway Rates, the County Shire Hall, 
Police, and other County Rates, in the Parish of 
West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, and the 
Township of Oldbury, in the Parish of Hales Owen, 
in the County of Worcester, and which Parish of 
West Bromwich and Township of Oldbury, are 
situate within the West Bromwich Poor Law Union, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought inaccordingly, by Mr. Foley andViscount 
Lewisham. 


A Petition of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to grant fur- 
ther Powers to the said Company, for raising Money 
by the creation of Shares, in lieu of borrowing on 

ortgage, and to amend the Acts relating to the 





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farnham Railway Company, for leave to bring in 








A. 1850. 


Dublin and Drogheda Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and 
Colonel Taylor. 





A Petition of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow Waterford, — 
and Dublin Railway Company, for leave to bring &gt; and 
in a Bill to authorize the Abandonment of a Portion publin Rail. 
of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklowand Dublin Rail- way Bill. 
way, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Railway, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


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


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Woy) 4 
Private Bills ; ‘That in the case of the Petition for the Dublin Rail- 
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway way Bill. 
(Reduction of Capital, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Or- 

ders have not been complied with in the following 

instances, viz.; notice has not been given in con- 

formity with the Standing Orders to the four persons 
hereinafter named, out of 1,660 individuals, owners 

and lessees of lands in which part of the work in- 

tended to be relinquished, is situate, viz. 


(Letters returned as undelivered, 


Sir R. Brooke| Owner -/| a wrong address having been 
Bridges, Bart. given by % tenants of the 
, . _§ property. Letters have since 

Mary Wheeler | ditto Sane sent to the right address, 
Nicholas Gray | Lessee -| and Mr.Gray hasacknowledged 


\ the receipt of such letter. 


M. Johnson -| ditto -| Letter returned as undelivered, 
having been directed to Dun- 
drum, by mistake, instead of 

rum. Mr. Johnson has 


since been served with a notice. 








A Petition of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- pubiin, Dun- 
a drum and 
Bill to extend the Time, and to continue and revive a oem 
the Powers granted by the Acts relating to the Dub- wn A or 
lin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Company, Revival of 
for the compulsory Purchase of Lands and Comple- powers for the 
tion of Works, was presented, and read; and or- Lands and 


dered to lie upon the Table. Completion 
of Works, 
Amendment or Repeal of Acts) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin, Dun- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 44m and 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for — 
the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway (Extension or 
(Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not Revival of 
been complied with, in the following instances, viz.; Ne Ss 
the Notices do not specify the intenticn to apply Lands and 
for powers for extending the time for the compul- Completion 
sory purchase of lands on the Rathfarnham Branch yon 
(three-fourths of a mile in length), nor has applica~- or Repeal of 
tion been made to the owners, lessees and occupiers 4¢ts) Bill. 
on such Branch; but the agent for the Bill stated 
that the above-mentioned powers with respect to 
the Rathfarnham Branch, were included in the Bill 
by mistake. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- Eastern Union 

pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Railway Bill. . 
Time and continuing the Powers granted by the 
Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier Act, 
1847, for the compulsory Purchase of Lands and 
Houses, and for the Completion of Works, and for 
enabling the Eastern Union Railway Company to 
create new Shares, with certain Privileges attached 
for paying off their Mortgage Debt, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Eastern Union 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ®4ilway Bill 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Eastern Union Railway (Manningtree to Har- 
wich, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with in the following instance, viz.; ap- 
plication was not made in conformity with the 
Standing 





Guardian 


Fire and Life 


Assurance 


Company Bill. 


Aberdeen 


Railway Bill. , 


Edinburgh 
Slaughter- 
houses Re- 
moval Bill, 


Edinburgh 


and Glasgow 
and Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 


Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Airdrie and 
Monklands 


Junction Rail- 
way and Glas- 


gow College 
Lands Bill. 


East of Fife 


Railway Bill. 


Godstone and 


Highgate 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 


Surrey and 


Sussex 
Bil. Roads 


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Standing Orders to Thomas Nicholson, owner of | County of Surrey, to Godstone, in the same County, 


roperty intended to be taken, the application 
aving been forwarded by post, and returned by 
the Post-office as undelivered, owing to its having 
been misdirected, in consequence of information 
obtained from the tenant of the property. 


A Petition of the Guardian Fire and Life Assur- 
ance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
better enabling the said 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 accordingly, by Sir 
James Duke and Mr, John Martin. 


A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling the said 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
alter their Station and the Levels of their Railway, 
at and near Aberdeen, for repealing the Great North 
of Scotland Railway Act, 1847, for altering, amend- 
ing and extending the Acts relating to the Aberdeen 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Admiral Gordon and Captain Lor- 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, and of the Per- 
sons thereunto subscribing, being Butchers or Flesh- 
ers within the said city, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the erection of Public Slaughter- 
houses for the City of Edinburgh, and for the regu- 
lation of the same, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Gibson Craig and Mr. Cowan. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amal- 
gamate the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Com- 
pany with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Company, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cowan 
and Mr. John Benjamin Smith. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 
lands Junction Railway Company, and of the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Dissolu- 
tion and Winding-up of the Glasgow, Airdrie and 
Monklands Junction Railway Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Cowan and Mr. John Benjamin Smith. 


A Petition of the East of Fife Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the Dissolution of 
the East of Fife Railway Company, and for the 
Abandonment of the Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Fergus and Sir John Hope. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, being a 
Quorum of Trustees of the Turnpike-road thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for more ef- 
fectually repairing the Road from Godstone, in the 
County of Surrey, to Highgate, in the Parish of 
East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, and from 
thence to Witchcross, in the same County, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. 
Locke King. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, being a 
Quorum of Trustees of the Turnpike-roads therein- 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for re- 
pairing the Road leading from Stones End, in Black- 
man-street, in the Borough of Southwark, in the 


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and several other Roads therein mentioned, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. 
Locke King. 


A Petition of Members of the Society of the Elgin Guildry 
Guildry Fund of Elgin, thereunto subscribing, for Fund Society 
leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Society of gi, 

the Guildry Fund of Elgin, to enable the said 

Society to sue and be sued, to regulate the said 

Society, and for other purposes relating thereto, was 

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

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cumming Bruce 

and Mr. George Duff. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Kent Water- 
Kent Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill to works Bill. 
enable the said Company to raise a further Sum of 

Money, and to alter and amend the former Acts re- 

lating thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Law Hodges and Mr. Barnard. 


A Petition of Persons being Promoters of the Leicester and 
Bill thereinafter mentioned, for Jeave to bring in a Hitchin Rail- 
Bill to make better Provision for ensuring the for- "*Y 31 
mation of a Railway from Leicester to Hitchin, was 
presented and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Stuart and 
Mr. Alderman Copeland. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Traders and others of Reading 
the borough of Reading, in the county of Berks, Cattle Market 
and the neighbourhood thereof, for leave to bring in” 
a Bill for providing, regulating and maintaining a 
Cattle Market, in the Borough of Reading, in the 
County of Berks, and for constructing a convenient 
Market-place therein, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Pigott and 
Mr. Stanford. 


A Petition of Merchants, Dock Porters and Liverpool 
others, Inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, or Docks Bill. 
connected with the Trade of the Port of Liverpool, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the 
Acts relating to the Liverpool Docks, as prohibits 
the receiving, weighing and loading off the cargoes 
of vessels from foreign Ports, except by porters em- 
ployed by a master porter acting under the pro- 
visions of those Acts, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Brown and Mr. Heyworth. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant New Windsor 

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 New Windsor, 

in the room of Captain John Hay, commonly called, 

Lord John Hay, who, since his Election for the 

said Borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward 

of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead. 


Petitions from Barony of Geashill (King’s County); Agricultural 
—County of Lincoln, (Sheriff) ;—County of Dublin, Distress. 
(High Sheriff) ;— Whitilesey ;—and, Rutland (High 
Sheriff) ; complaining of the depressed state of the 
Agricultural Interest; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Port Elizabeth, in the eastern Cape of Good 
province of the Cape of Good Hope ;—and, Cape Hove. 
Town and its vicinity, Cape of Good Hope (two Pe- 
titions) ; praying the House to pass an Act, whereby 
the Cape Colony shall be declared now and for ever 
free, a colony which they conceive, neither by an 
Order in Council nor by any exercise of the: Royal 
Prerogative, can ever be made into a penal settle- 





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County 
Expenditure 


Schools 
(Scotland. ) 


Currency. 


Post: office. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Colchester 
Writ. 


County 
Treasurers. 


ES 





Slave Trade. 


12 


ment,—were er and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashbourne Union ;—-and, Kington 
Union ; praying that a law may be forthwith passed, 
by which a control over the expenditure of the 
poor rates and county rates may be secured to the 
rate-payers, by the establishment of a county 
financial board,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Jedburgh and its 
vicinity, praying the House to adopt measures for 
reforming the parochial Schools at present existing 
in Scotland, to the extent of abolishing religious 
tests, and placing the election of schoolmasters and 
the management of the schools on a different basis, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to Jie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of James Harvey, of Falkner-square, 
Liverpool, alleging that the House in giving its 
sanction to gold money, is breaking the first 
principle of monetary science; and praying the 
House to sanction a paper money based on pro- 
perty, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deanery of Woodstock ;—Woot- 
ton ; — Stonesfield ; — Tadcaster East ; — Siggles- 
thorne ; —Saint Helen’s (Lancaster) ;— Prescot ;— 
Theydon Bois ;— Navenby (two Petitions) :—Creich 
(two Petitions) ; — Etwall;— Guildford ; —New 
Luce;—North Berwick ;—Wormhill ;—Monyash ; 
—Knossington ; — Hailsham ;— Little Horsted ; 
— Rampton ; —Platt ; —Barrowford ; —Sewerby- 
cum-Marton ; — Bermondsey ;— Balham-hill and 
Upper Tooting ;—Colvend and Southwick ;—Kirk- 


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bean ;—Burrow-on-the- Hill ;—A ylestone ;— Tilton ; 
—Pontefract ; —Wirksworth ; —Cricklade ;—Fen- | 
wick ;— Thornton ;— Little Ashby ;—Bagworth;— 
Camborne ;— Tuckingmil/ ;— Sheerness ;— Kingsley ; 
— Stockbridge;—Appleshaw ;— Bicker ;—Spalding ; 
—and, Bosley; praying for the abolition, so far as 
practicable, of Sunday labour in the Post-office, — 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Goshen, in the parish of Saint 
Mary, Island of Jamaica, ;—Colony of Barbados ; 
—and, Kingston, Jumaica; praying the House to 
adopt such measures as may be necessary for the 
peaceable fulfilment of the treaties with Spain and 
Brazil, for the extinction of the Slave Trade,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Pontypool, praying 
for the 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 Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the borough of Colchester, in the 
room of Sir George Henry Smyth, Baronet, who, 
sinve his election for the said borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, in the county of Bucking- 
ham. - 


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 Keturn of the Abstracts of the Accounts of the 
several County Treasurers in England and Wales 
for the years ending Michaelmas 1848 and Michael- 
mas 1849 (in a similar form to the Return pre- 





A. 1850. 


sented and ordered to be printed by the House of 
Commons on the 4th day of May 1849, Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 260). 

Ordered, That 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 Police 
Constables. 


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 Con- 
stables in each County or Division of a County, in 
England and Wales, under the Act 2and 3 Vice. 
c. 93, distinguishing each Class or J)enomination, 
and the Rate of Payment made to each Constable ; 
including also a Return of the Number of Police 
Constables stationed in each Petty Sessions Divi- 
sion in said Counties, with the Name and Popula- 
tion of said Division, and the Amount paid to the 
County Police Rate by each Division ; together 
with an Account, in detail, of the several Items of 
Expenditure for the years 1848 and 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. 


Ordered, That Viscount Seaham have leave of Leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of ill health; and Absence. 


Viscount Northland till June, on account of ill 
health. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Australia. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of his late Majesty’s Letters Patent, 
or other Instrument, constituting the Episcopal See 
of Australia or New South Wales, and appointing 
the Right Reverend William D. Broughton, . v., 


to be the first Bishop thereof ;—Of Her Majesty’s 


| Letters Patent or other Instrument, constituting the 


See of Sydney in New South Wales to be a Metro- 
politan See, and erecting other Episcopal Sees 
within the — of Australia, and appointing the 
respective Bishops thereof :—Of any Despatch from 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonial 
Department to the then Governor of WVew South 
Wales, in relation to the place and precedency to 
be assigned and allowed in the Executive Council 
or elsewhere within the Colony of New South 
Wales, to the Right Reverend Dr. Broughton, as 
Bishop of Australia, or of Sydney, on his appoint- 
ment to that dignity :—Of any Despatch from Her 
| Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonial De- 
partment to the then Governor of New South Wales, 
in relation to the first mission of Dr. John Bede Pold- 
ing as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Communion 
within that Colony ; and of any Despatch in rela- 
_tion to the Allowance of Salary payable to him in 
respect to such situation :—And, of any Cor- 
respondence between Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Colonial Department to the Governor 
of New South Wales, relative to the assumption of 
the Style and Title of Archbishop of Sydney, by the 
said Dr. John Bede Polding. 
Ordered, ‘That 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. 


county, city, borough or place in the United King- 
dom, 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 





Ordered, That all persons who will question any Orders and 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for any Resolutions. 


Elections. 





Witnesses. 


Metropoli 
Police 


Footmen, 





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

Ordered, ‘That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment, upon any allegation of bribery and corrup- 
tion, and who shall in their Petition specifically al- 
lege 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 
the said Twenty-eight days, then within Fourteen 
days ufter the day when the House shall next meet. 

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

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
.iberties and privileges of the Commons of the 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Jreland 
at the time elected and not having declined to 
serve for any county, city or borough of Great 
Britain, to concern himself in the Election of 
Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, 
except only any Peer of Jreland, at such Elections 
in Great Britain respectively, where such Peer 
shall appear asa 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- 
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 bribery or 
other corrupt practices. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect 
of his evidence to be given to this House, or an 
Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath en- 
deavoured to deter or hinder any person from ap- 

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

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


1° Februariz. 





13 


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 Vootmen be discharged out of 
custody but by the special Order of the House. 


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. 


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 other per- 
sons bringing notes under the hands of the Members 
sending for the same. 

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

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

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


appointed. 


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. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That at the time fixed for the commencement 
of Public Business, on days on which Orders have 
precedence of Notices of Motions, and after the No- 
tices 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 :—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. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, } 81 
Yeas, Mr. Horsman : : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Evelyn Denison, 1 15) 
Noes, t Mr. Brotherton : J 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put; 

Resolved, That at the time fixed tor 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 





leading thereto. 
VoL. 105. 


of in the order in which they stand upon the Paper; 
c 3 the 





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


Ordered, That to prevent the intercepting or Letters. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be Privileges. 


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































































TN aS me 






Motion fo: 


Address 


4 1° Februarit. 


the right being reserved to Her Majesty’s Minis- 
ters 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 
precedence. 

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


Resolved, That the House do meet every Wed- 
nesday at Twelve o’clock at noon, for Private Bu- 
siness, Petitions, Orders of the Day, and Notices of 
Motions, and do continue to sit until Six o’clock, 
unless previously adjourned. 

Resolved, That when such business has been dis- 

osed of, or at Six o’clock precisely, notwithstand- 
ing 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. 
Speaker do resume the Chair, and adjourn the 
oun, 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. 


Resolved, That when any Bill shall be presented 
by a Member, in pursuance of an Order of this 
Recon, 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. 

Resolved, That the Committees of Supply, and 
Ways and Means, shull 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. 

Resolved, That when a Bill or other matter 
(except 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 Com- 
mittee has been read, forthwith leave the Chair 
without putting any Question, and the House shall 
thereupon resolve itself into such Committee. 

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. 


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 Thanks of this 
House for the gracious Speech which Her Majesty 
has commanded to be made to both Houses of Par- 
liament : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her great satisfaction in again having recourse 
to the advice and assistance of Her Parliament: 

That we condole with Her Majesty on the decease 
of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, which has caused 
Her Majesty deep affliction; and that we entirely 
concur with Her Majesty in the belief that the ex- 
tensive charity and exemplary virtues of Her late 
Majesty will always render Her memory dear to the 
Nation : 








A. 1850. 


Humbly to expréss the satisfaction with which we 
learn that Her Majesty happily continues in peace 
and amity with Foreign Powers: 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, in 
the course of the autumn, differences of a serious 
character arose between the Governments of Austria 
and Russia on the one hand, and the Sublime Porte 
on the other, in regard to the treatment of a con- 
siderable number of persons, who, after the termi- 
nation of the civil war in Hungary, had taken refuge 
in the Turkish ‘Territory ; and we rejoice to learn 
that explanations which took place between the 
Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunatel 
removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which 
might have arisen out of these differences : 


Humbly to convey to Her Majesty our thanks for 
informing us that Her Majesty having been appealed 
to on this occasion by the Sultan, united Her efforts 
with those of the Government of France, to which 
a similar appeal had been made, in order to assist, 
by the employment of Her good offices, in effecting 
an amicable settlement of those differences in a 
manner consistent with the dignity and independ- 
ence of the Porte: 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that Her 
Majesty has been engaged in communications with 
Foreign States upon the measures which might be 
rendered necessary by the relaxation of the restric- 
tions formerly imposed by the Navigation Laws of 
this Country : 

That we rejoice to learn that the Governments of 
the United States of America and of Sweden have 
promptly taken steps to secure to British ships in 
the ports of their respective Countries, advantages 





similar to those which their own ships now enjoy in 
British ports : 

That with regard to those Foreign States whose 
Navigation Laws have hitherto been of a restrictive 
character, we learn with gratification that Her Ma- 
jesty has received from nearly all of them assurances 
which induce Her to hope that our example will 
speedily lead to a great and general diminution of 
those obstacles which previously existed to a free in- 
tercourse by sea between the nations of the world: 


That we unite with Her Majesty in lamenting 
that in the summer and autumn of the past year 
the United Kingdom was again visited by the ra- 
vages of the Cholera; but we are thankful to Al- 
mighty God, who in His mercy was pleased to arrest 
the progress of mortality, and to stay this fearful 
pestilence : 

That we humbly concur with Her Majesty, in the 
ae that we shall best evince our gratitude 

y vigilant precautions against the more obvious 
causes of sickness, and an enlightened consideration 
for those who are most exposed to its attacks : 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that we rejoice 
to be informed that Her Majesty, in Her late visit 
to Ireland, derived the highest gratification from the 
loyalty and attachment manifested by all classes of 
Her subjects; and that we learn with satisfaction 
that, although the effects of former years of scarcity 
are painfully felt in that part of the United King- 
dom, they are mitigated by the present abundance 
of food and the tranquillity which prevails : 


That we regard with great satisfaction the im- 
proved condition of Commerce and Manufactures ; 
and whilst sharing with Her Majesty in the regret 
with which Her Majesty has observed the com- 
plaints which in many parts of the Kingdom have 
proceeded from the Owners and Occupiers of Land ; 
and humbly concurring with Her Majesty in la- 
menting greatly that any portion of Her Majesty’s 
subjects should be suffering distress ; to unite with 
Her Majesty in the feelings of sincere gratification 
with which Her Majesty witnesses the increased en- 
joyment of the necessaries and comforts of life, 
which cheapness and plenty have bestowed upon the 
great body of the people : . 

) 








Resolution 
— 





13 Vicroriz. 


To thank Her Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates for the year to be laid before us, and for 
informing us that they have been framed with a 
strict regard to economy, whilst the efficiency of the 
various Branches of the Public Service has not been 
neglected : 

That we participate in the satisfaction with which 
Her Majesty has seen the present state of the Re- 
venue : 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty for inform- 
ing us that some of the measures which were post- 
poned at the end of the last Session for want of time 
for their consideration, will be again laid before us, 
and that among the most important of these is one 
for the better government of the Australian Colo- 
nies : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having di- 
rected various measures to be prepared for the im- 
provement of the condition of Jreland, and for ac- 

uainting us that the mischiefs arising from Party 
Decne ; the defects of the Laws regulating the 
relations of landlord and tenant ; the imperfect state 
of the Grand Jury Acts ; and the diminished num- 
ber of Electors for Members to serve in Parlianient, 
will, together with other matters of serious conse- 
quence, form the subjects of measures to be sub- 
mitted for our consideration : 

That we unite in the satisfaction with which Her 
Majesty has learnt that the measures which have 
been already passed for the promotion of the Public 
Health are in a course of gradual adoption, and 
that we concur with Her Majesty in the hope that 
both in the Metropolis and in various parts of the 
United Kingdom, we shall be enabled to make fur- 
ther progress in the removal of evils which affect the 
health and well-being of Her subjects : 


Humbly to join with Her Majesty in acknowledg- 
ing that the favour of Divine Providence has hi- 
therto preserved this kingdom from the Wars and 
Convulsions which during the last two years have 
shaken so many of the States of the Continent of 
Europe ; and that we heartily concur in the hope 
and belief expressed by Her Majesty, that by com- 
bining liberty with order, by preserving what is va- 
luable, and amending what is defective, we shall 
sustain the fabric of our Institutions as the abode 
and the shelter of a free and happy people :—And 
which Amendment was, in the 13th paragraph, after 
the words “‘ Commerce and Manufactures,” to in- 
sert the words “ but humbly to represent to Her 
“ Majesty, that in many parts of the United King- 
“ dom, and especially in Zreland, the various classes 
“ of Her Majesty's subjects connected with the 
cultivation ot the soil are labouring under severe 
distress, mainly attributable, in our opinion, to 
recent legislative enactments, the operation of 
which is aggravated by the heavy pressure of local 
taxation.” 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there inserted :—The House re- 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 


‘ 


wn 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 


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


Sabbati, 2° die Februarii, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lob 
Mr. 
Tellers for the Yeas,) )\, se late 
Mr. Tufnell, 
Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to convey to Her Majesty the 
Thanks of this House for the gracious Speech which 


Beres ord, 


}o2. 


Tellers forthe Noes, }o1 1. 





— 1°—2° Februariz. 










15 


Her Majesty has commanded to be made to both 
Houses of Parliament : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of Her great satisfaction in again having recourse 
to the advice and assistance of Her Parliament : 

That we condole with Her Majesty on the de- 
cease of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, which has 
caused Her Majesty deep affliction; and that we 
entirely concur with Her Majesty in the belief 
that the extensive charity and exemplary virtues of 
Her late Majesty will always render Her memory 
dear to the Nation : 

Humbly to express the satisfaction with which 
we learn that Her Majesty happily continues in 
peace and amity with Foreign Powers : 


To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, in 
the course of the autumn, differences of a serious 
character arose between the Governments of Austria 
and Russia on the one hand, and the Sublime Porte 
on the other, in regard to the treatment of a consi- 
derable number of persons, who, after the termina- 
tion of the civil war in Hungary, had taken refuge 
in the Turkish territory ; and we rejoice to learn 
that explanations which took place between the 
Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortunately 
removed any danger to the Peace of Europe which 
might have arisen out of these differences : 


Humbly to convey to Her Majesty our thanks for 
informing us that HerMajesty, having been appealed 
toon this occasion by the Sultan, united Her efforts 
with those of the Government of France, to which 
a similar appeal had been made, in order to assist; 
by the employment of Her good offices, in effecting 
an amicable settlement of those differences in a 
manner consistent with the dignity and independence 
of the Porte : 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that 
Her Majesty has been engaged in communications 
with Foreign States upon the measures which might 
be rendered necessary by the relaxation of the 
restrictions formerly imposed by the Navigation 
Laws of this Country : 

That we rejoice to Jearn that the Governments of 
the United States of America and of Sweden have 
promptly taken steps to secure to British Ships in 
the ports of their respective Countries, advantages 
similar to those which their own ships now enjoy in 
British ports : 

That with regard to those Foreign States whose 
Navigation Laws have hitherto been of a restrictive 
character, we learn with gratification that Her Ma- 
jesty has received from nearly all of them assurances 
which induce Her to hope that our example will 
speedily lead to a great and general diminution of 
those obstacles which previously existed to a free 
intercourse by sea between the nations of the 
world : 

That. we unite with Her Majesty in lamenting 
that in the summer and autumn of the past year 
the United Kingdom was again visited by the 
ravages of the Cholera; but we are thankful to 
Almighty God, who in His mercy was pleased to 
arrest the progress of mortality, and to stay this 
fearful pestilence : 

That we humbly concur with Her Majesty, in 
the persuasion that we shall best evince our gratitude 
by vigilant precautions against the more obvious 
causes of sickness, and an enlightened considera- 
tion for those who are most exposed to its attacks : 


Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that we rejoice 
to be informed that Her Majesty, in Her late visit 
to Ireland, derived the highest gratification from 
the loyalty and attachment manifested by all 
classes of Her subjects; and that we learn with 
satisfaction that, although the effects of former 
years of scarcity are painfully felt in that part of 
the United Kingdom, they are mitigated by the 
present abundance of food, and the tranquillity 
which prevails : 

That 


c4 











Committee 


te draw up 
Address ; 


Speech 
referred. 


Highways 


16 


That we regard with great satisfaction the im- 
proved condition of Commerce and Manufactures ; 
and whilst sharing with Her Majesty in the regret 
with which Her Majesty has observed the com- 
plaints which in many parts of the Kingdom have 


* proceeded from the Owners and Occupiers of Land ; 


and humbly concurring with Her Majesty in la- 
menting greatly that any portion of Her Majesty’s 
subjects should. be suffering distress ; to unite with 
Her Majesty in the feelings of sincere gratification 
with which Her Majesty witnesses the increased 
enjoyment of the necessaries and comforts of life, 
which cheapness and plenty have bestowed upon 
the great body of the people: 

To thank Her Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates for the year to be laid before us, and for 
informing us that they have been framed with a 
strict regard to economy, whilst the efficiency of the 
various _ eartor ten of the Public Service has not been 
neglected : 

‘That we participate in the satisfaction with which 
Her Majesty has seen the present state of the Re- 
venue: 

To express our thanks to Her Majesty for inform- 
ing us that some of the measures which were post- 
poned at the end of the last Session for want of 
time for their consideration, will be again laid before 
us, and that among the most important of these is 
one for the better government of the Australian 
Colonies : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for having directed 
various measures to be prepared for the improve- 
ment of the condition of Jreland, and for acquaint- 
ing us that the mischiefs arising from Party Pro- 
cessions ; the defects of the Laws regulating the 
relations of Landlord and Tenant; the imperfect 
state of the Grand Jury Acts; and the diminished 
number of Electors for Members to serve in Par- 
liament, will, together with other matters of serious 
consequence, form the subjects of measures to be 
submitted for our consideration : 

That we unite in the satisfaction with which Her 
Majesty has learnt that the measures which have 
been already passed for the promotion of the Public 
Health are in a course of gradual adoption, ond 
that we concur with Her Majesty in the hope that, 
both in the Metropolis and in various parts of the 
United Kingdom, we shall be enabled to make fur- 
ther progress in the removal of evils which affect 
the health and well-being of Her subjects : 

Humbly to join with Her Majesty in acknowledg- 
ing that the favour of Divine Providence has 
hitherto preserved this Kingdom from the Wars and 
Convulsions which during the last two years have 
shaken so many of the States of the Continent of 
Europe; and that we heartily concur in the hope 
and belief expressed by Her Majesty, that by com- 
bining liberty with order, by preserving what is 
valuable, and amending what is defective, we shall 
sustain the fabric of our Institutions as the abode 
and the shelter of a free and happy people. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up an Address, to be presented to Her Majesty upon 
the said Resolution:—And a Committee was ap- 
— of Mr. Charles Villiers, Sir James Duke, 

ord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George 
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John 
Hobhouse, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Secretary-at-War, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir 
Wiiliam Somerville, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Tuf- 
nell, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Parker and Mr. Bernal, or 
any Five of them :—And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That the Speech of the Lords Commis- 
sioners to both Houses of Parliament be referred 
to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


(District Sur- to amend the Law for uniting Parishes into Dis- 
tricts, and the appointment of District Surveyors of 


veyors) 


1°—2°—4° Februarzz. 


A. 1850. 


Highways over he Parishes so united: And that 
Mr. Frewen and Viscount Barrington do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





Ordered, That a Standing Committee be ap- Kitchen and 
pointed, to control the arrangements of the Kitchen + wane — . 
and Refreshment Rooms in the department of the of Commons.) 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this Reunessecieal a ( 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Stafford, Mr. 
Alderman Humphery, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord 
Marcus Hill, Mr. oor Dawson, Mr. Archibald | 
Hastie and Admiral Berkeley. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till I'wo of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. } 














Luna, 4° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated | 
the 17th day of July in the last Session of Parlia- | 
ment, for Copies of any Despatches from the Go- 
vernor-General of India in Council to the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, reporting the 
circumstances attending the Succession by adop- 
tion of any Sovereign Princes in Jndia in alliance 
with the British Government, trom the year 1820 
downwards ; also, Copies of any Despatches refer- 
ring to the States of Colaba and andavee, in 
which the sanction of the British Government to 
Adoptions by the Chiefs of those States was refused : 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Coleraine 
completing the Line of the Londonderry and Cole- ®+ilway Bill. 
raine Railway (with Branch to Newtownlimavady), 
and for amending the Acts relating thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson, 

Captain Jones and Dr. Boyd. 


Mr. Ord presented a Bill for the Improvement Tyne Naviga- 
and Regulation of the River T'yne, and the Naviga- tion Bill. 
tion thereof, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Newcastle- 
of the Borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, for leave upon-Tyne 
to bring in a Bill for extending and amending the ee 

° ° , mendment 
Acts for regulating and improving the Borough of of Acts, and 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, was presented, and read ; and New Streets 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Ord and Mr. Headlam. 


Mr. Grey presented a Bill for the Conservancy of Tyne River 
the River Tyne: And the same was read the first ne 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. : 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Rochdale, 
tually repairing and improving the Road trom Roch through 
dale, through Bamford and Birtle to Bury, and se- Seems cptiene 
veral other Roads therein mentioned, all in the and other ~ 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was Turnpike- 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second emesis 


time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Cromford 
continuing the Term of the Cromford and Newhaven find Newhaven 
Turnpike-road Act, and for other Purposes: And 5004 Bill, 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 








read a second time, 
Mr. 





Swansea Dock 





13 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for 


Company Bill extending the Times limited by the Swansea Dock 


Clerical, 
Medical and 
General Life 


Railway 
Passengers’ 
Assurance 


Company Bill. 


London (City) 


Improve- 
ments Bill. 


London (City) 
Improve- 
ments Bill. 





Act, 1847, for the compulsory Purchase of Lands 
and Execution of Works, and for other Purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for 
better enabling the Clerical, Medical and General 
Life Assurance Society to sue and be sued, and to 
alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Constitu- 
tion, and to give further Powers to the Society : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to re- 
peal so much of the Acts relating to the Liverpool 
Docks as prohibits the receiving, weighing and load- 
ing off the Cargoes of Vessels from Foreign Ports, 
except by Porters employed by a Master Porter 
acting under the Provisions of those Acts: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to 
confer additional Facilities for the Insurance of 
Railway Passengers and other Persons and Goods 
by the Railway Passengers’ Assurance Company : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for making a new Street from the West 
Side of Queen-street to the South Side of Saint 
Paul’s Church-yard, in continuation of the New 
Street from Cannon-street to the East Side of 
Queen-street, and for effecting other Improvements 
in the City of London, was read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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 London (City) Improvements Bill, the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in the following 
instances ; viz. 1. ‘The name of the parish of Saint 
Nicholas Cole Abbey, in which parish two houses 
intended to be taken under the powers of the pro- 
posed Bill are situate, is not contained in the Notices 
of the intended application published in the “ Times” 
of November 17th and 21st, being two of the Notices 
published in such newspaper in three successive 
weeks in the month of November, but the error was 
corrected in the third Notice published in the same 
newspaper on the 29th of November, and a correct 
Notice was likewise inserted in the “ Times” of the 
3d and 10th of December; 2. Application was not 
made in conformity with the Standing Orders to 
J. R. Causton and Benjamin Day, owners of pro- 
perty on the line, the applications having been for- 
warded by Post, and returned by the Post-vffice as 
undelivered, owing to their having been misdirected 
in the first instance, in consequence of wrong in- 
formation having been given to the Promoters by 
the tenant of the property ; and in the second in- 
stance, in consequence of a misreading on the part 
of the Promoters of the direction of the party, which 
was supplied to them. 


A Petition of Householders in the Metropolis, 
rated to the support of the Poor, for leave to brin 
in a Bill for better supplying the Metropolis with 
Water, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 


4° Februarit. 





17 


Lacy Evans, Sir William Molesworth and Mr. 
Wakley. 
A Petition of the Chairman and Directors of the Architects, 
Architects, Civil Engineers, Builders and General by = 

Fire and Life Insurance, Annuity and Reversionary and General 
Interest Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Fire and Life 
change the name of the Architects, Civil Engineers, yo ag 
Builders and General Fire and Life Insurance, An- Roveniueny 
nuity and Reversionary Interest Company, and to Interest Com- 
enable the Company to sue and be sued in the SS 
name of their Manager, and for other Purposes Genpeny 
—s to the Company, was presented, and read ; under a differ. 
and a Bill was ordered to be a in accordingly, St Name). 


by Mr. Duncuft and Mr. John Greene. _ 


A Petition of the Most noble James Brownlow Childwall 
William Gascoyne Marquis of Salisbury, for leave Waterworks 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying the Parishes 
of Childwall and West Derby, in the county of 
Lancuster, with Water, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Childwall 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for — 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Childwall Waterworks Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with in the following in- 
stance; viz. the Notices du not state the time and 
— of deposit of the Plans, Sections, Books of 

eference and Copies of the Gazette Notice with 
the _— of the Peace and Parish Clerks respec- 
tively. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Brighton 
Act for the better regulating, paving, improving and a 
managing the Town of Brighthelmstun, in the county Royal Pavilion 
of Sussex, and the Poor thereof, for leave to bring and Grounds, 
in a Bill to enable the said Commissioners to pur- *™4 Amend- 

. oa ment of exist- 
chase, improve and manage the Royal Pavilion at ing Acts Bill. 
Brighton, and the Grounds thereof, and to enlarge, 
extend and apply the Powers and Provisions of the 
same Act with reference thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir George Pechell and Lord A/fred 


Hervey. 


A Petition of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and a wll 
Goole Railway Company, for leave to bring in a poncsster and 
Bill to authorize Deviations in the Line of the South Goole Railway 
Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, the Ex- — 
tension of the Elsecar Branch of the said Railway eviction to 
to Tankersley, and the Amendment of the Acts re- Worsbrough, 
lating to the said Railway, was presented, and read ; *¢-) Bill. 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Fitzwilliam. 


A Petition of the Royal College of Surgeons of Royal College 
the city of Edinburgh, for leave to bring in a Bill Edinbegh - 
for enabling Her Majesty to grant a new Charter Bill. 
to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and 
for conferring further Powers on the said College, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Gibson Craig 


and Mr. Cowan. 
Oxford, Wor- 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- peste di: 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in Wolverhamp- 
a Bill to authorize a Sale to the Birmingham and ton, Birming- 
Ozford Junction Railway Company of the Sérat- _ = Gs- 

d-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, was presented, and Great” 
ford-upon-Avon $ ’ Pp » and Great 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Western 
Railway Com- 
panies Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 


Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

. 79, ‘ “ce Wolverham 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for aon a 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, Bir- -_ = _ 
mingham and Ozford Junction, and Great Western Sha Great 


‘ é and Great 
a Companies (Purchase of Stratford-upon- Western 
Avon Canal 





ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir De 
VoL, 105. 


avigation) Bill, the Standing Orders Railway Com- 
_ D cae . have Panies Bill, 











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18 4’ Februarit. 


have not been complied with, as a printed copy 
of the said Bill was not deposited in the office of 
the Commissioners of Railways until after eight 
o’clock in the evening of the 3ist day of December 
last. ° 


Oxford, Wor- A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
eester and 


_ hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
we naieae Bill to amend the Acts relating to the said Company, 
Bill. and to confer additional Powers upon the same 

Company, and upon certain other Companies, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered tu lie upon the Table. 


Oxford, Wor- ; _ 
pe ya Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


._ Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
pe ae Private Bills: That in the case of the Petition for the 
Bill, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 

(Amendment of Acts, and Power to other Companies 
to contribute by Subscription, Loan or Guarantee) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as a printed Copy of the said Bill was not de- 
posited in the Office of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways until after eight o’clock on the evening of the 
3istday of December last. 


Southampton A Petition of Commissioners of the Waterworks 

Waterworks of the town of Southampton, for leave to bring in a 

-_ Bill for amending and extending the Powers and 
Provisions of the Act of the seventh year of the 
reign of King William the Fourth, relating to the 
Southampton Waterworks, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cockburn and 
Mr. Wilcox. 


York, wew. A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
castle and Ber- Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
oo amend the Great North of England Railway Pur- 
ments asto chase Act 1846, and to enable the York, Newcastle 
Fayment for and Berwick Railway Company to complete the 
ofthe Great. Purchase of the said Railway, was — and 
North of Eng- read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


land Railway, ingly , &amp; 7 
= ew accordingly, by Mr. Smyth and Mr. Milner. 


Kew and A Petition of the Provost and Scholars of King’s 

Petersham College, Cambridge, and of the Reverend Richard 

Veanenge See. Burgh Byam, m. A., Vicar of Kew and Petersham, 
in the county of Surrey, and of Inhabitants of the 
said parish of Kew, and of Inhabitants of the said 
mart of Petersham, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes, in the Parishes of 
Kew, and Petersham, in the County of Surrey; for 
confirming and regulating the Pew-rents of the 
said Parish Churches, for authorizing the Division 
of the Vicarage of Kew and Petersham, and for 
other purposes relating to such Vicarage, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Locke King and 
Mr. Alcock. 


Manchester A Petition of the Churchwardens and other In- 
new Bill habitants of the parish of Manchester, for leave to 
* bring in a Bill to authorize the Division ofthe Parish 
of Manchester into several Parishes and Rectories ; 
and for the Appropriation of the Revenues of the Col- 
legiate and Parish Church, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Milner Gibson, 
Mr. Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and 
a Ardrossan Railway Company was presented, and 
— read; setting forth, That the G/asgow, Barrhead, 
and Neilston Direct Railway extends from the city 
of Glasgow to Crofthead, near the village of Nei/- 


ston, being a distance of about nine miles; that 





A. 1850. 


the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway, 
as proposed to be limited by the Bill which is now 
sought to be introduced into Parliament, extends 
from Crofthead to a junction with the Ardrossan 
Railway, and with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 
nock and Ayr Railway; that the shortest and 
most convenient Railway communication from 
Glasgow to the important harbour of Ardrossan, 
and to the towns of Ayr, Irvine and Kilmarnock, 
and to the whole south-western districts of Scot- 
land, will be afforded by the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston Direct Railway and by the Peti- 
tioners’ Railway; and as traffic taking this route 
must run over both lines, it would be attended with 
great public advantage if both Railways were placed 
under one management; that the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway has been opened 
for traffic for a period exceeding a year, and their 
Railway was authorized to be leased to the Cale- 
donian Railway Company by an Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament; that the Petitioners’ 
Railway is not yet completed, and the Petitioners 
have experienced great difficulty in raising the funds 
necessary for that purpose; that the Petitioners 
have therefore resolved to limit their undertaking to 
a main line from Crofthead to the Ardrossan Rail- 
way, with subsidiary branches, and to restrict their 
capital from seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds 
to three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, which 
sum will be amply sufficient to complete their under- 
taking limited as aforesaid ; and the Petitioners now 
seek to introduce a Bill into Parliament, authorizing 
them so to limit their capital and undertaking ; that 
the Petitioners are also desirous that their under~ 
taking should be let on lease to the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company, and 
have accordingly introduced a clause into the said 
Bill, for the purpose of enabling them to grant such 
lease, and of enabling the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company to accept and 
take such lease; that the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company have already 
paid up and expended for the purposes of their Acts 
more than three-fourths of the capital they are au- 
thorized to raise by shares; that the Petitioners 
have also called up more than one-half of their 
capital as proposed to be restricted ; yet, owing to 
the pressure of the times, one-half has not been 
paid up or expended for the purposes of their Acts ; 
but if they were authorized to grant a lease as afore- 
said, it would not only enable them to raise their 
capital, and complete their undertaking, limited as 
aforesaid, but would also be attended with great 
public advantage; that the 134th Standing Order 
provides that no powers of lease 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 re- 
ference to any Railway, unless, previously to the 
application to Parliament for such purpose, the se- 
veral Companies who may be parties to such lease, 
shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners 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 purposes of such 
Act or Acts, a sum equal thereto; that the Petition- 
ers have already proved before the Examiners of 
Petitions, that they have complied with all the 
Standing Orders necessary to enable them to intro- 
duce the Bill above referred to ; but they are unable, 
for the reasons above set forth, to obtain a certificate 
from the Commissioners of Railways that they have 
paid up and expended one-half of their capital for 
the purposes of their Acts, and the Petitioners are 
therefore unable to present a Petition to the House 
for leave to introduce the said Bill, unless the House 
will be pleased, either to suspend the above-men- 
tioned Standing Order, or to allow the Petitioners to 
proceed with the said Bill, on their omitting the 





eleventh 





South Eastern 
Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, — 
Power to raise 
Additonal 
Capital) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Power to 
discontinue 
—_— of 

terest on 
Calls paid on 
No.3 and No. 4 
Shares, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Bill. 


Buckingham- 


13 Vicroriz. 


eleventh clause thereof and other provisions autho- 
rizing the aforesaid lease to the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston Direct Railway Company; and praying 
that the 134th Standing Order of the House may 
be suspended with reference to the Bill bearing the 
short title of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
drossan Railway (Amendment of Acts; Extension 
of Time; Abandonment of Works; Reduction of 
Capital; and, Lease to Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company), or that leave 
may be given to the Petitioners to present a Petition 
for leave to introduce the said Bill, on their omitting 
the eleventh clause thereof, and other provisions 
authorizing a lease of their undertaking to the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
Company. 

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


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
ompany to raise a further Sum of Money, was 

ana 6 and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer and 
Mr. Plumptre. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to discontinue the Payment of Interest 
on Calls paid on certain classes of Shares in the 
Company, and to entitle the Holders of the same to 
participate in Dividends, and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to such Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. Plumptre. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colushire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to make better Provision for raising Funds to 
complete the Railway and Dock Undertakings of 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Montague Cholmeley, Mr. Corn- 
wall Legh and Mr. William Brown. 


Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill to autho- 


—y Railways rize an Alteration in the Line of the Buckingham- 


Cambridge 
Regulation 
and Improve- 


ment, Markets 
and Fairs Bill. 


Carlisle Gas 
Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill, 


Newcastle- 


upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 





shire Railways at Oxford: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill for regulating 
the Markets and Fairs held within the Borough of 
Cambridge, and at Reach, in the County of ae 
bridge, and for enlarging the Market-place, and for 
rebuilding or altering the Guildhall of the said 
Borough, and for the Improvement of the said Bo- 
rough, and for the better Regulation of the Police 
within the same: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Philip Howard presented a Bill to authorize 
a Transfer of the Undertaking and Powers of the 
Carlisle Gas Light and Coke Company, to the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Car- 
lisle; to enable them to light the said City and the 
Environs thereof, and to raise Money for such Pur- 
poses ; to repeal or amend and extend the Powers 
of the several Acts for lighting the said City and 
Environs, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- 
lisle Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Powers of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle Railway Company, and to amend Acts 
relating to their Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
VoL. 105. 


4° Februariz. 


1y 
— Matthew Bell, Mr. Philip Howard and Mr. 
d. 


Mr. Fergus presented a Bill for the Dissolution East of Fife 
of the East of Fife Railway Company, and for the Railway Bill. 
Abandonment of the Railway: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Foley presented a Bill for better assessing West Brom- 
and collecting the Poor’s Rates, Highway Rates, Ly Rates 
the County, Shire Hall, Police and other County ~” 
Rates, in the Parish of West Bromwich, in the 
County of Stafford, and the Township of Oldbury, 
in the Parish of Hales Owen, in the County of Wor- 
cester, and which Parish of West Bromwich and 
Township of Oldbury are situate within the West 
Bromwich Poor Law Union: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill to enable Londonderry 
the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Company 204 Ennis. 
to extend their Line of Railway from Strabane top 
Omagh, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton presented a Bill Dublin and 
to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands re- a 
quired for the Completion of the Dublin and Bel- pin, 
fast Junction Railway, and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to such Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton presented a Bill Dublin and 
to grant further Powers to the Dublin and Drog- a 
heda Railway Company, for raising Money by the jms 
Creation of Shares in lieu of borrowing on Mort- 
gage, and to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin 
and Drogheda Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for more effec- Godstone and 
tually repairing the Road from Godstone, in the Highest 
County of Surrey, to Highgate, in the Parish of poaq Bill, 
East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, and from 
thence to Witchcross, in the same County: And the 
same was read the first time; and pie tc to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Locke King presented a Bill for repairing Surrey and 
the Road leading from the Stone’s End in Black- Sussex Roads 
man-street, in the Borough of Southwark, in the Bill. 
County of Surrey, to Godstone, in the same County, 
and several other Roads therein mentioned : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of the New River _ 
New River, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Company Bill. 
the said Governor and Company to obtain a further 
Supply of Water, and for other Purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir James Duke, Mr. 

Vernon Smith and Sir John Johnstone. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway es 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 2" : 
Facilities for the use of cuahe Putas of the grantor 
Eastern Counties Railway by the London and 
Blackwall Railway Company, and for amending the 
Acts relating to the London and Blackwall Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock and 
Mr. Mangles. 


Mr. Sandars presented a Bill to authorize Wakefield 
the Wakefield Borough Market Company to 


pur- Borough 








chase Market Bill. 


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20 4° Februariz. 


chase certain Lands for a Market-place, and to 
make Approaches thereto: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Kent Water- 

works Bill. pany of Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks to 
raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter and 
amend the former Acts relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill to enable the Com- 


Dundee and A Petition of the Dundee and Perth, and Aber- 
— deen Railway Junction Company, for leave to bring 


Junction in a Bill to enable the said Company to raise a 
Railway Bill. further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was 
resented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Seaahe in accordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Lord 

Gordon Hallyburton. 


Aberdeen Captain Fordyce presented a Bill for enabling 

Railway Bill. the Aberdeen Railway Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and to alter their Station and the 
Levels of their Railway at and near Aberdeen ; for 
repealing the Great North of Scotland Railway 
Act, 1847; for altering, amending and extending 
the Acts relating to the Aberdeen Railway, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Rirkenhead Sir Thomas Birch, by Order, presented a Bill to 

Improvement give further Powers to the Birkenhead Improvement 

-_ Commissioners for purchasing the Wovdside Ferry, 
and for regulating their Mortgage Debt, and faci- 
litating the Sale of their Lands: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Guardian Mr. John Martin presented a Bill for better 

_ and Life enabling the Guardian Fire = mee se 

Assurance = Company to sue and be sued, and to alter certain 

er am wm of their Deed of Settlement, and to give 
further Powers to the Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Major Blackall, by Order, presented a Bill to 
explain and amend the New North Road Act, 1849: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


"New North 
Road Bill. 


Edinburgh Mr. Alexander Hastie, by Order, presented a 
and Glasgow, Bill to amalgamate the Edinburgh and Bathgate 
— | eg Railway Company with the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railways Railway Company: And the same was read the 


~~ rrr, first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Glasgow, Mr. Alexander Hastie, by Order, presented a 
Airdrieand B!1 to authorize the Dissolution and Winding-up 
— of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
Railway and Railway Company, and for other Purposes: And 


Glasgow the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


— Lands be read a second time. 

Reading Mr. Stanford presented a Bill for providing, re- 

Cattle Market gulating and maintaining a Cattle Market in the 

ua. Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, and 
for constructing a convenient Market-place therein : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Liverpool Mr. William Brown presented a Bill for the En- 


Cattle Market Jargement of the Cattle Market at Liverpool, and 

= for the better Regulation and Maintenance of the 
said Market: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





A. 1850. 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bill to amend the Acts Waterford 
relating to the Waterford and Limerick Railway, aw 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read“ ”*Y —_ 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill to amend the Act Montrose 
relating to the Harbour of Montrose, and to enable Harbour Bill. 
the Trustees to borrow a further Sum of Money : 

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


Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill to make Leicester and 
better Provision for ensuring the Formation of a Hitchin Rail- 
Railway from Leicester to Hitchin: And the same “*Y Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill toamend Birkenhead 
and extend the Acts relating to the Docks of the Dock Trustees 
Birkenhead Dock Trustees; to extend the Time for Bu 
Completion of Works, and to exempt certain Vessels 
from the Payment of Rates to the Trustees of the 
Liverpool Docks: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill for ena- south Devon 
bling the South Devon Railway Company to create Railway Bill. 
new Shares in their Capital; for regulating the 
Payment of Dividends on the Shares in their Ca- 
pital, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Time for a on 
the Purchase of certain Lands required for the South anes 
Wales Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Saun- 
ders Davies and Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


Mr. Ewart, by Order, presented a Bill to provide Edinburgh 
for the Erection of Public Slaughterhouses for the —_ 
City of Edinburgh, and for the Regulation of the a. 
same: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Glasgow 
Council of the City of Glasgow, for leave to bring Markets and 
in a Bill for the Extension and better Regulation S!#ushter- 
and Management of the Markets and Slaughter- . 
houses in the City of Glasgow, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie and Mr. 

M‘ Gregor. 


Mr. George Duff presented a Bill to incorporate rigin Guildry 
the Society of the Guildry Fund of Elgin, to enable Fund Society 
the said Society to sue and be sued, to regulate the Incorporation 
said Society, and for other Purposes relating thereto ; 

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


Mr. Cobden presented a Bill for continuing the reeds and 
term of an Act passed in the Sixth year of the Halifax Turn- 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- TCorcaenatien 
tituled, An Act for repairing, o rwnd improving of Term as to 
and maintaining in repair the Turnpike-roads from certain parts 
Leeds to Halifax, and the several Branches and _— wend) 
Roads therein mentioned, in the West Riding of 

the County of York, so far as relates to the Leeds 

and Halifax Rvad: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Cobden, by Order, presented a Bill to extend, giasgow, 








Norwich Mr. Peto presented a Bill for supplying the Cit 
Waterworks of Norwich, and the Neighbourhood thereof, wit 
Bill. Water: And the same was read the first time; and | 

ordered to be read a second time. | 


amend and enlarge some of the Powers and Provi- Barrhead and 


sions of tne Acts relating to the Glasgow, Barrhead aay 


and Neilston Direct Railway: And the same was way Bill. 


read the first time; and ordered to be read asecond 
time. 


Mr. 





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Highways 
(District 
Surveyors) 
Bill. 


No. 2. 


North Staf- 
fordshire and 
Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railways 
Junction Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire and 
Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railways 
Junction Bill. 


Peterborough 
Improvement, 
Police aud 
Cemetery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Embankment 
and Reclama- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Walsall 
Improvement 
and Market 
Act (1848) 
Amendment 
Bill 


fordshire Railway to the Whaley 





13 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to amend the Law | 
for uniting Parishes into Districts, and the Appoint- 
ment of District Surveyors of Highways over the 
Parishes so united: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the thirteenth day of this instant 

ebruary ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Pottery Line of the North Staf- 
Bridge Branch of 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, 
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 North Staffordshire and Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railways Junction (Railway from 
North Staffordshire Railway, near Macclesfield, to 
the Whaley Bridge Branch of Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway, Abandonment for pur- 

ses of Navigation of Part of Macclesfield Canal) 
Bil, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as application in writing was not duly made 
on or before the 15th of December last, to James 
Harmer, a minor, the owner of a moiety of certain 
property in the parish of Westbury, in the county 
of Chester, nor to his mother, Mrs. Charles Darwen, 
in respect of such property, the registered letter 
wherein written application was forwarded to each of 
the said parties having been improperly addressed, 
and returned by the Post-office as undelivered, but 
it appears that due diligence had been used in as- 
certaining the correct address of the said parties, 
and in endeavouring to make application to them 
within the time required by the Standing Orders. 


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 
Peterborough Improvement, Police and Cemetery, 
and Amendment of existing Act Bill, the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in the following 
instance; viz. the Notices of the intended application 
was not published in a Newspaper of the county of 
Northampton, in which county the lands to which 
the Bill relates, and which are included within the 
Liberty of Peterborough, are situate; but such 
Notices were published in the Lincoln, Rutland and 
Stamford Mercury, which is printed at Stamford, 
= of which is within one hundred yards of the 

iberty of Peterborough, aud it was proved that the 
said Paper has a much more extensive circulation 
in the county of Northampton than any Paper pub- 
lished in the said County, and that it is the uniform 
practice of the Clerk of the Magistrates to insert all 
advertisements with reference to the said Liberty, in 
the said Paper, and that the Morthamptonshire 
Papers are published forty-two miles from the Li- 
berty of Peterborough. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, by Order, pre- 
sented a Bill for inclosing and embanking Waste 
and Slob Lands within ordinary Spring Tides in 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting under the 
Walsall Improvement and Market Act, 1848, of 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough 
of Walsall, and of the several Persons also there- 
undersigned, being Members of the Committees 
appointed by the parties claiming right of com- 
mon in certain lands taken by the South Stafford- 
shire Railway Company, to treat with such Company 
for compensation for the extinction of such rights, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Walsall 


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21 


Improvement and Market Act, 1848, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lit- 
tleton and Viscount Newport. 


Petitions from Brecon (High Sheriff) ; — and, Agricultural 
Leighton; complaining of the depressed state * 
the Agricultural Interest ; and praying the House 

to adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Hud- Beer Shops. 
dersfield, 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, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upun the Table. 


Petitions from Ainsworth ;— Evesham Union (two County. 
Petitions) ;—and, East Stonehouse; praying that a Expenditure. 
law may be passed for securing to rate-payers a 
more etlicient control over County Expenditure, by 
the establishment of County Financial and Admi- 
nistrative Boards,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Irish Branch of the Education 
United Church of England and Ireland ;— Dungar- eland.) 
van ;—and, Kilmaine ; complaining that the Schools 

in connection with the Church Education Society 

for freland 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 Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Poor Law. 
gesses of the borough of Kendal, praying for altera- 
tion of the laws affecting the rating of tenements 
for the relief of the Poor, by giving power to local 
boards to reduce or remit the payment of the rates 
in certain cases, on the ground of extreme poverty, 
and also to compound with the owners of property, 


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


Petitions from Langham Saint Mary ;—Chelten- Post-office. 
ham (two Petitions) ;— Newport (Monmouthshire) ; 
— Pillgwenlly ; — Seaton Ross ; — Pillerton ; — 
Stromness ;—Cockburnspath and Oldhamstochs ;— 
Ayton-in-Cleveland ; — Salton ;— Rogarts ;— Wil- 
liam Findlater and John M. Ray ;—Leven ;—Davi- 
sie; — Buckingham; — Girthon and Anworth ;-— 
Fringford ;— Newton Purcell and Shelswell ;—Ken- 
cot ;— Thame ;—Over and Nether Worton ;— Hast- 
ings ;—Street ;— Norton Fitzwarren ;—Walton ;— 
Selkirk (three Petitions) ; — Tillicoultry ;—Bally- 
connell ; —Swerford ;—Clanfield ;—Brizenorton ;— 
Chechendon ; — Sparsholt ;— Berwich-upon-Tweed ; 
— Workington ;— Wasdale Head ;—Stroud (twenty- 
two Petitions) ; — Harthill; — Attleborough ; — 
Hempnall ;— Hardwich;— Ellingham ;— New Buck- 
enham ; — Caslon;— Pulham ; — Winfarthing ;— 
Long Stratton; — Alsacton; — South Newington 
(Oxford) ;—Steeple Barton ;—Bassingham ;—and, 
Camelford; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,— were presented, and 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Secretary and Trustees of the Savings 
Hand-in-Hand Philanthropic Society of Painters, Bamks. 
Glaziers and Plumbers, held at the Horse-and- 
Groom, Great Portland-street, Mary-le-bone, pray- 
ing that in consequence of the recent events which 
have taken place in reference to Savings Banks, 
measures may be adopted for affording security to 
the investments of the working classes, was pre- 


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





Vot. 105. 


D3 A Petition 














Slave Trade. 


Tailor Trade. 


Taxation, &amp;c. 


Transatlantic 
Packet 
Station. 


Charles 
Wilson. 


Windows. 


Yately Curacy. 


Timber usec 
in Copper 
Mines, &amp;c. 


‘Timber used 
in making 
Casks, &amp;c. 


22 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Wakefield, praying that measures may 
be adopted for the suppression of the Slave Trade, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Journeymen Tailors of London, complaining of the 
evils inflicted on the Tailor Trade generally, by the 
system of home working, and praying that a law 
may be passed, making it imperative on all Master 
Tailors to have their work done on their own pre- 
mises, including the Government clothing, was 
Songagag and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Kii- 
cornan, and county of Limerick, complaining of the 
unequal pressure of Taxation, and praying for its 
more equal distribution, and for an extension of the 
Elective Franchise, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Mer- 
chants, Bankers, Traders and other Inhabitants of 
the county and city of Cork, praying that steps 
may be taken for a minute survey of and report 
upon the several Harbours on the coast of Ireland, 
which have been considered eligible for the esta- 
blishment of a Transatlantic Packet Station, with a 
view to the selection of a Port, and the commence- 
ment of the necessary operations for its adoption, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Wilson, of Sheffield, out of 
Business, complaining of the injury and loss he is 
sustaining by the refusal of the Commissioner of the 
Court of Bankruptcy for the Liverpool District, and 
of the Vice-Chancellor acting in Bankruptcy, to 
annul a fiat which has been issued against him, on 
the ground that their authority in such cases has 
been abolished by the Bankrupt Law Consolidation 
Act, 1849, and praying that a oo Act may 
be passed by which it may be settled which Court 
has authority to annul the said fiat, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Redcar ;—and, Lancaster (Mayor) ; 
praying for the repeal of the Tax upon Windows,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Lewin, Perpetual Curate 
of Yately, in the diocese of Winchester, complaining 
of the inadequate remuneration he receives after a 
long period of service, and of the oppressive amount 
of taxation levied upon such remuneration, and pray- 
ing for relief, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Drawbacks of Duty granted upon 
Timber used in Copper, Tin, Lead and other Mines 
in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, in 
each year from the Period of their first Allowance 
to that at which they were finally discontinued ; 
specifying, in each case, the full Rate of Duty pay- 
able upon such Timber ; the Proportion or Per-cent- 
age of such Duty granted in the nature of Drawback, 
and the Amount of such Drawback in each year; 
also, stating the Dates and Titles of the Acts of Par- 
liament under which the said Drawbacks were first 
allowed, and finally discontinued ; and of any other 
Acts of intermediate Dates specifically applicable 
thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Drawbacks of Duty granted upon 
Timber used in making Casks, or otherwise in any 
way connected with the Fisheries in England, Scot- 


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A. 1850. 


land and Ireland respectively, in each year from the 
period of their first allowance to that at which they 
were finally discontinued, if not still allowed ; s 
fying, in each case, the full Rate of Duty payable 
upon such Timber; the Proportion or Per-centa: 
of such Duty granted in the nature of Drawback, 
and the Amount of such Drawback in each year; 
also, stating the Dates and Titles of the Acts of Par- 
liament under which the said Drawbacks were first 
allowed; and when the same were discontinued, if 
not now allowed; and of any other Acts of Parlia- 
ment specifically applicable thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ yanufacturea 
Return or List of all Manufactured Articles imported Articles. 


into this Country on which a Duty of Customs is 
imposed ; stating the Name and Quantity of each 
Article imported in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1850; also, the Rate of Duty charged, and 
the Amount of Duty paid on each Article, and the 
Aggregate of Duty collected in the year:—And, 
Return of all Articles of Agricultural Produce im- 
ported into this Country on which any Duty of Cus- 
toms is imposed ; stating the Rate of Duty, and the 
Amount paid on each Article, and the Aggregate in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pirates 


Returns of the Amount of Money paid as Head 
Money, in each year since the passing of the Act of 
6 Geo, 4, c. 49, intituled, “ An Act for encouraging 
the Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and 
Vessels ;” stating in what Court the Claim was ad- 
judicated, and distinguishing the Numbers for which 
£.20 per Head was paid, and those for which £.5 
per Head was paid ; also, —— the Descrip- 
tion of Persons so treated as Pirates, the Places 
where the several Captures were made, the Persons 
by whom made, and the Date of each several Cap- 
ture :—And, of the Amount of Bills drawn on the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Navy, since the 
1st day of January 1849, for the Payment of Head 
Money for the Capture or Destruction of Pirates, as 
provided for in the Act of 6 Geo. 4, c. 49; stating 
the Court in which each Claim was adjudicated, the 
Number of Pirates for whose Capture, Destruction 
or Defeat such Bills were drawn, and the Numbers 
for which £.20 per head and £.5 per Head were 
respectively paid ; together with the Places where 
the Captures, &amp;c., took place, and the Country to 
which such Pirates belonged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
Accounts of the Number of Individual Depositors, 
and of Charitable Institutions and Friendly Societies 
depositing their Funds in Savings Banks, and of the 
Sums deposited, divided into the usual classes, on 
the 20th day of November 1847, 1848 and 1849 :— 
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 (distinguishing Great Britain and Ireland), 
by the National Debt Commissioners, in each year, 
from the 20th day of May 1847 to the 20th day of 
November 1849 ; of the Amount of Money, Prin- 
cipal and Interest, due to the Trustees by the 
Commissioners, on the 20th day of November 1848 
and 1849; of the Securities held by the Commis- 
sioners on the 20th day of November 1848 and 
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 Trus- 
tees on that day, for Principal and Interest:—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, in each year from the 20th 

day 


&amp; 





, Saving 
anks. 





Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Smithfield 
Market, 


Hops, 





13 VictrortzZ. 


day of May 1847 tothe 20th day of November 1849, 

and stating also the difference in Amount between the 

Amounts so paid and credited, and received, up to 

the 20th day of November 1849 :—Stating, in detail, 

the changes which have been made in the Bank 

Annuities and Exchequer Bills, held by the Na- 

tional 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, cap. 14, 

showing, in separate columns, the Dates, Descrip- 

tion, and extent of each of such changes, and the 

Rates at which the changes were effected, from the 

20th day of May 1847 tothe Date of the Return to 

this Order (all in continuation of Parliamentary 

Paper, No. 677, of Session 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 Purchases and Sales, and the Rate 

at which each of such Purchases and Sales was 
effected, from the 9th day of December 1847, to the 
Date of the Return to this Order (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 45, of Session 1847-48, 
—20th December 1847):—And, Return of the Name 
of each Savings Bank and Provident Society in the 
United Kingdom, which had availed itself of the 
Powers 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, from commencement 
at the 26th day of March 1834, up to the 5th day 
of January 1850, showing, in separate columns :— 
1. The Number and Amount of each Description of 
Annuity granted by the Trustees of each Bank and 
Society; 2. The Amount of Money paid 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 
may 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 January 1850; 5. The Amount of Money re- 
turned by the National Debt Commissioners to the 
Trustees of each Bank and Society on account of 
Persons who had contracted for deferred Annuities 
having died, or become unable to continue the Pay- 
ments previous to the commencement of such An- 
nuities: 6. And, the manner in which the Money 
paid for the purchase of the said Annuities was in- 
vested or disposed of, and the Description and 
Amount of such Investments (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Papers, No. 453, of Session 1844). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Cases in which Contracts have been 
made by the Commissioners of Public Works in 
Ireland with any Person or Persons, for the execu- 
tion of Works of Arterial Drainage, or other Works 
of Public Utility, under the Provisions of the Act 
12 Vic. c, 28; specifying, in each case, whether 
Tenders were required by Public Advertisement ; 
and, also, whether the Lowest Tender was accepted. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Commission for inquiring into 
Smithfield Market, and Markets in the City of 
London, for the Sale of Meat. 

. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


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 1849 ; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :— Of the Duty on Hops of the growth 
of the year 1849; distinguishing the Districts, and 
the Old from the New Duty :—Of the Quantity of 


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23 


Hops exported from Great Britain to Foreign 
Countries, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 
5th day of January 1850 ; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries to which the same have been exported, and 
also the Quantities to each Country; also, British 
from Foreign Growths, and the Dates of the years 
in which the British Hops were grown :—Of Foreign 
Hops imported into the United Kingdom, from the 
5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of January 
1850; 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 year 1849, 


Account of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections in the United Kingdom licensed 
as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be drunk on 
the Premises, and to sell Beer not to be drunk on 
the Premises ; stating the Number of each Class 
who brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of Malt 
consumed by them, particularizing each Class in 
each Collection, from the 10th day of October 1848 
to the 10th day of October 1849. 


Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between the 10th day of October 1848 and 
the 10th day of October 1849; distinguishing the 
Quantity made in each Country, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers and by Victuallers, and by Retail 
Brewers. 


Account of the Quantity of Beer and Ale, in Barrels 
and Bottles, exported between the 10th day of Oc- 
tober 1848 and the 10th day of October 1849. 


Return of the Railways for which Acts were passed 
in the Session of 1849; the Length of each Line; 
the proposed Capital Stock, and the Amount of 
Capital subscribed for each; the Number of Shares 
authorized to be created; and the Sums authorized 
to be raised on Loan (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 7, of Session 1849). 


Command,—A Return of the Number of Passengers 
conveyed on all the Railways in the United King- 
dom, during the half-year ending 30th June 1849; 
showing the different Classes; the Receipts from 
each Class, and from Goods, &amp;c., compiled from 
Returns made to the Commissioners of Railways 
by each Railway Company, in pursuance of the 
Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Vic. c. 97; also, the 
Number of Miles of Railway open, and a Com- 
parative Statement of the Traffic for the five years 
ending 30th June 1845-6-7-8 and 9. 

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


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: 


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

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

The Right honourable Sir George 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 





VoL. 105. 





Borough of Wolverhampton ; 
D4 And 








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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Malt. 


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


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


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 3. 











Address 


24 4° Februariz. 


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 4th day of February 
1850. 

Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Mr. Charles Villiers reported from the Committee, 


reported, and who were appointed upon Friday last, to draw up an 


agreed to. 


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 convey to Your Majesty our Thanks 
for the gracious Speech which Your Majesty has 
commanded to be made to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment: 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the assurance 
of Your great satisfaction in again having recourse 
to the advice and assistance of Your Parliament : 

We condole with Your Majesty on the decease 
of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, which has caused 
Your Majesty deep affliction ; and we entirely con- 
cur with Your Majesty in the belief that the exten- 
sive charity and exemplary virtues of Her late Ma- 
jesty will always render Her memory dear to the 
Nation: 

We humbly express the satisfaction with which 
we learn that Your Majesty happily continues in 

eace and amity with Foreign Powers : 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that, in 
the course of the autumn, differences of a serious 
character arose between the Governments of Austria 
and Russia on the one hand, and the Sublime Porte 
on the other, in regard to the treatment of a con- 
siderable number of persons, who, after the termi- 
nation of the civil Warin Hungary, had taken refuge 
in the Turkish territory ; and we rejoice to learn that 
explanations which took place between the Turkish 
and Imperial Governments have fortunately removed 
any danger to the Peace of Europe which might 
have arisen out of these differences : 

We humbly convey to Your Majesty our thanks 
for informing us that Your Majesty having been ap- 
pealed to on this occasion by the Sultan, united Your 
efforts with those of the Government of France, to 
which a similar appeal had been made, in order to 
assist, by the employment of Your good offices, in 
effecting an amicable settlement of those differences 
in a manner consistent with the dignity and inde- 
pendence of the Porte: 

We thank Your Majesty for acquainting us that 
Your Majesty has been engaged in communications 
with Foreign States upon the measures which might 
be rendered necessary by the relaxation of the re- 
strictions formerly imposed by the Navigation Laws 
of this Country : 

We rejoice to learn that the Governments of 
the United States of America and of Sweden have 
promptly taken steps to secure to British Ships in 
the Ports of their respective Countries, advantages 
similar to those which their own Ships now enjoy in 
British Ports: 

With regard to those Foreign States whose Navi- 
gation Laws have hitherto been of a restrictive 
character, we learn with gratification that Your 
Majesty has received from nearly all of them assur- 
ances whica induce Your Majesty to hope that our 
example will speedily lead to a great and general 
diminution of those obstacles which previously ex- 
isted to a free intercourse by sea between the nations 
of the world: 














A. 1850. 


We unite with Your Majesty in lamenting that in 
the summer and autumn of the past year the United 
Kingdom was again visited by the ravages of the 
Cholera; but we are thankful to Almighty God, 
who in His mercy was pleased to arrest the progress 
of mortality, and to stay this fearful pestilence : 

We humbly concur with Your Majesty, in the 
panes that we shall best evince our gratitude 

y vigilant precautions against the more obvious 
causes of sickness, and an enlightened consideration 
for those whoare most exposed to its attacks: 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that we rejoice 
to be informed that Yuur Majesty, in Your late 
visit to Ireland, derived the highest gratification 
from the loyalty and attachment manifested by all 
classes of Your subjects; and we learn with satis- 
faction, that although the effects of former years of 
scarcity are painfully felt in that part of the United 
Kingdom, they are mitigated by the present abund- 
ance of food, and the tranquillity which prevails : 

We regard with great satisfaction the improved 
condition of Commerce and Manufactures; and 
whilst sharing with Your Majesty in the regret with 
which Your Majesty has observed the complaints 
which in many parts of the Kingdom have proceeded 
fromthe Owners and Occupiers of Land; and humbly 
concurring with Your Majesty in lamenting greatly 
that any portion of Your Majesty’s subjects should 
be suffering distress ; we unite with Your Majesty 
in the feelings of sincere gratification with whic 
Your Majesty witnesses the increased enjoyment of 
the necessaries and comforts of life, which cheap- 
ness and plenty have bestowed upon the great hody 
of the people : 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed the 
Estimates for the year to be laid before us, and for 
informing us that they have been framed with a strict 
regard to economy, whilst the efficiency of the 
various Branches of the Public Service has not been 
neglected : 

We participate in the satisfaction with which Your 
Majesty has seen the present state of the Revenue: 

We beg to express our thanks to Your Majesty, 
for informing us that some of the measures which 
were postponed at the end of the last Session for 
want of time for their consideration, will be again 
laid before us, and that among the most important 
of these is one for the better government of the 
Australian Colonies : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for having di- 
rected various measures to be prepared for the im- 
provement of the condition of Jreland, and for ac- 

uainting us that the mischiefs arising from Party 
Deaemiiies the defects of the Laws regulating the 
relations of Landlord and Tenant; the imperfect 
state of the Grand Jury Acts; and the diminished 
number of electors for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, will, together with other matters of serious 
consequence, form the subjects of measures to be 
submitted for our consideration : 

We unite in the satisfaction with which Your Ma- 
jesty has learnt, that the measures which have been 
already passed for the promotion of the Public 
Health are in a course of gradual adoption, and we 
concur with Your Majesty in the hope that, both in 
the Metropolis and in various parts of the United 
Kingdom, we shall be enabled to make further pro- 
gress in the removal of evils which affect the health 
and well-being of Your Majesty’s subjects: 

We humbly join with Your Majesty in acknow- 
ledging that the favour of Divine Providence has 
hitherto preserved this Kingdom from the Wars and 
Convulsions which during the last two years have 
shaken so many of the States of the Continent of 
Europe; and we heartily concur in the hope and 
belief expressed by Your Majesty, that by combin- 
ing liberty with order, by preserving what is valuable, 
and amending what is defective, we shall sustain the 
fabric of our Institutions as the abode and the 
shelter of a free and happy people. 


And 








13 Victroriz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Address be now read a se- 
cond time ; 


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


Martis, 5° die Februarii, 1850: 


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

The said Address was accordingly read a second 
time. 

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

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


Speech to be Ordered, That the Speech of the Lords Commis- 

considered. signers to both Houses of Parliament be taken into 
consideration this day. 

Printing. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 


to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for print- 
ing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 


Motions made by Members of this House :—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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts 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 re- 
tained for Home Consumption, after deducting the 
Amount exported subsequently to the Payment 
of Duty, for the year ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850, distinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, 
Spanish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian 


Foreign Wine 
and Spirits. 


and other Sorts; together with the Quantities of 


each Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850, distinguishing Zondon from the Coun- 
try :—And, 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, 
of the Quantities exported, and the Quantities 
shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1850, together 
with the Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond 
on the 5th day of January 1850, distinguishing Lon- 
don ftom the Country (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 386, of Session 1849). 


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, 5° die Februarii ; 


Anno 13° Victorie Reginz, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to 
enable the Governor and Company of the 
New River to obtain a further Supply of Water, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


New River 
Company Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
Arrange. 
ments as to 
lyment fi 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to 
amend the Great North of England Railway Pur- 
chase Act, 1846, and to enable the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway Company to complete the 


~ tad Purchase of the said Railway: And the same was 
Vou. 105. 


the Pur 


4°—5° Februariz. 


| tend the Powers of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne and 





25 


| read the first time; and ordered to be read a second of the Great 

time. North of Eng- 
land Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to south York- 
authorize Deviations in the Line of the South York- shire, Doncas- 
shire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, the Extension a Geste 

. - way 
of the Elsecar Branch of the said Railway to Tan- (Amendment 
kersley, and the Amendment of the Acts relating to of Acts, Devia- 
the said Railway : And the same was read the first 1" to Wors- 


_ ‘ b h, &amp;c. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Bill. ie 


| 
| 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Royal College 
enabling Her Majesty to granta new Charter to the of Surgeons of 
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and for — 
conferring further Powers on the suid College: 

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





Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to ex- Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 


| Carlisle Railway Company, and to amend Acts re- Railway Bill. 


| lating to their Railway: And the same was read the 
| first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 


pany, and of the East Lincolnshire Railway Com- ¢r Railway 
Deviations, 


: ; Amendment of 
|relating to the Great Northern Railway, to autho- Acts, Altera- 


rize a Deviation at Doncaster, and short Branches tion of Tolls, 

‘at Leeds and Peterborough, and to alter the tolls of = pr eare- 
i : . 7 incolnshire 

_the Great Northern and East Lincolnshire Railways, Railway Tolls 

| was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered Bill. 

_to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund De- 

| nison and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 


| pany, for leave to bring in a Billto amend the Acts 


| A Petition of Directors of, or Shareholders in, gusolk and 

ithe Suffolk and General Country Amicable In- General 

Insurance Office, for leave to bring in a Bill for County 

| F : . 5 4 Amicable 
carrying into effect an Agreement entered into be- Jnsurance 

| tween the Suffolk and General Country Amicable Office Bill. 

Insurance Office and the Alliance British and Fo- 

‘reign Life and Fire Assurance Company, was pre- 

‘sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought in accerdingly, by Sir Edward Buxton and 

| Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 


| A Petition of the Bristol Waterworks Company, Bristol Water- 

| for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Bristol works Act 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of aes, 

| Money, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Philip 

| Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


| Sir Robert Ferguson presented a Bill for com- Londonderry 
| pleting the Line of the Londonderry and Coleraine ae 
| Railway, with Branch to Newtownlimavady, and for . 
,amending the Acts relating thereto: And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


A Petition of the East and West India Docks, East and West 
and Birmingham Junction Railway Company, for India Docks, 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East and West meal, eae 2 
India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Railway Bill 
Company, to make certain Branch Railways, and to 
amend the Act relating to the said Company, and to 
authorize the lease of the said Undertaking, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Glyn and Mr. Mangles. 


Mr. Saunders Davies presented a Bill to extend South Wales 
the ‘Time for the Purchase of certain Lands required Railway Bill. 
for the South Wales Railway, aud to amend the (X® ')® 
Acts relating thereto: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill to enable South Eastern 
the South Eastern Railway Company to discon- Trewenés 
tinue the Payment of Interest on Calls paid on cer- discontinue 
tain Classes of Shares in the Company, and to en- Payment of 
title the Holders of the same to participate in Divi- Interest ou 


E dends, 


























LS fin p RICE 8 LTTE 





26 5° Februari. 


Calls paidon dends, and to amend the Acts relating to the South 
— — Eastern Railway : And the same was read the first 
Bill. » time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


South Eastern Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill to enable 
Railwa, the South Eastern Railway Company to raise a fur- 
Coen aent ther Sum of Money: And the same was read the 
to raise Addi. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


tional Capital) 
Bill. 


Stourbridge A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 

Union Rates within the several parishes and places of Stour- 

_ bridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, the Lye, Wol- 
lescote, Cradley, the borough of Halesowen, Hawn, 
Hasbury, Illy, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, Ridg- 
acre and Lapal, in the county of Worcester ; and, 
Kingswinford and Amblecote, in the county of 
Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill for better as- 
sessing and collecting the Poor Rates, Highway 
Rates and other Parochial Rates, the County, 
Shire Hall, Police and other County and Local 
Rates, on Small Tenements in the several Pa- 
rishes, Townships and Hamlets of Stourbridge, 
Upper Swinford, Wollaston, the Lye, Wollescote, 
Cradley, the Borough of Halesowen, Hawn, Hasbury, 
Illy, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, Ridgacreand Lapal, 
in the County of Worcester ; and, Kingswinford and 
Amblecote, in the County of Stafford, situate within 
and forming the Stourbridge Poor Law Union, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Foley, Colonel 
Anson, and Mr. Campbell. 


Tewkesbury A Petition of Trustees and Creditors of the 

Severn Bridge Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads, situate in 

ae the counties of Gloucester and Worcester, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term of an 
Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for -building a Bridge over the River Severn, 
at or near to the Mythe Hill, within the Parish, 
and near to the Town of Tewkesbury, in the County 
of Gloucester, to the opposite side of the said River, 
in the Parish of Bushley, in the County of Wor- 
cester; and for making convenient Roads and 
Avenues to communicate with such Bridge, within 
the Counties of Gloucester and Worcester ;” and of 
another Act passed in the seventh year of the reign 
of his said late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for altering, amending and en- 
larging the Powers and Provisions of an Act relatin 
to the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads,” for 
the Purpose of paying off the Debt now due on 
the said Bridge and Roads, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir William Codrington, the Marquis 
of Worcester and Mr. Campbell. 


Leeds and A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Thirsk Rail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
bre 4 al Time granted to the said Company, for the com- 
for Completion pletion of the Railways and Works authorized by 
— _ the Leeds and Hartlepool Railway Act, 1846, was 
Railway) pil, Presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


River Dee A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Conservancy inhabitants of the city of Chester, for obtaining the 
ae improvement of the River Dee, for leave to bring 
. in a Bill for the Conservancy and Improvement of 
the River Dee, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


River Dee Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Conservancy Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
and Impreve- Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the River Dee Conservancy and Improvemeut Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
im the following instance, viz.; By clause 2, of the 
Bill, it is enacted, that all the provisions of the 


ment Bill. 














A. 1850. 


Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, which are 
applicable to and not inconsistent with the provi- 
sions of the proposed Bill, shall be read as forming 
pot of such Bill, and there being no clause in the 

ill to except the provisions with reference to 
powers for the compulsory purchase of lands or 
houses, it appears that the Promoters would have 
the power of taking all such lands as are included 
within the limits of the work, as defined by the 
Plan and by the provisions of the Bill; but the 
notices do not specify the intention to apply for any 
such powers. 





A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Peterborough 
Act for paving and otherwise improving the City a 
° » b : “ Police and 
and Township of Peterborough, for leave to bring Cemetery, &amp;¢. 
in a Bill for better paving, lighting, watching, cleans- Bill. 
ing and otherwise regulating and improving the City 
and Township of Peterborough, in the Liberty of 
Peterborough, in the County of Northampton, and 
for establishing a Cemetery therein, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Caledonian 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending and Wishaw 
the Acts relating to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- ow Coltness 

: ailways Bill. 
way, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Loch 
and Mr, Stuart Wortley. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Inverness 
of the royal burgh of Jnverness, for leave to bring Bridges Bill. 
ina Bill for re-building the Bridge over the River 
Ness, at the Town of Inverness, and improving the 
Approaches thereto; and for maintaining and re- 
gulating the Bridges over the said River, at Inver- 
ness, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry 
Baillie and Mr. Alexander Matheson. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Caledonian 
way per ag for leave to bring in a Bill to amal- ane Yorn 
gamate the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glas- ha 
gow Railway Companies, was presented, and read ; Amalgamation 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, Bill. 


by Mr. Cowan and Mr. John Benjamin Smith. 


Mr. Willcox presented a Bill for amending and southampton 
extending the Powers and Provisions of the Act Waterworks 
of the seventh year of the reign of King William - 
the Fourth, relating to the Southampton Waterworks, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Dundee Dundee and 
and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Com- Verth and 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and for faa 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first Junction Bill. 


time and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan, by Order, presented a Bill to change Architects, Ci- 
the Name of “ The Architects, Civil Engineers, vil Engineers, 
Builders and General Fire and Life Insurance, An- — — 
nuity and Reversionary Interest Company,” and and Life 
to enable the Company to sue and be sued in the Insurance 4 
Name of their Manager, and for other Purposes etm, Be 
relating to the Company: And the same was read Interest Com- 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second pany (Incor- 
time. poration of the 


Company 

under a different Name) Bill. 

Lord Robert Grosvenor, by Order, presented a Manchester, 
Bill to make better Provision for raising Funds to pee wh es 
complete the Railway and Dock Undertakings of Railway Bill. 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Alfred Hervey presented a Bill to enable Brighton 
the Commissioners acting under an Act passed in a 
the sixth year of the reign of his late Mojesty Royal Pavilion 











13 Vicrortz. 5° Februariz. QT 


and Grounds, King George the Fourth, for better regulating, the Grants, with the Dates thereof :—And, of the 
and a paving, improving and managing the Town of Report on the Reduction of the Allowances to the 
omy Bill, Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex, and the | Polish Refugees, drawn up by Mr. Bellew and Mr. 
Poor thereof; to purchase, improve and manage | Pennington. 
the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and the Grounds| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
thereof, and to enlarge, extend and apply the | Table. 
Powers and Provisions of the same Act with re-' 
ference thereto: And the same was read the first; A Petition of Commissioners for improving the Herne Bay 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Town of Herne Bay, for leave to bring in a Bill to Improvement 
‘amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of ~ 
Kew and Mr. Alcock presented a Bill for extinguishing the | An Act passed in the 3d and 4th years of the reign 


Petersham  Vicarial Tithes in the Parishes of Kew and Peters- | of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for paving, 
veenge S. ham, in the County of Surrey; for confirming and | cleansing, lighting, watching, repairing and im- 
regulating the Pew Rents of the said Parish | proving a certain Portion of the Parish of Herne, 
Churches; for authorizing the Division of the|in the County of Kent,’ and to extend the limits 
Vicarage of Kew and Petersham, and for other Pur- | thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
poses relating to such Vicarage: And the same| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a| Plumptre and Mr. Deedes. 
second time. 
Petitions from Bandon ;— Ely, in the county of Agricultural 
Swansea Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill to enable Cambridge, and neighbouring parishes, and in the Distress. 
Municipal the Corporation of Swansea, with the consent of | South Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford 
—_ the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, | Level ;—Calbourne ;—and, Kilkenny; complaining 
. to subscribe for Shares in the Swansea Dock Com-| of the generally depressed state of the Agricultural 
pany, and to raise Money for that Purpose, and to | Interest, and praying the House to adopt measures 
purchase the Interests of certain Lessees of Pro-| of relief,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
perty belonging to the said Corporation, and for | lie upon the Table. 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first | 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | A Petition of Inhabitants of Haselbury Pluck- Beer Shops, 
_nett, in the county of Somerset, complaining of the *¢ 
York and A Petition of the York and North Midland ‘evils arising from the establishment of Beer-shops, 


ae Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to | and praying for the gradual repeal of the Sale of 
alway alter the Terms of Issue of the Shares in the Beer Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

Capital of the York and North Midland Railway | lie upon the Table. 
Company, called The Hull and Se/by Purchase, | 
&amp;c., Shares; to enable the said Company to hold, Petitions from Cheadle Union (Chairman) ;—and, County 
Shares in the Hull and Selby Railway Company, | Fa/mouth Union; praying the House to pass a law, =*penditure. 
and in the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway | securing to rate-payers a control over the County 
Company ; to alter, amend, and extend the Acts | Expenditure, by the establishment of County Fi- 
relating to the York and North Midland Railway | nancial and Administrative Boards,—were pre- 
Company, and for other Purposes, was presented, sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Smyth and Mr. Milner. A Petition of John Dillon, Master Mariner, for- John Dillon, 


| merly of the Royal Navy, and Preventive Water- 
Birmingham A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for guard service in Ireland, complaining of hardships 
| aol gg making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from the | inflicted on him with reference to the capture of the 
* Town of Birmingham to or near the Town of Per- | American smuggling brig “ Peru,” and praying for 
shore, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the | the appointment of a Committee to investigate the 
Term of the Birmingham and Pershore Turnpike-| case, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
road Act, and for other Purposes, was presented, | upon the Table. 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in | 
accordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. Foley. | _A Petition of Irvine Armstrong, Out-pensioner of Pensioners 
| Chelsea Hospital, from the 40th Regiment of Foot, “4™Y) 
Liverpool, A Petition of the Liverpool, Crosby and South-| complaining of certain deductions from his pension, 
— and port Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill| and praying for redress, was presented, and read ; 
Railway to authorize certain Alterations in the Line of the | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
(Deviations, Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, and for | 
Enlargement cles Puipeien, was presented, and read; anda Bill} Petitions from Lyme Regis ;— Caterham; —Couls- Post-office. 
nae) was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | don ;—Oxhill and Tysoe ;—Knightcote and Fenny 
William Brown and Sir Thomas Birch. | Compton ;—Rural Dean of the Deanery of East ;— 
Mosley ; —Bromsgrove ; — Kington ; —Drayton ;— 
Wolverhamp- _ A Petition of the Wolverhampton Waterworks | Muchelney ;—P. Smith, and others ;— West Chillow ; 
ton Water. Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the | —and, Shalfleet ; praying for the abolition of Sun- 
ond ll Wolverhampton Waterworks, and to amend the Act! day labour in the Post-oftice,—were presented, and 
and Extension Telating thereto, was presented, and read; and a|read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
of Works) Bill. Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 





Mr. Thornely and Mr. Charles Villiers. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal Palaces, 
'a Return cf the Sums of Money already voted for 
Polish Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address to | the different Royal Palaces for the last Three years, 


Refugees. Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of July, in the| the Amount actually paid, and the Amount. due at 
last Session of Parliament, for Copies of a Note} the present period ; and whether such Sums already 
addressed by five Members of Parliament to the| voted will be sufficient to complete the contemplated 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the year 1834, at| Expenses at the period such were stated to be neces- 
his desire, containing suggestions as to the Amount} sary. 
of the Grant to Poltsh Refugees :—Of any Instruc- ° 
tions sent by the Treasury to the Literary Association! | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Advances from 
of the Friends of Poland as to the Administration | Statement of the Liabilities of each County and — Consoli- 
of the Grant whilst entrusted to that Body :—Of} County of a City in Zre/and to Her Majesty’s Ex- (ireland), &amp;c. 
any Minutes laying down any general Rules adopted | chequer, on the 20th day of November 1849, in , 
by the Treasury with regard to the Distribution of| respect of Advances from the Consolidated Fund, 
Vou. 105, E2 with 























Se TS ne AMET SN TNT TS a TRA 


: 
’ 
’ 
: 
} 
: 


Piracy 
(Borneo. ) 


Malta. 


Jonian Islands. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


98 5° Februariz. 


A. 1850. 


with the conditions of repayment of each such Ad- | William Ormsby Gore, Esquire, the Right honour- 
vance; specifying the Act of Parliament under which able Henry Goulburn, Richard Harris, Esquire, 
each such Advance was made:—Copy of the Cor- | John Heathcoat, Esquire, Alexander Henry, Esquire, 
respondence which has taken place between the the Right honourable John Charles Herries, Thomas 
Commissioners of Poor Laws in Ireland and the | Law Hodges, Esquire, Sir John |; ~ Thomas 
Newcastle Board of Guardians, with reference to; Houldsworth, Esquire, Joseph Hume, Esquire, Sir 
certain Contracts, and to the Financial State of the | Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Edward Kerrison, Sir 
Union :—Statement of the Financial Condition of | Charles Knightley, Sir Charles Lemon, the Right 
the County of Limerick laid before the Lord Lieu-| honourable Sir ‘'homas Frankland Lewis, James 
tenant of Jreland by the Earl of Clare on the part | Zoch, Esquire, Major Macnamara, Lord Charles 
of the Grand Jurors and Owners of Land in said | Somerset Manners, John Masterman, Esquire, Tho- 


County:—And, Return of all Contracts containing 
Penal Clauses entered into by the Guardians or 
Vice-Guardians of any Union in Ireland. 


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- 
lating to the Suppression of Piracy off the Coast of 
Borneo. 

Ordered, That 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 be- 
tween the Covernor of Malta and the Secretary of 


State for the Colonies, relating to the admission of 


Foreigners into the Island of Malta. 

Ordered, That 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 between 
the Lord High Commissioner of the Jonian Islands, 
and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, respect- 
ing the state of Cephalonia in 1849; the Proclama- 
tion of Martial Law, and the Punishments inflicted 
under it. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Maiesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence reiative to the 
Establishment of a Representative Assembly at the 
Cape of Good Hope. 

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


The House was moved, That the 35th, 36th, 37th 
and 88th sections of the Act 11 and 12 Vice. 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, 
Escuire, Admiral Bowles, Joseph Brotherton, Es- 
quire, William Brown, Esquire, Lewis William 
Buck, Esquire, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, William 
Busfeild, Esquire, Right honourable Sir George 
Clerk, Honourable Robert Henry Clive, Henry 
Combe Compton, Esquire, William Sharman Craw- 
fard, Esquire, the Right honourable Charles T enny- 
son D’ Eyncourt, Quintin Dich, Esquire, Henry 


Drummond, Esquire, Henry Home Drummond, Es- | 


vans, Esquire, William Johnson Fox, Esquire, 
Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esquire, Admiral Gordon, 


mas Philip Maunsell, Esquire, William Ord, Esquire, 
the Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, Edward Wil- 
liam Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, Sir George Richard 
Philips, Colonel Powell, Nicholas Maher Power, 
Esquire, Sir Robert Price, Richard Prime, Esquire, 
Richard Richards, Esquire, George Richard Robin- 
son, Esquire, Richard Spooner, Esquire, Sir George 
Thomas Staunton, Sir George Strickland, Henry 
William Tancred, Esquire, Thomas Thornely, Es- 
quire, John Ennis Vivian, Esquire, Harry Spencer 
Waddington, Esquire, Richard Walker, Esquire, 
Edmond Wodehouse, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Charles Watkins William Wynn. 

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

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir 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 ma- 
terial 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 Treasury, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
| time he may hold the said office. 
| The Right honourable Viscount Palmerston hav- 

ing stated, that, being one of Her Majesty’s Prin- 
pode Secretaries of State, he could not attend Elec- 
tion Committees without material inconvenience 
to the public 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 
|Committees during the time he may hold the said 
office. 

The Right honourable Sir Francis Baring having 
stated, that, being First Lord of the Admiralty, he 
could not attend Election Committees without ma- 





| 
| 
} 


, | terial inconvenience to the public service during the 


time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir Francis 
Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of First — from the Epis- 
copal and Capitular Revenues Commissioners. 





| June, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
of the Number of Causes entered for Trial in Lon- 


don 





d, Es- | Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to — for 
a the Right honourable Edward Ellice, William'an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of ™ 





&lt; 


~ tent ell 


a~ 64. dr 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Railways. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
«Wales. ) 


No. 4. 


Churches 
and Chapels 
(Wales. ) 

No. 4, 
Population, 
Poor Law, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


No. 5. 
Poor Law 


(Medical 
Relief) (Scot- 
land.) 


No, 6. 


Universities. 


No, 7. 


Court of 
Session 
(Scotland.) 


No. 8 


Lighthouses 
(Ireland. ) 


No.9, 
Railways, 
No. 10, 


Eeclesiastical 
MMission, 


13 Vicrorrz. 


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 Remanets left at each 
Assize. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 28th day of July, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Number 
and Description of Metropolitan Police Officers em- 
ployed out of the limits of the Metropolitan Dis- 
trict in the years 1847 and 1848, as nearly as can 
be given; the Number of Days each Police Officer 
was so employed in each year; and the Sums paid 
to or on account of each Police Officer for Pay, 
Lodging, Travelling or other Expenses whilst so 
employed. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 4th day of this instant February, for a Re- 
turn of the Railways for which Acts were passed in 
the Session of 1849 ; the Length of each Line; the 
proposed Capital Stock, and the Amount of Capital 
subscribed for each; the Number of Shares autho- 
rized to be created ; and the Sums authorized to be 
raised on Loan (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 7, Session 1849). 

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


Ordered, That the Returns for three months end- 
ing the 31st day of December 1848, of the name of 
every Parish within the several diocesses of Saint 
Asaph, Bangor, Saint David, and Llandaff, showing 
the Names and Numbers of Churches and Chapels 
attached to the Establishment 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, distinguish- 
ing the English entire Services from the Welsh 
entire Services, and whether such Welsh Services 
are performed by the Incumbent or Curate, which 
were presented upon the 6th day of July in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Supplementary Return relative 
to Churches and Chapels (Wales), which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 
Poor Law, &amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented upon 
Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Medical Relief) (Scotland), which was presented 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Universi- 


ties, which was presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented upon Thurs- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- 
houses (Ireland), which was presented upon Thurs- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Committee of this House, to which 
was entrusted an inquiry into the composition and 
management of the Ecclesiastical Commission, hav- 


ing recommended the appointment of three paid | 
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don and Middlesex, in each year during the last Ten | Commissioners for the management of the property 





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under the Commission, it is expedient that effect be 
given to that recommendation :—-And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Real Property 
to facilitate the Transfer of Real Property: And Ttansfer Bill. 
that Mr. Henry Drummond and Mr. Wood do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Library of the 

Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the House. 
directicn 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. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Gladstone, the Judge 
Advocate, Sir John Young and Mr. Clive. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill a 
to amend the Law relating to Bankrupt Members Members Bill. 
of the House of Commons, and to vacate the Seats 
of Bankrupt and Insolvent Members of the House 
of Commons, and to facilitate the Recovery of 
Debts from such Members: And that Mr. Moffatt, 

Mr. William Evans and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
- i aoe 9 +11 Life Policies 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill (fh ccurance 
to make Life Policies of Assurance assignable at Bill, 
law, and to make other Amendments in the Law 
relating thereto: And that Mr. William Fagan and 
Mr. Mullings do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ee 

‘ ra .? Expeditions. 
Copies of any Reports or Statements from the Offi- ’ 
cers employed in the Arctic Expeditions, or from 

any other persons, which have been laid before the 

Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in respect to 





the Resumption of the Search for Sir John Franklin’s 
Expedition :—Of any Plan or Plans of Search, 
whether by Ships or Boats, up to the present Date : 
—Copy or Extracts from any Correspondence or 
Proceedings of the Board of Admiralty, in relation 
to the Arctic Expeditions (since the date of the last 
Return to this House in 1849) :—Copies of the Or- 
ders issued by the Board of Admiralty to the Cap- 
tains Collinson, Kellett, and Moore, and to Lieu- 
tenant Pullen; and also Copy of the Instructions 
given to Dr. Rae through the Hudson’s Bay Com- 
pany :—Of any Reports made by any Officer or 
Officers employed in the late Expeditions, and ad- 
dressed to the Board of Admiralty :—And, of the 
latest Chart of the Polar Sea compiled by order of 
the Board of Admiralty (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Papers Nos. 264 and 386, of Session 1848, 
and of Nos. 188 and 387, of Session 1849). 
































Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to establish County Financial Boards for the asses- 
sing of County Rates, and for the Administration of 
County Expenditure in England and Wales: And 
that Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Hume, Colonel Lind- 
say, and Mr. Shafto Aduir do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Small Tene- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill é 
ments Rating 


for the better Assessing and Collecting the Poor 
Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small Tene- 
ments: And that Mr. Halsey, Mr. Stafford and Sir 
Henry Meux do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Public 








to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to Petitions. 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and 
E3 that 

























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30 5°—6° Februari. 


that such Committee do classify and prepare ab- 
stracts of the same, in such form and manner as 
shall appear to them best suited to convey to the 
House all requisite information respecting their con- 
tents, and do report the same from time to time to 
the House; and that such Reports do in all cases 
set forth the number of signatures to each Petition: 
—And that such Committee have power to direct 
the printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such 

arts of Petitions, as shall appear to require 1t :— 
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 Douglas, and 
Mr. Adderley. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum, 


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

Bill. to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to Lrish 
Fisheries: And that Mr. Anstey, Lord Naas, and 
Mr. O'Flaherty do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

(Ireland) Bill. to amend an Act of the last Session for making 
Provision for the Collection of County Cess in Jre- 
land and for the Remuneration of the Collectors 
thereof: And that Mr. Monsell, Mr. Henry Her- 
bert and Mr. Wiiliam Fagan 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. 
Vapier do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lords Com- The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
—” into consideration the Speech of the Lords Com- 


missioners to both Houses of Parliament; and the 
same was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

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

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


Irish Fisheries Mr. Anstey presented a Bill to consolidate and 
Bill. amend the Acts relating to Zrish Fisheries: And 


No.11. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 

Bankrupt Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to amend the Law 


and Insolvent yelating to Bankrupt Members of the House of 
Stensbers SEU. Commons, and to vacate the Seats of Bankrupt and 
No.2. Insolvent Members of the House of Commons, and 
to facilitate the Recovery of Debts from such Mem- 
bers: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon W ednesday the 
20th day of this instant February; and to be 

printed. 


County Rates | Mr, Milner Gibson presented a Bill to establish 
and Expendi- County Financial Boards for theassessing of County 


aa agee Rates, and for the Administration of County Ex- 
No. 13. penditure in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 13th day of this 

instant February ; and to be printed. 
Life Policies Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to make Life 


of Assurance Policies of Assurance assignable at Law, and to 
B ; 
N make other Amendments in respect thereof: And 
0.14. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th 
day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 








A. 1850. 


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 ® 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No.16. 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bill to amend an Act of County Cess 
the last Session, for making Provision for the Col- (Ireland) Bill. 
lection of County Cess in Jredand, and for the Re- No. 16. 
muneration of the Collectors thereof: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second tiie To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Mr. William Fagan, by Order, presented a Bill Real Property 
to facilitate the Transfer of Real Property: And Transfer Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered tobe No. 17. 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th day of 
this instant February; and to be printed. 


Mr. Frewen 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. 18, 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th 
day of this instant February; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chrishna Rao 
Copies of the Despatches from the Bombay Govern- Withul. 
ment respecting the claims of Crishna Rao Withul, 
with Enclosures :—Also, Copies of any Orders or In- 
structions issued by the Court of Directors thereon ; 
together with any Minutes on the subject. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 6° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


T H E Comptroller of the Household reported to Answer to 
the House, That Her Majesty having been at- Address. 
tended with their Address of Monday last, was pleased 

to receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 


I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. 

The expression of your sympathy in the loss 
which I and the nation have sustained by the death 
of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, is very grateful to 
my feelings. 

You may rely on My cordial co-operation in 
your endeavours to promote the welfare and happi- 
ness of all classes of My people, and to preserve 
and improve the institutions which, under the favour 
of Divine Providence, this Country has long en- 
joyed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order gtanding 
of the House No 2, relative to the appointment of Orders. 
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 nomi- 
nated 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. Wrigit- 
son, Mr. Evelyn Denison and Mr. Henley. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions a 
Petitions presented upon the Ist and 4th days of (firs bee 
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. 























































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Leeds and 

Thirsk Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion of Time 





13 Vicroriz. 


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 


for Completion the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Extension of Time 


of Leeds and 
Railway) Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


West Cornwall 
Railway Biil. 


Borough of 
Salford Water- 
works and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Cambridge 
and Shepreth 
Junction Rail- 
way, and 
Branch to join 
the Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


Exeter and 
Crediton 
Railway Bill, 


for Completion of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as notices of the intended application to Par- 


liament have not been published in the months of ! 


October and November, or either of them, in the 
“ London Gazette,” nor in any London Newspaper, 
nor in any Newspaper published in the counties of 
York and Durham, in which counties the lands are 
situate in respect of which further powers are sought 
by the said Bill, for completing the Works already 
authorized by Parliament; the said county of York 
being also the county in which is situate the prin- 
cipal Office of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- 
pany, who are the Promoters of the said Bill. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the River Zee Trust 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the West Cornwall Railway Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Borough of Salford Waterworks and Improve- 
ment Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be referred to the Select Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the South Wales Railway (No. 2.) Bill, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Cambridge and Shepreth Junction Railway, and 
Branch to join the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be referred 
to the Select Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 
the Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- 
compliance with the Standmg 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. 

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31 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in ghrewsbury 
the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Bill, which and Hereford 
was presented upon Friday last, be referred to the ®ailway Bill 
Select Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Cork Docks 
the Cork Docks and Harbour Improvement Bill, and Harbour 
which was presented upon Friday last, be referred PuProvement 
to the Select Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Waterford, 
the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- Wexford, 
way Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, haley 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing way Bill. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Dublin, 
the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Dundrum and 
(Extension or Revival of Powers for the Purchase Railway (Ex. 
of Lands and Completion of Works, Amendment tension or 
or Repeal of Acts) Bill, which was presented upon Revival of 
me last, be referred to the Select Committee on Aa 
Standing Orders. Lands and 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- Completion 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of phase os 
the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon or Repeal of 
the Table upon Friday last, be referred to the said Acts) Bill. 


Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Eastern Union 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill, which was pre- Railway Bill. 
sented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee 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. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in London (City) 
the London (City) Improvements Bill, which was Improvements 
presented upon Monday last, be referred to the Se- Bill 
lect Committee 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 Monday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in Childwall 
the Childwall Waterworks Bill, which was pre- Waterworks 
sented upon Monday last, be referred to the Select _ 
Committee 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 Monday last, be referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Petition for leave to a in Oxford, 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, Bir- Worcester and 
mingham and Uxford Junction, and Great Western agnor 
Railway Companies Bill, which was presented upon ham and Ox- 
Monday last, be referred to the Select Committee — — 
on Standing Orders. oer 


E4 Ordered, 








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Western Rail- Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- Branch; to enable the Company to hold Shares in 
way Com- = compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of the West Durham Railway, and for other Purposes, 
panics Bill. the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon | was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 

the Table upon Monday last, be referred to the said be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Smyth and Mr. 





Select Committee. Milner. 
Oxford, Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in | A Petition of Directors, Subscribers to, and Pro- London 
Worcester and the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | moters of the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, Ned athe) 
pg ey * Bill, which was presented upon Monday last, be: for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying the Cities ramen 7 Bil, 
Bill. referred to the Select Committee on Standing , of London and Westminster, and Suburbs, and other 
Orders. Places, with Pure Spring Water, was presented, 
Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of | accordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Thomas 
the Petition for the said Bill, which was laid upon | Duncombe and Mr. Sadleir. 
the Table upon Monday last, be referred to the said | 
Select Committee. | Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to Woiverhamp- 
extend the Wolverhampton Waterworks, and to ton Water. 
Glasgow, Ordered, That the Petition of the Glasgow, Kil-| amend the Act relating thereto: And the same was sa ‘ 
ee marnock and Ardrossan Railway Company, for sus- | read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second pa el 
Railway Bill, pension of the 134th Standing Order, which was ' time. of Works) Bill, 
presented upon Monday last, be referred to the| 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. | Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to Great North- 
| amend the Acts relating to the Great Northern ern Railway 
North Staf- Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in| Railway; to authorize a Deviation at Doncaster, Deviations, 


: attordshi &gt; ‘Amend 
a the North Staffordshire and Manchester, Sheffield | and short Branches at Leeds and Peterborough, and of Acts, Alte 
Sheffield and and Lincolnshire Railways Junction Bill, which was | to alter the Tolls of the Great Northern and East ration of Tolls, 


Lincolnshire presented upon Monday last, be referred to the| Lincolnshire Railways: And the same was read the praiete od 
Railways Select Committee on Standing Orders. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Railway Tolls 


Junction Bill. “Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- Bill. 


— with the Standing Orders, in the case of| yj, Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for gugor ana 
the —o for the said Bill, which was laid upon carrying into effect an Agreement entered into be- General 
the Table upon Monday last, be referred to the said panty, Suffolk and General Country Amicable Country 
Select Committee. ‘Insurance Office, and the Alliance British and Fo- Jneurance 
reign Life and Fire Assurance Company: And the Office Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Peterborough Ordered, That the Report in respect of non- 
Improvement, compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of | 
Cemetery, &amp;c, the Petition for the /°eterborough improvement, 
iil, 


Police and Cemetery, &amp;c., Bill, which was laid upon = yy, Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to Bri 
the Table upon Monday last, be referred to the | r &gt;t &gt;? ee 


wiry; ; ies Oia | authorize the Bristol Waterworks Company to raise = o 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, _a further Sum of Money: And the same was read i. ent 


Leeds and Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
ic. the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Extension = ne | ime. 

: ‘Time for Completion of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway) aa : ; : 

wd Bill, which was presented mele referred tq Sir Thomas Birch presented a Bill to authorize ae. 
of Leeds and the Select Committee on Standing Orders. certain Alterations in the Line of the Liverpool, ates a 
Hartlepool ™ | Crosby and Southport Railway, and for other Pur- Railway 
——— poses: And the same was read the first time ; and (Deviations, 
River Dee Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in , ordered to be read a second time. Enlargement 


rvanc . “1 | of Station, &amp;c,) 
Conservancy the River Dee Conservancy and Improvement Bill, —* ’ 
and Improve- 


ment Bill. * which was presented yesterday, be referred to the A Petition of the Mayor andthe there-undersigned Bradford 
wag er oe eon - ae oe Aldermen and Councillors of the borough of Brad- Tugrovemetty 
&gt; por respec = Pee r : olice an 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in the case of | ford, in the county of York, for leave to bring in @ purchase, and 
he Petition for the said Bill’ which was laid Bill for amending or repealing certain Acts relating closing of 
the Petition for the sai ull, which was laid upon | ¢, the Borough of Bradford, in the County of York, Bradford 
the Table yesterday, be referred to the said Select | 514 for better paving, lighting, watching drainine: ©#2@l Bill. 
_ ° 5 . t &gt; 2 5? &gt; 
Committee. and otherwise improving the said Borough, and for 
the better Regulation and Management thereof, and 
for the Purchase of the Bradford Canal, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Peterborough = Ordered, That the Petition for leave to bring in 


Improvement, B . 
Pokce and the Peterborough Improvement, Police and Ceme- 


Cemetery, &amp;c, tery, &amp;c. Bill, which was presented yesterday, 





Bill. be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Colonel Thompson and Mr. Busfeild 
Orders. P : : . 
Ramsey, A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of ail Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Tewkesbury 


: Bed ng : - wer “mia - at : Brid 
Upwood and vithin the districts intended to be drained and im- | COtinuing the Term of an Act passed in the fourth Severn Brg 


Great Ravele : ; ‘ : . . : __ and Roads Bill- 
Tart Fens, and proved under the powers of the Bill thereinafter | Yea" of the reign of his late Majesty King George 


Lockspit Lots referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more | the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for building a Bridge 


and Lockspit effectual Drainage and Improvement of certain °V¢ the River Severn, at or near to the Mythe Hill, 


Lands Drain- : &gt;. = ome: r » . » hen 
age andim- Lands in the Parishes of Ramsey, Upwood and within the Parish and near to the Town of Tewkes- 


provement (reat Raveley, all in the County of Huntingdon, | bury, in the County of Gloucester, to the opposite 


Bill. was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered | side of the said River, in the Parish of Bushley, in 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fellowes and , the County or Worcester, and for making convenient 

Mr. Thornhill. nis | Roads and Avenues to communicate with such 

| Bridge, within the Counties of Gloucester and Wor- 

York, New. A Petition of the York, Newcastie and Berwick | cester ;’’ and of another Act passed in the seventh 


ane Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for! year of the reign of his said late Majesty King 


(Alteration of enabling the said Company to alter the Levels of | George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for altering, 
Levels, and = Part of the Bishop Auckland Branch of their Rail- | amending and enlarging the Powers and Provisions 


Extension of way ; to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands | of an Act relating to the 7’ ewkesbury Severn Bridge 
and Completion of Works on part of the same and Roads,” for the purpose of paying off the Debt 
' now 


‘Time, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 











13 VicrorizZ. 


now due on the said Bridge and Roads: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for 
better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates, 
Highway Rates and other Parochial Rates, the 
County Shire Hall, Police and other County and 
Local Rates, on Small Tenements, in the several 
Parishes, Townships and Hamlets of Stourbridge, 
Upper Swinford, Wollaston, The Lye, Wollascote, 
Cradley, the Borough of Halesowen, Hawn, Has- 
bury, Illy, Lutly, The Hill, Cakemore, Ridgacre and 
Lapel, in the County of Worcester, and Kingswin- 
ford and Amblecote, in the County of Stafford, situ- 
ate within and forming the Stourbridge Poor Law 
Union: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Stourbridge 
Union Rates 


Yorkand © Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to 
a alter the Terms of Issue of the Shares in the 
“my” Capital of the York and North Midland Railway 
Company, called The Hull and Selby Purchase, 
&amp;c., Shares; to enable the said Company to hold 
Shares in the Hull and Selby Railway Company, 
and in the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway 
Company; to alter, amend and extend the Acts 
relating to the York and North Midland Railway 
Company, and for othgr Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Bonded Creditors on the tolls 
authorized to be taken by the Act for making a 
Turnpike-road from Saint John’s a 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, and of 
Trustees acting in execution of the said Act, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term of 
an Act passed in the seventh year of 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 J/id- 
dlesex,” for the purpose of paying off the debt 
now due on the said roads, and providing for the 
future management thereof, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be bronght in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Campbell. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Christian Con- 
gregation assembling in Cairo-street Chapel, War- 
rington, praying that so long as the laws autho- 
rizing Death Punishments are continued in force, 
measures may be taken that all executions be 
henceforth conducted in a private manner in the 
presence only of competent witnesses, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Constantine ;—and, Saint Stephens ; 
praying for the substitution of some other punish- 
ment in lieu of the Punishment of Death,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Punishment 
of Death, 





Ceylon, Two Petitions of Inhabitants of Ceylon; com- 


plaining of the circumstances attending the sup- 
pression of the late riots in the Island of Ceylon, 
and of the severity exercised by the Governor in 


6° Februariz. 





punishing the rioters, and praying for a full and 
searching inquiry into all the circumstances of the 
case,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bregown ;—and, Mothill ; oni! 
plaining that the Schools in connexion with the | 

VoL, 105. | 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 








33 


Church Education Society for ZJreland 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stromness, praying Schools 
for alteration of the law in respect to Parochial (Scotland.) 
Schools in Scotland; for abolition of the existing 
religious tests, and for placing the election of School- 
masters and the management of their Schools upon 
a different basis, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southport ;— Witney ;— Market Post-office. 
Harborough ;— Bradwell ;— Tetsworth ;— Ascott- 
under-Wychwood ;— Thomas Farley, Clerk, Rector 
of Ducklington, in the county of Oxford ;—Kirk- 
colm :— Edale ;— Godmanchester ;— Scalloway ;— 
Watlington ; — Shebbear ; —- Thorverton ; — and, 
Sheepwash; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-oftice,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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

Ordered, That the Speech of the Lords Commis- Lords Com- ~ 
sioners to both Houses of Parliament be referred Qheecn vc. 

, peech re- 

to the Committee. ferred. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Lords Commissioners’ 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 County Cess (Zreland) Bill was, according County Cess 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of 
to simplify and improve the Proceedings in the per fo 
High Court of Chancery in Zre/and: And that cain: 
Solicitor-General, Sir George Grey and Sir William , 
Somerville, do prepare, and bring it in 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Process and 
the Regulation of Process and Practice in the ese: Bill 
Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland: Fe mc 
that Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir George Grey and Sir 
William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Registration 
amend the Laws for the Registration of Assurances yf ~- Bill 
of Lands in Jreland: And that Mr. Solicitor-Gene- "°°" ™ 
ral, Sir George Grey and Sir William Somerville do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Judgments 
amend the Laws concerning Judgments in Jredand ; (Ireland) Bill. 
And that Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir George Grey and 
Sir William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- Settlement 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report to the Poor #=4 Removal. 
Law Board, on the Operation of the Law of Settle- 
ment and Removal of the Poor, in the Counties of 
Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex, and in the Reading 
Union, in Berkshire, by G. A. a’ Beckett, Esquire. 

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

Mr. 


F +&gt; 























‘Tonnage. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


No. 19. 


Railways. 


No. 20. 


Ceylon. 


34 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Committee ap- 
pointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
ralty, at the request of the Lords of the Committee 
of Privy Council for Trade, for the purpose of In- 

uiring into the Defects of the method of measuring 
Ships for Tonnage, and to frame a more perfect 
Rule, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Smithfield 
Market, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the Grievances complained of in 
Ceylon, in connexion with the Administration and 
Government of that Colony, and to report their Opi- 
nion 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 tor the better Admi- 
nistration and Government of that Dependency ; 

An Amendment wes proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “ That,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “in assenting to the re-appointment of a 
“ Committee to inquire into the Grievances com- 
“« plained of in Ceylon, in connexion with the 
“ Administration and Government of that Co- 
“ lony, and to report their Opinion whether any 
“ measures can be adopted for the redress of any 
“ Grievances of which there may be shown just rea- 
“« son to complain, and also whether any measures 
“ can be adopted for the better Administration and 
“ Government of that Dependency, this House 
“* deems it expedient to express its disapprobation 
“ of the manner in which Her Majesty’s Govern- 
“* ment have evaded the understanding of last Ses- 
“sion for the further production of Witnesses in 
“ this investigation,’ 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, 
Mr. Grey: 

Mr. Beresford, 
{ Mr on mall } ™ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof the 
words “and that Lieutenant-Colonel Braybrooke, 
“ Lieutenant Henderson, E. S. Waring, Esquire, 
“ and John Selby, Advocate, be summoned to attend 
“ the said Committee.” 

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. 

Tellersforthe{ Sir William Molesworth, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 140. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


100. 


Yeas, | Mr. Hume: J 
Tellersforthe{ Lord Marcus Hill, } 108 
Noes. Mr. Grey: : : 


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. 


6°—7° Februariz. 








A. 1850. 


Jovis, 7° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Kirkcudbright 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Writ. 

out a new Writ for the electing of a Commissioner 

to serve in this present Parliament for the Stewartry 

of Kirkcudbright, in the room of Thomas Maitland, 
Esquire, who, since his election for the said Stewartry, 

hath accepted the Office of one of the Judges of 

Her Majesty’s Court of Session in Scotland. 


Lord Ash/ey presented, pursuant to the directions General Board 
of several Acts of Parliament,—General Board of of Health. 
Health,—Copies of Orders in Council, applying the 
Public Health Act, 1848, to Penzance, Warwick, 
Fareham, Aylesbury, Rugby, Saint Thomas-the- 
Apostle, Devon, Eton, Wigan, East Retford, West 
Retford, Ordsall, Clarborough and Mileham. 

Copies of Special Orders issued by the General 
Board of Health, under the Provisions of the Acts 
11 and 12 Vie. c. 123, and 12 and 13 Vie.c. 111. 
. ow That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, for leave to bring in a Clyde Navi- 
Bill to extend the Time for the Sale of such Lands *" 3 
belonging to the Company of Proprietors of the 

Forth and Clyde Navigation, as may not be required 

for the purposes of the said Navigation, and to 

amend the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and 

read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. Loch. 


A Petition of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and South York- | 
Goole Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill shire, Dencas- 
to authorize the Abandoning of certain Portions of oP mney _ ' 
the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, (Amendment 
a Deviation thereof near Doncaster, an Alteration of Acts, 
of the Tolls, and the Amendment of the Acts re- tte og 
lating thereto, was presented, and read ; and a Bill &amp;c.) Bill. | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 
Edmund Denison and Mr. Fitzwilliam. 


A Petition of John Strettell Brickwood, of the Leeds and 
South Sea House, London, Esquire, the Secretary of Halifax Turn- 
the Commissioners, commonly called The Public Prhornton 
Works Loan Commissioners, for leave to bring in a District) Bill. 
Bill for continuing the Term of an Act passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing, widen- 
ing, improving and maintaining in Repair the Turn- 
pike-roads from Leeds to Halifax, and the several 
Branches and Roads therein mentioned, in the West 
Riding of the County of York,” so far as relates 
to the Thornton District of Road, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hayter and Mr. Tufnell. 


A Petition of John Strettell Brichwood, of the Gatton Lodge 
South Sea House, London, Esquire, the Secretary to Povey Cross: 
of the Commissioners, commonly called the Public — 
Works Loan Commissioners, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for continuing the Term of an Act Pasion | in 
the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, intituled, “An Act for making 
and maintaining a Road from near Gatton Lodge, 
in the County of Surrey,to Povey Cross, in the said 
County,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hayter 
and Mr. Tufnell. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Chippenham 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Waterworks 
for better supplying with Water the Town and” 
Neighbourhood of Chippenham, in the County of 








Wilts, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered 











13 VicrorizZ. 7° Februariz. 35 


dered ‘to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph the Town of Castlecomer, to the City of Kilkenny, 
Neeld and Captain Boldero. was presented and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
tryand A Petition of Trustees of the Road thereinafter | 





Wolvey Turn- referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the; Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Athy, Castle- 


pike-road BI. A ot relating to the Coventry and Wolvey Turnpike-| Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for =— 


road, and to make other Provisions instead thereof, | Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the Road Bill. 


was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | Athy, Castlecomer and Kilkenny Road (to continue 

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. | Term of Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 38) Bill, the Stand- 

Turner. |ing Orders have not been complied with in the 

ne ; following instance, viz. By Clause 66, of the Bill, it 

Croydon and A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act is proposed to alter the existing tolls leviable under 
Reigate Turn- for managing and repairing the Road leading from | Act1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 88, but the notice does not 


pike-road Bill: Foyley Hatch, in the Parish of Croydon, to the | specify such intention. It was stated by the Pro- 
Town of Reigate, in the County of Surrey, or Mort-| moters that the proposed amount of such tolls, as 
gagees of the Tolis authorized to be taken under) jnserted in italics in the Bill (although the mode of 
such Act, for leave to bring in a Bill for repairing levying them is altered in some cases in order to 
and managing the said Road, was presented, and | conform to the modern practice), was such as would 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac-| not on an average impose higher tolls than those 
cordingly, by Mr. Alcock and Mr. Locke King. at present authorized. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


Colonization A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto lect Committee on Standing Orders 


Assurance subscribed, being Five and a Quorum of the Di- 


Compeny Sat. rectors of a Company established under the name} The House was moved, That the Standing Order Committee of 


and style of the Colonization Assurance Company, | of the House, No. 3, relative to the Appointment of 5¢! 





and of their Secretary, for leave to bring in a Bill | Committees, might be read ; and the same was read, 
for incorporating the Colonization Assurance Com- | as followeth : 
pany, and conferring certain Privileges on the said| “ That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | nated ‘The Committee of Selection,’ to consist of 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Scoét | the Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
and Mr. Wood. | Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman thereof, 
: and four other Members, who shall be nominated at 
York, New- Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for! the commencement of every Session, of which Com- 
SS enabling the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway | mittee Three shall be a Quorum.” 
anemation of Company to alter the Levels of Part of the Bishop| A Committee was accordingly nominated, of Mr. 
vels, and Auckland Branch of their Railway, to extend the| Greene, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. 
agra Time for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of Evelyn Denison and the Chairman of the Select 
Time, &amp;e.)Bil. Works on Part of the same Branch, to enable the | Committee on Standing Orders, 
Company to hold Shares in the West Durham Rail- 
way, and for other Purposes: And the same was pres : 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | Term of the Birmingham and Pershore Turnpike- 





time. road Act, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
Rameey, Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for | second time. 


y: : 
Upwood and the more effectual og 8 and Improvement of 


Great Raveley : . , 
Turf Fens ana certain Lands in the Paris 


ection. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for continuing the Birmingham 
and Pershore 
Road Bill. 


es of Ramsey, Upwood| A Petition ofthe Shropshire Union Railways and Shropshire 


Lockspit Lots 2nd Great Raveley, all in the County of Hunting- | Canal Company, and London and North Western Union Rail- 


and Lockspit don: And the same was read the first time; and | Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
Lands — ordered to be read a second time. authorize the Abandonment of Part of the Under- 
aa taking of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal 
Bill. Company, and to alter some ofthe Provisions of the 
Glas Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for the | Lease thereof to the London and North Western 
gow ; : ; 

Markets and Extension and better Regulation and Management | Railway Company, was presented, and read ; and a 
Slaughter- of the Markets and Slaughterhouses in the City of | Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
houses Bill. GJasgow: And the same was read the first time ;| Mr. Glyn and Mr. Westhead. 

and ordered to be read a second time. 











ways and 
Canal Bill. 


Mr. Littleton presented a Bill to amend the Walsall 


Caledonian Mr. ‘Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for | Walsall Improvement and Market Act, 1348, and a 
and Wishaw amending the Acts relating to the Wishaw and Colt- | for other Purposes: And the same was read the first act (1848) 
SS ness Railway: And the same was read the first | time; and ordered to be read a second time. Amendment 
ways Bill. *. 7 - Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
A Petition of several of the Owners of lands in Snaith and 
Newcastle- Mr. Ord presented a Bill for extending and; the township of Snaith, and of lands in the town- pope mg 
se amending the Acts for regulating and improving the | ship of Cowick, in the parish of Snaith, in the West shins, &amp;c., Bill. 
ey ) Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: And the same | Riding of the county of York, and of several Oc- 
Acts, and New was read the first time; and ordered to be read a | cupiers of lands in such respective townships, and 
Streets Bill. second time. Rate-payers therein, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
" uniting the Townships of Snaith and Cowick, in 
Belfast A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur-| the Parish of Snaith, in the West Riding of the 
Bi’ _gesses of the borough of Belfast, for leave to bring | County of York, and for other parochial or town- 
m a Bill to relieve the Borough of Belfast from | ship purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
Contribution to certain descriptions of County Ex-| was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
penditure, and for the further Improvement of the | Edmund Denison and Mr. Monckton Milnes. 
said Tag was presented, and read; and a Bill | 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord | Mr. Ewart, by Order, presented a Bill for granting London and 
John Chichester and Mr. Tennent. | Facilities for the Use of certain Portions of the Eastern alway Bie 


| Counties Railways by the London and Blackwall 


peat nate. A Petition of Trustees of the roads thereinafter | Railway Company, and for amending the Acts re- 
ilkenny mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for maintain- | lating to the London and Blackwall Railway: And 


Road Bill. © ing and keeping in repair the Road leading from the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
the Town of Athy, in the County of Kildare, through | read a second time. 
VoL. 105. ‘e F 2 A Petition 


























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36 

Dumfriesand A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town 

Maxwelltown Council of the royal burgh of Dumfries, Joseph 

Bil aoe: Welsh, Provost of the burgh of barony of Maz- 
welltown, and Thomas Harkness, Secretary to the 
proposed Company for supplying the burghs of 
Dumfriesand Marwelltown,and suburbs, with W ater, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for supplying the Burghs 
of Dumfries and Mazxwelltown, and Suburbs, with 
Water, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ewart 
and Viscount Drumianrig. 


Bradford Colonel Thompson presented a Bill for amending 
Improvement. 6+ repealing certain Acts relating to the Borough 
Police and 5 


Purchase, and Of Bradford, in the County of York, and for better 


closing of aving, lighting, watching, draining, and otherwise 
Bradford as dori sa : 
Canal Bil,  i™proving the said Borough, and for the better 
* — Regulationand Management thereof, and for the Pur- 
chase of the Bradford Canal, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
tna A Petition of the Faculty of Physicians and Sur- 


and Surgeons ge008 of Glasgow, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

of Glasgow _ better regulating the Privileges of the Faculty of 

Bill. Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and amending 
their Charter of Incorporation, was eee eg and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart, Mr. Alexander 
Hastie and Mr. M‘Gregor. 


Glasgow and 


iti rustees ing the Glasgow 
Siestie Pern. A Petition of Trustees for executing the Glasgo 


ike-roads and Shotts Road Act, 1847, for leave to bring ina 
mprovement Bill for improving the Glasgow and Shotts Turn- 
ill. pike-roads, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- 
liam Lockhart and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 
Nottingham A Petition of Trustees acting under some of the 
—. Acts thereinafter mentioned, and Freemen of the 
Bill. town of Nottingham, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the Management of the Allotments made to the 
Freemen of Nottingham, by virtue of certain Acts 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Saint Mary, in 
the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Walter and 
Mr. Feargus O'Connor. 
Bilston A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of 
— the township of Bilston, in the parish of Wolver- 
arket, . . 
’ Waterworks hampton, in the county of Stafford, for leave to 


and Cemetery bring ina Bill for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, 
Bill. watching and otherwise improving the Township of 
Bilston, in the County of Stafford, and for esta- 
blishing a Local Board of Health in that Township, 
and for regulating the Police therein ; and also for 
better supplying with Water and Gas the said Town- 
ship of Bi/ston, and for constructing Cemeteries there, 
and for purchasing, improving, maintaining and 
regulating the Market and Market-place therein, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Thornely and Mr. Charles Villiers. 
Caledonian A Petition of Shareholders or Stockholders in the 
tReperk o¢ Caledonian Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
Lease of Glas- 2 Bill to repeal, alter, and amend certain provisions 
gow, Barrhead of the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston 344 Neilston Direct Railway Lease) Act, 1849, was 


Direct, and z 

Giagee presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
Southern mittee on Standing Orders. 

Terminal 

Railways Bill. 

Caledonian Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


nag Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the 


gow, Barrhead Caledonian Railway (Repeal of Lease of Glasgow, 


and en Barrhead and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern 
ey Terminal Railways) Bill, the Standing Orders have 


7° Februariz. 








A. 1850. 


not been complied with in the following instance ; Southern Ter. 
viz. The notices do not state the objects of the per 
intended application, inasmuch as they state the in- “*” *) 
tention to repeal the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Lease) Act, 
1849, and to annul and cancel any lease, or agree- 
ment for a lease of the Glassgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway, and the Glusgow Southern 
Terminal Railway, or either of them, to the Ca/e- 
donian Railway Company, entered into in pursuance 
of the said Act or otherwise, by or on behalf of the 
said respective Companies, or either of them, and to 
make provision for the dissolution of all connection 
between such Companies, whereas by the Bill it is 
re to continue the powers with reference to 
such lease, and to alter the terms between the parties 
of the same. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Shareholders or Stockholders in the Caledonian 
Caledonian Railway Company, for leave to bring in 8nd Glasgow, 
a Bill to repeal, alter and amend, certain provisions rt a 
of the Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coléness Railways, 


Railway Purchase) Act, 1849, was cant and Caledonian 


read; and referred to the Select Committee on =e bi ane 
Standing Orders. Railways Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Caledonian 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for a ee 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for Greensck. 
the Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley and G'reenock Railways, 
Railways, Caledonian and Wishaw and Coltness Caledonian 

: ° - and Wishaw 

Railways (Amendment of Acts relating to their ana Coltness 
Amalgamation) Bill, the Standing Orders have not Railways Bill. 
been complied with in the following instances; viz. 
1. The notices do not state the intention to reduce 
the Amount of dividend to the proprietors of the 
Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness) guaran- 
teed Shares, as proposed by Clause 1, of the Bill, 
nor to amend the Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and 
Coliness Railway Act) 1849, for that purpose. 2. The 
Agent’s declaration does not state that the Bill does 
not give any powers, other than those included in 
the Notices for the Bill. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coroner's 
Return, showing the Number of Inquests held by Inauests (Ire- 
the Coroners of the several Counties and Cities in "*) 
Ireland, together with the Verdict returned in each 
case, for the years ending the 31st day of December 
1847, 1848, and 1849, respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
an Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or autho- Bills. 
rized to be raised, pee on the Aids or Supplies No. 22. 
of 1850, unprovided for. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions Russian Dutch 

of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account made 1°42. 
up to the 31st December 1849, of the Sums which 
have been paid and applied within the year 1849, 
by virtue of an Act 55 George 3,c. 115, intituled, 
An Act for carrying into effect a Convention between 
His Maiesty and the King of the Netherlands and 
the Emperor of all the Russias, for paying and 
satisfying 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 
paying and satisfying the Principal thereof (in case 
of the Principal of any of the said securities shall 
have been paid), and also for paying the expense of 
carrying the said Act into execution, and the Sinking 
Fund for the extinction of the same. 


Copy 











13 Vicroriz. 


Court of Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Al- 
Session (Seot- Jowance of £.67 8s. 9d. to William Shiell, one of 
_) the Assistant Clerks in the Inner House of the 
Court of Session, Scotland, year 1849. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Al- 
lowances to James Denham and others, Assistant 
Clerks in the Outer House of the Court of Session, 
Scotland, year 1849. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- 
lowance of £.156 1s. to John Barron, Depute 
Clerk of the Teind Court, in Scotland, year 1849. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 4th January 
1850, granting a Special Superannuation Allowance 
to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles “Rowan, late 
Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, in 
pursuance of the 17 sec. of the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, 
c. 24. 

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


Teind Court 
(Scotland. ) 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Ceylon. A Petition of John Selby, an Advocate of the 
Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon, stating 
that in his capacity of legal adviser to many of the 
— charged with high treason before the 
upreme Court, in the Island of Ceylon, he has 
become acquainted with certain grievances under 
which the inhabitants of that Island suffer, and 
also with certain facts and circumstances of which 
he believes the House has not been informed ; and 
raying the House to institute a commission of 
inquiry into the whole recent policy of the Govern- 
ment of Ceylon, embracing the judicial, civil and 
military services, and into what abuses, if any, have 
been permitted in either of these departments ; 
that the recent act of indemnity may be disallowed ; 
that the legislative council may be henceforth con- 
stituted upon an elective basis; and that the 
eae punished under any sentences of Courts 
artial may be pardoned, and as far as possible 
restored to their former positions, and that some 
provision may be made for the widows and orphans 
of those shot under any such sentences, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


County 
Expenditure. 


Petitions from Leyland ;—Euxton ;—Bretherton ; 
— Coppull ; — Charnock Richard ; — Guildford 
Union; — Heapey; — Anglezark; — Brindle;— 
Welch Whittle; — Mawdesley; — Rivington ;— 
Adlington;— Anderton;— Heath Charnock;—and, 
East Stonehouse; praying that a more efficient 
control over County Expenditure may be secured 
to rate-payers, by the establishment of county 
financial and administrative boards,— were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Education 


Petitions from Castlehaven ;—and, Templeomelus; 
(Ireland. ) 


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 griev- 
ance,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Landlord and 
Tenant 


(Ireland. ) 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the Kenmare 
Union, praying the House to pass such laws as 
will ensure to Tenants in Jre/and compensation for 
their labour and outlay, in the event of their being 
dispossessed by their Landlords for other causes 
than the non-payment of rents, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages 


7° Februari. 





37 


A Petition of Clergy of the parishes of Hevers- 
ham, Beetham and Ruston, in the diocese of Chester, 
and of Warton, in the diocese of Manchester, 
praying that such Bill may not pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Printers and others, working in and Paper, &amp;e. 
connected with the “ Christian Newspaper,” Glas- 

gow, praying for the repeal of the duties on Paper 

and Advertisements, and also the Penny Stamp on 
Newspapers not posted, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Piracy. 
habitants of the city of London. praying for the 
abolition of the law which offers to British officers 

and seamen a premium of 20/. per head for the 
destruction of parties engaged in acts of Piracy, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Eastrington ; -— Macclesfield ;— Post-office. 
ao ;—Laing ;—Johnshaven ;— Carlops ; 
— Elgin (Town Clerk) ;— Inverury ;— Fetcham ;— 
Epsom ;--Lancaster ;--Alnwick;-- Newtyle ;--Barry; 
—Glasgow Presbytery (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Horningsham ;— Mere ;— Woodford and Wilsford; 
—Redlynch ;— Bleasby-cum- Morton ;— Kington ;— 
Blantyre ;—Douglas-water ;— Lesmahagow (Mode- 
rator and Clerk); —Curmarthen ;—Allenheads ;— 
Allendale; —Limestone Brae; — Fairlie ; — Monk- 
ton ;— Yarmouth ; — Thorley ;—Stirling (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Thetford ; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Island of Dominica ;—and, Slave Trade. 
Bradford (York) (Mayor); praying the House to 

adopt measures for enforcing the observance of the 

treaties entered into with Spain and Brazil, on the 

subject of the Slave Trade; and also for the total 
suppression of that trade,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Taxation. 
Merchants, Traders and other Inhabitants of the 
borough of Liverpool, in public meeting assembled, 
praying the House to repeal the duties on timber, 
and to reduce largely the duty on tea; to abolish 
the window tax and the excise on soap and bricks, 
and also upon paper; and that in order to meet any 
deficiency which may arise from the removal or 
diminution of these taxes, a system of rigid economy 
nray be acted on in every department of the state, 
and especially that an effectual reform may be 
introduced in the system of colonial administration, 
in the expenditure of the Army, the Navy, the 
Ordnance and the Woods and Forests, and that 
all useless places and sinecures and unmerited 
pensions may be abolished, was presented; and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Representative Windows. 
Vestry of the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the 
county of Middlesex, praying the House forthwith 
to repeal the Window Tax, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Advances 
Statement of the Liabilities of each County, County fom the | 
of a City and County of a Town, and Barony in fund (Ire- 
Ireland, to Her Majesty’s Exchequer, on the 20th land.) 
day of November 1849, in respect of Advances from 


the Consolidated Fund, with the Conditions of Re- 





A Petition of Magistrates and other Inhabitants 
of the borough of Abingdon, praying that the 
Marriages Bill (1849) may pass into law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Bill (1849.) 


payment of each such Advance; specifying the Act 
of Parliament under which each such Advance was 
made, together with the Net Annual Value of each 
such County or Barony under the Poor Law Valua- 





Table. 
VoL. 105. 





tion. 
F3 Mr. 

























































38 


Process and Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill for the re- 
a ulation of Process and Practice in the Superior 
) urts of Common Law in Ireland: And the same 
No.23. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
Court of Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to simplify 
Selnnd Bal and improve the nt in the High Court of 
No. 24 ’ Chancery in Ireland: And the same was read the 
‘““ first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 
Registration Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to amend 
(Ireland) pi). the Laws for the Registration of Assurances of Lands 
No.9. 2 Ireland: And the same was read the first :time ; 
“and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 19th day of this instant February; and to be 
printed. 
Judgments | Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to amend 
(Ireland) Bill. the Laws concerning Judgments in Jreland: And 
No.26. the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Tuesday the 19th day 
of this instant February ; and to be printed. 
British Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
connate Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts cf the Despatches 
0. 21. 


from the.Governor of British Guiana, showing the 
State of the Dispute between the Combined Court 


7°—8° Februarii. 





A. 18590. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Ratin 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to exempt,’ 
Dwelling-houses below a certain value from Local 


g of 


Taxation :—It, passed in the Negative. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Polish, Hun- 
= , That an humble Address be presented to. Her g2tian and 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be !aid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence between 
the British Government and the Embassies at: Con- 
stantinople, Saint Petersburg and Vienna, respecting 
thedemands of Russia and Austria for the extradition 
of Polish, Hungarian and Italian Refugees :—And 
_ said Motion was,with leave of the House, with- 
rawn. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Sudb 

of the borough of Sudbury, in the counties of Suf-Borush. 
folk and Essex, setting forth the injury inflicted 

upon the borough of Sudbury by its disfranchise- 

ment, and praying ‘that the franchise so taken from 

the said borough, may be conferred upon the hun- 

dred of Babergh, or such surrounding districts in 
contiguity of the said borough as the House shall 

think fit, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Kensington, 





and the Governor, respecting the Estimates for the | 
Public Service, received since the last Returns were | 
laid before the House (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 594, of Session 1849). | 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Polish 
Refugees. 
No. 27, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Polish Re- 

fugees, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 
Gaols. Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the | 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of 
Reports and Schedules transmitted to the Secretary 
of State respecting Gaols, 1848. 

Copies of Reports and Schedules transmitted to 
the Secretary of State, respecting Gaols, 1849. 

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


Orders of 


PB Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
emoval. 


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 of Removal 
geewe by Justices of the Peace in England and 
ales, for each of the last Five years, specifying the 
Number of these who were Jrish and Scotch Paupers 
removed to their native Countries. 
a to 
ouse as are 


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


Pauper 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Lunatics. 


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 Pauper Lunatics 
in England and Wales maintained during the last 
Five years, and the Cost of their Maintenance. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her, Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
oi Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government, 


The House was moved, That so much of the 
Speech of the Lords Commissioners to both Houses 
of Parliament at the opening of the Session, as re- 
lates to the Australian Colonies, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of making 


repeal an Act of the sixth year of King George the p 


posed, That in consideration of the Parishes of Ken- *¢» Parishes. 
sington, Chelsea, Fulham and Hammersmith, con- 
taining a population of about 120,000 inhabitants, 
residing on an area not exceeding 8,000 acres, and 
comprising also above 18,000 houses, of the annual 


rental of £.10 and upwards ; and further, in consi- 


deration that there is no other district in Great Bri- 
tain with so great a number of inhabitants and 
houses unrepresented directly in this House, it is 
expedient and just to incorporate, by an Act of Par- 
liament, the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham 
and Hammersmith, into a Parliamentary Borough, 
empowered to return two Members to this House, 
to fill up the vacancies caused by the disfranchise- 
ment of the late Borough of Sudbury :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Marriages. 
proposed, That leave be given.to bring in a Bill to 
amend and alter.an Act passed in the fifth and sixth 
years of the reign of King William the Fourth, so 
far as relates to Marriages within certain of the 
prohibited degrees of affinity ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Februarii, 1850: 


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. Spooner : 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis : } 65 
Noes, Mr. Law; f 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 

Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. 

Masterman do prepare, and bring it in. 


}ao. 


Ordered, That leave be given to — in a Bil] Larceny 


for the further Extension of Summary Jurisdiction Jo aiedon 
in cases of Larceny: And that Sir John Pakington, Bil. 


Mr. Miles and Mr. Vivian do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


a Bill to Pirates Head 
ww 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in 


Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction 





Provision for the better government of Her Ma- | of Piratical Ships and Vessels: And that Mr. Parker 
and Sir Francis Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 
Ordered, 


jesty’s Australian Colonies. 


| 





Court of 
Chancery. 


13’ Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this: House, 
a Return, by the Masters of the Court of Chancery, 
of the following Particulars in Causes and Matters 
in their respective Offices : 





— 


Number of References 
in Causes and Mat- 
ters between the 30th 
day of June 1840 and 
the 30th day of June 
1844, in which no 

have been 

made, and no pro- 
ceedings had since 
the $0th day of June 


Reports 


1844, 


Number of At- 
tendable War- 
rants, not in- 
cluding War- 
rants to justify, 
had in each Re- 
ference in each 
Cause or Mat- 
ter of which 
the name is gi- 
ven. in the pre- 
ceding Column. 


Names of the Causes 
and Matters in 
which ‘some pro- 
ceeding has been 
had since the 
30th day of June 
1844, under Re- 
ferences still pend- 
ing, with the date 
of the Order of 
Reference. 


The date of 
the last of the 
Warrants re- 
ferred to in 
the preceding 


Observa- 


tions. 


Column. 





Union. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Religion. 


Supply. 


Navy, Arm 
and y 

















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the Number of Paupers on the Relief’ 
Lists of the Kilrush Union from the beginning of 


December last, both In-door and Out-door; the 
Periods for which Out-door Relief was suspended 
and again renewed from that Date to the — 
time ; of any Alterations that were made within the 
same Period in the Dietaries of the Union Work- 
house ; the Weekly Number of Deaths, and the 
Average Numbers in each Week in the Fever Hos- 


-7°—8° Februariz. 





39 
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 Couneil. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com County Cess 


‘mittee on the County Cess (Jreland) Bill ; 
_ 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 House resolved itself intothe Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Hayter reported, That 
the Committee had gone hema the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 





inquire into the Grievances complained of in Ceylon, 
| in connection with the Administration and Govern- 

ment of that Colony, and to report their Opinion 
whether any measures can be adopted for the redress 


pital and Infirmary :—Of the Number of Coroners’ | of any Grievances of which there may be shown just 


ro ws that have been held within the Union of | 


reason to complain, and also, whether any measures 


Kitrush since the 1st day of December last, with! can be adopted for the better Administration and 
their Dates and the Verdicts recorded :—Copies of Government of that Dependency ; 


all Correspondence between the Board of Guardians, 
or the Inspector of the Kilrush Union, and the 
Poor Law Commissioners within the same Period : 
And, Return of the Total Amount of Rates struck 


years ending the 29th day of September 1847, 1848 
and 1849, stating their Average Poundage Rate on 
the Valuation of the Union; and likewise the Total 
Amount of Money expended on Relief, and the 
Sources from whence the Deficiency was made up. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill for the repeal 
of Penal Acts against the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Anstey, 

Yeas, Mr. Sullivan : 
Tellers for the 7 Robert Harry Inglis, 
Noes, Mr. Law: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


} 72. 


Fen 


Mr. Hayter, 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- 
esty. 
: The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

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

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself’ into a Committee to consider of the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
* Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1851, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1851, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
be laid before this House. 

VoL. 105. 





_ Ordered, That the further Proceeding be resumed 


upon Monday next. 


(Ireland) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ceylon. 
_ the further Proceeding upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 


) t : ! | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Landed 
and collected in the Union of Kilrush, in the several Return of the Names of Persons who have declined Improvement 


taking any further Instalments of Loans for the 
Purposes of Landed Improvement and Drainage ; 
specifying the Locality of the Work ; the Amount 
first applied for; the Amount expended, and its 


State of Completion by the last Report of the In- 
spector. 


land, whether finished or in progress, and of those 
for the Survey of which Private Individuals have 
given Subscriptions, whether finished or not, with 
the Estimates, if any be made :—And, of the dif- 
ferent Drainage Works in Ireland in progress, spe- 
cifying the Sums originally cotinnatedl for them in 
the printed Reports sanctioned by the Board of 
Works, the Sums hitherto expended on each Work, 
with tke further Sums necessary to their Completion 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 174, 
of Session 1849). 


of the reign of King William the Fourth, so far as 
relates to Marriages within certain of the prohibited 
Degrees of Affinity: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 





the sixth year of King George the Fourth, for en- 
couraging the Capture or Destruction of Piratical 
Ships and Vessels: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


communicate to this House a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 





ships in the last Session of Parliament, to consider 
F4 the 


an 
Loans. 


inage 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, prainage 
| Returns of the different Works of Drainage in Jre- (Ireland.) 


Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill to amend Marriages 
and alter an —— in the fifth and sixth years Bill. 
i 


No. 82. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to repeal an Act of Pirates Head 
ey Repeal 


No. 29. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, African Slave 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased oo 





Transporta- 
tion and 
Convict 
Discipline. 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
Bill. 


Lite Policies 
of Assurance 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 30. 


Imperial Gas 
Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany. 


Bank of 
England. 


National Debt. 


40 


the best means which Great Britain can adopt for 
roviding for the final Extinction of the African 
lave Trade: And that Mr. Cardwell do carry the 
said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ive directions that there be laid before this House, 
ioe of a Letter from Mr. E. S. Hall, dated Sydney, 
ist August 1849, and the Reply thereto, on the 
subject of Transportation and Convict Discipline. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Life Policies of Assurance Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make Life Policies of Assurance assignable at Law, 
and to make other Provisions in respect thereof : 
And that Mr. William Fagan and Mr. Mullings do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. William Fagan accordingly presented the 
said Bill: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday 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 Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Veneris, 8° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victoriw Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and 
Coke Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—A Return of the Contingency Fund 
of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Smee, from the Bank of England, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury 
Bills, and other Government Securities, which have 
been purchased by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of England, or on which any Sum or 
Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 
Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1850, showing what Amount of such Bills, before 
the making up of this Account, has been paid off 
and discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer 
Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Government Secu- 
rities, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850 afvresaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 
issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 
remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, on the there under- 
mentioned Days, being those next before the issue 
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 
£. 21,119. 1s, 11d. in one year, from the 5th Janu- 





7°—8° Februari. 





A. 1850. 


ary 1849 to 5th January 1850, by the Commission- 
ers 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. 


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 West Corn- WestCornwall 
wall Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought Railway Bill. 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Cork Docks Cork Docks 
and Harbour Improvement Petition, the Standing #04 Harbour 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Par- tcc 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided 
the same be presented not later than three clear 
days after the presentation of this Report. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Cambridge and Cambridge 
Shepreth Junction Railway, and Branch to join the and Shepreth 
Eastern Counties Railway Petition, the Standing Junction Rail 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties Broach to join 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the the Eastern 
same be presented not later than three clear days pote? 
after the presentation of this Report. ie: 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Oxford, Wor- Oxford, Wor- 
cester and Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Oxford cester and 
Junction and Great Western Railway Companies pela ams 

+o . . ’ g- 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed ham and 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with Oxford Junc- 
their Bill, provided the same be presented not Jater Gor ester 
than three clear days after the presentation of this Railway Com- 
Report. panies Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Oxford, Wor- Oxford, Wor- 
cester and Wolverhampton Railway Petition, the cester and 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That ban Railway 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, Bin. 
provided the same be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the South Wales south Wales 
Railway Petition (No. 2.), the Standing Orders Railway 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be ‘N® a.) a, 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury shrewsbury 
and Hereford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders and Hereford 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be ®#ilway Bill 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the 
same be presented not later than three clear days 
after the presentation of this Report; and that 
Notices be published for three successive weeks in 
some Newspaper of the county of Chester ; 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. 

8. Resulved, That in the case of the Exeter and Exeter and ' 
Crediton Railway Petition, the Standing Orders Crediton 

. ° ° Railway Bill. 
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. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Union Eastern Union 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway Bill 
dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

10. Resolved, That in the case of the Childwail Childwall 
Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Waterworks 
be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the pre- 
sentation of this Report. 

11. Resolved, That in the case of the Borough of Borough of 


Salford Waterworks and Improvement Petition, the oon wm 


Standing provement Bill. 








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Company Bill. 


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Waterworks 


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Petitions 
(Second Re- 


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Borough of 
Salford Water- 
works and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


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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. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order made upon Wednesday last, for re- 
ferring to the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
the Petition of the Glusgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
drossan Railway Company, for suspension of the 
134th Standing Order, was read; and discharged. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Chi/dwall Waterworks Bill, 
which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying the Parishes of Childwall and 
West Derby, in the County of Lancaster, with 
Water: And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Greene 
and Mr. Halsey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 5th and 6th days of 
this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report therecf to the House. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Salford Borough Water- 
works and Improvement Bill, which was this day 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 


' ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Clerkenwell 
Improvement 
(Amendment 
of Acts and 
Transfer of 
Powers) Bill. 


Direct London 
and Ports- 
mouth Rail- 
way (Aban- 
donment of 
the Railway 
and Dissolu- 
tion of the 
Company ) Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the Borough of 
Salford, and for the further Improvement of the 
said Borough: And that Mr. Brotherton and Mr. 
Thornely do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for transferring the Powers of the Clerkenwell 
Improvement Commissioners to the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Commonalty of the City of London, and 
for amending the Acts relating to such Improve- 
ment, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wakley 
and Mr. Thomas Duncombe. 


A Petition of the Direct Zondon and Portsmouth 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
the Dissolution of the said Company, and for the 
Abandonment of the Undertaking, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir William Jolliffe and Mr. Henry 
Drummond. 


A Petition of the Chesterand Holyhead Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
the said Company to lease their Undertaking to the 
London and North Western Railway Company, and 
to make other Arrangements relating thereto, and 


. for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 


North 
Staffordshire 

lway (Ex. 
tension of 
Time for 
Purchase of 
Lands, &amp;c.) 
Bill, 





a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Mangles and Mr. 
a 


ckson. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
‘Time for the Purchase of Lands required for certain 
Branches of the North Staffordshire Railway to 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale, and the Apedale 
Iron Works, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
oo Copeland and Mr. John Lewis Ricarde. 

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41 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North _ 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the ene 
said Company to grant a Lease of the Ashbourne er il 
ranch, was presented, and read; and a Biil was Branch, Power 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alder- to Lease, 


man Copeland and Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. of Acts) Bi. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to Manchester 
authorize the Division of the Parish of Manchester Rectory _ 
into several Parishes and Rectories, and for the Ap- — 
propriation of the Revenues of the Collegiate and 
Parish Church, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to Shropshire 
authorize the Avandonment of Part of the Under- Railways an 
taking of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Canal Bill. 
Company, and to alter some of the Provisions of 
the Lease thereof to the London and North Western 
Railway Company: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Chippenham 
better supplying with Water the Town and Neigh- — 
bourhood of Chippenham, in the County of Wiles: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to East and West 
enable the East and West India Docks and Bir- a 
mingham Junction Railway Company to make cer- ham Jenetien 
tain Branch Railways, and to amend the Act re- Railway Bill. 
lating to the said Company, and to authorize the 
Lease of the Undertaking, and for other Purposes : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Mortgagees in possession of the Garstang and 
tolls arising on the roads thereinafter particularly Being Syke 
é S| ' arter p Y Turnpike- 
mentioned, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave road Bill. 
to bring in a Bill to continue the term of the Act 
for more effectually repairing and improving the 
Road from the Town of Garstang to the Town of 
Lancaster, aud from thence toa Place called Heiring 
Syhe, and the Road from the Guide Post in the Town- 
ship of S/yne-with-Hest, to Hest Bank, all in the 
County Palatine of Luncaster, and to amend or re- 
peal some of the provisions thereof, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Cambridge 
spect of the Petition for the Cambridge and Shep- 404 Shepreth 
» 2 2 &amp;. Junction 
reth Junction Railway, and Branch to join the East- Railway and 
ern Counties Railway Bill, which was this day made Branch to join 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, the Eastern 
might be read; and the s: being read ; —— 
4 ead 3; anc € same being rea 2 _.. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway to connect the Line of the 
Royston and Hitchin Railway with the Town of 
Cambridge, and with the Line cf the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company: And that Lord George 
Manners and Mr. Cocks do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Cork Docks 
spect of the Petition for the Cork Docks and Har- 4 Hathour 
; . : provement 
bour Improvement Bill, which was this day made Bij, 
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 Commissioners for improving and pre- 
serving the Port, Harbour and River of Cork to 
construct Docks and other Works, and to make a 
Deviation in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock and 
Passage Railway, and to enable the Cork and Ban- 
don Railway Company to make an Extension of 
their present Line of Railway: And that Mr. 
William Fugan and Colonel Chatterton do prepare, 


and bring it in. 
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42 


Exeter and The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
le of the Petition for the Exeter and Crediton Rail- 
oe way Bill, which was this day made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 

the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to enable the Exeter and Crediton Railway Com- 
pany to enlarge their Cowley Bridge Station, and 
to raise a further Amount of Capital: And that Mr. 
Chaplin and Mr. Scott do prepare, and bring it in. 

Shrewsbury The House was moved, That the Report in res- 
ame pect of the Petition for the Shrewsbury and Here- 
me: ford Railway Bill, which was this day made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 

read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Act relating to the Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway Company: And that Mr. Robert 
Clive, Mr. Ormsby Gore, and Mr. Joseph Bailey, 
Junior, do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mary-le-bone Mr. Campbell presented a Bill for continuing the 
ad - aad Term of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign 
roads Bill 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 Middle- 
sex, for the purpose of paying off the Debt now due 
on the said Roads, and providing for the future Ma- 
nagement thereof: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley, by Order, presented a Bill 
ter and Goole t0 authorize the abandoning of certain Portions of 
Railway the South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway, 
(Amendment ag Deviation thereof near Doncaster, an Alteration of 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 


— at the Tolls, and the Amendment of the Acts relating 
Doneaster, thereto: And the same was read the first time; and 
&amp;c.) Bill. ordered to be read a second time. 

Metropolitan Mr. Henry Berkeley, by Order, presented a Bill 
Waterworks 


an on better supplying the Metropolis with Water: And 
Thames and the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
London Aque- read a second time. 

duct) Bill. 


Cardiff Water- 


A Petition of Persons being Promoters of and 
works Bill. 


Suitors for the Bili thereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for supplying with Water the 
Town and Port of Cardiff, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County of Glamorgan, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Nicholl, Mr. John Henry 
Vivian and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


British A Petition of Promoters of and Suitors for the 
pony Song Bill thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring ina 
pany Bill. Bill for incorporating the British Electric Telegraph 


Company, and to enable the said Company to work 
certain Letters Patent, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Guest and Mr. Wakley. 


Croydon and Mr. Lascelles, by Order, presented a Bill for ma- 


— naging and repairing the Road leading from Fozley 

road Bil, Hatch, in the Parish of Croydon, to the Town of 
Reigate, in the County of Surrey: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Nottingham Mr. Lascelles, by Order, presented a Bill for the 

Freemen’s Management of the Allotments made to the Free- 

— men of Nottingham by virtue of certain Acts for 
inclosing Lands in the Parish of Saint Mary, in 
the ‘Town and County of the Town of Nottingham : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Midland A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- 


Great Western way of Ireland Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the said Company to make certain 


Railway of 
Ireland Bill. 





8° Februariz. 





A. 1850. 


Deviations in the Line of their Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Midland Great 

Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for hetage te 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Rin Inelend 
the Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland ( De- 
viations, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, in the following instance, viz. 
The printed copy of the Bill was not deposited 
in the office of the Commissioners of Railways 
until a quarter past eight o’clock in the evening of 
the 31st of December. 

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


Mr. Alexander Matheson presented a Bill for re- Inverness 
building the Bridge over the River Wess, at the Bridges Bill 
Town of Jnverness, and improving the Approaches 
thereto; and for maintaining and regulating the 
Bridges over the said River at Inverness: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Alexander Matheson presented a Bill to Caledonian 
amalgamate the Caledonian and Edinburgh and and Main: 
Glasgow Railway Companies: And the same was pag 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- Railways 


ime. Amalgamation 
cond time Bill 


Mr. Alexander Matheson, by Order, presented a Forth and 

Bill to extend the Time for the Sale of such Lands C!Y 5 
belonging to the Company of Proprietors of the” 
Forth and Clyde Navigation as may not be required 
for the purposes of the said Navigation, and to 
amend the Acts relating thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for continuing the Gatton Lodge 
Term of an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of the to Povey Cros 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti- bry y 
tuled, An Act for making and maintaining a Roa 
from near Gatton Lodge, in the County of Surrey, 
to Povey Cross, in the said County: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for continuing the Leeds and 
Term of an Act passed in the sixth year of the ne 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- PeThornton 
tituled, An Act for repairing, widening, improving District) Bill 
and maintaining in repair the Turnpike-roads from 
Leeds to Halifax, and the several Branches and 
Roads therein mentioned, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, so far as relates to the Thorn- 
ton District of Road: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Sadleir presented a Bill for supplying the London (Wat 
Cities of London and Westminster, and Suburbs, ford) Spring 
and other Places, with pure Spring Water: And vung a 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Sadleir, by Order, presented a Bill for in- Colonization 
corporating the Colonization Assurance Company, Assurance 
and conferring certain Privileges on the said Com- C°™P*Y 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Sadleir, by Order, presented a Bill to amend Herne Bay 
and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act Improve 
passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of 
his late Majesty, intituled, An Act for paving, 
cleansing, lighting, watching, repairing and im- 
proving a certain Portion of the Parish of Herne, 
in the County of Kent, and to extend the Limits 
thereof : 





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


Gorbals A Petition of the Gorbals Gravitation Water 
Gravitation Company, and the other Subscribers thereto, as 
Water Com- mp y&gt; . 
pany Bill. Directors thereof, and as Subscribers to the under- 
taking, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Gorbals Gravitation Water Company Act, 1846, 
to authorize the Extension of the Works, and the 
Construction of New Works to supply the Town 
or Royal Burgh of Rutherglen and other Places 
with Water, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Alexander Hastie and Mr. M‘Gregor. 
~~ across A Petition of Persons thereto ears Som 
@ tive ite leave to bring in a Bill for constructing a Bridge 
— across the River Clyde, opposite to South Port- 
Portland-  § Jand-street, Laurieston, Glasgow, was presented, 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


Glasgow, Bill. accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie and Mr. 
M‘ Gregor. 


Bilston Mr. Thornely, by Order, presented a Bill for 
a paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, watching and 
Waterworks Otherwise improving the Township of Bilston, in 


and Cemetery the County of Stafford, and for establishing a 

ma. Local Board of Health in that Township, and for 
regulating the Police therein; and also for better 
supplying with Water and Gas the said Township 
of Bilston, and for constructing Cemeteries therein, 
and for purchasing, improving, maintaining and 
regulating the Market and Market-place therein, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Dumfries and 
Maxwelltown 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Thornely, by Order, presented a Bill for 
supplying the Burghs of Dumfries and Mazwell- 
town, and Suburbs, with Water: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Faculty of Mr. Thornely, by Order, presented a Bill for 
Physicians better regulating the Privileges of the Faculty of 
ao Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and amend- 
Bill. ing their Charter of Incorporation: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Glasgowand Mr. Thornely, by Order, presented a Bill for 
— improving the Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads: 
Improvement And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Bill. to be read a second time. 
Licensed A Petition of the Licensed Victuallers and 
Victuallers General Fire and Life Assurance Company, for 
and General “ghee : ‘ 
Fire and Life leave to bring in a Bill to Change the Name of the 
Assurance Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life 


Company Bill. Assurance Company to the Safety Fire and Life 
Assurance Company, and for better enabling the 
said Company to sue and be sued, and to give 
further Powers to the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir James Duke and 
Mr. Masterman. 


Belfast Mr. Pearson, by Order, presented a Bill to 
papeerement relieve the Borough of Belfast from Contribution 
to certain Descriptions of County Expenditure, and 
for the further Improvement of the said Borough : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
o Wales © The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
(No.2) Bin, Of the Petition for the South Wales Railway(No. 2.) 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
enable the South Wales Railway Company to make 
Vou. 105. 


8° Februariz. 


43 


| a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, in lieu of 
_the Railway already authorized, and to make certain 
Alterations in the Line and Levels and the Mode 
of Construction of their Railway, and for other 
Purposes: And that Mr. Christopher Talbot and 
Mr. Gwyn do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wandle 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Waterworks. 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for” 
the Wandle Waterworks (Metropolitan Districts 
Service, South of Thames) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as a Subscription 
Contract has not been entered into to three-fourths 
the amount of the estimate of the expense of the 
Undertaking under the Bill; nor have printed 
copies of any Subscription Contract been deposited 
in the Private Bill Office and Vote Office; nor has 
any sum of money been deposited with the Court 
of Chancery, in compliance with the Standing 
Orders of the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Graham’s Town, in Cape of Good 
the district of Albany, in the colony of the Cape Hope. 
of Good Hope, praying the House, either by address 
to Her most gracious Majesty or in such other 
manner as may suggest itself, to cause to be re- 
voked the Orders in Council whereby that colony 
has been made a penal settlement; and that the 
House will remove the Cape of Good Hope from 
amongst those places to which felons and other 
offenders in the United Kingdom under sentence or 
order of transportation shall be conveyed; and 
further, that such convicts as shall arrive in that 
colony may at once be withdrawn, and sent to such 
other place as the House may be pleased to appoint, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of County 
Birtle-cum- Bamford, in the county of Lancaster, Expenditure. 
praying the House to pass laws whereby a more effi- 
cient control may be secured to rate-payers over 
County Expenditure, by the establishment of county 
financial and administrative boards, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colonists of Mew South Wales, New South 
praying that that colony may not again be made a Wales 
place to which offenders from the mother country, 
whether under the name of convicts or exiles, or any 
other designation, may be sent, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Velson, in the Pro- New Zealand. 

vince of New Munster, New Zealand, complaining 
that the introduction of representative institutions 
into New Zealand has been deferred by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government and the Governor of the colony, 
and praying the House to withhold assent from any 
Bill introduced into the House which may have the 
effect of postponing the enjoyment of representative 
institutions by the Petitioners, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sutton (Surrey) ;— Wimbledon ;— Post-office. 
Ruth and Kirknewton ;— West Calder ;—-Collon ;— 
Island of Port/and;— Weymouth Broadway ;— 
Saint Helen’s (Lancaster) ;— Paisley ;— Didsbury ; 
—Stainforth ;— Thorne ;— Doncaster ;— Bawtry ;— 
Tickhill;—Uppermill ;— Greenfield ;— Garstang ;— 
Delph ; — Limpsfield ;— Bollington; — Dacre and 
Soulby ;—Christ Church, Newgate-street and Saint 
Leonard, Foster lane, London ;—Cuchlington, Stoke 
Trister and Bayford ;— Norton (Somerset); — Deal; 
—Cottingham ;— Pytchley ;—Corby ;—Warblington 
and Emsworth ;—and, York; praying for the abo- 
lition of Suuday Labour in the Post office, —were 





G2 presented, 





Distressed 
Unions 
Advances and 
Repayment 
of Advances 
(Ireland). 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bull. 


No. 3l, 


Bricks. 


Corn, &amp;c. 


Convict Dis- 
cipline, &amp;c. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Adjournment. 


Inclosure 
Coninission. 


Austraiian 
Colonies 
Government. 


44, 


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


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of making Advances to certain distressed 
Unions in Ireland, and also of making better Pro- 
vision for the re-payment of Government Advances 
in Lreland ; 

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. 


John Wilson Patten, Esquire, and Thomas 
Thornely, Esquire, being two of the Members ap- 
pointed 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 per- 
form 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. 


Sir John Pakington presented a Bill for the fur- 
ther Extension of Summary Jurisdiction in Cases of 
Larceny: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 20th day of this instant February ; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Duties paid upon Bricks in the seve- 
ral Excise Collections in England, during the year 
1849 (in continuation of a Return of the year 1848, 
dated 16th April 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Numbers of Quarters of Corn of va- 
rious Descriptions, together with the Numbers of 
ewts. of Meal, converted into Quarters, which have 
been imported from Foreign Countries for each 
Month, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th 
day of January 1850; specifying the Average Price 
of each Description of Corn monthly; the ‘Total 
Quantities of all Kinds imported during the year ; 
the various Countries from which these Quantities 
have been imported, together with the Quantities 
imported from each Country ; the Average Price of 
the year; the Average Price at which the Rent- 
charge in lieu of Tithes is taken for the year. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to Convict 
Discipline, and the Employment of Colonial Con- 
victs in the Formation and Improvement of Roads 
at The Cape. 


8° Februariz. 





Ordered, That 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 Viscount Adare have leave of Ab- 
sence till Easter, on account of illness in his family. 


Resolved, That this House wi'l, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Sixth Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners, 1850. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of making provision 














A, 1850. 


for the better government of the Australian Colo- 
nies. 






(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That provision be made for the better 
Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies. 

2. Resolved, That the Governors and Legislative 
Councils of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies be 
authorized to impose and levy Duties of Customs 
on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into 
such Colonies. 

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


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Registrar's 
to unite the Office of Chief Registrar of the Court a — 
of Bankruptcy with the Office of the Lord Chan- ruptcy, Bill. 
cellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


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 Bill to amend an Act of the last Session County Cess 
for making Provision for the Collection of County reland) Bill 
Cess in Jreland, and for the Remuneration of the 
Collectors thereof, was, according to Order read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Registrar’s Office, Bankruptcy, Bill was read Registrar’s 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time pewrnidy 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. nny 99. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill party 
to restrain Party Processions in Jreland: And that Processions 
Sir William Somerville, Sir George Grey and Mr. Cane 
Solicitor-General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Estates 
to enable Persons having limited Interests in Land Leasing (Ire- 
in Ireland to make Building Leases and Improving = 
Leases: And that Mr. Solicitor-General and Sir 
William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charitable 
for facilitating and better securing the due Adininis- Trusts Bill 
tration of Charitable Trusts : And that Mr. Solicitor- 

General and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to enable Estates 
Persons having limited Interests in Land in Ireland Lessing Om 
to make Building Leases and Improving Leases: a ™ 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered No. 33. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 22d day 
of this instant February; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to restrain Party | 
Party Processions in Zreland: And the same was Procession. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second “*elan®) ™ 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. Nv. 34. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill for faci- Charitable 
litating and better securing the due Administration TT¥s's 
of Charitable Trusts: And the same was read the N%* 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 





upon 








13 Vicrorri2. 


upon Friday the first day of March next ; and to be 
printed. 





Mint. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions 
ofan Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Sup- 
plies remaining in the Mint, and of Sums advanced 
out of the Consolidated Fund, under the Authority 
of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to the Master of the Mint, for effecting the 
Purchase of Bullion for the Coinage of Silver and 
Copper Monies for the Public Service; showing the 
Amount of the several Purchases of Bullion, and 
the Seigniorage accruing on the Coinage ; also, of 
Cash received by the Master of the Mint in payment 
for the Coin delivered at the Mint Office for the 
Public Service, and the Sums paid thereout from 
time to time into Her Majesty’s Exchequer for the 
use of the Consolidated Fund, in repayment of the 
Advances so made, from the 31st day of December 
1848, to the 31st day of December 1849. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


8°-—11° Februari. 











Luna, 11° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upen the 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. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Third Re- 


port.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Special Re- 
port.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had come to 
a Resolution, which they had directed him to re- 
pet to the House; and the same was read, as fol- 
oweth : 

Resolved, That the Petition from Ceylon, purport- 
ing to be signed by thirty-seven thousand nine 
hundred and sixty-five inhabitants of that colony, 
setting forth various circumstances connected with 
the late riots in the colony; complaining of the 
measures that were adopted by the Government, 
and of the severity and illegality of the punishments 
inflicted upon the offenders under colour of martial 
law ; and also of grievances under which the inha- 
bitants of that Island suffer; and praying for re- 
dress, which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant February, is a Petition which ought to be 
printed for the use of Members only; and that a 
special Report be made to this effect. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ceylon. Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of 
Ceylon, for redress of Grievances, which was pre- 
sented upon Wednesday last, be printed for the use 
of Members only. 


Bolton 


I A Petition of the Mavor, Aldermen and Bur- 
— : 


gesses of the borough of Bolton, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for establishing Markets in, and otherwise 
improving the Borough of Bolton, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for extending the Provi- 
sions of the Acts relating to the Bolton Water- 
works, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Blair and Sir Joshua Walmsley. 


Leamington 
_ Paving 


A Petition of ‘Commissioners acting in execu- 
tion of the Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend, extend or enlarge the 
powers and provisions of the Acts for paving or 
flagging, lighting, cleansing, watching, regulating 
and improving the Town of Leamington Priors, in the 

Vou, 105, 





45 


county of Warwick, and for establishing a Market 
therein; and to authorize the construction of a Re- 
servoir and Waterworks, and new Drains and 
Sewers in the said Town, and the neighbourhood 
thereof; and the providing a Cemetery in the said 
Yown; and toauthorize the Purchase of the Works 
and Property of the Leamington Priors Gas Light 
and Coke Company, by the Leamington Priors 
Improvement Commissioners, for public use, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Brooke and Sir 
Charles Douglas. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lanencbiee 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enlarge 9" *Orks ure 
the Powers of the said Company, and to amend the ete: 
Acts relating to their undertakings, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Manchester 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, for leave to Bonding Bill. 
bring in a Bill to exempt the Council of the Borough 
of Manchester from all liability to repay the Expenses 
of the Management and Collection of the Duties 
papable in respect of Foreign Goods for Home Con- 
sumption warehoused at the said Borough, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
broughtin accordingly, by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. 

Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Reading Union 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better Waterworks 
supplying with Water the Tuwn of Reading and 
the Hamlet of Whitley, in the County of Berks, 
was presented, and read; and a Lill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Pigott and Mr. 

Stanford. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway South Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the fordshire_ 
said Company to lease their Undertaking, and for way Bill. 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Littleton and Colonel Anson. 


A Petition of Stock and Debenture Holders in, Copper Miners 
and Creditors of the Company of Copper Miners in pa 
England, and other parties interested in the affairs — ) 
of the said Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for 
facilitating the Settlement of the Affairs of the Go- 
vernor and Company of the Copper Miners in Eng- 
land, and for the better Management of the said 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bro- 
therton and Mr. Campbell. 


ill. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Heronsyhe and Heronsyke 
Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in and Eamont 
a Bill to amend an Act passed in the fifty-filth year a a 
of the reign of King George the Third, intituled,*°*° ~" 
“ An Act for more effectually repairing the Road 
leading from Heronsyhe to Kirkby-in-Kendal, and 
from thence, through Shap, to Eamunt Bridge, in the 
County of Westmoreland, ard for making a new 
Road from the said Road at a place called Far 
Cross Bank, near Kirkby-in-Kendal, to communi- 
cate with the intended Canal from Lancaster to 
Kirkby-in-Kendal, and to join the said Road at or 
near a place called The Lound, near Kirkby-in-K en- 
dalaforesaid,” and to continue the Term by the same 
Act granted, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Lowther and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Ulverstone, Mill- ulverstone, 
thorp and Lancaster Turnpike-road, for leave to Millthorp 
bring in a Bill to amend an Act passed in the fifty- Tusnpip seal 
eighth year of the reign of King George the Third, Bill. 
intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining a 





G3 Turnpike-road 





== 













































Killarney 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Waterford 
and Kilkenny 
Ruilway Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


North Kent 
Railway 
(Continuation 
from Strood, 
through Can- 
terbury, to 
Deal and 
Dover «c.) 
Bill. 


North Kent 
Railway 
(Continuation 
from Strood, 
through Can- 
terbury to 
Deal and 
Dover, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


46 11° Februari. 


Turnpike-road from the lurnpike-road leading from 
Ulverstone to Kendal, into the Turnpike-road leading 
from Miilthorp to Kendal, and a continuation of the 
said Road from the last-mentioned Turnpike-road, 
to join the Turnpike-road leading from Lancaster to 
Kendal,” and to continue the Term thereby granted, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alderman Thomp- 
son and Mr. Wilson Patten. 


A Petition of the Killarney Junction Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
Killarney Junction Railway Act, 1846, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Herbert and 
Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Rill to enable 
the said Company to raise further Capital, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Pierse Somerset Butler and Colonel Chatter- 
tou. 


A Petition of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to extend 
the Powers of the Dundalkand Enniskillen Railway 
Company, for the Purchase of Lands and Completion 
of Works on part of their Railway, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


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 Dundalkand Enniskillen Railway (Amendment of 
Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with in the following instances ; viz. 1. The 
Notices were not published in three successive weeks 
in the months of October and November, or either 
of them, in any newspaper of the county of Mona- 
ghan, in which county the lands to which such Bill 
relates are partly situate, such Notices having been 
published in the “Northern Standard,” a newspaper of 
the county of Monaghan, of the 17th and 24th 
November and 1st and 8th of December ; but it ap- 
peared that the newspaper bearing date the Ist of 
December was actually published and circulated on 
the previous evening. 2. The printed Copy of the 
Bill was not deposited at the Office of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways until a quarter past eight 
o'clock on the evening of the 31st December. 

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


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter mentioned or referred to, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for making a Railway trom Strood, through 
Canterbury, to Deal and Dover, with Branches and 
a Loop Line, 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 North Kent Railway (Continuation from Strood, 
through Canterbury, to Deal and Dover, with 
Branches to Maidstone, Sheerness, Faversham and 
Chilham, and a Loop Line from Greenwich to Wool- 
wich) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been com- 
plied with, in the following instances, viz. 


Maidstone Branch and Loop-line from 
Greenwich to Woolwich. 

The object of the said Bill, as described by the 
short title thereof, with which the Petition for leave 
to bring in the same is headed, and corresponding 
with that at the head of the advertisement, is to 
make a Railway from Strood, through Canterbury; 














A. 1850. 


to Deal and Dover, with Branches to Maidstone, 
Sheerness, Faversham and Chilham, and a Loop Line 
from Greenwich to Woolwich, but no evidence has 
been given to prove that any of the Standing Orders 
of the House have been complied with in reference 
to the said Maidstone Brauch, and the Loop Line 
from Greenwich to Woolwich. 


Notices in Gazette and Newspapers. 


Notices of the intended application to Parliament 
were not published in the “ Kent Herald,” being a 
newspaper of the county of Kent, nor in any Lon- 
don newspaper, for three successive weeks in the 
months of October and November, or either of them, 
but were published in two successive weeks only, in 
the month of November last. 

The Notices published in the ‘‘ Kent Herald” are 
not copies of each other, as there are two distinct 
parishes of Buckland through which the said Rail- 
way is intended to be made; but in the Notice as 
published in the said newspaper on the 22d day of 
November, there is only one such parish mentioned 
instead of two, as stated in the other copies of such 
Notice. 

By the said Bill, power is given to make a Rail- 
way or Branch diverging from the said Railway or 
Main Line, at a point alleged to be shown on the 
Plans, and terminating at a point also alleged to be 
shown on the same Plans, at a place called Mill 
Town, Sheerness; and it appears from the said 
Plans, that the point where such Railway or Branch 
is intended to diverge from the said Main Line, is 
situate in the parish of Sittingbourne (the parish of 
Milton in fact intervening between the said parish 
of Sittingbourne and the parish of Bobbing), and 
no mention is made in the said Notices of any Rail- 
way or Branch diverging from the said Main Line, 
in the parish of Sittingbourne, though mention is 
made in the said Notice of a Branch to diverge 
from the said Main Line in the parish of Bobbing, 
and to terminate at Mill Town, Sheerness, as afore- 
said. 

The Main Line of the said Railway, at or near 
the fourth furlong, after the point marked 28 miles 
on the Plans, is authorized to be made or extended 
into the parish of Saint Dunstan, in the county of 
Kent, and county of the city of Canterbury, or one 
of them, (a small portion of the said parish of Saint 
Dunstan, adjoining the properties numbered 17, 18 
and 20, in the parish of arbledown, on the said 
Plans, being situate within the limits of deviation 
defined on the said Plans), but the said Notices do 
not contain the name of the said parish of Saint 
Dunstan. 


Proof of Service of Notices by Post. 


No sufficient proof was given that application had 
been duly made to certain persons mentioned in 
two Lists, marked respectively A. and B., which 
were handed in to the Examiner, inasmuch as such 
applications were forwarded by post in registered 
letters, and were posted at Dover and Canterbury, 
such places not being included in the list of post 
towns prescribed by Standing Order No. 17, and 
by the Postmaster-General’s regulations for the post- 
ing of such applications ; but the Post-office receipts 
for such letters were produced, and it was proved 
that none of such letters were returned by the Post- 
office as undelivered. 


Deposit of Bill with Railway Commissioners. 


That a Printed Copy of the said Bill was not de- 
posited in the office of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways until after eight o’clock in the evening of 
the thirty-first day of December last. 


Errors in the Plan and Book of Reference, and 
applications to Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
pliers. 

With respect to the Main Line, a certain road 
numbered 5, in the parish of Frindsbury, = 
an 











13 VicToriIZ. 


Plan deposited at the Private Bill Office, is de- 
scribed in the Book of Reference to such Plan, as 

ublic road to Frindsbury; and the Surveyors of 
Hiiiese are stated to be the owners or reputed 
owners thereof, whereas the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company are, and ever since the 30th day of 
November last, and for some time prior thereto, have 
been the owners of the said road ; and their names 
as such owners, are omitted from the said Book of 
Reference, and no application in writing was, on or 
before the 15th day of December last, served upon 
or sent by post in manner prescribed by the Stand- 
ing Orders to the South Eastern Railway Company, 
in respect of the said road. 


With respect to the said Main Line, the property 
numbered 18 in the parish of Harbledown, on the 
Plan deposited at the Private Bill Office, is, in fact, 
separated from the properties numbered 17 and 20, 
in the same parish, on the said Plan, by a good and 
sufficient fence, but a large portion of such fence, 
though situate within the limits of deviation de- 
fined on the said Plan, is not marked upon the said 
Plan, 


That a small portion of the said property, num- 
bered 18, in the parish of Harbledown (within the 
limits of deviation marked upon the Plan), and 
which portion appears by the said Plan to form 
part of the said property or part of the property 
numbered 17 and 20, in the said parish as aforesaid, 
appears by the Plan deposited as aforesaid to be 
situate in another parish, and not in the said parish 
of Harbledown, and is, in fact, situate in the parish 
of Saint Dunstan, in the county of Kent, and in the 
county of the City of Canterbury, or one of them, 
but the said portion is not numbered on the said 
Plan, or referred to in the Book of Reference to 
such Plan, and the name of the said parish of Saint 
Dunstan is omitted from the said Plan and the 
Book of Reference thereto. 


And noextractfrom the said Plan nor from the Book 
of Reference thereto, nor from the Section deposited 
therewith, relating to the said parish of Saint Dun- 
stan, and no copy of the notice for the Bill, as pub- 
lished in the “* London Gazette,” were, on or before 
the thirtieth day of November last, deposited with 
the parish clerk of the parish of Saint Dunstan. 


That the properties referred to in the following 
table are shown upon the Plan deposited as afore- 
said, and are situate wholly or partially within the 
limits of deviation defined therein, but are not 
numbered on the said Plan, nor referred to in the 
Book of Reference to such Plan. 








Main Line. 
Description of Situation on the said Plan. 
Property. 
Dwelling-house | - - In the parish of Saint Nicholas, Ro- 
and yard. chester, adjoining the lane marked Paris 
Head-lane on the said Plan, and near 
the properties numbered respectively 22*, 
38 and 40 in the said parish, on the said 
Plan. 
Pasture-field - | -- In the parish of Saint Mildred, in 


the city of Canterbury, at the point on 
the main line, marked 29 miles on the 
Plan, and adjoining the properties num- 
bered 79 and 81, in the said parish, on 
the said Plan. 


Pasture-field, - - In the parish of Saint Mildred, in the 


called Mar- | city of Canterbury, 7 ee the last- 
tyr’s-field. mentioned pasture-field, and the pro- 
perty numbered 1, in the parish of Saint 
Mary Bredin. 
Part of an arable | - - In the parish of Ickham, between the 
field. properties numbered 7 and 11, in the 
the said parish, on the said Plan. 
Field - ~~ | -- Inthe parish of Sibertswould, between 


the properties numbered respectively 58 
and 63, in the said parish, on the said 
Plan. 








VoL. 105. 


11° Februari. 


Chilham Branch : 








Description of | Situation on the said Plan. 
Property. | 
Arable field and bcs In the parish of Chilham, between the 
occupation- | properties numbered respectively 8 and 
road, | 11, in the said parish, on the said Plan. 





That the properties referred to in the following 
table are shown upon the Plan deposited as afore- 
said, and are situate wholly or partially within the 
limits of deviation defined thereon, but the descrip- 
tion of such properties in the Book of Reference 
to the said Plan, is erroneous. The description of 
the said properties as given in the said Book of 
Reference is contained in the third column of the 
said table, and the proper description is given in 
the fourth column of the same table. 


Main Line. 





1. 2. 3. 4. 
Description of 
Ba = Name Property Proper Description 
po yay as given in the 
said Plan of Parish. Books of Property. 
" of Reference. 





YF Frindsbury - -- Part of station of the 
South Eastern Railway 
Company, and also part 
of a certain canal basin 
belonging to the said 
Railway Company. 
Garden. 


Part of station 


6. St. Mildred, in 
the City of 
Canterbury. 


Marshes - 














With respect to the Main Line, a certain ware- 
house belonging to the White Hart public-house, 
in the parish of Saint Nicholas, Rochester, and 
adjoining the properties numbered respectively 25 
and 32 in the said parish, on the Plan deposited as 
aforesaid, is shown on the said Plan, and situate 
within the limits defined thereon, but the same is 
not numbered on the said Plan, nor referred to in 
the Book of Reference to such Plan, and Sir 
Henry Meux and Company are, and ever since the 
30th day of November last, and for some time 
prior thereto, have been owners, and William Wood 
is, and ever since the 30th day of November last, 
and for some time prior thereto, has been occupier 
of the said warehouse, but their names are not 
inserted as owners and occupiers in the Book of 
Reference, and no application in writing was, on 
or before the 15th day of December last, served 
upon or sent by post in the manner prescribed by 
the Standing Orders to them, as such owner and 
occupier. 


With respect to the Main Line, the property 
numbered 99, in the parish of Saint Nicholas, 
Rochester, on the Plan deposited as aforesaid, ap- 
pears by the said Plan to be one property, whereas 
the same is in fact separate and distinct properties 
belonging to different proprietors, and should have 
been described accordingly upon the said Plan; and 
in the Book of Reference to the said Plan, William 
Clements is described as the owner and occupier of 
the said property numbered 99 in the said parish, 
whereas since the 30th day of November last, and 
for some time prior thereto, James Hill and Almon 
Hill have been and were the owners, and William 
Weller has been and was the occupier of part of 
the said property, such part being within the limits 
of deviation described on the said Plan, and the 
names of the said James Hill, Almon Hill and 
William Weller as such owners and occupier, are 
wholly omitted from such Book of Reference, and 
no application in writing was made to the said 
James Hill and Almon Hill, in respect of the said 
property, on or before the 15th day of December 
last. 





a4 With 








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11° Februariz. 





A. 1850. 


With reference to the Main Line, a certain pro-| some time prior to the 30th day of November last, 
perty numbered 87, in the parish of Saint Nicholas, and still are such owners, lessees or occupiers ; 


Rochester, on the Plan deposited as aforesaid, ap- 
pears by such Plan to be one property, whereas the 
same consists of two separate properties, both 
situate within the limits of deviation defined on the 
said Plan, and divided from one another by a fence, 
which fence is not shown on the said Plan; and the 
said property is described in the Book of Reference | 
as ‘‘ marsh land and pond,” whereas the said pro- | 
perty consists also of a garden situate within the | 
limits of deviation defined on the said Plan, which 
is not mentioned in the said Book of Reference. 





With respect to the Main Line, the property | 
numbered 100 in the parish of Saint Nicholas, | 
Rochester, on the Plan deposited as aforesaid, | 
appears from the said Plan to be an inclosure, 
whereas the same consists in part of an inclosure, 
and in part of several dwelling-houses, yards, gardens 
and out-buildings, whereof eighteen of such dwelling- 
houses and several of such yards, gardens and out- 
buildings are situate within the limits of deviation 
defined on the said Plan, but are altogether omitted | 
therefrom ; and such dwelling-houses, yards, gar- 
dens and out-buildings are not described in the 
Book of Reference, nor are the names of the 
owners, lessees and occupiers thereof inserted 
therein, nor was any application in writing made | 
to the said owners, lessees und occupiers in respect | 
of such properties on or before the 15th day of| 
December last. 





The properties mentioned in the following table 
are shown on the Plan deposited as aforesaid, and | 
are wholly or partially situate within the limits of 
deviation defined in such Plan, but nevertheless 
such properties are not numbered on the said Vlan, 
nor referred to in the Book of Reference thereto ; 
(that is to say) 


Main Line: 





Description of | 
| 


Posperty Situation of Property on the said Plan. 





-- Inthe parish of Saint Nicholas, Ro- 
chester, adjoining a lane described on the 
said Plan as Horsewash-lane, and also 
adjoining Nos, 13 and 14, in the said 
parish of Saint Nicholas, Rochester. 
- - In the parish of Suint Nicholas, Ro- 
chester, at or near the point on the said 
_ main line, marked 1 mile on the said | 
Plan, and adjoining No. 718, in the said | 
parish, on the said Plan. 
In the parish of Saint Nicholas, Ro- | 
chester, at or near the point on the said | 
main line, marked 1 mile on the said 
Plan, and adjoining No. 82, in the said 
parish, on the said Plan. 
- - In the parish of Saint Nicholas, Ro- | 
chester, adjoining the properties num- 
bered respectively 583 and 98, in the said 
parish, on the said Pian. 
-- In the parish of Saint Nicholas, Ro- 
chester, adjoining the property numbered 
55, in the said parish, on the said Plan. 


House and yard - 


Market-garden 





Garden-ground 


Dwelling-house 


Dwelling-house 








In the Book of Reference to the Plan deposited 
as aforesaid, the properties set forth in the following 
table (being wholly or partially situate within the 
Imits of deviation detined on the said Plan) are in 
some instances erroneously described in the manner 
set forth in the said table, and in some instances 
the owners, lessees or occupiers thereof are errone- 
ously set forth as stated in the said table, and in 
some instances the said properties are both errone- 
ously described in the said Book of Reference, and 
the owners, lessees or occupiers thereof are errone- 
ously set forth in such Book of Reference in manner 
stated in the said table, and the persons described 
in the said table as the proper owners, lessees and 
occupiers of any of the said properties were respec- 
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and application in writing was not made to the said 
James Henry Andrews, nor to the said Charles Les- 
ter, in respect of the said properties, on or before 
the 15th day of December last. 

With respect to the Main Line, the property num- 
bered 6*, in the parish of Tong, on the Plan depo- 
sited at the Private Bill Office, appears by the said 
Plan to be one property, whereas the same consists 
of two separate and distinct properties, divided from 
one another by a fence, and both parts thereof are 
within the limits of deviation defined on the said 
Plan, and the said fence is wholly omitted from the 
said Plan. 

With respect to the Main Line, at the 24th mile 
thereof, and adjoining properties, numbered respec- 
tively 9 and 11, in the parish of Chilham, on the 
Plan deposited as aforesaid, is a certain inclosure 
of woodland, whereof Sir John Fagge, Baronet, is 


‘and has been ever since the 30th day of November 


last, and for some time prior thereto, owner, which 
is shown on the said Plan, but not numbered thereon, 
nor referred to in the Book of Reference to the said 
Plan ; and no application in writing in respect of the 
said piece of woodland was, on or before the 15th 
day of December last, served upon or sent by post, 
in manner prescribed by the Standing Orders, to the 


said Sir John Fagge. 


With respect to the Main Line, on the Plan depo- 
sited as aforesaid is a certain hop-garden, numbered 
11, on the said Plan, of which Sir John Fagge, Ba- 
ronet, is and has been ever since the 30th day of 
November last, and for some time prior thereto, 
owner, which said hop-garden is not referred to in 
the Book of Reference to the said Plan; and no 
application in writing was, on or before the 15th 
day of December last, served upon or sent by post 
in manner prescribed by the Standing Orders, to the 
said Sir John Fagge, in respect of the said hop- 
garden. 

With respect to the Main Line, certain property 
in the parish of Thannington, adjoining No. 8, 
the 








13 VicroriZ. 


the parish of Westgate, and No. 2, in the parish | 
of Saint Wildred on the said Plan, is not numbered 
on the said Plan. 

With respect to the Main Line, the properties 
numbered respectively 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38, in the parish cf Saint Paul, 
borough of Canterbury, on the Plan deposited as 
aforesaid, and all within the limits of deviation de- 
fined on the said Plan, are not referred to in the 
Book of Reference thereto. 

In the Book of Reference to the Plan deposited 
at the Private Bill Office, the properties mentioned 
in the following table, and the owners and occupiers 
thereof respectively, are erroneously described as 
set forth in such table. 





Main Line, in the Parish of Gillingham. 








No. 


on 
Plan. 


11° Februarizi. 


Description of 


Owners or | 








29. 
32. 
36. 








|  Occupiers, Proper 
— met in — an | as described in | Description Preyer Ouness 
— in Book | _,the Book of Reputed 
of Reference. | of Reference. | of Reference. Property. Owners. 
Occupation- | John Lock - | John Lock ~- | Public car- | Surveyors of 
road. riage-road. highways. 
Occupation- | John Beeching | John Beeching | Public car- | Surveyors of 
road. riage-road. highways. 
Occupation- | John Hunt - | John Hunt - | Public car- | Surveyors of 
road. | riage-road. highways, 











With respect to the Main Line, in the Book of Re- 
ference to the Plan deposited as aforesaid, John 
Ford is described as the occupier of a certain pro- 
perty numbered 53, in the parish of Saint Nicholas, 
Rochester, whereas Arthur Blake is the occupier of 
the said property, and ought to have been so de- 
scribed, and no application in writing was made 
to the said Arthur Blake in respect of the said pro- 
perty on or before the 15th day of December last. 


Errors in the Section. 


At or near 32 miles 5 furlongs on the Main Line, 
the Railway is intended to be carried over a public 
carriage-road, numbered 47, in the parish of Beaks- 
bourne, and 1, in the parish of Patricksbourne, on 
the Plan deposited as aforesaid, but such road is 
not shown on the Section deposited with the said 
Plan, nor is the height of the Railway over the sur- 
face thereof, nor are the heights and span of the 
arch or arches of the bridge or viaduct by which 
the Railway will be carried over the same, marked 
in figures at the crossing thereof. 

On the Main Line of Railway a public carriage-road, 
numbered 8, in the parish cf Ickham, on the said 





49 


tunnel is shown on the said Section to terminate at 
or near 39 miles 5 furlongs and 2 chains. 

With respect to the Main Line, the gradient of the 
said Railway between 48 miles 3 furlongs and 
7 chains and 44 miles 1 furlong and 6 chains, is 
stated on the said Section to be 1 in 233, whereas 
the proper gradient, according to computation and 
measurement, is 1 in 145, or thereabouts. 

On the Section deposited as aforesaid, relating to 
the Deal Branch, the following public carriage-roads 
are not mentioned on the said Section : 














Distance on Deal Branch. No. of Road | Name of Parish. 
on Plan. | 
At 4 furlongs 3 chains, or 2. Honington. 
thereabouts. 
At 2 miles 7 furlongs 7 30. Eythorne. 
chains, or thereabouts. 








With respect to the Deal Branch, a certain tunnel 
is shown upon the Plan deposited as aforesaid, to 
commence at 1 furlong 8} chains, or thereabouts, 
on the said Deal Branch, and to terminate at 4 fur- 
longs 7 chains, or thereabouts, whereas on the Sec- 
tion deposited with such Plan, the same tunnel is 
described as commencing at 1 furlong 1 chain, or 
thereabouts, in the said Deal Branch, and termi- 
nating at 4 furlongs 1 chain, or thereabouts. 

With respect to the Deal Branch, a certain tunnel 
is shown upon the Plan deposited as aforesaid to 
commence at 2 miles 74 chains, or thereabouts, on 
the said Deal Branch, and to terminate at 2 miles 
3 furlongs 54 chains, or thereabouts, whereas on the 
Section deposited as aforesaid, the same is errone- 
ously described as commencing at 2 miles 3 a chain, 
or thereabouts, on the said Deal Branch, and ter- 
minating at 2 miles 2 furlongs 94 chains, or there- 
abouts. 

With respect to the Deal Branch, the position of 
the roads referred to in the following table is erro- 
neously described on the Section deposited as afore- 
said, the position of the suid roads, according to the 
Plan deposited as aforesaid, being inserted in the 
fourth column of the said table, and the position 
of the same roads, according to the said Section, 
heing inserted in the fifth column of the said table. 











Plan, is shown on the said Plan as crossed by the 
said Railway at or near 35 miles 3 furlongs, but 
such road is not shown on the Section at the same 
place, but at another place 43 chains distant, as mea- 
sured on the datum line of the said Section. 


Between 41 miles 2 furlongs and 41 miles 3 fur- 
longs on the Main Line, the Railway is intended 
to be carried under a public carriage-road, num- 
bered 34, in the parish of Ewell, on the said Plan, 
but such road is not shown on the Section, nor is 
the depth of the Railway under the surface of the 
said road marked in figures, at the crossing thereof. 


With respect to the Main Line, a certain public 
carriage-road, numbered 4, in the parish of Womens- 
would, on the said Plan, is shown on the said Plan, 
at or near 35 miles 4 furlongs, whereas the same 
road is shown on the said Section at 35 miles 43 
furlongs, or thereabouts. 

With respect to the Main Line, a certain public 
carriage-road, numbered 35, in the parish of Buck- 
land on the said Plan, is shown on the said Plan, 
at or near 43 miles 3 furlongs 3 chains, whereas 
the same road is shown on the said Section at 43 
miles 3 furlongs 7 chains, or thereabouts. 

With respect to the Main Line, a certain tunnel is 
shown to terminate on the said Plan at or near 39 
miles 4 furlongs and 4 chains, whereas the same 

Von. 105. 

















1. 2. 3, oe 5. 
No. of Name Description | Position Position 
Road of of | of of 
on Roads Roads 
Plan. Parish. Road. | on Plan. | on Section. 
Ac Be Pf Ae Be P. 
25. | Eythorne - | Public highway | 2 6 44) 2 6 8 
7. | Northbourne - Ditto - oh (6-802 440 
16. | Little Mongeham| Ditto - -| 6 0 93 6 O 7 
9. | Great Mongeham| Ditto - -| 6 3 53 6 3 4} 
23. | Sholden - - | Turnpike-road-| 7 3 7 4 44 
4. | Saint Leonard’s, 
Deal - - | Publich'ghway | 8 1 4) 8 2 3$ 
With respect to the Sheerness Branch, at 3 miles 
5 furlongs 0 chains, or thereabouts, on the Plan de- 





posited as aforesaid, relating to the said Branch, the 
Railway is carried over a certain navigable river or 
water, called The Swale, numbered 1, in the parish 
of Swade, and 142, in the parish of Minster, on the 
suid Plan, and the height of the Railway over the 
surface of the said river is not marked in figures on 
the Section deposited with the said Plan. 

With respect to the Chilham Branch, at 1 mile 
4 furlongs 0 chains, or thereabouts, on the said 
Branch, there is an embankment exceeding five feet 
in height, but the extreme height thereof is not 
marked in figures on the Section deposited as afore- 
said, relating to the said Branch. 

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








which, upon Friday last, was made from the Select 
H Coiuittee 





The House was moved, That the Report in respect Eastern Union 
of the Petition for the Eastern Union Railway Bill, Railway Bill. 
















Oxford, 


Worcester and 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 


West Cornwall 


Railway Bill. 


Oxford, 
Worcester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton, Birming- 
ham and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion and Great 
Western Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Bill. 


Borough of 
Salford 
Waterworks 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
' (No, 2.) Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway (Ash- 
bourne ch, 
Power to lease, 


Amendment of 


Acts) Bill. 


50 


Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending the Time, and continuing the Powers 
granted by the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway 
and Pier Act, 1847, for the compulsory Purchase 
of Lands and Houses, and for the Completion of 
Works, and for enabling the Eastern Union Railway 
Company to create new Shares, with certain Privi- 
leges attached for paying off their Mortgage Debt, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Beresford 
and Mr. Cobbold do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
verhampton Railway 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 
amend the Acts relating to the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway ape aay, and to con- 
fer additional Powers upon the same Company, and 
upon certain other Companies, and for other pur- 

oses: And that General Zygon, Mr. Rushout and 
Mr. Rufford do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the West Cornwall Railway 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 
enable the West Cornwall Railway Company to 
make a Deviation in and a Branch Railway from 
their authorized Line of Railway, and for other Pur- 
poses: And that Sir Charles Lemon and Mr, Pen- 
darves do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
verhampton, Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and 
Great Western Railway Companies 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 ina Bill to 
confirm and carry into effect an Agreement for the 
Sale to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail- 
way Company, of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 
Navigation : And that General Zygon, Mr. Rushout 
and Mr. Rufford do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- 
ing with Water the Borough of Salford, and for the 
further Improvement of the said Borough : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to en- 
able the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company 
to lease their Undertaking to the London and North 
Western Railway Company, or to make other Ar- 
rangements relating thereto, and for other Purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to en- 
able the South Wades Railway Company to make a 
new Railway in the Forest of Dean, in lieu of the 
Railway already authorized, and to make certain 
Alterations in the Line and Levels, and the Mode of 
Construction of their Railway, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time, 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Billto au- 
thorize the North Staffordshire Railway Company 
to grant a Lease of the Ashbourne Branch: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered tobe 
read a second time. 


11° Februariz. 








A. 1850. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to ex- North stat- 
tend the Time for the Purchase of Lands required fordshire Rail- 
for certain Branches of the North Staffordshire way (Bxten- 
Railway, to NMewcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale and for Purchase 
the Apedale Iron Works: And the same was read of Lands, &amp;c.) 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill. 
time. 








Mr. Greene presented a Bill for better supplying Childwall 
the Parishes of Childwall and West Derby, in the Waterworks 
County of Lancaster, with Water: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. George Sandars, by Order, presented a Bill Snaith and 
for uniting the Townships of Snaith and Cowick, ppg beng 
in the Parish of Snaith, in the West Riding of the an ee. Bill, 
County of York, and for other Parochial or Town- —~ ’ ° 
ship poem pee And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Frewen, by Order, presented a Bill for the Direct London 
Dissolution of the Direct Zondon and Portsmouth ee 
Railway Company, and for the Abandonment of vp ‘iets. 
the Undertaking: And the same was read the first donment of the 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Railway and 
Dissolution of 


the Company) 
Biil. ‘ 


A Petition of the Great Central Gas Consumers Great Central 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for better sup- Gas Con: 
plying with Gas the City of London, and the Liber- —— 


ties thereof, and other Places adjacent thereto, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in —e by Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Sir James Duke, Mr. Masterman and Mr. Wakley. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to repeal the Act re- Coventry and 
lating to the Coventry and Wolvey Turnpike-road, Wolvey Turn- 
and to make other Provisions instead thereof: And Pixe-road Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Lacy, by Order, presented a Bill to enable rxeter and 
the Exeter and Crediton Railway Company to en- Crediton 
large their Cowley Bridge Station, and to raise a B#ilway Bill 
further Amount of Capital: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Lord George Manners presented a Bill for mak- Cambridge 
ing a Railway to connect the Line of the Royston #4 Shepreth 
and Hitchin Railway with the Town of Cambridge, elena ond 
and with the Line of the Eastern Counties Railway Branch to join 


Company: And the same was read the first time ; the Eastern 
d ordered to be read a second time Counties 
woeenient : Railway Bill. 


Mr. Farrer, by Order, presented a Bill for incor- British 


porating the British Electric Telegraph Company, Electric 
and to enable the said Company to work certain 2@lestaph 
pany Company Bill. 


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


Mr. Farrer, by Order, presented a Bill to amend Shrewsbury 
the Act relating to the Shrewsbury and Hereford and Hereford 
Railway Company: And the same was read the Railway Bill. 
first-time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool West Harbour and Hartlepool 
Dock Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to en- bade erat 
able the said Company to alter and improve their “°° 
Harbour, and construct additional Works, and for 
amending an Act passed in the tenth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, called, The Hartle- 
pool West Harbour and Dock Act, 1847, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and 
Mr. Farrer, 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Tradesmen and Pontypridd P 
others, Inhabitants of the town of Pontypridd, and G3) Gon an 





Coke Company 
the Bill, 











18 Vicroriz. 


the neighbourhood thereof, in the county of Gla- 
morgan, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting with 
Gas the Town of Pontypridd, and the Neighbour- 
hood thereof, in the County of Glamorgan, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Nicholl and Lord 
James Stuart. 


Gorbals Gra- Mr, Cowan, by Order, presented a Bill to amend 
oe oe the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company Act, 1846, 


to authorize the Extension of the Works, and the 
Construction of New Works to supply the Town or 
Royal Burgh of Rutherglen, and other Places, with 
Water: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Cowan, by Order, presented a Bill for _— 


Bridge across 


the River _ structing a Bridge across the River Clyde, opposite | 
Cie Port. to South Portland-street, Laurieston, Glasgow : 
land-street, And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Laurieston, to be reada second time. 

Glasgow Bill. 

Cork Docks Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to enable 





and Harbour the Commissioners for improving and preserving 
— the Port, Harbour and River of Cork, to construct 
Docks and other Works, and to make a Deviation | 

in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock and Passage | 

Railway, and to enable the Cork and Bandon Rail- | 

way Company to make an Extension of their pre-| 

sent Line of Railway: And the same was read the | 

first time ; and ordered to be read asecondtime. | 

| 


A Petition of John Jones, of Dolgelley, in the | 
county of Merioneth, one of the Mortgagees in| 
possession of the tolls authorized to be levied on 
the several roads thereinafter mentioned, situate | 
within the division of Dolgelley and Mowddwy, in | 
the said county, for leave to bring in a Bill for | 
continuing and enlarging the Term and Powers of | 
three Acts passed in the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for repairing and widening 
several Roads leading to and from the Towns of| 
Bala and Dolgelley, in the County of Merioneth, | 
and other Roads therein mentioned, in the Counties 
of Montgomery, Denbigh and Salop, and for ve- 
pairing several other Roads in the Counties of 
Merioneth and Denbigh, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Richards. 





Merioneth- 
shire Turn- 
pike-roads Bill. 


A Petition of the Mavor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Warration esses. of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to 
(Abandonment Pring in a Bill to authorize the Mayor, Aldermen 
of Works, &amp;c.) and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool to 
Bill. relinquish the Construction of the Waterworks 


Liverpool 
Corporation 


11° Februari. 


51 


Ordered, That no Bill to authorize the Dissolu- Railway Bilis, 
tion of a Railway Company, nor any Bill to autho- 
rize the Abandonment of the whole or part of a 
Railway, and which does not relate to other objects, 
be read a second time until after Easter. 


The Aberdeen Railway Bill was read a second Aberdeen 
time; and committed. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Birkenhead Improvement Bill was read a Birkenhead 
second time; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- i 
mittee of Selection. 


The Buckinghamshire Railways Bill was read a Buckingham- 
second time; and committed. shire Railways 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 3! 


mittee of Selection. 


The Cambridge Regulation and Improvement, Cambridge 
Markets and Fairs Bill was read a second time; and Regulation 
committed on ae 

. ' ment, Markets 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Fairs Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Carlisle Gas Light and Coke Company Bill Carlisle Gas 
was read a second time ; and committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pay ne” 


mittee of Selection. 


The Clerical, Med‘cal and General Life Assur- Clerical, 
ance Society Bill was read a second time; and Medical and 
a General Life 
committed. Assurance 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Society Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill Cromford and 
was read a second time; and committed. ert 3 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- gi) 


mittee of Selection. 


The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was Dublin and 
read a second time; and committed. Drogheda — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the East of Fife Railway Bill be East of Fife 
read a second time after Easter. Railway Bill. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Edinburgh and Edinburgh 
Bathgate Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a and Glasgow, 





authorized by the Liverpool Corporation Water- 
works Act, 1847, and to construct other Water- 
works, was presented, and read; and a Bill was) 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 


Thomas Birch, Mr. William Brown and Mr. Card- 
well. . 
Liverpool A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
— gesses of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to 
(Extension bring in a Bill to extend the Time limited by the 
of Time for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, for 
Tand,oe nil purchasing Lands and constructing the Works 
“authorized by such Act, and for other Purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Thomas Birch, 
Mr. William Brown and Mr. Cardwell. 
Liverpool, A Petition of the Liverpool, Crosby and South- 
Both _ port Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
Railway (Sale t0 enable the said Company to sell or lease their 





second time; and committed. and Edinburgh 


ray 2 and Bathgat 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- ides . 
mittee of Selection. Amnigunation 
ll. 


The Godstone and Highgate Turnpike-road Bill Godstone and 


was read a second time; and committed. Tikes : 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- py) 


mittee of Selection: 


The Kent Waterworks Bill was read a second Kent Water- 
time; and committed. works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Cattle Market Bill was read a Liverpool 
second time; and committed. Cattle Market 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2! 
mittee of Selection. 


The New North Road Bill was read a second New North 





or Lease to the Railway to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
settee Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

ilway Com. was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
pany, &amp;c.) Bill, William Brown and Sir Thomas Birch. 


VoL, 105. 


time; and committed. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
The 





H2 





52 11° Februariz. 


Railway The Railway Passengers Assurance Company 

- min a Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Company Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
* mittee of Selection. 

Rochdale, The Rochdale, through Bamford and Birtle, to 


pee — Bury, and other Turnpike-roads Bill was read a 
eat ® second time; and committed. 
other Turn- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


pike-roads Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Swansea Dock The Swansea Dock Company Bill was read a 
Company Bill. second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Surrey and 


The Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill was read a 
—— Roads 


second time; and committed, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Tyne Navi- 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
gation Bill. 


proposed, That the Tyne Navigation 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





Tyne River A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Conservancy proposed, That the 7yne River Conservancy Bill be 
Bill. 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. 

. a! . 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ a wre, ; }is1. 

Tellers for the Noes,{ a i , } 63. 

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. 

Wakefield The Wakefield Borough Market Bill was read a 

Borougt ~~ —s second time ; and committed. 

Market Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

General Board ‘Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 

of Health. Command,—Extract Minute from Proceedings of 
the General Board of Health, 7th February 1850. 

Rolls Court, Sir George Grey also presented,— Return to 


&amp;e. (Ireland.) an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day 
of July, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
a Return of the Number of Orders made by the 
Master of the Rolls, from the 1st day of August 
1848 to the Ist day of August 1849, classified 
as follows :-- 1. Number made for the Appvint- 
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 





A. 1850. 


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). 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to Court of 
an Order, dated the 1st day of August, in the oo treland.y 
last Session of Parliament, for 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 :—Keturns 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 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 Jury Processes 
issued in each of the said Courts in each of the said 
years, specifying the Amount of Law Fund Duty 
payable in respect of the same (if any) :—-Of the 
Total 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 Nisi 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 Wise 
Prius in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Common 
Pleas and Exchequer, in Zreland, in and after each 
Term in the years 1846, 1847 and 1848; 


QUEEN’S BENCH. 




































































IN TERM. AFTER TERM. 
7 lel | | 19 
mie) Ss | | ae fe] = S ail 
S)e\ei/a8 | a)2\ 812/28 2 
HEigi|/e|2 |e] igjels je 
1846 | | | 
1847 | | 
1s4s | | 
| 
COMMON PLEAS. 
IN TERM AFTER TERM, 
7 -lal¢ ree 4. | 
S/2;F/48 27/8/2122) 2 
Slaleie (Feld iele js 
Cte a 
1846 | | | eS 
1847 | | | | 
! | 
1848 | | | 
i ij : 














EXCHEQUER. 





I 


13 Victoriz. 











EXCHEQUER. 
IN TERM. AFTER TERM. 
| -i4 
lel gs | 213 s|ele|2) 32). 
ele i|elae |e elale |g8| 3 
leldiel&amp; |e&amp;leldjels /é 





1846 
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: 



































Nenagh Union. 


Transporta- 
tion and Con- 
vict Discipline. 


Post-office, 


Shipping. 


‘“ s ic |. 5 
2 nr | ra — 
es £.¢| 214 le |8(88 [85 
gzeei ss] &amp; ¢ |/s.ie iss |83 
ee a =I Zz he m= os 
seei2e| &amp; | S | Se] elec elgce 
RaaiPa| &lt; | 5 | ao) 4 [Sse ose 
' 
1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
LAW FUND DUTY PAYABLE ON THE ABOVE, 
1842 
1843 | 
1844 ’ 
1845 
1846 | 
1847 | | 
1848 | 
) 























Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of June, | 
in the last Session of Parliament, for 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 relieving 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 Mo- 
ney 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. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter from Mr. £. S. 
Hail, dated Sydney, 1st August 1849, and the Re- |, 
ply thereto, on the subject of Transportation and | 
Convict Discipline. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a} 
Return of the Amount paid during the years 1848 | 
and 1849, by the Post-office to the Railway Com-! 


panies, for the Conveyance of the Mails, specifying | 


and the Rate per Mile. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a. 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Ves- 


‘ sels registered at each of the Ports of Great Bri- 


tain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and the 
Channel Islands ; distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of 
December 1849 :—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 


Lreland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (includ- 


VoL. 105. 





11° Februari. 





53 


ing their repeated voyages), distinguishing Steam 
from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st day of De- 
cember 1848 and the 31st day of December 1849: 
—Like Returns from and to the Colonies; further 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :— 
Also, from and to Foreign Ports ; also, disinguish- 
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 1849 :—Similar Returns of Steam 


Vessels, and their Tonnage ;—Returns of the Num- 
ber of Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were built and re- 
gistered ; also, a similar Return of Vessels sold and 
transferred ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels broken 
up, in the year 1849:—Return of the Number of 
Colonial-built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered 
at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1849 ; disiinguishing the Number and Tonnage 
of each Colony respectively :—Similar Return of 
the Number of Foreign-built Vessels (Prizes), and 
their Tonnage :—And, Return of the Shipping em- 
ployed in the Trade of the United Kingdom, exhi- 
biting the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that en- 


| tered Inwards and cleared Outwards (including 
' their repeated voyages), separating British from Fo- 


reign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and 


' distinguishing the Trade with each Country, in the 


year 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


| No. 181, of Session 1849.) 





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


. to give directions that there be laid befure this House, 


a Return of the Number of Parliamentary Electors 


of Great Britain and Ireland, according to the Re- 


gistrations of 1848 and 1849, and 1849 and 1850. 
Ordered, That 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 Right honourable Fox Maule, the Right ho- controvertea 
nourable Sir George Clerk and Sir Robert Alexander Elections. 


Ferguson, three other Members appointed by Mr. 


, Speaker to serve on the General Committee of Elec- 


tions, and not objected to by the House, severally 
took the following Oath : 

1 do swear, that I will truly and faithfuily per- 
form the duties belonging to a Member of the 
General Committee of Elections, without fear 
or favour, to the best of my judgment and abi- 
lity. So help me God. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-mor- 


| row, at half an hour after Three of the clock in the 


afternoon. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the there-under- tonaon 


of an undue Election and Return for the said City, 
which was delivered in upon the 17th day of July 
in the last Session of Parliament, be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


' signed Electors for the City of London, complaining Election. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
each Railway, the Towns served, the Mileage run, | of England, which were presented upon Friday last, Eugland. 


be printed. 


No, 38. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- National Debt. 


tional Debt, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


No. 38. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, mint. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


No. 39. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Ceylon. 


further Proceeding on the Question proposed upon 
Wednesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed, to inquire into the grievances complained of 
in Ceylon, in connection with the administration and 

Hn 3 government 





Pirates Head 
Money Repeal 


Bill. 


Distressed 
Unions 
Advances 
and Repay- 
ment of 
Advances 
(Ireland). 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Registrar’s 
Office, Bank- 
ruptcy, Bill. 


Army and 


Ordnance I'x- 


penditure. 


Merchant 
Service. 


54 


overnment of that Colony, 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 that Dependency ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding. 

Then the main Question being put :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Mr. Baillie, Mr. Hume, Sir Joshua 

almsley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Hogg, Mr. 
Gladstone, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Lord Hotham, Mr. M‘Cullagh and Major 
Blackall, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of making 
Advances to certain Distressed Unions in Jreland, 
and also of making better Provision for the Repay- 
ment of Government Advances in Jreland ; 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of making Pro- 
vision for the better Government of Her Majesty’s 
Australian Colonies, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That Provision be made for the better 
Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies. 

2. Resolved, That the Governors and Legislative 
Councils of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies be 
authorized to impose and levy Duties of Customs 
on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into 
such Colonies. 

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, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Hawes do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


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 Registrar’s Office, Bankruptcy, Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Expenditure on account of the 
Army and Ordnance, and to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of making 
Regulations relating to Merchant Seamen and Mer- 
chant Shipping. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. 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, and maintaining Discipline in the Mer- 
chant Service. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for regulating the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 





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A, 1850. 


3. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, ‘That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Regulation of the Admeasurement of the 
Tonnage and Burthen of the Merchant Shipping. 


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 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 for improving the Condition of Masters, Mates 
and Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in the Mer- 
chant Service. 

2. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for regulating the Merchant Seamen’s Fund. 

3. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Regulation of the Admeasurement of the 
Tonnage and Burden of the Merchant Shipping :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That a Biil be brought in upon the first 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. 
Labouchere and Sir Francis Baring do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
second of the said Resolutions: And that the same 
Gentlemen 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Laws which regulate the Qualification 
and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Jre- 
land, and to alter the Law for rating Immediate 
Lessors of Premises to the Poor Rate in certain Bo- 
roughs: And that Sir William Somerville, Sir 
George Grey, aud Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland 
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 Februarii, 1850: 






Mercantile 
arine. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
d. 


Merchant 
Shipping. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Elections __ 
to shorten the Duration of Elections in Jreland, and “eland) Bill. 


for establishing additional Places for taking the Poll 
thereat: And that Sir William Somerville, Sir 
George Grey, and Mr. Solicitor-General for ZJreland 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ionian 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 1slands. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Editors of the 
Public Press that have been expelled during the 
year 1849, from the Jonian Islands, stating the 
Names of Public Writers and of the Editors so 
banished, the Titles of the Papers they edited, the 
Offence for which banished, and whether tried and 
sentenced by any Court, or banished by the Lord 
High Commissioner’s Authority: — And, of the 
Number of Persons tried by Courts Martial during 
the existence of Military Law in Cephalonia, and 
the Sentences awarded, stating how many of those 
Sentences have been carried out ; also, the Number 
of Persons flogged in Cephalonia, in the year 1849, 
and by what Tribunal sentenced, stating the greatest 
and the smallest Number of Lashes inflicted, and 
the Total Number of Lashes inflicted. 

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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire intothe Rulesand Discipline established with 
regard 


Parliamentary. 

Voters, &amp;c. 

(Ireland) Bill. Ju 
oth 
(E 
&amp;c 
Te 
Ra 
Re 
Fo 
Au 
Co 
Go 
Bil 


Prison 
Discipline. 





Judicial or 


(East India, 
&amp;c.) 


Foreign Books, 





13 VicrorizZ. 


regard to the treatment of Prisoners in Gaols and 
Houses of Correction in England and Wales ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 
“ and Ireland.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “‘ England 
and Wales,” and adding the words “the United 
“ Kingdom,” 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 ar 

r. Grey, P 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Lord E ne iettiiieas a:} 23. 
fLord Naas, } 18 
(Sir Denham Norreys: : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words “and into any improvement which can be 
“« made therein.” 

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

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the Rules and Discipline established 
with regard to the treatment of Prisoners in Gaols 
and Houses of Correction in England and Wales, 
and into any Improvement which can be made 
therein. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


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 
Ilouse, a Return of the Number and Names of Per- 
sons appointed to any Judicial or other Legal Office 
in the East Indies or British Colonies, since the 
10th day of July 1848 ; specifying the date of each 
Appointment, and Amount of Salary and Emolu- 
ments in British Money attached thereto respec- 
tively. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
relieve Occupiers of Lands or Tenements at Rack- 
rent from a portion of the Rate levied for erecting 
and providing County Lunatic Asylums: And that 
Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Ker Seymer, 
and Mr. Long do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amount received on account of 
the Import Duty on Foreign Books, in each year 
from the 5th day of January 1840 to the 5th day 
of January 1850; stating also the Rate of Duty, 
and any Alterations which have been made in the 
Duty. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for the better Govern- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to relieve Occu- 
we of Lands or Tenements at Rack-rent from a 

ortion of the Rate levied for erecting and providing 
County Lunatic Asylums: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


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55 


A Petition of Parties whose names are thereunto Dublin, 
annexed, was presented, and read; setting forth, Dundrum and 
That a Petition has been deposited in the Private = je 
Bill Office, praying for leave to introduce into the (Extension or 
House a Bill under the name or short title of the Revival of 
Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway (Ex- powes £F the 
tension or Revival of Powers for the Purchase of Lands and 
Lands and Completion of Works, Amendment or Completion of 
Repeal of Acts) Bill; that such Petition has been Naty sn coe 

2 ; pea 
presented to the House, and the Examiner of Peti- of Acts) Bill. 
tions for Private Bills has reported, that the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with in respect of 
such Bill; that the Petitioners are interested in 
lands upon the Rathfarnham Branch of the Dub- 
lin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway, and that 
the Petitioners deposited a memorial in the Private 
Bill Office, complaining in effect that no Standing 
Orders of the House had been complied with, in 
respect of the said Bill, so far as the same pro- 
posed to grant to the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- 
farnham Railway Company an extension of time 
for the exercise of powers for the compulsory pur- 
chase of lands required for the said Rathfarnhum 
Branch, which said Branch Railway is not of greater 
length than three quarters of a mile; that the Peti- 
tioners appeared upon the said memorial, by their 
agent, before the Examiner of Petitions, and that it 
was upon that occasion explained by the agent for 
the promoters of the said Bill, that the notices of the 
said Bill which were published in the Dublin Ga- 
zette, and in the newspapers, purposely omitted all 
mention of an intention of extending the said powers 
for purchase of lands for a further period upon the 
Rathfarnham Branch, and that the Bill was not 
intended to comprise such powers ; that the Peti- 
tioners are perfectly satisfied with an assurance, 
which they have received from the promoters of the 
said Bill, that they will use their best endeavours 
to obtain an alteration in the said Bill, when in Com- 
mittee, so as to confine the extension of time for 
the purchase of lands to the main line of the said 
Railway, and thus to make the said Bill conformable 
with the said notices ; the Petitioners are therefore 
anxious not to offer any further opposition to the 
said Bill, and desire to be permitted to withdraw 
the said memorial, and trust that the Standing Orders 
of the House may be dispensed with, in respect of 
the said Bill; and praying that they may be permitted 
to withdraw the said memorial, and that the Standing 
Orders of the House may be dispensed with. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—An Account of the Imports of the prin- Navigation. 
cipal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, 
of the Consumption of such Articles, and of the 
Customs Duties received thereon in the year 1849, 
compared with the Imports, Consumption and Re- 
ceipts of the preceding year :—An Account of the 
Exports of the principal Articles of Foreign and 
Colonial Merchandize in the year 1849, compared 
with the Exports of the preceding year:—An Ac- 
count, of the Exports of the principal Artieles of 
British and Jrish Produce and Manufactures in the 
year 1849, compared with the Exports of the pre- 
ceding year:—An Account of the Gross and Net 
Produce of the Duties of Customs in the year 1849, 
compared with the Produce in the preceding year : 
—An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels, distinguishing the Countries to which they be- 
longed, which entered inwards and cleared outwards 
in the year 1849, compared with the Entries 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 Jreland:—And, an Account of the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels which entered inwards and 
cleared outwards, with Cargoes, at the several Ports 
of the United Kingdom, during the year 1849, com- 





VoL. 105. 


n 4 pared 











Public Works 
CIreland.) 


Rate in Aid 


(ireland) Act. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Queen Anne’s 


Bounty. 


Controverted 


Elections. 


Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 


oa a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, 

Bill. Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway Company, to 
extend the Time for making certain Portions of 
their Undertaking, to authorize the Abandonment 
of certain Portions thereof, to reduce the Capital 
of the said Company, and to enable them to lease 
their Undertaking to the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company, was presented, | 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in | 
accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and Colonel Mure. 

Bolton Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for establishing | 

—T Markets in and otherwise improving the Borough 

; of Bolton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 

for extending the Provisions of the Acts relating 
to the Bolton Waterworks, and for other Purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Reading Union Mr. Pigott presented a Bill for the better sup- 

— plying with Water the Town of Reading and the 

amlet of Whitley, in the County of Berks: And 


Great Central 


Gas Con- 


sumers Com- 


pany Bill. 


56 





11°—12° 


pared with the Entries and Clearances of the pre- 
ceding year, distinguishing the Vessels employed in 
the intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland, 
from other Coasters. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of all Cases in which Contracts have been 
made by the Commissioners of Public Works in 
Ireland with any person or persons, for the execu- 
tion of Works of Arterial Drainage, or other Works 
of public utility, under the Provisions of the Act 
12 Vic. c. 23; specifying, in each case, whether 
Tenders were required by public Advertisement ; 
and, also, whether the lowest Tender was accepted. 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
sums received and expended under the Rate-in Aid 
Act. 

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


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


Martis, 12° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
RDUR ED, That the General Committee of 
Elections have leave to sit this day, till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Holford, from the Office of the Governors of 
Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies received 
and disbursed by the Governors of Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, during the year ending on the 31st day of 
December 1848:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the corrected Alphabetical List of 
Members to serve on Election Committees be re- 
ferred to the General Committee of Elections. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
drossan Railway Company, for leave to bring in 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


-read a second time. 


Februariz. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying with Gas the City of London and the Liber- 
ties thereof, and other Places adjacent thereto: 


A. 1850. 


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








Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to change the yjcongeq 
Name of the Licensed Victuallers’ and General Victuallers’ 
Fire and Life Assurance Company, to the Safety and General 
Fire and Life Assurance Company, and for better 4urand Lite 
enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, and Company Bill 
to give further Powers to the said Company: And 

the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


Mr. Farrer presented a Bill to enable the Hartle- Hartlepool 
pool West Harbour and Dock Company to alter wot Saale 
and improve their Harbour and construct Additional Rin 
Works, and for amending an Act passed in the 

tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 

called, “The Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock 

Act, 1847: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for extending the Eastern Union 
Time and continuing the Powers granted by “ The Railway Bill 
Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier 

Act, 1847,” for the compulsory Purchase of Lands 

and Houses, and for the Completion of Works, and 

for enabling “The Eastern Union Railway Com- 

pany” to create new Shares, with certain Privileges 

attached, for paying off their Mortgage Debt, and 

for other Purposes: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the South South Staf- 


Staffordshire Railway Company to lease their Un- fordshire 
wv. . ' Railway Bill. 
dertaking, and for other Purposes: And the same 


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


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for transferring Clerkenwell 
the Powers of the Clerkenwell Improvement Com- /mprovement 
missioners to the Mayor, Aldermen and Com- pape = 
monalty of the City of London, and for amending Transfer of 
the Acts relating to such Improvement: And the Powers) Bill 
saine was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Rufford presented a Bill to confirm and Oxford, 


carry into effect an Agreement for the Sale to the bse ware 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com- ton, Birming- 


pany of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation : ham and 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Oxford Junc- 
to be read a second ti tion on 
e read a second time. Western Rails 
way Com- 
panies Bill. 


Mr. Rufford presented a Bill to amend the Acts Oxford, 

relating to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- Worcester 

~ +4: Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway Company, and to confer additional ton Railway 
Powers upon the same Company, and upon certain Bill. 
other Companies, and for other Purposes: And the 
'same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Sir Thomas Birch presented a Bill to enable the Liverpool, 
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Company Crosby and 
to sell or lease their Railway to the Lancashire railway (Bal 
and Yorkshire Railway Company: And the same or Lease to 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Lance 
second time. and Yor 


Rail Com- 
| pany, &amp;e.) Bill: 
Mr. Wilson Patten we Faepie from the Select Standing 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders 5 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Garstang and Garstang and 
Heiring Syke Turnpike-road Petition for leave to eer ym 
deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders pi), 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to deposit a Petition accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the London (City) London (City) 
Improvements Petition, the Standing Orders ought — 

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to be dispensed with; That the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the same 
be presented not later than Three clear days after 
the presentation of this Report. 


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57 


and maintaining a Turnpike-road from the Turn- 
pike-road leading from Ulverstone to Kendal into 
the Turnpike-road leading from Milthorp to Kendal, 
and a Continuation of the said Road from the last-men- 
tioned Turnpike-road to join the Turnpike-road lead- 
ing from Lancaster to Kendal, and to continue the 
Term thereby granted: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Waterford, 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford, 

Wexford, a Wezxford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Petition, the 

vin Bail- Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That 

way 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 Report. 

North Staf- 4. Resolved, That in the case of the North Staf- | 

fordshire and fordshire and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire | 


ee ond Railways Junction Petition, the Standing Orders | 


Lincolashire ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be per- | 
Railways mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided the same | 
Junction ©" be presented not later than Three clear days after | 
the presentation of this Report. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Peterborough 
Improvement, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. 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. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Great 
Western Railway of Jreland 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. 


Peterborough 
Improvement, 
Police and 
Cemetery, “ce. 
Bill. 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
Bill. 


* Wandle ”. Resolved, That in the case of the Wandle 
—_— Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
5 not to be dispensed with. 

Dublin, 8. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin, Dun- 


Dundrum and dyym and Ratkfarnham Railway (Extension or Re- 


— vival of Powers for the Purchase of Lands and Com- 


(Extension or pletion of Works, Amendment or Repeal of Acts) 
Revivalof Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


sw ange ae with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed 
Lands and _— with their Bill, provided the same be presented not 


Completion S later than Three clear days after the presentation of 
Dare teresl this Report, with the exception of that part which 
of Acts) Bill, gives power to extend the time for the compulsory 
purchase of lands upon the Rathfarnham Branch. 
9. Resolved, That in the case of the River Dee 
Conservancy and Improvement Petition, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, pro- 
vided the same be presented not later than Three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report, 


River Dee 
Conservancy 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect North Staf- 


‘of the Petition for the North Staffordshire and Srdshire and 


4 ‘ ; Manchester, 
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways Sheffield, and 


Junction Bill, which was this day made from the Lincolnshire 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; Railways 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Pottery Line of the 
North Staffordshire Railway to the Whaley Bridge 
Branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Railway: And that Mr. Alderman Copeland and Mr. 
John Lewis Ricardo do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of William Fallofield, Clerk, of War- Westminster 
ren-street, Fitzroy-square, for leave to bring in a Bil] Improvements 
to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of 
the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, and the 
Westminster Improvement Act, 1847, to extend the 
Time for the Compulsory Purchase of Lands, and 
for other Purposes, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Campbell and Mr. Roundell Palmer. 


A Petition of James Farquharson, of Invercauld, Cairnwell, 
and James Condie, Writer in Perth, and John James ae 
Roy, residing at Avochie, near Huntley, for leave to Turnpike- 
bring in a Bill for improving and making Turnpike, roads Bill. 
certain Roads, in the county of Aberdeen, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Captain Fordyce and 
Mr. Duncan. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect London (City 
of the Petition for the London (City) Improvements — 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a New Street from the West Side of 
Queen-street to the South Side of Saint Paul’s 
Charch-yard, in continuation of the New Street 





on their amending the Clause incorporating the 
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, so as to exclude 
the powers of compulsory purchase. 

10. Resolved, That in the case of the Athy, Cas- 
tlecomer and Kilkenny Road 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, with the ex- 
ception of that part which gives power to alter the 
existing Tolls, under the Act of 1 and 2 Geo, 4, 
c. 38. 

That the Committee on this and the two preceding 
Bills do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Orders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Athy, Castle- 
comer and 
Kilkenny 
Road Bill. 


WestCornwall Mr. Pendarves presented a Bill to enable the 

Railway Bill. West Cornwall Railway Company to make a De- 
viation in, and a Branch Railway from, their autho- 
rized Line of Railway, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Ulverstone, Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend an 

ple Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of 

Turnpike-road as George the Third, intituled, An Act for making 

OL. 105. 





from Cannon-street, to the East Side of Queen-street, 
and for effecting other Improvements in the City of 
London: And that Mr. Masterman and Sir James 
Duke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for supply- Cardiff Water- 
ing with Water the Town and Port of Cardiff, and works Bill. 
the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Gla- 
morgan: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Waterford and 
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company to raise arta 
further Capital, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to amend the Killarney 
Killarney Junction Railway Act, 1846: And the ae 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect River Dee 
of the Petition for the River Dee Conservancy and prow rien 
Improvement Bill, which was this day made from the ment Bul. 
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 Conservancy and Improvement of the River 
Dee: And that Mr. Attorney-General and Earl 
Grosvenor do prepare, and bring it in. - 

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A. 1850, 





Midland Great The House was moved, That the Report in respect | near Kirkby-in-Kendal aforesaid, and to continue 


pesca of the Petition for the Midland Great Western | Term by the same Act granted: And the same was R 
Bil. — Railway of Jreland Bill, which was this day made | read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second y 


might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


enable the Midland Great Western Railway of Jre-| General Fire and Life Insurance Annuity and Re- non, Sutel 


from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, | time. 


The Architects, Civil Engineers, Builders, and Architects, 
Civil Engi- R 


land Company to make certain Deviations in the | versionary Interest Company (Incorporation of the and General o 
Line of their Railway, and for other Purposes: And | Company under a different Name) Bill was read a Fire and Life : 
that Sir Percy Nugent, Mr. Moffatt and Mr. Martin | second time ; and committed. —— a 
Joseph Blake do prepare, and bring it in. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- veunenbey In. 
re mittee of Selection. re - 
Peterborough The House was moved, That the Report in respect . pany (incor. 
Sagecrenent, of the Petition for the Peterborough Improvement, Prdifferent Nasne) Ba —= 
Cemetery, &amp;c, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. Bill, which was this day ‘ 
Bill. ; made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, The Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill was read a Birkenhead 
might be read ; and the same being read ; second time; and committed. — Trustees D 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill] Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-”~ t 
for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and | mittee of Selection. 
otherwise regulating and improving the City and : cite 
Township of Peterborough, in the Liberty of Peter- The Edinburgh Slaughter-houses Removal Bill ae 
borough, in the County of Northampton, and for | Ws read a second time; and committed. ck ‘ 
establishing a Cemetery therein: And that Mr.| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- moval Bill - 
Fitzwilliam and Mr. William George Cavendish do | mittee of Selection. 
es 
prepare, and bring it in. . a ~— geen Fund Society Incorporation Rigin Guildry » 
Thc House was moved, That the Report in respect | Bill was read a second time ; and committed. und Society 1 
a and of the Petition for the Dublin, eouiion and Ruth- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
Railway (Ex: farnham Railway (Extension or Revival of Powers | ™ttee of Selection. 1 
aire for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of W orks, ] 
Revival of | Amendment or Repeal of Acts) Bill, which was this| The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Glasgow, ' 
—s day made from the Select Committee on Standing | Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Barrhead and 
Landsand Orders, might be read; and the same being read; | mitted. eg a me 
Completion of | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Billto| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill, ' ’ 
pe extend the Time, and to continue and revive the | mittee of Selection. 


or Repeal of Powers granted by the Acts relating to the Dublin, 


Acts) Bill. © Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Company, for 
the compulsory Purchase of Lands and Completion 
of Works: And that Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell 
and Mr. William Fagan do prepare, and bring it in. 

Waterford, The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

Wexford, a of the Petition forthe Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow 


Dublin and Dublin Railway Bill, which was this day made 
Railway Bill. from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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

authorize the Abandonment of a Portion of the 

Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, 

and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway: 

And that Mr. John Talbot and Mr. Reynolds do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


North Kent Petitions from Sheerness ;—Rochester (two Peti- 
Railway (Con- tions) ;— Faversham (two Petitions) ;—Deal (three 
tionation Grom Petitions) ;— Chatham ;— Margate ; — Gillingham ; 
Strood through ? ? 9g ? 7g ? 
Canterbury to — Southwark; — Sittingbourne and Milton; — 
ying Do- Sandwich (two Petitions) ;-- Strood ;— Ramsgate ;— 
ie Walmer ;—and, Canterbury (three Petitions) ; pray- 
ing that such of the Standing Orders of the House 

relating to proceedings antecedent to the introduc- 

tion of the North Kent Railway (Continuation from 

Strood, through Canterbury to Deal and Dover &amp;c. 

Bill) as have not been complied with may- be dis- 

pensed with, in regard to the said Bill, or that such 

Order may be made in the premises as to the House 

shall seem meet,—were presented, and read ; and re- 

ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Heronsyke Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to amend an Act 
ae rem passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of King 
pike-road Bin, 2eorge the Third, intituled, An Act for more effec- 
tually repairing the Road leading from Heronsyhe 
to apy aE and from thence, through 
Shap, to EKamont Bridge, in the County of Westmore- 
land, and for making a new Road from tie said 
Road at a place called Far Cross Bank, near Kirk- 
by-in- Kendal, to communicate with the intended Ca- 
nal from Lancaster to Kirkby-in-Kendal, and to join 


The Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company Guardian Fire 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and Life As- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- SUance Com 
mittee of Selection. oe 


The Seeds and Halifax Turnpike-road (Conti- Leeds and 
nuation of Term as to certain parts of the Road) Halifax Tum. 


: tite : pike-road 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. (Continuation 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- of Term as to 


mittee of Selection. certain Parts 
of the Road) 
Bill. 


-. mn ee i ale oe ee ae os oe 


Ordered, That the Leicester and Hitchin Railway teicester and 
Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. Hitchin Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill yondonaerry 
was read a second time ; and committed. and Coleraine 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 8ilway Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill Londonderry 
was read a second time; and committed. and Enniskil- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ate 
mittee of Selection. 


The Montrose Harbour Bill was read a second Montrose _ 
time; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- New River 
posed, That the New River Company Bill be now Company Bill 
read a second time:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Newcastle- 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. upon Tyee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ootiway Ba 
mittee of Selection. 


The Norwich Waterworks Bill was read a second Norwich Wa- 
time ; and committed. terworks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 








the said road at or near a place called The Lound, 


mittee of Selection. , 
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Reading Cattle 
Market Bill. 


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The Reading Cattle Market Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


al College The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
w Gargeons of Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


Edinburgh 
Bi 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill, 


South York- 


shire, Doncas- 


ter and Goole 
Railway 
(Amendmert 
of Acts, De- 
viation to 
Worsbrough, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Waterford and 


Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich Rates 
Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 


way (Arrange- 


ments as to 

Payment for 
the Purchase 
of the Great 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Devon Railway Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Wales Railway (No. 1.) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


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mittee of Selection. 


The South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- 
way (Amendment of Acts, Deviation to Worshrough, 
&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The West Bromwich Rates Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway (Arrangements as to Payment for the Pur- 
chase of the Great North of England Railway, &amp;c.) 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 


North of Eng- made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 


land Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water Bills. 


Controverted 
tions, 


Controverted 
Elections, 


Agricultural 
Distres 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ after Easter.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That no Bill for the Supply of Water 
to the Metropolis, or any part thereof, be read a 
second time before Easter. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the General 
Committee of Elections; That they had selected 
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 Ham- 
alton, Esquire, Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, and Wil- 
liam Battie Wrightson, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the General 
Committee of Elections ; That they had appointed 
Tuesday the fifth day of March next, at Three of 
the clock, to choose from Panel No. 1, the Select 
Committee to try the London Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
several Inhabitants of Newton Longville, in the 
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county of Bucks, ee of the generally 
depressed state of the Agricultural Interest; and 
praying for a moderate protecting duty on British 
agricultural produce, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Sidney Hewitt, of Tun- attornies’ 
bridge Wells, in the county of Kent, Attorney-at- Certificates, 


Law and Solicitor, complaining of the heavy amount © 
of taxation to which he is subject, more especially 
of 81. direct taxes which he pays as a Certificated 
Attorney ; also that, by living in a town which is 
not represented, he has no vote by which he can 
exercise the least influence in removing such taxa- 
tion; and praying the House to extend to all 
persons rated or rateable the privileges of voting 
for representatives in Parliament, with an equal 
distribution of electoral districts, attended with due 
protection for the exercise of such right, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


North Perrott, in the county of Somerset, praying 
the House to prohibit the granting of new Beer- 
house Licenses to any other persons than the present 
holders of such licenses ; and also to prohibit 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 presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


bitants of the parish of Burslem, in the county of 
Stafford, complaining of the unsatisfactory state ot 
the law as regards Church Rates ; and praying for 
its revision and amendment, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of the inadequate remuneration for his services re- 
ceived by him during a long incumbency, and of 
the heavy amount of taxation to which he is subject ; 
and praying the House to cause inquiry to be made 
into the premises, with a view to the amendment of 
the law as regards the distribution of the revenues 
of the Church, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ship Association, praying the House, to enact 
measures for the relief of coasting-steamers; first, 
by a reduction in the Tonnage dues of the port of 
Dublin; secondly, by abolishing compulsory pilotage, 
and rendering it imperative on the proper authorities 
either to allow the masters and mates of Steam- 
vessels and other coasters to pilot the vessels in 
which they may sail, or to grant pilot licenses to 
masters and mates found competent to act in the 
capacity of pilots for their respective ports ; thirdly, 
by a general reduction in light dues, substituting for 
the present tax an annual toll regulated according 
to the description and employment of the vessel 
asa steamer or sailing-vessel, a coaster, or a foreign- 
going ship, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


—-Bolton Union ;—Liverpool (Chairman) ;—Chel- 
tenham Union ;—Hertford Union ;—Alhrington ;— 
Crompton ;— Thornham ;— Tonge ;— Royton ;— Old- 
ham ;--Eton Union ; — Battle Union ; Chorlton 
Union ; — Hulme ;— Tyldesley-with-Shackerley ;— 
Gateshead Union ;—and, Blything Union ; praying 
that a law may be passed for securing to rate-payers 





a more efficient control over County Expenditure, 


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A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Beer. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and other Jnha- Church Rates. 


A Petition of Richard Lewin, Perpetual Curate Church 
of Yately, in the diocese of Winchester, complaining Reveaues. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Dublin Steam- Light Dues. 


Petitions from Zerden and Winstree Union County Ex- 
(Chairman) ;—Saffron Walden Union ;—Ashworth ; penditure. 















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Elective 


60 12° Februariz. 


by the establishment of County Financial Boards, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Parents and Guardians of the chil- 
dren attending the Male and Female School of New- 
market, in the county of Cork, praying the House 
to take such measures as that the school above- 
mentioned, with others of a similar kind, may par- 
ticipate in the Parliamentary grant for National 
Education in Jreland, without being required to aban- 
don their rule, that the Holy Scriptures in the 
authorized version shall be used in the daily instruc- 
tion of every child in attendance who is capable of 
reading, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blockley, stating 


Franchise, &amp;¢. that in their judgment the Elective Franchise is re- 


Post-office, &amp;c. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 


Swilly Drain- 


age Bill. 
( 1837-8.) 


stricted within limits far too narrow to admit of a 
fair and adequate representation of the people in 
the Legislature; and praying for an extension of the 
Suffrage, and that the electors may be protected by 
the Ballot, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Farmers, Traders and 
other Tax-payers whose names and residences are 
thereunto affixed, stating that they have had their 
attention directed to the management of the Money 
Order Department of the General Post-office ; and 
praying, with a view to remedy some of the evils at 
present alleged to exist, that the office of Post- 
master-General may be made a permanent instead 
of a political appointment, and its duties performed 
by a well-known man of business who should be 
held responsible for the proper expenditure of the 
Public Money in the management of each depart- 
ment under his control; that the number of Clerks 
and the salaries and allowances may be reduced ; 
aud that the practice of making public appointments 
through political influence may be abolished, and 
every department of the Public Service thrown open 
to the nation, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates, and others, In- 
habitants of the parish of North Meols, complaining 
of the removal of the buoys from the channel leading 
to Southport roadstead, or Bug’s Hole, after having 
been laid down nearly fifty years; alleging that such 
roadstead, if placed in an efficient state, would afford 
an excellent harbour of refuge for vessels attempting 
to make the port of Liverpool, and driven to lee- 
ward by westerly gales of wind, in which case it is 
impossible for them to fetch any other port; and 
praying the House to institute an inquiry as to whose 
jurisdiction the tidal water called Southport road- 
stead or Bug's Hole, and the channel leading thereto, 
are in; also, as to the importance of the same being 
placed in such an efficient condition as to render it 
eligible as a harbour of refuge for vessels driven on 
that coast by stress of weather, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Beckwith Towse, of Lawrence 
Pountney-lane, ia the City of London, Solicitor to 
the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of 
Fishmongers of the City of Zondun, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That an action is now pend- 
ing in Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas, 
wherein the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mys- 
tery of Fishmongers are Plaintiffs, and Thomas Isaac 
Dimsdale, Francis Stedman, Francis William Staines, 
Thomas Edge and James Whiskin, Defendants; 
that the said cause has been entered for trial, and 
is appointed for the adjourned sittings in London, 
after Hilary Term now last past; that a Bill wus 








A, 1850. 


pending before the House in the Session 1837-38, 
intituled, “A Bill for draining and embanking cer- 
tain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegaland Londonderry”; that certain 
proceedings took place, and certain witnesses were 
examined before the Sub and Select Standing Order 
Committees, and also before the Committee to whom 
the said Bill was referred, and other proceedings 
took place in the House in relation to the said Bill; 
that the Petitioner is advised and believes that it is 
essential to the interests of the said Wardens and 
Commonalty, the before-named Plaintiffs, and for 
the due prosecution of the said action, that the said 
facts should be proved at the trial thereof; and 
praying that the proper officers of the House may 
be directed to attend and produce at the trial of the 
said cause in the Court of Common Pleas at the 
Guildhall, London, at the adjourned sittings in 
London, after Hilary Term now last past, and so 
from day to day until the said cause be tried, the 
original Petition of Thomas J. Dimsdale, 7, Han- 
ley-road, Holloway, John Robertson, 2, Warnford- 
court, Throgmorton-street, John G. Booth, Crouch- 
end, Hornsey, Francis Stedman, Baron-street, Pen- 
tonville, F. W. Staines, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy- 
square, Thomas Edge, Peter-street, Westminster, 
John Whiskin, Ashby-street, Clerkenwell, presented 
to the House during the said Session 1837-38, pray- 
ing that leave might be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Drainage of Waste Lands in Lough Foyle and 
Lough Swilly, in the Counties of Donegal and Lon- 
donderry, the original Bill as prepared and brought 
into the House by Captain Jones and Sir Robert 
Ferguson during the said Session 1837-38 ; the Plan 
or Plans deposited in the House by the Promoters of 
the said Bill; the original Petition of the Wardens 
and Commonalty of the Mystery of Fishmongers of 
the City of London, presented to the House during 
the said Session 1837-38, praying that they might 
be heard, by themselves, their agents and witnesses, 
before the Select Committee on-Petitions for Private 
Bills, to whom the aforesaid Petition stood referred ; 
the original Petition of the said Wardens and Com- 
monalty presented to the House during the said 
Session 1837-38, praying that the said Bill might 
pass into a law; the original Petition of the Governor 
and Assistants of London, of the New Plantation of 
Ulster, within the realm of Jreland, under their cor- 
porate seal, presented to the House during the said 
Session 1837-38, praying that the said Bill might not 
pass into a law; and that they might be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel and agents, against the Pre - 
amble of the said Bill, and also against such clauses 
thereof as were injurious to their interests ; the ori- 
ginal Billas passed during the said Session 1837-38, 
by the Committee of the House to whom the said Bill 
stood referred ; the original Petition of John David 
Towse, presented to the House during the said Session 
1837-38, praying that he might be heard, by him- 
self, his counsel, agents and witnesses, upon such 
clause or clauses as might be considered proper to 
rotect the rights, interests and property of the said 
ardens and Commonalty, and upon all the other 
clauses, provisoes, restrictions and stipulations, as 
might be beneficial for the interests of all parties 
interested in the said Bill, and that the same might 
not be passed into a law, as it then stood ; the ori- 
ginal Journal of the House for the Session 1837-38, 
the Committee Books of the Sub and Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders on Petitions for Private 
Bills during the said Session 1837-38, in which are 
respectively entered the proceedings relative to the 
said Bill; the Committee Book in which is entered 
the proceedings which took place upon the said Bill 
before the Committee of the House to whom the 
said Bill stood referred, the notes of evidence taken 
before the same Committees, and all other books, 
documents, papers and writings in the control of the 
House, which may promote the due prosecution of 

the said action. 
Ordered, 





Marriages 
Bill (1849.) 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund. 


Transportation 


(New South 
Wales.) 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Pensioners 
(Army.) 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Postage, 








13 Vicroriz. 12° Februari. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Ofhens) 
to attend accordingly. 


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penny,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
| lie upon the Table. 

| 

' Petitions from Cheddleton ;— Baguall ;— Rothie- Post-office. 
murchus ;—Arderseir ; —Ardington ;— Yarnton ; — 

| Wellesbourne ;—Snitterfield ; Morton Morrell ; — 


| Alcester ;—Kineton ;— Thorp Arch ;— Tadcaster ;— 


A Petition of Clergymen resident within the 
Deanery of Kirrier, in the Diocese of Exeter, pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill (1849) may not pass 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered 





| —— jp DPD &gt; dint ; ee . 
to lie upon the Table. | Megate: Logie Pert ; — Dunning ;—Tobermory; 


A Petition of Master Mariners, Mates and Sea- 
men of South Shields, stating that the Petitioners | 
have deductions made regularly from their wages to 
support the funds called the “ Muster Roll,” which 
they allege is unequally and unjustly distributed in 
the different ports, to the detriment of the Petition- 
ers and others, and praying the House to passa law 
to equalize the payment of the “ Muster Roll,” or 
abolish it altogether, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bathurst, in the 
colony of New South Wales, stating that they have 
been apprized of the intention of Her Majesty's 
Government to renew the transportation of British 
criminals to that colony ; that in their opinion, so far 
from being desirable, no greater calamity than a 
renewal of transportation could befall the colony, 
as regards its moral, social and political character ; 
and praying the aid of the House in preserving the 
colony from the renewal of transportation, was pre- | 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge, (two Petitions) ; — 
Coventry ;—and, Glasgow ; praying for the abolition 
of the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Adver- 
tisements and the Stamp ‘l'ax upon Newspapers,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition of James M’ Kenna, Out-Pensioner of 
Her Majesty’s Royal Hospital at Chelsea, from 28th 
Regiment of Foot, resident at Aughnaooly, county 
of Tyrone, complaining of certain deductions from 
his pension, and praying for redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Rate- 
payers of Waterford, praying that in any alteration 
in the areas of taxation for the relief of the poor 
of Ireland, the cities and towns may be duly pro- 
tected, and more particularly that protection may be 
given to the city of Waterford, from the injurious 
effects which they anticipate from the proposed 
alteration in the electoral divisions of Waterford, by 
the House passing a maximum rate for the city of 
Waterford division, not exceeding the average rate 
of the entire Union, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Union of Newcastle, in the county of Limerick, 
praying the House to take into their serious con- 
sideration the existing debts of that Union, as well 
as the impossibility of its discharging the loan 
granted for the erection of the workhouse, and also 
the question of the rate-payers being compelled to 
repay the advances made by Government under the 
Labour Rate Act, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mevagissey ;—and, Leiston ; pray- 
ing the House to adopt such measures as may secure 
to Great Britain the honour and advantage of 
establishing an Ocean Penny Post, for the convey- 
ance of letters from any port in Great Britain to 





— port in the world, at one uniform rate of a 
OL. 105. 





—James Glen ; — Dalkeith ; — Mortlake ;—Sand- 


gate ;— Great Horwood ;— Little Brickhill;—Blech- 


ley and Water Eaton ;—Slapton ;—Newnton Long- 
ville ;— Fenny Stratford ;— Penn Street ;— Winches- 
ter ;— Denholm ; — Killearn ; — Laughton ;—Miil 
Hill ;—Staines ;—Supcote ;— Borgue ;—Stirling ;— 
Southwick and Kirkbean ;— Thetford ;—Islip ; — 
Chipping Norton ;— Enstone ;—Arbroath (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Montrose ;—Gateshead Fell ;—Swallfell ; 
— Sheriff Hill;— Felling ;—Ross;— Knaresborough; 
—Ahoghill;— Gracehill;— New Galloway ;--Perth ; 
— Roslin ;—Auchterarder ;—Glenshee and Blach- 
water ;—Craigend (two Petitions);— North Knap- 
dale ;— Thomas Matthew ;— Ardeoniag, Lochtayside ; 
—William Masterton and Thomas Wilson ;—James 
Miller ;—Malcolm M'‘Intyre ;—Robert Brown ;— 
James Morime and James Smith ;— Robert William- 
son; — South Petherton ;— West Camel ;— East 
Coker ;— Montacute ;— Weston-super-Mare;—Stoke- 
sub-Hamdon ;— Falmouth ;—Ashbourne ;—Mapple- 
ton ;—Mackhworth ; — Muirkirk ;— West Hendred; 
— Steventon ;— Basildon ;—South Moreton ;— East 
Hendred ;—Childrey ;—Cholsey ; — Bray ; — Dal- 
linghoe ;— Rendlesham ;— Bed field;—Shottisham ;— 
Clopton ;— Chirnside ;— Dunse ;--Gordon;—-Edrom; 
—Kirk Session of Cunonbie (Moderator) ;—Alezx- 
ander Beith ;— Culross ;— Kettering ;—-Desborough ; 
— Clitheroe ;—and, Dundalk; praying for the abo- 
lition, so far as practicable, of Sunday Jabour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Shaw, now and for upwards John Shaw. 


of one year and four months a Prisoner in Her 
Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, stating that he was, in 
September 1848, convicted on a charge of seditious 
speaking at a public meeting in the Theatre, Mil- 
ton-street, city of London, aud adjudged to pay a 
fine of £.50 to the Queen, to be imprisoned in the 
gaol of Newgate for the term of two years, and to 
give bail to keep the peace for a further term of five 
years; expressing deep sorrow and contrition for 
the offence of which he was guilty; setting forth 
the misery he has himself eudured from sickness 
whilst in prison, and the affliction and ruin brought 
upon his wife and family ; and praying the House, 
in consideration of his sufferings and his penitence, 
to advise Her Majesty to grant him a pardon for 
his offence, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Island of Saint Christopher ; slave Trade. 


—and, Tewkesbury; praying the House to adopt 
measures for enforcing the observance of the Treaties 
with Spain and Brazil, for the extinction of the 
Slave Trade,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: Message from 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords communicate to this House a Copy African Slave 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed Trade. 


by their Lordships in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to consider the best means which Great Bri- 
tain can adopt for the final extinction of the African 
Slave Trade, as desired by this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return, showing the Financial State of each Union Unions 
in Jreland, where paid Guardians were appointed, @ 
at the time of their appointment, comparing it with 
the 


13 


Lat SANT a A ti ROOT. Ay BO RN i I eR 





12° Februariz. A. 1850. 


Export of Wheat from England during the Five 
consecutive years in the middle of the last century ; 
viz. 1748-1752, being the period in which, accord- 
ing to Accounts laid before Parliament, by Order of 
the 9th of February 1827, the Excess of Export 
over Import was the greatest; showing also the 
Quantity imported and exported in each year, the 
Quantity exported in 1750, being the year in which 
the Excess of Export was the greatest (the Quantity 
being 950,203 Quarters), and that the Average Price 
of that year was 28s. 103d., and the Annual Average 
during the whole period 33s, 11 d.:—Showing the 
Total Amount of Bounty paid on the Import of 
Wheat into England, in the Five consecutive years 
preceding the year 1801 inclusive, and annexing to 


62 


the Financial State of the same Unions when they 
were removed :— 





| 
| 





id 


Total Amount of Rates made by pai 




















Lowest Rate struck in any Electoral 


Total Amount of Salaries of Officers 


Grants to Union, if any, while paid 


Date of last Rates made by paid Guar- 





Debt of Union when paid Guard 
when paid Guardians were appointed. 


Guardians were removed. 

when paid Guardians were removed. 
Division by paid Guardians, 
Division by paid Guardians. 


were appointed. 

Total Amount of Salaries of Officers 
Guardians acted. 

Highest Rate struck in any Electoral 


were removed. 
Amount of Rate then uncollected. 


| Amount of Rates collected by paid 


Guardians. 


Guardians. 


dians, 
Amount of Rate uncollected when paid 


Debt of Union when paid Guardians 


Date of removal of paid Guardians. 
Total Expenditure by paid Guardians. 


| Names of paid Guardians. 


| Date of Appointment. 


| Unions. 





























Copper, Tin 
and Zinc. 


Poor Law 
Unions 
(Ireland). 


Corn. 


























| 


' 





And, Copies of all Reports and Resolutions made 
by Boards of Guardians, either entered on their 
Minutes or transmitted to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, in those Unions where paid Guardians have 
acted, relating to the management of those Unions 
while under the superintendence of paid Guardians. 


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 
1850, distinguishing each Sort of Copper, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—Similar 
Return of Quantity exported :—Account of the 
Quantity of Copper exported from the Port of Lon- 
don in the year ending the 5th day of January 1850, 
distinguishing each Sort and to what Country ex- 
ported :—Similar Return for the Port of Liverpool: 
—Accounts of all Copper Ore wiich has been im- 
ported into the United Kingdom for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1850, 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 Duty has been paid, 
together with the Rate and Amount of Duty re- 
ceived thereon (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849) :—Of Tin imported 
into the United Kingdom in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1850, distinguishing from what 
Countries imported :—Similar Returns of the Export 
of Tin (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
318, of Session 1849):—And, Account of all Zinc 
and Zinc Ore imported and exported during the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1850, and the 
Duty paid thereon (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Liabilities of each Union in Jreland, 
on the 31st day of December 1849 ; distinguishing, 
1. Liabilities due to Contractors, Officers or Treasurer 
of each Union, or the Amount to the Credit of the 
Union with the Treasurer, after deducting such Lia- 
bilities. 2. The Amount due to the Exchequer for 
building the Workhouses, distinguishing the Instal- 
ments then due and unpaid, and those afterwards to 
full\due. 3. The Amount due to Individuals or the 
Treasurer of each Union for Advances for Additions 
to any Workhouse or Fever Hospital, distinguishing 





the Instalments then due, and those afterwards to 
falldue. 4, The Amount due by each Union and by 
each Electoral Division therein for Advances by the 
Relief Commissioners which were then unpaid. 


~ 


5. The Amount then due of the Rate-in-Aid ordered 


to be raised off such Union or any Electoral Division | 


therein. 6. The Total of all such Liabilities. 7. The 
Net Annual Value of each Union on that day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the Rate of Bounty paid on the 





the Account the Extract from the Order of the Ca- 
binet of his Majesty the King of Prussia, in the 
Appendix, No. 40, to the Report on the Distressed 
State of Agriculture in 1821, addressed to the Mi- 
nister of State at Berlin, dated the 12th day of Sep- 
tember 1801, having reference to the Harvest in 
England in that year, in which the following pas- 
sage occurs respecting the new Duty on Wheat; 
—‘ Under these circumstances, I consider it so 
much the more advisable to postpone the taking off 
the Duty on Wheat till December, as we shall then 
be able to judge with more certainty whether the 
report of an unusually abundant harvest in England 
be founded or not, and regulate our measures ac- 
cordingly. Should the prices in England continue 
to that time between 50s. and 60s. per Quarter, 
the Duty shall then be taken off, and shall only be 
continued in full if they rise again to 80s. or 90s.; 
should they in this period rise something less than 
the last-mentioned price, the Duty can be modified 
accordingly. (signed) Frederick Wilhelm.”— 
And, showing the Total Amount of Wheat imported 
into England in the Five consecutive years preced- 
ing 1815; viz. 1810-1814 inclusive ; showing also 
the Quantity imported in the year 1810, being the 
year in which the Import was the greatest ; distin- 
guishing the Quantity imported from the Ports of 
Europe from that imported from the United States 
and the British North American Colonies, with the 
Average Quantity imported in each year, the Total 
Quantity imported during the whole Period, and 
also the Average Price ot Wheat in each year, and 
the Average Price of the whole Period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, midland Great 
a Return showing in what manner so much of the Western Rail- 


Money authorized to be advanced to the Midland 
Great Western Railway Company of Ireland, by 
the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 62, which has already 
been lent, has been applied. 


a Return of Papers published in the Metropolis, 
which are registered as Newspapers, a portion 
whereof is published without Stamps. 


Towns and Districts which have asked for Inspec- 
tion under the Public Health Act, and of those 
which have embraced and are placed under its pro- 
visions. 





a Return of the Quantity of Sugar imported from 
British Possessions into the United Kingdom 
during each of the past Three years, ending the 5th 
day of January 1850, the Possession from whence 
imported, with the Quantity cleared for Home Con- 
sumption, and the Amount of Duty paid thereon, 
distinguishing the Quantities, and Amount received 
under each rate of Duty: —Similar Return for 
Foreign Sugar: — Similar Return for Coffee : — 
And, similar Return for Tea. 





Ordered, 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Health 
a Return of the Number, Names and Population of A*t- 


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


Transporta- 
tion and 
Convict 
Discipline. 
No. 40. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 41. 


Rate-in-Aid 
(Ireland) Act. 


No. 42. 


Adjournment. 


Sidney Ste- 
phen, Esquire. 


Callanan v. 
Cameron. 


Trigonometri- 
cal Survey 
(India). 


Maritime 
Surveys 
(India). 


13 VicTroriz. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Transporta- 
tion and Convict Displine, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
and Navigation, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Rate- 
in-Aid Act, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at two 
of the clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies’ or Extracts of any Correspondence 
between the Colonial Office and any of the Autho- 
rities in Australia, Van Diemen’s Land, or New 
Zealand, relating to the Removal of Mr. Sidney 
Stephen from the Bar of Van Diemen’s Land, and 
his Appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court 
of New Zealand. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Facts connected with the striking 
of the Special Jury in the case of Ca/lanan against 
Cameron :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of full and detailed Reports of the extent 
and nature of the Operations and of the Expendi- 
ture connected with the Grand Trigonometrical Sur- 
vey of India, and of the Grand Triangulation thereof, 
for the Measurements of the Arcs of the Meridian, 
from the year the first base was measured to the 
latest date :—Also, Reports of the Surveys, whether 
General, Revenue, or Military, which have hitherto 
been carried on, completed, or are in progress, spe- 
cifying the Divisions or Portions of India ; also, the 
Number and what Sheets of the Grand Atlas have 
been completed, and engraved, with the Cost thereof 
to the Government, and the selling Price per sheet 
to the public, and what progress the remaining por- 
tions of the Atlas are in :—Of the nature of the In- 
formation collected in connection with the Grand 
Survey, and with the detailed Surveys of India, and 
a List of all the Memoirs, and their Contents, sent 
in:—And, Statements to illustrate the nature of 
the different great Divisions and the Smaller Dis- 
tricts or Departments thereof, into which Jndia within 
the Line of the Indus is divided, for Political, Civil, 
Revenue, Judicial, and Military Purposes, exhibiting 
the Areas, Population, and nature of Productions 
thereof; and showing the relation and the Authority 
under which they stand in to the East Jndia Com- 
pany, whether immediately subordinate to and under 
the direct rule, or are tributary, protected, subsi- 
diary, or independent. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of the nature and locality of all Mari- 
time Surveys undertaken by the East India Com- 
pany in each year since 1820; stating those com- 
pleted or still in progress; and, if discontinued be- 
fore completion, the reasons for such discontinuance ; 
with Copies of Correspondence, Reports, or other 
Documents originating in England or India con- 
nected with such discontinuance : Also, Statement of 
the Measures, if any, hitherto taken to connect the 
Surveys of the East India Company with each 
other and with those undertaken by Her Majesty’s 
Government, and to provide general and accurate 

VoL. 105. 





12° Februariz. 





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Charts and Sailing directions for the Indian Ocean, 
Coasts of India, Red Sea, Persian Gulph, the 
Indian Archipelago, China, and Eastern Seas, with 
the Rivers, Harbours, Ports, and Channels thereof, 
for facilitating the Navigation of the Vesselscarrying 
on the increasing Commerce of Jndia :—Abstract 
for each year, since 1820, of the Expenditure in 
the syparegriaees Departments of the Eust India 
Company in England and at the different Presiden- 
cies of India, for all the Maritime Surveys carried on 
under their Authority, stating under several Heads, 
namely, the Number and Rank of the Officers em- 
ployed, and their extra Pay and Allowances, the 
Numberof Men, and the Charge for Wages, Provisions 
and Allowances, if any, distinguishing for Officers and 
Men, the Amount: Also, a Return of the Number, 
Class, Description and Size of Surveying Vessels, 
under each Presidency, and the Numbers and Ranks 
of Officersand Men so employed in each of such Ves- 
sels, with the Total Annual Charge of each Vessel 
ineach year: Also, the Amount for Office Expenses, 
for surveying Jnstruments, and other Surveying Ma- 
terials, for Charts and Sailing directions ; so as to 
exhibit the whole Expense incurred by the East 
India Company in me of those years under that 
Department :—Return of the Hydrographic De- 
partments of the East India Company existing at 
present in England, and at the several Presidencies 
of India, stating the Number, Rank, and Pay of 
the Officers and others employed, and the Expense 
of these Establishments at each such place; also, 
stating under what Superintendence each of the 
several Departments are placed :—List, Description, 
Dates of Execution and Publication of all Charts 
and Sailing directions, the Scale of the Charts, and 
their Size :—Also, a List of all Sailing directions, of 
Memoirs, or other materials for Charts or Sailing 
directions in the East India Company’s Establish- 
ments in England and in India, distinguishing those 
published and unpublished; stating also the Rea- 
sons, if any, which prevent the unpublished ma- 
terials from being published :— Return of the Prices 
at which those Charts and Sailing directions pub- 
lished by or under the direction of the East India 
Company are severally sold, and the Names of the 
Agentsand Places in England and India where sold ; 
stating, also, the Allowances made to parties selling 
the same: Also, what Supply, if any, is kept in 
India, and what means, if any, are taken to make 
the same available to the Public :—And, Statements 
of any Special Grants of Money made by the East 
India Company, in each year since 1820, to Officers 
in their Service for Surveys; and, also, of all Pay- 
ments to individuals to assist them in preparing and 
publishing Surveys, Charts, and Sailing directions 
for the Indian Ocean, Coasts of India, Red Sea, 
Persian Gulph, Indian Archipelago, China and 
Eastern Seas; and, of the measures which have 
been adopted by the East India Company to render 
the great Triangulation of the Survey of India 
available for establishing points on the Coast of 
India for connecting and correcting the Maritime 
Surveys heretofore made, and for facilitating the 
carrying on of Surveys. 


a List of all Lighthouses, Floating Lights, Beacons, 
Buoys, or other Land or Sea Marks, established by 
the East India Company, or by any other parties, 
on any parts of the Jndian Ocean, the Coasts of 
India, the Red Sea, Persian Gulph, Indian Archipe- 
lago, China and Eastern Seas, with a description of 
the nature of such Light, the Cost of Erection, and 
the means adopted for their maintenance :—Also, a 
Statement of all Applications for erecting Light- 
houses and Beacons, and for laying down Buoys 
and Sea Marks for facilitating the Navigation of 
those Seas, made to the Governments of Jndia at 
Home, and allowed, and the Results thereof :—And, 
Statement of the Arrangements and Measures made 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lighthouses, 





Process and 
Practice 


(ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Public Peti- 
tions (Fourth 
Report.) 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Timber 
Preserving 


Company Bill. 


London (City) , 
Improvements new Street from the West Side of Queen-street to the | 
South Side of Saint Paul's Church-yard, in continua-| it in. 


64. 


by the East India Company, or in progress, with 
the view of surveying the Coasts of Indiaas above 
described, and of facilitating of Surveying, of Im- 
proving, or making known to the Shipping the en- 
trance into the Rivers and Harbours, Ports and 
Channels, on the Coasts of India :—Also, Copies 
of any Report from the Commodore Superintendent 
of the Indian Navy of the Measures already adopted 
to make the Surveys, Charts, and Sailing directions 
for the Seas and Coasts within the limits of the East 
India Company’s Charter generally available for the 
use of the Jndian Navy and the Mercantile Marine ; 
also, what Arrangements are required to bring the 
Surveys, Charts, and Sailing directions hitherto 
made by the East India Company in connection 
with each other, and in connection with and to cor- 
respond in uniformity of scale and other particulars 
with those made in the Jndian Ocean, China, and 
Eastern Seas, by or under the Admiralty of Great 
Britain :—And also, to state, in regard to the same 
Seas and Coasts, what Establishments of Officers 
and Men, the Size and Descriptions of Vessels, and 
what other Measures are necessary to re-survey 
doubtful positions, to correct known or admitted 
errors, to survey unsurveyed positions, and to replace 


obsolete Charts and Sailing directions which now | 


exist or would be requisite. 


The Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 25th day of this instant February. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


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, 13° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th 
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. Thornely reported from the General Com- 





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And notice being taken, That Forty Members were 


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A. 1850. 


tion of the new Street from Cannon-street to the 
East Side of Queen-street, and for effecting other Im- 
provements in the City of London: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 





A Petition of Promoters of the Ipswich General Ipswich 
Cemetery, for leave to bring ina Bill for establish- General 
ing a General Cemetery for the Interment of the Sy Te 
Dead within the Borough of Ipswich, in the County 
of Suffolk, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hugh 
Adair and Mr. Cobbold. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the Dublin, 
Time and to continue and revive the Powers granted ee and 
by the Acts relating to the Dublin, Dundrum and Railway 
Rathfarnham Railway Company, for the compul- (Extension or 
sory Purchase of Lands, and Completion of Works: oe . 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered the pe ol 


to be read a second time. of Lands and 
Completion of 
Works, Amendment or 

Repeal of Acts) Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a North Staf- 
Railway from the Pottery Line of the North Staf- fordshire and 
fordshire Railway to the Whaley Bridge Branch of a. 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway : Lincolnshire 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Railways __ 
to be read a second time. eee 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Waterford, 
Abandonment of a Portion of the Waterford, Wex- Wexford, 
ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, and to amend Wicklow and 
the Acts relating to the said Railway: And the Railway Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing Merioneth- 
and enlarging the ‘Term and Powers of three Acts — Tura- 
passed in the reign of his Majesty Kng George the _— 
Third, for repairing and widening several Roads 
leading to and from the Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, 
in the County of Merioneth, and other Roads therein 
mentioned, in the Counties of Montgomery, Den- 
bigh and Salop, and for repairing several other 
Roads in the Counties of Merioneth and Denbigh: 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Midland Great 
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Com- Western ' 
pany to make certain Deviations in the Line of Ol on 
their Railway, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Glasgow, Kil- 
Acts relating to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and marnock and 


Ardrossan Railway Company, to extend the Time Railay Bill 


mittee of Elections ; That they had divided into five | for making certain Portions of their Undertaking, 
Panels the List of Members to serve on Election | tO authorize the Abandonment of certain Portions 


Committees. | thereof, to reduce the Capital of the said Com- 
Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, | P28Y, and to enable them to lease their Under- 


the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each | em Poca rw eres and mb 
irect Railway Company: And the same was rea 


of them by a Number denoting the order in which | 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :— Panel the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
C No.1; ANo.2; D No.3; E No.4; and B} time. 
No. 5 
. as : | The House was moved, That the Report in respect Athy, Castle 
Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. | of the Petition for the Athy, 7 wars se and Kil- ailben - 
kenny Road Bill, which was yesterday made from Road 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 maintaining and keeping in Repair the Road 
leading from the Town of Athy, in the County of 
Kildare, through the Town of Castlecomer, to the 
City of Kilkenny: And that Mr. Vesey, Colonel 


Bruen and Captain Bunbury do prepare, and bring 


A Petition of the Timber Preserving Company, for | 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending and amending 
the Powers of the Timber Preserving Company’s 
Acts, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Clay and 
Mr. Lacy. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for making a 












Captain 





Cairnwell, 
Braemar an 
Strath Dee 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


Turnpike- 
road Bills. 


Westminster 


13 Vicroriz. 


Captain Fordyce presented a Bill for improving 
and making Turnpike certain Roads in the County 
of Aberdeen: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That no Bill for continuing or amending 
any Turnpike-road Act be read a second time before 
Easter. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend 


— and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the West- 


Peterborough 
Improvement, 
Police an 


Cemetery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Bristol Water- 


works Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Embankment 
and Reclama- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
Deviations, 


minster Improvement Act, 1845, and the Westmin- 
ster Improvement Act, 1847, to extend the Time for 
the compulsory Purchase of Lands, and for other 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for better 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and other- 
wise regulating and improving the City and Town- 
ship of Peterborough, in the Liberty of Peterbo- 
rough, in the County of Northampton, and for 
establishing a Cemetery therein: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Embankment and Reclamation (Ireland) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Great Northern Railway Devia- 


Amendment of tions, Amendment of Acts, Alteration of Tolls, 


Acts, Altera- 
tion of Tolls, 
and of East 
‘Lincolnshire 


and of East Lincolnshire Ruilway Tolls Bill be now 
read a second time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 


— Tolls made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 


Kew and 
Petersham 


Vicarage Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Bill, 


South Eastern 
Rail 


“ 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Kew and Petersham Vicarage Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Co m- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Eastern Railway (Power to discontinue 


ieee! te ais. Payment of Interest on Calls paid on No. 3 and 


continue Pay- No. 4 Shares, 


Ment of Inte- 
Test on Calls 
paid on No. 3 
and No. 4 
Bill, ’ 
South 


t! 


&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Balvay The South Eastern Railway (Amendment of 
men 


Acts, Power to raise Additional Capital) Bill was 


of Acts, Power read a second time ; and committed. 





VoL. 105. 





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65 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to raise addi- 
mittee of Selection. — Capital) 


The Suffolk and General Country Amicable In- Suffolk and 
surance Office Bill was read a second time; and General Coun- 
: try Amicable 
committed. Insurance 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Office Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stourbridge Union Rates Bill was read a Stourbridge 
second time; and committed. — Rates 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads Bill Tewkesbury 
was read a second time; and committed. ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- piy, 


mittee of Selection. 


The Wolverhampton Waterworks Act (Amend- Wolverhamp- 
ment and Extension of Works) Bill was read a t™ bye 
second time; and committed. ppm al 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Extension 
mittee of Selection. . — 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen Queen Anne’s 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented yesterday, be Bounty. 
printed. No. 43. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Works 
Works (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, ‘#el#n4-) 
be printed. No, 44. 


A Petition of Members of the Wester Ross Farm- Agricultural 
ers’ Society, Tenant Farmers, and others, residing D'sttess. 
in the county of Ross, praying the House to con- 
sider the depressed condition of the Agriculturists 
of the empire, and to restore to the cultivators of 
the soil such amount of protection as to the House 
shall seem meet, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Colchester, praying for the repeal of the annual Certificates. 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Spotland ;— Ashton-under-Lyne County Rates 

Union ; — Erringden ; —Heap ; — Levenshulme ;— 2nd Expendi- 
Wheelton ;— Hoghton ;— Duxbury ;— Moss Side ;— *™* Bill 
Ardwick ;—Heskin ;—Salford Union ; —Chorley ; 
— Withnel ; — Cuerden ; — Clayton-le-Woods ; — 
Houghton, Middleton and Arbury ;— Winwich-with- 
Hulme ;— Louthworth-with- Croft ;—Burton Wood ; 
— Barton-upon-Irwell Union ;—Blatchinworth and 
Calderbrook ;— Butterworth ;— Wuerdale and War- 
dle ;— Haslingden Union ;—and, Faversham 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 Parents and Guardians of the Education 
children attending the parish school of Coolbana- (Ireland.) 
gher, in the Queen’s County, praying the House to 
take such measures as that the school above men- 
tioned may participate in the Parliamentary Grant 
for National Education in Jreland, without bein 
required to abandon its rule “that the Holy 
Scriptures in the authorized version shall be used in 
the daily instruction of every child in attendance 
who is capable of reading,” was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nonconformist Ministers, and other Marriages 
Dissenters of the city of Winchester, and the vici- Bill. 
nity thereof, praying that the Marriages Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table, 


K A Petition 





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A. 1850. 

















Paper, &amp;. A Petition of Members of the Managing Com-, The Order of the day being read, for the Second Highways 
mittee of the Whittington Club and Metropolitan Reading of the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill ; ¢ 
Atheneum, praying that the ExciseTax upon Paper,| And a Motion being made, and the Question ae 
the Tax upon Advertisements and the Stamp Tax being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
upon Newspapers may be abolished, leaving the time ; 
proper authorities to fix a small charge for the, The Amendments a were proposed to be 
transmission of Newspapers by the post, was pre- | made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the “‘ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
Table. words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
Patent Laws. A Petition of John Jones, of Sheffield, Patent) word “now — part &amp; ae acaba -—The 
Table Knife Manufacturer, complaining of heavy | gaid proposed Amendments and Motion were seve- 
exactions in stamps and office charges under the} rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
present Patent Laws; and praying for a revision Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
of those Laws, was presented, and read ; and or- upon Wednesday, the 6th day of March next. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Irish Fisheries 
Post-office. Petitions from Grittleton ;— Durnford ; — Chip- Reading of the Irish Ficheriee Bill; Bill. 
penham ; — Christian Malford;— Newton Saint) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Petrock ; — John Macpherson ; —Flowton ; ~- Pen-| upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 
ryn ;—Brechin;— Titsey and Tattsfield ;—Alrewas ; | 
— Invergordon ; — Edderton;— Stowell; —Clergy| The Order of the day being read, for the Second County Rates 
of the Deanery of Chew (President) ;— Drogheda; | Reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill; and me 
—Rural Deanery of Rugby;— Rothwell ;—Killean;|_ And a Motion being made, and the Question ‘¢ Bill. 
—Oban (two Petitions) ; —Stornoway ;— Knock, ' being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
Island of Lewis ;— Lochcarron ; — and, Brigstone, | time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
(ChairmanandChurchwardens); prayingforabolition} Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
of Sunday Labour in the Post-oftice, — were pre- | Wednesday the 13th day of March next. 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
“4: The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Slave Trade A Petition of the Reverend Henry Palmer, Clerk, | : y g ’ : Real Property 
Felony Act. Master of Arts, of Withcote Hall * the county of Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill; | Transfer 
- $4 tee : 7 | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil. 
Leicester; praying for the repeal of the Slave Trade | Wednendax tha 22th dew of this, inctent © 
Felony Act, was presented, and read; and ordered | 5 ednesday the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
to lie upon the Table. — 
Small Debt A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Worth- The Life Policies of Assurance (No. 2.) Bill was, rife Policies 
Suse 8 ampion, praying the House to amend the Small | according to Order, read a second time; and com- — 
Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the | mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ‘" 
County Courts, was presented, and read ; and or- | Wednesday next. 
he Table. : 
a anereatnnsin eummedenes | The Order of the a being read, for the Com- Pirates Head 
— Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; — Repeal 
‘etitions. 


a Return of the Number of Public Petitions pre- 
sented and printed in the years 1847-8 and 1849 ; 


Parliamentary 


also, of the Number of Signatures to Petitions for | 
each of those years :—And, Abstract of the Sums 
paid for printing Reports and Appendixes and 
Indexes to Reports and Appendixes on Public 
Petitions, in the years 1847-8 and 1849 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 236, of | 
Session 1847-8). 
Mr. Brotherton accordingly presented the said | 
Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


| 
Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend | 





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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
to amend the Laws relative to the Management of Bill. 


| the Highways in England and Wales: And that 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Army and 


ireland) Bill the Laws which regulate the Qualification and Re- | "Po? oe last, —— a Committee be ap- Eapendivare 
-. gistration of Parliamentary Voters in Jre/and, and | Po!nted to inquire into the xpenditure on account 
No. 45. to alter the Law for rating Immediate Lessors of| Of the Army and Ordnance, and to report their Ob- 
Premises to the Poor Rate in certain Boroughs: | S€rvations thereupon to the House, might be read ; 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | 20d the same being read; _ 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and | A Committee was nominated, of Lord Sey- 
to be printed. | mour, Mr. Secretary-at-War, Mr. Hume, Colonel 
Anson, Mr. Walter, Sir William Molesworth, Lord 
Elections Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to shorten | Charles Wellesley, Sir James Graham, Mr. William 
(Ireland) Bill. the Duration of Elections in Ireland, and for esta- | Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. John 
No, 46. blishing additional Piaces for taking the Poll| Greene, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith and 
thereat : And the same was read the first time ; and| Mr. Bankes; with Power to send for persons, pa- 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday | persand records. 
next ; and to be printed. Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
a Ordered, That Viscount Brackley have leave of} Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to amend Highways 
Absence. absence till Easter, on account of ill health. the Laws relative to the Management of the High- Bi rf 
in England and Wales: And the same was No. 47. 
Court of Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Ireland) | V®Y5 1B 2"grane &amp; 
Chancery Bill be read a second time upon Friday = ton wend the fest time; and cotend- tS stay — 
(Ireland) Bill. time upon Monday the 4th day of March next ; and 
Registrar’s Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday to be printed. : 
Office, Bank- next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Re- And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


ruptcy, Bill. 





gistrar’s Office, Bankruptcy, Bill. 











Metropolitan 
Police. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Timber 
Preserving | 
y Company Bill. 


Clerkenwell 
Improvement 
(Amendment 
of Acts and 
Transfer of 
Powers) Bill. 


Victoria 


River Dee 
Conservancy 
and Improve- 
ment Bill, 





13 VicToriZz. 


Jovis, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Golden, from the Office of the Commission- 
ers of the Metropolitan Police, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
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 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parkinson, from the Office of the Accountant- 
General of the Court of Chancery, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—A Return from the Ac- 
countant-General of the High Ceurt of Chancery, 
showing the State of the several Funds in his name, 
called “ The Suitors’ Fund,” and “ The Suitors’ Fee 
Fund,” and the Charges upon the same respectively : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely presented a Bill for extending and 
amending the Powers of the Timber Preserving 
Company’s Acts: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Messieurs Burchell and Parson, of 
47, Parliament-street, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are the Solicitors for 
a Bill now depending in the House, intituled, “A 
Bill for transferring the Powers of the Clerkenwell 
Improvement Commissioners to the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Commonalty of the City of London, and 
for amending the Acts relating to such Improve- 
ment ”’; that the object of the Bill is to transfer the 
powers of completing the Improvement from the 
Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners to the 
Corporation of the city of London ; that the Clerk- 
enwell Improvement Commissioners have been for 
some time past in communication with the parties 
acting on behalf of the Common Council of the 
city of London, upon the subject of the said trans- 
fer; and the Petitioners believe that a desire exists 
on the part of many Members of the Corporation, 
to accept that transfer; but it is requisite to make 
certain communications to Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment on the subject; that it has been intimated to 
the Petitioners that the Corporation are desirous 
that the said Bill should not be read the second 
time at present, but inasmuch as by Standing Order 
No. 160, the interval between the first and Second 
Reading is limited to ten clear days, the Petitioners 
are desirous that the said Standing Order should be 
dispensed with ; and praying that the Standing Or- 
der No. 160, may be dispensed with in respect of 
the said Bill, and that leave may be given to read 
the said Bill the second time, on or before the twenty- 
fifth day of March next. 

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


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Construction of a Dock on the 
North Side of the River Thames, to be culled ‘“‘ The 
Victoria (London) Dock,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Peto and Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Conser- 
vancy and Improvement of the River Dee: And 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


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67 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro~ Aberdeen 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Railway Bill 
to which the Aberdeen Railway Bill may be referred, 
that they have power to divide the Bill into two 
Bills :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for lighting Pontypridd 
with Gas the Town of Pontypridd, and the Neigh- be -_ 
bourhood thereof, in the County of Glamorgan : Company Bill 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Farmers’ Estate Society of Farmers’ — 
Treland, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the ireland) Bill. 
Farmers’ Estate Society (Jreland) Act, 1848, was . 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Monsell and Mr. 

James Fagan. 


The Brighton Improvement, Purchase of Royal Brighton 
Pavilion and Grounds, and Amendment of existing a wee 
Act Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Royal Pavilion 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Grounds, 


mittee of Selection. and Amend- 
ment of exist- 


ing Act Bill. 


Ordered, That the Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monk- Glasgow, 
lands Junction Railway, and —- College Lands Airdrie and 
Bill be read a second time after Easter. Junction Rail- 

way, and Glasgow College Lands Bill. 
Ordered, That the Liverpool Docks Bill be read Liverpool 


a second time To-morrow. Docks Bill. 


Mr. Spooner, by Order, presented a Bill to amend, Leamington 
extend, or enlarge the Powers and Provisions of a Faving 
the Acts for paving or flagging, lighting, cleansing, 
watching, regulating, and improving the Town of 
Leamington Priors, in the County of Warwick, and 
for establishing a Market therein, and to authorize 
the construction of a Reservoir and Waterworks, 
and new Drains and Sewers, in the said Town and 
the Neighbourhood thereof, and the providing a 
Cemetery in the said Town, and to authorize the 
Purchase of the Works and Property of The Lea- 
mington Priors Gas Lightand Coke Company, by the 
Leamington Priors Improvement Commissioners, for 
public use: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Brown presented a Bill to extend Liverpool 
the Time limited by the Liverpool Corporation W ater- Corporation 
works Act, 1847, for purchasing Lands and con- Goel 
structing the Works authorized by such Act, and Time for Pur- 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the chase of Land, 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. *~? = 


Mr. William Brown presented a Bill to authorize Liverpool 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Bo- Corporation 
rough of. Liverpool to relinquish the Construction of per ton tl 
the Waterworks authorized by the Liverpool Cor- of Works, &amp;c.) 
poration Waterworks Act, 1847, and to construct Bill. 
other Waterworks: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ennis Agricultural 
Union, in the county of Clare, complaining of the D'sttess. 
distressed state of Agriculture; and praying the House 
to re-impose a sufficient protective duty on foreign 
corn and cattle, to protect the home grower, was pre- \ 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Arundel, in the county of Sussex, praying for the ©«tificates. 
repeal of the Annual me on the Certificates of 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Lincoln Bankruptcy. 





VoL. 105. 


and the neighbourhood thereof, praying for the ex- 
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68 


tension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts in 
all cases of Bankruptcy, where the probable assets 
of the Bankrupt shall not exceed three hundred 
pounds or four hundred pounds, and where the resi- 
dence of the Bankrupt is at inconvenient distance 
from a Bankruptcy Court, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tuble. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Petitions from Northowram;—Sowerhy ;--Elland- 
cum-Greetland ;— Midgley ;— Barhisland ;— Hipper- 
holme-cum- Brighouse ; —Stainland-with-Old Lind- 
ley ;— Warley ( York) ;—Southowram ;— Ovenden ;— 
Rastrich;— Rishworth ;—Settle Union;—Padiham; 
Gorton ; —Heyhouses ; — Pilsworth ; —W hitchurch 
Union ( Hants) ;— Barrowford Booth;—and, Great 
and Little Marsden; 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. 


—. A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
{Ireland.) Dublin, praying for amendment of the Law between 


Landlord and Tenant in Jre/and, was presented, and 

read ; and rodered to lie upon the Table. 
Light Dues, A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam Packet Company, 
praying the House to pass an Act for the more 
equitable distribution of the Light Dues on the 
trade of the kingdom, by substituting an annual 
toll on all vessels, instead of the present rate per 
ton per voyage, and providing that the amount 
levied for Light Dues henceforth, should be applied 
to Light-house purposes only, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- 
payers, Owners of property and Inhabitants of the 
borough of Southwark, praying the House forthwith 
to pass a measure for greatly increasing the quantity 
and improving to the highest practicable extent the 
quality of the supply of Water to the inhabitants 
of the metropolitan districts, upon the principle of 
constant service aud high pressure, for introducing 
it in sufficient abundance to the house of every 
inhabitant, for reducing and regulating the price by 
the application of an equal parochial assessment, 
and for protecting the public and securing the health 
ef the community, by placing the management of 
the supply of Water in the hands of a public board, 
to be elected by the rate-payers and owners of pro- 
perty in the various parishes included in the metro- 
politan districts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Metropolis 
Water, 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Petitions from Cork ;—and, Kinsale; praying for 
the total abolition of Ministers’ Money in Jreland, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of J. Alfred Novello, Music-seller, 
London, praying that the Excise ‘Tax upon Paper, 
the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax 
upon Newspapers may be abolished, leaving the 
proper authorities to fix a stall charge for the trans- 
mixsion of newspapers by the post, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Pensioncrs 


Petitions of John Eyers, Out-Pensioner of Her 
(Ariny.) 


Majesty's Royal Hospital at Chelsea, resident at 
Watleot-street, Bath ;—and, Out-Pensioners of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Hospital at Chelsea, resident 
within the district of Waterford; complaining of 
certain deductions from their Pensions; and pray- 
ing for redress,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and other Inhabitants 
of the parish of Bangor, praying the House to pass 
such legislative enactments as will render all accu- 
mulated property, real as well as personal, liable to 


Poor Law. 


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A, 1850. 


contribute a proportionate quota of all parochial 
rates, and also to re-instate the rate payers in the 
same position as to the management of parochial 
affairs and the disposal of parochial rates, as they 
were in under the constitutional provisions of the 
statute passed in the 43d year of the reign of Queen 
Elizabeth, or to take such other measures as the 
House may deem requisite to relieve the distress 
which, the Petitioners allege, the present mode of 
levying and disposing of parochial taxes has so 
universally produced, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brading ; — Yarmouth, Isle of Postage. 

Wight ;— Tonbridge ;— Newport, Isle of Wight ;— 

and, Ryde; praying the House to adopt measures for 

the establishment of a system of Ocean Penny Post- 

age, by which letters should be conveyed from an 

port in Great Britain to any other port in the world, 

at one uniform rate of a penny,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William James, Messenger in the Post-office. 
Inland Department of the Gexeral Post-office, stat- 
ing that he has written certain suggestions for 
improvements in the Post-office, which have not re- 
ceived that attention which was due to them, and 
praying for the consideration of the House, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Cheam ;—Sanderstead ;— Ashbock- 
ing ;—Andover ;— Hayling Island ;—Houghton ;— 
Ronsay ; — Firth ;—James Duncan; — Uphall ;— 
Aberford ;— Wetherby ; — Hinchliffe Mill; — Tan- 
hersley ; — Linton ; — Wetherby ;— Darrington ; — 
Tadcaster West ;—Shipton-in-UCraven ;—Canonbie ; 
— Banff ;—Fordoun ; — Holmfirth ;—Meltham ;— 
Hepworth and Jackson Bridge ; — Wath-upon- 
Dearne ;— Marr ; —- Hampsthwaithe ;— Castleford ; 
— Doncaster ;— Birkin ;— Presbytery of Brechin 
(Moderator) ; —Kirkeudbright ; —Dinscore; — Re- 
formed Presbytery of Dumfries (Moderator and 
Clerk) ;—Kirk Session of Ki: kgunzeon (Moderator) ; 
— Kirk Session of New Greyfriars, Edinburgh 
(Mcderator) ;— Kirk Session of Drymen (Mode- 
rator) ;—Mongewell ;— Nafferton ;— Bridlington ;— 
Southwark ;—Edlaston ;— Tansley ;—Tissington ;— 
Kirk Langley;—Ockbrook ;—Dalbury and Trusley ; 
— Little Eaton ;—Shirley ;—Sandwich ;—Tedding- 
ton ; —Newtown; —Buttershaw ; — Hythe ;—Buck- 
land ;— Margate ; —Eastry ;— Ramsgate ;— Dover ; 
--Herriard ;-- Upper Wallop ;--Saint Mary Bourne; 
—and, New Sarum; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday Labour in the Post-office,—-were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian Church Slave Trade. 
and Congregation of Carron Hall, in the parish of 

Saint Mary and Island of Jamaica, praying that 

measures may be adopted for the suppression of the 

Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Lincoln, Small Debts 
and the neighbourhood thereof, praying for the 
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 Journeymen Tailors of London, Tailor Trade. 
complaining of the evils inflicted on the Tailor Trade 

generally, by the system of home working; and 

praying that a law may be passed, making it impe- 

rative on all Master Tailurs to have their work done 

on their own premises, including the Government 

clothing, was presented, and oa ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Public Peti- Public 
tions, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Potions. 








Ordered, No. 48. 


— 


—&gt; my 


aa 





Guano. 


Ceylon, 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


Education, 


Turnpike 
Trusts, 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Fines and 
Penalties 
(Ireland. 


Navigati 
in on 








13 Vicrorrz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of all Officers serving in Jre- 
land during the late visit of Her Majesty to that 
Country, who were employed either in firing Salutes 
or upon Guards of Honour and Escorts in attend- 
ance upon Her Majesty, their Rank, Period of 
Service in each Rank respectively ; distinguishing 
the Number of vears employed on Home or Foreign 
Service, and the Number of years upon Full or 
Half-Pay :—And of the Names of all Officers who 
received Promotion by Brevet on the occasion of 
Her Majesty’s late Visit to Jreland, their Rank, 
Period of Service in each Rank respectively, distin- 
guishing the Number of years employed on Home 
or Foreign Service, and the Number of years upon 


Full and Half-pay. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Guano imported into the United 
Kingdom in each of the years 1838 to 1849 inclusive, 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from each 
Country respectively. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence and 
Papers produced betore the Select Committee on 
Ceylon, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Petitions presented to the House on the same sub- 
ject, be referred to the present Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Financial State of each District 
of Sewers within the present jurisdiction; the 
Amount of Rates that were uncollected; the 
Amount of Balance in hand (if any), also Debts and 
Liabilities (if any) on each District at the time they 
were superseded by the Act 11 and 12 Vice. c. 112, 
intituled the “ Metropolitan Sewers Act :”’—And, 
Account of all Rates made since that Period; show- 
ing the Rental, the Amount of Rate, and at what 
Rate; also, the Amount received from Rates, Con- 
tributions and other sources, and how the same has 
been expended, under distinct and separate Heads 
of Works, Establishment, Contingent Expenses, 
&amp;c. up to the 31st day of December 1849, stating 
the Titles of the several Acts of Parliament under 
which the Commissioners act. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies ofall Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion, and the Committee of the National Society, 
subsequent to the last publication of the Minutes. 

Ordered, That 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 Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—An Abstract of the General 
Statements of the Income and Expenditure of the 
several Turnpike ‘I'rusts in England and Wales, 
from ist January 1847 to 31st December 1847, 
inclusive, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
ce. 80. 

Copy of Fourth 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 several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Abstract of the Accounts of Fines and Penalties 
imposed and levied in the several Counties, Cities 
and Boroughs in Jreland, as audited by the Second 
Remembrancer of Her Majesty’s Court of Exche- 
quer, for the year ending the 31st day of December 
1848, 

Copy of an Order in Council of 8th January 
1850, issued under the 12 and 13 Vic. c. 29, for 
authorizing the Employment of Steam Vessels of 
foreign build, and owned by Foreigners, in the 
Coasting Trade of Trinidad. 

VoL. 105. 


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Copies of Orders in Council issued during the Ecclesiastical 
year 1849, ratifying Schemes of the Ecclesiastical Commission. 
Commissioners for England. 

Public Health Act :—Copies of Orders in Coun- public Health 
cil putting the 11 and 12 Vic. c. 63, in force in Act. 
certain Towns and Parishes. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public 
for enabling Town Councils to establish Public Libraries and 
Libraries and Museums: And that Mr. Ewart, Museums Bill. 
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. George Alexander Hamil- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Ministers’ 
proposed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Money 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration **!4"4) 
the Law relating to the 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 Temporalities 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 Jredand, in 
lieu of the annual sums now received by them under 
and by virtue of the Act 17 and 18 Charles 2, 

i B 
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, x _ al 76. 

Jf Lord Marcus Hill, 
UMr. Grey : I Bi 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Transporta- 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal tion. 
that part of the Act 5 Geo. 4, which empowers 
Her Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council, 
to appoint any places in Her Majesty’s Dominions 
for the Transportation of Felons and others under 
Sentence of Punishment ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, a yr 32. 
Tellers for the Noes, Lord = re Hill: \ 110. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed puplic 
on the best means of extending the Establishment Libraries. 
of Libraries freely open to the Public, especially in 
large Towns in Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill Landlord 
for the Improvement of the Relation between Land- and Tenant 
lord and Tenant in England and Wales: And that _ 

Mr. Pusey, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Tatton Eger- 
ton and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pirates Head 
mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; | Money Repeal 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 2 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Standing 
Orders ; 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill 


Southampton 
Improvement 
(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Act) Bill. 


Railway 
Assurance 
Company Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Manchester 
Bonding Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway Bill. 


Victoria 

(London) 

Dock Bill. 
e 


Athy, Castle- 
comer and 
Kilkenny 
Road Bill. 


79 


Veneris, 15° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Reso- 
lutions; which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the River Lee 
Trust Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided the same be pre- 
sented not later than three clear days after the 
presentation of this Report. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Dundalk 
and Enniskillen Railway 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. 

The said Resolutions being’ read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving, lighting 
and improving the Town of Southampton, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for amending and extending the 
Act of the eighth year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, for the Improvement of the Town of South- 
ampton, and for other Purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Willcox. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Railway Assu- 
rance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
granting certain Powers to the Railway Assurance 
Company, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bal- 
dock and Mr. Lacy. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the River Zee Trust Bill, which 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
oeing read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Navi- 

ation of the River Zee, in the Counties of Hert- 


ford, Essex and Middlesex, and to enable the Trus- 


tees further to improve the Navigation, and to dis- 
pose of the surplus Water, and for other Purposes : 
And that Mr. Cowper, Sir Henry Meux and Mr. 
Bramston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to exempt the 
Council of the Borough of Manchester from all 
Liability to repay the Expenses of the Management 
and Collection of the Duties payable in respect of 
Foreign Goods for Home Consumption, tones srs 
at the said Borough: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bil! to enlarge the 
Powers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 
Company, and to amend the Acts relating to their 
Undertakings: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton, presented a Bill to authorize 
the Construction of a Dock on the North Side of 
the River Thames, to be called The Victoria (Lon- 
don) Dock: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. French, presented a Bill for maintaining and 
keeping in repair the Road leading from'the Town 
of Athy, in the County of Kildure, through the Town 
of Castlecomer, to the City of Kilkenny: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 





15° Februari. 











A. 1850. 


The Order for reading a second time the Licensed Licensed 


: ; . Victuallers 
Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance and General 


Company Bill, was read, and discharged. Fire and Life 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Assurance 
Company Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Petition for Licensea 
leave to bring in the Licensed Victuallers and General Victuallers 
Fire and Life Assurance Company Bill, which was a anh 
presented upon the 8th day of this instant February, Assurance 
might be read; and the same being read ; Company | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill N® 2.) Bill 
to change the name of the Licensed Victuallers and 
General Fire and Life Assurance Company, to the 
Safety Fire and Life Assurance Company, and for 
better enabling the said Company to sue and be 
sued, and to give additional Powers to the said Com- 
pany: And that Sir James Duke and Mr. Master- 
man do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Campbell presented a Bill for facilitating the Copper Miners 
Settlement of the Affairs of the Governor and Com- (England) Bil, 
pany of Copper Miners in England, and for the 
better Management of the said Company: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of the Ca/edonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Pe- pep be 
tition for leave to introduce a Bill into the House, of Glasgow, 
intituled “a Bill to repeal, alter and amend certain Barrhead and 
Provisions of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow, pecs 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Lease Act, gow Southern 
1849,” was presented on the seventh of February in- Terminal _ 
stant, and referred to the Standing Order Committee, Railways) Bill. 
with a copy of the said Bill thereto annexed, and 
also the hoot of the Examiner of Petitions, cer- 
tifying that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect of the said Bill have not been complied 
with ; that the Petitioners beg leave most respect- 
fully to state to the House, that the non-compliance 
with the said Standing Orders arose from the cir- 
cumstances thereinafter mentioned, that is to say ; 
that the then directors of the Ca/edonian Railwa 
Company, having entered into arrangements with 
the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Company, for a lease to the Caledonian Rail- 
way Company of that Railway, an Act was passed 
in the last Session of Parliament for that purpose, 
and guaranteeing to the shareholders a guaranteed 
dividend of six per cent. on half the capital, and of 
five per cent. on the remaining half of the said Glas- 
gow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Com- 
any : that the then directors of the said Caledonian 
ailway Company, having entered into such ar- 
rangement and also various other contracts and 
agreements, which were not approved of bya large 
majority of the shareholders, who were also much 
dissatisfied with the general management and direc- 
tion of the said Railway, a Committee of Investi- 
gation was, principally through the medium of the 
London Central Committee of Shareholders, ap- 
pointed in the month of September last; but such 
Committee did not make their report until the 
twenty-fourth of December last, whereby amongst 
other things they reported that the Bill for such 
lease was not submitted to the shareholders of the 
Caledonian Railway Company, and that the receipts 
of the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct 
Railway were not more than sufficient to pay its 
working and other expenses; that in consequence 
of the discussions between the shareholders of the 
Caledonian Railway Company and the late Di- 
rectors, no proceedings could be taken by the Com- 
pany for altering the terms entered into with the 
said Company, but in the mean time negotiations 
were being carried on by the Committee of Inves- 
tigation, and subsequently by the London Central 
Committee, and interviews took place between them 
aud the representatives of the guaranteed Comeene 

wit 








Caledonian 
and Glasgow. 
y and 


13 Vicroriz. 


with the view of obtaining a reduction of the gua- 
rantees to that line ; but in consequence of their 
being interrupted by the conferences with the late 
Directors of the Caledonian Railway, on the subject 
of their resignation, nothing definitive was arrived 
at; that the notice of the intention to apply to Par- 
liament during the present Session for the said Bill, 
was given by parties interested in the Caledonian 


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71 


intituled, “A Bill to repeal, alter and amend cer- 
tain Provisions of the Caledonian Railway ( Wishaw 
and Coltness Railway Purchase) Act, 1849,” 





Railways, 
Caledonian 
and Wishaw 


WaS and Coltness 


presented on the 7th of February instant, and Railways Bill. 


referred to the Standing Order Committee, with a 
copy of the said Bill thereto annexed; and also 
the Report of the Examiners of Petitions, certify- 
ing that the Standivg Orders of your honourable 





Railway Company, in order that if arrangements 


House, in respect of the said Bill, have not been 


could be made with the said Glasgow, Barrhead, complied with; that the Petitioners beg most re- 
and Neilston Direct Railway Company, the same | spectfully to state to the House that the non-com- 
might be carried out during the present Session of | pliance with the Standing Orders arose from the 
Parliament; that the proposed Bill was introduced | circumstances thereinafter mentioned ; that is to 


by certain shareholders belonging to the London | 
Central Committee of Shareholders; that the late 
Directors of the Caledonian Railway retired from | 
office on the 13th of February instant, and the new | 
Directors are anxious that the proposed Bill should 
be proceeded with, and the same has been sub- 
mitted to and received the sanction of the share- | 
holders of the said Company; that the notice of | 
the intended application to Parliament for the said | 
Bill, purports to be for a total repeal of the Act em- 
powering the lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway Company, and for cancel- 
ling the lease or agreement for lease; but the Pro- 
moters of the said Bill have considered it more 
equitable for all parties to modify the terms and 
reduce the guaranteed dividend, rather than to re- 
peal the Act entirely, more especially as negocia- 
tions have been entered into, and are now pending, | 
for a modification and reduction of the said terms ; 
that in the year 1845, the then Directors of the 
Caledoniau Railway Company, without the consent 
or knowledge of the shareholders, purchased from 
the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
Company, 1,000 shares of its stock, at a premium 











of 17,500/2., and shortly afterwards executed an 


say, that the then Directors of the Caledonian 
Railway Company having entered into arrange- 
ments with the Wishaw and Coltness, and the 
Glagow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Companies, 
for the purchase of the said Companies, Acts were 
obtained for that purpose, guaranteeing to the first- 
mentioned Company a dividend of ten-and-a-half 
per centum, and to the last-mentioned Company, a 
guaranteed dividend with power to terminate same 
within five years, and to compel the shareholders 
of the said Company to accept shares in the Cale- 
donian Railway at par; that in the Act passed in 
the last Session of Parliament, the Glasgow, Puis- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company introduced a 
Clause in the Act introduced by the Wishaw and 
Coltness Railway Company, for the amalgamation 
with the Caledonian Railway Company, by which 
the power to terminate the guarantee to the Glas- 
gow, Puisley and Greenock Company was repealed, 
and provision made for a perpetual guarantee of four 
per centum to the last-mentioned Company ; that 
the then Directors of the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany having entered into such arrangements, and 
also various other contracts and agreements which 


| were not approved bya large majority of the share- 


agreement to lease the line for a term of 999 years, holders, who were also much dissatisfied with the 
with a guaranteed dividend of eight per cent. on, general management and direction of the said 
150,000 1., being one-half of the capital, and of six, Company, a Committee of Investigation was, prin- 
per cent. on the remaining half; that at the Special | cipally through the medium of the London Central 
General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Cale-| Committee of Shareholders, appointed in the 
donian Railway Company, held on the 29th of May | month of September last, but such Committee did 
1849, the Chairman stated that the Bill for such | not make their Report until the 24th of December 
lease was withdrawn, whereas it was only withdrawn | last, and whereby, amongst other things, they 
from the consideration of the meeting ; that it was reported that the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 


subsequently arranged by the then Directors, that 
the rad Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Company should have the conduct of the Bill, 
and pay the expenses of obtaining the Act; that 
the said Bill was never again submitted to the 
shareholders of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
and never was afterwards sanctioned by them, but 
the same was alluwed to pass by the then Directors 
of the Caledonian Railway Company; that the 
yearly amount of guarantees and interest on loans 
payable to the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
Direct Railway Company, amount to 19,000 /., and 
the receipts of the line are little more than suffi- 
cient to pay the working and other expenses; that, 
for the reasons above mentioned, the Petitioners 
humbly submit to the House that it is just and 
reasonable that the terms of such lease provided for 
by the said Act should be varied and modified in 
the manner stated in the proposed Bill, and that 
the same should be allowed to proceed, notwith- 
standing the Bill deposited varies from the notices 
for the Bill, in seeking to repeal the guarantees in 
the said Act of 1849, and to substitute a guarantee 
of a less umount or per-centage, and praying that, 
for the reasons above assigned, the Standing Orders 
of the House may be dispensed with, and that the 
said Bill may be allowed to pass into a law. 

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


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That a 
Petition for leave to introduce a Bill into the House, 

Von. 105. 


did not realize a dividend of more than five per 
_cent., and that the perpetual guarantee would entail 
an annual loss of 11,0v0/.; that in consequence 
of the discussions between the shareholders of the 
. Caledonian Railway Company and the late Directors, 
ho proceedings could be taken by the Company for 
altering the terms entered into with the said Com- 
panies, but in the mean time negotiations were 
being carried on by the Committee of Investigation, 
and subsequently by the London Central Com- 
mittee, and interviews took place between them and 
the representatives of the guaranteed Companies, 
with the view of obtaining a reduction of the 
guarantees to those lines; but in consequence of 
their being interrupted by the conferences of the 
late Directors of the Caledonian Railway Company 
on the subject of their resignation, nothing defini- 
tive was arrived at ; that the notice of the intention 
to apply to Parliament during the present Session 
for the said Bill, was given by parties interested in 
the Caledonian Railway Company, in order that if 
arrangements could be made with the said Com- 
panies, the same might be carried out during the 
present Session of Parliament; that the proposed 
Bill was introduced by certain shareholders be- 
longing to the London Central Committee of Share- 
holders ; that the late Directors of the Caledonian 
Railway retired from office on the 13th of Fe- 
bruary instant, and the new Directors are anxious 
that the proposed Bill should be proceeded with, 











and the same has been submitted to and received 
the sanction of the shareholders of the said Com- 
pany; that by the Act for the Amalgamation of 

K 4 





the 





Caledonian 


and Edinburgh way Company, was presented, and read ; 


and Glasgow 
Railways 


Amalgamation the short title o 


Bill. 





72 
the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company with 
the Caledonian Railway Company, a guarantee of 
ten-and-a-half per cent. upon a capital of 240,000. 
was provided for, and upwards of 150,000/. has 
been expended upon it in addition ; and in order to 
obtain the amalgamation, the then Directors of the 
Caledonian Railway submitted to give up the con- 
ditional guarantee to the Glasgow, Paisley and 
Greenock Railway Company, for a perpetual gua- 
rantee, which will entail a loss upon the Petitioners 
of 11,0001. per annum ; that the traffic of the said 
Wishaw and Coltness Railway will not realise more 
than five per centum, which will leave five-and-a-half 
per centum to be — for out of the revenue of 
the Caledonian Railway Company; that by the 
Act passed for amalgamating the Glasgow, Paisley 
and Greenock Railway Company with the Caledo- 
nian Railway Company a guaranteed dividend was 
provided for, with power for the Petitioners to put 
an end to such dividend at any time within five 
years, and compel the shareholders of the Glasgow, 
Paisley aud Greenock Railway Company to take 
shares in the Caledonian Railway Company to the 
full amount at par, thereby placing them in the 
same position as the ordinary shareholders of the 
Caledonian Railway Company; that the traffic on 
the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway has 
been fully developed, and is only able to pay a 
dividend of 12. 16s. per centum; that in the last 
Session of Parliament the Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway Company introduced into the House a Bill 
for the above-mentioned amalgamation, and the 
Directors of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Railway introduced a clause into it rescinding the 
power of compelling them to take shares in the 


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A. 1850. 


pend the Standing Order, No. 160, as regards the 
said Bill, and to allow the Second Reading to take 
place at any time before the rising of the House for 
the Easter holidays, or before such other extended 
date as to the House shall seem meet. 

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





A Petition of Persons whose names are there- North Kent 
unto subscribed, for leave to deposit a Petition for ae 
hey " * ‘ pring Water 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating a Company Company Bill, 
to be called The North Kent and London Spring 
| Water Company, for supplying with Water the Me- 
| tropolis on the South Side of the Thames, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 





The Grder made upon Wednesday last, That no Turnpike. 
| Bill for continuing or amending any Turnpike-road roads Bill, 
_ Act be read u second time before Easter, was read, 
| and discharged. 

Ordered, ‘That no Bill for continuing or amending 
any Turnpike-road Act for England and Wales be 
read a second time before Easter. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection not to fix the sitting of the Com- Selection. 
mittees upon the following Bills till, at least, one 
week after the Easter Recess :— 


Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill. 
Godstone and Highgate Sempihowel Bill. 
New North Road Bill. ( 
Rochdale through Bamford and Birtle to Bury, 

and other Turnpike-roads Bill. 





Caledonian Railway Company at par, and providing 
for a perpetual guarantee of four per centum, and the 
then Directors of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
without notice to or the sanction of the shareholders, 
allowed such clause to pass, thereby entailing on 
the Petitioners a loss of about 11,0001. per annum: 
that, for the reasons above stated, the Petitioners 


Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill. 

Leeds and Halifax Turnpike-road (Continuation 
of Term as tu certain Parts of the Road) 
Bill. 


The Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Dundee and 





humbly submit to the House that it is just and rea- 
sonable that the terms of the amalgamation with | 
the Wishaw and Cultness Railway Company should | 
be varied and modified to the extent proposed by 
the Petitioners’ Bill, and that the said clause re- 
lating to and introduced by the said Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company, should be ab- 
solutely repealed, and that for such purposes the 
said Bill should be allowed to proceed ; and pray- | 
ing the House that, for the reasons above assigned, 
the Standing Orders of the House may be dispensed 
with, and that the said Bill may be allowed to pass 
into a law. 

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





A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-, 
, setting 
forth, That a Bill promoted by the Petitioners, under 

tthe Caledonian and Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railways Amalgamation Bill, is now 
pending in the House, and was read a first time on 
the eighth day of the present month of February ; 
that by Standing Order No. 160, it is provided that 
not more than ten clear days shall elapse between 
the First and Second Reading of any Private Bill, 
exeept by special Order; that within the last few 
days the Directors of the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany have resigned, and new Directors have been 
nominated ; that, as stated in the preamble of the 
Bill, the affairs of the Caledonian Railway Company 
are in a very complicated and critical state, and it 
must necessarily take some time before the new 
Directors are able to resolve on their course of pro- 
cedure ; that in these circumstances it is desirable, 
and would be for the advantage of all parties, that 
the Second Reading of the above-mentioned Bill, 
should be delayed; and praying the House to sus- 


Junction Bill was read a second time; and com- Perth and 

mitted. Railway, ) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Junction Bill. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway riverpool, 


(Deviations, Enlargement of Station, &amp;c.) Bill was Crosby and 
read a second time; and committed ’ Southport 
: , Railway (De- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


: . viations, En- 
mittee of Selection. 


largement of 
Station, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Liverpool Docks Bill was, according to Order, Liverpool 


read a second time; and committed. Docks Bill. ( 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
I 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement, Amend- Newcastle- 
ment of Acts, and New Streets Bill was read a upon-Tyne 
second time ; and committed. Improvement, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- en 
mittee of Selection. ier Streets 


The York and North Midland Railway Bill was York and 
read a second time; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- y 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company,and Electric 

of Persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, Telegraph 

being the whole, or the greater number of the Share- Camtodeent . 
holders in such Company, for leave to present a Pe- of Act) Bill. 
tition for leave to bring in a Bill for reducing the 

Shares of the said Company to theactual Amount of 

the Money which has already been paid upon them, 

and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 

and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 












Petitions 





Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill, 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Malt and 
Hops. 


Marriages 
Bill (1849.) 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland), 


Poor Law. 





13 Vicrorr2z. 


Petitions from the Eastern District of Ross-shire ; 
—and, Oughteragh; com laining of the depressed 
state of the Agricultural Interest; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief, —were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resident in 
Bury, in the county of Lancaster, and practising 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 Proc- 
tors, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salem; — Caledon; — Bavian’s 
River ; — King William’s Town; — Winburg ; — 
Colesberg; — &lt;wagershock; — Port Frances and 
Cowie; — Whittlesea ; — Olifantshock ; — Burgher- 
drop ;—Richmond ;—and, Bathurst, in the colony of 
the Cape of Good Hope ; praying the House not to 
allow convicted Felons to be sent to that colony,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Union of Ormskirk (Chairman 
and Vice-Chairman); — Haydock ;—and, Biggles- 
wade Union (Chairman and Clerk); 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 Ahiragh; — Lauragh ;— Castle- 
blayney ;—Castle Pollard ; — Kilmocar ; — Tully- 
gulley ;—Kilmore ;—and, Errigle; 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 praving the House 
to relieve them from that grievance,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and others, attending Swin- 
don Market, in the county of Wilts, 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 Reverend the Presbytery of 


Kelso, praying that the Marriages Bill (1849) may 
not pass into law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Limerick, praying for 
the abolition of Ministers’ Money in Jreland, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Cambridge Union, praying for an alteration of the 
Law, authorizing the majority of a Board of Guar- 
dians in Unions for the relief of the Poor, to resolve 
that in respect of the costs and charges for the 
relief of the poor in the several parishes contained 
in the said Unions, provision be made for the expense 
and maintenance of the poor, at the expense of the 
common fund of such Unions, in proportion to the 
annual rateable value of the lands, tenements and 
hereditaments in such parishes respectively assess- 
able, by the laws in force for the time being, tu the 
relief of the poor, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merton; — Blairgowrie; — New 
Houghton ; — Syderstone ; — Bath ; — Fyfield ; — 
Hope ;— Midcalder ;—Members of the Committee of 
the Sabbath Alliance ; — Milnathort; — Maidstone 
(two Petitions) ;-- Glenshee;—-Kirk Session of Forgan- 
denny (Moderator) ;— Ardnamurchan ;— Auchterga- 
ven ae Balquhidder ;—Kilninver and Kilmelford ;— 

OL. 105. 





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73 


Island of Coll; —Morvern ;—Killurmand Kilmenny; 
—Presbytery of Weem (Moderator) ;—Bowden ;— 
Kirk Session of Wilton(Moderator) ;— Cults ;— Col- 
lessie;— Aberdeen ;—Kirk Session of the High Church 
of Paisley (Moderator) ;— Morden ;— Whitburn ;— 
Gordon-square, Saint Pancras ;— West Clandon ;— 
Richmond (Surrey) ; — Leadhills ; — Crawford ;— 
Chapelton ;—Kirk Session of Carluke (Moderator) ; 
— Ballyclare ;— Fossaway ;—Ashbury ;— Yeadon ;— 
Rawden ;— Guiseley ; —Pulloxhill ;— Knighton ;— 
and, Northallerton; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday Labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


tary of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce, 
Dublin, praying that the Process and Practice (Jre- 
land) 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- slave Trade. 


habitants of Leeds, praying the House to adopt 
measures for the suppression of the Slave Trade, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- Windows. 


gesses of the city of Exeter, praying for the repeal 
of the Window Tax, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Kidderminster 
the borough of Kidderminster, in the county of Election. 


Worcester, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the borough of Kidderminster, in the county of 
Worcester, and now are Electors for the said borough, 
and had a right to vote, and did vote at the said 
Election; that at the said Election Thomas Gis- 
borne, Esquire, and John Best, Esquire, were Can- 
didates, and that a poll being demanded, the same 
was granted and proceeded with, and at the close 
of such poll the Returning Officer declared the said 
John Best to be duly elected a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said borough of 
Kidderminster ; that before, at, and during the said 
Election the said John Best was, by himself, his 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, guilty of 
many acts of bribery and corruption, and did, by 
his agents, friends, managers and partisans, and by 
other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, pre- 
sents, money, sinatili and by offers of gifts, money 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements, and se- 
curities for gifts and rewards, and by other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts end means, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having, cr claiming to have, 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes for 
him the said John Best, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the said Thomas Gisborne; that 
the said John Best, before, during and after the 
said Election, did give and provide, and cause or 
knowingly allow to be given and provided, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, for the purpose 
of corruptly influencing divers persons to give or to 
refrain from giving their votes at the said Election, 
and for corruptly rewarding divers persons for having 
given or refrained from giving their votes at such 
Election, whereby the said John Best is incapable 
of being elected or sitting in Parliament for the said 
borough during this present Parliament ; that gross, 
extensive, and systematic corruption, bribery and 
treating was practised before and at the said Elec- 
tion dy divers persons, being friends, supporters 
and partisans of the said Johz Best, with a view to 
the Election of the said John Best, and that the 
Election and Return of the said John Best were 
procured by means of such corruption, bribery 
and treating, and that by reason thereof the said 
Election and Return of the said John Best were 
wholly 


L 





Public 
Petitions 


( Fifth Report.) 


Corn, &amp;c. 


River 
Shannen. 


Stamp Duties 
(Treland.) 


Factories Act. 


74 
wholly null and void ; that the said John Best did, 

revious to, at and during the said Election, by 
Pimself his agents, friends and managers, and | 
others on his behalf, give and allow to divers per- | 
sons Electors, or claiming to be Electors of the suid 
borough, money, meat, drink, entertainments and 
provisions, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations or engagements to give or allow to such 
persons money, meat, drink, entertainment, provi- 
sion, present or reward, to and for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, employment, profit or preferment of 
such persons, in order to be elected, and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said borough ; 
that by reason of the premises the Election and 
Return of the said John Best were wholly null and 
void; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will declare that 
the said John Best was not duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned, and that his Election 
and Return are wholly null and void, and that the 
Petitioners may have such other relief in the pre- 
mises 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. 


15° Februari. 





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee | 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 
Petitions presented upon the 13th 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements showing the Quantities of the several | 
kinds of Corn, Meal and Flour (the Meal and Flour 
being reduced to their equivalent in Quarters of 
Grain) imported into the United Kingdom in the vear 
ended the 5th day of January 1850; with the Coun- 
tries and Colonies from which imported :—Showing 
the Aggregate Quantitiesof the several kinds of Corn, 
Meal and Flour imported into the United Kingdom 
in each month of the year ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850 ; together with the Quantities admitted 
to Consumption in the same monthly periods, and 
the amount of Duty received thereon respectively : 
Showing the Weekly Average Prices of Corn of each 
Species, per Quarter, during the year ended the 
5th day of January 1850, and the Average Price of 
the year :—And, Account of the Quantities of the 
several kinds of Corn, Meal and Flour imported into 
Treland and exported from Jreland in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1850; distinguishing 
Home Growth from Foreign. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
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: 


&amp; ad 

1843, Spring Assizes - 1,596 18 9 
Summer Assizes - 26616 - 

1844, Spring Assizes - 626 15 3 
Summer Assizes - 22 610 
1845, Spring Assizes - 29219 2 
1848, Summer Assizes - 2,550 18 -—- 


besides large Sums for Interest. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Stamp Duties in Zreland 
for each year, commencing with the year 1840, up 
to the present time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 








A. 1850. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Short-hand Writer’s Notes of 
the Judgment of the Court of Exchequer, in the 
case of the Factory 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. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
tion,— Month ended Sth January 1850, and No.69, 


welve months ended 5th January 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Ecclesiastical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commission, 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Proceedings had by the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners for England in the 
matter of the Defalcation of their late Secretary and 
Treasurer Mr. Murray. 

Ordered, That 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 Tonnage, Tonnage. 


which was presented upon the 6th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


No. 49, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India, East India, 


which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 


| Stant February, be printed. 


No, 50, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Me- Metropolitan 
tropolitun Police, which were presented yesterday, Police. 


be printed. 


No. 51, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented yesterday, be Chancery. 


printed, 


No. 52. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the African African 
Slave ‘T'rade, which was communicated from the Slave Trade, 


Lords upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


No. 53. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Distressed 


into a Committee, to consider of making Advances Unions Ad- 
vances and 


to certain distressed Unions in Jreland, and also, pe 


of making better Provision for the Repayment of of Advances 


Government Advances in Jreland. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to make further 
Provisions for the Repayment of Advances which 
have been made or authorized to be made for the 
Relief of Distress and other purposes, to Poor Law 
Unions, Electoral Divisions, Baronies, and other 
Districts in Ireland. 


2. 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 Three 
hundred thousand pounds, to be advanced to certain 
distressed Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divi- 
sions in freland, on such Terms and Conditions as 
may be directed by any Act of the present Session 
of Parliament. 


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. 


(Ireland. ) 


The Party Processions (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Party Pro- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com= Ferejand) Bill 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
The 





cs ante! 


Court of 
(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Australian Colonies Government 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) 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 put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Atfirmative. 

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 1st day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registrar’s Office, Bankruptcy 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 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to consider the 
* best mode of dealing with the Office of Registrar 
“ of Bankrupts, now vacant,” instead thereof. 

And the eration 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; 


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75 


veral Masters and Assistants, the Sums repaid to 
the Consolidated Fund on account of Loans ad- 
vanced for Building, and all Sums paid for Repairs 
to the several School Houses:—Statement of the 
Sums paid to the Agents, Receivers or others, for 
collecting Rents, the Sums paid to Solicitors for 
Law Expenses and Bills of Costs, the Amount paid 
fur Tithe Rent-charge and Poor Rates, and the 
Amount expended upon each Property in Improve- 
ments, during each of such years severally, for each 
School of Public and Private Endowment :—And, 
Return of all Meetings which have been held by the 
Commissioners of Education in Jreland, from the 
ist day of January 1848 to the 1st day of January 
1850, specifying the day of each Meeting, and the 
Names of the Commissioners present at it. 


Mr. William Fagan presented a Bill to assimilate Civil Bil 


the Proceeding by way of Civil Bill in Boroughs in ( 
Ireland to that in Counties, and for the Relief of 
Officers by Interpleading : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for improving the Mercantile 
Condition of Masters, Mates and Seamen, and Marine Bill. 


maintaining Discipline in the Merchant Service: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 1st day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for regulating Merchant 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund: And the same was Seamen’sFund 
read the first time; and ordered to be readasecond™ ~ | 
time upon Friday the Ist day of March next ; and No. 56. 


to be printed. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { ae Hill : | 
j 


, Tellers for the Noes, { 34 ee . 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words “a 

“ Select Committee be appointed to consider the 

| “ best mode of dealing with the Office of Registrar 
; “ of Bankrupts, now vacant,” be added instead 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for the Regula- Merchant 
tion of the Admeasurement of the Tonnage and Shipping Bill. 
Burthen of the Merchant Shipping: And the same No. 57. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday the 1st day of March 
next; and to be printed. 









5 


~2 


61. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to an Army 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective Siero 
vo. 58. 


Adjournment, 


Civil Bill 


Cand) 


i 





thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the best mode of dealing with the Office 
of Registrar of Bankrupts, now vacant. 


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

Resolved,’ t hat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to assimilate the Proceeding by way of Civil Bill 
in Boroughs in Jreland to that in Counties, and for 
the Relief of Officers by Interpleading: And that 
Mr. William Fagan and Mr. Scully do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Amount of Rents received each 
year by the Commissioners of Education in Jreland, 
appointed under the Act 53 Geo.3, out of the Lands 
of each School of Public and Private Endowment, 
from the 1st day of November 1844 to the 1st day 
of November 1849, with an Account of all the 
Annual Disbursements thereof, particularly specify- 
ng the Sums paid of Income and Salaries of the se- 

OL. 105. 





and Non-effective Army Services, from 1st April 
1850 to 1st March 18651. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pog: ogice. 


an Account showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management, for the 
year ending J _— 1850:—The Charges of Ma 
nagement for the United Kingdom, under the dif- 
ferent Heads, for the year ending January 1850 :— 
The Payments made by the Post-office for the Con- 
veyance of Mails by Railway within the United 
Kingdom, during the year ending January 1850, 
distinguishing, in each instance, Payments for Work 
done within the year from Payments for Work 
done in previous years :—Payments out of the Post- 
office Revenue other than Charges of Manage- 
ment :—The Number and Amount of Money Orders 
issued and paid during the year ending January 
1850 :—And, the Expense of the Money-Order 
Office, and the Amount received for Commission 
during the year ending January 1850. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











76 


Luna, 18° die Februari; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Hugh Adair presented a Bill for establish- 
ing a General Cemetery for the Interment of 
the Dead within the Borough of Jpswich, in the 
County of Suffolk: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ipswich Gene- 
ral Cemetery 
Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time the Great 
Central GasConsumers’ Company Bill was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Great Central 
Gas Consum+ 
ers’ Company 
Bill. 


Great Central! 
Gas Consum- 
ers’ Company 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave 
to bring in the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Com- 
pany Bill, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of this instant February, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Gas the City of London, 
aud the Liberties thereof, and certain Places ad- 
jacent thereto: And that Mr. French, Lord Robert 
Grosvenor, Sir James Duke and Mr. Masterman do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Southampton Mr. Keogh presented a Bill for amending and 
Improvement extending the Act of the eighth year of the 


(Amendment 
and Extension 
of Act) Bill. 


reign of Her present Majesty, for the Improvement 
of the Town of Southampton, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Great Central Mr. French presented a Bill for better supplying 
ee with Gas the City of London, and the Liberties 
(No. 2.) Bill: thereof, and certam Places adjacent thereto: And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to alter and amend 
the Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Lee, 
in the Counties of Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, 
and to enable the Trustees further to improve the 
Navigation, and to dispose of the surplus Water, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Bradford The Bradford Improvement, Police and Pur- 
Improvement, chase, and Closing of Bradford Canal Bill was read 
Police and ° , : 
Purchase, and ® second time ; and committed. 
Closing of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bradford nittee of Selection. 
Caval Bill mittee of Sele 
Caledonian The Caledonian and Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
and Wishaw ways Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
and Coltness Ordered. That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Railways Bill. . - : 

mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow The Glasgow Markets and Slaughter-houses 
Markets and Bil] was read a second time ; and committed. 
Slaughter- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
houses Bill. - “~~ . 

mittee of Selection. 


‘Lhe London and Blackwall Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley Turf 
Fens, and Lockspit Lots and Lockspit Lands Drain- 
age and Improvement Bill was read a second time ; 
Lockspit Lots 22d committed. 
and Lockspit Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Lands Drain- mittee of Selection. 
age and {m- 


provement Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Ramsey. 
Upwood and 
Great Raveley 
‘Turf Fens, and 


Southampton The Southampton Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
puree cond time ; and committed. 


18° Februari. 





A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Swansea Municipal Corporation Bill was read Swansea 
a secord time; and committed. eae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- py" 
mittee of Selection. 


The Walsall Improvement and Market Act (1848) Walsall 


Amendment Bill was read a second time ; and com- /™provement 
5 and Market 
mitted. Act (1848) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Amendment 
mittee of Selection. Bill 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway York, New. 
(Alteration of Levels and Extension of Time, &amp;c.) Soon kas 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. way (Altera. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tion of Levels 
mittee of Selection. and Extension 

J a, &amp;c.) 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 14th and 15th days of 
this instant February ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Monsell presented a Bill to amend the Far- Farmer's 
mer’s Estate Society (Zreland) Act, 1848: And the ne Society 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be (ireland) Bil 
read a second time. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- North Kent 
cillors of the borough of Dover ;—and, Inhabitants ‘Contd 
of the Town and Port of Dover; praying that such from Strood, 
of the Standing Orders of the House relating to through Can- 
proceedings antecedent to the introduction of the fetbary,,to 
North Kent Railway (Continuation from Strood, Dover, &amp;c.) 
through Canterbury, to Deal and Dover, &amp;c.) Bill Bill. 
as have not been complied with, may be dispensed 
with in regard to the said Bill, or that such other 
Order may be made in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet,—were preseated, and read ; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Dundalk and 
of the Petition for the Dundalk and Enniskillen ewes 
Railway 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 exiend the Powers of the Dundalk and Ennis- 
killen Railway ws , for the Purchase of Lands 
and Completion of Works on Part of their Railway, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Dawson and 
Mr. M‘Cullagh do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Ballinasloe Union (Chairman) ;— Agricultural 
and, West Riding of the County of York; com- Distress. 
plaining of the depressed state of the Agricultural 
Interest; and praying for measures of relief,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Uldham, in the county of Lancaster, praying for Ce*tificates 
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 Epsom Union ;—Astley ;—Hali- County Rates 
fax;—and, Tewkesbury Union; praying that the a — ; 
County Rates and Expenditure Bin may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Letter-Press Printers of Glasgow, Paper, &amp; 
praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duty upon Paper, 
Newspapers and Newspaper Supplements, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 











~SETE 


Fe 





Poor Law 
(Ireland) 


(Rate-in-Aid. ) 


Post-office. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland. ) 


Writs of 
Prohibition. 


Factories Act. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland.) 


Licensed 
Victuallers’ 
and General 
Fire and Life 
Assurance 
pany 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


13 Victrortiz. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Guardians of 
the Poor Law Union at Ballinasloe, in the county of 
Galway, complaining of the imposition of the Rate- 
in-Aid upon Jreland, and praying for relief there- 
from, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Streatham; — Magherafelt; — 
Methwold ;— Haddington ;—Speymouth ; —- Ordiqu- 
hill ;— Whitehill ; —Lochee ;— Helmsdale ;-- Tongue ; 
—Golspie; —Bishop Auckland ;—Laurencehirk ;— 
New Pitsligo ;—Newhills ; —Bankhead ;—Cluny ; 
— Kirk Session of Lalfron (Moderator) ;— Old Mel- 
drum ;— Tunbridge Wells ;— Tunbridge ;—Brechin ; 
— Peterculter (two Petitions) ;— William M‘ Lachlan 
and dndrew Gilmour ;—New Galloway ;—Culross ; 
— Hexham ;-— Reenham ;— Maidenhead ; —Ashamp- 
stead ;— Brimpton ;— Hungerford ;-- Marsh Gibbon ; 
Sandown (Isle of Wight); —Shorwell ; —Purbrook 
and Waterloo ;—Miliport ; —Rothsay ; —Kirk Ses- 
sion of North Bute (Moderator) ;—Cumbray ;— 
Kilmory ;-- Cookham ;—Stamford ;—and, Clitheroe ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday Labour in the 

ost-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Statistical Statement of Expenses, Col- 
lection of Poor Rate,and Numbers relieved for each 
Poor Law Union in Jreland, for quarter ended 29th 
September 1849; with Comparative Summary for 
the years ended 29th September 1849 and 1848 re- 
spectively; compiled from Returns furnished by 
Clerks of Unions. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn from the Superior Law Courts in Westminster 
of all Writs of Prohibition that have issued from 
each such 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. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,--Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of 
this instant February, for a Copy of the Shorthand 
Writer’s Notes of the Judgment of the Court of 
Exchequer in the case of the Factory Act. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also preseuted, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
General Orders of the Court of Chancery, for regu- 
lating the Proceedings under the Act for the Sale of 
Incumbered Esta‘es in Jreland, bearing date the 
18th day of October 1849. 

“ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. French presented a Bill to change the name 
of the Licensed Victuallers’ and General Fire and 
Life Assurance Company, to the Safety Fire and 
Life Assurance, and for better enabling the said 
Company to sue and be sued, and to give additional 
Powers to the said Company: And the same was 
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, or Statement, from every Gas 
Company established by Act of Parliament in the 
United Kingdom, stating the several Acts of Par- 
liament under which established, the Rates per 
1000 Cubic Feet at which each Company or Corpo- 
ration have supplied Gas in each of the Three years 
since 1846 to 1849, and the Average Price of the 
Coals used by the Company in each year for the 
same period; also, stating the Amount of fixed 


Capital invested by each Gas Company, and the 
OL. 105. 


18° Februari. 








77 


Rate per cent. of Dividend to the Shareholders or 
Proprietors on their Shares, in each year since that 
date (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
734, of Session 1847). 

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. 


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


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Sums paid annually by each 
County, under the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, for the 
Maintenance of poor Prisoners in the Queen’s Bench 
and Fleet Prisons; to whom the Money is paid, and 
the Number of poor Prisoners at present in receipt 
of it. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Larceny. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Persons tried for Larceny at Courts 
of Quarter Session for the Counties of Berks, Dor- 
set, Somerset, Southampton (including the Isle of 
Wight), Sussex, and Wilts, during the year ending 
December 1849, specifying in each case the age of 
the Prisoner, the Value at which the Property stolen 
was laid; and, in cases where Convictions have 
taken place, the Sentence of the Court. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented mr, Ryland. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence and Me- 
morials or Representations relative to the claims of 
Mr. Ryland, formerly Secretary to the Executive 
Council of 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Board of 
Return of the Establishment of the Board of Trade Trade. 


in the year 1828, and likewise in the year 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a army (East 
Return, sbowing the Number of Killed, Wounded, India.) 


and Deaths, and the Number of Men sent into 
Hospital in the course of the year 1848, in each of 
the under-mentioned Corps — during that 
period in the operations against the Rajah of Ungool, 
and on the Field Service in Goomsoor and Boad :— 
18th Regiment, N. 1.; 22d ditto; 29th ditto; De- 
tachment 29th ditto; 41st ditto; B. Company, 5th 
or Golundauze Battalion of Artillery, including the 
Karkhana Establishment:—And,Statement showing 
the Number of Deaths in each of the under-men- 
tioned Corps consequent upon disease contracted 
during the service in the Goomsoor Districts in 
1848 :—18th Regiment, N.I.; 22d ditto; 29th 
ditto; 41st ditto; B. Company, 5th Battalion of 
Artillery. 

Mr. Secretary-at-War accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Public 
posed, That upon Thursday the 11th day of April Business. 


next, and every alternate Thursday following, 
Orders of the,day have precedence of Notices of 

Motions ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ every” - 
L3 the 





78 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“Thursday following, Orders of the day have pre- 
“ cedence of Notices of Motions ; but that the right 
“ shall not be reserved to Her Majesty’s Ministers of 
“placing Government Orders at the head of the 
“ List,” 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. Tufnell, 
Mr. Grey: 
Tellers for the Noes, _ a 


So it. was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the Main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, ee a “oy 


Tellers for the Noes, { 4 ne 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


1 140 
\ oe, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


} 143. 
47 


j 


Nenagh Ordered, That the Returns relative to the We- 
Union. nagh Union, which were presented upon Monday 
No.60. _ last, be printed. 
Navy Mr. Parker presented, men to an Address 
Estimates. to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the year 
No. 61. 1850-51. 
Poutciicee Estimate for the Post-office Department (Packet 
Department Service) for the year 1850-1851. 
(Packet Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon 
Service.) = the Table; and be printed. 
No. 62. 
Ordnance Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
Estimates. dress to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Lffective 
No.63. and Non-effective Ordnance Services for the year 
1850-51. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 
Capital Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Punishment Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of June, in the 
(Colonies.) —Jast Session of Parliament, for a Return, showing 
how far Crimes for which Capital Punishments 
have been abolished in this Country are still ca- 
pitally punishable in the Colonies and Dependen- 
cies of Great Britain. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Australian The Australian Colonies Government Bill was, 
Colonies nt according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
BL. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
Distressed Mr. Attorney-General, by Order, reported from 
Unions, the Committee to whom it was referred to consider 
nee of making Advances to certain distressed Unions 
Advances in /reland, and also of making better provision for 
(Ireland) Bill. 


the repayment of Government Advances in Jreland, 
several cisietionns which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is expedient to make further 
provisions for the repayment of Advances which 
have been made or authorized to be made for the 
relief of distress and other purposes, to Poor Law 
Unions, Electoral Divisions, Baronies and other 
districts, in Ireland. 

2. Resolved, 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 exceedi 
£.300,000, to be advanced to certain distre 
Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jreland, 





18° Februarit. 


|on such terms and conditions as may be directed 








A. 1850. 


by any Act of the present Session of Parliament. 

The said Kesolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord John 
Russell, Sir George Grey and Sir William Sumer- 
ville do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Party _ 
into a Committee upon the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill, 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed» the Chair; and Mr, Corne- 
wall 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 the Second Parliamentary 
Seating of the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Zreland) (ireland) Bil 
Ordered, Thut the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Elections 
Reading ot the. Elections (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pirates Head 
mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; | Money Repeal 
Resolved, Vhat 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 Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Registration 
the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill, was read, of Deeds __ 
and discharged. Gent) BE. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landlord 
to provide Compensation to Tenants for Improve- (ireland) Bil, 
ments effected by them in certain cases, and to ‘ 
amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Jreland: 
And that Sir William Somerville, Sir George Grey, 
and Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolitan 
Copy of the Report of Dr. Farrand Mr. Grainger, Workhouses. 
to the General Board of Health, on Thirty-eight 
Metropolitan Workhouses, dated the 26th day of 
March 1849. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Public 
upon Wednesday last, That a Select Committee be Libraries. 
appointed on the best means of extending the es- 
tablishment of Libraries freely open to the Public, 
especially in large ‘Fowns, in Great Britain and 
Ireland, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Ewart, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Disraeli, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. 
Charteris, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis, Sir John Walsh, Mr. Thichnesse, Mr. 
Mackinnon, Mr. Kershaw and Mr. Wyld; 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 Commons __ 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- Inclosure Bill. 
suance of the Fifth Annual General Report of the 
Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, 
and to confirm the Proceedings in the matter of the 
Common Wood Inclosure: And that Mr. Corne- 


wall 





Landlord 

and Tenant 

(Ireland) Bill. 
No, 64. 


Commons 
Tnclosure Bill, 


No. 65. 


Postage 
(America. ) 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 


Greek Loan. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 





13 Vicroriz. 


wall Lewis and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to pro- 
vide Compensation to Tenants for Improvements 
effected by them in certain cases, and to amend the 
Law of Landlord and Tenant 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. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to autho- 
rize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of 
the Fifth Annual General Report of the Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales, and to von- 
firm the Proceedings in the matter of the Common 
Wood Inclosure: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Articles agreed upon between the 
Post-office of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland and the Post-office of the United 
States of America, for carrying into execution the 
Convention of 15th December 1848. 

Mr. Hayter also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of July, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Accounts of 
the Notes, Securities, Bullion, &amp;c. of the Bank of 
England, as published weekly in the Gazette, ac- 
cording 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 Session 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 Banks in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, together with the Bullion in 
the Bank of England (in continuation of Appendix, 


18°—-19° Februariz. 





No. 1, to the Report of the Committee on Com- 
mercial Distress, appointed in 1847, from the latest 
Dates given therein up to the present time):—Of 
the General Weekly Average Prices of Wheat, Bar- 
ley, 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 
Quuntities 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 Jreland, 
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 
ear. . 

' Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of Money paid out of the Consolidated Fund, under 
the Acts 2 and 3 Wil/. 4, c. 121., and 6 and 7 Wiil. 
4, c. 94, for Interest and Sinking Fund on that part 
of the Greek Loan guaranteed by this Country 
under the authority of the said Acts, and of the 
Amount repaid by the Greek Government, on account 
of the same. 

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 October 1848, 
and 5th day of January following, both days in- 
clusive. and also of the Disbursements made there- 
out, during the same period. 

An Account of the Fees which have beer re- 
ceived in the Office of William Tighe Hamilton, 
Esquire, Second Remembrancer of the Court of 
oe in Ireland, between the 6th day of Janu- 

OL. 105. 





79 
ary 1849, 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 1849 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 1849, and 
5th day of October following, both days inclusive, 
and also of the Disbursements made thereout during 
the same period. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 19° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 
PRAYERS. 


I 


agreed to the following Special Report :— 


Your Committee have, from time to time, pub 
lished for the information of Members, the Orders 
and Practice of the House, which regulate the 
framing and presentation of Public Petitions. 
Amongst other rules are the following :— 

Every Petition must be signed by at least one 
person on the skin or sheet on which the Petition is 
written. (Vide Commons’ Journals, 1817, March 
12.) 

Every Petition must be signed by the parties 
whose names are appended thereto, by their names 
or marks, and by no one else, except in case of inca- 
pacity by sickness. (Vide Commons’ Journals, 
1675, November 8; 1689, November 14; 1774, 
June 2; 1826, December 13; 1836, June 28.) 


Your Committee regret to observe, that notwith- 
standing such publicity, and that they have re- 
peatedly brought under the notice of the House 
irregularities which they have discovered, a too fre- 
quent disregard to the above-mentioned Orders still 
occurs. 


Your Committee have had before them the fol- 
lowing Petitions for abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office : 


From Inhabitants of Stornoway, purporting to be 
signed by 646 persons ; of these names only a very 
small number appear to your Committee to be 
genuine: 

From Inhabitants of the parish of Knock, County 
of Ross, purporting to be signed by 1,037 persons ; 
in this case it appears to your Committee that not 
more than the first 10 Signatures have been written 
by the Individuals bearing the respective names, 
those following being on different sheets and each 
sheet written by one and the same person : 


From Inhabitants of the Parish of Zochcarron, 
County of Ross, purporting to be signed by 931 
persons ; of these very few appear to be signed by 
the parties whose names are attached: . 

From Inhabitants of the Burgh of Oban, pur- 

orting to be signed by 845 persons; of these a 
on proportion are obviously not in the handwriting 
of the persons whose names are appended : 

Also a Petition from Cork, for abolition of Minis- 


ters’ Money in Jreland, purporting to be signed by 
12,340 persons; there are many sheets to this Peti- 








L4 tion, 


R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had (Specia 


Report.) 











Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 


(Abandonment and read ; settin 
of Works, &amp;c.) the Session of 


Bill; and, 
Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
(Extension of 
Time for Pur- 


chase of Land, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


80 


tion, upon each of which a separate individual has 
obviously written all the names. 

Your Committee hope that Members, by a more 
careful examination of the Petitions entrusted to 
them, will co-operate with the Committee in their 
attempts to guard the Right of Petition from abuse. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Liverpool, was presented, 
forth, That an Act was passed in 
arliament, held in the ninth and 
tenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled , “An Act for the Improvementof theSewerage 
and Drainage of the Borough of Liverpool, and for 
making further Provisions for the Sanatory Regula- 
tions of the said Borough,” whereby certain Water- 
works, known as the Green-/ane Waterworks, and 
constructed for supplying water for certain public 
purposes within the borough of Liverpool, became 
vested in the Petitioners; that an Act was passed 
in the Session of Parliament beld in the tenth and 
eleventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
called the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 
1847, whereby the Petitioners were required to pur- 
chase the undertakings of all the Waterworks Com- 
panies in Liverpool, that is to say, of the Liverpool 
and Harrington Waterworks Company, and of the 
Liverpool Waterworks Company, and were also 
authorized to make very extensive Waterworks for 
supplying the borough of Liverpool and certain 
of the adjacent parishes and townships with Water 
from the high lands of Anglezark and Rivington, in 
the county of Lancaster, about thirty miles from 
Liverpool; that since the passing of the said Act, 
called the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 
1847, doubts have been entertained whether a supply 
of Water sufficient in quantity and quality for the 
present and prospective wants of the said borough 
and neighbourhood, cannot be obtained by improving 
and extending the said works so vested in and pur- 
chased by the Petitioners, and whether such supply 


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A. 1850. 


purchasing lands and constructing the works autho- 
rized to be constructed by such Act, and for other 
Purposes, and also a Bill to authorize the Petitioners 
to relinquish the Constructicn of the Waterworks 
authorized by the same Act, and to construct other 
Waterworks; that on the eighth day of February, 
the Examiner endorsed the Petitions for leave to 
introduce the said Bill with his certificate, that the 
Standing Orders of the House, in respect of both 
the said Bills, had been complied with, and on the 
eleventh day of February instant, such Petitions 
were presented to the House, and the Bills to which 
they respectively relate ordered to be brought in; 
that by various Standing Orders of the House, it is 
ordered that Petitions for Private Bills be presented 
to the House not later than three clear days after 
the same shall have been endorsed by one of the 
Examiners ; that no Private Bill be read a first 
time, unless it be presented not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of the Petition for 
leave to bring in the same; that there be not less 
than three clear days, nor more than ten, between 
the First and Second Reading of any Private Bill, 
except by special Order of the House, and that every 
Petition against a Private Bill must be deposited in 
the Private Bill Office not later than seven clear 
days after the Second Reading of such Bill; that 
according to the said Standing Orders, the said Bills 
should respectively be read a second time before the 
report of the said Robert Stephenson can be made 
known, and consequently before the Petitioners will 
have the means of deciding which of the said Bills 
it will be proper for them to proceed with, and of 
producing the necessary evidence in support thereof ; 
and if both the said Bills should be so read a second 
time, parties objecting thereto, and desirous of op- 
posing either of the said Bills, will have to present 
their Petitions within seven days after such ome 
Reading, and to make the necessary preparations 
for opposing the Bill to which they object before the 
Committee or Committees of the House, to whom 
the same may be referred, although such report of 


cannot be so obtained at less cost than by the con-| the said Robert Stephenson will occasion the imme- 


struction of the new works authorized by the said 
last-mentioned Act; that in order to ascertain what 
course, under all circumstances, would be most con- 
ducive to the interests of the inhabitants of the 
said borough and neighbourhood, Robert Stephenson, 
Esquire, a Member of the House has been appointed 
to investigate the whole question, and report thereon 
to the council of the said borough, and although the 
said Robert Stephenson has proceeded with such in- 
vestigation, he has not presented any report thereon, 
and as the Petitioners are informed and believe, will 
not be prepared so to do until the end of the month 
of March next, or thereabouts ; that the compulsory 
powers for the purchase of lands required for the 
purposes of the New Works authorized by the 
said Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, 
will expire on the 22d day of July next, and it 
therefore became necessary for the Petitioners, in 
November last, to publish the necessary notices and 
take all other preliminary steps for an application 
to Parliament in the present Session, either to extend 
the time for the exercise of such compulsory powers, 
in contemplation of the said new works being car- 
ried into effect, or to authorize the Petitioners to re- 
linquish the construction of such works, and to 
isake the necessary improvements and enlargements 
in the said existing Waterworks ; and under the pe- 
culiar circumstances cf the case, the Petitioners 
were advised to apply to Parliament for leave to 
introduce separate Bills to meet each of the above- 
mentioned objects, and when the decision of the 
said Robert Stephenson should be made known, to 
proceed with such one of the said Bills as the 
council may then determine upon; that the Peti- 
tioners accordingly caused to be introduced into the 
House a Bill to extend the Time limited by the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, for 








diate withdrawal of one of the said Bills ; that the 
Petitioners submit that much and annecessary vexa- 
tion and expense will be thereby occasioned, not, 
only to the Petitioners, but also to the persons who 
may think proper to oppose either of the said Bills; 
and praying that so much of Standing Order, No. 
160, as declares that there be not more than ten 
clear days between the First and Second Reading 
of any Private Bill may be dispensed with, in the 
case of the before-mentioned Bills, namely, Ziver- 
= Corporation Waterworks (Abandonment of 

orks, &amp;c.) and, Liverpool Corporation Waterworks 
(Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) 

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


Mr. Dawson presented a Bill to extend the Powers 





Dundalk and 


of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company, Enniskillen 


for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of W orks, 
on Part of their Railway, and for other Purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for granting certain 
Powers to the Railway Assurance Semper : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing and widening several Roads leading to, 
through and from the Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, 
in the County of Merioneth, and other Roads therein 
mentioned in the Counties of Montyomery, Denbigh 
and Salop, and for repairing several other Roads in 
the Counties of Merioneth and Denbigh, for leave to 
deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 
extending the term and amending the provisions “1d 

the 


Railway Bill. 


Railway 
Assurance — 


be Company Bill. 


Merioneth 
Turnpike- 
roads. 








Belfast , 
Improvemen 
Bill 


Bilston 


13 Vicroriz. 


the said Act, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Belfast Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bilston Improvement, Market, Waterworks, 


Improvement, and Cemetery Bill was read a second time; and 


Market, 
Waterworks 


and Cemetery 


Bill. 


Caledonian 


and Edinburgh 


and Glasgow 
Railways 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian and Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railways Amalgamation Bill be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 5th day of March 


Amalgamation next. 


Bill. 


Chippenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Colonization 
Assurance 
Company Bill, 


Dumfries and 
Maxwelltown 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


East and West 


India Docks, 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Faculty of 
Physicians 
and Surgeons 
of Glasgow 
Bi. 


Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Glasgow and 
Shotts Turn- 
pike-roads 


Improvement 7 
Bill. 


Herne Bay 
Eaprovement 
Bill, 


4 


Inverness 
Bridges Bill, 


Leicester 
and Hitchin 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Rectory 
Division Bill, 


Nottingham 
Allo men’s 

tments 
Bill. 





The Chippenham Waterworks Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Colonization Assurance Com- 
pany Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


The Dumfries and Marwelltown Waterworks Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The East and West Jndia Docks, and Birming- 
ham Junction Railway Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glas- 
gow Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

The Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads Im- 
provement Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Herne Bay Improvement Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Inverness Bridges 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 Leicester and Hitchin Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of April next. 


The Manchester Rectory Division Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Nottingham Freemen’s Allotments Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Vou. 105, 


19° Februariz. 





1 


The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Bill Shropshire 
was read a second time; and committed. Union _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Cora- Cayal Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- South York- 
way (Amendment of Acts, Deviation at Doncaster, { a 


&amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. Railwa: 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —_ —_ 
: ‘ of Acts, De- 
mittee of Selection. bt 
Doncaster, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


TheOrder for reading a second time the Licensed Licensed 
Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance Victuallers’ 
Company (No. 2.) Bill was read, and discharged. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- Assurance 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. (Noo) Bill 

Ordered, That the Commissioners of Railways Railway Tolls. 
be directed to report their Opinion to this House, 
in accordance with the Provisions of the Act 9 and 
10 Vic. c. 105, on any Railway Bills which have 
been introduced during the present Session, in 
which it is proposed to raise or alter the Rates and 
Tolls authorized to be taken under existing Acts of 
Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Ceylon. 
inquire into the Grievances complained ofin Ceylon, No. 66. 
in connection with the Administration and Govern- 
ment of that colony, and to report their Opinion 
whether any measures can be adopted for the re- 
dress 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 that Dependency, 
have power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, from time to time, to the House. 

Mr. Baillie reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, and to whom the Minutes of the Evidence 
and Papers produced before the Select Committee 
on Ceylon, in the last Session of Parliament, and 
the Petitions presented to the House on the same 
subject, were referred; That they had considered 
the matters referred to them, and had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them; and an Appendix; and 
the Resolution of the Committee was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That the Evidence of Captain Watson 
be reported to the House; and that the Chairman 
be instructed to move, That an Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to appoint a Commissioner to in- 
quire into the circumstances relating to the docu- 
ments to which that Evidence refers. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Factories Factories Act. 
Act, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 67. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (East a a 
India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. Ne ™ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital Pu- Capital 
nishment (Colonies), which was presented yester- tColonien) 
day, be printed. enee 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 


of England, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, ®osland, &amp;c. 
be printed. ss ache 
Petitions from Devon ;—West Division of Rye- Agricultural 
Distress. 


dale (York) (two Petitions) ;—Great Marlow ;— 
Bedford (County) ;— Radnor ;— Ross and Ledbury ; 
—and, Forsbrook ; complaining of the generally de- 
pressed state of the Agricultural Interest, and pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures of relief,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table 





M Petitions 




































































ee 





Fe AO LR BOL ST LE FORE 








Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


County Rates 
and E di- 
ture Bi 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Treland) Bill, 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Land Tax, 


Local 
Taxation. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


82 19° Februari. 


Petitions from Grantham ;—and, Tower Hamlets; 
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 Ticehurst Union ;—Brixworth 
Union ; — Cuckfield Union ; — Bradford Union 
(York) ;—Holbeach Union ;—Buntingford Union ; 
—and, Colne; 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. 


A Petition of Richard Bunyan, William Magrath, 
Alexander Brown, Denis Bergin and Christopher 
Magrath, Writing Clerks in the offices of Henry 
Quinan and William Webb, Esquires, Chief Exa- 
miners of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, stating 
that the Petitioners have been informed that a 
Bill has been introduced into the House, whereby 
the Court of Chancery will be enabled to substitute 
vivd voce evidence for written depositions ; that such 
alterations will have the effect of completely abo- 
lishing the writing department of said offices; and 
praying, in the event of such abolition, that the 

ouse will be pleased to enact that the Petitioners 
may be preferred to other situations, or have such 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet, was 
ae and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Drumleek ;—Drallah ;— Druma- 
glish ;—and, Kilmalooda; 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 grievance,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of the 
parish of Saint Mary-le-Strand, praying the House 
to adopt measures for an equalization of the un- 
redeemed Land Tax, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Bridgewater Union, in the county of Somerset, 
praying that a law may be speedily passed, relieving 
the owners and occupiers of land from the burthens 
of Local Taxation, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ul- 
combe, in the Diocese of Canterbury, praying that 
the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of G. Z. Hutchinson, Author of a Plan 
for the Equalization of the Poor’s Rate, &amp;c., pray- 
ing for a general and equal rate throughout the 
country, making it compulsory upon the authorities 
of every parish and other place to levy an equal 
assessment according to the present or increased 
value of all property liable under the 43d of Eliza- 
heth, cap. 43d, to be assessed for the support of the 
poor ; and secondly, by the abolition of all the laws 
of parochial settlement and removal, and making 
the relief of the pauper also compulsory, wherever 
his poverty displays itself, irrespective of any locality 
to which he belongs by right of birth or residence, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the Callan Electoral 
Division,\praying the House to amend the Poor Law 
(Jreland) Act, by introducing a clause establishing a 
discriminating rate, distinguishing between what is 
necessary for the maintenance of the infirm and 
the able-bodied poor, and also between the em- 
ployers and the non-employers of the latter, was 





A. 1850. 


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


tish Guiana, praying for the establishment of an 
Ocean Penny Post, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ton ;— Stambourne ;—Great Saling ;—Little Brom- 
ley ; — Mistley; — Manningtree; — Elsfield ; — 
Thaxted ;— Boxted ;— Wethersfield ;— Bidford; — 
Eatington ;— Stratford-on-Avon ;—Parishes within 
the rural deanery of Baginton;—Bolton (Lancas- 
ter) ;—Somerford Keynes ;—Bonby ;— Barton-upon- 
Humber ;— Winteringham ;— East Halton ;—Kir- 
mington ;— Winterton ;—Ulceby ;— Killingholme ;— 
Barrow (Lincoln) ;—Horhkston ;— Ferriby ;—Har- 
borough ; — Immingham ;— Hogsthorpe ;— Matlock 
Bath ;—Hulland ;— Risley ;— Breaston ;— Church 
Gresley ;— Repton ;— Wareham ;—Osmotherley ;— 
Easingwold ;— Arkengarthdale ;— Redcar ; —-Run- 
corn ;— Wonersh ;— Walton-on- Thames ;—Shiere;—- 
Stohe-next-Guildford ;— Elstead ;—Ash ;— Strich- 
ley ;— Kensington ; — Hounslow ;— Kingscote ; — 
Stanwell ;— Hanwell ;—New Brentford ;—Kelshall 
and Sandon ;— Ware ;— Stapleford ;— Skerries ;—~ 
Blidworth ;— Farnsfield ;— Mansfield Woodhouse ;-- 
Southwell ;— Mansfield ;— Great Marlow ;—Fair- 
lie ;— Presbytery of Glasgow (Moderator) ;— Kirk 
Session of y ran (Moderator) ;—Kirkend ;—Col- 
chester ;—Lochwinnoch ;— Houston and Killellan ;— 
Beith ;—Droxford ;—Preston Candover ;—Michel- 
marsh ;—Soberton ;—Hales Qwen ;—- Kirk Session 
of Old Kilpatrick (Moderator) ;— Helensburgh ;— 
Balbriggan ;— Whitfield ;— Bolton (Lancaster) ;— 
Fordoun ;—and, Marykirk; praying for the aboli- 
tion of Sunday Labour in the Fucealiéesanen pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, with the ex- 
ception of Clauses Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive ; and that 
provision may be made therein for transferring the 
taxation of Costs in common law business to the 
Masters of the Courts of Common Law in Jreland, 
was presented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Rating Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tish Subjects, residing at Sierra Leone, or within 
the jurisdiction of the said Settlement, praying, that 
as the question of extinguishing the Slave Trade 
involves many of the dearest interests of the Peti- 
tioners, as well as the freedom and even the lives of 
many of their nearest relations ; and inasmuch also 
as it is a subject which cannot be understood in 
minute detail, nor even in many of its general bear- 
ings, except by those who are personally familiar 
with its practice, and who have witnessed its effect, 
the Heuse will be pleased to suspend its decisions 
upon the subject of the Slave Trade until the Peti- 
tioners, or other intelligent men of their class, have 
been examined as witnesses; and to permit them 
to appear, by counsel, to examine and cross-exa- 
mine witnesses, and to plead before the House, or its 
Committee, on behalf of the Petitioners, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


parish of Saint Mary-le-Strand, praying for the 
adoption of some measure for strengthening and 
improving the present law for the prevention of 





Sunday 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the province of Bri- Postage. 


Petitions from Kinneff ;— Maidenhead ;—Mars- Post-office. 


A Petition of the President and Vice-Presi- process and 
dents of the Society of the Attornies and Solicitors Practice 
of Ireland, praying that the Process and Practice (“eland) Bill, 


Petitions from Holbeach Union ;—and, Rowland Small 
Goldhawk ,; praying that the Small Tenements Lary 


A Petition of Liberated Africans and other Bri- Slave Trade. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of the Sunday 











13 Vicrortiz. 


Sunday Trading, and for promoting the better Ob- 
servance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Chamber of Com- 


Tea. 
merce of Dublin, praying for a reduction of the 
Duty on Tea, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Metropolis Petitions from Saint John, Hackney (Chairman) ; 
Water. —and, Saint Mary-le-Strand (Chairman) ; praying 
the House forthwith to pass a measure for greatly 
increasing the quantity, and improving to the high- 
est practicable extent the quality of the supply of 
Water to the inhabitants of the Metropolitan dis- 
tricts, upon the principle of constant service and high 
pressure; for introducing it in sufficient abundance 
to the house of every inhabitant, and for reducing 
and regulating the price thereof,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 
ory Tele- 4, Resolved, That in the case of the Electric Te- 
oor ( ‘Amend- legraph 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 Par- 
ties be permitted to deposit a Petition accordingly. 
Clerkenwell 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Clerkenwell 


— Improvement Bill, Petition for extending 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 11th day of March. 
3. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways Amalgama- 
a tion Bill, Pedtion for extending the time for the Se- 
Amalgamation cond Reading of the Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
Bill. to be dispensed with ; that the time for the Second 
Reading of the Bill be extended to Tuesday the 5th 


Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 


19° Februari. 


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


day of March. 
North Kent 4. Resolved, That in the case of the North Kent 
oie Wore and London Spring Water Company, Petition for 


Company Bill. 


leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 


Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


——, 5. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds and 
way - na Thirsk Railway (Extension of Time for Completion 
sin of Time of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway) Petition, the 


for le oe Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


of Leeds 


Hartlepool Railway ) Bill. 


North Kent 
Railway 


(Continuation 


from Strood, 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the North Kent 
Railway (Continuation from Strood, through Canter- 
bury, to Deal and Dover, &amp;c.) Petition, the Stand- 


through Can- ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


terbury, to 


Deal and Dover, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Game Cer- 
tificates, &amp;c, 


Leave of 
Absence, 


The First, Second and Third Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, one other Member 
ae by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General 

ommittee of Elections, and not objected to by the 
House, took the following Oath : 

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

od. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Net Produce of the Duty paid on Game 
Certificates (of each Class), and upon Licenses for 
the Sale of Game, for the years ending the 5th day 
of April 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849. 


Ordered, That Mr. Walter have leave of Absence 
for a month, on account of illness in his family ;— 
and, Mr. Benbow till Easter, on urgent business. 

Vou, 105. 











83 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from every Court established throughout 
England and Wales, under the Act 9 and 10 Vice. 
c. 95, of —1. The Total Number of Plaints entered 
in each Court, from the first day of January to the 
31st day of December 1849, 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 Num- 
ber 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 en- 
tered 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. The Total Amount of Monies 
paid into each Court during the same Period in sa- 
tisfaction of Debts sued for, without proceeding to 
Judgment :—7. The Gross Total Amount of Monies 
received in each Court during such Period, distin- 
guishing the Amount of 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 of the Ge- 
neral Fund in each Court during the same Period, 
and the Total Amount of Disbursements thereout, 
specifying the principal purposes for which the 
Disbursements were made :—9. The Total Number 
of Causes tried in each Court during the same Pe- 
riod 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 :—10. The Total Number of Exe- 
cutions issued by each County Court from its Es- 
tablishment to and inclusive of the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849, against the Goods of Defendants, 
distinguishing those paid without levy from those 
which have been enforced :—11. The Total Num- 
ber of Commitments ordered by each Court during 
the same Period, and the Causes thereof, and the 
Number of Days for which the same were respec- 
tively ordered, with the Number of such Commit- 
ments carried into effect:—12. And, a Debtor and 
Creditor Account of the Sums received and paid by 
the Treasurer of each County Court, from the esta- 
blishment thereof up to and inclusive of the 31st 
day of December 1849, and of the Sums paid over 
during the same Period by such Treasurers respec- 
tively to Her Majesty’s Treasury (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 326, of Session 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns of the Sums advanced to each Poor Law Unions 


Union in Jreland, under the Acts 12 and 13 Vic. 
c. 24and 63, with the Date of such Advance, to the 
latest Period:—And, of the Amount repaid the 
Imperial Treasury for the Advances under those 
Acts, with the Dates to the latest Period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- Navy- 


turns of the Number of Ships of War in Commission, 
exclusive of Yachts, Packets and Surveying Vessels : 
—Of the Number of Ships of War engaged in the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, including Station- 
ary Ships, on each of the following Stations respec- 
tively,—West Coast of Africa, Cape of Good Hope, 

M 2 South-east 











EARN TIE 








Committee 
of Selection. 


New House 
of Commons, 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 
Africans. 


Relief of the 
Poor, 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Convicts. 





84 19°—20° Februariz. 


South-east Coast of America and West Indies; toge- 
ther with the Vessels fitting out for the same Service, 
and distinguishing Steam Vessels from Sailing Ves- 
sels :—And, of the Total Number of Officers and 
Men employed in the Naval Service in the Suppres- 
sion of the Slave Trade. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, not to fix the sitting of the 
Committee on the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and 
Roads Bill till at least one week after the Easter 
Recess. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required 
to complete the New House of Commons, the Li- 
braries, Refreshment Rooms, Lobbies, Corridors, 
and Approaches from Westminster Hall, The 
Speaker’s, and all other Rooms and Offices, and all 
such portions of the New Palace as are necessary 
for the transaction of the business, and for the con- 
venient occupation of the House of Commons during 
the sitting of Parliament. 


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 Number of Immigrants and 
Liberated Africans admitted into each of the British 
West India Colonies, as well as the places from 
whence they were introduced, for each year since 
the Abolition of Slavery :—And, similar Returns for 
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, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will resolve itself into a 
Committee, to take into its consideration such revi- 
sion of the Laws providing for the Relief of the 
Poor of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
freland, as may mitigate the distress of the Agricul- 
tural Classes :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Februarii, 1850: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Persons who refuse on religious grounds 
to be sworn, to substitute an Affirmation for an Oath: 
And that Mr. Wood, Mr. Bouverie and Sir Edward 
Buxton 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, 
Returns of the Number of Convicts sentenced to 
Death or Transportation throughout the several 
Counties in England and Wales during the years 
1847, 1848, and 1849 :—Of the Number of Persons 
sentenced to Imprisonment for Misdemeanors in 
England and Wales for the like Periods :—Similar 
Returns for Convicts and Misdemeanants throughout 
Scotland and Ireland for the like Periods :—And, 
Return of all Sums paid by the Treasury to the 
several Boards of Superintendence of Prisons 
throughout England and Wales, Scotland and T[re- 
land, for the providing of Food, Fuel, Clothing, and 
Bedding for the Convicts and Misdemeanants during 
the years 1847, 1848, and 1849. 


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. 








A. 1850. 






The Order of the day bein 
Reading of the Judgments (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


g read, for the Second Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Party 
into consideration the Party Processions (Zreland) Processions 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (ireland) Bill, 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in P. 1,1. 12, by leaving out from the word 
“ symbol” to the words “or who shall be” in 1. 
14. 
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 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Hayter presented, pursuant to the directions Naval Receipt 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Account of and Expendi- 
Naval Receipt and Expenditure for the year ended “™ 
the 31st March 1849. 

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


Mr. Wood presented a Bill to enable Persons Affirmation 
who refuse on religious grounds, to be sworn, to Bill. 
substitute an Affirmation for an Oath: And the No.7. 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 27th day of 
this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sligo Borough, 
Return of the Sums levied in the Borough of Sligo, 
under the Acts 11 and 12 Vic. c. 123, and 12 and 13 
Vic. c.111, the Costs, Charges, and Disbursements 
therefrom, specifying the Amounts paid to the Secre- 
tary and Inspector for Costs; the Amount distri- 
buted amongst the several Electoral Divisions ; the 
Names of the Secretary and Inspector ; the Names 
of the two Householders who gave the notice as 
required by the Act; and the Names of the Com- 
mittee. 


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, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions | 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 18th day ony 
of this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising ——— 
at Lancaster, praying for the repeal of the annual O°" 
Duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. ‘ 


Petitions from Devon ;—County of Bedford ;— Agriculture. 
and, County of Radnor; complaining of the gene- 
rally depressed state of the Agricultural Interest ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 


_—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of Beer Shops. 
the Poor of the Hollingbourn Union, in the county 
of Kent, praying the House to prohibit the granting 
o 











County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Hops. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Post-office, 


Railways. 


Small Tene- 
a Rating 


Tithe Com- 
Mutation Act. 





13 Victroriz. 


of new Beer-house licenses to any other persons 
than the present holders of such licenses, and also 
to prohibit the granting of new licenses to the pre- 
sent 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 Aberystwyth Union ;— Chesterfield 
Union ;—Hollinghourn Union ;—Chapel-en-le-Frith 
Union ;—and, Ipswich 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 Hop Planters of Marden and its 
vicinity, praying the House to repeal that part of 
the Hop duty, called the War duty, and also the 
five per cent, additional, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) (nine Petitions) ; 
— Manchester ;—and, Horton; praying that the Ex- 
cise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertise- 
ments and the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers, may 
be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to fix a 
small charge for transmission of newspapers by the 
Post,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Upcott;— New Inn; — Chils- 
worthy ; — Lana ;— Crediton ;—Huntsham ;— Hol- 
combe Rogus ; — Culmstock ; — Hatherleigh ; — 
Brampton ; — Washfield; — Holsworthy ;— North 
Vist, Trummisgarry (two Petitions) :—Grantown;— 
Stratherrick ; — Laggan ; —North Uist ;—Burton- 
on- Trent ; — Dursley ; --- Derby ; —- Brailsford ;— 
Winster ;—Chesterfield :—Archdeaconry of Derby ; 
— Wingate ;— Great Stukeley ;—Trotterscliffe ;— 
Leigh ;—East Malling ;— Hadlow ;—Kirk Session 
of Dalkeith (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Camp- 
sie (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Camelon (Mode- 
rator) ;— Wigtown ;— Berriew ;— Newtown ;—Caer- 
sus ;— Welshpool ;—Montgomery and Llandyssil ;— 
Worcester ;— Ochiltree ;—Ayr Presbytery of United 
Original Seceders (Presbytery Clerk) ;—Island of 
Gigha ; — Kirk Session of Wallacetown ; — Kirk 
Session of Lochgilphead (Moderator);— Ardchattan; 
— Oswestry ; — Ruyton-in-the-Eleven-Towns ; — 
Broughton; — Mold ; — Stapleton ;— Grinshill ;— 
Longford ;—Shawbury :— Moreton Corbet ;— Whit- 
church, Salop (two Petitions) ;—Market Drayton ; 
-—Bayston Hill ;—Child’s Ercall ;— Ellesmere ;— 
Weston ;—Fitz ;—Penley ;—Shrewsbury ;—Prees ; 
—and, Preston-on-the-Wild-Moors; praying for the 
abglition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders and Proprietors of 
stock in various Railway Companies, complaining 
of the great and cuntinued depreciation of Railway 
property, attributing such depreciation in a great 
measure to the proceedings and practices which 
have been adopted by various bodies of directors, 
and praying for a searching inquiry into the subject, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ware Union ;— Hitchin Union ;— 
Buntingford Union ; — Hemelhempstead Union ;— 
Hertford Union ;—Berkhampstead Union ;—Dar- 
lington ;—and, Cirencester ; praying that the Small 
Tenements Rating Bill may pass into a law,—were 
scp and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the parish of Marden, praying for alteration of the 
Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 





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85 


Resolved, That an humbi_ Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will ve yraciously pleased 
to appoint a Commission to inquire into the Cir- 
cumstances relating to the Documents presented to 
the Ceylon Committee on the 14th instant, with the 
Name of Captain Watson attached to them, and to 
which his Evidence, laid upon the Table of the 
House, refers. 

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

Ordered, That the said Documents be transmitted 
to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Ordinary Revenue of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in each 
year, from 1842 to 1850 (after deducting the Re- 
payments, Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and 
Bounties in the nature of Drawbacks) ; stating the 
Amount paid in each of the said years for Charges 
of Management, and other Payments thereout in 
the progress of the said Revenues to the Exchequer, 
together with the Amount paid into the Exchequer 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 209, 
of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Loans made under the Act 10 Vice. 
c. 32, commonly called the Land Improvement Act 
in Ireland, to Parties who have failed to comply 
with the conditions of such Loans, and the Provi- 
sions of the Act, specifying, 1. The Names of the 
Parties :—2. The Amount and Date of the Loan :— 
3. The Amount and Date of the Instalment issued : 
—4, The Extent and Mode in which the Parties 
have failed to comply with the Conditions of the 
Act and the Obligations of the Bonds granted to 
the Board of Works:—5. The Amount and Date 
of the Rent-charge repaid in each case:—6. The 
Amount of Monies recovered under the Bonds of 
the Parties and their Sureties, if any :—7. The Pro- 
ceedings taken in each case, if any, against the 
Parties, and their Sureties, or for the Recovery of 
the Rent-charge :—And, Copy of Correspondence 
concerning such Proceedings, between the Treasury 
and the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, or 
the Board of Works. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, Tabular Statement, showing the Meetings 
held by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, and 
the attendance of each Governor at such Meetings, 
from the year 1836 to the present time :—Similar 
Return of all Committee Meetings, and the Names 
of the Governors attending them :—And, similar 
Returns as to the Board of Commissioners ap- 
pointed to carry into effect the Church Building 
Acts. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Incumbered 
Estates (Ireland), which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. : 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Naval Re- 
ceipt and Expenditure, which was presented yester- 
day, 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 six months.” 
M 3 And 





Ceylon, 


Revenue, 


Land 
Improvement 
Act (Ireland,) 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, &amp;c. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland.) 


No. 72. 


Naval Receipt 
and Expendi- 
ture- 


No. 73, 


Bankrupt and 
Insolvent 
Members Bill. 





86 


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, } 34 
Mr. Mullings: ; 
Tellers for the rom. 9 — } 73. 
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. 
The 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,! 


Small Tene- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
aed Rating Reading of the Small Tenements Rating 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. 

iain , 
Tellers for the Y eas,) a wer fl lise. 


&gt; rv 
Tellers for the Noes,{ = &gt; ag Serope, } 


9 
_e 


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 20th day of March next. 


Benefices in The Benefices in Plurality Bill was, according to 

Plurality Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 20th day of March next. 


Larceny The Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill was, ac- 

pa &amp; cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

ill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 20th day of March next. 

Tenants at The Tenants at Rack-Rent Relief Bill was, ac- 


Rack-Rent 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Relief Bill. , 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 20th day of March next. 


Life Pelicies The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Assurance mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance (No. 2.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. Bill e 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Civil Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(relent) Bin, Reading of the Civil Bill (Boroughs) (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of suppy : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
mayest te ' Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a ball an Account of the declared Value of the various 


ee. Articles 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 Kingdom; 





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A. 1850. 


and of the Quantities cleared for Home Consumption, 
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 Fo- 
reign, with their Tonnage, that have entered and 
cleared for the British West India Colonies from 
the United Kingdom, during the same period :— 
Similar Account for the East India Company’s 
Territories and Ceylon :—Similar Account for China: 
—Similar Account for the Mauritius : — Similar 
Account for the British North American Colonies : 
—Similar Account for New South Wales and the 
Australian Colonies: — Similar Account for the 
United States of America ;—Similar Account for 
Cuba: —Similar Account for the Brazils :—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 Quan- 
tities removed under Bond from the Ports of Im- 
portation, 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 Collec- 
tion of the Revenue. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling Town Public 
Councils to establish Public Libraries and Museums : Libraries and 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


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 1848 to the 26th day of 
July 1849, together with an Abstract:—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


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 Sligo, in the room of John Ffollioit, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said County, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
a and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 

am. 


The Borough of Salford Waterworks and Im- 
provement Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Childwall Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, 


useums Bill. 
No. 74. 


Bridlington 
Piers and 
Harbour. 


Sligo County 
Writ. 


Borough of 
Salford Water- 
works and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Childwall 
Waterworks 
Bill. 











13 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Richard Plews, of Old Jewry 
Chambers, in the city of Zondon, Gentleman, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That an action 
is now pending in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas, 
wherein Edward Edwards, Samuel Straker and 
John Rolfe Mann, Assignees of the estate and 
effects of Richard Baldwin Coe and John Rewen 
Mann, Bankrupts, are plaintiffs, and Evan William 
Morris is defendant; that it is desirable that the 
plans, sections and books of reference (deposited in 
the Private Bill Office of the House, in the month 
of December 1845) of the Northampton, Lincoln 
and Hull Direct Railway, should be produced to 
the said Court on the trial of the said cause ; and 
praying that leave may be given to the proper Offi- 
cer to attend, and produce the above-mentioned 
documents on the said trial. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat leave be given to the proper Offi- 
cer to attend accordingly. 


Public Works, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

&amp;e, (Ireland.) Return of all Grants or Loans for Public Works, 
Relief of Distress, or other Purposes, in Jreland, 
during the last Ten years ; showing the authority 
under which such Grants or Loans were made, the 
Amount issued, the Amount repaid, and the Sums 
still remaining due on the 5th day of January 1850. 


Northampton, 
Lincoln and 
Hull Direct 
Railway Bill 
(1845.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Prices of Wheat, stated in English 
Money and Measure, throughout each year from 
1844 to 1849, both inclusive, at the under-mentioned 
Ports and Places, to the latest Date which can be 
given :—Riga, Odessa, Kenigsberg, Dantzig, Ham- 
burg, Antwerp, Havre, Nantes, Marseilles, Alicante, 
Leghorn, Trieste, New York, Philadelphia, New 
Orleans, and Montreal. 

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


Wheat. 


Foreign 


+ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


an Account of the Quantities or declared Value of 
Foreign Manufactures imported into the United 
Kingdom, in each year since 1845; as also of the 
Quantities or declared Value of such Manufactures 
re-exported in the same years, showing the Coun- 
tries and Colonies to which the same were chiefly 
exported, and the Proportion exported to each. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Total Amount of Money 
levied by virtue of the Trinity House Corporation 
Act of Newcastle-upon- Tyne (41 Geo. 3, c. 86) for 
Lightage, Buoyage, Pilotage, or otherwise, in respect 
of Shipping, from the year 1817 to 1849 inclusive ; 
and are the Sums received in these respects 
during each of those years, and distinguishing, under 
separate and distinct Heads, the Expenditure during 
each of those years upon account of Lights, Buoys, 
and Beacons ; and distinguishing, under separate 
and distinct heads, also, the Expenditure during 
each of those years upon account of all other Pur- 
poses whatsoever. 


Shipping 
(Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne. ) 


Local Acts, Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Reports from the Admiralty, relative to 

Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 18th day of this instant February, for 
a Return of the Establishment of the Board of Trade 
in the year 1828, and likewise in the year 1849. 

VoL. 105. 


Board of 
Trade, 


21° Februari. 








87 


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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Extramural 
Command,—Copy of Report on a Gisienal Scheme Sepulture. 
for Extramural Sepulture, with Appendix. 

Copy of Eleventh Report of the General Board Prisons 
of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, of their Pro- Scotland.) 
ceedings during the year 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Further Rolls Court, 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the * (Ireland.) 
28th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, 
fora Return of the Number of Orders made by the 
Master of the Rolls, from the Ist day of August 
1848 to the Ist day of August 1849, classified as 
follows :—1. Number made for the Appointment 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 Exten- 
sions in these Three Classes):— 4. The Number 
made, giving Landlords permission to proceed 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 ember 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). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Education. 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of 
this instant February, for Copies of all Correspond- 
ence which has taken place between the Committee 
of Council on Education, and the Committee of the 
National Society, subsequent to the last publication 
of the Minutes. 

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


Petitions from Felkirk ;— Buckingham ;—Pock- Agricultural 
lington;—and, County of Chester; complaining of the Distress. 
generally depressed state of the Agricultural Interest ; 
and praying for measures of relief,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in the county of Surrey, praying for a repeal of the Certificates. 
annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Soli- 
citors and Proctors, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders, Freeholders and Copyholds. - 
others, Inhabitants of Loughton, in the county of 
Essex, praying the House to pass an Act for the 
Enfranchisement or Commutation of Copyhold 
Property on equitable principles, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Northwich Union (Chairman) :— County Rates 
Denton (Chairman) ; — Haughton (Chairman) ; — -_ — 
Cardigan Union ;— Dewsbury Union ;—Castleton ; _ 
—Higworth and Swindon Union ;—and, Glossop 
Union ; 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 Derryhologh ;— Drumawillan ;— Education 
Gardrum ;—Hervey Hill ;—Tamlaght O° Crilly ;— (elan4.) 
Gortma Crane ;—Rathbaron ; — Killygordon ; — 

Craigs ;— Templeneiry alias Bansha ;—Attanna ;— 
Burren ;— Balnalack;—and, Crehennan ; complain- 
ing that the Schools in connexion with the Church 

mM 4 Education 











Elective 
Franchise. 


Evidence, &amp;c, 


Metropolis 
Water. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Post-office. 


88 


Education Society for Ireland derive no assistance 

from the funds granted by Parliament for the sup- 
vit of Education in that country ; and praying the 

aban to relieve them from that grievance,—were 

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


Petitions from Charles Junius Haslam ;—and, 
Shoreditch (Chairman); praying the House to take 
into early consideration the state of the laws relating 
to the Elective Franchise, the mode of its exercise, 
the duration of Parliaments, the representative 
system in general, and the qualification of the re- 
presentatives of the people; and to adopt measures 
for securing to the pesric wy, | of the United 
Kingdom a full, fair and free Representation in 
Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hlalesworth, Saz- 
mundham, and the vicinity, praying the House to 
make such provision as shall enable all men to 
give evidence, and perform other legal acts, in 
such a manner as their conscience shall permit, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers, Vestrymen and Governors of the parish of 
Saint Matthew, Bethnal-green, praying that a 
measure may be immediately passed for greatly 
increasing the quantity and improving the quality 
of the supply of Water to the inhabitants of the 
Metropolitan Districts, upon the principle of con- 
stant service and high pressure, for introducing it 
in sufficient abundance to the house of every in- 
habitant, for reducing and regulating the price by 
application of an equal parochial assessment, and 
for protecting the public and securing the health 
of the community, by placing the management of 
the supply of Water in the hands of a public board, 
to be elected by the rate-payers and owners of 
property in the various parishes included in the Me- 
tropolitan Districts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bread-street Hill, London;— Wor- 
cester ;—and, Wakefield; praying for the abolition 
of the Excise Tax upon en the Tax upon Ad- 
vertisements, and the Stamp Duty upon News- 
papers, leaving the proper authorities to fix a small 
charge for the transmission of Newspapers by Post, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Enniskillen ;—Brockhampton ;— 
Felton ;— Rochford ;— Humber ;— Builingham ;— 
Much Birch;— Putley ;—Stoke Prior and Docklow ; 
—King’s Pyon and Bierley ;—Credenhill ;—Ken- 
derchurch and Kilpeck ;— Tarrington ;— Mordiford; 
—Abbey Dore ;— Ivington; — Upton Bishop ;— 
Dorstone; — Leominster; — Dinedor; — Ewyas 
Harold ;— Elton ;—Shrewsbury (three Petitions) ;— 
Monmouth ;— Bridgend ;—Presbytery of Dumbar- 
ton (Moderator) ;— Renfrew;—Luss ;—Kirk Session 
of Preston Pans (Moderator);-- Ormiston ;-- Bethnal 
Green ;—Tirley ;— Quenington ;— Manorhamilton ; 
— Bendochy ; — Edinburgh ;— Keiss; —. Woodside 
and Burrelltown ; — Denham ;— Kirk Session of 
Eskdalemuir (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Apple- 
garth (Moderator) ; — Kirk Session of Glencairn 
(Moderator) ; — Durrisdeer ; — Windlesham-cum- 
Bagshot ;— Atbury ;— Tilston; — Kirk Session of 
Mid Calder (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Largs 
(Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of St. Stephens, Edin- 
burgh (Moderator) ;—Kinnersley ;— Great Grimsby ; 
—Great Few ;— Chulworth;— Radstone ;— Lil- 
bourne ;— Claycoton ;— Bodmin ;— Lostwithiel ; — 
Roche ;—Kirk Session of Stewarton (Moderator) ; 
—- Melksham ;-- Wincaunton ;--Ashton;--Henstridge ; 


| 





21° Februari. 








A. 1850. 


—Sawley ;— Barrow-upon- Trent ; — Holbrook ;— 
Ravenstone ; — Ashton-upon- Trent ; — Clifton ; — 
Willington ;—Spondon ;-—Alvaston and Boulton ;— 
Cold Overton ;— Oaksey ;— Exton ;— Canterbury ;-- 
Biggleswade ;— Beeston ;—Kirk Session of Helens- 
burgh (Minister and others); — Malpas ; — Cop- 
penhall ;— Frodsham ;— Swansea ;— Farnborough ;— 
and, Thornton-in-the-Moors; praying for the aboli- 
tion of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Union of Rathdowney ;—and, Church 
Knocktopher ; praying the House so to alter and Temporalities. 
amend the laws relating to the Temporalities of the “eland.) 
Irish Protestant Church, that its revenues may be 
applied to purposes of more extended usefulness, 
and in particular to the increase and maintenance of 
Church accommodation in Catholic populous parishes 
for the Catholic people of Ireland,— weve presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas P. Williams, pv. p. Rector slave Trade. 
of the parish of Saint James, and Archdeacon of 
the County of Cornwall, in the Island of Jamaica, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the com- 
plete suppression of the Foreign African Slave 
Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of ZYodmorden, and its Tea. 
neighbourhood, praying for a reduction of the duty 
on Tea, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the table. 


A Petition of the President of the Huld Chamber Timber. 
of Commerce and Shipping, praying for a repeal of 
the import duty on Timber, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fever 
Returns of the Number of Temporary Fever Hos- Hospitals, &amp;. 
pitals still kept up in each Union in Iriel, under “teland.) 
the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 131, and also the distance 
of each from the Town in or near which the Work- 
house is situated ; the Expenditure of each during 
the year 1849; the Number of Medical Officers 
attached to each, and their Salaries ; the Number of 
Beds for Patients in each; the Number of Patients 
admitted, discharged, and died, during the year in 
each, and the Average Cost of a Patient per week : 

—And also, a Return of the Dispensaries, &amp;c. 
(Ireland), for the year 1849 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 561, of Session 1849), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Transporta- 

a Return of the Number of Persons sentenced to tion (Ireland.) 
Transportation in each County of Jreland, during 

the years 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849; distinguishing 

the Court by which the Offender was .ied, whether 

at Assizes or Sessions of the Peace, the nature of 

the Offence (separated into two Classes, viz. 

“ simple Larceny and other Offences,”) and the 

period of ‘l'ransportation ordered, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile 
for the Correction and Reformation of Juvenile fenders Bill 
Offenders, and the Prevention of Juvenile Offences : 

And that Mr. Milnes and Mr. Headlam do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Freight 
a Return of the several Sums for Freight Money rary ‘erg 
received by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital ;,1 ) 
since the 17th day of March 1849, with the Dates 
of such Payments, and whether on Public or Pri- 
vate Account ; also, the name of the Ship or Vessel 
in which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the 


Captain or Officer commanding the same. 
Ordered, 





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Cc 


*=@2 se 








Navy- 





Registrar's 
Office, Bank- 
ruptcy. 


Costarica. 


a) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


County Cess 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill, 


Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis. ) 





13 Vicroriz. 


Return of all Admirals, Vice, Rear, and Retired 
Admirals, Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders, 
and Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on 
and since the Ist day of January 1848; distin- 


21°—22° Februariz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 





89 

| 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 





Relief of th 


guishing those promoted on Full-Pay from those on | the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Poor. 


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 successively 
attained ; also, the Period which each Officer had 


served in each Commission, and the Period on Half- tain and Jreland, as may mitigate the Distress of 


of Full-Pay and of Half-Pay of each Officer, to| 


| House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


Pay in each Commission, and the Aggregate Time 


the Ist day of January 1850 :—Abstract Return of 
the Total Number of Promotions in the Royal 
Navy, since the 15th day of May 1847, from the 


| Spon Tuesday last, That this House will resolve 
| itself into a Committee to take into its consideration 
‘such revision of the Laws 
| of the Poor of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
the Agricultural Classes ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 


| And the House having continued to sit till after 


4 


Rank of Midshipman to that of Admiral, inclusive ; | 'welve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


stating the Number of each Rank promoted in each 
year, and distinguishing the Number of each Rank 
romoted when employed and afloat, from those on 
Half-Pay, and also from those on the Coast Guard 
Service in each year :—Returns of the Number of 
Sea Officers on the 1st day of January in each of 
the years 1828 and 1850; and also, the Total Esti- 
mated Amount per annum for the Sea-Pay of those 
employed, and for the Half-Pay of those unem- 
ployed, at each of those periods, stating also the 
umber 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 1850; dis- 
tinguishing the Number of each Rank, from Ad- 
miral to Lieutenant, inclusive, on Half-Pay and in 
Commission ; also, distinguishing the Number of 
Officers, and their Ranks, in the Coast Guard Ser- 
vice in each of those years (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 725, of Session 1848). 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Friday Jast, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed, to consider the best mode of dealing with 


the Office of Registrar of Bankrupts, now vacant, | 


might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Henley, Mr. 
Attorney-General, the Judge Advocate, Sir James 
Graham, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. Evelyn Deni- 
son, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Peel, Mr. Littleton, Mr. 
Bouverie, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wood, 
Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Seymer, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered: That Five be the Quorum. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of ‘Treaty of Friendship, Com- 
merce and Navigation, between Her Majesty and 
the Republic of Costarica, signed at San Jose, No- 
vember 27, 1849. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for making 
Provision for the Collection of County Cess in Jre- 
land, and for the Remuneration of the Collectors 
thereof, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will com-' 
municate to their Lordships a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the last Session of Parliament, to in- 
quire into the prevalence of Sunday Trading in the 
Metropolis, together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee, and the Appen- 
dix and Index 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. 

Vou, 105. 





Veneris, 22° die Februarii, 1850: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


aia Mr. Beresford, lee 
| Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Newdegate : 252 
| r y 
| ‘Tellers for the Noes, 7 poet apd Hill: }27s. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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








Veneris, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M® Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 19th, 20th 

and 21st days of this instant February, and had di- 

rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

| and be printed. 


| Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public 





| Petitions have Power to send for persons, papers 


| and records. 


roviding for the Relief 


Public 
Pétitions 
(Eighth Re 
port.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Deal Railway 


| A Petition of Robert Edward Johnson, of Dover and 
| 


Austin Friars, in the city of London, Gentleman, 
' was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
| Petitioner is Attorney for the plaintiff, in the cause 
| Mowatt against Lord Albert Denison, now pending 
|in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, and is 
advised that it is necessary to produce the Journal 
| of the House and other documents, with respect to 
| the proceedings on the Dover and Deal Railway 
Bill, 1846; praying that the proper Officer of the 
House may have leave to attend the trial of the 
cause Mowatt against Lord Albert Denison, in the 
Court of Queen’s Bench, Guildhall, in the city of 
London, and to produce the Journals of the House 
and other documents which may be necessary, with 
respect to the proceedings in the said Dover and 
Deal Railway Bill, 1846. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


ing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


Company (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 





N The 


Bill (1846.) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report of Great Central 
° . . *,: as Uon- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for syumers’ Com- 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Great Central pany (No. 2.) 
Gas Consumers’ Company (No. 2.) Bill, the Stand- Bill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report of Licensed 
oe, 
Private Biils; That in the case of the Licensed Fire and Life 
Victuallers’ and General Fire and Life Assurance Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2.) Bill. 








2 tn nl RN eR 3 





Bolton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Bridge across 
the River 


Clyde, opposite 
to South Port- 


land-street, 
Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill. 


British 
Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to a Bill. 


County Cess 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cambridge 
and Shepreth 
Junction Rail- 
way, and 
Branch to join 
the Eastern 
Counties Rail- 
way, Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 


Railway Bill. 


90 22° Februarit. 


The Bolton Improvement Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Bridge across the River Clyde, 


ee to South Portland-street, Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the British Electric Telegraph 
Company 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. Pinney, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) 14. oe 


Tellers for the Noes, { a om, } 


~~ 
cr 


_ 
to 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Messaye, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
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 ; 

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for 
making Provision for the Collection of County Cess 
in Jreland, and for the Remuneration of the Col- 
lectors thereof. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the Cambridge and Shepreth Junc- 
tion Railway, and Branch to join the Eastern 
Counties Railway, Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn, 

A Motion was 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 and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill wasread 
a second time; and committed, 





A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Colonization Assurance Company Bill was, Colonization 
smeting to Order, read a second time ; and com- Company Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cork Docks and Harbour Improvement Bill Cosh, Bch 
: . 2 and Harbour 
was read a second time ; and committed. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Rill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill was read Exeter and 
a second time ; and committed. en al 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- a Kil. 
drossan Railway Bill be read a second time upon ‘rare 


Monday next. Railway Bill, 


The Gorbals Gravitation Water Company Bill Gorbals | 

° : ravitation 

was read a second time ; and committed. Water Com. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pany Bil), 


mittee of Selection. 


The Hartlepool West Harbour and Docks Bill ry a 
was read a second time; and committed. and Docks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway ae gp 
(Sale or Lease to the Lancashire and Yorkshire hoetheen 
Railway Company, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second Railway (Sale 
time ; and committed. tr Pa 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (a7 eur 


mittee of Selection. Railway Com- 
pany, &amp;c.)Bill, 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne North Staf- 
Branch, Power to lease, Amendment of Acts) Bill sn 
° ° y (Ashe 
was read a second time; and committed, bourne Branch, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Power to lease, 
mittee of Selection. Of Acts) Bill 
The North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of North Staf-_ 
Time for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) Bill was read a ver Chelate 
second time ; and committed. sion of Time 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- for Purchase 


mittee of Selection. +S aaa &amp;e.) 


The Reading Union Waterworks Bill was read a ReadingUnion 


second time ; and committed. Laat 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Bill was poy 
read a second time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
The Snaith and Cowick, Union of the fsa Snaith and 
&amp;e. Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ppg Be 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ships, &amp;c. Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was read South Staf- 

a second time; and committed. eiway Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~ 

mittee of Selection. 


The South Wales Railway (No. 2.) Bill was read South Wales 
a second time ; and committed. No.3) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-* ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Dorset (High Sheriff) ; — and, Agricultural 
Northumberland; complaining of the generally Distress. 
depressed state of the Agricultural Interest; and 





praying 



































- = 


‘ion 


- 
ill. 


ll. 


al 





Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Copyholds. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Landlord and 
Tenant, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Marriages 
Bi 


Ministers’ 
oney 
(Ireland.) 


Navigation, 


13 Vicroriz. 


praying for measures of relief,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ruthin ;—and,Wrexham; 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 Copyholders, Freeholders and 
others, Waltham Abbey, in the county of Essez, 
praying the House to pass an Act for the Enfran- 
chisement and Commutation of Copyhold Property 
on equitable principles, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tamworth Union ; —Tynemouth 
Union ;—Risbridge Union ;— Epping Union ;—and, 
Strand 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. 


A Petition of the Conducting, Comparing and 
Copying Clerks employed in the Rolls Office of 
Her Majesty’s High Court of Chancery in Ireland, 
praying that a clause may be introduced into the 
Court of Chancery (Zre/and) Bill, securing to the 


22° Februari. 


Petitions from Green Arbour-court, Old Bailey, Paper, &amp;e. 





Petitioners adequate compensation for the loss 
of their respective situations and emoluments, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lic upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Magherafelt ; — Louisburgh ;— 
Ballynahinch ; — Templehouse ;—Carrichawich ;— 
Shillbaggin ; — Ballysaddan ; — Arthurstown ; — 
Mullica ;—Moate ;—and, Kanturk; complaining 
that the Schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for Jreland derive no assistance 
from the funds granted by Parliament for the sup- 

ort of Education in that country ; and praying the 
vib to relieve them from that grievance,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Lurgan, 
county of Cavan, complaining of the Distress ex- 
isting in Jreland; and praying for amendment of 
the be between Landlord and Tenant in that 
country, for the restoration of a domestic legislature, 
and for other measures of relief, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Lité/e- 
bury, in the diocese of Rochester, praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and-ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Waterford ;— Clonmel ; — and, 
Drogheda; praying for the abolition of Ministers’ 
Money in Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Clark Alexander, Master of 
the Nautical School, Deal, suggesting the propriety 
of an Epitome of Modern Navigation being issued 
or published with the sanction of the Board of Trade, 


_ for the purpose of insuring uniformity of examination 


at all the Ports? and also uniformity of Practice at 
Sea; and praying that a Committee may be appointed | 
to inquire into the existing confusion in the expres- | 
sion of astronomical time ; and that Mr. Airey the 
Astronomer Royal, Lieutenant Stratford, Superin- 
tendent of the Nautical Almanack, Mr. A. De Mor- 
gan, Professor of Mathematics in the London Uni- 
versity, and such other gentlemen as the House shall 
deem proper, may attend the said Committee, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

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91 


London ;—Knowles-court, Doctor’s Commons ;—and, 
Members of the Birmingham Association for the 
dissemination of political knowledge; praying for 
the repeal of the duties on Paper a Advertise- 
ments, as also the Penny Stamp on Newspapers not 
posted,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Weyhill;— Highworth ; — Bos- post-office, 


castle;—-Oddington ;-- Maldon;— Wimborne Minster ; 
—Blandford Forum ;—Bolam ;— White Roothing ; 
—Great Torrington &lt;n ;—Fremington ;— 
Instow ;— Clun ;—Leith ;—Madderty ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Arngask (Moderator) ;—Kilchoman ;—Pan- 
bride ;—Kirk Session of Clyne (Moderator) ;— Saint 
Boswell’s ;—Kirk Session of Kelso ; ~Kirk Session 
of Ladhope, Galashiels (Moderator) ;— Cheselborne; 
—Hilton, Melcombe and Horsey ;—Kirk Session of 
South parish of Aberdeen (Moderator) ;— New 
Machar ;—-Flintray ;--Kirk Session of Kinnithmont ; 
—Kirk Session of Tarland and Migvie (Moderator); 
—Kirk Session of Old Deer (Minister and Modera- 
tor) ;—Vale ot Halford ;— Saint Fergus ;—Glas- 
gow ;—North and South Collingham ;— Bloxwich ; 
— Walsall ;— Pelsall;— Nailstone ;— A lness ;—Kirk 
Session of Kiltearn (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of 
Urray (Moderator) ;—Oppleton Roe Buck ;—Kirk 
Session of Kilbarchan ;—Kirk Session of Dunlop 
(William Grebbie); — Shelford Magna; — Great 
Wilbraham ;—Little Wilbraham ; — Stapleford ;— 
Smethcote ;— Middle;— Great Ness ;— Norton-in- 
Hales ;— Harley ;— Leslie and Premnay ;—Shrews- 
bury ;—and, Dudleston; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke’s Public Roads. 


Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, 
Widow, praying for a less expensive and better 
management of the Public Roads, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Share- Railways. 


holders and Proprietors of Stock in various Rail- 
way Companies, complaining of the general depre- 
ciation of Railway property, and praying the House 
to appoint a special Committee to inquire into the 
causes of such depreciation, was presented, and read ; 
and-ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Shareholders in the Shropshire 
Union Railways and Canal Company, praying the 
House to appoint a Committee for the purpose of 
inquiring into the causes of the depreciation in the 
value of the shares in the said Company, and into 
the conduct of the directors and promoters thereof, 
and of the officers and other persons who have been, 
and are now, concerned in the management of the 
affairs of the said Company, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Small Debts 
of Taunton and its neighbourhood, praying the 4*- 


House to amend the Small Debts Act, by extending 
the jurisdiction of the County Courts, and by con- 
ferring on them a limited equitable jurisdiction, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and others interested Timber. 


in the Navigation of the Port of King’s Lynn, 
praying that the duty on Timber may be abolished, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- windows. 


gesses of the borough of Stafford, praying for an 
immediate and total repeal of the Window Tax, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


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Standing Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 

Orders ; on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

Liverpool 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool 


Corporation Corporation Waterworks (Abandonment of Works, 
Cee &amp;e.) Bill ; and, Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, 
of Works, &amp;c.) (Extension of Time for Purchase of Land, &amp;c.) Bill, 
and, Liverpool Petition for extending the time for the Second 
———. Reading of the Bills, the Standing Orders ought to 
(Extension of be dispensed with ; That the time for the Second 
Time for Pur- Reading of the Bills be extended to Tuesday the 
oy mee 9th day of April. 
Caledonian 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
Railway (Re- Railway (Repeal of Lease of Glasgow, Barrhead 
Gases and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Termi- 
nd nal Railways) Petition, the Standing Orders ought 


Barrhead and ) “ 
Neilston Di- not to be dispensed with. 


rect, and Glas- 


92° Februari. 





A, 1850. 


The Judgments (Ireland) Bill was, according to Jadgments 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (reland) Bin, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
4th day of March next. 





The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read a second time; and committed to « Mclosure Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Punishment 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Bootlan’: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this tee. 
House, a Return of all Crimes for which the Punish- 
ment of Death is still retained by the Law of Scot- 





gow Southern Terminal Railways) Bill. 


Caledonian 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 


and Glasgow, and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways, Ca- 
Paisley and 


Greenock Rail- : : 

ways, Cale. the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
donian and with. 

—— The First Resolution, being read a second time, 
ways Bill. was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Local Acts. 
No. 75. 


Ordered, That the Reports relative to applications 
for Local Acts, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Australian 
Colonies Government Bill, was read; and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
8th day of March next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,— Dublin Metro- 
politan Police :—An Account of all Monies received 
and expended from 1st January to 31st December 
1849; and ofall Sums received as Tax upon Houses, 
Lands and Tenements during said Period ; specify- 
ing the Total Sum charged upon and received from 


every Ward or Division, the Rate in the Pound at | 


which computed, and the Total Annual Value of the 
ee in every such Ward or Division. 
Irdered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 
Greece. Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Demands made upon the Greek Government, and 
respecting the Islands of Cervi and Lapienza. 
- ~ ee That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Party Proces- The Bill to restrain Party Processions in Zreland 
sions (Ireland) was, according to Order, read the third time. 


ledonian and Wishaw and Coltness Railways Petition, | 


land ; showing, also, in what corresponding Cases 
it has been repealed by the Law of England. 

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

| 
| 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Woods, 
make better Provision forthe Management of the Forests, &amp;e. 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown, Bi 
and for the Direction of Public Works and Build- 
ings: And that Lord John Russell, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. ' 


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

‘to prohibit, in Ireland, the Payment, in certain Payment of 
Cases, of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in (Ireland) Bill 
| the current Coin of the Realm: And that Sir Wit- 
| liam Somerville and Mr. Solicitor-General for Jre- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 

The House was moved, That the Order made Prison 
upon the 11th day of this instant February, That a Discipline. 
Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into the 
Rules and Discipline established with regard to the 
Treatment of Prisoners in Gaols and Houses of 
Correction in England and Wales, and into any Im- 
provement which can be made therein, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir George Grey, 

Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. Charles Pearson, Sir Henry 
Halford, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. 
Bankes, Captain Pelham, Mr. Peto, Viscount Ma- 
hon, Sir Edward Buxton, Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir 
John Pakington, Mr. Armstrong and Mr, Milnes, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five o the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a National 
Return of all National Schools in Ireland which Schools 
have been erected or to which the Commissioners “*¢#"4) 
have contributed Assistance towards the fitting-up 
of the Schools, adjoining to, or within the Precincts 
of Roman Catholic Chapels, Nunneries, or Mo- 
nastic Institutions of any kind, from the 30th day 
of April 1843 to the 31st day of December 1849 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 520, of 





_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, ana desire their concurrence. 
Parliamentary The Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill was, | 
Voters, &amp;c. according to Order, read a second time; and com-| 


(Ireland) Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday next. 


Elections 


(Ireland) Bill The Elections (Jreland) Bill was, according to 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a | 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Estates 
Leasing 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill was, accord- | 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Monday | 
the 4th day of March next. 


j 
| 
| 
| 


\Coin of the Realm; And the same was read the 


Session 1843). 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to pro- Money 
hibit, in Zreland, the Payment, in certain Cases, of Payment of 
Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the Carrent (jreland) Bill 
: , No, 76. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time - 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to make better Pro- Woods, 
vision for the Management of the Woods, Forests Forests, &amp;c. 
and Land Revenues of the Crown, and for the Di- “No "7. 
rection of Public Works and Buildings: And the wits 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Fridaythe 8th day of March 
next; and to be printed. - 

r. 














Newspapers. 





River 
Shannon. 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland.) 


Assessed 
Taxes. 


Assessed 
Taxes 
(Scotland. ) 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Canterbu 
Writ. ‘3 


Railways, 





13 VicrorizZ. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of this instant February, for 
a Return of Papers published in the Metropolis, 
which are registered as Newspapers, a portion where- 
of is published without Stamps. 


Return toan Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant February, for a Return, in Detail, of the 
particular Items composing each of the several Sums 
following, as certified by the Shannon Commis- 
sioners to have been payable by the County of Lime- 
rick :— 





S. @ &amp; 

1843, Spring Assizes - 1,596 18 -9 
Summer Assizes  - 266 16 —- 

1844, Spring Assizes - 62615 3 
Summer Assizes_ - 22 610 
1845, Spring Assizes ss - 292 19 2 
1848, Summer Assizes - 2,550 18 - 


besides large Sums for Interest. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this 
instant February, for a Return of the Amount of 
Stamp Duties in Jredand for each year, commencing 
with the year 1840, up to the present time. 


Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of all 
Cases which have been stated and signed by Com- 
missioners acting in the execution of the Acts relat- 
ing to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 21st 
day of February 1849, being the Date of a like Re- 
turn made in the last Session of Parliament. 


Copies of Cases respecting Assessed Taxes, stated 


and signed by the Commissioners acting in the ex- 


ecution of the Assessed Tax Acts determined by the 
Judges in Scotland, since the Date of a like Re- 
turn made in the last Session of Parliament. 


An Account of the Revenue of the Duchy of 


99°—-25° Februari. 


93 


in evidence, on the part of the said plaintiff, the 
Standing Orders of the House relative to Bills con- 
nected with Railway Companies, from and inclusive 
of the year 1839, to the 17th day of February 1846, 
and that the said Standing Orders should be pro- 
duced in the said court at the time and place afore- 
said; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to direct that the proper Officer of the House may 
be directed to attend the said court, at the time and 
place aforesaid, with the said documents. 

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


‘and Birmingham Junction Railway Company, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 


tioners were incorporated by an Act of Parliament, Railway Bill. 


‘which received the Royal Assent on the 26th day of 
August 1846, and were thereby authorized to raise 
a share capital of 600,000/., for the purpose of con- 
structing a Railway from the Blackwall Basiu of 
the West India Dovks, to the Camden-town Station 
of the London and North Western Railway ; that the 
Petitioners have raised and expended upon the works 
of the said Railway a sum of money amounting to 
considerably more than one-half of the said sum of 
600,000/.; that a Bill promoted by the Petitioners 
is now pending in the House, intituled, “ A Bill to 
enable the East and West India Docks and Birming- 
ham Junction Railway Company tv make certain 
Branch Railways, and to amend the Act relating to 
the said Company, and to authorize the Lease of the 
| Undertaking, and for other Purposes ;” and the same 
(was read a second time on the 19th of February in- 
stant; that by the 134th Standing Order of the 
' House, it is ordered that no powers of purchase, sale, 
| lease or amalgamation shall be given to any Railway 


A Petition of the East and West India Docks East and West 


Cornwall, for the year ending the 31st day of De-| Company with reference to any other undertaking 
cember 1849; showing the Amount of Revenue already authorized by any Act or Acts, nor to any 
which became due, the Monies received and paid | other incorporated Company, with reference to any 
within the time (including Monies received on ac- | Railway, unless previously to the application to Par- 
count of Arrears outstanding on the 31st December | liament for such purpose, the several Companies who 
1848), the Balance in the Banker’s hands, and the | may be parties to such purchase, sale, lease or amal- 


Arrears accrued subsequently to the 31st of Decem- 
ber 1848, 


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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 25° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 18 50. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, 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 Canterbury, 
in the room of Albert Denison Denison, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Albert Denison, who, since his 
election for the said City, hath accepted the Office 
of Steward or Bailiffof Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern 
Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in 
the County of Buckingham. 


A Petition of William Henry Ashurst, of Old 
Jewry, in the City of London, Attorney for William 
Pare thereinafter named, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That an action is now pending in Her 
Majesty’s Court of Exchequer of Pleas, in which 
the said William Pare is plaintiff, and Ambrose 
Miller is defendant; that p 
entered for trial, and is appointed to be tried at the | 


don, after last Hilary Term, and is appointed to be | 
tried first on Tuesday the 26th day of February in- | 
stant; that the Petitioner is advised that it is es- | 
sential to the interest of the said plaintiff, to prove 


VoL, 105. } 





|gamation, shall have proved to the satisfaction of 
| the Commissioners of Railways, that they have re- 
| spectively 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 purposes of 
such Act or Acts a sum equal thereto; that the 
Petitioners, having as before mentioned paid up 
|and expended upon their line uf Railway more than 
‘one-half of the share-capital authorized to be raised 
| by their Act of Incorporation, applied to the Com- 
| missioners of Railways for a certificate to that effect, 
‘and adduced before them proofs of such payment 
and expenditure, but through inadveitency such 
application was not made until after the Bill pro- 
moted by the Petitioners had been read a first time 
‘in the House, and the said Commissioners therefore 
‘do not feel themselves justified in granting such cer- 
'tificate without an Order of the House; praying 
that the House will be pleased to direct that the 
Railway Commissioners do grant such certificate, on 
being satisfied by the Petitioners that one-half of 
their share-capital was so paid up and expended 
before any proceedings were taken in respect of the 
Bill now before the House, or that the Petitioners 
|may be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on 
| proving to the satisfaction of the Committee to whom 
the same may be referred that they have paid up 
and expended one-half of their said share-capital. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


e said cause has been | 


tris The Bridge across the River Clyde, opposite to Bridge across 
adjourned come ° at Guildhall, in the city of Zon-| South Portland-street, Laurieston, Glasgo 


was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
N 3 The 





ww Bil] the River 


to South Port- 
land-street, 
Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill, 





94 





25° Februarit. 


A. 1850. 


Cairnwell, The Cairnwell, Braemar and Strath Dee Turn-| The River Dee Conservancy and Improvement mane Sa 
Braemar and pike-roads Bill was read a second time ; and com- Bill was read a second time ; and committed. oo Reapers. 
enn tg mitted Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- went Bill. 
roals Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | mittee of Selection. 
i Selection. 
man TREN The Timber Preserving Company Bill was reada Timber. 
Cardiff The Cardiff Waterworks Bill was read a second | second time ; and committed. Preserving 
Waterworks time ; and cinitned. _ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Company S08. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- mittee of Selection. 
ittee of Selection. | ; 
a | Ordered, That the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- Waterford 
; i j an enny 
Dublin, The Dublin, Dundrumand Rathfarnham Railway | W®Yy Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Railway Bil) 


Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway (Ex- 
tension or Re- 


(Extension or Revival of Powers for the Purchase 

of Lands and Completion of Works, Amendment or 
Repeal of Acts) Bill was read a second time ; and 

vival of Powers itted 

for the Pure CO™miutted. 

chase of Lands Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


and Comple- mittee of Selection. 
tion of Works, 


Amendment or Repeal of Acts) Bill. 


Eastern Union The Eastern Union Railway Bill was read a se- 
Railway Bill. cond time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 


The Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Rail- 
way Bill was, according to Order, read a second 


Ardrossan . ‘ 

Railway time ; and committed. _ 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Killarney The Killarney Junction Railway Bill was read a 

Junction 


second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Railway Bill. 


Leamington 
Priors Paving 
Bill. 


The Leamington Priors Paving Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London (City) |The London (City) Improvements Bill was read 

Improvements g second time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selectiun. 


Midland Great The Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland 

Western Rail- Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Bill of ireland Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
: mittee of Selection. 


The North Staffordshire and Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railways Junction Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 


North Staf- 
fordshire and 
Manchester, 
Sheflield and 
Lincolnshire 


Railways . Pope 
Junction Bill, Mmttee of Selection. 
Oxford, The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, Bir- 


Worcester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton, Birming- 
ham and 
Oxford June- 


mingham and Oxford Junction, and Great Western 
Railway Companies Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

J Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
tion,and Great _. 4 : 

Western Rail- mittee of Selection. 

way Companies Bill. 


Oxford, The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 

Sener wd and way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
olverhamp- &gt; : : 

ton Railway Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Peterborough The Peterborough Improvement, Police and Ce-| 

ger me metery, &amp;c. Bill was read a second time ; and com- | 
ice 


mitted. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Cemetery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Pontypridd The Pontypridd Gas 


Gas Light and Ri]] was read a second t 
Coke Com- 


pany Bill. 


Light and Coke Company 
ime ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be 
mittee of Selection. 





Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-. 


referred to the Com- 


j 


| The West Cornwall Railway Bill was read a se- West Cornwall 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 
| 


The Westminster Improvements Bill was read a Westminster 
second time; and committed. Improvements 
Ordered, ‘hat the Bill be referred to the Com- B# 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of John Jones, of Dolgelly, Solicitor, Merioneth 
raying that leave may not be given to deposit a Turnpike- 
etition for leave to bring in the Merioneth Turn- roads Bill. 

pike-roads Bill, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions from the District of Wincanton (Chair- Agricultural 
man) ;—and, Western Division of the county of Distress. 
Norfolk (Chairman); complaining of the generally 
depressed state of the Agricultural Interest; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief, —were 
—" and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Uttoxeter ;— Burton-on-Trent ;— attornics’ 

Youghal ;—Preses, Office-bearers and Members of Certificates. 
the Society of Agents or Solicitors before the Court 
of Session ;—-Durham ;—Dean and Faculty of Pro- 
curators in the city of Glasgow ;—Hertford;— Win- 
canton ; —Glastonbury;—Axbridge; —Cirencester ; 
— Sherborne ;— York;—and, Wolverhampton ; pray- 
ing for the repeai of the Annual Duty on the Cer- 
tificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zong Ashton, Somer- 
setshire, 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, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of JohnCameron. 
inhabitants of Glasgow, stating that they have 
heard, with astonishment, of the liberation of John 
Cameron, late Prisoner in the gaol of Glasgow, on 
ia — of murder, committed on the person of 
Peter M‘Gill, in Little Dove Hill, Gallowgate, of 
that city, in the month of August last ; that the said 
| John Cameron has been released on the ground 
of a formal objection raised against the prosecution 
by counsel on his behalf; and praying for a com- 
mittee to inguire into the circumstances of the case, 





Beer-shops. 


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


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Church of 
England Lay Association, established for the pur- 2aslan4. 
| pose of supporting the rights, privileges and pro- 
| perty of the United Church of England and Ireland, 
|as well as her union with the State, praying that 

measures may be adopted for the due preservation 
_of episcopal property, and for the establishment of 
| an increased number of the Bishops of that Church, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


A Petition 





County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Factories Act. 


Greenwich 
Park, 


Sale of Land 
(Ireland. ) 


‘Marriages Bill. 


Railways, 


National 
‘Cemeteries, 


Paper, &amp;c. 





13 VicrorizZz. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Ruthin Union, 

raying 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 Parents and Guardians of children 
attending the school of Ballinasloe, in the county 
of Wicklow, complaining that the schools in con- 
nexion with the Church Education Society for Jre- 
land 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 the Vicar and Clergy of the parish 
of Bradford, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, praying the House to pass, immediately, a 
declaratory Act, to secure for the women and chil- 
dren employed in Factories the provisions of a real 
Ten Hours Bill, such hours to be reckoned con- 
tinuously from the first hour of work in each day, 
with proper intervals for meals, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
on Maize Hill, and in Park-place and Park-street, 
and their immediate vicinity, on the north and east 
sides of Greenwich Park, praying the House to 
protect them against any further enclosure of 
Greenwich Park, and secure to them an uninter- 
rupted continuance of the enjoyments and advan- 
tages which they have hitherto derived from it, was 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. ° 


A Petition of Richard Allen, of Dublin, praying 
the House to repeal or modify all statutes which 
prevent the Sale of Land in Jre/and as freely as 
any other description of property, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Reading ;—Bristol ;—and, Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and other 
Inhabitants of the parish of Cuckfield, in the diocese 
of Chichester, 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 Shareholders and Proprietors of 
Stock in the Midland Railway Company, com- 
plaining of the present depreciation of property in 
the Midland Railway Company ; and praying for 
a full and searching investigation into all causes af- 
fecting the depreciation of property in the said 
Company, and especially into the honesty and 
integrity of the various leases and guarantees 
entered into by the Directors of the Company, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the President of the National So- 
ciety for the Abolition of Burials in Towns, praying 
the House to pass forthwith a general Act for the 
formation of National Cemeteries, far removed from 
human dwellings, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brecknock ; — Carlisle ;— and, 
Failsworth ; praying that the Excise Tax upon 
Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements and the 
Stamp Tax upon Newspapers may be abolished, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of newspapers by the post,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

VoL. 105. 


95° Februari. 


A Petition of Occupants upon an estate at Minster National Land 
of Oxford, alleged to have Company. 








upon Wednesday the 27th day of March next. 








95 


Lovel, in the count 
been purchased by ; Salle *Connor, Esquire, on 
behalf of the National Land Company, complaining 
of his conduct in relation thereto ; and praying the 
House to investigate and adjust the affairs of the 
said Company, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;— Wells ;— Faken- Post-office. 


ham ; — Walsingham; — Great Bircham ;— Kirk 
Session of Cranston (Moderator) ;— John Blyth 
and Andrew Traill ;—W. Mackay ;—Livingstone ; 
— Dunbar ;— Rothiemay ;— Glass ;— Macduff ;— 
Ord (Moderator) ; — Deskford ;— Ordiquhill and 
Ord ;— Botriphnie ; — Peterhead ; — Dundee ; — 
Dornoch ;—Farr ;— Melness District ;— Runcorn ; 
— Ripon ;—Borough Bridge ;—Topeliffe ;—Graf- 
ton ;— Elsdon ;— Alwescot ;— Shilton ;— Montrose 
(two Petitions);—Kirk Session of Maryton (Mo- 
derator) ;— Audley ;— Newcastle (Stafford) ;—Kirk 
Session of Stobo (Moderator) ;—Strath, in the Jsle 
of Skye (Moderator) ;— Lyford ;— East Kilbride 
(Moderator) ;— Glasgow ;—Cork ;—Kirk Session of 
Kintail (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Poolewe 
(Moderator) ;— Ashburton ;— Nairn;—Kirk Session 
of Rosemarkie (Moderator) ;— Buckland Dinham ; 
—Cirencester ; — Shadoxhurst and Arlestone ; — 
Warmfield ; — Irvine ;—Kirk Session of Auchinleck 
(Moderator) ;— Maybole ;— Black Rock ;—Stour- 
port ; ~- Kidderminster (three Petitions) ; — and, 
Cookley ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tunbridge Wells ;—and, Little Postage. 


Waltham ; praying for the establishment of a system 
of Ocean Penny Post, by which letters should be con- 
veyed from any port in Great Britain to any other 
port in the world, at an uniform rate of a penny,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Small 


Bishop Wearmouth Highway Board, praying that 
the Small Tenements Rating 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- Receipts. 


gesses of the borough of Sunderland, praying for the 
repeal of the present duties imposed upon Receipt 
Stamps, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochester, Chatham and Strood; Small Debts 
—and, Sheerness, Queenborough and other places ; Act 


praying the House to amend 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 Inhabitants of the townships of Tea, &amp;c. 


Bredbury and Romiley, in the parish of Stockport, 
praying the House to consent to an immediate and 
considerable reduction, and to a speedy repeal of 
the duties levied upon articles of general consump- 
tion, and especially of the duty now levied upon 
Tea, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Windows. 


gesses of the borough of Sunderland, praying for 
the repeal of the Window Duties, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Real Property 
eae Transfer Bill was Transfer Bill. 


nesday next, the Real 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


N4 Mr, 








Justices of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Poor 
Prisoners. 


Court of 
Equity 
Exchequer 
CTreland. ) 


96 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
of the Names and Residences of all the Acting Jus- 
tices of the Peace’ for Counties, Cities and Bo- 
roughs in England and Wales, and of the year in| 
which each was sworn in:—Also, of all the Stipen-_ 
diary Magistrates in England and Wales, with the 
dates of their Appointments, and Salaries. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
15th day of this instant February, for a Copy of the 
Proceedings had by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
for England in the matter of the Defalcation of their | 
late Secretary and Treasurer Mr. Murray. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
18th day of this instant February, for a Return of the 
Sums paid annually by each County, under the Act 
53 Geo. 3, c. 113, for the Maintenance of poor Pri- 
soners in the Queen’s Bench and Fleet Prisons; to 
whom the Money is paid, and the Number of poor 
Prisoners at present in Receipt of it. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the Ist day of August in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Total 
Number of Bills filed in the Court of Equity Ex- 
chequer in Jreland, 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 the Number filed in each 
Term, and in the Vacation next following :—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 Act or Acts cf 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 


25° Februarit. 





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 
prover 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 | 
etiect, 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 Vie. c. 78; stating, further, the Dates of 
the Suspension and subsequent Dismissal of any 
Oftticer 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 
Jaiuary, 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 
Oitice 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 














A. 1850. 


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 the said Returns do lie upon the 

‘able. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Affirmation Bill; was read, and 
discharged, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of March next. 


Ordered, Tnat there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Railways and Branch Railways 
on which the Mails are carried, under the Provi- 
sions of the Act 7and 8 Vic. c. 85, s. 11, so far as 
relates to the Conveyance of any Mail Guard with 
Bags by any Train not a Mail Train, upon the same 
conditions as any other Passenger ; specifying the 
Length of the Conveyance, and Sums paid to each 
Company; also the Number of Places on each 
Line where Bags are received and delivered; the 
Weight (from an Account taken on one day) of the 
Mails despatched ; and the Extent of Accommoda- 
tion allowed to the Guard with the Bags. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Tabular Return, showing the Quantities of Sugar of 
the several Sorts imported into the United Kingdom, 
and the Quantities retained for Home Consumption ; 
together with the Rates of Duty charged. on the 
Home Consumption, and the Net Revenue accruing 
therefrom, in each year, from 1793 to 1849, inclu- 
sive ; followed by a Comparative Statement of the 
Average Prices of British Plantation and Foreign 
Plantation Sugar (ordinary yellow Havannah), for 
the same series of years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts, showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt, from a Mixture of Malt and 
Unmalted 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 1850 :—Of the Num- 
ber 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 1850 :—Showing, under separate Heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distin- 
guishing the Materials from which made, imported 
into each Kingdom from each of the others respec- 
tively ; stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and the 
Total Amount thereof in each Case, and what Por- 
tion of such Duty was paid on Removal of the Spi- 
rits from Bond, and what after their arrival in En- 
gland; also, what Portion was put into Bond in 
England, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850 :—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 Gal- 
lons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks for 
Rectification in England, Scotland and Ireland, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1850 :—Of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland; distin- 
guishing the Quantities in each Country delivered 
Duty-paid 








Affirmation § 


Bill. 
Mails on 
Railways. 
J 
. ] 
( 
] 
Sugar. 
Spirits.. : 









Sugar, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Ninth 
Report. } 


Freemen’s, &amp;c. 
Admission. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill. 


Newspapers. 
No. 78. 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland.) 
No. 79, 
Duchy of 
Cornwall. 
No. 80. 


Parliamen 
Voters, _ 
(Ireland) Bill. 





13 Victroriz. 


Duty-paid direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the 
Quantities put into Bond, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1850 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 219, Session 1849) :—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 1850. 





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 Indies and British Guiana, for the years 
1831 to 1849, both inclusive ; distinguishing the 
Quantities imported from each Colony in each year: 
—Similar Account of Imports from Mauritius and 
the British Possessions in India :—And, Account 
of the Quantities of Foreign Sugar imported, stat- 
ing the Places from whence, and the Quantities 
from each Place or Country. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 22d 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. 


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 Amount of Fines and Fees 
payable to the Corporation or its Officers, in every 
City and Borough in England and Wales, on the ad- 
mission of Freemen, Burgesses, or Citizens, by Birth, 
Servitude, or Redemption, distinguishing the same. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for shortening the Language used in Acts of Parlia- 
ment, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :-—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stamp 
Duties (Jreland) which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy 
of Cornwall, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— on the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jreland) 

ill; 

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 Monday the 18th day of 
“ March next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
“ mittee,” 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 Yeas,{ i Hill, \ss. 
Tellers for the Noes, a joe cated } 15. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 105. 


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97 


Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, f Lord Marcus Hill, 193. 

L Mr. Grey: 
J Mr. Beresford, . 

Tellers for the Noes, | tr" Ynctoess. } 98: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill be read a first time ; 

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 Yeas, 


Mr. Beresford, 81 

Mr. Mackenzie: f{ ~~ 
§ Lord Marcus Hill, hon 
UMr. Grey: ; 

Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a first time ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a abe ~ , } 70. 
Tellers for the Noes, { Me Gras Hill, jae. 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a first time ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

} f{ Mr. Beresford, = 

Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Mackenzie: f 63. 
Lord Marcus Hiil, 

Mr. Grey : jis. 


Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a first time ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


{ Mr. Beresford, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Mackenzie: 70. 


Tellers for the Noes, { aoa Hill, jis. 
Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a first time ; 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now report Progress, and ask leave 
Mr. os 


to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 

Mr. Mackenzie: } - 

JS Lord Marcus Hill, \ 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 
Tellers for the Noes, L Mr. Grey: 185. 


Tellers for the Noes, { 








Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Beresford, 75. 

Tellers for the Noes, an a: — yee 

Question again proposed, That the Bill be read 
a first time; 

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. 


a first time ; 
Mr. Mackenzie : 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
o Resolved, 





Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Pirates Head 
Money Repeal 
. Bill. 


No. 81. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Turnpike-road 


and Bridge 
Trusts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Greenwich 
Hospital 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Registrar of 
Metropolitan 
Public Car- 

riages Bill. 


98 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Elections (Jreland) 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 Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provision 
therein respecting the Capture and Condemnation 
of Piratical Ships and Vessels. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; 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 printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 11th day of March next. 


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

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for requiring the Transmission of Annual Abstracts 
of Accounts and Statements of Trustees or Com- 
missioners of Turnpike-roads and Bridges in Ireland 
to the Lord Lieutenant, to be laid before Parlia- 
ment: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 
Solicitor-General for Zre/and do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospitai 
to improve the said Hospital, and also to enlarge 
and improve the Billingsgate Dock and widen 
Billingsgate-street, in Greenwich, and for other 
Purposes: And that Admiral Dundas and Mr. 
Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating the Office of the Registrar of Me- 
tropolitan Public Carriages with the Office of Com- 
missioners of Police of the Metropolis, and making 
other Provisions in regard to the Consolidated 
Offices: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 





25° Februariz. 








A. 1850. 


Admiral Dundas presented a Bill to enable the Greenwich 


Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital to improve —.. 
the said Hospital, and also to enlarge and improve Bill. eng 


the Billingsgate Dock, and widen Billingsgate- 
street, in Draneha, and for other Pespoede : Sand sacha 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, The Bill be referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for consoli- Registrar of 
dating the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan ane 
3 ; 4 S tg c Car. 
Public Carriages with the Office of Commissioners jiages Bip, 
of Police of the Metropolis, and making other Pro- yo. 9g 
visions in regard to the Consolidated Offices: And hi. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for re- Turnpike-roag 
quiring the Transmission of Annual Abstracts of eae 
Accounts and Statements of Trustees or Commis- jana) A 
sioners of Turnpike-roads and Bridges in Ireland yo 9,4 
to the Lord Lieutenant, to be laid before Parlia- aie 
ment: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Parliamentary 
Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- (oeuety” 
sider of making Provision out of the Consolidated [Payment of 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Barristers an 
Ireland, for the Payment of Barristers and others **.] 
employed in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session for the Registration of Padinenstesy Voters 
in Ireland ; 

Sir George Grey, 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 Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Process and 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider —— 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated ow wore and 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Compensa- 
and Jreland, of Salaries and Compensations which tions.] 
may become payable in pursuance of any Act of 
the present Session for the Regulation of Process 
and Practice in the Superior Courts of Common 
Law in Ireland; 

Sir George Grey, 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. 


Mr. Hayter presented, — Return to an Order, Foreign Books, 
dated the 11th day of this instant February, foren No, 85. 
Account of the Amount received on account of the 
Import Duty on Foreign Books, in each year, from 
the 5th day of January 1840 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850; stating also the Rate of Duty, and 
Iterations which have been made in the Duty. 


any 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this Raperts a 
instant February, for an Account of the Declared ery Bee 


Value of the various Articles of British Produce go, 
and Manufactures exported to the British West No, 86. 
India Colonies, for the years ending the 5th day of 
January 1840 to 1849, with the Rate of Duty on 
each Article in the Colonies; and of the Quantities 

of the Principal Articles of the Growth and Manu- 
facture of the British West India Colonies imported 
into the United Kingdom ; and of the Quantities 
cleared for Home Consumption, and the Rate of 
Duty cha 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, 








13 Victroriz. 


Ships, distinguishing British and Foreign, with their 
Tonnage, that have entered and cleared for the 
British West India Colonies from the United King- 
dom, during the same Period :—Similar Account for 
the East India Company’s Territories and Ceylon : 
—Similar Account for China :—Similar Account for 
the Mauritius :—Similar Account for the British 
North American Colonies :—Similar Account for 
New South Wales and the Australian Colonies :— 
Similar Account for the United States of America : 
—Similar Account for Cuba :—Similar Account for 
the Brazils :—And, similar Accounts for Mezico 
and the other Ports of South America :— Returns 
of Ports or Creeks in the United Kingdom ap- 
proved of by the Honourable tle 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. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














Martis, 26° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That ia cases where the Se- 


cond Reading of a Private Bill is opposed, the 
consideration thereof be postponed until the day on 
which the House shall next sit. 


Private Bills, 


Ordered, That the Athy, Castlecomer and Kil- 


Athy, Castle- ; ¢ 
kenny Road Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


comer and 
Kilkenny 
Road Bill. 
Cambridge The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and Shepreth Reading of the Cambridge and Shepreth Junction 
er emeny a Railway, and Branch to join the Eastern Counties 
Branch to join Railway Bill ; 
the Eastern And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ally Bu. a proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
? 
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 ada 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. 
t Tellers for the Lord George Manners, 
Yeas, | Mr. Fitzroy: 
Tellers for ther Mr. Law, 
Noes, Mr. Goulburn: 
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. 


13 


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1 
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Copper Miners’ Ordered, That the Copper Miners’ Company 


(England) Bill, (England) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
VoL. 105. 





25°—96° Februari 





99 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill was Lancashire 
read a second time ; and committed. Railway) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —— 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Manchester Bonding Bill be Manchester 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 19th day of Bonding Bill. 
March next. 


The Victoria (London) Dock Bill was read a Victoria 
second time; and committed. ore 4 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill was Waterford 
read a second time; and committed. ween 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-“" “"Y *™ 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Caledonian 


way Company ;—and, the Caledonian Railway Com- 2"4Edinburgh 
. . x . and Glasgow 

pany ; praying that the time for the Second Reading Raitways 

of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Amalgamation 

Railways Amalgamation Bill may be extended, and Bill. 

that the same may be allowed to take place at any 

time before or within one week after the Easter 

holidays,— were presented, and read ; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order for reading a second time the South- Southampton 
ampton Improvement (Amendment and Extension of !™provement 


Act) Bill, was read ; and discharged. pry rere wl 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. of Act) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sunday 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Thurs- (atetresolie.) 
day last, wherein their Lordships request that —— 
House will communicate to their Loodehiga, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the last Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the prevalence of Sunday Trading in the 
Metropolis, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee, and the Appendix and 
Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a Printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : And that Mr. Wilson Patten do deliver 


the same. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had agreed to the (special Re- 
following Special Report :— port.) 

Your Committee have to report to the House, 
That Mr. Henley, one of the Members for the county 
of Oxford, having stated to the Chairman, that a 
Petition from Charterville, in the parish of Minster 
Lovel, in the said county, presented by him to the 
House on Thursday the 14th of February, and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table, had not been reported 
by the Committee. 

The Committee have to submit to the House, 
that they directed inquiries to be made into the said 
matter, the result of which is, that the said Petition 
was taken from the Table of the House by Mr. 
Feargus O’Connor, one of the Members for Wot- 
tingham. 

Mr. O’ Connor, being in his place, stated that he 
was extremely sorry that he had transgressed the 
Rules of the House, by taking the Petition away 
from the House ; that he yesterday brought it back, 
and delivered it to the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lunatic 
Return showing the Number and Names of the Dis- Asyiums 
trict Lunatic Asylums of Jre/and; the Number and (Treland.) 
Names of the Governors of those Asylums, stating 
the Dates of their Appointment, the Counties ap- 
pointed for, the Number of Meetings held in each 

02 Asylum, 





Revising 
Barristers. 


Slave Trade. 


River 
Shannon. 


No. 87. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
{Treland.) 


No, 88. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 89. 


Russia 
Company. 
No. 90, 


100 


Asylum, in each year during the Three years ended 
the 31st day of December 1849, and the Names of 
the Members attending for said Period at such 
Meetings ; the Number of Urgent Cases admitted 
into each Asylum, distinguishing the County from 
which received, and the Distance of each Urgent 
Case’s Residence from such Asylum ; the Average 
Duration in each Month, stated in Hours, for each 
Month, so far as can be ascertained, during Three 
years ended the 31st day of December 1849, of the 


26° Februari. 





Medical Attendance upon each District Lunatic 
Asylum, distinguishing at foot how often such At- 
tendance took place after two o’clock p.m. by the 
Visiting Medical Officers, Physicians, Surgeons or 
Apothecaries ; the Number and Names of all Officers, 
the Number and Names of all Servants, their Sa- 
laries and Wages; stating whether Officers or Ser- 
vants hold other, and if so, what Situations, Public 
or Private, independent of and unconnected with 
such District Lunatic Asylum as they may be at- 
tached to or reside in; the Number of Curable or 
probably Curable Cases, the Number of Incurable 
or probably Incurable Cases, distinguishing the 
latter into Harmless Incurable Insane, Harmless 
Idiots, Mischievous or Dangerous Incurable Insane, 
Mischievous or Dangerous Idiots, for Three years | 
ended the 31st day of December each year; the | 
above Return to be made out by the Manager or | 
Chief Officer of each District Lunatic Asylum in | 
Ireland (being in continuation of Parliamentary | 
Paper, No. 597, of Session 1847). 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Appeals from the Courts of the | 
Revising Barristers to the Court of Common Pleas, | 
made up for the year ending the 1st day of March 
1849; also, the Judgment in the case of Palmer 
v. Allen, omitted in a former Return (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 738, 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. | 


| 

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 Mortality per cent. amongst | 
the Officers and Crews of Her Majesty's Ships em- | 
ployed on the Coast of Africa, during each of the | 
years from 1840 to 1848, both inclusive :—Of all 
Slave Vessels (their Names and Tonnage) captured 
from 1840 to 1848, both inclusive; specifying the 
Date of Capture, the Latitude and Longitude, and 
whether with Slaves on board or not:—And, of the 
Number of Slaves captured during the same Period 
in each year, with the Number of Deaths between 
the Date of Capture and Adjudication, showing the 
annual Per-centage of Mortality. 

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





Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 
Shannon, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts re- 
lative to the Court of Exchequer (Jreland), which 
were presented upon the 18th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 





A. 1850. 


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 Paper, No. 303, of Session 1836), which 
was presented upon the 30th day of June 1848, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
1st day of June 1848, for 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, 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 
mannerin 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 Paper, No. 303, of Session 1836), which 
was presented upon the 28th day of February, in the 
last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Petitions from Members of the Society of Staple- Attorn 
oot- “er 


Inn;—Crickhowell ;— Kingston-upon-Hull;— 
ton-under- Edge ; — Thornbury ;— Cheltenham (two 
Petitions) ; — Gloucester ; — Usk ;— Ormskirk ;— 
Great Torrington ;—Lancaster ;—Saint Austell ;— 
Cork ;— New Malton ;— Barton-upon-Humber ;— 
Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scot- 
land ;— Wexford ;— Exeter ;—London ;— Winches- 
ter ;— Devizes ;— Westminster ;— Lewes ;— Manches- 
ter ;— Kilkenny ;—Preston (Lancuster) ;— Modbury; 
— Ross;— Boston ;— Beverley ;— Halifax ;— Market 
Harborough;-- Reigate;--High Wycombe ;—-_Newark- 
upon- Trent ;—Soham ;— Woodbridge ;— Guildford; 

— Worthing ;—Ulverston;—Penrith ;—Attleburgh ; 
— Spilsby ;— Mold ; — Holywell ;— Braintree and 
Bocking ;— Bideford ;— Bridgnorth ;—Mildenhalt ; 
— Frome ;— Huddersfield ; — Settle ;— Hadleigh ;— 
Rugeley ; — Brentwood; — Wem; — Whitchurch 
(Salop) ;—Llandilo ;— Wareham ;— Haverfordwest; 
—Cardiff ; — Ipswich; — Darlington; — South 
Shields ;---Carmarthen;— Warwick and Leamington 
Priors ;— Market Rasen and Caistor ;-- Wallingford; 





ist day of June 1848, for Returns of the Number of 
Freemen admitted into the Russia Company in each | 





— Daventry ;— Cirencester ;— Hitchin ;— Rochdale ; 
— Ellesmere ;— Farnham ;—East Retford spore 
wich ;— 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Bankrup tey. 





13 Vicroriz. 


wich ;— Newton Abbott ;— Bridport ;— Woolwich ; 
— Dartford ;—Midhurst ;— Nuneaton ;— Deptford; 
— Deal ;—Brentford ;— Gainsborough ;—Birming- 
ham ;—Dover ;— Pembroke ;— Callington ;— Cock- 
ermouth ; — Buckingham ;-— Portsea, Portsmouth 
and Gosport ;— Atherstone ;—Cowes ;— Kettering ; 
— Great Yarmouth ;— Glamford Briggs ;—King’s 
Lynn ;--Dolgelly ;—- Bridgend ;—- Beccles ;-- Oxford ; 
— Bodmin ;— Birkenhead airing ;— Coven- 
try ;— Hemel Hempstead;— Saint Helier, in the 
Island of Jersey ;— Stonehouse ;— Louth ;— Mal- 
don; — Aberystwith; — Dereham; — Wimborne 
Minster ;— Canterbury ;— Crediton ;— Torquay ;— 
Teignmouth ;— Penzance ;— Huntingdon ;—Hinch- 
ley ; — Okehampton ; — Langport ;— Halstead ;— 
Honiton 3— Truro ;— Pontypool; — Rye; —New- 
port Pagnell ;— Evesham ;—Stratford-upon-Avon ; 
— Richmond (Surrey) ;— Rotherham ; — Luton ;— 
Oswestry ;— Faringdon ;—Stourbridge ;— Ledbury ; 
— Newcastle (Stafford) ;— Gravesend ;— Sudbury ; 
— Margate ;— Wellington (Somerset) ;— Tonbridge 
Wells and Tonbridge ;— Ashford ;— Lymington ;— 
Dursley ;— Ramsgate ;~ ore ;— Tenterden ; 
— Bromsgrove ;— Lichfield ;— Ryde ;— Falmouth ; 
— Kingston-upon-Thames ; — Tewkesbury ; — Ely ; 
— Kidderminster ; — Dewsbury ; — Shipston-upon- 
Stour ; — Dudley ; — Whitby ; — Kingsbridge ; — 
Aylesbury ; — Bradford (Wilts) ;— Rugby ;— Bun- 
gay ; — Knutsford ; — Congleton; — Bolton (Lan- 
caster) ; — Alnwick ; — Blackburn ;— Wakefield ;— 
North Shields and Tynemouth ;— Thirsk ;—Middle- 
wich ;—Stokesley ;—Skipton ;— Doncaster ;— Drif- 
field ; — Howden ;—Richmond (York) ;—Colne ;— 
Burnley ; — Hexham ; — Berwich-upon-Tweed ; — 
Leigh (Lancaster) ; — Selby ; — Barnsley ;— Work- 
ington ;—Ripon ;—Sunderland ;— Barnard Castle ; 
— Hartlepool ;— Wigan ;— Halifax ;—Altrincham ; 
— Chorley ;—Stockton;— William Mitchell ;—Mem- 
bers of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors, Proctors, 
and others, not being Barristers, practising in the 
Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom ; 
—Attornies and Solicitors practising in the Courts 
of Law and Equity in the Metropolis ;— Bishop’s 
Stortford ;— Ware ;—Members of the Committee 
of the Society of the Attornies and Solicitors of 
Treland ; — Tiverton ;—Burford ;—Kerry ;—Bury 
(Lancaster) ;— Whitehaven ;— Crewkerne ;— Yeovil ; 
— Maidstone ; — Richmond (Surrey) ; — Knares- 
borough and Harrogate ; — Waterford ;— Bristol ; 
— Witney ; — County of Galway ;—Middlesex ;— 
Newbury ; — Welshpool ;— Hanley and Shelton ;— 
Northampton ;—Members of the Committee of the 
Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, con- 
sisting of Attornies and Solicitors practising in the 
Courts of Law and Equity in England and Wales 
(two Petitions) ;—Mary-le-bone ; — Dorchester ; — 
Belfast ; — Saint Ives ( Huntingdon) ;-—Tamworth; 
— Swansea ;—County of Northampton ;— Clitheroe; 
— Northallerton ; — Newtown ; — Sodbury ;— Saz- 
mundham ;— Watford and Rickmansworth ;—Saint 
Alban’s;— Reading ;— Horncastle ;— Loughborough ; 
—and, Mallow ; 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 Faringdon ;—Lewes ;—Abergele ; 
— Brighton ; —Chichester ; — Birkenhead ;— and, 
Saint Asaph; praying for the 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 Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Birkenhead, praying for the extension 
of the jurisdiction of the County Courts in all cases 
of Bankruptcy, where the probable assets of the 
Bankrupt shall not exceed three hundred pounds or 
four hundred pounds, and where the residence of 
the Bankrupt is at inconvenient distance from a 
VoL. 105. 





26° Februariz. 














101 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being Attornies’ 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Contificaten. 
repeal the Attornies’ and Solicitors’ Annual Certi- 
ficate Duty :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 
the 22d day of March next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill raucation Bill. 
to promote the Secular Education of the People in 
England and Wales: And that Mr. William John- 
son Fox, Mr. Henry and Mr. Osborne do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Cours 
to extend the Jurisdiction of the Act for the more Extension Bill. 
easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in 
England, and to amend the same: And that Mr. 

Fitzroy, Lord Dudley Stuart and Mr. Mullings do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Bricks and 
proposed, That this House, taking into considera- Timber 
tion the condition of the cottages of the labourers ne 
of this kingdom, and the want of adequate accom- 
modation for their families, is of opinion that a 
drawback should in future be allowed on the Bricks 
and Timber employed in the construction of cot- 
tages, as a means of lessening the expense of their 
erection: —And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Railway 
for the better Regulation of Railway Traffic: And Traffic Bill. 
that Mr. John Lewis Ricardo, Lord George Manners 
and Mr. Caley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
to amend the Laws relative to Highways in South (South Wales) 
Wales: And that Viscount Emlyn and Mr. Saunders ~ 
Davies do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Extramural 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Mtrme=™* 
oe Extramural Interments :— And the said 

otion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Board of 
proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 74°. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Namesof the Members 
of Her Majesty’s Privy Council constituting the 
Committee appointed for the consideration of 
matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations; 
the Functions of the said Committee; the Number 
of Members of said Committee that constitute a 
Quorum for the Despatch of Business ; the Number 
of Times the Committee met in the Twelve months 
ending the 31st day of December 1849 ; the Num- 
ber of Members of said Committee that attended 
each Meeting :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Bill to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons _ 
Lands, in pursuance of the Fifth Annual General ¢losure Bill. 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 
pe Wales, and to confirm the Proceedings in the 
matter of the Common Wood Inclosure, 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 Process and 
into a Committee to consider of matboniaing the (ireland) 
Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the [Salaries and 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or Compensa- 


03 Salaries %"*] 





102 


Salaries and Compensations which may become 

ayable in pursuance of any Act of the present 
oan for the Regulation of Process and Practice 
in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Salaries and Compensations 
which may become payable in pursuance of an 
Act of the present Session for the Regulation of 
Process and Practice in the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Jreland, be paid out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Life Policies of As- 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 


(No. 2.) Bill. surance (No. 2.) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of March next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 
Education Mr. William Johnson Fox presented a Bill to pro- 
Bill. mote the Secular Education of the People in England 
No. 91. and Wales: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 17th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to extend the Ju- 


County Court | +YIl. : 
risdiction of the Act for the more easy Recovery of 


Extension Bill. 


No.92. Small Debts and Demands in England, and to amend 
the same : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 10th day of April next; and to be printed. 

Highways Viscount Emlyn presented a Bill for the better 


— Wales) Management and Control of the Highways in South 
: Wales: And the same was read the first time; and 


No. 93. ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 27th day of March next; and to be printed. 
Distressed Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to authorize a further 
Unions, Advance of Money to certain Distressed Poor Law 
Advances and . ° “a 
Repayment Unions, and to make Provision for the Re-payment 
of Advances of Advances made and authorized to be made to 


(Ireland) Bill. Poor Law Unions and other Districts in Jreland: 


No 94. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 

Pv on Mr. Hayter presented, — Return to an Order, dated 


from the Con- the 5th day of this instant February, for a Statement 
Le oa ong of the Liabilities of each County and County of a 
(Ireland), &amp;c. City in Ireland to Her Majesty’s Exchequer, on the 
20th day of November 1849, in respect of Advances 
from the Consolidated Fund, with the Conditions of 
Repayment of each such Advance ; specifying the 
Act of Parliament under which each such Advance 
was made:—Copy of the Correspondence which 
has taken place between the Commissioners of Poor 
Laws in Ireland, and the Newcastle Board of Guar- 
dians, with reference to certain Contracts, and to the 
Financial State of the Union :—Statement of the 
Financial Condition of the County of Limerick laid 
before the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland by the Earl 
of Clare on the part of the Grand Jurors and Owners 
of Land in said County :—And, Return of all Con- 
tracts containing Penal Clauses entered into by the 
Guardians or Vice-Guardians of any Union in 
Ireland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this 
instant February, for Accounts showing the Rate of 
Bounty paid on the Export of Wheat from England 
during the Five consecutive years in the middle of 
the last Century, viz. 1748-1752, being the Period 


Corn. 


26°—27° Februariz. 








A. 1850. 


in which, according to Accounts laid before Parlia- 
ment, by Order of the 9th of February 1827, the 
Excess of Export over Import was the greatest ; 
showing also the Quantity imported and exported in 
each year, the Quantity exported in 1750, being the 
year in which the Excess of Export was the greatest 
(the Quantity being 950,203 Quarters), and that the 


y | Average Price of that year was 28s. 103d., and the 


Annual Average during the whole Period 33s. 11d. : 
—Showing the Total Amount of Bounty paid on the 
Import of Wheat into England, in the Five con- 
secutive years preceding the year 1801 inclusive, and 
annexing to the Account the Extract from the Order 
of the Cabinet of his Majesty the King of Prussia, 
in the Appendix No. 40, to the Report on the Dis- 
tressed State of Agriculture in 1821, addressed to 
the Minister of State at Berlin, dated the 12th day 
of September 1801, having reference to the Harvest 
in England in that year, in which the following 
passage occurs respecting the new Duty on Wheat : 
—“ Under these circumstances, I consider it so 
much the more advisable to postpone the taking off 
the Duty on Wheat till December, as we shall then 
be able to judge with more certainty whether the 
report of an unusually abundant Harvest in Eng- 
land be founded or not, and regulate our measures 
accordingly. Should the Prices in England con- 
tinue to that time between 50s. and 60s. per Quarter, 
the Duty shall then be taken off, and shall only be 
continued in full if they rise again to 80s. or 90s. ; 
should they in this period rise something less than 
the last-mentioned Price, the Duty can be modified 
accordingly. (signed) Frederick Wilhelm.” : 
—And, showing the Total Amount of Wheat im- 
ported into England in the Five consecutive years 
preceding 1815, viz. 1810-1814 inclusive ; showing 
also the Quantity imported in the year 1810, being 
the year in which the Import was the greatest ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity imported from the Ports 
of Europe from that imported from the United 
States and the British North American Colonies, 
with the Average Quantity imported in each year, 
the Total Quantity imported during the whole Pe- 
riod, and also the Average Price of Wheat in each 
year, and the Average Price of the whole Period. 

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


Petitions from Urquhart ;—Inverheillor ;—Ket- 
tering ; -— Panbride ; — Berwich-upon- Tweed ; — 
Clunie;—Kirkmichael;— Blackford (two Petitions) ; 
—Kilmavy Flisk and Creich ;— Braemar ; — Chid- 
dingford ;— Ewell ;—Pyworthy ;—South Stoke and 
Woodcote ;— Nuffield ;—and, Blyth; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday Labour in the Post-office,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 27° die Februari ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 
M®*: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
. mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 25th 
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. 


Sir Frederic Thesiger presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, 
in Abstract, of the several Sums of Money received 
and disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames 
Navigation, in the year 1849. 

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

The 





Post-office. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Tenth Re- 


port.) 


Thames 
Navigation. 








Athy, Castle- 
comer and 
Kilkenn 

Road Bi 


‘Copper Miners’ 
Company 
(England) Bill. 


Licensed 

Vic 3 
and 

Fire and Life 
Assurance 
Company 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Marriages 
Bill. 





13 Victroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Athy, Castlecomer and Kilkenny 
Road Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of March next. 


The Copper Miners’ Company (England) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Licensed Victuallers’ and General Fire and 
Life Assurance Company (No. 2.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff of the county of 
Cornwall, complaining of the generally depressed 
state of the Agricultural Interest; and praying for 
measures of relief, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salisbury ;—Londonderry ;—and, 
Stockport; 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 Greenwich ;—Kentish Town ;— 
Islington (three Petitions) ;—Camden Town (two 
Petitions) ; — Blackfriars-road; — Henley-on- 
Thames ;— Kingsland ;—Clerkenwell ;—Shoreditch ; 
— Winchester ;— Hambledon ;—Baintree and Bock- 
ing ;— Chelmsford ;—Leicester ;—Leeds ;—Lyming- 
ton ; —— Brighton ; — Woolwich ; — Atch-Lench ; — 
Rayleigh ;—Little Plumstead ;— Bexley Heath ;— 
Aylsham ;— Harpole;— Hanley ;--Great Torrington; 
— Coventry ;— Harlow ; — Pentonville ;— Poole ;— 
Widcomb ; — Stanton and Cutsdean ;— Derby ;— 
Bishopsgate-street, London ;—Saint Luke’s, Mid- 
dlesex ;— Beverley and Bishop Burton ;— Guernsey ; 
— Bradford ( Wilts) ;—Kington ;— Hull ;— Blooms- 
bury ;—Soham ;—Norwich ;—London Baptist As- 
sociation (Chairman and Secretaries); — Newton 
Abbot and Newton Bushel ;— Windsor ;— Notting- 
ham (two Petitions) ;— Bridgnorth ;— Chiswick ;— 
Taunton ;—Spencer-place, * a London ;— 
Saint Alban’s (two Petitions) ;— Colchester ;—Hox- 
ton ;— Hammersmith ;— Falmouth ;— Broadstairs ; 
—Amersham ;— Rugby ;—Bethnal Green ;—Lough- 
borough ;— Baptist Union of Great Britain and 
Ireland (Chairman and Secretaries) ;—Portsmouth; 
—Saint Ives (Huntingdon) ;— Worthing ;— Lewes ; 
—Tunbridge Wells ;— Tunbridge ; — Shoreham ;— 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the Three De- 
nominations residing in and near the cities of Zon- 
don and Westminster (Chairman and Secretary) ;— 
Board of Baptist Ministers residing in and near 
the cities of London and Westminster (Chairman 
and Secretary) ; — Buckingham ; — Tottenham; — 
Gateshead; —Ozford ; me wereld 3 —Brentford ; — 
Monkwearmouth ; — Sunderland and Bishopwear- 
mouth ; — Stockton-on-Tees ; — Dalston; — Seven 
Oaks ; —Hartlepool; — Bury (Lancaster); —South 
Shields :—Aylesbury ;-- Rochdale ;-- Loughborough; 
— Southsea; — Great Dunmow ; — Dunstable; — 
Cambridge ;—A shampstead ;— Whitchurch ;—Great 
Sampford ; —Macelesfield ;— New North-road ;— 
Ipswich ; —Shoreditch (two Petitions) ; —Hunting- 
don ;— Wisbech ;— Downton ;— Rotherham;—Bard- 
well ;—Meltham ; —Burslem ; — Wakefield ; — Wol- 
verhampton ;— Westminster ;— Winchester ; — Little 
Leigh ;-Bishopsgate ;-- Tiverton ;--Great Ashfield ;- 
Ivinghoe ;—Shacklewell ;— Fish-street Hill ;—Stret- 
ham ;— Boston ; —Swaffham ;— Norwich ;— Lud- 
ham ;--Sheffield( Mayor) ;-- Blaby ;— Gamlingay ;— 
Chadwell Heath ;— Notting Hill ;—Ringstead ; — 
peri ;-- Hampstead ;— West Malling ;— Falcon- 

OL. 105, 





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103 


a in the city of London ;— Milton ( Oxford) ;— 
ngham;— Hadlow ;—Pontesbury ;—Saint Pancras ; 
— Burford ;—Quorndon ; —Hachney (Minister) ;— 
and, Bishop’s Stortford; 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 West (Cornwall) ;— 
Deanery of East (Cornwall) ;—Rural Deanery of 
Balcombe ;—University of Cambridge ;— Liverpool ; 
—Harbledown ; —Weekley and Little Oakley ;— 
Geddington-cum-Newton ; — Hillingdon, Uxbridge 
and Uxbridge Moor ;— Twycross ;— Canterbury ;— 
Ballygawley ; — Saint John, near Worcester ;— 
Chichley ; —Exeter (three Petitions) ;—Ruerdean 
and Holy Trinity, Dean Forest ;—Canon Frome ;— 
Chillenden ; —Lea ; —Kemerton ; —and, Crawley ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


lander (Moderator) ;—Dunbarney ;—Kirk Session 
of Caputh (Moderator) ; — Shildon; — Insch ; — 
Huntley ;—Kirk Session of Midmar ;—Norton ;— 
Stoke Edith ; — Chilthorne Domer ;— Seghill ;— 
Lambourne ; — Shalbourne ; — Ramsbury ; — Marl- 
borough ; — Wilton ; — Bedwin ; — Hungerford ;— 
Aldbourne ; — Welford ;—and, Girvan (Chief Ma- 
gistrate) ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labou 
im the Post-oftice,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the House to prohibit the granting of any new li- 
censes 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. 


ford, complaining of the manner in which Coroners’ 
Inquests are held in the county of Bedford; and 
praying the House to put a stop to the proceedings 
mentioned in the Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Deanery of West (Cornwall) ;—and, Deanery of East 
(Cornwall); stating that the Petitioners are aggrieved 
by the manner in which the Education grant is 
distributed by the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion, the arrangement entered into in 1839 and 1840 
between the heads of the Church and the Govern- 
ment having as they allege been departed from; and 
praying the House to devise such measures as may 
positively define the terms upon which the said 
grant is to be distributed,—were presented, and read : 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Tyldesley, praying 
the House to take means for establishing a sound, 
secular unsectarian system of Education for the 
whole people, without trenching upon any pecu- 
liarities of opinion, worship or conviction, was also 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Clergy, Magistrates, Bankers, Worsted Spinners, 
Manufacturers, Factory Workers and other Inha- 
bitants of the town of Bradford, Yorkshire, praying 
the House to pass a Declaratory Factories Act, 
rendering relays and shifts illegal, and limiting the 
practical and regular working for all young persons 





04 and 


Petitions from Wexford ;—Kirk Session of Ca/- Post-office. 


Petitions from Morton ;—and, Bacup ; praying Beer-shops, 


A Petition of Jesse Partridge, Shopkeeper, Corn- Coroners” 
market, Leighton Buzzard, in the county of Bed- Inquests 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the County Rates 
Aston Union, in the county of Warwick, praying and Expendi- 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Balcombe ;— gaucation. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Factories Act. 





104 


aud females in Factories, to ten hours a day con- 
tinuous labour for five days of the week, and eight 
hours on the Saturday, with proper intervals for 
meals for all at the same time, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from County of Dublin; — Galway ;— 
and, Clondalkin ; praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Paper,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Paper. 


Petitions from Sheffield:—John Thornton, Wil- 
liam Jones, and William Henry Pattison ; — and, 
Cambridge; praying for the abolition of the Excise 
Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and 
the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the 
proper authorities to fix a small charge for the trans- 
mission of Newspapers by Post,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


A Petition of Out-Pensioners of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea, resident within the dis- 
trict of Belfast, complaining of certain deductions 
from their Pensions previous to the 1st of April 
1847; and praying for relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pensioners 
(Arny.) 


A Petition of Landowners, Merchants and In- 
habitants of the city of Londonderry, and the ad- 
jacent country, praying the House to adopt such 
measures as may secure to the North of Jreland suit- 
able Railway accommodation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways 
(Treland.) 


Petitions from Williton;—and, Rhyl; praying 
the House to amend the Small Debts Act, by ex- 
tending the jurisdiction of the county courts,—were 
gga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Distillers and Spirit Dealers of 
Dublin, stating that the Petitioners, in common 
with all dealers in home manufactured Spirits in 
Ireland, are now, and have been for years, subject 
to a grievance arising from the mode in which the 
duty is levied off the Spirits when bonded for home 
consumption ; and praying the House to enact a 
law whereby the Excise Department shall be em- 
powered to make allowance in full henceforward for 
all reductions and deficiencies in quantity that shall 
be found to have occurred in Jrish Manufactured 
Spirits, bonded for home consumption, was pre- 
i and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Belfast, praying for a reduction of 


the duty on Tea, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Spirit 
(ireland.) 


Tea. 


Petitions from Dover ;—and, Saint Anne, West- 
minster (two Petitions) ; praying for the repeal of 
the Window Duty,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Windows. 


sone Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
——— Fauna t© Advances from the Consolidated Fund (Ireland), 
(Ireland), &amp;c, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 98. 


Corn. Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn, which 
No.96. was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Marriages The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Biil Reading of the Marriages 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 tu be 
made to the Question ; viz. "ro 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 


27°—28° Februari. 











A. 1850. 


word “ now” stand part of the Question :—And 


a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday 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. 


Mr. Solicitor-General reported from the Com- Process 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- and Practice 
rizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of —* ai 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Compensa- 
of Salaries and Compensations which may become tions.] 
payable in pursuance of any Act of the present Ses- 
sion for the Regulation of Process and Practice in 
the Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland, a 
Resolution; which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Salaries and Compensations 
which may become payable in pursuance of any Act 
of the present Session for the Regulation of Pro- 
cess and Practice in the Superior Courts of Com- 
mon Law in Jreland, be paid out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Process and Practice (Jreland) Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Extra- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased _— 
to give directions that there be laid before this “P°"% 
House, a Return of the Value of all Extra-parochial 
Property which either has been or is liable to be 
assessed to the County Rate, under the Act 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 111, as fixed either by a County Rate made 
under the said Act, or by the Property Tax. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 13° Victories Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
N 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 1848, up to and including 
the 3ist day of December 1849:—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


Table. 
Petitions of Gabriel Hamilton Lang, Parlia- Caledonian 
d and Edinburgh 


mentary Agent for the Glasgow, Barrhead and 014 Glasgow 
Neilston Direct Railway Company ;—and, Gabriel Railways _ 
Hamilton Lang, Parliamentary Agent for the Glas- Amalgamation 
gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company ; -™ 
praying that no further extension of time may be 

granted for the Second Reading of the Caledonian 

and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways Amalgama- 

tion Bill,—were presented, and read; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company, ‘ 
for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the Act re- | ne om 
lating to the said Company, was presented, and (Amendment 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on of Act) Bill. 
Standing Orders. M 

r 


Electric 








Poor Law 
Boundaries 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. 


Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales. ) 


Agricultural 
Distress, 
Attornies’ 


Certificates. 


Beer-shops. 


Church of 
England. 


Education of 
the Blind, 


13 Vicrorrz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Zrish Poor Law 
Commissioners, on the Measures taken for carrying 
into effect the Recommendations of the Boundary 
Commissioners. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 1st day of August in the last 
Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Total 
Number of Bills filed in the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, in each of the years from 1840 to 1848 
(both inclusive); distinguishing how many were ori- 
ginal and how many were not original Bills; and 
specitying (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 Lu- 
natics. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—State- 
ments of the Receipts and Expenditure on account 
of the Turnpike-roads in South Wales in 1849, to- 
gether with the Estimate for 1850. 

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


Petitions from Worcester ;— and, Dunmanway ; 
complaining of the depressed state of the Agricul- 
tural interest; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hereford ;— Chippenham ;—Mem- 
bers of the Plymouth Law Society ;—and, Fermoy ; 
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 Wailsea, Somerset- 
shire, praying the House to prohibit the granting of 
any 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 Clergymen of the Wycombe and 
Burnham Deaneries, in the county of Bucks, pray-- 
ing the House to provide some alteration in the law 
whereby the highest aquen as to the doctrine and 
discipline of the Church of England, is now referred 
to a court which may consist of members who do 
not belong to her communion, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochdale Union; — Godstone 
Union (Chairman and Clerk) ;— Dukinfield ;—and, 
Houghton-le- Spring 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 the President, Vice-President and 
Members of the Committee of the Preston Guar- 
dian Society for the Protection of Trade, stating 
that the Petitioners consider the law of debtor and 
creditor still ina very defective and unsatisfactory 
state, and injurious alike to both debtor and cre- 
ditor, but particularly to the latter; and praying the 
House to take it into its consideration, and pass 
such measures as may place the same upon a more 
safe and sound foundation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Stidolph, of Bath, Pro- 
fessor of Education to the Blind, complaining of 
the deficiency of Education for the Blind at present 
existing, their number being, he computes, between 
twenty and thirty thousand, whereas public institu- 

VoL. 105. 





98° Februariz. 





105 


tions provide only Education for two thousand ; and 
praying for the formation of a British National 
Blind Establishment, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Lisheencreagh ;— Ballydehob ; — Education 
Articrunagh ;— Ballywatt ;—and, Kilronan; com- (Ireland) 


plaining 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 griev- 
ance,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley (two Petitions) ;—and, Elective 


Huddersfield ; praying for an extension of the Elec- Franchise, &amp;c. 


tive Franchise and for other measures of Parlia- 
mentary Reform,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers of all denominations of Factories Act. 


Todmorden and its vicinity, praying the House (with 
as little delay as possible) to pass a declaratory 
Factories Act rendering relays and shifts illegal, and 
limiting the practical and regular working for all 
young persons and females in factories to ten hours 
a day continuous labour for five days of the week, 
and eight hours on the Saturday, with proper inter- 
vals for meals for all at the same time, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Lan- pighways 


caster Union, praying that the Highways (District (District Sur- 
Surveyors) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- V¥°rs) Bill. 


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


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Incumbered 


Dublin, praying that some provision may be made Estates 


by the House for a bidding by the State, on behalf “te!nd) Act. 


of the public, of twelve years’ purchase of Jrish 
estates about to be sold under the Incumbered 
Estates (Jreland) Act, and also for giving the tenants 
leases with clauses of compensation for improve- 
ments, allowing them to purchase their holdings at 
fifteen years’ value, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coleraine, and the Landlord 


surrounding country, praying for the amendment of 
the Law between Landlord and Tenant in Jreland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Ipswich ;—Bath ;— and, Wake- Marriages Bill. 


field; 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 Old Machar 
(Moderator) ;—Rural Dean of the deanery of Chew; 
—Astley ;—-and, Dorchester ; 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 a Meeting of Mercantile 
Shipowners and those interested in shipping in the Marine Bill. 


Port of Dundee, praying that the Mercantile Marine 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Malcolm Lewin, resident at Giou- = zeanee 
urtcn. 


cester Gardens, Hyde Park, setting forth the losses 
inflicted upon certain individuals, by the insol- 
vency of Sir Thomas Turton, Baronet, late Regis- 
trar of Her Majesty’s Supreme Court of the Presi- 
dency of Calcutta; and praying for inquiry into 
the case, and for such measures of relief as may 
appear suitable in the judgment of the House, was 

P presented, 


and Tenant 
(Treland. ) 








Monetary 
System. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Parliamentary 


Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. 


Post-oflice. 


106 


ety and read; and-ordered to lie upon the | 
able. 


A Petition of James Stewart, of Liverpool, stating 
that John Gray, Esquire, of Edinburgh (in part 
Proprietor of the North British Advertiser), has 

ointed out many radical defects in our Monetary 

ystem, and has also devised a plan whereby one 
hundred millions sterling in comforts and neces- 
saries may be realized to the people of these realms, 
and the numerous bankruptcies, insolvencies, panics 
and excessive fluctuations in trade, which so severely 
afflict this country, may be in future avoided ; and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Rochdale (Tellers, Chairman and 
Vice-chairman);— Bradford ( York) (five Petitions); 
— York ; —Galashiels ;— Peterborough ;—Warring- 
ton ;—Sheffield ;—-South Shields (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Southampton; praying for the abolition of the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, 
and the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the 
proper authorities to fixa small charge for the trans- 
mission of Newspapers by post,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander M‘Carthy, of South 
Mail, in the borough of Cork, Solicitor and Town- 
clerk of said borough, stating that by the Parlia-| 
mentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ire/and) Bill, very onerous | 
and serious duties are imposed upon the Petitioner, 
and those holding the office of town-clerk, without 
granting any remuneration whatever, and subjecting 
Petitioner and those holding such office to be fine 
by the assistant barristers, as therein mentioned ; 
and praying the House not tu pass such a Bill into 
law, without providing such reasonable remuneration 
as to the House shall seem fit for the performance 
of the duties so intended to be imposed on Peti- 
tioner and others holding a similar office, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. 


| 

A Petition of Landowners, Farmers, House-| 
holders, and others in the parish of Dunbar, in the | 
county of Haddington, complaining of the mode of | 
assessment for the support of the poor caused by | 
the recent Act in Scotland; and praying the House | 
to take the hardship of the present system into 
their most serious consideration, and make such | 
alteration in the present Act as to change the three | 
modes therein contained to the mode of assessing | 


on means and substance alone, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Boylestone; —Stubby Lane;— 
Ellastone;--Thurvastone ;--Uttoxeter ;-- Barnstaple; 
—Cadoxton-juxta- Barry ;-—Little Hinton ;— Bel- 
per;—Old Deer ; — Witchampton;—Donaghadee ;— 
Crickhowell; —Ledbury ;—Little Marcle ; —Wel- 
lington Heath ;— Stowmarket ; — Havering ;—Kirk 
Session of Gladsmuir (Moderator and Sessional 
Clerk) ;— Bethnal Green;— Ispwich ;— Donisthorpe; 
-— Thorpe ;--Kirk Session of Borthwick (Moderator); 
— Kirkliston ;—Kirk Session of Liffand Benvie ;— 
William Murray ;—Anstruther and Cellardyke ;— 
Derby ;--Stoney ;-- Eyam ;-- Bolsover and Scarcliff ; 
Kirk Session of Ruthwell (Minister) ;—Kirkmahoe ; 
— Beverley ; — Knutsford; —Members of the Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church of Scotland ;—Crow- 
marsh Gifford ;-- Blackbourton ;— Brailes ;-- Tysoe ; | 
— Shipston-on- Stour ;— Merstham;—Sunday School | 
Union of London ;—Ewhurst ;—Lower Tooting ;— | 





of Saint Andrew'sof Glasgow (Minister);—Kihinnie; | 
—kKirk Session of West Ziberton (Moderator) ;— | 
Kirk Session of Dailly (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session | 
of Stair (Moderator) ;-Kirk Session of Craigie (Mo- | 
derator and Session Clerk) ;— Kirk Session of Dalziel 


28° Februarii. 


_a Stamp Duty on Receipts for sums amounti 





A. 1850. 


(Moderator) ;—Chryston ; —Burr ; — Newlands ;— 
Logie Easter ;—Ilchester ;—Bridport ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Dollar (Moderator) ; — Saint Alban’s; — 
Calbourne ;—Devizes ;— Goole and Selby ;—Clare 
(Suffolk) ;—Shisteen, Isle of Arran ;—and, Rothe- 
say and Kingarth; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 









Petitions of Shareholders and Proprietors of Railways. 


Stock in various Railway Companies ;—and, Share- 
holders in the Midland Railway, resident in Shef- 
field ; praying the House to appoint a Special Com- 
mittee to inquire into all the causes of the depre- 
ciation of Railway property, and to adopt such 
measures relating thereto as may seem desirable 
and practicable,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landowners, Merchants and In- 
habitants of the town of Newtownlimavady, and 
the adjacent country, praying the House to adopt 
such measures as may secure the extension of the 
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, and thereby 
give employment to the labourers of the district, 
and further the interests of Newtownlimavady, and 
the north-west of /re/and generally, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Newcastie-upon- Tyne, 
praying the House to repeal the Acts which impose 
ng to 

51. and upwards, was presented, and read ; me or- 


dered to he upon the Table. 


Rail 
(ireland.) 


Receipts. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Car- Shipwrecks, 


digan, stating that the Petitioners have upon many 
occasions witnessed with distressed feelings the 
dreadful loss of life that has taken place upon that 
exposed coast from Shipwrecks; and praying the 
House to make it imperative upon all masters or 
owners of vessels to be provided, under a penalty, 
with a life-preserver for each of their crew; the 
same to be strictly enquired into by the proper 
officers of Her Majesty’s Customs, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Huddersfield and 
its vicinity, praying the House to adopt measures 
or the suppression of the Slave Trade, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Slave Trade. 


Petitions from Wareham ; Hastings ; — and, Small Debts 
Poole; praying for the amendment of the Small Act. 


Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Zan- Small Tene- 
caster Union, praying that the Small Tenements Ren Rating 


Rating Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Merthyr Tidfil Union, in the counties of Glamor- 
ganshire and Brecknoch, praying that the value of 
tenements, the owners of which are to be rated to 
the poor-rate, in lieu of the occupiers, may be fixed 
at 8/., in lieu of 5/., as now proposed by the said 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and Lecturers Medical 
Kirk Session of Coylton (Moderator) ; —Kirk Session of the London Hospital, London, praying the House aoe) 


to adopt measures for enabling Naval Assistant 
Surgeons to acquire an extended knowledge of their 
profession, and of the allied sciences, and for pro- 
viding that the Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy 
should have ward-room accommodation, with - 
the 


(Navy. 











Tailor Trade. 


tion (New 


South Wales.) 


Windows. 


Gas Bills. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Merionet 
Turnpilse- 
Toads Bill. 


Ceylon. 


13 VicrorizZ. 


the privileges appertaming to their rank, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Jour- 
neymen Tailors of London, complaining of the 
evils inflicted on the Tailor Trade generally, by 
the system of home working; and praying that a 
law may be passed, making it imperative on all 
Master Tailors to have their work done on their own 
premises, including the Government clothing, was 

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


Petitions from Newcastle (Mayor) ;—and, Hartle- 
pool; praying for repeal of the duty upon Timber, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North and South 
Brisbane, and Kangaroo Point, Moreton Bay, New 
South Wales, stating that the Petitioners emigrated 
thither from the United Kingdom at different times 
since the year 1841, when Moreton Bay ceased to 
be a penal settlement, and was opened for free im- 
migration ; that they are surprised by the arrival of 
a number of British convicts, to the great grief and 
injury of the Petitioners ; and praying the House to 
consider their grievance and grant redress, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of MWewcastle-upon- 
Tyne, praying for the immediate and total repeal 
of the Window Duty, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Parties promoting any Gas Bill 
during the present Session of Parliament do prove, 
before the ictdeate of Petitions for Private Bills, 
at such time as may be by the said Examiners ap- 

ointed for the purpose, that notice in writing of the 
mtended application has been given to every owner 
and occupier of a dwelling-house situate within three 
hundred yards of the boundary of the proposed 
works, at least fourteen days before the first sitting 
of the Committee on the Bill, and that the Examiner 
do grant a certificaté accordingly ; and that such 
certificate shall be produced, in the first instance, 
before the Committee on the Bill, and that the said 
Committee do report the production of such cer- 
tificate to the House on the Report of the Bill:— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


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 Merioneth 
‘Turnpike-roads, Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
Address of the 20th day of this instant February, 
That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
appoint a Commission to inquire into the circum- 
stances relating to the Documents presented to the 
Ceylon Committee, on the 14th instant, with the 
name of Captain Watsun attached to them, and to 
which his Bdboess laid upon the Table of the 
House refers, had been presented to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint the House, that She has given directions 
accordingly. 

Vou. 105. 





98° Fkebruariz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-oftice. 








107 


Returns, as — as can be estimated, of the Num- 
ber of chargeableLetters delivered in the United 
Kingdom in the year immediately preceding the 
first general reduction of Postage on the 5th day 
of December 1839, and foreach complete year sub- 
sequent thereto ; also, for the first year, the Number 
of Pea, and for the last year, and up to as late 
a period as practicable, the Number of Letters for 
each Week in which they were counted :—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, excluding from the Ac- 
count, whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Ma- 
nagement, 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 :—Of the Payments 
by the Post-office during the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the 
United Kingdom, distinguishing, in each instance, 
the Payments for Work done within the year from, 
Payments for Work done in previous years :-—- 
And, of the Number and Amount of Money Orders 
issued and paid in the United Kingdom in each 
year, beginning with 1839. 


Ordered, That Viscount Drumlanrig have leave Leave of 
of absence for a month, on account of illness in his Absence. 


family. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Revenue, 
Command,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, ph tenon 
Commerce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its ©°™™e?® *«- 


Dependencies, Part X VIII.—Sec. A. 1848. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign 
a Return of 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 1849, for the dif- 
ference of Rates and Charges due to Corporations, 
Companies or Individuals for Foreign Vessels, which, 
under Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, are ad- 
mitted into the Ports of the United Kingdom at 
the same Rates of Charge as British Vessels; spe- 
cifying each of the several Rates, on what Account 
the same was paid, whether for Light Dues, Dock 
Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandise, Pilotage or 
otherwise ; also, the Total Amount (under the Keci- 
procity Treaties) paid to each Corporation, Com- 
pany or Individual, in each year, up to the 31st day 
of December 1849 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 112, of last Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Law 
a Return, specifying in detail, the different Items (Ireland.) 


included under the head “ Establishment and other 
Charges,” in the Unions of Carrick-on-Suir, Clog- 
heen, Clonmel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Thurles, Tipperary 
and Cashel, between the 30th day of June and the 
29th day of September 1849. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being National 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to — 


amend the National Representation, by extending 
the Elective Franchise, so that every man of full 
age, and not subject to any mental or legal disa- 
bility, who shall have been the resident occupier of 
a house, or part of a house as a lodger, for twelve 
months, and shall have been duly rated to the Poor 
of that parish for that time, shall be registered as an 

P2 Elector, 





108 


Elector, and be entitled to vote for a Representative 
in Parliament; also, by — that Votes shall 
be taken by Ballot; that the duration of Parlia- 
ment shall not exceed three years; and that the 
proportion of Representatives be made more con- 
sistent with the amount of Population and Pro- 


perty ; 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 1° die Martii, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers forthe ¢ Mr. Hume, \ 96 
Yeas, | Sir Joshua Walmsley: J ~* 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, loae 
Noes, Mr. Grey: 7 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to effect 
the Compulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of Copy- 
hold and Customary Tenure ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Aglionby, 97 

Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : } ’ 

Tellers for oa Robert Harry Inglis, } 39 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Shafto Adair and Mr. Hobhouse 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to render more simple and effectual the Titles by 
which Congregations or Societies, associated for 
Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in 
Scotland, hold Real Property required for such 
Purposes : And that Mr. Secretary-at-War and Mr. 
Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 
Window Duty. Ordered, Tirat there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Window Duty assessed, 
and the Net Amount received, with the Number of 
Houses charged, for the year ending the 5th day of 
April 1849 :—And, a like Return for the Twelve 
Towns in England paying the largest Amount. 


Landlord ana Mr. Pusey presented a Bill for the Improvement 


Tenant Bill. of the Relation between Landlord and Tenant in 
No.97. England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of March next ; and 
to be printed. 

Railway Mr. John Lewis Ricardo presented a Bill for 
Traffic Bill. the better Regulation of Railway ‘Traffic: And the 
No. 48. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 13th day 

of March next ; and to be printed. 
Titles of Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to render 
on el more simple and effectual the Titles by which Con- 
(Scotland) gregations or Societies, associated for Purposes of 
Bill. Religious Worship or Education in Scotland, hold 
No. $9. Real Property required for such Purposes: 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, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1849, distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped ut each of the said Ports, 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 


28° Februarit.—1° Martiz. 





as compared with the year i848 :—Of the Quan- | 








A. 1850. 


tities 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 1849 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1848 ; 
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 1849, 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 1849, comparing the same with the Quan- 
tities brought during the year 1848. 


A Petition of John Asser, Corn Exchange, Zon- Wheat. 
don, praying the House to consent to a fixed duty 
of 10s. per quarter upon Wheat, with necessary 
provisions for securing at all times bread at a 
reasonable price, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


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, 1° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Lethbridge, from Greenwich Hospital, was Freight-money 
called in ; and at the bar presented,—Return — 
to an Order, dated the 21st day of February last, aed 
for a Return of the several Sums for Freight Money 
received by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital 
since the 17th day of March 1849, with the Dates 
of such Payments, and whether on public or pri- 
vate account ; also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel 
in which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the 
Captain or Officer commanding the same :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Urdered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. King, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Bankruptcy. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament— 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 
1849, upon every Estate under their Charge as such 
Official Assignees ; and also, the Balances appear- 
ing by their Books to be then in the Bank of Eng- 
land, 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 As- 
signees ; together with Returns showing the several 
Sums allowed to them as Official Assignees for 
Remuneration and for Petty Expenses, under every 
Estate under their Charge, during the year 1849: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Ewen, from the Office of the Accountant in Bankruptcy: 
Bankruptcy, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—A Statement of the Amount trans- 
ferred and paid out as Dividends, from the 31st day 
of December 1848 to 1st January 1850, also show- 
ing the Balances on the following Accounts, stand- 
ing to the credit of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the 
Accountantin ergs ga the 1st day of January 
1850; viz., 1st. The General Cash Account of 
Bankruptcy Estates; 2d. The Bankruptcy Fund 
Account ; 











13 Vicroriz. 


Account; 3d. The Unclaimed Dividend Account ; 
4th. The Chief Registrar’s Account ; together with 
an Appendix to the last-named Account, of the 
Payments made therefrom, showing to whom made, 
and whether as Salaries, Compensations, Annuities, 
Services, or Travelling or other Expenses or Allow- 
ances :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Farmers’ Estate Society (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Farmers’ 
Estate Society 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Great Central  ()rdered, That the Great Central Gas Consumers’ 
ay Company (No. 2.) Bill be read a second time upon 
pany (No. 2.) Monday next. 


Ipswich Ordered, That the Ipswich General Cemetery 
9 ae! Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eleventh 
Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 26th 27th and 28th 
days of February 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. 


Attornies’ 


Petitions from Leeds;—Derby;—and, South- 
Certificates. 


wark; praying for 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. 


Agricultural 


Petitions from Knaresborough ;—and, Callan ; 
Distress, 


complaining of the generally depressed state of the 
Agricultural Interest, and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief,—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 House to take into consideration the state of 
the smaller charities affecting the poor of this king- 
dom, 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. 


Charitable 
Trusts, 


Church of 


A Petition of Cler fthe deanery of JZisley, i 
ane ition gy o eanery of Jisley, in 


the archdeaconry of Berks, in the diocese of Oz- 
ford, praying the House to provide some alteration 
of the law whereby the highest appeal as to the 
doctrine and Sacpline of the Church of England is 
now referred to a court which may consist of mem- 
bers who do not belong to her communion, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Burton- 
upon-Trent, praying for the abolition of Church 

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


Church Rates, 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of 
the rectory of Donoughmore, and vicarage of 
Skeirke, in the diocese of Ossory, and the Queen’s 
County, praying the House to alter the laws relating 
to the ‘l'emporalities of the Zrish Protestant Church, 
so that its revenues may be applied to purposes of 
more extended usefulness, and in particular to the 
increase and maintenance of Catholic Church ac- 
commodation in Catholic. populous parishes, for 
the Catholic people of Jre/and, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table 
Vou, 105. 





1° Marti. 








109 


Petitions from Wolstanton and Burslem Union ; county Rates 

—Union of Rotherham (Chairman and Union Clerk); and Expendi- 
— Barwell;— Burbage;-- Hinckley Poor Law Union ; tre Bill. 
— Hinckley ;—Sharnford, Sapcote and Stoney Stan- 
ton ;— Earl Shilton ;—and, Penzance Union ; pray- 
ing that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kennitty ;—- Cappoquin ;—Mag- raucation 
hera ;—Drumnahay ;—Dunmore Last ;—Donard ; (Ireland) 
—Derrygrath ;—Youghal (two Petitions) ;—Dun- 
crum; — and, Monkstown; 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,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vicar and Clergy of the parish Factories Act. 

of Calverley, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, praying the House to pass a declaratory Act 
for securing to women and children employed in 
Factories the provisions of a real ten hours Bill, such 
hours to be reckoned continuously from the first 
hour of work in each day, with proper intervals 
for meals, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Michael James Foley, Philip James Fisheries 
Foley and John M. Foley, of Anglont, in tle county (Ireland) Act. 
of Kerry, complaining of the ruinous effect upon 
their property by the late Irish Fishery Law, by 
which the fishing season was changed, as regards 
the River Caragh ; and praying that the said river 
and its tributaries may be constituted into a distinct 
Fishery District, and its season determined accord- 
ing to its own particular nature, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Ward Clerk of the Ward of civic officers 
Cripplegate Within, in the City of London, stating (London.) 
that, in his opinion, the number of persons qualified 
to vote in the election of Civic Officers for the City 
of London, is far too limited ; and praying the House 
to revise and adjust the laws of the city of London, 
in respect to the franchise for the election of Civic 
Officers, and also to cause a more equal division of 
the city imto wards, and to enact that the Aldermen 
of the said city shall be subject to periodical elec- 
tion, instead of being elected for life, as at present 
is the case, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Croydon ; — Netheravon ; — and, Marriages 
Durrington; praying that the Marriages Bill may Bill. 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Rotherham ;--and, Derby (Mayor) ; 
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 Glasgow Shipowners’ Associa- Mercantile 
tion (Chairman) ;—President of the Hu// Chamber Marine Bill. 
of Commerce ;—and, Arbroath; praying that the 
Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Burton-upon-Trent ;—Falmouth ; Bankruptcy. 

—and, Great Yarmouth; praying for the exten- 
sion of the jurisdiction of the County Courts in 
all cases of Bankruptcy, where the probable assets 
of the Bankrupt shall not exceed three hundred 
pounds or four hundred pounds, and where the resi- 
dence of the Bankrupt is at inconvenient distance 
from a Bankruptcy Court,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


P 3 Petitions 



























































Sgr SS pea ees at Pa 


So Hoe SE 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Post- office. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Tea. 


Timber. 


National Land 


Company. 


110 1° Martz. 


Petitions from Broad-street, Golden-square ;— 
Sunderland ; —London ;— Truro ;—W orkpeople in 
the employ of Messrs. Bottomly, Wilkinson, and 
Company ;—and, Bradford ( York) (three Petitions); 
praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 
upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax upon 
Howupeinars and all other Taxes upon Knowledge, 
may be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to 
fix a small charge for the transmission of news- 
papers by the post,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Banstead ;—Chaldon ;— Horley ; 
—Croydon ;— Rugeley ;—Kirk Session of Garvock 
(Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Strachan (Minister 
and Moderator) ;— Benholme ; — Thorne; —Kirk 
Session of Inverarity (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session 
of Auchterarder (Moderator) ;— Kirk Session of 
Colmonell (Moderator) ; — Kirk Session of Alvie 
(Moderator) ;—Portree;— Derby (twelve Petitions); 
— Dumbarton ; — Annalong ;— Kates Bridge ;— 
Mourne ;— Mirfield ;— Bechwithshaw ;— Rigton ;— 
Huddersfield, Almondbury, Kirk-Heaton and Kirk- 
Burton ; — Dewsbury ; — Sowerby ;—Menstone ;— 
Leathley ;— Ossett ;—Mill Bank (York) ;—-Stain- 
burn;— Tingley ; — King’s Cross (Yorh) ;—Bram- 
hope;— Otley ;— Greetland;—Stainland ;— Hawhkes- 
worth ;— Weeton ;— Burley ( York) ;—Ripponden ;— 
Goole; — Rotherham; — Ferry Bridge; — Bads- 
worth ;— Finningley (two Petitions) ;— Adel ;— To- 
rosay ;—Lochfineside ; —Island of Lismore ;—Kirk 
Session of Kinloch Rannoch (Moderator) ;—Kirk 
Session of Kilmartin (Moderator) ;— Lochgilphead ; 
— Threapwood ; — Tyldesley ;—Leigh ;— Marple ;— 
Sevenoaks ;—Cadishead ;—Astley ;—New Mills ;— 
Disley ;—Milltown and Killorglin ;— W hitehaven ; 
— Southwark ; — Bramber ;— Brough ;— Musgrave ; 
—Stainmore ;— Bewdley ;—Kirk Session of Alloa 
(Moderator) ;— Fenny Bentley ;— Kniveton ;—South 
Normanton ; — Ashover ; — William Hutcheson ;— 
Warborough ; — Minster Lovell; — Reading ; — 
Wantage ; — Maidenhead ;—Arrochar ;—Hudders- 
field (two Petitions) ;—Armitage Bridge ;— Milns- 
bridge ; — Onley ; — Paddock ; — Linthwaite-in- 
Almondbury ; —Almondbury ;—Longwood ;—Lock- 
wood ; — Havant ; — Clewe Prior ;— Rothesay ;— 
and, Kirk Session of Torosay (Moderator) ; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burton-upon- Trent ;— Falmouth ; 
—Great Yarmouth ;—and, Midhurst ; praying the 
House to amend 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 Inhabitants of Wrexham, in the 
county of Denbigh, praying for a reduction of the 
duty upon Tea, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Stockton-upon- Tees, in the county of 
Durham, praying for the repeal of the Duty upon 
Timber, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Allottees of the estate of Snigs End, 
in the county of Gloucester, belonging to the Com- 
pany called the National Land Company ;—and, 
Allottees of the Lowlands estate, in the county of 
Worcester, belonging to the Company called the 
National Land Company ; complaining of the con- 
duct of Feargus O'Connor, Esquire, Member for 
the town of Nottingham, in relation to that Com- 
pany; and praying the House to take their case 
into immediate consideration, and to devise means 
for winding up the Undertaking, being offered to be 
presented :—And Mr. Feargus O’ Connor being in his 
place, the said Petitions were brought up, and read. 








A. 1850. 


Mr. Feargus O’ Connor was heard in explanation 
of the case. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation, 


gation, month ended 5th February 1850, and month 

ended 5th February 1848 and 1849. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Kidderminster 


this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating, that the Recognizance to 
the Petition of Thomas Lloyd and Joseph Webster, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Kidderminster, is unobjectionable. 


tion. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Turnpike- Turnpike- 
Roads (South Wales), which were presented yester- Wale 


day, be printed. 


No. 100. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parliamentary 
into a Committee upon the Parliamentary Voters, (ireland) Bi 


&amp;c. (Jreland) Bill. 


{In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

CriausE, N° 1, (Occupiers of land rated for the 
poor rate at a net annual value of eight pounds or 
upwards, and being registered under this Act, to 
be entitled to vote at Elections for Counties in Jre- 
land). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 1. 1. 13. 
To leave out the word “occupy,” in order to insert 
the words “ have occupied as tenant or owner,” in- 
stead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ occupy” stand 
part of the a : 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Lord Marcus #Zill, 1 


Yeas, \ Lord Edward Howard: J _ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, 102 
Noes, \ Mr. Mackenzie : re 


Another Amendment proposed: P. 1.1. 14. To 
leave out the words “ under the last rate for the 
“ time being,” in order to insert the words “during 
“ the occupation hereinafter required to all rates 
“ made,” instead thereof. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank in P. 2.1. 4., be filled with “ eight pounds.” 

Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ fifteen pounds.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ eight pounds ;” 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, Lord a Hill: yore. 


Tellers for the Mr. nang Alexander Ha- 
Noes. mutton, ; 144. 
Mr. Mackenzie : 


Another Amendment proposed : In P. 2.1.11. To 
leave out all the words from the word “‘ year” to 
the end of the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “and provided 
“also he shall have made a claim to the High 
“ Constable of the Barony in which he shall have 
“ been so rated, in the form numbered in Schedule 
“ (A,) No.8 (a.)” 

Question, 











13 Vicrortz. 


Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words “ Provided al- 
““ ways, That no person otherwise qualified to be 
“ registered as aforesaid, shall be held to be dis- 
“ qualified by reason of any arrears of poor’s rate 
“‘ which shall have accrued previous to the sixteenth 
“ day of July, in the year One thousand eight hun- 
“ dred and forty-nine.” 

Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, 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 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parliamentary Tie House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Voters, &amp;c. into a Committee, to consider of making Provision 
— of out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 

i dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Payment 
and others.]_ of Barristers and others employed in pursuance of 
any Act of the present Session for the Registration 
of Parliamentary Voters in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1°—2° Martiz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 





11] 


Reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Money Payment of Wages (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, Thai the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 
into a Committee upon the Process and Practice yp a me Bu. 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “#eland) 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal No-102- 
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 Monday the 11th 
day of this instant March. 


The Registration of Deeds (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Registration 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ye 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ——— 
day next. 


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





Resolved, That Provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland for the Payment of Barristers 
and others employed, in pursuance of any Act of 
the present. Session, for the Registration of Parlia- 
mentary Voters in Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 


reported, That the Committee had come to a Re-| 


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


Elections 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Elections (Zre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Charitable 


Th ine 
— e Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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


Sabbati, 2° die Martii, 1850: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery (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, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday the 15th day 
of this instant March. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No, 101. 


Merean = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


Merchant 


— The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill en’s Fund R. 


eading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


VoL. 105. 


Ordered, That the Estimates of Effective and Non- Estimates, &amp;c.; 
| effective Army Services, from 1st April 1850 to 1st — 
March 1851, be referred to the Committee. y 
Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year Navy. 
' 1850-51 be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate for the Post-office post-office 


\ 


Department (Packet Service) for the year 1850-51 oe, 
| be referred to the Committee. Servion) 


Ordered, That the Estimates of Effective and Non- Ordnance. 
effective Ordnance Services for the year 1850-51 
be referred to the Committee. 


| Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Exchequer 
| Bills raised, or authorized to be raised, charged on Bills. 
| the Aids or Supplies of 1850, unprovided for, which 


| was presented upon the 7th 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 Seventeen Exchequer 
| million seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven Bills. 

| hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 

| off and discharge Exchequer Bills, charged on the 

Aids of 1850, 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. 

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. 





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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Real Property 
to amend and extend certain of the Provisions of Conveyance 
an Act of the eighth and ninth years of Her present 
Majesty, for facilitating the Conveyance of Real 
Property: And that Mr. Headlam and Mr. Wood 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

P4 Mr. 








112 


Australian Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Colonies at ™mand,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence on 

Bill. the subject of the Australian Colonies Government 
Bill. 

Convict Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- 


Discipline, &amp;c. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of February 
last, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches relative to 
Convict Discipline, and the employment of Colonial 
Convicts in the formation and improvement of Roads 
at the Cape. 


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

Standing Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select 
Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, several Reso- 
lutions ; which were read, as follow : 

Eastand West 1. Resvlved, That in the case of the East and 

India Docks, 


_— West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Rail- 
and Birming- : bal c= , : 
ham Junction Way Bill, Petition of the Company, with reference 
Railway Bill. to the 134th Standing Order, so much of the said 
Standing Order as — that certain matters 
shall be proved before the Railway Commissioners, 
previously to the application to Parliament, ought 
to be dispensed with; ‘hat the parties be permitted 
to prove such matters forthwith before the Railway 
Commissioners. 


Caledonian 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 


and Edinburgh and Glusgow Railways Amalga- 
mation Bill, Petitions of the Companies for further 
Amalgamation extending the time for the Second Reading of the 
Bill. Bill, the Order of the House of the 19th February 
last, ought to be dispensed with; That the time for 
the Second Reading of the Bill be further extended 
to Monday 18th instant. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Hospitals 


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


Returns, showing the Sums annually voted by Par- 
liament for the maintenance uf Hospitals in the 
City of Dublin; specifying the name of the Hos- 
pital, when and by whom founded; the Sum 
annually voted for same; the Number of Beds 
therein; the Class of Patients received therein, 
whether suffering under Fevers and Contagious, or 
Chronic or Acute Non-contagious Diseases, or Sur- 
gical Cases ; the Number of Patients annually re- 
lieved at each Hospital ; the Rank in life, Trade, 
or calling of the Patients so relieved, as far as can 





19°—2°—4° Martiz. 





A. 1850. 


Court of Chancery, of the following particulars in 
Causes and Matters in their respective Offices : 











be ascertained ; the Cost per Patient so relieved; 

and whether the Hospital os any and what Funds, | 
and whence derived, over and above the Sums voted 

by Parliament for its maintenance ; the Number of 
Applications for Admission into each Hospital ; the 

Number admitted; and the Number rejected for 

want of room, in the years ending the 31st day of 
December 1847, 1848, and 1849, respectively :— 

And, showing the Names of the Physicians and 

Surgeons who attend each Hospital, and the Sums 

paid to each Physician and Surgeon, or other Offi- 

cer or Attendant (with the exception of the Nurses) 

of each Hospital respectively, during the same 

period. 


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, 4° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
HE following Return having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.— 
Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return by the Masters of the 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Number of References |Names of the Causes oon Ae &gt; 
in Causes and Mat-| and Matters -in a The Date of 
ters between the 30th | which some pro- ae Wer. 
dayofJune1840and | ceeding has been Mae tify, the last of the 
the 30th dayof June} had since ‘the hed : are di Warrants re- | Observas 
1844, in which no| 30th day of June| gu ih Cit” “pe 
Reports have been| 1844, under Re- Ca ee te ferred ‘to in tions, 
made, and no pro-| ferencesstill pead- jane + ry the the preceding 
ceedings had since} ing, with the date an grape: ~s 
the 30th day of June | of the Order of | M*™* ** Bive™| Column. 
1844. Reference. — 

















Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the creda 
Petitions presented upon the 1st day of this instant Report.) 
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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had London 
this day received Notice from Henry E. Brown, as Election. 
agent for Francis David Lewis and Henry Haley 
Collins, in the matter of their Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
London, that it is not intended to proceed with the 
said Petition:—And the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Sir, 4, Trafalgar-square, March 1850. 

As Agent for Francis David Lewis and Henry 
Haley Collins, in the matter of their Petition de- 
livered in in the month of July last, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the City of Lon- 
don, | beg leave to inform you that it is not intended 
to proceed with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir 
Your most obedient-Servant, 
Henry E. Brown. 
To the Right honourable The Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
The Order made upon the 11th day of February 
last, for referring the said Petition to the General 
Committee of Elections, was read, and discharged. 


The Farmers’ Estate Society (Zreland) Bill was, Farmers’ — 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Estate Soc 
mitted. Gag 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company Great Central 
(No. 2.) Bill was, according to Order, read a second @4s we 
time ; and committed. o- (No. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The Ipswich General Cemetery Bill was, according Ipswich 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. General Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- °™*Y 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Railway Assurance Company Railway 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Company Bill 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Shipwrecked 
Management of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and ae areal 
Mariners’ Benevolent Society, for leave to deposit a Benevolent 
Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating Society Bill 
the said Society by its present name or title, or any 
other that might appear fit, and for enabling such 
Society the better to carry into effect its present 
object, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 








A Petition 











13 VicTorIiz. 


Garstangand A Petition of Mortgagees of the Tolls arising on | 
Heiring —, the roads thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring | 
— in a Bill to amend and extend the Provisions of the | 
Act relating to the Garstang and Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-road, was presented, and read; and re-| 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, | 
Garstangand Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
Helring Byke Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
— * Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Garstang and Heiring Syke Turnpike-road Bill, | 
the Standing Orders have not been complied 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 London | 


Gazette, nor in any newspaper of the county of 
Lancaster, in which county the lands to which the 
said Bill relates are situate. 

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


Arctic Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 

Expedition. dated the 5th day of February last, for Copies of 
any Reports or Statements from the Officers em- 
ployed in the Arctic Expeditions, or from an 
other Persons, which have been laid before the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in respect to 
the Resumption of the Search for Sir John Frank- 
lin’s Expedition:—Of any Plan or Plans of Search, 
whether by Ships or Boats, up to the present date : 
—Copy or Extracts from any Correspondence or 
Proceedings of the Board of Admiralty, in relation 
to the Arctic Expeditions (since the date of the last 
Return to this House in 1849):—-Copies of the 
Orders issued by the Board of Admiralty to the 
Captains Collinson, Kellett, and Moore, and to 
Lieutenant Pullen; and also Copy of the Instruc- 
tions given to Dr. Rae, through the Hudson’s Bay 
Company :—Of any Reports made by any Officer 
or Officers employed in the late Expeditions, and 
addressed to the Board of Admiralty :—And, of 
the latest Chart of the Polar Sea compiled by order 


of the Board of Admiralty (in continuation of Par- | 


liamentary Papers Nos. 264 and 386, of Session 
1848, and of Nos. 188 and 387, of Session 1849). 

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


Trade and Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation. Navigation, which were presented upon Friday last, 
No. 103. be printed. 


4° Marizii. 


113 


rate), and managed by local authorities elected by 
the rate-payers specially for the purpose, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Miltown, in the county of Education 
Tyrone; complaining that the Schools in connec- (eland.) 
tion 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 ordered to lie upon the Table. 


nitary Association, and other Inhabitants of the 
Metropolitan districts, stating that the ee 
with more than 2,000,000 of souls, forming a large 
proportion of the town population of England, is 
‘destitute of any adequate provision or effective 
organization, whereby the comfort, health and lives 
of the people can be watched over and preserved ; 
and praying the House to take immediate steps 
in the passing of an efficient and comprehensive 
Health Act, in the amendment of the Nuisances 
| Removal and Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, 
and in the adoption of such other measures as may 
| appear expedient to the House, to meet the urgent 
| requirements of the said people, was presented, and 
| read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Head- Hops. 
| corn and its vicinity, in the county of Kent, praying 
the House to repeal that part of the Hop Duty 
' called the War Duty, and the additional 5/. per cent., 
| thereby reducing the Duty to one penny per pound, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


| the Table. 


| A Petition of the Honorary Secretaries of the Bel- Horse-racing. 
fast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 

| stating, that in their opinion it is inconsistent and 

| improper to expend any part of the taxes in support 

| of the practice of Horse-racing; and praying the 

House to refuse its sanction to any grant of money 

| for Queen’s Plates, to be run for in any part of the 

|empire, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

| lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Lessees of Salmon y,ish Fisheries 

Weirs, in the Rivers Suir, Nore and Barrow, and Bill. 
of others interested in the Salmon Fisheries of Jre- 
| land, praying that the Jrish Fisheries Bill may not 
| pass into a law, and that the Second Reading be 


Convict _ Ordered, That the Return relative to Convict Dis-| postponed until after Easter, inasmuch as many of 
Discipline, &amp;c. cipline, &amp;c. which was presented upon Friday last,| the Jrish Members who are conversant with the 


No. 104. be printed. 


Agricultural Petitions from Welwick ;— Preston (York); — 

Distress. Keyingham ;— Paull ;—Sunk Island ;—Heden ;— 
Tunstall and Wazxholme ;— Withernsea and Ow- 
thorne;—Holmpton and Hollym ;—Aldbrough ;— 
Withernwich ;— Bilton, Ganstead, Wyton and Co- 
niston ; — and, Swine, Ellerby and Shkirlaugh; 
complaining of the depressed state of the Agricul- 
tural Interest; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates Petitions from Stourbridge Union ;—Rye Union 

ron — (Chairman) ; — Bainbridge Union ; — Wellington 
Union (Somerset and Devon);—Cheadle(Chairman); 
— Walsall Union ;—and, Quarlton; praying that the 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into 
a law,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Bancation A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, wor- 
(Lancashire. ) shipping in cuapatens Chapel, New Bridge-street, 
Great Ducie-street, Manchesier, praying that an 


Act may be passed for the establishment of a ge- 

neral system of Secular Education throughout the 

county palatine of Lancaster, tu be supported by local 

rates (levied on the same assessment as the poor’s 
VoL. 105. 





working of the late Act, and who were on the Com- 
mittee receiving evidence on the subject of the [risk 
Fisheries, will be absent on the 6th March, the 
time fixed for the Second Reading of said Bill, at 
| the different Assizes to be holden for the respective 
counties and cities which they represent, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cuchfield;—and, Lindfield; pray- parceny 
ing that the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill may Summary 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- Jurisdiction 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Macpherson;—Deanery of Marriages 
Hastings ;— Geo. B. Norman, m.a., Clerk of Tri- Bill. 
nity College, Cambridge, Old Mall, Clifton, and 
Anne E. Norman, Mall, Clifton;— Deanery of Kine- 
ton ;— Hingham ;—Archdeaconry of Maidstone ;— 
| Maidstone;— Bridgnorth ;—Upton Saint Leonard's; 

—and, Deanery of Marlborough; praying that the 

Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 


| Four Petitions from the County of Dublin, pray- Paper. 
| ing for a total repeal of the duty on Paper,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘ows 





Q+ Petitions 





A Petition of Members of the Metropolitan Sa- public Health. — 





114 4° Marii. A. 1850. 


Petitions from Budge-row and Walbrook ;—and, 
Chiswell-street, Finsbury- ge. praying that the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertise- 
ments and the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers, may 
be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to fix a 
small charge for transmission of newspapers by the 
Post,—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 Over- 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, praying 
the House to pass an Act during the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament to enable the Petitioners to form 
and distribute a permanent fund for the benefit of 
superannuated Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the Poor Laws, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Launcells;— Abbey Strewry ;— 
Kirk Session of Whalsay (two Petitions) ;—Poul- 
ton ;—Rougham ;—Kirk Session of Monikie (Mo- 
derator) ;— Dundee (two Petitions) ;—Eddrachillis ; 
— Redmarshall ,— Stockton-on-Tees ; — Largo ;— 
Strathmiglo ;—Kirk Session of Dalgety (Modera- 
tor);—Kirk Session of Kemback (Moderator) ;— 
Stourbridge ;—AIslington (nine Petitions) ;—Omagh ; 
—Cowcaddens Branch of the Glasgow Working 
Men’s Sabbath Protection Association (Chairman, 
Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary 
and Secretary) ;— Warminster;— Bishop Fonthill;— 
Little Langford and Stapleford ;—Martin ;—Da- 
merhum South ;— Kirk Session of Kirkwall and 
Saint Ola;—Park Hill ;—Lochs;—Kirk Session 
of Applecross (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Kil- 
muir Easter (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Loch- 
carron (Moderator) ;— Bristol (three Petitions) ;— 
Limerick ; — Snareston ;— Benhall ;— Butley-with- 
Capel ;— Bungay ;—and, Preston (Northampton) ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of South Newington, 
in the county and diocese of Oxford, praying the 
House to enact laws for the punishment of all per- 
sons guilty of trading in Seduction and Prostitution, 
and for the better protection of Women, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders and Proprietors of 
stock in various Railway Companies, complaining 
of the total suspension in some instances, and of 
the continued decrease in others, of income derived 
from Railway Property ; and praying for a full exa- 
mination of the matter by the House, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigan ;—and, Sudbury; praying 
for amendment of the Small Debts Act, by extend- 
ing the jurisdiction of the County Courts,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Salford (seven Petitions) ;—Pen- 
dleton ; — Bolton;— Bury (Lancaster) (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Staley Bridge (seven Petitions) ;—Ashton- 
under-Lyne (three Petitions) ;— Brookfield ;—Mot- 
tivam ;— Manchester (fourteen Petitions) ;—Preston 
(eleven Petitions) ;— Stockport (eleven Petitions) ;— 
—and, Wigan (four Petitions); praying for a re- 
duction of the duty upon Tea,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Head- 
corn and its vicinity, in the county of Kent, pray- 
ing for amendment of the Tithe Commutation 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. ; 














Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to amend and ex- Real 
tend certain of the Provisions of an Act of the 8th Conveyance 
and 9th years of Her present Majesty, for facili- No.1 7 
tating the Conveyance of Real Property: And the “® 105. ( 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 





Mr. Henry Baillie reported from the Select Com- Ceylon 
mittee appointed to inquire into the grievances aod 
complained of in Ceylon, in connection with the ad- No. 106 
ministration and government of that colony, and to em 
report their Opinion whether any measures can be 
adopted for the redress of any grievance 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 that de- 
pendency; and to whom the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence and Papers produced before the Select Com- 
mittee on Ceylon, in the last Session of Parliament, 
and the Petitions presented to the House en the 
same subject, were referred, and who were empow- 
ered to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time; That they had further 
considered the matters referred to them, and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them in the last Session, and the Pa- 
pers presented to them, to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works 
Return of all Public Works which have been com- India.) 
pleted in India by the East India Company within 
the last Ten years; including Embankments, Ca- 
nals and Works of Irrigation, Roads and Bridges, 
Buildings, Factories, Docks, and all other Public 
Works : — Also, a similar Return of all Public 
Works now in progress, in India (with the addition 
of any proposed Railways); showing in each case 
the Object of the Work, the Date of its Commence- 
ment, and (where terminated) its Termination, the 
Amount of Expense incurred, the Amount estimated 
for Completion, and the probable Time of Com- 
pletion of all unfinished Works; with such State- 
ments or Documents as may be deemed necessary 
to explain or illustrate the above Returns. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Woods and 
Return of Tithe Rent-charges payable to the Com- Forests. 
missioners of Woods and Forests, or their Lessees ; 
distinguishing the Parishes, and the Amount of 
each Rent-charge. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cephalonia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be Jaid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any further De- 
spatches between the Lord High Commissioner of 
the Jonian Islands and the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, respecting the state of Cephalonia in 
1849, the Proclamation of Martial Law, and the 
Punishments inflicted under it. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Yeomanry. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of May, ‘ 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Number of the Yeomanry Corps in Great Britain, 
the Names of the Regiments or Troops, the Number 
of Officers, the Number of Non-commissioned Offi- 
cers and Privates belonging 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 columns. 

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

The 











13 Vicroriz. 


Parliamentary The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Parliamentary Voters 


(Ireland) Bill. ¢-. (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuiavuse, N° 2, (Case of joint occupiers in coun- 
ties). 
An Amendment made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 
Yeas, Mr. Grey: 
Tellers for the { Sir Robert Ferguson, 104 
Noes. Mr. Grogan: , 
Cravusez, N° 3, (Persons entitled to estates in fee, 
or in tail, or for life, of the rated value of ‘ 
to have votes for counties). 
An Amendment made. 


Another Amendment proposed: In P. 2.1. 30. To 
leave out from the words “ fee, tail,” to the words 
“ or of” in |. 31. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 2.1.33. To 
leave out the words “ which shall be rated in the last 
“ rate for the time being under the said Acts for 
“ the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in 
“ Treland.” 


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


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, }ros. 


144. 


Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 
Tellers for the { Sir Frederic Thesiger, 36 
Noes. Mr. Mackenzie : =o 
Amendments made. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words “ Provided al- 
“‘ ways, That no such person shall be registered 
“ according to the provisions hereinafter contained 
“ unless he shall, on or before the first day of July 
** in each year, have paid all poor rates in respect 
“ of the lands, tenements or hereditaments which 
“‘ shall have become payable from him in respect 
“ of such premises previously to the day 
“ of January then next preceding.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 4, agreed to. 

Ciavuse, N° 5, (No persons to have votes for 
Counties, in respect of lands situate within the boun- 
daries of cities and boroughs). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 3.1, 17. After the 
words “ in respect” to insert the words “ of the 
“ occupancy.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
—put, and Negatived. 

Clause, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 6, (Occupiers of lands or premises 

rated for the poor rate at a net annual value of 

, or upwards, and being registered under this 
Act, to be entitled to vote at Elections for cities or 
towns in Ireland). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 3.1. 25. To 
leave out the words “ any lands, tenements or here- 
“ ditaments.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 3. 1. 25. 
After the word “‘ hereditaments” to insert the words, 
“as tenant or owner.” 

Question put, That the proposed words be there 
inserted ; 
VoL. 105, 





4°—5° Martiz. 115 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 34 —— } 83. 
Tellers for the Noes, cc. Hill, hizo. 


Another Amendment proposed: In P. 3.1. 29. To 
leave out the word “and” in order to insert the 
word “ which” instead thereof. 

Question, That the word “and” stand part of 
the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank in P. 3.1. 34., be filled with “ eight pounds.” 

Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ five pounds,” 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put, and Negatived. 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ eight pounds ;” 

‘The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, — — Hill, }1 42. 
Mr. Reynolds, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Ske ifto Adair :) 90. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4, 1. 1. 
After the words “ Pvor’s rate,” to insert the words 
“ Grand Jury Cess and Police rate,” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
—put, and Negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 5° die Martii, 1850: 


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, 
‘hat 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 to whom Parliamentary 
it was referred to consider of making Provision, out Voters, &amp;c. 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of 
Barristers and others employed in pursuance of any #4 others. ] 
Act of the present Session for the Registration of 
Parliamentary Voters in Ireland, a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of 
Barristers and others employed, in pursuance of any 
Act of the present Session for the Registration of 
Parliamentary Voters in Zreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill, that they have power to make Provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


[Payment of 
Barristers 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections 
mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Charitable 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; rm 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply; 
ply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Exchequer 
million seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven Bis. 








Q2 hundred 





Ways and 
Means. 


Highways Bill. 


Estates 


(ireland) Bil], Mittee on the Estates Leasing (Lreland) Bill ; | 


Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Pirates Head- 
money Repeal 
Bill. 


Registrar of 
Metropolitan 
Public Car- 
riages Bill. 


Turnpike-road 


and Bridge 
Trusts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Distressed 
Unions 
Advances and 
Repayment of 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Port Act. 


116 


hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
off and discharge Exchequer Bills, charged on the , 
Aids of 1850, unprovided for. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways 
and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Highways Bull ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


4°—5° Martiz. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pirates Head Money Kepeal Bill; 

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


The Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


The Turnpike-road and Bridge Trusts (Ireland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and 
Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Titles of Religious Congregations (Scotland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


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

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Revenue received by the Commissioners ap- 

ointed under the Act 8 and 9 Vic, c. 59 (called 
The Newcastle-upon- Tyne Port Act, 1845), in each 
year :—List of the Commissioners now acting and 
qualified under that Act, stating their Names and 
the nature of their Qualification ; also the Number 
of Meetings of the Board, and the names of the 
Commissioners who have attended each of those 
Meetings, and where held, in each year :—Account 
of the Debt owing by the Commissioners, the date 
of contracting the same, and the Rate of Interest 
paid :—Also, a particular and detailed Account, in 
each year, of what has been expended :—Also, a 

articular and detailed Account of the Number and 

‘ames of the Police employed under the Act in each 
year, and the Names of the Places where they are 
stationed :—Also, a particular and detailed Account 
of the Buoys and Moorings laid down, and their 
Cost ; distinguishing those laid down on the banks 











of the River in each of the Boroughs of South 
Shields and Tynemouth :—And also, the Names of | 








A, 1850. 


the Vessels that have been driven on shore on the 
south side of the Z'¥yne, in the Borough of South 
Shields, between the 1st day of September 1849 
and the 1st day of March 1850; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Wawn, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Grey : } 6. 
Mr. Headlam, } 16 
Mr. Shafto Adair : : 


And it appearing, upon the Report of the division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not present; 
and it being then a quarter of an hour after One 
of the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till this day. 





Tellers for the Noes,{ 








Martis, 5° die Martii; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Bernal reported the Liverpool Cattle Liverpool 
Market Bill; with Amendments. — Market 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on Birkenhead 
the Birkenhead Improvement Bill; That they had Improvement 
examined the allegations contained in the pre-~~ 
amble of the Bill, and had made several Amend- 
ments thereto, in order to define more clearly the 
contents of various documents therein recited, to 
make some of the recitals consistent with the facts 
of the case, and with an alteration in one of the 
clauses of the Bill; and that they had found the 
same, as so amended, to be true; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Buckinghamshire Rail- Buckingham- 
ways Bill, with Amendments. - Railways 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ~~ 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Bristol Water- 
Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment Bill; That inn en 
they had examined the allegations contained in the pin, 
preamble of the Bill, and had made some verbal 
Amendments thereto, 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 Architects, 
Architects, Civil Engineers, Builders and General Civil —~7 
Fire and Life Insurance, Annuity and Reversionary tnd General 
Interest Company (Incorporation of the Company Fire and Life 
under a different Name) Bill; That they had exa- Insurtive 4 
mined the allegations contained in the preamble of gversionary 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting Interest Com- 
that the Company was completely registered under pany (ner ihe 
the provisions of the 7th and 8th Vic., c. 110, soas Sompany 
to show the fact of registration, and have struck out under » diffete 
so much thereof as referred to the power of suing &amp;%t Name) 
and being sued in the name of the Manager of the 
Company, the clauses for that purpose being aban- 
doned; and that they had found the Preamble, 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. 


Mr. Bernal reported the West Bromwich Rates West Brom- 
Bill; with verbal Amendments. = nats 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
e 











Caledonian 
and Edinburgh 


Railway 
Assurance — 
Company 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Public Health 
Act. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Church Rates. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education, 


Education 
(Lancaster), 


13 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railways Amalgamation Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| P 


upon Monday the 18th day of this instant March. 


The Railway Assurance Company Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Gene- 
ral Committee of Elections ; That they had ap- 
ointed Monday the 15th day of April next, at 
Three o’clock, to choose, from Panel No. 2, the 
Committee on the Kidderminster Election Peti- 
tion. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Ashley presented, —Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of February last, for a Return of 
the Number, Names and Population of Towns 
and Districts which have asked for Inspection 
under the Public Health Act, and of those which 
have embraced and are placed under its Provi- 
sions. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tavistock and vici- 
nity, praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Jsle cf Azxholme (Chairman) ;— 
Winestead and South Frodingham ;— West Newton 
and Marton ;—Roos and Owstwick ;—Skeffling and 
Out Newton ;—Sproatley ;— Burton Pidsea ;— 
Easington ;—.Burstwick-cum-Shechling ;—Halsham ; 


5° Martiz. 





117 


A Petition of James Twaits, Coal-porter, of Pur- Universal 
Jleet-street, King’s Lyun, in the county of Wor- Suffrage. 
folk, praying that the document known as the 

eople’s Charter, may become the law of this 

realm, that the Petitioner, with every other male 

adult of sane mind and untainted with crime may 

enjoy the Elective Franchise, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Todmorden Com- Factories Act. 
mittee, for protecting and enforcing the Ten Hours 

Factory Act, praying the House to pass an Act de- 

claring the intention of the Legislature in passing 

the Ten Hours Factory Act, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Mails (County 
Council of the royal burgh of Cupar, in Fife, praying of Fife.) 

the House to order a full and most searching inquiry 

to be made into the whole circumstances connected 

with the conveyance of Her Majesty’s Mails in the 

county of Fife ; also to order a thorough inquiry to 

be made into the principles which regulate the ma- 

nagement of the Post-office, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deanery of — ;— Carleton Marriages 
Iwelme ;—Stoke Damerel ;—and, Rural Deanery of Bill. 
Doncaster ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upun the Table. 
Petitions from Halifax ;— Oldham ;—and, Bury 
Saint Edmund's; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich; — Chadderton and Paper, &amp;c- 
Tonge Literary Institute;— London;—Society of 
Wood Carvers, Tottenham-street, Fitzroy-square, 
(Chairman and Secretary) ;—James Cooper and 
others ; — Glasgow ; — Sheffield; — Saint Bride’s 





— Ottringham ; —Humbleton ;— and, Patrington ; 
complaining of the depressed state of the Agricul- 
tural Interest ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Bible Christian Connexional Committee, parish of 
Shebbear, in the county of Devon, praying the 
House to repeal all such Acts as are now in force to 
secure the payment of Church Rates, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Startforth;—Union of Warmin- 
ster; — Barnard Castle; — and, Newent 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 William Biggs, of the borough of 
Leicester, praying the House to pass some law 
based upon the principle of providing secular Edu- 
cation, supported by local rates and managed by 
local authorities popularly elected, by which the 
Education of the people may be adequately provided 
for, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ;—and, Pen- 
dleton ; praying for the establishment of a general 
system of secular Education throughout the county 
of Lancaster, to be supported by local rates (levied at 
the same assessment as the ra s-rate),and managed 
by local authorities elected by the rate-payers spe- 
cially for the purpose,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 105. 


( Middlesex) ;—and, West Lavington and Littleton ; 
praying for the abolition of the Excise Tax upon 

aper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper autho- 
rities to fix a small charge for the transmission of 
newspapers by post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—London ;—and, Man- Postal Com- 
chester ; alleging that the present Postal Communi- MHNOn 
cation between England and France does not offer 
those facilities which the great interests of the two 
countries require ; and praying that the mail service 
may be transferred to the direct and natural high- 
way between London and Paris, vid Folkestone and 
Boulogne,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;—Sandon ;— Tutbury ; Post-office. 
— Rocester ; —Hatton ; — Hilton ; — Stone ; —Ur- 
quhart ;—KirkSession of Kilmorack (Moderator) ;— 
Abernethy ;—Chesham Bois ;—Dinton ;—Huttoft ; 
—Hovingham ; — Huntington ;-— Shelton; — Wey- 
mouth and Melcombe Regis ;—Ladyloan ;—Gates- 
head ; —Kirk Session of Newburn (Moderator); — 
Baptist Church, Honiton (Pastor) ;—Drumebrier ;— 
Kirk Session of Abercrombie (Moderator) ;— Pais- 
ley, P. Henderson ;—Rowley Regis ;—Kirk Session 
of Keig (Moderator) ;— Loudoun (Chairman) ; — 
West Meon;—and, Crondall; praying for abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Two Petitions of Shareholders and Proprietors Railways. 
of stock in the Midland Railway Company, com- 
plaining of the present alarming depreciation in 
the value of their property; and praying for in- 
quiry into all causes affecting the depreciation of 





Q 3 such 








Slave Trade. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Tea. 


Arctic 
Expedition. 


No. 107. 


Highways 
(District 
Surveyors) 
Bill. 


Shipping 
(Newcastle- 


upon-Tyne.) 


Shipping 
(Newcastle- 
upon: Tyne. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Railways 
( Ireland.) 


118 


such property and especially into the honesty and 

integrity of the various leases and guarantees en- 

tered into by the directors of the Company,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ci- 
rencester and its vicinity, praying the House to adopt 
measures for the suppression of the Slave Trade, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Cottage Owners in Blackburn, in 
the county of Lancaster, praying that the Small Te- 
nements Rating Bill may not pass into a law, was 

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


Petitions from Oldham ;—Tyldesley (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Bedford;— Elton ;— Heap (two Petitions); 
—Leigh (Lancaster) ; — Tottington ;—Heywood ;— 
Hyde (three Petitions) ;—Dukenfield ;— Blackburn 
Commercial Association (President) ;—and, Black- 
burn; praying for the reduction of the duty upon 
Tea,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic 
Expedition, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 


The Order made upon the 21st day of February 
last, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
showing the Total Amount of Money levied by 
virtue of the Zrinity House Corporation Act of 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne (41 Geo. 3, c. 86) for Lightage, 
Buoyage, Pilotage, or otherwise in respect of Ship- 
ping, from the year 1817 to 1849 inclusive ; and 
specifying the Sums received in these respects during 
each of those years, and distinguishing under 
separate and distinct Heads the Expenditure during 
each of those years upon account of Lights, Buoys, 
and Beacons; and distinguishing, under separate 
and distinct Heads, also, the Expenditure during 
each of those years upon account of all other Pur- 
poses whatsoever, was read; and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Total Amount of Money levied 
by virtue of the Z’rinity House Corporation Act of 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne (41 Geo. 3, c. 86), for Light- 
age, Buoyage, Pilotage, or otherwise, in respect of 
Shipping, from the year 1817 to 1849 inclusive ; 
and specifying the Sums received in these respects 
during each of the years 1820, 1830, 1840, 1848, 
and 1849; and distinguishing, under separate and 
distinct Heads, the Expenditure, during each of 
of those years, upon account of Lights, Buoys, and 
Beacons ; and distinguishing, under separate and 
distinct Heads, also, the Expenditure during each of 
those years, upon account of all other Purposes 
whatsoever. 


Ordered, That Mr. Keogh have leave of absence 
for a fortnight on urgent business; — and, Mr. 
Charles Pearson a fortnight, on account of ill 
health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Monies lent to Railway Companies in 
Ireland by the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners, 
and the Amounts repaid ; showing the several Com- 
panies, the dates of the Loans, the Rate of Interest, 





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A. 1850. 


the Amount paid for Interest, the Amount of Interest 
in Arrear, the Amount of Principal repaid and in 
Arrear :—And, similar Return on e Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Mr. Electric 
Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Fe ty 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Electic Telegraph , r= 
Company (Amendment of Act) Bill, the Standing of Act) Bill, 
Orders have not been complied with, no notices of 
the said Bill having been inserted in the Gazette. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ecclesiastical 
to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commission 
Commissioners for England, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Working 

owe That it is the Opinion of this House, that a Classes. 

tanding Committee or unpaid Commission should 
be appointed, to consider and report on practical 
plans (not connected with political changes) for the 
social Improvement of the Working and Poorer 
Classes :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, New House 
dated the 19th day of February last, for an Esti- of Commons. 
mate of the Sum that will probably be required to 
complete the New House of Commons, the Libraries, 
Refreshment Rooms, Lobbies, Corridors, and Ap- 
proaches from Westminster Hall, The Speaker’s, and 
all other Rooms and Offices, and all such portions 
of the New Palace as are necessary for the transac- 
tion of the business, and for the convenient occu- 
pation of the House of Commons during the sitting 
of Parliament. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of Fe- Bricks. 
bruary last, fora Return of the Duties paid upon 
Bricks in the several Excise Collections in Sy 
land during the year 1849 (in continuation of 
a Return of the year 1848, dated 10th April 
1849.) 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Postal Com- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to SS 
ascertain the most expeditious and least expensive London and 
mode of Postal Communication between London Paris, &amp;. 
and Paris; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ and the Northern Parts of Europe.” 

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

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to ascertain the most expeditious and least expensive 
mode of Postal Communication between lade 
and Paris and the Northern Parts of Europe. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Admission 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish the of Freeme 
Payment of Fines and Stamp Duties on the Ad- 
mission of Freemen into Corporations of Cities and 
Boroughs in England and Wales :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Wood used in 
That this House do resolve itself into a Committee, Ship-b 
to take into consideration the Duties on Wood, with 
a view 





“as «és 





Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


No. 108, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirteenth 
Report. ) 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Church Rates, 


Cnty Rates 
and Expendi. 
‘ture Bill, 


Factories Act, 





13 Vicroriz. 


a view of remitting the Duty on all Wood used in 


Ship-building ; | 


The House divided. 


The Yeas to the old Lobby; 


The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Mitchell, } 
Yeas, Mr. Milner Gibson : o. 
Tellers for the¢ Lord Marcus Hill, } 
Noes, Mr. Grey: =. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 19th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
ey :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; and 
orty Members nct being present ; and it being then 
after Four of the clock the House was adjourned 
” Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
o-morrow. 








Mercurii, 6° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Milnes presented a Bill for the Correction 
4 and 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 Wednesday the 24th day 
of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 4th day 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. 


Petitions from Chatham ;~- Bathgate ;-- Edinburgh 
and Leith ;—Haddington ;—and, Members of the 


5°—6° Martii. 





Edinburgh and Leith Anti-Oath Association ; pray- 
ing that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and others attending 
the Weekly Corn Market of Anstruther Easter, 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Battle ;—and, Abergavenny ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the annual duty on the Cer- 


tificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were | 


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


Three Petitions from Sudbury, praying that such 
an amendment may be made in the laws relating to 
Church Rates, as will leave the repairs of Parish 
Churches everywhere to the voluntary contributions 
of the parishioners,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Eastbourne Union ; — Hastings 
Union;— Headington Union ;— Melksham Union ;— 
Stohe-upon- Trent ;— Great Eccleston ;—W yersdale ; 
—Preesall-with-Hackhensall ;—Stalmine-with-Stay- | 
nal;— Pilling ;—Bilsborrow ;—Clevely;— Out Raw-| 
oliffe ; — Winmarleigh ;— Barnacre-with-Bonds ;— | 

yerscough ; —and, Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre ; | 
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 Magistrates of the West Riding of | 
the county of York, generally acting at Bradford, | 
praying the House to pass an enactment to prevent | 

i 


OL. 105. 








119 


_ young persons and women in Factories from being 


employed more than ten hours of continuous labour 

for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 

Saturday, allowing proper intervals for meals, was 

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


Petitions of Proprietors of Fisheries in the Lower Irish Fisheries 


Shannon ;—and, sh ge and Lessees of Fisheries Bill. 
in Ireland ; praying that the Zrish Fisheries Bill may 
not pass into a 2 ai presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury as- 
sembled at the Mallow Quarter Sessions, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 
+ sag and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of John Hamilton, Freeman, Flesher John 
in Leith, stating that he has been for nearly forty Hamilton. 


years a Flesher in Leith, and has been for that time 
generally applied to as Inspector of butcher’s meat, 
within the burgh; that for many years past he 
has laboured under great and grievous oppressions 
from the Magistrates of Leith, and others; and pray- 
ing for inquiry and redress, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rated Inhabitants of the parish of Larceny 
Summary 
the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill may pass 34°"! 


Rotherfield, in the county of Sussex, praying that 


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


Petitions from Liverpool (Chairman) ;— Bradford Marriages 
( York) ;— Greenwich ;— Haverfordwest ;— Evesham; Bill. 


— Worcester ;—Wakefield;—E. W. Hunt, and others; 

— William Tune, and others ;— Birmingham ;—Staf- 

ford ;— Northampton ;— Huddersfield ;— Dewsbury; 

—Abergavenny ; — Hackney, Clapton, Homerton, 

Stoke Newington and Kingsland ;—Ross ;— Water- 

loo Ville ;—Llandovery ;— Neath ;—Monmouth ;— 

Rochdale ;— Manchester and Salford (two Petitions) ; 

—Preston (Chairman) ;—Manchester ;— Oakham ; 

— Magdalen and Stowbridge; — Gravesend ; — 

Hackney ;— Walgram ;— Bromsgrove ;— Frome Sel- 

wood ;— Bedlington ;—Aldreth ;—Salendine Nook ; 

—Claxton ;—and, Cholesbury; praying that the’ 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table ' 

Petitions from the Archdeaconry of Richmond ;— 
Sarum ;— Yeovil ;—Kinwarton and Great Alne ;— 
Leeds (three Petitions) ;—Brasted ;— Worcester ;— 
Ringley ;— Bedford-within-Leigh ;—Shoreditch ;— 
Lavington and Kirdford ;—Bethnal Green ;-—Col- 
chester ; — Brigstock ; — Sneinton ; — Thorner ; — 
Stretton Gransome ;—Rural deanery of Gloucester ; 
—Ashperton ;-—Leigh;-—Rural deanery of Frodsham ; 
—Hursley ; — Little Leven; — Rural deanery of 
Oving ;—Newport Pagnell ;—Rural deanery of the 
central division of the deanery of Pontefract ;— 
Diocese of Norwich; — Finmere ;— Mixbury ;— 
Tewkesbury ; — Carn; — Doddington ; — Stert ;— 
Tarrington ;—~ Otterbourn ;—Erchfont —and, Inha- 
bitants of that part of the United Kingdom called 
England ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Birmingham, praying that Paper, &amp;e. 


the Excise Tax upon a the Tax upon Adver- 
tisements and the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers may 
be abolished,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Darfield ;—Aberdeen ;—Polmont ; post-office. 


| —Balfron ;—Baldernock ;—Kirk Session of Echt 
(Moderator) ;— Rhynie ;-Hook Norton ;— Heytes- 
bury;— Timberscombe ;—Steeple Ashton ;—Corsham; 
— Hilperton ; — Potterne ; — Whaddon ; — North 
Bradley-cum-Southwick ;—Chepstow ;—Llanvayer ; 
— Kilgeddine ;—John M‘Millan ; —Kirk Session of 

Q4 


Dalmellington 








Court of 
Session 

(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Public Health 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


fonian Islands: 


Cephalonia, 
No. 109. 


Public Health 
Act. 


No. 110, 
New House 
of Commons, 

No. 111. 


Bricks. 
No. 112, 


120 


Dalmellington (Moderator) ;—E. B. Wallace ;— 
Kirk Session of Maybole ;— Fence ;— Alton ;— 
Wakefield ;—Girvan ;—Ayr, Newton, and Wallace- 
town ;—Inverary ;— Girvan (Preses) ;— Kirk Session 
of Ayr (Moderator) ; — Grantham ; — Tarbert ; — 
Shillington ;—and, Colsterworth; praying for abo- 
lition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 Greenwich 
Hospital Improvement Bil], the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Sum due or paid for Salaries 
and Office Expenses under the Act 5 and 6 Vice. c. 
103, in the Court of Chancery, since the passing of 
the Act; and also of the Total Sum paid for Com- 
pensation for loss of Offices and Profits to Officers, 


6° Marti. 





A, 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Irish Fisheries 
Reading of the Jrish Fisheries Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Civil Bill 

Reading of the Civil Bill (Boroughs) (Zreland) Bill ; (Boroughs) 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Affirmation Bill was, according to Order, Affirmation 
read a second time ; and committed toa Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 27th day of 
this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Life Policies 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance (No. 2.) of Assurance 
Bill ; (No. 2.) Bill. 

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





under the same Act, since the passing thereof up to 
the 25th day of November 1849 :—Like Return of | 
the Total Sum paid to each of the late Sworn Clerks | 
appointed Taxing Masters, for Salary and Compen- | 
sation, collectively and together, under the same | 
Act, since the passing thereof :—Return of the | 
Annual Amount of Compensation awarded to each | 
of the said Taxing Masters under the said Act, in | 
the event of their ceasing to hold the said Office, | 
and of the Annual Sums to be paid to the personal 
Representatives of each of them as Compensation 
after their deaths, and for what Number of years | 
after their deaths such Payments to their Personal | 
Representatives are to continue, and out of what 
Funds, and by whom, such Payments for Salary | 
and Compensations are now made and to be made. | 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Session in | 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make more effectual Provision for regulating the 
Police of Towns and populous Places in Scotland, 
and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting and 
improving the same: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for promoting the Public Health in Scotland: And 
that the Lord Advocate and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of Feb- 
ruary last and the 4th day of this instant March, 
for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches between 
the Lord High Commissioner of the Jonian Islands 
and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, respect- 
ing the state of Cephalonia in 1849; the Procla- 
mation of Martial Law, and the Punishments in- 
flicted under it:—And, for Copies or Extracts of 
any further Despatches between the Lord High 
Commissioner of the Jonian Islands and the Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies, respecting the state 
of Cephalonia in 1849 ; the Proclamation of Mar- 
tial Law and the Punishments inflicted under it. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public 
Health Act, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
House of Commons, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Marriages 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Bill 
upon the 27th day of February last, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Sedhegee 
Bill be now read a second time ; and which Amend- 
ments were, to leave out the “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. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, 182 
Yeas, Mr. Edmund Denison: } ca 
Tellers for thef Sir Frederic Thesiger, \, 5, 
Noes,  l Mr. Wood: —_— 

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 Ways and 
into the Committee of Waysand Means. Means ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Su ply Consolidate 
ranted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight Million wend. 
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. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had come 
toa Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


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

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Pirates. 
dated the 4th day of February last, for Returns of 
the Amount of M oney paid as Head Money, in 
each year since the passing of the Act of 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 49, intituled, “ An Act for encouraging the Cap- 
ture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels ;” 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Bricks, | 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 





stating in what Court the Claim was adjudicated, 
and distinguishing the Numbers for which Twenty 
pounds 





haw hee PR eee ih ia A. ar on 


. =. os hP 





Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Mails on Rail- 


ways, 


Suffolk and 
General 
Country 
Anicable 
nce 
Office Bill. 
Manchester, 
: Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Bill. 


Clerkenwell 
rovement 
(Amendment 
of Acts and 
Transfer of 
Powers) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


Pounds per Head was paid, and those for which 
Five Pounds per Head was paid ; also, setting forth 
the description of Persons so treated as Pirates, 
the Places where the several Captures were made, 
the Persons by whom made, and the Date of each 
several Capture:—And, of the Amount of Bills 
drawn on the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Navy, since the 1st day of January 1849, for the 
Payment of Head Money for the Capture or De- 
struction of Pirates, as provided for in the Act of 
6 Geo. 4, c. 49; stating the Court in which each 
Claim was adjudicated, the Number of Pirates for 
whose Capture, Destruction or Defeat such Bills 
were drawn, and the Numbers for which Twenty 
Pounds per Head and Five Pounds per Head were 
respectively paid ; together with the Places where 
the Captures, &amp;c. took place, and the Country to 
which such Pirates belonged. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Annual Expense of collecting the 
Stamp Duty on Newspapers, stating the Number 
and Wages of Persons employed at Somerset House, 
and in Edinburgh and Manchester, in stamping the 
Paper; the Annual Cost of Machinery, and the 
Expense of Clerks, including those who receive the 
Money for Stamps. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Railways and Branch Railways on 
which the Mails are carried under the Provisions 
of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 85, s. 11, so far as re- 
lates to the Conveyance of any Mai! Guard with 
Bags, by any Train, not a Mail Train, upon the 
same conditions as any other Passenger; specify- 
ing the Length of the Conveyance, and Sums paid to 
each Company, as also the Number of Places on 
each Line where Bags are received and delivered, 
the Weight (from an Account taken on one day) 
ot the Mails despatched, and the Extent of the 
Accommodation allowed to the Guard with the 
Bags:—Also, Return of all Railways or Branch 
Railways, Payment to which is made either under 
an Agreement with the Postmaster General, or 
under an Award given by Arbitrators or an Umpire, 
and upon which any Guard or Messenger is con- 
veyed by any Train upon the same conditions as 
any other Passenger. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. | 





Jovis, 7° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bernal reported the Suffolk and General 
Country Amicable Insurance Company Bill; 

with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company, praying that provision 
may be made in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Bill, for the purpose of enablin 
the Petitioners to attach to certain new shares which 
they are already authorized to create, a guarantee 
of preference or priority of dividend over uny class 
of shares in the undertaking of the Petitioners, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Messrs. Burchell and Parson, of 
Parliament-street, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are the Solicitors for a 
Bill now depending in the House, intituled, “ A 

Vou. 105. 


6°—7° Martii. 








121 


Bill for transferring the Powers of the Clerkenwell 
Improvement Commissioners to the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Commonalty of the City of London, and 
for amending the Acts relating to such Improve- 
ment ;” that the Petitioners applied to the House 
for an extension of the time within which the Se- 
cond Reading of the said Bill is, by the Standin 
Orders of the House, required to take place; an 
the time was accordingly extended by the House 
to the 11th day of March instant; that the Peti- 
tioners have been unable to effect the object with 
which they applied for the said extension of time, 
in consequence of the illness of a Member of Her 
Majesty’s Government, with whom it is essential to 
communicate ; and praying that the Standing Or- 
der, No. 160 may be dispensed with in respect of 
the said Bill; and that leave may be given to read 
the said Bill the second time on or before the third 
day after the Easter recess. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


Petitions from Galashiels (two Petitions) ;— Wick ; amrmation 
~Dalkeith ;— Perth ;—Newbigging ;— Burntisland Bill. 


and Kinghorn ;—Edinburgh ;—and, Wick ; praying 
that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising ,ttornies’ 
at. Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, 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 the Minister, Churchwardens and Beer Houses. 


Inhabitants of the District Chapelry of Bishops- 
worth, in the parish of Bedminster, in the diocese of 
Gloucester and Bristol, praying the House to make 
such alterations in the existing law as will have 
the effect of limiting the number of houses opened 
for the sale of Beer, and placing such as are allowed 
under a more efficient system of superintendence 
and control, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wo/stanton and Burslem Union ; county Rates 
— Westbury-on-Severn Union (Chairman) ;— Pres- and Expendi- 
cot Union ;— Conway Union ;—Erpingham Union ; *¢ Bill. 


—Lancaster Union ;—and, Rugby 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. 


Petitions from Castle Coote ;— Yossy ;—Cavan- Raucation 
reagh ;— Ardnaree ;— Fenagh ;—Ardmore ;—.Duns- (Irelan¢.) 


ford ;— Doorin ;—Donadea ;—and, Durrow; 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,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hebden Bridge ;—and, Calton Factories Act. 


(Chairman and Secretary); praying for amend- 
ment of the Factories Act, in regard to the work- 
ing of relays,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Worsley Phillips and others, Interment 
praying that the burial of the dead in the midst of the in Towns. 


living may be instantly and for ever prohibited, by 
the closing of all burial-places in cities and towns, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kirhliston ;—and, Bishopsworth ; Marriages Dill. 


praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a 
R law, 





Medical 
(Navy.) 


Metropolis 
Water. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law. 


Post-office. 


Slave Trade. 


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law,—were ented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Scarborough ;— York ;—and, Ches- 
terfield ; praying that the said Bill may pass into a 
law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Tuble. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General 
Practitioners, practising their profession in the Isle 
of Thanet, county of Kent, praying the House to 
take the case of the Assistant Surgeons of the Royal 
Navy into consideration, with a view to improve 
their position as regards ward-room accommodation, 
and in other particulars, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Ann, Blackfriars (Chair- 
man) ;—Saint Mary Woolchurch Haw, London 
(Rector) ;— and, Saint Mary Wolnoth, London 
(Rector); praying the House to pass a measure for 
increasing the quantity and a the quality 
of the supply of Water to all the metropolitan dis- 
tricts upon the principle of constant service and high 
pene he resented, and read ; and ordered to 
i 


e upon the Table. 


Petitions from Johnstone ;—Norwich ;—Persons 
connected with the Midland Counties Herald ;— 
and, Persons connected with Aris’s Birmingham 
Gazette; praying for the abolition of the Excise Tax 
upon ~~ the Tax upon Advertisements, and the 
Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmis- 
sion of Newspapers by Post,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Louth ;—and, Cambridge ; praying 
for an amendment of the Poor Law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burslem (two Petitions) ;— Wes- 
ton-upon-Trent ; —Sandsting (Minister); — North 
Ronaldshay ;— Walls ; ~ Tawstock ;— Blacktoft ;— 
Holsworthy ;—Loddon, Chedgrave, Langley and 
Hardley ; —Cromer ; — Happisburgh ; — Whitburn 
(Linlithgow) ; — Kirk Session of Borrowstowness 
(two Petitions) ;—Kirk Session of Queensferry (Mo- 
derator) ;—Kirk Session of Swingstone (Moderator) ; 
—kKirk Session of Bathgate (Moderator and Elders) ; 
—Uphall ;— Wrockwardine and Wrockwardine 
Wood ; — Uppington and Longdon-upon- Tern ; — 
High Greall ;—Wroxeter ;— Tannadice, Cortuchy, 
Oathlaw, Fearn, &amp;c. ;—Edzell ;—Kirk Session of 
Glammis (Minister) ;—Kirk Session of Glenisla 
(Moderator) ;— Kingstown ;—Kirk Session of Saint 
John’s, Glasgow (Moderator) ;—Little Borough ;-— 
Rochdale ; — Heywood ; —Huntspill ;— Cumrew ;— 
Bewcastle ;—Cumwhitton ;—Castle Carrock ;—Zr- 
thington ;— Hayton ;—Slingsby ;—Farlam ;—Pen- 
rith ;— Asherton ; —Beddgelert ;— Sparsholt-with- 
Kingston Lisle;—Kirk Session of Saint James, 
Glasgow a ;—Kirk Session of Dol- 
phinton ;—Saint Matthew and Saint Peter-le- 
Cheap, London ;~—Kirk Session of Localsh (Mode- 
rator) ; —Coote Hill ;— Abbots Leigh ;—Stoneaston ; 
—Charleombe ;— Morley ;—Smalley ;—Stanton-by- 
Dale;—Stanley ;— Horsley ;—Chaddesden ;— Dean- 
ery of Coleshill;—Sutton Coldfield ;—Over Whit- 
acre ; —Stretton-on-the- Fosse; — Kirk Session of 
Stevenston ;—Loudoun ;—-Shirland ; — Ashford ; — 
Broughton Pogges;—Rural Deanery of Cuddesdon; 
—and, Coggs; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office.—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zuton and its vicinity, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the com- 
plete suppression of the Foreign African Slave 
‘Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


7° Marti. 











A. 1850. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Tea. 
other Inhabitants of Manchester, praying for a 
reduction of the duty on Tea, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Wakefield ;—and, Bristol; pray- Vote by 
ing that Votes at elections for Members of Parlia- Ballot. 
ment may be taken by Ballot,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen, Managers, Teachers paycati 
end Supporters of Schcols for the chikiren of the" 
r, in the Archdeaconry of Derby, praying the 
ouse to place at the disposal of the Committee of 
Council on Education such a sum as shall enable the 
said Committee to carry into effect fully and liberally 
the plans proposed in the Minutes of 1846, and 
which have received the sanction of the Legislature, 
a — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the lable. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight Freight M 
Money (Greenwich Hospital), which was presented (Greenwich 
upon Friday last, be printed. ar ge 

No. 113. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates, Pirates. 

which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 114. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Highways 
nesday the 17th day of April next, the Highways (District Sur- 
(District Surveyors) Bill, was read, and discharged. Y¢7"*) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of April next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pugh have leave of absence Leave of 
for three weeks, on account of ill health. Absence. 


The Order made upon the 4th day of February Manufactured 

last, That there be laid before this House, a Return Articles. 
or List of all Manufactured Articles imported into 
this Country on which a Duty of Customs is im- 
posed; stating the Name and Quantity of each 
Article imported in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1850; also, the Rate of Duty charged, 
and the Amount of Duty paid on each Article, and 
the Aggregate of Duty collected in the year:— 
And, Return of all Articles of Agricultural Pro- 
duce imported into this Country on which any 
Duty of Customs is imposed; stating the Rate of 
Duty, and the Amount paid on each Article, and 
the Aggregate in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1850, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Manufactured 
a Return or List of the Principal Manufactured Articles and 
Articles imported into this Country on which J 
Duty of Customs is imposed; stating the Name 
and Quantity of each Article imported in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1850;-also, the 
Rate of Duty charged, and the Amount of Duty 
paid on each Article, and the Aggregate of Duty 
collected on all imported Manufactures in the year ; 
—And, Return of the Principal Articles of Agri- 
cultural Produce imported into this Country on 
which any Duty of Customs is imposed; stating 
the Rate of Duty, and the Amount paid on each 
Article, and the Aggregate Amount of Duty on 
all Agricultural Produce, in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation 
Returns stating the Name and Acreable Contents Ireland.) 
of each County, County of a City, and County of a 
Town in Jreland, the Annual Value thereof, ac- 
cording to the Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 84, 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 :— Of - 

severa 











Poor Law 
Unions, 


Electoral 
Divisions 


(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 115. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


No. 116. 


Kilrush Union. 


18 Vicroriz. 


several Counties, Counties of Cities and Counties 
of Towns in Ireland, of which the Valuation, under 
the Act 6und 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has been completed, 
specifying the Name of each Barony or Half- 
barony, the Acreable Contents, and the Valuation 
thereof; stating also the Sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 
1849, 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 
1849 for each such Barony or Half-barony, and the 
Rate per centum which each such Sum bears to the 
Valuation :—Similar Returns from the Counties of 
Waterfordand Cork :—And, Return 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 
Half-barony, the Acreable Contents according to 
the Ordnance Survey, the Sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1849 
off each such Barony or Half-barony, and the Rate 
per 1,000 Assessable Acres, according to the County 
Book for each Barony, &amp;c.; also, stating the Sum 
ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of 
Summer Assizes 1849, off each such Barony or Half- 
barony per 1,000 Assessable Acres, according to 
the County Book for each Barony, &amp;c. (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 407, of Ses- 
sion 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Poor Law Unions of England and 
Wales, showing the Population, Area and Valuation 
of each, and also the Ni umber of Parishes combined 
in each Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 198, of Session 1849, and in the same tabular 
form, of the Valuation of each Electoral Division 
in Jreland, 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 
1849; 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. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Amount of the 
Suitors’ Fee Fund Account of the Court of Chan- 
cery in Ireland, in each year from its Commencement 
in 1836, and the Payments made thereout in each 
year, and the Charges now — out of that 
Fund ; and the Surplus thereof in each year, which 
was presented upon the 21st day of July, in the 
last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 18th day of this instant 
March; and to be printed. 


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 Special Commission, to inquire into 
the social State of the Union of Kilrush, and into 
the means that may be adopted for its ameliora- 
tion ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Poulett Scrope, 1 63 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Herbert : J 
Tellers for the { Mr. Bellew, } - 
Noes, Mr. Grey: A 
So it passed in the Negative. 
VoL. 105. 





7° Marti. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Ballot. 








123 


That leave be given to bring in a Bill to protect the 
Parliamentary Elections of Great Britain and Ire- 
land from undue influence, by the use of the 
Ballot ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Henry Berkeley, Viei 
Yeas, Lord Dudley Stuart : ; Feeee 
Tellers for the{ Lord Edward Howard, h - 
Noes, \ Mr. Masterman: a. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill School Esta- 
tu reform and extend the School Establishment of ae 
Scotland: And that Viscount Melgund and Mr. 3 ) 


Fergus do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Vestries and 
to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings Vestry Clerks 
in Churches, and for regulating the Appointment of ~~ 


Vestry Clerks: And that Mr. Wood and Mr. Wilson 
Patten do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Relief 
to provide for the more equitable Distribution of the (Cities and 
Charge for the Relief of the Poor in certain Cities *°Y™ 


and Towns: And that Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Camp- 
bell and Mr. Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ships (Navy. 


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 1850; stating where and when 
built, and by whom built ; the Tonnage; of the 
Cost per Ton, distinguishing separately Steam Ves- 
sels, and the Power of their Engines; also, the 
Aggregate Number of Tons :—Of the Number of 
Ships in Ordinary, in Classes, in each year since 
1828, stating the Number of Tons of each Class, 
and the Aggregate Tonnage in Ordinary :—And, of 
the Number of Ships in Commission, in Classes, 
in each year since 1828, stating the Number of Tons 
of each Class, and the Aggregate Tonnage in Com- 
mission. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Dock-yards. 


Account, in Abstract, of the Total Amount expended 
for Establishment of Dock Yards, and of the Repair 
and Improvement of Dock Yards, distinguishing 
the Amount at Home and Abroad, in each year 
since 1828, and stating the Aggregate Expense of 
each year. 


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


separate Return of the Number of Vessels of Her 
Majesty’s Service that are now in Ordinary, but 
which have never performed any Service in Com- 
mission ; stating the Name, the Rate, the Number 
of Guns of each Vessel, when and where built, by 
whom built, in whose Lines built, the Number of 
Tons of Measurement, and the Cost or Rate of 
Charge per Ton building, and the present Condition 
of each Vessel :—And, separate Return ofthe Num- 
ber of Vessels of Her Majesty’s Service that never 
pone any Service in Commission, but which 

ave been broken up or sold since the year 1828 ; 
stating the Name, the Rate, the Number of Guns 
of each Vessel, when and where built, by whom 
built, and in whose Lines built, the Number of 
Tons of Measurement, and the Cost or Rate of 
Charge per Ton for building; also, the Years in 
which sold or bruken up, and the Amount received 
for each Vessel sold. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 


Return of the Revenue received by the Commis- 


sioners appointed under the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 59 Fort Act. 


R2 


(Newcastle- 








Gold Coast. 


School Dis- 
tricts Contri- 
butions Bill 


Chrishna Rao 
Withul. 


Chrishna Rao 
Withul. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Estates 


Leasing 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Judgments 
(ireland) Bill. 


Registrar of 
Metropolitan 
Public Car- 
riages Bill. 


124 7°—8° 


(Newcastle-upon-Tyne Port Act, 1845), in each 
year :—List of the Commissioners now acting and 

ualified under that Act, stating their Names and 
the Nature of their Qualification ; also the Number 
of Meetings of the Board, and the Names of the 
Commissioners who have attended each of those 
Meetings, and where held, in each year : ~Account 
of the Debt owing by the Commissioners, the Date 
of contracting the same, and the Rate of Interest 
paid :—Particular and detailed Account, in each 
year, of what has been expended :—Return of the 

umber and Names of the Police employed under 
the Act in each year, and the Places where they 
were stationed :—Particular and detailed Account 
of the Buoys and Moorings laid down at their Cost ; 
distinguishing those laid down on the Banks of the 
River in each of the Boroughs of South Shields and 
Tynemouth:—And, Return of the Names of the 
Vessels that have been driven on shore on the South 
Side of the Tyne, in the Borough of South Shields, 
between the 1st day of September 1849 and the Ist 
day of March 1850. 


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 Correspondence 
that has taken place between the Government of 
Denmark and the British Government respecting 
the Purchase of the Settlement belonging to Den- 
mark on the Gold Coast. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better Provision for the Contributions of 
Unions and Parishes, in School Districts, to the 
Common Funds of the respective Districts: And 
that Mr. Baines and Viscount Ebrington do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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


Veneris, 8° die Martii, 1850: 


The Order made upon the 5th day of February 
last, That there be laid before this House, Copies of 
the Despatches from the Bombay Government re- 
specting the Claims of Chrishna Rao Withul, with 
Inclosures :—Also, Copies of any Orders or Instr uc- 
tions issued by the Court of Directors thereon ; 
together with any Minutes on the subject, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Despatches from the Bombay Go- 
vernment respecting the Claims of Chrishna Rao 
Withul, with Inclosures ; also, Copies of any Orders 
or Instructions issued by the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company thereon; together with a 
Copy of any ‘ Dissents’ recorded by Individual 
Members of the Court on the subject. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 

ay. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Estates Leasing ([reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, vesolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgments (Jrelaxd) 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 Registrar of Metro- 
politan Public Carriages Bill ; and, after some time 





Marti. A. 1850. 


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 Come ithe of 
mittee on the Titles of Religious Congregations Religious 
(Scotland) Bill ; ym mae 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday _ ) 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- Means. 
loweth : 

Resolved, That towards making good the ery Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight million Fund. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Interments 
a Return, showing, for each year since 1839, the (Saint = 
Number of Interments that have taken place in the Seen bane 
Churchyard of Saint Margaret’s, Westminster; stat- 
ing also the Number in the Vaults of the Church. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to make better Pro- school Dis- 
vision for the Contributions of Unions and Parishes, tricts Contri- 
in School Districts, to the common Funds of the tions Bill. 

respective Districts: And the same was read the No.117. 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wood presented a Bill to prevent the holding Vestries and 
of Vestry or other Meetings in Churches, and for Vestry Clerks 
regulating the Appointment of Vestry Clerks: And _ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 118. 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th day 
of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Shafto Adair presented a Bill to provide for Poor Reiief 
the more Equitable Distribation of the Charge for — —. 
the Relief of the Poor in certain Cities and Towns : way 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered No. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 20th 

day of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


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


day. 


119. 








Veneris, 8° die Marti; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Holford, from the Office of the Governors Queen Anne's 
of Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in ; and Bounty, &amp; 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 20th day of February last, fora Return, Tabular 
Statement, showing the Meetings held by the Go- 
vernors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, and the attendance 
of each Governor at such Meetings, from the year 
1836 to the present time :—Similar Return of all 
Committee Meetings, and the Names of the Gover- 
nors attending them ;—And, similar Returns as to 
the Board of Commissioners appointed to carry into 
effect the Church Building Acts (so far as relates 
to the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty) :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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

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aa E&gt; 


Tee ee ey 











Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fourteenth 
Report.) 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Company 
(Amendment 
of Act) Bill. 


Garstang and 
Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


Shipwrecked 
Fishermen 
and Mariners’ 
Benevolent 
Society Bill. 


Navy. 
No, 120. 


Local Acts. 
No. 75, 


‘Yeomanry. 
No, 121, 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


Charitable 
Institutions 
(Dublin. ) 


13 Vicrorizm. 


Mr. Tyssen, from the Office of the Church Com- | 
missioners, was called in, and at the bar presented,— | 
Further Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of 
February iast, for a Return, Tabular Statement, 
showing the Meetings held by the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, aud the attendance of each Governor 
at such Meetings, from the year 1836 to the present 
time :—Similar Return of all Committee Meetings, | 
and the Names of the Governors attending them :— | 
And, similar Returns as to the Board of Commis- 
sioners appointed to carry into effect the Church 
Building Acts, (so far as relates to the Church Build- 
ing Commissioners) :—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 5th, 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. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 








which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Electric 
Telegraph Company (Amendment of Act) Petition, 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Garstang 
and Heiring Syke Turnpike-road 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. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Shipwrecked 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society Peti- 
tion, 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 ac- 
cordingly. 

The Second and Third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her a Com- 
mand,—Statement of Excess of Expenditure for 
Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1848-49. 
Further Reports from the Admiralty relative to 
Applications for Local Acts. 
Cvdheved That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Yeo- 
manry, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Newcastle and Gateshead Religious Freedom 
Society, praying the House to alter the Australian 
Colonies Government Bill, by expunging the whole 
of the provisions relating to public worship, which 
the aforesaid Bill contains, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the North 
Dublin Union, stating that the Petitioners have 
learned with the deepest regret and disappointment 
that reduced grants are to be proposed this year, for 
certain Charitable Institutions in the city of Dublin, 
heretofore maintained by funds principally derived 
from Parliament ; and alleging that such Institutions 
are entitled, from their undoubted general usefulness, 
to the permanent support of Parliament, was pre- 


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


Petitions from Rochester ;—and, Exeter ; praying 
that the Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, 


—were gaan read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





VoL. 105. 








8° Martit. 125 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Church 


Temporalities 


parish of Roscrea, praying that the Church Pro- (qrejand.) 
perty in Ireland may be resumed by the State, 

saving all existing just claims, and the management 

of it be transferred to the Commissioners of Woods 

and Forests, or some other body under the im- 
mediate control of Government, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brampton Bierlow ;— Dalton ;— County Rates 
Wath-upon- Dearne ;— Rotherham ;— Coventry ;— a 
Hardhorn-with-Newton ;— Freckleton ;— Bryning- ; 
with-Kellamergh ;--Layton-with-Warbrech ;—-Kings- 
clere Union ;—and, District of Staindrop; 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 Medical Practitioners of Todmorden Factories Act. 


and its vicinity, praying for amendment of the 
Factories Act, in regard to the working of relays, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunboe, in the Lenina 
county of Derry, praying that the Landlord and 204 Tenant 
Tenant (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, was sieeeee eae 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from E. H. Delf and others ;—Carmar- Marriages 
then;--Pembroke;— Burslem ;--Bolton (Lancaster); Bill. 
—and, Brecknock; 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 Chairman of the Ship-owners Mercantile 
Association of the Port of Cork, praying that the Marine Bill. 
Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- Public 
habitants of Liverpool, praying the House to adopt Expenditure. 
measures to reduce the Public Expenditure, more 
especially as regards the Military, Naval and Co- 
lonial expenses, with a view to relieving the public 
from the pressure of taxes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Old Bawn;—Golden Bridge ;— Paper. 
Templeogue ;—and Swift Brook; praying for the 
repeal of the Duty on Paper,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Essex-street, Strand ;—Poland- Paper, &amp;e. 
street, Oxford-street (Members of the Committee of 
the Society of Carvers and Gilders) ;—and, Wigan ; 
praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 
_ Advertisements and the Stamp Tax upon 
ewspapers may be abolished, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmission 
of Newspapers by the post,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Mallow Union, Rlectorat 
stating that any alteration in the boundaries of Divisions 
the Electoral Divisions in said Union would be in “7*"4-) 
their opinion injurious and contrary to the feelings 
of the rate-payers ; and praying that the boundaries 
of the Electoral Divisions of the Mallow Union may 
remain unaltered, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chipstead, Kingswood and Wal- Post-office. 
ton-on-the-Hill ;— Mitcham ;— Walcot ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Minuigaff (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of 
Dysart (Moderator) ;— Saltcoats ;— Woodstock ;— 
Chipping Ongar ;— Old Luce ;— Keighley ;—Ha- 
worth ;— Oakworth ;— Keith ;—Elgin ;— Portsoy ; 
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Small Tene- 
ments Rating. 


Tailor Trade. 


Windows. 


Mails on 
Railways. 


New Zealand. 


Piracy 
(Borneo. ) 
No. 122. 


Sidney 
Stephen 
Esquire. 


No. 123. 


Adjournment. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


(Ireland) Bill. 











126 8°—9° Martii. A. 1850. 


—Forglen ;— Pluscarden ;—Kirk Session of Blair The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
Atholi (Moderator) ;—Clunie ;—Cockpen ;—Penn; mittee of Supply ; 
—Adstock ; — Chalfont Saint Peter’s; — Wing And aMotion being made, and the Question being 
(Buckingham) ;— Kingsbridge ;— Salcombe ;— Car- proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
lisle;—Liss and Greatham;— Nairn ;— Speen;—, An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Greenham ;— Newtown ;—Brentworth ;—Privett ;— Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
Hereford ;—W oodbridge ;—Rendham ;— Framling- the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
ham ;— Gosbech ;— Portobello ;— Carlow ; — Kirk | “ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Army 
Session of Cockburnspath (Moderator) ;—Stow;— |“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to Brevet. 
Greenlaw ;—Kirk Session of Dunse (Moderator); “ take into Her gracious consideration the ser- 
—Channelkirk ;— Kirk Session of Longformacus “ vices, and claims for promotion by Brevet, of 
(Minister and Moderator) ;—and, Dunfermline Pres- | “ those Officers whose names were forwarded to 
bytery (Moderator); praying for the abolition of | “‘ the Lieutenant-General commanding the Forces 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, “ in Jreland, as having been employed in personal 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. |“ attendance upon Her Majest see er late 
x royal visit to Zreland,” instead thereof. 

A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Mal- nd the Question being proposed, That the 
don, in the county of Essex, praying the House to) words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
alter the law, so as to make the owners of cottage | Question:—The said proposed Amendment was, 
property liable to the rate, in cases where the pa-| with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
rochial assessment to the poor-rates does not exceed| Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the sum of four pounds, was presented, and read ;| the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | to the end of the Question, in order to add the 





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_words “ the net Expenditure of the Government for Public 

A Petition of Journeymen Tailors, resident in| “ the year 1835 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, 2*penditure. 
London, complaining of the evils inflicted on the “ 1847), amounted to £.44,422,000; that the Net 
Tailor Trade generally, by the system of home work-|“ Expenditure for the year ended the 5th day of 
ing ; and praying that a law may be passed making | “ January 1850 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 1, 1850,) 
it imperative on all Master Tailors to have their; “ amounted to £.50,853,000; the increase of up- 
work done on their own premises, including the Go-| “ wards of £.6,000,000 having been caused princi- 
vernment clothing, was — and read; and/| “ = by successive augmentations of our warlike 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘ Establishments, and outlays for defensive arma- 
* ments:—That no foreign danger, or necessary 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ez-| “ Cost of the Civil Government, or indispensable 
eter, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax, was “ disbursements for the Services in our dependencies 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the | “ abroad, warrant the continuance of this increase 
Table. “ of Expenditure:—That the Taxes required to meet 





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|“ the present Expenditure impede the operations 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, « of ab riculture col ~ sel nce and “liminish 
a Return of the Amount paid, during the years 1848 | « the ke for the employment of labour in all 
and 1849, by the Post-office to the Railway Com- « branches of productive industry, thereby tending 
panies, for the Conveyance of the Mails, specifying « to produce pauperism and crime, and adding to 
each Railway, and the Sum = to each, the Towns, « the local and general burdens of the people :— 
served, the Mileage run, and the Rate per Mile:—' « That, to diminish these evils, it is expedient that 
Also, the Amount paid to Railway Companies for « this House take steps to reduce the annual Ex- 
any other Service in the years 1848 and 1849, spe- « penditure, with all practicable speed, to an amount 
cifying each Railway, and the Sum paid to each. | « not exceeding the sum which, within the last 
sii | fifteen years, has been proved to be sufficient for 

Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty's Com- _“ the maintenance of the security, honour, and 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Earl Grey to « dignity of the Nation,” instead thereof. 
Governor Sir George Grey, k.c.B., dated Downing- And the Question being put, That the words pro- | 
street, 11th February 1850, No. 55, inclosing addi-' posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
tional Instructions under the Royal Sign Manual, " The House divided. , 


relative to the disposal of Land in Wew Zealand. | ‘The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- | The Noes to the old Lobby, 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of February; Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, : 
last, for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches re-| Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: } ore. ) 
lating to the Suppression of Piracy off the Coast of! Tellers for the { Mr. Cobden, 1 
Borneo. Noes, Mr. Hume: 5 *- 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
the 12th day of February last, for Copies or Ex-| 414 the H ir tinued to sit. till afte 
tracts of any Correspondence between the Colonial | T i $ et h hei ai taser sor —eiga ataase 
Office and any of the Authorities in Australia, Van| WITS OF CAO GHOER OR TONER Y MATNINE 5 ' 
Diemen’s Land or New Zealand, relating to the Re-| Sabbati, 9° die Martii, 1850: 
moval of Mr. Sidney Stephen from the Bar of Van) Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
See a mod eos a era as a Judge of Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the) ie Comantion, , 
Table ; and that the two last be printed. (In the Committee.) 


| 4, Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Land Forces 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of yymber of Land Forces, not exceeding Ninety-nine ‘ 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. ‘thousand One hundred and Twenty-eight Men, ex- ' 
‘elusive of the Men employed in the Territorial 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: | Possessions of the East India Company, Commis- 
Mr. Speaker, 'sioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An! be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom 
Act to restrain Party Processions in Jreland, with! of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords} April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, inclusive. 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then! To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
the Messenger withdrew. | 
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Mr. 





Distressed 
Unions Ad- 
vances and 


of Ai 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Australian 


Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


tion 


of 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Real Property 
Conveyance 
Bill. 


Pirates Head- 
money Repeal 
Bill. 


Mercantile 
Marine Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Turnpike-road 


and Bridge 
Trusts (Ire- 


land) Bill. 


Charitab] 
Trusts Bill. 


Leasing 
(Ireland) Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


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, — 
next, again resolve itself into the said Com 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and 
Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


Monday 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australian Colonies Government 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
22d day of this instant March, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 22d day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Real Property Conveyance Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Money Payment of Wages (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 12th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike-road and 
Bridge Trusts (/reland) 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 Second 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts 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 Estates Leasing (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
VoL. 105. 


8°—9° Martit. 








127 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Jadgmente 
mittee on the Judgments (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Registrar of 


into consideration the Registrar of Metropolitan Pab- aes gy 
lic Carriages Bill, as amended in the Committee. sieges Bil, 


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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made 
Lords to the Party Processions (Jreland) 
taken into consideration upon Monday next; an 
be printed. 


y. the Party Pro- 
ill be cessions 
d (Ireland) Bill. 


No. 124, 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for promoting Public Health 
the Public Health in Scotland : And the same was (Scotland) 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second ~~ 

time upon Friday the 12th day of April next; and N° 125. 
to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make more Police arid 
effectual Provision for regulating the Police of Improvement 
Towns ym populous Places os cotland, and for _— 

aving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improvin 
a pa a : And the same was oan the first es Ke. 298. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 12th day of April next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Causes tried 

to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased at Nisi Prius. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Causes tried at the 
Sittings at Nisi Prius, in England and Wales, during 
the year 1849, setting forth the Number in which 
no Damages have been recovered ; the Number in 
which Damages under £.20 have been recovered ; 
the Number in which Damages above £.20 but under 
£.50 have been recovered ; the Number in which 
Damages above £.50 but under £.100 have been 
recovered ; and the Number in which Damages above 
£.100 have been recovered. 

Ordered, That 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, Mortality in 
a Return of the Mortality, from disease, among the Army. 
the European Troops in Her Majesty’s Service in 
the East and West Indies respectively, showing 
the Number of Deaths per cent. on the whole Force 
employed in each year, from 1840 to 1848, both 
inclusive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Trade. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials transmitted to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government from the West Indies, in the 
years 1848 and 1849, relative to the Slave Trade. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Greenwich Hospital Improve- Greenwich 


i i Hospital 
— Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday I — 


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





Chrishna 
Rao Withul. 


Metropolitan 
Workhouses. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifteenth 
Report.) 


Garstang and 
Heiring Syke 
Turnpike- 
road Bill. 


Manchester, 

Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Bill. 


Architects, 
Civil Engi- 


neers, Builders 


and General 
Fire and Life 
Insurance, 
annuity and 
Reversionary 
Interest Com- 
pany (Incor- 


198 


Luna, 11° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M* 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 7th day of this instant March, for Copies of the 
Despatches from the Bombay Government, respect- 
ing the Claims of Chrishna Rao Withul, with In- 
closures ; also, Copies of any Orders or Instructions 
issued by the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company thereon; together with a Copy of any 
“ Dissents” recorded by Individual Members of the 
Court on the subject :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The following Return having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz.—Return 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of February last, 
for Copy of the Report of Dr. Farr and Mr. 
Grainger, to the General Board of Health, on 
Thirty-eight Metropolitan Workhouses, dated the 
26th day of March 1849. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 8th day of this instant 
March; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Garstang and Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-road Bill, which, upon Friday last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and extend the Provisions of the Act relat- 
ing to the Garstang and Heiring Syke Turnpike- 
road: And that Mr. Greene and Mr. Armstrong do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


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 
additional provision in the Manchester, a 
and Lincolnshire Railway (raising Money by Loan 
and by Shares in lieu of Loan, Alteration of Tolls, 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as the Clauses an- 
nexed to the said Petition empower the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
guarantee to certain new shares which are authorized 
to be created by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Act, 1849, a preference or priority 
over existing classes of preference shares, with the 
consent of three-fifths of the proprietors of each 
class of such existing preference shares; but the 
notices of the intended application to Parliament do 
not specify the intention to apply for power to au- 
thorize the granting of such preference or priority 
to the said new shares. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Architects, Civil Engineers, Builders and Ge- 
neral Fire and Life Insurance, Annuity and Rever- 
sionary Interest Company (Incorporation of the 
Company under a different Name) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


poration of the Company un- 
der a different Name) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birkenhead Improvement Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


11° Martz. 








Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








A. 1850. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol Water. 
the Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment Bill, as works Act 
amended in the Committee. Amendment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Cattle Market Bill, as amended in the Cattle Market 
Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Brom- 
the West Bromwich Rates Bill, as amended in the Wich Rates 
Committee. Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions from Easingwold ;—Linton-u on- Ouse ; Agricu 

—Rashelf ;— Postage ;— Tollerton ; cg rece fea 
upon-Ouse and Beningbrough;— Tholthorpe, Ha- 
weth and Youlton ;—Sutton-on-the- Forest ;—Alne ; 
—and, Wellington (Somerset); complaining of the 
depressed state of the Agricultural Interest; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from A/freton ;— Warrington ;—Cole- Attornies’ 
ford ;—and, Newnham; praying for the repeal of Certificates. 
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 town and Bankruptcy. 
neighbourhood of Aberystwyth, in the county of 
Cardigan, praying that the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts may be extended to all cases of 
Bankruptcy, where the probable assets of the 
Bankrupt shall not exceed 300/. or 4001. and 
where the residence of the Bankrupt is at an in- 
convenient distance from a Bankruptcy Court, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Brick and Tile Manufacturers, re- pricks, 
siding or carrying on business within the parishes 
of Madeley, Broseley, Benthall and Dawley, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Duty on Bricks, was pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Epping, and its Copyholds. 
vicinity, praying the House to pass an Act for the 
enfranchisement of Copyhold Property on equitable 
principles, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Bol- county Court 
ton, in the county of Lancaster, and its vicinity, Extension 
praying that the County Court Extension Bill may Bi 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Billericay Union; — vy County Rates 
Union ;—Romsey Union ;— Greasbrough ;— Kim- 24 — 
berworth ;— Middleton ;— Chadderton ; — Kendal a 
Union ;— Worsthorn-with-Hurstwood ;— Newtown 
and Lilanidloes Union ;—Stokesley Union ;— Eas- 
ington Poor Law Union ;— Bridgewater Union ;— 
Camelford Union; — Carnforth ; — Hundreds of 
Tunsteadand Happing (Norfolk) ;— Wellingborough 
Poor Law Union ;— Bedford Union ;— Hudders- 
field Union (two Petitions) ;— and, Pilkington ; 

raying that the County Rates and Expenditure 

ili may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Deanery of Education 
Depwade, in the diocese of Norwich, praying that Bill. 
the Education Bill may not pass into a law, was 
gaa and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—and, Bolton Factories Ach 
(six Petitions); praying for amendment of the 


Factories Act, in regard to the working of relays,— 
were 





Hops. 


Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


Irish Fisheries 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Mercantile 
Marine Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water, 


Paper, &amp;e. 


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11° Marti. 





129 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon ; Newspapers by post,—were presented, and read ; 


the Table. 


| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Hop-planters of Boughton Mon-| Petitions from Hanley ;—Kirk Session of Fet- Post-oftice. 


chelsea, and its vicinity, in the county of Kent, 
raying the House to repeal that part of the Hop 
uty called the War Duty, and the five per cent 
additional, thereby reducing the Duty to one penny 


per pound, was presented, and read ; and ordered | 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of 
Carnforth, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 





ordered to lie upon the Table. 


teresso (Moderator) ; — Kirk Session of Bervie 
(Moderator) ; — Kirk Session of Nigg (Modera- 
tor) ;— Stonehaven ;—Edensor and Pilsley ;—Bake- 
well ; — Askrigg ; — Middleham ; — Hackney ; — 
Long Preston ; — Coll ; — Tyree ; — Islay ; — Kil- 
calmonell ; — Melbourn ; — Dundee ; — Middleton ; 
— Oldham ;—Shinceliffe ;--Kirk Session of Cluny ; 
—Fyvie ; —Tarland ; — Rings End ; —Ranelagh ; 
— Dublin ; — Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—J. VV. 
Macmeehen ; —Kingswood (five Petitions) ;— Wot- 
ton-under-Edge ; —- Cromhall ; — Hawkesbury ; — 
Hanham ; — Beverstone ;— Newington, Bagpath and 


| Owlpen ;—Liverpool (two Petitions) ;—Seacombe ; 


A Petition of Samuel G. Fenton and others, | 
praying that the Zrish Fisheries Bill may not pass | 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Clergy, Yeo- 
manry and Inhabitants of the parish of Swym- 
bridge, in the county of Devon, praying the House 
to repeal the Tax upon Malt, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Edinburgh ; —and, 
Deanery of Depwade; 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 a Meeting of Ship- 
owners, Ship-masters and Seamen of Leith, praying 
that the Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Ship- 
owners and Ship-masters of the Port of Montrose, 
praying the House to delay for the present further 
legislation in regard to the Mercantile Marine, until 
a searching inquiry has been made into the existing 
code of laws relating to that important subject, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Shipowners, Shipmasters and Seamen of Leith, 
praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill may 
e rejected, and that a Committee of the House 
may be appointed to examine into the working of 
the present law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Rate-payers and [nhabitants of the parish of Saint 











Mary, Whitechapel, praying the House forthwith to 
pass a measure for greatly increasing the quantity and 
improving the quality of the supply of Water to the 
inhabitants of the Metropolitan Districts, upon the 
principle of constant service and high pressure, for 
introducing it in sufficient abundance to the house 
of every inhabitant, for reducing and regulating the 
price by application of an equal parochial assess- 
ment, and for protecting the public and securing 
the health of the community, by placing the ma- 
nagement of the supply of Water in the hands of a 
public board, to be elected by the rate-payers and 
owners of property in the various parishes included 
in the Metropolitan Districts, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Samuel Ward ;— Thomus Richard- 
son ;—Edgeware-road ;—and, Letter-press Printers 
of the Standard of Freedom Newspaper Office ; 
praying for the abolition of the Excise Tax upon 
Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper autho- 
rities to fix a small charge for the transmission of 


— Bootle; — Ightham; — Ampthill ; — Chetton, 
Glazeley and Deuxhill ;—Rainow ;—Shermanbury ; 
— Kirkwall ;— Wicklow, Tinahaley, Arklow and 
Rathdrum ; — Tintinhull ; — Yeovil ;— Newchurch- 
with-Ryde ; — Devizes ; — Seend ;— Banchory De- 
venich ;— Uxbridge ;—Presbytery of Aberdeen (Mo- 
derator) ;—Stonehaven ; — and, Islington ; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkwall and vi- Schools 
cinity, praying the House to adopt such measures (Scotland.) 


as may be necessary for effecting a thorough re- 
formation in the Parochial Schools of Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Wimborne Minster ;— Aberyst- small Debts 


wyth;—and, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; praying the House Act. 


to amend 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 Overseers of the Poor of the town- Small Tene- 
ship of Kendal, praying that the Small Tenements ments Rating 


Rating 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 the 
House-owners Guardian Society of the Extra-pa- 
rochial Place of Toxteth Park, 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 Guardians of the Poor of the 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union, praying that clauses 
may be inserted in the said Bill authorizing and 
empowering the assessors of poor’s rates to assess 
at their option either the owner or the occupier 
of every house or every part of a house let at 
a rent not exceeding 107. by the year, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


in the county of Kent, praying for amendment of 
the Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


kamma, Kromme River, Zuur Anys, Zeekoe River, 
Zuurbron, Gamtoos River, Hankey and Van Staaden 
River, in the district of Uitenhage, in the colony of 
the Cape of Good Hope, praying the House to pass 
an Act, whereby the colony of the Cape of Good 
Hope may be exempted for ever from being made 
a penal settlement, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Union Financial Statement, October 1849 and 1848. 





Vou. 105. 





s Copy 


H 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Tithe Com- 
the parish of Boughton Monchelsea and its vicinity, ™¥tation Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the new parish of Transporta- 


Alexander, including the field cornetcies ot Zietzie- tion (Cape of 


ope.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law 
Command,—Poor Law Commission, (/reland),— (Heland.) 


Prisons. 


Court of 
Equity Ex- 
chequer 
(Treland.) 


Malta. 





130 11° Martiz. 


Copy of Fifteenth Report of the Inspectors ap- 
pointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain, U.—Northern and Eastern District. 

Copy of Fifteenth Report of the Inspectors ap- 
pointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain, 1V.—Scotland. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Further 
Return toan Order, dated the 1st my 4 of August in 
the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the 
Total Number of Bills filed in the Court of Equity 
Exchequer in Jreland, 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 the Number filed in each 
Term, and in the Vonstion next following :—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 Act or 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 otter 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, ineach 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 





A, 1850. 


for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches between 
the Governor of Malta and the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, relating to the admission of Fo- 
reigners into the Island of Malta. 

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


Ordered, That the Copies of a Letter, dated Viza- East India. 
gapatam, the 22d day of August 1844, from Major No, 197. 


Arthur Cotton, Civil Engineer to the Secretary of the 
Revenue Board Department of Public Works, Ma- 
dras ; transmitting a First Report on the Irrigation 
pf the Rajahmundry District :—Of the said Re- 
oort :—Of the Second Report from the same to the 
stame, on the Delta of the Godavery, dated Madras 
the 17th day of April 1845 :—Of a Letter from the 
same to the same, dated the 27th day of August 
1845 (No. 54):—Ofa Report from the same to the 
Board of Revenue, dated Camp, Vizagapatam, the 
Ist day of June 1844, on the Sugar Cultivation of 
the Rajahmundry District :—And, of a Minute or 
Despatch recorded by Lord William Bentinck, re- 
lative to the condition of the Presidency of Madras 
and written either before or after his Lordship’s visit 
to it in the year 1834, which were presented upon 
the 24th day of March 1848, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Zealand, New Zealand. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a yfonumenta 
Return of the Cost of preparing for publication, Historica 
oy the work entitled Britannica. 


and of printing and publis 
“ Monumenta Historica Britannica, or Materials for 
the History of Britain ;” of the Number of Copies 
printed ; of the Number of Copies sold, and of the 
Price at which sold ; of the Names of the Persons 
or Parties to whom Copies have been given gratui- 
tously ; of the Names of the Persons or Parties 
who have applied for Copies, but whose Applications 
have not been complied with; together with the 
Number of Copies remaining undisposed of :—And, 
Copies of the Correspondence which took place in 
November and December 1848, between the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, the Lords 
of the Treasury, and the Master of the Rolls, re- 
garding the Sale and Distribution of the said Work. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Annuity Tax 
Return of the Number of Persons who have been (Edinbargh.) 


wr eeery by the Collector of Annuity Tax or 
Ministers’ Stipend in Edinburgh, during the last 
three years ; stating the Amount sued for and re- 
covered, together with the Amount of Expenses of 
these Proceedings. 


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


mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the con- 
sideration of the Lords’ Amendments to the Party 
Processions (Ireland) Bill, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





i Me ot 


the same was chargeable :—And, Return showing) ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Party Pro- 
the Total Amount derived from Fees, Exchequer| into consideration the Amendments made by the cessions &amp; 
M 


te ; ill. 
Fund, Dividends on Suitors’ Fund, County Trea- en 
surers’ Fee Fund, Produce of Fines and Penalties, of 
other Sources of Income applicable to the Payment 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to restrain Party 
Processions in Zreland ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 


of the Salaries or Emoluments of the Officers of the P.1. 1.15. After “ music” insert “ or singing any 
said Court, or any of them, or to the re-imbursement | ‘ song.” 
of the Treasury for the same, and received or yielded P. 2.1. 2. Leave out “ and may.” 
in the years 1848, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and P, 2.1. 27. Leave out the second “ or” and insert 
1848 ; specifying the Amount of Fees or other | “ and.’ 
Income derived in or in respect of each Office, and P. 3.1. 4. After “ months” insert Clause “ A.” 
the Act or Acts of Parliament under which each Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all Fire- 
Source of Income is derived. _’ |“ arms or other offensive weapons which shall be 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | « borne, employed, or be in the personal possession 
Table. “ of any person forming part of any assembly or 
“ procession declared unlawful under this Act, shall 
Mr. Hawes presented,— Return to an Address to “ [ forfeited to'the use of Her Majesty, whether 
Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of February last, “ the command or notice under this:Act rps 
: - shall 


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13 Victoriz. 


if 
“ 
“ 
«“&lt; 
‘ 


shall have been read or repeated or not, or whether 
after the reading or repeating of the same such 
assembly or procession shall have dispersed or 
not; and any such person who shall neglect or 
refuse to deliver up such arms or offensive weapons 
at any such meeting as aforesaid to any Justice of 
the Peace, when required so to do, shall for every 
such refusal or neglect be subject to the penalties 
in this Act already set forth, which Penalties shall 
be recoverable in the same summary manner, and 
the party so offending shall be subject to imprison- 
ment in like manner as has already been provided 
: respect to the summary proceedings under this 

ct.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General for Treland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


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

Ordered, 'Vhat the Statement of Excess of Ex- 
penditure for Her Majesty’s Navy for the year 
1848-49, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
referred to the Committee, 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


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&amp; 
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(In the Committee.) 


1. Question again proposed, That a Number of 
Land Forces, not exceeding Ninety-nine thousand 
one hundred and twenty-eight Men (exclusive of 
the Men employed in the Territorial Possessions of 
the East India Company), Commissioned and Non- 
Commissioned Officers included, be maintained for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 
31st day of March 1851, inclusive. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 
Eighty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty- 
eight Men (exclusive of the Men employed in the 
Territorial 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 
Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, inclusive ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 


Yeas, Sir William Molesworth : } _ 
Tellers for the \ Mr. Tufnell, lows 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill; — 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million seven hundred thousand pounds be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account, for defraying the Charge of 
Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom ot 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations 
(excepting India) which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

38. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
Thirty-nine thousand Men be ‘employed for the Sea 
Service for thirteen Lunar Months, including Eleven 
thousand Royal Marines and Two thousand Boys. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
Thirty-one thousand four hundred Men be employed 
for the Sea Service for thirteen Lunar Months, in- 
cluding Eleven thousand Royal Marines and Two 
thousand Boys ; 

The Committee divided. 


./ Mr. Hume, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Milner Gibson: ¢ 1% 
Tellers for the Noes,f en Hill: pu. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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131 


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


Martis, 12° die Martii, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- eng 
‘ . oters, &amp;c. 

“gg on the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Elections 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
( (Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Elections (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Rey of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Cirelaad) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, tor the Com- Process and 
mittee on the Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill ; ye st Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ‘ ) 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Highways Bill, 
Reading of the Highways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Ireland) 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- Pirates Head- 
mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill; = Bai Repeal 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike-road 
into consideration the Turnpike-road and Bridge and Bridge 
Trusts (Iredand) Bill, as amended in the Committee. jang) = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


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 this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill ; a 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “7eland) 
itself into the said Committee. 


Judgments 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- (Ireland) Bill 


mittee on the Judgments (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for consolidating the Office of the Re- Registrar of 
gistrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages with the ny og 
Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, riages Bill. 


and making other Provisions in regard to the Con- 


solidated Offices, 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. 





Vou. 105. 


The 


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132 11°—i12° 


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. 


Chief Justices’ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Salaries Bill. yegulate the Salaries of the Offices of Chief Justice 
of the Court of Queen’s Bench and Chief Justice 
of the Court of Common Pleas: And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Rate-in- Aid Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

(Ireland) Act. Return of the Valuation of the several Unions in 
Ireland to which Advances have been made under 
the Rate in Aid Act of the last Session and the 
Amount advanced to each :—And, of the Amount 
of Rates actually collected in each of these Unions, 
during the year 1849, and the Proportion which 
the Amount collected bears to the Pound of Valua- 
tion; the Highest and Lowest Rate assessed on any 
Electoral Division during the year in each ; and the 
greatest Number relieved during the months of Ja- 
nuary 1849 and January 1850. 


Fees (Court Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
Pleas) Bil regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable 
* by certain Officers in the Court of Common Pleas: 
And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Walpole do prepare, 

and bring it in. 

Tobacco. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return concerning Tobacco, continuing the Returns 
contained in Parliamentary Paper, No. 500, of Ses- 
sion 1847, to the 5th day of January 1850. 

Postal Com- The House was moved, That the Order made 

eT upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 

tween Lon- 


don and Paris, Pointed, to ascertain the most expeditious and least 
&amp;e. expensive mode of Postal Communication between 
London and Paris and the Northern Parts of Europe, 

might be read ; and the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Mackinnon, 
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Robert Hildyard, Sir James Duke, 
Admiral Bowles, Mr. M'Gregor, Mr. Repton, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. William Brown, Mr. Henry Bar- 
ing, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Captain Fordyce, Mr. 


Martiz. A. 1850. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to facilitate Procedure Court of 

in the Court of Session in Scotland: And the same CSeothand 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a pin, ) 
second time upon Thursday the 11th day of April wo. 39 
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, 12° die Marti ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 
PRAYERS. 


= AGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher Royal Assent 
of the Black Rod : to a Bill. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the im- 
mediate 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 Public Bill therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bill: Which Bill is 
as followeth ; 
An Act to restrain Party Processions in Jreland. party 
Processions 
(Ireland ) Bill. 
Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend and ex- 
tend the i ouihine of the Act relating to the Gar- Heiring eyhe 
stang and Heiring Syke Turnpike-road: And the — 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be * 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Henry Walker Wood, of Briton Copper Miners 
Ferry, near Neath, in the county of Glamorgan, ——. 
Merchant, was presented, and read ; setting forth, San® — 
That a Bill is depending in the House, for facilitat- 
ing the settlement of the affairs of the Governor and 





Moffatt, Mr. Hugh Adair and Admiral Berkeley, 
with power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum, 


—- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Schools. Copy of Report of 1849, on Greenwich Hospital 
Schools, made to the Board of Admiralty by Her 

Majesty's Inspector of Schools. ° 
Mr. Cowper accordingly presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the a4 Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Fees (Court Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to regulate the 
Pleas) Bill. Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain 
No 129 Officers in the Court of Common Pleas: And the 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Chief Justice’ Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to regulate the Sa- 


Salaries Bill. laries ‘of the Offices of Chief Justice of the Court 
No.130. of Queen’s Bench and Chief Justice of the Court 
of Common Pleas: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 
Consolidated Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 


Fund of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year 


(&lt;11000,000) One thousand eight hundred and Fifty: And the 
: same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time this day; and to be printed. 


No. 131. 





Company of Copper Miners in England, and for 
the better arrangement. of the said Company; that 
the Petitioner duly instructed his agent, William 
Brissault Minet, to prepare a Petition to the House, 
stating that he objected to the said Bill for the rea- 
sons after stated, which Petition was duly prepared 
for the signature of the Petitioner, but the Peti- 
tioner being in Wales at the time his signature was 
so required, his said agent had not the means of 
sending it to him and getting it returned in time for 
presentation to the House, on a day not later than 
seven clear days after the said Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; that the Petitioner’s said agent was not 
aware, until he consulted his Parliamentary agent, 
that the rules of the House rendered it absolutely 
necessary for the Petition to bear the signature of 
the said Petitioner, as he considered it probable 
that under the circumstances of his being from town, 
he might sign such Petition for the Petitioner ; 
that the Petitioner’s Parliamentary agent, under 
these circumstances, advised that the Petitioner’s 
said agent should present a Petition from himself, 
reciting the grievance the said Petitioner complained 
of, that the Promoters of the said Bill might have 
such notice of the same as they would have had if 
the Petitioner had duly signed his said Petition, and 
it had been presented to the House on the same day ; 
that the Petitioner is advised that the Committee to 
which the said Bill may be referred, may refuse to 
entertain the Petition of the said Petitioner’s agent 
as aforesaid; that the grounds on which the Peti- 

tioner 














13 VicrorizZ. 


tioner objects to the said Bill are as follow :—that 
on the 25th day of January in the year of our Lord 
1848, an action of covenant was brought by the 
Petitioner in Her Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas 
at Westminster, against the Governor and Company 
of Copper Miners in England, to recover damages 
for the breach of certain covenants contained in a 
deed, dated the 21st day of July 1847, between the 
said Governor and Company of the one part, and 
the Petitioner of the other part; that the said 
cause came on to be tried at the assizes holden at 
Gloucester, in and for the county of Gloucester, on 
Wednesday the 29th day of March, in the year of 
our Lord 1848 ; and that by an order of Visi prius 
then made by consent of the parties, it was, amongst 
other things, ordered, that the Jury should find a 
verdict for the plaintiff, for the damages in the de- 
claration ; costs 40s., subject to the award of Tho- 
mas Bros, Esquire, Barrister-at-law, to whom the 
cause, and all matters in difference between the 
said parties were referred, to raise on his award 
such questions of law, for the opinion of the Court, 
as either of the parties might call on him to do, 
and to assess the damages contingently upon the 
demurrer, upon the views which the Court might 
eventually take of the question of law, with 
power to order the determination of the contract, 
and the terms upon which such determination 
should take place, the demurrer to be argued at the 
same time or to he taken as part of the award, so 
as to be heard along with the other questions of 
law; that the said order of reference was afterwards, 
on Thursday the 11th day of May 1848, made a rule 
of Her Majesty’s said Court of Common Pleas ; 
and it was on the same day ordered by the Court 
that the said arbitrator should be at liberty to make 
end publish two several awards at different times, 
of and concerning the different matters referred to 
him, and in and by the first of his said awards, to 
raise such points of law for the opinion of the Court, 
as either of the said parties should require him to 
do, and to assess the damages contingently upon 
the demurrer depending in the cause, and upon the 
views which the Court might take of the questions 
of law so to be submitted to them as aforesaid ; 
and that after the judgment of the Court should 
have been given upon the said demurrer, and also 
upon the questions of law to be submitted to the 
Court as aforesaid, he should be at liberty to make 
and publish his second award, of and concerning 
the other matters so as aforesaid referred to him ; 
that on the 6th day of November 1848, the said 
arbitrator made his first award, and thereby, inter 
alia, assessed the damages sustained by the Pe- 
titioner contingently on the demurrer to the first 
breach assigned in the declaration at the sum of 
£.2,272. 2s., and the verdict was directed to be 
entered for the Plaintiff on the first four issues 
joined between the parties, and certain questions of 
law were raised for the opinion of the Court with 
respect to the fifth issue joined between the said 
parties ; that on the 30th day of May in the year of 
our Lord 1849, judgment was given by the said Court 
in favour of the Petitioner on the said demurrer, and 
by consent the jury and arbitrator were discharged 
from giving any verdict on the fifth issue joined be- 
tween the said parties ; that the said arbitrator has 
not yet made his second and final award, of and 
concerning the other matters so as aforesaid referred 
to him ; that the Petitioner believes that when such 
final award shall have been made, he will be a cre- 
ditor of the Company in a very large sum of money, 
in addition to the said sum of £.2,272. 2s.; that it 
is proposed by the said Bill to empower the holders 
of debentures, promissory notes and loan notes of 
the said Company, and the other creditors of the 
Company present at such meeting as in the said 
Bill mentioned, or any adjournment thereof, by 
themselves or their attornies duly appointed by 
deed (such holders and creditors so being present, 
Vou, 105. 


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133 


representing two-thirds at the least of the whole 
amount of debentures, promissory notes, loan notes 
and debts of the said Governor and Company of 
Copper Miners in Englund), to resolve that it is 
expedient to convert all the debentures, promissory 
notes, loan notes and debts of the said Governor 
and Company of Copper Miners in England, into 
stock of the said Company, at a certain rate per 
centum of the amount of such debentures, promis- 
sory notes, loan notes and debts, and to enact that 
such resolution shall be binding on all the holders 
of debentures, promissory notes and loan notes, and 
on all the creditors of the said Governor and Com- 
pany of Copper Miners in England ; and that on 
the creation of such stock as aforesaid, and the al- 
lotment thereof among the holders of debentures, 
promissory notes and loan notes, and among the 
creditors, in pursuance of such resolution as afore- 
said, the same holders and creditors shall deliver up 
the debentures, promissory notes, loan notes or 
other securities held by them respectively to be can- 
celled, or in case of creditors not holding any se- 
curity, shall give a receipt for their debts respec- 
tively, and that such holders and creditors shall 
thereupon become and be entitled to the stock so 
allotted to them respectively as aforesaid, and shall 
from the time of such allotment cease to have any 
claim on the said Governor and Company of Copper 
Miners in England, in respect of such debentures, 
promissory notes, loan notes and debts; that the 
Petitioner strongly objects to the said Bill, and to 
the principle and preamble of the same, and to the 
before-mentioned provisions thereof, as inexpedient 
and unjust; that there are other clauses and provi- 
sions in the said Bill calculated to be highly injurious 
to the rights and interests of the Petitioner, and of 
other persons having claims on the Company, and 
that a clause or provision ought to be inserted there- 
in for the protection of the rights and interests of 
the Petitioner and such other persons ; that the pre- 
amble of the said Bill, the Petitioner is advised, 
cannot be proved, and that the scheme sought to 
be carried into effect by the said Bill will be, as the 
Petitioner is prepared to prove, injurious to his in- 
terests as a creditor of the said Company; and 
praying that leave may be given to him to present 
a Petition containing the same allegations and state- 
ments as are contained in the Petition, of his said 
agent, by depositing the same in the Private Bill 
Office, and that it may be an instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill to entertain the said Petition, 
notwithstanding the same will not have been so 
deposited within seven clear days after the Second 
Reading of such Bill. 

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





Mr. Wilson Patien 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 Clerkenwell Im- Clerkenwell 


rovement (Amendment of Acts and Transfer of Imp 
Pp C . Amendment 


of Acts and 


Powers) Bill, Petition for further extending the time 


rovement 


for the Second Reading of the Bill, the Order of the Transfer of 
House of the 19th February last ought to be dis- Powers) Bill. 


pensed with ; ‘That the time for the Second Reading 
of the Bill be further extended to Thursday the 11th 
day of April next. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Bernal reported specially to the House, That waterford 


the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill has been an 


referred to him in the usual course, and the other 
Members of a Committee appointed thereon as an 
unopposed Bill; That it appears to Mr. Bernal that 
the said Bill contains provisions respecting the com- 
pulsory possession of, and entry upon lands; and 
that to carry such provisions into effect, the said 
Bill seeks to incorporate with the Act now sought 

s3 for, 


d Limerick 
Railway Bill. 





134. 


for, and with former Acts relating to the Waterford | 
and Limerick Railway, several Clauses of a Public | 
Act passed in the 12th and 13th Vic. c. 62, intituled, | 


‘* An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Midland Great 
Western Railway of Zreland Company ;” the said 
Public Act relates to a distinct undertaking, and 
appears to have been introduced on special grounds 
therein stated; and such Public Act contains no 
prospective reference to other undertakings, or any 
directory clause or provision for incorporation wit 
any future Act ; That it appears to Mr. Bernal that 
this being the introduction of a new principle in the 
system of Private Bill legislation, is especially de- 
serving of the attention and instruction of the House ; 
That it appears to Mr. Bernal that the Lands 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 8 Vic. c. 18, contains 
particular provisions as to the compulsory purchase 
of lands, which under the said Act are directed to 
be incorporated with any future Act, whereas the 
10th section of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 
way Bill proposes to extend the powers of the said 
public Act, subject to existing contracts, to all lands 
and hereditaments required to be taken by the said 
Railway Company; underthese circumstances, there- 
fore, Mr. Bernal is of opinion that the said Water- 
ford and Limerick Railway Bill should be treated 
as an opposed Private Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Perth and Aber- 


peo deen Railway Junction Company, for leave to bring 
op densiion, in a Bill to effectuate the Lease and Transfer of the 
Dundee and Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction, 


ae ” the Dundee and Arbroath and Dundee and Newtyle 
Newtyle Rail- Railways, to the Caledonian Railway Company, was 


Dundee and 
Perth and 


ways Bill. presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Lord 
Gordon Hallyburton. 
Suffolk and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
General the Suffolk and General Country Amicable In- 
Country . ‘ ; 
Autesble surance Office Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Insurance Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Office Bill. 
Greenwich The Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill was, 
Hospital according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Improvement 


Bill. mitted to Admiral Dundas, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Cow- 
per, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. 
Law Hodgés, Mr. Cocks, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. 
Masterman, Mr. Greene, and Five Members to be 

added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to lease their undertaking to the Cale- 
donian, Lancaster, and Carlisle and London and 
North Western Railway Companies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agricultural 


§ A Petition of Inhabitants of the county and 
Distress. 


city of Cork, complaining of the depressed state 
of Agriculture; and praying the House to substitute 
for the present Free Trade policy, a system of pro- 
tection to domestic industry against foreign com- 
petition, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
‘ie upon the Table. 


Attornies’ 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
Certificates. 


at Shepton Mallett, in the county of Somerset, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the annual duty on the Certifi- 
cates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Leicester, praying the House to prohibit the granting 
of any new licenses to Beer-houses, and to cause 


Beer-houses, 





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A. 1850. 


those already granted to 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 Trustees of the Municipal Charities Charitable 
of the borough of Stafford, praying that the Trusts Bill 
Charitable Trusts Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Ministers, Churchwardens and In- Church of 
habitants of the parish of Lythe, in the county and England. 
diocese of York, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for restoring to the Church the benefit of her 
synodical deliberations and decisions, and that no 
enactment affecting the doctrine or discipline of the 
Church of England be suffered to pass into a law, 
until it has first been submitted to the consideration 
and received the sanction of the two Houses of 
Convocation, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Congleton ;—and, Bristol; praying Church Rates, 
for the abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermenand Burgesses County Court 
of the borough of Southampton, praying that the Extension Bill 
County Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leominster, in the Small Debts 
county of Hereford, praying for amendment of the Act. 
Small Debts Act, by extending the jurisdiction of 
the County Courts, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Union of Orsett (Chairman) ;— County Rates 

Kirkby Moorside ;—County of Leicester ;— Halton ; 204 — 
— Caton ; — Heysham ;—Over Kellet ;—Borwick ; “? ®" 
— Bolton-le-Sands ; — Slyne-with-Hest ; —Quern- 
more ; — Thame Union ;—Basford Union ;— Wey- 
mouth Union ;—Old ZLaund Booth ;—Trawden ;— 
Burnley ; — Briercliffe-with-Extwistle;—and, Cli- 
viger ; praying that the County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers, Churchwardens and In- gaucation, 

habitants of the parish of Lythe, in the county and 
diocese of York, praying the House to take measures 
for limiting, controlling and defining the powers of the 
Committee of Council on Education, and that no 
conditions may be attached to the distribution of 
grants for Education beyond the freehold tenure of 
the building, and the school being open to inspection, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bierley;—High Hoyland, Emley Factories Act.. 
and Cumberworth ;— Bowling (two Petitions) a . 
Buttershaw ;— Bradford (York) (five Petitions) ;— 
Bolton (Lancaster) (eight Petitions) ;— Chorley (two 
Petitions) ; — Clayton-le-Moors ;— Accrington and 
Oswaldtwistle ;—Great Harwood ;—Old and New 
Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and Great Harwood ;— 
Prestolee ; — Stones-wood and Waterstalls ;—and, 
Ozxenhope; praying for amendment of the Factories 

Act in regard to the working of relays,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Selby, Intoxicating 
m the county of York, praying the House to pass Liquors. 
an Act entirely prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating 
Liquors during the twenty-four hours of the Lord’s 
Day, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. od 
Petitions 





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Petitions from the Presbytery of Linlithgow (Mo- | 
derator) ;— Lythe ;— Banbury ; —Lichfield ; —and, | 
Kirkham; praying that the Marriages Bill may | give directions that there be laid before this House, 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Titchfield; and, Great Yar- 
mouth ; 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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Ship- 
owners, Ship-masters, Merchants and others inte- 
rested in Shipping, at the port of Greenock, praying 
that the Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wilsden ( York) ;—Cullingworth ;— 
Notting Hill ;—Nailsworth (nineteen Petitions) ;— 
Long Acre ;—-Sheffield (Mayor) ;—and, Manchester 
and Salford; praying for abolition of the Excise Tax 
upon Paper, the ‘lax upon Advertisements, and the 
Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmission 
of Newspapers by Post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Island of Stronsay ;--Alex- 
ander Fraser; —Sherringham and Waybourn ;— 
Hertford ; — Nunnington ; —Compstall Bridge ; — 
Congleton ; —Rainow ; —- Warton; —Henry Wilson 
and others ;—Puisley;— Norton Bavant ;— Nether- 
avon ; — Honiton ; — Carsphairn; — Deanery of 
Frome ;—-J ohnstone ;—Kirk Session of Houston and 
Killellan (Moderator) ;—Indrinnan ;— Kilmalcolm ; 
— Hampstead Norreys ; — Bissham ; — Poulton-le- 
Fylde ;— Castle Combe ;— Bridgnorth ; —Lewes ;— 
and, Kirk Session of Terreg/es (Moderator); pray- 
ing for abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
oftice,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Thomas-in-the- East, in the Island of Jamaica, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for the suppression 
of the African Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harrogate; — Saint Mary-le- 
bone (two Petitions) ;— Bath; - Weston ;— Bath- 
easton ;— Tiverton;—and, Bridgnorth;—praying for 
the repeal of the Duty upon Windows,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Return having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 7th day of February last, for a 
Return, showing the Number of Inquests held by 
the Coroners of the several Counties and Cities in 
Ireland, together with the Verdict returned in each 
case, for the years ending the 31st day of December 
1847, 1848 and 1849 respectively. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropo- 
litan Workhouses, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malta, 
which was presented vesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Greenwich 


Hospital Schools, which was presented yesterday, 


be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Amount received by the Treasury 
from the Treasurers of the several County Courts 
in England and Wales, from their establishment to 
the 1st day of March 1850. 

Vou. 105. 


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135 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Ecclesiastical 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to theca 


F : Colonies. 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence and other : 


Papers relating to Cases in which the Bishop of any 
Diocese in the Australian Colonies has attempted 
to exercise Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over any of 
his Clergy, with or without resistance from the 
Parties, and of the Issue of such Cases, since the 
year 1837, and down to the latest Dates :—And, 
similar Copies or Extracts relating to the formation 
of Ecclesiastical Courts in any of the said Dio- 
ceses. 

Ordered, That 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 Order,— Midland Great 
A Return, showing in what manner so much of the Western Rail- 
money authorized to be advanced to the Midland bj oe . 
Great Western Railway Company of Jreland, by 
the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 62, which has already 
been lent, has been applied. 

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


The following Return having been transmitted to Interments 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.,—Return (Saint —- 
to an Order, dated the 7th day of this instant March, arora a 
for a Return, showing, for each year since 1839, the 
Number of Interments that have taken place in 
the Churchyard of Saint Margaret’s, Westminster ; 
stating also the Number in the Vaults of the Church. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law 
Command, — Poor Law Commission (Jreland)— (!eland.) 
Union Financial Statement, November 1849 and 
1848. 


Copy of Report on the Discipline and Manage- Portland 
ment of Portland Prison, and its connexion with Prison. 
the system of Convict Discipline now in operation, 
by Lieutenant-Colonel Jebd, c.s., Surveyor-General 
of Prisons, &amp;c. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Public 
posed, That whereas the present Taxation of the Expenditure. 
Country depresses all classes, and especially the 
labouring classes, by diminishing the funds for the 
employment of productive labour, it is the Opinion 
of this House, that adequate means should be forth- 
with adopted to reduce the Expenditure of the Go- 
vernment. 


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. Cayley : aon 

Tellers for the | Lord Marcus Hill, 1 
Noes, Mr. Grey: \ eas 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Rates 
to relieve the Occupiers of Lands and ‘Tenements, Bill. 
not being Owners thereof, from Payment of County 
Rates and County Police Rates: And that Sir 
Henry Halford, Mr. Sotherou and Mr. Farnham do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Oaths of 
to search the Journals of this House, and to report Members. 
such Precedents and such Acts, or parts of Acts of 
Parliament, as relate to the question of Jews or 
other persons being admitted to take their seats in 








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Masters and . 


Mates (Mer- 


136 


Parliament without being sworn upon the Holy 
Gospels ; and further, to inquire and report in what 
manner Joseph Pease, Esquire, on taking his seat 
in this House in the year 1833, made Affirmation to 
the effect of the Oaths required by Law to be taken 
by Members before taking their seats in this House; 
and also, to inquire and report in what manner 
Jews and other persons not professing the Christian 
Religion are permitted to make oath in Courts of 
Justice and other places where an Oath is allowed, 
authorized or required to be taken. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Masters and Mates in the Merchant 


chantVessels.) Service, who have voluntarily passedan Examination 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Poor Law 
Unions, 


Poor Law 
Unions, 


School Dis- 
tricts Contri- 
butions Bill. 


Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


Charge of d°. 


Seamen and 
Marines. 


and obtained Certificates of Qualification under the 
Regulations issued by the Board of Trade ; stating, 
in columns, the Numbers of each Class ; the Port 
at which they have passed; Amount of Fees paid, 
if any, and Amount of Expense incurred by the 
Public ; also, Names and Professions of Exami- 
nators. 


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


Mercurii, 13° die Martii, 1850: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her 
present Majesty, for the Appointment and Payment 
of Parish Constables: And that Mr. Deedes, Mr. 
Law Hodges and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, That there 
be laid before this House, a Return of the Poor Law 
Unions of England and Wales, showing the Popu- 
lation, Area and Valuation of each, and also the 
Number of Parishes combined in each Union, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Poor Law Unions of England and 
Wales, showing in respect of each the Number of 
Parishes combined ; the Area; Population and Va- 
Juation ; the Amount expended in the Relief of the 
Poor in the year ending Lady Day 1847; the 
highest and lowest Rates assessed in each; and the 
Rate which the Amount expended would have re- 
- wea if levied by an equal Assessment on all the 

ateable Property of the Union. 


The School Districts Contributions Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
ow: 

1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding Ninety-nine thousand one hundred and 
twenty-eight Men (exclusive of the Men employed 
in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned 
Officers included, be maintained tor the service of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million seven hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, on account, for defraying the 
Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces in the United 


Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on 
Foreign Stations (excepting India), which will come 
iu course of payment from the Ist day of April 
1850 to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That Thirty-nine thousand Men be 
employed for the Sea Service for Thirteen lunar 





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months, including Eleven Thousand Royal Marines 
and Two thousand Boys. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mutiny Bill 
for punishing Matiny and Desertion, and for the 
better payment of the Army and their Quarters: 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Secretary-at-War and 
the Judge Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Atl 
con 


Marine 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mari 
Mutiny Bill. 


for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Bernal, Sir 
Francis Baring and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 
into a Committee upon the Process and Practice Practice 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (ireland) Bill, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for requiring the Transmission of Annual Turnpike-road 
Abstracts of Accounts and Statements of Trustees 2"4 a 
or Commissioners of Turnpike-roads and Bridges in iand) Bal * 
Ireland, to the Lord Lieutenant, 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 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 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Jreland) Bill; —a 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgments 
mittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Fund 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. Say senate: 
And then the House, having continued to sit tilla 

quarter of an hour before One of the clock on 


Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Mercuri, 18° die Marti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1850. 

PRAYERS, 

O RD ERE D, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Bonhem Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 

A she (Sixteenth 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 11th day Report.) 
of thisinstant March, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 


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


Ordered, That the Commissioners of Railways Railway Bills 
be directed to report their Opinion to this House, 
in accordance with the Provisions of the Act 9 and 
10 Vic. c. 105, on any Railway Bills which have 
been introduced during the present Session, in 
which 





Athy, Castic- 
comer and 
Kilkenny 
Road Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress, 


Attornics’ 
Certificates. 


Church Rates, 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill, 


13 Victron. 


which it is proposed to raise or alter the Rates and 
Tolls or Charges authorized to be taken under ex- 
isting Acts of Parliament relating to Canal Under- 
takings belonging to Railway Companies, or to im- 
pose any additional Rates or Charges in respect of 
such Canal Undertakings. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Athy, Castlecomer and Kilkenny 
Road 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 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 Mr. Vesey 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Foes - } 68. 
Lord We 
Tellers forthe Noes,| Mr. Sullivan: } 37. 


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. 


Petitions from John Adam and William M‘Laugh- 
lin ;— William Wilkie and Thomas Stewart ;—Edin- 
burgh;—Preston Pans and Tranent;—Haddington ; 
— Newhaven (Edinburghshire) ; — and, Fisherrow ; 
praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guildford ;—and, Lansallos, Tal- 
land, Pelynt and Lantegloss; complaining of the 
depressed state of Agriculture; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stow-on-the- Wold ;—and, Camp- 
den; 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 Westerham ;—and, Hever; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Todmorden Union (Chairman) ;— 
Penistone Poor Law Union ;— Keighley Union ; — 
Wortley Poor Law Union ;—Saddleworth ;— Thur- 
goland ; —Oxspring ; —Silkstone ; —Ecclesfield ;— 
Keighley ; — Huntshelf; — Langsett ; —Hoyland- 
swaine ;— Bradfield ;— Sutton (York) ;— Bingley ;-- 
Steeton ;—Hexbrough ; — Tankersley ; —Denby ;— 
Penistone; — High Hoyland; — Gunthwaite ; — 
Wortley ; — Morton; — Cawthorne; — Sedbergh 
Union ;—Halifax Union ;— Wentworth ;—Oldham 
Union ;— Eglwysfach ;— Kenilworth ;—Llanrwst ;-- 
Gwytherin; —Eidda; —Gwernhowell ; — Dolwyd- 
delan ; —Llanddoget ; — Llangerniew ; —Bettws-y- 
Coed ;— Pentrefoelas ;— Penmachno ; ball ; 
—Maenau; — Gwydyr ;— Tir Ifan; — Llanrwst 
Union; — Warwick Union ;— Aylesbury Union 
(Chairman and Vice-Chairman); —Cuerdly ; — 
Latchford;— Witham Union (Chairman) ; —Bar- 
ton-upon-Irwell;— Roeburndale ;-- Hornby ;-- Wern- 
ington ;— Claughton ;— Gressingham ;—Wray-with- 
Botton ;--Carleton ;—-Habergham Eaves ;-—Weeton- 
with-Preese ; —Marton ; —Droitwich ; —Poulton- 
le- Fylde ;— Greenalgh-with-Thistleton ; —Medlar- 


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137 


with-Westham ; — Singleton; — Brighthelmston ; 
— Chesterton Poor Law Union; — Stretford; — 
Clifton (Lancaster) ;— Urmston ;— Worsley ;—Flix- 
ton ;—Langfield (Chairman) ;—and, Halesworth; 
praying that the County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Bournemouth, in the county of Southampton, being 
Members of the Church of England, stating that 
they view with alarm the recent measures of the 
Committee of Privy Council on Education; and 
praying the House to secure to the Church of 
England her portion of the Parliamentary grant, 
without any interference on the part of the said 
Committee with her doctrine or discipline, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


as will from henceforth preclude the appointment 
of any parties not thoroughly conversant with the 
language, to ecclesiastical offices in Wales, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Todmorden ; praying for amendment of the Fac- 
tories Act, in regard to the working of relays, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. . 


Council of the City of Edinburgh, praying for the 
repeal of the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 











Duncan ; — Charles Thomson ; — Bournemouth ;— 
Elham ;—District of Saint James Hambridge ;— 
Harlow ;— Penzance ;—Isle of Wight ;— and, Rural 
Deanery of Middlewich ; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a Jaw,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Southampton ;—Accrington, &amp;c. ; 
— Ashford ;—Harberton Ford ;—West Retford ;— 
Hemyock ;— Lower Forest Green ;— Macclesfield ;— 
Little Brington ;— Heywood ;—Houghton Regis ;— 
Long Crendon;— Cossey ; — Shortwood ; — East 
Dereham ;— Earls Barton ;— Wellington (Salop) ;— 
Markyate-street ; — Chatham; — and, Towcester ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


praying for repeal of the duty on Paper,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


praying for the repeal of the duties on Paper and 
Advertisements, and also the Penny Stamp on News- 
papers not posted, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Northleuch; —Hanley and Shelton ; — Obrig ; — 
Kilmarton ;— Temple and Carrington ;— Frensham ; 
—East Clandon; —Sheepshead and Hethern ;— 
Castle Donington ; — Loughborough ; — Woodhouse 
and Swithland ;—East Lake and Costock ; —Roth- 
ley ; —Quorndon ; —Great Dalby ; —Wimeswould, 
Burton and Willoughby ;— Kirk Session of Grey- 
friars Parish, Aberdeen (Moderator) ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Worth Parish, Aberdeen (Moderator) ;— 
Donaldson ;— Rose ;— Ballater ;—Crathie;—Culta- 





VoL. 105, 





mond ;-— Chester ; —Cocbridge ;— Bournemouth ;— 
T North 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Visitors of Education. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the parish of Sain¢ Established 
Asaph, praying the House to take such measures Wales.) 


Petitions from Bolton (three Petitions) ;—and, Factories Act 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Game Laws. 


Petitions from Melplaish ; — Pelynt ; — James Marriages Bill. 


Six Petitions from the County of Dublin ; Paper. 


A Petition of Letter Press Printers of Edinburgh, Paper, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Dreghorn ;--- Charlton Kings ;— Post- office, 





Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Windows.! 


Wakefield 
Borough 
Market Bill. 


138 


North Stoke, J; and Newnham Murren;— 
Langford-with-Little Furringdon ; — Wardle ; — 
Droitwich ;— Peasmore and Catmore ;— Kirk Ses- 
sion of Muirkirk (Moderator) ;— Kirk Session of 
Irvine (Moderator) ; — Newton Stewart Reformed 
Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Moderator) ;— 
Acton ;— Bunbury ;— Old Dalby ;— Wybunbury ;— 
Wrenbury ;— Nantwich ;—Baddily ;— Davenham ; 
— Witton ;— Birkenhead ;— Rural Deanery of Mid- 
dlewich ;—Kirk Session of Cambray ;—Rothsay ;— 
Christchurch ;— and, Lechlade; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday Jabour in the Post-office,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Liverpool (seven Petitions) ;— 
and, John Benbow, Mecklenburgh-square, in the 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, Member of Parlia- 
ment; praying that the Small Tenements Rating 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Reading;— and, Warrington ; 
praying for the repeal of the Window Duty,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Wakefield, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That a Bill is now pending in the House, intituled, 
a Bill to authorize the Wakefield Borough Market 
Company to purchase certain Lands for a Market- 
place, and to make Approaches thereto; that by 
an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh years of 
Her Majesty’s reign called ‘ the Wakefield Bo- 
rough Market Act, 1847” the said Wakefield 
Borough Market Company were incorporated for 
the purpose of constructing and maintaining a Mar- 
ket-place or Market-places, slaughter-house or 
slaughter-houses within the said borough, but that 
no such Market-place or slaughter-houses have yet 
been erected; that prior to the passing of the said 
Act, an inquiry was made under and by virtue and 
in pursuance of an Act passed in the ninth and tenth 
years of Her present Majesty, intitaled, An Act for 
making preliminary Inquiries, in certain cases of 
Applications for local Acts; and a report of the 
result of such inquiry, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence upon which the same report was 
founded, was furnished to the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Woods and Forests, Land Revenues, 
Wroks and Buildings, and duly reported by them to 
the House; that the promoters have not deposited any 
statement of the objects of their Bill, with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land 
a hSiny Works and Buildings, in compliance with 
the provisions of an Act passed in the eleventh and 
twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, an Act for amending an Act passed in the 
ninth and tenth years of Her Majesty, for making 
preliminary Inquiries, in certain cases of Applications 
for local Acts, and that no such preliminary inquiries 
have been made in reference to the said pending 
Bill; the Petitioners allege that it is not expedient 
that the said Company should be authorized to 
make a Market upon the site — in the said 
Bill, instead of the lands described in the Schedule 
to their said Act annexed, and that the said Bill 
should not be proceeded with, until such inquiries 
have been breed and reported to the House; that 
such site is inconvenient and incommodious ; that 
such site is not the most convenient, and that other 
sites might be selected, which would be more con- 
venient; that the construction of the said Market 
as proposed in the said Bill, would seriously incon- 
venience the Petitioners and the inhabitants of the 
town generally, and inflict irreparable injury to a 
considerable portion of the most valuable property 
in the town; that it is proposed by the said Bill to 
take a much larger quantity of land than can be re- 
quired for the purposes of the said Bill; that the 





138° Marti. 





A. 1850. 


provisions of the said Bill will injuriously affect | 
many vested interests, established by ancient custom 
and usage ; that the said Wakefield Borough Mar- 
ket Act of 1847, was sanctioned by Parliament 
upon the report of the Surveying Officers appointed 
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and 
the site thereby authorized ought not to be changed, 
as the Petitioners submit, unless the Surveying Offi- 
cers to be appointed by the said Commissioners, 
should report in favour of such change, and that the 
site proposed to be taken under the provisions of 
the said pending Bill is more eligible for the pur- 
poses of a Market and more convenient to the Peti- 
tioners and the other inhabitants of the said bo- 
rough, and to the public; that a memorial on be- 
half of the Petitioners and other inhabitants of the 
said borough having been presented to the said 
Commissioners, praying that they would be pleased 
to direct such preliminary inquiry as aforesaid, with 
reference to the objects of the said pending Bill, 
the following answer has been received thereto by 
the agents of the Petitioners :—*“ Office of Woods, 
&amp;c., March 2d 1850, Gentlemen,— Wakefield Burgh 
Market: The Chief Commissioner of this board, as 
you are aware, has been urged.to direct the holding 
of a preliminary inquiry in this case, the pro- 
moters acting no doubt upon an impression which 
generally prevails, that Market Bills are not included 
within the provisions of the 11 and 12 Vic. c. 129, 
have not deposited any statement of the objects of 
their Biil, nor taken any of the steps required by 
that Act; from the representation enclosed to the 
Chief Commissioner by you, confirmed by more 
recent communications which have been addressed 
to him from Wakefield, the Chief Commissioner is 
of opinion that the Bill in which you are interested 
is one which calls for inquiry ; under the circum- t 
stances, however, his Lordship feels that he is not ina 
condition to initiate proceedings now, and he must 
leave it therefore to the opponents of the measure to 
seek an inquiry through the intervention of Parlia- 
ment, in conformity with the provisions of the 10th 
section of the Act in question, under which he con- 
ceives it iscompetent forany Member of either House 
at any time during the progress of a Billthrough Par- 
liament, to move for such inquiry, and for the House 
to direct it. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient 
servant, 7. W. Philips. To Messrs. Williamson, 
Hill and Smith; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to order and direct that the examina- 
tion, survey and inquiries authorized by the Act for 
making preliminary Inquiries, in certain cases of 
Applications for local Acts, be made in reference 
to the said pending Bill, and that the report of the 
Inspectors appointed to make the same be made to 
the House on or before the twelfth day of April 
next, and that the said pending Bill be not further 
proceeded with, until after such report has been so 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a paper. 
Return of the Amount of Duty paid upon ry in 
the several Excise Collections in Englund, Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, for the last Ten years, stat- 


ing also the Totals for each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid. before this House, Newspapers 
Returns of the aggregate Number of Stamps issued 
for Newspapers in the year 1849, in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively ; distin- 
guishing the Number at one Penny and at one Half- 
penny :—Showing the Number of London News- 
papers, the Number of Advertisements in them, 
the Rate and Amount of Advertisement Duty paid 
by them, in the year 1849:—And, similar Return 
as regards the English Provincial, the Scotch and 
the Jrish Newspapers (in continuation of Parlia- 





mentary Paper, No. 160, of Session 1849). - 
Ordered, 











13 Vicroriz. 
Chrishna Rao = Ordered, That the Return relative to Chrishna 


Withul. Rao Withui, which was presented upon Monday 
No. 136. last, be printed. 
Interments Ordered, That the Return relative to Interments 
(Saint rest (Saint Margaret’s, Westminster), which was laid 
ernster.) upon the Table yesterday, be printed. 
No. 137. 
Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


and Expendi- ay Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 

_ of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th 
day of January 1848, 1849 and 1850; 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 Allowance to 
the co Family, and to his Majesty the King of 
the Belgians; the Establishment of the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland; the Expenses of the Two 
Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Departments ; 
the other Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, the 
Gross Revenue, and the Civil List:—Also, the 
Payments for the Administration of Justice, Diplo- 
matic Expenses, and on Account of the Sums voted 
for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous 
Services; also, Public Works, Bounties, Post- 
office, the Quarantine and Warehouse Establish- 
ments; and all other Payments not coming under 
any of the foregoing heads; with an Appendix, 
showing the several Items composing each Head of 
the Account (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 589, of Session 1849). 


County Rates The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
= &gt; ndi- the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


upon the 13th day of February last, That the 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill be now read a 
second time ; 

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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the 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 of giving to the rate- 
“ payers more effectual control over their expen- 
“ diture, can be adopted,” instead thereof. 


““ 
“ 
“ 


And the Question being proposed, That the | years of Her present Majesty, for facilitating the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the | 


13° Marti. 





139 ° 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 


time: —The Bill was accordingly. read a second 
time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 10th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant Bill ; — Tenant 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time —~ 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railway | 
Reading of the Railway Traffic Biil; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Life Policies 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance (No. 2.) = aay 
Bill; a 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriages 
mittee on the Marriages 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, 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; Soenee, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Consolidated 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund Bill ; Fund 

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


(£.8,000,000.) 
Te Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Highways 
nesday the 27th day of this instant March, the (So Wales) 
Highways (South Wales) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 


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


extend to Jreland an Act of the first and second (ireland) Bill 


Recovery of Possession of Tenements, after due 


Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, | Determination of the Tenancy: And that Mr. Frewen 


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 Select Committee. 


ee P The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Muscums Bil, Reading of the Public Libraries and Museums 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 teaution 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. Ewart, 
~—— - Mr, George Alexander Ha-} 118. 
’ , 
milton: 
Tellers for the} Colonel Sibthorp, } 
Noes, Mr. Buck: ens 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
VoL. 105. 








and Viscount Bernard do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order made yesterday, That there be laid Masters and 
before this House, a Return of Masters and Mates Mates (Mer- 
in the Merchant Service who have voluntarily passed a 
an examination and obtained Certificates of Quali- 
fication under the Regulations issued by the’ Board 
of Trade; stating, in columns, the Numbers of each 
Class ; the Port at which they have passed ; Amount 
of Fees paid, if any, and Amount of Expense in- 
curred by the Public; also, Names and Profession 
of Examinators, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Masters and 
Return of Masters and Mates in the Merchant Ser- ee a 
vice who have voluntarily passed an Examination 
and obtained Certificates of Qualification under the 
Regulations issued by the Board of Trade; stating, 
in columns, the Numbers of each Class; the Port 
at which they have passed; Amount of Fees paid, 
if any, and Amount of Expense incurred by the 
Public ; also, Names and Professions of Examina- 
tors ; distinguishing the Numbers, Fees, Expense, 

Names, and Profession of Examinators in each year 
since the Regulations have been issued. 


T2 Mr. 





Tenements 

Recovery 

(Ireland) Bill, 
No. 138. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Liverpool 


Cattle Market 


Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich Rates 
Bill. 


Buckingham- 


140 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to extend to Ireland 
an Act of the first and second years of Her present 
Majesty, for facilitating the Recovery of Possession 
of Tenements after due Determination of the Te- 
nancy: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 
23d day of April next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 14° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS, 

A BILL to give further Powers to the Birken- 
head Improvement Commissioners for pur- 

chasing the Woodside Ferry ; and for regulating their 
Mortgage Debt, and facilitating the Sale of their 
Lands, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Bill for the Enlargement of the Cattle Market 
at Liverpool, and for the better Regulation and 
Maintenance of the said Market, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Bill for better assessing and collecting the 
Poor's Rates, Highway Rates, the County, Shire 
Hall, Police, and other County Rates, in the Parish 
of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, and 
the Township of Oldbury, in the Parish of Hales 
Owen, in the County of Worcester, and which Parish 
of West Bromwich and Township of Oldbury are 
situate within the West Bromwich Poor Law Union, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


shire Railways the Buckinghamshire Railways Bill, as amended in 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Lunatics 
(Orkney and 
Shetland.) 


No. 139. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
of Selection to treat the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Im- 
Neng Amendment of Acts, and New Streets 

ill, as an opposed Bill:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return of the 
Number of Lunatics, Idiots, and Fatuous 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 con- 
fined 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 Autho- 
rity and Medical Certiticates under which such Con- 
finement and Removal took place, which was pre- 
sented upon the 11th day of June, in the last Session 
of Parliament, be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 6th day of this instant March, for an Estimate 
of the Annual Expense of collecting the Stamp 
Duty on Newspapers, stating the Number and 
Wages of Persons employed at Somerset House, and 
in Edinburgh and Manchester, in stamping the 
Paper ; the Annual Cost.of Machinery, and the 





13°—14° Martiz. 





A. 1850. 


Expense of Clerks, including those who receive the 
Money for Stamps. 


instant March, for a Return or List of the principal 
Manufactured Articles imported into this Country 
on which a Duty of Customs is imposed ; stating the 
Name and Quantity of each Article imported in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1850; also, the 
Rateof Duty charged, and the Amount of Duty paid 
on each Article, and the Aggregate of Duty collected 
on all imported Manufactures in the year :—And, 
Return of the principal Articles of Agricultural Pro- 
duce imported into this Country on which any Duty 
of Customs is imposed ; stating the Rate of Duty, 
and the Amount paid on each Article, and the Ag- 
gregate Amount of Duty on all Agricultural Pro- 
duce, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1850. 

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


and General Fire and Life Assurance Company, 
praying that provision may be made in the Licensed 


Company (No. 2.) Bill, for the imposition of a Stamp 
Duty of five pounds on the first and every subse- 
quent memorial in which the name or names of any 
person or persons shall for the first time be inserted 
as a trustee or trustees of the said Company, subject 
to such provisions and regulations for the collection 
thereof, or otherwise, as to the House may seem 
meet, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Maintenance of Shahoo Maharaj, the adopted Son 
and Heir of Pertaub Shean, the late Raja of Sattara, 
of the Ranee, his Widow, and the rest of the Family, 
since the Raja’s death in October 1847, and the 
Dates on which the Payments were made ; together 
with Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence with 
the Ranee, and of the Orders sent out to the present 
time by the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, respecting the future Maintenance of the 
Raja’s surviving Family. 


Clothing, and Household Stores bought for the use 
of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, and of the 
Rate of Wages paid to Artizans employed in that 
Esiablishment; together with the Prices of Pro- 
visions at Bethlem Hospital; and of Bread and 
Meat bought by the Commissariat Department, 
during each of the years 1836 to 1849, inclusive 
(in continuation of a Statement in Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 189, of Session 1836). 


Accounts of all Receipts and Disbursements by the 
Corporation for preserving and improving the Port 
of Dublin, from the 5th day of January 1833 up to 
the latest period to which the same have been made 
up; distinguishing the same under different Heads, 
and under what Authority :—And, of all Monies 
borrowed by Debentures or otherwise, under the 
authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c.19, and of the 
Act 32 Geo. 3, c. 35, or of any other Act; the Rate 
of Interest at which the same was borrowed, what 
part of the same has been paid off, and the Annual 
Amount of Interest payable on the subsisting Debt 
or Debts (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 722, of Session 1833). 


in each year from 1822 to 1849, both inclusive ; 
showing the Amount of the Ordinary Revenue, after 





deducting 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Manufactureg 
Articles and 
Agricultural 
Produce, 


A Petition of Directors of the Licensed Victuallers Licensed 
Victuallers 
and 
; A. . Fire and Life 
Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


General 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Raja of 
an Account of the Amount of Money paid for the Sattara, 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Greenwich 
Return of the Prices of various Articles of Food, Hospital, &amp;. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pyplin Port. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 4”4 








Naval Cadets, 
No. 140, 


Vestries and 
Vestry Clerks 
Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill, 


Scottish 
Central 
Railway Bill. 


British 
Museum. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill, 


Copyholds, 





13 Vicrortiz. 


deducting Drawbacks and Repayments ; the extra- 
ordinary Revenue, and the Total Receipt of Reve- 
nue; also the Charges of Collection and other Pay- 
ments out of the Revenue in its progress to the Ex- 
chequer; the Charges of the Public Debt, Funded 
and Unfunded ; the Charges on the Consolidated 
Fund; the Amount expended under the several 
Heads of Army, Navy, and Ordnance, distinguishing 
Effective and Ineffective Service ; also, the Amount 
of Expenditure not under the Heads before enume- 
rated, and the Total Expenditure. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Naval Cadets admitted 
into the Royal Navy between the Ist day of January 
1849 and the 1st day of January 1850. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day ot April next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into.a 
Committee on the Affirmation Bill, upon Wed- 
nesday the 27th day of this instant March, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee, 


The House was moved, That the Petition for 
leave to bring in the Scottish Central Railway Bill, 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to 
lease their Undertaking to the Caledonian, Lancaster 
and Carlisle and London and North Western Rail- 
way Companies: And that Viscount Duncan and 
Mr. Mackie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Constitution and Go- 
vernment of the British Museum; with Minutes of 
Evidence. 

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


Petitions from the County of Hertford ;—County 
of Longford ;—Southern Division of the County of 
Derby;—South Islands of Arran;—Barony of Tyre- 
ragh (Sligo) ;-Clanwilliam ;— Garrycastle ;—U pper 
Slaue ;—and, Gallen ; complaining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean of the Fraternity of 
Writers of Stirlingshire, 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 Members of the Congregation as- 
sembling in Castle Hill Chapel, Northampton, pray- 
ing that the Australian Colonies Government 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 Copyholders, Freeholders and other 
Inhabitants of Whitechapel, and its vicinity, praying 
the House to pass an Act for the enfranchisement 
or commutation of Copyhold Property on equitable 
principles, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105, 


14° Martz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of King’s Lynn, pray- County Court 
ing that the County Court Extension Bill may pass Extension Bill. 




















14] 


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


Petitions from Anglesey Union ; —Jnskhip-with- County Rates 


- and di- 
pay. a 


Sowerby ;— Nateby ;—and, Boston Union; 
ing that the County Rates and. Expenditure Bil 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Bunyan, William Magrath, court of 


Alexander Brown, Denis Bergin and Christopher Chancery 
enry (Iretand ) Bill. 


Magrath, Writing Clerks in the offices of 
Quinan and William Webb, Esquires, Chief Exa- 
miners of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, pray- 
ing that, in the event of the department in which 
they are at present and have been for many years 
past employed, being abolished or reduced by the 
Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill, their claims may 
be taken into consideration, and that the House may 
be pleased to enact, either that the Petitioners be 
preferred to other situations or receive the same 
measure of justice as was granted to the clerks who 
had been employed in the Six Clerks Office, or 
that such other relief may be afforded as to the 
House may seem just, was presented, and read; 
ana ordered to lie upon the Takle. 


Petitions from Bolton (twenty-two Petitions) ;-— Factories Act. 


Dewsbury (Chairman) ;—Bradford (York) (twenty- 
one Petitions) ;—Saddleworth (two Petitions) ;— 
Samuel Hill and others ; — Manchester (sixteen 
Petitions) ;—Oldham (eight Petitions) ;—Cros/and 
Moor (three Petitions) ; —Huddersfield (nine Peti- 
tions) ;— Low Moor (Chairman) (two Petitions) ;— 
Gorton ; — Stockport ; — Kirkheaton ; — Bowling 
(Chairman) ;— Newsome ;— Horton (two Petitions) ; 
—LIdle ;— Manningham (two Petitions) ;— Chorley 
(three Petitions) ;— Heaton Norris (two Petitions) ; 
— Droylsden (four Petitions); — Shelderslow ; — 
Cruttenden ; — William Grimshaw and others ; — 
Bosden ;— Dewsbury ;—James Jeffery ;—Clergy of 
the Church of England ; —Leeds (Chairman) ; -— 
Almondbury ; — Paddock ; — Glasgow {two Peti- 
tions) ; —Dundee ; — Padiham ; — Chorlton-upon- 
Medlock ; — Austerlands ; —Stockport ; —Barrow- 
bridge (Bolton) ;— Macclesfield; —Manchester and 
Salford ;— Horwich ;—Langfield ; —Northowram ; 
—Sowerby Bridge and Sowerby Blakewood ; — 
Halifax (six Petitions); — Mixenden Stones; — 
Elland-cum-Greetland ; — Factory Workers in the 
employ of John Floodsworth and Son ;—Midgley ; 
— Rippenden ;—Stainland ; —Skircoat (two Peti- 
tions);—Delegates from the Factory Workers of 
Lancashire and Yorkshire ;— Norland ;— Longfield ; 
—Reverend Joseph Lordale Frost, Clerk, Master 
of Arts, Incumbent of Bowling, West Yorkshire ;— 
Warrington (four Petitions) ;—James Greenhalgh ; 
— Thomas Barnes ;--Montrose;-- William Tristram; 
— Todmorden ;— Hyde;— Walsden;— Todmorden ;— 
Preston ( Lancashire) (ten Petitions) ;— Horwich ;— 
Richard Riley ;— and, Fishwick; praying foramend- 
ment of the Factories Act in regard to the working 
of relays,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mas- 
ter Manufacturers and Mill-owners of Manchester, 
and the surrounding districts, praying the House 
not to sanction any alteration in the law for the 
preventing the working by relays, without, at the 
same time, extending the limit of ten hours now 
allowed to eleven hours per day, or sixty-three hours 
per week, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners Highways Bill, 
appointed under the Act for better paving that 
Part of the extra-parochial Place of Zoxteth Park, 

of the Borough of 
ighways Bill may not 

pass 


situate beyond the Bounda 
Liverpool, praying that the 
T3 








Marriages 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water. 


Paper. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Post: office. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


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pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Devizes ;— Newcastle-under-Lyme ; 
— Winchcomb ;— Longford ;—Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
—and, Saint Neot’s; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from John G. Lorimer ; — Thomas 
Pitcairn ;—Edinburgh (two Petitions) ;— Denny ; 
—John Edmondstone ;— Bridge of Allan ;—Laugh- 
ton, Eule Morthern ;—Netherexe ;—James Gibson ; 
—and, Western Division of the Deanery of Bur- 
ford ; 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 a Meeting of 
Rate-payers, Owners of property and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Saint George, Middlesex, praying the 
House to adopt measures to secure a better and 
constant supply of pure water to every inhabitant in 
the metropolitan districts, under the control of an 
assessment by a public board to be elected by the 
rate-payers of the various parishes thereof, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Officers, Members of the Committee, 
and Members of the Leeds Mechanics’ Institution 
and Literary Society, praying for abolition of the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton ;—Rutherglen ;—Rateliff- 
on- Trent ;—and, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-Fields ; 


praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 


upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax upon 

ewspapers may be abolished, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmission 
of Newspapers by the post,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Fetlar (Mode- 
rator) ;—Boxwell-with-Leighterton ;— Stratton ;— 
Island of Eigg;—Leeds (two Petitions) ;--Braintree ; 
— Witham (Essex) ;—Handborough ;—Ardrossan ; 
— Sleaford ;—Liverpool ;— Biggin ;—Kirk Session 
of Canongate, Edinburgh (Moderator) ;—Hawick ; 
— Bishop’s Caundle ;— Slamannan;— Bridge of 
Allan;—Kirk Session of Saint Andrew’s Orkney 
(Moderator) ;— Baronstown ;— Longtown ; — Roy- 
ston ;— Baldock ; — Castleconnor ;—- Ardagh ; — 
Wootton Courtney ; — Petersfield; — Blymhill ; — 
Shenstone ;— Tipton ;—- Wolverhampton ;—Patting- 
hamand Patshull ;—Elford ;— Cannock (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Kirk Session of Calton Parish (Moderator); 
—Kirk Session of Saint David’s Parish of Glas- 
gow (Moderator) ;— Galashiels ;— Dalry ;— Tong- 
land and Twynholm ;—James Gibson ;—Kilmuir 
Easter ;—Birmingham (two Petitions) ; — Mudlla- 
glass ;—Newry ;— Uppingham ;— Oakham ;—Great 
Ellingham (two Petitions) ;— Aylesford ; —Child 
Okeford ;—Kirk Session of Kirkintilloch ;— Holme 
Cultrum ;— Elmsett ; — Offton ; — Layham ;—and, 
Hadleigh; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leamington and Warwick ; — 
Stiatford-on-Avon, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Ships- 
ton-on-Stour, Stow-on-the- Wold, and Henley-in-Ar- 
den :— Coventry, Coleshill, Nuneaton, Atherstone, 
Lichfield and Tamworth ;—and, Birmingham (two 
Petitions); stating that the Petitioners have learned 
with regret, that it has been decided in Her Majesty's 
Courts of Law, that Railway Companies are not 
liable to the payment of the fair charges of medical 
men who have been called in by their servants to 
attend upon passengers who have been injured 
while on their Railway; and praying the House to 





14° Martiz. 











A. 1850. 


take the matter before mentioned into consideration, 
with a view that persons who are injured while 
travelling by Railway may have prompt and proper 
medical and surgical assistance,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway Railway 
Company, praying that the Railway Traffic Bill may Traffic Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the General schools 
Session of the town and parish of Dundee, praying (Scotland.) 
the House to throw the shield of their protection 
over the interests of a religious as well as a secular 
Education, as combined in the constitution and 
practical working of the parochial and other es- 
tablished Schools in Scotland, and not to suffer 
the fundamental law of the land on so important 
a subject to be altered, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and Small Debts 
other Inhabitants of Leicester, praying for amend- Act. 
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 Frome Union ;— Warbleton ;—and, Small Tene- 
Godstone Union (Chairman and Clerk); praying — Rating 
that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may pass into” ~~ 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Two Petitions from Liverpool, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Spirit-dealers in the city of Glas- spirits. 
gow, praying the House to place Home-made Spirits 
in bond on the same footing as Colonial Spirits, in 
respect to allowance for natural waste, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockport Union ;—and, Samuel Stockport 
Howard Cheetham; complaining that great irregu- Union. 
larity was exhibited at the late election of Guardians 
in the Stockport Union in the allowing and disal- 
lowing of votes by the clerk to the said Union ; and 
praying for amendment of the law regulating the 
election of Guardians of the poor in populous bo- 
roughs,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants of Leeds, praying for a Tea. 
reduction of the duty on Tea, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from James Dickenson ;—H. Green and Universal 
B. Green ;~and, Edward Scott; praying that the Suffrage, &amp;. 
document commonly called the People’s Charter, 
may be adopted by the House and passed into a 
law, that the Petitioners, with every other male 
adult of sound mind, and untainted with crime, may 
enjoy the Elective Franchise,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the parish of Windows. 
Christchurch, Newgate-street, in the city of London, 
praying for the repeal of the Window Duty, was 
ro and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. : 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Factories Bill. 
to amend an Act of the seventh year of Her present 

Majesty, relating to Labour in Factories: And that 

Lord Ashley, Lord John Manners and Mr. Aglionby 

do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Titles of 
to render more simple and effectual the Titles by al 

: ° gee ongregations 
which Congregations or Societies for purposes of gin, 


Religious 








13 Vicroriz. 14°—15° 


Religious Worship or Education in England and | 
Wales hold Property required for such purposes : | 
And that Mr. Peto, Mr. John Ellis and Mr. | 
Richard Harris do prepare, and bring it in. | 


Expiring Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to | 
wer inquire what temporary Laws of a public and ge- 
quir mporary Laws of a public ge 
neral 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 con- 
sequence of any contingent public event, and to 
report the same, with their Observations thereupon, 
to the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Hayter, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Attorney-General, 





Martii. 143 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 
into a Committee upon the Process and Practice ireland) Bn 
(Lreland) Bill. ’ 


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


Veneris, 15 die Martii, 1850: 


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 Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Charitable 





Mr. Bernal, Mr. Parker, The Lord Advocate, Mr. 
Hume, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Bellew, | 


Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Mr. Greene, Mr. Rich, Sir George Clerk, Sir John | upon Monday next. 


Young and Mr. Stafford; with Power to send for | 
persons, papers and records. | 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Fees (Courts 
of Law and 
Equity, &amp;c. ) 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into and report to the House on the Tax- 
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 Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of General and 
Special Sessions in England and Wales, and in the 
Ecclesiastical Courts aud 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. 


Titles of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
+ om el ng into a Committee upon the Titles of Religious Con- 
Bectland) * gregations (Scotland) 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 To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Highways 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 f Mr. Cornewall Lewis, |, a4 
Yeas, Mr. Hayter : cin 
Tellers for the | Mr. Hodgson, 
Noes, Sir George Strickland : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative, 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday the 11th day of April next. 


Highways 
Bill. 


7 


55. 


Pirates Head #§ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ad Repeal mittee on the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill ; 
‘ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Chief Justices’ The Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill was, according 
“alaries Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
VoL. 105. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Estates 
mittee on the Estates Leasing (Ireland) Bill; Leasing 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “eln4) Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgments 
mittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord and 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant Bill ; Tenant Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 1st day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railway 
Reading of the Railway Traffic Bill ; Traffic Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 1st day of May next. 


The Order of the day heing read, for the Com- Marriages Bill. 
mittee on the Marriages Bill; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Consolidatea 
into a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill ; Fund 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker (£.8:0°0,000 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That tke Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to amend an Act Factories Bill, 
of the seventh year of Her present Majesty, relating No.141. 
to Labour in Factories: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Deedes presented a Bill to amend an Act of Parish Con- 
the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, stables Bill. 
for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Con- No. 142, 

stables: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
;nesday the 10th day of April next; and to be 


| printed. 





Mr. Peto presented a Biil to render more simple Titles of 

'and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or Religious _ 
Societies for purposes of Religious Worship or oo 
Education in England and Wales, hold Property 
required for such Purposes: And ‘the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday the 26th day of this instant 
March ; and to be printed. 


No. 143. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to effect the Com- Copyholds 
pulsory Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and “a 
Customary Tenure: And the same was read the \ 44, 


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rien ne RON PAMTENS IEE AT. CE NE a ance th OPA ERNE OTN ae 5 aR Gao meow OE nes or 











144 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next ; and 
to be printed. 


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








Veneris, 15° die Martiz ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


Public R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 

Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 

a examined the Petitions presented upon the 12th 
and 13th 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. 

Clerical, A Petition of the Chairman of the Clerical, 

Medicaland Medical and General Life Assurance Society, pray- 

General Life .- or ‘ gs 

Assurance ing that provision may be made in the Clerical, 

Society Bil, Medical and General Life Assurance Society Bill, 
for the imposition of a Stamp Duty of 5/. on the 
first and every subsequent Memorial, in which the 
name or names of any person or persons shall, for 
the first time, be inserted as a trustee or trustees 
of the said society, subject to such provisions and 
regulations for the collection thereof, or otherwise, 
as to the House may seem meet, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Clerical, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


Medicaland ext, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
General Life ? 


Assurance authorizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the 
Society first and every subsequent Memorial which may 
[Stamp ao 4 be enrolled pursuant to any Act for better enabling 
aeereunens the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance 
Society to sue and be sued, and for other Purposes, 
from which Memorial the names of the Trustees 
of the said Society shail appear, in lieu of the 
Stamp Duties which would otherwise be payable 
on deeds, surrenders, admissions or assurances, in 
order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, effects or monies 
of the said Suciety in the said Trustees. 
Licensed The House was moved, That the Petition for 
Victuallers additional provision in the Licensed Victuallers and 
anlar General Fire and Life Assurance Company (No. 2) 


Assurance _ Bill, which was presented yesterday, might be read ; 
men and the same being read ; 
[Stamp Duty Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


onMemorials.] next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
authorizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the 
first and every subsequent Memorial which may be 
enrolled pursuant to any Act for changing the 
name of the Licensed Victuallers and General Fire 
and Life Assurance Company, and for better 
enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, and 
for other Purposes, from which Memorial the 
names of the 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 Trustees. 


Guardian A Petition of John Martin, Esquire, m.p., the 
Fire and Life 


Assurance Chairman of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company Bill. Company, praying that provision may be made in 
the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company 
Bill, tor the imposition of a Stamp Duty of 57. on the 
first and every subsequent Memorial, in which the 
name or names of any person or persons shall, for 
the first time, be inserted as a trustees or trustees 
of the Company, subject to such provisions and 


14°—15° Marti. 





A. 1850. 


regulations for the collection thereof, or otherwise, 
as to the House may seem meet, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Guardian _— 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of ——— 
authorizing the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the Company 
first and every subsequent Memorial which may be [Stamp Duty 
enrolled pursuant to an Act for better enabling Memorials.) 
the Guardian Fire and 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, admissions or as- 
surances in the law, in order to vest the annuities, 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Company in 
the said Mortgage Trustees. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to effectuate the Dundce and 
Lease and 'l'ransfer of the Dundee and Perth and yo bn 
Aberdeen Railway Junction, the Dundee and Ar- way Junction, 
broath, and Dundee and Newtyle Railways, to the Dundee and 
Caledonian Railway Company: And the same was = ont 

" undee and 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second Newtyle Rail- 


time. ways Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Scottish Scottish 
Central Railway Company to lease their Under- a 
taking to the Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle,and “"'*"* 
London and North Western Railway Companies: 

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


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Attorney-general, Newcastle- 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That a Bill nt al 
is depending in the House, intituled, ‘A Bill for Amendment of 
extending and amending the Acts for regulating Acts, aud New 
and improving the Borough of Mewcastle-upon- Sts Bill. 
Tyne; that a suit is pending in the high Court of 
Chancery, intituled, “ the Attorney-general versus 
Morsis and others,” in which the Petitioner is (ex- 
officio) the plaintiff, and the Corporation of Vew- 
castle-upon- Tyne (the Promoters of this Bill) and 
others are the defendants; that the said suit was 
instituted for the purpose of correcting certain 
abuses of a Charity, known as “the Hospital of 
Saint Mary-the- Virgin, within the borough of New- 
castle-upon- Tyne,” and to make provision for the 
future administration and better management of the 
said Charity, and the estates thereto belonging; 
that the corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as 
Promoters of the said Bill, have delineated on the 
Plans, and included in the Books of Reference de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, and elsewhere, 
in pursuance of the Standing Orders of the House, 

a very valuable portion of the said Charity Estate, 
and by the said Bill power is given to the said 
Corporation for the compulsory purchase thereof ; 
that the Petitioner as the representative of the said 
Charity, and as the informant in the said suit, 
strongly objects to a compulsory sale of any portion 
of the said Charity Estate, and particularly the 
most valuable portion thereof, as detrimental to the 
interests of the said Charity, and inasmuch as 
because the Petitioner is advised, and believes, that 
the said property is not absolutely required for the 
improvement of the said town of Mewcastle-upon- 
Tyne, but for the private purposes of the said Cor- 
poration ; that the Petitioner has had a lengthened 
correspondence with the Promoters of the said 
Bill, for the purpose of ascertaining the real objects 
and effect thereof, and with the view of avoiding 
any unnecessary em to a measure purporting 
to be for the public benefit and advantage ; that 
the result of such correspondence is not satisfactory 
to the Petitioner, who is advised, and believes, that 
if the said Bill passes into a law in its present 
shape, great and unnecessary injury will be inflicted 
on the said Charity; that in consequence of the 

information 


— hk st eS 


—Jm ~*~ mm rr 


Bristol Water- 
works Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Suffolk and 
General 
Country Ami- 
cable In- 
surance Office 
Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Windows, &amp;c. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Ccpyholds 
Enfranchise- 
Ment, 


13 Victroriz. 15° Marti. 145 


information received by the Petitioner from the 
Receiver of the said Charity, and from other sources, 
the Petitioner considered it necessary, for the 
protection of the said Charity, that the said Bill 
should be opposed, and he accordingly caused a 
Petition to be prepared and deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, praying leave to be heard befere the 
Committee on the said Bill; but the necessity for 
opposing the said Bill did not arise until after the 
time allowed by the House for depositing Petitions 
had expired; and praying that Standing Order, 
No. 108, may be suspended in respect of the said 
Petition deposited in the Private Bill Office by 
the Petitioner, and that he may be heard, by his 
counsel, agents and witnesses, before the Committee 
to whom the said Bill may be referred, against the 
said Bill, and in support of the said Petition. 

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





A Bill to authorize the Bristol Waterworks Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money was read 
the third time; and an Amendment was 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 Bill for carrying into effect an Agreement 
entered into between the Suffolk and General 
Country Amicable Insurance Office, and the Al- 
liance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance 
Company, 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. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have power to appoint 
the Meeting of the Committee on the Waterford 
and Limerick Railway Bill, specially reported upon 
by the Committee, for Tuesday next, if they so 
think fit. 

Ordered, That the Special Report of the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means in re- 
lation to the said Bill be referred to the Committee. 


Petitions from Kirkcaldy (three Petitions) ;— 
Bervie ;— Stirling ;— Dunfermline (three Petitions) ; 
— Hanover-street ;—and, Alloa; praying that the 
Affirmation Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Longparish ;— Andover ;—Kimp- 
ton ;—Abbot’s Ann ;—Barton Stacey ;— Thruxton ; 
—and, North Riding of the county of Tipperary ; 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


. 


the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s; 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 Architects and Members of the Ar- 
chitectural and Archeological Society of Liverpool, 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Windows and 
Bricks, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bridport ;— Canterbury ;— and, 
Northampton ; praying that the Charitable ‘I'rusts 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wellingborough, 
praying the House to pass an Act for the enfran- 
chisement or commutation of Copyhold Property 
on equitable principles, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 105. 





A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen County Court 
and others carrying on business in the town and Extension Bill 
parish of Loughborough, praying that the County 
Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (Chairman and Secre- Factories Act. 
tary) ; — Calton ;— Bolton ;— and, Warrington; 
praying for amendment of the Factories Act, in re- 
gard to the working of relays,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-builders of the port of Sunder- Timber. 
land, praying for the total and immediate repeal of 
the Timber duties, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Hendry ;—Macadam Grre- Marriages Bill. 
gor ;—Glasgow (five Petitions) ;—M. Mackay ;— ‘ 
Alexander Beith;—and, Patrick Clason ; 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 Members of the Church and Con- 
gregation assembling for Worship at Zion Chapel, 

Frome, praying that the said Bill may pass into a 
law, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s Merchant 
Fund, at the port of Rye, praying that the Mer- ca 
chant Seamen’s Fund Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;—Cheltenham ;-—Liver- Paper, &amp;c. 
pool;—Great Windmill-street, Haymarket ;—Lon- 
don ;—and, Brighton; praying for the abolition of 
the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Adver- 
tisements, and the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by Post, —were 


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


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Saint Paul’s Post-office. 
Parish of Glasgow ;— Oxford ;—Hunstanworth and 
Blanchland ;—Carham ;— Lamborne Woodlands ;— 
Cheltenham;-— Whitwell;-—— Derby ;-— Whixall;--- West 
Felton ;—Reigate;—- Redhill;— Darton ;—Kurk Ses- 
sion of Kincardine (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of 
Dalmeny (Moderator) ;— Whitburn ;—Cupar Fife; 
—Falkland ;—Kirk Session of Beath (Moderator) ; 
—Kirk Session of Saint Andrew’s (Moderator) ;— 
Kettle ;—First Presbyterian Congregation of Zon- 
donderry ;—Kendal ;—Forres (Provost) ;— Nairn ; 
— Caxton ;—Presbytery of Auchterarder (Clerk); 
— Kiltarlity ;— Kirk Session of West Church of 
Perth (Moderator) ;— Andrew Kessen ;—Stanley 
(Perthshire);—Collace;—-Coupar Angus ; —Comrie; 
—Kirk Session of Panbride (Moderator) ;— Perth ; 
—Alva ;—Bridge-of- Weir ;—Redhills ;-—Leyland ; 
— Babcary ; — Shebbear (Chairman) ;—Leebutwood 
and Longnor ;—and, Wem ; praying for abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Public 
cil of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House to —— A 
introduce a clause into the Public Libraries and* 
Museums Bill, authorizing the purchase of books 
for Public Libraries and Museums, and that the 
provisions of the Bill may be extended to Scotland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Edinburgh, Railways. 
Perth and Dundee Railway Company, stating that 
a duty at the rate of 5 1. per cent. is imposed on all 
sums received or charged for the conveyance of 
a travelling on Railways; complaining of 
urdensome and adverse circumstances affecting 
u+ Railways ; 





Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Windows. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, &amp;c. 
No. 145, 


Manufactured 
Articles and 
Agricultural 
Produce. 


No. 146. 


County Rates 
Bill. 
No. 147. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


Dublin, 
Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway 
(Power to 
purchase or 
rent portions 
of the Water- 


ford, Wexford, and Rathfarnham Railway Company with the Wa- 


Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 


way; Power to Company, ona sale or lease of the Waterford, Wex- 


amalgamate 
with the 
Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 


way Company, 


Amendment 
or Repeal of 
Acts) Bill. 


146 


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


Four Petitions from Liverpool, praying that the 
Small Tenements Rating 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 
Derby, and the neighbourhood thereof, 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. 


Petitions from Todmorden Union (Chairman) ;— 
and, Plymouth ; praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Windows,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Queen 
Anne's Bounty, which were presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manufac- 
tured Articles and Agricultural Produce, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Sir Henry Halford presented a Bill to relieve the 
Occupiers of Lands and Tenements, not being 
Owners thereof, from Payment of County Rates and 
County Police Rates: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Petitions from Birmingham, for 
Remuneration to Medical Men for their services in 
cases of Railway Accidents, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. ~ 


A Petition of Robert Samuel Palmer, of No. 4, 
Trafalgar-square, Solicitor, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is the Soli- 
citor for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Com- 
pany; that a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize an Amalgamation of the Dublin, Dundrum 


terford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway 


ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, or any portion 
of the same, to the first-mentioned Company, was, 
in the month of December last, deposited in the 
Private Bill Office of the House, and on the 29th day 
of January last the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
Bills gave notice that the said Petition would be 
examined by him on the 6th day of February last, 
which examination was adjourned from time to 
time until the 25th day of the said month of Fe- 
bruary; that the said Dublin and Kingstown Rail- 
way Company will be injuriously affected and pre- 
judiced by the passing of the above Bill, in which 
are provisions immediately and directly affecting the 
rights and interest of the said Dublin and Kings- 
town Railway Company; that the Petitioner re- 
ceived special instructions from the Directors of the 
said Dablin and Kingstown Railway Company to 
oppose the passing of the said Bill in the Committee 
on the merits, and in consequence thereof the Peti- 
tioner, by himself and his Parliamentary agents, 
narrowly watched the proceedings of the Promoters 


of the said Bill, and was preparing a Petition on be- | 


half of his clients against the same, and the Peti- 
tioner, when in Dublin in the last month, was in 
frequent consultation with them concerning the best 
means of giving effectual opposition to the passing 
of the said Bill, when the Petitioner received infor- 
mation that the said Petition had been formally 


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ing in the printed Votes of the 


A. 1850. 


and praying that the said tax may be | withdrawn on the said 20th day of February, and 


that notice to that effect had been duly entered in 
the official register of the proceedings on Private 
Bills in the Private Bill Office of the House; that 
in consequence of this intelligence, the Petitioner’s 
proceedings, in preparing for an opposition, were 
suspended under the instructions of his clients, the 
Petitioner having advised them that the said Bill 
could not be proceeded with in the present Session, 
after the Petition had been thus formally withdrawn, 
except upon a special application to the House; 
that the Petitioner heard with great surprise on 
Tuesday last, that a notice had appeared that morn- 
~ mg that the said 
Petition would be examined on that day by the Ex- 
aminer, and the Petitioner immediately sent his 
partner, Mr. Nettleship, to the Examiner's Office, to 
represent the circumstances of the case, but before 
his arrival, the Examiner had, as the Petitioner 
is informed, examined the Petition and indorsed 
his certificate thereon, that the Standing Orders 
had been complied with; that the following is a 
copy of the several entries in the Private Bill Office, 
in relation to the said Petition :—‘‘ 1849, December 
“ 31, Petition, Bill and Agent’s Declaration, depo- 
“ sited ; 1850, January 29th, Mr. May gave notice 
“ the Petition would be examined Wednesday 6th 
“ February; February 6th, Examination of Peti- 
“ tion postponed to Monday 11th February; Fe- 
“ bruary 11th, Examination of Petition postponed 
“ to Monday 25th February ; February 25th, Pe- 
“ tition for Bill withdrawn; March 4th, Mr. May 
“ gave notice, the Petition would be examined 
“ Tuesday 12th March; March 12th, Petition ex- 
“ amined by Mr. May; Standing Orders complied 
“ with ;” that the Petitioner submits to the House, 
that the Promoters of the said Petition had no au- 
thority or right to take any further steps upon the 
Petition, which they had thus formally withdrawn, 
and that the Standing Orders of the House do not 
confer any power upon the Examiners of Petitions 
to re-insert a Petition on their List which had been 
so withdrawn; that such a mode of proceeding 
would enable promoters of a Private Bill, without 
any special leave of the House, to delay the actual 
presentation of the same until a very late period of 
the Session, and without timely notice in the public 
papers or in the Votes of the House, whereby all 
parties, who might be desirous to oppose the mea- 
sure, would be taken by surprise and unprepared ; 
and praying that, under the circumstances stated, 
the eae will not allow any further proceedings to 
be taken upon the said Bill or Petition, without the 
special leave of the House. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was Orders ; 
read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Bill, Petition for Sheffield and 
additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to ever Bill. 
be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
introduce their additional provision if the Committee 
on the Bill shall think fit; that copies of the clauses 
containing the said additional provision be forth- 
with served upon each of the preferential share- 
holders in the Company, and that the Committee on 
the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Order has been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill for pu- Mutiny Bill 
nishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better 
Payment ofthe Army and their Quarters: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 








Ordered, 








Cholera. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland). 


Official Houses 
(House of 
Commons.) 


Offices (Courts 


of Law.) 


Adjournment. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Siave Trade. 


13 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns of the Number of Persons who were at- 
tacked with Cholera, and were relieved medically or 
otherwise by the Guardians in England and Wales, 
from Michaelmas-day 1848 to Lady-day 1850 :— 
Of the Number of Widows, Widowers and Or- 

hans, and the Expense of these, together with the 

‘otal Medical and other Expenses of all kinds, oc- 
casioned by Cholera during the same Period :— 
And, of the Number of Inmates in the Workhouses 
of England and Wales, together with the Attacks 
and Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhcea in each 
Week, from the 4th day of November 1848 to the 
3d day of November 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of so much of the Correspondence of the 
Poor Law Commissioners of Jredand with the Boards 
of Guardians, during the last Six months, as relates 
to the question of giving or withholding Out-door 
Relief :— Detailed Account of the Expenses which 
have been incurred by the several Boards of Guar- 
dians in providing increased Workhouse Accommo- 
dation :—Copies of Forty-eight General Orders 
issued by the Commissioners for administering the 
Laws for Relief of the Poor in Jreland, under the 
Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56:—Nominal Return of the 
Poor Law Unions in Jreland, where the affairs have 
been administered by paid Guardians, and stating 
the periods of such Administration :—And, Return 
of the Amount of the Debts, Claims, and Liabilities, 
exclusive of those owing to the Government, against 
those Unions when the Administration by paid 
Guardians commenced and terminated. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Estimated Amount which would be re- 
quired to finish the Official Houses for the occupa- 
tion of the Speaker and Officers of the House of 
Commons; also, of the Expense which has been 
already incurred :—And, of the Amount of Allow-| 
ances for House Rent annua!ly paid to the Speaker 
and Officers of the House of Commons, since 1834, 
as well as Salary in lieu of House Rent, showing the 
Total Amount paid from 1834 to the present 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 Offices of Emolument in the 
gift or at the disposal of the Judges, and of each or 
any Hereditary or Life Functionary of the Courts 
of Queen’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer 
respectively ; the Names of the Persons now holding 
those several Offices, with the Dates of their Ap- 
pointments, and the Salaries, Fees, or Emoluments 
of or appertaining to each Office ; also, the Tenure 
under or the time for which such Persons hold their 
several Offices, and the nature and extent of the 
Duties attached to each Office. 

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


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


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for the Regulation 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on 


Shore: And the same was read the first time ; and | 


ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
February last, for Returns of the Mortality per cent. 


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147 


tude, and whether with Slaves on board or not :— 

And, of the Number of Slaves captured during the 

Same period in each year, with the Number of 

Deaths between the date of Captureand Adjudication, 

showing the annual Per-centage of Mortality. 

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


_ 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 Exch 
granted to Her Majesty, the Gan af Nine milton Bill. 
two hundred thousand pounds, be raised by Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty. . 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

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

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, 


resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eich 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, = Oflcers, Sc. 
account, for defraying the Charge of General Staff 
Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with 
Her Majesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and 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 1850 to the 
31st day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- pypiic 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Military 
account, for defraying the Charge of the Allowanees Departments. 
and Contingent ——— of the several Public De- 
partments of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight po ili 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her rr dy on Cog 
account, for defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military College, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day 
of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Royal Military 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Asylum, &amp;e. 
account, for defraying the Charge of the Koyal 
Military Asylum and Hibernian Military School, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty Volunteer 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Corps. 
account, for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day ot March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Rewards for 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Distinguished 
account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances as S*™¥i*¢s- 
Rewards for Distinguished Services, of Allowanees 





amongst the Officers and Crews of Her Majesty’s| 


to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and 


Ships employed on the Coast of Africa, during each| Abroad, and of Allowances to Serjeants as Rewards 

of the years from 1840 to 1848, both inclusive :— | for Distinguished or Meritorious Service, which will 

Of all Slave Vessels (their Names and Tonnage)| come in course of payment from the 1st day of 

captured from 1840 to 1848, both inclusive ; speci-| April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 

fying the date of Ca : 
VoL. 105. 


pture, the Latitude and Longi- 





| days inclusive. 
' 


U2 


7. Resolved, 


Pay of General 


cers. 


Full Pay for 
Reduced and 
Retired 
Officers. 


Half-Pay 
for d°. 


Half-Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassionate 


List. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 


ers of Chelsea 


Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Wages to 
Seamen and 
Marines. 


148 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ‘Twenty- 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Full-Pay 
for Reduced and Retired Officers of Ter Majesty’s 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1850 tothe 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ninety thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, on account, for defraying the Charge 
for 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, 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 
1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both days in- 
clusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Pensions to 
be paid to Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances on 
the Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratui- 
ties, and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
Apri! 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In-Pensioners 
thereof, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, on account, for 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, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances, 
Compensations, and Emoluments, in the nature of 
Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to persons 
formerly belonging to Public Departments, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceediug One 
million three hundred and twenty-two thousand nine 
hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, which will come in course of payment 





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A. 1850. 


during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1851. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Victuals for ae, 
hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and 
seventy-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rmes, in Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of Mareh 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 

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

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

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Consolidated 
take into consideration the Consolidated Fund (£.8,000,000 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill, ) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Distressed 
Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and — a 
Repayment of Advances (Jreland) Bill ; | taheemaeoy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time of Advances 


upon Monday next. (Ireland) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Estates 


. : . Le 
_ — upon the Estates Leasing (Jre- (ireland) Bill, 


No. 148, 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 16° die Martii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill: And the Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
the 11th day of April next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgments 
mittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bill; a Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday staan 
the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Real Property 
mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; Conveyance 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mercantile 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine Bill ; Marine Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant. wail 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ ~ 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill; Shipping ®™ 
Ordered, 





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Titles of 
Religious — 
Congregations 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Barley. 


Divorce Bills. 


Postal Com- 
munication 
between Lon- 
don and Paris, 
&amp;e. 


Fees (Courts 
of Law and 


Equity, &amp;c.) 


Australian 
Guales 

vernment 
Bill, 


Stamp Duties, 





13 VicroriZ. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
to Duty in each of the following years, ending the 
10th day of October 1814, 1817, 1823, 1828, 1835, 
1839, 1848, 1849, and to the latest period of 1850, 
to which the Account can be made up. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Quarters of Foreign Bar- 
ley imported into the United Kingdom in each 
month, for Three years, ending the 10th day of Oc- 
tober 1849. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
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 Mr. 
Wood, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Headlam, 
Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Shafto Adair, and Sir John 
Pakington. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robert Hildyard be dis- 
charged from any further attendance on the Select 
Committee on Postal Communication between 


Londun and Paris, &amp;c. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be 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 Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of General and 
Special 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, 
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, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Head- 
lam, Mr. Wood, Mr. Turner, Mr. Roundell Palmer, 
Mr. John George Smyth, and Mr. Peel; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copy of a Letter from Mr. Coulson, to the Under 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon the Bill for 
the better Government of the Australian Colonies. 

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. 


The House was moved, That the Act 55 Geo. 3, 


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149 


granting other Duties in lieu thereof, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 and 
6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations 
for collecting and managing the same, until the 
tenth day of October 1845, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 
9 Vic., c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp 
Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the 
Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to make Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same until the tenth day of October 1845, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 11 and 
12 Vie., c. 9, to continue for Three years the 
Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate 
the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to make Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same, 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. 


Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of making Advances from the Consolidated 
Fund, for the purposes of Drainage and Land Im- 
provement in England and Wales, Scotland and 
freland; 

Sir George Grey, 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, 


day next, the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, was C 
read, and discharged. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 15th day of April next, 


dated the 4th day of February last, for Accounts of 
the Total Number of Acres of Land in Great 
Britain under the cultivation of Hops in the year 
1849 ; distinguishing the Number of Acres in each 
Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the growth of the 
year 1849; distinguishing the Districts, and the old 
trom the new Duty :—Of the Quantity of Hops ex- 
ported from Great Britain to Foreign Countries, 
from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of 
January 1850; distinguishing the Countries to which 
the same have been exported, and also the Quanti- 
ties to each Country ; also, British from Foreign 
growths, and the dates of the years in which the 
British Hops were grown:—Of Foreign Hops im- 
ported into the United Kingdom, from the 5th day 
of January 1849 to the 5th day of January 1850; 
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 year 1849. 


last, for an Account of the Total Number of Quar- 
ters of Malt made between the 10th day of October 
1848 and the 10th day of October 1849; distin- 
guishing the Quantity made in each Country, and 
the Quantity used by Brewers and by Victuallers, 
and by Retail Brewers. 





c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, 
Law Proceedings and other written or printed In- 
struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and 
on Legacies and Successions to personal estate upon 
Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for 


bruary last, for an Account of the Number of Per- 
sons 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 





VoL. 105. 


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A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Drainage. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Ecclesiastical 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, Hops. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of February Malt. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Fe- Brewers, &amp;. 








Beer. 


Game 
Certificates, 
&amp;e. 


Foreign 
Vessels. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighteenth 
Report.) 


Committee of 
Selection. 


No. 152. 


Clerical, 
Medical and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society 
[Stamp Duty 
en Memorials. 





150 15°—16°—18° Martz. A. 1850. 


not to be drunk on the premises ; stating the Num- 
ber of each 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 1848 to the 10 day of October 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Account of the Quantity of Beer 
and Ale, in barrels and bottles, exported between 
the 40th day of October 1848 and the 10th day of 
October 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Net Produce of the 
Duty paid on Game Certificates (of each Class), 
and upon Licenses for the Sale of Game, for the 
years ending the 5th day of April 1845, 1846, 1847, 
1848, and 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for 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 Or- 
ders of the Right honourable the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in the year 1849, 
for the difference of Rates and Charges due to Cor- 

orations, Companies, or Individuals for Foreign 
Vanda, which, under Treaties of Reciprocity or 
otherwise, are admitted into the Ports of the United 
Kingdom at the same Rates of Charge as British 
Vessels; specifying each of the several Rates, on 
what Account the same was paid, whether for Light 
Dues, Dock Dues, Dues on Ships or Merchandise, 
Pilotage, or otherwise ; also, the Total Amount 
(under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid to each Cor- 
poration, Company, or Individual, in each year, up 
to the 31st day of December 1849 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 112, of last Session). 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this in- 
stant March, for a Return of all Monies lent to 
Railway Companies in Ireland by the Exchequer 
Bill Loan Commissioners, and the Amounts repaid ; 
showing the several Companies, the dates of the 
Loans, the Rate of Interest, the Amount paid for 
Interest, the Amount of Interest in arrear, the 
Amount of Principal repaid and in arrear :—And, 
similar Return from the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 18° die Marti; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 14th 
and 15th days of this instant March; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That under the powers granted to 
them by the Standing Order, No. 88, they had 
formed into Groups those Private Bills which in 
their opinion it is expedient to submit to the same 
Committees, and had agreed to report the same to 
the House. ; 

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


The House, acco-ding to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 
imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and every 
subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- 


) Suant to any Act for better enabling the Clerical, 


Medical and General Life Assurance Society to sue 
and be sued, and for other purposes, from which Me- 
morial the names of the Trustees of the said Society 
shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which 
would otherwise be payable on deeds, surrenders, 
admissions or assurances, in order to vest the an- 
nuities, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, 
property, effects or monies of the said Society in the 
said ‘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 Clerical, Medical and General Life 
Assurance Society 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 Trustees of the said Society shall appear; and 
for and upon every other such Memorial in which 
the name of any person shall for the first time be 
inserted as a Trustee of the Society, the like sum of 
Five pounds, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which 
would otherwise be payable upon the deeds, sur- 
renders, admissions or assurances in the law, in 
order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, effects or monies of 
the said Society in the said Trustees. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Licensed 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the a aa 
imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and every Fire and Lif 
subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- Assurance 
suant to any Act for changing the name of the Li- a 
censed Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assur- ae Duty 
ance Company, and for better enabling the said onMemorials.] 
Company to sue and be sued, and for other pur- 
poses, from which Memorial the names of the al 
tees of the said Company shall appear, in lieu of 
the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be pay- 
able on deeds, surrenders, admissions or assurances, 
in order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, 
tenements, hereditaments, property, effects or monies 
of the said Company in the said 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 chang- 
ing the name of the Licensed Victuallers and Ge- 
neral Fire and Life Assurance Company, and for I 
better enabling the said 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 Trustees of the said Compan 
shall appear; and for and upon every other a 
Memorial, in which the name or names of any per- 
son or persons shall for the first time be tel as 
a Trustee or Trustees of the Company, the like sum 
of Five pounds, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which 
would otherwise be payable upon the deeds, sur- 
renders, admissions or assurances in the law, in 
order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, effects or monies of 
the said Company in the said Trustees. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Guardian 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the penton 
imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and every Company 


subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- (Stamp Diy 








400 Memorials. 


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13 VicrorizZ. 


suant to an Act for better enabling the Guardian 
Fire and Life Assurance Company to sue and be 
sued, and for other purposes, from which Memorial 
the names of the Sorters Trustees of the said 
Company shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties 
which would otherwise be payable on deeds, sur- 
renders, admissions or assurances in the law, in 
order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, 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 Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to sue and be sued, and for other pur- 
poses, from which Memorial the names of the per- 
sons 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 Me- 
morial in which the name or names of any person 
or persons shall for the first time be inserted as a 
Mortgage Trustee or Mortgage Trustees of the 
Company, the like sum of Five pounds in lieu of 
the Stamp Duties which would be otherwise pay- 
able upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or as- 
surances in the law, in order to vest the annuities, 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Company in the 
said Mortgage Trustees. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





Architects, A Bill to change the Name of the Architects, 
Civil Engi- Civil Engineers, Builders and General Fire and 
—— Life Insurance, Annuity and Reversionary Interest 
Fire and Life Company, and to enable the Company to sue and 
Insurance, be sued in the name of their Manager, and for other 
nee oe Purposes relating to the Company, was read the 
Interest Com- third time. 

pany (Incor- Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


poration of the ‘Title be, An Act to change the Name of the Ar- 


different chitects, Civil Engineers, Builders, and General Fire 
Name) Bill. and Life Insurance Annuity and Reversionary In- 
terest Company, and for other Purposes relating to 
the Company. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Buckingham- A Bill to authorize an Alteration in the Line of 


— Railways the Buckinghamshire Railways at Oxford, was read 
‘ the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Caledonian The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
py ae Reading of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and 
Railways. Glasgow Railways Amalgamation Bill ; 
jmalgamation Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
- this day six months. 


Rochdale A Petition of Charles Holme Bower, of Par- 


through Bam- 


ford and Birtle “ament-street, in the county of Middlesex, Agent 


toBury and for Wilbraham Egerton, Esquire, and certain Inha- 
other Turn- 
pike-roads 
Bill, 


bitants and @ccupiers of lands in the township of 
Ashworth, in the county of Lancaster, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That a Bill is now depend- 
ing in the House, intituled, A Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing and improving the Road from Roch- 
dale, through Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, and 
several other Roads therein mentioned, all in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster; that the said road 
does not pass through the township of Ashworth, in 
which the land and property of the said Wilbraham 
es and of the said owners and. occupiers are 
OL. 105, 


18° Marti. 


151 


situated ; that though the said road does not pass 
through the said township of Ashworth, it is neces- 
sary for them, in their passage to and from Hey- 
wood, Rochdale and Bury, to pass along portions 
of the said road ; that the said Bill was read the 
second time on the 11th February last ; that Mes- 
sieurs Vaughan, Lingard and Vaughan, of Stockport, 
who are the Solicitors for the said Wilbraham Eger- 
ton, and also for the said Petitioner, were not aware 
that the said Bill had been introduced into the 
House until the 20th February last, and thereupon 
immédiately wrote to William Tatton Egerton, Bs. 
quire, Member of Parliament, to procure a copy of 
the Bill, but from the imperfect nature of the in- 
formation which had reached the said Messieurs 
Vaughan, Lingard and a they called the 
said Bill the Rochdale and Heywood Bill, and the 
said Mr. William Tatton Egerton was unable to 
find the said Bill; the said Messieurs Vaughan, Lin- 
gard and Vaughan made further inquiries, and then 
wrote to the Petitioner, and about 7th March, the 
Petitioner sent them a copy of the Bill, and the 
said Messieurs Vaughan, Lingard and Vaughan 
were for that period, and up to the 13th March, 
engaged in making inquiries as to the fact con- 
nected with the road, and on the 14th March instant 
two Petitions were signed by the said Wilbraham 
Egerton, Esquire, and the other by the Reverend 
D. Rathbone, Clerk, Incumbent of Ashworth, and 
thirty-two others being inhabitants and occupiers of 
messuages, lands and tenements in Ashworth, was 
received by the Petitioner; that the Petitioner in- 
tended to have deposited the said Petitions on Thurs- 
day the 14th March instant, when he was informed 
that the practice as decided that day on another 
case, was to present a Petition for leave to deposi- 
such Petitions ; that by Order of the House, the 
Second Reading of all Road Bills was deferred until 
9th April, and as to the Bill which had at the date 
of such Order been read a second time, the Com- 
mittee on such Bill was ordered not to be appointed 
until after that day; the Petitioner therefore sub- 
mits that the said Bill having been read a second 
time on the eleventh of February last, and informa- 
tion that the said Bill had been introduced not 
having been communicated to the Solicitor for the 
said Petitioner, and the circumstance before men- 
tioned, until the twentieth February, when the time 
for presenting the same had expired, and as the 
Committee on the said Bill, cannot sit until after the 
9th April next, this is a case in which the House 
will suspend tne 108th Standing Order of the House; 
and praying that the Standing Order, No. 108, 
of the House may be suspended, and that he may 
be at liberty to deposit the Petitions of the said 
Wilbraham Egerton, Esquire, and of the said In- 
habitants and Occupiers in the Private Bill Office 
of the House, and that if necessary it may be an 
Instruction to the Committee on the said Bill to hear 
the said Petitioners, by themselves, their counsel, 
Agents and witnesses, upon the matters in the said 
Petitions, notwithstanding the same were not de- 
posited within seven days after the Second Reading 
of the said Bill. 

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


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Peterborough 
Act for paving and otherwise improving the City and }mprovement, 
Township of Peterborough, and being Promoters of Gunster, ae. 
the Bill thereinafter referred to, praying that pro- Bill. 
vision may be made in the Peterborough Improve- 
ment, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. Bill, to enable the 
| Commissioners to be thereby appointed, to provide 
and fix some other more fit and proper place for the 
holding of the market for skins ard hides now held 
in a street, called Cumbergate-street, in a populous 
part of the city of Peterborough, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 








u4 Resolved, 












18° Mariiz. A. 1850. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Australian 
15th day of this instant March, for Copy of a Letter — ' 
from Mr. Coulson to the Under Secretary of State pi, 


for the Colonies, upon the Bill for the better Go- yyy 450. 


152 


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 Cases depending before the 


Heresy. 








Pirates Head 
Moncey. 


Post-office. 


Manchester 
Bonding. 


Cholera 
Ireland.) 


Slave Trade. 
No. 149, 


High Court of Delegates, at any time to which the 
Records of the Court may extend, wherein the 
subject matter has been a charge of Heresy, or un- 
sound Doctrine, brought against a Clerk in Holy 
Orders of the Church of England, specifying the 
date and the nature of the Accusation in each case. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Bills drawn for the Payment of Head 
Money for the Capture or Destruction of Pirates, as 
directed in the second section of the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 49, on Her Majesty’s Paymaster-General, since 
the 1st day of January 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Reports or Minutes which may have 
been addressed to the Postmaster-General by either 
of his Secretaries or other Officers, showing, as re- 
gards England and Wales,—ist. The results of the 
Measures recently adopted for the Reduction of 
Sunday Labour in the Post-office; and, 2dly. The 


anticipated effects of the Total Abolition of such 
Labour. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Amount of Expenses paid by the 
Council of the Borough of Munchester, and which 
they are subject to pay to the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Customs, incurred by the said Com- 
missioners in the Management and Collection of the 
Customs and other Duties payable in respect of 
Goods deposited in Warehouses or Places within 
or near the said Borough, or within the Distances 
recited in an Act of the 7th and 8th years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, c. 31, intituled, “ An 
Act for the warehousing of Foreign Goods for 
Home Consumption at the Borough of Manchester, 
in the County of Lancaster, and of the Mainte- 
nance of the Establishment of Officers and Clerks 
necessary for such Management and Collection ;” 
distinguishing the Amount incurred in each year, 
ended the 5th day of January last: — Of the 
Quantity of Goods, and Description thereof, bonded 
under the Powers of the said Act, during the same 
Periods, with a Statement of the Amount of Duties 
paid to the Customs upon such Goods in each year 
during the said Periods :—And, Return of the Extent 
and Description of Bonding Accommodation within 
or near the said Borough and Distances in the said 
Act mentioned, which had been approved of by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Customs for Bond- 
ing Purposes, on the 5th day of January last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Persons who were at- 
tacked with Cholera, and were relieved, medically 
or otherwise, by the Guardians in Jreland, from 
Michaelmas Day 1848 to Lady Day 1850 :—Of the 
Number of Widows, Widowers and Orphans, and 
the Expenses of these, together with the Total 
Medical and other Expenses of all kinds occasioned 
by Cholera during the same Period :—And, of the 
Number of Inmates in the Workhouses of Jreland, 
together with the Attacks and Deaths from Cholera 
and Diarrhcea in each week, from the 4th day of 
November 1848 to the 3d day of November 1849. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this instant 
March, for Copies of all Memorials transmitted to 
Her Majesty’s Government from the West Indies, in 
the years 1848 and 1849, relative to the Slave Trade. 








vernment of the Australian Colonies. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Re 


of Registrar of Bankrupts, now vacant, have power 
to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in addition to the Office of 
Chief Registrar now vacant, there are attached to 
the Court of Bankruptcy in London seven other 
Registrars; viz., one assigned to each Commis- 
sioner, and one to the Vice-Chancellor sitting in 
Bankruptcy ; the present salary of the Chief Re- 
gistrar being 1,200/. per annum, and of the other 
seven Registrars 1,0001. per annum. 

2. That it is provided by the 12 and 13 of the 
Queen, c. 106, s. 7, that the Commissioners in 
Bankruptcy in Zondon, now six in number, are to 
be reduced to four, by not filling up the two next 
vacancies. 

3. That by section 26 of the same Statute it is 
provided, “That upon the next two occasions of a 
vacancy in the office of any Registrar of the Court 
acting in London (other than the Chief Registrar), 
the vacancies shall not be filled up, and the number 
of Registrars acting in London (other than the 
Chief Registrar) shall in such manner be reduced 
to four.” 

4. That it appears doubtful to your Committee 
whether by this section the whole number of Re- 
gistrars, other than the Chief Registrar, were to 
be reduced to four or five; but it is the Opinion 
of your Committee that five Registrars, including 
the Chief Registrar, are sufficient to perform the 
duties of attending the Commissioners, the duty 
heretofore performed by the Chief Registrar, and 
the duty of attending the Vice-Chancellor sitting in 
Bankruptcy. 

5. That the duties of the Chief Registrar are, 
with few exceptions, performed ‘by the Clerks in 
his office, but to secure a due performance of these 
duties, in the Opinion of your Committee, the 
office should be superintended by a permanent of- 
ficer in Basinghall-street, thoroughly acquainted 
with the ordinary practice and proceedings in Bank- 
ruptcy. 

6. That one of the Registrars, to be selected 
by the Lord Chancellor, should perform the duties 
of Chief Registrar in addition to the ordinary duties 
of his office. 

7. That the various duties of the five Registrars, 
including attendance on the Vice-Chancellor sitting 
in Bankruptcy, should be distributed among them 
as the Lord Chancellor may direct, and that the 
balloting, which has heretofore been performed in the 
Chief Registrar’s Office, should henceforth be done 
in presence of the Commissioner and Registrar of 
the day. 

8. That the existing salary of the Chief Registrar 
should be abolished, and that the salaries of the 
Registrars on future vacancies should severally be 
reduced to 800/. 

9. That the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bank- 
rupts for the time being, even if the office be con- 
tinued, not being a permanent officer, nor constantly 
in Basinghall-street, nor of necessity thoroughly ac- 
quainted 


gistrar’s 


to consider the best mode of dealing with the Office — Bank- 


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Slave Trade. 
No. 151. 


Hops. 

No. 154. 
Malt. 

No, 154. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No. 154. 


Beer. 

No. 154. 
Game 
Certificates, 
&amp;e. 


No, 155. 
Foreign 
Vessels. 

No. 156. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Agricultural 
Distress, 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bull. 


Church Rates. 


Copyholds, 


Small Debts 
Act. 


13 Vicroriz. 


quainted with the ordinary practice and P mpeg 0 
in Bankruptcy, ought not to fill the office of Chief 
Registrar in Bankruptcy. 

10. That the Certificates of Insolvency and the 
Lists of Unclaimed Dividends should be filed at the 
Chief Registrar’s Office, and not with the Lord 
Chancellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts. 

11. That the Bill now upon the Table of the House, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to unite the Office of Chief Re- 
gistrar of the Court of Bankruptcy with the Office 
of the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts,” 
should not be further proceeded with, and that a new 
Bill should be introduced embodying the above Re- 
solutions. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave 
Trade, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Beer, which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Game Cer- 
tificates, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Vessels, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Petitions from Ripon ;— Greenock ;—and, Mem- 
bers of the Society of Procurators before the courts 
of law in Perthshire (two Petitions); 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. 


Petitions from Monaxton;—Amport ;—Enham ;— 
and, Commissioners of — of the County of 
Orkney (Chairman) ; — aining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Manchester, praying for the abolition 
of the Punishment of Death, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;—and, Ripon; pray- 
ing that the Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters, assembling for Divine Wor- 
ship in Lower Forest Green Chapel, near Wails- 
worth, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Harlow and its 
vicinity, praying the House to pass an Act for the 
enfranchisement or commutation of Copyhold Pro- 
perty on equitable principles, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Huddersfield, praying the House to 
amend the Small Debts Act by extending the juris- 
diction of the County Courts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 


18° Marti. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Merchants, Trades- County Court 
people and other Inhabitants of the parishes com- =tension Bill. 


153 


prised in the district of the Kidderminster County 
Court, praying that the County Court Extension 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llandilofawr Union ;— Warring- County Rates 


ton ;— Northallerton Union ;— and, East Harlsey 
and West Harlsey; 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 Parishioners of the parish of Piddle 
Trenthide, in the diocese of Salisbury, stating that the 
Petitioners view with the greatest alarm the recent 
measures of the Committee of Privy Council on Edu- 
cation; and praying the House to adopt measures 
for securing to the Church of England her portion of 
the Parliamentary grants, without any interference 
on the part of the Committee of Privy Council 
with her doctrine or discipline, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parents and Guardians of the 
children attending the School of Aughnamullen, in 
the county of Monaghan, complaining that the 
Schools in connexion 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 
relieve them from that grievance, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered tv lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Keighley ;—Bolton ;— Bradford ; Factories Bill 


— William Massey Adams ;— Glasgow (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Gorbals ; —Calton (Chairman) ; — John- 
stone (Chairman) (two Petitions) ;—Elderslie(Chair- 
man) ;—and, Evenden; praying that the Factories 
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 
Master Manufacturers and Mill-owners of Man- 
chester and the surrounding districts, 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 Killenaule and Moyglass ;—and, 
Graystown; praying that the Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of Tice- 
hurst Union, praying that the Larceny Summary 
Jurisdiction Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberbrothock ;—and, Dunfermline; 
stating that the Petitioners feel much aggrieved 
by the alterations made in the Post-office depart- 


and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Education. 5 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Landlord 
and Tenant 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Mails 
(Scotland.) 


ment, as regards the transmission of the Mail bags © 


in certain parts of Scotland ; and praying the House 
to cause full inquiry to be made into the whole cir- 
cumstances connected with the conveyance of Her 
Majesty’s Mails in that country, with a view to 
remedying the grievances complained of,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh (two Petitions) ;— 


Marriages 


Thomas N. Brydon ;—Charles Nairn ;—Kirk Ses- Bill 


sion of Dumfries;—Finlay Macpherson ;— Robert 
M‘ Cockle ;—Presbytery of Edinburgh ;— Hurst ;— 
Deanery of Rochester ;— Ryton ;—Selkirk ;—Beau- 
mont ;— T'homas Gillison ;— Portmoah ;—and, James 
Mackenzie; praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Physicians, Surgeons, Assistant Medical 


Physicians, Assistant Surgeons and Lecturers of 
Saint George’s Hospital and School of Medicine ;— 
and, Physicians, Surgeons and Lecturers in the 





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Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
( Ireland.) 


Post-office. 


Postage. 


Railway 
Traffic Bill. 


154 18° Martz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties, 


School of Medicine in Bristol; complaining that 
the Assistant Surgeon of the Royal Navy, while 
holding a rank corresponding with that of the First 
Lieutenant of Marines, is nevertheless systematicall 
excluded from the society on equal terms of his 
brother Officers in the Ward-room, and is moreover 
deprived of the separate cabin and other advantages 
for study and retirement, to which, on considerations 
of age, station and occupation, he is consistently 
entitled ; and praying the House to redress this 
grievance,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds ;— Thornton ;—Stockport ; 
— Lewisham ; — George Heath ;—and, Chester ; 
praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 
upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax upon 

ewspapers, and all other taxes upon knowledge, 
may be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to 
fix a small charge for the transmission of news- 
papers by the post,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the Mohill Union, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Jredand, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Harris ;—Ford ;— Cheltenham ;— 
Burnham ;—Roscrea ;— Youghal ;—Snaith ;—Kirk 
Session of Gilencross (Moderator) ;—Penicuich ;— 
Fordyce ;— Cullen ;—Southdean;— Yet holm ;— Hob- 
kirk ;—Frant ;—Shirton-le-Steeple ;—North Lever- 
tonand Habblesthorpe ;— Edzell ;—Syston ;—Leices- 
ter ;— Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—Kirk Session of 
Paisley (Moderator) ;—Pateley Bridge ;— Dudley ; 
— Tipton ;— Oldbury ; — Liverpool ;— Burford ;— 
Kirk Session of Kirkden (Moderator) ;— Walsall ;— 
Kirk Session of Middlebro (Moderator) ;—Calloes ; 
— Box ;—Glenshiel ; — Markinch ; —Limington ; — 
Bradford (Somerset) ; — Whalton ; — Staveley ; — 
Beathwaite Green ;— Kirkby Lonsdale ;— Buxton ;— 
Bodmin ;—and, Pembroke Dock ; praying for abo- 
lition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were 

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


Petitions from Saint Day ;—and, Wolverhamp- 
ton; praying the House to secure to Great Britain 
the honour and advantage of establishing an Ocean 
Penny Post, by which letters may be conveyed from 
any port in Great Britain to any other port in the 
world, at one uniform rate of a penny,—were pre- 
sented, and read: and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Lei- 
cester, praying that the Railway Traffic ‘Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Real Property A Petition of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors, 


Conveyance 
Bill. 


Small Tene- 


ments Rating 


Bill. 


Consolidated 


Fund 


(£. 8,000,000.) 
Bill. 


Proctors and others not being Barristers, practising 
in the Courts of law and equity in the United King- 
dom praying that the Real Property Conveyance 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkdale and Everton (Chairman) ; 
—Sedgley ;— Tipton ;— Dudley ;— and, Rowley ; 
praying that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund to the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty, 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 Eight Millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty. 

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








A. 1850. 


into a Committee, to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, 
Law Proceedings, and other written or printed In- 
struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and 
on Legacies and Successions to personal estate upon 
Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for 
granting other Duties in lieu thereof; also the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations 
for collecting and managing the same, until the 
tenth day of October 1845; also the Act 8 and 9 Vic. 
c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp Duties 

ranted by an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 

er present Majesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regu- 
lations for collecting and managing the same, until 
the tenth day of October 1845; and also, the Act 
11 and 12 Vic. c. 9, to continue for Three years the 
Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate 
the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to make Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties speci- 
fied and contained in the Schedule (A.)—[See page 
162] and now payable in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and in Jreland, respectively, under or by virtue 
of the several Acts of Parliament now in force for 
and in respect of the several instruments, matters 
and things described or mentioned in the said Sche- 
dule, shall cease and determine; and that in lieu 
thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected and 
paid in and throughout the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland the several Stamp Du- 
ties specified and contained in Schedule (B.)—[See 
page 164], for and in respect of the several instru- 
ments, matters and things described or mentioned 
in the said Schedule. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 


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. 


into a Committee, to consider of making advances 
from the Consolidated Fund for the purposes of 
Drainage and Land Improvement in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
tain and Ireland be authorized to direct the ad- 
vance of Sums out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
said United Kingdom, or by the issue of Exchequer 
Bills, not exceeding £. 3,000,000, for Great Britain 
and Jreland, for making Loans for purposes of 
Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Pro- 
perty, such advances to be made under the provi- 
sions of any of the Acts authorizing the said Com- 
missioners to make advances for the Extension and 
Promotion of Drainage, the Improvement of 
Landed Property, and other Works of public utility 





in Great Britain and Ireland, or of any Act for 
| that purpose to be passed in the present Session of 
| Parliament. 

| Resolution to be reported. 





| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 

nal reported, The Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received ania, 

e 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Drainage. 





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parliamentary The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


into a Committee upon the Parliamentary Voters 
(Zreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuavuss N° 7, agreed to. 


Cravsx N° 8 (After completion of the first ge- 
neral Register, no one to vote at an Election for a 
city, town or borough, on a qualification requiring 
occupation, unless qualified under this Act.) 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause to 
add the following words : “ Provided always, That 
“ nothing herein contained shall deprive those who 
“ may be registered under the said recited Act 
“ within eight years previous to the first day of De- 
“ cember next a of the same right of voting 
“ at any Election of a Member or Members to 
“ serve in Parliament for any city, town or borough, 
“ as if this Act had not passed.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. William Fagan, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 11," French « I } 38. 
Lord Marcus ™; 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Bellew : 80. 


Clause agreed to. 
Cuause N° 9, agreed to. 
Cravuses N° 10 to N° 14, amended, and agreed 


Cuavse N° 15 (Clerk of the Peace in counties to 
prepare lists of persons now registered). 


Amendments made. 


Amendment proposed, in P. 8. 1. 7. To leave out 
the words, “ excluding nevertheless from such lists 
“ all persons registered under the said Act in re- 
“ spect of any qualification heretofore requiring the 
= Elector to be or to have been in the actual occu- 


18°—19° Martiz. 





“ pation of the premises.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ag ey Hill, 


J 
Tellers for the Noes, amas | 42, 
Another Amendment made. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses N° 16 to N° 19, disagreed to. 

Cuause N° 20 (That the High Constables of 
every barony shall give notice annually, requiring 
Voters to claim). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 11. Is. 12. and 13. 


\ 145. 


155 


“ value of Eight pounds and upwards, shall be a 
* sufficient payment of poor-rates for the purposes 
“ of this Act.’ 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauss N° 38 (Omitted persons may claim, and 
lists of claimants to be made and published). 
Amendments made. 


Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the following words, “ Provided always, 
“ That no person (except a person entitled to 
“ register in respect of the occupation of such 
‘¢ premises) heretofore registered or to be registered 
“ under this Act, shall, in case of his having 
“ changed his place of abode since his lastregistry, 
“ be entitled to have his name retained on the said 
“¢ lists or register, unless he shall on or before the 
“ 31st day of July in each year have given notice 
“ in writing to the said Town Clerk, according to 
“ the form No. 138, Schedule B., of the several 
- — he may have resided in since the date of 
“ his last registry.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there © 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiauses N° 34 to N° 37, amended, and agreed 
to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 19° die Martii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 11th day of April next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day. 





To leave out the words “ or continue in the same 
“ place of abode.” 

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


| 


| of the whole House, for this day. 


The Committee ee. - | . . 
ord Marcus Hill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Lg Bellew: 7 ee. mittee on the Registration of Deeds (freland) ch viend) Bill, 
j Mr. French, Bill ; un 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 Mr. Grogan: } ae Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill,——put, and Ne- 
gatived. 


8th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pyections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a Mutiny Bill 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Marine _ 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Mutiny Bill. 













Crauses N° 21 to N° 26, disagreed to. The Fees (Court. of Common Pleas) Bill was, Tos (Court 
" according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 0% Vomion 
CLAUSES “ 27 to 31, amended, and agreed to. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Pleas) Bill. 
' Cuause N° 32 (Town Clerk to make out annually Monday the 8th day of April next. 
lists of persons entitled to vote). 


Amendments made. 


Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 
to add the- following words, “ Provided always, 
“ That whenever any person shall have been rated 
“in respect of several tenements or premises of 
“the value of Eight pounds and upwards, the 
“* payment of all poor-rates due by him in respect 
“ of any of such premises or tenements being the 
VoL. 105. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself School Dis-. 
into a Committee upon the School Districts Con- tricts Cal 
tributions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, "™“°™* ** 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
pana That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. “i 
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Pirates Head 
Money Repeal mittee on the Pirates Head } 


Bill. 


156 18°—19° Marti. 


The Order of the da Ee read, for the Com- 
oney Repeal Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Chief Justices’ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Salaries Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Supply ; 


General Staff 


Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 


Royal Military 


College. 


mittee on the Chief Justices Salaries 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 Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Factories Bill ; 

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


Mr. Bernal 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 Nine million 
two hundred thousand pounds, be raised by Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty. 

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 Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 





A. 1850. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Rewards for 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on gistinguished 
account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances as / 
rewards for distinguished Services, of Allowances 
to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons at Home 
and Abroad, and of Allowances to Sergeants as Re- 
wards for distinguished or meritorious Service, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Pay of General 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Officers. 
on account, for defraving the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st. day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Full Pay for 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, a ay and 
on account, for defraying the Charge for Full-Pay Oficers. 
for Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Walf-Pay 

hundred and ninety thousand pounds, be granted to for d°. 
Her Majesty, on account, for defraying the Charge 
for 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. . 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Half-Pay to 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Foreign 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Half-Pay oa oe 
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 
1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both days in- 
| clusive. 
| 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- wigows’ 


| three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Pensions. 











| on account, for defraying the Charge of Pensions 


account, for defraying the Charge of General Staff} to be paid to Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, 
Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with | which will come in course of payment from the 1st 


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 1850 to the 
31st day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
on account, for defraying the Charge of the Allow- 
ances and Contingent Expenses of the several Pub- 
lic Departments of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, for defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military College, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive, 


Royal Military 4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 


Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, for defraying the Charge of the Royal 
Military Asylum and Hibernian Military School, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, for defraying the Charge of Volunteer 
Corps, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 


Her Majesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of | day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 


both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Compassionate 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, List. 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances 
on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratui- 
ties, and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Chelsea and 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, — 
on account, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 29s?! 
Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In- Pensioners there- 
of, which will come in course of payment from the 
Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Out-Pension- 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- os ahoyy 
jesty, on account, for 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, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1stday of April 1850 to the 31st day 
of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Superannua- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on tions. 
account, for defraying the Charge of Allowances, 
Compensations and Emoluments, in the nature of 





Superannuation 


wea 


[™~ Omid ed 


| 


eo et 


— — 





Wages to 
Seamen and 
Marines. 


Victuals for de. 


Supply. 


Distressed 
Unions Ad- 
vances and 
Repayment 
of Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Judgments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Real Property 
Conveyance 
Bill. 


13 Vicrori. 


Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to persons 
formerly belonging to Public Departments, which 
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both days 
inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million three hundred and twenty-two thousand nine 
hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1851. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and 
seventy-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rines, in’ Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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 Second 
Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and 
Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgments (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


' itself into the said Committee. 


Mercantile 
Marine Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
(Scotland) 

Bill, 


Brick Duties 
Bill, 


Oaths of 
embers, 


The Grder of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Titles of Religious Congre- 
gations (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on 
Bricks: And that Mr. Hayter and the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer 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 search the Journals of this House, and 
to report such Precedents and such Acts or parts of 
Acts of Parliament, as relate to the question of Jews 
or other persons being admitted to take their seats 
in Parliament without being sworn upon the Holy 
Gospels ; and further, to inquire and report in what 
manner Joseph Pease, Esquire, on taking his seat in 
this House in the year 1833, made Affirmation to 
* effect of the Oaths required by Law to be taken 

OL. 105. 


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157 


by Members before taking their seats in this House ;_. 
and also, to inquire and report in what manner Jews 
and other persons not protessing the Christian Re- 
ligion are permitted to make oath in Courts of Jus- 
tice and other places where an oath is allowed, 
authorised, or required to be taken, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Committee do consist of twenty- 
one Members ; 

An 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. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord John 
Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Gladstone, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Attorney-General, The 
Lord Advocate, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Cock- 
burn, and Mr. Henley, were nominated Members of 
the Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Hume be one other Member of the 
Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Wood, 


} 47. 


Yeas, Mr. John Abel Smith: 
Mr. Osborne, 
Tellers for the] Mr. Morgan John O’Con- l 16. 
Noes, nell: J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Mr. Napier, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wil- 
son Patten, Mr. Walpole and Mr. Wood, were 
nominated other Members of the 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 was pro- piectoral 
osed, That there be Jaid before this House, a Tabu- Divisions 
* Return of all Debts incurred under the Acts “reland.) 


8 Vie. c. 107, 10 Vic. c. 7, or any other Act, since 
January 1845 (specifying the Acts), which remain 
due by each Electoral Division in each Union in 
Ireland; a\lso,a Tabular Return of all Debts due at 
the last Audit from each Electoral Division to the 
Union, in every Union in Jreland:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Saint Asaph, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c- Dioceses. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from the several Welsh Dioceses of 
Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint David's, and Llandaff, 
with an Alphabetical List of the several Parishes, 
and denoting the Districts, if any, the Name and 
Residence of the Incumbent, and whether resident 
within the Parish or District to which they are ap- 
pointed, or Non-resident; the Names and Residence 
of Curates, and the Stipend paid to each such Cu- 
rate :—And, of the Names of all Curates who serve 
more than one Church or Chapel, the Names of 
such Churches or Chapels, the Name of the Parish 
in which situated, the Names of the several Incum- 
bents from whom the Curate receives any Stipend, 
and the Annual Amount of Stipend paid by each of 


such Incumbents ; each Diocese to be given sepa- 
rately. 

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

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13°—19° 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to repeal the Duties 
and Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


158 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 
No. 157. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
r 


till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








——— -—_-__—_ § 





Martis, 19° die Martu ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Committee on the 
Improvement, \/ Brighton Improvement, Purchase of Royal 
_ “&gt; ; &lt; Pavilion and Grounds, and Amendment of existing 
yal Pavilion . : : ‘ . 
and Grounds, Acts Bill, have leave to sit this day, till Five of the 
and Amend- clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Brighton 


ment of exist- 
ing Acts Bill. 


rted from the Select 


Standing Mr. Wilson Patten r 

Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

Copper Miners’ 1, Resolved, That in the case of the Copper 

Company Miners Company (England) Petition, for leave to 

one — deposit a Petition against the Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be — with; That the 
parties be permitted to deposit their Petition ac- 
cordingly. 

Newcastle- 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Newcastle- 

se ,, upon-Tyne Improvement, Amendment of Acts and 

aolennans of New Streets Bill, Petition for dispensing with 


Acts, and New Standing Order No. 108, the said Standing Order 
Streets Bill. ought to be dispensed with; That the Petitioner 
may be heard upon his Petition, against the Bill, 
before the Committee thereon. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Clerical, Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee to 
Medical, and whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 


— imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and every 
Society subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- 


[Stamp Duty suant to any Act for better enabling the Clerical, 

on Memorials.) )edical and General Life Assurance Society to 
sue and be sued, and for other oe from hich 
Memorial the names of the Trustees of the said 
Society 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, here- 
ditaments, property, effects or monies of the said 
Society in be said 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 Clerical, Medical and General Life 
Assurance a 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 Trustees of the said Society shall 
appear; and for and pen every other such Memorial 
in which the name of any person shall for the first 
time be inserted asa Trustee of the Society, the 
like sum of Five pounds, in lieu of the Stamp 
Duties which weal 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 Society in the said Trustees. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Clerical, Medical and General Life 
Assurance Society Bill, That they have power to 
make provision therein pursuant to the said Reso- 
lution. 














Martiz. A. 1850. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee to Licensed 


whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the Victuallers 


on the first and every Fire and Life 


imposition of a Stamp Du 








d General 


subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur- Assurance 
suant to any Act for changing the name of the Company } 


Licensed Victuallers and 


eral Fire and Life (Sean Duty ; 


Assurance Company, and for better enabling the on Memorials} 


said Company to sue and be sued, and for other 
on sey from which Memorial the names of the 

rustees of the said Company shall appear, in lieu 
of the Stamp Duties which would otherwise be pay- 
able on deeds, surrenders, admissions or assurances, 
in order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, effects or monies 
of the said Company in the said Trustees, a Reso- 
lution; 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 
changing the name of the Licensed Victuallers and 
General Fire and Life Assurance Company, and for 
better enabling the said 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 Trustees of the said Com- 
pany 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 Trustee or 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, ty, effects or 
monies of the said Company in the said Trustees. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Licensed Victuallers and Genera! Fire 
and Life Assurance Company (No 2.) Bill, That 


| they have power to make provision therein pur- 


suant to the said Resolution. 


a. Som ~ _— 2 wt se Oe et eet eet UL eet OOO, od ed bee et 


__— 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee to Guardian 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the Fire and Life 


imposition of a Stamp Dut 
subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled 
suant to an Act for better enabling the Gu 
Fire and Life Assurance Company to sue and be 
sued, and for other purposes, from which Memorial 
the names of the Mortgage Trustees of the said 
en pe shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties 
which would otherwise be payable on deeds, sur- 
renders, admissions or assurances in the law, in 
order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, property, effects or monies of 
the said Company in the said Mortgage Trustees, 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Stamp mg 3 of Five pounds 
shall be payable for and upon the first Memorial, 
which may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better 
enabling the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to sue and be sued, and for other pur- 
poses, 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 Me- 
morial in which the name or names of any person 
or persons shall for the first time be inserted as a 
Mortgage Trustee or Mortgage Trustees of the 
Company, the like sum of Five pounds, in lieu of 
the Stamp Duties which would be otherwise paya- 
ble upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions or as- 
surances in the law, in order to vest the annuities, 
messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments,’ pro- 
perty, effects or monies of the said Company in the 
said M ortgage Trustees. 

The said Resolution, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee 


being read a second time, 


on the first and every ¢, 


ce 
m 
ur- [Stamp Duty 
ian on Memorials. | 


juran 








Manchester 
Bonding Bill. 


Dublin, 
Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway 
(Power to pur- 


Portions of the 


13 Vicroriz. 


mittee on the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company Bill, That they have power to make pro- 
vision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 30th day of April next. 


The Order made upon Friday last, for referring 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders the 
Petition of Samuel Robert Palmer, of No. 4, Tra- 


falgar-square, Solicitor, complaining of proceedings 


chase or rent on been taken upon the Petition for the Dublin, 
Dun 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 


rum and Rathfarnham Railway (Power to 
purchase or rent Portions of the Waterford, Wex- 


Wicklow and ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway ; Power to amal- 


Dublin Rail- 
way ; Power 
to amalgamate 
with the 
Waterford, 
Wexford, 


mate with the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
blin Railway Company, Amendment or Repeal 

of Acts) Bill, after the said Petition had been with- 
drawn by the Promoters, was read, and discharged. 


Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, Amendment 
or Repeal of Acts) Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Prisons. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland. ) 


Contagious 
and Epidemic 
Diseases (Ire- 
land.) 


Poor Law 


(Ireland.) 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill, 


Church Rates. 


County Rates 


and Expendi- 
Bill. 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Poor Law Commission Jreland,— 
Union Financial Statement December 1849 and 1848, 

Copy of Fourteenth Report of the Inspectors ap- 
pointed under the provisions of the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c, 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain,—1. Home District. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Ac- 
counts of Presentments made by the Grand Juries 
of the several Counties, Cities and Towns in Jre- 
land, in the year 1849. 

Copy of Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy 
Council of Jreland, dated 14th March 1850, for 
again renewing an Order made on the 4th day of 
October 1848, for the prevention of Contagious 
and Epidemic Diseases. 

Copies of Four General Orders issued by the 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for the 
Relief of the Poor in Jreland. 

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


Petitions from the Northern Division of the count 
of Nottingham ;—District of tr wmeethaaat ow 
ford ;—Stretham ;— Haddenham ;—Ely (two Peti- 
tions) ;—- Wilburton ; — Coveney ; — Witcham ; — 
Downham ;— Sutton (Cambridge) ; —Saint Mary 
Bourne ;— Tufton ; — Whitchurch (Southampton) ; 
—Hurstbourne Tarrant;— and, Littleport; com- 
pane of the depressed state of the Agricultural 

nterest, and praying the House to adopt measures 
of relief,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Merchants and others connected 
with the Australian Colonies, praying that the 
Australian Coloniel Government Bit may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holyhead ;— Canterbury ;— Hock- 
liffe and Eggington ;— Wisbech (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Leverington; praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


__ Petitions from Lichfield Union; — Newhaven 
Union (Chairman) ; — Alresford Union ; —Kings- 
clere;—and, Itchingswell and Sidmonion; 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 Saint Asaph; —and, Wisbech; 
praying for alteration of the Small Debts Act, by 
—— the jurisdiction of the County Courts,— 

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159 


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


A Petition of the Treasurer and Members of the 
Congregational Board of Education, praying the 
House to withdraw their sanction from the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education, to discontinue the 
grants placed at its disposal, and to leave the work 
of Education to the enlightened zeal of a free and 
christian people, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to he upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockport ;— Padiham (four Peti- 
tions) ;— Glasgow ;— Heaton Norris ;— Huddersfield 
(Chairman) ; — Bowling ;—Bradford (York) (four- 
teen Petitions) ;—Harton ;—Jonathan Coultas ;— 
Brighouse-cum-Rastrick ; —~ Fullueck ; — Idle ; — 
Dukinfield (four Petitions); —Acerington ;—Haberg- 
ham (two Petitions) ;—Oswaldtwistle ;—Stockport 
(three Petitions) ;— Rochdale (Chairman) ;—Staly- 
bridge (two Petitions); — Ashton-under - Lyne 
(four Petitions) ;— Halifax (four Petitions) ;—Fac- 
tory Workers of Patrick M‘Naught and Company 
(Chairman) ;—John Cooper ;— Preston ( Lancaster) 
(Chairman) ;—Calton (Chairman) ;—Pendleton ;— 
and, ‘l'odmorden (three Petitions); praying that the 
Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Carrol Barton, of Wol- 
singham-place, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lam- 
beth, Surrey, Solicitor, complaining of the inadequacy 
of Grand Juries as tribunals of justice ; and pray- 
ing the House to institute an inquiry into the present 
state of the law in reference to Grand Juries, was 


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


A Petition of Thomas Cooper, of the borough of 
Congleton, Attorney and Solicitor, and also a Town 
Councillor for the said borough, praying the House 
to prevent Justices’ Clerks from acting or being 
concerned in conducting any prosecution for any 
offence arising in the re or district for which 
they act as Clerks, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holywell, in the 
county of Flint, praying the House to pass a law, 
ordering that all ublic-houses, beer-houses and 
gin-shops shall beclosed throughout the twenty-four 


Education. 


Factories Bill. 


Grand Juries. 


Justices’ 
Clerks. 


Intoxicating 
Liquors. 


hours of the Lord’s Day, except in such cases of 


as to the House may seem fit, 


mercy and necessit 
d read ; and ordered to lie upon 


was presented, an 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dumfries (Mo- 
derator and Clerk); — Donald M‘Gillivray ; — 
Robert M‘Gillivray;— Glasgow ;— Preston( Lancas- 
ter) ;—and, Old Kilpatrick ; 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 Kidderminster ;—and, Colchester ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,—- 
were also eee, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners, residing in 
the towns of Deal, Sandwich and vicinity, praying 
the House to take into consideration the propriety 
of according to the Assistant Surgeons of the Royal 
Navy the privileges of the ward-room mess, a cabin, 
and a servant, which are invariably granted to the 
Medical Officers of the Army, in common with mi- 
litary officers when embarked, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of the Port of Greendch, 
praying thatthe Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


x4 A Petition 


Marriages Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund 
Bill. 



























































































Advertise- 
ments. 


Post-office. 


Public 
Libraries. 


Slave Trade. 


Small Tenc- 


ments Rating 


Bill. 


Spirits. 


160 19° Martiz. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
ol the Birmingham Mercury Newspaper, praying 
for the repeal of the Tax now levied upon News- 
paper Advertisements, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Abbey (two Petitions); — 
Falkirk ;— Banshea ; —Cheltenham ; — Laneast ;— 
Warwick ; —Hamsterley and South Redburn ;— 
South Leverton-cum-Cottam; — Warrington ; — 
Latchford ;— Caerwys ;--Charlbury ;—-Chadlington ; 
— Chilmark ; — Wiilerseu ; — Morpeth, Whalton, 
Cockleforth, Longhirst, Causeway Park Bridge, 
Hepscott and Longhorseley ;— Carlisle ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Kilchaman (Moderator) ; — Godstone ;— 
Pirbright;--Ambleside;--Kirk Session of Greenock 
(Moderator) ;— Holywell ;— Mostyn (two Petitions); 
— Newmarket ;—Gwaenyscer ;— Alton ; —Kirk Ses- 
sion of Bohill (Moderator) ;—O/d Kilpanech ;— 
North Newnton;— Eckington;—Erlestoke ;— Wood- 
borough ;—Stanton Saint Bernard ;—and, Shaw ; 
praying for abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House, in 
voting the annual grant of public money in support 
of the Library in King’s College, in Old Aberdeen, 


the public, as a matter of right, under such regu- 
lations as may be necessary for the safety of the 
books, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Exeter Anti-Slavery 
Committee, stating that the Petitioners have learned, 
with deep regret, that there are now detained in 
slavery in the colony of Surinam several thousand 
negroes who are held in bondage contrary to the 
stipulations of treaty between the Government of 
the Netherlands and the British Government ; and 
praying the House to inquire into the case, was 
ogee and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from the Wesleyan Missionary Society 
(Treasurers and Secretaries); —and, the Church 
Missionary Society for Africa and the East (Pre- 
sident mf Secretaries); praying the House not to 
adopt any measure which would leave the Slave 
Trade to proceed without the salutary check which 
the presence of the squadron on the coast of Africa 
now imposes ; nor withdraw that protecting shield, 
under cover of which the missionaries have been 
enabled to prosecute with success their philanthropic 


‘ undertakings for the benefit of the African race,— 


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

Petitions from the British and Foreign Anti- 

Slavery Society (Chairman and Secretary) ;— Saffron 
Walden (Mayor) ;—Dartford;—Upper Norwood;-- 
Bellevue ;— Waldensia, in the parish of Trelawny, in 
the island of Jamaica (Chairman);— Hampden, in the 
parish of Trelawny and island of Jamaica ;—Saint 
fves (Huntingdon) ;— Birmingham (Mayor) ;—and, 
Ware; praying the House to adopt measures for 
the complete suppression of the Donsigge African 
Slave Trade,—were also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Sutton- 
in-Ashfield, praying that the Small Tenements 
Rating Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Greenock; praying that 
Home-made Spirits in Bond may be placed on the 
same fvoting as Colonial.—- were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1850. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a ao Sie 
Meeting held at Thurles, complaining of certain 
grievances affecting Zreland, was offered to be pre- 
sented ;—but Her Majesty’s recommendation not 
being signified, the said Petition was not received. 


A Petition from Stockport, in favour of the Ballot, Ballot. 
being offered to be presented ;—and notice being 
taken that the Petition referred to a statement made 
by a Member in a debate in this House, the same 
was not received. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Railway Bills. 
posed, That it be an Instruction to all Committees 
of the present Session on Railway Bills to insert the 
following Clause :— Provided always, and be it Enac- 
ted, That all mortgages or bonds, or guarantees of 
interest or dividends on shares or stock, or agree- 
ments to guarantee such interest or dividends, made 
or granted by the Company (or Companies) before 
the passing of this Act, and which shall be in force 
at the time of the passing of this Act, shall, during 
the continuance thereof, have priority over any 
mortgages or bonds, or guarantees of interest or 
dividends on any new shares or stock respectively, 
to be made or granted by virtue of this Act; and 
that nothing in this Act contained shall in any way 
be held to diminish, or injuriously affect, the security 
of such previous mortgages or bonds, or guarantees 


“ a ao 7 | or agreements to guarantee :—And the said Motion 
to direct that said Library shall be freely open to | was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That upon Thursday the 18th day of py). 


| April next, and upon every alternate Thursday until Business. 


the 16th day of May next inclusive, Orders of the 
Day have precedence of Notices of Motions, with- 
out giving priority to Bills introduced by the Go- 
vernment. . 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Judges’ 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Salaries. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Salaries and Emoluments of the 
Lord High Chancellor; of the Chief Justice and 
other Justices of the Court of King’s Bench; of 
the Chief Justices and other Justices of the Common 
Pleas ; of the Chief Baron and the Barons of Ex- 
chequer in 1815; of the Master of the Rolls, and 
each of the Vice Chancellors in the year 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Poor Relief 
the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill, was read, (Cities and 
: . Towns) Bill. 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of April next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Benefices in 
Committee, To-morrow, onthe Benefices in Plurality Plurality Bill 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
the 9th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Maltsters, &amp;c.- 
Return of the Number of Maltsters, and Prosecu- 
tions for breaches of the Malt Laws in each King- 
dom during the last Five years, ending the 5th day 
of January 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grain, Flour, 
Return, in continuation, for the year 1849, of Par-** 
liamentary Paper, No. 588, of Session 1849, con- 
verting ewts. into quarters, and stating the weight 
per Quarter allowed for each kind of Meal; pre- 
fixing thereto a Column, showing the Value of Im- 
ports from the same Countries (if no Value of Im- 


ports other than the Official Value can be given, 
en 





Bey 


Bee 





British Pro- 
duce and 
Manufactures 
exported. 


Coroners’ 
Inquests, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Kilrush Union, 


Poor Law. 


Public Works 
(Mayo. ) 


No, 158. 


Railw 
(Ireland. 


No. 159, 


13 Vicroriz. 


then the Official Value to be given,) exclusive of 
Grain, Meal, Flour, and Live Stock ; and adding 
thereto a Column, showing the Value of the Total 
Imports from the same Countries; the last Column 
to be placed in juxtaposition with the Declared 
Value of Exports given in the previous Return ; 
placing at the foot of each Column of Grain the 
Annual Average Price of each kind of Grain. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantities and Values of the different 
Articles of British Produce and Manufactures 
shipped from the United Kingdom to each Colony 
and Dependency of the British Crown, including 
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and the Jonian Is- | 
lands, during the year 1849, together with an Ab- 
stract of the same. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Evidence taken and the Verdict re- 
corded on the Coroner’s Inquest held on the 1st day 
of February last in the Union of Ennistymon (Ire- 
land) on the body of Margaret Kyle, together with 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Poor J.aw 
Commissioners and the Board of Guardians re- 
lating thereto:—The same in the case of the In- 

uest held on the 29th day of January last, in the 

nion of Scariff, on the body of Sarah Flanagan: 
—Return of the Numbers of Out-door and In-door | 
Paupers relieved weekly in the Union of Ennisty- 
mon, from the 1st day of November last to the latest 
date ; specifying the Numbers of Able-bodied and 
Infirm Poor separately ; also Cost of Relief per Head 
to either Class, and the weekly Number of Deaths 
in the Workhouse ; also,the Number of Coroners’ 
Inquests held during the same period within the 
same Union, in which Verdicts of Death from want, 
or to that effect, were recorded :—The same Returns 
with respect to the Union of Scariff:—And, Copies 
of all Correspondence between the Boards of Guar- 
dians of these Unions and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, since the 1st day of November last. 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Evictions reported by the 
Constabulary in the Union of Kilrush, specifying 
the Number of Dwellings stated to have been un- 
roofed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Names of the Parishes 
called Open, comprised in the Report of G. Pigott, 
Esquire, on the Counties of Berks, Bucks, and Ox- 
ford, addressed to the Commissioners of the Poor 
Law, presented to Parliament 1850 :—Similar Re- 
turn of Parishes styled Close, in the same Report: 
—And, Return of the Occupation of the Population, 
from the Occupation Abstract Census 1841, in the 
several open and close parishes from which, in the 
same Report, the Comparison is made of Population 
to the Acreage and Rateable Value. 





Ordered, That the Return to an Order dated the 
11th day of May last, for 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 ; spe- | 
cifying the Date and Purpose of each Advance, the. 
Authority under which, and the Party to whom 
made; distinguishing Grants from Loans, and set- 
ting forth, in the case of Loans, the Amount of Prin- 
cipal 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 Re- 
payment, and the Rate of Interest, which was pre- 

_Sented upon the 25th day of June, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Friday last, 
printed. 








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161 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, the Leeds, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Commons 
Act to authorize pin, et of certain Lands, in !closure Bill. 
pursuance of the Fifth Annual General Report of 
the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, 
and to confirm the Proceedings in the matter of the 
Common Wood Inclosure, 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 dissolve the Marriage of John Bernard Hartley, 
Esquire, with Harriet Suy Hartley, his now Wite, 
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 request that this House will com- Slave Trade. 
municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Re- 
oe from the Select Committee appointed by this 

ouse in the last Session of Parliament on the Slave 
Trade; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
and 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. 


Message from 


Hartley's | 
Divorce Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Slave Trade. 

proposed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
pleased to direct that negociations be forthwith en- 
tered into for the purpose of releasing this Country 
from all Treaty engagements with Foreign States, 
for maintaining armed vessels on the coast of Africa 
to suppress the Traffic in Slaves ; 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Martii, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


jf Mr. Hutt, 1 


Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Henry Baillie :§ 154. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ mes Hill, 232. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Extra-mural 
for promoting Extra-mural Interments: And that Interments. 
Mr. Lacy, Sir Edward M‘ Naghten and Mr. Gwyn 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Kingstown and 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Lords of Holyhead 
the Admiralty and the Directors of the Chester and ' 
Holyhead Railway, relative to the Contract for the 
Conveyance of the Mails between Kingstown and 
Holyhead; as also, any Correspondence on the 
same subject, between any other individual or Com- 
pany ; also, between the Lords of the ‘Treasury and 
Admiralty, on the same subject :— And, of any 
Contract or Agreement for any purpose that may 
have been entered into between the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company and the Commissioners 
of Woods and Forests. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Interments. 
ut, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
alesis, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing, for each of the last Ten years, the 
Number of Interments that have taken place in 
each Cathedral, Church, Chapel, Church-yard, 





VoL. 105. 





Chapel-yard, Cemetery, or other place of Inter- 
Y¥ 


ment 








Postal Com- 
munication 
between Lon- 


162 


ment within fifteen miles of Saint Paul’s Cathe- 
dral; distinguishing (if practicable) whether made 
in Vaults or otherwise :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- 


don and Paris, mittee on Postal Communication between London 


&amp;e. 


Malay Pirates. 


Oaths of 
Members. 


Wood used in 


and Paris, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson and Lord 
Ernest Bruce be added to the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names and Tonnage of any British 
Vessels, with the Names of their respective Com- 
manders, and of the Names of any British Sub- 
jects that have been either captured, attacked, 
plundered, or in any way molested, by either Malay 
or Dyak Pirates, on the Coast of Borneo, or else- 
where, from the 15th day of August 1839 to the 
15th day of August 1849, inclusive; specifying 
Date and Place of each Case of such Capture, 
Attack, Plunder or Molestation :—And, of Copies 
of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane's General 
Memoranda, Nos. 23 and 42, dated respectively the 
18th day of May 1844, and the 5th day of March 
1845, addressed to the respective Captains of Her 
Majesty’s Ships on the East India and China Sta- 
tions; and also, Copies of any Admiralty Instruc- 
tions or Orders rescinding or qualifying those Me- 
moranda. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Herries be added to the Select 
Committee on Oaths of Members. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


19°—-20° Martiz. 


A. 1850. 


the 23d day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


it was referred to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, 
for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Pro- 
ceedings and other written or printed Instruments, 
and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on Legacies 
and Successions to personal estate upon Intestacies, 
now payable in Great Britain, and for granting 
other Duties in lieu thereof; also, the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c, 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great 
Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations for 
collecting and managing the same, until the tenth 
day of October 1845; also, the Act Sand 9 Vic. 
c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp Duties 
granted by an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her 
present Majesty, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regula- 
tions for collecting and managing the same, until the 
tenth day of October 1845; and also, the Act 11 
and 12 Vie. c. 9, to continue for Three years the 
Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate 
the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to me Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties spe- 
cified and contained in the Schedule (A.) hereto 
annexed and now payable in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and in Ireland, respectively, under or by 
virtue of the several Acts of Parliament now in force 
for and in respect of the several instruments, matters, 
and things described or mentioned in the said 
Schedule shall cease and determine; and that in 
lieu thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected, 
and paid in and throughout the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Jreland, the several Stam 





Ship Building. mittee to whom it was referred to take into considera- | Duties specified and contained in Schedule (B.) 


tion the Duties on Wood, with a view of remitting 
the Duty on all Wood used in Ship Building ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


hereto annexed, for and in respect of the several 
instruments, matters, and things described or men- 
| tioned in the said Schedule (B.), viz. :— 


STAMP DUTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Stamp Duties, 





BARGAIN and SALE (or Lease) for a year, for vesting the possession 
of lands, or other hereditaments, and enabling the Bargainee to take a 
release of the freehold or inheritance upon the sale or mortgage 


thereof :— 


Where the purchase or consideration money expressed in the release 
shall not amount to 20/7. - - - : - ~ - 
And where the same shall amount to 207. and not amount to 50/7. - 
And where the same shall amount to 50/. and not amount to 1501, 
And where the same shall amount to 150/. or upwards - - 
And where any such bargain and sale, as aforesaid, together with 
any schedule, receipt or other matter put or indorsed thereon or 
annexed thereto shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for 
every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, over and 


SCHEDULE (A.) 


10 - 
1 - 


~m | 
| 
| 


15 - 


above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of - is - 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
a securivy for the payment of any definite and certain sum of money: 
Not exceeding 501. - - - - ° o 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 
Exceeding 4,000 /. and not exceeding 
Exceeding 5,000. and not exceeding 10,000 1. 
Exceeding 10,000 /, and not exceeding 15,000 1. 
Exceeding 15,000, 
Exceeding 20,0001. - - - - - - 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
a security for the repayment of any sum or sums of money to be there- 
after lent, advanced or paid, or which may become due upon an 
account current, together with any sum already advanced or due, or 
without, as the case may be :— 

Where the total amount of the money secured, or to be ultimately 
recoverable thereupon, shall be uncertain and without any limit - 


1001. 
2007. 
300 1. 
5002, 
1,000 2, 
2,000 1. 
3,000 7. 
4,000 l. 
5,000 l. 


501. and not exceeding 
100 l. and not exceeding 
2001. and not exceeding 
3007, and not exceeding 
500 J. and not exceeding 

1,000 2. and not exceeding 
2,000 2. and not exceeding 
3,000 2. and not exceeding 


Conacraonw~-= 
1 
{ 


rs  2.'¢'s® ' ' 7. ¥. @ 


and not exceeding 20,0007. 





9 = = 


And where the money secured, or to be ultimately recover~ } - - The same duty as on 


able thereupon, shall be limited not to exceed a given 
sum + - 





&gt;a bond for such limited 
-j smu, 


SCHEDULE (A. )—continued. 





given as a security for the transfer or retransfer of any share 
in any of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, 


the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Jreland, or of the 
East India Company, or of the South Sea Company - - 


Heritable BOND in Scotland for any of the purposes aforesaid. —Sce 
Morrteacs. 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
the security for the payment of any sum of money, or for the transfer 
or re-transfer of any share in any of the stocks or funds before men- 
tioned, which shall be in part secured by a mortgage, or wadset, or 
other instrument or writing charged with the same duty as a mort- 
gage, or wadset, bearing even date with such bond, or for the perform- 

| ance of covenants contained in such mortgage, or other instrument or 

| writing, or for both those purposes  - - - - - - 


| 


| BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
| a collateral or auxiliary security for the payment of any annuity upon 
| 





the original creation and sale thereof where the same shall be granted 
or conveyed or secured by any other deed or instrument liable to and 
charged with the ad-valorem duty imposed on conveyances upon the 
sale of any property - - - - - - - - 


| BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable bond 
| in Scotland, given as the security for the payment of any an- 
|  muity (except upon the original creation and sale thereof), or 
| of any sum or sums of money at stated periods (not being 
| interest for any principal sum nor rent reserved or payable 
| upon any lease or tack), for any definite and certain term, so 
| that the total amount of the money to be paid can be pre- 
| viously ascertained ~~ - o * ai fiee leGys 


| BOND in England or Ireland, and personal and heritable bond in Scot- 
| land, given as a security for the payment of any annuity (except as 
aforesaid), or of any sum or sums of money at stated periods (not 
being interest for any principal sum nor rent reserved or payable upon 
any lease or tack), for the term of life, or any other indefinite period, 
so that the whole money to be paid cannot be previously ascer- 
tained : — 

Where the annuity or sum secured 


shall not amount to 101. per 
annum - - “ 











bond for a sum of money 
equal to the value of the 
Pr stock or fund secured, ac- 
or in the stock and funds of the Governor and Company of | cording to the average price 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal Bond in sy shar) - The same duty as on @ 


thereof on the day of the 
date of the bond, or oneither 
of the ten days preceding. 


£06 


- - The same duty as on 
a bond of the like nature 
for the payment of a 
sum of money equal to 
such total amount. 





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163 





SCHEDULE (A. )—continued. 


SCHEDULE (A. )—continued. 














BOND—continued. £. s. d. || CONVEYANCE—continued. a. « &amp;@ 
And where the same shall amount to 10/. and not amount to 50 1. But if there shall be both a feoffment and a bargain and sale 
r annum » - a - - - - - 2-- enrolled, then the said further duty shall not attach on 
And where the same shall amount to 50/. and not amount to 1007. either. 
per annum . - - - - ~ - - - 3 - - 5 ss ‘ 
And where the same shall amount to 100 /. and not amount to 200 J. — pany Or ee of re 
r annum - - - - - ° ° ° - Os. « _ ree matter 
dorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words or 
iat ha peer P = om —- aan sae “ — oe . ase upwards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained 
aekches the same shall amount to 300 J. and not amount to 400 /. had ia on shove the on ata many ofutes gapanice ; 
per annum ~ - - ° « a . = an = 
d where thi hall t to 40027, and not amount to 5002. whe 
es came 5 ie " - ar sia = een 7 . — || LEASE or Tack of any lands, hereditaments or heritable sub- f net duty as . 
And where the same shall amount to 500 /, and not amount to 7501. jects granted in consideration of a sum of money by way of sale of heal Geo ; 
per annum - - - - - - * - e eis fine, premium or grassum paid for the same, without any atu Ge cane 
And where the same shall amount to 7507. and not amount to yearly rent, or with any yearly rent under 20/.- = - - why 
1,0002. per annum - - - - - - - “1 1 = « ‘ : : 
And where the same shall amount to 1,000/. and not amount to (Save and except leases and tacks for a life or lives not exceeding 
1,500 4. perannum = - a - a P &gt; 4 = ee three, or for a term of years determinable with a life or lives not 
And where the same shall amount to 1,500/. and not amount to pparen, eaed be Page se by Kedah ve oo 
2,000 l, per annum - - - - 2 - « Sc ute, esias' . 
And where the same shall amount to 2,000/. per annumor upwards | 25 — — porations, aggregate or sole.) ; ; 
But where there shall be both a personal and heritable bond in — or Tack a any lands, or ponent» ae —— cabjects, at a 
Scotland in separate deeds of the same date for securing any such reigns ant y+ _~ any sum of money Dy Way G Hine, premiam, oF 
annuity or sums payable at stated periods, and the ad-valorem or Wher oa os - econ , _ . 
duty charged thereon shall amount to 2 /. or upwards, the heritable ere the yearly rent shall not amount to 20/. . ah Mel Neer 
: And where the same shall amount to 20/1. and not amount to 100 /. 110 - 
bond only shall be charged with the ad-valorem duty, and the 
rsonal bond shall be charged only with a duty of - ‘ e 1 - And where the same shall amount to 100/. and not amount to 200 /. a er 
Lag s y y : E And where the same shall amount to 200 /. and not amount to 400 /. 3- - 
And where any such bond as aforesaid, together with any schedule, And where the same shall amount to 400 1. and not amount to 600 /. 4+ - 
receipt, or other matter put or indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, And where the same shall amount to 600/. and not amount to 800 /. 5 - - 
shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, there shall be charged And where the same shall amount to 8007. and not amount to1,000/. 6- - 
for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein over And where the same shall amount to 1,000/. or upwards - - Wa a 
and above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of - &gt; ea 
LEASE or Tack of any lands, hereditaments or heritable sub- (- + Both the ad-valorem 
CONVEYANCE, whether grant, disposition, lease, assignment, transfer, jects granted in consideration of a sum of money by way of duties payable for a lease 
release, renunciation, or of any other kind or description whatsoever, fine, = or =&gt; and also of a yearly rent, amount-) in ere Co a fine 
upon the sale of any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, or other pro- ing to . or upwards - . - . « : ~) only, and for a lease in 
ay real or rele 3 heritable or moveable, or of any right, title, ap except the leases and tacks hereinbefore ex- soy of a = 
interest or claim in, to, out of, or upon any lands, tenements, rents, cepted ). only, of the same amount. 
annuities or other property ; that is to say,—for and in respect of the - , A i 6 z 7 
principal or only deed, instrument or writing, whereby the lands or LEASE or Tack of any kind not emesener charged 1 115 
other things sold shall be granted, leased, assigned, transferred, released, And for the counterpart or duplicate of any lease or tack [-- ‘The like duty as on 
“s therwi o ed t se in th h harged with a duty not exceeding 1/ the lease or tack 
renounced or otherwise conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or charged with a duty not exc eh Ae - - 3 
perches, of any other person or persons by his, her or their And for the counterpart or duplicate of any other lease or tack 
direction :— whatsoever - - - “4 8 - © yy MNS 110 - 
Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon And — -_ oe or __ counterpart or ein as — 
expressed shall not amount to 202. - - - - - So said, together with any schedule, receipt or other matter put or 
And ane the same shall amount to 20/7. and not amount to 507. , indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words 
And where the same shall amount to 50. and not amount to 1501. 110 — or upwards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words con- 
And where the same shall amount to 1507. and not amount to 3007. . tained therein over and above the first 1,080 words, a further 
And where the same shall amount to 300 7. and not amount to 5001. So ae progressive duty of - - - - - - - - l1-- 
And where the same shall amount to 500 /. and not amount to 7501. eas a a 
And where the same shall amount to 750/. and not amount to 1,0007. 9 ~ ~ || MORTGAGE, conditional surrender by way of mortgage, further charge, 
And where the same shall amount to 1.0002. and not amount to wadset and heritable bond ; disposition, assignation or tack in secu- 
2,000, - - - - se « a « ws gig rity; and eik toa reversion ; of or affecting any lands, estate or pro- 
And where the same shall amount to 2,000/. and not amount to pry real ee Se a oe oo NER. 
83,0007. - - - si a ‘a « a &gt; a so any deed containing an obligation to infeft any person in 
And where the same shall amount to 3,000. and not amount to annual rent, or in lands or other heritable subjects in Scotland, 
4,0001. - a e ‘ ‘~ a = ai 4 a pS under a clause of reversion, but without any personal bond or 
And where the same shall amount to 4,000/. and not amount to obligation therein contained for payment of the money or stock 
5,0007. - . - - - - - - - e  — intended to be secured ; : 
And where the same shall amount to 5,000 /. and not amount to Also any conveyance of any lands, estate or property er ge - 
6,0007. - - - - - - . - “ ° i - « trust, to be sold or otherwise converted into money, which shal 
And where the same shall amount to 6,000 /. and not amount to be intended only as a security, and shall be redeemable before the 
7,0007, - - - . er - - . . sale or other disposal thereof, either by express stipulation or 
And where the same shall amount to 7,000 /. and not amount to otherwise; except where such conveyance shall be made for the 
8,0007, - - . - ee “ - . -  « benefit of creditors generally, or for the benefit of creditors speci- 
And where the same shall amount to 8,000 /. and not amount to . fied, who shall accept the provision made for payment of their 
9,0001, « - - - ~~. - - - e ae debts in full satisfaction thereof, or who shall exceed five in 
And where th hall t to 9 . and not t number; ‘ 
10,0004. a : Pat . : — ms eo = = et ™ 95 Also any defeazance, letter of reversion, back bond, declaration, or 
And where the same shall amount to 10,0007. and not amount to caiies other deed or writing for defeating, or making redeemable, or ex- 
12,5001. - - - - - « ° “ ” e i ak ee plaining or qualifying any conveyance, disposition, assignation or 
And where the same shall amount to 12,5001. and not amount to tack of nd rose ve meer or Pt eck a shall be 
15,000 I, - - = - - - - ° © « este: apparently absolute, but intended only as a security. — : 
And where the same shall amount to 15,000 /. and not amount to _ Also any agreement, contract, or bond accompanied with a deposit 
20,0001. - - - « oe - a e i of title-deeds for making a mortgage, wadset or any such other 
And where the same shall amount to 20,0007, and not amount to security or conveyance as aforesaid of any lands, estate i pro- 
ml po L- - - - * - - a a -| 940 - - — comprised a title-deeds, or for pledging or charging 
nd where the same shall amount to 30,0002. and not amount to the same as a security; 
40,000 I. - i ee St hie a bat, And also any deed whereby a real burden shall be declared or created 
And where the same shall amount to 40,000 /. and not amount to - =... _— or heritable ee Fp edi a 
NE Hi Sto ee Rite ey me Cg ise ere the same respectively shall be made as a security for the 
And where the same shall amount to 50,0007. and not amount to its payment of any definite —— me of Mey — = 
60,000 7, - - - - - - - * lent at the time, or previously due and owing, or forborne to 
” . 550 - - , , 

And where the same shall amount to 60,0001. and not amount to paid, being payable,— 

80,0001, - - - - - * is ca -| 60 - — Not exceeding 501. - - - a a - I. ~- 

And where the same shall amount to 80,000 /. and not amount to Exceeding 50/. and not exceeding 1001. - = - 210 - 

A 100,000 7. - - - - - - - * -| g00 - — Exceeding 1007. and not exceeding 2007. - - - - ar 
And where the same shall amount to 100,0007. or upwards - - {1,000 - - Exceeding 200 2. and not — i . - - - = = 
And where any freehold lands or hereditaments in England or Ire- a a - = str aioe 1.0002. : = é as, ce 

land shall be conveyed by a deed of feoffment with or without any onal 1,000 1. - 4 a 8 2,000 L ‘ ‘ Sala 

letter or letters of attorney therein contained to deliver or receive = ng 2000 L re d pa seahecr tine 3.000 L i zy ere 

seisin, or by a deed of bargain and sale enrolled, such deed of ee 000 L te pat ts es ieee 7 Peon 
feoffment or bargain and sale, unless accompanied with a lease and meeeng Sy ee ‘ % 

release, shall be charged with a farther duty es fellows: Exceeding 4,0001. and not exceeding 5,000/. - ~ - 9-- 

; ¥ : Exceeding 5,000 /. and not exceeding 10,0007. - - -}| 12 - - 

If the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon Exceeding 10,000/. and not exceeding 15,0001. - - -| 6b - - 

expressed shall be under 20/7. ? . Ps Ks x - 10 - Exceeding 15,0007. and not exceeding 20,0001. - - -} 20 - - 

If it shall amount to 207. and not amount to 501. - - “25 - Exceeding 20,000 2. = - ne - ae =e een 
If it shall amount to 50 /. and not amount to 150/, - - 1 -- And where the same respectively shall be made as a security for the 
If it shall amount to 150/.or upwards - - - - 11 - repayment of money to be thereafter lent, advanced or paid, or 





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SCHEDULE (A.)—continued. 















































MORTGAGE—continued, ' £. s. d | LEASE—continued. £.% d, 
which may become due upon an account current, together with any clause or covenant for the renewal thereof, on the first skin or 
any sum already advanced or due, or without, as the case may piece of vellum, parchment or paper, of each and every part thereof,— 
a3 pS Whee he anal amount ofthe eat rrved or are oe 
van or insu se! any nt, incr or reserved rent, in the 
mortgage or security against damage by fire, or to be advanced nature of a penal rent, not being included in such amount) shall 
for the insurance of any life or mee mma _—— a not exceed 107,, and the fine or consideration for the same shall . 
in any deed, whereby any annuity s granted or secured for mtemesll00l. -°- *° «© «© © © «© « - - 
such life or lives ; 
If the total emount of the money secured or to be pecan m 4 reco- Ps Where the amount 
verable thereupon shall be uncertain and without any limit . - - ‘ . —, 
: Of such rent Of such fi derat 
But if the total amount of the money sag or Ae be ulti-’) - - The same ~~ ~ me: ve or 7 eon sas consideration 
mately recoverable thereupon shall imited, not to &gt;a mortgage or wadse pacaeaint 
exceed a given sum . _ * - ° - - J such limited sum. Shallexceed | And shall not exceed | Shall exceed | And shall not exceed 
And where the same respectively shall be made as a secu-) ~ iene 6 
rity for the transfer, or re-transfer, of any share in any| ~~ (be same Cy Meo a £. £. £. £. 
of Au Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or con of menen ound to the 10 20 100 150 -~ 10 
in the stock and funds of the Governor and Company | value of the — — * 
of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or — price thoreet atthe 20 50 150 200 a 
of the East India Company, or of the South Sea Com-| day of the date of the mort- 
® 2 . age or other inst 
ee ‘y Se enn rar ote wee. aforesaid os _ of And where there shall be both rent and fine the duty only to be paid 
ent a ’ e ten days p . . ° e 
moby paid, being eae Sen eee oie ee rs a such rent or fine as shall be liable to the higher 
And where any such mortgage or wadset, or other instrument charged And for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or 
with the same duty oy mortgage or yoy en with ~— piece of paper in any such indenture, lease, release, or deed, 
schedule, receipt or other matter put or indo ereon, 0 minute, memorandum, or legal or equitable article, after the first 
annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words, or upwards, then for skin or chest, a duty of . _ - - - , y a 
every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, over and Provided always, That in any case where the annual amount of 
above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of - == he- - such rent reserved shall exceed 50/., or such fine or consideration 
SETTLEMENT.—Any det of intramat, whether voluntary ot gr ee ee ee 
tuitous, or upon any good or valuable consideration, other than a bond chargeable with the Gia tile specified in the Schedule of 
fide pecuniary consideration, whereby any definite and certain principal th y 
e Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184. 
sum or sums of money (whether charged or chargeable on lands or 
other hereditaments, or heritable subjects or not, or to be laid out in LEASE, release or deed, minute, memorandum or legal or equitable 
the purchase of lands or other Lereditaments, or heritable subjects or a or instrument “mide vee —. - — or demising 
not, and if charged or chargeable on lands or other hereditaments or nds, tenements or hereditaments in Jre and, for any term not 
heritable subjects, whether to be raised at all events or not), or any exceeding three lives or 31 years, whether with or without a clause 
definite os ae share or shares in any of the Government or Par- or covenant for the renewal thereof, or with a clause or covenant of 
liamentary stocks or funds, or = the a a = ~ — renewal — shall — any stipulation for the payment of any 
and Company of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Jreland, or pecuniary fine in any way howsoever,— 
of the East India Company, or of the South Sea Company, shall be On the first skin or piece of vellum, parchment or paper of each 
settled or agreed to be settled upon or for the benefit of any person or and every part thereof, 
persons, either in possession or reversion, either absolutely or condi- Where the annual amount of the rent reserved, or agreed to be 
tionally, or contingently, or for life or other partial interest, or in any _——_ — = rent, or ee a — rent, » 
other manner whatsoever— the nature of a penal rent, not being inclu in such amount 
If such sum or sums of money, or the value of such share or shares shall not exceed 101. and the fine or consideration for the same 
in all or any of the said stocks or funds, or both, shall not amount shall not exceed 100 J. - - - - - - ° w 8a 
to 1,0007. oe - Soe ae a ig 115 - Where the amount 
And if the same shall amount to 1,000/. and not amount to “ 
2,0001. - . - a . " ° 7 7 B-- Of such rent or Of such fine or consideration 
And if the same shall amount to 2,0002. and not amount to pei , . 
We ss «= « ee el eh ta as paper aan 
And if the same shall amount to 3,000/. and not amount to Shall exceed | And shall not exceed | Shall exceed | And shall not exceed 
— + + = &amp; VS we “e @T Se we 
And if the same shall amount to 4,000 /. and not amount to £. £. £. £. 
——— « + o's “e * se £€ CE 6 ws 10 20 100 150 oa 
And if the same ‘shall amount to 5,0007. and not amount to 20 50 150 200 avr 
7,000 - - ° . . - ° - * 7 -- 
And if the same shall amount to 7,000/. and not amount to 
eosol - &lt;= -« S uk hae 2 Pe ° ° —— And where there shall be both rent and fine, duty to be paid in 
And if the same shall amount to 9,000/. and not amount to respect of each, which may be denoted by either one or more 
as ~~ -«- «= Ce = Ee « .« stamps. ’ 
And if the same shall amount to 12,0007. and not amount to And for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or 
15,0001. - - - ° “ ‘ * ° oe piece of paper in any such indenture, lease, release or deed, 
And if the same shall amount to 15,000 /. and not amount to yap eer ee y legal or equitable article, after the first 10 
20,0004. - . “ ° . ° ‘ ° —— skin or sheet, a duty o - - ° ° - © ‘ - - 
And if the same shall amount to 20,000 l. or upwards - . OG gs es Provided always, That in any case where the annual amount of such 
And where any such deed or instrument as last-mentioned, together rent reserved shall exceed 50/., or such fine or consideration shall 
with any schedule, receipt or other matter, put or indorsed thereon exceed 200 /., such lease, release or deed, minute, memorandum or 
or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words, or upwards, then legal or equitable article or instrument, shall be chargeable with 
for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, over the duty or duties specified in the Schedule of the Act 55 Geo. 3, 
and above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of - 1 5 - c. 184, 
And for any duplicate of any such deed or instrument as last-men- i - The same || LEASE executed according to any of the forms and pursuant to the 
tioned = + * - 4s . 4 - - . ~ | J duty orduties, directions contained in the Schedule of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 112, 
WARRANT or ATTORNEY (with or without a release of errors) to |) b — r4 oan — pursuant to the provisions contained in , 
confess and enter up a judgment in any of Her Majesty’s Courts at aw iia. «4 a - gine 
Westminster, or in Ireland, or in any of the Courts of the Great Ses- ae tremagetteaypqunine- + + + +» = 3 
sions in Wales, or of the Counties Palatine of Chester, Lancaster and ||-- The same 
Durham, which shall be given as a security for the payment of any | \duty ‘as on a 
sum or sums of money, or for the transfer of any share or shares in | {bond for the 
any of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the | | like purpose, SCHEDULE (B.) 
stock and funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng- : ee naga ; . 
land, or of the Bank of Ireland, or of the East India Company, or of BOND in England or Ireland and personal bond in Scotland given 
the South Sea Company - - = - - - ° . - iJ as a security for the payment of any definite and certain sum of 
Save and except where such payment or transfer shall be alread = : 
secured by a bond, mortgage or other security which shall ved Not exceeding 501. a es i = * ‘a x “i a 
: , . Exceeding 50 1. and not exceeding 1001. - - - : - - 10 
paid the ad-valorem duty on bonds or mortgages; and also ex- ey h h f 1002 d 
cept where the warrant of attorney shall be given for securing And where the same shall exceed 100/., then for every oT — = 


any sum or sums of mouey for which the person giving the same 
shall be in custody under an arrest ; and ia those cases a duty of 


STAMP DUTIES IN IRELAND. 
LEASE, release or deed, minute, memorandum, or legal or equitable 


article or instrument by any archbishop or bishop, or ecclesiastical 
corporation, aggregate or sole, for setting or demising lands, tenements 
or hereditaments in Jreland, of the estates of such archbishop or 
bishop, or corporation, in right of their -respective sees, for any term 
of years only and absolute, not exceeding 21 years in possession, without 








also for any fractional part of 1002. - - - - 
BOND in England or Ireland and personal bond in Scotland given as 
a security for the repayment of any sum or sums of money to be 
thereafter lent, advanced or paid, or which may become due upon an 
account current, together with any sum already advanced or due, or 





without, as the case may be,— 


Where the money secured or to be ultimately ht - The same duty as 00 # 


thereupon shall be limited not to exceed a given sum - 


bond for such limited 


And where the total amount of the money secured or to be) ~- The same duty * 


ultimately recoverable thereupon shall be uncertain 


without any limit - - : ~ } such bond, 


bond for a sum equal to 
and &gt;amount of the penalty of 


BOND 








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SCHEDULE (B.)—continued. 


SCHEDULE (B.)—continued. 





BOND in England or Ireland and petsonal bond in Scotland 
given as a security for the transfer or re-transfer of any | 
share in any of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or | 
funds in any part of the United Kingdom, or in the stock and } 


- = The same ad-valorem 


| duty as on a bond for a sum 
of money equal to the value 
of the stock or fund secured 
according to the average 
| price thereof on the day of 
the date of the bond, or on 


funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England,\ either of the ten days pre- 


or of the Bank of Jreland, or of the East India Company, | 
or of the South Sea Company, or of any other comp: 
corporation - - - . « . ee 


Heritable BOND in Scotland, for any of the purposes aforesaid,— 
See MortGace. 


BOND in England or Jreland and personal bond in Scotland given as 
a security for the payment of any sum of money, or for the transfer 
or re-transfer of any share in any of the stocks or funds before men- 
tioned, which shall be secured also by a mortgage or wadset, or other 
instrument or writing hereinafter charged with and which shall have 
paid the same duty as a mortgage or wadset; or for the performance 
of covenants contained in such mortgage or other instrument or 
writing, or for both those purposes ; provided such mortgage, wadset, 
or other instrument or writing shall bear even date with and be 
referred to in such bond,— 


Where the sum of money, or the value of the stock or f aux 


And where such sum of money or value shall exceed 2002. - - 


BOND in England or Ireland, or personal or heritable bond in 
Scotland, given as an additional or further security for the payment 
of any sum or sums of money, or for the transfer or re-transfer of 
any share in any of the stocks or funds before mentioned, previously 
secured by a bond, mortgage or other security therein referred to, 
and which shall have paid the proper ad-valorem duty on bonds or 
mortgages imposed by law at the date thereof,— 





- The 
funds secured, shall not exceed 2002. - 


ceding, or if there shall not 

have been any known sale 
any OF | on any such days then on 
- | the latest day preceding on 
| which there shall have been 
La known sale. 


same ad-valorem 
as on a mortgage or 
wadset for securing the like 


amount or value. 





l-- 


And where the same shall exceed 25/. and notexceed 501. 
And where the same shall exceed 50/. and not exceed 75 1. 
And where the same shall exceed 75 /. and not exceed 100/. 
And where the same shall exceed 100 /. and not exceed 125 /. 
And where the same shall exceed 125 J. and not exceed 150 J. 
And where the same shall exceed 1507. and not exceed 1751. 
And where the same shall exceed 1751. and not exceed 200 1. 
And where the same shall exceed 200/. and not exceed 250 I. 
And where the same shall exceed 2502 and not exceed 3001. 
And where the same shall exceed 300. and not exceed 350 /. 
And where the same shall exceed 350 /. and not exceed 400 /. 
And where the same shall exceed 4001. and not exceed 450 l. 
And where the same shall exceed 450 /. and not exceed 500 J. 
And where the consideration shall exceed 500/. and shall not 


Where thesum of money, or the value of the stock or funds 


f ~ + The same ad-valorem 
duty as on a bond or mort- 


sum or value. 


And where such sum of money, or the value of the stock or funds 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable 
bond in Scotland, given as the only or principal security 


secured, shall not exceed 300 J. - - « - | gaee for securing the like 


secured, shall exceed 300 /. - ° ° e - 





115 - 


uty as on a conveyance 
upon sale in consideration 


f - The same ad-valorem 
d 
of the sum or value given 


for the payment of any annuity upon the original creation) or agreed to be given for 
and sale thereof - - - - - ° a ~| the purchase of such an- 
nuity. 


For the duty payable—See Conveyance upon the sale of 


property. 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given 
as acollateral or auxiliary security for the payment of any annuity 
upon the original creation and sale thereof, where the same shall be 
granted or conveyed, or secured by any other deed or instrument 
liable to and charged with the ad-valorem duty hereinafter imposed 
on conveyances upon the sale of any property,— 


BOND in England or Jreland, and personal or heritable bond 
in Scotland (not hereinbefore charged with the same ad- 
valorem duty as on a conveyance upon sale), given as a 
security for the payment of any annuity, or of any sum or 
sums of money at stated periods (not being interest for any 
principal sum nor rent reserved or payable upon any lease or 
tack) for any definite and certain term, so that the total 
on of the money to be paid can be previously ascer- 
tain - - - o ° - - - - 


Where such ad-valorem duty shall not exceed 20 s. such bond shall 


be chargeable with a stamp duty of equal amount with the said 
ad-valorem duty : 


And where such ad-valorem duty shall exceed 20 s. such bond shall 


be chargeable with thedutyof - - - - - = 


amount. 





BOND in England or Ireland, and personal and heritable bond or 
other heritable or real security in Scotland (not hereinbefore charged 
with the same ud-valorem duty as on a conveyance upon sale), given 
as a security for the payment of any annuity or of any sum or suins 
of money at stated periods (not being interest for any principal sum 
nor rent reserved or payable upon any lease or tack), for the term of 
life or any other indefinite period, so that the whole money to be paid 
annot be previously ascertained, — 


Where the annuity or sum secured shall not exceed 50/. per 
annum s+ - ~~ - one é « 
And where the same shall exceed 50 J. and not exceed 100 l. per 
annum - = «- ° - 3 ° - “~ « 
And where the same shall exceed 100 i. per annum, then for every 
100 1. per annum, and also for any fractional part of 100/.- per 
annum - = - - - - s - - : - 
But where there shall be both a personal and heritable bond or other 
heritable or real security in Scotdand in separate deeds for secur- 
ing any such annuity or sums payable at stated periods, and the 
ad-valorem duty above charged thereon shall amount to 2 l. or 
— ' Moe one bond or other heritable or real security 
only s charged with the ad-valorem duty, and the personal 
bond shall be charged only with adutyof - - -— - 


And where any such bond as aforesaid, together with any schedule, 
receipt or other matter put or indorsed thereon or annexed there- 
to, shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for every entire 
quantity of 1,080 words contained therein over and above the 
first 1,080 words there shall be charged the further progressive 
duty following (that is to say),— 

Where such bond shall be chargeable with an ad-valorem stamp 
duty or duties not exceeding in the whole the sum of 205., a 


VoL. 105. 








- - The same ad-valorem 
duty as on a bond of the 
like nature for the pay- 
ment of a sum of money 
equal to 


such total 








BOND—continued. 


further progressive duty equal to the amount of such ad-valorem 
duty or duties ; 


And in all other cases a further progressive duty of - ee 


CONVEYANCE, whether grant, disposition, lease, assignment, transfer, 
release, renunciation, or of any other kind or description whatsoever, 
upon the sale of any property, real, heritable, personal or moveable, 
or of any other matter or thing whatever, and of whatever nature, or 
of any estate, right, title, interest, claim or security in, to, out of, 
upon, or in respect of any such property, matter or thing (that is to 
say), for and in respect of the principal or only deed, instrument or 
writing whereby the property, matter or thing sold shall be granted, 
leased, assigned, transferred, released, renounced, disponed, or other- 
wise conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or purchasers, or any 
other person or persons by his, her or their direction, — 


Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon 


expressed shall not exceed 251. - - - . 


exceed 1,000 7., then for every 1007. and also for any fractiona 
part of 100/. - - - - 


And where the consideration shall exceed 1,000 1., then for every 


100 2., and also for any fractional part of 1001. - - - 


And it is hereby directed that the purchase-money or consideration 


shall be truly expressed and set forth in words at length in or 
upon every such principal or only deed or instrument of con- 
veyance ; and where such consideration shall consist either wholly 
or in part of any annuity, rent or yearly sum, or of any stock or 
security, the value thereof respectively, to be ascertained as herein- 
after mentioned, shall also be truly expressed and set forth in 
manner aforesaid, in or upon every such deed or instrument. 


And wkere any such conveyance as aforesaid shall be made in con- 


sideration wholly or in part of any annuity, rent or yearly sum to 
be afterwards borne or paid by the purchaser, the value of such 
annuity, rent or yearly sum shall be ascertained in the manner 
hereinafter mentioned ; and such value shall be deemed and taken 
to be the purchase or consideration money, or part of the pur- 
chase or consideration money, as the case may be, in respect 
whereof the ad-valorem duty shall be charged as aforesaid: Pro- 
vided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to 
charge any such ad-valorem duty in respect of the rent reserved 
on any lease or tack charged with duty in respect thereof under 
the title Lrase in this Schedule, nor in respect of any quit or 
chief rent which may be issuing out of any lands or estates sold; 
or} if the same shall be situated in Scotland, any feu duty or other 
payment, service or prestation which may be exigible by the im- 
mediate superior thereof, or with which the property may have 
been effectually burdened, in pursuance of any preceding investi- 
ture; or in respect of land-tax, tithes or any other public or 
parochial burdens, or any rent or annual payment for land-tax 
redeemed, or for exoneration from tithes; or in respect of any 
copyhold rents or services for any copyhold tenements sold ; or 
to charge with any such ad-valorem duty, assignments or trans- 
fers of leases or tacks, or of under-leases in respect of the rents 
originally reserved, or prestations or services stipulated in the 
leases or tacks or under-leases thereby assigned or transferred. 


And it is hereby declared, that the value of such annuity, rent or 


yearly sum as aforesaid, shall be ascertained according to the 
tables annexed to the Act 36 Geo. 3, c. 52, for the valuation of 
legacies given by way of annuity, in all cases to which such 
tables shall be applicable ; and in cases where the term, either for 
lives or years, for which anysuch annuity, rentor yearly payment 
may be granted, shall exceed in either case the duration of the 
terms calculated by such tables, then the highest value given ac- 
cording to such tables, either for lives or years, as the case may 
be, shall be deemed and taken as the value of such annuity, rent 
or yearly sum; and in all cases where the term either for a life 
or lives or years for which any such annuity, rent or yearly pay- 
ment may be granted, shall be subject to any contingency which 
may defeat the payment thereof, then the value given according 
to such tables of a term, either for such life or lives, or for years, 
as the case may be, not subject to any contingency, shall be 
deemed and taken as the value of such annuity, rent or yearly 
sum ; and in all cases in which such annuity, rent or yearly sum 
shall be in-fee simple, or in perpetuity, the same shall be valued 
at and after the rate of 25 years’ purchase thereon. 

And where the consideration or any part of the consideration shall 
be any stock in any of the public funds, or any Government de- 
benture or stock of the Bank of England, or Bank of Ireland, 
or any debenture or stock of any corporation, company, society 
or persons, or person payable oniy at the will of the debtor, then 
the said duty shall be calculated (taking the same respectively, 
whether constituting the whole or a part only of such considera- 
tion) according to the average selling price thereof respectively 
on the day or on either of the ten days preceding the day of the 
date of the deed or instrument of conveyance ; or, if no sale shall 
have taken place within such ten days, then according to the ave- 
rage selling price thereof on the day of the last preceding sale ; 
and if such consideration or part of such consideration shall be a 





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166 19°—20° Martii. A. 1850. 









SCHEDULE (B. )—continued. 


SCHEDULE (B.)—continued. 






































































CONVEY ANCE—continued. 
mortgage judgment or bond or a debenture, the amount whereof 
shall be recoverable by the holder. or any other security what- 
soever, whether payable in money or otherwise, then such caleu- 
lation shall be made according to the sum due thereon for both 
principal and interest. 

And where the principal or only deed or instrument of conveyance, 
together with any schedule, receipt or other matter put or in- 
dorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words or 
upwards, then, for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained 
therein over and above the first 1,080 words, there shall be 
charged the further progressive duty following (that is to say): — 

Where such deed or instrument shall be chargeable with any 
ad-valorem stamp duty or duties not exceeding in the whole 
the sum of 20s., a further progressive duty equal to the 
amount of such ad-valorem duty or duties ; 

And in all other cases a further progressive duty of —- - 


COVENANT. —Any deed containing a covenant for the payment or re- 
payment of any sum or sums of money, or for the payment of any an- 
nuity, or for the transfer or re-transfer of any share or shares in the 
Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the stock and 
funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of 
the Bank of Jreland, or of the East India Company, or of the South 
Sea Company, or of any other company or corporation, in any case 
where a bond if given for the like purpose would be chargeable under 
this Schedule with any ad-valorem duty exceeding in amount the sum 
of 115s. - - - - 

For the duty thereon,—See Bon. 


Provided always, that where any covenant shall be made as an addi- 
tional or further security for the payment or re-payment, trans- 
fer or re-transfer of any sum or sums of money, or any share or 
shares in any of the said stocks or funds, at the same time, or 
already or previously secured by any bond or other instrument 
mentioned and referred to by the deed containing such covenant, 
and chargeable with, and which shall have paid the proper ad- 
valorem duty under the head of Bonn or MorrcaGE respec- 
tively in this Schedule, or under any Act or Acts in force at the 
date thereof in respect of the same sum or sums, share or shares, 
the said ad-valorem duty hereby charged shall not be payable 
upon or in respect of such covenant; and if required for the sake 
of evidence, the deed containing such covenant shall, on the same 

. and such bond or other instrument being produced, duly stamped 
in other respects, be stamped with a particular stamp for denoting 
or testifying the payment of the ad-valorem duty hereby charged. 


Exemption from the preceding ad-valorem duty, but not from 
any other duty to which the same may be liable :— 


Any covenant contained in any deed chargeable with any duty under 
the head of MontGacg in this Schedule, or as a transfer, assign- 
ment, disposition or assignation of any mortgage or other security 
by the Act 3 Geo, 4, c. 117, or contained in any deed exempted 
from the «d-valorem duty on mortgages by the last-mentioned 
Act, such deeds hereby exempted operating as a security by way 
of mortgage, or as such transfer, assignment, disposition or 
assignation as aforesaid, for the same sum or sums of money, or 
share or skares, in any of the said stocks or funds which is or are 
the subject of such covenant ; 

Also any covenant contained in any deed chargeable with any duty 
under the head of Serrtemenr in this Schedule, in respect of 
the same sum or sums of money, or share or shares, in any of the 
said stocks or funds which is or are the subject of such covenant. 





LEASE or tack, or agreement for a lease or tack, or ‘for the 
letting or setting of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or] 
heritable subjects for any consideration by way of fine, pre- 
mium or grassum paid or given for the same without any | 
yearly rent - - . - - - + - 


LEASE or tack, or agreement for a lease or tack, or for the letting or 

setting of any lands, tenements, hereditaments or heritable subjects, at 

a yearly rent, without any consideration by way of fine, premium or 
grassum paid or given for the same :— 

Where the yearly rent shall not exceed 25/. - . . ~ 

And where the same shall exceed 25/. and not exceed 501, - 

And where the same shall exceed 50/, and not exceed 751 = - 

And where the same shall exceed 75 /, and not exceed 100], - 

And where the same shall exceed 100/., then for every 50/. and 

also for any fractional part of 507. - . - - « 





LEASE or tack, or agreement for a lease or tack, or for the f sion bona 
letting or setting of any lands, tenements, hereditaments or 





LEASE or tack, er agreement for a lease or tack, or for the letting or 
setting of any mine, or minerals, or other property of a like nature, 
either with or without any other lands, tenements, hereditaments or 
heritable subjects, where any portion of the produce of such mines or 
minerals shall be reserved to be paid in money or kind ; 

If it shall be stipulated that the value of such portion of the produce 
shall amount at least to a given sum per annum, or if such value 
shall be limited not to exceed a given sum per annum, to be spe- 
cified in such lease, tack or agreement, then the said ad-valorem 
duty on leases shall be charged in respect of the highest of such 
sums so given or limited for any year during the term of such 
lease, tack or agreement ; 

And where any yearly sum shall be reserved in addition to or together 
with such produce, relative to the yearly amount or value of 
which produce there shall be no such stipulation or limitation as 
aforesaid, the said ad-valorem duty shall be charged in respect of 
such yearly sum ; 





| bond for the 


- - The same duty as for 
a conveyance on the sale 
of property for the like 
consideration. 


consideration of a fine only, 


heritable subjects, for any consideration by way of fine, pre- = rr lease in — 
mium or grassum, and also ofa yearly rent = = = ~| Suon Ob &amp; rent only of the 


- - The same 
ad-valorem 
)duty as on a 


| like purpose, 





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- 7 6 

-10 - 

oa § «= 
ad-valorem du- 


for a lease in 


LEASE—continued. ar 

And where both a certain yearly sum, and also such produce relative 

to the yearly amount or value of which there shall be such stipu- 

lation or limitation as aforesaid shall be reserved, the said ad 

valorem duty shall be charged on the aggregate of such yearly 

sum, and also of the highest yearly amount or value of such 
produce ; 

And where in any of the cases aforesaid any fine, premium or gras- 
sum, or any rent payable under any lease or tack, or agreement 
for a lease or tack, shall consist wholly or in part of corn, grain 
or victual, the value of such corn, grain or victual shall be ascer- 
tained or estimated at and after any permanent rate of conver- 
sion which the lessee may be specially charged with or have it in 
his option to pay; and if no such permanent rate of conversion 
shall have been stipulated, at and after the prices upon an average 
of twelve months preceding the Ist day of January next before 
the date of such lease or tack, or agreement for a lease or tack, 
of the average prices of British corn, published in the London 
Gazette, in the manner directed by any Act in force for the com- 
mutation of tithes in England and Wales, and such respective 
values shall be deemed and taken to be the fine, premium or gras- 
sum, or yearly rent or part thereof respectively, as the case may 
be, in respect whereof the ad-valorem duty shall be charged as 
aforesaid ; 

And where separate and distinct fines, premiums or grassums shall 
be paid to several lessors, being joint tenants, tenants in common, 
or co-parcenors, in England or Ireland, or proprietors pro indi- 
viso in Scotland, who shall, by one and the same deed or instru- 
ment, jointly or severally demise or lease, or agree to demise or 
lease, the lands, tenements, hereditaments or heritable subjects, 
of which they are such joint tenants, tenants in common, or co- 
parcenors in England or Ireland, or proprietors pro indiviso in 
Scotland; or where separate and distinct rents shall be by one 
and the same deed or instrument reserved or made payable, or 
agreed to be reserved or made payable to the lessor, or to several 
lessors, being such joint tenauts, tenants in common, or co-par- 
cenors in England or Ireland, or proprietors pro indiviso in 
Scotiand, the ad valorem duties shall be charged in respect of the 
aggregate amount of such fines, premiums or grassums, and of 
such rents respectively ; 

And where any person having contracted for, but not having 
obtained a lease of any lands or other property, shall contract to 
sell such lands or other property, or any part thereof, or his 
right or interest therein or thereto, to any other person, and a 
lease shall accordingly be granted to such other person, the 
purchase-money or consideration which shall be paid or given, 
or agreed to be paid or given, to the person immediately selling 
to such lessee, shall be set forth in such lease, and such lease 
shall be charged as well with the said ad-valorem duty on such 
purchase-money or consideration, as with the duty on the pur- 
nee or consideration or rent paid or reserved to the 
essor, 








LEASE or tack, or agreement for a lease or tack, of any kind not 
otherwise charged in this Schedule - - - - ° - 115 


LEASE.—For the counterpart or duplicate of any lease or’) 
tack, or agreement hereby charged with a duty not ex- }7~ The like duty as on the 


ceeding 35s, = . 4 - a “ lease or tack, or agreement. 
And for the counterpart or duplicate of any other such Jease or 
tack, or agreement whatsoever - - - 115 - 


Provided that where any lease or tack shall be made in pursuance 
of a previous agreement which shall have paid the ad-valorem 
duty chargeable by law at the date thereof, amounting to 1 /. or 
upwards, such lease or tack shall be only chargeable with a duty 
of L/.; and, on production of such lease or tack and agreement 
duly stamped and executed, the said lease or tack shall ulso be 
stamped with a particular stamp for denoting the payment of 
the said ad-valorem duty. 

Provided also, that noad-valorem duty shall be chargeable in respect 
of any penal rent, or increased rent in the nature of a penal rent, 
reserved in any such lease, tack or agreement as aforesaid, 


And where any such lease, or tack or agreement, counterpart or 
duplicate as aforesaid, together with any schedule, receipt or 
other matter put or indorsed thereon or annexed thereto, shall 
contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for every entire quantity 
of 1,080 words contained therein over and above the first 1,080 
words there shall be charged the further progressive duty fol- 
lowing (that is to say) :— 

Where such lease, tack, agreement, counterpart or duplicate as 
aforesaid shall be chargeable with any ad-valorem stamp duty or 
duties not exceeding in the whole the sum of 205., a farther pro- 
ay duty equal to the amount of such ad-vadorem duty or 

uties. 

And in all other cases a further progressive duty of | - - - 1 


MORTGAGE, conditional surrender by way of mortgage, further 
charge, wadset and heritable bond, and any disposition, assignation or 
tack in security, whether with or without a personal bond or obliga- 
tion therein contained, and eik to a reversion, of or affecting any 
lands, estate or property, real or personal, heritable or moveable, or 
any other matter or thing whatsoever : 

Also any deed containing an obligation to infeft any person in an 
annual rent, or in lands or other heritab‘e subjects in Scotland, 
under a clause of reversion, but without any personal bond or 
obligation therein contained for payment of the money or stock 
intended to be secured ; 

Also any conveyance of any lands, estate or property, or other 
matter or thing whatsoever in trust to be sold or otherwise con- 
verted into money, which shall be intended only as a security, 
and shall be redeemable before the sale or other disposal thereof, 
either by express stipulation or otherwise, except where such 











MORTGAGE . 








13 Vicroriz. 19°—20° Martz. 167 





——— 


SCHEDULE (B.)—continued. 


SCBEDULE (B.)—continued. 








MORTGAGE—continued. Boa @ 
conveyance shall be made for the benefit of creditors generally, 
or for the benefit of creditors specified, who shall accept the 
provision made for payment of their debts in full satisfaction 
thereof, or who shall exceed five in number ; 


Also any defeazance, letter of reversion, back bond, declaration, or 
other deed or writing for defeating or making redeemable or 
explaining or qualifying any conveyance, disposition, assignation 
or tack of any lands, estate or property, or other matter or thing 
whatsoever, which shall be apparently absolute, but intended 
only as a security ; 

Also any agreement, contract, bond or other writing whatsoever, 
accompanied with a deposit of a title deed or title deeds, or other 
instrument or writing relating to any property, matter or thing, 
for making a mortgage, wadset or any such other security or 
conveyance as aforesaid, of any lands, estate or property com- 
prised in such title deed or deeds, instrument or writing, or for 
pledging or charging any such deed, instrument or writing, lands, 
estate or property, matter or thing in law or equity as a security, 
or whereby any such deed, instrument or writing, lands, estate, 
property, matter or thing shall be made or shall be or become 
charged or affected as a security in law or equity ; 


And also any deed whereby a real burthen shall be declared or 
created on lands or heritable subjects in Scotland ; 


Where the same respectively shall be made as a security for the 
payment of any definite and certain sum of ‘money advanced or 
lent at the time, or previously due and owing, or forborne to be 
paid, being payable ; 

Not exceeding 50 l. - - . - 

Exceeding 50 /. and not exceeding 1007. - - ~ ~ ‘ 

And where the same shall exceed 100/., then for every 100/., and 
also for any fractional part of O02 = - - ° « e -10 - 


And where the same respectively shall be made as“a security for the 
repayment of money to be thereafter lent, advanced or paid, or 
which may become due upon an account current, together with 
any sum already advanced or due, or without, as the case may be, 
other than and except any sum or sums of money to be advanced 
for the insurance of any property comprised in such mortgage, 
or security against damage by fire, or for the insurance of any 
life or lives pursuant to any agreement in any deed whereby any 
annuity shall be granted or secured for such life or lives : 


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mately recoverable thereupon, shall be limited not to &gt;mortgage or wadset for such 


If the total amount of the money secured, or to be ulti-)}__ The same duty as on a 
limited sum. 


exceed a given sum 


If the total amount of the money secured, or to be ultimately re- 
coverable thereupon, shall be uncertain, and without any limit, 
then the same shall be available as a security or charge for such 
an amount only of money or stock intended to be thereby secured 
as the ad-valorem duty denoted by any stamp or stamps thereon 
will extend to cover ; 


Provided that if the same be stamped at any time after the execu- 
tion thereof by any party, it shall take effect as a charge or se- 
curity for or in respect of any sum to which the stamp duty so 
impressed thereon after such execution shall relate, only from 
the day on which it shall be so stamped, and not before, as if the 
same had been then first executed, any law to the contrary thereof 
notwithstanding ; and in such case, in order that it may be at all 
times known on what day the same was so stamped, a memoran- 
dum, to be signed by two of the Commissioners of Inland Re- 
venue, shall be written thereon, specifying the day on which 
the same was so stamped, which memorandum shall be deemed to 
be conclusive evidence of the fact thereby stated. 





. - The same duty as on a 
mortgage or wadset, for a 
sum of money equal to the 
value of the stock or fund 


And where the same respectively shall be made as a secu- 
rity for the transfer or re-transfer of any share in any of 
the Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in| secured, pm nog a - 
the stoek and funds of the Governor and Company of | Goan BB ny F = 
the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or of) mortgage, oe othee ie 
the East India Company, or of the South Sea Come | po coma aoe 
pany, or of any other company or corporation, in con-} 6, jf there shall not have 
sideration of stock or money advanced or lent at the| been any known sale on 
time, or previously due and owing, or forborne to be paid, | ps edi Lyk a - 
being payable, | which there shall have been 

sa known sale. 

And where any such mortgage or wadset or other instrumeot hereby 
charged with the same duty as a mortgage or wadset, together 
with any Schedule, receipt or other matter, put or indorsed 
thereon or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, 
then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, 
over and above the first 1,080 words, there shall be charged the 
‘urther progressive duty following, (that is to say), 


Where such mortgage, wadset or other instrument as aforesaid shall 
be chargeable with any ad-valorem stamp duty or duties not 
exceeding in the whole the sum of 20s. a further progressive 
duty equal to the amount of such ad-valorem duty or duties. 


And in all other cases a further progressive duty of  - - - 1 - 














SETTLEMENT.—Any deed or instrument, whether voluntary or gra- | £. 8. d. 
tuitous, or upon any good or valuable consideration, other than a 
bond fide pecuniary consideraticn, whereby any definite and certain 
principal sum or sums of money, or any annuity, rent, or yearly sum 
(whether charged or chargeable on lands or other hereditaments or 
heritable subjects or not, or to be laid out in the purchase of lands or 
other hereditaments or heritable subjects or not ; and if charged or 
chargeable on lands or other hereditaments or heritable subjects, 
whether to be raised at all events or not), or any definite and certain 
share or shares in any of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or 
funds, or in the stock and funds of the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England, or of the Bank of Jreland, or of the East India 
Company, or of the South Sea Company, or of any other company 
or corporation, shall be settled or agreed to be settled upon or for the 
benefit of any person or persons, either in possession or reversion, 
either absolutely or conditionally, or contingently, or for life or other 
partial interest, or in any other manner whatsoever ; 


If such sum or sums of money, or the value of such share or shares, 
in all or any of the said stocks or funds, or of any such annuity, 
rent, or yearly sum, or of such one or more of the said articles 
as shall be so settled or agreed to be setttled, or both such sum 
or sums of money, and the value of one or more of such articles, 


together shall not exceed in the whole 100 /. - - &gt; - 5 - 
And if the same shall exceed 100 1. then for every 100 7. and also 
for any fractional partof 1001. - - - - - - - 5 - 


The value of any such annuity, rent or yearly sum, or of any of} 
such stocks or funds, to be ascertained in the like manner as the 
value of any annuity, rent, or yearly sum, or of any stocks or 
funds granted upon the sale of any property, is hereinbefore 
directed to be made under the title Con veyANcE in this Schedule. 

And where, upon the settlement of any lands, hereditaments or heri- 
table subjects, any sum or sums of money or stock shall be charged 
thereon, or where any power shall be given to charge any such 
lands, hereditaments or heritable subjects with any sun or sums of 
money or stock, for raising portions for children or otherwise, the 
said ad-valorem duty shall be charged in respect ofsuch sum or 
sums. 

And all deeds or instruments chargeable with the said ad-valorem 
duty which shall also contain any settlement of lands or other 
property, or contain any other matter or thiag besides the settle- 
ment of such money or stock, shall be chargeable with such further 
stamp duty as any separate deed or instrument containing such set- 
tlement of lands or other property, or other matter or thing, wou!d 
have been chargeable with, exclusive of the progressive duty. 

And where there shall be duplicates of any deed or instrument 
chargeable with the said ad-valurem duty on settlements exceeding 
1d. 15 s., or where there shall be more than one deed or instru- 
ment for effecting any such settlement as aforesaid, one of them 
only shall be charged with the said ad-valorem duty, and the 
other or others shall be charged with the duty to which the same 











may be liable under any more general description in this Schedule, 
or in the Schedule annexed to the said Act of the 55th year of 
the reign of King George the Third; and on the whole being 
produced duly executed and duly stamped as hereby required, the 
latter shall also be stamped with a particular stamp for denoting 
or testifying the payment of the said ad-valorem duty. 

And where any such deed or instrument of settlement as aforesaid, 
together with any schedule, receipt or other matter put or 
indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words 
or upwards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words con-* 
tained therein over and above the first 1,080 words, there shal! 
be charged the further progressive duty following (that is to 
say) :— 

Where such deed or instrument shall be chargeable with any ad- 
valorem stamp duty or duties not exceeding in the whole the 
sum of 20s., a further progressive duty equal to the amount of 
such ad-valorem duty or duties. 

And in all other cases a further progressive duty of - - - 15 - 


WARRANT OF ATTORNEY (with or without a release of errors) 
to confess and enter up a judgment in any of Her Majesty’s courts at. 
Westminster or in Ireland, or in any of the courts of the counties | 
palatine of Lancaster and Durham, or in any other court of record | 
holding pleas, where the debt or damage amounts to 40s., which'| -- The same 
shall be given as a security for the payment of any sum or sums of | duty as on a 
money, or for the transfer of any share or shares in any of the Govern- | bond for the 
ment or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the stock and funds of|| like purpose. 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of the Bank | 
of Ireland, or of the East India Company, or of the South Sea 
Company, or of any other company or corporation - - -J 


Save and except where such payment or transfer shall be already 
secured by a bond, mortgage or other security which shall have 
paid the proper ad-valorem duty on bonds or mortgages im- 
posed by law at the date thereof; and also except where the 
warrant of attorney shall be given for securing any sum or sums 
of money for which the person giving the same shall then be 
in actual custody under an arrest on mesne process, or in execu- 
tion; and in those excepted cases a duty of - - - - 


WARRANT OF ATTORNEY not otherwise charged in this Schedule 1 


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2. Resolved, That it is expedient te amend the 
laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 

The said Rickson, 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 
VoL. 105, 





of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee, to whom Drainage. 
it was referred to consider of making Advances from 
the Consolidated Fund for the purposes of Drainage 
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168 


and Land Improvement in England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, 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 
Advance of Sums out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the said United Kingdom, or by the Issue of Ex- 
chequer Bills, not exceeding Three millions, for 
Great Britain and Ireland, for making Loans for 
on reg of Drainage and the Improvement of 

anded Property, such advances to be made under 
the provisions of any of the Acts authorizing the 


said Commissioners to make Advances for the Ex- | - 


tension and Promotion of Drainage, the Improve- 
ment of Landed Property, and other Works of 
Public Utility in Great Britain and Ireland, or of 
any Act for that purpose to be passed in the present 
Session of Parliament. 
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 Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Mutiny Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mutiny Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Marine 


Mutiny Bill The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny 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. 


School The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ao peg consideration the School Districts Contributions 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Trusts Bil. Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

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

Distressed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

— 4 Reading of the Distressed Unions, Advances and 

snow wan of Repayment of Advances (Jreland) Bill; 


Advances Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
(Ireland) Bill. ypon Monday next. 


Judgments The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Judgments (Jre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Real Property The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


— mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Titles of The Bill to render more simple and effectual the 


Religious Con- Titles by which Congregations or Societies, associ- 
ated for purposes of Religious Worship or Education 
in Scotland, hold Real Property required for such 
Purposes, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


gregations 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 





19°—-20° Marti. 








A. 1850. 


Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Lacy presented a Bill for promoting Extra- Extra-mural, 
mural Interments: And the same was read the first Interments 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon ~~" 
Wednesday the 10th day of April next; and to be No. 160. 
printed. 


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





Mercurii, 20° die Martii ; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 
O Rk DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Mr. Bernal 5 ee the Carlisle Gas Light and Carlisle Gas 
Coke Company Bill, with Amendments. Light and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Mn ay ¥ 


Mr. Bernal reported the Elgin Guildry Fund So- Eigin Guildry 


ciety Incorporation Bill, with Amendments. rea Society 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. gy 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Walsall 
Walsall Improvement and Market Act (1848) Improvement 
Amendment Bill; That they had examined the al- 4c tea 
legations contained in the preamble of the Bill, and Amendment 
had amended the same, by substituting the month Bill. 
of November for that of October for the annual meet- 
ings of the Commissioners, in order that such annual 
meetings may be concurrent with, or immediately 
succeed the election of Councillor of the borough of 
Walsall, instead of immediately preceding it (the 
councillors being 24 of the 27 Commissioners under 
the Act) ; and also have amended the preamble, with 
respect to the parties claiming rights of common in the 
Lammas lands, in order to include all parties who 
make any claim; and also with respect to the Re- 
solutions passed at the meeting of persons claiming 
such rights of common, in order to correspond with 
the Resolutions actually passed at such meeting ; 
and the Committee had found the same, as so 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Kew and Petersham Kew and 
Vicarage Bill, with Amendments. Petersham 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Vicarage Hin 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exeter and Crediton Exeter and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. Crediton 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ®*!"*y *™ 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Dublin and 
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill; That se pe 
they had examined the allegations contained in the pay ““""™ 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same 
by inserting that the Drogheda and Navan Branch 
has been made and completed and transferred to 
the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company under 
the authority of the recited Acts, which had been 
effected since the introduction of the Bill; and had 
found the same, as so amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the South Eastern Rail- South Easter 


: : . Railway 
way (Power to discontinue Payment of — (Power ‘&gt; 








13 Vicroriz. 


discontinue Calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, &amp;c. Bill, with 
—_ of Amendments. 

Calls paid on Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
No.3 and No.4 and be printed. 


Shares, &amp;c.) 

Bill. 

Londonderry § Mr. Bernal reported the Londonderry and Ennis- 
aa ni vay Millen Railway Bill; with Amendments. 

i “8Y Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Londonderry § Mr. Bernal reported the Londonderry and Cole- 

and a raine Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 


(Nineteenth P “4° vig 
Report. etitions presented upon the 19th day of this in- 
nit stant March; and had directed him to make a 
Report therecf to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Brighton Mr. Vesey reported the Brighton Improvement, 


ee. Purchase of Royal Pavilion and Grounds, and 


Royal Pavilion Amendment of existing Act Bill, with Amend- 
and Grounds, ments. 


and Amend- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

ing Act Bill. 

Chippenham § The Order made upon the 19th day of February 

Waterworks jast, for referring to the Committee of Selection the 
Chippenham Waterworks Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Railway A Petition of George Carr Glyn, Esquire, Chair- 

&gt; ca ny man of the Committee of Railway Companies, as- 

ipaee” sociated under the Railway Clearing system, for 
leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill for conferring certain Powers upon the Railway 
Companies Clearing Association, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Agricultural Petitions from Mumby-cum- Chapel ;—Claxby ;—- 


suntneee. Driby and Calceby ;—- Well ;— Gayton-le-Marsh ;-- 
— Righy-cum-Ailby ; —Cumberworth ; — Tothill ;— 
Huttoft ; —Anderby ; — Farlsthorpe ; — Hannah- 
cum-Hagnaby ; —Beesby ; — Aby-with- Greenfield ; 
—and, Alford; complaining of the depressed state 
of the Agricultural Interest; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Attornies’ A Petition of the Faculty of Procurators, prac- 
4 Certificates. tising in the Sheriff Court of the county of Ayr, 
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. 
Australian Petitions from Morthampton (five Petitions) ;— 
—. ” and, Landowners, Merchants, Traders and others 
Bil. _interested in the Colony of South Australia; praying 
that the Australian Colonies Government Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Charitable A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Charities 
fusts Bill. 


of the borough and town of Lancaster, praying 
that the Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


tcl A Petition of Copyholders, Freeholders and others, 
ment. Inhabitants of Kettering, praying the House to pass 
an Act for the Enfranchisement or Commutation of 
Copyhold Property on equitable principles, was 
a ae read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 
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20° Martiv. 169 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of County Rates 
Bedford, in the parish of Leigh, in the county of 24 Expendi- 
Lancaster, praying that the County Rates and Ex- _ 
penditure Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions trom Glasgow ; praying that the Factories Bill. 
Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Jackson, of North Meols, in John Jackson. 
the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, praying the 
House to cause an inquiry to be instituted in the 
Petitioner’s behalf into the treatment he has been 
subject to by the surveyor of assessed taxes for the 
Ormskirk district, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dunoon (Mode- Marriages 
rator) ; — Lanteglos-by- Camelford ;— Muggleswick ; . 
—and, Maybole; 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 Wexford, interested Mercantile 
in British Shipping, as Owners, Builders, Agents Marine Bill 
and Tradesmen, praying that the Mercantile Marine 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Paper, &amp;c. 

Members of the Parliamentary and Financial Re- 
form Association, in the borough of Cambridge, pray- 
ing for the immediate repeal of the duty now levied 
upon Paper, as also the Customs Duties on Foreign 
Books, the Tax upon Advertisements and the Penny 
Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmission 
of Newspapers by post, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John O’ Brien, Town Clerk of the Parliamentary 
borough of Waterford, stating that by the Parlia- Voters, &amp;.. 
mentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, very onerous and (Ireland) Bill. 
serious duties are imposed upon Petitioner and 
others, holding the office of town clerk, without any 
remuneration whatever being provided ; and pray- 
ing the House not to pass such Bill into a law 
without providing such reasonable remuneration as 
to the House shall seem fit for the performance of 
the said duties, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Over ;—and, Downhem Union ; poor Law. 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law by the 
repeal of the laws of settlement and removal,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Sherborne ;—Caistor ;—Sowerby ; post-office. 
— Leamington Priors; — Higham; — Tonbridge 
Wells ; — Paisley ; — Archdeaconry of Sarum ;— 
Mortimer ; — Bradfield and Englefield ; — Tid- 
marsh, Pangbourne, Purley and Sulham ;-—Burgh- 
field ;—Tilehurst ;—Knowl Hill;— Wokingham ; — 
Rothwell ;— Cowes ;—Ventnor ;—Arborfield, Shin- 
field and Swallowfield;—and, Sulhamstead Abbotts 
and Banister Upton Nervet and Padworth; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday lavour in the Post- 
oftice,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Solicitors, Members of the Man- Real Property 
chester Law Association, praying that the Real Transfer 
Property Transfer Bill may not pass into a law, as wa. 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Berkeley, Glouces- giaye Trade. 
tershire, praying the House to adopt measures for 
the suppression of the African Slave Trade, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Shipwrecked 
Fishermen 
and Mariners’ 
Benevolent 
Society Bill. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 

No. 161. 


170 


Petitions from Bishop Stortford Union ;— Bishop 
Stortford ;--Nottingham Union ;-- Downham Union; 
—Auckland Union; — Tunbridge Union ; —and, 
Sutton Coldfield ; praying that the Small Tenements 
Rating Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Four Petitions from Liverpool ; praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
egg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


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 Shipwrecked Fishermenand Mariners’ Benevolent 
Society Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, no notices thereof having been in- 
serted in the Gazettes for England, Scotland or 
Ireland. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Small Tenements Rating 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


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


Criause, N° 1, (Majority of Two-thirds of Vestry 
to determine whether 6/. tenements shall be rated 
to the owners instead of occupiers.) 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “ Provided al- 
“‘ ways, That no owner of any such tenement shall 
‘“« be assessed on any higher valuation than the sum 
at which the said tenement shall be let to any 
occupier thereof.” 

Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “ Provided al- 
“‘ ways, That in every case where the owner of such 
‘* tenement shall be so rated and assessed to the 
rates for the relief of the poor in respect of such 
tenement, instead of the occupier thereof, it shall 
be lawful for such occupier to demand, at any 
time, to have his name substituted on the rate as 
the party assessed, instead of such owner; and 
after such demand, and payment or tender of the 
last made rate, if then in arrear in respect of such 
tenement, such occupier shall be entitled to ex- 
ercise all rights, privileges and franchises what- 
soever as fully as if his name had originally 
appeared upon the rate as the party assessed.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: To leave out from the word “ thereof” to the 
end of the Amendment, in order to add the words 
“ such occupier shall be entitled to claim to be 
enrolled a Burgess of any Borough under an Act, 
intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the Regulation 
‘* of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, 
“ although has not been rated to the poor, nor 
“¢ paid poor rates in respect of the premises occupied 
“ by him, provided all the other conditions entitling 
such occupier to be so enrolled shall have been 
*nrolled,” instead thereof. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the proposed Amend- 
ment :—Amendment, and Original Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “ Provided 
“ always, That it shall be lawful for every occupier 
“ of a tenement at rack-rent, the yearly rent whereof 
‘* shall not exceed 6/., who shall be rated to the 
“ relief of the poor, or towards the maintenance of 
“ the bighways in respect of such tenement, to de- 


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A. 1850. 


duct and detain, out of the rent payable for the 
same, the whole amount of such rate or rates so 
paid by him, and every such occupier shall there- 
upon be acquitted and discharged of and from 
the payment of so much money as such rates 
shall amount to, as fully and effectually as if the 
same had actually been paid to his landlord 
or landlords, in part of the rent due from such 
occupier.” 

Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 2, (If Vestry so determined, the 
Poor Rates and Highway ‘Rates to be rated to 
owners. ) 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “ Provided 
“ always, That the said owner shall be in no case 
“ assessed upon a higher amount than one-half of 
“ the net valuation of the said tenement in the rate- 
“ book.” 

Question, That those words be there added,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravusgs, N°3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 5, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausz, N° 7, agreed to. 


Clause added. . 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That if the owner of 
any tenement within the said parish, the yearly value 
whereof shall not exceed 6/., shall be desirous of 
paying a reduced rate for a year for the same, whe- 
ther occupied or not, the overseers of the poor and 
the surveyors of the highways shall respectively 
compound with such owner for the payment of the 
rates charged or chargeable thereon, at any sum not 
less than two-thirds of the amount of each such 
rate, and all such compositions and reduced rates 
shall be entered in the rate-books of the said over- 
seers and surveyors respectively, and shall be reco- 
verable in like manner as poor rates and highway 
rates are now by law recoverable)—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 added. 

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: And the Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House :—The House immedi- 
ately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of April next; and be printed. 


mittee on the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction 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 divide the Bill 
into two Bills ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr —— gi 124, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mfr Spooner? oom, j 54. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





Resolved, 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 











Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


Life Policies 
of Assurance 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Mutiny Bill, 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Real Property 
Conveyance 
Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bi 


Court of 
Chancery. 





13 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 18th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants at ent Relief Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 18th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Life Policies of Assurance (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 17th day of April next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


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

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


The 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 To- 


morrow. 


The House, according io Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Marine Mutiny 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 the Com- 
mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson, Sir John Pakington and 
Mr. Shafto Adair were nominated Members of the 
Select Committee on the County Rates and Ex- 
penditure Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Sir James Graham be one other Member 
of the said Committee:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

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


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till ‘To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 








Jovis, 21° die Marti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Parkinson, from the Office of the Account- 
ant-General of the Court of Chancery, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 6th day of this instant March, for 
a Return of the Total Sum due or paid for Salaries 
and Office Expenses under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, 
in the Court of Chancery, since the passing of the 
Act; and also of the Total Sum paid for Compensa- 
tion for loss of Offices and profits to Officers, under 
the same Act, since the passing thereof up to the 25th 
day of November 1849 :—Like Return of the Total 
Sum paid to each of the late Sworn Clerks appointed 
Taxing Masters, for Salary and Compensation, col- 
lectively and together, under the same Act, since the 
passing thereof :—Return of the Annual Amount of 
a ong awarded to each of the said Taxing 

OL, 105, 


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171 


Masters under the said Act, in the event of their ceas- 
ing to hold the said Office, and of the Annual Sums 
to be paid to the personal representatives of each of 
them as Compensation after their deaths, and for 
what Number of years after their deaths such pay- 
ments to their personal representatives are to con- 
tinue, and out of what funds, and by whom such 
payments for Salary and Compensations are now 
made and to be made :—And then he withdrew. 

i mae That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Cornwall Legh reported the Wakefield Bo- Wakefield 
rough Market Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. nas 


Hartley’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Hartley's 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of February enone J . 


last, for referring the Cairnwell, Braemar and Strath 3. ath Dee 
Dee Turnpike-roads Bill to the Committee of Selec- Turnpike- 
tion, was read, and discharged. roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Peterborough 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for hn 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Cemetery, &amp;c. 
additional provision in the Peterborough Improve- Bill. 
ment, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. Bill, the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with, no notice of 
the intention to remove the market for hides and 
skins, as proposed by the said additional provision, 
having been included in the Gazette and Newspaper 
Advertisements of the said Bill. 

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


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee on Waterford 
the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill ; That with 224 Limerick 
regard to the powers for taking lands contained in ee 
the Bill, the Committee had inserted at length the 
Clauses conferring those powers, instead of con- 
ferring them by the reference to the Act 12 and 
13 Vie. c. 62, intituled “ An Act to authorize the 
Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to 
the Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Com- 
pany,” together with a preamble to such Clauses, 
showing the reasons upon which those powers are 
proposed to be granted, and that this preamble 
was supported by evidence produced before the 
Committee, which, in the opinion of the Committee, 
justifies the giving of these powers in this case ; 
and that the Committee had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, pursuant to the Highland 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty- Roads and 
sixth Report of the Commissioners of Highland mange. 
Roads and Bridges in Scotland. No. 163. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Land-owners, Mer- Australian 
chants, Traders, and others, interested in the Colony ne 
of South Australia, which was presented yesterday, Bill. 
praying that the Australian Colonies Government 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, be 


printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Poor Laws 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of (Ireland. ) 
Thirty-three General Orders issued by the Commis- 
sioners for administering the Laws for the Relief of 
the Poor in Ireland. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Poor Law 
an Order, dated the 15th day of this instant March, (elau¢.) 
for Copies of so much of the Correspondence of the 
Poor Law Commissioners of Ireland withthe Boards 











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172 


of Guardians, during the last Six months, as relates 
to the question of giving or withholding Out-door 
Relief :—Detailed Account of the Expenses which 
have been incurred by the several Boards of Guar- 
dians in providing increased Workhouse Accommo- 
dation: — Copies of Forty-eight General Orders 
issued by the Commissioners for administering the 
Laws for Relief of the Poor in Jreland, under the 
the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56:—Nominal Return of 
the Poor Law Unions in Jreland, where the affairs 
have been administered by paid Guardians, and 
stating the periods of such Administration :—And, 
Return of the Amountof the Debts, Claims, and Lia- 
bilities, exclusive of those owing to the Government, 
against those Unions when the Administration by 
paid Guardians commenced and terminated. 

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


Coal -whip- Mr. Lahouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 

pers. tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Statements of 
the Accounts of the Coal Whippers Office for the 
past year, and of the Branch Office at Woo/wich, 
from the period of its establishment to the 31st of 
December last. 

Jnint Stock Statement of the Licenses granted by the Lords 

Companies. 


of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, from 
14th March 1849 to 15th March 1850, to Joint 
Stock Companies to hold Lands, Tenements, &amp;c. 
and 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. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 18th day of June, 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 30th day of June 1849, which 
may at that date be open for Traffic :—And, a simi- 
ar 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 may be in Progress, and the 
Length on which they may not be in Progress at 
that date (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 249, of the present Session). 

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


Railways. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of all District Courts esta- 
blished under the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 53; speci- 
fying the date of the Agreement, the extent and 
Population included in the District so formed ; also, 
the Names of the places where the Prisoners now 
triable in such District Courts were formerly tried, 
and the Distance in miles of such places from the 
present District Court. 

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


District 
Courts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Abstracts of the Accounts of the 
Treasurers of the Liberty of Peterborough, in the 
County of Northampton, and the Liberty of Saint 
Alban’s, in the County of Hertford, for the years 
ending Michaelmas 1847, Michaelmas 1848, and 
Michaelmas 1849 (in a similar form to the Return 
of the several County Treasurers in England and 
Wales, presented and ordered to be printed by the 


‘Treasurers’ 
Accounts 
{Peterborough 
and Saint 
Alban’s.) 


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A. 1850. 


House of Commons on the 4th day of May 1849, 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 260). 

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





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy or Extract of a Despatch, dated the 
11th day of February 1850, transmitting the Copy 
of a Report from the Chief Agent of Emigration in 
Canada, for the year 1849, and other Documents 
containing Information upon the facilities afforded 
to Emigrants from Europe for reaching the Interior 
of the Province by the completion of the Saint 
Lawrence Canals. 

Ordered, That 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, Metropolitan 
a Return of all Sums of Money received for Salaries, Buildings Act, 
or by Fees, or from any other Source, either by the 
Registrar, Official Referees, Clerks, District Sur- 
veyors, or by any other Person employed in the 
execution of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, for 
what Purpose, and for what Duty or Business the 
same has been received, aud by whom received, 
during the said Periods:—And also, Return for 
the like Period of all Payments made, and all Ex- 
penses incurred, during the said Periods, in the 
execution of the said Act; also of all or any Sums 
of Money owing to or bythe Departments of the 
Metropolitan Buildings Office (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 735, of Session 1847). 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Mercantile 
day next, the Mercantile Marine Bill, was read, Marine Bill 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Merchant 
day next, the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill, was Seamen's, 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday the 19th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Merchant 
day next, the Merchant Shipping Bill, was read, Shipping Bill 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of April next. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- No. 75. ° 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriages 

mittee on the Marriages Bill; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

the 18th day of April next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, Mutiny Bill 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. 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, accord- Mutiny Bill. 
ing 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. 








Petitions 





Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Bricks. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Church Rates. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property. 


Factories Bill, 


nehrays 


13 Vicrortz. 


Petitions from Upper Wallop;—Quarley ;— Vern- 
ham ; —Linkenholt ; —Chute “Forest ; — Fifield ; -- 
Shipton (Southampton) ;—F. te;—Upper Clat- 
ford ;—Tangley ;—and, Bodmin Union ; complain- 
ing of the depressed state of the Agricultural In- 
terest ;-and praying the House. to’adopt measures 
of relief,—were presented, and read ‘and ordered 


to lie upon the Table, ; 


A Petition of the Society of Solicitors in the 
Sheriff Court of Banffshire, praying for repeal of the 
annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Soli- 
citors and Proctors, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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| 





173 


the Highways Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Wilson, Architect, Pro- Interment in 


jector of the British Pyramid Necropolis, proposed ToW™*- 





/to be erected on Woking Common, as a sanitary 
remedy against malaria and\pestilence, by removing 
_the dead from amidst the, living, suggesting the 
formation of a city of. the. dead, under the title of 
'the Victoria Pyramid Necropolis, and praying the 
| House to record his Petition, was presented, and 
| read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Brick-makers of Liverpool, | tion (Chairman and Secretary) ;—and, Macosquin ; 


taking notice of the proposed abolition of the duty 
on Bricks; and praying that the dutiesal ready levied | 
on existing stocks may be repaid, was presented, | 


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


A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Charities 
of the city of Lincoln, praying that the Charitable 
Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 


Protestant Dissenters, assembling for Divine Wor- | 


ship in Sheppard’s Barton, Frome, praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fareham Union ;—and, Penning- 
ton; praying that the County Rates and Expendi- 
ture Bil may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
Yorkshire Law Society, praying that the provisions 
of the Court of Chancery (/reland) Bill may be ex- 
tended to the Court of Chancery in England, or 
that provision may be made for introducing into the 
English Court of Chancery a similar power, optional 
on the part 71&gt; suitor, to proceed by Petition, 
instead of by “Bill, to take the opinion of the Court 
upon a special case, to apply summarily to the 
Master in certain cases, and to petition the Court 
for a partial relief, and that provision may be made 
for improving the mode of procedure in the Masters’ 
offices, and for providing for taking the oral exa- 
minations of witnesses in the country, on the matters 
now referred to them, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Kingston-upon- Hull, praying the House 
to apply all national property now devoted to Ec- 
clesiastical purposes to exclusively secular objects, 
regard — had to vested interests, and to repeal 
all laws conferring authority or exclusive advantages 
on, or interfering with the affairs of any religious 
denomination, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockport ; — James Little ; — 
Bingley (Chairman) ; — James Cheadle, Clerk, 
Master of Arts, Vicar of Bingley, in the county of 
York ; —Newchurch ;—Bacup (three Petitions) ;— 
Bury (Lancaster) (two Petitions); —Rawtenstall ; 
— Newchurch ; —Whalley ;— Stockport ;—Manches- 
ter ; — Glasgow (Chairman) (five Petitions); — 
and, Stalybridge; praying that the Factories Bill 
—? pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Fac- 
tory Owners of Belfast, and neighbourhood, pray- 
ing that the said Bill, with certain modifications, 
may pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
ee of the New Forest Union, praying that 
OL. 105. 


raying that the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 
ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions from Auchtermuchty ;—County of Fife 
| (Chairman) ;— Newburgh-in-Fife ; —Leslie ; —and, 
_Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of the 
lroyal burgh of Kirkcaldy, (Chairman); praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into the cireum- 
|stances connected with the conveyance of Her 
| Majesty’s Mails in various parts of Scotland, — 


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


| Petitions from Longton ;— Croydon ;—Chepstow ; 
| —Newport (Monmouth):—Ponder’s End, Hudders- 
| field; — Minsterly and Pontesbury ; — Lancaster 
(Chairman) ;—Llanelly ;— Reading ;—and, Cardiff; 
| praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
| law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
| lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions from Ardrossan ; — Galston ; — Arch- 
' deaconry of Essex ;—Leigh ( Essex) ;—Stenhouse ;— 
| Edinburgh ;— George Simes ;—Joseph Thomson ;— 
| Dumfries ; — Collessie; — James Rt. Simpson (two 
| Petitions) ; —Dairsie ; — Presbytery of Aberdeen 
| (Moderator) ; — Montrose ;-- Galashiels ; -~Colches- 
| ter (two Petitions); — Saint Mary Church and 
Coffinswell ;—and, Rothesay ; 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 a Meeting of Pa- 
rishioners of the parish of Christchurch, Spitalfields, 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving 
the supply of Water to the Metropolis, for repealing 
the duties on soap and windows, and for securing an 
efficient drainage, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other 


upon- Tees, praying for the repeal or amendment of 
the Navigation Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stewart Williamson, Editor, Pro- 
prietor, Printerand Publisher of the Bristol Examiner 
Newspaper ;— Moses Cockfield and Benjamin Gibb ; 
— Birmingham ;— London ;—Members of a Society 
formed in the year 1843, under the title of the 
Phonetic Society of Great Britain and Ireland;— 
Leigh ;—and, Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of 
the Bucks Advertiser Newspaper ; praying for the 
abolition of the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon 
Advertisements, and the Stamp Duty upon News- 
papers, leaving the proper authorities to fix a small 
charge for the transmission of Newspapers by Post, 
—were presented, and read ;‘ and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor for the 
Bellingham Union, in the county of Northumberland, 
praying the House to amend the Poor Law, by esta- 
blishing a union settlement and a union rating ; and 
that not only the relief of the poor, but all other 
charges, be paid out of one common fund, and _ 

z3 un 











Petitions from the Coleraine Tenant Right Associa- tandlord and 


en. 


Mails 
Scotland.) 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water, &amp;c. 


Navigation 


Inhabitants of the town and borough of Stockton- Act. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law. 


Tenant 
(ireland) Bill. 


























4: nanan: 


















































Post-office. 


Public 


Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Small Tene- 


ments Rating 


Bill. 


Tea. 


Windows. 


Transfer of 
Landed Pro- 
perty. 


174 


fund be raised by an equal rate based on the net 
annual value of the rateable property in the union, 
and not as heretofore on the average cost of the 
poor in each parish, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Wigtown (Mode- 
rator);—Session of Whitburn (Moderator) ;--Kirk 
Session of Hoddam (Moderator) ;— Kidlington ;— 
Littleton Drew ;—Alderton ;— Rutherglen (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Kilmarnoch ;—Asheldam and Mayland ; 
—North Tamerton ; — Hull ; —Measham ; — Rad- 
borne ; —Camberwell ; — Aberchirder ; —Alexander 
M‘Watt ;—Kirk Session of Gamrie (Moderator) ; 
—Kirk Session of Deskford (Moderator) ;—For- 
dyce;—Hayward Town ; —Glossop ; —Greatham ; 
— Bedford-row ; —Darlington ; — Kirk Session of 
Kinglassie, (Moderator) ;—James R. Simpson ;— 
Kirk Session of Pitsligo ;—Kinnethmont ;— Ellon ; 
— Dublin; — Hampstead ; —Glasgow (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Swanage ;— Croft ;— Onsby ;— Dalston ;— 
Beaumont ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne (Moderator and 
Minister) ;— Bierton and Hulcott ;—Chewton Men- 
dip; — and, Members of the Windsor and Eton 
Church Union ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—-were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Persons using the Post-office at 
Witham, in the county of Essex, stating that the 
Petitioners believe the dispatch of Post-office busi- 
ness and transmission of letters on the Sunday (as 
at present arranged) to be ances necessary ; 
and praying the House not to pass any law by which 
all Post-office business would be suspended on the 
Sunday throughout the country, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Members of Freeman’s Discussion Society meeting 
at Mr. Freeman’s, Northampton-street, King’s Cross, 
Saint Pancras ;—and, Birmingham; praying that 
the Public Libraries and Museums Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wirkworth ; — Peterborough ; — 
Llangefni ;—and, Maldon ; praying for amendment 
of the Small Debts Act, by extending the jurisdic- 
tion of the County Courts,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of the town- 
ship of Lancaster, praying that the Small Tene- 
ments Rating Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Boston, praying that the 
said Bill, with certain modifications, may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Oldham; praying for a re- 
duction of the Duty on Tea,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Walcot; — and, King’s Lynn 
Union ; praying for the repeal of the Duty on Win- 
dows,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Tabie. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That, considering the complaints which in 
many parts of the kingdom have proceeded from 
the owners and occupiers of land, and considering 
also the benfits which have arisen to all other 
classes from recent legislation promoting free trade ; 
it is expedient now to adopt measures for dimin- 
ishing the existing restrictions on the free transfer 
of landed property, and for distributing such pro- 


21° Martiz. 








A. 1850. 


perty, in cases of intestacy, according to the same 
rules as prevail in respect of personal property —— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: - Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Laote. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Railways 
to facilitate the Abandonment of Railways, and the Abandonment 
Dissolution of Railway Companies, in certain 
Cases ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Waterford, 
to permit the proper Officer of this House, having bo mad a 
charge of the following documents (namely), the publin 
Certificate and other documents in relation to the Railway Bill, 
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway 84° 
Bill, deposited in the Private Bill Office of this 
House, in pursuance of the Resolutions of this 
House of the 23d of April 1846, to attend their 
Lordships To-morrow, at Five o’clock in the after- 
noon, and to bring with him the said documents : 

—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message. 

Resolved, That a Clerk be directed to attend 
their Lordships, as is desired by their Lordships in 
their said Message. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr, 

Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 








st om Gb 


And the Question being put, That, considering the Transfer 
complaints which in many parts of the kingdom have —- 
proceeded from the owners and occupiers of land, = 
and considering also the benefits which have arisen 
to all other classes from recent legislation promoting ; 
free trade, it is expedient now to adopt measures 4 
for diminishing the existing restrictions on the free 
transfer of landed property, and for distributing such 
property, in cases of intestacy, according to the same 
rules as prevail in respect of personal property ; 

The lenis divided. . nnn 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr | saa 
Lord Marcus Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ po" Newdegate : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


1 62 


110. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pirates. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Instructions from Sir Francis Collier 
to Commander Farquhar, alluded to in Mr. Far- 
quhar’s Report of the 25th day of August 1849 
(page 9):— Of Sir Francis Collier’s Report ad- . 
verted to in Lord Edisbury’s Letter of the 9th day 
of November 1849 (page 11): — Of Sir James 
Brooke’s Despatch to Lord Palmerston, relative to 
the building a Fort at the Entrance of the Sakarran 
River, noticed in Sir James Brooke’s Letter of the 
1st day of October 1849, and of the Answer of 
Lord Palmerston thereto :—And, of the Depositions 
taken by order of Sir C. Rawlinson, Recorder of 
Singapore, respecting the Pirates destroyed by a 
Force under the Orders of Commander Farquhar, 
on the 31st day of July 1849, for which Sir C. 
Rawlinson has granted Certificates for Bounty. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Labuan.. 
Account of the East India Company’s Charges for 
Steamers and Troops employed at Labuan, and on 
the Coast of Borneo, from 1839 to 1849, inclusive. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pirates, : 
into a Committee upon the Pirates Head Money eeedl arid 
Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. pene’ 
wa 








Brick Duties 
Bill. 


School 
Districts 


Contributions 


Factories Bill. 


Judgments 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Real Property 


13 Victoriz. 


wall 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 Brick Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the School Districts Con- 
tributions 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- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Judgments (Zreland) 
Bill; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 
the 8th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Conveyance mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill; 


Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That Sir James Graham be one other 
Member of the Select Committee on the County 
Rates and Expenditure Bill ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Mr. Cobden, Lord Brooke, Mr. Littleton and Sir 
John Duckworth, were nominated other Members 
of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Kershaw 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. Ker- 
“ shaw,” and inserting the name of “ the Earl of 
“ March,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
name of “ Mr. Kershaw” stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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

And the Question being put, That the name 
of “ Mr. Kershaw” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellersforthe Yeas,{ a Milner Gibson, } 37. 

r. Hume : 
Mr. Beresford, 
Mr. eters } -_ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kershaw be one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Frewen, Mr. Wrightson, 
Lord Rendlesham, Viscount Barrington and Mr. 
Osborne, 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. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
VoL. 105. 


Tellers forthe Noes,{ 





21°—22° Martiz. 





175 
Veneris, 22° die Marti ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


ME. Bate, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Mu- Sir John 
seum, was called in; and at the bar presented, — 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—A Statement of the Funds of the Museum of the 
late Sir John Soane, on the 5th of January 1850 :— 
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 cTemainth 
Petitions presented upon the 19th and 20th days of 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. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Birmingham 
Act for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing _ 
and otherwise improving the Town of Birmingham,  ~ 

in the County of Warwick, and for regulating the 

Police and Markets of the said Town, for leave to 

deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 
transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

of the Borough of Birmingham the properties now 

vested in certain Commissioners, for establishing a 

district for Drainage and other sanitary purposes, 

for making further provisions for the better govern- 

ment of the said aa and for the regulation 

and simplification of the system of rating therein, 

was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Tyne Naviga- 
posed, That the Petitions of the Dean and Chapter tion Bill; and, 
of Durham, aud the Warden and Senate of the | aadinonl 
University of Durham, deposited in the Private Bill Bil. 
Office upon the 20th day of this instant March, 
against the Zyne Navigation Bill and in favour of 
the Zyne River Conservancy Bill, be referred to the 
Committee on the said Bills :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 9°4**s 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Rochdale, — 
through Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, and other s..3 and Birtle 
Turnpike-roads Bill, Petition for dispensing with to Bury, and 
Standing Order No. 108, the said Standing Order other Turn- 
ought not to be dispensed with. _ 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Railway Railway Com- 
Companies’ Clearing Association, Petition for leave Seago Clear. 
to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders tien Bil 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 

permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Peterborough Peterbormgh 
Improvement, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. Bill, Peti- a ane te 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders Cemetery, &amp;c. 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be - 
permitted to introduce their additional provision 
accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill shall think 

fit, on inserting a notice of the said additional pro- 

vision in the County Newspaper for three successive 

weeks, and once in the Zondon Gazette, which notice 

shall specify the place to which the market for the 

sale of hides and skins is intended to be removed ; 

and that the said notice shall also be affixed for 

three successive market days, on at least three con- 

spicuous parts of the present market-place : 

That the Committee on the Bill do examine, in 

the first place, how far such Order has been com- 

plied with, and do report the same to the House 

on the Report of the Bill. 

The second and third Resolutions, being read a 

second time, were agreed to. 

the Table. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon 
z4 A Petition 








Waterford, 
Wexford, 


Wicklow and 


Dublin Rail- 
way Bills 
( 1845-49.) 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Bankruptcy. 


Beer- houses. 


Chicory. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


176 


A Petition of Messrs. Lewis and Nash, of Par- 
liament-street, Parliamentary Agents, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That an action is pending 
in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, wherein 
the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
way Company are Plaintiffs, against Charles Logan, 
as Defendant, and a Shareholder therein, and that 
such action is prosecuted by Earl Courtown and 
other Directors of said Company; that the Peti- 
tioner Frederick Augustus Lewis is Attorney on 
record for the Defendant therein, and that such 
action is at issue, and about to be tried at the ensuing 
sittings at Westminster Hall; that the Petitioners 
are advised and believed that it is necessary to have 
produced and given in evidence on the said trial, 
the various documents deposited in the House, in 
the years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, relating to said 
Railway and Company, including the Petitions for 
the several Bills passed, the Subscription Contracts, 
Plans, Returns by Earl Courtown and other Di- 
rectors relative to said Company, pursuant to Ses- 
sional Order, 1846; also tee Minutes and Journals 
of the House for the said years, relating to said 
Company and Bills; and praying that the House 
will be pleased to permit, and order, that the proper 
Officers of the House may attend the said trial of 
the suit by the Directors of said Company against 
said Charles Logan, and produce and give in evi- 
dence the various Documents deposited in the House, 
in the years 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849, and before 
the Committees of the House, and the Journals or 
Minutes of the House relating thereto. 

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


Petitions from Markby ;-- Maltby ;--Strubby-with- | 


Woodthorpe ; —Sutton (Lincoln) ;—Hogsthorpe ;— 
Mablethorpe;— Ormsby-cum-Ketsby ;— Willoughby- 
with-Sloothby ;—Lower Clatford ;—and, Wherwell ; 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
-—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Winchcomb ; -- Paisley; — 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 town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bala, in the county of Merioneth, 
praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts in all cases of Bankruptcy, where 
the probable assets of the Bankrupt shall not ex- 
ceed three hundred pounds or four hundred pounds, 
and where the residence of the Bankrupt is at in- 
convenient distance from a Bankruptcy Court, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of the Minister and Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters meeting in Warwickh-street 
Chapel, Leamington Priors, praying the House to 
aren the granting of any new Licenses to Beer- 
1ouses, and to cause those already granted to 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 Merchants and others, in the town 
of Liverpool,. praying. the-House to levy the same 
Duty upon Chicory that is paid:upon Coffee, thereby 
placing ‘both ‘upon an equitable footing, was pre- 
— and read; and.ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Cockermouth ;— Maryport ;—and, 
Workington; praying for amendment or the Small 


Debts Act by extending the jurisdiction of the 
County Courts,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





22° Maritiz. 





A. 1850. 


' Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Sligo: — Castle Distress 
| Bridge ;—Killasnet ;—Sralby;—Kilmeena ;— Tem- (reland.) 


pleport ;— Moore ; — Conahy ; — Kells ; — Augha- 
_vass:— Tempo ;— Upper Laragh ;—Cleenish ;-—Kil- 
Sree ;--Lady’s Island ;-- Wicklow ;--Kilconduff-alias- 
_Swinford ;— Union of Powerstown and Lisronagh ; 
| --Mohill ;--Killohart ;-- Kildysart;--Maryborough ; 
—Fethard and Killusty;;—Cloonoghill and Kill- 
shalva ; — Cloykarkey and Bones-two-mile ;-—Kil- 
more ;—Anna ;—Killyshandra;—Arles and Bally- 
linan ;—Cloonclare ;—Balla ;— Bohola ;— Galloon ; 
— Ballymore, Killinich and Ishortmon ;—Tumlaght 
O’ Crilly ;—Ballybay aud Tullycorbet ;—Doonane 
and Mayo ;— Wexford ;—Carrick Edmond ;—New- 
port (Tipperary) ;—Kildimo and Chapel Russell ;— 
Pubrid and Tullahortan ;—Paulstown and Gores- 
bridge ; — Ballynaslaney and Edermine ;—Castle- 
towndelvin and Killulagh ;—- Tipperary ;—Killum- 
mod and Killucan ;—and, Knigh, Cloughprior, Kil- 
lordiernan, Monsea and Dromincar ; complaining of 
the Distress at present existing in Jreland; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


cester, praying the House to pass an Act for the 
establishment of a system of Education supported 
by local rates, and governed by local authorities 
popularly elected, securing the right of free admis- 
sion to all, under suitable regulations and without 
religious distinction, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


county of Wexford, stating that the Petitioner, who 
has been engaged for years in manufacturing and 
spinning cotton, has never been able to turn off the 
same quantity of works as there is done in the 
manufacturing districts of England, owing to the 
|people of that country not being accustomed to 
‘machinery or manufactures; and praying that pro- 
| vision may be made in the Factories Bill, allowing 
the manufacturers in Jre/and to employ young per- 
sons and females one hour more per day than is or 
| will be allowed in Great Britain, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Rochdale (two Petitions) ;—Glas- 
gow (three Petitions) ;— Kelvinhaugh ;—and, Com- 
mercial-road; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 


| ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Kingossie; — Edinburgh ;—Bel- ra 
haven ;—Deacons Court of Lethendy and Kinlock ®" 


(Moderator) ;--Saint Boswell’s ;—-Alexander Leitch; 
— Aberdeen (three Petitions) ;--John Gemmel, A.M. ; 
—James Pronson; — Bothwell ;—J. Rhennis ;— 
Greenock (two Petitions) ;— Clonmel ;—Maghera ;-- 
Members of the Session of the Second Presbyte- 
rian Congregation of Combes (Moderator) ;--7homas 
Waters and Robert Reid ;— Langton ; — and, Gor- 
don; praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and 1ead ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Minister, Office-bearers and 
Members of the Congregation of Protestant Dis- 
senters assembling at Up Ottery, near Honiton, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





whereby surgeons and medical men may have a 


legal 


Petitions from Salford; — Festiniog Union ;— County Rates 
and, Roughlee Booth; praying that the County — 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Zei- Education. 


A Petition of William Lewis, of Clohamon, in the Factories Bill. 


A Petition of Surgeons of Wolverhampton, Dudley Railway 
and Tipton, praying the House to make a law Accidents. 





Metropolis 
Water. 


Poor Law. 


Postage. 


Post-office. 








13 Victroriz. 


Jegal right to recover against Railway Companies 
a fair remuneration for their services in cases 0 
Accidents on Railroads, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- 
payers, Owners of property and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Christchurch, Surrey, praying the House 
to pass a measure for greatly increasing the quantity, 
and improving, to the highest practicable extent, 
the quality of the supply of Water to the inhabit- 
ants of the Metropolitan Districts, upon the prin- 
ciple of constant service and high pressure, for 
introducing it in sufficient abundance to the house 
of every inhabitant, for reducing and regulating the | 
price by the application of an equal parochial 
assessment, and for protecting the public and secur- 
ing the health of the community, by placing the 
management of the supply of water in the hands of 
a public board, to be elected by the rate-payers and 
owners of property in the various parishes included | 
in the Metropolitan Districts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and liberty 
of Westminster, praying for amendment of the Poor 
Law, and abolition of the law of Parochial Settle- 
ment, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Burford, in the 
connty of Oxford, praying the House to secure to | 


Great Britain the honour and advantage of esta- | 





should be conveyed from any port in Great Britain | 


22° Martiz. 





177 


praying for abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stone, in the county Railway 
of Stafford, praying that the Railway Traffic Bill Traffic Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard M‘Cormich, Addington- Richara 


street, Manchester, complaining of abuses carried M‘Cormick. 


on in the Seventeenth Regiment of Lancers, and of 
persecutions to which he has been subject in con- 
sequence of his attempts to expose such abuses ; and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Receipts. 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House 
to repeal all Stamp Duty on Receipts for sums below 
100/., or otherwise to alter the duty, and substitute 
a reduced duty to be levied by adhesive stamps, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Tailor Trade. 


Tailors of the city of Bristol, complaining of the 
evils arising to their trade from the system of home 
working ; and praying tor remedial measures, was 


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


| A Petition of Occupiers of farms situate in the Tithe Com- 
blishing an Ocean Penny-post, by which letters | parish of Over Wallop, in the county of Southamp- ™™tation Act. 


ton, praying for amendment of the Tithe Commu- 


to any other port in the world, at the uniform rate of | tation Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
a penny, was presented, and read ; and ordered to | to lie upon the ‘Table. 


lie upon the Table. 


| 


Petitions from Greenwich Union ;—and, Walcot ; Windows. 


Petitions from Draycot-le- Moors ;—Himley ;— | praying for the repeal of the Duty on Windows,— 
Leigh (Surrey);— J. R. Nicholl and others ; — | were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


Southwark ; —Horne ;—Battersea ;—Sherrington ; | 
— Ardeley ; — Sunderland ;— Fort Augustus ; — 
Glenmoriston ; —Greenstead ; — Tibberton ;—Kil- 
brandon ;—Kirriemuir ;—Lauder ;—Kirk Session 
of Abercorn (Moderator) ;—Xirkliston ;—Halifaz ; 
— Bramley ; — Hale ; —- Haslemere ; — Witley ; — | 
Chobham ;—Kirk Session of Salen (Moderator) ;— 
Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scotland 
(Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Ballantrae ;—Old 
Aberdeen ;—Forgue ; — Woodside ;—Oyne; — Mr. 
Cobbad ;—M. Keith ;—Kirk Session of Old Machar 
(Moderator) ;— Edlingham ;—l'rampton-on-Severn ; 
—Arlingham ; —Aure ;— Hill ;— Rockhampton ;— | 
Churchilland Sarsden ;— Shotts and Cambusnethan; 
—Lorgandenny ;— Coylton ;—Kirk Session of New- 
ton Ayr ;—John Montgomery ;-— Kirk Session of | 
Fenwick (Moderator) ; —Tothill Fields, Westmins- | 
ter ;—Glasgow (two Petitions) ;— Banwell ;— Nun- 
ney ;— East Harptree ;— Dollar ;—Chelsea ;— New- 
port, Isle of Wight ;—Muckrose ;— Newington end 
Halstow ; —Leamington Priors ;— Festiniog (two 
Petitions);— Maentwrog ;— Dolgelley ;— Barmouth; 
—Kirk Session of Jedburgh (Moderator) ;— Pinch- 
beck West ; — Swineshead ; —Holbeach ;—Gosber- 
ton ;—Pinchbech ;—Thorpe Morieux ;— Loxton and 
Christon ;— Brockley ;— Berkeley ;—Castle Cary ; 
— Coleford ; —Churchill ; —Congressbury ; — Nail- 
sea; — Norton ; — South Breton; — Wedmore ; — 
Norton St. Philips ;—Chew Stoke ;—South Stohe ; 
—Flax Bourton; —Winford;— Wich St. Law- 
rence ;— Horsington ;—Marksbury ;—Elm;— Port- 
bury ;— Wrazall ;—Shipham ;— Witham Friary ;— | 
Barton St. David ;— Combe Hay; — Meare ; — 
Clevedon ;—Chilcompton ; —Aldham ; — Frome ;— 
Walton-in-Gordham ; — Wolverton ;—Compton Bi- 
shop;—Claverton ;— Weare ;—Swainswich ;— Wins- 
combe ;— Milton Clevedon ;—Badgworth ;— Monc- 
ton Combe ; — Berrow ; — Yatton; —Hutton and 
Locking ; —Glastonbury ;—Rev. J. H. Stephenson, 
Rector, and others ;— District of Cleve : — Rev. 








J. G. D. Tring and others ;— and, Holcombe; 
Vo. 105. 





the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Education 
Return of the Local Funds in aid of which Grants (reland.) 
have been made by the Commissioners of National 
Education in Jreland, either for Building, Teachers’ 
Salaries, or School Necessaries; and the Security 
on which the said Local Funds rest. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the Barracks. 
qth day of December 1848, for Returns, stating tire 
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 thereof, 
at any one time in 1846; the Number of Sleeping- 
rooms, distinguishing those for the use of the Officers, 
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 Reom; the Number of Windows in each 
Reom ; 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 
Bivenke are drained, and how; what Accommoda- 
AA tion 

















































‘Lead and 
Lead Ore. 


Crown Estate 
(King Wil- 
liam’s Town.) 


Land Improve- 
ment Act 
(Ireland. ) 





178 22° Martit. A. 1850. 


tion each Barrack affords for Cooking, for the Men the recovery of the Rent-charge :—And, Copy of 
bathing, for washing, and for the Men cleaning Correspondence concerning such Proceedings, be- 
their Clothes and Accoutrements, and other necessa- tween the Treasury and the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 
ries; and in what parts of the Building these several vices in Ireland, or the Board of Works, was read $ 
laces are situated, and whether the Floors of the | and discharged. 
arrack are planked or laid with Stone or Brick ; 


ment of each Barrack (Barrack-masters, Barrack- | 
serjeants and Labourers), so as to exhibit the entire &lt;* 32, commonly called the Land Improvement Act 


Expense of the Barrack Establishment in the year; ee — Perc. omy 7 se Seat ta the The. 


the Expense of Building and Repairs at each Bar-| \+ 5. og the Act. specifvi 7 
oe | 3 ying, 1. The Names of the 
rack, and all other Contingent Charges, so as to| Parties; 2. The a a, ont Bete of the Léa: 


mene Saas rer rammgereti ae 3. The Amount and Date of the Instalment issued ; 


| 4. The extent and mode in which the Parties have 

a nt a mse oy a camera failed to comply with the conditions of the Act and 
—Of the A me 4 2 nll ican een eosaken ot onal the obligations of the Bonds granted to the Board 
tse pe “w Aggregate Amount of the Rent of Works; 5. The Amount and Date of the Rent- 
of all the Barrack Canteens, and how the same was charge repaid in each case; 6. The Amount of 
Monies recovered under the Bonds of the Parties 


appropriated in the year; the Regulations regarding a — - © 
the kind of Spirits, Beer, Coffee and other Articles ane popes Lge nag — 


sold in the Canteens, stating by whom the Prices | : - of th : 
are fixed, and whether any Committee of Officers | Sureties, or for the recovery of the Rent-charge : 


or Men have the management of the Canteen :— | And, ap A er - wan: 2 cso “se 
Of the Reading-rooms in each Barrack for Non- ee ee ee ae 


te ; , ; he Pay Yivil Services i ] 
commissioned Officers and Privates, the Dimensions, | ve — + Civil Services in Ireland, or the 


and whether supplied with Books or other Articles | 





by Government, or by Subscription of the Officers; The Order made upon the 15th day of this instant Poor Law 
or Privates, and at what Total Expense it is con-' March, That there be laid before this House, Copies (Ireland) 


ducted in the year:—Showing whether any and, of so much of the Correspondence of the Poor Law 
what Accommodation exists in each Barrack for! Commissioners of Jreland with the Boards of Guar- 
Schools for the Soldiers or their Children, the Aver-| dians, during the last Six months, as relates to the 

e Daily Number of each in attendance on the | question of giving or withholding Out-door Relief: 
School in the year 1846, and from what Funds the —Detailed Account of the Expenses which have 
Teachers and requisite Articles are supplied, and , been incurred by the several Boards of Guardians 
the Expense thereof; and what Places and means of | in providing increased Workhouse Accommodation : 
Amusements are attached to the Barracks, and also. —Copies of Forty-eight General Orders issued by 
whether any and what kind of Rooms or other Places | the Commissioners for administering the Laws for 
are prepared for confinement for minor Offences in; Relief of the Poor in Ireland, under the Act 1 and 
the Regiment or Corps :—And, of the Dimensions 2 Vic. c. 56 :—Nominal Return of the Poor Law 
of the Wards in the Hospital, and the Number of | Unions in Jreland, where the affairs have been ad- 
Wards, how the Wards are ventilated, andthe Num-| ministered by paid Guardians, and stating the 
ber of Patients each Ward is calculated to accom-' Periods of such Administration :—And, Return of 
modate, and the Space in Cubic Feet allowed for | the Amount of the Debts, Claims, and Liabilities, ex- 
each :—A similar Return of the Marine Barracks: | clusive of those owing to the Government, against 
—A similar Return of the Barracks in the Channel| those Unions when the Administration by paid 
Islands :—And, « similar Return of the Barracks} Guardians commenced and terminated, was read, 
in the Colonies, which was presented upon the 16th} and discharged. 


day of February, in the last Session of Parliament,!  @,oreq That Been: ten tel . 
, aid before this House, Poor Law 
be returned to the Ordnance Office. Copies of so much of the Correspondence of the (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| Poor Law Commissioners of Jreland with the 
a Return of the Import and Export of Lead and | Boards of Guardians, during the Six months ending 
Lead Ore (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | the 4th day of May 1849, as relates to the question 
No. 318. of Session 1849). | of giving or withholding Out-door Relief; and a 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | detailed Account of the Expenses which have been 


a Copy of all Reports on the Experimental Im- |ncurred by the several Boards of Guardians, in — 
riven: five on th a Estate of rr ing William's | viding increased Workhouse Accommodation, durin 


: : : the Six months ending the 4th day of May 1849: 
Town, in the County of Cork, submitted to Her Ma- | “— Alco, nominal Return of the Poor Law Uniens ia 


jesty’s Commissioners of Woods and Forests, since | Ireland, where the affairs have been administered b 
the eth day of August 1844 (in continuation of Par- | paid Guardians, and stating the periods of suc 


| Administration :—And, Return of the Amount of 
. ‘ the Debts, Claims, and Liabilities, exclusive of those 
The Order made upon the 20th day of February ! owing to the Government, against those Unions when 


last, That there be laid before this House, a Return es 4 : : 
of the Loans made under the Act 10 Vic. c. 32, | nn uae by paid Guardians ceased and 


commonly called the Land Improvement Act in Jre- 


liamentary Paper, No. 612, of Session 1844). 


land, to parties who have failed to comply with the| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jewish 
conditions of such Loans, and the provisions of the | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased D 


Act, specifying, 1. The Names of the Parties; 2. | to give directions that there be laid before this 5 


The Amount and date of the Loan ; 3. The Amount | House, a Return of Copies of the Acts of the Par- 
and date of the Instalment issued; 4. The extent’ liaments of Canada and Jamaica, by which Civil 
and mode in which the Parties have failed to com- | Disabilities of the Jews were removed; and also, 
ply with the conditions of the Act and the obligations Copies of the Correspondence between the Secreta 
of the bonds granted to the Board of Works; 5.' of State for the Colonies and the Governors of suc 
The Amount and date of the Rent-charge repaid in Colonies, in reference to the said Acts, when the 
each case; 6. The Amount of Monies recovered | same were assented to. 
under the Bonds of the Parties and their Sureties,; Ordered, Vhat the said Address be presented to 
if any; 7. The Proceedings taken in each case, if Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
any, against the parties and their Sureties, or for! of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy yas oll 
esolved, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Land Improve. 
the Numbers and Charge of the whole Establish Return of the Loans made under the Act 10 Vic. —_ =r 


isabilities 
(Canada and 
amaica.) 





Adjournment, 


Stationery 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 163. 


Grand Jury 


Presentments 


(ireland.) 
No. 164, 

Railways. 
No. 165. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


13 Victoriz. 


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


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
25th day of May last, for Tabular Returns of the 
different Descriptions of 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 Sta- 
tionery-office in Dublin to the Post-office, Ord- 
nance-office, Custom-house and Excise-offices, in 
freland, during the years 1847 and 1848, dis- 
tinguishing each year ; the Amount of Paper, Books 
and Printed Forms, to be stated separately :—And, 
showing the Quantity and Descriptions of Paper, 
and weight per ream, of all Papers sent from the 


22°-—23° Martiz. 


179 


members of such Council, or, if such whole number 
be not exactly divisible by three, such number as 
is next greater than of the whole number, 
shall be appointed 2 Her Majesty, and the re- 
maining members of the Council of each of the said 
Colonies shall be elected by the inhabitants of such 
Colony.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3, 1.12: To leave 
out from the words “ Governor and Council” to the 
end of the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ and such num- 
“ ber of the members of the Legislative Council of 
“ each of the said Colonies respectively as is equal 
“ to” stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
r . 
Tellers for the Yeas, — a Hill, lies. 


Mr. Mowatt, 1 





London Stationery-oflice to Dublin, for the purpose 


of printing Reports and Papers ordered to be pre- | 


sented to Parliament, and for all other purposes, 
during the years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of June, 
in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland), which 
were presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


The following Return —s been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table ; viz.— Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of February 
last, for a Return, by the Masters of the Court of 
Chancery, of the following Particulars in Causes 
and Matters in their respective Offices : 





Number of References |Names of the Causes , eS 

in Causes and Mat-| and Matters in| “" . _ 

ters between the 30th | which some pro- | "ni&gt; DOL im- | The date of 

day of June 1840 and | ceeding has been| mw! fe, the last of the 

the 30th day of June | had since the had : aa a Obs " 
1844, in which no| 30th day of June fe sen a Warrants re- ta 

have been| 1844, under Re- ferred to in| 4; 
made, and no pro-j| ferencesstill pend- Came on Bist 


had 


ter of which the preceding 


since | _ ing, with the date the name is gi- 

















the 30th day of June | of the Order of : Column. 
ven in the pre- 
1844, Reference. ceding Coton! 

South Devon Ordered, That the Committee on the South Devon 
Railway Bill. Railway Bill have leave to sit, To-morrow, notwith- 
standing the adjournment of the House. 

Australian The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ee into a Committee upon the Australian Colonies 
ernment ‘ 
Bill. Government Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tu be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Cravussg, N* 2, (And be it Enacted, That the 
number of members of which, after such separation 
as aforesaid, the Legislative Council of the Colony 
of New South Wales shall consist, shall, in manner 
hereinafter mentioned, be determined by the Go- 
vernor and Council of New South Wales; and there 
shall be within and for the Colony of Victoria a 
separate Legislative Council, to consist of such 
number of members as shall in like manner be 
determined by the said Governor and Council ; and 
such number of the members of the Legislative 
Council of each of the said Colonies respectively as 
is equal to part of the whole number of 

VoL. 105, 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Cobden : f 77. 
Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
|as amended, stand part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, _ $a Hill, }198. 


Tellers for the Noes, a a }raz. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 23° die Martii, 1850: 


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 Friday the 
12th day of April next, again resolve itself into the 
'said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, eateeene 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- Turnpike-road 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. tray ol 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for requiring the Trans- innd) Ball 
mission of Annual Abstracts of Accounts and State- 
ments of Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike- 
roads and Bridges in Jreland to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, to be laid before Parliament : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of Consolidated 
Eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Fund 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred Seeeneen) 
and Fifty: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Registrar of 
Act for consolidating the Office of the Registrar of Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Public Carriages with the Office of eae hs 
Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, and 
making other Provisions in regard to the Consoli- 
|dated Offices, with an Amendment; to which 

Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
‘this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Chief Justices’ 


| mittee on the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill ; Salaries 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 Woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; Forests, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
/upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 


into a Committee upon the Process and Practice Practice _ 
(Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee). 
sai read 1°; to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 


AA2 Preamble 

































































Ce 


Ree mys agences 


aaa beer a ec 











nets amen ier smaaowenaaty 
= atm 


TROLL SS Rane ree gece Re EE 


ee ARE EGE 8 


2 Sorta 


A 2 mmr nn 
Scetarecuneas Spe es = 





Charitable 
Trusts Biil. 


Pirates Head : 2 . 
Money Repeal take into consideration the Pirates Head Money 


Bill. 


Brick Duties 


Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. 





180 


Preamble postponed. 


Cravses N° 1 to N° 
several of them, agreed to. 


son holding any office or employment in the said | 
several Courts, who shall by the operation of this 
Act be deprived of such office or employment, 
shall be entitled to make a claim for compensation 
to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
within six calendar months after the passing of 
this Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
missioners, in such manner as they shall think. 
fit, to inquire what was the nature of the office 
or employment, and what was the tenure thereof, 
and what were the lawful salary or emoluments 
in respect of which such compensations should 
be allowed ; and the said Commissioners in each 
case shall award such compensations, if any, as 
they shall think just; and all such compensa- 
tions shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland: Provided always, That if any person 
ceasing under this Enactment to be continued 
or employed as aforesaid shall be appointed after 
the passing of this Act to any public office or 
employment, the payment of the compensation 
awarded to him under this Act, so long as he 
shall continue to receive the salary or ernoluments | 
of such office or employment, shall be suspended, | 
if the amount of such salary or emoluments be 
greater than the amount of such compensation, 
or if not, shall be diminished by the amount of 
such salary or emoluments: Provided always, 
That an account of all such compensations shall 
within fourteen days next after the same shall 
be so granted, be laid upon the Table of the 
House of Commons, if Parliament be then as- 
sembled, or if Parliament be not then assembled, 
then within fourteen days after the meeting of 
the Parliament then next assembled,) brought up, 
and read 1° and 2°. 

Amendment proposed : After the words “ person 
“ holding any office or employment” to insert the 
words “ not a freehold or quasi freehold.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Clause, 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 Friday the 
12th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Repeai 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- 
mittee on the Brick Duties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


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








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| 

51, with Amendments to | 2¢Xt, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
’ | 


A. 1850. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 





; The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attornies’ 
Cravuse (And be it Enacted, That every per-| the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Certificates. 


upon the 26th day of February last, ‘That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Attornies’ and 
Solicitors’ Annual Certificate Duty ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be turther adjourned 
till Thursday the 2d day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Factories Bill, 


into a Committee upon the Factories 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 printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 18th 
day of April next. 


No. 166, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Real Property 


mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; 


Conveyance 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ou. 


the 10th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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


the Erection, on the Earthen Mound in the City of 
Edinburgh, of Buildings for a National a 
and other Purposes connected therewith, and wit 
the Promotion of the Fine Arts, in Scotland : And 
that Sir William Gibsun Craig and The Lord Advo- 
cate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Gallery 
(Edinburgh) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Rating. 


Return of the Number of Persons in England and 
Wales, not within the limits of any Parliamentary 
Borough or City, who were rated to the Relief of 
the Poor for the year 1849 at the Annual Value of 
Ten Pounds and upwards, and under Fifty Pounds, 
stating the Number of such Persons in each County. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deedes be added to the Select County Rates 


Committee on the County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill. 


and Expendi- 
ure Bill. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to repeal certain stamp Duties 
Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, Bill. 


and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Du- 
ties: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
8th day of April next; and to be printed. 


No. 167. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for raising a Sum by Exchequer 


Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday next. 


Bills 
. 9,200,000.) 
ill, 


Sir William Gibson Craig presented a Bill for the National 
Erection, on the Earthen Mound in the City of Gallery 


Edinburgh, of Buildings for a National Gallery, 


(Edinburgh) 
Bill. 


and other Purposes connected therewith, and with No. 168. 


the Promotion of the Fine Arts, in Scotland: And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Registrar of 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


Metropolitan 
Public Car- 


tituled, An Act for consolidating the Office of the jiaves Bill. 


Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages with the 
Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metro- 
polis, and making other Provisions in regard to the 
Consolidated Offices; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 
Cause p. 3. (after Clause 5) insert “ Provided 
“ always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in yr 
“cc ct 








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Act or in the said Act of the seventh year of the 


alter or repeal or invalidate, or in any wise pre- 
judically affect, either wholly or in part, an Act 
passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign of His 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled ‘ An 
Act for ornamenting and embellishing the Centre 
or Area of Bloomsbury-square, in the Parish of 
Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the County of 
Middlesex, and for preventing Hackney-coaches 
standing or plying for hire in or near the said 
Square’.” 
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. 


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 Marti ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Ffinch, from the Audit Office, was called 

in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—List of Offi- 
cers and Departments whose Accounts are audited 
or inspected by the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts. 

An Account of the Arrears and Balances due 
to and from all Public Accountants, arising’ upon 
final Accounts which have been stated or declared, 
or signed and passed, so far as the said Particulars 
can be ascertained from the Books of the Commis- 
sioners for auditing the Public Accounts, completed 
to the 5th January 1850. 

A List of the Accounts depending in the Office 
of the Commissioners for auditing the Public Ac- 
counts, which have not been audited, stated or de- 
clared, or signed and passed, distinguishing the Ac- 
counts under examination from those on which no 
ow have been had, completed to the 28th 

ebruary 1850 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Totnes, in the room 
of Edward Adolphus Seymour, Esquire, commonly 
called Lord Seymour, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of First Com- 
missioner of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and 
Lund Revenues. 


Public 
Accountants, 


Totnes Writ. 


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 for punishing Mutiny 
and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces, while on 
Shore :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Mutiny Bill, 


Marine 
Matiny Bill. 


PublicIncome Mr. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called in ; 


a eapenai- and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
No. 169, 


of several Acts of Parliament,—Account of the Or- 
dinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources con- 
stituting the Public Income of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ended 
5th January 1850. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordi- 
nary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
VoL. 105. 


99°__.93°_95° Martiz. 


reign of Her present Majesty contained, shall | 








181 


Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 
1850. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Ireland, for the year ended 5th January 1850. 

Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 
5th January 1850, 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 1850, 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 of 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 1849 ; 


the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1850; 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 1850. 


Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended Fund. 
5th January 1850 ; 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 1850, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year; 
with Appendixes. 

Account of the actual Receipt and Expenditure Funded Debt. 
of the Sums placed in the hands of the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
year ended 5th January 1850. 

Account of the Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1849; of the Debt and Charge thereof created 
in the year ended 5th January 1850; of the Debt 
and Charge thereof reduced in the course of that 
year; and the Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Debt and Charge, as it stood on 5th January 1850. 

Account of the state of the Public Funded Debt 
of Great Britain and Jreland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at 5th January 1850. 


Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain Unfunded 
and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding, on Det 
5th January 1850 ; distinguishing Exchequer Bills ; 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids 
granted by Parliament ; and Exchequer Bills to be 
issued out of the Consolidated Fund; and distin- 
guishing also such part of the Unfunded Debt and 
Demands as has_been provided for by Parliament ; 
together with an Account of the Ways and Means 
remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received on the 
5th January 1850, to repay such part of the Un- 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been 
provided for; with Appendixes. 


Account showing how the Monies given for the Disposition of 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain G™5ts- 
and Jreland, for the year 1849, have been disposed 
of, distinguishing under their several heads, to 5th 
January 1850. 

Customs: England, Scotland, Ireland :— Ba- Arrears ana 
lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1850, Balances. 

AAa3 Excise : 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Increase and 

Diminution 

of Salaries. 
No. 170. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


No. 171. 


Public Debt. 
No. 172. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Colonial , 
Postage. 


Corn, &amp;c. 


182 


Excise: England, Scotland, Ireland :—Arrears | 
and Current Balances, on 5th January 1850. | 

Stamps: Great Britain :—Arrears due on Sth | 
January 1850, from Distributors; Net Balances in| 
the hands of Distributors. 


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A, 1850. 


the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of 
January 1850 ; specifying the Average Price of each 
description of Corn monthly; the total Quantities 
of all kinds imported during the year ; the various 
Countries from which these Quantities have been 


Treland :—Balances and Arrears on 5th January | imported, together with the Quantities imported 


1850. . 


‘from each Country ; the Average Price of the year ; 


Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar-|the Average Price at which the Rent-charge in 
rears and Current Balances, on 5th January 1850. | lieu of Tithes is taken for the year. 


Ireland :—Balances of deceased and dismissed | 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- Guano. 


Collectors; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- _bruary last, for an Account of all Guano imported 


lector. 


| into the United Kingdom in each of the years 1838 


Post-office: Great Britain:—Arrears due on| to 1849 inclusive, distinguishing the Quantities im- 


5th January 1850; Balances and Arrears due on, 
5th January 1850. 

Ireland :—Arrears due on 5th January 1850;, 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1850. | 

Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales, 
&amp;c.:—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th January 
1850. 

Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years 
ending 5th January 1850. 

Account of every Increase and Diminution which , 
has taken place, within the year 1849, in the Num- | 
ber of Persons employed, mock in the Salaries, Emolu- | 
ments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public | 
Offices or Departments; with an Abstract, 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 
in all Public Offices or. Departments, which remained 
payable on the 1st January 1849; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1849; the | 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year ;| 
and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 
31st of December 1849, 

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 ereated, in the last Ten years; and also) 
showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the | 
same has been provided for. | 

An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue of the | 
Duchy of Lancaster, for the year ending Michaelmas , 
1849, 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. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of August 
1848, for Returns of the several Rates of Postage 
charged upon Letters conveyed between the United 
Kingdom and each of the British Colonies and Pos- 
sessions respectively ; distinguishing the Rate when 
conveyed by Packet from that charged when the con- 
veyance 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 Possessions :—Of the Rates 
of Postage charged upon Letters conveyed between 
the United Kingdom and India, whether vid South- 

















ampton, 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 Pri- 
vate 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 Ex- 
penditure and the Net Revenue of the Post-office 
in each of the British Colonies and Possessions and 
in India, for the Three years ended the 5th day of 
January 1848. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented,— Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 8th day of February last, for a Re- 
turn of the Numbers of Quarters of Corn of various 
descriptions, together with the Numbers of Cwts. of 
Meal converted into Quarters, which have been im- 
ported from foreign Countries, for each month, from 








ported from each Country respectively. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of Feb- Shipping. 


ruary last, for a Return of the Number and Tonnage 
of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports 
of Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of 
Man and the Channel Islands; distinguishing those 
under and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 
31st day of December 1849 :—Similar Returns of 
Steam Vessels, 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 Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel 
Islands (including their repeated Voyages), distin- 
guishing Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 
31st day of December 1848 and the 31st day of 
December 1849 :—Like Returns from and to the 
Colonies ; further distinguishing British from Fo- 
reign Vessels :—Also, from and to Foreign Ports; 
also distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels : 
—Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the Colo- 
nies of the United Kingdom respectively, distin- 
guishing those under and those above Fifty Tons 
Register, on the 31st day of December 1849 :— 
—Similar Returns of Steam Vessels and their Ton- 
nage :—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 transferred ; 


also, a similar Return of Vessels wrecked ; also, a 
similar Return of Vessels broken up, in the year 
1849 :—Return of the Number of Colonial-built 
Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered at each of 
the Ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 1849 ; 


| distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of each 


Colony respectively :—Similar Return of the Num- 
ber of Foreign-built Vessels (Prizes), and their Ton- 
nage :—And, Return 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 re- 
peated Voyages), separating British from Foreign 
Vessels, also Steam from Sailing Vessels, and dis- 
tinguishing the Trade with each Country, in the 
_ 1849 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
0. 181, of Session 1849). 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of Febru- Advances 
from the Con- 
solidated Fund 
(Ireland.) 


ary last, for a Statement of the Liabilities of each 
County, County of a City and County of a Town, 
and Barony in Ireland, to Her Majesty’s Exche- 
quer, on the 20th day of November 1849, in respect 
of Advances from the Consolidated Fund, with the 
Conditions of Repayment of each such Advance ; 
specifying the Act of Parliament under which each 
such Advance was made, together with the Net 
Annual Value of each such County or Barony under 
the Poor Law Valuation. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- Poor Law 
bruary last, for Returns of the Sums advanced to Unions 
each Poor Law Union in Jreland, under the Acts f Advances.) 


12 and 13 Vic. es. 24 and 63, with the Date of such 
Advance, to the latest Period :—And, of the Amount 
repaid the Imperial Treasury, for the Advances 
under those Acts, with the Dates, to the latest 
Period. 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this Post-office 


instant March, for Copies of any Reports or Mi- 
nutes 











Railway 
Accidents. 


Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Revenues, 


Police (Glas- 
gow, &amp;c.) 


Non-Resident 
Incumbents. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Advances 
from the Con- 


solidated Fund 


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nutes which may have been addressed to the Post- 
master-General by either of his Secretaries or other 
Officers, showing, as regards England and Wales, 
1st. The results of the measures recently — 
for the Reduction of Sunday Labour in the Post- 


office; and 2dly. The anticipated effects of the 
Total Abolition of such Labour:—And then he 
tracts containing Penal Clauses entered into by the 


withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the , 
Table; and that the Accounts relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure ; Superannuations; and 
Public Debt ; and the Abstract of the Account re- | 
lative to Increase and Diminution of Salaries; be | 
printed. 





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 1st of June to the 31st 
of December 1849, together with the Number of 


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Passengers conveyed during that Period (in conti- 
nuation of the Return of Accidents for the preceding 
half-year, Parliamentary Paper, No. 592, Session | 
of 1849). 

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





183 


Ireland and the Newcastle Board of Guardians, 
with reference to certain Contracts, and to the Fi-+ 
nancial State of the Union :—Statement of the Fi- 
nancial Condition of the County of Limerick, laid 
before the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland by the Earl 
of Clare, on the part of the Grand Jurors and Owners 
of Land in said County :—And, Return of all Con- 


Guardians or Vice-Guardians of any Union in 
Ireland. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- stigo Borough. 


bruary last, for a Return of the Sums levied in the 
Borough of Sligo, under the Act 11 and 12 Vic. ec, 
123, and 12 and 18 Vic. c. 111, the Costs, Charges 
and Disbursements therefrom, specifying the 
Amounts paid to the Secretary and Inspector for 
Costs; the Amount distributed amongst the several 
Electoral Divisions; the Names of the Secretary 
and Inspector; the Names of the two Householders 
who gave the Notice as required by the Act ; and 
the Names of the Committee. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Feb- Poor Law 
ruury last, for a Return, specifying, in Detail, the (reland.) 


different Items included under the head “ Esta- 
blishment and other Charges,” in the Unions of 
Carrick-on-Suir, Clogheen, Clonmel, Nenagh, Ros- 
crea, Thurles, Tipperary and Cashel, between the 


| 30th day of June and the 29th day of September 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s | 1849. 

Command, — Episcopal and Capitular Revenues | 
Commission: Copy of Minutes of Evidence — 
before Her Majesty’s Commissioners. | several Unions in Ireland to which Advances have 

Mr. Cornewall j Stes also presented,—Return to | been made under the Rate-in-Aid Act of the last 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of | Session, and the Amount advanced to each :—-And, 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re-| of the Amount of Rates actually collected in each 
turn of the Number of Persons taken into Custody | of these Unions, during the year 1849, and the 
by the Police, discharged by the Magistrates, sum-| Proportion which the Amount collected bears to 
marily convicted, and committed for Trial in the| the Pound of Valuation; the highest and lowest 
Towns of Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh and Liver-; Rate assessed on any Electoral Division during the 
pool, in the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, or any of| year in each; and the greatest Number relieved 
them (similar in form to the Returns for the Me-/ during the months of January 1849 and January 
tropolis and Manchester, already laid before this | 1850. 

House). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, | from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
for a Return of the Names of all Non-Resident In-| Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in Zreland, of 
cumbents, and the Names and Locality of their| the Number of Persons committed to the different 
Benefices, who have obtained ‘“‘ License and Leave,” | Gaols thereof for Trial in the year 1849. 
since the passing of the Pluralities Act; stating the! _ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Dates of the several Licenses, and whether granted | Table. 
for a Period, and how long, or without Limitation ; 
stating also, the Grounds on which each such “ Li- 
cense and Leave” was granted. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to | vilion and Grounds, and Amendment of existing 
an Order, dated the 20th day of February, in the! Act) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


last Session of Parliament, for Copies of Corre-| QO :jJored. That the Bill the third ti 
spondence between the Crown Solicitors of the Trish | sneneence ne niin eis 


Circuits and the Jrish Board of Public Works, or | 
the Irish Executive Government, from the year | 
1842, inclusive, on the subject of Offences against | the Black Rod: 
the Jrish Fishery Laws, or the Prosecution of such Mr. Speaker, 
Offences :—Of Reports made to the said Board by; The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
Commissioners and Inspectors of Jrish Fisheries, jesty’s Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent 
upon the same Subject, during the same Period :—_ to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
And, a Return of the Number, Nature, Periods and | the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
Results of such Prosecutions, distinguishing thuse in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
instituted at Quarter Sessions, at Assizes, and in| Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
the Queen’s Bench ; and specifying at whose Suit | up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
such Prosecutions were instituted ; and also the; Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
Costs and Expenses attending the same. desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Further Return to an Order, dated the 5th day Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
of February last, for a Statement of the Liabilities Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 





(Ireland), &amp;, Of each County and County of a City in Zreland, to , was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 





Her Majesty’s Exchequer, on the 20th day of No-! Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned; 
vember 1849, in respect of Advances from the Con- and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
solidated Fund, with the Conditions of Repayment the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
of each such Advance ; specifying the Act of Par- are as follow ; 

liament under which each such Advance was made: | 
Copy of the Correspondence which has taken of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the 
fe between the Commissioners of Poor Laws in year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty: 

OL. 105. AA4 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this Rate-in-aid 
instant March, for a Return of the Valuation of the (Ireland) Act. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Committals 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns (Iteland.) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton 
the Brighton Improvement, Purchase of Royal Pa- Improvement, 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 


An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out Consolidated 
Fund 
(€.8,000,000.) 
Bill, 


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A. 1850. 


road as lies within the said borough or on the sides 
thereof, were removed, and the repairs of the said 
road performed by and at the expense of the said 
several townships through which it passes ; that the 
Petitioners are respectively members of the town 
council of the said borough, and they have been 
nominated on a Committee to consider the general 
interests of the said borough with reference to Bills 





Mutiny Bill. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and 

for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 
— pi. ., 4% Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s 
mind Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : 

Registrar of An Act for consolidating the Oftice of the Re- 

ae gistrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages with the 

riages Bill. Office of Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis, 
and making other Provisions in regard to the Con- 
solidated Offices : 

Turnpike-road An Act for requiring the Transmission of Annual 


and Bridge 
‘Trusts (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Abstracts of Accounts and Statements of Trustees 
or Commissioners of Turnpike-roads and Bridges 
in Jreland, to the Lord Lieutenant, to be laid betore 
Parliament. 


Carlisle 

Gas Light and 
Coke Company 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Carlisle Gas Light and Coke Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Elgin Guildry Fund Society Incorporation Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 


Elgin Guildry 
Fund Society 
Incorporation 


introduced into Parliament affecting the said bo- 
rough ; that the subject-matter of the said Bill was 
not brought under their notice at a period sufficiently 
early toenablethem to presenta Petition tothe House 
by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office 
within the time limited by the Orders of the House for 
depositing Petitions against Private Bills; and pray- 
ing the House that leave may be given them to 
present a Petition by depositing the same in the 
Private Bill Office, and that it may be an Instruc- 
tion to the Committee on the said Bill to entertain 
the said Petition, notwithstanding the same will 
not have been so deposited within seven ciear days 
after the Second Reading of such Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 





Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Walsall 
improvement 
and Market 
Act (1848) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Walsall Improvement and Market Act (1848) | 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. | 


Sateteans Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ui. 
Hartley's Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 


Divorce Bill. 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 Hartley’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr, 
William Brown do carry the said Message. 


Leeds and ' 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property 


setiiax in the borough of Leeds, in the county of Yerk, 
lurnpike-road , . = oe 
(Continuation WaS presented, and read; setting forth, That a 


of Term as to Bill is depending in the House for continuing the 
certain parts term of an Act passed in the sixth year of the 
of the Road) “ : ; “4 " - 
Bill. reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “ An Act for repairing, widening, improving 
and maintaining in Repair the Turnpike-roads from 
Leeds to Halifax, and the several Branches and 
Roads therein mentioned, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, so far as relates to the Leeds and 
Halifax Road ;” that above five miles of the said 
turnpike-road leading from Leeds to Halifax, ties 
within the townships of Leeds, Headingley-cum- 
Burley and Bramley, the whole‘of these townships 
being within the borough of Leeds, and that on 
such portion of the said road there are two toll- 
gates, namely, one in the township of Headingley- 
cum-Burley, and one in the township of Bramley, in 
addition to which there are certain side-barsconnected 
with and on the said road; that the said Bill gives 
power to the trustees of the said road to continue 
the several toll-gates, toll-houses and weighing- 
machines now(standing or being upon the said road, 
or upon the sides thereof, and to order and cause to 
be set up in or across the said road, or on the sides 
thereof, any toll-gate, toll-house or weighing-ma- 
chine, and to remove the present or any future toll- 
gate, toll-house, or weighing machine, as they may 
think proper; and the said Bill gives power to the 
said trustees to take tolls at all such toll-gates ur toll- 
houses, after the rate therein mentioned ; that the 
Petitioners decidedly object to the power contained 
in the said Bill to continue or include within the 
said trust any portion of the said road, situate 
within the said borough of Leeds, and they feel that 
the erection and continuance of toll-gates within the 
limits of the said borough, is a great grievance, and 
is a burden to the inhabitants of the said bo- 
rough that they ought not to sustain, and that it 
would be for the public benefit if the said toll-gates 
which are erected on so much of the said line of 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


Ordered, That the Process and Practice (Ireland) Process and 


Bill, as amended in the Committee, be printed. Practice 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 131, 


Ordered, That in every Railway Bill by which it Railway Bills, 
_is proposed to authorize the Company to grant any 
preference or priority in the payment of Interest or 
Dividends on any Shares or Stock, there be inserted 
a Clause, providing that the granting of such pre- 
ference or priority shall not prejudice or atlect any 
preference or priority of Interest or Dividend which 
‘shall have been granted by the Company by or in 
_pursuance of any previous Act, unless the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall report that such provision 
ought not to be required, with the reasons on which 
their Opinion is founded ; that no Railway Company 
shall be authorized to alter the Terms of any pre- 
ference or priority of Interest or Dividend which 
shall have been granted by such Company under 
any previous Act, unless the Committee on the Bill 
report that such alteration ought to be allowed, 
with the reasons on which their Opinion is founded. 


The Order made upon Wednesday last, That the South Eastern 
Report on the South Eastern Railway (Power to Railway 
° ‘ ? . (Power to dise 
discontinue Payment of Interest on Calls paid on ontinue Pay- 
No. 8and No. 4 Shares, &amp;c.) Bill do lie upon the ment of Inte- 
Table, was read, and discharged. —— a, 
Ordered, 'Yhat the Bill be re-committed to the P™ ; 


. he ‘ and No. 4 
former Committee. Shares, &amp;c.) 


Bill. 

The Order made upon Wednesday last, That the Exeter and 
Report on the Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill do Crediton Bill, 
lie upon the ‘Table, was read, and discharged. nated 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee South Devon 
on the South Devon Railway Bill ; That they had Railway Bill. 
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. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum, British 
being offered to be presented ; Museum 

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 30,000 /, Three per cent. Reduced Bank 
Annuities, 














Gold Coast. 


Hartley’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


Insurance. 








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Annuities, the annual dividend whereof amounts to 
9001.; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 
the annual proceeds of which amount to 415 /., and 
also of a bequest of the late Lord Farnborough, the 
annual proceeds of which amount to 861. 3s. 4d. ; 
that the establishment is necessarily attended with 
un expense far beyond the annual produce of the 
above-mentioned sums, and the trust cannot, with 
benefit to the public, be carried on without the aid 
of Parliament ; and praying the House to grant them 
such further support towards enabling them to carry 
on the execution of the trust reposed in them by 
Parliament for the general benefit of learning and 
useful knowledge, as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this 
instant March, for Copies or Extracts of the Cor- 
respondence that has taken place between the Go- 
vernment of Denmark and the British Government, 
respecting the Purchase of the Settlement belonging 
to Denmark on the Gold Coast. 

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


Mr. William Brown 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 Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before their Lordships 
in the case of Hartley’s Divorce Bill ; and that their 
Lordships had communicated a Copy of the said 
Minutes of Evidence :—And he delivered the same 
in at the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported 
from Scotland and Ireland into England, under the 
Provisions of the Act 6 &amp; 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 
1849 to the 5th day of January 1850, both dates 
inclusive; stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind 
of all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits so imported, and the Amount 
per Gallon of Duty charged and paid upon all the 
above-mentioned Articles so imported : — Of all 
Seizures that have been made by the Excise and 
Customs of any such Sweets or Made Wines, and 
Sweetened Compounded Spirits so imported, and 
the Reason of such Seizures :—Of all Sweets or 
Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits 
seized Inland, being brought from Scotland and 
England contrary to the Provisions of the Act 
6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, from the 6th day of January 
1849 to the 5th day of January 1850, 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 Quantity, stating 
the Denomination, Sort or Kind, ofall such Sweets 
or Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits 
remaining in Bond, on the 5th day of January 1850, 
and where bonded. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
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 1849 ; 
distinguishing Amount of Allowance made to each 
Office for collecting the same, in the Country, Lon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dubiin, respectively, with the 
Dates of such Payments :—And, Return of Sums 
insured by each Office on Farming Stock, for the 
Vox. 105, 


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1&amp;5 


same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 302, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Win 


Return of the Number of Houses in England and 
Wales charged with Duties on Windows, in each 
Class (according to the Number of Windows in the 
House), and the Amount of Duty collected, and the 
Net Amount of Duty received, on each such Class, 
for the year ending the 5th day of April 1849 :— 
And, like Return for Scotland. 





dow Duty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Harbours of 
Account of all Sums of Money paid for the Pur- Refuge and 
chase of Lands for the purposes of the Harbours of Breakwaters. 


Refuge and Breakwaters in the Channel Islands of 
Jersey and Alderney, at Dover, Portland, Harwich, 
and other Places, in each year, since 1844; showing 
the Extent of Land purchased, the Places where 
situated, and the Names of the Parties for whom 
and to whom the Money was paid :—Like Account 
of all Sums expended in Works at the above place, 
since the same Date ; and showing also upon whose 
Recommendation and by whose Authority such Pur- 
chases were made, and such Works executed :— 
Also, Copies of Reports by Superintending En- 
gineers, tor each year, since 1844, of the Progress 
made in these various Works ; tugether with an Esti- 
mate of the Sums that will be required for the Com- 
pletion of the Works at each of these several Places. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, p,i4:.1 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum. 


British Museum, for the year 1849; of the esti- 
mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1851, and of the Sum ne- 
cessary to discharge the same ; and also, an Account 
of the Number of Persons admitted to visit the 
Museum from Christmas 1843 to Christmas 1849; 
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 1849. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented qithe Rent- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased charges. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Tithe Rent-charges payable to 
the Crown, or to the Lessees of the Crown; distin- 
guishing the Parishes in which they arise, and the 
Amount of each Rent-charge. 

Ordered, That 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, 


@ Juggernauth 


Copy of a Letter from the Court of Directors of Pagoda. 


the East India Company to the Governor-General 
of India in Council, dated the 27th day of Febru- 
ary (5) 1850, relating to the Juggernauth Pagoda. 
. Sir John Hobhouse accordingly presented the said 
aper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper deo lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bankrupts. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, from January 1848 to August 1849, of the 
Expenses in the Distribution of the Property of 
Bankrupts in the District Courts, arranged under 
the following Heads :—1. Name of Bankrupt, with 
Total Amount of Gross Assets, and Total Gross 
Claims of Creditors on Estate :—2. Fees paid to the 
Court of Bankruptcy :—3. Amount of Petitioning 
Creditor’s Bill :—4. Amount of Appraiser’s Bill:— 
5. Amount of Solicitor’s Bill:—6. Amount of Ac- 
countant’s Bill :—7. Amount of Auctioneer’s Bill : 
—8. Amount of Messenger’s Bill:—.9. Amount of 
Charges of Official Assignee, exclusive of Petty 
Charges:—10,. Sum ordered to be divided :—11. 

BB Amount 








Poor Relief 
Ireland.) 


Quit and 
Crown Rents 
Ireland.) 


Emigration. 
No. 173. 


Australia. 


No. 174. 


186 


Amount paid to Officia Assignee by way of Remu- 
neration; and whether wholly retained by him, or 
divided with any and what other Official Assignee 
or Assignees, in any and what Proportions, and 
under what Circumstances; and also, Amount of 
Sums, if any, paid out of such Remuneration for 
Expenses of Offices, Clerks and other Charges of 
the like nature: — 12. Petty Charges: —13. All 
Payments not falling under the foregoing heads ; 
specifying the Amount of each Class of such Pay- 
ments :—14. Amount in the Pound paid to Cre- 
ditors :—15. Sum Total of all the Charges :—And, 
so far as such Particulars are not included in the 
foregoing Return, a Return of the Amount paid to 
each of the preseht Official Assignees, by way of 
Remuneration, from the time of his Appointment, 
with the same Particulars as are specified in No. 11 
of the above Return. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Persons who were re- 
ceiving Relief on the last day of February 1850, in 
each Union in Ireland, distinguishing the several 
Unions, the In-door from the Out-door Paupers, 
the Males from the Females; and, with regard to 
In-door Relief, the Children under Fifteen years 
old from the rest:—And, of the Number of Per- 
sons, distinguishing the Males from the Females, 
on In-door Relief, on the same day, between the 
Ages of Fifteen and Forty, who have been Inmates 
of the Workhouse for more than a year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Gross and Net Amounts of 
Trish Quit Rents and Crown Rents as received and 
applied by the Commissioners of Woods and 
Forests, in each year from 1845 to 1850 (in contin- 
uation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 696, of Ses- 
sion 1846). 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of this instant 
March, for Copy or Extract of a Despatch, dated 
the 11th day of February 1850, transmitting the 
Copy of a Report from the Chief Agent of Emigra- 
tion in Canada, for the year 1849, and other Docu- 
ments containing Information upon the Facilities 
afforded to Emigrants from Europe for reaching 
the Interior of the Province by the completion of 
the Saint Lawrence Canals. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated 
the 1st day of February last, for Copies of his late 
Majesty’s Letters Patent, or other Instrument, 
constituting the Episcopal See of Australia or New 
South Wales, and appointing the Right Reverend 
William D. Broughton, v.v. to be the firist Bishop 
thereof: —Of Her Majesty’s Letters Patent or other 
Instrument, constituting the See of Sydney in New 
South Wales to be a Metropolitan See, and erecting 
other Episcopal Sees within the Province of Austra- 
lia,and appointing the respective Bishops thereof: 
—Of any Despatch from Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Colonial Department to the then 
Governor of New South Wales, in relation to the 
Place and Precedency to be assigned and allowed 
in the Executive Council or elsewhere within the 

Yolony of New South Wales, to the Right Re- 
verend Dr. Broughton, as Bishop of Australia, or 
ot Sydney, on his Appointment to that Dignity :— 
Of any Despatch from Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State, for the Colonial Department to the then 
Governor of New South Wales, in relation to the 
first Mission of Dr. John Bede Polding, as Bishop 
of the Roman Catholic Communion within that 
Colony; and of any Despatch in relation to the 
Allowance of Salary payable to him in respect to 
such Situation:—And, Copy of any Correspond- 


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A. 1850. 


of State 
for the Colonial Department to the Governor of 
New South Wales, relative to the Assumption of the 
Style and Title of Archbishop of Sydney, by the 
said Dr. John Bede Polding. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ecclesiastical 
12th day of this instant March, for Copies or Ex- Jurisdiction 
tracts of Correspondence and other Papers relating ney ‘ 
to Cases in which the Bishop of any Diocese in wo 475, 
the Australian Colonies has attempted to exercise 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over any of his Clergy, 
with or without resistance from the Parties, and of 
the Issue of such Cases, since the year 1837, and 
down to the latest Dates :—And, similar Copies or 
Extracts relating to the Formation of Ecclesiastical 
Courts in any of the said Dioceses. 

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


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Mortality in 
Order, dated the 8th day of this instant March, for the Army. 
a Return of the Mortality, from Disease, among the 
European Troops in Her Majesty’s Service in the 
East and West Indies respectively, showing the 
Number of Deaths per cent. on the whole Force 
employed in each year, from 1840 to 1848, both 
inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery, which was presented upon Thursday Chancery. 
last, be printed. No. 176. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 21st and 22d 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. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- spirits 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Committee ap- Navy.) 
pointed to inquire into the expediency of diminish- 
ing the present Quantity of Spirits served out 
~— to the Seamen in the Royal Nav 

rdered, That the said Paper do 
Table. 


Petitions from Withern;— Nether Wallop ; — Agricultural 
Ludgershall ;—and, Alford; complaining of the Distress. 
depressed state of the Agricultural Interest; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


lie upon the 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dorking, praying Affirmation 
that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a law, was Bill. 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Henley-upon- Thames ;—and, Stour- Arbitration. 

bridge; praying the House to take measures for the 
purpose of influencing other governments to unite 
with this country in a general disarmament, and in 
the formation of mutual treaties, binding them to 
the adoption of Arbitration in all future cases of 
national difference,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hexham ;—and, Irvine; 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 upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a Boards of 
Meeting of the Working Classes of London, pray- a. 
ing the House to sanction a Bill for the establis 
ment of local Boards of Trade, composed of an 
equal number of employers and workmen, —_ 

the 




























































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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballycotton, in the 
Ballycotton county of Cork, and the district adjoining, stating 
Piet. that under the superintendence of the Board of 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, a 
Pier, as a refuge for the fishing vessels of that 
bay, was commenced in the year 1847 ; that during 
that and the following year, a portion of the plan 
designed by the engineer of the Board of Works 
was carried into execution ; complaining of the non- 
completion of the plan; and praying the House 
to adopt means for carrying into effect the original 
design, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Charitable A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Chari- 

Trusts Bill. ties of the town of Doncaster, praying that the 
Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Church Rates. Petitions from Cannock ;— Folkestone ;—Roch- 
ford ;—Saddleworth ; —Stourbridge ;—Seaton and 
Beer ;—and, Woodbridge ; praying for the abolition 
of Church Rates,—were presented, and jread ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Court A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Merchants 

Extension Bill. and Tradesmen of Holmfirth, praying that the 
County Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


County Rates Petitions from Thurlstone;—and, County of 

and Expendi- Worcester ; praying that the County Rates and Ex- 

on oe. penditure Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Distress, &amp;¢. Petitions from Aughana;—and, County of Lime- 

(Ireland.) = rick ; complaining of the Distress at present existing 
in Zreland; and praying for measures of relief, and 
for the restoration of a Parliament to that country, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical Petitions from Halifax (Chairman) ; — York 
Property. (Chairman) ;—and, Beverley (Chairman) ; praying 
the House to apply all National Property now de- 
voted to Ecclesiastical Purposes to exclusively se- 
cular objects, regard being had to vested interests, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Education Petitions from Benjamin Manley ;— Keighley ;— 
Bill. Faversham ;—Joseph Sumner, and others ;—John 


Manley ;—Members of the Whittington Club and 
Metropolitan Atheneum, Strand, London ;—and, 
Derby ; praying that the Education Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, 


Factories Bill. Petitions from Rochdale; — Ashton-under-Lyne 
(three Petitions); — Meltham Mills; — Keighley 
(eighteen Petitions) ;—Bradford (York) (seventeen 
Petitions) ;— Bury, (Lancaster) (two Petitions) ;— 
LauncefieldSpinning Company (Chairman) ;—Stock- 
port ;—Heaton Norris ;—Leigh, &amp;c.; — Thwaites ; 
— Halifax (four Petitions) ;— Glasgow (three Peti- 
tions) ; — Bacup (seven Petitions); — Newchurch 
(three Petitions) ;—Factory Workers of Partick 
Weaving Factory ; — Clyde Bank (Chairman) ;— 
Stalybridge ; — Manchester; — Hyde (Chester) ;— 
Bridgetown, Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—Calton, 
Gasgow (Chairman);— Rothesay (Chairman) ;— 
Hutchesontown, Glasgow (Chairman) ;— Tradeston, 


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Gray ;—and, James Fraser; praying that the Fac- 
tories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Surveyors of Highways Highways 
of the Township of Leeds, praying that the High- Bill. 
ways Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a Home 
Meeting of the Working Classes of London, pray- Colonies. 
ing the House to introduce a Bill for the establish 

ment of Home Colonies, and that sufficient capital 

be supplied by way of loan from the Imperial 
Treasury for that purpose, as being the best and 

most profitable means of giving productive employ- 

ment to our unemployed population, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Rate- Land Tax. 
payers of the parish of Saint Anne, Westminster, 

praying the House to effect an equalization of the 
unredeemed Land Tax in En iol and Wales, and 

to prevent the completion of any further contracts 

for redemption of such tax under the existing law, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Alexander Macdonald ;— Thomas Marriages 
Hastings and Patrick Borrowman ;—R. Simpson ; Bill. 
— Elgin ;—Dundee;—Lewis H. Irving ;—Hough- 
ton-le-Spring ;—John Montgomery ;—Largs ;—Car- 
low;—Rural Deanery of Bridport ;— WilliamGrant ; 
—and, Adam Blyth; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Burwell ;—Peterborough ;—and, 
Stourbridge ; 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 Eccles Branch of National Lana 
the National Land Company, expressing their con- Company. 
fidence in the honour and integrity of Mr. Feargus 
O’ Connor ; and praying the House not to interfere 
with the affairs of the National Land Company, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, stating that Oath of 
the Petitioners are by hereditary right entitled to, Supremacy. 
and for many years enjoyed the privilege of sitting 
and voting in the House of Peers, but are now ex- 
cluded therefrom by a conscientious objection to the 
Oath called the Oath of Supremacy, at present by 
law required, except in the case of persons professing 
the Roman Catholic religion, to be taken by all 
Members of Parliament and by Peers of Ireland 
voting at elections of their representatives; and 
praying that the form of the Oath may be so mo- 
dified, as, while leaving untouched the lawful supre- 
macy of the Sovereign, yet to relieve them from the 
difficulty in which they are placed, by a conscientious 
objection to the form in which the Oath is at present 
es to be taken, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—James Crow- paper, &amp;e. 
ther ;—Leeds ;— Devonport ;— Hanley ;—and, Pro- 
prietors, Printers and Publishers of the Banbury 
Guardian Newspaper; praying for the abolition of 
the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Adver- 
tisements, and the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by post,—were 
a. and read; and ordered to lie upon tlie 

able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Strand Poor Law. 





Glasgow (Chairman) ;—James Galbrath ;—Andrew 
VoL. 105. 


Union, praying the House to enact, firstly, that all 
BB2 the 





aR 2 








Poor Relief 
{Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Postage. 


Post-office. 


Railway 
Fares. 


Real Property 


Conveyance 
Bill. 


Small Tene- 


ments Rating 


Bill. 


Tithes. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Windows. 


188 


the existing laws relating to the assessment and 
collection of poor’s rate, be repealed, and that a 
general and equable rate for the support of the oor 
may be levied throughout England and Wales, ach 
parish or other place paying in proportion to the 
actual value of its property ; secondly, that the dis- 
tribution of the fund to be thus raised be under local 
management, subject to Parliamentary supervision ; 
and lastly, that all the present laws affecting pa- 
rochial settlement and removal, be repealed, was 


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


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Ipswich Union, praying that the Poor Relief (Cities 
and Towns) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westleton, praying 
for the establishment of an Ocean Penny Post for 
the conveyance of letters from any port in Great 
Britain to any other port in the world, at the uni- 
form rate of a penny, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clonmel; — Saundby , — Saint 
Margaret, near Rochester ;— Saintfield; —North 
Wheatley ;—Nottingham ; —Gainsborough ;-—Chel- 
tenham ;— County of Anglesey ;— Saint John-of- 
Wapping (Rector and Churchwardens) ;—East Kes- 
wick (Chairman) ;—Kirk Session of Elgin (Mode- 
rator) ;— Poole ; — Iver ;--- Lathbury ; — Lewis H. 
Irving ; —Fintry ;— Madeley ;— Carmylie ;—Glas- 
gow (two Petitions) ;—Henley and Sheinton; — Be- 
vington ;—Tamworth ;—Freshwater, Isle of Wight ; 
— Golcar ; — Cardiff; — Paisley :— Waterford ;— 
and, Cashel; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
Labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Board of Directors of the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company ;—and, Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company (Chair- 
man); praying for abolition of the duty upon Rail- 
way Passenger Fares,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in the city of Oxford, praying that the Real Pro- 
perty Conveyance Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Owners of houses and small tene- 
ments in the boroughs of Manchester and Salford, 
praying that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Boston, 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 Land and Tithe-payers in the parish 
of Elham, praying for alteration of the system of 
Tithing, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John H. Rosser, and others, praying 
for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Bal- 
lot, Equal Electoral Districts, no Property Qualifi- 
cation, and Payment of Members, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 





A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and | 
Representative Vestrymen of the parish of Saint | 
James, within the liberty of Westminster, praying | 
for the repeal of the Window Tax, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 





25° Martii. 





A, 1850. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen Windows, &amp;c. 
and others, resident at the port of Kingston-upon- 
Hull, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax, 
and a reduction of the duty on articles of daily 
consumption, particularly Tea, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commissariat 
mand,—An Account, showing all the Sums which Chest. 
have been received into the Commissariat Chest, 
and which have been paid out of the same, between 
the 1st day of April 1848 and the 31st day of 
March 1849, and of the Assets and Liabilities of 
the Chest, on the latter day. 
. Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Duchies of 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire Cornwall and 
to what extent the public are entitled to claim an 1" 
interest, present or prospective, in the management 
of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, with re- 
spect to which Returns are annually made to this 
House, and, with regard to the Duchy of Cornwall 
in particular, to inquire where its accumulations are 
invested ; who is the heir of personal estate to the 
Prince of Wales; whether Duchy dues from mines 
are reserved in minerals or money, and whether they 
are rated to the poor; whether mines are directly 
worked by the Duchy Officers; what number of 
claims to estates have been made and not sustained 
during the last six years ; whether there is any good 
reason for the direct exception of certain kinds of 
property in the Duchy Act of 1844 (such as royal- 
ties, franchises, and estuaries), from the statutory 
provision for the quiet of titles, now applied to 
Crown property, to private property, and most de- 
scriptions of Duchy ey ; and, lastly, whether 
the management of the Duchy estate has been satis- 


| factory as regards the public, fair as regards its own 


tenants, or productive of improvement in the state 
of the rural population :—It passed in the Negative. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding Sixty thousand pounds, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, towards defraying the expense of the Pay, ~~” ” 
Allowances, and Contingencies, of Ordnance Mili- 
tary Corps, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Commissariat 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted gn¢ — 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the expense of &gt;?" 
Commissariat and Barrack Supplies for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, Clothing 
for Colonial Corps, &amp;c. &amp;c. which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordance Office. 
ceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the expense of the Ord- 
nance Office, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding Sixty thousand pounds, be granted to Her —" 
Majesty, towards defraying the expense of Esta- 
blishments in the United Kingdom and Colonies, 
which will come in course of payment during thie 
year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Wages of ” 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her Arm 
Majesty, towards defraying the expense of 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 1851. 

. 6. Resolved, 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance. 


Non-Effective 
Ordnance 
Services. 


Chief Justices’ 
Salaries Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the expense of 
Ordnance Stores for Land and Soa Service, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ex- 
pense of Works, Buildings,and Repairs, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the expense of the 
Scientific Branch, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Forty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying 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 1851. 


Resolutions to be reperted. 


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 the 
8th day of April next, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Chief Justices’ Salaries 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 Friday the 12th day of 
“« April next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, _ Fh Hill, }; 00. 
Tellers for the Noes,| a a A, } 51. 
e 4 i . 


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. 


Cravuse N° 1 (Salary of the Chief Justice of the 
Queen’s Bench). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. Is. 2 and 3: To 
leave out the words “ shall be and.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause :— 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 
After the words “shall be,” to insert the words 
“ the yearly sum of seven thousand pounds.” 

Question put, That those words he there in- 
serted. 

VoL, 105. 


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189 


} 38. 
1 ee. 


The Committee divided. 

; Mr. Henley, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Mullings : 
ord Marcus Hill 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Bellew : 4 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Martis, 26° die Martii, 1850: 


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 
the 15th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Brick Duties 
into a Committee upon the Brick Duties Bill; and, 3#- 
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 
the 8th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Distressed 
Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and } ll _ 
Repayment of Advances (Jreland) Bill; Repayment of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Advances 


upon Thursday the 11th day of April next. (ireland) Bill. 


The Bill to make better Provision for the Contri- School 
butions of Unions and Parishes, in School Districts, ee 
to the common Funds of the respective Districts, Bin. 
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 Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 22d day of April next. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


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 Monday the 8th day of April next. 


The Bill to repeal an Act of the sixth year of Pirates Head 
King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture Money Repeal 
or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, was, ~~” 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal an Act of the sixth year 
of King George the Fourth, for encouraging the 
Capture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Ves- 
sels, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. 

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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 8th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Or- Exchequer 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bills 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 8th day ——— 
of April next. , 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Real Property 
the Real Property Transfer Bill, was read, and dis- Transfer Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 





BB3 Ordered, 


Medical 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Securities for 
Advances 


(Ireland) Bill 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Number of References 


190 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Distribution, Support and Management 
of Medical Charities in Jreland: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Mr. Solicitor-General for 
Freland do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide more simple and effectual Securities for Ad- 
vances to Purchasers of Incumbered Estates in Jre- 


land ; 


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 One of the clock on Tuesday morning :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till this day. 








Martis, 26° die Martii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS, 
M R. Bramell, from the Court of Chancery, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of February 
last, for a Return by the Masters of the Court of 
Chancery, of the following particulars in Causes 
and matters in their respective offices : 





Number of At- 
Names of the Causes tendable War- 


25°—26° Martiz. 


Mr, Bernal reported from the Committee on the Ramsey, 
Upwood and 
Great Raveley 
. Turf Fens, and 
ey had examined the alle- Lockspit Lots 
and Lockspit 
Lan 7 
P : x : age and Im- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; provement 


and that they had gone through the Bill, and made Bill. 


in Causes and Mat- 
ters between the 30th 
day of June 1840 and 
the 30th day of June 
1844, in which no 
Reports have been 
made, and no pro- 
ceedings had since 


and Matters in 
which some pro- 
ceeding has been 
had since the 
30th day of June 
1844, under Re- 
ferences still pend- 
ing, with the date 


rants, not in- 
cluding War- 
rants tu justify, 
had in each Re- 
ference in each 
Cause or Mat- 
ter of which the 
name is given 


The Date of 
the last of the 
Warrants re- 
ferred to in 
the preceding 
Column. 


Observa- 


tions. 


the 30th day of June 


1844, 


of the Order of 


Sefeumen inthe preceding 


Column, 





Licensed 
Victuallers’ 
and General 
Fire and Life 
Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Clerical, 
Medical and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 

















—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life As- 
surance Company (No. 2.) Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the preamble 
of the Bill, and had amended the same, by inserting 
therein the words, “and if the name and style of 
“ the said Company were altered as aforesaid,” to 
more clearly define the intention of the subsequent 
clauses of the Bill; and had found the same, as so 
amended, tobe true; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; 
and had added clauses, pursuant to the Instruction 
of the House of the 19th instant March. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the South Wales Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had made a 
verbal reteeed semen to the same, to be in conformity 


with the provisions of the Bill; and had found the 
same, as so amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and had added clauses, pursuant to the Instruction 
of the House of the 19th day of March, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








A. 1850. 


Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley Turf Fens, and 
Lockspit Lots and Lockspit Lands Drainage and 
Improvement Bill; That 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the parties concerned had given their con- 


Amendments thereunto. 

Mr, Bernal further reported, That inasmuch as 
there is no provision in the Bill, or in the Commis- 
sioners’ Clauses Act (which is incorporated there- 
with) under which the Commissioners can receive 
any remuneration, it appeared to the Committee 
that it was not necessary in this case to insert the 
clauses specified by the 145th Standing Order. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 25th day of this instant 
March, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the House, dated 
the 26th day of February last, relating to Private 
Bills opposed on Second Reading, be suspended 
with respect to Bills to be opposed this day; and 
that the consideration of such Bills be postponed 
until the second day on which the House shall sit 
after the Easter recess. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Wakefield Borough Market Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Dundee and Perth and Aber- 
deen Railway Junction, Dundee and Arbroath and 
Dundee and Newtyle Railways Bill be read a second 
time upon Tuesday the 9th day of April next. 


Hartley’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; 
_ committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 

ills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee that they do hear counsel, and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill; and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by coun- 
sel, or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of the 
Evidence in respect of the said Bill, which was 
communicated from the Lords yesterday, be referred 
to the Committee, 


Ordered, That the Scottish Central Railway Bill 
be read a second time upon Tuesday the Sth day of 
April next. 


A Petition of William Stephens, of Bedford-row, 
in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That a cause is now pending 
in Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer at Westminster, 
in which the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway Company are plaintiffs, and 
Joseph Bailey, Esquire, is defendant, and which said 
cause now stands for hearing at the next Assizes to 
be held at Chester ; that the Petitioner is Solicitor 
for the said defendant, and is advised that the pro- 
duction of certain documents, plans and sections 
hereinafter mentioned, and now in the custody of 
the officers of the House, is essential to the case of 
the said defendant (that is to say), Birkenhead, Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire Railway 1846, Petition for 
Bill, with Copy proposed Bill and Agent’s Declara- 
tion annexed, Plans, Sections and Books of Re- 











ference, Estimate of Expense and Copy Subscription 
Contract ; 





ds Drain- 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
second Re- 
port.) 


Private Bills, 


Wakefield 
Borough 
Market Bill. 


Dundee and 
Perth and 
Aberdeen 
Railway Junc- 
tion, Dundee 
and Arbroath 


and Dundee and Newtyle Railways Bill, 


Hartley’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Scottish 


Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction 
Railways 
(1846-1849). 





Arbitration. 


Church Rates. 


Education. 


Factories Bill. 


Marriages Bill. 


Disarmament. 


P aper, 


13 Vicroriz. 


Contract; Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway and Chester and Birkenhead 
Railway Amalgamation, 1847, Petition for Bill, 
with Copy of Bill,and Agent’s Declaration annexed ; 
Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Ruil- 
way (Abandonment of Part of Line, Extension to 
London and North Western Railway, &amp;c., 1849), 
Petition for Bill, with Copy of proposed Bill, and 
Agent’s Declaration annexed, Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference, Estimate of Expense, and Copy 
Subscription Contract, or the Declaration in lieu 
of such Subscription Contract, and Copy Bili, as 
amended in Committee; Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway, Power to sell or lease, 
&amp;e., 1849, Petition for Bill, with Copy proposed 
Bill and Agent’s Declaration annexed ; and praying 
that the said plans, sections and other documents 
may be produced at the hearing of the said cause, 
and that the proper Officers of the House may have 
leave to attend and produce the same, or that the 
House will be pleased to make such other Order in 
the matter as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kingsbridge and 
Dodbrooke, and their vicinity, 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 misunderstand- 
ings to the decision of Arbitrators,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for Divine Wor- 
ship in the Independent Chapel, Caséle-street, Ex- 
eter, and others, praying for the abolition of Church 
Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the rural deanery of 
Bridport, praying the House to adopt such mea- 
sures as shall secure to the Church of England her 
portion of the Parliamentary grant for Education, 
without any interference, on the part of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council, with her doctrine or dis- 
cipline, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives, Spinners, Slubbers, 
Females and young Persons working in the Woollen 
Manufactory of Tienes, Dicksons and Laings, 
Hawick, by relays, praying that the Factories Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Rochdale ;— Batley ;—and, Barns- 
ley (two Petitions) ; praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rutherglen ;—Stevenston ;— Edin- 
burgh ;—and, Dundee; 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 Kingsbridge, Dod- 
brooke, and their vicinity, praying the House to take 
the necessary steps for promoting negotiations be- 
tween the British Government and other Govern- 
ments of the civilized world, with a view to call 
their attention to the necessity of entering, by a 
general and simultaneous measure, upon a system 
of disarmament, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Printers in the city of Edin- 
burgh, praying for a speedy and total repeal of the 
Excise Duties on Paper, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 105, 


26° Marti. 


191 


House to take immediate steps to reduce the num- 
ber and salaries of the Poor Law Department at 
Somerset House, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Irish Steam Packet Company, stating that the 
charges to which coasting steamers are liable in the 
Port of Dublin for tonnage rates, light dues and 
pilotage are extremely and unnecessarily onerous ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures for the 
relief of those steamers, by a reduction in the ton- 
nage dues of said Port, by abolishing compulsory 
pilotage, and by a general reduction in light dues, 
substituting for the present light dues an annual 
toll proportioned to the tonnage of the vessel, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Orkney ; — Kirkwall ; — Firth ; — Stalbridge ; — 
Buckland Newton ;—-Hasilbury Bryan;—-Stevenston ; 
—Kirk Session of Hope Kirk ;—and, Session of the 
United Presbyterian Church, Paisley (Moderator) ; 
praying for abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


2. 
to pass a law repealing the Tests required to be 


taken by professors elected to chairs of literature, 
science and philosophy, in the Universities of Scot- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


(Chairman) ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for the suppression of the Slave Trade,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 8th 
day of April next. 


Return, showing the Number of Occasions between 
the Ist day of January and the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1849, both days inclusive, on which the Mails 
to and from Orkney arrived after their due time at 
the Post-office of Kirkwall and the Post-office of 
Wick respectively ; stating the Number of Daily 
Mails due and arriving together on these Occasions: 
—And, Account of the Total Cost of conveying 
the said Mails between Wick and Kirkwall; dis- 
tinguishing the Amounts paid for the Land Con- 
veyance between Wick and Huna, of the Boat 
Conveyance between Huna and Burwick, and of 
the Carriage between Burwick and Kirkwall ; and 
of the Number of Letters received at and despatched 
from the Kirkwall Post-office during the same 
period. 


of all Descriptions received at the Ports of Wick, 
Kirkwall and Lerwick, during the years 1847, 1848 
and 1849, distinguishing the Amounts received in 
each year and at each Port, and the Places from 
whence the Wood was imported. 


to give directions that there be laid befure this House, 
a Return,in Abstract, of the Financial Proceedings 
under each of the several Commissions of Sewers 
in force in Westminster, Holborn and Finsbury, 
Tower Hamlets, Saint Katherine’s,Poplar and Black- 
jwall, Surrey and Kent and Greenwich, from the 
BB4 Ist 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Hereford Union, praying the Board. 


A Petition of the Secretary of the British and Light Dues. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Lady Parish ;~ Post-office. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Religious 


Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House a ; 


s (Scot- 


Petitions from Cockermouth; — and, Halifax Slave Trade. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Orkney Mails. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Wood Duties 
Account, showing the Amount of Duties on Wood (Wick &amp;c-) 


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








Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Fecs (Court 
ot Common 
Pleas) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 


(ireland) Bill. 
No. 177. 


192 


1st day of January 1815 to the 30th day of No- 
vember 1847; distinguishing the Divisions, Dis- 
tricts, Sewers or Levels, under each Commission ; 
showing the Assets and Liabilities of each on the 
ist day of January 1845; the Receipts of each, 


26° Marti. 








A. 1850. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court 

‘to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ee 
‘to give directions that there be laid before this Ct") 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence 

which may have taken place during the years 1848, 


! 


distinguishing Rates, Contributions, &amp;c.; the Ex-| 1849 and 1850, between the Lords Commissioners 
nditure of each, distinguishing the Expense of |of Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Irish Government, 
Works under the several Heads of Construction, |and the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in 


Repairs, Cleansing, &amp;c.; the Expense of Manage- | 
ment; the Particulars of all New Rates made, | 


distinguishing the Rentals and the pro raté As-| 
sessment thereon, and the Amount of Rates un-| 
collected ; the Financial Particulars of all Special 
Contracts entered into, showing the Amounts unpaid 
during the above period, together with the State 
of the Assets and Liabilities of each Commission 
at the end of the period, and a General Summary 
of the whole:—Like Return with respect to the 
Financial Proceedings of the several Metropolitan | 
Sewers Commissions in force from the 30th day | 
of November 1847 tothe 5th day of January 1849: 
—Like Return with respect to the Metropolitan 
Sewers Commission in force from the 5th day of 
January to the 8th day of October 1849 :—And, 
like Return with respect to the Metropolitan Sewers 
Commission in force from the’ sth day of October | 
1849 to the 31st day of December 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her M 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


an Account of the Amount of the Exchequer Fund 
(Ireland) received out of the Court in each year, | 
from the year 1836 to the year 1848, both inclu- | 
sive ; specifying that 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 Treasurer’s Fee Fund, Produce of 
Fines and Penalties, or 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 Reimbursement of the Treasury 
for the same, and received or yielded in the years 





ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


‘from the Consolidated Fund (Jreland), which wa 


Ireland, relating to the subject of the Office of Crier 
of the Court of Exchequer in Jreland; and Copies 
of all other Papers, Letters, Treasury Minutes, or 
Opinions of Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland, 
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. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Merchant 


Command,—Copy of Report from Mr, Finlaison a 
to President of Board of Trade, on the Merchant No _ 


Seamen’s Fund. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented yesterday, be Lancaster. 
printed. No. 179, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial 
Postage, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Postage. 

No. 180. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn, &amp;c., Corn, &amp;e. 

which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 181. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 182. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Advances Advances 
g from the Con- 


solidated Fund 
(Treland.) 


No. 183. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Poor Law Poor Law 


presented yesterday, be printed. 


Unions (Jreland) [Advances], which was presented a , 
yesterday, be printed. theeaed 
No, 184, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- post-office. 





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. 


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 all Bills of 
Costs delivered by the Solicitors to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for England, from the Date of 
their Appointment to the present time, showing the 
Amount of each Bill, and the Nature of the Business 
to which it relates:—And also, of all Payments 
made to such Solicitors on account, showing the 
Date and Amount of each Payment. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon Monday the 8th day of April 
next, on the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the 
better Distribution, Support and Management of 
Medical Charities in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 11th day of April next; 
and to be printed. 





office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 185. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Non-resi- Non-resident 
dent Incumbents, which was presented yesterday, Incumbents. 
| be printed. No. 186. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Advances Advances 
from the Consolidated Fund (Ireland), &amp;c., which ‘om the Con- 


; idated Fund 
was presented yesterday, be printed, Cireland), a 


No. 187. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Rate-in- Rate in Aid 
Aid (Ireland) Act, which was presented yesterday, (Ireland) Act- 
be printed. No. 188. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fisheries Fisheries 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be Ureland.) 
printed. No. 189. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Committals 
to Committals (Ireland), which were presented, (Ireland.) 
yesterday, be printed. No, 190. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Jugger- Juggernauth 
nauth Pagoda, which was presented yesterday, .be Pas04. 
printed, No. 191. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mortality Mortality in 
in the Army, which was presented yesterday, be ong 
printed. No. 192. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Green Park 
Copy of any Application for permission to build (Bridgewater 
Walls in the Green Park, in front of Bridgewater , 
House; also, any Minutes or other Documents re- 
lating to the Garden attached to Bridgewater House, 
which have been passed or considered by the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests. 
A Motion 





Royal 
Academy 
of Arts. 


Income Tax 
(Irish Proe 
perty:) 


Saint Pancras 
Paving. 


Titles of 
Religious Con- 
tio; 


Supply ; 


Ordnance 


Military 
Corps, 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, an Account of 
the Receipts and Expenditure of the Royal Academy 
of Arts, each year since 1836, with a detailed State- 
ment of the Sums appropriated to Salaries, and to 
the various general and incidental purposes of the 
Establishment ; also, the Amount of Money funded, 
which, in 1836, was £.47,000 ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, i — ; } 19. 
Tellers for the Noes, - Philip Howar d ' 47. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amount of Income Tax paid in England, 
and reckoned as English Income, but which is de- 
rived from Jrish Property, whether Real Property, 
Mortgages, Pensions, or Property of any other de- 
scription :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each of the several Paving 
Boards, or separate Paving Districts, in the Parish 
of Saint Poncras, in the County of Middlesex, 
showing, for each of the years 1847, 1848, and 
1849, the Rateable Value of Property assessed ; the 
Date and Amount in the pound of each Rate, dis- 
tinguishing the Rates made for any special objects ; 
the Amount received under the following Heads :— 
General Rates or Assessments; Special Rates; 
Other Receipts; Total Receipts. The Amount ex- 
pended, under the following Heads:—For Repair of 
Roads, Streets, and Footways ; for Watering ; for 
Lighting ; for Salaries ; for Law Charges; for In- 
terest of Debt or Annuities; Bonded Debt paid off; 
other Payments; and Total Expenditure. The 
Amount of Debts at the end of each year; the 
Rate of Interest payable thereon; the Arrears of 
Interest unpaid ; the Balance in hand or overspent 
at the end of each year; and the Arrears of Rates 
or other Arrears at the same period; stating the 
Titles and Dates of the existing Local Acts; the 
Number of Acting Trustees or Commissioners ; the 
Qualification of Commissioners; and the Number 
of Houses rated at or above the Amount required 
for the Qualification of such Commissioners ; the 
Qualification of persons entitled to vote for such 
Commissioners ; and the Number of persons so en- 
titled to vote; the Number of Meetings held each 
year; the Average Attendance at such Meetings; 
the Name, also the Amount of Salary or other 
Emolument, of each Treasurer, Clerk, Surveyor, In- 
spector, or other Officer employed: Also stating 
the length of Roads and Streets included in each 
District ; the Number of Lamps; the Number of 
Public Pumps; and the Number of Gates or Bar- 
riers erected across any Streets or Roads. 

Ordered, That 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 Titles of Religious Congregations Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 8th day of April next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 
1. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding Sixty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Pay, 
Allowances, and Contingencies of Ordnance Military 


VoL. 105. 





26° Martiz. 











.193 


Corps, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
Commissariat and Barrack Supplies for Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, Clothing 
for Colonial Corps, &amp;c. &amp;c. which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be granted to Office. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Ordnance Office, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding Sixty thousand pounds, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Esta-°"* 
blishments in the United Kingdom and Colonies, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Wages of 
ceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her — and 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 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 arch 
1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding One hundred thousand pounds, be granted Stores. 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying 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 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Ordnance 
ceeding One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be on and 

: , pairs. 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of Works, Buildings, and Repairs, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Scientific 
ceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be granted to —— the 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the © ° 
Scientific Branch, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, on account, not ex- Non-effective 
ceeding Forty thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ordnance 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Non- 5*¥i** 
effective Services, Military and Civil, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Commissariat 
and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tariffs of 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Foreign 
to give directions, that there be laid before this wena 
House, Returns, in continuation of certain Returns 
granted by Her Majesty in accordance with an 
Address, adopted by this House on the 24th day of 
February 1847, with reference to any Alterations 
which have been made in the Tariffs of Foreign 
States, and any alterations of the ‘lerms and Con- 
ditions upon which Raw Produce, Goods or Mer- 
chandize are imported into or exported from such 
Foreign States, specifying the Dates at which such 
Alterations have been made, and the time at which 
they have or are to come into Operation ; also, with 
reference to any Alterations‘of Customs Duties or 
other Alterations affecting the Commerce of the 
British Possessions, which have been authorized or 
effected under the Powers of the Act 8 and 9 Vice. 

c. 9, or any subsequent Authority ; and that the 
Substance of and Information contained in the 
Returns under this Address be forthwith furnished 
to this House, in the English Language, and in the 
same form as that contained in the above Returns 

cco+ was 





Expiring 
Laws. 
No. 194, 


Malt. 
No, 195. 


Barley. 
No. 195. 


British 
Museum. 


No. 196. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Twenty-third 


Report. ) 


National 
Gallery 
(Edinburgh) 
Bill. 


194 


by this House on the 8th day of December 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. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire what Temporary Laws of a 
public and general nature are now in force; and 
what Laws of the like nature have expired since 
the last Report upon the subject; and also, what 
Laws of the like nature are about to expire at 
particular periods, or in consequence of any 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. 


26° Martu—s8° Aprilis. 


? was granted, in accordance with an Address adopted Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 





Mr. Hayter presented;—Return to an Order 
dated the 15th day of this instant March, for a 
Return of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
to Duty in each of the following years, ending the 
10th day of October 1814, 1817, 1823, 1828, 1835, 
1839, 1848, 1849, and to the latest period of 1850 
to which the Account can be made up. 

Return to an Order dated the 15th day of this 
instant March, for a Return of the Number of| 
Quarters of Foreign Barley imported into the United 
Kingdom in each month, for Three years, ending 
the 10th day of October 1849. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday the 
8th day of April next. 


Luna, 8° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 13° Victoriz Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

\ R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British 
i Museum, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of 
March last, for an Account of the Income and Ex- 
penditure of the British Museum for the year 1849, 
of the Estimated Charges and Expenses for the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1851, and of 
the Sum necessary to discharge the same ; and also, 
an Account of the Number of Persons admitted 
to visit the Museum from Christmas 1843 to Christ- 
mas 1849; together with a Statement of the Pro- 
gress made in the arrangement of the Collections, 
and an Account of Objects added to them in the 
year 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 26th day of March 
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. 


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 National 
Gallery (Edinburgh) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, no notice having been given 
in the Gazette, or local newspapers, of the intention 
to amend or repeal the following Acts for the Im- 
provement of the City of Edinburgh and the Neigh- 
bourhood ; viz. the 56th Geo. 3, c. 41, 7 and 8 Geo. 
4, c. 76, and 1 and 2 Wiil. 4, c. 45. 











A. 1850. 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


The following Account, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. Metro- 
politan Commission of Sewers ;—An Account in 
Abstract of Receipt and Expenditure between 5th 
January 1849 and 31st December 1849, together 
with Summary Statement, and Report of all Con- 
tracts entered into, and Works commenced and 
completed during the period, and of the Moneys 
owing to, and Debts owing by the Commission on 
the 31st December 1849. 


The following Return, having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 7th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Revenue received by 
the Commissioners appointed under the Act 
8 and 9 Vic. c. 59, (ewcastle-upon-Tyne Port 


| Act, 1845), in each year:—List of the Commis- 


sioners now acting and qualified under that Act, 
stating their Names and the nature of their Quali- 
fication ; also the Number of Meetings of the Board, 
and the Names of the Commissioners who have 
attended each of those Meetings, and where held, 
in each year :—Account of the debt owing by the 
Commissioners, the Date of contracting the same, 
and the Rate of Interest paid: Particular and de- 
tailed Account, in each year, of what has been ex- 
pended :—-Return of the Number and Names of the 
Police employed under the Act in each year, and 
the Places where they were stationed :—Particular 
and detailed Account of the Buoys and Moorings 
laid down at their Cost; distinguishing those laid 
down on the Banks of the River in each of the Bo- 
roughs of South Shields and Tynemouth :—And, 
Return of the Names of the Vessels that have been 
driven on Shore on the South Side of the Tyne, in 
the Borough of South Shields, between the 1st day 
of September 1849 and the 1st day of March 1850. 


The following Return, having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 14th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Prices of various Articles 
of Food, Clothing, and Household Stores bought 
for the use of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, 
and of the Rate of Wages paid to Artizans em- 
ployed in that Establishment ; together with the 
Prices of Provisions at Bethlem «ante and of 
Bread and Meat bought by the Commissariat De- 
partment, during each of the years 1836 to 1849, 
inclusive (in continuation of a Statement in Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 189, of Session 1836). 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kew and Petersham Vicarage Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Leicester and Hitchin Railway 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 18th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of March last, for 
Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence which 
may have taken place during the years 1848, 1849 
and 1850, between the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Jrish Government, and 
the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Jre- 
land, relating to the subject of the Office of Crier of 


the Court of Exchequer in Ireland ; and Copies 4 
a 








Metropolitan 
ommission of 
Sewers. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Port Act. 


Greenwich 
Hospital, &amp;c- 


Kew and 
Petersham _ 
Vicarage Bill. 


Leicester and , 
Hitchin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland.) 








13 Vicrortiz. 


all other Papers, Letters, Treasury Minutes, or Opi- 
nions of Law Officers of the Crown in Jreland, on 
the same subject. 


Public Works Mr, Hayter also presented,—Return to an Or- 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) ger, dated the 21st day of February last, for a 
Return of all Grants or Loans for Public Works, 

. Relief of Distress, or other Purposes, in Jreland, 

during the last Ten years; showing the Authority 

under which such Grants or Loans were made, the 

Amount issued, the Amount repaid, and the Sums 

still remaining due on the 5th day of January 1850. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Febru- 
ary last, for a Return of the Amount of Window 
Duty assessed, and the Net Amount received, with 
the Number of Houses charged, for the year ending 
the 5th day of April 1849 :—And, alike Return for 
the Twelve Towns in England paying the largest 
Amount. 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Aggregate Number of Stamps 
issued for Newspapers in the year 1849, in England 
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively ; dis- 
tinguishing the Number at One Penny and at One 
Half-penny: — Showing the Number of London 
Newspapers, the Number of Advertisements in them, 
the Rate and Amount of Advertisement Duty paid 
by them, in the year 1849 :—And, similar Return as 
regards the English Provincial, the Scotch and the 
Irish Newspapers (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 160, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That the said Returns do 
Table. 


Window Duty. 


Newspapers, 


lie upon the 


Fine Arts, Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of Ninth Report of the Commis- 
sioners on the Fine Arts. 

Convict Hulk © Copy of Report of the Manager of the Convict 


Establishment. Hulk Establishment, for the year 1848. 


Tithe Rent- Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 

charges, an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of 
March last, for a Return of Tithe Rent-charges 
payable to the Crown, or to the Lessees of the 
Crown; distinguishing the Parishes in which they 
arise, andthe Amount of each Rent-charge. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
18th day of February last, for a Return of all Per- 
sons tried for Larceny at Courts of Quarter Session 
for the Counties of Berks, Dorset, Somerset, South- 
ampton (including the Isle of Wight), Sussex and 
Wilts, during the year ending December 1849, spe- 

_ cifying, in each case, the Age of the Prisoner, the 
Value at which the Property stolen was laid; and, 
in cases where Convictions have taken place, the 
Sentence of the Court. 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of March 
last, for Returns showing the Sums annually voted 
by Parliament for the Maintenance of Hospitals in 
the City of Dublin; specifying the Name of the 
Hospital, when and by whom founded; the Sum 
annually voted for same; the Number of Beds 
therein; the Class of Patients received therein, 
whether suffering under Fevers and Contagious, or 
Chronic or Acute Non-contagious Diseases, or Sur- 
gical Cases; the Number of Patients annually re- 
lieved at each Hospital; the Rank in Life, Trade or 
Calling of the Patients so relieved, as far as can be 
ascertained ; the Cost per Patient so relieved ; and 
whether the Hospital has any and what Funds, 
and whence derived, over and above the Sums voted, 
by Parliament for its Maintenance ; the Number of 
Applications for Admission into each Hospital ; the 
Number admitted; and the Number rejected for 
want of room, in the years ending the 31st day of 
December 1847, 1848 and 1849, respectively :— 
And, showing the Names of the Physicians and 
Surgeons who attend each Hospital, and the Sums 
paid to each Physician and Surgeon, or other Officer 

VoL. 105. 


Larceny. 


Hospitals 
(Dublin, ) 





8° Aprilis. 


195 


or Attendant (with the exception of the Nurses), of 
each Hospital respectively, during the same Period. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of February Kilrush Union. 
last, for Returns of the Number of Paupers on the 
Relief Lists of the Kilrush Union from the beginning 
of December last, both In-door and Out-door; the 
Periods for which Out-door Relief was suspended 
and again renewed from that Date to the present 
time ; of any Alterations that were made within the 
same Period in the Dietaries of the Union Work- 
| house; the Weekly Number of Deaths; and the 
Average Numbers in each Week in the Fever Hos- 

ital and Infirmary :—Of the Number of Coroners’ 
| Tagunate that have been held within the Union of 
| Kilrush since the 1st day of December last, with 
their Dates and the Verdicts recorded :—Copies of 
all Correspondence between the Board of Guardians, 
_or the Inspector of the Kilrush Union, and the Poor 
Law Commissioners, within the same Period :—And, 
Return of the Total Amount of Rates struck and 
collected in the Union of Kilrush, in the several 
years ending the 29th day of September 1847, 1848 
and 1849, stating their Average Poundage Rate on 
the Valuation of the Union ; and likewise the Total 
Amount of Money expended on Relief, and the 
Sources from whence the Deficiency was made up. 

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








A Petition of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Dublin and 
Company, praying that provision may be made in a 
the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill for enabling ““'"* * 
the said Company to make and maintain certain 
Branch Railways across certain highways upon the 
level of the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Birmingham 
of the borough of Birmingham, taking notice of Improvement 
a Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for leave Bi 
to bring in the Birmingham Improvement Bill, 
and praying that leave may not be given to de- 
posit such Petition, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Colonization 
Colonization Assurance Company Bill; That they so 
had examined the allegations contained in the pre- ~ 
amble of the Bill, and had amended the same, by 
making the recitals of certain deeds of settlement 
more in conformity with the facts of the case, and 
by stating the amount of the capital of the Com- 
pany ; and had 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. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Leeds and Halifax Leeds ana 
District of Roads, taking notice of a Petition for Halifax Turn- 
leave to deposit a Petition against the Leeds and aeaie 
Halifax Turnpike-road (Continuation of Term as to of Term as to 
certain Parts of the Road) Bill; and praying that certain Parts 
the prayer of the said Petition may not be granted, $f {ne Road) 
and that the Standing Orders of tie House may — 
not be dispensed with in that case, was presented, 
and read; and referred tothe Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Commons 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Inclosure Bill. 
intituled, An Act to authorize the Inclosure of cer- 

tain Lands, in pursuance of the Fifth Annual Ge- 








neral Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for 
England and Wales, and to confirm the Proceedings 
cce2+ in 





196 8° Ap 


in the matter of the Common Wood Inclosure ; and | 
the same were read, as follow : 
P, 2. 1. 30. Leave out “ the costs of.” 
P. 2. 1. 31. Leaveout “taken sincethe confirma- 
“ tion of the said award to,” and insert “ com- 
“ menced before.” 
P. 2. 1. 32. After “ Act,” insert “ or any costs in 
“ relation thereto.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 
Emigration. 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 
with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative 
to the Emigration of Labourers from Sierra Leone 
and Saint Helena to the West Indies. 

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


Trade and 
Navigation, 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 





A. 1850. 


rilis. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of July, in 
the last Session of Parliament, be printed, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway 
Accidents, which was presented upon the 25th day bs a 
of March last, be printed. 0. 197, 


Petitions from Woodchurch ;—and, County of Agricultural 
Armagh; complaining of the depressed state of Distress. 
Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ayr;—and, Brechin; praying for Attornies’ 
repeal of the annual duty on the Certificates of Certificates. 
Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Brick-manufacturers, residing in Brick Duties 
or near the town of East Retford, praying the Bill. 
House to order the remission of the whole of the 
duty upon the present stock of Bricks; or that it 
will allow an extension of time for enabling the 
present holders to dispose of their stocks before 
any repeal of the duties takes place, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter (Chairman) ;—and Barns- a 
ley ; praying the House to enact such laws as will “PY 





gation, Month ended 5th March 1850, and Two 
Months ended 5th March 1850. 

Mr. Labouchere also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of 
February last, for a Return of the Prices of Wheat, 
stated in English Money and Measure, throughout 
each year from 1844 to 1849, both inclusive, at the 
under-mentioned Ports and Places, to the latest 
Date which can be given :—Riga, Odessa, Kenigqs- 
berg, Dantzig, Hamburgh, Antwerp, Havre, Nantes, 
Marseilles, Alicante, Leghorn, Trieste, New York, 
Philadelphia, New Orleans and Montreal. 

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


Wheat, 


The House was moved, That the Petition for ad- 
ditional Provision in the Guardian Fire and Life 

Assurance . . : 

Company | Assurance Company Bill, which was presented upon 

[Stamp Duty the 15th day of March last, might be read; and 

onMemorials-] the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of authorizing 
the imposition of a Stamp Duty on the first and 
every subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled 
pursuant to an Act for better enabling the Guardian 
Fire and Life Assurance Company to sue and be 
sued, and for other Purposes, from which Memorial 
the names of the Trustees of the said Company 
shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties caiek 
would otherwise be payable on 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 Trustees. 


Guardian 
Fire and Life 


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 1849, distinguishing tie European, 
United States and Cclonial Produce; and of all 
European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 
ported from Ei 
uation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 291, of Session 
1849). 


Cheese. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


No. 193. 





ngland in the year 1849 (in contin- 


Ordered, That the 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, 


leave every religious community self-supported and 
self-governed, and to apply to the relief of the 
national burdens whatever public property is now 
devoted to spiritual purposes,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Strood ;—Cwmbran Lanvrechva ; Church Rates, 
—Colyton ; — Folkstone ; — Alton (Chairman) ; — 
Chulmleigh ;— Melbourne (Cambridge);— Heywood ; 
— Walmsley ;—-Hadlow ;—South Petherton;— Bir- 
mingham ;—and Llanidloes ; praying for the aboli- 
tion of Church Rates,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers of several Congregations Colonial 
of Protestant Non-conformists, in the town of Church Esta- 
. blishments. 

Derby, stating that great numbers of persons who 
conscientiously dissent from all Churches established 

by the State are, with their families, settled in the 

British Colonies; and praying that such persons 

may not be constrained to contribute to the main- 

tenance of such Churches, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Gaols, &amp;c. 
Guardians of the Chai/ey Union, in the county of 
Sussex, praying that county rates may be relieved 
from the exclusive charge which they now bear of 
contributing to Gaols and Lunatic Asylums, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, and other In- Danish Forts 
habitants of Liverpool, stating that the Petitioners oe g 
have heard, with surprise and alarin, that it is the africa.) 
intention of Her Majesty’s Government to purchase 
certain Danish Forts on the Western Coast of 
Africa; and praying the House to refuse to sanc- 
tion or to vote the money for that measure, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from John Spiller, and others ;—Glas- Education 
tonbury ;— Halstead (two Petitions); —-Editors, Prin- Bill. 

ters and others engaged on the Sun Newspaper ;— 
Hollinwood ;—Nottingham;— Reigate ;—Chowbent; 
—George Harnden, and others ;—Linton ;— Man- 

chester (two Petitions) ;—and Llanidloes ; praying 

that the Education Bill may pass into a law,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

‘able. 








A Petition 











Factories Bill. 


Factories Act. 





Highways Bill. 


Interment 
in Towns. 


Irish Fisheries 
Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Larceny 

* Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Marriages Bill. 








13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgewater and 
the neighbourhood, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mill-owners of Bramley, praying 
the House to reject the Factories Bill, and to pass 
a Twelve Hours Act, or allow young persons and 
children to work by relays, so as to enable parties 
to work their machinery twelve hours per day, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Great Marsden ;—Barrow ford 





(three Petitions) ;—and, Stalybridge; 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 Flax-spinners, Mill-owners, Pro- | 
prietors of Water-power and others throughout the | 
North of Jreland, praying the House to amend the | 
Factories Act, by extending the hours of labour | 
from fifty-eight to sixty three hours per week, | 
without permitting any interference with the pri- | 
vileges at present enjoyed by mills driven by the 


more uncertain power of water, was presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Surveyors of High- 
ways, of the township of Gomersal, in the parish of 
Birstal, praying that the Highways Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the London Society 
for the abolition of Burials in Towns, taking notice 
of the Report of the Board of Health, with respect 
to Burials in Towns; and praying that a measure 
may be brought in, in conformity with such Report, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Con- 
servators of the Lismore Fishery District, praying 
that the Zrish Fisheries Bill may not pass into a law, 


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


Petitions from Holywood; — and, Garvagh ; 
praying that the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of 
the Quarter Sessions heid at Wells, in the county of 
Somerset, praying that the Larceny Summary Juris- 
diction Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portree;—Laggan;—John Mac- 
Tavish;—Presbytery of Saint Andrews (Moderator); 
—John Shoolbraid ;—James Macdonald ;—Pres- 
bytery of Dundee (Moderator) ;—A lexander Conirie ; 
—Paisley ;—Ballymena ; — and, Belfast; praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Gosport ;—Guildford (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Gravesend ; — Edinburgh ;— Saint An- 
drew’s ;—Leeds (two Petitions) ;—Saint Bartholo- 
mew’s Hospital, London ;—King’s College, London ; 
—Charing Cross Hospital and School of Medicine ; 
—Guy’s Hospital ;— Middlesex Hospital ;—Saint 
Thomas’s Hospital ;— Canterbury ;—Chatham and 
city of Rochester ;— Cork and Queenstown ;—Faculty 
of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (President) ; 
eee 3— Brighton ;— Reading ;— Maldon ;— 

OL, 105. 





8° Aprilis. 197 


Ipswich ; — Chester ; — Chichester ; — Leicester ; — 
and, Southampton; complaining that the accom- 
modation provided for Assistant Surgeons on board 
Her Majesty’s ships of war is inadequate and insuf- 
ficient; and praying for measures of relief,—were 
ogg and read; and crdered to lie upon the 
Table. ‘ 


Petitions from Glastonbury ;— Wigan (two Peti- Paper, &amp;e. 
tions);—and, Proprietor, Printers, and Publishers of 
the Armagh Guardian Newspaper; praying for the 
abolition of the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 
upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Duty upon ‘ 
Newspapers, leaving the proper authorities to fix 


/a small charge for the transmission of Newspapers 


by post,—were presented, and read; and ordered 


_to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John M‘Tavish ;—North Uist ;— post-office. 
Gosport and parish of Alverstoke ;—Domdeswell ;— 
Tillingham ;—Althorne ;—Dengie ;—Kirk Seasion 
of Ratho (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Mochrum 


(Moderator) ; —- Peter Ferguson; — Keith ;—John 


Shoolbraid ; —Grange ; —Dundee ; —Kirk Session 


of Ednam (Moderator) ; — Presbytery of Selkirk 


(Moderator) ;—Lilliesleaf ;— Wilton ;—Melrose ;— 
Bickerton ; — Arlington ; — Eastbourne ; —Grosve- 
nor-square, Manchester ;— Kirk Session of Eassie 
and Nevay (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Montrose 
(Moderator) ;— Whitbourne; —Lisburn ;— Aldgate ; 
—Forres ;—Pendomer ; —Hardington Mandeville ; 
—Stoke Saint Gregory ;—Elworthy ;— Combe Saint 
Nicholas ;—Muchart ; —Tulliallan ; — and, Bally- 
moyer ; praying for abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Margate, postage. 
praying for the establishment of an Ocean Post, by 
which letters may be conveyed from any port in 
Great Britain to any other port in the World, at 
the uniform rate of one penny, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander M‘Watt, praying the Public Houses 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- Scotland.) 
ber of Public Houses in Scotland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workers in the employ of John Punishment 
Sommerville and Sons, Little Govan, near Glasgow, of Death. 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of 
Death, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Peter Ferguson ; — Newtyle ; — Sunday 
Carmylie;—A berlemno ;—and, Tannadice, Cortuchy, Trvelling on 
&amp;c.; praying that the Sunday Travelling on Rail- (isis) — 
ways Bill (1849) may not pass into law,—were 
i a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Schools 
Saint Andrews, praying the House, while extending (Scotland). 
the system of Parochial Schools in Scotland, to 
agree to no measure which would remove the super- 
intendence of those Schools from the Church of 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. : 


Petitions from East Grinstead ;— Bromyard ;— Small Debts 
and, Llanidloes ; praying for amendment of the Act. 
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 Proprietors in the borough of Small Tene- 
Reading, praying that the Small Tenements Rating ments Rating 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and * 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

cc3 A Petition 


—" -- : 


See eae fe EE TENET COUR pe aM MOE IME PETE: 







































































a RE pe SEE I ON EE EEE 





eae 





vo ee 














Tailor Trade, 


Windows, 


Supply ; 


Assistant 
Surgeons 
(Navy.) 


Supply ; 


Ordnance 
Military 
Corps. 


Commissariat 


and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Ordnance 
Office. 


198 


A Petition of Tailors of the city of Gloucester, 
complaining of the evils arising to the Tailor Trade 
from the system of home working; and praying for 
inquiry and relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;—and, Exeter ; pray- 
ing for the total repeal of the Window Tax,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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 Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the 
end of the heodien, in order to add the words “ it 
“ is the Opinion of this House, that the accomoda- 
“tion provided for the Assistant Surgeons on 
“ board Her Majesty’s Ships of War is inadequate 
“ and insufficient for securing the full benefit of 
“ their professional service,” 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. 

Lord Marcus Hill, ) 40 
Mr. Bellew : | or 


Tellers for the Noes, { ngs en 0; } 48. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the worils “ it 

“ is the Opinion of this House, that the accommo- 
“ dation provided for the Assistant Surgeons on 
“ board Her Majesty’s Ships of War is inadequate 
and insufficient for securing the full benefit of 
“ their professional service,” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this House, 
that the accommodation provided for the Assistant 
Surgeons on board Her Majesty’s Ships of War is 
inadequate and insufficient for securing the full 
benefit of their professional service. 


” 


‘ 


. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a number, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand five hundred and sixty-nine Men, 
Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1850 
to the 31st day of March 1851, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and 
fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to com- 
plete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense of 
the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of Ordnance 
Military Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-three thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Commissariat and Barrack Supplies, 
for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the Army, 
and Clothing for Colonial Corps, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending the 
3ist day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Ordnance 





8° Aprilis. 








A. 1850. 


Office, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 
hundred and forty-three thousand eight hundred and — 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to" 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Establishments at Home and Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Wages of 
nine thousand and three pounds, be granted to Her Artificers and 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray anon. 
the Expense of the Wages of Artificers and La- 
bourers at Home and Abroad, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance 
dred and eleven thousand six hundred and thirty- Stores. 
one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defiay the Expense of Ord- 
nance Stores for eet and Sea Service, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 
hundred and ninety thousand and sixty-four pounds, Works and 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum Repairs. 
necessary to defray the Expense of Works, Build- 
ings and Repairs, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Seventy- Scientific 
eight thousand eight hundred and four pounds, be ~— of the 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ~"°"*" 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Scientific 
Branch, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Non-effective 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred and Ordnance 
thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to "TY 
complete the Sum necessary 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 1851. 

11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Admiralty 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and thirty-seven Office. 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray 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 1851. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and thirty-five 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray 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 1851 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr Arkoriohe? , } 33. 

Tellers for the Noes, { ag my Hill, }rno. 

Original Question put,—and agreed to. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine General 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, Register , 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Beleries apa 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the seamen. 
General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Scientific 
nine thousand seven hundred and three pounds, be yy o3 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of %‘® *"™ 
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 1851. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and thirty-five thousand ei 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to 


blishments 
ht hundred and yo 
er Majesty, to 
defray 





~~ — bw 


SS &amp; &lt;4 





‘Naval Esta- 
blishments 
Abroad. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
at Home. 


Wages to 
Artificers, &amp;c. 
Abroad, 


Exchequer 
Bills 


(£.9,200,000) 
Bill. 


Brick Duties 
Bill, 


Ways and 
Means, P 


13 VictoriZ. 


defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
three thousand seven hundred and thirteen a 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 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 1851. 

16. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum not exceeding Six hundred and eighty-nine 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, 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 1851, 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Six hundred and seventy-nine 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others, em- 

loyed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
ome, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851 ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { - —— ; 15. 
Tellers for the Noes, { gg &gt;t rs 66. 


Original Question put,—and agreed to. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others, em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 9° die Aprilis, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills 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, he taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Brick Duties Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Purchasers of Bricks under contracts, 
made before the 27th day of March 1850, to be 
allowed by the seller an abatement from the price 
thereof, equivalent to the duties from which the 
latter is relieved, and to allow the same to the persons 
to whom they have contracted) was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

; Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
VoL. 105, 


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| 


‘ioe Return to an Order, dated the 14th day 


199 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord and 
oa of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill ; of Deeds = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday (Ireland) B 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Judgments — 
take into consideration the Judgments (JZreland) ({eland) Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, Stamp Duties 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


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 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Titles of 
a Committee upon the Titles of Religious Congre- Religious — 
gations Bill; and, after some time spent therein, oe 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hayter” ~ 
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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public Health 
for promoting the Public Health in Zreland : And (!elend) Bil. 
that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Solicitor- 
general for Jreland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parochial 
to amend the Laws relating to Parochial Assess- rae 
ments in England: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis” ~ 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for pro- Public Health 
moting the Public Health in Jreland: And the (Ireland) Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 198. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to amend psrochial 
the Laws relating to Parochial Assessments in Eng- Assessments 
land: And the same was read the first time; and ”” 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday N2- 199. 
the 22d day of this instant April; and to be mw 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Benefices in 
Committee, this day, on the Benefices in Plurality Plurality Bill. 
Bill, was read ; and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


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








Martis, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Lethbridge, Secretary of Greenwich Hos- Greenwich 
pital, was called in; and at the bar presented, Hospital, &amp;c- 


cc4 of 




















200 


of March last, for a Return of the Prices of various | 
Articles of Food, Clothing, and Household Stores 
bought for the use of the Royal Hospital at Green- 
wich, and of the Rate of Wages paid to Artizans 
employed in that Establishment ; together with the 
Prices of Provisions at Bethlem Hospital; and of 
Bread and Meat bought by the Commissariat De- 
partment, during each of the years 1836 to 1849, 
inclusive (in continuation of a Statement in Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 189, of Session 1836) :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


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A, 1850. 


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. 

Mr. Duncan, 1 39 
Colonel Thompson: ( ~~’ 
Mr. Spooner, 1 a9 
Mr. Tatton Egerton:{ °~* 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 





ee The House, according to Order, resolved itself And the Question being put, That the words 
‘Assurance i2toa Committee, to consider of authorizing the im-|“ upon this day six months” be added instead 
Company position of a Stamp Duty on the first and every | thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
[Stamp Duty subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled pur-| Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
on Memorials.) ant to an Act for better enabling the Guardian| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Fire and Life Assurance Company to sue and be | upon this day six months. 
sued, and for other purposes, from which Memorial 
the Names of the Trustees of the said Compan The Liverpool Corporation Waterworks (Exten- Liverpool 
shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which sion of Time for Purchase of Land, &amp;c.) Bill was ne man 
would otherwise be payable on deeds, surrenders, | read a second time ; and committed. fmt el 
admissions, or assurances in the law, in order to | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Time for Pur- 
vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, | mittee of Selection. pag Land, 
hereditaments, property, effects, or monies of the | —— 
said Company in the said Trustees. The Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turnpike-roads Mary-le-bone 
(ln the Commities.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. ana 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- roade Bill, 
Resolved, Thata Stamp Duty of Five pounds shall | mittee of Selection. 
be payable for, and upon the first Memorial which 
may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better ena-| |The Order of the day being read, for the Second Scottish 
bling the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com-| Reading of the Scottish Central Railways Bill ; — Bill 
pany to sue and be sued, and for other purposes, | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time“ ""™* 
trom which Memorial the names of the persons who | upon this day six months. 
shall be deemed, held, and taken to be the trustees | 
of the said Company, shall appear; and for and| Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on the Manchester 
upon every other such Memorial in which the name | Manchester Rectory Division Bill; That the Com- Rectory 
or names of any person or persons shall for the first | mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, but" ™" 
time be inserted as a trustee or trustees of the Com- | that Mr. Wrightson, one of the Members of the said 
pany, the like sum of Five pounds, in lieu of the | Committee, was not present during the sitting 
Stamp Duties which would be otherwise payable | thereof. 
upon the deeds, surrenders, admissions, or assur-| Ordered, That Mr. Wrightson do attend the said 
ances in the law, in order to vest the annuities, mes- | Committee To-morrow. 
suages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, property, 
effects or monies of the said Company, in the said} The Order made upon the 11th day of February Edinburgh 
trustees. last, for referring the Edinburgh and Glasgow and pot al 
Resolution to be reported. Edinburgh and Bathgate Railways Amalgamation aa Bathgate 
a Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and Railways _ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- | discharged. Amalgamation 
roy reported, That the Committee had come to a} Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. _ 
Resolution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow.; Ordered, That Mr. Gladstone have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his Absence. 
Wakefield A Bill to authorize the Wakefield Borough Market | family. 
Borough = Company to purchase certain Lands for a Market- 
Market Bil. lace, and to make Approaches thereto, was read| The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Irish Fisheries 
the third time. the Jrish Fisheries Bill; was read, and discharged. Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill} Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Order made upon the 19th day of March Judges’ 
Dublin and The House proceeded to take into consideration | last, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- Salaries. 
Belfast Junc- the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill, as | dress, That She would be graciously pleased to give 
~ iccaaaiaa amended in the Committee. directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Return of the Salaries and Emoluments of the 
Lord High Chancellor ; of the Chief Justice and 
Londonderry | The House proceeded to take into consideration | other Justices of the Court of King’s Bench; of 
and Ennis- the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as | the Chief Justices and other Justices of the Common 
— Railway amended in the Committee. ‘ Pleas ; of the Chief Baron and the Barons of Ex- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. chequer in 1815; of the Master of the Rolls, and 
‘each of the Vice-Chancellors, in the year 1850, 
Dundee and The Order of the day being read, for the Second | was read ; and discharged. 
Perthand Reading of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen 
oe or Railway Junction, Dundee and Arbroath, and Dun-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented J ol 
tion, Dundee dee and Newtyle Railways Bill ; to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Salary 
and Arbroath, And a Motion being made, and the Question |to give directions, that there be laid before this 
ae ou being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | House, a Return of the Salaries and Emoluments 
Railways Bill. time ; of the Lord Chancellor and Equity Judges in a 
an 








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a 


Ch 


Extra-mural 
Interments 
Bill, 


Tyne River 
Conservancy 
and Tyne 
Navigation 
Bills, 


Valuation of 
Tenements 
(Ireland.) 


No, 200. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No. 201. 


Window Duty. 


No. 202. 


Newspapers. 
No, 203. 


Larceny. 
No, 204, 


Trade and 
Navigation, 


No, 205. 
Wheat. 
No. 206, 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Punishment 
of Death, 


Church Rates, 


13 Vicroriz. 


and 1850, showing any Increase or Decrease in 
their respective Salaries and Emoluments :—And, 
similar Return of the Salaries and Emoluments of 
the Chief Justices of the Queen’s Bench, Common 
Pleas, Chief Baron of Exchequer, and all the 
Puisne Judges. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Extra-mural Interments Bill, was read; and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of May next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Tyne River 
Conservancy ; and, Tyne Navigation Bills be revived : 
—And that they have leave to sit, and proceed, upon | 
Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. ‘ 


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 1st day of January 
1846 and 1850 respectively :—And, a like Return 
for each Borough in Jreland. 

Sir William Somerviile accordingly presented the 
said Returns. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Me- 
tropolitan Commission of Sewers, which was laid 
upon the Table yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Window 
Duty, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Larceny, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade 
and Navigation, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Petitions from Belleau-cum-Claythorpe ;—Swaby ; 
—Ulceby-cum-Fordington ;— Bilsby-with-Thurlby ; 
—and, South Thoresby; complaining of the de- 
pressed state of Agriculture; and praying the House 
to adopt measures. of relief,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in Lewes, praying for the repeal of the annual duty 
on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and Proc- 
tors, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—There- 
undersigned in the employ of Messrs. John Geddies 
and Sons’ Dyeworks ;—and, Oxford ; praying for 
the abolition of the Punishment of Death,—were 

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


Petitions from Colne ;—Eynsford ;—Staplehurst ; 
—Lymington ; —Torquay ; — Flaldybrenin ; — Es- 
gairdawe ; —Atherstone ; — Eccleshill; — and, En- 
derby ; praying for the abolition of Church Rates,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Vou. 105. 











9° Aprils. 201 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Ecclesiastical - 
habitants of Stroud, praying the House to enact Property. 
such laws as will leave every religious community 
self-supported and self-governed, and to apply to 
the relief of the national burdens whatever public 
property is now devoted to spiritual purposes, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Waltham Abbey; — Hythe ; — County Court 

Folkestone ; — Great Torringlon ; — Barton-upon- Extension 
Humber ; — Guildford ; —Warwick ;—Swindon ;— Bill 
Leicester ; — Warminster ; — Tenterden ; — Bury 
Saint Edmund’s ;— Newcastle Emlyn ;— Ashburton ; 
— Carmarthen ; — Soham, Fordham, Isleham and 
Wichen ;— Mildenhall ; —Stradbrooke ; — Botesdale 
and Rickinghall Superior ;— Diss;— and, Eye; 
praying that the County Court Extension Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Blackburn Guar- Debtor ana 
dian Society for the Protection of Trade, praying Creditor. 
the House to take into its consideration the laws 
affecting Debtor and Creditor, with a view to their 
amendment, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;— Lancashire and Education. 
Cheshire ;—and, Canterbury; praying that the Edu- Bill. 
cation Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the Pres- gonools 
bytery of Dornoch, praying the House to refuse to (Scotland.} 
sanction any measure calculated to make a funda- 
mental alteration in the principles upon which the 
Parochial Schools in Scotland are conducted, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Burnley (two Petitions) ;—and, Factories Bill, 
Ashton-under-Lyne (five Petitions) ; praying that the 
Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frederick William Dunne, \ate a Frederick 
Clerk in Her Majesty’s Customs, Port of London, Willian 
now residing No. 11, Clarence-terrace, Lower-road, P™* 
Islington, complaining of having been deprived of 
his situation in the Custom-house, in consequence 
of passing through the Insolvent Debtors Court ; 
and praying for inquiry and redress, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Game Laws. 
gesses of the borough of Leeds, praying for the repeal 
of the Game Laws, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned of Hertford, Post-office. 
and other places, alleging certain abuses to exist in 
the Money-order Department of the Post-office; and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the Grand Jury 
county of Tipperary, North Riding, praying for the Laws (Ire- 
amendment of the Grand Jury Laws of Ireland, in 4) 
such manner as will effectually obviate the evils 
complained of in their Petition, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Nether Hallam (Chairman) ; — Highways 
and, Melling; praying that the Highways Bill may Bil 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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202 


A Petition of Francis-Drew, of Drewscourt, in 
the county of Limerick, and of Drewsborough House, 
in the county of Clare, Esquire, complaining of the 
working of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Act, 
as regards the price of Estates sold under the pro- 
visions of that Act ; and praying for remedial mea- 
sures, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Incumbered 
Estates (Tre- 
Jand) Act. 


Irish Fisheries A Petition of Millers of the town and neighbour- 

Bill. hood of Enniscorthy, praying that the Irish Fish- 
eries 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 Minister, Office-bearers and 
Members of the Congregation of Protestant Dis- 
senters of Wakefield, praying the House to pass a 
law to remove the Civil Disabilities under which the 
Jews now labour, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Jewish 
Disabilities. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the 
county of Kerry, praying for an equalization of 
Taxation, and an alleviation of local public burdens 
in the said county, was presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Local 
Taxation 
(Kerry.) 





A Petition of Ship-owners of the Port of Mon- | 
trose, praying the House to pass, with the least 
possible delay, such a measure connected with the | 
Light-house system, as will effectually relieve the | 
Shipping Interest from the burdens hitherto imposed | 
upon it, in the shape of Light-house Dues, was | 
cre and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Light Dues. 


Petitions from James Sutherland ;—Presbytery of | 
Dornoch ; — Henry M. Laird ;— Strathmiglo ;— | 
Robert M‘Combie ; —Aberdeen (two Petitions) ;— | 
John Thomson ; —Ninfield ;—Manchester ;— Cair- 
nie; — William Moffatt ;— Presbytery of Alford 
(Moderator) ; — Presbytery of Kincardine O’ Neil ; 
—Paisley ;—and, John M‘ Millan; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, University Col- 
lege, London; praying the House to adopt measures 
for improving the position of Assistant Surgeons in 
the Royal Navy,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Mercantile 
Marine Bill. 


A Petition of Ship-owners residing within the bo- 
rough of South Shields, praying that the Mercantile 
Marine Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Paper, &amp;c. Petitions from mtg ;—Leeds ;— Westminster 
and Lambeth ;—and, William Gilborn Byers, Pro- 
prietor, Printer and Publisher of the Devonport In- 
dependent Newspaper ; praying that the Excise Tax 
upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the 
Stamp Tax upon Newspapers may be abolished, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by the post,— 


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


Poor Law 


(ireland) A Petition of Guardians of the Poor, Killarney 


Union, praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
(Scotland. ) 


cil of the ror burgh of Arbroath, praying ‘for 

amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was pre- 

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





9° Aprilis. 


A. ‘1850. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—Boxford ; Post-office. 
— Tillingham;— Southminster ;--Burscough Bridge; 
— Ormskirk ;— Thelbridge;—Alverdiscott;—Louth; 
— Epworth ;—Great Coates ;—Presbytery of Dor- 
noch ;— James R. Simpson; — Auchtermuchty ;— 
Lumphanan ;—Braes of Cromar and Coldstone ;— 
Pitsligo; — Rosehearty ; — Ninfield ;—Cairnie ;— 
Presbytery of Kincardine O’ Neil ;—Lee ;— Bishop- 
stone ;—Little Hinton; — Preston (Lancaster) ;— 
Higham Ferrers ;—and, Sheffield ; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Eastbourne; — and, Richmond 
(York); praying that no measures may be taken by 
the House for wholly dispensing with Postal business 
on Sundays,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Board of Directors of the Railway 
Monklands Railway Company (Chairman) ;—and, Fares. 
East Lancashire Railway Company ; praying that 
the duty levied on Railway Fares may be abolished, 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Railway 
bourhood of Atherstone, praying that the Railway Traffic Bill. 
Traffic Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Office-bearers and Regium 
Members of the Congregation of Protestant Dis- Donum. 
senters, at Wakefield, praying the House to dis- 
continue the Regium Donum Grant, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of Melk- small Tene- 
sham, praying that the Small Tenements Rating Bill ments Rating 
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 the township of Nether Hallam, in the 
parish of Sheffield, 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 James Sutherland and John Man- intoxicating 
son, praying the House to enforce a prohibition by Liquors. 
legislative authority against the sale of Spirits on 
any part of the Lord’s Day, except in inns, and 
there only to parties residing at the time in the 
house; and also that no vender of groceries and 
other articles, who is not a regular inn-keeper, with 
stabling and needful accommodations, be allowed 
on any terms to sell Spirits to be consumed on the 
premises to parties frequenting his shop, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors Stamp Duties 
and Proctors, practising in the courts of law and Bill. 
equity of the Tited ingdom, praying that the 
Stamp Duties Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary Newington (Chairman windows. 
and Vestry Clerk) ;—Bath ;—Saint Paul’s Dept- 
ford (Chairman) ;—Bath Union (Clerk) ; — Strand 
Union ;—Saint Pancras (two Petitions) ;—Saint 
Mary-le-bone ;—and, Southwark ; praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Windows,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Window Tx 
ut, That whereas the present mode of assessing, 
evying and collecting Taxes on air and light in 
England and Scotland interferes most prejudicially 


with the health and sanitary condition of the inha- 
bitants 


13 Vicroriz. 


bitants of Great Britain, therefore it is expedient 
that the Window Tax should be repealed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { honge mvermgaaae } 77. 


Tellers for the Noes, { a — _ } ie 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Public Ordered, That Lord Seymour be added to the 
Libraries. | Select Committee on Public Libraries. 


Army and Ordered, That Lord Seymour be added to the 


Ordnance Select Committee on Army and Ordnance Expendi- 
Expenditure. poi Cc y - 


Securities Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Billi 

for Advances. to provide more simple and effectual Securities for 

(Ireland) Bill. 4 dyances to Purchasers of Incumbered Estates in 
Treland : And that Mr. Solicitor-General,SirGeorge 
Grey and Sir William Somerville do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Supply: Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee of 
Supply several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

Ordnance 1. Resolved, That a number, not exceeding Four- 


Military teen thousand five hundred and sixty-nine Men, 

_ Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers 
included, composing the several Ordnance Military 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1850 
to the 31st day of March 1851, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
hundred and fifty-two thousand seven hundred and 
fifty-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 payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

Commissariat 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
oon —_ hundred and seventy-three thousand eight hundred 
Ppness “and thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
xpense of the Commissariat and Barrack Supplies 
for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for the 
Army, and Clothing for Colonial Corps, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

Ordnance 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
Office. six thousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
ene to defray the Expense of the Ordnance 
Office, which will come in course of payment during 

the year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 


Ordnance 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

— hundred and forty-three thousand eight hundred 
and twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of Establishments at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 

ee year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

ages 0! 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
ne thousand and three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray 
the Expense of the Wages of Artificers and La- 
bourers at Home and Abroad, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1851. 


penance 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


Artificers and ; 
boure ni 


thirty-one pound, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expense 
of Ordnance Stores for tana and Sea Service, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
a} ~— the 31st day of March 1851, 

OL. 105, 


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9° Aprils. 203 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Ordnance 
hundred and ninety thousand and sixty-four Works and 
pounds, be granted ‘to Her Majesty, to complete ®¢P**. 
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 1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Scientific 
eight thousand eight hundred and four pounds, be — of the 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ~7°™""°* 
cessary to defray the Expense of the Scientific 
Branch, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1851. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Non-effective 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred Ordnance 
and thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to complete the Sum necessary to defray the Ex- 
pense of Non-effective Services, Military and Civil, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Admiralty 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred Office. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Conta Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Office, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine General 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, pee oe 
be — to Her Majesty, to defray the Kaeo &gt; nding 
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 1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Scientific 
nine thousand seven hundred and three pounds, be a 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of * “* “"™ 
the Officers and the Contingent 5, owt 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 1851. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred blistments 
and twenty-six 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 
a during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Naval Esta. 
three thousand seven hundred and thirteen pounds, biishments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 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 1851. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Wages to 
dred and eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and se- — &amp;c. 
venty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ee 
defray 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 
— during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1851. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Wages to 
six thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds, Attificers &amp;c. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of © 
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 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Exchequer 
take into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, Bills 
as amended in the Committee. ed 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


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204 


‘Lhe Bill to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of 
Excise on Bricks 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. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Judgments (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Judgments 
(ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

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


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Charitable The Charitable Trusts Bill was, according to 





Trusts Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Securities Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill to provide 
for Advances more simple and effectual Securities for Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. ¢4 Purchasers of Incumbered Estates in Jreland: 
No. 207. 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 adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercurii, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 
PRAYERS. 
Public M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 


—— Heeport.) exainined the Petitions presented upon the Sth 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. 


South Wales § The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railwa Sani - h ; ‘ 
(No. 1. pin. the South Wales Railway (No. 1.) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. see 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Merioneth The Merioneth Turnpike-roads Bill was read a 
Turnpike- — second time ; and committed. 


—_—o Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


9°—10° Aprils. 





mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


A Petition of Joseph John Hubbard, of Bucklers- 
bury, inthe city of London, theSolicitor forthe Bill for 
incorporating the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Ma- 
riners’ Benevolent Society, was presented and read; _ 
setting forth, That the Petitioner did, on or about the 
12th day of Marci last, deposit in the Private Bill 
Office a Petition on behalf of the Right honourable 
Sir George Cockburn and others, the Committee of 
Management of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and 
Mariners’ Benevolent Society, praying that the 
House would be pleased to give leave for a Bill 


Shipwrecked 
Fishermen 
and Mariners’ 
Benevolent 
Society Bill, 


position of a Stamp Duty on the first and every 





being brought in for incorporating the said Society, 
and for other 


Petitioner did also at the same time deposit the 


usual declaration required by the Standing Orders | 


of the House to be made by an agent to a Private 


Bill, accompanied by the required number of printed | 


copies of the Bill; that the said Petition was there- 
upon referred to Samuel Smith, Esquire, the Ex- 
aminer, and on the 20th day of March last the 
Petitioner attended the said Examiner, who indorsed 
the said Petition, that the Standing Orders were 
not complied with; that the Petitioner knowing it 





urposes as therein set forth; and the | 








A. 1850. 


was necessary, according to the Standing Orders of 
the House, that the said Petition should be presented 
within three days after the Examiner had made his 
report, and the said Samuel Smith having informed 
the Petitioner that he should most probably make 
his report to the House on that day (the 20th day 
of March), the Petitioner forthwith saw the Right 
honourable H. J. Z. Corry, who had kindly under- 
taken the carriage of the said Bill, and got him, 
although at much personal inconvenience, as he 
was preparing to leave for Jreland the following 
morning, to attend the sitting of the House on the 
said 12th day of March, and he accordingly at- 
tended, with the full intention, on the said report 
being laid on the Table of the House, of presenting 
the said Petition; but the Petitioner shows that 
he afterwards came out into the lobby and intimated 
to the Petitioner that no report had been made, and 
therefore that he had not presented the said Petition, 
and that as he was compelled to leave for Ireland 
the ensuing morning, he had spoken to and re- 
quested Mr. Wilson Patten, another Member of 
the House, to present such Petition and attend to 
the Bill during his absence from England ; that the 
Petitioner, having two special jury causes coming 
on for trial at the Assizes for Suffolk, was obliged 
to leave London early on the 21st day of March 
last, to attend to the same, and he accordingly fully 
instructed his managing clerk to attend at the 
House of Commons, on | to bring the same under 
the notice of Mr. Wilson Patten, and to get him 
on the said report being brought up to present such 
Petition, and that the Petitioner’s mana ing clerk 
did so attend, and took with him the said Petition, 
there being annexed thereto, according to the usual 
practice, a printed copy of the said Bill; that the 
Petitioner’s said clerk obtained an interview with 
Mr. Patten, and explained the position of the said 
Petition and Bill, but from the said Bill being 
outside the Petition, some misapprehension acci- 
dentally occured, and Mr. Patten returned the Pe- 
tition to him with the said copy Bill, saying it was 
not proper to present it (meaning by mistake the 
Bill), until strict compliance with the Standing 
Orders had been dispensed with ; and praying that 
he may be at liberty now to present the said Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the said Bill. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Guardian 

it was referred to consider of authorizing the im- Fire and Life 

Assurance 
subsequent Memorial which may be enrolled [Stamp Duty 
— to an Act for better enabling the Guardian on Memorials.] 
ire and Life Assurance Company to sue and be 
sued, and for other purposes, from which Memorial 
the names of the estan of the said Company 
shall appear, in lieu of the Stamp Duties which 
would otherwise be payable on 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 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 Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to sue and be sued, and for other pur- 

ses, from which Memorial the names of the 
persons who shall be deemed, held and taken to be 
the 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 as a Trustee or 
Trustees of the Company, the like sum of Five 
a in lieu of the Stamp Duties which would 

otherwise payable upon the deeds, surrenders, 
admissions or assurances in the law, in order to 
vest 





13 Vicroriz. 


vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, 
hereditaments, property, effects or monies of the 
said Company in the said Trustees. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance 
Company Bill, that they have power to make pro- 
vision therein pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Guardian _ The Order made upon the 19th day of March 
— last, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on 
Company Bill. the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company 
’ Bill, that they have power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the Resolution which upon that day 
was reported from the Committee to whom it was 
referred to consider of authorizing the imposition of 
a Stamp Duty on the first and every subsequent 
Memorial which may be enrolled pursuant to an 
Act for better enabling the Guardian Fire and 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 the law, in order to vest the an- 
nuities, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, 
property, effects or monies of the said Company in 
the said Mortgage Trustees, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Agricultural A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 

Distress. Merchants, Tradesmen and others in Banbury, and 
its neighbourhood, complaining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Withnall, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying the House to take 
such steps as may lead to negociations for Inter- 
national Arbitration Treaties between this country 
and other nations, and also such measures as may 
draw attention to the necessity of a general and 
simultaneous disarmament among the nations of the 
earth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Arbitration, 
&amp;e. 


Disarmament. A Petition of Inhabitants of Wigton and its 
neighbourhood, praying the House to adopt such 
measures as may seem requisite for promoting ne- 
gociations between the British Government and 
other Governments of the civilized world, with a 
view to a general and simultaneous measure of dis- 
armament, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


yam el A Petition of Writers and Procurators in Camp- 
mae’: beltown and county of Argyll, praying the House 
to repeal the annual Stamp Duties exigible for 
granting Certificates to Writers to the Signet, 
Agents, Attornies, Procurators or Notaries Public, 
and to dispense with the issuing of such Stamp Cer- 
tificates in all time coming, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church Rates. Petitions from Llanedi ;— Chichester ;— Horwich; 
— Taf-fechan ; — Macclesfield : — and, Penknap ; 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Court Petitions from Bedford ;— Wigton ;— Arundel ;— 

Stension Bal. Littlehampton ; — New Woodstock ;— Chelmsford ; 
— Barnstaple ;— New Romney; — Ottery Saint 
Mary ; —Oakhampton ; — Liverpool Guardian So- 
ciety for the Protection of Trade (President) ; — 
Newcastle- under - Lyme ; — Caistor ; — Glamford 
Briggs ; — Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Hertford and 
Ware ; — Dorchester ; — Faversham ; — Ashford ; 
— Malton ;— Llandilofawr ;— Pembroke ; — Fish- 

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10° Aprils. 205 


guard ;— Langport ;-— Lymington ;— Beaumaris and 
Menai Bridge;—Conway;—Downham Market;— 
Bourn ;— Middlesex (two Petitions) ;— Biggleswade 
and Potton ;—Birmingham (two Petitions );—LZlan- 
rwst ; —Greenwich ; — Dewsbury ; — Ashton-under- 
Lyne ;— Aberayron ;— Ringwood ;—Members of the 
Mutual Communication Society for the Protection of 
Trade, Old Bond-street; — Manchester (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Lowestoft ;— Woodbridge ;—Southwold ;— 
Stowmarket ; —Beccles ;—Harleston ; —Tonbridge ; 
—Tonbridge Wells ;— Penrith ;— Horsham ;—Mal- 
mesbury (two Petitions) ;—Carlisle ;—Chertsey ;— 
Honiton ; — Watford ; — Bushey ; — Cheshunt ; — 
Llanelly ;— Rochdale ;— Cirencester ; — Newent ;— 
Worthing ;— Blackburn ;— West and East Cowes ;— 
Newport (Isle of Wight) ;—Newton ;—Dolgelly ;— 
Canterbury ;—Stafford ;— Kettering ;— Bedford ;— 
Saint Mary-le-bone ;—South Shields ;—Portmadoc; 
— Carnarvon ; —Pwilheli ;— Clitheroe ;—and, For- 
dingbridge; praying that the County Court Exten- 
sion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Malmesbury County Rates 
Union, in the county of Wilts, praying that the 21d Expendi- 
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 There-undersigned of Theale and Education 
North-street, in the Parish of Tilehurst, complaining 744) 
that the schools in connexion 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 that they 
may be relieved from that grievance, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ;—and, Calton Factories Bill. 
(Chairman); praying that the Factories Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Millers of Clonmel and vicinity, trish Fisheries 


praying that the Jrish Fisheries Bill may not pass Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of John Watt, of Manchester, praying Libraries and 
the House to pass a measure, enabling Town Coun- Reading 
cils to levy a rate for the establishment of Free 800m &amp;c. 
Lending Libraries and Reading-rooms, and also to 
pass an Act for the establishment of a secular sys- 
tem of Education, to be supported by local rates, 
and managed by local authorities elected by the 
rate-payers specially for that purpose, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land Malt. 
and others in the vicinity of Wooler, in the county 
of Northumberland, praying for the repeal of the duty 
on Malt, was presented, and read; and ordered to ~ 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alexander Brown;— William An- Marriages Bill. 
derson ; — Robert Menzies ; — Hawkhurst ; — and, 
Oban (Minister) ; 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 the borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hull, 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 Physicians, Surgeons and Lectur- Medicat 
ers of Westminster Hospital and School of Medi- Officers 
cine, praying the House to adopt measures for im- &gt; 
proving the position of the Assistant Surgeons of 
the Royal Navy, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

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206 


Municipal A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Mem- 
(Souland) Act. bers of the Town Council of the royal burgh of 


Sanguhar, praying for amendment of the Municipal 
Corporations (Scotland) Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Foreign 


A Petition of Members of the Newspaper ren 
Books, &amp;c. 


Abolition Committee, praying the House to abolis 
the duty on foreign Books, the Paper and Adver- 
tisement Duties, and, above all, the Penny Stamp 
on Newspapers, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Londonderry Sentinel Newspaper ;—Proprie- 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Londonderry 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Standard Newspaper ;—and, a Printers | 


and Publishers of the Leeds Times Newspaper ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the duties on Paper and Adver- 
tisements, and also the Penny Stamp on Newspapers 
not posted,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Lan- 
caster Union, praying that the Poor Relief (Cities 
and Towns) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 


(Scotland). A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 


Council of the royal burgh of Sanguhar, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Kable 
Fost-eflice. A Petition of Merchants, Farmers, Traders and 
other Tax-payers of T’ring and other places, alleging 
abuses to exist in the Money Order Department of 
the General Post-office ; and praying for inquiry 
and redress, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Nicholas, Rochester ;—An- 
caster ; — Members of the Kirk Session of Dunni- 
chen ;—Eglwyswrw and Meline ;—Annan (three Pe- 
titions) ; — Alexander Brown ; — Members of the 
Kirk of Session Waterbeck ;—Stockport ;— Fareham ; 
—Broseley ;— Dawley ;— Romsey ;—Southampton ; 
—Brighton and Hove ;—Sandwich ;— Honiton ;— 
Kirk Session of Jnnerwick, Glenlyon, (Moderator) ; 
—Kirk Session of Glenorchy, (Moderator) ;—Kirk 
Session of Kilmeny, Island of Jslay, (Moderator) ; 
—Abernethy ;—Kirk Session of Kilcalmonell, (Mo- | 
derator);—Kirk Session of Tobermory, (Moderator) ; 
—Members of the Kirk Session of Fortingall ;— 
Worcester ; —Trawsvynydd ; —Lincoln ; — Sabbath 
Association, Chipping (Secretary) ; — Eagle-street, 
Red Lion-square; — Oban ; — Troon; — United 
Presbyterian Church in Cumnock (Minister and 
Session Clerk) ;—and, Brecknock; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-oftice,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Minister and Members of the 
Congregation of Unitarian Christians, assembling 
for Divine Worship in Hall Gate, Doncaster, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction the entire closing of 
the Post-offices on Sundays, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Sai- 
ford, praying that the Public Libraries and Mu- 
seums Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

_ A Petition of Occupiers of farms, nurseries, 
market-gardens, and other lands, Inhabitants and 
Ratepayers of the parish of Edgbaston, in the bo- 
rough of Birmingham, 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 


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A. 1850. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of 
the borough of Warrington, praying that provision 
may be made in the said Bill for exempting from 
Window Duty such windows as are ee solely for 
the purpose of any public Library or Museum, and 
not for the domestic purposes of the curator or his 
family, and that such Bill with such additional 
provision may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Malmesbury, praying Slave Trade. 
the House to adopt measures for the suppression of 
the African Slave Trade, was presented, and read : 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| 


Petitions from Chelmsford ;— Bakewell ; —Ash- Small Debts 
ord; — Bangor; — and, Dolgelly; praying for 4“ 
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 Guardians of the Poor of the Zan- Vestries and 
caster Union, praying that the Vestries and rie Vestry Clerks 
Clerks Bill may pass into a law, was presented, an 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return. relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 25th day (reland.) 
of March last, be printed. No. 208. 


Ordered That the Return relative to Tithe Rent- Tithe Bent- 
charges, which was presented upon Monday last, charges. 
be printed. No. 209. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County Court 
Reading of the County Court Extension Bill ; Extension Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a secon 
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 {on Fitzroy, 144 
Yeas, Mr. Mullings : , 

Tellers for the {Lord Marcus Hill, } 67 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public 
mittee on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; Libraries - 
And a Motion being made, and the Question a 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Ewart, 


Mr. Hume: . 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Colonel Sibthorp, 
Mr. Buck: 


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So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


-Ordered, 





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Parish 
Constables 
Bill, 


Real Property 
senveyanice 
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Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


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Bill « 


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13 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill. read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


h. 
reunble postponed. 


CravsE N° 1, (Repeal of Act 8 and 9 Vict. c. 43, 
for Establishment of Museums in large Towns. 
Councils of Municipal Boroughs may establish Mu- 
seums and Libraries, and levy a rate for that pur- 
pose.) 

Amendment proposed,in P,1.ls.12.and 13: After 
the words “ it shall be lawful” to insert the words 
** for the Town Council of any municipal borough 
(the population of which, according to the last 
account taken thereof by authority of Parliament, 
exceeds ten thousand persons), for the purpose of 
determining whether this Act shall be adopted 
for such borough, to convene a meeting of persons 
rated to the relief of the poor within such borough, 
by notices signed by the mayor, or five members 
at the least, of the said Council, such notices to 
be given fourteen clear days at least before such 
meeting, by fixing the same on or near the door 
of the town hall of the said borough, and on or 
near the door of every church and chapel situate 
wholly or in part within the said borough, stating 
the special purpose of such meeting, and also to 
be obvetienl in such of the newspapers if any, 
as‘are printed or published in the said borough, 
within such fourteen days as aforesaid, and if it 
shall be resolved at such meeting by two-thirds 
of the voters, being persons rated to the relief of 
the poor, there present, that this Act shall be 
adopted, then it shall be lawful for such Town 
Council.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: After the word “ adopted”’ to insert the words 
“ Provided that not less than one-third of the entire 
number of rate-payers of the borough be actually 
present at the meeting, and that no rate-payer be 
entitled to vote at such meeting who is in arrear 
of his poor rates.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted in the proposed Amendment. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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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 
the 9th day of May next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Parish Constables Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 18th 
day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of this instant April, resolve itsélf into 
the said Committee. 


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

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


The 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 Bill for raising a Sum by Exchequer Bills, 
— Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
OL. 105, 


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207 


dred and Fifty, 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 Nine millions 
two hundred thousand pounds by Exchequer Bills, 
for the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty. 

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


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Treasury Minute made at 
the times of or relating to the appointments of Lord 
Denman and Lord Campbell respectively to the 
Office of Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench ; and, 
of any Official Letters or written Communications 
on record which passed on those occasions ; and of 
so much or any part of the Letters Patent granting 
such Office to the Lords Denman and Campbell re- 
spectively, as appointed, or fixed, or related to their 
respective Salaries as such Chief Justices. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Seen as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of February last, 
for Returns of the Number of Editors of the Pub- 
lic Press that have been expelled, during the year 
1849, from the Jonian Islands, stating the names of 
Public Writers and of the Editors so banished, the 
titles of the papers they edited, the offence for 
which banished, and whether tried and sentenced 
by any Court, or banished by the Lord High Com- 
missioner’s authority :—And, of the Number of Per- 
sons tried by Courts Martial during the existence of 
Military Law in Cephalonia, and the Sentences 
awarded, stating how many of those Sentences have 
been carried out; also, the Number of Persons 
flogged in Cephalonia, in the year 1849, and by 
what tribunal sentenced, stating the greatest and 
the smallest Number of Lashes inflicted, and the 
Total Number of Lashes inflicted. 

. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


on the Z'yne River Conservan y and, Tyne Naviga- 
tion Bills. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 11° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 
PRAYERS. 


M certify the Rules of Savings Banks, was 
called in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament, An Abstract 
of Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales, 
to 31st December 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

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





for the Reduction of the National Debt, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
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 1849, in- 








pp4 clusive :-— 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chief Justices’ 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Salaries. 





Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Ionian Islands. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Wew- Newcastle- 
castle-upon- Tyne Port Act, which was laid upon the upon-Tyne 
Table on Monday last, be referred to the Committee F°"* 4 





R. Tidd Pratt, the Barrister —_ to Loan Societies. 


Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Commissioners yational Dedt. 














208 


clusive :—Also, an Account of all Expenses incurred 
by the said Commissioners, for Salaries of Clerks 
or other Incidental Charges, during the preceding 
ear. 
. 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 
1850. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt on account of the 
Fund for the Military Savings Banks, from the 19th 
September 1845 to the 5th January 1850, inclusive: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ramsgate 


Mr. Shadwell, Secretary to the Trustees of the 
Harbour. 


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, for the year ending 24th June 
1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Bolton A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
cca gesses of the borough of Bolton, praying that. pro- 
: vision may be made in the Bolton Improvement 
Bill, for giving power to the corporation to charge 
and receive for the supply of water for the domestic 
uses of the occupier of any private dwelling-house, 
or part of a dwelling-house, within the several 
townships of Farnworth, Kearsley, Darcy Lever 
and Great Lever, if the annual rack-rent or value 
of the premises so supplied with water do not exceed 
Gl.a year, any sum not exceeding the rate of 9s. 
a year when paid in advance, or 12s. a year when 
in arrear, the recited Acts and this Act, or any of 
them, or any thing therein respectively contained, 
to the contrary notwithstanding, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Brighton A Bill to enable the Commissioners acting under 
a mae pe an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his 
urchase of . ms &gt; 
Royal Pavilion late Majesty King George the Fourth, for better 
and Grounds, regulating, paving, improving and managing the 
et at Town of Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex, 
ing Act Bil, and the Poor thereof, to purchase, improve and 
manage the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and the 
Grounds thereof, and to enlarge, extend and apply 
the Powers and Provisions of the same Act with 
reference thereto, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir George Pechell do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kew and A Motion being made, That the Bill for extin- 
eee guishing the Vicarial Tithes in the Parishes of 
. ew and Petersham, in the County of Surrey; for 
confirming and regulating the Pew-rents of the 
said Parish Churches; for authorizing the Division 
of the Vicarage of Kew and Petersham, and for 
other Purposes relating to such Vicarage, be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives 
Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extinguishing the Vicarial 
Tithes in the Parishes of Kew and Petersham, in the 
County of Surrey; for confirming and regulating 
the Pew-rents of the Churches of the said Parishes ; 
for authorizing the Division of the Vicarage of Kew 
and Petersham, and for other Purposes relating to 
such Vicarage. 

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


A Bill to amend the Walsall Improvement and Walsall 
Market Act, 1848, and for other Purposes, was 1™ — 
read the third time. ‘Act (1848), 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Amendment 
Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill ®¥ 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Clerical, 
the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance a and 
Society Bill, asamended in the Committee. a 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — Society Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ramsey, 
the Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley Turf Upwood and 
Fens,and Lockspit Lots and Lockspit Lands Drainage tet Raveley 


and Improvement Bill, as amended in the Com- Lockepit four 
mittee. and Lockspit 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, Sands Drain- 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Clerkenweil Improvement Clerkenwell 


(Amendments of Acts and Transfer of Powers) se 
: ° . ‘ mendment 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. of Acts, and 
Transfer of 

Powers) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Shareholders York, New- 
in the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com- ¢astle and Ber- 
pany, against the York, Newcastle and Berwick ee, 
Railway (Arrangements as to Payment for the Pur- as to Payment 
chase of the Great North of England Railway, &amp;c.) for the Pur- 
Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Bill. y mer Ad 
of England Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of premises Birmingham 
in the parish of King’s Norton, taking notice of a Improvement 
Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to _ 
bring in the Birmingham Improvement Bill; and 
praying that leave may not be given to bring in 
such Bill, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of March Exeter and 
last, for re-committing the Exeter and Crediton Cretiton 

i ; , . Railway Bill. 
Railway Bill, was read ; and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Burchell and Parson, of Clerkenwell 
Parliament-street, Solicitors, was presented, and a 
read; setting forth, That a Bill is now depending of Acts and 
in the House, intituled, A Bill for transferring the Transfer of 
Powers of the Clerkenwell Improvement Commis- P°¥*"*) 
sioners to the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty 
of the City of London, and for amending the Acts 
relatiig to such Iniprovement; that the Second 
Reading of such Bill has been already twice post- 
poned by the Standing Order Committee, but the 
object which the Petitioners had in view in seeking 
the postponement has not yet been accomplished, 
and the Petitioners have been unable to get an 
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
upon the subject of the Bill, but they believe such 
interview will be granted in the course of next 
week; and praying that Standing Order 160 may 
be further suspended, and that the time for the 








Second Reading of the Bill may be extended to the 

25th day of April instant. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, 





Leave of 
Absence. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Port Act. 


Advertise- 
ments. 


Glass. 


Copyholds. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Police 
Constables, 





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Ordered, That Mr. Jackson have leave of absence 
for six weeks, on urgent business ;—and, Viscount 
Seaham tili the 3d day of June next, on account of 
ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
particular and detailed Account of the Buoys and 
Moorings laid down under the ewcastle-upon- 
Tyne Port Act, 1845, and their Cost ; distinguishing 
those laid down in the River opposite the Banks of 
each of the Boroughs of South Shields and Tyne- 
mouth, and their Cost; and also those laid down in 
other Parts of the said River, and also their Cost : 
—And, Return (certified by the Harbour Master) 
of the Names of the Vessels that have been driven 
on Shore on the South Side of the Tyne, in the 
Borough of South Shields, between the Ist day of 
September 1849 and the 1st day of March 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Writs issued by the Stamp Office for 
the recovery of Duties on Advertisements, in each 
year since 1829, showing also in what year the 
Duty was reduced. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Foreign Glass imported, retained for 
Home Consumption, exported and remaining inBond, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1850; 
with the Duty paid thereon, and the Countries from 
which imported :—And, similar Return of British 
Glass exported (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 534, of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Enfranchisements and Commutations 
of Copyholds which have been effected under the 
Sanction of the Copyhold Commissioners ; specify- 
ing, separately, the Number effected where the 
Consideration Money or Annual Rent-charge was 
under £.5; £.5 and under £.10; £.10 and under 
£.20; £.20 and under £.50; £.50 and under 
£.100; £.100 and under £.200; £.200 and under 
£.300; £.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under 
£.500; £.500 and upwards ; specifying also how 
many were Manorial Enfranchisements and how 
many were Manorial Commutations; also, how 
many Enfranchisements and how many Commuta- 
tions have been effected by Individual Tenants in 
each Manor, and how many Enfranchisements and 
Commutations are now in progress:—Also, a Re- 
turn of the Cost of the Copyhold Commission in 
each year, from the 22d day of June 1841 to the 
31st day of December 1849, specifying out of what 
Fund paid, and stating how much has been paid by 
the Parties enfranchising or commuting their Copy- 


hold Rights. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Report by the 
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, to the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for 
the year 1849. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of Fe- 
buary last, for 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 
3 Vic. c. 93, distinguishing each Class or Denomi- 
nation, and the Rate of Payment made to each 
Constable ; including also a Return of the Number 
of Police Constables stationed in each Petty Sessions 
Division in said Counties, with the Name and Popu- 
lation of said Division, and the Amount paid to the 
County Police Rate by each Division; together 
with an Account, in detail, of the several Items of 


Expenditure for the years 1848 and 1849, 
VoL. 105. 











Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Saint Asaph, 
18th day of March last, for Returns from the several Se. Diccess. 
Welsh Dioceses of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint 
David's, and Llandaff, with an Alphabetical List of 
the several Parishes, and denoting the Districts, if 
any, the Name and Residence of the Incumbent, 
and whether resident within the Parish or District 
to which they are appointed, or non-resident; the 
Names and Residence of Curates, and the Stipend 
paid to each such Curate :—And, of the Names of 
all Curates who serve more than one Church or 
Chapel, the Names of such Churches or Chapels, 
the Name of the Parish in which situated, the 
Names of the several Incumbents from whom the 
Curate receives any Stipend, and the Annual Amount 
of Stipend paid by each of such Incumbents ; each 
Diocese to be given separately. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Poor Law 
an Order, dated the 12th day of February last, for Greland.) 
a Return, showing the Financial State of each Union ; 
in Ireland, where paid Guardians were appointed, 
at the time of their appointment, comparing it with 
the Financial State of the same Unions when they 
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And, Copies of all Reports and Resolutions made 
by Boards of Guardians, either entered on their 
Minutes or transmitted to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, in those Unions where paid Guardians have 
acted, relating to the management of those Unions 
while under the superintendence of paid Guardians. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March Evictions 
last, for a Return of the Number of Evictions re- Gnion) 
ported by the Constabulary in the Union of Kil- 
rush, specifying the Number of Dwellings stated to 

have been unroofed. 


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


The Order made upon Tuesday last, for printing Larceny. 
the Return relative to Larceny, was read, and dis- Ny. 904. 
charged. : 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the said Return be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 14th day of Stamps. 
March last, be printed. No. 211+ 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, Guano. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of March No. 219, 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital, &amp;c. which were presented upon Monday Hespital, &amp;¢. 
and Tuesday last, be printed. No. 213. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Exchequer (Zreland), which was presented upon a 
; reiand. 
Monday last, be printed. No. 214. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jonian Jonian Islands. 
Islands, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 215, 


_ A Petition of the Proprietor, Printers and Pub- sdvertise- 
lishers of the Wexford Guardian Newspaper, pray- ™¢®*s- 
EE ing 




























































Sa a a DERI 


Re ne 


ont 





Arbitration, 
&amp;e. 


Disarmament, 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Beer-houses. 


Church Rates. 


Consols, 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Education Bill, 





210 11° Aprilis. | A. 1850. 


ing for the repeal of the Advertisement duty, was 
even and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Calder Vale and 
neighbourhood, near Garstang, praying the House 
to take such steps as may lead to negotiations for 
International Arbitration Treaties between this 
country and other nations, and also such measures 
as may draw attention to the necessity of a general 
and simultaneous disarmament among the nations 
of the earth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fleetwood and its 
vicinity, praying the House to take ~ = for pro- 
moting the negotiations between the British Go- 
vernment and other Governments of the civilized 
world, with a view to call their attention to the neces- 
sity of entering by a — and simultaneous mea- 
sure upon a — of Disarmament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Epsom ;—and, Chard; . 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. 


Petitions from Bristol ;— Carlisle (seven Peti- 
tions) ;— Thorne (Surrey) ; — East Grinstead ;— 
Charlbury ;—and, Glastonbury; praying the House 
to adopt measures with a view to diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ross ;— Whitchurch (Hereford) ; 
— Barrow ; — Repton ; — Shipston-upon-Stour ;— 
Cuchfield ; — Howden ; — Tynemouth ; — North 
Shields (two Petitions) ; — Colne ;—Sevenoaks ;— 
Castle Cary ;—South Shields ;—and, Southampton 
(two Petitions); praying for the abolition of Church 
Rates,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land of 
the parish of Weston-under-Penyard, in the county 
of Hereford, praying the House to reduce the divi- 
dends upon Consols to two per cent., was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harwich ;— Leeds ;—Epping ;— 
Stalybridge ; — Chesham ; — Machynlleth ; — Don- 
caster ; — Rotherham ;— Todmorden ;— Barnsley ;— 
Cuckfield ; — Stockport ; — Scarborough ; — Sid- 
mouth ; — Kingsbridge ; — Chard; — Welshpool i 
Mansfield ; —Nottingham ;—and, Halstead; pray- 
ing that the County Court Extension Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halsted Union (Chairman) ;—and, 
Dunmow 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. 


A Petition of Elizabeth Gore, of Molesworth-place, 
in Camden Town, alleging the mal-administration of 
justice in the Court of Chancery, and praying for 
inquiry into the practice of that Court, was pre- 
=— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Master and Brethren and other 
Inhabitants of the extra-parochial liberty of Sher- 
burn House, praying that the Education Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from Lyme Regis ;—and, Yeovil; pray- Education. - 
ing the House to adopt such measures as shall 
secure to the Church of England her portion of the 
Parliamentary grant for Education, without any in- 
terference on the part of the Committee of Privy 
Council with her doctrine or discipline,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master and Brethren and other Education 
Inhabitants of the extra-parochial liberty of Sher- (ireland. 
burn House, complaining that the Schools in con- 
nexion with the Church Education Society for Zre- 
land 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 the Board of Guardians of the Extra- 
Chard Union, in the counties of Somerset, Dorset parochial 
and Devon, complaining that the owners of land 
residing in Extra-parochial Places do not bear their 
proper share of the burthen of local taxation; and 
praying the House to take the premises into con- 
sideration, and adopt measures of relief, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Whalley ;— Burnley (eleven Peti- Factories Bill. 
tions) ;—Colne (Lancaster) ;— Stalybridge (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Keighley (Chairman) ;—Stalybridge ;— 
Hyde (two Petitions) ;— Rochdale ;—Staly ;—Ash- 
ton-under- Lyne (four Petitions) ;—Saddleworth (two 
Petitions) ;—Ashton (five Petitions) ;—Manchester 
and Salford; — Bradford ; — Matthew M‘Fie;— 
Clitheroe (twelve Petitions) ;—Sabden ;— Marsden ; 
— and, Overlookers and Dressers employed by 
Messrs. Mercer and Anderson, of the Holmes Mill, 
in the county of Lancaster; praying that the Fac- 
tories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Five Petitions from Holmfirth, 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 Heckmondwike ; — Birstal (two 
Petitions) ;—LZower Mill, near Holmfirth ;—Holm- 
firth (four Petitions) ;—and, Kendal (two Petitions) ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Yeovil, Heresy. 
in the diocese of Bath and Wells, praying that any 
measure which the House may adopt with reference 
to proceedings against Clergymen accused of hold- 
ing false doctrine, may be submitted to the prior 
examination of the Convocation of the Church of 
England, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint German’s Union ; — and, Highways Dil, 
North Bierley Poor Law Union; praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Millers of the town of Clara and Irish Fisheries 
its vicinity, in the King’s County, praying that the 5 
Irish Fisheries 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 High Sheriff and Members of Local 
the Grand Jury of the county of Limerick, com- Limerick.) 
plaining of the heavy amount of local taxation in 
that county ; and praying for relief, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pawlett ;—and, Durleigh ; pray- Lord's Day- 
ing the House to adopt measures for securing the 
due observance of the Lord’s Day,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. _ 
Petitions 





Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Merchant 
Seamen’s 
Fund Bill. 


National Land 


Company. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Post-office. 


13 Victoriz. 


Penicuik (Moderator) ;— Presbytery of Dalkeith 
(Moderator) ;—Presbytery of Muil (Moderator) ; 
—Presbytery of Forfar (Moderator) ;— Chardstock ; 
—Kirk Session of Newbattle (Moderator) ;— Holy- 
town ; — Presbytery of Glasgow (Moderator) ;— 
Kirk Session of East Kilbride ;—Pentlow ;—and, 
Revenhall ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ticknall and Hartshorn ;—Mel- 
bourne (Derby) ;—Selby ;— Kendal ;—and, Saffron 
Walden ; 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 Royal College of Surgeons of 
England ;—and, Bridgwater ; praying the House to 
adopt measures for improving the position of Assist- 
ant Surgeons in the Royal Navy,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees of 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund of the out-port of 
Dumfries, praying that the MerchantSeamen’s Fund 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joshua John Bragger, expressing 
confidence in Mr. Feargus O’ Connor, and the other 
Directors of the National Land Company; and 
praying, in the event of the affairs of the said Com- 
pany being wound up, it may be done by the said 
Mr. Feargus O’Connor and other Directors, was 

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


Petitions from Facit ;— and, Bristol Working 
Men’s Mutual Improvement Association (Chairman) ; 
praying for repeal of the Excise Tax upon Paper, 
the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax 
upon Newspapers,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Freehay ;— Knutton ; —Kidder- 
minster ;—Deanery of West ;-—Brimington ;—New- 
hall ;—High Wycombe ;—Gisburne ;— Barnsley ;— 
— ;—East Ardsley (Chairman) ;—Middlesmoor ; 
—West Town ;— Wootton; — Hawick ;— Leighton 
and Eaton Constantine ;— Wellington (Shropshire) ; 
—Horseferry-road, Westminster ; — Cole; — New- 
castle-on- Tyne ; —Croscombe ;— Blagdon ;—Castle- 
wellan; — Southborough ; — Totteridge ; — Aston 
Sandford ;— Barrow-upon- Humber ; —Winwick ;— 
Newblis ;—District of Saint Philip’s, Pentonville ; 
—Baddesley Ensor ; — Marldon ;—Tormoham ;— 
East Harlsey ; —Hagbourn ; — Stogursey ;—Isling- 
ton, Newington and Kingsland ;—Ramsey, Isle of 
Man ;— Moorfields ; — Saint Luke’s, Middlesex ;— 
Paignton ;—Chardstock ; — Scarborough ;—Lymm ; 
—Kirk Session of Barony, Glasgow ;— Wiston and 
Roberton ;—Carluke ;—‘Kirk Session of East Kil- 
bride ;—Kirk Session of Wiston and Roberton (Mo-| 
derator and Session Clerk) ;—Powderham ;—Clyst 
Honiton ; — Clyst Saint Mary and Clyst Saint 








George ;—Elmley Lovett ; — Bewdley ;—I minster ; 
—North Curry;—Curry Rivell ;—Lydeard Saint | 
Laurence ;—Martock ; — Camington ;— Ponteland ; | 
—Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; — Colmonell ; —Tarbolton | 
(two Petitions) ;—Kirk Session of Tarbolton ;— 
Stanford Dingley ;— Waltham ;— Whitchurch (Oz- | 
ford); — East Llsley, West Lisley, Compton and 
Chilton ;— Somerton ; — Charlton (by Dover) ;— | 
Wingham ;— Roxton ;— Great Barford ;—Uphaven; | 
— Edington ;— Downton ;— Monckton ;—Avebury ; | 
— Landport ; — Portsmouth ;—Portsea ; — Stone-' 
house ;— Finchingfield ;—and, Dedham ; praying for’ 


the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, | Table. 


VoL, 105, 





11° Aprilis. 211 


MarriagesBill. Petitions from Lyme Regis ;—Kirk Session of 


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


Petitions from New Lanark ;—and, Huddersfield ; Punishment 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of °f Death. 


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


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Real Property 
in the town of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that Conveyance 


the Real Property Conveyance Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Receipts, 


Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying 
the House to repeal the Stamp Duty on Receipts 
for money on all sums under 100/. or alternatively 
to reduce the duty to a uniform rate of one penny 
on all sums under 100/, and proportionally on sums 
of large amount, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Halstead Union, Small 
] Tenements 


in the county of Worcester, praying that the Smal 
Tenements Rating Bill may pass into a law, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Barnsley, praying Stamp Duties 
that provision may be made in the Stamp Duties Bill. 


Bill for reducing or entirely repealing the Stamp 

Duty on memorials, the Stamp Duty on all Re- 

conveyances of mortgaged premises, and also the 

“ Lease for a year Stamp,” now imposed on con- 

veyances and mortgages of freehold property, was 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of the West India West India 
Association of Liverpool, praying the House to ce Colonies. 


measures for restoring to the British West India 
Colonists the value of their property, sacrificed as 
they conceive to a great national undertaking, by 
such arrangements as will secure them an ample 
supply of free labourers at a moderate rate; and 
not to relax the measures requisite to put an end to 
the Slave Trade, but at once relieve them from 
ruinous competition with the Slave dealer, by pro- 
hibiting the consumption in Great Britain of sugar 
and coffee produced by countries where the Slave 
Trade is still carried on, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Army. 


Order, dated the 14th day of February last, for Re- 
turns of the Names of all Officers serving in Ire- 
land during the late visit of Her Majesty to that 
Country, who were employed either in firing salutes 
or upon guards of honour and escorts in attendance 
upon Her Majesty, their Rank, period of Service 
in each Rank respectively ; distinguishing the Num 
ber of years employed on Home or Foreign Service, 
and the Number of years upon Full or Half-Pay :— 
And, of the Names of all Officers who received 
Promotion by Brevet on the occasion of Her Ma- 


|jesty’s late vist to Lreland, their Rank, Period of 


Service in each Rank respectively, distinguishing 
the Number of years employed on Home or Foreign 
Service, and the Number of years upon Full and 
Half-Pay. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War also presented, pursuant Army. 


to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Re- 
turn of Officers who have been allowed to receive 
their Half-Pay, since 1st April 1849, under the pro- 
visions of the Act of the 12th and 13th Vic. c. 98, 
sec. 28. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


EE2 The 









































































Parliamentary 


Voters, &amp;c. 


{Treland) Bill. 


No, 216. 


919 11° Aprils. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Parliamentary Voters, 
&amp;e. (Jreland) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Cravuses, N° 38 to N° 56, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuavuse, N° 57, (Appeal from Barrister’s deci- 
sion on points of law). 

Amendment omg : In P. 31.1. 26., to leave 
out the words, “if he thinks it reasonable and 
“ proper that such appeal should be entertained. * 

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

The Committee divided. ' 

Tellers for the Yeas, (i mee Hill, }r02. 


Tellers for the Noes, baggy ae nae } 93. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N°58 to N° 61, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 62, (Revised lists of voters to be 
transmitted to the Clerk of the Peace in counties, 
and copied into a book, which shall be delivered to 
the Sheriff). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 35. 1. 9, 
after the word “surnames” to insert the words 
“ every parish and townland within such barony.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiauses, N* 63 to N° 105, with Amendments 
to several of them, agreed to. 


Criavuse, N° 106, disagreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 107 to N° 109, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Crausse, N° 110, (Occupiers of land or premises 
valued at eight pounds or upwards, in counties or 
towns, may claim to be rated). , 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words “ Provided al- 
“ ways, That the occupier of any land, tenement or 
“ hereditament of which the value is in the rate-book 
“ included in one sum with the value of other lands, 
‘“‘ tenements or hereditaments not occupied by him, 
“ may claim to have such land, tenement or here- 
“ ditament valued a and his name inserted 
“in the rate in respect thereof; and, in making 
such claim for such separate valuation, he can 
“ set forth, to the best of his knowledge and belief, 
“ the value of the land, tenement or hereditament 
** so occupied by him; and the said occupier shall 
* be deemed to be rated at that value in case the 
“ Guardians neglect or refuse to have said premises 
“ forthwith valued.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 1) 125 
Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard: JS °~*" 
Tellers for the j Mr. Conolly, i 


Noes, | Mr. George Alexander Ha- | 42. 
milton: 

Cravuses, N°111 to N° 117, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 118, disagreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 119 to N° 121, agreed to. 

Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
ey to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 

esvlution of the House, reported on the 4th of 
March, read. 

Clauses added. 



































































A. 1850. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That the Clerk of 
the Peace of every county in Ireland shall, on or 
before the fifth day of June in the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty, and in every succeed- 
ing year, publish in each barony of such county a 
notice in writing, according to form (No. 3) in 
the said Schedule (A.), stating that no person will 
be entitled to have his name inserted in the list of 
voters for such county then next to be made in 
respect of a qualification by virtue of the occupation 
of lands, tenements or hereditaments rated at a net 
annual value of eight pounds or upwards, unless 
he shall pay, on or before the first day of July then 
next ensuing, ali the poor rates which shall have 
become payable from him in respect of such pre- 
mises previously to the first day of January then 
last past),—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
be read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That when any lands, 
tenements or hereditaments shall be jointly occupied 
by more persons than one, each of such joint occu~ 
piers may claim to be rated in the same manner as 
is hereinbefore provided in the case of a sole occu- 
pier, and shall have his name inserted in the rate by 
the Guardians, and, in case of their neglect or re- 
fusal, shall be deemed to be rated in respect of such 
premises in respect to which he shall have so claimed 
to be rated: Provided always, That the net annual 
value of such premises, when divided by the number 
of such joint occupiers, shall give a net annual 
value of eight pounds or upwards, for each of such 
persons, but not otherwise),—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 it shall be law- 
ful for any person entitled to register and vote for 
any county, city, town or borough, in virtue of a 
qualification not requiring occupation, to verify the 
same by taking and subscribing the oath in form 
Schedule (D.) to this Act annexed in any superior 
Court of Record, or before any Judge of Assize in 
Great Britain or Ireland; and the said oath shall 
be subscribed by one of the Judges of the Court 
before whom the same was taken, and to transmit 
such affidavit to the Clerk of the Peace of the 
county, city, town or borough in which the qualifi- 
cation may be situate, on or before the 24th day of 
August in any year; and such affidavit (a claim to 
register having been duly made as hereinbefore pro- 
vided) shall be taken to be primd facie evidence of 
the right of such person to have his name inserted 
in the Registry or List of Voters for such county, 
city, town or borough. 


Schedule (D.) 

I, A. B. of , in the county (or in the 
city, town or borough) of » Esquire, (or 
as the description may be), do swear that I am en- 
titled to register and vote for the county (or city, 
town or borough, as the case may be). in virtue of a 
qualification consisting of a freehold (or leasehold, 
or as the case may be), arising out of the lands (or 
houses or other property, as the case may be), of 

, lying, being and situate at (naming 
townland or denomination, and the barony and 
street, if in a city, town or borough), of the clear 
yearly value of pounds at the least, over and 
above all rents and charges payable out of the same, 
excepting only public and parliamentary taxes, 
county, or parish cesses or rates; and (where the 
same is held by deed or instrument) that the same 
arises from a deed or instrument bearing date the 

day of , and that I have not 
accepted or procured the same fraudulently, nor in 
exchange for a qualification in any other county, 





city, town or borough),—brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion 





13 Victoriz#. 11°—12° 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Schedule (A.), disagreed to. 

New Schedule inserted. 

Schedules (B.) and (C.), 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 Bili, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
the 22d day of April next; and be printed. 


Elections The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Elections (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Distressed The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Unions Ad- Reading of the Distressed Unions Advances and 
= Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill ; 
of Advances And a Motion being made, and the Question 
(Ireland) Bill. heing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


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


Veneris, 12° die Aprilis, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { ia 4 j 23. 
f 


Mr. Tufnell, 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Bellew: 131. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again 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 Sesion being proposed, That the 
word “ now” 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 —. 

Mr. Spooner, ] 

Tellers for the Yeas, f Colonsl Sibthorp : f 


Tellers for the Noes, { oa — } 


6 
134. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question :— It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read asecond time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday the 26th day of this instant April. 


Stamp Duties The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Bill; and, 
No, 210, 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 



























































Aprilis. 213 


The House, according to Order, ane sas to Estates 
take into consideration the Estates Leasing (Jre- Leasing 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. : Coes) Se 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Bill to amend the Laws concerning Judg- Judgments 
ments in Ireland was, according to Order, read the (Ireland) Bill 
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- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill ; of — . 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (ireland) BE. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bill ; eT ae 

Resolved, That this House will, upon ‘Thursday “44 Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways 
into a Committee upon the Highways Bill; and, Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 217. 
the Chair; and Mr. Hayter 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 Wednesday 
the 24th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Medical 
Reading of the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; Charities __ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (724) Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- Session 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ti 


Monday the 22d day of this instant April. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Technical 
to restrain Technical Objections in the Superior oo 
Courts of Law at Westminster: And that Mr. At- = 
torney-General and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Naval Prize 
to regulate the Disposition of the Naval Prize Balance Bill. 
Balance: And that Mr. Parker and Mr. Cowper do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indemnity 
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. 
Hayter and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to restrain Technical . 
Technical Objections in the Superior Courts of Law Pbiections 

at Westminster: And the same was read the first py, 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon yy 19, 


Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to regulate the Dis- Naval Prize 
position of the Naval Prize Balance: And the same Balance Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada No. 219, 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to indemnify such Indemnity 
Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to ® 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and 
to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respec- 
tively : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day. 





Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
VoL. 105. ; 





EE3 Viscount 








Greece. 


County Rates 
Bill, 


Public Works 
. &amp;c. (Treland.) 


No. 220, 


Poor Law 
Inspectors. 


214 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting 
Mr. Finlay’s Claim upon the Greek Government, 
additional to the Papers presented to Parliament on 
the 22d day of February 1850. 

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


Ordered, That the County Rates Bill be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 8th day of May 
next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works, &amp;c. (Jreland), which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


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








Veneris, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoriz Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 26th day of July, in 


11°—12° Aprilis. 


the last Session of Parliament, for 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 District, 
and the Amount paid to each for Salary and Tra- 
velling 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 : 





Name 
of 
Inspec- 


Number of Visits 
made by each In- 
spector during 
the same Period 


Number of Spe- 

cial Inquiries 
held by each 
Inspector dur- 
ing the same 
Period. 


Amount of Salary 
and Expenses for 
the Three Years 
ended the 3lst 
March 1849, paid 
to each Inspector. 


Names 
of Unions 
comprised 

in each 
Inspector’s 

District. 


to each Work- 
house in his Dis- 
trict. 




















Pirates’ Head 
Money. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Birmingham 
as 
Bi 


Clerkenwell .2. Resolved, That in the case of the Clerkenwell 
Improvement Improvement Petition, for further extending the 
Bil. time for the Second Reading of the Bill, the Order 

of the House of the 13th March ought to be dis- 

yensed with; That the time for the Second Reading 

e further extended to Thursday the 25th instant. 

Leeds and 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds and 
Halitax Turn- #]alifax Turnpike-road (Continuation of Term as to 
pike-road 


—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 18th day of March last, for a Return of 
all Bills drawn for the payment of Head Money for 
the Capture or Destruction of Pirates, as directed in 
the second section of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 49, on 
Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, since the 1st day 
of January 1849. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Birmingham 
Improvement, Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- 
tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 








A. 1850. 


certain Parts of the Road), Petition for leave to (Continuation 
deposit a Petition against the Bill, the Standing Or- of Term as to 
ders ought not to be dispensed with. of the Road) 

4. Resolved, That inthe case of the Shipwrecked Shipwrecked 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society, Pe- oe : 
tition for leave to present the Petition for the Bill, Benevolent 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; Society Bill. 
That the parties be permitted to present their Peti- 
tion accordingly. 
. .. cy ae in the case of = National Betienel 

allery (Edinburgh) Bill, the Standing Orders ought S@2¢rTy 
to be p Ase with ; That the parties be vended ne) 
to proceed with their Bill, on obtaining the consent 
of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of 
a thereto, and on inserting the notices once 
in the Edinburgh Gazette, and for three successive 
weeks in a newspaper published in Edinburgh : 
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. 

he 2d, 4th and 5th Resolutions, being read a 

second time, were agreed to. 

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 9th and 10th days of Say 4 nae 
this instant April; and had directed him to makea 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Shipwrecked 
Management of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and oe 
Mariners’ Benevolent Society, for leave to bring in alee 
a Bill to incorporate the Members of the said So- Society Bill. 
ciety, and to enable them better to carry into effect 
their Charitable Designs, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Newcastle- 
of the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying upon-Tyne 
that provision may be made in the Mewcastle-upon- provement, 
Tyne Improvement, Amendment of Acts, and New of Acts, and 
Streets Bill, for giving power to the Petitioners to New Streets 
make certain streets, and to exercise for that pur- Bil 
pose the several powers intended to be obtained by 
the said Bill, with respect to the street thereby 
authorized to be made, and for extending the power 
of borrowing money, was presented, and read ; and 
— to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

ills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stamp Duties. 
Comparative Table of the present and proposed No. 221. 
Stamp Duties on Conveyances, Leases, Bonds, 
Mortgages, and Warrants of Attorney and Settle- 
ments. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


The Order made upon the 25th day of February Glasgow, Kil- 
last, for referring the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- — — 
drossan Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection, Railway Bill. 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin and 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for a roo 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for y 
additional provision in the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 





mittee on the Bill, That they have power to make 
provision 















































13 VicroriZ. 


rovision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Dublin and A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Belfast Junc- Lands required for the Completion of the Dublin 
tion Railway ond Belfast Junction Railway, and to amend the 
_ Acts relating to such Railway, was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. French do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Londonderry A Bill to enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen 
and Eunis- ~~ Railway Company to extend their line of Railway 
— from Strabane to Omagh, and to amend the Acts 
relating to ‘he said Company, 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. 
Colonization The House proceeded to take into consideration the | 
Assurance Colonization Assurance Company Bill, as amended 
Company Bill. i, the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Croydonand The Croydon and Reigute Turnpike-road Bill 


Reigate Turn- was read a second time ; and committed. 
pike-road Bill. Qydered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Clerkenwell The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Improvement Reading of the Clerkenwell Improvement (Amend- 
pe ment of Acts and Transfer of Powers) Bill ; 

+ eae Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Powers) Bil. Thursday the 25th day of April next. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—County Trea- 
surers (Ireland) ;—An Account in charge and dis- 
charge of Fees received by the Registrar of Trea- 
surer’s Accounts and Receiver of Fee Fund, from 
the 25th March 1849 to the 25th March 1850. 

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


County 
Treasurers 
Ireland.) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Oaths of 
Members have power to adjourn from place to 
place. 


Oaths of 
Members. 


Ordered, That Sir Alexander Hood have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his 
family ;—and, Viscount Adare three months, on 
account of illness in his family. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Arctic 


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


an Account of the Charge for the Purchase, Repair, 

and Outfit of the Vessels now fitting for the Arctic 

Expedition. 
Navy, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of all Sums due or claimed by Private 
Builders for the building and alterations of the 
“« Megera,” “ Greenock,” and “ Simoom,” and an 
other Sums claimed for Iron Steam Ships for Her 
Majesty’s Navy ; specifying the Names of the Ves- 
sels and of the Builders, the Price originally agreed, 
the Price charged by the said Builders, the Sums 
paid on account by the Admiralty, and the Balance 
now claimed. 


Local Acts, Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


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 


10th and 11th Vie., for making Preliminary Inquiries 
Vou. 105, 


12° Aprils. 


| day, be printed. 





915 


in certain cases of Applications for Local Acts of 
Parliament, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which they respectively 
relate. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Loan Socie- Loan 
ties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. _—_ Societies. 
No. 222. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- NationalDebt. 
tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be No, 293. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to J vint Stock Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented yesterday, be Companies. 
printed. No, 224. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- Police 
tive to Police Constables, which was presented yes- Constables. 
terday, be printed. - No, 225. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint gaint Asaph, 


Asaph, &amp;c., Dioceses, which was presented yester- “ane 
0. e 


Petitions from the County of Elgin ;—Stohesley;-- agricultural 

Faceby ;— Carlton ( York);— Marton ;— Nunthorpe ; Distress. 

— Hutton;— Kirby ;—Sexton;— Easby ;— Rounton; 

— Great Busby ; — Eston;— Hemlington;— Ormesby; 
—Crathorne ;—Kildale ; — Newby ;— Swainby ;— 
Broughton ;—and, Ingleby ; complaining of the de- 

pressed state of Agriculture ; and praying the House 

to adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
of the King’s County Chronicle Newspaper ;—Pro- ™**: 
prietors, Printers and Publishers of the Preston 
Chronicle Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Arbroath Guide Newspaper ;— 
Proprietor, Editor, Printers and Publishers of the 
Border Advertiser Newspaper ;—and, Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Carlow Sentinel 
Newspaper ; praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Advertisements in Newspapers,—were presented, 
and read ; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Isel ;— Gilerux ;— Bromfield ;— xrvitration. 

Torpenhow ;—Hayton, Allerby and Oughterside ;— 
and, Dunstable; praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures, in order that treaties be 
promoted between the Government of this country 
and other Governments of the world, binding both 
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 Inhabitants of Jsel, praying the pjsarmament. 
House to take speedy and vigorous steps for pro- 
moting negotiations between the British Govern- 
ment and other Governments of the civilized world, 
with a view to a general and simultaneous measure 
of Disarmament, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Members of the peer-houses. 
Congregation of Protestant Dissenters meeting in 
Mill-street Chapel, Leamington Priors, 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,—was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Jwerne Minster ;—Festiniog ;— 
Appledore ;—Bath;—North Shields;—Thomas H. 
Manning and others ;—Great Dunmow ;—Brill ;— 
Banbury ;— Stockton-upon-Tees ;-—--Swansea ;—and, 
Bideford; praying for the abolition of Church 
Rates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Church Rates. 





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A Petition : 


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Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment, 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Markets, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 


County Ex- 
penditure, 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Distress 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Act. 


Factories Bill. 


216 


A Petition of Copyholders, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants of Cheshunt, praying the House to pass 
an Act for the speedy Enfranchisement of Copyhold 
property, on equitable principles, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Earl of Abergavenny ;—Earl of 
Suffield ;—F. W. Irby ;—and, Earl of Leicester ; 
praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
al adland to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the town of Bandon, and its 
vicinity, praying forthe establishment of Public Mar- 
kets for the sale of corn and other agricultural pro- 
duce in country towns in Jreland, and also for the 
assimilation of the weights and measures of that 
country to those of Great Britain, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Andover ;— East Dereham ;— 
Halifax ;— Thetford ;— Chapel-en-le-Frith ;—Mer- 
thyr Tydfil ;— Windsor ;—Gateshead ;— Colne (Lan- 
caster) ; — Halesworth ;— Usk ;—Bingham ;— and, 
Bridgwater ; praying that the County Court Exten- 
sion Bill may pass into a law,— were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors, 
Proctors, and others, not being Barristers, practising 
in the Courts of Law and Equity in the United 
Kingdom, 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 Guardians of the Poor of the in- 
corporated hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, 
in the county of Suffolk, complaining of the in- 
equality of the assessment of county rates; and 
praying that such rates may be levied on the full 
rateable value of all the property in the county, 
rated in accordance with the provisions of the 6th 
and 7th Will. 4, c. 96, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunder/and Union ;—and, Auck- 
land 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. 


Petitions from Muchkno;—Killaloe and Bally- 
callan ;— Westport ;— Mullaheran ;— Kilmucore and 
Dunkitt ;— Kinnegad ; — Kilteely ; — Clonard ; — 
Donaghmore ;—Killion and Kilroran ;—Killesher ; 
—Ballyhigue, Killury, and Ratoo ;— Derrynoose;— 
Newtownards ;—and, Kildacomogue; complaining 
of the Distress at present existing in Jre/and; and 
praying for measures of relief,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Derby Mechanics’ Institute 
(Chairman) ;— Duffield ;— Norwich ;— and, Ban- 
bury; praying that the Education Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Woollen Yarn Spinners, employed 
in the Miil of Mr. Samuel Cooke, of Millbridge, 
near Leeds, praying the House to amend the Factory 
Act, so as to allow of eleven hours labour, instead 
of ten hours, in woollen mills, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Millbridge;—and, Holmfirth (Nine 
Petitions); praying that the Factories Bill may not 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Tuble. 


12° Aprilis. 


A. 1850. 


Seven Petitions from Colne (Lancaster); praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
1 ag and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Chapel-en-le-Frith Union;—-Staly- Highways 
bridge ; — Welsh Whittle ; — Wheelton ;—Charnock ®1. 
Richard ;— Heapey ;—Coppull ;— Heath Charnock ; 
—Euxton ;— Withnell ; — Anderton ; —-Anglezark ; 

Boston Union;—and, Heskin; praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

oo and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Millers of the counties of Kildare trish Fisheries 
and Queen’s County, praying that the Jrish Fisheries Bill. 

Bill may not pass into a;law, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury at Juvenile 

the Assizes for the county of Monmouth, praying Offenders Bill. 
that the Juveniie Offenders Bill may pass into a 

law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Banbridge ;—and, Donaghadee, panalora 

Bangor and Grey Abbey; praying for amendment and Tenant 
of the law between Landlord and Tenant in Jre- (“reland.) 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Landlord 
bourhood of Dunloy, praying that the Landlord 2nd Tenant 
and Tenant (Ire/and) Bill may not pass into a law, (ireland) Bal, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Upper Castlereagh ;—Barony of 

Kinalarty (Down) ;— Garvaghy ;—and, Ballymoney ; 

praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,—- 

were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from the county of Monmouth ; rarceny 
praying that the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Summary 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and — 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 7 


Petitions from Fremington ;— Titchfield ;—and, Malt. 
Faringdon ; 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 Middlesbrough, 
praying the House not to remit any part of the 
duty now levied upon Malt, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rothes :—Kirk Session of Forres; Marriages 
—Presbytery of Abertarff (Moderator) ;—Firth ;— Bill. 
Orkney ;—Inch ;— Robert Crawford ;— Maxvwell- 
town ;—Commission of the General Assembly of 
the Church of Scotland (Moderator) ;— Rothesay ; 
— Braemar ;— Belfast ;— Presbytery of Paisley 
(Moderator) ; — Rothesay ; — Greenside ; — Auch- 
terarder ;—-Strathfillan;--F’. Henderson;—-Arbroath; 
— Glasgow ; — Presbytery of Mewcastle-on-Tyne 
(Moderator and Clerk) ;—Zadyloan;—Dean and 
Faculty of Law in the University of Edinburgh ;— 
Archdeacon McDougall; — William Broun; — 
Strontian ; —Robert Craig ;— Muirkirk ; — Alez- 
ander Hislop ;— Finlay Macallister ;— Leith ;— 
Salford ;—Presbytery of Belfast (Moderator and 
Clerk) ; —Glencairn ;— Blairgowrie ;— Edinburgh ; 
— Salton and Bolton; —John Baillie ; —James 
Drummond ;—Ochiltree ;—John Tulloch ;— Ken- 
more; — Presbytery of Dublin (Moderator and 
Clerk); —Alexander L.R. Tooke;— Thomas Bain;— 
Donald M‘Rae ;—Ayr Presbytery (Clerk) ;—John 
M‘ Liesh ;— Thomas Duncan;— William Masterton ; 
— Broughton, Myerscough and Fulwood ;—Presby- 
tery at Maghera (Moderator) ;— Oundle ;—Ochil- 








tree ;— 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund 
Bill. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Portendic 
Claims. 


Post- office, 


Punishment 
Death. 


Small Tene. - 


ments Rati 
— 


13 Vicrortz. 


tree;—and, Memus Tannadice; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of 
Master Mariners and Seamen resident within the 
borough of South Shields, praying that the Mer- 
chant Seamen’s Fund Bill may not pass into a law, 


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


A Petition of Teachers of the Watton Inde- 
endent Chapel Sunday School, praying that the 
Tsien Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertise- 
ments and the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers, and 
all other taxes upon knowledge, may be abolished, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by the post, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of George Clavering Redman, com- 
plaining of losses sustained by himself and other 
British subjects in 1834 and 1835, while engaged 
in the gum trade at Portendic, on the Western 
Coast of Africa, in consequence of the measures 
adopted by the French Government ; stating the 
particulars of his case; and praying the House to 
take the same into consideration, and to appoint a 
Committee to institute a full inquiry into its merits, 
and to report thereon, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Alstonfield ; 
—Eccleshall ;--Crowhurst ;--Lingfield ;-—-Presbytery 
of Abertarff (Moderator) ;—Leeds (two Petitions) ; 
— Monmouth ;— Folkestone (five Petitions) ;—Snit- 
terfield ; —Leamington ; —Inveravon ; —Rothes ;— 
Lossiemouth ; — Auldearn ; —Wombridge ;— Whits- 
bury ;—Corstorphine ;—Appledore ; — Bideford ;— 
Penpont ; — Langholm ; — Kirby Ravensworth ; — 
Hawnby ; — Old Byland; — Yarm ;— Barton-le- 
Street; — Archdeaconry of Richmond (York) ;— 
Barningham ;—Prince’s Risborough and Bledlow ; 
— Barton, Hartshorn and Chetwode;— Weston Tur- 
ville; — Haversham (two Petitions) ;—Seaton Carew; 
—Great Stainton; —Warmwell, Dorset and Poz- 
well ;— Winterbourn Saint Martin’s ;— Bridport ;—- 
West Stafford ;--Hellingly ;--Duxford ;-- Greenock ; 
—Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—Glanworth ;—Fer- 
moy ;— Lislee; — North Walsham ; ~- Aylsham ; — 
Reepham ; — Errol; — Portrush ; — Dunblane ;— 
John Tulloch ;—Killin ;—Kinfauns ;—United Pres- 
byterian Congregation of Lethendy (Moderator) ;— 
Thomas Hastings and Patrick Borrowman ; — 
Rainsgate ;—Sneeth ;—Elham ;—Great Faringdon ; 
—Cootehill seteag of Armagh ;—Beccles ;— 
Otley ;— Laiston; — Wickham Sia Hales- 
worth ; — Sternfield ; — Lincoln ; — Greenwich ;— 
John-street, Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square ; 
—Charles-street, Long Acre ;—Langoven and Pen- 
y-clawdd ;— Oundle ; —Leake ; — Donegal; — Ra- 
phoe;—and, Boharm ; praying for abolition of Sun- 
day labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Frome Selwood, 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of 
Death, was — and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of cottages in the parish 
of Christchurch, in the county of Southampton, 
praying that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ; 

A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk to the 
7 of the Poor of the Spalding Union, pray- 

OL. 105, 


12° Aprilis. 





217 


ing that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


— Beverley ;—and, ] 
the Stamp Duties Bill; and praying for a reduction 
of the Stamp Duty on Memorials,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the county of Cork, praying for amendment of the 


present system of septennial revisions into more 
frequent periods, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Clergy, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the 
borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Windows, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 


in the present Session of Parliament, to consider 
the best mode of dealing with the Office of Re- 
gistrar of Bankrupts, now vacant; together with 
the Proceedings of the Committee, the Minutes of 
Evidence and the Appendix and Index thereto :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to 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. 


to inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments of 
Offices held during the pleasure of the Crown by 
Members of either House of Parliament, voted 
in the Annual Estimates; and also into the Sa- 
laries and Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the 
Superior Courts of Law and Equity in the United 
Kingdom ; and into the Retiring Pensions allotted 
to the Judges ; and also into the Expense of Diplo- 
matic Establishments charged on the Consolidated 
Fund ; 

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 is in possession of all the information 
requisite to revise and regulate Public Salaries ; 
that Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry, under 
such circumstances, would only lead to delay ; 
and that it is the duty of the Government, on their 
own responsibility, forthwith to introduce the 
measures that may be necessary for effecting 
every reduction in the National Establishments 
consistent with the efficient discharge of 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 new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the¢ Lord Marcus Hill, Les 0 
Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: J~°”* 
Tellers for thef Mr. Beresford, tees 
Noes, | Captain Vyse: jo 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, b adding at the end thereof the 
words “and into the Incomes and Emoluments of 
“ Ecclesiastical Dignitaries.” 





And 


FF 





Petitions from rag or ahora ;— Wakefield ; Stamp Duties. 
orthallerton ; taking notice of Bill. 


“4 TitheComposi- 
A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of ton Grecian) 
cts 


Tithe Composition (Jreland) Acts, by changing the ” 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Gentry, windows. 


Message from 
the Lords. 

The Lords request that this House will commu- Registrars’ 
nicate to their Lordships a Copy of the Report from Office, Bank- 
the Select Committee appointed by this House ™P*Y: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being ogicial 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, Salaries. 


Adjournment. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


Public Health 
es 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Money 
Payment of 


Wages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Common 
Pleas) Bill. 


Supply. 


218 


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. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Horsman, 1 


. 95. 
Mr. Aglionby : f 
Tellers for the Noes, {Lord Marea Hill, } 208. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


UMr. Cowper : 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments of Of- 
fices held during the pleasure of the Crown by 
Members of either House of Parliament, voted in 
the Aunual Estimates; and also into the Salaries 
and Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the Superior 
Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom ; 
and into the Retiring Pensions allotted to the 
Judges; and also into the Expense of Diplomatic 
Establishments charged on the Consolidated Fund. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australian Colonies Government 
Bill; _ 

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


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


Sabbati, 13° die Aprilis, 1850: 
The Public Health (Scotland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 26th 
day of this instant April. 


The Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday the 26th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Money Payment of Wages (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Process and Practice (Jreland) 
Bill, as amended in Committee: The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; 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 upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fees (Court of Common 
Pleas) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
pated, 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 Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, t at this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


12°—}3°—15° Aprilis. 





A. 1850. 


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 enable Persons having limited In- Estates 
terests in Land in Jreland to make Building Leases Le*sing 
°: . . (Ireland) Bilt, 
and Improving Leases 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. 


read, for the Com- Registration 


eeds (Ireland) Bill ; of Deeds 


The Order of the day — 
(Ireland) Bill, 


mittee on the Registration of 
. 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 to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon Titles of 


Monday next, the Titles of Religious Congregations Religious _ 
Bill, as amended in the Comunttice, was read, and cama 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Friday next. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Australian 
mand,—Papers relative to the proposed Alteration ©°lonies. 
in the Constitution of the Australian Colonies. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Ad- Jewish _ 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of March oe . 
last, for a Return of Copies of the Acts of the Par- Sencen) 
liaments of Canada and Jamaica, by which Civil yy, 997 
Disabilities of the Jews were removed; and also, Ts 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Secreta. 
of State for the Colonies and the Governors of suc 
Colonies, in reference to the said Acts, when the 
same were assented to. . 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated Immigrants 
the 19th day of February last, for Returns showing ee 
the Number of Immigrants and Liberated Africans 908 
admitted into each of the British West India Colo- “® “* 
nies, as well as the Places from whence they were 
introduced, for each year since the Abolition. of 
Slavery :—And, similar Returns for Mauritius, 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cattle. 
Return of the Number of live Cattle exported from 
Freland to Great Britain in each year from 1846 
to 1849, both inclusive. 


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, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- — : 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had CTwenty-sixth 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 11th Report.) 
and 12th days of this instant April, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Guardian 
Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company Bill ; Hire andl US ‘ 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, Company Bill. 











and 








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and found the same to be true; and had in pursuance 
of the Instruction of the House of the 10th day 
of this instant April, made provision in the Bill in 
conformity therewith ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Railway A Petition of George Carr Glyn, Esquire, 
Companies’ Chairman of the Committee of the Railwa Oa. 
Clearimfon Panies associated under the Railway Clearing 
Bill system, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating 
legal proceedings by or against the Committee of 
Railway Companies associated under the Railway 
Clearing system, and for other Purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Comumnittee on Standing Orders. 
Carlisle Gas A Bill to authorize a Transfer of the Undertaking 
—— and Powers of “ The Carlisle Gas Light and Coke | 
Bil, PY Company” to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the City of Carlisle; to enable them to light 
the said City and the Environs thereof, and to raise 
Money for such Purposes; to repeal or amend 
and extend the Powers of the several Acts for 
lighting the said City and Environs, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Philip Howard do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Clerical, A Bill for better enabling the Clerical, Medichl 
y nawene fy and General Life Assurance Society to sue and be 
y ned sued, and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed 
Society Bil. of Constitution, and to give further Powers to the 
Society, 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. 
Ramsey, A Bill for the more’ effectual Drainage and Im- 
Upwood and provement of certain Lands in the Parishes of 


rent Raver Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley, all in the 


County of Huntingdon, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fellowes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


and Lockspit 
Lands Drain- 
age and Im. 
— 

ill. 


South Wales A Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of 

Railway certain Lands required for the South Wales Rail- 

(No. 1.) Bill. way, and to amend the Acts 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. 

Licensed The House proceeded to take into consideration 
hae al the Licensed Victuallers’ and General Fire and Life 
Fire and Life Assurance Company (No. 2.) Bill, as amended in 
Acomrence the Committee. com 
(No. 2.) Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Waterford The Order made upon the 21st day of March 
oe last, That the Report on the Waterford and Limerick 
v Railway Bill do lie upon the Table, was read ; and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 

Local Acts, Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 75, mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, re- 
lative to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which they respectively 
relate ; and be printed. 

Railway Mr. Speaker laid upon. the Table,—Report from 
Clearing” Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Association Private Bills;. That in the case of ‘the Petition for 


the Railway Companies’ Clearing Association Bill, 
Vou. 105. 


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219 


the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
no notice of the objects of the said Bill, which seeks 
to empower the said Association to sue and be sued, 
having been given in the London Gazette. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bolton 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Improvement 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for Bu” 
additional provision in the Bolton Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


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 Shipwrecked Shipwrecked 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society Peti- Fishermen 

‘ * ‘ . and Mariners 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Benevolent 
with ; That the parties be permitted to proceed Society Bill. 
with their Bill, provided the same be presented not 
later than three clear days after the presentation of 
this Report. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Dundee and 
Company, and the Dundee and Perth and Aber- Perth and 
deen Railway Junction Company, praying that see 
provision may be made in the Dundee and Perth Junction Bill. 
and Aberdeen Railway Junction Bill for carrying 
into effect the agreement made between the sai 
two Companies upon the 9th day of March last, 
for abandoning an arrangement entered into in 
December 1846, whereby the Dundee and Perth 
and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company were 
authorized to take a lease of the Dundee and 
Arbroath Railway, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lighthouses. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement of what Measures have been 
adopted respecting the Erection, Management and 
Superintendence of Lighthouses in the British 
Colonies and Possessions (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper No. 225, of Session 1849) :— 
And, Abstract of any Returns received from the 
Colonies upon the subject since 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Nautical 
Account of the Expenses attending the Preparation, Almanack. 
Printing and Sale of the Nautical Almanack, in 
each of the years 1847, 1848 and 1849; stating 
the Number of Copies printed and the Number 
sold in each year; stating by whom sold; the Price 
at which sold, the Per-centage allowed on the Sale, 
and the Loss or Gain to the Public in each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rewards, &amp;c. 
an Account, in detail, of the Manner in which the © — 
£.1,000 voted annually for Rewards, Experiments : 
and other Expenses for Scientific Purposes, during 
the last Three years, has been expended. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Advertise- 
an Account of the Aggregate Amount paid for ™¢** 
Advertisements by the Public Departments of Go- 
vernment in the United Kingdom for the year 1848, 
stating specially the Amount paid by the Board of 
Inland Revenue, the Customs, Post-office, Treasury 
and Commissariat Departments, Board of Ordnance 
and Store Department, Board of Admiralty and 
Victualling Board, Woods and Forests, Poor Law 
Board and Boards of Guardians, and all other 

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Public Departments, so as to exhibit the Total 
Amount paid for Advertisements to Newspapers for 
the Public Service in one year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of April 1850 (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 the Public Money remaining in the Exchequer 
on the 5th day of April 1849, the Amount of Money 
raised by the additions to the Funded or Unfunded 
Debt in the year ended the 5th day of April 1850, 
the Money applied towards the Redemption of the 
Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, the Total 
Amount of } + aaa 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 1850. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


P ublic Income 
an d Expendi- 
tu re, 


No. 230. 


Canada. Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Canada ; Papers relative to the Removal of 
the Seat of Government, and to the Annexation 
Movement. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
fur the better Government of Convict Prisons; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Message from the Lords of Friday last, wherein 
their Lordships request that this House will commu- 
nicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by this House, in 
the present Session of Parliament, to consider the 
best mode of dealing with the Office of Registrar 
of Bankrupts, now vacant, together with the Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee, the Minutes of Evidence, 
and the Appendix and Index thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Parker do deliver the 


same. 


Registrar's 
Office, Bank- 
ruptcy. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report from the National 
Vaccine Establishment. 

Copy of Reports to the Secretary of State upon 
Turnpike-road Bills :—1. Mary-le-bone and Finch- 
ley Road :—2. Farnham and Petersfield Road :—3. 
Rochdale, Bamford and Bury Road :—4. Gatton 
and Povey Cross Road. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Names and Tonnage 
of any British Vessels, with the Names of their re- 
spective Commanders, and of the Names of any 
British Subjects that have been either captured, 
attacked, plundered, or in any way molested, by 
either Malay or Dyak Pirates, on the Coast of 
Borneo, or elsewhere, from the 15th day of August 
1839 to the 15th day of August 1849, inclusive ; 
specifying Date and Place of each case of such cap- 
ture, attack, plunder, or molestation:—And, of 
Copies of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane's 
General Memoranda, Nos. 23 and 42, dated respec- 


Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Turnpike-road 
Bills. 


Malay Pirates, 





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A, 1850. 


tively the 18th day of May 1844, and the 5th day 
of March 1845, addressed to the respective Captains 
of Her Majesty’s Ships on the East India and China 
Stations ; and also, Copies of any Admiralty In- 
structions or Orders rescinding or qualifying those 
Memoranda. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Ecclesiastical 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Report of Commission 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jreland, for ) 
the year ending 1st August 1849. 

. “i That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions of Margaret Smith, Widow of Eger- Advertise- 

ton Smith, Proprietor, Printer and Publisher of the ™*™"*- 
Liverpool “ Mercury,” Newspaper ; —Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Banffshire Journal ; 
— George Bacon, Proprietor, Printer and Publisher 
of the Sussex Advertiser Newspaper ;—Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Oxford Chronicle 
Newspaper ; —and, There-undersigned, connected 
with and engaged upon the Atheneum Journal ; 
praying for a repeal of the duty on Advertisements 
im Newspapers,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Wezx- Agricultural 
ford, complaining of the depressed state of Agricul- Distress. 
ture; and praying the House to adopt measures 
of relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kettering ;—and, Glasgow (Chair- Arbitration. 

man) ; praying the House to take prompt and de- 
cisive measures for the promotion of treaties between 
the Government of this country and other Goyern- 
ments of the world, binding both parties for the 
future to refer their misunderstandings to the deci- 
sion of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Society of Writers to Her Ma- attornies’ 
jesty’s Signet, praying for the repeal of the annual Certificates. 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. . 


Petitions from Altrincham;—and, York; pray- Beer-houses. 
ing the House to adopt measures for diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Windsor ;—Newport Pagnell ;— church Rates. 
Torquay ;—Pantycelyn ;— Kettering ;—Great Eas- 
ton; —Trefriw ; —Longton Potteries ; —Birming- 
ham ; —Geddington ; —Loddington ;— Olney ;— So- 
ham ;— Newmarket ;— Woodbridge ;— Mansfield ;— 
Durham and Northumberland (Chairman) ;—Saint 
Neotts ; —Potterspury ; —Great Yarmouth ;—Ta- 
vistock ;— Royston ;— Chedder ;— Hatfield, Herts ; 
— Ollerton ;—Sidbury ; — Brimpton ;— Woolhamp- 
ton ; —Coningsby ; —Alton ; — Winsford ; — Chig- 
well-row ;—and, Newbridge ;—praying for the abo- 
lition of Church Rates,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Marquis of Stafford ;—John Jack- Copyholds 

son and James Sparhke: —John Muskett ;—James ae 
Cuddon ;—Mary Ann May ;—William Wotton and ™™*® 
others ;— W. W. Francis and John P. Tomlinson ; 
—John William Brooke ;—S. M. Peto and others ; 
—W. H. Marsh ;—Ellis Burroughs ;—N. C. Bar- 
nerdiston and Edmund Tredman ; — Reverend 
Richard Daniel, Clerk ;—John Cobbold and others ; 
—and, Bishop of Norwich; praying that the Copy- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Dovercourt ; — Harwich ;—and, 





Brigstock ; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,~=- 








County Court 
Extension Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Danish Forts 
Western 
t of 
Africa.) 


Debentures. 


Disarmament. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 


Education 
Bill, 





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a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wantage ;— Newport Pagnell ;— 
Oswestry ; — Market Harborough ;—Ulverston ;— 
Boston ;— Saint Albans ;— Painswick ;—Thrapston; 
— Northampton ;— and, Monmouth; praying that 
the County Court Extension Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Attornies, Solicitors, Proctors, and 
others, not being Barristers, practising in the Courts 
of Lawand Equity in the United Kingdom, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Presiding Chairman of the 
Board of Guardians of the Carnarvon Union, pray- 
ing that the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the f able. 


A Petition of the President of the Manchester 
Commercial Association, praying the House to adopt 
measures to enable Her Majesty’s Government to 
complete the purchase of the Danish Forts on the 
West Coast of Africa, and not to allow the saving 
of a comparatively trifling sum to mar the accom- 
plishment of this object, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John and Robert Tennent, Brewers 
in Glasgow, praying for the repeal of the Stamp 
Duty on Debentures, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bishopsgate, London, 
praying the House to adopt such measures as may 
seem requisite for promoting negotiations between 
the British Government and other Governments of 
the civilized world, with a view to ageneral and simul- 
taneous measure of Disarmament, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, established for the pur- 
pose of supporting the rights, prtvileges and pro- 
perty of the United Church of England and Ireland, 
as well as her union with the State;—and, Clergy and 
Laity of the United Church of England and Ireland, 
resident in and near Coventry; praying that the 
Ecciesiastical Commission Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Market Harborough (Chairman) ; 
— Boston (Chairman) ;— Kettering (Chairman) ;— 
Liverpool (Chairman) ;—and, Manchester (Chair- 
man); praying the House to enact such laws as will 
leave every religious community self-supported and 
self-governed, and to apply to the relief of the na- 
tional burthens whatever public property is nuw de- 
voted to Ecclesiastical purposes,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Boston (Chairman) ;—and, Liver- 
pool (Chairman) ; praying the House to enact such 
laws as will leave every religious community self- 
supported and self-governed, and to apply to the 
relief of the national burthens whatever public pro- 
perty is now devoted to Ecclesiastical purposes, 
and to abolish the Church Establishment in Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford ;— and, Manchester 
Church Education Society (President); praying that 
the Education Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
pcos, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 
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201 


Petitions from Portsmouth (Pastor) ;—Derby ;— 
Northampton (Chairman) ;—Zower Moor ;—Man- 
chester ; — John-street, Fitzroy-square ; —Thomas 
Corrie and others ;—Newton Heath ;—Brighton ; 
— Budge-row, Walbrook ; — Finsbury ; — William 
Penhey and others ;—Henry Hunditch and others ; 
— William Stammers ;—Colyton ;— William Harris ; 
—James Body and others ;—Z. Hyam and others ; 
—Newton Heath ;—Mr. Jefferies and others ;— 
William White ;—Failsworth ;—Alva ;—Framling- 
ham ;—M. Robinson and others ;—Leeds (Chair- 
man) ; — Wewcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead ;— 
Sheffield ;— Hinckley ;—and, Collumpton ; praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
nage and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Parents and Guardians of the Education 
children attending the Schools of Clonkeen, Rahan, (reland.) 


Killina and Carberry, complaining that the Schools 
in 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. 


Petitions from Liverpool;— and, Bury (Lancas- gaucation 
ter); praying for the establishment of a general (Lancaster.) 


system of secular Education throughout the county 
palatine of Lancaster, to be supported by local 
rates levied in the same assessment as the poor’s-rate, 
and managed by local authorities elected ib the rate- 
payers specially for the purpose,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Elective 
Inhabitants of Ledbury, praying for an extension Franchise, &amp;c. 


of the Franchise, Vote by Ballot, Triennial Parlia- 
ments and a re-arrangement of Electoral Districts, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Batley {two Petitions);—Soothill ; Factories Bill. 


—Birstal, Batley and Dewsbury ;— Burstall ;— 
Holmfirth (four Petitions) ;—and, Idle and Eccles- 
hill; praying that the Factories Bill may not pass 
into a Jaw, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Glasgow (two Petitions) ;— West- 
houghton ;—Newton (three Petitions) ;— Heywood 
(Chairman) ;— Ganxholme ; — Ashton-under-Lyne 
(four Petitions) ;—Stalybridge (three Petitions) ;— 
Mottram-in-Longdendale (four Petitions) ;— My- 
tholmroyd (three Petitions) ; — Errinden ;— Leigh 
(Lancaster) ;--Manchester (two Petitions) ;--Pendle ; 
—Burnley (two Petitions) ;—Burnley Hill Top ;— 
Hulme ; — Macclesfield (two Petitions) ; — and, 
Hurdsfield; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stirling and vicinity, Highland 
praying that the kilt or philabeg, the usual attire Soldiers. 


of the Highland Soldier, may be discontinued, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Brentford Union ;—and, Walton- yiohways Bill, 


on-the-Hill; praying that the Highways Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, 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. 


FF3 A Petition 


Highways 
Bill; and, 
Small Tene- 


ments Rating that the Highways Bill ; 
Bill. 


Interment 
in Towns, 


Trish Fisheries 
Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Land Tax. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Merchant 


229 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Vestry Meeting 
of Inhabitants of the township of Sheffield, praying 
and, the Small Tenements 
Rating Bill may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read; and sullened to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southwark ;—and, Spitalfields ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for putting a 
a stop to Interments in Towns,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mill-owners of the county of Cork, 
praying that the Zrish Fisheries Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants and Fishermen of 
New Ross, Rosbercon and Inistiogue, 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Ma- 

lass, in the county of Wexford, paying that the 
Toadies and Tenant (Jreland) 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 George Burmester, Clerk, Rector 
of the parish of Little Oakley, in the county of 
Essex, praying the House to adopt measures for an 
equalization of the Land Tax, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace, assembled in Quarter Sessions at Mew 
Sleaford, praying that the Larceny Summary Juris- 
diction Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Crawley ;— Alnwick ;—and, Hun- 
dred of Cosford (Suffolk); praying for the repeal 
of the duty upon Malt,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunlop; —Presbytery of Dun- 
fermline (Moderator); — Presbytery of Forres 
(Moderator) ;—Deanery of Chulmleigh ;—Presby- 
tery of Lochmaben (Moderator); — Edinburgh 
(three Petitions) ;—Kirk Session of Cockpen (Mo- 
derator); — Jamieson Willis; —J. R. Moria;— 
Lanark ;—James Carment ;—Stromness ;— Resolis ; 
— Robert Fraie;--John Allan;--Alexander M‘ Waitt; 
—Alexander Rhind ;—District of Melness ;—John 
Laing ;—Kirk Session of Strathblane (Moderator) ; 
— William Burns ; — Kirk Session of Dornock 
(Moderator) ;—Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Presby- 
tery of Peebles (Moderator) ;—Stirling ;—W. Wal- 
lace Duncan ;—Presbytery of Ahoghill ;—Presby- 
tery of Paisley (Moderator); — Presbytery of 
Greenock (Moderator) ;—- Kirk Session of Largs 
(Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Abercrombie (Mo- 
derator) ;— Glenluce ;—and, Laygate ; praying that 
the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
eras and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Petitions from King’s Lynn; — and, Boston; 
praying that the said Bil may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and College or 
Commonalty of the Faculty of Physic in London, 
praying the House to adopt measures oe 
the position of Assistant Surgeons in the Roya 
Navy, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


Seamen’sFund Master.Mariners and Seamen resident within the 
borough of South Shields, in the county of Durham, 


Bill. 





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A. 1850. 


praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from Kilmarnock ;— and, Newcastile- Newspapers. 
upon-Tyne; praying for the repeal of the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Nuisances 
Poor of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union, praying ey 
for amendment of the Nuisances Removal and te co 
Diseases Prevention Acts, was presented, and read ; Acts. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Morthampton (Chairman) ;—and, Paper, &amp;c. 
Topsham ; praying for the abolition of the Excise 
Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and 
the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper 
authorities to fix a small charge for the transmis- 
sion of Newspapers by post,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of New Parli 
Ross, praying that the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c, Voters, &amp;e. . 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now (!land) Bill. 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry C. Olding, Working Agri- patents. 
cultural and general Machine Maker, Little London, 
Chichester, stating that he has discovered the means 
of consuming coal smoke in furnaces and other fires, 
but that he is unable to take out a patent owing to 
the expense attending the same; and praying the 
House to alter the laws relating to the Registration 
of Mechanical Inventions, by diminishing the cost . 
of such registration to one or two pounds, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Provincial, Arsenic. 
Medical and Surgical Association, setting forth the 
evils arising from the indiscriminate sale of arsenic; 
and praying the House to pass an Act for providing 
that the sale of arsenic by retail should be restricted 
to chemists and druggists and apothecaries; that 
arsenic should be sold only to male adults known 
tothe vendor or totheir written order; that the vendor 
should enter the sale in a book, with the date and 
the object for which it was required, to which the 
applicant anda witness, one or the other being known 
to the vendor, should sign their names, unless a 
written order is brought in a handwriting known to 
the vendor, which order should be pasted in a book, 
se —— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Householders, Rate-payers in the Poor Law. 
parish of South Lynn, All Saints, within the borough 
of King’s Lynn, praying for amendment of the 
Poor Law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Nairn (Chairman) ;—and, Wig- Poor Law 
toun; praying for amendment of the Poor Law in (Scotland.) 
Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘lable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Modbury and its Postage. 
vicinity, praying for the establishment of an Ocean 
Penny Post for the conveyance of letters from any 
port in Great Britain to any other port in the 
world, at the uniform rate of a penny, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;—Chieveley ;—Bul- Post-office. 
mer-with-Walter Belchamp ; —Foxearth ;—Bright- 
well ;— Port Glasgow ;—Presbytery of Irvine (Mo- 
derator) ;— Dunlop ;—Kirk Session of Kirk Michael 
(Minister) ;— Cawdor ;—Presbytery of Forres (Mo- 
- derator) ; 





13 Vieroriz. 


derator) ;—Kirk Session of Auldearn (Moderator) ; 
—Kirk-Session of Duffus (Moderator) ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Rafford (Moderator) ;—Presbytery of Dun- 


-fermline (Moderator) ; — Kirk ‘Session of * Dallas 


(Moderator) ;—Alves ;—Combe Martin ;—Feniton ; 


Northam ;— Bridgerule ; — Shaldon ; — Tetgn- 


Protestant 
(Ireland. ) 


Punishment 
of Death, y 


Rail 
a ’ 


Traffic Bill. 


mouth ; — Ipplepen ; — Thurlestone ; — Withycombe 
Rawleigh ; —Okehamptan ;— Woodbury Salterton ; 
—Ogwell ;—Torquay (two Petitions); — Wewton 
Abbott ; — Colyton ; — Christowe ;— Woodbury ;— 
Dawlish ; — Bishopsteignton ;— Paignton ;—Chud- 
leigh ; — Barton; — Teignmouth ; 7 — 
Newport Pagnell ; — Barnoldby ; — Wrawby ; — 
Glandford Brigg ; — Rowston ; — Presbytery of 
Lochmaben (Moderator) ; — Hope ; — Worthen ;— 
Fala ;— Mongie ;— Eskdalemuir (two Petitions) ;— 
Quarff and Burra ;—Linlithgow ;— Edinburgh (two 
Petitions) ;— Bower ;—Strachur and Stralachlane ; 
—Kirk Session of Cockpen (Moderator) ;— Rother- 
ham ;— Batley Carr ;—Presbytery of Fordyce (Mo- 
derator) ; — Keyston ;— Ellington ;—Brampton ;— 
Kirk Session of €airneyhill (Moderator) ;—Burnt- 
tsland ;—Kirk: Session of Baldernock ;—Kirk -Ses- 
sion of Strathblane (Moderator) ; Presbytery of 
Dumbarton (Moderator) ;— Kirk Session of Kilsyth 
(Minister and Session Clerk) ;— Newhaven ;— Wales- 
by; — Boughton ; — Laneham ; —Clareborough ;— 
Gamston ;— Ordsall ;— Eaton ; — East Markham ;— 
Perlethorpe; — Tynemouth ;— Rural Deanery of 
Hampton ;— Norwood and Southall ;— Acton ;— 
Rickmansworth ; —Chelsea ;—Higham-on-the- Hill ; 
—Gunley ;—Sitoney Stanton ;—Presbytery of Ar- 
broath ;— Kilglass ;— Ballina ;— Glasgow ;—United 
Presbytery of Stirling (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Sowerby ;—Ballinderry ;— Walworth ;— Great Mal- 
vern and Malvern Wells ;— Linton ;—Hockham ;— 
Erchfont ; — Bourne ;— Bethnal Green-road ; — 
Gosport ; — Newton-in-Makerfield ;— Clerkenwell ; 
—Bethnal Green (two Petitions) ;—Paglesham ;— 
Whitchurch (Hereford) ;— Holme Hale; — New 


_ Shoreham ;— Old Shoreham ; — Crawfordjohn ;— 
Presbytery of Ahoghill ;— William Wallace D 


uncan; 
—Presbytery of Peebles (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session 
of Walls and Flotta (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of 
Kirkcowan (Moderator) ;—James Falconer ;—Stran- 
raer (Provost) ;—Kirk Session of Kirkenner (Mo- 
derator) ;—Kirdford ;—Slindon ;—District of Bal- 
lycotton ; — Mitchelstown ;—Marshalstown ;—Dale 
Abbey ;—Inverkip ;— Paisley ; —Erskine ;— Kilma- 
colm;— Presbytery of Greenock (Moderator) ; — 
Presbytery of Newry ;— Newcastle-on-Tyne ;— Yat- 
tendon ; — Frillsham ;—Yealand Conyers and Red- 
mayne ;—Padiham ;-—-Pool ;— Dingestow ;—-Rock- 
field ; — Bromham ;— Bradford ; — Babraham ;— 
Coventry ; — Cuckfield ; — Laygate ; —Bodfern ;— 
and, Waringstown ; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballymore, Killinich 
and Ishortman, praying the House to pass a measure, 
whereby, on the determination of the interests of the 
existing incumbents, the revenues of the Protestant 
Church of. Freland shall be devoted to the relief of 


the poor, wd’ presented, and read; and ordered to’ 


lie upon the Table. 


Five Petitions from Glasgow; praying for the. 
‘ abolition of the Punishment of Death,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of the Board of Directors of the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, praying for 
the abolition of the duty upon Railway Fares, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and_neigh- 


bourhood of Lichfield, praying that the Railway 
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15°. Apritis. C 








223 


Traffic Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Forres (Modera- Schools 
tor); — Presbytery of Lochmaben (Moderator) ;— (Scotland.) 
Presbyter of Dunkeld (Moderator) ;—and, Kirk 
Session of Zargs (Moderator); praying the House 
to refuse its sanction to any measure having for its 
object the separation of the Parochial Schools of 
Scotland from the National Church, or of secular 
from religious education,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon'the Table. 


Petitions from John Gourlay and. Company, and Spirits. 
others ;—and, Stirling; praying that home-made 
Spirits in bond may be placed on the same footing 
as Colonial Spirits in bond, in regard to the abate- 
ment for the natural waste, and charging duty only 
for the quantity that is brought into consumption, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered: to* lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Temple, of Lymington, pray- Stamp Duties. 
ing for such a revision of the Stamp Laws, as that 
vast estates of lands, &amp;c., be made to pay the same 
amount of Probate and Legacy Duty.as is now 
paid upon leasehold lands and houses, and other 
property, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Great-Western Railway Com- Stamp Duties 
pany ;—and, Midland Railway Company ; praying Bill. . 
that the Stamp Duties Bill may not pass intoa ~ .. 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Driffield ;— Bridlington ;—Bever- 
ley and East Riding of Yorkshire Law Society 
(President) ;— Pocklington ;—Sheffield ;—and, Law 
Stationers of London, licensed to sell Stamps; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also — and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. | 


A Petition of the West India Association of Glas- sugar Duties 
gow, praying for amendment of the Sugar Duties Act. 
Act, 11 and 12 Vic. c. 97, in so far as to arrest the 
further diminution of the Duties on Foreign Sugar, - 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. — , 


Petitions of Robert Alexander and others; — sir Thomas 
and, George Edmund Shuttleworth ;—complaining Turton. 
of losses in consequence of the mis-application of 
funds by Sir Thomas Turton, the late registrar of 
the Supreme Court of Calcutta; and praying for 
inquiry and redress,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the Tithe __ 
county of Cork, praying for amendment of the Tithe a 
Composition (Ireland) Acts, was presented, and “tn® Acts- 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors residing in the city of Vestries and 
York, praying that the Vestries and Vestry Clerks =" Gane 
Bill may not pass into a law, was’ presented, and 
read ; and colieed to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- Windows. 
payers of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, praying 
for the repeal of the duty on Windows, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Process and Practice (Zre- Process and 


j i i i Practice 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be printed. (Ireland) Bill 


No. 229. 
_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Bill. ™ 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
FF4 


CLAUSES 








994 15°—16° 

Cuavses N° 1, to N° 6, agreed to. 

Cxiavuse N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause N° 8, disagreed to. 

Cuavses N° 9 to N° 11, agreed to. 

Schedule (A) agreed to. 

Schedule (B) (Bond in England or Ireland and 
personal bond in Scotland given as a security for | 
the payment of any definite and certain Sum of | 
Money not exceeding £. 50.) a 

Amendment made, by leaving out “ five shillings.” 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
duty be two shillings and sixpence. 

Whenepes Motion made, and Question put, That 
the duty be one —_—s 

The Committee divided. 





| 


Tellers for thefSir Henry Willoughby, | 
Yeas, (Mr. Mullings : ane 

Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, i. 35. | 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard; J°*°” 


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 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Securities for Advances (Ireland) 
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 ; 


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


Martis, 16° die Aprilis, 1850: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 





day next. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a a. pil], Mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill; 
ret’) ©" Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Elections The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Elections (/reland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Medical The Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
(ireland) Bill cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
* mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 

day. 
Process and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


ee _ take into consideration the Process and Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. ( 7-eland) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(ireland) Bill. Reading of the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Naval Prize The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; 


upon Monday next. 








Aprilis. A. 1850. 
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 Ecclesiastical 
Commission 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time” 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices’ 


consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill. 


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 Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill ; ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “¢!#™® Bill. 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Clfaritabie 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Money Payment of Wages (Zreland) Bill Money Pay. 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and (ireland) Ba 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Fees (Court 
consideration the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) of Common 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Pleas) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


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 Metropolitan 
to make better Provision for the Interment of the Interments 
Dead in and near the Metropolis: And that Sir 3! 
George Grey and Lord Seymour do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Burials (Saint 
Returns of the Number of Burials which have Pancras.) 
taken Place during the last Twenty years in the 
Burial-ground attached to the Workhouse of Saint 
Pancras, belonging to the Parish of Saint Giles’s- 
in-the- Fields, distinguishing the Numbers annually 
buried during that Period, in the First, Second and 
Third Grounds respectively, and the Superficial 
Area of the said Grounds :—Of the Number of 
Parishioners of Saint Pancras buried annuall 
during the said Period of Twenty years in eac 
respective Ground, distinguishing the Adults from 
the Children :—And, of the Amount of Fees paid 
annually to the Churchwardens of the Parish of 
Saint Pancras, in conformity with the Act 43 Geo. 


| 3, c. 20, s. 18. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal 
Return of the Pay and other Allowances, distin- Artillery. 
guishing Allowances, Pensions, &amp;c., from the Pay 
of the Four Colonel Commandants of the Royal 





Balance Bill Reading of the Naval Prize Balance Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Artillery, namely, General Sir A. Farrington (of 


the Battalion), General R. Douglas (Driver), Lieu- 
tenant-General Sir J. M* Leod (of the Horse), and ( 
Lieutenant-General Shrapnell (of the Battalion), 
from 1805 to 1842. 

Sir George Grey presented a Bill to make better metropolitan I 
Provision for the Leseoment of the Dead in and Interments : 





mittee had gone through the Bill. 





near the Metropolis: And the same was read the 





Monumenta 

Historica 

Britannica. 
No. 232. 


Paper. 
No, 283. 


Wood Duties 
(Wick, &amp;c.) 


No. 234. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 
No. 235. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


No. 236. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Exeter and 
Crediton 
Railway Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Coleraine 
Railway Bill. 





13 Victroriz. 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Cost of preparing for publication, and of printing 
and publishing, the work entitled “ Monumenta, His- 
torica Britannica, or Materials for the History of 
Britain ;” of the Number of Copies printed ; of the 
Number of Copies sold, and of the Price at which 
sold ; of the Names of the persons or parties to 
whom Copies have been given gratuitously ; of the 
Names of the persons or parties who have applied 
for Copies, but whose applications have not been 
complied with ; together with the Number of Copies 
remaining undisposed of :—And, Copies of the Cor- 
respondence which took place in November and 
December 1848, between the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, the Lords of the Treasury, 
and the Master of the Rolls, regarding the Sale and 
Distribution of the said work. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Amount of Duty paid upon 
Paper in the several Excise Collections in England, 
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, for the last Ten years, 
stating also the Totals for each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March 
last, for an Account showing the Amount of Duties 
on Wood of all descriptions received at the Ports of 
Wich, Kirkwall, and Lerwick, during the years 1847, 
1848, and 1849, distinguishing the Amounts received 
in each year and at each Port, and the places from 
whence the Wood was imported. 

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


The Convict Prisons Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Railways Abandonment Bill 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 One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Martis, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. ~~ y 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 March last, for an Ac- 
count of the Amount of Money paid for the 
Maintenance of Shahoo Maharaj, the adopted son 
and heir of Pertaub Shean, the late Raja of Satara, 
of the Ranee, his Widow, and the rest of the Family, 
since the Raja’s death in October 1847, and the 
Dates on which the payments were made ; together 
with Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence with 
the Ranee, and of the Orders sent out to the present 
time by the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company respecting the future Maintenance of the 
Raja’s surviving Family :—And then he withdrew. 
. + gia That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 

the Exeter ond Crediton Railway Bill, as amended 

in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


15°—16° Aprilis. 





295 


A Clause (As to the construction of Railway on 
the shore of the River Foyle), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (As to the construction of Railway 
on the shore of the River Bann), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Works below high-water mark 
not to be executed without the approval of the 
Lords of the Admiralty), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bills have leave to sit this day, till Five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Committee of Selection, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Kidderminster, to which Report they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House relating 
to such Election and Return :— 

Viscount Enfield, Augustus Stafford, Esquire, 
David Morris, Esquire, Sir William George Hylton 
Jolliffe, Baronet, Chairman, The honourable Ed- 
ward Pleydell Bouverie. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


met this day, pursuant to appointment ; but that it 
appeared, in the course of the proceedings, that 
Colonel Reid, one of the Members of the Com- 
mittee, was interested in a Company who were Peti- 
tioners against one or more of the Bills comprised 
in the said Group, and that he did not on that 
account consider himself competent to attend and 
vote on such Committee. 

Ordered, That Colonel Reid be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 


of the Petition for leave to bring in the Shipwrecked 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society Bill 


mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate the Members of the Shipwrecked 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society, and 
to enable them better to carry into effect their 
Charitable Designs: And that Mr. Corry and Ad- 
miral Bowles do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mansion House, in the city of London, was presented, . 
and read ; setting forth, That a Bill has during the 
present Session been introduced into, and is now 
before the House, intituled, “ A Bill for repairing the 
Road leading from the Stones End, in Blackman- 
street, in the Borough of Southwark, in the County 
of Surrey, to Godstone, in the same County, and 
several other Roads therein mentioned”; that the 
said Bill was read a second time on the 11th day of 
February last past, but no Committee thereon has 
yet been appointed ; that the Petitioner has been 
informed by Mr. Gaitskell, the Solicitor for the Bill, 
that at a meeting of the trustees of the said roads 
held on Saturday the 13th day of April instant, at 
the Sessions House, Newington, in the county of 
Surrey, it was resolved to apply to the Coramittee 
which might be appointed on the said Bill, to intro- 





VoL. 105. 





GG duce 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bills, 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February Liverpool 
last, for referring the Liverpool Docks Bill to the Pecks Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the General — 
ection. 


Viscount Jocelyz reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group No. 5 of Railway Bills ; That the Committee (Group 5.) 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect shipwrecked 
Fishermen 
t and Mariners” 
= Benevolent 
which was yesterday made from the Seiect Com- gocicty Bill. 


A Petition of Nicholas Gedge, of George-street, Surrey and 





226 16° Aprilis. A. 1850: 


duce therein a provision which should have the House may be dispensed with, and that leave may 
operation or effect of permitting the abandonment be given to the Petitioner to deposit a Petition signed 
by them of all liability to repair the road between by the several persons for whom he is acting as such 
the Stones End to the Horns Favern, and also the Solicitor against the Bill in the Private Bill Office 
Walworth Road, both of which roads are in the of the House, and that such Petition do stand re- 
said parish of Saint Mary Newington, and which ferred to the Committee on the Bill, and that the 
roads have been heretofore and are at present under Petitioners be heard, by themselves, their counsel, 
the control and management of, and repaired by the agents and witnesses, if they pray to be so heard. 
said trustees, under the provisions of an Act of Par- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
liament of the 9th year of the reign of George the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Fourth, intituled, “An Act for more effectually | 
amending the Road leading from the Stones End in | 





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Turnpike-roag 


Blackman-street, in the Borough of Southwark, in | posed, That Standing Orders Nos. 5 and 87 be sus- Bills. 


the County of Surrey, to Highgate, in the County of = with respect to all opposed Turnpike-road 
Sussex, and several other Roads therein mentioned, Bills introduced in the present Session ; and that 
and for other purposes relating thereto” ; that the it be an Instruction to the Committee of Selection 
repairing of such roads has required a very large to refer such Bills to a Committee or Committees, 
annual outlay, not far short of 3,000/. and that such | constituted of a Chairman and four other Members 
roads will continue to require a yearly expenditure , not locally or otherwise interested in such Bills :— 
of about the same amount of money; that the And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 


insertion of the proposed provision in the said Bill | 
would throw this heavy outlay upon the rate-payers | 
of the said parish of Saint Mary Newington, for the | 
advantage and benefit of certain persons, creditors 
upon the tolls under the said 9th George Fourth, 


chapter 120 ; that it appears by the Bill deposited by | 


the promoters in the Private Bill Office of the House 
on the 31st day of December last past, that it was 
intended that the liability of repairing the portions 
of read now proposed to be abandoned should rest 


withdrawn. 


Company, praying that provision may be made i 

‘the London and Blackwall Railway Bill, with re- 

ference to the powers for raising the capital and 

‘monies authorized to be raised by the London and 
Blackwall Extension Railway Act 1845, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


as at present with the said trustees; that by the. 


86th Standing Order of the House, it is provided 
that the Committee of Selection shall consider no 
Bill as an opposed Private Bill, unless at any time 
not later than seven clear days after the Second 
Reading thereof, a Petition shall have been presented 
against it, in which the Petitioner or Petitioners shall 
have prayed to be heard by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, or unless, where no such Petition shall have 
been presented, the Chairman of the Committee of 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway London and 
n Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to Order,— Railway Tolls. 


Report of the Commissioners of Railways, in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of the Act 9 and 10 
_ Vic. c. 108, on Railway Bills introduced during the 
present Session, in which it is proposed to raise or 
alter the Rates and Tolls authorized to be taken 
under existing Acts of Parliament. 

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


Ways and Means shall have reported to the House, 


that in his opinion any Bill ought to be so treated ; 
and by the 167 Standing Order of the House, it is 
provided that every Petition against a Private Bill, 
which shall have been deposited in the Private Bill 
Office not later than seven clear days after the Second 
Reading of such Bill, do stand referred to the Com- 
mittee on such Bill, and that subject to the rules and 
‘orders of the House, such Petitioners as shall have 
prayed to be heard by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, be heard upon their Petition accordingly, if 
they think fit, and counsel heard in favour of the | 
Billagainst such Petition; and by the 108th Standing | 
Order of the House, it is provided that no Peti-' 
tioners against any Private Bill shall be heard before 
the Committee on the Bill, unless their Petition | 
shall have been prepared and signed in strict con- 
formity with the rules and orders of the House, and | 
shall have been presented to the House by having | 


than seven clear days after the Second Reading of | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of property assessed to the 
Income Tax in the year ended the 5th day of April 
1849, under Schedule D, arising from Securities and 
Possessions in Jreland:—And, of the Amount as- 
'sessed under Schedule C, in the Public Funds in 
| Ireland, for the same period; and, under Schedule 

E, on Salaries in Public Offices and Pensions in 
| Ireland, for the same year. 


No. 287. 


Income Tax. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malay Malay Pirates. 


Pirates, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle-E 


No. 238. 


cclesiastical 


siastical Commission (Jreland), which was presented Grand) 
yesterday, be printed. No. 239. 


Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Pub- Advertise- 
been deposited in the Private Bill Office not later |lishers of the Longford Journal Newspaper ; —™"* 


Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Lei- 


such Bill, except where the Petitioners shall com-/cestershire “ Mercury” Newspaper ;—Proprietors, 


plain of any matter which may have arisen during | 
the progress of the Bill before the said Committee ; | 
that the rate-payers of the said parish of Saint | 
Mary Newington, being under the impression that | 


the Bill so deposited by the promoters was the 


measure which they would endeavour to pass through | 


Parliament, have been deprived of the opportunity 
which otherwise would have been available to them 
of petitioning against the Bill, and of appearing in 
protection of their rights and interests before the 
Committee nominated thereon ; that the Petitioner 
is acting as the Solicitor for several persons residing 
and liable to the payment of rates within the said 
parish of Saint Mary Newington, and has received 
structions from such parties to adopt all proper 
measures to prevent the insertion of the proposed 
provision in the Bill; and praying that the said 
86th, 167th and 108th Standing Orders of the 





Printers and Publishers of the Aberdeen Banner 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Law Times Newspaper; — Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Manchester Spec- 
tator Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
lishers of the Critic Newspaper ; — Proprietor, 
Printer and Publisher of the Somerset County 
Gazette Newspaper ; — Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Preston Guardian Newspaper ;— 
and, Proprietor, Printer and Publisher of the Bel- 
fast Northern Whig Newspaper; praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Advertisements in News- 
papers,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tidworth ;—Weyhill ;—County of Agricultural 


Forfar ;—Anstruther Wester ;— Queen’s County ;— 
and, County of Denbigh (High Sheriff); complain- 


ing 


Distress. 


Arbitration. 


Beer-houses. 


Brick Duties 
Bill. 


Church Rates. 


Copyholds 


Enfranchise- 
ment Bill, 


Punishment 
of Death, 


18 Vicroriz. 


ing of the depressed state of the Agricultural 
Interest; and praying the House to adopt measures 
of relief,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome Selwood ;—Chelmsford ;— 
Chichester ;—and, Murgate; praying the House to 
take prompt and decisive measures for the promo- 
tion of treaties between the Government of this 
country and other Governments of the world, 
binding both parties for the future to refer their 
misunderstandings to the decision of arbitrators,— 


the Table. 


Petitions from Whitehaven ; — and, Wincobank 
and Shire Green; praying the House to adopt 
measures for diminishing the number of Beer- 
houses,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Brickmakers of different parishes 
in the county of Sussex, taking notice of the Brick 
Duties Bill; and praying the Benes to grant them 
the drawback of the whole duty paid on stock in 
hand, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ipswich ;—Edgworth Moor; — 


intree ;— Chel d ;— Southampton ; —Credi- | sai 
Braintree ; shngfor a | Petitions from Logie ;—and, Office-hearers and Marriage 


ton ;—-Coedycymmar ;— Leicester ;— Honiton (Chair- 
man) ;—Llandebie ;— Salem ;—Sheffield ; —Sutton- 
in- Ashfield ; —Birchington ; —Troedrhewdalar ; — 
Hyson-green ;— Brecon ;— Talybont ;— Skethrog ;— 
Aberyshir ;— Aber ;—Merthyrcynog ;—Llansilin ;— 
Northallerton ;—and, Chesham; praying for the 
abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of 7. J. Tufnell and James Parker; 
—Henry Meyrick and J. N. Sparrow ;—Edmond 
Wodehouse ;—W. D. Gardner ;—Reverend Arch- 
deacon Colyer;—W. H. Windham; —George Pel- 
lew, Dean of Norwich ;— Daniel Tyssen and H. P. 
Bedingfield ;—and, H. W. Crawford ; praying that 
the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Eight Petitions from Glasgow; praying for the 
abolition of the Punishment of Death,—were pre- 
—_ and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


County Court __ Petitions from Holywell ;— Northallerton ;—and, 
Extension Bill, Fairford; praying that the County Court Exten- 


and Ex 


ture Bi 


Foclesiaatical 
Property. 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Bill, 


sion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rounton West ;—and, Northal- 
lerton; praying that the County Rates and Expen- 
diture Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cirencester (Chairman) ;—and, 
Sheffield ;—praying the House to apply all national 
property, now devoted to ecclesiastical purposes, 


to exclusively secular objects, regard being had to | 


vested interests,—were 


* raping and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Petitions from Derby (Chairman) ;—Gloucester ; 
—Liverpool ; —Ripley ; —Kingsland ;—Sidmouth ; 
—King’s Lynn ;—Shoreditch ;— Chorley ;—Wor- 
cester ;—Stepney ; —Nantwich (two Petitions) ;— 


Bilston ;—and, Whitby; praying that the Educa-| 


tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (five Petitions) ;—Burn- 
ley F aad ;—Barrhead ;—Duncan Livingston ; 
OL, 105. 





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227 


— Crosslee ; — Wadsworth ; — Halifax ; — Rochdale 

(three Petitions) ;—and, Hebden Bri ge; praying 

that the Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were 

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


A Petition of the Chief Magistrate of the royal Game Laws, 


burgh of North Berwick ; praying for the repeal of 
the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cartworth ;—and, Ashton-under- Highways 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Lyne Union; praying that the Highways Bill may Bill. 


/not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
‘and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


‘law of Hypothec, as it at present exists in Scotlan 
‘is, as regards the purchase and sale of Grain, in- 
‘equitable, unwise and impolitic, and causes distrust 
‘between the buyer and seller; and praying the 
| House to pass a measure for the removal of ob- 
_structions in the Corn Trade in Scotland, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Agriculturists and others, in the Malt. 


parish of Melbourne, in the county of Derby, pray- 
ing for the abolition of the Malt Tax, was hoe. 9 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Scotch Church, ——— London; praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
| wane presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


| the Table. 


| 
| 


| Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull (two Peti- Merchant 


tions) ; — Glasgow (Chairman) ; — and, Ipswich 
(Chairman); praying that the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


' 
{ 


Ezeter ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
improving the position of the Assistant Surgeons 
jin the Royal Navy,—were presented, and read ; and 


| ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘that the Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into 
| a law, as it now stands, but that the same may be 
submitted to a Select Committee of the House, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Sunderland ; praying for repeal of the Stamp Duty 
upon Newspapers,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


— Keighley ; —Huddersfield ; Carlisle ; —London 
and Westminster ; —Stalybridge ;— Ripon ; —New- 
| ton Heath (two Petitions) ;—Manchester ;— Kings- 
town (Cumberland) ; —John-street, Fitzroy-square 
(three Petitions) ;—Caldewgate ; —Scarborough ;— 
| Wells ;—Women residing in different parts of the 
United Kingdom ;— Sligo (Mayor and Town Clerk); 
'—Islington ; —Little Dean-street, Soho-square ;— 
Sheffield ; —Mary-le-bone ; — Walthamstow ; —Me- 
chanics’ and Apprentices’ Institute of Sunderland 
(President, Secretary and Librarian) ;—and, Fai/s- 
worth; praying for the immediate repeal of the 
duty now levied upon Paper, the Tax upon Ad- 
vertisements and the Penny Stamp Duty upon 
| Newspapers, leaving the proper sutonition to fix 
|a small charge for the transmission of Newspapers 
_by post,—were * agai, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ga2 





Petitions 





| A Petition of William Murray, alleging that the Hypothec 
d, (Scotland. ) 


'Members of the Congregation of the National 52 


Petitions from Manchester ;— Maidstone ;—and, Medical 


A Petition of the President and Vice-President Mercantile 
of the Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, praying Marine Bill. 


Petitions from Hackney (two Petitions) ;—and, Newspapers. 


| Petitions from Cambridge ;— Bolton (Lancaster); Paper, &amp;. 











228 
Petitions from Glossop ;—Over Darwen ;—and, 
Manchester; praying for a repeal of the Excise 


Duties on Paper,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Paper. 


Parliamentary A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
Voters, &amp;.  gesses of Cork, stating that by the Parliamentary Vo- 
(Ireland) Bill. tors, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, very heavy and serious duties 
are imposed upon the Petitioners’ officer, the town 
clerk of the borough, and the other town clerks of 
Treland, and that not only is no provision whatever 
made to grant such officers remuneration for the 
duties thus imposed on them, but they are made 
subject to a very extensive series of fines for the 
non-performance of those duties ; and praying the 
House not to pass such Bill into a law, without 
providing such remuneration to the Petitioners’ offi- 





cer and others similarly circumstanced, as to the 
House shall —_— reasonable, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Leicester Union, praying that the Poor 
Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Nicholas Acons, London ;— 
and, Saint Michael Crooked-lane, London; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers of the Poor and Inhabitant Rate-payers of the 
parish of Saint Clement, in the town and borough 
of Ipswich, praying that the Pour Relief (Cities and 
Towns) Bill; and, the Small Tenements Rating Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill ; 
and, Small 
Tenements 
Rating Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Petitions from North Berwick (Chief Magistrate); 

— Saint Andrews (two Petitions) ;—and, Anstruther 
Easter (two Petitions); praying for amendment of 
the Poor Law in Scotland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Post-office. Petitions from Leeds ;—Harlton and Comberton; 
—Aylth ;— Haslingfield ;— Westhoughton ;—Deane; 
— Great Warley; — Rawreth ; — Cherington ;— 
Waltham Abbey ;— Westbury ;— Belhaven ;—Little 
Missenden; — ural Deaneries of High Wycombe 
and Burnham ;—Mentmore ;-- Broughton ;-- Wough- 
ton-on-the-Green ; — Twyford ; — Halton; —North 
Marston ;-- Westbury ;-- Thorpe (Surrey) ;-- Cavers; 
— Parwich ; — Cockerham ; — Flint ;— Glasgow 
(three Petitions) ;--Henley-upon- Thames ;--Glascar ; 
—Swalwell ;— Pott-Shrigley ;—Martley ; —Chase- 
ley ; — Westbere and Fordwich;— Saint Giles’s, 
London ; —Wandell and Lammingtowne ; —Titch- 
marsh ;—Raunds ;— Belfast ;—New North-road ;— 
Shoreditch ;—Stone ( Buckingham) ;—Sprouston ;— 
Hughenden ;—Ednam ;— and, Kelso; praying for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ber- 
wich-upon-Tweed, praying the House not to pass 
into a law any Bill having for its object the aboli- 
tion of public duty in the Post-office on Sundays, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Pittar and Company and 
others, complaining of losses in consequence of the 
defalcations of Sir Thomas Turton, the Registrar of 
the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, 
in Bengal; and praying for inquiry and redress, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir Thomas 
Turton. 


16° Aprils. 











A. 1850. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Religious 
Council of the royal burgh of Cupar, Fife, pray- i 
ing for the abolition of the existing University ests Scotland.) 
in Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of the town- Small Tene. 
ship of Great Bolton, praying that the Small Tene- ments Rating 
ments Rating Bill may pass into a law, was pre-~ * 
—_ and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South Stamp Duties 
Coast Railway Company, praying that the Stamp Bill. 
Duties Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Market Weighton, 
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 Saint Andrews (Provost) ;—and, Windows. 
John Smart, of Saint Martin’s Parish, Westminster ; 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Windows,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Paper Duty. 
That whereas all taxes which directly impede the 
diffusion of knowledge are highly injurious to the 
public interests, and are most impolitic sources of 
revenue, this House is of Opinion that such financial 
arrangements ought to be made as will enable Par- 
liament to repeal the Excise Duty on Paper ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Milner Gibson, 1 
Yeas, L Mr. Cowan : sf ™ 

Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 7 
Noes, UL Mr. Grey: oo 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Newspaper | 
That it is expedient to abolish the Stamp Duties Stamp Duties 
now payable on Newspapers in Great Britain and 
Ireland :—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Advertise- 
That it is expedient to abolish the Duties now pay- ™emt Duties. 
able on Advertisements in Great Britain and Ire- 
land :—-It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Foreign 
That the Customs Duty on Foreign Books ought to Book® 
be repealed :—It passed in the Negative. 


: : and 
to consider and suggest means of removing ob- Working 


stacles and giving facilities to safe Investments for Classes. 
the Savings of the Middle and Working Classes. 


Ordered, That a $ ittee be appointed, Savings of the 
rdered, That a Select Committee be appointed, at 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Patronage of 


posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- oe oy 
turn of all Persons in India receiving Salaries, - Control 
Pensions, Pay, Profits, Fees, Emoluments, Allow- 
ances or Grants of Public Money, by virtue of any 
direct or indirect Nomination, Recommendation or 
Appointment by the President of the Board of 
Control over the Affairs of India alone, or by virtue 
of any arrangement with the Board of Directors of 
the East India Company, and the Dates of each 
such Nomination, Recommendation or Appointment 
respectively, from the 1st day of January 1832 to 
the 1st day of March 1850, excepting the Judges 
of the Superior Courts of Law in India; stating 
the Total Amount received by each Individual in 
each year, and distinguishing the Sources from 
which the Payments are made ; 

And 





Committees. 


Eastern Union 


Railway Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Arrange- 
ments as to 
Payment for 
the Purchase 
of the Great 
North of Eng- 
land Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


North Staf- 
fordshire and 
Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railways 
Junction Bill, 


Leicester and 
Hitchin 
Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
seventh Re. 
port.) 


Bolton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


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


Mercurii, 17° die Aprilis, 1850: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Sadleir, 1 og 
Yeas, | Mr. Keogh: t Sows 
Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, : 3 
Noes, | Lord Edward Howard: Jf °°” 


So it passed inthe 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. 








Mercuri, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the 
Eastern Union Railway Bill to empower the Peti- 
tioners to sell, and the Eastern Counties Railwa 
Company to purchase the Railway Pierand Works 
authorized to be constructed by the Eastern Union 
and Harwich Railway and Pier Act, 1847, and which 


the Petitioners were by such Act authorized to lease 
for any term of years, or in perpetuity, to the East- 


ern Counties Railway Company, was presented, | 


and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be 
made in the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
(Arrangements as to Payment for the Purchase of 
the Great North of England Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, to 
empower the Petitioners to pay to the holders of 
certain shares, called Great North of England Pur- 
chaseShares, a fixed dividend on the whole orany part 
of the amount called or to be called, or which may 
have been or may be paid on such shares, for the 
whole or any part of the period during which the 
payment of the said purchase-money may be post- 
poned, or for such other period as may be sanc- 
tioned by a general meeting of the shareholders. in 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order made for referring the North Stafford- 
shire and Manchester, Sheffield aud Lincolnshire 
Railways Junction Bill to the Committee of Selec- 
tion, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading a second time the Zei- 
cester and Hitchin Railway Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 15th day of this in- 
stant 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. 


The House was moved, That the Report of the 
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills in respect of 
the Petition for additional provision in the Bolton 
Improvement Bill, which was laid upon the Table 

VoL. 105. 


16°—17° Aprilis. 


229 


upon Monday last, 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Private Bills 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee (G7UP *-) 
on Group 5 of Private Bills, to entertain the Petition 
of shareholders, deposited on the 26th day of Fe- 
bruary last, against the Shropshire Union Railways 
and Canal Bill, and to hear counsel, agents and 
witnesses in support thereof :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 














The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Factories Bill. 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Factories Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 2d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a fpcumbere2 
Return of the Number of Sales which have been Estates 
actually effected under the Jrish Incumbered Es-eland) Act. 
tates Act, and in what Counties:—And, Account 
of the Number of Orders actually made for the Sale 
of Incumbered Estates in Ireland by the Commis- 
sioners. 


A Petition of Coal and Iron-stone Miners of Accidents in 
Lanarkshire, praying for the appointment of In- Coal Mines. 
| spectors of Coal Mines, with a view to the preven- 
tion of accidents therein, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| A Petition of Inhabitants of Salford, employed by Disarmament, 
| Thomas Satterthwaite, boot and shoemaker, pray- &amp;c. 

ing the House to promete negotiations between the 
Government of this country and other Governments, 
,inviting their attention to the necessity of com- 
|mencing a simultaneous system of disarming, and 
of forming such treaties of arbitration as shall bind 
_the parties, in case of any future misunderstanding, 
| to refer the dispute to the decision of arbitrators, 
| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
_ the Table. 


| 


| A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Australian 
| Protestant Dissenters, assembling at the Baptist —— 
“any " ° overnment 
_Chapel, King’s-road, Reading, praying that the pin, 

| Australian Colonies Government 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 Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
| of the Berwick and Kelso Warder Newspaper, ments. 

| praying for the repeal of the duty on Advertisements 

in Newspapers, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Charities charitable 
of the borough of Warwick, praying that the Cha- Trusts Bill. 
ritable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Bideford ;—Uffculme ;— Woodham church Rates. 
Ferris ;—and, Southampton; praying for the abo- 
lition of Church Rates,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kelvedon, praying Copyholis. 
that a law may be passed for the enfranchisement 
of Copyhold Lands on fair terms of compensation 
by the copyholder to the lord for the lord’s in- 
terest; and secondly, that a law may be passed, 
declaring that leases may be granted by Copy- 
holders without licenses and upon fines to be as- 
sessed on building leases upon the amount of the 
ground rents during such leases, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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230 


Copyholds Petitions of W. A. Gilbert;—M. Turner and 
a others ;— Thomas Mayon and John Moseley ;—H. 


L. Magendie and J. J. U. Clarke ;— Benjamin 
Baker ;—W. L. Gower and others ;—Baron Dims- 
dale ;— Charles Weston;— Robert Marsham ;— 
Charles Blois and Thomas Sheriffe ;—Patrick Man- 
noch ;—James Cuddon;—J. C. Archer and John 
Fuller ;—Thomas Jacomb and John Wainewright; 
—Duke of Norfolk ;—Charles Andrew Lord Hun- 
tingfield ;—C. H. Suffield ;—G. Repton and Eliza- 
beth Repton ;—J. C. Badeley and John Crabtree ;— 
William Selby Lowndes ;— Phabe Gooch ; —Sir 
Henry Durrant :— Robert Jacob Buxtonand Thomas 
L. Taylor ;—Viscount Galway ;—Sir T. B. Proctor; 
andy Mary Taylor and Edward Norton ; praying 
that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cockermouth;—and, Braintree, 
Bockhing, and their vicinities; praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Court Petitions from Great Torrington (Mayor) ;—Saint 
Extension Bill. 77 Jen's ;—Llandovery ;— Whitehaven ;—and, Ber- 
wich-upon- Tweed ; praying that the County Court 
Extension 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 In- 
habitants of Pontefract, praying the House to 
apply all national property now devoted to Ec- 
clesiastical purposes to exclusively secular objects, 
regard being had to vested interests, and to repeal 
all laws conferring authority or exclusive advantages 
on, or interfering with the affairs of any religious 
denomination, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property. 


Petitions from Cambridge (two Petitions) ;— 
Deptford ;—Toxteth Park ; —Kingston-upon-Hull 
(Mayor) ;—Bingley ;— Doncaster ; —Diss ; —War- 
wick ; — Nottingham ; — Finsbury ;— Robert Le 
Bland, and others ;— Warminster ;—Saint Pancras; 
— Wisbech; —Newchurch-in- Rossendale ;—Halifaz; 
—William Bentley ;— Worksop ;—Manchester New 
College (Senior Student) ;—Assistant Masters of 
University College School, London ;— Chichester ;— 
Wisbech ;— Halifax ;—Letter-press Printers resident 
in London ;—Mansfield ; — Manchester (six Peti- 
tions) ;—Hyde ;— Merthyr Tydfil ;—Lincoln (two 
Petitions) ;— Horsham (two Petitions) ;— Bridport ; 
— Northampton ;— Workmen in the employ of 
Messrs. Collard, Piano-forte Makers, of Tottenham 
Court-road ; — Stockton-on-Tees ;—and, Unitarian 
Congregation at Southampton (Minister and Secre- 
tary); praying that the Bicenten Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Oldham ;—and, United Wesleyan 
Committees of Privileges and Education (President 
and Secretaries); praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 
Bill. 


Schools 


A Petition of Members of the Presbytery of 
(Scotland. ; 


Strathbogie, praying the House to refuse its sanc- 
tion to any measure having for its object the 
removal of the Parochial Schools in Scotland 
from the superintendence of the Church of Scotland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the t able. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Spinning Mills em- 
ployed in the spinning of flax, m the counties of 
Dorset and Somerset, praying for amendment of 
the Factories Act, by the adoption of an Eleven 
Hours Bill, to be continuous from the commence- 
ment of work in the morning, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories Act. 


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A. 1850. 


Petitions from Ashton ;—Bury (Lancaster) (three Factories Bill. 
Petitions) ; — Farnworth and Kearsley ; —Hyde ; 
— Thornton ;— Huddersfield (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Almondbury; praying that the Factories Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Jedburgh (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Galashiels; 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 Leigh (Kent) ;—Thakeham Union Highways Bill. 
(Chairman and Vice-Chairman) ;— Petworth ;—- Sul- 
lington ;— Coldwaltham (Chairman) ;— Pulborough ; 
—Fittleworth (Chairman) ;—Stopham (Chairman) ; 
—and, Findon (Chairman); praying that the High- 
ways Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killeagh, Midleton and Castile- Irish Fisheries. 
martyr ;—and, Fermoy, Kilworth, Castlelyons, Glan- Bill. 
worth and Rock Mills (two Petitions) ; praying that 
the Jrish Fisheries Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carleton Rode ;—Basingstoke ;— Malt. 
Sidmonton ;—and, Stopham (Chairman); prayin 
for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Laverstoke ;—Southampton ;—and, yalt ana 
Ecchinswell; praying for the repeal of the duties on Hops. 
Malt and Hops,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Marriages 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for Divine Worship Bill. 
in the Meeting-house at Little Waltham, Essex, and 
others, praying that the Marriages Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Deanery of Cadbury ;—Iron- 
gray ;—and, Provincial Synod of Aberdeen (Mode- 
rator); 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 Free Knowledge Society in the paper, &amp;c. 

borough of Cambridge (President) ;—and, Preston ; 
praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon 
Advertisements and the StampTax upon Newspapers, 
may be abolished, leaving the proper authorities to 
fix a small charge for the transmission of Newspapers 
by the post, — were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Police and 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying that ‘a 
the Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill may OL 
pass into a law, was er aggags and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Katherine Cree, otherwise Poor Law. 
Christchurch ;—City of London Union (Chairman) ; 





—All- Hallows, Barking (Senior Churchwarden and 
Vestry Clerk) ;—Saint Mary Magdalen, Old Fish- 
street ;—Saint Benet, Paul’s Wharf ;—Saint Al- 
phage ;—Saint James, Garlickhithe ;—Saint Olave, 
Silver-street ;—Saint Peter, Paul's Wharf ;—Saint 
Mary, Mounthaw;—Saint Andrew-by-the-Ward- 
robe ;—Saint Michael, Queenhithe ;—Holy Trinity- 
the-Less ;-—Allhallows, London Wall ;—and, Saint 
Mary, Aldermanbury, in the city of London; pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law in regard to 
settlement and rating,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Poor Law 
Board for the relief of the Poor in the parish of (Scotland.) 
King Edward and county of Aberdeen, praying for 





amendment 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Public Health 
(Scotland. ) 
Bill. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Soap. 


Tobacco, 


Army. 
No. 240, 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Process and 
actice 
(CIreland) Bill, 


Indemni 
Bill, Y 


13 VictorizZ. 


amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Poor of the West London Union, praying that 
the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, , 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Olave Jewry ;—Saint Mary | 
Colechurch ;—Saint Mary-le-Bow ;—Saint Mil- 
dred-the- Virgin, in the City of London ;—Guardians, 
Churchwardens and other Parish Officers of various 
parishes in the City of London Union ;—Kingston- ' 
upon-Hull;—and, Cambridge ; 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 Monks Okehampton ;—Chumleigh ; 
— Dowland ; —Selworthy ; —Morebath ; —Tackley | 
(Chairman) ;—Aylsham ; — Reedham ; — Kettering- 
ham ;—Deanery of Brooke ;—Stokesby ;— Bowden ; 
—Irongray ;— Tonbridge ;—Rolvenden ;—Ulcombe ; 


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The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- yoney Pay- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Money Pay- ment of Wages 
ment of Wages (Jre/and) Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Education 
Reading of the Education 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, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question ; 





The Names of the Five Members appointed to try xigderminster 


— East Farleigh ; — Cranbrook ; — Feltham; — 20d determine the matter of the Petition complain- Election. 


Quarry Bank ;— Brockmoor ;— Willenhall ; — 
Penn (Stafford) ;— Brierley Hill ;—~ Kingswin-. 
ford ;— Harbourne ; — Slaithwaite ; — Bilston ; | 
—Darlaston ; — Wednesbury ; — Winkfield ; — Al- 
lington ;—Bilbury ;—Long Wittenham and Litile 
Wittenham ; —Twyford ; --Woodcott ; —Chawton ; 
— Tilstock ;—Worthenbury ;—Buildwas ; —Welsh- 
ampton ; —Selattyn ; —Hinstock ;—Waters Upton 
and township of Rowton ;—Market Drayton ;— 
and, Whittington; praying for abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-oftice,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, 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 Inhabitants of Salford, employed 
by Thomas Satterthwaite, boot and shoemaker, 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Wallingford, praying 
that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may pass 





into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. | 

A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer | 
and Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying for | 
the repeal of the duty on Soap, was presented, and | 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Finch- 
hamstead, praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Tobacco, was presented, and read; and ordered to | 
lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Return of the Names of all | 
Officers serving in Jreland, during the late visit of | 
Her Majesty, who were employed in firing Salutes 
and whu received Promotion, which was presented 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 





Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | 


solve itself into a Committee upon the Medical | 
Charities (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Process and Practice (Jreland) | 
jo be read the third time after the Orders of the | 
ay. 


Ordered, That the Indemnity Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee, be now taken into consideration :— 
Vo, 105. 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Kidderminster, were called over; and 

—_ come to the Table, they were sworn by the 
lerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Kidderminster 
be referred to the Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said Bo- 
rough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Education 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :—And Bill. 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday the 2d day of May next. 


The Highways (South Wales) Bill was, according Highways 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (South Wales) 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the Bi 
15th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Copyholds 
Reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; Enfranchise- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™™* 3! 

upon Wednesday the 15th of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) {Cities and 
Bill ; Towns) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the Ist day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Life Policies 
into a Committee upon the Life Policies of As- of Assurance 
surance (No. 2.) Bill; and after some time spent ‘X® a 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
made Progress in the Bill; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 16th day of May next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon 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. 
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Process and 
Practice 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Weiglits and 
Measures Bill. 


Burgess Lists 
Bill 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Burgess Lists 
Bill. 


No. 24]. 


Surrey and 
Sussex Roads 
Bill 





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The Bill for the Regulation of Process and Prac- | 


tice in the Superior Courts of Common Law in 
Treland was, according to Order, 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. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the Law relating to Weights 
and Measures: And that Sir John Duckworth, Sir 
John Yarde Buller and Colonel Clifford do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repealing so much of an Act of the fifth and 
sixth years of his late Majesty, as relates to the 
revision of the Burgess Lists in Corporate Boroughs 
in England and Wales, and for making more ef- 
fectual Provision for that Purpose: And that Mr. 
Twisden Hodges and Mr. Bernal do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday the 9th day of May 
next, on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 16th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mr. Twisden Hodges presented a Bill for re- 
pealing so much of an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of his late Majesty, as relates to the revision 
of the Burgess Lists in Corporate Boroughs in 
England and Wales, and for making more effectual 
Provision for that Purpose: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 18° die Aprils ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

At ETITION of Thomas Roffey, of the parish 

of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county of 
Surrey, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That there is a Billnow depending in the House, in- 
tituled, “ A Bill for repairing the Road leading from 
the Stones End, in Blackman-street, in the Borough 
of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to Godstone, 
in the same County, and several other Roads therein 
mentioned,” that the said Bill was read a second 
time in the House on the 11th day of February last, 
and that since such Second Reading thereof, and 
since the time limited by the House for presenting 
Petitions against the said Bill, the Petitioner has 
been informed that *certain Amendments are pro- 
posed to be made therein in the Committee on the 
said Bill, and amongst others that portions of certain 








turnpike-roads, namely, the Southwark Bridge Road, 
the Walworth Road, the Stones End and Newington 
Roads, north of the Horns Tavern at Kennington- | 
common, Kennington-lane, Harleyford and Oval | 
Roads, and the Roads at Vauzrhall, north of Miles-' 
street, should be given up to the respective parishes | 
in which the same are situated ; that the proposed | 





A. 1850. 


Aprilis. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act of Par- Jools and 
_liament passed in the first and second years of the 


reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for (c 


Iepairing and maintaining the Road from the Leeds of Term as to 
of the Road} 
Bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and mak- Bill. —_ 


and Halifax Turnpike-road at Stanningley, to the 


ing and maintaining a continuation of the same Road 
to Water-lane in Leeds, and other Roads communi- 
cating therewith, all in the West Riding of the County 
ol’ York,” was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That a Bill is now depending in the House, intituled, 
“A Bill for continuing the term of an Act passed 
in the sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for repairing, 
widening, improving and maintaining in repair the 
Turnpike-roads from Leeds to Halifax, and the se- 
veral Branches and Roads therein mentioned, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, so far as re- 
lates to the Leeds and Halifax Road ;” that the 
Trustees for executing the said Act of the first and 
second years of Her present Majesty are thereby 
entrusted with the care and management of the 
Roads therein described, and called the Wortley, 
Armley and Bramley District of Road ; that the 
Petitioners object to the said Bill, and certain of the 
clauses and provisions thereof in their present state, 
on the following grounds; that such parts of the 
Roads comprized in the said Act of the first and 
second years of Her present Majesty, as extends 
from the said Leeds and Halifax Road at Hanning- 
ley, to the Bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal, called the Wortley, Armley and Bramley 
Road, is scarcely four miles in length, and runs in a 
parallel direction with the part of the said Leeds 
and Halifax Road between such points, but in a 
shorter and more direct line, through the village 
Armley, the distance between the towns of Leeds and 
Bradford, by the use of the Road under the ma- 
nagement of the Petitioners, being not more than 
eight miles, whilst by the Leeds and Halifax Road 
it is upwards of nine miles ; that by the clauses in the 
said Act of the first and second years of Her present 
Majesty, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for the 
Trustees for executing the same to make any agree- 
ment or arrangement with the Trustees for executing 
the said Act of the sixth year of the reign of King 
George the Fourth (by the Bill now before the 
House intended to be repealed), for the purpose of 
exempting from or reducing or fixing the tolls taken 
or to be taken for horses, cattle, carts and carriages, 
by virtue of the said last-mentioned Act, at any toll- 
bar or toll-bars erected or to be erected on the said 
Leeds and Halifax Road, adjoining the roads by 
the said Act of the first and second years of Her 
present Majesty directed to be repaired, and made 
upon such terms and conditions as the respective 
Trustees shall think just and right; that previously 
to the passing of the said Act of the first and second 
years of Her present Majesty, the Trustees of the 
Sieeds and ae pike-road pledged themselves 
that only one-half of the tolls payable by passengers 
travelling from Leeds to Bradford, along the Leeds 
and Halifax Road, should be demanded or taken 
from passengers travelling along the part of the road 
between Bradford and the point of junction with 
the Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road, at Han- 
ningley (a distance of four miles or thereabouts), but 
such pledge has not been carried out, but on the 
contrary the Trustees of the Leeds and Halifax 
Turnpike-road have since erected a second toll-gate 
near the commencement of the Wortley, Armley and 


amendments will materially alter the character and | Bramley Road at Hanningley ; that the imposition 
principle of the said Bill, and materially affect the | of a full toll on passengers travelling on the said 
rights and interests of the Petitioner and the other | four miles of the Leeds and Halifax Road, between 


inhabitant rate-payers of the said parish of Saint 


Bradford and Hanningley, i reat burthen to the 
Mary Lambeth; and praying that he may have fe anak ae 


public using the same, and is an injustice to the 


leave to deposit a Petition against the said Bill and | Petitioners, inasmuch as passengers passing through 


the amendments thereof. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


| the first and second toll-gates on the Leeds and 


Halifax Turvpike-road are charged and pay a full 


- clearing the whole length of the Leeds and 


Halifax 





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Halifax Road between Leeds and Bradford, and 
are thus induced to travel by the longer and more 
circuitous route, instead of using the more direct 
line of the Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road, 
whereby they would incur an additional toll; that 
the Petitioners being unacquainted with the Stand- 
ing Orders and requirements of the House, with 
reference to the deposit of Petitions against Private 
Bills, and owing to the rapidity of the first stages 
of the Bill in the House, suffered the time allowed 
for the presentation of Petitions against the said 
Bill, praying to be heard before the Committee of 
the House, to elapse, whereby they are precluded 
from appearing before the Committee to whom the 
said Bill may be referred, without the special leave 
of the House ; and praying that leave may be given 
to deposit a Petition, setting forth their complaint 
accordingly ; and that it may be an Instruction to 
the Committee of the House to whom the said Bill 
may be referred, to entertain such Petition, although 
the same was deposited later than seven clear days 
after the Second Reading of the said Bill. 

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


South Eastern The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the 
pees | , South Eastern Railway(Amendment of Acts, Power 
v pm Power to raise additional Capital) Bill, with Amendments. 

to raise addi- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


tional Capital) ; 
Bill. and be printed. 


Glasgow and Mr. Bernal reported the Glasgow and Shotts 
Shotts Turn- Tyrnpike-roads Bill, with Amendments. 
re, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Shipwrecked | Mr. Wilson Patten presented « Bill to incorporate 
Fishermen the Members of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and 
rahe org Mariners’ Benevolent Society, and to enable them 
Society Bill. better to carry into effect their Charitable Designs : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Licensed A Bill to change the Name of the Licensed Vic- 
Victuallers’ tuallers’ and General Fire and Life Assurance Com- 
sr pany to the Safety Fire and Life Assurance Com- 
Assurance pany, and for better enabling the said Company to 
Company _ sue and be sued, and to give additional Powers to 
(No. 2.) Bil. the said Company, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to change the Name of the Licensed 
Victuallers’ and General Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to the Monarch Fire and Life Assurance 
Company, and for better enabling the said Com- 
pany to sue ard be sued, and to give additional 
Powers to the said Company. 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Official Houses Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
= dated the 15th day of March last, for Returns of 
‘oe Estimated Amount which would be required to 
No. 242. fnish the Official Houses for the occupation of the 
Speaker and Officers of the House of Commons ; 
also, of the expense which has been already in- 
curred :—And, of the Amount of Allowances for 
House Rent annually paid to the Speaker and Offi- 
cers of the House of Commons since 1834, as well 
as Salary in lieu of House Rent, showing the Total 
Amount paid from 1834 to the present time. 
Quit and Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March 
randy last, for a Return, showing the Gross and Net 
No. 948 Amounts of Trish Quit Rents and Crown Rents as 
* received and applied by the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests, in each year from 1845 to 1850 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 696, of 
Session 1846.) 
Ordered, Vhat the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Auatralian Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
a mand,— Further Papers relative to the proposed 
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Alteration in the Constitution of the Australian 
Colonies. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,— Return to an Ad- Mr. Ryland. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Copies or Extracts of the Corres- 
pondence and Memorials or Representations relative 


'to the claims of Mr. Ryland, formerly Secretary to 


the Executive Council of Canada. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dundee and 

Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for —— 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for Reluey 
additional provision in the Dundee and Perth and Junction Bill. 
Aberdeen Railway Junction (Extension and Regu- 
lation of Capital) Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, as by the clauses annexed to 
the said Petition it is proposed to repeal so much 
of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Lease Act, 
1848, as authorizes the lease of that undertaking to 
the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junc- 
tion Company, and to confirm an agreement which 
has been entered into between the said Companies, 
that no such lease should be granted in conformity 
with the provisions of the said Act; but the notices 
of the intended application to Parliament, as pub- 
lished in the Edinburgh Gazette and local news- 
paper, do not specify the intention of the promoters 
to apply for any such powers. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A further Report of Officers appointed to 
institute Preliminary Inquiries with reference to the 
Powers and Authorities vested in the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, by an 
Act of the 10th and 11th Vie., for making Preli- 
minary Inquiries in certain cases of Applications 
for Local Acts of Parliament, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates. 


Mr. Hayter presented,— Return to an Order, Royal Palaces. 
dated the 5th day of February last, for a Return of No, 244. 
the Sums of Money already voted for the different 
Royal Palaces for the last Three years, the Amount 
actually paid, and the Amount due at the present 
period; and whether such Sums already voted will 
be sufficient to complete the contemplated Expenses 
at the period such were stated to be necessary. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March Land Im- 

last, for a Return of the Loans made under the Act provement Act 
10 Vic. c. 32, commonly called the Land Improve- “e!#n4.) 
ment Act in Ireland, to parties who have failed to 
comply with the conditions of such Loans, and the 
provisions of the Act, specifying, 1. The Names of 
the Parties ; 2. The Amount and Date of the Loan; 
3. The Amount and Date of the Instalment issued ; 
4, The extent and mode in which the parties have 
failed to comply with the conditions of the Act and 
the obligations of the bonds granted to the Board 
of Works; 5. The Amount and Date of the Rent- 
charge repaid in each case; 6. The Amount of 
Monies recovered under the bonds of the parties 
and their Sureties, if any; 7. The Proceedings 
taken in each case, if any, against the Parties and 
their Sureties, or for the Recovery of the Rent- 
charge :-—And, Copy or Extracts of Correspondence 
concerning such Proceedings between the Treasury 
and the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, or 
the Board of Works. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lights on the 
Return showing the Tolls chargeable on Shipping ©ost of Ire- 
for the Maintenance and support of Lights on the - 

Coast of Jreland in the year 1845, and setting forth 
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whether any and what Reductions have been made | 
since for the Relief of the Trade and Commerce of | 
the Country in respect of such Tolls. 


Schools 


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


Return, showing the vested Schools under the 
National Board, Ireland, with their Counties, and | 
their respective Patrons, on the 31st day of Decem- | 
ber 1849, in the form given in Appendix XLII. to | 
the Fourteenth Report of the Commissioners of | 
National Education, Zreland :—Also, a similar Re- | 
turn with reference to the Non-vested Schools, on | 
the same day. 


‘Treasurers’ 
Accounts 
(Peterborough 
and Saint 
Alban’s. ) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an | 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of | 
March last, for a Return of the Abstracts of the | 
Accounts of the Treasurers of the Liberty of Peter- | 
borough, in the County of Northampton, and the | 
Liberty of Saint Alban’s, in the County of Hert- 
ford, for the years ending Michaelmas 1847, Mi- 
chaelmas 1848, and Michaelmas 1849 (in a similar 
form to the Return of the several County Trea- 
surers in England and Wales, presented and ordered 
to be printed by the House of Commons on the 4th 
day of May 1849, Parliamentary Paper, No. 260.) 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of 
‘Twenty-seven General Orders issued by the Com- 
missioners for administering the Laws for the Relief 
of the Poor in Ireland. 

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


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


| 


Affirmation 


A Petition of the Pastor presiding at a meeting 
Bill. 


of the Congregation of Boston-road Chapel, Brent- 
ford, praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Hereford Times Newspaper ;—and, Proprie- 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Norfolk News 
Newspaper, praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Advertisements in Newspapers, — were. presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Advertise- 
ments. 


Arbitration. © A Petition of Inhabitants of Wigton, and its 
neighbourhood, praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures for the promotion of Treaties 
between the Government of this country and other 
Governments of the world, binding both parties for 
the future to refer their misunderstandings to the 
decision of Arbitrators, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agricultural 


Petitions from Great Grimsby ;— Wold, Newton, 
Distress, 


Swinhope, Cadeby, and Wyham ; — Waltham ; — 
Beelsby, Hatcliffe, East Ravendale, and West 
Ravendale ;—Beesby, Andby, and North Thoresby ; 
— Bradley, Barnoldby, and Seartho;— Holton-le- 
Clay, Warth, and Grainsby ;—Ashby-cum-Fenby, 
Bugsley, and Hawerby ;—Little Cotes, Great Cotes, 
aud Hawling ;— Laceby and Aylesby ;—Clee, Clee- 
thorpes, and Humberstone ; — Penton Mewsey ; — 
Chute;— County of Chester; — and, County of 


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Cavan; complaining of the depressed state of Agri- 
culture; and praying the House to adopt measures 
of relief,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. | 


Petitions from Cheshunt;—Pontypool (seven Pe- | 
titions) ;— Melksham ;— Barton ;— Barlestone ; — | 


Church Rates. 


Boxmoor ;— Whitchurch (Hants) (two Petitions) ;— | 
Prescott ;— West Retford ;—Shrewsbury ;— North- 

wich ;—Swansea ;— Hadleigh ;—and, Offton; pray- | 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- | 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. | 





A. 1850. 


Petitions from Wells (Somerset) ; — Romsey ; — County Court 
Hanley ; — Tiverton Union ; — Tiverton ; — and, ©*tension Bill 
Abingdon ; praying that the County Court Exten- 
sion 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- Ecclesiastical 
habitants of the borough of Leicester, praying the Property, &amp;e. 
House to apply all National Property now devoted 
to Ecclesiastical purposes to exclusively Secular 
objects, and to repeal all laws conferring authority 
or exclusive advantages on or interfering with the 
affairs of any religious denomination, and also to 
abolish the Church Etablishment in Ireland, was 


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


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Education. 

Archdeaconry of Dorset, praying that the conditions 
upon which educational aid is granted may be such 
as to enable Members of the Church of England 
to constitute their schools upon such principles as 
are sanctioned and commanded by the order and 
practice of their Church, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blackley ;—Reform Association of Education 
the city of Exeter (President) ;—Pleasley ;—Not- Bill. 
tingham ;—and, Maidstone ;—praying that the Edu- 
cation Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rawden ;—and, Pudsey, Idle, and, Factories Act. 
Guiseley ; praying for amendment of the Factories 
Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives and other Inhabitants of Factories Bill 
Kidderminster, praying that the Factories Bill ma 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was cametel, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Merchants, Manu- 
facturers, and others, Inhabitants of Manchester and 
its environs, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, aud read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bolton ;— Keighley (six Petitions) ; 
—Manchester (seven Petitions) ;— Worsley (three 
Petitions) ; — Oldham (thirty-three Petitions) ; — 
Bristol ;—Salford (two Petitions) ;— Bingley (three 
Petitions) ;— Birkenshaw-cum-Hunsworth ;—Wort- 
ley ; —Saddleworth (two Petitions) ;— Otley (two 
Petitions) ;—Bradford (York) ;—Birhenshaw-cum- 
Hunsworth ;—Sutton ( York) ;— Haworth (two Peti- 


tions) ;—Hechkmondwike :— Darwen (Chairman) ;— 


Pendleton ;— Dundee (thirty-eight Petitions) ; — 
Chorley (six Petitions); Eccles; — Crumpsall ; — 
Waterhead Mills (two Petitions) ;— Pudsey (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Sowerby Bridge (Chairman) ; — Hali- 


fax ;—Tottington ; — Rochdale (five Petitions) ;— 


Farsley ;—Stanningley (two Petitions) ; —Middle- 
ton ;— Bolton (three Petitions) ;— Dewsbury ;—Ann 
Smithson, and others ;—Huddersfield (three Peti- 
tions);—-Lindley ;— Colne Bridge; — Wilsden( York) ; 


—Birstal (two Petitions) ;—Golcar ;—Euxton ;— 
Armley ;— Thornton (Incumbent) ;— Lochee(two Pe- 


titions) ;—Craigo ;— Kilbirnie (Chairman) ;—Glas- 


gow (three Petitions) ;— Underwood and Cumberland 


(Chairman) ;—James Shanks ;—James Dunlop ;— 
Burnside ;— Andrew Gordon;—James Robertson ; 
—William Docherty ;—- Rothesay ;-—James Knoz ; 


| — Dumfries ;— West Arthurlie ;—Montrose (five Pe- 


titions) ;— Hawick (two Petitions) ;—James Gaitens; 


'—Galashiels ;—- Darwen (three Petitions) ;— Lees ; 


—Sandholme ;— Royton (thirteen Petitions) ;—Hea- 
ton Norris (four Petitions) ;—Stockport (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Todmorden (two Petitions) :—Polton-le- 
Moors ;— Elton ;— Bury (Lancashire) (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Settington ; —Hyde (three Petitions) ;— 
Halifaz (three Petitions) ;—Crompton (seven Pe- 

titions) ;— 








Hig 





ourt 
: Bill 


tical 
, &amp;e. 


Act. 


sill, 








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titions) ;—Zees ;— Castors ;—Tilington (Chairman) ; 
— Burnley (four Petitions) ;— Heap (five Petitions) ; 
—Habergham Eaves ; —Dewsbury ; —Prestonholm | 
(two Petitions) ;— Wakefield (Chairinan) ;— Turton; | 
—Walmersley ;—- Tottington (Higher End) ;-- Thorn- | 
ton ;—and, John M‘Mann ; praying that the said 

Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


HighwaysBil. Petitions from Aintree ;—Kirkby ;—Devizes ;— 


Hypothec 
(Scotland. ) 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Malt and 
Hops. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Wilts ;—and, Marlborough ; praying that the High- 
ways Bill may not 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 Dunbar, praying the House | 
to abolish the law of Hypothec at present existing 
in Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballymore, Killi-| 
nick and Ishortmon, praying for amendment of the | 
law between Landlord and Tenant in Iredand, was | 
er gaa and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 

able. 


Petitions from Newport (Monmouth) ;—Justices | 
of the Peace assembled at the General Quarter | 
Sessions of the Peace held in and for the county | 
of Stafford ;—Magistrates of the county of War- | 
wick ;—Justices of the Peace acting for the East | 
Riding of the county of York ;—Justices of the | 
Peace of the county of Worcester ; — Justices of 
the Peace for the county of Salop;—Foreman of 
the Grand Jury at the Easter Quarter Sessions of 
the Peace held at Reading ;—and, Magistrates of | 
the county of Berks; praying that the Larceny | 
Summary Jurisdiction Bill may pass into a law,—_ 





were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill Seamen's Fund 
'may not pass into a law,—were presented, and Bill 


the Table. 
A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace, assembled at General Quarter Sessions of | 


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| — Tamworth ;— Malmesbury ;— 


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Winchester; —and, Cockburnspath and Oldham- 
stocks ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cambridge ; — Macclesfield ; — 
Edinburgh (Chairman) ; — Dudley ;—Stockport ;— 
Carlisle ;— Brighton Ais ome, — Crowborough ; 

‘arton, Barlestone, 
&amp;c.; — Ross ; — Melksham ; —Ludgershall ; —Bow 
(Essex) ; —Islington ; — Thrapston ; — Dorchester 
(two Petitions) ;--Stalybridge ;-- Middleton Cheney ; 


'— Hanley and Stoke ;—Ludlow ; —Newcastle-on- 
| Tyne; — Shrewsbury ; — Wisbech ; — Whitchurch 
_(Salop) ;—Chatteris ;— Wellington ( Salop) ;—Nant- 
| wich ;— Welshpool;—Marhet Drayton ;—Shiffnall; 
| —Durham ;— Walpole ;— Newtown ; — Deputies of 


the severalCongregations of Protestant Dissenters of 
the three denominations, Presbyterian, Independent 
and Baptist, in and within twelve miles of London, 
appointed to protect their civil rights ;— Royston ;— 
Wem ;— Ruabon ;—and, Braintree; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Governors of the county of Down Medical 


Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were ewe, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


| Infirmary ;—and, Governor and Council of the Charities 
| Apothecaries’ Hall of Jreland; praying that the “ieland) Bil 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and Lecturers Medical 


in Swansea and neighbourhood, praying the House 
to adopt measures for improving the position of the 
Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Officers 
(Navy.) 


Petitions from Goole;--and, Londonderry (Mayor); Merchant 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Peace, holden by adjournment at Wether Petitions from Londonderry (Mayor);— Plymouth Mercantile 
Knutsford, praying that the said Bill may not pass | Chamber of Commerce (Chairman) ;—and, Belfast Marine Bill. 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and or-| Shipowners’ Association (Chairman) ; praying that 

dered to lie upon the Table. | the Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into a law, 


wr —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Petitions from Botley ;—and, Highworth and | ypon the Table. 


Swindon Union ; praying for the repeal of the duties | 
on Malt and Hops,—were presented, and read ; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. -gesses of the borough of Stamford, praying fee Cesperations 


| amendment of the Municipal Corporations Act, was 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Municipal i 


Petitions from Alexander Keith ;—John Philip | 
(two Petitions) ; —James Glen ;—Andrew Glen ;— | 
Kirk Session of Strachan (Minister and Moderator); | 
—Presbytery of Fordoun (Moderator) ;— Burton | 
Agnes ;— Presbytery of Aberlour (Moderator) ; — 
Rural Deanery of Moreton Hampstead ; —Yealmp- 
ton ; — Highweek ;-—-Hennock ;—~ Deanery of Ip- 
plepen ;—Ilsington ;— Glencross (two Petitions) ;— 
Pitrig ;—Thomas Gun ;—Presbytery of Jedburgh 
(Moderator) ;—Ardeaconry of Exeter ;--Aycliffe ;— 
Rural Deanery of Pontefract ;—Luke Flood Page, | 
A.M.; — Ampfield ; — Leeds (three Petitions) ;— 
Deanery of Torrington ;—Saint Germoc;—Deanery 





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


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mem- a Land 


bers belonging to the Nottingham Branch of the 
National Land Company, expressing confidence in 
Feargus O’ Connor, Esquire ; and praying the House 
to grant an Aet to enable him, in conjunction with 
tne Members of the Company, to wind up its affairs, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the National Land 
Company, residing in the town of Brighton, also 


ompany. 


of Woodleigh ; —Bignor ;—Kilpatrich-Fleming ; — | expressing confidence in Feargus O’Connor, Es- 
Kirkby Kendal ;— Glasgow (five Petitions) ;—Pres- | quire ; and praying the House to assist him to obtain 
bytery of Biggar (Moderator) ; — Colchester; — | the legalization of the said Company, was also 
Presbytery of Ards (Moderator and Clerk);— | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Thomas Suthrie ;—Saltcoats ;— Bishopwearmouth ; Table. 
— Rothesay (Provost); — Edinburgh ; — Greenock 
(two Petitions); —Conghill ;—Presbytery of Perth Petitions from Wootton ;—House Carpenters and Paper, &amp;. 
Moderator) ; — Auchtergaven ;—Tullibody ; —Gar- | Joiners meeting at the Globe Tavern, King-street, 
vaghy ; — Winchfield; — Archdeaconry of Saint (Chairman) ;—and, President, Vice-President and 
Alban’s ;— Pedro d’ Alcantara Travassos Valdez and | Secretary of the Fleetwood Mechanics’ Institution ; 
Thomas Clarke ;—Leith ;— Dungannon ;—Watten ;| praying that the Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax 
—David Ferguson ;—Congregation of Keiss (Se-| upon Advertisements and the Stamp Tax upon News- 
cretary);—Presbytery of Bailieborough (Moderator | papers may be abolished, leaving the proper autho- 
and Clerk) ; — Kingsteignton ; — Archdeaconry of rities to fix a small charge for the transmission of 
Vou. 105. HH 2 newspapers 











Subdivision of 
Parishes. 


Parliamentary 


Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scctland) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Poor Relief 
{Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Post-oflice. 


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newspapers by the post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Incumbents of Parochial Districts, 
in the Deanery of Southwark, praying the House to 
pass a Bill in accordance with the Report of Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners, appointed to inquire into 
the practicability and mode of subdividing densely- 
peopled Parishes into district Parishes for all eccle- 
siastical purposes, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Holy-' 
wood, in the county of Down, praying that the Par- 
liamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the burgh of Musselburgh, praying that the! 
Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petiticn of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cilot the burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, 
Lauder and North Berwick, praying for amendment 
of the Poor Law in Scotland, was presented, and | 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk to the Guardians, the | 
Master and Matron of the Workhouse, Relieving | 
Ofticers, Assistant Overseers, and other Officers con- | 
nected with the administration of the laws relating 
to the relief of the poor in the parish of Saint) 
Matthew, Bethnal Green, praying the House to pass | 
an Act during the present Session of Parliament, to | 
enable the Petitioners to form and distribute a fund 
for the superannuation of Officers connected with 
the administration of the Poor Laws, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Helen, Bishopsgate ;—and, 
Saint Bartholomew-by-the- Exchange, in the city of 
London Union; praying that the Poor Relief (Cities | 
and Towns) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

Petitions from Saint Cyrus ;— Andrew W. Glen; 
— Edwardstone ; — Norton ;— Wells ;— Ashford ;— | 
Filey ; — Burnby-in-the- Willows ; — Altarnum ;— | 
Saltash ;—Milton (Hants) ; —Fawley ; —Sherfield | 
English; — Ringwood ; — District of Portswood | 
(Minister and wee ei FT ad ;—Aber- | 
lemuo ;— Dunoon ;—Presbytery of Jedburgh (Mode- | 
rator) ; — Dundee; —Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; — Sheep- 
shed ; —-Cossington, Leicestershire ;— Barrow-upon- | 
Soar ;—Sheepy and Ratcliff Culey ;— Woodville ;— 
Coalville; — Packington ; — Sweepstone ; — Drum- 
reagh ;—S;nod of Fife(Moderator);—Burntisland ; | 
—Mintern Magna;— Wootton Glanville ;—Win- 
frith Newburgh ;—Treswell ;—Stoke Prior ;—East 


‘and West Retford ;—Stamford (three Petitions) ;— | 


East and West Leake; — Melmerby ;—Aikton ;— | 
Kirk Session of Portnaharen (Moderator) ;-—Kirk- | 
patrick-Fleming ;—David Brown ;—Presbytery of 
Biggar (Moderator) ;—Crieff ;— Cargill ;— Wools- | 
thorpe;—Greenock (nine Petitions) ;—Members of | 
the Working Men's Sabbath Protection Associa- 
tion ; — Clutton; — Marston Magna;—North and 
South Barrow ;— Kingstone Seymour ;—Breane ;— 
Sandford; — Sutton Montis;—Stoke Gifford ;— | 
Queen Camel ; — Trevethin; — Risca ; — Newport | 
(Monmouth) ; — Chepstow ; — Usk ;—Skenfreth ;— 
Marshfield ; — Rumney ; — Tullibody ; — Temple’ 
Michael ; — Clontuskart ; — Roscrea; — Kyle ; — 
Clergy of the united diocese of Clonfert ;—Alber- 
bury ;—Chirbury ;—Lorn (two Petitions) ;---Gal- 
ston ;— Plymouth ;— Banghurst ;— Worting ;—Euz- 
ton ; — Meonstoke ; — Abbots-Anne ; — Upham; — 
Broadway ;— Leith ;— Kirkby Stephenand Brough; 





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_and ordered to lie upon the Tab 





— Appleby ;— Milburn ;— Doddington ;— Winsford ; 


A. 1850, 


—Namptwich ;—Bradfield Green ;—Buglawton ; — 
Poole; — Alsagar ; — Shavington ; —-Hankelow ;— 
Bowsey Wood ; — Neston; — Weston Point and 
Weston ;—Betley ;— Wettenhall ;— Audlem;— Pres- 
bytery of Fordoun (Moderator) ;— Birkenhead ;— 
and, Greenock; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-oftice,—were pens and read ; 
€. 


A Petition of the Rev. J. B. Whitehurst, and post-office, &amp;c., 


others, Merchants, Farmers, Traders and other Tax- 
payers, of Ampthill, stating that having had their 
attention directed to the management of the Money 
Order Department of the General Post-office, they 
are of opinion that the system pursued involves an 
unnecessary expenditure of the public money ; and 


| praying, with a view to remedy some of the evils at 


present existing, that the office of Postmaster-Gene- 
ral may be made a permanent instead of a political 
appointment, and its duties performed by a well- 
known man of business, who should be held respon- 


| sible for the proper expenditure of the public money 
in the management of each department under his 


control; that the number of clerks and the salaries 
and allowances may be reduced, and that the prac- 
tice of making public appointments through political 
influence may be abolished, and every department 
of the public service thrown open to the intelligence, 
integrity and industry of the nation, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Croayh, Protestant 


ie the county of Limerick, praying that on the deter- 
mination of the interests of the existing incumbents, 
the revenues of the Protestant Church in Ireland 
may be devoted to the relief of the poor, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of Dumfries (Moderator Schools 
and Clerk) ;—Synod of Glasgow and Ayr (Mode- Scotland.) 


rator) :—Presbytery of Lanark (Moderator) ;—and, 
Presbytery of Perth (Moderator); praying the 
House to refuse its sanction to any measure having 
for its object the removal of the Parochial Schools 
in Scotland from the superintendence of the Esta- 
blished Church,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Stamp Duties 
pany ;—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company ; ®! 


—and, Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 
Company; praying that the Stamp Duties Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hexham, praying for Windows. 


the repeal of the duty on Windows, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Larceny 


mittee on the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 


‘to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 


resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 


“* thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the {Sir John Pakington, 
Yeas, (Mr. Miles: 
Tellers for the{ Mr. M‘Cullagh, 
Noes, (Sir George Strickland: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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Ordered, 


: ‘ -? Jurisdiction 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ai 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
Power to divide the Bill into two Bills (March 
20th) ;——read. 


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

Preamble postponed. _ 

Cuiavuss, N° 1 (Recited Acts extended to all cases 
in which the age of the person charged does not 
exceed years, and to all cases in which the 
value of the article stolen does not exceed 
shillings). 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 2. 1. 28., to leave 
out from the word “imentioned” to the word 
“ shall,” in 1. 30. 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Sir John Pakington, 1 50 

Yeas, \ Mr. Robert Palmer: ff © 

Tellers for the [ Mr. Law, lie 

Noes. L Mr. M‘Cullagh : J 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 

man do now leave the Chair; 


Oo) 
~e 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Law, 


Yeas, t Mr. Edmund Denison: 
Tellers for the { Sir Jonn Pakingion, 70 
Noes. Mr. Robert Palmer : . 


An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 2. 1]. 28., after the 
word “ mentioned,” to insert the words “‘ exceed the 
“ ageof sixteen years.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Sir. John Pakington, - 
Yeas, \ Mr. Robert Palmer : } , 
Tellers for the f Mr. Loebuck, l ag 
Noes, \ Mr. Philip Howard: f 
Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words, “ Provided always, 
“ That nothing herein contained shall authorize or 
‘‘ empower any Justice or Justices to order the 
“ punishment of whipping to be inflicted upon any 
“ offender whose age shall exceed the age of four- 
“ teen years.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Sir George Strickland, \, 2 

Yeas, (| Mr. Bright: i. 

Tellers for the f Sir John Pakington, 

Noes, | Mr, Packe: J 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That the provisions 
of this Bill shall not extend to that part of the 
United Kingdom called Jreland)—brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time : —Motion and Clause, 


nx 


89. 


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237 


Relief Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernai re- 
vn That the Committee had gone through the 
ll, 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
the 1st day of May next. 


~ 


mittee on the Marriages Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—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. 

Tellers for the { Sir Frederic Thesiger, 
Yeas, \ Sir Harry Robert Inglis: J 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Stuart Wortley, 1 
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, 19° die Aprilis, 1850: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriages 
Bill. 


89 


152. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Captain Boldero, 1L 52 

Yeas, (Mr. Mackenzie : f — 

Tellers for the (Mr. Stuart Wortley, 

Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: } wan 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ;—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

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 f Mr. Forbes, } 

Yeas, UMr. Machenzie : hom 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Stuart Wortley, } 133 


Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 

_ - nO in the Negative. 

nd the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now dente the Ohadr: : jane 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday the 16th day of May next. 


. The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parish 
into a Committee upon the Parish Constables Bill. — 
1 


(In the Committee.) 





by leave, withdrawn. 
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 Thursday 
the 2d day of May next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Tenants at Rack-rent 
Vou. 105. 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to 

Cravuses, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Cravuse, D. (And be it Enacted, That any parish 


constable appointed by this Act, or the said recited 
Hu 3 Act, 























258 18°—19° 


Act, who shall wilfully disobey any order of his 
superintending constable appointed as aforesaid, 
provided such order be given in the execution of 
the duty and in conformity with the regulations 
imposed upon him by the said justices, shall, upon 
conviction thereof before two justices, forfeit and 
pay any sum not exceeding forty shillings, together 
with costs, for each such offence, such penalty to 
be levied and applied as penalties are by the said 
recited Act directed to be levied and applied)-— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be 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 Tuesday 
the 30th day of this instant April. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Chancery mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; 

(Ireland) Bill, “Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Technical The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
 eererel Reading of the Technical Objections Restraining 
Bill. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Monday last, That the Securities for Advances 
(/reland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


Securities for 
Advances 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Naval Prize The Naval Prize Balance Bill was, according to 


Balance Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Medical The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Charitics | into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Jre- 
(Ireland) Bill. ‘ : 
. land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
No. 245. 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 Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 2d day 
of May next. , 
Indemnity The Bill to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Bil. Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those Purposes respectively, 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. 
Money Pay- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Ball. mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 


Bill; 
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, | 
adjourned till this day. 











Aprilis. A. 1850. 


Veneris, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 18 50. 


PRAYERS. 

M®* Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public Peti- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had tions (Twenty- 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th and a) - 
17th 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 Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders ; 
tions; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Surr 
Sussex Roads Bill, Petitions of Thomas 
and Nicholas Gedge, for leave to deposit Petitions 
respectively against the Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Railway Railway 
Companies Clearing Association Petition, the Companies 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That a 
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
provided the same be deposited not later than three 
clear days after the presentation of this Report. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and Surrey and 
offey Sussex Roads 


Sir William Clay reported the Waterford and Waterford 
Limerick Railway (re-committed) Bill, with Amend- 924 Limerick 
ments. Railway Bill. 

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


A = to enable the Exeter and Crediton Rail- Exeter and 
way Company to enlarge their Cowley Bridge Crediton 
Station, and to raise a further Amount of Capital, ay ae 
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 Bill for completing the Line of the ZLondon- Londonderry 
derry and Coleraine Railway, with Branch to New- and Coleraine 
townlimavady, and for amending the Acts relating wey Bul. 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Newcastle- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for upon-Tyne 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Mprove™™ 

° es ° (Amendment 
additional provision in the Mewcastle-upon- € of Acts and 
Improvement(Amendmentof Acts and New Streets) New Streets) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 3! 


with, in the following instances ; viz. 


Notices. 


Power is sought, by the Clauses annexed to the 
said Petition, to make and maintain two New Streets 
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; viz., a New Street ex- 
tending from Grainger-street to Neville-street, and 
another New Street extending eastward from Pil- 
grim-street to Melbourre-street ; but the Notices 
of the intended application to Parliament as pub- 
lished in the London Gazette, and in the Newcastle 
Courant on the 16th, 23d and 30th days of No- 
vember last, do not specify. the intention of the 
promoters to apply to Parliament for powers to 
make and maintain the said proposed New Streets, 
or to take powers for the compulsory purchase of 
lands and houses for the purpose of making the 
said New Streets. 

Pian 











13 Vicrorrz. 19° Aprilis. 239 


Puan and Boox of REFERENCE. 


The Plan and Book of Reference deposited in 
the Private Bill Office on or before the 30th No- 
vember last, do not sufficiently describe the lands 
and houses in or through which the said New 
Streets are proposed to be made, or which are 
within the limits of deviation defined upon the said 
Plan ; nor are the names of the owners, lessees and 
occupiers of such lands and houses sufficiently 
stated in the said Book of Reference, in the fol- 
—s instances ; 

1. On the Plan of the Street, from Grainger- 
street to Neville-street, twelve separate dwel- 
ling-houses, shops, buildings and tenements, 
and also a court, called Angus-court, all 
adjoining or near to Saint John’s-lane, and 
within the line of the said proposed New 
Street and the limits of deviation thereof, 
are severally and without further distinction 
marked on the said Plan with the figure 1, 
and in the said Book of Reference one 
No. 1 only is set forth, the property included 
under which number is described as “ dwel- 
ling-houses, shops, buildings and ground,” 
owner “ John Lindsey Angus,” and the oc- 
cupiers as twenty-one several parties, without 
distinguishing what particular dwelling- 
house, shop, building or piece of ground 
marked No. 1, is occupied by any one of 
such parties. 

2. Onthe said Plan, twelve separate dwelling- 
houses, shops buildings and tenements, 
situated upon and adjoining to Saint John’s- 
lane, and upon the line of the said proposed 
New Street and within the limits of devia- 
tion thereof, are severally and without further 
distinction marked with the figure 2, and in 
the said Book of Reference one No. 2 onl 
is set forth, the property included under 
which is described as “ dwelling-houses, 
shops, buildings and yards,” and “ George 
Fife Angus,” as owner, and the occupiers as 
twenty-nine several parties, without dis- 
tinguishing what particular dwelling-house, 
shop, building or yard marked No. 2, is oc- 
cupied by any one of such parties. 

$. On the said Plan, three separate houses or 
buildings, and a separate yard or piece of 
vacant ground situated on the said line, and 
within the said limits, are severally and 
without farther distinction marked with the 
figure 6, and in the said Book of Reference 
one No. 6 only is set forth, and the property 
included under the same is described as 
** dwelling-house, buildings and yard,” and 
Richard Craster Askew, and Elizabeth his 
wife, and Catherine Davidson, are stated to 
be owners, without distinguishing what par- 
ticular property or properties belongs or 
belong to each of these parties, or whether 
they are joint owners of all or any of the 
said properties, or what other interest they 
have in the said several properties marked 6 
on the said Plan; and the occupiers are de- 
scribed as “ William Dickson, ; oa Hewison 
and the Reverend Henry Wildey Wright,” 
without distinguishing what particular pro- 
perty marked No. 6, any one of these parties 
occupies. 

4. On the Plan of the proposed New Street from 
Pilgrim-street to Melbourne-street, two se- 

arate buildings or tenements within the 
imits of deviation of thesaid proposed Street 
are severally and without further distinction 
marked 12, and in the said Book of Refer- 
ence one No. 12 only is set forth, the property 
included under which number is described 
as “shop, dwelling-house and smith’s shop 
and conveniences,” and three several parties 
are mentioned as occupiers, without distin- 
Vou. 105. 








&gt;| 





guishing what particular tenement or build- 
ing is occupied by any one of the said 
parties. 


5. On the said Plan, two separate buildings within 


the limits of deviation are severally and 
without further distinction marked with the 
No. 40, and in the said Book of Reference, 
one No. 40 only is set forth, the property 
included under which is described as “ dwel- 
ling-house, public-house, shops, stable and 
conveniences,” and the occupiers are men- 
tioned to be five persons, without distin- 
guishing which of the said buildings is occu- 
pied by any one or more of the said occu- 
piers. 


. On the said Plan, four separate buildings and 


a yard or vacant space on the said line of 
street, and within the limits of deviation, 
are severally and without further distinction 
marked with the No. 41, and in the said 
Book of Reference one No. 41 only is set 
forth, the property included under which 
is described as “ dwelling-houses, yard and 
conveniences,” of which seventeen parties 
are described as the occupiers, without dis- 
tinguishing which of the said dwelling- 
houses and other tenements is occupied by 
any one or more of such occupiers. 


7. On the said Plan, nine separate houses and 


buildings, and two separate yards on the line 
of the said street and within the limits of 
deviation, are severally and without further 
distinction marked with the No. 42, and in 
the said Book of Reference one No. 42 only 
is mentioned, the property included under 
which is described as “ dwelling-houses, 
yards and conveniences, stable and byre,” 
and the occupiers are mentioned as twenty- 
one several parties, without distinguishing 
which of the said buildings cr tenements is 
occupied by any one or more of such occu- 
piers. 


8. On the said Plan, three separate buildings 


and two separate yards within the limits of 
deviation, are severally and without further 
distinction marked with the No. 43, and in 
the said Book of Reference one No. 43 
only is mentioned, the property included 
wales which is described as “ shop, dwelling- 
houses and conveniences,” and the owners 
as five separate parties, and the occupiers as 
sixteen separate parties, without distin- 
guishing what part of the said properties is 
owned by any one of the said owners, or 
what particular interest any one owner has, 
or what part of the said properties is occu- 
pied by any one of the said occupiers. 


9. On the said Plan, two separate houses and 


one yard or vacant space within the said 
limits of deviation, are severally and with- 
out further distinction marked with the No, 
47, and in the said Book of Reference one 
No. 47 only is mentioned, the property in- 
cluded under which is described as “ dwel- 
ling-houses, shop and conveniences and 
vacant ground,” of which the occupiers are 
stated to be Isabella Henderson and Matthew 
Davidson, without distinguishing which 
portion of the said properties is occupied by 
one, and which by the other of such occu- 
iers. 


10. On the said Plan and on the line of the said 


street, and within the limits of deviation, 
two separate houses and one vacant space or 
yard, are severally and without further dis- 
tinction marked with the No. 49, and in the 
said Book of Reference one No. 49 only 
is mentioned, the property included under 
which is described as “ dwelling-houses, 
offices, yard and conveniences and smith’s 

HH 4 shop 




















































Electoral 
Divisions 
(ircland.) 


Spirits 
(Ircland.) 





shop and brick field,” and the occupiers 
are stated to be eleven several parties, with- 
out distinguishing which part of the said 
properties is occupied by any one of such 
occupiers. 

On the Plan of the proposed Street, extending 
from Grainger-street to Neville-street, the following 
properties situated on the line of the said Street 
and within the limits of deviation, are not marked 
with any number or other reference, and the same 
are not described in the Book of Reference, nor 
the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed 
lessees or occupiers of the same mentioned as such, 
in the said Book of Reference; viz. 

1. A carriage drive, leading to the vicarage, as 

shown on the said Plan, and adjoining 
No. 3 on the said Plan. , 

2. Four separate small buildings, surrounded by 

the properties marked 7 on the said Plan. 

3. A yard or vacant piece of ground, surrounded 

by properties marked 6, 6, 6, 5, 5 on the 
said Plan. 


Lists of Owners, &amp;c. 


19° Aprilis. 






















A. 1850. 


| Spirits in Ireland, during each of the years ending 
the 5th day of April 1849 and 1850, and the Num- 
ber 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 Sth day of April 1849 and 
1850, showing the Increase or Decrease: — Of 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distin- 
guishing the Quantities produced from Malt, and 
from a Mixture of Malt and Unmalted Grain) on 
which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
freland, in each Quarter of the years ending the 
5th day of April 1849 and 1850, and in each of 
the years :—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 1848, 1849 and 1850, 
distinguishing those convicted :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons confined in each Gaol in Jreland, 
for Offences against the Laws for the Suppression 
of Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of January, 
the 5th day of March and the 5th day of April, in 





Separate Lists of the names of the owners, lessees 
and occupiers of lands and houses in the lines of| 
the said two proposed New Streets, and within the | 
limits of deviation defined on the Plans of the! 
same, distinguishing those who have assented, dis-| 
sented or were neuter in respect of application 
made to them, in compliance with the Standing 
Orders, were not deposited in the Private Bill 
Office on or before the 31st of December last. 


Estimate of Expense. 


No Estimate of the Expense of the said two pro- 
posed additional Streets was made and signed by 
the person making the same, and deposited in the 
Private Bill Office on or before the 31st December 
last ; theEstimate sodeposited amounting to £.20,000 
sterling, being an Estimate of the expense of making | 
the New Street, to lead from Saint Nicholas-square 
to Castle-street, and the improvement of WNeville- 
street and Westgate-street, according to the de- 
posited Plans and Sections, including contingencies, 
and the purchase of the requisite property, and not 
including or referring to the making of the said 
two proposed additional streets, or either of them, 
or contingencies, or the purchase of property, or 
any matter connected therewith. 


DECLARATION and Estimate of REVENUE. 


The Declaration and Estimate of Revenue, de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 
31st of December last, are not prepared in com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, applicable to the 
said proposed additional Clauses and provisions, 
inasmuch as being made with reference to an Esti- 
mate of the expense of making the New Street, to 
lead from Saint Nicholas-square to Castle-street, 
and the improvement of Veville-street and West- 
gate-street only, and bearing also in itself to be a 
Declaration in regard to the New Street and other 
works authorized by the Bill, does not comprehend 
or refer to the two additional New Streets, or either 
of them. 

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


Ordered, Tnat there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Area, Population and Valuation of all 
Electoral Divisions in Jreland in which the Union 
Workhouses may be situated, or which contain a 
Town having a nig ene of 3,000 and upwards ; 
showing the Area, Valuation and Population of the 
Townlands which have been, or are proposed to be, 
added to or taken from them by the Poor Law 
Boundary Commissioners. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty on 


each of the years 1848, 1849 and 1850 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 346, of Session 
1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County Cess 
Return of the Amount of County Cess remaining (Ireland.) 


unpaid to the Treasurer of each County in Jreland, 
at and after the Spring Assizes of 1850, by the 
Collectors of each Barony, or of a County of a 
City or County of a Tuwn; distinguishing the 
Amount due under the Warrant of Summer Assizes 
1849, and under the Warrant of any previous As- 
sizes on which there may be an Arrear due. 


absence for six weeks, on account of ill health. 


dated the 25th day of February last, for Accounts, 
showing the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities pro- 
| duced from Malt, from a Mixture of Malt and 
| Unmalted 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 1850:—Of the Num- 
| ber 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 Galion, 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 1850 :—Showing, under separate Heads, 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distin- 
guishing the Materials from which made, imported 
into each Kingdom from each of the others respec- 
tively; stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and the 
Total Amount thereof in ne 4 Case, and what 
Portion of such Duty was paid on Removal of the 
Spirits from Bond, and what after their arrival in 
England ; also, what Portion was put into Bond in 
England, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850 :—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 Gal- 
lons pf Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks for 
Rectification in England, Scotland and Ireland, for 
| the year ending the 5th day of January 1850:—Of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
| tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland; distin- 
guishing the. Quantities in each Country delivered 
Duty-paid 








Ordered, That Viscount Alford have leave of Leave of 
Absence, 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, Spirits. 





Window Duty. 


Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Electoral 
Divisions 


(Ireland. 


Advertise- 
ments. 


Arbitration. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill 





13 VicTroriz. 


Duty-paid direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the 
Quantities put into Bond, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1850 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 219, Session 1849) :—And, 
of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of British 
Compounds and Spirits of Wine permitted from 
Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land, for Exportation to Foreign Ports under Draw: 
back, for the year ending the Sth day of January 
1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of 
March last, for a Return of the Number of Houses 
in England and Wales charged with Duties on 
Windows, in each Class (according to the Number 
of Windows in the House), and the Amount of 
Duty collected, and the Net Amount of Duty re- 
ceived, on each such Class, for the year ending the 
5th day of April 1849 :—And, like Return for Scot- 
land. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Highways( District Surveyors) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 30th day of May next. 


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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 7th day of March last, for a 
Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 198, of Session 1849, and in the same tabular 
form, of the Valuation of each Electoral Division 
in Jreland, 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 
1849; 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. 

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


Petitions of the Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
lishers of the Hertford County Press Newspaper ; 
—Persons connected with and engaged upon the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle Newspaper ; — Printer and 
Publisher of the Dover Telegraph Newspaper ;— 
Proprietor, Printer and Publisher of the Dover 
Chronicle Newspaper ;—and, Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the Westmeath Independent 
Newspaper ; praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Advertisements in Newspapers, —were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions frem Bristol (Chairman) ;—and, Black- 
burn; praying the House to take prompt and de- 
cisive 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 or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies practising at Stroud, and 
in the neighbourhood thereof, 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 Lessees of land in the district 
of Port Philip, taking notice of the Australian 
Colonies Government Bill; and 


may be had to the claims of the Petitioners, and 
that as the Elective Franchise has been conferred on 


19° Aprilis. 





241 


lease-holders in’ England, it may be also granted to 
similar classes in Port Philip, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Congregation as- 
sembling in Grey-friars-street Chapel, Northamp- 
ton, 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 Members and Friends of the Tem- Beer-houses. 
perance Society in Sunderland, praying the House 
to repeal immediately the Act for licensing Beer- 
‘houses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates and Inha- Punishment 
bitants of the city of Hereford, and its vicinity, of Death. 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of 
Death, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newport (Gloucester) ;—Waltham- Church Rates; 
stow ;—Shipton ; — Abergavenny ;— Bermondsey ;— 
Llanybyther ; —Conwill Caio ;—and, Bridgewater ; 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Farmers and Merchants attending Hypothec 
the Alloa Market, complaining of the law of Hy- (Scotland.) 
pothec existing in Scotland ; and praying the House 
to pass an Act for the removal of the obstructions 
in the corn trade, and to render the sale of grain 
and other farm produce in Scotland, as free and 
unrestricted as in the other parts of the United 
Kingdom, was presented. and read ; and ordered to 
liz upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Liverpool Law court of 
Society, praying that the Court of Chancery (Jre- Chancery 
/and) Bill may pass into a law, and that a Bill con- ——- 
taining similar provisions, applicable to the High ~~ 
Court of Chancery of England, may be speedily 
introduced into the House, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Zlan- County Rates 
rhaidr-in-Cinmerch, praying that the County Rates and Expendi- 
and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law, was ‘e Bill. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Menai Bridge ;— Banbury (Chair- County Court 
man) ; — Stonehouse ;— Rodborough ;—and, Den- Extension Bill. 
bigh; praying that the County Court Extension Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the United Education, 
Church of Great Britain and Ireland in the diocese 
of Exeter, praying the House to adopt such mea- 
sures as may effectually prevent the encouragement 
of a latitudinarian system of Education, secure 
to the founders and promoters of Church schools 
their just portion of grants for Education, and dis- 
tinctly define the conditions which the Committee 
of council shall be authorized or entitled to demand 
of applicants for aid from the Parliamentary grant, 
| was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
| the ‘Table. 
| A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Tavis- Eaucation 
| tock, in the diocese of Exeter, praying that the Bill. 
| Education Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Petitions from Cheltenham;— Doncaster ;— Bath ; 
'—T. M. Fowler, and others ;— Coventry ;—Man- 





men raying that in| chester (two Petitions) ;—Chorlton-on-Medlock ;— 
framing the constitution of Port Philip, due regard | 


Rusholme ;—and, Battle; praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law,—-were also presented, and read; 





You, 105, 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
iI 


A Petition 








Education 
(Treland.) 


Factories Bill. 


Frederick 
William 
Dunne. 


Malt. 


Malt and 
Hops. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


242 


A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian 
Church in Jreland, belonging to the congregations 
of Fintona and Balnahatty, complaining that the 
schools in 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 William Thompson, Mill Occupier, 
of Larkfield, Township of Rawden, in the parish of 
Guiseley, praying that the Factories Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Women and Young Persons in the 
employment of Messieurs William Parkinson Clarke 
and Company, of Manchester, Cotton Spinners, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Bolton (fifteen Petitions) ;—E/ton- 


19° Aprils. 





A. 1850. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of the Merchant 
Port of Bridlington, praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund 


Seamen’s Fund Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Progressive So- Paper, &amp;c. 


ciety of Carpenters, 17, Rider’s-court, Leicester- 
square ; — Aldersgate-street, London ; —Bacup ; — 
Members of the Westminster Freehold Land So- 
ciety ;—and, Members and Persons frequenting the 
Institution of Progress, George-street, Sloane- 
square, London; praying for the abolition of the 
Excise Tax upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertise- 
ments, and the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by post,—were 
pascen, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Council of the city of Glasgow, praying the House 
to pass a law by which the sale of Poisons and 





bury ;— Walmersley ;— Leeds ;— Leigh ;— Darwen ;— 
Settington; — Bury (Lancashire) ; — Rochdale ; — | 
Tottington Higher End ;— Halifax ;— Tong ; —Hors- | 
forthand Woodside ;— Eccleshill;-—Tyldesley ;—Per- | 
sons employed by Spencer Suthers, of the Croft. 
Bank Mill, in the county of Lancaster ;— Oldham 
(twenty-five Petitions) ;— Persons employed by 
William Smethurst, of the Stockbrook Mill, in the 
county of Lancaster ;— Darwen ; — Royton ;— 
Crompton ; — Tyldersley ; — Newton; — Hyde ; — 
Rushworth ;—Saddleworth ;—Persons employed by 
Jones, Mills, and Co., of the Walshaw Mill, in the 
county of Lancaster ;—Factory Workers in the 
employ of Messrs. E. and H. Ashworth ;-—Hor- 
wich ;—Hindley ;—Padiham ;— Ripponden (Chair- 
man) ;—and, Elton; 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 Frederick William Dunne, late a 
Clerk in Her Majesty’s Customs, Port of London, 
now residing at Clarence-terrace, Lower-road, Is- 
lington, complaining of having been superseded for 
passing oy the Insolvent Debtors’ Court ; and 
praying the House to direct an inquiry into the 
truth of his statement, and that he may be per- 
sonally examined thereon, with the view of eliciting 
several points that will operate in his favour, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Buckland (Hertford) ; — and, 
Grundesburghand Burgh; praying for the repeal of 
the duty on Malt,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Little Hinton ;—Compton Beau- 
champ ;— Ogbourne Saint George;—and, Broad 
Blunsdon ; praying for the repeal of the duties on 
Malt and Hops,—were presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ' 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Elgin, praying that Scotland may be 
waieha from the operation of the Marriages Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the Deanery of Fincham ;—Dum- 
barton ;—Portaferry ;—A berdeen ;— Davidstow ;— 
and, Wiston; 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 Committee of 
the Apothecaries of Ireland, praying that the Medi- 
cal Charities (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was 
dered to lie upon the 


— and read ; and or- 
able. 


poisonous ingredients may be restrained and placed 
under proper regulations, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Nicholas, Coleabbey;—Saint Poor Law. 


Ann, Blackfriars ;—Saint Nicholas, Olave;—Saint 
Thomas Apostle ;—Saint Martin, Ludgate ;—and, 
Precinct of Whitefriars, in the City of London ; 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law in regard to 
settlement and rating,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘seers and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the Relief of the 
Poor, in the parish of Saint Pancras, praying the 
House to pass an Act to enable the Petitioners, and 
all other officers employed in the admininstration 
of the laws for the Relief of the Poor, to form and 
distribute a superannuation fund for members of 
their body, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Council of the city 
amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
r 


able. 


Wetley Rocks ;— Mayfield ;— Lerwick ;— Kirk Ses- 
sion of Lerwick; —South Newton ;— Newmarket ; 
— Great Wishford ;—Kirk Session of Inverkeith- 
ing ;—Godmanstone and Nether Cerne ;—Selby ;— 
Newport (Devon) ;—Thornham ;—Holme-next-the- 
Sea ;— Woodrising ;— Thursford ;—Great Snoring ; 
— Great Cressingham ; — Swanton, Morley and 
Worthing ;—Archdeaconry of Dorset ;—Derby ;— 
Whatcote ;—Llanerchymedd ;— Portaferry ;—Mem- 
bers of John Knox Presbyterian Church ;—Sed- 
burgh ; —Cantley; —Sandiacre ; —Hartington ; — 
Tickenhall;—Cromford;—Sherington;— Brandsby; 
—Ainderby ;—Morebattle ;—Falkirk ;— New Deer; 
— Sawbridgeworth; — Essenden; — Hatfield ; — 
Bishops Stortford ;— Tewin;—Ardeley ;— Bayford; 
—Great and Little Hadham, Albury, Braughing, 
Standon and Widford ; —Moydon ; —Strabane ; — 
Carnteel ;—Lechpatrick ;— Bermondsey (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Adersfield ; — Fladbury ; —Hackettstown ; 
— Whithorn (two Petitions) ;—Burgh-by-Sands ;— 
Upperby ; —Tealing ; —Coberley ; —Ulverstone ;— 

oodnesborough ; — Lenham Heath; —Wickham- 
breux ;—Foul-hill ; —Churchstoke ; —Sweffling ; — 
Aldeburgh ;— Cransford ; —Kelsale-with-Carleton, 
— Glenham ;— Orford ; — Blaxhall ;— Tunstall ; — 
Bungay ;—Grundisburgh ; —Helmingham ;— Wan- 
tisden ;—Dover ;— Eversholt ;—Grosmont ; —Caer- 








went ;— 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Poisons. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of Poor Law 
the Workhouse, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and poor Law 
of Edinburgh, praying for (Scotland.) 


Petitions from Ashley (Stafford) ;—Saint John's post-ofice. 








Railway Fares. 


Religious 
Tests (Scot- 
land.) 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Tithe Com- 
mutation Act. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


No. 246. 
Raja of 
Sattara. 

No. 247. 


Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


‘ to leave out from the word “ the” to the word 


. 19°—z0° 


13 Victoriz. 


went ; —Stanley Saint Leonard's ; —Frocester ; — 
Wheatenhurst, alias Whitminster ;—Bridwater ; — 
Dallington ;— Towcester ; — Daston ; —Legerwood ; 
—Killeter ;—Ruthin ; —Worthing ; —Baitinglass ; 
— Broadwater ;— Lerwick en e+ ;—Steyning ; 
—and, Findon ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway Company ;—and, Midland Rail- 
way Company ; praying for the abolition of the duty 
upon Railway Passenger Fares,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George R. Davidson, praying for 
the abolition of Religious Tests in the Universities 
of Scotland, and for allowing all properly-qualified 
candidates of irreproacbable character to be alike 
eligible to all the professorships of literature, science 
and philosophy which their curricula embrace, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Petitions from Woodhouse ;—and, Bridgwater ; 
praying that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may | 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- | 
dered to lie upon the Table. | 


Petitions of the London and Blackwall Railway 
Company ;—and, Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colushire Railway Company; praying that the 
Stamp Duties Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Farmers’ Club, 
Diss, in the county of Norfolk, praying for amend- 
ment of the Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to County 
Treasurers (Jre/and), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Raja of 
Sattara, wifich was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Australian Colonies 
Government Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Ciauses, N° 3, to N° 5, agreed to. 


Crauss, N° 6 (Legislative Councils may be esta- 
blished in Van Diemen’s Land and South Aus- 
tralia). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 4, |. 26., to leave 
out from the word “That” to the word “ and,” in 
1. 39., in order to insert the words “ there shall be 
“ established, in the Colonies of Van Diemen’s 
“* Land and South Australia respectively, a Legis- 
“ lative Council and a House of Assembly,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the words “it shall be lawful 
“ for” stand part of the Clause ; 
‘The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, } 218 


Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 
Tellers for the { Sir William Molesworth, } 150 
‘ Noes, © \ Mr. Adderley: Jo 


Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4. |. 26., 


“* Legislatures,” in ]. 31. . 
Question, That the words proposed to be left 

out stand part of the Clause,-~put, and agreed to. 
An Amendment made. 
‘Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4. 1. 34., 


to leave out the words “‘such number of the Mem- 
Vou. 105. 





Aprilis. 243 


“ bers of each Council so to be established as is 
“ equal to.” 

Ghesien put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Lord Marcus Hill, 7 59 
Yeas, \ Mr. Bellew : pi. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Anstey, 1 oe 
Noes, Sir Joshua Walmisley: { ~" 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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


Sabbati, 20° die Aprilis,, 1850: 


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 Mercantile 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine Bill ; Marine Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mercantile 
for improving the Condition of Masters, Mates and Marine _ 
Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in the Merchant (No. 2.) Bill 
Service: And that Mr. Labouchere and Sir Francis 
Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill;  Seamen’sFund 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon - 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Titles of 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations Religious — 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; een 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pegistration 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill ; of Deeds 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “eland) Bill 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- rections 
mittee on the Elections (Ireland) 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- Charitable 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; Trusts Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into gocs 
consideration the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) of ro 
Bill, as amended in the Committee: The Bill was Peas) Bill. 
re-committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








112 


The 











244 


day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 
Bill; 

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


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Mercantile Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill for improving 
Marines the ~ Condition of Masters, Mates and Seamen, and 
(No. 2.) Bil aintaining Discipline in the Merchant Service : 

No, 248, Maintaining Discipline in the Merch: : 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 


be, printed. 


| 
Naval Prize A Motidh being made, That this House will, upon 


— Monday, n axt, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
es consider ‘of aithorizing the Payment, out of the 
Consolidated ‘nid of the United Kingdom of Great 


Britain and Treland, of such Sums as may be ne- 

. cessary to make good any claims in respect of Prize 

id wojor Bounty Mot y'which the Naval Prize Balance 
for the, time being Shall not'be sufficient to pay ; 

Sir Francis Baring, by Fler: Majesty’s Command, 

acquainted the House, that ‘Her Majesty, having 

been informed of the subject-matter, of this Motion, 

reconimends it ‘to th consideration of the House. 


id Ce .07 _ Resolved, That t is House will, upon Monday 

‘ next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Torapike Mr. Cornewall’ Lewis 'presénted,—Return ‘to an 
Trusts. 


Address to, Her Majesty, dated the 28th day. of 
bnwLe': July, in the last Session 6 Parliament, for a Return 
on. ~. emei&lt; igi cil ‘po i! di | j 
from Tupapihg, rut netand and North Wales, 
showing the Cost of Parliamentaty Rénewals from 
the year 1800 to 1848, inclusive; the entite ‘Sut 
borrowed during the existence of the several Trusts ; 
the Total Amoutit paid off; the Amount of Debt on 
the ist day of January 1849; the Rate-of pany id 
the Amount of Interest unpaid, distinguishing the 
Amount unclaimed; also stating the Amount of 
a nigresh onnverted into Principal. | 


dered, Vhat, the said, Retura do lie upon the 
te eee ae 


till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 

adjourned till Monday next. 
eS ott Lb si9 gis 
hf Cami) chesthic nah ton 
Hol! Tiina’, 22* die Aprilis 5 
Anno 13° Victorize Regine, 1850. 


) O1 «I f of 
tid PRAYERS) « een ) | 
Exchequer. M Ri. Blake, from the Exchequer, was called in ; 
and at the bar, presented,: pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of 
all, Monies ,received daring, the; year ended 6th 
April 1850, to the jaccouyt. of, Her Majesty’s Ex- 
cheque} at the Bank.of Angland.and of Ireland; 
the Amount,.of,,.all Royal, Orders and Treasury 
Warrants received, and of the Credits and Transfers 
made by the Comptroller- pera) of the Exchequer, 
the Payments by; the Bank. of ; England, and the 


ateach Bank, on the 5th April 1850 :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account 

Table. ) .b 


: 


do lie upon the 
! ) i 
Mr. Zrench, from the Office of the Solicitors 'to 
the ‘Lord 'Watden’ of the Cingtie ‘Ports, was called 
in; and at the ‘bar presented: pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of 
' the Receipts ‘and Appropriations of Sarplas Rates 
of Pilotage :—And then he withdrew, | 
Ordered, ‘That the siid ‘Aceoant do lie upon ‘the 
Table ; arid be printeds Fe! 


Pilotage. 
No. 250, 





19°—20°—-22° Aprilis. 


Technical The Technical Objections Restraining Bill was, | 
Objections according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
—e mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 


cirdnd then othe House, having: continued ito: sit | 


Balance remaining to the account.of the Exchequer || 

















































A. 1850. 


Viscount Jocelyn reported the South Stafford- South Staf- 
shire Railway Biil, with Amendments. wo en 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; j 

and be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- — ' 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 18th and —e 
19th days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Edward Hailstone, of Bradford, Leeds ana 
Gentleman, Clerk to the Trustees of the Leeds and ~~ enh es 
Halifax District of Roads, taking notice of an ap- iensdinentioe 
plication for leave to deposit a Petition against the of Term as to 
Leeds and Halifax Turnpike-road (Continuation of certain Parts 
Term as to certain Parts of the Road) Bill, and = aes) 
praying that such application may not be granted, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow and 
the Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads Improve- Shotts Turn- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Cesnastinen. all 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Guardian 
the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company Fire and Life 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. eon 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 9 "PY 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Eastern Union 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Railway Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Eastern Union Railway 
(Manningtree to Harwich Pier, Extension of Time 
for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have not been complied with, the notices in the 
Gazette and local Newspapers having contained no 
intimation .of, the intention to empower the said 
Eastern Union Railway Company to sell to the 


‘Eastern Counties Railway Company, or the last- 


mentioned Company to purchase the Railway Pier 
Works authorized, to be constructed by the East- 
ern, Union. Harwich Railway aud Pier Act, 1847. 

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


Mr, Speaker laid, upon the Table,—Report from york, New- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for castle and _ 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for snes nen 
additional provision in the York, Newcastle and ments as to 
Berwick Railway (Arrangements as to. Payment for Payment for 
the Purchase of the Great’ North of England Rail- the Pornare 
way, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been North of Eng- 
complied with, as the Clause annexed to. the said land — 
Petition empowers the York, Newcastle and Ber- t.) 
wick Railway Company ‘to pay the holders of Great 
North of England Purchase Shares a fixed prefer- 
ence dividend of Four per cent. per annum ; but the 
notices of the intended application to ‘Parliament, 
as published in the London and Edinburgh Gazettes, 
and in the “ Motning Herald,” the “ Edinburgh 
Evening Courant” and the “ Yorkshire Gazette,” do 
not specify the intention to apply for any such 
rower. é 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report fiom London and 
Mr. Smith, one of.the: Examimers of Petitions for weg 
Private Bills} That in the case of the Petition for ““" 
additional provision’ in the London und Blackwall 
Railway (Amendment of Acts, Sc.) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have been complied with. 

. Ordered; "Phat it be. an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they: have power to make 
ision .theréin, pursuant to the ptayer of the 
said Petitions s: 6 coee toes, Le 
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13 VicroriZ. 29° Aprilis. 245 


Nautical Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order,| An Estimate of the Amonnt that will probably be Public Build- 
Almanack. dated the 15th day of April last, for an Account of | required for the Maintenance and Repair of Royal "8s, &amp;- 
the Expenses attending the Preparation, Printing | Palaces and Public Buildings; for providing the 
and Sale of the Nautical Almanack, in each of the | necessary Supply of Water for the same ; for Rents 
years 1847, 1848 and 1849; stating the Number of | of Houses taken for the occasional and temporary 
Copies = and the Number sold in each year, | Accommodation of the Public Service ; for the Pur- 
stating by whom sold, the Price at which sold, the | chase and Repair of Furniture required in the various 
Per-centage allowed on the Sale, and the Loss or | Public Departments ; and for Services connected 
Gain to the Public in each year. ' with the Lighting, Watching and General Protection 
Dock-yards, | Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of March | of the Public Offices ; for one year, from 1st April 
last, for an Account, in abstract, of the Total | 1850 to the 31st March 1851. 
Amount expended for Establishment of Dock Yards,| | An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Ordnance 
and for the Repair and Improvement of Dock the year 1850-51, for Additions, Alterations and Office, Pall 
Yards, distinguishing the Amount at Home and/| Fittings, at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall. all. 
Abroad, in each year since 1828, and stating the’ An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Buckingham 
Aggregate Expense of each year. the year 1850, to defray the Expense of making an Palace. 
Skips(Navy.) Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of March | Ornamental Enclosure, and forming a Public Garden 
last, for a separate Return of the Number of Ves- | in front of Buckingham Palace. 





sels of Her Majesty’s Service that are now in Or-| An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Houses of 
dinary, but which have never performed any Service | defray the Expenses of providing Temporary Ac- Parliament 


° 4 ° | ° . ° T 
in Commission; stating the Name, the Rate, the |commodation for the Houses of Parliament, Com- See near 


Number of Guns of each Vessel, when and where | mittee Rooms, Offices and Temporary Official tion.) 
built ; by whom built, and in whose Lines built, the | Residences for the Speaker of the House of Com- 
Number of Tons of Measurement, and the Cost or | mons, and other Officers of the House, &amp;c., for the 
Rate of Charge per Ton building, and the ss | year ending 31st March 1851. 
Condition of each Vessel:—And, separate Return | An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to New Houses of 
of the Number of Vessels of Her Majesty’s Service defray the Expense of Works at tie New Palace, Parliament. 
that never performed any Service in Commission, | for the year ending 31st March 1851. 
but which have been broken up or sold since the, An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in Isle of Man. 
year 1828 ; stating the Name, the Rate, the Num- | the year ending 31st March 1851, to defray the Ex- 
ber of Guns of each Vessel, when and where built, | pense of Works at the thereunder-mentioned Build- 
by whom built, and in whose Lines built, the Num-_| ings in the Is/e of Man. 
ber of Tons of Measurement, and the Cost or Rate An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Holyhead 
of Charge per Ton for building; also the years in | be voted on account of the Works at the New Packet Harbour, &amp;c. 
which sold or broken up, and the Amount received | Harbour and Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead; and 
for each Vessel sold. _to defray the Expense of the present Harbour Esta- 
Navy. Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this | blishment at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 31st March 1851. 
instant April, for a Statement of all Sums due or An Estimate of the Sum — to be voted in Harbours cf 
claimed by private Builders for the Building and the year 1850, on account of the Expense of Con- Refuse. 
Alterations of the “ Megera,” “ Greenock” and | structing Harbours of Refuge. 
“« Simoom,” and any other Sums claimed for Iron, An Estimate of the probable Expense of main- Public Build- 
Steam Ships for Her Majesty’s Navy; specifying | taining the several Public Buildings in the Depart- ona bon 
the Names of the Vessels and of the Builders, the | ment of the Commissioners of Public Works, _— 
Price originally agreed, the Price charged by the land ; also the Expense of Inland Navigation and 
said Builders, the Sums paid on account by the other Services, under the direction of the Commis- 
Admiralty, and the Balance now claimed. _sioners, from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 
Rewards, &amp;e. Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this) Estimate of the Sum that will be required for the Kingstown 
—” instant April, for an Account, in detail, of the man- | Expenditure on the Works at the Harbour of Kings- Harbour. 
* ner in which the £.1,000 voted annually for Re- | ¢own, and to provide for the Harbour Establishment, 
wards, Experiments and other Expenses for Scien- | for one year, from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 
tific Purposes, during the last Three years, has been 


expended. « | SALARIES -_ EXPENSES or Pustrc Class II. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | —inneunhin No. 256. 
Table. Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51, com- Comparative 
, pared with the Estimates for the like Services for Statement. 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law| 1848-49 and 1849-50. 


(Ireland) Unions (Ireland), which was presented upon the) An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Houses of 
11th day of this instant April, be printed. the year 1850, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Patliament. 


No. 251. se Sag? 
sna Ordered, That the Retr. lave to Spi, | Rapes of th Two Hours of Fuament and of 

No, 252. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. | ¢.. 41, year ending 31st March 1851 . 
Window Ordered, That the Return relative to the Window |, A® Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Treasury. 
Duty. Duty, which was presented upon Friday last, be the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 


No. 253, printed. 
Mestonal Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral 
(lreland.) Divisions (Lreland) which was presented upon Fri- 
No. 254... day, last, be printed. 


Turnpike “Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike | 
Trusts, Trusts,! which was presented upon Friday last, be | 
No.255. printed. . | | 


iiovon? OJ Datayd ot 
Estimates of‘! |, Mr, Aayter,presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
CsiiSentienss mand,—Estimates, &amp;c. of Civil Services; for the | 
Classd, » Year ending 31st March 1851; viz. 
No. 256,!)" aah Posi Works AND Bui.prinas. 
Lonapapaeive”’) :, Statement, of; the Estimates for 1850-51; com- 
tement. "pared with. the Estimates, for the like Services for 
wire) 1848749; and 1949-50. 


‘ ri 


Von. 105, 





SO 





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 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 


| to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 


Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Foreign Office. 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in 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 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to War and 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- ©°!ies- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for War 


_| and Colonies, for: the year ending 31st March 1851. , or 


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246 22° Aprilis. 


Privy Council An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 

os. the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
and the Committee of Privy Council for Trade. 

Lord Privy An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 

Seal. pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, for one year, 
from ist April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 

Paymaster- An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 

General's pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses, of 


— Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, from the 1st April 
1850 to the 31st March 1851. 
Comptroller An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 


of the Exche- to pay the Salaries of the several Persons under the 

quse, So, direction of the Comptroller-General of the Ex- 
chequer, for one year, from 1st April 1850 to 31st 
March 1851, stating the respective Salaries in detail, 
and contrasting the Charge of the present Esta- 
blishment of the Exchequer with that of the former 
Establishment of the Exchequer, and also with the 
Charge for the year ending 31st March 1850 ; also 
an Estimate of the Amount that will probably be 
required to defray the Contingent Expenses of the 
Office for the same Period. 


State Paper An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 


OMe. defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Expenses 
of the State Paper Office, for one year, from 1st 
April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 

Ecclesiastical An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 


Commissions to defray a portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesi- 
a\dministra- ai y - ae 7 

ro astical Commissioners for England, for the year 
ending 31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray Expenses connected with the Administration 
of the Laws relating to the Poor, from 1st April 
1850 to 31st March 1851. 

Mint. An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 
to defray the Expenditure for the several Branches 
of the Mint, for the year ending 31st March 1851. 

Railway An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 

Commission. defray the Charge of the Office of the Commission- 
ers of Railways, appointed under the Act 9 and 10 
Vic. c. 105, for the year from Ist April 1850 to 
3ist March 1851. 

Public An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 


Poor Law. 








A. 1850. 


to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services. 
An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- Stationery, 
ery, Printing and ae 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 Puclenent, and including also the Expense of 
the Establishment of the Stationery Office, from the 
Ist of April 1850 to the 31st of March 1851. 
Class III. 
Law anp JUSTICE. No. 256. 
Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for Statement. 
1848-49 and 1849-50: 
An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Law Charges. 





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 1851. | 
_ An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Mint Prose- 
‘required to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- cutions. 
| secution of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
Gold and Silver Coin, between the 1st day of April 
1850 and the 31st day of March 1851. 
An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in sherigf’ 
the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, Expenses, &amp;c. 
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. 
An Estimate of the Sum which may be required Insolvent 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- Debtors’ 
missioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their Court. 
Clerks, and of the Contingent Expenses of the Court 
and Office, for one year, from 1st April 1850 to 
3ist March 1851. 
An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Law Expenses 
_required to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, from (Scotland.) 
1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. , 
An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Law Charges 
defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and (Ireland.) 





Records. pay the Salaries of Persons employed in the Care | other Law Charges in Ireland, for one year, ending 
and Arrangement of the Public Records, and Ex- | 31st March 1851. 


penses connected therewith, for the year from 1st 
April 1850 to 31st March 1851; also, to pay Com- 
pensations to Keepers of Records and others whose 
Offices have been abolished. 

Factories, Estimate of the Sum that may be required to de- 

Mines, &amp;o. fray the Expenses of the Inspectors and Sub-In- 
spectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., appointed under the 
Acts 3 and 4 Will. 4, c.103; 6 Vic. c.99, and 7 and 
8 Vic. c. 15, for the year ending 31st March 1851. 

Officers An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 

(Scotland.) nay the Salaries of certain Officers in Scotlund, and 
other Charges, formerly paid from the Hereditary 
Revenue, for the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st 
March 1851. 

Householdof An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 

ae Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attendants 

or ney of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland, 

for one year, to 31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the 


Chief Secre- 
tary to the 
Lord Lieute- 


nant, BC. Lord Lieutenant of ZJreland in Dublin and London, | 


and the Privy Council in Jreland, for one year, to 
3ist March 1851. 


Paymasterof An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 


Civil Services Charge of Salaries of the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 
vices Office in Jreland, for the year ending 31st 


(Ireland. ) 


March 1851. 
Board of An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 


An Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of Dublin Police. 


ee Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of 


Dublin, including the District of Blackrock and 
| Kingstown, and of the Sum which will be required 
from Parliament in aid of these Deparéments, for 
the year commencing 1st April 1850 and ending 
3ist March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in County Rates. 
the year 1850, to defray certain Charges formerly 
paid out of the —, Rates, for one year, from 
ist April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 

Abstract of the Estimates for the Expenses of Prisons and 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in the Convict Ser- 
United Kingdom ; of Government Prisons and “°* 
| Convict Establishments at Home ; the Maintenance 
_of Prisoners in County Gaols and Lunatic Asylums ; 
the Expenses of Transportation ; and the Expenses 
| of Convict Establishments in the Colonies, tor the 
/year ending 31st March 1851, according to the 
| five following detailed Estimates : 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Prisons. 
defray the Charge of Inspection and General Super- 
| intendence over all the Prisons in the United King- 

dom, for the year ending 31st March 1851. . 

An Estimate of the Sum requiréd to be voted to Government 
defray the Charge of the Government Prisons and Frisons m 








‘ : Convict Esta- 
'Convict Establishment at Home, for one year, p)ishments 
‘ending 31st March 1851. at Home. 


Public Works to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Maintenance 
Pu 


(Ireland.) 


April 1850 to the 31st March 1851. 
Secret An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
Services. the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 





lic Works in Irefand, for one year, from the 1st | defray the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners 


of chery me 
+ * , year County Gao 
‘in County Gaols, Philanthropic Institution, and oa 


Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of the Removal of Removal of 
Convicts, for the year ending 31st March 1851. © Convicts. 





An 





Expenses of 
Transporta- 
tion. 


Convict Esta- 
blishments in 
the Colonies. 


Class IV. 

No. 256. 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Education. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Schools of 
Design. 


Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


University of 
London. 


Scottish 
Universities, 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


British 
Museum. 


National 
Galiery. 


Geological 
Survey, &amp;c. 


Magnetic 
Observatories, 
&amp;e. 


Galleries 
of Art (Edin- 
burgh.) 








13 Victoriz. 22° Aprilis. 94.7 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to connected therewith, and with the Promotion of 
defray Expenses connected with the Transportation Fine Arts in Scotland. 


: oo 
of Convicts, &amp;c., for the year ending 31st March Conemeity Comecan;aupeunen Bonnets Class V. 


1851. ” SERVICES. No. 256. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 


defray the Expense of the Convict Establishments in | 
the Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1851. 


Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for St#tement. 
1848-49 and 1849-50. 
| Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for Bermudas. 
defraying the Charge of the Bermudas, from the 1st 
Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51; com- | of April 1850 to the 3ist of March 1851. 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for) Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for Prince Ed- 
1848-49 and 1849-50. ; | defraying the Charges of Prince Edward’s Island, ward's Island. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in the ! from ‘the Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
year 1850 for Public Education in Great Britain. | March 1851. 
Estimate of the Expenses of the Commissioners, [Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- Ecclesiastical 
of National Education, Ireland, for the year ending | fraying the Charge of the Ecclesiastical Establish- — 
31st March 1851. ‘ment of the British North American Provinces, a: F 
An Estimate of the Sum which will be required | from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
to defray the Expenses of the School of Design for | March 1851. 
the year ending 31st March 1851, and for Aid to Estimate of the Expenses of the Indian Depart- Indian 
Provincial Schools. ment in Canada, from the 1st April 1850 to 31st (Ousia) 
An Estimate of the Sum required in the year| March 1851. , 
from ist April 1850 to 31st March 1851 to defray| Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- Bahamas. 
the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances granted | fraying the Charge of the Bahama Islands, from the 
to certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford | 1st of April 1850 to the 31st of March 1851. 
and Cambridge. Estimate of the Amount required to defray the Governors, &amp;c. 
Estimate of the Expenses of the University of | Salaries of the Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, se Sry 
London, from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 'and others, in the West India Colonies, fromthe 
An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to | 1st of April 1850 to the 31st of March 1851. 
pay Grants to Scottish Universities, formerly de-! Estimate of the Sum required from the 1st April Stipendiary 
ee from the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown, | 1850 to the 31st March 1851, to defray the Salaries Justices (West 


EpvucaTIon, SCIENCE AND ART. 


and not provided for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, | Allowances, and Contingencies of the Stipendiary —— 


nor on the Consolidated Fund, from 1st April 1850 | Justices in the West India Colonies and the Maz- 
to 31st March 1851. | ritius. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income, | Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to de- Western Coast 
and Sum required for the Royal Jrish Academy, | fray the Charges of the Civil Establishments on the % “fi 
from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. | Western Coast of aie from the Ist of April 

An Estimate of the probable Expenditure and 1850 to the 31st of March 1851; also for the Pur- 

Income of the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the ' chase of Stores, &amp;c., on the Gold Coast from the 
vear commencing Ist April 1850 and ending 31st | Danish Government. 
March 1851. | Estimate of the Amount which will be required to Saint Helena. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required for | defray Charges connected with the Island of Saint 
defraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin So- | Helena, from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 
ciety, for the year commencing Ist April 1850 and| Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to defray Western 
ending 31st March 1851. the Charge of Western Australia, from Ist April Australia. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the Salaries | 1850 to 31st March 1851. 
of Theological Professors at Belfast, and for Com-| An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Port Essing- 
pensations to Professors of the Belfast Academical | the year 1850, in aid of the Charge of the Settle- 
Institution, for one year ending 31st March 1851. | ment at Port Essington. 

An Estimate of the Amounts that will be required| | Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to defray New Zealand. 
for the British Museum, exclusive of the ordinary | the Charge of New Zealand, from 1st April 1850 
and necessary Works for the maintenance of the | to 31st March 1851. 

Building, provided for in the Estimate for Public! Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to defray Heligoland. 
Buildings, &amp;c., for the year ending 31st March the Charge of Heligoland, from ist April 1850 to 
1851. | 31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to| Estimate of the Amount of Aid required to defray Falkland 
enable the Trustees uf the British Museum to de-| the Charge of the Falkland Islands trom the ist of Islands. 
fray Expenses incurred in procuring Antiquities for| April 1850 to the 31st March 1851. 
the Museum. Estimate of the Amount required to defray the Hong Kong. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in| Charge of Hong Kong, for the year ending 31st 
the year 1850, for the Expenses of the National | March 1851. : 

Gallery. Estimate of the Amount of Aid required for de- Labuan. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be | fraying the Charge of Labuan, from the 1st of April 
required to defray the Expenses of the Geological | 1850 to the 31st of March 1851. 

Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; the Museum} An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Emigration. 
of Practical Geology, London; and the Museum | Charge of the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, 
of Jrish Industry, Dublin, for the year ending 31st| and the Salaries of the Agents for Emigration at 
March 1851. the different Ports of this Kingdom ; also, to defray 

An Estimate of the Amount that will probably | the Expenses in Canada connected with Emigration 
be required in the year ending 31st March 1851, to| from this Country, for the year from the 1st of April 
defray the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at | 1850 to the 31st of March 1851. 

Toronto, the Cape of Good Hope and Van Diemen’s| An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Captured 
Land; also for Observations and Services carrying | the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, Neste &amp;«- 
on under the direction of the Astronomer Royal ; | to defray the Expenses incurred for the Support of 

and other Scientific Works and Publications. Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in | Charges, under Acts for the Abolition of the Slave 
the year 1850 towards the Expense of erecting, on | Trade, including Conveyance to the West Indies. 
the Earthen Mound, in the City of Edinburgh, Estimate of the Sum which may be required for Slave Trade 


Buildings for a National Gallery, and other Purposes | Payment of the Salaries and Contingent Expenses Commissions. 
Vou. 105. 340 . of 













































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Sep 











ee 





248 22° Aprilis. 


of the Mixed Commissions established under Trea- | 








A. 1850. 


An Estimate of the probable Expenses of the Hospital for 


. ~~ . . e | be . . . . . 
ties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic | Hospital for Incurables, for maintaining 78 Patients, Incurables 


in Slaves, and in pursuance of Acts of the Legis- | for one year, from the 1st of April 1850 to the #1st 


(Dublin. ) 


lature for carrying those Treaties into effect, for the | March 1851. 


year ending the 31st of March 1851. 


Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Ex~ Protestant 


Consular An Estimate of the Sum which will be required to | pense of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissenting 
Establish- provide for the Expense of the Consular Establish- | Dissenting Ministers in Lrelund, for one year, ending (ireland.) - 
ments. ments Abroad, for the year ending 31 March 1851. | 31st March 1851. i 
Missions Estimate of the Sum which may be required for| An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Charitable 
Abroad, payment of the Extraordinary Disbursements of | pay Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- Allowances, 
Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, for the year ending |datum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances and &amp;c, (Ireland.) 
31st March 1851. Bounties formerly defrayed from the Grants for the 
. Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, 
lass VI. SUPERANNUATION anD RetiRED ALLOWANCES | &amp;¢,, for the year ending 31st March 1851. — 


AND GRaTuITIEs FOR CHARITABLE AND 
OTHER PuURPOSEs. 

Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51, com- 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 
1848-49 and 1849-50. 

Superannua- An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
tions, defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations 


No, 256, 


Comparative 
Statement. 


MiscELLANEous SpeciaL AND Temporary Css VII. 
OBSECcTs. No. 256. 
Statement of the Estimates for 1850-51, com- Comparative 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for Statement. 
1848-49 and 1849-50. 
An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to General Board 





granted as Superannuation or Retired Allowances 
to Persons formerly employed in Public Offices or 
in the Public Service, according to the Provisions 
of the Acts 50 Geo. 3, c. 117; 3 Geo. 4, ¢.113; 
4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;e., for the year from 1st April 
1850 to 81st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese 
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 te defray the 
Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment, in 
the year 1850. 

Refuge for Estimate of the Sum to be voted in aid of the 
the Destitute. Tystitution called “ The Refuge for the Destitute,” 
for the year 1850, 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required 
for the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish 
Refugees, and Allowances to Distressed Spaniards, 
for the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, 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. 


Toulonese and 
Corsican Emi- 
grants, &amp;c. 


Vaccine Esta- 
blishment. 


Polish Re- 


fugees, Xc. 


Miscellaneous 
Allowances. 


Foundling Estimate of the probable Expense of the Found- 
Hospital ling Hospital Department, House of Industry, 


(Dublin.) Dublin, for the year commencing 1st April 1850 


and ending 31st March 1851; setting forth also the 
several Heads of Expenditure for the year 1849, 
and the Increase or Decrease under each Head. 


House of Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House 
(Dubli) of Industry, Dublin, including the Lsland Bridge 


Lunatic Department and the TZalbot Dispensary, 

for one year from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 

31st day of March 1851, inclusive. 

Female Estimate of the Expense of the Female Or- 

Orphan House phan House, Circular-read, Dublin, for one year, 

(Dublin.) from 1st of April 1850 to the 31st of March 1851, 
for 120 Children. 

Westmorland Estimate of the Sum required for the Support of 

Lock Hospital tae Westmorland Lock Hospital, for one year, from 

(Dublin.) “ist April 1850 to 31st March 1851, for 130 Pa- 
tients. 

Lying-in-Hos- | Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for 

pital Dublin.) the year ending 31st March 1851. 

Estimate of the probable Income and Expen- 
diture of Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, for one year, 
from ist April 1850 to 31st March 1851. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of the Fever 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, Dub- 
lin, tor year commencing Ist April 1850 and ending 
3ist March 1851. 


Dr. Steevens’ 
Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 


Fever Hospital 
(Dublin. ) 





defray the Expense of the General Board of Health of Health. 
‘to the 31st March 1851. 

Estimate of the Sum required for Payment of Central Board 
Salaries and Incidental Expenses of the Central os 
Board of Health in Dublin, from 1st April 1850 to —* 
31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be mcumbered 
required to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Estates _ 
Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commission, aa 
Ireland, (appointed pursuant to the Act 12 and 13 
Vic. c. 77), to the 31st of March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in Navigation 
the year from 1st April 1850 to 31st March 1851, to 2nd Drainage 
defray Moiety of the Cost of executing certain Works (7) 
of Navigation in Zreland, connected with Drainage. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in British 
the year 1850, for the Completion of the Ambassa- Ambassador's 


dor’s Residen : ; House at Con- 
ce at Constantinople. mon tg 


An Estimate of the Expense to be incurred in Militia and 
Canada for Militia and Volunteers, to the 30th of Volunteers 
April 1850, from which Date it will cease to be a (C4) 
charge upon the Funds of this Country. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Lybster 
the year 1850, to defray the expense of repairing H@tbour. 
the Harbour of Lybster, as a Place of Refuge for 
| Fishing Boats on the East Coast of Scotland. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Lighthouses 
defray the Cost of erecting and maintaining the 4°24 
Lighthouses, &amp;c., therein mentioned. 

General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed General 
for Civil Services for 1850-51, compared with simi- Ast#t. 
lar Charges for 1848-9, and 1849-50. 

Commissariat Estimate for the year 1850-51. 





Commissariat. 
No, 257. 
An Account of the sum expended under the head Civil Contin- 

of Civil Contingencies in the years 1847, 1848 and gencies. 

1849, and an Estimate of the Amount required for No. 258. 

1850. 

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


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Railway 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the Railway Companies 
Companies Clearing Association Bill, which upon por sy 
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 for 
regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 
Committee of Railway Companies, associated under 
the Railway Companies Clearing System, and for 
other Purposes: And that Mr. Ellis, Mr. Glyn and 
Mr. Edward Ellice do prepare, and bring it in. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Slave Trade. 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 
19th day of March last, wherein their Lordships 
request that this House will communicate to their 
Lordships a Copy of the Reports from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the last Ses- 

sion 








Kilrush 
Union. 


No. 259. 


Stamp Duties. 


No. 249. 


Turnpike-road 


Bills. 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


County 
‘Treasurers. 


Punishment 
of Death 
(Scotland.) 


Coroners’ 
Inquests 


(Ireland.) = 


Poor Law 
. Unions 


(Ireland. ) 
No. 251. 





13 Vicroriz. 


sion of Parliament on the Slave Trade ; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix thereto. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships : And that the Judge Advocate do deliver 
the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copy of any Report addressed to the Poor Law 
Commissioners of Ireland, by Mr. Inspector Bourke, 
with reference to the condition of Kilrush Union. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Report of Board of Inland Revenue to the Chancellor 
of Exchequer, on the probable effect on the Stamp 
Revenue by the Bill now before the House of Com- 
mons :—Account of the Produce of Stamp Duties 
applicable to Conveyances, &amp;c. for the year ended 
4th January 1850 :—And, Scale of Duties on Bonds, 
Mortgages or Warrants of Attorney for securing 
Payment of a definite and certain Sum of Money, 
to be proposed in Committee on Stamp Duties Bill. 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Papers. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Secretary of 
State on Tumpike-road Bills.---5. Cromford and 
Newhaven Road.—6. New North Road. 

Copy of Eighth Report of the Commissioners 
for the Government of the Pentonville Prison. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day of 
February last, for a Return of the Abstracts of the 
Accounts of the several County Treasurers in Eng- 
land and Wales for the years ending Michaelmas 
1848 and Michaelmas 1849 (in a similar form to the 
Return presented and ordered to be printed by the 
House of Commons on the 4th day of May 1849, 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 260). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of February last, for a Return of all Crimes 
for which the Punishment of Death is still retained 
by the Law of Scotland; showing also, in what 
corresponding Cases it has been repealed by the 
Law of England. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Further 
Return to an Order dated the 7th day of February 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Inquests 
held by the Coroners of the several Counties and 
Cities in Lreland, together with the Verdict returned 
in each case, for the years ending the 31st day of 
December 1847, 1848 and 1849, respectively. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of 
February last, for a Return showing the Financial 
State of each Union in Ireland, where paid Guardians 
were appointed, at the time of their appointment, 
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by Boards of Guardians, either entered on their 


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22° Aprilis. 


249 


sioners, in those Unions where paid Guardians have 
acted, relating to the management of those Unions 
while under the superintendence of paid Guardians. 


Return to an Order dated the 11th day of this Copyholds. 


instant April, for a Return of all Enfranchisements 
and Commutations of Copyholds which have been 
effected under the sanction of the Copyhold Com- 
missioners ; specifying, separately, the Number ef- 
fected where the Consideration Money or Annual 
Rent-charge was under £.5; £.5 and under £.10; 
£.10 and under £. 20; £.20 and under £.50; £.50 
and under £.100; £.100 and under £.200; £.200 
and under £.300; £.300 and under £.400; £. 400 
and under £.500; £.500 and upwards ; specifying 
alsohow many were Manorial Enfranchisements and 
how many were Manorial Commutations ; also, how 
many Enfranchisements and how many Commuta- 
tions have been effected by Individual Tenants in 
each Manor, and how many Enfranchisements and 
Commutations are now in Progress :—Also, a Re- 
turn of the Cost of the Copyhold Commission in 
each year, from the 22d day of June 1841 to the 
31st day of December 1849, specifying out of what 
Fund paid, and stating how much has been paid by 
the parties enfranchising or commuting their Copy- 
hold Rights. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Return relative to Poor Law 
Unions (Jreland) be printed. 


Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publish- 
ers of the Elgin Courier Newspaper ;— Proprie- 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Kentish Inde- 

endent Newspaper ;—and, Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the Wilts Standard Newspaper ; 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Advertise- 
ments in Newspapers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gainsburgh; — and, Ripon; 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Stalybridge (three Petitions) ;— 
Colne (Lancashire) ;— Liskeard ;— Shipston-upon- 





Stour ;— Dunstable ;—and, Houghton Regis; pray- 
ing the House to take prompt and decisive measures 
for the promotion of ‘Treaties between the Govern- 
ment of this country and other Governments of the 
| world, binding both parties for the future to refer 

their misunderstandings to the decision of Arbitra- 
| tors ; and also to take measures for the promotion 
of a general disarmament among the civilized na- 
tions of the earth,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


practising at Pwllheli, 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. 


Petitions from the Division of Hitchin ;—and, 
Liskeard ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses,—were pre- 





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


Petitions from Glasgow (six Petitions) ;—Earls- 
ton ;—Liskeard ;— Exeter ;—and, Worcester ; pray- 
ing for the abolition of the Punishment of Death,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Lilanderfel (three Petitions) ; — 
Bala ;—Llanfawre ;—Bomere Heath and Harmer 
Hill;—and, Southampton; praying for thé abo- 
lition of Church Rates,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the rectory of Kil- 
managh, in the diocese of Ossory and county of Kil- 
kenny, praying the House not to assent to any mea- 
sure having for its object the connexion, by means 

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Advertise- 
ments, 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Arbitration, 
&amp; 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing and Attornics’ 
- Certificates. 


Beer-houses, 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Church Rates. 


Church 


Temporalities 


(Ireland.) 


























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250 22° Aprilis. 


of a state provision of the catholic clergy with the 
State, but so to alter the law relating to the Tempo- 
ralities of the Jrish Protestant Church, that its re- 
venues may be applied to purposes of more extended 
usefulness, and in particular to the increase and 
maintenance of catholic church accommodation, in 
catholic populous parishes, for the catholic people 
of Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the ‘table. 


County Court Petitionsfrom Macclesfield;— Ryde;—and, Spald- 

Extension Bill. ing, Pinchbeck, Surfleet, Gosberton, Quadring, 
Donington, Weston, Moneton, Cowbit and Crow- 
land ; praying that the County Court Extension Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates Petitions from Whitchurch (Southampton) (Chair- 
—— man) ;—and, New Winchester 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. 
Ecclesiastical A Petition of Members of the Established Church 


Law. residing in the parish of Plymstock, stating that the 
Petitioners feel they have just reason to complain 
that the services of their parish church have been 
interrupted by their minister; that the organ has 
been shut up and psalmody forbidden in the music 
gallery, without any adequate cause being assigned ; 
and praying the House, in any revision that may be 
made in the Ecclesiastical Law, to adopt such mea- 
sures as may serve to check the uncontrolled power 
of Incumbents in their dealings with their congre- 
gations, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 

Property, &amp;¢. habitants of Bolton-le-Moors, praying the House to 
apply all national property now devoted to eccle- 
siastical purposes to exclusively secular objects, and 
to repeal all Jaws conferring authority or exclusive 
advantages on or interfering with the affairs of any 
religious denomination, and also to abolish the 
Church Establishment in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of 
England, within the deanery of Stockton-on-Tees ; 
praying the House to secure to the Church of Eng- 
land her portion of the Parliamentary grant for Edu- 
cation, without any interference, on the part of the 
Committee of Privy Council, with her doctrine or 
discipline, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scho- 
lars of the University of Cambridge, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
regard with deep interest and anxiety the questions 
which have arisen concerning the distribution of the 
sums granted by Parliament for the purposes of 
national education; and praying the House to take 
the subject into their serious consideration, with the 
view of limiting and defining, by an Act of the Legis- 
lature, the conditions upon which the private efforts 
of the founders or supporters of schools shall be 
assisted out of the public funds, and in particular 
of determining whether grants towards the erection 
and maintenance of schools ought to be subjected, 
without the previous sanction of Parliament, to 
further conditions than the two following ; viz., first, 
the right of insisting that the site of each school 
shall be legally secured for educational purposes, 
and the trusts legally constituted ; and, secondly, the 
right of ascertaining, by inspection, that the sums 
granted are faithfully administered, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education. 


Education Bill. A Petition of the President, Secretary and Libra- 
rian of the Sunderland Mechanics’ and  pacegeee 
Institute, praying that the Education Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A. 1850. 


A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s 
News and Reading Association, Kendal, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; on ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Knaresborough ;—Queenstown ;— Education 
and, Ardshaw; 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 that they may be relieved 
from that grievance,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spinners, Slubbers and other Mill- Factories Act. 
workers in Hawick, and its vicinity, stating that 
a portion of the Petitioners were present at a meet- 
ing at which certain resolutions were passed, and a 
petition drawn up, condemnatory of the working 
by relays in Factories, the majority of that meeting 
being composed of persons not connected with mill- 
working, headed by Mr. Grant, purporting to be 
sent by a committee of Manchester operatives ; that 
this person, instead of seeking information from those 
engaged in working by relays, as to the condition 
of the Petitioners, sought his information exclu- 
sively from persons unconnected with mill-working ; 
and praying the House not to receive the Petition 
referred to as the Petition of mill-workers and per- 
sons working by relays in Factories in Hawick, but 
as the petition of persons unconnected with mill- 
working, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—and, Kendal ; praying Factories Bill. 
that the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Macclesfield (seven Petitions) ;— 
Farsley ;— Keighley ;— Dewsbury ; — Holmfirth ;— 
Stockport (two Petitions) ;— Willows ;—Werneth ; 
— Hunslet ; —Carlisle ;— Glasgow (Chairman) ; — 
Leigh ; — Hyde ; —‘Clitheroe; — and, Dukinfield ; 
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 Mill-owners and Manufacturers of 
Hawick, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Tabie. 


Petitions from Zetland Islands ;—and, Stromness ; Foreign Wood. 
praying the House to permit the importation of 

oreign Wood to the Orkney and Shetland Islands 
duty free,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates Highways Bill. 
in the parish of Zrton, in the county of Cumberland, 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Merchants attending Hypothec 
the Dunfermline Market, alleging that the law of (Seotland.) 
Hypothec, as it at present exists in Scotland, is, as 
regards the purchase and sale of grain, inequitable, 
unwise, and impolitic, and causes distrust between 
the buyer and seller; and praying the House to 
pass a measure for the removal of obstructions in 
the corn trade of that part of the United Kingdom 
called Scotland, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Caher ;—Bansha;—and, Clog- Irish Fisheries 
heen ; praying that the Jrish Fisheries Bill may not Bill. 
pass intoa law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kileummin ;— Killinchy ;— New- Landlord 
townards ;— and, Two-Mile-Borris; praying for a&gt; 
amendment of the law between Landlord and ‘ 
Tenant in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 











































































Landlord 
and Tenant 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Paper, &amp;c, 


Poor Law, 





Poor Law 
(Ireland, ) 


het ae bine ee 


Poor Law 
Officers. 





Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Post- office, 








(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Members of the Lisburn Tenant 
Right Association, and others — in the neigh- 
bourhood, praying that the Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages Bill. Petitions from the Presbytery of Wigtoun (Mode- 


rator) ;—Archdeacon and Clergy of the East Riding 
of the county of York ;—George R. Davidson ;— 
Hugh Martin:—Adam Forman ;—East Wemyss ; 
Kirk Session of Cupar, Fife (Moderator) ;—Pres- 
bytery of Derry (Moderator) :— Glasgow ;—Pres- 
bytery of Tain (Moderator) ;—James Macdonald ; 
—Knockh ; — Edderton ;—Stornoway ;—and, War- 
renford ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were —" and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Governors and Guardians of the 
Hospital for Incurables, near the city of Dublin, 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was oo. and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Leonard's, 
Shoreditch, praying that the Metropolitan Inter- 
ments Bill may pass into a law, as and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Erith ;—and, Sir Richard Broun, 
Bart. ; praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from James Williams ;—and, Leeds ; 
praying for the abolition of the Excise Tax upon 
Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper autho- 
thorities to fix a small charge for the transmission 
of Newspapers by post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman pro tem. of the 
Board of Guardians of the Dore Union, praying 
the House to take immediate steps to reduce the 
number of Officers, and the salaries, in the Poor Law 
Department at Somerset House, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Mallow Union, 
complaining of the evidence given by Dr. J. Corri- 
gan, before the Select Committee of last Session, 
relative to the Poor Law in Ireland, in relation to 
the Mallow Union; and praying that no prejudice 
may exist to their competency, or to their motives, 
in consequence of Dr. Corrigan’s evidence, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Union of Carrick-on-Shannon, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland, was 
also — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 
the Workhouse, Reiieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the Carnarvon Union, praying the House 
to pass an Act during the present Session of Par- 
liament to enable the Petitioners to form and dis- 
tribute a permanent fund for the benefit of super- 
annuated Officers connected with the administration 
of the Poor Laws, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh (Chairman) ; —and, 
Parochial Board of Kincardine (Chairman); pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland,— 


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


Petitions from Newton Stewart ;—Olney ;—Sun- 
derland ;—Londonderry ; —Tordington ;—Offham ; 
“on 3 — Monkwearmouth ; — Maidstone ; — 

OL. 105, 


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22° Apriiis. 
Ferti 
Houghton ;—Carnarvon ;—Crosby ;—Lympston ;— 


Madron;— Warwick ( Cumberland) ;—Atherstone ;— 
Hutton ;—Kirkburton ;—Dromiskin ;—Quadring ; 


251 
ordbury ; — Brighouse ; — Harwood ; — 


— Rintore;—Stapleton;— Willoughby ;— Harmston; 
—Shepley ; — Edinburgh ; — Keppel-street, Russel- 
— ;— Baddesley Ensor ; — Aford-with-Horn- 
clotton ; — Kelso ; — Newton-upon- Trent ;— Castile 
Bellingham;—Peebles;— Bishop Wilton;--Penrhos; 
— Monquhitter ;—Goudhurst ;— Ballydown ;— East 
Barming ;—Criggion ; —Presbytery of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne (Moderator and Clerk) ;— Portland ;— 
Lichfield ;— Morpeth ;—Upper Winchendon ;— West 
Dean and East Grinstead ;—Newton ;—Presbytery 
of Banbridge (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Ashby-by- 
Pariney ;— Castle Sowerby ; — Perth ;—Harrow 
Weald;—Kinlochspelire;— Butterley lronworks and 
Collieries (President, Director, and General Mana- 
ger) ;—Upton Warren;— Wear Gifford ;—Dundalk- 
— Woolfardisworthy ; — Hastings ; — Marden ;— 
Falstone ;— Tundergarth ;—Stamfordham ; — Dub- 
lin ; — Catherington ; — Barton ; — Crewkerne ; — 
Glasgow ;—Annaduff Drumsna ;— Cardiff ;— Chil- 
combe and other places ;—Fowlness ;—Brading ;— 
Drax :—Yarlington ;—Hanging Heaton ; —Great 
Comberton ;— Welford ; — Tenbury ; — Aldford ;— 
Kirk Session of Aberlour (Moderator) ; — Cros- 
thwaite;--Wadworth ;-- Billericay ;-Upper Denton; 
— Nether Denton ; — Hesket-in-the-Forest ;— Roz- 
burgh ; — Cargo ;—Coathiil ;—Plumpton ;—Fair- 
ford ;—Upton Saint Leonard’s ;—Restbury ;—Deer- 
hurst ;~— Limerick ;—Portarlington ; —Stewartson ; 
— Cherry Hinton ;— Glasgow ;— Fareham ;—Alder- 
shot ; — Tufton ; — Winchester ; — Southampton ;— 
— Bishops Waltham ;— Evesham ;—Sutton Valence ; 
—Limerich ;— Wingussie ;— Yarncombe ;-—Swindon; 
—Romford ; — Ragland ; — Elmstone Harwich ;— 
Antrim ;—Elgin ; — Tipperary ;— Dawley ;—Mac- 
clesfield ;— Donington ; — Bullington ; — Lambeg ; 
—Ashton Keynes ;—Edinburgh ;— Ballymena (two 
Petitions); —Horsemonden;— Stranraer(Chairman); 
—Great Tey and Chappel;—Presbytery of Mull 
(Moderator) ; — Little Stanmore ; — Tullylish ; — 
Market Hill ;—Harrow-on-the-Hill ;— Delting ;— 
Ermington ;— North Petherwin ;— Broughty Ferry; 
— Huggate ;— Killowen ;—Aberlour ;—Wonston ;— 
Synod of Fife (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Beauchamp 
Roothing ;— Stanwizx;— Wolverton ;—Clandown ;— 
Tredington ;— Banbridge ;—Kirk Session of T'omin- 
toal (Moderator) ;—Lasham ;— Great Witcombe ;— 
Boothby Graffoe;—North Scarle ;—Moreton Va- 
lence and Saul;—Wrangle ;—and, Booterstown ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, Public Health 
in Convention assembled, praying that the Public (Scotland) 


Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and Railway 
neighbourhood of Tamworth, praying that the Rail- T= 


way Traffic Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Goddard, Richard John Real Property 
Theodore Orpen and Richard Meade, of the city of Conveyance 
Dublin, Esquires, Attornies and Solicitors practising “"” 


in Ireland, and who are also the President and 
Vice-Presidents of the Attornies and Solicitors of 
Treland, praying that the Real Property Convey- 
ance Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Synod of Schools 
Ross, praying the House to refuse its sanction to (S-otland.) 


any measure having for its object the removal of 
the Parochial Schools in Scotland from the super- 
intendence of the Church of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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252 22° —23° Aprilis. 


Slave Trade. A Petition of Parishioners of Westmorland, in 
the Island of Jamaica, praying the House to adopt 
measures for the suppression of the Foreign African 
Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Small Debts A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and 

Act. other Inhabitants of the district of Saint Leonard’s 
Woore, praying for amendment of the Small Debts 
Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Stamp Duties Petitions of the Wear Valley Railway Company ; 
a. — Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Company ; 
—and, Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 
Company ; praying that the Stamp Duties Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Peter Hopkins;—Selby;— Dublin; 
—and, Knaresborough ; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Tailor Trade. § A Petition of Inhabitants of Ross and its vicinity, 
in the county of Hereford, complaining of the evils 
arising to the Tailor trade from the system of home 
working; and praying for remedial measures, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Vestriesand A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 

he Clerks in the borough of Kin rue, eer praying 
that the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Australian The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


re ae into a Committee upon the Australian Colonies 
Bill, Government Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
CriavuseE N° 7, agreed to. 
Crauses N° 8 and N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse N° 10 (Power to alter electoral districts 
and number of members). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7.1.22: To leave out 
from the word *‘ elections” to the end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CrausE N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Criavuses N° 12 to N° 16, agreed to. 


Crause N° 17 (How the appropriation of sums 
granted may be varied). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 10. Is. 20. and 21 : 
To leave out the words “ or altering the sums men- 
“ tioned in the third part of any of the said 
“ Schedules (A), (B) and (C).” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, sag a Hill, }oos. 


Tellers for the Noes, {Mr Bright, oom, } 54. 


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 Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 23° die Aprilis, 1850: 
Stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 





A. 1850. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking Parliamentary 
into consideration the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. ptr mee &amp;e. 
(Zreland) Bill, asamended in Committee : The Bill “*@#"4 Bill. 
was re-committed to a Committee of the whole No. 260. 
House :—The House immediately resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 

Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed, 


The Metropolitan Interments Bill was, according Metropolitan 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Mterments 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday the ~ 
3d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ecclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill; Commission 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices? 
consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as S#laries Biull. 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday the 6th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; Forests, &amp;c, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time P 
upon Monday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) Bill; and Tenant 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “eland) Bill 
upon Monday the 6th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parochial 
Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; Assessments 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Convict 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Railways Abandonment Bill was, according ont “ 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a fnneom™ 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coutt of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ne bye 
mittee on the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill; jana) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itseif into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Prize 
mittee on the Naval Prize Balance Bill ; Balance Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Titles of 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations Re vegatioos 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; , Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Monday next. 





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13 Vicroriz. 22°—93° 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Deeds mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill ; 
(end) Se. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Elections The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Technical The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 
bw en on the Technical Objections Restraining Bill ; 
Bill, . Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Money Pay- § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ment of Wages 


mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 
Bill; 

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


(Ireland) Bill. 


Naval Prize 
Balance 
[ Advances, ] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 
Payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
such Sums as may be necessary to make good any 
Claims in respect of Prize or Bounty Money, whic 
the Naval Prize Balance for the time being shall 
not be sufficient to pay. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made for the pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sums as may be necessary to make good any claims 
in respect of Prize or Bounty Money, which the 
Naval Prize Balance for the time being shall not be 
sufficient to pay. 

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. 


Official 


ll The House was moved, That the Order made 
aries, ' 


upon the 12th day of this instant April, That a 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
Salaries and Emoluments of Offices held during 
the pleasure of the Crown, by Members of either 
House of Parliament, voted in the Annual Esti- 
mates; and also into the Salaries and Emoluments 
of Judicial Offices in the Superior Courts of Law 
and Equity in the United Kingdom; and into the 
Retiring Pensions allotted to the Judges; and 
also into the Expense of Diplomatic Establishments 
charged on the Consolidated Fund, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord John Rus- 
sell, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Bright, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bechett, Mr. Napier, Mr. 
Home Drummond, Mr. William Evans, Sir William 
Molesworth, Mr. Henley, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ricardo, 
Mr. Walter, and Mr. Deedes, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

dered, That Five be the quorum. 


County 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the various Sums received by the 
different County 
years ending 

Vou. 105. 


Infirmaries in Ireland, for the 
the Sth day of January 1848, the 5th 


953 


Aprils. 


day of January 1849, and the 5th day of January 
1850; distinguishing the Sums paid from County 
Presentments, from Private Subscription, and from 
other Sources :—Also, an Account of the different 
Sums actually expended by the said Institutions 
during the said time; showing the Number of 
Cases relieved, and the Average Expense per head 
for the year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wreck and 
Accounts showing the Gross Amount realised in 5#¥#8* 
each case, by the Sale by Auction of Vessels stranded, 
and their Cargoes, upon the Coast of Jreland, since 
the passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 99 :—Of 
the | owen. awarded to the original Salvors of the 
Property so stranded and salved:—Of the Pay- 
ments made to the Boatmen, Watchmen and other 
Labourers (exclusive of the actual Salvors) em- 
ployed by the Receiver, to save and protect the 
Property stranded, and showing the Number of 
Men employed, and the Rate of Wages per day: 
—Showing the Sums paid to the Court, in the shape 
of Fees, Professional Charges, &amp;c.; also, the Re- 
muneration to the Marshal appointed to superintend 
the business, and the Payments made to other 
Officials (not actual Labourers) employed :—And, 
of the Amounts paid over in each case to the Owner 
of the Vessel or Property, after deducting the Ex- 
penses and Salvage Charges on the Property salved. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunacy, 
a Copy of the Fourth Report of the Commissioners 
in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Fees (Court 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of Plana) [Com 
authorizing payment, out of the Consolidated Fund pensations. | 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, of Compensations which may become payable 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session for 
regulating the Receipt and Amount of Fees receiv- 
able by certain Officers in the Court of Common 
Pleas ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for resuming, upon Thursday the 2d Education 
day of May next, the adjourned Debate upon the B¥ 
Amendments which, upon Wednesday last, were 
proposed to be made to the Question, That the 
Education Bill be now read a second time, was 
read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 5th day of June next. 


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, 23° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 
PRAYERS. on 
R. John Ellis presented a Bill for regulating Guapacies 
4 Legal Proceedings by or against the Com- Clearing Asso~ 
mittee of Railway Companies associated under the “ition Bill. 
Railway Clearing System, and for other Purposes : 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Greenwich 
on the Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill ; That = coal 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and Bill. 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole’ House, for To-inorrow. 

KK 3 The 



























































































East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


Garstang and 
Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-roa 
Bill. 


Heronsyke 
and Eamont 
Bridge Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


Ulverstone, 
Millthorpe 
and Lancaster 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Nottingham 
Freemen’s 
Allotments 
Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 8.) 


North Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway (Ash 


pourneBranch, (Ashbourne Branch, Power to Lease, Amendment of 
Power to lease, Acts) Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 


Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 


Woollen 
Manufactures 
&amp;e. 


Coffee. 


Prerogative 
and Arches 
Courts. 


2 54. 


The East of Fife Railway Bill was read a second 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed :—Aad 
a Debate arising thereupon ; . 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjo urned till Tues- 
day the 7th day of May next. 


The Garstang and Heiring Syke Turnpike -road 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Heronsyke and Eamont Bridge Turnpike- 
road Bill was read a second time ; and c ommitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ulverstone, Millthorpe and Lancaster Turn- 
pike-road Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Viscount Jocelyn reported the Shrewsbury and 
Hereford Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Nottingham 
Freemen’s Allotments Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on Group No. 8, of Private Bills, That they 
have power to divide the South Wales Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill into two Bills. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of February 
last, for referring the North Staffordshire Railway 


and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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 1849; 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 
1849 ; 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 and Woollen Yarn exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year 1849 ; specifying the Countries 
to which they were sent :—Of the Cusntities of Wool 
of the Alpaca and Llama Tribe imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year 1849; and of the 
Quantities re-exported during the same period, and 
of the Countries to which they were sent :—And, of 
the Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) imported 
into the United Kingdom in the year 1849, and of 
the Quantity re-exported during the same period, 
and the Countries to which they were sent (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 329, of Ses- 
mon 1849), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Memorials and Papers on the subject of 
the Adulteration of Coffee, or the use of Roasted 
Vegetable Substitutes for Coffee (in continuation of 
those presented in the last Session of Parliament). 


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, 


23° Aprilis. 





A. 1850. 


Fust sat as Judge in the Prerogative and Arches 
Courts during the. last Four Terms, and the Hours 
of Sitting. 

Ordered, That 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 Prerogative 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased = 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ‘ 
House, a Return showing Date of Appointment of 
Dean of the Arches and Judge of the Prerogative 
Court; the Number of Causes heard ; of Appeals 
prosecuted; of Sentences affirmed, reversed or varied 
on Appeal; also, showing the Number of Allega- 
tions, Libels, Articles, Acts on Petition, and Motions 
in each year since the Appointment of the present 
Judge of the said Courts :—Also, a Return showing 
the Number of Causes ready for Hearing and left 
unheard, and of Causes heard but reserved for 
Judgment, at the rising of the Courts for the Long 
Vacation in each year during the above period. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Probates and 
Return of the Number of Probates and Letters of a “ 
““e* . . : ministra- 
Administration granted in the Prerogative Court, tion (Ireland.) 
Dublin, and in each Bishop’s or Diocesan Court in 
Ireland, for the last Three years; specifying the 
Number granted in each year, and the Probate Duty 


paid on each, 


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 Leeds and Leeds and 
Halifax Turnpike-road (Continuation of Term as to Halifax 
certain Parts of the Road) Bill, Petition for leave (Continuation 
to deposit a Petition against the Bill, the Standing of Term as to 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. of the Eyed) 
Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Dundee and Dundee and 
Perthand Aberdeen Railway Junction Bill, Petition Perth and 
for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought Ralvae 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted Junction Bill 
to introduce their additional provision accordingly, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Newcastle- Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne Improvement, Amendment of Acts, and upon-Tyne 
New Streets Bill, Petition for additional provision, MProvemen’ 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed of Acts, and 
with. ee 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Eastern Union 
Union Railway Bill, Petition for additional provi- Railway Bill 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional provision accordingly, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall think fit, on inserting the 
notice once in the London Gazette, and for three 
successive weeks in the County Newspaper. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the York, New- York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway (Arrangement as to re ay 
Purchase of the Great North of England Railway) U Arrangement 
Bill, Petition for additional provision, the Standing as to Purchase 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Par- = - 
ties be permitted to introduce their additional PlO- jand Railway) 
vision accordingly, if the Committee on the Bill Bil. 
shall think fit, on serving the notice upon each 
shareholder seven clear days before the same is pro- 

osed before the said Committee. 

That the Committees on this and the preceding 
Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Orders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill, 

The second, fourth and fifth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 





a Returh of the Number of Times Sir Herbert Jenner 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the bee 
ir 





13 VictToriz. 
Weights and 


No.261. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon. Wednesday the 1st 
day of May next ; and to be printed. 

Shannon Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Navigation. 4 Return from the Shannon Commissioners of the 


Total Amount of Advances as Loans to each County, 
up to the latest period for which it can be given, 
setting forth the Rate of Interest payable, the 
Amount received by the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 
vices, Ireland, from the Treasurer of each County ; 
distinguishing the Amount paid as Interest from the 
Repayment of the Loan, and giving the Amount 
still outstanding on foot of same:—And, similar 
Return as to Sums remitted by Individuals to the 
Paymaster of Civil Services up to the same date, 
in Repayment of Advances by the Shannon Com- 
missioners ; with a similar Account of Interest (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 295, of 
Session 1848.) 


Mr. Hayter presented, —Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of February last, foran 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 
1849, both inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities 
imported from each Colony in each year :—Similar 
Account of Imports from Mauritius and the British 
Possessions in Jndia:—And, Account of the Quan- 
tities of Foreign Sugar imported, stating the Places 
from whence and the Quantities from each Place or 
Country. 

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


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
Boundaries 
(Ireland. ) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Ninth Report of the Com- 
missioners for inquiring into the Number and Bound- 
aries of Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions 
in Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- 
chequer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Nauti- 
cal Almanack, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Rewards, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Rewards, 
for Scientific &amp;c., for Scientific Purposes, which was presented 
Purposes. —_-yesterday, be printed. 
No. 263. 
Dock Yards. Ordered, That the Return relative to Dock Yards, 
No. 264, Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Exchequer. 
No. 262. 

Nautical 

Almanack. 
No. 263. 


Ships (Navy.) Ordered, That the Returns relative to Ships 
No.264, (Navy), which were presented yesterday, be printed. 
Navy. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 

No. 264. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Copyholds. Ordered, That the Return relative to Copyholds, 
No.265, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Advertise- A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
mente. of the Downpatrick Recorder Newspaper, praying 
for the repeal of the duty on Advertisements in 
Newspapers, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Agricultural Petitions from Appleshaw ; — Faccombe ;— and, 
— Waltham; complaining of the depressed state of 
Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Arbitration, 


Petitions from Stalybridge ;—Aberystwith (two 
ah my 3—March ;—and, Wimblington ; praying 
OL. 105, 


93° Aprilis. 


Sir John Duckworth presented a Biilto alter and 
Measures Bill. amend the Law relating to Weights and Measures: 





255 


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the House to take prompt and decisive measures for 
the promotion of Treaties between the Government 
of this country and other Governments of the world, 
binding both 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 Heckington, in the Beer-houses. 
county of Lincoln, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for diminishing the number of Beer-houses, 
was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Derby ;— Troedyraur ;— Elswick ; Church Rates. 
—and, March; praying for the abolition of Church 
Rates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
jie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Robert Francis Whaites ;—E. ZL. Copyholds 
Bulwer ;—Charles Whaites ;—and, Thomas Thorn- ———— 
hill; praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gainsbro’ Union ;—Elton;—Bury County Rates 
Union (Lancaster) (Chairman and Clerk) ;—and, 2nd Expendi- 
Brompton (York); praying that the County Rates 
and Expenditure Bill may pass into a law,—were 
ragga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Aberystwith ;—and, March ; pray- Disarmament. 
ing the House to adopt measures for promoting a 
general Disarmament among the civilised nations 
of the earth,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the National Teachers Education 
Redress Committee, stating that the teachers of the (Ireland.) 
Irish National Schools are paid by salaries from 
the Commissioners of National Education, given in 
aid of local funds and school fees; complaining of 
the inadequacy of their remuneration, and praying 
the House to adopt such measures as will meet the 
exigencies of the case; and further, that it may be 
an instruction to the Commissioners of National 
Education to ascertain and secure sufficient local 
aid before making a grant, and not to multiply 
schools beyond the means to carry them om effi- 
ciently, and to support their teachers respectably; 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upor 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coggeshall, praying Expenditure 
for a reduction of the National Expenditure, and 4 Taxation. 
for a revision of Taxation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Halifax (seven Petitions) ;—Ba- Factories Bill. 
cup (five Petitions) ;— Todmorden and Waisden (two 
Petitions) ;—Todmorden (five Petitions) ;—Man- 
chester ;—and, Darwen; praying that the Factories 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of HighwaysBill. 
Guardians of the Spalding Union, praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Newhaven Highways 
Union, praying that the Highways Bill, and the me 
Highways District Surveyors Bill, may not pass into (District Sur- 
law, was a and read; and ordered to lie veyors) Bill. 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Raymoghey ;— and, Newtownlima- Landlord 


and Tenant 


vady; praying that the Landlord and Tenant (Lre- "Treland ) Bill 
land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, . 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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256 


Petitions from Linton ;—and, Sunderland ; pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Route, in the county of Antrim, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Marriages Bill. 


Medical A Petition of the Governors of Mercers Hospital, 
(ireland) pin, 2 the city of Dublin, praying that the Medical 


Charities (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Merchant A Petition of Mariners of the Port of Rye, 

Seamen’s Fund praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill may 

=. not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bishopwearmouth;—-and, Coventry; 
raying for the abolition of the Excise Tax upon 
= the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper autho- 
rities to fix a small charge for the transmission of 
Newspapers by post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Masters and Matrons of the 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers 
and other Officers connected with the administration 
of the laws relating to the Relief of the Poor in the 
Stepney Union, praying that an Act may be passed 
in the present Session of Parliament, to enable the 
Petitioners to form and distribute a permanent fund 
for the benefit of Superannuated Officers connected 
with the administration of the Poor Laws, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Post-office. Petitions from Colton ;—Bandon ;—Edgeworths- 
town ; —Coleraine ; —Hockley ;—-Cold Norton ; — 
Ellerker ; —Brantingham ;— East Keal ; — Cam- 
meringham;— Aston Botterell ; — Diddlebury ; — 
Clerbury North ; — Ramelton ; — Bramshaw ; — 
Clontibret ;—Alford ;— Woking ;—Ripe and Chal- 
vington ; —Crosley ; — Landford ; —Minehead ; — 
Kingsbrompton ; — Lazenby ; —Shelton ;—Scaleby ; 
—Alston ; —Renwick ;— Walton (Cumberland) ; — 
Kirkland ;— Kirkoswald ;— Grinsdale ;—Cumwhin- 
ton ; — Croglin ; — Wetherall; — Holme Eden ; — 
Gamblesby ;—United Presbytery of Carlisle (Mo- 
derator and Clerk) ;--Charlton Abbotts ;--Hawling ; 
—Dinton ;—Crossgar ;— Downpatrick ; —Dudley ; 
—Barnes; — Thames Ditton; — Aberystwyth ;— 
Cardigan ; —Aghaderg ; — Kilrush ; —Westport ;— 
Wexford ;—James Moore ;— Dundonald ;— Bacup ; 
—Stotfold ; — Sandy ; — Newton ; — Wisbech ; — 
Sutton Saint Mary ;— Collingtree ; —Farthingston ; 
— Grendon ; —Chapel Brampton ; —Polebrook ; — 
Aldwinkle; — Achurch-cum-Wigsthorpe; — and, 
Pilton ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—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 Cupar, praying the 
House to impose a uniform low rate of postage on 
all letters passing betwixt Great Britain and the 
Colonies, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 


Postage. 


Public Health A Petition of the President and Honorary Se- 

(ircland) Bill. retary of the Waterford Sanitary Association, 
praying that the Public Health (Jreland) Bill may 
pass into a law, was — and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Bristol (four Petitions) ;~-Ipswich ; 
— Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Gorbals;— Tavistock; 
—and, Southampton (two Petitions); praying for 
the abolition of the Punishment of Death,—were 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


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A. 1850. 


A Petition of John Shaw, Newgate Gaol, com- John Shaw. 
plaining of sufferings undergone by him during his 
imprisonment in Newgate, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers, and Spirits 
others interested.in the manufacture and sale of (teland.) 
Irish-made Spirits, in the town of Athlone, praying 
the House to enact that the duty on Jrish-made 
Spirits shall in future be charged and levied in the 
same manner as that on foreign-made spirits, that 
is, according to the measurement of the actual 
quantity and strength, when removed from the 
bonded warehouses, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Stamp Duties. 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company, praying that Bill. 
the Stamp Duties Bill may not pass into a law, was 
—— , and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Solicitors of the borough of Banbury, 
praying that provision may be made in the said 
Bill, that all deeds and instruments already exe- 
cuted and stamped, shall, after the passing of the 
new Act, be deemed duly stamped, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the Valuation 
county of Cork, stating that the Petitioners have (Ieland.) 
seen with the strongest dissatisfaction the large 
sums which they have been constrained to present 
to defray the expense of the county valuation under 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 110; and praying the 
House to direct the Government to order the Com- 
missioner of Valuation in Jreland to reduce the 
expense of the work, and to furnish the Grand Jury 
and the public full and minute details of the expen- 
diture, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk to the Vestries and 
Board of Guardians of the Spalding Union, pray- Vestry Clerks 
ing that the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill may not Bi 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Lewis and Nash, of Par- watertora, 
liament-street, Parliamentary Agents to certain Wexford, 
shareholders, was presented, and read; setting a and 
forth, That certain proceedings at law and in equity Railway. 
are pending against the Directors of the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, 
on behalf of certain shareholders to whom the Pe- 
titioners are agents; that an Order was made b 
the House on the 22d March last, for the produc- 
tion of certain documents deposited in the House, 
on the trial of said actions, on behalf of the share- 
holders ; that one of the documents so required is a 
Return made under the Sessional Resolutions of 
1846, by the Earl Courtown and other Directors of 
said Company, and that such document is not now 
to be found in the offices of the House, although 
the Petitioners have applied for and procured a 
thorough search for said document; that it is 
essential to the interests of the Petitioners and the 
shareholders that such document, or a verified copy 
thereof, should be producible in evidence; that in 
the year 1848, the Petitioner, Charles Nash, in- 
spected said document, and perfected a copy thereof, 
and that in February 1850, the Petitioner laid an 
extract thereof before the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways in confirmation of a financial statement which 
he volunteered to such Commissioners in answer to 
an Order of the House of Lords, for a “ Return of 
Share Capital, &amp;c. of all Railway Companies,” it 
being well known to the public and to such Com- 
missioners that the Petitioner was acting “ on be- 
half ofa Committee of opposing Shareholders,” and 
not on behalf “ of the een man Dag the Petitioner 
having had much correspondence with the Rail- 

way 


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way Commissioners thereon, before and since he so 
sent in such copy to them ; that in consequence of 
a misapprehension as to the “copy” so sent in by 
the Petitioner, being taken for the “ original” as if 
coming from Earl Courtown, one of the Directors, 
an inquiry into the subject thereof, and the absence 
of the original from the offices of the House, has 
been had at the bar of the House of Lords, and 
evidence and documents received thereon in such 
House ; that a Bill is now pending in the House, 
relating to said Company, and materially affecting 
the financial state thereof, and the liabilities of the 
shareholders therein, nearly all of whom coincide 
in a desire to wind up said Company, and that said 
evidence and documents will be material to the 
Committee on that Bill; that it is material to the 
interests of the Petitioners and their clients, that the 
circumstances connected with the loss or absence 
of said original documents should be examined 
into by the House, and that it is essential to the 
interests of the shareholders, to the Petitioners, 
and to the consideration of such Bill, that the docu- 
ments and evidence before the House of Lords, 
should be laid before the House ; and praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the circumstances 
connected with the absence of the said document 
under which the Petitioners may be heard, inas- 
much as the said documents have been ordered by 
the House to be produced in courts of law on be- 
half of the Petitioners’ said clients, that a fresh 
Return may be ordered (to the tenor and effect of 
said Sessional Orders of 1846) for a copy of the 
documents therein referred to, and that the House 
will be pleased to take such other steps therein as 
it shall deem expedient. 

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


Australian Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Colonies. mand,—Further Papers relative to the proposed 
Alteration in the Constitution of the Australian 
Colonies. . 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
aimee Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Exchequer A Bill, intituled, An Act to raise the Sum of Nine 
Bills millions two hundred thousand pounds, by Exche- 
en) quer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty: 
Brick Duties A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Duties and 
Bill. Drawbacks of Excise on Bricks : 
Suffolk and A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect 
pena on Coun- an Agreement entered into between the Suffolk and 
Terurmicable General Country Amicable Insurance Office and the 


Office Bil. Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire As- 
surance Company : 

Bristol A Rill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Bristol 

me Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


English A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
| os posed, That all systems of academical Education 


require from time to time some modification, from 
the change of external circumstances, the progress 
of opinion, and the intellectual improvement of the 
aa that in the ancient English and Irish 
niversities, and in the Colleges connected with 
them, the interests of religious and useful learning 
have not advanced to an extent commensurate with 
the great resources and high position of those 
bodies ; that collegiate statutes of the fifteenth 
century occasionally prohibit the local authorities 
from introducing any alterations into voluminous 
codes, of which a large portion are now obsolete ; 
that better laws are needed to regulate the ceremony 
of matriculation and the granting of degrees ; to 
VoL. 105, 


Aprilis. 257 


diminish the exclusiveness of the University Li- 
braries ; to provide for a fairer distribution of the 
rewards of scientific and literary merit ; to extend 
the permission of marriage to tutors of colleges ; 
and to facilitate the registration of electors for the 
Universities ; that additional checks might be con- 
sidered with reference to the continued extravagance 
of individual students ; and that the mode of tenure 
of College property ought to be ameliorated, par- 
ticularly in Zreland; that as it is Her Majesty’s 
right and prerogative to name Visitors and Com- 
missioners to inquire into the ancient Universities 
and Colleges of England and Ireland, an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue Her 
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of the 
Universities and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge 
and Dublin, with a view to assist im the adaptation 
of those important institutions to the requirements 
of modern times :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Roundell Palmer, }ors 
Yeas, Mr. Cardwell : : ps 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Lawless, ls) 
Noes, Mr. Hobhouse : _: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Wednesday the 1st day of May next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 24° die Aprilis, 1850: 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of 
to extend the Jurisdiction and improve the Practice ae 
of Her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative in Treland : *"™) 


And that Mr. Keogh, Mr. Monsell and Mr. French 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed gir Thomas 
to inquire into the circumstances attending the De- Turton. 
falcations in the Accounts of Sir Thomas Turton; 
and to report their Opinions as to the course which 
the House ought to adopt with respect to the 
claims of the sufferers in consequence of those De- 
falcations. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Fees (Court 
itself into a Committee to consider of altering the of Chancery.) 
mode of collecting the Fees payable in the High 
Court of Chancery, and in Lunacy, and of collecting 
the same by means of Stamps. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Savings of the 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- Middle and 
pointed, to consider.and suggest means of removing Cigsgos, 
obstacles and giving facilities to safe Investments 
for the Savings of the Middle and Working Classes, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Slaney, Mr. 

John Abel Smith, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Cardwell, 
Mr. Greene, Mr. Ewart, Lord James Stuart, Mr. 
James Marshall, Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord Nugent, 
Mr. Stafford, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Littleton, 
Mr. Ellis and Mr. Frederick Peel; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Fite be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Borough 
to authorize Justices of any Borough having a se- 9*!* Bill. 
parate Gaol to commit Assize Prisoners to such 
Gaol, and to extend the Jurisdiction of Borough 
Justices to all Offences and Matters arising within 
the Borough for which they act: And that Mr. 

Muntz, Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Spooner do prepare, 





and bring it in. 
LL The 








Tenements 


Recovery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Wood used in 
Ship-building. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Naval Prize 
Balance 
[Advances. ] 


Fees (Court 
of Common 
Pleas) [Come 
pensations. | 


258. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tenements Recovery ( Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a.second time upon 
Wednesday the 15th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into. a Committee, to take into consideration the 
Duties on Wood, with a view of remitting the Duty 
on all Wood used in Ship Building; 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 Tuesday 
the 7th day of May 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 House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sums as may be necessary to make good any Claims 
in respect of Prize or Bounty Money, which the 
Naval Prize Balance for the time being shall not be 
sufficient to pay, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made for the Pay- 
ment, cut of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sums as may be necessary to make good any Claims 
in respect of Prize or Bounty Money, which the 
Naval Prize Balance for the time being shall not be 
sufficient to pay. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Naval Prize Balance Bill, That they 
have Power to make provision therein, pursuant to 
the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing Pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Com- 
pensations which may become payable in pursuance 
of any Act of the present Session for regulating the 
Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain 
Officers in the Court of Common Pleas. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to grant Compensa- 
tion, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to such 
Persons as may suffer a Loss of Emolument by any 
Act of the present Session to regulate the Receipt 
and Amount of Fees receivable by certain Officers 
in the Court of Common Pleas. 


‘Resolution to be reported. 





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

O-dered, That the Report be received this day. 


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





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A. 1850. 


Mercurii, 24° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Reging, 1850. 





PRaYERs. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public j 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Sore a 
Petitions presented upon the 22d day of this instant feport.) 
April; and had directed him to make a Report 


thereof to the House. 


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


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the past and West 
East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junc- India Docks 
tion Railway Bill, with Amendments. — Birming- 

iam Junction 


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


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, Green Park 
dated the 26th day of March last, for a Copy of any (Bridgewater 
Application for permission to build Walls in the #™*) 
Green Park, in front of Bridgewater House ; also, No. 266. 
any Minutes or other Documents relating to the 
Garden attached to Bridgewater House, which have 
been passed or considered by the Commissioners ot 
Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the Pontypridd Gas Com- Pontypridd 
pany Bill, with Amendments. Gas Company 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 3 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Faculty of 
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Physicians 
&amp;e. Bill; That they had examined the allegations inane he. 
contained in the preamble of the Bill, and had pin,’ 
amended the same to define more clearly the correct 
name or style of the said Faculty; 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. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Royal College 
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Bill; That of Surgeons, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bi) —_ 
preamble of the Bill; and had amended the same 
by inserting a recital as to certain regulations of a 
Fund of the said Royal College, called the “ Aux- 
iliary Widows Fund,” which the Committee deemed 
necessary, in consequence of a clause they had in- 
serted in the Bill; 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. 


A Petition of Members of the Christian Society, Arbitration. 
assembling for worship in Catro-street Chapel in the 
horough of Warrington, praying the House to direct ’ 
that a clause may henceforth be inserted in ‘all 
treaties binding the parties to settle their disputes 


' by Arbitration and net by War, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bildestone ;— Hadleigh ;— Wood- Beer-houses. 
bridge ; — Bramford ; —Yoxford ;—and, Ipswich 
(two Petitions) ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for diminishing the number of Beer-houses,— 
were presented, and read ; ‘and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Frome Selwood ;—and, Charles- Church Rates. 
worth ; praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
—were presented, and read; ‘and ordered to hie 
upon the Table. 


‘ 


Petitions 








13 Vicroriz. 


County Court Petitions from OUakham;—and, Uppingham ; 
Extension Bill. praying that the County Court Extension Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians and Rate-payers of the 
Leighton Buzzard Union, 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 In- 
habitants of Derby, praying the House to enact 
such laws as will leave every religious community 
self-supported and self-governed, and to apply to 
the relief of the national burdens whatever public 
property is now devoted to spiritual purposes, and 
to abolish the Jrish Church Establishment, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Titch- 
field, stating that the Petitioners have been given 
to understand that very many Church schools have 
been deprived of their share of the money granted by 
Parliament in support of Education, because the 
Councillors to whom Her Majesty has committed 
the management of that fund refuse to allow any 
of it to schools which are placed entirely under the 
care of the Bishops and Clergy of the Church ; and 
praying the House to pass an Act whereby the same 
shall be remedied, was presented, and read ; and.or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 


Education. 


A Petition of Members of the Christian Society 
meeting for worship in the Chapel in Cairo-street, 
in the borough of Warrington, praying that the 
Education Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 
Bill. 


Petitions from Cheadle Buckley ;—Bolton ;— 
and, Rochdale; praying that the Factories Bill 
may pass into a law,—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories Bill. 


Petitions from the Union of Stockport ;—Altrin- 
cham Union (Chairman);—and, Highworth and 
Swindon Union (Chairman and Clerk); praying that 
the Highways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . | 


Highways Bill. 


Juvenile A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 

Offenders Bill. the Philanthropic Institution for the Reformation of 
Juvenile Offenders, praying that the Juvenile Of- 
fenders Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages Bill. Petitions from Robert Kinnear ;—Archdeaconry 
of Wilts and Diocese of Sarum ;-—and, Rothesay 
Young Men’s Association for Mutual Improvement 
(President); praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mercantile 


¢ A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Ship- 
Marine Bill. 


owners, Ship-masters, Merchants and others, inter- 
ested in Shipping, at the Port of Jrvine, praying 
that the Mercantile Marine Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Merchant A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ship- 
Peammen'sund owners, Ship-masters, Merchants and others of the 
Port of Irvine, praying that the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
Corporations cillors of the borough of Dover, praying for amend- 

; ment of the Municipal Corporations Act, was pre- 
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259 


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


A Petition of Allottees and Members of the Na- National Land 
tional Land Company living at Charterville, in the Company. 
parish of Minster Lovel, praying the House not to ssh 
pass a Bill to wind up the affairs of the National 
Land Company, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and-Coun- poor Law 
cil of the burgh of Ayr, praying the House to take (Scotland.) 
into consideration the laws relating to the relief of 
the Poor in Scotland, with a view to their amend- 
ment, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. * 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Charl~ Postage. 

bury, and its vicinity, in the county of Oxford, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for the establish- 
ment of an Ocean Postage for the conveyance of 
letters from any port in Great Britain to any other 
port in the world, at one uniform rate of a penny, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Harwich ;—Magilligan ;— Port- Post office. 
glenone ; — Macosquin ;—Magherafelt ;— Maghera ; 
— Myross ;—Manby ;— Grainthorpe ;—Louth (two 
Petitions) ;—Anthorpe ;—Muckton ;— Yarborough ; 
— Tathwell ;—East Saltfleetby ;—South Reston ;— 
Theddlethorpe ; — Utterby ; — West Saltfleetby ;— 
Marsh Chapel ; —Legbourne ;— Winterton ;—Cole- 
by ;— Owmby ;—Kirkmaiden ;—Lockerbie (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Lamphey ; — Elkesley ; — Warsop : — 
Walkeringham ; —Pitsligo ;—New Pitsligo ;—Fra- 
serburgh ;—Ewelme ;—Southwell ;— Kirklington ;— 
Bury Saint Edmunds ;— Barton ;—Greystoke ;— 
Altham (Chairman) ; —Nether Wallop ;—Chilbol- 
ton; — Woolton Rivers ; —Southend (Argyle) (two 
Petitions) ;—Campbeltown ;— Gilford ;—Alpheton ; 
— Drinkston ;—Acton ;—Hadanal ;—and, Roding- 
ton, Upton Magna and Withington ; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-oflice,—were 
a and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members of the Deacons Court of Promiscuous 
the Free Church of Kirkpatrick Fleming, in thie ltercouree.’ 
Presbytery of Lockerbie, 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. 


Petitions from Plymouth ;—Wigton ;—and, Bir- punishment 
mingham (four Petitions); praying for abolition of of Death. 
the Punishment of Death,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery gchools 
of Kirkcudbright, praying the House to refuse its (Scotland. 
sanction to any measure having for its object the 
removal of the Parochial Schools from the superin- 
tendence of the Church of Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland (two Petitions) ;—and, Small Tene- 
Hambledon; praying that the Small Tenements (ents Rating 
Rating Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, o 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Earthenware and Stamp Duties 
China, carrying on business in the Staffordshire ™ 
Potteries, praying that the Stamp Duties 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 Eastern Union Railway Com- 
pany, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


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LL2 A Petition 





Windows. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Treasurers’ 
Accounts 
(Peterborough 
and Saint 
Alban’s.) 


No. 267. 


County 
Treasurers. 


No, 267. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Vestries and 
Vestry Clerks 
Bill. 


Affirmation 
Bill. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 








260 24° Aprilis. A. 1850. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of York, Another Clause (Owners of tenements held for 
praying for a repeal of the duty on Windows, was longer periods than from year to year entitled to 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the add to rent the amount paid for rates), was twice 
Table. , read ; and made part of the Bill. 


- : , _| Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Se ete aiameledecemee ae | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
dnsidnaie &gt; Willicm Fairbairn al Stafford. “P°™ Wednesday the 15th day of May next. 
shire Potteries ;—and, Edinburgh (two Petitions); | ‘ 
praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass into a| ‘The Order of the day ye, Sante for the Com- Real Property 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | ™ttee on the Real ch wd onveyance Bill ; eee 
upon the Table. | Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ~ 
’ | the 8th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative | Committee. 
to Treasurers’ Accounts (Peterborough and Saint . 
Alban’s), which was presented upon Thursday last,be| The Order of the day being read, for the Com~ Highways 
printed. mittee on the Highways Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


. | the 8th dav of M t.r . , : 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative | Committee. ay next, resolve itself into the said 


to County Treasurers, which was presented upon 


Monday last, be printed. The Order of the day being read, for the Second Burgess Lists 
| Reading of the Burgess Lists Bill ; Bill. 


The Order of the 7 being read, for the Second | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Reading of the Juveni 


e Offenders Bill ; | Wednesd t. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question pg tiem 

being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second! he Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 

time ; mittee of Supply ; : ad 
wn ey cee mayer, | ae — to “4 Resolved, me this House will, upon Friday 

made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | next Ive itself i : tee. 

“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the | Se ee Soe 

words “ upon this day six months.” : 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” — van of 3 rd being read, for the Com- Ewe and 

stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne-| 7° © th ge ee , ‘ — 

per Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

wedi Question being put, That the words | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of ; 

the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Greenwich 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; | mittee on the Greenwich Hospital Improvement — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | Bill; = 

upon this day six months. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

| Solve itself into the said Committee. 
The Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill was, accord. | 

ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed | 

to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 

the 22d day of May next. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fees (Court 
into a Committee, to consider of altering the mode of Chancery.) 
of collecting the Fees payable in the High Court of | 
Chancery, and in Lunacy, and of collecting the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| .me by means of Stamps. 


mittee on the Affirmation Bill ; ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being (In the Committee.) 


proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 


Chair ; Collection of the Fees payable i i 
; payable in relation to Pro- 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | ceedings in the High Court of Chancery, and in 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’ to Lunacy, by mearts of Stamps. 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words | Resthitien tn ts ted 
“&lt; this House will, upon this day six months, resolve | a ee 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. . 

And the Question being put, That the words Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; | -~ aga That the Committee had come to a Reso- 








h se divided. ution. 
_ a os om &lt;a Lobby ; Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
{ Mr. Wood, Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom Fees (Court 


Tellers for the Yeas 129. 





it was referred to consider of authorizing payment, — 
Mr. Goulburn, 148, | ut of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- rian a 
Mr. Newdegate : ‘|dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of Compensa- 
So it passed in the Negative. | tions which may become payable in pursuance of 
And the Question being put, That the words | any Act of the present Session for regulating the 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve | Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain 
“ itself into the said Committee,” be added at the | Officers in the Court of Common Pleas, a Resolu- 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Af-| tion; which was read, as followeth : 
firmative. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; _jesty’s Treasury be authorized to grant Compensa- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day six | tion, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to such 
persons as may suffer a loss of Emolument by any 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | Act of the present Session to regulate the Receipt 
into consideration the Small 'Tenements Rating Bill, and Amount of Fees receivable by certain Officers 


’| Mr. Bouverie : } 
} 


Tellers for the Noes,{ 


as amended in the Committee. ‘in the Court of Common Pleas. ; 
A Clause (Owner to be rated on a reduced scale), The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. was agreed to, 


Ordered, 





Lymington 
Writ. 


Margate Pier 
and Harbour. 


Birkenhead 
Bill. 


York and 


NorthMidland York and North 


Railway Bill. 


Dundee and 
Perth and 
Aberdeen 

wa 
Junction Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Barrhead and 
fe Ba 


Dock Trustees Dock Trustees Bill have leave to sit this day till | 





13 Vicror1z. 24°—25° Aprilis. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table , 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) Bill, and be printed. 
That they have power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


26 1 


Mr. M‘Cullagh reported from the Committee on Caledonian 
| the Caledonian and Wishaw and Coltness Railways and Wishaw 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Railways Bill 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new writ | tained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present , had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Parliament, for the Borough of Lymington, in the| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
room of George Thomas Keppel, Esquire, commonly 2nd be printed. 
called the Honourable George Thomas Keppel, who, | 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac-| 





Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Committee shropshire 
cepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her} on the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Union _ 
Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des-| Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Canal Bill 
iennek and Bonenham, in the County of Buchk- | tained in the preamble of the Bill, and had amended 

ingham. | the same by striking out so much thereof as related 

‘to alterations proposed to be made in the existing 

| powse to lease the undertaking to the London and 

North Western Railway Company, the promoters 

having abandoned that part of the Bill which pro- 

vided for such alterations; that the Committee 

found the preamble, as so amended, to be true ; 

and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
PRAYERS. ments thereunto. 


R. Hunter, from the Margate Pier and Har-| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
bour Company, was called in; and at the, and be printed. 
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 1849 to the 5th 
day of April 1850, both days inclusive :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 25° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





Sir Charles Lemon reported from the Committee North Siaf- 
on the North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of fordshire Rail- 
Time for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) ‘Bill; That they “°¥ Pxten- 
had examined the allegations contained in the pre- for Purchase 
‘amble, and made a verbal Amendment therein ; of Lands, &amp;c.) 
_and 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 the Committee on the Birkenhead 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Bolton Improve- golton 
ment Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bi 


five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the | 
idland Railway Bill; That they | : re 
had examined the allegations contained in the | Saenoonase was read the third time. 

preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

by striking out the words “by the Company,” in | Ordered, That Mr. William Lockhart do carry the 
the seventh paragraph thereof, and by inserting in | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

l aragraph thereof a recital that it is ex- | , . , 
on ose — te gph ome passed in a |__A Bill for better enabling the Guardian Fire and Guardian __ 
fourth and seventh years of the reign of Her present | Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and Hire and Pife 
Majesty, and one of the said recited Acts passed in ‘to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Settle- Company Bill, 
the eleventh year of the reign of Her present Ma- |™ent, and to give further Powers to the Company, 
jesty, and called “The York and North Midland ne read the third time. 

Railway (Canals Purchase) Act, 1847,” should be | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
amended by making provision for facilitating the | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
proof of the lease and purchases thereby authorized om the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Railway —- a = _ aa ae |_ The Order of the day being read, for the Second Clerkenwell 
Pocklington Canal, and by making the remaining | Reading of the Clerkenwell Improvement, Amend- ieee 
portion of the said last paragraph a separate recital ; | ment of Acts and Transfer of Powers Bill ; of Acts and 
which Amendments the Committee considered! 4 Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Transfer of 
desirable in consequence of clauses they had added — That the Bill be read a second time upon Powers Bill. ' 
and Amendments they had made to the Bill; and | hursday the 9th day of May next:—And the 

that they had found the preamble as amended, to said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

be true; and had gone through the Bill, and had |47*"- 

made Amendments thereunto. 


A Bill for improving the Glasgow and Shotts Giasgow and 
Shotts Turn- 
pike-roads 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- London (Wat- 


ual to aenal posed, That the London (Watford) Spring Water ford) Spring 
nd be printe | Company Bill be now read a second canes : ———- 


Mr. M‘Cullagh reported the Dundee and Perth | 


and Aberdeen Railway Junction Bill, with Amend- 
ments, 

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


Mr. M‘Cullagh reported from the Committee on 
the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Bill; That the parties promoting the Bill had 


requested permission to withdraw the same. 
OL. 105, 





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 the 13th day of May 
“ next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 13th day of May next. 


LL3 Ordered, 











262 


Metropolitan 
Waterworks 
(Henley-on- 
Thames and 
London Aque- 
duct) Bill. 


Greenwich 
Hospital 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Railway Bills 
(Group 10.) 


Dublin, 
Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway (Ex- 
tension or 
Revival of 
Powers for the 
Purchase of 
Lands and 
Completion 
of Works, 
Amendment 
or Repeal of 
Acts) Bill. 


Oaths of 
Members. 


No. 268. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Greenwich Hospital Im- 
rovement Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson | 
Patten 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. 








Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com-— 
mittee on Group 10, of Railway Bills; That the | 
Committee met this day at one o’clock, pursuant to 
appointment; but that the Honourable James Pierce | 
Mazxwell, one of the Members of the Committee, | 
did not attend during the sitting of this day. 

Ordered, That the Honourable James Pierce | 
Maxwell be discharged from any further attendance | 
on the said Committee. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group 10, of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham 
Railway (Extension or Revival of Powers for the Pur- 
chase of Lands and Completion of Works, Amend- 
ment or repeal of Acts) Bill, the parties promotin 


evidence of Joseph Stock, of Henrietta-street, in 
the city of Dublin, Proctor in the Ecclesiastical 
Court there, and now residing temporarily at the 
Colonnade Hotel in the Haymarket, in the city of 
Westminster, 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 intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed to move the House, That 
the said Joseph Stock do attend the said Committee 
on Monday the 29th day of April instant, at twelve 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That the said Joseph Stock do attend 
the said Committee upon Monday next, at twelve 
of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to search the Journals of this House, and to report 
such precedents and such Acts or parts of Acts of 
Parliament, as relate to the question of Jews or 
other persons being admitted to take their seats in 
Parliament without being sworn upon the Holy 
Gospels; and further, to inquire and report in 


what manner Joseph Pease, Esquire, on taking his | 


seat in this House in the year 1833, made affirma- 
tion to the effect of the Oaths required by law to 
be taken by Members before taking their seats in 
this House ; and also, to inquire and report in what 
manner Jews and other persons not professing the 
Christian Religion are permitted to make Oath in 
Courts of Justice and other places where an Oath 


is allowed, authorized or required to be taken, have | 
Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


before them. 

Mr. Wood reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, and who were empowed to adjourn from 
place to place ; 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; and 
the Report of the Committee was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

In prosecuting the examination directed by the 
House, the Committee have discovered two prece- 
dents only in the Journals of the House of cases in 


which any discussion has arisen as to the admis- | 


sibility of any persons to take their Seats in Par- 
liament without being sworn upen the Holy 





25° Aprilis. 


Ordered, That the Metropolitan Waterworks 
(Henley-on-Thames and London Aqueduct) Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday the 13th day of 
May next. 


A. 1850. 
Gospels, each of them relating to Quakers ; namely, 
the case of John Archdale, Esquire, which occurred 
in the tenth year of the reign of King William the 
Third, and that of Joseph Pease, Esquire, which 
occurred in the third year of the reign of King 
Willianethe Fourth. Subsequently to Mr. Pease’s 
case, atid'to the Act of the 3d and 4th Will. 4, c. 49, 
the Journals notice the Affirmation of Members, 
being Moravians or Quakers, as made pursuant to 
the Statute. , . 


As regards the Jews, your Committee think it 
right to state the following historical facts. It is 
clear that they were banished from the realm in the 
18th year of King Edward the First. There is no 
record extant of any Act of Parliament by which 
they were banished, but there are many writs and 
other entries in the Records of the Court of Ex- 
chequer, which show that they were in fact banished 
in that year. It farther appears, from the researches 
of diligent writers on this subject, that the Jews 
did not return to this country till the time of Oliver 

‘romwell. During the Protectorate, some Dutch Prynne’'s 
Jews came over to England, and Rabbi Menasseh —— 
Ben Israel, as their chief, presented an address to give Sudnie 

a. ae en Se PSS LO glica Judaica, 
Cromwell, as-Lord Proctector (which is set forth at ~ 
length in Tovey’s Anglica Judaica, p. 261), praying 
that he would “ grant them place in this country, 
and that they might have synagogués and the free 
exercise of their religion.” ' Cromwell, soon after 
the presentation of this Petition, summoned by 





g | e * ps — 
the said Bill had stated to the Committee that the | etter the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chief Baron, 


the Lord Mayor of London, the Sheriffs, the Master 
of the Charterhouse, and three other Citizens and 
fourteen Preachers, to attend him and:his Council at 
Whitehall, on the 4th December 1655. Nothing 
appears to have been decided at this meeting. 
Prynne, who was much opposed to their re-admis- 
sion, published his work, called “ A short Demurrer” 





to the Jew’s long discontinued barred Remitter 
| into England,” early in 1656 ; a presentation copy, 


bearing the date, of March 27th in that year (in 
his own handwriting), is in Zincoln’s Inn Library... 
| It does not appear that any considerable number of 
| Jews, in fact, returned to Englund till the Restora- 
| tion; since which time they have been allowed to 
| settle here without further question. 
_ .Your Committee now ‘proceed to state, in chro- 
‘nological order, the different Acts of Parliament 
which have any bearing upon the questions referred 
to them, either as containing special provisions 
‘relating to persons objecting to be sworn upon the 
Holy Gospels, or as prescribing the Oaths to be 
taken by ashen of Parliament, and also the 
entries in the Journals relating to the same subject. 

There is no trace of any Oath being required to 
be taken by Members of the House of Commons 
upon taking their Seats in the House, previously to 
the Act of the 5th of Elizabeth, cap. 1, which 5 Biz. c.1. 
directs, by sec. 16, that Members shall take the 
Oath of Supremacy (as set forth in 1 Elizabeth, 
cap. 1, and which Oath is thereby directed to be 
taken corporally upon the Evangelists) before the 
Lord Steward or Sie Deputy, before entering the 
Parliament-house. 


The next Act of Parliament bearing upon the 
subject is that of the 3d James 1, cap. 4, and is of 
importance as containing the germ of the present 
Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and as first 
introducing the words “ Upon the true faith of a 
Christian.” . The Act itself is intituied, 


“An Act for the better Discovering and Re- 
pressing of Popish Recusants ;” 


and its provisions are directed against them alone. 
The 13th and 14th sections direct an Oath to: be 
administered upon the Holy Evangelists to the 
_ persons therein specified (oetng, in fact, persons 
| indicted or suspected of Popish Recusancy), and to 
| be subscribed by the party taking it ; and the a4 
itse 








a 











oof 5 A Ryn 





” Jac. 1, ¢. 6. 


7 Journ. p. 388. 


See the form, 
Journ. vol. 1, 
p. 140, 


' the affirmative. 


7 Journ. p. 572. 


13 Vicroriz. 


itself is similar in effect to the present Oaths of 
Allegiance and Abjuration, and concludes thus :-— 


“ And all these things I do plainly and sincerely 
acknowledge and swear according to these 
express words by me spoken, and according 
to the plain and common sense and under- 
standing of the same words, without any 
equivocation or mental evasion or secret 
reservation whatsoever; and I do make this 
recognition and acknowledgment heartily, 
willingly and truly, upon the true faith of a 
Christian : 

“So help me God.” 


This Oath is in subsequent Statutes, until its 
abrogation by the 1st Will. and Mary, c. 8, re- 
ferred to as the Oath of Allegiance or Obedience. 


By the 7th James 1, c. 6, intituled, 


“ An Act for administering the Oath of Alle- 
giance and Reformation of Married Women 
Recusants,” . 


after reciting the Act imposing the Oath of Al- 
legiance, it is enacted, “ That all and every person 
and persons, as well ‘ecclesiastical as temporal, of 
what estate, dignity, pre-eminence, sex, quality or 
degree soever he,she or they be or shall be, above 
the age of 18 years, being hereafter in this Act 
mentioned and intended, shall make, take and 
receive a corporal Oath upon the Evangelists, ac- 
cording to the tenor and effect of the Oath set forth 
in the fore-mentioned Statute,” and then the Act 
proceeds, amongst other things, to enact that 
Members of Parliament shall take it before the 
Lord Steward or his Deputy before entering the 
House. No further enactments occur with respect 


to Oaths until the reign of Charles II.; but the | 


following facts appear in the Journals with reference 
to the Oaths ‘required of Members serving in the 
Parliaments convened during the Protectorate. 


On the 24th November 1654 (7 ‘vol. Journ., p. 
388), it was resolved, that a Parliament should be 
summoned for the third Monday of October 1656. 
A new form of writ was then discussed by the 
House, the only material circumstance in which 
bearing on the question now before your Committee 
is this: that part of the ancient form of the writ 
which ran thus, “ Quia de avisamento et assensu 
Concilit nostri, pro quibusdam arduts et urgentibus 
negotiis nos statum et defensionem regni nostri 
Anglia et Ecclesie Anglicane concernentibus, quod- 
dam Parliamentum nostrum apud civitatem nostram 
Westmonasterii die 
tenert ordinavimus,” was thus altered: “ And to the 
end that a Parliament be held at the city of West- 
ininster the day of next coming, 
there for us to consult with the Knights, Citizens 
and Burgesses of the said Commonwealth of the 
weighty and urgent affairs concerning us, the state 
and defence of the said Commonwealth, and the 
maintenance of the true reformed Protestant re- 
ligion in the purity thereof.” The question being 
then put, whether the words “ the true Protestant 
religion” should stand in the writ, was resolved in 
Since the Restoration the writs 
have been issued in their ancient form. 


On the 24th June 1657 (7 vol. Journ., p. 572), 
after some debate it was resolved, “ That every per- 
son who now is or hereafter shall be a Member of 
either House of Parliament, before he sit in Parlia- 
ment, shall, from and after the 1st day of July 1657, 
take an Oath before persons to be authorized and 
appointed by your Highness and successors for that 
purpose, in the form following : 


“, A. B., do, in the presence of and by the 
name of God Almighty, promise and swear 
that, to the uttermost: of my power, in my 


place, I will uphold and maintain the true 
VoL. 105. 


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263 


reformed Protestant Christian religion in the 
purity thereof, as it is contained in the Holy 
Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, 
and encourage the profession and professors 
of the same; and that I will be true and 
faithful to the Lord Protector of the Com- 
monwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 
and the dominions and territories thereunto 
belonging, as Chief Magistrate thereof, and 
shall not contrive, design or attempt any- 
thing against the person or lawful authority 
of the Lord Protector, and shall endeavour, 
as much as in me lies as a member of Par- 
liament, the preservation of the rights and 
liberties of the people.” 


The first trace of any enactment relating to per- 
sons refusing to be sworn, is to be found in the 13th 
and 14th Car. 2, c. 1, intituled, 


“An Act for preventing the Mischiefs and Dan- 
gers that may arise by certain Persons called 
Quakers, and others, refusing to take Lawful 
Oaths ;” 


which enacts, amongst other things, 


“‘ That if any person or persons who maintain 
that the taking of an Oath in any case whatsoever 
(although before a lawful magistrate) is altogether 
unlawful, and contrary to the Word of God, from 
and after the four-and-twentieth day of March, in 
this present year of our Lord 1661, shall wilfully 
and obstinately refuse to take an Oath, where by 
the laws of the realm he or she is or shall be bound 
to take the same, being lawfully and duly tendered, 
or shall endeavour to persuade any other person to 
whom any such Oath shall in like manner be duly 
and lawfully tendered to refuse and forbear the taking 
the same; or shall by printing, writing or otherwise, 
go about to maintain and defend that the taking of 
an Oath in any case whatsoever is altogether unlaw- 
ful, that then in all and every such cases the party 
so offending, being thereof lawfully convict by ver- 
dict of 12 men, or by his own confession, or by the 
notorious evidence of the fact, shall lose and forfeit 
to the King’s Majesty, his heirs and successors, for 
the first offence such sum as shall be imposed upon 
him or her, not exceeding Five Pounds.” 


The Act then imposes a further penalty for the 
second offence, and banishment for the third; and 
makes other provisions as to the mode of dealing 
with the offenders ; and then contains this proviso : 


“ Provided always, and be it ordained and enacted, 
by the authority aforesaid, That all and. singular 
Lords of the Parliament for every third nce 
committed against the tenour of this Aet, shall be 
tried by their Peers, and not otherwise.” 


By the 16th Car. 2, c. 4, s. 16 (which continued 
in force for three years), the further penalty of 
Transportation was enacted for any refusal to take 
a Judicial Oath. ; 


The next Statute in order of time is the 30th Car. 
2, stat. 2, intituled, 


“ An Act for the more effectual preserving the 
King’s Person and Government, by disabling 
Papists from sitting in either House of Par- 
liament.” 


This is the first Act which prescribes the Oaths 
to be taken by Members at the Table of the House ; 
and after reciting, that 


“¢ Forasmuch as divers.good laws have been made 
for preventing the increase and danger of Popery in 
this Kingdom, which have not had the desired 
effects, by reason of the free access which Popish 
‘Recusants have had to his Majesty’s Court, and by 
reason of the liberty which of late some of thé Recu- 
sants have had and taken to sit and vote in Par- 
liament ; 


Lu 4 Wherefore, 





13 &amp; 14 Car. 2, 
ce 1. 


16 Car. 2, c. 4. 


30 Car. 2, st. 











264 


“ Wherefore, and for the safety of his Majesty’s 
Royal Person and Government,” 


It enacts, 


“ That from and after the ist day of December 
which shall be in the year of our Lord God 1678, 
no person that now is or hereafter shall be a Peer 
of this realm, or Member of the House of Peers, 
shall vote or make his Proxy in the House of 
Peers, or sit there during any debate in the said 
House of Peers; nor any person that now Is or 
hereafter shall be a Member of the House of Com- 
mons, shall vote in the House of Commons, or sit 
there during any debate in the said House of Com- 
mons, after their Speaker is chosen, until such Peer 
or Member shall from time to time respectively, and 
in manner following, first take the several Oaths of 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and make, subscribe 
and audibly repeat this Declaration following :— 


[Here follows the form of the Declaration 
against Transubstantiation. ] 


“ Which said Oaths and Declaration shall be in 
this and every succeeding Parliament solemnly and 
publicly made and subscribed, betwixt the hours of 
nine in the morning and four in the afternoon, by 
every such Peer and Member of the House of 
Peers, at the Table in the middle of the said House, 
before he takes his place in the said House of Peers, 
and whilst a full House of Peers is there with their 
Speaker in his place; and by every such Member 
of the House of Commons, at the Table in the 
middle of the said House, and whilst a full House 
of Commons is there duly sitting with their Speaker 
in his chair ; and that the same be done in either 
House, in such like order or method as each House 
is called over by respectively.” 


In the next place it provides, that if any Member 
of Parliament who shall not have taken the Oaths 
and made and subscribed the Declaration, shall 
come into the King’s presence, he shall incur all the 
pains and penalties mentioned in the Act. And it 
then enacts, 


“ That if any person that now is or hereafter shall 
be a Peer of this realm, or Member of the House of 
Peers, or Member of the House of Commons, shall 
presume to do anything contrary to this Act, or 
shall offend in any of the cases aforesaid, that then 
every such Peer and Member so offending shall 
from thenceforth be deemed and adjudged a Popish 
Recusant convict, to all intents and purposes what- 
soever, and shall forfeit and suffer as a Popish Re- 
cusant convict, and shall be disabled to hold or 
execute any office or place of profit or trust, civil or 
military, in any of his Majesty’s realms of England 
or Ireland, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwich- 
upun- Tweed, or in any of his Majesty’s Islands or 
Foreign Plantations to the said realms belonging ; 
and Shall be disabled from thenceforth to sit or 
vote in either House of Parliament, or make a 
Proxy in the House of Peers, or to sue or use any 
action, bill, plaint or information in course of law, 
or to prosecute any suit in any Court of Equity, or 
to be guardian of any child, or executor or admin- 
istrator of any person, or capable of any legacy or 
deed of gift; and shall forfeit for every wilful offence 
against this Act the sum of Five hundred Pounds, 
to be recovered and received by him or them that 
shall sue for the same, and to be prosecuted by any 
action o debt, suit, bill, plaint or information in 
any of his Majesty’s Courts at Westminster, wherein 
no essoign, protection or wager of law shall lie.” 
And by the 8th section it is enacted, “That in every 
case where a Member or Members of the House of 
Commons shall by virtue of this Act be disabled to 
sit or vote in the House of Commons, then and in 


every such case, without any further conviction or 
other proceedings against such member or members, 
the place or places for which they or any of them 
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writ or writs shall issue out of the High Court of 
Chancery by warrant or warrants from the Speaker 
of the House of Commons for the time being, and 
by order of the said House, for the election of a new 
Member or Members to serve in the House of Com- 
mons in the place or places of such Member or 
Members so disabled, to all intents and purposes 
: 4 such Member or Members were naturally 
ead.” 


The next Statute is the 1st Gul. &amp; Mar. sess. 1, 1 Gul. &amp; Mar. 
sess. 1, c, 1, 


cap. 1, intituled, 

“ An Act for removing and preventing all 
Questions and Disputes concerning the 
Assembling and Sitting of this present 
Parliament;” 


which alters the forms of the Oaths of Allegiance 
and Supremacy. It enacts (amongst other things), 
“ That the Act made in the 30th year of King 
Charles the Second, intituled, ‘ An Act for the more 
effectual preserving the King’s Person and Govern- 
ment, by disabling of Papists from sitting in either 
House of Parliament, and all other Acts of Par- 
liament, as to so much of the said Act or Acts only 
as concerns the taking the Oaths of Supremacy 
and Allegiance, or either of them, in the said Act 
or Acts respectively mentioned, by any Member or 
Members of either House of Parliament, with re- 
lation to [their sitting and voting in Parliament, 
shall be and are hereby repealed to all intents and 
purposes; anything in the said recited Act or Acts 


999 


to the contrary notwithstanding. 


And it further enacts, 


“ That the taking the Oaths hereinafter men- 
tioned, and the making, subscribing and repeating 
the Declaration in the said Act of the 30th year of 
King Charles the Second mentioned, by every 
Member of either House of this present Parlia- 
ment, from and after the first day of March next 
ensuing, in such manner as the taking the said 
Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and the mak- 
ing, subscribing and repeating the said Declaration 
in the said last-mentioned Act are required, shall be 
good and effectual to all intents and purposes as if 
the said Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy had 
been taken, and the said Declaration had been 
made, subscribed and repeated in such manner and 
at such time as by the said Act or Acts, or any of 
them, they are required; and that in all future 
Parliaments the Oaths hereinafter mentioned, and 
the Declaration in the said Act made in the 30th 
od of King Charles the Second mentioned, shall 

e taken, made, subscribed and repeated by every 
Member of either House of Parliament within the 
time and in the same manner and form, and under 
the penalties and disabilities as the said Oaths of 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and the said Declara- 
tion by the said Act of the 30th year of King 
Charles the Second are limited, ordained and ap- 
pointed to be taken, made, subscribed and repeated, 
and not at any other time, or in any other manner, 
to enable them to sit and vote in Parliament; any- 
thing in the said Act or Acts, or any of them, to 
the contrary notwithstanding.” 


And it further enacts, 

“ That the Oaths above appointed by this Act 
to be taken in the stead and place of the Oaths of 
Allegiance and Supremacy, shall be in the words 
following, and no other :— 


“ I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear, 
That I will be faithful and bear true Alle- 
giance to Their Majesties King William and 
Queen Mary ; 

“ So help me Gop.” 


“I, A. B., do swear, That I do from my 
heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious 
and heretical, that damnable doctrine and 








position, 





1 Will. &amp; Mar, 
sess. ], c. 18, 





13 Vicroriz. 


position, That Princes excommunicated or 
deprived by the Pope or any authority of 
the See of Rome, may be deposed or mur- 
dered by their subjects or any other what- 
soever ; and I do declare, That no foreign 
Prince, Person, Prelate, State or Potentate 
hath or ought to have any power, juris- 
dictiun, superiority, pre-eminence or autho- 
rity, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this 
realm : “« So help me Gop.” 
The last-mentioned Act did not repeal the 5th 
Eliz. c. 1, nor the 7th Jac. 1, c.6, so that it would 
be doubtful whether, notwithstanding this Act, the 
Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance mentioned in 
ist Eliz.c. 1, and 3 Jac.1, ¢c. 4, might not still 
be required to be taken by Members ot Parliament 
before the Lord Steward; but by the 1st Will. &amp; 
Mary, Sess. 1, c. 8, intituled, “ An Act for abro- 
yating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and 
appointing other Oaths,” after reciting the 1st Eliz. 
e. 1, and 3d Jac. 1, ¢c. 4, it is enacted, “ That from 
henceforth no person whatsoever shall be obliged 
to take the said Oaths, or either of them, by force 
or virtue of the said Statutes, or either of them, or 
any other Statutes whatsoever, but that the said 
Statutes and every other Statute for so much only 
as concerns the said Oaths, and the said Oaths 
themselves shall be and are hereby repealed, utterly 
abrogated and made void.” ‘The Act then, by the 
third section, directs the Oaths appointed by it to be 
taken by every Archbishop and Bishop, and every 
person above the degree of a Baron of Parliament, 
in manner therein expressed, and by the fourth 
Section, that all other persons shall take the said 
Oaths before such person or persons respectively as 
by any Act or Acts were authorized or empowered 
to tender the Oath of Allegiance then abrogated 
and made void; which persons, so authorized to 
minister or tender the said Oaths, are thereby re- 


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265 


I will be true and faithful to King William 
and Queen Mary; and I dosolemnly pro- 
fess and declare, that Ido from my heart 
abhor, detest and renounce, as impious 
and heretical, that damnable doctrine and 
position, that Princes excommunicated or 
deprived by the Pope, or any Authority 
of the See of Rome, may be deposed or 
murthered by their subjects, or any other 
whatsoever; and I do deciare, That no 
foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State or 
Potentate hath or ought to have any 
power, jurisdiction, superiority, pre-emi- 
nence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiri- 
tual, within this realm.” 


“ And shall subscribe a profession of their 
Christian belief in these words :— 


“ J, A. B., do profess faith in God the Father, 
and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the 
true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one 
God blessed for evermore, and do acknow- 
ledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and 
New Testament to be given by Divine 
Inspiration.” 


“ Which Declarations and Subscription shall be 
made and entered of Record at the General Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace for the county, city or place 
where every such person shall then reside. And 
every such person that shall make and subscribe 
the two Declarations and Profession aforesaid, being 
thereunto required, shall be exempted from all 
the pains and penalties of all and every the afore- 
mentioned Statutes made against Popish Recusants- 
or Protestant Noncorformists, and also from the 
penalties of an Act made in the fifth year of the 
reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for the Assurance of the Queen’s Royal Power 
over all Estates and Subjects within her Dominions, 
for or by reason of such persons not taking or 


quired to minister and tender the same accordingly. | refusing to take the Oath mentioned in the said 


The 12th section enacts, “ ‘That the Oaths that are | Act ;’ 


and also from the penalties of an Act made 


intended and required to be taken by this Act, are|in the 13th and 14th years of the reign of King 


? 


the Oaths in the express words hereafter following :’ 
[it then sets forth the same two forms as are con- 
tained in the above-mentioned Ac of the 1st Gul. &amp; 
Mar., Sess. 1, c. 1, adding, “ &amp;e.” after “ So help 
me God,” in each case. ] 


From this time down tothe 13th Will. 3, c. 6, the 
words, “ Upon the true faith of a Christian,” do 


not occur in any Oath to be taken by a Member of | 


Parliament. 


The next Statute relating to Oaths is the 1st 
William &amp; Mary, Sess. 1, cap. 18, intituled, 

“ An Act for exempting Their Majesties’ Pro- 
testant Subjects Dissenting from the Church 
of England, from the Penalties of certain 
Laws,” 

(commonly called the Toleration Act,) in which the 
Affirmation of Dissenters from the Church of 
England, who scruple the taking of any Oath, is for 
the first time legally recognized. 

After enacting that the several Penal Statutes 
therein mentioned should not extend to any persons 
dissenting from the Church of England that should 
take the Oaths mentioned in the aforesaid Statute, 
1 Gul. &amp; Mar. c.1, and should make and subscribe 
the Declaration mentioned in the 30th Car. 2, s.2; 
and after reciting that 

“There are certain other persons, Dissenters 
from the Church of England, who scruple the taking 
of any Oath ;” 


It enacts, 

“‘ That every such person shall make and sub- 
scribe the aforesaid Declaration, and also this Decla- 
ration of fidelity following ; viz.— 

“ 1, A. B., do sincerely promise and solemnly 
declare, before God and the world, that 
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Charles the Second, intituled, ‘ An Act for pre- 
venting Mischiefs that may arise by certain Persons 
called Quakers refusing to take lawful Oaths ;’ and 
enjoy all other the benefits, privileges and advan- 
tages, under the like limitations, provisoes and con- 
ditions which any other Dissenters shall or ought to 
enjoy by virtue of this Act.” 

The above Act conferred no privileges, but ap- 
pears to have been solely intended for the relief of 
Christian Dissenters from certain Penal Acts, to the 
exclusion of Socinians. As regards the Jews, the 


9th Will. 3, c. 32, intituled, “An Act for the more 9 will. 
effectual suppressing of Blasphemy and Profane- © 34- 


ness,” enacts, “‘ That if any person or persons having 
been educated in, or at any time having made profes- 
sion of the Christian Religion, within this Rein, 
shall, by writing, printing, teaching or advised 
speaking, deny any one of the persons in the Holy 
Trinity to be God, or shall assert or maintain there 
are more Gods than one, or shall deny the Christian 
Religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the 
Old and New Testament to be of Divine Authority,” 
he shall be punished as therein mentioned. The 
enactment appears to have been carefully framed to 
exclude Jews, or other persons not having professed 
the Christian Religion, from its operation. 


The next Statute relating to Oaths is the 7th and 7 &amp; s Will. 3, 
c. 34. 


sth Will. 3, c. 34, intituled, 

“ An Act, that the solemn Affirmation and De- 
claration of the People called Quakers 
shall be accepted instead of an Oath in 
the usual form.” 


After reciting that 


“ Divers Dissenters, commonly called Quakers, 
refusing to take an Oath in Courts of Justice and 
MM other 





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266 


other places, are frequently imprisoned, and their 
estates sequestered by process of contempt issuing 
out of a Courts, to the ruin of themselves and 
families,” for remedy thereof, 


It enacts, 


“That from and after the 4th day of May which 
shall be in the year of our Lord 1696, every Quaker 
within this Kingdom of England, Dominion of 
Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed, who shall 
be required upon any lawful occasion to take an 
Oath, in any case where by Law an Oath is required, 
shall, instead of the usual form, be permitted to 
make his or her solemn Affirmation or Declaration 
in these words following ; viz.— 


‘&lt;T, A. B., do declare, in the presence of Al- 
mighty God, the Witness of the truth of 
what I say.” 


“ Which said solemn Affirmation or Declaration 
shall be adjudged and taken and is hereby enacted 
and declared to be of the same force and effect to 
all intents and purposes, in all Courts of Justice 
and other places where by Law an Oath is required 
within this Kingdom of England, Dominion of 
Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed, as if such 
Quaker had taken an Oath in the usual form.” 


And it is provided that the “‘ Act shall continue 
in force for the space of seven years, and from thence 
to the end of the next Session of Parliament, and 
no lenger.” 

The foregoing are the whole of the Acts, so far 
as your Committee have been able to discover, in 
any way bearing upon the question pee to 
the case of Archdale. It will therefore be seen, 
that the time when Archdale’s case occurred, the 
Oaths required of a Member on taking his seat 
were, the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, ac- 
cording to the form prescribed by the Statute of the 
Ist of Will and Mary, c. 8; and that the only 
Statutes which at that time existed for giving relief 
to persons refusing to be sworn, were the Ist of 
Will and Mary, c. 18, s. 13, and the 7th and 8th of 
Will. 3, c. 34. 


Your Committee will now proceed to state the 
Entries on the Journals of the House relating to 
Archdale’s case. 


The first Entry is, 


““ Martis, 3° die Januarii, 10 Gulielmi Tertii, 
1698-9. 
[ Page 386 of the 12th Volume of the printed Journals. ] 


“ The House was, according to Order, called over, 
and the names of such Members as made default 
were noted down; and their names being called 
over a second time, several of them were excused 
upon account of their being sick ; and others upon 
the road coming up, and others, upon account of 
extraordinary occasions in the country. And the 
name of John Archdale, Esquire, a burgess for the 
Borough of Chiping Wicomb, in the County of Bucks, 
being called over a second time; Mr. Speaker ac- 
quainted the House, that Mr. Archdalehad been with 
him this morning, and delivered him a letter sealed ; 
which Mr. Speaker presented to the House, and the 
same was opened and read, as is as followeth ; viz.— 


‘ London, the 3d of the called January, 1698-9. 
—Sir, upon the call of the House it will appear that 
{am duly chosen and returned to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Boro’ of Chipping Wycombe, in the 
Coy of Bucks; and therefore I request of thee to 
acquaint the Honourable House of Commons the 
reason I have not as yet appeared; which is, that 
the Burgesses being voluntarily inclined to elect 
me, I did not oppose their inclinations, believing 
that my Declarations of fidelity, &amp;e. might in this 
case, as in others where the law requires an Oath, 
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trust if the House think fit to admit of me there- 
upon, which I do humbly submit to their wisdom 
and justice, and shall acquiesce with what they will 
be pleased to determine therein. This being all at 
present, I remain, thy real and obliged friend, John 
Archdale.’ 

“* Ordered, That the contents of the said Letter 
be taken into consideration upon Friday morning 
next. 

“ Ordered, That the said Mr. Archdale do attend 
this House upon Friday morning next.” 


“ Veneris, 6° die Januarii, 10 Gulielmi Tertii.” 
[ Page 388 of the 12th Volume of the printed Journals. ] 


attended according to order, his Letter to Mr. 
Speaker was again read. And the several Statutes, 
qualifying persons to come into, and sit and vote 
in this House, were read; viz. of the 30 Car. 2di; 
1 Will. and Maria, and 7 and 8 Will.and Marie. 


“ And then the said Mr. Archdale was called in, 


“ And he came into the middle of the House, 
almost to the Table, 


“And Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House, 
asked him whether he had taken the Oaths, or would 
take the Oaths appointed, to qualify himself to be a 
Member of this House. To which he answered, 
that in regard to a principle of his religion he had 
not taken the Oaths, nor could take them. 

“ And then he withdrew. 


“‘ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for electing a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Chipping Wycomb, in 
the County of Bucks, in the room of the said Mr. 
Archdale, who hath refused to qualify himself to be 
a Member of this House, by taking the Oaths by 
Law appointed for that purpose.” 


We now proceed to state the Statutes which 
have been passed subsequently to the decision of 
the House in Archdale's case. 

The first Statute is the 13th Gul. 3, cap. 4. 


It simply continues the Act of the 7th and 8th 
Gul. 3, cap. 34, for a further period of eleven years. 


The next Statute is the 13th Gul. 3, cap. 6, inti- 11 Will.3, c.6. 


tuled, 


“An Act for the further Security of His Ma- 
jesty’s Person, and the Succession of the 
Crown in the Protestant Line, and for extin- 
guishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince 
of Wales, and all other Pretenders, and their 
open and secret Abettors.” 


This Act recites in its preamble the Act of Settle- 
ment, and then recites, “ That the French King had 
caused the pretended Prince’ of Wales to be pro- 
claimed by the name, stile and title of James the 3d, 
King of England, Scotland and Ireland, whereupon 
the said pretended Prince had assumed the said 
stile and title, in open defiance of the provisions 
made for the establishment of the title and succes- 
sion of the Crown by the recited Acts of Parlia- 
ment, in which Acts the safety of the King’s Royal 
person and Government, the continuance of the 
Monarchy of England, the preservation of the Pro- 
testant Religion, the maintenance of the Church of 
England as by Law established, the security of the 
ancient and undoubted rights and liberties, and the 
future peace and tranquillity of this Kingdom did 
(under God) entirely depend, to the intent, there- 
fore, that the said Acts may for ever be inviolably 
preserved, and that all future questions and divi- 
sions by reason of any pretended titles to the Crown 
may be prevented.” 


And it then, in the first section, enacts, that the 
persons therein specified shall personally appear in 





the High Court of Chancery, or in the Court of 
King’s 


12 Journ. 
‘The House being informed that Mr. Archdale ® _ 


13 Victoriz. 


King’s Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer, and 
take the following Oath :— 

“], A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, 
profess, testify and declare, in my conscience 
before God and the world, that our Sovereign 
Lord King William is lawful and rightful 
King of this Realm, and of all other His 
Majesty’s Dominions and Countries there- 
unto belonging; and I do solemnly and sin- 
cerely declare, that I do believe in my con- 
science that the person pretended to be Prince 
of Wales during the life of the late King 
James, and since his decease pretending to 
be and taking upon himself the style and 
title of King of England, ly the name of 
James the Third, hath not any right or title 
whatsoever to the Crown of this realm, or 
any other the duminions thereto belonging ; 
and I do renounce, refuse and abjure any 
allegiance or obedience to him; and I do 
swear that I will bear faith and true allegi- 
ance to His Majesty King William, and him 
will defend to the utmost of my power 
against all traitorous conspiracies and at- 
tempts whatsoever which shall be made 
against his person, crown or dignity ; and I 
will do my best endeavour to disclose and 
make known to His Majesty and his suc- 
cessors all treasons and traitorous conspira- 
cies which I shall know to be against him, 
or any of them; and I do faithfully promise, 
to the utmost of my power, to support, main- 
tain and defend the limitation and succession 
of the Crown against the said James, and 
all other persons whatsoever, as the same is 
and stands limited (by an Act, intituled, “ An 
Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of 
the Subject, and settling the succession of 
the Crown”’) to his Majesty during his Ma- 
jesty’s life, and after His Majesty's decease 
to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the 
heirs of her body, being Protestants; and 
for default of such issue to the heirs of the 
body of His Majesty, being Protestants; and 
as the same by one other Act, intituled, “ An 
Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, 
and better securing the Rights and Liberties 
of the Subject,” is and stands limited after 
the decease of His Majesty and the Princess 
Anne of Denmark, and for default of issue 
of the said Princess, and of His Majesty re- 
spectively, to the Princess Sophia, Electress 
and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the 
heirs of her body, Tee Protestants ; and 
all these things I do plainly and sincerely 
acknowledge and swear, according to these 
express words by me spoken, and according 
to the plain and common sense and under- 
standing of the same words, without any 
equivocation, mental evasion or secret reser- 
vation whatsoever. And J do make this 
recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, re- 
nunciation and promise, heartily, willingly 
and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian. 


‘So help me Gop.” 


After giving the form of this Oath, the Statute 

then 
Enacts, 

“ That from and after the five and twentieth day 
of March, in the year of our Lord 1702, no person 
that now is or hereafter shall be a Peer of this 
Realm, or Member of the House of Peers, shall 
vote or make his Proxy in the House of Peers, or 
sit there during any debate in the said House of 
Peers; nor any persou that now is or hereafter 
shall be a Member of {the House of Commons, 
shall vote in the House of Commons, or sit there 
during any debate in the said House of Com- 
mons, after their Speaker is chosen, until such Peer | 

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267 


or Member shall from time to time respectively take 
the Oath aforesaid, and subscribe the same in man- 
ner following (that is to say), the said Oath shall be 
in this and every succeeding Parliament solemnly 
and publicly made and subscribed, between the 
hours of Nine in the morning and Four in the after- 
noon, by every such Peerand Member of the House 
of Peers, at the Table in the middle of the said 
House, before he takes his place in the said House 
of Peers, and whilst a full house of Peers is there, 
with their Speaker in his place ; and by every such 
Member of the House of Commons, at the Table in 
the middle of the said House, and whilst a full 
House of Commons is there duly sitting, with their 
Speaker in his chair.” 


And it further Enacts, 


“That if any person that now is or hereafter 
shall be a Peer of this Realm, or Member of the 
House of Peers, or Member of the House of Com- 
mons, in this or any succeeding Parliament, shall 
after the said five and twentieth day of March pre- 
sume to vote or make his Proxy, not having taken 
the said Oath and subscribed the same as aforesaid, 
every such Peer or Member so offending shall from 
thenceforth be deemed and adjudged a Popish Re- 
cusant convict, to all intents and purposes whatso- 
ever, and shall forfeit and suffer as a Popish Re- 
cusant convict, and shall be disabled to hold or 
execute any office, or place of profit or trust, civil 
or military, in any of His Majesty’s realms of Eng- 
land or Ireland, Dominion of Wales, or Town of 
Berwick-upon-Tweed, or in any of His Majesty’s 
Islands or Foreign Plantations to the said realms 
belonging ; and shall be disabled from thenceforth 
to sit or vote in either House of Parliament, or 
make a Proxy in the House of Peers, or to sue or 
use any action, bill, plaint or information in course 
of Law, or to prosecute any suit in any Court of 
Equity, or to be guardian of any child, or executor 
or administrator of any person, or capable of any 
legacy or deed of gift, and shall forfeit for every 
wilful offence against this Act the sum of Five hun- 
dred pounds, to be recovered and received by him 
or them that shall sue for the same, and to be pro- 
secuted by any action of debt, suit, bill, plaint or 
information in any of His Majesty’s Courts at West- 
minster wherein no essoin, protection or wager of 
law shall lie.” 


The death of William occurred soon after the 
passing of this Act, and your Committee find the 
following entries in the Journals of the Lords and 
rs — of the Commons with regard to the above 

ath :-— 


17 Lords’ Journ. p. 66, 10th March 1701 (O. 8.) 


“The House being moved, that a Roll be prepared 17 Lords’ 
J 


for the Lords to subscribe the Adjuration, 

“ It is ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
poral, in Parliament assembled, That the Clerk do 
prepare a Roll for the Lords to subscribe the Ab- 
juration, according to the intention of the late Act, 
with the usual alteration made in Oaths upon the 
death of a King.” 


P. 72, 16 March 1701 (O.S.) 


“This day Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Lord High P.72. 


Admiral of England, took the Oath of Abjuration, 
and subscribed the same, pursuant to the late Act 
of Parliament ;” with several like entries. 

The Commons appointed a Committee to con- 
sider of the variations to be made in the Oath; see 


13 Com. Journ. p. 808, 18 March 1701 (O.S.); 13 Journ. 
and this Committee subsequently reported as fol- P- 898, 815. 


lows, p. 815: 


“Sir Rowland Gwyn reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to consider of the Oath in the late 
Act for the further Security of the Crown in the 
Protestant Line, and for extmguishing the hopes of 
the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other Pre- 

MM 2 tenders, 











43 Journ. 
p- 818. 


4 Anne, s. 1 
£. 22. 


268 


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A. 1850. 


tenders, and their open and secret Abettors; and | it was then become necessary to be altered,” declares 


what variations are necessary to be made by reason 
of the unfortunate death of His late Majesty ; That 
they had considered the matter to them referred, 
and had made the variations which they conceive 
necessary ; which they had directed him to report 
to the House; which he read in his place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s table, where 
the same were read; and are as follows, viz., the 
Oath (which is set out in the words of the Statute). 

The said Variations:—Fol. 1.1.2. Leave out 
“ Lord King William” and insert “ Lady Queen 
“« Anne.” 

L. 3. Leave out “ King” and insert “ Queen,” 
and in the same line, leave out “ his” and insert 
* hoe.” 

L. 11. Leave out “ his” and insert “ her.” 

L.12. Leave out “ King William” and insert 
“ Queen Anne,” and in the same line, leave out 
“ him” and insert “ her.” 

L. 14. Leave out “ his” and insert “ her.” 

L. 15. After “ to’’ leave out “ his” and insert 
“ her;” and after “ and” in the same line, leave 
out “ his” and insert “ her.” 

L. 17. Leave out “ him” and insert “ her.” 

Fo, 2.1. 1. After “‘ Crown” leave out “ to his 
“¢ Majesty during his Majesty’s life, and after his 
‘ Majesty’s decease to the Princess Anne of Den- 
“« mark,” and, instead thereof, insert “to her pre- 
“ sent Majesty.” 

L. 3. After “‘ Protestants” leave out “ and for 
default of such issue to the Heirs of the body of 
‘ his Majesty, being Protestants.” 

L. 7. After “ decease of” leave out “ his Ma- 
“ jesty and the Princess Anne of Denmark, and 
** for default of issue of the said Princess and of 
“ his Majesty respectively,” and insert “ her Ma- 
“« jesty, and for default of issue of her Majesty.” 


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. 


Thesaid Variations, being severally read a second 
time, were, upon the Question severally put there- 
upon, agreed unto by the House. 

‘“‘ Ordered, That the said Oath, so amended, be 
ingrossed upon a roll of parchment, to be taken by 
the House. 

“ Ordered, Tiat leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to declare the explanation of the Oath appointed to 
be taken by the said Act; and that Sir Christopher 
Musgrove and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare and bring in the said Bill.” 


13 Com. Journ., p. 818, 24 March 1701 (O.8.) 


“ Mr. Speaker and the Members present took the 
Oath directed in the Act made this Session, intituled, 
‘An Act for the further Security of His Majesty’s 
Person and the Succession of the Crown in the 
Protestant Line, and for extinguishing the Hopes of 
the pretended Prince of Wales and all other Pre- 
tenders, and their open and secret Abettors, accord- 
ing to the Variations agreed upon by the House.’ ” 

The 1st Anne, s. 1, c. 22, was afterwards passed, 
and is intituled, “‘ An Act to declare the Alterations 
in the Oath appointed to be taken by the Act, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act for the further Security of his Ma- 
jesty’s Person and the Succession of the Crown in 
the Protestant Line, and for extinguishing the Hopes 
of the pretended Prince of Wales and all tn 
Pretenders and their open and secret Abettors, and 
for declaring the Association to be determined,’ ”’ 
which, after reciting that, “ by the demise of his 
lace Majesty King William the Third and the ac- 
cession of her present Majesty Queen Anne to the 
Imperial Crown and Dignity of these realms, the 
form of an Oath contained in an Act made in the 
13th year of the reign of her said late Majesty, in- 
tituled, ‘ An Act for the further Security of his Ma- 
jesty’s Person and the Succession of the Crown in 
the Protestant Line, and for the extinguishing the 
Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all 
other Pretenders, and their open and secret Abettors, ’ 











and enacts, “ that after the 20th of April 1702, the 


| Oath in the said recited Act mentioned shall be ad- 


ministered in such manner and form as is hereinafter 
set down and prescribed, (that is to say) :” And it 
then sets forth the Oath as altered by the Houses 
of Parliament. And the fourth section is as follows: 
“ Provided always, and be it enacted and declared, 
That such Members of the House of Peers, and also 
such Members of the House of Commons, who have 
taken and subscribed the Oath in the said first- 
recited Act contained, according to the form agreed 
- in each House respectively, shall not be 
obliged again to take or subscribe the Oath accord- 
ing to the form declared by this Act during the-con- 
tinuance of this present Parliament, for or in respect 
of their being Members of either House respectively, 
nor in respect of any commission, office or place of 
trust, fee, salary or wages which such Member did 
hold and enjoy at the time of the taking and sub- 
scribing the said Oath.” 


The 6th Anne, c. 7, intituled, “ An Act for the 6 Anne, c. 7. 


Security of her Majesty’s Person and Government, 
and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Bri- 
tain in the Protestant Line,” by the 20th and 21st 
sections, enacts as follows: “ And be it further en- 
acted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and 
after the demise of her Majesty, without issue of 
her body, instead of the Oath appointed to be taken 
by the Act, intituled, ‘ An Act for the further Secu- 
rity of her Majesty’s Person, and the Succession of 
the Crown in the Protestant Line, and for extin- 
guishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of 
Wales, and all other Pretenders, and their open and 
secret Abettors, and for declaring the Association to 
be determined,’ the following Oath shall be taken 
by all persons required by the said Act to take the 
Oath therein mentioned, and hereby altered and 
changed, (that is to say) : 


‘I, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, 
profess, testify and declare in my conscience, 
before Gop and the world, That our Sovereign 

is lawful and rightful of 
this realm, of all other Majesty’s 
dominions and countries thereunto belong- 
ing. And I do solemnly and sincerely de- 
clare, that I do believe in my conscience that 
the person pretended to be Prince of Wales 
during the life of the late King James, and 
since his decease pretending to be and taking 
upon himself the style and title of King of 
Reed, by the name of James the Third, 
hath not any right or title whatsoever to the 
Crown of this realm, or any other the do- 
minions thereunto belonging; and I do re- 
nounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or 
obedience to him ; and I do swear that I will 
bear faith and true allegiance to 
and will defend to the utmost of my 
power against all traitorous conspiracies and 
attempts whatsoever which shall be made 
against Person, Crown or Dignity ; 
and I shall do my utmost endeavour to dis- 
close and make known te Majesty 
and successors all treasons and 
traitorous conspiracies which I shall know 
to be against or any of them; and 
I do faithfully promise, to the utmost of my 
power, to support, maintain and defend the 
succession of the Crown against him the said 
James, and all other persons whatsoever, as 
the same, by an Act, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
the further Limitation of the Crown, and 
better securing the Rights and Liberties of 
the Subject,’ is and stands limited to the 
Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess 
Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her 
body, being Protestants; and all these things 
I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and 
swear, 





Anne, c. 23. 


13 Vicroriz#. 


swear, according to the express words by me 


spoken, and according to the plain and com- | 


mon sense and understanding of the same 
words, without any equivocation, mental 
evasion or secret reservation whatsoever. 
And I do make this recognition, acknowledg- 
ment, abjuration, renunciation and promise 


heartily, willingly, truly and upon the true | 


faith of a Christian. 
. §So help me Gop.’” 


The blanks of which Oath shall be filled up with 
the name of her or him, as Queen or King, who 
shall be next in succession, according to the said 
Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and the 
better securing the rights and liberties of the Sub- 
ject, when the said Oath is to take place, and with 
the other proper additions of the words “ her, his 
or him; and from and after the death of the said 
pretended Prince of Wales, these words following ; 
viz. “ And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, 
that I do believe in my conscience that the person 
pretended to be Prince of Wales during the life of 
the late King James, and since his decease pretend- 
ing to be and taking upon himself the style and 
title of King of England, by the name of James 
the Third, hath not any right or title whatsoever to | 
the Crown of this realm, or any other the dominions 
thereto belonging ; and I do renounce, refuse and 
abjure any allegiance or obedience to him,” shall be 
left out, and also the words “ against him the said 
James, and all other persons whatsoever,” shall be 
omitted, and instead thereof shall be inserted 
“ against all persons whatsoever.” 

It does not appear to Your Committee, that upon 
any subsequent variation of the Oath of Abjuration, 
Parliament has specially directed such changes to 
be made as may, on a demise of the Crown, render 


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269 


Commissioner to choose a Burgess for any place in 


| Scotland.” 
| The next Statute is the 1st Geo. t, &amp;. &amp; @. @, 
intituled, 


“An Act for making perpetual an Act of the 
7th and 8th years of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Third, intituled, 
‘An Act that the solemn Affirmation and 
Declaration of the People called Quakers 
shall be accepted, instead of an Oath in the 
usual form ; and for explaining and enforcing 
the said Act in relation to the payment of 
Tithes and Church-rates ; and for appointing 
the Form of an Affirmation to be taken by the 
said People called Quakers, instead of the 
Oath of Abjuration.’” 


After reciting the Statutes of the 7th and sth 


Gul. 3, c. 34, and the 13th and 14th Gul. 3, c. 4, it 
enacts, 


“ That for the further avoiding of the inconve- 
niences in the said first-recited Act mentioned, to 
the people called Quakers and their Families, that 
the said first-recited Act, and all the clauses and 
powers therein contained, shall continue and be in 
force for ever, as to all Oaths by law required or 
hereafter to be required, other than and except as 
in the said first-recited Act is excepted.” 


And after reciting that, 


“ Whereas several disputes have arisen concern- 
ing the effect of the Abjuration to be taken by the 
people called Quakers, upon their solemn Affirma-, 
tion, as directed by an Act made in the sixth year of 
her late Majesty’s reign, for the preventing the like 
inconveniences in future,” 





the Abjuration Oath consonant to the altered cir- | 
cumstances of the case; and as regards the practice 


It enacts, 
“ Thatin all cases wherever the effect of the said 


in the Courts of Law, a Witness from the Crown | Abjuration Oath may be legally tendered or required 


Office states, that he makes the alterations of his | 


own authority in preparing the new Roll required to | 


be subscribed ; but special provision for such altera- | 
tion is found in the Statute, which provides a form of | 
Oath for Roman Catholic Members (10 Geo. 4, 
C. 7, 8 3.) 


The next Statute is the 6th Anne, cap. 23, in-| 
tituled, | 


“ An Act to make further Provision for electing 
and summoning Sixteen Peers of Scotland to 
sit in the House of Peers in the Parliament 
of Great Britain, and for trying Peers for 
Offences committed in Scotland, and for the 
further regulating of Voters in Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament.” 


After enacting that the Scotch Peers should take 
the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration, 
and giving the several forms of them precisely simi- 
lar to those already set forth, it further enacts, 


‘«¢ That any person who shall refuse to take the 
Oath last hereinbefore recited, or being a Quaker, 
shall refuse to declare the effect thereof upon his 
solemn affirmation, as directed by an Act of Parlia- 
ment made in the seventh year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King William, intituled, ‘ An Act that 
the solemn Affirmation and Declaration of the Peo- 
ple called Quakers shall be accepted, instead of an 
Oath in the usual form,’ (which Oath or Declaration 


| 





of the said people called Quakers, or any of them, 
he or they shall take the effect thereof in the fol- 
lowing words :” 


The form is then given, but as it has been altered 
by the 8 Geo. 1, c. 6, it is only necessary to observe 
that it concludes with the words: 


“ And I do make this recognition, acknowledg- 
ment, renunciation and promise heartily, 
willingly and truly,” 

omitting the words “ Upon the true faith of a Chris 
tian ; So help me Gop.” : 


The next Statute is 1st Geo. 1, statute 2, c. 13, 
intituled, 


“An Act for the further Security of His Ma- 
_ jesty’s Person and Government, and the 
Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the 
late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and 
for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended 
Prince of Wales, and his open and secret 
Abettors.” 


The only provision in it which has any bearing 
on the present question, is an alteration in the form 
of the Abjuration Oath to be taken by Members of 
Parliament. (See sect. 3, 16 &amp; 17). As the form 
has been again further altered, Your Committee do 
not apprehend it to be necessary to set this out at 
length. 





the Sheriff, president of the meeting, or chief officer 
taking the poll at any election of Members to serve 
in the House of Commons for any place in Great 
Britain, or Commissioners for choosing Burgesses 
for any place in Scotland, at the request of any 
Candidate or other person present at such election, 
are hereby empowered and required to administer), 
shall not be capable of giving any Vote for the 
election of any such Member to serve in the House 
of Commons for any place in Great Britain, or 
VoL. 105. 


They will merely remark, that by the 17th section 
the penalties are precisely the same in respect of 
Peers or Members of the House of Commons not 
complying with the provisions of the Act, as those 
contained in the 13 Will.3, c. 6, except that the 
Declaration, “ That the offender shall be deemed a 
Popish Recusant convict, and shall forfeit and 
suffer as such, and shall be disabled from holding 
or executing any office or place of trust, civil or 
military,” is omitted. 





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1 Ge 
c. 13 


1 Geo. I, st. 2, 
c. 6. 


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‘and their families, and to others requiring their tes- 


270 25° Ap 
The next Statute is the 8th Geo. 1, c. 6, intituled, 


“ An Act for granting the People called Qua- 
kers such Forms of Affirmation or Decla- 
ration as may remove the Difficulties which 
many of them lie under.” 


It recites, that 


“ Whereas for giving some ease to scrupulous 
consciences, an Act was made in the first year of 
the reign of their late Majesties King William and 
Queen Mary, intituled, ‘An Act for exempting 
their Majesties’ Protestant subjects, dissenting from 
the Church of England, from the Penalties of cer- 
tain Laws,’ whereby (among other things) a Decla- 
tion of Fidelity, in the form therein expressed, is 
appointed to be made and subscribed by certain 
persons, Dissenters from the Church of England, 
who scruple the taking of any Oath: And whereas 
an Act was made in the seventh and eighth years of 
the reign of his said late Majesty King Wil&amp;am the 
Third, intituled, ‘ An Act that the solemn Affirma- 
tion and Declaration of the People called Quakers 
shall be accepted, instead of an Oath in the usual 
form’ under the provisions therein mentioned ; which 
Act, being at first temporary, was afterwards further 
continued by an Act made in the 13th and 14th 
years of the reign of his said late Majesty, and the 
same is made perpetual by an Act made in the 
first year of his present Majesty’s reign, by which 
last-mentioned Act a form importing the effect of 
the Abjuration Oath is prescribed to be taken by 
the said people called Quakers: And whereas the 
inconveniences to the said people called Quakers, 


timony, in many cases are not sufficiently avoided, 
by reason of difficulties among the said Quakers, 
relating to the forms of the Declaration, Affirmation 
and Abjuration before mentioned, as the same are 
now prescribed: And whereas it is evident that the 
said people called Quakers have not abused the 
liberty and indulgence allowed to them by law, and 
they have given testimony of their fidelity and affec- 
tion to his Majesty, and the settlement of the Crown 
in the Protestant line, and it is reasonable to give 
them further ease and relief.” 


It then enacts, 

“ That in all cases where by law any Quaker is 
or shall be required or permitted to make and sub- 
scribe the Declaration of Fdelity in the form pre- 
scribed by the said first-mentioned Act, or to make 
the solemn Affirmation or Declaration in the form 
prescribed by the said Act of the seventh and eighth 
years of the reign of his said late Majesty King Wi/- 
liam the Third, or to take the effect of the Abjura- 
tion Oath in the form prescribed by the said Act of 
the first year of his present Majesty's reign, every 
such Quaker shall, instead of such first-mentioned 
Declaration of Fidelity, make and subscribe a De- 
claration of Fidelity in the following words ; viz. 

“ 1, A. B., do solemnly and sincerely promise 
and declare, That I will be true and faithful 
to King George; and do solemnly, sincerely 
and truly profess, testify and declare, that 1 
do from my heart abhor, detest and renounce, 
as impious and heretical, that wicked doc- 
trine and position, that Princes excommuni- 
cated or deprived by the Pope, or any autho- 
rity of the See of Rome, may be deposed or 
murthered by their subjects or any others 
whatsoever; and I do declare, that no foreign 
Prince, Person, Prelate, State or Potentate 
hath or ought to have any power, jurisdic- 
tion, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, 
ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this Realm.” 


“ And instead of the solemn Affirmation or De- 
claration, in the form prescribed by the said Act of 





A. 1850. 


rilis. 
Quaker shall make the solemn Declaration or Affir- 
mation following ; viz.— 


“T, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely and truly de- 
clare and affirm.” 


“ And instead of the form prescribed by the said 
Act of the first year of his present Majesty’s reign, 
for the effect of the Abjuration Qath, every such 
Quaker shall take the effect thereof in the following 
words ; viz.— 


“1, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely and truly ac- 
knowledge, profess, testify and declare, That 
King George is lawful and rightful King of 
this Realm, and of all other his Dominions 
and countries thereunto belonging ; and I do 
solemnly and sincerely declare, that I do be- 
lieve the person pretended to be the Prince 
of Wales during the life of the late King 
James, and since his decease pretending to 
be and taking upon himself the stile and title 
of King of England by the name of James 
the Third, or of Scotland by the name of 
James the Eighth, or the stile and title of 
King of Great Britain, hath not any right 
or title whatsoever to the Crown of this 
Realm, nor any other the Dominions there- 
unto belonging ; and I do renounce and re- 
fuse any allegiance or obedience to him: 
And I do solemnly promise, that I will be 
true and faithful, and bear true allegiance to 
King George, and to him will be faithful 
against all traitorous conspiracies and at- 
tempts whatsoever which shall be made 
against his Person, Crown or Dignity ; and 
I will do my best endeavour to disclose and 
make known to King George, and his suc- 
cessors, all treasons and traitorous conspira- 
cies which 1 shall know to be made against 
him, or any of them ; and I will be true and 
faithful to the Succession of the Crown 
against him, the said James, and all other 
persons whatsoever, as the same is and stands 
settled by an Act, intituled, ‘ An Act de- 
claring the Rights and Liberties of the Sub- 
ject, and settling the Succession of the Crown 
to the late Queen Anne, and the Heirs of her 
body, being Protestants ;’ and as the same, 
by one other Act, intituled, ‘ An Act for the 
further Limitation of the Crown, and better 
securing the Rights and Liberties of the Sub- 
ject,’ is and stands settled and entailed after 
the decease of the said late Queen, and for 
default of issue of the said late Queen, to the 
late Princess Sophia, Electoress and Duchess 
Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her 
body, being Protestants ; and all these things 
I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge, pro- 
mise and declare, according to these express 
words by me spoken, and according to the 
plain and common sense and understanding 
of the same words, without any equivocation, 
mental evasion, or secret reservation what- 
soever; and I do make this recognition, 
acknowledgment, renunciation and promise 
heartily, willingly and truly.” 


“ And all persons authorized or required to admi- 
nister or tender either the said former Declaration 
of Fidelity, or the said former solemn Affirmation of 
Declaration, or the former effect of the Abjuration 
Oath aforesaid, shall be and are hereby authorized 
and required to administer and tender the same re- 
spectively to the said people called Quakers, in the 
words by this Act respectively appointed.” 


And it further enacts, 


“ And the Declaration of Fidelity and solemn 
Affirmation or Declaration, and the effect of the Ab- 





the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his said 
late Majesty King William the Third, every such 


juration Oath appointed by this Act for the said 
people, called Seaton, instead of the respective 
forms 








LY 5 


10 Geo. 1, c. 4. 


13 Geo, 2, ¢. 7. 


13 Vicroriz. 


forms prescribed for the same, and by the said re- 
cited Acts, shall respectively be adjudged and taken 
to be of the same force and effect, and no other, to 
all intents and purposes, in all Courts of Justice, 
and elsewhere, as if such Quaker had made and 
subscribed the Declaration of Fidelity, or had made 
the solemn Affirmation or Declaration, or had taken 
the effect of the Abjuration Oath, in the respective 
forms appointed by the said recited Acts; and if 
any person making such Affirmation or Declaration 
as is ee by this Act to be made instead of 
the Affirmation or Declaration in the form prescribed 
by the before-mentioned Act of the seventh and 
eighth years of the reign of his said late Majesty 
King William the Third, shall be lawfully convicted 
of wilful, false and corrupt affirming or declaring any 
matter or thing which, if sworn in the common or 
usual form, would have amounted to wilful and cor- 
rupt Perjury, every such person so offending shall 
incur and suffer such and the same pains, penalties 
and forfeitures as are inflicted or enacted by the 
Laws and Statutes of this Realm against persons 
convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury :” 

“ Provided always, That all clauses, provisoes 
and exceptions contained in the said recited Acts, or 
any of them, not hereby expressly altered or — 
shall be of such and the same force and effect as 
they were before the making of this Act.” 


The next Statute relates to the Jews, and is the 
10 Geo. 1, c. 4, intituled, 


“ An Act for explaining and amending an Act 
of the last Session of Parliament, intituled, 
‘ An Act to oblige all Persons, being Papists, 
in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
and all persons in Great Britain refusing or 
neglecting to take the Oaths appointed for 
the Security of his Majesty’s Person and 
Government, by several Acts herein-men- 
tioned, to register their Names and Real 
Estates, and for enlarging the Time for tak- 
ing the said Oaths, and making such Regis- 
ters, and for allowing further Time for the 
Enrolment of Deeds and Wills made by Pa- 
pists, which have been omitted to be enrolled, 
pursuant to an Act of the third year of his 
Majesty’s Reign, and also for giving Relief to 
Protestant Lessees.’ ” 


It recites an Act of 9 Geo. 1, c. 24 (being the Act 
referred to in its title), which required the Oath of 
Abjuration to be taken by all persons there men- 
tioned within a given time, and then after (amongst 
other things) giving further time, and permitting 
Quakers to declare the effect of it, the Act proceeds 
to enact as follows, in respect of Jews: “ And 
whereas the following words are contained in the 
latter part of the Oath of Abjuration; viz. ‘ Upon 
the true faith of a Christian.’ Be it further enacted, 
by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any of his 
Majesty’s subjects professing the Jewish Religion 
shall present himself to take the said Oath of Abju- 
ration, in pursuance of the above recited Act, or of 
this present Act, the said words, “ Upon the true 
faith of a Christian,’ shall be omitted out of the said 
Oath in administering the same to such person, and 
the taking the said Oath, by such person professing 
the Jewish Religion, without the words aforesaid, 
in like manner as Jews are admitted to be sworn to 
give evidence in Courts of Justice, shall be deemed 
to be a sufficient taking of the Abjuration Oath, 


within the meaning of this and the said recited 
Act.” ‘ 


Another Statute has a similar bearing on the sub- 
ject, namely, the 13th Geo. 2, c. 7, intituled, “ An 
Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants, and 
others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall set- 
tle in any of His Majesty’s Colonies in America.” 
The 3d section of this Act is as follows: “ And 
whereas the following words are contained in the 

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271 


latter part of the Oath of Abjuration, viz., ‘ Upon the 
true faith of a Christian ;’ and whereas the people 
professing the Jewish Religion may thereby be _— 
vented from receiving the benefit of this Act, Be it 
further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
whenever any person professing the Jewish Religion 
shall present himself to take the said Oath of Ab- 
juration, in pursuance of this Act, the said words 
‘Upon the true faith of a Christian’ shall be 
omitted out of the said Oath, in administering the 
same to such person, and the taking and subscribing 
the said Oath by such person professing the Jewish 
Religion, without the words aforesaid, and the other 
Oaths appointed by the said Act, in like manner as 
Jews were permitted to take the Oath of Abjura- 
tion by an Act made in the 10th year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, 
‘ An Act for explaining and amending an Act of 
the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to 
oblige all Persons being Papists, in that part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, and all Persons in 
Great Britain refusing or neglecting to take the 
Oaths appointed for the Security of his Majesty’s 
Person and Government, by several Acts herein 
mentioned, to register their Names and Real Es- 
tates, and for enlarging the Time for taking the 
said Oaths, and making such Registers, and for 
allowing further Time for the Inrollment of Deeds 
or Wills made by Papists, which have been omitted 
to be inrolled, pursuant toan Act of the Third Year 
of His Majesty’s reign, and also for giving Relief 
to Protestant Lessees,’ shall be deemed a sufficient 
taking of the said Oaths, in order to entitle such 
person to the benefit of being naturalized by virtue 
of this Act. 


resident a certain time in the American Colonies, 
who may scruple the taking of an Oath. 


Geo. 2, c. 46, intituled, 


“ An Act (amongst other things) for allowing 
Quakers to make Affirmation in cases where 
an Oath is or shall be required.” 


[ See Sec. 36, 37.] It recites, 


“ Whereas a doubt hath arisen, whether the 
solemn Affirmation or Declaration of the people 
called Quakers, prescribed by an Act made in the 
eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the First, intituled, ‘ An Act for granting 
the soe called Quakers such Forms of Affirmation 
or Declaration as may remove the Difficulties which 
many of them lie under,’ can be allowed and taken 
instead of an Oath in any case wherein, by any 
Act or Acts of Parliament, an Oath is required, 
unless the said Affirmation or Declaration be by 
such Act or Acts of Parliament particularly and 
expressly directed to be allowed and taken, instead 
of such Oath, by reason of which doubt the testi- 
mony of the said people called Quakers is frequently 
refused, whereby the said people and others requir- 
ing their evidence are subjected to great incon- 
veniences. 








Therefore, for removing the said doubt, it enacts, 


“ That in all cases wherein by any Act or Acts 
of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be made, 
an Oath is or shall be allowed, authorized, directed 

or required, the solemn Affirmation or Declaration 
of any of the people called Quakers, in the form 
prescribed by the said Act made in the eighth year 
of his said late Majesty’s reign, shall be allowed 
and taken instead of such Oath, although no par- 
ticular or express provision be made for that pur- 
pose in such Act or Acts ; and all persons who are 
or shall be authorized or required to administer 


such Oath, shall be and are hereby authorized and 
required to administer the said Affirmation or De- 
MM 4 








claration ; 





The Act of the 20th Geo. 2, c. 44, extends the 20 Geo. 2, 
benefit of this last Statute to all foreign Protestants, ¢.44- 


The next Statute relating to Oaths is the 22d 22 Geo. 2, 
6 










































































33 Geo. 2, 
c. 20. 


272 


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A. 1850. 


claration; and the said solemn Affirmation or De- | giance, Supremacy and Abjuration at the said table, 
claration so made as aforesaid shall be adjudged |and the said Oath and Subscription hereinbefore 
and taken, and thereby enacted and declared to be | directed to be teken and made shall be entered in 
of the same force and effect, to all intents and - a parchment roll, to be provided for that purpose by 


— in all Courts of Justice and other places w 


ere | the Clerk of the House of Commons, and the said 


y law an Oath is or shall be allowed, authorized, | Papers or Accounts so signed and delivered in to 
directed or required, as if such Quaker had taken | the said Clerk as aforesaid shall be filed and care- 


an Oath in the usual form; and if any person | fully kept by him.” 


making such Affirmation or Declaration shall be | 
lawfully convicted of having wilfully, falsely and | 
corruptly affirmed and declared any matter or thing | 


It further enacts, 


“ That if any person who shall be elected to 


which, if the same had been deposed in the usual | serve in any future Parliament asa Knight of a 
form, would have amounted to wilful and corrupt | Shire, or as a Citizen, Burgess or Baron of the 


. . . | 
Perjury, every person so offending shall incur and | 
! 


Cinque Ports, shall presume to sit or vote as afore- 


suffer the like Pains, Penaltics and Forfeitures as! said, as a Member of the House of Commons, 
by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm are to be | before he has delivered in such Paper or Account, 
inflicted on persons convicted of wilful and corrupt |and taken and subscribed such Oath as aforesaid, 
Perjury: Provided nevertheless, and it thereby | or shall not be qualified according to the true intent 
enacts, That no Quaker shall, by virtue of this Act, | and meaning of the said recited Act, and of this 
be qualified or permitted to give evidence in any | Act, his election shall be and is hereby declared to 
criminal cases, or to serve on Juries, or to bear any | be void, and a new Writ shall be issued to elect 
Office or Place of Profit in the Government; any | another Member in tbe said person’s room : Pro- 


thing therein contained to the contrary notwith- | 
standing.” 


The next Statute which bas any bearing on the 
Oaths of Members is the 33d Geo. 2, c. 20, in- 
tituled, 

‘An Act to enforce and render more effectual 
the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to sit in the House of Commons.” 


It enacts, 


“ That from and after the determination of this | 
present Parliament, every Person (except as is | 
hereinafter excepted} who shall be elected a Mem- 
ber of the House of Commons, shall, before he | 
presumes to vote in the House of Commons, or sit | 
there during any debate in the said House of Com- | 
mons, after their Speaker is chosen, produce and 
deliver in to the Clerk of the said House, at the 
Table in the middle of the said House, and wailst 
The House of Commons is there duly sitting with 
their Speaker in the chair of the said House, a Paper 
or Account, signed by every such Member, con- 
taining the name or names of the Parish, Township 
or Precinct, or of the several Parishes, Townships 
or Precinets, and also of the County or of the seve- 
ral Counties in which the Lands, Tenements or 
Hereditaments do lie whereby he makes out his 
Qualification, declaring the same to be of the annual 
value of Six hundred Pounds above reprises, if a 
Knight of a Shire; and of the annual value of 
Three hundred Pounds above reprises, if a Citizen, 
Burgess or Baron of the Cinque Ports; and shall 
also take and subscribe the following Oath ; (vide- 
licet) 


“J, A, B. do swear, That I truly and bond fide 
have such an Estate in law or equity, and 
of such value, to and for my own use and 
benefit, of or in Lands, Tenements or Here- 
ditaments, over and above what will satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect 
the same, as doth qualify me to be elected | 
and returned to serve as a Member for the | 
Place I am returned for, according to the | 
tenor and true meaning of the Acts of Par- | 
liament in that behalf; and that such Lands, | 
Tenements or Hereditaments do lie as de-| 
scribed in the Paper or Account signed by | 
me, and now delivered to the Clerk of The | 
House of Commons. 


“ So help me Gop.” 








“‘ And the said House of Commons is hereby em- | 
powered and required to administer the said Oath 
and Subscription according to the directions of this | 
Act, as occasion shall be from time to time, to every 
person duly demanding the same immediately after 
such person shall have taken the Oaths of Alle- 








vided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend to the eldest son or heir apparent of any 
Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person qua- 
lified to serve as a Knight of a Shire, or to the Mem- 
bers for either of the Universities in that part of 
Great Britain called England, or to the Members 
for that part of Great Britain called Scotland.” 
This Act has been repealed by 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 4, but 
its principal provisions are re-enacted, with slight 
variations, 

The next Statute is the 6th Geo. 3, c. 53, inti- 
tuled, 


“ An Act for altering the Oath of Abjuration 
and the Assurance, and for amending so 
much of an Act of the seventh of her late 
Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, “ An Act for 
the Improvement of the Union of the Two 
Kingdoms, as after the time therein limited 
requires the Delivery of certain Lists and 
Copies therein mentioned, to Persons indicted 
of High ‘Treason or Misprision of Treason.” 


It recites the Act of the Ist Geo. 1, s. 2, c. 13, 
and enacts, “That from and after the 4th day of 
June 1766, the Oath of Abjuration in the said Act 
above mentioned, be administered in such manner 
and form as hereinafter set down and prescribed ; 
(that is to say); 


“1, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, 
profess, testify and declare in my conscience 
before God and the world, that our Sovereign 
Lord King George is lawful and rightful 
King of this Realm, and all other his Majesty’s 
Dominions and Countries thereunto belong- 
ing; and I do solemnly and sincerely declare, 
that I do believe, in my conscience, that not 
any of the descendants of the person who 
pretended to be Prince of Wales during the 
life of the late King James the Second, and 
since his decease, pretended to be, and took 
upon himself the style and title of King of 
Englund, by the name of James the Third, 
or of Scotland, by the name of James the 
Eighth, or the style and title of King of Great 
Britain, hath any right or title whatsoever 
to the Crown of this Realm, or any other the 
Dominions thereunto belonging, and I do 
renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or 
obedience to any of them; and | do swear, 
that 1 will bear faith and true allegiance to 
his Majesty King George, and him will defend 
to the utmost of my power against all traitor- 
ous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever 
which shall be made against his Person, 
Crown or Dignity ; and I will do my utmost 
endeavour to disclose and make known to his 
Majesty and his successors all treasons and 

traitorous 





6 Geo. 3, ¢, 53.- 





34 Geo. 3, 
«73. 
9 Geo. 4, ¢, 32. 





13 Vicroriz. 


traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to 
be against him, or any of them: And I do 
faithfully promise to the utmost of my power 
to support, maintain and defend the succes- 
sion of the Crown against the descendants of 
the said James, and against all other persons 
whatsoever, which succession, by an Act, 
intituled, ‘ An Act for the farther Limitation 
of the Crown, and better securing the Rights 
and Liberties of the Subject’ is and stands 
limited to the Princess Sophia, Electoress and 


Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs | 


of her body, being Protestants: And all these 
things | do plainly and sincerely acknow- 
ledge, and swear, according to the express 
words by me spoken, and according to the 
plain common sense and understanding of the 
same words without any equivocation, mental 
evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever : 
And I do make this recognition, acknow- 
ledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and pro- 
mise heartily, willingly and truly, upon the 
true faith of a Christian.’ 


“ And that all and every person and persons who 
are enjoined and required to administer, take or sub- 
scribe the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance in 
the said above-mentioned Act contained, shall re- 
spectively administer, take and subscribe the Oath 
of Abjuration, and subscribe the Assurance accord- 
ing to the form herein set down and prescribed in 
such Courts within such time limited, m such man- 
ner and with due cbservance of the same requisites, 
and with benefit of the same savings, provisoes and 
indemnities as by the said Act above mentioned, or 
by any other Acts, or any part of them now subsist- 
ing are directed and enacted ; and in case of neg- 
lect or refusal, he or they shall be subject and liable 
to the same Penalties and Disabilities as by the 
Laws and Statutes aforesaid are enacted.” This 
appears to be the last Statute relating to the Abju- 
ration Oath, as taken generally by Members of the 
House, 


The next Statute is the 34th Geo. 3, c. 73, in- 
tituled, 


“An Act for directing the Appointment of 
Commissioners to administer certain Oaths 
and Declarations required by Law to be 
taken and made by Persons offering to 
vote at the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament.” 


Under which, the Oath of Electors generally, and 
the Declaration or Affirmation of a Quaker is ad- 
ministered, previously to his voting for the Election 
of a Member of Parliament. The 9th Geo. 4, c. 17, 
being “ An Act for repealing so much of several 
Acts as imposes the Necessity of receiving the Lord’s 
Supper as a Qualification for certain Offices or Em- 
ployments,” does not relate to Members of Parlia- 
ment, nor prescribe any Oath, but requires a decla- 
ration to be made by the. parties therein mentioned, 
which commences with the words “I, A. B., do 
solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, pro- 
fess, testify and declare, upon the true faith of a 
Christian ;” and the 8th &amp; 9th Vic., c. 52, being “ An 
Act for the Relief of Persons of the Jewish Religion 
elected to Municipal Offices,” substitutes in the case 
of Jews a declaration, in which the words “ upon 
the true faith of a Christian ” are omitted, 


The next Statute relating to Affirmation, is the 
9th Geo. 4, c. 32, intituled, 


“ An Act for amending the Law of Evidence 
in certain Cases.” 


It recites, 


“ Whereas it is expedient that Quakers and Mo- 
ravians shall be allowed to give evidence upon their 
solemn Affirmation in all cases, criminal as well as 
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273 


civil, and that in prosecutions for forgery the part 
interested should be rendered a competent witness. ‘ 


And it enacts, 

“That every Quaker or Moravian who shall be 
required to give evidence in any case whatsoever, 
| criminal or civil, shall, instead of taking an Oath in 
the usual form, be permitted to make his or her 
solemn Affirmation or Declaration in the words fol- 
‘lowing; (that is to say), ‘I, A.B., do solemnly, 
sincerely and truly declare and affirm,’ which said 
Affirmation or Declaration shall be of the same force 
_and effect in all Courts of Justice and other places 
where by Law an Oath is required, as if such Quaker 
/or Moravian had taken an Oath in the usual form ; 
| and if any person making such Affirmation or De- 
claration shall be convicted of having wilfully, 
falsely and corruptly affirmed or declared any mat- 
ter or thing which, if the same had been sworn in 
the usual form, would have amounted to wilful and 
corrupt Perjury, every such offender shall be subject 
to the same Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures to 
which persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Per- 

| jury are or shall be subject.” 


| The 10th Geo. 4, c. 7, being 


“ An Act for the Reiief of his Majesty’s Ro- 
man Catholic Subjects,” 





| Prescribes a form of Oath for Peers and Members 
of the House of Commons in lieu of the Oaths of 
| Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration, in which the 


| words “ Upon the true faith of a Christian” do not 


| occur. 

| These are the only Statutes which Your Com- 
| mittee think it material to notice prior to the case of 
| Mr. Pease, which occurred in the 3d of William 4, 


(1833). 





The following entries occur in Vol. 88 of the 88 Journ. 


| Journals, with reference to this case. 
Page 20. 


| 

| Veneris, 8° die Februarii, Anno 3° Gulielmi 
Quarti Regis, 1833, 

“ Prayers : 

“ Several Members attended at the Table to 
take the Oaths, and Joseph Pease, esquire, 
returned for the Southern Division of the 
County of Durham, having stated that, 
being one of the people called Quakers, 
he claimed the privilege of making an Affir- 
mation, whereupon he was desired by Mr. 
— to retire until the sense of The 

ouse could be taken upon his claim; and 
he retired accordingly.” 

“Several Members took the Oaths required by 
law, and delivered to the Clerk of the 
House an account of their qualification. 

“ Ordered, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to search the Journals of the House 
for such Precedents and such Acts, or 
parts of Acts of Parliament as relate to 
the right of the people called Quakers to 
take their Seats in Parliament, and to 
the privilege conferred upon them to make 
their solemn Affirmation in Courts of 
Justice and other places where by law an 
Oath is allowed, authorized or required to 
be taken; and a Committee was appointed 
of [here follow the names of 21 Members], 
and they are to meet to-morrow in the 
Speaker’s Chamber, and have power to 
send ee papers and records. 

“ Ordered, That five be the Quorum of the 
Committee.” 





Page 28: 
“¢ Mr. Williams Wynn reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to search the Jour- 

nals of the House, and to report to The 

NN 





House 








3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
£ 49, 


House such Precedents and such Acts, or 
parts of Acts of Parliament, as relate to 
the right of the people called Quakers to 
take their Seats in Parliament, and to the 
privilege conferred upon them to make 
their solemn Affirmation in Courts of 
Justice, and other places where by law an 
Oath is allowed, authorized or required to 
be taken : 

“ That they had made such examination, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to The House ; and the Report was brought 
up, and read: 

“ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table.” 


Page 41: 


“ Resolved, That it appears to this House that 
Joseph Pease is entitled to take his Seat 
upon making his solemn Affirmation and 
Declaration to the effect of the Oaths 
directed to be taken at the Table of this 
House.” 


In the same Session of Parliament was passed 
the Act of Parliament of the 3d &amp; 4th Will. 4, c. 49, 
intituled, “ An Act to allow Quakers and Moravians 
to make Affirmation in all Cases where an Oath is 
or shall be required ;”’ which is as follows :— 


“ Whereas it is expedient and reasonable that 
the solemn Affirmation of persons of the persuasion 
of the people called Quakers, and of Moravians, 
should be allowed in all cases where an Oath is or 
shall be required; Be it therefore enacted, by the 
King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 
advice and consent uf the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament 
assembled, and by the authority of the same, That 
every person of the persuasion of the people called 
Quakers, and every Moravian, be permitted to make 
his or her solemn Affirmation or Declaration, instead 
of taking an Oath, in all places and for all pur- 
poses whatsoever where an Oath is or shall be re- 
quired, either by the Common Law or by any Act 
of Parliament already made or hereafter to be made ; 
which said Affirmation or Declaration shall be of 
the same force and effect as if he or she had taken 
an Oath in the usual form; and if any such person 
making such solemn Affirmation or Declaration 
shall be lawfully convicted wilfully, falsely and cor- 
ruptly to have affirmed or declared any matter or 
thing which, if the same had been in the usual 
form, would have amounted to wilful and corrupt 
Perjury, he or she shall incur the same Penalties 
and Forfeitures as by the Laws and Statutes of this 
Realm are enacted against persons convicted of 
wilful and corrupt Perjury, any law, statute or 
custom to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided 
always, That every such Affirmation or Declaration 
shall be in the words following ; (that is to say), 


“1, A. B., being one of the people called 
Quakers (or one of the persuasion of the 
people called Quakers, or of the united 
brethren called Moravians, as the case ma 
be), do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 
and affirm.” 


“ And whereas some doubts may arise as to the 
form of the Affirmation to be taken in lieu of the 
Oath of Abjuration by persons of the persuasion of 
the people called Quakers; Be it therefore Enacted, 
That, instead of the form of Affirmation prescribed 
in lieu of the Abjuration Oath, by an Act of the 
eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the First, intituled, ‘An Act for granting 
the People called Quakers such Formsof Affirmation 
or Declaration as may remove the Difficulties which 
many of them lie under,’ and instead of the form of 
the Oath of Abjuration prescribed by an Act of the 
sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 


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A, 1850. 


George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for altering 
the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance, and for 
amending so much of an Act of the seventh year of 
her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, ‘ An Actfor 
the Improvement of the Union of the two King- 
doms,’ as after the time therein limited requires the 
delivery of certain lists and copies therein men- 
tioned to persons indicted of High Treason or Mis- 
prision of Treason, every person of the persuasion of 
the people called Quakers shall be permitted to 
make his or her solemn Affirmation in the following 
words; (videlicet) 


“], A. B., being one of the people called 
Quakers [or one of the persuasion of the 
people called Quakers, or of the United 
Brethren called Moravians, as the case may 
be], do solemnly, sincerely and truly acknow- 
ledge, profess, testify and declare, that King 
William is lawful and rightful King of this 
Realm, and of all other his Dominions and 
countries thereunto belonging ; and I do so- 
lemnly and sincerely declare, that I do 
believe that not any of the descendants of 
the person who pretended to be Prince of 
Wales during the life of the late King James 
the Second, and since his decease pretended 
to be and took upon himself the style and 
title of King of England, by the name of 
James the Third, or of Scotland by the name 
of James the Eighth, or the style and title 
of King of Great Britain, hath any right or 
title whatsoever to the Crown of this Realm, 
or any other the Dominions thereunto be- 
longing; and I do renounce and refuse any 
allegiance or obedience to any of them; and 
I do solemnly promise that I will be true 
and faithful, and bear true allegiance to King 
William, and to him will be faithful against 
all traitorous conspiracies and attempts 
whatsoever which shall be made against his 
Person, Crown or Dignity; and I will do 
my best endeavour to disclose and. make 
known to King William and his successors 
all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which 
I shall know to be made against him or any 
of them; and I will be true and faithful to 
the succession of the Crown against the 
descendants of the said James, and against 
all other persons whatsoever, which succes- 
sion by an Act, intituled, ‘ An Act for the 
further Limitation of the Crown and better 
securing the Rights and Liberties of the 
Subject,’ is and stands limited to the Princess 
Sophia, Electoress and Duchess Dowager of 
Hanover, and the Heirs of her body, being 
Protestants ; and all these things I do plainly 
and sincerely acknowledge, promise and de- 
clare according to these express words, by 
me spoken, and according to the plain and 
common sense and understanding of the same 
words, without any equivocation, mental 
evasion or secret reservation whatsoever : 
and I do make this recognition, acknow- 
ledgment, renunciation and promise heartily, 
willingly and truly.” 


Subsequent Acts have been passed giving per- 
mission to persons who have been, but have ceased 
to be Quakers or Moravians, and also to a sect 
called Separatists, permission generally to make 
Affirmation in lieu of Oath, which Your Committee 
do not think it material to notice more at large. 

With reference to that part of the inquiry which 
relates to “ the manner in which Joseph Pease, Esq., 
on taking his seat. in the year 1833, made affirma- 
tion to the effect of the Oath required by Members 
before taking their seats in the House,” Cour Com- 


mittee first examined Mr. Ley, the Clerk of the Ley, 1, 2,30 


House, from whose evidence it appears that Mr. 
Pease, on 15th February 1833, appeared . - 
; able 


Pease, 43, 50, 
75, 88. 


Ramkissen- 
seat v. Barker, 
Omychund v. 
Barker. 

1 Atk, p. 19. 


13 Vicroriz. 


Table of the House, and made his solemn Affirma-| 
tion, and delivered to the Clerk of the House his 
qualification. Mr. Ley cannot, however, recollect 
precisely what occurred, nor whether Mr. Pease 
signed his name to any document; and he states, 
that all records relating to Members taking their 
seats before 1834, were destroyed in the fire which 
occurred in that year. 


Your Committee examined Mr. Pease, who states, 
that on the occasion of taking his seat, a parchment 
was placed before him at the Table, like that from 
which other Members had taken the Oath, and he 
was asked to repeat after the Clerk of the House all 
the words contained in that parchment, and to 
affirm, which he did in a very full House, the con- 
tents of it. The contents had been arranged by 
Mr. John Hodgkin (the Barrister who advised Mr. 
Pease), the Attorney-general and The Speaker; 
and he signed this parchment at the Table. Mr. 
Pease cannot recollect the precise nature of what he 
so signed ; but on reading the words of the Decla- 
ration (now sanctioned by the Act of 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 49), he has no doubt it is an exact copy of what 
he signed. He says, that the members of the So- 
ciety of Friends would almost universally object to 
use the words “ Upon the true faith of a Christian ;” 
and he is as sure as he can be of anything, that in 
the Affirmation which he made, those words were 
omitted. 


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Your Committee will finally address themselves | 
to that branch of the inquiry by which they are | 
directed ‘To inquire and Report in what manner | 
Jews and other persons not professing the Christian | 
Religion are permitted to make Oath in Courts of | 
Justice or other places where an Oath is allowed, | 
authorized, or required to be taken.” | 


| 

The question first arose on an application in Ram- | 
hissenseat v. Barker, 1 Atkyns, 19, by the plaintiff 
in that cause, that he might be allowed a Commis- 
sion to take his answer in a cross cause in which he 
was defendant, and that the words “ corporal” and 
“upon the Holy Evangelists,” might be left out in 
the Commission, and instead of the latter words, 
“ on a proper Oath in the most solemn manner,” or 
some other proper words, and agreeable to the cir- 
cumstances of the defendant’s case, might be inserted 
in their room. 


Lord Chancellor Hardwicke upon this application 
said, 


“It depends upon what is admitted on the other 
side, that the defendant in the cross cause 
is of the Gentoo religion, and an idolator. 
I have often wondered, as the dominions 
of Great Britain are so extensive, that 
there has never been any rule or method 
in cases of this sort. The general rule is, 
that all persons who believe a Gop, are 
capable of an Oath; and what is univer- 
sally understood by an Oath is, that the 
person who takes it imprecates the vengeance 
of God upon him if the Oath he takes is 
false. It was upon this principle that the 
Judges were inclined to admit the Jews, 
who believed a God, according to our 
notion of a God, to swear upon the Old 
Testament. And Lord Hale very justly 
observes, it is a wise rule in the Kingdom 
of Spain that a heathen and idolator should 
be sworn upon what he thinks is the most 
sacred part of hisreligion. If a Jew should 
be indicted for perjury, and it is laid in 
the indictment that he swore tuctis sacro- 
santis Dei evangeliis, yet, according to 
Hale, the word Commis in the indict- 
ment may be answered by the Old Testa- 
ment, which is the evangelium of the Jews. 
In order to remove the difficulties in this 








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275 


case, I shall direct that these words upon 
‘ the Holy Evangelists’ may be left out. 
The next consideration is, what words 
must be inserted in their room? Now, on 
the part of the plaintiff in the cross-bill, 
it is desired that] should appoint a solemn 
form for the Oath; I think this very im- 
proper, because I may possibly direct a 
form that is contrary to the notions of re- 
ligion entertained by the Gentoo people. 
I will, therefore, make this rule; that two 
or three of the Commissioners may ad- 
minister such Oath, in the most solemn 
manner as, in their discretions shall seem 
meet; and if the person, upon the usual 
Oath being explained to him, shall consent 
to take it, and the Commissioners approve 
of administering it (for he may perhaps be 
a Christian convert) the difficulty is re- 
moved, or if they should think proper to 
administer another Oath, that then they 
shall certify to the Court what was done 
by them, and that will be the proper time 
to controvert the validity of such an Oath, 
and to take the opinion of the Judges upon 
it if the Court should have any doubt. 
The words ‘ Corporal Oath’ may stand for 
lifting up an arm or other bodily member. 
This will come up to the meaning of a 
Corporal Oath; but, upon the Attorney- 
general suggesting that there might be no 
ceremonies in their form of taking Oaths, 
these words were likewise left out, and the 
words * Most solemnly’ to be inserted in 
their room.” 


Similar orders appear to have been made for the 
examination of witnesses, and in 1744 the whole 
matter came on to be argued on the return of the 
Commissioners (which stated the mode of swearing 
to have been “by the witnesses touching with their 
hands the foot of the Brahmin or priest [with some 
other ceremonies], being the usual and most solemn 
form in which Oaths are most usually administered 
to witnesses who profess the Gentoo religion”) 
whether the answer and evidence so taken could be 
read. The discussion was very full, and Lord Chan- 
cellor Hardwicke was assisted by the Lord Chief 
Baron Parker, and Lord Chief Justice Willes, and 
Lord Chief Justice Zee. The counsel who opposed 
the admission of the evidence, relied on the constant 
form of the Commission and on the Law of England 
requiring Oaths to be on the Evangelists, and on 
indictments for perjury, being framed with these 
words, “ per se sacro evangelio voluntarie et corrupte 
commisit perjurium ;” on the other side, many in- 
stances were given of Jews being sworn on the Old 
Testament, and authorities cited as to the admissi- 
bility of all witnesses who believed in a Supreme 
Being. 


Your Committee do not think it necessary to 
make a full statement of the case, as the report of 
it in Atkyns can be readily referred to. The Chief 
Baron appears to have laid down the rule, as stated 
in the Declaratory Act of 1 and 2 Vic. c. 105. 


“Tt is plain (he says), that by the policy of 
all countries Oaths are to be administered 
to all persons according to their own 
opinion, and as it most affects their con- 
science, and laying the hand was originally 
borrowed from the Pagans. It is said by 
defendant’s counsel, that no new Oath 
can be imposed without an Act of Par- 
liament. My answer is, ‘this is no new 
Oath.’” 


Lord Chief Justice Willes, after stating that 
Madoz’s History of the Exchequer clears it up 
beyond all contradiction that Jews were constantly 

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sworn, 


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sworn, and from the 19 Car. 1 to the present time, 
have never been refused, says, 


“The nature of an Oath is not at all altered by 
Christianity, but only made more solemn 
from the sanction of rewards and punish- 
ments being more openly declared.” 


In another passage he says, 


“The form of Oaths varies in countries ac- 
cording to different Laws and Constitu- 
tions, but the substance is the same in 
all.” 


Lord Chief Justice Zee gave an opinion to the 
same effect. 


Lord Chancellor Hardwicke decided in favour of 
the admission of the evidence, and stated his opinion, 
as follows :— 


“The next question will be, whether the depo- 
sitions ought to be read, which depends 
upon two things; first, whether, it is a 
proper obligatory Oath; secondly, whether 
on the special circumstances in this case, 
such evidence can be admitted according to 
the Law of England. The general learning 
upon this head has been fully enlarged upon 
by the Lord Chief Justice. The first author I 
shall mention is Bishop Sanderson, De Juris- 
juramenti Obligatione. “ Jurisjuramentum,” 
saith he, “est affirmatio religiosa.” All that 
is necessary to an Oath is an appeal to the 
Supreme Being, as thinking him the re- 
warder of truth and the avenger of falsehood. 
Vid. the same author, pp.5and 18. This is 
not contradicted by any writer that | know 
of, but Lord Coke, who has taken upon him 
to insert the word Christian, and is the only 
writer that has grafted this word into an 
Oath. As to other writers, they are all con- 
curring. Vid. Puffendorf, lib. 4, ch. 2, sec. 4. 
Dr. Tillotson, 1st volume of his Sermons 
upon the Lawfulness of Oaths, and p. 189, 
where the very text speaks plainly of an 
Oath among ali nations and men, (‘ An 
Oath for confirmation is to them an end of 
all strife.’ Hebr. the 6th and 16th) says, 
‘The necessity of Religion to the support of 
human society in nothing appears more 
evidently than in this, that the obligation of 
an Oath, which is so necessary for the 
maintenance of peace and justice among men, 
depends wholly upon the sense and belief 
of a Deity.’ The next thing I shall take 
notice of is the form of the Oath. It is laid 
down by all writers that the outward act is 
not essential to the Oath. Sanderson is of 
that opinion, and so is T%/lotson, in the same 
sermon, p. 144. As for the ceremonies in use 
among us in the taking of Ouths, it is no 
just exception against them that they are not 
found in Scripture, for this was always matter 
of liberty, and several nations have used 
several rites and ceremonies in their Oaths. 
All that is necessary appears in the present 
case ; an external act was done to make it 
a corporal act.” 


This decision has been uniformly acted upon ever 
since. Your Committee have examined an officer 
irom the Crown Office, and also Alderman Salo- 
mons, with reference to the mode in which Jews are 
at the present time permitted to make oath. The 
latter gentleman has served the office of High She- 
siff for a county, and Sheriff of the city of Zondon, 
and is now one of the Aldermen of that city, and a 
Barrister-at-Law, and he has taken the Oaths of 
Allegiance and Supremacy. 


It appears from the evidence that Jews are now 
permitted to make oath either on the Old Testa- 
ment or on the Pentateuch alone, and that their 


25° Aprilis. 


A. 1850. 


usual mode of doing so is by covering their head as 
a mark of reverence, and kissing the book, saying 
at the same time “So help me God.” If any doubt 
could have been entertained of the validity of such 
an oath, it would have been effectually removed by 
the Act of the 1st and 2d Vic., c. 105, intituled, 


certain Oaths.” 
and has no preamble, but is in the following 
words :— 


“ Be it Declared and Enacted, by The Queen’s 
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, 
and by the Authority of the same, That in all cases 
in which an Oath may lawfully be and shall have 
been administered to any person, either as a jury- 
man or a witness, or a deponent in any proceeding, 
civil or criminal, in any Court of Law or Equity in 
the United Kingdom, or on appointment to any 
office or employment, or on any occasion whatever, 
such person is bound by the Oath administered, 
provided the same shall have been administered in 
such form and with such ceremonies as such person 
may declare to be binding ; and every such person 
in case of wilful false swearing may be convicted of 
the crime of perjury, in the same manner as if the 
Oath had been administered in the form and with 
the ceremonies most commonly adopted. 





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


commit Assize Prisoners to such Gaol, and to extend 
the Jurisdiction of Borough Justices to all Offences 
and Matters arising within the Borough for which 
they act: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day next; and to be printed. 


tion of Thomas Lloyd and Joseph Webster, Electors 
of the Borough of Kidderminster, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
informed the House, that the Committee have de- 
termined, , 

That John Best, Esquire, is duly elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Kidderminster. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House, 


Differential Dues are levied on Vessels either passing, 
entering or clearing out, and on Inward or Outward 
Cargoes, showing in each Port the Nature and 
Amount of all Exemptions or Reductions in exist- 
ing Dues which are made to Freemen or others after 
such Dues have been levied and received in the usual 
way, and the Authority on which such Exemptions, 
Reductions or Returns are made, together with the 
Number and Designation of the Individuals, Cor- 
porations or other Bodies, by whom such Reduc- 
tions, Exemptions or Returns are enjoyed :—Ac- 
count showing the Total Amount of such Reductions, 
Exemptions or Returns in each particular Port, in 
the years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849 :—And, 
a similar Return of all Exemptions, Reductions, 
Returns or Differential Charges in respect of Lights, 
Pilotage or other Dues of any Description. 


of Advances for the Labour Rate, under the Act 
10 and 11 Vic. c. 87, or the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c.51, 
(Labouring Poor, Ireland), which have become pay- 
able at or previous to the Spring Assizes 1850, by 








each 





** An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 
The Act is a Declaratory Act, * !°* 


Mr. Scholefield presented a Bill to authorize Jus- Borough Gaols 


tices of any Borough having a separate Gaol to Bill. 


No. 269. 


Mr. Bouverie, from the Select Committee ap- Kidderminster 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- Election. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lights, 
Return of all Ports in the United Kingdom wherein Pilotage, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Labour Rate 
Account of the Total Amount of the Instalments (Ireland) 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way. 


Income Tax. 
No. 260. 


Fire 
Insurance. 


No. 271. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


School 
Districts Con- 
tributions 
Bill. 


Smoke Pro- 


hibition Bill. 


Advertise- 
ments, 


Agricultural 
Distress, 


Arbitration, 
&amp;e, 


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each Barony or Electoral Division in it; of the| Petitions from Zewes;— and, Newcastle-upon- Beer-houses. 
Amount thereof actually paid to the Treasurer of | Zyne (Mayor); praying the House to adopt mea- 
each County, and the Amount still leviable under | sures for diminishing the number of Beer-houses,— 
the outstanding Warrants. at ee, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, me 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to | Petitions from Beaufort Iron Works ;—Rother- Church Rates, 
this House, a Copy of the Return of Share Capital, | ham ;—Shoreditch ;— Romsey ;— Maidstone (two Pe- 
&amp;c. of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin | titions) ;— Royston ;—and, County of Northampton; 
Railway, printed by that House, and of the Minutes | Pr@y'g for the abolition of Church Rates,—were 
of the Evidence taken at the Bar of that House on | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


the 15th, 18th and 22d days of March last, and the | fable. 
12th day of this instant April, regarding the same,/ A Petition of Inhabitants of Hexham, in the Copyholds 
and of the Documents therein referred to, and laid | county of Vorthumberland, praying that the Copy- ae 
before that House: And that Sir William Verner do | holds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, 
carry the said Message. was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Mr. Hayter presented, —Return to an Order,} A Petition of the Right Honourable Charles 
dated the 16th day ofthis instant April, for Returns | Lord Southampton, Baron Southampton, Lord of 
of the Amount of Property assessed to the Income| the Manor of Tottenham, otierwise Tottenhall, 
Tax in the year ended the 5th day of April 1849, | praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
under Schedule (D.), arising from Securities and | was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Possessions in Jreland :—And, of the Amount as-| upon the Table. 
sessed under Schedule (C.) in the Public Funds in a 
Treland, for the same Period ; and, under Schedule Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Evesham; county Court 
(E.) on Salaries in Public Offices and Pensions in —Cardigan ; — and, Sheffield ; praying that the Extension Bill. 
Treland, for the same year. County Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March | —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
last, for an Account of all Sums paid iato the Stamp | the Table. 
Office in Greaé Britain and Ireland on Insurances m) 
from Fire, for the Quarters ending severally the A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of County Rates 
25th day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th Guardians of the Builth Union, praying that the = _— 
day of September, and the 25th day of December | County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into ‘ 
1819; distinguishing Amount of Aliowance made | a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
to each Office for collecting the same, in the Country, | upon the Table. 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with ai 
the Dates of such Payments: —And, Return of| A Petition of Thomas Cellins, residing at Lam- Debts from 
Sums insured by each Office on Farming Stock, for beth-square, in the city of Westminster, Gentleman, Foreign 
the same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary | praying that the Select Committee appointed last Governments, 


Paper, No. 302, of Session 1849). Session, to inquire into and ascertain the amount of 
Srdived That the said Returns do lie upon the | Debts due from Foreign Governments and States 
Table; and be printed. to the Government and individuals of this County 


may be re-appointed, was presented, and read; 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make better Provision for the Contributions 
of Unions and Parishes in School Districts, to the 
common Funds of the respective Districts, without 
ee And also, 

he Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to abate the Nuisance of Smoke from certain Fur- 
naces and Chimneys, to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Petitions from Hayton, Allerby and Oughterside ; Disarmament, 
—-Torpenhone ;—and, Liverpool ; praying the House 
to adopt measures for promoting a general and 
simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the world,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Rural Deanery Eeclesiastical 
of Maidenhead, praying the House to adopt mea- Causes. 
sures for the better constitution of the court of 
ultimate appeal in Causes properly Ecclesiastical, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publish- | the Table. 
ers of the Glasgow Christian News’ Newspaper, ns : ee 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Advertisements | , Two rip: from oa! praying the House am 
in Newspapers, was presented, and read; and or-| "0 Cnact, Such taws as will leave every religious *roPer'y- 
dered to lie upon the Table. community self-supported and self-governed, and 

to apply to the relief of the national burdens 


= whatever public property is now devoted to spriritual 
Petitions from the County of Durham ;— Warehorn purposes,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


and Olstone;—Little Wigborough ; — and, East | ¢, }; the Table. 
and West Mersea; complaining of the depressed nine uaa 


state of Agriculture ; and praying the House to| Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Maidenhead ; Education. 
adopt measures of relief,— were presented, and|_—_GJandford Brigg ;—and, Deanery of Newbury ; 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. complaining of the conditions upon which the 
Parliamentary grant for Education is distributed 
Petitions from Accrington; ~ and, Allhallows| by the Committee of Council on Education ; and 
(Cumberland) ; praying the House to take such | praying for relief from the grievances in connection 
steps as may lead to negociations for International | therewith,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
Arbitration Treaties between this country and other | to lie upon the Table. 
nations, and also such measures as may draw at- 
tention to the necessity of a general and simul-| Petitions from the Presbytery of Dalkeith (Conve- Schools 
taneous disarmament among the nations of the earth, | ner of the Committee) ;—and, Presbytery of Kintyre Scotland.) 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | (Moderator) ; praying the House to refuse to sanc- 
the Table. tion any measure calculated to make a funda- 
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Education 
Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Juvenile 
Vagrancy and 
Delinquency. 


Land Tax. 


Marriages Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
( Lreland ) Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Metropolis 
Water. 


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mental alteration in the principles upon which the 
Parochial Schools in Scotland are conducted,-—were 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


A Petition of Persons assembling for Public 
Worship in the General Baptist Meeting House, 
Mead-row, Godalming, praying that the Education 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thornes ;— Wakefield ; — and, 
Darwen; praying that the Factories Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Doncaster Union ;— Nether Hal- 
lam (Chairman) ;—and, Shiffnal Union; praying 
that the Highways Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Nairn, praying the 
House to take into consideration the present state 
of the law on the subject of Juvenile Vagrancy and 
Delinquency, was presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Parishioners of the parish of Christ- 
church, Newgate-street, in the City of London, 
praying the House to take immediate steps towards 
some legislative enactment which will effect an | 
equalization of the unredeemed Land Tax in Eng- | 
land and Wales, and for preventing the completion | 
of any further contracts for redemption of such tax 
under the existing law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation at | 
Sydney Chapel, and other Inhabitants of Globe 


Town, Bethnal Green, praying that the Marriages | 


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A. 1850. 


tholomew-ihe-Great (Chairman) ;—-Allhallows, Lon- 
don Wall (Churchwarden) ;—Saint Mary Bothaw 
(Churchwarden) ;— Saint Swithin’s, London Stone 
(Chairman) ;—Saint Leonard’s, East Cheap (Chair- 
man) ;—Saint Mary, Bermondsey ; -— Saint John, 
Southwark ;—Saint Olave’s, Southwark (six Peti- 
tions) ;—Saint Mary, Rotherhithe ;—Holy Trinity, 
in the Minories (Chairman) ;— Saint Paul, Dept- 
ford (Chairman) ;— Members of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Metropolitan Parochial Water Supply 
Association ;—Saint Paul, Covent Garden ;—Saint 
Mary Abbott, Kensington ;—Saint John, Hozton ; 
—Saint Thomas, Southwark ;—and, Saint James, 
Duke’s-place (Chairman); praying the House to 
adopt measures for improving and increasing the 
supply of Water to the inhabitants of the Metro- 
polis,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Feoflees of Trust, and Governors Police and 


of George Heriot, his Hospital, praying that the 
Police Improvement (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Improvement 
( _— d) 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Police and 


Board of Govan, praying 
provement (Scotland) Bill; and, the Public Health 


ag ~ Improvement 
that the Police and Im (Scotland) 


Bill ; and, 


(Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, was pre- Public Health 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. sSoemune) 


Petitions from Barton-under-Needwood;—Quain- Post- 


ford; — Kingsley ; — Burton-on-Trent ;—Hamstall 
Ridware ; — Saint Thomas Mowcop ; — Fryering- 
ham ;—Little Burstead ;— North lt ;— Cotting- 
ham ;—.Broughton Sulney ;—Costock ; Widmerpool, 
Willoughby, Wysall, Keyworth and Stanton-on-the- 
Wolds ; — Kinoulton ;—Spilsby;~—Fillingham and 
Ingham ;— Bardney ; — Minting ;— Horncastle ;— 
Stokesay ;—Donnington Wood ;—Fordingbridge ;— 
Roberton; — Inverness; — George Davidson; — 
W. Mackenzie ; — Keir; — Thornhill (Perth) ;—- 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; | Willersham ; — Hambleton and Gateford ; — Dod- 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| worth ;— Bowland ;— Kirton ;—Marsworth ;— Wes- 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Maidenhead ; | ton Underwood;—Emberton ;—Loughton ;— Raven- 


— Keir ;—W. Mackenzie ;--Presbytery of Brechin 
(Moderator) ;— William Taylor ;—Kirk Session of 
Calton (Moderator) ;—and, Presbytery of Kintyre 
(Moderator); praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were also ae and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Govenors and Governesses of the 
County of Weazford Infirmary, praying that the 
county infirmaries may be exempted from the ope- 
ration of the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill, was 
een, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of Dun- 
dee, praying the House to adopt measures for im- 
proving the position of the Assistant Surgeons of 
the Royal Navy, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Anne (Middlesex) ;—Saint 
Andrew, Holborn, and Saint George-the-Martyr ;— 
Saint James, Westminster (Chairman);—Saint Ann 
Westminster (two Petitions);—Holborn Union ;— 





| stone;—Stoke Goldington and Gayhurst ;—Astbury; 
— Derwent ;--Hope;--Chapel-en-le- Frith ;—- Queens- 
borough ;— Mount Sorrell ;— Owston;—Stoke, Saint, 
Milborough Menge &gt; ;—Glasgow (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Kilmore ;— Wollavington ;— Isle Brewers ; 
—Sandwich and Cunningsburgh, Zetland ;— Teffont 
Magna ; —Lodus ;— Ripon ;—Ovington ;—Veryan ; 
—Philleigh ;— Eaton Bishop; —Frome Bishop ; — 
Bishop's Wood ; — Tain ; — Cromarty ;— Wick ;— 
| Presbytery of Zain (Moderator) ;—Holytown ;— 
| Poultry Chapel, Middlesex ; — Shirling ; — Eaton 
(Leicester) ;—Barkby ;—Stathern ;— Northwold;— 
Fortrose ;— Walthamstow ; — Cheshunt ;—Alneley ; 
Condover ; — Edmondbyers ; — Longdon ;—Llanvi- 
 hangel Ystrad ;—Trefilan ; — Hockliffe and Chal- 
grave ; — Higham Gobion;— Crofton ;— Canwich ;— 
| Lincoln ;—Crauford, Saint Andrew and Crauford, 
Saint John ;— Marston Trussell ;— Aspatria ;— 
Newarkh-upon-Trent ; — Stranraer ; — Wootton ;— 
| Armagh ; — Portadown ; — Baleek ; — Roade ; — 
| Wrexham; — Toller Porcorum; — and, T etford ; 
as for the Abolition of Sunday Labour in the 
ost-office,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 








Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Saint Andrew, Holborn, above | 


Bars, Saint George-theMartyr, the liberty of Saf- | 
fron Hill, and Ely-place (Chairman) ;—Saint Olave 
Silver-street (Churchwarden) ; — Saint Ben’et, 


Gracechurch ;—Saint Olave, Jewry (Chairman) ; 
—Saint Ethelburga (Chairman) ;—Saint Nicholas | 
Olave (Chairman and Churchwardens) ; — Saint 
Katherine Cree Church, otherwise Christ Church 
(Chairman) ;—Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey (Chair- 
man) ;—Saint Botoph Bishopsgate (Churchwarden); 
—Saint Alphage (Churchwardens) ;—Saint Bar- 








Office. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town poor Law 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Nairn, praying for (Scotland.) 


amendment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Feoftees of Trust and Governors of Public Health 
George Heriot, his Hospital, praying that the Pub- (Geotisn ) 


lic Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition 





Acts of Par- 
liament 
Abbreviation, 


Slave Trade. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Taxation, &amp;c. 


Windows, 


Local Acts. 
No. 75, 


Education. 


Education, 
Turnpike-road 
Bills, 


Turnpik 
True. 


13 VicTroriz. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of Oxford, praying that all Bills which may hence- 
forth pass through the House in Committee be re- 
ferred to some person learned in the law, and able 
in the mechanics of law-making, by him to be writ- 
ten in brief style and plain words, so that the many 
and very great evils arising from varying construc- 
tion and misconstruction, and from conflictive laws 
and constant litigation, may be avoided, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Primitive Wesleyan 
Methodist Congregation, Donegal-place, Belfast, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the sup- 
pression of the Foreign African Slave Trade, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the Township of Nether Hallam, pray- 
ing that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and. or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Stamp Duties Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Liverpool; —Hawick (Bailie) ;— 
and, Ozford ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Paul, Shadwell, praying the House to take the pre- 
sent system of Taxation into consideration; that 
direct, instead of indirect taxation may be adopted, 
whereby a large saving would be made, and also to 
reduce the expenditure in the Army, Navy, Ord- 
nance and other departments of the State, so as to 
bring the same at least to the amount granted in 
1835; that unmerited pensions be discontinued ; 
that real property, so far as legacies and probate 
duties are concerned, bear the burdens equally with 
personal ; and, that a much larger extension of the 
suffrage than at present exists be granted to the 
people, was = and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- 
taries of the Tower Hamlets Branch of the Metro- 
politan Sanitary Association, praying for the repeal 
of the Window Tax, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A further Report from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to an application for a Local Act. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Minute of the Committee of 
Council on Education :—Correspondence, Tabulated 
Reports, Returns, &amp;c. and Reports by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 1848-49-50, Vo- 
lumes 1. 2. 

Copy of Minute of the Committee of Council on 
Education, relating to the Training School at Knel- 
lar Hall, 7th January 1850. 

Copy of Reports of the Secretary of State on 
ee ills; 7. Tewkesbury Severn Bridge 
und Roads; 8. Garstang and Heiring Syke Road. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
March, in the last Session of Parliament, for a Re- 
turn of Turnpike Trusts in England on which Sun- 

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279 


day Tolls are levied, stating the Amount of such 
Tolls above the Payment enforced on Week Days. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Heresy. 
18th day of March last, for a Return of the Cases 
depending before the High Court of Delegates, at 
any time to which the Records of the Court may 
extend, wherein the subject-matter has been a - 
charge of Heresy or unsound Doctrine, brought 
against a Clerk in Holy Orders of the Church of 
England, specifying the Date and the Nature of 
the Accusation in each case. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of March Annuity Tax 
last, for a Return of the Number of Persons who (£4inburgh.) 
have been prosecuted by the Collector of Annuity 
Tax or Ministers’ Stipend in Edinburgh, during 
the last three years; stating the Amount sued for 
and recovered, together with the Amount of Ex- 
penses of these Proceedings. 

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


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Australian 
into a Committee upon the Australian Colonies Go- ee 
vernment Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuauses, N° 17 and N° 18, amended, and 
agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 19 to N° 29, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 30 (Power to estabish a General As- 
sembly for the Australian Colonies). 
Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bin : 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 63 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew : : 
Tellers for the { Sir William Molesworth, a6 
Noes. | Mr. Adderley : } : 


Cuavuses, N° 31 to N° 39, 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. 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 Friday the 
3d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Securities for 
) dvances 


adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon ireland) Bill. 


the 15th day of this instant April, That the Securi- 
ties for Advances (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

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

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


Veneris, 26° die Aprilis, 1850: 


And the Questior being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 
Yeas, \ Lord Edward Howard: } 186. 
Tellers for the f Lord Naas, 
Noes, | Mr. Henry Herbert: } - 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


NN4 Ordered, 





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280 


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. 


Convict The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Prisons Bill. Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Public Health (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland? pit, Mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 


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


Naval Prize ; 
Balance Bill. jnto a Committee upon the Naval Prize Balance 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Bill be 

read a second time, paragraph by paragraph ; 
The Committee divided. 

Mr. Grey, 

Mr, Bellew: 

Captain Harris, 

Mr. John Stuart: 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 70. 


\ 
J 
 « 
J . 


Tellers forthe Noes, 


Preamble postponed. 

Cxiausess, N° 1 to N° 3 agreed to. 

Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
power to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to 
the Resolution of the House, reported April 24th, 
——read. 

Clause added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken intu consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Money Pay- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ireland) Bal. mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Zreland) 


Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Fees (Cour* 
of Common 
Pleas) Bill. 


Fees (Court of 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee to 
Chancery.) 


whom it was referred to consider of altering the 
mode of collecting the Fees payable in the High 
Court of Chancery, and in Lunacy, and of collect- 
ing the same by means of Stamps, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
collection of the Fees payable in relation to Pro- 
ceedings in the High Court of Chancery, and in 
Lunacy, by means of Stamps. 

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. Solicitor General and 


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


25°-—26” Aprilis. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 





A. 1850. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Friendly Societies: And that Mr. Sotheron, Mr. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill, 


| Adderley and Mr. Bonham Carter do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Small Tenements Rating Bill, Small Tene- 
as amended in the Committee, be printed. — Rating 


No. 272. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to consolidate and Friendly 
amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies : Societies Bill, 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered No. 273. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 22d 
day of May next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railways, 
Returns showing for each Railway Company the 
Amount of Capital and Loans which the Company 
has been authorized to raise by Acts passed previous 
to and in 1849; the Amount of Share Capital ac- 
tually paid up on the 31st day of December 1849, 
separating that which does not receive, or is not en- 
titled to receive, any preferential Dividend or Inte- 
rest, from that which bears a preferential Dividend 
or Rate of Interest ; and stating the Amount of each 
Class of such preferential Capital, with the Rate of 
Interest or Dividend it is entitled to receive; the 
Amount due on Debentures, Loan Notes, or any 
other Interest bearing Securities, on the 31st day 
of December 1849, the Rates of Interest payable 
thereon, and the Sums to which such Rates of In- 
terest are applicable; the Total Amount the Com- 
pany retained powers at the end of 1849 to raise, 
either on existing Shares or by creating new Shares, 
or by Loans; the Length of Line open for Traffic 
on the 31st day of December 1849, distinguishing 
single and double Portions; the Length of Line in 
course of construction at the end of 1849; the 
Length of Line each Company is authorized to con- 
struct, but has not yet commenced, and, conse- 
quently, the Total Length for which each Company 
has obtained Powers :—And, of the Amalgamation 
of Railway Companies which have been effected 
either by Purchase, Loans, or otherwise, during 
1849, stating the Nature of such Amalgamation, 
and the Date on which it commenced, with the 
Act of Parliament under which it was effected (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 535, of 
Session 1849). 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to enable Fees (Court 
the Lord High Chancellor of England to authorize of Chancery) 
the Collection of Fees payable in relation to Pro- 
ceedings in the Court of Chancery, and in Lunacy, N®-274 
by means of Stamps: 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 before One of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Veneris, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDER ED, That the Committee on Group Railway Bills. 
No. 9 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this (Group 9.) 
day till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the vee 
Petitions presented upon the 23d and 24th days of Seat) 
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. “ 

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13 Vicroriz. 


Shipwrecked 
Fishermen 
and Mariners’ 
Benevolent 
Society Bill. 


The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Bene- 
volent Society Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Great Northe Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee 
ern Railway on the Great Northern Railway Deviations, Amend- 
Devndment of ment of Acts, Alteration of Tolls, and of East 
‘Acts, Altera- Lincolushire Railway Tolls Bill; That they had 
tion of Tolls, considered the Report of the Railway Commis- 
Fae be ol sioners as to the proposed increase of tolls, and that 
Railway Tolls they had, in compliance with the recommendations 
Bill. of the Commissioners, adopted the tolls on the 
London and North Western Railway, with some 
few exceptions, which they have felt it proper to 
make, in consequence of the evidence adduced before 
them of difference of circumstances between the 
traffic of the Great Northern and the London and 
North Western Railways; the new scale fixes the 
maximum rates of charge to be made by the Com- 
pany; That they had amended the Preamble of 
the Bill, by striking out that portion of it which 
relates to the construction of the curve to the Leeds 
Central Railway Station; and that they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, as amended, 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. 


York, New- Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee 
pro ag ae tang on the York, Newcustle and Berwick Railway 


(Alteration of (Alteration of Levels, and Extension of Time, &amp;c.) 


Ievelsand = Bill; That the Promoters had stated to the Com- 
—- mittee that it was not their intention to proceed 


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


Birkenhead Earl Jermyn reported from the Committee on the 
mag Trustees Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill; to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of two of the 

said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 

of the Bill; and that they had examined the alle- 

gations of the Bill, and had amended the Preamble, 

by striking out so much thereof as related to the 

exemption of certain vessels from payment of Liver- 

pool Dock Rates, that portion of the Bill having 

been abandoned by the Promoters, 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. 


Greenwich The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
nll take into consideration the Greenwich Hospital Im- 
Bill. provement Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
No.275. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
South Eastern Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 
a, South Eastern Railway (Power to discontinue Pay- 
discontinue ment of Interest on Calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 
paymentof Shares, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill; That there are, 
zane on in his opinion, circumstances of an important cha- 
ails paid on 


No.3 and No.4 racter, and involving serious doubts, arising out of 
Shares, &amp;c.) such part of the said Bill as seeks power to dis- 
Bill. continue payment of interest on calls paid on No. 3 
and No. 4 shares, and to enable the holders of the 
same to participate in dividends; and that such 
Bill should be treated as an opposed Private Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Conne of Mr. Keogh presented a Bill to extend the Juris- 
(Ireland) Bi, “iction and improve the Practice of Her Majesty’s 
No.276 ourt of Prerogative in Jreland: And the same 
“&lt;u was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 
VoL. 105. 





26° Aprilis. 281 


Mr. Solicitor General presented, pursuant to the Court of 
directions of an Act of Parliament, — Copy of Chancery. 
General Orders and Rules of the High Court of 
Chancery issued by the Lord High Chancellor 
Monday the 22d day of April 1850. 

‘ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Income Tax. 
Return showing the Number of Persons charged 
to the Income Tax for the years ended the 5th day 
of April 1848 and 1849, under Schedule (D.) ; dis- 
tinguishing the Number charged in each of the fol- 
lawing Classes, wiz. under £.150 a year; £.150a 
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; £.1,000and 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 Amounts 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 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 317, of Session 1849). 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publish- Advertise- 
ers of the Manchester Examiner and Times News- ™*™*- 
paper, praying for the repeal of the Duty on Adver- 
tisements in Newspapers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Launceston, and its Affirmation 
vicinity, praying that the Affirmation Bill may pass Bil- 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—Appledore Agricultural 
and Kenardington ;—and, Wisbech, Saint Peter’s ; Distress. 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 


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


Petitions from Chorley ;— Woodbridge (two Peti- Arbitration. 

tions) ;—and, Wolverhampton; 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 misunderstand- 
ings to the decision of Arbitrators,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A_ Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Banbury, graying for the repeal of the annual Certificates. 
duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Chelsea Out-Pensioners at Chipping Pensioners 
Sodbury, and its vicinity, in the county of Gloucester, (ATmy-) 
praying for repeal of the clause in the Act 10 and 
11 Vic. c. 12, preventing poor old worn-out veterans 
receiving the money due to them, since they were 
discharged, up to the time of 1847, and praying 
for redress, was presented, and read; and ordered “ 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Wollaston; — Oldham ;— Bridg- Church Rates. 
north (four Petitions) ;—and, Bethnal Green; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
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282 


Copyholds A Petition of Henry Peyton, Lord of the Manor 
Enfranchise- of Doddington, in the Isle of Ely, and of Great 


Raveley and Moines, in the county of Huntington, 
and of Peyton Hall, in the county of Suffolk, pray- 
ing that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Court Petitions from Southmolton ;— Teignmouth ; — 

Extension Bill. and, Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel; praying 
that the County Court Extension Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


County Rates A Petition of Rate-payers of the township of 
= _— Chorlton-upon- Medlock, in the county of Lancaster, 
ure . 


raying that the County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Court of Petitions from Maidstone ;— Metropolitan and 

Chancery Provincial Law Association ;~—and, Leeds ; praying 

(ireland) Bill. that the provisions of the Court of Chancery (Jre- 
land) Bill may be extended to the Court of Chancery 
in England,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Disarmament. Petitions from Accrington ;— Woodbridge ;—and, 
Wolverhampton; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for promoting a general and simultaneous Dis- 
armament among the civilized nations of the World, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ecclesiastical A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 

1 roperty. 


habitants of Over Darwen, praying the House to 
resume the national property which has been hither- 
to dedicated to religious uses, (a due regard being 
had to existing interests), and to apply it to pur- 
poses of a purely secular and national character, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 
bitants of the borough of Dudley, praying the House 
to apply all national property now devoted to Ec- 
clesiastical purposes to exclusively secular objects, 
and to repeal all laws conferring authority or exclu- 
sive advantages on, or interfering with the affairs of 
any religious denomination ; and also to abolish the 
Church Establishment in Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 


Education 


oo Petitions from George Bailie ;— Oldham ;—and, 
ll, 


Spitalfields; praying that the Education 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 parish of Preston, in the county of 
Lancaster, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Education 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and neigh- 
(Ireland. ) 


bourhood of Cork, 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. 


Education 


A Petition of Samuel Lucas, Aden Terrace, Stoke 
( Lancashire.) 


Newington, praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty to appoint Commissioners to visit the county 
of Lancaster, and to present a Report of the number 
of children under daily instruction, and of the quality 
of the instruction in the schools in every township 
of that county, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


26° Aprilis. 











A. 1850. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Elective 
Inhabitants of West Hackney, and the neighbour- Franchise, &amp;. 
hood, praying the House to enact, that the Franchise 
shall be so extended as to confer the right to be 
registered as an elector upon every man of full age, 
not subject to any legal disability, who for twelve 
months shall have occupied any tenement for which 
he shall be rated or shall have claimed to be rated 
to the relief of the poor; that votes shall be taken 
by ballot; that the duration of Parliaments shall 
not exceed three years; that such a change in the 
arrangement of the electoral districts be made as 
shall produce a more equal apportionment of repre- 
sentatives to constituents; and that the property 
qualification required of Members of the Commons 
House of Parliament be abolished, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Arbroath (eleven Petitions) ; — Factories Bill. 
Pendleton ; —Chorley ;— Tyldesley ; —Manchester ; 
— Whittle-le- Woods ;—Armitage Bridge ;—Hornley; 
— Lindley (two Petitions) ; — Huddersfield (three 
Petitions); — Mills’ Bridge; — Almondbury ; — 
Factory Workers of Messrs. Wrigleys, Dungeon 
Mill (York) ;— Blackburn ;— Rochdale ;—Halifaz ; 
—Newton Moor ;—and Luddenden; praying that 
the Factories 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 Harbours of 
Council of the royal burgh of Dunbar, praying the Refuge 
House to take into serious consideration the neces- Scotland.) 
sity for the construction of Harbours of Refuge at 
or near the port of Dunbar, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Epsom Union;—and, Chorley Highways 
Union; praying that the Highways Bill may not Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Bury, Commission Agent Licensing 
and Traveller, of the city of Exeter, praying the System. 
House to alter or abolish the present system of 
granting and withholding Certificates to parties who 
apply for them to magistrates, to enable them to 
obtain Licenses as Victuallers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Registration 
Lindisfarne, in the diocese of Durham, praying = Marriages 
for the repeal of so much of the Act 1 Vic., c. 22, “" 
which enacts that every parson, vicar, minister or 
curate in England shall solemnize Marriage on 
production of the Superintendent Registrar’s Cer- 
tificate, in like manner as after due publication of 
Banns, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Trades Marriages 
men and Inhabitants of Ripon, praying that the Bill. 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Kirk Session of Cranston 
(Moderator) ;—District of Cairn Ryan ;—Presby- 
tery of Kirkcaldy (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of 
Rothesay (Moderator) ;—and, David Wilkie ; pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, 

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

Petitions fromSaint Alban, Wood-street (Chair- —- 
man) ;—and, Shoreditch (Chairman) ; praying the "*™ 
House to adopt measures for improving the quality 
and increasing the quantity of the Water supplied 
to the inhabitants of the Metropolis,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Householders of Metropolis 


the parish of Chelsea, stating that there is, “a Water Bills. 
many 





mn 
ges 


lis 
ills. 





Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Paper, &amp;c. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Postage. 


Post- office. 


13 Vicrort. 


many years has been, a great and increasing want 
of water in the metropolis for domestic purposes, 
for sewerage, for the cleansing and watering of 
streets, and for ornamental and manufacturing pur- 
poses; and praying the House, that the Bills now 
pending for improving the supply of water to Lon- 
don may be allowed to proceed, so that the various 
schemes proposed may be efficiently investigated, 
and that some remedial measure may be adopted in 
the present Session, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Tower Hamlets Branch of the 
Metropolitan Sanitary Association (Chairman and 
honorary Secretary) ; — and, Paddington ; praying 
that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Compositors and Pressmen of the 
Atheneum Printing-oftice, praying that the Excise 
Tax upon Paper, the ‘Tax upon Advertisements, and 
the Stamp Tax upon Newspapers may be abolished, 
leaving the proper authorities to fix a small charge 
for the transmission of Newspapers by the post, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Eight Southern Districts of 
the City of Edinburgh (Convener and Clerk) ;—and, 
Dunbar ; praying that the Police and Improvement 
(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 the Parochial 
Board for relief of the Poor in the Parish of South 
Leith, praying for amendment of the Peor Law in 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wenhaston and vici- 
nity, praying for the establishment of an Ocean 
Post for the conveyance of letters from any port in 
Great Britain to any other port in the world, at the | 
uniform rate of a penny, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bude Haven, Stratton; — Wool- 


26° Aprils. 





fardisworthy (two Petitions) ;— Sheldon ;—South- 
molton (two Petitions); Combe Rawleigh ;—Saint | 
Giles-in-the- Wood ; —Bratton Clovelly ; —Newton | 
Bromswold ;—Lisson Grove, Saint Mary-le-bone ;— 
Oa, Islay ;—Lissara ;— Yelden;— Chard ;— Osming- 
ton ;— West London Sunday School Union (Chairman 
and Secretaries) ;—Raffery ;—Maesteg (Chairman 
and Secretary) ;—Hennock ;— Woolwich ;—Leigh ; 
— Sunderland ;— Pentonville ;— Great Bradley ;-- 
Macosquin ; —Hillhall;— North Ferriby ;— Pres- 
hute ;— Fincham ;—Newmills ;—Liskeard ;—Pres- 
bytery of Edinburgh (Moderator and Clerk); Dis- 
trict of Cavin Ryan;—Haddington;— Sedbergh ;— 
Monk Fryston;— Woolley ;—Exeter ;— Crompton ; 
— Bonsall ;—Shadforth ;--Croxdale ;--Kirk Session 
of Pathead ; — Holwell ; — Symondsbury ; — Wyke 
Regis ;—Oddingley ;—United Presbyterian Church, 
Kirkgate, Leith ;— Cheswardine;— Hammersmith ;— 
Fulham (two Petitions) ;—Chiswick ;— Paisley Arti- 
san’s Institution ( President);— Dunkeswelland Dun- 
heswell Abbey ;— North Dalton ;— Langton ;--Office- 
bearers and Members of the Church of England 
Young Men’s Society for aiding Missions at Home 
and Abroad ;— Bangor ;— Biggar (two Petitions) ; 
— Dervoch ;—Selsey ; —Inverness ; —Archdeaconry 
of Lindisfurne ;—Ballyhaise ;— Waterford ;—Mon- 
mouth ;— Llanvapley and Llanthewy ;—Rytherech ; 
— Bassaleg ;— Youlgreave ;— Draycott and Wilne ; 
— Heage ;—Bretby ; —Stair ;— Odstone ;— Orton- 
ou-the- Hill ; — Bilstone ; —Shackherstone ; —Sharn- 
ford ;—Congerstone ;—Croston ;— King’s Lynn;— 





VoL. 105. 


283 


Bredgar ;—TIslington ; — Brompton (Kent) ; — Hol- 
berton ; — Mickleton ;— East Langdon ;— North 
Wootton ;—Buttevant ; —Ashton-in-Makerfield ; — 
Limehouse ;—County of Monaghan ;—Nonnington ; 
— Eastwood ;— Church of England Sunday School 
Institute; — Great Queen- street, Lincoln’s-Inn- 
Fields ;— Bridge and Patrixbourne ;—Llanbadrig ; 
—Chalbury ;— Throwley;—Weybread ;—Pettaugh ; 
— Bredfield ;— Needham Market ;— Withersfield ;— 
Blisland ; — Marhamchurch ; — Michaelstow; — 
Leith ;—Faxton ;—Lamport and Hanging Hough- 
ton ;— Banbury (four Petitions ) ;—Bethnal Green- 
road ;— Abergwill ;— Deeping Saint James ;—Tydd 
Saint Mary ;—Boultham ;—Fleet ;— Devonport ;— 
Ampton ; — Llywel ; — Lowick ; —and, Swaffham 
Prior; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-oftice,--were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Public Health 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the —— 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a police and 
law; and, that the Police and Improvement (Scof- Improvement 
land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and — 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. wi 


Petitions from the Eight Southern Districts of the public Health 
city of Edinburgh (Convener and Qlerk) ;—Dun- (Scotland) 
bar ;—and, Musselburgh (acting chief magistrate) ; Bi 
praying that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Workmen in the employ of the Punishment 
Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company ;—Glasgow Death. 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Newlandsfield; praying for 
abolition of the Punishment of Death,—were pve- 


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


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Religious 
cil of the royal burgh of Dunbar, praying the House a a 
to abolish Religious Tests in the Universities of ee 
Scotland, or so to alter the law respecting them as 


|may seem most advisable to the House, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Morpeth, and its Fairs and 
vicinity, praying for the repeal of so much of the Markets Act. 
Act 27 Henry 6, c. 5, as permits hiring on the four 
Sundays in Harvest, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attorneys and Solicitors practising Stamp Duties 
in the city of Norwich, praying thata provision may Bill. 
be made in the Stamp Duties Bill that all Deeds 
and Instruments already executed and stamped 
shall after the passing of the new Act be deemed 
duly stamped, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Company ;—and, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee 
Railway Compuany ; 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 Synod of the Titles of 
Presbyterian Church in England, praying that the Religious | 
Titles of Religious Congregations (Scotland) Bill quan 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and Bill, 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- windows. 
taries of the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Windows, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland. ) 


Distressed 
Unions 
Advances and 
Repayment 
of Advances 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


284 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Further Papers relating to the 
suppression of Piracy off the Coast of Borneo. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 26th day of March last, for an 
Account of the Amount of the Exchequer Fund 
(Ireland) received out of the Court in each year, 
from the year 1836 to the year 1848, both inclusive; 
specifying that 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 Treasurer’s Fee Fund, Produce of Fines and 
Penalties, or 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 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 the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Distressed Unions Advances and Re- 
payment of Advances (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,f vr Bello — \ 132. 
iit {Colonel Sibthorp, | 
Tellers for the Noes, | yyy. Hodgson: P J 12. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause N® 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause N° 2, agreed to. 


Ciause N° 3 (The liabilities of the several dis- 
tricts to be proportionately charged on the town 
lands comprised therein.) 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1]. 10, to leave out 
from the words “ payable for ” to the word “ And” 
in l. 13. in order to insert the words “ forty years,” 
instead thereof. 

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

The Committee divided. 


: : Lord M Hi 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ vty Bellew: ill, } 85. 
, &gt;... | Mr. Clements, 1 
Tellers for the Noes,) 4, Stafford : f 31. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciauses N 4 to N° 9, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported, 





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A. 1850. 


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 Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply; 
mittee of Supply; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“in consideration of the recent changes in the stamps on 
“ Navigation Laws, and consistently with the state Marine 
“ of the Revenue, it is expedient the Stamps on SST" 
Marine Assurances, Bills of Lading, Charter 
Parties, and other Shipping Documents, shall be 
abolished,” 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,{ gg a Hill, } 156. 
ee ,... { Mr. M‘Gregor, \ 
Lellers for the Noes,{ Foy pn ial 89 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred ; and that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


“ 
“ 


“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ®" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Police and 
tee on the Police andlmprovement (Scot/and) Bill; Improvement 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday aay d) 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill; Seamen's 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mercantile 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; as ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (Bo. 8.) Bi 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
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 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 Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health | 
Reading of the Public Health (Zre/and) Bill ; (Ireland) bit 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
jupon Monday next. n 
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Naval Prize 
Balance Bill. 


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Common 
Pleas) Bill. 


No. 277. 


Sir Thomas 
Turton. 


Defects in 
Leases Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Smoke Pro- 
hibition Bill. 
No. 278. 


Defects in 
Leases Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 279. 


Sugar. 


13 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Naval Prize Balance 
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- 
mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fees, (Court of Common 
Pleas) Bill; and after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the circumstances attending 
the defalcations in the accounts of Sir Thomas Tur- 
ton; and to report their Opinions as to the course 
which the House ought to adopt with respect to the 
claims of the Sufferers in consequence of those 
Defalcations, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A- Committee was nominated of Mr. Roebuck, 
the Marquis of Douro, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Arm- 
strong, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Bouverie and 
Sir James Hogg, 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 
amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for 
granting Relief against Defects in Leases made 
under Powers of Leasing: And that Mr. Solicitor 
General and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and | 
bring it in. 





| 
The Smoke Prohibition Bill was read the first | 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 
Thursday the 16th day of May next; and to be | 
printed. 
Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to amend | 
an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for grant- | 
ing Relief against Defects in Leases made under | 
Powers of Leasing: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time | 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. | 


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


Sabbati, 27° die Aprilis, 1850: | 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 25th day of February last, for a Tabular Return, 
showing the Quantities of Sugar of the several Sorts | 
imported into the United Kingdom, and the Quantities | 
retained for Home Consumption ; together with the 
Rates of Duty charged on the Home Consumption, | 
and the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, in each 
year, from 1793 to 1849 inclusive; followed by a| 
comparative Statement of the Average Prices of | 
British Plantation and Foreign Plantation Sugar | 
{ordinary Yellow Havannah), for the same series of | 

ears. 
: Ordered, That the said Return 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








26°-—27°—29° Aprilis. 985 


Lune, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


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 
Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
President and Governors of the Corporation for 
Relief of Seamen in the Merchant Service, their 
Widows and Children, at the Port of Zondon, and 
the various Outports under their management, from 
ist January to 31st December 1849 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 1st January to 31st December 1849: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the Childwall 
Childwall Waterworks Bill; That they had ex- Waterworks 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of ~~ 
the Bill, and had amended the same, by striking 
out the words “West Derby,” “Wavertree” and “Aig- 
burtle,” as it appeared to the Committee those 
places were already within the limits of “ the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act of 1847 ;” 
and that they had 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. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Cambridge Regulation Cambridge 
and Impruvement, Markets and Fairs Bill, with Regulation 
Amendments. st Markets 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. and Fairs Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pypiic 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 25th and 26th days of a 
this instant April; and had directed him to make — 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Messrs. Burchell and Parson, of Clerkenwell 
Parliament-street, Solicitors for the Bill hereinafter Improvement 
mentioned, was presented, and read ; setting forth, a 
That a Bill is now depending in the House, intituled, Transfer of 
“ A Bill for transferring the Powers of the Clerk- Powers) Bill. 
enwell Improvement Commissioners to the Mayor, 

Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of London, 
and for amending the Acts relating to such Im- 
provement ;” that the time for the Second Reading 
of the said Bill has been from time to time ex- 
tended by the House, and the same expired on 
Thursday last, the 25th instant; that the Peti- 
tioners had an interview with Her Majesty’s Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and the Chief Commissioner 
of Woods and Forests on Tuesday the 23d instant, 
when certain — on behalf of the corporation 
of the city of London were present, and, after a 
statement of the case had been made with respect 
to the said Bill, and the objects now sought, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer desired that a state- 
ment should be made in writing, which would 
receive the early attention of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, and, with reference to the proceeding with 
the said Bill, concurred in the suggestion that a 
further postponement of the Seoul Reading was 
desirable ; that the said Bill is of great local import- 
ance, and if Her Majesty’s Government agree to the 
plan now proposed of carrying out the same, it 
would be highly desirable that the powers should be 





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003 so 





286 


so granted in the present Session of Parliament ; and 
raying that the term for the Second Reading may | 
be revived, and that leave may be given to read 
the said Bill the second time on or before the 15th 
day of May next. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


29° Aprils. 


A. 1 $50. 
by the Judges to the Deputy Judges for their Ser- 


vices respectively : — Showing the Name of the 
Clerk of every County Court, and the Number of 
Courts, if more than one, for which he -has been 
appointed, whether he resides within the District 
of the Court, or either of such Courts, and whether 
he performs his Duties in Person, or by Deputy or 
Assistant; and if by Deputy or Assistant, the 





Faculty of The House proceeded to take into consideration | Name, Occupation and Residence of such Deputy 
a the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Gilas- | or Assistant, and whether the latter performs his 
of i gow Bill, as amended in the Committee. | Duty in Person; what Portion of the Time of the 
Bill. Ordered, 'Vhat the Bill be read the third time. | Clerk or Deputy, or Assistant Clerk, is daily 
/and exclusively occupied in the Business of the 

Nottingham The House proceeded to take into consideration | Courts; the Gross Amount of Fees received by the 
Pt the Nottingham Freemen’s Allotments Bill, as | Clerk between the 1st day of January and the 31st 
—_— amended in the Committee. day of December 1849, both inclusive, and the 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Disbursements made thereout ; and the Amount of 

Remuneration paid by each Clerk out of his Fees 

Royal College The House proceeded to take into consideration | to his Deputy or Assistant for his Services :—And, 


of Surgeons of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Bill, showing the Name and Occupation of the High 
— as amended in the Committee. | Bailiff of every County Court, and the Number of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Courts, if more than One, for which he has been 

| appointed ; whether he resides within the District 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | of the Court, or either of such Courts, and performs 

Railway nt the South Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts,’ his Duties in Person or by Deputy; and if by 
Fata, Pout Power to raise additional Capital) Bill, as amended Deputy, the Name, Occupation and Residence of 
to raise Addi- in the Committee, and an Amendment was made | such Deputy; what Portion of the Time of the 
tional Capital) to the Bill. High Bailiff is exclusively occupied in the Business 


South Eastern 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. of the Courts; the Gross Amount of Fees received 

by the High Bailiff, between the 1st day of January 
Railway The Railway Companies’ Clearing Association | and the 31st day of December 1849, both inclusive, 
—— Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and the Disbursements made thereout for Deputies 
ite Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | or Under Bailiffs, and other Expenses incident to 
Bill. mittee of Selection. the Office of High Bailiff. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Mr. Gaskell reported from the Committee on Her Majesty by such Members of this Boum as are 
Group 18 of Private Bills; That William Brown, | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

Esquire, one of the selected Members of the said 

Committee, was not present within one hour of the 
time fixed for the meeting of the Committee, but | Returns of the Name of every Person holding Office 

that Mr. Brown attended previous to the adjourn- | in each Ecclesiastical Court in Ireland, and of the 

ment of the Committee. | Style and Duties of such Office, and a Description 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | of the Tenure of the same ; and in case any Office 

| therein shall be performed by Deputy, the Place of 

Ordered, That Mr. Pugh be discharged from any | Residence of the principal Holder, and the nature 
further attendence on the Committee on Group 16 | of the Arrangement entered into with the Principal, 
of Private Bills, on account of urgent business. | by the Deputy performing the Duties of such Office : 
| —Of the Scale of Fees demanded in respect of the 

Ordered, That Mr. Busfeild be allowed to attend , proving of Wills, or of the granting of Letters of 

aa. and vote in the Committee on the Bradford Im- | Administration, whether in common or solemn Form, 

olice, and ‘ “ ° &gt; 1 Sapo 

Purchase and provement, Police and Purchase and Closing of} or in any contested Suit relating thereto, distin- 


Private Bills 
(Group 18.) 





Private Bills 
(Group 16.) 


Bradford 


Closing of — Bradford Canal Bill, notwithstanding he did not | guishing the Offices in the Court in respect of which 

enor sign the prescribed Declaration before the Chairman | same shall be demanded, and the Amount of such 

~~ took the Chair, provided he sign such Declaration , Fees received in each of the Three years ending the 

forthwith. Ist day of April 1850, and of the Application of 

‘the same :—Of the Names of all contested Suits 

: a Resolved, That an humble Address be presented depending in the Court of Prerogative in Zreland, 
ourts, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | and in the Consistorial Court of Dublin, on the 
to give directions that there be laid before this 20th day of April 1850, or at any time within One 
House, the following Returns from the County | year previous to that Date, and of the Date of the 
Courts established thoughout England and Wales, ‘first Proceeding taken in such Suits respectively, 
under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 59, viz. :—Returns and of the Number of Court or Office Rules entered 
of the Number of Days, and of the Number of | therein:—Of the Number of Proctors practising in 
Hours in each Day, on which every Judge of the | each Ecclesiastical Court in Ireland, and of the 
said Court sat in Person for the hearing of Causes, | Scale of Fees allowed on Taxation to such Proctors 
or for any other Purpose connected with the Courts, | in relation to any Business transacted by them ; and 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of |a Copy of any Order authorizing the demanding or 
December 1849, both inclusive :—Of the Number | Allowance of such Fees:—And, of the Number of 
and Names of all Deputy Judges who have been | Bills of Costs taxed in the Court of Prerogative 
a pointed under the provisions of the Statute, from and High Court of Delegates in Jreland, and in the 
the commencement of the Act down to the 31st Consistorial Court of Dublin, in each of the Three 
day of December 1849 ; the Names of the Judges years ending the 20th day of April 1850, and the 
appointing such Deputies ; the Time during which | Names of the Causes respectively in which same 
such Deputies respectively acted under each Ap-| were taxed; and a Return of the Amount demanded 
pointment; the Number of Days and the Number of | at Foot of each Bill of Costs, and of the Amount 
Hours in each Day, on which such Deputy Judges disallowed by the Officer on such Taxation, and of 
sat for the hearing of Causes, or for any other pur- | the Name of the Officer taxing same. 

we connected with the Courts, from the 1st day of | 


anuary to the 31st day of December 1849, both | 


give 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical: 


Courts 
Ireland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Jersey and 
inclusive ; and the Amount of Remuneration paid Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Guernscy. 
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13 VicroriIz. 


give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Letter from Lieutenant 
Governor of Jersey, dated the 20th day of April 
1850, stating that an Act has been passed by the 
States for the Amendment of the Criminal Law :— 
Of a Letter from the Bailiff of Guernsey, dated 
the 6th day of January 1849, stating the Views of 
the Royal Court in regard to carrying into effect 
the Recommendations of the Commissioners of In- 
quiry :—Of a Letter from the Lieutenant Governor 
of Guernsey, dated the 24th day of January 1849, 
stating his observations on the Bailiff’s Letter, and 
on the Subject generally :—And, of a Letter from 
the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, dated the 
20th day of December 1849, stating what has been 
done in regard to taking Written Depositions of Evi- 
dence in Criminal Cases. 

Ordered, That 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 Number of British Mercantile 
Houses at each Port to which British Consuls or 
Vice-Consuls are appointed; and the Number and 
Tonnage of British Ships that entered each of the 
Harbours or Ports within the Limits of such Consul 
or Vice-Consul, in the year 1847 or 1848 ; and also, 
during any previous year between 1837 and 1840: 
—And, similar Return of American, Russian and 
French Mercantile Ships. 

Ordered, That 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 Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Kidderminster 
Election Petition, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Increase in the Number of the Con- 
stabulary Force in the County of Cork, since the 
passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic.c. 97; the Num- 
ber of Police Stations since established or aug- 
mented ; and the Amount charged to the County for 
defraying the Expense of such Increase of Force. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Kidderminster 
Election. 


Constabulary 
(Cork. ) 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: 


aaiataee Mr. Speaker, 

Birkenhead The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ae Act to give Powers to the Birkenhead Improvement 

ill. - . ; i 

Commissioners for purchasing the Woodside Ferry, 
and for regulating their Mortgage Debt, and facili- 
tating the Sale of their Lands at Birkenhead, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

Waterford, The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 

oa ae the Return of Share Capital, &amp;c. of the Waterford, 

Dublin Rail. Wexford, Wicklow and Dudlin Railway, printed 

way. by that House, and of the Minutes of the Evidence 


taken at the Bar of that House on the 15th, 18th, 
and 22d days of March last, and the 12th day of 
this instant April, regarding the same, and of the 
Documents therein referred to, and laid before that 
House, as desired by this House:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


(Ireland. ) A Return, showing the Number of Petty Sessions, 
the Number of Clerks, and the Amount of Fees 
received by them, in each County of Ireland, in the 
year 1848 :—Also, showing the Number of Instances 
in which one individual acts as Clerk fur more than 
one Petty Sessions. 

Sugar, &amp;e. Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., 

No. 280. which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant April, be printed. 

Sugar. Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar which 

No. 280, Was presented upon the 26th day of this instant 


April, be printed. 


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Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
of the Glasgow Citizen Newspaper ;—Proprietors, ™°™*- 
Printers and Publishers of the ienen Standard 
Newspaper ;—and, Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
lishers of the Galway Mercury; praying for the 
repeal of the Duty upon Advertisements in News- 
papers,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Attornies’ 
Society of Attornies and Solicitors, practising at Certificates. 
Quarter Sessions in and for the county of Carlow, 
praying that the annual yey on the Certificates of 
Attornies and Solicitors in Lreland, may be wholly 
abolished, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ipswich ;—Scarborough ;—Glou- Arbitration. 
cester ;— Plymouth ;—JIslington (four Petitions) ;— 
Aldersgate-street ;— Rawtenstall ;—Members of the 

Finsbury Mechanics’ Institution ;—and, Stockton- 

upon- Tees; praying the House to take prompt and 

decisive measures for the promotion of ‘Treaties 

between the Government of this country and other 
Governments of the world, binding both 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 Landowners, Manufacturers, Oc- 
cupiers of Land, Tradesmen, Labourers and other 
inhabitants of Kirkby Lonsdale, and the neigh- 
bourhood thereof, complaining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Petitions from Chelmsford ;—Leamington Priors Becr-houses- 
(two Petitions) ;— Whitehaven (three Petitions) ;— 
Clifton Union ;—and, Warrington; praying the 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- 
ber of Beer-houses,— were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Hope Shaw, Esquire, one of Burgess Lists 
the Aldermen of the borough of Leeds, and Chair- Bil. 
man of the Parliamentary Committee of the council 
of the said borough, praying that the Burgess Lists 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of tite Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Southampton, 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 Members of the Baptist Society of Chuneh Rates. 
Rowley and Shotley, praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of in- Church and 
habitants of Bristol, praying the House to take State. 
immediate measures for the complete separation of 
the Church from the State, that is to say, for the 
resumption by Parliament, with due regard to the 
claims of the present holders, of all national pro- 
perty which is now employed for religious uses, and 
for the repeal of all the laws, and the abolition of 
all the State usages which confer any privilege or 
inflict any penalty, or which make any distinction 
or requirement whatsoever, on account of any re- 
ligious opinions or any system of Church Govern- 
ment, was presented, aud read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;—Stourbridge ;— Cradley ; Disarmames:. 
— Lye ;—Gravesend ;— Madeley ;—JIslington (three 
Petitions) ;— Aldersgate-street ;— Kirkham ;— and, 





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Nantwich ; praying the House to adopt such mea- 
sures as may seem requisite for promoting negotia- 
tions between the British Government and other 


A. 1850. 


tion, and test by examination in every branch of 
medicine and surgery all future candidates for its 
membership, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


Governments of the civilized world, with a view to| to lie upon the Table. 
a general and simultaneous measure of Disarma- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gainsborough ;—Aberdeen (Chair- Merchant 
man) ;— Glasgow ;—and, Montrose (Chairman) ; oar y 
praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill may ~ 
Ecclesiastical Petitions from the Executive Committee of the | 2°t pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
Property, &amp;c. British Anti-State Church Association for the | dered to lie upon the Table. 

Liberation of Religion from all State interference va hgh ; 
(Chairman) ; — Maisey Hampton (Chairman) ;— Petitions from Bethnal Green (four Petitions) — peerngetien 
Fairford (Chairman) ;--and, Nailsworth (Chairman); District parish of St. James's, pee Park - Bill. 
praying the House to apply all National Property Clerkenwell ; — Saint Martin-in-the-Fields gees 

now devoted to Ecclesiastical purposes to exclu- Metropolitan Sanitary Association (Chairman an 

sively secular objects, and to repeal all iaws con- Honorary Secretaries) ; praying that the Metropo- 

ferring authority or exclusive advantages on or litan Interments Bill may pass into (apg 
interfering with the affairs of any religious denomi- presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

nation ; and also to abolish the Church Establish- lable. 

ment in Jreland,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. A Petition of Inhabitants and Householders of Metropolis 


the parish of Poplar, stating that there is, and for Water Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish ef Aud- aaa a ae a _ 
lem, in the county of Chester, praying the House to) ¢ cement tnd dusmsion dni a we 8 of 
provide by Act of Parliament that the Educational eo ogee ny : sical 5 f rE 
Grant shall hereafter be dispensed, subject to the | a on d a So ay anew a 
two simple conditions of legal scrutiny and Govern- | Pai onan Sing P ~ 


ment inspection, upon the principle of freedom to | improving the supply of water to Lente may be 


all alike to constitute and administer their respective | allowed to poneees, so Gat the sameme emnrente 


schools upon their own model, and in exact accord- | proposed snay be &lt;ficientiy investigation, end that 


: : | some remedial measure may be adopted in the pre- 
ance with their own system, was presented, and : . 
‘ . 1 sent Session, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to lie upon the Table. 


Education. 





Education 


Ba Petitions from Lythe;—and, New Sarum; pray-| Petitions from Peterhead;—and, Arbroath(Chair- Poor Law 


ing that the Education Bill may not pass into a| man); praying for amendment of the Poor Law in (Scotland. ) 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie | Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
upon the Table. ; | to lie upon the Table. . 





Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Farmers, Landholders and other! Petitions from the Kirk Session of Walls ;—Dis- Post-office. 
Inhabitants of the united parishes of Lady’s Island, ‘tricts of Munchalls, Jellybrands, Portlethen, &amp;c. ;— 
Carne, Saint Margaret's and Saint Iberius, praying | Moira ;—Garvah ;—Kilmarnock ;—Stock ;—Rams- 
for amendment of the law between Landlord and den Bellhouse;--Little Hallingbury;--Great Halling- 
Tenant nm Treland, was presented, and read 3 and | bury ; — Millington ;— Brailes ; —_ Warmington ;— 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Halford ;— Leamington ;--Lillington ;-—Honington ; 

— Whichford-cum-Stourton ;—Arrow, Exhall, Wiz- 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur-| ford and Wetheley ; — Llansadwrn ; — Tremaine ;— 
gesses of the borough of Southampton, praying the | Tremglos and Warbston ;—Ballywater ;— Donagh- 
House to pass a Bill enabling salaries to be paid to | cloney ; — Conlig ; — Dundonald ; — Ballygilbert 
Justices’ Clerks and Clerks of the Peace in place | (Minister and Kuling Elders) ;— Newtownards (two 
of fees, for charging the fees to the credit of the | Petitions );—Saintfield;— Wood Enderby ;— Thorpe 
borough rate, and for giving power to the Justices | Saint Peter ; — Caynham ;— Tichfield ; — Brimps- 
to lessen or dispense with fees or costs in con-| field ;—Cranham;— Coln Saint Dennis ;—Cowley ; 
nexion with such cases, as may appear to them to | — Haresfield ;— Hempsted ; — Tittleshall ; — Field 
require such leniency, was presented, and read; and! Dalling and Binham ;—Newchurch;—Cheriton ;— 


Justices’ 
Clerks, &amp;c. 








Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Profession. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Peterborough, and 
its neighbourhood, praying for a repeal of the duty 
on Malt, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Fable. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Newtown Lima- 
vady (Moderator pro tem. and Clerk) ;—MMurdoch 
Mackay (two Petitions) ;— Presbytery of Cupar (Mo- 
derator); Provincial Synod of Aberdeen (Mode- 
rator);— Presbytery of Arbroath (Moderator) ;— 
and, Alton; praying that the Marriages Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
o-dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profession, 
residing and practising at and in the neighbourhood 
of Ashford, Kent, praying the House to pass an Act 
to incorporate the General Practitioners into an inde- 
pendent Royal College, including, in tke first instance, 
all those individuals at present legally practising as | 
general practitioners, with a representative govern-| 
ment, with equal rights and privileges for all its| 
members, to give authority to regulate the educa-| 





Elham ;— Newington-next-Hythe ;— Enzie:— East 
Cowton;— Kirkby in Cleveland;— Thornton-le-Dale; 
— Halaugh ;—Glaisdale ;—Delamere (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Provincial Synod ot Aberdeen (Moderator) ; 
—Auchenblae ;—Kinnethmouth ;—Westham ;— Et- 
chingham ; —Iford and Kingstone ;-—Skerton ; — 
Llangadoch ;—Kirk Session of Arbroath ;—Stra- 
bane ; — Cookstown ; — Gortin ;— Muggleswish ;— 
Spofforth ;—Rural Deanery of Newich ;—Bolling- 
ton; — Whithorn; — Carberry ;—Leixlip ;— Drayton 
(Berks) ;—Cartmel ;—Ulverston ;— Saint Michaels- 
on- Wyre ;— Ulverston ;— Garstang ;— Petworth ;— 
Llanwdyn ;—Armagh ;—Reverend A. M. Rogerson, 
and Reverend Alexander Young;—London Wall; 
— John Turnbull; — Kirk Session of Greenlaw 
(Moderator) ;— Coldstream ;— Easington ;—North- 
ampton;— Piddington, Hachleton, Horton,and Pres- 
ton; — Kirkby Lonsdale and Casterton ; — Stoke 
Newington ;—Ballyreagh ;—and, Lurgan ; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shoreditch ;— Bethnal Green ;— public Health. 


Hachney (two Petitions) ;—Stepney ;—South Hack- 


ney ;— 








13 Vicroriz. 


ney (two Petitions) ;—Stepney ;—South Hackney ;— 
Ratcliffe ;—District of Saint George-in-the-East ; 
—and, Bethnal Green; praying the House to pass 
an efficient and comprehensive Public Health Act, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Managing Directors of the General 
Steam Navigation Company, Bristol, complaining 
of the heavy charges in the shape of Light and 
other dues now levied in the Port of Dublin; and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Portof Dublin. 


Public Health A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
— Council of the city of Glasgow, praying that the 


Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


Railways A Petition of John Chrisp Gooday, of Sudbury, 

res, praying that the Railways Abandonment Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Railway A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 

Traffic Bill. ~~ pany, praying that the Railway Traffic Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Savings Petitions from Rochdale Union ;— County of 

Banks. Kerry ;--and, Depositors of the Killarney Savings 
Bank ; praying for the amendment of the law regu- 
lating Savings Banks, with a view to the security 
of depositors,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Schools Petitions from the Presbytery of Cupar (Mode- 

(Scotland) —_ rator);—and, Presbytery of Langholm (Moderator); 


praying the House to refuse its sanction to’ any 
measure having for its object the removal of the 
Parochial Schools in Scotland from the superintend- 
ence of the Church of Scotland,—were presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Solicitors having the carriage of 

sales of Incumbered Estates in Jrelund, or con- 
cerned for owners or incumbrancers, praying that 
the Securities for Advances (Zreland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Bankruptcy. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Southampton, praying that the 
jurisdiction of County Courts may be extended in 
relation to cases of Bankruptcy, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers and 
others interested in the manufacture and sale of) 
frish made Spirits, in the town of Carlow, praying 
the House to enact that the duty on Irish made 
Spirits shall in future be charged and levied in the 
same manner as that on foreign made Spirits, that 
is, according to the measurement of the actual quan- 
tity and strength, when removed from the bonded 
warehouses, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Solicitors and others, Inhabitants 
of the town of Shrewsbury, praying that the Stamp 
Duties 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 Zondon and South Western 
Railway Company, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill, 


Vestries and A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 


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289 


| that the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty's Parkhurst 
Command,—Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison. 
Prison, 1850. 

Copy of Second Report of the Commissioners Marriage. 
appointed to inquire into the State and Operation 
| of the Law of Marriage (East India Marriages). 
| Copy of Report of the Secretary of State on Turnpike-road 
Turnpike Road Bills.—9. Godstone and Highgate Bills. 

Road. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Jomenhened 
an Order, dated the 17th day of this instant April, #ttes 
for a Return of the Haste of Sales which Sane ireland) Adt. 
been actually effected under the Jrisk Incumbered 
Estates Act, and in what Counties :—And, Account 
of the Number of Orders actually made for the 
Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland by the Com- 
missioners. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

ble. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Savings Banks 
amend the Law relating to Savings Banks: And Bill. 
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. At- 
torney-general do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ecclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill;  Co™™#sion 
5 i : &gt; 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 ; 


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


Martis, 30° die Aprilis, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the 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 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Parliamentary 
consideration the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jre- } No hg 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee: The Bill ‘ — vo 
was re-committed to a Committee of the whole ® 281- 
House :—The House immediately resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

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- Railways 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill ; Abandonment 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, =. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Convict 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fees (Court of 
Reading of the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; | Chancery) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bi 

upon Thursday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Technical 
mittee on the Technical Objections Restraining Bill ; bm mar 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, a 





Batty Clerks — Union, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
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; Bill. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Securities for | The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 





A. 1850. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


Advances mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) | resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(Ireland) Bill. Bill : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| 


mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Chancery into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery | 
(Ireland) Bill. | 


(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


No. 282. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal) mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


Bill. solve itself into the said Committee. 


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 Thursday next. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


ch roland) pil, Mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill ; 


Elections The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
(Ireland) Pill. mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. | 


Court of Ses- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
sion (Seot- — mittee on the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ; 


—— Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | 
Parochial The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


Assessments Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 13th day of May next. 
Woods, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


— Xe. Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; 
; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Titles of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Religious ~—_ consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations 
Congregations = D 


Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee: The Bill was | 

No. 293, Te-committed to a Committee of the whole House : | 
“~~ *  —The House immediately resolved itself into the | 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, | 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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; and be printed. 


Distressed The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
pl ana COMSideration the Distressed Unions Advances and 
Repayment of Re-payment of Advances (Jreland) Bill, as amended 
Advances in the Committee ; 

(Ireland) Bill.  Oydered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Friday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 
: Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Police and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Improvement mittee on the Police and Improvement (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill 
Bill. ? : , 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 


Reading of the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | Pp 
itself into the said Committee. lt 


to diminish the Delay and Expense of Proceedings 
in the High Court of Chancery in England: And 








The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


/upon Thursday next, 


The Bill to regulate the Disposition of the Naval Naval Prize 
rize Balance, was, according to Order, read the Balance Bill. 
hird time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Defects in Leases Act Amendment Bill was, Defects in 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- Leases Act 


Amendment 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 33) 
day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of — 
Chancery Bill. 


that Mr. Turner, Mr. Walpole and Mr. Wood do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Savings 
to inquire into and report upon the circumstances Banks. 
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 7'ralee, Kil- 
larney and Auchterarder, and into any Security or 
Liability that may exist for the satisfaction of the 
losses thereby occasioned. 


Ordered, That Mr. Osborne be discharged from County Rates 


any further attendance on the Select Committee on 2°4 Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


the County Rates and Expenditure Bill. 
Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be added 
to the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Small Livings, 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased ** 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Small Livings augmented 
by unconditional Grants from Funds at the disposal 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in England 
and Wales; specifying the Name, Locality, and 
Diocese of each Living, the original Value, the 
Amount of Augmentation, and the Scale adopted 
with respect to Population and Income :--Of Grants 
to meet such Benefactions from other Sources made 
to Benefices and Churches in Public and Private 
Patronage :—Of Grants to Benefices and Churches 
possessing Local Claims upon Property vested in 
the Commissioners :—And, of Grants to Incum- 
bents of Mother Churches in compensation for Fees 
transferred to New District Churches. 

Ordered, That 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 Incumbents 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ont Come. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Abstract of the Number and 
Classes of Non-Resident Incumbents, and of the 
Number of Resident Incumbents, according to the 
last Diocesan Returns from England and Wales - 








13 ViecroriZ. 


Of the Total Number of Curates in each Diocese 
in England and Wales, returned — Archbishops 
and Bishops to Her Majesty’s Most honourable. 
Privy Council for the year 1849, distinguishing the 
Number resident in the Parsonage House and the 
Number resident in the Parish ; likewise the Num- 
ber of those who are licensed, and the Amount of 
Stipends, arranged in Classes of under £.10, £.10 
and under £.20, £.20 and under £.30, £.30 and | 
under £.40, &amp;c.:—Of the Number of Benefices 
held by Non-Resident Incumbents which are of the | 
Gross Annual Value of £.300 and upwards, and 
the Number under £.300 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Return, No. 519, of Session 1843) :— 
And, similar Copy of the Abstract of the First 
Diocesan Returns subsequent to the passing of the 
Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106. 

Ordered, That 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, | 


Swelly Rocks. 
Copy of Report of the Survey of the Swelly Rocks, 
in the Straits of Menai, by Captain F. W. Beechey, 
R. N. in 1846. 
Savings Banks Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to amend the Law | 
Bill. relating to-Savings Banks: And the same was read 
No. 284. the first time; and ordered to be read a second | 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. | 
Court of Mr. Turner presented a Bill to diminish the delay | 


Chancery Bill. and expense of Proceedings in the High Court of | 


No.285. Chancery in England: And the same was read the | 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of May next; and 
to be printed. | 

South Eastern A Petition of John Swift, of Liverpool, Gentle- | 
} wate A man, was presented, and read ; setting forth, ‘That 
oe, a Bill is now pending in the House “ to enable the 

Payment of South Eastern Railway Company to discontinue | 
ee the Payment of Interest on Calls paid on certain | 
No. 3and Classes of Shares, and to entitle the Holders of the 


No. 4 Shares, same to participate in Dividends ; and to amend the 

&amp;c.) Bill Acts relating to the South Eastern Railway ;” that 
the Petitioner is largely interested in the Shares in- 
tended to be deait with by the said Bill, and repre- 
sents other parties interested in like manner, and 
that he and they strongly object to the provisions of 
the said Bill; that the Petitioner abstained from 
petitioning in due course against the said Bill, in | 
consequence of the practice which for the last two 
Sessions has prevailed in Committees of the House, | 
not to hear Shareholders against the common seal 
of their Company ; that the Bill was thus unop- 
posed, and was referred to a Committee, consisting | 
of Mr. Bernal, and two other Members of the} 
House, who repeatedly considered the same, espe- | 
cially with reference to the Resolution of the House, | 
dated the 25th day of March last, which directs 
“that no Railway Company shall be authorized to 
alter the terms of any preference or priority of in- 
terest or dividend which shall have been granted 
by such Company, under any previous Act, unless 
the Committee on the Bill report, that such altera- 
tion ought to be allowed, with the reasons on which 
their opinion is founded ; that the said Committee 
expressed their opinion adversely to the alteration 
which the Bill affects in the terms of preference 
enjoyed by the Petitioner and his fellow Share- 
holders ; but, at the request of the promoters of the 
Bill, Mr. Bernal on the 26th day of April instant, 
reported, “that there are in his opinion circum- 
stances of an important character and involving 
serious doubts arising out of such part of the said 
Bill as seeks power to discontinue payment of 
interest on Calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, 
and to enable the holders of the same to participate 








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VoL. 105. 








291 


in dividends, and that such Bill should be treated 
as an opposed Private Bill,and the said Bill was 
accordingly referred to the Committee of Selection ; 
that before the said Report was agreed to, the pro- 
moters of the said Bill entered into an engagement 
with the Petitioner’s agent, that they would take 
any step which might be sug thse by him for 
ensuring to the Petitioner, and others cireumstanced 
like himself, a hearing before the opposed Com- 
mittee ; that unless the interests of the Petitioner 
and his fellow Shareholders are represented before 
the Committee, to whom the said Bill may be re- 
ferred, the facts of the case cannot be properly eli- 
cited, and the said Committee cannot satisfactorily 
form an opinion upon the matter referred to them 
by the said Resolution of the twenty-fifth of March; 
and praying that he and those interested in like 
manner with bim in the shares in question, may 
have leave to deposit a Petition against the said 


| Bill, and that the same Petition may be referred to 
the Committee to whom the said 


ill may be re- 
ferred, with instructions to the same Committee to 
hear the Petitioner and the said other pasties 
interested in the said Shares by themselves, their 
counsel, agents and witnesses in support of their 
Petition, and against the provisions of the said 
Bill. 

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


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, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Wright, from the Metropolis Turnpike-roads 
Office, was called in; for at the bar pre- Turmplke. 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Toads. 
Parliament,—The Twenty-fourth 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. Lutwidge, Secretary to the Commissioners in yynacy. 

Lunacy, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of several Acts of Parlia- 
ment,—Copy of Fourth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor, 30th 
ne 1849. 
An Account of all Monies received and paid by 
the Secretary of the Commission in Lunacy, and of 
all Charges and Expenses incurred under or by 
virtue of or in execution of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 100, during the year ending on the 31st July 
1849. 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under 
the 8th and 9th Vic., c. 100, s. 88, of the Number 
of Visits made, the Number of Patients seen, and 
the Number of Miles travelled, by the several Com- 
missioners in Lunacy, during the Six months ending 
on the 4th February 1850. 

Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under 
the 8th and 9th Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of 
Visits made, the Number of Patients seen, and the 
Number of Miles travelled, by the several Comniis- 
sioners in Lunacy, during the Six months ending on 
the 4th August 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Riddeseineter 


mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order,— Election. 
The Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Kidderminster Election Petition: 

PP2 


No. 286. 


Ordered, 











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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Petition of Thomas Marsh Nelson, 
which was deposited in the Private Bill Office upon 
the 29th day of this instant April, against the Lon- 
don (City) Improvements Bill, be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner 
be heard before the said Committee, pursuant to 
the prayer of his Petition:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


London (City) 
ac 
Bill. 


Manchester The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Bonding Bill. Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 30th day of May next. 
Manchester Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on the 
—— pin, Manchester Rectory Division Bill, and to whom 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of the said 
Petitions ; and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; that they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and had 
amended the same, by making several verbal alte- 
rations ; and 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. 


Greenwich Ordered, That the Greenwich Hospital Improve- | 
ospita! . . worse ee 

Seupvovemnent ment Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 

Bill. 


Accidents in 
Coal Mines. * 


A Petition of Coal Miners of Northumberland and 
Durham, setting forth the frequent and extensive 
loss of life in Coal Mines; and praying for the ap- 
pointment of Inspectors of Mines (the same being 
practical men), with similar powers as belong to 
factory inspectors, inspectors of railways, &amp;c., was 
presented, and read; and erdered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Petitions from Whixley ;—Wragby ;— Osgodby ; 
—Hessay ; —Chapel Haddlesey ;—Hazxley ;—Ric- 
call;— Rufforth ; —Hemmingborough ;—Shipwith ; 
—Sirensall ;—Little Ouseburn ;—Kirk Smeaton ;— 
Womersley ; — Ackworth ; — Heworth ; — Bishop- 
thorpe ;—Healaugh ;—Bossall, Upper Helmsley and 
Gate Helmsley ;—Ferryfrystone ;— Great Ouseburn ; 
— Staveley ; — Featherstone ;— Pontefract ;—Dun- 
nington ; — Grimstone and Murton ;—Hemsworth ; 
— Darrington ; — Marton-cum-Grafton ; — Bads- 
worth; — Myton; — Brafferton ;—Huntington ;— 
Colton ;— Brotherton ;—Askham ;—Nun Appleton ; 
— Carlton (York) ;— Hirst Courteney ; — North 
Duffield ; — Howden ; — Wighill ;—Brayton (two 
Petitions) ; — Barlow ;— Marston ;—Camblesforth ; 
— Thorp Willowby ;— Cliff-cum-Lund ;— Wistow ;— 
Selby; — Drax ;—South Duffield ;—Cowthorpe ;— 
Buttercrombe ; — Bailby ; — Gateforth ; — Upper 
Poppleton; — Bilton ; — Cawood ; —Haddelsey ;— 
Tong ; — Topcliffe ; — Roccliffe ; — Minskip ; — 
Boroughbridge;—Aldbrough ;--Thirsk;—Beaghall, 
Burton Salmon and Fairburn ; --Carlton (York) ;— 
Felishirk ;— Sutton (York) ;—Old Byland ;—Cold 
Kirby ;—Thirlby ;—South Otterington ;—Scawton; 
— Boltby ;— Kirkby Hill;—and, Sherburn and 
Church Fenton ; complaining of the depressed state 
of Agriculture; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief,— were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salford ;—Witham and Hatfield ; 
— Dalston;— Hereford ;— Rochdale (two Petitions); 
— Warrington; — Little Dean; — Blakeney; — 


Arbitration. 








30° Aprilis. 








A. 1850. 


Woodside ; — Mitcheldean ;—Lydbrook ;—Branth- 
waite; — Lamplough and Arleston ;—Cochermouth 
Peace Society (President) ;— Dean ;— Broadstairs ; 
—Cirencester ; — Cloughfold ;—and, Wigan; pray- 
ing the House to take prompt and decisive measures 
for the promotion of Treaties between the Govern- 
ment of this country and other Governments of the 
world, binding both 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. 





Petitions from Newport (Isle of Wight) ;—and, attornies? 
Leek; praying for 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. 


Petitions from of the Port of Zondun; — and, Ballast 
Tower Hamlets ; complaining of grievances affecting Heavers. 
the Ballast Heavers ; and praying for the establish- 
ment of an office similar to that appointed for coal- 
whippers,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cockermouth ;—and, Newcastle- Beer-houses, 
upon=T'yne (Chairman); praying the House to adopt 
measures with a view to diminishing the number of 
Beer-houses,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harlow ;—Hartshill ;—and, Ban- Church Rates. 
bury ; praying for the abolition of Church Rates,— 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of White Roothing, copyholds 
in the county of Essex, praying that the Copy- Enfranchise- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, ™&amp;"¢ Bill. 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of County Rates 
Justices of the Peace for the county of Warwick, 4 — 
praying that. the County Rates and Expenditure 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Cheltenham; — Manchester ; — Disarmament. 
Halstead ; — Kelvedon ; — Louth ;—Ringwood ;— 
Rochdale (two Petitions) ;—Loughborough ;—Hales 
Owen; — Cradley Heath; — Warrington ; — Lan- 
caster (Chairman) ; — Blakeney ;—Mitcheldean ;— 
Newent ; — Colchester ;— Nottingham ;— Middleton 
(four Petitions) ;—Harpurhey ;—Brighton ;— Gilou- ’ 
cester ; — Upton-on-Severn ; — Cirencester ;—Penk- 
hull ;—Shilton ; — Hanley (two Petitions) ;—Bir- 
mingham (twelve Petitions) ; — Stoke-upon-Trent 
(five Petitions) ; —Newcastle-under-Lyme ;—Burs- 
lem ;— Worcester ;— Willenhall ;—Newport (Isle of 
Wight) ;—Macclesfield (two Petitions) ;— Oswestry 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Brixton; praying the House 
to take steps for promoting the negotiations between 
the British Government and other Governments of 
the civilized world, with a view to call their attention 
to the necessity of entering by a general and simul- 
taneous measure upon a system of disarmament,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters assembling paucation 
for worship in the Unitarian Chapel, Boston, pray- Bill. 
ing that the Education Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from New Lanark ;—Arbroath ;—Bre- Factories Bill. 
chin (two Petitions);—Zongroyd Bridge ;—Hud- 
dersfield 








Highways 
Bill. 


Hypothec 
(Scotland. ) 


Landlord and 
Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


Local 
Taxation. 


Lord Lieu- 
tenant of 
Treland. 


Malt and 
Hops. 


Marriages Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Medical 
Profession, 


Metropoli: 
Water , 





13 Vicroriz. 


dersfield (four Petitions) ;— Dundee (two Petitions); 
—and, Darwen; praying that the Factories Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Jodmorden Union ;—and, Sale- 
hurst ; praying that the Highways Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Perth Corn Ex- 
change, Merchants, Farmers, Cattle-dealers and 
others, residing in Perth, praying the House, 
effectually to protect the bond fide purchasers of 
farm produce and stock who may have paid the 
price, and received delivery of the same, from the 
operations of the present law of landlords’ Hypothec 
in Scotland), was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Cork, praying for amendment of the law 
between Landlord and ‘Tenant in Jreland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Mushury ; —Axminster ; —and, 
Cork ; complaining of the heavy burthen of local 
Taxation; and praying for measures of relief,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the North Dublin 
Union, praying the House not to pass any measure 
for the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lovington ;—and, Farleigh Cham- 
berlayne ; praying for the repeal of the duties on 
Malt and Hops,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Roslin ;—Kirk Session of Doune ; 
— Thomas Hislop ;—Thomas Davidson ;—Presby- 
terian Church in England, in Synod assembled at 
Liverpool (Moderator) ;—Presbytery of Tyrone;— 
Royal Burghs of Scotland, in convention assembled ; 
—Campbeltown ; —Alva ;—and, Killean; 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 Thirsk, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into .a law, was also 
—— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Oxford;— Provincial Medical 
and Surgical Association (President and Secretary); 
—Lecturers and Teachers of Medicine at the Saint 
George’s School of Anatomy and Medicine ; — 
Swaffham ; —Rye ;—and, Dumfries ; praying the 
House to adopt measures for improving the posi- 
tion of Assistant Surgeons in the Royal Navy,— 


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


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profes- 
sion, residing and practising at and in the neigh- 
bourhood of Reigate, praying for the establishment 
of an Independent Royal College of Practitioners, 
having authority to regulate the education of all 
future candidates for that profession, and to test 
their competency by an examination, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Churchwardens, Overseers, Chairmen of Boards of 
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30° Aprilis. 293 


Guardians, and other representatives of parishes in 
the Metropolitan districts, praying the House forth- 
with to pass a measure for greatly increasing the 
quantity, and improving to the highest practicable 
extent the quality, of the supply of Water to the 
inhabitants of the Metropolitan districts, upon the 
principle of constant service and high pressure, for 
introducing it in sufficient abundance to the house 
of every inhabitant, for reducing and regulating the 
price, by the application of an equal parochial assess- 
ment, and for protecting the public and securing 
the health of the community by placing the manage- 
ment of the supply of Water in the hands of a 
public Board, to be elected by the rate-payers and 
owners of property in the various parishes included 
in the Metropolitan districts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Tower Hamlets ;—and, Ful- Metropolitan 
ham; praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill Interments 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Furnishing Undertakers, in or near 
London, praying that they may be heard by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chelmsford ;—and, Boston ; pray- Postage. 
ing for the establishment of an Ocean Post, by 
which letters may be conveyed from any port in 
Great Britain to any other port in the World, at the 
uniform rate of one penny,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Christopher James Bunting, of Paper, &amp;c. 
Chapel-street, Crook’s-place, Norwich, Editor of 
“ The Reformer,” praying for repeal of the Excise Tax 
upon Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the 
Stamp Tax upon Newspapers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Poole ;—and, Saint James, Duke’s- Poor Law. 
place ; praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
respect to Settlement and Rating,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor Law 
Dungarvan Poor Law Union, praying for amend-(Ireland.) 
ment of the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 104, to amend 
the Acts for the more effectual Relief of the desti- 
tute Poor in Ireland, so as to authorize remunera- 
tion to be given to Assistant Guardians, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


* 


Petitions from Saint Bartholomew-the-Less ;— Poor Relief 

Precint of Bridewell;—Saint Bride, Saint Dun- (Cities and 
stan-in-the-West, and Saint Bartholomew-the-Less ; aia dee 
—Royal Hospital of Bridewell (President and Trea- 
surer);—Saint Peter-upon-Cornhill ; —Saint Ste- 
phen, Coleman-street ;—Saint Michael Bassishaw ; 
—Saint Bene’t Sherehog (Chairman) ;— Saint Mary 
Aldermary ;—Saint Pancras, Soper-lane ; — Saint 
Dunstan-in-the East ;—and Saint Lawrence Jewry, 
and Saint Mary Magdalen, Milk-street, in the city 
of London; praying that the Poor Relief (Cities 
and Towns) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Saint Bene’t Gracechurch,(Church- 
warden) ;—and, Saint Leonard Lastcheap, in the 
city of London Union (Churchwarden); taking 
notice of the said Bill; and praying that the city 
of London may be included therein,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

PP3 Petitions 





Post-office, 


Public Health. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Slave Trade. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Vestries and 


Vestry Clerks’ 
Bill. 


Windows. 


294. 30° Aprihs. 


Petitions from Putney ;—Hoxton ;— Sunderland ; | 


— Launceston ; — Owthorne ;— Coughton ; — South | 


Shoebury ; — Runton ; — Ellerburn ; — Foston ; — | 


Marton-in- Cleveland ;—Belfast ; — Dorrington ;— 
Longden ;—Sturry ;—Gomersal ;—Islington ;—Co- 
ventry ;— Groombridge ;—Sheldhurst ;— Ottram ;— 
Yalding ;—Ash and Faukham ;— West Farleigh ;— 
Frittenden ;— William Burns ;-- Balcomb ;— Mis- 
terton-with-West Stockwith ;—- Everton ;—Wistow, 
with its Chapelry of Newton Harcourt, and of Kilby; 
— Calthorpe ;— Dursley ;--Alvington ;-- Woolastone; 
— Dymock ;--Mangotsfield ;-- Glasgow ;--Langford ; 
— Ruan Lanihorne ; —Areley Kings ;— Ballymoney ; | 
— Horsell ;— Doune ;— Thomas Hislop ;— Dunkeld ; | 
—Kingsbarns ;— Astley ;—Chilvers Coton ;— Lea | 
Marston ;— Newton Regis, Sukington and Shutting- 
ton ;—Stockingford ; — Seathwaite ; — Standish ;— 
Boston ;— West Molesey ;—Ashe ;—Deane ;—.Dun- 
stable ;—Calne ;— Barford Saint Martin ; —Wig- | 
ginton ;—Belfast ;— Carrington and Frith Ville ;— | 








ag ;—Rural Deanery of Atherstone ;—and, | Table. 





—1° Mair. A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Annuity Annuity Tax 
Tax (Edinburgh), which was presented upon Thurs- ¢ 


day last, be printed. 








Edinburgh.) 
No. 287. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Mer- Merchant 


| chant Seamen, which were presented yesterday, be 


printed. 


The Order made upon the 26th day of March 
last, for printing the Return relative to Fisheries 
(Ireland), was read, and discharged. 


Seamen. 


No. 288. 


Fisheries 
Ireland.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Wawn have leave of absence Leave of 


for a fortnight, on account of a domestic affliction. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
ommand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- 
gation, month ended 5th April 1850, and Three 
months ended 5th April 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 


rodich ; praying for the abolition of Sunday La- | 


bour in the Post-office,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary Stratford, Bow ;— 
Stepney ;—Mile End Old Town;—and, Clapton; 
praying the House to pass an efficient and com- 
prehensive Public Health Acty—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leominster ;— Cambridge (Mayor) ; | 


— Bury Saint Edmund's ;— Chesterfield ;— Devizes ; 
—Southwark (Chairman) ; — Charlbury ;— Chat- 
ham ;—and, Hertford; praying for the abolition 
of the punishment of Death,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Church 
and Congregation in Academy-street, Belfast, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for the suppression 
of the African Slave Trade, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers, and 
others interested in the manufacture and sale of 
Irish made Spirits of the city of Cork, praying the 
House to enact that the duty on Irish made Spirits 
shall in future be charged and levied in the same 
manner as that on Foreign made Spirits, that is, 
according to the measurement of the actual quantity 
and strength when removed from the bonded Ware- 
houses, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petifion of the President and Vice-Presidents 
of the Bristol Law Association, taking notice of the 
Stamp Duties Bill, and praying that provision may 
be made therein, that all deeds and instruments 
already executed and stamped, shall after the 
passing of the new Act be deemed duly stamped, 


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


the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of 
England, residents in Norwich, praying that the 
Vestries and Vestry Clerks’ Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newington ;—Saint Andrew, Hol- 


| Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 
| dated the 7th day of March last, for 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 Ja- 
nuary 1850; stating where and when built, and by 
whom built; the Tonnage; of the Cost per Ton, 
distinguishing separately Steam Vessels, and the 
Power of their Engines; also, the Aggregate Num- 
ber of Tons :—Ofthe Number of Ships in Ordinary, 
in Classes, in each year since 1828, stating the 
Number of Tons of each Class, and the Aggregate 
Tonnage in Ordinary :—And, of the Number of 
Ships in Commission, in Classes, in each year since 
1828, stating the Number of Tons of each Class, 
and the Aggregate Tonnage in Commission. 

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





A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, humbly to request that She will be 
graciously pleased to direct that a careful revision 
( be made of the Salaries and Wages paid in every 

Department of the Public Service, with a view to 
a just and adequate reduction thereof, due regard 
being had to the efficient performance of the several 
duties. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put ; 





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


Mercurii, 1° die Maiti, 1850; 


And the Previous Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr a ss } 173. 
Tellers for the Noes,¢ ay — Hill, \ 260, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Commttee be appointed to in- 
quire if any restrictions (and if any, what restric- 

tions) should be imposed by Parliament on the Sale 
| of Poisons :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
'of the House, withdrawn. 

| 


} 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 





Absence. 


Trade and 
Navigation. | 


Ships (Navy.) 


Salaries and 
Wages (Public 
Service.) 


Poisons. 


Manor Courts 


born, above-the- Bars, and Saint George-the- Martyr ;| Returns of the Dates of all Patents enrolled in the (Ireland-) 


—and, Saint Andrew, Holborn, and Saint George- 
the-Martyr ; praying for the repeal of the duty on 


Windows.—were presented, and read ; and ordered | Courts in Jreland, is derived, or claimed to be de- 
to lie upon the Table. 


Rolls Office in Dublin, under which the Jurisdiciion 
| exercised by or claimed as belonging to all Manor 


rived; specifying the Names of the Grantees, the 


Extent 











Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


* Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 289. 


Defects in 
Leases Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies. ) 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 





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Extent and Nature of the Jurisdiction conferred | 


30° Aprilis—1° Maii. 


295 


the width of the street authorized by the West- 


upon, or expressed to be conferred upon, such Courts, | minster Improvement Act 1845, and called Victoria- 
and the Limits within which such Jurisdiction is| street, and to vary the line of the secondary street 


exercised :—And, of the Dates of all Pateuts regis- 
tered or entered in the Office of the Clerk of the 
Peace of each County, County of a City, or Borough, 
in Ireland, under or by virtue of which any jurisdic- 
tion now exercised by or claimed as belonging to 
any Manor Court in Ireland is so exercised or 
claimed ; specifying the’ Names of the Grantees, 
the Extent and Nature of the Jurisdiction conferred, 
or expressed to be conferred, upon such Courts, and 
the local Limits within which such Jurisdiction is 
exercised ; specifying also the Names, Descriptions 
and Professions of all Persons who acted as Judges 
or Seneschals of such Courts for the last Ten 
years ; and the Names, Descriptions and Residences 
of the Persons by whom they were appointed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Parish Constables Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Mode of exempting Metropolitan Police 
Districts) was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Elections (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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Defects in Leases Act 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and had directed him to report 
the same, without. Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Duties payable under Colonial 
Enactments, on Goods imported into the British 
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 Petition of the Westminster Improvement Com- 
missioners, stating that a Bill under the name or 
short title of the Westminster Improvements Bill 
has been introduced into the House ; that since the 
introduction of the said Bill, difficulties have arisen 
in procuring an eligible site for a new workhouse 
and parochial offices within and for the parishes of 
Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, 
Westminster, under the provisions contained in the 
Westminster Improvement Act 1847, and that, 
therefore, it is expedient to empower the Petitioners, 
with the consent of the several parties interested, to 
provide a suitable site elsewhere for the above-men- 
tioned purpose, and also to make further and addi- 
tional provision for enabling the Petitioners to alter 

VoL. 105. 





authorized by the Westminster Improvement Act 
1847, and to make better provision for the repay- 
ment of certain monies expended, orto be expended, 
by the Petitioners on the works authorized by the 
before-mentioned Acts of 1845 and 1847; that in 
order to obtain such authority, the Petitioners have 
caused to be prepared clauses, printed copies of 
which are annexed to the Petition ; and praying that 
leave may be given to insert such Clauses im the 
Bill, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


Mercurii, 1° die Mai ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERE D, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 








Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the pS wg : 
Petitions presented upon the 29th day of April last ; Hepere “vr 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


South Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, 'That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, That they have power to appoint ee 
the meeting of the Committee on the South Eastern 
Railway (Power to discontinue Payment of Interest 
on Calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, &amp;c.) (re- 
committed Bill), specially reported upon by the 
Committee, for any day after the 8th day of this 
instant May, should they so think fit. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the London and 
London and Blackwall Railway Bill, with Amend- Blackwall 
ments. Bill 

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


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Dublin, Dun- Dublin, Dun- 
drum and Rathfarnham Railway (Extension or Re- ¢™4m and 
vival of Powers for the Purchase of Lands and — 
Completion of Works, Amendment or Repeal of (Extension or 
Acts) Bill, with Amendments. L aiestng = 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ee 


: &gt; Purchase of 
and be printed. Lands and 


Completion of 
Works, Amendment or Repeal of Acts) Bill, 


A Petition.of Trustees for executing the Wotting- Cromford and 
ham and Newhaven Turnpike-road Act, was pre- Newhaven 
sented, and read; setting forth, That a Bill is —a 
now depending in the House for continuing the 
term of the Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike- 
road Act, and for other purposes ; that in the said 
Bill it is enacted, that after the passing of the same, 
the Trustees of the Road should not be under any 
obligation to repair or maintain the Pike Hall Road 
therein described, or any part thereof, or to pay the 
sum of 60/.a year, or any other sum heretofore 
paid and payable to the Petitioners, or their trea- 
surer, in respect of the said Pike Hall Road, or any 
part thereof, or in respect of the Pike Hall Road 


_ Gate, or in respect of the tolls arising on such Road, 


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296 


or any part thereof, or taken at such gate, or on any 
other account whatsoever, the Acts therein recited, 
or any of them, or anything contained to the con- 
trary in anywise notwithstanding; that the Peti- 
tioners decidedly object to such provision, inasmuch 
as they, or their predecessors gave up the mainte- 
nance and repair of the said Pike Hall Road, and 
the power to collect toll thereon, in consideration 
of receiving annually such 60/.a year; that the 
consent of the Petitioners has not in any way been 
obtained to such provision in the said Bill; that, in 
consequence of the illness of the solicitor and clerk 
to the Petitioners, and his inability to attend to 
business, their attention was not called to the said 
eee in the said Bill until after the time limited 
y the House for the presentation of Petitions 
against the same; that the Petitioners have since 
been in negotiation with the Promoters of the said 
Bill, and have endeavoured to come to an amicable 
arrangement with them on the subject-matter of 
the same, but they have failed to do so; that the 
Petitioners have since been obliged to employ an- 
other solicitor on the subject of the said provision, 
and they are exceedingly desirous to have the sub- 
ject-matter of the said provision, and their objection 
to the same, considered before a Committee of the 
House; and praying that leave may be given to 
them to present a Petition, by depositing the same 
in the Private Bill Office; and that it may be an 
instruction to the Committee on the said Bill to 
entertain the said Petition, notwithstanding the 
same will not have been so deposited within seven 
clear days after the Second Reading of such Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions from: Lorton ;--Cochermouth ;— Tewkes- 
bury ;—and, Bilston; 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 tlie 
decision of Arbitrators, —were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Arbitration. 


Arbitration, 


‘ Petitions from Edinburgh ; — Portobello ; — 
c 


LTewhesbury ; — and, Preston (Lancaster); 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, 
and also to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the World,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Borrowdale, in the 
county of Cumberland, praying that the Copyholds 
infranchisement Bill may pass into a law, was 


mwesented, and read; and ordered to Jie upon the 
lable. 


County Court A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Read- 

Extension Bill. 540, praying that the County Court Extension Bill 
may pass intoa law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education Petitions from Brighthelmstone;—and, Isham ; 

Bill. praying that the Education Bill may not pass into a 
aw,—were presented, and read; and pes we to lie 
upon the Table. 


Education 


Petitions from Donamore ;—New Inn ;—Killaloe ; 
Creland.) 


—Meare’s Court ;—Canizans ;—Templenoe ;—and, 
Nurney ; 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 


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A. 1850. 


country, and praying the House to relieve them 
from that grievance,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


2 NO og &lt;M 


Two Petitions from Manchester, praying that the Factories Bill. 
Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Marriages 
Stranraer, praying that the Marriages Bill may not Bill. a’ 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers advertise- 
of the Silurian Newspaper, published in Wales, ments. 
praying for the repeal of the duty upon Advertise- 

ments in Newspapers, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman Parochial 
of the Board of Guardians of the Blaby Union, Assessments 
in the county of Leicester, praying that the Paro- — 

chial Assessments Bill may not pass into a law, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions from Saint Olave, Hart-street ;— Saint Poor Relief 
Margaret, New Fish-street ;—and, Saint Magnus- (Cities and 
the-Martyr, London Bridge, in the City of London ee. 
Union; praying that the Poor Relief (Cities and 
Towns) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitionsfrom Owthorpe;— Heckling ;— Gresham ; Post-office. 

— Forncett Saint Mary;—North Repps ;—Shot- 
tesham ;—Edinburgh ;—Crail ;-- Loanhead (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Randalstown ;—Liberton ;—Hascomb ;— 
Shalford ;—Isley Walton;--Osgathorpe ;—Manning- 
ford Bruce ;—Warlingham ;—Isham ;—and, Castle 
Ashby; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—James Shipton and Railway 
George Skey;—and, Leeds and Thirsk Railway Traffic Bill. 
Company; praying that the Railway Traffic Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metropolis Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads, which was presented yesterday, be — 


printed. No. 290. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Fourth Annual Lunacy. 
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the No. 291. 
Lord Chancellor, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies received Lunacy. 
and expended by the Secretary to the Commissioners No, 292. 
in Lunacy, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Two Reports to the Lunacy. 
Lord Chancellor, under the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, No, 292. 
s. 88, relative to Lunacy, which were presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade Trade - 
and Navigation, which were presented yesterday, Navigation. 
be printed. No, 293. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships (Navy), Ships (Navy.) 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 294. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming English and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Irish Univer 
upon the 23d day of April last, That all systems of 
academical Education require from time to time 
some modification, from the change of external 





circumstances, 











Birth of a 
Prince. 


Greenwich 
Hospital Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Railway 


+) Traffic Bill, 


13 Vicroriz. 


circumstances, the progress of opinion, and the 
intellectual improvement of the people ; that in the 
ancient English and Jrish Universities, and in the 
Colleges connected with them, the interests of 
religious and useful learning have not advanced to 
an extent commensurate with the great resources 
and high position of those bodies; that collegiate 
statutes of the fifteenth century occasionally pro- 
hibit the local authorities from introducing any 
alterations into voluminous codes, of which a large 
portion are now obsolete; that better laws are 
needed to regulate the ceremony of matriculation 


1° Mazz. 








297 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added 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 this day six months. 


and the granting of degrees, to diminish the exclu- 
siveness of the University Libraries, to provide for 
a fairer distribution of the rewards of scientific and 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Benefices in 


into a Committee upon the Benefices in Plurality Bill. “oe be. 
No. 295. 


literary merit, to extend the permission of marriage 
to tutors of colleges, and to facilitate the registra- 
tion of electors for the Universities; that additional 
checks might be considered with reference to the 
continued extravagance of individual students ; and 
that the mode of tenure of college property ought 
to be ameliorated, particularly in Jreland ; that, as 
it is Her Majesty’s right and prerogative to name 
Visitors and Commissioners to inquire into the 
ancient Universities and Colleges of England and 
Freland, an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
leased to issue Her Royal Commission of inquiry 
into the state of the Universities and Colleges of 
Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, with a view to 
assist in the adaptation of those important institu- 
tions to the requirements of modern times ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 30th day of this instant May. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 





Address be presented to Her Majesty to congratu- 
late Her Majesty on the Birth of another Prince, | 


and to assure Her Majesty that every addition to | 


Her Majesty’s domestic happiness affords the most | 
sincere satisfaction to Her faithful Commons. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse N° 1 (Spiritual Persons not to hold 
Benefices in Plurality, except under certain cir- 
cumstances.) 

Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed in P. 1. 1.20: After the 
word “ Benefices,” to leave out all the words to the 
end of the Clause. 

Debate arising ; 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That the words “unless the said 
“ Benefices are actually contiguous to each other,” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

r Mr. Frewen, 7 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Buck « 186. 
Mr. Hume, } 53 
Mr. Aglionby : ‘ 

Another Amendment proposed in P. 2.1.9: To 
leave out from the words “ each other and” to the 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | end of the Clause, in order to add the words 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are |“ unless the yearly value of one of such contiguous 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


} 
| 
| 
| 


“* Benefices shall be less than one hundred pounds.” 
Question put, That the words “ the population 


The Bill to enable the Commissioners of Green- | « of the two Benefices jointly shall not exceed 


wich Hospital to improve the said Hospital, and | 


also to enlarge and improve the Billingsgate Dock, 
and widen Billingsgate-street in Greenwich, and for 
other Purposes, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


; : 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


The Order of the day being read for the Second 
Reading of the Landlord and 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 proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 


as »’ stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Christopher, 16. 
Mr. Frewen : 

; { Mr.Sidney Herbert, ), .. 

Tellers for the Noes, \Mr. Gladstone : ‘hoe, 


An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciavuses N° 2 to N° 5 agreed to. 
Criause N° 6 disagreed to, 
Clause added. 

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 Tuesday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) (Cities and’ 
Bill : Towns) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 30th day of this instant May. 


time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-rmorrow. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railway Traftic Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
one proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
ime ; 

The Amendments. following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 

VoL, 105. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Tenants at 
take into consideration the Tenants at Rack-rent Rack-rent 
Relief Bill, as amended in the Committee. Reet Ee 

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





eg? The 






































































Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Burgess Lists 
Bill. 


Borough Gaols 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Defects in 
Leases Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


School Esta- 
blishment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 296. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way. 


No. 297. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Colonization 
Assurance 


Company Bill. conferring certain privileges on the said Company, 


298 ]°—9° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Burgess Lists Bill ; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant May. | 
| 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Borough Gaols Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee of Supply ; 





Maiz. A. 1850. 


Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Act not to repeal existing Law, nor 
Corporation to extend its operations, without the 
consent of the Secretary of State for the Colonies), 
was thrice read ; and added tw the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





A Bill for better regulating the Privileges of the Faculty of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday) Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Physicians 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | and amending their Charter of Incorporation, was hes 
| read the third time. Bill. 


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. 


years of Her present Majesty, for the Appointment 
and Payment of Parish Constables, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Defects in Leases Act Amendment 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
Monday next. | 





Viscount Melgund presented a Bill to reform and , 
extend the School Establishment of Scotland : And | 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 15th day 
of this instant May; and to be printed. | 


Ordered, Thai the Paper relative to the Water-| 
ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, which | 
was communicated from the Lords upon Monday | 
last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, | 


Jovis, 2° die Maii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Arthur Duncombe reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group No. 10 of Railway Bills; 
That in the case of the Chester and Holyhead | 
Railway Bill, to whom several Petitions against the 
Bill were referred ; That they had heard counsel in 
support of the said Petitions, and had also heard 


counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had} 


examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had found the same to be true, and 
had made several Amendments in the Bill, which 
Amendments involved the necessity of an alteration 
in the Preamble already agreed to by the Com- 
inittee ; and that they had directed him to report 
the Bill to the House, and to move its re-commitment 
t» the former Committee, with leave to sit and pro- 
ceed upon Monday next, at one o'clock. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the for- 
mer Committee: And that they have leave to sit and 
proceed upon Monday next, at one of the clock. 


A Motion being made, that the Bill for incorpo- 
rating the Colonization Assurance Company, and 


be now read the third time ; 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


; A Bill for the management of the Allotments Nottingham 
The Bill to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth /made to the Freemen of Nottingham by virtue of Freemen’s 
certain Acts for enclosing Lands in the Parish —™ 


Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill for enabling Her Majesty to grant a new Royal College - 


Charter to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin- 


| burgh, and for conterriug further Powers on the said 


College, 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 Bill to enable the South Eastern Railway 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was 
read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (In 
case of disputes between the South Eastern and 
Brighton Companies, same may be referred to the 
Railway Comuissioners):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read, with a blank ;—and 
committed toa Comn:ittee 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 ; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
said Clause was read the third time, and added to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Plumptre do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the East and West India Docks 
and Birmingham Junction Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee, be taken into consideration upon 
Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


ut their own expense, from the Committee Clerk’s 
Copy, the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 





Committee on the Bill, if they think fit. - 
r. 


of Surgeons of 
Edinburgh 
Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Amendment 


of Acts, Power 
to raise Ad- 


ditional 
Capital) Bill 


East and West 
India Docks, 
and Birming- 
ham Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the Promoters Manchester _ 
of the Manchester Rectory Division Bill to print, Rectory Divi- 


sion Bill. 














13 Vicroriz. 


Waterford Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Waterford 

and Kilkeny’ and Kilkenny Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Labouring Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 





2° Mair. 299 


acted as such, during the whole of the said years : 
—And, of the Number of Meetings of the Trustees 
on the Business of the Trust in each year, whether 
General or District Meetings, and the Number of 
Trustees present at each Meeting. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Poor (Ireland) g Return of the several Cases in which the Lords of | Table. 


_ the Treasury have sanctioned, under the Labouring 


Poor (Zreland) Act, 11 and 12 Vic. c. 51, the con- 
version of Annuities created by the Act 10 and 11 
Vic. c. 87, and the Terms on which such Conversions 
have been made ; showing in each case of Conver- 
sion, since the 3d day of November 1848, the Total 
compound Sum charged against each Barony, &amp;c. 
at the time of conversion, and the Amount of each 
converted instalment (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 30, of Session 1849). 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for better assessing and 
collecting the Poor’s Rates, Highway Rates, the 
County, Shire-hall, Police and other County Rates, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


West Brom- 
wich Rates 
Bill. 


in the Parish of West Bromwich, in the County of 


Stafford, and the Township of Oldbury, in the Pa- 
rish of Hales Owen, in the County of Worcester, 
and which Parish of West Bromwich and Township 
of Oldbury are situate within the West Bromwich 
Poor Law Union : 


Brighton Im- A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- 


provement,  sioners acting under an Act passed in the Sixth Year 
ure ‘en 7 , . 
Sek Pavtion of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the 


and Grounds, Fourth, for better regulating, paving, improving and 


and Amend- managing the Town of Brighthelmston, in the County 
rey to of Sussex, and the Poor thereof, to purchase, im- 
’ prove and manage the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, 
and the Grounds thereof, and to enlarge, extend 
and apply the Powers and Provisions of the same 

Act with reference thereto: And also, 
Titles of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Religious Con- Act to render more simple and effectual the ‘Titles 


Be eae ~~ by which Congregations or Societies, associated for 
(Scotland) 5S - = eta ge 
Bill. Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Scot- 


land, hold Real Property required for such Pur- 


poses, with Amendments ; to which Amendments | 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Alterations in The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Pleadings Bill. tg enable the Judges of the Courts of Common 


Law at Westminster to alter the Forms of Pleading ; | 


to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Cobbe's The Lords have, passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Divorce Bill. to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Cobbe, Esquire, 
with Azelie Anne Cobbe, 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 Messenger withdrew. 


Poor Law Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma-| 

Boundaries jesty’s Command,—Copy of Eighth Report of the 

(aint) Commissioners for inquiting into the Number and 
Boundaries of the Poor Law Unions and Electoral 
Divisions in Ireland. 

Statute Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 


poe lhe an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of 
coland.) July 1848, for Returns of the Names of each Statute 
Labour Trust in Scotland:—Of the Districts into 

which it is divided, and the Length of Road in each 

District :—Of the Amount of Annual Revenue, from 
Composition in lieu of Statute Labour :—Of the 

Value of Labour from Statute Services, during the 

years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 :— Of the 

Number of Collectors of Conversion in lieu of Statute 

Labour, ‘and the Expense of Collection :—Of the 

Number and Salaries of Surveyors':—Of the Ex- 
penditure on the Repair of the Roads in each cf the 

said years :—Of the Number of ‘Trustees who have 

Vou. 105. 


‘A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
of the Clare Journal Newspaper, published in Jre- ments. 
land, praying for the repeal of the duty on Advertise- 
ments in Newspapers, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dundee ; — Kelso ;— Falkirk ;— Arbitration. 

and, Dearham; praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures for the promotion of Treaties 
between the Government of this country and other 
Governments of the World, binding both parties for 
the future to refer their misunderstandings to the 
decision of Arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lichfield ;—Gillingham ;—Bland- Attornies’ 
ford;—Saffron Walden ; — Saint Columb ;—Rom- ©*ttificates. 
ford ; — Peterborough ; — Edinburgh ; —Weymouth 

and Melcombe Regis ;— Ripon ;— Carlisle ;—New- 
castle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead ;—Great Grimsby ; 
— Weston-super-Mare ; — Hastings ; — Carnarvon ; 
— Kirkby Lonsdale ;— Kilkenny ;— Spalding ;—and, 
Finsbury ; 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. 


Petitions from Adlingfleet ;— Rawcliffe ;— Cow- Agricultural 
ick ;— Snaith ;— Hook ;-- Heck ;-- Hensall ;—Spald- Distress. 
ing (Chairman) ;—and, Isle of Thanet; complaining 
of the depressed state of Agriculture ; and praying 
the House to adopt measures of relief,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table 


Petitions from Chatteris ;—and, Wrington; pray- Beer-houses. 
ing the House to adopt measures for diminishing 
the number of Beerhouses,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Lists 
| gesses of the borough of Lancaster, praying that Bill. 
the Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 
| presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 
Petitions from East Cowes ;—and, Leek ; praying Church Rates. 
for the abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and county Copyholds. 
| of Norwich, praying the House to pass an Act for 
the Enfranchisement or Commutation of Copyhold 
Property on equitable principles, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Cotton _ 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- (East India). 
ing the House to institute an inquiry into the con- 
dition of India, especially within the Presidencies 
of Bombay and Madras, with a view to ascertain 
what are the obstacles to the growth of Cotton, 
| and to the extension and permanence of a profitable 
| industry in the cultivation of the soil, was presented, 
| and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 
| &lt;A Petition of Members of the Society of Co- Co-opcrative 
operative United Friends, stating that, having formed Societies. 

_a Society, called the “Co-operative United Friends,” 
‘for the purpose of mutually assisting each other in 
[ mebeeen, death, loss of employment, accidents and * 
old age, they have found themselves in an embar- 
| rassing position by the state of the law which 
| declares their Society to be illegal ; and praying the 
QQ2 House 
































































































County Court 
Extension Bill. 


Disarmament. 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Act. 


Factorics Bill. 


{ntoxicating 
Liquors. 


Larceny 

Summary 

— 
ill. 


300 2° Maiz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mid- Malt. 


House to takethe subject into consideration, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Retford ;—Bangor;—Ship- 
ton ;— Royston ;—Members of the Committee of the 
London Trade Protection Society ;—Oxford-street ; 
— Maidstone ;— Norwich ; — Shaftesbury ; — Saint 
Pancras (Chairman) ;—J.A. Nicholay;—and, Saint 
Mary-le-bone; praying that the County Court Ex- 
tension Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the 

arish of Islington and others, 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 George Thomas Robert Reynal 
and George Ashley, praying that a clause may be 
inserted inthe said Bill,exempting the Lord Mayor’s 
Court from the provisions of the said Bill, or that 
a clause may be inserted, directing the corporation 
of London to compensate the Petitioners, as prac- 
tising Attornies in the said Court, for the loss they 
will sustain by the passing of such Bill, they having 
received the purchase-money of the Petitioners’ 
predecessors, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bromsgrove ;— Oldham ;—Derby 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Falkirk; praying the House 
to adopt measures for promoting a general and 
simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized na- 
tions of the World,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hull Church of England Sunday 
School Association (Vice-Presidents, Secretaries 
and Treasurer) ;—-and, Finsbury; praying that the 
Education Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leicester Progress Society (Chair- 
man) ;— Edinburgh (seventeen Petitions) ; —Middle- 
ton ;— Tumworth ;— Bury (Lancaster) ; — Ashton- 
under- Lyne ;—Kettleburgh ;—and, Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne (Mayor); 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 Stephen Brown and John Moy, of 
Colchester, Silk Throwsters, complaining of infor- 
mations laid against them under the provisions of the 
Factories Act; and praying for inquiry, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ;— Leeds (two 
Petitions) ;—Wortley ;— Wardleworth ; — Rochdale 
(two Petitions) ; — Belfast ;— Bolton ; — Radcliffe 
(ten Petitions);— Grimshaw Bridge ;— Warrington 
(two Petitions);—Bolton (three Petitions) ;—Re- 
verend R. Minnitt, and others ;—Bury (Lancaster) ; 
—Heap (nine Petitions) ;—Stand-lane ;— Darwen 
(two Petitions) ;—Calton (Glasgow) ;—and, Guise- 
ley; praying that the Fuctories Bill may pass into 
a law,—werve presented, and read ; and ordered to 

ie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Trowbridge (two Petitions) ;— 
Manchester ;— Guiseley ;—and, Idle; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,--were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander M‘Kenzie, praying the 
House to enact that all public-houses and shops for 
the sale of intoxicating liquors be shut throughout 
the whole of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Leeds, praying that the Larceny Summary Juris- 
diction Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 









A. 1850. 


dleton Cheney, in the county of Northampton, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the duty on Malt, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (two Petitions) (Chair- Marriages Bill. 


(man) ;—and, Dunse; 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 Reverend A. Gordon and others, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upen 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Medical 


Medical Practitioners of the county of Clare, Charities 
Bill (Ireland) Bill. 


praying that the Medical Charities (Ireland) 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of legally qualified Apothecaries of 
Ennis, 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 General Practitioners in Medicine, Medical 


Surgery and Midwifery of England and Wales, 
unanimously adopted at a public meeting of the 
Medical Profession, held at the Hanover-square 
Rooms, Hanover-square, praying the House to pass 
a Bill to amend the laws regulating the Medical 
Profession, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the vestry of the Metropolis 


parish of Saint George-the- Martyr, Southwark, W 
praying the House forthwith to pass a measure 
for greatly increasing the quantity and improving 
to the highest practicable extent the quality of 
the supply of water to the inhabitants of the me- 
tropolitan districts, upon the principle of constant 
service and high pressure, for introducing it in suf- 
ficient abundance to the house of every inhabit- 
ant, for reducing and regulating the price, by the 
application of an equal parochial assessment, and 
for protecting the public and securing the health 
of the community, by placing the management of 
the supply of water in the hands of a public board, 
to be elected by the rate-payers and owners of 
property in the various parishes included in the 
Metropolitan Districts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coal and Iron Stone Miners of Mines. 


the northern portion of the county of Stafford, 
complaining of the great and continual danger to 
their lives, arising from the imperfect state of the 
ventilation of Mines, the use of insecure ropes and 
machinery, and from the slovenly and dangerous 
manner of propping the roof in many Mines; and 
praying for the appointment of inspectors and sub- 
inspectors of Mines, and for other measures for 
the security of the lives of the Miners, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Saint Bride's, Fleet-street ; — Metropolitan 
Chelsea (two Petitions) ; — Spring Gardens ; — Interments 


Bethnal Green ;—Shoreditch ;— Walworth ;— Pop-®"™- 


lar {two Petitions); —Lambeth ;— Westminster ;— 
Liberty of the Rolls ;—Stepney ;—Saint Pancras 
and Saint Mary-le-bone ; — Commercial-road ; — 
City-road ; — Bethnal Green ;—Saint Margaret, 
Westminster (two Petitions) ;—Saint James, West- 
minster ;— Bow ;— Tower Hamlets( Hackney Union); 
—Islington (two Petitions) ; — Saint George’s-in- 
the- East ;— Fulham ;—Chester-square ;— Venerable 
Archdeacon Thorpe ;—Swedish Protestant Church, 
Prince’s-square, 








Poor Law 
(Scotland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Post-oftice. 


13 Vicrortz. 


Prince’s-square ;—and, Saint George’s-in-the-East ; 


9° Marz. 


301 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- stamp Duties 


praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may | pany, praying that the Stamp Duties Bill may not Bill. 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and | pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Parochial Board of Dollar (Chair- | 
man) ;—and, Parochial Board of Dunse (Chairman); | 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Scot-| 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians, Churchwardens and | 
other Parish Officers of various parishes in the city 
of London Union, praying that the Poor Relief 
(Cities and Towns) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lle upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Leek; —Hanbury ;—Budbrooke ; 
— Ellastone ;— Burntwood and Hammerwick ; — 
Ham ;—Saint Chad ;— Oakington ;— Cottenham ;— 
Kilmorack ; — Saltersiand ;— Dudley ;— Cloyne ;— 
Macroome ; —Stewarton ;— Worlabye ;— Skendleby- 
near-Spilsby ; — Stradbally ; —Abbeyleix ;—Mont- 
rath ; —Maryborough ;— Newbold-on-Stour ;—Ed- 
monton ; —Dowlais ;— Upton ;—Synod of Glasgow 
and Ayr (Moderator) ;— West Ashton ;—All Can- 
nings ; — Glasgow ;—Sampford Arundell ;—Fresh- 


ford ; — Rodden ; — Evercreech ;— Whitchurch ;— 


Public Health. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Schools 
(Scotland.) 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Adlington ;—Leyland ;—Presbytery of Dunse (Mo- 
derator) ; — ccles ; —Ayton ;— Neathorn ;—Gret- 
ton ;— Muncaster ;— Warcop :— Waverton ;—Sand- 
bach (two Petitions) ; — Stoke Pogis ; — Stoke 
Bruerne ;— Lgdlinch;— Penge ;—and West Parley ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 





Post-office,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bethnal Green (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Stamford Hill; praying the House to pass an 
efficient and comprehensive Public Health Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of 
Dundee, 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 Inhabitants of Scarborough, pray- 
ing for the abolition of the Punishment of Death, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Depositors in the Savings Bank at 
Rochdale, praying the House to take the case of the 
Rochdale Savings Bank into consideration, and to 
pass an Act to provide for the perfect security of 
all depositors in Savings Banks, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


~ A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Dunse, prayirg the House to refuse its sanction 
to any measure having for its object the removal of 
the Parochial Schools in Scotland from the super- 
intendence of the Church of Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Incumbrancers and 
other persons interested in the land of Ireland, 
praying that the Securities for Advances (Jre/and) 

ill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Gloucester (three Petitions);—and, 
Newent ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
the suppression of the African Slave Trade,—were 
&lt;a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

VoL. 105. 





dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President of the Liverpool 
Law Society, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Rochdale, praying for a re- Tea. 
duction of the duty on Tea,—were presented, aud 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Honorary Secretary and Agents Waterford, 
of the Associated Shareholders in the Waterford, Wexford, . 
Wexford, Wickiow and Dublin Railway Company, bade cag Ae 
and of Messrs. Lewis and Nash, Agents to the way, &amp;. 
Associated Shareholders, praying for inquiry into 
the depreciation of the property of the said Com- 
pany, the absence of documents ordered to be pro- 
duced relating to the said Company on pending 
trials, the conduct and management of the Com- 
pany, and the statements contained in the printed 
papers, laid before the House, regarding the position 
and affairs of the said Company, and the manage- 
ment thereof, and the proceedings of the Directors, 
and that such amendments may be made in the 
law as shall be found expedient for giving efficient 
powers and authorities to holders of shares in Rail- 
ways, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Judicial or 
Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of February last, peed — 
for a Return of the Number and Names of Persons xe.) " 
appointed to any judicial or other legal Office in the 
East Indies or British Colonies, since the 10th day 
of July 1848 ; specifying the date of each Appoint- 
ment, and Amount of Salary and Emoluments in 
British Money attached thereto respectively. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Attornies’ 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Certificates. 
upon the 26th day of February last, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Attornies’ and 
Solicitors’ annual Certificate Duty ; 

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

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Lord Robert Grosvenor, L 55 
Yeas, \ Sir Frederic Thesiger : oe 
Tellers for they Lord Marcus Hill, i" 36 
Noes, \ Mr. Grey: — 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative : —And that 
Lord Robert Grosvenor and Sir Frederic Thesiger 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Court 
mittee on the County Court Extension Bill ; Extension Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Ne.298. 

posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee . 

that they have power to extend the provisions of 
the Bill to Ireland :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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. 


Criause N°1 (Extension of Jurisdiction). 
Amendments made, 











Qee3 Amendment 








Factories Bill. 


302 


Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause | 


to add the following words: “and save and except | take into consideration the Larceny Summary Juris- 


“ that in any action where the defendant, or any | 
“ one or more of the defendants, may be a person | 
&amp; 
“ time being in force, the court shall not have | 
“ power, without consent of the plaintiff, to order | 
that the debt or damages or costs shall be paid | 
“ by instalments, or at a future time.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 

added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criavsr, N* 2 amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusss N° 3 and N° 4, disagreed to. 


Cravse N° 5 (The Lord Chancellor to settle and 
regulate the Fees to be taken. by Barristers and 
Attornies). 

Motion made, and Question provosed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 4. 1. 28, after the 
words “ Enacted, That,” to insert the words, “in all 
“ cases where the demand shall exceed Twenty 
“ pounds in Actions of Debt, and Five pounds in 
* Actions of Tort.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


th , ¢ Mr. Fitzroy, i 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Mullings : f 
h 


“cc 


66. 


Tellers for the Noes, { a Hill, 62. 

Clause disagreed to. 

Ciausr N° 6, disagreed to. 

Crause N° 7, (Plaintiffs recovering in the Su- 
perior Courts sums not exceeding 50/. in Actions 
of Contract, or 20/.in Actions of Tort, over which the 
County Court has jurisdiction, to have no Costs.) 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the following words: “ Provided also, That 
“ nothing herein contained shall extend to an ac- 
“ tion of covenant for unliquidated damages.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause as amended, agreed to. 


Crause N° 8, disagreed to. 

Crauses N° 9 and N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Criause N° 11, agreed to. 

Crauses N° 12 and N° 13, disagreed to. 
Ciause N° 14, agreed to. 

Schedules disagreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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


Veneris, 3° die Maii, 1850: 


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 Thursday the 16th 
day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

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


9°—3° Muri. 





A. 1850. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Larceny 
Summary 
diction Bill, as amended in the Committee. —_— 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time 


or persons subject to the Bankrupt Laws for the | upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ; Charities 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday aay ae. 
the 13th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Prerogative (Zreland) Prerogative 
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- Money Pay. 
mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Jreland) ment of Wages 
Bil | : ai (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fees (Court 
Reading of the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; of Chancery) 
Ordered, That. the Bill be read a second time ~” 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; Chancery _ 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 7!) Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Zre/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill; of Deeds _ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (land) Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for taking into consideration this day Australian 
the Australian Colonies Government Bill, as Colonies 
amended in the Committee, was read, and dis- _— 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- pyplic 
posed, That when Notice has been given of any Business. 
Amendment to the Question of going into Com- 
mittee of Supply, or Ways and Means, such Amend- 
ment shall be called in its order on the Paper, and 
no Debate on the original Question shall take place 
until such Amendment has been disposed of :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Ships, in classes (Tenders 
not included), in Commission and in Ordinary, on 
the 1st day of January 1848, and the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1850:—Of the Number of Ships sold, lost, 
and broken up, distinguishing each, since the 1st 
day of January 1848, stating the Number of each 
class (in continuation of a Return in Appendix to 
Report on Navy Estimates of 1848, page 841) :— 
And, of the Quantity of Timber, in Loads, expended, 
distinguishing ‘Timber, so called, from Thick Stuff 
and other Wood; also, the Number of Vessels 
built, with their Tonnage, and the Number of Ship- 
wrights employed, and also of other Workmen and 

Labourers 


Ships (Navy.)’ 


Sir James 
Brooke. 


Piratical 
Vessels 
(China. ) 


Borneo. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Coffee. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates 
Bill, 


No. 299, 


‘s | 
13 Viecrortz. 9°. 3° 
Labourers (distinguishing Convicts), distinguishing 
those on the Establishment and those hired, during 
the years ending January 1848 and 1849. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She willbe graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Dates of Appointment of 
the several Offices held by Sir James Brooke, and 
the Amount of the several Salaries paid and due to 
him for the same, up to the 1st day of February 
1850. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copy or Extract of a Letter from Sir Henry Pot- 
tinger to Rear-Admmiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, men- 
tioned in a Letter dated the 17th day of October 
1844, from Sir James Stephen to Sir John Barrow, 
on the subject of the interference of Her Majesty’s 
Ships and Vessels with Piratical Vessels belonging 
to Chinese 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. 


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 or Extracts of Correspondence between any 
Commercial Bodies or Private Persons, with any 
Department of the Government relating to Borneo, 
and the Occupation of Labuan. 

Ordered, That 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 Persons who 
have been appointed or nominated in Reversion to 
any Office in the Ecclesiastical Courts of England 
and Wales, stating the Nature of the Office, the 
Date of Appointment or Nomination in Reversion, 
the Age of the Person or Persons at the time of 
such Appointment or Nomination, and whether such 
Person or Persons perform the Duties of the Office 
in Person, or not, or was then in, or has since 
taken, Holy Orders ; and the Name or Title of the 
Person making such Appointment, together with 
the Emoluments and Income of the Office, and the 
several Sources from which such Emoluments and 
Income are derived. 

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

e 


Mr. Hayter presented, — Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of April last, for Copies of Me- 
morials and Papers on the subject of the Adulte- 
ration of Coffee, or the use of Roasted Vegetable 
Substitutes for Coffee (in continuation of those pre- 
sented in the last Session of Parliament). 

. oo That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor presented a Bill to repeal 
the Attornies and Solicitors’ Annual Certificate 
Duty: 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 
va of an hour before One of the clock on 
ridgy morning, adjourned till this day. 


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Marz. 


Veneris, 3° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 


mittee on Public Petitions; That they had erhiety fourth 


examined the Petitions presented upon the 30th day Report.) 


of April last and the 1st day 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. 


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 Clerkenwell Clerkenwell 
Improvement Bill, Petition for further extending the Improvement 
time for the Second Reading of the Bill, the Order ?” 
of the House of the 12th April last ought to be 
dispensed with ; That the time for the Second Read- 
ing be further extended to Wednesday the 15th 
instant. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the South East- South Eastern 
ern Railway (Power to discontinue Payment of peed an 
Interest on Calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 Shares, Saaeetnes 
&amp;c.) Bill, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition ment of Inte- 
against the Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 1 _" 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted tots No.4 
deposit their Petition accordingly, provided the same Shares, &amp;c.) 
be deposited not later than three clear days after Bill. 
the presentation of this Report. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Edwin Lascelles reported the Liverpool Cor- Liverpool 


poration Waterworks (Extension of Time for Pur- . 
chase of Land, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. (Extension 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. of Time for 
Purchase of 
Land, «c.) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Forth and Clyde Naviga- Forth and 
tion Bill, with Amendments. Clyde Navi- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. °°" Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Peterborough Improve- Peterborough 


. : : _ Improvement 
— Police and Cemetery, &amp;c. Bill, with Amend Police, cad 
ments. 


Cemetery, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. &amp;c. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Birkenhead 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into ony Trustees 
consideration upon Tuesday next. ; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junc- /crth and 
tion Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Junction Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Staf- 
the North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time fordshire 
for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the (intentian of 


Committee. Time for 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. —— of 

ands, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Shropshire 
the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Bill, as cea 
amended in the Committee. Canal Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bright be allowed to attend Borough of 
and vote in the Committee on the Borough of Sai- S#lford Water 


ford Waterworks and Improvement Bill, notwith- Improvement 
standing he did not sign the prescribed Declaration Bill. 

before the Chairman took the Chair, provided he 

sign such Declaration forthwith. 


aa4 Mr. 














Committee of 

Selection (Se- 

cond Report. ) 
No. 300. 


Cobbe’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Local Acts, 
No. 75. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland.) 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Gloucester, 
&amp;e. 


Benefices. 





304 


of Selection; That, under the powers granted to 
them by the Standing Order No. 83, they had added 
to the Group No. 13 the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Im- 
provement Bill; and had formed into a separate 
Group the following Private Bills, which, in their 
opinion, it is expedient to submit to the same Com- 
mittee; and had agreed to report the same to the 
House: Group No. 23, South Eastern Railway 
(Power to discontinue Payment of Interest upon 
Calls): Electric Telegraph Company: The Gover- 
nor and Company of Copper Miners in England. 

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


Yobbe’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and | 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Eau Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which they respectively 
relate ; and be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 29th day of April last, for a Return 
showing the Number of Petty Sessions, the Number 
of Clerks, and the Amount of Fees received by the: 
in each County of Ireland, in the year 1848 :— 
Also, showing the Number of Instances in which 
one individual acts as Clerk for more than one 
Petty Sessions. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Applications from the Dean 
and Chapter of Gloucester, Rochester, Worcester, 
Canterbury, Norwich, Winchester, Peterborough, 


Exeter and Southwell, for aid in the performance of 


the additional duties cast upon them by the Sus- 
pension of Canonries in their several Chapters ; 
stating, in each case, the Number of Canonries ex- 
isting at the Date of the Application, the Duties 
attached to them, the Amount granted in reply to 
each, and the Names of the Parties by whom the 
additional Duties were performed, and the Sum paid 
to each. 

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. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Benefices coming within the Provi- 
sions of the 19th Clause of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
mission Bill, now before Parliament, and described 
as annexed, or that have long been accustomably 
held with the several Sees of Gloucester and Bristol, 
Ozford and Peterborough, stating the Annual Value 
of each Benefice, and the Amount of all Charges 
thereupon and Outgoings therefrom, including the 
Amount of Stipend paid to any Curate or Curates 
employed in each case by the Bishop :—From each 
Khailway Company, of all Lands purchased from 
Estates in the hands of Dignitaries of the Church, 
specifying the Locality, the Amount of Land taken, 


3° Maiz. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee | 


A. 1850. 


Ordered, That 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 Incumbents 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased and Curates. 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Abstracts of the Number and Classes of Non-resi- 
dent Incumbents, and of the Number of Resident 
Incumbents, according to the Diocesan Returns for 
1848 :—And, of the Number of Resident and Li- 
censed Curates in England and Wales, with the 
Amount of Salaries of Curacies, according to the 
Diocesan Returns for 1848 (in continuation of Par- 
_liamentary Paper, No. 15, of Session 1847-8). 
Ordered, Thai the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


| &lt;A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Brokers and 
others of the city of London, praying for the aboli- 
| tion of the Advertisement Duty on commercial 
publications, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Members of the Church and Con- 
| gregation worshipping in the General Baptist Chapel, 
Brook-street, Derby, praying the House to take 





| prompt and decisive measures for the promotion of 


| Treaties between the Government of this country 
and other Governments of the World, binding both 
parties for the future to refer their misunderstand- 
ings to the decision of Arbitrators, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield ; —Queen’s County ; — 
and, County of Clare; praying for repeal of the 
annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, Solici- 
tors and Proctors,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Advertisc- 
ments. 


Arbitration. 


Attornics’ 
Certificates. 


_ Petitions from Kirkby Lonsdale ;—and, Bland- County Court 
Jord Forum; praying that the County Court Ex- Extension Bill. 


tension Bill may pass into a law,—were_ presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


. a 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Taun- 
ton and its vicinity, and being Copyholders of or 
residing within the Manor of Taunton Dean, praying 


that a law for compulsory Enfranchisement of 


Copyhold Lands may be passed without delay, and 
‘also a Bill declaring that all forfeitures of Copyhold 
Lands may be relievable in equity, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| Petitions from Derby (four Petitions) ;--_Burton- 
upon-Trent ;—and, Chorley; praying the House to 
adopt measures for promoting a general and simul- 
taneous disarmament among the civilised nations 
of the earth,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. . 


Copyholds. 


Disarmament. 


A Petition of W. Wilkins, and others, praying Bévostion 


that the Education Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Education. 


Lindisfarne, in the diocese of Durham, praying the 
House to institute an examination into the rules pre- 
sented by the Committee of Council in the distri- 
bution of the Parliamentary grants for Education, 


the Price paid, to whom paid, and the Date of Pay-/| and to establish such rules by the authority of Par- 
ment :—And, of all Payments that have been made liament as may be equally just to the Church, and 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to any Arch- to all that are entitled to share in those grants, was 
bishop or Bishop, out of the Episcopal Fund, stating | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
what other Benefice or Preferment is held by the | Table. 

Archbishop or Bishop, to whom the Payment has | A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Rock- 


been made, and the Annual Value of such Benefice | bourne, in the county of Southampton, praying the 
or Preferment. 


House not to sanction any system of Education, 
which 


| 











13 Vicroriz, 


which is not founded on the Christian Religion, 
and combined throughout with religious teaching, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Factories Bill. Petitions from Manchester and Salford ;—Henry 
Parher and others ;—Lochee ;—Factory Operatives 
of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the adjoining coun- 
ties (Chairman) ;— Tannadice ;— Arbroath (two Pe- 
titions) ;-— Farnworth ; — Queenshead (three Peti- 
tions) (Chairman) ;—and, Midgley; praying that 
the Factories Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Eccleshill (two Petitions) ;—Pud- 


Factories, 


3° Mai. 





305 


Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, but 
that it may be referred to a Select Committee of 
the House, and that the Petitioners may be allowed 
to appear before the said Committee upon their 
Petition, and to be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
in support of the allegations thereof, and against 
the said Bill, and the clauses thereof, and in the 
support of clauses for the protection of their 
interests, and that they may have such other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 
Petitions from Arthur — Onslow, Rector of 
Saint Mary, Newington ;~-Mile End New Town ; 
— Bethnal Green ;—Islington ;—and, Saint Mary, 
Newington Butts; praying that the said Bill may 





sey (four Petitions);—and, Batley; praying the 

ouse to extend the hours of labour in Factories 
to eleven per diem,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


HighwaysBil. A Petition of Rate-payers ofthe parish of Arling- 
ton, in the county of Sussex, praying that the High- 
ways Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Malt and 


™ Petitions from Draycott Foliatt ;—Purton ;— 
ops. 


Stanton Fitzwarren; and, Cricklade; praying for 
the repeal of the duties on Malt and Hops,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Petitions from the University of Glasgow ;—Pres- 
bytery of Birmingham (Moderator) ;—Lindisfarne ; 
— Kelvedon; and, Presbytery of Connaught; pray- 
ing 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 Directors of the Chamber of Com- | 
merce of Greenock, praying that the Mercantile | 
Marine (No. 2) Bill; and the Merchant Shipping 

ill may not pass into law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mercantile 
Marine 

(No. 2.) Bill; 
and, Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Metropolis 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Rate- 
Water. 


payers, Owners of property, and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Saint Thomas, Southwark, praying the 
House forthwith to passa measure for greatly increas- 
ing the quantity, and improving to the highest prac- 
ticable extent the — of the supply of Water 
to the inhabitants of the Metropolitan Districts, upon 
the principle of constant service and high pressure ; 
for introducing it in sufficient abundance to the 
house of every inhabitant ; for reducing and regulat- 
ing the price, by theapplication of an equal parochial 
assessment ; and for protecting the public and se- 
curing the health of the community, by placing the 
management of the supply of Water in the hands 
of a public board, to be elected by the rate-payers 
and owners of property in the various parishes in- 
cluded in the metropolitan districts, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens of the parish 
of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, and of the Chairman 
of the Trustees for executing an Act for the better 
Relief, Maintenance and Employment of the Poor, 
within the Parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in 
the County of Middlesex, for cleansing and lighting 
the Squares, and other Passages and Places, and 
keeping a nightly Watch, for raising Money for 
repairing the Highways in certain parts of the said 
parish, and for raising Money to repair the Church 
of the said parish, praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments 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 city of London and Tower 
Hamlets Cemetery Company, praying that the said 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 





VoL, 105. 





pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Treasurer of the Police and 
burgh and regality of Canongate, praying that the Improvement 
Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill may not pi, ae 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- © 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor Law 
Baltinglass Union, complaining of an increase of Commission- 
salary authorized by the Poor Law Commissioners &amp; (Ieland-) 
in the case of an officer of the establishment; and 
praying that measures may be taken to control their 
powers in that respect, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Haddington Poor Law 
(Chairman) ;—and, Aberdeen; praying for Amend- (Scotland. ) 
ment of the Poor Law in Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stoodleigh ;— Ottery, Saint Mary post-office. 
and Talaton;— Sunderland; — Newton Stewart 
(Minister) ;— Witchford (Cambridge);— Woodhirk ; 
—Twycross ;— Great Wenham ;— Utley ;—Brad- 
ford (York) (two Petitions); Ashchurch ;—Pres- 


| byterian Church in England (Moderator) ;—Mid- 


mar ;—Saint Bees Clerical College ;—Llangar ;— 
Wednesbury ; — Bradford Abbas ; — Thrussington 
and Ratcliffe ;— Rathbarry ;—Almsford ;—Saint 
Mungo ; — Colwich ; — Belfast ;—Kerry ;—- Ilsing- 
ton ;—South Crosland ;— Winsham;—Mountmellick; 
—Upleatham ;—Shropham, Breccles, Thompson and 
the neighbourhood ; —- Sedgeford ; — Docking ; — 
Blakeney ; — Kittlestone ;— Wells-next-the-Sea ;— 
Clocaenog ;— Wrexham (two Petitions) ;— Hessile ; 
—Kirk Session of Kilbirnie (Moderator) ;—Zoan- 
head; — Bangor ; — Rochdale; — Cawthorne ; — 
Darnich ; — Belhelvie ; —Hebburn ;— Ulverston ;— 
Ballyronan;— Bushmills ;— Smethwick ;— Millicent ; 
—Crudwell;— Poole Keynes;— Langton Matravers ; 
— East Lulworth, Coombe Keynes and Wool Chapel ; 
— Eagle ;— Wrabness; — Great Chesterford ; — 
Little Chesterford ;— Kelvedon;—Thorp, Kirby 
and Walton;—Presbytery of Connaught ;—and, 
Swinderby ; praying or the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Lime- Public Health. 
house, praying for an efficient and comprehensive 
Public Health Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Treasurer of the Public Health 
burgh and regality of Canongate, praying that the (Scotland) 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a ‘ 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies of Her Majesty’s Court Stamp Duties 
of Queen’s Bench, practising in the city of Bath, Bill. 
praying that provision may be made in the Stamp 

RR+ . Duties 


Adjournment. 


Turnpike 
Road Bills. 


Coffee. 
No. 301. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


West India 
Appeals Bill. 


Cotton, Linen ~ 


and Woollen 
Goods. 


Court of 


Chancery Bill nesday the 22d day of this instant May the Court 


Distressed 
Unions 
Advances and 
Repayment 
of Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Parliamentary 
Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


306 


Duties Bill, that all deeds and instruments already 
executed and stamped, shall, after the passing of the 
new Act, be deemed duly stamped, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Reports of the Secretary of State on 
Turnpike-road Bills: —10. Surrey and Sussex 
Roads :—11. Croydon and Reigate Roads. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coffee, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the establishment of Courts of Appeal 
for certain of Her Majesty’s West India Colonies ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Cotton, Linen and Woollen Goods, 
with the Values of the same, admitted Duty free, 
during the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and the 
first Three Months of 1850. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 


of Chancery Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Distressed Unions Ad- 
vances and Repayment of Advances (Jreland) 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. 4, 1. 22, by inserting after the word 
“ Annuity” the words “ Provided always, That at 
** the time such annuity shall be fixed, it shall not 
“ exceed sixpence in the pound on the net annual 
“ value then existing of the rateable hereditaments | 
“ of any townland or other denomination, unless | 
“ by such limitation the debt would not be paid off 
“ in forty years.” 

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. 


(Mr. Clements, 1 
Tellers for the Yeas,) gi, Robert Forgueen :! 91. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ aes Hill, jee. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be re-committed:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now taken into con- 
sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the Bill into consideration. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That in all cases of agreement 
between the landlord and occupier, or (in cases of 





3° Maiz. 


to the Bill in p. 5, 1. 17, by the 
‘“ May,” and inserting the word “ August,” instead 
thereof. 





A. 1850. 


joint occupancy) the occupiers of lands, tenements 
and hereditaments, within any county in Jre/and, b 
virtue of which agreement the landlord is or shall 
be rated for the Poor-rates, at the net annual 
value of eight pounds and upwards, the occupier, 
or (in case of joint occupancy) the occupiers of such 
premises shall have all the rights of registry and 
voting as if he or they had been rated ; and, should 
the landlord, under such circumstances, refuse or 
neglect to pay the said rates, the payment thereof 
by the occupier, or (in case of joint occupancy) by 
the occupiers, shall entitle him or them to a right 
of registry and voting, and also to a right to deduct 
from the rent the full amount of such rates :—And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That the class of Voters 
usually called “ non-resident freemen,” be permitted 
to vote at the Election of Members of Parliament 
for cities and boroughs, if duly registered, and resi- 
dent within the county :— And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Clause (Provision as to Premises occupied in 
"cr, was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in p. 2,1. 14, by leaving out from the word 
“ year” to the word “ And” in 1. 19. 

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, { Mn Grey , fil, h 06. 
Tellers for the Noes,f ar Anstey, . } 26. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in p. 2, 1.18, by leaving out from the 
words “next preceding” to the word “ And” in 1. 
31. 

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 {Lord Marcus Hill, 

Yeas, Mr. Grey: 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Fitzpatrick, 

Noes. \Sir Robert Ferguson : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in p- 8, l. 41, by leaving out the word 
“eight” and inserting the word “ five,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ eight” stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Lord Marcus Hill, 


2 
a 


Nipsanl enol 


ao 
i) 


La a ? 1 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Bellew : J 80. 
Tellers for the Noes, { a, i 43. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was prepenre to pan 
eaving out the wor 


And 




















Court of 
j Chancery 
' (Ireland) Bill. 


No. 302. 


Securities for 
vances 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill, 


Stamp Duties 
Bill, 


Metropolitan 
iterments 








13 VicrortZ. 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ May” stand part of the Bill ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas,| yin Grey a Hill, 


. Colonel Chatterton, 
Tellers for the N oes, Colonel Pay aa eaee 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in p. 27, 1. 37, by inserting after the words 
“ eight hundred and fifty” the words “except as 
“ regards the city of Dublin.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


\ 92. 


21. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery (Jre- 
land) Biil. 

(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuavuses N° 1 to N° 37, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crause N° 38 (Compensation for diminution of 
Emoluments to be made out of the Suitors’ Fund). 
Amendment proposed: In P. 15, 1. 42. after 
the words “ officers of” to insert the words “ or 
“ persons employed in.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Me Grogan, } ae 


Yeas. Mr. William Fagan: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Bellew, } 96 
Noes, {Sir William Gibson Craig: ; 


Clause agreed to. 

Cravuses N°39 to N° 42, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 4° die Maii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill: And the Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—The House imme- 
diately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

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- 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (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- 
mittee on the Railways Abandonment Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Interments Bill ; 
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307 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill; _ Se2™en’s Fund 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mercantile 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine (No. 2) Bill; Marine 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time tae, 
upon Friday next. , 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into Fees (Court 
consideration the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) jeg 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; on 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. ‘ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Convict 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Technical 
mittee on the Technical A nee Restraining Bill ; Objections 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Titles of 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations Religious _ 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; one 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into conside- ~ 
a upon Monday the 13th day of this instant 

ay. 


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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections 
mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Weights and 
Reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; Measures Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 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 Public Health 
Reading of the Public Health (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. ' 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- School 
nesday the 15th day of this instant May the School a 
Establishment (Scotland) Bill, was read, and dis- Si : 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 19th day of June next. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Shannon 
Order, dated the 23d day of April last, for a Return, Navigation. 
from the Shannon Commissioners, of the Total 

Amount of Advances as Loans to each County, up to 

the latest Period for which it can be given, setting 

forth the Rate of Interest payable, the Amount re- 

ceived by the Paymaster of Civil Services, Zreland, 








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Church 
Preferment. 


Military 
Knights of 
Windsor. 


Hudson’s Bay 
Company. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-fifth 
Report.) 


308 


from the Treasurer of each County; distinguishing 
the Amount paid as Interest from the Repayment of 
the Loan, and giving the Amount still outstanding 
on Foot of same’:—And, similar Return as to Sums 
remitted by Individuals to the Paymaster of Civil 
Services up to the same Date, in Repayment of 
Advances by the Shannon Commissioners; with a 
similar Account of Interest (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 295, of Session 1848). 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
A Return, showing the several Pieces of Preferment 
held by every Archbishop, Bishop, Dean, Archdea- 
con, Chancellor, Precentor, Succentor, Prebendary 
or Canon, together with the Value of each of such 
Pieces of Preferment, and the Number of Houses 
attached to each of such Pieces of Preferment. 

Ordered, That 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 Sums voted by Parliament for 
the Repairs and Alterations of the Buildings for the 
Accommodation of the Military Knights of Windsor, 
in Windsor Castle, stating the Dates of such Votes, 
and the Aggregate Amount since 1828. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be. presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence between the 
Government of the United States and Her Majesty’s 
Government, relative to the increased Quantity of 
Spirits supplied within the Territory of the United 
States by the Hudson’s Bay Company to the Native 
Indian Population. 

Ordered, ‘That 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. Cobden be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee 
on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Charles Villiers be added to 


the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Stamps for Receipts at 
each Rate issued to the Public by the Office of 


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The Order for referring the Ipswich Genera! Ce- Ipswich 
metery Bill to the Committee of Selection, was —— Bs 
read, and discharged. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Turnpike- 
of the House No. 6, might be read ; and the same 74 Bills. 
was read, as followeth: 

“ 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 ex-officio Chairman 
of every such Committee, together with one of the 
Members ordered to prepare and bring in the Bill,and 
one other Meinber 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 com- 
wee of the Chairman, as aforesaid, and Two other 

embers, to be appointed by the Committee of Se- 
lection, 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.” 

The House was also moved, That the Standin 
Order of the House No. 88, might be read ; sal 
the same was read, as followeth: ° 

“That the Committee of Selection shall refer 
every Unopposed Private Bill, which shall have been 
referred to them, not being a Railway Bill, and 
every Unopposed Railway ; Bill which shall not 
have been placed in any Group, or shall have been 
subsequently withdrawn from any Group, to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
together with one of the Members ordered to pre- 
pare and bring in the same, and one other Member 
not locally interested therein, if the Bill shall have 
originated in this House, and if the Bill shall have 
been brought from the House of Lords, to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
together with two other Members, of whom one, at 
least, shall not be locally or otherwise interested 
therein.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be sus- 
pended, in the case of the Turnpik2-road Bills re- 
ferred to the Committee of Selection during the 
resent Session ; and that any Committee or Com- 
mittees, to whom any Unopposed Turnpike-road 
Bills may be referred, shall have power to consider 
the same, any provision in the 109th Standing 


Inland Revenue, and its Distributors, throughout | Order notwithstanding. 
the United Kingdom, in the year ended the 10th | 


day of October 1849, the Gross Amount of Revenue 
derived from such Stamps, the Expense of distri- 
buting the same, and the Amount allowed thereon 
as Discount to Purchasers :—And, similar Return 
for the half year from the 10th day of October 
1849 fo the 5th day of April 1850. 


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, 6° die Maii; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Thornelu reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 2d and 
3d days of this instant May; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





A Bill to incorporate the Society of the Guildry rigin Guildry 
Fund of Elgin, to enable the said Society to sue and Fund Society 
be sued, to regulate the said Society, and for other Picrporation 
purposes relating thereto, was read the third time; ~ 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Bill to amend the Act relating to the Shrews- Shrewsbury 
bury and Hereford Railway Company, was read the a 
third time. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway South Staf- 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. jeuilway’ Bill 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 
the Cambridge Regulation and Improvement, Mar- oll 
kets and Fairs Bill, as amended in the Committee. jont, Markets 
Orderzd, That the Bill be read the third my and Fairs Bill. 

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Childwall The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Childwall Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Bill Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


East and West The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

—. into consideration the East and West India Docks 

tam Junction and Birmingham Junction Railway Bill, as amended 

Railway Bill. in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Railway Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 10, 
(Group 10.) of Railway Bills, have leave to sit, this day, till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Hartley's Mr. Wood reported from the Committee on 
Divorce Bill. Hartley'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, 
upén evidence satisfactory to the Committee, found 
the same and the other allegations to be true, and 
they saw no reason to suspect collusion between 
the parties; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


Great Central Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
‘Gas Con- before the Committee on the Great Central Gas 
ee Consumers’ Company Bill, in the Session of 1849, 
(1849.) be referred to the Committee on the Great Central 


Gas Consumers’ Company (No. 2) Bill. 


Private Bills | Lord Henry Bentinck reported from the Com- 

(Group 2.) mittee on Group 2 of Private Bills; That, at the 

meeting of the Committee this day, he had received 

a letter from the Marquis of Granby, Chairman of 

the Committee, stating that, in consequence of the 

illness of his father, he was unable to attend the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Marquis of Granby be dis- 

charged from any further attendance on the said 
Committee. 


Masters and Mr. Labouchere presented,—Return to an Order, 
jo on dated the 13th day of March last, for a Return of 
“* Masters and Mates in the Merchant Service who 
have voluntarily passed an Examination, and obtained 
Certificates of Qualification under the Regulations 
issued by the Board of Trade; stating, in Columns, 
the Numbers of éach Class; the Port at which they 
have passed; amount of Fees paid, if any, and 
Amount of Expense incurred by the Public; also, 
Names and Professions of Examinators; distin- 
guishing the Numbers, Fees, Expense, Names and 
Profession of Examinators in each year since the 
Regulations have been issued. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


en Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported Dublin and Drog- 


Railway Bi, 4¢¢@ Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


6° Mazz. 309 


England and Wales: And that Mr. Edmund 
Denison do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Westminster 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ™provements 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Westminster Improve- 
ments Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative gtatute 
to Statute Labour Trusts (Scotland), which were Labour Trusts 
presented upon Thursday last, be printed. — 
0. 303. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Petty Ses- petty sessions 
sions (Ireland), which was presented upon Friday (Ireland.) 
last, be printed. No, 304, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Shannon Shannon 
Navigation, which was presented upon Friday last, Navigation. 
be printed. No. 305, 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
of the Galloway Advertiser Newspaper, praying ments. 
for a repeal of the duty on Advertisements in 
Newspapers, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from South Kelsey and Thornton ;— Agricultural 

Cabourn, Swallow, Irby and Cuxwold;—Croxby, Distress. 
Thorganby, Swinhop and Beelsby ;—North Kelsey, 
Grasby, Clirby, Searby and Owmby ;—Keelby and 
Riby ;— Normanby, Claxby, Walesby, Stainton and 
Kirmond ;—WNettleton, Holton, Rothwell and Thores- 
way ;—Great and Little Limber and Haburgh ;— 
Titney and North Cotes ; —Caistor ; —Scampton 
and Thorpe;— Hatton ( Lincoln);—and, Coldstream; 
complaining of the depressed state cf Agriculture, 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lynn Regis, in the Arbitration, 

county of Worfolk, praying the House to take prompt 
and decisive measures for the promotion of Treaties 
between the Government of this country and other 
Governments of the World, binding both parties for 
the future to refer their misunderstandings to the 
decision of Arbitrators, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; —Brighton ; Attornies’ 
—and, New Sleaford ; praying for the repeal of the Certificates. 
annual duty on the Certificates of Attornies, So- 
licitors and Proctors,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Doncaster ;—and, Singleton and Beer-houses, 
West Dean; praying the House to adopt measures for 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses, — were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Listg 
gesses of the borough of Leicester, praying that ‘the Bill. 
Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and county Churches 


‘of Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory, praying (Ossory.), 


Prison Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, | 
Discipline. tg request that their Lordships will give leave to | 
the Earl of Chichester tu attend to be examined | 
asa witness before the Select Committee appointed | 


by this House to inquire into the rules and disci- | 
pline established with regard to the treatment of| 
Prisoners in Gaols and Houses of Correction in | 

Vor. 105. : 


that, with a due regard for all, life-interests and 
vested rights, for the religious feelings and suita- 
ble church accommodation of their Protestant 
friends and neighbours, arrangements may by law 
be made for relieving the Roman Catholic people 
of Ossory from the burthen of erecting new churches, 
and for restoring to them, for the purpose of their 

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public worship, the church of Saint Canice, now 
devoted to the Protestant worship, but built and 
for ages devoted to the purpose of public and open 
prayer of the Roman Catholics, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters, assembling for Divine worship 
at Bethel, Lineholme, near Todmorden, praying for 
the abolition of Church Rates,was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Court A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


Extension Bill. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bi 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Disarmament. 


Drainage. 


Education 
Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


National 
Expenditure, 
&amp;c. 


Factories Bill. 


Highways 
Bill. 


gesses of the borough of Sunderland, praying that 
the County Court Extension Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry and 
Vestry Clerk of the parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, in the borough of Southwark, praying that 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bull. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
esses of the borough of Hastings, praying the 
Ronee to extend the provisions of the Court of 
Chancery (Ireland) Bill to England, was presented, 
aud read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lynn Regis; — and, Wisbech ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for promoting 
a general and simultaneous Disarmament among the 
civilized nations of the earth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Clonakilty Union, in the county of Cork, taking 
notice of a proposed advance by way of loan for 
purposes of land improvement in Ireland, and pray- 
ing that so large a portion of that sum as is proposed, 
may not be allocated by the Board of Works to 
Arterial Drainage, but that more may be expended 
upon other purposes of land improvement, and 
upon the erection of improved farm buildings, was 
cogging and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Joseph Abbott, of Norpanton, 
Wakefield, praying that the Education Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Fable. 


Petitions from Kilgohbin ;— Favour Royal ;—and, 
Moorefort ; complaining that the Schools in con- 
nexion with the Church Education Society for Jre- 
land 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Seven- 
oaks and its vicinity, praying the House immediately 
to return to the national expenditure of the year 
1835, and at the same time to establish Household 
Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Triennial Parliaments and 
equal Electoral Districts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of 
Leeds, praying that the Factories Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clayton-le- Woods ;—Mawdesley ; 
—and, Hoghton; praying that the Highways Bill 


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A. 1850. 


may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Killarney 
Kanturk, Clonmeen and Castlemagner, in the county Junction 
of Cork, praying the House to adopt measures for allway. 
the completion of the Killarney Junction Railway, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
tue Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Deacons Marriages Bill, 
of the Free Church at Delting, in Zetland, praying 
that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law, was . 
precoated, and read; and ordered to lie upon the ! 

able. } 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mercantile 
Master Marinersand Seamen of the port of Sunder- Marine Bill. 
land, praying that the Mercantile Marine Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. } 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Merchant } 
Master Mariners and Seamen of the port of Sunder- Seamen's 
land, praying that the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Fu4 Bill 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary, Lambeth (two Peti- yretropolitan 
tions) ; — Paddington ;— Saint Michael's, Wood- Interments 
street, with Saint Mary, Staining ;—Bermondsey ¥i1- 
(two Petitions) ; Saint Peter's, Saffron-hill ;— 
Residents in the Metropolis, members of the 
Stock Exchange ;— and, Saint Luke's Old-street 
(three Petitions); praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Saint George-the-Martyr, South- 
wark (Chairman and Vestry Clerk) ;—and, London 
Cemetery Company; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor mines. 
of the St. Columb Major Union, in the county of 
Cornwall, praying for a more equitable system of 
rating of Mines, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- parochial 
gesses of the borough of Hastings, praying that Assessments 
the Parochial Assessments Bill may. not pass into a”! 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Matthew Phillips, Geographical Distress. 
Engineer and Surveyor, praying the House to in- 
vestigate statements which he is prepared to make 
respecting the privations of the people for the last 
hundred years, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stirling; — and, Dunfermline ; Police and 
raying that the Police and Improvement (Scotland) ——_ 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— Gaus’) 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law. 
Guardians of the Sleaford Union, praying the House 
to enact that for the future, the control and regula- 
tion of the salaries of Poor Law Officers may rest 
with the Board of Guardians of each Union, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. os 
Petitions 








Poor Law 
Scotland.) 


Post-office. 


Postage. 


Printsellers’ 
Association. 


Public Health, 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Punishment 
of Death, 


Railway 
Fares, 


Religious 
Tests (Scot- 
land. ) 


School Estz- 
blishment 
(Scotland} 
Bill, : 


Slave Trade. 


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Petitions from Nesling ;--Lunnasting and Whal- 
say; —and, Stirling; praying for amendment of 
the Poor Law in Scotland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Delting ; — Maryculter; —Wool- 
pit; — Donegal; — Edinburgh (two Petitions) ; 
— First Ballibay , — Loughmourne;— Scone ;— 
Godalming ; — Llanvrechva; — Kirk Session of 
Craig ;—Timolin ;—Magherally ;--Scarborough ;-- 
East Wittering ;--West Wittering ;-- West Itchenor ; 
—Llunfair Caereinion ;— Wisbech (three Petitions) ; 
— Walsohen; — Balsham ; — Gorfield Green; — 
Cold Ashby; — Carndonagh; — and, Kirkaldy ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office, — were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Selby ; —and, Great Comberton ; 
praying the House not to sanction any interference 
with the postal regulations, as regards the delivery 


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Two Petitions from Leith; praying that the Spirits. 
duties charged upon deficiencies of British Spirits 
in bond may be discontinued,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, pursuant to the Education 
directions of several Acts of Patliament,—Copy of (Ieland.) 
Annual Report of the Commissioners of Education 
in Ireland, to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, 
for the year ending the 25th day of March 1850. 

A Return, from the Marshal of the City of Dub- Pawnbrokers 
lin, of the Pawnbrokers of Jreland, for the year (relan¢) 
ending the 31st day of December 1849. 

A Return of the Expenditure of Poor Rates in Poor Law 
each Union in Ireland, for the year ended 29th ‘elan4-) 
September 1849, and of the Number of’ Persons 
relieved in and out of the Workhouse in each Union 
during the same Period. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Jersey and 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of S%™*- 





April last, for Copies or Extracts of the Letter from 


of letters on the Lord’s-day,—were also presented, | Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, dated the 20th day 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of April 1850, stating that an Act has been passed 
by the States for the Amendment of the Criminal 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dewsbury, and its | Law:—Of a Letter from the Bailiff of Guernsey, 


vicinity, praying for the establishment of an Ocean |dated the 6th day of January 1849, stating the 
Post, for the conveyance of letters from any port in| Views of the Royal Court in regard to carrying 
Great Britain to any other port in the World, at | into effect the Recommendations of the Commis- 
the uniform rate of one penny, was presented, and | sioners of Inquiry:—Of a Letter from the Lieu- 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. tenant-Governor of Guernsey, dated the 24th day 

‘of January 1849, stating his Observations on the 


A Petition of Mary Parkes, Publisher, of Golden- 
square, complaining that the proceedings of a so- 
ciety, founded about the year 1845, called “ The 
Printsellers’ Association,” are, in her opinion, in re- 
straint of trade, and that she has suffered severe 
losses in consequence ; and praying for protection 
and redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
James-the-Great, Bethnal Green, praying the House 
to pass an efficient and comprehensive Public Health 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunfermline; — and, Stirling ; 
praying that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ponsanoothe, in the 
county of Cornwall, praying for the abolition of the 
punishment of Death, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- 
pany, praying for the abolition of the duty upon 
Railway Fares, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Presbytery 
Clerk of the United Presbyterian Presbytery of 
Kirkaldy, praying for the abolition of the existing 
University Tests in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of Angus and Mearns 
(Moderator) ;—and, Presbytery of Arbroath (Mo- 
derator); praying that the School Establishment 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 


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





| Bailiff's Letter, and on the Subject generally :— 

nd, of a Letter from the Lieutenant-Governor of 
Guernsey, dated the 20th day of December 1849, 
stating what has been done in regard to taking 
Written Depositions of Evidence in Criminal 
Cases. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of Fe- Education 
bruary last, for a Return of the Total Amount of (#4) 
Rents received each year by the Commissioners of 
Education in Jreland, appointed under the Act 
53 Geo. 3, out of the Lands of each School of 
Public and Private Endowment, from the 1st day 
of November 1844 to the 1st day of November 
1849, with an Account of all the Annual Dis- 
bursements thereof, particularly specifying the 
Sums paid of Income and Salaries of the séve- 
ral Masters and Assistants, the Sums repaid to 
the Consolidated Fund on account of Loans ad- 
vanced for Building, and all Sums paid for Repairs 
to the several School Houses :—Statement of the 
Sums paid to the Agents, Receivers or others, for 
collecting Rents, the Sums paid to Solicitors for 
| Law Expenses and Bills of Costs, the Amount paid 
‘for Tithe Rent-charge and Poor Rates, and the 
Amount expended upon each Property in Improve- 
ments, during each of such years severally, for each 
School of Public and Private Endowment :—And, 
Return of all Meetings which have been held by the 
Commissioners of Education in Jreland, from the 
Ist day of January 1848 to the 1st day of January 
1850, specifying the day of each Meeting, and the 
Names of the Commissioners present at it. 

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


Mr. Cowper presented,—Return to an Order, Swelly Rocks. 





dated the 29th day of April last, for Copy of Re- 
port of the Survey of the Swelly Rocks, in the 
Straits of Menai, by Captain F. W. Beechey, r.n. 
in 1846. 





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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Australian 


Three Petitions from Tewkesbury ; praying the | consideration the Australian Colonies Government oo . 
House to adopt measures for the suppression of the | Bill, as amended in the Committee ; — 


African Slave Trade,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 105. 





F , : Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, ‘aa: 
That the Bill be re-committed ; 
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312 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the {Sir William Molesworth, \ 4. 
Yeas, \Mr. Adderley: ina: 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill: hi 65 
Noes, LMr. Bellew : . 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now taken into consi- 
deration:—The House accordingly proceeded to | 
take the Bill into consideration. 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And whereas doubts have existed as to the rights 
and privileges of the Bishops, Clergy and other 
members of the united Church of England and 
Treland, in regard to the management of the internal 
affairs thereof in the said Colonies; Be it Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the Bishop or Bishops 
of any diocese or dioceses in the said Colonies, or 
in any Colony which Her Majesty shall, by Order 
in Council, declare to be joined to them for the 
purposes next hereinafter described, and the Clergy 
and lay persons, being declared members of the 
Church of England, or being otherwise in commu- 
nion with him or them respectively, to meet together 
from time to time, and at such meeting, by mutual 
consent, or by a majority of voices of the said | 
clergy and laity, severally and respectively, with ‘to the Book of Common Prayer): And the said 
the assent of the said Bishop, or of a majority of| Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
the said Bishops, if more than one, to make all; And a Motion being made, and the Question 
such regulations as may be necessary for the better! being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
conduct of their ecclesiastical affairs, and for the | second time :—It passed in the Negative. 
holding of meetings for the said purpose thereafter):| Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the | (And be it Enacted, That the said Island of 
first time. | Van Diemen’s Land shall, from and after the 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being | passing of this Act, be named and styled Tasmania; 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second | and that the said Island, together with the several 
time ; dependencies of the same, shall form one and the 
The House divided. /same Colony, and be styled and reputed as the 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; ‘Colony of Lasmania): And the said Clause was 
The Noes to the new 3 ; | brought up, and read the first time. 
P , r. erley, | And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr. Robert Palmer: 102 | being put, That the a Clause be now read a 
—F ord Marcus Hill, } second time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Grey : | dete | Then enainains were made to the Bill. 
So it a in the a, saiitiiia taal Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the! upon Monday next. 
Bill (Provided always; and be it Enacted, That | \Gadead, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
it shall not be lawful to impose or inflict, by an 
such regulation, any temporal or pecuniary penalty! The Bill to authorize a further Advance of Money Distressed 
or disability other than such as may attach to the to certain Distressed Poor Law Unions, and to make —— - 
avoidance of any office or benefice held in the said | Provision for the Repayment of Advances made Repayment 
church): And the said Clause was brought up, and , and authorized to be made to Poor Law Unions and of Advances 
read = — time. ‘ F ae | other nate ne in Ireland, was, according to Order, (*el#n4) Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | read the third time. 
being put, That the said Clause be now read aj Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. | 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the | 
Bilb (Provided also, and be it Enacted, That no 
such regulation shall be binding on any person or 
persons other than the said Bishop or Bishops, and 
the Clergy and the lay persons within the said Co- 
lonies who are or may be declared members of the 
Church of England, or otherwise in communion 
with him or them respectively): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the 


Bill (Provided also, and be it Enacted, That any 
such regulation touching the existing relation of 
the said Bishops, Clergy and others, to the Metro- | 





A. 1850. 


Archbishop, but not afterwards): 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 (Provided also, and be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be competent to the said Bishops, Clergy and 
lay persons, or any of them, to pass any regulation 
affecting the rights of the Crown in the nomination 
of Bishops, without the consent of Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies): And 
the said Clausewas brought up, andread 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 Provided also, and be it Enacted, That no 
such regulation made as aforesaid shall authorize 
the Bishop of any diocese to confirm or consecrate, 
or to obtain, license, or institute any person to any 
See, or to any pastoral charge or other episcopal or 
clerical office, except upon such persons having im- 
mediately before taken the oath of allegiance to 
Her Majesty, and having likewise subscribed the 
Articles of the United Church of England and Ire- 
land, and declared his unfeigned assent and consent 


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-Elections _ 
mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bid. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to amend an Act of the last Session of Defects in 
Parliament, for granting Relief against Defects in Leases Act 
” 4 Amendment 
Leases made under Powers of Leasing, was, accord- Bi11, 
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 the Second Fees (Court 





politan See of Canterbury, shall be forthwith trans-| Reading of the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; of Chancery) 
mitted by the presiding Bishop, or his deputy, to| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
the Archbishop of the said See, and shall be subject upon Thursday next. 
to disallowance by the said Archbishop, under his 
hand and seal, at any time within twelve months| The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices 
from the passing of the said regulation, or within | consideration the Chief Justices Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill 
six mopihs from the receipt thereof by the said | amended in the Committee ; 

| Ordered, 








Landlord and 
Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
iand) Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 307. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Tenants at 
Rack-rent 
Relief Bill. 


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Attornies 
Certificates 
Bill. 


Securities for 
vances 


(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 
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 Court of Session (Scotland) 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 Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Police and Improvement 
(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 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 the Second 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to relieve Occupiers of Lands or Tene- 
ments at Rack-rent from a Portion of the Rate 
levied 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Registration of Deeds 


(Ireland) Bill ; 


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


Martis, 7° die Muii, 1850: 

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 Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Attornies Certificates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— on the Securities for Advances (Ireland) 

ill; 

Vou. 105. 


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313 


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


The Convict Prisons Bill was, according to Order, Convict 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Prisons Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Health (Jreland) Bill was, according public Health 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to (Ireland) Bill 
a Committee of the whole House for Monday the 
27th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Castlebar 
Copy of Report made to the Board of Guardians of Union 
the Castlebar Union, on the 20th day of April, by Wor*#ouse. 
Dr. Ronayne, Medical Superintendent of the Union, 
relative to the state of the Workhouse. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Baltinglass 
Copy of any Correspondence that has taken place Utiom. 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 
Guardians of the Baltinglass Union, on the subject 
of increasing the Salaries of the Officers of that 
Union. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Acts regulating the 
Proceedings at Petty Sessions, and the Duties of 
Justices of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions, in 
Ireland: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Zre/and do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley be discharged Fees (Courts 
from any further attendance on the Select Committee - a = 
on Fees (Courts of Law and Equity, &amp;c.) ee 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardcastle be added to the 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Piracy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence between Sir 
J. Brooke and the Naval Commander in Chief in 
India, respecting the Pirates in the Indian Seas, 
referred to in the Papers lately respecting Piracy at 
Borneo :—Of the Correspondence respecting the 
Piratical Habits of the Sarrabans and Sakarrans, 
referred to in Sir J. Brooke’s Letter of the 2d day 
of February 1850 to Viscount Palmerston :—Aad, 
of the Request made by the Government of Bruné 
to Captain Keppel in 1843 and 1844, as against the 
Piratical Practices of the Sarrabans and Sakarrans. 

Ordered, That 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 Grand Jury of the Parliamentary 
town and county of the town of Galway, praying Voters, &amp;e. 
the House to substitute the name of the Recorder of (Ireland) Bill, 
Galway for that of the Assistant Barrister in sec- 
tion 46 of the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ireland) 

Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Petty Sessions 
| Solidate and amend the Acts regulating the Proceed- (Ireland) Bill. 
ss+ 


No. 308. 


ings 





314 


ings at Petty Sessions, and the Duties of Justices 
of the Peace out of Quarter Sessions 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. 


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, 7° die Maii; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
Standing M®: Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolu- 


tion ; which was read, as followeth: 


Cromford and Resolved, That in the case of the Cromford and 


oe Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill, Petition for leave to 
road Bill, | deposit a Petition against the Bill, the Standing 


Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the 
parties be permitted to deposit their Petition ac- 
cordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Bill to enable the Dundee and Perth and A ber- 
y+ neon deen Railway Junction Company to raise a further 
way Junction Sum of Money, and for other Purposes, was read 
Bill. the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dundee and 


North Staf- . y . . . : 
Sordahive Rail Ordered, That the North Staffordshire Railway 


way (Exten- (Extension! of Time for Purchase of Lands, &amp;c.) 
sionofTimefor Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 
Purchase of 
Lands, &amp;c.) 
Bill. : ‘ —* oe 
South Staf- The Bill to enable the South Staffordshire Rail- 
fordshire | way Company to lease their Undertaking, and for 
Railway Bill. other Purposes, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 
A Clause (Interpretation of Act), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
DockTrustees consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, 
Bill. as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


Great North- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ern Railway 


Devintiongs the Great Northern Railway Deviations, Amend- 
‘Amendment Ment of Acts, Alteration of Tolls, and of East Lin- 
of Acts, Alte- colnshire Railway Tolls Bill, as amended in the 


ration of Tolls, : 

pre ee = Committee. 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Tolls 
Bill. 

York and 
North Midland 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the York and North Midland 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


East of Fife ; ‘ 
Railway Bill the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


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A, 1850. 


Mr. Arthur Duncombe reported the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Sheridan reported the South Yorkshire, Don- —_ —_ 
caster and Goole Railway (Amendment of Acts, torang rn a 
Deviation at Doncaster, Xc.) Bill, with Amend- Railway 


ments, eager 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table Rte nme 
and be printed. ter, &amp;c.) Bill. 
South York- 


Mr. Sheridan reported the South Yorkshire, Don- syice Doncase 
caster and Goole Railway (Amendment of Acts, ter and Goole 


Deviations to Worsborough, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- Railway 
ments (Amendment 
° of Acts, Devia- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tions to Wors- 
and be printed. borough, &amp;c.) 


Bill. 
Mr. Bernal reported the London (City) Improve- — (City) 
ments Bill, with Amendments. — 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on Great Central 
the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company (No. 2) &amp;4s —— 
Bill; That the parties promoting the said Bill had sone (ile. &gt; 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of David Bill. 
Methven, Engineer of the Commercial Gas Works 
Company, 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 intervention of the House, 
he fad been instructed by the Committee to move 
the House, That the said David Methven do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ordered, That David Methven, engineer of the 
Commercial Gas Works Company, do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Committee 


| Selection ; That, under the powers granted to them of Selection 


by the Standing Order, No. 83, they had formed rang Re- 


into an additional Group certain Private Bills, which, 

- " rep eg : ; No. 309 
in their opinion, it is expedient to submit to the sania 
same Committee, and had agreed to report the same 


/ to the House. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical 
Returns, in detail, of the Item of £.6,454. 14s. 7d.,Cnd) 
charged in the Account appended to the Ecclesias- ™""™ 


| tical Commissioners’ Report to the Lord Lieutenant 


| ¢ 


i] 
| 


| 
| 
| 


| 


| 


| 


| 


of Ireland, dated the 1st day of August 1849, as 


Salaries to Commissioners, Secretary, Treasurer, 
and Clerks,” stating the several Names of the Com- 
missioners who receive Salaries, and the Amount 
respectively paid to each Commissioner and other 
Officer :—Similar Return, in detail, as to the Item 


of £.1,935. 18s, 2d. charged for Solicitors for Per- 


‘sonal Services, Disbursements, and Law Clerks’ 


Salaries: — Return, in detail, of the Items of 


Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be £-509. 8s. 11d, and £.743. 4s. 2d. charged for 


Rents, Coals, Candles, and Taxes, stating the Locali- 
ties of the Houses or Offices for which such Rents, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming | Taxes, Xc. are charged, and the specific Sums paid 


for each Office respectively :—And, Return stating 


upon the 23d day of April last, That the East of in whose hands the Sum of £.6,281. 7s. 8d., the 


Fife Railway Bill be committed ; 


Balance on such Account, and also the Sum of 


And the Question being again proposed :—The | é. 2,808, 2s. 2 d. the Balance on Primate Poulter’s 
| and Primate Robinson's Funds, are deposited, with 
'the Amount and Nature of Security given by the 


House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


Treasurer, and whether the Accounts of the 


Com- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | mission are subject to a Public, or what Audit. 


mittee of Selection. 


\ 





A Message 



































13 VicrorizZ. 





Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Jinney::. 
the Lords. ~ 
Mr. Speaker, . eet 
Pirates Head- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


money Repeal Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth year of King 

_ George the Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or 
Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Architects, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Civil Engi- Act to change the Name of the Architects, Civil 
neers, Builders 5 


and General Engineers, Builders, and General Fire and Life In- 
Fire and Life surance Annuity and Reversionary Interest Com- 
pee ~~ ” pany, and for other Purposes relating to the Com- 
wersvonary In- pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
terest Com- the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 


any (Incor- : i 
= lon of the4d then the Messenger withdrew. 


Company under a different Name) Bill. 


Archbishop- Ordered, That the Return of the Gross and Net 
ricks and Incomes of each Archbishoprick and Bishoprick in 
Bichogetehs. England and Wales in each year (from the 1st day 
TO January 1837), including all Sums received from 
or paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and all 
Monies received from Rents, Fines, Renewals of 
Leases, Building Leases, and from all other sources, 
which was presented upon the 16th day of July 
1845, be re-printed. 
Churches Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches 
(Scotland.) (Scotland), which was presented upon the 31st day 
No.311. of January last, be printed. 
Education Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education 
(Ireland.) (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 312. printed. 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
ae Law (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, be 
0. 313. 


printed. 


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


Swelly Rocks. 
No, 314. 


Advertise- Petitions of Proprietors, Printers and Publish- 
ments. ers of the Liverpool Standard Newspaper ;—Pro- 
prietors, Printers and Publishers of the Pembroke- 
shire Herald Newspaper ; — Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the British Banner Newspaper ; 
—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Mayo 
Telegraph A ay ;—Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Catholic Standard Newspaper ;— 


Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the News | 


of the World Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of Bell’s New Weekly Messenger 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Patriot Newspaper ;— Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the Wesleyan Times Newspaper ; 
—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of Reynolds’s 
Miscellany ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Atlas Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Wisbeach Advertiser Newspaper ; 
—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Wor- 
cester Chronicle Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers 
and Pubiishers of the Sherborne and Yeovil Mercur 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Bath Journal Newspaper ; — Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Derbyshire Adver- 
tiser Newspaper ;— Proprietor and Printer of the 
Taunton Courier Newspaper; — Proprietors and 
Printers of the Farmers’ Herald Newspaper ;—Pro- 
prietors and Printers of the Lincolnshire, Boston 
and Spalding Free Press Newspaper ;—Proprietors 
and Printers of the Leeds Mercury Newspaper ;— 
Proprietors and Printers of the Hastings and St. 
Leonard’s News Newspaper ;—James Crowther ;— 
Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Perth 
Constitutional Newspaper ;— Proprietors, Printers 
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and Publishers of the Kelso Chronicle Newspaper ; 
—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Fife 
Herald Newspaper ;— Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Edinburgh Weekly Register 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Kdinburgh Witness Newspaper ;—Proprie- 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Edinburgh Ca- 
ledonian Mercury Newspaper ;—Proprietor, Printer 
and Publisher of the Renfrewshire Advertiser News- 
paper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the 
Nottingham Mercury Newspaper ; — Proprietor, 
Printer and Publisher of the Preston Pilot News- 
paper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the 
Illustrated London News Newspaper ;—Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Doncaster Chronicle 
Newspaper ;—Proprietor, Printer and Publisher of 
the Wiltshire Independent Newspaper ;— Proprie-~ 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Cornwall Royal 
Gazette Newspaper ;— Proprietor, Printers and 
Publishers of the Liverpool Mail Newspaper ; — 
Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the Liver- 
pool Times Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and 
Publishers of the Londonderry Journal ;—Proprie- 
tors, Printers and Publishers of the Ballyshannon 
Herald ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of 
the Drogheda Argus Newspaper ; — Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Westmeath Guardian 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Pristers and Publishers 
of the Nenagh Guardian Newspaper ;—Proprietors, 
Printers and Publishers of the Western Star News- 
paper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers of the 
Meath Herald Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the Canterbury Weekly Journal 
Newspaper ;—Proprietors, Printers and Publishers 
of the Kent Herald Newspaper ;—Newspaper Stamp 
Abolition Committee (Sub-Treasurer and Secre- 
tary) ;—Preoprietors, Printers and Publishers cf the 
Carmarthen Journal ;—and, Proprietors, Printers 
and Publishers of the Sheffield Times Newspaper ; 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Advertise- 
ments in Newspapers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from North Nibley ;—and, Abercorn ; Arbitration, 
praying the House to take prompt and decisive &amp; 


measures for the promotion of Treaties between the 


Government of this country and other Governments 
of the World, binding both parties for the future to 
refer their misunderstandings to the decision of 
Arbitrators ; and also to take measures for the pro- 
motion of a general disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the earth,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
at Monmouth, praying that the Attornies Certificates Certificates 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh, Leith aud vicinity (two Baking Trade, 
Petitions); — Exeter ; — Dundee ; — Westminster 
(three Petitions) ; — Middlesex ; — Lambeth and 
Southwark (Chairman) ; — Southwark ; — Lambeth 
(two Petitions) ;— Brighton (two Petitions); — 
Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;— Tower Hamlets (two 


J | Petitions); —Finsbury and Mary-le-bone ;—Fins- 


bury ;—Greenwich ;— London ;— Augustus Delaforce 
and others ;—Minister, Elders, Deacons and Mem- 
bers of the National Scotch Church, Regent-square ; 
—and, London and Southwark; complaining of 
evils affecting the Journeymen Bakers; and praying 
for redress,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Soham ;—and, Pembroke Dock ; Beer-houses. 
praying the House to adopt measures for diminish- 
ing the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ss2 Petitions 








Church Rates. 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Disarmament. 


Education. 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Act. 


Highway: Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Trelazid.) 


316 


Petitions from Great Yarmouth ;—Wivelsfield ; 
— Brighton ;—Hailsham ;—and, Handcross; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Church Rates,—were pre- 


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


A Petition of Guardians for Middleton Tyas and 
other places, praying that the County Rates and 
Expenditure Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
8 read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


Petitions from Birmingham (seven Petitions) ;— 
and, Handsworth; praying the House to adopt 
measures for promoting a general Disarmament 
among the civilized nations of the earth,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, 
stating that, in the opinion of the Petitioners, the 
establishment of a comprehensive and efficient sys- 
tem of national Education throughout these realms 
is an imperative duty; and praying the House to 
give to this subject their grave and mature consi- 
deration,—to deliberate whether the obstacle hi- 
therto alleged as so powerful, viz. the existence of 
theological differences, ought to prevent the instt- 
tution of a system of education applicable to the 
entire community, and adequate to its pressing 
wants,—and whether any other circumstances en- 
title the Legislature to withhold from the inhabitants 
of these realms a privilege of inestimable price, en- 
joyed by every citizen in Prussia, Holland, Switzer- 
Jand, aud a great portion of the United States of 
America, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bir- 
mingham, praying that the Education Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workpeople employed in the Fac- 
tories of John Hainsworth, and Company, called 
Cape Mill, Bramley, and Upper Mill, Stanningley, 
praying the House to enact that the hours of labour 
for all women and young persons may be extended 
to eleven hours per day, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Factory Workers of Newton, in the 
township of Mottram-in-Longdendale, in the county 
of Chester, praying the House not to pass any mea- 
sure whereby the duration of the labour of women, 
young persons and children in Factories, may be 
in any degree extended, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hunslet ;—and, Members of the 
Merstham Farmers’ Club, and others ; praying that 
the Highways Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Board of Surveyors 
of Highways, of the township of Holbeck, in the 
borough ot Leeds, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Ripon ;— 
Nottingham (Chairman) ;—and, Bradford (York) 
(Chairman); praying that the 28th clause may be 
retained in the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read; and orcered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunshaughlin Union ;--and, Bally- 
macoda and Ladysbridge ; praying for amendment 


of the law between Landlord and Tenant in Jre- 





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A. 1850. 


land,—were presented, and read; and erdered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Dervock ;—and, Island Magee; Landlor? 
praying that the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 474 Tenant 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and a 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wexford, praying Lord Lieu- 
that the office of Lord Lieutenant of Zreland may tenant of 
be continued, was presented, and read ; and ordered seen 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Quail, m.p.;—and, Presby- Marriages 
tery of Islay and Jura (Moderator); praying that Bill 
the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General Medical 
Practitioners of Whitby, in the county of York, — 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving wwe 
the position of Assistant Surgeons in the Royal 
Navy, was presented, and read ; and crdered to. 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Harry Bristow Wil- Metropolitan 
son, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of the united parishes Mterments 
of Saint Mary, Aldermary and Saint Thomas-the- ~~ * 
Apostle, in the city of London, praying that the 
Metropolitan Interments Bill may be referred to 
a Select Committee, and not passed into a law as it 
now stands, but that, if Parliament should think 
fit to discontinue burials in churches, a full com- 
pensation for the loss of fees and other emolu- 
ments may be secured to him, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bethnal Green (two Petitions) ;— 

Little Alie-street, Goodman’s Fields ;—and, White- 
chapel; 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 Merchants, Shipowners, Seamen Naval 
and other inhabitants of the Port of Liverpool, pray- 1™pressment. 
ing for the abolition of Naval Impressment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from the Overseer, Readers, Compositors Paper, &amp;¢. 

and Pressmen in the employment of H. D. Wood- 
fall, Esquire, Printer, Angel-court, Skinner-street, 
in the city of London;— and, Street (Somerset) ; 
praying for the abolition of the Excise Tax upon 
Paper, the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp 
Duty upon Newspapers, leaving the proper authori- 
ties to fix a small charge for the transmission of 
Newspapers by post,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool (Chairman) ;—and, Zei- Parochial 
cester; praying that the Parochial Assessments Assessments 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Bridgend and Poor Law. 
Cowbridge Union, in the county of Glamorgan, 
praying the House to take such measures as may 
be necessary fo ensure the reduction of the salaries 
of all the officers connected with the administration 
of the Poor Laws, in proportion with the reduction 
which has taken place in the prices of the necessaries 
of life; and especially that any resolution that may 
be come to by five-sixths (or any other large ma- 
jority) of the Board of Guardians in special meeting 
assembled, relative to the remuneration of their 
own officers, may be declared to be final and con- 
clusive, without the sanction or confirmation of the 





Poor 





Post-office. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Siave Trade. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Sugar Duties, 





13 Vicroriz. 


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

A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Witney Union, in the county of Ozford, alleging that 
the Poor Law Board, without assigning any sufficient 
reason, refused to sanction the moderate and ne- 
cessary reductions contemplated by the Petitioners, 
the Guardians, in the salaries in their offices ; and 
praying the House to take the case into considera- 
tion, and to devise measures to enable the Petitioners 
to have the local control over the furds of the rate- 
payers, and to make such reductions in the expen- 
diture and management of their union, as the 
exigencies of the times may fairly require, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the 
parish of Saint Bride, in the city of London, pray- 
ing for amendment of the Poor Law, in respect to 
settlement and rating, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Street (Longford) ;—Presbytery of 
Cork (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Ashwelthorpe-with- 
Wreningham ;--Runham ;--Lammas ;--Felmingham ; 
— Trimingham ;--Swainton Abbott ;-- Tuttington ;— 
Burgh-next-Aylsham ;— Overstrand ;—Ashby, Oby 
and Thirne ;— Winterton ;—Sidestrund ;— Comber ; 
--Carrichfergus ;-—Stainton-in-Cleveland ;-— Muker ; 
— Coldhurst ; — Ecclefechan (Chairman) ; — San- 
quhar ;— Sydenham ( Oxford) ;— Middleton Stoney ; 
—Presbytery of Islay and Jura (Moderator) ;— 
Severn Stoke ; —Rock ; —Pensac ; —Mamble ; — 
Bayton;—Peopleton and Chuchill ;—District, com- 
monly called the Far Forest of Bewdley ;—Ahog- 
hill;— Bristol; —Saint Pinnock ;—Birmingham ; 
— Renton ;—Kirk Session of Kilmarnock (Modera- 
tor); —Whitby ; Members of the Congregation 
of the National Scotch Church, Regent’s-square ;— 
Llanmadock ; — Ludford ; — Swalcliffe; — Glyn- 
corrwg ;—Saint Nicholas (Glamorgan) ; —Eglwy- 
silan ;—and, Cuxham; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Arbroath, praying that the 
Public Health (Scotiand) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Presbyterian Con- 
gregation, Tounsend-street, Belfast, in connexion 
with the Jrish General Assembly, praying for the 
adoption of measures for the suppression of the 
African Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Cottagers and 
other inhabitants of the parish of Uley, in the county 
of Gloucester, praying that the Small Tenements 
Rating Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers and 
others interested in the manufacture and sale of 
Lrish made Spirits, in the town of Wexford, pray- 
ing that the duty on Jrish made Spirits be in future 
charged and levied in the same manner as that on 
Foreign made Spirits, that is, according to the mea- 
surement and strength of the actua! quantity when 
removed from the bonded warehouses, thus placing 
Irish Spirits, in respect to the system of paying duty, 
on the same footing with the spirits of foreign 
manufacture, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners, Merchants and other 
Inhabitants of Greenock, praying the House to dis- 
countenance Slavery, by fixing a higher rate of duty 
VoL. 105, 





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317 


on slave made Sugar than on that made by free 
labour, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Directors of the Chamber of Com- 
merce and Manufactures, established by Royal 
Charter in the city of Glasgow, praying the House 
to grant a suflicient supply of free labour to the 
West India Colonies, and also to amend the Sugar 
Duties Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 97, by an arrestment 
of the diminution of the Duties on Foreign Sugar, 
after the 5th day of July next, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Furness Railway Company, stamp Duties 
praying that the Stamp Duties Bill may not pass Bill. 
into a law, was presented, end read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Managing Com- Vestries and 
mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Asso- Vestry Clerks 
ciation, praying that the Vestries and Vestry Clerks 2#- 

Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses windows. 
of the borough of Sunderland, praying for a repeal 
of the duty on Windows, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Clerical, 
Act for better enabling the Clerical, Medical and Medical and 
General Life Assurance Society to sue and be sued, —— 
and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Society Bill. 
Constitution, and to give further Powers to the So- 
ciety, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wakefield 
Act to authorize the Wakefield Borough Market Borough _ 
Company to purchase certain Lands for a Market- Market Bill 
place, and to make Approaches thereto, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Advertisement 
That it is expedient that the Advertisement Duty Duty. 
be repealed ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Ewart, 1 39 
Yeas, L Mr. Milner Gibson: f , 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, Leoe 
Noes, Ll Mr. Bellew : a. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Journeymen 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire Bakers. 
whether any measures can be taken to improve the 
sanitary condition of the Journeymen Bakers ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Robert Grosvenor, 

Yeas, Mr. Stafford : 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 

Noes, \ Mr. Bellew : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


44, 


1 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Kingstown 
to investigate and report upon all matters connected and Holyhead 
with the contract for the conveyance of the Mails Mails- 
between Kingstown and Holyhead ; also, how far 
the engagements entered into by the Admiralty with 
the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, tend 





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318 7 —8° 


to develop or otherwise the full advantages of the 
direct and continuous line of communication be- 
tween London and Dublin, which the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company are, under the provi- 


sions of their Act of Parliament, now labouring to 
effect. 
Wood usedin The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Ship-building. into a Committee, to take into consideration the 
Duties on Wood, with a view of remitting the Duty 
on all Wood used in Ship-building ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Hayter reported, That the Committee had 
made further Progress in the matter to them re- 
ferred ; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


‘ 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Benefices in 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Plurality Bill. 


take into consideration the Benefices in Plurality 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Nothing hereinbefore contained to pre- 
vent a person having one Benefice, holding another, 
if presentation thereto granted before December 
1837), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Previous provisions not to extend 
to Ireland) 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 
upon Thursday next. 


Elections 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘T'o-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Factories Bill. The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee To-morrow, upon the Factories Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 8° die Maii ; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- 
mittee on the South Wades Railway (No. 2) Bill; 
That the Committee had,in pursuance of the Order 
of the House of the 23d day of April last, divided 
the said Bill into two Bills, and had proceeded with 
such parts of the same as related only to the financial 
arrangementsof the Company; and had gonethrough 
one of the said Bills, “ to grant further powers to 
the South Wales Railway Company, with reference 
to the creation of Shares and the regulation of their 
Capital, and for other purposes;” and that they 
had amended the preamble of the Bill so as to con- 
fine the same to the objects before mentioned ; and 
iitad examined the allegations of the Bill, as so 
amended, 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. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 


York, New- Mr. Robert Clive reported the York, Newcastle 


castle and Ber- and Berwick Railway (Arrangements as to Payment 
wick Railway for the 
(Arrangements 
as to Payment 


Purchase of the Great North of England 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 


Maii. A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; chose of the 
and be printed. England Fae 
way, &amp;c. a 
The Bill to extend the Time for the Purchase of North Staf- 
Lands required for certain Branches of the North ae” 
Staffordshire Railway,to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sil- sion of Time 
verdale and the Apedale Iron Works, was, according for Purchase 
to Order, read the third time. — &amp;e.) 
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 Bolton 
the Bolton Improvement Bill, as amended in the Improvement 
Committee. = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take York and 
into consideration the York and North Midland ey 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. ° 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cobbe’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Cobbe’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 concerned think fit to be heard 
by counsel, or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Headlam do 
carry the said Message. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 6th day of this instant Gepore: = 
May; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

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


A Petition of Householders and Rate-payers in Metropolitan 
the cities of London and Westminster, or in the Wter Supply. 
county of Middlesex or Surrey, for leave to deposit 
a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for obtaining 
a better supply of Water for the Metropolis, from 
the River Thames, at or near Mapledurham, in the 
county of Oxford, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Members of the Wesleyan Methodist Beer-houses. 
Society, and Congregations worshipping in the 
Mint-lane and Saint Sidwell’s Chapels, in the city 
of Exeter, praying the House to adopt measures for 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Burgess Lists 
of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that Bill. 
the Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 
. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of the Baptist Church Rates. 
denomination, at Kettering, and others, praying for 
the abolition of Church Kates, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Redditch, and Copy- 
hold Tenants of the manor of Tardebigg, in the 
county of Worcester, praying that the Copyholds 
Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 





for the Pur- 





Petitions 











13 Vicroriz. 


County Court Petitions from Leominster ; —and, Ashton-under- 

Extension Bill. Zyne; praying that the County Court Extension 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Christchurch, 
Hants, praying the House to adopt measures for 
promoting a general and simultaneous Disarmament 
among the civilised nations of the earth, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Disarmament, 


Education. A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, 
praying for the institution of a system of Educa- 
tion applicable to the entirecommunity, and adequate 
to its pressing wants, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Wood- 
leigh, praying the House to adopt measures for 
effectually preventing the encouragement of a 
latitudinarian system of Education, for securing to 
the founders and promoters of church schools, 
their just portion of the grants for Education, and 
for distinctly defining the conditions which the 
Committee of Council shall be authorized or entitled 
to demand of applicants for aid from the Parlia- 
mentary grant, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories Bill. Petitions from Halifax (two Petitions) ;—Hey ; 
—Saddleworth (three Petitions) ;— Royton ;—Lees; 
—Sharples ;— Bolton (two Petitions) ;—Dukinfield 
(two Petitions) ;—Zodmorden (Chairman) ;—Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne;— and, Warrington (Chairman) ; 
praying that the Factories Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Highways Bill. Petitions from Walshford Pyne ; —Woolfardis- 
worthy ; — Ticehurst; —and, Oakham Poor Law 
Union; praying that the Highways Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of High- 
ways of the parish of Saint Nicholas, in the town 
and county of the town of Nottingham, praying 
that the 28th Clause may be retained in the said 
Bill, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Land Tax. A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Inha- 
bitants of the Ward of Farringdon Without, in the 
city of London, praying for an equalization of the 
unredeemed Land Tax in. England and Wales; and 
for preventing the completion of any further contracts 
for redemption of such tax under the existing law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Provincial 
Synod of Moray, stating that the Synod views with 
alarm and deep regret the prevalence of the vice 
of intemperance, and the excessive number of 
licensed houses for the sale of spirits throughout 
the country; and praying the House to re-model 
the whole licensing system, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Licensing 
System. 


Marria, 
aL 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Moray 
(Moderator);—Archdeaconry of Salop ;— Rochester ; 
—and, Clifford; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered tv lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shadwell;— Ratcliffe Highway (two 
Petitions) ; — Cripplegate ; and, Saint George’s- 
street East, &amp;c.; praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
VoL. 105. 


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319 


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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Zan- parochial 
caster Union, praying that the Parochial Assess- Assessments 
ments Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, ® 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor Law. 
Leominster Union, praying the House to make a 
reduction in the number of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, and in the amount of their salaries, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint poor Relief 
Margaret, Lothbury, in the city of London, praying (Cities and 
that the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may Towns) Bill. 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Coldingham (two Petitions) ;— post-office. 
and, Ulverstone ; praying that the delivery of letters 
every Sunday may be continued,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Dallas; — Exbourne ; — Honey 
Church ; — Burrington ; — Saxilby-cum-Ingleby ;— 
Framfield ;— Burwash ;— Ticehurst ;— Doddington ; 
—Orlingbury ;—Finedon ;—Bothal ;—and, Thorn- 
bury ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office.—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Managing Com- Real Property 
mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law As- Conveyance 
sociation, praying that the Real Property Convey- 3#!- 
ance Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Very Reverend School Esta- 
the Provincial Synod of Moray, praying that the (Scotland) 
School Establishment (Scotland) Bill may not pass pin), 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the. Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Labourers and other Slave Trade. 
Inhabitants of the island of Antigua, praying the 
House to adopt measures for the suppression of the 
Foreign African Slave Trade, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bray ;—and, Armagh; praying Spirits 
the House to enact that the duty on Jrish made (Ireland.) 
Spirits shall in future be charged and levied in the 
same manner as that on foreign made Spirits, that 
is, according to the measurement of the actual 
quantity and strength when removed from the 
bonded warehouses, thus placing Jrish Spirits, in 
respect of the system of paying duty, on the same 
footing with Spirits of foreign manufacture, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Three Petitions of John Williams, formerly of Sub-arches 
Cornhill, in the city of London, and now of Maiden- 4024-) 
stone Hill, Blackheath, Kent, praying for the con- 
struction of Sub-arches in the streets of London, 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Borough 
Return of the Number of Processes of Attachment ;ou's a 
which, forthe Three years preceding the ist day of Ja- land.) 
nuary 1841, issued from the several Borough Courts 
of Record in Ireland, distinguishing those issued for 
the Sum of £.20 and under from those above that 
Sum, and distinguishing the Cases of Foreign At- 
tachment, and in how many of all such cases Pro- 
ceedings were had to final Judgment and Execu- 

ss4 tion :— 











tion :—And, like Return for the Three years next 
preceding the 1st day of January 1850. 


Railway Bills. 
No. 315. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Report of the Commissioners of Railways, in ac- 
cordance with the Provisions of the Act 9 and 10 
Vic. c. 105, on any Railway Bills which have been 
introduced during the present Session, in which it is 
proposed to raise or alter the Rates and Tolls or 
Charges authorized to be taken under existing Acts 
of Parliament relating to Canal Undertakings be- 
longing to Railway Companies, or to impose any 
additional Rates or Charges in respect of such 
Canal Undertakings. 

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


Court of 
Queen’s Bench, 
&amp;c, (Ireland. ) 


No. 316. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
of Queen’s Bench, &amp;c. (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 11th day of February last, be 
printed. 


Real Property The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Transfer Bill Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Irish Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
om. Reading of the Irish Fisheries 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 





A. 1850. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 26th day of June next. 





























County Rates 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Real Property 
mittee on the Real Property Conveyance Bill ; Conveyance 
Resolved, That this. House will, upon Wednesday =. 
next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways Bill. 
mittee on the Highways Bill; 

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





| The Borough Gaols Bill was, according to Order, Borough Gaols 
|read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill. 
| mittee of the whole House, for Friday 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. , 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Elections _ 
mittee on the Elections (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
























“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. 


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Tellers for the Yeas, i — ad \ 37. | 
Tellers for the Noes, Soully’ }i97. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


“‘ 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 Extra-mural Interments 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. 

. ,_ { Mr. Lacy, 
Tellers for the 5 £85) Mr. eaede Sidney 


Tellers for the Noes,f ty po — Hill, 


Extra-mural 
Interments 
Bill. 


a: 
}128. 

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. 


made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word | 


And the Question being put, That the words —~ 


sovle itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Friendly 
nesday the 22d day of this instant May the Friendly Societies Bill 
Societies Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of June next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Medical 
Returns as to the Medical Charities in Ireland, Charities 
County Hospitals or Infirmaries, Fever Hospitals, “"¢!#"4-) 
or any others supported wholly or in part from 
County Funds :— 





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Similar Returns for all Dispensaries :—Similar 
Returns for all Medical Establishments under the 
Poor Law, Union Workhouses inclusive :—And, 
Similar Returns for any other Medical Charity, 
however supported, stating Amount of Grants and 
Bequests, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henley be discharged from Oficial 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Salaries. 
Official Salaries. 

Ordered, That Sir John Trollope be added to the 
Committee. 


the pirates Head- 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by ~ 
P a 


Lords to the Pirates Head Money Repeal Bill Ie Re 
be printed. No, 317. 





Resolved, 





Wheat, &amp;c. 











13 Vicroriz. 8°—9° 


Resolved, That an hurable Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be gracieusly pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Annual Average Gazette Price of 
Wheat, Barley and Oats, in each year since 1800 
inclusive:—Of the Qeantities of Wheat, Barley 
and Oats, Imported, Exported and:cleared for Con- 
sumption, in each year, since 18@0 inclusive :—Of 
the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats, in each year, since the passing of the Corn 
Bill of 1815, brought down to the latest Date :— 
Of the Annual Aggregate Quantities of Wheat, 
Barley, and Oats, returned by the Corn Inspectors 
as sold in the Towns from which the Averages were 
computed by the Act of 1814, from that year to 
the.end of 1849, with a separate Column showing 
the Quantities sold in each year since 1842 in the 
new ‘lowns added by the Act of that year :—Of 
the Quantities of Wheat and Flour, given in Quar- 
ters of Wheat, Imported-from each Country in each 
year since 1828 inclusive, with a Column showing 
the Average Quantity Imported from each Country 
during that Period :—Of the Official Average Annual 
Price of Wheat in each of the Ten Regions of 
France, and for the whole of France, in each year 
since 1828 inclusive, to the latest Date for which 


it can be given, converted into English Measures 


and Money, and stating the Ratios at which such 
Conversions -have been made; also, showing the 


Annual Average Price ‘for the whole .of France, 


during the whole Period :—Of the Average Annual 
Price of Wheatin Belgium in each year,.since 1828 
inclusive, or for so many years as can be given, 
showing the Average Annual Price for the whole 
Period, converted into English Measures and Money, 
and showing the Ratios at which such Cenversions 


thave been made:—Of the Average Annual Price of 


Wheat in each of the seven Prussian Provinces in 
each year, since 1828 inclusive; also, the Annual 
Average Price for the whole of Prussia, m each of 
the said years ; also, the Average Annual Price for 
the whole Period, converted into English Measures 
and Money, and stating the Ratio at which such 
Cenversions have.been made :—Of the Quantities of 
Wheat and Flour Imported into and Exported from 
France, in each of the last Ten years, for which the 
Account can be given :—Of the Average Price of 
Butcher's Meat, distinguishing the various kinds as 
sold in the Zondon Markets, in each Month of each 
Year, from 1840 to the present time, and exhibiting 
the Annual Average Price of each kind :—Of the 
Prices of Beef and Mutton at Lady-day and 
Michaelmas, in each year, paid at Saint Thomas’s 
Hospital, from 1800 to 1849, buth inclusive :—Of 
the Quantities of Beef, Pork, and Bacon, fresh, 
slightly salted, or salted, imported and cleared for 
Consumption, from 1800 to 1849, both inclusive :— 
Of the Numbers of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, Im- 
ported in each year since 1842 inclusive :—Of the 
Quantities of Butter and Cheese Imported and 
cleared for Consumption in each year, from 1800 to 
1849, both inclusive :—Of the Total Quantity of 
Foreign Wool imported in each year from 1815 to 
1849 inclusive, showing the Rate of Duty charge- 
able thereon, and distinguishing the Quantities Im- 
ported in each year from Spain, Germany, the rest 
of Europe, South America, the Cape of Good Hope, 
the Possessions of the East India Company, and 
the Australian Colonies, including Van Diemen’s 
Land:—Of the Price of Gold in each year, from 
1796 to 1849, both inclusive :—And, of the Quan- 
tity of British Shipping, distinguishing Sailing and 
Steam Vessels, built and registered in each year 
since 1815 inclusive, in the United Kingdom, and 
also in the British Colonies ; and the same Account 
fur the first Three months of 1850. 

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

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Maz. 321 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poison. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons, Male and 
Female, tried in the United Kingdom for Murder 
and attempts to murder, by the administration of 
Poison, from the year 1839 to the year 1849, both 
inclusive ; specifying the Number of Persons, Male 
and Female, tried in each year during that Period, 
and the Number of Convictions; also the Number 
of Persons poisoned, and attempted to be poisoned, 
by such Persons, Male or Female, so tried ; also the 
Number of the Cases in which Arsenic or an Arse~ 
nical Preparation was the Poison used. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration, Titles of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Titles &gt; so eel 
of Religious Congregations (Scotland) Bill; and (Scotland) 
the same were twice read; and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War 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, 9° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on Group Railway Billy 
No. 3, of Railway Bills, have leave to sit this (Group 3.) 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group (No. 15) Private Bills 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day, till Five (Group 15.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was Poor Law. 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 19th day of March last, for 
a Return of the Number and Names of the Parishes 
called Open, comprised in the Report of G. Pigott, 
Esquire, on the Counties of Berks, Bucks and 
Oxford, addressed to the Commissioners of the 
Poor Law, presented to Parliament 1850 :—Similar 
Return of Parishes styled Close, in the same Re- 
port: —And, Return of the Occupation of the 
Population, from the Occupation Abstract Census 
1841, in the several Open and Close Parishes from 
which, in the same Report, the comparison is made 
of Population to the Acreage and Rateable Value : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the Swansea Dock Swansea Dock 
Company Bill, with Amendments. Company Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Armstrong reported the Reading Cattle Mar- Reading Cattlé 
ket Bill, with Amendments. Market Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group (No. 12) Private Bills 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day, till half (Grup 12.) 
an hour after Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. George Thompson be allowed Great Central 


: : Gas Con- 
to attend and vote in the Committee on the Great oro ose Com. 





Central Gas Consumers’ Company (No. 2) Bill, pany (No. 2.) 
TT 


notwithstanding Bill 
































































322 9° Mar. 


notwithstanding he did not sign the prescribed 
Declaration before the Chairman took the Chair, 
provided he sign such Declaration forthwith. 


Cambridge A Bill for regulating the Markets and Fairs held 
Regulation within the Borough of Cambridge, and at Reach, in 
and Improve- 


ment, Markets the County of Cambridge, and for enlarging the 
and Fairs Bill. Market-place, and for rebuilding or altering the 
Guildhail of the said Borough, and for the Improve- 
ment of the said Borough, and for the better Regula- 
tion of the Police within the same, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Campbell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Childwall A Bill for better supplying the Parishes of Child- 
Waterworks wall and West Derby, in the County of Lancaster, 
oe. with Water, was read the third time. 





A. 1850. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the London and Blackwall Railway Bill, as amended Blackwall | 
in the Committee. Railway Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration waterford 
the Waterfordand Limerick Railway Bill,asamended and Limerick 
in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

A Clause (Commissioners to appoint an Arbitra- 
tor to consider the Valuations), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Expenses of Commissioners to 
be borne by the Company), 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. 


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


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that theTitle | to give directions that there be laid before this 


be, An Act for better supplying Childwall, Thing- | 


House, Returns of all Encroachments made on the 


wall, Little Woolton, Much Woolton and Gateacre, Rights of the Crown within the Forest of Waltham, 
Petey by the Verderers, under the Act of Par- 


all in the County of Lancaster, with Water. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East and West 
India Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway Company to 
and Birming- ; : 
ham Junction ake certain Brauch Railways, and te amend the 
Railway Bill. Act relating to the said Company, and to authorize 
the Lease of the Undertaking, and for other Pur- 
poses, 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. 
’ 


Hartley's — A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve 
Divorce Bill. the Marriage of John Bernard Hartley, Esquire, 
with Harriet Say Hartley, his now Wile, 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 tothe same, without Amendment. 


A Bill to authorize the Abandonment of Part of 
the Undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways 
and Canal Company, and to alter some of the Pro- 
visions of the om thereof to the London and 
North Western Railway Company, 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 authorize the Abandonment of 
ow of the Undertaking of the Shropshire Union 

ailways and Canal Company, and for other Pur- 
poses. 

Ordered, That Viscount Jocelyn do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways and 
Canal Bill, 


Birkerhoad The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Dock Trustees consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, 


Bill. "as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 
Dublin, Dun- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
drum and 


Rathfarnbam %le Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 
Railway (Extension or Revival of Powers for the Purchase 
(Extension or of Lands and Completion of Works, Amendment 


Revival of ‘ ‘ 
Pawers for the Of, Repeal of Acts) Bill, as amended in the Com- 


Purchase of mittee. . 
Lands and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Completion 

of Works, Amendment or 

Repeal of Acts) Bill. 


Forth and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Clyde Navi- the Forth and C/yde Navigation Bill, as amended 
gation Bill. i, the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the thitd time. 


liament 10 Geo. 4, c. 50, to the Attorney-general, 
| or to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, &amp;c. :— 
| And, of the Number of Prosecutions instituted by 


A Bill to enable the East and West India Docks | the Attorney-General, or by the Commissioners of 


| Woods, Forests, &amp;c. for the Recovery of such Rights, 
with the result and Expense of each Prosecution. 
Ordered, That 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 Turnpike- 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased toads, &amp;e. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Aggregute Number of 
Miles of Turnpike and Parish Roads in England 
and Wales travelled over by Mail Coaches during 
the Week ending the 17th day of April 1850 :— 
Similar Return for Mail Carts :—Similar Return for 
Horse Posts :—Statement of the Estimated Amount 
of Toll which Mail Coaches, Mail Carts, and Horse 
Posts, would be liable to pay on each Turnpike 
Trust, if not exempted by the General Turnpike 
Acts :—And, Return of the Amount of Aid con- 
tributed by Parishes to Turnpike Trusts in England 
and Wales, in each year from the 1st day of January 
1837 to the 1st day of January 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 goap. 
Return of the Quantities of Soap, or of the Substi- 
tute for Soap, made and used on the Premises in 
the Manufacturing Districts, free of Excise Duty ; 
and of the Quantities of Soap used by the Manu- 
facturers on which the Excise Duty has been re- 
turned, during each of the last Three years. 


The Order made yesterday, for presenting to Her Poisons. 
Majesty an humble Address, that She would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that there be Taid 
before this House, a Return of the Number of Per- 
sons, Male and Female, tried in the United King- 
dom for Murder, and Attempts to murder, by the 
administration of Poison, from the year 1839 to the 
year 1849, both inclusive ; specifying the Number of 
Persons, Male and Female, tried in each year during 
that Period, and the Number of Convictions; also the 
Number of Persons poisoned, and attempted to be 
poisoned, by such Persons, Male or Female, so tried; 
also the Number of the Cases in which Arsenic or an 
Arsenical Preparation was the Poison used, was 
read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poisons. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, 











Episcopal 
Fund. 


Local Acts. 
No. 75. 


National Debt. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Beer-houses. 


Burgess Lists 
Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Factories Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


House, a Return of the Number of Persons, Male 
and Female, tried in the United Kingdom for Mur- 
der, and Attempts to murder, by the administration 
of Poiso:, trom the year 1839 to the year 1849, both 
inclusive; specifying the Number of Persons, Male 
and Female, tried in each year during that Period, 
and the Number of Convictions ; also the Number 
of Persons named in the Indictments as having 
been poisoned, or attempted to be poisoned. 
Ordered, That 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 Annual Proceeds and Ap- 
plication of the Episcopal Fund from its Com- 
mencement to the present Time, giving in detail the 
Amount of Contribution from each See; also the 
Amount of Payment in Augmentation of the Income 
of any See; and specifying the Amount and Pur- 
pose of all other Payments made out of the Fund 
in each year. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— A- Further Report from the Admiralty re- 
lative to an Application for a Local Act. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Commhissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, the Number, the 
Place of Meeting, and the Date of the Boards held 
in each Year, with the Names of the Commissioners 
attending such Boards during the years 1832, 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 
1842, 1843, 1844 and 1845. 


A Petition of Farmers, Householders and Rate- 
payers of the Poor and County Rates of a portion 
of the county of Devon, in the neighbourhood of 
Honiton, complaining of the depressed state of 
Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Alford and neigh- 
bourhood, in the county of Lincoln, praying the 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- 
ber of Beer-houses, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
sem of the Borough of Beverley, praying that the 
urgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of the Commissioners 
of Supply of the county of Lanark, praying that the 
Court of Session (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 Burnley (Chairman) ;— Enfield 
and Great Harwood ; —Manchester ; —Heywood 
(Chairman) ;—Ashton-under-Lyne (two Petitions) ; 
— Dukinfield; — Lancashire Central Committee 
(Chairman) ;— Hebden Bridge (Chairman) ;—Bury 
(Chairman) ; — Stalybridge (Chairman) ; — Hyde 
(Chairman) ;— Bolton ;—and, Clitheroe (Chairman); 
praying that the Factories Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


VoL. 105. 








O° Marz. 323. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the Borough of Highways 
Leeds, praying that the Highways Bill may not pass Bil 
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 Leeds, 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 Members of the Board of Survey- 
ors of the Highways of the township of Bramley, 
in the borough of Leeds, praying that the said Bull 
may pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Larceny 
Portsmouth, praying that the Larceny Summary ———. 
Jurisdiction Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- Bin), 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Small Isles ;—and, Synod of Fife Marriages Bill. 
(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 Edward Buzton, Secretary to the Metropolitan 
London Cemetery Company, praying that the Metro- Interments 
politan Interments Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, but that the Bill may be referred 
toa Select Committee, and that he may be allowed 
to appear before the said Committee, and to be 
heard by his counsel, agents and witnesses, against 
the said Bill, and the Clauses thereof, and in sup- 
port of Clauses for the protection of his interest, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Galway Town Commissioners, Parliamentary 
praying that the name of the Recorder of Galway pn sen 
may be substituted for that of the Assistant Barrister “T™ om 
in the 46th section of the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. 

(Ireland) Bill, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockleigh English ; —Wands- Post-office. 
worth ;—Parroustown ;—Laughton ;—Colinton ;— 
Grove ;—East Acklam ;—Sheckling-cum- Burstwick 
and Ryhill; —Hempsted ;—Alloa;—West Grin- 
stead ; — Geddington-cum-Newton ; — Weekley ;— 
and, Talley (two Petitions); praying for the aboli- 
tion of Sunday Labour in the Post-office,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
— of the borough of Beverley, praying the 

ouse not to pass any law by which all Post-oftice 
business would be suspended on the Sunday 
throughout the country, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town pypjic Health 
Council of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying that the (Scotland) 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Presbytery Schools 
Clerk of the United Presbyterian Presbytery of (Scotland.) 
Orkney, praying the House to refuse its sanction to 
any measure having for its object the removal of 
the Parochial Schools in Scotland, from the super- 
intendence of the Church of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jersey and Jersey and 
Guernsey, which was presented upon Monday last, Guernsey. 
be printed. No. 318. 

TT2 Ordered, 











Masters and 
Mates ( Mer- 
chant Vessels.) 


No. 319. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


No. 320. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
lan) Bill. 


No, 321. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Securities for 
Advances 
{Ireland ) Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Chancery) 
Bill. 


Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 





324 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Masters | 
and Mates (Merchant Vessels), which was presented | 
upon Monday last, be printed. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education | 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, | 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Police and Improvement | 
(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 To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Court of Session (Scot- 


land) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re-' 


ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Railways Abandonment 
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 Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

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


The Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill was, accord- 
ing 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 Elections (Ireland) 
Bill. 


(In the Committee). 


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


Crauses, N° 1 to N° 21, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cuauset, N° 22 (Power to the Lord Lieutenant 
and Council to appoint additional Polling-places, 
and assiga Districts thereto). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 9. 1. 38, to leave 
out the words, “ but so as to divide any barony or 
“ half-barony.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

{Lord Marcus Hill, 
&gt; \Mr. Bellew : 

{ Major Blackall, 
&gt; Mr. Tenison : 
Clause disagreed to. 


Criauses, N° 23 to N° 26, agreed to. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


Tellers for the Noes 


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A. 1850. 


Schedule (A.), amended. 

Motion made, and Question, That “ Tubbercury” 
be the polling-place of Leyny, in the county of Sligo, 
—put, and Negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to. 

Schedule (B.), agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 10° die Maii, 1850: 


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 Law relating to the hold- Benefices in 
ing of Benefices in Plurality, was, according to Plurality Bill. 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Factories Bill, 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Third Larceny 
Reading of the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction mw | 
| Bill ; —_ iction 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of June next. 


The Weights and Measures Bill was, according Weights and 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Measures Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill ; Cele) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
‘upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dr. Grattan. 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Lord 
Chancellor of Jreland and Richard Grattan, Es- 
quire, M.D., commencing the 23d day of November 
1849 ; and also, a Copy of Dr. Grattan’s Letter to 
Lord John Russell, dated the 18th day of February 
| 1850, in reference to the Dismissal of Dr. Grattan 
from the Magistracy of the County of Kildare. 





| 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sunday Fairs 
to repeal an Exception in an Act of the twenty-}i 
seventh year of King Henry the Sixth, concerning 

the Days whereon Fairs and Markets ought not to 

be kept: And that Sir George Grey and Mr. Corne- 

wall Lewis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lighthouse 
Copies of all Correspondence with the Trinity (Guernsey) 
House, and with the Admiralty, relative to the ne- 
cessity of erecting a Lighthouse on the Western 
End of the Island of Guernsey. 


Medical a 
Appointmen 
(East India.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
= That there be laid before this House, a 
eturn of the Names of all Persons appointed, or 


.| recommended for Appointment, by the President of 


} 187 
* 


the Board of Control, to any Medical or Surgical 
Situation or Office in the Eust Indies, since the 1st 
day of January 1832, down to the present Time, 
specifying the Places to which such Appointments 
were made, the Dates thereof, and the Salaries and 
, Emoluments 




















13 Vicroriz. 


Emoluments attached thereto respectively :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 


drawn. 
Official Ordered, ThatSir John Yarde Buller be discharged | 
Salaries. from any further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on Official Salaries. 
Ordered, That Mr. Henry Drummond be added 
to the Committee. 
Tobacco. Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 


dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return 
concerning Tobacco, continuing the Returns con- 
tained in Parliamentary Paper, No. 500, of Session 
1847, to the 5th day of January 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Maltsters, and 
Prosecutions for Breaches of the Malt Laws in each 
Kingdom, during the last Five years, ending the 5th 
day of January 1850. 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this 
instant May, fora Return of the several Cases in 
which the Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned, 
under the Labouring Poor (Jreland) Act, 11 and 
12 Vic. ec. 51, the Conversion of Annuities created 
by the Act 10 and 11 Vie. c. 87, and the Terms on 
which such Conversions have been made; showing 
in each case of Conversion, since the 3d day of No- 
vember 1848, the Total Compound Sum charged 
against each Barony, &amp;c. at the time of Conversion, 
and the Amount of each Converted Instalment (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 30, of 


Maltsters, &amp;c. 


Labouring 
Poor (Ireland) 
Act. 


9°—10° Maiz. 








Session 1849). 
Ordered, That the said Returns 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, 10° die Maii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850, 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Upperton, from the Commissioners of Shore- 
ham Harbour, was called in; and at the bar 
resented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—The Report of the Commissioners 
acting under and by virtue of an Act of Parlia- 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


325 


and to construct a short Branch Railway or Tram- 
road, so as to afford a means of communication be- 
tween the said Branch Line of Railway and the 
said Mines, and to employ so much of the surplus 
funds of the said Company as may be necessary for 


| that purpose; and praying that provision may be 


made in the said Bill accordingly, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Architects, Ci~ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ar- vil Engineers, 


chitects, Civil Engineers, Builders, and General Fire a 


and Life Insurance Annuity and Reversiouary In- and Life In- 
terest Company (Incorporation of the Company surance An- 
under a different Name) Bill; and the same were aa” 
twice read, and agreed to. Interest Com- 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill pany Cincor- 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House came 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their der a different 


Lordships. Name) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- Clerical, 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the as = 
Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance So- mane 
ciety Bill; and the same were twice read, and Society Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wakefield 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wake- eo 
field Borough Market Bill; and the same were — 
twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
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, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway, to authorize a Deviation at Don- De Railway 
caster, and short Branches at Leeds and Peter- te sen of 
borough, and to alter the Tolls of the Great Acts, Altera- 
Northern and East Lincolnshire Railways, was read 4" of Tolls 


the third time. tieobedhiee 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway Tolls. 





ment, passed in the 56th year of the reign of His 


Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Bi 








Railway Bill. 





West Cornwall 


Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act | Great Northern Railway, to authorize a Deviation 
for the more effectual Security and Improvement of | at Doncaster, and two short Curves at Peterborough, 
the Harbour of New Shoreham, in the County of! and to alter the Tolls of the Great Northern and 
Sussex :”—And then he withdrew. | East Lincolnshire Railways. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the! Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
Table. the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the West Cornwall Railway Com- | The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
pany, stating that a Bill is now pending in the | the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks (Extension Corporation 


House, intituled, “ A Bill to enable the West Corn- | of Time for Purchase of Land, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended } ca 


wall Railway Company to make a Deviation in and | in the Committee. Time for Pur- 
a Branch | Anes. from their authorized Line of| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. For me 


Railway, and for other Purposes,” of which the Peti- 
tioners are the Promoters; that one of the Branch , P , 
Lines of the Petitioners, called the Tresevean | The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
Mine Branch, as constructed, will pass within a| te Manchester Rectory Division Bill, as amended owed 
distance of about three quarters of a mile from |!” the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
certain valuable Mines, called the Wheal Basset | the Bill. 

and the Wheal Buller Mines; that it would be of; Another Amendment was proposed to be made 

great benefit and advantage to the owners of the | to the Bill in P. 12, 1. 34, by leaving out the words 

said Mines, if the Company were empowered, with | “ six hundred,” and inserting the words “ seven 

the consent of the owners, lessees and occupiers of | “ hundred and fifty,” instead thereof. 

the several lands lying between the said Branch And the Question being put, That the words 


Line of Railway and the said Mines, to lay down | “ six hundred ” stand part of the Bill ; 
Vo. 105. TT3s+ 


Bill. 





The 





Waterford 
and Kilkenny 
Railway Bill. 


Bilston 
Improvement, 
Market, 
Waterworks 
and Cemetery 
Bill. 


London 
(Watford) 
Spring Water 
Company Bill. 


Leamington 
Priors Paving 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty- 
seventh Re- 
port.) 


Cobbe’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Arctic 
Expeditions. 


Cern, &amp;c. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


326 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,| a ne ecg }193. 


Tellers for the Noes,{ ~ — } 60. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Bilston Improve- 
ment, Market, Waterworks and Cemetery Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the London ( Watford) Spring Water Com- 
pany Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of February 
last, for referring the Leamington Priors Paving 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 7th, 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. 


Mr. Frewen reported, That he had carried to the 
Lords the Message of this House of Wednesday 
last, requesting that their Lordships would com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
Case of Cobbe’s Divorce Bill; and that the Lords 
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. 


10° Mazi. 


A. 1850. 


Resolved, That in the case of the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Water Supply, Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- — Supply 
tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be ~~ 
dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Heresy, Heresy. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of April No. 322. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, Tobacco. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 323. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Maltsters, yfattsters, &amp;c. 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 324. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in the city of Worcester, praying for the repeal of Certificates. 
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 Inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying punishment 
for abolition of the Punishment of Death, was of Death. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of Factories Bill. 
Edward Gregson, of Darwen, in the County of Lan- 
caster, praying that the Factories Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Lichfield, Marriages 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Metropolitan 
Inhabitants of Saint Mary, Paddington, praying Mtermen's 
that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leith, praying the Post-office. 
House to cause all Post-office business to be sus- 
pended on the Lord’s Day throughout the country, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the Island and 
Manor of Portland, praying the House not to sanc- 





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 Instructions from the Admiralty 
to Captain Austin, R.N., C.B., and to any other 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Service engaged in Arctic 
Expeditions, since the date of the last Parliamentary 
Return. 

Ordered, That 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, al 
Return of all Sums repaid by the Treasury for Re- | 
turn of Duties on Corn, Grain, and Pulse, &amp;c. Im- | 
ported into England from Malta, from the Ist day | 
of January 1841 to the 31st day of December 1844, | 
and of the Names of the Persons to whom, of the | 
Dates or Times when, and in respect of what Car- | 
goes (naming the Ships) the same were paid, and of | 
the precise Grounds upon which such Remission of | 
Duties took place. 





Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which 
was read, as followeth : 








tion any alteration in the present system of Postal 
arrangements, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ayr ;—and, Edinburgh (two Peti- Police and 
tions); praying that the Police and Improvement ——” 
(Scotland ) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now = - 
stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Barony Public Health 
Parish of Glasgow ;—and, Commissioners of Supply — 
of Lanark (Convener); praying that the public” ~ 
Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tardebigg ;—Alvechurch ;—and, Tithe Commu- 
Fechenham ; praying for Amendment of the Tithe tation Act. 
Commutation Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ma- Turnpike- 
Se- Toad Bills. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Reports from the 
cretary of State on Turnpike-road Bills :—No. 12. 
Heronsyhe and Eamont Bridge. No. 13. Ulverstone 
and Cranforth, 


Mr. 











National 
Schools (Ire- 
land.) 


Adjournment. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) 


Colonial Land 
and Emigra- 
tion Com- 
mission. 


Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 








Parliamentary 


10°—11° Mais. 327 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to; The House divided. 
an Order, dated the 22d day of February last, fora| The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
Return of all National = “on — which| The Noes to the old Lobby. 
have been erected, or to which the Commissioners Lord Marcus Hill 
have contributed Assistance towards the fitting up Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Bellew : } 254. 
of the Schools, adjoining to or within the Precincts; (Mr. Beresford, a 
of Roman Catholic Chapels, Nunneries or Monastic Tellers for the Noes, UMr. Mackenei “ae hes 
Institutions of any kind, from the 30th day of April| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
1843 to the 31st day of December 1849 (in con-| Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 520, of Ses-| time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
sion 1843), time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the} Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


13 Vicrortiz. 





- Table. Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of | 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. The House, according to Order, proceeded to Elections 


take into consideration the Elections (JZreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
The House was moved, That the Act 55 Geo. 3,| ments were made to the Bill. . 
c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds,| Qpdered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Law Proceedings, and other written or printed In- | upon Monday next. 
struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and | 


on Legacies and Successions to personal Estateupon | The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for | eonsideration the Court of Chancery (Jre/and) Chancery 
granting other Duties in lieu thereof, might be read ; | Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Ireland ) Bill. 
and the same was read. | Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
The House was also moved, That the Act 5 and | tion upon Monday next. 
6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in| . 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to makeRegulations | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charitable 
for collecting and managing the same, until the | mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill; Trusts Bill. 
tenth day of October 1845, might be read ; and the Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
same was read. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 8 and 
9 Vic. c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp! The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Technical 
Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and sixth mittee on the Technical Objections Restraining a te 
years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the | Bill ; — 
Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
tc make Regulations for collecting and managing | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
the same until the tenth day of October 1845, 
might be read; and the same was read. | The House, according to Order, resolved itself stamp Duties 
The House was also moved, That the Act 11 and | nto a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Bill ; Bill 
12 Vic. c. 9, to continue for Three years the and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
Stamp Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and | sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate | the Committee had made further Progress in the 
the Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
to make Regulations for collecting and managing Committee may have leave to sit again. _ . 
the same, might be read; and the same being Resolved, That this House will, upon this day six 
read ; months, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the} The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 


ne: . Phew f Deeds 
aid Aot. = on the Registration of Deeds (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill. 


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








Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Tenth General Report of the Co- 


lonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 1850. , 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the| Phe Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 


Table mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; Commission 
’ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday aa 


The Onder of the day being seed, for the Third next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Reading of the Bill to amend the Laws which re- 
gulate the Qualification and Registration of Par- 
liamentary Voters in Ireland, and to alter the Law 
for rating Immediate Lessors of Premises to the 
Poor Rate in certain Boroughs ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 


~— Reading of the M S é ill;  Seamen’s 
The Amendments following were proposed to be yet That _— pave ap d ep tn tine Und Bill 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | , on Thursdav tl 23d d £ this i M 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the P ee 


words “ upon this day six months. : 
And the Question being proposed, That the word seadiine afte o fo ny Roa rene, A ie a Mercantile 


. arine . 
“now” stand part of the Question ; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time eae 
And the House having continued to sit till after | upon Thursday the 23d day of this instant May. 


Twelve of the elock on Saturday morning ; e 
ciel = ‘ The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices? 
Sabbati, 11° die Maii, 1850: consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill. 
And the Question being put ; amended in the Committee ; 
VoL. 105. TT 4 - Ordered, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on the Metropolitan Interments Bill ; Interments 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Bill. 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


t 
‘ 














328 10°—11° Mazz. A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration ‘the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


upon Monday next. time upon Wednesday the 3d day of July next; 
and to be printed. 
oe . The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
or VC. H 4 &gt; we alle | e . . 
Bil, ~—«s-Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; ._ _, Mr. Napier presented a Bill to repeal certain Clergy 
r | ee P gy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Statutes relating to the Clergy of that Part of the (Ireland) Bill 
upon Friday next. | United Churches of England and Ireland being in No. 328. 
ai q : ; | Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
Supply. The mip . the day being read, for the Com-) and ordered to be read asecond time upon Wednes- 
mittee of Supply ; day the 3d day of July next; and to be printed. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | y . y F P 
x itself i he said ittee. | , 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee | Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to repeal an Excep- guntey Yoin 
: tion in an Act of the twenty-seventh year of King Prevention 
a = The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' Ffenry the Sixth, concerning the on whenent 
_ mittee of Ways and Means; | Fairs and Markets ought to be kept: And the No.829. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
| printed. : 
Fees (Court The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 





of Common take into consideration the Fees (Court of Common, Viscount Ebrington presented,—Return to an Metropolitan 


Pleas) Bill. 


Amendments were made to the Bill. ce March last, for a Return, in Abstract, of the Finan- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time gia] Proceedings under each of the several Com- 
upon Monday next. missions of Sewers in force in Westminster, Holborn 


; ‘and Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Saint Katherine's, 
Real Property The Order of the day being read, for the Second | Poplar and Blackwall, Surrey and Kent,and Green- 


Transfer Bill. Reading of the Real P roperty Transfer Bill; =, wich, from the 1st day of January 1845 to the 30th 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | day of November 1847; distinguishing the Divi- 
upon Monday next. sions, Districts, Sewers, or Levels, under each Com- 


: mission; showing the Assets and Liabilities of each 
Borough Gaols The Order of the day being read, for the Com- on the 1st day of January 1845 ; the Receipts of 


ua. mittee on the Borough Gaols Bill ; ‘each, distinguishing Rates, Contributions, &amp;c.; the 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Expenditure of each, distinguishing the Expense of 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | Works under the several Heads of Construction, 

Repairs, Cleansing, &amp;c. ; the Expense of Manage- 

Police and The Order of the day being read, for taking into | ment; the Particulars of all new Rates made, dis- 


(Somiand) consideraticn the Police and Improvement( Scotland) | tinguishing the Rentals and the pro ratd Assess- 
CSeotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee : The Bill was | ment thereon, and the Amount of Rates uncollected ; 
No.325. re-committed to a Committee of the whole House: | the Financial Particulars of all special Contracts 


—The House immediately resolved itself into the | entered into, showing the Amounts unpaid during 


Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, the above Period, together with the State of the 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal, Assets and Liabilities of each Commission at the 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the End of the Period, and a general Summary of tie 
Bill. ' whole :—Like Return with respect to the Financial 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- Proceedings of the several Metropolitan Sewers 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday Commissions, in force from the 30th day of Novem- 
next; and be printed. ‘ber 1847 to the 5th day of January 1849 :—Like 
Return with respect to the Metropolitan Sewers 
Ecclesiastical © Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Commission, in force from the 5th day of January 
Feng are to consolidate and amend the Laws for providing to the 8th day of October 1849 :—And, like Return 
Ko (ireland) and maintaining Ecclesiastical Residences, and with respect to the Metropolitan Sewers Commis- 
Demesne, Mensal and Glebe Lands in Jredand: sion, in force from the Sth day of October 1849 to 

And that Mr. Napier and Mr. George Alexander the 31st day of December 1849. 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. i. — That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


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


Pleas) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of Sewers. 


and Chapels to amend the Laws relating to the Erection and) Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, sweets or 


(Ireland) Bill. Endowment of Churches and Chapels in Jreland: dated the 25th day of March last, for Returns of Made Wines. 
And that Mr. Napier and Mr. George Alexander all Sweets or Made Wines imported from Scotland 
Hamilton do prepare, and bring it in. and Ireland into England under the Provisions of 
the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating the Port or 
Clergy Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Place imported from, and the Port or Place im- 


(Ircland) Bill. to repeal certain Statutes relating to the Clergy of ported into, from the 6th day of January 1849 to 
that Part of the United Churches of England and the 5th day of January 1850, both Dates inclusive ; 

Ireland being in Jreland: And that Mr. Napier stating the Denomination, Sort, or Kind of all such 

and Mr. George Alexander Hamilton do prepare, | Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded 

and bring it in, Spirits so imported, and the Amount per Gallon of 

' Duty charged and paid upon allthe above-mentioned 

Ecclesiastical | Mr. Napier presented a Bill to consolidate and Articles so imported :—Of all Seizures that have 
ee amend the Laws for providing and maintaining Ec- been made by the Excise and Customs of any such 
ty reland)  Glesiastical Residences, and Demesne, Mensal and Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compoun- 
No. 396, Glebe Lands in Ireland: And the same was read ;ded Spirits so Imported, and the Reason of such 
‘““" the first time; and ordered to be read a second | Seizures: —Of all Sweets or Made Wines, and 
time upon Wednesday the 3d day of July next; Sweetened Compounded Spirits seized inland, being 


and to be printed. brought from Scotland and England contrary to 
‘the Provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, 
Churches Mr. Napier presented a Bill to amend the Laws | from the 6th day of January 1849 to the 5th day 


and Chapels ory; - to the Erection and Endowment of Churches | of January 1850, both Dates inclusive ; stating how 


(eat) Se. 05 C apels in Jreland: And the same was read all such Seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets or 
No. 327, | Made 











13 Victoriz. 


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 an 
such Seizures have been made :—-And, of the Quan- 
tity, 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 1850, and where Bonded. 

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


Small Tenee | The Order for reading the third time, upon Wed- 
ments Rating nesday next, the Small Tenements Rating Bill, was 
= read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday the 23d day of this instant May. 


Weights and _ The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Measures Bill. Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Weights 
and Measures Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


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








Lune, 13° die Maii ; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS, 
Public M* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
(thirty-eighth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th 
day 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. 
Dublin A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord 
Corporation Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, for 
= leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill to explain and amend the Acts for the better 
Administration of the Affairs of the City of Dub- 
lin, and the Applotment, Collection and Expen- 
diture of all Monies therein to be levied and applied 
for Municipal Purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 
Dublin, Dun- A Bili to extend the Time and to continue and 
drumand — revive the Powers granted by the Acts relating to 
— the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 


(Extersion or Company, for the Compulsory Purchase of Lands, 


_ of and Completion of Works, was read the third 
Puncre for the time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Lands and Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Completion of Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Ameniment 0 the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
or Repeal of 
Acts) Bill. 
Forth and A Bill to extend the Time for the Sale of such 
Clyde Navi- Lands belonging to the Company of Proprietors of | 
fation Bill. the Forth and Clyde Navigation as may not be re- 
quired for the Purposes of the said Navigation, and 
to amend the Acts 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. 
London and A Bill for granting Facilities for the Use of cer- 
Blackwall’ tain Portions of the Eastern Counties Railways by 


Railway Bill. the London and Blackwall Railway Company ; and 
VoL. 105. 





10°—11°— 


‘| consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, 





13° Maiz. 329 
for amending the Acts relating to the London and 
Blackwall Railway, 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 Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Water- Waterford 
ford and Limerick Railway, and for other Purposes, a 
was read the third time. od 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Meagher do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to alter the Terms of Issue of the Shares York and 
in the Capital of the York and North Midland ee 
Railway Company, called “The Hull and Selby oe 
Purchase, &amp;c. Shares ;” to enable the said Company 
to hold Shares in the Hull and Selby Railway Com- 
any, and in the Malton and Driffield Junction 
ailway Company ; to alter, amend, and extend 
the Acts relating to the York and North Midland 
Railway Company, and for other Purposes, 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Birkenhead 
Dock Trustees 
as amended in the Committee ; Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the London (City) Improvements Londot (City) 


Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into — 
consideration To-morrow. = 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Peterborough 


the Peterborough Improvement, Police and Ceme- Improvement, 
tery, &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee. Cantar. rm 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 


The Birmingham and Pershore Road Bill was read Birmingham 
a second time ; and committed. and Pershore 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 204 Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Waterworks (Henley- Waterworks 
on- Thames and London Aqueduct) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- London Aque- 


morrow. duct) Bill, 


Ordered, That Mr. Tennent be discharged from River Dee 
any further attendance on the Committee on the Conservancy 
River Dee Conservancy and Improvement Bill, on 204 Mypreve- 
account of illness in his Family. 





| A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Merioneth- 

repairing and widening several Roads leading to and shire Turn- 
| from the Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, in the County _ 
| of Merioneth, and other Roads there mentioned, in * 
the Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh and Salop, 
and for repairing several other Roads in the Counties 
| of Merioneth and Denbigh, praying that provision 
| may be made in the Merionethshire Turnpike-roads 
| Bill, for re-arranging the districts comprising such 
| roads, and creating them distinct trusts, was pre- 
'sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 





| 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 23, Private Bills 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (OTP 7%) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Swansea Munici 
poration Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
UU 


pal Cor- Swansea 
Municipal 


Corporation 
Bill, 





Mr. 





330 
Newcastle- 


Mr. Bernal reported the Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
-T. 

Segeveenent, Improvement, Amendment of Acts, and New Streets 
Amendment of Bil, with Amendments. 


a geal Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Newcastle- Mr. Bernal reported the Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
upon-Tync_and Carlisle Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Tewkesbury Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
oe ae on Group 24, of Private Bills; That in the case of 
“the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads Bill, it 
appeared that the Bill related to the Parliamentary 
Borough of Tewkesbury, but that in consequence 
of a misapprehension in the statement made to the 
Committee of Selection, the Members for the said 
Borough had not been added to the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Committee of Selection. 
Leeds and Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee 
Halifax Turn- 


eed on the Leeds and Halifax Turnpike-road (Contin- 
{Continuation uation of Term as to certain Parts of the Road 
of Termas to (No. 1.) Bill; That the parties promoting the Bill 


certain Parts had stated to the Committee that it was not their 
of the Road) 


(No. 1.) Bill, intention to proceed further with the same. 

; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Highways The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
(South Wales) Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the High- 


Bill. ways (South Wales) Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Petitions of the Most noble William Spencer, 
Duke of Devonshire ;—and, Mortgagees and Bond- 
holders of the Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike 
Trust ; stating that a Bill is now pending in the 
House for continuing the term of the Cromford and 
Newhaven Turpike-voad Act, and for other pur- 
poses; that a report upon the said Bill has also 
been presented to the House by Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State, recommending, amongst other 
things, a reduction of the interest upon the debt 
due and owing by the trustees of the said road in 
in respect thereof; that the effect of such reduc- 
tion of interest, as recommended by the said report, 
if carried out by the Committee to whom the said 
Bill may stand referred, will be to inflict a great 
hardship and injustice upon the Petitioners, and 
the other mortgagees and bond-holders of the said 
trust, and will materially affect their property, rights 
and interests ; that the Petitioners have accordingly 
caused Petitions to be presented to the House, 
praying to be heard before the Committee to whom 
the said Bill may be referred, in favour of the Bill 
as it at present stands, and against such of the 
alterations recommended to be made therein by the 
said report, as relate to or affect their property, 
rights and interests, and that such Petitions were 
so presented to the House, as soon as practicable 
after the presentation of the said report; and pray- 
img that it may be an instruction to the Committee 
to whom the said Bill may be referred, that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel, agents 
and witnesses, upon their said Petitions, notwith- 
standing the same were not presented within seven 
clear days after the Second Reading of the said Bill, 
~-were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Cromford and 
Newhaven 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Ramsgate 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 11th day 
of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees 
(Courts of Law and Equity, &amp;c.) have power to 
report from time to time. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


No. 330. 


Fees (Courts 
of Law and 


Equity, &amp;c.) 


13° Maii. 








A. 1880. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- mndemnity 
sons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Time for gouth Wales 
the Purchase of certain Lands required for the Railway 
South Wales Railway, and to amend the Acts re- (N® 1.) Bill. 
lating thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Time for publin ana 
the Purchase of Lands required for the Completion Belfast Junc- 
of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and eat Railway 
. amend the Acts relating to such Railway: And ~ 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Buckingham- 
Act to authorize an Alteration in the Line of the shire Railways 
Buckinghamshire Railways at Oxford, with Amend- Bi 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to National Nationa. 


Schools (Jreland), which was presented upon Fri- (ireland.) 
day last, be printed. No. 331 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or Sweets or 
Made Wines, which was presented upon Friday M#de Wines. 
last, be printed. No. 332. 


Mr. Cornewall' Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Ventilation 
Command,—Copy of Report on Ventilation of Mines. 
Mines, 25th March 1850, by J. Kenyon Blackwell, 
Esquire. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Overseers of 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of the Poor. — 
June, in the last Session of Parliament, for 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 England and Wales. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Parliamentary 
11th day of February last, for a Return of the Electors. 
Number of Parliamentary Electors of Great Britain 
and Jreland, according to the Registrations of 
1848 and 1849, and 1849 and 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Lunatic 
an Order, dated the 26th day of February last, for a svat) 
Return, showing the Number and Names of the Dis- 
trict Lunatic Asylums of Jreland; the Number and 
Names of the Governors of those Asylums, stating 
the Dates of their Appointment, the Counties ap- 
pointed for, the Number of Meetings held in each 
Asylum, in each year during the Three years ended 
the3 1st day of December 1849, and the Names of the 
Members attending for said Period at such Meetings; 
the Number of Urgent Cases admitted into edch 
Asylum, distinguishing the County from which re- 
ceived, and the Distance of each Urgent Case’s Re- 
sidence from such Asylum ; the Average Duration in 
each Month, stated in Hours for each Month, so far 
as can be. ascertained, during Three years ended 
the 31st day of December 1849, of the Medical 
Attendance upon each District Lunatic Asylum, 
distinguishing at foot how often such Attendance 
took place after two o’clock p. m. by the Visiting 
Medical Officers, Physicians, Surgeons or Apothe- 
caries ; the Number and Names of all Officers, the 
Number and Names of all Servants, their Salaries 
and Wages ; stating whether Officers or Servants 
hold other, and if so, what Situations, Public or 
Private, independent of and unconnected with such 
District Lunatic Asylum as they may be attached 
to or reside in; the Number of Curable or pro- 
bably Ourable Cases, the Number of Incurable 


or 








Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Arbitration, 
&amp;e. 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Beer-houses. 








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331 


or probably Incurable Cases, distinguishing the | ishing the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, 


latter into Harmless Incurable Insane, Harmless 
Idiots, Mischievous or Dangerous incurable Insane, 


Mischievous or Dangerous Idiots, for Three years| Petitions from Bolton ;—Lincoln ;—and, North- Burgess Lists 
ended the 31st day of December each year; the | gmpton ; praying that the Burgess Lists Bill may ® 


above Return to be made out by the Manager or not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
Chief Officer of each District Lunatic Asylum in | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Treland (being in continuation of Parliamentary | 
bar apps Pay ema Petitions from Lytchett Minster ;—Merthyr Tyd- Church Rates 

eturn to an Order, dated the 7th day of March | sil -— Melb 5 iy) 5— Serest — Ke 2 . 
last, for Returns stating the Name and AcreableCon- | z ts aade . rs + taal vthe ben 
tents of each County, County of a City, and County | } | pea ma ee Bes. ype yan 

. ‘ _Ittion of Church Rates,-—were presented, and read ; 
of a Town in Jreland, the Annual Value thereof, | , 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


according to the Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 | 
Will. 4, c. 84, the Amount of the Expense of such | 
Valuation, the Cost per Acre of such Valuation, | tl 
and the Rate which the Cost of such Valuation | the abolition of the process of law known by the 
bears to each £.100 of the Valuation :—Of the | name of City Attachments, which has long continued 
several Counties, Counties of Cities and Counties | to exist in the city of Dublin, was presented, and 
of Towns in Ireland, of which the Valuation, under | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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 | that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes | into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
1849, for each such Barony or Half-barony, and | to lie upon the Table. 

the Rate per centum which each such Sum bears to | ~ ' 
the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered to be levied | Petitions from /minster ;—and, Cor wen; praying County Court 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes | that the County Court Extension Bill may pass Pxtension Bul. 
1849 for each such Barony or Half-barony, and the | into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

Rate per centum which each such Sum bears to the | to lie upon the Table. 

Valuation :—Similar Returns from the Counties of | se - 

Waterford and Cork:--And, Return of the Counties, | Petitions from Bury ( Lancaster) (two Petitions) ; Disarmament. 
Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland, | Manchester (six Petitions) ;— Nantwich ; — Mea- 

except Cork and Waterford, of which the Valuation, | sham (Derbyshire) ;--and, T ipton ; praying the House 

under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. $4, has not been | 0 adopt measures for promoting a general and 

completed, specifying the Name of each Barony or | simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized na- 
Half-barony, the Acreable Contents according to | tions of the worid,—were presented, and read ; and 


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


A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, praying for City Attach 
ments 


(Dublin.) 


Petitions from Wigton ;— Harlow ;— Halstead ; Copyholds 


— Staines ;— Worcester ;—and, Canterbury ; praying ny 





the Ordnance Survey, the Sum ordered to be levied | 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1849 | 
off each such Barony or Hulf-barony, and the Rate | 
per 1,000 Assessable Acres, according to the County | 
Book for each Barony, &amp;c.; also, stating the Sum | 
ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of | 
Summer Assizes 1849, off each such Barony or Half- 
barony per 1,000 Assessable Acres, according to 
the County Book for each Barony, &amp;c. (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 407, of Ses- 
sion 1849). 

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


Petitions from Wragby ;— Stainfield ;—Apley ;— 
and, Bucknall, Bardney and Tupholme ; complain- 
ing of the depressed state of Agriculture ; and pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures of relief,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Crewe (four Petitions) ;—Colne ; 
—Lesson Hall ;—Todmorden ;—- Ashton-under-Lyne; 
— Manchester (two Petitions) ;—and, Street; pray- 
ing the House to take such steps as may lead to 
negociations for International Arbitration Treaties 
between this country and other nations, and also 
such measures as may draw attention to the neces- 
sity of a general and simultaneous disarmament 
among the nations of the earth,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Taylor, of Crowland, in the 
county of Lincoln, Attorney-at-law, 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. 


Petitions from Hailsham ;—Ledbury ;—Bridge- 
water Union ;—Closworth ;—and, Droitwich Union ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for dimin- 





VoL. 105. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rugby, stating that Ecclesiastical 
the Petitioners regard the connexion of the Church Property, &amp;c. 
with the State as injurious alike to the religious 
and civil interests of the community ; and praying 
the House to resume the national property now de- 
voted to the Church, and to take such other mea- 
sures as will place all classes of religionists on a 
footing of perfect equality, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Jonathan Ireland, and others ;— Education 
Teachers in Cavendish-street Congregational Sab- Bill. 
bath School ;— Brighton ;—and, Stepney; praying 
that the Education Bill may pass into a law,—were 

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


Petitions from Hindley ;—and, Preston (Lancas- Education 
ter) (Chairman); praying that an Act may be passed (Lancashire.) 
for the establishment of a general system of secular 
Education throughout the county palatine of Zan- 
caster, 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 spe- 
cially for the purpose,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Willingham, in the flective 
county of Cambridge, praying that all Householders Franchise, &amp;c. 
may be enfranchised; that Votes for Members of 
Parliament be taken by Ballot ; that Members be 
elected for Three years only, and that the popula- 
tion be divided into equal Blectoral Districts, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- Extra- 
dians of the Langport Union, in the county of — 
Somerset, stating that in the discharge of their duties : 

uu2 a 


as 





Factories 


Factories Bill. 


Funeral 
Carriages. 


Harbours 
of Refuge. 


Highways 
Bil, 


Hypothec 
(Scotland.) 


532 


as guardians of the above Poor Law Union, cases of 
hardship have come before them, in which persons 
living in Extra-parochial Places have, from accidents 
and other causes, been reduced to such distress 
and want as to render an application for relief ne- 
cessary ; that the Petitioners on examining into the 
law, and on application to the proper authorities re- 
specting the same, have ascertained that there is no 
channel through which they can legally extend re- 
iief to persons so circumstanced ; and praying that 
Extra-parochial Places may be rated to parochial 
and other rates, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Manufacturers and Mill- 
owners of Todmorden and the surrounding districts, 
praying the House to effect a final settlement of 
the question respecting the hours of labour in Fac- 
tories, by extending the limit of Ten hours, now 
allowed, to eleven hours per diem, or sixty-three 
hours per week, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton (Lancaster)(four Petitions) ; 
— Manchester and Salford (Chairman) ;— Darwen ; 
—Preston (Lancaster) (thirteen Petitions); —and, 
Fishwick ; praying that the Factories Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Two Petitions from Hawick; 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 Dalston (Cumberland) (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Todmorden ; praying for the insertion 
of a clause in the said Bill to permit mills wrought 
by water power to work up lost time from drought, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Squire, of Leather-lane, in 
the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn, praying the 
House to repeal the duties now levied on Funeral 
Carriages, and to remove any restrictions that may 
have been imposed for the sake of revenue on the 
employment of carriages for the conveyance of the 
dead and their friends and attendants to the places 
of interment, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in 
convention assembled, setting forth the necessity of 
having a Harbour of Refuge at the mouth of the 
Firth of Forth, for the safety of the shipping in- 
terest, the encouragement of the valuable fishings 
carried on there, and the protection of commerce, 
and of the coast in time of war; and praying the 
House to take the matter into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Lilbourne ;— Yelvertoft poe : 
— Kilsby;— and, Elkington; praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Board of High- 
ways of the — of Colne, in the county of 
Lancaster, praying that the 28th Clause may be 
retained in the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of the Commissioners 
of Supply of the county of Roxburgh, praying the 
House not to consent to an alteration of the law of 


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





13° Maiv. 

















A. 1850. 


A Petition of the Preses of the Prison Board Juvenile 
for the county of Nairn, praying the House to take Vagrancy and 
into consideration the present state of the law re- my. 
specting Juvenile Vagrancy and Delinquency, with 
a view to its amendment, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Lord Lieu. 
Mayor, Burgesses and Inhabitants of the borough tenant of 
of ‘Sligo, praying the House not to abolish the "4 
ancient and national office of the Vice-royalty of 
Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Inhabitants of the Landlora 
parishes of Taghmon and Coolstuffe, praying for and Tenant 
amendment of the Law between Landlord and “éland.) 
Tenant in Jreland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Yaz- Malt, 
ham, in the county of Norfolk, praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Malt, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of the Reformed Presby- Marriages 
terian Church in Scotland (Moderator) ;— Dunbar ; Bill. 
— Dunbarney ; — Charles Nairn; — Roxburgh 
(Preses);—Kirk Session of Cumbray (Moderator) ; 

— Woodside; — Samuel Grant ;— John Thompson 
and John Watt ;—Kirk Session of Carluke (Mode- 
rator) ;—County of Lanark (Convener) ;— Glasgow 
(three Petitions) ;—Hamilton ; — Peebles ;— Dun- 
held ;—Cumbraes ;—Muckairn ;—Durham ; — and, 
Stirling ; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a Jaw,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Vew Ross, interested Mercantile 
in British Shipping, as Owners, Builders, Agents Marine Bill. 
and Tradesmen, &amp;c., praying that the Mercantile 
Marine Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pentonville ;—Aldersgate ;—Hox- Metropolitan 
ton and Shoreditch ;—Burleigh-street, Strand ; — Interments 
Lambeth (four Petitions) ;— Stratford ;—Blooms- Bill. 
bury ;—Poplar (two Petitions) ;— and, Finsbury- 
square; praying that the Metropolitan Interments 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman, Directors and Se- 
cretary of the Abney Park Cemetery Company, 
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 George Shillibeer, of the City-road, 
Undertaker, and Patent Funeral Carriage Proprie- 
tor, praying that a Clause may be inserted in the 
said Bill, explaining the proper duties to be assessed 
upon horses and carriages kept to be let to hire 
solely for Funerals, which the Petitioner submits, 
from the fact of the horses and carriages being in- 
applicable to any other work but Funerals, and not 
daily used, ought, if exacted at all, to be in areduced 
ratio from horses and carriages kept to be let on 
hire for general purposes, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Municipal 
convention assembled, praying for amendment of poe nee eeh 
the Municipal Corporations (Scotland) Act, was (Scotland) 
agg and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zeiston, in the county Paper, &amp;c. 
of Suffolk, praying that the Excise Tax — Paper, 
the Tax upon Advertisements, and the Stamp Tax 
upon 








Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Pawnbrokers 
Dublin.) 


Police 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Distress, &amp;c. 
Ireland.) 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Post-office, 





13 Vicroriz. 13° 


upon Newspapers may be abolished, leaving the 
proper authorities to fix a small charge for the trans- 
mission of Newspapers by the post, was presented, 
and read’; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors of the borough of Northampton, praying that 
the Parochial Assessments 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 Pawnbrokers of the city of Dublin, 
stating that, by the late Zrish Stamp Act, a further 
annual license duty was imposed on them, amount- 
ing to fifteen pounds sterling, and five pounds fif- 
teen shillings plate license, without the payment of 
which the Petitioners were prohibited trom trans- 
acting any business as pawnbrokers; that Peti- 
tioners were not aware that they would be at all 
affected by the Stamp Act, until after the passing 
of the said Act; and praying the House to exempt 
them from such additional license, in consequence 
of the heavy license to which they are already sub- 
ject by the forty-fourth of George the Third, chap- 
ter twenty-four, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convener of the Commissioners 
of Supply of the county of Zanark, praying that the 
Police and Improvement (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 James Kenny, of Newmarket-on- 
Fergus, in the county of Clare, Surgeon, setting forth 
various evils under which Jre/and suffers, and the 
sickness and protracted diseases which afflict the 
poor of that country; and praying for a radical 
change in the administration of the Poor Law; 
for a law securing compensation to the tenant for all 
his improvements; for a diminution in the incum- 
brances and mortgages, to which the landlords of 
Treland are now subject, in the same ratio as the 
value of their properties has been diminished ; for 
an absentee tax ; for a liberal extension of the Fran- 
chise ; for an increase of Parliamentary representa- 
tion ; fora more equitable distribution to Jre/and 
of the revenue of the country, and of Government 
patronage ; for the abolition of the law of primo- 
geniture; for a full and complete amnesty of all 
political offences ; and for an immediate restoration 
to the land of their affections of the exiled state 
prisoners, and for other measures of relief, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Burgh of Canongate (Chair- 
man);—Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Convention 
assembled ;—Roxburgh(Preses);—County of Edin- 
burgh ;—Kirkwall ;—and, Bonhill (Sub-chairman) ; 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Scot- 


land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eakring ;—Selston ;— Ollerton ;— 
Coleraine ;—Latchingdon-cum-Lawling and Snore- 
ham ;—Llanfyllin ;—Cavanaleck ;— West Ham ;— 
Dromora ;—Ballygrainey ;— Taddington ;—Cork ; 
—Ardfield ;— Bow ;— District of Aughavass ;—Sta- 
penhill ;—Presbyterian Synod of Scotland (Modera- 
tor) ; —Eastwell ; — Elmsted-with-Hastingleigh ; — 
Aldington ;—Kirk Session of Kirkmichael (Modera- 


tor) ;—Charles Nairn ;—Kirk Session of Carriden 
(Moderator) ;— Dumfries ;-- Thurmaston ;--Clapham 
( York) ;— Battle ;— Wadhurst ;— Salehurst ;— Moy- 
vore ; — Ballynahatty ;— Brigh ; — Cookstown ; — 
Anahilt ;—Legacurry ;—Magherahamlet ;—~ Wotton 
—— and Catherston Leweston ;—United Pres- 

OL. 108. ; 





Mair. 


byterian Presbytery of Orkney (Moderator) ; — 
Glasgow ;— Ballymoney ;— A hoghill ;—Enmore ; — 
Closworth ;—Charlton Adam ;— Charlinch ; —Ot- 
terford ;— Barwick ;—Chard (three Petitions) ;— 
Norton - under - Humdon ; — Mickleover ; — Crick 
(Churchwardens) ;—Elvaston ;— Dalbury and Trus- 
ley ;—Athy;—Salford ;— Bloxham ;— Wardington ; 
— Epwell ;— Egton-cum- Newland ;— Camberwell ;— 
Reverend C, B. Dalton, and others ;—Brixton ;— 
South Lambeth (two Petitions) ;—Kennington-road ; 
— Kennington ;—Herne Hill ;—Stockwell ;—Hunt- 
ingdon ;— Hursley ;—Llanfrothen ;—Aberdovey ;— 
Avening ; — Saint Andrew Holborn, and Saint 
George-the- Martyr, Queen-square ;— Chipping War- 
den ;— Middleton Cheney ;—Spratton ;— Chacombe ; 
—Farthinghoe ;— Walworth ;— New Basford ;— 
and, Edwinstowe; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


333! 


Petitions from Falkirk; — and, Christchurch Postage. 
(Hants); praying for the establishment of an Ocean 
Post for the conveyance of letters from any port in 
Great Britain to any other port in the world, at the 
uniform rate of a penny,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Union of T’ho- Church Tem- 
mastown, in the diocese of Ossory and county of poralities 
Kilkenny, praying the House not to assent to any ae 
measure having for its object the connexion, b 
means of a State provision, of the Catholic Clergy 
with the State, but so to alter the laws relating to 
the Lrish Protestant Church, that its revenues may, 
without injury to life interests and vested rights, be 
applied to purposes of more extended usefulness, 
and in particular to the increase of Catholic Church 
accommodation in populous Catholic parishes, for 
the Catholic people of Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ; —Dundee ; — Dum- Public Health 
fries (Chairman) ;—and, Peebles; praying that the (Scotland) 
Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 2 

a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Jnverkeithing ;—and, Kirkwall; Public Health 
praying that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may eg 





not pass into a law; and that the Police and Im- nee 
provement (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, Improvemert 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and a 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Day ;—Bridgewater (two Punishment 
Petitions) ;—Street ;—and, Moorlinch and Othery ; of Death. 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of Death, 

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





A Petition of John Quail, M.D., native of Liver- Greek Claims. 
pool, and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 
in London, late a Chief Surgeon in the Greek service, 
during the War for Greek Teapendonn, from 1827 
to the close of the War, 1829, alleging that he has 
claims for certain monies upon the Government of 
Greece, for services performed by him while serving 
with the Greek army during the War of Liberation, 
and praying the House to appoint a Committee to 
investigate his case, or to direct the Minister of 
Foreign Affairs to include his claims in the negotia- 
tions now pending with the Greek Government, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Whitehaven Junction Railway Railway 
Company, praying for the repeal of the duty on Fares. 
Railway Fares, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

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Two 







































334 


Two Petitions from Belfast; praying the House 
to adopt measures for the suppression of the Foreign 
African Slave Trade,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Slave Trade. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 22, 
called the “Slave Trade (Brazil) Act,’ was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Slave Trade 
(Brazil) Act. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors of the borough of nm praying 
that the Small Tenements Rating Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dublin ;—and, New Ross; pray- 
ing the House to enact that the duty on [rish-made 
Spirits shall in future be charged and levied in the 
same manner as that on foreign-made spirits, that 
is, according to the measurement of the actual 
quantity and strength, when removed from the 
bonded warehouses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirits 
(Treland.) 


Petitions from the Whitehaven Junction Railwa 
Company ; — and, oe of Lanark (Convener); 
praying that the Stamp Duties Bill may not pass 
into alaw,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


A Petition of Tailors of the borough of Blackburn, 
setting forth the evils arising to their trade from the 
system of home working, and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Tailor Trade. 


A Petition of the Chairman of Commissioners of 
Supply, and Justices of the Peace for the county of 
Dumbarton, praying that an increased annual allow- 


Trigonometri- 
cal Survey 
(Scotland. 


13° Mazz. 








A. 1850. 


Duty granted in the nature of Drawback, and the 
Amount of such Drawback in each year; also, 
stating the Dates and Titles of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment under which the said Drawbacks were first al- 
lowed, and finally discontinued ; and of any other 
Acts of intermediate Dates specifically applicable 
thereto. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Febru- Timber used 
ary last, for a Return of the Drawbacks of Duty in making 
granted upon Timber used in making Casks, or ©*** &amp; 
otherwise in any way connected with the Fisheries 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, in 
each year, from the Period of their first allowance 
to that at which they were finally discontinued, if 
not still allowed ; specifying, in each case, the full 
rate of Duty payable upon such Timber; the Pro- 
portion or Per-centage of such Duty granted in the 
nature of Drawback, and the Amount of such Draw- 
back in each year; also, stating the Dates and 
Titles of the Acts of Parliament under which the 
‘said Drawbacks were first allowed ; and when the 
| same were discontinued, if not now allowed ; and of 
any other Acts of Parliament specifically applicable 
thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March Kingstown 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence between the and Holyhead 
Lords of the Admiralty and the Directors of the Mails. 
| Chester and Holyhead Railway, relative to the Con- No- 333. 
\tract for the Conveyance of the Mails between 
| Kingstown and H siphont as also, any Correspond- 

ence on the same subject, between any other Indi- 
vidual or Company ; also, between the Lords of the 
Treasury and Admiralty, on the same subject :— 
And, of any Contract or Agreement for any purpose 
' that may have been entered into between the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway Company and the Commis- 








/sioners of Woods and Forests. 

| Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the di- Irish Repro- 

| rections of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account, — Loan 
A ° ° und, 

| showing the Receipts and Disbursements on account 

‘of the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund up to and for 


| 31st December 1849. 
A Statement of the Expenses incurred under the Land Tax. 


ance be devoted to the Trigonometrical Survey of Acts for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, 
Scotland, an allowance at least equal in amount to | and for discharging the Incidental Expenses attend- 
that assigned to Ireland, and that the work be | ing the execution of those Acts, from the 5th April 
proceeded with steadily and energetically, and, if| 1849, the period to which the last Account was 
possible, without interruption till completed, was | made up, to the 5th April 1850. ; 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. |Table ; and that the Return relative to Kingstown 

and Holyhead Mails be printed. 


Vestry Assess- A Petition of Clergy and Rate-payers of the city | 


‘ 


ments, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 







of Dublin, praying for amendment of the law re- 
lating to Vestry Assessments and Deserted Children 
in Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Australian 
Reading of the Bill for the better Government of Colonies , 
Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies ; Governmen 





And a Motion being made, and the Question - 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘¢ this House, adverting to the numerous provisions 
“of the Australian Colonies Government Bill, 
which require the interference of the authorities 
at home in the future regulation of the affairs of 
those Colonies, and desirous to reduce as far as 
possible the occasions for such interference, and 
to place the political institutions of the said Co- 
lonies upon the basis most likely to be permanent, 
will not give its further sanction to that Bill, until 
there shall have been afforded to the governors, 
legislatures and people of the said Colonies an 
opportunity of considering the provisions of the 


to lie upon the Table. 
Windows. A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgwater, praying | 
for the repeal of the duty on Windows, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Spain. Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | « 
Command,—Copy of Commpentonse relating to | « 
the renewal of Diplomatic Relations between Great | « 
Britain and Spain. | 


Ordered, That the said Pa 
Table. 





‘ 


per do lie upon the | « 
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1é 


wn 


‘ 


Mr. Hayter presented, —Return to an Order, |“ 
dated the 4th day of February last, for a Return of | “ 
the Drawbacks of Duty granted upon Timber used “ 
in Copper, Tin, Lead and other Mines in England, “ measure as they stand, in conjunction with the 
Scotland and Jreland respectively, in each year “ several proposals varying from them which have 
from the Period of their first Allowance to that at been submitted to the notice of the House,” instead 
which they were finally discontinued ; specifying, in thereof. sen 
each case, the full Rate of Duty payable uponsuch| And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
Timber ; the Proportion or Per-centage of such posed to be left out stand part of the Question = a 

e 


‘ 


Timber used 
in Copper 
Mines, &amp;c. 


( 





Stamp Duties 
No, 2.) 


13 Vicroriz. 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { igs Hill, 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 = — 

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 (So 
to extend the provisions thereof, as to enable the 
several Legislatures of the Colonies of British North 
America to establish a general Federative Assembly 
for those Colonies.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now brought up :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Providing for Representative Institutions, and 
the means of self-government, within the Islands of 
New Zealand). 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now brought up :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn, 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 8. 1. 35., by inserting after the word “ re- 
“ spectively,” the words “and for selling, demising, 
granting licenses for occupation of, or otherwise 
disposing of waste lands of the Crown within the 
limits of the Colony, and for the appropriation of 
the money to arise from such disposition of such 
lands, anything in an Act of the sixth year of 
Her Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for regulating 
the Sale of Waste Lands belonging to the Crown 
in the Australian Colonies,’ or in an Act of the 
tenth year of the reign of Her Majesty, to amend 
such Act, and to make further provision for the 
management of such land, to the contrary not- 
withstanding: Provided always, That one equal 
half-part of such gross proceeds shall be, and the 
same is hereby appropriated towards the expense 
of removal from the United Kingdom to the Co- 
“ lony wherein such revenue accrued of Emigrants 
“ from the United Kingdom.” 

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. 


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Tellers for thef Mr. Evelyn Denison, lawns 
Yeas, Mr. Scott: _ 
Tellers for thes Lord Marcus Hill, Looe 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : er 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, im P. 24, in Schedule (C.), by leaving out 
“ Thirteen thousand three hundred pounds,” and in- 
“ serting “ Five thousand pounds,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That ‘ Thir- 

“ teen thousand three hundred pounds” stand part 
of the Schedule :—The said proposed Amendment 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


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


Martis, 14° die Mati, 1850: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 184, for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, 
Law Proceedings and other written or printed In- 
struments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and 
on Legacies and Successions to personal estate upon 
Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for 

Vou. 105. 


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335 


granting other Duties in lieu thereof; also, the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regu- 
lations for collecting and managing the same, until 
the tenth day of October 1845; also, the Act 8 and 
9 Vic. c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp 
Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the 
Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to make Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same, until the tenth day of October 1845; and 
also, the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 9, to continue for 
Three years the Stamp Duties granted by an Act 
of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, 
to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain 
and Jreland, and to make Regulations for collecting 
and managing the same. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable 
in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, under or 
by virtue of any Act or Acts now in force for or in 
respect of the several instruments, matters and things 
described or mentioned in the Schedule hereto an- 
nexed, [ Vide p. 347.] shall respectively cease and 
determine, and that in lieu thereof there shall be 
granted, raised, levied, collected, and paid in and 
throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for and in respect of the said several 
instruments, matters and things, or for or in respect 
of the vellum, parchment or paper upon which the 
same respectively shall be written, the several duties 
or sums of money set down in figures against the 


same respectively, or otherwise specified and set 
forth in the said Schedule. 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 


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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Elections 
Reading of the Elections (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 
take into consideration the Court of Chancery(re- Chancery 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


. | Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Police and 
consideration the Police and Improvement (Scot- po eae 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Le ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Sunday Fairs Prevention Bill was, according Sunday Fairs 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Prevention 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Second Parochial 
Assessments 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 
Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 17th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jre/and) Bill ; (ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 








uu4 24th 











336 15°—14° Mazz. A. 1850. 


24th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Technical 


said Committee. mittee on the Technical Objections Restraining Bill ; —— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday gin, . 
Landlord The Order of the day being read, for the Second | the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 


d Tenant ' i 
(Ircland) Bill. a of the Landlord and Tenant nents a said Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant May. mittee on the Registration of Deeds (Ireland) Bill ; CL reland) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


SavingsBanks The Order of the day being read, for the Second | itself into the said Committee. 
Bill. 


Reading of the Savings Banks Bill; : 
“Ordered That the Bill be od a second — The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Rooleslasticel 
, 97th dav of this instant May. _| mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; —_— 
apeel Ceaneny the Ste eny ees ae y | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday _ 
| the 3d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Money Pay- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pecmiiiien 


(ireland) Bal mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Jreland) 
Bill ; | The Order of the day bei ing i i ices? 

; ; ; , | y being read, for taking into Chief Justices 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill 


31st day of this instant May, resolve itselfinto the | | ouded in the Committee; 


said Committee. | Ordered, That the Bill be taken nto considera- 


Convict The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | tion upon Monday the 3d day of June next. 
Prisons Bill. mittee on the Convict Prisons Bill; : ‘som 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | ae a . the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. =&lt; P That ‘ 





| this House will, upon Friday 

Petty Sessions The Order of the day being read, for the Second next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 


into the Committee of 


The House, age to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant May. | 
(In the Committee.) 


ays and Means. Means. 


Highways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pp, i464 ‘That towards making good the Suppl 
&gt; o Hi nace Rill « good the Supply Exchequer 
” mittee on the Highways Sill ; granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight Mit Bills. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Toy five hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into hundred pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for 
: ; ’ ? 
the ssid Committee. the service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty. 


Rail The Order of the dav being read, for taking into : 
bendeet = tee themeey ern rT Resolution to be reported. 


Abandonment consideration the Railways Abandonment Bill, as, 

— . amended in the Committee: The Bill was re-com- | —_——— oe d the Chair: and Mr. B 
0.334. mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—The m vied “That the Oc — ‘had ee 
House immediately resolved itself into the Com- |”! reported, That the Committee had come to a 


‘ttee: and. after some time spent therein, Mr, | Resolution. 
iets demuuieh dag tied eae a _ Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- | ; 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the) Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
ill. A; - directed to move, That the Committee may 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | ~~ —_ “hie B ‘i Frid: 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday tesolved, Lhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
next ; and be printed. again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Bill to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees (Court 
Fees receivable by certain Officers in the Court of of Common 
‘Common Pleas was, according to Order, read the F!#s) Bil 
third time. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | Resolved, That the Bill do pass 
, . 


I f this in: itself into | f ; 
= a —— AE Spy SNOT | Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Securities for The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


(ireland) Bill mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) | 
Bill; 


Fecs (Court The Order of the day being read, for the Com-, . 
f Chance . “1 | The Order of the day being read, for the Second Real Property 
Si?” mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) — | Reading of the Real Pro rty Transfer Bill ; Transfer Bill, 


Bill ; &gt; 
; Resolved, That this House wili, upon Thursday | a: : : 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into | Rou dered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
y: 


the said Committee. 
Daan ; | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough Gadls: 
Factories Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself | mittee on the Borough Gaols Bill ; Bill. 
No. 335. intoa Committee upon the Factories Bill; and, Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | the 5th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee. 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-| The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Burgess Lists: : 
mittee, be printed. 'nesday next, the Burgess Lists Bill, was read, and Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a discharged. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
23d day of this instant May. _upon Wednesday the 12th day of June next. 
| 


Titles of The Order of the day being read, for taking into The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Copyholds 
Religious Con- consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations ' nesday next, the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill, Ee Bill 


~~ Bill, as amended in the Committee ; | was read, and discharged. ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
tion upon Thursday next. upon Wednesday the 5th day of June next. 


Ordered, 





Borough 
Courts of 
Record (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Savings 
Banks. 


West India 
Appeals Bill. 


No. 336. 


Alterations in 


Pleadings Bill. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time | 


No. 337. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill. 

No. 338. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Land 
Advances Bill. 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Land Ad- 
vances Bill. 


No . 339, 


Royal 
Artillery. 


13 VicroriZ. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the Law relating to proceedings 
by Process of Attachment of Goods in the Borough 
Courts of Record in Jreland: And that Mr. Solici- 
tor-General for Ireland and Sir William Somerville 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, ‘hat the Order made 
upon the 29th day of April last, That a Select Com- 
mittee 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 ; 

A Committee was nominated of the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. 
Henry Herbert, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. John Abel 
Smith, Sir George Clerk, Sir William Gibson Craig, 
Mr. Herries, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, The Marquis of Kildare, Mr. Ker Seymer, 
Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. William Fagan and Mr. 
Bramston, with Power to send for persons, papers, 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The West India Appeals Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Alterations in Pleadings Bill was read the 


upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Bill was | 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 


men appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, pur-' 


suant to the Resolution which, upon the 19th day 
of March last, was reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of making Ad- 
vances from the Consolidated Fund, for the Purposes 


of Drainage and Land Improvement in England 


and Wales, Scotland and Ireland; That they have 
power to amend the Acts relating to such Advances. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
Bill to authorize further Advances of Money for 
Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Property 
in the United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts 
relating to such Advances: 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 One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 14° die Maii; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 15th day of April last, 
for a Return of the Pay and other Allowances, dis- 
tinguishing Allowances, Pensions, &amp;c. from the Pay 
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 Lieu- 
tenant-General Shrapnel (of the Battalion), from 
1805 to 1842. 

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

Vou. 105. 





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337 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Tyne River 
Conservancy ; and, the Tyne Navigation Bills, have 
leave to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Tyne River 
Conservancy ; 
and, Tyne 
Navigation 
Bills. 


Dumfries and 
Maxwelltown 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton reported the 
Dumfries and Maxwelltown Waterworks Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George Alexander Hamilton reported the Gorbals 


Gorbals Gravitation Waterworks Bill, with Amend- Woweuns 


ments. ; 7 Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of February Killarney 
last, for referring the Killarney Junction Railway Junction 





Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and Bway Bill 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Langston be discharged from Private Bills 
any further attendance on the Committee on Group (Group 15.) 
13, of Private Bills, on account uf a domestic afflic- 
tion. 








Sir William Jolliffe reported the New North Road New North 
Bill, with Amendments. Road Bil. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee of 
| of Selection; That they have considered the Report Selection. 
|made to the House by the Select Committee on 

the Group No. 24, in respect of the Tewkesbury 

Severn Bridge Road Bill, and referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection by the Order of the House of 

| the 13th May, and they have agreed to recommend 

to the House that Humphrey Brown, Esquire, one 

of the Members for the borough of Tewkesbury, 
should be added to the Commitiee on the Group 
_No. 24, in respect of the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge 
Road Bill, and have power to attend and vote, 
| provided he sign the requisite declaration previous 
| to the consideration of the Bill in Committee. 

|_ Mr. Wilson Patten further reported, from the 
| Committee of Selection; That they have agreed to 
/ recommend to the House, that Charles Robert Col- 
vile, Esquire, one of the Members for South Derby- 
shire, be added to the Select Committee on the 
above-mentioned Group No. 24, in respect of the 
Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill, and 
have power to attend and vote, provided he sign the 
requisite declaration previous to the consideration of 
the Bill in Committee. . 

Ordered, That Humphrey Brown, Esquire, be 
added to the Committee on Group No. 24, of Pri- 
vate Bills, in respect of the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge 
and Roads Bill, and have power to attend and vote, 
provided he sign the requisite declaration previous to 
the consideration of the Bill in Committee. 

Ordered, That Charles Robert Colvile, Esquire, 
be added to the Committee on Group No. 24, of 
Private Bills, in respect of the Cromford and New- 
haven Turnpike-road Bill, and have power to attend 
and vote, provided he sign the requisite declaration 
previous to the consideration of the Bill in Com- 
mittee. 





A Bill for establishing Markets in and otherwise Bolton 
improving the Borough of Bolton, in the County Improvement 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for extending the Provi- 
sions of the Acts relating to the Bolton Waterworks, 
and for other Purposes, was read the third time ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Joshua Walmsley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

x= A Bill 











338 14° Maiz. 


Manchester A Bill to authorize the Division of the Parish of | 

reel pil. Manchester into several Parishes and Rectories, and 
for the Appropriation of the Revenues of the Col- 
Jegiate and Parish Church, and for other Purposes, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill do 
pass ; 

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 con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

. Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Title be, An Act to authorize the 
Division of the Parish of Manchester into several 
Parishes and Rectories, and for the Application of 
the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish Church, 
and for other Purposes ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Title, by leaving out the words “ and Rectories.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘‘ and Rectories” stand part of the Title: —It passed 
in the Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to authorize 
the Division of the Parish of Manchester into several 
Parishes, and for the Application of the Revenues 
of the Collegiate and Parish Church, and for other 
Purposes. 

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


Dublin and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Drogheda 


Railway Bil, the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


London (City) The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ar, the London (City) Improvements Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Reading The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— Market the Reading Cattle Market Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


London The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(Watford) : : 
Spring Water Reading of the London (Watford) Spring Water 


Company Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being propostd, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for mig Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 90 
Yeas, Sir Benjamin Hall: 1 a 
J 


Company Bill. 


Tellers for the f Lord Ashley : 
Noes, Mr. Reptos : 196. 
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 Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 














A. 1850. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Waterworks (Henley. Waterworks 
on- Thames and London Viaduct) Bill; =. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question London Via. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second uct) Bill 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
now:’ stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir William Molesworth, \,, 
Yeas, l Sir De Lacy Evans: J 
Tellers for the J Mr. Peers Williams, Yon ¢ 

Noes, l Mr. Robert Palmer : _— 
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. 





“ 


a 


The Clerk laid upon the Table,—Return to an Committees. 
Order, dated the 31st day of July in the last Session No.340, 
of Parliament, for a Return of the Number of Pub- 
lic Committees appointed in the Session of 1849, 
their Subjects, and the Names of Members appointed, 
and their Chairman ; the Number of Days on which 
each Committee sat, and the Number of Days on 
which each Member served on each Committee (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 641, of 
Session 1847-48.) 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Overseers Overseers of 


of the Poor, which was presented yesterday, be the Poor. 
printed. No, 189. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Timber used Timber used 
in Copper Mines, &amp;c., which was presented yester- ioe bn 
day, be printed. No. $41 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Timber used Pinas wash 
: : " : a _ in making 
~ a &amp;c., which was presented yester Casks, &amp;c. 

siti ; No. 341. 


Petitions from the Hundred of Talgarth (Brecon) ; Agricultural 
---Crickhowell ;—Southern Division of the County Distress. 
of Nottingham; — Taunton ; — Pontefract (Chair- 
man) ;— Sutton Coldfield ;— and, Hinckley and its 
neighbourhood ; complaining of the depressed state 
of Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read; and: 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Lists 
gesses of the borough of Oldham, praying that the Bill. 
Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Coffee Planters resident in the Is- Coffee. 
land of Ceylon, complaining of a falling off in the 
consumption of Coffee in England; and praying 
the House either to remit the duty on Coffee, or to 
levy an equal impost on Chicory, or to prohibit the 
selling of anything as Coffee which is not Coffee, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- County Ones 
gesses of the borough of Oldham, praying that the Extension Bill, 
County Court Extension Bill may not = into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 





Disarmament. 


Education. 


Schools 
(Scotland.) 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Post-office, 


Tithe Commu- 
tation Act. 


Wreck and 
Salvage. 


Adjournment. 


Private Bills. 





13 VicroriZ. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation as- 
sembling in the Baptist Chapel, Toll End, praying 
the House to take steps for promoting the negotia- 
tions between the British Government and other 
governments of the civilized world, with a view to 
call their attention to the necessity of entering by a 
general and simultaneous measure upon a system 
of Disarmament, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Hurs- 
ley, in the county of Southampton, stating that they 
understand that very many Church Schools have 
been deprived of their share of the money granted 
by Parliament in support of Education, because the 
councillors to whom Her Majesty had committed 
the management of that Fund refused to allow any 
of it towards the establishment of Schools to be 
placed entirely under the care of the Bishops and 
Clergy of the Church ; 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 Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Fordyce, praying the House to refuse their assent 
to any proposal which would lead to an alteration 
in the existing law, by which the constitution of the 
Parish Schools in Scotland is regulated, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich ;—and, Tewkesbury ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving 
the position of Assistant Surgeons in the Royal 
Navy,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Devynnock ;—Minsterley ;—Penk- 
ridge ;— Haughton ;— Lower Gornel ;—Wombourn ; 
— Llangynog ;—Darowen ; —and, Warkton; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the parish of Brewood, in the county of Stafford, 
praying for amendment of the Tithe Commutation 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewail Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 22d day of April last, for Accounts 
showing the Gross Amount realised, in each case, 
by the Sale by Auction of Vessels stranded, and 
their Cargoes, upon the Coast of Jreland, since the 
passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 99 :—Of the 
Amount awarded to the original Salvors of the 
Property so stranded and salved:—Of the Pay- 
ments made to the Boatmen, Watchmen, and other 
Labourers (exclusive of the actual Salvors) employed 
by the Receiver, to save and protect the Property 
stranded, and showing the Number of Men em- 
ployed, and the Rate of Wages per day :—Showing 
the Sums paid to the Court, in the shape of Fees, 
Professional Charges, &amp;c., also the Remuneration 
to the Marshal appointed to superintend the business, 
and the Payments made to other Officials (not actual 
Labourers) employed :—And, of the Amounts paid 
over in each case to the Owner of the Vessel or 
Property, after deducting the Expenses and Salvage 
Charges on the Property salved. 

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. 


Ordered, That Notices for Proceedings on Private 
Bills, given for To-morrow, be deferred till Thursday 
next. 

Vo. 105, 


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339 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of 
the House. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Bradford Im- Bradford 
provement, Police and Purchase and Closing of Improvement, 
Bradford Canal Bill, with Amendments. Ae gel 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Closing of 
Bradford 
Canal Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, Golem 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Kew and 
for extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes in the Parishes Petersham | 
of Kew and Petersham, in the County of Surrey ; Vise Bill 
for confirming and regulating the Pew-rents of the 
Churches of the said Parishes; for authorizing the 
Division of the Vicarage of Kew and Petersham, 
and for other Purposes relating to such Vicarage, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Londonderry 
Act to enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen and Ennis- 
Railway Company to extend their Line of Railway — many 
from Strabane to Omagh, and to amend the Acts ~ 
relating to the said Company, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Business of 
posed, That the House meet at Twelve of the clock the House. 
on Thursday, and that Orders of the day which 
stand in the Order Book for Wednesday, be taken 
before the other Orders on Thursday :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- corn 
posed, That this House will resolve itself into a Importation, 
Committee to take into consideration the Acts re- 
lating to the Importation of Foreign Corn ; 


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


Mercurii, 15° die Maii, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Grantley Berkeley, ) 
Yeas, { Colonel Dunne : | ae 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, lege 
Noes, { Mr. Grey: y apa 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Municipal 
to amend an Act of the last Session, for amending Corporations 
an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corpora- “*!#"4) Bill: 
tions in Jreland, so far as relates to the Borough of 
Dublin: And that Sir William Somerville ana Mr. 
Solicitor-General for Jreland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That Sir Frederic Thesiger be dis- Fees (Courts 
charged from any further attendance on the Select of Law and 
Committee on Fees (Courts of Law and Equity, ©4% *~) 
&amp;e.) 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron be added to the 
Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Kingstown 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be and Holyhead 
appointed to investigate and report upon all matters 
connected with the Dantrest for the Conveyance of 
the Mails between Kingstown and Holyhead :— 

Also, how far the Engagements entered into by the 
xx2 Admiralty 



































































— 


Naval and 
Military 
Officers, 


Wood used in 
Ship-building, 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) 


Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


340 14°—15° Maiz. A. 1850. 





Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam Packet The House, according to Order, proceeded to Police and 


Company, tend to develop. or otherwise the full take into consideration the Police and Improvement 
advantages of the direct and continuous Line of (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Communication between London and Dublin, which A Clause (Power to provide premises for the re- 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company are, | ception of dead previously to interment), was twice 
under the provisions of their Act of Parliament, | read; and made part of the Bill. 
now labouring to effect, might be read, and the same | Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
being read ; Bill (Burial Grounds, &amp;c., dangerous to Health, 
A Committee was nominated of Sir Richard &amp;c., may be prohibited) :—And the said Clause 
Bulkeley, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Parker, Mr. Corry, was brought up, and twice read, with a blank ; and 
Mr. Hayter, Admiral Bowles, Mr. French, The committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Mangles, Mr. Peel, The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Mr. Childers, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Committee ; and after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Henley and Mr. Henry Herbert; with power, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
to send for persons, papers and records. ‘reported, That the Committee had gone through 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. the Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented! Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause; 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
to give directions, that there be laid before this the said Clause was made part of the Bill. 

House, a Return of the Names and present Rank Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
of all Naval and Military Officers holding any Bill (As to Interments within Churches or Burial- 
Civil Appointment; stating the Nature of the Office | grounds newly erected or formed) :—And the said 
held by each, Date of Appointment, and the Rank | Clause was brought up, and twice read, with a 
held at the Time of such Appointment ; the Amounts ; blank ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
of Salary, Half-pay, Pensions and Allowances, re-| House: —-The House accordingly resolved itself 
ceived by them respectively ; and whether in the|into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
Active or retired Lists ; distinguishing the Total; therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Amount received by each. | Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | thereunto. 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Bernalaccordingly reported the Clause ; and 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into con- | said Clause was made part of the Bill. 
sideration the Duties on Wood, with a view of, Another Clause (Grounds for burials may be pur- 
remitting the Duty on all Wood used in Ship-| chased in place of those closed), was twice read ; 
building ; -and made part of the Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday! Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into} Qpdered, That the Bill be read the third time 
the said Committee. | upon ‘Thursday the 23d day of this instant May. 








The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
consideration the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
| mittee on the Sunday Fairs Prevention Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- - 


To-morrow, solve itself into the said Committee. 


Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Sunday Fairs 
Prevention 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving} The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 


the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- | into a Committee upon the Registration of Deeds 
ferred to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, for (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Pro- Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
ceedings and other written or printed Instruments, | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on Legacies | Bill. , 

and Successions to Personal Estate upon Intestacies,| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
now payable in Great Britain, aud for granting mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
other Duties in lieu thereof; also the Act 5 and | next. 

6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 


Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations} yyy. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways 


for collecting and managing the same, until the!. ° nti . 
10th day of October 1845 also the Act 8 and g| &lt;= dc ay a Resolution; which was read, as 


Vic. c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stam 


D uties — by sae Act of the fifth and sixth | granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight million 
years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the five hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred 
Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and | pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills for the Service 


to make Regulations for collecting and managing | of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
the same until the 10th day of October 1850; and Fifty 


also the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 9, to continue for 
Three years the Stamp Duties granted by an Act \., agreed to. 


of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, Qydered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain’ Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor 


and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collecting of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, an d 
and managing the same ; PePheay hy mg 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Elections (/reland) Bill ; Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill; _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. upon Friday next. 1“ 
€ 


of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 





13 Victroriz. 


Tenements The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Qireland) pil, Lenements Recovery (Jre/and) Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 28th day of this instant May. 


Highways The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
Gaus a day the 30th day of this instant May, the High- 
onc hana ways (District Surveyors) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 13th day of June next. 


Pirates’ Head- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Bi Repeal Lords to the Pirates’ Head Money Repeal Bill be 
. taken into consideration To-morrow. 


County Court The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Extension Bill. Committee, To-morrow, on the County Court Ex- 
tension Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Vestries and The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 


vestry Clerks Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Vestries 
and Vestry Clerks Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Municipal Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 


(ireland) Bill an Act of the last Session, for amending an Act for 


No, 342, the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Jre- 

: * land, so far as relates to the Borough of Dublin: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed, 


a gol Mr. Solicitor-General for Zreland presented a Bill 
—— (ire. 0 alter and amend the Law relating to Proceedings, 
land) Bil. | by Process of Attachment of Goods, in the Borough 
No. 343. Courts of Record in Ireland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 23d day of this instant 

May ; and to be printed. 


Writs. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Writs sealed in each of Her 
Majesty’s Superior Courts, viz.: Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer, from the 1st day 
of January to the 31st day of December 1849 ; and 
also, of the Number of Actions tried in these Courts 
in the same period. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Two of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till To- 
morrow. 








Jovis, 16° die Maiti; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
he ll R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
(Thirty-ninth _ mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 13th 


and 14th 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. 


pried end _ APetition of Messrs. Dysonand Company, of Par- 
Turnpike-road liament-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents, 
Bill, taking notice of Petitions of the Duke of Devon- 
shire; and, of Mortgagees and Bondholders of 

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14°—15°— 16° Mazi. 341 


the Cromford and. Newhaven Turnpike-road, for 
leave to be heard upon their Petitions against the 
Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill; and 
praying that leave may not be given to the said 
Duke, and, Mortgagees and Bondholders to be 
heard upon their Petitions, against the said Bill, 
was presénted, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of John Darlington, of Allison Hall, Manchester, 
near Chorley, in the county of Lancaster, was pre- a 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner Railway Bill. 
is the proprietor of several coal-mines or collieries, 
in the neighbourhood of Wigan, and in the neigh- 
bourhood of Manchester, and that the Petitioner 
is a member of an association, called the South 
Lancashire Coal Proprietors Association, which has 
been formed for the protection of the trade and 
traffic of the coal proprietors in that district ; that 
a Bill has been introduced into and is now pending 
in the House, intituled, “The Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolushire Railway Bill (Raising Money by 
Loan and by Shares in lieu of Loan, Alteration of 
Tolls and Amendment of Acts)” ; that by such Bill 
it is proposed to impose charges upon empty 
boats returning ulong the canals vested in the said 
Railway Company, after they have delivered their 
cargoes, and also to impose or legalize certain 
rates for the use of wharves belonging to the said 
Company; that the Petitioner and other coal 
owners of South Lancashire are in the habit of 
using such canals for the carriage of coals, and are 
materially interested in the rates and charges for 
the conveyance of coals and wharfage thereon ; 
that a Petition against the said Bill was adopted 
at a meeting of the said South Lancashire Coal 
Proprietors Association, and was signed by several 
proprietors and members of the association then 
present, and that the same was presented to the 
House on the 20th day of February, and referred 
to the Committee on the said Bill; that the said 
association also presented a memorial upon the said 
Bill to the honourable the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, signed by the Chairman of such association, 
and that the Petitioner believes that such memorial 
has been partially adopted and acted upon in the 
report of the said Commissioners upon the said 
Bill; that the Petitioner was not present at the 
meeting of the said association, at the time that 
such Petition was so adopted and signed as afore- 
said, and that the parties who so adopted and signed 
the same were all of them proprietors of collieries 
in the vicinity of Ashton, and to the eastward of 
the town of Manchester, whilst the collieries of the 
Petitioner are situated to the westward of the said 
town of Manchester; that the Petitioner has been 
informed, and believes, that the said Railway Com- 
pany have proposed to exempt all the proprietors 
of collieries to the eastward of the said town of 
Manchester from the provisions of the said Bill, 
and that, in consequence thereof, the parties who 
have signed the said Petition are about to with- 
draw the same, whereby the Petitioner and the 
other coal proprietors lying to the westward of 
Manchester will be deprived of the opportunity of 
stating their case before the Committee on the said 
Bill, or of making any claim to a similar exemption, 
to which they believe themselves to be equally 
entitled ; that the Petitioner and other coal-owners 
to the westward of Manchester have abstained from 
presenting separate Petitions against the said Bill, 
in the belief that the case of all the coal-owners 
would be fully raised and discussed on the Petition 
so adopted and signed as aforesaid, and which states 
the case of such coal-owners lying both to the 
eastward and westward of the said town of Man- 
chester; that the Petitioner has, under the above 
circumstances, presented a separate Petition against 
the said Bill, but that such Petition has not been 
presented within the time limited by the Standing 

x x38 Orders 














342 16° Mai. 


Orders of the House; and praying that the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill may be at liberty to entertain 
the Petition of the Petitioner, notwithstanding the 
same was not presented within seven clear days 
after the Second Reading of the said Bill, and that 
he may be heard thereon, and in opposition to the 
said Bill, by his counsel, agents and witnesses. 

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


Peterborough A Bill for better paving, lighting, watching, 
Improvement, cleansing and otherwise regulating and improving 
Police and lata . ° 
Cemetery, &amp;. the City and Township of Peterborough, in the 
Bill. Liberty of Peterborough, in the County of North- 
ampton, and for establishing a Cemetery therein, 
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 Bill to enable the Waterford and Kilkenny 
Railway Company to raise further Capital, and for 
other Purposes, 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. 


Waterford and 
Kilkenny 
Railway Bill. 


Pontypridd The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Senate = the Pontypridd Gas Light and Coke Company 
Ri &gt; Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Wales § The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the South Wales Railway (Capital) Bill, as amended 
(Capital) Bill. . . 
in the Committee. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill, as amended, be 


further considered upon Tuesday the 4th day of 


June next; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ upon Tues- 
“ day the 4th day of June next” and inserting the 
word “ 'To-morrow,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon Tuesday the 4th day of June next,” stand 
part of the Question :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ To-morrow” be inserted, instead thereof :— It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 
put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be further 
considered ‘l’o-morrow. 


South York- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
shire, Doneas- the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- 
ter and Goole ae 

Railway way (Amendment of Acts, Deviation at Doncaster, 
(Amendment &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
he “ Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Doncaster, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


South York- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pope yg the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway 
Railway (Amendment of Acts, Deviation to Worsborough, 
(Amendment &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


of Acts, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Deviation to 
Worsborougli, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Glasgow, The Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
Airdrie and = Railway and Glasgow College Lands Bill was, ac- 
Monklands — . ’ 
Junction Rail. cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
way and Glas- mitted. 

gow College Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


ds Bill. : , . 
-_ mittee of Selection. 











A. 1850. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Buckingham- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Buck- —— Railways 
inghamshire Railways Bill; and the same were” 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Glyn 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 Chester and 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill, as amended = ag 
in the Committee. ee 

A Clause (Priority of interest or dividend on ex- 
isting preference shares and reserved rents saved), 
was twice read, and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported the Tyne Navi- Tyne Navi- 
gation Bill, with Amendments. ome oe. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Johnstone reported the Norwich Water- Norwich 
works Bill, with Amendments. Waterworks 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _ 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from West Cornwall 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Railway Bill. 


| Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 


additional provision in the West Cornwall Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as power is sought by the clauses annexed to 
the said Petition to make and maintain, by agree- 
ment with the landowners, a branch line of Railway, 
about three quarters of a mile in length, from the 
authorized line of the Tresevean Mine Branch Rail- 
way, to the Wheal Bassett and Wheal Buller Mines, 
and to apply for that purpose the surplus funds of 
the Company; but the notices of the intended ap- 
plication to Parliament do not state the intention to 
apply for power to make and maintain the said ‘ 
Branch Railway, nor have any of the Standing 
Orders of the House applicable to the making 
and maintaining of Railways been complied with, 
in respect of the said Petition for additional pro- 
vision. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Merioneth- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for _ = 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for} 
additional provision in the Merionethshire Turnpike 
Roads Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, as power is sought by the clauses 
annexed to the said Petition to amend the Acts 
mentioned in the notices of the intended applica- 
tion to Parliament, and to make several new pro- 
visions relative to the said Merionethshire Turnpike- 
roads; but the notices merely state the intention 
to apply for powers to continue the said Acts, and 
do not state the intention to amend the same, or 
to make any further provision relative to the said 
roads. 

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


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Garstang and Garstang and 
— Syke Turnpike-road Bill, with Amend- Taraplkesoed 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Smoke yo 

Reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill ; hibition B 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Tuesday the 4th day of June next. 


Resolved, 








Woods and 
Forests. 


Benefices. 


Public 
Business. 


Naval Receipt 


and Expendi- 
ture. 


No, 344, 


Labour Rate 
(Ireland. ) 








13 Vicroriz. 


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 Fees and Emoluments paid 
out of the Revenue, under the management of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, 
to their Solicitor or Law Agent in Scoéland, within 
each of the last Four years, made up to the period 
at which he usually renders his accounts, and dis- 
tinguishing Charges for Professional Services from 
Outlay and Actual Expenses incurred in each year; 
and specifying the Suits in respect of which such 
Fees and Emoluments have arisen :—Of the Pay- 
ments made in the same period to the same Indi- 
vidual as Surveying Officer or Inspector appointed 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. 
to take Evidence and report in matters connected 
with Public or Local and Private Bills in England 
and Scotland, stating the Amount paid in each case, 
and by whom, and distinguishing Charges for Pro- 
fessional Services from Outlay and Actual Expenses 
incurred :—And, of the Fees and Emoluments re- 
ceived by him in virtue of his office of Solicitor or 
Law Agent as aforesaid, arising from any other 
Source in the Department of the said Commission- 
ers, during each of the said Four years, distinguish- 
ing Charges for Professional Services from Outlay 
and Expenses actually incurred, and specifying the 
Sources from which derived. 

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


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 Benefices, Rectories or 
Vicarages which have been united under the Act 
1 and 2 Vic. c. 106, stating the Names of the United 
Benefices, with the Names of the Incumbent or 
Incumbents, the Amount of the Population, and the 
Yearly Value of each, and the Distance that the 
Churches of each of the United Benefices are from 
each other, with the County and Diocese in which 
each is situated. 

Ordered, That 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 upon Thursday the 13th day of 
June next, Orders of the Day have precedence of 
Notices of Motions, without priority to Government 
Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Copy of Letter from the Secretary to the Admiralty, 
dated the 29th day of April 1850, to the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, with 
Observations on the Account printed for the House 
of Commons of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure 
for the year ended the 31st day of March 1849; 
together with Copy of Treasury Minute thereon. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented,— Return toan Order, dated 
the 25th day of April last, for an Account of the 
Total Amount of the Instalments of Advances for 
the Labour Rate, under the Act 10 and 11 Vice. c. 87, 
or the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 51 (Labouring Poor, 
Ireland), which have become payable at or previous 
to the Spring Assizes 1850, by each Barony or 
Electoral Division in it; of the Amount thereof 
actually paid to the Treasurer of each County, and 
the Amount still leviable under the outstanding 
Warrants. 

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

VoL, 105, 


16° Mazi. 











343 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Lier roy Annuity Tax 
Command,—Copy of Letter from J. G. Shaw Le- Edinburgh.) 


fevre, Esquire, Deputy Clerk of the Parliaments, to 


the Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, 
respecting the Annuity Tax in Edinburgh. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Lights on 
an Order, dated the 18th day of April last, for a the Coast of 
Return showing the Tolls chargeable on Shipping ome 
for the Maintenance and Support of Lights on the 
Coast of reland in the year 1845, and setting forth 
whether any and what Reductions have been made 
since for the Relief of the Trade and Commerce of 
the Country in respect of such Tolls. 

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


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise- 
of the John O’ Groat Journal, praying for the repeal ™™* 
of the duty upon Advertisements in Newspapers, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund's ;— Derby Arbitration. 

(Minister and Chapelwarden) ;— and, Modbury; 

praying the House to take prompt and decisive 

measures for the promotion of Treaties between the 
Government of this country and other governments 

of the world, binding both parties for the future to 

refer their misunderstandings to the decision of 
Arbitraturs,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerks of the Australian 
Synod of the United Presbyterian Church in Sco¢- Colonies 
land, praying for the insertion of a clause in the pq™™™"* 
Australian Colonies Government Bill, establishing 
the Marriage Registry of the colony of Australia 
on the same footing as it exists in England, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Plymouth ;— Chedder ;— Dray- Beer-houses. 
cott ;—Axbridge ; — and, Clutton Union; praying 
the House to adopt measures with a view to di- 
minishing the number of Beer-houses,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Salford ;—Gateshead ;— Oxford ; Burgess Lists 
—Sheffield ; — Wakefield ;—York ;—and, Notting- ®¥l- 
ham; praying that the Burgess Lists Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Church Rates. 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for Divine Wor- 
ship in the village of Loddiswell, in the county of 
Devon, and others, praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Leicester, Copyholds 
praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill Eafranchise- 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and ™* Bill 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Barnard Castle, in County Court 
the county of Durham, praying that provision may Extension Bill. 
be made in the County Court Extension Bill, enabling 
either party to demand a jury wherever the existence 
or extent of any local or public custom or usage is 
in dispute, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proctors or Procurators General Court of 
practising in Her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative, Crelend) Bill, 
and all other Ecclesiastical Courts in Jreland, pray- 
ing that the Court of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill may 


xx4 not 














a 





344 16° Mazi. 


not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Court of A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Jus- 
Session (Scot- tices of the Peace and Commissioners of Supply, 


‘and) Bil. for the county of Berwick, praying that the Court 
of Session (Scotland) Bill may pass into alaw, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Danis A Petition of the Chairman of the African As- 

oo sociation of Liverpool, stating that the said Assv- 

Africa.) ciation are largely interested in the trade with the 


West Coast of Africa; that they have heard with 
much satisfaction that a convention has been entered 
into under which the Danish possessions on the 
Gold Coast are to be ceded to the Crown of Great 
Britain; and praying that the House may be 
pleased to sanction the said convention, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Disarmament. [Petitions from Upwell ;—Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;— 
Longford ;— Bedworth ;—and, Macclesfield; praying 
the House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the world,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education A Petition of Inhabitants of Horbury, in the 
Bill. county of York, praying that the Education Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Leicester ;—and, Sheffield (Chair- 
man); praying that the said Bill may pass into a 
law,—were also presented, ard read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Factories Bill. A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of 
Mrs. Hughes, of Farnworth, near the borough of 
Bolton, praying that the Factories Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Highways A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 

Bill. Board of Highways for the Township of Sheffield, 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Board of High- 
ways of the township of Bilton-with-Harrogate, 
praying that the 28th clause of the said Bill may 
»e retained therein, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hypothec A Petition of the Preses of the Justices of the 

(Scotland.) = Peace and Commissioners of Supply of the county 
of Berwick, praying the House to refuse its sanction 
to any measure for an alteration of the law of 
Hypothee in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


MarriagesBill. Petitions from Ai/marnock (two Petitions) ;— 
County of Haddington (Convener) ;—John Fulton ; 
—Presbytery of Haddington (Moderator) ;—Glas- 
gow ;—Synod of United Original Seceders, Scotland 
(Moderator) ; — Scone ; — Banff ; — Presbytery of 
ordyce (Moderator) ;— Kirk Session of Heriot 
(Moderator) ; — County of Linlithgow ; — James 
Julius Wood ; — Bridgeton ;—- Camlachie ;—Kiln- 
down, Sandhurst, Kent ;—Rural Deanery of Dunster ; 
—Chester field ;— Lesmahagow ;— Presbytery of Sel- 
hirk (Moderator) ;—County of Selkirk ;—Kirkurd ; 
—Cole Orton ;—Plockton ;—Kirk Session of Cro- 
marty ;— Back, Island of Lewis ;—Synod of Ross 
(Moderator) ;— Robert Clark Craig ;—Edinburgh ; 
— Oban (Chief Magistrate) ; — Dunfermline ; — 
County of Bute ;—County of Renfrew (Chairman) ; 





‘don ; — Westminster ; — Bethnal Green (two Peti- 





A, 1850. 


— Shankill ; — Ardrossan ;— Presbytery of Ayr 
(Moderator) ;—Kirk Session of Girvan (Minister 
and Moderator) ;—County of Ayr ;—Kirk Session 
of Saint Quivox (Moderator) ;—Charles Smith and 
others ;—Presbytery of Dunse (Moderator) ;—Pres- 
bytery of Langholm (Moderator) ;—County of Ber- 
wich (Preses) ;—John Turnbull ;—Provincial Synod 
of Merse and Teviotdale (Moderator) ;—.John Ed- 
mondston ;—Deanery of Pimperne ;—Helensburgh 
(two Petitions) ;—Presbytery of Dumbarton (Mo- 
derator) ;—County of Dumbarton (Chairman) ;— 
Ayr ; — Campbeltown ; — Inverary ;—and, Samuel 
Campbell; praying that the Marriages Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Clapham ;—Dunfermline ;—Spar- 
sholt ;—Ldinburgh ;— Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Lam- 
beth ;— Burnham ; —Church-street, Blackfriars ;— 
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland 
(Chairman and Secretaries);— Amersham ;—Stroud; 
—ILnverkeithing ;— Wolverhampton ; — Shiffnall ;— 
Sudbury ;— Congleton ;—Stamford ;— Montgomery ; 
— Linlithgow ; — Ayr ;— Newport (Salop) ; — 
Bishop's Castle ;— Glasgow ;— Upper Gower-street, 
Saint Pancras ;—and, Nonconformists of the city of 
London and its neighbourhood (Chairman); pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons practising Medical 
in Vewcastle and the North of England praying the Officers 
House to adopt measures for improving the position ‘"*)*/ 
of the Assistant Surgeons in the Royal Navy, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Division of Guildford ;—and, Medical 
Brentford Medical Association (President) ; pray- Profession. 
ing for the establishment of an Independent Royal 
College of Medical Practitioners, having authority 
to regulate the education of all future candidates 
for that profession, and to test their competency by 
an e€xamination,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Ship- Mercantile 
owners and others of London, praying that the Mer- Marine Bill. 
cantile Marine Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Whittington Club Metropolitan 

(nine Petitions) ;—Clerhenwell ;—Islington ;—Lon- — 
tions) ;—Stepney ;—Saint Michael’s, Wood-street ; 
—and, Whitechapel and Commercial-road East ; 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Governors of the London 
Hospital, situate in the parish of Saint Mary, 
Whitechapel, praying that a Clause or Clauses 
may be inserted in the said Bill, exempting the 
Petitioners and the burial-ground attached to their 
hospital from the operation of the said Bill; and 
that the Petitioners may be heard, by their counsel, 
agents and witnesses, in support of the prayer of 
their Petition, and against the said Bill, was also 


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


Petitions from Nottingham Union ;—and, Not- Parochial 
tingham ; praying that the Parochial Assessments Assessmeo!* 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were rr and * 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Parochial Board of Marnoch, Poor lew 
(Chairman) ;—and, Galston; praying for amend- (Scotland) 





ment 








Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Postage. 


Post 4 office. 


Promiscusus 
Intercourse. 


Public Health 
(Seotland) 
Bil) 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Religion, 





13 VicrorrZ. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the burgh of Pollokshaws, praying that the Police 


. and Improvement (Scotland) Bill may pass into a 


law, was 


— and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the 


able. 


Petitions from Thame (three Petitions) ;— Wed- 
more;—and, Stonehouse (Gloucester); praying for 
the establishment of an Ocean Post, by which letters 
may be conveyed from any port in Great Britain 
to any other port in the world at the uniform rate 
of one penny,—were | er ageane and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Woburn (Chairman) ;—and, Charles 
Frederick Palgrave, Mayor of Bedford, and others ; 
complaining of abuses in the Money Order Depart- 
ment of the General Post-office; and praying for 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from North Molton ;—Bellingham ;— 
Charles ;— Twitchen ;— Teignmouth ;—Sidmouth ;— 
Doneraile ; — Alderton ; — Great Washbourne ; — 
Quedgeley ; — Norton ;—Pettigo ;—Convoy ;—Let- 
terkenney ; — Dudley ;— Dewsbury ;— Thurnscoe ;— 
Armthorpe;—H oveforth ;—Ingleton ;—Kirk Session 
of Heriot (Mcderator) ;— Headley ;—James Julius 
Wood ; — West Hoathley ; — Bolton-le-Sands ; — 
Dublin ; — Leamington ; — Asthall ; — Wilford ;— 
High and Low Harrogate ;—Aughabog ;— Doddis- 
combsleigh ; —- Bishopsteignton ; — Plockton ; — 
Bruff ;—Llangathen;— Pollokshaws ;— Gourock ;— 
Antrim ; — Coalisland ; --- Tullamore ; — Ballyna- 
hinch ; — Galway ; — Ormond Quay ; —Cavan ;— 
Harbury ;—Nether Whitacre ;—Stretton-on-Duns- 
more ;—Mancetter ;— Holyhead ;— Baptist Union of 
Great Britain and Ireland (Chairman and Secre- 
taries) ; — Chapelthorpe ;—Coldingham ;—Makers- 
town ; — Kirk Session of Cardross ;— Dumbarton 
(two Petitions); — Lybster ;—David Ferguson ;— 
Kirk Session of South Ronaldshay (Moderator) ;— 
Bruan ; — Watten ; —Borriedale ;—Thurso ;—La- 
theron ;—Samuel Campbell ;—Heath-and-Reach ;— 
Billington ; — Ystradgunlais ; — Stockton ; — and, 
Glenan ; praying for abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-otfice,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bos- 
ton, praying the House to adopt measures to enable 
magistrates and officers of police to proceed against, 
and to deal more promptly and adequately with 
those persons who live by the promotion of Pro- 
miscuous Intercourse, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a meeting of Com- 
missioners of Supply for the county of Peebles, 
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 the Rector, Churchwardens and 
others, Inhabitants of Shere, near Guildford, pray- 
ing the House to alter the law of assessment, in 
consequence of the great difficulty of collecting 
parochial rates from the occupying tenant under an 
assessment of 10/., by enacting that all such tenants 
should not be liable to pay rates on the property 
occupied by them, but that the landlord should be 
assessed for the same, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Battle, 


praying that measures may be devised and taken for 
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345 


the suppression of monasteries and nunneries, and 
for the final prohibition and banishment from the 
United Kingdom of Jesuits and members of other 
religious orders, communities or societies of the 
Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious 
vows, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bridgnorth ;— and, Nottingham Savings Banks 
(two Petitions); praying that the Savings Banks Bill. 
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 School 
Dumbarton, praying that the School Establishment Fstablishment 
(Scotland) Bin may not pass into a law, was {i @") 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Two Petitions from Nottingham; praying that Small Tene- 
the Small Tenements Rating Bill may not pass ments Rating 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered ~~ 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Distillers, Spirit Dealers, Retailers Spirits, 
and Farmers of Bathgate and neighbourhood, pray- 
ing the House to cause the duties charged upon 
deficiencies of British Spirits in bond to be dis- 
continued, was somentel, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Portadown ;—Sligo ;—and, Car- Spirits 
rick-on-Suir; praying the House to enact that the (Ieland.) 
duty on Jrish-made Spirits shall in future be 
charged and levied in the same manner as that on 
Foreign-made Spirits, that is, according to the mea- 
surement of the actual quantity and strength when 
removed from the bonded warehouses,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, Thatan Abstract of the Return relative Parliamentary 
to Parliamentary Electors, which was presented Electors. 
upon Monday last, be printed. No. 345. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, (Ireland.) 
be printed. ' No. 346. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Life Policies 
into a Committee upon the Life Policies of As- of Assurance 
surance (No. 2.) Bill. (No. 2.) Bill 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the {Sir Frederic Thesiger, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Walpole: = 
Tellers for thef Mr. Mullings, 
Noes, Mr. Fagan: | 66. 


Whereupon the Chairman left the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


: The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public 
into a Committee upon the Public Libraries and a —- 
Museums Bill. useums Bill, 


; No. 347. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 1, (Repeal of Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 43, 
for Establishment of Museums in large Towns. 
Councils of Municipal Boroughs may establish 
Museums and Libraries, and levy a rate for that 
purpose.) 

Amendment again proposed to the proposed 
Amendment in P, 1. Is. 12. and 13: After the word 
“ adopted ” 


YY 




















Message from 
the Lords. 


Distressed 
Unions Ad- 
vances and 
Repayment 
of Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ramsey, 
‘Upwood and 


Great Raveley 
Turf Fens, and 


Lockspit Lots 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Coleraine 
Railway Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


346 


“ adopted” to insert the words “ Provided that not 
“ less than one-third of the entire number of rate- 
“ payers of the borough be actually present at the 
“ meeting, and that no rate-payer be entitled to vote 
“‘ at such meeting who is in arrear of his poor- 
“ rates.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted in the proposed Amendment. 

Amendment to the proposed Amendment, by 
leave, withdrawn. 

Original Amendment put,—and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 2, to N° 6, with Amendments to 
several of them, 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 printed. 

Ordered, Thet the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday the 
13th day of June next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a further 
Advance of Money to certain distressed Poor Law 
Unions, and to make Provision for the Repayment 
of Advances made and authorized to be made to 
Poor Law Unions and other Districts in Zreland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
Drainage and Improvement of certain Lands in the 
Parishes of Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley, 
all in the County of Huntingdon: 


and Lockspit ; 

Lands Drainage and Improvement Bill. 

ro Ne A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving the Glas- 
Shotts Turn- ae. -_ . 

pike-roads w and Shotts Turnpike-roads : And also, 
Improvement Bill, 

Wakefield The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
a . by this House to the Amendments made by their 

_Market Bill. 


Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize 
the Wakefield Borough Market Company to pur- 
chase certain Lands for a Market-place, and to 
make Approaches thereto, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Regulation of Process and Practice in 
the Superior Courts of Common Law 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 
Act for completing the Line of the Londonderry 
and Coleraine Railway, with Branch to Newtown- 
limavady, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 18th day of April last, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair (for the House to resolve 
itself into a Committee upon the Marriages Bill) ; 

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 “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day six months, 
*&lt; resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 


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A. 1850. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, } 42 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: : 
Tellers for the J Mr. Divett, } Pm 
Noes, \ Mr. Alexander Hope: , 
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. 
Ciause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Cuiavuss, N° 2, (No Marriage which hath been 
heretofore or shall be hereafter celebrated between 
a man and the sister of his deceased wife, shall 
hereafter be annulled or pronounced void, by reason 
only of the affinity of the parties thereto.) 

Amendment proposed: In P. 2. 1. 23., to leave 
out the words “ hath been heretofore or.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, 


Yeas, L Mr. Cockburn: aan 
Tellers for the { Sir Frederic Thesiger, } es 
Noes. Mr. Wood: , 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, ‘“‘ And provided 
“ also, that nothing in this Act contained shall be 
“ construed to apply to Scotland.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr, Oswald, 187 

Yeas, Lt Mr. Cowan: : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, ha on 

Noes. l Mr. Edmund Denison : . 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again. 

Motion by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 17° die Maiti, 1850: 


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 
the 13th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
i of the Court of Prerogative (Jreland) 

ill; , 

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 





Court “. 
Prerogative 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious — 


Congregations 
Bill. 


Court of 

Session (Scot- 

land) Bill. 
No. 348. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


13 VictoriZz. 
The House divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, \ 34. 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
The Lord Mayor of| 
Dublin, 
Mr. Mackenzie : J 
Tellers for the Noes, - 5 wd } 91. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the main 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 {Colonel Sibthorp, Liew 
Yeas, UMr. Arkwright : _ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Keogh, a] - 
Noes, Mr. Henry Herbert : F aascens 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the main 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. 

Tellers for the fColonel Chatterton, i a0 

Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp : _ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Keogh, 7 

Noes, -Mr. Henry Herbert : 5 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the main 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- 
drawn. 

And the main Question being again proposed, 
That the Bill be now read a second time :—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


83. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Titles of Religious Congre- 
gations Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Court of Session (Scot- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday the 23d day of this instant May ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider the Act 55 Geo. 3,c. 184, 
for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law 
Proceedings and other written or printed Instru- 
ments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on 
Legacies and Successions to personal estate upon 
Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for 
granting other Duties in lieu thereof; also, the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, to assimilate the Stamp Duties 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regu- 
lations for collecting and managing the same, until 
the 10th day of October 1845 ; also, the Act 8 and 
9 Vic. c. 2, to continue for Three years the Stamp 
Duties granted by an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, to assimilate the 
Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Treland,.and 
to make Regulations for collecting and managing 
the same, until the 10th day of October 1845 ; and 
also, the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 9, to continue for 


Three years the Stamp Duties granted by an Act 
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347 


of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, 
to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain 
and Jreland, and to make Regulations for collecting 
and managing the same, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable 
in Great Britain and Ireland respectively under or 
by virtue of any Act or Acts now in force for or in 
respect of the several instruments, matters, and 
things described or mentioned in the Schedule 
hereto annexed, shall respectively cease and deter- 
mine, and that in lieu thereof there shall be granted, 
raised, levied, collected and paid in and throughout 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for and in respect of the said several instruments, 
matters, and things, or for or in respect of the vel- 
lum, parchment, or paper upon which the same re- 
spectively shall be written, the several duties or 
sums of money set down in figures against the same 
respectively, or otherwise specified and set forth in 
the said Schedule: viz. 


AGREEMENT, or any minute or memorandum of agreement made in 
England or Ireland under hand only, or made in Scotland without 
any clause of registration (not charged otherwise than under the head 
AGREEMENT in the Schedule to the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, nor ex- 
pressly exempted from all stamp duty), where the matter thereof shall 
be of the value of 207. or upwards, whether the same shall be only 
evidence of a contract, or obligatory upon the parties from its being a 
written instrument, together with every schedule, receipt or other mat- 
ter put or endorsed thereon, or annexed thereto - - - - 

And where the same shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then 
for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, over 
and above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of | - 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
a security for the payment of any definite and certain sum of money : 


Not exceeding 501. - - - - 
Exceeding 50/7. and not exceeding 100/. 
Exceeding 1007. and not exceeding 1507. 
Exceeding 150/. and not exceeding 2007. 
Exceeding 2001. and not exceeding 2501. 
Exceeding 2501, and not exceeding 3001. - - 
And where the same shall exceed 300/., then for every 100 
also for any fractional part of lOO/. = - - - 


&amp;@ns@€ tees es 


+, and 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
a security for the repayment of any sum or sums of money to be there- 
after lent, advanced or paid, or which may become due upon an 
account current, together with any sum already advanced or due, or 
without, as the case may be :— 





NDS Co to = 
Awi Ooncw 


‘ 
to 
S 





Where the money secured, or to be ultimately recoverable) _ ~The same duty as on a 
thereupon, shall be limited not to exceed a given sum - { bond for such limited sum. 


And where the total amount of the money secured, or att The same duty as ou a 


be ultimately recoverable thereupon, shall be uncertain, 
and without any limit - - - ° a pa 


- - The 


bond for a sum equal to the 
amount of the penalty of 
such bond. 


same ad-valorem 


| duty as on a bond for a sum 


BOND in England or Ireland and personal bond in Scotland 
given as a security for the transfer or re-transfer of any | 
share in any of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or 
funds, or in the stock and funds of the Governor and Company 


of money equal to the value 
of the stock or fund secured, 
according to the average 
price thereof on the day of 
the date of the bond, or on 
either of the ten days pre~ 


of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Jreland, or of the| ceding, or if there shall not 


East India Company, or of the South Sea Company, or of 
any other company or corporation - - = = 


have been any known sale 
on any of such days then on 
| the latest day preceding on 


which there shall have been 
a known sale. 


Heritable BOND in Scotland, for any of the purposes aforesaid,— 
See MortGace. 


BOND in England or Ireland and personal bond in Scotland, given as 
a security for the payment of any sum of money, or for the transfer 
or re-transfer of any share in any of the stocks or funds before men- 
tioned, which shall be secured also by a mortgage or wadset, or other 
instrument or writing hereinafter charged with and which shall have 
paid the same duty as a mortgage or wadset; or for the performance 
of covenants contained in such mortgage or other instrument or 
writing, or for both those purposes; provided such mortgage, wadset, 
or other instrument or writing shall bear even date with and be 
referred to in such bond,— 


Where the sum of money, or the value of the stock or f dut 
funds secured, shall not exceed 8001. - - 


And where such sum of money or value shall exceed 8001. - - 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable bond in 
Scotland, given.as an additional or further security for the payment 
of any sum or sums of money, or for the transfer or re-transfer of 
any share in any of the stocks or funds before mentioned, previously 
secured by a bond, mortgage or other security therein referred to, 
and which shall have paid the proper ad-valorem duty on bonds or 
mortgages imposed by law at the date thereof,— 





- The same ad-ralorem 
as on a mortgage or 
wadset for securing the like 
amount or value. 


Sim 





- The same ad-valorem 


Where thesum of money, or the value of the stock or funds : duty as on a bond or mort- 


secured, shall not exceed 1,400/7, - - - 


Aud where such sum of money, or the value of the stock or funds 
secured, shall exceed 1,400/. - - - - - . 


yy2 


-) gage for securing the like 
or value. 


| 1 « 
BOND 





























348 16°—17° Maiz. 


. -~ - The same ad-valorem 
BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable | duty as on a conveyance 

bond in Scotland, given as the only or principal security) upp slim, comideatin 
for the payment of any annuity upon the original creation \% agreed to be given for 


and sale thereof - a - - - - -| the purchase of such an- 
nuity. 
For the duty payable—See Conveyance upon the sale of | £. s. d. 


property. 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal bond in Scotland, given 
as a collateral or auxiliary security for the payment of any annuity 
upon the original creation and sale thereof, where the same shall be 
granted or conveyed, or secured by any other deed or instrument 
liable to and charged with the ad-valorem duty imposed by Jaw on 
conveyances upon the sale of any property,— 

Where such ad-valorem duty shall not exceed 20 s. such bond shall 
be chargeable with a stamp duty of equal amount with the said 
ad-valorem duty : 

And where such ad-valorem duty shall exceed 20s. such bond shall 
be chargeable with the duty of | - - - - - I- - 





BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable bond 
in Scotland, given as a security for the payment of any an- 
nuity, except upon the original creation and sale thereof, or |-- The same ad-valorem 
of any sum or sums of money at stated periods (not being | duty 4s on a bond of the 
cat f Laainal ol bl ( like nature for the payment 
interest for any principal sum nor rent reserved or payable | of a sum of money equal to 
upon any lease or tack) for any definite and certain term, | such total amount. 
so that the total amount of the money to be paid can be 
previously ascertained - - - - ° . 2 


BOND in England or Ireland, and personal or heritable bond in 
Scotland, given as a security for the payment of any annuity (except 
as aforesaid) or of any sum or suins of money at stated periods (not 
being interest for any principal sum nor rent reserved or payable upon 
any lease or tack), for the term of life or any other indefinite period, 
so that the whole money to be paid cannot be previously ascertained,— 


Where ‘the annuity or sum secured shall not exceed 501. per 








annum - - - - - - " o Sw 
And where the same shall exceed 507, and not exceed 100. per 
annum - - - - - ° 2--=- 


And where the same shall exceed 1001. per annum, then for every 
100 1. per annum, and also for any fractional part of 100/. per 
annum s- - ~ - - - - - - - 2-- 

But where there shall be both a personal and heritable bond in Scot- 
land in separate deeds, of the same date, for securing any such 
annuity or sums payable at stated periods, and the ad-valorem 
duty above charged thereon shall amount to 2 1, or upwards, the 
heritable bond only shall be charged with the ad-valorem duty, 
and the personal bond shall be charged only with a duty of = - 1- - 





- + The duty chargeable 
thereon by any Act or Acts 
~ now in force, 

Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that no such bond as 
last-mentioned shall be charged or chargeable under this or any 
other Act or Acts with any greater amount of stamp duty than 
the ad-valorem duty hereinbefore charged upon a bond given for 
the payment of a definite ard certain sum of money of the same 
amount as the penalty of such bond. 


BOND of any kind or description given for any other purpose J 
than as aforesaid - - . - - - 


And in all the said several cases of Bond,—See ProGressive 
Dury. 


CHARTER of resignation, or of confirmation, or of novodamus, or upon 
apprising, or npon a decreet of adjudication or sale of any lands, or 
other heritable subjects in Scotland, holden of any subject superior - - 5 - 

And where the same shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for 
every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein over and 
above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive duty of - - 5 - 


CONVEYANCE, whether grant, disposition, lease, assignment, transfer, 
release, renunciation, or of any other kind or description whatsoever, 
upon the sale of any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, or other pro- 
perty, real or personal, heritable or moveable, or of any right, title, 
interest, or claim in, to, out of, or upon any lands, tenements, rents, 
annuities or other property (that is to say), for and in respect of the 
principal or only deed, instrument or writing whereby the lands or 
other thing sold shall be granted, leased, assigned, transferred, released, 
renounced, or otherwise conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or 
purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her or their direc- 
tion,— 


Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon 


expressed shall not exceed 251, - - - ~ - § « 
And where the same shall exceed 251. and not exceed 50 1. - SS — 
And where the same shall exceed » 507. and not exceed 75 2. - at a 
And where the same shall exceed 75 /. and not exceed 100/. - a aes 
And where the same shall exceed 100 /. and not exceed 125 1. - &gt; 6 = 
And where the same shall exceed 125 1. and not exceed 150 2. - 110 - 
And where the same shall exceed 1507. and not exceed 1751. 115 - 
And where the same shall exceed 1752. and not exceed 200 J. Se-« 
And where the same shall exceed 200/. and not exceed 225 J. - 2 5 « 
And where the same shall exceed 2254, and not exceed 2501. 210 - 
And where the same shall exceed 2502. and not exceed 2751, 215 - 
And where the same shall exceed 275. and not exceed 300. - ee 
And where the same shall exceed 300 /. and not exceed 350 1, ~ 310 - 
And where the same shall exceed 350 l. and not exceed 400 /, - i abe. -cae 
And where the same shall exceed 4001. and not exceed 450 1. - £20 « 
And where the same shall exceed 450 /. and not exceed 500 I. - Sc 
And where the same shall exceed 5001. and not exceed 5501, - 510 - 
And where the same shall exceed 550 /. and not exceed 600. a 
And where the purchase or consideration money shall exceed 600 1. 

then for every 100/. and also for any fractional part of 100/. - , -—~ 


And it is hereby directed that the purchase-money or consideration 
shall be truly expressed and set forth in words at length in or 
upon every such principal or only deed or instrument of con- 
veyance ; and where such consideration shall consist either wholly 
or in part of any stock or security, the value thereof respectively, 











A. 1850. 


CONVEY ANCE—continued. 
to be ascertained as hereinafter mentioned, shall also be truly ex 
pressed and set forth in manner aforesaid, in or upon every such 
deed or instrument ; and such value shall be deemed and taken 
to be the purchase or consideration-money, or part of the pur- 
chase or consideration-money, as ‘the case may be, in respect 
whereof the ad-valorem duty shall be charged as aforesaid ; 

And where the consideration or any part of the consideration shall 
be any stock in any of the public funds, or any Government de- 
benture or stock of the Bank of England, or Bank of Ireland, 
or any debenture or stock of any corporation, company, society 
or persons or person, payable only at the will of the debtor, 
the said duty shall be calculated (taking the same respectively, 
whether constituting the whole or a part only of such considera- 
tion) according to the average selling price thereof respectively 
on the day or on either of the ten days preceding the day of the 
date of the deed or instrument of conveyance ; or, if no sale shall 
have taken place within such ten days, then according to the ave- 
rage selling price thereof on the day of the last preceding sale ; 
and if such consideration or part of such consideration shall be a 
mortgage, judgment or bond, or a debenture, the amount whereof 
shall be recoverable by the holder, or any other security whatso- 
ever, whether payable in money or otherwise, then such calcula- 
tion shall be made according to the sum due thereon for both 
principal and interest. 

And see Procressive Dury. 


COPYHOLD ESTATES and customary estates passing by surrender 
and admittance, or by admittance only, and not by deed: Instrvu- 
MENTs relating thereto upon the sale or mortgage of any such estates 
{that is to say): 
Any ADMITTANCE out of court, or the memorandum thereof, or 
the copy of court-roll of any admittance in court: 





Where the surrender or voluntary grant, or the memo- } 
randum thereof respectively, if made out of court, or &lt;a iaeikiuen 
t . oe uty equal to the - 
the copy of court roll of the surrender or voluntary | aiorem p Bo Ba ang 
grant, if made in court, shall be chargeable with ad- | able on such surrender, voe 
valorem stamp duty not exceeding 20s. under the head — grant, memoran- 
of Conveyance or Morteace in this Schedule, such supeeteey” of court-roll 
admittance, or the memorandum or copy of court roll 
thereof as aforesaid, shall be chargeable with | 

And inallothercasss - = + - + = «© «*! L=-e 

Provided always, that where the clear yearly value of the estate | 
shall not exceed 20s. no higher stamp duty than 5s. shall be 


chargeable upon any such admittance, or the memorandum or 
copy of court roll thereof as aforesaid. 


And see ProcressivE Dury. 
COVENANT.—Any deed of covenant made on the sale or mortgage of 
any copyhold or customary estate for the title to such estate, or for 


the production of the title deeds relating thereto, or for both those | 
purposes ; | 





Where the ad-valorem duty on the purchase money or con-)- - A duty equal to the 

sideration, or on the mortgage money, shal] not exceed &gt;amount of such ad-valorem 
the sum of 11, 15s. duty. 

And in all other cases - - - - - - e ® | i. — 

And see Procresstve Dury. 


COVENANT.—Any deed containing a covenant for the pay- | 
ment or repayment of any sum or sums of money, or for the 
transfer or re-transfer of any share or shares in the Govern- 
ment or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the stock and 
funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
or of the Bank of Ireland, or of the East India Company,|-~- The same ad-valorem 
or of the South Sea Company, or of any other company or = “Seapectiodly ee de 

corporation, in any case where a mortgage, if made for the | like purpose. 

like purpose, would be chargeable under this Schedule with 

any ad-valorem duty, exceeding in amount the sum of 11.15 s.; 

or for the payment of any annuity, or any sums at stated 

periods, in any case where a bond for the like purpose would 

be chargeable with any such duty. y 
For the duty thereon, see Bowp or Mortcace. 

And see Procressive Dury. 








Provided always, that where any covenant shall be made as an addi- 
tional or further security for the payment or re-payment, transfer 
or re-transfer, of any sum or sums of money, or any share or 
shares in any of the said stocks or funds at the same time, or 
already or previously secured by any bond or other instrument, 
mentioned and referred to by the deed containing such covenant, 
and chargeable with and which shall have paid the proper ad-va- 
lorem duty, under the head of Bonp or Morrcace respectively 
in this Schedule, or under any Act or Acts in force at the date 
thereof, in respect of the same sum or sums, share or shares, the 
said ad-valorem duty hereby charged shall not be payable upon 
or in respect of such covenant; and if required for the sake of 
evidence, the deed containing such covenant shall, on the same 
and such bond or other instrument being produced, duly stamped 
in other respects, be stamped with a particular stamp for denoting 
or testifying the payment of the ad-valorem duty hereby charged. 


Exemption from the preceding ad-valorem duty, but not from 
any other duty to whieh the same may be liable :— 


Any covenant contained in any deed chargeable with any duty under 
the head of Mortcace in this Schedule, or inany deed exempted 
from the ad-valorem duty on mortgages by the Act 3 Geo. 4, c.117, 
such deeds hereby exempted operating as a security by way of 
mortgage, or as a transfer, assignment, disposition, or assignation 
hereinafter charged for the same sum or sums of money, or share 
or shares in any of the said stocks or funds, which is or are the 
subject of such covenant. 

Also any covenant contained in any deed chargeable with any duty 

under the head of Serrzement in this Schedule, in respect of 

the same sum or sums of money, or share or shares in any of the 
said stocks or funds, which is or are the subject of such covenant. 

















13 Vicroriz. 


LEASE or TACK of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or} 
heritable subjects, granted in consideration of a sum of money | 





same, without any yearly rent, or with any yearly rent under 
201. - - ° - ° . ~ . “ ‘i 


For the duty thereon, — See ConveYANCE. 


(Save and except leases and tacks for a life or lives not exceeding 
three, or for a term of years determinable with a life or lives not 
exceeding three, by whomsoever granted, and leases for a term 
absolute uot exceeding twenty-one years, granted by ecclesiastical 
corporations, aggregate or sole). 


LEASE or TACK of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or heritable 
subjects at a yearly rent, without any sum of money by way of fine, 
premium, or grassum paid for the same: 


Where the yearly rent shall not exceed 57. - + 
And where the same shall exceed 5/1. and not exceed 
And where the same shall exceed 102. and not exceed 
And where the same shall exceed 15/1. and not exceed 
And where the same shall exceed 20/7. and not exceed 
And where the same shall exceed 252. and not exceed 50/2. 
And where the same shall exceed 50/7. and not exceed 751. 
And where the same shall exceed 75/, and not exceed 1007. 
And where the same shall exceed 1007. then for every 507, and also 

for any fractional part of 50/2. = - = = - 


102. 
15. 
20 he 
251. 





LEASE or TACK of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or 
heritable subjects granted in consideration of a sum of money 


rent amounting to 20/. or upwards - . ° e Spent terng 


(Save and except the leases and tacks hereinbefore excepted). 


LEASE or TACK of any mine or minerals or other property of a like 
nature, either with or without any other lands, tenements, heredita- 
ments, or heritable subjects, where any portion of the produce of such 
mines or minerals shall be reserved to be paid in money or kind ; 


If it shall be stipulated that the value of such portion of the produce 
shall amount at least to a given sum per annum, or if such value 
shall be limited not toexceeda given sum per annum, to be specified 
in such lease or tack, then the said ad-valorem duty on leases shall 
be charged in respect of the highest of such sums so given or limited 
for any year during the term of such lease or tack. 

And where any yearly sum shall be reserved in addition to or together 
with such produce, relative to the yearly amount or value of which 
produce there shall be nosuch stipulation or limitation as aforesaid, 
the said ad-valorem duty shall be charged in respect of such 
yearly sum. 

And where both a certain yearly sum, and also such produce relative 
to the yearly amount or value of which there shall be such stipu- 
lation or limitation as aforesaid shall be reserved, the said ad- 
valorem duty shall be charged on the aggregate of such yearly 
sum, and also of the highest yearly amount or value of such 
produce. 

Generat Recutations as to leases and tacks. —Where in any of 
the aforesaid several cases of any fine, premium or grassum, or 
any rent payable under any lease or tack, shall consist wholly or 
in part of corn, grain or victual, the value of such corn, grain or 
victual shall be ascertained or estimated at and after any per- 
manent rate of conversion which the lessee may be specially 
charged with or have it in his option to pay; and if no such per- 
manent rate of conversion shall have been stipulated, at and after 
the prices upon an average of twelve calendar months preceding the 
Ist day of January next before the date of such lease or tack, of the 
average prices of British corn, published in the London Gazette, 
in the manner directed by any Act in force for the commutation 
of tithes in England and Wales, and such respective values shall 
be deemed and taken to be the fine, premium or grassum, or yearly 
rent or part thereof respectively, as the case may be, in respect 
whereof the ad-valorem duty shall be charged as aforesaid. 

And where separate and distinct fines, premiums or grassums shall 
be paid to several lessors, being joint tenants, tenants in common, 
or co-parceners, in England or Ireland, or proprietors pro indi- 
viso in Scotland, who shall, by one and the same deed or instru- 
ment, jointly or severally demise or lease the lands, tenements, 
hereditaments or heritable subjects, of which they are such joint 
tenants, tenants in common, or co-parceners in England or 
Treland, or proprietors pro indiviso in Scotland ; or where separate 
and distinct rents shall be by one and the same deed or instru- 
ment reserved or made payable, or agreed to be reserved or made 
payable to the lessor, or to several lessors, being such joint tenants, 
tenants in common, or co-parceners in England or Ireland, or 
proprietors pro indiviso in Scotland, the ad-valorem duties shall 
be charged in respect of the aggregate amount of such fines, pre- 
miums or grassums, and of such rents respectively. 

And where any person having contracted for, but not having 
obtained a lease of any lands or other property, shall contract to 
sell such lands or other property, or any part thereof, or his 
right or interest therein or thereto, to any other person, and a 
lease shall accordingly be granted to such other person, the 
purchase-money or consideration which shall be paid or given, 
or agreed to be paid or given, to the person immediately selling 
to such lessee, shall be set forth in such lease, and such lease 
shall be charged as well with the said ad-valorem duty on such 
purchase-money or consideration, as with the duty on the pur- 
gaa or consideration or rent paid or reserved to the 

lessor, 


LEASE or TACK of any kind, not otherwise charged - «. . 
LEASE.—For the counterpart or duplicate of any ie 





rd ng : one cage — se = omning ianb ater 
And for the counterpart or duplicate of any other such lease or 
tack whatsoever - - ° - - - - - 





VoL, 105. 


The same duty as fora 
by way of fine, premium, or grassum paid or given for the lands for a sum of money of 
| the same amount, 


1 
On Oth tO ee | 
LAL ALTatia 


! 
_ 


» § = 


Both the ad-valorem duties | 
payable for a lease in con- 
sideration of a fine only 


by way of fine, premium, or grassum, and also of a yearly} and for a lease in consider- 
Bape | » F : g . y =| sion of arent only of the 


115 - 


--The like duty as on the 


110 . 


16°—17° Maiz. 





LEASE.—Any assignment or surrender of a lease or tack wal 


MEMORIAL to be registered pursuant to any Act of Parliament made 


MORTGAGE, conditional surrender by way of mortgage, further 











MORTGAGE.—And where any such deed or instrument as 





349 


LEASE—continued. Pe ey | 
Provided always, That no ad-valorem duty shall be chargeable in 

respect of any penal rent, or increased rent in the nature of a penal 

rent, reserved in any such lease or tack as aforesaid. 

A duty equal to the ad- 
valorem duty with which a 
similar lease or tack would 
=| be chargeable under this 

Act. 
Provided always, That where a similar lease or tack would be charge- 

able under this Act with any stamp duty amounting to 17. 15s. or 

upwards, then such assignment or surrender shall be chargeable 


only with a duty of - - . - « ° 


And in all the said several cases of Lease or Tack, see Procres- 
sivE Dury. 


any other occasion than a sale or mortgage - - 


or to be made for the public registering of deeds and conveyances in 
England or Ireland, (that is to say) 


For every piece of vellum, parchment or paper upon which any 
such memorial shall be written - - - - - - - 26 


charge, wadset and heritable bond, disposition, assignation or tack in 
security, and eik to a reversion, of or affecting any lands, estate or 
property, real or personal, heritable or moveable, whatsoever : 


Also any deed containing an obligation to infeft any person in an 
annual rent, or in lands or other heritable subjects in Scotland, 
under a clause of reversion, but without any personal bond or 
obligation therein contained for payment of the money or stock 
intended to be secured ; 

Also any conveyance of any lands, estate or property whatsoever in 
trust to be sold or otherwise converted into money, which shall be 
intended only as a security, and shall be redeemable before the 
sale or other disposal thereof, either by express stipulation or 
otherwise, except where such conveyance shall be made for the 
benefit of creditors generally, or for the benefit of creditors 
specified, who shall accept the provision made for payment of 
their debts in full satisfaction thereof, or who shall exceed five 
in number ; 

Also any defeasance, letter of reversion, back bond, declaration or 
other deed or writing for defeating or making redeemable or ex- 
plaining or qualifying any conveyance, disposition, assignation 
or tack of any lands, estate or property whatsoever, which shall 
be apparently absolute, but intended only as a security ; 

Also any agreement, contract, or bond accompanied with a deposit of| 
title deeds for making a mortgage, wadset, or any such other 
security or conveyance as aforesaid, of any lands, estate or property} 
comprised in such title deeds, or for pledging or charging the same 
as a security; 

And also any deed whereby a real burden shall be declared or created 
on lands or heritable subjects in Scotland ; 

Where the same respectively shall be made as a security for the pay- 
ment of any definite and certain sum of money advanced or lent at 
the time, or previously due and owing, or forborne to be paid, being 
payable ; 

Not exceeding 501, - - - - 

Exceeding 50/1. and not exceeding 1007. 

Exceeding 1001, and not exceeding 1501. 

Exceeding 150/. and not exceeding 200/. 

Exceeding 2007. and not exceeding 2507. 

Exceeding 2501. and not exceeding 3007. - - 

And where the same shall exceed 300/., then for every 1007. an 
also for any fractional part of 100], - - - - 


‘me *¢ 6 4 8 8 
1 


i] 
to “IH or cot = 
ao AQwli woace 


And where the same respectively shall be made as a security for the 
re-payment of money to be thereafter lent, advanced, or paid, or 
which may become due upon an account current, together with 
any sum already advanced or due, or without, as the case may 
be, other than and except any sum or sums of money to be ad- 
vanced for the insurance of any property comprised in such 
mortgage or security against damage by fire, or to be advanced 
for the insurance of any life or lives, pursuant to any agreement 
in any deed, whereby any annuity shall be granted or secured for 
such life or lives; 


If the total amount of the money secured or to be voli same duty as ona 





mately recoverable thereupon shall be limited, not to mortgage or wadset for such 
exceed a given sum s « ‘@ a é. _ | limited sum. 


And if the total amount of the money secured or to be ultimately reco- 
verable thereupon, shall be uncertain and without any limit, then 
the same shall be available as a security or charge for such an 
amount only of money or stock intended to be thereby secured 
as the ad-valorem duty denoted by any stamp or stamps thereon 
will extend to cover. 


(++ The same duty as ona 
mortgage or wadset for a 
sum of money equal to the 
value of the stock or fund 
secured, according to the 
average price thereof on the 
day of the date of the mort- 
gage or other instrument 
aforesaid, or on either of 
the ten days preceding; or 
if there shall not have been 
any known sale on any of 
such days, then on the latest 
day preceding on which 
there shall have been a 
\known sale, 


And where the same respectively shall be made as a secu- 
rity for the transfer, or re-transfer, of any share in any 
of the Government or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or 
in the stock and funds of the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or 
of the East India Company, or of the South Sea Com- 
pany, or of any other Company or Corporation, in con- 
sideration of stock or money advanced or lent at the time, 
or previously due and owing, or forborne to be paid, 
being payable - - - - - - - 


aforesaid shall be made respectively as a security for the pay- 
ment of any rent-charge or annuity, or any sum or sums of 

money by way of re-payment, or in satisfaction or discharge, ees tean = 
or in redemption of any sum of money lent, advanced or paid | vanced or paid. . 

as or for or in the nature of a loan intended to be repaid, 

satisfied, discharged or redeemed in manner aforesaid - + 


+--+ The same duty as ona 





y¥3 


MORTGAGE 






































































































350 


MORTGAGE.—Any transfer or assignment, disposition or assignation 
of any mortgage or wadset, or of any such other security as aforesaid, 
or of the benefit thereof, or of the money or stock thereby secured ; 

Where no further sum of money or stock shall be added to the 
principal money or stock already secured, 


~~ The same duty as on a | 
If such principal money or stock already secured shall not | mortgage ponte for the | 


exceed in amount or value in the whole the sum lsc amount or value of 


eee ee ee Se 


And if such principal money or stock shall exceed in amount or 
value, in the whole, the sum of 1,400 1. - - - - 


And where any further sum of money or stock shall be 





. 
115 


16°—17° Maiz. 


RESIGNATION.—Principal or original instrument of resignation, or | 


such principal money or 


-- The same duty as on @ 
mortgage or wadset for such | 


added to the principal money or stock already secured - Lturther money or stock only. 


And in every other case not hereinbefore expressly provided for, 
such transfer, assignment, disposition or assignation shall be 
chargeable with the duty of - - . - - - 


Provided always, that no such deed or instrument as aforesaid shall 
in any of the said several cases be chargeable with any further or 
other duty than is herein expressly provided (except progressive 
duty) by reason of its containing any further or additional secu- | 
rity for the payment or transfer, or re-transfer, of such money 
or stock, or apy interest or dividends thereon, or any new cove- 
nant, proviso, power, stipulation or agreement, or other matter 
whatever in relation to such money or stock, or the interest or 
dividends thereon, or by reason of its containing all or any of 
such matters. 


MORTGAGE,—Any deed or instrument made for the further assurance 
only of any estate or property which shall have been already mort- 
gaged, pledged or charged as a security, by any deed or instrument 
which shall have paid the ad-valorem duty on mortgages or bonds 
chargeable under any Act or Acts in force at the time of making such 
last-mentioned deed or instrument ; 


Also any deed or instrument made as an additional or further secu- 
rity fur any sum or sums of money, or any share or shares of any 
of the stocks or funds before mentioned, which shall have been 
already secured by any deed or instrument which shall have paid 
the said ad-valorem duty on mortgages or bonds chargeable as 
aforesaid, shall be chargeable respectively with the following 





duties ; (that is to say) 


. Where the total amount or value of the money of | 
stock already secured, and in respect whereof the 


exceed the sum of 1,400 /. - - - - 
And in any other case - - - ° “a Va 


Provided always, That if any further sum of money or stock shall 
be added to the principal money or stock already secured, such 
deed or instrument for further assurance, or additional or further 
security, shall be chargeable only (exclusive of progressive duty ) 
with the ad-valorem duty on mortgages under this Act in respect 
of such further sum of money or stock in lieu of the duty afore- 
said, notwithstanding that the same deed or instrument may also 
contain any covenant, proviso, power, stipulation or agreement, 
or other matter whatever in relation to the money or stock 
already secured, or the interest or dividends thereon. 





MORTGAGE.—Any reconveyance, release, surrender, discharge or 


' 


reaunciation of any mortgage or wadset, or of any other such security | 


as aforesaid, or of the benefit thereof, or of the money or stock thereby 


secured ; 


2 i - = The same duty as o } 
Where the total amount of the principal money or stock a or wadest for the 


amount or value of the said 


at any time secured shall not exceed the sum of 1,400 2. 


| 


115 


money or stock. 


money or stock. 


And in any other case - - ~ ° ~ ° - . 
And in all the said several cases of deeds and instruments chargeable 
under the head of Mortcacer, see Procresstve Dury. 


Precept of clare constat to give seisin of lands or other heritable 
subjects in Scotland - - - - - - - ° 


And where the same shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then 
for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein over 
and above the first 1,080 words a further progressive duty of - 


PROGRESSIVE DUTY, that is to say ;—Where any deed or instru- 
ment of any description whatever chargeable with any stamp duty 
either under this schedule, or under any other Act or Acts now in 
force, together with any schedule, receipt or other matter put or en- 
dorsed thereon or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words or up- 
wards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, 
over and above the first 1,080 words, there shall be charged the fur- 
ther progressive duty following: (that is to say,) 

Where such deed or instrument shall be chargeable with any ad- 
valorem stamp duty or duties not exceeding in the whole the sum 
of 10s. a further progressive duty equal to the amount of such 
ad-valorem duty or duties. 


And in every other case (except where any other progressive duty 
is by this Schedule expressly charged thereon), a further pro- 
gressive duty of - - - - - - ° « 

Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to 
charge the said progressive duty in any case in which express 
provision is made by any such Act or Acts as aforesaid for 
charging a certain duty on every skin, sheet or piece of vellum, 
parchment or paper in or upon which any deed or instrument 
shall be contained or written, or to charge with progressive duty 
any description of deed or instrument not chargeable with pro- 
gressive duty under any Act or Acts now in force, or to charge 
any deed or instrument with any higher rate or amount of pro- 
gressive duty than is now chargeable on a deed or instrument of 
the like ¢escription under any such Act or Acts as aforesaid. 





115 


- 10 


=~ The same duty as on a 
‘mortgage or wadset for the 
said ad-valorem duty shall have been paid, shall not J amount or value of the said 





service of cognition of heirs, or charter or seisin of any houses, 
lands or other heritable subjects in Scotland holding burgage or of 
burgage tenure - - - - - - - - ° 


Also instrument of resignation of any lands or other heritable 
subjects in Scotland not of burgage tenure - - - - 


And where any of the said instruments shall contain 2,160 words 
or upwards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words con- 
tained therein over and above the first 1,080 words a further 
progressive duty of - - - - - - - - 


SEISIN.—Instrument of seisin given upon any charter, precept of 
clare constat, or precept from Chancery, or upon any wadset, heritable 
bond, disposition, apprising, adjudication or otherwise of any lands or 
heritable subjects in Scotland not of burgage tenure - - - 


And where the same shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for 
every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein over and 
above the first 1,080 words a further progressive duty of - - 





SETTLEMENT.—Any deed or instrument, whether voluntary or gra- 
tuitous, or upon any good or valuable consideration, other than a bond 
fide pecuniary consideration, whereby any definite and certain principal 
sum or sums of money (whether charged or chargeable on lands or 
other hereditaments, or heritable subjects or not, or to be laid out in 
the purchase of lands or other hereditaments, or heritable subjects or 
not), or any definite and certain share or shares in any of the Govern- 
ment or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the stock and funds of 


| the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of the Bank 


of Ireland, or of the East India Company, or of the South Sea Com- 
pany, or of any other company or corporation, shall be settled or 


either in possession or reversion, either absolutely or for life or other 
partial interest, or in any other manner whatsoever ; 


If such sum or sums of money, or the value of such share or shares 
in all or any of the said stocks or funds, or of such one or more of 
the said articles as shall be so settled or agreed to be settled, or 


such articles together, shall not exceed in the whole 100 /. + 


for any fractional part of LOO. - ° - - - ° 


And all deeds or instruments chargeable with the said ad-valorem 
duty which shall also contain any settlement of lands or other 
property, or contain any other matter or thing besides the settle- 
ment of such money or stock, shall be chargeable with such 
further stamp duty as any separate deed or instrument containing 
such settlement of lands or other property, or other matter or 
thing, would have been chargeable with, exclusive of the pro- 
gressive duty. 





And where there shall be any duplicate of any deed or instrument 
of settlement, or more than one such deed or instrument for 


such duty or duties exceeding 1/1, 15s8., one of them only shall 
be charged with the said ad-valorem duty ; and also where any 
| settlement shall be made in pursuance of any previous articles 
chargeable with and which shall have paid any such duty or 
duties exceeding 1/7. 15., such last-mentioned settlement shall 
not be chargeable with the said ad-valorem duty; and the said 
deeds and instruments respectively not chargeable with the said 
ad-valorem duty shall be charged with the duty to which the 
same may be liable under any more general description in this 
| Schedule, or in the Schedule annexed to the said Act of the 
fifty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third; and on 
the whole being produced, duly executed and duly stamped, as 
hereby required, the latter shall also be stamped with a particular 
stamp for denoting or testifying the payment of the said ad- 
valorem duty. 


And See Procressive Dury. 


WARRANT or ATTORNEY (with or without a release of errors) to 
confess and enter up a judgment in any of Her Majesty’s Courts at 
| Westminster, or in Ireland, or in any of the Courts of the Counties 
| Palatine of Lancaster and Durham, or in any other court of record 
holding pleas where the debt or damage amounts to 40s. which 
shall be given as a security for the payment of any sum or sums of 
| money, or for the transfer of any share or shares in any of the Go- 
vernment or Parliamentary stocks or funds, or in the stock and 
| funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of 
| the Bank of /reland, or of the East India Company, or of the South 
Sea Company, or of any other company or corporation. 


Save and except where such payment or transfer shall be already 
i secured by a bond, mortgage or other security which shall have 
paid the proper ad-valorem duty on bonds or mortgages imposed 
by law at the date thereof, exceeding in amount the sum of 5s. ; 
and also except where the warrant of attorney shall be given 
| for securing any sum or sums of money exceeding 200/., for 
which the person giving the same shal! then be in actual custody 


excepted cases a duty of - - - - ° © © 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 
| 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 Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequerand Mr. Hayter do prepare, 
and bring it in. 








| WARRANT of ATTORNEY, not otherwise charged in this Schedule - | 


The 





agreed to be settled upon or for the benefit of any person or persons, , 


| both such sum or sums of money and the value of one or more of | 


And if the same shall exceed 1001, then for every 100 /. and also 


effecting any such settlement as aforesaid, chargeable with any | 





under an arrest on mesne process or in execution ; and in those | 


| 
| 


- = The 






A, 1850. 


same 


duty as on a 
bond for the like 


purpose. 


- 4 


115 














13 Victoriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Flections 


(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Elections (Ireland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 
Sunday Fairs The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Prevention into a Committee upon the Sunday Fairs Prevention 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hayter re- 
orted, 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 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Pirates’ Head Money Repeal Bill; 
and the same were twice read; and several were 
agreed to; one was disagreed to; and one was 
amended, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Sir Francis Baring, Mr. Parker, Ad- 
miral Dundas, Admiral Berkeley, Mr. Cowper, Mr. 
Hayter, and Mr. Bernal. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeal 
Bill. 


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


— fa to amend the Law relating to Engines used in the 

(Ireland),5™- Rivers and on the Sea Coasts of Jreland for the 
taking of Fish: And that Mr. Anstey, Lord Naas, 
and The O’Gorman Mahon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

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


Bridges Bill. t) provide for more effectually maintaining, re- 


pairing, improving, and rebuilding Bridges in Cities 
and Boroughs: And that the Marquis of Chandos, 
Colonel Hall, and Mr. Du Pre do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


County Rates A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

pa — That Lord Robert Grosvenor be discharged from any 

oar further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

KilrushUnion. QOrdered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Administration of the Poor Law 
in the Ki/rush Union, since the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1848. 

and Ordered, That the Police and Improvement 

(Scotland) (Scotlund) Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Bill. 

No. 349. 

eae is A Petition of the Vice-President and Honorary Se- 

Bil" ~—_eretary of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce 
of the city of Dublin, taking notice of a Petition 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in 
the Dublin Corporation Bill; and praying that 
leave may not be given to deposit such Petition, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

me ng fe Mr. Anstey presented a Bill to amend the Law 

(Ireland) Bill. relating to Engines used in the Rivers and on the 

No. 350, =©% Coasts of Jreland for the taking of Fish: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 19th 
day of June next; and to be printed. 

Pee oe The Marquis of Chandos presented a Bill to 

Ne ea. provide for more effectually maintaining, repairing, 


improving and rebuilding Bridges in Cities and 
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351 


Boroughs: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 19th day of June next; and to be 
printed. 


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


Veneris, 17° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
4 mittee on Public Petitions; That they had pb moma 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 16th Sous 
day 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. 


Mr. Maitland, from the Trinity House, was Northern 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the Lighthouses, 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement 

and Abstract of Accounts of the Commissioners of 

Northern Lighthouses for the year 1849:—And 

then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the fastern Union 
Eastern Union Railway Bill, with Amendments. _Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Tewkesbury Tewkesbury 
Severn Bridge and Roads Bill, with Amendments. Severn Bridge 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. #71 Roads 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Ulverstone, Mill- Uiverstone, 
thorp and Lancaster Turnpike-road Bill, with Millthorp and 
Amendments. eteensd 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bil. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Heronsyke and Heronsyke 
Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road Bill, with Amend- th 
ments. ike road Bill 


; pike-road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth and Mr. surrey and 
D’ Eyncourt be allowed to attend and vote in the Sussex Roads 
Committee on the Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill, ® 
notwithstanding they did not sign the prescribed 
declaration before the Chairman took the Chair, 
provided they sign such declaration before the 


Committee enter upon the consideration of the Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Borough of 
mittee of Selection, That they have power to remove Salford Water~ 
the Borough of Salford Waterworks Bill from “™** Bi 
Group 15, and to submit it to a separate Select 
Committee, and to appoint the first sitting of the 
— for Tuesday the 28th day of this instant 

ay. 

&gt; That the Committee of Selection have 
leave to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Snaith and Cowickh, Snaith and 
Union of the Townships, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. ag Union 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ships, xo. Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Railway Companies Railway 


Clearing Association Bill, with Amendments. pe. ay 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ¢istion Bull. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Stourbridge Union Rates Stourbridge 
Bill, with Amendments. = Rates. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~~ 





Y¥Y¥4+ Mr, 





Shipwrecked © Mr. Bernal reported the Shipwrecked Fishermen | 
Fist mrors’ 20d Mariners’ Benevolent Society Bill, with Amend- 
Benevolent ments. 

Society Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Midland Great 


Western Rail- 


352 


Mr. Bernal reported the Midland Great Western 


way of Ireland Railway of Zreland Bill, with Amendments. 
Bill. 


Montrose 


Harbour Bill. 


Dundalk and 


Enniskillen 


Railway Bill. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Dock Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Improve- 


ment Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Kew and 
Petersham 


Vicarage Bill. 


Londonderry 


and Enniskil- 


len Railway 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 


Railway Bill. 


Royal Assent 


to Bills. 


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


Mr. Bernal reported the Montrose Harbour Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Dundalk and Enniskillen 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bernal reported the Victoria (London) Dock 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Wolverhampton, for leave 
to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 
removing doubts as to the validity of certain se- 
curities charged on certain rates and assessments, 
under the provisions of the Act for improving the 
Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, 
and for removing and regulating the Markets in the 
said ‘Town, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Kew 
and Petersham Vicarage Bill. 

The said Amendments being twice read (and it 
appearing that the Amendment in Clause 29, is to 
make that Clause consistent with Clause 32, and 
carry out the intention of this House), were agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lushington do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Lon- 
donderry and Enniskillen Raiiway Bill; and the 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. . 

A Bill to grant further Powers to the Dublin and 
Drogheda Railway Company, for raising Money 
by the Creation of Shares in lieu of borrowing on 

ortgage, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
Dublin and Drogheda Railway, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Com- 
mission 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 bans, authorized by virtue of Her 





17° Maiz. 





A. 1850. 


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 for raising the sum of Nine millions Exchequer 
two hundred thousand. Pounds by Exchequer Bills, Bills | 
for the Service of the year One thousand eight en 
hundred and Fifty : 

An Act to repeal the Duties and Drawbacks of Brick Duties 
Excise on Bricks : Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons 
Lands, in pursuance of the Fifth Annual General Inclosure Bill. 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 
and Wales, and to confirm the Proceedings in the 
matter of the Common Wood Inclosure : 

An Act to make better Provision for the Contri- school Dis- 
butions of Unions and Parishes in School Districts tricts Contri- 
to the common Funds of the respective Districts; &gt;utions 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 : 

An Act to render more simple and effectual the Titles of 
Titles by which Congregations or Societies asso- —. 
ciated for Purposes of Religious Worship or Educa- —— 
tion in Scotland, hold Real Property required for Bill. 
such Purposes : 

An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money Distressed 
to certain Distressed Pcor Law Unions, and to — _ 
make Provision for the Re-payment of Advances Senguett of 
made and authorized to be made to Poor Law Advances 
Unions and other Districts in Lreland : (Ireland) Bill 





An Act to authorize the Bristol Waterworks Bristol Water- 


. . . works Act 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money : aaa 
Bill. 


An Act for carrying into effect an Agreement Suffolk and 
entered into between “The Suffolk and General General 
Country Amicable Insurance Office,” and ‘The y worsen 
Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire As- Insurance 
surance Company :” Office Bill. 

An Act to give further Powers to the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
Improvement Commissioners for purchasing the Improvement 
Woodside Ferry, and for regulating their Mortgage “"” 

Debt and facilitating the Sale of their Lands at 
Birkenhead: 

An Act for better assessing and collecting the West Brom- 
Poor’s Rates, the Highway Rates, the County, Shire wich Rates 
Hall Police and other County Rates in the Parish ®! 
of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, and 
the Township of Oldbury, in the Parish of Hales 
Owen, in the County of Worcester, and which Parish 
of West Bromwich and Township of Oldbury are 
situate within the West Bromwich Poor Law Union: 


An Act to enable the Commissioners acting under Brighton 
an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His Ruprovement, 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for better Royal Pavilion 
regulating, paving, improving and managing the and Grounds, 
Town of Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex, 4 —, 
and the Poor thereof, to purchase, improve and tog Aste Bill. 
manage the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and the 
Grounds thereof, and to enlarge, extend and apply 
the Powers and Provisions of the same Act, with 
reference thereto : 

An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of South Wales 
certain Lands required for the South Wales Rail- (yo'1') Bill. 
way, and to amend the Acts relating thereto : 

An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of — - 
Lands required for the Completion of the Dublin ‘ion Railway 
and Belfast Junction Railway, and to amend the Bill. 

Acts relating to such Railway : 
An Act for betier enabling the Clerical, Medical 


and General Life Assurance Society to sue and be 


Clerical, 
Medical and 
General Life 


sued, and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed Assurance | 
of Constitution, and to give further Powers to the Society B 
Society : 


An 











13 VicTorts. 
An Act to change the Name of “The Architects, 


Architects, Ci- ° 
vil Engineers, Civil Engineers, Builders and General Fire and 


Builders and 
General Fire 
and Life 
Insurance, 
Annuity and 
Reversionary Interest Company 
‘ (Incorporation of the Company 
under a different Name) Bill. 


Life Insurance, Annuity and Reversionary Interest 
Company,” and for other Purposes relating to the 
Company : 


An Act for the more effectual Drainage and Im- 
Mey Provement of certain Lands in the Parishes of 
ae Ramsey, Upwood and Great Raveley, all in the 


Lockspit Lots County of Huntingdon : 
and Lockspit . 
Lands Drainage and Improvement Bill. 


Ramsey. ’ 
Upwood and 


Wakefield An Act to authorize the Wakefield Borough Mar- 
ar ml ket Company to purchase certain Lands for a 
— Market-place, and to make Approaches thereto : 

Buckingham- An Act to authorize an Alteration in the Line of 


ay Railways the Buckinghamshire Railways, at Oxford: 

—- An Act for improving the Glasgow and Shotts 
otts n- ; : 

pike-roeds Turnpike-roads : 

Improvement Bill. 


Hartley's An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Ber- 

Divorce Bill. ard Hartley, Esquire, with Harriet Say Hartley, 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other Purposes. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords request, That this House will give 
leave to George Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, a Mem- 
ber 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, to 
consider the Laws relating to Parochial Assessments: 
—-And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to 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. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Parochial 
Assessments. 


London (City) A Bill for making a new Street from the West 
—_— Side of Queen-street to the South Side of Saint 
Paul’s Churchyard, in continuation of the new 
Street from Cannon-street to the East Side of Queen- 
street, and for effecting other Improvements in the 
City of London, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Reading Cattle 


A Bill for providing, regulating and maintaining 
Market Bill. 


a Cattle Market in the Borough of Reading, in the 
County of Berks, and for constructing a convenient 
Market-place therein, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
— Trustees consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill 
ill. 2 ? 
as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 


Swansea Dock The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Company Bill. the Swansea Dock Company Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


—_ Wales — The House proceeded to take into further con- 
(Capital) -" sideration the South Wales Railway (Capital) Bill, 


as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
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353 


Ordered, That the River Zee Trust Bill be read River Lee 

a second time upon Friday next. eee 
Lord Henry Bentinck reported the Aberdeen Aberdeen 

Railway Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Customs 
Her Majesty, datea the 30th day of April last, for a Duties. 
Return of the Duties payable under Colonial Enact- 
ments on-Goods imported into the British Colo- 
nies. 

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


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


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for raising a Sum, am 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One ¢¢ 3'558,700) 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty: And the same Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to repeal certain Stamp Duties 
Stamp Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, (No. 2.) Bill. 
and to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Du- No. 853. 


‘| ties: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Metropolitan 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Metro- {tterments 
politan Interments Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 


the said Committee. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Spanish 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Spanish Ves 
Vessels which entered inwards and cleared outwards 
at the Ports of the United Kingdom and the Colo- 
nies, during the years 1848 and 1849, distinguishing 
the Ports, the Entries from the Clearances, the 
Vessels in Ballast from those with Cargoes, and 
also those clearing with Cargoes of Fish. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hypotheca- 
Return of Copies of the Instructions sent from the ey — 
Honourable Court of Directors to the Government India.) 
of India, in regard to Advances on Hypothecation 
and Rates of Exchange, since the 1st day of January 
1849 :—Account exhibiting the Amount of the Court 
of Directors’ Requisition for Bills on India, and 
Advances on the Hypothecation of Goods in India, 
with the respective Amounts obtained by those 
means in the years 1845 to 1849, inclusive :—State- 
ment of the Amount of such Advances made on 
the Hypothecation of Gouds for the years 1845 to 
1849 inclusive, referred to India for adjustment with 
Consignors, and of Claims preferred in this country 
in respect of Unliquidated Advances, exhibiting also 
the Amount which has been recovered, the Sum 
estimated to be further received, the probable Loss, 
and the Rate per cent. of such Loss upon the Amount 
advanced :—Return of the Total Number and 
Amount of Applications in India, in each of the 
Five years ending the 30th day of April 1845, 1846, 
1847, 1848, and 1849, for Advances on Goods to 
be hypothecated to the East India Company, 
specifyig the Total Amount advanced upon each 
different Article of Produce or Manufacture ; also, 
the Estimated Total Value of each Article shipped 
from India to Great Britain, under Hypothecation ; 
also Amount (if any) of Bills not paid at or before 
Maturity :—Copies of two Memorials, with the.Sig- 
natures thereto, addressed by the Calcutta Mer- 
chants in 1846, the one requesting that the Hypothe- 
cation Warehouses in Jndia might never be re- 

ZZ opened, 





Law of Entail 
(Scotland. ) 


County Rates 
and Expendi- 
ture Bill. 


Local Acts 
(Preliminary 
Inquiries.) 


British 
Troops, &amp;c. 
(Hong Kong.) 


Fees (Courts 
of Law and 
Equity, &amp;c.) 


Greece. 





354 


opened, the other requesting their Temporary Re- 
me to allay the Panic pdioamept of the Out- 
turn of Consignments of Rupees remitted from 
India in the year 1848-49 :—Statement showing 
the Results of the different modes of Remittance 
for the supply of the Home Treasury, for the years 
1847-48 and 1848-49 :—And, of the Amount of 
Imports of Merchandise into and Exports from 
Bengal, Bombay, and Madras respectively, in the 
years 1845 to 1848, inclusive. 


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 Proceedings which have taken 
place in the Court of Session in Scot/and, under 
the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 36, for the Amendment 
of the Law of Entail in Scotland, from the com- 
mencement of its operation to the 12th day of 
March 1850, distinguishing the Proceedings which 
had been completed at the latter date from those 
which were then in dependence, and so classified 
as to show the nature of the Proceedings, under 
separate Heads :—And also, showing all New En- 
tails made of Lands disentailed under the said Act, 
as recorded in the Register of Entails up to the 
Date of Return. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to the 
Earl of Stradbroke to attend as a witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House on 
the County Rates and Expenditure Bill: And that 
Colonel Axson do carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Preliminary Inquiries 
held in Cases of Applications for Local Acts, under 
9 and 10 Vic. c. 106, and 11 and 12 Vic. c. 129; 
stating, respectively, the Titles of the Bills, the 
Names of the Surveying Officers employed, and the 
Number of Days occupied in the Prosecution of 
each of these Local Examinations and Inquiries. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of British Troops that have 
been stationed, year by year, at Hong Kong, since 
the first British Occupation of the Island :—Of the 
Number of British Troops that have died yearly at 
Hong Kong since our Occupation of the Island :— 


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Of the Number of British Troops who have been | 
invalided yearly from Hong Kong since our Occu- | 
pation of the Island :—Of the Total Cost, including 
Pay and Commissariat, year by year, of the Troops 
stationed at Hong Kong :—And, detailed Statement, 
year by year, of the several Sums of Money ex- | 
pended for Barracks, or Barrack-rent, Officers’ 





Quarters, or Rent of ditto, for the Construction, | 


Alteration, or Repair of Forts, Batteries, Hospitals, 
Military Roads, and generally of all Charges in the | 
Ordnance and Commissariat Department, connected | 





A. 1850. 


the Demands made upon the Greek Government, 
and respecting the Islands of Cervi and Sapienza. 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Lamatic 

to Lunatic Asylums (Jreland), which was presented 4syiums 
upon Monday last, be printed. ge 
0. 354, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal Royal 
Artillery, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Artillery. 
be printed. No. 355. 


A Petition of Coal and Iron Stone Miners of Mines. 
South Staffordshire, complaining of the serious and 
fatal accidents which are of frequent occurrence in 
Coal Mines; and praying for a governmental in- 
spection of Mines, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Hundred of Builth (Brecon) ;— Agricultural 
Devynnock ; —Penkelly ; —and, Witnesham; com- Distress. 
plaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 

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


Petitions from Eye; —Bungay ; —Hackney ; — Arbitration. 

and, Bilston ; 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 de- 
cision of arbitrators,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


— Sa 


Petitions from Llandovery ;--Preston (Lancaster) ; Burgess Lists 
—and, Scarborough; praying that the Burgess Lists Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Religious Society Church Rates. 
of Friends; — Buckland, Saint Mary ;— Hatch 
Beauchamp ;— Harpenden ;—SaffronWalden;—and, 

Battle; praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Union of Croagh, Church Tem- 
in the diocese of Limerick, praying the House so Pporalities 
to alter the laws relating to the Temporalities of eens 
the Jrish Protestant Church, that its revenues may 
be applied to the increase and maintenance of 
Catholic Church accommodation in Catholic pa- 
rishes for the Catholics of Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Constant De Keyser, of New County 
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Hotel-keeper, stating CoUt- 
that he feels himself aggrieved in having had an 
action brought against lum in the Lord Mayor’s 
Court, with the necessity of employing counsel and 
attornies who were strangers to him, when the 
plaintiff might more easily, and at a small expense, 
have made his claim in the City Small Debts Court; 
and praying the House to pass a law to prevent 
any action being hereafter brought in the Lord 
Mayor’s Court, or any other Court, which ought to 
be brought in the Small Debts or County Courts, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


—~ eS 


with the Military Occupation of Hong Kong, since | the Table. 


the year 1841 or 1842. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees Inhabitants of the town of Spilsby, and its vicinity, Extension Bill. 


(Courts of Law and Equity, &amp;c.) have power to 


report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 


them. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the County Rates 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting | Glanford Brigg Union, in the county of 


| dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other County Court 


praying that the County Court Extension Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 


Lincoln, = Expendi- 
praying ‘™°*" 


Court of 
Prerogative 


Disarmament. 


Religious 
Tests (Scot- 
land.) 


Factories Bill. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Lord Lieu- 
tenant of 
Ireland. 


Marriages Bill. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Profession, 


‘ complaining that the Medical Profession in this 


17° 


13 VicTorRizZ. 


raying 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 John Richardson, of Stradbrook 
Lodge, in the county of Dublin, Proctor of the 
(Ireland) Bill Consistorial Court of the diocese of Kildare, pray- 
ing that the Court of Prerogative (Jreland) Bill 


may not pass into a law, or that it may be so 
amended, that the rights of the Petitioner to be 
admitted to practise in Her Majesty’s said Court 
of Prerogative inZreland may be thereby recognized 
and secured, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proctors of the Ecclesiastical 
Court of the diocese of Clogher, praying that in the 
event of the said Bill passing into a law, the Pe- 
titioners and all other Proctors of the several Ec- 
clesiastical Courts in Jreland, now practising, and 
who have taken out their annual certificates, may be 
admitted as Attornies and Solicitors, or Proctors of 
Her Majesty’s Court of Prerogative ; otherwise that 
they may be allowed such compensation as to the 
House may seem proper, in lieu of their practice, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glanford Brigg ;—Leiston ; — 
Ramsgate ; — Barnsley (eight Petitions); — and, 
Hackney ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for promoting a general and simultaneous Disarma- 
ment among the civilized nations of the World,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of Saint Andrew’s, 
praying for the abolition of University Tests in Scot- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mary Karsley and others ;—and, 
Wigan (seven Petitions) ; praying that the Factories 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Easingwold ;— and, Bolton-on- 
Dearne ; praying that the Highways Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rathmines ;— Enniskeen;—Dublin 
(three Petitions);—and, New Ross; praying the 
House not to pass any measure for the abolition of 
the office of the Lord Lieutenant of ZJreland,—were 
gee and read ; and ordered to he upon the 

able. 


e 

A Petition of John Bogg, Surgeon, and others, 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass intoa law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the Synod of Galloway (Mode- 
rator) ;—and, Greenock ; 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 Ship-owners, Merchants and others, 
of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, praying that the Mercantile 
Marine Bill may pass into alaw, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of the county 
of Meath, praying that the Medical Charities (Jre- 
land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of General Practitioners in Medi- 
cine, Surgery and Midwifery of England and Wales, 





Maiz. 
country has for many years past been suffering from 
inadequate laws and ill-adapted institutions ; and 
praying the House to pass a Bill to amend such 


institutions,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


355 


of Belfast, praymg that the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. . 


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


quality and increasing the supply of Water to the 
Metropolis,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Medicine, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner believes a great national work 
has been injured, and the Petitioner’s plans repre- 
sented in a manner not consistent with the facts of 
‘the case and injurious to the public service ; that 
even in the event of no other inquiry being instituted, 
the Petitioner entertains the deliberate conviction 
that it is a matter of importance both in respect to 
the right application of plans ordered for the New 
House of Commons, pol the future stability of the 
building generally, that he should have the oppor- 
tunity of adducing evidence which has not hitherto 
engaged that attention which the circumstances of 
the case are considered to require ; that the Peti- 
tioner undertakes within a small portion of the time 
usually allotted to a single Committee sitting, and 
in the presence of the architect and of all parties 
who have taken any part in proceedings connected 
with the New Houses of Parliament, to submit in- 
controvertible facts of which any man can judge, 
whether professional or not, and the Petitioner is 
convinced that any inquiry such as he now prays 


| for, will tend to give a more efficient control over 


the works at the New Houses of Parliament, pre- 
vent unnecessary expenditure in the departments 
still placed in his charge, and secure, with greater 
efficiency than can be at present commanded, the 
objects which he is still called upon to superintend, 
though compelled to sustain a continued protest in 
reference to the course that has been pursued to- 
wards him at the New Houses of Parliament; the 
Petitioner desires to submit matters of public im- 
portance only, which if he is not mistaken will aid 
and expedite one department at least of the labours 
of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the 
completion of the New Palace at Westminster, 
while, were he to omit that act of duty which he 
now performs, he feels persuaded that the time must 
sooner or later arrive, when the House would be 
dissatisfied with his silence. 

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


ton Union, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
the Parochial Assessments Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


a law, as it now stands,—was presented, and read ; 





VoL. 105. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


zz2 A Petition 








A Petition of the Chairman of a oom | of Merchant 
Ship-owners, Ship-masters and Seamen of the Port —i 


Petitions from Clerkenwell ;— Saint Pancras ;— Metropolitan 
Islington ;— Chelsea ;—and, Hackney ; praying that — 
the Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass into a™" 


Petitions from Mewington;--and, Lambeth ; pray- Metropolis 
ing the House to adopt measures for improving the Water. 


A Petition of David Boswell Reid, Doctor of New Houses 
of Parliament. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Bol- Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Guildry Incorporation of the Police and 


Royal Burgh of Dundee, praying that the Police Improvement 
oak Improvement (Scotland) Bill may not pass into rr, 


1. 


356 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board for relief of the Poor in the parish of Glas- 
serton; Wigtonshire, praying for amendment of the 
Poor Law in Scotland,—was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland.) 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers of the 
Poor, and other Rate-payers of the parish of Saint ' 
Gabriel Fenchurch, in the City of London, praying | 
that the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may | 
not pass into a law,—was presented, and read; and 
ordered te lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Glastonbury, pray- | 
ing for the adoption of an Ocean Penny Post, by | 
which letters may be conveyed from one port of | 
Great Britain to any other port in the world, at 
the uniform rate of a penny, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. 


Post-office. Petitions from Crickhowell Circuit ; — Builth | 
(two Petitions) ;—Llanlleonfel ;—Newchurch and | 
Tyr Abbott ;—Carrich, New Parish ;—Faughan- | 
vale ;—Lecumpher ;—Myroe ; — Rutherglen ;—Eb- | 
berston and Allerston ;—Ulceby ;—North Thoresby ; | 
— Tealby (two Petitions) ;—Lissington ;—Binbrook ; | 
— Market Rasen ;— Wainfleet All Saints and Saint 
Mary’s ;—Mile End ;—Drumglass ;—Dromore ;— 
Llanegwad ;— Ballibay ;—Cupar, Fife;— Greenock; | 
Lowestoft ; — Pakefield-in-Kirkley ; — Shotley ;— | 
Aldbury (two Petitions) ;— Great Gaddesden ; — | 
Kingstown ; — Manton ; — Heathfield ; — Carmar- | 
then ;—Rimpton ;— Trent ;—Chipping ;—-Stonham- | 
Aspal ; — Earl Stonham ;—Debenham ; —Codden- 
ham ;— Middleton-cum- Fordley ; — Hemingstone ;— 
Wissett ;—Glandore;— Ross Carbery ;—Duntocher ; 
—Kilmarnoch ;—Little Prescot-street, Goodman’s- | 
fields, London ;— Bow ;— Saint Sampson's ;— Tetney; | 
—Wickham Sheith ;—and, Crowfield ; praying for | 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, | 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Town Council of the borough of 
Grantham, praying the House to take into their 
serious consideration the inefficiency of the present 
statute against persons keeping disorderly houses, 
and that by such amendments as the House may | 
deem fit, magistrates and officers of police may be | 
empowered to proceed against and to deal more | 
promptly and adequately with this class of offenders, | 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 





Public Health, Petitions from Bethnal-green ;—and, Shoreditch; | 
praying for an efficient and comprehensive Public , 
Health Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Public Health 


A Petition of the Guildry Incorporation of the 
gee 
Bill. 


royal burgh of Dundee, 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 Inhabitants of Dublin, and its vi- 


Punishment 


of Death. cinity, praying for the abolition of the Punishment 
of Death, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Savings Banks A Petition of William Henry Porter, a Savings 
ill. 


Bank Manager of sixteen years’ standing and expe- 
rience, praying that the Savings Banks Bill, the ex- 
isting statutes in relation to Savings Banks, and the 
subject-matter of his Petition may be referred to the 


Committee on Savings Banks lately appointed by 
the House, in order that inquiry may be instituted 
upon the subject, and that a wise, simple and com- 
prehensive measure may be provided, affording at 
once undoubted Government security and ample 
legislative protection for the hard-earned savings of 
the parties for whom those important institutions 





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A. 1850. 


were originally called into being, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Noblemen and Gentlemen, Trustees 
and Managers of the Provident Institution, esta- 
blished at Saint Martin’s-place, within the liberties 
of Westminster, praying that before the said Bill 
shall be passed into a law, a Select Committee may 
be appointed to institute an inquiry into the ma- 
nagement of the Savings Banks of the United King- 
dom, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shillingford, War- shillingfora 
borough, Benson, Dorchester, Wallingford and parts Bridge. 
adjacent, in the counties of Ozford and Berks, com- 
plaining of the operation of the Act whereby tolls 
are authorized to be collected on Shillingford Bridge, 
and praying for the exclusion of that Act from any 
Bill for regulating the Turnpike Trusts of Great 
Britain, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Vewtonbreda;—and, Belfast (three Slave Trade, 
Petitions); praying the House to adopt measures 
for the suppression of the African Slave Trade,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, Spirits 
in Convention assembled, praying that Scotch Spirits (Scotland.) 
may be placed on the same footing in respect to 
allowance for leakage while in bond, as foreign and 
colonial Spirits, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ennis ;—Zurgan ;— Templemore ; spirits 
— Roscrea;—and, Maryborough; praying the House (treland.) 
to enact that the duty on Jrish-made Spirits shall in 
future be charged and levied in the same manner as 
that on foreign-made Spirits, that is, according to 
the measurement of the actual quantity and strength 
when removed from the ested warehouses,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Journeymen Tailors of Zondon, Tailor Trade. 
complaining of the evils arising to their trade from 
the system of home working; and praying for 
amendment of the law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tithe-payers of tthe parish of Tithe Comm- 
Davenham, in the county of Chester, praying for tation Act. 
amendment of the Tithe Commutation Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Freemen’s, &amp;. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of Admission. 
February last, for a Return of the Amount of Fines 
and Fees payable to the Corporation or its Officers, 
in every city and Borough in England and Wales, 
on the Admission of Freemen, Burgesses or Citizens, 
by Birth, Servitude or Redemption, distinguishing 
the same. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the District 
21st day of March last, for a Return of the Names Courts. 
of all District Courts established under the Act 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 53; specifying the date of the 
Agreement, the Extent and Population included in 
the District so formed ; also, the Names of the 
Places where the Prisoners now triable in such 
District Courts were formerly tried, and the Dis- 
tance in Miles of such Places from the present 
District Court. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Judges’ 
%th day of April last, for a Return of the Salaries Salaries 
and Emoluments of the Lord Chancellor and Equity 
Judges in 1815 and 1850, showing any Increase or 
Decrease in their respective Salaries and Emolu- 
ments :—And, similar Return of the Salaries and 
Emoluments of the Chief Justices of the Queen’s 
Bench, Common Pleas, Chief Baron of Exchequer, , 
and all the Puisne Judges. 


| 
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Return 





{Incumbents 
and Curates. 


Military 
Savings 
Banks, 


Navy. 
No. 356. 


Lord Lieu- 
tenancy 
Abolition 
(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, dated 
the 29th day of April last, and the 3d day of this 
instant May, for Copies of the Abstract of the 
Number and Classes of Non-resident Incumbents, 
and of the Number of Resident Incumbents, ac- 
cording to the last Diocesan Returns from England 
and Wales:—Of the Total Number of Curates in 
each Diocese in England and Wales, returned by 
the Archbishops and Bishops to Her Majesty’s 
Most honourable Privy Council for the year 1849, 
distinguishing the Number resident in the Par- 
sonage House and the Number resident in the 
Parish ; likewise the Number of those who are 
licensed, and the Amount of Stipends, arranged in 
Classes of under £.10, £.10 and under £.20, £.20 
and under £.30, £.30 and under £.40, &amp;c. :—Of 
the Number of Benefices held by Non-resident In- 
cumbents which are of the Gross Annual Value of 
£.300 and upwards, and the Number under £.300 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Return, No. 519, 
of Session 1843) :—And, similar Copy of the Ab- 
stract of the First Diocesan Returns subsequent to 
the passing of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106 :——And, 
for Abstracts of the Number and Classes of Non-re- 
sident Incumbents, and of the Number of Resident 
Incumbents, according to the Diocesan Returns for 
1848 :—And, of the Number of Resident and Li- 
éensed Curates in England and Wales, with the 
Amount of Salaries of Curacies, according to the 
Diocesan Returns for 1848 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 15, of Session 1847-8). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War —— 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 1848 ; 
and of the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in 
the said Military Savings Banks, during the year 
then next ensuing, ending on the 31st March 1849, 
together with the Number of Depositors therein 
on the said ‘31st March 1849 :—Also, an Account 
of the Sums paid over, or now about to be paid 
over by the Secretary-at-War to the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, for Invest- 
ment in Bank Annuities on account of the Fund 
for Military Savings Banks; and of the Dividends 
reported to the Secretary-at-War by the said Com- 
missioners to have been received thereon, and in- 
vested in further Aid of the Fund for Military 
Savings Banks. 

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

Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Supplementary Estimate of Her Majesty’s 
Navy for the year 1850-51. 


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357 


And the main Question being again proposed ; 
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. 

Tellers for the Yeas,f ar Be og Hill, } 70. 
Mr. Grattan, } 

Mr. Grogan : a 
_ So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; Estimates, &amp;c. 
referred ; 

Ordered, That the Estimates for Civil Services Civil Services. 
for 1850-51, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Commissariat Estimates for Commissariat. 
1850-51, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended cjyi) Contin- 
under the head of Civil Contingencies in the years gencies. 
1847, 1848 and 1849, and the Estimate of the 
Amount required for 1850, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty givin contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on gencies. 
account, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 
ee . — nt day of March 1851. 

2. Hesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fift i 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on ee 
account, towards defraying the Expenses of Sta- 
tionery, Printing and Binding for the several Public 
Departments, including the Expense of the Sta- 
tionery Office, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty New Houses 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on of Parliament. 
account, towards defraying, to the 31st day of 
March 1851, the Charge of the Works at the New 
Houses of Parliament. 


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. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 





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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Abolition of the Office of Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland, and for the Appointment of a Fourth Se- 
cretary of State :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 18° die Maii, 1850: 


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. 


Mr. Zawless 
Tellers for the Yeas, Colonel a : 


Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Bellew : 


So it passed in the Negative. 
VoL. 105. 


} a». 
jars. 


Tellers for the Noes, 





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 Third prections 
Reading of the Elections (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Court of 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bill; Chancery _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time {“e!@"4) Bill. 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- convict 
mittee on the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons 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 Railways 
consideration the Railways Abandonment Bill, as  '_c 
amended in the Committee ; , 





z22Z3 Ordered, 








Drainage and 
Improvement 


of Land 


358 


upon Thursday next. 


The Drainage and Improvement of Land Ad- 
vances Bill was, according to Order, read a second 


Advances Bill, time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


West India 


Appeals Bills. 


Alterations in The Alterations in Pleadings Bill was, —e 


House, for Monday the 27th day of this instant 
May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The West India Appeals Bill was, according to | 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


17°—18° Mai. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | 





A, 1850. 
The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order for reading the third time, upon Thurs- 
day next, the Small Tenements Rating Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of June next. 


_ The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Factories 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 27th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
| to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
| a Return of the Names of the several Cases pending 

in the respective Offices of the Masters of the 
Courts of Chancery in England and Ireland, on the 


Ist day of May 1850, distinguishing the Name of 


Pleadings Bill. tg Order; read a second time; and committed to| the Master before whom each Case is pending, and 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Real Property 
Transfer Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Prerogative 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Titles of 


Religious Con- 


gregations 
Bill. 


Sunday Fairs 


Prevention 
Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen's 
Bill. 


a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


The Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Registration of Deeds (Lre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | 


upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Court of Prerogative (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Bill to repeal an Exception in an Act of the 
twenty-seventh year of King Henry the Sixth, 
concerning the Days whereon Fairs and Markets 
ought to be kept, 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 for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
4 day next, the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 6th day of June next. 





' stating the date of the Decree or Order of Reference, 
Ineach Case; also, the Name of the Solicitor having 
the Carriage of the Proceedings ; the Dates of the 
several Meetings before the Master in each Case 
| respectively ; and the cause of the delay in making 
up the Report in all cases where the Decree or Order 
| bears date previous to the 1st day of May 1849 :— 
| Copies of the last Annual Reports made by the four 
| Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, re- 
spectively, and which Reports were made prior to 
the 1st day of May 1850, in pursuance of Sir Ed- 
'ward Sugden’s General Orders (No. 114) of the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, which Orders direct 
“That every Master, at the time of making his 
Annual Report, shall certify to the Lord Chancellor 
the Names of the Causes and matters before him, 
and of the Solicitors having the Prosecution thereof, 
_which the Master shall be of opinion have not been 
effectually prosecuted since the date of the last Re- 
port.” 
é Ordered, That 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 humbie 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 Benefices in England or Wales 
| which have been sequestered for the purpose of dis- 
| charging the Debts of any Incumbent, since the 
| passing of the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106 (14th day of 
August 1838); stating the Names of such Benefices, 





Mercantile 


day next, the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill, was Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Small Tene. 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Courts of 

Chancery. 

a sary and 
reland. ) 


Benefices 
Sequestered. 


the Date of the Sequestration, and the length of 


| Time that each was or has been under Sequestration, 
| and the Gross Amount of Debts for the Payment 
| of which each Benefice was sequestered, the Popu- 
‘lation and Annual Value of each, and the County 
/and Diocese in which it is situated ; and if there is 


‘more than one Church, then the Number of 


|Churehes to each of the said Benefices, and the 
'Annual Amount paid to the Curate or Curates to 
|perform the Ecclesiastical Duties of each of the 
said Benefices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Benes as are 
| of Her fajesty’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 each Judgment obtained in the Recor- 
der’s Court, Dublin, in each year since the year 
1840 (under the Process of City Attachment), = 
the 





Recorder's 
Court 
(Dublin. ) 


Bay of 
Salamis. 


Collection 
of Fines, &amp;c. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 


(Ireland) Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


the Names of Plaintiff and Defendant in each Case, 
Amount for which each Judgment was obtained, and 
distinguishing those Cases in which the Defendant 
had appeared | from the Cases in which he had neither 
appeared nor had been served with notice to appear 
other than the usual notice in the Service of the 
Attachment. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the British Naval Force in the Bay of Salamis, and 
the other waters of Greece, on the 1st day of March, 
Ist day of April, and 1st day of May, giving the 
Names of the Vessels, with the Numbers of their 
Crews, and their Complement of Guns :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues 
and Forfeited Recognizances in Ireland: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Mr. Solicitor-General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to cer- 
tain Offences and Pecuniary Claims as to which 
Justices of the Peace exercise a Summary Jurisdic- 
tion in Zreland: And that Sir William Somerville 
and Mr. Solicitor-General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

















(Ireland) Bill. 


Fees (Courts 
aw and 
Equity, &amp;c,) 


No. 386, 









































Incumbered Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Estates to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
(Itelanl.) to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Sales made under the autho- 
rity of the Commissioners of Incumbered Estates 
(Ireland), stating the following particulars :— 
~ &gt; |p Bs ~ 
= Cec ol 
2 gi i SS|5 |= | ¥ 
Sone sia i4 8 Zle 8 
m 413 13 |&lt; afl Is | 
gs isiFls [3 |3 42 ele le 
&gt;» |Sisls |g sjSiis 3 Is 
. = 2 3 Ss po = — “3 * 
«|. ls |el2uig.| a\24\e les] 2). 
E/E Esa | eaeals| |S a esee 2 | g 
~1% a 24 3 - 4 32 Bi F 8 oak £88) 3 | 
Blois lesla g eles | Re] oie Slesigs 2 | &amp; 
3/8/28 FSie|é SEelSEe( 2/3 /S 18885184) 8 2 
Sizlsie [f£/Sime lO jw l|olele if (8 [215 
} 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Collection Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the 
(iielend} oan better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues and 
No. 357 ’ Forfeited Recognizances in Jreland: And the same 
“° 99% was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 27th day of this 
instant May ; and to be printed. 
ee and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ice 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Process 
and Practice (Jreland) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and 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. Bellew reported from the Select Committee 
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 
— and the Mode of Collection and the Appro- 

OL. 105. 


17°—18°—23° Maiz. 





359 


priation of Fees in Courts of Law and Equity, and 
in all inferior Courts, and in the Courts of General 
and Special 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 Appropria- 
tion thereof; and who were empowered to report 
from time to time, and also to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them; 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 do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Summary 
solidate and amend the Acts relating to certain Of- Jurisdiction 
fences and Pecuniary Claims as to which Justices (7¢l4) Bill. 
of the Peace exercise a Summary Jurisdiction in No. 358. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
27th day of this instant May ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were Orders ; 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Cromford Cromford and 
and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill, Petitions for Newhaven 
leave to be heard upon their Petitions against the oe 
Bill, from the Duke of Devonshire, and from Mort-  ~ 
gagees, &amp;c. of Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike 
Trust, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Petitioners be permitted to be heard 
before the Committee on the Bill accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Merioneth- Merioneth- 
shire Turnpike-roads Bill, Petition for additional shire Turn- 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Pie-roads 
pensed with ; That the parties be permitted toin- ~ 
troduce their additional provision accordingly, if the 
Committee on the Bill shall think fit, on inserting 
the notices in the County Newspaper for two suc- 
cessive weeks; and that the Committee on the Bill 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Order 
has been complied with, and do report the same to 
the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the West Corn- West Cornwall 
wall Railway Bill, Petition for additional provision, Railway Bill. 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 

That the parties be permitted to introduce their ad- 
ditional provision accordingly, if the Committee on 
the Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to provide for the Lord Lieu- 
Abolition of the Office of Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, pow 

and for the Appointment of a Fourth Secretary of (Ireland) Bill. 
State: And the same was read the first time; and  \, 359 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the aces 
10th day of June next; and to be printed. 


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











Jovis, 23° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


4 I ‘H E House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the oe ee 
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill ; and the ° 


same were twice read, and agreed to. 





Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 








their Lordships. : 
zz4 A Motion 











360 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill to enable the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company to lease their Under- 
taking to the London and North Western Railway 
Company, or to make other Arrangements relating 
thereto, and for other Purposes, be now read the 
third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“‘ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Monday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, _That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendments and Motion, were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. __ 

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

Ordered, That leave be given to the parties to 
print the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
Committee on the Bill, at their own Expense, from 
the Committee Clerk’s Copy, if they think fit. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill to authorize the abandoning of certain 
fcr andGoole Portions of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and 
Railway Goole Railway,a Deviation thereof near Doncaster, 
(Amendment an Alteration of the Tolls, and the Amendment of 
feng mae Acts relating thereto, was read the third time ; and 
ter, &amp;c.) Bill. Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass; And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the abandoning of 
certain Portions of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster 
and Goole Railway, a Deviation thereof near Don- 
caster, and the Amendment of the Acts relating 
thereto. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Berkeley do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 


A Bill to authorize Deviations in the Line of the 
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, 
the Extension of the Elsecar Branch of the said 
Railway to Zankersley, and the Amendment of the 

“Acts relating to the said Railway, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 
ter and Goole 
Railway 
(Amendment 
of Acts, Devia 
tion to Wors- 
borough, &amp;c.) 
Bill, 


Dunfries and 
Maxwelltown 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dumfries and Mazxwelltown Waterworks Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Undertaking not to be exempt from 
Public Health Act), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Gorbals Gra- 
vitation Water 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvement 
(Amendment 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement (Amend- 
ment of Acts and New Streets) Bill, as amended in 


of Actsand the Committee. 
ng Streets) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
New North The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Road Bilk = the New North Road Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Swansea The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eres the Swansea Municipal Corporation Bill, as amended 
LL sin the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Ordered, That Mr. Locke King be allowed to 


Surrey and 


Sussex Roads attend and vote in the Committee on the Surrey and 
Sussex Roads Bill, notwithstanding he did not sign 
the prescribed declaration before the Chairman 


Bill. 


23° Mair. 





A. 1850. 


before the Committee enter upon the consideration 
of the Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Turnpike 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Secretary of Trusts. 
State, under Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 80.—14, Me- 
rionethshire Turnpike-roads. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Turnpike-road 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of July Traste (loot 
1848, for Returns, in a tabular form, of the Names of jand.) . 
all Turnpike-road Trusts in Scotland, and of each 

Division of each such Trust where there are more 

than one :—Of the Length of Road in each Trustand 

Division :—Of the Amount of Debts owing thereon 

in each of the years 1848, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 

1847, as onthe 31st day of December:—Of the 

Amount of Interest paid in each of the said years : 

—Of the Amount of Principal of the Debt paid 

off :—Of the Amount of Revenue in each of the 

said years, distinguishing Tolls from other Sources : 

—Of the Amount of Expenditure in each of the 

said years, showing the Expense of New Roads 

and Improvements, of Repairing Roads, of purchas- 

ing Sites for Toll-houses and Gardens, of erecting 
Toll-houses and Gates and Weighing Machines, and 

of Advertising and letting Tolls, of obtaining Acts 

of Parliament, of Law Expenses, the Number and 

Salaries of Surveyors, Expense of Management 

exclusive of Collection of Tolls, and surveying and 
superintending Roads :—Of the Number of Persons 

employed as Toll-gatherers or Collectors, and the 

Expense of Collection of Tolls :—Of the Number of 

Trustees who have acted as such during the whole 

of the said years ; and, of the Number of Meetings 

of the Trustees on the business of the Trust in each 

year, and the Number of Trustees present at each 

Meeting :—And, similar Returns as to all Bridge 

Trusts in Scotland, where a Pontage is levied. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of February Poor Law 
last, for a Return of the Liabilities of each Union in Unions 
Ireland, on the 31st day of December 1849, distin- (Ireland.) 
guishing, 1. Liabilities due to Contractors, Officers, 
or Treasurer of each Union, or the Amount to the 
credit of the Union with the Treasurer, after deduct- 
ing such Liabilities; 2. The Amount due to the Ex- 
chequer for building the Workhouses, distinguishing 
the Instalments then due and unpaid, and those after- 
wards to falldue; 3. The Amount due to Individuals 
or the Treasurer of each Union for Advances for ad- 
ditions to any Workhouse or Fever Hospital, dis- 
tinguishing the Instalments then due and those 
afterwards to fall due ; 4. The Amount due by each 
Union and by each Electoral Division therein for 
Advances by the Relief Commissioners, which were 
then unpaid ; 5. The Amount then due of the Rate- 
in-Aid ordered to be raised off such Union or any 
Electoral Division therein; 6. The Total of all such 
Liabilities ; 7. The Net Annual Value of each Union 
on that day. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Fe- Transporta- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Persons tion (Ireland) 
sentenced to Transportation in each County of Jre- 
land, during the years 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849; 
distinguishing the Court by which the Offender was 
tried, whether at Assizes or Sessions of the Peace, 
the nature of the Offence (separated into two Classes, 
viz. Simple Larceny and other Offences), and the 
period of Transportation ordered. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Persons who 
were receiving Relief on the last day of February 
1850, in each Union in Jreland, distinguishing the 
several Unions, the In-door from the Out-door 
Paupers, the Males from the Females; and, with 
regard to In-door Relief, the Children under Fifteen 
years old from the rest :—And, of the Number of 
Persons, distinguishing the Males from the Females, 
on In-door Relief, on the same day, between the 
ages of Fifteen and Forty, who have been Inmates 
of the Workhouse for more than a year. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland.)- 





took the Chair, provided he sign such declaration 





Return 


Castlebar 
Union 
Workhouse. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Dr. Grattan. 


Labour Rate 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 360. 


Northern 
Lighthouses. 


No. 361. 


Freemen’s, &amp;c. 


Admission. 
No. 362. 


’ District 
Courts. 


No, 363. 
Incumbents 
and Curates, 

No. 364. 


Military 


Savings Banks, 


No. 365, 


Stamp Duties. 


No. 366. 


Commissions 
of Ing iry, 


13 Vicroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- 
stant May, for Copy of Report made to the Board 
of Guardians of the Castlebar Union, on the 20th 
day of April, by Dr. Ronayne, Medical Superintend- 
ent of the Union, relative to the state of the Work- 
house. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant May, for Returns, in detail, of the Item of 
£.6,454 14s. 7d.,charged in the Account appended 


to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Report to the | 


Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, dated the ist day of 
August 1849, as “ Salaries to Commissioners, Secre- 
tary, Treasurer, and Clerks,” stating the several 
Names of the Commissioners who receive Salaries, 
and the Amount respectively paid to each Commis- 
sioner and other Officer :—Similar Return, in detail, 
as to the Item of £.1,935 18s. 2d. charged for So- 
licitors, for Personal Services, Disbursements, and 
Law Clerks’ Salaries :—Return, in detail, of the 
Items of £.509 8s. 11d. and £.743 4s. 2d. charged 
for Rents, Coals, Candles, and Taxes, stating the 
Localities of the Houses or Offices for which such 
Rents, Taxes, &amp;c. are charged, and the specific Sums 


paid for each Office respectively :—And, Return | 


23° Maiz. 





561 


Mr. Hayter presented,— Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this instant May, 
for Returns of all Encroachments made on the 
Rights of the Crown within the Forest of Waltham, 
reported by the Verderers, under the Act of Parlia- 
ment 10 Geo. 4, c. 50, to the Attorney-General, or to 
the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, &amp;c. :—And, 
of the Number of Prosecutions instituted by the At- 
torney-General or by the Commissioners of Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. for the Recovery of such Rights, with 
the Result and Expense of each Prosecution. 


ary last, for an Account of the Ordinary Revenue 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 





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land in each year, trom 1842 to 1850 (after deduct- 
ing the Repayments, Allowances, Discounts, Draw- 
backs and Bounties in the nature of Drawbacks) ; 
stating the Amount paid in each of the said years 





Waltham 


Forest. 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of Febru- Revenue. 


for Charges of Management, and other Payments: 


thereout in the progress of the said Revenues to the 
Exchequer, together with the Amount paid into the 
Exchequer (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 29, of Session 1843). 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 


stating in whose hands the Sum of £.6,281 7s. 8d., | last, for a Return of Foreign Glass imported, re- 
the Balance on such Account, and also the Sum of | tained for Home Consumption, exported, and re- 
£.2,808 2s, 2d. the Balance on Primate Poulter’s | maining in Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
and Primate Robinson’s Funds, are deposited, with | of January 1850; with the Duty paid thereon, and 
the Amount and nature of Security given by the | the Countries from which imported :—And, similar 
Treasurer, and whether the Accounts of the Ccm-| Return of British Glass exported (in continuation 


mission are subject to a public, or what Audit. 


Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this | 


| of Parliamentary Paper, No. 534, of Session 1849). 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


instant May, for Copies of the Correspondence be- | Table. 
tween the Lord Chancellor of Jreland and Richard | 


Grattan, Esquire, M. D., commencing the 23d day | 
of November 1849 ; and, also, a Copy of Dr. Grat- | 


tan’s Letter to Lord John Russell, dated the 18th 
day of February 1850, in reference to the dismissal 
of Dr. Grattan from the Magistracy of the County 
of Kildare. 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return re- 
lative to Labour Rate (Zreland), which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Northern 
Lighthouses, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Freemen’s, &amp;c. Admission, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return re- 
lative to District Courts, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Incumbents 
and Curates, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Military 
Savings Banks, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Table of the present and proposed 
Stamp Duties on Conveyances, Leases, Bonds, 
Mortgages, and Warrants of Attorney and Settle- 
ments. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Commissions of Inquiry 
appointed since the year 1830, distinguishing each ; 
and, if expired, the Date thereof, and the Expense 


of each, &amp;c. to the present period (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 669, of Session 1848). 
Vou. 105. 


| 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 
February 1850, to Joimt 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. 


Owners, Occupiers and Inhabitants of the parish of 
Fishtoft, in the county of Lincoln, complaining of 
the depressed state of Agriculture ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Kingstun-upon-Hull, praying the House to adopt 
measures for diminishing the number of Beer-houses, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for Divine Worship 
in Jerusalem Gwenfe, in the parish of Langadock, 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


of Tuam, praying for amendment of the Cities and 
Towns Improvement (Zreland) Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





3A Court 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


Glass. 


Joint Stock 


Companies. 


Agriculturat 


Distress. 


Beer- houses. 


Petitions from Shrewsbury ;—Chard ;—and, Sun- Burgess Lists 
derland (Mayor); praying that the Burgess Lists Bill. 


Church Rates, 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary and Cities and 


Clerk to the Town Commissioners of the borough Towns 
Improvement 


(Ireland) Act, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- County Court 
bourhood of Grantham, praying that the County Extension Bill 





Education 
Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Factories Bill. 


Highways ; 
and, Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bills. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Patent Laws. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Public 
Health (Scot- 
land) Bills. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


362 23° Maz. A, 1850. 


Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, was| Petitions from Alexander Fraser ;-—Shrewsbury ;— post-office. 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the| Kirk Session of Rutherglen ;—Lechylched ;— Bryn- 
Table. shenkin ; — Llangeinwein ; — Gwalchmai ; —Bode- 
- . dern ;-— Trefdraeth :—Llanfodog ;— Newmarket and 
Petitions from Chesterfield ; — and, Bradford Kanturk ; —~ Malet. Misleien 5 ~~ Desingtinren- 


(York) (Chairman) ; praying that the Education Bill Bain ; — Gayton-le-Marsh ; —Llangrickille ;—Al- 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; ford ;—Pathhead Ford ;—Llangendeirn ;—Llande- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. veilog ; — Callender ;—Dumfries ;— Dunblane (two 
Petitions) ;— Presbytery of Dundee ; —Broughty 
Ferry ; — Aughrim ; — Clapham; — Rathowen ;— 
Counties of Durham and Northumberland (Chair- 
man and Secretary) ;—King’s Lynn ;—Kirk Session 
of Balmaclellan;—Presbytery of Inverary (Mode- 
rator) ;— Kinross ;—Amlwch ;— Row ;— Renton ;— 
Drogheda ;—Swansea District (two Petitions) ;— 
Llangefelach ;— Swansea ;—and, Easternow ; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 

Petitions from Hawick (three Petitions) ;—and, | office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
Alexander Hunter and Robert Moat, Proprietors of | lie upon the Table. 


the Dunmurry Flax Spinning Mill; praying that the = . ; rea 
Factories Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballymore, Killinich Protestant 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 22d Zshortmon, praying the House to pass a measure — 
whereby, on the termination of the interests of the “7” ) 
A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of | existing incumbents, the revenues of the Protestant 
the Eustbourne Union, praying that the Highways | Church shall be devoted to the relief of the Poor, 
Bill; and, the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill| and religious equality established in Jreland, leaving 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read;/| the Protestant clergy to be supported as the Ca- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. tholic clergy are, namely, by the voluntary contri- 
. ’ . butions of their flocks, was presented, and read; 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballymore, Killinick | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
and Jshortmon, praying for amendment of the law 
between Landlord and Tenant in Jreland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derryvallen ;—and, Monasterevan 
(three Petitions); complaining that the schools in 
connexion with the 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 ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;—and, Bloomsbury (Chair- Savings Banks 
man); praying that the Savings Banks Bills may ”™ 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 

Petitions from Kirk Session of Rutherglen (Mo- | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
derator) ; — Presbytery of Dunblane (Moderator) ; 
— Peter Davidson ;—Synod of Dublin (Moderator| Petitions from Presbytery of Dunblane (Mode- School Esta- 
and Clerk of Synod) ;— Presbytery of Inverary | rator);—Synod of Galloway (Moderator) ;—and, pe ae 
(Moderator) ;—and, Synod of Armagh and Mona-| Presbytery of Inverary (Moderator) ; paying that Bin. , 

han; praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass | the School Establishment (Scotland) Bill may not 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
to lie upon the Table. ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Grantham, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Churchwarden of the parish of Windows 
Saint Ann, Blackfriars, in the city of London, pray- 4 Soap. 
ing for the abolition of the Window Tax, and for 
the repeal of the Duty on Soap, was presented, and 


Petitions from Waterford ;—and, Kildare ; pray- read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ing the ete —_ mes i the! Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Address Piratical 
Semagete = + Weer pen sap = 1 ry al ne to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant Vessels 
wae pGRS CURE; OES CONES CRs pe May, for Copy or Extract of a Letter from Sir ran 

; Henry Pottinger, to Rear Admiral Sir Thomas No. 367, 
Cochrane, mentioned in a Letter dated the 17th day 
of October 1844, from Sir James Stephen to Sir John 
Whitehead, of 69, Cornhill, in the City of London, B wey OS the subject of the interference of Her 
Editor of the Artizan Journal, and of Persons inte- Majesty's Ships and Vessels with Piratical Vessels 
rested in the operation of the Patent Laws, praying belonging to Chinese Subjects. , ‘ 
the House to adopt the amendments in those laws | Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of April eee . 
recommended by a Committee, appointed by Her | last, for an Account of the Charge for the Purchase, Expedition 
Majesty’s Government, to inquire into the Privy | Repair and Outfit of the Vessels now fitting for No. 368. 

the Arctic Expedition. 


Seal and Signet Offices, dated 30th Ja , 1849 : . . 
— aes Sree: ony Aptatens.d Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


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


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the | — a of the day being read, for the Com- supply ; 
mittee of Sup 


royal burgh of Rothesay, praying that the Police | 'p ly " y 
and Improvement (Scotland) Bill; and, the Public). Ordered, Phat the Supplementary Estimate of supplementary 


Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law, was | Her Majesty Navy for the year 1850-51, be referred gi 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the! the Committee. ; 
| And a Motion being made, and the Question 


Table. |. 4 t 
| being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 


A Petition of Warden Hatton Flood, Esquire, late | the Chair ; 
Government Inspector of the Mallow Union, stating| | An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
that the Petitioner hath seen in the Appendix to the | Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
Thirtieth Report on Public Petitions presented onthe | the end of the Question, in order to added the words 
twenty-second of April ultimo, a Petition from some | “ for the sake of the public health, the improve- Coffee. 
of the Guardians of the Union of Mallow, wherein |“ ment of the Revenue, and the encouragement 
certain accusations are brought against him; and |“ of the fair trader, it is expedient that the Com- 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read; and | “ missioners of Excise be directed to prosecute all 
“ 


ordered to lie upon the Table. persons offending against the Laws which —— 
“se e 


A Petition of Frederick William Caupin, of 
No. 210, Strand, Patent Agent, William Keld 








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Naval Stores. 


New Works, 
&amp;e. 


Medicines 
and Medical 
Stores. 


Naval 
Miscellanecus 
Services, 





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“the sale of roasted vegetable substitutes for | 
“ Coffee, or whereby the fraudulent adulteration of 
“ Coffee is made punishable,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—-It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1, Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Eight hun- 
dred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and 
ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Naval Stores for the Building, 
Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the purchase of 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes con- 
nected therewith, and for the purchase of Fittings 
and Stores required for the Ships of the Expedition 
under the Command of Captain Austen, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending | 
on the 3ist day of March 1851. | 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Sum, not exceeding Three hundred and thirty-nine | 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | 
New Works, Improvements and Repairs, in the | 
Naval Establishments, and for a new Dock and 
Engine House at Devonport Dock Yard, which | 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and 
ninety-nine thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of New Works, Improvements and Repairs 
in the Naval Establishments, and for a new Dock 
and Engine-house at Devonport Dock Yard, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be 
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 
3ist day of March 1851; also, for Medicines, 
Medical Stores and Surgical Instruments, for the 
Arctic Searching Expedition under the Command 
of Captain Austen. 

4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding One hundred and seventy-five thou- 
sand six hundred and ninety-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Miscellaneous Services, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending onthe 31st 
day of March 1851; also, for divers Miscellaneous 
Services counected with the Searching Expedition 
under the Command of Captain Penny and Captain 
Austen ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the | Lord Marcus Hill, lias 
Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: {°""* 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Cobden, Lee 
Noes, \ Mr. Bright : | i 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 24° die Maii, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee, 


95°—94° Mair. 


363 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Elections _ 
Reading of the Elections (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railways 
consideration the Railways Abandonment Bill, as  icrcamaae 
amended in the Committee ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill was, according to Stamp Duties 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (No. 2.) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Court of 
Reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; Chancery 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time (™*™“") 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~~ 
upon Monday the 3d day of June next. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee of Supply; 
upply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
ollow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Civil Con- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on “™sencies- 
account, towards defraying the Charge for Civil 
Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Stationery, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on © 
account, towards defraying the Expenses of Sta- 
tionery, Printing and Binding for the several Public 
Departments, including the Expense of the Sta- 
tionery Office, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty New Houses 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on ° Parliament. 
account, towards defraying, to the 31st day of March 
1851, the Charge of the Works at the New Houses 
of Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, Exchequer 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bills 
of the whole House, for this day. —_ 

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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Securities for 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Ireland) ee 
Bill : (Ireland) ° 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Police and 
Reading of the Police and Improvement (Scotland) Improvement 
Bill ; r Scotland ) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Scotland) Bill; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, _ 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fees (Court 
of Chancery) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) 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 Borough 
Reading of the Borough Courts of Record (Ireland) Courts of 
Bill; “wee 


. . (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





VoL. 105. 





upon Friday next. 
The 


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Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


West India 
Appeals Bill. 


Alterations in 


Pleadings Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Real Property 
Transier Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
{Treland) Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 


Congregations 


Bill. 


Wood used in 
Ship-building. 


General Board 
of Health, &amp;c. 


364 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


25°—24° Maii. 





A, 1850. 


'day of March 1850, has been expended, showing 
what Sums, if any, have been repaid from Local 
| Funds: — Of the manner in which the Sum of 
| £.2,355 118. 11d. was expended during the year 
| ending the 31st day of July 1849, for the Travelling 


;and Personal Expenses of the Commissioners in 


into a Committee upon the West India Appeals | Lunacy :—And, of the manner in which the Sum 


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 this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Alterations in Pleadings 
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 this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Registration of Deeds 
(Ireland) 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 Second | 


Reading of the Real Property Transfer Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Titles of Religious Congregations 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration the 
Duties on Wood, with a view of remitting the Duty 
on all Wood used in Ship-building. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

The Committee divided; and it appearing that 
there was only one Teller for the Yeas, the Chair- 
man declared that the Noes had it. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
expedient that a Drawback should be allowed on 
the Duties now payable on all Wood imported for 
the purpose of Ship-building ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, -s 
Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard: Jf ats 

Tellers for the) Mr. Mitchell, 1 
Noes, Mr. Ricardo: J = 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, in detail, of the manner in which the Sum 
of £.8,000 for Inspection Expenses, stated in the 
Estimates for General Board of Health, to the 31st 


of £.10,140 was expended in the year ending the 
3ist day of March 1850, by the Poor Law Board, 
showing the Number of Inspectors employed, the 
Number of Unions visited, and the Amount of 
Travelling and other Expenses of each. 


Session, with an Index to the 105th Volume, be 
printed, 

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. 


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





Veneris, 24° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
BILL for extending the Times limited by 
“The Swansea Dock Act, 1847,” for the Com- 
pulsory Purchase of Lands and Execution of Works, 
and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Ar- 
rangements as to Payment for the Purchase of the 
Great North of England Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the River Lee Trust Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 17th day 
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. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Cardiff Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the — 
Mr. 








Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from Journal of 
the end of the last Session to the end of the present the House. 


Swansea Dock 
Company Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Arrange- 
ments as to 
Payment for 
the Purchase 
of the Great 
North of Eng- 
land Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Trustees 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-first 
Report.) 


Cardiff 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Croydon and Reigate Croydon and 


Reigate Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 








Standing 
Orders ; 


Manchester, 

Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin 
Corporation 
Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Improve- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Krishna Rao 
Withul. 


Adjournment. 


Convicts. 


Mines, 


Arbitration, 


Beer-houses, 








13 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Wilson P atten reported from the Select Com- 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; | 


which were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester, 





24° Marz. 


365 


ber of Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- purges Lists 


Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Bill, Petition of | gesees of the borough of Asiten-under-Lyne, pray- Ei. 


John Darlington for leave to be heard upon his 


not to be dispensed with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin Cor- | 


|ing that the Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a 


IIe , * . . 12 
Petition against the Bill, the Standing Orders ought | law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- County Court 


poration, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for | gesses of the borough of Ashton-under- Lyne, pray- Extension Bill. 
a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis-| ing that the County Court Extension Bill may not 


pensed with. 


ton Improvement Act Amendment, 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 their Petition accordingly. | 


The third Resolution, being read a second time, | 


} 


was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





| pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
3. Resolved, That in the case of the Wolverhamp- | 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Wellington (Salop); praying Disarmament. 
the House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous Disarmament among the civilised 
nations of the earth,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Ennis; stating that the Town of 
town of Ennis, from its situation on the River Fer- Ennis. 


Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis have | gus, which joms the Shannon, at the distance of 
leave of absence for three weeks, on account of ill| sixteen miles from the town and only forty miles 


health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Cha- 
ritable Donations and Bequests for Zreland to his 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, on the 
17th day of April 1849, relative to the Embezzle- 
ment of several Sums of Money by Edward Wel- 
lesley Matthews, the late Accountant to the Board. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Despatch, addressed on the 17th of April 
1850, by the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, to the Governor of Bombay in Council, 
relating to the Claims of Krishna Rao Withul. 


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





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Number of Convicts 
sentenced to death or Transportation throughout the 
several Counties in England and Wales during the 
years 1847, 1848 and 1849:—Of the Number of 
Persons sentenced to Imprisonment for Misde- 
meanors in England and Wales for the like Periods : 


—Similar Returns for Convicts and Misdemeanants | 


throughout Scotland and Jreland for the like 
Periods :—And, Return of all Sums paid by the | 
Treasury to the several Boards of Superintendence 
of Prisons throughout England and Wales, Scotland | 
and Ireland, for the providing of Food, Fuel, Clo- 
thing and Bedding for the Convicts and Misde- 
meanants during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849. 

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


A Petition of H. Daniells and others, complaining 
of the frequent occurrence of Accidents in Coal 
Mines ; and praying the House to pass a law en- 
forcing the better ventilation of Mines, and ap- 
pointing practical inspectors of the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upen the Table. 


Three Petitions from Wellington (Salop) ; praying 
the House to take prompt and decisive measures for 
the promotion of Treaties between the Government 
of this country and other Governments of the World, 
binding both parties for the future to refer their 
misunderstandings to the decision of Arbitrators, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leamington Priors; —Fulstow ; 
—Axbridge Union; —and, Bodmin; praying the 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- 








You. 105, 





above the junction of that river with the Aé/antic, 
affords peculiar facilities for being rendered a sea- 
port town; and praying that measures may be taken 
for effecting that object,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Working People in the employ of Factories. 

Messrs. Edmonds and Company, Woollen Manufac- 
turers of the town of Bradford, in the county of 
Wilts, praying that in future the hours of work in 
Factories on five days may be ten hours and a half, 
and on Saturday seven hours and a half, making 
sixty hours in the week, without working longer 
than two o'clock on Saturday, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the North Warwickshire Friendly 
Friendly and Medical Scciety ;—and, Members of S¢cieties Bill. 
the Stoneleigh and Ashow Friendly Society ; pray- 
ing that the Friendly Societies Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. . 


Petitions from Wolfhampcote ; —Grandborough ; Highways Bill. 
—Leamington Hastings ;—and, Rose Ash; praying 
that the Highways Buil may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Hypothee 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply and He- (Scotland. 


ritors of the county of Inverness, praying the House 
to maintain the preseut law of Hypothec in Scot- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Landlord 
Synod of Belfast, praying the House to sanction a 4"4 Tenant 
: : 3 . (Ireland. ) 
measure giving the authority of statute law to the ; 
custom known as the Ulster Tenant Right, and to 
extend to the other provinces of Jreland an equit- 
able principle of Tenant compensation, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen in the Archdeaconry of Marriages 
Durham, praying that the Marriages Bill may not Bi- 
pass intoa law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Tottenham Court-road ; — Saint Metropolitan 
Pancras ;-—Hampstead-road;--and, Saint Andrew’s, — 
Holborn; praying that the Metropolitan Interments  ~ 
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 Botolph Without 
Aldersgate, in the city of London, 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. 


343 Petitions 



































































nee: 


Poor Relief 


ena A of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Botolph 


Post-office. Petitions from Ahoghill;—Kingussie (Modera- 


tor) ; — Wallingford ; —Aberfeldy ; —Muskairn ; — 
Elisridgehill ;—Felhirk ;—Sandal Mayne;—Braw; 
—Ashkirk ;—Huntly ; —Shiffnal ;—Eglish ;—De- 
sertlyn ; — Abberley; — Presbytery of Route; — 
Stranraer ;— Kegworth ;—Stonesby ;—Over Seale ; 
— Nether Seale ;— Belton (Leicester) ; — Shepton 
Beauchamp ; —Babell; —Caldicot ; — Holywell ;— 
Pollokshaws ;— Brimfield and Ashford Bowdler ;— 
Dunstable ;— Pontnewynydd ;— Llanellen ;— Head- 
ington ;—and, Lyddington ; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-oftice,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Belling- 
ham, in the county of Northumberland, praying the 
House to allow no change to take place in the pre- 
sent Post-office regulations throughout the United 
Kingdom on Sundays, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Poor Law. A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 


Guardians of the Abergavenny Union, praying the 
House to take immediate steps to reduce the ex- 
penditure of the Poor Law Department at Somerset 
House, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
(Scotland.&gt; Board of Ardersier, in the county of Inverness, 


praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Scot- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Vestry Meeting 


Without Aldersgate, in the city of London, and the 
Liberty of Glasshouse-yard, praying that the Poor 
Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Public Health A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
(Scotland) Council of the burgh of Leith, praying that the 


Bill. : oo : 2 . 
' Public Health (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 


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


Public Health. A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Thomas, Stepney, praying the House to pass an efft- 
cient and comprehensive Public Health Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


SavingsBanks Petitions from the Exeter Philanthropic Society 
Bill. (Presidents, Stewards, Auditors and Secretary) ;— 


Trustees and Managers of the Savings Bank at Lan- 
caster ;—and, Stamford and Rutland Savings Banks 
(Chairman) ; praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of the 
Trustees and Managers of the West Somerset 
Savings Bank, praying that before the said Bill 
shall be passed into a law, a Select Committee of 
the House be appointed to institute an inquiry into 
the management of the Savings Banks of the United 
Kingdom, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stewartstown and 
its vicinity, county of Tyrone, praying the House to 
adopt measures for the suppression of the African 
Slave Trade, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Slave Trade. 


Warten and A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 

Vestry Clerks habitants of the parish of Saint Botolph Without 

Bill. Aldersgate, praying that the Vestries and Vestry 
Clerks Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


366 24° Mazi. 








A. 1850. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—A further Report 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 1ith and 12th Vic., for making Preliminary 
Inquiries in certain cases of Applications for Local 
Acts of Parliament, &amp;c. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the | 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Metropolitan 
to Metropolitan Sewers, which was presented upon Sewers. 
the 10th day of this instant May, be printed. No. 369, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Judges’ 
to Judges’ Salaries, which was presented upon Salaries. 


Friday last, be printed. No. 370. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Revenue, peyenye. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 371 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass, Giass, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 372. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- geclesiastical 
siastical Commission Lredand)), which was presented Commission 
yesterday, be printed. (Ireland. 

No. 373. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative poor Law 
to Poor Law Unions (Lreland), which was presented Unions 
yesterday, be printed. (ireland. ) 

No. 374. 

Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Greece. 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence re- 
specting the Demands made upon the Greek Go- 
vernment, in continuation of Papers presented to 
Parliament on the 17th of May 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 ; 
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 
“ Jeave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal so much Assessed and 
“ of the Act 3 and 4 Vic. c. 17, as imposes an Window 
“ additional Duty of 10 per cent. on Assessed and T**: 
“ Window Taxes,” 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 Yeas,| _— — Hill, } 
Mr. Blackstone, 1 
Captain Vyse : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, Vhat Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


130. 


Tellers for the Noes, 65 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Public 
Sum, not exceeding Eighty-three thousand one hun- Buildings 
dred and sixty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, the Ex- 
pense of Maintenance and Repair of Royal Palaces 
and Public Buildings, for providing the necessary 
supply of Water for the same, for the Rents of 
Houses taken for occasional and temporary accom- 
modation of the Public Service, for the urchase 
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. 
Whereupon 








Ordnance 
Office, Pall 
Mall. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Houses of 
Parliament 
(Temporary 
Accommoda- 
tion.) 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Isle of. Man. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 








13 Vicroriz. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty-two thou- 
sand five hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1851, the Expense of Maintenance and Repair of 
Royal Palaces and Public Buildings, for providing 
the necessary supply of Water for the same, for the 
Rents of Houses taken for occasional and temporary 
accommodation of the Public Service, for the Pur- 
chase and Repair of Furniture required in the 
various Public Departments, and for Services con- 
nected with the Lighting, Watching and general 
Protection of the Public Offices :—Motion, by leave, | 
withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- | 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to | 
defray tle Expense of Additions, Alterations and | 
Fittings at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall, in the | 
year 1850-51. | 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Sum, not exceeding Fourteen thousand six hundred | 
and seventy-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, | 
to defray, in the year 1850, the Expense of making | 
an Ornamental Enclosure, and forming a Public | 
Garden in front of Buckingham Palace :—Motion, | 
by leave, withdrawn. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 
thousand one hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing Temporary Accommodation for the Houses | 
of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices and Tem- 
porary Official Residences for the Speaker of the | 
House of Commons and other Officers of the House, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a | 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and four thousand 
six hundred and sixty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray, | 
to the 31st day of March 1851, the Expense of | 
the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. | 

4, Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, | 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and three 


\ 


94° Maat. 


367 


vices under the direction of the said Commissioners, 
to the 31st day of March 1851; 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Colonel Sibthorp, 
Yeas, |. Mr. Repton : 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, ” 

Noes, | Lord Edward Howard: ate 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Kingstown 
sand seven hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be Harbour. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
of Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and 
to provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Lies 





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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Supply ; 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Naval Stores. 


_hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred 


and ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for the 


Building, Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet, the pur- 
chase of Steam Machinery, and for other purposes 
connected therewith, and for the purchase of Fittings 
and Stores required for the Ships of the Expedition 
under the command of Captain Austen, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1851. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three New Works, 
hundred and thirty-nine thousand eight hundred and &amp;«- 


thousand six hundred and ten pounds, be granted ‘thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, the Expense | 
of the Works at the New Houses of Parliament ; 


The Committee divided. 


defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements, 
and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, and for 
a New Dock and Engine House at Devonport Dock- 


_yard, which will come in course of payment during 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir De Lacy Evans, g4, | the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 


Yeas, | Mr. Osborne: 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 75. | 
Noes, \ Lord Edward Howard : “ 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three hun- | 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray | 
the Expense of Works at certain Buildings in the | 
Isle of Man, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- | 
two thousand eight hundred and seventy-four pounds, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, on account of the 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Medicines 

seven thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be and Medical 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Stores. 
Medicines and Medical Stores, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
3ist day of March 1851; also, for Medicines, 
Medical Stores, and Surgical Instruments, for the 
Arctic Searching Expedition under the command of 
Captain Austen. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval 





Works at the New Packet Harbour and Harbour | hundred and seventy-five thousand six hundred and Miscellaneous 


of Refuge at Holyhead, and to defray the Expense | ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
of the present Harbour Establishment at Holyhead, | defray the Charge of divers Miscellaneous Services, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. which will,come in course of a during the 

7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a’ year ending on the 31st day of March 1851; also, 
Sum, not exceeding Eighteen thousand and ninety- | for divers Miscellaneous Services connected with 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Searching Expedition under the command of 


rvices. 


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 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand eight | 
hundred and fifty-two 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- 
Von. 105. 


Captain Penny and Captain Austen. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill ; ae 700) 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bil. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney-General 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. 

344 And 





aan RE Saree meen : 






























































Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


West India 
Appeals Bill. 


Alterations in 


Pleadings Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Treland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Real Property 


Transfer Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 





368 Q4°—-25° Mai. A. 1850. 


And the House having continued to sit till after | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Process, 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Practice 


and Pleading 
Sabbati, 25° die Maii, 1850: 


_to give directions that there be laid before this (superior 
The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


House, a Copy of the Commission recently issued Courts.) 
Reading of the Police and Improvement (Scotland) 
Bill ; 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Elections (Jre/and) Bill; 

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


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the Establishment of Courts of Appeal for 
certain of Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 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. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Judges of the Courts of Common Law 
at Westminster to alter the Forms of Pleading, 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. 


The Bill to amend the Laws for the Registration 


of Assurances of Lands 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Bill ; 

Resvived, 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 Convict Prisons Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney-General 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- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zre/and) 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 Medical Charities (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 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 Real Property Transfer Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
upon this day six months, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in detail, of the Items under the Head 
Miscellaneous Disbursements in each year, in the 
Account appended to the Return from the Com- 
missioners of Education in Zreland, dated the 27th 
day of April 1850 (being Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 320, of the present Session). 


| for inquiry into the Process, Practice and System 


of Pleading in the Superior Courts in England and 
| Wales. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, Manchester 
dated the 18th day of March last, for Accounts Bonding. 


|of the Amount of Expenses paid by the Council 
\of the Borough of Manchester, and which they 
| are subject to pay to the Commissioners of Her 
'Majesty’s Customs, incurred by the said Commis- 
sioners in the Management and Collection of the 
Customs and other Duties payable in respect of 
Goods deposited in Warehouses or Places within 
or near the said Borough, or within the Distances 
recited in an Act of the 7th and 8th years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, c. 31, intituled, “ An 
Act for the Warehousing of Foreign Goods for 
Home Consumption at the Borough of Manchester, 
}in the County of Lancaster, and of the Mainte- 
|nance of the Establishment of Officers and Clerks 
|necessary for such Management and Collection ; 
distinguishing the Amount incurred in each year, 
ended the 5th day of January last: — Of the 
Quantity of Goods, and Description thereof, bonded 
under the Powers of the said Act, during the same 
| Periods, with a Statement of the Amount of Duties 
, paid to the Customs upon such Goods in each year 
' during the said Periods :--And, Return of the Extent 
and Description of Bonding Accommodation within 
or near the said Borough and Distances in the said 
Act mentioned, which had been approved of by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Customs for Bond- 
ing Purposes, on the 5th day of January last. 





Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, the Number, the Place of Meeting, and the 
Date of the Boards held in each year, with the 
Names of the Commissioners attending such Boards 
during the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 
1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 
and 1845. 

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


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Message from the Lords, of Friday last, 
wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will give leave to George Cornewall Lewis, 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 Pastiemmnt, 
to consider the laws relating to Parochial Assess- 
ments. 

And Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 Cornewall Lewis, 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 Cornewall Lewis, Esquire, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if 
he think fit: And that Mr. Hayter do carry the 
said Message. 

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








Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this National 
instant May, for a Return of the Names of the Debt. 


Parochial 





Birth of 
a Prince. 


Vestries and 


Vestry Clerks 


Bill. 


Welverhamp- 


ton Water- 
works Bill, 


Public 
Petitions 


(Forty-second 


Report.) 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway Bill. 


13 VicrortiZ. 


Luna, 27° die Mau; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 18 50. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Comptroller of the Household reported to 

the House, That their Address of the 1st day 
of this instant May, to congratulate Her Majesty 
on the birth of another Prince, and to assure Her 
Majesty that every addition to Her Majesty’s do- 
mestic happiness affords the most sincere satisfac- 
tion to Her faithful Commons, had been presented 
to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had been 
pleased to receive the same very graciously, and 
to give the following answer : 

I thank you sincerely for your dutiful and affec- 
tionate Address, and I receive with much satisfaction 
your congratulations on the birth of another Prince, 
and the assurance of the interest you take in my 
domestic happiness. 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of 
the city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in common council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petitiou, praying that the Vestries 
and Vestry Clerks Bill may not pass into a law, 
was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Johnstone reported the Wolverhampton 
Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do 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 23d 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 Bill to enable the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Company to lease their Undertaking to the 
London and North Western Railway Company, or 
to make other Arrangements relating thereto, and 
for other Purposes, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provided further, and be it Enacted, That the 
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, their 
successors and assigns, and the said London and 
North Western Railway Companys their successors 
and assigns (during the working arrangements or 
any of them hereinbefore referred to, and during 
the continuance of such lease or working or 
user by the London and North Western Railway 
Company of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 
or any part thereof), shall and they are hereby re- 
spectively required to receive, convey, and forward 
to their destination on the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway, and vice versd, from any point or place on 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway to the point of 
junction of such last-mentioned Railway with the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, without tranship- 
ment at such point of junction or elsewhere, if so 
required by the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, 
all passengers, cattle, goods, minerals, and other 
traffic, matters, and things passing to and from the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway from and to any 
point or place on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 
upon payment of the same tolls, rates, and charges 
per mile as the said Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Company, their successors and assigns, or the said 
London and North Western Railway Company, 
their successors, and assigns, as the case may be, 
shall for the time being actually charge and receive 
in respect of all traffic of the like description going 

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369 
to or coming from the London and North Western 
Railway, or any part thereof, and in every case the 
said passengers, cattle, goods, minerals, and other 
traffic, matters, and things shall be forwarded by 
the first practicable train of the like nature, or can- 
veying the like description of traffic, proceeding on 
the route over which the same are intended to be 
forwarded): 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 ther Mr. Ormsby Gore, 7 
Yeas Mr. Tatton Egerton:  f 

Tellers for the f Mr. Glyn, 137. 
Noes, | Mr. Mangles: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 


118. 


Bill (And be it Enacted, That no person who shall’ 


be engaged, either by himself or partners, in any 
regular trade or dealings with any Company in re- 
gard to the conveyance of goods along the line, or 
along any Railway using any portion of the line, 
shall be employed as managing director, secretary, 
or engineer, or other paid officer of such Company) : 
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. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 5., ls. 21. and 22., by leaving out the words 
** to such mortgages only,” and inserting the words 
“ and without prejudice also to the preference shares 
created on the 11th of August 1847, and con- 
“ firmed by the Act, intituled, the Chester and Holy- 
“ head Increase of Capital Act, 1849,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mangles do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ 


A Bill for supplying the Burghs of Dumfries and Dumfries and 
Mazvwelltown,and Suburbs, with Water, was read the Maxwelltown 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Waterworks 
Bill. 


A Bill for lighting with Gas the Town of Ponty- Pontypridd 


pridd, and the Neighbou rhood thereof, in the County 
of Glamorgan, was read the third time. 

Resolve, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Gas Light 
and Coke 
Company Bil. 


A Bill to enable the Corporation of Swansea, with Swansea 
the consent of the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- Municipal 


jesty’s Treasury, to subscribe for Shares in the § 


Swansea Dock Company, and to raise Money for 
that purpose, and to purchase the Interests of cer- 
tain. Lessees of Property belonging to the said Cor- 
poration, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Scully do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


orporation 
ill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Birkenhead 
consideration the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, as _— Trustees 
1 


amended in the Committee ; 


Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 





3B Ordered, 


Bradford 
Improvement, 
Police and 
Purchase and 
Closing of 
Bradford 
Canal Bill. 


Railway 
Companies 
Clearing Asso- 
ciation Bill. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Dock Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group 20.) 


Prerogative 
and Arches 
Courts. 


Prerogative 
and Arches 
Courts. - 


Electoral 
Divisions 


(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
(ireland. ) 


379 


Ordered, That the Bradford Improvement, Po- 
lice and Purchase and Closing of Bradford Canal 
Bill be re-committed to the former Committee :— 
And that they have leave to sit, and proceed, upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock, and to make 
their Report on the same day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Railway Companies Clearing Association Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Victoria (London) Dock Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the River Lee Trust Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ;—The said pro- 
posed 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. - 

Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee 
on Group 20, of Private Bills ; That the Committee 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment, but that Mr. 
Heald, one of the selected Members of the said 
Committee, was not present within one hour of the 
time to which the Committee was adjourned, at the 
last sitting thereof. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of April 
last, for a Return showing date of Appointment 
of Dean of the Arches and Judge of the Preroga- 
tive Court; the Number of Causes heard; of Ap- 
peals prosecuted ; of Sentences affirmed, reversed, 
or varied on Appeal; also, showing the Number of 
Allegations, Libels, Articles, Acts on Petition, and 
Motions, in each year since the appointment of 
the present Judge of the said Courts :—Also, a 
Return showing the Number of Causes ready for 
hearing and left unheard, and of Causes heard but 
reserved for judgment, at the rising of the Courts 
for the long vacation in each year during the above 
period. 


‘Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated | 


the 23d day of April last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of times Sir Herbert Jenner Fust sat as Judge 
in the Prerogative and Arches Courts during the 


27° Maii. 











A. 1850. 


Copies of Thirty-nine Orders issued by the Com- 

missioners for administering the Laws for the Relief 

of the Poor in Jreland. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fines and Fines and 
Penalties (Jre/and), which was presented upon the ireland) 
14th day of February last, be printed. No. 376 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Thursday last, (Ireland. ) 
be printed. No. 377. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National Debt. 
Debt, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 375. 
printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 


Mr. Speaker, eeu 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Parish Con- 
Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years stables Bill. 
of Her present Majesty, for the Appointment and 
Payment of Parish Constables, 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 Licensed 
Act to change the Name of the Licensed Victual- Victuallers’ 
lers’ and General Fire and Life Assurance Company ad — 
to the Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company, Assurance 
and for better enabling the said Company to sue Company 
and be sued, and to give additional Powers to the aaa 
said Company, with Amendments; towhich Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply ; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Houses of 
Sum, not exceeding Ninety-two thousand three Parliament. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the two Houses 
of Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers 
of the two Houses, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-nine thousand 
nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the two Houses 
of Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers 
of the two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1851 ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, 7 48 
Yeas, \. Mr. Henry: sf ‘ 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 110 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: , 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Treasury. 
Sum, not exceeding Fifty-six thousand one hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sa- 
laries and Expenses of the Department of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1851. 





last four Terms, and the Hours of sitting. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of April 
last, for a Return of Area, Population, and Valua- 
tion of all Electoral Divisions in Zreland in which 
the Union Workhouses may be situated, or which 
contain a Town having a Population of 3,000 and 
upwards ; showing’ the Area, Valuation, and Popu- 
lation of the Townlands which have been, or are 
proposed to be, added to or taken from them by the 
Poor Law Boundary Commissioners. ; 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of dn Act of Parliament,—Copies of 
Twenty-four Orders issued by the Commissioners 
for administering the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor in Jreland. 





Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Fifty-three thousand and four 
| pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Sa- 
_laries and Expenses of the Department of Her Ma- 
| jesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1851,— 
‘put, and Negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 
'Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the —— 
‘0 


Home 
Department. 


Foreign 
Department. 


























Colonial 
Department. 


Lord Privy 
Seal. 


Paymaster- 
General. 


Comptroller- 


General of the thousand five hundred and seventy-six pounds, be 


Exchequer. 


State Paper 
Office. 


Feclesiastical 
Commission- 
ers. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion. 


Mint. 


Public 
Records, 





13 Vicrori2£. 


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 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand one huadred 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 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 





granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller- 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Two 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Three thousand six hundred 
and forty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray a portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

10. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and Twenty-seven 
thousand five hundred 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 1851. | 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and 
twenty-four thousand pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with the | 








Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor, | 


The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Arkwright, 1 36 
Yeas, Mr. Alderman Copeland: J “”° 

Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, } - 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: _ 

Original Question again proposed, 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and nine- 
teen thousand five hundred 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 1851 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Alderman Sidney, | 


to the 31st day of March 1851 ; 
| 


56. 


Yeas, | Mr. Alderman Copeland : J 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, hh 93 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard : ’ 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again :—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn, 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenditure uf the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand six hundred and seventy-eight 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 1851. 

VoL. 105, 


27°—98° Maui, 








371 


13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Inspectors off 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-four pounds, be —w 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and “ 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, 

&amp;c., to the 31st day of March 1851. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Officers, &amp;e. 
thousand six hundred and ten pounds, be granted to (Seomlent) 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of certain Officers 
in Scotland, and other Charges, formerly paid from 
the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Household of 
sand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be granted i” Lord c 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Officers — 
and Attendants of the Household of the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

16. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Chief Secre- 
Sum, not exceeding Twenty-four thousand two tary to the 


hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- ——- 


jesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office Ireland, &amp;c. 


of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, in Dublin and London, and the Privy 
Council Office in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-three thousand 
seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Lxpenses of the 
Office of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Zreland in Dublin and London, and the 
Privy Council Office in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1851; j 


The Committee divided. 

a Vaag | Colonel Sibthorp, | 
Tellers for the Y easy) Mr. Arkwright: § 41, 
-_ 7 Lord Marcus Hill :) 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hayter, J 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Paymaster of 
thousand six hundred and forty-six pounds, be Civil Services 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the cerns 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, 


-156. 


| to the 31st day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 23° die Mati, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply. 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Bill to simplify and improve the Proceedings Court of 
in the High Court of Chancery in Jreland was, ac- Chancery 
cording to Order, read the third time. Gea 
A Clause (Making provision for Compensations 
to Officers retiring in the Court of Chancery), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Elections 
Reading of the Elections (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
{ 3B2+ The 














372 27° —28° Mai. A, 1850. 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Vestries and 
ireland) pil], Mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; | into a Committee upon the Vestries and Vestry hed Clerks 

‘Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | Clerks Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. N 379 

itself into the said Committee. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- “°° °4 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills 


(£.8, 558,700) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


No. 378. 


Savings Banks 


Bill. 


Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 





ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into | Bill. 

consideration the Convict Prisons Bill, as amended Ordered, Tiat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 

in the Committee : The Bill was re-committed to a | mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 

Committee of the whole House :—The House im- | next; and be printed. 


mediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage and 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | _ . Im 
: " ¢ provement 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- | roms - boa Drainage and Improvement of Land of Land 
B | Advances Bill ; Advances Bill. 


mittee had gone through the Bill; and the Amend- | . , - : ; 
ments were read, an J enves ti Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The oe . : — 
House accordingly proceeded to take the Bill into The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Factories Bill. 


prorat mittee on the Factories Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Resleed, That this House will, upon Friday 
upon Monday next next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Technical 
Reading of the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill;| mittee on the Technical Objections Restraining Soreeabsine 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ Bill; ; Bi 
upon Friday next. | 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 Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland)|, The House, according to Order, resolved itself Acts of 








Bill ; into a Committee upon the Acts of Parliament Ab- pic ered a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | breviation Bill; and, after some time spent therein; pin, 


upon Friday next. | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 

| reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as | Amendment. 


amended in the Committee. | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | this day. 
this day. 


| The Order of the day being read, for taking into zuies of 
. ‘ 7 er , ‘ IO} } eligious 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Co™Sideration the Titles of Religious Congregations , 
: S ' | Bill, as amended in the Committee ; _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


this day. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
_ The Court of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill, was, ac- Court of 
| cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Prerogative 
mitted to a Select Committee. (Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Inter- 
ments Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. f 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- The House was moved, That the Order made Kilrush 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the | upon Thursday last, That a Select Committee be Union. 
Bal. | appointed, to inquire into the Administration of the 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-| Poor Law in the Kilrush Union, since the 29th day 





mittee, be printed. | of September 1848, might be read; and the same 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- | being read ; ; 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Poulett 


| Scrope, Sir William Somerville, Sir Lucius O’ Brien, 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second | the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Monsell, Lord 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; | Naas, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon William Fagan, Mr. O’ Flaherty, Mr. Shafto Adair, 
Monday next. Mr. Bright, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir Robert Fer- 
guson, and Mr. Clements, with Power to send for 

The Order of the day being read, for the Coi- | persons, papers, and records. 


mittee on the Public Health (/re/and) Bill ; | Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ___ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to ginecure 


. , Her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to Rectories, &amp;c. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second | give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland)| a Return of all Sinecure Rectories, Vicarages, or 


Bill; : ! . Donatives (or other Sinecure Benefices) in England 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time) or Wales, with the Name of the Patron and Incum- 
upon Friday next. bent, the Annual Value of each, and the Amount 


of Population, the County and Diocese in which 
each is situated ; and also if there is any Church 
belonging to any of the said Benefices in a ruinous 
or dilapidated state. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
wall Lewis, reported, That the Committee had gone| Return of the Names of all the Friendly Societies Societies. 


The Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill was, according 


Select Committee. 








through the Bilt. in England and Wales which at present have Money 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-/ invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. of the National Debt. 


A Petition 





Education 
ill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Merchants, Manu- 
facturers and others, Inhabitants of Manchester and 
its environs, praying that the Education Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of the 
city of Limerick, praying that the Medical Charities 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Apothecaries and General Practitioners of the Wa- 
terford District Association, 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 Fenton ;—Normacot ;-—Newcastle- 
under-Lyme ;— Etruria ;— Blunton ;— District of 
Penkhull ;—Reverend Charles R. P. Wilbraham, 
Vicar of Audley, and others ;—Hartshill ;—Butter- 
ton ;—Northwood ;—Reverend Clement Leigh, Rec- 
tor of Newcastle, and others ;—Longton ;— Burslem ; 
—Liverpool;—and, Birkenhead; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Savings Bank of 
Chichester, praying that before such great and im- 
portant changes as are proposed by the present Sa- 
vings Banks Bill shall be passed into a law, a Select 
Committee of the House be appointed to institute 
an inquiry whether the losses alleged to have been 
sustained by the public, have not arisen from the 
mode in which the Savings Banks money has been 
employed by the Commissioners for the reduction 


. of the National Debt, fur the purposes of the state, 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


‘Committee of 
Selection 
(Fourth Re- 
port). 

No. 380. 


New North 
Road Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


wholly irrespective of the interests and demands of 
Savings Banks, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Stock Exchange of: London, praying that the Stamp 
Duties (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

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, 28° die Maiti ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M* Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection ; That under the powers 

granted to them by the Standing Order No. 83, in 
their Opinion, it is expedient that the Birmingham 
and Pershore Road Bill should be added to the Group 
No. 24, of Private Bills; and that the Committee 
on the Group be empowered to take the Bill into 
consideration, on the Clerk of the Committee giving 
two clear days’ notice to the Clerks in the Private 
Bill Office, notwithstanding the provisions contained 
in the 194th Standing Order. 

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


A Bill to explain and amend the New North 
Road Act, 1849, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 

Vox. 105. 


27°—28° Maz. 








373 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration stourbridge 
the Stourbridge Union Rates Bill, as amended in Union Rates 
the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sir James Buller East reported the Oxford, Wor- Oxford 
cester and Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Oxford Wensum and 
J unction, and Great Western Railway Companies ion ‘Senien- 
Bill, with Amendments. ham and Ox- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; par — 


; t 
and be printed. Western Rail= 


way Com- 
panies Bill. 
The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group No.8, of Railway Bills ; That the (Group 8.) 
Committee met this day at One o’clock, pursuant 
to adjournment, but that the Honourable Francis 
Scott, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
did not attend during the sitting of this day. 
Ordered, That the Honourable Francis Scott do 
attend the said Committee upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie be allowed Glasgow 
to attend and vote in the Committee on the Glasgow oe a 
Markets and Slaughter-houses Bill (Group No. 22), houses Bill. 
notwithstanding he did not sign the prescribed de- 
claration before the Chairman took the Chair, pro- 
vided he sign such declaration before the Com- 
mittee enter upon the consideration of the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Militia. 
an Abstract of the Sums voted and the Amount ac- 
tually expended for the Militia of the United King- 
dom, distinguishing Great Britain from Ireland, in 
each year from the 1st day of January 1834 to the 
Ist day of January 1850, including Expense for 
Ballot, Lieutenancy Clerks, Surgeons, and for every 
other account, so as to exhibit the Total Expense of 
the Militia and its Pensioners, in each year, and in 
each Kingdom ; stating also, what Corps have been 
called out in aid of the Civil Power in each of those 
years, and the Amount of Expense specially incurred 
for such Service; also the Aggregate Amount of 
Expense in those years (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 231, of Session 1834). 


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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of 
the House. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee ap- Pirates’ Head- 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the money Repeal 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of ® 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Pirates’ Head-money Repeal Bill; That they had 
drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they had di- 
rected him sto report to the House; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 2.,1.13., the said Amendment being to insert the 
words “ killed or” after the word “ pirates,” for the 
following reason : 

Because it is not desirable to hold out an ex- 
pectation that the amount of the reward is 
to depend upon the numbers of Pirates 
killed ; and it is the Opinion of the Commons, 
that if any specification of the number 
killed is required by law it will have a 
tendency to hold out such expectation. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P, 3., 1. 5., by adding at the end thereof the fol- 
lowing words: “ but if such property shall have 
“ been a joint capture by any of Her Majesty’s 
“ ships or vessels of war or hired armed snips, or 

3B3+ “ their 








Postal Com- 
munication 
between 
London and 
Paris, &amp;c. 


No. 381. 


Sale of Beer. 


Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeal 
Bill. 


Process, 
Practice and 
Pleading 
(Superior 
Courts.) 


Munici 
——— 
(England and 
Wales. ) 


374 


“ their boats, and any of the ships or vessels of war 


“ of the said Company or their boats, then such 
“ money in lieu of salvage shall be divided and dis- 
“ tributed amongst the joint captors in such manner, 
“* form and proportion as the Lord High Admiral of 
“ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
“ land, or the Commissioners for executing the 
“ offive of Lord High Admiral of the United King- 
“* dom shall at any time or times order and direct.” 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree toall the Amendments made by your Lordships. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Parker do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
ascertain the most expeditious and least expensive 
mode of Postal Communication between London 
and Paris and the Northern Parts of Europe, have 
power to report their Observations thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. ‘ 

Mr. Cowper 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. 

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 communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to consider 
the Operation of the Act for the Sale of Beer, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the 
said Committee, and the Appendix and Index there- 
to: And that Sir John Pakington do carry the said 
Message. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Elections (Jredand) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Parker reported, That having been with the 
Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to 
the Pirates’ Head-money Repeal Bill, the L 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same 
immediately in the Conference Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords ata 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Mr. Cornewall Lewis, The Judge Advocate, Sir 
William Somerville, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr.Stafford, 
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hawes, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned ; . 

Mr. Parker reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Earl of Carlisle; and that 
they had delivered the Reason for disagreeing to 
the said Amendment, and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of this 
instant May, for a Copy of the Commission recently 
issued for inquiry into the Process, Practice and 
System of Pleading in the Superior Courts in Eng- 
land and Wales. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts 
of the Accounts of Boroughs in England and Wales, 
for the year ended 31st August 1849. 


28° Maiv. 


A. 1850. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Castlebar Casticbar 
Union Workhouse, which was presented upon Union 
Thursday last, be printed. ‘Wertanse. 
P No. 382, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented upon Thursday Companies. 
last, be printed. No. 383. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery, which were presented upon the 4th, Chancery. 
22d and 26th days of March last, be printed. No. 384, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electoral Electoral 


swias ae. ; ay. Divisions 

Divisions (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, (Ireland) 
be printed. . 
No. 385. 


A Petition of Coal Miners of Chorley and neigh- Mines. 
bourhood, in the county of Lancaster, complaining 
of the frequent occurrence of Accidents in Coal 
Mines; and praying that the House will, without 
further delay, appoint Government Inspectors of 
such Mines with powers similar to those of Factory 
Inspectors and Inspectors of Railways, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- British 
habitants of the Colony of British Guiana, held at Guiana. 
Georgetown, on the 15th April 1850, praying for the 
abolition of the Court of Policy and the Combined 
Court of that Colony, and for the introduction of a 





ords | 


representative constitution, comprising an elective 
council and a house of assembly, with an elective 
| franchise to secure a full, free and popular represen- 
_tation, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Cha- Charitable 
rities of the city of Worcester, praying that the Trusts Bill. 
Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John T. Brown and others, Ministers Church and 

and Representatives of a Baptist Association, which State. 

has existed for eighty years, and now comprises 
thirty-tive churches and more than three thousand 
communicants, praying the House to take immediate 

measures for severing the connexion between the 

Church and the State, was presented, and read ; and 

| ordered to lie upon the Table. 





cannon (Tramore); praying the House to alter the poralities 
laws relating to the Temporalities of the Irish Pro- (lant) 
testant Church, so that its revenues may be applied 
to purposes of more extended usefulness, and in par- 
ticular to the increase and maintenance of Catholic 
Church accommodation in Catholic populous pa- 
rishes for the Catholic people of Lreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Coventry, Copyholds 
praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill a 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 5 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cork;—and, Dublin (two Peti- Court of 
tions) ; praying that the Court of Prerogative (/re- Prerogative 
land) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of W. J. Brodrick, Rector of Bath, Criminal 
and others, praying that the Plea of “ Guilty” or Trials. 
'“ Not Guilty,” may no longer be demanded of 
Prisoners before Trial, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Patcham Dog-carts. 
and its neighbourhood, in the county, of Sussez, 
praying the House to prohibit the use of Dog-carts, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 








A Petition 


i eolest 


Fa 


Pu 


Lar 





Petitions from Union of the Callan ;—and, Drum- Church Tem- 


(Ireland) Bill. 
? 


and 
(Ire 


Me 
(Na 


Me 


Pro 


Poor 
(Scot 


Post: 





Education 
Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Emigration. 


Factories Act. 


Public-houses. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland. ) 


Medical 
Officers 
. (Navy.) 


_ Medical 
Profession. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Post-office, 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
South Shields, praying that the Education 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 Bright- 
helmstone, complaining that the schools in connexion 
with the Church Education Society for Jreland 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. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
poy. ag te ae Union, praying the House to 
grant such assistance to the Colonial Land and 
Emigration Commissioners as may enable them to 
carry into full effect their views as to Female Emi- 
gration, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brechin (Chairman) ;—and, Colne; 
praying the House not to pass any measure whereby 
the duration of the labour of women, young persons 
and children in Factories may be in any degree ex- 
tended,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cambo and its neigh- 
bourhood, praying the House to limit the number 
of Public-houses, with a view to restricting the sale 
of intoxicating liquors, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Synod of Derry and Omagh, praying the House to 
pass a law to protect the Tenant Cultivators of the 
soil in Zredand in the full possession of all property 
effected by their own improvements, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland ;— Woolwich ;—Edin- 
burgh ;— and, Cupar-in-Fife; praying the House 
to adopt measures for improving the position of the 
Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profes- 
sion, residing and practising at Brighton, praying 
the House to pass an Act incorporating the general 
practitioners into an independent Royal College, 
including in the first instance all those individuals at 
present legally practising as general practitioners, 
with a representative government, with equal rights 
and privileges for all its members, to give authority 
to regulate the education, and test by examination in 
every branch of medicine and surgery, all future can- 
didates for its membership, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester Union (Chairman) ;— 
and, Chorley Union; praying that the Parochial 
Assessments Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the County of Dumfries ;—Paro- 
chial Board of Moffatt (Chairman); — Parochial 
Board of Gamery (Chairman) ;—Hobkirk (Chair- 
man) ;— Scoonie (Chairman) ;—and, Balfron (Chair- 
man); praying for amendment of the Poor Law in 
Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymore ;— Whitchurch (Hants) ; 
— Kinnegad ; — Heathfield ;— Holywood ;— Bally- 
macarrett (two Petitions) ;—Delgany ;—Ancrum ;— 
Aberlady ;— Titchfield ;—Dolgelley ;— George Wil- 
son ;—Dublin; —Synod of Galloway ;—Newtown 
Forbes ;— Bethesda ; — Leckpatrick ; —Lurgan ;— 
VoL. 105. 


98° Mazz. 375 


Dumfries ;— Engedi;—- Thomas Ash, Station Master, 
and others employed at the Junction of the Scottish 
Central.and Caledonian Railways ;—Monkstown ;— 
Maidstone ;— Passage West ;—Corris ; — Dyffryn 
Ardudwy ;— Yardley ; —Kingstown ; — Thurles ; — 
Lucan ;—Tramore;—Ennishillen;— Dalkey ;—Ath- 
lone ;—Kilbroney ;—Synod ot Merse and Teviot- 
dale (Moderator) ;— Rathmines ;—Dunton Bassett ; 
— Abergavenny ; —Summerhill ; —Ballymascanlan ; 
—Kirk Session of Zumphanan ;—Kirk Session of 
Leochel and Lushnie ;—Barmouth ;—Aboyne and 
Birse ;—Talgarth ;—Crickhowell ;— Llandilorfane; 
— Builth ;—Claggin;— Tubbermore (two Petitions) ; 
—Chelsea ;—Oldberrow and Morton Bagot (two 
Petitions) ;—District of South Hackney ;—Paign 
ton ; — Lavendon ; — Kitmegan ; — Bedworth ; — 
Llanfihangel ;— Wolvey ;—Dunmanway ; —Cowbit ; 
~—Walmley ;— West Bromuich ;— Barnet ;— Bildes- 
lon; — Oakham ;— Beckenham ;— Remenham ;— Ken- 
sall Green ;—Eye ;—Allesley ;— Homerton :—Ruf- 
forth ;—Blackheath ;—-Lonan ;— Wigtoft ;—Ports- 
lade ;— Whitechapel ;—-Kirk Session of Westerkirk ; 
—Longforgan ;—Portmoak (two Petitions) ;—For- 
thorwald ;— Turriff ;—Kirk Session of Marnoch 
(Moderator) ;—Hambleden ;— Hedsor ;—Mottram- 
in- Longdendale ; —Bredbury ; — Rostherne ; —-Leu- 
chars ;— Elie ;—Kirk Session of Kennoway( Modera- 
tor);—A. Thorburn ;—Abdie ;—Carnoch ;— District 
of Langley ; —-Denny ;—Kirk Session of Larbert 
(Moderator) ; — Dunnipace (two Petitions) ; — 
Grangemouth ; — Slamanan ; — Kirk Session of 
Muiravonside ; — Misterton ; —Ullesthorpe ;—Udi- 
more ;—Hoby ;—All Saints and Saint Leonards, 
Leicester ;— Hove ;— Leire ;—Frowlesworth ;—Lut- 
terworth ;— Winchelsea ;—Bitteswell ;—Ichlesham ; 
—Ashburnham-with-Penshurst ;— Caton ;—Finch- 
ley; — Merthyr Tidvil ;— Tugby-cum-Norton ; — 
Friockheim ; —Oathlaw ;— Wisbech ;— Birmingham 
(thirty-six Petitions) ;—Glenarm;—Norbury and 
Hazel Grove ;— Woolwich (two Petitions) ;—Dar- 
lington ;—Scorton ;—High House ;—Brookborough 
Circuit ; — Alford ;— Bridgend, Lantwit, and Cow- 
bridge;—Stanhope; —Wolsingham ;— Brigg ;—Peel, 
Isle of Man;—Rhostryfan ;—Llanllyfni ;— Carnar- 
von ;—Rhydfawr ; —Waenfawr ; — Llanberis (two 
Petitions) ;— Cefn-y-Waen ;—Talysarn Llandwrog ; 
—Bettws Garmon ;—Llanddeiniolen ;— Dalserf ;— 
Daiziel ;—Kirk Session of Shettleston ;—Kidwelly ; 
—Llandeilo Vawr ;—Llanddarog and Liannon ;— 
Llanedy ;—Edgbaston ; — Duddeston ;—Ashted ;— 
‘Presbytery of Ayr (Moderator) ; — Muuchline ;— 
Kirk Session of Dalrymple (Moderator) ;—Great 
Bentley ;— Kingstown ; — Brighton ; —Llanelly ;— 
Llanhennock ; — Othery ; — Bethersden ; — Astley 
Abbots ;— Laceby ; — Goodnestone-next-Wingham ; 
—Rodmersham ; — Pluckley ; — Tottenham ; — 
Ebrington ;—Carné;— London ;— Marston Sicca;— 
Burton-upon- Trent ; —Studley ; — Chelmsford ; — 
Herne Bay ;— Llanbrynmair ;— Witton ;— Llandeilo 
Talybont;— Huddersfield ;— Middlesex ;-- Assistants 
and others engaged in Wholesale and Retail Houses 
of Businessin the metropolis ;— Kirkheaton;— Quin- 
ton; —Nacton ; — T'redunnock ; — Anstey ; — West 
Coker ;— Coveniry ; —Kensington ; —Holberton ;— 
Bridgend ;— Redditch (four Petitions) ;— Kingstone; 
— Whitnash ;—Newbourne and Hemley ;— Hawley ; 
Hale and Woodgreen ;—Swilland ;—Crabbs Cross; 
—Buchlesham ;—Machynileth ;—Newtown ;— Tur- 
vey ;—Ampthill ;—Renhold and Ravensden ;— Tur- 
vey ;-——Pavenham, Piadwell, Milton and Turvey ;— 
Hardenhuish ;— Norton Malreward ; — Laycock ;— 
Ditcheridge ;— Bridgewater ;— Birchanger ;— Bed- 
ford (two Petitions) ; — Rippingale ; —Billingbo- 
rough and Horbling ;—Timogue ;—Tullowmoy and 
Timahoe ;—Shipley ; — Festiniog ; —Bannockburn ; 
— Marston, Wootton and Kempston ;—Ton-y-Gu- 
stan ;—Hine, Heath, and Lee Brockhurst ;—and, 
North Rode ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-oflice,—were presented, and 








read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
3234 A Petition 


Svesemasmeetncecs es te 












































































376 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Ezeter 
and neighbeurhood, stating that the Petitioners 
observe, with deep anxiety and alarm, the ruinous | 
depreciation which has taken place in the value of 
their property invested in Railways ; and praying 
the House to cause the strictest investigation to be | 
made into the way in which Railways have here- 
tofore been managed, and that where deception and | 
fraud have been practised, the parties guilty may be | 
punished with the utmost rigour, and that the House | 
will afford relief to the Petitioners by a repeal of the | 
Government Duty on Passenger Traffic, a more | 
equitable mode of assessment, or by allowing a small | 
increase to the present tariff, or such other mode | 
as to the House may seem meet, in order that the | 
Petitioners may receive some return for the large 
sums they have invested, and by which all other | 
parties have been greatly benefited, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman, Deputy Chairmen | 
and Secretary of the Congregational Board of 
Ministers in and about the cities of London and | 
Westminster, comprising more than one hundred | 
and thirty members, praying that the Parliamentary | 
Grant, usually known as the Regium Donum, may | 
be discontinued, was presented, and read; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways. 








Regium 
Donum. 


Roman 
Catholic 
Religion. 


A Petition of the Incumbent and Inhabitants of | 
the parish of Hove, in the county of Sussex, stating | 
that the Petitioners have for a long time viewed | 
with serious apprehension and alarm the increased | 
support and influence given to Popery in the United 
Kingdom and the colonies, and praying that mea- 
sures may be devised and taken for the suppression 
of monasteries and nunneries, and for the final pro- 
hibition and banishment from the United Kingdom of 
Jesuits and members of other religious orders, com- 
munities or societies of the Church of Rome, bound 
by monastic or religious vows, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Savings Bank 


(Itoclidale.) A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mer- 


chants, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of the 
town of Rochdale, praying the House to take the 
case of the depositors, in the Rochdale Savings 
Bank into consideration, and adopt such measures 
as will avert the distress which has befallen them by 
the deficiency in the funds of the bank, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Savings Banks 


4 A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Ail. 


Savings Bank at York, praying that the Savings | 
Banks Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Liverpool ;—Chapel-en-le-Frith ; | 
— Bowdon and Altrincham ;— Dublin (Chairman) ; 
— Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Chairman) ;—and, Wor- 
cester (Chairman); praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law; but that a Select Committee of 
the House may be appointed to inquire into the ma- 
nagement of Savings Banks,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Manchester (Chairman) ;—Ken- 
sington and Brompton (Vice-President) ; —Stock- 
port (Chairman) ; — Lianelly ;—and, Birmingham 
(four Petitions) ; praying that the said Bili may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were also pre- 


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A. 1850. 


Petitions from Members of the Liverpool Stock 
Exchange ;— Chamber of Commerce of Dublin 
(President, Vice-Presidents and Honorary Secre- 
tary) ;—and, Stock and Share-brokers’ Association 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Chairman) ; praying that 
the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Stamp Duties 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Drum- Tithe 
cannon (Tramore,) in the diocese of Waterford Composition 
and Lismore, and county of Waterford, praying for “teland) Act. 
amendment of the Tithe Composition (Zrelund) Act, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Tithe Commu. 
the parishes of Albrighton and Boningale, in the tation Act. 
county of Salop, praying for amendment of the 
Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Sid- Windows. 
mouth, praying for the repeal of the duty on Win- 
dows, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Hayter presented, — Return to an Order, County 
dated the 12th day of March last, for a Return of Courts. 
the Amount received by the Treasury from the Trea- 
surers of the several County Courts in England and 
Wales, from their Establishment, to the 1st day of 
March 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March Public Income 
last, for an Account of the Public Income and Ex- #4 Expendi- 
penditure in each vear from 1822 to 1849, both in- — 
clusive ; showing the Amount of the Ordinary Re- 
venue, after deducting Drawbacks and Repayments ; 
the Extraordinary Revenue, and the Total Receipt . 
of Revenue ; also the Charges of Collection and 
other Payments out of the Revenue in its progress 
to the Exchequer ; the Charges of the Public Debt, 
Funded and Unfunded ; the Charges on the Con- 
solidated Fund ; the Amount expended under the 
several heads of Army, Navy and Ordnance, dis- 
tinguishing Effective and Ineffective Service ; also, 
the Amount of Expenditure not under the heads 
before enumerated, and the Total Expenditure. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of April Cattle. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Live Cattle 
exported from Ireland to Great Britain in each 
year from 1846 to 1849, both inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Febru- Savings 


ary last, for Accounts of the Number of Individual Banks. 


Depositors, and of Charitable Institutions and 
Friendly Societies depositing their Funds in Savings 
Banks, and of the Sums deposited, divided into the 
usual classes, on the 20th day of November 1847, 
1848 and 1849:—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 (distinguishing Great 
Britain and Jreland), by the National Debt Com- 
missioners, in each year, from the 20th day of May 
1847 to the 20th day of November 1849 ; of the 


Amount of Money, Principal and Interest, due to 


the Trustees by the Commissioners, on the 20th dav 
of November 1848 and 1849; of the Securities held 
by the Commissioners on the 20th day of November 
1848 and 1849; and of the Value of those Securities 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the|at the Prices of that day (stating such Prices), to 


Table. 


School Esta- 
blishment 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Petitions from the Synod of Lothian and Tweed- 
dale (Moderator) ;—Presbytery of Kirkcaldy (Mo- 
derator) ;—Presbvtery of Dunfermline (Moderator) ; 
—Presbytery of Forfar (Moderator) ;—and, Pres- 
bytery of Paisley (Moderator); praying that the 
School Establishment (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


| provide the Amount due by the Commissioners to 


the Trustees on that day, for Principal and Interest : 
| . 

_—Of the Aggregate Amount of Interest paid and 
credited to the Trustees of Savings Banks (distin- 
guishing Great Britain and Ireland) by the Com- 
missioners, and of the Aggregate Amount of Interest 
or Dividends received by and due to the Commis- 
sioners on the Stocks, Funds and Exchequer Bills 
held by them on account of the Trustees, in each 








year from the 20th day of May 1847 to the - 
ay 








13 Vicroriz. 


day of November 1849, and stating also the dif- 
ference in Amount between the Amounts so paid 
and credited, and received, up to the 20th day of 
November 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 Date of the Return to this Order (all 
in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 677, 
of Session 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 
Purchases and Sales, and the Rate at which each 
of such Purchases and Sales was effected, from 
the 9th day of December 1847, to the Date of the 
Return to this Order (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 45, of Session 1847-48,— 
20th December 1847):—And, Return of the Name 
of each Savings Bank and Provident Society in the 
United Kingdom, which had availed itself of the 
Powers 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, from commencement 
at the 26th day of March 1834, up to the 5th day 
of January 1850, showing, in separate columns :— 
1. The Number and Amount of each Description of 
Annuity granted by the Trustees of each Bank and 
Society; 2. The Amount of Money paid 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 
may 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 January 1850; 5. The Amount of Money re- 
turned by the National Debt Commissioners to the 
Trustees of each Bank and Society on account of 
Persons who had contracted for deferred Annuities 
having died, or become unable to continue the Pay- 
ments previous to the commencement of such An- 
nuities; and, 6. The manner in which the Money 
paid for the purchase of the said Annuities was in- 
vested or disposed of, and the Description and 
Amount of such Investments (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 453, of Session 1844). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That it is expedient that the Government, 
with the consent and assistance of the Boards of 
Guardians throughout England aud Wales, should 
take immediate steps to forward the Emigration of 
Orphan Girls, inmates of the several workhouses, 
and capable of entering service, to Australia as 
apprentices ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ England and 
“ Wales,” and inserting the words “the United 
“ Kingdom,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words) 


“ England and Wales” stand part of the Question: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ the United Kingdom” be inserted instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being pro- 
posed, That it is expedient that the Government, 
with the consent and assistance of the Boards of 
Guardians throughout the United Kingdom, should 

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377 


take immediate steps to forward the Emigration of 
—— Girls, inmates of the several workhouses, 
and capable of entering service, to Australia as 
apprentices ; 

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

And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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 Thursday next. 








Jovis, 30° die Maii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 18 5 0. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock in the 
New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 
Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committces. 


this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Local Acts 
to inquire into the working of the Act 9 and 10 {Preliminary 
Vic. c. 106, intituled, “ An Act for making Pre- a 
liminary Inquiries in certain cases of Application 
for Local Acts,” and the Act 11 and 12 Vie. c. 129, 
intituled, “ An Act for amending an Act passed in 
the ninth and tenth years of Her present Majesty, 
for making Preliminary Inquiries in certain cases 
of Applications for Local Acts”:—And a Committee 
was appointed, of Mr. Wilson Patten Mr. Greene, 

Mr. Hume, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Mr. Wrightson, Six John Pakington, Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Tatton Egerton Mr. Brother- 
ton, Mr. Ord and Mr. Sotheron, with power to send 
for —— papers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question bei ut, Priv. i 
That Mr. Alexander Hastie be excused ree sie (Group 1%) 
further attendance on the Committee on Group 
No. 13, of Private Bills, in respect of his nomina- 
tion as a Member of the Committee on the Glas- 

- Markets and Slaughter-houses Bill in Group 

oO. 22; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the [ Mr. M‘Gregor, 


Va. 


Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wilson Patten, 1 
Noes, Mr. Greene: pi8s- 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Licensed 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Licensed Victuallers’ 
Victuallers’ and General Fire and Life Assurance jl pend 
Company (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice Assurance 
read; and agreed to. Company 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill iat taes 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by or Railway 


against the Commi i ; _. Companies 
ga mmittee of Railway Companies as Cleating Asoo 


'sociated under the Railway Clearing System, and ciation Bill. 


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 desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to authorize the Construction of a Dock Victoria 


on the North Side of the River Thames, to be (London) 
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378 30° Mazi. 


called, The Victoria (London) Dock, 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. 


York, New- A Bill to amend the Great North of England | 


castleand Ber- Railway Purchase Act, 1846, and to enable the 

wick Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company 

(Arrangements ° ° 

as to Payment to complete the Purchase of the said Railway, was 

for the Pur- read the third time. 

—— Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

of England Ordered, That Mr. Smyth do carry the Bill to the 

Railway, &amp;c.) Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

1 

Aberdeen The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bill. the Aberdeen Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cardiff Water- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
works Bill. the Cardiff Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


wwe | _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Samelbe sent the Garstang and Heiring Syke Turnpike-road 
Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Heronsyke The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Brides Turn- the Heronsyke and Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road 

pike-road Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
mea og The House proceeded to take into consideration 
way of Ireland the Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland 
Bill. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Montrose - The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Montrose Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Norwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Norwich Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 


Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ulverstone, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Minor ter the Ulverstone, Millthorp and Lancaster Turnpike- 
Turnpike-road road Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 
Bill. Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 


eer ng The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bonding Bil. Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 13th day of June next. 


Hartlepool Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the Hartlepool 
a West Harbour and Docks Bill, with Amendments. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
River Dee Colonel Estcourt reported the River Dee Con- 


Conservancy geryvancy and Improvement Bill, wi 
and Improve- y p ill, with Amendments. 


ment Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Advertise A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Pub- 
lishers of the Kilmarnock Journal, praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Advertisements in Newspapers, 


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


ments. 














A. 1850. 


Petitions from Burslem;—and, Southwark; pray- Arbitration, 
ing the House to take such steps as may lead to &amp;c. 
negociations for International Arbitration Treaties 
between this country and other nations, and also 
such measures as may drawattention to the necessity 
of a general and simultaneous Disarmament among 
the nations of the earth,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Occupiers of land and others, re- Agricultural 
siding in and near the town of Market Bosworth, Distress. 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


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Petitions from Nether Knutsford ; — Pevensey Beer-houses, 
and Westham; — Himley ;— Whitchurch ; — and, 
Rural Deanery of Westham; praying the House to 
adopt measures for diminishing the number of Beer- 
houses,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Welshpool ;-—Bradford ( York) ;— Burgess Lists 
and, Preston (Lancaster); praying that the Burgess Bill. 
Lists Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wolston; -— Bretherton ; — and, Church Rates, 
Hoole; praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of County Rates 
the Huntingdon Poor Law Union, praying that the ea 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill may pass into a ; 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wem;—and, Melksham ;—pray- County Court 
ing that the County Court Extension Bill may pass Extension Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proctors duly admitted, and prac- Court of 
tising in the Diocesan Court of the Diocese of Prerogative 
Derry, praying that before passing the Court of (eland) Bill. 
Prervgative (Zreland) Bill into a law, the House 
will be pleased either to provide that compensation 
shall be given to the Petitioners for the loss they 
will thereby sustain, or that the proctors of the va- 
rious Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland may be ad- 
mitted to practise in the Court of Prerogative to be 
established by the Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of inhabitants of the town of Welsh- Dog Carts. 
pool, praying the House to pass a measure for the 
suppression of Dog Carts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burslem ;—Studley ;—and, Alree- Disarmament. 
church ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
promoting a general and simultaneous Disarmament 
among the civilized nations of the world,—were 
+ age and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Three Petitions from Woolwich, praying that the Friendly - 
Friendly Societies Bill may pass into a law,—were Societies © 


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


A Petition of Mill-workers of Stirling, and its Factories Bill 
vicinity, praying that the Factories 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 Fac- 


'tory Operatives aad others of Clitheroe, praying the 


House to puss into a law the amendment intended 


| to be proposed by Lord John Manners, to restrict the 


labour 





Greenwich 
Park. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Highways 
Bill; and, 
Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Mines, 


Ministers’ 
one 


(Ireland, ) 


13 Vicroriz. 


labour of women and children in factories, to fifty- 
eight hours per week, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Warrington, praying the House not to 

ass any measure whereby the duration of the la- 
| sone of women, young persons and children in fac- 
tories may be in any degree extended, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Persons employed by Mr. Robert 
Gill, in his Woollen Factory at Inverleithen, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the parish and town of Greenwich, 
praying the House to take measures for restoring to 
the public those parts of Greenwich Park which 
have been from time to time enclosed from them ; 
that it will cause the erection of a fountain in and 
promenade around the large circular tank for the 
reception of water, lately erected by Government, so 
as to render that ornamental, which, they conceive, 
is now unsightly ; and that it will also put an end 
effectually, by some declaration of its sentiments, to 
the possibility of any further invasion or encroach- 
ment upon the Park by any person or persons whom- 
soever, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harmondsworth ;—and, Stoke- 
upon-Trent; praying that the Highways Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of William Gregory, of the parish of 
Stavely, near Chesterfield, praymg that the said 
Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the West Firle Union, praying that the Highways 
Bill ; and, the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Walker ;—George Wiison ; 
Synod of Lothian and Tweddale (Moderator) ;— 
Portobello ;—Kirk Session of Hawick ;—A. Thor- 
burn ;—John Harper ;—Chryston ;—Kirk Session 
of Shettleston ; —Partick ;—and, Kirk Session of 
Lesmahagow ; 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 West London and Westminster 
Cemetery Company ; — Clerkenwell ;— Mile End 
Old Town (Chairman) ; —Mary-le-bone ; — South- 
wark ;—Christchurch (Surrey) ;—London and West- 
minster ; — Westminster ; —~ Saint Pancras;— Lon- 
don (two Petitions) ;— Chelsea, Brompton, Kensing- 
ton and Hammersmith ;—Henry Oliver Nodes ;— 
and, Saint George, Hanover-square; praying that 
the Metropolitan Interments Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Redruth Board of Guardians, 
in the county of Corawall, complaining of the pre- 
sent state of the law in respect to the rating of 
Mines; and praying for such an alteration as will 
subject mining property to an equitable proportion 
of the public burthens, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Kilkenny, praying for the 
abolition of Ministers’ Money in Jre/and,—were 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

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A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmarnock, praying Newspapers. 


for the repeal of the Penny Stamp Duty on News- 
papers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the late Relief Com- Poor Law 
mittees, consisting of the Clergy, Poor Law Guar- (ireland. 


dians and principal Rate-payers of the Electoral 
Divisions of Buttevant, Churchtown, Liscarrol, 
Imphrick, Doneraile and Cahirduggan, in the 
northern part of the Mallow Union, stating that the 
Petitioners have lately seen, with surprise, a state- 
ment made to the Committee of the House on Irish 
Poor Laws in the year 1849, respecting the sum ex- 
pended in the erection of a Fever Hospital at Butte- 
vant; and praying the House not to remain under 
the impression that there was any perversion of the 
public funds in the erection of the fever sheds at 
Buttevant, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the parochial Poor Law 
board of the parish of Paisley, praying for amend- (Scotland.) 


ment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fivemiletown ;— Ware ;—Bewie ; post-office. 


—Sutton-upon- Trent (two Petitions) ;—Walton and 
Felixston;--Stoke Newington;-- Debden ;-—Brazxted; 
— Old Weston ;— Hawick ;— Moulin ;-— Rotherhithe ; 
—Croxton Kerrial ;—Lowtherstown ;—Great Tor- 
rington ;—Aldbourne and Baydon;— Hackney-road ; 
— Maguires Bridge; — Fethard ; — Islington ; — 
Welton and Melton ; —Elmstead ;—Cloone ;—Ald- 
ham and Fordham; — Newtowns;— New North- 
road ; — Clerkenwell ;— Brightwell and Foxhall;— 
Birch ; — Myton-upon-Swale ; — Longhorsley ; — 
City-road ; — Great Maplestead ;— Woodstone ;— 
Stisted ; — Colne Engain ;—Brocksborough ; —By- 
thorn; — Swaby, Thoresby and Beleau ;—.Bermond- 
sey ;— Trowbridge ; — Peterborough ;— Timberland ; 
—Saint Alban’s ;—Collinstown ;—Fotterby ;— Fen- 
stanton ; — Stenton; — Llangenneck ; — Margaret 
Roding ;—Kirk Session of Rattray (Moderator) ;— 
Greenwich ; —Poynings ;—Leighton Bromswold ;— 
Diddington ; — Overton Waterville ; — Legsby ; — 
Ludborough ;— Newport, Fife ;— Yelling ;— Hilton; 
— Saleby ;—Keston Gobals ;— Llandough, Cogar, 
and Leckwith-with-Penarth and Lavernock ;—Ab- 
bots Ripton ;—Brington;—Offord Darcy;—Church 
Coniston ; — Alvesford;— Bont Vane ; —Leas— 
Ruthin ;—East Wemyss ; —Rainham ; —Forteviot ; 
—and, Helensburgh; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the aoe andeael presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Residents of Bath, and its vicinity, 
praying the House to adopt such measures as shall 
secure to the British public the continuance of (at 
least) one delivery, and the necessary transmission 
of letters on the Lord’s Day, as heretofore, was also 
ggg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Two Petitions from Paisley, praying for the es- Postage. 


tablishment of an Ocean Post, by which letters 
should be conveyed from any port in Great Britain 
to any other port in the world, at the uniform rate 
of a penny,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stradbally and Ballylaneen ; — protestant 


Temple Michael ; — Dungarvan ; — Clashmore ; — Church 
(Ireland.) 


Ballyduff ;—Knocanure ;—Kilgobinet ;—Kilwater- 
moy ;—and, Ringagoonah ; praying the House to 
pass a measure whereby, on the determination of 
the interests of the existing incumbents, the revenues 
of the Protestant Church shall be devoted to the 
relief of the poor, and religious equality at length 
be really established in Ireland, and sectarian dis- 
cord obviated by leaving the Protestant clergy to 
be supported as the Catholic clergy are, namely, 





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Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


School Esta- 
blishment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Tailor Trade. 


Elections 


(Ireland ) Bill. 


380 30° Mazz. 


by the voluntary contributions of their flocks,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of Dublin, praying that a clause may 
be inserted in the Public Health (Zreland) Bill, ex- 
cepting the borough of the city of Dublin from its 
provisions, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingswinford ; — Newark-upon- 
Trent :— Huddersfield ;— Kidderminster ;—and, Li- 
merick (Mayor); praying that the Savings Banks 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session 
of the parish of Zarbert, in the county of Stirling, 

raying that the School Establishment (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Journeymen Tailors of Liverpool, 
setting forth the evils arising to their trade from the 
system of home: working ; and praying for redress, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Bill to shorten the Duration of Elections in 
Freland, and for establishing additional Places for 
taking the Poll thereat, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And whereas it is expedient to provide for increas- 
ing the number of polling-places, be it therefore 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieu- 
tenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of 
Ireland, by and with the advice of the Privy Coun- 
cil in Jreland, from time to time hereafter, on Peti- 
tion from the Justices of any county or riding in 
Ireland, in Quarter Sessions assembled, representing 
that the number of polling-places for such county 
or riding is insufficient, and praying that the place 
or places mentioned in the said Petition may be a 
polling-place or polling-places for the county or 
riding within which such place or places is or are 
situate, and that a barony or baronies, half-barony 
or half-baronies in such Petition mentioned may 
constitute a district for polling at such polling- 
‘soa (but so as not to divide any barony or half- 

arony), to declare that any place or places men- 
tioned in the said Petition shall be a polling-place 
or polling-places for that county or riding, and that 
the barony or baronies, half-barony or half-baronies 
in such Petition mentioned, shall constitute a district 
for polling at such polling-place, and that the other 
polling districts of the said county or riding shall 

e altered accordingly ; and every such declaration 
or order for creating additional polling-places, and 
the polling districts for the same, shall be certified 
under the hand of the Clerk of the said Privy Coun- 
cil, and, when so certified, shall be published in the 

Dublin Gazette, and shall be of the same force and 
effect as if the same had been made by the autho- 
rity of Parliament: Provided always, that no such 
Petition as aforesaid shall be made by such Justices 
so assembled, unless a notice in writing shall have 
been delivered one month at the least before the 
holding of such Quarter Sessions to the Clerk of 
the Peace of the county or riding wherein the same 
are held, signed by two Justices of the Peace for 
such county or riding, and residing therein, or by 
‘ten inhabitants being registered voters for such 
county or riding, which notice shall state that the 
Court will, when such Sessions are held, be moved 
to make such Petition, nor unless the Clerk of the 
-Peace shall, ten days at the least before the holding 
of such Sessions, have caused a copy of such notice 


A. 1850. 


papers of such county or riding, if two newspapers 
are published therein, or if not, in a newspaper 
published or commonly circulated therein, together 
with a notice of the day upon which such Quarter 
Sessions will be held: Provided always, that when 
such motion is made, any person objecting to the 
same shall be heard by such Court against the 
same, or any part thereof, if he thinks fit): 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 Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 168 
Yeas, | Lord Edward Howard: } , 
Tellers for thef Mr. Roche, 21 
Noes, | Mr. Scully: } —* 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
_ The said Clause was accordingly read a second 
time, 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Clause, in |. 7., by inserting after the words 
“ mentioned inthe said Petition,” the words “ and 
“ being a town or towns where Quarter Sessions 
“ are held.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. M‘Cullagh, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Anstey : 
Tellers for the { Lord Edward Howard, 118 

Noes, Sir William Gibson Craig : ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the said Clause was read the third time, and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And whereas it is expedient that further pro- 
vision should be made for increasing the number of 
polling-places in certain cases, be it therefore En- 
acted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant 
or other Chief Governor or Governors of Jreland, 
from time to time hereafter, on Petition from the 
inhabitants of any barony in which no polling-place 
is situated, signed by not less than three hundred 

ualified electors, and praying that the place men- 
tioned in the said Petition may be a polling-place 
for the county within which such place is situate, 
to declare that any place mentioned in the said 
Petition shall be a polling-place for that county, and 
to assign the said barony as a district to such polling- 
place ; and every such order for creating such ad- 
ditional polling-places shall be certified under the 
hand of the Chief or Under Secretary, and when so 
certified, shall be published in the Dublin Gazette, 
and shall be of the same force and effect as if the 
same had been made by the authority of Parlia- 
ment): And the said Cleanse 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 Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. French, } 33 

Yeas, ‘\ Mr. Roche: 5 

Tellers for the { Lord Edward Howard, 

Noes, Sir William Somerville : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Third Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
after the other Orders of the day. 


And then the House adjourned till Five of the 
clock. 


52. 


108. 





to be-inserted twice at the least in two of the news- 








The 





Arctic 
Expeditions. 


Official 
Salaries. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-third 
Report.) 


Edinburgh 
Slaughter- 
houses Re- 
moval Bill. 


Borough of 


Salford Water- 


works Bill. 


River Dee 
Conservancy 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Stamp Duties. 


No. 387, 


Savings of the 


Middle and 
Working 
Classes, 


Petty Sessions 


13 Vicroriz. 


The House met at Five of the clock, in the Old 
House of Commons. 





Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this instant 
May, for Copies of Instructions from the Admiralty 
to Captain Austin, R.N.c.B., and to any other Of- 
ficers in Her Majesty’s Service engaged in Arctic 
Expeditions, since the date of the last Parliamentary 
Return. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to 
Earl Grey and the Earl of Minto, to come to the 
Select Committee appointed by this House to 
inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments of Offices 
held during the pleasure of the Crown by Members 
of either House of Parliament, voted in the Annual 
Estimates; and also into the Salaries and Emolu- 
ments of Judicial Offices in the Superior Courts of 
Law and Equity in the United Kingdom ; and into 
the Retiring Pensions allotted to the Judges ; and 
also into the Expense of Diplomatic Establishments 
charged on the Consolidated Fund: And that Mr. 
Wilson Patten do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 27th and 28th days of 
thisinstant May; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Henry Willoughby reported the Edinburgh 
Slaughter-houses Removal Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Beckett reported the Borough of Salford 
Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the parties to 
print, at their own expense, the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee on the River 
Dee Conservancy and Improvement Bill, from the 
Committee Clerk’s Copy, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Produce in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1850, of each Rate of Stamp 
Duty applicable to Bonds, Mortgages, Conveyances 
and other Written Instruments referred to in a Bill 
now before Parliament for repeaiing some of such 
Duties and granting others in lieu thereof. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Staf- 
ord be discharged from any further attendance on 
the Select Committee on the Savings of the Middle 
and Working Classes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Heald and Mr. Stansfield be 
added to the Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Petty Sessions 


(reland) Bill. (Zreland) Bill was nominated of Sir William Somer- 





ville, the Marquis of Kildare, Mr. Vesey, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Lord 
Naas, Sir John Young, Mr. French, Colonel Dunne, 
Sir Lucius O’ Brien, Mr. Monsell, Mr. O Flaherty, 
Mr. Clements, Mr. Scully and Mr. Solicitor-General 
for Lreland. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

VoL. 105. 





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381 


Ordered, That the Tenements Recovery (Ireland) Tenements 
Bill be read a second time, after the Orders of the tireland) Bill. 


day. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Supply 
of Supply be received To-morrow. [24th May.) 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Supply 
of Supply be received To-morrow. [27th May.] 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Medical 
next, resolve itself into a Committee on the Me- oe oo. 
dical Charities (Jreland) Bill. sateen 


Ordered, That the Bill for raising a Sum, by Exchequer 
Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One Bills 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty, be now read the —s 
third time :—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Eight 
millions five hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven 
hundred Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 


i 
rdered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations (Jre- Municipal 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now pam wry 
taken into consideration :—The House, accordingly ‘ aaa 
proceeded to take the said Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Acts of Parliament Abbrevia- Acts of 


tion Bill be read the third time after the Orders of Parliament 
the day. 


Ordered, 'That the Titles of Religious Congre- Titles of 
gations Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Religious 
into consideration after the Orders of the day. — — 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- Municipal 
tive to Municipal Boroughs (England and Wales), Boroughs 


which were presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. Wake)” - 


No. 388. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Process, Process, 
Practice and Pleading (Superior Courts), which Practice and 


was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. irene Aral 


No. 389. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to County County Courts. 
Courts, which was presented upon Tuesday last, No. 390. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- Public Income 
come and Expenditure, which was presented upon #04 Expendi- 
Tuesday last, be printed. "a - 

0. 391. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings 





Banks, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be Banks. 
printed. No. 392. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Defects in 
last Session of Parliament, for granting Relief Leases Act 
against Defects in Leases made under Powers of — 
Leasing : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Walsall Walsall 
senna and Market Act, 1848, and for other pa ong 
urposes : And also, Act (1848) 
—— 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Prussian 
Minister’s Re- 
sidence Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Purchase, by the Prussian Minis- 





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382 


ter, of a Residence in England, for the use of the; 
Prussian Legation, and to regulate the future holding 
of the same ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Lieutenant Colonel Proby 
Thomas Cautley with Frances, 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 also, 

The Lords give leave to the Earl of Chichester to 


Cautley’s 
Divorce Bi 


Prison 
Discipline, 
Committee appointed by this House to inquire into 
the rules and discipline established with regard to 
the treatment of Prisoners in Gaols and Houses of 
Correction in England and Wales, his Lordship (in 
his place) consenting: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee of the 
House of Lords appointed to consider the operation 
of the Act for the Sale of Beer; together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before the said 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index thereto :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 





Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Prussian 
Minister’s Re- 
sidence Bill. 


The Prussian Ministers’ Residence Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Cautlcy’s 


Cautley’s ,, __ Cautley’s Divorce Bill, was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Arbitration. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


30° Maiz. 


attend to be examined as a witness before the Select | 47, 





A. 1850. 


Petitions from Westminster ;—and, Saint George, Metropolitan 
Hanover-square ; praying that the Metropolitan In- —— 
terments Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Waterford ;—and, Cork (five Peti- Ministers’ 
tions); praying for the abolition of Ministers’ Money tirelnn a.) 
in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Airdrie ;— Matching ;—Kirk Ses- Post-office. 
sion of Duthil ;—Upper Chelsea (two Petitions) ;— 
enai Bridge ;— Falmouth ;— Nathaniel Paterson ; 
—Ashton Hayes ;— Greenock ;—Heath and Hault 
Hucknall; — Bradford (York); —West Winch ; — 
Broomfield; —Gorey and Kilnehue ; —Wilton ;— 
Northaw ;— Dublin ; —Gaerwen ; —Ilfracombe ;— 
Saint Ninian’s;—Pencaitland and other places ;— 
Brampton ; — Hornchurch ; — Presbytery of Lin- 
lithgow (Moderator) ;—Sompting ;— Great Ilford;— 
Dwyran ; —Manchester and Ae eh ; —Meifod ;— 
Kendal; —Sunderland ; —Hachness ; —Kinless ; — 
South Shields ;—Kirton ; —Falkenham ;—Trimley, 
Saint Mary ;—Trimley, Saint Martin ;— Taunton; 
—Sibton ;— Luddington-in-the-Brook and Heming- 
ton;—Sheffield ;—East Donyland ;— Hardwicke ;— 
Fewston ;—Llandeilo Vawr ;—Standish;—Bettws ; 
—Little Bealings ;—Prescot;—Seacroft ;—Urray; 
— Llanllwny ;—Dunsfold;—Cwmmamman ;—North 
Walsham ;—Llanfynydd ;— Halton ;—Llandebie ;— 
John Fulton ;—Wolferton;—Fring ;—High Hoy- 
land ; —East Garston ; —Sudborough ; —Ozxenton 
and Woolstone ;— Bawdsey ;—Lisnaskea ;— Hanney; 
— Stoke Orchard; — Buttington; —Kiltearn; — 








gesses of the borough of Sheffield, praying the 
House to take prompt and decisive measures for 
the promotion of Treaties between the Government 
of this country and other Governments of the World, 
binding both parties for the future to refer their 


misunderstandings to the decision of Arbitrators, | 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wells (Somerset), 
praying the House to adopt measures for diminish- 
ing the number of Beer-houses, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Beer-houses. 


Church Rates, 
ley and Dawley, and vicinity, in the county of Salop, 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


= A Petition of Copyhold Tenants of the Manor 
a of Hornsey, otherwise Harringay, Middlesex, and 


adjoining Manors, praying that the Copyholds En- 
franchisement Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


aaa Petitions from Dunfermline (three Petitions) ;— 
Ji. 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Aldermen, 
Town Councillors and other Inhabitants of the Bo- 
rough of Wenlock, 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 General Practitioners in Medicine, 
Surgery and Midwifery of England and Wales, 
adopted at a meeting of the Medical Profession, 
held at the Hanover-square Rooms, Hanover-square, 
praying the House to pass a Bill, with as little delay 
as possible, containing provisions calculated to 
amend the existing laws relating to the Medical 
Profession, and to harmonize the Medical Institu- 
tions in accordance with the requirements of the 
public, and the interests of the profession at large, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Medical 
DProfession 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Made- | 





and, Inverkeithing ; praying that the Marriages Bill | 


Chilton ;—Kirk Session of Kincardine; —Fearn; 
—Knockando ;—Upper Arley ; —Trysall ; —Glas- 
gow ;—Humbie ; —Prestonpans ; —Turvin ; —Kirk 
Session of Edderton;—District of Abersychan;— 
Sodbury; — Ballygawley; — and, Iron Acton ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 

ost-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Earlstown, in the 
county of Berwick, praying the House not to allow 
| any alterations to be made in the present postal ar- 
| rangements, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
| dered to lie upon the Table. 
| Petitions from Sheffield and Hallamshire (Chair- Savings Banks 
man) ; —Huddersfield ;—and, Ledbury (two Peti- Bill. 
tions); praying thatthe Savings Banks Bill may not 


| pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 


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

| A Petition of Inhabitants of Halesworth and the Slave Trade. 
vicinity, in the county of Suffolk, praying the 

House to adopt measures for the suppression of 

the Foreign African Slave Trade, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Smithfield 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners Market, &amp; 
appointed to make Inquiries relating to Smithfield 
Market, and the Markets in the City of London, for 
the Sale of Meat. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Gas Com- 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of panies. 
February last, fora Return or Statement, from every 
Gas Company established by Act of Parliament in 
the United Kingdom, stating the several Acts of 

Parliament under which established, the Rates per 
1,000 cubic feet at which each Company or Corpo- 
'ration have supplied Gas in each of the three years 

since 1846 to 1849, and the Average Price of the 
Coals used by the Company in each year for the 
same Period; also, stating the Amount of fixed 
| Capital invested by each Gas Company, and the 
_ Rate per cent. of Dividend to the Shareholders or 

Proprietors on their Shares in each year since that 

date (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
| No. 734, of Session 1847). 





Return 











ks 


Hudson’s Bay 


Company. 


Post-office. 


13 Victroriz. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
3d day of this instant May, for Copies of the Cor- 
respondence between the Government of the United 
States and Her Majesty’s Government, relative to the 
increased Quantity of Spirits supplied within the 
Territory of the United States by the Hudson’s Bay 
Company to the Native Indian Population. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 


put, That an humble Address be presented to Her | 


Majesty, ———s the great desire which exists 
in all parts of the United Kingdom for an exten- 
sion of that rest on the Lord’s Day which is af- 
forded in the London Post-office to the Post-offices 
of the provincial towns; and praying that Her 
Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct, that 
the collection and delivery of letters shall, in future, | 
entirely cease on Sunday in all parts of the King- 
dom :—And, also, that Her Majesty will cause an 


- inquiry to be made as to how far, without injury to 
quiry MW ry 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill, 


English and 


Irish Univere 
Sities, 


the public service, the transmission of the Mails on 
the Lord’s Day might be diminished, or entirely 
suspended; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Lord Ashley, 93 
Yeas, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland :} ? 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 68 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : } . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, Tnat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into consi- 
deration the mode of administering the Oath of 
Abjuration to Persons professing the Jewish Re- 
ligion. 

“The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the mode of administering the Oath of 
Abjuration to Persons professing the Jewish Re- 
ligion. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. At- 
torney-General reported, That the Committee had 
come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Attorney-General accordingly reported a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the mode of administering the Oath of 
Abjuration to Persons professing the Jewish Re- 
ligion:—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Attorney-General, Lord John Russell 
and Sir George Grey b prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law for the Registration of certain 
Persons commonly known as “ Compound House- 
holders,” and to facilitate the exercise by such 
Persons of their Right to vote in the Election of 
Borough Members to serve in Parliament: And 
that Sir William Clay, Lord Robert Grosvenor and 
Sir De Lacy Evans do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
= the 23d day of April last, That all systems 

OL. 105, 








30° Mazi. 383 


of academical Education require from time to time 
some modification, from the change of external 
circumstances, the progress of opinion, and the 
intellectual improvement of the people; that in 
the ancient English and Jrish Universities, and 
in the Colleges connected with them, the interests 
of religious and useful learning have not advanced 
to an extent commensurate with the great resources 
and high position of those bodies; that collegiate 
statutes of the fifteenth century occasionally prohibit 
the local authorities from introducing any alterations 
into voluminous codes, of which a large portion are 
now obsolete ; that better laws are needed to regulate 
the ceremony of matriculation and the granting of 
degrees; to diminish the exclusiveness of the Univer- 
sity Libraries ; to provide for a fairer distribution of 
the rewards of scientific and literary merit; to extend 
the permission of marriage to tutors of colleges ; 
and to facilitate the registration of electors for the 
Universities ; that additional checks might be con- 
sidered with reference to the continued extravagance 
of individual students ; and that the mode of tenure 
of College property ought to be ameliorated, par- 
ticularly in Zreland; that as it is Her Majesty’s 
right and prerogative to name Visitors and Com- 
missioners to inquire into the ancient Universities 
and Colleges of England and Ireland, an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue Her 
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of the 
Universities and Colleges of Ozford, Cambridge 
and Dublin, with a view to assist m the adaptation 
of those important institutions to the requirements 
of modern times ; 

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

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
—s of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) =F. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways Bill. 


mittee on the Highways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Elections 
the further Proceeding upon the Third Reading of (Ireland) Bill. 
the Bill to shorten the Duration of Elections in 
Ireland, and for establishing additional Places for 
taking the Poll thereat —The House resumed the 
said further Proceeding. 

Resolved, That the Bil do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tenements 
Reading of the Tenements Recovery (Jreland) Recovery 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Acts of 
Reading of the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Parliament 
Bill ; —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Titles of 
into consideration the Titles of Religious Congre- —, 
gations Bill, as amended in the Committee; and 5)°°8"™ 
Amendments were made to the Bill. No. 393 

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


Mr. Attorney-general presented a Bill to regulate Oath of. 
the Mode of administering the Oath of Abjuration AbUration 


- : Seay (Jews) Bill. 
to Persons professing the Jewish Religion: And 
3c4 the No, 394. 



























































Compound 


Householders 


Bill. 
No. 395. 


‘Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Bradford 


Improvement, 


Police, and 
Purchase and 
Closing of 
Bradford 
Canal Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 


cester and 


Wolverhamp- 


ton Railway 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 


(Alteration of 


Works) Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 


Railway Bill. 





384 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday 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 Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Veneris, 31° die Maii; 


Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Commissioners of West- 


minster Bridge, for leave to deposit a Petition 


for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- | 
missioners to build a Temporary Bridge across the | 


30°—31° Mazz. 








A. 1850. 


_ A Bill for better assessing and collecting the gtourbridge 
Poor Rates, Highway Rates, and other Parochial Union Rates 
Rates, the County, Shire Hall, Police, and other Bill. 
County and Local Rates, on Small ‘Tenements, in 
the several Parishes, Townships and Hamlets of 
| Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, The Lye, 
| Wollescote, Cradley, the Borough of Halesowen, 
Hawn, Hasbury, Illy, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, 
| Ridgacre and Lapel, in the County of Worcester, 
and Kingswinford and Amblecote, in the County of 
Stafford, situate within and forming the Stourbridye 
Poor Law Union, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Foley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Bilston Improvement, Market, Bilston Im- 
Waterworks and Cemetery Bill be re-committed to Provement, 


m arket, 
the former Committee. Waterworks 


and Cemetery Bill, 





A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
'the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 


River Thames, from Bridge-street, in the city of| jesty’s Commission for declarmg Her Royal Assent 
Westminster, to the opposite Shore in the county of} to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 


Surrey, and to maintain the same during the Re-! the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 


pairs of Westminster Bridge, and to authorize the | in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 


said Commissioners to mortgage the Bridge Es- 
tates, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Bradford Im- 
provement, Police and Purchase and Closing of 
Bradford Canal (re-committed) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir James Buller East reported the Oxford, Wor- 
cester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Sir Robert Gore Booth reported from the Com- 
mittee on the South Wales Railway (No. 2.) Bill; 
That the Committee had, in pursuance of the Order 
of the House of the 23d day of April last, divided 
the said Bill into two Bills ; and such parts of the 
Bill as related only to the financial arrangements of 
the Company having been made the subject of a 
separate Bill, the Committee had proceeded with 
the remaining parts of the Bill “ to enable the South 
Wales Railway Company to make a new Railway in 
the Forest of Dean, in lieu of the Railway already 
authorized, and to make certain Alterations in the 
Line and Levels, and the Mode of Construction of 
their Railway, and for other Purposes”; That they had 
amended the preamble of the Bill, by striking out so 
much thereof .as had reference to the financial ar- 
rangements of the Company; and had further 
amended the same by adding a recital in reference 
to a contract between the South Wales Railway 
Company and the Forest of Dean Railway Com- 
pany, for the purchase by the former Company of 
the Forest of Dean Railway; and found the pre- 
amble, 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. 


A Bill to extend the Powers of the Dundalk 


and Enniskillen Railway Company, for the Purchase | 
orks, on Part of | 


of Lands, and Completion of 


their Railway, and for other Purposes, was read the | 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vesey Dawson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and desire their concurrence. 





| 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 enable the Judges of the Courts of Alterations in 
' Common Law at Westminster to alter the Forms of P'eadings Bill 
Pleading : 

An Act to authorize the Establishment of Courts West India 
of Appeal for certain of Her Majesty’s West India Appeals Bill. 
Colonies : 

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Defects in 
Parliament for granting Relief against Defects in a, 
Leases made under Powers of Leasing : Bill. 


An Act for the Regulation of Process and Practice Process and 


: ~ : : . Practice 
in the Superior Courts of Common Law in Ireland: (Ireland) Bill 


An Act for extinguishing the Vicarial Tithes in Kew and 
the Parishes of Kew and Petersham, in the County —_.,. 
of Surrey, for confirming and regulating the Pew- "*"8°*" 
Rents of the Churches of the said Parishes, for 
authorizing the Division of the Vicarage of Kew 
and Petersham, and for other Purposes relating to 
such Vicarage : 

An Act for completing the Line of the Zondon- Londonderry 
| derry and Coleraine Railway, with Branch to Vew- eaiway Bill, 
| cownlimavady, and for amending the Acts relating 
| thereto : 
| An Act to enable the Londonderry 
len Railway Company to extend their 
way from Strabane to Omagh, and to amend the 
| Acts relating to the said Company : 
| An Act to amend “The Walsall Improvement Walsail Im- 





and Znniskil- Lowiooderss 

j &gt;]. and Enniskul- 
Line of Rail jon Railway 
Bill. 


| ‘i P ° 3 ovement an 
and Market Act 1848,” and for other Purposes. — act 
(1848) Amendment Bill 
| Sir William Jolliffe reported the Cromford and Cromford 
_ Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. eel 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. piu. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported from the Committee Surrey ce 
on Group 24, of Private Bills; That the parties op- $1" 
posing the Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill had stated 
to the Committee that the Evidence of Mr. Charles 
Penfold, of Croydon, was essential to enable them 

to 











Cobbe’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. . 


No, 396. 


Westminster 
Abbey and 
Saint Paul’s. 


Tower of 
London. 


Hampton 
Court Palace, 
&amp;e, 





13 Vicroriz. 


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 Charles Penfold do attend 
the said Committee on Monday next at Twelve 
o'clock. 

Ordered, That Charles Penfold do attend the 
said Committee upon Monday next, at Twelve of 
the clock. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported Cobbe’s Divorce 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Parish 
Constables Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report made by Edward Lawes, Es- 
= to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s 

NV oods, &amp;c., on the Westminster Improvement Acts 

Amending Bill. 

Lord Seymour accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 
House, a Return of the Annual Amount of Money 
taken at Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's, for 
Admission, during the years 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848 
and 1849, distinguishing each Year and Month, 
and of the Appropriation of such Money; with a 
Return of the Sum or Sums charged at present for 
admitting Individuals to see the Public Monuments 
in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's (in con- 
tinuation of Returns, ordered to be printed 25th 
July 1845). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ; sn 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 Number of Visitors to the 
Armoury of the Tower of London, from the 1st 
day of February 1845 to the ist day of February 
1850 ; stating the Number of Free Admissions and 
the Number of Persons who paid for Admission in 
each Month; the Rate of Fees paid by each, and 
the Aggregate Amount received in the same Time, 
and to whom paid :— Also, a Statement of the 
Receipts and feendian of the Jewel House, 
from the 1st day of February 1845 to the Ist day 
of February 1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 576, of Session 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. 


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 Visitors admitted free 
of Charge, to see the Apartments and Pictures at 
Hampton Court and the Gardens at Kew, during 
the year 1849, Coe. Oe Number in each 
Month (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 464, of Session 1849). 

VoL, 105. . 


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385 


Ordered, That 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. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of 
the House. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works, 
mand,—Copy of Eighteenth Report from the Board (1reland.) 
of Public Works in Jreland, to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

Mr. Hayter also presented,—Return to an Order, Advertise- 
dated the 11th day of April last, for a Return of ™™™* 
all Writs issued by the Stamp Office for the Recovery 
of Duties on Advertisements, in each year since 
1829, showing also in what year the Duty was re- 
duced. , 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May Soap. 
last, for a Return of the Quantities of Soap, or of 
the Substitute for Soap, made and used on the 
Premises in the Manufacturing Districts, free of 
Excise Duty; and of the Quantities of Soap used 
by the Manufacturers on which the Excise Duty 
has been returned, during each of the last Three 
years. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the di- Shannon 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of N#vigation. 
the Eleventh and Final Report of the Commis- 
sioners, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 61, for the 
Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shan- 
non, Ireland, with an Appendix. 

Accounts of Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Army, &amp;c. 
Receipt and Expenditure, for the year ending 31st 
March 1849, with Reports of the Commissioners 
of Audit. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic Arctic 
Expeditions, which was presented yesterday, be Expeditions. 
printed. No. 397. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Sale of Sale of Beer. 
Beer, which was yesterday communicated from the No. 398, 
Lords, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Gas Com- 
to Gas Companies, which was presented yesterday, P*™¢*- 
be printed. No. 399, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Séreet, in the county Beer-houses, 
of Somerset, praying the House to adopt measures 
with a view to diminish the number of Beer-houses, 
was’ presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Burgess Lists 
of Banbury, praying that the Burgess Lists Bill Bill. 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harlestone; — Petersfield ;—and, Church Rates. 
Hemel Hempstead; praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


. ee of ars of the parish of Car- Church Tem- 
rick, in the county of Londonder raying that Poralities 
an Act may be passed restoring the clgeue juris- a 
diction of the Ten Sees suppressed by the Church 
Temporalities (Zreland) Act, and enabling Her 
Majesty to nominate to them according as an 
adequate provision for each shall have been secured, 


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


3D 


A Petition 


County Court 
Extension Bill, 


ia 


386 


Inhabitants of Abergavenny, praying that the County 

Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


_— of the borough of Banbury, praying the 


Crown Pro- 
perty (North 
ales.) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Factories Act. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


ouse not to sanction the Clause proposed to be 
inserted in the said Bill, to compel corporations to 

ermit their town-halls to be used gratuitously for 
holding the Courts therein, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owen Owen Roberts, of Castle 
Hill, Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, alleging 
that throughout North Wales, and more especially 
within the precincts of those countries which are 
included within the ancient limits of the forest of 
Snowdon, extensive districts and valuable tracts of 
Crown and public property, as well upon the sea 
beach as upon mountain wastes, have of late years, 
and within the memory of living witnesses, been 
appropriated and treated by individuals as private 
property ; and praying the House to take such steps 
as may be deemed requisite and necessary to assert 
the just claims of the Crown, and effectually to pro- 
tect its property, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Monaghan ; — Crosserlough ; — 
and, Drumholm; complaining that the schools in 
connexion with the Church Education Society for 


Treland derive no assistance from the funds granted | 


by Parliament for the support of Education m 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 Glasgow (Chairman) ;— Dundee 
(Chairman) ;—Hebden Bridge (Chairman) ;—and, 
Halifax ; praying the House not to pass any mea- 
sure whereby the duration of the labour of women, 
young persons and children in Factories may be in 
any degree extended,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Baptist Western Association, 
comprising the Ministers and Representatives of 
fifty-four congregations of Protestant Dissenters, 
assembled at Tiverton (Moderator and Secretary) ;— 
and, Bristol Association of Baptist Churches, as- 
sembled at Frome (Moderator and Secretary); pray- 
ing thatthe Marriages Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General 
Practitioners of Chester, praying the House to adopt 
measures for improving the position of the Assistant 
Surgeons in the Royal Navy, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingsland and Ball’s Pond ;— 
Finsbury ;—Commercial-road East and Stepney ;— 
Hoxton and City-road ; — Whitechapel ; — Saint 
Botolph ;—W hitechapel ;—City of London (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Saint Giles-in-the- Fields ; —Shadwell ;— 
Hoxton and City-road ;—and, Saint Mary-le-bone ; 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leighton Buzzard ; — William 
Shew ;—Saint Pancras ;—London ;—Saint James, 
Piccadilly and Saint Ann, Soho;—and, Camden 
Town; 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 and Secretary of 


the British Association of Baptist Churches as- 


31° Mari. 


A Petition.of Merchants, Tradesmen and other| 
signed in the employ of Messrs. Liddon, Knowles- 





sembled at Frome, 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. 





A. 1850. 


Petitions from Greenwich ;—and, There-under- Newspapers. 





court, Doctors Commons ; praying for the abolition 
of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Clerkenwell; pray- Paper, &amp;c. . 
ing for the repeal of the duty on Paper, the Penny 
Stamp upon Newspapers not posted, and the duty 
on Advertisements,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Parochial 
Rochdale Union, praying that the Parochial Assess-  ‘r 
ments 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 General Commissioners of Police Police and 
for the royal burgh of Dundee, praying that the Improvement 
Police and Improvement (Scotland) Bill may not — 
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 
City of Aberdeen, praying the House to defer the 
passing of the said Bill to a law, in order that 
further time may be afforded to the Petitioners and 
others deeply interested in it, for the examination 
and consideration of its numerous provisions, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Officers of the Hereford and Dore Poor Law 
Unions in the counties of Hereford and Monmouth, Officers. 
praying the House to pass a Bill to authorize the 
establishment of a Poor Law Officers’ Superannua- 
tion Fund, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leek ; — Stoke-upon- Trent ; — Post-oftice. 
Sligo ;—Kirk Session of Kinross (Moderator) ;— 
Reverend Robert William Johnson, Clerk M. a.;— 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Mo- 
derator) ;—Tinwell ;—Broynllys and Lilanelien ;— 
Fridaythorpe ; — Elloughton ; — Kirk Session of 
Tortherwald (Moderator) ;—Saint David's ;—New- 
hills; — Echt; — Allan Whitfield ; —Greenock ;— 
Brecon;—and, Brecknock ; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Little, and others, praying Postage. 
for the establishment of an Ocean Post, by which 
letters may be conveyed from any port in Great 
Britain to any other port in the world, at the uniform 
rate of one penny,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Q=a 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the Public Health 
city of Aberdeen, praying the House to defer passing (Scotland) 
the Public Health (Scotland) Bill, at the present” ° 
time, in order to afford the Petitioners and others 
deeply interested in it, further time for considerin 
its various provisions, was presented, and read ; oat 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Norwich, praying Punishment 
for the abolition of the Punishment of Death, was of Death. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


eo 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Exeter, Roman 
and its vicinity, praying that all grants of money, oo. 
either in support of the Romish College of May-“"8"" 
nooth, or of the National system of Education in 
Ireland, or of the new colleges in Jreland, or of 
Popish schools in England, or in aid of Popery in 
any way whatever, either at home or in the colonies, 
may be discontinued, was presented, and read ; and 


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ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 





Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Subdivision 
of Parishes. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


West India 
Colonies, &amp;c. 


Orders of 
the Day. 


Message 
the hag Xs 


Cathrow’s 
Estate Bill, 


13 Victrorriz. 


Petitions from Greenwich, Lewisham and Lee; 
— Alnwick ;—Wigan (Chairman ;— Yeovil (Chair- 
man ;—Birmingham (Chairman) ;—Devonport — 
and, Watton; praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law, and that an inquiry may 
be instituted into the management of Savings Banks, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Belfast (five Petitions);—Island of 
Trinidad ; — Ballysillan ; — Hertford ;— Ballyma- 
carrett;— Island of Grenada ;—Henbury ; — and, 
Birmingham British and Foreign Anti-Slavery So- 
ciety (Chairman) ; praying the House to adopt 
measures for the suppression of the Foreign African 
Slave Trade,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Manchester Stock 
Exchange ;—and, Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany; praying that the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Folkestone and Hythe; — and, 
Maidstone; 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 Rectors, Vicars, Perpetual Cu- 
rates and Curates of the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 
stating that the Petitioners have heard that a mea- 
sure is in contemplation for the further alteration 
and amendment of the Church Building Acts, framed 
on the Report of the Subdivision of Parishes Com- 
mission; and praying that such measure may be 
passed into law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ramsgate ; — Southampton; — 
Great Dunmow ;—Barkway ;— Glasgow ;— British 
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (Secretary) ;— 
Liverpool ;-— Hampstead; — Norwich; — Robert 
Forster and others ;—London ;—Bristol (three Pe- 
titions; — Lower Easton; — Clifton; — Edward 
Hyde Clarke ;—Inhabitants of Trinidad ;—Agri- 
cultural Society of the Island of Saint Christopher 
(President); —Island of Saint Lucia;—Standing 
Committee of West Indian Planters and Merchants 
(Chairman) ; — Mauritius Association of London 
(Chairman) ;—and, Island of Saint Vincent; pray- 
ing the House to discourage the Slave Trade, by 
taking such measures as shall prevent the further 
diminution of the duties now chargeable on Sugar, 
the produce of slave-trading countries,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Merchants House of Glasgow, 
stating that the Petitioners observe with regret the 
continued depression in the agricultural condition of 
the West India Colonies; and praying the House 
to take such measures as will secure those pos- 
sessions an ample supply of free labourers, at a mo- 
derate rate; and also to amend the Act of 1848, 
11 and 12 Vic. c. 97, in so far as to arrest the fur- 
ther diminution of the duties on foreign sugars, 
which, if further reduced on foreign clayed sugars, 
will then be a bounty on the sugars of slave coun- 
tries, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Motion of Sir Edward Buxton, of which 
notice has been given, relating to free-grown Sugar 
of the British Colonies, and the Sugar of Foreign 
Slave-trading Countries. 


A Message from the, Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


to authorize the Sale of certain Real Estates, situate 
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387 


at Hoddesdon, in the County of Hertford; and in 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, in the 
County of Middlesex; and in Tottenham Court- 
road, in the said County of Middlesez, which be- 
longed to the late René Briand, deceased ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
The Lords give leave to the Lord Privy Seal and Official 
the Earl Grey to come to the Select Committee ap- 
ointed by this House to inquire into Salaries and 
moluments of Offices held during the pleasure of 
the Crown by Members of either House of Par- 
liament, voted in the Annual Estimates; and also 
into the Salaries and Emoluments of Judicial Offices 
in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in the 
United Kingdom; and into the Retiring Pensions 
allotted to the Judges; and also into the Expense 
of Diplomatic Establishments charged on the Con- 
solidated Fund, their Lordships, in their places, 
consenting :— And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Metropolis 
Command,—Copy of Report by the General Board _ 
of Health on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis. ; 
Reports from the Secretary of State, under the Tempike- 
Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 80:—15. Birmingham and 
Pershore Road :—16. Coventry and Wolvey Road. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to ‘ni 
an Address to Her Majesty, aaa the 17th day of ia. 
this instant May, for a Return of the Number of 
Preliminary Inquiries held in cases of Applications 
for Local Acts, under 9 and 10 Vice. ec. 106, and 11 
and 12 Vic.c. 129; stating, respectively, the Titles of 
the Bills, the Names of the Surveying Officers em- 
ployed, and the Number of Days occupied in the 
prosecution of each of these local examinations and 
Inquiries. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of April County Cess 
last, for a Return of the Amount of County Cess (t¢l@"¢) 
remaining unpaid to the Treasurer of each Seenly 
in Ireland, at and after the Spring Assizes of 1850, 
by the Collectors 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 
1849, and under the warrant of any previous Assizes 
on which there may be an artear due. 


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


Local Acts 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Date of Prerogative 

Appointment of the Dean of Arches and Judge of 2™4 Arches 
i - = Courts. 

the Prerogative Courts, which was presented upon No, 400 

Monday last, be printed. —— 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Prerogative 
of times Sir Herbert Jenner Fust sat as Judge 4 Arches 
in the Prerogative and Arches Courts during the — 
last four terms, which was presented upon Monday No. 400. 
last, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Sugar. 
posed, That it is unjust and impolitic to expose the 
free-grown Sugar of the British Colonies and Pos- 
sessions abroad, to unrestricted competition with the 
Sugar of Foreign Slave-trading Countries ; 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 1° die Junii, 1850: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 


The Noes to the new ag 
Tellers for the Yeas,J =" dward Buxton, 


, 
\Mr. William Evans or 
Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Bellew ¢ 


So it passed in the Negative. 
3D2+ 


27% 


Tellers for the Noes,| } 


The 





eee west: 


a 







388 


Money Pay- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ment of Wages mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 


(Ireland ) Bill. Bill: 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Health 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Chancery) 
Bill. 


Borough 
Courts of 
Record (Ire- 
land ) Bill. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Police and 
Improvement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 17th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Railways Abandonment 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- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee 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 Securities for Advances (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 Public Health (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 10th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Borough Courts of Record (Zreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to facilitate Procedure in the Court of 
Session in Scotland was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

A Clause (Provision as to one division of the Court 
consulting the other), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to make more effectual Provision for 
regulating the Police of Towns and Populous Places 
in Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing, 
lighting and improving the same, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Saving rights of persons incorporated 
by Act of Parliament for maintaining Slaughter- 
houses), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 5 
l 


Resolved, ' 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) 


Bill ; 


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A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

























































The Order of the day being read, for the Second Collection of 
ana of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) (ine land) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 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 fandlora 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) and Tenant 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Vestries and 
take into consideration the Vestries and Vestry Vestry Clerks 
Clerks 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- Drainage and 

mittee on the Drainage and Improvement of Land — 

Advances Bill ; Advances 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- Factories Bill 
mittee on the Factories Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Supply 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as [24 May.] 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Public 
three thousand one hundred and sixty pounds, be Buildings. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1851, the Expense of Maintenance and 
Repair of Royal Palaces and Public Buildings, for 
providing the necessary supply of Water for the 
same, for the Rents of Houses taken for occasional 
and temporary accommodation of the Public Ser- 
vice, for the Purchase and Repair of Furniture re- 
quired 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 Twenty- Ordnance 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Office, Pall 
to defray the Expense of Additions, Alterations, M" 
and Fittings at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall, in 
the year 1850-51. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Houses of 
thousand one hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be Parliament 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Besse of Seams see J 
providing Temporary Accommodation for the Houses tion.) 
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 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One New Houses 
hundred and three thousand six hundred and ten of Parliament 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1851, the Expense of the Works at the New 
Houses of Parliament. 

5. Resolved That a Sum, not exceeding Three fsle of Man. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Works at certain Buil ings 
in the Isle of Man, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Holyhead 
two thousand eight hundred and _ seventy-four Harbour. 




















pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 
‘the Works at the New Packet Harbour and ae 
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Public Works 


Ireland.) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


‘Supply 
{27 May. ] 


Houses of 
Parliament, 


Treasury, 


Home 


Department, 


Foreign 


Department. 


Colonial 
Department. 


13 Vicrortiz. 


of Refuge at Holyhead, and to defray the Expense 
of the present Harbour Establishment at Holyhead, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and ninety-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 
Services under the direction of the said Commis- 
sioners, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defvay the Expense 
of Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and 
to provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

The first, second and third Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

The fourth Resolution, being read a second time, 
was postponed. 

The fifth and sixth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

The seventh Resolution, being read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ Eighteen thousand and ninety- 
“ three pounds,” and inserting “ Sixteen thousand 
“ eight hundred aud fifty-two pounds,” instead 
thereof, 

And the Question being put, That “Eighteen 
“ thousand and ninety-three pounds” stand part 
of the Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

{Lord Marcus Hill, 


Tellers for the Yeas,) Me. Belin, f 68. 
Mr. Forbes ™ 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Plumptre: } 55. | 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 

The last of the said Resolutions, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
postponed be taken into further consideration upon 
Monday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
two thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
six thousand one 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 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers 
and Extra-Couriers attached to that Department, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

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389 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Lord Privy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Paymaster- 
four thousand one 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 
1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Comptroller- 
thousand five hundred and seventy-six pounds, be General of the 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and P**heauer 

xpenses in the Department of the Comptroller- 
General of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two State Paper 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Office. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 
1851, 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Poor Laws 
hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred Administra- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Ex- sas 

enses connected with the Administration of the 
aws relating to the Poor, to the 3ist day of. “ 
March 1851. 

11, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty mint. 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenditure of the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Public 
thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be Records. 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

xpenses connected with the Public Records, and 
Compensations to Keepers of Records and others 
whose Offices have been abolished, to the 31st day 











of March 1851. 

| 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Inspectors of 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-four pounds, be Factories, 
'granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and tai 

| Expenses of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, 

_&amp;c., to the 31st day of March 1851. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Officers, &amp;. 
thousand six hundred and ten pounds, be granted (Scotland.) 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of certain Of- 
ficers in Scotland, and other Charges, formerly paid 
from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Household of 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be the Lord 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the pte ee ‘ 
Officers and Attendants of the Household of the ; 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1851, 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Chief Secre- 
four thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be tary_to the 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and — “ 
Expenses of the Office of the Chief Secretary to Ireland, &amp;c. 
the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland in Dublin and 
London, and the Privy Council Office in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Paymaster of 
thousand six hundred and forty-six pounds, be aa) 
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 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Municipal 
a of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Cirelond) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Reliet 


Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill ; (Cities and 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Towss) SM, 





upon Thursday the 6th day of this instant June. 
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Acts of The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for) 
ea shortening the Language used in Acts of Parlia- 
Bill. ment, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 


and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Petty 
(Ireland) Bill. Sessions (Ireland) Bill do consist of Twenty-one 
Members. 
Ordered, That Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Grace, 
Mr. Napier, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Sir Henry 
Winston Barron and Mr. M‘Cullagh, be added to 
the Committee. 


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

of Health Bil. ¢» confirming certain Provisional Orders of the 
General Board of Health: And that Lord Seymour 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Saint James’s 
Park. 


No. 402, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
the Plan of Improvements proposed in Saint James's 
Park, opposite to Buckingham Palace. 

Lord Seymour accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


General Board Lord Seymour presented a Bill for confirming cer-| 
of Health Bill. tain Provisional Orders of the General Board of 
No. 403. Health: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next ; and to be printed. 


General Board 


a Lord Ashley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Copies of Reports to the General Board of 
Health on a Preliminary Inquiry into the Sewerage, 
Drainage and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary 
Condition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon, by George Thomas Clark, Super- 
intending Inspector. 

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


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A. 1850. 


Luna, 3° die Junii; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 

the East India Company, was called in; and, 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 24th day of May last, for Copy of Despatch, 
addressed on the 17th of April 1850, by the Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, to the 
Governor of Bombay in Council, relating to the 
Claims of Krishna Rao Withul. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Resolu- 
tions 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- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and of the East India Company, 
in 1849, . 

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 1849, 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, Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was called 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of March last, for a Return of 
the Poor Law Unions of England and Wales, 
showing in respect of each the Number of Pa- 
rishes combined; the Area; Population and Va- 
luation ; the Amount expended in the Relief of the 
Poor in the year ending Lady Day 1847; the 
highest and lowest Rates assessed in each; and 
the Rate which the Amount expended would have 
required if levied by an equal Assessment on all 





Australian 
Colonies. 


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 Population, Trade, Immi- 
gration, Revenue and Expenditure of each of the 
Australian Colonies, for the last Ten years for which 
the Information has been received. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
SaintAndrew Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Saint Gecrge- Return of all and every Correspondence that has 
the-Martyr. taken place from the 14th day of February 1848 to 
the 14th day of May 1850, both inclusive, between 
any of the Rate-payers or Inhabitants of the United 
Parishes of Sat Andrew Holborn, above Bars, 


the rateable Property of the Union :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 28, 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five 
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 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Prussian 
Minister’s Residence Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 





and Saint George-the-Martyr, Middlesex, and the 
Poor Law Board, upon the following Subjects ; viz. 
First, as to surveying the said Parishes for Re-as- | 
sessment to the Poor Rate; Secondly, as to the 
repealing the Local Act under which the above | 
Parishes are governed; viz. the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 175; Thirdly, as to the Prosecution of Bartho- 
lomew Peter Drouet, for Manslaughter, and the 
Expenses occasioned thereby to the above Parishes. 


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


the Petitions presented upon the 30th and 31st 
days of May last, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Cathrow’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Bill for supplying with Water the Town and 
Port of Cardiff, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in 


| the County of Glamorgan, was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass, : 
' Ordered, 





Krishna Rao 
Withul. 


East India, 


Poor Law 
Unions. 


Private Bills 
(Group 23.) 


Prussian 
Minister's _ 
Residence Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-fourth 
Report.) 


’ . Cathrow’s 


Estate Bill. 


Cardiff 
Waterworks 








Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Garstang and 
Heiring Syke 


Turnpike-road 


Bill. 


Heronsyke 
and Eamont 
Bridge - 
pike-road Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
(Extension of 
Time for Pur- 
chase of Land, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 


Bill. 


Montrose 
Harbour Bill, 


Norwich 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill, 


Croydon and 
eigate Turn- 
bike-road Bill. 





13 Vicroriz. 


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


Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill 
be read the third time upon Thursday next. 





A Bill to amend and extend ‘the Provisions of 
the Act relating to the Garstang and Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-road, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth 
year of the reign of King George the Third, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing the 
Road leading from Heronsyke to Kirkby-in-Kendal, 
and from thence through Shap to Eamont Bridge, 
in the County of Westmoreland, and for making a 
new Road from the said Road at a Place called Far 
Cross Bank, near Kirkby-in- Kendal, to communi- 
cate with the intended Canal from Lancaster to 
Kirkby-in- Kendal, and to join the said Road at or 
near a Place called The Lound, near Kirkby-in- 
Kendal, aforesaid,” and to continue the term by the 
same Act granted, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bili do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the Liverpool Corporation Water- 
works (Extension of Time for Purchase of Land, 
&amp;c.) Bill be read the third time upon Wednesday 
next, 


A Bill to enable the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of Ireland Company to make certain Devia- 
tions in the Line of their Railway, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 

Bbecheed That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton dv carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to amend the Act relating to the Harbour 
of Montrose, and to enable the Trustees to borrow 
a further Sum of Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the Bill for supplying the City of 
orwich and the Neighbourhood thereof with 

Water, 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:—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 the Marquis of Douro do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ce 


A Bill to grant further Powers to the South Wales 
Railway Company, with reference to the Creation of 
Shares and the Regulation of their Capital, and for 
other Purposes, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Croydon and Reigate Turnpike-road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

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391 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Snaith and 
the Snaith and Cowick, Union of the Townships, Cowick, Union 
- : . of the Town- 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an shins, &amp;c. Bill, 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tewkesb 
the Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads Bill, as — Bridge 
amended in the Committee. es 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Tyne Navigation Bill, as Tyne Navi- 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- gation Bill. 
tion To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wolverhamp- 
the Wolverhampton Waterworks Act (Amendment ton Water- 
and Extension of Works) Bill, as amended in the bpm Aa 
Committee. 


’ and Extension 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, of Works) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Southampton Water- Southampton 
works Bill, with Amendments. ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “"" 


A Petition of Holders of Class (A) Shares in the a Andrew’s 
Saint Andrews and Quebec Railroad Company, for 2%4 Quebec 
leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in srr 
Bill for incorporating the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- Belfast Im- 
mittee on Group 22, of Private Bills; That the provement 
Parties opposing the Belfast Improvement Bill had ~~ 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of Mr. 

John Godwin, of Belfast, 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 Mr. John Godwin do attend 
| the said Committee forthwith. 

| Ordered, That Mr. John Godwin do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow. 





Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- gurrey and 

| mittee on Group 24, of Private Bills, That in the Sussex Roads 
'event of their deciding that the roads included in , ox Srna a 
the Surrey and Sussex Turnpike-roads Bill should gighgate 
terminate at Foxley Hatch, instead of Godstone, Turnpike-road 
they have power (if they shall think fit) to amend 3#!- 

|the Godstone and Highyate Turnpike-road Bill, by 

including therein the road between Godstone and 

Fozxley Hatch, which now forms part of the roads 

included in the Surrey and Sussex Turnpike Trust, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, London, 
a Return of the Total Amount paid for printing and Edinburgh 
publishing the London Gazette, in each of the years (4 Dublin 
1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849, exclusive of Stamps and / 
Paper, distinguishing the Number of Sheets cont- 
posed, and whether the Work was done by Contract 
or otherwise, and by whom done, with the Average 
Price paid for each Sheet, and the Expense for pub- 
lishing :—Also, a Balance Sheet for each of these 
Four years, showing the Profit or Loss in each year 
on the London Gazette ; also, if Profit, stating to 
whom paid or disposed of; if Loss, stating from 
what Funds supplied :— Similar Return for the 
Edinburgh Gazette, for the same Period :—And, si- 
milar Returns, yearly, for the Dublin Gazette, from 
| the Period when the Patentee was paid a commuted 
Allowance. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Greenwich 
Accounts of the Government Establishment of the Hospital. 
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the 

year 1849, stating the several Officers in the Military 

| Department and in the Civil Branch ; the Number 

of Pensioners and Establishment ; the Number of 
‘Superannuated Officers, and the Total Expense ter 

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392 3° Juniz. 


the year :—And, of the Monies expended upon re- 





A. 1850. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Registered 


pairing and extending Farm-houses, &amp;c., in that |to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Flectors. 
year, exhibiting the same kind of Account in detail | to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
for 1849 as the Return No. 112, of Session 1840, |a Return of the Number of Registered Electors in 


exhibited for the year 1839. 


Greenwich 


Park. Return of the Amount expended for the Royal Park 


each of the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs for 
each of the Two last years, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,a! Qydered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Greenwich, in each of the past Five years, stating | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


from what Sources supplied, and how expended ; 
showing, in detail, the Number of Persons employed 





A Petition of Clergy, Landowners, Tenant Farm- Agriculturat 


in and about the Park; the Salary paid to each; | ers, Labourers and other Inhabitants of the parish Distress. 


the Allowances and Perquisites of each ; and also 
whether they have 2 House or Residence, or Allow- 
ance for such, in the year. 


Trade and 


month ended 5th May 1850, and Four months ended 
5th May 1850. 

Exports to Mr. Hayter also presented,—Further Return to 
British West an Order, dated the 20th day of February last, for 
_— Colonies, an Account of the Declared Value of the various 
r Articles 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 Co- 

lonies ; and of the Quantities of the Principal Ar- 

ticles 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 : 
—Similar Account for the East India Company’s 
Territories and Ceylon:—Similar Account for China : 
—Similar Account for the Mauritius : — Similar 
Account for the British North American Colonies : 
—Similar Account for Mew South Wales and the 
Australian Colonies : — Similar Account for the 
United States of America :—Similar Account for 
Cuba :—Similar Account for the Brazils :—And, 
similar Accounts for Mezico 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, distin- 
guishing the Quantities of those warehoused directly 
imported into such Ports, with the Quantities re- 
moved 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 Ser- 
vices specially connected with the Collection of the 
Revenue, together with Payments made for Services 
not specially connected with the Collection of the 
Revenue. 

Military Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of May 

Knights of —_Jast, for a Return of the several Sums voted by Par- 

wae, liament for the Repairs and Alterations of the 
Buildings for the accommodation of the Military 
Knights of Windsor, in Windsor Castle, stating the 
Dates of such Votes, and the Aggregate Amount 
since 1828. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mercautile The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
Marine = day next, the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill, was 
(No. 2.) Bil yead; and discharged. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 20th day of this instant June. 


de ar Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
Navigation. mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 


of Fingringhoe, in the county of Essex, complaining 
of the depressed state of Agriculture ; and praying 
the House to adopt measures of relief, was presented, 
| and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ' 


| _A Petition of Attornies of the city and county of Attornies’ 
Limerick, praying for repeal of the annual duty ettificates. 
imposed upon 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 Congregation as- Arbitration, 
_sembling in Mill-street, Evesham, praying the House 
to take prompt and decisive measures for the pro- 
|motion of Treaties between the Government of this 
| country and other governments of the World, binding 
| both 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. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Lists 
gesses of the city and borough of Ripon, praying Bill. 
that the Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


Petitions from Drumsnatt ;—and, Raphoe ; pray- Church Ten- 
ing that an Act may be passed, restoring the Poralities 
| separate jurisdiction of the Ten Sees suppressed by the (It«land) Act 
Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act, 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 Z'uam be restored 
to their archiepiscopal dignity, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Church Rates. 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for Divine Wor- 
ship in the Independent Chapel, Maldon, praying 
for the abolition of Church Rates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lambeth ;—and, Bath; praying Copyholds 
that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass Enfranchise- 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered ™e* Bill 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the Township of County Rates 
Wardleworth, 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 upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Williams Weston, of Essex- Court of 
street, Strand, Gentleman, praying for reform in Chancery. 
the Court of Chancery, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


td] 

A Petition of rp sore of the Consistorial Courts Court of 7 
of the dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, praying Prerogativ). 
that such clauses may be aimtnnad into the Court ireland) Bil 
of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill, as will secure to them 
a just and equitable arrangement of their present 
existing rights-and privileges, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Evesham; praying the Disarmament. 
House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations 





TH et 


~~ me to 








ils 


t. 





Education 
Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Factories Bill. 


Factories. 


Friendly 


Societies Bill. 


Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Lunacy. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


13 VictToriz. 


nations of the world,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Bermondsey ; — Dover ; — and, 
South Shields; praying that the Education Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harold’s Cross ;—and, Ballybun- 
nion; complaining that the schools in connexion 
with the Church Education Society for Ireland 
derive no assistance from the funds granted by Par- 
liament for the support of Education in that country; 
and praying the Tone to relieve them from that 
grievance,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham;—and, Henry Green; 
praying that the Factories Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochdale (two Petitions) (Chair- 
men);-— Oldham (Chairman) ;—- Brechin (Chairman) ; 
— Keighley ; -—— Barnsley (Chairman) ; — Ashton, 
Dukinfield, Stalybridge, Hyde and Newton (Chair- 
man) ;—Manchester (Chairman);--Bradford (York) 
(Chairman) ; — Longfield (Chairman) ; —Heywood 
(Chairman) ;—and, Bingley (Chairman) ; praying 
the House not to ene any measure whereby the 
duration of the labour of women, young persons 
and children in Factories may be in any degree ex- 
tended,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Birkenhead District, 
“ Good Samaritans,’ of the Grand United Order 
of Odd Fellows, praying that the Friendly Societies 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 

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

A Petition of Members of the North Somerset 
Friendly Society, praying that the said Bill ma 
pass intoa law, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Pershore Union, praying that the 
Highways (District Surveyors) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Bolton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, pray- 
ing that the Larceny enunay Jurisdiction Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westminster, and 
others, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to inquire into the state of the laws relating to Lu- 
nacy, with a view to the immediate amendment of 
the same, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of What- 
lington, praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Southwark ;—Camberwell ;—and, 
Maldon (two Petitions) ; 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 Minister, Office Bearers and 
Members of the Free Tron Church Glasgow, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also 


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


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the North Dublin Union, praying that the Me- 


dical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
VoL. 105. 


3° Junit. 


593 


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


Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered ito lie 
upon the Table. 


with to pass a measure for greatly increasing the 
quantity and improving to the highest practicable 
extent the quality of the supply of water to the in- 
habitants of the metropolitan districts, upon the 
principle of constant service and high pressure, for 
introducing it in sufficient abundance to the house 
of every inhabitant, for reducing and regulating the 
price by the application of an equal parochial as- 
sessment, and for protecting the public and securing 
the health of the community, by placing the manage- 
ment of the supply of water in the hands of a public 
board, to be elected by the rate-payers and owners 
of property in the various parishes included in the 
metropolitan districts, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;— Saint George, I 
Hanover-square;—and, Bermondsey; praying that 
the Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Wapping (Churchwarden) ; — 
Deptford (Churchwarden) ;— Bermondsey (two Pe- 
titions) (Churchwarden);—-Southwark ;—-and, George 
Lewis Ensor, Clerk to the London Cemetery Com- 
pany; praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ottery Saint Mary ;—Bermond- 
sey ;— Bristol ;— Paddington ;— Tower Hamlets ;— 


Y | Saint Bride's, London;—Saint Sepulchre, London ; 


Saint Martin-in-the-Fields (four Petitions) ;—Fins- 
bury; —-The Metropolis (three Petitions) ; — Fur- 
nishing Undertakers in or near London (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Saint Luke, Old-street (Churchwarden) ;— 
Woolwich (Churchwardens) ; — Greenwich (Chair- 
man) ;—Lambeth (two Petitions) ;— Westminster ;— 
(five Petitions) ;—Saint Ann, Soho ;—Saint Mar- 
garet’s, Westminster ; — E. Robinson and others ; — 
Deputies of the Three Denominations of Protestant 
Dissenters, Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist 
in and within twelve miles of London, appointed to 
protect their civil rights ;—Southwark;— Birming- 
ham ;— Saint Pancras (three Petitions) ;—Mary-le- 
bone ;—Islington;-- Robert-street, Grosvenor-square ; 
— Mile-end-road ;— and, William Tagg; praying 


that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


(Chairman); complaining of the great and con- 
tinual danger to life arising from the imperfect state 
of the ventilation of Mines, the use of insecure ropes 
and machinery, and from the dangerous manner of 
propping the roof in many Mines; and praying for 
the appointment of inspectors and sub-inspectors 
of Mines, and for other measures for the security of 
the lives of the Miners,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


been placed in a private lunatic asylum at Brent- 
ford, and afterwards removed to the public asylum 
at Hanwell, and of having suffered severely in con- 
sequence of such confinement ; and praying for in- 
quiry and redress, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
3 E 





A Petition 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ship- Mercantile 


owners of the Port of Dundee, praying that the ie 2) - 


A Petition of the Churchwarden of the parish of Metropolis 
Saint Mary, Mounthaw, praying the House forth- ¥#*?- 


Petitions from Lambeth (thirteen Petitions) ;— Metropolitan 


nterments 


Bill. 


Petitions from Wigan (Chairman) ;—and, Bolton Mines. 


A Petition of Frederick Mundell, of Milton-street, Frederick 
in the parish of Mary-le-bone, complaining of having Mundell. 


Newspapers. 


Oaths. 


Post- office. 


Port Wine. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


School 
Establishment 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Sufferance 
Wharves 
(Southwark. ) 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill 


Tithe Com- 
mutation Act, 





394 


A Petition of Members of the Newspaper Stamp 
Abolition Committee, praying for inquiry into the 
present state and actual operation of the Laws re- 
specting the stamping and posting of Newspapers, 
with a view to amendment therein, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Salomons, of Great Cumber- 
land-place, Middlesex, Esquire, praying the House to 
enact that no British-born subject shall hereafter be 
required totake any Oath implying a test of religious 
opinion, as a preliminary qualification for any place 
or office whatever, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birsay, in Orkney ;— Deerness ;— 
Hinton Saint George ;— Clonakilty ; —Dalton ;— 
Plean ;—Mayfield ;—Frampton Cotterell ;—Uley ; 
— Winterbourn ; —Litter ;— Ballymony ;—Brough- 
ton ; —Linton ; — Lamborne ; — Hurley ; — Beau- 
maris ;—Llanfechell Cemaes ;—Llandow ; — Monk- 
nash;— William Griffiths and others ;— Penmark ;— 
Skhewen ;—and, Gower’; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wine Importers, Wine Merchants 
and Brokers of the city of London, complaining of 
the heavy amount of duty levied on the export of 
Port Wine to this country by the Portuguese Go- 
vernment; and praying the House to take the 
subject into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stafford ;— Pwllheli ;—Glasgow 
(Chairman) ;— Newbury ;— Belfast (Chairman and 
Secretary) ;— Falkingham ;—and, Bridgend (Chair- 
man); praying that the Savings Banks Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Provincial Synod 
of Perth and Stirling, praying that the School Esta- 
blishment (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 

arish of Denbigh, praying that the Small Tenements 

Reting Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants of the city of London 
and borough of Southwark, Traders in and Impor- 
ters of Foreign Produce, praying the House to 
adopt measures for extending to the Public Foreign 
Sethmans Wharves of Southwark, the privilege of 
landing, warehousing and shipping of all foreign 
produce whatever, or to appoint a Committee to 
enguire into the present restrictions, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Rochester and Chatham, praying that the Stamp 
Duties (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of Members of the Committee of the 
Stock Exchange of the borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull ;—and, President and Secretary of a Meeting 
of Members of the Dublin Stock Exchange; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eldersfield ;— Severn Stoke;—and, 
South Littleton; praying for amendment of the 
Tithe Commutation Act,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





3° Juniz. 











A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Advertise- Advertise- 


ments, which was presented upon Friday last, be ™=* 
printed. No. 405, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Soap, which Soap. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 406. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Shannon Shannon 


Navigation, which was presented upon Friday last, Navigation. 
be printed. No. 407, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Army, Army, &amp;e. 
&amp;c., which were presented upon Friday last, be No. 408. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Local Acts Local Acts 
(Preliminary Inquiries), which was presented upon (Preliminary 


L Inquiries.) 
Friday last, be printed. No. 409. 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law 
Command,—Poor Law Commission (Ireland) :— teland.) 
Union Financial Statement for the Quarter ended 
30th March 1850, in comparison with the Quarter 
ended 31st March 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,— Return to Chief Justices’ 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of Salaries. 
April last, for Copy of any Treasury Minute made 
at the times of or relating to the Appointments of 
Lord Denman and Lord Campbell respectively to 
the Office of Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench ; 
and, of any Official Letters or Written Communica- 
tions on record which passed on those occasions ; 
and of so much or any part of the Letters Patent 
granting such Office to the Lords Denman and 
Campbell respectively, as appointed, or fixed, or re- 
lated to their respective Salaries as such Chief 
Justices. ' 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Small Livings, 
29th day of April last, for Returns of the Number ** 
of Small Livings augmented by Unconditional Grants 
from Funds at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners in England and Wales; specifying 
the Name, Locality and Diocese of each Living, the 
Original Value, the Amount of Augmentation, and 
the Scale adopted with respect to Population and 
Income :—Of Grants to meet such Benefactions 
from other Sources made to Benefices and Churches 
in Public and Private Patronage :—Of Grants to 
Benefices and Churches possessing Local Claims 
upon Property vested in the Commissioners :—And, 
of Grants to Incumbents of Mother Churches in 
compensation for Fees transferred to new District 
Churches. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, ships (Navy.) 
dated the 2d day of May last, for Returns of the ; 
Number of Ships, in Classes (Tenders not included), 
in Commission and in Ordinary, on the 1st day of 
January 1848 and the Ist day of January 1850 :— 

Of the Number of Ships sold, lost and broken up, 
distinguishing each, since the 1st day of January 
1848, stating the Number of each Class (in continua- 
tion of a Return in Appendix to Report on Navy 
Estimates of 1848, page 841) :—And, of the Quan- 
tity of Timber in Loads, expended, distinguishing 
Timber so called from Thick Stuff and other Wood ; 
also, the Number of Vessels built, with their Ton- 
nage, and the Number of Shipwrights employed, 
and also of other Workmen and Labourers (distin- 
guishing Convicts), distinguishing those on the Es- 
tablishment and those hired, during the years end- 
ing January 1848 and 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : a ae 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 


lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
A Bill, 








y) 





Carlisle Gas- 
Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill. 


Faculty of 
Physicians 
and Surgeons 
of Glasgow 
Bill. 

Royal College 


13 Victroriz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a Transfer 
of the Undertaking and Powers of the Carlisle 
Gas-Light and Coke Company to the Mayor, Al- 
dermen and Citizens of the City of Carlisle, to en- 
able them to light the said City and the Environs 
thereof, and to raise Money for such Purposes, to 
repeal, or amend and extend the Powers of the se- 
veral Acts for lighting the said City and Environs, 
and for other Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better regulating the 
Privileges of the Faculty of Physicians and Sur- 
geons of Glasgow, and amending their Charter of 

ncorporation: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


of Surgeons of Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant a new Charter 


Edinburgh 
Bill. 


Exeter and 
Crediton 
Railway Bill. 


| Guardian 


Fire and Life 
Assurance 


to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and 
for conferring further Powers on the said College, 
with an Amendment; towhich Amendmentthe Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the ‘iow and Crediton Railway 
Company to enlarge their Cowley Bridge Station, 
and to raise a further Amount of Capital, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for better enabling the Guardian Fire and Life 


Company Bill Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and to alter 


Nottingham 
Freemen’s 
Allotments 
Bill, 


Process and 
Practice 
Treland) Act 
mendment 
Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


certain Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and 
to give further Powers to the Company, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Management of the Allotments made to 
the Freemen of Nottingham by virtue of certain 
Acts for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Saint 
Mary, in the Town and County of the Town of 
Nottingham, 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 explain and amend an Act for the Regulation of 
Process and Practice in the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Ireland ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Interments 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 Bill be committed to a Select Com- 


“« mittee,” 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- 
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 f Lord Marcus Hill, 1 159 
Yeas, l Mr. Bellew: J ' 
Tellers for the { Mr. Lacy, 1 


Noes, Lord Dudley Stuart: f°” 
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... - e 
VoL. 105. 





3°—4° Junit. 395 


Preamble postponed. , 
Crausez, N° 1, agreed to. nd 
Cuause, N° 2,(General Board of Health to execute 
the Act; Her Majesty may appoint an additional 
member; Board incorporated). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, } 198 
Yeas, t Lord Edward Howard: ms 
Tellers for the { Lord Dudley Stuart, \ _. 
Noes. Sir De Lacy Evans: JS °” 


Cuavuses N° 3 to N° 5, agreed to. 


Crauss, N° 6, (Board to provide Burial-grounds). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.28: To leave out 
the words “ and either within or.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravusz, N° 8, (Board to lay out Burial-grounds, 
and to build a Chapel). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 25: To leave 
out from the words “ Lord Bishop of London” to 
the end of the clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,——put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

CiavsEs N° 9, to N° 14, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 16 to 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 4° die Junii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the Fourth of the Resolutions [31st May-] 
which, upon Friday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply; and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into Railways 
consideration the Railways Abandonment Bill, as Abandonment 
amended in the Committee ; Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pg. josiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; Commission 
Resolved, That this Honse will, upon Friday the Bill. 
28th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices’ 


consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill 
amended in the Committee; ~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Woods, 


Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; Forests, &amp;e. 


- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second. time ® — 


upon Thursday next. ; 
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396 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Public Health 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Public Health (/reland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itseif into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 

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


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


English and 
Irish Univer- 
sities. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question pro- 
posed upon the, 23d day of April last, That all 
systems of academical Education require from time 
to time some modification, from the change of 
external circumstances, the progress of opinion, 
and the intellectual me ener pr of the people ; 
that in the ancient English and Jrish Universities, 
and in the Colleges connected with them, the 
interests of religious and useful learning have not 
advanced to an extent commensurate with the 
great resources and high position of those bodies ; 
that collegiate statutes of the fifteenth century 
occasionally prohibit the local authorities from 
introducing any alterations into voluminous codes, 
of which a large portion are now obsolete ; that 
better laws are needed to regulate the ceremony 
of matriculation and the granting of degrees; to 
diminish the exclusiveness of the University Li- 
braries ; to provide for a fairer distribution of the 
rewards of scientific and literary merit; to extend 
the permission of marriage to tutors of colleges; 
and to facilitate the registration of electors for the 
Universities ; that additional checks might be con- 
sidered with reference to the continued extravagance 
of individual students ; and that the mode of tenure 
of College property ought to be ameliorated, par- 
ticularly in Ireland; that as it is Her Majesty’s 
right and prerogative to name Visitors and Com- 
missioners to inquire into the ancient Universities 
and Colleges of England and /reland, an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue Her 
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of the 
Universities and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge 
and Dublin, with a view to assist in the adaptation 
of those important institutions to the requirements 
of modern times ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tenements Recovery (Ire/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


Highways 
Bill. 


Tenements 
Recovery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


this day. 
Titles of The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Religious — Reading of the Titles of Religious Congregations 
Congregations Bill ; 
sot Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Abjuration Reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; 
(Jews) Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday the 17th day of this ipstant June. 





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A. 1850. 


The Borough Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill Borough 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and — ya 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for jana) 7 


Thursday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Summary 
view 2 ee one urisdiction 
ma of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) (ireland) Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill was, Collection of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Deeds Be 
mitted to the Members who constitute the Select ‘ ) 
Committee on the Petty Sessions (Zre/and) Bill. 


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 Bill to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Vestries and 
Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Ap- vestry Clerks 
pointment of Vestry Clerks, was, according to Order, ~~ 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage and 
mittee on the Drainage and Improvement of Land ~~ rr 
Advances Bill ; Advances Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Municipal 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Cire and) Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second General Board 
Reading of the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time : 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, Smoke Pro- 
the Smoke Prohibition Bill, was read; and dis- hibition Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of this instant June. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike: 
to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- roads (Ireland) 
roads in Jreland: And that Sir William Somerville 
and Mr. Solicitor-General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


in a Bill Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring 
to amend and continue certain Acts relating to 
Linen, Hempen and other Manufactures in Jreland : 
And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Solicitor- 
General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Court of 
Prerogative 
(Ireland) Bill 


Mr. Keohg, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Napier, Mr. 
Scully, Mr, George Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Wil- 
liam Fagan and Mr. Grogan, were nominated 
Members of the Select Committee on the Court of 
Prerogative (Ireland) Bill. , 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Sadleir 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. Sadleir,” 
an 











‘Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Process and 
Practi 


ice 
(Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


No. 404, 





13 Vicroriz. 


and inserting the name of “ Mr. Goulburn,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Mr. Sadleir” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Keogh, 106 

Yeas, Mr. Monsell : } F 
Mr. Beresford, 
= for of Mr. ao Alexander | 29. 
oes, : 
Hamilton : J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sadleir be one other Mem- 
ber of the said Committee. 

Lord Naas and Mr. O’ Flaherty, were nominated 
other Members of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Bouverie be one other Member of the said 
Committee :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland was nominated 
one other Member of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Monsell be one other Member of 
the said Committee; 

An Amendment was ap gee to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Mon- 
“ sell,” and inserting the name of “ Mr. Goulburn,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Mr. Monsell” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

TheeNoes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { - a. } 77. 

Tellers for the Noes, ag a } 30. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Monsell be one other Member 
of the said Committee. 

Mr. Bellew was nominated one other Member of 
the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Sir John Young be one other Member 
of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “Sir John 
“ Young,” and inserting the name of “ Mr. Goul- 
“ burn,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
“ Sir John Young” 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. Keogh, Log 

Yeas, Mr. Monsell : | Sao 

Mr. Mackenzie, } 


— for the J Mr. George Alexander ¢ 36. 
— | Hamilton : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young be one other 
Member of the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdiction of the 
Court of Exchequer to the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land: And that Mr. Solicitor-General for Zrelandand 
Sir William Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the West- 
minster Improvements Bill, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be referred to the Committee on 
the Bill. 


The Process and Practice (Zreland) Act Amend- 
ment 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 

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3°—4° Junie. 397 


time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Turnpike- 
tinue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in roads (Ire- 
Ireland : And the same was read the first time ; 24 Bil. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday No. 410. 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a Bill Court of 
for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdiction of Exchequer 
the Court of Exchequer to the Court of Chancery (ireland) Bill. 
in Zreland: And the same was read the first time; No. 411. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


Sir. William Somerville presented a Bill to amend Linen, &amp;c. 
and continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen Manufactures 
and other Manufactures in Jreland : And the same “!@n¢) Bill, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No 412 
second time upon Monday 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, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders ; 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster Westminster 
Temporary Bridge, Petition for leave to deposit a Temporary 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be a. 
| dispensed with; That the parties be permitted to 
| deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 23, Private Bills 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (@tup 23-) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


A Bill for enabling the Aberdeen Railway Com- Aberdeen — 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter ®ilway Bill. 
their Station and the Levels of their Railway at and 
near Aberdeen; for repealing the “‘ Great North of 
Scotland Railway Act, 1847 ;” for altering, amend- 
ing and extending the Acts relating to the Aberdeen 
Railway, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas the said Aberdeen Railway, by means of 
the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, which is leased 
to and worked by the said Aberdeen Railway Com- 
pany, is connected with the Scottish Midland Junc- 
tion Railway at Forfar, and with the Dundee and 
Arbroath Railway at Arbroath, which two last- 
mentioned Railways, in connexion with other Rail- 
ways, afford competing lines of communication to 

inburgh and other places south of Perth; and 

it is just and expedient for the interests of the pub- 
lic that equal facilities and accommodation should 
be afforded for the transmission of traffic along both 
the said routes; Be it Enacted, That from and after 
the passing of this Act the said Aberdeen Railway 
Company shall be bound, and they are hereby re- 
quired, in all cases where they shall forward any 
ee or goods train between Aberdeen and 
orfar, or between Montrose or Brechin and 
Forfar, to ran in connexion and along with such 
train a train of a similar description to or from Ar- 
broath, as the case may require, which shall proceed 
by way of the main line of the said Company, vid 
lasterlaw and Frisckheim, and so as that when 
3E3 proceeding 























Gorbals Gra- 


vitation Water Com 
Company Bill. the VW 


Newcastle- 


upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 


Railway Bill. 


‘Tyne Navi- 
gation Bill. 


New River 


Company Bill. 


Public 
Business. 





398 


proceeding to Arbroath the same shall arrive at 
Arbroath not later than the time appointed for the 
arrival at Forfar of the other portion of the train 
proceeding to Forfar in connexion therewith, and | 
so as that when proceeding from Arbroath the same | 
shall arrive at the several stations of the Company to 
the north of Frisckheim along with the train proceed- 


4° Juniz. 


ing from Forfar ; and for the purpose of providing for | 


the due forwarding of the several descriptions of 
traffic, whether of passengers or goods, passing to or 


from the Railways of the said Aberdeen Railway Com- request that their Lordships will give leave to 
pany, to or from any other Railway, such last-men: Grey to attend and give Evidence before the Select 








A. 1850. 





The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, oq mal ; } 169. 
Tellers for the Noes, { oq cao ; } 37. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Army and 
Ear! Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


tioned Company shall be bound, and they are hereby Committee appointed by this House to inquire into 
required, to collect and book and to receive the said the Expenditure on account of the Army and Ord~- 
traffic at their several stations, and by their first nance, and to report their Observations thereupon 
train carrying similar traffic, and without change of to the House: And that Lord Seymour do carry the 
carriage, to transmit or carry and forward upon their said Message. 


Railways and to deliver all such traffic, in the like | 
manner, and with the like facilities and advantages, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative County Cess 


and at the same tolls, rates and charges, and with- to County Cess (Jreland), which was presented upon (Ireland.) 


out any preference or priority or discount, allow- the 31st day of May last, be printed. 


ance or abatement in favour of any particular 
Railway Company, corporation or person, and to 
grant and afford equal and similar facilities and ad- 
vantages for the accommodation, arrangement and 


transmission of the carriages, engines and trucks of 


any other Railway Company, without priority or 
preference in favour of any one of such Railway 
Companies; and if the said Aberdeen Railway 


Company shall fail to observe the provisions in this Salaries, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Enactment contained, or any of them, they shall, for 
each offence in contravention thereof, forfeit the 


No. 401. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
Unions, which was presented yesterday, be printed. cowl ' 
No. 413. 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Trade and 
avigation, which were presented yesterday, be Navigation. 
printed. No. 414, 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Chief Justices’ Chief Justices’ 

aries, 
No. 415. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Small small Livings, 


sum of fifty-pounds):—And the said Clause was) Livings, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be &amp;. 


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 Yeas,{ a a ; } 61, 
a a ; Admiral Gordon, 1 
nies the Noes, My. Stuart Wortley: J = 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Captain Fordyce do carry the, 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to amend the Gorbals Gravitation Water 
an 
orks, and the Construction of New Works to 
supply the Town or Royal Burgh of Rutherglen and 
other Places with Water, was 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


* bourhood, praying that the Copyholds Enfranchise- 


Act, 1846, to authorize the Extension of | 


| printed. . No. 416, 
Petitions from Louth (Lincoln) (four Petitions) ; Beer-houses. 
— Great Carlton ;—and, Grainthorpe; praying 
the House to adopt measures for diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| . 
| A Petition of Copyholders or Inhabitants of Copyholds 
Ealing, in the county of Middlesex, and its neigh- Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 
/ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Thomas George Corbett, of Elsham, 
in the county of Lincoln, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| A Petition of the Provost of the burgh of Mussel- yfarriages Bill. 
burgh, 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 Parishioners of Saint Dionis Back- Metropolitan 
church, in the city of London, praying that the Interments 
Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass into a law, ~* 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the poor Law 
Alderbury Union, in the county of Wilts, praying Officers, &amp;c. 
that for the time to come they may be relieved from 





consideration the Tyne Navigation Bill, as amended all further payments to the paid Officers of the 


in the Committee ; 


Union, and also from the payment of such pro- 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the | portion of the Police and County Rates as may 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, | be fairly considered applicable to the general com- 


and proceed, To-morrow, at half an hour after | 


Eleven of the clock. 


The New River Company Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


- ‘A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That upon Thursday the 27th day of this instant 
June, Orders of the day have precedence of Notices 
of Motions, without priority to Government Orders ;. 


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


Petitions from Ancroft Moor ;—and, Llanrwst ; Post-office. 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheltenham (Chairman) ;—and, Servings 
Horncastle ; praying the House to appoint a Select °° 
Committee to inquire into the management of..Sa- 





vings 





13 Victoriz. 


vings Banks,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirits. A Petition of Distillers, Spirit Dealers and Re- 
tailers, resident in the county of Fife, praying for 
an alteration in the mode of charging the duties 
upon British Spirits in Bond, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Dublin A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

Hospitals. © That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the Dublin Hospitals :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 


Poor Law A Motion was made, and the Question being 
(ireland) —— put, That it is the Opinion of this House, That no 

permanent system for the relief of the Poor in Jre- 
land can be carried out safely or beneficially to re- 
ceivers or rate-payers, without a return to the 
principle of the original Poor Law of 1838, by the 
strict application of In-door Relief to all classes of 
Paupers:—-That the system of appointment of 
Vice-Guardians, with unconstitutional and unlimited 
powers of taxation, has proved most objectionable, 
and should be forthwith abolished :—That the pre- 
sent system of administration of the Poor Law in 
Ireland is unnecessarily extravagant, unsuited to 
the diminished resources of that country, and tends 
considerably to the demoralization of the people :-— 
That it is unjust to throw on one species of property, 
and that the most suffering, the entire support of 
the Poor in Ireland ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The. Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, get } 65. 
Tellers for the Noes,| Lord — Hill, \ go, 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Grand Jury Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
—— an Account showing the Total Amount levied under 
the authority of Grand Juries in Jreland for all 
Purposes, but distinguishing the Total Amounts of 
Re-payments to Government from all other Pre- 
sentments, for the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 

1847, 1848, and 1849. 


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

Assize Bill. to enable Queen’s Counsel and others, not being of 
the degree of the Coif, to act as Judges of Assize : 
And that Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Solicitor- 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petty Sessions Ordered, That Mr. M‘Cullagh be discharged 


ae foe any further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (@reland) Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Fagan be added to 
the Committee. 
Court of Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Court 
Prerogative 


(Ireland) Bin, Of Prerogative (Jreland) Bill do consist: of seven- 
teen Members. 


Ordered, That Mr. Goulburn be added to the 
Committee. 


aioage The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

Be ™"* take into consideration the Railways Abandonment 
No. 417 Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

"A Clause (Application of Monies paid), was twice 

read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Court of Session, upon Petition, 
may sequestrate any Railway Company for the 
abandonment of which a Warrant has been — 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Court to establish rules for ad- 
justment of claims), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 





4°—.5° Suniz. 399 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday the 14th day of this instant June ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming English and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Irish Univer- 
upon the 23d day of April last, That all systems of ""* 
academical Education require from time to time 
some modification, from the change of external cir- 
cumstances, the progress of opinion, and the intel- 
lectual improvement of the people; that in the 
ancient English and Irish Universities, and in the 
Colleges connected with them, the interests of re- 
ligious and useful learning have not advanced to an 
extent commensurate with the great resources and 
high position. of those bodies; that collegiate sta- 
tutes of the fifteenth century occasionally prohibit 
the local authorities from introducing any alterations 
into voluminous codes, of which a large portion 
are now obsolete; that better laws are needed to 
regulate the ceremony of matriculation and the 
granting of degrees ; to diminish the exclusiveness 
of the University Libraries; to provide for a fairer 
distribution of the rewards of scientific and literary 
merit; to extend the permission of marriage to 
tutors of colleges ; and to facilitate the registration 
of electors for the Universities; that additional 
checks might be considered with reference to the 
continued extravagance of individual students ; and 
that the mode of tenure of College property ought 
to be ameliorated, particularly in Zreland; that as 
it is Her Majesty’s right and prerogative to name 
Visitors and Commissioners to inquire into the 
ancient Universities and Colleges of England and 
Ireland, an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be gra- 
ciously pleased to issue Her Royal Commission of 
Inquiry into the state of the Universities and 
Cilige of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, with 
a view to assist in the adaptation of those important 
institutions to the requirements of modern times ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tenements 
Reading of the Tenements Recovery (Ireland) Recovery 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Mercurii, 5° die Junii, 1850: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months ” t 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Process and 
into a Committee upon the Process and Practice (ireland) on 
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill. ’ 


Amendment 
(In the Committee.) = 


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

Preamble postponed. : 

Cause, N° 1, agreed to. 





Vou. 105. 


354 CLAUSE, 





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| 
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Judges of 
Assize Bill. 


No. 418. 


Committees. 


Kent Water- 
works Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-fifth 
Report.) 


British 
Electric Tele- 
graph Com- 
pany Bill. 


Li Vv erpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
(Extension of 


Time for Pur- 


400 


Crauss, N° 2, (And whereas it is by the said Act 
Enacted, That in all cases when judgment shall be 
permitted to go by default, no taxation of costs 
shall take place therein, but the Officer of the 
Court in which judgment shall be signed shall, and 
he is thereby required, to add to such judgment the 
Sums in the said Act specified as and for the Plain- 
tiff’s costs; Be it enacted and declared, That the 
said provision shall be construed and taken, and it 
is hereby declared to apply only to cases of judg- 
ment by default in personal actions brought for the 
recovery of liquidated Sums under twenty pounds). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ee re 39. 
Tellers for the Noes, 9 a } 15. 


Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis 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. Solicitor-General for Ireland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the same, without 
Amendment. 


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill to enable 
Queen’s Counsel and others, not being of the De- 
gree of the Coif, to act as Judges of Assize: 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. 











Mercurii, 5° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in the 
New House of Commons. 


PRAYERS. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Kent Waterworks Bill, 
with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 3d 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. 


Mr. Cornwall Legh reported the British Electric 
Telegraph Company Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Bill to extend the Time limited by the Liver- 
pool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, for pur- 
chasing Lands and constructing the Works autho- 
rized by such Act, and for other Purposes, was, 


chase of Land, according to Order, read the third time. 


&amp;c.) Bill 





4°—5° Juni. 








A, 1850. 


A Clause (Corporation not to sell, &amp;c., without 
the approbation of the Treasury), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Recovery of charges for water), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fainburgh 
the Edinburgh Slaughter-houses Removal Bill, as Slaughter- 
amended in the Committee. — ie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Corry reported the Lancashire and Yorkshire tancashire 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Yorkshire: 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 8#lway Bill. 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Court Court of 
of Prerogative (Jreland) Bill have power to send Prerogative 
for persons, papers and records. eee ines 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, re- No, 75, 
lative to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which they respectively 
relate ; and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in the Agricultural 
county of Cambridge and Isle of Ely, complaining Distress. 
of the depressed state of Agriculture; and praying 
the House to adopt measures of relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Melbourn (Cambridge) ;—Little church Rates. 
Gransden ;—and, Barrington; praying for the abo- 
lition of Church Rates,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply for the Qourt of 
county of Edinburgh, praying that the Court of Session (Scot- 
Session (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- !24) Bill. 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Wood and others, Lords of Copyholds 
Manors and Proprietors of Manorial Rights in Eng- —a 
land ;—and, Crisp Molyneux Montgomerie, Lord of seme 
the Manor of Uphall, &amp;c.; praying that the Copy- 
holds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool (Chairman) ; — and, Education. 
Leeds (Chairman); praying the House to establish 
a general system of secular Education throughout 
England and Wales, to be supported by local rates, 
and managed by local authorities, elected by rate- 
payers specially for that purpose,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bright- 
helmstone, praying the House to place an-efficient 
check upon the undefined powers of the Committee 
of Council on Education, and to secure to all parties 
their fair participation in the public grant for Edu- 
cation, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holbeck ;—and, Leeds (Chairman) ; Education 
praying that the Education Bill may pass into a law, Bill. 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Executive Com- Education 
mittee of the Lancashire Public School Association, (Lancaster. )' 
praying the House to address Her Majesty, request- 
ing Her to send Commissioners into Lancashire, to 
report upon the number of children in attendance 
on day schools, and upon the quantity and quality 
of Education in every parish, as compared with the 
necessities 


Highways 
Bill. 


Hypothec 
(Scotland. ) 


Malt. 


Medical 
Profession. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Greek Claims. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Slave Trade. 


-~_—_ 


13 Vicroriz. 


necessities of the people, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Guardians 
of the Poor of the Great Boughton Union, in the 
counties of Chester and Flint, praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply for the 
county of Edinburgh, praying the House not to 
sanction any alteration of the law of Hypothec 
in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of 
Ferrybridge, 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 Medical Profes- 
sion, residing in and near Arundel, praying the 
House speedily to take into consideration the 
amendment of the laws which regulate the Medical 
Profession, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ber- 
mondsey and others, praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments 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 Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Dorset, praying that the Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- 
seers and Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Botolph- 
without, Bishopsgate, in the city of London, pray- 
ing that the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dundalk ;— Gamlingay ;— Had- 
denham ;— Hauzxton and Newton ; — Carlton-cum- 
Wellingham ;— Bassingbourne ;—and, Great Evers- 
den and Little Eversden ; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Quail, m.p, and a Member 
of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and 
late a Chief Surgeon in the Greek Service, alleging 
that he has claims upon the Greek Government for 
services performed by him during the war of inde- 
pendence; and praying for a committee of inquiry 
to investigate his case, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of Small Tenements residing 
at Longton, in the Staffordshire Potteries, praying 
that the Sma!l Tenements Rating 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 
the Trustees of the Chester Savings Bank, praying 
that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a 


law, was a and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Petitions from Berwich-upon-Tweed ; — and, 


Hereford (Chairman); praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bury Saint Ed- 
mund's, praying the House to adopt measures for 
the suppression of the African Slave Trade, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


5° Juni. 





VoL. 105. 


401 


Two Petitions of Attornies and Solicitors prac- stamp Duties 
tising at Dover; praying that the Stamp Duties (No.2.) Bill 
(No. 2) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Copyholders and others within the 
manor of Wakefield, 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Education 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendmentswhich, upon Bill. 
Wednesday, the 17th day of April last, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Education 
Bill be now read a second time ; and which Amend- 
ments 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 Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 
Yeas, Mr. Milner Gibson : | ioe 
Tellers for the pMr. Se. ga = 


Noes, ber Earl of 4rundel and 


Surrey : 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. 


“cc 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Larceny 
Reading of the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill ; SY™™ry 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time = 
upon Monday next. No. 419 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. sat i 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Weights and 
into a Committee upon the Weights and Measures Measures Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, No.420. 
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 Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 
mittee on the Highways (South Wales) Bill ; (South Wales) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Bill 
the 19th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough 
mittee on the Borough Gaols Bill ; Gaols Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Copyholds 
Reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; "®*tanchise- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time _ 

upon Friday next. 


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 Wednesday next. 


The Bill to render more simple and effectual the Titles of 


Titles by which Congregations or Societies, for pur- — : 
poses of Religious Worship or Education in Re _— 


land and Wales, hold Property required for such 
Purposes, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 


3F+ A Clause 














402 


A Clause (Act extended to Ireland) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to render more simple and effectual 
the Titles by which Congregations or Societies for 
Purposes of Religious Worship or Education in Eng- 
land and Ireland hold Property for such Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Harris do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon 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. 


Savings Banks Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
mn ga Return showing the Amount of Loss of Interest 
ocieties. ° 5 ; ° 

sustained by the Public, on account of the Savings 
Banks and Friendly Societies in the United King- 
dom, in each year from the year ending the 20th 
day of November 1844 to the year ending the 20th 
day of November 1849, inclusive ; distinguishing 
the Friendly Societies from Savings Banks, and the 
Savings Banks of Ireland from those of Great 
Britain. 


— of | Ordered, That Mr. Wood be added to the Select 
rerogative . &gt; aa 
(Ireland) Bill Committee on the Court of Prerogative (Zreland) 


Bill. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Merionethshire 
Turnpike-roads Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Merioneth - 
shire Turn- 
pike-roadsBill. 


Tyne Navi- 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported the Tyne Naviga- 
gation Bill. 


tion (re-committed) Bill, with other Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 6° die Junii ; 


Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS, 
RDERED, That the Committee on Group 
No. 23, of Private Bills, have leave to sit this 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Private Bills 
(Group 23.) 


Exeter and 
Crediton 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Exeter 
and Crediton Railway Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and 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. 


Nottingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Freemen’s the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wotting- 

— ham Freemen’s Allotments Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 

Royal College The House proceeded to take into consideration 

of aecons.. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Royal 

Bill. 5" College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Bill; and the 


same was twice read, and 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. 


5°—6° Suniz. 





A, 1850. 


A Bill for managing and repairing the Road lead- Croydon and 
ing from Foxley Hatch, in the Parish of Croydon, Reigate Turn. 
to the Town of Reigate, in the County of Surrey, . ° 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill for extending the Time and continuing Eastern Union 
the Powers granted by the Eastern Union and Har- Railway Bill. 
wich Railway and Pier Act, 1847, for the compul- 

sory Purchase of Lands and Houses, and for the 
Completion of Works, and for enabling the Eastern 

Union Railway Company to create new Shares, with 

certain Privileges attached for paying off their Mort- 

gage Debt, and for other Purposes, was, according 

to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Agreements entered into by the Eastern 

Union Railway Company, in respect of Railway com- 

prised in conveyance, to be binding on the Eastern 

Counties Railway Company), was thrice read ; and 

added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cobbold do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill for extending and amending the Acts for Newcastle- 
regulating and improving the Borough of Newcastle- 2 

: : mprovement, 
upon- Tyne, was read the third time. Amendment 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. of Acts, and 
Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the Rev Streets 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill for continuing the Term of an Act passed Tewkesbury 
in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty —— 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for pin, 
building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near 
to the Mythe Hill, within the Parish, and near to 
the Town of Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester, 
to the opposite side of the said River, in the Parish 
of Bushley, in the County of Worcester, and for 
making convenient Roads and Avenues to commu- 
nicate with such Bridge, within the Counties of 
Gloucester and Worcester”; and of another Act 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for altermg, amending and enlarging the 
Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the 
Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads,” for the pur- 
pose of paying off the Debt now due on the said 
Bridge and Roads, 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 Bill to amend an Act passed in the fifty-eighth Ulverstone, 
year of the reign of King George the Third, inti- wo 
tuled, “ An Act for making and maintaining a Turn- Turnpike-road 

ike-road from the Turnpike-road leading from Bill. 

lverstone to Kendal into the Turnpike-road iodine 
from Millthorp to Kendal, and a Continuation of 
the said Road from the last-mentioned Turnpike- 
road to join the Turnpike-road leading from Lan- 
caster to Kendal, and to continue the Term thereby 
granted, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr: Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to extend the Wolverhampton Waterworks, Wolverhamp- 
and to amend the Act relating thereto, was read the ton or 
third time; and Amendments were made to the (Amendment 
Bill. and Extension 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. of Works) 


Ordered, That Mr. T’hornely do carry the Bill to _ 








the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
The 





- Liverpool, Mr. Corry reported the Liverpool, Crosby and 
er on Southport Railway (Deviations, Enlargement of 


13 Victroriz: 


Oxford, Wor- The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


cester - Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, Birmingham 
bag an and Oxford Junction and Great Western Railway 


ham and Ox- Companies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


ford Junction “ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
an : 
Western Railway Companies Bill. 


Railway Station, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 
(Deviations, = Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Enlargement : 
ofStation, &amp;c.) and be printed. 
Bill. 


Liverpool, Mr. Corry reported the Liverpool, Crosby and 
a and Southport Railway (Sale or Lease to the Lancashire 
Railway and Yorkshire Railway Company) Bill, with Amend- 


(Sale or Lease ments. 


to the Lan- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
cashire and .? 

Yorkshire and be printed. 

Railway Company ) Bill. 

Committee Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 


of Selection of Selection; That under the Powers granted to 
(FitthReport:) them bythe Standing Order No.83, they have formed 
No.421. into additional Groups certain Private Bills therein- 
after named, which, in their Opinion, it is expedient 
to submit to the same Committee ; and have agreed 
to report the same to the House. 
Mr. Wilson Patten further reported from the 
Committee of Selection ; That in their Opinion It 1s 
expedient that the Athy and Castlecomer Road 
Bill be withdrawn from the Group No. 22, and be, 
together with the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turn- 
pike-road Bill, formed into a separate Group, 
No. 27. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Birmingham § The House was moved, That the Fourth Report 
and Pershore of the Committee of Selection might be read ; and 
Road Bill. . 

the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 24, 
of Private Bills, be empowered to take into con- 
sideration the Birmingham and Pershore Road Bill, 
on the Clerk to the Committee giving notice of such 
consideration on the previous day to the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office, notwithstanding any provi- 
sion in the 100th and 194th Standing Orders re- 
spectively. 


Westminster A Petition of the Churchwardens of the parish 

Improvements of Saint Margaret, Westminster, praying that pro- 

_ vision may be made in the Westminster Improve- 
ments Bill to empower the said Churchwardens to 
purchase certain almshouses, erect a workhouse 
on the site thereof, and provide aimshouses else- 
where, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Snaith and A Motion being made, That the Bill for uniting 
a the Townships of Snaith and Cowick, inthe Parish 


ships, &amp;c. Bil, Of Snaith, in the West Riding’ of the County of 
York, and for other Parochial or Township Pur- 
poses, be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmund Denison do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mails(Bombay Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
and Suez.) ~ Statement, showing the Total Cost of transmitting 
the Mails and Despatches between Bombay and 

VoL, 105. 


6° Juni. 403 


Suez by the East India Company, and towards 
which the Sum of £.50,000 annum has been 
granted out of the Revenue of the United King- 
dom, during the years 1848 and 1849, or to the 
latest Period that the Accounts can be made up, 
including Wages, Victualling and Allowances of 
Officers, Crews, and Engineers, Coals, and Engine 
Stores, and Sea Stores, and an Allowance of Ten 
per cent. for Repairs, Five per cent. for Depreciation, 
Six per cent. for Sea Risk in lieu of Premium of 
Insurance and Four per cent. Interest per annum on 
the Total First Cost of the Steam Vessels employed ; 
the Net Amount of Passage Money received by 
the East India Company, deducting Victualling 
and Allowance to the Commanders or other Per- 
sons for the same Periods; the same as to the Cost 
of transmitting the Bi-monthly Mails between 
Bombay and Aden:—Also, the Names, Tonnage 
and Horse Power of the Steam Vessels employed ; 
and the Dates of their Departures from and Arrival 
at Bombay and Suez, and Bombay and Aden re~ 
spectively, on each Voyage during the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 746, 
of Session 1848). 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported the Bilston Improve- pijston 
ment, Market, Waterworks and Cemetery (re-com- Improvement, 
mitted) Bill, with further Amendments. a 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Cemetery Bill. 


Ordered, That Viscount Seaham have leave of Leave of 
absence for three months, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Proctors of the Court of 
Consistorial Courts of the dioceses of Cork, Cloyne Prerogative 
and Ross, which was presented upon Monday last, 784) Bill 
praying that such clauses may be introduced into 
the Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill, as will secure 
to them a just and equitable arrangement of their 
present existing rights and privileges, be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Military Military 

Knights of Windsor, which was presented upon Knights of 

Monday last, be printed — 
sit taeda biti No. 422. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Subdivision 

Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners * Parishes. 

on the Subdivision of Parishes (England and 

Wales.) 

Copy of Eleventh Report of the Deputy Keeper Public 

of the Public Records. Records. 

Copy of Tenth Report of the Commissioners for Poor Law 

inquiring into the Number and Boundaries of Poor Boundaries 

Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jreland. ‘"*™*) 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Borough 

an Order, dated the 8th day of May last, for a Return Courts of 

of the Number of Processes of Attachment which, —_- (Ire- 

for the Three years preceding the Ist dayof January —~ 

1841, issued from the several Borough Courts of 

Record in Ireland, distinguishing the Number of 

those issued for the Sum of £.20, and under, from 

those above that Sum, and distinguishing the Cases 

of Foreign Attachment, and in how many of all 

such Cases Proceedings were had to Final Judg- 

ment and Execution :—And, like Return for the 

Three years next preceding the 1st day of January 

1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Constabulary 

the directions of an Act of Parliament,—-A State- Ireland.) 

ment of the Amount of Constabulary Force em- 

ployed in each County, County of a City and 

County of a Town in Jreland, on the 1st day of 

January 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Landowners, Manufacturers, Oc- Agricultural 
cupiers of Land, Tradesmen, Labourers and other )%*t¥ss- 
Inhabitants of the county palatine of Lancaster, 





3F2 complaining 



























































404, 


complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Beer-houses. A Petition of Inhabitants of Taunton, praying 
the House to adopt measures for diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mary-le- 
bone, 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 the Earl of Verulam, Lord of the 
Manor of Redbourne and other Manors, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Coventry, 
praying that the Education Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Stalybridge ;— Old Mill ;—Roch- 
dale ;— and, Bolton; praying that the Factories 
Bill may pass into a lenpotienn presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hawick (two Petitions) ;—Roz- 
burgh, Selkirk and Berwick ;—Parochial Board of 
Wilton (Chairman); — Alloa ;— and, Sandbach ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Fable. 

A Petition of Relay Mill-workers in the Woollen 
Factories, in Galashiels, praying that Woollen 
’ Factories may be exempted from the operation of 
the said Bill, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Factarics. A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of 
Members of the Committee of the borough of Mac- 
clesfield, praying the House not to pass any measure 
whereby the labour of women, young persons and 
children in Factories may be in any degree extended, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Malt and 


- Petitions from the Hundred of Wallington (Sur- 
ops. 


rey); — and, Langham (Essex); praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Malt and Hops,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Marriages Bill. A Petition of the Moderator and Members of the 
Kirk Session of West Parish, Aberdeen, praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mercantile 
Marire 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions from the Cork Ship-owners’ Society 
(Chairman) ; — Hull Chamber of Commerce and 
Shipping, and Ship-owners and Ship Captains(Chair- 
man);— and, Montrose (Chairman) ; praying that 
the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, &amp;c. of 
Gloucester, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


jetropolitan Petitions from Clerkenwell ;— Finsbury ;—Mary- 
Bill. le-bone ;—Tower Hamlets ;—Old-street and Saint 


Leonard, Shoreditch ;—Kensington ;—Saint Pan- 
cras ;—Chelsea and Pimlico ;— William Pritchett ; 
— Thomas Toovey;—and, Thomas L. Woolley; 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may 


6° Juniz. 


A. 1850. 


not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Working Classes Association for improving the 
Public Health, 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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- Metropolis 
payers of the parish of Clerkenwell, praying the “*“* 
House to adopt measures for improving the quality 

and increasing the supply of the Water to the Me- 

tropolis, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Parochial 
dians of the Market Bosworth Union, praying that —— 
the several Boards of Guardians, as being repre- 
sentatives of all classes of owners and rate-payers, 

may be considered by the House as a proper body 

to appoint one or more rate-payers in the union to 

act with the justices of the peace in the execution 

of the powers proposed to be conferred by the Pa- 

rochial Assessments Bill, and particularly in re- 

ference to the power of ordering valuations, making 
assessments, and appointment and payment of Offi- 

cers mentioned in the said Bill, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochia Poor Law 
Board for relief of the Poor of the parish of Jed- Scotland.) 
burgh, in the county of Roxburgh, praying for 
amendment of the Som Law in Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Snisort ; — Leswalt ;— Members Post-office. 

of the Session and Managers of the United Pres- 
byterian Church ;—Anstruther Easter ;—Uchfield ; 
—Kirk Session of Monymusk;—Kirk Session of 
Kinnell ;—and, Kirk Session of Rescobie ; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tollesbury ;— Colchester (two Pe- Postage. 
titions) ;—East Bergholt ;—Layer Breton ;—and, 
West Mersea ; praying for the adoption of an Ocean 
Penny Post, by which letters may be conveyed from 
one port of Great Britain to any other port in the 
world, at the uniform rate of a penny,—were pre- 
an and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Sainé Public Health. 
Barnabas, Homerton, praying for an efficient and 
comprehensive Public Health Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the North Somerset Savings Banks 
Friendly Society ; — Kingston-on-Thames (Chair- Bill- 
man);—Reigate;—and, Beverley (Chairman); pray- 
ing that before the Savings Banks Bill shall be 
passed into a law, a Select Committee may be ap- 
pointed to institute an inquiry into the management 
of the Savings Banks of the United Kingdom,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Woolwich and Plumstead ;—Ply- 
mouth and South Devon (Chairman) ;—and, Monk 
Wearmouth ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Stamp Duties 


A Petition of the Reading, Guildford and Rei- an 


gate Railway Company, praying that the Stamp (N° 
Duties (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition 





{ 


Tithe Commu- 


tation Act. 


New South 
Wales. 


West India 
Prisons, 


Cheese. 


Cattle. 
No. 423. 


Ships (Navy.) 
No. 424, 


Factories Bill, 


&amp; 


13 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Tithe Rent-charge 
payers of the parish of Croombe D’ Abitot, in the 
county of Worcester, praying for amendment of the 
Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir 
C. A. Fitzroy to the Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies, transmitting the Report of a Select Com- 
mittee of the Legislative Council of Mew South 
Wales, on Crown Lands in 1849. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Rules 
and Regulations for the Government of risons in 
Barbadoes, Saint Christopher, Antigua, Montserrat 
and Trinidad. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of April last, for an Account of 
the Quantities of Cheese imported into the several 
Ports of Great Britain in each month of the year 
1849, distinguishing the European, United States 
and Colonial Produce; and of all European Cheese, 
exclusive of British Cheese, exported from Eng- 
land in the year 1849 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 291, of Session 1849). 

. hr That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle, 
which was presented upon the 28th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Ships (Navy), which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Factories Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


‘graph. 


Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1 (No young person or female to be 
employed before six A. M., or after six P. M., or on 
Saturdays after two P. M.). 


6° Juniz. 





405 
Question put, That the words “no child” be 
there inserted ; 

‘The Committee divided. 

fLord Ashley } 

Tellers for the Yeas,) vr. in ll ‘ 72. 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Lord Mf we Hill, } 102. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravszs, Ne 2, to N°7, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hay- 
ter 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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Message frone 
Mr. Speaker, —— 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

lowing, without Amendment, viz : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Exchequer 
Eight millions five hundred and fifty-eight thousand &lt;a 70 
seven hundred pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the or a 
— of the year One thousand eight hundred and 

ity : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Exception Sunday Fairs 
in an Act of the Twenty-seventh year of King a 
Henry the Sixth, concerning the Days whereon 
Fairs and Markets ought not to be kept: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for incorporating the Colonization 
Colonization Assurance Company, and conferring Assurance 
certain Privileges on the said Company: And also, a 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Acts of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Parliament 
shortening the Language used in Acts of Parlia- ae 
ment, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fees (Court 
Act to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees of Common 
receivable by certain Officers in the Court of Com- eens 
mon Pleas, 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 Greenwich 
Act to enable the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital 





Amendment proposed, in P, 2.1.8: To leave out | 
from the word “ That” to the end of the Clause, in | 
order to insert the words “it shall not be lawful for | 
“ young persons and females to be employed or to ; 
“ work in any Factory for more than ten hours| 
“ daily between half past five o’clock in the morn- 
“ ing and half past eight o’clock in the evening ; 
“ and it shall be lawful for said young persons and 
“« females to work by sets or relays; Provided al- 
ways, That each such set or relay shall, during the 
hours between half past five in the morning and 
half past eight in the evening, be absent from the 
Factory for a period of not less than three con- 
secutive hours; Provided always, That on Satur- 
“ days the period of work of such young persons or 
females shall not exceed eight consecutive hours, 
exclusive of meal times, between the hours of 
half past five in the morning and four in the after- 
noon,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ save as herein- 
after-mentioned” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Lord Marcus Hill 


“ 
‘ 


~ 


&lt;&lt; 





Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Grey : 246. 
Tellers for the Noes, _ Bright : } 45. 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 12: 
After the word “ Act” to insert the words “ no 
“ child.” 


VoL. 105. | 





Hospital to improve the said Hospital, and also to upt°vemn® 
enlarge and improve the Billingsgate Dock, and 

widen Billingsgate-street in Greenwich, and for 

other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Trustce Bil. 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Conveyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Pro- 
perty vested in Mortgagees and Trustees ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Eaakof 
to dissolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Oheues pm. 
Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called 
Earl of Lincoln, with the Honourable Lady Susan 
Harriet Catherine Pelham Clinton, commonly called 
Countess of Lincoln, his now Wife, and to enable. 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sir Peter 
for authorizing certain Agreements between the oo 
Chancellor and Council of Her Majesty’s Duchy iy, 
of Lancaster and Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, 

Baronet, to be carried into effect, and for other 
Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur 
rence of this House:—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

The 


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Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corpora*ions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Borough 
Courts of 
Record (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


406 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Interments 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 19 (Power to remove bodies to 
burial grounds provided under the Act). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7. 1, 14: To leave out 
the words “ incumbent or other.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, —— am, } 88, 

Mr. Roebuck, } 48 
Mr. Aglionby ; ’ 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

CiauseE N° 20(Fees to be paid upon interments). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7. 1. 24: After the 
word “ behalf” to insert the words “ such fees or 
“ sums having been first submitted to and autho- 
“ rized by Parliament.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words “ Provided 
“‘ always, That such fees or sums shall not exceed 
“ the several fees or sums specified in Schedule (E.) 
“ to this Act annexed.” 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


‘Tellers for the Noes, 


Tellers for the Yeas, _ gaa } 64. 
Tellers for the Noes,/ rr — Hill, } 71. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 21 to N° 23, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 7° die Junii, 1850: 


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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill toamend an Act of the last Session, for 
amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in Jreland, so far as relates to the 
Borough of Dublin, was, according to Order, read 
oe third time; and Amendments were made to 

ill. 

Resolved, Tnat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Courts of Record (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 Second 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, ce. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


6°—7° Junie. 





A. 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Convict 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. . 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill ; Celene ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time °°°*"” Bil 
upon Monday next. 


The General Board of Health Bill was, according General Board 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Health Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the Fourth of the Resolutions [1 May.] 
which, upon the 31st day of May last, were reported 

from the Committee of Supply; and which Reso- 

lution was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 

further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill;  Seamen’s Fund 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time = 

upon Thursday the 20th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill ; — yo 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 0 
upon Thursday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The Judges of Assize Bill was, according to Or- Judges of 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- Assize Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Tenant-right 
to provide for the better securing and regulating (Ireland) Bill 
the Custom of Tenant-right, as practised in the Pro- 
vince of Ulster, and to secure Compensation to im- 
proving Tenants in Lreland, who may not make claim 
under the said Custom, and to limit the Power of 
Eviction in certain cases: And that Mr. Sharman 
Crawford, Mr. Anstey and Mr, O’ Flaherty do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Population 
for taking account of the Population of Great Bill. 
Britain: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return, in detail, of the manner in which the Sums (School- &amp;e,) 
of £.35,000, for Salaries of Schoolmasters and aaeeein 
Schoolmistresses, and of £.'75,000, for one half of 
the Expense of the Salaries of Medical Officers in 
the several Poor Law Districts, for the year 1849, 
have been expended, distinguishing those Parishes 
and Incorporations not subject to the provisions of 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, 5 Will 4, 


The Earl of Lincoln’s Divorce Bill was read the Earl of 


age ‘ Lincoln’s* 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. i200" pi 


Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood’s Estate Bill was Sir Peter 


read the first time. ost De 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- pi, 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
Copies of all Communications addressed to the Museum. 
Treasury by the Trustees of the British Museum, No. 45. 
with reference to the Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Constitution and Man- 
agement of the British Museum. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for taking zi 
account of the Population of Great Britain: And”: iia 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be No. 426. 





upon Monday next. 





read 














18 Vieroriz. 


read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 











Copyholds The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
— the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill, was read, 
ao and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 
poet 7 , ¥ Petition of Attornies practising in the town 
qd) Bil. Of Mallow, in the county of Cork, praying that the 

— Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

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, 7° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 

HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in the 

New House of Commons. 

PRAYERS. 

Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 

Copper Miners’ Mr. Cornwall Legh reported from the Committee 

Company 


.. on Group 23, of Private Bills; That the Parties op- 
ee posing the Copper Miners’ Company (England) 
Bill had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence 
of John Nix, of Sydenham, Kent, and William 
Gladstone, of Broad-street, City, was essential, to 
enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee; and it having been proved that their 
attendance could not be procured without the in- 
tervention of the House, he had been instructed b 
the Committee to move the House, That John Nix 
and William Gladstone do attend the said Com- 
mittee forthwith. 
Ordered, That John Nix and William Gladstone 
do attend the said Committee forthwith. 


Surrey and Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


= sem mittee on Group 24, of Private Bills, That they 

Godstone and have power, if they shall think fit, to amend the 

Lam Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill, by including therein 

road Bil, «the roads between Godstone and Highgate, and be- 
tween Highgate and Witchcross, which, under the 
existing Act, form part of the roads included in the 
Surrey and Sussex Turnpike Trust. 

Newcastle- A Bill to extend the Powers of the Mewcastle- 

upon-Tyne 


: upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company, and to 
Railway oe patie ‘Kets relating to their Sallern, rat pa the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Silles aah + the Bradford Improvement, Police, and Purchase 


Purchase and and Closing of Bradford Canal Bill, as amended 
oe of in the Committee; and Amendments were made 
radford to the Bi 
Canal Bill. o the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cromford and 
Newhaven 
Turnpike-read 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Shipwrecked 


ete The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Mariners’ th¢ Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Bene- 


Benevolent 
Society Bill, 


volent Society Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL, 105, 


6°—7° Junie. 





407 


Cautley’s Divorce Bill was read a second time, Cautley’s 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 
Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill; and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel 
or produce witnesses. 


A Petition of Agriculturists and others of the Agricultural 
Upper Division of the Rape of Chichester, com- Distress. 
plaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; and 
praying the House to adopt measures of relief, was 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Copyholds 
Saint Pancras and Saint Mary, Islington, praying Enfranchise- 
for the compulsory Enfranchisement of Copyhold _ 
Lands upon terms of fair compensation to Lords 
of Manors, and for affording to Copyholders the 
right to grant leases without license, and that 
during the continuance of such leases the fines may 
be assessed upon the rents thereby bond fide re- 
served, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Hazel Grove, in the county Friendly 
of Chester; praying that the Friendly Societies Societies Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians Highways 
of the Poor of the Steyning Union, praying that Bill’; and, 
the Highways Bill, and, the Highways (District (Districe Sur- 
Surveyors) Bill may not pass into law, was pre- yeyors) Bill. 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, Malt. 
Tradesmen, Labourers and others of the Upper 
Division of the Rape of Chichester, praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Malt, was presented, and 
read; and colina to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Aber- Marriages Bill. 
deen and its immediate vicinity, praying that the 
Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Principal and Professors of the yfedicat 
University and King’s College, Aberdeen, praying Officers 
the House to adopt measures for improving the (N@vy-) 
position of Assistant Surgeons in the Royal Navy, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Blithfield ;—Salton and Bolton Post-office. 
(East Lothian) ;—Gladsmuir and Haddington ; — 
District of Strathbranel ;—Ozxnam ;—Sandford ;— 
Enville ;—and, Worfield; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Savings Banks 

Trustees and Managers of the'Savings Bank esta- Bil 

blished in Abingdon, praying that before such great 

and important changes as are proposed by the 

Savings Banks Bill be passed into a law, a Select 

Committee of the House may be appointed to in- 

stitute an inquiry into the management of the 

Savings Banks of the United Kingdom, was pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


3F4 A Petition 




















408 


‘Tithe Com- A Petition of Landowners and Tithe Rent-charge 

auutation Act. payers of the parish of Hanbury, in the county of 
Worcester, praying for amendment of the Tithe Com- 
mutation Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage and Improvement of Land 
Advances Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word * That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 


Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Land Ad- 
vances Bill. 


“* 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 Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill, \ 73. 

Mr. Hayter : 

f Mr. Trelawny, 

Tellers for the Noes,) Colonel Thompson : } 4 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair: —The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuause N° 4 (Loans may be made for warping 
or erection of farm buildings in Great Britain). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Sir Harry Verney, Las 
Yeas, Colonel Rawdon : : nee 
Tellers for thefThe O’ Gorman Mahon, Lioy 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : ' ataiais 


Cuause N° 5, agreed to. 


Criavse N° 6 (Loans to the same owner in Great 
Britain restricted to Five thousand pounds). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1.14: 
To leave out from the words “ Five thousand 
« pounds” to the end of the Clause. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause, put,—and 
agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiause N° 7, agreed to. 


Ciause N° 8 (Loans may be made for the erec- 
tion of farm buildings in Jreland). 

An Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1.30: After 
the words “ farm buildings” to insert the words 
“ including buildings for the steeping, drying and 
cleaning of flax, and also such machinery and 
apparatus for the above-mentioned purposes as 
may come under the denomination of fixtures.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
put,—and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 


Ciavses, N° 9, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 10 and N° 11, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Crauses N* 12 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 


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A, 1850. 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be taken 


into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Trustee Bill was read the first time; and Trustee Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday No, 497, 
the 19th day of this instant June; and to be 

printed. 


And then the House adjourned at twenty mi- 
nutes after Three of the clock to the Old House of 
Commons, 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Greenwich 
Lords to the Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill a 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. gio 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th 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. 


Mr. Cardwell reported the Great Central Gas Great Central 
Consumers Company (No, 2.) Bill, with Amend- Gas Con- 
ante. sumers’ Come 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bil ents 


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 Saint Andrew’s Saint Andrew's 
and Quebec Railroad, Petition for leave to deposit a Se. 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Cautley’s_ 
to request that their Lordships will communicate Divorce Bill 
to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before their Lordships in the case of 
Cautley’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Wilson Patten 
do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian ° 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in Railway Bill. 
a Bill to enable the said Company to raise a Sum of 
Money sufficient to pay off their floating Debts, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
= referred to the Select Committee on Standing 

rders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cathrow’s 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill 
Private Bills; That in the case of Cathrow’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hong Kong, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;¢ 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Annual Receipt and Expen- 
diture of the Colony of Hong Kong, made up to the 
latest period for which Accounts have been re- 
ceived, showing the Gross Receipts from the various 
Branches of Revenue, under their different Heads, 
distinguishing the Amounts levied in the Colony 
from Parliamentary Grants, and stating the Expen- 
diture under its various Branches (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 264, of Session 1846) : 
—Similar Return for New Zealand (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 328, of Session 1844) : 
—And, similar ‘te for Labuan. 

Ordered, That 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, 








Colonies, 


_ jesty’s Colonies, exhibiting the Costs of Collection, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Children in 
Workhouses, 


13 Vicroriz. 


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 a tabular form, for the last year in 
which they can be made up, of the Gross Revenues, 
under their different Heads, of each of Her Ma- 


and any deductions made in their progress to the 
Public Treasury :—And, similar Return of the Dis- 
bursements of each Colony, under their separate 
Heads ; showing the authority on which such Dis- 
bursements are made (in continuation of part of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. '740, of Session 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. 


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 H ouse, 
Returns of all Instructions or Inquiries issued by 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Archbishops 
and Bishops, the Answers to such Instructions, and 
all Data upon which the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for England, before the 1st day of January 
1844, estimated and fixed the Annual Sums to be 
paid to the Commissioners out of the Revenues of 
the larger Sees, and to be paid by the Commissioners 
for Augmentation of the smaller Bishoprics :—Also, 
all Returns of Revenues or Data upon which the 
Commissioners, after the 1st day of January 1844, 
revised Episcopal Revenues, and fixed an altered | 
Scale of Payment, to take effect upon the avoidance 
of any See after the periud of such Revision, as 
well as any Inquiries or Instructions for supplying 
such last-mentioned Returns or Data, addressed to | 
the Archbishops or Bishops by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners ; in all cases where the Gross and 


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Net Income have been both given, the grounds of | 
difference between the Gross and Net Income as. 
shown bythe Archbishops or Bishops to be returned ; 
such Return to show the Dates of all such Inquiries, 
Instructions, Answers, and Returns, and to set forth, 
in a tabular form, the Gross and Net Incomes of 
each Archbishop and Bishop, as well as the Charges 
and Deductions which constituted the difference 
between Gross and Net Income :—And, of the Sums 
paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng- 
land, in each year, since the Act to carry into effect 
the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues (3 and 4 Vic. c. 113), 
in respect of any Prebend or other dignity in any 
Cathedral or Collegiate Church in Wales, and of the 
Amount of such Sums as may have been appro- | 
priated by the Commissioners, and how appro- 
priated. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Children in the Work- 
houses of the several Unions and Parishes in Eng- 
land and Wales, on Monday the 25th day of March 
1850; distinguishing, 1. Illegitimate Children 
whose Mothers are-in the Workhouse; 2. Illegiti- 
mate Children whose 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. Children of Widowers who 
are in the Workhouse; 6. Children of Widowers 
who are not in the Workhouse; 7. Children whose 
Father and Mother are dead ; 8. Children deserted 
hPa 9. Children deserted by Mother; 10. 

hildren deserted by both Parents; 11. Children 
whose Father is transported or suffering Imprison- 
ment for Crime; 12, Children whose Residence in 
the Workhouse is caused by the Bodily or Mental 
Infirmity of their Father or Mother; 13. Children 





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409 


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 respec- 
tively under Three years old, Three years old and 
under Seven, and Seven years old and upwards. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to Sir James 
Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of May last, for a Brooke. 
Return of the Dates of Appointment of the several 
Offices held by Sir James Brooke, and the Amount 
of the several Salaries paid and due to him for the 
same, up to the 1st day of February 1850. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Anderson have leave of ab- 


sence for a month, on urgent business. 


of 
ce, 


Leave 

Absen 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Murders, &amp;c. 

Return of the Number of Murders and Waylayings Cou’ y 

in the Baronies of Upper and Lower Fews, in the sate 

County of Armagh, during the last Six years; dis- 

tinguishing by. Name the Persons killed and way- 

laid, and the Place where the Offence occurred ; 

also, giving the Numbers arrested for each Offence, 

and the Result of any Trial of the same :—And, 

Copies of the Depositions taken by the Coroner of 

Armagh County, at the Inquest held on the body of 

the late Mr. Mauleverer. 


Lord Seymour presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Birkenhead 


/mand,—Copy of Minutes of Arrangements between Docks. 


the Comunissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., No.428. 
and the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, made 
25th May 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table ; and be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Birkenhead 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Docks. 
consider the Copy of Minutes of Arrangements be- 
tween the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 

&amp;c. and the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks ; 

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. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Elgin Guildry 
Act to incorporate the Society of the Guildry Fund Fund Society 
of Elgin, to enable the said Society to sue and be ne 
sued, to regulate the said Society, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto, without any Amendment: 

And also, 

The Lords have ._— to the Bill, intituled, An yayal prize 
Act to regulate the Disposition of the Naval Prize Balance Bill. 
Balance, with an Amendment ; to whichAmendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act sunday 
to prevent unnecessary Trading on Sunday within Trading Pre- 
the Metropolitan Police District and City of Lon- Yeo Bill 
don and Liberties thereof; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Brigstocke’s 
to authorize the granting of Building and Improve- (or Player's) 
ment Leases of the settled Estates of Elizabeth 5‘ Bill 
Lydia Brigstocke, situate in the Town of Ryde, in 
the Isle of Wight; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew, 


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igstocke’s 


igstocke’s (or Player’s) Estate Bill was read 
(tate Bill.” 


the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 13, of 
(Group 13.) 


Private Bills, have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- 
standing the adjournment of the House. 


Private Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 23, of 

(Group 23.) Private Bills, have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- 
standing the adjournment of the House. 

Ceylon. Ordered, That the Select Committee on Ceylon, 


have leave to sit To-morrow, notwithstanding the 
adjournment of the House. 

































































Medical The following Return, having been transmitted to 

~~ x the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. Return to 

(ireland.) an Order, dated the 8t day of May last, for Returns 

as to the Medical Charities in Ireland, County 
Hospitals or Infirmaries, Fever Hospitals, or any 
others supported wholly or in part from County 
Funds :— 
Pt aale 
Aenea seal 
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Bl) lelalala| | dl alae 
cir. 3 1 5 3 |. 8 
- ae JEalElS| aleta| lala tele 
a] Sa] [gl lsle/£ldjgls/a|=ls(8\é 
alee yal ElElE ais Q/LIaL4 ala 
8) ja |Slela|S\2)la|s\2|alz|2 (43 
| | 
Similar Returns for all Dis ies :—Similar 
Returns for all Medical Establishments under the 
Poor Law, Union Workhouses inclusive :—And, 
similar Returns for any other Medical Charity, 
however supported, stating Amount of Grants and 
Bequests, &amp;c. 

Borough Ordered, That the Return relative to Borough 

pay Sind) Courts of Record (Ireland), which was presented 

pony yesterday, be printed. 

Cheese. Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, 

No 430. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Agricultural Petitions from the Upper Division of the Rape 

Distress. of Chichester ; —Shellingthorpe ;—Sazelby ;—and, 
North Carlton; complaining of the depressed state 
of Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Beer-houses. § A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Louth, 
in the county of Lincolz, praying the House to adopt 
measures for diminishing the number of Beer- 
houses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Education Petitions of Clergy of the Church in Jreland ;— 

(Ireland-) § and, Members of the Jrish Branch of the United 


Church of England and Ireland; stating their con- 
scientious objections to the system of National Edu- 
cation in Ireland; and praying for an alteration 
therein, —were nted, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





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A. 1850. 


A Petition of the Reverend Edward R. Eardley Friendly _ 
Wilmot, and others, praying that the ea Bil, 
Societies Bill may pass into a law, was presen 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profes- Medical 
sion, residing and practising at and in the neigh- Profession, 
bourhood of Dorking, praying for the establishment 
of an Independent Royal College of Practitioners, 
having authority to regulate the education of all 
future candidates for that profession, and to test 
their competency by an examination, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Westminster ;—and, Clerkenwell ; iten 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may Intermen 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of 
Brighton, 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 Blithfield ;—Salton and Bolton Post-office. 
(East Lothian) ;—Gladsmuir and Haddington ;— 
District of Strathbranel ;— Oxnam ;—Sandford ;— 
Enville ;—and, Worfield; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Clerks of the Money Order Office pogt-oftice. 
of the General Post-office, London, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That, in consequence of 
the decease of the late President of their Depart- 
ment on the 26th March last, the Chief Clerk (the 
next Officer in rotation) was early in April ap- 

ointed President, and a vacancy eine caused of 
the Chief Clerkship, the President recommended the 
officer next in rotation as fit and competent to take 
the Chief Clerkship, such being the usual course of 
proceeding in promotion to higher classes; that 
shortly after the recommendation above alluded to 
was forwarded to the authorities, it was communi- 
cated by the President to the officer recommended 
for promotion, that Mr. Rowland Hill, the Post- 
master-General’s Secretary, would not recommend 
him for the appointment, except on condition that 
he made a written statement expressing his regret 
for having signed a memorial (in common with the 
other officers of the department), which was ad- 
dressed to the Postmaster-General in September, 
1849, and admitting the falsehood of statements 
made in that document, and promising to avoid 
signing such things in future. The officer already 
in September 1849, with the officers of the depart- 
ment, apologized for the disrespectful tone in which 
it was alleged the memorial was written, but be- 
lieving, in common with the Petitioners, that the 
statements made therein were true, could not con- 
scientiously comply with the required condition ; 
that, subsequently, a similar offer was made to the 
two next officers on the rotation, and declined by 
them upon the same grounds ; that the Petitioners 
now learn with surprise, that an officer from the 
Edinburgh office has been nominated to the Chief 
Clerkship of their department; and as this officer, 
when in the London office, was thirteenth on the 
rotation, and was rejected in 1844 by the Earl of 
Lonsdale, then Postmaster-General, when his pre- 
tensions to the situation now filled by the first- 
class senior officers were brought forward, the Peti- 
tioners feel the more deeply aggrieved, as the 
officer now nominated is the junior of many of 
them, and his claims to promotion are not sup- 
ported by om charge of incompetence being proved, 
or even now brought, against whom he is now 
about to supersede ; and praying the House to cause 
inquiry to be made into the grounds upon which the 
appointment of Chief Clerk to their department has 





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Danks Bil 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


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Interments , 
Bill. 








13 Vicroriz. 7°—8° Junii. 411 


been withheld from the officer who would, in official 
order, have succeeded to it. 

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


Petitions from Great Bedwyn ;—Burbage and 
Easton ;— Leyland ;—and, Walter Swyer ; praying 
that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Marlborough ;—Banbury (Chair- 
man) ;—and, Spalding; praying that before the 
House passes the said Bill, a Select Committee may 
be appointed to inquire into the management of 
Savings Banks,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
Railway Company, praying that the Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Interments 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Criavuses, N° 24 to N° 26, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse N° 27 (Board may make provision for 
funerals being conducted at fixed charges). 


Amendment proposed, in P. 9. 1. 42: After the 
word “ tenders” to insert the words “ from farnish- 
“ ing undertakers of three years standing in their 
“ business.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the followin words, “ Provided 
“ always, That it shall be lawful for the said board 
“ to enter into any contract for the performance of 
“ funerals, the payment for any one of which shall 
* exceed the sum of Five pounds.” 

Question, That those words be there added, 
put,—and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the flleuing words, “ Provided 
“‘ always, That in making contracts as aforesaid, 
* the said board shall not be at liberty to withhold 
“ contracts from any person carrying on the trade 
“ of undertaker, who shall be willing to contract 
“ as aforesaid for the performance of funerals at 
“ the same rate as the said board shall arrange 
“ for with any other person carrying on the said 
“ trade of undertaker, and contracting with the 
“* said board under the provisions of this Act.” 

Question, That those words be there added, 
put,—and Negatived. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 


nw 


Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 106. 
Tellers for the ¢ Lord Dudley Stuart, } 25 
Noes, { Mr. Bright : ‘ 


Crause N° 28, agreed to. 
Cravuse N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause N° 30 (Compensation to Incumbents). 


Amendment proposed, in P. 11.1. 9: After the 
word “ compensate” to insert the word “ such.” 


Question proposed, That the word “such” be 
there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, iri P. 11.1, 9: 
After the word “ compensate” to insert the words 
“ the present.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
VoL. 105. 





a Seen gy 
ellers for the r. ington, 
Yeas, Sir Benjamin Hall: } = 

Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 126 

Noes, \L Mr. Bellew : 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 11. 1. 15: 
To leave out the words “ dix shilling and two-pence” 
and insert the words “ Four shillings and four- 
“ pence.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out 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 f Mr. Hume, } 52 
Yeas, Sir Benjamin Hall : E 


Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 144 
Noes, L Mr. Bellew: ” 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair. 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
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, 8° die Junii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
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. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being — That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ at Twelve of 
“* the clock.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ at Twelve of the clock” stand part of the Ques- 
tion ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 136 
Yeas, Mr, Bellew : } ‘ 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Bouverie, 23 
Noes, Sir Benjamin Hall: } ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the Fourth of the Resolutions [5! May. ] 
which, upon the 31st day of May last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply ; and which Resolu- 
tion was then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2.) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- securities 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) Bill ; for Advances 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Judges of 
a Committee upon the Judges of Assize Bill; and, 4#size Bill 
after some time mg therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill; and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

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

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412 


Sentevt ‘ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
e : 
(Ireland) Bill. ee of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, 


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. 
Savings Banks The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 17th day of this instant June. 
Medical 


ca The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bil], Mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
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. 


Highways The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
(District Sur- day next, the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill, 
veyors) Bill, ah 
was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


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

Railways Bill. to provide Medical Assistance in cases of Accidents 
upon Railways: And that Mr. Mewdegate, Mr. 
Spooner, and Mr. Adderley do prepare, and bring 
it in, 

Kilrush Union, Ordered, That Mr. Henry Herbert be discharged 

from anv further attendance on the Select Committee 

on the Kilrush Union. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O'Connell be 
added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Amount of Money expended 
for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief of the 
Poor, in the several Unions and Parishes in England 
and Wales, during the half years ended Lady Day 
1819 and Lady Day 1850 respectively; specifying 
the Amount and Rate per cent. of Increase or De- 
crease in the latter Period, as compared with the 
former, 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

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 
Monday next. 


Poor Relief. 


— ——e  —————— 


Lune, 10° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 
Public M* Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
— examined the Petitions presented upon the 6th 
and 7th days of this instant June, 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. 


7°—8°—10° Juniz. 





A. 1850, 


Mr. Armstrong reported the Reading Union ReadingUniog 


Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


sang 3;-—-and, George William Fox Kinnaird 
Baron Kinnaird and Chairman of the Directors 
of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway 
Junction Company, taking notice of an application 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in 
the Caledonian Railway Bill; and praying that 
leave may not be granted to deposit such Petition, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is Solicitor 
to the Board of Highways, in the parish of Brom- 
ley Saint Leonard, in the county of Middlesex; 
that a Bill is now depending in the House, intituled, 
“A Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to 
the Navigation of the River Lee, in the Counties of 
Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, and to enable the 
Trustees further to improve the Navigation and to 
dispose of the Surplus Water, and for other Pur- 
poses”; that the Bill will authorize the trustees of 
the River Lee to construct works in the parish of 
Bromley Saint Leonard, and to take additional 
property in such parish; that the Board of High- 
ways within the said parish object to the said Bill, 
as it now stands, inasmuch as not only is the said 
River and the rates and tolls collected thereon at 





chial rates and assessment, but such exemption 
would also extend to all the additional property 
| purchased by the trustees of such River; that the 
| Petitioner was instructed by the said board to pre- 
| pare a Petition against the Bill, and to seek for the 
insertion in the Bill of provisions with reference 
to the rating of the navigation to parochial and 
district rates, and the supply of deficiencies in the 
existing rates by reason of the purchase of ad- 
ditional property, and also of provisions for the 
erection of substantial bridges over the navigation, 
for carrying the public roads of the parish across 
the same, and also of any further provisions ne~ 
cessary for the protection of the inhabitants; that 
the second reading of the said Bill was from time 
to time deferred, and the Bill was read a second 
time on the 27th day of May last; that the Peti- 
tioner did not deposit the Petition against the said 
Bill, within the time limited by the Standing Orders 
of the House, inasmuch as the Petitioner was not 
aware until Wednesday last that the second reading 
of the said Bill had taken place ; and the Petitioner. 
was also not aware of the existence of the new 
Standing Order, which requires the deposit of the 
Petition within seven days after the second read- 
ing; that the Petitioner has prepared a Petition 
from the said board of surveyors, and intends to 
appear upon the same if leave be given by the 

ouse ; and praying that leave may be given to 
deposit a Petition from the Board of Surveyors of 
Highways, in the parish of Bromley Saint Leonard, 
against the said Bill, and that the Standing Order 
requiring the Petition to be deposited not later 
than seven clear days after the second reading of 
the Bill, be dispensed with. 

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


the first sitting of the Committee on the New River 
Company Bill for Thursday next, notwithstanding 
fourteen clearjdays shal! not have elapsed between 
the Second Reading of such Bill and the Meeting 


of the Committee thereupon. 
j Ordered, 





present exempted from highway and other paro-, 





Waterworks 
Bill. 


Petitions of Juhn Marquis of Breadalbane, one Caledonian 
of the Directors of the Scottish Central Railway Railway. ~ 


A Petition of Alfred Turner, of Mount-place, River Lee 
Whitechapel-road, Gentleman, was presented, and Trust Bill, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- New River 
mittee of Selection, That they have power to fix Company 











13 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries), 
That they have power to consider the expediency 
of continuing the present system of Breviates of 
Private Bills, and whether any further Improve- 
ment can be made in the conduct of the Private 
Business of the House. 

Ordered, Mr, Bernal be added to the said Select 
Committee, 


Local Acts 
(Preliminary 
Inquiries. ) 


Greenwich The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Hospital into consideration the Amendments made by the 
—_— Lords to the Greenwich Hospital Improvement 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Admiral Dundas do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 

Lordships, 


Guardian The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Fire and Life the Amendments made by the Lords to the Guardian 

Company Bill. Fire and Life Assurance Company Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr, Duncan do carry the Bill to 

the Lords : and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Cobbe’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
Divorce Bill. solve the Marriage of Thomas Cobbe, Esquire, with 
Azelie Anne Cobbe, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 


ment. 
Edinburgh A Bill to provide for the erection of Public 
_Slaughter- Slaughter-houses for the City of Edinburgh, and 
aoe y for the Regulation of the same, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 

Oxford, Wor- A Bill to confirm and carry into effect an Agree- 
cesterand ment for the Sale to the Birmingham and Oxford 
WolverhamP- Junction Railway Company of the Stratford-upon- 
ham and Ox. Avon Canal Navigation, was read the third time. 
fora Zain, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
— Ordered, That General Zygon do carry the Bill 


Railway Com- to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
panies Bill. 


British The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the British Electric Telegraph Company Bill, as 
Compaty Bill, amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 

ey a Ordered, That the Hartlepool West Harbour and 

and Docks. Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 

Bill. into consideration upon Tuesday the 18th day of 
this instant June. 

—_e The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kent Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
ono sap ta The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Wolverhamp- the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 


ton Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Bul. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


mma The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bil, += the =Southampton Waterworks Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


10° Junie. 


413 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Navi+ 
the Zyne Navigation Bill, as amended in the Com- sation Bill. 
mittee, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Prussian Minister’s Residence Prussian 

Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Minister’s 
Residence Bill. 

Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 23, Private Bills 

of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (Group 23.) 

of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from westminster 
Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Improvements 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Bil. 
additional Provision inthe Westminster Improvements 

Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from sir Peter 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Hesketh 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Sir Peter Hesketh ——— 
Fleetwood’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


Mr. Sharman Crawford presented a Bill to pro- Tenant-right 
vide for the better securing and regulating the Cus- (Ireland) Bill. 
tom of Tenant-right, as practised in the Province No, 431. 
of Ulster, and to secure Compensation to improving 

Tenants in Jreland, who may not make claim under 

the said Custom, and to limit the Power of Eviction 

in certain Cases ; And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 19th day of this instant June; and 

to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, sanaay 

to request that their Lordships will communicate to Trading Pre~: 
this House a Copy of the Keport from the Select Yemtion Bill 
Committee appointed by their Lordships in the pre- 

sent Session of Parliament to consider of the Bill, 

intituled, An Act to prevent unnecessary Trading on 

Sunday within the Metropolitan District and City of 

London, and Liberties thereof, together with the 

Minutes of the Evidence taken before them: And 

that Mr. Baring Wall do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Fever Hos- 
Order, dated the 21st day of February last, for Re- _ oe 
turns of the Number of ‘Temporary Fever Hospitals ‘ es 
still kept up in each Union in Jreland, under the 
Act 11 and 12 Vic, c, 131, and also the distance of 
each from the Town in or near which the Work- 
house is situated ; the Expenditure of each during 
the year 1849; the Number of Medical Officers 
attached to each, and their Salaries; the Number 
of Beds for Patients in each ; the Number of Pa- 
tients admitted, discharged, and died, during the 
year in each, and the Average Cost of a Patient per 
Week :—And also, a Return of the Dispensaries, 

&amp;c. (Ireland), for the year 1849 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 561, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of May Baltinglass 
last, for Copy of any Correspondence that has taken Union. 
place between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 
Guardians of the Baltinglass Union, on the subject 
of increasing the Salaries of the Officers of that 
Union. P 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative Constabulary 
to the Constabulary (Ireland), which was presented (Ireland.) 
upon Thursday last, be printed. No. 432, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Waltham Waltham 
Forest, which was presented upon the 23d day of Fores 
May last, be printed. No. 433. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sir James Sir James 


Brooke, which was presented upon Friday last, be Brooke. 
printed. No, 434. 





Vou. 105, 





343 


Ordered, 




















Poor Relief. 
No. 485. 


= 


Exchequer 


Bills 
pen) 


Process and 


Practice 
(Ireland) Act 


Amendment 
Bill, 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Acts of 
Parliament 
Abbreviation 
Bill, 


Sunday Fairs 


Prevention 
Bill. 


Licensed 
Victuallers 
and General 


Fire and Life 


Assurance 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Carlisle Gas 


Naeem 9 and Powers of “ The Carlisle Gas 
ompany Bill. Gene 


Faculty of 


Physicians and 


Surgeons of 


414 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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 tothe 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 for raising the Sum of Eight millions 
five hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred 
pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty : 

An Act to explain and amend an Act for the 
Regulation of Process and Practice in the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Jreland: 


An Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of Her present Majesty, for the Appointment 
and Payment of Parish Constables : 

An Act for shortening the Language used in Acts 
of Parliament : 


An Act to repeal an Exception in an Act of the 
twenty-seventh year of King Henry the Sixth, con- 
ee Days whereon Fairs and Markets ought 
not to be kept : 

An Act to change the Name of the Licensed 
Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance 
Company to the Monarch Fire and Life Assurance 
Company, and for better enabling the said Compan 
to sue and be sued, and to give additional Powers 
to the said Company : 


An Act to authorize a Transfer of the Undertaking 
Light and Coke 
pany” to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the City of Carlisle, to enable them to light the 
said City and the Environs thereof, and to raise 
Money for such Purposes, and to repeal or amend 
and extend the Powers of the several Acts for 
lighting the said City and Environs, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act for better regulating the Privileges of the 
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 


Glasgow Bill and amending their Charter of Incorporation : 


Colonization 
Assurance 
Company 


Elgin Guildry 

Fund Society 

Incorporation 
ill. 


Exeter and 


Crediton 
Railway Bill. 


Royal College 
of Surgeons of 


Edinburgh 
Bill 


Nottingham 
Freemen’s 
Allotments 
Bill. 


An Act for incorporating the Colonization As- 
surance Company, and for conferring certain Privi- 
leges on the said Company : 


An Act to incorporate the Society of the Guildry 
Fund of Elgin, to enable the said Society to sue 
and be sued, to regulate the said Society, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto : 


An Act to enable the Exeter and Crediton Rail- 
way Company to enlarge their Cowley Bridge Station, 
and to raise a further Amount of Capital : 

An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant a New 
Charter to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin- 
burgh, and for conferring further Powers on the said 
College : 

An Act for the Management of the Allotments 
made to the Freemen of WVottingham, by virtue of 
certain Acts for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the Town 


of Nottingham. 





10° Junie. 








A. 1850. 


Mr, N 
cal Assistance in Cases of Accidents upon Railways : 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 436. 


to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir George Gr 
their Address of the 30th day of May last, repre- 
senting the great desire which exists in all parts of 
the United Kingdom for an extension of that rest 
on the Lord’s Day which is afforded in the London 
Post-office to the Post-offices of the Provincial 
Towns, and praying that Her Majesty will be gra- 
ciously pleased to direct, that the collection and 
delivery of letters shall, in future, entirely cease on 
Sunday in all parts of the Kingdom :—And, also, 
that Her Majesty will cause an inquiry to be made 
as to how far, without injury to the public service, 
the transmission of the Mails on the Lord’s Day 
might be diminished, or entirely suspended, had. 
been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her Ma- 
jesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously, 
and to give the following answer : 

I have received your Address, praying that the 
collection and delivery of letters may in future en- 
tirely cease on Sunday in all parts of the Kingdom ; 
and, also, that an inquiry may be made as to how 
far, without injury to the Public Service, the trans- 
mission of the Mails on the Lord’s Day might be 
diminished or entirely suspended. 

And, in compliance with your request, I shall give 
directions accordingly. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Printers and Publishers Advertise. 
of the Greenock Advertiser Newspaper, praying for ments. 


the repeal of the duty on Advertisements in News- 
papers, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Executive Com- Ballisi 
mittee of the Scottish Temperance League, setting Heavers. 


forth various grievances affecting the Ballast Hea- 
vers ; and praying for the establishment of an office 
similar to that appointed for Coal-whippers, was 


y | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Lists 


een of the borough of Louth, praying that the Bill. 
urgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 


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


A Petition of Clergy of the Deane 
on-Thames in the Archdeaconry of 
ing the House to provide some alteration in the law 
whereby the highest appeal, as to the doctrine and 
discipline of the Church of England, is now referred 
to a court which may consist of members who do 
not belong to her communion, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the Chamber of Com- Cotton _ 
merce and Manufactures established by Royal (East India.) 


Charter in the city of Glasgow, praying that a 
special commission may be sent to Jndia tq inquire 
into the condition of that country, especially the 
presidencies of Madras and Bombay, with a view 
to ascertain and report what are the obstacles to an 
improved production of Cotton and to the establish- 
ment of a more secure and profitable industry in the 
cultivation of the soil, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Managing Com- County One 
mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law As- Extension 


sociation, praying that the County Court Extension 
Biil may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other 
Inhabitants 


presented a Bill to provide Medi- Accidents - 


reported to the House, That Post-office, 


of Henley- Church of 
xford, pray- Eugland. 





Court of 


Prerogati 


ve 
(Ireland) Bill.’ 


Dog Carts. 


Education, 


Education 
Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


Factories. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill 


Lord Lieu- 
tenancy 
Abolition 

( Ireland) Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill ge 


13 Vicroriz. 


Inhabitants of Torquay, praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Joseph Hamilton ;— Attornies and 
Solicitors of the Courts of Law and Equity in Jre- 
land ;—Proctors of the Diocesan Court of Meath ; 
—and, John Pennington ; praying that the Court 
of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Lewes, praying the House to pass a law prohibiting 
the use of Dog Carts, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartington; — Exeter ; — and, 
Deanery of Henley-on-Thames; complaining of the 
conditions upon which the Parliamentary grant for 
Education is distributed by the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education; and praying for relief from the 
grievances in connexion therewith,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Exeter, 
and its vicinity, stating that the Petitioners have 
reason to apprehend that the Committee of Privy 
Council intend to appropriate a portion of the Par- 
liamentary Educational Grant to the encouragement 
of Popish Education ; and praying that no such ap- 
propriation may be permitted, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Ezeter 
and neighbourhood, praying that the Education Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
at ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives, Spinners, Slubbers, 
Females and Young Personsem —_ in the Woollen 
Mills at Selkirk, praying that the actories Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Vewcastle-under-Lyme ; — and, 
Derby; praying that Silk Mills may be exempted 
from the operation of the said Bill,—were also pre- 
a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Castle-street Short-time Committee 
for the protection of the Ten Hours Act (Chairman) ; 
—John Crabtree ;—John Greenwood ;—John Holt ; 
—and, John Turner ; praying the House not to pass 
any measure whereby the duration of the labour of 
women, young persons and children in Factories may 
be in any degree extended,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Don-. 
caster, praying that the Larceny Summary Jurisdic- 
tion Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
South Dublin Union, praying that the Lord Lieu- 
tenancy Abolition (Jre/and) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of Derry and Omagh 
(Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, Harpsden ; praying 
that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Joseph Kirkby and others ;—~Ed- 
ward Davis and others ;—George Butler and others; 
— Moses Hayward and others ;—.J. T. Croucher and 
others ;—R. Seaton and others ;—Richard Patfull 
— others ;—E. 7’. Wilcox and others ;— Wilson- 

~ VOL. 105, 





10° Junii. 


415 


street, lane;— R. Weston and others; — 
W. Stoffell and others ;—J. Spring and others j= 
James Wale and others ;— Eliza Reynolds and others &gt; 
—Elizabeth Ann Honcell and others; William 
Wright and others ;—John Patten and others &gt; 
WE. Baker and others ;— Frederick Mindham and 
others ;—John Hail and others ;—R. Salomons and 
others ;— W. J. Leech and others ;—Mrs. H. Thomas 
and others ;— Philip Holdsworth and others ;— 
John Thomas Jackson and others ;—Henry Alston 
and others;— Ann Muston and others ;— Thomas 
Woodhouse and others ;—Henry Timms and others ; 
—John F. Pawson and others ;—John King and 
others ;—Peter Gold and others —~Gheange Biles 
and others ;—and, Frederick Horner and others ; 
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 Medical Practitioners of the county Medical 


of Meath, praying that the Medical Charities — (Ireland) Bil, 


land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, an 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Two Petitions of the Secretary of the Committee 
of the Loughrea Dispensary, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the South Metropolitan Cemetery Metropolitan 
Company, praying that the Metropolitan Interments Interments 


Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of William Butler, of Upper Garden- 
street, in the city of Westminster, praying the House 
to exempt the Proprietors of now existing family 
vaults, situated in churchyards, from the operation 
of the said Bill, or otherwise to grant to or provide 
them with other vaults in National or other Ceme- 
teries, and to give them the right of removing the 
remains of deceased persons from their present 
vaults to those granted to them elsewhere, without 
the payment of faculty fees, or any other fees what- 
soever, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Parochial 
gesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Assessments 
praying that the Parochial Assessments Bill may ® 


not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


ham Union, stating that at present the Salaries of 
the Officers of that and other Unions are entirely 
under the regulation and control of the Poor Law 
Board ; and praying the House to enact a law, that 
hereafter the regulation of the salaries of Poor Law 
Officers be placed under the sole management of 
the guardians of such Unions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rockland Saint Peter, All Saints Post-office. 


and Saint Andrew ;—Ardmore ; —Portlaw ;—Kin- 
salebeg ; —Kenilworth ; —Stoke Gabriel; — Wem- 
bury ;—~ Briaton (Devon) ;— Ballyshannon ;—Synod 
of Derry and Omagh (Moderator and Clerk) ;— 
Newtown (Salop);—Session of the United Pres- 
— Congregation of Renfield-street, Glasgow 
(Moderator) ;— Harpsden ;— Rotherfield Peppard ; 
—Rotherfield Greys ; —Llanfairisqaer ;—Ashton ; 
—Claines ;—Kirk Session of Berrich ;— Greenock; 
—Killucan ;— Bangor ;— Llangefni ;— Trefriw and 
Llanrhychwyn ; — Llanaelhairn and ey, 
Llanbedr ;—Llanwnda and Llanfaglan;— 
fechan ;— Gy ffin ;—Amboch;— 


ei 
air- 
in ;—and, 





Clynnog ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
3a4 in 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Poor Law 
Members of the Board of Guardians of the Swaff- Officers. 











Religious 
Tests (Scot- 
land.) 


Savings Banks 
Bill, 


School 


Establishment cardine O’ Neil, in the Synod of Aberdeen, praying | of 


(Scotland) 
Bill. 


a ; 
Stamp Duties A Petition of Copyholders, and others interested = 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


Subdivision 
of Parishes. 


Episcopal 
Fund, 


Message fron A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney ; 


the Lords, 


Administra - 


tion of Crimi- for further improving the Administration of Criminal 


nal Justice 


—_— 


Supply 
[31 May.] 


416 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

’ A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Weymouth and its vicinity, praying that there may 
-be no alteration in the mode of delivering letters 
on Sunday, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of the burgh of 
Greenock, praying the House to introduce and pass 
a Bill into law abrogating all Religious Tests in the 
Universities of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bakewell ; —Bromsgrove ;—and, 
Salop; praying that the Savings Banks Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Stonehaven;—Burton-upon- Trent; 
~- Warwickshire ;-- Dungannon Savings Bank (Chair- | 
man and Secretary) ;—Charles Dunne, Clerk, J. P., | 
and others ; — Allendale ; — Shipston-on-Stour ; — 
East Morley and Bradford Savings Bank (Chair- 
man) ;— and, Union Savings Bank, Devonport | 
(Chairman); praying the House to refuse to ass | 
the Savings Banks Bill; and also that a Committee 
may be appointed to inquire into the management 








10° Juni. 


A, 1850. 


reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolution was then postponed ; and the same was 
again read; as followeth: : 

4. “ Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and three thousand six hundred and ten 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray, to the 31st day of 
March 1851, the Expense of the Works at the New 
Houses of Parliament.” 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ One handeod and three thou- 
“ sand six hundred and ten pounds,” and inserting 
“ One hundred thousand six hundred and ten 
“ pounds,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, ‘ That One hundred 
“ and three thousand six hundred and ten pounds” 
stand part of the Resolution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Lord Marcus Hill, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 144, 
{ Mr, Hume, 
Tellers for the Noes, \ Mr. Osborne: 62. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
proposed, That this House doth agree with 


bein 
of Savings Banks,—were also presented, and read ; ‘the Committee in the said Resolution ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of the Presbytery of Kin- 


that the School Establishment (Scotland) Bill may | 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





in Copyhold Estates, within the manors of Stockton- 
on-Tees, and Norton, in the county of Durham, 
taking notice of the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill, and 
praying that the duties upon a copy of Court Roll | 
of a surrender of copyhold property, and the ad- | 
mittance thereon, and the deputation to take the 
surrender out of Court, may be altogether repealed, 
or reduced to a very small sum, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon of York, and 
Clergymen of the town and parish of Sheffield, 
praying that a law may be enacted embodying the 
principal recommendations of the Commissioners 


for the subdivision of Parishes, was presented, and \. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to ee Majesty, dated the 9th day of May | 
last, for a Return of the Annual Proceeds and Ap- | 
plication of the Episcopal Fund from its commence- | 
ment to the present time, giving, in detail, the | 
Amount of contribution from each See; also the 
Amount of Payment in augmentation of the Income 
of any See; and specifying the Amount and Pur- 
pose of all other Payments made out of the Fund 
in each year. 

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


Mr, 9 we 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Justice in England and Wales; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the fourth of the Resolutions 
which, upon Friday the 31st day of May last, were 








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 
“ and examine the various enesta, Statements and 
“ Plans of the Architect relative to the New Houses 
of Parliament, and also into the manner in which 
the Works have been conducted, and the different 
Estimates made, with a view to ascertain the 
cause of the great increase of charge above the 
“ Estimate for the Plan delivered by Mr. Barry, 

and examined by proper officers, amounting to 
“ the sum of £.707,000, on which Estimate the 
* sanction of Parliament was obtained for the adop- 
“ tion of the Plan; and that the Committee be in- 
‘ structed to obtain from Mr. Barry Plans and 
‘ Estimates ofall the additions and alterations made 
‘ by him upon his own responsibility; also, those 
that have been made at the suggestion of or under 
the authority of the Lords of the Treasury, the 
“ Commissioners of Woods and Works, or any 
“ other parties; also what further Plans and pro- 
jected Works are intended to be carried out for the 
‘completion of the said Houses of Parliament, 
‘ with proper Estimates for the various items, so as 
to arrive at the total Expense for the whole build- 
ing, fittings and decorations,” instead thereof. 

nd 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. 


~~ an ON 


‘ 


Lord Marcus Hill 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bellew : ? } 85. 
Mr. Hume, 

Tellers for the Noes,) 5: "Denham en: 55. 


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 One hundred and three thousand 
six hundred and ten pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray, to 
the 31st day of March 1851, the Expense of the 
Works at the new Houses of Parliament,” 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Lord Lieutenancy Abolition( Ireland) 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 


time ; 
The 





New Houses 
of Parliament, 


Lord Lieu- 
A on 
(Ireland) Bill. 











13 Vicroriz. 


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 ; 


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


Martis, 11° die Junii, 1850: 
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, a — ’ } 63. 
Lord Marcus Hill, \ 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Bellew : 188. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 


drawn. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 
Drainage and The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
bo ag take into consideration the Drainage and Improve- 
vances Bill. ment of Land Advances Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Health Bill. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

ae Reading of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill ; 

oa Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

Convict The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Prisons Bill. Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Scmmary The Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) Bill was, 

dad. a) Bat according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

"mitted to the Members who constitute the Select 
Committee on the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill. 

Tarnpike- The Turnpike-roads (Zreland) Bill was, according 

land) ag to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

Fees (Court = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


nr ) mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill. mittee on the Public Health (/re/and) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Highways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Linen, &amp;c. 
ufactures 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 

VoL, 105. 


10°—-11° Junzz. 





| 








417 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Larceny 
— of the Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Surat 2 
? 1. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Factories Bill: 
consideration the Factories Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Borough 
into a Committee upon the Borough Courts of Re- Courts of Re- 
cord (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent ay (Ireland) 
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 Friday next. 


No, 437. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; Forests, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Population Bill was, according to Order, read Population 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of Bil. 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Birkenhead 
into a Committee to consider the Copy of the Mi- Docks. 
nutes of Arrangement between the rad sa te 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. and the Trustees of 
the Birkenhead Docks, made 25th May 1850. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods be authorized to pay to the Trustees 
of the Birkenhead Docks the Sum of Twenty-two 
thousand pounds, out of the Land Revenues of the 
Crown for the River Wall which has been built in 
front of the North Reserve of the Crown on the 
Seacombe side of the Birkenhead Docks; and that 
the said Commissioners be empowered to defray the 
expense of continuing the said River Wall, and of 
constructing other Works on the said Reserve. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made for other- 
wise carrying into effect the Arrangement between 
the Commissioners of Woods and the Trustees of 
the Birkenhead Docks, 


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 this day. 


The Bill to enable Queen’s Counsel and others, Judges of 
not being of the degree of the Coif, to act as Judges 4ssize Bill 
of Assize, 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- yedical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zre/and) Bill ; Charities _ 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Iteland) Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, hot this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
3H The 








Ways and 
Means. 


Administra- 
tion of Crimi- 
nal Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Population 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Micky Cahill, 
Esquire. 


Factories. 


Benjamin 
Eaton and 
William Hart. 


418 


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 Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- 
ment Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for taking an Account of the Population of Zreland ; 
And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. Solicitor- 
General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
day next, at Twelve of the clock, the Copyholds En- 
franchisement Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


A Petition of John Moore, of Ballyconod, in the 
county of Kilkenny, Labourer, complaining of the 
conduct of Micky Cahill, Esquire, a Magistrate of 
that county, towards the Petitioner and his family ; 
and praying that the said Micky Cahill may be dis- 
missed from the Commission of the Peace, was pre- 
sented, 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 Number of Cotton, Woollen, 
Worsted, Flax and Silk Factories subject to the 
Factories Acts in each County, and distinguishing 
each of these Five Descriptions of Factories :—1. 
Those for Spinning only; 2. Those for Weaving 
only ; 3. Those for Spinning and Weaving; 4. Fac- 
tories not included in either of the above Descri 
tions; 5. The Number of Spindles employed in 
Spinning ; 6. The Number of Power-looms :—The 
several Rooms and Premises occupied by any one 
Firm situated within the same Outward Gate or 
Boundary to be deemed one Factory :—Of the Ag- 
gregate Amount available for each of the above 

escriptions of Factories of Steam-power, expressed 
by Horses, and of Water-power expressed in the 
same manner :—Of the Number of Children under 
Thirteen years of age, Boys and Girls; distinguish- 
ing, in Silk Throwing Mills, the Number of Children 
between Eleven — Thirteen years of age, Boys 
and Girls :—Of the Number of Male Young Per- 
sons between Thirteen and Eighteen years of age, 
and of Females above Thirteen years of age :—Of 
the Number of Males above Bighteen years of age, 
including all Managers, Clerks, Overlookers, fi - 
gineers, Mechanics, and all others employed in the 
Factory, except the Owners or Occupiers constituting 
the Firm :—And, that the preceding Returns shall 
be followed by-a General Summary thereof, embrac- 
ing the whole of the United Kingdom. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Average Annual Amount of 
Fees returned to the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Treasury, as received by Benjamin Eaton 
and William Hart (Weighmesters of Butter) respec- 
ively, under the Provisions of the Act 10 Geo. 4, 


c.41:—Showing the Annual Amount of Fees re- | P 


turned to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 
as received by the said Benjamin Eaton and Wil- 
liam Hart, under the provisions of the said Act, 
from the 1st day of ‘January 1829 to the 31st day 
of December 1849 respectively: — And, of the 
Amount of Compensation paid under the provisions 
of the said Act to the said Wi/iam Hart, in each 
year from the 1st day of January 1829 to the 31st 
day of December 1849. 





10°—11° Juni. 














A. 1850. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Post-office. 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of Memorials received from and Correspondence 
with the Clerks of the Money Order Department 
in the Post-office, from the 1st day of January 1849, 
inclusive, on the subject of their Salaries, Leaves of 
Absence in Sickness, and Monies payable by them 
for obtaining such Leaves; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

{ Mr. Brotherton, 

Tellers for the Yeas, L Mr. Thicknesse: 

Tellers for the Noes, { aq Gaye 


. So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





} 63. 
Van. 


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. 








Martis, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in the 
New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 
Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Cornwall Legh reporied from the Committee South Eastern 
on the South Eastern Railway (Power to discontinue (power to 
Payment of Interest on Calls paid on No. 3 and discontinue 
No. 4 Shares, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill; That they Payment of 
had examined the allegations contained in the pre- Calls aid on 
amble of the Bili, but the same had not been proved No. 3 and 
to their satisfaction. No. 4 Shares, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Se.) Bal. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Cornwall Legh reported from the Committee —— 
on the Copper Miners’ Company (England) Bill; 7” 
That they had examined the allegations contained eee: 
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. 


Ordered, That Colonel Douglas Pennant have Private Bills 
leave to absent himself from attendance upon the (G7UP +) 
Committee on Group No. 24, of Private Bills, upon 
Thursday next, on account of urgent business. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, to fix the first sitting of the Selectiom 
Committee on the Prussian Minister’s Residence 


| Bill three clear days after the Second Reading of 


the Bill, if they shall so think fit. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, That they have power to with- Selection. 
draw the Athy, Castlecomer and Kilkenny Road 
Bill from Group No, 22, of Private Bills, and 
lace it in Group No. 27, with the Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley Turnpike-roads Bill, in accordance 
with the Report presented on the 6th day of this 
instant June. 


i ing certain Acts Bradford 
A Bill for amending or repealing pale’ 


relating to the Borough of Bradford, in the County Police, end 
of York, and for better paving, lighting, watching, Purchase and, 
draining and otherwise improving the said Borough ; Closing of 


and for the better Regulation and ss Canal Bill. 
ereor; 








13 Vicrorrz. 


thereof; and for the Purchase of the Bradford 
Canal, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for repealing an Act relating to 
the Borough of Bradford, in the County of York 
and for better paving, lighting, watching, draining 
and otherwise improving the said Borough; and 
for the better Regulation and Management thereof. 

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





Cromfordand A Bill for continuing the Term of the Cromford 
Newhaven and Newhaven Turnpike-road Act, and for other 
Turnpike- haar 

road Bill. Purposes, was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Billto the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Wales | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


yo the South Wales Railway (Alterations of Works) 
of Works) Bil, Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Bill be read the third time. 

Earl of The Earl of Zincoln’s Divorce Bill was read a 
Dinos Bull second time; and committed to the Select Com- 
mittee 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. 

Prussian The Prussian Minister’s Residence Bill was, 
Minister's according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
Residence Bill. witted. ; 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 
Earl of A Petition of John Parkinson, of Lincoln’s-Inn- 
Lincoln's, Fields, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, 


Agent for the Right honourable Henry Pelham 
Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincoln, 
was presented, and read ;. setting forth, That. the 
Petitioner, as the confidential Solicitor and adviser 
of the Right honourable Henry Pelham Pelham 
Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincoln, is en- 
Fase in promoting a Bill now pending in the 
ouse, intituled, “ An Act to dissolve the Mar- 
riage of the Right honourable Henry Pelham Pel- 
‘ham Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincdln, 
with the Honourable Lady Susan Harriet Cathe- 
rine Petham Clinton, commonly called Countess 
_ of Lincoln, his now. Wife, and to enable him, to 
marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
‘tioned ;” that the said Bill has been read a second 
time in the House, and Orders have been made, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom 
the said Bill is referred, to hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also to hear counsel 
and examine witnesses against the said Bill, if the 
parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel 
or to produce witnesses; and, according to the 
practice of the House, an official copy of the said 
Bill and Orders have to be served on the. said 
Countess of Lincoln prior to the meeting of the 
said Committee ; that the said Lady Susan Harriet 
Catherine Pelham Clinton, commonly called 
Countess of Lincoln, has been for some time past, 
and is now, residing out of the United Kingdom 
(as the Petitioner believes) at Venice, or in some 
other part of Italy, and has no intention of re- 
turning to England for the present; that Charles 
Ranken, of Gray’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentleman, is the Solicitor and confidential adviser 
of the said Lady Susan Harriet Catherine, com- 
monly called Countess of Lincoln, and, as such, 
caused an appearance to be entered for her in the 
suit instituted in the Ecclesiastical Courts by the 
VoL, 105. 





11° Juniz: 








419 


said Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, eommonly 
called Earl of Lincoln, against the said Lady Susan 
Harriet. Catherine, commonly called Countess, of 
Linculn, for divorce on the ground of adultery ; 
and also appeared and acted as her Solicitor in re- 


, | ference to the said Bill during the progress thereof 


through the House of Lords, and has full authority 
to defend her interests in the matter of the said 
divorce ; that in consequence of the aforesaid 
absence abroad of the said Lady Susan Harriet, 
Catherine, commonly called Countess of Lincoln, 
service upon her of the said Orders of the House, 
and of an official copy of the said Bill, cannot. be 
effected without causing very considerable delay. 
and hazarding the passing of the said Bill during 
the present Session of Parliament, and thereby 
materially prejudicing the interests of the said 
Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called 
Earl of Lincoln; and praying that service of the 
said Orders of the House, and of the official copy 
of the said Bill, upon the said Charles Ranken, 
may be deemed good service, and that personal 
service thereof on the said Lady Susan Harriet 
Catherine, commonly called Countess of Lincoln, 
may be dispensed with; or that such other Order 
may be made, and such other relief given in the 
remises, as to the House shall seem meet. : 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed, 


Sir William Somerviile presented a Bill for taking Population — 
an Account of the Population of Zreland: Andthe (ieland) Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to,be No. 439. 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. a6 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed National 
to consider the present accommodation afforded by Gallery. 
the National Gallery ; and the best mode of pre- 
serving and exhibiting to the Public, Works of Art 
given to the Nation, or purchased by Parliamentary 
Grants :—And a Committee was appointed, of Lard 
John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hume, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. 
Sidney Herbert, Sir Benjamin Hall, the Marquis of 
Granby, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Disraeli, 

Mr, Vernon Smith, Mr. Bankes and Colonel Raw- 
don, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Petitions from Iden ;—Sedlescomb ;—Ewhurst ; Malt. 
— Beckley ; — Brede ; — Sandhurst ; —Bodiam\— 
and, Banbury; 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 Saint Day and its Postage. 
vitinity, praying for the establishment of an Ocean 
Post from Great Britain to any other port in the 
World, at one uniform rate of a penny, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itgelf Metropolitan 
into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Interments Iterments 
Bill. saan 

(In the Committee.) 


Crause N° 30 (Compensation to Incumbents.) 

Amendment again proposed: In P. 11.1. 15., to 
leave out the words “ six shillings and two-pence ” 
in order to insert the words “ four shillings and 
** four-pence.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ six shil- 

“ lings and two-pence” stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 


Cravuses N° 31 and N° 32, disagreed to. 
CLAUSES 


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Drainage and 
Improvement 
of Land 
Advances Bill. 


Sir Thomas 
Turton, 


No. 440. 


420 


Cravses N° 33, to N° 52, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cravse N° 53 (After discontinuance of interment, 
in case of deficiency of other payments, Board may 
order overseers to levy a rate, not to exceed one 
penny in the pound in any one year.) 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed: At the 
end of the Clause, to add the following words: 
** Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing 
“ in this Act contained shall be construed to hinder 
“ or prevent the vestry of any parish, having a local 
Act for its governance, from providing a Ceme- 
tery or Burial-ground for the use of the parish- 
ioners of such parish, provided such Cemetery 
or Burial-ground be consecrated within Twelve 
months from the passing of this Act, and provided 
the site of such Cemetery or Burial-ground be 
previously approved by the said General Board 
of Health; and, for the purpose of enabling the 
— vestries so to provide such Cemeteries 
or Burial-grounds, it shall be lawful for them, and 
they are hereby empowered to raise the money 
required to defray the expense of providing the 
same on the joint security of the fees to arise to 
them from such Burial-grounds or Cemeteries and 
the poor rate of each parish respectively, in such 
manner as the said vestries may deem expedient, 
and that no rate.shall be levied by such Board 
upon the said Parishes.” 


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Tellers for thef Sir Benjamin Hall, 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: }roo. 
The Committee divided. 


Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. _ 
Yeas, \ Lord Dudley Stuart : i os. 
Tellers for thef Lord Marcus Hill, 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hiil, 1 93 


Yeas. Lord Edward Howard : 
Tellers for the { Lord Dudley Stuart, } 37 
Noes, Mr. Wakley : : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Bill to authorize further Advances of Money 
for Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Pro- 
perty in the United Kingdom, and to amend the 
Acts relating to such Advances, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the circumstances attending the De- 
falcations in the Accounts of Sir Thomas Turton; 
and to report their Opinions as to the course which 
the House ought to adopt with respect to the 
claims of the sufferers in consequence of those De- 
falcations, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, 

Mr. Roebuck reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; 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. 


And then the House adjourned, at half an hour 
after Three of the clock, to the Old House of Com- 
mons. 








11° Juniz. 











A, 1850. 


Mr. Baring Wall reported, That he had carried Sunday 
to the Lords the Message of this House of yester- oa 
day, requesting that their Lordships would com- yy, 4 a. 
municate to this House a Copy of the Report from — 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
in the present Session of Parliament to consider of 
the Bill, intituled, “‘ An Act to prevent unnecessar 
Trading on Sunday in the Metropolis,” together wit. 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them; and 
that the Lords had communicated a printed Copy 
of the said Report and Minutes of Evidence: And 
he delivered the same in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Brigstocke's 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for (or Player's) 
Private Bills; That in the case of Brigstocke’s (or aetate OE. 
Player's) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are ap- 
plicable. 


Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com Private Bills 
mittee on Group No. 22, of Private Bills; That (Group 22.) 
Mr. Baldock, one of the selected Members, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Edward Holmes Baldock, Esquire, 
do attend the said Committee To-morrow. ; 


Colonel Estcourt reported the River Dee Con- River Dee 
servancy and Improvement (re-committed) Bill, with a 
other Amendments. —” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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 Caledonian Catedonian 
Railway, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition Railway. 
for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; That the parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the County Rates 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill have Power to and Expendi- 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House, to- te Bill 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 


Ordered, That Mr. Coles have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of an accident ;—and, Earl Absence. 
Grosvenor two months, on urgent business. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Leam. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Shrewsbury 
Act to amend the Act relating to the Shrewsbury a 
and Hereford Railway Company, without any“ 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a printed Cautley’s | 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before Vr 
their Lordships upon the Second Reading of Caut- 
ley’s Divorce Bill :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Medical 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Berm 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the following Communications on the 
subject of Medical Reform, addressed to the Right 
honourable the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department :—1st. The Monsocial presented to the 


Right honourable Sir George Grey, by a Deputa- 
tion from the Public Meeting of General Practi- 
tioners of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and 
bearing date the 11th day of April 1850 :—2d. 
The Memorial presented to Sir George Grey by a 
Deputation from the Provincial Medical and 


Sur- 
gical 








City of Dublin. 


Spirits. 


‘Spirits. 


Fever Hos- 
pitals, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 442, 
Episcopal 
Fund. ' 

No. 443. 


Arbitration. 


Burgess Lists 
Bill, 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


Court of 
rerogative 
(Ireland) Bill. 





413 Vicroriz. 


gical Association upon Thursday the 2d day of May 
1850, and signed by Charles Hastings, M. D., Presi- 
dent :—3d. The Memorial presented by a Deputa- 
tion to Sir George Grey, upon Thursday the 2d day 
of May 1850, and signed by W. Watson Beever, 
Chairman: — 4th. The Letter addressed to Sir 
George Grey by the Council of the National Insti- 
tute, and bearing date the 16th day of May 1850. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report made by the Commissioners 
appointed by the Lord Lieutenant under the Act 
12 and 13 Vic. c. 85, s. 9, for dividing the City of 
Dublin into New Wards. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the different Acts which regulate the 
Construction of Stills to be used in Distilleries for 
the Manufacture of Spirits from Grain or Malt, or 
a Mixture of these Materials, in England, Scotland, 
and Jreland, with the Dates of their passing and 
coming into Operation :—And, Account of the Total 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits distilled in 
England, Scotland and Ireland respectively ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities distilled in Stills of a 
Construction sanctioned by the Acts for the Regu- 
lation of Distilleries, or in Stills commonly called 
Patent, and where no change is made from the low 
Wines; showing also the Total Quantities of each 
kind distilled in the United Kingdom, in each year 
ending the 12th day of October, from 1824 to 1849, 
both inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Return showing the Quantity of Spirits removed 
under Bond from Scotland and Ireland respectively 
into England, distinguishing that made from Malt 
or Grain, the Duty upon which not being paid within 
Twenty-one days from arrival, was actually ware- 
housed under Excise Lock :—And, Return of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores in England, Scotland, and Ireland respec- 
tively, on the 20th day of May 1850. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Fever Hospitals, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Epis- 
copal Fund, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Petitions from Bingham ;—and, Walthamstow ; 
praying the House to take prompt and decisive 
measures for the promotion of Treaties between the 
Government of this country and other governments 
of the world, binding both 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. 


_A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors of the borough of Wenlock, praying that the 
Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, was 


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


Petitions from Colchester ;—Chelmsford ;—Wal- 
thamstow ;—and, Birmingham; praying that the 
Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


_ Petitions from Killarney ;—and, Tralee; pray- 
ing that the Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vor. 105. 





11° June. 421 


A Petition of Factory Workers of the town of Factories. 
Blackburn, praying the House to refuse to sanction 
any extension of the hours of labour of women and 
young children in Factories, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Reverend William Miles and Friendly | 
others ;—and, William H. Leigh and others; pray- a 
ing that the Friendly Societies Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Rawson and others ; — Wil- MarriagesBill. 
liam Lee and others ; —James Herbert and others ; 
—Samuel Goddard and others ; —Joseph Jackson 
and others ;— William Woodhouse and others ;— 
James Norman and others; —Robert Wilson and 
others ; — Ann Mary Brown and others ;— R. J. 
Burton and others;—A. H. Bell and others ;— 
S. J. Osborn and others; — M. A. Potter and 
others ; — Joshua Welsh and others; — Thomas 
Bentley Wright and others ;—S. S. Ellis and others ; 
—Harriet Rebecca Wiggins and others ;—J. Taylor 
and others ; —Eliza Ollivier and others ; —Andrew 
Sigmund and others ;— Feliz Harris and others ;— 
Charles Warin and others ;—and, Sabina A. Over- 
ton and others; praying that the Marriages Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Synod of Belfast (Moderator 
and Clerk) ;— Perth (three Petitions) ;— Glenorchy ; 
—Culross ;— Bray ;—James Duncan ;—and, Irvine 
and Dreghorn; 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 Limehouse (three Petitions) ; — Metropolitam 
Poplar and Limehouse (two Petitions) ; — Saint Interments 
Mary-le-bone ; — end, Bishopsgate (two Petitions) ; 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Occupiers and other Poor Law 
Persons connected with the Electoral Division of (telan4) 
Anaghmore, in the Union of Strokestown, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in Ireland, was 
= and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Keanlochbervie Post-office. 
(Moderator) ; — Portnashangan ;—James Duncan ; 
—Glenlyon ; — Meigle ;—Robert Clark Craig ;— 
Glenorchy ;—and, Lindfield; praying for the abo- 
lition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were 


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


Petitions from Edinburgh ; — Tottenham-court- Punishment 
road (Chairman) ; — Sudbury;— and, Abercorn ; of Death. 
praying for the abolition of the Punishment of Death, 

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


Petitions from Birmingham ;— and, Trustees, sevings Banks 
Directors and other Officers of the Midland Coun- Bill. 
ties Provident and Life Assurance Institution ; 
praying that Friendly Societies may be exempted 
from the operation of the eighteenth Clause of the 
Savings Banks Bill, —were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Island of Islay ;—Cork ;— Spirits. 
Limerick ;—Monasterevan ;— Londonderry ;— and, 
Longford; praying the House to enact that the duty 
on Home-made Spirits shall in future be charged and 
levied in the same manner as that on foreign-made 
Spirits, that is, according to the measurement of the 
actual quantity and strength when removed from 





3H3 the 















































































Licensing 


oy (Scot- the House.soto revise and alter the present Licensing 


Ramsgate 
and Margate 
Harbours, 


Home-made 
Spirits in 


Bond. 


429 


11° Juniz. 





A. 1850. 


the bonded warehouses,—were presented, and read ; | and except that if the said Spirits shall not be ina 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Nathaniel Paterson, p.v., praying 


System of spirit-shops and tippling-houses in Scot- 
land, as greatly to reduce the number of them, and 
especially to pass an Act strictly discharging and 
prohibiting their occupiers from opening their pre- 
mises for the common sale of liquors on any part 
of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee pe appointed to 
investigate the Revenue, Condition and Expenditure 
of Ramsgate and Margate Harbours ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word ‘‘ Ramsgate” 
the word “ Dover.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

Dover’’ be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 2 1 
' rf Sit George Pecheil, \ 

Tellers for the Y eas,f Me. Hane: ¢ 60. 


Tellers for the Noes, ge sag Hill, } 71. 


“ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided, 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

¢ Mr. Mackinnon, 
| Mr. Hume : 


Tellers for the Noes,| oe Hill, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


1a 


} 47. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do immediately resolve itself into 
a Committee to take into consideration the present 
mode of levying the Duty on Home-made Spirits 
in Bond ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

. . &gt; € Lord Naas 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Lord James Stuart: J 
( Lord Marcus Hill, \ 
| Mr. Bellew : J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


85. 


Tellers for the Noes, 53. 





The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


warehouse of special security, the duty shall be 
charged on any deficiency exceeding the rates of 
allowance in the foregoing Resolution. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Papers not already laid before Par- 
liament, referring to the General Question of Rail- 
way Communication in India, together with — 
of any Correspondence which may have taken 
place between the Home Authorities and the 
Madras Government in reference to the proposed 
Railway between Madras and Arcot. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Documents furnished by the Resident 
at Sattara to the Bombay Government, showing 
the Amount or Value of the Property belonging to 
the State of Sattara at the time of the Decease of 
the late Raja, and the Amount of Revenue from 
all Sources in the State of Sattara since its Ad- 
ministration by the East India Company, and the 
Charges payable out of the said Revenue :—Of 
all Correspondence between the Widow and the 
adopted Son of the ex-Raja of Sattara, and the 
Governor-General’s Agent at Benares, and between 
that Officer and the Governor-General of India, 
from the 1st day of December 1849 to the present 
Time :—And, of all Correspondence, whether in the 
Secret Department or otherwise, between the Go- 
vernment of Zndia and the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, on the subject of the 
Provision to be made for the said Widow and 
adopted Son (so far as the same have not been pre- 
sented to this House). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prevent Cruelty to Animals in Scotland: And 
that Mr, William Brown and Mr. Alexander Hastie 
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 belaid before this House, 
a Copy of Mr. Wise’s Letter of the 26th day of 
November 1849, to Lord John Russell, respecting 
the Proceedings of Sir James Brooke against the 
Dyaks at Borneo, and of any Correspondence or 
Orders by the Government thereon: 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


1. Resolved, That the Duties payable on British! Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
Spirits when taken out of warehouse for Home} of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Consumption shall be charged on the Quantity 
ascertained by the measure and strength of the | 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


sun actually delivered ; save and except that when | to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs: 


such Spirits are not in a warehouse of special se- 
curity, no greater abatement on account of defi- 
ciency of the quantity or strength as ascertained at 
the time the said Spirits were warehoused shall be 





And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Mr. Attorney- 
General do prepare, and bring it in, 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee to 





Railway Com- 
munication 
in India. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Cruelty to 
Animals (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Sir James 
Brooke. 


Incorporation 
of Boroughs 
Confirmation 
Bill. 


Birkenhead 


made than shall be after the several rates of allow- | whom it was referred to consider the Copy of the Docks. 


ance following, that is to say ; 


Minutes of Arrangement between the Commissioners 


Vor every hundred gallons, hydrometer proof, | of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., and the Trustees of 
for any time not exceeding three months, | the Birkenhead Docks, made 25th May 1850, se- 


two gallons : 
For any time exceeding three months and not 


exceeding six months, three gallons: 


For any time exceeding six and not exceeding 
twelve months, four gallons, and for every 
additional six months, one gallon. 

2. Resolved, That when British Spirits are taken 
out of warehouse for Ships’ Stores, or for exporta- 
tion to Foreign Parts, no duty shall be charged on 
any deficiency that may occur in warehouse ; save 








veral Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods be authorized to pay to the Trus- 
tees of the Birkenhead Docks the Sum of Twenty- 
two thousand pounds, out of the Land Revenues 
of the Crown tor the River Wall which has been 
built in front of the North Reserve of the Crown 
on the Seacombe side of the Birkenhead Docks; 
and that the said Commissioners be empowered to 


defray the Expense of continuing the said River 
7 Wall, 











13 Vicrorrz. 


Reserve. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made for other- 
wise carrying into effect the Arrangement between 
the Commissioners of Woods and the Trustees of 
the Birkenhead Docks. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, That 
they have power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the said Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Ar- 
rangement between the Commissionérs of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, &amp;c., and the Trustees of the Birken- 
head Docks, made 25th May 1850, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill. 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
{ireland) Bil, ™ittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Incorporation Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to confirm 
» hae sm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs: And the 
zi same was ‘read the first time; and ordered to be 

No. 444, ead aseécond time upon Thursday next; and to 


be printed.. 
— And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 12° die Junii; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in 
the New House of Commons. 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 


Petitions nth 22 Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
(Forty-cighth Detitions presented upon the 10th day of this instant 


R , 
_— 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. 
Glasgow, - Ordered, That leave be given to the Committee 


fare and on the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 

Junction Rail- Railway, and Glasgow College Lands Bill, to pro- 

way, and Glas- ceed with the Bill on two clear days’ notice being 

pl given in the Private Bill Office, under Standing 
Order No. 100, notwithstanding Seven clear days’ 
notice of the first meeting of the Committee this 
day, as required by Standing Order No. 194, has 
not been given in the Private Bill Office. 


Earl of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


a. consideration the Petition of John Parkinson, of 


Lincoln’s Inn Fields, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentleman, Agent for the Right honourable Henry 
Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of 
Lincoln, which was presented yesterday, praying 
that service of the Orders of the House, and of 
the official Copy of the Earl of Lincola’s Divorce 
Bill, upon Charles Ranken, the Solicitor of the 
Countess of Lincoln, may be deemed good ser- 
vice, and that personal service thereof on the said 
Countess of Lincoln may be dispensed with : — 
The House proceeded to take the said Petition into 
consideration ; and the same was again read. 

And the House being informed, That Mr. Charles 
Ranken attended at the door, he was called in; and 
Vou. 105, 


11°—12° Junie. | 423 


Wall, and of constructing other Works on the said | 


at the bar stated, that he is the Solicitor of the 
Countess of Lincoln, that her Ladyship is now 
at Venice, and that he has authority to act for her 
in the matter of this Divorce Bill: And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That service of the Orders of the House, 
and an official Copy of the said Bill, upon Mr. 
Charles Ranken, be deemed good service, and that 
personal service upon the Countess of Lincoln be 
dispensed with. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will communicate to 
this House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence t 
taken before their Lordships in the case of the said 
Bill: And that Mr, Wilson Patten do carry the said 
Message, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- garrey and 
mittee on Group No. 24, of Private Bills, That they Sussex Roads 
have power to amend the Surrey and Sussex Roads ®# 
Bill, by inserting (if they shall think fit) a provision 
that Mortgage Creditors should not be entitled to 
enter into possession of the tolls, except in default 
of payment of interest. 


Mr. Sheridan reported the Manchester, Sheffield Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire Railway Bill, with Amendments. —— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill. 


and be printed. 


A Bill to incorporate the Members of the Ship- Shipwrecked 
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent So- oe . 
ciety, and to enable them better to carry into fenovolent 
effect their Charitable Designs, was read the third Society Bill. 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Corry do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Centrak 
the Great Central Gas Consumers’ Company (No. 2.) Gas ey" —" 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. pany (NO. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill, 


Cathrow’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Cathrow’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Todmorden, praying Beer-houses- 
the House to adopt measures for diminishing the 
number of Beer-houses, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge ;—Saffron Walden ; Burgess Lists 
—-Neath ;— Penryn ;—and, Birmingham; praying Bill. 
that the Duguetion Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
A Petition of Members of the Corporation of the 
city of Rochester, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporated Society of At- Court of 
tornies, Solicitors and Proctors practising in the Chancery Bill 
courts of law and equity of the United Kingdom, 
praying that the Court of Chancery Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Silk Throwsters of the borough of Factories Bill. 
Derby, praying. that Silk Mills may be exempted 
from the operation of the Factories Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; ,and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. — 





34 A Petition 



































































Highways 
Bill. 


Malt. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Post-office 
Cireland.) 


Savings 
Banks. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
Bill 





424. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wainfleet All Saints, 
Wainfleet Saint Mary's, Northolme, Friskney, Croft, 
Thorpe, Skeyness, and Firsby, parishes in the Spilsby 
Union, praying that the Highways Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alresford ;—and, Bighton ; pray- 
ing for repeal of the duty on Malt,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions of Julius Burns and others ;—Jabez 
Harris and others ;— Thomas Austin and others ;— 
and, George Hailes and others; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


12° Junie. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Ratepayers, Owners of Property, and Inhabitants of 
Mile End Old Town, praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Resident Clergyman and the 
Churchwarden of the parish of Broad Chalk, 
in the county of Wilts, praying that the Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
SO Naat and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from John M‘Milltan;—--Rooklane Saint 
Mary ;— Burnley ;—and, Blendworth; praying for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ban- 
don, complaining of inconvenience arising from the 
present arrangements in the Post-office in Jreland ; 
and praying for better regulation of that office, was 


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


A Petition of Trustees and Directors of the 
Birstal and Batley Savings Bank, praying the 
House to refuse its sanction to any alteration in the 
laws regulating Savings Banks, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Savings Banks. 


Petitions of Trustees and Directors of the Savings 
Bank at Caistor ;—and, Trustees and Managers of 
the Savings Bank at Wokingham (Chairman); pray- 
ing that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into 
a iaw, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Savings 
Banks. 

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the Savings 
Bank at Norwich;—and, Trustees and Managers 
of the Savings Bank established at Mew Sarum; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law; 
and that a Select Committee may be appointed to 
inquire into the management of Savings Banks,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
—- proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 





A. 1850. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Pusey, "\ 65 
Yeas, Mr. Sidney Herbert: f ~* 
Tellers for the f Colonel Sib¢horp, } 29 
Noes, \ Mr. Christopher : _ 


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. 
Cuiause N° 1 (Parties having limited interests 
may enter into agreements to grant compensation). 
Amendment proposed, in P. 2. Is. 2. and 3: To 
leave out the words “ or of such articles of food 
“ for cattle, sheep or pigs.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Pusey, 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : 
Tellers for the Sir John Yarde Buller, 
Noes, { Sit William Jolliffe : 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crausss N° 2 to N° 8, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 


Criause N° 9 (Owners and persons who may 
make agreements on behalf of owners). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 25: After the 
word “sole” to insert the words “ not being the 
“ incumbent of an Ecclesiastical Benefice in right 
“ of his glebe lands.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

-inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


65. 


84, 


: 
4 
J 


Tellers for the Yeas, { _ — by: 117. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Trelawny, 46. 


Colonel Sibthorp : 





Cuiause N° 10 (Tenants may remove engines, 
buildings and other fixtures erected by them), 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 5. Is. 11, 
and 12: To leave out the words “ having first ob- 
“ tained the consent of his landlord in writing.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxavsers N° 11 and N° 12, 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, be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


The Court of Chancery Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


i] 





Reading of the Burgess Lists Bill ; 


And 








Court of _. 
Chancery Bilt 


Burgess Lists 
Bill, 





Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


13 Vicroriz. 


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 Questicn:—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 Third | 
Reading of the Bill for the better Assessing and | 


Collecting the Poor Rates and Highway Rates in 
respect of Small Tenements ; 

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 Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


ag J Mr. Halsey, 2 
Tellers for the Yeas, Eg oe ae f 94 
Tellers for the Noes, { Cayl ‘ . } 15. 


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 where the owner of any 
tenement shall be rated to the relief of the poor by 
virtue of this Act, instead of the occupier thereof, 
and such owner shall have paid all money due on 
account of any rate or rates in respect of such 
tenement, such occupier shall be entitled to all pri- 
vileges and franchises to which he would have been 
entitled if he himself had been rated, and had paid 
such rate or rates ; and if such owner so rated as 
aforesaid shall not have paid such rate or rates, it 
shall be lawful for such occupier to tender to tlie 
overseers of the poor, or other person authorized by 
law to receive the same, the amount of any rate or 
rates then due from such owner in respect of such 
tenement; and such overseer or other person so 
authorized as aforesaid shall be bound to receive 
the same ; and such occupier shall, on the payment 
or tender of such amount, be entitled (o exercise 
all such privileges and franchises as hereinbefore 
mentioned: Provided always, That any occupier so 
paying any rate or rates in respect of any tenement 
where the owner is rated to the same, shall be en- 
titled to deduct and retain the amount so paid by 
him from the next payment of rent to be made by 
him to such owner, or to recover the same from such 
owner as money paid to and for the use of such 
owner) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


VoL. 105. 


12°—-13° Junzz. 


(425 


| Jovis, 13° die Junii ; 

tre ; 

Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1850. 

I ‘HE House met ata quarter of am hour before 
Four of the clock, in the New House of 

Commons. 





PRAYERS. 

A Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of Kent Water- 
the Kent Waterworks to raise a further Sum of works Bill 
Money, and to alter and amend the former Acts 
relating thereto, was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Oxford, Oxford, Wor- 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, so ll 
and to confer additional Powers upon the same ton Railway 
| Company, and upon certain other Companies, and Bill. 
| for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That General Lygon do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill for amending and extending the Powers Southampton 
and Provisions of the Act of the seventh vear of Waterworks 
the reign of King William the Fourth, relating to *” 
| the Southampton Waterworks, and for other Pur- 

_ poses, was read the third time. 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| _ Ordered, That Mr. Willcox do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





A Bill for the Improvement and Regulation of Tyne Navi- 
the River Tyne, and the Navigation thereof, and for $tion Bill. 
other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Borough of 
the Borough of Salford Waterworks and [mprove- Salford Water- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. bth ont 

. provement 

A Clause (Recovery of charges for water) was Bill. 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 
not to be applicable to this Act) was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Mayor, &amp;c., not to interfere with 
Canal Navigation of Duke of Bridgewater or Mer- 
sey and Irwell Canal Navigation) 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill, as 2%4 Yorkshire 
amended in the Committee. team 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Manchester 
Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; Bonding Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 25, Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (Group 25.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. William Brown presented a Bill for the more Cruelty to 
effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Scot- Animals (Scot- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and @%4) Bill 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday No. 445. 
next; and to be printed. 

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Weights and 


426 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Measures Bill. mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill ; 


Sunday 


Trading Pre- 


vention Bill. 
No. 446. 


Foreign 


Manufactures. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Corn, &amp;c. 


Saint James’s 
Park 


No. 402. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Medical 
Reform. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 10th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Sunday Trading Prevention Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of February last, for an Account of the 
Quantities or Declared Value of Foreign Manufac- 
tures imported into the United Kingdom, in each 
year since 1845; as also of the Quantities or De- 
clared Value of such Manufactures re-exported in 
the same years, showing the Countries and Colonies 
to which the same were chiefly exported, and the 
Proportion exported to each. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of April 
last, for Accounts of the Produce of the Excise 
Duty on Spirits in Zreland, during each of the years 
ending the 5th day of April 1849 and 1850, 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 Ireland, and the Duty paid thereon, in 
the Quarters ending the 5th day of April 1849 and 
1850, 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 Jreland, 
in each Quarter of the years ending the 5th day of 
April 1849 and 1850, and in each of the years :— 
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 1848, 1849 and 1850, 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, m each of the years 1848, 
1849 and 1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 346, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of May 
last, fora Return of all Sums repaid by the Trea- 
sury for return of Duties on Corn, Grain and Pulse, 
&amp;c., imported into England from Malta, from the 
ist day of January 1841 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1844, and of the Names of the Persons to 
whom, of the Dates of Times when, and in respect 
of what Cargoes (naming the Ships) the same were 
paid, and of the precise grounds upon which such 
remission of Duties took place. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Estimate of the Expense of making an Orna- 
mental Inclosure and forming a Public Garden in 
Saint James’s Park, in front of Buckingham Palace. 

Mr. Hayter accordingly presented the said Es- 
timate. 

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


Ordered, That Lord Nugent have leave of absence 
for a week, on urgent business. 


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 Propositions seweer to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department on behalf 


of the combined Deputation of the Provincial Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, dated the 2d day of May 
1850. 





13° Junie. 








A. 1850. 


Ordered, That 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. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group No. 25, of Railway Bills; That the Com- (Group 25.) 


mittee met this day, at Twelve o’clock, pursuant to 
adjournment, but that Lord Mugent, one of the 
Members of the said Committee, did not attend 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

" — That the Report do lie upon the 
able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bermuda. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the several Public Establish- 
ments at Bermuda, on the 1st day of January 1850, 
stating the Name and Rank, Pay and Allowances 
of every kind, of the Garrison; also, the Number 
of Officers of every Class, Civil and Military, under 
his Command, in detail, stating the Name, the 
Office held, the Duty to be performed, the Pay and 
Allowances of every kind received by each Officer, 
and the Amount of Contingent Expenses of every 
kind incurred, so as to exhibit the Total Charge of 
the Garrison Staff and Establishment (the Troops 
excepted) for the year ended the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849:—Similar Return of all Officers, 
Civil and Military, belonging to the Ordnance De- 
partment (Artillery and Pioneers excepted), stating 
also what the Public Buildings are for the use of 
the Department, and the Total Expenses of the 
Department for one year, to the Sist day of De- 
cember 1848 :—Similar Return of all Officers, Civil 
and Military, belonging to the Commissariat De- 
partment, stating the buildings for their use, the 
Number of Military Chests, and the Total Charge 
of the Department for the year ended the 31st day 
of December 1848 :—Similar Return of all Officers, 
Civil and Military, belonging to the Naval and 
Victualling Department, stating the Number of 
Hulks and Vessels, Houses and Buildings for their 
use, and the Total Charge for the year ended the 
31st day of December 1849 :—Similar Return of 
the Medical Department, and the Number of Hos- 
pitals and Buildings for their use, and the Total 
Charge for the year ended the 31st day of December 
1849 :—Returns of the Troops, Infantry, Artillery, 
Pioneers and Marines, on the Ist day of January 
1850, distinguishing the Number of each Rank, and 
included in any of the previous Returns :—Of the 
Number of Convicts at Bermuda, on the 1st day of 
January 1850, the Number of Hulks and Barracks 
for their reception, and the establishment of all 
Classes maintained for them, and the Aggregate 
Charge in the year ended the 31st day of December 
1849 :—And, of the Total Amount of Revenue 
collected at Bermuda in the year 1849, stating the 
several sources, and the Amount derived from each 
source; also, a Return, in detail, of the manner in 
which the Revenue for that year was appropriated. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Appeals 
Return of the Number of Appeals heard before the (Ireland.) 


Judge at Nisi Prius in Dublin, and at the Assizes, 
in Jreland, distinguishing those heard in Dublin, 
and those heard on each Circuit respectively, in the 
years, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Return of the Number of Causes entered for Trial, %F 


a Causesentered 


Trial and 
isters 


in the Queen’s Courts in Dublin, and on Assizes in ({reland.) 


Ireland, in the years, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 
1849 





























13 Vicroriz. 


1849 respectively, distinguishing each Circuit ; 
also, the Number of Barristers on Roll in the same 
years. 


Causesentered Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
for Trial and to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
(England.) to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
‘a Return of the Number of Causes entered for Trial 
in the Queen’s Courts in Westminster and on Assizes, 
in the years 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1849 re- 
spectively, distinguishing each Circuit; also, the 
umber of Barristers on Roll in the same 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. 


Judges’ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Salaries. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Salaries and Emoluments 
in 1790, of the Judges of the Courts of Chancery, 
of the Judges of the Courts of Common Law, of the 
Judges of the Ecclesiastical, Admiralty and other 
Courts in Doctors’ Commons, of the Lord Chancellor 
in Ireland, of the Judges of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law in Jreland, of the Judges of the 
Courts of Session in Scotland, with the Date of 
any Increase or Decrease of Salaries which may 
have been subsequently 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. 
Printing. Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 


No. 447. to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by order of this House, and 
for the purposes of selecting and arranging for 
Printing, Returns and Papers presented in pursu- 
ance of Motions made by Members of this House, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House. 

Mr. Cardwell 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. 

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


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 


the Lords. Mr. Spe aker, 
Forth and _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
pa nd Act to extend the Time for the Sale of such Lands 
_ belonging to the Company of Proprietors of the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, as may not be required 
for the purposes of the said Navigation, and to 
amend the Acts relating thereto, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 
Waterford The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
oh Act to amend the Acts relating to the Waterford 
ye and Limerick Railway, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
gy desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
London and . The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Backwall Act for granting Facilities for the Use of certain 
way Bill. Portions of the Eastern Counties Railways by the 
London and Blackwall Railway Company ; and for 
amending the Acts relating to the London and 
Blackwall Railway, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Childwall The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
aterworks Act for better supplying Childwall, Thingwall; 
; Little Woolton, Much Woolton and Gateacre, all in 
the County of Lancaster, with Water, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Vou. 105, 





13° Juniz. 497 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Railway 
to provide for the Audit of the Accounts of Rail- Audit Bill 
way Companies, 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 Commercial 
for confirming an Agreement for the Sale of the on + a 
Freehold and Leasehold Hereditaments and Pre- ga; Light 
mises, Works, Property, Gear and Fixtures of the Company Bill. 
Poplar Gas Light Company to the Commercial Gas 
Company, and for the Dissolution of the Poplar 
Gas Light Company; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House a printed Earl of 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before ea 
their Lordships in the case of the Earl of Lincoln’s } 
Divorce Bill, as desired by this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


The Railway Audit Bill was read the first time ; Railway 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- A¥dit Bill. 
day next; and to be printed. No. 448. 


Petitions from Rochford Hundred (Essex) ;—and, Agricultural 
Kingsbridge Union; complaining of the depressed ?****s: 
state of Agriculture; and praying the House to 
adopt measures of relief,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Wesleyan Congre- Arbitration. 
gation, Brymbo, praying the House to take steps 
to negociate Treaties between the British and other 
Governments, binding the parties to refer their dis- 
putes to the decision of Arbitrators, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pentonville; —Hertfordshire ;-— Church Rates. 
Boddicote ;—and, Middleton Cheney; praying for 
the abolition of Church Rates,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Romford, Copyholds 
and its neighbourhood, praying that the Copyholds Enitanchise- 
Enfranchisement Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of John George Sheppard and another, 

Lords of several manors, sabllbanivien of ma- 
norial rights in England ;— and, G. P. V. Wilson, 
Lord of several manors in Norfolk and Suffolk, and 
Proprietor of manorial rights in England; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also preseuted, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Goole ;—Ripon ;—and, London County Court 
Association for the Protection of Trade (President) ; Extension Bill. 
praying that the County Court Extension 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 the 
General Purpose Committee of the Town Council 
of the borough of Warrington, praying the House 
not to adopt any measure which will have the effect 
of prohibiting the Town Council of that borough 
from charging the officers of the County Court an 
annual rent for the use of the Court-house, was also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of Education. 
England, resident within the diocese of Norwich, 
praying that the grant for Education may be dis- 
pensed upon the two following conditions, namely, 
Ist. That the sites of schools and school buildings 
should be legally secured ; 2d. That schools built 
with assistance from the public grant should be 
open to inspection by Government Inspectors ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Council on Education, 
with the concurrence of the Archbishops, under the 

312 Order 


























































































Factories Bill. 


Highways Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


and others ;—Samuel Rayment and others ;—Mary 


428 


Order in Council of August luth, 1840, was pre- | 
| 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ma- | 
nagers employed in Cut Nail Works, situated in the | 
township of Leeds, praying the House to extend to | 
Cut Nail Works the provisions of the Factories Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. | 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dews- 
bury Union, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, taking notice of the Highways Bill, and pray- 
ing that the management of the Highways may not 
be transferred to Boards of Guardians of Poor Law 
Unions, as proposed by the said Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to Jie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Camberwell (two Petitions); — 
Bethnal Green-road ; —Bethnal Green ;— William 
Nyhan and others;— Mr. Walsh and others ; — 
Edwin J. Kempster and others ;—Frederick Horton 
and others;— John Barrowcliffe and others ;— 
James Blight and others ;—William Mallett and 
others ;—James Law and others ;— Louisa Maidment 
and others ;—T7. E. Wotton and ‘others ;—Robert 
Sackett and others ;—Joseph Townsend and others ; 
—Thomas John Jones and others ;—W. Handley 
and others; — Ann Kemp and others ;—Solomon 
Bendon and others ;— George Ratter and others ;— 
Mary Amelia Browne and others ;—J. H. Byles 


Callard and others ;— Thomas Smithson and others ; 
—A. R. Field and others ;— Benjamin Catton and 
others; —W. B. Wiggins and others ;— Thomas 
Webber and others ;— William Mattocks and others ; 
—J. Leadbitter and others ;—.Dundee ;—A. Isaacs 
and others ;— William Farmer and others ;—John 
Walker and others ;—James M‘Intyre and others ; 
—Richard Satchell and others ;~—-Cupar Fife ;— 
William Sneed and others ;— William Newby and 
others ;—Thomas Stratford and others ;— William 
Young and others ;—J. Elkin and others ;— Wil- 
liam Stanbury and others ;—Frederich Staines and 
others ;—John William Shain and others ;— William 
Palmer and others ;— William Julius Schweitzer and 
others ;—Charlotte Rays and others ;—Jabez Trin- 
der and others ;—R. Mason and others ;—Hannah 
Hubert and others ;— Thomas Smith and others ;— 
William Pilcher and others ;— William Fencott and 
others ;—Martha Wilson and others ;— Elizabeth 
Ann Lloyd and others ;—John Watson and others ; 
—John Burch and others ;—George Summers and 
others ; — Joseph Randolph and others ;— Eliza 
Gibbs and others ;—Catherine Mills and others ;— 
W. White, junior, and. others ;— Thomas Simpson 
and others ;—Henry Milner and others ;—Union- 
street, Borough;—John Treverton and others ;— 
John Smithers and others ;— Thomas Phillips and 
others ;— George Le Fort and others ;—Mr. Walton 
and others ;—George Knight and others ;— Godfrey 
Phillips and others ;—W. B. Powell and others ;— 
Thomas Hill and others ;—H. Batman and others ; 
—Emma Ward and others ;— Southwark (three 
Petitions); — Henry John Boden and others; — 
Ellen Channon and others; —John Brand and 
others ;—Charles Rogers and others ;—Mary Tay- 
dor and others ;—Edward Lumley and others ;— 
James Quilley and others ;—George Meech and 
others ; — Keanington-lane ;— Waterloo-road, Lam- 
beth ;—Christchurch, Blackfriars ;— George Cooper 
and others ;—Robert Boyd and others ;—Henry 
Richards and others ;— William Carter and others ; 
—Ann Heppenstall and others;—Fanny Davies 
and others ;—Evan Timothy and others ;—Edward 
John Thornton and others;— Samuel Bird and 
others ;— Mr. John Farrer and others ; — John | 
Hopper and others ;—J. W. Griffith and others ;— | 


William Fennell and others ;— William Thompson | 





and others ;—Samuel Hart and others ;— W. Baillie | 





13° Juniz. 





A. 1850. 


and others ;— Robert Mason and others ;—A/exander 
Stewart and others ;—Mary Ann Spinks and others ; 
—William Samuels and others ;—John Lloyd and 
others ;— London (two Petitions) ;—George Hill 
Dutton and others ;—Charles Muncey and others ; 
—Jane Clapp and others ;—Charles R. Butler and 





| others ;— Caleb Corney and others ;— W. Wilson and 


others ;— Henry Atherton and others ; — James 
Wainwright and others; — Joseph Hodgson and 
others ;— William Lloyd Bonnell and others; — 
James West and others ;— Eliza Sanders and others ; 
— William Beamand and others ;— William George 
Sutton and others;—George Alexander Falconer 
and others ;— Thomas Casey and others ;—James 
Worley and others;—Sarah Bell and others ;— 
James Charles and others ;—Charles Carter and 
others ;— Kirkaldy ;— Perth ;—Ministers and De- 
legates of the Associated Baptist Churches of 
Yorkshire ;—Henry Brown and others ;—George 
Whitworth and others;— George F. Cooke and 
others ;—John Saward and others ;—Sarah Thomp- 
son and others ;—William Grove and others ;— 
Edmund Tydeman, Colchester ;—George Lambert 
and others ;—Joseph Hodson, Dalston, and others ; 
—James Lea, Shadwell, and others ;— George James 
Lewis, Lambeth, and others ;—H. Levy and others ; 
—Sophia Carter and others ;— William Waite and 
others ;—Mark Marks and others ;— William and 
John Sangster and others;—S. R. Stockton and 
others ;— S. S. Low and others;— John Black- 
burn and others ;—Joseph Cooper and others ;— 
T. Stone and others ;—John Evans and others ;— 
Maria Bartlett and others ;—James Gardner Jessop 
and others ;—Charles James Fox and others ;— 
James Butler and others ;— Alfred Bennett and 
others ;— Elizabeth Izaacks and others ;—Richard 
Harvey and others ;—John Claridge and others ;— 
E. Chamberlain and others ;—James Robinson and 
others ;—George Thompson and others ;— William 
Thomas Gregory and others; — P. Sievers and 
others ;— Henry James Plumley and others ;— James 
Joy and others ;—Henry Brown and others ; — 
J. Mason and others ;—Joseph Wilson and others ; 
— Thomas Ashton and others; — and, William 
Cashen and others ; praying that the Marriages Bill 
_ pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Beddington; — Presbytery of 
Down (Moderator and Clerk) ;—County of Banff 
(Convener) ;— Cupar (two Petitions) ;—Clergy and 
Laity of the Church of England ;—Birchington ;— 
Ludlow ;—Reverend Theophilus Blakely, a.m., Dean 
of Down ;—Cottenham (two Petitions) ;— Monkton ; 
—Lochwinnoch ;—Kirk Session of Dunlop (Mode- 
rator) ;—and, Shandon ; 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 Undertakers in or near London ;— Metropolitan 


Dalston (Chairman) ; — Stepney ;—and, Mile End 
Old Town (Chairman); praying that the Metro- 
politan Interments Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Kingsland and Stoke Newington 
(Chairman) ;—Bow and Stratford (Chairman) ;— 
George William Fishbourne ;—and, Stepney (Chair- 
man); praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and 
Chapelwardens of Duchlington-cum - Hardwick, 
praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Interments 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill 


A Petition of Guardians of the Wycombe Union, Poor Law 


praying the House to take such measures as will 
enable 


Officers. 











Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Relief 
(Cities and 
Towns) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Process and 
Practice 
(Ireland) Act. 


Public 
Expenditure. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


‘Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


_ Subdivision 
‘ot Parishes, 


13 Victrorrz. 13° 


enable Poor Law Guardians to exercise control over 
their own funds and to pay their officers such re- 
muneration for their services as they may deem just 
and equitable, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Occupiers and other 
Persons connected with the new-formed Electoral 
Division of Anaghmore in the Union of Strokestown, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law in Jre- 
land, 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 Giles Without 
Cripplegate, in the city of London, praying that the 
Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beddington ;— Harris ;— and, 
Worstead ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies practising in the Courts 
of Common Law in Jreland, praying for amend- 
ment of the Process and Practice (Jreland) Act, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Wel- 
lingborough, praying for a speedy financial reform 
and reduction in every branch of the National Ex- 
penditure, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the hamlet of Bordesley, in the parish of Aston, 
within the borough of Birmingham, praying that a 
Clause may be inserted in the Public Libraries and 
Museums Bill, exempting the agricultural parts of 
the said borough from the rates to be levied for the 
purposes of the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of theSavings 
Bank at Lambeth ;—and, Treasurer, Trustees and 
Managers of the Saint John’s Savings Bank, Lam- 
beth; praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings 
Banks at Commercial-road East (Chairman) ;— 
Brighton (Chairman) ;—-and, Brecknock; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law; but that 
a Select Committee of the House may be appointed 
to inquire into the management of Savings Banks, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Stewards and Members of the Com- 
mittee of the Mildenhall Benefit Society, established 
at Mildenhall, in the county of Suffolk, 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 of Proprietors of Capital invested in 
Railway Property ;—and, Great Western Railway 
Company ; praying that the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) 
Bill may not so into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rectors, Vicars, Perpetual Curates 
and Curates of the diocese of Manchester, praying 
the House to adopt measures for carrying into 
effect the Report of the Commissioners on the Sub- 
division of Parishes, was presenjed, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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Ji 22. 429 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 
Command,—Copy of Fifteenth Report of the In- 
spectors appointed under the provisions of the Act 
5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons 
of Great Britain :—3. Southern and Western Dis- 
trict. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Cholera 
an Order, dated the 18th day of March last, for “reland.) 
Returns of the Number of Persons who were at- 
tacked with Cholera, and were relieved medically 

or otherwise by the Guardians in Ireland, from 
Michaelmas Day 1848 to Lady Day 1850 :—Of 

the Number of Widows, Widowers, and Orphans, 

and the Expense of these, tugether with the Total 
Medical and other Expenses of all kinds occasioned 

by Cholera during the same Period :—And, of the 
Number of Inmates in the Workhouses of Jreland, 
together with the Attacks and Deaths from Cholera 

and Diarrhea in each Week, from the 4th day 

of November 1848 to the 3d day of November 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May Education 
last, for a Return, in detail, of the Items under the (reland.) 
head Miscellaneous Disbursements, in each year, in 
the Account —— to the Return from the Com- 
missioners of Education in Jreland, dated the 27th 
day of April 1850 (being Parliamentary Paper, No. 

320, of the present Session). 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May Charitable 
last, for Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Donations 
Charitable Donations and Bequests for Jreland to 
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Jre/and, on 
the 17th day of April 1849, relative to the Em- 
bezzlement of several Sums of Money by Edward 
a Matthews, the late Accountant to the 

oard. 


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


(Ireland. ) 


Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Order, Harbours of 
dated the 25th day of March last, for an Account Refuge and 
of all Sums of Money paid for the Purchase of 
Lands for the Purposes of the Harbours of Refuge 
and Breakwaters in the Channel Islands of Jersey 
and Alderney, at Dover, Portland, Harwich, and 
other Places, in each year since 1844; showing 
the extent of Land purchased, the Places where 
situated, and the Names of the Parties for whom 
and to whom the Money was paid :—Like Account 
of all Sums expended in Works at the above Places, 
since the same date ; and showing also upon whose 
recommendation and by whose authority such 
Purchases were made, and such Works executed : 
—Also, Copies of Reports by Superintending En- 
gineers, for each year since 1844, of the Progress 
made in these various Works; together with an 
Estimate of the Sums that will be required for the 
Completion of the Works at each of these several 
Places. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County Court 
into a Committee upon the County Court Exten- #*tension Bill 


sion Bill. No. 449, 


(In the Committee). 


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


Cuavses, N° 1 to N° 7, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 


Clause (And be it Enacted, That the Court shall, 
after the first day on which it shall sit m each dis- 
trict or place, commence its sittings not later than 
nine of the clock in the forenoon, save when ‘pre- 
vented by the illness or unavoidable absence of the 
Judge appointed to preside in such Court ; and that 
no trial, case or business, shall be entered upon 
after the hour of six of the clock in the ee 

313 o 


and Bequests 


Breakwaters. 























430 


of any day, by such Court, except at the request of 
both parties),—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 where either 
party to any action or suit which shall have been 
eard and determined in any Court holden under 
the said Act of the tenth year of Her Majesty, and 
in which the sum sought to be recovered shall 
exceed Twenty pounds, shall be dissatisfied with 
the judgment or order of the said Court for any 
cause other than the matters of law hereinafter 
provided for, and shall give a notice to the Clerk of 
the Court at his office, and to the party, by serving 
the same personally on such other party, or leaving 
the same at his usual place of abode or business, 
within seven days after such judgment or order 
shall have been made, that he is desirous to appeal 
against the same to one of Her Majesty’s Superior 
Courts of Common Law at Westminster, and shall 
in such notice set forth the grounds of such appeal; 
and if the Judge of the said Court in which the 
trial or hearing shall have been had, upon applica- 
tion to the said Court by the party by whom such 
notice had been given at the sitting next after such 
notice, shall allow such appeal, and the party so 
applying shall enter into a bond, with two sufficient 
sureties, to be approved by the Clerk of the Court, 
in such a sum as to the Judge of the said Court 
shall seem reasonable, conditioned for the payment 
of the sum, if any, mentioned in the said judgment 
or order, together with the costs of the appeal, if 
the Superior Court to whom application is made 
shall order such costs to be paid; and when such 
appeal is so allowed, the Judge shall order execution 
to be stayed, and shall transmit a copy of his notes 
of the evidence taken at the trial to the Clerk of 
the Court ; and in cases tried by the Judge without 
the intervention of a jury, if he considered any 
part of the said evidence contradictory, shall, if he 
thinks fit, state at the end of the said notes to what 
part of the said evidence he attached credit, and on 
the receipt of the said notes by the clerk, the said 
clerk shall sign, seal and deliver the same to the 
appellant, and the appellant shall pay such fees for 
the same, and the appeal shall be proceeded with, as 
is hereinafter provided for in an appeal on matters of 
law),—brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Crowder, 
Mr. Cockburn : \ =m. 
Lord Marcus Hill, \ 08 


Tellers for the Yeas, 
Admiral Dundas : J 
Clause (And be it Enacted, That in cases involv- 
ing matters of — account between the parties, 
it shall be lawful for the Judge of such County 
Court, if he see fit, to refer the examination of such 
disputed matters of account to an accountant for 
his report thereon, and that the cost of such report 
shall be recoverable as costs in the suit, at the dis- 
cretion of the judge),—brought up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause added. 


Clause (And whereas by the Act of the tenth of 
Her present Majesty, hereinbefore recited, it is 
enacted that the J ow id of any County Court may 
make orders concerning the time or times, and by 
what instalments any debt or damages or costs for 
which judgment shall be obtained in the said Court 
shall be paid; Be it Enacted, That in any case 
where any debt recovered under this Act shall 
amount to more than Twenty pounds, and the party 
against whom any order for the payment of such 


Tellers for the Noes, 








13° Juniz. 





A. 1850. 


debt shall be made shall be, in respect of his trade, 
business or calling, subject to the laws relating to 
—— _—_ —_ not be lawful for the Judge 
making such order to postpone the payment of such 
debt beyond the period ~ calendar month from 
the time of making such order),—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 if any claim 
shall be made to or in respect of any goods or 
chattels taken in execution under the process of any 
inferior Court of Record, or in respect of the pro- 
ceeds or value thereof, by any landlord for rent, or 
by any person not being the party against whom 
such process has issued, it shall be lawful for the 
clerk or registrar, or deputy registrar, of the Court 
out of which such execution issued, upon applica- 
tion of the head bailiff or other officer charged with 
the execution of such process, either before or after 
any action brought against such head bailiff or 
other officer, to issue a summons, calling before the 
Court or the Judge of the Court out of which such 
execution issued, both the party issuing such pro- 
cess and the party making such claim, and there- 
upon any action which shall have been brought in 
any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts at West- 
minster, or in the Court of Common Pleas at 
Lancaster, or in any local or inferior Court, in 
respect of such claims, shall be stayed; and the 
Court in which such action shall have been brought, 
or any judge thereof, on proof of the issue of such 
summons, and that the goods and chattels were so 
taken in execution, may order the party bringing 
such action to pay the costs of all proceedings had 
upon such action after the issue of such summons, 
and the Judge of the inferior Court out of which 
such execution issued shall adjudicate upon such 
claim, and make such order between the parties in 
respect thereof, and of the costs of the proceedings, 
as to him shali seem fit; and such order shall be 
enforced in like manner as any order made in any 
suit brought in such inferior Court),—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 by the Act 9 and 10 Vic. 
c. 95, 8. 97, it is required that in the case of un- 
satisfied judgments, the summons requiring the de- 
fendant to appear and to answer the things named 
in such summons, must be personally served upon 
such defendant ; and whereas great difficulty arises 
in serving such summons personally upon the de- 
fendant; Be it therefore Enacted, That the service 
of any such summons as aforesaid may be either 
personal or by delivering the same to the wife of 
the defendant, or some member of his family, or 
some domestic servant, at his usual or last known 
place of abode, or at his usual or last known place 
of business: Provided that in all cases where such 
summons shall not have been served personally, 
and the defendant shall not appear at the return 
day thereof, it shall be proved to the satisfaction of 
the Judge that the service of such summons has 
come to the knowledge of the defendant two clear 
days before the said return day),—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 all actions, suits, 
complaints and other proceedings against any clerk, 
bailiff or officer of any County Court, acting under 
colour or pretence of any process of the said Court, 
for or in respect of any alleged injury, trespass or 
irregularity, done or committed in the execution of 


such process, shall be brought, made or inationtad, 
an 














13 VicroriZ. 13° 14° June. 431 


and afterwards heard and determined in the Court 
of which the defendant or party complained of 
shall be such clerk, bailiff or officer, or in any ad 


jacent County Court, and not elsewhere or other- 
wise ; and that the several provisions of the said 
Act of the tenth year of Her Majesty, for the pro- 
tection of persons acting in the execution of the 
said Act, shall be construed to extend to all such 
actions, suits, complaints or other proceedings, to 
be brought, made or instituted, as hereby directed), 
—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 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 Tuesday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word *‘ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
itself into the said Committee,’’ instead thereof. 

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

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { _ — 


her. 
Tellers for the Noes, { a gaa pan. 


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. 

Cravuss, N°1 (Act may be adopted in any Mu- 
nicipal Borough). 

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,{ Mr ‘ — ton, 68. 


Tellers for the Noes, a ‘Stanfer ? } 4s. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will, upon Wed- 
nesday next, again resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday 
“ next,” and inserting the words “ this day six 
“‘-months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Wednesday next” stand part of the Question ; 

* Vou. 105. 





The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Mr. Ewart 
Tellers for the Yeas, J ie. ‘Brethertens } 85. 
Tellers for the Noes, - Law, “vs \ 47. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriages 
into a Committee upon the Marriages Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravusez, N°3 (Law and discipline of the United 
Church of England and Ireland, or of the Church 
of Scotland, not to be altered or affected). 


Amendment proposed, in P. 3.1.17: After the 
word “ passed,” to insert the following words, 
“ Nor shall any Member of either of the said 
“ Churches who may hereafter contract any such 
“ marriage be exempted, by virtue of this Act, 
“ from any such spiritual or ecclesiastical censure 
“ or punishment; nor shall any sentence for resti- 
“ tution of conjugal rights be pronounced by any 
“ Ecclesiastical Court in any suit or proceeding be- 
“ tween the parties to any such marriage.” 

Question put, That the proposed words be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Roundell Palmer, —\ 93 

Yeas, \ Mr. Wood: J ; 

Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, } 14 

Noes, Mr. Cockburn : 
Clause agreed to. 


Ciavuses N° 4, to N° 6, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (Provided always, and be it Enacted, 
That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or 
be construed to extend to Ireland),—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 Chatterton, S sve 

Yeas, Mr. Napier : Kc 

Tellers for the f Mr. Stuart Wortley, } 

Noes, LThe O’Gorman Mahon: J !3?- 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


5. 


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


Veneris, 14° die Junii, 1850: 


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 Copyholds 
Reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; — Eafranchise- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™™* ®™ 
bm Wednesday the 26th day of this instant 

une. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee upon the General Board of Health ° Health Bil. 
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, 

314 .The 











Highways 
Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Incorporation 
of Boroughs 
Confirmation 
Bill. 


Borough Gaols 
Bill. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


Accidents on 
Railways Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Post-office. 


Prince Ed- 





4.32 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee on the Highways Bill; | 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | 
21st day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


13°—14° Junie. 


A. 1850. 


Number of Vessels and the Name of the Port at 
which the same were paid as Tolls for passing the 
Harbour at Dover. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Richmond 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased —- 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, ; 

a Return of the Repairs or Additions to the Build- 
ings or Residences of the Official Parties oecupyin 
Houses belonging to the Crown in Richmond an 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Reading of the Incorporation of Boroughs Confir- | 


mation Bill ; 


Bushey Parks, for the Five years ending the 31st 
day of December last, distinguishing each year, the 
| Names of the Occupiers; also, the estimated and 
the actual Cost thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 





Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Gaols Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Compound Householders 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 Accidents on Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 26th day of this instant 
June. 


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

Resvlved, 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 


Memorial from the Clerks of the Money Order De- 


partment addressed to the Postmaster-General in 
September 1849, and referred to in their Petition 
which was presented upon Friday last, and printed 
with the Votes ; and, of any Correspondence between 


them and the Postmaster-General on the subject of 


the said Memorial ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Anstey, L 10 
Yeas, | Mr. Aglionby: —— 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, 1 o 
Noes, \ Lord Edward Howard: J °* 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


ward's Island. posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 


Dover 
Harbour. 


Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Despatches lately received from the Lieute- 
nant-Governor of Prince Edward’s Island ; also, of 
Correspondence which passed at the commencement 
of the year between the House of Assembly of that 
Colony and the Secretary of State for the Colonial 
Department :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Sums received by the Warden and 
Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, on account of | 
Tonnage Duties, from the 10th day of October 1847 
to the 10th day of October 1849, distinguishing the 





to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Incorporation. 
| confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, and of Boroughs 
, Confirmation 
_to provide for the Payment of the Expenses of the (yo, 2) Bin, 
Incorporation of new Boroughs: And that Mr. 
Cornewall Lewis and Mr. Attorney-General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address Wheat, &amp;. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of May last, 
for Returns of the Annual] Average Gazette Price of 
Wheat, Barley, and Oats, in each year since 1800, 
inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, 
and Oats imported, exported, and cleared fur Con- 
sumption, in each year since 1800, inclusive :—Of 
| the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats, in each year since the passing of the Corn 
| Bill of 1815, brought down to the latest Date :—Of 
| the Annual Aggregate Quantities of Wheat, Barley 
| and Oats, returned by the Corn Inspectors as sold 
in the Towns from which the Averages were com- 
puted by the Act of 1815, from that year to the end 
of 1849, with a separate Column showing the Quan- 
tities sold in each year since 1842 in the new Towns 
added by the Act of that year :—Of the Quantities 
lof Wheat and Flour, given in Quarters of Wheat, 
imported from each Country in each year since 1828, 
inclusive, with a Column showing the Average 
Quantity imported from each Country during that 
eriod :—Of the Official Average Annual Price of 
heat in each of the Ten Regions of France, and 
for the whole of France, in each year since 1828, 
inclusive, to the latest Date for which it can be given, 
converted into English Measures and Money, and 
stating the Ratios at which such Conversions have 
been made; also, showing the Annual Average 
Price for the whole of France, during the whole 
period :—Of the Average Annual Price of Wheat 
in Belgium, in each year since 1828, inclusive, or 
for so many years as can be given, showing the 
Average Annual Price for the whole period con- 
verted into English Measures and Money, and 
showing the Ratios at which such Conversions have 
been made :—Of the Average Annual Price of 
Wheat in each of the seven Prussian Provinces, in 
each year since 1828, inclusive; also, the Annual 
Average Price for the whole of Prussia, in each of 
the said years; also, the Average Annual Price for 
the whole period, converted into English Measures 
and Money, and stating the Ratio at which such 
Conversions have been made :—Of the Quantities 
of Wheat and Flour imported into and exported 
‘from France, in each of the last Ten years, for which 
the Account can be given :—Of the Average Price 
of Butcher’s Meat, distinguishing the various kinds 
as sold in the London Markets, in each Month of 
each year, from 1840 to the present time, and ex- 
hibiting the Annual Average Price of each kind :— 
Of the Prices of Beef and Mutton at Lady Day 
and Michaelmas, in each year, paid at Saint Tho- 
mas’s Hospital, from 1800 to 1849, both inclusive : 
—Of the Quantities of Beef, Pork, and Bacon, 
~ Fresh, 





























Sir James 
Brooke. 


Copper, Tin 
and Zinc. 


Mctropolitan 
nts 





13 Vicrortiz. 


Fresh, slightly Salted, or Salted, imported and 
cleared for Consumption, from 1800 to 1849, both 
inclusive :—Of the Numbers of Cattle, Sheep and 
Swine, imported in each year since 1842, inclusive ; 
—Of the Quantities of Butter and Cheese im- 
ported and cleared for Consumption in each year, 
from 1800 to 1849, both inclusive :—Of the Total 
Quantity of Foreign Wool imported in each year 
from 1815 to 1849, inclusive, showing the Rate of 
Duty chargeable thereon, and distinguishing the 
Quantities imported in each year from Spain, Ger- 
many, the rest of Europe, South America, the Cape 
of Good Hope, the Possessions of the East India 
Company, and the Australian Colonies, including 
Van Diemen’s Land :—Of the Price of Gold in 
each year, from 1796 to 1849, both inclusive :— 
And, of the Quantity of British Shipping, dis- 
tinguishing Sailing and Steam Vessels, built and 
registered in each year since 1815, inclusive, in 
the United Kingdom, and also in the British Colo- 
nies; and the same Account for the first Three 
months of 1850. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of this instant June, for Copy of Mr. 
Wise’s Letter of the 26th day of November 1849, 
to Lord John Russell, respecting the Proceedings of 
Sir James Brooke against the Dyaks at Borneo, and 
of any Correspondence or Orders by the Govern- 
ment thereon. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 12th day of 
February last, and the 22d day of March last, for 
an Account of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom in the = ending the 5th day of January 
1850, distinguishing each sort of Copper, from 
what Country, and into what Ports imported :— 
Similar Return of Quantity exported :— Account 
of the Quantity of Copper exported from the Port 
of London in the year ending the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1850, distinguishing each Sort, and to what 
Country exported :—Similar Return for the Port of 
Liverpool :—Accounts of all Copper Ore which has 
been imported into the United Kingdom for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1850, 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 Duty 
has been paid, together with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty received thereon (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849) :—Of 
Tin imported into the United Kingdom in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1850, distinguishing 
from what Countries imported :—Similar Returns of 
the Export of Tin (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849) :—And, Account 
of all Zine and Zinc Ore imported and exported 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 1850, 
and the Duty paid thereon (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849): 
And, fora Return of the Import and Export of Lead 
and Lead Ore (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 318, of Session 1849). 

. a That the said Returns 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, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERs. 


HE House being informed that the Sheriffs 

of the city of London attended at the door, 
they were called in; and at the bar presented,—A 
Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Com- 
mons of the city of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 


13°—14° Junii. 





433 


And the said Petition, praying that the Metro- 
politan Interments Bill may not pass into a law, as 


it now stands, was read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. 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 
an Act of Parliament,—List specifying the par- 
ticulars of the Maritime Compensation proposed 
to be granted to the there-undermentioned Persons, 
under an Arrangement sanctioned by the Board of 
Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and laid be- 
fore the honourable the House of Commons on:the 
26th February 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, ‘that the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Austin, from the Poor Law Board, was called Poor Law 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, (School- 
dated the 6th day of this instant June, fora Return, masters, &amp;¢.) 
in Detail, of the manner in which the Sums of 
£.35,000 for Salaries of Schoolmasters and School- 
mistresses, and of £.'75,000, for one-half of the 
Expense of the Salaries of Medical Officers in the 
several Poor Law Districts, for the year 1849, have 
been expended, distinguishing those Parishes and 
Incorporations not subject to the Provisions of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, 5 Will. 4:—And then 
he withdrew. 

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





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Commit- pupiic 
tee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 11th and 12th 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. 


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 River Lee River Lee 
Trust Bill, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition Trust Bill. 
against the Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the- Surrey and Surrey and 
Sussex Roads Bill, with Amendments. } ga Roads 
Ordered, That the. Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Godstone and Godstone and 
Highgate Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. a P 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ga 
The Commercial Gas Company and Poplar Gas Commercial 
Light Company Bill was read the first time. pont ta 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- P 


7 ~e : - Gas Light 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. Company Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Stansfield be discharged from Private Bills 
any further attendance on the Committee on Group (Group 24.) 
No. 24, of Private Bills, on account of urgent busi- 
ness. 


Ordered, That Mr. Vesey be allowed to attend Athy, Castle- 
and vote in the Committee on the Athy, Castle- [ne 4 
comer and Kilkenny Road Bill, notwithstanding he poaa Bill 
did not sign the prescribed declaration before the 
Chairman took the Chair, provided he sign such 
declaration before the Committee enter upon the. 


consideration of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Glasgow, 
taken before the Committee on the Glasgow, Air- ie ry 
drie and Monklands Junction Railway Bill in Session Joni" 
1846, be referred to the Committee on the Glasgow, Railway Bill 


Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway and Glas- (1846.) 





VoL. 105. 


gow College Lands Bill. 
3K The 








434, 


The Bill for incorporating the British Electric 
Telegraph Company, and to enable the said Com- 
pany to work certain Letters Patent, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (A certificate of two Justices to be 
evidence that the requisite amount of capital has 
been subscribed and paid up), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for forming and regulating the 
British Electric Telegraph Company, and to enable 
the said Company to work certain Letters Patent. 

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


British 
Electric Tele- 
graph Com- 
pany Bill. 


A Bill to enable the South Wales Railway Com- 
pany to make a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, 
in lieu of the Railway already authorized, and to 
make certain Alterations in the Line and Levels, 
and the Mode of Construction of their Railway, 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 desire their concurrence. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Alterations of 
Works) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bilston Improvement, Market, Waterworks and 
Cemetery Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That no part of the Cemeteries 
authorized to be constructed by this Act shall be 
made within three hundred yards of any house of 
the annual value of fifty pounds, or within three 
hundred yards of any plantation, pleasure-ground 
or garden occupied therewith, except with the con- 
sent of the owner, lessee and occupier thereof in 
writing):—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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bilston 
Improvement, 
Market, Water- 
works and 
Cemetery Bill. 


Sir Peter Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood’s Estate Bill was 

Hesketh Fleet- read a second time; and committed. 

= Estate Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Convicts. Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts, 
No. 450, which was presented upon the 24th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign 
Manufactures. Manufactures, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 451. printed. 


Spirits Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits 


(Ireland.) (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 452. printed. 
Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(ireland.) (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 453. printed. 
Charitable rm Ordered, That the Return relative to Charitable 
nations onations and Bequests (Jreland), which was pre- 
a sented yesterday, be printed. 
No, 454, 
Harbours of Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbours of 
uge and = Refuge and Breakwaters, which was presented 
pong yesterday, be printed. 
0. 455 
Sir James Ordered, That the Return relative to Sir James 
aaaeee Brooke, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
0.400, 
Copper, Tin Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, 


and Zino; and, Tin and Zinc; and, Lead and Lead Ore, which was 


an 
Lead Ore. 


presented yesterday, be printed. 


14° Juniz. 








A. 1850. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- Criminal 
jesty’s Command,—Tables, showing the Number of Offenders. 
Criminal Offenders (England and Wales), com- 
mitted for Trial or bailed for Appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County, in the year 
1849, and the Result of the Proceedings, made out 
by order of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, from the Criminal 
Registers kept in that Office. 
Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1849, Criminal 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, Offenders 
in Terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with Scotland) 
Alterations and Additions, ordered and required by 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
in virtue of the powers therein contained. 
Copy of Twenty-eighth Report of the Inspectors- Prisons 
General, on the General State of the Prisons of (Ireland.) 
Ireland, 1849, with Appendices, 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to Dublin Port. 
an Order, dated the 14th day of March last, for 
Accounts of all Receipts and Disbursements by 
the Corporation for preserving and improving the 
Port of Dublin, from the 5th day of January 1833 
up to the latest period to which the same have been 
made up; distinguishing the same under different. 
Heads, and under what authority :— And, of all 
Monies borrowed by Debentures or otherwise, under 
the Authority of the Act 26 Geo. 3, c. 19, and of 
the Act 32 Geo.'3, c. 35, or of any other Act; the 
Rate of Interest at which the same was borrowed, 
what Part of the same has been paid off, and the 
Annual Amount of Interest payable on the sub- 
sisting Debt or Debts (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 722, of Session 1833). 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Chard ;—and, Wells Union (So- Beer-houses, 
merset) ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses,—-were pre~ 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Judkin Butler, Marshal of Borough 


the Borough Court of the city of Dublin, praying puna ch ™ 
that the Borough Courts of Record (Jreland) Bill jana) Bil. 


may not pass into a law, unless provision be con~ 
tained therein for securing to the Petitioner com- 
pensation for the losses he will sustain by reason 
thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Burgess Lists 
gesses of the city and borough of Exeter, praying Bill. 
that the Burgess Lists Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. . 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Differential 
Commerce of Manchester, praying that differential Duties, &amp;- 
duties may be wholly expunged from the British 
Tariff; that all restrictions upon the import of ma- 
nufactures of every kind, and in every shape, be 
removed ; that the duty upon the consumption of 
Coffee of every origin be equalized, and that it may 
be seriously considered by the House whether it 
would not conduce to an increase of revenue if such 
equalized duty were reduced, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Tremeirchion, in the Ecclesiastical 
county of Flint, praying the House to take such CWales.) 
measures as will henceforth preclude the appoint- 
ment of any parties not thoroughly conversant with 
the MWelsh language, to Ecclesiastical Offices in 
Wales, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Education. 
Board of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House 





No. 457. 





to establish a national system of Education apert 
rom 








Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Factories Bill. 


Factories Act. 


Mail Coaches. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Marria 
a 





13 Vicroriz. 14° 


from sectarian considerations, and free from deno- 
minational control, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of 
England resident within the diocese of Norwich, 
praying that the Parliamentary Grant for Educa- 
tion may be dispensed upon the two following con- 
ditions only: first, that the sites of Schools and 
School Buildings may be legally secured ; second, 
that Schools built with assistance from the Public 
Grant may be open to inspection by Government 
Inspectors appointed by the Committee of Council 
on Education, with the concurrence of the Arch- 
bishops, under the Order in Council of August 10, 
1840, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gubbeen ;—Lissacaha ;—Cove ;— 
and, Schull; complaining that the schools in con- 
nexion 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 ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Elion (two Petitions) ;— Tyldes- 
ley ;— Pilkington ;— Tottington ;— Colne ;—_Dukin- 


field (Chairman) ; — Farnworth ; — Preston ( Lan- 


caster) (Chairman and Secretary) ;— Turton ;—and, 
Bolton; praying that the Factories Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Workpeople in the employ of 
Messrs. Ullathorne and Longstaffs, Flax Spinners, 
Barnard Castle, praying the House to pass the Fac- 
tory Bill according to the tended Motion of Lord 
John Manners, namely Ten hours per day for five 
days, and eight hours for Saturdays, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Lancashire Central Committee 
and the Manchester Local Committee for the Protec- 
tion of the Ten Hours Act (Chairman) ; —- Preston 
(Lancaster) ;—James Clegg (two Petitions);—James 
Fielden;— Henry Shepherd ;— Oldham (Chairman); 
— Stoodley Bridge, John Leah; — Knowlwood, 
David Baume ; — Bradford (Chairman) ;— Bury 
(Lancaster) ;— Gaucholme, (John Horsfall, Chair- 
man) ;—and, Bolton(Lancaster); praying the House 
to refuse to pass any measure whereby the duration 
of the labour of women, young persons, and chil- 
dren in Factories may be in any degree extended,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Black Dog or 
Bath and Warminster Roads, in the counties of 
Wilts and Somerset, and of Creditors and Holders 
of securities on the tolls of the same trust, com- 
plaining of the exemption from toll allowed by the 
Post-office authorities to Stage Coaches conveying 
Mail-bags; and praying the House to pass a law 
restricting the extent to which such exemptions 
from toll are now claimed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stanford ;— Great Snoring ;— 
Huggate;— Bolney ; — Codford Saint Mary ;— 
Helmdon ; — Fladbury;— and, Corton Denham; 
praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Bishop and Clergy of the Scottish 
Episcopal Church in the district of Glasgow and 
Galloway ;—and, Kirk Session of New sone 


praying that the Marriages Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from James Forster and others ; — 
John Crane and others ;— Thomas Wilton and 
VoL, 105. 


435 


others; — James Wingate and others ;— Henry 
Palser and others ;— Southwark ; — Lambeth ;— 
Caleb Collier and others ;—— Thomas Charles Broad- 
water and others ;~—-John Edwards and others ;~ 
John Hambleton and others ;—and, William White 
and others; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Junii. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Cumming, v.D., Metropolitan 
Minister of the National Scotch Church, Crown- Interments 


court, and Members of his Congregation, praying 8 
that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of James Rickards, of Bridge-row, 
Pimlico, and others, praying that the said Bull may 
not pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of a Meeting representing 
the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain, 
taking notice of the said Bill, and praying that the 
Society of Friends may be exempted both from the 
payment and the collecting of rates which are to be 
applied to purposes which in their view are irrecon- 
eileable with the Gospel of Christ, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Ross, of Newtownlimavady, Petty Sessions 
in the county of Londonderry, stating that the Peti- (Ireland) Bill. 


tioner has been the Clerk at Petty Sessions in the 
said town for twenty-five years, and Clerk to the 
Poor Law Guardians since the formation of the 





Union in 1839; that by the 14th section of the 
Petty Sessions (Lreland) Bili, he will be disqualified 
from being elected clerk for the district, wn by the 
39th section he will be deprived of compensation in 
consequence of being the Union Clerk ; and praying 
the House to take his case into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Guardians of the Union of Bedminster, in the Coun- 
ties of Bristol and Somerset, praying that the parish 
of Bedminster may not be incorporated with those 
rural parishes of Somersetshire which are included 
in the Bedminster Union, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pose Committee of the Town Council of the borough 
of Warrington, praying the House to allow one 
delivery of letters on the Sunday, and that the pre- 
sent arrangements for the business of the country 
Post-offices and the transmission of the mails be 
continued, was rn and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Knighton-on-Teme ; — Mold ;— 
Keady ; — Llanilar ; — Llangathe ; —Tregaron ;— 
and, Lampeter ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


(signed by the Speaker,) was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the House of Assembly most 
respectfully desire to solicit the attention of the 
House to an Address to Her Majesty the Queen, 
which they have deemed it their duty to adopt 
during their present Session, in consequence of the 
refusal of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor 
of that Colony to comply with the wishes of the 
House of Assembly, and to carry out what they 
believe to be the true intentions of Her Majesty 
and of the Right honourable the Principal Secretary 
of State for the Colonies in regard to extending to 
that Colony the principles of self-government in the 
management of its local affairs in common with 
other Dependencies of the Crown in Worth America ; 
that the House of Assembly beg likewise to submit 








3K2 for 





A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and poor Law. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the General Pur- post-office. 


A Petition of the House of Assembly of the Is- prince Ed- 
land of Prince Edward, in Session now convened, ward's Island. 














436 


for. consideration a Bill which has passed both 
Branches of the Legislature, to provide for the pay- 
ment of Expenses on the Civil Establishment of 
that island, in the event of the principles of self- 
government, of which they are now desirous, being 
put in operation ; that in the arrangement of the 
details of this Bill, the House of Assembly have 
been actuated by a due regard for the faithful and 
independent management of the public service, 
and by a wise economy of the people’s money ; 
that the House of Assembly trust that the Address 
and Bill therein referred to will be received as evi- 
dence of an anxious desire on their part to meet 
the wishes of Her Majesty’s Government, and of 
those of Her Representative in that Colony ; that 
too often misled by vacillating and contradictory 
despatches, and their power too often rendered 
nugatory by the exercise of secret and unfair 
influences by interested parties in the Colony, who 
unfortunately have been too long permitted to in- 
terpose their selfish designs between the interests 
and opinions of the people and the gracious wishes 
of the Sovereign, the Bene of Assembly appeal 
for protection to the House, relying upon its well- 
known attachment to the principles of constitutional 
liberty, which have been recently so clearly and 
satisfactorily explained by the First Minister of the 
Crown, and to its power and readiness to secure for 
the humblest class of colonists in the Empire the 
inalienable rights of British subjects; and that 
they are induced to hope, that through its prompt 
and generous interference in their behalf, they may 
be no longer deprived of a participation in all those 
advantages which a full extension of the British 
Constitution is calculated to confer, and which can- 
not fail to strengthen the ties that bind them to 
their common country. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Christ Church 
Provident Institution, Birmingham, praying that 
the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of a 
Banks at Ipswich ; — Coleraine ;—High-Wycombe 
and South Bucks ;— Wenlock (Chairman) ; — and, 
Tewkesbury (Chairman and Secretary); praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, but that a 
Select Committee of the House be appointed to in- 
stitute an inquiry into the management of the Savings 
Banks of the United Kingdom,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Savings 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Banks. 


Savings Bank at Thirsk, praying that in any future 
amendment of the laws of Savings Banks all the 
existing Acts be repealed and embodied in one Act, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to the 
Duke of Richmond to come to the Select Committee 
appointed by this House to inquire into the rules 
and discipline established with regard to the treat- 
ment of Prisoners in Gaols and Houses of Correc- 
tion in England and Wales, and into any improve- 
ment which can be made therein: And that Mr. 
Edmund Denison dv carry the said Message. 


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, 


a Copy of the Petition of Henry Melville, of New 


Prison 
Discipline. 


Henry 
Melville. 


Norfolk, Van Diemen’s Land, which Petition was 
enrages to Her Majesty by Lord John Russell in 

arch 1841 ; with a Copy of the Instructions sent 
thereupon by Command of Her Majesty, to the 
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land; and 
also, the Report, if any, made by the Lieutenant- 





14° Junie. 


A. 1850. 


Governor in pursuance of those Instructions ; with 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence and 
Documents relating to such Petition. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Hdinbargh.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Sittings let in 
each of the Churches of the City of Edinburgh, to 
Persons residing in the respective Parishes to which 
such Churches are attached, as at the 20th day of 
February 1850 :—Of the Number of Sittings let to 
Members of the College of Justice in each of the 
City Churches, as at the 20th day of February 
1850 :—And, of the Names, Designations and Re- 
sidences of all Persons on the Communion-Roll of 
the City Churches, as at the 1st day of May 1850. 

Ordered, That 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, Labour-rate 
Abstract Return of the Amount of the Instalments (Ie!a04.) 
of Advances for the Labour-rate (Zreland), which 
became payable at or previous to the Spring Assizes 
1850; of the Amount actually paid and the Amount 
thereof outstanding at the Ist day of June 1850, 
so far as relates to the Office of the Paymaster of 
Civil Services in Jreland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Board of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Stamps. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of the Royal Warrant by which the Board 
of Stamps was dissolved in 1826. 

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


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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Factories Bil. 
into consideration the Factories Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Young persons and females employed 
during meal times to be held to be employed con- 
trary to Act), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 2. 1. 12., by inserting after the word 
“ Act” the words “ no child.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ no child” be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for ther Lord Ashley, 159 
Yeas, { Mr. Sharman Crawford : } ‘ 
Tellers for the f Lord Marcus Hill, 1 s60 
Noes, Mr. Bellew : hire 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in P. 2. 1. 14., by leaving out the words 
“ after six,” and inserting the words “ after half- 
“ past five,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being 
“ after six” stand part of the 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Bellew: 
Tellers for the Noes, {iar ne me 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


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Tellers for the Yeas, 





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Metropolitan © The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
x _into a Committee upon the Metropolitan Interments 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crauses, N° 54 to N° 63, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 64, disagreed to. 


Cuauses, N° 65 to N° 73, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Schedules agreed to. 
Clause added. 


Clause (Board to pay compensation to owners 
and occupiers of land near or adjoining to lands 
taken)—brought up. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read the first time ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, itr —— : } 19. 


Tellers for the Noes, { ng nee Hil, 

Another Clause added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That the salary of 
the additional member of such Board, to be ap- 
pointed and fixed as aforesaid, shall not exceed the 
annual sum of , and shall 
be defrayed out of the fees and sums received by 
the said Board under this Act),—brought up, and 
read 1° and 2°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank be filled with “ One thousand five hundred 
“ pounds.” ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the blank be filled with “ One thousand 
** two hundred pounds.” 

Afterwards, Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the blank be filled with ‘‘ One thousand 
“* pounds” :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the blank be filled with ‘ One 
“* thousand two hundred pounds,” put,—and agreed 
to. 

Clause, as amended, added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That no compensation 
shall be awarded to Incumbents, Clerks or Sextons 
for the loss of any fees on the burial of persons 
who may have been brought for interment from 
other parishes),—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 agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


180. 





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


Sabbati, 15° die Junii, 1850: 


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. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
— Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Convict The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Prisons Bill. Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. . 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Court of Exchequer (Zreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

VoL. 105. 





14°—15° Junie. 





437 


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 Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Population 
Reading of the Population (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- securities for 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Zreland) Bill ; Advances 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday (land) Bile 
next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord and 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; Tenant 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (ireland) Bill. 
upon Thursday the 27th day of this instant June, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike- 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike-roads (Jre- roads (Ireland) 
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 upon Monday 
next, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Borough 
a Committee upon the Borough Courts of Record Courts of 


(Lreland) Bill. — a 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tv be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuavuse N° 1 agreed to. 


Crause N° 2 (No foreign or other attachment to 
issue, unless debt more than Twenty pounds). 
Amendment proposed, in P. 2. L 17: To leave 
out “ Twenty pounds” in order to insert “ Ten 
“ pounds,” instead thereof ; 
Question put, That “ Twenty pounds ” stand part 
of the Clause ; 
The Committee ae, 
. r. &gt; 
= for the Mr. Solicton-General 
— for Ireland : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grogan, 
Noes, \ Lord Naas: 


Clause agreed to. 

Crauses N° 3 to N° 14 agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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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 Second Woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; — &amp;e. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ~ 
upon Friday next. 


Mr. Roche reported from the Committee to whom Home-made 
it was referred to take into consideration the pre- 5Pii'* ™ 
sent mode of levying the Duty on Home-made ~~ 
Spirits in Bond, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

_ 1. Resolved, That the Duties payable on British 
Spirits when taken out of warehouse for Home 
3K3 Consumption, 






























































aaaoaoaoaaEaoyyy—T—ET—TE—T—Te TSE 


Se — 


Sess aes 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Greece. 


National 
Gallery. 


Lord Demuan 


and Lord 
Campbell. 


Incorporation 


of Boroughs 
Confirmation 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No, 458. 


438 14°— 


Consumption, shall be charged on the quantity 
ascertained by the measure and strength of the same 
actually delivered ; save and except that when such 
Spirits are not in a warehouse of special security, 
no greater abatement on account of deficiency of 
the quantity or strength as ascertained at the time 
the said Spirits were warehoused, shall be made 
than shall be after the several rates of allowance 
following, that is to say ; 


For every hundred gallons, hydrometer proof, 
for any time not exceeding three months, 
two gallons : 

For any time exceeding three months and not 
exceeding six months, three gallons : 

For any time exceeding six and not exceeding 
twelve months, four gallons, and for every 
additional six months, one gallon. 


2. Resolved, That when British Spirits are taken 
out of warehouse for Ships’ Stores, or for exporta- 
tion to Foreign Parts, no Duty shall be charged on 
any deficiency that may occur im warehouse ; save 
and except that if the said Spirits shall not be in 
a warehouse of special security, the Duty shall be 
charged on any deficiency exceeding the rates of 
allowance in the foregoing Resolution. 

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. Roche, Lord Naas 
and Mr. Mackenzie do prepare, and bring it in. 


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 Wednesday the 10th day of July 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. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence re- 
specting the Demands made upon the Greek Go- 
vernment (in continuation of Papers presented to 
the House of Commons on the 24th of May 1850). 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Hume be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the National Gallery. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Hope be added to the 


Comunittee. 


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 Letters Patent appointing Lord 
Denman Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s 
Bench ; and Copy of any Treasury Minute or Sign 
Manual Warrant appointing or granting the Salary 
to be paid to the present Chief Justice of the 
Queen’s Bench, Lord Campbell. 

Ordered, That 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 a Bill to confirm 
the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, and to pro- 
vide for the Payment of the Expenses of the In- 
corporation of new Boroughs: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


15°—17° Juniz. 











A. 1850. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, (‘asticbar 
Copy ofa Report addressed to the Poor Law Com- Union Work- 
missioners for Jreland on the 17th day of May, by ®°Us 
Captain Farren, Temporary Inspector, with re- 

— to the Condition of Castlebar Union Work- 
ouse. : 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
List of Friendly Societies which have invested with Societies. 
the Commissioners for Redemption of the National 
Debt, at the date of the 20th day of November 
1849, distinguishing those which receive Three 
pence per cent. per diem, and those which receive 
Two pence half-penny Interest, with the Balances 
at Interest on that day, and the Number of Mem- 
bers of each, 


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





Lune, 17° die Juni; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bernal reported the Timber Preserving Timber 
Company Bill, with Amendments. Preserving | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. gaye 


Mr. Bernal reported the Bridge across the River Bridge across 


Clyde, opposite to South Portland-street, Lauries- the River 
Clyde opposite 


ton, Glasgow Bill, with Amendments. to South Port- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ahaliesh “ 
Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Prussian Minister’s Prussian 
Residence Bill, with Amendments. Minister’s 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Residence Bill. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the County Rates 
County Rates and Expenditure Bill have leave to and Expendi- 
sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting ‘™¢ Bill. 
of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the West Cornwall Railway West Cornwall 

Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Cork Docks and Har- Cork Docks 
bour Improvement Bill, with Amendments. and Harbour 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 13th and eport.) 
14th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 22, Private Bills 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (Gt0uP &gt; 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Childwall 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Child- = . 
wall Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice ~ 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

The 











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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 
aad Blackwall Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and 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. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Waterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 

and Limerick the Amendments made by the Lords to the Water- 

Railway Bill. ford and Limerick Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Meagher do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Great Central A Bill for better supplying with Gas the City of 
GasCon- = London and the Liberties thereof, and certain Places 
a. n ) adjacent thereto, was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better supplying with Gas the 
City of London and the Liberties thereof. 
Ordered, That Mr. George Thompson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire _ A Bill to enlarge the Powers of the Lancashire 
ea and Yorkshire Railway Company, and to amend 
away” the Acts relating to their Undertakings, 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. 
Merioneth- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
shire Turn- the Merionethshire Turnpike-roads Bill, as amended 
pike-roads in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Reading Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Reading Union Waterworks Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Brigstocke’s Brigstocke’s (or Player’s) Estate Bill was read 
ote gg a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Commissioners of Westminster 
Bridge, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Commissioners to build a temporary Bridge 
across the River Thames, from Bridge-street, in the 
city of Westminster, to the opposite shore in the 
county of Surrey, and to maintain the same during 
the repairs of Westminster Bridge, and to authorize 
the said Commissioners to mortgage the Bridge 
Estates, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge 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 
the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill, the Standing 
Orders have not been complied with, as Notices of 
the intended application to Parliament have not 
been published in the months of October and No- 
vember last, or either of them, in the Zondon Ga- 
zette nor in any local newspapers; nor have any 
Plans, Sections and Books of Reference describing 
the situation and levels of the proposed Bridge and 
the land in or through which the same is proposed 
to be constructed, been deposited in the Offices of 
the Clerks of the Peace for the Counties of Middle- 
sex and Surrey, or in the Private Bill Office; nor 
have portions of such Plans, Sections and Books of 
Reference been deposited with the Parish Clerks of 
the Parishes of Saint Margaret's, Westminster, and 
Lambeth. 
VoL. 105. 


17° Junie. 





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


Mr. Eliot Yorke reported the East of Fife Rail- Fast of Fife 
way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion being made, That the Bill for better Rorough of 
supplying with Water the Borough of Salford, and Salford Water- 
for the further Improvement of the said Borough, aaron 
be now read the third time ; iL 

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 con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Saint Giles” 
Command,—Public Health Act, 11 and 12 Vicd., Cemetery- 
c. 63 :—Report to the General Board of Health on 
the circumstances attending the revolting practices 
that have been said to occur in the Saint Giles’ 
Cemetery, situated,in the Parish of Saint Pancras, 
by Henry Austin, Esquire, and Robert Rawlinson, 

squire. 

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


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies” 
at Bath, praying that the Attornies Certificates Bill Certificates 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and Bill. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the County Court 
Bath Trade Protection Society, praying that the Extension Bil. 
County Court Extension 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- gaucation, 
habitants of the borough of we seoslite for —- 
the establishment of a system of National Secular 
Education, open to all classes of the community, 
based on local management, and supported by local 
rates, ——— and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Lessees of Salmon Engines for 
Fisheries in the Rivers Suir, Nore and Barrow, and taking Fish 
of others interested therein, praying that the Engines ¢!#4) Bil. 
for taking Fish (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was — , and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford (Chair- Factories. 
man) ;—and, Luke Midgley; praying the House not 
to pass any measure whereby the duration of the 
labour of women, young persons and children in Fac- 
tories may be in any degree extended,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Halifax and its vicinity; 
praying that the Factories 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 Mill- 
owners and Occupiers of the town and parish of 
Halifax, praying the House not to pass the said 
Bill, without at the same time extending the hours 
of work from ten hours per day to eleven hours per 
day, or sixty-three hours per week, and also reduc- 
ing the age, now fixed at thirteen years, at which 
children are allowed to work full time, was also 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Factories Bill 


3K4 A Petition 








440 


Grand Jury A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of 

Laws (Ire- the county of Westmeath, praying that no alteration 

—_ may be made in the Grand Jury Laws of Jreland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Lord A Petition of Solicitors of the High Court of 

Chancellor. Chancery residing in the city of York, praying that 


the judicial and political functions of the Chancel- 
reel may be separated, and that the head of the 
Court of Chancery may be appointed as the other 
Judges of the land are, quamdiu se bene gesserit, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Marriages Bill. Petitions of Emily Sarah Smith and others ; 
—WN. Gray and others ;—William Henry Sanders 
and others ;—George Henry Mackey and others; 
—C. Eyre and others ;—John Bowen and others ; 
—Ann Stroud and others ;—Benjamin Phillips and 
others ; —Charles Bellingham and others ;—Ann 
Bently and others ;—H. Butt and others ;— William 
Hudson and others;—E. Gordon and others ;— 
Maria Todd and others ;— William Edward Morgan 
and others ;—Stephen Taylor and others ;—James 
Hopwood Ellis and others ;—J. Vinicombe and 
others ; — Edward Evans and others ; — James 
Blackie and others ;—Henry Haywood and others ; 
—Charlotte Gurney and others ;—Samuel Moss and 
others ;—Sarah Brown and others ;—John Rawlings 
and others; —- and, James Johnson and others; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish 
of Dumfries, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce at the city and port of Gloucester, pray- 
ing that the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions from Shadwell ;—and, Saint Pancras ; 
praying that the Metropolitan Interments Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Barnes, in the county 
of Surrey, 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. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Corporations, A Petition of John Holland, an Inhabitant and 
Freeman of the Corporation of Pevensey, in the 
liberty of Pevensey, in the county of Sussex, praying 
for inquiry into the past and present management 
of the corporations not affected by the Municipal 
Corporations Act, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Petitions from Middleton-cum-Fordley ;— Fring 
(Incumbent, Churchwarden and Assistant Church- 
warden) ; — Hockworthy ; — Bishopsteignton ; — 
Deanery of Moreton Hampstead ; —Bramber ;— 
Brampton ;— Bury-cum-Hepman Grove ;— Peven- 
sey ;— Teigh ;—Millington-cum-Givendale ;—Saint 
Nicholas Acons, in the city of London (Rector and 
Churchwardens) ; —Padiham ;— Cranfield ;— Oak- 
ley Parva ;— Weekly ; — Coventry; — and, Llanfi- 
hangel Nantmelin; praying that the Oath of Abju- 
ration (Jews) 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 the parish of Whithorn, in the county of 
Wigton, praying for amendment of the Poor Law 
in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland) 


17° Junie. 





A. 1850. 


Petitions from Tullaniskin ;—Aberfoyle ;—Den- post-office. 
bigh ;— Hanmer ;—Sandford ;—Great Gidding ;— 
Dyhe ;—and, Edinkillie; praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stockton-on- Tees;—and, Stockton ; 
praying that letters may be collected and delivered 
on Sundays as at present, and that the transmission 
of mails on those days may not be interrupted,— 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Public Health 
Town Council of the royal burgh of Nairn, praying oo 
that the Public Health (Scotland) Bill may be de-® 
ferred for further consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings Savings Banks 
Banks at Bristol (Chairman) ;—Newport and Ca- Bill. 
erleon (Chairman) ; — Elgin (Chairman) ; — and, 
Watford (Chairman); praying that the Savings 
Banks Bill may not pass into a law, but that a 
Select Committee may be appointed to inquire into 
the managementof Savings Banks,— were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings 
Banks at Camden Town ;—Saint Pancras, Saint 
Mary-le-bone and North-west London ;—W. Sher- 
win ;—Viscount Fielding ;—and, New Windsor ; 
praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the New Friendly gavings Banks 
Union Society, held in the city and county of Bris- Bill ; and, 
tol, praying that the Savings Banks Bill; and, 5 eel Bill. 
the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Arbroath (Mo- School Esta- 
derator) ;—Kirk Session of Scoonie (Moderator) ;— (Seotland 
and, Synod of Fife(Moderator); praying that the pin, ) 
School Establishment (Scot/and) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. : 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Stamp Duties- 
Council of the royal burgh of Wairn, praying that (No. 2.) Bill 
the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Rad- Tithe Commu- 
nor, praying for amendment of the Tithe Commuta- tation Act, &amp;c. 
tion Act, repeal of the Malt Duty, and reduction 
of Taxation, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. : 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of West Indian 

Commerce of the city and port of Gloucester, pray- 2%4 South 

aii . American 
ing that in the arrangements of the new contract yfaiis, 

for the Royal Mail service, the port of Plymouth 

may be adopted as the station for the departure and 

arrival of the West Indian and South American 

Mails, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Cholera 
to Cholera (Ireland), which was presented, upon (Ireland. ) 
Thursday last, be printed. No. 459: 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., Wheat, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon Thursday last, be No.460. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Castlebar Castlebar ‘ 
Union Workhouse, which was presented upon Union Work: 
Friday last, be printed. No. 461. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Lord Licu- 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, {Pare 
upon Monday the 10th day of this instant June, (freland) Bill. 


were 








17°—1 


were proposed to be made to the Question, That 
the Lord Lieutenancy Abolition (Zre/and) 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. 


13 VicToriz. 


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


Martis, 18° die Junii, 1850: 


And the Question being put; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thee Lord Marcus Hill, 


} 295. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Bellew : 
Mr. Grattan, 
Tellers for the| Tr George dlesander He-| 70. 
_— milton : J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday the 1st day of July next. 


Metropolitan © The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
_ Interments —_{ake into consideration the Metropolitan Interments 
_ Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend-_ 
No, 462. ents were made to the Bili. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read, the third time 
upon Thursday next; and be printed. 
Factorics Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Factories Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Population The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
= mittee on the Population Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Convict The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Prisons Bill. Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Gencral Board The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


of Health Bill. consideration the General Board of Health Bill, 


No. 463. as amended in the Committee: The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House immediately resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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 ; and be printed. 

Borough The House, according to Order, proceeded to 

on take into consideration the Borough Courts of Re- 

land) Bill, cord (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 

Money The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘Wosctt of mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bin, Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
amlaiatee The Administration of Criminal Justice Improve- 
minal Justice M€nt Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
Improvement time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


House, for Monday next, 
Vou, 105. 








8° Junie. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


441 


Savings Banks 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; of Chancery) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Commuittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Linen, &amp;c. 
a on the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Jreland) (Ireland) Bull 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; ae Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ — 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Turnpike- 
take into consideration the Turnpike-roads (Jre- = og 
land) 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 Second Parocbial 

| Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; Aangmenet 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Oath of 

| Reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill; | Abjuration 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ¢™®) Bil 

upon Thursday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Landlord ana 
consideration the Landlord and Tenant Bill, as Tenant Bil. 
| amended in the Committee ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
| tion this day. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery Bill ; Chancery Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming small Tene- 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed ments Rating 
upon Wednesday last, That the Clause offered to Bill 
be added _ the Third Reading of the Small 
| Tenements Rating Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 17th day of July next. 

4 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second Court of 
Reading of the Court of Exchequer (Zreland) Bill; Exchequer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘el#24) Bill 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Population 
Reading of the Population (Ireland) 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply; 





3. Resolved, 





Ways and 
Means. 


Metropolitan 
Burying 
District. 


Home-made 

Spirits in 

Bond Bill. 
No. 464. 


Dovor 
Harbour. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Improve- 
ment Act 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Improve- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


442 


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. 


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 Annual Income, for Five 
years ending 25th day of March 1850, of each In- 
cumbent within the proposed Metropolitan Burying 
District, derived from Burial Fees, to be given under 
the following heads, viz.:—Number of Interments 
in each Description of Ground ; the Fee upon each 
class of Interments, and the Total Amount received 
on each of such Class of Interments; the Amount 
received for Graves, Monuments, Tombs, and Head- 
stones, whether in Vault or Open Ground, or other- 
wise ; and all other Items appertaining to Burials ; 
each Item to be given separately :—The whole Ac- 
count, as regards Income from Interments, to be 
given under two heads, the one having reference to 
the Interment of Parishioners, the other to the In- 
terment of Non-parishioners. 

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


Mr. Mackenzie presented a Bill to amend the 
present mode of levying the Duty on Home-made 
Spirits in Bond: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday 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 Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Martis, 18° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Thompson, from the Office of the Registrar 

of Dovor Harbour, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipt and 
Application of the Monies received by the Warden 
and Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the 
County of Kent, from the 10th day of October 
1848 to the 10th day of October 1849 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Wolverhampton, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to give effect to certain Securities 
upon the Rates authorized to be levied under the 
Wolverhampton Improvement Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, 


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 Wolverhamp- 
ton Improvement Act Amendment Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have not been complied with ; no notice 
of the said Bill and the objects thereof having been 
given in the London Gazette or the local news- 
papers. 

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





17°—18° Junii. 








A. 1850. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Commercial 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Gas Company 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Commercial = Lone 
Gas Company and Poplar GasLight Company Bill, Company Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


A Bill for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, Bilston 
watching and otherwise improving the Township of Improvement, 
Bilston, in the County of Stafford, and for establish- rao mb 
ing a Local Board of Health in that Township, and Cemetery Bill, 
for regulating the Police therein ; and also for better 
supplying with Water and Gas the said Township 
of Bilston, and for constructing Cemeteries therein, 
and for purchasing, improving, maintaining and re- 
gulating the Market and Market-place therein, and 
for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for paving, draining, cleansing, 
lighting and otherwise improving the Township of 
Bilston, in the County of Stafford, and for establish- 
ing a Local Board of Health in that Township, and 
also for better supplying with Water and Gas the 
said Township of Bilston, and for constructing Ce- 
meteries there, and for purchasing, improving, main- 
taining and regulating the Market and Market- 
place therein, and for other Purposes. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking Hartlepool 
into consideration the Hartlepool West Harbour West Harbour 
and Docks Bills, as amended in the Committee ; = Docks 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration —~ 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Gaskell reported the Westminster Improve- Westminster 
ments Bill, with Amendments. Improvements 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ana 


Ordered, That the Petition of Attornies and So- Court of 
licitors of Cork, which was presented upon the 28th Prerogative 
day of May last, praying that the Court of Prero- Gutat) os 
gative (Jre/and) Bill may pass into a law, be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenue, &amp;, 
an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (Ireland.) 
Ireland paid into the Exchequer in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1850:—Accounts of the 
Net Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1850; and 
showing the whole of the Ways and Means provided 
within the same period, together with the Applica- 
tion thereof :—Of the Amount of Duties of Excise 
in each Revenue District of Zreland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1850: — Of the 
Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Dis- 
tricts of Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1850 :—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties 
collected in each Stamp District of Jreland, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1850 :—And, 
of the Amount of Postage collected in each County 
of Zreland, in the year ended the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1850:—Statements showing the Quantities of 
the following Articles retained for Home Consump- 
tion in Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1850, 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 Un- 
wrought, Timber, Deals and Coals :—And, showing 
the Quantities of the following Articles exported 
from Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1850, 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 


Oatmeal, Irish Spirits, Linen Manufactures, _ 
arn 


Court of 
Delegates. 


Greece. 


Railways. 


Board of 
Stamps, 


Cotton, Linen 
and Woollen 
Goods. 


Labour-rate 
(Ireland.) 


British 
Fisheries, 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Saint Pancras 
Paving. 





13 Vicroriz. 


Yarn and Cotton Manufactures (in continuation of | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 520, of Session 1849). | 
| 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Composition of the Court of Dele- 
gates, as shown by the Commissions issued under | 
the Great Seal at various Periods, from the earliest 
to the most recent Dates, particularly noticing Com- 
missions in cases of Heresy or Unsound Doctrine, 
and, as far as appears from the Records, the Com- 
mencement and Results of such Cases. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Further Correspondence re- 
specting the Demands made upon the Greek Go- 
vernment (in continuation of Papers presented to 
the House of Commons, on the 14th of June 1850). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on each of the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, on the 
29th day of June 1850, which may at that date be 
open for Traffic ; also, the Length of Line (with the 
Number of Stations) open for Public Traffic on the 
same day :—And, similar Return for each Line and 
Branch Line of Railway which has been authorized, 
but which may not be open for Traffic on the 29th 
day of June 1850, distinguishing the Length of 
each such Line or Branch Line on which the Works 
may be in progress, and the Length on which they 
may not be in progress at that date, and specifying 
the Act or Acts authorizing such Railways (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 165, of Ses- 
sion 1849). 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant 
June, for Copy of the Royal Warrant by which the 
Board of Stamps was dissolved in 1826. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of May 
last, for a Return of all Cotton, Linen and Woollen 
Goods, with the Values of the same, admitted Duty 
Free, during the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 
the first three months of 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of this 
instant June, for an Abstract Return of the Amount 
of the Instalments of Advances for the Labour Rate 
(Ireland), which became payable at or previous to 
the Spring Assizes 1850; of the Amount actually 
paid and the Amount thereof outstanding at the 
1st day of June 1850, so far as relates to the Office 
of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland. 

Mr. Hayter also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report 
by the Commissioners of the British Fisheries, of 
their Proceedings for the year ending 5th January 
1850, being Fishing, 1849. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Sixteenth Report of the Com- 
missioners of National Education in Jreland, for the 
year 1849, 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
March last, for a Return from each of the several 
Paving Boards, or separate Paving Districts, in 
the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, showing, for each of the years 1847, 1848 
and 1849, the Rateable Value of Property assessed ; 
the Date and Amount in the Pound of each Rate, 
distinguishing the Rates made for any special ob- 
jects; the Amount received under the followin 
Heads :—General Rates or Assessments ; Special 


Rates; Other Receipts; Total Receipts. The 


Amount expended under the following Heads :—~ 
VoL. 105. 





18° Junie. 





443 


For Repair of Roads, Streets and Footways ; for 
Watering; for Lighting; for Salaries; for Law 
Charges ; for Interest of Debt or Annuities ; 
Bonded Debt paid off; other Payments; and, Total 
Expenditure. The Amount of Debts at the end of 
each year; the Rate of Interest payable thereon ; 
the Arrears of Interest unpaid; the Balance in 
hand or overspent at the end of each year; and the 
Arrears of Rates or other Arrears at the same pe- 
riod ; stating the Titles and Dates of the existing 
Local Acts; the Number of Acting Trustees or 
Commissioners; the Qualification of Commis- 
sioners; and the Number of Houses rated at or 
above the Amount required for the Qualification of 
such Commissioners; the Qualification of Persons 
entitled to vote for such Commissioners ; and the 
Number of Persons so entitled to vote ; the Number 
of Meetings held each year; the Average Attend- 
ance at such Meetings ; the Name, alsothe Amount 
of Salary or other Emolument, of each Treasurer, 
Clerk, Surveyor, Inspector or other Officer em- 
ployed: Also, stating the Length of Roads and 
Streets included in each District; the Number of 
Lamps ; the Number of Public Pumps; and the 
Number of Gates or Barriers erected across any 
Streets or Roads. 

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


Trent, praying the House to adopt measures for 
diminishing the number of Beer-houses, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Barony of Kilmain, and county of Mayo, praying 

the House to pass a law whereby the revenues of 

the Protestant Church in Ireland may be applied to 

the original purposes for which the Petitioners con- 

sider they were intended and bequeathed, was 

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


praying Her Majesty to appoint a Commission to 
proceed to India, to inquire into the obstacles which 
prevent an increased growth of Cotton in that 
country, and to report upon any circumstances which 
may injuriously affect the economical and indus- 
trial condition of the native population, being culti- 
vators of the soil within the Presidencies of Bom- 
bay and Madras,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of Law and Equity in Jreland, praying that the 
Court of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 


read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


General Baptists assembling for worship at Mel- 
bourne, in the county of Derby, praying the House 
to adopt measures for promoting a general and 
simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the earth, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ye of Sussex, praying the House to prohibit the 
use of Dog-carts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


praying the House not to pass any measure whereby 
the duration of the labour of women, young per- 











3L2 sons 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Mewark-upon- Beer-houses. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Cong, church 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford ;—and, Cotton 
Blackburn Commercial Association (President) ; (4ia-) 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Courts Court of 


A Petition of Members of a Congregation of Disarmament. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighton, in the Dog-carts. 


Petitions from Halliwell ;—and, John Frazer ; Factories. 











Sista incttens 








Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill; 
and, Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland. 


Marriages Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


‘Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill, 


444 


sons and children in Factories may be in any degree 
extended,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 






A Petition of Trustees and Directors of the 
National Provident Institution, Gracechurch-street, 
in the city of London, 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 Bristol ; — Liverpool ;---Wirks- 
worth (three Petitions) ;—Social Triumphant Lodge, 
No. 137, United Ancient Order of Druids ;—Sel- 
kirk (Chairman) ;—and, South London District 
(fifteen Petitions); praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Horselydown ;—Saint George’s- 
in-the-East ;— Broad Wall, Blackfriars ; — Ber- 
mondsey (three Petitions) ;— Newington Butts ;— 
High-street, Borough ;—and, Nelson-square, Black- 
friars; 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 the President and Honorary Secre- 
tary of the Master Builders Society of London, 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill; and, the 
Savings Banks Bill may not pass into law, as they 
now stand, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Highways 
of the parish of Stoke Damerel, in the county of 
Devon, praying that the Highways Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk to the 
Synod of Ballymena and Coleraine, praying for 
amendment of the law between Landlord and Te- 
nant in Jreland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from C. Crowther and others ;— George 
Davies and others ;— Daniel Bennett and others ; 
— Charles Wyatt and others ;— William Kemp and 
others ;—Robert James Foster and others ;—£. 
Parsons and others ;—John Harris and others ;— 
F. G. Gibbins and others ;—Ludgate and Lombard- 
street, City ;—and, Newington ; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may: pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Taunton ;—and, Belper ; praying 
the House to adopt measures for improving the 
position of the Assistant Surgeons of the Ruyal 


Navy,—were presented, and read; and ordered to | 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Secretary of 
the Western Association of Baptist Christians, com- 
rising fifty-four Congregations, praying that the 
Metropeliana Interments Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tixall;— Drayton Bassett ; -—— 
Great Tey ;—Shrewsbury ; —- Bradford Abbas with 
Clifton Maybank ;—West Hendred ;— Theale and 
North-street ;— Tillington ;—Sapcote ;—Ashbourn ; 
Mytor ;—Saint Hilary ;—Lanmartin ;—Stapleton ; 
— Shiffnail ;— Wardley-cum- Belton ;—Rural Dean- 
ery of Alton ;—Herriard ;— Highclere ;— Woodcott ; 
— Buckhorn Wixton ;— Weymouth and Melcombe 


18° Juniz. 

















A. 1850. 


Regis ;—and, Sutton (Sussex); praying that the 
Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a 
law,--were presented, and read ; and alee to lie 
upon the Table, 




















































Petitions from Harlow ;—and, Much Wenlock ; Post-oftice, 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers and Members of the Vic- Savings 
toria Legal Burial Society, stating that the Peti- povg Bill; 
tioners view with alarm the 18th Clause of the Soototicn mt ; 
Savings Banks Bill, depriving them, as to future : 
assurances, of the benefit of investing their funds 
with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt at the present interest ; and praying 
that all societies duly enrolled, and which have 
opened accounts with those Commissioners, and 
are strictly confined to the working classes, and 
grant no annuity above 26/. per annum, no insur- 
ance in sickness beyond 20s. per week, and no in- 
surance at death beyond 50/., may be exempted 
from the operation of the 18th Clause of the said 
Bill; and, that the Friendly Societies Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and reat; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings Savings 
Banks at Wimborne (Chairman) ; — Belper ; — Banks Bill, 
Pontypool ; — Basingstoke ;— and, Bristol; pray- 
ing the House to refuse to pass the Savings Banks 
Bill into a law; and also to appoint a Committee 
to inquire into the management of Savings Banks, 

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

A Petition of Trustees and Directors of the Sav- 
ings Bank established at Ashbourne, in the county 
of Derby, 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 Parochial Schoolmasters within School 
the bounds of the Presbytery of Perth, praying that Establishment 
the School Establishment (Scotland) Bill may not — 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workmen and Labourers in the County Courts, 
city of Glasgow, praying for the repeal of the law &amp;¢- (Scotland. 
authorizing the holding of County Courts in Scot- 
land, and for exempting the wages of labourers from 
arrestment, and their household effects from dis- 
traint, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


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 enable the South South Eastern 
Eastern Railway Company to raise a further Sum rea 


of Money : of Acts, Power 
to raise Additional Capital) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal Railway | 

Proceedings by or against the Committee of Rail- + 

Fs oe ° learing Ass0- 
way Companies associated under the Railway ciation Bill. 
ow System, and for other Purposes: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An York and, 
Act to alter the Terms of Issue of the Shares in i evey Bit. 
the Capital of the York and North Midland Railway 
Company, called “ The Hull and Selby Purchase, 
&amp;c. Shares ;”” to enable the said Company to hold 
Shares in the Hull and Selby Railway Company, 
and in the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway 
Company ; to alter, amend and extend the Acts 
relating to the York and North Midland Railway 
Company, 














13 Vicroriz. 


Company, and for other Purposes, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
South York- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
shire, Doneas- Act to authorize Deviations in the Line of the 
—— South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, 
(Amendment the Extension of the Elsecar Branch of the said 
of Acts, Devia- Railway to Tankersley, andthe Amendment of the 
tions Ses Acts relating to the said Railway, with Amendments; 
— &gt;" to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ks Act to enable the East and West India Docks and 
and Birming- Birmingham Junction Railway Company to make 
ham Junction 3 . 
Railway Bill. certain Branch Railways, and to amend the Act 
relating to the said Company, and to authorize the 
Lease of the Undertaking, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 
Cambridge The Lords have agreed to the Bill, imtituled, An 
Regulation Act for regulating the Markets and Fairs held 
and ie kets Within the Borough of Cambridge, and at Reach, 
and Fairs Bill. in the County of Cambridge, and for enlarging the 
Market-place, and for rebuilding or altermg the 
Guildhall of the said Borough, and for the Improve- 
ment of the said Borough, and for the better Regu- 
lation of the Police within the same, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Bolton The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
mpevemen* Act for establishing Markets in and otherwise 
improving the Borough of Bolton, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for extending the Provi- 
sions of the Acts relating to the Bolton Waterworks, 
and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


East and West 
India Docks 


Dendeo and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Perth and Act to enable the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen 
moony Railway Junction Company to raise a further Sum 


Junction Bill. Of Money, and for other Purposes, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Court of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Chancery to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the 

— Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of 

caster) Bill, Lancaster; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Earl of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Shrewsbury’s for confirming and carrying into effect an Exchange 
— heretofore made, or attempted to be made, between 
Estate Bill, the Right honourable George late Earl of Shrews- 

bury, and John Grace, of Whitby, in the County 
of Chester, deceased, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Duke of Richmond 
to attend the Select Committee appointed by this 
House to inquire into the Rules and Discipline 
established with regard to the Treatment of Pri- 
soners in Gaols and Houses of Correction in Eng- 
land and Wales, and into any Improvement which 
can be made therein, as desired by this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Prison 
Discipline. 


* Cotton 


a A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
(India. 


That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying Her Majesty to appoint a Commis- 
sion to proceed to India, to inquire into the ob- 
stacles which prevent an increased growth of 
Cotton in that Country, and to report upon any 
circumstances which may injuriously afiect the 
economical and industrial condition of the Native 
population, being cultivators of the soil within the 
Presidencies of Bombay and Madras :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


Post: office, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
a ong That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
CL, 105. 


18°—19° Juniz. 








445 


repeal so much of the Acts 7 Will. 4, and 1 Vice. 
c. 36, and other Acts now in force for regulating 
the conveyance of Letters by post, as prohibit the 
transmission of Letters on the Sunday otherwise 
than through the Post- office ; 


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


Mercurii, 19° die Junii, 1850: 


And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Tufnell be discharged from National 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on Gallery. 
the National Gallery. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis be added 
to the Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed New House 
to inquire into and report upon the Accommodation of Commons, 
afforded in the New House of Commons and in the 
lobbies and passages immediately adjacent thereto, 
and whether any Improvement can be made therein, 
and the probable Expense of making any such 
alterations, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Hyde Park, 
_—_ That there be laid before this House, a 

eturn of the Number of Trees already marked 
and proposed to be cut down in Hyde Park, for 
the purpose of making Room for the Buildings and 
Grounds for Approach, that are to be appropriated 
to the use of the proposed Exhibition, as it is 
termed, of the Industry of all Nations, in the year 
1851; with a Statement when and by whose autho- 
rity the Demolition of such Trees is to be carried 
into effect:—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order made upon Friday last, for present- Churches 

ing to Her Majesty an humble Address, that She (£dinburgh.) 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
there be laid before this House, Returns of the 
Number of Sittings let in each of the Churches of 
the City of Edinburgh, to Persons residing in the 
respective Parishes to which such Churches are 
attached, as at the 20th day of February 1850 :— 
Of the Number of Sittings let to Members of the 
College of Justice in each of the City Churches, 
as at the 20th day of February 1850:—And, of 
the Names, Designations and Residences of all 
Persons on the Communion Roll of the City 
Churches, as at the 1st day of May 1850, was read, 
and discharged, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to County Court 
take into consideration the County Court Exten- Extension Bill, 
sion Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Power to remove Clerks or Assistant 
Clerks), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (In actions of Trespass or upon 
the case, Defendant may plead the general issue, 

&amp;c.), was offered to be added to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now bronght up :— 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Incorporation of Boroughs Confirmation Incorporation 
(No. 2.) Bill was, according to Order, read a second a: 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole (yo, 2) Bill. 


House, for Friday the 28th day of this instant June, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Factories Bill, 
Reading of the Factories Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, 


313 The 
















































































Landlord and 


Tenant Bill. 
No. 465. 


Court of 
Exchequer 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 


(County Pala- 


tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill. 


No. 466. 


446 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Landlord and Tenant 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

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 f Colonel Sibthorp, lu 
Yeas, | Sir John Yarde Buller: { ~" 

‘ Tellers for the{ Mr. Pusey, \ 61 
Noes, Sir John Trollope: | hoes 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That no tenant of glebe land, 
held under any Ecclesiastical Benefice, shall be 
entitled to claim compensation under this Act for 
auy improvements as before defined, unless the 
patron of such benefice, and the Bishop of the 
Diocese wherein the same is locally situate, shall, 
upon the face of the agreement, have signified their 
consent thereto in manner and form prescribed by 
the Act 5 Vic. c. 27, intituled, An Act for better 
enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical Benefices to 
demise the lands belonging to their Benefices on 
Farming Leases.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now brought 
up:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ oo . } 3. 

Mr. Pusey, j 

Sir John Trollope :} 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the said Clause be now brought 
up :—The said Clause was accordingly brought up, 
and twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Compensation recoverable from 
succeeding Owners limited to Three years Rack- 
rent), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in P. 2. |. 4., by inserting the words 
“ oil-cake purchased for the food of cattle or 
“ sheep.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted: — The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
os of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lan- 
caster) Bill was read the first time; and ordered 
t» be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


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


18°—19° Juniz. 





A. 1850. 


Mercurii, 19° die Junii ; 
Anno 13° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ‘on : 
Petitions presented upon the 17th day of this in- cons” 
stant June; 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. 


The Earl of Shrewsbury’s and Grace’s Trustees Earl of 
Estate Bill was read the first time. Shrewsbury’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 9u4 Gtace’s 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill, 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Godstone 
the Godstone and Highgate Turnpike-road Bill, as 44 Highgate 
amended in the Committee, ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the River Dee Conservancy and River Dee 
Improvement Bill, as amended by the Committee Conservancy 
on re-committal, be referred to the Examiners of ye 
Petitions for Private Bills, to inquire whether the 
Amendments made in Committee involve any in- 
fraction of the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 


and proceed forthwith. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Surrey and _ 
the Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill, as amended in Sussex Roads 
. Bill. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lord Dudley Stuartreported the Mary-le-bone and Mary-le-bone 
Finchley Turnpike-roads Bill, with Amendments, nd Finchley 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. —— 


A Petition of Holders of Class A. Shares in the Saint Andrew's 
Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Company, for 24 ory 
leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the said ercrenes 
shareholders, and conferring on them certain powers, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Saint Andrew's 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ony 
Private Bills; That, in the case of the Petition for Rathosd SE 
the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, as 
notice of the intended application to Parliament 
was not published in the London Gazette, in the 
months of October or November last. 

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


Petitions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne;--and, South Mines. 
Shields; complaining of the frequent occurrence of 
accidents in Coal Mines ; and praying for the ap- 
pointment of Inspectors for the prevention of such 
accidents,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;-—Holland-street, Black- Friendly pil 
friars-road ; — Webber-street, Blackfriars ; — and, ar 
Guildford-street, Borough; praying that the 
Friendly Societies 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 the 
Kent Mutual Assurance Society, for mutual assu- 
rance of lives, endowments and annuities, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also 





} presented, 





13 Vicroriz. 19° Juniz. 447 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were pre- 
Table. sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon-the Table. . 
Petitions from Cockermouth; — South London 
District (fourteen Petitions);--Macclesfield;--North _ Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings Savings 
London District ;—Milnrow ;— Burton ;—Gosford Banks at Bristol (five Petitions) ;— Halifax; — Banks Bill 5 
Green ;—Stockport ;—Chandos-street, Covent Gar- Liverpool ;— Southampton ;— Kent ;— Blackfriars ; poe bene 4 
den ;— Halifax ;—Members of the Leigh’s Conque- —Leeds ; — Hitchin ;— Tredegar ;—Bishop’s Sto¥t- 
ror Lodge, No. 302, of the Grand United Order of ford; — and, Gravesend; praying that the Savings 
Odd Fellows ;—Members of the Faith, Hope, and Banks Bill; and, the Friendly Societies Bill may 
Charity Lodge, No. 447, of the Grand United Order not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 
of Odd Fellows ;—Members of the Royal Victoria | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Lodge, No. 428, of the Grand United Order of Odd; A Petition of Officers and Members of the 
Fellows ;—Members of the Star in the East Lodge, various Friendly Societies in Liverpool, praying 
No, 450, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fel- that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a 
lows ;—and, Members of the Ark of the Deluge law, as it now stands, and that the Friendly So- 
Lodge, No. 91, of the Grand United Order of Odd cieties Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
Fellows ; praying that the said Bill may not pass and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings gavings 
Banks at Alford ;—Congleton (Chairman) ; — and, Banks Bill. 


Justices’ A Petition of Margaret Currie, residing in War- | Sudbury ; praying the House to refuse to pass the 

_— tGlas- wickh-street, Anderston, stating that she, with her | Savings Banks pony also to myg . i 

gow.) sister, appeared in the Justices’ Small Debts Court | © ™quire pate the manngemens Of SAVINGS Daas, 
in Glasgow, to answer the demand of Mrs. M/ — preg Fm age and read; and ordered to lie 
for a debt of sixteen shillings and one penny; that | &amp; : . ‘4 
they were not allowed to pa their anaes to this |__ A Petition of the President of the Royal Standard 
demand, from not having a fee to pay to the Clerk | Benefit Society, held at the Black Prince Tavern, 
of the Court; and that decree was given against | Chandos-street, Covent Garden, praying that the 
them as if no appearance had been given; that no fee | said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
is exacted from parties summoned before the Sheriff’s | WS also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Small Debts Court; that the Court complained of "P°" the Table. 


is not only unnecessary but injurious to the poorer| A Petition of Inhabitants of Kelso and its vi- gehool Esta: 
classes ; and praying for the introduction of a Bill cinity, praying that the School Establishment (Scot- blishment 
to remedy the evil complained of, was presented, and | /and) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and tent 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 'read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


; ve ’ : . | Petitions from the General Assembly of the Church 
Landlord A Petition of Inhabitants of the baronies of Kin- | ¥¢ Scotland ; —Presbytery of Hamilton; —Easter 


and Tenant = sale, Kennecurichy, Kennalea and Courcey’s Country, ‘ 
(Ireland.) cs ? Ross ;—and, Presbytery of Dingwall (Moderator); 
praying for amendment of the law between Land praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 


lord and Tenant in Ireland, was presented, and |—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. lie upon the Table : ; 


Marriages Petitions from Paisley ;—Efjingham Wilson and | Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return rela- Poor Law 
Bill. others ;— Thomas F’. Lewis and others ;— William tive to Poor Law (Schoolmasters, &amp;c.), which was (School 
Hawes and others ;—Ebenezer Henry Durden and presented upon Friday last, be printed. aya) 
others ;—and, W. H. Oram and others; praying No, 467. 
that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were | The Order of the day being read, for the Second School Esta- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | Reading of the School Establishment (Scotland) &gt;lishment 
Table. Bill ; are 
A Petition of the Preses of the Commissioners; And a Motion being made, and the Question ; 
of Supply for the county of Cromarty, praying that being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also time; 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the. The Amendments following were proposed to be 
Table. made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, toadd the 
Mercantile A Petition of the Chairman of the Shipowners | words “ upon this day six months.” 
ae, on Society of South Shields, taking notice of the Mer-, And the Question being put, That the word 
i * cantile Marine(No. 2.) Bill; and praying the House “ now” stand part of the Question ; 
to cause the port of Shields to be inserted amongst| The House divided. 
the other ports at which a local Board of Exami-| The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
ners may be appointed, was presented, and read;; The Noes to the new Lobby. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | f Viscount Melgund, | 
A Petition of River Pilots of the Port and Har- | Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Fergus : s 94, 
bour of the city of Dublin, praying that aclause| ,, SSir George Clerk, 
may be introduced into the said Bill for compensa- | Tellers for the Noes, LMr. Mackenzie : hoo. 
tion to Pilots for loss of service, was also pre- | So it passed in the Negative. 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. And the Question being put, That the words 


, a ; “ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
i Petitions from Redbourne ; — Sutton-in-the-| of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
Marsh ;— Brant-Broughton ; —Over ; —Wharton ; +; 
(Jews) Bill, 72 OTO"; ig ; 3 rton; tive. 
Rainon ;-— Bradford Peverell ;— Hasilbury Boyars;, ‘Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
—Great Sankey 3—Didsbury ; —Cheam ; —Hoyle | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Lake ;— Harting ;— East Portlemouth ;—Duncton; | his day six h 
&lt; : Boos &gt; &gt;| upon this day six months. 
—Storrington ;— West Chillington; —Saint Mau- | : stat : , 
rice ;—Polstead ;—and, Isham; praying that the The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to Friendly 
Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a Order, read a second time; and committed to a Societies Bill. 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie, Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
upon the Table. , 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Engines for 


Post-office, Petitions from Carnwath;— Kilmun ; — Loch-| Reading of the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) ss Fish 
"— s—and, Rushall; praying for the abolition | Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
OL. 105, 


3L4 Ordered, 








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446 19°—.20° Junie. A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, Britain and Jreland, and the Amount of Draw- 


To-morrow. | back paid thereon, specifying the Port from whence 
; : | shipped, from the 5th day uf January 1849 to the 
Borough The Borough Bridges Bill was, according to | 5th day of January 1850 :—Of the Quantity of Soap, 


Bridges Bill. Qrder, read a second time; and committed to a distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the Amount of 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. | all Allowances and Drawbacks made to the Manu- 

~ ! ; | facturers of Woollens, Linen, Silk and others, from 

Highways The Order of the day being read, for the Com-) the 5th day of January 1049 to the Sth dey of Ja+ 
(South Wales) mittee on the Highways (South Wales) Bill ; ‘nuary 1850:—Of ali Soap exported to Ireland, 


_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Wedunes- | Hard and Soft, the Port from whence shipped, and 


day the 3d day of July next, resolve itself into the the Amount of Drawbacks paid thereon, from the 

said Committee. 5th day = January 1849 to the 5th day of January 

y ‘ , ‘ 1850 :—Of all Soap imported into Great Britain 

Trustee Bill. The Trustee Bill was, according to Order, read } P=?) ange , 
Pierce agp” potsanhignd tm, Catemaliten on} Hard and Soft, the Port at which imported, and the 

din wale Manne, Gt Meader next } Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of 

o eee See ened , | January 1849 to the 5th day of January 1850 (so 

Tenant-right The Order of the day being read, for the Second | far as relates to Soap imported from Foreign Parts): 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill ; | —Of all Soap imported into Great Britain, Hard 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time @d Soft, the Port at which imported, and the 


upon Thursday the 27th day of this instant June, | Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day of 
| January 1849 to the 5th day of January 1850, (so 


Sunday The Order of the day being read, for the Second | far as relates to the Excise Department) :—Of all 
Trading (ang Reading of the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; Persons convicted of defrauding the Revenue arising 
—— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time from Soap; the Date of each Conviction; the 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of July next. | Amount of the several Penalties ; whether Persons 

| so convicted had been previously convicted or fined, 

Public The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' or had had Penalties compromised, with or without 
seen = mittee on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill; | Conviction ; and the Names, Dates, and Amount of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- all Penalties paid in all Cases which have been com- 
day the 17th day of July next, resolve itself into promised or tried before the Summary Court of Ex- 
the said Committee. cise, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th 

| day of January 1850 :—And, of the Number of Li- 
Borough Gaols The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | censes granted to Soapmakers, distinguishing those 
Bill. mittee on the Borough Gaols Bill ; granted in England, Scotland and Ireland, from the 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes-| 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of January 

day the 3d day of July next, resolve itself into the | 1850 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 


said Committee. | 556, of Session 1849). 
Compound The Order of the day being read, for the Second _ Sir William Jolliffe reported the Rochdale, through Rochdale, 
—_— Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, and other Turnpike- through Bam- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time roads Bill, with Amendments. an a 
upon Wednesday next. | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. other Turn. 
, Y pike-roads 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, Bill. 








mittee of Supply ; | an 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Jovis, 20° die Junii : 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com-_ Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; | ieemiiinn 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday | 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
and Powers of Three Acts passed in the Reign § 


New House The House was moved, That the Order made of His Majesty King George the Third, for repairing }iy, 

of Commons. yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to and widening several Roads leading to and from 
inquire into and report upon the Accommodation af- the Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, in the County of 
forded in the New House of Commons, and in the Merioneth, and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
Lobbies and Passages immediately adjacent thereto, ; the Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh, and Salop, 
and whether any Improvement can be made therein, | and for repairing several other Roads in the Coun- 
and the probable Expense of making any such ties of Merioneth and Denbigh, was read the third 
alterations, might be read; and the same being time. 


read ; A Clause (Trustees may continue, set up, and 
Ordered, That the Committee do consist of remove Toll-gates), was thrice read; and added to 
twenty-one Members. the Bill. 


A Committee was nominated of The Chancellor, Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Greene, Sir Robert Peel, Mr.| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bankes, Sir Benjomia Hall, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Sid- | Title be, An Act for continuing and enlarging the 
ney Herbert, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. | Verm and Powers of ‘Three Acts passed in the Reign 
Fitzroy, Sir Denham Norreys, Mr. Loch, Mr. of His Majesty King George the Third, for re- 
D’ Eyncourt, Mr. Herries, Sir James Graham, Mr, | pairing and widening several Roads leading to and 
Wilson Patten, Lord Naas and Sir Robert Harry! from the Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, in the County 
Inglis, with Power to send for persons, papers and of Merioneth, and other Roads therein mentioned, 


records. in the Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh and Salop, 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. _and for repairing several other Roads in the Coun- 
| ties of Merioneth and Denbigh. 
Soap- Ordered, That there be laid before this House,) Qrdered, That Mr. Richards do carry the Bill 


Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and also | 


that on which Silicated Duty has been charged,; A Bill for the better supplying with Water the Reading Uniow 
from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of Town of Reading and the Hamlet of Whitley, in —* 


January 1850 :—Of all Soap exported from Great the County of Berks, was read the third time. 
Resolved, 


















































BILL for continuing and enlarging the Term Merioneth- 





ee? 


14 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
i to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Liverpool, The House,proceeded to take into consideration 
South -y the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (De- 
Dellwey viations, Enlargement of Station, &amp;c.) Bill, as 
(Deviations, amended in the Committee. 

Enlargement ~~ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
of Station, ? 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

Liverpool, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a -_ the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (Sale 
Southpor 


or Lease to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 

Company, &amp;c.) Bill,as amended in the Committee. 
Lancashire _ Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time. 
and Yorkshire 


Railway Company, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Manchester The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bonding Bill. Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, 


Railway (Sale 
or Lease to the 


Hartlepool The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
veka pil, Consideration the Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next. 
Smoke Pro- Ordered, That the Smoke Prohibition Bill be 


hibition Bill. read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


County Rates Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the Select 
and Expendi- Committee on the County Rates and Expenditure 
eetagpes Bill, and who were empowered to report their 
No. 468, 
the Evidence taken before them; That they had 
considered the said Bill, and had taken some Evi- 
dence thereon, which they had directed him to report 
to the House, together with an Appendix and Index ; 

and the Report was read, as followeth : 

The Committee have agreed that the first Clause 
should stand part of the Bill, which Clause is as 
follows : 

“ Be it enacted by the Queen’s Most excellent 
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the 


90” Junie. 


Opinion thereupon, together with the Minutes of } 








Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
this present Parliament assembled, and by the 


County authority of the same, as follows, That a County 
ae ap he Financial Board, for the purposes hereinafter men- | 
established tioned, shall be established in every County through- | 


out England and Wales, and every County Financial 
Board shall consist of such number of Members as 
is hereinafter directed to be elected, and such | 
Members shall be elected at the times and in the 
manner hereinafter prescribed: Provided always, 
that each of the three Ridings of the County of 
York, and each of the Parts or Divisions of Lindsey 
and Kesteven and Holland, in the County of Zin- 
coln, shall, for the purposes of electing such County 
Financial Board, ae for the other purposes of 
this Act, be deemed to be a distinct and separate 





County.” 

The Committee have negatived all the subsequent | 
Clauses of the Bill, and have not provided any | 
mode in which County Financial Boards are to be | 
constituted, and have not invested such Boards | 
with any of the Financial Powers now exercised by | 
County Magistrates. 

The Committee have also negatived the Preamble 


of the Bill. | 
The Committee have further to report the follow- | 


ing Resolutions to the House : 
Resolved,— 


Affairs of Counties have been conducted by the 
Courts of Quarter Sessions, generally, with proper | 
attention to economy, with just regard to the public | 
interests, and with all the publicity required by law. | 

2. That in those Counties in which the conduct of | 


the Magistrates in the administration of Financial | 


Vor. 105. I 


1. That the Evidence which has been given before | 
this Committee has tended to prove that the Financial | 


449 


business has been proved to have caused dissatisfac- 
tion, that feeling appears principally to have arisen 
either from the adoption of the Rural Police, in 
which case further experience of the utility of that 
force has either mitigated or removed the disposition 
to complain ; or, from the cost of erecting or en- 
larging Gaols and Lunatic Asylums, in which cases 
the Magistrates have necessarily increased for a time 
the pressure of County Rates, only in the fulfilment 
of public duties, prescribed by Acts of the Legis- 
lature. 

3. That, although forms of petition appear to have 
been sent to every Board of Guardians for their 
adoption, and that at a time when the circumstances 
of the country have rendered Rate-payers in rural 
districts peculiarly sensible of the burden of local 
taxation, the number of Petitions to the Legisiature 
in favour of the Bill does not appear to this Com- 
mittee to have been such as to prove that any general 
desire prevails in the country for this measure. 

4. That the effect of the Bill would be to exclude 
a numerous body of gentlemen in every county in 
England, from the transaction of Financial business, 
in which, as Magistrates and Proprietors, they have 
immediate and extensive interest, and which, under 
the authority of successive Statutes, they and their 
predecessors have conducted for a long period of 
time, to the advantage and generally to the satisfac- 
tion of the public, and to substitute for them a small 
and fluctuating body of men, who would in many 
cases be less fitted for the discharge of such duties, 
and who would individually have a much less degree 
of pecuniary interest in the counties in which they 
ive. 

5. That this Committee is of Opinion, that if the 
management of County Finances were transferred to 
Boards so constituted, there would be serious risk of 
injury and impediment to the public service, without 
any equivalent advantage. 

6. That this Committee cannot recommend the 
House to adopt a Bill which they consider to be 
open to such grave objections. 

7. That if it should be thought desirable to give a 
more a constitution to the authority by which 
County Finances are administered, there is so much 
difficulty in determining the best mode of effecting 
that object, the details which it involves are so com- 
plicated, and the interests concerned are so import- 
ant, that, in the Opinion of this Committee, the 
arrangement of such a change ought to be under- 
taken by Her Majesty’s Government. 

8. That the Evidence which this Committee has 
received, has led them to the conclusion, that im- 
provements might be effected in the present mode of 
transacting the Financial business of Counties, some 
of which would require Legislative Enactments. 

9. That economy of County Rates would be pro- 
moted, if Clerks of the Peace were remunerated for 
their services by fixed Salaries instead of by Fees, 
and the duties of their office would in such case be 
as well, if not better discharged. 

10. ‘That notices of the Financial and other busi- 
ness to be transacted at each Quarter Sessions for 
Counties, ought to be previously advertised in the 
County Newspapers for two or more weeks, for the 


information of the Rate-payers at large, and copies 


|of Annual Financial statements ought to be distri- 


buted to every Union within each County, for 
circulation. 
11. That the Financial Accounts of Counties ought 


| to be annually andited by some efficient and respon- 


sible public officer, and the right of inspecting all 
Vouchers and Accounts of Public Expenditure 
ought, under proper regulations, to be given to the 
Rate-payers. 

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


Ordered, That Lord William Powlett have leave Leave of 


of absence, for a month, on urgent business. 
3M Ordered, 


































































Se ee 





Bank of 
Treland. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Tower of 
London. 


Hampton 


Court Palace, 


&amp;e. 


450 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a tabular form, of the Number and 
Amount of Accounts at the last Dividend in the 
Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank 
of Ireland at Dublin, of the following Government 
Stocks, viz.: Three per cent. Consols, Three per 
cents, Reduced, Three and a quarter per cents. and 
Government Debentures not consolidated ; speci- 
fying the Namber of Accounts having Sums of 
Stock at their credit, not exceeding £.500; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.500 and not ex- 
ceeding £.1,000; The Number having Sums ex- 
ceeding £.1,000 and not exceeding £.1,500; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.1,500 and not 
exceeding £.2,000; The Number having Sums ex- 
ceeding £.2,000 and not exceeding £.3,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.3,000 and not 
exceeding £.4,000 ; The Number having Sums ex- 
ceeding £.4,000 and not exceeding £.5,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.5,000 and not 
exceeding £.7,500 ; The Number having Sums ex- 
ceeding £.7,500 and not exceeding £.10,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.10,000 and not 
exceeding £.15,000; The Number having Sums 
exceeding £.15,000 and not exceeding £.20,000 ; 
The Number having Sums exceeding £.20,000 and 
not exceeding £.25,000 ; The Number having Sums 
exceeding £.25,000 and not exceeding £.30,000 ; 
The Number having Sums exceeding £.30,000 and 
not exceeding £.40,000 ; The Number having Sums 
exceeding £.40,000 and not exceeding £.50,000 ; 
The Number having Sums exceeding £. 50,000: 
And giving a summary of the Total Sum in 3} per 
cent. Stock ; Total Sum in 3 per cent. Consols; 
Total Sum in 3 per cents. Reduced ; Total Sum in 
outstanding Government Debentures not consoli- 
dated: And stating how much thereof in the 
Names or held on account of Parties residing out 
of Ireland, and paying Income Tax, at last Divi- 
dend; how much in the Name of the Accountant- 
General of the Court of Chancery in Zreland ; how 
much in the Name of the Accountant-General of 
the Court of Exchequer in Jreland; how much in 
Names of other Private Parties residing in Ireland. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of May 
last, for a Return of the Names of all Persons who 
have been appointed or nominated in reversion to 
any Office in the Ecclesiastical Courts of England 
and /Wales, stating the nature of the Office, the 
Date of Appointment or Nomination in reversion, 
the Age of the Person or Persons at the time of 
such Appointment or Nomination, and whether such 
Person or Persons perform the duties of the Office 
in person or not, or was then in, or has since taken, 
Holy Orders ; and the Name or Title of the Person 
making such Appointment, together with the 
Emoluments and Income of the Office, and the 
several sources from which such Emoluments and 
Income are derived. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
31st day of May last, for a Return of the Number 
of Visitors to the Armoury of the Tower of London, 
from the 1st day of February 1845 to the 1st day 
of February 1850; stating the Number of free Ad- 
missions and the Number of Persons who paid for 
Admission in each Month ; the rate of Fees paid by 
each, and the Aggregate Amount received in the 
same time, and to whom paid :—Also, a Statement 
of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Jewel 
House, from the 1st day of February 1845 to the 
1st day of February 1850 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 576, of Session 1845). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
31st day of May last, for a Return of the Number 
of Visitors admitted free of Charge, to see the 
Apartments and Pictures at Hampton Court and 
the Gardens at Kew, during the year 1849, dis- 
tinguishing the Number in each Month (in con- 


20° Junzi. 





A. 1850. 


tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 464, of 
Session 1849). 
Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April Burials (Saint 
last, for Returns of the Number of Buriais which Pancras.) 
have taken place during the last Twenty years in 
the Burial-ground attached to the Workhouse of 
Saint Pancras, belonging to the Parish of Saint 
Giles-in-the-Fields, distinguishing the Numbers 
annually buried during that period, in the First, 
Second and Third Grounds respectively, and the 
superficial Area of the said Grounds :—Of the Num- 
ber of Parishioners of Saint Pancras buried annually 
during the said period of Twenty years in each re- 
spective Ground, distinguishing the Adults from the 
Children :—And, of the Amount of Fees paid 
annually to the Churchwardens of the Parish of 
Saint Pancras, in conformity with the Act-43 Geo. 
3, c. 20, s. 18. 

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


Petitions from Hadley ;—and, Wigan ; praying Arbitration, 

the House to take prompt and decisive measures 
for the promotion of Treaties between the Govern- 
went of this country and other governments of the 
world, binding both 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. 


Petitions from Buckingham ;— Rochester ;— Glas- Burgess Lists 
tonbury ;—aud, Falmouth ; praying that the Burgess Bill. 
Lists Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Thomas Copeman, Lord of manors Copyholds 
and manorial rights in England; — and, James a 
Cuddon, Lord of several manors in Norfolk’; pray- en 
ing 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 the parish of Ashton Court of 
Keynes, in the county of Wilts, praying for reforms Chancery. 
in the Court of Chancery, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ollerton ;—and, Worksop ; pray- Currercy Acts, 

ing the House to make such amendments in the 
Currency Acts of 1819 and 1844, as may leave 
gold and silver to find their price in the market, like 
other commodities, provide a safe and adequate 
paper money for domestic circulation, and place 
the Currency of the country upon a settled and 
satisfactory basis,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Disarmament. 
Independent Dissenters assembling in Hope Chapel, 
in the borough of Wigan, praying the House to 
adopt measures for promoting a general and simul- 
taneous Disarmament among the civilized nations of 
the worid, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aughnacloy ;—Kilchriest ;—Cui- Education 
daff ;—Golard ;—and, Lacklum ; complaining that (Ireland. 
the schools in 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,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Durham;— South London Dis- Friendly 
trict (two Petitions) ;—Shrewsbury ; —and, Pres- 5ciehes 
ton; praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition 





Highways 
Bill 3 and, 
Highways, 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.&gt; 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Eden- 
bridge, in the county of Kent, praying that the 
Highways Bill; and the Highways (District Sur- 
veyors) Bill may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Richard Tomkins and others ;— 
H. T. Dowsing and others ;—Andrew Heard and 
others ;—Charles H. Clarke and others ;— John 
Rogers and others ;—~ Stepney and Whitechapel ;— 
Walworth and Fleet-street ;—E. J. Layton and 
others ; —John Furgerson and others ;— Henry Bute 
and others ;—Johnu Hollis aud others ;—Mary Ann 
Coulstock and others ;—James Wood Wilsher and 
others ;—Jumes Johnson and others ;—Susan Grin- 

er and others ;—John Tandy and others ;—and, 
Robert William Sadler and others ; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





BO” Juniz. 


451 


that a large portion of such rates has been ex- 
pended in the construction of Sewers of a defective 
character; that the Petitioners mainly attribute the 
unsatisfactory working of the old and present com- 
missions to the want of a constitutional control by 
the rate-payers ; and praying the House to pass an 
Act giving the rate-payers a control over the ex- 
penditure of the sewer’s rate, by the power of elect- 
ing local Commissioners to represent and protect 
their interests, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Alihallows Hoo ;—Tachbrook ;—Murston ;— Hert- 
ford ;—Lazxton ; — Glodwick ;—Tunbridge Wells ;— 
Ditton ;— Winchelsea; — Pett ; — Hutton ; —Udi- 
more ;— Madehurst ;— East Thoyn ;—Hathcross and 
Coln St. Aldwins ;—Bucherell ;— Eaton Hastings ; 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the | —Bourton-on-the-Hill ;— Roscastle ;— Broadway ; 


Synod of Ballymena and Coleraine, 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 Practitioners of Falmouth, | 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving | 
the position of the Assistant Surgeons in the Royal | 
Navy, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of Glasgow, praying 
that the Mercantile Sains (No. 2.) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bristol;—Members of the Com- 
mittee of the General Shipowners’ Society (London); 
—and, Members of the Great Yarmouth Shipown- 
ers’ Association ; 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 Tynemouth ;—and, South Shields 
and Tynemouth; taking notice of the said Biil, and 
praying that the port of Shields may be substituted 
for Newcastle, as one of the places where Boards of 
Examinersare to be appointed ,—were also presented, 
and read ; aud ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Saviour, Southwark, praying that the Metropolitan 
Interments Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor of Leicester, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
Representative Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
James, within the liberty of Westminster, in the 
county of Middlesex, stating that the parish of 
Saint James, Westminster, is suffering severely from 
the want of more perfect public sewerage, and ¢on- 
sequently thereupon from defective private drainage, 
whereby the parochial authorities are precluded 
from carrying out those sanitary regulations so es- 
sentially requisite to protect the health of that 
densely-populated district, and to guard against a 
return of the late awful visitation of epidemic disease; 
and the efforts of those who seek to improve the 
moral and physical condition of the poor, by render- 
ing their habitations fit to live in, are wholly frus- 
trated; that the most urgent representations have 
from time to time, been made to the Court of Sewers, 
showing that fifty-seven of the streets, courts and 
places in that parish are still without any sewers 
whatever, notwithstanding that the rates levied in 
the Westminster district alone during the last twenty- 
two years have exceeded half a million of money, 
an amount which the Petitioners believe would, if 
properly applied, have been sufficient to construct 
a comprehensive and eflicient sewerage throughout 
the district, whereas it has been proved and admitted 


— Wotton Fitzpaine and Chatterston Lewston ;— 
Little Staughton ; — Pewsey ; —Sancreed ;— Barn- 
burgh ;— Turvey ; —Pulloxhill ;—Mathon ;— Long- 
don ; — Martock ; — Haselbury ; — Horsington ; — 
Staplegrove ; —Bradford (Somerset) ;— Tintinhull ; 
— Enmore ;— Wootton Bassett ;—East Hendred ;— 
Compton ;— Hamstead Marshall ;—Enborne ;—Suil- 
hamstead Abbots and Sulhamstead Banister; — 
Standish ; — Mordiford ; — Dynedor ;—Pertenhall 
(Rector and Churchwardens) ;— Hartlepool ;— Hin- 
ton ;— Maidstone ; — Shrawley ;— Chitton ;—Herne 
Bay; — Tilshead; — Bethersden;— Bluxhall ; — 
Wantisden ;—Shottisham ;— Trawsfynydd ;—Brom- 
ham ;—Leasingham ; — Haydor-cum-Culverthorpe ; 
— Cranwell ;— Kelby ;—Nocton ;—Great Whelne- 
tham ;—Llanstephan ; —South Shields ;— Orleton ; 
—Sellack ;—Staunton-on- Wye ;— Bridge Solers ;— 
Eardisley ;— Byford ; — Mansell Gamage ; —and, 
Leeds ; praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) 
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 
Blything Union, in the county of Suffolk, praying 
for amendment of the law relating to the maintenance 
and clothing of Pauper Lunatics, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Magherafelt 
Poor Law Union, in the county of Londonderry, 
stating that the Petitioners have heard with regret 
that a proposition has been made for the formation 
of a new Poor Law Union at Kilrea, to be composed 
of certain electoral divisions from those of Mag- 
herafelt, Coleraine and Ballymoney, and that it is 
intended to disannex from the first, namely, Mag- 
herafelt, the two electoral divisions of Swateragh 
and Claudy, valued at 6,3581.; and praying the 
House to take steps to prevent such measure from 
being carried into effect, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Buckland ;-—Cuxton ;-— Halling ; 
— Headcorn ;—and, Witnesham; praying for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Managing Com- 
mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law 
Association, praying that the Railway Audit 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 Trustees and 
Directors of the Savings Bank at Pontefract, pray- 
ing that the Savings Banks 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 Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank at Llandilo, in the 
county of Carmarthen, praying that the said Bill 





VoL. 105. 








3M 2 may 





Petitions from Woolstone ;---Baulking ;— Nuthall ; pred as 
—Nortonluckney ; — Dudley ; — Kiddermiaster ;— ( ames Bill. 


Pauper 
Lunatics. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Post-office. 


Railway 
Audit Bill. 


Savings Banks 


lil, 
































































452 20° Junie. 


may not pass into a law, but that a Select Committee | 
may be appointed to inquire into the management of 


Proceedings, by Process of Attachment of Goods, —- 





A. 1850. 


The Bill to alter and amend the Law relating to Borough 






Savings Banks, was also presented, and read; and /in the Borough Courts of Record in Ireland, was, (Ireland) Bill, 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


fchool Esta- A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 

blishment of Meigle, praying that the School Establishment 

oe (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Michael A Petition of Serjeant Michael Spellicy, late of | 

Bpellicy. the 88th Regiment, complaining of having been 
unrewarded for his services at the battle of Fuentes 
D’ Onoro and other battles, and praying for con- 
sideration of his case, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Tithe Com- Petitions from Norton-juxta-Kempsey ; — and, 


poutation Act. Pirton; praying for amendment of the ‘lithe Com-| 
mutation Act,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mercantile The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Marine Bill Reading of the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; 
ye o- 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 was 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, | 
withdrawn. 

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. 

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. Parker 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 Thursday the 
4th day of July next. | 











Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

BSeamen’sFund Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Metropolitan fhe Bill to make better Provision for the Inter- 
Interments ment of the Dead in and near the Metropolis was, 
Bill. 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. 


Factories Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh 
year of Her present Majesty, relating to Labour in 
Factories ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Lord Marcus Hill and Mr. Bellew were appointed 
Tellers for the Yeas, 

Mr. Feargus O’ Connor was appointed one of the 
Tellers for the Noes, but there being no second 


Teller for the Noes, Mr. Speaker declared the Yeas | 


had it. 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
Labour in Factories. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill tu 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Title be, An Act to amend the C 
ceedings, by Process of Attachment of Goods, in 
the Borough and other Courts of Record in Jre- 
land. 


according to Order, read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do “waa And - the 
aw relating to Pro- 


Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General for Ire- 


land do carry the Bill tu the Lords, and desire their 
concurrence. 


The Bill to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
Turnpike-roads in Zreland was, according to Order, Toads (ire- 
read the third time. a 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry e 
the Bill to the Lords, and désire their concurrence. 


The Population (Zreland) Bill was, according to Population 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bik 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railway 
Reading of the Railway Audit Bill ; Audit Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (irelat) Ba 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Convict 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Charitable 
into a Committee upon the Charitable Trusts Bill. Trusts Bil. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


yraph. , 
Preamble postponed. 


Ciavse, N° 1, (Petition may be presented to 
Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls, in cases 
of Charities the incomes of which exceed Thirty 
pounds, and do not exceed One hundred pounds), 
Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 6: To leave out 

from the word “ require” to the end of the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ and upon the 

“ presentation of every such petition, the same” 

stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, fLord Marcus Hill, } 65. 
Mr. Grey : 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 ae . f 14. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavuses, N° 2 to N° 7, agreed to. 


CravsE N°’ 8 (Judges of County Courts to have 
jurisdiction in cases of Charities the incomes of 
which do not exceed Thirty pounds). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Question put ; 

The Committee divided. : 

Tellers for the Yeas, _— — Hill, } 61. 
JMr. Turner, 


Tellers for the Noes, \Mr. Spooner : 


i 





CLAUSES, 





20°—21° Juniz. 453 


Cravses, N° 9, to N° 39, with Amendments to! Majesty, it is Enacted, That any summons may 
several of them, agreed to. issue inany district in which the defendant or some 

Clause (And whereas in some instances mes- | of the defendants shall dwell or carry on his business 
suages or dwelling-houses, and other buildings, held at the time of the action brought, or, by leave of 
upon Charitable Trusts, have, by lapse of time, or | the Court for the district in which the defendant or 
other circumstances, become runious and unten-| one of the defendants shall have dwelt or carried on 
antable, and a nuisance to the neighbourhood, | his business at some time within six calendar months 
without there being any funds applicable to the next before the time of the action brought or in 
repair or re-building thereof, and it would be de- | which the cause of action arose, such summons may 
sirable, in such cases, that the sites thereof, and the} issue in either of such last-mentioned Courts; Be 
buildings thereon, should be sold; Be it therefore | it Enacted, That by leave of the Court for the dis- 
further Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the | trict in which the plaintiff shall dwell or carry on 
trustees for the time being of any such messuages | business, or shall have dwelt or carried on business 
or dwelling-houses, and other buildings, or the | within six calendar months next before the time of 
major part in number of such trustees, or in case | the action brought, such summons may issue in 
there shall be no existing trustee, or his existence | such last-mentioned Court): And the said Clause 
shall be unknown, or he shall be under any inca-| was brought up, and read the first time. 
pacity, or resident beyond the seas, then for the | And a Motion being made, and the Question 
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the| being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
parish within which such messuages or dwelling- | a second time ; 
houses and other buildings shall be situated, with 
the consent of two justices of the peace acting in 
and for the division within which the same shall be 
situated, to sell and dispose of such messuages or 


14 Vicroriz. 





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


Veneris, 21° die Junii, 1850: 


tenements and other buildings, and the sites thereof, 

and any gardens or curtilages thereto, not exceeding 
perches in the whole, for the 
best price that can be reasonably obtained, and to 
convey and assure the same to the purchaser or 
purchasers thereof, his or their heirs and assigns, or 
as he or they shall direct, discharged of the trusts 
to which the same were subject; and the produce 
of such sale, after deducting the reasonable ex- 
penses thereof, shall be paid to the treasurer of the 
County Court within the jurisdiction whereof such 
messuages or tenements and other buildings shall 
be situated, to be by him held upon the Charitable 
Trusts to which such messuages or tenements and 
other buildings were subject; and all the powers 








and directions hereinbefore given, with respect to |. 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, | = —— j 55. 
Tellers for the Noes, { = pe f 90. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 


; : il 
money paid to the treasurers of County Courts, | nto a Committee upon the Court of Chancery scanitaainaan 
shall extend and apply to such last-mentioned | Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
monies, so far as the same may be applicable or Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
necessary),—brought up, and read 1°, ' ported, That the Committee had gone through the 


read a second time, put,—and Negatived. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be | Bill. 
j 


rt Epa 

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 Thursday 
next. 


mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) 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- Medical 
Charities 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (ireland) Ball. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Landlord an@ 


Reading of the Bill for the Improvement of the Tenant Bill. 
Relation between Landlord and Tenant in England 


The Bill to extend the Jurisdiction of the Act for | 294 Wales ; 


the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and De- 


mands in England, and to amend the same, was, | T 


according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill) 
(And be it Enacted, That from and after the passing | 
of this Act, Barristers of seven years standing at | 
the Irish Bar shall be eligible to be appointed to | 
the office of Judge in the County Courts of Eng-| 
land): And the said Clause was brought up, and | 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question bein 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


hat this House do now adjourn ; 


The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir John Yarde Buller, } 29 
Yeas, Colonel Lowther : ive 

Tellers for the f Mr. Pusey, Log 
Noes, L Mr. Fellowes: ” Dulin 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


| 
g | , - : 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second , posed, That the Bill be now read the third time :— 
time ; nd a Debate arising thereupon ; ee 
The House divided. Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; day. 


The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Me Keogh } 58. 


Tellers for the Noes, Sir Char ee Doug ane } 111. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cruelty to 
Bill (Whereas by the Act of the tenth year of Her | Reading of the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; Sakae 


Scotland 
Vou, 105. | 3M 3 Ordered, Bill. ) 


The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Zan- Court of 
caeter) Bill was, according to Order, read a second pono A - 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole = vo Noa 


House, for Wednesday the 3d day of July next. _ caster) Bill. 

















454. 90°—-21° Junie. A, 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘of distributing the same, and the Amount allowed 
this day. ‘thereon as Discount to Purchasers :—And, similar 
Return for the half year from the 10th day of Oc- 
Engines for The Engines for taking Fish (Ireland) Bill was, tober 1849 to the 5th day of April 1850. 
taking Fish according to Order, read a second time ; and com- | Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this Savings Banks 


(ireland) Bill. | itted to a Select Committee. instant June, for a Return showing the Amount of 204 Friendly 
Loss of Interest sustained by the Public, on account omnes 

National Ordered, That the National Gallery (Edinburgh) of the Savings Banks and Friendly Societies in the 

Gallery (Edin- Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. United Kingdom, in each year, from the year ending : 

burgh) Bill. the 20th day of November 1844 to the year ending 

Poor Relicf Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill the 20th day of November 1849, inclusive; distin- 


to continue two Acts passed in the Twelfth and _guishing the Friendly Societies from Savings Banks, 
Thirteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty, for and the Savings Banks of Ireland from those of 
charging the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons | Great Britain. 

in Unions in England and Wales upon the Common; — Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Fund, and to make certain Amendments in the | Table. 

Laws for the Relief of the Poor: And that Mr. | 
Baines and Viscount Ebrington do prepare, and | 
bring it in. | 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the ? 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
Ramsgate and The House was moved, That the Order made | day. 
— upon the 11th day of June last, That a Select Com- | am == ——SS 
_ mittee be appointed, to investigate the Revenue, | - , — ™ 
Condition and Expenditure of Ramsgate and Mar- | Veneris, 21° die Junii ; 
gate Harbours, might be read ; and the same being | Anno 14° Victoriw Reine, 1850 
read ; | gine, . 
A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Mackinnon, | PRAYERS. 
Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Henry Stanley, | by IR Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- Private Bills 
Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Clay, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Fordyce, | mittee on Group 22, of Private Bills; That (Group 22. 
Captain Harvis, Mr. Farrer, Mr. William Fagan, Mr. Octavius Morgan, one of the Selected Mem- 
Mr. Masterman, Mr. Forster, Mr. Wawn and Mr. bers, was not present during the sitting of the 
Littleton, with Power to send for persons, papers, | Committee this day. 
and records. | Ordered, That Octavius Morgan, Esquire, do 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. attend the said Committee upon Monday next. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 


put, T hat it be an Instruction to the Committee to} Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
investigate also the Revenue, Condition and Expen- | mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
— . Dovor Harbour ; the Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th — 
= wt ee iti, | days of this instant June; and had directed him to 
The wes Prat ange me make a Report thereof to the House. 
; ae Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
f Mr. Moffatt, 1 14, | and be printed. 
? | Sir George Pechell : f 
. : Mr. Deedes, 
Tellers for the Noes, | Mr. Plumptre: } 


So it passed in the Negative. 








Tellers for the Yeas . 
44.) Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 27, Private Bills 
of Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, till Five (Group 27.) 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
New House Ordered, That Mr. Stafford, Mr. Secretary-at- 
of Commons. War and Mr. Evelyn Denison be added to the Se-| The House proceeded to take into consideration, Bolton 
lect Committee on the New House of Commons. | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bolton Improvement 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read,” * 
Corn, &amp;e. Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Order, | and agreed to. 
dated the 15th day of February last, for Statements! Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
* showing the Quantities of the several kinds of|to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Corn, Meal and Flour (the Meal and Flour being | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
reduced to their equivalent in Quarters of Grain), | Lordships. 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1850; with the Countries | The House proceeded to take into consideration Cambridge 
and Colonies from which imported :—Showing the |the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cam- ——., 
Aggregate Quantities of the several kinds of Corn, | bridge Regulation and Improvement, Markets and a Markets 
Meal and Flour imported into the United Kingdom | Fairs Bill; and the same were twice read, and and Fairs Bill 
in each month of the year ended the 5th day of Ja- | agreed to. 
nuary 1850 ; together with the Quantities admitted | Ordered, That Mr. Hugh Adair do carry the 
to Consumption in the same monthly periods, and | Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
the Amount of Duty received thereon respectively ; | House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
—Showing the Weekly Average Prices of Corn of their Lordships. 
each Species, per Quarter, during the year ended | 
the 5th day of January 1850, and the Average | The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
Price of the year :—And, Account of the Quantities the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundee Perth and 
of the several kinds of Corn, Meal and Flour im- and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction a; 
ported into Ireland and exported from Jreland in and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Junction Bill: 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1850; dis-| Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
tinguishing Home Growth from Foreign. the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Recvipt Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of May hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Stamps | last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps for Re- | Lordships. 
ceipts at each Rate issued to the Public by the 
Office of Inland Revenue and its Distributors,, The House proceeded to take into consideration East and Wes 
throughout the United Kingdom, in the year ended the Amendments made by the Lords to the East pa fern 
the 10th day of October 1849, the Gross Amount and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction jam Junction 
of Revenue derived from such Stamps, the Expense Railway Bill. Railway Bill 


The 








t 


14 Vicroriz. 21° Junie. 


The said Amendments being twice read (and it 
appearing that the Amendment in Clause 14, is to 
supply an omission in the said Clause, and carry 
out the intention of this House), were agreed to. 


455g 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Wolverhamp- Wolverhamp- 
ton Improvement Act Amendment, Petition for Bill, ton Improve- 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with Were Sct 
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bil. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| Bill on giving public notice once in the London 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | Gazette, and once, for three successive weeks, in a 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their| Wolverhampton Newspaper ; That the Committee 
Lordships. on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far 

such Orders have been complied with, and do 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | report the same to the House on the Report of the 





South York- 


shire, Doncas- 


ter and Goole 
Railway 
(Amendment 


of Acts, Devia- 


tion to Wors- 
borough, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the South | Bill. 


Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway (Amend- | 


ment of Acts, Deviation to Worsborough, &amp;c.) Bill; | 

and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill, 

to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House | 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings Banks 


Banks and Friendly Societies, which was presented 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | yesterday, be printed. 





@ Lordships. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence Leave of 
York and The House proceeded to take into consideration | for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. Absence. 
North Midland the Amendment made by the Lords to the York | 
Railway Bil. ond North Midland Railway Bill; and the same| Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
was twice read, and agreed to. the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
Ordered, That Mr. Smyth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Colonial 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Expenditure. 
ships. to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Colonial Expenditure of Great 
Manchester, Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- | Britain for the years 1847-8 and 1848-9, in con- 
oe colnshire Railway Bill, as amended in the Commit- | tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 224, of Ses- 
1 


Railway Bill. 


tee, be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


sion 1849, with any Alterations of the Charges com- 
prised under the different Heads that may be more 


Commercial The Commercial Gas Company and Poplar Gas | conformity with the Votes on the Estimates of 
Gas Company Licht Company Bill was read a second time ; and the several Departments by which the Expenditure 
Gas Light committed. ; is provided for and defrayed. 
Company Bill. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-|__ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
mittee of Selection. Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Caledonian Ordered, That as regards the Petition for the 


Railway Bill. 


Caledonian Railway Bill, the Standing Order 
No. 62, be suspended; and that the Examiner of 
Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Monday next, and to make his Re- 


port on the same day. | 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Municipal 


gesses of the borough of Waterford, praying for 
amendment of the 148th section of the Municipal 
Corporations (Jreland) Act, relating to the Sale of 
Church Patronage, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ae Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from} Petitions from Tuxford;—and, East Retford ; Currency Acts. 
and Improve- _Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | praying the House to make such amendments in 
ment Bill. Private Bills; That in the case of the River Dee | the Currency Acts of 1819 and 1844, as may leave 
Conservancy and Improvement Bill, the Amend- gold and silver to find their price in the market, like 
ments made in Committee on re-committal de not | other commodities, provide a safe and adequate 
involve any infraction of the Standing Orders. paper money for domestic circulation, and place the 
Currency of the country upon a settled and satis- 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | factory basis,—were presented, and read and or- 

rders ; 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Eridge Bill. 


Saint Andrew's 


and Quebec 
Railroad Bill. 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster 
Temporary Bridge, Petition for Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the parties 
have leave to proceed with their Bill on giving 
notices to the owners and occupiers of premises 
within one hundred and twenty yards from the 
face of the present Bridge, and to the Conservators 
of the River, and on their giving one notice in the 
Gazette, and in one daily Newspaper published in 
Middlesex, and on their depositing Plans of the 
Works in the Private Bill Office; That the Com- 
mittee 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 Saint An- 
drew’s and Quebec Railroad, Petition for Bill, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill 
on giving notices, for three successive weeks, 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, 





VoL, 105. 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—Members of the Irish Education 
Branch of the United Church of England and (Ireland) 


Ireland ;— Clergy of the Church in Jreland; — 
Manchester ;—Clooncumber ;— Collooney (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Liskinfere ;—Limerich ;—Magheragall ;— 
Derryroon ;—Drincormack ;—Moyne ;—Garvagh ; 
—Ballee, Ballylaw and Glebe ; —Eglish; —Ard- 
narie ; — Ballykine ; — Crosgar ;— Ballysadan ;— 
Inver ; — Glass Drummond ; — Ballymacarn; — 
Lustia;—The Scalp ;—Magherafelt ;—Newry and 
parish of Killearey ;—Calary ; —Drumgooland ;— 
Drinagh;—and, Leamington Priors (two Petitions); 
complaining that the schools in connexion 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 pray- 
ing the House to relieve them from that grievance, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Visitors of Zea- Education 
mington Priors, praying that the Education Bill Bill. . 


may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
oak ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3M4 A Petition 








Education. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Friendly 
Socictics. 


Yandlord 
and Tenant 
Cireland.) 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Oath of 

Abjuration 

(Jews) Bill. 
7 


Penal 
Settlements. 


Post office. 


456 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Visitors of Lea-}| 


mington Priors, praying the House to take such 
steps as will place an efficient check upon the unde- 
fined powers of the Committee of Council on Edu- 
cation, and to secure all parties their fair parti- 
cipation in the public grant, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


21° Junie. 





Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at} 


Dover-road, Borough ;—Grange-road, Bermondsey ; | 


—and, Rotherhithe ; praying that the Friendly 5o-| 


cieties Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Eight Petitions of Members of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, South 
London district, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Alnwick, Long- 
houghton, and the neighbourhood, in the county of 
Northumberland, praying for amendment of the law 
relating to Friendly Societies, so as to enable the 
rules of such Societies to be certified according to 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Synod of Armagh and Monaghan, praying for 
amendment of the law between Landlord and Tenant 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Henry James Reeks and others ;— 
Abel Porthouse and others ;—John Compton and 
others ;— David Brewer and others ;—7. Edwards 
and others ;—Eliza Nunn and others ;— George 
Aucult and others ;—Samuel Milliner Humphrys 





and others ;—James Simpson and others ;—Joseph 
Alfred Baker and others ;—Elizabeth Pitman and | 
others ;—-C. R. Bags and others ;—-Lancelot Wild | 
and others ;— Benjamin Lewis and others ;—Daniel | 
Francis and others ;—John Waddington and others ; 

—Richard Jones and others ;—Edward H. Rabbits 
and others ;—George Broad and others ;—James 

Right and others ;—John Pollard and others ;— 

Alfred Marshall and others ;—Charles Rogers and 

others ;— Thomas Tepford and others ;—and, Francis | 
Marriott and others ; praying that the Marriages 

Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norbury; — Bethnal Green ;— 
Alderton ;— Calton ( York) ;— Wilberfoss ;—Charle- 
cote ;-- Snitterfield ;-Conisbrough (Vicar and Church- 
waidens) ;— Swinefleet ; — Thornthwaite-cum-Dar- 
ley ; —Stranton ;—Corbridge and Dilston ;—Wood- 
mancote ; — Newtimber ; — Beckley ; — Slindon ;— 
Burwash ; — Hartfield ; — Warsop ; — Bodmin ;— 
Newchurch ;—-Tarrington ;— Wigan ;— Penrith ;— 
Lowther ; —Askham ; —Godmanchester ; —Epsom ; 
—Polebrook;— and, Great Addington; praying 
that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the district of Port Philip, in the 
colony of New South Wales, praying the House to 
adopt such measures as may cause the Order in 
Council of 4th September 1848, constituting the 
Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, Norfolk 
Island and Van Diemen’s Land with their dependen- 
cies, colonies to which convicted felons may be trans- 
ported, to be rescinded, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- 
oo of the borough of Nottingham, praying the 
louse not to make any change in the present law 








A. 1850. 


which will deprive the people of Nottingham of the 
advantages in regard to receiving and posting letters 
on Sundays, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


_ Two Petitions from Aberdeen, praying the House, King’s College 
in voting any grant of public money for the Library Library 

in King’s College, Aberdeen, to make provision that (Aberdeen.) 
it shall be freely accessible to the public, subject 

only to such regulations as may be necessary for 

the preservation of the books contained in it,—were 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Maaagers of Savings Savings 
Banks at Gloucester ;— Montrose; —and, Leeds, Banks Bill. 
Skyrac and Morley; praying the House to refuse to 
pass the Savings Banks Bill; and also to appoint ° 
a Committee to inquire into the management of 
Savings Banks,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the President and Vice-President of 
the Hull General Provident Institution for the 
Working Classes ;—and, Trustees of the Pottery 
Central Savings Banks, established at Shelton, in 
the Staffordshire Potteries ; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Jedburgh School Esta- 
(Preses) ;—and, Presbytery of Brechin (Moderator) ; oe 
praying that the School Establishment (Scotland) ey 
Bill may not pass into a law —were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brampton, in the Taxation and 
county of Northumberland, praying the House to a 
tax no more till Taxation and Representation are 
co-extensive, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Lord Denman 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this soe 
instant June, for Copy of Letters Patent appointing “"?”™ 
Lord Denman Lord Chief Justice of the Court of 
Queen’s Bench ; and Copy of any Treasury Minute 
or Sign Manual Warrant appointing or granting 
the Salary to be paid to the present Chief Justice 
of the Queen’s Bench, Lord Campbell. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Medical 

11th day of this instant June, for Copies of the fol- Reform. 
lowing Communications on the subject of Medical 
Reform, addressed to the Right honourable the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department :—1st. 
The Memorial presented to the Right honourable 
Sir George Grey, by a Deputation from the Public 
Meeting of General Practitioners of Medicine, Sur- 
gery,and Midwifery, and bearing date the 11th day 
of April 1850:—2d. The Memorial presented to 
Sir re Grey by a Deputation from the Pro- 
vincial Medical and Surgical Association upon 
Thursday the 2d day of May 1850, and signed by 
Charles Hastings, M. D., President :—3d. The Me- 
morial presented bya Deputation to Sir George Grey, 
upon Thursday the 2d day of May 1850, and signed 
by W. Watson Beever, Chairman :—4th. The Letter 
addressed to Sir George Grey by the Council of the 
National Institute, and bearing date the 16th day 
of May 1850. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Medical 
13th day of this instant June, for Copy of the Pro- Reform. 
positions presented to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department on behalf of the Combined 
Deputation of the Provincial Physicians and Sur- 
geons, dated the 2d day of May 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of April Probates and 
last, for a Return of the Number of Probates and nell 
Letters of Administration granted in the Prero- tion (Ireland) 
gative Court, Dublin, and in each Bishop’s or Dio- 

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14 Vicroriz. 


cesan ‘Court in Ireland, for the last Three years ; 
specifying the Number granted in each year, and 
the Probate Duty — on each. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Kindersley : 


the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, ‘ 

Judges of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Assize Bill Act to enable Queen’s Counsel, and others, not being 
of the Degree of the Coif, to act as Judges of 
Assize, without any Amendment: And also, 

Incumbered The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Areland) pi, (© amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, 

= intituled, “ An Act further to facilitate the Sale and 
Transfer of Incumbered Estates in Jreland,’’ to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

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

a (Ireland) to amend the Law with regard to Distress for Arrears 

—_ of Rent in Jreland, to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

SaintThomas’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

ae for confirming certain Leases granted by the Mayor 

‘and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of Lon- 

don, Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and 
Goods of the Hospital of Edward late King of 
England the Sixth, of Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, 
commonly called Saint Thomas’s Hospital ; and for 
enabling them to grant Building and other Leases 
of their Estates, to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Supply ; 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 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 

Education “ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
{Ireland.)  “ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
“* direct that such a modification of the system of 
“ National Education in Ireland 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 Jreland,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


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“ 


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


Sabbati, 22° die Junii, 1850: 


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, hom 
Yeas, Mr. Bellew : J mes 

Tellers for the {Mt. George Alexander Ha-( 
eee, Lmr. Beresford: 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.) 


Taw Charges. 1. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Nine thou- 
* sand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 

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and Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Mint Prose- 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her “tions. 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses connected with the 
Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws relating 
to the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1861. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Sheriffs’ 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Expenses, &amp;c. 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the Deficiency 
in the Fean in the office of the Queen’s Remem- 
brancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and Ancient 
Allowances to certain Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 
Prison. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Insolvent 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Debtors Court. 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty Law Expenses 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted te Her.(Scotland.) 
Majesty, to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Law Charges, 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her *¢- (Ireland.) 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Criminal Prose- 
cutions and other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Dublin Metro- 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Politan Police. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1861. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One County Rates, 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, on account, be &amp;¢- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1851, certain Charges formerly paid out 
of County Rates, &amp;c. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven prisons. 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Inspection and 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in the 
United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1851. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Prisons and 
hundred thousand pounds, on account, be granted Convict Esta- 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Go- Plishments. 
vernment Prisons and Convict Establishments at 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy County Gaols, 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her ** 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, Lunatic Asylums, and the Expenses 
of the Removal of Convicts. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Transporta- 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her tion of Con- 
Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with the ““* 
Transportation of Convicts, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Convict Esta- 
hundred thousand pounds, on account, be granted blishments 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Con- ee 
vict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 31st day 


-|of March 1851. 


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. 

r. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said a 

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458 


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. 


General Board The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
of Health Bill. take into consideration the General Board of Health 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Convict _ The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Prisons Bill. Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Highways Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Railways 
Abandonment 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill; 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 
Securitiesfor The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) Bill ; 
(ireland) Bill. “Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Woods, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
—s &amp;«, Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill; 
sta Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 1st day of July next. 
Population The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. into a Committee upon the Population Bill; and, 
No. 471. 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 Friday next. 
Linen, &amp;c. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
‘reland) Ball into a Committee upon the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures 
. (Ireland) Bill ; a | after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
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. 
Railwa The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Audit Bil. Reading of the Railway Audit Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be laid aside. 


Railway Audit Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
(No. 2.) Bill. to provide for the Audit of the Accounts of Railway 
Companies, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 
And that Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Hayter do pre- 


pare, and bring itin. 


Court of The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Chancery Bill. into consideration the Court of Chancery Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Landlord and 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Tenant Bill. 


adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed yester- 


21°—22° Juniz. 


A. 1850. 


day, That the Bill forthe Improvement of the relation 
between Landlord and Tenant in England and 
Wales be now read the third time ; 

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

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. _ P 

Tellers for the Yeas, \Viseomnt Gate : f 34, 
Mr. Pusey, 

Tellers for the Noes, LSir John Sretlipss s 86. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read the third 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 the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cruelty to 
Reading of the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon _ 
Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Highways 
nesday next, the Highways (District Surveyors) (District Sur- 
Bill, was read, and discharged. vepers) OR, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of July next. 


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

to amend an Act passed in the tenth year of Her Harbour and 
: * : reakwater 

present Majesty’s reign, for empowering the Com- 33), 

missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase 

Land for a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater in 

the Isle of Portland, and to make further Provi- 

sions forthe Division and Application of the Pur- 

chase-money: And that Lord Seymour and Mr. 

Bankes do prepare, and bring it in, 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue Two Acts poor Relief 
passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the Bill. 
reign of Her Majesty, for charging the Maintenance No. 472. 
of certain Poor Persons in Unions in England and 
Wales wpon the Common Fund, and to make cer- 
tain 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 
1st day of July next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to provide Railway Audit 
for the Audit of the Accounts of Railway Compa- (X° 2) Bill 
nies, and for other Purposes relating thereto: And No. 473. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to be 
printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Westminster 
of the Petition for leave to bring in the Westminster Bridge Bill 
Temporary Bridge 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 Commissioners of Westminster Bridge to 
build a Temporary Bridge across the River Thames, 
from Bridge-street, in the City of Westminster, to 
the opposite Shore in the County of Surrey, and to 
maintain the same during the Repairs of West- 
minster Bridge: And that Mr. Frewen, Sir Charles 
Burrell and Lord Robert Grosvenor do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Saint Thomas's Hospital Estate Bill was read ~ Laat a 





the first time. Bill. 
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14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be réferred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Victoria- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
street Sewe. on Estimate of the Cost of the new Sewer in West- 
minster, called the Victoria-street Sewer. 


New Palace at Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Westminster. Cony of the Correspondence on the subject of the 
Drains under the New Palace at Westminster. 


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





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Luna, 24° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS, 

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

(Territorial the East India Company, was called in ; and 

Accounts.) at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts respecting 
the Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements 
of the East India Company, for Three years 1845- 
46, 1846-47, 1847-48, according to the latest Ad- 
vices, with a Statement of the same for the suc- 
ceeding year, partly estimated. 

East India 1. An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements 

(Home Ac- of the Home Treasury of the East India Company, 

cmmts.) from the ist May 1849 to 30th April 1850:—2. Esti- 
mate of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Home 
Treasury of the East India Company, from 1st May 
1850 to 30th April 1851 :—3. An Account of the 
Debts and Credits in England of the Government of 
India on the 1st May 1850:—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 1st 
May 1850:—5. An Account of new or increased 
Salaries, Establishments or Pensions payable in 
Great Britain, granted or created between ist May 
1849 and 1st May 1850 :—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 1st May 1849 and Ist May 1850:—7. 
Compensations granted between 1st May 1849 and 


_ Ist May 1850, under the Act 3and 4 Will. 4,c. 85, | 


s. 7, to the Widows and Children of deceased Of- 
ficers and Servants of the East India Company in 
England :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
“(rity third on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 20th and 21st 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. 


eg Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to enable the Com- 


Bride in. = Mssioners of Westminster Bridge to build a Tem- 
ridge Bill, : : 
porary Bridge across the River Thames, from 
Bridge-street, in the City of Westminster, to the 
opposite Shore in the County of Surrey, and to 
maintain the same during the Repairs of West- 
minster Bridge: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian 


mag A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 


for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts re- 


lating to the said Railway Company, to re-adjust | 


VoL, 105, 


21°—29°—_-2.4° Junzz. G59 


the Guarantees granted under those Acts, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Godstone 
proposed, That the Bill for more effectually re- + ag ae 
pairing the Road from Godstone, in the County of gi &gt; : 
Surrey, to Highgate, in the Parish of East Grin- 
stead, in the County of Sussex, and from thence to 
_Witchcross, in the same County, 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 :—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 ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. - 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing the Godstone and High- 
_gate Turnpike Trust for a limited Period, for the 
Purpose of paying off the Mortgage Debt. 

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





A Bill for repairing the Road leading from the Surrey and 

| Stone’s End, in Blackman-street, in the Borough of — Roads 

| Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to Godstone,~ * 

in the same County, and several other Roads therein 
mentioned, was read the third time. 

| A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 

(Provided always, and be it Enacted, That if any 

| person who is or hereafter shall become entitled to 

any part of the said principal money now owing 
and secured on the credit of the said tolls, shall 

decline to accept interest on the same after the rate 
hereinbefore limited, the said trustees shall forth- 

| with pay to such person the amount of his said 
principal, and until the same shall be paid off, the 
said trustees are hereby authorized to pay to such 
person interest in full after the rate stipulated for 
|1n the bond or security entered into by the trustees 
of the said Surrey and Sussex Roads at the time 
_ when the money for which such interest is payable 
/ was advanced to the said trustees, anything here- 
| inbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding): 

_—And the said Clause was brought up, and read 

the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That the said Clause be now read a 

| second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Alcock, 


} 
Yeas, L Mr. Frewen : J 23. 
Tellers for the { Sir William Jolliffe, 1 es 
Noes, Mr. Wilson Patten : : om 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for repairing the Road leading 
from a certain Point in the Kennington-road, in the 
| Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, 
| to Highgate, in the County of Sussex, and thence 
to Witchcross, in the same County, and several 
other Roads therein mentioned. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridge across 
the Bridge across the River Clyde, opposite to } ob ape ia 
South Portland-street, Laurieston, Glasgow Bill, as hin, Some Sort. 
amended in the Committee. ' * land-street, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. — Laurieston, 


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The Glasgow Bill. 














460 


Manchester, The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Sheffield and consideration the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
hittway’ Bil colnshire Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Friday next. 


Prussian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Minister’s 


Residence Bil. the Prussian Minister’s Residence Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. rar 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


River Dee Ordered, That the River Dee Conservancy and 
Conservancy J[mprovement Bill be re-committed to the former 
—— Committee :-—And that they have leave to sit, and 

proceed, upon Wednesday next. 
Timber The House proceeded to take into consideration 
meetin, the Timber Preserving Company Bill, as amended 

ompany Bill. . : 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Westminster | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Improvements the Westminster Improvements Bill, as amended in 


on the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
National The National Gallery (Edinburgh) Bill was read 


Gallery (Edin- g second time ; and committed. 


po Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Wolverhamp- The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

~ — of the Petition for the Wolverhampton Improve- 

‘Amendment ment Act Amendment Bill, which, upon Friday last, 

Bill. was made from the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to give effect to certain Securities upon the Rates 
authorized to be levied under the Wolverhampton 
Improvement Act: And that Mr. Thornely and 
Mr. Charles Villiers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Saint Andrew’s 
and Quebec 
Railroad Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Suint Andrew’s and Quebec 
Railroad 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 
for incorporating the Class A. Shareholders of the 
Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Company, and 
conferring on them certain Powers: And that Mr. 
Rice and Mr. Lacy do prepare, and bring it in, 


Mr. Bernal reported Cathrow’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Cathrow’s 
Estate Bill. 


Brigstocke’s | Mr. Bernal reported Brigstocke’s (or Player’s) 
(or Player's) Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Metete SG. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow Sir Henry Willoughby reported the Glasgow Mar- 
— kets and Slaughter-houses Bill, with Amendments. 


seuees Sill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
the Athy, Castlecomer and Kilkenny Road Bill ; 


Athy, Castle- 
comer and 


very 4 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. 
Bankruptcy A Petition of Charles Rathband Hyatt, of Glou- 
Court. cester-street, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Gentleman, 


complaining of the conduct of Mr. Commissioner 
Fonblanque, in the case of a fiat in wren ~ 5 in 
the year 1847, against a pawnbroker named William 
Wiles, and praying the House to refer the case toa 
Select Committee to examine into the truth of the 


24° Junie. 


A. 1850. 


charges contained in his Petition ; and that if such 
inquiry and the report of the Committee should 
justify such a measure, the House will be pleased 
to address Her Majesty to order the removal of 
Mr. Fonblanque from his office of Commissioner 
of Bankruptcy, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the United Church of Education. 
England and Ireland, praying that the Educational 
grant by the Committee of Council on Education may 
be dispensed upon the following conditions only ; 
first, that the sites of schools and school-buildings 
shall be legally secured ; second, that schools built 
with assistance from the public grants should be 
open to inspection by Government Inspectors ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Council on Education, 
with the concurrence of the Archbishops, under the 
Order in Council of August 10th 1840, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at Friendly 
Shaftesbury ;— and, Dorchester (three Petitions) ; Societies Bill. 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Gerrard and others ;—J. Spar- Marriages Bill. 
row and others ;—.Benjamin Butterworth and others; 
—John Bosanquet and others ;— George Sutton and 
others ;— George Hayward and others ;— Mary Ann 
Hart and others ;—John Ruck and others ;—and, 
W. T. Tonge and others; praying that the Marriages 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Free Church, 
Rutherglen, 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 Shipowners of Port Glasgow, pray- Mercantile 
ing that the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may Marine _ 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- (N® 2-) Bill. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





| _A Petition of the Mayor, Rector and Inhabitants Oath of 
of the town and borough of Marlborough, praying Abjuration 
| that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may pass (Jews) Bill. 
into alaw, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

| to lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions from Stratton ;—Leeds ;—Ingatestone ; 

| —Sutton (Essex) ;— South Shoebury ; —Thoydon 

| Garnon ; — Easington; — Owthorne ; — Dolton;— 

| Fremington ; — Justow ;—Newton Ferrers ;—Saint 

' Columb Minor ; — Thurlestone ; — Ottery Saint 

Mary ; — Loddon ; — Cromer ; — Butterwick and 

Ganton ;—Liverpool ;—Gate Burton and Knaith ; 
—Wraby and Glanford Brigg ;—Wadingham-cum- 
Snitterby ; —Lea-in-Gainsbro’ ;— Wood Enderby ;— 

Cackwell ; — Owersby ;—Covenham Saint Bartho- 
lomew;— Yarburgh;—Kirkby-super-Bain;— Laugh- 


South Thoresby ; — Scamblesley ; — Thornton-le- 
Moor ;—Asterley ;—Chilworth and Baddesley ;— 
Shirley (Southampton) ; — Whitsbury ;—Newcastle 
Emlyn ; — Slaidburn ; —Ravenfield ;—Manston ;— 
Woodside Horsforth ;— Wareham ;— Clyst Saint 
George ;—Exeter;— Marton-in-Cleveland ;—Stokes- 
ley ;—Achlam-in- Cleveland ; — Salton; —Reverend 
William Heslop, ncumbent of Forcett ;-- Felishirk ;-- 
Castleton ;— Sherborne;—Ichlesham ;— Fairlight ;— 
Kirby Sigston ;— Rodmill;—Chipstable ;—Exford ; 
—Boroughbridge ;— Norton Fitzwarren ;—Moster- 
ton ;—Littlemore ;—Piddle Trenthide ;— Randwick ; 
—Landaff; — Dukinfield; —- Lower Brixham ;— 
Holcombe Rogus ; — Wootton Rivers; — Kirkby 
Kendal ; — Stroud ; — Birdham ;—Selsey ;—Dow- 
las; —Ashburton ;—Cwm ;— Ravenstone ;— Tyldes- 
ley ;—Hollinfare ;— East Lulworth, Coombe Keynes 
and Wool Chapel;— West Lulworth ;—Tarrant- 
Gunville ;—Arthingworth ;— Quadring ;— Wigtoft ; 

— Drinkston ; 





ton; — Greetham ; — Conisholme ; — Dunston; — ’ 


ee 

















Diao 











Post- office. 


Punishment 
of Death. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Colonial 
Possessions, 


* Caledonian 
Railway Bill. 


Earl of 

joy soe’ 
Tace’s 

Trustees 

Estate Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


— Drinkston ;— Tuddenham ;— Worlington ;—Dal- 
ham ; — Herringswell; — and, Haughley ; 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Kirby 
Sigston, in the county of York, praying for abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, pray- 
ing the House to refuse to sanction the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Bardfield ; — Staines ;— 
Birmingham ; —Mary-le-bone (Chairman) ;— West- 
minster (Chairman) (two Petitions) ;—and, South- 
wark (Chairman); praying for abolition of the 
Punishment of Death,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Trustees and Managers of the Savings Bank at 
Clapham, in the county of Surrey, praying that the 
Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a Jaw, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Gloucester Savings Bank, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, and also that the House 
will appoint a Committee to inquire into the ma- 
nagement of Savings Banks, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Penpont, in the county of Dumfries, praying the 
House to adopt measures for improving the position 
of the Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland, was 
Sm and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the royal burgh of Dundee, praying that the Weights 
and Measures Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports made for the year 1849 
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, trans- 
mitted with the blue books for the year 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do 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 Caledonian Railway Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as notices of the in- 
tended application to Parliament have not been pub- 
lished in the months of October and November last, 
or either of them, in the London and Edinburgh 
Gazette, nor in any Newspaper published in Edin- 
burgh at least three days in the week, nor in any 
newspaper of the county of Lanark in which the 
principal office of the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany, who are the promoters of the Bill, is situate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect 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 Earl of Shrews- 
-_ ’s and Grace’s Trustees Estate Bill, no Standing 

r 


ers are applicable. 
VoL. 105. 


Q4° Junizi. 








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461 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Laws 
Command,—Copy of Third Annual Report of the teland.) 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for the 
Relief of the Poor in Zreland, with Appendices. } 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to — 
an Order, dated the 29th day of April last, for a, (Cork: 
Return of the Increase in the Number of the Con- 
stabulary Force in the County of Cork, since the 
passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic.c. 97; the Num- 
ber of Police Stations since established or aug- 
mented ; and the Amount charged to the County for 
defraying the Expense of such increase of force. 

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


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Ma- Military 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report on the Disci- Prisons. 
pline and Management of the Military Prisons, 

1849, by Lieutenant Colonel Jedd, c. B., Inspector- 
General. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon theTable. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fisheries 
Returns of any Summonses issued, Trials and Con- (Ireland.) 
victions, or Acquittals, at Petty Sessions, or on Ap- 
peal at Quarter Sessions, during the year 1849, in 
the County or City of Limerick, under the Acts 
5 and 6 Vic. c. 106, 7 and 8 Vic. c. 108, 8 and 9 
Vic. c. 108, and 9 and 10 Vic. c. 3, and 9 and 10 
Vic. c. 114, stating the Names of the Magistrates 
signing such Summonses, the Names and Resi- 
dences of the Persons summoned ; the Names of the 
Magistrates convicting, dismissing, or acquitting ; 
and the Names of the Barristers at Quarter Sessions 
before whom such Appeal was tried :—And, of all 
the Monies received in 1849 for Licenses of Stakes, 

Weirs, Nets, Rods, or Boats, under any of the above 
Laws, with an Account of the Disbursements of 
such Monies. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Greece. 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence re- 
specting the Demands made upon the Greek Go- 
vernment (in continuation of Papers presented to 
the House of Commons, on the 18th of June 1850). 

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


Ordered, That the Orders of the Day be now orders of 
read; and the same being read ; the Day. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Motion respecting the Foreign Policy of 
Her Majesty’s Government, of which Notice has 
been given by Mr. Roebuck. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : the Londo. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend New North- 
the New North Road Act, 1849: road Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for supplying the Burghs Dumfries ana 
of Dumfries and Mazwelltown, and Suburbs, with M@xwelltown 


Wat k 
Water: And also, zi. ‘ 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Staf- 
Act to enable the South Staffordshire Railway Com- a ae 
pany to lease their Undertaking, and for other Purs © 
poses, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, Ari Dublin and 
Act to grant further Powers to the Dublin and | ag 
Drogheda Railway Company, for raising Money by" 
the Creation of Shares in lieu of borrowing on 
Mortgage, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
Dublin and Drogheda Railway, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment to Pirates’ Head~ 
the Pirates’ Head Money Repeal Bill, to which money Repeat 
this House hath disagreed; and do agree to the ~~ 
Amendment made by this House to the Amend- 

3N3 ments 








462 
ments made by their wey te to the said Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


Deanery of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Saint Burian to provide for the Division of the Deanery of Saint 

Rectory Bill. uvrian into Three Rectories, and for abolishing the 
Royal Peculiar of Saint Burian, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Foreign A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

Pulley. osed, That the principles on which the Foreign 


olicy of Her Majesty’s Government has been re- 
gulated have been such as were calculated to main- 
tain the honour and dignity of this country ; and, 
in times of unexampled difficulty, to preserve peace 
between England and the various nations of the 
World ;—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Martis, 25° die Junii, 1850: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No, 2.) Bill ; 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Money Payment of Wages (/reland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Money Pay- 
ment of Wages 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Administra- 
tion of Cri- 
minal Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement 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 Savings Banks Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


Public Health 


(ireland) Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Public Health (Jreland) Bill : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fees (Court The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ew. ) mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Parochial The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eae Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of July next. 
Friendly The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Societies Bil. into a Committee upon hs F riendly Societies Bill ; 
No, 474+ 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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 5th 
day of July next, at Twelve of the clock. 
Trustee Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trustee Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Population — The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Population (Jreland) Bill ; 


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


94°—95° Juniz. 











A, 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill; Exchequer 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday (reland) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Suppfy ; 
ply» several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
ow: 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Law Charges, 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her 

Majesty, 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, to the 31st day of March 1851, 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Mint Prose- 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Cutions. 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses connected with the 
Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws relating 
to the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Sheriffs’ 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her Expenses, &amp;c. 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the Deficiency 
in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Remem- 
brancer in the Exchequer, the Salaries and Ancient 
Allowances to certain Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer, and certain Expenses of the Queen’s 
Prison. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Insolvent 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty Law Expenses ' 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her (Scotland) 
Majesty, to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Law Charges 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her (Ireland) 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Griminal Prose- 
cutions and other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1851. : 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Dublin _ ' 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her een 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Me- ~°" 
tropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One County Rates, 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, on account, be &amp;« 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1851, certain Charges formerly paid out 
of County Rates, Kc. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Prisons. 
theusand pounds, on account, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Inspection and 
General Superintendence over all the Prisons in the 
United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

10. Dusk, That a Sum, not exceeding One Prisons and 
hundred thousand pounds, on account, be granted nrvtema pi 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of he. Go- OO’ .6 
vernment Prisons and Convict Establishments at 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy County Gaols. 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her * 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, Lunatic Asylums, and the Expenses 
of the Removal of Convicts. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Transporta- 
thousand pounds, on account, be granted to Her tion of Con- 
Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with the 
Transportation of Convicts, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Convict Esta- 
hundred thousand pounds, on account, be granted (Colonies. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Con- ) 
vict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 














were agreed to, Th 
e 





Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Court of 
Chancery Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
Ireland) Bi 


Ramsgate 
’ and Margate 
‘ Harbours, 


Engines for 
taking Fish 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Portland 
Harbour and 
Breakwater 
Bill, 

No, 475. 





Dover 
Harbour, 


General Board 
of Health Bill. of the General Board of Health was, according to 





14 Victortz. 


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 Bill for confirming certain Provisional Orders 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill to diminish the Delay and Expense of 
Proceedings in the High Court of Chancery in Eng- 
land was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


s1, Mittee on the Medical Charities (Zre/and) Bill ; 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Fordyce be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Ramsgate and Margate Harbours. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pilkington be added to the 


Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Engines for taking 
Fish (Jreland) Bill was nominated, of Mr. Anstey, 
Sir William Somerville, Mr. Bellew, Lord Naas, 
The O’ Gorman Mahon, Colonel Dunne, Mr. O’ Fla- 
herty, Dr. Boyd, Mr, Conolly, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
Scully, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Maurice 
O’ Connell, Mr. Keogh, and Mr. Napier. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to amend an Act 
sed in the Tenth year of Her present Majesty’s 
eign, for empowering the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Woods to purchase Land for a Harbour 
of Refuge and Breakwater in the Isle of Portland, 
and to make further Provisions for the Division and 
Application of the Purchase Money: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


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








Martis, 25° die Junii; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


¢ k~- following Return having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz. 
—Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant June, for a Return of all Sums received by 
the Warden and Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, 
on account of Tonnage Duties, from the 10th day 

VoL, 105, 





24°— 25” Junie. 








463 


of October 1847 to the 10th day of October 1849, 
distinguishing the Number of Vessels and the Name 
of the Port at which the same were paid as Tolls 
for passing the Harbour of Dover. 


Mr. Thornely presented a Bill to give effect to Wolverhamp- 
certain Securities — the Rates authorized to be ton ne gas 
levied under the Wolverhampton Improvement Act: Wo a. 

; Amendment 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill, 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thornely presented a Bill for a Saint Andrew's 
the Class A. Shareholders of the Saint Andrew’s 2%4 Quebec 
4 7 Railroad 
and Quebec Railroad Company, and conferring on Rij), 
them certain Powers: And the same was read the 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork Docks 


the Cork Docks and Harbour Improvement Bill, as joe Harbour 
amended in the Committee. —_— 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East of Fife 
the East of Fife Railway Bill, as amended in the ®4iway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Hartlepool 
into consideration the Hartlepool West Harbour and West Harbour 
Docks Bill, as amended in the Committee; and —— 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Cornwall 
the West Cornwall Railway Bill, as amended in the 8ilway Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Manchester 
Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; Bonding Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Sir William Jolliffe reported the Birmingham and Birmingham 
Pershore Turnpike-road Bill, with Amendments. 204 Pershore 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ne 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That there Court of 
be laid before this House, a Return of the Compo- Delegates. 
sition of the Court of Delegates, as shown by the 
Commissions issued under the Great Seal at various 
periods, from the earliest to the most recent Dates, 
particularly noticing Commissions in Cases of Heresy 
or Unsound Doctrine, and, as far as appears from 
the Records, the Commencement and Results of 
such Cases, was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be présénted Court of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Delesates. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Composition of the Court 
of Delegates, as shown by the Commissions issued 
under the Great Seal at various periods, from the 
earliest to the most recent Dates, particularly no- 
ticing Commissions in Cases of Heresy or Unsound 
Doctrine, and, as far as appears from the Records, 
the Commencement and Results of such Cases. 

Ordered, That 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, 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 both Houses, do 





desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Com- 
mission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
3N4 





Mr, 











464 


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 enable Queen’s Counsel and others, not 
being of the Degree of the Coif, to act as Judges 
of Assize: 

An Act to repeal an Act of the sixth year of 


Judges of 
Assize Bill. 


Pirates’ Head- 


money Repeal King George the Fourth, for encouraging the Cap- 
Bill. 5 . co eee oes V7 ‘ 
ture or Destruction of Piratical Ships and Vessels ; 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 
Greenwich An Act to enable the Commissioners of Green- 
Hospital int wich Hospital to improve the said Hospital, and 
Bil. also to enlarge and improve the Billingsgate Dock 
and widen Billingsgate-street, in Greenwich, and for 
other Purposes : 
Shrewsbury An Act to amend the Act relating to the Shrews- 
and Hereford 


Tailway Bill bury and Hereford Railway Company : 
Forth and 
Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


An Act to extend the Time for the Sale of such 
Lands belonging to the Company of Proprietors of 
the Forth and Clyde Navigation, as may not be re- 
quired for the Purposes of the said Navigation, and 
to amend the Acts relating thereto: 


Guardian An Act for better enabling the Guardian Fire and 
: ~ -_ _ Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and 
Cc 


;, to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Settle- 


Company Bil é 
sie ment, and to give further Powers to the Company : 


South Eastern An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway 
Rellway Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 
(Amendment 


of Acts, Power to raise additional Capital) Bill. 


Railway 
Companies 
Clearing Asso- 
ciation Bill, 


An Act for regulating Lega! Proceedings by or 
against the Committee of Railway Companies, as- 
sociated under the Railway Clearing System, and 
for other Purposes : 


sate An Act for better supplying Childwall, Thing- 

Bil wall, Little Woolton, Much Woolton and Gateacre, 
all in the County of Lancaster, with Water : 

ame me _ An Act for granting Facilities for the Use of cer- 

Railway pi. tain Portions of the Eastern Counties Railways by 
the London and Blackwall Railway Company, and 
for amending the Acts relating to the London and 
Blachwall Railway : 

hn 7 one An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Water- 

Railway Bill, 07d and Limerick Railway, and for other Pur- 

oses: 

New North An Act to explain and amend the New North 

Road Bil. = Road Act, 1849: 

Dumfries and An Act for supplying the Burghs of Dumfries 

— and Mazwelltown, and Suburbs, with Water : 

Bill. 

Cobbe’s 


Divees, an. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Cobbe, 

Esquire, with Azelie Anne Cobbe, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Appeals and Re-hearings, 
Special Motions, ‘Petitions, Causes and Further Di- 
rections, Pleas, Demurrers, Objections and Excep- 
tions, heard by the Lord Chancellor, the Master of 
the Rolls and the Three Vice-Chancellors, respec- 
tively, in each year from Michaelmas Term 1841 to 
Trinity Term 1850, both inclusive:—Of the Num- 
ber of Causes and Further Directions transferred 
from the Master uf the Rolls and each of the Vice- 
Chancellors to other Branches of the Court, in each 
year during the same period; stating to which 
Judge the same were transferred :—Of the Number 
of Days each of the Five Judges sat in the Court 
of Chancery in each year during the like period: 
—Of the Number of Appeals, Causes, Further Di- 


Q5° Junie. 


| Merthyr, in the county of Brecon, complaining of 








A. 1850. 


rections, Further Directions and Exceptions, Ex- 
ceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re-hearings, re- 
maining to be heard on the first day of Michaelmas 
Term 1841, and on the first day of Michaelmas 
Term in each successive year down to the year 
1849 :—And, of the Number of Appeals, Causes, 
Further Directions, Further Directions and Excep- 
tions, Exceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re-hear- 
ings, remaining to be heard on the first day of 
Trinity Term 1850. 

Ordered, That 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, Encumb3ret 
Returns of the Number of Estates offered for Sale — 
and withdrawn for want of Purchasers, in the Court (7!) 
of Commissioners of Encumbered Estates in Jre- 
land, in a tabular form, stating, 1. The Names of 
Owners; 2. The County or Counties; 3. The De- 
nominations of Land; 4. Rental of same; 5. The 
Price offered :—And, of the Number of Estates 
sold, stating the Rental, the Amount of Sale, the 
Date of Sale, the Date of Payment, the Date when 
Money was distributed to the Creditors, and what 
Interest the Money is bearing if not distributed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolitar 
Copy of Correspondence between the Commis- Sewers. 
sioners of Sewers and Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, in 
reference to the Experiment of the Steam Jet in 
purifying the Pestilential Sewer in Friar-street, 
Borough, in Autumn last. 

Viscount Ebrington accordingly presented the ’ 
said Paper. 


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


Viscount Ebrington presented,—Return to an Victoriasstreet 
Order, dated the 21st day of this instant June, for Sewer. 
an Estimate of the Cost of the New Sewer in 
Westminster, called the Victoria-street Sewer. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this New Palace at ' 

instant June, for Copy of the Correspondence on Westminster. 
the subject of the Drains under the New Palace at 
Westminster. 
. — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Landowners, Tenant Agricultural 
Farmers and Labourers residing in the hundred of Distress. 


the depressed state of Agriculture ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Briden, Paddington-street, Copyholds. 
and others, praying for amendment of the law re- 
lating to Copyhold Property, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Burnham ; — and, Huntspill ; County os 
praying that the County Court Extension Bill may Extension B 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at Friendly | 
Galashiels ;— Birmingham ;—and, Burnley District ; Societies Bill. 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass: 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of a Friendly Society, in- Friendly __ 
tituled, The General Annuity Endowment Associa- Societies B+ 
tion, King William-street, London, praying that the ee 
Friendly Societies Bill ; and, the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Brain- County re 
tree Union, in the county of Essex, praying that in a xpe 
consequence of the increasing burthen of County 
Rates, the House will be pleased to pass such a 
measure as may afford some popular control over the 

power 








Marriages 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


power now exercised by the magistracy in the levy 
and expenditure of local taxation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Elders and Deacons of the Free 
Church of Old Cumnock, praying that the Marriages 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llandrillo-yn-Rhos ;—Aberyscir ; 
—Lund ;—Middieton ;— Bamby-in-the- Willows ;— 
Timberland ;—Great Gonerby ;—North Tamerton ; 
—Tywardreath ;—Quethioch ;—Fowey ;— Tregony; 
— Dulve; — Rame ;— Saint Neot (Cornwall) ; — 
Melplaish ;— Barton, Hartshorn and Chetwode ;— 
Haversham ;—Iver ;—Salterhebble ; —Eglwyswrw ; 
—New Moat and Clarbeston ;—Derly ;— Alexton ; 


25° Junie. 








— East Norton ;--Osgathorpe;--Southease ;—Hail- 
sham;—Tarring Neville-cum-South Heighton ; — 
Llandrinio;— Deanery of Tavistock ;—Saint Athan; 
—Mixbury ;— Wendlebury ;— Chastleton ;—Newton 
Percell-with-Shelswell;— Finmere;-——Charmouth ;— 
Hunmanby; — Llanfairpwligwyngyll ; — Lichfield ; 
— Reverend William T. Hopkins and Reverend 
Henry Alfred Napier ; — Wallingford ; — Castle 
Caereinion ; — Flitwick ; —Macclesfield ; —Clifton 
(Westmorland) ; — Mathon; — Severn Stoke; — | 
Whitechapel (Lancasier);—Crausley ;— Haselbeech ; 
—Earls Barton ;-—Mears Ashby ; — Cottingham- 
cum-Middleton ; — Bleasdale ; —Balwick ; —Alms- 
ford; —Wraxall;—South Brent ; — Ditcheat ; — 
Wedmore;—Barrow- Gurney ;-— Whitchurch (Somer- 
set) ;—Chilcompton ;— Tellisford ;— Charlton Mus- 
grove ;—Speenhamland ;—Deanery of Reading ;— | 
District of Saint David's ; —Dolgellan ;—Hermi-| 
tage ; —Ryme ; — Beerhackel ; — Lyme Regis; —| 
Addlethorpe and Ingoldmells; — Bromborow; — | 





Coppenhall; —Wybunbury ; — Thorpe, Kirby and | 


Post-office. 


Postage. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Walton-within-the-Soken ; — Lindsell; — Mark's | 
Tey ;—Burnham ;—Beyton ;—Llansantfraid Glan | 
Conway ;—-and, Gresford; praying that the Oath | 


of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law, | 


465 

A Petition of Land-owners and Titae Rent-charge Tithe Com- 
payers of the parish of Kempsey, in the county of ™¥tation Act. 
Worcester, praying for amendment of the Tithe 


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


A Petition of the Dean of Saint Patrichk’s Cathe- Saint Patrick's 
dral, Dudlin, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave a 
to bring in a Bill to authorize the appropriation of on 
the emoluments of the offices of three of the clerical 
vicars of the said Cathedral to the augmentation of 


the economy fund for maintaining the service and 


repairing the building of the said Cathedral, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton, Cotton, Linen 
Linen and Woollen Goods, which was presented and Woollen 
upon Tuesday last, be printed ~— 
pon Tuesday last, be printed. No. 476 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Communica- Medical 
tions on the subject of Medical Reform, which was Reform. 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 477. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Propositions Medical 
presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Reform. 
Department, on the subject of Medical Reform, No. 477. 
which was presented on Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Home Accounts of the East East India 
India Company, which were presented yesterday, be — Ac- 


. unts). 
printed. te aul 


Ordered, That the Territorial Accounts of the East India 


‘ast India Company, which were presented yester- (Tertitorial 


; « Accounts). 
day, be printed. No. 479. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Constabulary 
to Constabulary (Cork), which was presented yes~ (Cork.) 
terday, be printed. No. 432. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from saint Thomas's 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Hospital 
Private Bills ; That inthe case of the Saint Thomas's ©****¢ Bill 


—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie| Hospital Estate Bill, the Standing Orders have not 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gartmore ;—New Moat ;—Clar- 
beston ;—and, White Colne ; praying for the abolition 
of Sunday labour inthe Post-office,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Finstock, in the 


county of Oxford, praying for the adoption of an | 


Ocean Penny Post, by which letters may be con- 





veyed from one port of Great Britain to any other 
port in the world, at the uniform rate of a penny, 
wae presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Trustees and Managers of the Savings Bank at 
Havant, praying that before the Savings Banks 
Bill shall be passed into a law, a Select Committee 
may be appointed to institute an inquiry into the 
management of the Savings Banks of the United 
Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of ‘Trustees and Managers, and others, 
of Savings Banks at Andover ;— Thame;— North 
Somerset ; — Wraxall; — and, Axbridge; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Northwich Savings Bank, 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 Edinburgh Stock 
Exchange Association, praying that the Stamp 
Duties (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 





been complied with, as the said Bill relates to pro- 
perty held in trust for charitable purposes, but no- 
tices of the intended application to Parliament have 
not been published, in the months of October and 
November last, or either of them, in the London 
Gazette, nor in any Newspaper published in London 
at least six days in, the week, nor in any Newspaper 
of the county of Surrey, in which county the prin- 
cipal office of the promoters of the said Bill is 
situate. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough 
mittee on the Borough Bridges Bill ; Bridges Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Convict _ 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; Prisons Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crvelty to 
Reading of the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; ——_ ? 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time = ane) 
upon Thursday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Corpora- swansea 
tion of Swansea, with the Consent of the Lords Com- Municipal 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to subscribe poy?" 
for Shares in the Swansea Dock Company, and to 
raise Money for that purpose, and to purchase the 

30 Interests 


Message from 
the Lords. 








Reading 
Cattle Market 
Bill. 


Victoria 
(London) 
Dock Bill. 


Pontypridd 
Gas Light 
and Coke 
Company Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Arrangements 
as to Payment 
for the Pur- 
chase of the 
Great North 
of England 
Railway, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Foreign 
Policy. 


Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Borough 
Bridges Bill. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-fourth 
Report.) 


466. 
Interests of certain Lessees of Property belonging 
to the said Corporation, and for other Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act, for providing, regulating 
and maintaining a Cattle Market in the Borough of 


Reading, in the County of Berks, and for construc- 
ting a convenient Market-place therein: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize the Construction of a Dock on 
the North Side of the River 7hames, to be called, 
The Victoria (London) Dock, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have 2greed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Pontypridd, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof,in the County of 
Glamorgan, 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 Great North of England Railway 
Purchase Act, 1846, and to enable the York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway Company to complete 
the Purchase of the said Railway, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. ° 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That the principies on which the Foreign 
Policy of Her Majesty’s Government has been regu- 
lated have been such as were calculated to maintain 
the honour and dignity of this country, and, in times 
of unexampled difficulty, to preserve peace between 
England and the various nations of the world ; 

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 Weduesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 26° die Junii, 1850: 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (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- 
mittee on the Borough Bridges Bill ; 

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


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Atiornies’ Certificates Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 5th day of July next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Two of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 24th 
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. , 


25°—26° Junie. 





A. 1850. 


Earl Jermyn reported the Birkenhead Dock Trus- Birkenhead 
tees (re-committed) Bill, with other Amendments. — Trustees 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on Glasgow, 
the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Rail- ae 
way and Glasgow College Lands Bill; That they Junction Rail- 
had examined the allegations contained in the pre- way and Glas. 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved f°W ha 
to their satisfaction. se 

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. 


A Petition of the Zondon and Blackwall Rail- London and 
way Company, praying that leave may be given to — 
deposit a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for (Revival of 
giving power to the said Company to purchase cer- certain 
tain Land, and that the Standing Order No. 62, Powers). 
requiring the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills 
to give seven days’ notice of the day appointed for 
the examination of the Petition, may be suspended, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That upon Thursday the 25th day Public 
of July next, Orders of the day have precedenee Business. 
of Notices of Motions, without priority to Govern- 
ment Orders. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Benefices. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of 
May last, for a Return of all the Benefices, Recto- 
ries or Vicarages which have been united under the 
Act 1 and 2 Vic, c. 106, stating the Names of the 
united Benefices, with the Names of the Incumbent 
or Incumbents, the Amount of the Population, and 
the Yearly Value of each, and the Distance that the 
Churches of each of the united Benefices are from 
each other, with the County and Diocese in which 
each is situated. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the hundred of Arbitration. 
Hartismere, in the county of Suffolk, praying the 
House to take prompt and decisive measures for the 
promotion of treaties between the Government of this 
country and other governments of the world, binding. 
both 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and vicinity Beer-houses. 
of Colne, in the county of Lancaster, praying the 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- 
ber of Beer-houses, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the hundred of Har- Copyholds 
tismere, in the county of Suffolk, praying that the —" 
Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass into oe 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Non-Electors of the hundred of suffrage, &amp; 
Hartismere, in the county of Suffolk, praying for 
the adoption of Household Suffrage and Vote by 
Ballot, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Steward, Members of the Com- Friendly 
mittee and other Members of the Weymouth and 5° 
Melcombe Regis Branch of the Dorset Friendly 
Society, established at Dorchester, praying that the 
Friendly Societies: Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Bill. 


A Petition 














Incorporation 
of Boroughs 


Confirmation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Post -office, 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Smoke Pro- 
hibition Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers, 


No. 480. 


Victoria-street 


wer, 


No. 481. 


New Palace at 


Westminster, 
No. 482, 


Manchester 
Bonding. 


No. 483. 


County Rates 
Bill. , 


14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
esses of the borough of Oldham, praying that the 
Tocunpenetiin of Boroughs Confirmation (No. 2.) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Langham (Suffolk) ;—Wiscoe ;— 
Great and Little Wratting ;—Clyst Saint Lawrence ; 
— Yarnscombe; — Weston-under-Red Castle; — 
Atcham ;—Adderley ;— Great Ness ;—Shrewsbury ; 
—Chobham ;—Warmwell and Poxwell;—Symonds- 
bury ;—Stalbridge ;— Whitburn ;—Attleborough ;— 
Gosehili ;--Granston and Saint Nicholas;--Peterbo- 
rough ; —Northop ; —Sephton ;—Flint ;—Monkton 
Combe; — Wickham (Southampton) ;—Dunsford ;— 
Melmerby;—Hayton;--Bodington ;--Hinton-in-the- 
Hedges;— Marston Saint Lawrence-cum-Warkworth; 
—Potterspury and Yardley Gobion;--Floore;— Mid- 
dleton Cheney ;-- Fawsley ;-—-Charwelton ;--Lilborne; 
—Clayloton ; — Calloes ; — Melksham ;— Church 
Minshull ; — Nonington ; — Godmersham ; —Rain- 
ham ;— Halstow the Lower ;— Newington ;—Sitting- 
bourne ; — Boughton Blean ; — Shadoxhurst and 
Orlestone ; — Llanwddyn ; — Benhall;— Great and 
Little Glemham;— Oundle ;—Tolleshunt D’ Arcy ; 
— Hopton; — Batley-with-Capel ; — Kelsale-with- 
Carlton ;—Saxmundham ;— Otley ;—Hemingstone ; 
—and, Hasketon ; praying that the Oath of Abjura- 
tion (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund’s, pray- 
ing that the Parochial Assessments Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Denis O’ Connor, of Kingstown, in 
the county of Dublin, praying the House to rescind 
the vote for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-oflice, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Savings Bank for the town and neighbourhood of 
Faringdon, in the county of Berks, praying the House 
to refuse to pass the Savings Banks Bill, and also 
to appoint a Committee to inquire into the manage- 
ment of Savings Banks, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Di- 
rectors of the Friendly Institution for the county and 
city of Worcester, 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. 


-A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
—- of the borough of Stockport, praying that the 

moke Prohibition Bill may not oe into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metro- 
politan Sewers, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Victoria- 
street Sewer, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New Pa- 
lace at Westminster, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Manchester 
Bonding, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of May last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the County Rates Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be how read a second 
time ; ; | 

Vou. 105. 


26° Junie. 








407 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘* upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill for the further Extension of Sum- 
mary Jurisdiction, in Cases of Larceny ; 

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 { Sir John Pakington, lis 

Yeas, Mr. Bankes : ; : 

Tellers for the { Sir George Strickland, 25 

Noes, L Mr. Milnes: } Ke 

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 one of the Justices before whom 
any person shall be charged and proceeded against 
under this Act, or the hereinbefore-mentioned Acts, 
before such person shall be asked whether he or she 
has any cause to show why he or she should not be 
convicted, shall say to the person so charged these 
words, or words to the like effect: ‘“‘ We shall have 
to hear what you wish to say in answer to the 
charge against you; but if you wish the charge 
to be tried by a jury, you must object now to our 
deciding upon it at once ;” and if such person, or a 
parent, or the next friend of such person, shall then 
object, the Justices shall proceed with the charge 
as if the said Acts had not been passed) :—And tbe 
said Clause was brought up, and read a first and 
second time; and amended, by leaving out the words 
“ or the next friend.” 

And the said Clause, as amended, was read the 
third time ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Act not to extend to Scotland), 
was thrice read, and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Pakington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Bi!l be now read a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘l’o 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. 

Mr. Agh 

Tellers for the Yeas, {wr ro sy A } 103. 

f Mr. Christopher, 


Tellers for the Noes, \ Mr. Heathcote : f 84. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
302 Ordered, 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 








468 


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 17th day of July next. 


Accidents on 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Railways Bill. 


Reading of the Accidents 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. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 


“ec 


96°—-27° Junie. 


A. 1850. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported the Earl of Lincoln’s pee of 


h “ : coln’s 
Divorce Bill, with an Amendment, Divorce Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Keogh presented a Bill to give further Facili- Improvement 
ties to Town Commissioners for the Improvement of (jyejand) Bill 
Towns in Ireland: And the same was read the first" 7, 484 : 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon sieges 
Thursday the 4th day of July next; and to be 


printed. 
The Distress for Rent (Jreland) Bill was read Distress 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time {" Rent 
: ; (Ireland) Bill, 

upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. : 

No. 485. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken East of Fife 





The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {ar oe \ 53. 
Tellers for the Noes, {oar Chaplin: } 108. 


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, 


——— , . The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
pamcholders’ Reading of the Compound Householders Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Smoke Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


hibition Bill. Reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


before the Committee on the East of Fife Railway ®#way Bill 
Bill be laid before this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Engines for 
| posed, That the Select Committee on the Engines (inelee ne 
for taking Fish (Jre/and) Bill do consist of seven-‘*°"" sian 
teen Members ; 


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, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victories Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 





upon Wednesday the 17th day of July next. 


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. 


The Order for reading the third time, To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock, the Landlord and Tenant 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Landlord and 
Tenant Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to give further Facilities to Town Commissioners for 
the Improvement of Towns in Jreland: And that 
Mr. Keogh and Dr. Boyd do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Standing 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders ; 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resoived, That in the case of the Saint Tho- 
mas’s Hospital Estate Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Saint Thomas's 
Hospital 
Estate Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway. 


Cautley’s 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported Cautley’s Divorce 


Divorce Bill. i}}, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


East of Fife 


R. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Railway Bill, 


4 Committees of this House, presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the East of Fife Railway 
Bill. 

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


Sir Henry Willoughby reported the Belfast Im- Belfast 
provement Bill, with Amendments. tc 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~~ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dublin Drogheda . 
and Drogheda Railway Bill; and the same were etaes 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- Prussian 
thorize the Purchase, by the Prussian Minister, of serrata 
a Residence in England, for the Use of the Prus-" : 
sian Legation, and to regulate the future Holding of 
the same, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, * 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis 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 for extending and amending the Powers of Timber 
the Timber Preserving Company’s Acts, was read Company Bill. 
the third time. 

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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14 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Mary-le-bone and Finchley Turnpike roads Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bik. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Rochdale, through Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, 
and other Turnpike-roads Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Rochdale, 
through Bam- 
ford and Birtle, 
to Bury, and 
other Turn- 


~» pike-roadsBill. Qydered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Manchester 


hester The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bonding Bill. R 


eading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 
River Lee Mr. Mackenzie reported the River Zee Trust 
Trust Bill. = Bil], with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Friendly A Petition of Members of a Provident Association, 
Societies. called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, es- 
tablished 1812, assembled in Halifax, praying for 
amendment of the law relating to Friendly Socie- 
ties, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Friendly A Petition of Members of the Victoria and Al- 


Societies Bill. bert Lodge, Blackburn, praying that the Friendly 
Societies 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 Trustees, Treasurer, two Stewards 
and Members of the Abbott’s Ann Provident So- 
ciety, praying that the said Bill may pass into a 
law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Home-made A Petition of Farmers, Merchants and others in 

Spirits in Alloa, and the neighbourhoed, praying that the 

Sond Bill. —_ Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Marriages Petitions of Thomas Green and others ;—Jane 

nl, 


Richardson and others ;—Joseph Edgar and others ; 
—William Atherail and others ;— Robert Amery 
and others; — Martha Treverton and others ; — 
H. J. Burgess and others ;—Charles Butler and 
others ;--- Richard Mules and others ; — William 
Randolph Goodwin and others ;— James Harris 
and others; — J. Green and others; — Sydney 
Spencer and others ;—James Thompson and others ; 
-—George Bates and others;—John Harris Ford 
and others ;— Ellen Carter and others ;—Arthur 
Pegler and others ;—Henry Morgan and others ; 
— John Mitchell and others ; — William Hall 
and others; — John Lewis Gay and others ;— 
Charles F. Wilkinson and others ;—John Probert 
and others; —William Thornhill and others ; — 
Frederick Lewis and others ;— James Fuller and 
others ;— Thomas Keef and others ;—Henry Freed 
and others ;—Emma Worth and others ;—J. Raby 
and others ;— W. Foster and others ;— Robert Russell 
and others ;—James Hornbull and others ;—James 
Weir and others ; —Rosina Johnson and others ;— 
Mary Graham and others ;— William Casull and 
others ;—James Watts and others ;—John Jones 
and others;—Henry Townsend and others ;—Mor- 
gan O'Connell and others; —H. 7. Flecher and 
others ;—Susan Green and others ;—A. Kinder and 
others ;—Samuel G. Jones and others ; —Charles 
Ballard and others ;— William Marns and others ; 
—W. Robson and others ;—Maria Thompson and 
others ;—James Wilkinson and others ; — William 
Dalby and others ;—George Wallis and others ;— 
Robert Tyler and others;—Edward Thompson and 
others ;— Charles Gyde and others ;—Samuel Emery 
and others ;—and, Henry James and others; pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,— 
Vou. 105. 





27° Junie. 





469 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Fellows of the, Medical 
King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Zreland Officers 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving “**%) 
the position of the Assistant Surgeons in the Royal 
Navy, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Sainé Ministers’ 
Audeon, in the city of Dublin, praying for the Money (Ire- 
abolition of Ministers’ Money in freland, was pre- ant) 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


i Petitions from Culmstock ; — Netherexe ei one a 
dith ;—Almeley;— Cusop ;— Whepstead ;— Fryer - surat 
ning ;— Senden aay aa Asheldham sl wl ee 
ton ;—Little Carlton and Castle Carlton ;—Cais- 

tor ;—Louth ;— Hogsthorpe ; — Winterton ;— Ruck- 

land and Farforth ;—Partney ;—Gcltho-cum-Bul- 

lington ;— Dunholme ; — Killesher ;— Eckhington ;— 

Winster ;—Pinxton ;— Castle Eden ;— Bishop Mid- 

dleham ;— Ninfield ;— Kingston (Somerset) ; —North 
Perrott;—Scarborough;—South Perrott ;—Othery; 

— West Quantocks-Head ;— Milion Bryant ; — 

— Camerton ;— Bechington ;— Stowell ;—District of 
Llanllweh ;— Evington ; — Horninghold ; — Snare- 

stone ;— Gilooston ; — Swepstone ; —Heather ;— Or- 
ton-on-the- Hill ;— Hinckley ;— Calthorpe ;—Stoney 

Stanton; — Hurley; — Tunstead-in- Whalley ; — 

Lewes ;— Cleeve Prior ;— Woburn ;— Wilcot ;—and, 
Breamore; praying that the Oath of Abjuration 

(Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

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








Petitions from Leith Chamber of Commerce ;— Post-office. 
Exmouth ;—and, Arundel; praying the House to 
refuse to sanction the abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office.—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Richard Dover, of New-street, Public Health. 
Spring Gardens, London, stating that he has plans 
or systems of operations for promoting the Public 
Health by the purification of the waters used daily 
in London, whether supplied from the Thames or 
other rivers and streams, and by preserving the 
residuum of the sewage for agricultural purposes, 
which, if made a Government measure, will secure 
to Her Majesty’s Government a revenue of not less 
than 50,000,000/. sterling per annum; and pray- 
ing for protection in developing such plans, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Sa- Savings 
vings Bank established at Hinckley, praying that Banks Bill. 
the Savings Banks 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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Pa- School 
| rochial Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of Caithness, yo 
‘praying that the School Establishment (Scotland) — 
| Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
me and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


| A Petition of Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, Henry Need- 
| of Elm Lodge, Gosport, in the county of Hants, ae 
| : : , ; pnel. 
| Esquire, stating that he is the eldest son and heir- 
| at-law of the late General Shrapnel, of the Royal 
| Artillery, the Inventor of the celebrated Shrapnel 
Shell or Spherical Case Shot; also stating the 
immense advantage which such invention gave to 
this country in all the wars in which it was intro- 
duced ; complaining that his father never received 
any public reward or acknowledgment, and that 
his claims upon the East India Company have never 
been satisfied, and that he suffered numerous 
303 wrongs 








Spirite. 


Portland 
Harbour and 
Breakwater 
Bill, 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Westminster 
Abbey and 
Saint Paul's. 


English 
and Irish 
Universities. 


470 


wrongs in connexion with those and other claims; 
and praying the House to do justice to the memory 
and services of the late General Shrapnel, by taking 
the case of the Petitioner into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Ardee ;— Enniskillen ;—County of 
Forfar ;—and, Mallow ; praying the House to place 
Home-made Spirits in Bond on the same footing as 
Foreign and Colonial Spirits,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time the Port- 
land Harbour end Breakwater Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Monday next. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Inspectors of 
Milbank Prison, made in pursuance of the Act 
6 and 7 Vic. c. 26, s. 11, specifying the state of 
the Buildings, the behaviour and conduct of the Offi- 
cers of the Prison and of the Convicts and the Ex- 
pense of such Prison, and such other matters re- 
lating to the Discipline and Management of such 
Prison, as they shall deem expedient, or as the Se- 
cretary of State shall direct, during the year 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of 
May last, for a Return of the Annual Amount of 
Money taken at Westminster Abbey and Saint 
Paul's, tor admission, during the years 1845, 1846, 
1847, 1848, and 1849, distinguishing each year and 
month, and of the Appropriation of such Money ; 
with a Return of the Sum or Sums charged at pre- 
sent fur admitting individuals to see the Public 
Monuments in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul’s 
(in continuation of Returns, ordered to be printed 
25th July 1845). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 23d day of April last, That all systems of 
academical Education require from time to time 
some modification, from the change of external cir- 
cumstances, the progress of opinion, and the intel- 
lectual improvement of the people; That in the 
ancient English and Irish Universities, and in the 
Colleges connected with them, the interests of re- 
ligious and useful learning have not advanced to an 
extent commensurate with the great resources and 
high positiou of those bodies; that collegiate sta- 
tutes of the fifteenth century occasionally prohibit 
the local authorities from introducing any alterations 
into voluminous codes, of which a large portion are 
now obsolete ; that better laws are needed to regu- 
late the ceremony of matriculation and the granting 
of degrees; to diminish the exclusiveness of the 
University Libraries ; to provide for a fairer distri- 
bution of the rewards of scientific and literary 
merit; to extend the permission of marriage to 
tutors of colleges ; and to facilitate the registration 
of electors for the Universities; that additional 
checks might be considered with reference to the 
continued extravagance of individual students ; and 
that the mode of tenure of college property ought 
to be ameliorated, particularly in Jreland; That as 
itis Her Majesty’s right and prerogative to name 
Visitors and Commissioners to inquire into the 
ancient Universities and Colleges of England and 
Ireland, an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to issue Her Royal Commission of Inquiry 
into the state of the Universities and Colleges of 


97° Junii. 











A. 1850. 


Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, with a view to 
assist in the adaptation of those important institu- 
tions to the requirements of modern times ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 18th day of July next. 


. The Order of the day being read, for the Second = —| 
. : cad deo @ 
Bale of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) Towne) Ba. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) and Tenant 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 8th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tenant-right 
Reading of the Tenant Right (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill; — Seamen’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon *"¢ Bill 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Charitable 
consideration the Charitable Trusts Bill, as amended Trusts Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Railways 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill ; lcamaaaaas 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Securities for 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Zreland) Advances 
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- Highways 
mittee on the Highways 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- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill; yw wo Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ seas 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 

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


read, for the Third Convict _ 
Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Cruelty to 
Reading of the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) ae 
Bill ; Bill 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Foreign 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Policy. 
upon Monday last, That the principles on which 
the Foreign Policy of Her Majesty’s Government 
has been regulated have been such as were calcu- 
lated to maintain the honour and dignity of this 
country, and, in times of unexampled difficulty, to 
preserve peace between England and the various 
nations of the world ; 

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

A Message 




















Message from 
the Lords. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
Bill. 


Montrose 
Harbour Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway 
(Capital) Bill. 





Norwich 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeal 
Act Com- 
mencement 
Bill. 


Sheriff of 
Westmoreland 
Appointment 
Bill. 





Ashby’s 
‘ Divorce Bill. 


Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Forcign 
Policy. 





Borough 
Bridges Bill. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeai 
Act Com- 
mencement 
Bill. 

No, 486. 


Sheriff of 
Westmoreland 
Appointment 
Bill. 


No. 487. 








14 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to render more simple 
and effectual the Titles by which Congregations or 
Societies for Purposes of Religious Worship or 
Education in England and Ireland, hold Property 
for such Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Act re- 
lating to the Harbour of Montrose, and to enable 
the Trustees to borrow a further Sum of Money: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to grant further Powers 
to the South Wales Railway Company, with re- 
ference to the Creation of Shares, and for the Regu- 
lation of their Capital, and for other Purposes : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for supplying the City of Morwich and the 
Neighbourhood thereof with Water, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to provide for the Commencement of an Act of the 
present Session, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act 
of the sixth year of King George the Fourth, for 
encouraging the Capture or Destruction of Pirati- 
cal Ships and Vessels, and to make other Provisions 
in lieu thereof, to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to provide for the Appointment of Sheriff of the 
County of Westmoreland, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Edward 
Quenby Ashby with Elizabeth Sophia, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes, to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Chippindall 
with Mary Anne Chippindall, 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 Messenger withdrew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That 
the principles on which the Foreign Policy of Her 
Majesty’s Government has been regulated have 
been such as were calculated to maintain the honour 
and dignity of this country, and, in times of un- 
exampled difficulty, to preserve peace between Eng- 
land and the various nations of the world :—The 
House resumed the said Debate. 


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


Veneris, 28° die Junii, 1850: 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Bridges Bill ; 

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


The Pirates’ Head-Money Repeal Act Commence- 
ment Bill was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


The Sheriff of Westmoreland Appointment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day ; and to be printed. 


VoL. 105. 


27° —28° Juniz. 


471 


Chippindall’s Divorce Bill was read the first Chippindall’s 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


A Petition of William Chippindall, of Oxford- Chippindall’s 
street, in the parish of Saint George Bloomsbury, in Divorce Bill. 
the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, one of the 
Attornies of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench 
at Westminster ; taking notice of the Bill to dissolve 
the Marriage of William Chippindall with Mary 
Anne Chippindall his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes; stating 
that he is unable, by reason of his poverty, to 
further prosecute his said Bill, unless he is ordered 
by the House to be permitted to do so in forma 
pauperis; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to order him to be admitted to prosecute 
his said Bill in the House in formé pauperis, as 
desired. 

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


Ashby’s Divorce’ Bill was read the first time; Ashby’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatic 
Returns showing the Number and Situation of the Asylums 
Lunatic Asylums now building, or about to be built, Geman.) 
in Jreland, by the Board of Public Works, under 
the directions of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland :— 
| Showing the Counties or Parts of Counties which 
are intended to be the Districts to be attached to 
each Asylum :—Of the Valuation of each District 
so formed, according to the General Survey and 
Valuation of Ireland :—Of the estimated Cost of 
each Lunatic Asylum, distinguishing the Cost of 
the Excavations, Inclosures, Buildings, Internal 
Fittings and Furniture, the Total estimated Cost, 
and the Name of the Architect:—Of the Actual 
Cost and Terms of each Contract, if any ; showing 
the Cost of the Land for the Site of each Asylum, 
the Cost of Excavations, Inclosures, the Cut Stone 
in each Building, the Building, the Internal Fittings 
and Furniture, and the Total Cost of each Asylum: 
—And, showing from what sources the Payment 
of such Costs is to be defrayed, and the Per-centage 
upon the Valuation of the Locality for any portion 
of such Costs, if any, intended to be charged upon 
the District. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Metropolitan 
Return from the Clerk of the Finance Committee, Sewers 
from Documents in his possession, and from Assist- —— 
ant Surveyor Lovick’s Account Book of the Flush- visions.) 
ing Work done in the Surrey and Kent Divisions 
of Metropolitan Sewers, during the Thirty-one Con- 
secutive Weeks ending the 31st day of July 1849, 
of the Number of Yards Lineal of Sewer flushed 
out, and to show the Cost per Mile for such Flush- 
ing Operations, distinguishing those Sewers that 
cost in the said Thirty-one Weeks more than £.110 
per Mile, those that cost more than £.100 per Mile, 
and so on; those above £.90, £.80, £.70, £.60, 
£.50, £.40, £.30 and £.20 per Mile. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Court of 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of on 
: ee ? reland) 
making Provision for the Compensations and Al- fcompensa- 
lowances which may be granted in pursuance of tions and 
any Act of the present Session for the Transfer of Allowances. | 
the Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Exche- 
| quer to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and of 
| charging Stamp Duties in lieu of the Fees now 
| receivable on the Equity Side of the said Court of 
| Exchequer in respect to Revenue Business ; 
| Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
'quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
| been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 
304 Resolved, 











472 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


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, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine 1850. 


| 
PRAYERS. 


27°—28° Juniz. 


A. 1850. 


A Bill to enable the Hartlepool West Harbour Hartlepool 
and Dock Company to alter and improve their pote ee me 
Harbour and construct additional Works, and for seen 
— Act passed in the tenth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, called the Hartlepool 
West Harbour and Dock Act, 1847, was read the 
third time. 

A Clause (Company not to construct the slipway 
shown on the Plan), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Company to remove and recon- 
struct the south pier, as shown on the Plan, within 
two years), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 


Public Me: Thornely reported from the Select Com-|; Another Clause (Admiralty may require a local 
Crifty- fifth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had | survey of the works at the expense of the Company), 
Report.) examined the Petitions a upon the 25th, was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
26th and 27th days of this instant June; and had; Another Clause (If works abandoned, or allowed 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the to fall into decay, Admiralty may remove them at 
House. . _the charge of the Company), was thrice read; and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | added to the Bill. 
aud be printed. Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | th —e — sg do carry the Bill to 
Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; a ee ae 
which were read, as follow ; The House proceeded to take into consideration Cathrow’s 
— — 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Londonand Cathrow’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill 
Railway (Revi- Blackwall Railway (Revival of certain Powers), mittee ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 


val of certain Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, 
Powers) Bill. &amp;c., the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 


Saint Patrick’s 9, Resolved, That in the case of the Saint Patrick's 


(Dublin) Bill Cathedral, Dublin, Petition for leave to deposit a 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to ' amended in the @ommittee. 
be dispensed with ; ‘That the Parties be permitted to | 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 
The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
| mittee. 
Pontypridd The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
era a and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ponty-| 


pany Bill. 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 








to. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 


the Glasgow Markets and Slaughter-houses Bill, as Markets and 
Slaughter- 
houses Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Manchester, 

into consideration the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- a 

colnshire Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- ielteer Bill. 
A Clause (Nothing in Act to authorize Company 

to borrow more than one-third of their Capital), was 


pridd Gas Light and Coke Company Bill; and the | twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Lord James Stuart do carry the | 


{ 


Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Manchester 


Reading of the Manchester Bonding Bill ; Bonding Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday the 8th day of July next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- xast of Fife 
posed, That the Bill for the Dissolution of the East Railway Bill 
of Fife Railway Company, and for the Abandon- 
ment of the Railway, be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 


i now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 


Victoria The House proceeded to take into consideration 
erg the Amendments made by the Lords to the Victoria | 
: (London) Dock Bill; and the same were twice | 

read, and 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. 

York, New- The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
castle and | 


Berwick Rail. “™endments made by the Lords to the York, New- 
rwick Rail- ; . 
way (Arrange. castle and Berwick Railway (Arrangements as to 
mentsasto Payment for the Purchase of the Great North of 
Payment for England Railway, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were 
the Purchase J Se é . 
ofthe Great twice read,and, with Amendments to several of them, 
North of Evg- agreed to. 
— Ra*y&gt; 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, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 

| 

A Bill for constructing a Bridge across the River. 
Clyde, opposite to South Portland-street, Lauries: | 
ton, Glasgow, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Bridge across 
the River 
Clyde, opposite 
to South Port- 
land-street, 
Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill. 


words ‘ upon Friday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Gente :—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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Colonel Estcourt reported the River Dee Con- River Dee 


servancy and Improvement (re-committed ) Bill, with pacar 
other Amendments. ment Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Ashby’s a 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to Pivoree ® 
this ” eel a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before their Lordships in the case of Ashby’s 

Divorce 

















Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle 
Railway Bill 
(1845). 


Depopulation 
(Ireland.) 





14 Vicrortis. 28° Junii. 473 


Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do carry | estate and of all persons interested therein, the 
the said Message. | houses on the lands that had been demolished or 
decayed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
A Petition of Thomas Wylie Webster, of Great | lie upon the Table. 
George-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agent, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That an 
action of damages is now pending in the Court of 
Session in Scotland, at the instance of John Wilson, 
Esquire, of Dundyvan, against the Glasgow, Dum- | 


A Petition of Thomas Shepherd, of Gower-place, Education Bill. 
and others, praying that the Education Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





fries and Carlisle Railway Company; that on the) A Petition of Inhabitants of Knightsbridge and Exhibition 


4th day of June instant, the Lord Ordinary in the | Kensington Gore, praying the House to urge on the o 1851. 
said cause granted diligence against havers at the | Royal Commissioners the imperative necessity of 

instance of both or either of the parties for the re- | changing the proposed site for the building for the 

covery of the documents mentioned in the specifi- Exhibition of 1851, from the south side of Hyde 

cation, No. 256, of process, which specification in- | Park to some other locality, was presented, and 

cluded, inter alia, the following writings: thatis to | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

say, first, the Bill introduced into Parliament in | w ur ” 

1845, for the then proposed line from Kilmarnock | Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at ene _ 
to Carlisle, to be called the Glasgow, Dumfries and | Halifax ;—Liverpool;—South Portland ;—Monk- tes S- 
Carlisle Railway, and all advertisements, notices | ton Wyld ;— Wareham ;— Swanage ;—and, Llanelly ; 

and plans, given or made with reference thereto, | praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not 

also the Parliamentary and subscription contracts | Pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 

and subscribers’ agreements, in reference to the said | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Bill, and all correspondence, documents and papers, | 
showing or tending to show who the parties were | 
who promoted or were concerned in the said then | 
proposed undertaking, and the nature, objects, scope 
or limits thereof; second, inter alia, the Parlia- 
mentary and other proceedings, whether in the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill or otherwise, in reference 
thereto, and all correspondence, papers and docu- 
ments, showing or tending to show the nature and 
issue of their proposed undertaking ; and granted 
commission to allow Maconochie, Advocate, to 
take the examination of the havers, to be reported , borough of Oldham, praying that that borough may 

within fourteen days, with certification; that further , be exempted from the operation of the said Bill, 

on the 19th day of June instant, the said Lord Ordi- | 11. alco presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

nary prorogated the time for reporting the diligence | upon the Table : = 

and commission to be reported within fourteen | ; 

days therefrom, with certification, and extended! A Petition of Inhabitants of Maybole, praying Marriages 
the commission to Alexander McNeil, Advocate, | that the Marriages Bill may not pass into a law, was Bill 
whom failing, to Thomas Ivory, Barrister at Law, | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
London, to examine such of the havers as may | Table. 


be in London; that certain of the said writings | a , 
. . . . . . 5 | o a : _—— i ri 
contained in the said specification, in so far as before | Petitions from Burston;—Caterham ; —District Oath of 


set forth, are believed to be in the custody and con- | of Netherton Pd illerton ; —Napton ; —Cambroke (Jews) Bill 
trol of the House, and are of importance to the | and Compton Verney ;— Hampton Lucy ;—Milden- 

interests of the said Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle | ae = oe Great = ae igs 0 
Railway Company, the defenders in the said action ; | “eo ng: shan id a Po pops ee — 
that the Petitioner is the agent of the said Glasgow, | ~~ ea ve h 7 Key — _Hi oe ah ~—_ ; 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company; and | 5," 9 Tort “ on Vii: a th a 
praying that leave may be given to the proper Of | 7UC™e1g™ +— a Sea N, A Ha portend. cll 
ficer of the House to attend before the Commissioner | — iaies (onan - non ; "Caees one 
in the said cause in London, appointed by and acting | ~~ a, “sears (Ouhud), 7 has a ; 
under the interlocutor of the said Lord Ordinary of | well;—Cazton;— Milton ( Cambridge);--Chichester 


the 19th instant, and to bring with him and produce ' . - 
to the said Commissioner the said several aliens ee ae ord pe Penge ary ; 
or such of them as may be in the custody or control | pullin = Etworthy; - Yeovil: Beer "ct oa 
&lt;3 a es b Bate Sty ~FU~ 
oars. _combe ;— Barwick ; —- Brushford ; — Pendomer ; — 
| Monksilver ; —Rumney ; — Peterstone Wentloog ;— 
| Wilerick ; — Chaddesden ; —- Mugginton ; — Church 
| Broughton and Scropton;—-.Poole- Keynes ;--Deanery 
Clonoul 2 iaaten, to ieee of Cricklade;— Hexham ;—Witherslack ;—Latham; 
onoulty an ogher, in the county of Tipperary, — Weyhill ;— Worting ;— Wootton (two Petitions) ; 
stating that the wholesale eviction, clearance or ex- | —King liad « xan Nattien anielaiaiae (Buckingham) the 
termination system is being now, and has been | Srenaiaes Cley-next-the-Sea 4; shi Uiterby i aa 

? wines = ? 


actively carried on for several years in various dis- | Heyford ; —Niton and Whitwell ; —Helpringham ; 
: a: hs + ? fe) ? 


tricts of Zreland; and praying the House to have | jj7534 Parley ;--Worcester ;--Kettering ;-- Raunds; 
re-enacted and applied to Jreland, in aid of the | __ Easton-on-the-Hill ; — Norbury ; — Thornton-in- 


common law, such provisions of the Acts 2 and 3 | thee Moors ;— Radipole;—Spring and Chithurst ;— 


Philip and Mary, c. 2, 5; Elizabeth c. 1 and 39 ; | and, Clitheroe; praying that the Oath of Abjura- 


. ? 
: 2 ik 

and Elizabeth c. 1 and 2, as would be most likely tion (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Petitions from Leith ;—and, Youghal; praying Home-made 
that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill may pass Spirits in 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered Bod Bill. 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the Incorporation 
newly-incorporated borough of Oldham, praying of Boroughs 
that the Incorporation of Boroughs Confirmation (x05) Bill. 
(No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the 








Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- 
cer to attend accordingly. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of 





to repress summarily the crime of Depopulation, as 
well as inflict chastisement for its past perpetration, | Tabl 
and especially those portions of said Acts by which punts 
provision was made for appointing Commissioners _ Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Midhurst; pray- Post-ofiice. 
with full powers to ascertain where Depopulations | ing the House to rescind the resolution respecting 
had been effected, to reset in moderate sized farms | the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
and at fair reasonable rents the lands that had been | were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
we Ig and haye rebuilt, at the expense of the | the Table. 

OL, 105. 











3P A Petition 


| 
| 
- 





Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Dovor 
Harbour. 


No. 488, 
Battersea Park 


and Chelsea 
Bridge. 


Adjournment. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


Factories. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Gloucester, &amp;c. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts 
( Ireland.) 


474 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the vy | of Glasgow, praying for amend- 
ment of the Poor Law in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank at the city of Win- 
chester, praying that the Savings Banks Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings 
Banks at Gravesend (Chairman and Secretary) ;— 
and, Carlisle (Chairman) ; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law; but that a Select Com- 
mittee of the House may be appointed to inquire into 
the management of Savings Banks,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Members of Saint Martin’s Friendly 
Society, established at Hanley, in the parish of 
Stoke-upon- Trent and county of Stafford, in the year 
1819, 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. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dovor Har- 
bour, which was laid upon the Table on Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, 'That'there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Monies which Her Majesty's Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests have power to raise 
under any Act of Parliament, for the formation of 
Battersea Park, stating the Amounts which have 
been raised, the Amounts which have been expended, 
and the Purposes to which such Sums have been 
applied :—And, similar Return respecting the Build- 
ing of Chelsea Bridge. 


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


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Further Papers relative to the Establish- 
ment of a Representative Assembly at the Cape of 
Good Hope (in continuation of Papers presented to 
Parliament 5th February 1850). 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copies of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, for the half-year 
ending 30th April 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of May 
last, for Copies of all Applications from the Dean 
and Chapter of Gloucester, Rochester, Worcester, 
Canterbury, Norwich, Winchester, Peterborough, 
Exeter and Southwell, for Aid in the Performance 
of the additional Duties cast upon them by the 
Suspension of Canonries in their several Chapters ; 
stating, in each case, the Number of Canonries 
existing at the Date of the Application, the Duties 
attached to them, the Amount granted in reply to 
each, and the Names of the Parties by whom the 
additional Duties were performed, and the Sum 
paid to each. 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Name of every Person holding 
Office in each Ecclesiastical Court in Jreland, and of 
the Style and Duties of such Office, and a Description 
of the Tenure of the same ; and in case any Office 
therein shall be performed by deputy, the Place of 
Residence of the principal Holder, and the nature 
of the Arrangement entered into with the Principal, 
by the Deputy performing the Duties of such Office : 
—Of the Scale of Fees demanded in respect of the 
proving of Wills, or of the grantiag of Letters of 
Administration, whether in common or solemn form, 
er in any contested Suit relating thereto, distin- | 


QR” Junie. 





A. 1850. 


guishing the Offices in the Court in respect of which 
same shall be demanded, and the Amount of such 
Fees received in each of the Three years ending the 
Ist day of April 1850, and of the Application of 
the same OF the Names of all contested Suits 
depending in the Court of Prerogative in Lreland, 
and in the Consistorial Court of Dublin, on the 
20th day of April 1850, or at any time within One 
year previous to that Date, and of the Date of the 
first Proceeding taken in such Suits respectively, 
and of the Number of Court or Office Rules entered 
therein :—Of the Number of Proctors practising in 
each Ecclesiastical Court in Jreland, and of the 
Scale of Fees allowed on Taxation to such Proctors 
in relation to any Business transacted by them ; and 
a Copy of any Order authorizing the demanding or 
allowance of such Fees:—And, of the Number of 
Bills of Costs taxed in the Court of Prerogative 
and High Court of Delegates in Zreland, and in the 
Consistorial Court of Dudlin, in each of the Three 
years ending the 20th day of April 1850, and the 
Names of the Causes respectively in which same 
were taxed ; and a Return of the Amount demanded 
at Foot of each Bill of Costs, and of the Amount 
disallowed by the Officer on such Taxation, and of 
the Name of the Officer taxing same. 

. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
‘able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill ; Commission 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 2! 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices’ 
consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incorporation 
mittee on the Incorporation of Boroughs Confirma- of Boroughs 
. “agg a - Confirmation 
tion (No. 2.) Bill &gt; (No. 2) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Population 
mittee on the Population 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 Railway Anlit 
Reading of the Railway Audit (No. 2.) Bill; (Wo. 3.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice ped fe 
Improvement Bill ; Improvement 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill.” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; a ) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trustee Bill. 
mittee on the Trustee 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- Population * 
mittee on the Population (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bs 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the Com- Court of 


The Order of the da - Exchequer 
xchequer (Jreland) Bill ; (ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Court of 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
The 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





a 

















Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Foreign 
Policy. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeal 
Act Com- 
mencement 
Bill. 


Sheriff of 
Westmoreland 
Appointment 
Bill 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) 
[Compensa- 
tions and 
Allowances. ] 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


14 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. 


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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Monday last, That the principles on which the 
Foreign Policy of Her Majesty’s Government has 
been regulated have been such as were calculated to 
maintain the honour and dignity of this country, 
and, in times of unexampled difficulty, to preserve 
peace between England and the various nations of 
the world ; 

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, 29° die Junii, 1850: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


il 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Mtr F a-aay Hill, \319, 
Tellers for the Noes, iu. pote ~ . }264. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Pirates’ Head Money Repeal Act 
Commencement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sheriff of Westmoreland Appoint- 
ment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of making 
Provision for the Compensations and Allowances 
which may be granted in pursuance of any Act of 
the present Session for the Transfer of the Equitable 
Jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer to the Court 
of Chancery in Jreland, and of charging Stamp Du- 
ties in lieu of the Fees now receivable on the Equity 
Side of the said Court of Exchequer in respect to 
Revenue Business ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Money expended for In- 
maintenance and Out-door Relief, in the several 
Unions in Jreland, arranged by Counties, during the 
half-years ended the 31st day of March 1849, and 
the 30th day of March 1850, respectively; spe- 
cifying the Amount and Rate per cent. of Increase 
or Decrease in the latter Period, as compared with 
the former. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

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


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


VoL. 105, 


28°—29° Juniz.—1° Julze. 





475 


Lune, 1° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoriz Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Lethbridge, from the Commissioners of Greenwich 
Greenwich Hospital, was called in; and at Hospital. 
the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 
3d day of June last, for Accounts of the Govern- 
ment Establishment of the Royal Hospital for Sea- 
men at Greenwich, in the year 1849, stating the 
several Officers in the Military Department and in 
the Civil Branch ; the Number of Pensioners, and 
Establishment ; the Number of Superannuated Offi- 
cers, and the Total Expense in the year :—And, of 
the Monies expended upon repairing and extending 
Farm-houses, &amp;c., in that year, exhibiting the same 
kind of Account, in detail, for 1849, as the Return 
No. 112, of Session 1840 exhibited for the year 
1839 :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Bernal reported Sir Peter Hesketh Fleet- sir Peter 
wood’s Estate Bill, with Amendments. Hesketh Fleet- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. = Siete 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 28th day 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norwich 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Norwich Waterworks 
Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read,~ 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Marquis of Douro do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Bill to enable the Commissioners for improving Cork Docks 
and preserving the Port, Harbour and River of and Harbour 
Cork, to construct Docks and other Works, and to — _lcczae 
make a Deviation in the Line of the Cork, Black- ~ 
rock and Passage Railway, and to enable the Cork 
and Bandon Railway Company to make an Exten- 
sion of their present Line of Railway, was read the 
third time. 

A Clause (Commissioners under 1 Geo. 4, c. 52, 
to be Commissioners under this Act), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Incorporation of Part of Har- 
bours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Repealing Provisions of former 
Act enabling Commissioners to make Bye-laws), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deviation Line, when demised, 
to be subject to the Provisions of Cork, Blackrock 
and Passage Railway Act), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Commissioners for 
improving and preserving the Port, Harbour and 
River of Cork, to construct Docks and other Works, 
to amend their existing Act, and to make a Devia- 
tion in the Line of the Cork, Blackrock and Passage 
Railway, and to enable the Cork and Bandon Rail- 
way Company to make an Extension of their pre- 
sent Line of Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Fagan do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill for continuing the Term of an Act passed Mary-le-bone 

in the seventh year of the reign of bis Majesty snd Finchley 

King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for ;o94s Bill 
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476 
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 providing for the future Management 
thereot, 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. 


Rochdale, A Bill for more etiectually repairing and improv- 
through Bam- jing the Road from Rochdale, through Bamford and 
~ Birtle, to Bury, and several other Roads therein 
other Turn- mentioned, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
pike-roads = was read the third time; and an Amendment was 
a. 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. 


Birkenhead Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees 
— Trustees Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
= House, for To-morrow. 


Birmingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Pershore- the Birmingham and Pershore Road Bill, as 
road Bill. amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bil! be read the third time. 


Brigstocke’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(or Player's) Brigstocke’s (or Player's) Estate Bill, as amended 
Estate Bill. . “ : 
in the Committee ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cautley’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Divorce Bill. Cgutley’s Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Earl of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lincoln’s the Earl of Lincoln's Divorce Bill, as amended in 


Divorce Bill. . 3 
“oe” the Committee; and the Amendment was read, and 
agreed to, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Earl of The Earl of Shrewsbury’s and Grace's Trustees 


eigen Estate Bill was read a second time; and com- 
and Grace’s . 
Trestecs mitted, 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


SaintAndrew’s The Saint Andrew's and Quebec Railroad Bill 

and Quebec was read a second time; and committed. 

Railroad Bill. Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Saint Thomas’ The Saint Thomas’ Hospital Estate Bill was read 

Hospital a second time ; and committed. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection.’ 


Westminster The /Vestminster Temporary Bridge Bil! was read 
Temporary a second time. ; 
Bridge Sin. And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ to a Select Committee.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby : 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the {Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \.,.. 
Yeas, \Mr. Greene: . f 138. 
‘Tellers for the {Sir Charles Burrell, 1 


Noes, LLord Robert Grosvenor: J 1°: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 


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A, 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Wolverhampton Improvement Act Amend- wolverhamp- 
ment Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ton Improve- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ment Act 
; : Amendment 

mittee of Selection. Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Portland 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Harbour and 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Portland -" oateaaad 
Harbour and Breakwater Bill, the Standing Orders ~~ 
have been complied with. 


Mr. Lubouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s ‘Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
gation, Month ended 5th June185v,and Five months 
ended 5th June 1850. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Chippindall’s 
to request that their Lordships will communicate Divorce Bill. 
to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before their Lordships inthe case of 
Chippindall’s Divorce Bill: And that Sir De Lacy 


Evans do carry the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An prainage and 
Act to authorize further Advances of Money for Improvement 
Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Property ar 
in the United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to such Advances, 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 worth siag- 
Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of Lands fordshire Rail- 
required for certain Branches of the North Stafford- W°y —. 
shire Railway, to Newcastle-under- Lyme, Silverdale for Purchase 
and the Apedale Iron Works, with Amendments ; of Lands, &amp;c.) 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- ”* 





/rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London (City) 
Act tor making a new Street from the West Side Improvements 
of Queen-street to the South Side of Saint Paul's Bi 
Churchyard, in continuation of the new Street from 
Cannon-street to the East Side of Queen-street, and 
for effecting other Improvements in the City of 

London, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act paptic-houses 
for the better Regulation of Public-houses in Scot- (Scotland) 
land; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Landlord 
to amend and improve the Relations of Landlord and #74 Tenant 
° : : : (Ireland) 

Tenant in Jreland; to which the Lords desire the (No, 2.) Bill. 
‘concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act —— +&gt; 
to continue an Act of the eleventh year of the (Irelasd) 
Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act Continuance 
for the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in Bill. 

certain Parts of Zreland, until the First day of De- 
cember One thousand eight hundred and Forty-nine, 
and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment ;’’ to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 7 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bishop — 
for better constituting the District Church of Saint = 
Michael, Chester-square, in the County of Middle- @yurch, Ches- 
sex ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of ter. equa) 

‘this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. **t*t¢ *™ 





| The Bishop of Zondon’s (Saint Michael's Church, Bishop tia 
| Chester-square) Estate Bill was rea: the first time. natch oy 

| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- Ghurch, Ches- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. ter-square) 

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Trafalgar- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

square Wells. Returns, as far as they can be furnished by the 
Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Works, &amp;c., of 
the Cost of constructing the Wells behind Trafal- 
gar-square, and of erecting the Buildings, Engines, 
Mains, Pipes, and Works connected therewith :— 
Of the Annual Expense in maintaining and working 
the same :—And, of the Establishments, Houses, 
Reservoirs, &amp;c., supplied with Water therefrom, the 
Amount paid for the Water so supplied, and the 
Amount paid by such Buildings, Establishments, 
Reservoirs, &amp;c., before they were so supplied. 


Court of Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Court 
Prerogative of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill have power to report 
(Ireland) Bill. +4 Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
No, 490. Mr. Keogh reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; and to whom several Petitions were referred ; 
That they had considered the Bill to them referred ; 
and had taken Evidence thereupon; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 
which they had directed him to report 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Court of Petitions from Oldham ;— Warrington ; —Saint 
(County Pala Helen’s ;—Lancaster ; —Preston ; — Blackburn ;— 
tine of Lan- -Burnley;—and, Colne; praying that the Court of 


caster) Bill. Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Noble Grand, Vice Grand and 
Secretary of the Cork Munster Lodge of the Inde- 
endent Order of Odd Fellows, praying that the 
Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Home-made Petitions from the County of Forfar ;— Glasgow ; 
ee pal — Edinburgh ;—and, Wigtown and Newton Stewart ; 
‘praying that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Lord Lieu- Petitions of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

yr ‘ gesses of Dublin ;—and, M ayor, Aldermen and 

(Ireland) pin, Burgesses of Drogheda ; praying that the Lord 
Lieutenancy Abolition (Zreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,— were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Marriages Bill. Petitions of W. S. Whelpdale and others ;— 
Edward Benton and others ;— William Barron and 
others ;—E. Scholfield and others ;—-Ann Gilasson 
and others; —Abraham Messent and others ; — 
Daniel Manger and others;—Mrs. Mary Osborn 
and others; —Anthony Bale and others; —and, 
William Field and others; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Oath of Petitions from Wimborne ;—Newton Abbot ;— 

Gers) Bill Pinhoe ; —Paignton ; — Honiton ; —- Brixham ; — 


Marldon ;— King Cross (Yorkshire) ;—Odd Rode ; 
— Burrow-on-the- Hill : — Whatlington ; — Mount- 
field; — Hampstead ;— Downton ;—Charlton( Wilts); 
—Amesbury ;— Whalley; — East Teignmouth ;— 
Aspley Guise ; — Llansantffraid-Glyn-Ceirwg ; — 
Husborne Crawley ;— Hanwell (Oxon) ; — Helland ; 
— Knackersknowle;— Bitteswell;— Tilton Halstead; 
— Cole Orton ;— Buckminster-with-Sewsterne ; — 
Ashby-de-la- Zouch ; —Castle Donington ; —Melton 
Mowbray ;— Woolsthorpe ; — Colchester ; —Whick- 
ham ;— Whitewell;— Bacup ;—Croston;—- Festiniog ; 
— Maentwrog ; —Stanley ;— Wakefield ;—Crofton ; 
—Veryan ;—Saint Issey ;—and, West Dean : pray- 
ing that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may 
not pass intoa law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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477 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of West post-office. 
Grinstead, praying for the abolition of Sunday la- 
bour in the Post-office, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Felton and Shilbottle ;—Reform 
Association of the city of Exeter (President) ;— 
Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke’s Bridge House, 
Bungay, in the county of Suffolk ;—and, Tinweerth- 
upon- Tees, Nesham, and the neighbourhood ; praying 
the House to rescind the Resolution for the aboli- 
tion of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Petty Sessions 
gesses of Cork, praying that the Petty Sessions poe es 
(Ireland) Bill; and, the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. aiantn 
(Jreland) Bill may not pass into law, was presented, (Ireland) Bill. 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Population 
cil of the burgh of Falkirk, praying that provision Bi 
may be made in the Population Bill for procuring 
properly authenticated educational statistics, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of Savings Savings 
Banks at Croston and Rufford;—and, Finsbury Banks Bill. 
(Chairman); praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Copyholders and others interested Stamp Duties 
in Copyhold Estates, within the Manor of Weeton- (No. 2-) Bill. 
in- Holderness, in the East Riding of the county of 
York, praying that the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Arklow ;—and, Ballinasloe ; pray- spirits. 
ing that Home-made Spirits in Bond may be placed 
on the same footing as Foreign and Colonial Spirits, 


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


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Danish. 
mand,—Papers respecting the Danish Possessions Possessions 
. . (Coast of 
on the Coast of Africa. Africa.) 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Exhibition 
Copy of a Letter addressed by the Commissioners °f 1851. 
of the Exhibition of 1851 to the Lords of the Trea- No. 489. 
sury, inclosing Memorandum as to the Site of the 
Exhibition Building in Hyde Park. 

Lord John Russell accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Recorder's 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of Court 
May last, for a Return of each Judgment obtained (P¥&gt;!n.) 
in the Recorder’s Court, Dublin, in each year since 
the year 1840 (under the process of City Attach- 
ment), with the Names of Plaintiff and Defendant 
in each Case, Amount for which each Judgment 
was obtained, and distinguishing those Cases ia 
which the Defendant had appeared from the Cases 
in which he had neither appeared nor had been 
served with notice to appear, other than the usual 
notice in the service of the Attachment. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April County 
last, for a Return of the various Suns received by Ifirmaries 
the different County Infirmaries in Ireland, for the *¢!#"4) 
years ending the 5th day of January 1848, the 5th 
day of January 1849, and the 5th day of January 
1850, distinguishing the Sums paid from County 

3P3 Presentments, 














478 1° Julti. 


Presentments, from private Subscription, and from 
other sources :—Also, an Account of the different 
Sums actually expended by the said Institutions 
during the said Time ; ae the Number of 
Cases relieved, and the Average Expense per Head 
for the year. 

Ecclesiastical Further Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of 

Courts April last, for Returns of the Name of every Person 

ey holding Office in each Ecclesiastical Court in Jre- 
land, and of the style and duties of such Office, 
and a description of the tenure of the same ; and 
in case any Office therein shall be performed by 
Deputy, the place of Residence of the principal 
holder, and the nature of the arrangement entered 
into with the Principal by the Deputy perfurming 
the duties of such Office :—Of the Scale of Fees 
demanded in respect of the proving of Wills or of 
the granting of Letters of Administration, whether 
in common or solemn form, or in any contested 
suit relating thereto, distinguishing the Offices in 
the Court im respect of which same shall be de- 
manded, andtheAmount of such Fees received in each 
of the Three years ending the 1st day of April 1850, 
and of the Application of the same :—Of the Names 
of all contested Suits depending in the Court of 
Prerogative in Jreland, and in the Consistorial Court 
of Dublin, on the 20th day of April 1850, or at 
any time within one year previous to that date, and 
of the date of the first proceeding taken in such 
Suits respectively, and of the Number of Court or 
Office Rules entered therein :—Of the Number of 
Proctors practising in each Ecclesiastical Court in 
Zreland, and of the Scale of Fees allowed on Taxa- 
tion to such Proctors in relation to any business 
transacted by them; and a Copy of any Order 
authorizing the demanding or allowance of such 
Fees :—And, of the Number of Bills of Costs taxed 
in the Court of Prerogative and High Court of 
Delegates in Ireland, and in the Consistorial Court 
of Dublin, in each of the Three years ending the 
20th day of April 1850, and the Names of the 
Causes respectively in which same were taxed ; and 
a Return of the Amount demanded at foot of each 
Bill of Costs, and of the Amount disallowed by the 
Officer on such Taxation, and of the Name of the 
Officer taxing same. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Message from . A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
. The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

Sesh ond A Bill, intituled, An Act for uniting the Town- 

Cowick, Union ships of Sraith and Cowick, in the Parish of Snaith, 

of the Town- in the West Riding of the County of York, and for 

ships, &amp;c. Bill. 7 . . J 
other Parochial or Township Purposes : 

Croydonand A Bill, intituled, An Act for managing and re- 

Reigate Turn- pairing the Road leading from Foaxley Hatch, in 

pike-road Bill. the Parish of Croydon, to the Town of Reigate, in 
the County of Surrey : 

Stourbridge A Bill, intituled, An Act for better assessing and 

Union Rates collecting the Poor Rates, Highway Rates and other 

Bill. Parochial Rates, the County, Shire Hall, Police 
and other County and Local Rates on Small Tene- 
ments, in the several Parishes, Townships and 
Hamlets of Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollas- 
ton, The Lye, Wollescote, Cradley, the borough of 
fialesowen, Hawn, Hasbury, Lily, Lutley, The Hill, 
Cakemore, Ridgacre and Lapal, in the county of 
Worcester, and Kingswinford and Amblecote, in the 
County of Stafford, situate within and forming 
the Stourbridge Poor Law Union : 

Swansea Dock A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Times 

Company Bill. limited by the Swansea Dock Act, 1847, for the 
compulsory Purchase of Lands and Execution of 
Works, and for other Purposes: And also, 

Prussian The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Minister's by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 

Residence Bill authorize the Purchase by the Prussian Minister 


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A, 1850. 


of a Residence in England, for the Use of the 
Prussian Legation, and to regulate the futureHolding 
of the same, without any Amendment: And also, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An\Eastern Union ' 
Act. for extending the Time and continuing theRailway Bill. 
Powers granted by the Eastern Union and Harwich 
Railway and Pier Act, 1847, for the compulsory 
Purchase of Lands and Houses, and for the Com- 
pletion of Works, and for enabling the Eastern 
Union Railway Company to create NewShares, with 
certain Privileges attached for paying off their 
Mortgage Debt, and for other Purposes, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An gouth York- 
Act to authorize the abandoning of certain Por- shire, Doncas- 
tions of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole = Goole 
Railway, a Deviation thereof near Doncaster, and 7 rer, A \ 
the Amendment of the Acts relating thereto, with of Acts, Devia- 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords agg — 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, —_——— 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act small Tenc- 
to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Smail ments Reco- 
Tenements in Jreland, not being in any County of 337 (Ireland) 

. . 
a City, County of a Town, Borough or Market 
Town; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—-And then the Messenger withdrew. 





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

And a Motion being made, That the Account of Account and 
the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum Estimate 
for the year 1849, of the Estimated Charges and British 
Expenses for the year ending the 25th day of Museum 
March 1851, and of the Sum necessary to discharge "erred. 
the same ; and also, an Account of the Number of 
Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Christ- 
mas 1843 to Christmas 1849 ; together with a i 
Statement of the Progress made in the Arrange- 
ment of the Collections, and an Account of Objects 
added to them in the year 1849, which was pre- 
sented upon the sth day of April last, be referred 
to the Committee ; 

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 the said Account and Estimate 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 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into William Smith 
“« the circumstances under which a Letter addressed O’Brien. 
by Mr. William Smith O’ Brien to a Member of 
this House, complaining of his having been placed 
“ in solitary confinement by the present Lieutenant 
“ Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, was intercepted 
and opened in that Colony by the local autho- 

“ rities,” 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 { Lord Marcus Hill, la 

Yeas, LMr. Bellew : f 

Tellers for the Mr. Anstey, lay 

Noes, \The O’Gorman Mahon: f°“ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee). 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education. 
hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be 

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granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 





Great Britain, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Education 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

(Ireland). hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Commissioners of National Education in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

School of 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 

Design. thousand seven hundred and fifty-five 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 1851. 

Professors 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

(Universite thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 

Scauiien&gt; 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 | 
1851. 

University 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 

of London. = thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of | 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March | 
1851. 

Scottish 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 

Universities. thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1851, Grants to Scottish Universities, 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. 

Royal Irish 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Academy. —_ hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Irish Academy, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Royal 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Hibernian —_ hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 

oe defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Royal Dublin 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 

Society. thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Royal 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Belfast — 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 

Academical 


thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of Theological Pro- 
fessors at Belfast, and Compensations to Professors 
of the Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand five hundred and sixty-nine 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 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Museum 
to defray, in the year 1850, the Expenses incurred 
in procuring Antiquities and purchasing Coins for 
the Museum. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred peunds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1850, the Expenses | 
of the National Gallery. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine- 


Institution. 


British 
Museum. 


National 
Gallery. 


Geological 


Julie. 479 


Her Majesty, towards defraying, in the year 1850, 
the Expense of erecting Buildings for a National 
Gallery, and other purposes connected therewith, 
and with the promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland: 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas, 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the 
Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


9° 


Martis, 2° die Julii, 1850: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for 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 being read, for the Com- yora Lieu- 
mittee on the Lord Lieutenancy Abolition (Jreland) tenancy 
mn; (Ireland) Bil 

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 woods, 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; Forests, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bil 
upor Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee to consider of making provision Exchequer 
for the Compensations and Allowances which may me 
be granted in pursuance of any Act of the present tions oe 
Session for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdic- Allowances. j 
tion of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of 
Chancery in Jre/and, and of desing Stamp Duties 
in Jieu of the Fees now receivable on the Equity 
Side of the said Court of Exchequer in respect to 
Revenue Business. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for any Compensations and 
Allowances which may become payable under an 
Act of the present Session for the Transfer of the 
Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer to 


| the Court of Chancery in Jreland, and for charging 


Stamp Duties in lieu of the Fees now payable on 





Survey, &amp;. teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


to defray the Expenses of the Geological Survey | 
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Museum of | 
Practical Geology in London, and the Museum of | 
Irish Industry in Dublin, to the 31st day of March | 
1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand six hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 
a to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

agnetic Observatories at Yoronto, the Cape of 
Good Hope and Van Diemen’s Land; also, for 
Observations and Services carrying on under the | 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other 
Scientific Works and Publications, to the 31st day 
of March 1851. 

Motion made,and Question proposed, That a Sum 
g Ten thousand pounds, be granted to 


Magnetic 
Observatories, 
&amp;e. 


National 


Gallery (Scot- not exceedin 
land. ) 


VoL. 105, 


the Equity Side of the said Court of Exchequer in 
respect to Revenue Business. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 


nal reported, That the Committee had come to a 


Resolutien. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill ; Crelaet) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


| The Poor Relief Bill was, according to Order, poor Relief 
| read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
ofthe whole House, for Thursday next. 

: 3P4 The 























480 


Stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Money Pay- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
t f W j 4 aVv y (ox a) 
(relan a) ng — on the Money Payment of Wages (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Savings Banks 


a The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
1 


Reading of the Savings Banks Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 12th day of this instant July. 


Public Health 


: The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. S ¥ 


mittee on the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Linen, &amp;c., Manufac- 
tures (Zreland) 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 upon Thursday 
next. 


Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
 _ cas Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Charitable 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Trusts Bill. 


consideration the Charitable Trusts 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 Third 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

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


Highways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Borough 


1 The House, aecording to Order, resolved itself 
Bridges Bill. £ 


into a Committee upon the Borough Bridges 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, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order cf the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Incorporation of Boroughs Confirma- 
tion (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the ciock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Incorporation 
of Boroughs 

Confirmation 
( No. 2.) Bill. 


1°—2” Juliz. 


A. 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Population 
mittee on the Population Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railway Audit 
Reading of the Railway Audit (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bil! be read a second time 


upon Thursday next. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice one el 
slice ° &lt; ml ustice 
Improv ement Bill; | ; Improvement 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Bill. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; of Chancery) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Trustee Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Trustee Bill; and, after No. 491. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
inittee, 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- Population 
mittee on the Population (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Pirates’ Head-money Repeal Act Com- Pirates’ Head- 
mencement Bill was, according io Order, read a money Repeal 
. ° = : Act Com- 
second time; and committed to a Committee of 


. mencement 
the whole House, for this day. Bill. 


The Sheriff of Westmoreland Appointment Bill S! 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 4 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


Ordered, That the Portland Harbour and Break- Portland Har- 


water Bill be read a second time this day. —— 
water Dill, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the En- Engines for 
gines for taking Fish (Jre/and) Bill do consist of taking Fish 
twenty-one Members. anes anes 

Ordered, That Captain Jones, Sir Percy Nugent, 

Sir Henry Winston Barron, Mr. Sullivan, Sir Ro- 
bert Booth, and Captain Archdall be added to the 
Committee. 


1eriff of 
estmoreland 
ppointment 
Bill. 


Mr. Hayter presented,-—Further Return to an Colonial 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of Au- Postage. 
gust 1848, for Returns of the several Rates of 
Postage charged upon Letters conveyed between 
the United Kingdom and each of the British Colo- 
nies and Possessions respectively ; distinguishing 
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 
Possessions :—Of the Rates of Postage charged 
upon Letters conveyed between the United King- 
dom and Jndia, whether via Southampton, vid Mar- 
seilles, or by Private Ship :—Of the Rates of Post- 
age 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 Colo- 
/nies 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. 

, Return 


| 


‘ 




















¥orcign Wine 
and Spirits. 


Advertisc- 
menis. 


Woollen 
Manufactures, 


Friendly 


Benjamin 
Faton and 


William Hart. 


14 Vicroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Accounts 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 dav of January 
1850, distinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Span- 
ish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and 
other Sorts ; together with the Quantities of each 
Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 
1850, distinguishing London from the Country :— 
And, of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, dis- 
tinguishing West India, East India, and Foreign ; 
also, of Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, Colo- 
nial, or Jersey Spirits imported ; of the Quantities 
upon which Duty has been paid for Home Con- 
sumption, the Quantities exported, and the Quan- 
tities shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1850, to- 
gether with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond on the 5th day of January 1850, distin- 
guishing London from the Country (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 386, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April 
last, for an Account of the Aggregate Amount paid 
for Advertisements by the Public Departments of 
Government in the United Kingdom for the year 
1848, stating specially the Amount paid by the 
Board of Inland Revenue, the Customs, Post-oflice, 
Treasury, and Commissariat Departments, Board of 
Ordnance and Store Department, Board of Admi- 
ralty and Victualling Board, Woods and Forests, 
Poor Law Board and Boards of Guardians, and all 
other Public Departments, so as to exhibit the 
Total Amount paid for Advertisements to Newspa- 
pers for the Public Service in one year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of April 
last, for Accounts of the Quantities and declared 
Value of British Woollen Manufactures exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1849 ; speci- 
fying the Countries to which they were sent :—Of 
the Quantities of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, Foreign 
and Colonial, imported into the United Kingdom in 
the year 1849; distinguishing the Countries from 
which tliey 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 and Woollen Yarn exported from 
the United Kingdom in the year 1849 ; 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 1849 ; 
and of the Quantities re-exported during the same 
period, and. of the Countries to which they were 
sent :—And, of the Quantity of Mohair (cr Goats’ 
Wool) imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1849, and of the Quantity re-exported during 
the same period, and the Countries to which they 
were sent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 329, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated.the 27th day of May 
last, for a Return of the Names of all the Friendly 
Societies in England and Wales which at present 
have Money invested with the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of June 
last, for Returns showing the Average Annual 
Amount of Fees returned to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury as received by 
Benjamin Euton and William Hart (Weighmasters 
of Butter) respectively, under the Provisions of the 
Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 41 :—Showing the Annual Amount 
of Fees returned to the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury, as received by the said Benjamin Eaton 
and William Hart, under the provisions of the said 
Act, from the 1st day of January 1829 to the 31st 
day of December 1849 respectively :—And, of the 
Amount of Compensation paid under the provisions 

Vou. 105. 


1°—2° Julit. 


| 


481 


of the said Act to the said William Hart, in each 
year from the 1st day of January 1829 to the 31st 
day of December 1849. 

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


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Petty Sessions 
Committee on the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill, That (Ireland) Bill 
they have power to divide the Bill into two Bills. 


The Small Tenements Recovery (Jreland) Bil] Small Tene- 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a very (ireland) 
second time upon Wednesday the 10th day of this i 


Bill. 
instant July; and to be printed. No. 492. 


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, 2° die Julai; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 





A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Cathrow’s 
authorize the Sale of certain Real Estates, situate at Estate Bill. 
Hoddesdon, in the County of Hertford ; and in 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, in the 
County of Middlesex; and in Tottenham-court- 
road, im the said County of Middlesex, which be- 
longed to the late Rene Briand, deceased, 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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


A Bill for the Extension and better Regulation Glasgow 
and Management of the Markets and Slaughter- Markets and 
houses in the City of Glasgow, was read the third jouses Bill 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to make better Provision for raising Funds Manchester, 
to complete the Railway and Dock Undertakings Sheffield and 
of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Railway Bill 
way Company, 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 desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded take into consideration the River Lee 
River Lee Trust Bill, as amended in the Com- 7st Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bilis, to inquire 
whether the Amendments involve any infraction of 
the Standing Orders of the House. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, forthwith. 


Ashiy’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; Ashby’s _ 
= committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 

ills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, 

3Q if 








2 Sulit. 


482 


if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or produce witnesses. 


A, 1850. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Westminster Westminster 
Abbey and. Saint Paul’s, which was presented upon Abbey. and 
| Thursday last, be printed. saree 
Ordered, Tnat it be an Instruction to the Com- No, 494, 
mittee of Selection, That they have power to fixthe| Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
first sitting of the Committee on the Saint Andrew’s | Hospital, which was presented yesterday, be Hospital. 
and Quebec Railroad Bill, for the 10th day of this | printed. No. 495. 


instant July, notwithstanding fourteen clear days | Ordered; That the Accounts relative to Trade Trade ana 


will not have elapsed between the Second Reading | tam . a 
of such Bill a the meeting of the Committee | and Darigution, wittel wore poosented yestestiog, be op 


| printed. 
thereupon. ; 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative County 


Saint Andrew's 
and Quebec 
Railroad Bill. 


Friendly A Petition of Members of the Wells District of to County Infirmaries (Jreland), which was presented 1 
Societies Bill. the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, praying yesterday, be printed. "ae 


that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into ’ 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read;! Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial Colonial 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Postage, which was presented yesterday, be printed. or 
0. 498, 
Petitions from Berwick-upon-Tweed ; — and,| Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign Wine 
Greenock; praying that the Home-made Spirits in | Wine and Spirits, which was presented yesterday, 4 Spirits. 
Bond Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, | be printed. No. 499. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Ordered, That the Return relative to Woollen Woollen Ma- 
| Manufactures, &amp;c. which was presented yesterday, be ufactures,&amp;e. 

Petitions from Marchington and Newborough ;— | printed. No. 500. 
Bagnall; — Cheddleton and Basford; — Wetley : 
Rocks ;—Stockton (Warwick) ;— Bassingham and. | 
Thurlby ;—Mumby ;—Kirton-in- Lindsey ;—Coven- | 
ham Saint Mary’s ;—Grasby ;— Thornton Dale ;— | 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 


(Jews) Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Third Landiora 


Reading of the Bill for the Improvement of the Re-224 Tenant 
lation between Landlord and Tenant in England” 





Post-office. 


Railway Audit 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Spirits. 


Old Byland :—Lythe;— Easingwold ;—Hawnby ;— 


church (Hants); —- Winster ;— Brough; — West 
Itchenor ; — West Wittering ; — Thomas Stevens, 


Rector of Bradfield, and others; — Winkfield ;— | 


Little Addington;—Huddersjield ;—Carrington and 
Frithville ;—Sutton Saint Mary ;—Rippingale and 
Dunsby ;—Colsterworth ;—Litchborough ;—Bough- 


ton; — Stoke Bruerne ; —Pitsford ; —Duston ; — 
Weston Favell ;—and, Elmley 


into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Naseby, in the 
county of Northampton, praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Torquay ;— Thomas Goodlake, of 
Letcomb Regis, Berks, one of Her Majesty’s Justices 
of the Peace for the counties of Berks and Wilts ; 
—and, Hereford; praying the House to rescind the 
Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Railway Audit 
(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Trustees and Directors of the 
Savings Bank at Ewell, in the county of Surrey, 
praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Athy ;—and, Mountmellick; pray- | 


‘and Wales; 
Telscombe, Piddinghoe and Ovingdean ;—Christ- | 


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 tothe Question; vic. 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” 





vett; praying that | 
the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may. not pass | 


stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Pusey, bs, 

Yeas, Mr. Sidney Herbert: f °* 
Tellers for the { Colonel Sebthorp : } 17 
Noes, { Sir John Yarde Buller : , 
| 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 (For lessening evils of Emblements), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Crops seized by Sheriffs’ Officers 
| liable to rent so long as they remain on the farm), 
| was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in P. 1. 1. 12., by leaving out the words “ or 
“ Treland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ or Ireland” stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Vig Pusey, } 64 

Yeas, Viscount Barrington : ’ 


Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 14 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 








Noes, Mr. M‘Cullagh : 
Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Improvement of the Rela- 
tion between Landlord and Tenant in England and 











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


ing the House to place Home-made Spirits in Bond | 
cn the same footing as Foreign and Colonial Spirits, | 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 


the Table. | The House, according to Order, resolved itself Birkenhead 


into a Committee upon the Birkenhead Dock Trus- Dock 
tees Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir Philip Eger- 
‘ton 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. 

Ordered, 


Tower of 
London. 


No. 494. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tower 
of London, which was presented upon the 20th day 
of June last, be printed. 


Hampton 
Court Palace, 
&amp;e. 


No, 494. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton 
Court Palace, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 
20th day of June last, be printed. 

















Saint Patrick’s 
Cathedral 
(Dublin.) 


Naval Prize 
Balance Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Court. 


Regium 
Donum, 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill, 


Tenant-right 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sapply ; 


Education. 





14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That as regards the Peiition for the Saint 
Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin) Bill, the Standing 
Order No. 62, be suspended, and that the Examiner 
of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit, and 
proceed, To-morrow, and to make his Report on the 
same day. 


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 River Lee 
Trust Bill, the Amendments made to the said Bill 
by the Committee do not involve any infraction of 
the Standing Orders of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Naval 
Prize Balance Bill; and the same was twice read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the said Amendment :— 
And a Committee was appointed, of Mr. Parker, Sir 
Francis Baring, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Bernal, Admiral 
Dundas, and Mr. Cowper. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition of Charles Rathband Hyatt, which 
was presented oe the 24th day of June last, 
complaining of the conduct of a Commissioner in 
the case of a Fiat in Bankruptcy, in the year 1847, 
and praying for inquiry, be printed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thefMr. Feargus O’Connor, | , 

Yeas, Mr. Sharman Crawford: f§ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thornely, hh o7 

Noes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Correspondence between the Mode- 
rator of the General ~ ey of the Presbyterian 
Church in Jreland and the /rish Government, be- 
tween the Ist day of July 1848 and the 1st day of 
July 1850, relative to the stoppage of the Regium 


Donum of the Minister of Clonmel, on the order of 
George Matthews, alias Duncan Chisholm. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
confirm. certain provisional Orders of the General 
Board of Health, and for certain other purposes in 
relation to the Public Health Act, 1848: And that 
Lord Seymour and Lord Ashley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

The Select Committee on the Westminster Tem- 
porary Bridge Bill was nominated of Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Lord Seymour, Mr. Cardwell, The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Disraeli, Vis- 
count Duncan, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Peto, 
Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Bankes, Mr. D’ Eyncourt, 
Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Greene 
and Mr. Tufnell, with Power to send for persons, 


papers, and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tenant-right (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 
1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be 


granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 
Great Britain, to the 3ist day of March 1851. 
Von. 105, 


—@° Juliz. 


483 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education 
hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be (Zeland) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Commissioners of National Education in Jre- 
land, to the 81st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- School of 
teen thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, Design. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the School of Design, and for Aid to Provincial 
Schools, to the 3ist day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be ted to Her Ma-&lt; by tn ol 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- Cambridge.) 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Ozford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three University 
thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be of London. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven scottish 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be Universities. 
—_ to Her Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of 

arch 1851, Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Academy. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ‘Thtee Royal | 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her cry to- y orecemy 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Royal Dublin 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma~- 5°!*ty- 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Royal 
Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Belfast — 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Academical 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of Theological Pro- ™°™“%™ 
fessors at Belfast, and Compensations to Professors 
of the Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- British 
eight thousand five hundred and sixty-nine pounds, Museum. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British 
Museum, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum to defray, in the year 1850, the Expenses 
incurred in procuring Antiquities and purchasing 
Coins for the Museum. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One National 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Gallery. , 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1850, the Expenses 
of the National Gallery. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen 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 Irish 
Industry in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Magnetic _ 
thousand six hundred and ninety-six pounds, be Observatcries, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of ~~ 
Magnetic Observatories at Toronto, the Cape of 

Good Hope, and Van Diemen’s Land; also, for 
Observations and Services carrying on under the 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other Sci- 
entific Works and Publications, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civi! 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 


Geological 
Survey, &amp;c. 





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484 


The first 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 next. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) 
[Compensa- 
tions and 
Allowances. ] 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee towhom 
it was referred to consider of making provision for 
the Compensations and Allowances which may be 
granted in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdic- 
tion of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of 
Chancery in Zreland, and of charging Stamp Duties 
in lieu of the Fees now receivable on the Equity 
Side of the said Court of Exchequer in respect to 
Revenue Business, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth: 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for any Compensations 
and Allowances which may become payable under 
an Act of the present Session for the Transfer of 
the Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Ex- 
chequer to the Court of Chancery in Jreland, and 
for charging Stamp Duties in lieu of the Fees now 
ewan on the Equity Side of the said Court of 

xchequer in respect to Revenue Business. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill, 
That they have power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Borough 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bridges Bill. 


consideration the Borough Bridges Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


Pirates’ Head- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
money Repeal 


into a Committee upon the Pirates Head-money 


Ac * 

atoll Repeal Act Commencement Bill; and, after some 

Bill. 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 

To-morrow. 

Sheriff of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Sheriff of Westmoreland 
Appointment Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Westmoreland 
Appointment 
Bill. 


Portinnd The Portland Harbour and Breakwater Bill was, 
Harbour and eecording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Breakwater “ 5 ‘ ? 

Bill. mitted to a Select Committee. 


Committees on 


' ‘ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Private Bills, 


Return of the Number of Committees on Private 
Bills, opposed and unopposed, during the present 
Session, with the Names of the Members on each 
Comunittee, and the Number of Days on which 
each Member attended. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


9° 3°__4° Julit. 





A, 1850. 


Mercurii, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 14’ Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Pema - 
examined the Petitions presented upon the Ist — 
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. 


Notice having been taken of the Death of the Death of Sir 
Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, which took Robert Peel. 
place last night ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 

do now adjourn. 


And the House accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow. 





Jovis, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


M* Brotherton reported from the Committee Inverness 
on the Jnverness Bridges Bill; and to whom Bridges Bill. 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred; That 

no person appeared in support of the said Peti- 

tion; and that the Promoters of the Bill had 

stated to the Committee that it was not their in- 

tention to proceed further with the measure. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration River Dee 
the River Dee Conservancy and Improvement Bill, Conservancy 
as amended in the Committee. a 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Chippindall’s Divorce Bill was read a second Chippindall’s 
time ; and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Bill. 
Divorce Bills. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill, and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. ° 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eastern Railway Bill. 
Union Railway Bill; and the same were twice 

read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 

Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the London Improvements 
(City) Improvements Bill; and the same were ~~ 
twice read, and 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North Staf- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the North fordshite | 
Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time for Pur- parting 
chase of Lands, &amp;c.) Bill ; and the same were twice Time for Pur- 
read, and agreed to. &lt;r ye 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill’ ~ 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 














hath 














14 Vicroriz: 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
South Staf- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ey pin. the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
Staffordshire Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and, with Amendments to several of 
them, 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, with Amendments; to which Amend- | 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

South York- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
aoe l po the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
Railway Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway (Amend- 
(Amendment ment of Acts, Deviation at Doncaster, &amp;c.) Bill; 
be at and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Doncaster, Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
&amp;c.) Bill. to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 
Birmingham _— A ‘Bill for continuing the Term of the Birming- 
= r = ham and Pershore Turnpike-road Act, and for other 
- Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Brigstocke’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- | 

(or Player's) thorize the granting of Building and Improvement 

Estate Bill. ‘Leases of the settled Estates of Elizabeth Lydia 
Brigstocke, situate in the Town of Ryde, in the Isle 
of Wight, 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. 

Cautley’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 

Divorce Bill. solve the Marriage of Lieutenant-Colonel Proby 
Thomas Cautley with Frances (his now Wife), and 
to enable him to marry again, 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. 

Liverpool, A Bill’to authorize certain Alterations in the Line 

Southott of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, 

Railway and for other Purposes, was read the third time ; 

(Deviations, and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

gee Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

&amp;e.) Bill.” Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Liverpool, A Bill to enable the Liverpool, Crosby and South- 

Crosby and 


Southport Pore Railway Company to sell or lease their Railway 
Railway (Sale to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 
a Lease tothe was read the third time; and Amendments were 
and Yorkvnire Made to the Bill. : 

Railway Com. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


pany, &amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belfast Ordered, That the Belfast Improvement Bill, as 
aa rement amended in the Committee, be referred to the Exa- 
r miners of Petitions for Private Bills, to inquire whe- 
ther the Amendments involve any infraction of the 
Standing Orders of the House. 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, forthwith. 


4° Juliz. 


485 


' The Order of the day being read, for the Third Convict _ 

| Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; se 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

| after the other Orders of the day. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 

| mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; Charities 

| _ Resolved, That this House will, after the other ae 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incorporation 

mittee on the Incorporation of Boroughs Confirma- of Boroughs 

‘tion (No. 2.) Bill; (No.2) Ba. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other’ | ~ 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 





|__ Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Belfast 

| Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Improvement 
| Private Bills ; That in the case of the Belfast Im-®#- 
—— Bill, the Amendments introduced in the 
'Committee do not involve any infraction of the 


| Standing Orders of the House. 


Mr. Hawes presented,— Return to an Address to Australian 

| Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of May last, for Colonies. 
Returns of the Population, Tradé, Immigration, 

Revenue and Expenditure of each of the Australian 
Colonies, for the last Ten years for which the In- 

| formation has been received. 

| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 

| Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Kingstown 


_ to investigate and report upon all matters connected 24 Holyhead 
ails. 


| with the Contract for the Conveyance of the Mails No. 501. 


between Kingstown and Holyhead ; also, how far 
the Engagements entered into by the Admiralty with 
ithe City of Dublin Steam Packet Company tend 
| to develop, or otherwise, the full advantages of the 
| direct and continuous line of communication be- 
‘tween London and Dublin, which the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company are, under the provi- 
| sions of their Act of Parliament, now labouring to 
effect, have Power to report their Observations 
| thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Childers 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. 

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


) 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Select Collection of 
Committee on the Collection of Fines (Jreland) Fines(Ireland) 
Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and 2- 
made Amendments thereunto. No. 502. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Exhibition 
Command,—Copy of a Letter from the Commis- of 1851. 
sioners of Woods, &amp;c., to the Lords of the Treasury, No. 503. 
on the subject of the Ground appropriated for the 
Site of the Exhibition of 1851. 

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


Viscount Ebrington presented, — Return to an Saint Andrew, 
Order, dated the 31st day of May last, for a Return ee: 
of all and every Correspondence that has taken place jhe-Martyr. 
from the 14th day of February 1848 to the 14th 
day of May 1850, both inclusive, between any of 
the Rate-payers or Inhabitants of the united Pa- 
rishes of Saint Andrew’s, Holborn-above-Bars, and 
Saint George-the-Martyr, Middlesex, and the Poor 





Vox. 105. 


8Q3 Law 








Judges’ 
Salaries, 


Manor Courts 
(ireland.) 


Arbitration. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates 
Bill. 


Beer- houses. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


486 


Law Board, upon the following subjects ; viz. First, 
as to surveying the said Parishes for Re-assessment 
to the Poor Rates Secondly, as to the re ee 
the Local Act under which the above Parishes are 
governed, viz. the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 175; Thirdly, 
as to the Prosecution of Bartholomew Peter Drouet, 
for Manslaughter, and the Expenses occasioned 
thereby to the above Parishes. 

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


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
June last, for a Return of the Salaries and Emolu- 
ments in 1790, of the Judges of the Courts of 
Chancery, of the Judges of the Courts of Common 
Law, of the Judges of the Ecclesiastical, Admiralty, 
and other Courts in Doctors’ Commons, of the Lord 
Chancellor in Jreland, of the Judges of the Superior 
Courts of Common Law in Ireland, of the Judges 
of the Courts of Session in Scotland, with the Date 
of any Increase or Decrease of Salaries which may 
have love subsequently made. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Dates of all Patents enrolled 
in the Rolls Office in Dublin, under which the Ju- 
risdiction exercised by or claimed as belonging to 
all Manor Courts in /reland, is derived, or claimed 
to be derived ; specifying the Names of the Grantees, 
the Extent and Nature of the Jurisdiction conferred 
upon, or expressed to be conferred upon such Courts, 
and the limits within which such Jurisdiction is 
exercised :—And, of the Dates of all Patents re- 
gistered or entered in the Office of the Clerk of the 
Peace of each County, County of a City or Borough 
in Ireland, under or by virtue of which any Junis- 
diction now exercised by or claimed as belonging 
to any Manor Court in Jreland, is so exercised or 
claimed ; specifying the Names of the Grantees, 
the Extent and Nature of the Jurisdiction conferred 
or expressed to be conferred upon such Courts, and 
the local limits within which such Jurisdiction is 
exercised ; specifying also, the Names, Descriptions 
and Professions of all persons who acted as Judges 
or Seneschals of such Gente for the last Ten years, 
and the Names, Descriptions and Residences of the 
persons by whom they were appointed. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Milford Haven, in 
the county of Pembroke, praying the House to take 
steps to negociate Treaties between the British and 
other governments, binding the parties to refer their 
disputes to the decision of Arbitrators,was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
at Wellington, in the county of Salop, praying that 
the Attornies’ Certificates Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the table. 

Petitions of Notaries Public, practising and 
carrying on business at Kingston-upon-Hull (two 
Petitions) ;—and, Plymouth; praying the House 
to extend the provisions of the said Bill to Notaries 
Public,—were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Carlton ;—and, Fundenhall ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for dimin- 
ishing the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Municipal Chari- 
ties of the city of Norwich, praying that the Cha- 
ritable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


4° Juli. 


A. 1850. 


Petitions of Margaret Thurston, Lady of the Copyholds 
manors of Thelnetham and Weston Market, in Suf- ———— 
folk;—and, Thomas Bridge and John Attwood, . 
Lords of manors and Proprietors of manorial rights 
in England; praying that the Copyholds Enfran- 
chisement Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
org and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Bury;—and, Heaton Norris ; Court of 
praying that the Court of Chancery (County Pala- +r - 
tine of Lancaster) Bill may pass into a law,—were — 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the caster) Bill. 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Town of J%/- pisarmament, 
ford, Haven, in the county of Pembroke, praying the 
House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
system of Disarmament among the nations of the 
earth, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of East Carlton, in the Education 
county of Norfolk, stating that the Petitioners view Bu) &amp;c. 
with regret the introduction of the Education Bill ; 
and also the restrictions imposed by the Committee 
of Privy Council of Education upon the distribution 
of the annual grant ; and praying the House to pro- 
mote a system of National Education, combining 
secular knowledge and industrial habits with reli- 
gion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Westminster Com- Exhibition 
mittee for the Great Exhibition of the Industry of % !8°!- 
all Nations in 1851;— Brompton ;—Members of 
the Kensington Local Committee to promote the 
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations 
in 1851, acting for Brompton, in Kensington parish ; 
— Bayswater and Notting Hill (two Petitions) ;— 
Local Committee for the borough of Mary-le-bone 
for promoting the objects of the Great Exhibition of 
the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 (Chair- 
man) ;—Inhabitants of Kensington;—and, Members, 
of the Kensington Local Committee to promote the 
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations 
in 1851, acting for Kensington parish; praying the 
House to permit the Exhibition of 1851 to take place 
in Hyde Park,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants on the south side of 
Hyde Park and its vicinity, praying the House 
not to permit the said Exhibition to take place 
in Hyde Park, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Friendly 


Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at Friendly 
ocieties Bill. 


Bristol ;— Coventry ;—Dorchester ;—Langton Ma- 5 
travers;—Pimperne ;— Addingham( President, Vice- 
President and Secretary); — Oundle (Provincial 
Grand Master or President, Provincial Deputy 
Grand Master or Vice-President and Provincial 
Corresponding Secretary) ;—and, Board of Manage- 
ment of the Provident Clerks Mutual Benefit Asso- 
ciation and Benevolent Fund (Chairman); praying 
that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Home-made 
irits in 
Sond Bill. 


Petitions from Dunmore ;—Galway ;—Hadding- 
ton ;— Elgin (Provost) ;—Elgin and Banff ;—Lin- 
lithgow ;—Bathgate;— Borrowstownness ;— Queens- 
ferry ; — Kirkliston; — Dumfries ; — Falkirk ; — 
Stirling; — Gore’s Bridge; — Castle Comer; — 
Farmers, Merchants and others attending the Ar- 
broath Market ; — Kingstown (two Petitions) ;— 
Brechin ;—Glasgow (two Petitions) ;—Lisburn ;— 
Athy ; — Navan ;—Nenagh ;— Thurles ;—Island of 
Islay ;—Ayr ; — Campbelton ;— Westport ;— Trim ; 
— Tyrrellspass ; — Ballinrobe ; — and, Kilkenny ; 





praying 














Marriages 
Bil, 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 4° Juliz. 487 


praying that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill 


_ may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of J. C. Driffield and others ;—Mary 
Moody and others ;—M. A. Fitzpatrick and others ; 
— Eliza Bristow and others ; — Rebecea Clay and 
others ; — William Wilson and others ;— M. Pitt 
and others ;— William Axford and others ;— William 
Henry How and others; — Edward Strong and 
others ;—Charles Abbott and others ;—William Pay 
and others ;— Robert Clarke and others ;— and, 
Mrs. Cornelius and others; praying that the Mar- 
riages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General 
Practitioners of Belfast, praying the House to 


adopt measures for improving the position of the | 


Assistant Surgeons of the Royal Navy, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Dublin Steam Ship Association 
(Vice-Chairman) ;—and, Belfast Shipowners’ As- 
sociation (Chairmen) (two Petitions); praying that 
the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
Representative Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
George, Hanover-square, within the liberty of West- 
minster, in the county of Middlesex, stating that 
that parish is suffering severely from the want of 
more perfect public Sewerage, and consequently 
thereupon from defective private drainage, and that 
the effbrts of those who seek to improve the moral 
and physical condition of the poor by rendering 
their habitations fit to live in are consequently 
greatly impeded ; that the Petitioners believe that 


‘ the amount of Sewers rates levied in the Westminster 


district alone during the last twenty-two years, ex- 
ceeding half a million of money, would, if it had 
been properly applied, have been sufficient to con- 
struct a comprehensive and efficient Sewerage 


. throughout the district, whereas it has been proved 


and admitted that a large portion of such rates 
have been expended in the construction of Sewers 
of a defective character; and praying the House to 
give them redress, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Llandilo, 
praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Dunkeswell and Dunkeswell Abbey ; 
— Romansleigh :— Biddulph ;— Wells (Somerset) ;— 
Ore ; — Siggleshouse ; —Elton-on-the- Hill ;— War- 
wick ;—Altarnun ;—Hanslope and Castle Thorpe; 
—Drayton Beauchamp ; — Penn; — Loughton ;— 
Leckhamsted ; — Wycombe ; —Birkenhead ;—Saint 
Mary's Hoo;—Horton Kirby ;—Hizh Halstow ;— 
Hollingbourn ; — Chart. Sutton ;—Shorne ;—Cran- 
brook ; — Yalding ;— Tonbridge; — Headcorn ; — 
Saint Margaret-next-Rochester ;— East Malling ;— 
Stoke ( Kent) ;—Linton ;— Frittenden ;— Hadlow ;— 
Allington ;— Nether and Over Compton ;— Bishop's 
Caundle ; — Newbold-on-Stour ; — Llanvrechva ;— 
Framfield ;—Tredunnock ;—Llanhenog ;— Dalling- 
ton; — Westham; — Staines ; — Little Horsted ;— 
Chillisfurd ; — Stifford ;—Maidford ;— Adstone ;— 
Whittlebury and Silverstone ;—Owston and With- 
cote ; — Blechingley ; — Alness ;—Kirk Session of 
Logie Easter (Moderator) ; — Burbage; — Saint 
John Lee ;—Barston ;—Mancetter ;—Clifton-upon- 
Dunsmore ; — Lee Marston ;—Cotheridge wat vo | 
tend-in-Aston-juxta-Birmingham ; — Old Romney 
and Saint Mary’s-in-the-Marsh ; — Stretton-on- 
Dunsmore ; — District of Hartshill; — Atlow ;—~ 

VoL. 105. 





Newton Regis, Seckington and Shuttington ;—Co- 
ventry ;— Birmingham (three Petitions) ;—Brear- 


| ton ;—Great and Little Packington ;— Dudley ;— 


Roehampton ; — Leamington Priors ;—Ancoats ;— 
Bichenhill ; -- Ewell ;— Threlkeld ;— Rochdale ;— 
Nether Whitacre; — Polesworth ; — Bourton-on- 
Dunsmore ; — Berkswell ;—Crosthwaite ;— Baddes- 
ley Ensor ;—Stonesfield ;— Barford ;— Goodnestone- 
next-Wingham ; — Meriden ; — Allesley ;— Middle- 
ton: — Caversfield ; — Hockham ;—Swine ;— Hill- 
morton ; — Fillongley; — Clifton ; — Newbold-on- 
Avon ; — Humshaugh ; — Southam ;—Ufton (War- 
wick); — Winscombe ; — Attleborough ;— Bilton ;— 
Ansley ; — Knaresbrough ;—Kentish Town ;—Bir- 
bury ; — Lyndon ; — Winchfield ; — Speen ;—Ufton 
(Berks) ;— Stratford (Essex) ;—Kingston (Devon) ; 
— Wingham ;— Tunstall ;—Speldhurst ;— Eythorne; 
— Sturry ; — Seagry ; — Keevil ;—Barnet, Hadley 
and their vicinities; — East Barnet ;— Chipping 
Barnet ; — Kennington ; —Barnwell ;—Deanery of 
Oundle ;—Crawford Saint Andrew and Crawford 
Saint John ; — Llandilofawr ; — Laugharne ; — 
Cwmamman ; —Llandebie and Bettws ;—Sharring- 
ton ;—Tazlingham ,— Cringleford ;—Swanington ; 
—Norwieh (two Petitions) ; —Vuneaton ;— Leam- 
ington Priors ;—Chilvers Coton ;—and, Stoke Lyne; 
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 Corporation of the Governor, Parochiat 
Deputy-Governor, Assistants and Guardians of the Assessments 
Poor of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying 
that the Parochial Assessments 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 Governor, Deputy-Governor Poor Law. 
and Guardians of the Poor of the city and county 
of Norwich, and liberties of the same, praying for 
amendment of the Poor Law in regard to settle- 
ment and rating, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Rate-payers of Poor Law 
the electoral division of Taghmon, in the county of (ieland.) 
Wexford, stating that the said electoral division as 
at present constituted by the Poor Law Boundary 
Commissioners presses unduly on the property 
situate within it; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders, and Members Post-office- 
of the Congregation of Fisherwick-place Presbyte- 
rian Church, Belfast, praying for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bungay ;— Barristers-at-law at- 
tending the Quarter Sessions at Durham ;— Coven- 
try ; — Birmingham; —Richmond (York); — and, 
Bedhampton; praying the House to rescind the 
Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stone ;— Hasilbury Bryan ;—Glas- 
gow; —and, Stokewake; praying the House not 
to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of Sun- 
day labour in the Post-office,— were also presented, 
anit read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions from Glasgow, praying that the Public-honses 
Public Houses (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a (Scotland) 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Railway Stock re- Railway Audit 
sident in Cirencester, praying that the Railway Au- (No. 2.) Bill 
dit (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 
3Q4 Petitions 








Savings 
Banks Bill, 


School Esta- 
blishment 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade, 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way, &amp;c. 


Ashby’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Mock Trustecs 
Bill 


488 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the 
Stow-on-the- Wold Provident Bank (Chairman) ;— 
and, Trustees and Managers of the National Secu- 
rity Savings Bank, Dunfermline; praying that the 
Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a law, but 
that a Select Committee of the House may be ap- 
wer to inquire into the management of Savings 

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

Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the 
Welsh Pool Savings Bank ;— and, ‘Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank established at 
Cainscross, in the county of Gloucester; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,— were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Chanonry, praying that the School Establishment 
(Scotland) 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 Associate Presby- 
terian Congregation, York-street, Belfast, praying 
the House to adopt measures for the suppression of 
the Foreign African Slave Trade, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Zewis and Nash, and as- 
sociated Shareholders in the Waterford, Wexford, 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, complain- 
ing of the conduct and proceedings of the Directors 
of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
way Company, whereby they allege the property of 
the said Company has been materially depreciated, 
and the shareholders have sutlered great loss and 
injury; and also of the conduct of the Commissioners 
of Railways in reference to such Company ; taking 
notice of printed papers, No. 297, and Petitions, 
Appendix Nos. 777 and 903, wherein statements 
relative thereto are set forth ; alleging the loss or 
abstraction of certain documents deposited in Par- 
liament ; and praying that a Committee may be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the said printed papers and 
petitions, and into the management and affairs of 
the said Company, as affecting the public interests 
and the duties of the Directors, also into the alleged 
Joss of such documents, and the depreciation of the 
property of the Company, with a view to the better 
protection of shareholders and the public interests, 
and to an amendment of the law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir De Lacy Evans reported, That ke had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of Friday 


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A, 1850. 


Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical Residences, &amp;c. Ecciesiustical 


(Ireland) Bill be read a second time upon Wednes- Residences, 
day the 17th day of this instant July. ae) 


Ordered, That the Churches and Chapels (Jre- Churches 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday 8nd Chapels 
the 17th day of this instant July. : = 





Ordered, That the Clergy (Jreland) Bill be read Clergy 
a second time upon Wednesday the 17th day of (Ireland) Bill. 
this instant July. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- Highways 
day next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the (South Wales) 
Highways (South Wales) Bill. “ss 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- Borough Gals: 
day next, resolve itself into a Committee pon the Bill. 
Borough Gaols Bill. 





Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Court of 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery 
Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill. fatine = 
caster) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Compound Householders Bill Compound 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. ee 


Ordered, That the Distress for Rent (Ireland) pistress for 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. oat (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Crueity to 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. Animals 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- gupply. 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
Means. 


Ordered, That the Borough Bridges Bill, as Borough 


‘}amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- Bridges Bill. 


deration after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, Pirates’ Head- 
An Act to provide for the Commencement of an Act money Repeal 
of the present Session, intituled, ‘An Act to repeal vente 
an Act of the sixth year of King George the Fourth, Bill. 
for encouraging the Capture or Destruction of 
Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof,” be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 


last, requesting that their Lordships would commu-| time, 


nicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the 


Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case | 
of Ashby’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lordships | 
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. 

Sir De Lacy Evans reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of Monday 
Jast, requesting that their Lordships would commu- 
nicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of Chippindall’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lord- 
ships 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. 


Ordered, That the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be now taken into 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Tu-morrow. 








Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. ek do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Sheriff of Westmoreland Ap- sheriff of 
pointment Bill be read the third time, after the Or- Westmoreland 
Appointment 


ders of the day. Bill, 


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


Mr. Speaker, the Lasts, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made York, New- 
by this House to the Amendments made by their ar 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend (Arrange- 
the Great North of England Railway Purchase ments as to 
Act, 1846, and to enable the York, Newcastle and a4 oe eel 
Berwick Railway Company to complete the Pur- o¢ tie Great 


chase of the said Railway, without any Amend- North of Eng- 
ment : And also, ae) — 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Waterford 
Act to enable the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail- and 
way Company to raise further Capital, and for Rail 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Kilkenny 
way Bill. 


The 




















14 Vicroriz. 


Great North. . The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ernRailway Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great 
eeaa eae's of Northern Railway, to authorize a Deviation at Don- 
Acts, Altera. caster, and Two short Curves at Peterborough, and 
tion of Tolls, tu alter the Tolls of the Great Northern and East 
= or East Lincolnshire Railways, with Amendments ; to which 
incolnshire J 
Railway Tols Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
Bill. this House: And also, 
Somerville’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
or Mills’s for carrying into effect a Contract for the Sale of 
at Messuages and Lands situate in the Parish of 
Estate Bill Barford, in the County of Warwick, belonging to 
the Rectory of the same Parish, and for vesting in 
Trustees certain Cottages and Lands situate in the 
Parish of Barford aforesaid, being Part of the 
Real Estate devised by the Will of Jane Wills, 
Widow, deceased, upon Trust, to complete a Con- 
tract for the Sale thereof, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for establishing a School for Orphans of Freemen 
of the City of London; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House:—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Motion respecting the Exhibition of 1851, 
of which Notice has been given by Colonel Sibthorp. 





London (City) 
School for 
Orphans of 
Freemen Bill. 


Orders of 
the Day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report respecting the proposed 
Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851 be submitted to 
a Select Committee of this House, for the purpose 
of examination and due consideration of the same ; 
and that the Report of the said Select Committee 
be laid upon the Table of the House, and that the 
sanction by this House be given to such Report 
before any further proceedings on the part of the 
Commissioners, with regard to the said Exhibition, 
shall be proceeded with or adupted by them ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
‘ pleased to give directions, that no Buildings may 
“ be erected in Hyde Park for the purposes of the 
Exhibition intended to be held in this Country 
“ in the year 1851,” instead thereof. 

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

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

‘The Noes to the old Lobby. 

P , 

Tellers for the ic ae 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Compbell 


Exhibition 
of 1851. 


o 


“c 


lies. 
} 47. 


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, tng re ag 
Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Bellew : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


46. 


Tellers for the Noes, }166. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mercantile Marine (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at ‘{'welve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the first of the Reso- 
lutions which, upon Tuesday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply ; and which Resolu- 
Vou. 105. 


Supply 
{2 July.] 


4°—5° Julia. 








489 


tion was then postponed; and the same was again 
read, as followeth: 
1. “ 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, to the 31st day of March 1851.” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolution be now 
read a second time ; 


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


Veneris, 5° die Julii, 1850: 


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

The said Resolution was accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill ; - 
a Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Charitable Trusts Bill, as amended 
in the Committee: The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—he House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


No. 504. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Population 

mittee on the Population Bill ; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Population — 
mittee on the Population (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Biil; Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Linen, &amp;e. 
take into consideratiun the Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures ee 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ( nae 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways 

mittee on the Highways 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- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (Jreland) Bill; Exchequer 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (any ae 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Merchant 
Reading of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Bill ; Seamen's Fund 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time B#/- 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Oath of 
Reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; (jews) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘ : 
upon Thursday the 18th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House Ecclesiastical 
to resolve itself into a Tieneiin upon the Ecclesi- ee 

astical Commission Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
3R+ The 








490 


Chief Justices’ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Salaries Bill. ¢onsideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Lord Lieu- 
tenancy 
Abolition 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lord Lieutenancy Abolition (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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 
Reading of the Woods, Forests, &amp;c. Bill ; 

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


‘Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Securities for 
Advances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Securities for Advances (Jreland) 
Bill; 

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 
Reading of the Railway Audit (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Railway Audit 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Fees (Court 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
3 ow) 


mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Improvement 
of ‘Towns 
(Treland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


flome-made 
Spirits in 
Bond Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Home-made Spirits in Bond 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 :—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. 

{Mr. Wyld, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. a ; 

SLord Naas, 
Tellers for the Noes, \ Mr. Mackencie: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again 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 
tme; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for this day. 


95. 


on 


13 


ao 


| eae 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Tenant-right (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 25th day of this instant July. 


Tenant-right 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Convict Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Convict 
Prisons Bill. 





4°—5° Julie. 

















A. 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; Gi¥land) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- tncorporation 
mittee on the Incorporation of Boroughs Confirma- of Borouglis 
tion (No. 2) Bill; (No.2) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ on 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Borough 
take into consideration the Borough Bridges Bill, Bridges Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Sheriff of 
provide for the Appointment of Sheriff of the Westmoreland 
County of Westmoreland, was, according to Order, RAP 
read the third time ; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 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 an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Friendly” 
Committee, this day, at Twelve of the clock, upon Societies Bill 
the Friendly Societies Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this Hoase will, upon Friday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Drainage and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Drainage mprovement 
and Improvement of Land Advances Bill; and the yell Bill. 
same was twice read, and agreed to, with an 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) Continu- Crime and 
ance Bill was read the first time; and ordered to Outrage Act 


be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to be eins 
printed. 


No. 505. 


General Board 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Health, 


mand,—-Copies of the Reports of the Superintend- of 
ing Inspectors on the Places, &amp;c., named in the 
Schedule to the Bill for confirming certain Provi- 
sional Orders of the General Board of Health. 





Wigan. Sandgate. 
Preston. Swansea. 
Wolverhampton. Newton Abbott. 
A shby-de-la-Zouch. Holbeach. 


Mr. Hayter also presented,— Return to an Address Woods and 
to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of May last, for Forests. 
Returns of the Fees and Emoluments paid out of 
the Revenue under the management of the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, to 
their Solicitor or Law Agent in Scotland, within 
each of the last Four years; made up to the period 
at which he usually renders his Accounts, and dis- 
tinguishing Charges for Professional Services from 
Outlay and Actual Expenses incurred in each year, 
and specifying the Suits in respect of which such 
Fees and Emoluments have arisen :—Of the is 
ments made in the same period to the same . : 
vidua 











14 Vicroriz. 


vidual as Surveying Officer or Inspector appointed 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. 
to take Evidence and report in matters connected 
with Public or Local and Private Bills in England 
and Scotland, stating the Amount paid in each case, 
and by whom, and distinguishing Charges for Pro- 
fessional Services from Outlay and Actual Expenses 
incurred :—And, of the Fees and Emoluments re- 
ceived by him in virtue of his office of Solicitor or 
Law Agent as aforesaid, arising from any other 
source in the department of the said Commissioners, 
during each of the said Four years, distinguishing 
Charges for Professional Services from Outlay and 


_Expenses actually incurred, and specifying the 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 


Spirits. 


! 


Spirits, 


Friendly 
Societies, 





General Board 
of Health 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No. 506, 











Sources from which derived. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary. last, for Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, 
Cinders and Culm shipped at the several Ports of 
England, Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other 
Ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 1849, 
distinguishing the Quantity shipped at each of the 
said Ports, as compared with the year 1848 :—Of 
the Quantities and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, exported from the several Ports of Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, 
and the British Settlements Abroad, in the year 
1849; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same were sent, and comparing the same with the 

ear 1848; also, distinguishing the Ports of the 
United Kingdom from which the same were shipped : 
—Of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm, 
exported from the United Kingdom in the year 
1849, 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 1849, comparing the same with the 
Quantities brought during the year 1848. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of June 
last, for a Return of the different Acts which regu- 
late the Construction of Stills to be used in Dis- 
tilleries for the Manufacture of Spirits from Grain 
or Malt, or a Mixture of these Materials, in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, with the Dates of their 

assing and coming into operation :—Accounts of 
the Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively ; 
distinguishing the Quantities distilled in Stiils of a 
Construction sanctioned by the Acts for the Regu- 
lation of Distilleries, or in Stills commonly called 
Patent, and where no Change is made from the Low 
Wines ; showing, also, the Total Quantities of each 
kind distilled in the United Kingdom:, in each year 
ending the 12th day of October, from 1824 to 1849, 
both inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of June 
last, for Returns showing the Quantity of Spirits 
removed under Bond from Scotland and Ireland 
respectively into England, distinguishing that made 
from Malt or Grain, the Duty upon which not being 
paid within Twenty-one Days from Arrival, was 
actually warehoused under Excise Lock : —And, 
of the Total Number of Gallons of Spirits in 
Bonded Stores in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, on the 20th day of May 1850. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of June 
last, for a List of Friendly Societies which have in- 
vested with the Commissioners for Redemption of 
the National Debt, at the Date of the 20th day of 
November 1849, distinguishing those which receive 
Three-pence per cent. per diem, and those which 
receive Two-pence-halfpenny Interest, with the Ba- 
lance at Interest on that day, and the Number of 
Members of each. 

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


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health, 
and for certain other Purposes in relation to the 
Public Health Act,1848: And the same was read 
Vor. 105. 


A°—5° Juliz. 








491 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee ap- 
sce to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 
ords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 
ment made by their Lordships to the Naval Prize 
Balance Bill; That they had drawn up a Reason 
accordingly ; which they had directed him to report 
to the House ; and the same was read, as followeth : 
The Commons disagree to Clause (A.) inserted 
by the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider that the lawful 
payment of the money into or out of the 
Consolidated Fund will be sufficiently se- 
cured without the Amendment made by your 
Lordships ; and they trust your Lordships 
will be satisfied with the above Reason, and 
not insist upon the Amendment to which the 
Commons have disagreed. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Parker do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


The London (City) School for Orphans of Free- London (City) 


men Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


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








Veneris, 5° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 

M&amp;; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 

the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—Statement, No. 143, of the 
Amount proposed to be transferred from the Com- 
pany’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 Zas¢ 
India Company, and to the credit of the Fund for 
the benefit of the Widows and Families of extra 
Clerks and others of the said Establishment, asCom- 
pensation 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.—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 11th day of June last, for Copies of 
any Papers not already laid before Parliament, re- 
ferring to the General Question of Railway Com- 
munication in India, together with Copies of any 
Correspondence which may have taken place be- 
tween the Home Authorities and the Madras Go- 
vernment in reference to the proposed Railway 
between Madras and Arcot :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 2d 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. 

3R2Q Mr. 





Naval Prize 
Balance Bill. 


ool for 


Orphans of 
Freemen Bill: 


East India. 


Railway Com- 


munication 
in India. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Fifty-eighth 


Report. ) 





492 


Mr. Tyssen, from the Commissioners for building 
New Churches, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of Charges and Expenses 
paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners, in and about 
the execution of the several Acts of Parliament for 
building and promoting the building of additional 
Churches in populous Parishes, from the 25th March 
1849 to the 25th March 1850 :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Somerville’s or Mills’s (Barford Rectory) Estate 
Bill was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


New Churches. 


Somerville’s or 
Mills’s (Bar- 
ford Rectory) 
Estate Bill. 


River Lee 


A Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to 
Trust Bill. 


the Navigation of the River Lee, in the Counties of 
Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, and to enable the 
Trustees further to improve the Navigation, and to 
dispose of the surplus Water, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the said Bill be laid before 
this House. 


Local Acts A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
. reliminary posed, That it be an Instruction to the Select Com- 
nquiries.) ‘mittee on Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries), to 
consider the expediency of altogether releasing 
Members whose Constituents are locally interested 
in Opposed Private Bills, from forming a part of 


the Committee on such Bills: —And the said Mo- | 


tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Bishop ofLon- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
gon &lt;Sant Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Church, Ches- Private Bills; That in the case of the Bishop of 
ter-square) London (Saint Michael’s Church, Chester-square) 
Estate Bill. Eetate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Official 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
Salaries. 


to request that their Lordships will give leave to 

the Earl of Lonsdale to attend and give Evidence 

before the Select Committee appointed by this 

House to inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments 

of Offices held during the pleasure of the Crown 

by Members of either House of Parliament, voted 

in the Annual Estimates ; and also into the Salaries | 
and Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the Superior | 
Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom ; 

and into the Retiring Pensions allotted to the Judges; 

and also into the Expense of Diplomatic Establish- | 
ments charged on the Consolidated Fund: And that | 
Mr. /Vi/son Patten do carry the said Message. 


Westminster Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 5th 

Bridge. day of August 1846, was made from the Select 

and New Cc AE . . a ; | 

Palace (1846.) VOmmittee appointed to consider the present state 
of Westminster Bridge, and of the New Palace at 
Westminster, particularly with reference to the Re- 
ception and Accommodation of this House in the 
same, and to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill. 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the West- 
minster Temporary Bridge Bill have Power to ad- 
journ from place to place, and to report their Opinion 
from time to time to the House. 


Engines for 
taking Fish 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 507. 


Mr. Anstey reported from the Select Committee 
on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) Bill; That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


5° Sulit. 








A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Court of 
Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole ‘ey ee 
House, for Friday the 19th day of this instant July. Caennn) ae. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Birkenhead 
Reading of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill; Dock Trustees 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Belfast Improvement Bill, as Belfast 
amended in the Committee, be taken into consider- Improvement 
ation upon Tuesday next. a 


A Motion being made, That the Bill to,enable West Cornwa 
the West Cornwall Railway Company to make a Railway Bill. « 
Deviation in, and a Branch Railway from, their 
authorized Line of Railway, and for other Purposes, 
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 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 
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; and Amend - 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Savings of the 
consider and suggest means of removing obstacles Middle and 


and giving facilities to safe Investments for the b Aig 


Savings of the Middle and Working Classes, have No. 508 


Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Slaney 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. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented wills, &amp;e. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, stating the Places at which Wills 
are proved and Administrations granted, and the 
Originals, Recorded Copies, or Records of the 
same, preserved in Scotland; and specifying the 
Date of the earliest Will existing in each Deposi- 
tory, and from what Date there may exist a regular 
Series of the said Records. 

Ordered, That 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, Metropolitan 
Copies of the Return to an Order of a Special Court Sewers. 
of Metropolitan Sewers, held the 29th day of Au- 
gust 1849, which Order was, ‘‘ That the Secretary 
do forthwith prepare an Account, in detail, of all the 
Expenditure of and incident to the Flushing Works 
done since the opening of the Commission of No- 
vember 1847, and of all the Work done for such 
Expenditure, and under whose direction, showing 
the Length of the Sewers cleansed, and, as nearly 
as may be, the Quantity in Cubic Yards of Soil re- 
moved 









ea 





Medical 
Officers 
(Army. ) 


Adjournment. 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Gloucester. 


No. 509. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 510. 


Australian 
Colonies. 


No. 511. 


* Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 


No. 512. 


Spirits. 
No, 513. 


Spirits. 
No, 514. 


Friendly 
Societies. 


No. 515. 


Registration 
and Convey- - 
ancing Com- 
mission, 


Extra- 
parochial 
Property. 


14 Victoria. 


moved by such Flushing from its original place of 
deposit to its place of final discharge from the Sew- 
ers, and do report thereon to the Court, with such 
Remarks as may enable the Court to found an 
Opinion as to the propriety of such Expenditure ; 
and that every Officer and Servant do give, in 
Writing under his hand, to the Secretary, all such 
Information as he may require, in Writing, for the 
purpose of enabling him to make such Report ; 
and, when required in Writing by him, to furnish 
him with Vouchers, to enable him to judge of the 
accuracy of such Information; and that the Secre- 
tary do also report to the Court as to the compliance 
by such Officers and Servants with his Requisitions 
for such Information and Vouchers ; and that such 
Report be printed for the use of the Commissioners :” 
—And, of the Minute of the Special Court of Me- 
tropolitan Sewers, for the 29th day of August 1849. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Medical Officers (Staff 
and Regimental) of the Army, who have been 
killed during the late Wars, for which Honorary 
Rewards have been granted :—And, similar Return 
for the Medical Officers of the East India Com- 
pany’s Army. 


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


5° Julit. 


4Y3 


A Petition of Public Notaries residing and prac- 
tising in the city of London, praying that the pro- 
visions of the said Bill may be extended so as to 
relieve Public Notaries from the payment of duty 
as well in the provincial towns as in Lordon, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Prescot ;—and, Clitheroe; praying Court of 
that the Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Chaucery 
Lancaster) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- (County Pala~ 


: tine of Lan- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the poner aon Bill. 


Table. 


Petitions of Clergy and Laity of the diocese Education. 
of Bath and Wells;—Clergy and Laity of the 
United Church of England and Ireland residing at 
or near Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;—and, Clergy and Laity 
of the United Church of England and Wales resi- 
dent in the diocese of Bath and Wells; praying 
that the grant for Education may be dispensed 
upon the two following conditions, namely, 1st. 
That the sites of schools and school buildings 
should be legally secured ; 2d. That schools built 
with assistance from the public grant should be 
open to inspection by Government Inspectors ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Council on Education, 
with the concurrence of the Archbishops, under the 
Order in Council of August 10th, 1840,—were pre- 








Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dean 
and Chapter of Gloucester, which was presented | 
upon Friday last, be printed. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Re-| 


lief (Ireland), which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Aus- | 


tralian Colonies, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


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


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Ma- Friendly 
nagement and Secretary of a Friendly Society, inti- Societies Bill ; 
tuled, The Chelmsford Provident Society, held at - Savings 

1 ‘ , anks Bill. 
Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, praying that 
the Savings Banks Bill; and, the Friendly Societies 
Bill may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Members of the Rochdale District Friendly 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, of Independent Odd Fellows, and of the Manches- Societies. 


Cin‘ders and Culm, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Acts 
regulating the Construction of Stills for the Manu- 
facture of Spirits, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits 
removed under Bond, which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Friendly So- 
cieties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Registration and Conveyancing 
Commission: Copy of First Report of the Com- 
missioners. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of 
February last, for a Return of the Value of all 
Extra-parochial Property which either has been 
or is liable to be assessed to the County Rate, under 
the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 111, as fixed either by a 
County Rate made under the said Act, or by the 
Property Tax. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


* Table. 


Agricultura] 
Distress, 


Gttornies’ 
rtifi 
Bill, cates 


Petitions from the County of Warwick (two Peti- | 
tions) ;—Mawnby ; —Cowesby ;—County of York; | 


—Isleworth;—Saint Peter’s, Thanet;— Moor Monk- 
ton ;—and, Nun Monkton ; complaining of the de- 
pressed state of Agriculture, and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Notaries residing and practising in 
the city of Exeter, praying that the Attornies’ Cer- 
tificates Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 105, 


_ter Unity, praying the House to make such altera- 
tions in the laws relating to Friendly Societies, as 
will exempt them from the operation of the 39th 
| Geo. 3, c. 79, and the 57th Geo. 3,c. 19, commonly 
known as the Seditious Meetings and Corresponding 
| Societies Acts, protect them against fraud and mis- 

appropriation of their funds, whether committed by 
their own members or other persons, give them 
power legally to invest their funds, to displace re- 
| fractory trustees, to settle their own disputes, and 
| to enable them to be recognized under the sanction 
| of the law, without impairing their present constitu- 
| tion of Lodges, districts and unity, under which they 
| have hitherto existed so beneficially, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at Friendly 
Rochdale ; — Birkenhead (District Grand Master, Societies Bill. 
District Deputy Grand Master and District Secre- 
tary) ;— Tonbridge (Noble Grand, Vice Grand and 
Per. Secretary) ;— Wray (President, Vice-President 
and Secretary) ;— Hilton and Bingham’s Melcombe ; 
—and, Members of a Provident Association called 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; praying 
that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Montrose ;—Kilmarnock ;—Dum- Home-made 
barton ;— Cupar ;—County of Fife ;— Kirkaldy ;— Spirits in 
William Fiau and Co., Destiloe Grange, Fife- a 
shire ; — Burntisland ; — Carnew ; — and, Perth; 
praying that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freemen, Liverymen and House- Land Tax, 
holders of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the 
city of London, praying the House to take the pre- 
3k 3 sent 

















Malt. 


494 


sent laws for assessing and collecting the Land Tax 
into consideration, and to make such alterations and 
modifications therein, as the nature of the case re- 
quires, and to equalize the imposition thereof, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


‘able. 


Petition from Alresford ;— Great Chesterford ;— 
Great Henny ; —Tilbury-juxta-Clare ; —Messing ; 
—Great Saling ;—Ovington ;—Dedham ;—Barns- 
ton; —Berners Roding ; -- Bulmer ; —Pentloe ; — 
Waties Colne; —Little Dunmore ; — Shaford ;— 
Alphamstone ; —Colne Engaine ; — Little Holland ; 
—-Wickham Saint Paul ;--Little Easton ;--Feering ; 
—Tollesbury ;—Good Caster ;— Twinstead ;— Wil- 
lingale Doe ;—Chappel ; —Tolleshunt Knights ;— 
Great Holland ;—Wrabness ;— Birdbrook ; —Wil- 
lingale Spain; —Elmstead ;—Layer Bretton ; — 
Havenhill ; —Wichen ; —Elsenham ;—Great Chis- 
hall ;—Haydon;— Manuden;— Bradfield Saling ;— 
Great Bardfield; — Langley (Essex) ;— Wendens 
Ambo ;-—Arkesden ; —Chrishall; — Littlebury ; — 
Berden ; —Rochford ; —Little Wakering ; —North 
Ockendon ;—North Farnbridge ; —Chignall Saint 
James ;— Pitsea ;—Lambourn (Essex) ; —Fryern- 
ing; —Purleigh ;—Doddinghurst;— West Thurrock; 
—(Great Waltham ;— Little Waltham ;— Blackmore ; 
— Pritilewell ; — Writtle; — Navestock ; — Great 
Parndon ; —Little Leighs ; —Widford ; —Chelms- 


ford ;—Stanford Rivers ;— Tillingham;— Bobbing- 


worth ;— Woodham Ferris ;—Paglesham ;—Asheld- 
ham ;—High Ongar ;—Standervell ;—Sandon ; — 
Hatfield Broad Oak; — Buttsbury ; — Stondon 
Massey ;—Shuring ; —Chingford ; —South Ocken- 
don ;—Ingatestone ;—Terling ; —Great. Wakering ; 
— Matching ; — Little Laver; — High Laver; — 
Rayleigh ; — Roxwell;— Laindon Hills ; —Great 
Braxted ; — Springfield ; — Chignall Smealy ;— 
Cressing ;— Brentwood ;— North Shoebury ;—Hock- 
ley ;— Netteswell ;—Pebmarsh ;—Fordham;— May- 
land ;—- Chadwell ;--Great Wigborough ;—Ramsey ; 
—East Hanningfield ;— Widdington ; — Langenhoe; 
— Upminster ; —Moreton ;— Little Stambridge ;— 
Birch ;— Canewdon ;— Takeley ;— Chipping Ongar; 
— Rawreth ; — Walthamstow ; — Ashen; — Little 
Bromley ;—Great Stambridge ; —Great Leighs ;— 
Bradwell-next-Coggeshall ; —Wickford ; —Latton ; 
—KLittle Braxted ; —Vange ; —Brightlingsea; — 
Thorp-le-Soken ;— Hareleigh ; —Witham ; —Little 
Parndon; —Mark’s Hall; —Bures ; —Salcott ; — 
Little Hallingbury ;— Weeley ; —Thaxted ; —Great 
Warley ;— Thorrington ; —Althorne ;—Great Hal- 
lingbury ;-- Cranham; — Stifford; — Gosfield ; — 
Leigh; —West Bergholt ; —Dengie ; —Broxted ;— 
Henham ;— Little Baddow ;— Black Notley ; — 
White Notley ; —Fowlness ; —Burnham ;—Kirby ; 
— Bulphan ;--Sturmer ;--Latchingdon ;--Shopland ; 
—Finchingfield; —Great Horksley; —Frating ; — 
Ridgewell ;— Little Burstead ; —Stock ;— Hatfield 
Peverel ;—Copford ; —Rettendon ;— Eastwood ; — 
Earls Colne ;—Rivenhall ; —Great Coggeshall ; — 
Margaretting ;— Greenstead ;— Thoydon Mount ;— 
Hadleigh ; — Ingrave ; — Peldon; — Barling ; — 
Wivenhoe ; — Toppesfield ; — Great Clackton ; — 
Ashingdon ;—Southminster ; —Great Burstead ;— 
Orsett ; — Virley ; —Stanway ; —Goldhanger and 
Little Totham ;—South Weald ;-—Frinton ;— Beau- 
champ Roothing ;— Basseldon ;— Nevendon ;— Hut- 
ton ;—Layer Marney ;—Litile Warley ;—Borley ; 
~-East Tilbury ;—Great Bentley ;— Ramsden Bell 
House ;— Norton Mandeville ;—Aldham ; — Down- 
ham ;— East Horndon ;—Ulting ;—South Bonfleet; 
— Stapleford Tawney; — Wennington ; — South 
Shoebury ;—White Roothing ;—Thoydon Bois ;— 
Stow Maries ;—Dunton ;—Pattiswick ;— Osyth ;— 
East Donyland ;— Boxted;— West Tilbury ;—Saint 
Lawrence ; — Harlow ; — Thundersley ; — Mount- 
nessing ; — White Colne; — Loughton; — Bowers 
Gifford ;— Beaumont ;— South Fambridge ;—Lain- 
dor. ;—Shelley ;—Tobbing ; — Woodham Walter ;— 


5° Julia. 


A, 1850. 


Hadstock ;~-Little Chesterford ;-- Newport (Essex) 
—Ashdon ;— Little Bradfield ;—Farnham ;—Little 
Chishall ;—Saffron Walden ; —-Redwinter ;—Mal- 
don ;—Manningtree and Mistley ;— Bressingham ;— 
Gissing ; —Burston ; — Shenfield: — Ardleigh ; — 
Nazeing ;— Boreham ;— Layer de la Haye ;—Fing- 
ringhoe ;—Roydon ;—Fyfield ;—Gestingthorpe ; — 
Colchester (two Petitions) ;—Ulceby ;—Scawby ;— 
Barnetby-le- Wold and Melton;—Limber ;— Hibald- 
stowe;—West Halton ;—Barton-upon-Humber ; — 
Winterton; — Wrawby ; — Kirton-in-Lindsey ; — 
Worlaby ;— Broughton ; —Elsham ;— Wootton and 
Thornton Curtis ;—Redbourne ; —Waddingham ;— 
Cadney ;—Bottesford ;—Ashby ; —Parts of Lind- 
sey ;—South Ferraby;—Messingham ;—Alkborough 
and Winteringham ;—Barrow, Goxhill and Burn- 
ham ;-—Bonby and Saxby ;—East Butterwick and 
Barringham ; —Oxford Farmers’ Club (President, 
Vice-President and Secretary) ; — Hundred of 
Tandridge (Surrey) ;— Tettenhall; — Wistrict of 
Lauderdale ;—Mashbury ;—Abberton ;— Rayne ;— 
Belchamp Walter ; —Great Bromley ;—Belchamp 
Otten ;—Great Yeldham ;—Little Clacton ;—Lang- 
ford ;—Mount Bures ;—Stambourne ;— Elmdon ;— 
Great Dunmore; — Mark's Tey ; — Halstead ; — 
Liston ;—Little Canfield; —Inworth ; —Weathers- 
field ;—Castle Hedingham ;—Little Wigborough ;— 
Great Totham ;—Wix;— Wickham Bishops ; — 
Sible Hedingham ; —Little Horkesley ; —Stebbing ; 
— Great Tey ;—Great Maplestead ; — Tiltey ; — 
Walton-on-the-Naze ;—Margaret Roding ;—Little 
Oakley ; — East Mersea; — Felstead ; — Balling- 
don; —Foxearth; —Little Yeldham; —Stisted ; — 
Easthorpe ; — Hornchurch; — Great Canfield ;— 
High Roothing ;—Lawford ;—Tolleshunt D’ Arcy; 
— Wormingford ;— Belchamp Saint Paul’s ;—Brad- 
field ;—Lamarsh;— Little Sampford ;— Hempstead ; 
—Wimbish ; —Richling ;—Helions Bumpstead ;— 
Great Sampford ;-- Debden ;— Clavering ;-- Stansted 
Mouatfitchet ; — Quendon ; — Brockdish ; — Tiben- 
ham ; —-Rinshall; — Ashwellthorpe ; —Alburgh ; — 
Earsham ; — Pulham Saint Mary-the-Virgin; — 
Redenhall-with-Harleston ; —Pulham Saint Mary 
Magdalen ;—Wortwell ; —Billingford ; —Stanston ; 
—Thorpe Abbotts ;—Needham ;—Denton ;—Tivet- 
shall Saint Margaret ;—Tivetshall Saint Mary ;— 
Thelton ;—Shimpling ;—Fersfield ;— Diss ;—Dick- 
leburgh; — Faulkbourn ; — Munden ; — Aythorp 
Roding ; —Great Easton ; —Shelton ; —Ugley ; — 
Shelfanger ;—and, Little Coggeshall; praying for 
repeal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bishopstone ;—Liddington ;—Lydiard Treegooze;— 
Hannington ; — Highworth ; — Shrivenham; — 
Castle Eaton ; —Aldbourne ;— Epsom (Chairman) ; 
— Kingston (Chairman) ;— Wootton Bassett; — 
Liddiard Millicent ;--Swindon;--Rodborne Cheney; 
— Kilmiston ;— Barton Stacey ; —Seckford ;—Cas- 
tanton ;—Itchen Abbes ;—South Stoneham ;—Upper 
Clattord ;—Compton ;—East Tisted ;—Wernham’s 
Dean ;—East Worldham ;—Littleton;— Winchester 
(four Petitions) ;—Nether Wallop ; —Winnall;— 
Stockbridge ; — Headborne Worthy; — Alton; — 
Ropley ;— Longstock ;— Avington;—Applesham ;— 
Upper Weild;— West Stratton ; — Herriard ;— 
Houghton; — Longparish ; — Cliddesden ; —Spars- 
holt ;—Lockerby ;— Overton ; — Bentworth ;—Som- 
borne ;— Holybourne ;—Northington ;—Members of 
the Winchester Farmers’ Club ;— Weston ; — Wons- 
ton ;—Crawley ; —Bishop’s Sutton; — Twyford ;— 
Chilbolton ; —Droxford ;— West Tisted ; —Wick- 
ham ;—Goodworth Clatford ; —Wherwell ;— Chil- 
| combe ;— Hursley ;— Week ;—North Baddlesley ;— 
| Nutley ;—Bishop’s Stoke ;—Nursling ; —Mitchel- 
| dever ;—and, Warnford; praying for’ the repeal of 
the duties on Malt and Hops,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions 


























Petitions from Wroughton;—Ramsbury ;—Chisle- Malt and 
don ;—Lambourn ;—-Stratton Saint Margaret's ;— Hops. 














Bill. 


Medical 
(Navy-) 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Samuel 
Phillips. 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


Post-office, 


ford ;—Huish ;—Merton (Devon) ;—Milton Dame- 


14 Victoriz. 


Petitions from Bethnal Green ;—and, Limehouse ; 
praying that the Marriages Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Milton Damerall ;—Kirk Session 
of Kinglassie (Moderator) ;—and, Cookbury; 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 Medical Practitioners of Hastings, 
in the county of Sussex, praying the House to 
adopt measures for improving the position of As- 
sistant Surgeons in the Royal Navy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Washfield ;— Petrockston ;—Sand- 


rel ;—Stockleigh ;—Luppit ; —Ashbocking ;— They- 
don Bois; — Brimpsfield and Cranham;— Great 
Whitcombe ; — Eastington ;—Icomb ;—Coberley ;— 
Banstead ; — Albury ; — Brighton ;—Melbecks ;— 
Thurcaston and Cropston ;—Breedon-on-the-Hill ; 
— Belgrave ; —Tugby and Keythorpe ;— Worthing- 
ton; — Sheepshed ; — Worksop ;— North Cove ;— 
Frostenden ; — Bramford ;—-Baldwyn Brightwell ; 
— Ossington;—Sutton-upon- Trent ;—East Leake ;— 
Burton Joyce ;—Southwell (two Petitions) ;—Shel- 
ford ;—Llangybi-cum-Llanarmon ;— Westbourne ;— 
Bobbington ; — Brockmoor ; — Haughton ; — Bre- 
wood ;—Clergymen of the Church of England ;— 
Burwarton ; — Hougham-in-Dover ; — Burton ; — 
Langton Matravers ;—Kerton-in- Holland ;—Daw- | 
ley ;—Ichlingham All Saints and Icklingham Saint 
James ;—Cockfield ;—and, Wolverley ; praying that 


5° Sulit. 


495 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Railway Audit 
praying that the Railway Audit (No. 2.) Bill may (No. 2) Bill, 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the Savings 
Witham Savings Bank ;—and, Trustees and Ma- Banks Bill. 
nagers of the Savings Bank at Saffron Walden ; 
praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass 
mto a law, as it now stands,-—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Glasgow; praying that the Public-houses 
Public Houses (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a (Scotland) 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint Sunday 

James, Clerkenwell, and Saint Luke's, in the county we 
° ee ; . ° evention 

of Middlesex, complaining of certain misstatements Bi), 
in the yo of a Select Committee on the Sunday 
Trading Prevention Bill; stating their ability to 
disprove the same, and praying for inquiry, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Bungay and Beccles ;—and, Hales- Tea and Malt, 
worth; praying for repeal of the duties on Tea and 
Malt,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Freemen, Liverymen and House- windows. 
holders of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the 
city of London, praying for the repeal of the duty 


| on Windows, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Fri- Improvement 








the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. | 

Petitions from Portsmouth ;—and, Halliwell ; 


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 Samuel Phillips, Miller, 
parish of East Workington, near Crediton, Devon, 
complaining of the refusal of the Admiralty to 


afford him information upon the subject of prize-| 
money due to a relative of the Petitioner, and | 


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


| 
A Petition of the Clerk, Master and Matron of 


the Workhouse, Relieving Officer, Assistant Over- 
seer and other Officers connected with the adminis- 
tration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in the Atherstone Union, in the counties of 
Warwick and Leicester, praying that an Act may be 

ssed during the present Session of Parliament to 
enable the Petitioners to form and distribute a su- 
perannuation fund for members of their body, was 


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


Petitions from Lyme Regis ; — Burntisland ;— 
and, Ashburton; praying the House to rescind the 
late Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from White Roothing ;—Alresford (Es- 
sex) ; — Rutherglen ; — Glasgow ; — Ellesmere ; — 
Hanmer ; — Graveney-with-Goodnestone ; — and, 
Swansea; praying the House not to rescind the 
Resolution prohibiting Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Strachan ;—Fettercairn ;— Milton 
Damerell ; — Cookbury ;—and, Thorndon; praying 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 

VoL. 105. 


day next, the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) of Towns 
Bill, was read, and discharged. (Ireland) Bill. 


| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday the 19th day of this instant July. 


| Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now Orders of 
read; and the same being read ; the Day. 
Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 


of the after the Motion for the repeal of the Malt Tax, of 


which Notice has been given by Mr. Cayley. 
| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: Message from 

Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Judgments 
| Act to amend the Laws concerning Judgments in (Ireland) Bill. 
| Ireland, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Brigstocke’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to (or Player's) 
authorize the granting of Building and Improve- ®**t¢ Bill 
-ment Leases of the Settled Estates of Elizabeth 
| Lydia Brigstocke, situate in the Town of Ryde, in 
the Isle of Wight, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed tu the Amendments made Cathrow’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Estate Bill. 
authorize the Sale of certain Real Estates, situate 
at Hoddesdon, in the County of Hertford, and in 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, in the 
County of Middlesex, and in Tottenham Court-road, 
in the said County of Middlesex, which belonged 
to the late René Briand, deceased, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made South Staf- 
by this House to the Amendments made by their fordshire Rail- 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable “*7 _ 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company to 
lease their Undertaking, and for other Purposes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


| 
| 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Police ana 
Act to make more effectual Provision for regulating Improvement 
the Police of Towns and Populous Places in Scot- — 
land, and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting 
and improving the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House : And also, 

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496 5°—6° Juli. A. 1850. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Act fur continuing the Term of an Act passed in Reading of the Attornies’ Certificates Bill ; 
the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for upon Friday next. 
building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near | 
to the Mythe Hill, within the Parish, and near to 


Attornies’ 


‘Tewkesbury 
Certificates, 


Severn Bridge 
and Roads Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
the Townof Tewkesbury,in the County of Gloucester, mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice poy ol 
to the opposite side of the said River, in the Parish | Improvement Bill ; Seouetumes 
of Bushley, in the County of Worcester, and for Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 
making convenient Roads and Avenues to commu- next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

nicate with such Bridge, within the Counties of 

Gloucester and Worcester”; and of another Act| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trustee Biil. 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said | mittee on the Trustee Bill; 

late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled,| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

“ An Act for altering, amending and enlarging the | resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the | 
Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads,” for the pur-) f 
pose of paying off the Debt now due on the said! mittee on the Court of Chancery (County Palatine (County Pala- 


Bridge and Roads, with an Amendment ; to which | of Lancaster) Bill; — ; tine of Lan- 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of | Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday caster) Bill, 
this House: And also, | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| 
Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year | 
of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, Reading of the Distress for Rent (Jreland) Bill ; 

“ An Act for more effectually repairing the Road; Ordered, That the Bill-be read a second time 
leading from Heronsyke to Kirkby-in-Kendal, and | upon Thursday next. 

from thence through Shap to Eamont Bridge, in| : 
the County of Westmoreland, and for making a; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
new Road from the said Road at a Place called Far | mittee of Supply; _ 
Cross Bank, near Kirkby-in-Kendal, to communi-, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
cate with the intended Canal from Lancaster to| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Kirkby-in-Kendal, and to join the said Road at or | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
Chancery 


Heronsyke 
and Eamont 
Bridge Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Distress for 
Rent (Ire- 
land) Bill. 





near a Place called The ZLound, near Kirkby-in-' 
Kendal, afovesaid,” and to continue the Term by | 
the same Act granted, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desirethe concurrence 
of this House : And also, 





| 


| 


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 from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Railways 





Ulverstone, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Millthorp and Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-eighth | facilitate the Abandonment of Railways, and the Abandonment 
a year of the reign of King George the Third, inti-| Dissolution of Railway Companies, in certain - 
Bill. tuled, “An Act for making and maintaining a Turn- | Cases, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
pike-road from the Turnpike-road leading from) An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Ulwerstone to Kendal into the Turnpike-road leading | Bill, in P. 8. 1. 32., by leaving out from the word 
from Miillthorp to Kendal, and a Continuation of |“ performed” to the end of the Clause. 
the said Road from the last-mentioned Turnpike-| | And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
road to join the Turnpike-road leading from Zan-| posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 
caster to Kendal, and to continue the Term thereby; The House divided. 
granted, with Amendments; towhich Amendments| The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:;| The Noes to the old (ani F, 
And also, | Malere . J Mr. Hood, las 
Tyne 4 The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | Tellers for the Yeas, ; “9 — : i 15. ® 
— Act for the Improvement and Regulation of the a r. Chaplin, a 
River Tyne and the Navigation thereof, and for other | agrees - oe wom UMr. Locke : ioe 
purposes, with Amendments ; to which Amendments; 50 it passed in the Negative. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:| ‘Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
And also, | Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Official The Lords give leave to the Earl of Lonsdale tu | 40 pass. | 
Salaries. attend and give evidence before the Select Com-} | Ordered, That Mr, Bernal do carry the Bill to 
mittee appointed by this House to consider the , the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
subject of Official Salaries:—And then the Mes-' agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
senger withdrew. {Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
_rence of their Lordships. _ 
Malt. A Motion was made, and the Question being | , ‘ B 
proposed, That leave be given to oe in a Bill to | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- —— 
repeal the Malt Tax ; mittee on the Population Bill; _ 
; fee Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
And the House having continued to sit till after | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; . 
; 7 | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Population 
Sabbati, 6° die Julii, 1850: ‘mittee on the Population (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 
And the Question being put; Resolved, That this House will, upon’ Monday 
mk 5 &gt; | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; | The Bill to amend and continue certain Acts re- Linen, &amp;c. 
The Noes to the new Lobby. lating to Linen, Hempen and other Manufactures in Manufact z 


, Mr. Christopher 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mir. Saeins * }igs. 
eae Noee | Lord Marcus Hill, |, 
Tellers for the Noes,) Mr. Bellew : pra? 


So it passed in the Negative. 


; 





; : Bill. 
Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third (Ireland) 


time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. “. 
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14 Vicroriz. 


Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Exchequer into a Committee upon the Court of Exchequer 
(ireland) Bill (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. 


Fees (Courtof The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chancery-) mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; 


= Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Home-made The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Sa mittee on the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill ; 
ee Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Borough The Bill to provide for more effectually main- 
os taining, repairing, improving and re-building Bridges 
in Cities and Boroughs was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 
A Clause (Repair of Bridges included within 
Boundaries of Municipal Boroughs) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Colonel Hall do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Highways The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 

onan nesday next, the Highways (District Surveyors) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Thursday the 18th day of this instant July. 


Westminster Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

Temporary Committee on the Westminster Temporary Bridge 

Bridge Bill. : : penal 7 * 
Bill, to consider and report specially on the expe- 
diency of erecting a permanent Bridge on or near 
the site of the present Bridge. 


Court of 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Chancery. 


posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Commissions of Masters 
Extraordinary in Chancery issued during each of 
the years 1847, 1848, and 1849 ; with an Account 
of the Total Amount of Fees received for such 
Commissions :—Statement of the Authority under 
which such Fees were charged, and of the Appro- 
priation thereof, in each year, with the Names of 
the several persons to whom, and of the Offices in 
respect of which, such Fees were so appropriated, 
and of the Total Amount received by every such 
person in each year :—And, Statement of any other 
Offices held by every such person, and of the Annual 
Amount of the Salary and Emoluments attached to 
such other Offices :—And the said Motion was, with 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Marriages Act Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
BL to amend the Provisions of an Act of the seventh 
year of King William the Fourth, for Marriages in 
England: And that the Earl of Arundel and Sur- 
rey and Mr. Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 
Exthonge Bin, O7dered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Act for exempting certain Bills of 
Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation 
of the Usury Laws: And that the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
a Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
"to we are Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1851 :— 
And a Committee was appointed, of Mr. Secretary- 
at-War, The Judge Advocate, Mr. Sidney Herbert, 











Vou. 105. 





5°—-6° Julia. 497 


Mr. Bellew, Mr. Cornewail Lewis, Sir William So- 
merville, 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill Loan Societies 
to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Sill. 
Loan Societies: 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 
to continue certain Temporary Provisions concerning Jurisdiction 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And that 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Sir George Grey do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, ‘that leave be given to bring in a Bill stock in Trade 
to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from Bill. 
Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in 
‘Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor : 

And that Mr. Cornewaill Lewis and Sir George Grey 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, — 
and to make further Provisions respecting Turnpike- ~~ 
roads 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 Bill Militia Ballots 
to suspend the making of Lists, and the Ballots cc, 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King-~ 
dom: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Mr. Se- 
cretary-at-War do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey presented a Bill Marriages Act 
to amend the Provisions of an Act of the seventh ——— 
ear of King William the Fourth, for Marriages in™ 
England: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 15th day of this instant July ; and to be printed. 


No. 516. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue Loan Societies 
an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Socie- Bill- 
ties : And the same was read the first time ; and or- No. 517. 
dered to be read a second time upon Monday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill for further Ecclesiastical 
continuing certain Temporary Provisions concerning Jurisdiction 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: And the pre 4 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 518. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue stock in Trade 
the Exemption of Inhabitants from Liability to be Bill. 
rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other No. 519. 
Property, to the Relief of the Poor: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue Turnpike Acts 
certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to Continuance, 
make further Provisions respecting Turnpike-roads ““ 
in England: And the same was read the firsttime ; No.520. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to suspend Militia Ballots 
the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrol- a 
ments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : And” - 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be No. 521. 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


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


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498 


Luna, 8° die Julii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 

sitting of the House. 
Great North- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
en the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
ent Northern Railway Deviations, Amendment of Acts, 


of Acts, Altera- Alteration of Tolls, and of East Lincolnshire Rail- 


= . — way Tolls Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

Lincolnshire agreed to. 

ig Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
OUs Dili, 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Waterford The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Railway Bil the Amendments made by the Lords to the Water- 

" ford and Kilkenny Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and 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. 


Birkenhead The Bill to amend and extend the Acts relating 
— Trustees to the Docks of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, to 
; extend the Time for Completion of Works, and to 
exempt certain Vessels from the Payment of Rates 
to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, was, ac- 

cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Short Title of Act), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (A self-registering tide-gauge and 
barometer to be provided by the Trustees), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill do pass ; 

Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to carry into effect Arrangements 
made between the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods and the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, 
to amend the Acts relating to the said Docks, and 
to extend the Time for Completion of Works and 
for other Purposes. 

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


A Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers and Pro- 
visions of the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, 
and the Westminster Improvement Act 1847, to 
extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of 
Lands, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

A Clause (Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the 
Governors of the Grey Coat School, the Governors 
and Trustees of the Hospital of Saint Margaret, the 
Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi, or Benet 
College, Cambridge, the Trustees of Palmer's Cha- 
rity Estate, and the Governors or Trustees of Ema- 
nuel Hospital, or Lord and Lady Dacre’s Charity 
Estate, not to join in any leases of charity lands), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

A Clause (Commissioners not to take lands com- 

ulsorily, except those mentioned in Schedules to 
serene. tater Acts or this Act), was thrice read ; 
and ‘added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 











8° Jultz. 











A. 1850. 


Ordered, That Sir De Lacy Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into considera- sir Peter 
tion Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood’s Estate Bill, as Hesketh Fleet. ' 
amended in the Committee ; and the Amendments eames 
were read, and agreed to. } 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second Manchester 

time ; and committed. Bonding Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of James Campey Laycock, of Hud- Attornies’ 
dersfield, Notary Public, praying that the provisions Certificates 
of the Attornies’ Certificates Bill may be extended 
to Notaries Public, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parents and Guardians of the Raucation 
children attending the school of Clonegal parish, in (Ireland) = + 
the counties of Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow, 
complaining that the schools in connexion with the 
Church Education Society in Ireland 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 grie- 
vance, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of the Home-made 
city of Dublin (President and Honorary Secretary) ; Spirits in 
—Glasgow ;—Belfast ;—and, Moate ; praying that Bom4 Bill. 
the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Udimore ;—Icklesham ;— Winchel- Malt. 
sea ;—Playden and Guldeford;—and, Danbury ; 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Tynemouth ;— and, Greenock ; Mercantile 
praying that the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill (No. 2.) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read;* °” 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hull Chamber of Commerce and 
Shipping ( Vice-President) ;—- Sligo ;—Scarborough ; 

—and, Dublin and Glasgow Steam Packet Com- 

pany (Chairman); 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 Guild or Brotherhood of Mas- 
ters and Pilots, Seamen of the Trinity House in 
Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also 
a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Witney, praying that Oath of, 
the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may-pass into a Aa) Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. . 

Petitions from Corfe Castle ;—Harlow ;— Wood- 
bury Salterton ;—Tor Moham ; —Beckingham ;— 
Moulton Saint Mary ;—Hoveton Saint Peter and 
Hoveton Saint John ;— Halvergate ;—Hellesden and 
Drayton ;— Thorpe Market ;—East Fen ;—Fother- 
by ;—Swaby ;— Mid Ville and certain parts of the 
East Fen; —Normanby-on-the-Wolds ;—Stainton- 
le-Ville ; —Walesby ; — Claxby-cum-Normanby ; — 
Bramham ;— Shepley ;—Ledsham ;— Long Preston ; 
— Bowdon ;— Stoke Saint Milborough ;—Carlton 
Colvile ;—Castle Rising ; — Edenhall and Long- 
wathby ;—Sydenham Damarell ; — Haslingfield ;— 
Creech Saint Michael; — Hilperton ; —Whaddon 
(Wilts) ;—Winkfield ;—Clyst Saint Mary and Clyst 
Saint George; — Bewdley ; — Montacute ; — Win- 
sham ;-— Otterhampton ;—Buglawton ;— Locking ;—~ 

Osmaston- 

















arochial 
Assessments 


Post-office. 


Entries 
(Port of 
» Dublin.) 


Public-houses 
(Scotlan 
Bill a) 





14 VicrorizZ. 


Osmaston-next-Ashbourn ;—Sandford ;--Crowmarsh 
Gifford ;— Willesborough ;—and, Bircham, Newton, 
and Docking ; 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 Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, 
being respectively the President and Members of 
the Committee of a certain society or community 
of persons styling themselves the Hull Guardian 
Society for the Protection of Trade, praying that 
the Parochial Assessments Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Axminster ;— Witham (Essex) ;— 
Royston ;—Southwold ;— Brighton ;—.Wiveliscombe ; 
— Falmouth; — Alloa; — Newcastle-upon-T'yne 
(three Petitions); — Beaumaris ;— Worcester ; — 
Wakefield ;— Northampton ;— Yeadon ;-—- West Dean; 
— West Tytherly ;—Over Wallop ;—Broughton ;— 
Stockbridge ;— and, Kingsomborne ; praying the | 
House to rescind the late Resolution prohibiting 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were presented, | 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Sherborne ;— Great Warley ;— 
Rawreth ; — Tormoham ; — Brixham ; — Barton- 
upon-Humber ;—William MacKenzie ; — Darling- 
ton ;— Stratton St. Mary ;— Crewkerne ;— Wootton 
Bassett ; — Builth ; — Calne ; —Rickmansworth ;— 
Wotton-under-Edge ; — Barnsley ; — Newtown ; — 
Spalding ; —Hawes ;—Lasswade ;—Stourbridge ;— 
Selkirk ;— Felton, &amp;c.;— Eye;— Newbury;—County 
of Suffolk ;— Tankersley ;— Malmesbury ;—- Holywell, 
Whitford, Moston Quay, Llanasa, Bagilt, Halkin and 
Caerwys ; — Colchester ; — Chatham ; — Thirsk ; — 
Folkestone ; — Nuneaton ; — Bradford (York) ; — 
Wokingham ;—Downham ;-- Brough ;--Somerton ;— 
District of Haverhill ;— Portobello ;—King’s Lynn ; 
— Brecknock ;— Rothesay ;— Marlborough ;—- Market 
Weighton ;—Sunderland ;—Clitheroe, Waddington, 
Slaidburn and Bolton-by-Bowland ; — Hitchin ;— 
Woodbridge ; — Blackford-under-Auchterarder ; — 
Horncastle ;—Stonham ;— Pontefract ; — Stokesley ; 
— Tetbury ;— Lyme Regis ;— Stratton ; — Market 
Harborough ; — Welwyn ;—Chester ;— Rochford ;— 
Middlesbrough ;— Tarporley and Banbury ;—Con- 
gleton ;—Abingdon ;— Ross ;— Bedale ;— Oswestry ; 
— Manchester ;— Bowdon ;— Hellingly ;— Lancaster 
Working Men’s Lord’s Day Society (Chairman) ; 
— Darlington ;—Lowestoft ;—Alnwick ;— Hexham ; 
—Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Pastor and Deacons) ;— 
Hayton ; —Cariisle ;—— Watton ; — Tewkesbury ;— 
Witchampton ;— Marston Sicca (Rector and Church- 
warden) ;—Hinton Parva ;— Potterne ;— Ames- 
bury (two Petitions) ;—Bradford (Wilts) ;—Mal- 
pas ;—Compton Dundon ;—Kingsdon ;—Ashbourn ; 
—Cricklade ; — Tetsworth ; — Witney ; —Trevethin 
and Pantcayen ;— Winkfield ;—Seend ;—Executive 
Committee of the North of England Sabbath Al- 
liance (Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary pro 
tem.) ;—Lea ; — Petersfield ; — Cuckfield ;— Lewes ; 
— Rye ;—Ratho;—and, Brailsford; praying the 
House not to rescind the Resolution respecting 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Antingham-with- Thorpe ; —and, 
Littlehampton ; praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Parnell, Merchant, Dublin, 
complaining of the charge for clearing entries at 
the Port of Dublin, and praying for relief, was 

onggg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Glasgow (eleven Petitions) ;—and, 
Cupar (Provost); praying that the Public-houses 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 


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499 


Petitions of Joseph Christopher Ewart, of New Railway Audit 
Brighton, near Liverpool, Esquire ;—and, Company ‘%°® 2-) Bill 
of Proprietors of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- 
way ; praying that the Railway Audit (No. 2.) Bill 


| may not pass into a law,-~—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees and Directors of the Savings Banks 
Savings Bank at Lanchester, in the county of Dur- Bill 
ham, praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ewart and Mr. Christopher Local Acts 
be added to the Select Committee on Local Acts eae 
(Preliminary Inquiries). penne; 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Railway Com- 
Communication in India, which was presented upon Ph" —_ie 
. . a. 
Friday last, be printed. . 
No. 522. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New NewChurches. 
Churches, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 523. 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Benefices, Benefices. 
which was presented upon the 26th day of June No, 594. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Judges’ Judges’ 
Salaries, which was presented upon Thursday last, Salaries. 
be printed. No. 525, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Extra- rxtra- 
parochial Property, which was presented upon parochial 
Friday last, be printed. ew 


No. 526. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mercantile 
mittee on the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; Marine 


And a Motion being made, and the Question (No. 2) Bill, 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question : —The said proposed Amendments were, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ the Bill be committed to a Select 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Lord Marcus Hiil, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Wis, Cleans }120 


Tellers for the Noes,/ age sor wm mat } 34. 


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. 

Cxiause N° 1, (Short Title) read. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, [That the Committee had made Progress 
382 in 














500 8° Juli. A. 1850. 


in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, ing Orders have not been complied with, no notice 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. of the intention to interfere with church property 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at having been given by advertisement in the London 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the Gazette, or in the local newspapers, in the months 
said Committee. | of October or November last. 

















Charity 
Commission. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of First Report of the Commis- 
sioners for inquiring into those Cases which were 
investigated and reported upon by the Charity 
Commissioners, but not certified to the Attorney-, 
General. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to | 
an Order, dated the 22d day of March last, for . 
Return of the Local Funds in aid of which Grants 
have been made by the Commissioners of National | 
Education in Jreland, either for Building, Teachers’ 
Salaries or School Necessaries ; and the Security on, 
which the said Local Funds rest. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of June’ 
last, for Copy of the Report made by the Commis-: 
sioners appointed by the Lord Lieutenant under' 
the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 85, s. 9, for dividing the 
City of Dublin into New Wards. 

; Sond to an Order, dated the 20th day of June 
last, for a Return, in a tabular form, of the Num- 
ber and Amount of Accounts at the last Dividend | 
in the Books of the Governor and Company of the| 
Bank of Ireland at Dublin, of the following Go-| 
vernment Stocks, viz.; Three per cent. Consols, | 
Three per cents. Reduced, Three and a quarter per 
cents.,and Government Debentures not consolidated; 
specifying the Number of Accounts having Sums 
of Stock at their credit not exceeding £.500; The’ 
Number having Sums exceeding £.500 and not ex-! 
ceeding £.1,000; The Number having Sums ex-| 
ceeding £.1,000 and not exceeding £.1,500; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.1,500 and not 
exceeding £.2,000; The Number having Sums ex-| 
ceeding £.2,000 and not exceeding £.3,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.3,000 and not, 
exceeding £.4,000 ; The Number having Sums ex- | 
ceeding £.4,000 and not exceeding £.5,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.5,000 and not, 
exceeding £.7,500; The Number having Sums ex- 
ceeding £.7,500 and not exceeding £.10,000 ; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.10,000 and not 
exceeding £.15,000; The Number having Sums 
exceeding £.15,000 and not exceeding £.20,000 ; 
The Number having Sums exceeding £.20,000 and 
not exceeding £.25,000; The Number having Sums | 
exceeding £.25,000 and not exceeding £.30,000; | 
The Number having Sums exceeding £.30,000 and | 
not exceeding £.40,000 ; The Number having Sums | 
exceeding £.40,000 and not exceeding £.50,000; The 
Number having Sums exceeding £.50,000: And giv- 
ing a Summary of the Total Sum in 34 per cent. Stock ; 
Total Sum in 8 per cent. Consols; Total Sum in 
3 per cents Reduced ; Total Sum in outstanding | 
Government Debentures not consolidated: And | 
stating how much thereof in the Names or held on | 
Account of Parties residing out of Jredand, and | 
paying Income Tax, at last Dividend; how much | 
in the Name of the Accountant-General of the Court | 
of Chancery in Jreland; how much in the Name of | 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


City of 
Dublin. 


Bank of 
Ireland. 


| 
{ 


the Accountant-General of the Court of Exchequer | 


in Ireland; how much in Names of other Private 
Parties residing in Ireland. 

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


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 London 
(City) School for Orphans of Freemen Bill, the 
_ Standing Orders have been complied with. 


London (City) 
School for 
Orphans of 
Freemen 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 Somerville’s or 


Milis’s (Barford Rectory) Estate Bill, the Stand- 


Somerville’s or 
Mills’s ( Bar- 
ford Rectory) 
Estate Bill. 


R 


| April last, relative to Portendic Claims, be printed. 


‘read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lyne ; — Rochdale ; — Chorley ;—Liverpool ;— Bol- Chancery 
ton ; — Accrington ;— Wigan ; — and, | a, ng of oo 


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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pypiic 


on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th days of ee 


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. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Clavering Portendic 
edman, which was presented upon the 12th day of Claims. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and Agricultural 
others residing in the parish of Salhouse, in the Distress. 
county of Norfolk, complaining of the depressed 
state of Agriculture, and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief, was presented, and read; and 


_ ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kendal, praying the Beer-houses, 
House to adopt measures for diminishing the num- 
ber of Beer-houses, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and others of the Asso- geclesiastical 
ciated Baptist Churches of the county of York, Property. 
praying the House to repeal as speedily as possible, 
having due regard to life interests, all that has 
hitherto been done by the Legislature for endowing 
or governing the Church, and to refrain from all 
such legislation in future, and to apply the national 
property hitherto engrossed by a few sects to secular 
and really national purposes, was presented, and 


Petitions of Solicitors practising in Ashton-under- Court of 





the Manchester Law Association ; praying that the caster) Bill. 
Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) 


_ Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of James Wood and others ;— Harriet Marriages 
Davis and others;—Charles Ely and others ;— Bill. 
John Galsworthy and others ;—James Holloway 
and others ;— Edward Green and others ;— Richard 
William Apps and others ;—William Smyth and 
others ;—Witliam Ramell and others ;—Charles H. 
Seddon and others ;—B. P. Bidder and others ;— 
William Rouse and others; —John Brooks and 
others ; — William Smith and others ; — George 
Elltham and others; —and, James Jacobs and 
others; praying that the Marriages Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered-to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fishguard ; — and, Bideford ; Merchant 
praying the House to adopt measures for the better — 
regulation of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Weights —_ 
Council of the royal burgh of va praying Measures 

the House to insert a clause in the Weights and 

| Measures Bill, either exempting royal burghs 
altogether from its operation, or, if this be deemed 
| inexpedient, continuing to the magistrates the same 
rights and jurisdiction which they have hitherto 

had and exercised, was presented, and read; and 
| ordered to lie upon the Table. - 
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14 Vicroriz. 


Ecclesiastical The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


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


Cuause N° 1 (Appointment of Church Estates 
Commissioners). ' 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 21: To leave 
out from the word “ England” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ and the three 
* Church Estates Commissioners so appointed shall 
“ together and exclusively constitute the body 
“ corporate of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
“ for England, and be entitled to exercise all their 
“ powers and privileges,” instead thereof. 

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

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, hoy (me Hill, \ 60. 


Tellers for the Noes, {or : fe "Hall :{ 2° 
Clause agreed to. 


Crause N° 2 (Salaries to first Church Estates 
Commissioner, and Commissioner appointed by 
Archbishop). 

Amendment proposed, in P.2. 1. 33: After the 
word “ pounds” to insert the words “ and to the 
“ second Church Estates Commissioner a salary 
“ not exceeding the yearly sum of One thousand 
“ pounds.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cuiausss N° 3 to N° 5, agreed to. 


Crause N° 6 (Estates Committee). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. ' 

Tellers for the Yeas, in d owen Hill, } 76. 
fSir Benjamin Hall, 33 
UMr. Horsman: a 

Ciavuse N° 7 (Estates Committee to manage all 
property of the Commissioners). 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause 
to add the words “and provided also, That the 
“ said Estates Committee shall have power to 
“ employ such solicitor, surveyor and actuary as 
“ they may think fit, and to dismiss the same.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavuses N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 


Cravuse N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuauses N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to., 

Cuiavuse N° 13 (Surplus of Episcopal Fund may 
be transferred to the Common Fund). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 6. 1. 9: To leave out 
from the words ‘“ expedient that” to the end of the 
Clause, in order to add the words “ the said Epis- 
* copal Fund and the Common Fund vested in the 
said Commissioners should form one fund ap- 
plicable to all the purposes conducive to the 
efficiency of the Established Church now se- 
“ parately provided for by the said Episcopal Fund 
“ and Common Fund respectively ; Be it Enacted, 
“ That from and after the passing of this Act, the 
“* fund accrued and accruing to the said Ecclesias- 
* tical Commissioners under the first-recited Act, 
“ and all other the monies, revenues and property 
* carried to or deemed part of the said Episcopal 

VoL. 105. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


“ 
“ 
“ 


wn“ 


g°—.9° 





Juli. 501 


“ Fund, or which, if this Act had not been passed, 
might have been carried to or deemed part of the 
said Episcopal Fund, or have been applicable to 
the purposes thereof, shall be carried to and form 
part of the Common Fund mentioned in the said 
secondly-recited Act, and be applicable to the 
purposes of such Common Fund; and that all 
the several payments and provisions now payable 
out of or charged upon the said Episcopal Fund 
and Common Fund respectively, or out of or 
upon the property applicable to the purposes of 
“ the said respective funds, or which, if this Act 
had not been passed, might have been payable 
out of or charged upon such funds and property 
respectively, shall and may be payable out of and 
charged upon the said Common Furd and the 
property applicable, and under this Act and 
otherwise to become applicable to the purposes 
“ thereof,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee a ‘aes . 
fMr. Mackenzie, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) gi. John Pakington : pill. 
Lord Marcus Hill, } 63 
Mr. Hayter : : 
Proposed words added. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CrauseE N° 14, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Noes, ' 





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


Martis, 9° die Julii, 1850: 


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 Friday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Charitable 
consideration the Charitable Trusts Bill, as amended Trusts Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 

mittee on the Poor Relief Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Incorporation 
into a Committee upon the Incorporation of Bo- of Boroughs 
roughs Confirmation (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some (ea) mae 
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 Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-~ Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice tion of Crimi~ 
Improvement Bill ; [hte name 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Bill. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Population 
into a Committee upon the Population Bill. = 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausges, N° 1 to N° 27, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Schedules (Exhibiting the number and condition 





383 of 














502 


of the Population of the several Counties or Shires 
of Great Britain),—brought up, and read, 1° and 2°. 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Schedules be added to the Bill :—Motion, 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 Thursday 
next. 


Population The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Population (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- | Gp, 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Parochial The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Assessments Reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day three months. 
Landlord The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


dT t H : 
Creland) Bill. as of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 25th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Public Health ( lreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Crtertien The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ines, &amp;c. : ‘ : 
(irelan a) Bill. — on the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) 

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

Highways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ery Reading of the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill ; 

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

Railway Audit The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(No. 2) Bill Reading of the Railway Audit (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chancery. mittee on the Court of Shaneaey (County Palatine 
(County Pala- . A, 
tine of Lan- Of Lancaster) Bill; 
caster) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 


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


8°—Q° Juliz. 


A. 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Zreland) Bill ; taking Fish * 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Ireland) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Qourt of 
into consideration the Court of Exchequer (Zreland) Exchequer | 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court of 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; Onencety) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resulve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Home-made 
mittee on the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill; —_Spirits in 

And a Motion being made, and the Question nd Bill 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, gg ~ Ao P \ 


&gt; 120. 
Lord Marcus Hill 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Bellew : &gt; £121. 


So it passedin the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
*« this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee,” be added at 
the end of the Question :—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. 


| The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, Loan Societies 
‘read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
Of the whole House, for this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, according Eeclesiastical 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to Jurisdiction 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according Militia Ballots 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Suspension 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. - 


The Public Houses (Scotland) Bill was read the Public-houses 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time — 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. ‘- = 

0. . 


The Inéumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill was read Incumbered 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Estates 1 
time upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant — a 
July ; and to be printed. cases 


The Select Committee on the Portland Harbour Portland 
and Breakwater Bill was nominated of Lord Sey- Harbour and 
mour, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Seymer, Mr. Floyer, Colonel — 
Freestun, Mr. Frederick Villiers, Colonel Damer, 

Mr. Robinson, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Hutchins, and 
Five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Appointments 
to simplify the Forms of Appointments to certain te Oflices, *¢ 
Offices,. and the Manner of passing Grants under 

| the 











Liverpool 
Port. 


Committees. 


Heronsyke 
and Eamont 
Bridge 





Tyne Navi- 
gation Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


the Great Seal: And that the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall Lewis 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 a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
this day. 








Martis, 9° die Julii; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bell, from the Office of the Commissioners 
of the Liverpool Dock and Light 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 1848 to the 24th of June 1849 :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, 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 Amendments made by the Lords to the Heron- 


Mikesroad Bill syke and Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road Bill; and 


the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tyne 
Navigation Bill. 

The said Amendments being twice read, (and it 
appearing that the Amendment in Clause (B.) is to 
carry out the intention of this House, as expressed 
in Clauses 27 and 28), were, with an Amendment 
to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ulver- 


Seegihecent stone, Millthorp and Lancaster Turnpike-road Bill ; 
Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Arbitration. 


British 
Museum. 


and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee on the River Zee Trust Bill. 


Petitions from Boughton (two Petitions); — 
Wern ;—and, Brymbo; praying the House to take 
prompt and decisive measures for the promotion 
of treaties between the Government of this country 
and other governments of the world, binding both 
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 Henry Smith Evans, residing in 
Richmond-road, Islington, Colonial Agent, com- 
planing of the want of a complete catalogue of 

VoL. 105. 


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503 


the books in the library of the British Museum ; 
and alleging that the convenience of the public is 
not sufficiently consulted in the arrangements of the 
said library ; and praying the House to refuse the 
annual grant until such time as the public have a 
sufficient guarantee that their convenience will be 
duly attended to, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;—and, Henry Blach- Copyholds 
ford Shillibeer, of Taunton, Land Surveyor, praying a 
that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may pass ‘ 
into a law, were presented, ’and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- court of 
gesses of the borough of Oldham, praying that the Chancery 
Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) a 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; caster) Bill. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Heaton Mersey ;--and, Harpurhey; Disarmament. 
praying the House to adopt measures for promoting 
a general and simultaneous Disarmament amongst 
the civilized nations of the earth,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton ;—and, Sheffield (three Ecclesiastical 
Petitions) ; praying the House to adopt measures Property. 
for devoting to national objects such property as 
is now appropriated to Ecclesiastical purposes,— 


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


A Petition of Henry Richard and others, pray- Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 


ing the House to adopt measures for devoting to 
national objects such property as is now appro- 
priated to Ecclesiastical purposes, and to abolish 
the Jrish Church Establishment, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Honorary Secretary Friendly 
and Clerk to the Committee of Management for Societies Bill. 
the Members of a Friendly Society, intituled, the 
Axbridgeand West Mendip Friendly Society, pray- 
ing that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Members of Provident Associations, 
called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (two 
Petitions) ;—Lyme Regis ;— Ludlow ;— Prescot ;— 
Bedford ;— Biggleswade ;— Hockliffe (Noble Grand, 
Vice-Grand and Secretary) ;— and, Saint Neot’s; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers, Merchants, and others, game Laws. 
of the county of Sutherland, praying for the abo- 
lition of the Game Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spirit Merchants in the burgh of Home-made 
Paisley, praying that the Home-made Spirits in meet 1 
Bond Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and “"° ” 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Farmers, Dealers and Hypothec 
Purchasers attending the market of Cupar in Fife, (Scotland.) 
praying for amendment of the law of Hypothec in 
(Scotland), was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-surveyors of Great Britain, Land 
praying the House to avert the ruin with which they Surveyors. 
are threatened, by withdrawing the Ordnance Sur- 
veyors from iocal works, and replacing them upon 
the national survey, which will fully occupy them 
for many years to come, and from which they were 
removed to survey the metropolis, and for other 
civil work, to the great disadvantage, as the Peti- 
tioners allege, of the public, and the injury of the 





Petitioners, who have thus been deprived of their 
384 employment, 




















504. 


employment, while they have to contribute towards 
the maintenance of that body which has superseded 
them, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Dumfries, praying for 
inquiry into the circumstances under which the 
Commissioners appointed under the Local Acts 
(Preliminary Inquiries) Act recommended the re- 
fusal of a Bill for supplying that town with water, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Local Acts (Preliminary Inquiries). 


Petitions of Robert Smith and others ;— Mary 
Richards and others ;—Elizabeth Brown and others ; 
—George Shatwell and others ;— William Henry 
Hochin and others ;—Henry Powell and others ;— 
Charles Edward Dickins and others ;— Richard 
Gittins and others ;—Joseph Richard Harwar and 
others ; — Phabe Davies and others ; — William 
Child and others ;—John Ellis Knowles and others ; 
—John Wynne and others ;— William Blaniley and 
others ;—Thomas Roberts and others ;—Matthew 
Archer and others ;— William Neilson and others ; 
— William Mayston and others ;—Joshua Clarke 
and others ;—Henry Charles Bushnell and others ; 
— Humphrey Sullivan and others ;— Robert Grapes 
and others ;— Thomas N. Godfrey ;—John Blake- 
ford and others ;—John Howell and others ;—Fre- 
derick Strong and others ;~—J. Irons and others ;— 
Richard Watson and others ;— W. A. Thompson and 
others ;—Jonathan White and others ;—S. I’. Gard- 
ner and others ;— Robert Bell and others ;— Edward 
Crate and others ;—H. Lodge and others ;—Wm. 
Gosling and others ;— William Fitt and others ;— 
Charles Morris and others ;— Robert Blackmore and 
others ;—J. Martin and others ;— Robert Sayer and 
others ;—R. 7. West and others ;—Daniel Culling 
and others ;— GeorgeV erney and others ;— A. Thurs- 
ton and others ;—TZhomas Peterkin and others ;— 
Thomas Martin and others ;— William Wright and 
others ;—Miles Stannelley and others ;—Matthew 
Govett and others;—W. Harris and others ;— 
Charles Bleadon and others ;—Richard Ford and 
others ;— William Bligh and others ;—James Ritchie 
and others ;—H. Green and others ;—G. Mann and 
others ;—F. Atherton and others ;—S. Keiley and 
others ;—Joseph Maitland and others ;—Hannah 
Simmons and others ;— William Ladd and others ; 
—Jasper Capper and others ;—John Mitchell and 
others;— Edward Edlin and others ;--Joseph Sorrell 
and others ;—G. Litton and others ;— Robert Stacey 
and others ;—John Hales and others ;—James Hib- 
ble and others ;—:Sarah Solomons and others ;— 
George Beresford and others ;—George Nock and 
others ;—J. O. Bassett and others ;—Mary Carter 
and others ;—and, C. C. Cardigan and others ; pray- 
ing that the Marriages Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Surgeons of Grantham, praying the 
House to amend the laws regulating the Medical 
Profession, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Middleton, late of Sligo, 
stating that in the year 1821, he entered into a 
contract with the Chamber of Commerce of the 
town of Galway, for the manufacture and supply of 
barrels for the use of the fisheries in that locality ; 
that in the month of November 1823, it came to his 
knowledge that the officers of the fishery board cut 
off the brands of the barrels for which premiums 
were previously received, and that bounties were 
drawn and paid; that upon this practice being acted 
on in Galway, all demand for new barrels ceased ; 
that the cutting off brands of barrels as aforesaid, 
and giving bounties on the fish therein packed, was 


6° Juliz. 





A. 1850. 


by the authority of an Order issued by the Board of 
Fisheries; that in March 1827, the said Board re- 
scinded the Order so complained of, but that in the 
mean time the Petitioner was completely ruined in 
his trade and circumstances, and praying for an in- 
quiry into the subject-matter of his complaint, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Letter-Press Printers residing in Newspaper 
the borough of Sheffield, praying for the repeal of Stamps. 
the Stamp Duty upon Newspapers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Selworthy ; — Waldringfield ;— Oath of 
Mountnessing ; — Hastings; — Clergymen of the Chews) Bill 
Church of England ;—North Repps ;—Kinnersley ; 

— Healaugh ; —Houghton ;—Stilton ;—Ardingley ; 
—South Mimms ;-— Hugglescote ;—Kencot ;—Hen- 
singham ; — Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Deanery of 
Frome ; — Clutton ; — Englishcombe ; — Road; — 
Bath ; — Glastonbury ; — Trostrey ; — Maldon ;— 
St. Sampson ;—Members of the Committee of the 
Protestant Association (Chairman) ; — Graveney- 
with-Goodnestone ;— Newcastle-under- Lyme ;—Llan- 
defeilog Fach ;— West Cowes ;—Claydon ;— Tretire- 
with- Michaelchurch ;—King’s Pyon and Birley ;— 
Belton (Lincoln) ;— Grantham ;-— Over Darwen ;— 
and, Caldicot; praying that the Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. | 


A Petition of Parishioners of Grantham, praying Parliamentary 
that the Parliamentary Voters (Jreland) Bill may be all a 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ‘ 7. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mars- Poor Law. 
ton St. Lawrence, in the county of Northampton, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law, in respect 
to Settlement, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Port Philip. 

Colonists of the district of Port Philip, colony of 
New South Wales, praying the House to pass a Bill 
for the separation of that province from Mew South 
Wales, and its immediate erection into a separate 
colony, bearing Her Majesty’s royal name of Vic- 
toria, with legislative institutions corresponding 
with those now existing in the colony, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Waldringfield; — Bridport ; — post.oftice. 
Mile-end New Town (three Petitions) ;—Bethnal 
Green ;—Hope-street ;—Spitalfields ;—Grey Eagle- 
street ;— Hawes ;—Garsdale ; —Dent ; — Delph ;— 
Ravenfield;— Barnborough;—Drayton Beauchamp ; 
—Little Horwood ;— Fawley ; —Wexham ;— Wrox- 
ton ;—Shipton-under-Wychwood ; — and, Shenton ; 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from North Molton ; —Cullompton ;— 
Cambridge ;—Pottery towns of Staffordshire ;— 
Longnor ;— Stirling ;—-Bristol (seven Petitions) ;— 
Westbury ;—Clifton (two Petitions) ;—County of 
Derby ;—Saint Pancras (three Petitions) :—Gilas- 
gow (Chairman); — Ryde ;— Guilden Morden ;— 
Portadown ; — Queenstown ;— Frome Selwood ;— 
Kingskerswell ; —Dursley ;— Newcastle-on--Tyne ;— 
Lesmahagow ;— Kingstown ;—Felton ;—Salford ;— 
Bury Saint Edmund’s;—Monkton Combe ;—Ax- 
minster ;— Wolverhampton ;— Wooburn ;—Kirk Ses- 
sion of Arbroath (Moderator) ;—Members of the 
Presbyterian Church in Ireland ;—Jandagree ;— 
Seaford ;—Potters Pury ; —Evwell ;—Dunster ;— 
Hacketstown ;—Bettws yn Rhos ;—Clergymen of 


the Church of England, and others ;—Shrewsbury 
(two 








14 Vicroriz, 


(two Petitions);— Coventry (two Petitions) ;— Bath; 
—Sunderland ;—Presbytery of Arbroath (Modera- 
tor) ;—Melton Mowbray ;—Chilcombe Morestead 
and Owlesbury ;—Gateshead ;—-Hutton ;—Bristol 
(two Petitions); — Chard ;— Salcombe Regis;— 
Farnley ; —Kiltegan ; — Baltinglass ; — Southamp- 
ton ;— Bromley ;— Pitminster ;— Chalford ;— Trow- 
bridge ; — Dublin ; — Bidford ;— Threapwood ; — 
Banbury ; — Dorchester ;-— Cupar, Fife ;—Wool- 
wich ; —Bridgerule ; — Newcastle-on-Tyne (twelve 
Petitions) ;—Lewes ;— Fareham ;—D. W. Godfrey, 
Editor and Proprietor of the English Churchman 
Newspaper ; —Biggar ; —Prestonpans ;—Lurgan ; 
—Bervie ; — Nottingham ;—Fort William ;—Wal- 
tham Cross ;—Beaminster ;— Grinshill ;—Leith ;— 
Stumbourne; — Thaxted; — Edgworthstown; — 
Frome ; —Fremington ; —Honiton ; —Sompting ;— 
Felmingham ;—Lamas;— Theydon Bois ;—Ashbock- 
ing ;—Liverpool ;—New Malton ;—Great Grims- 
by ; —Edinburgh;—James Greig and others ;— 
Islington ;— Aylesbury ;— Whitchurch (Salop) (two 
Petitions) ;— Haslemere ;— Helmsley ;— Por tarling- 
ton ;— Winchester ;— Kelso ;— Bakewell ;— Baslow ; 
— Castleton ;—Fenstanton and Hilton ;—Stafford ; 
—Lyme Regis ;—Long Bredy, Little Bredy and 
Kingston Russell ;— Newport (Devon) ;—Uckfield ; 
—Carlton-in-Lindrick;—Persons connected with 
the North and South Shields Gazette Newspaper ; 
— Farnham ; — Staines ; — Higham-on-the-Hill ;— 
Stoke Golding and Dadlington, Sebson and Upton; 
— Ware ;—Ayot Saint Lawrence, Codicote, Wel- 


9° Julzz. 
end ; —Fakenham ; — Ballibay ; —Rochdale ;—Mi- 





wyn and its vicinity ;—Sandon (Hertford) ;—Roy- 
ston ;—Kelshill ;~-Glasgow (six Petitions) ;—Pais- | 
ley (four Petitions) ;—Neath ;—Atherstone ;— Odi- 
ham ; —Blewberry ; — Galashiels ; —Fiddown and | 
Osborn; —Salcomb ; —Bishop’s Stortford ; — Kil- 
morack ;— Kinsale ;—Lauder and Ugston ;—Bils- 
ton :—Belturbet ;— Tring ;-- Ballymoney ;—- Bishop's 
Castle ;—Ivy Bridge ;— Hartlepool ; —Dunblane ; 
— Youghall ;—King’s Bridge; — Prescot ; — New 
Cumnoch, Auchinleck and Ochiltree ; —Bagnals- 
town ; — Crieff (Minister) ; — Corwen ; — Borrow- 
stounness ; — Huntingdon and Godmanchester ;— 
Committee appointed by the Wesleyan Methodist 
Conference for promoting the due observance of the 
Lord’s Day (President and Secretary) ;— South- 
moor ;— Fowey ;—Libberton ; —Lilliesleaf ;— Whit- 
horn ; — Stockport ; —Wantage ; — Tenby ; —War- 
wick ;— Halstead ;—Golspie ; — Maryport ;—New- 
ton Abbot ; — Balbreggan ;—Stow ;—Enstone and 
Charlbury ;—Ross ;—Members of the Committee 
of the North East London Auxiliary of the Church 
of England Young Men’s Society for aiding Mis- 
sions at Home and Abroad (two Petitions) ;—Mem- 
bers of the Committee of the North London 
Auxiliary of the Church of England Young Men’s 
Society for aiding Missions at Home and Abroad ; 
— Haslingfield ; —Chalbury ; — Chichester ;— Ded- 
dington ;—Members of the Committee of the Church 
of England Young Men’s Society for aiding Mis- 
sions at Home and Abroad ;— Bicester ;— Taunton; 
— Wednesbury ; — Wolverhampton ; — Walsall (two 
Petitions) ;— Bloxwich ;— Melksham ;—Ashburton ; 
— Bristol (four Petitions) ;-—-Compton Bishop ;— 
Loxton and Christon ;— Washford ;—Frome ;— 
Locking ;—South Petherton; — Watchett ;—Shen- 
Srith ;—Proprietors, Printers, Publishers and Ven- 
ders of London Newspapers ;—Commercial Young 
Men connected with the Establishment of George 
Hitchcock and Company, London ;— Burton Lati- 
mer ; —Marldon ; — Kenilworth ; —Belper ; —Lea- 
mington (two Petitions) ;—Weston-super-Mare ;— | 
Otley ;—Leamington Priors;—Atherstone ;—Reve- 
rend H. D. Harington ;— Nuneaton ;—Members of 
the North West Zondon Auxiliary of the Church of 
England Young Men’s Society in aid of Missions ; | 
— Leyland ;— Wigton ;— Ironbridge ;— Kilkenny ;— 
Ashburton ;—Inverkeithing, Crossgates and Hill- 
end ; — Tavistock ; — Cromarty ; — Pitlochry ; — 
Crawley ;— Wrexham;—Epsom ;—Chard ;—Bridg- | 
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505 


chael Jenkinson ;— Mary Nobbs ;—Saint Boswells ; 
— Dartford: — Milford Haven ; — Belturbet ; — 
Llangadoch ;—Postmaster, Receivers, Letter Car- 
riers and Messengers ;—Saint Ives (Cornwall) ;— 
Cranbrook ;— Douglas ; —Settle ;— Biggleswade ;— 
Wellington (Salop);—Olney ;—Gosport and Parish 
of Alverstoke ;— Pewsey ; — Otley ; —Newport ;— 
Chatham ;— Evesham ;—Blachshiels ;— Kilmarnock ; 
— Rougham ;— Ramsgate(two Petitions) ;—Cumber- 
land ;— Ashford ;— Wells (Norfolk) ;—Cullompton ; 
—Alford ; — Hailsham ; —Saxmundham ;—Ballin- 
robe ;—Saint Andrew’s in Fife;—Saint Columb 
and Newquay ;—Saint Albans ;—Saint Giles, Lon- 
don ;— Chertsey ;—Cullompton ;—Shadoxhurst and 
Orlestone ;— Wantage ;—Reverend J. Guthrie, and 
others ; —Aylesbury ; —Leeh ; — Wetherby; —Tun- 
stall ;— Yarm ;—Members of the Committee of the 
York Auxiliary of the Church of England Young 
Men’s Society for aiding Missions at Home and 
Abroad ;— Kettering ;—Kirk Session of the Na- 
tional Scotch Church, Regent-square, London (Mi- 
nister and Moderator) ;—Beverley ;— Olney ;—Mo- 
naghan ; —Barmouth ; —Hay ; —Sedbury ;— Vent- 
nor ;— Watford ;— Winslow ; —Quendon ;—Stilton ; 
— Clavering ;— Banbury ;—Stroud ;—Chalford ;— 
Linton; —New Sarum ; —Stockbridge ; —Bala;— 
Steeple Claydun ;—Church Lawton (two Petitions); 
— Newport ;— Bracknell ; — Northallerton ; —Am- 
lweh ;—Ennis ; — Axminster, Colyton, Seaton and 
Beer ; — Canterbury ; — Stansted ; — Keighley ; — 
Brackley ; — Enniskillen ; — Cerrig-y-Druidion ;— 
Ballycastle ;— Newport (Isle of Wight) ;—Claydon ; 
—Lostwithiel ; —Up-Lyme ; —Ferrybridge ;—Pen- 
trevodas ; — Maidstone ; — Ballymote ; — Weymouth 
and Melcombe Regis ;—Clerkenwell and Penton- 
ville ;— Nottingham ;—South Shields (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Crichhowel ;— Cowbridge ; — Chepstow ;— 
Macclesfield ;— Burslem (Chief Constable) ;—and, 
Carberry ; praying the House not to rescind the 
Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office, were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Cockermouth (two Petitions) ;— 
Cleator ;— Leominster ;— Parsonstown ;—Kingston- 
upon-Hull (Chairman) ;—Shrewsbury ;—Ultozeter ; 
—Burton-upon-Trent ;-—-Derby (Mayor) ;— Newn- 
ham ;—John Taylor and Son, Panther Lead-works, 
Avon-street, Saint Phillip’s, Bristol, and others ; 
— Bury ;— Brixham ;— Boston ; —Edale ; — Bake- 
well ;— Rawdon ;— James Taylor, Robert Taylor 
and James Hurst, of Marsden, near Huddersfield, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, Iron- 
founders and Machine-makers ;—Salehurst ;--James 
Alexander and others ; — Wrexham ; — Burnham 
Westgate ;—Jedburgh ;— Maidstone ;— Warwick ;— 
Godalming ;—Poole ;—Gilbert Barber and others ; 
— Plymouth ;— Merchants, Under-writers and other 
Members and Subscribers to’ Lloyd's ;— Harleston ; 
—Durham ;— Bath ;—Public Meeting held at the 
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street (Chairman) ;— 
Wellington (Salop) ;—Kew ; — Alnwick (Chairman 
and Minister) ; — Glastonbury ;—Chorley ; — Pro- 
prietors and Editor of the Lincolnshire Times news- 
paper, and other Persons employed thereon ;—Dart- 
ford ; — Alston ; — Sunderland (two Petitions) ;— 
C. W. Bailey and others ;—Proprietor and Editor of 
the Gateshead Observer Weekly Newspaper; — 
Gateshead (Mavor) ;—Petersfield;--Hay ;-- Thomas 
Abbotts and others ;—Cardiff ;— Honiton ;— Toll- 
cross ;—Beverleu;—-Sidbury ;-- Framlingham ;--Dol- 
gelly ;— Grantham ;— Rutherglen ;— Ellon ;—Saint 
Andrew’s ;—Thomas Laycock ;— Rachael Heald ;— 
lordingbridge ; — Earlston ; — Parkhead ; — Aber- 
deen ;—Stonehaven ;—William Milne and others ; 
—Axbridge ;—Banwell ;— Whitchurch (Salop) ;— 
Ballieston ;— Whitby ;—Goudhurst ;—Stourbridge ; 
— Norwich ; — Eye ; — Ledbury ; — Hillowton ; — 
Bridport (two Petitions) ;—Proprietors and Editors 
of London Newspapers and Contributors wg 

3T an 














Post-office, &amp;c. 


Property Tax. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Property. 


506 


and other Persons employed thereon ;—Sandwich 
(Mayor) ;—Donington ;— Littlehampton ;— Hanley 
and Shelton (two Petitions) ;— Longton (Chief Bai- 
liff) ;—Canterbury (two Petitions) ;—Musselburgh 
(Provost) ;—Ludlow ;— Egham ; —Birmingham ;— 
Stroud ;— Durham (Mayor) ;—Banbury ;—Bridge- 
water (two Petitions) ;—Charles Pybus Ladd, Lieu- 
tenant in the Navy, now in command of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Packet “ Caradoc,” at Holyhead ;—Great 
Yarmouth ;— Warminster ;—Coupar Angus ;—Om- 
bersley ;—and, Saint Austle ; praying the House to 
rescind the Resolution for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Black, of the Pub- 
lic Record Office, Rolls House, one of the Assistant 
Keepers of the Public Records, praying the House 
to rescind the resolution for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office, and to reject the Sunday 
Trading Prevention Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Towcester, in the county of Northamp- 
ton, praying the House not to increase the Property 
Tax, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (eight Petitions) ;—and, 
Paisley; praying that the Public Houses (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 Trustees and 
Managers of the Isle of Wight Savings Bank, pray- 
ing that the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into 
a law, but that the House will appoint a Committee 
to inquire into the management of Savings Banks, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Sav- 
ings Bank in Plymouth Dock Yard, 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 Chairman of the Trustees and 
Directors of the Derby Bank for Savings, 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 of Nevill Broom, Samuel Heinekin the 
younger, and John Stanley, Three of the Com- 
missioners appointed under an Act passed in the 
fifty-third year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Third, and intituled, “ An Act for the 
Improvement of the Navigation of the Rivers Bury, 
Loughor and Lliedi,” in the counties of Carmar- 
then and Glamorgan ;—David Lewis, of —_ 
near Lianelly, in South Wales, Esquire ;— John 
Robinson, of Cliff-house, in the parish of Dunwich, 
and county of Suffolk, Esquire ;— William Chambers, 
of Llanelly, in the county of Carmarthen, Esquire ; 
— Henley Smith, Owner and Occupier of the manor 
of Eddington otherwise Saint Helen’s, and of lands 
in the parish of Saint Helen’s, in the Isle of Wight, 
abutting upon the sea shore, and upon Brading 


9° Juiiz. 


Haven ;—and, Bailies, Burgesses and Commonalty | 


of the borough of Dunwich, in the county of Suffolk ; 
praying the House to appoint a Select Committee 
to inquire into the origin and exercise of the claims 
of the Crown to the soil of the coast and the sea 
shore, when it commenced, where it has been exer- 
cised, and when and where disputed, and with what 
success ; and in case it should be found that such 
claim cannot be supported by fact or principle, that 
other steps should be taken for preventing litigation 
and quieting possession, — were — and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1850. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Waterford, 


Shareholders, and of the There-undersigned, regis- 
tered as Shareholders in the Waterford, Wexford, 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, agreed 
upon ata public meeting of Shareholders duly 
advertised, and of Land-owners, Occupiers and 
Lessees of land on or affected by the line of the 
said Railway, or which may be fe de for the pur- 
poses thereof, complaining of the mismanagement 
and mal-administration of the Directors of the said 
Company, whereby, as they allege, the property of 
the Company has been materially depreciated, and 
the Shareholders deeply injured ; and praying for a 
Committee of Investigation into the management 
of the said Directors, and of the Directors of the 
South Wales Railway Company ; and into the alle- 
gations contained in Printed Papers, No. 297, and 
Petitions, Appendix, Nos. 777 and 903; and also 
that the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law; and that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 

(In the Committee). 


Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 2, Interpretation. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1. 16. After the 
word “ man” to leave out to the word “inclusive,” 
in |, 17., in order to add the words “ and the ports 
“of the Continent of Europe, situate between 
‘48 and 63 degrees north latitude.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cause, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N°5 and N° 6, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 7, (Constitution and functions of 
local Marine Boards.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1. 20. To leave 
out the words “in ships ordinarily employed as 
“ foreign-going ships.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 


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9) 


| left out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 

Lord Marcus Hill, 
Mr. Bellew: 

{Mr. Moffatt, 

(Mr. Forster : 


Tellers for the Yeas, { 


Tellers for the Noes, 


70. 
i 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criavuses, N° 8 to N° 18, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 19 (Certificates of service to be de- 
livered to persons who are already masters and 
mates, and to officers in the service of Her Ma- 
jesty and the East India Company). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7.1. 39. To leave 
out from the word “ service” to the word “ shall,” 
in 1. 42. 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, gy Fra Hill, \ 93. 

Tellers for the Noes { Mr. Willcox, } 19 
&gt; \Mr. Anderson: “ 
Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 21 to N° 23, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. 





exford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin 
Railway, &amp;c, 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill, 














Mining 
Districts. 


Small Debt 
Courts, 


Causes tried 
at Nisi Prius. 


14 Vicroriz. 


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, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner 
appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 and 6 

ic. c. 99, to inquire into the Operation of that Act, 
and into the state of the Population in the Mining 
Districts, 1850. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day 
of February last, for a Return from every Court 
established throughout England and Wales, under 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic. 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 
1849, both days inclusive ; specifying the Number 
of Plaints above £.10; above £.5 and not exceed- 
ing £.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 obtained 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 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 of 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 Disburse- 
ments thereout, specifying the principal Purposes 
for which the 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 re- 
quiring a Jury to be summoned :—10. The Total 
Number of Executions issued by each County Court, 
from its establishment to and inclusive of the 31st 
day of December 1849, against the Goods of De- 
fendants, distinguishing those paid without Levy 
from those which have been enforced :—11. The 
Total Number of Commitments ordered by each 
Court during the same period, and the Causes 
thereof; and the Number of Days for which the 
same were respectively ordered, with the Number of 
such Commitments carried into effect :—12. And, 
a Debtor and Creditor Account of the Sums received 
and paid by the Treasurer of each County Court 
from the Establishment thereof up to and inclusive 
of the 31st day of December 1849, and of the Sums 
paid over —— same period by such Treasurers 
respectively to Her Majesty’s Treasury (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 326, of Session 
1849). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of March last, fora Return of the Number 
of Causes tried at the Sittings at Nisi Prius, in 
England and Wales, during the year 1849, setting 
forth the Number in which no Damages have been 
recovered ; the Number in which Damages under 

Vou, 105. 


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507 
£.20 have been recovered ; the Number in which 
Damages above £.20 but under £.50 have been re- 
covered; the Number in which Damages above 
£.50 but under £.100 have been recovered ; and 
the Number in which Damages above £. 100 have 
been recovered. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Bankrupts. 
25th day of March last, for a Return from January 
1848 to August 1849, of the Expenses in the dis- 
tribution of the property of Bankrupts in the Dis- 
trict Courts, arranged under the following Heads : 
—1. Name of Bankrupt, with Total Amount of 
Gross Assets, and Total Gross Claims of Creditors 
on Estate; 2. Fees paid to the Court of Bank- 
ruptey ; 3. Amount of Petitioning Creditor’s Bill ; 
4. Amount of Appraiser’s Bill; 5. Amount of So- 
licitor’s Bill; 6. Amount of Accountant’s Bill; 7. 
Amount of Auctioneer’s Bill; 8. Amount of Mes- 
senger’s Bill; 9. Amount of Charges of Official 
Assignee, exclusive of Petty Charges; 10. Sum 
ordered to be divided ; 11. Amount paid to Official 
Assignee by way of Remuneration; and whether 
wholly retained by him, or divided with any and 
what other Official Assignee or Assignees, in any 
and what proportions, and under what circum- 
stances; andalso, Amount of Sums, if any, paid out 
of such Remuneration for Expenses of Offices, 
Clerks, and other Charges of the like nature ; 12. 
oe Charges; 13. All Payments not falling under 
the foregoing Heads, specifying the Amount of each 
Class of such Payments; 14. Amount in the pound 
paid to Creditors ; 15. Sum Total of all the Charges: 
—And, so far as such Particulars are not in- 
cluded in the foregoing Return, a Return of the 
Amount paid to each of the present Official As- 
signees, by way of Remuneration, from the time of 
his appointment, with the same Particulars as are 
specified in No. 11 of the above Return. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May Lighthouse 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence with the (Guernsey-) 
Trinity House, and with the Admiralty, relative to 
the necessity of erecting a Lighthouse on the western 
end of the Island of Guernsey. 

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


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 to enable the Company Kent Water- 
of Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks to raise a works Bill. 
further Sum of Money, and to alter and amend the 
former Acts relating thereto: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending and ex- 
tending the Powers and Provisions of the Act of merny 
the seventh year of the Reign of King William the Bill. 
Fourth, relating to the Southampton Waterworks, 
and for other Purposes: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Australian 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Act for the better Government. of Her Majesty’s Calonten ; 
Australian Colonies, with Amendments ; to which gy) 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to provide for the Erection of Public Slaughter- Slaushter- 
houses for the City of Edinburgh, and for the Re- move) Bill 
gulation of the same, 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 Cardiff 
Act for supplying with Water the Town and Port Waterworks 
of Cardiff, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the 
County of Glamorgan, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Shipwrecked 
Act to incorporate the Members of the Shipwrecked a , 
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society, and Benevolent 3 
to enable them better to carry into effect their Society Bill 

372 Charitable 











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508 9° Julit. A. 1850. 


Charitable Designs, with Amendments; to which Résolved, That an humble Address be presented Turnpike 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased T™8*® 


this House: And also, to pire directions that there be laid before this House, 
Garstangand The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| a Return, showing the Total Receipts, Expenditure, 
Heiring Syke Act to amend and extend the Provisions of the Act) and Debts of Turnpike Trusts in England and 
Bi relating to the Garstang and Heiring Syke Turn-| North Wales, for fourteen years (1834 to 1847 in- 
pike-road, with Amendments; to which Amend-|clusive), under the following Heads: —Receipts : 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this; Tolls, Statute Labour, and Highway Rates, Money 


House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. borrowed, other Receipts, Total Receipts : —Ex- 
-penditure: Repairs, Improvements, Salaries, Law 
Summary Sir William Somerville reported from the Select; Charges, Interest of Debt, Bonded Debt paid off, 


(ireland) Bil Committee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Jreland) | other Payments, Total Expenditure ; Bonded Debt, 
No. 599 ’ Bill; That they had gone through the Bill, and/and unpaid Interest. _ 
°-95*"* made Amendments thereunto. | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com-| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 


Militia Mr. Secretary-at-War reported from the Select | Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 


Estimates. Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the! The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newcastle 
No. 530. Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain Act to extend the Powers of the Newcastle-upon- upon-Tyne 
and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day of | Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company, and to amend Railway Bal 

March 1851; That they had prepared the said Esti- Acts relating to their Railway, with Amendments ; 


mates accordingly, and directed him to make a/|to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


Report thereof to the House. rence of this House: And also, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table;; The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Upton-cum- 
and be printed. to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in the Chalvey 


N -cum- org &amp; 
Naval Prize Mr. Parker reported, That having been with the pe net a meg aie — mon | ny ae 
Balance Bill. Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject matter |the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
of the Amendment made by their Lordships to the | And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Naval Prize Balance Bill, the Lords do agree to a . 


Conference, and appoint the same at aquarter before | Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble puke of 
Five o’clock on Friday next, in the Royal Gallery. | address be presented to Her Majesty, to express Cambridge. 
the deep concern of this House at the loss which 


Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select| Her Majesty has sustained by the Death of His 
Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ;| Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and to 
which was read, as followeth : condole with Her Majesty on this melancholy oc- 


Somerville’sor Resolved, That in the case of Somerville’s or | casion, and to assure Her Majesty, that this House 


ae —_ Mills’s ( Barford Rectory) Estate Bill, the Standing | will ever participate with the most affectionate and 
Suess Ben? Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the par- dutiful attachment in whatever may concern the 





ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, ——_—‘| feelings and interest of Her Majesty aud Her 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, | illustrious House. 
was agreed to, | Ordered, Tnat the said Address be presented to 


| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

National Land A Petition of Feargus O’ Connor, Esquire,a Mem- | 0f Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Gungany. ber of this House, and of Directors of the Com- 

pany thereinafter mentioned, stating that in con-| Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House Duke of 

sequence of the Judgment of the Court of Queen’s | do condole with Her Royal Highness the Duchess Cambridge. 

Bench, in Trinity Term last, it is expedient and de- of Cambridge, at the loss which She has sustained 

sirable that the National Land Company should be | by the Death of His Royal Highness the Duke of 

dissolved, and the Undertaking wound up, and that | Cambridge. 

the lands and property belonging to the said Com-| Ordered, That a Message of Condolence be sent 

pany should be sold, and that the surplus monies to | to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ; 

be realized by such sale or sales, after payment of and that Lord Seymour and the Marquis of Granby 

the debts, liabilities and expenses of the said Com- do attend Her Royal Highness with the said 

pany, should be divided amongst the shareholders, Message. 

and subscribers entitled thereto rateably according | 

to their several interests in the said Undertaking;, Mr. Hayter presented,— Return to an Order, Greenwich 

and praying that leave may be given to present a dated the 3d day of June last, for a Return of the Park. 

Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for effecting | Amount expended for the Royal Park of Green- 

the purposes aforesaid, was presented, and read ;| wich, in each of the past Five years, stating from 

and referred to the Select Committee on Standing | what Sources supplied, and how expended ; show- 

Orders. ing, in Detail,the Number of Persons employed in 

,and about the Park ; the Salary paid to each; the 

Mayo Writ. O:dered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | Allowances and a of each; and also 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make out a| Whether they have a House or Residence, or Al- 


new Writ for the electing cf a Knight of the Shire | lowance for such in the year. 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County| Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of March Tobacco. 


of Mayo, in the room of Robert Dillon Browne, Es- | last, for a Return concerning Tobacco, continuing 
quire, deceased. the Returns contained in Parliamentary Paper, 


No. 500, of Session 1847, to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuarv 1850. 


Tarnpike Ordered, That there be laid betore this House, a) (&gt; 1.6 That the said Returns do lie upon the 
’ s 


sume. Return, showing theseveral Amounts borrowed from | -p, )) 
the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners by Turn- | _— 
pike Trusts in England and Wales, the Date of each 
Loan, the Rate of Interest, the Amount of Principal; A Motion was made, and the Question being Elective 
repaid, and the Amount of Principal, also of Interest, | put, That leave be given to pep, ow a Bill to make Franchise. 
remaining unpaid on the 5th day of January 1850. | the Franchise in Counties in 


ngland aud IWales 
the 




















Coffee. 


Post-office. 











14 Vicroriz. 


the same as that in Boroughs, by giving the right 
of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual 
value of Ten pounds ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new gs -— 

r , (Mr. Locke King, 

Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Hume : 


Lord Marcus Hill, \ 


Tellers for the Noes, how Hayter : f 159. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 

put, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
uire into the declining state of the Colonial and 

Senden Trade in Coffee, and of the public revenue 
thence derived, and whether such decline is at- 
tributable to any frauds practised by the sellers of 
Coffee, or others, and as to the best means of pre- 
venting such frauds ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

r ‘ Mr. Anstey, 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Major Blackall : 
SLord Marcus Hill, 

UMr. Hayter : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


} 60. 
1 20 


Mr. Locke, having been called upon by Mr. Speaker 
to proceed with his Motion, upon the subject of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office Department ; 

Other Members rose to present Petitions relating 
to that subject ; and Members having objected to 
the Motion coming on at so late an hour, Mr. Mac- 
henzie ruse to speak to the Question, ‘That these Pe- 
titions do lie upon the Table ; 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker stated, that he consi- 
dered it to be contrary to the Standing Orders of 
the House, that any 7 ert should speak to that 
Question, and that Mr. Locke was already in pos- 
session of the House, and entitled to preaudience. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Mackenzie do now speak :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That, whilst this House acknowledges 
with satisfaction the diminution in the amount of 
Sunday labour effected by the recent arrangements 
in the Post-office, it cannot but be sensible of the 
great public inconvenience which has arisen from 
the total cessation of any delivery or collection of 
letters on Sundays, and that an humble Address be 
therefore preseuted to Her Majesty, praying that 
She will be graciously pleased to cause an inquiry 
to be made, whether the amount of Sunday labour 
might not be reduced without completely putting 
an end to the collection and delivery of Letters, 
&amp;c. on Sundays; and that, pending such inquiry, 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to give 
orders that the collection and delivery of Letters, 
&amp;c. on Sundays shall be continued as heretofore ; 


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


Mercurii, 10° die Julii, 1850: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaying out from the first word “‘ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
cause an inquiry to be made, whether the amount 
“ of Sunday labour in the Post-office might not be 
** reduced without completely putting an end to 
the collection and delivery of Letters, &amp;c. on 
Sundays,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
OL. 105. 


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G°—10° Juliz. 509 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Locke, 
Yeas, LMr. Hume : \ 
Tellers for the | Mr. Alexander Hope, Loss 
Noes, \Sir Thomas Dyke Acland :f ~~" 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
cause an inquiry to be made, whether the amount 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office might not be 
“ reduced without completely putting an end to the 
“ collection and delivery of Letters, &amp;c. on Sun- 
days,” be added instead thereof :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to cause an inquiry to be made, whether the amount 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office might not be 
reduced without completely putting an end to the 
collection and delivery of Letters, &amp;c. on Sundays : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


92. 


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-; posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma. 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
cause an inquiry to be made, whether the amount 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office might not be 
reduced without completely putting an end to the 
collection and delivery of Letters, &amp;c. on Sundays ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Alexander Hope, 1 195 

Yeas, \Sir Thomas Dyke Acland: f °~°° 

Tellers for the{ Lord Ashley, \ 112 

Noes, \Lord Robert Grosvenor: J °° 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs (Port 
Return, showing the Amount received in each year Dublin, &amp;.) 


on account of the Charge of 2s. levied upon each 
Clearing Entry passed at the Custom House, on all 


‘Goods imported direct from Foreign Countries into 


the Port of Dublin, and the Purposes to which 
some or any part thereof has been applied, from the 
Ist day of January 1817 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849, respectively ; also the Authority under 
which such Charge has been made and levied :— 
The Amount received on account of any similar Tax 
levied in the Ports of London, Liverpool or Glas- 
gow, on Foreign Goods imported direct into any of 
the said Ports during the said period, the Purposes 
to which the same has been applied, and the Au- 
thority under which it was levied respectively :— 
And, the Amount received on account of any similar 
Tax levied at the Custom House, on Foreign Goods 
imported direct into either of the Ports of London, 
Liverpool or Glasgow, and thence forwarded Cross- 
channel, Free or in Bond, into the Port of Dublin, 
in each year during the same period. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Charitable 
consideration the Charitable 'I'rusts Bill, as amended Tt™5ts Bill. 


in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Administra- 
into a Committee upon the Administration of Cri- 
minal Justice Improvement Bill; and, after some fmprovement 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; Bi 

3T3 + 





and No.531. 











a 


aia GRRIN GT 





rarer sce were ee 


a = te ie AGATE SEIT 


“Sogn 


Loan Socicties 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Upton-cum- 
Chalvey 
Marriages 
Validity Bill. 

Ne. 532. 
Compound 
Houscholders 
Bill. 


Australian 
Colonies Go- 
vernment Bill. 

No. 533. 
Appointments 
to Offices, &amp;c. 
Bill. 

No. 534. 


Bills of 
Exchange Bill. 
No. 535. 


Committecs. 


Public 

Petitions 
(Sixtieth 
Report. ) 


510 


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 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 into 
a Committee upon the Loan Societies Bill; and 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Sir William 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Sir William 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir William Gib- 
son 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 Upton-cum-Chalvey Marriages Validity Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Compound Householders Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 24th day of this instant July. 


Ordered, That the Australian Colonies Govern- 
ment Bill, as amended by the Lords, be printed. 


Mr. Hayter presented a Bill to simplify the Forms 
of Appointments to certain Offices, and the Manner 
of passing Grants under the Great Seal: And the 
same was 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 continue the Act 
for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Pro- 
missory Notes from the Operation of the Usury 
Laws: 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 before Three of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurii, 10° die Juli ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRayvERs. 
R DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 6th 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. 


9°—10° Juli. 





A. 1850. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Tewkes- 
bury Severn Bridge and Roads Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Jolliffe do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


Somerville’s or Mills’s (Barford Rectory) Estate 
Bill was read a second time: and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, that the Evidence of Alfred Swaine Taylor, 
M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry at Guy’s Hos- 
pital, John Thomas Cooper, Consulting Chemist at 
Guy's Hospital, William Thomas Brande, Pro- 
fessor of Chemistry, and Dugald Campbell, Prac- 
tical Chemist, given before the Committee on the 
River Lee ‘Trust Bill, be printed:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That so much of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee on the River Zee 
Trust Bill, which were laid upon the Table yesterday, 
as was given by Alfred Swaine Taylor, M. D., F.R.S., 
Professor of Chemistry at Guy’s Hospital, John Tho- 
mas, Cooper, Consulting Chemist at Guy’s Hospital, 
William Thomas Brande, Professor of Chemistry, 
and Dugald Campbell, Practical Chemist, be printed, 
at the expense of the parties, if they think fit. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Zyne River Conservancy Bill; That 
the promoters ‘of the Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee that it was not their intention to proceed fur- 
ther with the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Names of the several Rail- 
way Companies against which any Charges have 
been brought by the Commissioners of Inland 
Revenue, for Arrears of Passenger Duty, on the 
ground of alleged non-compliance with the Act 
7and 8 Vic. c. 85, s. 6:—Copies of Correspon- 
dence since the 1st day of July 1848, between the 
Lords of the Treasury, Commissioners of Inland 
Revenue, or other Revenue Board, and Railway 
Commissioners, on the one hand, and any Railway 
Companies on the other, relative to alleged non- 
compliance with the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 85, s. 6, on 
the part of the said Railway Companies :—Of 
Letters written, since the passing of the above- 
mentioned Act, by the Railway Commissioners, to 
any Railway Companies or Board of Inland Reve- 
nue, or other Revenue Board, approving of the 
times of starting the trains of such Railway Com- 
panies, without in the first place being applied to 
by the said Railway Companies for such approval : 
—Of any Letters written by the Railway Commis- 
sioners or Board of Inland Revenue, or other Reve- 
nue Board, to any Railway Companies, intimating 
any change of system on their part, to guide such 
Railway Companies as to the course to be in future 
adopted by them for obtaining the approval of the 
Railway Commissioners of the times of starting 
their Trains, or containing any caution or warning 
in consequence thereof:—And, of any Receipts 
granted by the Revenue to Railway Companies, for 
their Monthly Payments of Passenger Duty, during 
the period for which Arrears of Duty are now 
charged, stating that such Arrears were still due. 

Ordered, That the said Address be — to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, 





Tewkesbury 
Severn Bridge 
and Roads Bill, 


Somerville’s 
or Mills’s (Bar- 
ford Rectory) 
Estate Bill, 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Tyne River 
Conservancy 
ill. 


Railways. 








14 Vicrortz. 


10° Julie. 


511 


Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Mackie have leave of absence | bers uf the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters 
Absence, for a month, on urgent business. of Eugle-street Chapel, Red Lion-square, Holborn ; 

—James Peart and others ;—Richard Wilson and 
ante Petitions from Henry Tyrrell and others;— Henry | others ;—James Crisp ;— Emma Argent and others ; 


Fisher and others ;—J. S. Whitehead and others ;— 
T. Ashley and others ;—Susan Coles and others ;— 
Major Charles Duke and others;—M. Darling and 





others ;—S. H. Heath and others ;—J. H. Heath 
and others;—Benetfink and Jones and others ;— 
Samuel B. Bateman and others;—William Hen- 
sham and others ;—James Cobburn and others ;— 
R. Hatfield and others;—William Moules and 
others ;—James Alexander and others ;—Joseph 
Sharks and others ;— Frederick Smith and others ; 
— George Watson and others ;— George Palliser and 
others ;— 7. J. W. Musgrove and others ;— Edward 
Matthews and others ;— W. Challacombe and others; 
—Richard Bell and others ;—George Smith and 
others ;—Edmund Horn and others ;—Jesse May- 
nard and others ;—Martha Ryder and others ;— 
R. Burton and others ;—S. J. Coeburne and others; 
—S. B. Howe and others ;—James Westrop and 
others ;—-Robert Worsley and others ;— Thomas 
Newton and others ;— George Smalley and others ; 
—Richard Parker and others ;—Eleazar Lazarus 
and others ;—Mark Wheeler and others ;— William 
Jones and others ;—J. H. Smith and others ;—Ed- 
ward Parsons and others;—Eliza Penny and others; 
—Elizabeth Holmes and others; —Margaret Bourne 
and others ;— Hannah Alger and others ;—Catha- 
rine Sophia Stansbury and others ;—Inhabitants of 
London ;-- Whitechapel ;--Hadway Road ;—Charles 
Burrows and others; — Henrietta Ratcliff and 
others ;—John Day and others ;—-R. Gurvin and 
others ;— Henry Smith and others ;—B. Pooleg and 
others ;— Thomas Thompson and others ;—C. Co- 
myn and others ;—W. H. Watkins and others ;— 
W. F. Jones and others ;— George Beach.and others; 
— Robert Forrest and others ;— Thomas Lankshear 
and others;—M. Smith and others ;—B. Evans 
and others ;—John Griffith and others ;—W. L. 
Tadmon and others ;—Joseph Carter and others ;— 
Thomas Gladdle and others ;—J. Y. Jones and 
others; — George Williams and others ;—John Whit- 
aker and others ;—Sarah Ann Darnell and others ; 
—John Hepburn and others ;— Edmund John Phil- 
lips and others ;—Patrick Cowan and others ;— 
William Wilkinson and others ;—Jacob Jones and 
others ;—Samuel Stanway and others ;—James 
Roves and others ;—L. George and others ;— Henry 
Deacon and others ;— Samuel J. Burch and others ; 
—Hildreth Kay and others;—John Ward and 
others ;—A. Wilford and others ;—J. E. Scriven 
and others ;—Joseph Phillips and others ;— George 
Pech and others ;—Charles Shipley and others ;— 
Frederick John Harris and others ;—J. Smith and 
others ;—.John Davis and others ;— Elizabeth Pur- 
ser and others;—Edward Brittle and others ;— 
Archibald Thomson and others;—-William Moss 
and others ;—G. Bestow and others ; —George 
Garner and others ;—M. Pearce and others ;—Sa- 
muel Courtauld and others;—Henry Alford and 
others ;—George Young and others;—John D. 
Bently and others ;— William Jones and others ;— 
William Lloyd and others;—James Eadie and 
others;—- Ralph Painter and others ;—Samuel Byles 
and others ;—Edward Roberts and others ;—J. 
Nichols and others ;—Margaret Gavin and others ; 
—E. B. Bennett and others; —Robert Entwistle 
and others ;—Johkn Roberts and others;—S. Turner 
and others ;— Robert Birt and others ;—John Smith 
and others ;—James Andrews and others ;—John 
as and others ;—Elizabeth Dicker and others ; 


— Kelso ; —Jedburgh ; — Leith ; — Kilmarnock ; — 
Hamilton ; —Harwich ; — Falkirk ; —Greenock ;— 
Stirling ;— Bethnal Green (three Petitions) ;—Shad- 
well ;— Clapham ;— Mile End-road ;—Commercial- 
road East ;— Whitechapel ; — New Broad-street ; 
(City) ;—Aldgate;—and, Ratcliffe; praying that the 
Marriages Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Little Yeldham ;—Great Maple- 
stead ;—Sturmer ;— West Mersea;—Fringringhoe ; 
— Little Maplestead ; — Frating ; —Colchester ; — 
Finchingfield ;—Wake’s Colne (two Petitions) ;— 
= ;—Bulmer-with- Walter Belchamp ;-- Feering ; 
— Middleton (Essex) ;—Little Chesterford ;—Bor- 
ley ;—Little Coggeshall (two Petitions) ;—Earl’s 
Colne ;— Messing ; — Great Horkesley (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Halstead (two Petitions) ;—Archdeaconry 
of Colchester ;—Weeley ;—Stisted (two Petitions) ; 
— Brightlingsea ; —Foxearth ; —Pebmarsh ;—Saf- 
fron Walden ;—Thorington ;—Great Chesterford ; 
—Great and Little Henny (two Petitions) ;—Stan- 
way and Lexden ;—Arkesden ;— Halstead (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Braintree ; — Little Sampford ; —Twin- 
stead ;— Wickham Bishops ;—Otter Belchamp and 
Belchamp Saint Paul ;—Bocking (two Petitions) ; 
-—Coggeshall (two Petitions) ;—Archdeaconries of 
Essex and Colchester ;—Great Yeldham ;—Birch ; 
—Alphamstone ;—Sible Hedingham ;—Thorington ; 
—Saint Osyth ;—Pebmarsh ;— Takeley ;—Peldon ; 
— East Mersea ;— Birchanger ;—Stanway ;—Brax- 
ted ;—Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scot- 
land in General Assembly (Moderator) ;—Arch- 
deaconry of Cleveland;— Glasgow ;— Old Cumnock ; 
— Ovington-cum- Tilbury ;—Kirk Session of Bor- 
rowstownness ;—and, Panfield ; 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 Thornton Hunt, Editor and Part- Newspapers. 


proprietor of a registered Newspaper, called “ The 
Leader,”’ praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duty 
on Newspapers, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colton ;— Rushden ;—Stuston ;— Oath of 
Wootton ;—Brainworth ; — Somershall Herbert ;— Abjuration 


and, Petworth ; praying that the Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Longton (Chief Bailiff);— Lyming- Post-office. 


ton ;— Milford ;— Havant ;— Norton ;—and, Stock- 
ton-upon-TLees ; praying the House to rescind the 
Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Dundee ;— Halesworth ;— Booters- 
town ; — Drumgooland ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;— 
Peebles (President) ;—Alness ;—and, Dale Abbey ; 
praying the House not to rescind the Resolution for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Steeple Bumstead ;—Carnmoney ; 
—and, Foxford; praying for the abolition of Sun- 
day labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Br 

—Charles Pegler and others;—Thomas Bell and| , ios ‘ " 

others; — William Sykes and others ;—Samuel wo Petitions from Glasgow ; praying that the Public-houses 

Priddle and others;— William Cluse and others ;— Public-houses (Scotland) Bill may not —_ into a (Scotland) 

George Smith and others ;—Anthony Peacock and law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

others ;— Michael Reily and others ;—Thomas Wil- | ¥P° the Table. 

son and others ;—Lydia Bennet and others ;—James 

Chaplin and others ;—W. P. Barter and others ; 

— Samuel Peirson and others ;—Ministers and Mem- 
VoL. 105, 


A Petition of Inspectors of Weights and Measures Weights and 
| for the parish of Brighton, praying that the Weights Measures Bilh 
374 and 








Judicial or 
other Offices 
(East India, 
&amp;c.) 

No. 536. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 537. 


Bank of 
Ireland. 


No. 538. 


Greenwich 
Park, 


No. 539. 
Tobacco, 


No. 323-I. 


Monument to 


Sir Robert 
Peel. 


Weights and 


Measures Bill. 


512 


and Measures Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Judicial or 
other Offices (East India, &amp;c.), which was presented 
upon the 2d day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank of 
Treland, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich 
Park, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
will, upon Friday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to consider an humble Address to be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty 
will give directions that a Monument be erected, in 
the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, 
to the memory of the Right honourable Sir Robert 
Peel, with an Inscription expressive of the Public 
sense of so great and irreparable loss, and to assure 
Her Majesty that this none will make good the 
expenses attending the same. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Weights and Measures Bill; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “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 : 
—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. 


Criauss, N°1,( Doubts whether 37 Geo. 3, c. 143, 
is repealed). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to, 


Criause, N° 2, (Examiners to cease to hold office 
on first February after the passing of this Act, and to 
transmit Standard Weights to Clerk of the Peace). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 24. To leave 
out from the word “ same” to the end of the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ and shall imme- 
“ diately thereupon transmit to the Clerk of the 
“ Peace of the county, riding or division,” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Sir John Duckworth, 


Yeas, i Sir John Yarde Buller : aes. 
Tellers for the { Sir George Pechell, - 
Noes. Lord Alfred Hervey: f ~ 





10°— 11° Julae. 














A. 


1850. 


Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 3, to N° 13, disagreed to. 
Cuiavuse, N° 14, agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

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 Third Marriages Bill. 
Reading of the Bill to amend and alter an Act 
passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of 
King William the Fourth, so far as relates to Mar- 
riages within certain of the prohibited Degrees of 
Affinity ; 
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. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Stuart Wortley, 


}raa. 


Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Walpole, 1134 
Noes, \ Mr. Mackenzie : J ' 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bili was accordingly read the third 
time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to 
that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland) : 
—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. Oswald, } 130 


Yeas, Mt. William Lockhart : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Stuart Wortley, 1 137 
Noes, 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. 


Jovis, 11° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


OF? ERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 

The Order for reading a second time the Water- Waterford, 
ford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill, Wexford, 


: icklow and 
was read, and discharged. Patio Baile 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. way Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Bill for the River Dee 
Conservancy and Improvement of the River Dee 
be now read the third time ; 


Conservancy 
and Improve- 

, ment Bill, 
Sir 























14 Vicrortiz. 


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 con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shail 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Restoration of the Standard 
in the River Dee, and for granting further Powers 
to the River Dee Company. 

Ordered, That Colonel Estcourt do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Peter A Motion being made, That the Bill from the Lords, 
Hesketh Fleet- ; 


; intituled, An Act for authorizing certain Agreements 
Ls — between the Chancellor and Council of Her Majesty’s 
Duchy of Lancaster and Sir Peter Hesketh Fleet- 
wood, Baronet, to be carried into effect, and for 

other Purposes, 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 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, with the Amendments, 
do puss. 

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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. P 
oe Ordered, That the Belfast Improvement Bill, as 
— amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Gelection. mittee of Selection, that they do appoint, if they 
think fit, the Committee on the Wolverhampton Im- 
provement Act Amendment Bill to meet forthwith. 

ce A Petition of Inhabitants of Worcester, praying 

Eniranchisc- that Copyhold Enfranchisement may be effected 


under a central Board, always accessible without 
expense, responsible to the Government and Par- 
liament, such as that of the Copyhold Commission, 
with due provisions for the protection of the interest 
of the Copyholders, as well as of compensation to 
the Lords for their actual interest ; and also that 
any Act for the compulsory Enfranuchisement of 
Copyhold Lands may be extended to all lands holden 
by copv of court roll, or by custom of a manor for 
life or lives or for years, whether the tenant thereof 
has or has not a right of renewal; also to custom- 
aryhold or ancient demesne, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Factories Bil. A Petition of the President and Vice-President 
of the Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, praying 
that the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, was 
nw and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Petitions of Members of a Provident Associa- 
tion, called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; 
—and, Journeymen Taylors, city of London; pray- 
ing that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vow. 105. 


11° Juli. 


513 


Petitions from Saint Thomas Union (Devon) 3— Highways Bill. 
and, Coulsdon ; praying that the Highways Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingswear ;— Clee Saint Mar- a of 
garet’s ;—Stanton Long ;— Witnesham ;— Risley ;— Ciews) Bill 


Breuston; — Wartling ; — Wellington (Salop) ; 
Great Eccleston ;—Pool (Montgomery) ; — Kemp- 
ston ;—Llangendeirne ;—and, Llandefeilog ; praying 
that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Alton and its vicinity, 
in the county of Stafford, praying that the said Bull 
may pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zong Melford ;—Chariton Kings ; Post-oftice. 
-— Fairford (two Petitions) ; — Stanton-by-Dale 
Abbey ;—Calton, Glasgow ; —Glastonbury ;—and, 
Llandovery ; praying the House not to rescind the 
late Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in 
the Post-office,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stokesley ;— Huddersfield ;— North- 
leach ;—Airdrie ; — Farnham; — Port Madoc ;— 
Halsted ;— Milnthorpe ;—J. Williams ;—and, Chep- 
stow ; praying the House to rescind the Resolution 
for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered te 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (seven Petitions) ;—and, Public-howses 
Paisley; praying that the Public Houses (Scotland) ae ) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Savings 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the Savings 
Banks Bill, 


Bank in Bury Saint Edmund’s (Chairman) ;—and, 
Trustees and Managers of the Truro Savings Bank 
(Chairman); praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Convict 
the better Government of Convict Prisons, was, tis Bill. 
according to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in P. 3.1. 28., by leaving out from the word 
“ Act,” to the word “ And” in 1.31. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

rdered, 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. 


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

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


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief 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. 





3uU Mr. 








é 


514 


Railways. Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners of 
Railways for the year 1849. 

Railways. Mr. Labouchere also presented,—Return to an 


Order, dated the 26th day of July in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, fora 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 ist day of July 1849, for or 
relating to the Toll, Carriage, Conveyance, Receipt, 
Collection, Delivery, &amp;c. respectively, of Goods, 
Parcels, Luggage, &amp;c. by Passenger, Van and Lug- 
gage Trains respectively :—Also, when every such 
Tolls, Rates, Charges, &amp;c. were established, and 
came into force :—Also, distinguishing the diffe- 
rent 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 Distances, Weights, Trains and other 
matters. 


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


Richmond and = Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Bushey Parks. Address to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
June last, for a Return of the Repairs or Additions 
to the Buildings or Residences of the Official Parties 
occupying Houses belonging to the Crown in Rich- 
mond and Bushey Parks, for the Five years ending 
the 31st day of December last, distinguishing each 
year the names of the Occupiers; also, the esti- 
mated and the actual Cost thereof. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


11° Julti. 


A. 1850, 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Deanery of Saint Burian Division Bill was Deanery of 
read the first time. iieten Ean 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- ers 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Madeley; — and, Glastonbury ; Beer-houses. 
praying the House to adopt measures for diminishing 
the number of Beer-houses,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Burnham ;— Church of 
and, Rural Dean of the Deanery of Chew, praying ee, 
for the repeal of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 31, 
whereby the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun- 
cil was constituted, and by law is, the ultimate 
Court of Appeal in all causes of Ecclesiastical Juris- 
diction,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ;— Rochdale ;— Mines. 
Saint Helen’s ;— Bolton (Lancashire) ;— Wigan ;— 
and, Over Darwen; complaining of the number of 
accidents constantly occurring in Coal Mines ; and 
praying for the appointment of Government In- 
spectors,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Anderston, Glasgow ;—Members Punishment 
of the Liverpool Peace Society (Chairman and Ho- of Death. 
norary Secretary) ;— York ;—Dewsbury ;—Sunder- 
land ;— Colchester ;—Leiston;— Madeley ;--Chatham 
and Rochester ;—Stockton-upon- Tees ;—Liverpool ; 

— Prestonpans ;— Kingsbridge, Dodbrooke and their 


| vicinity ; — Falmouth ; — Royston; — Great Yar- 


mouth ;—Canterbury ;— Glasgow (three Petitions) ; 
—Glastonbury ;—and, Brighton; praying for abo- 











Table. 
Local Acts. Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No.75. mand,—A further Report fromthe Admiralty relative 
to an application for a Local Act. 
Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates ; 
aud be printed. 
Highways The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(South Wales) mittee on the Highways (South Wales) Bill ; 


Bill. : ‘ 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Cruelty to The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Animals (Scot- R eading of the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; 


— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Clerks of Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


the Peace. 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Expenses allowed to the Clerks 
of the Peace, in each County or Division of County 
in England and Wales, during the years 1845, 1846, 
1847, and 1848, for preparing, printing, and pub- 
lishing the Lists of Persons entitled to vote in the 
Election of Members of Parliament for Counties. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any additional Regulations made for the 
Examination, on Promotion, of Officers in the Army, 
since the Return on the same subject presented 
11th June 1849. 


Army. 


Police and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a no ua the Amendments made by the Lords to the Police 

a and) and Improvement (Scotland) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Secretary-at-War do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


| lition of the Punishment of Death,—were presented, 
/and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vestry Clerks of the united Westminster 
parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John-the- —" 
Evangelist, in the city and liberty of Westminster, ; 
| was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
| Petitioners, as rate-payers and iniabitants within 
ithe city and liberty of Westminster, are greatly 
interested, not only in a pecuniary but also ina 
sanatory point of view, in the improvements recom- 
mended within the said city by two separate Com- 
| mittess of the House in the Sessions of 1832 and 
1837, by a Treasury Minute of 1841, and by the 
Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners in their 
Report of the 9th of April 1845, and which im~ 
provements have since been recognized and autho- 
rized by Parliament ; that in Session 1845, an Act 
was passed constituting certain persons Commission- 
ers for carrying into effect the before-mentioned 
improvements, and authorizing them to form a new 
street of not less than 80 feet wide, to form a com- 
munication between the neighbourhood of the Houses 
of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace ; and 
by the said Act Her Majesty’s Commissioners of 
Woods were empowered to contribute 50,000 1. 
towards the said improvements after the street should 
be opened ; that the said Westminster Improvement 
| Commissioners, finding this contribution wholly in- 
sufficient, contemplated the abandonment of the 
| improvements authorized by the last-mentioned Act; 
but, on a representation of the facts to Her Ma- 
_jesty’s Commissioners of Woods and to the vestries 
of the said parishes, an arrangement was made with 
the said Westminster Improvement Commissioners 
for the Commissioners of Woods advancing the said 
sum of 50,000 /., as soon as the said Commissioners, 
should have expended 75,000 /. in the improvements ; 
and the vestries of the parishes of Saint Margaret 
and Saint John agreed to allocate two sums of 
; 30,0000. 























14 Victoriz. 


30,0007. and 20,000/. from the parish rates in aid 
of the said improvements and further improvements 
in the said parishes; and a resolution was passed 
by Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Metropolitan 
Improvements recommending further pecuniary aid 
to the said improvements; that the said vestries 
agreed to allocate the said sum of 30,000. and in- 
terest at 5 per cent. on the surplus rates in respect 
of Victoria-street, without limitation of time, in 
consequence of Her Majesty’s Commissioners hav- 
ing resolved that it would be satisfactory to them if 

they could receive an assurance from the committee 
of vestry that such allocation should be without 
limit of time, and in the confident hope that Her 
Majesty’s Government would take measures to en- 
sure the complete and speedy execution of all the 
plans then sanctioned, as appears by the resolution 
of the vestries, passed on the 29th day of April 1847; 
that such resolution was on the same day commu- 
nicated to Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Metro- 
politan Improvements, and thereupon a resolution 
was passed by them recommending further pecu- 
niary assistance in order to carry out the improve- 
ments, and also recommending for that purpose that 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
should be authorized to guarantee the interest of a 
loan not exceeding the sum of 75,000/., on satis- 
factory security being given for the repayment of 
such interest, and on proof of a sum of 125,000/. 
having been expended in the purchase of property 
for the proposed improvements; that the Petition- 
ers have been informed that such expenditure of 
125,000/. has been made, as appears by a certificate 
of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods, dated 
16th November 1849; that the Petitioners and the 
public generally have been and are still sustaining 
great injury by the non-completion of the said im- 
provements, and they confidently-believe that it is 
of the greatest public importance that the same 
should be completed with as little delay as possible ; 
that the Petitioners hear with great regret and alarm 
that Her Majesty’s Government decline to act upon 
the recommendation of Her Majesty’s Metropolitan 


11° Jule. 





Improvement Commissioners ; that the Petitioners 
are fearful that if Her Majesty’s Government per- 


" sists in withholding all further aid to the said West- | 


Customs 
Duties 
(Colonies. 


Tiudson’s Bay 
Company. 


minster Improvement Commissioners, the said im- | 
provements will not be carried into effect, or, at Jeast, 
that the same will be greatly delayed, to the great | 
and increasing ruin of many inhabitants of the said | 
parishes ; that in consequence of the progress made 
m the said improvements, the Petitioners firmly be- 
lieve that the same might be completed before the 
ensuing winter, provided no obstacles are thrown in 
the way thereof; and praying the House to take 
such steps as to the House shall seem meet for in- 
suring a speedy completion of the said improve- 
ments. 

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





Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions | 
of an Act of Parliament,—No. 391. Copy of an 
Act to repeal the Duties of Customs imposed upon | 
Articles imported into the Island of Saint Chris- 
topher and Anguilla, by an Act passed in the Session 
of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “An 
Act to regulate the Trade of British Possessions 
Abroad.” 

Mr. Haves also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of July in the 
last Session of Parliament, praying that Her Ma- 
jesty will be 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 
Government, 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 

VoL, 105. 











515 


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 Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address Turnpike- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of May last, for Ts: &amp;c- 
a Return showing the Aggregate Number of Miles 
of Turnpike and Parish Roads in England and Wales 
travelled over by Mail Coaches during the week 
ending the 17th day of April 1850 :—Similar Return 
for Mail Carts :—Similar Return for Horse Posts : 
—Statement of the Estimated Amount of Toll which 
Mail Coaches, Mail Carts and Horse Posts would 
be liable to pay on each Turnpike Trust, if not ex- 
empted by the General Turnpike Acts :—And, Re~ 
turn of the Amount of Aid contributed by Parishes 
to Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales, in each 
year, from the 1st day of January 1837 to the 1st 
day of January 1848. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Turnpike 
9th day of this instant July, for a Return showing Trusts. 
the Total Receipts, Expenditure and Debts of Turn- 
pike Trusts in England and North Wales, for Four- 
teen years (1834 to 1847 inclusive), under the following 
Heads:—Receipts: Tolls, Statute Labour and High- 
way Rates, Money borrowed, Other Receipts, Total, 
Receipts :—Expenditure: Repairs, Improvements, 
Salaries, Law Charges, Interest of Debt, Bonded 
Debt paid off, other Payments, Total Expenditure ; 
Bonded Debt, and Unpaid Interest. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for confirming certain General Board 
Provisional Orders of the General Board of Health : of Health Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better supplying with ReadingUnion 
Water the Town of Reading and the Hamlet of Waterworks 
Whitley, in the County of Berks: = 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for continuing and en- Merioneth- 
larging the Term and Powers of Three Acts passed shire Turn- 
in the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Bite 74s 
for repairing and widening several Roads leading to” 
and from the Towns of Bala and Dolgelley, in the 
County of Merioneth, and other Roads therein men- 
tioned, in the Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh and 
Salop, and for repairing several other Roads in the 
Counties of Merioneth and Denbigh: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Sheriff of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Westmoreland 
provide for the Appointment of Sheriff of the {rca 
County of Westmoreland, without any Amendment: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Drainage and 
by this House to the Amendment made by their ee 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize pthc Bill. 
further Advances of Money for Drainage, and the 
[Improvement of Landed Property in the United 
Kingdom, and to amend the Acts relating to such 
Advances, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Tyne Navi- 
by this House to the Amendments made by their gation Bill. 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Im- 
provement and Regulation of the River Z'yne, and 
the Navigation thereof, and for other Purposes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Court of 
Act to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Session an 
in Scotland, with Amendments; to which Amend- _ 

3sU2+ ments 








Punishment 
of Death. 


Committees. 


Committee of 


Selection. 


Cardiff Water- 


works Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Slaughter- 
houses Re- 
moval Bill. 


Garstang and 
Heiring Syke 
Turnpike-road 


Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Belfast 
Improvement 
Bill. 





516 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish the 
Punishment of Death ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 oar, ot 
SLord Marcus Hill, 
UMr. Hayter: J 


So it passed in the Negative. 


40. 


Tellers for the Noes, 46. 


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, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they do appoint, if they 
think fit, the Committee on the Manchester Bonding 
Bill to meet any day after the expiration of the 
eighth day from the Second Reading of the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cardiff 
Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Lord James Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Edin- 
burgh Slaughter-houses Removal Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Henry Willoughby do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Garstang 
and Heiring Syke Turnpike-road Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the MNewcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway Bill be taken into consideration upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Belfast Improvement 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Amending so much of the provisions 
of tenth and eleventh Victoria as relates to buying 
and selling within the manor and outside the bo- 
rough of Belfast), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Corporation not to sell, &amp;c. 
without the approbation of the Treasury), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





11°—12° Juliz. 





A. 1850.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- London (City) 


posed, That the London (City) School for Orphans 
of Freemen 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 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


School for 
Orphans of 
Freemen Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Monies in the 
an Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or re- Exchequer. 


maining to be raised on the 5th day of July 1850, 
to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
Service of the years 1848 and 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Agcount do lie upon the 
Table ; aad be printed. 


No. 540. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and others, in the Agricultural 
parish of 7yrie and neighbourhood, in the county of Distress. 


Aberdeen, complaining of the depressed state of 
Agriculture, and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upun the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Col- Arbitration. 


chester, praying the House to take prompt and de- 
cisive measures for the promotion of treaties be- 
tween the Government of this country and other 
Governments of the world, binding both parties for 
the future to refer their misunderstandings to the 
decision of Arbitrators, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- County Court 
bourhood {of Colchester, praying that the County Extension Bill. 


Court Extension Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the Church of Education. 


England, resident in Bristol and its vicinity, com- 
plaining of the restrictions imposed by the Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council on the distribution of 
the grant for Education ; and praying the House to 
define more accurately the powers of the said Coun- 
cil, and to afford further encouragement to training 
schools for the education of teachers in the doc- 
trine and discipline of the Church of England, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Clergy and Laity of the United 
Church of England and Ireland, praying that the 
Educational grant by the Committee of Council on 
Education may be dispensed upon the following 
conditions only; first, that the sites of schools and 
school-buildings shall be legally secured ; second, 
that schools built with assistance from the public 
grants should be open to inspection by Government 
Inspectors appointed by the Committee of Council 
on Education, with the concurrence of the Arch- 
bishops, under the Order in Council of August 10th 
1840, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of Friendly Societies at Friendly - 
Wednesbury (four Petitions) :;—Brierley Hili Dis- Societies Bi 


trict (Grand Master, Deputy-Grand Master and 
Secretary) ;-—Kirkby Lonsdale (two Petitions) ;— 
Liverpool ;—and, Brampton District (Grand Mas- 
ter, Deputy-Grand Master and Secretary) ; praying 
that the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into 


a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of John Foster Elmslie, of Moor- 
gate-street, in the city of London, Attorney-at-law, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
an action is pending in the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, for penalties for bribery, arising out of the 
Harwich Election, which took place on the 30th 
day of July 1847, and under the 7th sect. of the 
2d Geo. 2, cap. 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 John Attwood 
is defendant, and that the venue in such action is 
Essex, and that the cause is coming on for trial at 
Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, at the Assizes 
which commence on Monday next; that a Petition 
was presented to the House against the return of 
John Attwood, Esquire, one of the Members chosen 
for the said borough of Harwich, which Petition 
was referred to a Select Committee of the House ; 
that certain persons gave their evidence before such 
Committee, and are about to give their evidence in 
the said cause, and that the Petitioner, asthe attorney 
for the defendant in the said action, is advised by 
counsel that it is necessary that the short-hand 
notes taken before the said Committee should be 
produced at the said trial, and that the defendant 
cannot safely proceed to trial without the produc- 
tion of the said original notes in short-hand ; and 
praying 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 be at liberty to attend at the next 
Chelmsford Assizes, with the book or books con- 
taining such original short-hand notes of evidence. 


Harwich 
Election. 


12° Julte. 





517 


Petitions from Newent ;—Ibstock ;—Widdecombe- Oath of 
in-the- Moor ; —Madron ; —Stonton ; —Wyville ; — eee 
Hardwick ; — Beetham ; —Preston Patrick ; -- Ar- aie 
nold ;—Meldreth ;—Steeple Morden ;—Barton ; — 
Painstown ;—and, Croydon-cum-Clopton; praying 
that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Longhorsley ; — Painstown ; — Post-oflice. 
Shrewsbury ; — Southend; — and, Robert Elder ; 
praying the House not to rescind the Resolution 
prohibiting Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Stokesley ;—-Silksworth ;— Ross ; 
— Drogheda ;—Appleby ;—and, Chatteris; praying 
the House to rescind the Resolution for the abolition 
of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Westray, Orkney, 
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
Post-office, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


* 


Petitions from Colchester ;— Lewisham ; — and, Postage. 
Norwood ; praying for the adoption of an Ocean 
Penny Post, by which letters may be conveyed 
from one port of Great Britain to any other port in 
the world, at the uniform rate of a penny,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 





Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. | 
| 
A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers and | 
others interested in the manufacture and sale of, 
Trish-made Spirits, in the town of Tullow, praying | 
that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 
Bond Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Oldham, calling the at- 
tention of the House to certain alleged mis-state- 
ments in a Petition from Oldham, in favour of the 
Incorporation of Boroughs (No. 2.) Bill; and 
praying for inquiry into the circumstances, and that 
the progress of the Bill may in the mean time be 
suspended, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Incorporation 
of Boroughs 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions of Martha Lane and others;—Joseph 
T. Richardson and others ;— William Dent and 
others; — James Samuell and others ; — Samuel 
Moore and others ;—and, Charles Cox and others ; 
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 Minister, Churchwardens and 
others, of the parish of Luccombe, in the county of 
Somerset, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriages 
Bill, 


National A Petition of Robert Fleming Gourlay, Sunnyside 

Gallery (Edin- Cottage, Montrose, taking notice of the National 

burgh) Bill. Gallery (Edinburgh) Bill, stating that it is his’ 
opinion, and he believes it also to be the opinion of 
the great majority of the citizens of Edinburgh, that 
there should be no building on the Mound, and that 
the alteration of the road will be injurious to the 
best interests of the community; and praying the 
House to make full inquiry into all the circum- 
stances before the said Bill shall pass, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—and, Public-houses 
Dunfermline; praying that the Public Houses — 
(Scot/and) Bill may not pass into a law,—were — 


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


A Petition of John Epps and others, praying for Raja of 
inquiry into the conduct and acts of the Rajah Sarawak. 
of Sarawak, was presented, and read and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Managers of the Chelmsford and Savings Banks 
Dengie Hundreds Savings Bank, praying that the Bill 
Savings Banks Bill may be referred to a Select Com- 
mittee, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the 
Savings Bank established in the city of Lichfield, 
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 the Trustees of the Kildwick parish 
Friendly Society, praying that Friendly Societies 
duly enrolled may be exempted from the operation 
of the eighteenth Clause of the said Bill, was also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Sir Charles Blois, Baronet, of Cock- Sea Coast 
field Hall, in the parish of Yozford, in the county of Property. 
Suffolk ;—and, Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Baronet, 
of Benacre Hall, in the parish of Benacre, in the 
county of Suffolk; praying for the appointment of 
a Committee to inquire into the origin and exercise 
of the claim put forward by the Crown to the ground 
and soil on the coast and shores of the sea round 
this kingdom. and the ground and soil of every 
port, haven, and arm of the sea, creek, pool, and 
navigable river thereof into which the sea ebbs and 
flows ; and also the shore lying between high-water 
mark and low-water mark, and all profits arising 
from the said shore and soil; and in case it should 
be found that such claim cannot be supported by 
fact or principle, that steps may be taken to prevent 











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3uU3 litigation 








A. 1850. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Friendly _ 
into a Committee upon the Friendly Societies Bill ; Societies Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 545, 


518 12° Juli. 


litigation and for quieting possessions,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 


Customs Ordered, That the Paper relative to Customs | the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
(Colonie. ) Duties (Colonies), which was presented yesterday, Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
No.541, Be printed. mittee, be printed. 
one Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Hudson's Bay © Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hudson’s | Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
ay By Company, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 542. printed. The tiroe being come for the Conference with the Naval Prize 
} Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendment Balance Bill, 
eg Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike- | made by their Lordships to the Naval Prize Balance 
. ; 543 roads, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be | Bill; 
oom printed. Ordered, That the Committee who were ap- 
Turapike pm to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 
Trusts, Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike | Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the said 
No. 544, Trusts, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Amendment, do manage the Conference: And the 
; , names of Mr. Vernon Smith, Viscount Ebrington, 
— _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself} Si, De Lacy Evans, Mr. Clive, Mr. Brotherton, 
(Ireland) Bil, Ato a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Jre- | My, Marshall, Mr. John Ellis, Mr. Grenville Berke- 


land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

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

Preamble postponed. 

Cravse, N° 1 (Appointment of Commissioners of 
Health). 

Amendment proposed, in P, 1. J. 6: To leave out 
from the word “ That” to the words ‘‘ Chief Com- 


ley, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Glyn and Sir Harry Verney, 
were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference: —And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Parker reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Marquis of Westmeath ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 






































agreeing to the said Amendment; and had left the 


‘ i = ; ”? } &gt; . . . 
“ missioner,” in I. 11. Bill and Amendment, with their Lordships. 


Question proposed, That the words “ it shall be 
“ lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland,by 
“« warrant under his hand, from time to time, to ap- 
“ point any competent,” stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P, 1.1. 8: 
After the word “ competent,” to insert the words 
“ Physician or Surgeon.” 

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

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Sir Robert Ferguson, 
Yeas, Mr. Clements: 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, | Mr. Bellew: 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 1. 1. 9: 
After the words “ Physicians or Surgeons,” to Insert 
“ the words of not less than ten years’ standing.” 

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

The Committee divided. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which OFders ; 
was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the National Land National Land 
Company Petition, for leave to deposit a Petition Company. 
for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined ae . 
the Petitions presented upon the 9th 10th and 11th hepott) 
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. 


} 18. 
\ 58 





Mr. Bernal reported the Earl of Shrewsbury’s Earl of 


, Mr. Grogan, 1 and Grace’s Trustees Estate Bill, without Amend- Srewsbury’s 
Tellers for the Y eas,| Captain mm -_ f BT.. benees ’ and ¢ Goeer's 
. Mr. Hayter Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Estate Bill. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Elliot: } 60. 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause to add the following words, “ Provided 
“ always, that every Act of the said Commis- 
sioners of Health as aforesaid shall be and be 
considered as the act of the Commissioners for 
administering the Laws for the Relief of the 
“ Poor in Ireland.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 

\ 0 


Tellers for the Yeas,J Lord Naas, 
1 oo, 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


L Mr. Vesey : 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Commercial Gas Com- Commercial _ 
pany and Poplar Gas Light Company Bill, with- G4 a 
out Amendment. oe tees 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Company Bill. 


“c 
‘ 
“ 


~ 


Mr. Bernal reported the Saint Thomas’s Hospital SaintTaomas's 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. ara 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


n~ 


Mr. Bernal reported the Saint Andrew's and Saint Andrew's 
Quebec Railroad Bill, with Amendments. — 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Devonport 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ VW" 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Devonport, in the 
room of Sir John Romilly, who, since his Election 
for the said Borough, hath accepted the Office of 
Her Majesty’s Attorney-General. 


Tellers forthe Noon Me fr 





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 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Southampton 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ V™* 
for 











Lunacy. 
No. 546, 


Chief Justices’ 


14 Vicroriz. 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and County of the Town 
of Southampton, in the room of Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said Town and County of the said Town, hath 
accepted the Office of Her Majesty's Solicitor- 
General. 


Ordered, That the Returns made up to the latest 
possible period of the Number of Lunatics against 
whom Commissions of Lunacy are now in Force, 
and of the Total Amount of their Annual Incomes, 
and the Total Amount of the Sums allowed for 
their Maintenance ; distinguishing the Number 
of Persons and Amount of Income, and the Al- 
lowance for the Maintenance of those who indi- 
vidually have less than £.100 per annum:—A 
similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.100, and less than 
£.200 per annum:—A similar Return, and dis- 
tinguishing in like manner, of those who have more 
than £.200, and less than £.400 per annum :— 
A similar Return, and distinguishing in like manner, 
of those who have more than £.400, and less than 
£.600 per annum:— And a similar Return, and 
distinguishing in like manner, of those who have 
more than £.600 and less than £.1,000 per annum: 
—Also, a similar Return, and distinguishing in 
like manner, of those who have more than £.1,000 
per annum, with the Amount of their Income :— 
And a Return of the Amount of Per-centage, from 
the 8th day of July 1835 to the 8th day of January 
1839 on Lunatics’ Aa received under the pro- 
visions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, cap. 36, and of 
the Payments made thereon, from the 3d day of 
February 1835 to the sth day of January 1839, 
which were presented upon the 20th day of June 
1839, be re-printed. 


Ordered, That the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, 


12° Julie. 


519 


Ordered, That the Charitable Trusts Bill, as Charitable 
amended in the Committee, be now taken into con- Trsts Bill. 
sideration:—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the said Bill into consideration. 

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


Ordered, That the Loan Societies Bill, as amended Loan Societies 
in the Committee, be now taken into consideration : BH 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Bill into consideration. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill, Ecclesiastical 
as amended in the Committee, be now taken into Jurisdiction 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded =~ 
to take the said Bill into consideration. 

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


Ordered, That the Militia Ballots Suspension Bill, Militia Ballots 
as amended in the Committee, be now taken into Suspension 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded ~ 
to take the said Bill into consideration. 

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





Ordered, That the Upton-cum-Chalvey Marriages Upton-cum- 
Validity Bill be read a second time after the Orders asertegen 
of the day. Validity Bill. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the Marriages 
Third Reading of the Marriages Bill be resumed Bill. 
after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Small Tenements Recovery gman 
(Ireland) Bill be read a second time upon Wed-Tesements 
nesday next. (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday gorough 


next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Gaols Bill, 
Borough Gaols Bill. 


Salaries Bill. as amended in the Committee, be taken into con-| tesolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
sideration upon Monday the 22d day of this instant | the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
July. 
y Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Sugar, &amp;e. 
oy ed Ordered, That the Distress for Rent (Ireland) enter _ na sete — February a 7 ® 
Tent) pin, Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. | eturn of the Quantity of Sugar imported from 
(Ireland ) Bill. P y British Possessions into the United Kingdom during 
‘ om TI each of the past Three years, ending the 5th day of 
Trade Bill Posner ig- aye Big ee ee — . = he rene January 1850, the Possession from whence imported, 
” y: with the Quantity cleared for Home Consumption, 
' . and the Amount of Duty paid thereon, distinguishing 
Turnpike Acts Ordered, That the Turnpike Acts Continuance, | the Quantities, and Amount received under each 
. a &amp;c. Bill be read a second time after the Orders of| Rate of Duty :—Similar Return for Foreign Sugar : 
the day. —Similar Return for Coffee :—And, similar Return 
for Tea. 
Population Ordered, That the Population Bill, as amended| Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented, pursuant to Keeper of 
Bill. in the Committee, be taken into consideration after|the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— Register of 
the Orders of the day. Copy of Order granting Compensation for loss of (lectiana} 
Fees to Mr. William Pitt Dundas, Keeper of the 
Pome) " Ordered, That the Population (Jreland) Bill, as| Register of Entails, &amp;c. in Scotland. 
relan il, 


Collection of 


amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 
deration after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 


Copy of Order granting Compensation for loss of Burgh Clerks 
Fees to several Burgh Clerks in Scotland. (Scotland. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





ieent en, of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon} The House, according to Order, resolved itself Monument to 
the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill. into a Committee to consider an humble Address — 
: ; to be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her ~~" 
Court of Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders | Majesty will give pote ein, red . An ees he 
(County Pala- Of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the! erected, in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, 
tne of Lan- a of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) : Westminster, to the memory of the Right honourable 
cores) I. Uh | Sir Robert Peel, with an ages ¢ Hn expressive of 
_the public sense of irr . 
* Court of Ordered, That the Court of Exchequer (Zreland) | at pony ee ee ees 
etennte..: 2 dn mend the tied her the Drdexs of tha| on to assure Her Majesty that this House will 
(Ireland) Bill, pa read the third time alter the Orders of the make good the Expenses attending the same. 
(In the Committee.) 
Fees (Court Resolved, That this House will, afterthe Orders Res, ‘ 
olved, ‘That an humble Address be presented 
&lt; yhancery) of the day, resolve itself into a Committee u 3 


a pon | to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will give 
= singh aga of Chancery) Bili. directions that M fonument be erected, in the Col- 
OL. 5. | 


| ; 3u4 legiate 











520 


legiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the 
memory of the Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, 
with an inscription expressive of the public sense of 
so great and irreparable a loss, and to assure Hei 
Majesty that this House will make good the Ex- 
penses attending the same. 


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


Writ, for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament, for the Borough of Tamworth, 
in the room of the Right honourable Sir Robert 


‘ Peel, Baronet, deceased. 


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. 
Turnpike- A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue certain Acts 
roads (Ire- for regulating Turnpike-roads in Jreland : 
land) Bill. 
Court of A Bill, iatituled, An Act to diminish the Delay 


Chancery Bill and Expense of Proceedings in the High Court of 
Chancery in England: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
authorizing certain Agreements between the Chan- 


Sir Peter 
Hesketh Flect- 
wood’s Estate 


sae cellor and Council of Her Majesty’s Duchy of Lan- 
caster, and Sir Peter ‘Hesketh Fleetwood, Baronet, 
to be carried into effect, and for other Purposes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

Benefices in The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Plurality Bill. Act to amend the Law relating to the holding of 

Benefices in Plurality, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to extend the Wolverhampton Waterworks, and 
(Amendment tO amend the Act relating thereto, with Amend- 
and Extension ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
of Works) Bill. concurrence of this House: And also, 

Copyright of | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Designs Acts to extend and amend the Acts relating to the Copy- 

—— right of Designs; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Water- 
works Act 


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

And a Motion being made, That the Report which, 
upon Tuesday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee 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 
1851, be referred to the Committee ; 

Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 

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 
“ anhumble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into 
the causes which led, since the year 1841, to the 
employment of the Naval and Military Forces of 
Her Majesty and the Honourable East India 
Company on the North Western Coast of the 
Island of Borneo, and which resulted in a heavy 


Report on 
Militia 
Estimates 
referred, 


Island of 
Borneo, 


12°—13° Juli. 





Tellers for the Yeas, { 


“ loss of life on the part of certain native tribes of 
“ that Island, called Sarrebas and Sakarran, al- 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter: J 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hume, } 29. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 
hundred and nine thousand eight hundred and fifty Militia. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
and Lreland, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Prince 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Edward's 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Ecclesiastical 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Saas.) 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 
thousand one hundred and two pounds, be granted tCenads.) 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Indian ; 
1851, 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Bahama 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Ba- 
hama Islands, to the 31st day of March 1851. 
thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Nc India 
Her Majesty, to defray the antes of the Salaries °°°™**) 
in the West India Colonies, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 
one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be as ~ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of hy 
Stipendiary Justices in the West India Colonies and 
the Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1851. 


A. 1850. 
“ leged to be pirates,” instead thereof. 
The House divided. 
Lord Marcus Hill, \ 160. 
Mr. Cobden : 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Disembodied 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
1851, 
wards defraying the Charge of Prince Edward’s *#"* 
thousand two hundred and twenty-eight same be — 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
4. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Fourteen Indian 
Department in Canada, to the 31st day of March 
hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to Her Islands. 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors, &amp;c, 
of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors and others, 
7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- stipendiary 
the Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the paris: 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 13° die Julti, 1850: 


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. 

Ir. 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- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Savings Bauks 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, 














14 Vicroriz. 


upon Friday next. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
(Ireland) Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) 
Continuance Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The General Board of Heaith (No. 2.) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


12°—13° Juli. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 





mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Trustee Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trustee 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 Monday 
next, resolve itseif into the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 


Incorporation 
of Boroughs 

Confirmation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Bill to confirm the Incorporation of certain 
Boroughs, and to provide for the Payment of the 
Expenses of the Incorporation of new 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; 

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


Stamp Duties 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Public-houses 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


emeee Reading of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ; 
‘ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Jurisdictiyu, Mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (reland) Bill ; 
cee Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Administra- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—— mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement Bill ; 
I ement ae ‘ 
uu esolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Appointments The Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill was,accord- 
+ aan &amp;c. ino to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 
Bills of The Bills of Exchange Bill was, according to 


Exchange Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. consideration the Poor Relief Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Highways The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— Wales) into a Committee upon the Highways (South Wales) 

N Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

0-547. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 

eee, 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 this day three 
months. 


Weights and 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Measures Bill. 


take into consideration the Weights and Measures 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 





521 


A Clause (Interpretation of terms) was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday the 25th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Attornies’ 
Reading of the Attornies’ Certificates Bill ; Certificates 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, stock in 
read a second time ; and committed toa Committee Trade Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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 *¢- Bill 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Population 
take into consideration the Population Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Population 
into consideration the Population (Ireland) Bill, as (Ireland) Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Covection 
into a Committee upon the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. of Fines, I 
(Lreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (Ireland) B 
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 Court of 
‘into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery paca, 
\(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill; and, after | pe» Sem : 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the caster) Bill. 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- No. 548. 
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 Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Bill for the Transfer of the Equitable Juris- Court of 
diction of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of Exchequer | 
Chancery in Jreland was, according to Order, read (eland) Bill. 
the third time. 

A Clause (Power to diminish or increase number 
of officers and salaries), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their 
concurrence. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- fees (Court 

mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; of Chancery) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the Bill. 

22d day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Upton-cum-Chalvey Marriages Validity Bill Upton-cum- 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Chalvey 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for a 

y DL 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriages 
the further Proceeding upon the Third Reading of Bill. 

the Marriages Bill; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 

Third Reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 

till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Benefices in Plurality Bill, as Benefices in 





VoL. 105. 


amended by the Lords, be printed. Plurality Bill, 
3x The No.549, 











Highways 
Bill. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Outrages 
(Treland.) 


Chester Writ. 


Highway 
Rates Bill, 


No. 550. 


Court of 
Session (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 551. 


Committees. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Improve- 
ment Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 





522 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock, on the Highways Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament.—The Twenty 
seventh Report of the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and 
Buildings, being the Twenty-first Annual Report of 
the said Commissioners. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue an Act for authorizing the Application 
of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And that 
Mr. Cornewall Lewis and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Outrages reported by the 
Constabulary in Jreland during the periods of Six 
months, ending respectively the 30th day of June 
1848, 31st day of December 1848, 30th day of June 
1849, 31st day of December 1849, and 30th day of 
June 1850, classified under the following Heads :— 
1. Homicide; 2. Attempts at Homicide by firing at 
Persons; 3. Robberies of Arms; 4. Firing into 
House ; and, 5. Incendiarism. 


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 Chester, in the room of 
Sir John Jervis, 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 Buck- 
ingham. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 
an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway 
Rates to Turnpike-roads: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Court of 
Session (Scotland) Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday 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 Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Luna, 15° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 18 50. 





PRAYERS. 


(DRDERE D, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Wolverhampton Im- 
provement Act Amendment Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle 





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A. 1850. 


Railway Bill ; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ghipwrecked 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ship- Fishermen 
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent So- — 
ciety Bill; and the same were twice read, and Society Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Corry do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Bishop of London’s (Saint Michael's Church, Bishop of Lon- 
Chester-square) Estate Bill was read a second time ; don’s (Saint 
: Michael’s 
and committed. Church, Ches- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ter-square) 


mittee of Selection. Estate Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second London (City) 
Reading of the London (City) School for Orphans —— for 
of Freemen Bill; — Al 

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; wiz. 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 newLobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Masterman, Las 

Yeas, | Mr. Charles Pearson: { ~”° 

Tellers for the { Mr. Alderman Sidney, 7 

Noes, L Sir Joshua Walmsley : } : 

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 Bili be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Weights and Measures Bill, Weights and 

as amended in the Committee, be printed. Measures Bil, 

No. 552. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Packwood, War- corn, xc. 

wickshire, praying for the imposition of an 8s. 

duty upon Corn, and for the repeal of the duty on 

Malt and Hops, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leiston, Suffolk, arvitration. 
praying the House to take prompt and decisive 
measures for the promotion of treaties between the 
Government of this country and other governments 
of the world, binding both parties for the future to 
refer their misunderstandings to the decision of Ar- 
bitrators, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Muneaton; — Walworth ; —and, Church Rates. 
Lambeth; 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- Ecclesiastical 
habitants of Lambeth, praying the House to apply Propety- 
all national property now devoted to Ecclesiastical 
nem to exclusively secular objects, regard being 

ad to vested interests ; and to repeal all laws con- 
ferring authority or exclusive advantages on or 
interfering with the religious affairs of any religious 
denomination, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 

















Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Exhibition 
of 1851. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland. ) 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Newspapers. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 





14 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Parents of the Children attending 
the parochial school of Galbally, in the county of 
Limerick, complaining that the schools in 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 griev- 
ance, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned of Chelsea 
and its neighbourhood, praying the House to permit 
the proposed building for the Exhibition of 1851, to 
be placed in Hyde Park, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Tailors of Castle-street ;—and, Mem- 
bers of the Zong Sutton District of a Provident 
Association, called the Independent Order of Fel- 
low ; praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Langley and others ;—Ed- 
ward Dunn and others; — William Turner and 
others ;—James Webley and others;—John Trail 
and others ;—Simeon Simmons and others ;—Helen 
Jones and others ;--Mrs. Taylor and others ; — 
Anthony Meleashy and others ; —W. White and 
others ;— William Lonsdale and others ;—Mary 
Lake and others ;—Henry Donnard and others ;— 
Ann Digings and others ;—Elizabeth Rippon and 
others ; — Edwin Dunton and others ; — Martha 
Walker and others ;—Solomon H. Cohen and others ; 
— Thomas Gowland and others;— William Perry 


15° Julie. 





523 


tol; — Whitnash —ZIslington (two Petitions) ;— 
Deanery of Coleshill ;—Great or West Shefford ;— 
and, High Wycombe; praying that the Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) 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 Poor Law. 
Honiton Union, in the county of Devon, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in regard to the 
assessments of the Poor Rate, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Parochial Boards Poor Law 
for the relief of the poor in the Stewartry of Kirk- Scotland.) 
cudbright, praying for amendment of the Poor Law 
in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
| to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Office-bearers, and Post-office. 
Members of the congregation assembling for divine 
worship in Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars-road, praying 
| for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Clara ;—Chester ; —Stogumber ; 
— Chichester (two Petitions) ;—D. Longworth and 
others ; —Stainton;—and, Sleaford; praying the 
House to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Tooting Graveney ;—Benhall ;— 
Southwold ; —Govan ; —Paisley ; —Bolam ; —and, 
Mancetter ; praying the House not to rescind the 








and otlfers ;— Harriet Rogers and others ;— George 
Gower and others ;—Harriet Sanders and others ; | 
— Thomas John Keene and others ;— W. H. Peachey | 
and others ;— James Madden and others ;— Thomas 

Westbrook and others; — Joseph Stansbury and 

others ; — James Watson and others ; — Samuel 

Broadley and others ;—Samuel Mead and others ; 

—John Thompson and others ;—John Still and 

others ;—T7. P. Bright and others ;—John Dupree 

and others ;— George Walker and others ;—John 

Lambert and others ;—John Glue and others ; — 

Richard Box and others ; — Hezekia Phips and 

others ; — Charles Dawson and others ; —James 

Caddell and others ;—John a and others ;— 

Henry Smith and others; — Henry Sadler and 

others ;— George H. Burton and others ; —James 

French and others ;—Richard Attwood and others; 

—S. D. Brande and others ;—and, William Child 

and others; 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 Treasurer and Secretary to the 
Kenry Dispensary, in the county of Limerick, pray- 
ing for amendment of the law, with a view of 
placing Medical Charities in Jreland on a solid and 
permanent basis, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and others, of the 
Port of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the Mer- 
cantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Printers, Binders, Warehousemen 
and Shopmen, in the employment of Messrs. Jar- 
rold and Sons, Norwich, praying for the repeal of 
the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hastings ; —Hinzxhill ;— Witter- 
sham ;— Postling ;—Aldington ;—Crundale ;— Win- 
chester ;— Hilton ; — Fenstanton ; —Iken ; —Monz- 
ton ;—Clergymen of the English Church and others ; 
— Overton ;— Macclesfield ;— Stockport ;—Lyng ;— 
Thurloxton ;— Llangoed, Lianiestyn and Llanvi- 
hangel-tin-Sylwy ;— Pemberton ;—Carham —Bris- 

OL. 105. 





Resolution prohibiting Sunday labour in the Post- 
office,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the United Parishes Church of 
of Kildimo and Chapel-Russell, praying that the Ieland. 
revenues of the Church in Jreland may be hence- 
forth devoted to the relief of the poor, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘Petitions from Hawick ;—Glasgow (twelve Peti- Public-houses 
tions) ; —Paisley ;—and, Alloa; praying that the aes 
Public-houses (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa’ ~ 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the Sav- Savings Banks 
ings Bank at Bewdley;— and, Managers of the Bill. 
Savings Bank at Coldstream ; praying that the Sa- 
vings Banks 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 Mary Bourne, General Shopkeeper, sunday 
Golden-lane, Saint Luke, Middlesex, praying that Trading Pre- 
the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill may not pass Yention Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Edward Medley; — William Win- 

ters and others;—Jsaac Vallentine and others ;— 
Lewis Isaacs ;—and, Philip William Perfitt ; taking’ 
notice of certain statements in a Report from the 
Select Committee on the Sunday Trading Prevention 
Bill, denying such statements, es for in- 
quiry,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landholders and Landowners of Tithe Com- 
the parish of Kilgarrylander, in the county of Kerry, position (Ire- 
praying for amendment of the Tithe Composition ay ae 
(Ireland) Act, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Haslam, an Inhabitant of Vote by 
the borough of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, Ballot. 
praying the House to pass a measure, that all Votes 
for Members of Parliament and Municipal Officers 
may be taken by Ballot, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, 


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Sugar, &amp;c. 
No. 553. 


Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c. 


No. 554. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Pirates’ Head- 
money Repeal 
Act Com- 
mencement 
Bill. 


Titles of 
Religious 
Congregations 
Bill. 


524 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse N° 24 (Transfer to Board of Trade of 
control over Registrar). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 10.1, 35. To leave out 
from the word “be” to the end of the Clause, in 
order to add the word “ repealed,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ vested in the 
“* Board of Trade ” stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : ' 

Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas,/ a diniral Berkeley : } 46. 
Tellers for the Noes, oo roma } 25 
An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses N° 25 and N° 26, agreed to. 


Ciause N° 27 (Local Boards may establish and 

regulate Shipping Offices). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 
Yeas, (Sir William Gibson Craig : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Anderson, } 9 
Noes, \Mr. Wawn : : 


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, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman 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 Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
athorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act to provide for the Commencement of an 
Act of the present Session, intituled, An Act to re- 

eal an Act of the sixth year of King George the 
Fourth, for encouraging the Capture or Destruction 
of Piratical Ships and Vessels, and to make other 
Provisions in lieu thereof : 

An Act to render more simple and effectual the 
Titles by which Congregations or Societies for = 
poses of Religious Worship or Education in Eng- 
land and Ireland, hold Property for such Purposes : 


15° Juli. 





A. 1850. 


An Act to amend the Laws concerning Judg- Judgments 
ments in Jreland : (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act to authorize further Advances of Money Drainage and 
for Drainage and the Improvement of Landed Pro- approroment 
perty in the United Kingdom, and to amend the yo enonll Bill, 
Acts relating to such Advances : 

An Act to provide for the Appointment of Sheriff Sheriff of 
of the County of Westmoreland : Appointment 

ill. 

An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders General Board 
of the General Board of Health: of Health Bill 

An Act to diminish the Delay and Expense of Pro- Court of 
—_ in the High Court of Chancery in Eng- Chancery Bil. 
and : 

An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
Turnpike-roads in Jreland ; fand) mg 

An Act to make more effectual Provision for regu- Police and 
lating the Police of Towns and Populous Places in Improvement 
Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting a) 
and improving the same : 

An Act to enable the Corporation of Swansea, Swansea 
with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of Her Municipal 
Majesty’s Treasury, to subscribe for Shares in the — 
Swansea Dock Company, and to raise Money for — 
that purpose and to purchase the Interests of cer- 
tain Lessees of Property belonging to the said Cor- 
poration, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for providing, regulating and maintaining Reading Cattle 
a Cattle Market in the Borough of Reading, in the Market Bill. 
County of Berks, and for constructing a convenient 
Market-place therein : 

An Act for establishing Markets in, and otherwise Bolton 
improving the Borough of Bolton, in the County Improvement 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for extending the Pro- 
visions of the Acts relating to the Bolton Water- 
works, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Dundee and Perth and Dundee and 
Aberdeen Railway Junction Company to raise a yw 
further Sum of Money, and for other Purposes: — Riaiiway 
Junction Bill, , 

An Act for regulating the Markets and Fairs held Cambridge 
within the Borough of Cambridge and at Reach, in Regulation 
the County of Cambridge, and for enlarging the 2n4 Improve. 
Market-place, and for rebuilding or altering the and Fairs Bill. 
Guildhall of the said Borough, and for the Improve- 
ment of the said Borough, and the better Regula- 
tion of the Police within the same : 

An Act to enable the East and West India Docks fast and West 
and Birmingham Junction Railway Company, to India Docks 
make certain Branch Railways and to amend the 20d Birming- 

. . . ction 
Act relating to the said Company, and to authorize Railway Bill. 
the Lease of the said Undertaking, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to authorize Deviations in the Line of the south York- 
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, the shire, Doncas- 
Extension of the Elsecar Branch of the said Rail- —" 
way to Tankersley, and the Amendment of the Acts (Amendment 


relating to the said Railway : - ae sai 
eviatio 


Worsborough, &amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act to alter the Terms of Issue of the Shares York and 
in the Capital of the York and North Midland Rail- a 
way Company, called “The Hull and Selby Pur-“* — 
chase, &amp;c. Shares,” to enable the said Company to 
hold Shares in the Hull and Selby Railway Com- 
pany, and in the Malton and Driffield Junction 
Railway Company, to alter, amend and extend the 
Acts relating to the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to amend the Act relating to the Harbour yfontrose 
of Montrose, and to enable the Trustees to borrow Harbour Bill. 
a further Sum of Money : 

An Act to grant further Powers to the South south Wales 
Wales Railway Company, with reference to the Railway | 
Creation of Shares, and the Regulation of their Capi- (C#?"*” 
tal, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to grant further ae to the ere Dublin and 
and Drogheda Railway Company for raising Money Drogheda 
by the Crantion of Shites, 3 leu of borrowing on Railway Bill 

Mortgage, 




















14 VicrorizZ. 


Mortgage, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
Dublin and Drogheda Railway : 


Oe an An Act for uniting the Townships of Snaith and 
pe Town- Cowick, in the Parish of Snaith, in the West Riding 


ships, &amp;c. Bill. of the County of York, and for other Parochial or 
Township Purposes : 


Croydonand = An Act for managing and repairing the Road 

a, * leading from Forley Hatch, in the Parish of Croy- 

Bill. don, to the Town of Reigate, in the County of 
Surrey : 

— An Act for better assessing and collecting the 

Bil. ““S Poor Rates, Highway Rates and other Parochial 
Rates, the County, Shire Hall, Police and other 
County and Local Rates, on Small Tenements, in 
the several Parishes, Townships and Hamlets of 
Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, The Lye, 
Wollescote, Cradley, the Borough of Halesowen, 
Hawn, Hasbury, Illey, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, 
Ridgacre and Lapal, in the County of Worcester, 
and Kingswinford and Amblecote, in the County of 
Stafford, situate within and forming the Stour- 
bridge Poor Law Union : 

Swansea Dock 


ck An Act for extending the Times limited by The 
Company Bil. Sisansea Dock Act, 1847, for the compulsory Pur- 
chase of Lands and Execution of Works, and for 
other Purposes : 


Victoria An Act to authorize the Construction of a Dock 

— on the North Side of the River Thames, to be called 
The Victoria (London) Dock : ; 

Pontypridd An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Ponty- 

Gas Tight —_pridd, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County 


Company Bill, Of Glamorgan : 


York, New- An Act to amend the Great North of England 
castle and Ber~ Railway Purchase Act, 1846, and to enable the 
yarn. York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company 
as to Payment to complete the Purchase of the said Railway: 
for the Pur- 
chase of the Great North of 
England Railway) &amp;c. Bill. 


Norwich An Act for supplying the City of Norwich and 
—_—- the Neighbourhood thereof with Water : 


Eastern Union An Act for extending the Time and continuing 

Railway Bill. the Powers granted by the Eastern Union and 
Harwich Railway and Pier Act, 1847, for the com- 
pulsory Purchase of Lands and Houses, and for the 
completion of Works, and for enabling the Eastern 
Union Railway Company to create new Shares, 
with certain Privileges attached for paying off their 
Mortgage Debt, and for other Purposes : 


London (City) An Act for making a new Street from the West 
 : Side of Queen-street, to the South Side of Saint 
Paul's Churchyard, in Continuation of the New 
Street from Cannon-street to the East Side of Queen- 
street, and for effecting other Improvements in the 

City of London ; 


An Act to extend the Time for the Purchase of 
Railway (Exe Lands required for certain Branches of the North 
tension of Time Staffordshire Railway, to Newcastle-under-Lyme, 


for Purchase of Silverdale and the Apedale Iron Works: 
— &amp;¢c,) 
1 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 


North Staf- 
fordshire 


An Act to authorize the abandoning of certain 
ob eal Goch Portions of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and 
Railway oo” Goole Railway, a Deviation thereof near Doncaster, 


(Amendment and the Amendment of the Acts relating thereto : 
of Acts, Devia- 
tion at Doncaster, &amp;c.) Bill. 


South Staf- An Act to enable the South Staffordshire Rail- 
ee vies way Company to lease their Undertaking, and for 
ye other Purposes : 

Kent Water- | An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of 

works Bil. the Kent Waterworks to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and to alter and amend the former Act re- 
lating thereto : 

Southampton An Act for amending and extending the Powers 

Bil ** + and Provisions of the Act of the seventh year of 


the reign of King William the Fourth, relating to 
Vou. 105. 


15° Julit. 





595 


the Southampton Waterworks, and for other Pur- 
OSes : 

: An Act to enable the Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford 
Railway Company to raise further Capital, and for #4 Kilkemy 
other Purposes : of 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway, to authorize a Deviation at Don- Der ee 
caster, and two short Curves at Peterborough, and ‘amendment of 
to alter the Tolls of the Great Northern and East Acts, Altera- 


. . . - tion of Tolls 
Lincolnshire Railways : and of East 


Lincolnshire Railway Tolls Bill. 


An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth Heronsyke 
year of the reign of King George the Third, inti- Srides Ture. 
tuled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing the pixe-road Bill. 
Road leading from Heronsyke to Kirkby-in- Kendal, 
and from thence through Shap to Eamont Bridge, 
in the County of Westmoreland, and for making a 
new Road from the said Road, at a Place called 
Far Cross Bank, near Kirkby-in- Kendal, to com- 
municate with the intended Canal from Lancaster, 
to Kirkby-in-Kendal, and to join the said Road at 
or near a Place called The Zound, near Kirkby-in- 

Kendal aforesaid,” and to continue the Term by the 
same Act granted : 

An Act toamend an Act passed in the fifty-eighth Ulverstone, 
year of the reign of King George the Third, inti- Lar | oe 
tuled, “An Act for making and maintaining a Turn- Turnpike-road 
pike-road from the Turnpike-road leading from Bill. 
Ulverstone to Kendal, into the Turnpike-road lead- 
ing from Millthorp to Kendal, and a continuation of 
the said Road from the last-menticned Turnpike- 
road, to join the Turnpike-road leading from Lan- 
caster to Kendal,’ and to continue the Tom thereby 
granted : 

An Act for the Improvement and Regulation of Tyne Navi- 
the River T'yne, and the Navigation thereof, and for tio Bill. 
other Purposes : 

An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed Tewkesbury 
in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majents pete 4 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for *“°“°* 
building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near 
to the Mythe Hill, within the Parish and near to 
the Town of Tewkesbury, in the County of Glou- 
cester, to the opposite Side of the said River, in the 
Parish of Bushley, in the County of Worcester, and 
for making convenient Roads and Avenues to com- 
municate with such Bridge, within the Counties of 
Gloucester and Worcester,’ and of another Act 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of his said 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers 
and Provisions ofan Act relating to the Tewkesbury 
Severn Bridge and Rvads,”’ for the purpose of 
paying off the Debt now due on the said Bridge 
and Roads: 

An Act for continuing and enlarging the Term Merioneth- 
and Powers of Three Acts passed in the reign of a 
his Majesty King George the Third, for repairing hi) 
and widening several Roads leading to and from the 
Towns of Bala and Dolgelly, in the County of 
Merioneth, and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
the Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh and Salop, 
and for repairing several other Roads in the Counties 
of Merioneth and Denbigh: 

An Act for the better supplying with Water the Reading Union 
Town of Reading and the Hamlet of Whitley, in Waterworks 
the County of Berks: ; 

An Act for supplying with Water the Town and Cardiff 
Port of Cardiff, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in Waterworks 
the County of Glamorgan: : 


An Act to provide for the Erection of Public rainburgh 


Slaughter-houses for the City of Edinburgh, and —— 
for the Regulation of the same: moval Bill 


An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Garstang and 
the Act relating to the Garstang and Heiring Syhe Heiring Syke 


Turnpike-road : Turnpike-road 


An Act to authorize the Purchase by the Prussian Prussian 


Minister of a Residence in England, for the use of Minister's Re~ 
3x3 the sidence Bill, 





Brigstocke’s 
(or ng Ay 
Estate Bill. 


Cathrow’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sir Peter 
Hesketh 
Fleet wood’s 
Estate Bill. 


Cautley’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Post-office. 


526 


the Prussian Legation, and to regulate the future 
Holding of the same : 

An Act to authorize the granting of Building and 
Improvement Leases of the Settled Estates of 
Elizabeth Lydia Brigstocke, situate in the Town of 
Ryde, in the Isle of Wight: 

An Act to authorize the Sale of certain Real 
Estates situate at Hoddesdon, in the County of 
Hertford, and in the Parish of Saint James, West- 
minster, in the County of Middlesex, and in Totten- 
ham Court-road, in the said County of Middlesex, 
which belonged to the late René Briand, deceased : 

An Act for authorizing certain Agreements be- 
tween the Chancellor and Council of Her Majesty’s 
Duchy of Lancaster and Sir Peter Hesketh Fleet- 
wood, Baronet, to be carried into effect, and for other 
Purposes: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Roby Thomas Cautley and Frances (his 
now Wife), and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes. 


The Treasurer of the Household reported to 
the House, That their Address to Her Majesty, of 
Tuesday last, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to cause an Inquiry to be made, whether the 
amount of Sunday labour in the Post-office might 
not be reduced without completely putting an end 
to the Collection and Delivery of Letters, &amp;c. on 
Sundays, had been presented to Her Majesty ; and 
that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the 
same very graciously, and to give the following 
Answer : 

I have received your Address, praying that I will 
cause an Inquiry to be made, whether the amount 


15° Julit. 


A. 1850. 


well attended by all classes of society ; the Academy 
is the only body of artists out of London in Britain 
capable of producing an annual exhibition from the 
works of its own members without assistance, 
thereby contributing to maintain the character of 
Edinburgh, as the capital of Scotland; the Peti- 
tioners further state that the members of the 
Academy have hitherto had the use of the galleries 
of the Royal Institution for their annual exhibitions ; 
but, in consequence of the great inconvenience, the 
injury, and risk attending the yearly removal of 
the valuable collection of pictures, &amp;c. exhibited 
there, the Academy is about to be deprived of that 
accommodation, and the members are without the 
means of providing for their exhibitions in future, 
and the consequences are that the progress of art 
must be seriously impeded ; in regard to the present 
state of the arts in Scotlund, it is sufficient to 
notice the number of Scottish artists who have dis- 
tinguished themselves amongst their brethren in the 
South, and to the impulse which has already been 
given to the progress of art and manufactures by 
the successful introduction of the schools of design 
established in Edinburgh ; in short, nothing more 
is requisite than the erection of suitable galleries 
for the annual exhibitions of the Scottish Academy, 
and for the formation of a national collection of 
pictures and other works of art, to enable Scotland 
to take a prominent part in the cultivation of the 
Fine Arts; and praying that the House will grant 
such aid as may énable the Petitioners to accomplish 
those national objects. 

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








of Sunday labour in the Post-office might not be 
reduced without completely putting an end to the 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and National 


Council of the city of Edinburgh, being offered to (Edinburgh) 








Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-second 
Report.) 


Deanery of 

Saint Burian 

Division Bill. 
No. 555. 


National 
Gallery 
(Edinburgh.) 


Collection and Deiivery of Letters, &amp;c. on Sundays ; 
and I have given directions that such an Inquiry 
shall be instituted. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 12th 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. 


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 Deanery of 
Saint Burian Division Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, no notice of the in- 
tention to interfere with Church Property having 
been given in the London Gazette or in the local 
“a in the months of October or November 
ast. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of the President and Members of the 
Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture 
and Architecture, established in Edinburgh by 
Royal Charter, being offered to be presented ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majes- 
‘y’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her Ma- 
jesty 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 Academy has been established 
for upwards of a quarter of a century, and has had 
many difficulties to contend with ; it has, however, 
risen to astation of high importance in everything 
connected with the Fine Artsin Scotland ; its annual 
exhibitions for many years have been among the 
most interesting places of resort during the winter 
season in Edinburgh, and have been remarkably 





be presented ; 

The Chancellor of the em by Her Majes- 
ty’s Command, acquainted the House,’ That Her Ma- 
jesty, 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 a Bill is at present depending in 
the House, intituled, “ A Bill for the Erection, on 
the Earthen Mound in the City of Edinburgh, of 
Buildings for a National Gallery, and other Pur- 
poses connected therewith, and with the Promotion 
of the Fine Arts in Scot/and” ; that the objects of 
the Bill are of the utmost importance, not only to 
the promotion of the Fine Arts, but to the progress 
of manufactures, and the success of the schools of 
design recently established in Scotland; that the 
establishment of a National Gallery in the metro- 
polis of Scotland, which, like that in the metro- 
polis of England, shal) be under the superintendence 
of the Government, and open during the whole year 
to persons of all ranks, and from all parts of the 
kingdom, cannot fail to improve the public taste, 
by leading all classes to take a deeper interest than 
before in the promotion of the Fine Arts, and the 
numerous persons engaged in the arts and manu- 
factures of Scotland to seek to rival foreign nations 
in the elegance and beauty of their designs ; that 
the annual exhibitions of the Royal Scottish 
Academy have, for many years, been the resort of 
and afforded amusement and instruction to great 
crowds, not only of the people of Edinburgh, but 
also to many from other districts of Scotland, who 
come to Edinburgh during the winter season ; for 
some years back too the galleries have been opened 
in the evenings, and frequented by great crowds of 
the working classes and their families, who are ad- 
mitted at low rates, and invariably manifest the 
liveliest interest in these exhibitions; that it has 
long been matter of deep and universal regret that 
the accommodation afforded for these exhibitions 
is placed on the most precarious and unsatisfactory 
footing, so much so that fears have been repeatedly 

entertained 


Bill, &amp;c. 

















Wines, &amp;c. 


Tron Vessels. 


Municipal 
‘ Electors. 





New Forest 
and Waltham 
Forest, 





appoiuted under the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 81, to 


14 VicrorrZ. 15° Juli. 527 


entertained that the Academy, who are altogether | 
unable to provide such from their own resources, 
might be deprived entirely of that accommodation, 
and so, reluctantly, compelled to abandon their ex- 
hibitions ; that if the Bill before referred to shall 
be passed into a law, and if the House shall be 
pleased to provide the very limited amount of money 
requisite, the proposed buildings will, the Peti- 
tioners have reason to believe, contain ample ac- 
commodation both for a National Gallery, and for 
the annual exhibitions of the Royal Scottish 
Academy, and thus their erection will effectually 
promote the important national objects before de- 
scribed ; that, so important do the Petitioners deem 
the passing of the said Bill, and the erection of the 
proposed buildings, that they have cheerfully, and 
at a merely nominal price, appropriated for their 
site one of the best situated and most valuable 
pieces of ground in the whole city of Edinburgh ; 
and praying the House to pass the said Bill into a 
law, with such amendments thereon as to the 
House shall seem fit, and to vote the limited amount 
of money requisite for the erection of the proposed 
buildings. 

Ordered, That the said Petition 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, Returns of the Quantities of Wines im- 
ported yearly into the Ports of Great Britain and 
freland, from the beginning of 1786 down to the 
end of 1849, both inclusive ; and of the Quantities 
of Wines entered for Consumption within Great 
Britain and Ireland in each year of the said period; 
together with the several Rates of Duties payable 
thereon, and the Total Amount of such Duties re- 
ceived in every such year; distinguishing the respec- 
tive Quantities of the said Wines according to the 
Country or Colony of their Growth respectively ; 
and also specifying the yearly Increase or Decrease 
(if any) in the &gt; soe derived from such Duties :— 
And, of the Decennial Increase of Population of 
Great Britain and Ireland during 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Iron Vessels, stating their Tonnage, 
Horse Power, the Guns they are pierced for, the 
Guns they were intended to carry, the Height in- 
tended by the Construction of the Midship Port 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a National 
Copy of the Report of the Commission appointed Gallery. 
by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Trea- 
sury, to inquire into the state of the Pictures in the 
National Gallery. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Works of Art 
before the Select Committee appointed in the Ses-(1847-8-) 
sion of 1847-48,to consider of the best mode of pro- 
viding additional room for Works of Art given to 
the public or purchased by means of Parliamentary 
Grants, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 16th Arts and 
day of August 1836, was made from the Select Com- “aa 
mittee appointed to inquire into the best means of ; 
extending a knowledge of the Arts and of the prin- 
ciples of Design among the people (especially the 
Manufacturing Population) of the country ; also to 
inquire into the constitution, management and 
effects of Institutions connected with the Arts, be 
referred to the Select Committee on the National 


Gallery. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Tariffs of 

Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of ForeignStates. 
March last, for Returns, in continuation of certain 
Returns granted by Her Majesty in accordance 
with an Address adopted by this House on the 
24th day of February 1847, with reference to any 
Alterations which have been made in the Tariffs of 
Foreign States, and any Alterations of the Terms 
and Conditions upon which Raw Produce, Goods or 
Merchandise are imported into or exported from 
such Foreign States, specifying the Dates at which 
such Alterations have been made, and the Time at 
which they have or are to come into operation; also 
with reference to any Alterations of Customs Duties 
or other Alterations affecting the Commerce of the 
British Possessions, which have been authorized or 
effected under the Powers of the Act 8 and 9 Vie. 
c. 9, or any subsequent authority; and that the 
substance of and information contained in the Re- 
turns under this Address be forthwith furnished to 
this House, in the English Language, and in the 
same form as that contained in the above Returns 
was granted, in accordance with an Address adopted 
by this House on the 8th day of December 1847. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Incumbered 
17th day of May last, for Returns of all Sales made yee 
under the authority of the Commissioners of eae 
cumbered Estates (Ireland), stating the following 
Particulars :— 





when ready for Sea, and the Quantity of Coals they 
were to stow; and their Cost, including the 
Engines and Fittings :—Of Engines ordered for 
Iron Vessels; distinguishing those appropriated, 
and those not appropriated to such Vessels :—Of 
iron Vessels sold, and for what:—And, Copies of 
Reports of the Experiments tried as to the effects of 
Shot on Iron, as practised from Her Majesty’s Ship 
“ Excellent.” 


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 Municipal Electors on 
the Burgess Roll of each Corporate City and 
Borough. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any Reports made to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury by the Commissioners 


inquire into and report upon Rights and Claims | 

over the New Forest, in the County of Southampton, 

and Waltham Forest, in the County of Essex. 
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Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Court of 
egates. 


25th day of June last, for a Return of the Compo- 
sition of the Court of Delegates, as shown by the 
Commissions issued under the Great Seal at various 
Periods, from the earliest to the most recent Dates, 
particularly noticing Commissions in cases of He- 
resy or Unsound Doctrine, and, as far as appears 
from the Records, the Commencement and Results 
of such cases. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of June Murders, &amp;c. 
last, for a Return of the Number of Murders and os, of 

3x4 Waylayings 478") 

















Attornies’ 
Certificates 
Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill, 


528 


Waylayings in the Baronies of Upper and Lower 
Fews, in the County of Armagh, during the last Six 
years; distinguishing by Name the Persons killed 
and waylaid, and the Place where the Offence oc- 
curred ; also, giving the Numbers arrested for each 
Offence, and the Result of any Trial of the same : 
—and, Copies of the Depositions taken by the Co- 
roner of Armagh County, at the Inquest held on the 
body of the late Mr. Mauleverer. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Attornies’ Certificates Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Lord Robert Grosvenor, 


Yeas Mr. Mullings : ion 
Tellers for the) Lord Marcus Hill, 1 122 
Noes, Mr. Hayter : — 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 15 (Fixed incomes may be secured 
to Archbishops and Bishops appointed after 1st 
January 1848). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7, 1. 30. After the 
word “ Bishop” to insert the words “ from the com- 
“ mencement of his incumbency.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 17 to N° 21, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That no spiritual 
person appointed to the deanery of any cathedral 
or collegiate church after the day of 

One thousand eight hundred and fifty, 
shall accept, to take and hold therewith, any bene- 
fice not situate within the city or town of the ca- 
thedral or collegiate church in which he shall hold 
such deanery, or within three miles of such cathe- 
dral or collegiate church, to be computed from 
such cathedral or collegiate church to the church 
or nearest of the churches of such benefice by the 
nearest road or footpath, or by an accustomed ferry) 
—brought up; read 1° and 2°; amended, and 
added. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That whenever it 
shall have been shown, to the satisfaction of the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, that the sum of thirty 
thousand pounds has been provided by private con- 
tributions towards the endowment of an episcopal 
see, in any place or district having a population of 
not less than one hundred thousand souls, or to- 
wards the erection of an episcopal residence, and 
that one half at least of the said thirty thousand 
——_ has been contributed by persons residing or 

olding property therein, it shall then be lawful for 
the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if they shall 


15° Juli. 





A, 1850. 


think fit, with the consent of the Bishop or Bishops 
at the time having jurisdiction over such place or 
district, and of the Archbishop of the Province, to 
frame and to submit to Her Majesty in Council for 
Her approval, a scheme for the erection of a Bi- 
shopric of such place or district, and of any parts 
contiguous thereto, accordingly ; and to propose 
the appropriation towards the endowment thereof 
of any sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds 
per annum, from any monies now standing to the 
credit of the Episcopal Fund, or hereafter to accrue 
to the Commissioners from any episcopal estate or 
property, or from the regulated annual payment of 
any Bishop, or to propose the annexation to such 
See of any estate or estates vested in the Commis- 
sion, and estimated to produce an average net in- 
come not exceeding the said amount, and in such 
case to make provision for the redemption of any 
portion of the said estate or estates, if it shall ap- 
pear that at any future time its permanent net income 
is raised beyond the said amount; and likewise, sub- 
ject to such consent as aforesaid, to define the limits 
of the diocese to be constituted; and when Her 
Majesty in Council shall be pleased to give Her 
assent to such scheme, it shall hold good in law to 
all intents and purposes, and the diocese so described 
shall be separated from all other episcopal jurisdic- 
tions, and shall become subject to the sole episcopal 
jurisdiction of the Bishop to be appointed thereto) 
—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made and Question proposed, ‘hat the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause added. 

Clause, (And be it declared and Enacted, That 
the provisions of the hereinbefore recited Acts re- 
lating to the sale, transfer or exchange of any lands, 
tithes or other hereditaments, shall not extend to 
authorize the sale of any tithes or rent-charge in 
lieu of tithes belonging to the See of any Bishop, 
or to any Chapter, or in the possession or enjoy- 
ment of any Dean, Canon, Prebendary, or other 
dignitary or officer of any cathedral, collegiate 
church, or in the possession of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England) — brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (And be it Enacted, That except as here- 
inafter mentioned, no dean, canon-residentiary or 
minor canon, hereafter to be appointed in any 
cathedral or collegiate church, shall be allowed io 
hold, with his canonry or minor canonry, any bene- 
fice with cure of souls, except the same be within 
the city or place in which the cathedral or colle- 
giate church is situated )—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, — a G1 94, 
Tellers for the Noes, Se ton Hill, \ 104, 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported, 





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 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 











Ways and 


Means. 


Supply ; 


Disembodied 
Militia. 


Prince Ed- 
ward’s Island. 





Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(North 
America.) 


Indian 
Department 
(Canada.) 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Governors, &amp;c. 
(West India 
Colonies.) 


Stipendiary 
Justices 
(West India 
Colonies, &amp;c.) 





Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Monument to 
Sir Robert 
Peel. 





14 Victroriz. 


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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and nine thousand eight hundred and fifty 
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 
1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Charge of Prince Edward’s 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand two hundred and twenty-eight — be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
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 of March 
1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Bahama 
Islands, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to 
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 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the 
Stipendiary Justices in the West India Colonies and 
the Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Al- 
lowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant see Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant 
Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the Employ- 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers: And that 
Mr. Bernal, Mr. Secretary-at-War and Sir George 
Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider an humble Address to 
be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her 
Majesty will give directions that a Monument be 
erected, in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, 
Westminster, to the memory of the Right honour- 
able Sir Robert Peel, with an Inscription expressive 
of the Public sense of so great and irreparable a 
loss, and to assure Her Majesty that this House 


will make good the Expenses attending the same, | 


a Resoluticn ; which was read, as followeth : 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 

to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will give 

directions that a Monument be erected, in the Col. 

_ Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to the 
emory of the Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, 

with an Inscription expressive of the Public sense 

of 4 great and irreparable a loss, and to assure Her 

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529 


Majesty that this House will make good the Ex- 
penses attending the same. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee, in the said Re- 
solution. 

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


The Bill to suspend the making of Lists, and the Militia Ballots 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Suspension 
Kingdom, 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 to amend the Laws Loan Societies 
relating to Loan Societies, was, according to Order, 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 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. 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take poor Relief 
into consideration the Poor Relief Bill, as amended Bill. 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to No. 556. 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next, at twelve of the clock; and be 
printed. 


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


Martis, 16° die Julii, 1850: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Appointments 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c., Bill; to Offices, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Bill. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of 
into a Committee upon the Bills of Exchange Bill ; xchange 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. 


Tne Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 


mittee on the General Board of Health (No. 2.) of Health 
Bill ; (No. 2.) Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pyblic Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages 
Reading of the Marriages Act Amendment Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 

upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ; eee _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday “*" 3 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee, 
The 


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530 


Crime and The Order of the day a read, for the Second 
ject tym Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) 
‘Trelan on- 


Continuance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


tinuance Bill. 


Stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Jurisdiction mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Jredand) Bill; 
(Ireland) 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- 
~y- Crimi- mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 
nal Justice ~=Improvement Bill ; 
t Ps ‘. ° 
— esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Stock in The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Trade Bill. into a Committee upon the Stock in Trade 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 a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance, &amp;c. 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. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Population 


oo The Bill for taking Account of the Population of 
il, 


Great Britain 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. 


Population 


The Bill for taking an Account of the Population 
(Ireland) Bill. 


of Ireland was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir William Somerville do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Collection of 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Fines, &amp;c. o 


consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) 


Creland) Bill 7331), as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 
Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Trusts Bill. Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Upton-cum- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Chalvey into a Committee upon the Upton-cum-Chalvey 
Validite Bill. Marriages Validity 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 
this day. 
Highway The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
Rates Bill. 


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


Public-houses The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Senta) a 


Reading of the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill ; 


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A. 1850. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Friendly _ 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; Gocietios Bil. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill, was ac- Cruelty to 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- Anim 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for cae 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
: Ye : , ing Fish 
a on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) (rel es a) Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Marriages 
the further Proceeding upon the Third Reading of Bill. 
the Bill to amend and alter an Act passed in the 
fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William 
the Fourth, so far as relates to Marriages within 
certain of the prohibited Degrees of Affinity :— 
The House resumed the said further Proceeding. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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

to repeal part of an Act of the fifteenth year of 
King George the Third, for the Encouragement of 
the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ire- 
land, and the British Dominions in Europe, and for 
securing the Return of the Fishermen, Reilors and 
others employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports 
thereof, at the end of the Fishing Season: And 
that Mr. Labouchere and Sir William Gibson Craig 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


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 No. 657, 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
= Surgeons’ Mates and — Majors of the 

ilitia, 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 ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Gibson Craig presented a Bill to Fisheries Bill. 
repeal part of an Act of the fifteenth year of King No, 558. 
George the Third, for the Encouragement of the 
Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, 
and the British Dominions in Europe, and for se- 
curing the Return of the Fishermen, Sailors and 
others employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports 
thereof, at the end of the Fishing Season: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Bill. 
to empower Corporate Bodies in certain Cases to 
raise Money towards the Cost of Building, and 
enlarging or improving County Prisons: And that 
Mr. Henry Stuart and Sir aes Verney do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ee as 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Coast of 
to give directions that there be laid befure this House, Africa.) 

a Copy of a Letter from the Colonial Office to the 
Lords of the Treasury relative to the Purchase — 
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14 Vicroriz. 


the Danish Possessions on the Coast of Africa, 
and their Lordships’ Minute thereupon. 

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














Benefices in Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Plurality Bill. Lords to the Benefices in Plurality Bill be taken 
into consideration this day. 

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, 16° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine 1850. 

PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 

sitting of the House. 

Wolverhamp- |The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ton Water- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wolver- 
jfaemets hampton Waterworks Act (Amendment and Exten- 
and Extension Sion of Works) Bill; and the same were twice read, 

— and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Belfast A Bill to relieve the Borough of Belfast from 
 /_ia Contribution to certain Descriptions of County Ex- 
. penditure, and for the further Improvement of the 
said Borough, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better improving the Borough 
of te sane 
Ordered, That Lord John Chichester do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Commercial The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Company the Commercial Gas Company and Poplar Gas 
and Poplar Light Company Bill. 
Gonpagy Bil, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Earl of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Shrewsbury’s the Earl of Shrewsbury’s and Grace’s Trustees Es- 
and Grace’s . 
Trustees tate Bill. 
Estate Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Arbitration. Petitions from Ffosyffin ;— Aberystwyth (three Pe- 
titions); — Members of the Calvinistic Methodist 
Congregation at Aberystwyth ;—Aberayron ;-—Tre- 
garon;—-Neuaddlwyd ;—County of Cardigan (Chair- 
man);—and, Blaenpenal; praying the House to 
take prompt and decisive measures for the promotion 
of treaties between the Government of this country 
and other Governments of the world, binding both 
parties for the future to refer their misunderstandings 
to the decision of Arbitrators,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Disarmament, Petitions from Capel Gwynvil ; —Cardigan ;— 
and, Aberystwith (two Petitions) ; praying the House 
to adopt measures for promoting a general and 
simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized na- 
tions of the earth,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
—_. Petitions from Winwich ;—Jarrow ;— Buckland 
(Jews) Bil, Pélleigh ; —Ashby-by-Partney ;— and, Upton-cum- 
Copingford; praying that the Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Post-office, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Nether 
Wallop, in the county of Southampton, praying the 
House to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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531 


A Petition of Merchants, Brewers, Distillers, Public-houses 
Proprietors, Factors, Householders, Dealers in Ex- (Scotland) 
: , ae eibee : : ill. 
cise Liquors and others, residing in the city of Gias- 
gow, praying that the Public-houses (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Artists’ Friendly Savings Banks 
Society, Hanley ;—and, Members of the Catholic 3 
Brotherly Society, Cobridge; praying that the Sa- 
vings Banks Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Stoke- smoke Prohi- 
upon-T'rent, in the county of Stafford, praying that bition Bill. 
the Smoke Prohibition Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative gity of 
to the City of Dublin, which was presented upon Dublin. 
the 8th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 559. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouse yignthouse 
(Guernsey), which was presented upon Tuesday last, (Guernsey.) 
be printed. No. 560. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative gman Debt 


to Small Debt Courts, which was presented upon Courts. 
Tuesday last, be printed. No, 561. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Probates and 
to Probates and Letters of Administration (Zreland), Letters of 


which was presented upon the 21st day of June fan ireland.) 
last, be printed. No. 362 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wreck and Wreck and 
Salvage, which was presented upon the 14th day of Salvage. 
May last, be printed. No. 563. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Woods and 
to Woods and Forests, which was presented upon Forests. 
the 4th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 564. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Delegates, which was presented yesterday, be Delegates. 
printed. Ne. 565. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Murders, &amp;c., Murders, &amp;c. 
(County of Armagh), which was presented yesterday, — of 
be printed. Armagh.) 

No. 566. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mercantile 
into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. (No, 2.) Bill, , 

(In the Committee.) 


Crauses, N° 28 to N° 31, agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 32, disagreed to. 


Ciauses, N° 33 to N° 48, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Crausez, N° 49 (Seaman discharged before voyage, 
to have compensation.) 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ia Monee : 


¢ Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr d Ui, reus Hill: 

Amendment proposed, in P. 19. 1.13. After the 
word “ consent,” to insert the words “and who 
** has not been returned by the master as absent at 
“ the time of sailing, without leave.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :-—-Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause postponed. 


Crausg, N° 50, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 51 (Regulation of advances and 
advance notes.) 


. 


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8x2 Amendment 

















Engines for 
taking Fish 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Larceny 
Summary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Voters, &amp;c. 
(Treland) Sill. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Improvement 
(Amendment 
of Acts and 
New Streets) 
Bill. 


Bradford 
Improvement 
(Police, and 
Purchase and 


332 


Amendment proposed, in P. 19.1. 28. To leave 
out from the word “ therein” to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question proposed, That the wérds proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 19. 1. 35. 
At the end of the Clause, to add the words “and 
“ no advance note shall be given for any sum ex- 
“ ceeding in amount one month’s wages.”’ 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 52 to N° 54, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 55, (Place appropriated to seamen 
to have nine superficial feet for each man, and to be 
properly constructed.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 20.1. 29. After the 
word “a” to insert the word “ sufficient.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ sufficient” 
be there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criauses, N° 56 to N° 69, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress inthe 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, at Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 17° die Julai; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


A MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the further Extension of Summary Juris- 
diction in cases of Larceny, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Laws which regulate the Qualifi- 
cation and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in 
Ireland, and to alter the Law for rating Immediate 
Lessors of Premises to the Poor Rate in certain 
Boroughs, 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 make better Provision for the Interment of 
the Dead in or near the Metropolis, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
eoncurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for extending and amending the Acts for re- 
gulating and improving the Borough of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for repealing an Act relating to the Borough of 
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lighting, watching, draining and otherwise Closing of 
Bradford 
Canal) Bill. 


paving, 
improving the said Borough, and for the better 
Regulation and Management thereof, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Borough of 
Act for better supplying with Water the Borough of Salford Water- 
Salford, and for the further Improvement of the al 
said Borough, with Amendments; to which Amend- Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dundalk 
Act to extend the Powers of the Dundalk and _ 4 
Enniskillen Railway Company, for the Purchase of gy 
Lands, and Completion of Works, on Part of their 
Railway, and for other Purposes, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool 
Act to extend the Time limited by the Liverpool Corporation 
Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847, for purchasing pean gel 
Lands and constructing the Works authorized by Time for Pur- 
such Act, and for other Purposes, with Amend- chase of Land, 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the *¢-) Bill. 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act to authorize the Division of the Parish of Man- Rectory _ 
chester into several Parishes, aad for the Applica- Division Bill. 
tion of the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish 
Church, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aberdeen 
Act for enabling the Aberdeen Railway Company to Railway Bill. 
raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter their 
Station and the Levels of their eg at and near 
Aberdeen; for repealing the “ Great North of Scot- 
land Railway Act, 1847;” for altering, amending 
and extending the Acts relating to the Aberdeen 
Railway, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Union of 
for facilitating the Union of Liberties with the Liberties with 
Counties in which they are situate ; to which the Counties Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sheep and Cat- 

to continue an Act of the eleventh and twelfth years tle Contagious 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An or, 
Act to prevent, until the First day of September Continuance 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and to the Bill. 
End of the then Session of Parliament, the spreading 
of Contagious or Infectious Disorders among Sheep, 
Cattle and other Animals ;” to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Masters 
to give Primary Jurisdiction to the Masters in Jurisdiction 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, in certain * Eauity Bil. 
cases ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act cavendish’s 
for creating Powers of Sale in the Freehold and (orHarcourt’s) 
Copyhold Estates comprised in the Marriage Set- Estate Bil: 
tlement of William Bernard Harcourt, deceased, 
with Elizabeth Georgiana Harriet, his Wife; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords desire a Conference upon the subject- Railways 
matter of the Amendments made by this House to Abandonment 
the Railways Abandonment Bill, and appoint the Bi 
same on Thursday next, at a quarter before Five 
of the clock, in the Royal Gallery :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then 
he again withdrew. 

The 


























London 
Corporation. 


Smoke Prohi- 
bition Bill. 





London 
Bridge, &amp;c. 


Coal Market. 


Coals, &amp;c. 


Blackfriars 
Bridge. 


London City 
Police. 


Mooring 
Chains, &amp;c, 
(River 
Thames.) 


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

And the said Petition, praying that the Smoke 
Prohibition Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain of 
the City of London, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account of Monies received 
and paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London, 
in respect of the year ending 5th January 1850, 
being the Produce and Application of the several 
Duties and Payments constituting the Fund called 
the London Bridge Approaches or Improvement 
Fund, for effecting Public Works and Improvements 
in the Metropolis, in pursuance of the Provisions of 
the Acts of Parliament of 10 Geo. 4, c.136, 11 Geo. 4, 
c. 64, 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 and 2 Vie. c. 100, 
1 and 2 Vic. c. 101, 8 and 9 Vic. c. 101, and 11 and 
12 Vie. c. 124. 

An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending 
5th January 1850, of the Fund called the London 
Bridge Approaches or Improvement Fund, for 
effecting Public Works and Improvements in the 
Metropolis, and the Appropriation of the same in 
discharge of Monies raised under the authority of 
the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 64. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zundon, from the 1st 
January to the 31st December 1849, 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 Vice. 
c. 107. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
ending 31st December 1849, in relation to a Market 
established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pursuant to 
the Acts land 2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 and 2 Vie. 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 sub- 
sequent Acts; also of the Application of the same 
under the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c.101, and 9 and 10 Vice. 
c. 34, 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 1849. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the year ending the 14th August 1849, for lighting, 
watching, cleansing and repairing Blackfriars 
Bridge, pursuant to 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 en the 25th December 1849, in pursuance 
of the Act 2 and 3 Vic.,c. 94, intituled, An Act for 
regulating 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 
1849, 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 London, on account of 
the year ending 25th July 1849, for defraying the 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c., 
~ Mooring Chains of the River 7hames, of paying 

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533 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, .&amp;c., 
and other Expenses of the Harbour Service, pur- 
suant to the Act 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 Bridge House 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House ®sttes. 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1848, to the 14th August 1849, 
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 Thames 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year, Navigation. 
ending 29th September 1849, for improving the 
Navigation of the River Thames, westward of Lon- 
don 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 Vie. c. 1. 

A Statement and Account of Monies received and Sewers. 

paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London, from 
the 29th September 1848, to the 1st of January 1849, 
for making, maintaining, enlarging, repairing and 
cleansing the Vaults, Drains, Sewers, &amp;c., within the 
said City and Liberties, in pursuance of the several 
Acts of Parliament of the 11 Geo. 3, c. 29,18 Geo. 3, 
c. 66, and 33 Geo. 3, c. 75: also, of Monies so re- 
ceived and paid for the like Purposes, from the 
Ist January to the 29th September 1849, in pur- 
suance of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 163, intituled, 
the City of London Sewers Act, 1848. 

A Statement and Account of Monies received and Paving, 

paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London, Cleansing and 
from the 29th September 1848, to the Ist of January ™824”8- 
1849, 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: also, of 
Monies so received and paid for the like purposes, 
and for Medical and other Sanatory Expenses, from 
the 1st January to the 29th September 1849, in 
pursuance of the Act 11 and 12 Vic., c. 163, inti- 
tuled, the City of London Sewers Act, 1848. 

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 Vie. 

c. 94, s. 85 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 15th day of this in- a 
stant July ; and had directed him to make a Report nati 
thereof to the House. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration St. Andrew’s 
the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad Bill, as 274 Quebec 
amended in the Committee. Reiiveed EER. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration St. Thomas's 
the Saint Thomas’s Hospital Estate Bill. sy 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ™***¢® 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wolverhamp- 
the Wolverhampton Improvement Act Amendment ton Improve- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. pone 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bill. , 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, that they do appoint, if they Selection. 
think fit, the Committee on the Bishop of London's . 
(Saint Michael’s Church, Chester-square) Estate 
3x3 Bill, 























534 


Bill, to meet any day after the expiration of the 
eighth day from the Second Reading of the Bill. 


Copyholds A Petition of the Right honourable and Reverend 

Enfranchise- Wj/liam Nevill Earl of Abergavenny, Lord of the se- 

ment Bill, _yeral Manors thereunder mentioned, praying that the- 
Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Court of Petitions from the Presbyterian Synod of Munster 

Prerogative (Moderator and Clerk) ;—and, Dublin (two Peti- 

— tions); praying that the Court of Prerogative (Jre- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Friendly A Petition of Inhabitants of Bury, praying that 

Societies Bill. the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Home-made A Petition of Merchants, Factors, Dealers and 

Spiritsin others interested in the manufacture and sale of 

Bond Bill. Trish-made Spirits, in the town of Baltinglass, pray- 
ing that the Home-made Spirits in Bond Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Newspapers. _A Petition of Inhabitants of Nailsworth, and its 
vicinity, in the county of Gloucester, praying for the 
repeal of the stamp duty on Newspapers, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Oath of Petitions from Walditch ;— District of Solway 

fries) Bill Ash ;—Hale;—and, Pimperne; praying that the 


Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Lan- 


Bill. caster Union, praying that the Poor Relief Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Post-office. A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Llan- 


gefni, in the county of Anglesey, and its vicinity, 

praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 

abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, was 

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


A Petition of Merchants, Brewers, Distillers, 
Proprietors, Factors, Householders, Dealers in Ex- 
ciseable Liquors, and others, residing in the parish 
of Campsie, praying that the Public-houses (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Savings Banks A Petition of Members of the Regent United 


Bill; and, = Society, held at Castle Green, in the city and count 

yee eed Bill. of Bristol, praying that the Savings Banks Bill; 
and, the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into 
law, was = and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Savings Banks _A Petition of the President, Stewards, Members 

Bill. of the Committee and other Members of the Black- 


burn Benevolent Commercial Society, praying that 
all Societies duly enrolled, and which hen opened 
accounts with the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt, and are strictly confined to 
the working classes, and grant no annuity above 26. 
per annum, no insurance 1 sickness beyond 20s. per 
week, and no assurance at death beyond 50 1., ma 
be exempted from the operation of the eighteenth 
clause of the Savings Bank Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Smoke Pro- A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Sitoke- 


hibition Bill wpon-Trent, in the Staffordshire Potteries, praying 


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A, 1850. 


that the Smoke Prohibition Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Wardens and aa of 
the Mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London ; 
— Birmingham ;—and, Deritend and Bordesley (two 
Petitions); praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Salis- Sunday 
puny praying that the Sunday Trading Prevention A. 

ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; pin), 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Clerkenwell ; —Leather-lane ; — 
London ;—Southwark (two Petitions) ; —Finsbury 
(two Petitions) ;— Westminster (two Petitions); — 
Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;— Tower Hamlets ;— 
Saint Luke, Middlesex (two Petitions) ; —City of 
London ;— Shoreditch ;—The Metropolis (three Pe- 
titions); — and, Lambeth; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to ‘Turnpike~ Turnpike-road 
road and Bridge Trusts (Scotland), which was pre- seers 
sented upon the 23d day of May last, be printed. iand.) a 


No. 568. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Bankrupts. 
to Bankrupts, which was presented upon the 9th No, 569. 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Tariffs of Fo- 
to Tariffs of Foreign States, which was presented Teign States. 
upon Monday last, be printed. No. 570. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a partford 
Return, showing the Number and Dates of the Savings Bank. 
Monthly Returns (if any) ineach year from the 20th 
day of November 1844 to the 20th day of Novem- 
ber 1849, transmitted to the National Debt Office by 
the Dartford Savings Bank, in which no signature 
of a Manager or other Officer, as required by the 
National Debt Office, is affixed, to certify to the 
true Account of Weekly Receipts and Payments as 
made in his presence :—And, Copy of the Corres- 
pondence (if any) between the National Debt Office 
and the said Savings Bank, respecting the non-com- 
pliance with the Regulations of the National Debt ‘ 
Office and the due signing or transmission of any 
such Monthly Statements of Accounts during the 
same period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
Return showing the Amount of Annual Balances Societies. 
in the Hands of the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt, on account of Friendly 
Societies (exclusive of Balances due to the Trustees 
of Savings Banks), for each of the years com- 


Y} mencing on the 20th day of November 1828, and 


ending on the 20th day of November 1849 ; also, the 
Amount of Stock and other Securities held by the 
said Commissioners at the same Dates respectively, 
on account of such Societies, distinguishing the par- 
ticulars, as well as the Total Amount and Value of 
the same Stock or other Securities. 


Ordered, That the Ecclesiastical Commission Ecclesiastical 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now taken Commission 
into consideration:—The House accordingly pro- 
ceeded to take the said Bill into consideration. 


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


Ordered, That the Bills of Exchange Bill, as Bills of Ex- 
amended in the Committee, be now taken into con- 24"8¢ Bill. 
sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the said Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


No. 567. 








morrow. 
Ordered, 








14 VicrortizZ. 


Stock in Trade Ordered, That the Stock in Trade Bill, as amended 
= in the Committee, be now taken into consideration : 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
said Bill into consideration. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Turnpike Acts Ordered, That the Turnpike Acts Continuance, 
5 an &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now 
. taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the said Bill into consideration. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Upton-cum- Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
el in An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized 
Validity Bil). in the New Church at Upton-cum-Chalvey, in the 
County of Buckingham and Diocese of Ozford, be 
now read the third time ;—The Bill was accordingly 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill 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, without Amendment. 
Highway Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Rates Bill. — solve itself into a Committee upon the Highway 
Rates Bill. 
Militia Pay Ordered, That the Militia Pay Bill be now reada 
Bill. second time:—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 

Benefices in Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Plurality Bill. Lords to the Benefices in Plurality Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 

Engines for Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders 
taking Fish of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 

(Ireland) Bill. 


Engines for taking Fish (Zreland) Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Estimates of 


Civil Services. Command,—Estimates, &amp;c., Civil Services, for the 
Rin I year ending 31st March 1851. 
General Repo- _ An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
sitory for Pub- the year 1850, towards defraying the Expense of 
lic Records. the erection of a General Repository for Public 
Records. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Danish Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to 
eye ge Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of this instant 
Africa.) July, for Copy of a Letter from the Colonial Office 
No.572, to the Lords of the Treasury relative to the purchase 
of the Danish Possessions on the Coast of Africa, 
and their Lordships’ Minute thereupon. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Small Tene- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


par ***ns the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
; upon the 12th day of June last, that the 
offered to be added upon the Third Reading of the 
Small Tenements Rating 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 
Reading of the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; 

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


Sunday 
Trading Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Public Libraries and Mu- 
seums Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 


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535 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Tuesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyholds 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill ; Enfranchise- 
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 f Mr. Aglionby, 


ment 


Yeas, { Mr. Hume: uty 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir George Strickland, 40 
Noes, Mr. Mullings: F 


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 pa- 
ragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1, (Manorial rights subject to be 
commuted on the application of lord or tenant). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1. 1. 17. To leave 
out from the word “ That” to the word “ may” in 
P. 2. 1. 3., in order to insert the words “ all manorial 
“ rights except as hereinafter provided,” instead 


thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Aglionby, 
Tellers for the Yeas, {ior d Harry Vane: } 55 
Mr. Mullings, 
Tellers for the Noes, Visveunt Ga heay : } 47 
Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 5. To 
leave out the words “ a tenant,” in order to insert 
the words “ three-fourths of the tenants in number 
** and value,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words “a tenant” stand 
part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Aglionby } 
Yeas, { Mr. aes: =. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Henley, } 74 
Noes, Sir George Strickland : : 


Question proposed, That the words “‘ three-fourths 
“* of the tenants in number and value”’ bé there in- 
serted ; 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: To leave out the words “ three-fourths of the 
“ tenants in number and value,” in order to insert 
the words “a majority of the tenants in number,” 
instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ three-fourths of 
“ the tenants in number and value” stand part of 
the proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henley, 66 

Yeas, Sir Henry Willoughby : } ‘ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 59 

Noes, L Mr. Aglionby : ‘ 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 





the Bill. 
VoL. 105. 





sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


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536 17°—18° Jultt. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 2, (The Copyhold Commissioners, 
on the application of lord or tenant, shall ascertain 
the value of manorial rights, and consideration for 
commutation). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause postponed. 

Crauses, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 4, (Consideration for commutation 
where lord applies). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 29. To leave 
out from the word “‘ That” to the word “ mmepes. % 
in 1. 33., in order to insert the words ‘‘ when appli- 
“ cation on the part of the lord or lords, being the 
“ owner or owners of three-fourths in value at least 
of such manor, shall be entertained by the said 
Commissioners.” 

Question proposed, That the words “no such 
application on the part of the lord shall be en- 
tertained by the said Commissioners, except on 
the admittance of a tenant, or within” stand part 
of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


cc 
“ 


if 3 
&amp; 
“ 


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. 


Smoke Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
hibition Bill. Reading of the Smoke Prohibition 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- 
— Amendments and Motion were, severally, with 
eave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day six months. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Residences, Reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences, &amp;c. (Jre- 
Ko (ireland) jad) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Cgetes ; The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

ang apes, Reading of the Churches and Chapels (Zreland) Bill ; 

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


Clergy The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Clergy (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Incumbered The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(ireland) pin, Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill ; 
"Ordered, Tivat the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


Distress for The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
omy (Ireland) Reading of the Distress for Rent (Jreland) Bill; 
ona Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Small Tene- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

ments Beco- Reading of the Small Tenements Recovery (Ireland) 

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





A. 1850. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Borough | 
a Committee upon the Borough Gaols Bill ; and, 61s 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 of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland)*4 Tenant 
. (Ireland) 
(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 three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 








Jovis, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


M?&amp;: Bernal reported the Manchester Bonding Manchester 
Bill, with Amendments. Bonding Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Agricultural 
Owners and Occupiers of land,and other Inhabit- Distress. 
ants of the parishes of Sutterton, Algarkirk, and 
Fosdike, in the county of Lincoln, complaining of the 
depressed state of Agriculture; and praying the 
House to adopt measures of relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Lindop, of Hanley, Staf- Arbitration 
fordshire, praying the House to promote treaties #04 Postage. 
of Arbitration amongst the nations of the earth, and 

to establish an Ocean Penny Post, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Court of 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, praying that Chancery - 
the Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Zan- ———— 
caster) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, caster) Bill. 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Deptford 
habitants of the parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, Sewers. 
in the counties of Kent and Surrey, stating that, 
although a Sewers rate has been charged upon a 
large portion of the inhabitants of that parish for 
many years, they have derived scarcely any ad- 
vantage from the tax, nearly the whole of the 
parish being without sewerage, in consequence 





whereof the districts where the poor chiefly reside 
are seldom exempt from diseases of a malignant 
kind; and praying that the requisite funds for 
cleansing and draining that large district may be 
| raised and applied under the management of local 
boards appointed by and accessible to the rate- 
payers, having a certain amount of responsibility, 
and being subject to a modified control by a central 
court, such local boards to consist of persons duly 
qualified by local knowledge, business habits and 
some scientific or practical attainments as — 

is 














Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Hypothec 


(Scotland.) 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Public-houses 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Punishment 
of Death. 


14 Victoria. 


this subject, and by their ability and willingness to 
devote the necessary time and attention to its details, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Presidents, Vice-Presidents 
and Secretaries of the Ashburton and Rock of 
Friendship Lodges of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, praying that the Friendly Societies 
Bill may not pass into a Jaw, as it now stands, was 
gm and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of the Minister and other Inhabitants 
of the parish of Draycot-le-Moors, in the county of 
Stafford, praying that the said Bill may pass intoa 
law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Commissioners of Supply, of the county of Ren- 
frew, praying the House to refuse to alter the law 
of Hypothec in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Draycot-le-Moors ; — Builth ; — 
Brightlingsea ;— Great Bentley ;— Wiz ;—Alpham- 
stowe ; — Finchingfield ; — Otten Belchamp; — 
Thaxted ;—Ashdon ; —Sturmer;—Little Bromley ; 
— Maryport ; — Mountfitchet ; — Stambourne ; — 
Arkesden ;—Stisted; — Wethersfield ; —Sible Hed- 
ingham ;=- Whitchurch (Salop);-- Welford; Weston- 
upon-Avon ; —Oldham ; —Richmond ; — Sparsholt 
and Kingston Lisle; —Ozenhall and Pauntley ;— 
Stapleford ;—Great Gaddesden;—Great Berkham- 
stead ;-— Ware;— Ardleigh ;— Hunsingore;— Winks- 
ley-cum- Grantley ;—Sunbury;—North Tidworth ;— 
South Tidworth ;—President and Fellows of Sion 
College ;—Kirk Deighton;—Cleobury Mortimer ;— 
Southwark ;—Smeeth ;— Morden ;—Sutton-in- Ash- 
field ;—Ferring-with-Kingston;— Wolford ;— Great 
Ryburgh and Little Ryburgh ;— Exeter ;— Bishop's 
Waltham ;—Odiham ; —Shelfleet ; —Thrapston ; — 
and, Preston Capes; praying that the Oath of 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Leintwardine ;—and, Portadown ; 

raying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 

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

Petitions from Lyme Regis ;—Thomas Jones and 
others ;— Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping 
(Vice-President) ; — Shiffnall; —and, Bridgend ; 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Draycot-le-Moors ;—Hilderstone ; 
—Paisley ;— Newcastle (Down) ;—Great Cressing- 
ham ;—and, Castlewellan ; praying the House not 
to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of Sun- 
day labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Campsie ;— Rothesay ;—Paisley ; 


—and, Greenock ; praying that the Public-houses | 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre-_ 


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

A Petition of the Minister of the Congregation 
of the Free Church of Scotland, at Innerleithen, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


18° Julie. 


537 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of a Savings Savings Banke 
Bank established at Fordoun, in the county of Kin- Bill 
cardine, praying that the Savings Banks Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
the Bank for Savings at Whitehaven, praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law; but that a 
Select Committee of the House may be appointed 
to inquire into the management of Savings Banks, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank at Deptford, pray- 
ing 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 Officers or Supporters of the Bun- gavings Banks 
tingford Union Association or Benefit Society and Bill; and, 
Sickness Club, praying that the Savings Banks Bill ; a ' 

, ae , : ieties Bill. 
and, the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies practising in the Court Securities 
for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Jreland, pray- fot Advances _ 
ing that the Securities for Advances (Ireland) Bill 7" ners 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands, Small Tene- 
tenements and hereditaments in the parish of Saint ents Rating 
Clement, in the city of Worcester, praying that the ~~ 
Small Tenements Rating Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Sub-Dean of the collegiate Westminster 
church of Saint Peter, Westminster, stating that I™provements. 
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, as owners of 
property in the parishes of Saint Margaret and 
Saint John-the-Evangelist, within the city of West- 
minster, are much interested in the completion of 
the Improvements which have been for several years 
in progress under the authority of the Westminster 
Improvement Act, 1845, aud the Westminster Im- 
provement Act, 1847; that many houses and other 
buildings belonging to the Dean and Chapter, have 
been taken down by the Westminster Improvement 
Commissioners under the powers of the above Acts, 
for the purpose of forming Victoria-street, and the 
Dean and Chapter, in order to extend the improve- 
ments, have purchased and removed, under the pro- 
visions of the said Acts, many houses and other 
buildings adjoining Westminster Abbey, at an ex- 
pense to the Dean and Chapter of upwards of 
14,000 /,; that the above-named parishes, in the year 
1847, granted the sum of 30,000 /. towards the form- 
ation of the said street, and the further sum of 
20,0007. for other improvements in Westminster ; 
and that the Dean and Chapter, as owners of pro- 
perty in the said parishes, assented thereto, in the 
full belief that Her Majesty’s Government would 
insure to the city of Westminster the speedy com- 
pletion of the said improvements ; that, although 
large purchases of property for Victoria-street have 





been already made, and the area of eighty feet wide 
from the west end of the Abbey to the Vauzhall- 
road is nearly all cleared, the Dean and Chapter are 
| ate that without the aid of Her Majesty’s 
' Government the said street will not be completed ; 

that the Dean and chapter and their tenants have 
| sustained, and are still sustaining great injury from 
the present unfinished state of the improvements ; 
| that, prior to the passing of the above-mentioned 
| Acts of Parliament, these improvements were re- 
| commended by two Select Committees of the House 
| in 1832 and 1837, and by Her Majesty’s Commis- 


Inhabitants of Leeds, praying for the abolition of} sioners for Metropolitan Improvements, in their Re- 


the Punishment of Death, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 105. 


= dated the 9th of April 1845; that in the said 
eport Her Majesty’s Commissioners state, that 
32 they 




























538 18° Juliz. A, 1850. 


they had under their consideration the means of im- 
proving a large and densely-peopled district in the 
southern parts of Westminster, the condition of 
which, from defective drainage and from other 
causes, had, for a considerable period, been alike 
offensive to public morals and to the public health ; 
and they further state, that they were of opimion 
that a line of street had been devised, which, both 
in itself and as the parent of other improvements m 
the communication of southern Westminster, may 
promote the health, the morals, and the social com- 
forts of a large body of its inhabitants; that the said 
street, when completed, will form, as expressed in 
the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament, a spacious 
and convenient communication between the neigh- 
bourhood of the Parliament Houses and that of 
Buckingham Palace ; that the speedy completion of 
the said street will be not only an act of justice to 
the Dean and Chapter, and other owners of pro- 
perty, and inhabitants of Westminster, but is also 
an object of great public importance ; and praying 
the House to take such steps as to the House may 
seem meet, to insure a speedy completion of the 
said improvements, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


National Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Gallery. Order, dated the 15th -p | of this instant July, for 
Copy of the Report of the Commission appointed 


by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to inquire into the State of the Pictures im the 
National Gallery. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Select Committee on the National Gallery. 


Works of Art Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
(1847-8.) mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed in 1847-48, to consider of the 
best mode of providing additional room for Works 
of Art given to the public or purchased by means 
of Parliamentary Grants. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to 
the Select Committee on the National Gallery. 


Parliamentary Ordered, That the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jre- 

(reine) Bill land) Bill, as amended by the Lords, be printed. 
No. 574. 

Metropolitan Ordered, That the Metropolitan Interments Bill, 


interments as amended by the Lords, be printed. 


No, 573. 
ag The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(No, 2.) Bill, into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine 


(No. 2.) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ciavse N° 62 (Refusal to join, and desertion, to 
be punishable with Three months’ imprisonment). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 22. 1.17: After the 
word “ be” to insert the words “liable to be fined 
“ in a sum not exceeding Ten pounds, or to be.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, put 
—and Negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 63 and N° 64, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 65 (Wages forfeited for desertion to 
be recoverable by master, &amp;c., who has suffered by 
the desertion). 

Amendment proposed, in P, 23. 1. 14: After the 
word “ forfeited,” to insert the words, “ and no im- 
“ mediate or subsequent entry of such seaman into 
“ Her Majesty’s Naval Service shall exempt him 
“ from such forfeiture of wages.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Anderson, } 33 
Yeas, \ Mr. Alexander Hastie: ¥ 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, | Lord Marcus Hill } or: 


Clause agreed to. 


Cuauss, N° 66, agreed to. 
Cuiausz, N° 67 (False statement as to last shup or 
name to be forfeiture). 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause 
to add the words “to be applied in aid of the 
“ Merchant Seamen’s Fund.” 

Question, That those words be there imserted, put 
—and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause, to add the words, “ And if no wages have 
“ been earned, he shall suffer an imprisonment for 
“a period not exceeding Two calendar months, 
upon the warrant of any Justice before whom he 
“ may be convicted.” 

Question proposed, ‘That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Causes, N° 68 and N° 69, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


“ 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Copy of any Reports made to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury by the Commissioners 
appointed under the Act 12 and 13 Vic. c. 81, to 
inquire into and report upon Rights and Claims 
over the New Forest, in the County of Southampton, 
and Waltham Forest, in the County of Essex. 

. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Bill ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Attorney- 
General, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Greene, 
Lord Ashley, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Lord Seymour, 
Mr. John Stuart and Sir Robert Harry Inglis do 
manage the Conference. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference ; and being 
returned ; 

Mr. Labouehere reported, That the Managers. had 
met the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Duke of Richmond, 
who acquainted the Managers on the part of the 
Commons, that the Lords being desirous.at all times 
of maintaining a good correspondence with the 
House of Commons, had desired this Conference, 
in order to communicate to them the Reasons which 
have induced the Lords to disa to one of the 
said Amendments, and that to the rest of the said 
Amendments the Lords had agreed ; and that they 
had brought back the Bill, and Amendments. 

Ordered, That: the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next; and be printed. 


instant July, to express the deep concern of this 
House at the loss-which Her Majesty has sustained 
by the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of 

ambridge, and to condole with Her Majesty on 
this melancholy occasion, and to assure Her Ma- 
jesty that this House will ever'participate with the 
most affectionate and dutifal attachment in what- 
ever may concern the feelings and interest of Her 





Majesty 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- yedicat 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ; Charities 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other (ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an New Forest 


Order, dated the 15th day of this instant July, for wd Welthem 
0 ° 


The time being come for the Conference with the Railways 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments Abandonment 
made by this House to the Railways Abandonment Bil 


No. 575. 


The Treasurer of the Household reported to the Duke of 
House, That their Address of the 9th day of this Cambridge. 








C2.y 


14 Vicroriz. 18° 





Jultt. 539 


Majesty and Her illustrious House, had been pre-|—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 


sented to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had 
been pleased to receive the same very graciously, 
and to give the following answer ; 

_ Lhave received with satisfaction, and as a gratify- 
ing proof of your attachment to My Person and 


Family, the loyal and dutiful Address of Condolence | 


which you have presented to Me on the loss I have 
sustained by the death of My beloved Uncle the 
Duke of Cambridge. 


The Treasurer of the Household reported to the 
House, That their Address of Monday last, praying 
that Her Majesty will give directions that a Monu- 
ment be erected, in the Collegiate Church of Saint 
Peter, Westminster, to the memory of the Right 


severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
| Ordered, That the Petition of William Chippin- 
| dall be referred to the Select Committee on Divorce 
| Bills. 


} 


Bills do consist of ten Members. 
Ordered, That the Judge Advocate be added to 
the Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, 
' dated the 9th day of this instant July, for a Return 
|showing the several Amounts borrowed from the 
Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners by Turnpike 
Trusts in England and Wales, the Date of each 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bills, 


honourable Sir Robert Peel, with an Inscription | Loan, the Rate of Interest, the Amount of Princi- 
expressive of the public sense of so great and pal repaid, and the Amount of Principal, also of 
irreparable a loss, and to assure Her Majesty that | Interest, remaining unpaid on the 5th day of Ja- 
this House will make good the Expenses attending | nuary 1850. 

the same, had been presented to Her Majesty, and! Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
that Her Majesty had been pleased to receive the | Table. 

same very graciously, and to give the following 
answer ; 

I have received your Address, praying that I will 
give directions that a Monument be erected, in the | 
Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster, to 
the Memory of the Right honourable Sir Robert 
Peel, with an Inscription expressive of the public 
sense of so great and irreparable a loss, and assuring 
Me that you will make good the Expenses attending 
the same; and I shall give directions in accordance 
with your Address. 


read the first time, 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


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 Monday next. 
Lord Seymour acquainted the House, That having 


been appointed to attend Her Royal Highness the 
Duchess of Cambridge, with the Message of Con- | to request that their Lordships will communicate to 
dolence of this House, he had attended Her ac-! this Housea Copy of the Report of the Select Com- 
cordingly, and that Her Royal Highness was | mittee appointed by their Lordships on the African 
pleased to give the following Answer: Slave Trade, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 

Cambridge House, July 18th, 1850. | dence, Appendix and Index thereto: And that Sir 


I am very grateful to the House of Commons for | Robert Harry Inglis do carry the said Message. 
sm me — the oe bg Bh Peed 

een kind enough to read, on occasion of the deat mt 
of my late excellent and revered Husband, and I | he hed a Message from Her Majesty to this eae 
beg of you to convey my heartfelt thanks to the| signed by Her Majesty ; and he presented the same 
House of Commons, for these expressions of their | 
condolence with me, and for the regard with which | (@ll the Members of the House being uncovered), 


the name of the late Duke of Cambridge has been | #"4 is as followeth : 





The Union of Liberties with Counties Bill was Union of _ 
and ordered to be read a second ie with 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Select Petty Sessions 
Committee on the Petty Sessions (Lreland) Bill ; (treland) Bill. 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made No. 577. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, African 
7 Slave Trade, 


Lord John Russell acquainted the House, That Message from 
the Queen . 
respecting the 
) . Duke of Cam- 
to the House; and it was read by Mr. Speaker bridge, &amp;c. 


2.7 





mentioned by them; nothing ean be more con- 
solatory to my feelings, in my present bereaved 
state, than the assurance that the character of my 
late Husband is duly appreciated. 

Augusta. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of 
William Chippindall, of Oxford-street, in the parish 
of Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the county of Mid- | 
dlesex, Gentleman, one of the Attornies of Her 
Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, | 
which was presented upon the 27th day of June last, | 
stating that the Petitioner is unable, by reason of his 
poverty, to further prosecute his Divorce Bill, unless 
he is ordered by the House to be permitted to do so 
in forma pauperis; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to order him to be admitted to prosecute 
his said Bill in the House in forméd pauperis, as de- 
sired, might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That in the case of Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill, William Chippindall be permitted to 
prosecute his Petition in formd pauperis ; 

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 Petition of William Chippindall be referred 
“to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills and 
“ the Judge Advocate,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to he left out stand part of the Question: 

VoL, 105. 











VICTORIA R. 

Her Majesty being desirous, upon the decease of 
Her late Uncle, of making competent provision for 
the honourable support and maintenance of His 
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and Her 
Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, 
recommends the consideration thereof to Her 
faithful Commons, and relies upon the attachment 
of this Housé to adopt such measures as may be 
suitable to the occasion. 

V. R. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to take into consi- 
deration Her Majesty’s said most gracious Message. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming English and 
Irish Univer- 
sities, 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 23d day of April last, That all systems 
of academical Education require from time to time 
some modification, from the change of external 
circumstances, the progress of opinion, and the 
intellectual improvement of the people; that in 
the ancient English and Irish Universities, and 
in the Colleges connected with them, the interests 
of religious and useful learning have not advanced 
to an extent commensurate with the great re- 
sources and high position of those bodies; that 


collegiate statutes of the fifteenth century occa- 


sionally prohibit the local authorities from in- 
troducing any alterations into voluminous codes, 


| of which a large portion are now obsolete ; that 


322+ better 





540 


better laws are needed to regulate the ceremony 
of matriculation and the granting of degrdes ; to 
diminish the exclusiveness of the University Li- 
braries; to provide for a fairer distribution of the 
rewards of scientific and literary merit ; to extend 
the permission of marriage to tutors of colleges ; 
and to facilitate the registration of electors for the 
Universities ; that additional checks might be con- 
sidered with reference to the continued extravagance 
of individual students; and that the mode of tenure 
of College property ought to be ameliorated, par- 
ticularly in Zreland; that as it is Her Majesty’s 
right and prerogative to name Visitors and Com- 
missioners to inquire into the ancient Universities 
and Colleges of England and Jreland, an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that 

Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue Her 
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of the 
Universities and Colleges of Oxford, Cambridge 
and Dublin, with a view to assist in the adaptation 
of those important institutions to the requirements 
of modern times ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

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 ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ any advice given to Her Majesty to issue a Royal 
Commission for inquiry into the state of the 
Revenues and Management of any Colleges or 
Halls of the two Universities of Oxford and 
Cambridge, not being Royal foundation, tends to 
a violation of the Laws and Constitution of Her 
Kingdom, and of the rights and liberties of Her 
Majesty’s subjects,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the New Lobby ; 

The Noes to the Old Lobby. 


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“ 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, | 160 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: f : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Roundeli Palmer, he 
Noes, LMr. Cardwell : miele 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 19° die Julii, 1850: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day three months. 


Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Abjuration Reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; 
(Jews) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Highways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(District Sur- Reading of the Highways (District Surveyors 
veyors) Bill. Pat g ghways (District Surveyors) 
&gt; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 
Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Chancery into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery 


(County Pala- 
tine of Lan- 
caster) Bill. 


(County Palatine of Lancaster) 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- 


18°-—19° Juli. 





A. 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- attornies’ 
mittee on the Attornies’ Certificates Bill ; Certificates 
And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
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 ; 


Tellers for the (Lord Robert Grosvenor, 0; 
Yeas, \Sir Frederic Thesiger: J” 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, li03 
Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: , 


So it was resolved in the Aftirmative. 
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. 
Craustzs, N° 1 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 5 (On application for Certificate, 
a declaration to be signed and entered in a book). 
Amendments made. 
Proposed to fill the blank in P. 4, 1. 12, with 
“ Ten shillings.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ One 
“ shilling and Sixpence.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Ten shillings ;” 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Yeas, UMr. Mullings: J - 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, liso 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: oe 


Proposed to fill the blank with “ One shilling 
and sixpence.” 
Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with “ Five 
“ shillings.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“One shilling and sixpence ;” 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, 


Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: pias. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Mullings, \ 68 
Noes, Sir I'rederic Thesiger:  } °~* 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hutt, © ios 
Yeas, Mr. Vernon Smith: J ons 
Tellers for the {Lord Robert Grosvenor, \ 9, 
Noes, Sir Frederic Thesiger: J “°° 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 6 to N° 8, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crauses N° 9 to N° 11, agreed to. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

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 on the General Board of Health (No. 2.) 


General Board 
of Health _ 
(No. 2.) Bill. 





mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 





Bill ; 
Resolved, 























14 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Crime and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Outrage Act Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Jreland) 
(ireland) tt” Continuance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
pon Friday next, at twelve of the clock. 
Summary The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Jurisdiction mittee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill; 


(Ireland) Bill. ~~ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Collection of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Fines, &amp;c. — consideration the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bij}, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


Charitable The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Trusts Bill. ~~ Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Cruelty to The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


iand) — into a Committee upon the Cruelty to Animals 
No 578 (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
“0. 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, 


Fisheries Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Fisheries Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Bilsof -—- The Bill to continue the Act for exempting cer- 
Exchange Bill. tain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from 
the Operation of the Usury Laws, 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. 


Stock in The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Trade Bill. ~~ Reading of the Stock in Trade Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


—— The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
“si mittee on the Highway Rates Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


a Pay The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
‘ into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. 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. 


Small Tene- § The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Bil ““"S the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 12th day of June last, That the Clause 
offered to be added upon the Third Reading of the 
Small Tenements Rating Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 
ory oe The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(ireland) Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) 
(No. 2.) Bil, (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
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18°—19° Julie. 541 


The Order of the day being ready 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
= on the Engines for taking Fish (Zreland) (lreleed) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
of the clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; Charities 


next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading the third time, this day, at Poor Relief 
Twelve of the clock, the Poor Relief Bill, was read, 1). 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Debtors and 
fo facilitate Arrangements between Debtors and ireland) Bil, 
Creditors in Jreland: And that Mr. Sadleir, Mr. 

Monsell and Mr. O’ Flaherty do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Coroners’ Fees 
for abolishing the Fees at to County and other 4olition Bill. 
Coroners, and for providing for the Payment of 
such Coroners by Salaries: And that Mr. Osborne, 

Mr. Sotheron and Lord Harry Vane do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registrar of 
for the better Regulation of the Office of Registrar Ome Cire. 
of Judgments in Jreland: And that Mr. Solicitor- jand) Bill. 
General for Jreland and Sir William Somerville do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sadleir presented a Bill to facilitate Arrange- Debtors and 
ments between Debtors and Creditors in Jreland: a Bill. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered a 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; No. 579. 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a Registrar of 
Bill for the better Regulation of the Office of Re- ome cre. 
gistrar of Judgments in [reland: And the same was land) Bill, 


read the first time; and ordered to be read asecond No 5gp. 


| time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a. Bill for essere the Coroners’ Fees 
Fees paid to County and other Coroners, and for “&gt;°ltion Bill. 
providing for the Payment of such Coroners by N°. 581- 
Salaries: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 

next; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Equivalent 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of C™P"Y- 
providing for the Redemption of an Annuity of Ten 
thousand pounds, payable to the Equivalent Com- 


any ; 
’ 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. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 Vic. c. 13, Excise (Sugar 
to repeal the Duties of Excise on Sugar manufac- 9d Licenses. ) 
tured in the United Kingdom, and to impose other 
Duties in lieu thereof, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 Vic., 

c. 5, to allow the use of Sugar in the brewing of 
Beer, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 81, to repeal several Duties payable on Excise 
Licenses in Great Britain and Ireland, and to im- 





3Zz3 pose 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (#eland) Bill. - 

























































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Committees. 


Commercial 
Gas Company 
and Poplar 
Gas Light 
Company Bill. 


Earl of 
Shrewsbury’s 
and Grace’s 


Trustees 
Estate Bill. 


Cavendish’s 


(orHarcourt’s) 


Estate Bill. 


Mercantile 


rine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


542 


se other Duties in lieu thereof, and to amend the 

ws for granting Excise Licenses, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 94, to grant certain Duties of Excise upon Spirits 
distilled from Corn or Grain in Scotland and Ire- 
land, and upon Licenses for Stills for making such 
Spirits, and to provide for the better collecting and 
securing such Duties, and for the warebousing of 
such Spirits without Payment of Duty, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 80, to repeal the Duties payable in respect of 
Spirits distilled in England, and of Licenses for 
distilling, rectifying or compounding such Spirits, 
and for the Sale of Spirits, and to impose other 
Duties in lieu thereof; and to provide other Regu- 
lations for the Collection of the said Duties, and 
for the Sale of Spirits, and for the warehousing of 
such Spirits without Payment of Duty, for Exporta- 
tion, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
RDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for con- 
firming an Agreement for the Sale of Freehold and 
Leasehold Hereditaments and Premises, Works, 
Property, Gear, and Fixtures of the Poplar Gas 
Light Company to the Commercial Gas Company, 
and for the Dissolution of the Poplar Gas Light 
Company, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for con- ; 


firming and carrying into effect an Exchange here- 
tofore made, or attempted to be made, between the 
Right honourable George late Earl of Shrewsbury, 
a John Grace, of Whitby, in the County of Ches- 
ter, deceased, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Cavendish’s (or Harcourt’s) Estate Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

iause, N° 70, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 71, disagreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 72 and N° 73, postponed. 

Criauss, N° 74, agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 75, postponed. 

Crause, N° 76, disagreed to. 


Crauses, N° 77 to N° 82, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crausz, N°83, disagreed to. 


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A. 1850. 


Cuavuszs, N* #4, to N* 95, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crawse, N° 96, postponed. 

Cxavuszs, N° 97 to N° 98, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 99, 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 Pro- 

ess in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
Phat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at ‘T'welve of the clock, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) taking Fish 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other Or- 
ders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pyplic 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Local Acts 
to inquire into the working of the Act 9 and 10 (Preliminary 
Vic. c. 106, intituled, “ An Act for making Pre-™4™iries.) 
liminary Inquiries in certain cases of Application No- 582. 
for Local Acts,” and the Act 11 and 12 Vie. c, 129, 
intituled, “‘ An Act for amending an Act = in 
the ninth and tenth years of Her present Majesty, 
for making Preliminary Inquiries in certain cases 
of Applications for Local Acts,” and who were in- 
structed to consider the expediency of continuing 
the present system of Breviates of Private Bills, and 
whether any further improvement can be made in 
the conduct of the Private Business of the House, 
have Power to report their Observations ay re 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them, from time to time. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Select 
Committee ; 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 be printed. 





Mr, Henry Stuart presented a Bill to empower County _ 
Corporate Bodies, in certain cases, to raise Money Prisons Bill 
towards the Cost of Building, Enlarging or Improv- No. 583. 
ing County Prisons: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Law have leave of absence eave of 
for a fortnight, on account of ill-health. Absence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Elections 
Act to shorten the Duration of Elections in Zreland, (Ireland) Bill. 
and for establishing additional Places for taking the 
Poll thereat, 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 Municipal 
Act tc amend an Actof the last Session, for amend- Cerbend) Bill. 
ing an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corpo-‘ 
rations in Jreland, so far as relates to the Borough 
of Dublin, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments 

















African 
Slave Trade. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


No. 584. 


Customs (Port 
of Dublin, &amp;c.) 


‘Quarantine. 


Pauper 
Lunatics, 


Poison 


Queen’s 
Colleges 
(Ireland. ) 





14 Vicroriz. 


‘ments the Lords desire the comeurrence of this 
House : And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lerd-. 
ships on the African Slave Trade, together with the | 
Minutes of the Evidence, Appendix and Index, 
thereto, as desired by this House :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Forty-| 
fifth Report of the Commissioners for making and | 
y ia the Caledonian Canal, with Appen- | 

ixes. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. | 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Retarn to an | 
Order, dated the 9th day of this instant July, for 
Returns showing the Amount received in each Aen 
on account of the charge of Two. shillings levied 
upon each clearing entry passed at the Custom- 
House, on all Goods imported direct from Foreign 
Countries into the Port of Dublin, and the purposes 
to which some or any part thereof has been applied, 
from the 1st day of January 1817 to the 31st day 
of December 1849, respectively ; also the Authority 
under which such Charge has been made and levied : 
—The Amount received on account of any similar 
Tax levied in the Ports of London, Liverpool or 
Glasgow, on Foreign Goods imported direct into 





19° Juliz. 





543 


Copy of Letters Patent for increasing the Number 
of Professors in Queen’s College, Cork, and con. 
stituting Rules, Statutes and Ordinances for the 
Government of the same. 

. ange That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coleford, Gloucester- Church Rates, 


shire, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, eS House to re- 
sist all endeavours to deprive the Established Church 
of the full benefit and amount of Church Rates, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of Friendly 


tions);— Bloxwich (Vice-President and Secretary) ; 
—and, Members of a Provident Association called 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; praying 
that the Friendly Societies 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 Henry Hodson Rugg, Surgeon, &amp;c., Milk. 


stating that he has for a number of years been en- 
gaged in examining by means of the microscope and 
chemical re-agents, that which is sold as Milk to the 


Societies at Friendly _ 
Marlborough (Chairman); — Walsall (three Peti- Societies Bill. 


any of the said Ports during the said period, the! inhabitants of the metropolis: that he has found 
purposes to which the same has been applied, and in most instances the Milk to be systematically 
the authority under which it was levied respec-| adulterated by the fraudulent addition and admix- 
tively :—And, the Amount received on account of| ture of various deleterious substances; that he has 
any similar Tax levied at the Custom-House, on | also discovered to a great extent the adulteration of 
Foreign Goods imported direct into either of the Cream; setting forth also the diseased state of the 
Ports of London, Liverpool or Glasgow, and thence | cows kept in the metropolis arising from unwhole- 
forwarded Cross-channel, Free or in Bond, into the | some food, confined sheds or houses ill drained and 
Port of Dublin, in each year during the same ill-ventilated, want of cleanliness, and other causes’; 
eriod. submitting to the House that this consumption of 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the) diseased Milk must be very prejudicial to the health 
Table. of the consumers; and praying for the enactment 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address | of a law for the regulation of the keeping of cows 


to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of July, in the |” the metropolis and other large towns, and for the 
last Siadion oF Parliament, for 4 Return. of the | due op ne mee ond jee. dt the Milk, oT poe 
Expenses of Quarantine, distinguishing the Salary Sm‘, and read ; and ordered’ to lie upon the Table. 
and Expenses of the Superintendent-General of) 
Quarantine, and other Expenses, at the Privy Coun- | gistered Newspaper called the Caledonian Mercury ; 
cil Office, or in any other Public Department; the —and, Charles Bray, Proprietor of a Registered 
Expenses of the several Quarantine Stations in Newspaper called the Coventry Herald; praying for 
Great Britain, Ireland, at Malta, and in the Co-| the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, 
lonies, during the last Ten years; also, the Scales |—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
of any Fees payable to any Officers in respect to! upon the Table. 

Quarantine, and pe evenen* of oo omg ne 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the : : - 
7th day of February last, for a Return of the Num-!| a ;—and, ee ; praying that the 0 
ber of Pauper Lunatics in England and Wales ° steerer mn eg. = ~ aaa Sec. 
maintained during the last Five years, and the Cost | a ees dee aye 
of their maintenance. it oe 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
9th day of May last, for a Return of the Number of Council of the royal burgh of Queensferry, praying 
Persons, Male and Femaie, tried in the United the House to rescind the Resolution for the abolition 
Kingdom for Murder and Attempts to Murder, by| of Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
the administration of Poison, from the year 1839 to|and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
the year 1849, both inclusive ; specifying the Num-; A Petition of the There-undersigned in Zetland, 
ber of Persons, Male and Female, tried in each! praying the House not to rescind the Resolution for 
year during that period, and the Number of Con- the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
victions ; also the Number of Persons named in the | was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Indictments as having been poisoned, or attempted upon the Table. 
to be poisoned. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Letters 
Patent for increasing the Number of Professors in 
Queen’s College, Galway, and constituting Rules, 
Statutes and Ordinances for the Government of the 
same. ‘ ; Guardians of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union, ia the 

Copy of Letters Patent for increasing the Number’ county of Leicester, praying the House to adopt 
of Professors in Queen’s College, Belfast, and con-| measures for the relief of the Real Property of the 
stituting Rules, Statutes and Ordinances for the country from its burthens, was presented, and read ; 
Government of the same. and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 324 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 





Petitions of Thomas Allan, Proprietor of a re- Newspapers. 


| Petitions from Raskelfe ; — Merstham ; — Stow Oath of 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Post-office. 


| Petitions from Paisley ;—Stirling ; —and, Queeéns- Public-houses 
\ ferry; praying that the Public-houses (Scotland) — 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Real Property. 








544 


Savin 
Banke Bill. 


pass into a law, as it now stands, was — and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Friends and Directors of the Sa-| 
vings Bank at Darlington, in the county of Dur- 
ham, praying that the said Bill may not pass into a_| 
law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. | 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of South Wold, in the county 
of Suffolk, praying for the appointment of a Com- 
mittee to inquire into the origin and exercise of the 
claim put forward by the Crown to the ground and 
soil on the coast and shores of the sea round this 
kingdom, and the ground and soil of every port, 
haven, and arm*of the sea, creek, pool, and naviga- 
ble river thereof into which the sea ebbs and flows ; 
and also the shore lying between high-water mark 
and low-water mark, and all profits arising from the 
said shore and soil; and in case it should be found 
that such claim cannot be supported by fact or 
principle, that steps may be taken to prevent litiga- 
tion and for quieting possessions, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vestry Clerk of the parish of, 
Saint Mary Lambeth, praying the House to pass, 
an Act for placing the Sewers at the South Side of | 
the Thames, and all matters connected therewith, | 
under the management of local boards chosen by the | 
inhabitant Rate-payers of the parishes there situated, 
subject to the control of an efficient commission as 
a superintending power, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A. Petition of Shareholders of the South Wales 
Railway Company, complaining of an abuse of the 
owers granted by Parliament to the Great Western 
Railway Company, in reference to the formation of 
the South Wales Railway ; and praying the House 
to cause an investigation into the affairs of the South 
Wales Railway from its commencement, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Robert Ford, of Battersea, in the 
county of Surrey, Master Mariner, interested in the 
welfare of Australia and New Zealand ;—and, John 
Yates, of 63, Cornhill, in the city of London, Mer- 
chant, interested in the welfare of the Australian’ 
Colonies; praying the House to adopt measures for | 
the immediate establishment of regular Steam Com- 
munication between England, India, and Her Ma- 
jesty’s Australasian Colonies,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Saint Pan- 


Sea Coast 
Property. 





Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


South Wales 
Railway. 


Steam Com- 
munication 
(India, &amp;c.) 


Saint Pancras 


Paving. . . 
cras Paving, which was presented upon the 18th 
No.585. day of June last, be printed. 
National Ordered, That the Return relative to the National 
Gallery. Gallery, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Turapike Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike 
No 587. Trusts, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
ae from The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
eabaee into a Committee to take into consideration Her 
the Duke of Majesty’s most gracious Message of yesterday. 
a (In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That it 
is the Opinion of this Committee, that Her Majesty 
be enabled to grant a yearly Sum of Money out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, not exceeding the Sumof Twelve 
thousand pounds, to make a suitable provision for 
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
it is the Opinion of this Committee, that Her Ma- 
jesty be enabled to grant a yearly Sum of Mone 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 


19° Sulit. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and dom of Great Britain and Jreland, not exceeding 
Managers of the Savings Bank established at Man-| the Sum of —_ thousand pounds, to make a suita- 
chester, praying that the Savings Banks Bill may not, ble provision 











A. 1850. 


or his Royal Highness the Duke - of 


Cambridge ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr Brig : l 53. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ ter Py — Hill: \206. 


Original Question again proposed :—Whereupon 
Moticn made, and the Question | put, That it ss the 
Opinion of this Committee, that Her Majesty be 
enabled to grant a yearly Sum of Money out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding the Sum 
of Ten thousand pounds, to make a suitable provision 
for his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, — Bright : \ 55. 
Mr. Hayter, 7 


Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: pitt. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. , 

2. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that Her Majesty be enabled to grant a 
yearly Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, not exceeding the Sum of Three thousand 

unds, to make a suitable Provision for Her Royal 

ighness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gupply ; 
mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
eo proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House is of Opinion, that inquiry ought to be Post-office. 
“‘ made into the grounds upon which the appoint- 
ment of Chief Clerk of the Money Order De- 
partment of the Post-office has been withheld 
from the Officer who, as it is alleged by the Peti- 
tioners, in their Petition presented to the House 
on the 7th day of June last, would, in official 
order, have succeeded to it,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- pritish 
five thousand three hundred and twenty-nine pounds, Museum 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the British Museum, for the year ending on the 
25th day of March 1851. 

2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Western: Const: 
Sum, not exceeding Tweuty-four thousand and of Africa. 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Civil Establishments on the West- 
ern Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 
1851; also, for the Purchase of Stores, &amp;c., on the 
Gold Coast, from the Danish Government. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen thousand and eighty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1851 ; 
also, for the purchase of Stores, &amp;c., on the Gold 
Coast, from the Danish Government ; “ 

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14 Vicroriz. 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ny Bright : } 42, 
: { Mr. Hayter, 1 
Tellers for the Noes,) re st Hiu: J33*: 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

Western 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven | 
Australia. thousand three hundred and seventy-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Western Australia, to the 31st day of | 
March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds, be | 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

eligoland, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Falkland Islands, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

Colonial Land 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
and Emigra~ thousand two hundred and ninety-six pounds, be 
tion Board, &amp;c. oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of | 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other 
Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 31st. 
day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Saint Helena. 





Port 
Essington. 


| 


Heligoland. 


Falkland 
Islands. © 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 20° die Julii, 1850: 


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. 

r. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Equivalent 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Company. 


into a Committee to consider of providing for the re- 
demption of an Annuity of Ten thousand pounds, 
payable to the Equivalent Company. 


(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 direct the issue, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 
Kingdom, of any Sum not exceeding Two hundred 
and fifty thousand pounds, for the purpose of re- 
deeming an Annuity of Ten thousand pounds, paya- 
ble to the Equivalent Company. 


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, 


Excise (Sugar The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
and Licenses.) into a Committee, to consider the Act 8 Vic. c.13, 
to repeal the Duties of Excise on Sugar manufac- 
tured in the United Kingdom, and to impose other 
Duties in lieu thereof; also, the Act 10 Vic. c. 5, to 
allow the use of Sugar in the brewing of Beer ; also, 
the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 81, to repeal several Duties 


19°—20° Julie. 








VoL. 105. 


545 


payable on Excise Licenses in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to impose other Duties in lieu thereof, 
and to amend the Laws for granting Excise Li- 
censes ; also, the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, to grant cer- 
tain Duties of Excise upon Spirits distilled from 
Corn or Grain in Scotland and Ireland, and upon 
Licenses for Stills for making such Spirits, and to 
provide for the better collecting and securing such 
Duties, and for the warehousingg of such Spirits 
without Payment of Duty; and also, the Act 
6 Geo. 4, c. 80, to repeal the Duties payable in re- 
spect of Spirits distilled in England, and of Licenses 
for distilling, rectifying or compounding such Spi- 
rits, and for the Sale of Spirits, and to impose other 
Duties in lieu thereof; and to provide other Regu- 
lations for the Collection of the said Duties, and 
for the Sale of Spirits, and for the warehousing of 
such Spirits, without Payment of Duty, for Ex- 
portation. 
(In the Committee.) 

1. Resolved, That the Duty of Excise on Sugar 
manufactured in the United Kingdom shall, until 
and upon the 5th day of July 1851, be at and 
after the reduced rate of Eleven shillings per hun- 
dred weight, and from and after the said 5th day 
of July, at and after the rate of Ten shillings per 
hundred weight. 

2. Resolved, That a Duty of Excise, of One 
shilling and four-pence, shall be charged on every 
hundred weight of Sugar used by any Brewer of 
Beer for sale. 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Licenses granted to Brewers 
and Distillers. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Charitable 
Reading of the Bill for facilitating and better secur- Trusts Bill 
ing the due Administration of Charitable Trusts ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
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 Yeas,| a Spoon : } 16. 
hs tooc J Mr. Hayter, | 
Tellers for the Noes, pee po am Hill: § 74. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion and original Question were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Board 
into a Committee upon the General Board of Health of Health _ 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (N® 2.) Bill. 
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- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice tion of Crimi- 


Improvement Bill ; ete oe 


4a Resolved, Bill. 














Appointments 
to Offices, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Collection 
of Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Stock in 
Trade Bill, 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Borough 
Gaols Bill. 


Trustee Bill. 


Improvemezt 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Union of 
Liberties with 
Counties Bill. 





546 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Summary Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
on 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Collection of Fines, 
&amp;c. (Lreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill to continue the Exemption of Inhabit- 
ants 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. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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. 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Militia Pay 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- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies 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 Borough Gaols Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Expenses of Prisoners to be paid by 
the Borough to the County), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Account of Expenses to be sent 
to Town Clerk), 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 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trustee Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 29th day of this instant July. 


The Union of Liberties with Counties Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


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A. 1850. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Court of 
take into consideration the Court of Chancery Chancery 
(County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill, as amended jae Pala- 
in the Committee ; and the Amendments were read, caster) Bill. 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Fisheries Bill was, according to Order, read Fisheries Bill, 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming small Tene- 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed ments Rating 
upon the 12th day of June last, That the Clause ~~ 
offered to be added upon the Third Reading of the 
Small Tenements Rating Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) 204 Tenant 
(No. 2.) Bill; (No.2) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ “~~ 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Prerogative (Jreland) Bill ; pony al 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ en 
the 29th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) — Pig 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Elections (Zreland) Bill, as Fiections 
amended by the Lords, be printed. (Ireland) Bill. 


And then the House, having continued to sit one 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Hilder, from the Commissioners of the an al 
Milton-next-Gravesend Royal Terrace Pier, eyed Terrace 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant Pier. 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy 
of the Receipts and Application of the Sums of 
Money received by the Commissioners of the Royal 
Terrace Pier, Milton-next-Gravesend, for the year 
ending the 31st December 1849:—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Aber- 
deen Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Admiral Gordon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. The 


Aberdeen _ 
Railway Bill. 














14 VicroriZ. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Borough 
, of Salford Waterworks and Improvement Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 86 
is to carry out and make plain the intention of this 
House) were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Borough of 
Salford Water- 
works and 
Improvemen 
Bill. 


Lordships. 
Bradford The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Tuproveny ” the Amendments made by the Lords to the Brad- 


Purchase and ford Improvement, Police and Purchase and 


Closing of | Closing of Bradford Canal Bill. 
anal ae The said Amendments being read a second time, 
* (and it appearing that the Amendment in P. 25, 1.12, 
is made to supply an omission in regard to the future 
maintenance of the Turnpike-roads, arising from 
the provisions of Clause 28, as it passed this House, 
and to carry out the intention of this House) were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Thompson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 

Dundalk and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

i. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dundalk 

y and Enniskillen Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
do carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 

Liverpool The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Corporation the Amendments made by the Lords to the Liver- 

psn og pool Corporation Waterworks (Extension of Time 

ofTime for for Purchase of Land, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same 

Purchase of were twice read, and agreed to. 

Land, &amp;c.)Bill. Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 

Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Rectory the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- 

Division Bill. Chester Rectory Division Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Newcastle- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—_—-.. the Amendments made by the Lords to the New- 
Amendment’ castle-upon-T'yne Improvement, Amendment of Acts 


of Acts,and and New Streets Bill. 


New Streets == The said Amendments being read a second time, 
' (and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause (A.) 
is to carry out the intention of this House), were 

agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

SaintAndrew’s A Bill for incorporating the Class (A) Share- 
woe holders of the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad, 


and conferring on them certain Powers, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lacy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wolverhamp- A Bill to give effect to certain Securities upon 
iw pt the Rates authorized to be levied under the Wolver- 
Amendment 44mpton Improvement Act was read the third time. 
Bill. esolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vou, 105, 


32° Jultz. 


547 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester Bonding Bill, as amended in the Bonding Bill. 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Cavendish’s — 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for a 
Private Bills; That in the case of Cavendish’s (or 
Harcourt’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and others, in the Agricultural 
parishes of Monymusk and Chapel of Garioch, in Pie 
the county of Aberdeen, complaining of the de- 
pressed state of Agriculture ; and praying the House 
to adopt measures of relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tunstall, in the pa- Beer-houses. 
rish of Wolstanton, in the county of Stafford, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for diminishing 
the number of Beer-houses, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ras- Education 
helfe, in the North Riding of the county of York, (ireland.) 
stating that they deeply sympathize with the Clergy 
and Laity of the Zrish Branch of the United Church 
of England and Ireland, who are, through means of 
the Church Education Society, maintaining Schools 
for scriptural Education in Jreland; that they de- 
plore the trials, the difficulties, the discouragements 
and privations to which the said clergy ——- 
are subjected in their noble and devoted adherence 
to the main principle on which our Church is 
founded, and the main object of its establishment 
in Jreland ; and praying the House to take speedy 
measures to provide for their relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Joseph Herald ;—Peter Gray ;— Friendly 

King’s Cross ; — Castle-street ; — Pancras-road ;— Societies Bill. 
Holborn; — Greenwich ; — Tottenham-court-road ; 
— Southampton ;—-and, Pimlico; praying that the 
Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bootle ;—Great Ilford ;—Horn- Oath of 
church ;—Chawleigh ; — East Clandon ;—Stockton- a 
on- Tees ; —Lancaster ; —Cliviger ;—and, Shipston- — 
upon-Stour ; praying that the Oath of Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Lewes, in the county 
of Sussex, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Frederick Herbert Poor of 
Maberly, m. ., Vicar of Great Finborough, in the Hela04 
county of Suffolk, praying the House, with the view 
to the profitable employment of the Poor in Ireland, 
to pass an Act authorizing the Government of this 
country to take all the uncultivated land in Jreland 
that can be advantageously tilled, and to set the 
poor at work upon the same, to cultivate it, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Deal;—and, Great Coggeshall ; Post-office. 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Kilkenny ;—Staines and Egham; 
— Bristol ; — Glasgow ; — Ware; — Wexford ; — 
Blackburn ;— Cardiff ; —Falmouth ;—Prior’s Sal- 





ford;—and, Tunbridge Wells ; praying the House 
not to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of 
4a2 Sunday 









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Public Health 


Act. 


Public-houses 


(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Quit-rents 
(New South 
Wales.) 


Railways 


Abandonment 
Bill, 


Registers of 
Burials. 


Savings Banks 


Bill. 


Smoke Pro- 
hibition Bill. 


Steam and 
Sailing 
Vessels. 


Transporta- 


tion (Van 
Diemen’s 


Land.) 


548 | 29° Julii. A. 1850. 


Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre-| A Petition of Colonists of Van Diemen’s Land, van Diemen’s 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. praying that no further delay may be allowed in Land. 
giving them a Representative Government, founded 

A Petition of the Town Council of the munici-| upon fair and equitable principles, and that an Act 
pal borough of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, | of the British Legislature may be passed, abolishing 
praying the House to withhold from that borough | Transportation to Van Diemen’s Land, was presented, 
the introduction of the Public Health Act, was/and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the : ; 
Table. The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mercantile 


te into a Committee upon the Mercantile Marine Marine 
Petitions from Borrowstounness ;—and, Glasgow | (No, 2.) Bill; - (No. 2.) Bill. 


(eleven Petitions); praying that the Public-houses (In the Committee.) 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were C Ne Ne di 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Lavens, N° 200 to N° 107, disagreed to. 
Table. Cravses, N° 108 to N° 116, with Amendments, 
to several of them, agreed to. 


Cuiavuses, N° 117 and N° 118, disagreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 119 to N° 122, amended, and agreed 


A Petition of Landholders of New South Wales, 
stating that the Petitioners are proprietors of lands 
in the territory of Mew South Wales burdened with 
heavy Quit Rents, the amount of which far exceeds 
any possible profit that can be obtained for the lands 
in respect of which such Quit Rents are chargea- 
ble; and praying the House to adopt measures for 
the relief of the Petitioners, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to. 
Crausg, Ne 123, disagreed to, 


Ciauses, N° 124 to N° 126, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 127, amended, and agreed to, 
Cravuses, N° 128 and N° 129, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 130, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N* 131 and N° 132, agreed to. 
Schedules agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 49, amended, and agreed 


A Petition of Ralph Lindsay, of Gresham-street, 
in the city of London, Gentleman, praying that he 
may be heard, by fhimself, his counsel or agent, 
against such parts of the Railways Abandonment | ¢o. 
Bill as affect his rights, interests and property, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon Postponed Clauses, N° 72 and N° 73, amended, 
the table. and agreed to. 





A Petition of the Reverend Frederick Herbert 
Maberly, m. a., Vicar of Great Finborough, in the 
county of Suffolk, complaining that Burial Regis- 
ters are so kept, though according to Act of Par- 
liament, that scarcely any register can be traced 
from such entries; and praying the House to make 


Postponed Clause, N° 75, disagreed to. 


Postponed Clause, N° 96, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Clauses added, 

Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





such order as shall at once remedy this serious evil, "yee 
by requiring the christian names of both parents to Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


accompany each Register of Burial, and the name reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


of the husband, or vice versd, or such an alteration Bill. P A 
as shall make it perfectly clear to what family the Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


deceased belonged, was presented, and read ; and | mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 

A Petition of Members of the Superintending | mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; Greland) Bill. 
Committee of the Zondon Provident Institution, or | Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Bank for Savings, Blomfteld-street, Moor Fields, | (weve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
London, praying the House, before passing the Sa- | Committee. 
vings Banks Bill into a law, to appoint aCommittee| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
to inquire into the management of Savings Banks, | pj oi akine Fis reland) taking Fish 

1 s $s | mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) t ; 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
the Table. | Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates | Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


and Remanent Members of the Police and Statute | mittee. 


Labour Committee of the Town Council of Glas-| Mr, Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike- 
gow, praying that the Smoke Prohibition Bill may mand,—Turnpike-road Bills :—Further Reports of road Bills 
pass into a law, with the provisions extended, and | the Secretary of State, under Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
made applicable to Scotland, was presented, and | ¢, go. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 17. Pontblyddyn and Llandegla Road. 

A Petition of the Reverend Frederick Herbert | Tian ts td Pree te lie upon the 
Materly, . a., Vicar of Great Finborough, in the | popye : 
county of Suffolk, stating that he is the inventor of | ‘ , 
certain improvements in Steam and Sailing Vessels,) Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Revenue, &amp;e. 
with respect to dividing such vessels into water-tight | Order, dated the 18th day of June last, for an ( Ireland.) 
compartments; that such improvements having | Abstract of the Net Pro uce of the Revenue of 
been submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty, they | Zreland paid into the Exchequer in the year ended 
availed themselves of it without remuneration to the | the 5th day of January 1850:—Accounts of the 
Petitioner, preventing him also thereby from pro-| Net Public Income and Expenditure of Ireland for 
curing a patent for such invention; and praying for the year ended the 5th day of January 1850; and 
consideration of his case, was presented, and | showing the whole of the Ways and Means provided 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. _ within the same period, together with the — 

tion thereof :—Of the Amount of Duties of Excise 

A Petition of Colonists of Van Diemen’s Land,|in each Revenue District of Jreland, in the year 
praying that Transportation to that Colony may for|ended the 5th day of January 1850:—Of the 
ever cease, was presented, and read; and ordered | Amount of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Dis- 


to lie upon the Table. | tricts of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 








Seap. 


African 


Siave Trade. 


No. 590. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-fifth 
Report.) 








14 Vicroriz. 22° 


January 1850 :—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties | 
collected in each Stamp District of Jreland, in the | 
year ended the 5th day of January 1850 :—And, of 
the Amount of Postage collected in each County of 
Treland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1850 :—Statements, showing the Quantities of the 
following Articles retained for Home Consumption 
in Jreland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1850; 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, Timber, 
Deals and Coals :—And, showing the Quantities of 
the following Articles exported from Jreland, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1850, distin- 
guishing 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 Oatmeal, Jrish 
Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn, and Cotton 
Manufactures (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 520, of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of June 
last, for Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in 
Great Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and 
also that on which Silicated Duty has been charged, 
from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th day of 
January 1850 :—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 1849 to the 
5th day of January 1850:—Of the Quantity of 
Soap, distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the 
Amount of all Allowances and Drawbacks made to 
the Manufacturers of Woollens, Linen, Silk, and 
others, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 5th 
day of January 1850:-—Of all Soap exported to 
Ireland, Hard and Soft, the Port from whence 
shipped, and the Amount of Drawbacks paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 
5th day of January 1850:—Of all Soap imported 
into Creat Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port at 
which imported, and the Amount of Duty paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1849 to the 
5th day of January 1850 (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 1849 to the 
5th day of January 1850 (so far as relates to the 
Excise Department) :—Of all Persons 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 cases which have been compromised or tried 
before the Summary Court of Excise, from the 5th 
day of January 1849 to the 5th day of January 1850: 
—aAnd, of the Number of Licenses granted to Soap- 
makers, distinguishing those granted in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, from the 5th day of January 
1849 to the 5th day of January 1850 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 556, of Session 
1849). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the African 
Slave Trade, which was communicated from the 
Lords upon Friday last, be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 19th 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. 


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Julie. 549 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Local Acts 
mittee appointed to inquire into the working of the (Preliminary 
Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 106, intituled, “ An Act for (3'Rtpot.) 
making Preliminary Inquiries in certain cases of No. 591 
Applications for Local Acts,” and the Act 11 and 12 aeoni 4: 

ic. c, 129, intituled, “ An Act for amending an 
Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of Her 
present Majesty, for making Preliminary Inquiries 
in certain cases of Applications for Local Acts,” 
and who were instructed to consider the expediency 
of continuing the present system of Breviates of 
Private Bills, and whether any further Improve- 
ment can be made in the conduct of the Private 
Business of the House, and who were empowered to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time; That they had fur- 
ther 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Honiton 

a Copy of any Correspondence which has taken Union. 
place between the Board of Guardians of the 
Honiton Union and the Poor Law Commissioners, 
relative to the fitness of Mr. E. C. Holland, one of 

the District Surgeons of that Union, for the Duties 

of his Situation :—And, Account of any Proceed- 

ings taken by the said Board of Guardians in re- 
ference to the said subject. 


Ordered, That on and after the 1st day of August Public 
next, Orders of the Day have precedence of Notices Business. 
of Motions upon Thursdays. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Army. 
Order dated the 14th day of May, in the last Ses- wo. 599. 
sion of Parliament, for a 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 Return do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Convict 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Prisons Bill. 
better Government of Convict Prisons, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Factories Bill. 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Labour in Fac- 
tories, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Godstone ard 
Act for continuing the Godstone and Highgate Highgate 


Turnpike Trust for a limited Period, for the Purpose heey og 


of paying off the Mortgage Debt, 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 Lancashire 
Act to enlarge the Powers of the Lancashire and #4 Yorkshire 
Yorkshire Railway Company, and to amend the **!#y Bill 
Acts relating to their Undertakings, 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 surrey ana 
Act for repairing the Road leading from a certain Sussex Roads 
Point in the Kennington-road, in the Borough of ®" 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to Highgate, 
in the County of Sussex, and thence to Witchcross, 
in the same County, and several other Roads 
therein mentioned, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

4Aa3 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The 














Naval Prize 
Balance Bill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Sir Henry M. 
Vavasour’s 
Estate Bill. 


Earl of 
Craven's (or 
Sir John 
Johnstone’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Bowes’ 
Estate Bill. 


National 
Gallery 
( Edinburgh. ) 


No. 586. 


Karl of 
Craven’s (or 
Sir John 
Johnstone’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Supply ; 


Estimates of 

Civil Services 

referred. 
VIL. 


British 
Guiana. 


New Zealand. 





550 


The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to 
the Naval Prize Balance Bill, to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act, 
for Inspection of Coal Mines in Great Britain, to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the Sale of Estates in the County 
of York, devised by the Will of Sir Henry Maghul 
Mervin Vavasour, Baronet, deceased, and for other 
Purposes, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Sir 
John Lowther Johnstone, Baronet, deceased, to! 
grant Building and Repairing Leases for Ninety-nine | 
years of the Estate devised by the said Will, situate 
in the Boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 
and in the Parish of Radipole, in the county of 
Dorset, 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 
to enlarge and consolidate the Provisions of two 
Acts of Parliament relating to the Estates of John 
Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Reports from Mr. J. G.S. Lefevre to the 
Treasury, respecting the erection of Galleries of 
Art at Edinburgh, and other Papers, in Explanation | 
of the Estimate, No. 16, in Class IV. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


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he Earl of Craven’s (or Sir John Johnstone's) 
te Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Es 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services, 
for the year ending 31st March 1851, which were 
presented upon Wednesday last, be referred to the 
Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
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 
of all Despatches which have been received from 
British Guiana,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


“ 
« 
“cc 


“ 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Forty-one thousand seven hun- 
dred and thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of New Zealand, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-one thousand 
one hundred and thirty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of New Zealand, to 
the 31st day of March 1851 ; 





A. 1850. 





The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a wel . } 24. 
Tellers for the Noes, (cd. Merete Hill : } 90. 





ee Question put, and agreed to. 
2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Hong Kong. 
Sum, not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 1851. 
hereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of March 1851 ; 
The Committee divided. 


Mr. S 
Tellers for the Yeas, | M. Spooner } 41. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Mr. Hayter, } 53. 


| Lord Marcus Hill, 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Labuan. 
thousand nine hundred and fourteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Labuan, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Captured 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to + 
defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Africans. 
Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and 
other Charges, under the Acts for the Abolition of 
the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Slave Trade 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commissions. 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1851, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under Treaties 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Consular Esta- 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and fifty-five biishments 
thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds, be ; 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 








day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and fifty- 
one thousand one hundred and sixty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Consular Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1851; 

The Committee divided. 

€ Mr. Spooner, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. nmi \ 34, 

Tellers for the Noes, aig sa Hill, }166. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Missions 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Abroad. 
Majesty, for the Extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Superannua- 
hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and #5: 
sixty-eight 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 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Toulonese 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be Oe eee 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to,” 
grant relief, to the 31st day of March 1851, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Vaccine Esta- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to blishment. 
defray the Charge of the National Vaccine Esta- 
blishment, in the year 1850. 

11. Resolved, Phat a Sum, not exceeding One Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, - Destitute. 
wards 

















14 VicrorizZ. 


wards the support of the Refuge for the Destitute, 
in the year 1850. 


Polish Re- 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 

fagees, &amp;. thousand three hundred and forty-six 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 
1851. 

Miscellaneous 13. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 

Allowances. 4 Sum, not exceeding Six thousand three hundred 


and eighteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1851, Miscellaneous 
Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, 
the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c. for which no per- 
manent provision has been made by Parliament. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand six hundred 
and twenty-three pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1851, Mis- 
cellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed from the 
Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &amp;c. for which no 
permanent provision has been made by Parliament; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, io ae cy } 72. 
Tellers for the Noes Mr. Hayter, lia 
“a ? (Lord Marcus Hill: }°~"* 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Touseg morning ; 
Martis, 23° die Julii, 1850: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

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. 


Message from 
the Queen 
Te ing 
Duke of Cam- 
bridge, &amp;c, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to take into consideration Her Ma- 
jesty’s most gracious Message of Wednesday last, 
several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That it isthe Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that Her Majesty be enabled to grant a 
yearly sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, not exceeding the Sum of Twelve thou- 
sand pounds, to make a suitable provision for His 
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. 

2. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that Her Majesty be enabled to grant a 
yearly sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, not exceeding the Sum of Three thousand 
arte to make a suitable provision for Her Royal 

ighness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. 

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, Lord John 
Russell and The Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

‘Supply ; Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand three hundred and twenty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the British Museum, for the year ending on the 
25th day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
“ thousand and eighty pounds, be granted to 

OL. 105, 


British 
Museum. 


Western Coast 
Africa, 


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551 


Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa, to 
the 31st day of March 1851 ; also for the Purchase 
of Stores, &amp;c. on the Gold Coast from the Danish 
Government. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Saint Helena. 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Western 
thousand three hundred and seventy-nine pounds, Australia. 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Western Australia, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Port Essing- 
thousand two hundred and eighty-four pounds, be *™ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Settlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day 
of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Heligoland, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Falkland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Jslands. 
defray the Charge of the Falkland Islands, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- Colonial Land 
teen thousand two hundred and ninety-six pounds, = Penine 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of . 
the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and other 
Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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 Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Ecclesiastical 
amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Com- Commission 
missioners for England, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And be it Enacted, That the said Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners shall, in each year, on or before 
the first day of May, make a Report, under the 
corporate seal of the said Commission, to one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, of 
all the proceedings of the said Commission for the 
year preceding the first day of January then last 
past; and shall annex to such Report Copies of 
the Schemes sanctioned and approved by the Queen 
in Council during such year; and also an Abstract 
of the Accounts of the said Commission during such 
year; and, within fourteen days after the receipt 
thereof, such Report shall be laid before both 
Houses of Parliament, if Parliament be then sitting, 
and, if not, within fourteen days after the then next 
meeting of Parliament) :—And the said Clause was 
brought uP, and read a first and second time, and 
amended, by leaving out in 1. 2., the word “ May,” 
and inserting the word “ March” instead thereof ; 
and by leaving out in 1. 5., the word “ January,” and 
inserting the word ‘‘ November” instead thereof. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Clause, by inserting in 1. 5., after the word 
“* Report,” the words “an account of the various 
“ additions to the property and income of the Com- 
** missioners during such years, and.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted: —The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the said Clause, as amended, was read the 
third time, and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And whereas the existing house of residence 

4a4 belonging 














552 99°—-93° Julti. 


belonging to the Deanery of Hereford, is in a dila-| c. 13, to repeal the Duties of Excise on Sugar 


pidated condition, and has not been inhabited for 
many years, and the cost of repairing the same 
would be equal to that of erecting a suitable re- 
sidence in lieu thereof; Be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to 
make such provision as to them shall seem reason- 
able out of the common fund, herein and in the 
secondly-recited Act mentioned, for or in aid of the 
erection of a fit residence for the Dean of Hereford 
and his Successors) :—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. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was o 

osed, That the further Proceeding upon the Third 
Revdiog of the said Bill be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House with- 
drawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That no spiritual person 
appointed after the passing of this Act to any pre- 
bend or canonry of any cathedral or collegiate 
church, the income of which canonry or prebend 
shall exceed three hundred pounds per annum, 
shall accept, to take or hold therewith any benefice, 
except such benefice be situate within the city or 
town in which such cathedral or collegiate church 
is situate, and the income of such benefice shall not 
exceed three hundred pounds per annum) :—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. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 4. 1. 37, by inserting after the word 
“ expedient,” the words “ and to employ such Sur- 
** veyorsand Actuaries as may seem fit to them.” 

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 ; 

. Mr. Evelyn Denison,| . 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Sir ienieade Hall: § 73. 


Mr. Hayter, 7} 
Tellers for the Noes, pant aes Hill: § 


142. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Sndued, 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. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of providing for 
the Redemption of an Annuity of Ten thousand 
pounds payable to the Equivalent Company, a Re- 
solution ; 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 Two 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, for the purpose 
of redeeming an Annuity of Ten thousand pounds, 
payable to the Equivalent Company. 

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 Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and and Mr, Cornewall 
Lewis, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Equivalent 
Company. 


Excise (Sugar Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to 
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A. 1850. 

























































manufactured in the United Kingdom, and to 
impose other Duties in lieu thereof; also, the Act 
10 Vic., c. 5, to allow the use of Sugar in the brew- 
ing of Beer; also, the Act 6 Geo, 4, c. 81, to repeal 
several Duties payable on Excise Licenses in Great 

Britain and Ireland, and to impose other Duties in 

lieu thereof, and to amend the Laws for granting 

Excise Licenses; also, the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, to 

grant certain Duties of Excise upon Spirits distilled 

from Corn or Grain in Scotland and Ireland, and 

upon Licenses for Stills for making such Spirits, and 

to provide for the better collecting and securing such 

Duties, and for the warehousing of such Spirits with- 

out Payment of Duty; and, also the Act 6 Geo. 4, 

c. 80, to repeal the Duties payable in respect of : 
Spirits distilled in England, and of Licenses for 
distilling, rectifying or compounding such Spirits, 
and for the Sale of Spirits, and to impose other 
Duties in lieu thereof; and to provide other Regu- 
lations for the Collection of the said Duties, and 
for the Sale of Spirits, and for the warehousing of 
such Spirits, without Payment of Duty, for Expor- 
tation, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Duty of Excise on Sugar 
manufactured in the United Kingdom shall, until 
and upon the 5th day of July 1851, be at and after 
the reduced rate of Eleven shillings per hundred 
weight, and from and after the said 5th day of July, 
at and after the rate of Ten shillings per hundred 
weight. 

2. Resolved, That a Duty of Excise of One 
shilling and four-pence shall be charged on every 
hundred weight of Sugar used by any Brewer of 
Beer for sale. 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Licenses granted to Brewers 
and Distillers. 

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. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 





The Bill to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing Militia Pay 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- Bill 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Jreland, 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 autho- 
rize the employment of Non-Commissioned Officers, 
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 Third Turnpike Acts 
Reading of the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. _— 
Bill ; ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Highway 
take into consideration the Highway Rates Bill, Rates Bull 
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- Appointments 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; hy — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. a 
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14 Vicroriz. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
— consideration the Reasons offered by the Lords at a 
. Conference for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Railways Aban- 
donment Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration upon Friday next. 
Summary The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
aartend) Bill take into consideration the Summary Jurisdiction 
( (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That tle Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Collection The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Cireland) Bill a of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Lreland) 
ul; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Registrar of The Registrar of Judgments Office (Jreland) Bill 
———_ was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
fond) og committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
—_ The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
— Reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Chief Justices’ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Salaries Bill. Gonsideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


Fees (Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chancery) Bill. mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Health (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill. 


_ Stamp Duties 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Benefices in 


Plurality Bill. The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Benefices in Plurality Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 
Incumbered 


Estates 


(Ireland) Bin, Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Zreland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Petty Sessions (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petty Sessions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


"Oath of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eather y being read, for the Secon 
(Jews) Bal Reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
See Seon The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


(No. 2.) Bi. take into consideration the General Board of Health 
(No. 2.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


ey ae _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
. a * into a Committee upon the Friendly Societies Bill ; 
0. L 


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 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

Vou. 105. 


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553 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trustee Bill. 
mittee on the Trustee Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ypion of 
mittee on the Union of Liberties with Counties Bill ; Liberties with 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Counties Bill 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Court of 
amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court ee ai. 
of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, (Coumy Fale . 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and caster) Bill. 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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- Fisheries Bill. 
mittee on the Fisheries Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Small Tene- 











The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question a ments Rating 
upon the 12th day of June last, That the Clause ~~ 
offered to be added upon the Third Reading of the 

| Small Tenements Rating Bill be now read a second 

| time; 

| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

til this day. 


| The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Attornies’ 


‘into consideration the Attornies’ Certificates Bill, as — 

| amended in the Committee. on 
_ And a Motion being made, and the Question 

| being proposed, That the Bill be read the third 

| time upon Thursday next ; 

' An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Thursday 

“ next,” and adding the words “this day three 

“ months,” instead thereof. 

| And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Thursday next ” stand part of the Question ; 

| The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 





Tellers for the {Lord Robert Grosvenor, | 68 
Yeas, Mr. Stafford: S Sia 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, nie 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 2 eae 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “this day three months” be added instead 
thereof; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words 
“ this day three months,” and inserting the words 
“ Friday next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day three months” stand part of the said 
proposed Amendment ; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Mr. Hayter, 71 

Tellers for the Yeas, lier d Marcus Hill: { 113. 
7 Mr. Arkwright, \ 

Tellers for the Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : J 84, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 








And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day three months” be added to the original 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 





upon this day three months, 


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554 22°—~23° Julai. 


Cruelty to The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

——, mittee on the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; 

or ) Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

Masters’ | The Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity Bill was read 
Eauity Bill ™ the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
No. 594, Upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Engines for 
18 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Coroners’ Fees The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
Abolition Bill. the Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow. 


Inspection of _ The Inspection of Coal Mines Bill was read the 
Coal Mines first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
No. 595. "P y : P 


Copyright of The Copyright of Designs Acts Amendment 


Designs Acts Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be 
Amendment 


Bill. read a second time; and to be printed. 

No. 596. 
Bowes’ Bowes’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir Henry M. Sir Henry M. Vavasour’s Estate Bill was read 
—— the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Navy Pay Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
a. to alter and extend an Act passed in the eleventh 
year of King George the Fourth, for amending and 
consolidating the Laws relating to the Pay of the 
Royal Navy: And that Mr. Parker, Admiral Dun- 
das and Mr. Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 
Municipal Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
a to explain an Act of the last Session, for amending 


(No. 2.) Bill, an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corpora- 
tions in Ireland, so far as relates to the Borough of 
Dublin: And that Mr. Solicitor-General for Ire- 
land aud Sir William Somerville do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Navy Pay Mr. Parker presented a Bill to alter and extend 
aa. an Act passed in the eleventh year of King George 
No.597. the Fourth, for amending and consolidating the 
Laws relating to the Pay of the Royal Navy: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


nee Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a 
(Ireland) Bill to explain an Act of the last Session, for 


(No. 2.) Bill. amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
No, 589. Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the Bo- 
rough of Dublin: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 

day ; and to be printed. 


Registrar of A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
Judgments day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
Office (Ire- 


land) [Duties Of Imposing Duties of Stamps in lieu of the Fees 
of Stamps, now payable in the Office of Registrar of Judg- 
Compensations ments in Ireland, and of providing for the Com- 
and Salaries.) ensations and Salaries payable in the said Office, 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session ; 

Sir William Somerville, 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. 





A. 1850. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways. 
Command,—A Return, showing the Number of 
Passengers conveyed on all the Railways in the 
United Kingdom, during the Half-year ending the 
3ist December 1849; distinguished in different 
Classes, and the Receipts from each Class, and from 
Goods, &amp;c.; compiled from Returns made to the 
Commissioners of Railways, in pursuance of the 
Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c.97; also, the 
Length of Railway open at the Commencement and 
at the Termination of the Half-year ; together with 
a Summary of the Traffic during the preceding 
Half-year. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 23° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
O# DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The Order for referring the New River Company New River 
Bill to the Committee of Selection was read, and Company Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 
Copies of Correspondence between the Court of No. 598, 
Directors of the East India Company and the Go- 
vernor-General in Council, respecting the incon- 
venience experienced from the non-arrival of the 
Annual Financial Statements of the North Western 
Provinces. 

Sir John Hobhouse accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Mercantile 
consideration the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill, tte 2) Bill. 
as amended in the Committee; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cruelty to 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Bill ; (scotland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- pin, 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself wer 
into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Zre- 42 ; 
land) Bill. (ireland) Bill. 

(Iu the Committee.) 


Crausss, N°2 and N°3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8 (Dispensary districts to be formed 
in each union; cost of medical relief, salaries, &amp;c., 
to be charged on poor rates). 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1. 6, After the 
word “ appointment,” to insert the words “ prepare 
“ a scheme or plan for the division of each Union 
“ or of adjoining Unions in Jreland into so many 
“ Dispensary districts, having regard to the extent 
“ and population of such districts, as they shall 
“ deem necessary.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 





Tellers for the [ Mr. 2Zayter, 
Yeas, { Lord Marcus Hill: } ™ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Clements, } 5. 
Noes, Sir Robert Ferguson : 


Another 














Supply, 


New Zealand, 


Hong Kong, 


14 Vicroriz. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
last Amendment to add the words “ but so never- 
“ theless, that no electoral division formed under the 
“ Acts for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute 
“* Poor shall be divided ; and in such scheme or plan 
“* the said Commissioners shall also state the num- 
“ ber and salaries of the officers to be appointed 
“ for the service of each such Dispensary district, 
‘€ and the number of persons who shall be members 
‘“* of the committee of management of such district, 
“ as hereinafter is provided.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment, by leaving out the words “ and salaries.” 

Question put, That the words “ and salaries” stand 
part of the proposed Amendment ; 


The Committee divided. 
Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, pe Me &lt;P 
Mr. Clements, 
Sir Denham Norreys: 

Proposed Amendment inserted. 

Another Amendment made, by adding at the end 
of the last Amendment the words “and the said 
“ Commissioners shall transmit a copy thereof to 
“ the Board of Guardians of each union affected 
“ thereby, and fix a time, not sooner than one month, 
“« for the revision and determination thereof; and 
after the expiration of such month, having con- 
“ sidered any suggestions of alterations in such 
“‘ scheme or plan made by any such Board of Guar- 
“ dians, the said Commissioners shall, by order 
“ under their seal, declare such district and the 
“ number and salaries of such officers, and the 
“* number of persons who shall be members of the 
“ committee of management, and shall send the 
“ same to the Board of Guardians of such Union.” 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the last 
Amendment to add the words “and it shall be 
“ lawful for any such Board of Guardians to ap- 
“ peal against such order to the Lord Lieutenant in 
“© Council, within one month after the date of such 
“ order; and the Lord Lieutenant in Council shall 
“ finally consider and determine the same.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 


The Committee divided. 
jMr. Clements, } 31. 
1 oo 


han, 


Tellers for the Noes, | 24. 


n 


Tellers for the Yeas,) yy. Grogan : 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hayter, Hill: 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavusg, N° 9 (Dispensary Committee.) 
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 further Pro- 
= 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, at Twelve of the clock, 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 a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
one thousand seven hundred and thirty pounds, be 

anted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

ew Zealand, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day 
of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand nine hundred and fourteen pounds, be 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 

wan, to the 31st day of March 1851. 
Vou. 105. 


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555 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Captured 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to arr 
defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Cap- Africans. 
tured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges, under the Acts for the Abolition of the 


Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1851. | 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Slave Trade 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commissions. 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1851, the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of the 
Mixed Commissions established under Treaties with 
Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in 
Slaves. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Consular Esta- 
dred and fifty-five thousand four hundred and eighty- blishments 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray A°™*4 
the Charge of the Consular Establishments Abroad, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Missions 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 4&gt;road. 
Majesty, for the extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty's Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One superannua- 
hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and tions. 
sixty-eight 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 
1851. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Toulonese 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted = Corsican 
to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to grant re- g. 
lief, to the 31st day of March 1851, to Toulonese 
and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo Sufferers, 

American Loyalists, and others who have heretofore 
received Allowances from Her Majesty. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Vaccine Esta- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to blishment. 
defray the Charge of the National Vaccine Esta- 
blishment, in the year 1850. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Refuge for 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- the Destitute. 
wards the support of The Refuge for the Destitute, 
in the year 1850. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five polish re- 
thousand three hundred and forty-six pounds, be fugees, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, for Payment of the Sub- 
sistence of the Pobsh Refugees, and Allowances to 
Distressed Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Miscellaneous 
thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds, be Allowances. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1851, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly de- 
frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, 

&amp;c., for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Engines for 
mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Zreland) taking Fish 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Marriages Act 

Reading of the Marriages Act Amendment Bill; Amendment 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Blackwater 
Copy of any Letter or Report addressed to the Ad- River. 
miralty, by Captain Frazer, kr. N., during the present 
year, on the subject of the Obstructions to the Navi- 
gation of the River Blackwater. 


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556 





Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
 ° Mr. Speaker, 
British Elec- | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


tric en Act for forming and regulating the British Electric 
Company Bill. Telegraph Company, and to enable the said Com- 
pany to work certain Letters Patent, without any 
Amendment: And also, 
Aberdeen _ The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
Railway Bill. by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling 
the Aberdeen Railway Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, and to alter their Station and the 
Levels of their Railway at and near Aberdeen, for 
repealing the Great North of Scotland Railway Act, 
1847, for altering, amending and extending the 
Acts relating to the Aberdeen Railway, and for 
other Purposes, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
County Court The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Extension Bill Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Act for the 
more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands 
in England, and to amend the same, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Midland Great The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Western Rail- Act to enable the Midland Great Western Railway 
Bill of Ireland 4 Jreland Company to make certain Deviations in 
the Line of their Railway, and for other es 
withan Amendment ; towhich Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
GorbalsGravi- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
tation Water Act to amend the Gorba/s Gravitation Water Com- 
Cage any Act, 1846, to authorize the Extension of the 
Works, and the Construction of New Works to 
supply the Town or Royal Burgh of Rutherglen 
and other Places with Water, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Timber The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Preserving Act for extending and amending the Powers of the 
Company Bill. Timber Preserving Company’s Acts, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Bishop ofLon- The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
don’s Estate for facilitating the Erection of a Church, to be 


as called Saint Gubriel’s, in the District Parish of Saint 
Church, Peter, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, and 


Pimlico) Bill. for other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Poison. Ordered, That the Return relative to Poison, 
No. 599. Which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Revenue, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue, 
(Ireland. ) &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 600. _ printed. 


Soap. Ordered, That the Return relative to Soap, 
No. 601, Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Railways. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
No. 602, Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Salmon A Petition of Conservators of Fisheries for the 
Fisheries District of Dublin, stating that the Petitioners are 
(Ireland.) impressed with the belief that the decline of the 
’ ies Fisheries in Jreland is to be attributed to 
over-fishing, and that the period for fishing should 
be restricted ; and praying the House to pass a mea- 
sure prohibiting all fishing for salmon (except by 
means of angling) on the first day of August in each 
year, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


Friendly A Petition of Members of a Provident Associa- 
Societies Bill. tion, called the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, 
residing in the parish of orth Meols, in the county 

of Lancaster, praying that the Friendly Societies 

Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


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A. 1850. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers, and other Inha- fentient and 
bitants of the county of Louth, praying that the (it) p: 
Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill may not pass ‘ ooo 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator, Senior Clerk and Landlord 

Junior Clerk of the General Assembly of the Pres- a 7 
byterian Church in Ireland, praying for amendment ? 

of the law between Landlord and Tenant in Jre- 

land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Newgate 
Electors and Inhabitants of the borough of Fins- Prisca. 
bury, setting forth certain charges against the Go- 

vernor of the Gaol of Newgate with respect to a 
system of favouritism alleged to be pursued there, 

the state of the cells, and the general management 

of the prison ; and praying for inquiry into the alle- 
gations of the Petition, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the parish of Preston, Oath of 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that the Oath of Abjuration 
Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law, was (Je™*) 
omg and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Residents of Sloane-square, and its Pimlico 
neighbourhood, in the parish of Saint Luke, Chel- 5&amp;¥*- 
sea, in the county of Middlesex, stating that an 
uncovered main Sewer, running southward to the 
Thames, and commonly called the Pimlico Sewer, 
hath for a long time held its course through the 
immediate neighbourhood of the Petitioners ; that 
the said uncovered main Sewer is the property of 
the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Sewers ; 
that the health of the Petitioners and their families, 
and the whole surrounding neighbourhood, is in 
constant and imminent danger from the deadly 
effects of the miasmatic exhalations which of ne- 
cessity are germinated by the said uncovéred Sewer; 
that, lester experienced a total apathy on the part 
of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers to ’ 
the several and anxious remonstrances and applica- 
tions, the Petitioners feel it a duty they owe to 
themselves, their families and neighbours, to 
approach the House, and to pray that the House 
will be pleased to take the circumstances into im- 
mediate consideration, and make such order with 
reference to the abatement of this disease-engen- 
dering nuisance as in the wisdom of the Honse may 
appear most proper, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of John Bowden and others, praying Post-office. 
the House to rescind the late Resolution for the 
abolition of me labour in the Post-office, was 
age and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and Occupiers of Property Tax 
land in the neighbourhood of Leicester, praying for A*+ 
alteration of the Property Tax Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Savings 
Savings Bank established at Brigg, in the county Banks. 
of Lincoln, praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
may not pass into a law; but that the House will 
appoint a Committee to inquire into the manage- 
ment of Savings Banks, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, Sea Coast 
Esquire, of Pennyore, in the county of Brecknock, ProPetY- 
and a Member of the House, praying the House to 
appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the 
origin and exercise of the claims of the Crown to 
the soil of the coast and the sea shore, when it 





commenced, 








Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Income Tax. 


General 
Practitioners 
ill. 


‘Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-sixth 
Report.) 


Ceylon (Third 
Report.) 


Ne. 605. 


Standing 
Ord 


Revision. 





14 Vicroriz. 


commenced, where it has been exercised, and when 
and where disputed, and with what success; and 
in case it should be found that such claim cannot 
be supported by fact or principle, that other steps 
should be taken for —s litigation and quiet- 
ing possession, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Jrish Poor Law: And that Colonel 
Dunne, Mr. French and Sir Henry Winston Barron 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That from and after the 20th day of September 
next, the Duties payable under Schedule (B) of the 
Income Tax Acts shall cease and determine ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { sg Sibthorp, 


ae : 
Tellers for the Noes, { sw nt 


to 


} 32. 


Hit: } = 


to 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate the General Practitioners of Surgery, 
Medicine and Midwifery: And that Mr. Wyld and 
Colonel Thompson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 24° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 
QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 22d and 
23d 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the grievances complained of in Ceylon, 
in connexion with the Administration and Govern- 
ment of that Colony, and to report their Opinion 
whether any measures can be adopted for the re- 
dress of any grievances of which there may be 
shown just reason to complain; and also whether 
any measures can be adopted for the better Ad- 
ministration and Government of that dependency, 


‘and to whom the Minutes of the Evidence and Pa- 


pers produced before the Select Committee on Cey- 
lon in the last Session of Parliament, and the Peti- 
tions presented to the House on the same subject, 
were referred ; and who were empowered to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time, have Power to report their Obser- 
vations thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Baillie reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had furtherconsidered the matters 
referred to them; and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to revise the Standing Orders of the House relative 
to a Bills :—And a Committee was appointed 

OL, 105. 


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557 


of Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Henley, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Wrightson, 
Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. 
Sotheron, Captain Jones, Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. 
Brotherton and Mr. Thornely, with Power to send 


for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to provide Equivalent” 
for the Redemption of an Annuity of Ten thousand Company Bill. 
pounds, payable to the Equivalent Company: And No. 603. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to reduce, Excise, (Sugar 
the Duty of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the #14 Meenses) 
United Kingdom, and to impose a countervailing No. 604 
Duty on Sugar used in the Brewing of Beer for no ape 
Sale, and also to amend the Laws relating to the 
Licenses granted to Brewers and Distillers: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


The Bill to exempt the Council of the Borough Manchester 
of Manchester from all Liability to repay the Ex- Bonding Bill. 
penses of the Management and Collection of the 
Duties payable in respect of Foreign Goods for 
Home Casmungtion warehoused at the said Bo- 

5 was according to Order, read the third time. 

tesolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Council of the Bo- 
rough of Manchester to determine their Liability to 
defray the Expenses of Customs in respect of Goods 
warehoused in the said Borough, and to authorize 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to 
direct the Discontinuance of the further Warehousing 
of Goods in such Warehouses without Payment of 
Duty. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for con- Saint Thomas's 
firming certain Leases granted by the Mayor and mg 
Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, “**™ 
Governors of the Possessions, Revenues, and Goods 
of the Hospital of Edward late King of England 
the Sixth, of Saint Thomas the Apostle, com- 
monly called Saint Thomas's Hospital; and for 
enabling them to grant Building and other Leases 
of their Estates, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Grieves, 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. 


Cavendish’s (or Harcourt’s) Estate Bill was read Cavendish’s | 
a second time ; and committed. tee Bill, ~~ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bishop of London’s Estate (Saint Gabriel’s Bishop of Lon 
Church, Pimlico) Bill, was read the first time. ‘oes Gn 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- jriel’s Church 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. Pimlico) Bill. 
A Petition of the Secretary of the West London Exhibition 
Anti-enclosure Society, Literary Institute, Carlisle- of 1851. 
street, Edgware-road, praying the House not to 
permit the Exhibition of 1851 to be held in Hyde 
Park, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


| upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting held in Friendly 





Clyde-street Hall, Edinburgh, praying that the Socicties Bill, 
4B3 Friendly 




















a cegSe RE REEDS. a 


naar oa I 











558 24° Sulit. 


Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Islington A Petition of Thomas Green, of Queen’s Head-lane, 
Poor, &amp;. Act. Tslington, praying for the repeal of the 6th, 14th 
and 27th clauses of the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 125, to re- 
peal several Acts for the Relief and Employment of 
the Poor of the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in 
the county of Middlesex, for lighting and watching 
and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein, 
for amending the Road from Highgate, &amp;c., with 
the view at some future time to pass a general Act 
to assimilate the laws regarding the government of 
,the poor, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Oath of Petitions from Sevenoaks ; —Meopham ; — and, 
Abjuration New Shoreham; praying that the Oath of Abjura- 
(Jews) Bill. ;. : - ¢ 
tion (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and Pa- 
rishioners of the parish of East Farleigh, in the 
county of Kent, praying the House not to rescind 
the Resolution prohibiting Sunday labour in the 
Post-office, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Matlock ;—and, Kelso; praying 
the House to rescind the late Resolution prohibiting 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Post-office. 


Public-houses Petitions from Rutherglen ;—and, Glasgow (six 


(Scotland) = Petitions); praying that the Public-houses (Scot- 

om. land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Sunday Petitions from Moorfields ;—Saint Luke, Middle- 


Trading Pre- sex;—Members of the Assistant Clothiers’ Asso- 

vention Bilk ciation ;—Vauxhall ;— Westminster (two Petitions); 
— Bermondsey ;—Saffron Hill; —Bethnal Green 
(five Petitions) ; —Christchurch ;—Clerkenwell ; — 
Saint Clement Danes (three Petitions); — Saint 
Margaret’s and Saint John’s, Westminster ;—New- 
gate Market ;—Saint Andrew's Holborn (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Somers Town ; —Soho ; — Newington ;— 
Stepney ;—Gray’s Inn-road ;— Newport Market ;— 
Lambeth (two Petitions); —and, Lambeth Walk; 
praying that the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from London;—John Ancott ; — The 
Metropolis (two Petitions) ;—City Gardens, City- 
road ;— Saint Andrew Holborn ;—Saint Luke, Mid- 
dlesex ; — Mary-le-bone ; — Sarah Williams and 
others ;—and, Houndsditch ; 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 William Allbutt, of Goswell- 
street, Saint Luke, London, complaining of certain 
statements affecting his character, set forth in a 
document published by the House, viz. the Report 
of the Select Committee on the Sunday Trading 
Prevention Bill, and stating that he is prepared to 
disprove the truth of such statements, was alsu 
“or and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

wble. 

A Petition of Elizabeth Keen, Wife of William 
Keen, of Coleman-street, Saint Luke's, stating that 
in her husband’s evidence before the Select Com- 
mittee on Sunday Trading, he stated that his name 
had been falsely attached to a Petition against 
the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; but that such 
name was attached by the Petitioner during her 
husband’s absence ; and praying the House to ex- 
onerate the parties having charge of the Petition 


Orders of the day. 








A. 1850. 


from all blame, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Henry Randall, of York-street, and 























































| others, stating that they signed a Petition which 


they believed to be against Sunday Trading, but 
which they have since ascertained to be against the 
Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; and praying that 
their names may be erased from such Petition, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Public Libraries and Museums Public 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into Libraries and 
consideration after the Orders of the day. Manne SE, 


Ordered, That the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) Landlora 


(No. 2.) Bill be read a second time after the Orders nn 
of the day. (No. 2.) Bill 


Ordered, That the Turnpike Acts Continuance, ‘Purnpike Acts 
&amp;c. Bill be read the third time after the Orders Continuance, 
of the day. as as 


Ordered, That the Poor Relief Bill be read the Poor Relief 
third time after the Orders of the day. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill to continue an Act for au- Highway 
thorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Rates Bill. 
Turnpike-roads, be now read the third time :—The 
Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Summary Jurisdiction (Zre- Seumary 
; — dion 
land) Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Salen §) Bill 
Ordered, That the Charitable Trusts Bill be read Charitable 
the third time To-morrow. Trusts Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Benefices in 
Lords to the Benefices in Plurality Bill be taken P!tality Bill 


into consideration To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Union of — 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the sane ne 
Union of Liberties with Counties Bill. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Small Tene- 
Question proposed upon the 12th day of June last, ments Rating 
That the Chase offered to be added upon the Third 
Reading of the Small Tenements Rating Bill, be now 
read a second time, be resumed after the Orders of 
the day. 





Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations (Jre- Municipal 
land) (No. 2.) Bill be read a second time after the Greed) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Registrar of 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- Judgments 
. . ° ° ° “ ice (Ire- 
sider of imposing Duties of Stamps in lieu of the jana) (Duties 
Fees now payable in the Office of Registrar of of Stamps, 
Judgments in Ireland, and of providing for the Com- Compensations 
: : - ; and Salaries.] 
pensations and Salaries payable in the said Office, 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Engines for 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon the —s 1 Bill 
Engines for taking Fish (Jreland) Bill. ( 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Cities and Towns) a = 
Bill ; —- 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, 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 read a second time 
upon this day three months. “ 

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14 Vicroriz. 


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 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. 


Taller fr th Yue, Wilion ln, 


Tellers for the Noes, {Me Newdegate : } 24. 


Mr. Spooner, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


‘Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


Sunday 
Trading Pree 
vention Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sunday Trading Prevention 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. 

Mr. Charles Pearson 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. seh ”\ 101. 

Tellers for the Noes, ioe Baring Wall, } 22. 

r. Anstey: 

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. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Copyholds Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 4, (Consideration for commutation, 
where Lord applies.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2.1.29: To leave out 
the word “ no ” in order to insert the word “ when.” 

Question proposed, That the word “no” stand 
part of the Clause. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Henley } 61 

Tellers for the J Mr. Aglionby, 3 

Noes, Mr. Pilkington : - 


Yeas, Sir William Jolliffe : 
Whereupon the Chairman ieft the Chair. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences, 
&amp;c, (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Residences, &amp;c. (Ire- 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
os of the Churches and Chapels (Jreland) 

il ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 

VoL. 105. 


Churches 
and Chapels 


(Ireland) Bill. 


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559 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Clergy 

Reading of the Clergy (Zreland) Bill ; (ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Distress for 
Reading of the Distress for Rent (Ireland) Bill; Bent (ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Small Tene- 
Reading of the Small Tenements Recovery (Jre- very thremal) 
land) Bill; oan 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Debtors and Creditors (Zreland) Bill was, Debtors and 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- tors 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- (ireland) Bit. 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County _ 
Reading of the County Prisons Bill; Prisons Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Bill to authorize Justices of any Borough Borough 
having a separate Gaol to commit Assize Prisoners Gaols Bill. 
to such Gaol, and to extend the Jurisdiction of Bo- 
rough Justices to all Offences and Matters arising 
within the Borough for which they act, 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. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill was, according Coroners’ Fees 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Abolition Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Navy Pay Bill was, according to Order, Navy Pay 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cruelty to 
into a Committee upon the Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) 
( Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pj), 

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 Public 
take into consideration the Public Libraries and eee = 
Museums Bill, as amended in the Committee; and N 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 0. 606. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord and 


Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jredand) Tenant (Ire- 
(No. 2.) Bill; = (No. 2.) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Tarnpike Acts 
Great Britain, and to make further Provisions re- = 
specting Turnpike-roads in England, was, according “* 
4B4 to 














560 
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. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
_ Reading of the Poor Relief Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Unionof = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ue te mittee on the Union of Liberties with Counties 
Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Small Tene- The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
a Rating the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


upon the 12th day of June last, That the Clause 
(And be it Enacted, That where the owner of any 
tenement shall be rated to the relief of the poor by 
virtue of this Act, instead of the occupier thereof, 
and such owner shall have paid all money due on 
account of any rate or rates in respect of such 
tenement, such occupier shall be entitled to all privi- 
leges and franchises to which he would have been 
entitled if he himself had been rated, and had paid 
such rate or rates; and if such owner so rated as 
* aforesaid shall not have paid such rate or rates, it 
shall be lawful for such occupier to tender to the 
overseers of the poor, or other person authorized by 
law to receive the same, the amount of any rate or 
rates then due from such owner in respect of such 
tenement; and such overseer or other person so 
authorized as aforesaid shall be bound to receive 
the same; and such occupier shall, on the payment 
or tender of such amount, be entitled to exercise all 
such privileges and franchises as hereinbefore men- 
tioned: Provided always, that any occupier so 
paying any rate or rates in respect of any tenement 
where the owner is rated to the same, shall be en- 
titled to deduct and retain the amount so paid by 
him from the next payment of rent to be made by 
him to such owner, or to recover the same from such 
owner as money paid to and for the use of such 
owner), offered to be added upon the Third Reading 
of the Bill, for the better assessing and collecting 
the Poor Rates and Highway Rates in respect of 
Small Tenements, be now read a second time; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
{ Mr.Attorney-General, | 
Tellers for the Yeas,) my. eas. f 38. 
Mr. Halsey, 
Sir William Jolliffe : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Clause was accordingly read a second 
and third time. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


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Jovis, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


County Court Ordered, That the County Court Extension Bill, 


Extension Bill. as amended by the Lords, be printed. 
No, 608, 





24° —295° Juli. 





A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Metropolitan. 
Lords to the Metropolitan Interments Bill be taken Interments 
intoconsideration To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Godstone and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Godstone oe - 
and Highgate Turnpike-road Bill; and the same gj, ’ 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hathagreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zan- pansy 
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill; and the same ” 
were twice read, and 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 Surrey and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Surrey Sussex Roads 
and Sussex Roads Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and 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 


Ordered, That the Select Committee to whom Westminster 


the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill was com- a 
mitted, and to whom the Report of the Select eer 
0.609. 


Committee of Session 1846, on Westminster Bridge, 
was referred, and who were empowered to adjourn 
from place to place, and to report their Opinion 
from time to time, and who were instructed to 
consider and report specially on the expediency of 
erecting a permanent Bridge on or near the site of 
the present Bridge, have Power to report their Ob- 
servations thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had examined wit- 
nesses on 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 is as followeth : 
Your Committee have examined several witnesses 
in reference to the Bill referred to their considera- 
tion, and have also obtained some Evidence in regard 
to the construction of a permanent Bridge over the 
Thames at Westminster. ‘ 
The present state of the existing Bridge renders 
it expedient to take measures, without loss of time, 
for securing a Communication across the Thames, 
and your Committee therefore recommend that a 
power to erect, in case of need, a temporary Bridge 
across the River, adjoining or near the present 
Bridge, should be sanctioned by the House. 
In making this recommendation your Committee 
would, however, suggest that an inquiry should be 
forthwith made by Her Majesty’s Government for 
the purpose of ascertaining the most economical 
mode of building an improved Bridge on or near 
the present site. 
Your Committee have not obtained sufficient in- 
formation in regard to the height above the water 
which may be required in a new Bridge for the pur- 
poses of navigation, but this subject would form an 
essential part of the proposed inquiry. 
Your Committee recommend that the results of 
this inquiry should be communicated to the House 
at the commencement of the ensuing Session. __ 
Your Committee have also had under their consi- 
deration the Report of the Committee of the House 
of Commons which sat in the year 1846, upon the 
subject of Westminster Bridge, which was referred 
to them by Order of the House; among the recom- 
mendations 








14 Vicroriz. 25° Julti. 561: 

mendations unanimously agreed to in that Report,} A Petition of the Governor and Company of the Medical 

was the following : Apothecaries Hall of Jreland, praying that the Charities 
“ That a Bill be brought into Parliament to} Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill may not pass into “elan4) Bill 


Standing 
Orders. 


transfer to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, &amp;c., the Estates and Property of the Bridge 
Commissioners, due consideration being had to the 
claims of the Officers of the Bridge Estates, if their 
services should be discontinued.” 

Your Committee desire to express their entire and 
unanimous concurrence in that recommendation, 
and hope that early measures will be taken to yive 
effect to it. 

Your Committee have further to report, That the 
Orders of the House of the 21st day of June, in 
reference to the Bill, have been complied with, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee. 

Your Committee have examined the allegations 


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and have}. 


amended the same by altering a recital therein to 
the effect that temporary accommodation for passing 
the River shall only be provided in case it may be 
necessary to make extensive repairs of the present 
Bridge, or to erect a new Bridge, and by leaving 
out a rectical that it would be beneficial to the 
Commissioners of Westminster Bridge to have power 
to mortgage their estates ; and have found the Pre- 
amble, as so amended, to be true; and have gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

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 Select Committee on Standing Orders,’ 
to consist of Eleven Members, who shall be nomi- 
nated at the commencement of every Session, of 
whom Five shall be a Quorum.” 


Ordered, That so much of the said Standing 


a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Town Commissioners of Kinsale, Petty Sessions 
praying that the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill (Ireland) Bill. 


may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Town Council of Post-office. 


the city of New Sarum, in the county of Wilts, 

praying the House to rescind the late Resolution 

prohibiting Sunday labour in the Post-office, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the borough of Public Health 
Barnstaple, praying the House not to allow the “ 


borough of Barnstaple to be placed under the 
operation of the Public Health Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wine and Spirit Merchants, Inn- Public-houses 
keepers, Grocers and other Licensed Dealers in ¢ 


Exciseable Liquors in the royal burgh of Montrose, 
praying that the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Managers of the Savings Savings _ 
Bank established at Wells (Somerset) ;—and, Trus- 5@aks Bill. 


tees and Managers of the Plymouth and South 
Devon Savings Bank (Chairman); praying that 
the Savings Banks Bill may not pass into a law; 
but that the House will appoint a Committee to 
inquire into the management of Savings Banks 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Order as directs that Five be the Quorum of the| The Order of the day being read, for taking into Mercantile 
Committee, be suspended. consideration the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill, Marine 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Com-| as amended in the Committee ; - eo 
QO. . 





Lighthouses. 


Agricultural 
Dis 


tress. 


Dog Carts. 


Friend’ y 


Societies Bill. 


Hypothec 


(Scot 


land.) 


mittee during the remainder of the present Session. 


Mr. Parker presented,— Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of April last, for 
a Statement of what measures have been adopted 
respecting the erection, management and superin- 


‘tendence of Lighthouses in the British Colonies 


and Possessions (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 225, of Session 1849) :—And, Abstract 
of any Returns received from the Colonies upon the 
subject since April 1849. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Gartly;—and, Kildrummy and 
Towie; complaining of the depressed state of 
Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures of relief,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Craw- 
ley, in the county of Sussex, praying the House to 
prohibit the use of Dog Carts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bury ;—Members of the Wigan 
District of the Grand United Order of Fellows ;— 
and, Members of the Wigan District of the Inde- 
— Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Manchester 

nity ; praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were 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 law of Hypothec in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105, 





And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


sfMr. Wawn, 


Tellers for the Yeas, (Mr. Clay : 3. 


caimonal 


Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Noes, ) 7 0.4 aio Hill: 61. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now taken into con- 

sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to 

take the said Bill into consideration. 

A Clause (Certificates of competency to be granted 
to those who pass, &amp;c.), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bull. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That if whilst any ship is 
out of Her Majesty’s dominions, a complaint is 
made by the master or by any of the certificated 
mates, or by one-third or more of the seamen in 
her crew, or by the consignee, to any naval officer 
in command of any ship of Her Majesty, or, in the 
absence of such naval officer, to any consular officer, 


such naval or consular officer shall thereupon, if 


circumstances admit, and if he thinks the case re- 
quires immediate investigation, but not otherwise, 
summon a court consisting of not more than five 
and not less than three members, of whom, if pos- 
sible, one shall be a naval officer not below thie 
rank of Lieutenant, one a consular officer, and one 
a master of a British merchant ship, and the rest 
shall be either naval officers, masters of British 
merchant ships, or British merchants, but such 
court shall not include the master or consignee of 
the ship to which the parties complaining or com- 

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— against may belong; and such court shall 
the case, and may for that purpose summon 
and compel the attendance of parties and witnesses, 
and admunister oaths and affirmations, and order the 
production of documents, and may discharge any 
seaman from his ship, and may, if the court is 
unanimous that the safety of the ship or crew, or 
the interests of the owner, absolutely require it, 
supersede the master and appoint another person to 
act in his stead, such appointment to be made with 
the consent of the consignee of the ship, if then at 
the place; and shall, whether any order is made or 
not, make a report containing a statement of the 
proceedings and of the evidence, and send it to the 
Board of Trade ; and such report, if purporting to 
be signed by the senior naval officer or master, or 
to be sealed with the consular seal, and if produced 
out of the custody of the Board of Trade, or its 
officers, shall be admitted in evidence in any legal 
proceeding) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read a first and second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause in |. 21., by inserting after the words “ the 
“ consignee of the ship” the words “or his re- 
“ presentative.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the said Clause was made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (No seaman to sue for wages 
abroad except in cases of personal danger ; remedy 
on return tothe United Kingdom), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That the Lord’s Day shall 
be observed according to law, and no work shall be 
done on that day which is not absolutely necessary 
for the cleanliness and preservation of the ship and 
stores, or for its safe and careful navigation if at sea 
or proceeding to sea; and if the master, owner or 
consignee of any ship shall cause any unnecessa 
work to be performed on the Lord’s Day, he shall, 
on being convicted thereof, be liable to a penalty of 
Five pounds for every such offence) :—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 se- 
cond time :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Clause be withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And be it Enacted, That if in the course of 
a voyage any seaman shall quit his ship without 
the consent of the master, to enter into Her Majesty’s 
Naval Service, and shall be received into such ser- 
vice, and the owner shall thereby incur any addi- 
tional expense, loss or damage, it shall be lawful 
for the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners 
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to 
indemnify the owner for such additional expense, 
loss or damage, to such extent as to them may 
appear just and reasonable) :—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. 

f Mr. Anderson, 
LMr. Wawn: 

Mr. Hayter, 

Lord Marcus Hill : } ‘ 

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. 12. 1. 36, by inserting after the 
word “ characters” the words “ and when thereto 
** required by any owner or master ofa ship.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, 25. 
8. 


Tellers for the Noes, 





A. 1850. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr Anderson, 8. 


Mr. Wawn: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Hayter, Hiut:} 78. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at twelve of the clock; and 
be printed. 


land) Biil. 
(In the Committee.) 


Crausz, N° 9 (Dispensary Committee.) 
Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
last Amendment, to insert the words “ or who shall 
“ be an elected guardian of the union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1.3: To 
leave out from the word “ paid ” to the word “ shall” 
in I. 7. in order to insert the words “ his subscription 
“ for seven successive years, if the dispensary shall 
“ have been so long established, and if it be not 
“ seven years established, then if he shall have 
“ subscribed from the establishment of the institu- 
* tion.” 

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. 


Cravussg, N° 10, (Guardians to provide Medicines 
and appoint officers.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 4.1. 10: To leave 
out the words “ guardians of the union,” in order to 
insert the words “ committee of management.” 

Question proposed, That the words “‘ guardians of 
the union,” stand part of the Clause. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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 


in. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day — read, for the Third 
Reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Sheep and Cattle Contagious Disorders Pre- 
vention Continuance Bill, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Keith, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in, and at the bar 
resented,—Return to an Order, dated the 11th 
- of June last, for Copies of any Documents 
furnished by the Resident at Sattara to the Bombay 
Government, showing the Amount or Value of the 
Property belonging to the State of Sattara at the 
time of the decease of the late Raja, and the Amount 
of Revenue from all sourcesin the state of Sattara 
since its administration by the East India Company, 
and the Charges payable out of the said Revenue : 
—Of all Correspondence between the Widow and the 
adopted Son of the ex-Raja of Sattara, and the 


Governor-General’s Agent at Benares, and we on 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 


into a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Jre- (ireland) Bill 


Weights and 
Measures Bill. 


Sheep and 
Cattle —_ 
tagious Dis- 
orders Pre- 
vention Con- 
tinuance Bill. 


No. 610. 


Raja of 
Sattara, 











Standing 
Orders ; 


Deanery of 
Saint Burian 
Division Bill. 


No. 611, 


Ashby’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill 
(Special 
Report.) 





14 Vicroriz. 


that Officer and the Governor-General of India, 
from the ist day of December 1849 to the present 
time :—And, of all Correspondence whether in the 
Secret Department or otherwise, between the Go- 
vernment of Jndia and the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, on the subject of the pro- 
vision to be made for the said Widow and adopted 
Son (so far as the same have not been presented 
to this House) :—And then he withdrew. 

di — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


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 Deanery of Saint 
Burian Division Bill, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with, and the parties be allowed to 
proceed with the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments of Of- 
fices held during the pleasure of the Crown by Mem- 
bers of either House of Parliament, voted in the 
Annual Estimates ; and also into the Salaries and 
Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the Superior 
Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom ; 
and into the Retiring Pensions allotted to the 
Judges; and also into the Expense of Diplomatic 
Establishments charged on the Consolidated Fund, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Select 
Committee; 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 be printed. 


Mr. Wood reported Ashby’s Divorce Bill, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Mr. Wood reported Chippindall’s Divorce Bill, 


with an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wood reported from the Select Committee 
on Divorce Bills, to whom the Petition of William 
Chippindall, of Oxford-street, in the parish of 
Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the County of Middle- 
sex, Gentleman, one of the Attornies of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, 

raying that he may be allowed to prosecute a Bill 
in this House, to dissolve the Marriage of William 
Chippindall with Mary Ann Chippindall, his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes, in formd pauperis, was referred ; 
That they had considered the said Petition, and 
had agreed to the following Report : 

Your Committee find that the Petition has been 
supported by a declaration of the Petitioner before 
a magistrate, stating that he is not possessed of 
property of the value of £.5 after payment of his 
debts, and this declaration is supported by a cer- 
tificate of the clergyman and churchwardens of the 
parish in which he resides, that they have no reason 
to disbelieve the statement. 

Your Committee also examined the Petitioner as 
to whether he had any occupation or employment 
or other source of income, which he answered in the 
negative. 

They do not find that there is any instance of 
any party being allowed to proceed with any Bill in 
Parliament in formé pauperis before the Petitioner, 
in a present case, was permitted by the House of 

OL. 105, 


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563 


Lords so to proceed, on evidence similar to that 
before your Committee. 

Your Committee conceive that Divorce Bills are 
of a very different character from the usual appl- 
cation made by individuals or Companies to Parlia- 
ment ; they partake rather of the nature of an ap- 
plication to a Court of Law for the redress of a 
civil injury, and the promoter is required first to 
obtain a sentence of divorce &amp; mensé et thoro, from 
the Ecclesiastical Court, and also (unless by the 
absence of the party or otherwise it is rendered im- 
possible) to obtain a verdict and damages against 
theadulterer. In all those proceedings the aggrieved 
party may sue in formdé pauperis; and they think 
that it would be reasonable to allow him the same 
privilege in taking the last step necessary to the 
obtaining of complete redress, viz. a divorce by Act 
of Parliament, &amp; vinculo matrimonii. 

Your Committee therefore conceive, that the privi- 
lege so permitted in respect to Divorce Bills, would 
not afford a precedent in other Parliamentary pro- 
ceedings, and they recommend the case of the Pe- 
titioner to the House, as a proper case for the re- 
mission of the fees which would be otherwise paya- 
ble. ; 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Report. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed National 
to consider the present accommodation afforded by Gallery. 
the National Gallery ; and the best mode of pre- No. 612. 
serving and exhibiting to the Public, Works of Art 
given to the Nation, or purchased by Parliamentary 
Grants, have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Seymour 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Parochial 
to request that their Lordships will communicate “***™" 
to this House, a Copy of the Report of the Se- 
lect Committee appointed by their Lordships on 
the Laws relating to Parochial Assessments, to- 

— with the Minutes of the Evidence taken be- 
ore them: And that Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry 
the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm the Incor- Incorporation 
poration of certain Boroughs, and to provide for pe ol 
the Payment of the Expenses of the Incorporation (yo 9) Bill, 
of New Boroughs: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue an Act to Loan Societies 
amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies : Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for further continuing Ecclesiastical 
certain Temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesi- — 
astical Jurisdiction in England : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend the making Militia Ballots 
of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the — 
Militia of the United Kingdom : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue certain Acts Tasn, Ge 

i i an ures 
0 mae Hempen and other Manufactures (ireland) Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for taking an Account Population 
of the Population of Ireland : (ean) a 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more eng “4 Rochdale, 
pairing and improving the Road from Rochdale, through Cam- 
through Bamford and Birtle, to Bury, and several ey os 
other Roads therein mentioned, all in the County other Turn- 
Palatine of Lancaster : pike-roads Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 








A Bill, 


4c2 





Cromford and 
Newhaven 
Turnpike-road 
Bill. 


ee 


Bridge across 
the River 
Clyde, o ite 
to South Port- 
land-street, 
Laurieston, 
Glasgow Bill. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Kilrush Union. 
No, 613. 


Militia. 
No. 614, 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 615. 


Quarantine. 
No.616, 


Supply. 


564. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for continuing the Term 
of the Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike-road Act, 
and for other Purposes: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


’ Act for taking Account of the Population of Great 


Britain, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for constructing a Bridge across the River Clyde, 
opposite to South Portland-street, Laurieston, Glas- 

ow, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
ords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Trustees of certain Estates, called 
the Chandos Estates, settled by a Deed dated the 
Third day of May One thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-eight, on the Most Noble Richard Plan- 
tagenet, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and his 
Issue, to lay out the Monies produced by Sales of 
Parts of the same Estates in the Purchase of the 
Family Estates of the said Duke of Buckingham 
and Chandos, called the Buckingham Estates, not- 
withstanding certain Family Charges thereon, either 
with an Indemnity against such Charges, to be 
approved by the Court of Chancery, or with a pro- 
portionate Deduction from the Purchase-money ; to 
extend the Powers of re-investing a Part of the 
same Monies; and to authorize the granting of 
Building Leases of Parts of the first-mentioned 
Estates, and for other Purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the Administration of the Poor Law 
in the Kilrush Union, since the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1848, have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. . 

Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the said Select 
Committee ; 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. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 28th day of May last, for an Ab- 
stract of the Sums voted and the Amount actually 
expended for the Militia of the United Kingdom, 
distinguishing Great Britain from Ireland, in each 
year from the 1st day of January 1834 to the 1st 
day of January 1850, including Expense for Ballot, 
Lieutenaucy Clerks, Surgeons, and for every other 
Account, so as to exhibit the Total Expense of the 
Militia and its Pensioners, in each year, and in each 
Kingdom; stating also, what Corps have been called 
out in aid of the Civil Power in each of those years, 
and the Amount of Expense specially incurred for 
such Service ; also, the Aggregate Amount of Ex- 
pense in those years (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 231, of Session 1834). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Incumiered 
Estates (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
15th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


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 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 


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A. 1850. 


“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Steam Com- 
“ praying that She will o graciously pleased to With te” 
** order such measures to be taken as will insure Australian 
“ the immediate establishment of regular Steam Colonies. 
“ Communication with Her Australian Colonies,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—It resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight fouse of 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Industry 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the (Dublin.) 
House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Female 
hundred — be granted to Her Majesty, to- Orphan House 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan an 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmoreland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to LockHospital 
defray the Expense of the Westmoreland Lock (Dubiin.) 
Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Lying.in 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Hospital 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in (Pu»lin.) 
Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One py gteeyens 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Hospital 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (Publin.) 
Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Fever Hospital 
thousand fourhundred and twenty pounds, begranted and House of 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (Dublin) 
the Fever Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork- ; 
street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Hospital for 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Incurables 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Hos-(?™%™) 
pital for Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Non-conform- 
Sum, not exceeding Thirty-seven thousand six hun- ing Ministers 
dred and ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her nen 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 

Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1851. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-two thousand six 
hundred and ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1851 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { a } 45. 
Mr. Hayter, | 

Tellers for the Noes, {Ted Marcus Hill 108: 

Original Question put ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 123 
Yeas, (Lord Marcus Hill: ALY 

Tellers for the /The Lord Mayor of Dublin,| 4, 
Noes, \Mr. William Fagan: | ae 


9. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Charitable 
Sum, not exceeding Six thousand seven hundred ae cirdaat) 
and ninety pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay, to the 31st day of March 1851, Charitable 
sleet charged on the Concordatum Fund in 
Ireland, and other Allowances and Bounties 
formerly defrayed from the Grants for the Lord 
Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Six thousand five hun- 
dred and seventy-three pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, 




















14 Vicroriz. 


Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
Charitable Allowances charged on the Concordatum 
Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances and Boun- 
ties formerly defrayed from the Grants for the Lord 

Lieutenant's Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Lord Mayor of peer 24 
Yeas, Mr. William Fagan: ’ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, lies 

Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill: ey 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

General Board 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
of Health, thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 

Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1851. 
Central Board . 11- Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
of Health thousand three hundred and forty-six pounds, be 
(Dublin.) = 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 1851. 


Incumbered 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- 

Estates _— teen thousand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, 

eked) be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Incumbered Es- 
tates Commission in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

Navigation 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 


and Drainage thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
(ireland.) defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, one moiety 
of the Cost of certain Works of Navigation connected 
with Drainage in Ireland. 
British = 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- 
———— teen thousand seven hundred and sixty-five pounds, 
Constanti. | be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
nople. 1850, the Expense of the Completion of the Ambas- 
sador’s Residence at Constantinople. 
Militia and 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
(Canada) thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
“defray, to the 30th day of April 1850, the Expense 
of Militia and Volunteers in Canada. 
Lybster 16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 


ean thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1850, the Expense of 
repairing the Harbour of Lybster,as a Place of Re- 
fuge for Fishing Boats on the East Coast of Scotland. 
Lighthouses 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 


Abroad, &amp;c. thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of erecting certain 
Lighthouses Abroad ; also of the Establishment at 
Sable Island for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons. 

Repository 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 

ix Public thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 

wards defraying, in the year ending the 31st day of 

March 1851, the Expense of the erection of a 

General Repository for Public Records. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray]Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Ex- 
penses in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

Mint Pro- 20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Secutions. thousand five hundred and fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expenses connected with the 
Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws relating 
to the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Sheritfy’ 21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 

xpenses, &amp;. thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1851, the Expenses in- 
curred by Sheriffs, the Deficiency in the Fees in the 
Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the Exche- 
quer, the Salaries and Ancient Allowances to cer- 
tain Officers of the Court of Exchequer, and certain 
-Expenses of the Queen’s Prison. 
Insolvent 22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
Qtr thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be 
om to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
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cessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Law Expenses 
four thousand three hundred and twenty-four pounds, (Scotland. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray Law aloe in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Law Charges 
three thousand seven hundred and sixty-one pounds, (Iteland.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of Criminal Prose- 
cutions and other Law Charges in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Metropolitan 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Police (Dub- 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary towards” 
defraying the Expense of the Metropulitan Police 
of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety County Rtaes, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to &amp; 
complete the Sum necessary to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1851, certain Charges formerly paid 
out of County Rates, &amp;c. 

27. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Inspection and 
a Sum, not exceeding Seven thousand five hundred Superintend- 
and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to “°¢t Prisons. 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Inspection and General Superintendence over 
all the Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Five thousand four 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
Charge of Inspection and General Superintendence 
over all the Prisons in the United Kingdom, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Prisons and 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and Convict Esta- 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Ushments- 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of the Government Prisons and Convict Establish- 
ments at Home, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Maintenance * 
five thousand eight hundred and forty-eight pounds, °f Prisoners. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 
the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, Lunatic Asylums, and the Expenses 
of the Removal of Convicts. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Transporta- 
nine thousand two hundred and thirty pounds, be tion of Con- 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- ”°* 
cessary to defray Expenses connected with the 
Transportation of Convicts, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Convict Esta= 
hundred thousand one hundred and forty-seven blishments 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete es 
the Sum necessary to defray the Expense of the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 31st 
day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 26° die Juliit, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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566 
General Board The Bill to confirm certain Provisional ‘Orders of 
of Health the General Board of Health, and for certain other 
—— Purposes, in relation to the Public Health Act, 
1848, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
A Clause (General Board to permit Copies of 
Provincial Order to Parties requiring the same), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
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. 


Charitable 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Trusts Bill. 


Reading of the Bill for facilitating and better se- 
curing the due Administration of Charitable Trusts; 

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. 


f Mr. Hayter } 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Lord Mare oa Hi: { 9% 
Tellers for the Noes, = werad } 53. 


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 Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in P. 16. 1. 26., by inserting after the 
word “ therewith” the words “ or of any schools.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a Tonle” 38. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ - ae mod Ail: ¢ 77 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Fisheries Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fisheries 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 
this day. 


Collection of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Cinelend) Bill. ws of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Summary The Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts re- 
Jurisdiction ating to certain Offences and Pecuniary Claims, as 
(Ireland) Bill. 


tc which Justices of the Peace exercise a Summary 
Jurisdiction in Jreland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

A Clause (Grand Jury may provide Sub-standard 
Weights and Measures), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Where appeal decided against 
appellant he is to be liable to imprisonment ac- 


cording to original Order), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 


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A. 1850. 


Another Clause (To be:cited in other Acts, &amp;c., 
as the Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Act, 1850), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts 
relating to certain Offences and other Matters, as 
to which Justices of the Peace exercise a summary 
Jurisdiction in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment, 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Poor Relief Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Poor Relief 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the'Com- Appointments 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; to Offices, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ma. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according'to Order, resolved itself Navy Pay 
into a Committee upon the Navy Pay 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
no and Tenan 
Bal, = of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time . 


upon Monday next. 


The Equivalent Company Bill was, according to Equivalent 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Company Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tenant-right 
Reading of the Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Administra- 
mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice tion of Crimi- 
Improvement Bill ; se 

p = ' Improvement 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registrar of 
mittee on the Registrar of Judgments Office (Zre- oun ee. 
land) Bill ; land) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. ‘ 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court 
mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill ; eae 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ; 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Petty Sessions 


The Order of the day a read, for the Com- (Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Petty Sessions (Zreland) Bill; _ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 


three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Trustce BiL 


into a Committee upon the Trustee Bill ; and, after 
some 























14 Vicroriz. 


some time spent therein, Mr: Speaker resumed: the 
Chair ;, and: Mr. Bernal reported, That: the Com- 
mittee 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. 





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567 


The House divided. 

The Yeas. to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, a Gan ; 


Tellers for the Noes,{ yr vo ty 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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Y ar 




























Masters” The Order of the day being read, for the Second} A Motion was made, and the Question being 
—s. Reading of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity | put, That this House do now adjourn; 

a The House divided. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be reada second time upon}, The Yeas to the old Lobby ; ! 
Monday next. The Noes to the new eg 
Tellers for the on Henry Willoughby, } os 
Benefices in © The Order of the day being read, for taking into Yeas, Mr. Spooner : ; | 
Plurality Bill. consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } 62. 
to-the Benefices in Plurality Bill; Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill: | 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken| So it passed in the Negative. i 
into consideration this day. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. \ 
Ordered, That Mr. Halsey do carry the Bill to ! 





























Compound The Order of the day being read, for the Com- the Lords, and desire their concurrence. i 
ce mittee on the Compound Householders Bill ; 
, Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday| ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second; Municipal tl 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Reading of the Municipal: Corporations (Zreland) | 

(No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2.) Bill. | 

Debtors and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


(Ireland) Bill — on the Debtors and Creditors (Jreland)| this day. 
ill | 





Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


; h ; L The House, according to Order, resolved itselfRegistrar of 
itself into the said Committee. 


into a Committee, to consider of imposing Duties Judsments 

‘ ° ‘ ce (Ire- 
-_ ; of Stamps in lieu of the Fees now payable in the jana) (Duties 
erm a The House, according to Order, proceeded to! Office of Registrar of Judgments in Jreland, and of Stamps, 
a (Scot- take into consideration the Cruelty to Animals| of providing for the Compensations and Salaries Compensations 


land) Bill. 3 ; - a . 

oe (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. _ payable in the said Office, in pursuance of any Act enema 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time] of the present Session. 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(In the Committee.) 








Landlord ¢ 1. Resolved, That the Duties of Stamps follow- 
—— Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland)| ing shall be charged for and in respect of the several 
(No. &gt;.) Bill, (No. 2.) Bill; _ | instruments, matters and things herein mentioned, 
; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time used, filed, registered, recorded or issued in the 
upon Wednesday next. office of Registrar of Judgments in Jreland, in lieu 
f the Fees heretofor in the said o 
Small Tene- The Order of the day being read, for resuming chet is aaa ai inerntalianinastinnt tines 
— Rating the further Proceeding upon the Clause (And be it 8. d. i 
Enacted, That where the owner of any tenement| On every Memorandum for the Registration of i 
shall be rated to the relief of the poor by virtue] {iY a = ~~ a ta gy oe for 3 
of this Act, instead of the occupier thereof, and Rule, pct ag By she Stsections of the 1 pe 
such owner shall have paid all money due onaccount} 7&amp;8Viec9- - - - - - S « 
of any rate or rates in respect of such tenement, | On every Memorandum for the re-entry of 
such occupier shall be entitled to all privileges and} %Y ra get emg pe Raley accord- 1 
franchises to which he would have been entitled if ene ee for the Registration of - 
he himself had been rated, and had paid such rate} any Lis pendens, according to the provisions 
‘ or rates; and if such owner so rated as aforesaid| ofthesaid Act - - - - - - 26 
shall not have paid such rate or rates, it shall be | On every Memorandum for the re-entry of any 
lawful for such occupier to tender to the overseers iin gare nconsiing to, the ypovisians, a 
of the poor, or other person authorized by law to} On every Memorandum fer the Registration of 
receive the same, the amount of any rate or rates} any Recognizance, Bond, Judgment or other 
then due from such owner in respect of such tene-| obligation to the Crown, or of any Quietus 
ment; and: such overseer or other person so autho- yo pate ancording, to, the provisions ofthe self | © 6 i 
rized as aforesaid shall be bound to receive the Chem Requisition for Liberty to search in i 
same; and such occupier shall, on the payment or} the Books of the said Office, according to the i 
tender of such amount, be entitled to exercise all a of the said Act, and without which 
such privileges and franchises as hereinbefore men-| quisition no such Search is to be permitted ; 
. 5 : . or each Person searched st- - - 1 - li 
tioned: Provided always, that any occupier so pay-| op every Memorandum for the Registration ” i 
ing any rate or rates in respect of any tenement} the Satisfaction or Vacate of any Judgment, 
where the owner is rated to the same, shall be en-| Crown, Bond or Recognizance, Decree, Rule | 
titled to deduct and retain the amount so paid by| Order, according to the provisions of the 
him from the next payment of rent to be made by| 9A“ 1! &amp; 12 Fie e120 sch the 7% 
r pey ent to be made DY | On every Requisition for Liberty to search the 
him to such owner, or to recover the same from| Books containing recorded Copies of the 
such owner as money paid to and for the use of| Negative Searches in the said Office, according i 
such owner), which, upon the 12th day of June last,| the provisions of the said Act, and without 
was offered to be added upon the Third Reading) Which Reynisition Yo oan — = 
of the Bill for the better assessing and collecting ee ciated ais alee tig 
; . $| On every attested Copy of a Search recorded 
the Poor Rates and Highway Rates in respect of} pursuant to the said Act, when such Copy 
Small Tenements:—The House resumed the said shall nat exceed three folios of seventy-two _ 
urther Proceeding. we &gt; NE SN At Pe 4 
And a Motion being made, and the Question — men om —— om metine ™ whiue 
being put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill; 7 


OL. 105, 








4c4 Resolved, 















































568 


2. Resolved, That the Compensations which are 
chargeable on the Fees of the Office of Registrar of 
Judgments in Jre/and, and the Salaries payable in 
the said Office, shall be charged on the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Engines for The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cireled) Bill mittee on the Engines for taking Fish (Ireland) 


Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Monument to 


—_ Command,—An {Estimate of the Sum required to 
N 0.617 be voted for the purpose of defraying the Expense 


of erecting a Monument to the Memory of the late 
Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Copyright of | Ordered, That the Copyright of Designs Acts 

—— Acts Amendment Bill be read a second time upon Thurs- 
endment d 

Bill. ay next. 

Australian Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 

ma nell ent Lords to the Australian Colonies Government Bill 

Bill. be taken into consideration this day, at Twelve of 


the clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the County Court Extension Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

my (ireland) +4 extend the Remedies for the Collection of Grand 
Jury Cess in Jreland: And that Sir William Somer- 
ville and Mr. Solicitor-General for Jreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


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A. 1850. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill TrinityCollege 
to enable the Tenants of the Provost, Fellows and (P¥lin) Bill. 7 
Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided | 
Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, to acquire 
Perpetuities, in certain cases, and to extend the 
Leasing Powers of the said Provost, Fellows and 
Scholars: And that Sir William Somerville and Mr. 
Solicitor-General for Jreland, do prepare, and bring 
it in, 





Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to authorize the Commons 
Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Spe- Inclosure | 
cial Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for Ie eo. 
land and Wales: And the same was read the first No 618. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to extend Grand Jury 
the Remedies for the Collection of Grand Jury [ess (ireland) 
Cess in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 





No. 619. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to provide Assizes 
for holding the Assizes of certain Counties of Cities (Ireland) Bill. 
and Towns in Jreland, in the Assize Towns of the No. 620. 
adjoining Counties a large, in certain cases, and to 
make Provision as to Gaols in case of the Change 
of Assize Towns: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to enable Trinity College- 
the Tenants of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars (Dublin) Bill. 
of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 
of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, to acquire Perpe- 
tuities, in certain cases, and to extend the Leasing 
Powers of the said Provost, Fellows and Scholars : 

And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Incumbered 
Copy of any Observations of the Commissioners Estates 
upon the Subject of their Distribution of the Funds ae) 
arising from the Sale of Incumbered Estates in 9 621. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of Sums received for Salvage, as sent by 
the Receivers in Jreland to the Receiver-General, on 
account of Vessels stranded, and their Cargues, upon 
the Coast of Jreland, since the passing of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic, c. 99, s.27. 


Salvage 
(Ireland). 


Resolced, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to _ directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Number of Aliens who ma 
have been directed, under the Provisions of the Act 


Aliens. 


freland, and the Transfer of any Part thereof into 
the Court of Chancery. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Two of the clock on Fri- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 26° die Juli ; 





11 and 12 Vic. c. 20, to depart the Realm. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House | 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Commons 
Inclosure 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- 
suance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Com- 


missioners for 1y e008 and Wales: And that Mr. 
Bouverie and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 


it in, 

Assizes Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

(Ireland) Bill. provide for holding the Assizes of certain Counties 
of Cities and Towns in Jreland, in the Assize Towns 
of the adjoining Counties at large, in certain cases, 
and to make provision as to Gaols in case of the 
change of Assize Towns: And that Sir William So- 
merville and Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 








Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


Sie E House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Great 

the Amendment made by the Lords to the Western Rail- 

Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Bill ; Ri eee 

and the same was twice read, and 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Timber 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Timber Company Bill 
Preserving Company Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and 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 














Baron Lionel 
Nathan de 
Rothschild. 





14 Vicroriz. 


The Baron Lionel Nathan de ‘Rothschild, re- 
turned as one of the Members for the City of 
London, came to the Table to be sworn; and being 
asked by the Clerk what Oath he wished to take, 
the Protestant or the Roman Catholic Oath, he 
replied, “I desire to be sworn upon the Old Testa- 
ment.” 

Whereupon the Clerk having stated the matter 
to Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker directed Baron Roths- 
child to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That from the earliest times of the ex- 
istence of a Legislature in England, no man was 
ever admitted to take any part therein except under 
the sanction of a Christian Oath ; and that the 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild having re- 
quested to take the Oaths on the Old Testament, 
and having, in consequence, been directed by Mr. 
Speaker to withdraw while the House deliberated, 
this House refuses to alter the form of taking the 
Oaths ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the first word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Baron Rothschild, one of the Members for the 
“ City of London, be heard at the bar, by himself, 
“ his counsel or agents, in respect of his claim to 
“ sit and vote in Parliament upon taking the Oaths 
‘ on the Old Testament,” 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 again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
from the earliest times of the existence of a Legis- 
lature in England, no man was ever admitted to take 
any part therein except under the sanction of a 
Christian Oath ; and that the Baron Lionel Nathan 
de Rothschild having requested to take the Oaths 
on the Old Testament, and having, in consequence, 
been directed by Mr. Speaker to withdraw while 
the House deliberated, this House refuses to alter 
the form of taking the Oaths:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till 
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 adding the words 
“« this day, at Five of the clock,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words “ Monday next, at Twelve of the clock,” 
stand part of the Question ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of tne House, with- 
drawn. 

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 Mr. Hume, 

Yeas, Mr. Wood: }i91. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, | 2 

Noes, Sir Charles Burrell: Jf ° 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That the Debate be 
adjourned till Monday next at Twelve of the 
clock ; 

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The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for they Mr. Wood, Lies 
Yeas, Mr. Hume : | i 
Tellers for the) Sir Charles Burrell, 67 
Noes, Mr. Newdegate : } y 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crime and 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Jreland) Outrage Act 
Continuance Bill; teem ag 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Australian 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Colonies 
Lords to the Australian Colonies Government Bill ; ee 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken — 
into consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Metropolitan 
consideration the Amendments made by the , a Interments 
to the Metropolitan Interments Bill ; = 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
— consideration after the other Orders of the 
ay. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Charitable 
mand,—Copy of Fifth Report of the Commissioners Donations 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Zreland. a) 
. — That the said Paper do lie upon the ; 

able. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by NewChurches. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Thirtieth Annual Re- 
port of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for building 
New Churches. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of John Fawcett, of Petteril Bank, ,aministra- 
in the county of Cumberland, Esquire, Barrister-at- tion of Crimi- 
law, and one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace ee Justice . 
for the city of Carlisle, praying that the Adminis- — 
tration of Criminal Justice improvement 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 the High Sheriff and Members of cojection o 
the Grand Jury of the county of Leitrim, praying Fines, &amp;. 
that the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill may (Ireland) Bil 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of land, in the parishes of Copyholds 
Saint Cuthbert and Wetheral, in the county of Enfranchise 
Cumberland, praying that the Copyholds Enfran- ™°"* i 
chisement Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Thomas Rose Auldjo, of Rutland Exhibition 
Gate, Hyde Park, in the county of Middlesex, of 1851. 
Esquire, George Baker, of Princes Gate, Hyde 
Park, inthe said county, Esquire, Arthur Manners, 
of Rutland Gate, aforesaid, Esquire, and Alexander 
Anderson Weston, Rutland Gate, aforesaid, Esquire, 
complaining that being relators in an information 
prepared to be filed in the Court of Chancery, for 
restraining the erection in Hyde Park of a building 
for the Exhibition of 1851, the signature of the 
Attorney-general, necessary to enable them to pro- 
ceed with such information, has been withheld ; and 
praying for redress, was presented, and read ; and 
erdered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Otley District of Friendly 
a Provident Association, called the Independent Societies Bill, 
4D Order 








laste) 





570 


Order of Odd Fellows, praying that the Friendly |the trade of the Australian Colonies, and in that of 
Societies Bill may not pass into a law, as it now | New Zealand ;—Merchants, Landholders, Stock- 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to | holders and other Persons interested in the welfare 


lie upon the Table. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 


Bill. and Durham, praying that the Inspection of Coal 


Mines Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions from Liverpool, praying the House 
to adopt measures for im cnet * ° 


teed Assistant Surgeons in the Royal 


avy,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the parish 
of Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, 
complaining of the present inefficient and injurious 
management of the public Sewers of that parish ; 
and praying the House to take into its considera- 
tion this most important and urgent subject, in- 
volving, as it does, the health, comfort and pecu- 
niary interests of the Petitioners and the ibe 
bitants generally of all the districts of the metropolis 
and its suburbs south of the River Thames; that 
the duties and powers of the existing Commis- 
sioners may be modified and altered so far as the 
same affect the south side of the River Thames ; 
and that an Act may be passed to place the imme- 
diate management of all the Sewers in such south- 
ern districts under local boards representing the 
rate-payers, but subject, as to the House shall seem 
meet, to the control of the existing commission as 
a central court; or that the House will be pleased 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


to grant such further or other measures of relief as_ 
to the House shall seem meet, was presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Petitions from Dymchurch ; — Dover; — Bo- 
triphny ; —Madron ; —and, Redmarley d Abitot ; 
praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ; — Birming- 
ham ;—and, Ayr; praying the House to rescind the 
late Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Post-office. 


Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill ; 
and, Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


the Grand Jury of the county of Leitrim, praying 
that the Public Healtin (Jreland) Bill; and, the 
Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill, may not pass into 
law, as they now stand, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the 
county of Leitrim, complaining of the expense pro- 
posed to be incurred in the erection of a Pauper 
Lunatic Asylum, by the Board of Public Works, 
near the town of Sligo, and praying for redress, was 
eng and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Sligo Lunatic 
Asylum. 


Home-made 
Spirits in 


corthy ; 
Bond Bill. sg 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Steam Com- 
munication 
with Australia, 


connected with and interested in the pros 
the Cape of Good Hope, Australian and New Zea- 
land 


any tender for the conveyance of the Mails by steam 
to Sidney, in New South Wales, the route vid the 
Cape of Good Hope may be adopted, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of Bankers, Merchants and others 
resident in the town of Liverpool, and interested in 





26° Juli. 


the position of | 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Members of 


Petitions from Downpatrick; — and, Ennis- 
raying that the Home-made Spirits in 
Bond Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others 
rity of 


olonies, praying that in the acceptance of 





A. 1850. 


of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand ;— 
and, Purchasers of land, Heads of families and 


A Petition of Coal Miners of Northumberland | others about to proceed to the settlement of Conter- 


bury, in New Zealand; praying the House to adopt 
means for establishing regular Steam Communica- 
| tion between England and Her Majesty’s Australian 
| Colonies, —were also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
__ The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Court of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to (ancery 
amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court te Son 
of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, caster) Bill. 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Saint Tho- 
_by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for con- ™4s's Hospital 
firming certain Leases granted by the Mayor and — 
|Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, 
| Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods 
of the Hospital of Edward, late King of England 
ithe Sixth, of Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, commonly 
‘called Saint Thomas's Hospital, and for enabling 
them to grant Building and other Leases of their 
Estates, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Vestries and 
Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meet- Vestry Clerks 
ings in Churches, and for regulating the Appoint- 1 
ment of Vestry Clerks, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Registration 
Act to amend the Laws for the Registration of of Deeds 

Assurances of Lands in Lreland, with Amendments ; (Sea 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Court of 
| Act for the Transfer of the Equitable Jurisdiction Exchequer 
|of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of Chan- eden 
cery in Ireland, 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 Tufton’s 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of the Right Estate Bill. 
honourable Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased, to 
raise Money upon the Security of his Estates for 
the Repair and Improvement of the Buildings 
thereon, to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Viscount 
for giving Effect to a Compromise relating to the —- 
Estate of the Right honourable George Alan Vis- enn 
count Midleton, deceased , and, with a view thereto, 
for vesting the Estates in England and Ireland, late 
of the said Viscount Midleton, in Trustees, and for 
other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of yester- 
day, requesting that their Lordships would com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to consider the Laws relating to Parochial Assess- 
ments, together with the Minutes of Evidence and 
an Index thereto ; and that their Lordships had com- 
municated a Printed Copy of the said Report, 
Minutes of Evidence and Index: And he delivered 
the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 





Parochial 
Assessments. 


No. 622. 





Mr. Lutwidge, Secretary to the Commissioners in Lunatic 
Lunacy, was called in; and at the bar presented, Asylums. 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 


—Abstracts of Accounts of Monies received = 
pai 


























14 VicrorizZ. 


aid on account of several County and Borough 
unatic Asylums in England and Wales, during the 

year ending on the 31st December 1849 :—And 

then he withdrew. . 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 


(Sixty-seventh 


Report.) Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th 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. 


Viscount Viscount Midleton’s Estate Bill was read the first 
Midleton’s time. 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Dungannon Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown in Zreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 
gannon, in the room of Viscount Northland, 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- 
borough and Bonenham, in the County of Bucking- 
ham. 


Sir Henry M. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Vavasour’s Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


er Sins Bills; That in the case of Sir Henry M. 
Vavasour’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 

Bowes’ Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Estate Bill Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Bowes’ Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Earl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Craven's Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


+ Seth a Private Bills; That in the case of the Earl of 


Estate Bill.” Craven’s (or Sir John Johnstone's) Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


TrinityCollege Ordered, That the Trinity College (Dublin) Bill 
(Dublin) Bill. he printed. 
No. 623. 

Court of The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Exchequer the Amendments made by the Lords to the Court 

(Ireland) Bill. of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill ; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 

the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
_ their Lordships. 


Prussia and Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Denmark. § Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the ‘I'reaty concluded between Prussia 
and Denmark, under the Mediation of the Govern- 
ment 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. 


Tactories, 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 Factories worked | 
on the 15th of July 1850 by Male Persons above | 
Eighteen years of age, after the Young Persons and | 
Women who are employed in those Factories for | 
Ten hours continuously (exclusive of Meal Times) 
have ceased to work for the Day, and -in which 
Factories Children are employed as Assistants to 

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26° Julie. 571 


| the said Male Persons during such extra time of 
| Work ; together with the Number of Children so 
| employed. 
Ordered, That 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 Pirates’ Head- 
_to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased money. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
' House, a Copy of the Correspondence between the 

Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Lords 

of the Admiralty, respecting the allowing Mr. Cald- 

well, a Volunteer in the late Military Operations 

| against the Pirates in China, to be entitled to Head 

Money after the Rank of Lieutenant. 

| Ordered, That 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 Pirates’ Head- 

Return of the Number of Officers and Men who ™2ey- 

have received Head Money in the years 1848, 1849 

and 1850, for the Capture and Destruction of alleged 

Pirates, distinguishing for Chinese, for Bornean, 

and other Classes for whom Head Money has been 

paid, and by what Tribunal each Sum has been 

adjudged. 


Tufton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Tufton’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord John Russell acquainted the House, That Message from 
he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, Her Majesty 
signed by Her Majesty; and he presented the een 
same to the House; and it was read by Mr. Speaker House. 

(all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; 


and is as followeth : 


VICTORIA R. 

Her Majesty being desirous that the House, 
called Marlborough House, should be secured to 
His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of 
Wales, after he shall have attained the age of 
Eighteen Years, during the joint lives of Her Ma- 
| jesty and his said Royal Highness, recommends it 
to Her faithful Commons to enable Her Majesty to 
grant and settle the same, in such manner, and 
with such provisions, as may most effectually ac- 
complish the said purpose. 

VLR. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to take Her 
Majesty’s said Most Gracious Message into con- 
sideration. 





Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Inclosure 
mand,—Inclosure Commission: Copy of Special Commission. 
Report of the Commissioners, 1850. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,— Return to an Orders of 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of Fe- Removal. 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Orders 
of Removal granted by Justices of the Peace in 
England and Wales, for each of the last Five years ; 
specifying the Number of these who were Jrish 
and Scotch Paupers removed to their native 
Countries. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of June Grand Jury 
last, for an Account, showing the Total Amount Presentments 
levied under the authority of Grand Juries in Jre- aammene 
land for all Purposes, but distinguishing the Total 
Amounts of Re-payments to Government from all 





other Presentments, for the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 
1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this Regium 
instant July, for Copy of any Correspondence P™. 
between the Moderator of the General Assembly 
of the Presbyterian Church in Jre/and and the 
Irish Government, between the 1st day of July 

4pD2 1848 






























































Supply. 


Flag Officers. 


Charge for 
Land Forces. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 


Reyal Military 


College. 





572 


1848 and the ist day of July 1850, relative to the 
Stoppage of the Regium Donum of the Minister of 
Clonmel, on the order of George Mathews, alias 
Duncan Chisholm. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


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 Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the’end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ there be laid before this House, a Return of all 
“ Civil Appointments held by Flag Officers of Her 
“ Majesty’s Fleet, distinguishing those Officers that 
“are in the Active or Retired List,’ 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. 


aker do now leave the 


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Ordered, That Mr. Spe 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | 


the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand four 
hundred and thirty pounds, (being a part of a Sum 
of Three millions five hundred and sixty-two thou- 
sand four hundred and thirty pounds, of which One 
million seven 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 (ex- 
cepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), which 
will in course of Payment from the 1st day of April 
1850 to the 3lst day of March 1851, both days 
inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
four thousand nine hundred and sixteen pounds, 
(being a part of a Sum of One hundred and sixty- 
four thousand nine hundred and sixteen pounds, 
of which Eighty thousand pounds has been granted 
on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of General Staff Officers and Offi- 
cers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the ene 
of London, which will come in course of Payment 
from the Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand six hundred and eighty-four pounds, 
(being a part of a Sum of Ninety-two thousand six 
hundred and eighty-four pounds, of which Forty- 
six thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Allowances of the Principal Officers of the 
several Public Military Departments in Great 
Britain, their Deputies, Clerks, and Contingent 
Expenses, which will come in course of Payment 
from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, both days inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, 
(being a part cf a Sum of Sixteen thousand eight 
hundred and ninety-five pounds, of which eight 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military College, which will come in 
course of Payment from the 1st day of April 1850 
to the 3ist day of March 1851, both days in- 
clusive. 





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5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Royal Military 
thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds, (being Asylum, &amp;. 


a part of a Sum of Eighteen thousand six hundred 
and arene 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 Mili- 
tary School, which will come in course of Payment 
from the ist day of April 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, both days inclusive. 


6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Volunteer 
Sum, notexceeding Forty-one thousand pounds, being ©°TP* 


a part of a Sum of Eighty-one thousand pounds, 
(of which Forty thousand pounds has been granted 
on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which will come 
in course of Payment from the 1st day of April 
1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both days 


inclusive ; 
The Committee divided ; 
jaz. 
® 


.. J Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas.) 7 3.4 Marcus Hill : 
Mr. Henry Berkeley, 


Tellers for the Noes. Mr. Hume: 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Rewards for 


thousand one hundred and twelve pounds (being a 2: 


part of a Sum of Fifteen thousand one hundred 
and twelve pounds, of which Seven thousand 
= has been granted on account), be granted to 

er Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances as Rewards for distinguished Services, and 
of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garri- 
sons holding their appointments as Rewards for 
Military Service, in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, 
which will come in course of Payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 


Fifty-eight thousand pounds, of which Twenty- 
nine thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
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 da 
of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 


seven thousand five hundred pounds (being a 
of a Sum of Fifty-four thousand five hundred 
pounds, of which Twenty-seven thousand pounds 
has 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 


part of a Sum of Three hundred and eighty-six 
thousand pounds, of which One hundred and ninety 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
one thousand two hundred pounds (being a part of 
a Sum of Forty-two thousand two hundred pounds, 
of which Twenty-one 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 


10. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding One’ 


istinguished 
rvices, 


_8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Pay of General 
nine thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of 9 


fficers. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Full Pay for 
art Reduced and 
Retired 
Officers, 


Half Pay 


hundred and ninety-six thousand pounds (being a for 4°. 


Half Pay 
to Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 























14 Victoriz. 


course of Payment from the 1st day of April 1850 
to the 31st day of March 1851, both days inclu- 
sive. 

Widows’ 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 

— three thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds 
(being a part of a Sum of One hundred and twenty- 
six thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds, of 
which Sixty-three thousand pounds achive granted 
on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid toWidows 
of Officers of the Land Forces, which will come in 
course of Payment from the 1st day of April 185u 
to the 3lst day of March 1851, both days inclu- 
sive. 

Compassionate 13, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 

- six thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of 
Ninety-one thousand pounds, of which Forty-five 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Al- 
lowances 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 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, both days inclusive. 


Chelsea and 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- 
Hospitals. teen thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pounds, 


(being a part of a Sum of Thirty-five thousand 
seven hundred and fifty-six pounds, of which Seven- 
teen 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 
— 15. Resolved, That a, Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
Hospital, &amp;c.. dred and thirty-three thousand seven hundred and 
eleven pounds (being a part of a Sum of One mil- 
lion two hundred and thirty-three thousand seven 
hundred and eleven pounds, of which Six hundred 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pen- 
sioners from Hanoverian Corps wih 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 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of Forty 
thousand pounds, of which Twenty thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances, 
Compensations and Emoluments in the nature of 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to persons | 


formerly belonging to the several Military Public 
Departments in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, which will come in course of Pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having centinued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 27° die Julii, 1850: 


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. | 


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Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply ; 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as fol- 
ow: 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight House of 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Industry 

“ ; (Dublin.) 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Female 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- a 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan ee 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmoreland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ‘oa 
defray the Expense of the Westmoreland Lock Hos- 2 
pital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Lying-in 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- (Deblin.) 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hos- ‘ 
pital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Dr. Steevens’ 
thousand three hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Hospital 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of _— 
Doctor Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Fever Hospital 
thousand four hundred and twenty pounds, be and House of 
granted to Her Majesty, towards édapns the Ex- (Dublin) 
pense of the Fever Hospital and House of Recovery, 
Cork-street, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Hospital for 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- omg 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Hospital a 
for Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Non-conform- 
seven thousand six hundred and ninety-eight pounds, ing Ministers 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense _— 
of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dis- 
senting Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

9. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Charitable 
sand seven hundred and ninety pounds, be granted Allowances, 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March ®*- (Ireland.) 
1851, 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 Contin- 
| gencies, &amp;e, 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty General Board 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Health. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Central Board 
thousand three hundred and forty-six pounds, be of Health 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Oubim-) 
| Incidental Expenses of the Central Board of Health 
in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Incumbered 
thousand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be Estates 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of (edesk) 
| the Salaries and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates 
|Commission in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 

1851. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Navigation 
‘thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ia 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, one moiety\ 
of the Cost of certain Works of Navigation con- 
nected with Drainage in Ireland. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen British 
thousand seven hundred and sixty-five pounds, be — 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1850, Constanti- 
| the Expense of the Completion of the Ambassador’s nople. 
| Residence at Constantinople. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Militia and 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (Canedn) 
defray, to the 30th day of April 1850, the Expense” 
of Militia and Volunteers in Canada. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Lybster 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Harbour. 

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wards defiaying, in the year 1850, the Expense of 
repairmg the Harbour of Lybster, as a Place of 
Refuge for Fishing Boats on the East Coast of Scot- 
land. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of erecting certain 
Lighthouses Abroad ; also of the Establishment at 
Sable Island for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1851, the Expense of the Erection of a 
General Repository for Public Records. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray Law Charges, 
and the Salaries, Allowances and Incidental Ex- 
penses in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs 
of Her Majesty’s ‘lreasury, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred and fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Expenses connected with the 
Prosecution of Offenders against the Laws relating 
to the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1851, 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1851, the Expenses in- 
curred by Sheriffs, the Deficiency in the Fees in 
the Office of the Queen’s Rembrancer in the Exche- 
—_ the Salaries and Ancient Allowances to certain 

flicers of the Court of Exchequer, and certain 
Expenses of the Queen’s Prison. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1851. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand three hundred and_ twenty-four 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray Law Expenses in Scot- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1851. 


Lighthouses 
Abroad, &amp;c. 


Repository 
for Public 
Records. 


Law Charges. 


Mint Prose- 
cutions, 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, &amp;c. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Court. 


Law Expenses 
(Scotland. ) 


Law Charges 24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

(Ireland.) —_ three thousand seven hundred and sixty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Expense of Criminal Pro- 
secutions and other Law Charges in Jre/and, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

Metropolitan 25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 

Police thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 

(Dublin. ) 


Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary towards 
defraying the Expense of the Metropolitan Police 
of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1851, certain Charges formerly paid 
out of County Rates, &amp;c. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 


County Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Inspection and 
Superin- 


Price Of to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge of Inspection and General Super- 
intendence over all the Prisons in the United King- 
dom, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Prisons and 28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

wee — hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred 

ome and twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray the 
Charge of the Government Prisons and Convict 
Establishments at Home, to the 31st day of March 

1851. 
Maintenance 29. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 


of Prisoners. 


tivethousand eight hundred and forty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
uecessary to defray, to the 31st day of March 1851, 





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the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, Lunatic Asylums, and the Expenses 
of the Removal of Convicts. 
30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Transporta- 








A. 1850. 





tion of Con- 


nine thousand two hundred and thirty pounds, be a. 


granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum ne- 
cessary to defray Expenses connected with the 
Transportation of Convicts, to the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Convict Esta- 
hundred thousand one hundred and _ forty-seven oe 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete ‘ —— 
the Sum necessary to defray the Expense of the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

The thirty first of the said Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The last of the said Resolutions, being read a se- 
cond time, was postponed. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
——- be taken into further consideration upon 

onday 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 repeal part of an Act of the fifteenth Fisheries Bill. 
year of King George the Third, for the Encourage- 
ment of the Fisheries carried on from Great Bri- 
tain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe, 
and for securing the Return of the Fishermen, Sailors 
and others employed in the said Fisheries, .to the 
Ports thereof, at the end of the Fishing Season, 
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 two Acts passed in the Poor Relief 
twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of Her Bill. . 
Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain 
Poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales 
upon the Common Fund, and to make certain 
Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(And whereas, by the aforesaid Acts hereby pro- 
posed to be continued, the relief, maintenance and 
burial of poor persons therein described is made 
a charge upon the common fund of the union in 
which such persons shall reside ; and whereas it is 
expedient that such poor persons should be sub- 
ject to all the provisions of the aforesaid Acts, so 
long as they shall continue to reside in the said 
union; Be it therefore Enacted, That the resi- 
dence of such poor persons within any union to 
which they shall become chargeable, shall be of 
equal and the same effect as if such persons had 
continued to reside within any single parish com- 
prised in such union):—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. 

A Clause (Providing for expense of collecting 
rates), was thrice read ; and added to the Billi. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Excise (Sugar and Licenses) Bill was, ac- Excise (Sugar 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- and Licenses) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Bi 
Monday next. 


resolved itself Equivalent | 


The House, according to Order, ompany Bill 


ivalent re / c 
ill ; 





into a Committee upon the Equi 











Navy Pay 
Bill. 


Collection of 
Fines, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Appointments 
to Offices, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Registrar of 
Judgments 
Office (Ire- 
land) [ Duties 
of Stamps, 
Compensa- 
tions and 
Salaries. } 


14 Vicroriz. 


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, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Navy Pay 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 Third 
Reading of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

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 Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committeé, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of imposing Duties of 
Stamps in lieu of the Fees now payable in the 
Office of Registrar of Judgments in Jreland, and 
of providing for the Compensations and Salaries 
payable in the said Office, in pursuance of any Act 
of the present Session, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Stamps following 
shall be charged for and in respect of the several 
instruments, matters and things herein mentioned, 
used, filed, registered, recorded or issued in the 
Office of Registrar of Judgments in Jre/and, in lieu 
of the Fees heretofore payable in the said Office, 


that is to say: 
&amp; d. 
On every Memorandum for the Registration of 
anv Judgment or Rule for Judgment, or for 
the Registration of any Decree, Order or 
Rule, according to the directions of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 90 - - 
On every Memorandum for the re-entry of 
any Judgment, Decree, Order or Rule, accord- 
ing to the provisions of the said Act 
On every Memorandum for the Registration of 
any Lis pendens, according to the provisions 
of the said Act oe ae 
On every Memorandum for the re-entry of any 
Lis pendens, according to the provisions of 
the said Act ae gee 
On every Memorandum for the Registration of 
any Recognizance, Bond, Judgment, or other 
obligation to the Crown, or of any Quietus 
thereof, according to the provisions of the said 
Act - ee ols nn 
On every Requisition for Liberty to search in 
the Books of the said Office, according to the 
wrovisions of the said Act, and without which 
equisition no such Search is to be permitted ; 
for each Person searched against - 
On every Memorandum for the Registration of 
the Satisfaction or Vacate of any Judgment, 
Crown Bond or Recognizance, Decree, Rule 
or Order, according to the provisions of the 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 120 - 
On every Requisition for Liberty to search the 
Books containing recorded Copies of the 
Negative Searches in the said Office, according 
to the provisions of the said Act, and without 
which Requisition no such Search is to be 
permitted ; for each Person searched against 
On every attested Copy of a Search recorded 
pursuant to the said Act, when such Copy 
shall not exceed three folios of seventy-two 
wo - - - &gt; - 
When such Copy shall exceed three folios, for 
every folio - . - - - - 


o 


to 


bo 


bo 


1 


4 





2. Resolved, That the Compensations which are 
chargeable on the Fees of the Office of Registrar 
of Judgments in Jreland, and the Salaries payable 


in the said office, shall be charged on the Consoli- 
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575 


dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
| tain and Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
| were agreed to. 

| Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com~ 
/mittee on the Registrar of Judgments Office (/re- 
| land) Bill, That they have power to make provision 
_ therein, pursuant to the said Resolutions. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registrar of 
mittee on the Registrar of Judgments Office (Jre- Judgments 
: ce (Ire- 
land) Bill ; = ‘ land) 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 Savings _ 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; cane a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Railways 
into consideration the Reasons offered by the Lords Abandonment 
at a Conference for disagreeing to one of the ~ 
Amendments made by this House to the Railways 
Abandonment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bills 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Friendly 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; Societies Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coroners’ Fees 
mittee on the Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill; Abolition Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third public 
Reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Libraries and 
Bill ; Museums Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jre/and) Bill ; Charities — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “##n4) Bill, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Tenant-right 
Reading of the Tenant Right (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Debtors and 
Creditors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill for the more effectual Prevention of yom a 
Cruelty to Animals in Scotland was, according to (scotland 
Order, read the third time. , ig om . 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brown do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Municipal 
Yorporations 
Treland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) ; 
(No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trustee Bill. 
mittee on the Trustee Bill; 
4p4 Resolved, 











































































576 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Benefices in 
Plurality Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bene- 
fices in Plurality Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time ; 
several of the said Amendments were agreed to; 
other Amendments were amended, and agreed to ; 
and other Amendments were disagreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, at a Confe- 
rence, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Mr. Frewen, Mr. Attorney-General, 
Mr. Sotheron, Mr Gladstone, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. 
Sidney Herbert and Mr. Stafford. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Engines for The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tirched) Bill into a Committee upon the Engines for taking Fish 
( (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. 


Australian 
Colonies consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
a ernment +o the Australian Colonies Government Bill ; 

. Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration upon Monday next. 


Metropolitan 
Interments 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Metro- 
politan Interments Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and 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. 

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Facto- 
ries Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


Factories Bill. 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | 


ships. 


Population The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Popu- | 


26°—27° Julti. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 


A. 1850. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Parliamentary 


| Lords to the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Ireland) Voter, &amp;. 


ne : : , Treland) Bill. 
Bilil be taken into consideration upon Tuesday ‘ , 


The House proceeded to take into consideration next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Vestries and 
Lords to the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill be Vestry Clerks 
: ‘ : Bill. 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits. 
an Account of the Quantities, in Proof Gallons, of 
British and Colonial Spirits on which Duty has been 
| paid for Home Consumption, distinguishing, in the 
case of British Spirits, whether made from Malt 
only, or from a mixture of Corn and Malt, or other 
Ingredients, with the Rates of Duty per Gallon, in- 
| cluding the Duty of Excise (so far as can be esti- 
|mated) on the materials used in making British 
Spirits, for each year from 1840 to 1849, buth inclu- 
|sive ; together with the Rates of Duty now exigible, 
and showing whether the respective Rates of Duty 
are payable on the newly-made Spirits, or on tie 
Quantity taken out of Warehouse for Consumption, 
| stating the Total Gallons of each different kind of 
Spirits, the Total of British Spirits, aud of British 
and Colonial, in each year. 


| 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits. 

Returns of the Quantity, in Gallons, of all Foreign 
and Colonial Spirits in Bonded Warehouses in Great 

| Britain and Ireland, on the 5th day of January 

(1845:—Of the Quantity taken out of Bonded 
Warehouses for Home Consumption, from the 5th 

day of January 1845 to the 5th dav of January 

| 1846 :—Of the Quantity in Gallons, Deficiency on 

such Foreign and Colonial Spirits taken out for 

|Home Consumption out of Bonded Warehouses, 

from the 5th day of January 1845 to the 5th day 

of January 1846 :—Like Return from the 5th day 

| of January 1846 to 5th day of January 1847 :— 

| Like Return from the 5th day of January 1847 to 

/5th day of January 1848 :—Like Return from the 

Sth day of January 1848 to 5th day of January 

| 1849 :—-And, like Return from the 5th day of Ja- 

| nuary 1849 to sth day of January 1850. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Municipal 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Munici- Corporatio 
| pal Corporations (Zreland) Bill; and the same were ao 
twice read, and agreed to. 
| Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
| House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
| their Lordships. 
| The House was moved, That the several Acts Customs. 





lation Bill; and the same was twice read, and |imposing Duties of Customs might be read; and 
agreed to. | the same being read ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this | next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by | said Acts. 
their Lordships. | 
} ‘ i Duke of 
Ordered, That the Amendments made by the | a ae rig see oom perenne Buckingham’s 
Lords to the Fees (Court of Common Pleas) Bill) Q;dered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- =*** B™ 
be — into consideration upon this day three | ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
months. 


Fees (Court 
of Common 
Pleas) Bill. 


| 
Fees (Court Crdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill! Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Mauritius. 
a. to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees re-| to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
Bill (No.2) ceivable by certain Officers in the Court of Common | to give directions that there be laid before this House, 


Pleas: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Attorney-| Copies or Extracts of further Correspondence with 


General do prepare, and bring it in. 


messentele The Order for reading the third time, upon Mon- 
Marine —_—- day next, at Twelve of the clock, the Mercantile 
(No. 2.) Bill. Marine (No. 2.) Bill was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


upon Monday next, at Five of the clock. 


the Governor of Mauritius, respecting the Trade 
and Finances of that Island (in continuation of the 
Address dated 28th July 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. 
Ordered, 

















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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Total Number of Paupers (In- 
door and Out-door) in receipt of Relief, on the 1st 
day of July 1849 and the 1st day of July 1850, in 
605 Unions and Parishes under Boards of Guar- 
dians in England and Wales :—And, showing the 
Number of Adult Able-bodied Paupers (Male and 
Female) in receipt of -Relief, on the 1st day of 
July 1849 and the 1st day of July 1850, in 605 
Unions and Parishes under Boards of Guardians, 
in England and Wales, exclusive of Vagrants ; and 
showing also the Increase or Decrease as compared 
with the former Periods. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





Paupers. 
No. 624. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Deanery of Saint Burian Division Bill, 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Coden, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Deanery of 
Saint Burian 
Division Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Common 


Pl as (No. 2.) Receipt and Amount of Fees receivable by certain 
ill. 


Officers in the Court of Common Pleas: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


No. 625. 


Duke of 
Cambridge’s, 


te. iy jesty to make a suitable Provision for his Royal 
Bi 


Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and also for 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


No. 626. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till Monday next. 








Lune, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Bridge across 
the River 
Clyde, opposite 
to South Port- 
tand-strect, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bridge 
across the River Clyde, opposite to South Portland- 
street, Laurieston, Glasgow Bill; and the same 


jo ihe were twice read, and agreed to. 
“sow Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
Houge hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 
Gorbals The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gravitation 
t , eee ; 
pata —" Gravitation Water Company Bill. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 18, 


20°—27°— 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to regulate the! 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to enable Her Ma- | 


29° Juli. 577 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chippindall’s 
Chippindall’s Divorce Bill, as amended in the Com- Divorce Bill. 
mittee; and the Amendment was read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill, as amended Temporary 
in the Committee. ape oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bowes’ Estate Bill was read a second time; and Bowes’ 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 





| The Deanery of Saint Burian Division Bill was, Deanery of 

according to Order, read a second time; and com- Saint Burian 

| mitted. Division Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Earl of Craven’s (or Sir John Johnstone's) gari of 


Estate Bill was read a second time; and com- Craven's 
mitted. (or Sir John 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- fare pill 
mittee of Selection. 





Sir Henry M. Vavasour’s Estate Bill was read a sir Henry M. 
second time ; and committed. Vavasour’s 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Estate Bill 
|mittee of Selection. 


| Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Medical 

Order, dated the 5th day of this instant July, for a Officers 
Return of the Number of Medical Officers (Staff A™5-) 
and Regimental) of the Army who have been killed No. 627 
during the late Wars, for which Honorary Rewards 

have been granted :—And, similar Return for the 
| Medical Officers of the East India Company’s 

Army. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

| Table; and be printed. 


Petitions from Kayne and Culsalmand ;—Cairnie 4 gricultural 
and Huntly ;—and, Drumblade; complaining of Distress. 


_ the distressed state of Agriculture; and praying 


_the House to adopt measures of relief,—were pre- 
‘sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


| A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and poer-houses. 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Menheniot, in 
the county of Cornwall, praying the House to adopt 
measures for diminishing the number of Beer- 

houses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

| lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Trustees ofthe Municipal Charities cya ritaie 
of the borough of Mardstone, praying that the Trusts Bill 
Charitable Trusts Bill may pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Giles Powell, Clerk, cjergymen. 
Vicar of Hillmorton, in the county of Warwick, ~ 
| praying the House to rescind the Rule or Order in 
‘the Journals of the House, whereby Clergymen in 
'Holy Orders are excluded from being admitted 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Gorba/s | Members of the House of Commons, was presented, 
'and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Thomas Hyde, of Ballinasloe, court of 


is to render the Clause consistent with the provi-| Proctor of the Diocesan Court for the Diocese of Prerogative _ 
sions of the Gorbals Gravitation Water Company | Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, praying that the Court (el24) Bill 


Act, 1846, which is incorporated in this Act, and to 
carry out the intention of this House) were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 
VoL. 105. 





of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, or that an amendment may be made therein, 


which would render the Petitioner eligible to ad- 


Mission as an Attorney of Her Majesty’s Court of 
| Prerogative, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 


4E 








Eke 


Cabbie An. tains tee 








Dog-carts. 


Friendly 


Societies Bill. 


Intoxicating 
Liquors, 


Inspection of 


Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Medical 
Officers 
(Navy.) 


Metropolitan 


Buildings Act 


National Land 


Company. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Criminal 
Trials, 





578 29° Julit. A. 1850. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Cuck- unnecessary, and productive of much evil; and 
field, in the county of Sussex, praying the House to praying that it may be exchanged for “ Do you plead 
prohibit the use of Carts drawn by Dogs, was pre- guilty?” or, ‘ Will youtake your trial?” was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the ig and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. Table. 
























































A Petition of Members of a Provident Society,| Petitions from the Rural Deanery of Moreton post-oftice. 
called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, ; Hampstead; — and, Wendover; praying for the 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table, Table. 
Petitions from Kington ;—and, Hatfield Peverel ; 
A Petition of Thomas W. Brown, praying the praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 
House to adopt measures to prohibit the opening of aboiition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,— 
Public-houses on the Lord’s Day, for the sale of were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Intoxicating Liquors, was presented, and read ; and | upon the Table. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Petitions from Honley ;—Jacobston ;—and, Maid- 
stone; praying the House not to rescind the Re- 
Petitions of David Chapman ;—John Houlds- solution for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
worth ; —Colin Dunlop and Company, of Clyde Post-office,—were also presented, and read; and 
Iron-works ; —John Wilson, Tron Master at Dun- ordered to lie upon the Table. 
dyvan ;—James Baird;—John Wilson ;— William 
Murray; —and, Merry and Cunninghame, Iron; A Petition of Members of the ‘Dublin Protestant Roman 
Masters at Cairnbroe and Glengarnock ; peeping | Aascemntion, and other Protestant Inhabitants of Catholic 
that the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill may not pass | Dublin, praying the House to withdraw all manner «lision. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered | of support, sanction and encouragement from the 
to lie upon the Table. | Roman Catholic Religion at home and abroad, was 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General | Table. 
Practitioners in Doncaster and its neighbourhood, 
praying the House to adopt measures for improving; A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Savings | 
the position of the Assistant Surgeons of the Royal| Wrexham Savings Bank, praying that the Savings Banks Bill 
Navy, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie} Banks Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
upon the Table. ahd read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Claro 
A Petition of Donald Grant, on the retired pay | Savings Bank established at Knaresborough, in the 
of Her Majesty’s Ordnance Department, Esquire, | county of York, praying that the said Bill may not 
residing at Greenwich, complaining that a case of | pass into a law, asit now stands, was also presented, 
extreme hardship has been inflicted on him during | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
the last six years, arising out of the mode adopted 
by the Official Referees in carrying out an Act A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others of Steam Com- 
passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign | the city of Glasgow, interested in the welfare of the munication . 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for re- | Australian Colonies and New Zealand, praying the — a 
gulating the Construction and Uses of Buildings in| House to adopt measures for approximating the 
the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood,” whereby | Australian Colonies and New Zealand to the mother 
certain letters patent granted to him for his im-! country by means of steam, was presented, and 
proved system of combustion of coal gas for illu-{ read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
minating and other purposes, have been abrogated 
and nullified by the provisions of the said Act,| A Petition of Charles William Dunford, News sunday 
which Act was passed four months subsequent to | Agent, of High-street, Notting Hill, Kensington, Trading t*- 
the date of the Petitioner’s patent; and praying for | praying that the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill a 
redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered to| may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
lie upon the Table. and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Holders of allotments in the Na-| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from viscount 
tional Land Company, complaining of the conduct Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ——— 
of Feargus O’ Connor, Esquire, Member for the town | Private Bills ; That in the case of Viscount Midle- soeenetenas 
of Nottingham, in relation to that Company; and |ton’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are ap- - 
praying for inquiry, being offered to be presented : plicable. 

—And Mr. Feargus O’Connor being in his place, | 
the said Petition was brought up, and read. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bishop of Lom 

Mr. Feargus O’ Connor was heard in explanation | Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ‘aain — 
of the case. | Private Bills; That in the case of the Bishop of jyiel's church, 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the London’s Estate (Saint Gabriel's Church, Pimlico) Pimlico) Bill. 
Table. | Bill, the Standing Orders have been confplied 

| with. 

Petitions from the Reverend John Templer;— 
Menheniot ;—Padstow ;—Settle ;— North Marston; 
—Ashtead ;—Hichling;--Snainton ;—Horsmonden; Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
— Willoughby ;—Astley ;—Kilworth ;— Nayland ;— | Private Bills; That in the case of the Trinity College 
Wickham Skeith ;--and, Hepworth ; praying that the (Dubéin) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into | complied with, as the said Bill relates to Corporation 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to property, or property held in trast for public pur- 
lie upon the Table, | poses, but notices of the intended application to 

| Parliament have not been published in the months 

A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy and other In- | of October and November last, or either of them, in 
habitants of the county and city of Hereford, stating the Dublin Gazette, nor in any newspaper pub- 
that the present mode of arrainging prisoners in lished in Dubdin, at least three times in the week ; 
our Courts of Justice, by obliging them to plead nor has any notice in writing of such application 


Guilty or Not Guilty, is, they conceive, inconvenient, been given to the lessees or reputed lessees of such 
property, 





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Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from are Bill 





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property, holding leases granted for a life or lives 
(if any) or for any term of twenty-one years or 
upwards. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


NewChurches” Ordered, That the Paper relative to NewChurches, 
No. 628. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
Lunatic Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunatic 
Asylums. Asyiums, which was presented upon Friday last, be 

No. 629. printed. 
Grand sien. 3 Ordered, That the Return relative to Grand Jury 
ary * Presentments (Ireland), which was presented upon 
“No. 630. Friday last, be printed. 
Regium Ordered, That the Return relative to Regium 
Donum. : Donum, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No. 631. 


printed. 
Baron Lionel 


20° Sulit. 


579 


“ 


quested to be sworn on the Old Testament (being 
the form whick he has declared at the Table to 
be most binding on his conscience), the Clerk be 
directed to swear him on the Old Testament ac- 
cordingly,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day, at Five of the clock. 


“ 


“é 
“cc 


“ 


The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the Sheriffs and 
directions of an Act of Parliament,— Copy of War- Sheriff Clerks 
rant granting Compensation for loss of Fees to Scand) 
certain Sheriffs and Sheriff Clerks in Scotland, for the 
year from 15th November 1847 to 15th November 
1848. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 





| 
| 


ln 

Ordered, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths- | lable. 
child, one of the Members for the city of London, | 
having demanded to be sworn on the Old Testament, | 






Nathan de 


Rothe. A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 


Message from 


be called to the Table and that Mr. Speaker do ask 
him why he has demanded to be sworn in that 
form. 

Whereupon Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild 
having come to the Table, was asked by Mr. 
Speaker :— 

“ Baron de Rothschild, you have demanded to be 
sworn on the Old Testament, and I am directed by 
the House to ask you why you have demanded to 
be sworn in that form ?” 

To which Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild 
replied ;— 

“ Because that is the form of swearing that 
I declare to be most binding on my conscience :”— 
' And then Mr. Speaker directed him to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


| the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
‘ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
| A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue the Exemp- Stock in Trade 
tion of Inhabitants from Liability to be rated as Bill 
| such in respect of Stock in ‘Trade or other Property 
to the Relief of the Poor: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray the Charge of Militia Pay 
the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Ex- Pil 
penses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain 
and Ireland, to grant Allowances, in certain cases, 
to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quar- 
termasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to 
authorize the Employment of the Non-Commis- 
sioned Officers: And also, 








posed, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Peterborough 
be called to the Table, and that Mr. Speaker do ask | Act for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing von 


for an answer to the Question already put to him | and otherwise regulating and improving the City Cemetery, 









by the Officer of the House, what Oath he claims 
to take, the Roman Catholic or the Protestant 
Oath :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild be 
called to the Table, and that Mr. Speaker do put to 
him the following Question :—~Are you willing to be 
sworn to the Oaths required of a Member by Act 
of Parliament before he takes his Seat ? 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to tne old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Stuart Wortley, lios 

Yeas, \ Sir John Yarde Buller: {~~~ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wood, 71 

Noes, Mr. John Abel Smith: ro 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Baron Lionel 


Nathan de 
Rothschild. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


the existence of a Legislature in England, no man 
was ever admitted to take any part therein except 
under the sanction of a Christian Oath ; and that 
the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild having re- 
quested to take the Oaths on the Old Testament, 
and having, in consequence, been directed by Mr. 
Speaker to withdraw while the House deliberated, 
this House refuses to alter the form of taking the 
Oaths ; ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by ieaving out from the first word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words ‘* Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
“ one of the Members for the City of Zondon, hav- 
“ ing presented himself at the Table of the House, 
** amd having, previously to taking the Oaths, re- 

VoL, 105. 


upon Friday last, That from the earliest times of 


and Township of Peterborough, in the ‘Liberty of &amp;c. Bill. 
Peterborough, in the County of Northampton, and 
for establishing a Cemetery therein, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 


| ger withdrew. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
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 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 and Private Bills 
| therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 
An Act to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Court of See- 
Session in Scotland: oo (Scotland) 
An Act for the farther Extension of Summary Larceny 
Jurisdiction in cases of Larceny : were 
Bill. 
An Act to render valid certain Marriages solem- Upton-cum- 
nized in the new Church at Upton-cum-Chalvey, in Chalvey 


; , oom Marriages 
the County of Buckingham and Diocese of Ozford : Validity Bill 


An Act to regulate the Disposition of the. Naval Navai Prize 
Prize Balance: Baiance Bill. 
An Act for the better Government of Convict Convict _ 
Prisons: Prisous Bill. 


An 





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580 


Population An Act for taking an Account of the Population 
(Ireland) Bill. of Jreland : 

Linen, &amp;e. An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, 
Manufactures q in D : 

(Ireland) Bill. Hempen and other Manufactures in Lreland 
Incorporation An Act to confirm the Incorporation of certain 
pte eel Boroughs, and to provide for the Payment of the 


(No. 2.) Bill. Expenses of the Incorporation of new Boroughs : 


Loan Societies An Act to continue an Act to amend the Laws 


Bill. relating to Loan Societies : 
Ecclesiastical © An Act for further continuing certain temporary 
— Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in 
England : 
Militia Ballots An Act to suspend the making of Lists, and the 
— Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United 
- Kingdom : 
oe of An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings 
(Osuntr Pale of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine 


tine of Lan- of Lancaster : 


caster) Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Division of the Parish 
of Manchester into several Parishes, and for the 
Application of the Revenues of the Collegiate and 
Parish Church, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for the Transfer of the Equitable Juris- 
diction of the Court of Exchequer to the Court of 
Chancery in /reland: 

An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, 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 : 

An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants 


Manchester 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Stock in Trade 


Bill. from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock 
in Trade, or other Property, to the Relief of the 
Poor: 

Shipwrecked | An Act to incorporate the Members of the Ship- 

Fishermen 


wrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent 
Society, and to enable them better to carry into 
effect their Charitable Designs: 


and Mariners’ 
Benevolent 
Society Bill. 

An Act to extend the Powers of the Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company, and to 
amend Acts relating to their Railway : 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 
Wolverhamp- An Act to extend the Wolverhampton Waterworks, 
ton Water- 


and to amend the Act relating thereto: 
works Act ” 
(Amendment and Extension of Works) Bill. 
British Elec- 


tric Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


An Act for forming and regulating the British 
Electric Telegraph Company, and to enable the 
said Company to work certain Letters Patent : 

An Act to extend the Time limited by “ the Liver- 
pool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847,” for pur- 
chasing Lands, and constructing the Works autho- 
rized by such Act, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to extend the Powers of the Dundalk 
and Enniskillen Railway Company, for the Purchase 
of Lands and Completion of Works on part of their 
Railway, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the Bo- 
aon i ad rough of Sa/ford, and for the further Improvement 
Improvement Of the said Borough : 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Borough of 


Bill. 

Bradford An Act for repealing an Act relating to the Bo- 
improvement, rough of Bradford, in the County of York, and for 
-oiice and 7 


29° Juliz. 





A. 1850. 


the Poplar Gas Light Company to the Commercial 

Gas Company, and for the Dissolution of the Pop- 

lar Gas Light Company : 

An Act for enabling the Aberdeen Railway Com- Aberdeen — 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter Railway Bill. 
their Station, and the Levels of their Railway at _ 

and near Aberdeen, for repealing “the Great North 

of Scotland Railway Act, 1847,” for altering, amend- 

ing and extending the Acts relating to the Aberdeen 

Railway, and for other Purposes : 

An Act for continuing the Term of the Cromford Cromford and 


and Newhaven Turnpike-road Act, and for other Fewhaven 


ike. 
Purposes : + ee road 


An Act for more effectually repairing and improv- Rochdale, 
ing the Road from Rochdale, through Bamford and trough Bam- 
5 - ford and Birtle, 
Birtle, to Bury, and several other Roads therein to Bury, and 
mentioned, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster : other Turn. 
oo 
ill, 


An Act for repairing the Road leading from a Surrey and 
certain Point in the Kennington-road, in the Parish Sussex Roads 
of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, am. 

to Highgate, in the County of Sussex, and thence 

to Witchcross,’ in the same County, and several 

other Roads therein mentioned : 

An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Lancashire Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway Company, and to amend ae Rag 
the Acts relating to their Undertakings : a 

An Act for continuing the Grodstone and High- Godstone 
gate Turnpike Trust for a limited Period, for the = Highgate 
purpose of paying off the Mortgage Debt: na 

An Act to enable the Midland Great Western midlana 
Railway of Ireland Company to make certain De- a 
viations in the Line of their Railway, and for other 009 Bin, 
Purposes : 


An Act for extending and amending the Powers Timber 
of the Timber Preserving Company’s Acts, and to Aart 
enable the Company to buy, improve and sell Sub- CO™P2”y Bill. 
stances to be preserved, and to work Mills and 
Machinery : 

An Act for confirming and carrying into effect Earl of 
an Exchange heretofore made or attempted to be Shrewsbury’s 
made between the Right honourable George late = 
Earl of Shrewsbury and John Grace, of Whitby, in Estate Bill. 
the County of Chester, deceased : 

An Act for confirming certain Leases granted by Saint Thomas's 
the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the Hospital 
City of London, Governors of the Possessions, Re- a 
venues and Goods of the Hospital of Edward, late 
King of England the Sixth, of Saint Thomas-the- 

Apostle, commonly called Saint Thomas's Hospital, 
and for enabling them to grant Building and other 
Leases of their Estates. 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called Lighthouses. 
in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Return of the 
Receipt and Application of all Monies received as 
Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c. in the year ending 31st 
December 1848, by the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond. ; 
An Account of the Receipt and Appropriation of Pilotage. 
the Pilots’ Fund of the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond, distmguishing the seve- 
ral sources of Income and Heads of Expenditure, 
in the year ending 31st December 1849 :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 





better paving, lighting, watching, draining and 
otherwise improving the said Borough, and for the 
better Regulation and Management thereof : 


Purchase and 
Closing of 
Bradford 
Canal Bill. 


Newcastle- 


An Act for extending and amending the Acts for 
upon-Tyne y 


regulating and improving the Borough of Newcastle- 
Improvement ~ ” 


(Amendment “P0M- Tyne : 
of Acts and New Streets) Bill. 


Commercial An Act for confirming an Agreement for the Sale 
Gas Company of the Freehold and Leasehold Hereditaments and 
and Poplar 
Gas Light 
Company Bill. 





| Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Prison | 
to inquire into the Rules and Discipline established Piscipline- 
|with regard to the treatment of Prisoners in Gaols No. 632. 
and Houses of Correction in England and Wales, 
and into any Improvement which can be made 
therein, have Power to report their Observations 
and Opinion thereupon to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Mr. Edmund Denison reported from the said Select’ 





Premises, Works, Property, Gear and Fixtures of | Committee; That they had considered the matters to’ 


them 








29° 


14 Vicroriz. 


them referred ; and had agreed to a Report and 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them; and the Resolutions 
of the Committee are as follow: 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee,-— 

1. That many Prisons have been rebuilt or ma- 
terially altered since 1835, by which uniformity of 
construction has been extensively promoted, and 
that the internal discipline of Prisons has been ma- 
terially improved, but that great variety of construc- 
tion and discipline still exists. 

2. That this Committee concurs in the opinion 
expressed by former Committees of both Houses of 
Parliament, that such variety is a great evil; and 
considers it desirable that the Legislature should 
entrust increased powers to some central authority, 
of enforcing uniform adherence to rules laid down 
from time to time by Parliament in these respects. 

3. That such increased powers would be best 
exercised by a Board, subject to the authority of 
the Secretary of State. 

4. That this Committee also concurs in the 
opinion expressed by a Committee of the House of 
Lords in 1835, that entire separation, except during 
the hours of labour and of religious worship and 
instruction, is absolutely necessary for preventing 
contamination, and for securing a proper system of 
prison discipline ; and this Committee is of opinion 
that, with this view, every prison ought to contain 
such a number of cells as would enable each pri- 
soner to be kept separate, by day as well as by 
night, both before and after trial. 

5. That where it may be necessary to bring pri- 
soners together during the hours of labour, instruc- 
tion and divine worship, effectual means ought to 
be taken to prevent any intercourse between such 
prisoners. 

6. That individual separation of prisoners, termed 
“the separate system” of imprisonment, contem- 
plated in the 2 and 3 Vic. c. 56, has been adopted 
in Pentonville Prison, and in many County and 
Borough Prisons. 

7. That this Committee has received much Evi- 
dence both as to the mode of applying this system, 
and as to its results, 

8. That this Committee regrets to have found a 
want of uniformity in some important particulars in 
the mode of applying this system in different prisons, 
which they think ought to be remedied. 

9. That, while the Evidence as to the results of 
the system is in some respects conflicting, the great 
preponderance of Evidence, including that of almost 
all the visiting justices and officers of the prisons 
in which it has been in operation, and who have 
been examined by this Committee, is highly favour- 
able to it, and this Committee is of opinion that if 
conducted under proper regulations and control, 
separate confinement is more efficient than any 
other system which has been yet tried, both in de- 
terring from crime, and in promoting reformation. 

10. That individual separation ought to be ap- 
plied to all prisoners before trial, as it is essential 
in an especial degree that such prisoners should be 
secured from all intercourse with other prisoners, 
and the only mode by which this object can be pro- 
perly attained is by their individual separation, 
under such modifications as are consistent with due 
consideration of the fact that they are committed 
for safe custody, and not for punishment. 

11. That individual separation ought to be con- 
tinuously applied to all prisoners under all sentences 
of imprisonment, not exceeding three months, and not 
being subject to physical or mental disqualification. 

12. That it ought also to be applied to prisoners 
under long sentences, during the earlier period of 
their imprisonment, but this Committee does not 
recommend that it should in ordinary cases be en- 
forced for a longer period than twelve months. 

VoL. 105. 





Juliz. 581 


13. That hard labour is not incompatible with 
individual separation, and that where they have 
been tried in combination, as in the county prison 
at Leicester, the effect has been remarkable in the 
decrease of the number of committals, especially 
under the Vagrant and Malicious Trespass Acts. 

14, That after prisoners under long sentences 
have undergone a period of separate confinement, 
the remainder of their sentences ought to be passed 
under a system of combined labour, with effectual 
precautions against intercourse. 

15. That this object would be greatly faciiitated 
by the erection of district prisons, at the national 
cost, for the reception of prisoners under long sen- 
tences, after they have undergone such previous 
separate confinement. 

16. That such district prisons should be main- 
tained at the national cost, and the government of 
such prisons, and all appointments and salaries of 
officers, ought to be under the control of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government. 





17. That if this plan were adopted an alteration 
of the law might, in the opinion of this Committee, 
be usefuliy made, in order to substitute, in many 
cases, for short terms of transportation, longer terms 
of imprisonment than are now sanctioned by law. 

18. That this Committee does not feel justified, 
without longer time for the consideration of such 
extensive details, in attempting to pronounce a 
definite opinion upon the plan which has been sub- 
mitted to them, with much ability and laudable 
exertion, by Mr. Pearson ; but they consider that 
plan to be entitled to serious consideration by any 
department of Her Majesty’s Government to which 
the regulation of Prisons may be entrusted, and 


especially in connexion with the recommendation 
for the establishment of District Prisons. 

19. That the Committee concurs with some of 
the most experienced witnesses they have examined, 
in the opinion that a great majority of convicted 
prisoners are open to the same good motives and 
good impulses which influence other human beings, 
and therefore that a system of encouragement to 
good conduct and endeavours to inspire feelings of 
self-respect, self-reliance and hopefulness for the 
future, which have been tried in some of our largest 
establishments, ought to be adopted, so far as it 
is practicable, without impairing the penal and 
deterring character essential to any system of im- 
prisonment. 

20. That in regard to some of the details of dis- 
cipline which have been brought before them, this 
Committee recommends that the means of lighting 
every cell, except cells for an infraction of prison 
rules, ought to be provided in every prison, and 
that no prisoner ought to be left in darkness for more 
than a maximum time which can be required for 
rest, viz. eight hours. 

21. That the diet should invariably be kept as 
low as is consistent with the health of the prisoners. 

22. That no more artificial warmth should be 
introduced in prison cells than is absolutely requisite 
for the preservation of health. 

23. That while it is desirable to prevent the con- 
sequences arising from the mutual recognition of 
prisoners, this Committee does not think it expe- 
dient to recommend the adoption of any general 
rule in that regard. 

24, That under any system of discipline the best 
practicable arrangements should be made for the 
instruction of all prisoners in their religious and 
moral duties. 

25. That provision ought to be made in every 
prison for enforcing sentences of imprisonment with 
hard labour. 

26. That the discipline in respect of prisoners 
confined for debt requires amendment. 

27. That on the interesting question of what 
system of prison discipline is best adapted to 





juvenile offenders, this Committee has not received 
4E3 sufficient 








582 


sufficient Evidence to enable them to offer distinct 
recommendations; but they are of opinion that 
a larger amount of industria] training and refor- 
matory discipline may advantageously be adopted 
in their case than in that of ordinary criminals. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixty-cighth 
Report. ) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this in- 
stant July; and had directed him to makea Re- 
port thereof to the House. 


29° Juliz. 





A. 1850. 


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 Com- 
mittee of Selection; together with the Names of 
the Selected Members who served on each Com- 
mittee ; the first and also the last day of the sitting 
of each Coinmittee ; the Number of days on which 
each Committee sat; the Number of days on which 
each Selected Member has served; the Bills the 
Preamble of which was reported to have been 
proved ; the Bills the Preamble of which was re- 
| ported to have been not proved; the Bills referred 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; back to the Committee of Selection, as having be- 


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, Copies of all Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Government and the East India Com- 
pany; also, between Her Majesty’s Government 
and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company, or the Court of Directors and that Com- 
pany, regarding the establishment of, or the mode 
of conducting Steam Communication between Suez 
and Bombay, or between Suez and Calcutta or Ceylon 
and Hong Kong, and with the Australian 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. 


Steam Com- 
munication 
between Sucz 
and Bombay, 
&amp;c. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches or Letters 


Cape Coast 
Castle. 


/come unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
co ggeer with by the parties:—Of all the Railway 

ills which, in the present Session, have been 
treated as Opposed Bills; specifying those Bills 
which have been classified in Groups by the Com- 


‘| mittee of Selection ; together with the Names of 


the Selected Members who served on each Com- 
mittee ; the first, and also the last day of 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 the 
Preamble of which was reported to have been 
proved ; the Bills the Preamble of which was re- 
ported to have been not proved; the Bills referred 
back to the Committee of Selection as having be- 
come unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
proceeded 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, together with the 
, Names of the Members who served on each Com- 





addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, | mittee; the Number of days on which each Com- 
by the Governor or Acting Governor of Cape Coast | mittee sat; and the Number of days on which each 
Castle, and received since the 17th day of July | Member attended :—And, of all the Railway Bills, 
1849, relating to the case of Rubert Erskine :—And, | which, being unopposed, have been referred in the 
of the Correspondence between the Colonial Office | present Session to the Chairman of the Committee 
and the Aborigines Protection Society, on the same |of Ways and Means; together with the Names of 


subject. 


‘the Members who served on® each Committee ; the 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | Number of days on which each Committee sat ; and 


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 Consuls-General, Consuls, 
and Vice-Consuls, distinguishing those who are 
paid in whole or in part by Fees, those who are per- 
mitted to trade, those who discharge the duties of 
Political Agent, with a statement of the Emolu- 
ments of each, the sources from which they are de- 
rived, and of the disposal of any Fees which do 
not form a part of those Emoluments. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Consuls. 


Committeeson The Order made upon the 2d day of this instant 

Private Bills. July, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Committees on Private Bills, op- 
posed and unopposed, during the present Session, 
with the names of the Members on each Committee, 
and the Number of days on which each Member 
attended, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in 1850, classed according to the following 
subjects :—Railways, Roads and Bridges; Water- 
works; Ports, Piers, Harbours, and Docks; Ca- 
nals and Navigations; Churches, Chapels, and 
Burying Grounds; Paving, Lighting, and Impro- 
ving; Gaols and other County Buildings ; Inclo- 


Private Bills. 


sures; Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills and 





the Number of days on which each Member at- 
tended. 





Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s Trade and 
Command,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
gation, Month ended 5th July 1850 and Six months 
ended the 5th July 1850. 

. Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
‘able, 


Mr. Bouverie presented,— Return to an Address Benefices. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of May last, for 
Returns of all Benefices coming within the pro- 
visions of the 19th Clause of the Ecclesiastical 
Commission Bill, now before Parliament, and de- 
scribed as annexed, or that have long been accus- 
tomably held with the several Sees of Gloucester 
and Bristol, Oxford and Peterborough, stating the 
Annual Value of each Benefice, and the Amount of 
all Charges thereupon and outgoings therefrom, 
including the Amount of Stipend paid to any Curate 
or Curates employed in each case by the Bishop: 
—From each Railway Company, of all Lands pur- 
chased from Estates in the hands of Dignitaries of 
the Church, specifying the Locality, the Amount of 
Land taken, the Price paid, to whom paid, and the 
date of Payment :—And, of all Payments that have 
been made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to 
any Archbishop or Bishop, out of the Episcopal 
Fund, stating what other Benefice or Preferment is 
held by the Archbishop or Bishop to whom the 
payment has been made, and the Annual Value of 
such Benefice or Preferment. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of this outrages 
instant July, for a Return of the Number of Out- (Ireland.) 
rages reported by the Constabulary in Jredand a 

e 


























Municipal 
Boroughs 
(Ireland. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Queen’s 
Message 
respecting 
Marlborough 
House, 


Supply. 


Supply. 


Supply 
[26 July.] 


Ways and 
Means, 


Duke of 
Cambridge’s, 
&amp;e. Annuity 
Bill. 


Navy Pa 
Bill. ’ 


Equivalent 
Company Bill. 


Excise (Sugar 
and Licenses) 
Bill. 


Customs, 








14 Vicroriz. 99° Juliz. 583 


the periods of Six months, ending respectively the! The Order of the day being read, for the Second Municipal 
30th day of June 1848, 31st day of December Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Gndeaiy 
1848, 30th day of June 1849, 31st day of Decem- (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 
ber 1849, and 30th day of June 1850, classified under Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
the following heads :—1. Homicide; 2. Attempts after the other Orders ef the day. 
at Homicide by firing at Persons; 3. Robberies of 
Arms; 4. Firing into House ; aud, 5. Incendiarism. The Order of the day being read, for taking into Australian 
Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- consideration the Amendments made by the Lords — . 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Abstract of to the Australian Colonies Government Bill ; a 
Statements of Monies received and expended on| Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
account of certain Boroughs in Zre/and. into consideration after the other Orders of the day. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. | _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second Improvement 
| Reading of the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) (Ireland) Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Third | Bill ; 
Reading of the Mercantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time/ after the other Orders of the day. 
after the other Orders of the day. ; 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
The Order of the day being read, for the House | mittee on the Court of Prerogative (Zreland) Bill ; Prerogative 


to resolve itself into a Committee to take into con-| _ Ltesolved, That this House will, after the other (ireland) Bill, 
sideration Her Majesty’s Most gracious Message of, Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
Friday last ; | mittee, 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com-| The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chief Justices? 
mittee, consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as Salaries Bill. 

/ amended in the Committee ; 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-! Ordered, That the said Bill be taken into con- 
mittee of Supply ; | sideration after the other Orders of the day. 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other | 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee. ‘mittee the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland ) Bill. 

| Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving | Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


the Report from the Committee of Supply ; | mittee. 
Ordered, That the Report be received after the | 
other Orders of the day. | The Order of the day being read, for the Second tspection of 
| Reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill ; Coal Mines 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time = 
consideration the last of the Resolutions which, | after the other Orders of the day. 
upon Friday last, were reported from the Committee | 
of Supply, and which Resolution was then post-| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pnion of 
oned ; | mittee on the Union of Liberties with Counties Bill ; Liberties with 
Ordered That the said Resolution be taken into| Resolved, That this House will, after the other Coutes Bill. 
further consideration after the other Orders of the Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
day. | mittee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Landlord 
mittee of Ways and Means; Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill ; yay 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other; Ordered, That the Bill be read a second eee cee eee 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com-/ after the other Orders of the day. 
mittee. 
| The Order ef the day being read, for the Com- Administra. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second | mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice tion of Cri- 


Reading of the Duke of Cambridge's, &amp;c. Annuity | Improvement Bill ; | eter 





Bill; | Resolved, That this House will, after the other Bij), 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

after the other Orders of the day, mittee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Third! he Order of the day being read, for the Com- Fees (Court 

Reading of the Navy Pay Bill ; ; mittee on the Fees (Court of Chancery) Bill; of Chancery) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time} Resolved, That this House will, after the other om. 

after the other Orders of the day. , Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | mittee, 


consideration the Equivalent Company Dill ; The Order of the day being read, for the Second Incumbered 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- : “11, Estates 
tion after the other Orders of the day. er = mi ~y age — yim (Ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com. | @fter the other Orders of the day. 


mittee on the Excise (Sugar and Licenses) Bill: : 
Resolved, That — Sees will, after Je other, _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second Masters’ 


— itself i _| Reading of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity Bill ; Jurisdiction. 
a of the day, resolve itself into the said Com | Ordered, That the Bill be rea ps pa is 4 time @ ty Bill, 
| after the other Orders of the day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the seve-/ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Compound 
ral Acts imposing Duties of Customs ; | mittee on the Compound Householders Bill ; —_ 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other Or-| Resolved, That this House will, after the other ~ 
ders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com-! Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee, | mittee, , 
Vow. 105, 4E4 The 














584 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Commons Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ag (ireland) Reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Jreland) Bill ; 
” Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Assizes The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Assizes (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Crime and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Outrage Act Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Jreland) 
(Ireland) Con- 


Continuance Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a sécond time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


tinuance Bill. 


Engines for The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Cirelsesd) Bill consideration the Engines for taking Fish (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion after the other Orders of the day. 


Collection of | The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
(irelgod) Bill i of the Collection of Fines, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registrar of Judgments Office (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Registrar of 
Judgments 
Office (Ire- 
land) Bill . 


Coroners’ Fees The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Abolition Bill. mittee on the Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
: Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Public The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

Libraries and Reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; 

ene Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenant-right | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Tenant-right (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Debtors and 
Creditors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Trustee Bil. | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Trustee Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Vestries and 


Vesiry Clerks consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the other Orcers of the 
day. 


Bill. 





29° Julii. 





A, 1850. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fees (Court 
of Common 


Pl pa 
_ 2.) 


Reading of the Fees (Court of Common Pleas 
(No. 2.) 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 resuming Baron Lionel 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was this day een to be made to the Question 
proposed upon Friday last, That from the earliest 


| times of the existence of a Legislature in England, 


no man was ever admitted to take any part therein 
except under the sanction of a Christian Oath ; and 
that the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild having 
requested to take the Oaths on the Old Testament, 
and having, in consequence, been directed by Mr. 
Speaker to withdraw while the House deliberated, 
this House refuses to alter the form of taking the 
Oaths ; and which Amendment was, to leave out 
from the first word “ That” to the end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ Baron Lionel 
“ Nathan de Rothschild, one of the Members for 
“ the City of London, having presented himself 
“ at the Table of the House, and having, previously 
“ to taking the Oaths, requested to be sworn on the 
“ Old Testament, (being the form which he has 
“ declared at the Table to be most binding on his 
“* conscience), the Clerk be directed to swear him 
“on the Old Testament accordingly,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words ‘proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one. of the 
“ Members for the City of London, having presented 
‘ himself at the Table of the House, and having, 
“* previously to taking the Oaths, requested to be 
“ sworn on the Old Testament (being the form 
“ which he has declared at the Table to be most 
“ binding on his conscience), the Clerk be directed 
“ to swear him on the Old Testament accordingly,” 
be added, instead thereof :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 
That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the 
Members for the City of London, having presented 
himself at the Table of the House, and having, 
previously to taking the Oaths, requested to be 
sworn on the Old Testament (being the form which 
he has declared at the Table to be most binding on 
his conscience), the Clerk be directed to swear him 
on the Old Testament accordingly ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


n 


Tellers for the f Mr. John Abel Smith, 1415 
Yeas, \ Mr. Wood: Sr 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Beresford, } 59 
Noes, Mr. Spooner : i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Bill for improving the Condition of Masters, 
Mates and Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in 
the Merchant Service, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(And be it Enacted, That so much of the General 
Seamen’s Act, contained in Sections 50 and 51, 
7 and 8 Vic. c. 112, as relates to seamen entering 
on bvard a ship of war, shall be repealed ; and 
that if any seaman, after signing the agreement as 
hereinbefore required, or any apprentice, wilfully 
neglects or refuses to join his ship, or deserts, and 
then or afterwards is found or arrives at atty place 


Nathan de 
Rothschild. 


Mercantile 
Marine 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


in which there is a Court or Justice capable of 





exercising 

















14 Vicroriz. 


exercising jurisdiction under this Act, he shall, on 

due proof of the offence, and when practicable of a 

proper entry thereof in the official log-book, be | 
summarily punished by forfeiture of wages, and | 
imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve | 
weeks, with or without hard labour, at the discretion 

of the Court or Justice inflicting the same): 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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to take into consideration Her 
Majesty’s Most gracious Message of Friday last. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question put, That it is ex- 
pedient to enable Her Majesty to settle Mar/- 
borough House on his Royal Highness Albert 
Edward Prince of Wales, during the joint lives of 
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and to pro- 
vide suitable coach-houses and stables for the same, 
out of the Land Revenues of the Crown ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Yeas, eg sat Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes, {mae aes 


Resolution to be reported. 


68. 


Sas 





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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
chequer or remaining to be raised on the 5th day 
of July 1850, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1848 and 
1849, which was presented upon the i2th day of 
this instant July, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required 
to be voted for the purpose of defraying the Ex- 
pense of erecting a Monument to the Memory of 
the late Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of this in- 
stant July, be referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
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 orderto add the words “an 
“‘ humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, pray- 
“ ing that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to 
“« direct the Attorney-General to give his sanction to 
“ the filing of the proposed information for an in- 
“¢ junction to restrain the erection of any buildings 
“in any part of Hyde Park for the intended Ex- 
“« hibition of 1851,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair: — The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and thirty-one 
VoL, 105. 


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585 


thousand two hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Half-pay 
to Officers of the Navy and of the Royal Marines, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and 
twenty-eight thousand two hundred and six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Half-pay to Officers of the Navy and cf the 
Royal Marines, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1851; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {aa yee ; ; 72 
Tellers for the Noes, {oe eg soabd Hill: }2s. 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred 
and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and. six 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Half-pay to Officers of the Navy and 
of the Royal Marines, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1851. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and ninety thousand three hundred and — and 


forty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, ‘not exceeding One Civil Pensions 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand and eighty-six and Allow- 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Freight of 
hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred Ships, &amp;c. 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for the Freight 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 1851. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Arctie Expe- 
one thousand one hundred and thirty-one pounds, dition, &amp;c. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Extra Pay and Warm Clothing for the Seamen 
and Marines employed in the Arctic Searching 
Expedition under Captain Austin, and for Compen- 
sation in lieu of Spirits to Warrant and Petty 
Officers, Seamen and Mariners in the Fleet, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Arctic Expe- 
thousand, four hundred and eighty pounds, be ditions 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Extra Provisions for the Crews of the Ships em- 
ployed in the Searching Expeditions under the 
Command of Captain Austin and Captain Penny. 


7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Excess of 
a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and eleven } a Expen- 


thousand one hundred and fifty-nine pounds, three 
shillings and seven pence, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Excess of the Naval Expendi- 
ture beyond the Grants for the year ended on the 
31st day of March 1849. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and eighty-one thousand six hundred and twenty- 
five pounds, three shillings and seven pence, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the 
year ended on the 31st day of March 1849. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

4F 


Original 





Post-office 
Packet 
Service, 


Commissariat 
Department. 


Monument to 
Sir Robert 
Peel. 


Civil Contin- 
gencies, 


Supply ; 


Charge for 
Land Ferces, 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;e. 


5 


86 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and sixty-four 
thousand two hundred and thirty-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 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred 
and fourteen thousand two hundred and thirty-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 onthe 31st day of March 1851. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


9. Resulved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and fifty-three thousand eight hundred 
and ninety-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Commissariat Depart- 
ment, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand seven hundred and ninety-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Half-pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 
payeuns during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of erecting 
a Monument to the memory of the late Right hon- 
ourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1851. 


Resolutions to be reported. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 30° die Julii, 1850: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, Tnat the Report be received this day, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

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 Thursday 
next, 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 a Sum, not exceeding One 
million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand four 
hundred and thirty pounds, (being a part of a Sum 
of Three millions five hundred and sixty-two thou- 
sand four hundred and thirty pounds, of which 
One million seven hundred thousand pounds has 
been granted on account), be granted to Her Ma- 


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A, 1850. 


|on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing 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 Ire- 
land, 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 1850 to the 31st day of 
March 1851, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That « Sum, not exceeding Forty- Public 
six thousand six hundred and eighty four pounds, Military 
(being a part of a Sum of Ninety-two thousand six D°P*tments. 
hundred and eighty-four pounds, of which Forty- 
six thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Allowances of the principal Officers of the 
several Public Military Departments in Great Bri- 
tain, their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Ex- 
| penses, which will come in course of payment from 
‘the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
| 1851, both days inclusive. 
| 4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Royal Military 
‘thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds Sllese- 
(being a part of a Sum of Sixteen thousand eight 
hundred and ninety-five pounds, of which Eight 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military College, which will come in 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1850 to 
the 31st day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 
| 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Royal Military ' 
thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds (being Asylum, &amp;c. 
a part of a Sum of Eighteen thousand six hundred 
and fifty-seven 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 School, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Volunteer 
one thousand pounds, (being a part of a Sum of Corps. 
Eighty-one thousand pounds, of which Forty thou- 
sand pounds has been granted on account), be 
eranted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. oh . 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Rewards for 
thousand one hundred and twelve pounds (being a a 
part of a Sum of Fifteen thousand one hundred and “"""" 
twelve 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 Al- 
lowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons 
hoiding their appointments as Rewards for Military 
Service, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Pay of General 
nine thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of Officers 
Fifty-eight thousand pounds, of which Twenty- 
nine thousand pounds has been granted on account), 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 











jesty, 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 emploved in the Terri-' 
torial Possessions of the East Jndia Company), 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March’1851, 
both days inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
four thousand nine hundred and sixteen pounds 
(being a part of a Sum of One hundred and sixty- 
four thousand nine hundred and sixteen pounds, of 


which Eighty thousand pounds has. been granted 


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 1850 to the 3ist day of March 1851, both 
davs inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Twenty- Full Pay for 
seven thousand five hundred pounds (being a part emery and 
ofa Sum of Fifty-four thousand five hundred pounds, officers. 
| of which Twenty-seven thousand pounds has 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 





} 











HMalf-Pay for d°, 


. which will come in course of payment from the 1st 


Half-Pay to 
Yoreign 
ATS, 


Widows’ 
Pensions, 


Compassionate 
List. 


Chelsea and. 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pen. 
sioners of 
Chelsca 
Hospital, &amp;c, 


Superannua- 
tions. 


14 Vicrortz. 


day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ninety-six thousand pounds, (being a 
part of a Sum of Three hundred and eighty-six 
thousand pounds, of which One hundred and ninety 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), 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, 


day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, 
both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
one thousand two hundred pounds (being a part of 
a Sum of Forty-two thousand two hundred pounds, 
of which Twenty-one 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 tothe Widows and Children of deceased 
Foreign Officers, which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day 
of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
three thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds 
(being a part of aSum of One hundred and twenty- 
six thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds, of 
which sixty-three thousand pounds has been granted 
on account), be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Pensions to be paid to Widows of 
Officers of the Land Forces, which will come in 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1850 
to the 31st day of March 1851, both days inclu- 
sive. 

13. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of 
Ninety-one thousand pounds, of which Forty-five 
thousand pounds has been granted on account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Allow- 
ances as of Her Majesty's Royal Bounty, and Pen- 
sions, Gratuities, and Allowances to Officers for 
W ounds, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st day of March 
1851, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pounds (being 
a part of a Sum of Thirty-five thousand seven hun- 
dred and fifty-six pounds, of which Seventeen thou- 
sand 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 1850 to the 31st day of March 1851, both 
days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
hundred and thirty-three thousand seven hundred 
and eleven pounds (being a part of a Sum of One 
million two hundred and thirty-three thousand seven 


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587 


Departments in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days inclusive. 

he said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed tu, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions [2¢ Jwy-] 
which, upon Friday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply, and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; aces 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Duke of Cambridge's, &amp;c. Annuity Bill was, Duke of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for — 
Thursday next. 


The Bill to alter and extend an Act passed in the Navy Pay 
eleventh year of King George the Fourth, for Bill. 
amending and consolidating the Laws relating to 
the Pay of the Royal Navy, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Equivalent 
take into consideration the Equivalent Company Company Bill 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered; That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise (Sugar 
into a Committee upon the Excise (Sugar and Li- 2nd Licenses) 
censes) 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 this day. — 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs. 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts im- 
posing Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 
1. Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the 
Export Duty on Coals. 


2. Resolved, That no Duties of Customs shall be 
chargeable on the Importation of the following 
Articles (that is to say),— 











hundred and eleven pounds, of which Six hundred 
thousand pounds has been granted en account), be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pen- 
sioners 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 
p2yment from the Ist day of April 1850 to the 31st 
day of March 1851, both days melusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds (being a part of a Sum of Forty 
thousand pounds, of which Twenty thousand pounds 
has been granted on account), be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances, 





Compensations, and Emoluments, in the nature of | 
Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to persons | 
formerly belonging to the several Military Public | 

Vou. 105. 


Wood. Stringy Bark Wood, and Blue Gum Wood, for 
ship-building and shaped for treenails, not ex- 
ceeding three feet in length. 

——— Locust treenails for ship-building. 

Green Hart, Mora Wood and Locust Wood, for 

ship-building. 

Shovel Hilts. 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient te amend the 

Laws relating to the Customs. 

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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Municipal 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Corporations 


: &gt; Treland 
(No, 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill, 


4rF2 Ordered, 





Australian 
Colonies 
Government 
Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Prerogative 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Chief Justices’ 
Salaries Bill. 


Public Health 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Union of 
Liberties with 
Coanties Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Administra- 
tion of Cri- 
minal Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Chancery) 
Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(ireland) Bill. 


Masters’ 
Jurisdiction 


in Equity Bill. 


Compound 
Householders 
Bill. 


586 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Australian Colonies Government Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 12th day of August next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Prerogative (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of August next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries 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- 
mittee on the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines 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 Union of Liberties with Counties 
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 
peasing of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) 

ill; 

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 Administration of Criminal Justice 
Improvement 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 Fees (Court of Chancery) 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 Second 
Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Compound Householders Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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A. 1850. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- Commons 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- — ' 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 7 *) Be. 
this day. 


The Grand Jury Cess (Zreland) Bill was, ac- Grand Jury 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ©¢s (Ireland) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The Assizes (Ireland) Bill was, according to Or- Assizes 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- (Ireland) Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crime and 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) Outrage Act 
hi. ‘ (Ireland) Con- 
Continuance Bill ; tinuance Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Engines for 
take into consideration the Engines for taking Fish taking Fish 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill. 

A Clause (Commissioners may adjudicate on 
complaints of illegal fishing, and order weirs to be 
abated), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Appeals from such Adjudications), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 21. 1. 25, by leaving out from the be- 
ginning of the line to the word “ and” in 1. 30. 

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. 21. 1. 39., by leaving out the word 
“ last,” and inserting the word “ twelfth” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “last” 
stand part of the Bill :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Collection of 
i of the Collection of Fines, &amp;e., (Ireland) Urelcod) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself jtegistrar of 
into a Committee upon the Registrar of Judgments Judgments 
Office (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent oad) Si 
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 Thursday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Conan = 
mittee on the Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill ; Abolition 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Public 
Reading of the Bill for enabling Town Councils to Libraries ane 
establish Public Libraries and Museums ; — 

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 tothe 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 ; 


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14 Vicroriz. 29°—30° Juliz. 589 


The House divided. | Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Honiton 
The Yeas to. the new Lobby; Order, dated the 22d day of this instant July, for Union. 
The Noes to the old Lobby. Copy of any Correspondence which has taken 
Tellers for the Yeas { Mr. Brotherton, 64 Place between the Board of Guardians of the 
a ?&gt;\ Mr. Thornely: Jf ~™ | Honiton Union and the Poor Law Commissioners, 
Colonel Sibthorp, | relative to the fitness of Mr. E. C. Holland, one of 
Mr. Gwyn: JS 1 | the District Surgeons of that Union, for the Duties 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. of his situation: — And, Account of any Pro- 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : | ceedings taken by the said Board of Guardians in 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. reference to the said subject. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the | Table. 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastica 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill | a Return showing, for each year since their Appoint- a 
(And be it Enacted, That the Bill do not extend to! ment, the Names of the Ecclesiastical Commis- “*""*) 
Ireland) :—And the said Clause was brought up. | sioners for Zreland, the Number, Place of Meeting 
And a Motion being made, and the Question} and the date of the Boards held, with the Names 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read | of the Commissioners attending such Boards, and 
the first time:—And a Debate arising thereupon; | the Number of Hours of each sitting of the Boards. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned:—' Mr. Wyld presented a Bill for the Incorporation General 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, | of General Practitioners in Medicine, Surgery and Practitioners 
withdrawn. Midwifery : And the same was read the first time ; rye : 
And the Question being put, That the said | and ordered to be read a second time upon this day e- 633. 
Clause be now read the first time :—It was resolved | three months ; and to be printed. 
in the Affirmative. 
The said Clause was accordingly read the first. Mr. Frewen reported from the Committee ap- Benefices in 
time ; | pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Plurality Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second | the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
time ; | Benefices in Plurality Bill; That they had drawn 
The House divided. up Reasons accordingly, which they had directed 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; him to report to the House; and the same were 
The Noes to the new Lobby. ‘read, as follow: 
f Colonel yen 13. | The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.), by 
| Colonel Sibthorp : * | striking out in Ll. 4. the word “ any” and by adding 
ee Mr. Brotherton, \ ., | at the end thereof the following words “ but this 
&gt; Mr. Thornely: J °°* “ enactment shall not extend to repeal or affect 
So it passed in the Negative. “ any provision of the said Act, whereby any 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. “« restraint on the holding of Benefices in Plurality 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. “« is imposed, in respect of or with reference to the 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill *‘ amount of the population of any benefice, or to 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. |“ repeal or affect the provisions of the said Act 
“ concerning the license or dispensation required 


Tellers for the Noes, { 





Tellers for the Yeas, 


“ 


| 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- for the holding together of any two benefices.” 
Creland) pill, Mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill; | | The Commons propose to amend Clause (B.), 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | by leaving out in |. 2. the word “ Dean” and in- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. _serting the words “ any person appointed after the 
|“ passing of this Act to the deanery,” by leaving 


Tenant-right | The Order of the day being read, for the Second ' out in Is. 9. and 10. the words “ affect the position 


(ireland) Bill. Reading of the Tenant-right (Ireland) Bill ; |“ of” and inserting the words “ apply to,” and 
) Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ulso by leaving out in 1. 10. the word “ Christ- 
To-morrow. church” and inserting the words “the Cathedral 


| Church of Christ in Ozford.” 


Debtors and The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| The Commons propose to amend Clause (C.), 
an on mittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Ire/and) Bill; by inserting in |. 7. after the word “ take” the 
(Ireland) Pil. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | words ‘after the passing of this Act,” and also by 
solve itself into the said Committee. | inserting in |. 11. after the word “ take” the words 

|“ after the passing of this Act.” 
Trustee Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself} The Commons disagree to Clauses (D.) and (G.), 


into a Committee upon the Trustee Bill ; and, after | for the following Reason: 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the | Because those Clauses are in effect in the Ec- 





Vestries and 
Vestry Clerks 
Bill. 


Fees (Court 
of Common 
Pleas) (No. 2.) 
Bill, 


, 





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 | 
this day. | 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords | 
to the Vestries and Vestry Clerks Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Fees (Court of Commun Pleas) (No. 2.) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, | 
fur Thursday next. 
VoL. 105. 


clesiastical Commission Bill, which has 

passed the Commons, and is now before 
our Lordships. 

The Geman disagree to Clause (E.), for the 

following Reasons : 

Because they apprehend it does not accurately 
recite the provisions of the Act of Parlia- 
ment which it purports to amend, as the 
Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 106. s. 16, enacts, that 
it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council 
(and not the Archbishop of Canterbury, as 
stated in the Clause) to make and issue an 
order for uniting Benefices, if the Archbishop 
of the Province shali certify that no sufficient 
cause has been shown against such Union. 

Secondly. Because this Clause would empower 
the Archbishop of Canterbury to unite any 

4Fr3 two 











29°—30” 


two Benefices without any reference what- 
ever to the distance they may be from each 
other, or the value thereof, which is contrary 
to another provision of the Bill. 

With the preceeding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by your Lord- 
ships. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Frewen do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


590 


Registration Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
of Deeds Lords to the Registration of Deeds (Zreland) Bill 
(ireland) Bill. be taken into consideration this day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Martis, 30° die Julii ; 


Anno 14° Victoriz Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
Committecs, RDERED, That ail Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 
Ashby's The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Divorce Bill. A shby’s Divorce Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
BishopofLon- The Bishop of London’s Estate (Saint Gabriel's 
aaa Church, Piméico) Bill was read a second time; and 
briel’s Church Committed. 
Pimlico) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 

Bishop of Lon- | Mr. Bernal reported the Bishop of London’s (Saint 
a Michael’s Church, Chester-square) Estate Bill, with 
Church, Chess Amendments. 
ter-square) Ordered, That the Report do lie upen the Table. 














Estate Bill. 


National Mr. Bernal reported the National Gallery (Edin- 
oad - burgh) Bill, with Amendments. 
os) ~~ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Somerville’s or Mills’ (Bar- 
ford Rectory) Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Somerville’s, 
or Mills’ (Bar- 
ford Rectory) 
Estate Bill. 


Cavendish's 
cor Harcourt’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported Cavendish’s (or Harcourt’ s) 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Duke of “Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Buckingham’s Mr, Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

Estate Bill Private Bills; That in the case of the Duke of 
Buckingham's Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 

Tufton’s 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Tufton’s Estate 
Bi'l, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

Ordered, That the Standing Order, No. 200, re- 
quiring one clear day's notice to be given of all 
Amendments proposed to be made on the Third 
Reading of Private Bills be dispensed with in the 
case of the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bill, 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Committee of 





Selection. 


mittee of Selection, that they do appoint, if they | 
think fit, the Committee on the Bishop of London's | 
Lstate (Saint Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico) Bill, to | 





Julie. . A. 1850. 


meet any day after the expiration of the eighth day 
from the Second Reading of the Bill. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the Hypothecation 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar oh 
presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 17th day eae) 
of May last, for a Return of Copies of the Instruc- 
tions sent from the Honourable Court of Directors 
to the Government of India, in regard to Advances 
on Hypothecation and Rates of Exchange, since 
the 1st day of January 1849 :—Account exhibiting 
the Amount of the Court of Directors’ requisition 
for Bills on India, and Advances on the Hypothe- 
cation of Goods in Jndia, with the respective 
Amounts obtained by those means in the years 
1845 to 1849, inclusive :—Statement of the Amount 
of such Advances made on the Hypothecation of 
Goods for the years 1845 to 1849, inclusive, referred 
to India for adjustment with Consignors, and of 
Claims preferred in this country in respect of un- 
liquidated Advances, exhibiting also the Amount 
which has been recovered, the Sum estimated to be 
further received, the probable Loss, and the Rate 
per cent. of such Loss upon the Amount advanced : 
— Return of the Total Number and Amount of 
Applications in Jndia, in each of the Five years 
ending the 30th day of April 1845, 1846, 1847, 
1848 and 1849, for Advances on Goods to be hy- 
pothecated to the East India Company, specifying 
the Total Amount advanced upon each different 
Article of Produce or Manufacture ; also, the Esti- 
mated Total Value of each Article shipped from 
India to Great Britain, under Hypothecation ; also 
Amount (if any) of Bills not paid at or before Ma- 
turity :—Copies of Two Memorials, with the Signa- 
tures thereto, addressed by the Ca/cutta Merchants 
in 1846, the one requesting that the Hypothecation 
Warehouses in India might never be re-opened, the 
other requesting their temporary re-opening to 
allay the Panic :—Account of the Out-turn of Con- 
signments of Rupees remitted from Jndia in the 
year 1848-49 :—Statement showing the Results of 
the different modes of Remittance for the Supply of 
the Home Treasury, for the years 1847-48 and 
1848-49:—And, of the Amount of Imports of 
Merchandise into and Exports from Bengal, Bom- 
bay and Madras respectively, in the years 1845 to . 
1848, inclusive :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschiid having Baron Lione! 
come to the Table, Mr. Speaker acquainted him Nathan de 
that the House had made the following Order : a 

“That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one 
of the Members for the City of Zondon, having 
presented himself at the Table of the House, and 
having, previously to taking the Oaths, requested 
to be sworn on the Old Testament (beimg the form 
which he has declared at the Table to be most 
binding on his conscience), the Clerk be directed to 
swear him on the Old Testament accordingly.” 

Whereupon the Clerk handed to him the Old 
Testament, and tendered him the Oaths; and he 
accordingly took the Oaths of Allegiance and Su- 
premacy, repeating the same after the Clerk ; the 
Clerk then proceeded to administer the Oath of 
Abjuration, which the Baron de Rothschild repeated 
after the Clerk as far as the words, “ upon the true 
faith of a Christian,” but, upon the Clerk reading 
those words, the Baron de Rothschild said, “ 1 omit 
those words as not binding on my conscience ;” he 
then concluded with the words ‘So help me God,” 

(the Clerk not having read those words to him), 
and kissed the said Testament :—Whereupon he 
was directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 
one of the Members for the City of London, having 
refused 








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14 Vicroriz. 


refused to take the Oaths prescribed by law to be 
taken before 2a Member can sit and vote in this 
House, Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Citizen tc serve in this present Par- 
liament for the City of London, in the room of the 
said Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild ; 

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 is of opinion, that the seat of Baron 
“ Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, as one of the 
** Members for the City of London, is full,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposéd, 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- 
posed to be Jeft out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the¢ Sir Frederic Thesiger, 29) 
Yeas, \ Mr. Cardwell: } mi 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wood: 117 
Noes, Mr. John Abel Smith, } ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the 
Members for the City of Zondon, having refused to 
take the Oaths prescribed by law to be taken before 
a Member can sit and vote in this House, Mr. 
Speaker do issue his Warrant tothe 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 the said Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild :—And a Debate aris- 
ing 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 Baron 
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the Members 
for the City of London, having refused to take the 
Oaths prescribed by law to be taken before a Mem- 
ber can sit and vote in this House, Mr. Speaker do 
issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to 
make out a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen 


30° Juliz. 








591 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- Lighthouses, 


houses, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be ““ 
printed, No. 636. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pilotage, Pitotage. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 637. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade Trade ana 
and Navigation, which were presented yesterday, Navigation. 
be printed. No. 638. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Outrages Outrages 
(Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. oe 
o. 639. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: — Message from 

Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Birmingham 
Act for continuing the Term of the Birmingham 4 Pashore- 
and Pershore Turnpike-road Act, and for other 
Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bilston 
Act for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting and ailneee: 
otherwise improving the Township of Bilston, in works and 
the County of Stafford, and for establishing a Cemetery Bill. 
Local Board of Health in that Township, and also 
for better supplying with Water and Gas the said 
Township of Bilston, and for constructing Cemete- 
ries there, and for purchasing, improving, main- 
taining and regulating the Market and Market- 
place therein, and for other Purposes, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
coneurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester, 
Act to make better Provision for raising Funds to Ppa ona 
complete the Railway and Dock Undertakings of jailway Bill. 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, and for other Purposes, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An West Cornwall 
Act to enable the West Cornwall Railway Company Railway Bill. 
to make a Deviation in, and a Branch Railway 
from, their authorized Line of Railway, and for 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act gan of 
to enable the Right honourable Henry Earl of Ef- Effingham’s 
fingham, and others, to grant Building, Mining and Este Bil. 
other Leases of certain Freehold Estates in the 
Townships of Rotherham and Kimberworth, in the 
County of York, devised by the Will of the Right 
honourable Richard late Earl of Effingham, and 
for other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the 


to serve in this present Parliament for the City of| concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 


London, in the room of the said Baron Lionel Na- 
than de Rothschild ;—It passed m the Negative. 


Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


phn i consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
Ga) to the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day, at half an hour after Six 
of the clock. 
Supply, The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 
at half an hour after Six of the clock. 
National The Order made upon the 19th day of this instant 
Gallery. July, for printing the Paper relative to the National 
Gallery, was read, and discharged. 
Customs Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 


gy cea (Port of Dublin, &amp;e.), which was presented upon 
No. 633 the 19th day of this instant July, be prixted. 
Richmond 


and Bushey 
Parks, 


senger withdrew. 


Admiral Bowles reported the Portland Harbour porttana 
and Breakwater Bill, with Amendments. Harbour and 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. rkwater 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a &gt;. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. No. 640. 

The Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill was read fart of 
the first time. Effingham’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- state Bull 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Union of Croagh, raucation 
diocese of Limerick, stating that they have heard (Ireland.) 
| that it is intended to propose a grant for the Irish 

Church Education Society ; and praying the House 
not to sanction any such grant, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the township of Highways. 
Preston, in the parish of Tynemouth, in the county Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Richmond| of Northumberland, praying that the Highways 
and Bushey Parks, which was presented upon the} Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and. 








11th day of this instant July, be printed, 


No. 634. VoL. 105. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. a 
4r4 A Petition 











9 


— 


59 


Newspapers; A Petition of Letter-press Printers of Wigan, 
praying for the repeal of the stamp duty on News- 
apers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 
Oath of Petitions from Farnborough ;— and, Alveston ; 
(Gers) Bill praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Post-office. A Petition of Inhabitants of the post town of, 


Dromore, and the surrounding district, in the county | 
of Down, praying the House to rescind the Reso- | 
lution for the abolition of Sunday labour in the, 
Post-office, was presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 


30° Julai. 





A. 1850. 


P. 10. 1. 21., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, ling 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: ieee 
a Mr. Beresford, 
—— the f Mr. George Alexander - 
’ Hamilton : J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were agreed tu; other 
Amendments were amended, and agreed to; and 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wooburn, Buching- | other Amendments were disagreed to. 


hamshire, praying for the abolition of Sunday labour | 


in the Post-office, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Slave Trade. A Petition of the Chairman of the Edinburgh 
Emancipation Society, praying’ the House to adopt 
measures for the suppression of the Foreign African 


Slave Trade, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to 
draw up Reasons, to be offered to the pore at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to the Amendments to 
which this House hath disagreed. 

And a Committee was appointed, of Lord John 
Russell, Sir George Grey, Sir Wiiliam Somerville, 
Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor-General for 





to lie upon the Table. 


TitheCommu- A Petition of Landowners and Tithe Rent-charge 


tation Act. Payers of the parish of Grimley, in the county of | 
Worcester, praying for amendment of the Tithe | 
Commutation Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Emigration. Mr. Hawes presented,—Return to an Address to | 


Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of April last, for 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the, 
Emigration of Labourers from Sierra Leone and 
Saint Helena to the West Indies. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of Persons 
holding Offices in the Colonies who have been ap- 


Offices in the 
Colonies. 


| 


| 


Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence with the | 


Treland, Mr. Stafford, Mr, Sheil, Mr. George Alex- 
ander Hamilton, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr, Bellew, and 
‘Colonel Dunne. 
| Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


| 


} 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply ; 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven yya¢-pay 
hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and (Navy and 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Marines). 
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 1851. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and ninety thousand three hundred and Pensions and 
forty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to a 


pointed thereto, subsequent to the passing of an, defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 


Act of Parliament of the 54th year of his late Ma- 
jesty, King George the Third, c. 61, and who are 
not at present in the execution of the duties of their 
respective Offices, as far as regards the Department 
of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Parliamentary 
Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Parlia- 
mentary Voters, &amp;c. (Jreland) Bill. 

The first Amendment, being read a second time, 


ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Civil Pensions 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand and eighty-six and Allow- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the "“°* 
Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Freight of 
hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred Ships, &amp;c. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for the Freight of Ships, and for the Vic- 











was agreed to. 


tualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on 


P. 2.1]. 8., the next Amendment, being read a! account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 


second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ fifteen” and inserting 
““ twelve” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That “ fifteen ” 
stand part of the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Mr. George Alexander 


| 





Tellers for the Hamilton | 91. | 
Yeas, Mr. Beresford : , 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 213. 


Noes, | Lord Marcus Hill : f 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That “ twelve,” 
be inserted instead thereof :—It was resolved in the | 
Affirmative. | 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was | 
agreed to. 

Then other Amendments were agreed to; other 
Amendments were amended, and agreed to; and 
other Amendments were disagreed to, as far as the 
Amendment in P. 10.1. 21. 


| 


| which will come in course of payment during the 


year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Arctic Expe 
one thousand one hundred and thirty-one pounds, dition, &amp;c. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Extra Pay and Warm Clothing for the Seamen and 
Marines employed in the Arctic Searching Expedi- 
tion under Captain Austin, and for Compensation in 
lieu of Spirits to Warrant and Petty Officers, Sea- 
men and Marines in the Fleet, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Arctic Expe- 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be ditions. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Extra Provisions for the Crews of the Ships em- 
ployed in the Searching Expeditions under the 
commands of Captain Austin and Captain Penny. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and fifty- 
nine pounds three shillings and seven pence, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of 
the Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the 
year ended on the 31st day of March 1849. 

8. Resolved, 


Excess of 
Naval Expen~ 
diture, 








14 Vicroriz. 


Post -office 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
Packet hundred and sixty-four thousand two hundred and 
Service. : ° , : 
thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Ser- 
vice, which will come in course of a during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1851. 
Commissariat 9° Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
Department. }undred and fifty-three thousand eight hundred and 


ninety-one 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 1851. 

© 10. Resolved, That.a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand seven hundred and ninety-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 
ag during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1851. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of erecting 
a Monument to the Memory of the late Right ho- 
nourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Maesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 
1851. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Monument to 
Sir Robert 
Peel. 


Civil Contin- 
geucies, 


Queen’s 
Message 
respecting 
Marlborough 
House. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to take into consideration Her Ma- 
jesty’s Most gracious Message of Friday last, a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to enable Her Ma- 
jesty to settle Marlborough House on his Royal 
Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales, during 
the joint lives of Her Majesty and his Royal 
Highness, and to provide suitable coach-houses and 
stables for the same, out of the Land Revenues of 
the Crown.. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Resolution be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, [von Move Hill " 
Tellers for the Noes, { 1 


Mr. Hume, 39 
Mr. Trelawny: J ~~" 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The said Resolution was accordingly read a second 
time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr, Bernal, Lord John 
Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


81. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the last of the Re- 
solutions which, upon Thursday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply, and which Reso- 
lution was then postponed :—And the same was 
again read, as followeth : 

“31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred thousand one hundred and forty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete 
the Sum necessary to defray the Expense of the 
Convict Establishments in the Colonies, to the 31st 
day of March 1851.” 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Supply 
[26 July.} 


Convict Esta- 
blishments, 


Equivalent The Bill to provide for the Redemption of an 
Company Bill, — of Ten thousand Pounds, payable to the 
OL. 105. 


80°—31° Juli. 





593 


Equivalent Company 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. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 31° die Julii, 1850: 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Excise (Sugar 
take into consideration the Excise (Sugar and Li- 2nd Licenses) 
censes) Bill, as amended in the Committee. om. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Customs, 
whom it was referred to consider the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Customs, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the 
Export Duty on Coals. 

2. Resolved, That no Duties of Customs shall be 
chargeable on the Importation of the following 
Articles (that is to say): 

Wood. Stringy Bark Wood, and Blue Gum Wood, for 

ship-building and shaped for treenails, not ex- 

ceeding three feet in length. 

Locust treenails fur ship-buildings. 

——— Green Hart, Mora Wood and Locust Wood, for 
ship-building. 

Shovel Hilts, 

3. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Customs, 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions : And that Mr. Bernal, The Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 
pare, and bring it in, 








The Order of the day being read, for the Second Municipal 
Reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Corporations 
(No. 2.) Bill ; Oro 2) Bill 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being» ~~ 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question 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 f The Lord Mayor of Dudlin,) 

Yeas, { Mr. Maurice O’ Connell: f 

Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 71 

Noes, Mr. Parker : 5 vn 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


4. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 
mittee on the Public Health (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Masters’ 
Reading of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity Jurisdiction im 
Bill ; P Equity Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons 
into a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure eye 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, a 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Corne- 
wall Lewis reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bil, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 





The 


4G 





Engines for 
taking Fish 


(Ireland) Bill. 74nq for the taking of Fish was, according to 


Trustee Bill. 


Vestries and 
Vestry Clerks 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Assessed 
Taxes Com- 
position Bill. 


Administra- 
tion of Cri- 
minal Justice 
Tmprovement 
Bill. 


Lambeth 
Writ. 


Tenements, 





594 


The Bill to amend the Law relating to Engines 
used on the Rivers and on the Sea Coasts of Jre- 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Anstey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Con- 
veyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Pro- 
perty vested in Mortgagees and Trustees was, accor- 
ding to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 


30°—31° Juliz. 





Ordered, That Mr. Headlam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ves- 
tries and Vestry Clerks Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. .Headlam 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 Regis- 
tration of Deeds (Jreland) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and, with Amendments to several of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of | 
their Lordships. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 





A. 1850. 


and the Population of each of such Counties, exclu- 
sive of Boroughs ; where the County is divided for 
Parliamentary Elections, each Division to be given 
separately :—And, like Return for each Borough in 
England and Wales. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy, Army, 
detailed Accounts of Receipt and Expenditure for &amp;e. 


Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Services, 
for the year to the 31st day of March 1849. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Accounts. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Assessed 


Bill to continue and amend the Acts for authorizing T*xes Com- 
© position Bill. 


a Composition for Assessed Taxes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Post-office. 


Order, dated the 15th day of February last, for an 
Account, showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management, for the 
year ending January 1850 :—The Charges of Man- 
agement for the United Kingdom, under the different 
Heads, for the year ending January 1850 :—The 
Payments made by the Post-office for the Convey- 
ance of Mails by Railway within the United King- 
dom during the year ending January 1850, distin- 
guishing, in each Instance, Payments for Work 
done within the year from Payments for Work done 
in previous years :— Payments out of the Post- 
office Revenue other than Charges of Manage- 
ment :—The Number and Amount of Money Orders 
issued and paid during the year ending January 
1850:—And, the Expense of the Money Order 
Office, and the Amount received for Commission 
during the year ending January 1850. 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of February Post-office. 


last, for Returns, as nearly as can be estimated, of 


to continue and amend the Acts for authorizing a| the Number of chargeable Letters delivered in the 
Composition for Assessed Taxes: And that the United Kingdom in the year immediately preceding 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Hayter do. the first general reduction of Postage on the 5th day 
prepare, and bring it in. | of December 1839, and for each complete year sub- 
; | sequent thereto ; also, for the first year, the Number 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a| of Franks, and for the last year, and up to as late 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Administra-| a period as practicable, the Number of Letters for 
tion of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill, was | each Week in which they were counted :—Showing 
read ; and discharged. | the Gross and Net Post-oftice Revenue, and the 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | Cost of Management for the United Kingdom, for 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | the year ending the 5th day of January 1838, and 
for each subsequent year, excluding from the Ac- 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | count, whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Ma- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ | nagement, any Advances that may have been made 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | by the English to the Zrish Post-oftice,and Advances 
Parliament for the Borough of Lambeth, in the| to the Money Order-office ; also disregarding, in 
Room of Charles Pearson, Esquire, who, since his} the Return tor each year, any Old Debts written 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the | off, or Postage remitted, or any other Deductions 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three | which relate to previous years :—Of the Payments 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen-| by the Post-office during the year ended the 5th 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the 
United Kingdom, distinguishing, in each instance, 
Return, showing the Number of Tenements in each | the Payments for Work done within the year from 
County in England and Wales (exclusive of Bo Payments for Work done in previous years : — 
roughs), assessed to the Relief of the Poor, at! And, of the Number and Amount of Money Orders 
Sums under £.4 ; at and above £.4 but under £.5;| issued and paid in the United Kingdom in each 
at und above £.5 but under £.6; atand above £.6| year, beginning with 1839. 
but under £.7 ; at and above £.7 but under £.8; at 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


but under £.10; atand above £.10 but under £.11;| vears 1848 and 1849, by the Post-office, to the 
at and above £.11 but under £.12; at and above| Railway Companies, for the Conveyance of the 
£.12'but under £.13; at and above £.13 but under! Mails, specifying each Railway, and the Sum paid 
£.14; at and above £.14 but under £.15; and at} to each, the Towns served, the Mileage run, and 
and above £.15, on the Ist day of July 1850, to-| the Rate per Mile: —Also, the Amount paid to 
gether with the Number of Registered Electors,| Railway Companies for anv other Service in the 
years 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March Mails om 
and above £.8 but under £.9; at and above £.9/ last, for a Return of the Amount paid, during the ®#ilway= 








Committees. 


Public 
Fetitions 
(Sixty-ninth 
Report.) 


Peterborough 
Improvement, 
Police, and 
Cemetery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Duke o 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


‘Tufton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Viscount 
Midleton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bone Boiling, 
&amp;e. 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 





14 Vicrorts. 30°—31° Juliz. 595 


years 1848 and 1849, specifying each Railway, and ‘Court Extension Bill, as amended by the Lords, may 


the Sum paid to each. © pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish Distress for 
of Mullinahone, county Tipperary, praying that the Rent (ireland) 
Distress for Rent (Ireland) Bill; and, the Small Bil; sn@. 
Tenements Recovery (Jreland) Bill, may not pass ments Reco- 


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. into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to very (Ireland) 
——____-——— lie upon the Table. _ 
Mercurii, 31° die Julii ; Petitions from James Dunlop ;—William Baird ; Inspection of 
A aici ; — Douglas Baird ;— Walter Neilson ; — William Coal Mines 
nno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. Houldsworth ;—Owners of Collieries ;—and, Robert ®#- 
HE House met at Twelve of the clock in the | Addie; praying that the Inspection of Coal Mines 
New House of Commons. Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
PRAYERS. 


Petitions from Saint Andrew, Holborn, and Saint Land Taz, 
George-the-Martyr ; — and, Saint Paul, Covent 
Garden; praying the House to adopt measures for 
an equalization of the Land Tax,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That all Committee 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 29th and 30th 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. 





A Petition of Apothecaries of Enniscorthy, and Medical 
its vicinity, praying that the Medical Charities Charities 
J, : : (Ireland) Bill, 
({reland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
|stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration a . 
thé Amendments made by the Lords to the Peterbo- A Petition of Shareholders and Proprietors of Midland 


rough Improvement, Police and Cemetery, &amp;c., Bill. stock in the Midland Railway Company, taking Railway 


. . &gt; 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 2°tice of certain arrangements contemplated by the a 
° 2° 
(and it appearing that the same are for the purpose | 


Directors of that Company, which the Petitioners 

of carrying out the intention of this House) were, | apprehend will militate very materially against the 

with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. Interests of a certain portion of the Shareholders of 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill the said Company ; and praying for inquiry into all 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | the circumstances attending the said contemplated 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 2'T@4gements by a special Committee of the House, 

Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- | 5 resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

ment this House doth desire the concurrence of , the able. 

their Lordships. - P : 

I A Petition of Inhabitants of Lewes and the neigh- Oath of 


The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read | bourhood, in the county of Sussex, praying that the Abjuration 


a second time; and committed. Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may pass into a law, (Jews) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- "was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
mittee of Selection. ' the Table. 


| _A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Market 
Tufton’s Fstate Bill was read a second time; Overton, in the county of Rutland, praying that 


and committed. _the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
mittee of Selection. | Table. 


' : , , A Petition of James Miller, Master of the Ayr Post-office. 
be ser Midleton’s Estate Bill was read a S€- | Merchants Company, praying the House to rescind 
cond time ; and committed. ithe Resolution for the abolition of Sunday Labour 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | in the Post-office, was presented, and read; and 


mittee of Selection. | ordered to lie upon the Table. 


° A Petition of Inhabitants of Clerkenwell and | A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of Public Health 
Saffron-hill, complaining that the sanitary state of Fishwick, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Act. 
that district is materially aggravated in its baneful | raying the House not to confirm any order of the 
effects upon the inhabitants by the putrescent | Board of Health, which shall extend the provisions 
a Ving © from premises where the process of | of the Public Health Act, 1848, to the said town- 
one boiling and manure manufacturing is carried | ship, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
on; and praying the House to institute measures | upon the Table. 
for the prohibition, in densely inhabited neighbour- | 


hoods of the metropolis, of the continued appropria-| A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and Savings 
tion of anger to processes they consider so | Managers of the Savings Bank at Liskeard, in the Banks Bill 
eer pee which, in their opinion, the comfort, the | county of Cornwall, praying that the Savings Banks 

health and life of the community is sacrificed, was | Rij] may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


oS gga and read; and ordered to lie upon on resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
2 able. 


Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and} Petitions from Bethnal Green ;—Job Allen and Sunday 
Manufactures at Manchester, (President) ;—Mem- | others;— Lambeth ;—Wiiliam Harrison and others; Trading Pre- 
bers of the Manchester Association of Wholesale | Edward Gardner and others ;—Persons carrying aaa 
Warehousemen for the Protection of Trade;—Man-| on the business of Hairdresser; —and, Mary-le- 
chester Commercial Association (Chairman) ;—and, | bone ; praying that the Sunday Trading Prevention 
Manchester Society of Guardians for the Protection | Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
of Trade, (President); praying that the County! read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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596 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- 
Courts tive to Ecclesiastical Courts (Jreland), which were 
(Ireland) —_—_ presented upon the 28th we | of June last and the 
No. 642. ist day of this instant July, be printed. 
Emigration. Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, 
No.643. Which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Navy, Army, Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Navy, 
ke. Army, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 644, printed. 
Post-office. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Re- 
No. 645. venue and Cost of Management of the Post-office, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Post-office. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Num- 
No.646, ber of Chargeable Letters delivered in the United 
Kingdom in the year immediately preceding the 
first general reduction of Postage on the 5th day 
of December 1839, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 
Mails on Ordered, That the Return relative to Mails on 
ay Railways, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 
National = Ordered, That the National Gallery (Edinburgh) 
an 5 (fdin- Bill, as amended, be printed. 
No. 648, 
Sunday The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Trading Pre- 


vention Bill, ™ittee on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ 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 ; 

And a Motion being made, and and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the right ; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for thef Mr, Anstey, - 

Yeas, LMr. Sharman Crawford : s 36. 

Tellers for the { Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 

Noes, Mr. Alcock: ja. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 


Question: — The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ecclesiastical ‘ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Residences, eading of the Ecclesiastical Residences, &amp;c. (Ire- 
&amp;e- (Ireland) Jan) Bill ; 
‘Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


Churches The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
and Chapels adine of Shur 3 . 
(Ineland} Bill “i of the Churches and Chapels (reland) 
’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Clergy ; \ . 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Clergy (Jreland) Bill; 





51° Juli. 











A, 1850. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Second pyistress for 
Reading of the Distress for Rent (Zreland) Bill; Rent (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ® 
upon Friday riext. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second small 
Reading of the Small Tenements Recovery (Jre- Tenements 
land) Bill ; (ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Weights ana 
Reading of the Weights and Measures Bill ; Measures Bill \ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon \ 
this day three months. \ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second ranalora 
Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (/reland) and Tenant 
(No. 2.) Bill; nary 

And a Motion being made, and the Question en 
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 :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration County Court 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the County Extension Biil. 
Court Extension Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time ; 
several of the said Amendments were agreed to ; 
several of the said Amendments were amended and 
agreed to; and several of the said Amendments 
were disagreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw 

up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Solicitor-General, 
Mr. Mullings, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Headlam, 4 Wilson Patten, Mr. Thornely, Mr. 
Greene, and Mr. Hume. 

Ordered, That three be the Quorum, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waysand 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inspection of 
Reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill ; Coal Mines 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ~~ 
being 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 right ; 
The Noes to the left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wawn, 
Yeas, Mr. Alexander Hastie: 
Tellers for theJ Mr. Hutt, 
Noes, Mr. Bouverie : 
, 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. 


} 15. 


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Committees. 


Chippindall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Westminster 
Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Public 
Libraries. 


No, 655. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Beer-houses. 


‘Church Rates. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill, 


» Land Tax. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill, 


14 Vicroriz. 
Jovis, V° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
OR? ERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of William Chippindall with 
Mary Anne Chippindall, his now Wite, and to ena- 
ble him to marry again, and for other Purposes, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Sir De Lacy Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with an Amend- 


ment; to which Amendment this House doth desire | 


the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Westminster Temporary Bridge 
Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee 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, have 
Power to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Kershaw 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and others in the 
county of Perth, complaining of the depressed state 
of Agriculture ; and praying the House to adopt 
measures of relief, was presented, and read ; and) 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
the Wesleyan Methodist Association, Bridge-street, 
Todmorden, praying the House to ‘adopt measures 


¥ Augustt. 


\ 
| A Petition of Inhabitants of 





2 





97 


| Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill may not pass 
jInto a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


bitants of the parish of Roseneath, Dumbartonshire, 





was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 

| 
| Petitions from Calne Union ;—and, Saint Austell; 
praying for amendment of the Poor Law,—were 


| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 


| A Petition of Inhabitants, Occupiers, and other 


A Petition of Ministers, Elders and other Inha- 


praying that the Marriages Bill may pass intoa law, 


Marriages 
Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 


| Persons connected with the new-formed electoral (eland.) 


| division of Anaghmore, in the new-formed union of 
| Strokestown,in the county of Roscommon, ‘praying for 
&gt; 


‘amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland, was pre- 


| sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


lr ees, in the county of York, praying for the adop- 
| tion of an Ocean Penny Post, by which letters may 
be conveyed from one port of Great Britain to 
any other port in the world, at the uniform rate of 
a penny, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Middlesborough-on- Postage. 


Petitions from Siddington;— Roseneath ;— Castle- Post- office. 
blayney ;— William Glover and others;—and, Truro; : 


praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Dingwall;—Postmaster of Tash- 
inny ; — Bally-James-Duff ; — Sidmouth ; —Post- 
master of Ballycoyn; — Helensburgh, Row, Rose- 
neath and Gurelochhead ; — Stony Stratford ; ~- 
Roche ;—Wigtown ;—Bonar Bridge ;—Knutsford ; 


—Postmaster of Strontian ;—Bailieboro’ ;—Post- . 


master of Moyvore ; — Aross ;— William Sinclair ; 
— Stornoway ;—and, Great Malvern; praying the 
House not to rescind the Resolution prohibiting 
Sunday labour in the Post-office,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


for diminishing the number of Beer-houses, was | 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the! A Petition of Members of the Islington Work- 
Table. ‘man’s Institute, Cross-street, Islington, praying the 
| House not to rescind the Resolution for the abolition 
A Petition of Members of the Congregation of of Sunday labour in the Post-office; and to take 
Protestant Dissenters assembling for divine worship ; into consideration the subject of the appointment 
in the Independent Chapel, Harden, near Bingley,' of National Holydays by law, was presented, and 


Post offiee, &amp;c, 


Yorkshire, and others, praying for the abolition of 
Church Rates, was presented, and read; and or-, 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of a Provident Associa- 
tion called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, | 
Manchester Unity, Worcester District ;—and, Tho- 
mas Smith, Skinner-street, Chatham; praying that 
the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into a law, | 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and’ 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


&amp;e. ;—Liverpool ;—Saint Pancras ;—and, Joseph 
Bentley, of Aldine Chambers, in the city of London; | 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— | 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. : 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Acton, in the division | 
of Kensington, praying for an oe sap yror of the 
Land Tax, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Farmers, Merchants and 
Traders of the Union of Strabane, praying that the | 
Vou. 105. 





read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Railways, 


Traders of Birmingham, praying for inquiry into the 
conduct and proceedings of Railway Companies 
regarding the carriage and charge for goods and 
parcels, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of George Inge, of Thorpe Constantine, Railways 
in the county of Stafford, Clerk, praying that the Abandonment 
Petitions from Hilderstone ;—Shelton, Hanley, Railways Abandonment Bill may not pass into a" 


law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Aspatria Friendly Savings Banks 
Society ;—Members of the Tunstall Branch of the Bill. 


North Staffordshire Provident Association ;—Mem- 
bers and Honorary Members of the Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Chureh of England Friendly Society ; — 
Trustees and Directors of the North Devon Friendly 
Institution, held at Barnstaple ; — Whitnash ; — 
Members of the Saint Mark’s Branch, Shelton, 
of the North Staffordshire Provident Association ; 
— Trustees and Benefit Members of the Bland- 

463 ford 














598 1° Augusti. 


ford Benefit Society ; — Hilderstone ; — Members 
of the Burslem Branch of the North Stafford- 
shire Provident Association; — Members of the 
Stohe-upon-Trent Branch of the North Staffordshire 
Provident Association ;—Draycot-le- Moors ;—Long- 
ton;—Members of the North Staffordshire Provi- 
dent Association ;—Trustees and Managers of the 
Savings Bank of Kirkaldy ;—Trustees of the Sav- 
ings Banks established at Swindon, in the county of 
Wilts ;—Mewmbers of the Good Samaritan Friendly 
Society of Hanley, in the county of Stafford; — 
Members of the Market Drayton Lodge of Odd 
Fellows ;—Members of the Market Drayton Becker 
Provident Society ;—and, Trustees and Managers 
of the Savings Bank established. at Cheadle, in the 
county of Stafford; praying that the Savings Banks 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


“Waterford, A Petition of Messrs. Lewis and Nash, Agents 

wenmee, to Associated Shareholders of the Waterford, Wex- 

Wicklow and . . . 

Dublin Rail- ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, pray- 

way Company. ing for investigation into the allegations contained 
in printed Papers and Petitions already presented 
to Parliament, in relation to the said Company, and 
also into the management of the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lighthouses. | Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
No.656. which was presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed. 


Hypothecation Ordered, That the Return relative to Hypothe- 
of Gouds, &amp;e. cation of Goods, &amp;c. (East India), which was pre- 
(East India. ) ’ . 

, __.. sented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 

No. 657. 
Municipal Ordered, That the Paper relative to Municipal 
Boroughs Boroughs (Jreland), which was presented upon 
(Ireland.) Monday last, be printed. 

No, 658. : 
Australian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
+ seen - the Amendments made by the Lords to the Austra- 
Bu Lian Colonies Government Bill; and the same were 

twice read, and agreed to, as far as the Amendment 
in P, 21. ). 14. 

P, 21.1. 14. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hawes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Assessed The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill was, ac- 

a cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

* mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Corporations mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) 
(Ireland) N 9 ) Bill . 
(No. 2.) Bil, (NO. 2.) Bul; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


PublicIncome Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
and Expendi- Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for an 
Account of the Public Income and Expenditure of 
the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th 
day of January 1848, 1849 and 1850; distinguish- 
ing the actual Payments for the Expenses incurred 


ture. 











A, 1850. 


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 Allowance 
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 Departments ; 
the other Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, the 
Gross Revenue, and the Civil List ;— Also, the 
Payments for the Administration of Justice, Diplo- 
matic Expenses, and on account of the Sums voted 
for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous 
Services ; also, Public Works, Bounties, Post-office, 
the Quarantine and Warehouse Establishments ; 
and all other Payments not coming under any of 
the foregoing heads ; with an Appendix, showing 
the several Items composing each head of the Ac- 
count (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
589, of Session 1849). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed New House 
to inquire into and report upon the Accommodation of Commons,. 
afforded in the New te of Commons and in the No. 640. 
lobbies and passages immediately adjacent thereto, 
and whether any Improvement can be made therein, 
and the probable Expense of making any such 
alterations, have Power to report from time to time. 

Mr. Greene reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they have proceeded in the examina- 
tion of the matters to them referred, and have agreed 
to report to the House : 

That the Plan submitted by Mr. Barry, and at- 
tached to the Report, providing accommodation for 
318 Members, on the floor of the House, or for 
338 Members (if seats for Peers be provided in the 
South Gallery), and for 150 Members in the side 
gaileries, allowing 20 inches for each Member, will, 
in the opinion of the Committee, be an improve- 
ment on the present House, and afford adequate 
accommodation for the transaction of public busi- 
ness; and that the probable Expense of making 
the Alterations proposed will be 8,600. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee appointed to revise the Standing Orders Orders 
of the House relative to Private Bills; That they ®™ 
have considered the matters to them referred ; and No 65% 
have agreed to report the Standing Orders, as re- 
vised by them, to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the 
clock ; and be printed. 


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 Trinity College Trinity 
(Dublin) Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be ena) Bill 
dispensed with. ¢ 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to enable Marlborough 
Her Majesty to make Provision for the Residence House 5™ 
of his Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of No. 652. 
Wales in Marlborough House, during the joint lives 
of Her Majesty and his Royal Highness: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to amend Customs Bill 
the Laws relating to the Customs: And the same No, 653. 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. - 
Mr, 

















Estimates, &amp;e. 
Civil Services, 
CLASS VIII.-2. 


No. 651. 


Holyrood 
Palace. 


New House 
of Commons. 


Cuffe-street 
Savings Bank 
(Dublin. ) 


Police Force 


14 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services for the 
year ending 31st March 1851. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year ending 31st March 1851, for the Repair and | 
Fitting up of Apartments in Holyrood Palace for 
the Reception of the Queen. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 
in the year ending 31st March 1851, for the Altera- 
tion of the New House of Commons. 

An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in 
the year ending 31st March 1851, for affording Re- 
lief to a certain extent to the Depositors in the 
late Cuffe-street Savings Bank in Dublin. 


1° Augusti. 





Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 
| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 





599 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P, 7. 1. 4, by inserting the word “ inhabitant” 
after the word “ pound” in Fo. 6. 1. 1. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
P. 8. 1. 15., for the following Reason: 

Because this Amendment, taken in connexion 
with other Amendments made by your Lord- 
ships which have been amended by the 
Coimmons, would have the effect of requiring 

ersons otherwise qualified to vote at the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for Jrish counties, to make a claim to be 
placed upon the Register of Voters, which the 
Commons consider would be inexpedient. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 8. 1. 17., for the Reason last aforesaid. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P, 8.1. 27., by inserting after the word “ num- 








(Limerick.) Return of the Number and Expense of the Police « ered” in Fo. 10. 1. 2., the figure “2,” by insert- 
Force in the following Baronies of the County of jing after “3” the figures “ 4,5,” and by inserting 
Limerick, to be made according to the Form below: ‘after “ 13” the figures “ 15.” 

lp aealnzs laa lacteeeesa | The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
eal iS BES sg” 8 B°s2525 | P. 8.1. 34., for the Reason last aforesaid, and also 
224 Z288\S2&gt; 1-B GE2.-8°s | for the same Reason to the Amendment in P. 8. 
[52 S°F SSS [Sh (ESOCTEL. | 
zee |gcel228 lez 2 He! SESE '1, penult., but propose to amend the first clause 
P. —“ . 2 | S he] = &amp; | . . 
Baonies. [eS 2 ES5SS 53" |5°2s2/F25%35 3 omitted by the Lords by leaving out the words 
- — eo S | a. &gt; | . . . . 
2g selpeslec® s geo calgt $s | “eighth day of July” in P. 9. 1. 3., and inserting 
SSlonetecleseotizssics 222232 | the words “ tenth day of October,” by leaving out 
BV liS FS SSS/S SSS uS Ze SNe ws Ss | h “ icht” i ] di . } : 
S$ Ae iz % |S = | the word “ eight” in I. 12., and inserting the word 
| twelve,” by leaving out from the word “‘ upwards” 
ae _in the same line to the word “ excluding” m 1. 19., 
Small County | by leaving out from the word “ occupier” in 1. 20., 
pam to the word “‘ who” in the same line, by leaving 
wney- - . 
‘ ted |out the words “ first day of July” in 1. 21., and 
lanwilliam - | inserting the words “ thirtieth day of September,” 























Benefices in 


Plurality Bill. Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter | ° 


Parliamentary 
Voters, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 





| 


Mr. Frewen reported, That having been with the | 


of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the | 
Benefices in Plurality Bill, the Lords do agree to a. 
Conference, and appoint the same immediately in| 
the Royal Gallery. | 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed | 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a | 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said | 
Amendments, do manage the Conference: And the 


names of Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. M‘Cullagh, Mr. |“ 


Brotherton, Mr. Poulett Scrope and Sir Charles’ 
Douglas were added to them. 


Then the names of the Managers were called | 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being | 


returned ; 
Mr. Frewen reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the’ 


that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 


| 


| the word ‘¢ 
‘ 


part of the Lords by the Marquis of Salisbury; and | 


by leaving out the words “ first day of January” 
in ], 23., and insertiag the words “ thirty-first day 
‘“‘ of March,” by inserting after the word “ add” 
in 1. 31., the words “ by a stamp or in writing,” 
by leaving out the words “ or joint occupier” in 
. 34., by leaving out the words “ or joint occupier,” 
in Is. 36. and 37., and by leaving out the words 
“ sixteenth day of July” in 1. 37., and inserting 
the words “ ninth day of November.” And the 
Commons propose to amend the second clause 
omitted by the Lords by leaving out the words 
sixteenth day of July” in P. 10 1. 8., and in- 
serting the words “ ninth day of November,” by 
eaving out from the word “ occupier” in |. 16. to 
the word “ of” in]. 17., by leaving out the word 
'“ eight” in 1. 18., and inserting the word “ twelve,” 
y leaving out from the word “ upwards” in 1. 19., 
to the word “ except” in I. 20., by inserting after 
add” in |. 28., the words “ by a stamp 
‘or in writing,” and by leaving out the words 
“eighteenth day of July” inl. 41., and inserting 


to the said Amendments ; and had left the Bill and | the words “ twelfth day of November.” 
Amendments with their Lordships. | The Commons disagree to the first Amendment 
ss ae ; jin P.11.1.13., and to the Amendments, ]. 17., 1. 24. 
Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- ' and |. 25., for the Reason last assigned. 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered! The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to| P, 11. Is. 25. and 26., but propose to amend the 
certain of the Amendments made by their Lordships words omitted by the Lords by leaving out the word 
to the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;e: (Zreland) Bill; |“ eight” and inserting the word “ twelve,” and by 
That they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, | leaving out from “ upwards” to the end of the 
which they had directed him to report to the House; words omitted. 
and the same were read, as follow : |, The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
_ The Commons propose to amend the Amendment | in P. 11. |. 32., by leaving out the word “ fifteen” 
in P, 2. 1. 5., by leaving out the word “ fifteen” in |in Fo. 11. |. 18., and inserting the word “ twelve.” 
Fo. 1.1. 6., and inserting the word “ twelve.” | The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
Because the Commons consider that the reten- |P. 11.1. 35. and 1. 38., for the Reason last before 
tion of the word “ fifteen” would be an | given. 
undue restriction of the number of electors |" The Commons disagree to the Amendment in P. 
in Irish counties, whereas the insertion of | 11. J. 42., but propose to amend the words omitted 
the word “ twelve” would create a consti-| by the Lords by leaving out the word “sixteenth ” 
tuency more commensurate with the wants | and inserting the word “ twentieth.” 
and circumstances of Ireland. The Commons disagree to the Amendments in P. 
. The Commons propose to amend the Amendment | 11.1. 43., in P. 12.1. 4., 1. 11., 1. 12., 1.15. (two 
in P, 4. 1. 38., by inserting the word “ inhabitant” | Amendments), 1, 18., and 1. 21., for the last stated 
after the word “ pound” in Fo, 5.1. 6. Reason, 
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600 1° Augusti. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in P. 
12. |. 25., but propose to amend the Clause omitted 
by the Lords by inserting after the word “ fifty ” in 
P. 12.1. 29, the word “one,” by leaving out the 
word “eight” in |, 38, and inserting the word 
“twelve,” by leaving out from the word “ upwards” 
in the same line to the word “ excluding ”’ in 1. 44., 
by leaving out from the word “ occupier ” in]. 45. 
to the word “ who” in P. 13. 1. 1. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P, 13. 1,25. by leaving out the words “ ninth day 
“of November in the year One thousand eight 
“ hundred and fifty, and on or before the ” in Fo. | 
13. 1. ult. and Fo, 14, Is. 1 and 2. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in P, 
13. |. 28., 1. 34. (two Amendments), }. 40., 1. 41., 1. 
43., |. penult., P. 14. 1. 3., and to the first Amend- 
ment in |. 4., for the last stated Reason. 

The Commons propose to amend the first Amend- 
ment in P, 14. |. 7., by leaving out the words 
“« twelfth day of November in the year One thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and fifty, and on or before 
* os.” 

The Commons disagree to the Second Amend- 
ment in P. 14.1. 7., and to the Amendments, |. 11. 
(two Amendments), 1]. 31., 1, 37., and P. 15,1. 11, 
for the last stated Reason. 

The Commons pease to amend the original Bill 
in P. 16. 1. 3. and in P, 17, 1. 30. by leaving out the 
word “time” and inserting the words “ respective 
“ times,” the same Amendments being rendered ne- 
cessary by the alteration of the next preceding dates 
made by the Lords. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in P. 
16. 1, 16., for the last stated Reason. 

The Commons propose to amend the original Bill 
in P. 33. 1. 10. by inserting after the word “ value” 
the words “ respectively of Twelve pounds or up- | 
“« wards, or,” such Amendment being rendered ne- 
cessary by the Amendment establishing different 
franchises for counties and for boroughs made by | 
the Lords, | 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P. 33.1]. 20. by inserting after the word “ re-_ 
“ gards” in Fo, 36.1. 15. the words “ the Register | 
“* for.” | 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment | 
in P. 48. 1. 18. by leaving out the word “ fifteen ” | 
in Fo, 39, 1. 10, and inserting the word “ twelve.” | 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment | 
in P, 58.1, 8. by leaving out the word “ fifteen” in| 


Fo. 41. 1. 21. and inserting the word “ twelve.” 


In the Schedule. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in P. 
63.1, 14. and to the Amendment in the first co- 
lumn. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in Ps. | 
64, and 65., but propose to amend Form (No. 2.) 
omitted by the Lords by leaving out the words | 











“ eighth day of July” in P. 64. |. 7, and inserting | 


the words “tenth day of October,” by leaving out 
the word “eight” in 1. 17, and inserting the word 
“ twelve,” hen out from the word “ upwards ” 
in the same line to the word “ but” in I. 23., by 
leaving out from “ occupier ” in |, 24, to the word 
“ who” in 1. 25., by leaving out in the same line the 
words “ first day of July” and inserting the words 
“ thirtieth day of September,” by inserting after 


“the” in |. 27. the word “ thirty,” and in the same | 


line by leaving out the word ‘* January” and in- 
serting the word “ March,” by inserting after the 


word “add” in 1, 34. the words “ with a stamp or 


mis &gt; 


‘ment in P, 69. 1, 33., by inserting after the word 


| 
Bill in P. 69. 1. 33., by inserting after the word 
'“ pounds” the words “and being to them of the 
'* net annual value of Five pounds above all 





A. 1850. 


The Commons propose to amend the first Amend- 
ment in P. 65. 1. 23. by leaving out the word “ ex- 
“cept” in Fo, 45.1. 10. and inserting the words 
** after the year.” 

The Commons disagree to the second Amend- 
ment in P. 65. 1. 23. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in P. 
65. |. 29. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
P, 65. 1. 32., 1. 38.1. 40., 1. penult., and the first 
Amendment in 1. ult. 


The Commons disagree to the second Amend- 
ment in P, 65, 1. ult., but propose to amend the 
words omitted by leaving out the word “ eight” 
and inserting the word “ twelve,” and by leaving 
out from the word “ upwards” to the end of the 
Amendment. 

The Commons disagree to the first Amendment 
in P, 66. 1. 5. 

The Commons propose to amend the second 
Amendment in P. 66, 1, 5. by leaving out the word 
“ fifteen” in Fo, 47, 1, 5. and inserting the word 
“ twelve.” 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
P. 66.1. 16., 1. 20., 1.25, and 1. 26. (two first Amend- 
ments), 

The Commons disagree to so much of the third 
Amendment in 1, 26. as proposes to leave out from 
““ oath*” to “you,” but propose to amend the 
words omitted by the Lords by leaving out the 
word “eight” in P. 66. 1. 33., and inserting the 
word “twelve,” by leaving out from the word 
“ upwards” in |, 34. to the word “ but” in 1. 39.,. 
and by leaving out the words “ and every such 
“ joint occupier” in |. 41. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 


| P. 67. 1. 16 and 1. 18. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
Ps. 67. and 68., but propose to amend form No. 4, 
omitted by the Lords by leaving out the word 
“eight” in P. 67. 1. 39., and inserting the 
word “ twelve,” by leaving out from the word “ of 
in |, 41. to the word “ excluding” 
inl. 44., by leaving out the words “ first day of 
“ July” in |. 45., and inserting the words “ thirtieth 
“ day of September,” by leaving out the words 
“ first day of January” in P, 68. 1. 2., and in- 
serting the words “ thirty-first day of March.” 


The Commons propose to amend form No. 5. 
omitted by the Lords, by leaving out the word 
“eight” in P, 68. 1. 21, and inserting the 
word ‘ twelve,” by leaving out from the word “ of 
“ ”’ ], 22, to the word “ and” in 1, 25.,. 


‘by leaving out the words “ first day of July” in 


1. 26., and inserting the words “ thirtieth day of 
“ September,” by leaving out the words “ first day 
“ of January” |. 28., and inserting the words 
“ thirty-first day of March.” 


The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
P. 69.1. 12, (two Amendments), |. 20. 


The Commons propose to amend the Amend- 


“ held” in Fo, 49. 1. 17. the words “by them.” 
The Commons propose to amend the original 


“ charges, taxes, &amp;c.”’ the said Amendment being 
rendered necessary by the Amendments made by 
your Lordships relating to franchises of this nature. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 


“ in writing,” by leaving out the words “ or joint | P. 70. 1. 22. 


** occupier” in |. 36., by leaving out the words “ or 
** joint occupier ” in |. 38., by leaving out the words 


«sixteenth day of July” in 1. 39. and inserting | 
* ninth day of November,” and by leaving out the | 
words “ eighth day of July” in P. 65. 1. 9, and in- | 


serting the words “tenth day of October.” 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 


iP. 74. 1. 3., and to the Amendment in the first 


column. ; 
The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 75., but propose to amend form No. 15. omitted 
by the Lords by leaving out “1850” P, 75. |. ~ 
an 














Savings Banks 
(1849.) 


Savings 
Banks. 


No, 649. 


Public Bills. 


Message from 
the Lords, 
Highway 
Rates Bill, 


East of Fife 
Railway Bill. 


14 Vicroriz. 


and inserting “ 1851,” by leaving out the word 
“ eight” in 1. 8., and inserting the word “ twelve,” 
and by leaving out from the word “ of” in]. 10. 
to the word “ and” in 1. 12. 

The Commons disagree to the first Amendment 
in P, 78.1. 41. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P, 79. 1. 17. by inserting after the word “ lists” 
in Fo. 54.1. 6. the words “ marked Nos. 7, 8 and 9.” 


The Commons have disagreed to several of the 
Amendments made by the Lords in the Schedule to 
the Bill, in consequence of their having disagreed to 
certain Amendments made in the body of the Bill. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Sir William Somerville do go to the Lords, and 
desire the said Conference. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 28th 
day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, was 
made from the Select Committee appointed to in- 
quire into and report upon the circumstances con- 
nected with the failure cf 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, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Savings Banks. 


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, and to whom was 
referred the Report of the Select Committee on 
Savings Banks of last Session, have Power to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. John Abel Smith reported from the said Se- 
lect 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 Evidence 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 of the Name or Title of every Public Bill 
ordered to be brought in during the present Session 
of Parliament; the Date of such Order; the Dates 
of the First Reading, and the several Stages of each 
Bill; and the Dates of every Postponement between 
each Stage of the Bill, made up to Wednesday the 
31st day of July last, inclusive, with the Names of 
the Members by whom such Bills were ordered to 
be brought in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to continue an Act for authorizing the Appli- 
cation of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Dissolution of the East of Fife Railway 
Company, and for the Abandonment of the Rail- 
way, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
a desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

VoL. 105. 


1° Auguste. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leasehold 





601 


to amend an Act passed in the Session of Parlia- 
ment held in the twelfth and thirteenth = of 
the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen 

intituled, “ An Act for converting the renewable 
Leasehold Tenure of Lands in Jredand into a Tenure 
in Fee ;” to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Sir William Somerville reported, That having 
been with the Lords to desire a Conference on the 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. (Zre- 
land) Bull, the Lords do agree to a Conference, and 
appoint the same immediately in the Royal Gal- 
lery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage the Conference: And the 
names of Mr. Sharman Crawford, Lord Claud Ha- 
milton, Mr. Lascelles,.Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. 
Scully, Mr. Henley 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 William Somerville reported, That the Ma- 
nagers 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 certain of the said Amendments, and 
had left the Bill, and Amendments, with their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Ramsgate 


to investigate the Revenue, Condition and Expendi- 
ture of Ramsgate and Margate Harbours, have ' 
Power to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,— Return to an Address Causes entered 


to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of June last, f 
for a Return of the Number of Causes entered for 
Trial in the Queen’s Courts in Westminster and on 
Assizes, in the years 1819, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 
1849, respectively, distinguishing each Circuit ; 
also the Number of Barristers on Roll in the same 
ears, 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Northern 
Returns of the several Applications made to the Lighthouses. 


Commissioners of Northern Lights since the pass- 
ing of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.79, for Grants in 
aid of existing Lighthouses, for Grants for new 
Lighthouses, for Grants for Buoys and Beacons ; 
stating the Names of the Chairman or other Party 
making such Applications, the Dates on which 
such Applications were received, and of the Orders 
issued respectively by the Commissioners : — Of 
the Dates of the first Proceedings of the Com- 
missioners upon each such Application respectively, 
and the Nature of such Proceedings; showing, 
where the Order has been to refer Applications to 
Committees, the Names of Commissioners forming 
such Committees, the Dates of Meeting of such 
Committees, and the Commissioners present at 
each Meeting; also, a Statement of the Nature of 
the Recommendations made by such Committees, 
and the Decision of the Commissioners upon such 

4u Recommendations 





ictoria, Bill. 


(England. ) 














compen ware 





Supply. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Company, 
&amp;e. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Privy Council 
Office. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


Railways 
Commission, 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


602 


Recommendations respectively :—Of the Number 
and Dates of Meetings held by the Commissioners 
in each year, the Names of the Commissioners pre- 
sent at each such Meeting; and a similar Return 
as regards the Meetings of Committees :—And, 
Statement of the estimated Expense for erecting 
the Lighthouse at Skerryvore, before it was com- 
menced; the Total Amount expended thereon, 
showing from what Sources the same were paid ; 
the Dates when the works were commenced, and 
when finished. 


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 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 


“ asthe statements contained in the printed Papers, 
“ No. 297, and in the Petitions before the House, 
“ regarding the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
“ Dublin Railway Company, and the Proceedings 
“ of the Commissioners of Railways, concern the 
“ privileges of this House, and the integrity of its 
“* Members and Officers, an Inquiry be made into 
“the said Printed Papers and Petitions, and the 
“ loss of documents important to the Shareholders, 
“ abstracted from the offices of this House, and 
“ ordered by this House on the 22d day of March 
“ last to be produced :—Also to consider measures 
“ for the better protection of the public and Share- 
“ holders, and the carrying out of public measures 
“ and Resolutions sanctioned by this House ; and 
remedies for the said loss,” instead thereof. 

And the Question bemg put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


- 
nn 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1850, the Expense of making 


an Enclosure in front of Buckingham Palace, and | 


for removing the Marble Arch. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-one thousand five hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1850, the Expense of constructing Harbours of 
Refuge. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 
31st day of March 1851. 

4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum 
not exceeding Three thousand six hundred and forty 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray a 
portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England, to the 31st day of March 
1851; 

The Committee divided. 

Nene -aa&lt; { Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) “pad ntl Hill: } 


Tare far the Nase J Sit Benjamin Hall, \ ,. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mir. Mouse: . J 32. 


70. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand nine hundred and forty-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 1851. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand six hundred and six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 


1° August. 


A, 1850. 





7. Motion made, and Question proposed, That Secret 
a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-five thousand pounds, Services. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Her Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, 
to the 31st day of March 1851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-five 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 1851. 

The Committee divided. 

e &gt;... {Colonel Sibthorp, 

Tellers for the Yeas, wy. Mame: P m 

Mr. Hayter, , 
{ Lord Marcus Hill: { 82 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 


| 
Tellers for the Noes, 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, 
hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and se- &amp;c. 


venty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Expeuses 
of Stationery, Printing and Binding, for the several 
Public Departments, including the Expense of the 
Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 1851. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten National 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Gallery 
wards defraying, in the year 1850, the Expense of (Scotland. 


erecting Buildings for a National Gallery, and other 
Purposes connected therewith, and with the Pro- 
motion of Fine Arts, in Scotland. 


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, To-morrow, again 

_vesolve itself into the said Committee. 


| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duke of 


into a Committee upon the Duke of Cambridge’s, &amp;c., 
Annuity Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tu be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
| graph. 
| Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse N° 1 (Her Majesty may grant annuity 
of to the Duke of Cam- 
bridge, and annuity of Three thousand pounds to 
ithe Princess Mary of Cambridge). 
| Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in P, 2.1. 16: To fill the 

blank with ‘‘ Twelve thousand pounds.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “Ten 
‘thousand pounds.” 
| Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the blank be filled with “ Five thousand pounds.” 
| Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
| leave to sit again. 
| Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question, That the blank be filled with “ Five 
thousand pounds,”—put, and Negatived. 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “Ten 
thousand pounds;” 

The Committee divided. 


, 


nn Mr. Hume 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Bright: f 76. 
7 Mr. Hayter 

Tellers for the Noes, Lord pad Hill: s105. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause N° 2, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And 





Cambridge’s, 
&amp;c. Annuity 

















14 Vicroriz. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 2° die Augusti, 1850: 


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. 


Excise (Sugar The Bill to reduce the Duty of Excise on Sugar 
and Licenses) manufactured in the United Kingdom, and to impose 
am a countervailing Duty on Sugar used in the Brewing 
of Beer for Sale, and also to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Licenses granted to Brewers and Dis- 
tillers, 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. 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Reasons offered by the Lords, at 
a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Railways Aban- 
donment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Grand Jury The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
SaeCuen into a Committee upon the Grand Jury Cess (/re- 
land) 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 this day. 


Assizes The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Assizes (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Registrarof The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


a take into consideration the Registrar of Judgments 
land) ng Office (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Fees (Court The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
yor ya into a Committee upon the Fees (Court of Com- 
a 2.) mon Pleas (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. 
Appointments The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
to Offices, 


&amp;c. mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


a andCat- The Sheep and Cattle Contagious Disorders Pre- 
Dire’ Pe vention Continuance Bill was, according to Order, 
vention Cons Yead a second time ; and committed toa Committee 


tinuance Bill. of the whole House, for Monday next. 
eet of The Copyright of Designs Acts Amendment Bill 
Acts Amend- WS, according to Order, read a second time; and 
ment Bill. © committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
Vou. 105. 





1°....¥” Auguste. 








~ 603 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Incumbered 
Reading of the Incumberéd Estates (Ireland) Bill; Estates __ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (™!#24) Bill. 


Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Masters’ 
Reading of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity Jurisdiction 
Bill ; in Equity Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Landlord 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which a 
were yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, {No 2.) a. 
That the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) (No. 2.) 

Bill be now read a second time ; and which Amend- 
ments were, 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 again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Moore, 
\ The Lord Mayor of Dublin :} 


Yeas, 
Tellers for thef - bee Aimenter | "5 
Noes, | Mr. Grogan : j 


So it passed in the Negative. 
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 { Mt. George Alexander Ha- b 
Yeas ‘ milton, &gt; 70. 
: | Mr. Grogan: 
Tellers for the f The Lord Mayor of ae 6 
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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Inspection of 
Reading of the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill; Coal Mines, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Union of 
mittee on the Union of Liberties with Counties Bill ; Liberties with 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Counties Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Compound 
mittee on the Compound Householders Bill ; Householders 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Coroners’ Fees 
mittee on the Coroners’ Fees Abolition Bill ; Abolition 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 Second Tenant-right 
Reading of the Tenant-right (Zre/and) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
4H 


(Ireland) Bill, 


The 


bo 




















Pa et PERE aceite 





ere 





Debtors and 
Creditors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Portland 
Harbour and 
Breakwater 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Spitalfields 
and Shoreditch 
New Street 
Bill. 


Police Super- 
annuation 
Fund Bill. 


Spitalfields 

and Shoreditch 
New Street 
Bill. 


No. 661. 


Police Super- 
annuation 
Fund Bill. 


No, 654. 


Army and 
Ordnance 
Expenditure. 


No. 662. 


604. 1°—2° Augusti. 


The Order of the day,being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Portland Harbour and | 
Breakwater 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 Bill to authorize the Inclosure of certain 
Lands, in pursuance of a Special Report of the 
Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and | 
an Amendment was made to the Bill, 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations | 
(Ireland) (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 
this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enlarge and extend the Powers of an Act of the 
ninth and tenth years of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to enable the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Woods to construct a New Street 
from Spitalfields to Shoreditch”: And that Lord 
Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and 
bring it In. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Justices to direct Portions of Fines and 
Penalties, in certain cases, to be paid for the benefit 
of the Superannuation Fund of the Police Force 
established in any County: And that Mr. Nicholl 
and Mr. Sotheron do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to enlarge and 
extend the Powers of an Act of the ninth and tenth 
years of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act 
to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods to construct a New Street from Spitalfields 
to Shoreditch :’ And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Exa-| 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, | 
and proceed, this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 





| ment. Freemen Bill, 


|the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- Sheffield and 





Mr. Vicholl presented a Bill to enable Justices 
to direct Portions of Fines and Penalties, in certain | 
eases, to be paid for the Benefit of the Superannua- | 
tion Fund of the Police Force established in any | 
County: And the same was read the first time ;| 
and ordered to be read a second time this day; and | 
to be printed. ; | 

| 

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 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Seymour reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 








A. 1850. 


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. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Elections _ 
Lords to the Elections (Jreland) Bill be taken into (!teland) Bill. 


consideration upon Monday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Two of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 2° die Augusti ; 


Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 





PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 


_ the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the London (City) School London (City) 
for Orphans of Freemen Bill, without Amend. School for 
rphans of 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gijston 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bilston Improvement, 
Improvement, Market, Waterworks and Cemetery rae 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and, with an and Cemetery 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ship, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yfanchester, 


Bill: Lincolnshire 


chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 5 Railway Bill 


and the same were twice read, and 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- Ashby’s _ 
solve the Marriage of the Reverend Edward Quenby Divorce Bill. 
Ashby with Elizabeth Sophia, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Marcus Hill 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 Cavendish’s | 
Cavendish’s (or Harcourt’s) Estate Bill. — ») 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ; 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Somerville’s, 
Somerville’s or Mills’ (Barford Rectory) Estate ky hm 
Bill. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order made upon Monday last, for referring Deanery a 
the Deanery of Saint Burian Division Bill to the Seviden Bil 
Committee of Selection, was read ; and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 

Nicholl, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. French, Sir 
Robert Price, Mr. Grey, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Sir William Gibson Craig, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 

Pugh, 














Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction 
Railway. 


Leasehold 





14 Vicrortz. 


Pugh, and Five Members to be added by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of William Stephens, of Bedford-row, 
in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That certain causes 
are now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Ex- 
chequer at Westminster, in which the Birkenhead, 
Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Com- 
pany are plaintiffs and Thomas Webster, Esquire 
and others, are defendants, and which said causes 
now stand for trial at the next Assizes, to be held 
at Chester; that the Petitioner is Attorney for the 
said defendants, and is advised that the production 
of certain documents, plans and sections hereinafter 
mentioned, and now in the custody of the officers 
of the House, is essential to the case of the defend- 
ants, (that is to say), Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway, 1846, Petition for Bill, 


with copy proposed Bill and agent’s declaration | 


annexed ; plans, sections and books of reference ; 
estimate of expense and copy subscription contract ; 
Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction 
Railway, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway 
Amalgamation, 1847, Petition for Bill, with copy 
of Bill and agent’s declaration annexed ; Birken- 
head, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway 
(Abandonment of Part of Line, Extension to Lon- 
don and North Western Railway, &amp;c. 1849), Peti- 
tion for Bill, with copy proposed Bill and agent’s 
declaration annexed ; plans, sections and b#oks of 
reference; estimate of expense and copy subscrip- 
tion contract, or the declaration in lieu of such 
subscription contract ; and copy Bill, as amended 
in Committee; Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway, Power to sell or lease, &amp;c., 
1849, Petition for Bill, with copy proposed Bill 
and agent’s declaration annexed ; and praying that 
the said plans, sections and other documents ma 
be produced at the hearing of the said cause, and 
that the proper officers of the House may have leave | 
to attend and produce the same, or that the House , 
will be pleased to make such other Order in the 
matter as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
officers to attend accordingly. 


The Leasehold Tenure of Land (Jreland) Act 


TenureofLand Amendment Bill was read the first time; and or- 


(Ireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 663. 
Spitalfields 


New Street 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Seventieth 
Report.) 


Coroners Act. 


? 


dered to be reada second time upon Monday next ; | 


and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from. 
andShoreditch fr, 


May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Spitalfields 
and Shoreditch New Street Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; ‘That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 31st day 
of July last, and upon 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. 


A Petition of Members of the English Homeo- 
pathic Association and others, complaining of the 
verdict of a Coroner’s jury on an inquest held 
upon the body of Richard David Pearce, and of 
the summing-up of the deputy coroner; and pray- 
ing that the portion of the Act of Parliament, 
known as the Coroners’ Act, which enables Coroners 
themselves to appoint their deputies, may be re- 
pealed, in order that the officer who actually per- 
forms the duties of the Coroner may be of the 
choice and appointment of the county, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to he upon the 
Table. 

- VoL. 105, 


2° Augusti. 


605 


A Petition of Colliers and Workers in Coal Inspection of 
Mines, in the county of Glamorgan, praying that Coal Mines 
the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill may not pass - 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Ross polling district, in the Malt. 
county of Hereford ; —Weston-under-Penyard ; — 
| Hope Mansell ;—and, Romsey ; praying for the re- 
peal of the duty on Malt,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of the Ziverpool Law Society (Presi- Masters’ 

‘ dent) ;—and, Members of the Leeds Law Society ; pa ear rtag 
_praying that the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity "°¢™'%™ 
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 Municipal 

| Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, pray- pines spam 
‘ing that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) No.2) Bill. 
(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 

stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Inhabitants of the Chapelry of Oath of 

| Finsthwaite, in the parish of Colton, in the county (Sows) Bill 
of Lancaster, praying that the Oath of Abjura- 

tion (Jews) Bill may not pass into a law, was 


| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


! 
| 
__ A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Poor Law. 
| Second Vice-Chairman, and Clerk of the Board of 
Guardians of the Worcester Poor Law Union, pray- 
‘ing for amendment of the Poor Law, in regard to 


‘assessment for the relief of the poor, was presented, 
\and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and Labourers resident Poor Law 
in the parish of Cathcart, in the county of Renfrew, Scotland.) 
praying the House to pass an Act, declaring and 
enacting that weekly wages do not fall under the 
term, ‘‘ means and substance ” in the assessment for 
the poor rates in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Wilton, in the North post-office. 
| Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of 
|Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Eastern Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Jreland ; 
_—and, Inhabitants of Wetley Rocks, in the county 
of Stafford; praying the House not to rescind the 
Resolution for the abolition of Sunday labour in the 
| Post-office,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| Petitions from Ashley ;— Killinkere ;—and, There- Roman Catho- 
| undersigned, attending the annual meeting of the lic Religion. 
| Protestant Association in Exeter Hall; praying that 
measures may be devised and taken for the suppres- 
| sion of monasteries and nunneries, and for the final 
prohibition and banishment from the United King- 
|dom of Jesuits and members of other religious or- 
ders, communities or societies of the Church of 
Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows,—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| ‘Table. 





A Petition of Merchants, Wholesale Houses and Railway 
Traders of London, praying the House to cause an Packages. 
inquiry to be made into the conduct and proceedings 
of Railway Companies regarding the carriage and 
charge for goods and parcels; that a revision may 
be made of their powers and charges, and a vigilant 

4u3 





supervision 








ET 














a: eet: 





Savings 
Banks Bill. 


Benefices. 
No, 664. 


Quarantine. 
No. 616. 


Public Income 


and Expendi- 
ture. 


No, 665. 


Orders of 
Removal. 


No. 666, 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
Cireland) 
Continuance 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant (Lre- 
land.) 


606 


supervision established in respect of the same, and 
better protection afforded to wholesale traders and 
carriers sending parcels by Railway, and to com- | 
petition with a view to the prevention of monopoly, 
the protection of traders, and the safety of parcels 
and goods, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees and 
Managers of the Savings Bank in the city of Coven- 
try, praying that before the Savings Banks Bill shall 
be passed into a law, a Select Committee may be 
appointed to inquire into the management of Savings 
Banks, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Benefices, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarantine, 
which was presented upon 31st day of January last, 


be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- 
come and Expenditure, which was presented yester- 


day, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Orders of Removal, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Jreland) 
Continuance Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be laid aside. 


2° Augusti. 


A. 1850. 


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 ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till after 
the Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Assessed 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill ; bw a aaa 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other ; 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ap- County Court 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered tothe Lords Extension Bill 
at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the County 
Court Extension 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 disagree to the Amendment in 
P.2. 1. 28., for the following Reason : 


Because great inconvenience results in some 
cases from the residence of Clerks and As- 
sistant Clerks of County Courts at a distance 
from the district within which such Courts are 
held, and it is expedient that a power should 
be given to remedy such inconvenience. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 3. 1. 31. for the following Reason: 

Because the Commons consider that this pro- 
vision should be made conformable to s. 91. 
of the Act of 10 Vic. ¢. 95, relating to the 
same subject-matter. 


The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.) 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to con- | ,, 


tinue, fora time to be limited, an Act of the eleventh 
year of Her present Majesty, for the better Pre- 
vention of Crime and Outrage in certain parts of 
Ireland ; 

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 distressed people of Jreland have borne un- 
“ exampled sufferings, produced by famine, and by 
“ evictions from the soil, with praiseworthy submis-| 
“ sion to the Laws; and it is the opinion of this | 
“ House, that it is not just to renew and continue | 
“ measures of coercion subversive of the constitu- | 
“ tional rights of the Irish people as British sub- 
jects, whilst the redress of acknowledged grie- | 
“ vances connected with the Laws which regulate 

“ the relations of Landlord and Tenant, recom- 
“* mended to the consideration of Parliament in Her 
* Majesty’s Speech, has been neglected or post- 
poned,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


nw 


‘ 


~ 


T ,__ f{ Mr. Moore, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, LMr. 4 nen ? 29. 
TT. a F aie f Mr. Hayter, q 
Tellers for the Noes, | Send Marene its 5 89. 


by inserting after “be” in Fo.2. 1.6. the words 
ie and may make such Order with respect to the 
costs of the said appeal as such Court may think 
“ proper,” by leaving out “order” in the same 
|line, and inserting “orders,” and by leaving out 
from “final” in 1. 7. to the end of the Clause. 
The Commons propose to amend Clause (B.) by 
leaving out “to” in 1.9. and inserting “ in,” by 
leaving out in the same line “the Judges before 
'“ whom ” and “ shall belong ” in 1. ult. 
The Commons propose to amend Clause (D.) by 


} 
| 


leaving out “twenty pounds” in Fo.1. 1.7. and 


inserting “five pounds by the said recited Act,” 

y leaving out “ hereinbefore ” in }s.7 and 8. and 
inserting “by this Act,” and by inserting after 
“ hereditaments ” in Fo. 2 1, 4. the words “ or some 


|“ part thereof are situate.” 


The Commons disagree to Clause (G.) for the 
following Reason : 
Because it appears inexpedient to afford such 
protection and to give such power to po- 
licemen and constables, and penery by 
provisions in a Bill for extending the Juris- 
diction of the County Courts in England. 
The Commons propose to amend Clause (H.) by 
leaving outin Fo. 1. 1. 1. the words “ made and,” and 
inl,2. the words “ninth and,” by inserting after 
the word “ prolixity” in]. 18. the words “ And 
“ whereas also it is expedient to obviate certain 
“ difficulties which have arisen as to the landlord’s 
“ right to priority of payment upon the construc- 
“ tion of the said Enactment,” and by inserting at 
the end of the Clause the words “and also that no 
“ execution creditor under the said Act or this Act 


n 





So it passed in the Negative. 


“ shall be satisfied his debt out of the proceeds of 


“‘ such execution and distress, or execution only, 








' 
And the Question being again proposed, That the |“ 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the |“ 
Question ; i 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | “ 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the | “‘ 


where the tenant shall replevy, until the land- 
lord who shall conform to the provisions of the 
said Act as amended by this Act shall have been 
paid the rent in arrear for the periods in the said 
Act limited.” 


The 











Turnpike-road 


and Bridge 
Trusts, 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 


14 VicroriZ. 


The Commons propose to amend Clause (J.) by 
leaving out from “Courts” in Fo, 1. 1.9. to “and 
in |. 11. 

The Commons disagree to Clause (K.) for the fol- 
lowing Reason: 

Because, however desirable such a provision 
may appear, it is not expedient to insert it in 
the present Bill for England only, but it 
should be given, if at all, by some more ge- 
neral Bill relating to the law or subject of 
landlord and tenant. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 7. 1. 15, for the following Reason : 

Because great expense is incurred in many 
cases in providing places for holding County 
Courts, which would, toa certain extent, be 
obviated by the said Clause, without inter- 
fering with the business usually transacted 
in the town halls, court houses or other 
public buildings mentioned in the said 
Clause, or with any other purposes for which 
they may be used. 

The Commons propcse to amend the original 
Bill by leaving out the Clause (No. 18.), being from 
the word “ Courts” in P.7. 1.40. to the word 
“And” in P.8.1.6., the same being rendered ne- 
cessary by other Amendments which have been 
made in the Bill, and which, under Clause (13.), 
leave a concurrent jurisdiction in the Superior 
Courts of Law at Westminster. 

With the preceding exceptions, the Commons 
agree to all the Amendments made by your Lord- 
ships. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And 
that Mr. Greene do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of July 1848, for 
Returns of the Names of all Turnpike-road Trusts 
in England and Wales, and of each Division of each 
such Trust, where there are more than one :—Of the 
Amount of Expenditure in each of the years 1843, 
1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, of purchasing Sites 
for Toll-houses and Gardens; of erecting Toll- 
houses and Gates and Weighing Machines, and of 
Advertising and letting Tolls ; of obtaining Acts of 
Parliament ; of the Expense of Management, exclu- 
sive of Collection of Tolls and Surveying and 
Superintending Roads :—Of the Number of Persons 
employed as Toll-gatherers or Collectors, and the 
Expense of Collection of Tolls :—Of the Number 
of Trustees who have acted as such during the 
whole of the said years; and of the Number of 
Meetings of the Trustees on the business of the 
Trust, in each year; and the Number of Trustees 
present at each Meeting :—And also, similar Re- 
turns as to all Bridge Trusts in England and Wales, 
where a Pontage is levied. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Greene reported, That having been with the 
Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
County Court Extension Bill, the Lords do agree to 
a Conference, and appoint the same immediately in 
the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage the Conference : And the 
names of Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardwell, 
Sir Robert Price, Mr. Muntz and Sir John Duck- 
worth were added to them. 

VoL, 105. 


y A ugust?. 








UJ 
607 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Greene reported, That the Managers had been 
at the Conference, which was managed on the part 
of the Lords by the Earl of Saint Germans; and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to certain of the said Amendments, and had left the 
Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool, 
Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Line of er = 
the Liverpool, Croshy and Southport Railway, and ion 
for other Purposes, without any Amendment: And (Deviations, 
also Enlargement 

’ of Station, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Message frong 
the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Chippindall’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divorce Bill 
solve the Marriage of William Chippindall with 
Mary Anne Chippindall, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Trustee Bill. 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Con- 


-veyance and Transfer of Real and Personal Property 


vested in Mortgagees and Trustees, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Peterborough 
by this House to the Amendments made by their ow ge pn 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for better erty na 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise Bil. ~’ 
regulating and improving the City and Township of 
Peterborough, in the Liberty of Peterborough, in the 
County of Northampton, and for establishing a 
Cemetery therein, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Birkenhead 
Act to carry into effect Arrangements made between Dock Trustees 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods and~~ 
the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, to amend 
the Acts relating to the said Docks, and to extend 
the Time for Completion of Works, 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 Canterbury 
empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose —- 
of certain Lands in Mew Zealand; to which the ““"“S Bi 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Eari of 
to authorize the Trustees of the Will of William Gilengall’s 
Mellish, Esquire, deceased, to invest a Portion of a 
the Funds, subject to the Trusts of the Will of the 
said William Mellish, in the Purchase of the Family 
Estates in Jreland of the Right honourable Richard 
Earl of Glengall; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The Canterbury Settlement Lands Bill was read Canterbury 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Settlement 


time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. sarees 
No. 667. 


The Earl of Glengali’s Estate Bill was read the gary of 
first time. Glengall’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- state Bill. 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address church 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of May last, for Preferment. 
a Return showing the several Pieces of Preferment 
held by every Archbishop, Bishop, Dean, Arch- 
deacon, Chancellor, Preeentor, Succentor, Preben- 
dary or Canon, together with the Value of each of 
4H4 such 


















Benefices 
Scquestered. 


Sinecure 
Rectories, &amp;c. 


Aliens. 


Coroners’ 
Inquests, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Supply. 


Holyrood 
Palace. 





608 2°—3° Augusti. A. 1850. 


such Pieces of Preferment, and the Number of| 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine New House of 
Houses attached to each of such Pieces of Prefer-| thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commons. 
ment. | Majesty, to defray, in the year ending on the 31st 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | day of March 1851, the Expense of making Altera- 
17th day of May last, for a Return of all the Bene-| tions in the New House of Commons. 
fices in England or Wales which have been seques-| 3. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Cuffe-street 
tered for the purpose of discharging the Debts of any | not exceeding Thirty thousand pounds, be granted Savings Bank 
Incumbent, since the passing of the Act 1 and 2 Vice. |to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to afford ‘*" 
c. 106 (14th day of August 1838); stating the | Relief to the Depositors in the late Cuffe-street 
Names of such Benefices, the Date of the Sequestra- | Savings Bank, in Dublin ; ' 
tion, and the Length of Time that each was or has | The Committee divided. 
been under Sequestration, and the Gross Amount | 7 Mr. Hayter 
of Debts for the payment of which each Benefice Tellers for the Yeas, {Tord rane Hil: f1**. 
was sequestered, the Povulation and Annual Value | _,, , Mr. Henley ; 
of ae and the County and Diocese in which it is Tellers for the Noes, { Mr Heald. } =. 
situated ; and if there is more than one Church, 
then the Number of Churches to each of the said | 
Benefices, and the Annual Amount paid to the 


































































4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- Supplies. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
Curate or Curates to perform the Ecclesiastical | - emenanye ie Sena &amp; Heyes Giuniee t 
Retina aft dal alt the ack eine | oe Service of the year 1849, or for any preceding 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | eo :; een 
27th day of May last, for a Return of all Sinecure | Resolutions to be reported. 
Rectories, Vicarages or Donatives (or other Sinecure | - ; 
Benefices), in England or Wales, with the Name of | And the House having continued to sit till after 
the Patron and Incumbent, the Annual Value of | Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
each, and the Amount of Population, the County 


‘ ; : ; : 2 S&amp;S ». 3° di ; : 
and Diocese in which each is situated ; and also if abbati, 3° die Augusti, 1850: 


there is any Church belonging to any of the said; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
Benefices in a ruinous or dilapidated state. reported, That the Committee had come to several 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | Resolutions. - i ; 
25th day of July last, for a Return, showing | Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


the Number of Aliens who may have been directed, oF 
under the Provisions of the Act 11 and 12 Vie. c. 20, | _ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of supply. 
to depart the Realm. |Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March | follow : 


last, for Copy of the Evidence taken and the Ver- | 
dict recorded on the Coroner’s Inquest held on the | 
Ist day of February last in the Union of Ennistymon 
(Ireland) on the body of Margaret Kyle, together 
with Copies ofall Correspondence between the Poor | 
Law Commissioners and the Board of Guardians| 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Harbours of 
relating thereto :—The same in the case of the In- | hundred and fifty-one thousand five hundred pounds, Refuge. 

uest held on the 29th day of January last, in the be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
Rites of Scariff, on the Body of Sarah Flanagan: 1850, the Expense of constructing Harbours of 
—Return of the Numbers of Out-door and In-door | Refuge. 
Paupers relieved Weekly in the Union of Ennisty- 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- privy Council 
mon, from the 1st day of November last to the latest | three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Office. 
Date ; specifying the Numbers of Able-bodied and | to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
Infirm Poor separately ; also, Cost of Relief per | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council, 
Head to either Class, and the Weekly Number of! and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 
Deaths in the Workhouse; also, the Number of | 31st day of March 1851. 
Coroners’ Inguests held during the same Period 
within the same Union, in which Verdicts of Death 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven guckingham 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Palace. 
defray, in the year 1850, the Expense of making an 
Enclosure in front of Buckingham Palace, and for 
removing the Marble Arch. 











4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Ecclesiastical 
- : : ; ; thousand six hundred and forty pounds, be granted Commission. 
from Want, or to that effect, were recorded :—The to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the Expenses 


poe rrep n mer a themes the Parente edinses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
Sn en eee a + eee ee SOR 


Boards of Guardians of these Unions and the Poor 
Law Commissioners, since the 1st day of November |, * Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Railways 
last. thousand nine hundred and forty-six pounds, be Commission. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Table. the Office of the Commissioners of Railways, to the 
81st day of March 1851. 


| 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- pyplic Works 
‘seven thousand six hundred and six pounds, be (Ireland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a to the 31st day of March 1851. 


Sum, not exceeding One thousand six hundred and _ 7- Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret 
ffty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray | five thousand — be granted to Her Majesty, Services 
the Expense of repairing and fitting up Apartments | t defray the C iarge of Her Majesty’s — and 
in Holyrood Palace, for the reception of Her Ma- | other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 
iestv. 11851. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro-| 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, &amp;c- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight hundred | hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and seventy- 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the | seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to com- 
Expense of repairing and fitting up Apartments in | plete the Sum necessary to defray the Expenses of 
Holyrood Palace, for the reception of Her Majesty: Stationery, Printing and Binding, for the several 
—Mcotion, by leave, withdrawn. Public Departments, including the Expense of the 

Original Question put, and agreed to. Stationery Office, to the 31st day of March 1851. 

| ‘ 9. Resolved, 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 





(In the Committee.) 














14 Vicroriz. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1850, the Expense of 
erecting Buildings for a National Gallery, and other 
purposes connected therewith, and with the promo- 
tion of Fine Arts in Scotland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


National 
Gallery 
(Scotland. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means ; mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the 
Demands outstanding, on 5th January 1850; dis- 
tinguishing Exchequer Bills ; Sums remaining un- 
paid, charged upon the Aids granted by Parliament ; 
and Exchequer Bills to be issued out of the Con- 
solidated: Fund; and distinguishing also such part 
of the Unfunded Debt and Demands as has been 
provided for by Parliament ; together with an Ac- 
count of the Ways and Means remaining in the 
Exchequer, or to be received on the 5th January 
1850, to repay such part of the Unfunded Debt and 
Demands outstanding as have been provided for ; 
with Appendixes, which was presented upon the 
25th day of March last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


Account of 
Unfunded 


teferred. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards “meee the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Twelve 
millions three hundred and forty-one thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-six pounds eleven shillings and 
seven pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Freland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied to the service of the year 1850, the Sum of 
Seventy-six thousand and eight pounds twelve shil- 
lings, being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted 
for the service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 5th 
day of July 1850, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the service of the years 1848 and 
1849, be applied to the service of the year 1850. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


Surplus of 
Ways and 
Means. 


Transfer of 
Aids. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Duke of 
Cambridge’s, 
&amp;c. Annuity 
Bill, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Duke of Cambridge's, 
&amp;c., Annuity Bill, as amended in Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Customs Bill. © The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 


the whole House, for Monday next. 


Marlborough 


The Marlborough House Bill was, according to 
House Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Grand Jury The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
- (ireland) take into consideration the Grand Jury Cess (Ire- 
; land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
VoL. 105. 





2°—3° Augusti. 








609 


The Inspection of Coal Mines Bill was, according Inspection of 
to Order, read a second time; and. committed to a Coal Mines 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Portland 
take into consideration the Portland Harbour and — and 
Breakwater Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bir 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Bill for the better Regulation of the Office of Registrar of 
Registrar of Judgments in Ireland was, according jaca 
to Order, read the third time. land) Bill. 

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 Fees (Court 
take into consideration the Fees (Court of Com- yey, 
mon Pleas) (No. 2.) Bill, as amended in the Com- pa) ) 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Savings _ 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; Banks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) Bill ; (No. 2.) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Landlord 
into a Committee upon the Landlord and Tenant a 
(Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent (No. 2. Y Bill 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. wo. ggg 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone isco 
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 Bill to explain an Act of the last Session, for Municipal 
amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
Corporations in Jreland, so far as relates to the (No. 2.) Bill 
Borough of Dublin, was, according to Order, read = 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General for Zreland 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their 
concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Appointments 
mittee on the Appointments to Offices, &amp;c. Bill; to Offices, &amp;c. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill; Charities 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Ireland) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Distress for 
Reading of the Distress for Rent (Ireland) Bill; Rent (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™ 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Small Tene- 


Reading of the Small Tenements Recovery (Ireland) ments Reco- 
Bill; — (Ireland) 


41 


Ordered, 























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610 2° 3° Augusti. 


Ordered; That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Police Super- The Police Superannuation Fund Bill was,. ac- 

annuation  eording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Fund Bil, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next, 

Crime and The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Outrage Act the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
ane vee was this day proposed to be made to the Question, 
(No. 2.) Bill, ** That leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue, 
“ for a time to be limited, an Act of the eleventh 
“ year of Her present Majesty, for the better Pre- 
“ vention of Crime and: Outrage in certain parts of 
“ Treland ;” 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Assessed The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Taxes Com, a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Composition 
seemed 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. 
National Ordered, That the National Gallery (Edinburgh) 
allery 


Edinturgh) Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
ci” House, for this day. 


Medical Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Inspectors. a Copy of the Memorial of the Medical Inspectors, 
relative to the withholding of the Rank, Honours, 
and Pay which had been ordered by the Queen in 
Council, agreeably to the recommendation of the 
Naval and Military Commission of 1839 and 1840, 


Spitalfields Ordered, That the Spitalfields and Shoreditch 


and Shoreditch New Street Bill be read a second time this day. 
New Street 


Bill. 


Law Fund The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
neve a.) Geo. 4, c. 112, to grant, for the Term of Five years, 


additional Stamp Duties on certain Proceedings in 
the Courts of Law, and to repeal certain other 
Stamp Duties in Jreland, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 Geo. 4, 
c. 20, to continue an Act of the first and second 


years of his present Majesty, for granting for the | 


Term of Five Years additional Stamp Duties on 
certain Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Lreland, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
repealing the Stamp Duties on Proceedings in the 
Courts of Law in Jreland, and of granting other 
Stamp Duties in lieu thereof. 


Redundant 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List (Public 


saeco mnerll Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant 

: List of the Public Departments at the commence- 
ment of the year 1849; the Number that have died 
or become incapable of Service during the year ; 
the Number that have re-entered the Public Service 
during the year; the Number that have been added 
tu the List during the year; and the Number that 
remained on the List at the close of the year. 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Return. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 





A, 1850. 


Sabbati, 3° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850, 


PRAYERS. 


WO Petitions from Gateshead; praying that*Friendy _ 
T the Friendly Societies Bill may not pass into S°cieties Bill. 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ;' 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Wexford, Poor Law 
praying for a more equal distribution of Electoral (eland.) 
ivisions, as affecting the assessment of the poor 


in Ireland, was ae, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Public Post-office. 
in general of the town and vicinity of Wezxford,, 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table, 


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an rae YS 
dated the 28th day of June last, for a Return of all Bridge. we 
Monies which Her Majesty’s Commissioners of 
Woods and Forests have power to raise under any_ 

Act of Parliament, for the Formation of Battersea 
Park, stating the Amounts which:have been raised, 
the Amounts which have been expended, and the 
Purposes to which such Sums have been applied : 
—And, similar Return respecting the Building of 
Chelsea Bridge. ie 

— That the said Return do lie upon thie: 

Table. 


Mr, Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup--Supply. 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- 


low: 
1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Holyrood 
thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Palace. 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of repairing ' 
and fitting up Apartments in Holyrood Palace, for 
the Reception of Her Majesty. . 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine New House of: ' 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commons. 
Majesty, to defray, in the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1851, the Expense of making Alter- 
ations in the New House of Commons. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Cuffe-strect 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Savings Bank 
enable Her. Majesty to afford Relief to the Depo-(?¥4™) 
sitors in the late Cuffe-street Savings Bank, in 
Dublin. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Supplies. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Supplies. 
granted for the Service of the year 1849, or for any 
preceding year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means, several Resolutions ; which were read, Means 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of ‘Twelve 
million three hundred and forty-one thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-six pounds eleven shillings and 
seven pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Surplus of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and — 
applied to the Service of the year 1850, the Sum of 
Seventy-six thousand and eight pounds twelve shil- 

} lings, being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted 
for the Service of preceding years. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Transfer of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum “ ee = 

1undre 




















14 Vicroriz. 


hundred thousand pounds, 2 part of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 5th 
day of July 1850, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1848 and 
1849, to be applied to the Service of the year 1850. 

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. Cornewall Lewis do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Grand Jury The Bill to extend the Remedies for the Collection 
Cess (Ireland) of Grand Jury Cess in Jredand was, according to 


Bil. 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. 
Fees (Court The Bill to regulate the Receipt and Amount of 
of Common | Fees receivable by certain Officers in the Court of 
a (No.2) Common Pleas 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. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
National The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Gallery into a Committee upon the National Gallery (Edin- 


oer) burgh) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
y 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 Spitalfields and Shoreditch New Street Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to Lord Seymour, Mr. Hayter, Sir Wil- 
liam Clay, Colonel Thompson, Lord Robert Gros- 
venor, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir Robert Harry In- 
glis, Sir William Gibson Craig, Mr. Alderman 
Humphery, and Five Members to be added by the 
Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 


Spitalfields 
andShoreditch 
New Street 
Bill. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Select 
Committee on the Deanery of Saint Burian Divi- 
sion Bill. 


Deanery of 
Saint Burian 
Division Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


Smithfield 
Market. 


to give «directions, that there be laid before this | 


House, Copies of a Letter addressed to the City 
Remembrancer by direction of Secretary Sir George 
Grey, on the 24th day of June 1850, inclosing a 
Copy of the Report of the Smithfield Market Com- 
missioners, and of the City Remembrancer’s Reply, 
dated the 31st day of July 1850. 

Ordered, That 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 a Bill to apply a 
Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain 
other Sums, to the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty :—And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


VoL. 105. 





3°— 5° Auguste. 


611 


Lune, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 

mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
si li : ; (Seventy-first 

the Petitions presented upon the 2d and 3d days Report). 
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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East of Fife 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East of Railway Bill. 
Fife Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
ito 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 WestCornwall 
‘the Amendments made by the Lords to the West Railway Bill. 
| Cornwall Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
‘read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Cavendish’s 
creating Powers of Sale in the Freehold and Copy- a 
hold Estates comprised in the Marriage Settlement re 
of William Bernard Harcourt, deceased, with 
Elizabeth Georgiana Harriet, his Wife, 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 Order of the day being read, for the Third Portland 
Reading of the Portland Harbour and Breakwater H@tbour and 
Bill ; 5 — ater 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for somerville’s 
carrying into effect a Contract for the Sale of Mes- or Mill’s (Bar- 
suages and Lands situate in the Parish of Barford, ee 
| in the County of Warwick, belonging to the Rectory : 
of the same Parish, and for vesting in Trustees 
| certain Cottages and Lands situate in the Parish of 
Barford aforesaid, being Part of the Real Estate 
devised by the Will of Jane Wills, Widow, de- 
ceased, upon Trust, to complete a Contract for the 
Sale thereof, 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 Order of the day being read, for the Third Westminster 
— of the Westminster Temporary Bridge Bridge Bil 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Five of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bishop of Lon- 
the Bishop of London’s (Saint Michael’s Church, en's (Saint 
Chester-square) Estate Bill, as amended in the wea , 

. ? 
Committee ; and the Amendments were read, and ter-square) 
agreed to. Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
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School for 
Orphans of 
Freemen Bill. 


Agricultural 
Distress. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Leasehold 
Tenure of 
Land (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Baron Lionel 
Nathan de 
Rothschild. 





612 5° Augusti. A. 1850. 


London (City) The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the London (City) School for Orphans of Freemen 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bil! be ead the third time. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers and others in the 
parish of Kinethmont, in the county of Aberdeen, 
complaining of the depressed state of Agriculture ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures of relief, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of a Provident Associa- 
tion, called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
praying that the Friendly Societies Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Londonderry ;—and, William Ford, 
of the city of Dublin, Attorney and Solicitor ; pray- 
ing that the Leasehold Tenure of Land (Jreland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighthelmstone;— CharltonKings; 
—and, Pedro Travassos Valdez, Special Pleader, 
King’s Bench Walk, Temple, and others ; praying 
that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Votes and Proceedings of the House, of Tuesday 
last, of the Proceedings of the House, in relation 
to the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, might 
be read; and the same was read, as followeth : 

“The Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild 
having come to the Table, Mr. Speaker ac- 
quainted him that the House had yesterday 
made the following Order : 

Ordered, That Baron Lionel Nathan de Roths- 
child, one of the Members for the City of Lon- 
dom, having presented himself at the Table of 
the House, and having previously to taking the 
Oaths requested to be sworn on the Old Testa- 
ment (being the form which he has declared at 
the Table to be most binding on his conscience), 
the Clerk be directed to swear him on the Old 
Testament accordingly. 

Whereupon the Clerk handed to him the Old 
Testament, and tendered him the Oaths; and 
he accordingly took the Oaths of Allegiance 
and Supremacy, repeating the same after the 
Clerk ; the Clerk then proceeded to administer 
the Oath of Abjuration, which the Baron de 
Rothschild repeated after the Clerk as far as 
the words “ upon the true faith of a Christian,” 
but upon the Clerk reading those words, the 
Baron de Rothschild said “1 omit those words 
as not binding on my conscience ;” he then 
concluded with the words “So help me God,” 
(the Clerk not having read those words to him), 
and kissed the said Testament :—Whereupon 
he was directed to withdraw.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild 
is not entitled to vote in this House, or to sit in this 
House during any debate, until he shall take the 
Oath of Abjuration in the form appointed by Law; 

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 “ Clerk of this House, having proceeded as 
directed by the House to administer the Oaths to 
“ Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, one of the 
‘ Members for the City of London, upon the Old 
‘ Testament, being the form which he declared to 
“ be most binding upon his conscience; and the 
« Baron having so sworn to the Oath of Abjura- 
‘ tion, with the omission of the words ‘upon the 
“ true faith of a Christian,’ and doubts having 


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“ arisen as to the legal effect of his so taking the 
“Oath, it is expedient, at the commencement of 
“ the next Session of Parliament, that a Bill 
should be introduced to declare the law with re- 
ference to the due administration of that Oath; 
“ and further, that this House will then take into its 
serious consideration the subject of the Oaths 
now administered to its Members with reference 
to the changes which have taken place since 
they were first imposed by law,” 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, 
withdrawn. 

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 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 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. 2ayter, L163 

Yeas, | Lord Marcus Hill: J ‘ 

Tellers forthe ( Mr. Hume, 101 

Noes, Mr. John Abel Smith : } , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question being put, That the 
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild is not entitled 
to vote in this House, or to sit in this House during 
any debate, until he shall take the Oath of Abjura- 
tion in the form appointed by law ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, Vy 66 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: } aaa 

Tellers for the (Mr. Wood, } 99 

_ Noes, UMr. John Abel Smith : ~ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House will, at the earliest opportunity 
inthe next Session of Parliament, take into its il 
serious consideration the Form of the Oath of Ab- il 
juration, with a view to relieve Her Majesty’s Sub- |} 
jects professing the Jewish Religion ; ‘ 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 
The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, “wid « a0 Hill: aaa. 
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Tellers for the Noes, (ate Tan esf ord, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Second Leasehold 
ii of the Leasehold Tenure of Land (Jreland) Lend (iseland) 
&gt; Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright of 
mittee on the Copyright of Design Acts Amend- Resens Acts 
ment Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order made upon Saturday last, That Five Deanery of 
be the Quorum of the Select Committee on the Soicion Bill 
Deanery of Saint Burian Division Bill, was read, 

and discharged. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Com- 





mittee. 
Resolved, 








decane eee - 





14. VicToRiz. 


Royal Palaces Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
and Buildings. t+, Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Tem of all Houses and Buildings in each of the 
Royal Parks, stating by whom occupied, and under 
what Authority the several Occupants hold them, 
and whether dus are chargeable to the Assessed 
Taxes and Parochial Rates; also of the several 
Occupants of the various Palaces and Buildings 
connected therewith, stating the Names, Date of 
Occupation, and by whom sanctioned. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Westminste®t = The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Buidee Bil. Reading of the Bill to enable the Commissioners of 


Westminster Bridge to build a Temporary Bridge 
across the River Thames, from Bridge-street, in the 
City of Westminster, to the opposite Shore in the 
County of Surrey, and to maintain the same dur- 
ing the Repairs of Westminster Bridge ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Plan of Bridge to be first approved 
by the Commissioners of Woods, &amp;c.) was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Savings rights of the Crown) 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


5° Augustz. 





615 


An Act to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Vestries and 
Meetings in Churches, and for regulating the Ap- er Clerks 
pointment of Vestry Clerks : : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Trustee Bill. 
lating to the Conveyance and Transfer of Real and 
Personal Property vested in Mortgagees and 
Trustees : 

An Act to continue the Act for exempting cer- Bills of 
tain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from Exchange Bill. 
the Operation of doo thee Laws: 

An Act to amend “The Gorbals Gravitation Gorbals 
Water Company Act, 1846,” to authorize the Ex- Gravitation 
tension of the Works, and the Construction of New oa 
Works to supply the Town or Royal Burgh of 
Rutherglen, and other Places, with Water : 

An Act for constructing a Bridge across the Bridge across 
River Clyde, opposite to South Portland-street, the River , 
Laurieston, Glasgow : to South Pe ~ 

land-street, Laurieston, Glasgow Bill, 

An Act for continuing the Term of “ The Bir- Birmingham 
mingham and Pershore Turnpike-road Act,” and snd Pershore 
for other Purposes : 

An Act for better paving, lighting, watching, Peterborough 
cleansing and otherwise regulating and improving Improvement, 
the City and Township of Peterborough, in the Seg Se 
Liberty of Peterborough, in the County of Worth- Bil, ~’ 
ampton, and for establishing a Cemetery therein : 

An Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Liverpool, 
Line of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Crosby and 
and for other Purposes : Railway 
(Deviations, Enlargement 
of Station, &amp;c.) Bill, 

An Act to make better Provision for raising Manchester, 
Funds to complete the Railway and Dock Under- Sheffield and 
a of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lineoln- Railway Bill. 
shire Railway Company, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Chip- Chippindall’s 





Title be, An Act to enable the Commissioners of 
Westminster Bridge to build a Temporary Bridge 
across the River Thames, from Bridge-street, in the 
City of Westminster, to the opposite Shore, in the 
County of Surrey. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frewen do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. . 


Royal Assent 


to Bills, A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 


the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 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 Roval 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow ; 

An Act for taking Account of the Population of 
; Great Britain: - 

Factories Bill. ~~ An Act to amend the Acts relating to Labour in 


u on Factories : 


Pp : 


An Act to make better Provision for the Inter- 
Bill, ment of the Dead in and near the Metropolis: 

a An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for 
relent Bill, amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the 


Borough of Dublin: 


ee An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the 
Ansteals ‘Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads : 
Colonies An Act for the better Government of Her Ma- 


government jesty’s Australian Colonies : 


OL. 105. 


pindall with Mary Anne Chippindall, his now Wife, Pivoree Bill 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Reverend Ashby’s 
Edward Quenby Ashby, with Elizabeth Sophia, his Divorce Bill. 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: Message from 


Mr. Speaker, aie 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Billsof __ 
Act to continue the Act for exempting certain Bills ©**b#ee Bill. 
of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Opera- 
tion of the Usury Laws, without any Amendment : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An fue of 
Act to simplify and improve the Proceedings in the Sh@ncery_ 
High Court of Chancery in Zreland, with “Amend- Heland) Bill. 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Turnpike Acts 
Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great ; aan 
Britain, and to make further Provisions respecting “ees 
Turnpike-roads in England, 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 General Board 
Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the of Health | 
General Board of Health, and for certain other N° 2-) Bill 
Purposes in relation to the Public Health 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 Glasgow 
Act for the Extension and better Regulation and — 
Management of the Markets and Slaughter-houses jeounes aa 
in the City of Glasgow, with Amendments; ta 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Westminster 
Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provi- Improvements 
| sions of the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845,” " ; 
413 and 








Hall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Hall's 
Divorce Bili, 


Raja of 
Sattara. 
No. 669. 


Redundant 
List (Public 


Departments.) 


No, 670, 


Landed 
Improvement 
and Drainage 
Loans. 


Orkney Mails. 


London, 
Edinburgh 
and Dublin 
Gazettes. 


Church Rates. 


Education 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 





614 5° Augusti. A. 1850. 


and the Westminster Improvement Act, 1847, to 
extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of 
Lands, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the eon- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Georgiana Hall with 
Henry Foley Hall, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Georgiana Hall to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Hall’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Raja of 
Sattara, which was presented upon the 25th day of 
July last, be printed. 


Ordered.Thatthe Return relative to the Redundant 
List (Public Departments), which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 7th day of February last, for a 
Return of the Names of persons who have declined 
taking any further Instalments' of ‘Loans for the 
purposes of Landed Improvement and Drainage ; 
specifying the locality of the work, the amount first 
applied for, the Amount expended, and its state of 
completion by the last Report of the Inspector. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of March 
last, for a Return showing the Number of occasions 
between the 1st day of January and the 31st day of 
December 1849, both days inclusive, on which ‘the 
Mails to and from Orkney arrived after their due 
time, at the Post-office of Kirkwall and the Post- 
office of Wick respectively ; stating the Number of 
daily Mails due and arriving together on these oc- 
casions :—And, Account of the Total Cost of con- 
veying the said Mails between Wick and Kirkwall; 
distinguishing the Amounts paid for the Land Con- 
veyance between Wick and Huna, of the Boat Con- 
veyance between Huna and Burwick, and of the Car- 
riage between Burwick and Kirkwall; and of the 
Number of Letters received at and despatched from 
the Kirkwall Post-office during the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of June 
last, for a Return of the Total Amount paid for 
printing and publishing the London Gazette in each 
of the years 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849, exclusive 
of Stamps and Paper, distinguishing the Number of 
Sheets composed, and whether the work was done 
by contract or otherwise, and by whom done, with 
the Average Price paid for each Sheet, and the Ex- 
pense for publishing :—Also, a Balance Sheet for 
each of these four years, showing the profit or loss 
in each year on the London Gazette ; also, if profit, 
stating to whom paid or disposed of ; if loss, stating 
from what Funds supplied :—Similar Return for the 
Edinburgh Gazette, for the same period : — And, 
similar Returns, yearly, for the Dublin Gazette, 
from the period when the patentee was paid a com- 
muted allowance, 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Todmorden;—Grassington ;—and, 
.Yast Morton; praying for the abolition of Church 
P.ates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Mill, Wooldale, and the vi- 
ginity :—and, Netherthong; praying that the Educa- 
tion Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Schoolmasters and others, 
resident in or near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and interested 





in ‘the well-being of the working classes, praying - 
that the Friendly Societies Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table, 


A Petition of Coal-miners and Pitmen in the Col- tnspection of 
lieries at Whitehaven, praying that the Inspection Coal Mines 
of Coal Mines Bill may not pass into a law, was Bil. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Highways Highways 
of the town and parish of Keighley, in the county of Bill. 
York, praying that the Highways Bill may pass into 
alaw, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of a Family residing in Newspapers, 
Castle-street, Sheffield, praying for the repeal of the &amp;c. 
tax upon Newspapers, the Excise duty upon Paper, 
and the tax upon Advertisements, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Steyning ;—and, Kidderminster ; Post-office. 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution forthe 
abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office,-—were 
ey and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Ridge, in the county 
of Hertford, praying for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table,—Return to an Public Bills. 
Order, dated the 1st day of this instant August, for No. 671. 
a Return of the Name or Title of every Public Bill 
ordered to be brought in during the present Session 
of Parliament; the date of such Order ; the dates 
of the First Reading, and the several stages of each 
Bill; and the dates of every postponement between 
each stage of the Bill, made up to Wednesday the 
31st day of July last, inclusive, with the names of 
the Members by whom such Bills were ordered to 
be brought in. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Address Law of Entail 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of May last, (Scotland.) 
for Returns showing the Proceedings which have 
taken place in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
under the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 36, for the amend- 
ment of the Law of Entail in Scotland, from the 
commencement of its operation to the 12th day of 
March 1850, distinguishing the proceedings which 
had been completed at the latter date from those 
which were then in dependence, and so classified as 
to show the nature of the proceedings, under sepa- 
rate Heads :—And also, duckee all new Entails 
made of Lands disentailed under the said Act, as 
recorded in the Register of Entails up to the.date 
of Return. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Smithfield 
3d day of this instant August, for Copies of a Letter Market. 
addressed to the City Remembrancer by direction of 
Secretary Sir George Grey on the 24th day of June 
1850, inclosing a Copy of the oe of the Smith- 
field Market Commissioners, and of the City Re- 
membrancer’s Reply, dated the 31st day of July 
1850. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the - 


Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamp Duties 
into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) a ag oa 
Bill. . . 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 





CLAUSES, 

















14. Vicroriz. 


Cuauszs, N° 1 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 8 (For removing doubts. as to the 
duties upon transfers of mortgages). 

Amendments ‘made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 6. 1. 31: After the 
word “ security ” to insert the words “ either by or 
“ on the partiof the mortgagor, or by or on the part 
“ of any other person or persons.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravuszs, N° 9 to 14, amended, and.agreed to. 

Amendment proposed : In P. 14. inthe Schedule, 
under the heading “ Agreement” to insert the words 
“ Award in England or Ireland, and Award or 
“ decret arbitral in Scotland, 10s.” 


Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and Negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed : In P. 25. 1. 42., under the 
heading “‘Settlement,” to leave out the word 
“ whether” in order to insert the words “in pos- 
“ session on any debt owing to the settlor on any 
“ sum or sums of money.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Schedule,—put, and agreed to, 

Schedule, as amended, agreed to, 

. Clauses added. 

Clause (And whereas it sometimes happens on 
trials at law and hearings of suits in equity that 
deeds or instruments cannot be given in evidence, 
or that such trials or hearings are postponed by 
reason that such deeds or instruments have not been 
duly stamped, and it is expedient to make provision 
for allowing such deeds or instruments to be given 
in evidence upon certain terms; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That if, upon the trial of any action at law, 
or upon the hearing of any suit in equity, any deed 
or instrument not duly stamped as by law is re- 
quired shall be offered m evidence, it shall be lawful 
for the Judge or Judges then presiding, if he or 
they shall, in his or their discretion, think fit, to 
receive the same in evidence as if the same had been 


duly stamped, and to proceed to verdict or judg-|&amp; 


ment in the case; but in order to secure the payment 
of the full amount of the Stamp Duty to which, in 
the opinion of the said Judge or Judges, such deed 
or instrument shall be liable, together with the 
amount of any penalty or penalties by law payable 
on duly stamping the same, and such additional 
penalty as the said Judge or Judges, in his or their 
discretion, and under the circumstances of the case, 
shall think fit to impose on the party tendering such | 


deed or instrument in evidence, with interest on the }, 


said duty, or deficiency of duty, computed at the 
rate of five pounds per cent. per annum from the date 
of first signing or execution of such deed or instru- 
ment, it is hereby provided and declared, that the 
said presiding Judge or Judges shall, upon trials at 
Jaw in such cases as aforesaid, cause to be made and 
indorsed on the Postea, or otherwise entered on the 
record, as he may think fit, an order that such Postea 
or record shall not be delivered to any party, and 
that no final judgment shall be entered up, or fur- 
ther proceedings taken thereon, and that upon hear- 


5°—6° Augusti. 





ings of suits in equity in such cases as aforesaid, the 
said presiding Judge or Judges shall cause to be | 
entered on the records of the Court, or upon such 

of the proceedings in the cause or suit as he may | 
think fit, an order that no decree or order shall be 
drawn up, and that no further proceeding shall be 
taken in the cause or suit until the said Stamp Duty 
and penalty or penalties, and interest as aforesaid, 
shall have been duly paid, and a proper stamp, de- 
noting such duty, shall have been impressed on such 
deed or instrument, and a receipt for or certificate 
of the payment of the said penalty or penalties and 
interest shall have been written or endorsed thereon 
VoL, 105, 





\ 


615) 


by the Receiver-General or some other officer of the 
Inland Revenue; and all proceedings contrary to 
this enactment in any of such cases as aforesaid; 
shall be null and void to: all intents and purposes ; 
and until such deed orinstrumentshall be so stamped, 
it shall not be receivable in evidence on any other 
trial or hearing, or.for any other purpose whatsoever ; 
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall extend, 
or be deemed or construed to extend, to any deed or 
instrument, the stamping of which, after the signing 
or execution thereof, is expressly prohibited or re- 
stricted by any Law now in force, or to repeal, alter, 
or affect any such prohibition or restriction), brought 
up, and read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers forthe Yeas, or oe s } 50. 
Tellers for the Noes, — ry sea Hill: jn. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
an 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 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 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 Marlborough 


— a Committee upon the Marlhorough House 
ill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
raph. 
Preamble postponed. ; 
Cuause, N° 1 (Her Majesty empowered to grant 
Marlborough House to the Prince of Wales.) 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr ‘aoe ’ } 56. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. ry: aa Hill: N15. 


Clause agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 2, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 6° die Augusti, 1850: 


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 this day. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Com- 
position Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

414 Mr. 


House Bill. 


Consolidated 


| Order, read a second time; and committed to’ a Fund Bill 


Assessed 
Taxes Compo- 
sition Bill. 





Law Fund 
Duties 
CIreland.) 


616 5°—6° Augusti. A. 1850. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
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, to consider of repealing the Stamp 
Duties on Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Jre- 
land, and of granting other Stamp Duties in lieu 
thereof. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable on 
Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Ireland be re- 

ealed, and that the following Duties be imposed in 
lion thereof (that is to say) : 


Duties of Stamps which are to be paid in Jre/and for and in 
respect of the first skin, sheet, or piece of vellum, parch- 
ment or paper upon which the several instruments, matters 
and things herein mentioned shall be respectively written 
or printed, except where the Duties are im according 
to the number of words therein contained, or expressly 


charged in any other manner. 
£. 8. d. 


Affidavit, Affirmation, Deposition or Declaration 
in lieu of Affidavit, taken before any person 
authorized by law, in order to be used or filed 
in the Civil Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 
or in the Court of Common Pleas, or in the 
Pleas Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ire- 


land - = = © = = = ef © 2 
Appearance in any Suit or Proceeding whatso- 

ever in any of the said Courts, on the requisi- 

tion for the entry thereof, whether the same 

be for one defendant only or for more than one ‘ 


vintly ee ae ae 

Bill of Costs—On each and every Requisition 
for the taxation thereof by any Taxing Officer 
of the said Courts :— 

Where the gross amount of such Costs, as fur- 
nished or made out and submitted for taxa- 
tion, shall exceed five pounds and shall not 
exceed twenty pounds - - - -| = 2 6 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed twenty pounds and shall not exceed 
fiftypounds - - - - = - 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed fifty pounds and shall not exceed one 
hundred pounds - = = = =| =10 - 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed one hundred pounds - - - -| l= = 

Copy, attested, or to be attested by any Officer, 
ssistant or Clerk, of any Record, Judgment, 

Declaration, Pleading, Affidavit, or other In- 

strument, Proceedin , Matter or Thing en- 

rolled, recorded or filed in any of the said 

Courts, for each and every office sheet of 

seventy-two words, and for every fractional 

part of such sheet - = = = = 
ae issuing from any office of the said Courts 

ofany Ruleor Order - - - - -| = 2 = 
Judgment.—On the Requisition for the Entry of 

any Judgment, final or interlocutory, of what- 

soever nature, and whether on Cognovit Actio- 

nem or otherwise, in any of the said Courts, save 
and except any final Judgment in any Actions 
wherein an interlocutory Judgment shall have 

been entered - - a 

Memorial of the Assignment of any Judgment in 
any of the said Couste, for cach Judgment 

assigned - ‘s - ° - ° -| = 7 6 

Order or Rule-—On the Requisition for the Entry 
of any Order or Rule made or granted in any 
cause or matter in any of the said Courts, in 
open Court or in Chamber, or by Side Bar, or 
by way of fiat or otherwise, whether the same 
shall be issued ornot - ~ a . at cm Gm 
Pleadings.—Declaration, Plea, Demurrer, Sug- 
stion, Consent for Judgment, or other Plead- 
ing whatsoever, filed in any of the said Courts! - 4 - 
Postea.—On the Requisition for any Rule on | 
Postea. 1-- 
Record for Nisi Prius.—On every Transcript of 
Record for Trial at Nisi Prius, or for the Court 
of Error, or for any similar purpose, for the 
entire thereof, whatever number of words may 
be contained therein - - - - = 
Report in any cause or matter in any of the said 
ourts - - - . . - - -}| -10 - 
Summons issued by any Officer for taxing Law 
Costs, or by any Officer of the said Courts for 
any purpose whatever, foreach Summons -| - 2 6 


= wee 














, £. 8. d. 
Writs.—On every Writ, Mandate or Subpena, 
or other Process whatsoever, not otherwise 
charged in this Schedule, which shall issue out 
of any of the said Courts under the seal thereof, 
in or for the purpose of any Action, Matter or 
Proceeding, before or after Judgment - -| = 4 = 


General Exemptions from the foregoing Duties : 


All Proceedings by or on behalf of any person legally admitted 
to sue or defend in forma pauperis. 





Allowances on the Purchase of Stamps : 


To any Licensed Retailer of Stamps who shall bring Vellum, 
Parchment or Paper to the Stamp-office to be stamped with 
the above Duties, or any of them, to the amount in the 
total of twenty pounds or upwards, an allowance after the 
rate of one pound and ten shillings for every one hundred 
pounds, upon prompt payment of the said Duty. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
+ songs That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Assizes 
into a Committee upon the Assizes (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) 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 Bill to enable Her Majesty to make a suitable Duke of 
Provision for his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge's, 
Cambridge, and also for her Royal Highness the ev 
Princess Mary of Cambridge, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to bt made to the 
Bill, in P.1.1.15., by ~~ out “ Twelve thou- 

“sand pounds” and inserting “ Eight thousand 
“ pounds,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That “ Twelve thou- 
“ sand pounds ” stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, f Lord Mareus Hill 22) 
Mr. Hume, 

Mr. Lennard ; a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in P. 2.1. ult., by adding, at the end of 
the Clause, the words “ Provided also, That in case | 
“ the Duke of Cambridge shall at any time be in | 
‘ receipt of any sum or sums of money by way of | 
“ salary or emolument attached to any office, = bon 
“ or employment he may hold under the Crown, 
“ the whole amount of such sum or sums so re- | 
“‘ ceived shall be deducted from the Annuity now | 
“ granted, so long as the said salary or emolument 
“ shall be enjoyed, so that the said Duke of Cam- 
“ bridge shall not in any one year receive from the 
“ Consolidated Fund and from the Public Re- 
“ venues more than the sum of Twelve thousand ( 
“ pounds.” 

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. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ mr pe - } 39. 


Mr. Hayter, 1 ( 
Tellers for the Noes, “yor tas Hill: § 108. ; 


Tellers for the Noes, 





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So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ’ 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 








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National The House, according to Order, proceeded totake| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Royal College 
Gallery 4) into consideration the National Gallery (Edinburgh) to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased of Surgeons. 
uaa ) Bill, as amended in the Committee. to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this a Copy of the Correspondence which has taken 
day. place between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department and the Royal College of 
SheepandCat- The House, according to Order, resolved itsel Surgeons of England, since the 8th day of February 
tle Contagious jnto a Committee upon the Sheep and Cattle Con- last, on the subject of proposed Alterations in the 
— tagious Disorders Prevention Continuance Bill ; Charter and Bye-laws of the said College. 
Continuance and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker _ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Bill. resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill; of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
and directed him to report the same, without. | 
Amendment. | Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Turnpike Acts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Lords to the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill _o 
this day. | be taken into consideration upon this day three ~~ 
: | months. 
Chief Justices’ ‘The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
Salaries Bill. consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bill, as| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 
amended in the Committee ; | to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, ye ey 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration | and to make further Provisions respecting Turn- pin” 
upon Thursday next. | pike-roads in England: And that Mr. Cornewall 
| Lewis and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and bring 
Police Super- | The House, according to Order, resolved itself it in. 
annuation —_ into a Committee upon the Police Superannuation | 
Fund Bil. Fund Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.;| Lord Seymour presented a Bill for confirming General Board 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- certain further Provisional Orders of the General One 3.) Bill 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the Board of Health: And the same was read the first e ai celia. 
Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time this No. 673. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | day; and to be printed. 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
| _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United —_— 
Charities mittee on the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill; | Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year.” 
(Ireland) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | ended the 5th day of July 1850 (after abating the No. 674. 
itself into the said Committee. Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Re- 
venue Departments), and of the actual Issues or 
Landlord The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 
and Tenant mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (re/and) (No.2.) Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or 
ree) Bill, Bill ; | Paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances 
= Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 2nd Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c.:—And, of 
itself into the said Committee. the Balances of Public Money remaining in the 
; Exchequer on the 5th day of July 1849, the Amount 
Public Health The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Public Health (Jreland) Bill; _ or Unfunded Debt, in the year ended the 5th day 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day | of July 1850, the Money applied towards the Re- 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com-/demption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
mittee. Debt, the Total Amount of Advances and Repay- 
mane __ The Order of the day bring rend, for taking into| ntl om Acount of Leal Works, ith th 
(ireland) Bill. consideration the Amendments made by the Lords | 4, Rych equer on the 5th day of July 1850. 
to the Elections (Ireland) Bill ; Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken | 0:4 Accounts. 
into consideration upon Thursday next. Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Canterbury The Canterbury Settlement Lands Bill was, ac- Sains cnet hie gemmten. 
sett : suae: i. 
Lands Bill — wee ying ora Pg vl canny Seo Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue Turnpike Acts 
ie . , certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to bethany 
y: make further Provisions respecting Turnpike-roads gi,” 
Savings The Order of the day being read, for the Second | ' Lngland: And the same was read the first yy, 975, 
Banks Bill. Reading of the Savings Banks Bill; time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| . Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
this day. time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
Landlord The Order of the day being read, for the Second | House, for this day. ’ 
phe gd Reading of the Landboed ad Tenant (Ireland)| Ordered, ‘That the Bill be printed. 
nae te 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time|_ Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Court of 
upon Thursday next. , Lords to the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill be (ireland) Bil 
taken into consideration this day. * ; 
(inant right The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
land) Bill Reading of the Tenant-right (Jreland) Bill ; Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s China. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | Command,—Copy of Ordinances issued in the year 
upon this day three months. 1849, by the Authorities in China. 
Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Argentine | 
naneral Board Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | the Argentine Confederation for the Settlement of Confederation, 
(No, 3.) pu, fF confirming certain further Provisional Orders of | existing differences, and the Re-establishment of 


the General Board of Health: And that Lord Sey- | 
mour and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


VoL. 105. | 


Friendship, signed at Buenos Ayres, 24th November 
1849 [Ratifications exchanged at Buenos Ayres, 
15th May 1850]. 


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Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








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Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


PRAYERS. 
Committees. (QQRDER ED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 
Earl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Effingham’s Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Estate Bill. Private Bills ; That in the case of the Earl of Effing- 
ham’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are appli- 
cable. 
Earl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Glengall’s Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Estate Bil. Private Bills ; That in the case of the Earl of Glen- 
gall’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are appli- 
cable. 
Viscount Mr. Bernal reported Viscount Midleton’s Estate 
Midleton’s = Bill, with Amendments. 
— Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Tufton’s Mr. Bernal reported Tufton’s Estate Bill, with an 


Estate Bill. Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported Sir Henry M. Vavasour’s 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry M. 
Vavasour’s 
Estate Bill. 


Earl of Mr. Bernal reported the Earl of Craven’s (or Sir 
Craven's John Johnstone's) Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


(or Sir John 
Johnstone’s) 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Estate Bill. 
Duke of Mr. Bernal reported the Duke of Buckingham’s 
oe i Estate Bill, with Amendments. 

ee Ordered, That the Report do lie wpon the Table. 
Bowes’ Mr. Bernal reported Bowes’ Estate Bill, with 


Estate Bill. Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Portland The Bill to amend an Act passed in the tenth 
oe and year of Her present Majesty’s reign, for empower- 
pie et ing the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to 
purchase Land for a Harbour of Refuge and Break- 
water in the Isle of Portland, and to make further 
Provisions for the Division and Application of the 
Purchase-money, 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 desire their concurrence. 
Earl of The Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill was read a 
ee ag oy second time ; and committed. 
ames Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Selection. mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on the 


Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill, to sit and proceed 
upon Thursday next, on giving notice at the Private 
Bill Office on the day previous to that named for 


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Ordered, That the Standing Order of the House, Earl of 
No. 193, relative to Notice of Second Reading of Glengall’s 
Private Bills, be suspended in the case of the Earl nae oe. 
of Glengall’s Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 

morrow. 


Ordered, That Mr. Masterman and Sir James Spitalfields 
Duke be added to the Select Committee on the ae rere 
Spitalfields and Shoreditch New Street Bill. — 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Zondon, London, 

Edinburgh and Dublin Gazettes, which was pre- ie 
: ublin 

sented yesterday, be printed. Gazettes. 


No. 677. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Smithfield Smithfield 


Market, which resented yesterday, be printed. “ ** 
arket, which was presented yesterday, be printed No. 678. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Standing 
further consideration the Report which, upon Thurs- a. 
day last, was made from the Select Committee on ° 
Standing Orders Revision ; , 

Ordered, That the said Report be taken into fur- 

ther consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cottages 
Copy of so much of the Correspondence in the leg 
possession of the Poor Law Board, as relates tothe ° 
pulling down of Cottages in Maple-Durham, Ca- 

versham, Newlands, and other places in the neigh- 

bourhood of Reading, referred to in the Report of 

G. A. Beckett, Esquire. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Blackwater 
dated the 23d day of July last, for Copy of any River. 
Letter or Report addressed to the Admiralty, by 
Captain Frazer, r.N., during the present year, on 
the subject of the Obstructions to the Navigation 
of the River Blackwater. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Crime and 

the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, Outrage Act 
upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the ee 
Question, “ That leave be given to bring in a Bill to (No. 2.) Bill. 
“ continue, for a Time to be limited, an Act of the 
“eleventh year of Her present Majesty, for the 
“ better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in cer- 
“ tain Parts of Lreland;”’ and which Amendment 
was, to ieave out from the word “ That” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words, “ the 
“ distressed people of Zre/and have borne unex- 
“ ampled sufferings, produced by famine and by 
* evictions from the soil, with praiseworthy sub- 
mission to the laws ; and it is the opinion of this 
House, that it is not just to renew and continue 
measures of coercion subversive of the constitu- 
tional rights of the Zrish people as British sub- 
jects, whilst the redress of acknowledged griev- 
ances connected with the laws which regulate 
the relations of landlord and tenant, recom- 
mended to the consideration of Parliament in Her 
Majesty’s Speech, has been neglected or post- 
poned,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, 

Noes, (| Mr. Roche: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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And the Question being again proposed, “ That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue, for 
a Time to be limited, an Act of the eleventh year 
of Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention 
of Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ire- 
“* land :” —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. 

Mr. RichardFox, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ge sas 
Mr. Hayter, 
Mr. Bellew : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hayter, \ 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bellew : 84, 
J Mr. Moore, } - 
\Mr. Roche: — 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Sir William Somerville, Lord John Russell and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


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Tellers for the Noes, 


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Tellers for the Noes, 


Railways 
Abandonment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Reasons offered by the Lords at 
a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Railways Aban- 
donment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration upon Friday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 


Friendly 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Societies Bill. 


mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Administration of 
Criminal Justice Improvement Bill, was read and 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Five of the clock, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Administra- 
tion of Crimi- 
nal Justice 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Court of 


A Petition of Members of the Managing Com- 
Chancery Bill, 


mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law As- 
sociation, praying that the Court of Chancery Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighton, praying 
the House to abolish Church Rates, to grant no 
more monies for religious purposes, and to adopt 
measures for separating the State from all sectarian 
and denominational connexions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Church Es- 
tablishment 
(Ireland), &amp;c. 


Petitions from Brighton (thirteen Petitions) ;— 

and, Lewes (six Petitions); praying for the abolition 
of the Church Establishment in Jre/and, and for 
the appropriation of all property now devoted to 
ecclesiastical purposes to secular objects,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Education. A Petition of Inhabitants Worth Bradley and 
West Ashton, in the county of Wilts, complaining 
of the system pursued in the distribution of the 
annual grant for Education, and praying the House 
to adopt such measures as may lead to greater effi- 
ciency in dispensing such grant, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 105. 





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619 


A Petition of Owners and others interested in Inspection of 
Collieries in the districts of the Tyne, Wear and ay 
Tees, praying that the Inspection of Coal Mines 
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 Mayor, Magistrate, Manufac- Marriages Bill. 
turers and other Inhabitants of the town of Bridg- 
north, Salop, praying that the Marriages Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clopton ;— North Bradley and Oath of 
West Ashton;—and, Worfield; praying that the ——— 
Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may not pass into ‘™*) Bl 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chelmarsh, Shrop- Post-office. 
shire, praying for the abolition of Sunday Labour in 
the Post-office, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Beccles ;—and, Newcastle-on- Tyne; 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution for the 
abolition of Sunday Labour in the Post-office,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Crime and 
tinue, for a Time to be limited, an Act of the eleventh Outrage Act 
year of Her present Majesty, for the better Preven-({7elan4) 
tion of Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of [re- (No. 2.) Bill. 
land: And the same was read the first time; and No, 676. 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 


to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Standing Order of the House, Halls _ 
No. 160, relative to the time between the first and Yivorce Bill. 
Second Reading of Private Bills, be suspended in 
the case of Hall’s Divorce Bill. 

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 counsei and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill; and also, that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before their Lordships, in the case of 
the said Bill: And that Mr. Brotherton do carry 
the said Message. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported the Deanery of Deanery of 
Saint Burian Division Bill, without Amendment. Bain Duston 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Devtsion 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an Salvage 
Order, dated the 25th day of July last, for an (ireland) 
Account of Sums received for Salvage, as sent by 
the Receivers in Jreland to the Receiver-General, on 
account of Vessels stranded, and their Cargoes, 
upon the Coast of Zreland, since the passing of the 
Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 99, s. 27. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and extend an Navy Pay 
Act passed in the eleventh year of King George the Bill. 
Fourth, for amending and consolidating the Laws 
relating to the Pay of the Royal Navy: 

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Borough 
Bridges Bill. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


Bilston 
Improvement, 
Market, 
Waterworks 
and Cemetery 
Bill. 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway (Sale 
or Lease to 
the Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway, Com-: 
pany &amp;c.) Bill. 
River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Mary-le-bone 
and Finchley 
Turnpike- 
roads Bill. 


County Court 
Extension Bill. 


Hall’s 
Divorce Bill. 


London and 
Dublin Mails, 


Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


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A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for more 
effectually maintaining, repairing, improving and re- 
building Bridges in Cities and Boroughs: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling Town 
Councils to establish Public Libraries and Mu- 
seums: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, 
draining, cleansing, lighting, and otherwise im- 
proving the Township of Bilston, in the County of 
Stafford, and for establishing a Local Board of 
Health in that Township, and also for better sup- 
plying with Water and Gas the said Township of 
Bilston, and for constructing Cemeteries there, and 
for purchasing, improving, maintaining and regu- 
lating the Market and Market-place therein, and 
for other Purposes, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 
Railway Company to sell or lease their Railway to 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 
with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the 
a desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to the 
Navigation of the River Zee, in the Counties of 
Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, and to enable the 
Trustees further to improve the Navigation, and to 
dispose of the surplus Water, and for other Pur- 
poses, 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 continuing the Term of an Act passed in 
the seventh year of 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 providing for the future Management thereof, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
extend the Act for the more easy Recovery of Small 
Debts and Deniands in England, and to amend the 
same, to which this House hath disagreed ; and 
have agreed to the Amendments made by this 
House to the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the said Bill, without any Amendment :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Brotherton reported, That he had carried to 
the Lords, the Message of this House of this day, 
requesting that their Lordships would communicate 
to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence tuken before their Lordships in the case of 
Hall’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lordships 
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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Regulations which may have been 
made by the Postmaster-General relating to the 
Transmission of the Mails between London and 
Dublin. 


Ordered, That leave oo to bring in a Bill 
to relieve the Chester and a Railway Com- 


pany from contributing towards the Expense of the 








A. 1850. 
proposed New Harbour at Holyhead, and to take 


away the Powers of the said Company in relation 
to such Harbour: And that the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill London Bridge 
to authorize further Charges on the London Bridge APProaches 
Approaches Fund, for the Completion of certain _— 
Improvements in the Metropolis: And that Lord 
Seymour and Mr. Cornewall Lewis do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Schools of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Design. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports on the State of Head or Pro- 
vincial Schools, made to the Board of Trade, since 
August 1849 :—Return of all the Appointments of 
Masters and otherwise, to the Head School and 
Provincial School, since August 1849 :—Copy of 
any Minutes of the Board of Trade, affecting the 
Management of the School, passed since August 
1849:—Returns of the Subscriptions and Dona- 
tions to the Provincial Schools, in the year 1849, 
and the Amount of the Debts or Liabilities (if any) 
of each School :—And, of all Expenses incurred 
in the Inspection of the Provincial Schools, the 
Number of the Inspections made to each School, 
the date when made, and the period over which the 
Inspection at each School lasted (in continuation 
of the Report on the School of Design, made in 
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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Stamp Duties 
take into consideration the Stamp Duties (No. 2.) (No. 2.) Bill 
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 Customs Bill. 
into consideration the Customs Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Marlborough 
take into consideration the Marlborough House Bill, House 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 the Com- Consolidated 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Fund Bill 
Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have power to receive a Clause of 
Appropriation. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 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 House, according to Order, proceeded to Assessed 
take into consideration the Assessed Taxes Com- arr dog 
position Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to Law Fund 
whom it was referred to consider of repealing the Duties 


Stamp Duties on Proceedings in the Courts of Law (Ireland. ) 
in 














14 Vicroriz. 


in Ireland, and of granting other Stamp Duties in 
lieu thereof, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That the Stamp Duties now payable 
on Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Ireland be 
repealed, and that the following Duties be imposed 
in lieu thereof (that is to say) : 


Duties of Stamps which are to be paid in Jreland for and in 
respect of the first skin, sheet, or piece of vellum, parch- 
ment, ov paper upon which the several instruments, matters 
and things herein mentioned shall be respectively written 
or printed, except where the Duties are imposed according 
to the number of words therein contained, or expressly 
charged in any other manner. 

£. &amp; d. 

Affidavit, Affirmation, Deposition or Declaration 
in lieu of Affidavit, taken before any person 
authorized by law, in order to be used or filed 
in the Civil Side of the Court of Queen’s Bench, 
or in the Court of Common Pleas, or in the 
Pleas Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ire- 
land - - - - - - = - 

Appearance in any Suit or Proceeding whatso- 
ever in any of the said Courts, on the requisi- 
tion for the Entry thereof, whether the same 
be for one defendant only or for more than one 
jointly - - - - - - - 

Bill of Costs—On each and every Requisition 
for the taxation thereof by any Taxing Officer 
of the said Courts :— 

Where the gross amount of such Costs, as fur- 
nished or made out and submitted for Tax- 
ation, shall exceed five pounds and shall not 
exceed twenty punds - - - -| = 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed twenty pounds and shall not exceed 
fiftypounds - - - = = -| = 5 = 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed fifty pounds and shall not exceed one 
hundred pounds - 2 2 = .*f = 

Where the gross amount as aforesaid shall ex- 
ceed one hundred pounds - - - -| 1 = - 

Copy, attested or to be attested by any Officer, 

Assistant or Clerk, of any Record, Judgment, 

Declaration, Pleading, Affidavit, or other In- 

strument, Proceeding, Matter or Thing en- 

rolled, recorded or filed in any of the said 

Courts, for each and every office sheet of 

seventy-two words, and for every fractional 

part of such sheet - = = = «| = = 4 

Copy issuing from any Office of the said Courts 
ofany Ruleor Order - - - - = 

Judgment.—On the Requisition for the Entry of 
any Judgment, final or interlocutory, of what- 
soever nature, and whether on Cognovit Actio- 
nem or otherwise, in any of the said Courts, 
save and except any final Judgment in any 
Actions wherein an interlocutory Judgment 
shall have been entered - 2s 2 e]° 

Memorial of the Assignment of any Judgment in 
any of the said Courts, for each Judgment 
assigned - - = = = = «| = 7 6 

Order or Rule.—On the Requisition for the En- 
try of any Order or Rule made or granted in 
any cause or matter in any of the said Courts, 
in open Court or in Chamber, or by Side Bar, 
or by way of Fiat or otherwise, whether the 
same shall be issued or not - - - -| -4- 

Pleadings.—Declaration, Plea, Demurrer, Sug- 
gestion, Consent for Judgment, or other Plead- 
ing whatsoever, filed in any of the said Courts} - 4 = 

Postea.—On the Requisition for any Rule on 
Postea ee ee! ee a” ee 

Record for Nist Prius.—On every Transcript of 
Record for Trial at Nisi Prius, or for the 
Court of Error, or for any similar purpose, for 
the entire thereof, whatever number of words 
may becontained therein - - -~ = 

Report in any cause or matter in any of the said 

ourts - - - - - - -| = 

Summons issued by any Officer for taxing Law 
Costs, or by any Officer of the said Courts for 
any purpose whatever, foreach Summons -| - 2 6 

Writs.—On every Writ, Mandate or Subpena, 
or other Process whatsoever, not otherwise 
charged in this Schedule, which shall issue out 
of any of the said Courts under the Seal there- 
of, in or for the purpose of any Action, Mat- 
ter or Proceeding, before or after Judgment -| - 4 - 


bo 
oo 


10 - 


10 - 





General Exemptions from the foregoing Duties : 
All Proceedings by or on behalf of any Person legally ad- 
mitted to sue or defend in formd pauperis. 


Allowances on the Purchase of Stamps: 
To any Licensed Retailer of Stamps who shall bring Vellum, 
— or Paper to the Stamp Office to be stamped with 
OL. 105. 


6° Augusti. 








621 


the above Duties or any of them to the amount in the total 
of twenty pounds or upwards, an allowance after the rate 
of one pound and ten shillings for every one hundred 
pounds, upon prompt payment of the said Duty. 

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. Solicitor- 
General for Ireland and Sir William Somerville do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Assizes 
take into consideration the Assizes (Zreland) Bill, (Ireland) Bill. 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Bill for the Erection, on the Earthen Mound National 
in the City of Edinburgh, of Buildings for a National oe oo 
Gallery, and other Purposes connected therewith, "™8") 
and with the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scot- 
land, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 


} and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to con- gheep and Cat- 
tinue an Act of the eleventh and twelfth years of tle Contagious 
the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An a ay. og 
Act to prevent, until the first day of September, tinuance Bill. 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and to the 
end of the then Session of Parliament, the spread- 
ing of Contagious or Infectious Disorders among 
Sheep, Cattle and other Animals, 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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Police Super- 
into consideration the Police Superannuation Fund @nnuation 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 


= : a upon the Medical Charities (Zre- Creland) - 


F No. 679. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 10, (Guardians to provide Medicines, 
and appoint Officers). 

Amendment again proposed, in P. 4, 1. 10. To 
leave out the words “ Guardians of the Union” in 
order to insert the words “ Committee of Manage- 
“ ment.” 

Question, That the words ‘ Guardians of the 
“ Union” stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed 
to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 4. 1. 19. To 
leave out the words “ with such qualifications and 
“‘ salaries as the said Commissioners shall deter- 
“ mine,” in order to insert the words “ duly quali- 
“ fied by law,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 36 
Yeas, Lord Edward Howard: } 4 

Tellers for the f a meee | 15. 
Noes, | Sir Robert Ferguson : J 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 11, agreed to. 


4k 38 Cuiausez, 











Landlord 
and Tenant 
Cireland ) 
CNo. 2.) Bill. 


622 


Crauss, N° 12, (Infirmaries and Fever Hospitals, | 


&amp;c., to be subject to the authority of the Commis- 
sioners). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 5. Is. 14. and 15. To 
leave out the words “ from and after the passing of 
“ this Act,” in order to insert the words “is, or,” 
instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 13s 
5; 


Yeas, Lord Edward Howard : 
Tellers for the f _ —e a i 
Noes, | Mr. Stafford : 


Another Amendment proposed, in P. 5. 1. 19. To 
leave out from the word “aforesaid” 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. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 13, disagreed to. 


Criauses, N° 14 to N° 34, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 35, (Interpretation of Act.) 
Amendment proposed, in P. 15. ]. 35. After the 
word “ Hospital” to insert the words “and the 
“ words ‘ Medical Officer’ and ‘ Medical Practi- 
“ tioner’ shall be construed to extend to and to in- 
clude any legally-qualified Physician, Surgeon or 
Apothecary.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
= (The Lord Mayor of Dublin, 
en for the Mr. George Alexander Ha-? 23. 
_ | milton : J 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, Lord Edward Howard: 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 36, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N* 37, agreed to, 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


n~ 


« 
“ 


1 
ys 





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 inte consideration upon Thursday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) (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 proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being proposed, That the Debate be now ad- 


journed ; 


6°—7° Augusti. 


A, 1850. 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new wes A 
Tellers for the { Mr. Anstey, 


Yeas, Mr. Moore : 22. 
Tellers for the — Alenander | me 
ete Mr. Stafford, J 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Canterbury 

into a Committee upon the Canterbury Settlement ee 
Lands 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, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Savings Banks 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second General Board 














Reading of the General Board of Health (No. 3.) of Health | 
Bill ; (No. 3.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- ow, “yy 
‘ c. (No. 2.) 
ance, &amp;c. (No. 2.) Bill. Bill. 


| (In the Committee.) 
} 
| 





Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
| graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciausss, N° 1 to N° 9, agreed to. 

Clause, (And be it Enacted, That from and after 
the thirty-first day of December next (or if all or 
any of the tolls upon any turnpike-road have been 
demised or leased at the time of the passing of this 
Act, then after the expiration of the said lease), no 
toll shall be taken for passing through any toll-gate, 
toll-bar, or chain erected or to be erected or con- 
| tinued on any turnpike-road, or on the sides thereof, 
in England or North Wales, for any horses, beasts, 
cattle or other animal or thing liable to toll or duty, 
within the distance of two miles by the nearest 
turnpike-road from the previous toll-gate, toll-bar 
or chain, under the control and management of the 
same turnpike trust, at which toll has been paid for 
| the same horses, beasts, cattle, or other animal or 
| thing, upon a ticket denoting such payment being 
produced: Provided always, That any turnpike 
| trusts which have been united under the provisions 
|of an Act passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
| Act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts,” 
| shali for the purposes of the said enactment be con- 





And the House having continued to sit till after sidered as separate trusts, as if the same had not 


Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 7° die Augusti, 1850: 
Aud the Question being put ; 





| been united: Provided also, That no person or per- 

sons shall be authorized or empowered to claim ex- 
'emption from the payment of toll under the autho- 
rity of this Act, at any toll-gate, toll-bar or chain, 
: within 








Court of 
Chancery 


(Ireland) Bill. 


London Bridge 


Approaches 
Fund Bill. 


No. 680. 


Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


No. 681. 


Law Fund 
Duties (Ire« 
land) Bill. 


No. 682, 


General Board 
of Health 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


No, 683. 








14 Vicrortz. 6°—7° Augusti. 623 


within five miles of the General Post-office, in the 
city of London, or within three miles of the principal 
Post-office in any city, borough or market town, 
having more than four thousand inhabitants ; or at 
any toll-gate, toll-bar, or chain, placed upon or by 
the sides of any road under the charge of the Com- 
missioners of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads North 
of the Thames)—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time,—put, and Negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 


Mercurii, 7° die August ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in the 
New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS, 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
|mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- oe 
‘mined the Petitions presented upon the 6th day cad pete 
of this instant August; and had directed him to 
: makea Report thereof to the House. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Hawes| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the | and be printed. 
Bull, and directed him to report the same, without | 








Amendment. i ] to sit Committees. 
P Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this Pe cage va — = — oon 
ay. : ia i . 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Birken- Dock Trustees 


take into consideration the Amendments made by ; bang ta 
the Lords to the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill. head Dock Trustees Bill; aud the same were twice 
‘read, and agreed to. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time; , 
several of the said Amendments were agreed to, and | Ordered, That Mr. Br “ therton do carry the Bill 
ito the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


one of the said Amendments was disagreed to. : 
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw | lorie to the Amendments made by their 


up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which ; : 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was| The Earl of Glengall’s Estate Bill was, according farl of 
appointed of Sir William Somerville, Mr. Hawes, | to Order, read a second time ; and committed. Glengaire 
Lord Seymour, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor-| _ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-“S'°¥™ 
General for Ireland, Mr. Brotherton and Mr. | mittee of Selection. 

Wilson. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 








Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the first meeting of Selection. 
the Committee on the Earl of Glengall’s Estate 


Lord Seymour presented a Bill to authorize fur- | als dee eennentin 


ther Charges on the London Bridge Approaches 


Fund, for the Completion of certain Improvements | , . 
in the Metropolis: And the same was read the first | Ordered, That the Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Duke of 


time; and ordered to be read a second time this | Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into | he 
day and to be printed | consideration To-morrow. . 
$ ‘i 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to relieve ac, That the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bills. 


lls have leave to sit, and proceed, on Hall’s Di- 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company from | , ; P &gt; 
contributing towards the Expense of the proposed Y°re® Bill upon Monday next (provided that Ser- 


\ vi f the Bill on Mr. Foley Hall, and notice of 
new Harbour at Holyhead, and to take away the °° 2 ; ey ? 
Powers of the said Company in relation to such the Committee for that day, be proved), and to 


Harbour: And the same was read the first time. jmaxe their Report forthwith. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- | a ; a 

aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. Petitions from Haslingden (four Petitions); — Arbitration, 
Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, | Oldham ; — Ardwick ; — Bolton (Lancaster) (two &amp;e. 

and proceed, this day. | Petitions) ; — Cheetham ; — Stockport (three Peti- 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. | tions) ;-Ashton ;-- Manchester ;-- Besses-o’-th- Barn; 


Heywood ; — Stalybridge ;— and, Salford; pray- 


a ., ing the House to take such steps as may lead to 

to en gr ag: Eg in a |negociations for International Arbitration Liye 
: . |between this country and other nations, and also 

Courts of Law in Jreland, and to grant certain other | such measures as may drawattentiot to the necessity 


Stamp Duties in lien thereof: And the same was lof a general and simultaneous Disarmament among 


_ es _~ reer ht th We sg nen nee ‘the natious of the earth,—were presented and read ; 
sali P : and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the General Board of Health (No. 2.) Bill 
be taken into consideration To-morrow; and he 
printed. 


A Petition of the London Dock Company, pray- Customs Bill. 
‘ing that the Customs Bill may not pass into a law, 

as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 

, ‘ ordered to lie upon the Table. 

And then the House, having continued to sit ' 


jo ae Wednesday seal ation Petitions from Manchester (three Petitions) ;— pisarmament. 


this day Salford (two Petitions) ;—and, Stockport ; praying 
; | the House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the world,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Friendly 
Secretary of the Improved Order of Old Friends, Societies Bill 
Loyal King’s Lodge, No. 10, held at the Prince 

4x4 





Vo. 105. Albert 









































































(ep CRT MA IE Ate 


Incumbered 
Estates 


(Ireland) Act. 


Medical 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Oath of 
Abjuration 
(Jews) Bill. 


Poor Law and 
County Rates. 


Post-office. 


William Henry 


Rochfort. 


Securities for 
Advances 


(ireland) Bill. 


Sattara. 


624 7° August. 


Albert Tavern, Upper Saint Martin’s-lane, West- 
minster, praying that the Friendly Societies Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of numerous Unenrolled 
Friendly Societies, meeting in the borough of Bir- 
mingham, 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 Stephen Dickson Brazill, of the 
city of Dublin, Esquire, complaining of proceedings 
of the Commissioners under the Incumbered Estates 
(Ireland) Act, in regard to the sale of his estate ; 
and praying for inquiry and relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Fellows of the 
King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, 
praying that Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital, Dublin, 
may be added to the list of the Dublin Hospitals 
specified in the 12th Clause of the Medical Chari- 
ties (Ireland) Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Eglwysilan ;—and, Birmingham ; 
praying that the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill may 
not pass intoa law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Tiverton Union, in the county of Devon, 
praying that they may be relieved from all further 





A. 1850. 


| on the same subjects, whether in the Secret Depart- 
ment or otherwise, so far as the same have not been 
presented to Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Epsom Union, 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Guardians 
of the Epsom Union and the Right Reverend the 
Bishop of Winchester, respecting the Conduct of 
the Vicar of Epsom, at the Funeral of a Pauper 
named William Potter. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sittings of the 
Return of the Number of Days on which the House 4use- 
of Commons sat in the Session 1850, stating, for 
each Day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of 
the Week, 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 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 615, 
of Session 1849). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Divisions of 
2 Return of the Number of Divisions of the House ‘¢ House. 
of Commons in the Session 1850 ; stating the sub- 

ject of the Division, and the Number of Members 
in the Majority and Minority, Tellers included ; 
also, the Aggregate Number in the House on each 
Division; distinguishing the Divisions on Public 


payments to the paid officers of the union, and! Business from Private, and also the Number of 
also from the payment of such proportion of the | Divisions before and after Midnight (in continuation 
County Rate as may fairly be considered applicable | of Parliamentary Paper, No. 616, of Session 1849). 


to the general community, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander Spence and others, 
praying the House not to rescind the Resolution for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Louth, 
in the county of Lincoln, praying the House to 
rescind the Resolution for the abolition cf Sunday 
labour in the Post-otfice, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Rochfort, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel of Artillery, in the service of Her 
Most Faithful Majesty Donna Maria II, and of 
Drumman, in the county of Westmeath, in Ireland, 


praying the House to adopt measures for affording | 


him a fair opportunity of exhibiting proofs and 
evidence to establish his claim to priority, as the 


ee ; d ‘ a | 
originator of an improved gun-carriage, for which 


another person is about, as he believes, to receive 


a reward, was presented, and read; and ordered to | 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Foreman of the Grand Jurors of 
the county of the town of Galway ;—and, Grand 
Jurors of the county of Galway, assembled at the 
Summer Assizes, 1850; praying that the Securities 
for Advances (Jreland) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Govern- 
ment of Bombay and the Resident Commissioner at 
Sattara, and between the Government of Bombay 
and the Government of Jndia, relating to the An- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Bills; 

an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
been introduced into the House of Commons during 
the Session 1850, stating by whom introduced, or 
which have been brought from the House of Lords ; 
the Dates of their several Stages in this House, and 
distinguishing those which have since become Law 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 617, 
of Session 1849). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Acts of 
a Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in Parliament. 
each Session since the year 1800; distinguishing 
the Number of Public, Private, and Local and Per- 
sonal Acts, and the Number relating to Great Bri- 
‘tain, England, Scotland and Ireland, and those 
| relating to the United Kingdom. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Debtors and 
mittee on the Debtors and Creditors (Ireland) Bill ; (ireland) -_ 
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- Compound 
mittee on the Compound Householders Bill; —_— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day” 
| three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


|’ Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative sinecure 
to Sinecure Rectories, &amp;c., which was presented Rectories, &amp;c. 
No e 687. 


upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Aliens, which Aliens. 
| was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 688. 
| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Holyhead 
| Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Harbour Bill: 
| Private Bills; That in the case of the Holyhead 
| Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 


nexation of Sattara and the form of the Adminis- | complied with, as the said Bill proposes to amend 
tration of that Territory ; also Copies of all Corre- | « The Chester and Holyhead Railway (Holyhead 
spondence between the Government of Jndia and | Extension and Amendment) Act, 1847,” but notices 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company ‘of the intended application to Parliament for the 

amendment 


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14 Victoriz. 


amendment of the said Act, have not been published 
in the months of October and November last, or 
either of them, in the London Gazette, nor in any 
newspaper published in London at least six days in 
the week. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order made upon the 12th day of July last, 
for re-printing the Return relative to Lunacy, which 
was presented upon the 20th day of June 1839, was 
read, and discharged. 


Lunacy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns for each year from 1839 to 1849, inclusive, 
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 ; 
distinguishing the Number of Persons, and Amount 
of Income, and the Allowance for the Maintenance 
of those who individually have less than £. 100 per 
annum; a Similar Return, and distinguishing in 
like manner, of those who have more than £. 100 
and less than £.200 per annum; a Similar Return, 
and distinguishing in like manner, of those who 
have more than £.200 and less than £. 400 per 
annum; a Similar Return, and distinguishing in 
like manner, of those who have more than £. 400 
and less than £.600 per annum; and a Similar 
Return, and distinguishing in like manner, of those 
who have more than £. 600 and less than £.1,000 
per annum; also, a Similar Return, and distin- 
guishing in like manner, of those who have mere 
than £.1,000 per annum; with the Amount of their 
Income :—And, for each of the said Years, of the 
Amount of Per-centage on Lunatics’ Incomes re- 
ceived under the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 36 ; and of the Payments made thereout 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 378, 
of Session 1839). 


Lunacy. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) 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 :—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 

ut ; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
—" of the Masters’ Jurisdiction in Equity 

ill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Masters’ 
Jurisdiction 
in Equity Bill. 


Union of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eenuiee with mittee on the Union of Liberties with Counties 
&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


randy The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
leties Bill, 


into a Committee upon the Friendly Societies Bill. 


(In the Committee). 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 





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625 
Preamble postponed. 


Cuauses N° 1 to No. 10, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 11, disagreed to. 

Cuauses N° 12 to N* 37, with Amendments to 
several of them, 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, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crime and 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (Ireland) Outrage Act 
: , (Ireland) 
Continuance (No. 2.) Bill ; Genthenenes 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- (No. 2.) Bill. 


morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Bill to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to stamp Duties 
grant others in lieu thereof, and to amend the Laws (Ne. 2.) Bill. 
relating to the Stamp Duties, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (For removing doubts regarding Pro- 
gressive Duties), was thrice read, and added to the 
Bill. 

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 enable Her Majesty to make Provision Martborough 
for the Residence of his Royal Highness Albert House Bill. 
Edward Prince of Wales in Marlborough House 
during the joint Lives of Her Majesty and his Royal 
Highness, 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 Consolidated 
into consideration the Consolidated Fund (Appro- Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, as amended in the Committee. es 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Bill to continue and amend the Acts for au- Assessed 
thorizing a Composition for Assessed Taxes was, a — 
according to Order, read the third time. as 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to provide for holding the Assizes of cer-Assizes _ 
tain Counties of Cities and Towns in Jreland in the (Ireland) Bill. 
Assize Towns of the adjoining Counties at large, 
in certain cases, and to make Provision as to Gaols 
in case of the Change of Assize Towns, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resulved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to enable Justices to direct Portions of Police Super- 
Fines and Penalties, in certain cases, to be paid for —— 
the Benefit of the Superannuation Fund of the Police aha 
Force established in any County, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for Payment of a Moiety of 
certain Penalties towards Police Superannuation 


Funds. 
4.L Ordered, 





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626 7° Augustz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Nicholl do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Landlord The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Cirelana) the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
(No. 2.) Bill Was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Com- 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) (No. 2.) 
Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Canterbury The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

a Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act empowering the Canterbury Association to dis- 
pose of certain Lands in New Zealand; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Hawes, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein, as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hawes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


General Board The General Board of Health (No. 3.) Bill was, 

ngs according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

nated mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Turnpike Acts The Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts in 

Continuance, Great Britain, and to make further Provisions re- 

Bil. | specting Turnpike-roads in England, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Relative to Dog Carts), was offered to 
be added to the Biil. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now brought 
up :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London Bridge The London Bridge Approaches Fund Bill was, 
oo according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
* mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


Law Fund — The Law Fund Duties (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
es _ ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
and) Bill. a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


‘Transfer of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
se ma to authorize the Transfer of Loans for the Improve- 
land) Bill, | ment of Land in Jreland to other Land: And that 

the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir William 


Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lough Corrib Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ooo to vest in the Commissioners of Public Works in 
ompany : ; 

Compensation Ireland certain Works and Rights of the Lough 
(Ireland) Bill. Corrib Improvement Company, and to compensate 
such we wwe * for the same: And that the Chan- 

cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Cornewall Lewis 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Transfer of Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to authorize 
mt maga the Transfer of Loans for the Improvement of Land 
a i — in Zreland to other Land: And the same was read 

No. 686, the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 


To-morrow ; and to be printed. 









A. 1850. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to vest in Lough Corrib 
the Commissioners of Public Works in Zreland cer- chia 
tain Works and Rights of the Zough Corrib Im- Campanas 
provement Company, and to compensate such (Ireland) Bill, 
Company for the same: And the same was read the No. 685, 
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- Friendly 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider rSaleric 
of making provision, out of the Consolidated Fund Seoeeet 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the payment of Salaries and other Ex- 
penses consequent upon any Act that may be passed 
for amending the Laws relating to Friendly Socie- 
ties ; 

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. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Administra. 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider org ——— 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated [Salary of 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Officer.] 
Treland, of the Salary of any Officer who may be 
appointed to attend the meetings of the Judges in 
Criminal Matters of Appeal, in pursuance of any Act 
for improving the Administration of Criminal Justice 
in England and Wales ; 

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. 

Resolved,That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Carrick-on- 
to request that their Lordships will communicate to a 
this House a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to investi- 
gate and report upon the Allegations and Charges 
contained in the Petition of the Board of Guardians 
of the Union of Carrick-on-Shannon, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence, and Appendix: And 
that Mr. French do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal Parks. 
Return of all Directions issued by the Treasury to 
the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Works, &amp;c. 
since January 1832, relative to the repair of Lodges, 
Buildings, &amp;c. in the Royal Parks occupied by grace 
and favour of the Crown. 

Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select none A ch 
Committee on the Spitalfields and Shoreditch New Sa5t0n, 
Street Bill; That they had examined the allega- Bill, 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Deanery of Saint Burian Leroy 
Division Bill be re-committed to a Committee of Fi vision Bille 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Black- —— 
water River, which was presented yesterday, be mt "on 
printed. No. 684. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














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14 Viecroriz. 


Jovis, 8° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock, in the 
New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 
Mr. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of West- 


b+ omy exe minster Bridge, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, 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 1849 to the 5th of 
April 1850 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 
Mr. Bernal reported the Earl of Effingham’s 
+ Estate Bill, with , sma rv 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Bishop of Lon- Mr. Bernal reported the Bishop of London’s Es- 


don’s Estate tate (Saint Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico) Bill, without 
(St. Gabriel’s Amendment. 


Satieg) pi. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Earl of Mr. Bernal reported the Earl of Glengall’s Es- 
Glengall’s tate Bill, without Amendment. 

Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Standing Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select Com- 
Orders ; mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 

read, as followeth : 
Holyhead Resolved, That in the case of the Holyhead Har- 


Harbour Bill. bour Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Bishop of Lon- _ Ordered, That the Bishop of London’s Estate 
don’s Estate (Saint Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico) Bill, be con- 


— sidered To-morrow. 


Pimlico} Bill. 
Glasgow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Markets and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glas- 
Sree is gow Markets and Slaughter-houses Bill; and the 
ouses Bill, 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Westminster The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Improvements the Amendments made by the Lords to the West- 

™ minster Improvements Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and 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. 


Bishopofton- A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
don’s (Saint better constituting the District Church of Saint 


Guew Ches- Michael, Chester-square, in the county of Middlesex, 

ter-square) | Was read the third time. 

Estate Bill, 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 concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 

abl A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
ivorce Bil, S0lve the Marriage of the Right honourable Henry 


Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of 
Lincoln, with the Honourable Lady Susan Harriet 
VoL. 105. 


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627 
Catherine Pelham Clinton, commonly called Countess 
of Lincoln, his now Wife, and to enable him to ma 
again, and for other Purposes therein naiiieasd, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron 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 esta- yonaon (City) 
blishing a School for Orphans of Freemen of the School for 
City of Zondon, was read the third time. 7 ~ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —— 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman 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 puke of 
take into consideration the Duke of Buckingham’s Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and state Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 1) of 
the Earl of Craven’s (or Sir John Johnstone’s) Estate Craven's 
Bill. (or Sir John 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Amro gt 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyson's 
Tufton’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Estate Bill. 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Deanery of 


‘into the Committee upon the Deanery of Sain¢ Saint Burian 


Burian Division Bill; and, after some time spent sateen 
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 


To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spitalfields 
into a Committee upon the Spitalfields and Shore- ong 


ditch New Street Bill. Street 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuavses N° 1 and N° 2, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Criause N° 8, (Commissioners of Woods ma 
borrow Monies on the Credit of the Fund autho- 
rized to be charged). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 7.1.17: After the 
word “‘ money” to insert the words “ not exceed- 
* ing the Sum of Sixty thousand pounds.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided. 


fMr. Hume, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Mowatt : } 32. 
Mr. Hayter, ) 


Tellers for the Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: f 46, 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuszs N° 4 to N° 8, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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Lough Swilly 


and Lough 
Foyle Drain- 
age Bill 
(1837-8.) 


628 

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 To-morrow. 


A Petition of John Beckwith Towse, of Lawrence 
Pountney-lane, in the city of London, Solicitor 
to the Wielens and Commonalty of the Mystery 
of Fishmongers of the city of London, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That an action is 
now pending in Her Majesty’s Court of Common 
Pleas, wherein the Wardens and Commonalty of 
the Mystery of Fishmongers are plaintiffs, and 
Thomas Isaac Dimsdale, Francis Stedman, Francis 
William Staines, Thomas Edge and James Whiskin, 
defendants ; that the said cause has been entered 
for trial, and will be appointed for the adjourned 
sittings in London, after next Michaelmas term ; 
that a Bill was pending before the House in the 
Session 1837-38, intituled, “ A Bill for draining 
and embanking certain Lands in Lough Swilly and 
Lough Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal and Lon- 
donderry” ; that certain proceedings took place, and 
certain witnesses were examined before the Sub and 
Select Standing Order Committees, and also before 
the Committee to whom the said Bill was referred, 
and other proceedings took place in the House in 
relation to the said Bill; that the Petitioner is ad- 
vised and believes, that it is essential to the interests 
of the said Wardens and Commonalty, the before- 
named plaintiffs, and for the due prosecution of the 
said action, that the said facts should be proved at 
the trial thereof; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to direct the proper officers of the House 
to attend and produce at the trial of the said cause 
in the Court of Common Pleas, at the Guildhall, 
London, at the adjourned sittings after next Michael- 
mas term, and so from day to day, until the said 
cause be tried, the original Petition of Thomas J. 
Dimsdale, 7, Hanley-road, Holloway, John Robert- 
son, of 2, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, John 
G. Booth, Crouch-end, Hornsey, Francis Stedman, 
Baron-street, Pentonville, F. W. Staines, Charlotte- 
street, Fitzroy-square, Thomas Edge, Peter-street, 
Westminster, James Whishin, Ashby-street, Clerken- 
well, presented to the House during the Session 
1837-38, praying that leave might be given to 
bring in a Bil for the Drainage of Waste Lands in 
Lough Foyle and Lough Swiily, in the Counties of 
Donegal and Londonderry ; the original Bill as pre- 
pared and brought into the House by Captain Jones 
and Sir Robert Ferguson, during the said Session 
1837-38 ; the Plan or Plans deposited in the House 
by the Promoters of the said Bill; the original Pe- 
tition of the Wardens and Commonalty of the 
Mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London, 
presented to the House during the said Session 
1837-38, praying that they might be heard, by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses, before the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to 
whom the said Petition stood referred ; the original 
Petition of the said Wardens and Commonalty, 
presented to the House during the said Session 
1837-38, praying that the said Bill might pass into 
a law; the origmal Petition of the Governor and 
Assistants of London, of the New Plantation in 
Ulster, within the realm of Jreland, under their 
corporate seal, presented to the House during the 
said Session 1837-38, praying that the said Bill 
might not pass into a law, and that they might be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel and agents, 
against the preamble of the said Bill, and also 
against such clauses thereof as were injurious to 
their interests ; the original Bill as passed during 
the said Session 1837-38, by the Committee of the 
House to whom the said Bill stood referred; the 
original Petition of John David Towse, presented to 
the House during the said Session 1837-38, pray- 
ing that he might be heard, by himself, his counsel, 


8° Augusti, 





A. 1850. 


agents and witnesses, upon such clause or clauses 
as might be considered proper to protect the rights, 
interests and property of the said Wardens and 
Commonalty, and upon all the other clauses, provi- 


sions, restrictions and stipulations as might be bene-_ 


ficial for the interests of all parties interested in the 
said Bill, and that the same might not be passed 
into a law, as it then stood ; the original Journal of 
the House for the Session 1837-38 ; the Committee- 
books of the Sub and Select Committee, and Select 
Committee on Standing Orders on Petitions for 
Private Bills, during the said Session 1837-38, in 
which are respectively entered the proceedings re- 
lating to the said Bill; the Committee-book in 
which is entered the proceedings which took place 
open the said Bill before the Committee of the 

ouse to whom the said Bill stood referred ; the 
notes of Evidence taken before the said Committees, 
and all other books, documents, papers and writings 
in the control of the House, which may promote 
the due prosecution of the said action. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Of- 
ficers to attend accordingly. 


Petitions from Manchester ;—Senneyside, Rossen- arbitration. 


dale; — Heywood (two Petitions) ;—Stretford ;— 
Bury (Lancaster) ;—Bolton (Lancaster) ;—Staley 
Bridge ;—and, Salford (two Petitions); praying the 
House to take prompt and decisive measures for 
the promotion of treaties between the Government 
of this country and other governments of the world, 
binding both 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. 


Two Petitions from Manchester, praying the Disarmament. 


House to adopt measures for promoting a general 
and simultaneous Disarmament among the civilized 
nations of the earth,—were 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 G. W. Richards, praying that Metropolitan 
power may be granted to the districts south of the Sewers. 


Thames to appoint a local board for the manage- 
ment of the Sewers on the south side of the Thames, 
and that such board may be constituted of gentle- 
men selected from the several parishes comprised 
within the district of such board by the rate-payers 
thereof, in such manner as to the House may seem 
meet, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Horbury ; — Maidstone ; — and, Oath of 


7 see . . A 
a ; praying that the Octh of Abjuration (Jews) Art Bill 


may not —_ into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


bjuration 


Petitions from Thornton-in-Lonsdale;—and, Caw- post-office. 


thorne ; praying for the abolition of Sunday labour 
in the Post-office,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Todmorden ;—London and West- 
minster (Chairman) ;—Staveley ;— Weymouth Union 
(Chairman) ;—and, Beverley; praying the House to 
rescind the Resolution for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Planters, Merchants, Proprietors, sugar Duties 
Traders, Householders and other Inhabitants of the Act. 


sland 


Salvage 
(Ireland. 


No. 546. 


Consolidated 


Fund (A - 
oriation) Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 
No. 2.) Bill. 


A Member 
takes the 
Oaths. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill, 


Customs Bill, 





14 Vieroriz. 


island of Mauritius, praying for the repeal of the 
Sugar Duties Act, 1846, and for the establishment 
of a differential duty of not less than 10s. per ewt. 
upon Sugar, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Salvage 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


The Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, was, ac- 
cotding to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Crime and Outrage Act (JZreland) 
Continuance (No. 2.) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

A Member was sworn. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the right ; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, L 9 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: R Bice, 

Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, | , 6 

Noes, | Mr. Richard For: aw 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Tuesday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair (for Committee on the Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill); and which Amendment 
was, to leave out from the word “That” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words “ this 
House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Bill to amend the Laws relating to the 
Customs, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(And whereas divers rules, orders and regulations 
have from time to time been made by the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Customs, in pursuance of 
the powers conferred upon them by certain Acts 
passed in various Sessions of Parliament, some of 

VoL, 105. 


8° A uguste. 








629 


which Acts have since been repealed; and doubts 
have arisen whether such rules, orders and regula- 
tions are still of legal force and efficacy; Be it 
therefore Enacted, That all rules, orders and regu- 
lations already made or issued by or under the au- 
thority of the said Commissioners, under or in 
pursuance of any Act or Acts relating to the Cus- 
toms, or to Trade or Navigation, although such Act 
or Acts may have been repealed, shall be and con- 
tinue in full force and effect, so far as such rules, 
orders and regulations are consistent with the pro- 
visions of the laws in force relating to the Customs, 
or to Trade or Navigation, unless and until the same 
shall be revoked or rescinded, and that all acts 
whatsoever to be done in pursuance of any such 
orders, rules and regulations, shall be valid and ef- 
fectual): 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 right; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: J 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, } 14 

Noes, l Mr. William Williams : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The said 
Clause was accordingly read a second and third 
time; and added to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 2. 1. 35., by inserting after the words 
“a true account,” the words “ of the quantities 
“ and real value.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


1 


50. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Frienaly 
into a Committee, to consider of making provision, Societies 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, forthe payment 
of Salaries and other Expenses consequent upon 
any Act that may be passed for amending the Laws 
relating to Friendly Societies. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Jreland, to make good any 
deficiency in the amount of the Fees applicable to 
the payment of Salaries and other Expenses under 
any Act of the present Session amending the Laws 
relating to Friendly Societies. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve of the clock. 


And then the House adjourned, at half an hour 
after Four of the clock, to the Old House of 
Commons. 





Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 7ithe 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Tithe Commissioners Commission. 


to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
——s dated 31st July 1850. 


r. Bouverie also presented,—Return toan Order, Schools 
of April last, for a Return, (Ireland.) 


dated the 18th da 
showing the vested Schools under the National 
Board, Jreland, with their Counties, and their 
respective Patrons, on the 31st day of December 
1849, in the Form given in Appendix XLII. to the 
Fourteenth Report of the Commissioners of Na- 
tional Education, Jreland ;—Also, a similar Return 

4L3 with 

































































Oar conan oe 


a 


_— 


Penistedhan or eteaninlaee 





Steam Com- 
munication 
between Suez 
and Bombay, 
&amp;ec. 


Spirits. 


Poor Relief 
(Treland.) 


No. 689. 


Cotton. 


Education. 


630 


with reference to the non-vested Schools on the 
same day. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
July last, for Copies of all Correspondence between 
Her Majesty’s Government and the East India 
Company; also, between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi- 
gation Company, or the Court of Directors and 
that Company, regarding the establishment of, or 
the mode of conducting Steam Communication be- 
tween Suez and Bombay, or between Suez and 

‘aleutta or Ceylon and Hong Kong, and with the 
Australian Colonies. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of July 
last, for an Account of the Quantities, in Proof 
Gallons, of British and Colonial Spirits on which 


Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, distin-- 


guishing, in the case of British Spirits, whether made 
from Malt only, or from a mixture of Corn and Malt, 
or other Ingredients, with the Rates of Duty per 
Gallon, including the Duty of Excise (so far as can be 
estimated) on the Materials used in making British 
Spirits, for each year from 1840 to 1849, both inclu- 
sive ; together with the Rates of Duty now exigible, 
and showing whether the respective Rates of Duty 
are payable on the newly-made Spirits, or on the 
Quantity taken out of Warehouse for Consumption, 


stating the Total Gallons of each different kind of 


Spirits, the Total of British Spirits, and of British 
and Colonial in each Year. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Numbers in Receipt of In-door and 
Out-door Relief in Jre/and, showing also the Cost 
of Out-door Relief; the Average Cost of Mainte- 
nance, and Rate of Workhouse Mortality, on the 
27th day of July 1850, in comparison with the 
Numbers, &amp;c. on the 28th day of July 1849. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return 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 House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Communications ad- 
dressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
relating to the Supply of Cotton from any of the 
British 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. 


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 the form of an Annual Balance 
Sheet, showing on the one side Sums received on 
account of the Parliamentary Education Grant from 
year to year by the Committee of Council, and on 
the other side the Appropriation of such Sums, dis- 
tinguishing Grants made in furtherance of Educa- 
tion, and Expenses of Administration; under the 
former head entering in each year only such Grants 
as had actually been paid within that year, and 
distinguishing Grants for Building, Enlarging, 
Repairing or Furnishing Schools; Grants for Ap- 
paratus ; Grants for Books and Maps ; Grants m 
augmentation of Schoolmasters’ Salaries ; Grants 
made to Pupil Teachers (including Gratuities to 
Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses for instructing 


8° August. 











A. 1850. 


them) ; the Number of Schools to which such Grants 
have been made respectively to be given in each 
year under the following heads :—Schools connected 
with the Church of England; Schools connected 
with the British and Foreign School Society ; Wes- 
leyan Schools; Roman Catholic Schools ; Schools 
connected with the Established Church in Scotland ; 
Schools connected with the Free Church in Scot- 
land; Schools connected with the Episcopal Church 
in Scotland; Workhouse Schools; other Schools 
not included under any of the preceding Titles in 
Great Britain; the Amount of Accommodation 
provided ; the Average Number of Scholars in at- 
tendance, and the Total Expense incurred, to be 
given on the whole or an ascertained number of 
instances in each case:—Account of Grants made 
to Training Schools, distinguishing them under the 
preceding heads, and showing whether the Grants 
were made for building such Training Schools, or in 
aid of their Annual Maintenance; the Number of 
Pupils for whom Accommodation is provided ; the 
actual Number of Pupils in training ; the Total Ex- 
pense incurred ; the Number of Model Schools :— 
List of all Applications made to the Committee of 
Council for aid to erect Schools, from the 28th day 
of June 1847 to the present time, whereon no Money 
has been actually paid by the Committee of Council, 
setting forth in separate Tables for the different De- 
nominations, as in the preceding Return; the 
Grounds of Refusal, if no Grant was made, or the 
Reason of the Grant not being paid, in the event of 
a Grant having been made; the Accommodation 
proposed to be provided, the estimated Expense, 
and the Local Funds raised, to be given in each 
instance where possible: —~ Returns of the Office 
Expenses of the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion, specifying the Expenses of Administration 
chargeable upon the Grant, and particularly the 
Number and Designation of the Officers employed, 
and their Salaries :—Of all the Inspectors employed 
by the Committee of Council from the year 1839 
to the present time; specifying their Names, the 
Date of their Appointment, the Amount of Salary 
paid to them, with a Summary of the Total Expense 
under this head, from year to year, the District as- 
signed to them, and the Number of Schools con- 
tained in it liable to Inspection :— List of all School 
Books, for the Purchase of which Grants are made 
by the Committee of Council to the Managers of 
Schools, with the Names of the Authors and Pub- 
lishers, and the year of Publication :—Also, State- 
ment of the Regulations under which, and the 
Terms on which Grants of Books are made; spe- 
cifying the ordinary Selling Price, and the reduced 
Price at which they are supplied by the Publishers 
through the Committee of Council :—Returns show- 
ing the Instructions issued from time to time to the 
Inspectors by the Committee of Council, under the 
respective Dates, such Instructions to be given, not 
in extract, but in full, distinguishing such Instruc- 
tions as may be applicable exclusively to the In- 
spectors of any particular Denomination of Schools : 
— Showing the Regulations under which Pupil 
Teachers and Stipendiary Monitors are admitted 
to participation in the Grants of the Committee of 
Council :—Showing the Regulations for internal 
Government of Kneller Hall Training School, with 
an Account of the Names of the Principal Masters 
and other Officers, their Salaries and Emoluments ; 
and of the Pupils entered in the Establishment up 
to the present time, stating the Religious Denomi- 
nation to which each Pupil belongs :—And, Copies 
of the Correspondence between thé Committee of 
Council and the Roman Catholic Poor School Com- 
mittee, relative to Grants for the Establishment and 
Maintenance of Roman Catholic Schools. 

Ordered, That 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 








14 Vicroriz. 


Administra- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—— mittee on the Administration of Criminal Justice 


Improvement Improvement Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
Equivalent The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Company Bill. Act to provide for the Redemption of an Annuity 
of Ten thousand pounds payable to the Equivalent 
Company, without any Amendment: And also, 
Small Tene- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ments Rating Act for the better assessing and collecting the Poor 


Message from 
the Lords. 


om. Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small 
Tenements, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Belfast The Lords have agreed te the Bill, intituled, An 


Improvement Act for better improving the Borough of Belfast, 

Bill. with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Administra- The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
—— to continue for Two years an Act of the third and 
in CO 0 


fourth years of Her present Majesty, intituled, An 
pn dea Act for facilitating the Administration of Justice in 
Bill. the Court of Chancery, and also, an Act of the 
fourth and fifth years of Her present Majesty, to 
amend the said Act; and also, another Act of the 
eighth and ninth years of Her present Majesty, to 
amend the said Act of the fourth and fifth years of 
Her present Majesty; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords do not insist upon the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act 


Parliamentary 
Voters, &amp;c. 


(Ireland) Bill. + amend the Laws which regulate the Qualification 
and Registration of Parliamentary Voters in Jre- 
land, and to alter the Law for rating immediate 
Lessors of Premises to the Poor Rate in certain 
Boroughs, to which this House hath disagreed ; 
and do agree to the Amendments made by this 
House to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill, and also to the Amendments 
proposed by this House to the original Bill: And 
also, 

Carrick-on- The Lords communicate to this House, a printed 

—" Copy of the yy of the Select Committee ap- 

— pointed by their Lordships to investigate and report 
upon the allegations and charges contained in the 
Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Union of 
Carrick-on-Shannon, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence and Appendix, as desired by this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
General Board The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Clo 5.) ia consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
“™*"*~ to the General Board of Health (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 

consideration To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

Administra- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

nage mittee to whom it was referred to consider of au- 

Improvement thorizing the Payment, out of the Consolidated 

Salary of Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
Micer. J and Ireland, of the Salary of any Officer who may 
be appointed to attend the Meetings of the Judges 
in Criminal Matters of Appeal, in pursuance of any 
Act for improving the Administration of Criminal 
Justice in England and Wales ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
soe ad on The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Friendly Societies Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuavuses N° 38 and N° 39, amended, and agreed 
.to. 


Cuause N° 40, agreed to. 
VoL. 105. 


8° Augustz. 





631 


Criause N° 41 (For payment of sums not ex~ 
ceeding Fifty pounds, when members die intestate). 


Amendment proposed, in P. 20. 1. 14: To leave 
out the words “ to pay the same at any time after 
“ the decease of such member, according to the 
“ rules of the said Society or Branch; and in case 
“* there shall be no rules made in that behalf, then.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Mr. Spooner, t 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Lord Dudley Stuart : § 
1 

5 


25. 
Mr. Hayter, 
Mr. Bellew : 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 42 to N° 52, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Schedules (A.) to (F.), with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 


iv) 


Tellers for the Noes, 2. 


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, To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Elections 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Elec- (Ireland) Bill, 
tions (Zreland) Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 
‘Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Law Fund 
into « Committee upon the Law Fund Duties (Zre- Dunes 5. on 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. “rland) 
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, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The Transfer of Improvement Loans (Jreland) acer of 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; eS og 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, land) Bill. 
for To-morrow, at ‘Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lough Corrib 
Reading of the Lough Corrih Improvement Com- Go any 
pany Compensation ( /reland) Bill ; Compensation 

And a Motion being made, and the Question (Ireland) 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 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, pri at Huu: 63. 
(Mr. Arkwright, } - 


Mr. Gwyn: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 

4L4 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The 










































































SATE aS Sag EOS Ct 


sey 


oes nN 





Medical 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Savings Banks 


Bill. 


Copyright of 
Designs Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 690, 


Chief Justices’ 


Salaries Bill. 


Union of 


Liberties with 
Counties Bill. 


No. 691. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


632 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Medical Charities (Ireland) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

A Clause (Division of unions into dispensary 
districts), was twice read ; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Commissioners to make and 
declare hospital districts), 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, at Twelve of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Savings Banks Bill ; 


8° Augusti. 





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. 





dealt with during the same Periods respectively, 





A. 1850, 


the 22d day of May 1848 and the 10th day of 
August 1848, respectively :—And, Return from the 
Registrar’s Office of the High Court of Chancery, 
of the Number of Orders made on Claims since the 
22d day of May 1850. 

Ordered, That 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 Court of 
Return from the Accountant-General of the High Chancery. 
Court of Chancery, showing the Amount of Cash 
standing to different Accounts in his Name, and 
not dealt with during the Periods of Ten, Twenty- 
five, and Fifty years respectively, prior to the 1st 
day of August 1850; and the Amount of Stock or 
other Securities standing to different Accounts in 
his Name, the Dividends on which have not been 


ee 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time| ynder the following heads :— | 


ypon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | Folio 


into a Committee upon the Copyright of Designs! 


Acts Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent. Ledger. 


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 To-morrow, at Twelve 
of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 


consideration the Chief Justices’ Salaries Bili, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Union of Liberties with 
Counties 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 To-morrow, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The House; according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the General Board of Health, 
(No. 3.) 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, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Inspection of Coal Mines 
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, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


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 from the Office of Clerks of Records 
and Writs of the High Court of Chancery, of the 
Number of Claims filed between the 22d day of May 
1850, and the 10th day of August 1850, distin- 
guishing those filed with Special Leave :—Of the 
Number of Bills filed in the same period :—Of the 
Number of Bills filed between the 22d day of May 
1849 and the 10th day of August 1849, and between 


| 








Period of last Amount of Cash or Stock, or other Securities. 


Dealing 
with the Cash 
or Dividends, 





of 
Not dealt with | Not dealt with | Not dealt with 
for 10 years. | for 25 years. | for 50 years. 











Cash. | Stock. } Cash. | Stock. | Cash. | Stock. 














Mr. Attorney-General reported from ihe Com- Court of 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered ireland) Bill 
to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one : 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 


| Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill; That they had 


drawn up a Reason accordingly; which they had 
directed him to report to the House; and the same 
was read as followeth ; 


The Commons disagree to Clause (A.) for the 
following Reason : 

Because, The Commons consider, that it will 
be more consistent with the present usage to 
carry the whole of the Fees to one general 
fund, and they trust this Reason will induce 
your Lordships not to insist on the Clause to 
which the Commons have disagreed. 


With the preceding objection, the Commons agree 
to all the Amendments made by your Lordships. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Attorney-General do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, pray- Inspection of 
ing that the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill may pass ony Mines 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered” ~* 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Larceny and 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Misdemeanor. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Persons who, in 
England and Wales, at the last Summer Assizes, in 
1850, and at the four last General Quarter Sessions 
of the Peace, that is, in October 1849, January, 
April, and July 1850, and at any adjournment or 
adjournments thereof, pleaded Guilty to Indictments 
against them for Larceny or Misdemeanor; and 
also of the Expenses severally attending such Pro- 
secutions and discharging of the Recognizances. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








14 Vicroriz. 


Veneris, 9° die August ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at Twelve of the clock in the 
New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
(Seventy-third Petitions presented upon the 7th and sth days of 


Report.) 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. 
Liverpool, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Crosby and the Amendment made by the Lords to the Liver- 
Soeery (tele pool, Crosby and Southport Railway (Sale or Lease 
or Leasetothe to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com- 
Lancashire pany, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
- —— agreed to 
Railway Com- ¥ , . : 
a, ec.) Ordered, That Sir Thomas Birch do carry the Bill 
Bill. to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 
Mary-le-bone _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Finchley the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mary- 

—— le-bone and Finchley Turnpike-roads Bill. 

ciecas The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 6, 
is to render the Clause consistent with Clause 5, of 
the Bill, and to carry out the intention of this 
House in respect of the provisions of the Bill in 
Clauses 5 and 6,) were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the River 
Lee Trust Bill; and the same were twice read ; and, 
with an Amendment to one of them, 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, with an Amendment, to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Bishop of Lon- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
ra “yng take into consideration the Bishop of Zondon’s 
briel’s Church, Estate (Saint Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico) Bill ; 

Pimlico) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Sir Henry M. | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Vavasour’s = Sir Henry M. Vavasour’s Estate Bill. 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Viscount The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Midleton's Viscount Midleton’s Estate Bill, as amended in the 
tate Bill. Committee ; and tne Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Biil be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Duke of Ordered, That the Duke of Buckingham’s Estate 


Tactinghamn's Bill be read the third time this day. 
; The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 
thorize the Trustees of certain Estates called the 
Chandos Estates, settled by a Deed dated the third 
day of May One thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-eight, onthe Mostnoble Richard Plantagenet, 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and his Issue, 
to lay out the Monies produced by Sales of Parts 
of = same Estates, in the Purchase of the family 
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633 


Estates of the said Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 
called the Buckingham Estates, notwithstanding 
certain Family Charges thereon, either with an In- 
demnity against such Charges, to be approved by 
the Court of Chancery, or with a proportionate 
Deduction from the Purchase-money; to extend the 
Powers of re-investing a Part of the same Monies; 
and to authorize the granting of Building Leases of 
Parts of the first-mentioned Estates; and for other 
Purposes, was, according to Order, 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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Craven’s (or Sir John 
Johnstone's Estate Bill be read the third time this 
day. 

The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Earlof 
enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Sir John Craven’s 
Lowther Johnstone, Baronet, deceased, to grant a 
Building and Repairing Leases for Ninety-nine Years Estate Bill. 
of the Estate devised by the said Will, situate in 
the Boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 
and in the Parish of Radipole, in the County of 
Dorset, 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. 


Ordered, That Tufton’s Estate Bill be read the 
third time this day. 

The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Tutton’s 
enable the Trustees of the Will of the Right honour- Estate Bill. 
able Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased, to raise Money 
upon the Security of his Estates, for the Repair and 
Improvement of the Buildings thereon, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time this day. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 


do pass. 

peal That Mr. Brotherton 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. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Glengall’s Estate Bill Farl of 
be taken into consideration this day. er 
The Huuse, according to Order, proceeded to a 
take into consideration the Earl of Glengall’s Estate 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Earl of 
Effingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 
sideration this day. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Earl of Effingham’s Estate 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Holyhead _ 
spect of the Holyhead Harbour Bill which was #rbour Bill. 
yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Cornewall Lewis, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hayter, Sir Ri- 

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eR 








Arbitration. 


Church Rates. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 


Disarmament. 


D. O. Dyce 
Sombre. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Medical 
Profession. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act, 


Post-office. 


634 9° Augusti. 


chard Bulkeley, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Richards, Sir Wil- 
liam Gibson Craig, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pennant, Lord 
Marcus Hill, Mr. Bowverie, Mr. Parker, and Five 
Members to be named by the Committee of Selection. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report forthwith. 


Petitions from Manchester (four Petitions) ;— 
Hyde ;— Haslingden (two Petitions) ;—Rochdale ;— 
Stockport (two Petitions);—Staley Bridge ;— Bury; 
— Pilkington ;—Batton ; —Pendleton ; — Denton ; 
—Crawshaw Booth; —Ashton-under-Lyne ;—and, 
Hollingbank Masbury ; praying the House to take 
prompt and decisive measures for the promotion of 
Treaties between the Government of this country and 
other governments of the world, binding both 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 Members of the Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters, assembling for divine worship 
in Abney Chapel, Stoke Newington, in the — 
of Middlesex, praying for the abolition of Chure 
Rates, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kidderminster, pray- 
ing the House to enact such laws as will leave every 
religious community self supported and self go- 
verned, and to apply to the relief of the national 
burthens whatever public property is now devoted 
to ecclesiastical purposes ; and also, that measures 
may be taken for the abolition of the Zriskh Church 
Establishment, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (four Petitions) ; — 
Leigh ;—and, Bury ; praying the House to promote 
measures for a general Disarmament of the civilised 
nations of the earth,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of D. O. Dyce Sombre, Paris, Rue 
des Pyramides, complaining of having been for the 
last seven years and upwards, considered a lunatic, 
and of having experienced harsh treatment and 
confinement upon that plea; stating his readiness 
to undergo an examination before the House; and 
praying that such examination may be concluded 
this Session, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of A. O. Leary, Fisherman of the Cork 
and Blackrock districts, praying the House to take 
into consideration the distressed state of the times, 
and the stagnation of the business and trade of fisher- 
men, and to allow an extension of the fishing period 
until the 29th of September, as he considers Salmon 
remain in prime season up to that time, was pre- 
sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;—Leeds ;—and, Lon- 
don ; praying that the Members of the Medical Pro- 
fession may be exempted from payment of the 
Income Tax,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Tower Hamlets 
Branch of the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, 
praying the House to pass, in the present Session, 
an amended Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- 
vention Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Islington Branch of the Church of England Youn 
Men’s Society, praying the House not to rescin 
the Resolution prohibiting Sunday labour in the 





A. 1850. 


Post-office, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Friendly Society 
of Dealers in Newspapers in London, praying the 
House to rescind the Resolution prohibiting Sunday 
labour in the Post-office, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stephen Geary, of Euston-place, National 
Euston-square, Saint Pancras, Architect, praying Monumental 
the House to adopt measures for the establishment @*ery, &amp;. 
of a National Monumental Gallery, wherein to re- 
cord the names of persons hitherto interred in the 
metropolis, and for the improvement of the burial 
grounds in the metropolis, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Com. 
Communication between Suez and Bombay, &amp;c., \tween Swen 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. ont Bombay, 

C. 

No.693, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Battersea ne apr 
Park and Chelsea Bridge, which was presented — 
upon Saturday last, be printed. No. 694. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 695. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Turnpike-road 


to Turnpike-road and Bridge Trusts, which was —- 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. No, 696. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that the fol- 
lowing Papers were upon the Table ; viz. 

Lists of the Bills, Reports, Estimates and Ac- pariiamentary 
counts and Papers printed by Order of the House of Papers. 
Commons, and of the Papers presented by Com- No. 697. 
mand, Session 1850, with a General Alphabetical 
Index thereto: — 15th Parliament; 3d Session; 

13 and 14Vic.; 31st January to 15th August 1850. 

General Index to the Bills, Reports, Accounts Parliamentary 
and other Papers printed by Order of the House of Papers. 
Commons, and of Papers presented by Command, No. 698. 
1844 to 1850. 

General Index to the Divisions of the House of Divisions. 
Commons, 1836, 1850. No. 699. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Deanery of 
Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An oaeaee tan 
Act to provide for the Division of the Deanery of 
Saint Burian into Three Rectories, and for abolish- 
ing the Royal Peculiar of Saint Burian ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill 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 con- 
cerned, 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 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 consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Gibson Craig do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 
this House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


i Spita'fields 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to Spit nn iin 


take into consideration the Spitalfields and Shore- yy street 
ditch Bi. 











Waterford, 
Wexford, 


Wicklow and 


Dublin Rail- 
way. 


Friendly 

Societies 
salaries and 

Expenses. ] 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 
(No, 2.) Bill. 





14 Vicronri2z. 


ditch New Street Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mnittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Communications and Papers which 
have passed between the Railway Commissioners 
and Messrs. Lewis and Nash, and Mr. Nash, relating 
to the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
Railway Company, up to this Date. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to consider of making Provi- 
sion, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
Payment of Salaries and other Expenses consequent 
upon any Act that may be passed for amending the 
Laws relating to Friendly Societies, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to make good any deficiency 
in the Amount of the Fees applicable to the Pay- 
ment of Salaries and other Expenses under any Act 
of the present Session amending the Laws relating 
to Friendly Societies. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill, that they have 
Power to make Provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into. a Committee upon the Friendly Societies Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
Power to make Provision in the Bill pursuant to the 
Resolution of the House, reported this day, read. 


Clause added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day at five 


of the clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Crime and Outrage Act (Jreland) 
Continuance (No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
bo proposed, That Mr, Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the right ; 

The Noes to the left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1 ea 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: : 

Tellers for thef The Lord Mayor of Dublin,| , , 

Noes, Sir Joshua Walmsley : Se 

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. 


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635 


Cuiavuse N°1, (Recited Act to be continued). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank be filled with the words “ until the 31st 
“ day of December 1851, and from thence until the 
“ end of the then next Session of Parliament.” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the blank be filled with the words 
“ for one year.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with 
the words “ until the 31st day of December 1851, 
“ and from thence until the end of the then next 
“ Session of Parliament ;” 

The Committee divided. 
a 
&gt; 
p34. 


‘ Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: 


Tellers for the Noes,| a Soulle 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 2, 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. 


ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Management of Medical Charities in Zreland was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


into a Committee upon the Transfer of Improvement 
Loans (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; and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


into a Committee upon the Lough Corrib Improve- 


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 Amendments made by the Lords to the General 


Board of Health (No. 2.) Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time; 
one of the said Amendments was amended, and 
agreed to,and the other of the said Amendments was 
disagreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord Seymour, Mr. Parker, The Judge 
Advocate, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bellew 
and Viscount Ebrington. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





VoL. 105. 





The 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Inspection of 
take into consideration the Inspection of Coal Mines Coal Mines 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and the Amend- ~” 


The Bill for the better Distribution, Support and Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved. itself Transfer of 
Improvement 
Loans (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lough Corrib 
| Improvement 


ment Company Compensation (Jreland) Bill ; and, Compensation 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed (Ireland) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration General Board 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Small Tene- 
Reading of the Small Tenements Recovery (Jreland) 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

4m 2 


ments Reco- 
very (Ireland) 

















636 9° August. 


GeneralBoard The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
of Health _— take into consideration the General Board of Health 
(No. 3.) Bill: (No. 3.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Copyright of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Designs Act® mittee on the Copyright of Designs Acts Amendment 


Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Law Fund The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


— a) Bi, take into consideration the Law Fund Duties (Jre- 


land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


y ae oad The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Fe; Bil, mittee on the London Bridge Approaches Fund 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
a consideration the Reasons, offered by the Lords at 
a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Railways Aban- 
donment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


Union of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Liberties with . . = ‘ . . . 

Counties Bill, nto a Committee upon the Union of Liberties with 
Counties 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 


To-morrow. 


County Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Treasurers. —t) Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names, Professions, Salaries 
and other Emoluments of County Treasurers, and 
Deputy County Treasurers ; of Treasurers of County 
Police and Deputy Treasurers; of Treasurers of 
County Lunatic Asylums and Deputy Treasurers, 
in each County of England and Wales, for the year 
ending the Ist day of July 1850 :—Also, similar 
Return from all Boroughs having separate Quarter 
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. 


Holyhead Mr. Cornewall Lewis reported from the Select 
Harbour Bill. Committee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Court of Mr. Attorney-General reported, That having been 
Chancery _ with the Lords, to desire a Conference on the sub- 
(Ireland) Bill. ject-matter of the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill, the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 

same immediately in the Royal Gallery. 
Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the said 























































A. 1850. 


names of Mr. Bouverie, Sir Denham Norreys, Mr. 
Sheil, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Mullings and Mr. 
Aglionby were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Attorney-General reported, That the Ma- 
nagers had been at the Conference, which was ma- 
naged on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Car- 
lisle; and that they had delivered the Reason for 
disagreeing to the said Amendment, and had left 
the Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Episcopal and 
mand,—Copy of Second Report from the Epis- — 
copal and Capitular Revenues Commissivners. menace 
Copy of Eleventh Annual Report of the Regis- Births, Deaths 
trar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 20d Marriages, 
England. 

Copy of Eleventh Report of the Commissioners Poor Law 
for inquiring into the Number and Boundaries of a 
Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Jre- @™#"*) 
land. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to Appeals 
request that their Lordships will communicate to (House of 
this House, a Return of the Names of the Cases /°"*) 
which have been heard before the House of Lords, 

and now stand for Judgment, and the dates when 

the same were respectively heard :—And that Mr. 

Locke King do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits. 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits No, 700, 
at Proof, on which Duty was paid, for Consump- 
tion in Scotland, for the last Ten years, ending the 
5th of January 1850, distinguishing the Quantity 
in each year. 

Mr. Secretary at War accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Friendly 
take into consideration the Friendly Societies Bill, Societies Bill. 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- London Bridge 
— on the London Bridge Approaches Fund — 
il; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Railways 
into consideration the Reasons offered by the Lords — 
at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the 
Amendments made by this House to the Railways 
Abandonment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be taken into 


consideration after the Notices of Motions. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: — 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 pe the Receipt Fees (Court 


r ‘ f Common 
and Amount of Fees receivable by certain Officers Pleas) (No. 2.) 


in the Court of Common Pleas: Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce the Duty of aL Abn 


Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United King- fi, 
dom, and to impose a countervailing Duty on 
Sugar used in the brewing of Beer for Sale, and 
also to amend the Laws relating to the Licenses 





Amendments, do manage the Conference: And the 


granted to Brewers and Distillers : “a Bill, 





Commons 
Inclosure _ 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Borough 
Courts of Re- 
cord (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Earl of 
Lincoln’s _ 
Divorce 


Bishop of Lon- 


don’s (Saint 
Michael’s 
Church, Ches- 
ter-square) 
Estate Bill. 


Registration 


of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Borough Gaols 
Bill. 


Oxford, 


Worcester and 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 


14 Vicroriz, 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Inclo- 
sure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 
i Wales : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law re- 
lating to the Process of Attachment of Goods in 
the Borough and other Courts of Record in Jre- 
land: And also, 


The Lords hav agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of the Right honourable Henry 
Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of 
Lincoln, with the Honourable Lady Susan Harriet 
Catherine Pelham Clinton,commonly called Countess 
of Lincoln, 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 Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
better constituting the District Church of Saint 
Michael, Chester-square, in the County of Middle- 
sex, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Laws for the Registration of Assurances of 
Lands in Ireland, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals in Scotland, with an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the ‘concurrence of 
this House : And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize Justices of any Borough having a 
separate Gaol to commit Assize Prisoners to such 
Gaol, and to extend the Jurisdiction of Borough 
Justices to all Offences and matters arising within 
the Borough for which they act, 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 Acts relating to the Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 
and to confer additional Powers upon the same 
Company and upon certain other Companies, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for England, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


County Courts The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Acts Exten- 
sion Bill. 


Cephalonia. 





to amend an Act to extend the Act for the more 
easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in Eng- 
land, and to amend the same; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to appoint 
a Royal Commission, to proceed to the Jonian Is- 
lands, there, on the spot, to inquire into the causes 
of the disturbances that occurred in the Island of 
Cephalonia, and into the measures taken by Sir 
Henry G. Ward, the Lord High Commissioner, to 
restore peace, and into the manner in which forty- 
four persons were sentenced to death, and twenty- 
one of them executed, and also into the manner in 
which ninety-two persons were flogged and others 
banished from the Island without trial, and generally 
to institute inquiry into the causes of discontent in 
these Islands, and to recommend the best means of 
promoting their future peace and welfare ; 

VoL, 105. 


9°—10° August. 





637 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the right ; 
The Noes to the left. 


SMr. Hume, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Bright : } 13. 
Mr. Hayter | 
Tellers for the Noes) Toy Sb Mastes Ina: s 84, 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence Ceylon. 
taken before the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the Grievances complained of in Ceylon, 
in connexion with the administration and govern- 
ment of that colony, 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 mea- 
sures can be adopted for the better Administration 
and Government of that dependency, be laid be- 
fore this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Merchant 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Offi- Service Laws 
. : Consolidation 
cers and Seamen in the Merchant Service: And pi), 
that Mr. Labouchere and Sir Francis Baring do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Savings Banks 
to continue the Act for amending the Laws relating Act (Ireland) 
i : Continuance 
to Savings Banks in Jreland: And that the Chan- p3), 
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir William Somerville 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself London Bridge 
into a Committee upon the London Bridge Ap- ae 
proaches Fund Bill. ; 


(In the Committee.) 


20. 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

Preamble postponed. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 

man do now leave the Chair ; 

Mr. Hume, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Mowatt : } 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Hayter, 59. 
Cravusess, N° 1 to N® 8, with Amendments to 

several of them, agreed to. 
CiauseE, N° 9, disagreed to. 

several of them, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


graph. 
The Committee divided. 
: 
Lord Marcus Hill: J 
Crauses, N° 10 to N° 22, with Amendments to 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 10° die Augusti, 1850: 


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 taking into Railways 
consideration the Reasons, offered by the Lords at a Abandonment 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Railways Aban- 
donment Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Reasons be now 
read ; 

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 three months.” 


4m3 And 











































































638 9°—10° 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now,” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the right; 
The Noes to the left. 
Tellers for the Yeas, { a Sa 


Tellers for the Noes, = —* 


32. 


15. 


ee | we 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Reasons be now read :— 
And the said Reasons being accordingly read; the 
House accordingly proceeded to take he same into 
consideration. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendment to which the Lords have disa- 

reed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
doth not insist upon the Amendment to which their 
Lordships have disagreed. 


Ecclesiastical Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Commission [Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill be taken into 
No. 701. consideration upon Monday next, at Twelve of the 
clock. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Borough Gaols The House.proceeded to take into consideration 
Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Borough 
Gaols Bill; and the same were twice read; and, 
with an Amendment to one of them, 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 an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Small Tene- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ments Rating the Amendments made by the Lords to the Small 
Bill Tenements Rating Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time ; 
several of the said Amendments were agreed to, 
and several of the said Amendments were dis- 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be hy, A ip to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at.a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing tothe Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr, Halsey, Mr. Henry Stuart, Mr. 
Baines, Mr. Frewen, Mr, Bouverie, Sir George Pe- 
chell, and Sir Henry Meuz. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Savings Banks Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented a Bill to continue 
Act (Ireland) the Act for amending the Laws relating to Savings 
Continuance Banks in Jreland: And the same was read the first 








an 602 time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
oom day ; and to be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 

Sabbati, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 

HE House met, at Twelve ofthe clock, in the 

New House of Commons. 

PRAYERS. 

Army Prize Mr. Talman, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 


Money. was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act, of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (formerly 
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal Hos- 





Augusti. A. 1850. 


pital at Chelsea), from the 18th January 1809 to 
the 31st December 1849 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Bishop of Lon- 
facilitating the Erection of a Church, to be called 4on’s seat 
Saint Gabriel's, in the District Parish of Saint Pe- = Church 
ter, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, and for Pimlico) Bill,’ 
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 Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Baal 
enable the Right honourable Henry Earl of Effing- EMgham’s 
ham, and others, to grant Building, Mining an eae 
other Leases of certain Freehold Estates in the 
Townships of Rotherham and Kimberworth, in the 
County of York, devised by the Will of the Right 
honourable Richard late Earl of Effingham, and for 
other Purposes, was, according to Order, 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 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- Earl of 
thorize the Trustees of the Will of William Mellish, Glengall’s 
Esquire, deceased, to invest a Portion of the Funds, aren 
subject to the Trusts of the Will of the said William 
Mellish, in the Purchase of the Family Estates in 
Ireland of the Right honourable Richard Earl of 
Glengall, 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 Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Sir Henry M- 
authorizing the Sale of Estates in the County of b einroge 
York, devised by the Will of Sir Henry Maghul 
Mervin Vavasour, Baronet, deceased, 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. 


Ordered, That the Standing Order of the House, Hall's __ 
No. 201, respecting Notice of Third Reading of Divorce Bul. 
Private Bills, be suspended in the case of Hall’s. Di- 
vorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Belfast 
Lords to the Belfast Improvement Bill be taken Buyrve"™ 
into consideration this day. ; 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Belfast Improvement Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and 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 Bill to enlarge and extend the Powers of an gpitalfields 
Act of the ninth and tenth years of Her present andShoreditch 
Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to enable the Commis- New Street 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to construct a New 
Street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch,” was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





Ordered, 





Leases for 


Lives(Ireland) the county of Dublin, praying the House not to 


Act. 


Post- office. 


Public 
Committees. 


Crime and 
Outrage Act 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Transfer of 
Improvement 
Loans (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Lough Corrib 
Improvement 
Company 

Compensation 


(Ireland) Bill. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 3.) Bill, 


Law Fund 
Duties 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Friendly 
Societies Bill, 





14 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Denis O'Connor, of Kingstown, in 


alter the Leases for Lives (Ireland) Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Barn- 
staple, in the county of Devon, praying the House 
to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of Sunday 
labour in the Post-office, 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 Public Committees ap- 
pointed in the Session of 1850, their Subjects, and 
.the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- 
man; the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat, and the Number of Days on which each 
Member served on each Committee (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 340, of Session 1849). 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Crime and Outrage Act 
(Ireland) Continuance (No. 2.) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for In- 
spection of Coal Mines in Great Britain, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

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 concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Bill to authorize the Transfer of Loans for 
the Improvement of Land in Jreland to other Land 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Lough Corrib Improvement 
Company Compensation (Ireland) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Bill for confirming certain further Provisional 
Orders of the General Board of Health was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to repeal the Stamp Duties on Proceed- 
ings in the Courts of Law in Jreland, and to grant 
certain other Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to Friendly Societies 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, 


10° August. 


639 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee ap- General Board 


pointed to draw up Reasons, 
Lords ata Conference, for disagreeing to one of the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the General 
Board of Health, (No. 2.) Bill; That they had 
drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.) by 
adding at the end thereof the words “ and that 
“ the said General Board shall cause notice of the 
“ day so directed and appointed by them for such 
“ first election or selection to be affixed on the 
“ doors of the principal churches, chapels, public 
“ buildings and places whére public notices are 
“ usually affixed within the district for which such 
election or selection is to be made, at least twenty- 
one days before the day so fixed and appointed 
=, such election or selection, as the case may 

e. 
The Commons disagree to Clause (B.) for the 
following Reason : 

Because the General Board are not, under the 
Public Health Act, 1848, authorized to order 
such principal inspections as are necessary 
to enable them to report on the progress and. 
effect of such Act. 

The said Reason being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 





Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Lord Seymour do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


into a Committee upon the Copyright of. Designs 
Acts Amendment Bill; 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie 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, 


take into consideration the London Bridge Ap- 
proaches Fund Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


mitted 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. Cornewall Lewis reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :—The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the said Bill 
into consideration. 

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. Cornewall Lewis do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Von. 105. 


4mM4 The 











of Health 
to be offered to the (No. 2.) Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyright of 
Designs Acts 


- Amendment 
and, after some time spent Bill 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to London Bridge 
Approaches 
F 


und Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Holyhead 
into a Committee upon the Holyhead Harbour Bill ; Harbour Bill. 


The Bill to continue the Act for amending the Savings Banks 


Laws relating to Savings Banks in Jreland was, Act (Ireland) 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- ee 


ill. 





Union of 


Liberties with 
Counties Bill. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Church 


Building Acts 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Viscount 
Midleton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Cruelty to 


Animals (Scot- 


land) Bill. 


Church 


Building Acts 


Amendment 
Bill. 


No, 702, 


Small Tene- 


ments Rating 


Bill. 


640 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Union of Liberties with Counties 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read be read the third 


time upon Monday next. 


Lord Seymour reported, That having been with 
the Lords to desire a Conference on the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the General Board of Health (No. 2.) Bill, the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same immediately in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference: And the names 
of Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Spooner, 
Sir Henry Willoughby, Mr. George Thompson, and 
Mr. William Williams, were added to them. 


10° Augusti. 





Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 


| 





A. 1850. 


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. Halsey do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lunacy. 
Copy of the Fifth Annual Report of the Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Incumbered 
Return of the Names of the several Estates sold yore 
by the Commissioners of Incumbered Estates in ~ 
Ireland, the Annual Rental of the same, the Amount 
of the Incumbrances chargeable thereon, and the 
Amount of the Purchase-money in each case realized ; 
distinguishing such Portions of the Properties sold 
as consisted of Head or Ground Rents. — 


Mr. Halsey reported, That having been with the Small Tene- 
Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter ments Rating 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to ” 
the Small Tenements Rating Bill, the Lords do 


Lord Seymour reported, That the Managers had | agree to a Conference, and appoint the same im- 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the | mediately in the Royal Gallery. 


part of the Lords by the Lord President; and that 


Ordered, Chat the Committee who were appointed 


they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing to | to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, ata 
the said Amendment, and had left the Bill and | Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 


Amendments with their Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Church Building Acts: And that 
Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey and Lord 
Ashley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will return to this House 
Viscount. Midleton’s Estate Bill, the same not having 
been read the third time in this House, and having 
been taken to the House of Lords by mistake : And 
that Mr. Brotherton do carry the said Message. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Cruelty 
to Animals (Scotland) Bill; and the same was 
twice read, and 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. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to amend the 
Church Building Acts : And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Halsey reported from the Committee ap- 
— to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 

ords at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Small Tenements Rating Bill; That they had 
drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the eons ; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments made 
by the Lords in P. 1. Is. 12., penult. and ult., P. 2. 
Is. 28., 29. and 32., P. 4. Is. 18. and 19., for the 
following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider that the Pro- 
visions of the Bill, as passed by them, are 
better suited to meet the proposed objects 
than as the same have been amended by 
your Lordships, and they trust your Lord- 
ships will be satisfied with this Reason for 


| 


Amendments, do manage the Conference: And the 
names of Mr. Hayter, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Ark- 
wright, Mr. Wilson, Sir Henry Willoughby and Mr. 
Archdall, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over; 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Halsey reported, That the Managers 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 Reason for disagreeing to 
the said Amendments, and had left the Bill and 
Amendments with their Lordships. 


Mr. Brotherton reported, That pursuant to the Viscount 
Order of the House of this day, he had been to the Midleton’s 
Lords, to request that their Lordships would return omens 
to this House Viscount Midleton’s Estate Bill, the 
same not having been read the third time in this 
House, and having been taken to the House of 
Lords by mistake ; and that he had brought back 
the same accordingly. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Viscount 
giving effect to a compromise relating to the Estate —— 
of the Right honourable George Alan Viscount neue 
Midleton, deceased, and, with a view thereto, for 
vesting the Estates in England and Ireland, late of 
the said Viscount Midleton, in Trustees, and for 
other Purposes, was, according to Order, 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 concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue certain Turn- Turnpike Acts 
wes Acts in Great Britain, and to make further Continuance, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


rovisions respecting Turnpike-roads in England : i ” 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal Part of an Act Fisheries Bill 





of the fifteenth year of King George the Third, for 


disagreeing to the Amendments made by | the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from 


them. 


| Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Do- 


The Commons agree to the other Amendments | minions in Europe, and for securing the Return of 


made to the Bill. 


ithe Fishermen, Sailors and others, employed in the 


The said Reason, being read a second time, was | said Fisheries to the Ports thereof, at the end of 
| the Fishing Season : 


agreed to, 





A Bill, 

















14 Vicroriz. 10°— 


Grand Jury A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Remedies 
ba (Ireland) for the Collection of Grand Jury-Cess in Ireland : 
1 


Wolverhamp- A Bill, intituled, An Act to give effect to certain 
ton Improve- Securities upon the Rates authorized to be levied 


yok ll under the Wolverhampton Improvement Act : 


Bill. 


Saint Andrew’s 
and Quebec 
Railroad Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for incorporating the 
Class (A.) Shareholders of the Saint Andrew’s and 
Quebec Railroad Company, and conferring on them 
certain Powers: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Council of 
the Borough of Manchester to determine their lia- 
bility to detray the Expenses of Customs in respect 
of Goods warehoused in the said Borough, and to 
authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 'l'rea- 
sury to direct the Discontinuance of the further 
warehousing of Goods in such Warehouses, without 
payment of Duty: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the Trustees of certain Estates, called the 
Chandos Estates, settled by a Deed, dated the third 
day of May Onethousand eight hundred and Twenty- 
eight, on the Most noble Richard Plantagenet 
Duke of Buckinghamand Chandos, and his Issue, to 
lay out the Monies produced by Sales of Parts of 
the same Estates in the Purchase of the Family Es- 
tates of the said Duke of Buckingham and Chan- 
dos, called the Buckingham Estates, notwithstanding 
certain Family Charges thereon, either with an In- 
demnity against such Charges, to be approved by 
the Court of Chancery, or with a proportionate De- 
duction from the Purchase Money, to extend the 
Powers of re-investing a Part of the same Monies, 
and to authorize the granting of Building Leases of 
Parts of the first-mentioned Estates, and for other 
Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to ena- 
ble the Trustees of the Will of the Right honoura- 
ble Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased, to raise Money 
upon the Security of his Estates, for the Repair and 
Improvement of the Buildings thereon, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and 
amend the Acts relating to the Navigation of the 
River Lee, in the Counties of Hertford, Essex and 
Middlesex, and to enable the Trustees further to 
improve the Navigation, and to dispose of the sur- 
plus Water, and for other Purposes, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Manchester 
Bonding Bill. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Tufton’s 
Estate Bill. 


River Lee 
Trust Bill. 


Engines for 


taking Fish Act to amend the Law relating to Engines used on 
(Ireland) Bill. the Rivers and on the Sea Coasts of Ireland for the 
taking of Fish, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Registrar of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Judgments Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Regis- 
hoy ag trar of Judgments in Jreland, with an Amendment ; 
"to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Mertiopos! The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
pe a na Act to enable the Hartlepool West Harbour and 
“Dock Company to alter and improve their Harbour 
and construct additional Works, and for amending 
an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her 
— Majesty, called the Hartlepool West Har- 
ur and Dock Act, 1847, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
Benefices in The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Plurality Bil. by this House to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Law relating to the holding of Benefices in 


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641 


ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendment made Court of 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Chancety | 
simplify and improve the Proceedings in the High ss 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, to which this House 
hat¥ disagreed :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Registrar of 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Regis- Judgments 
trar of Judgments Office (Zreland) Bill; and the land) Bil 
same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland 
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 Benefices in 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Amend- FPlurality Bill. 
ments made by this House to the Amendments made 
by the Lords to the Benefices in Plurality Bill; and 
the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frewen 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 Engines for 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Engines (ireland) Bil. 
for taking Fish (Jre/and) Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Somerville do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. - 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Hartlepool 
Lords to the Hartlepool West Harbour and Docks fader se 
Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday “~~ om. 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 





Luna, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14’ Victoria Regine, 18 50. 


HE House met at Three of the clock in the 
. New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Ceylon. 
mittees of this House presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the Grievances 
complained of in Ceylon, in connexion with the 
Administration and Government of that colony, 
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 com- 
plain; and also whether any Measures can be 
adopted for the better Administration and Govern- 
ment of that dependency. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upen the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the a 
Petitions presented upon the 9th and 10th days of $&lt;\)" ouit 
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. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Hartlepool 
into consideration the Amendments made by the hese te 
Lords to the Hartlepool West Harbour and Docks" 
Bill; and the same were twice read; and, with 


Plurality, with an Amendment; to which Amend-| Amendments to several of them, agreed to. 
| 


VoL. 105. 





4N Ordered, 





642 


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, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Oxford, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Worcester and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Oxford, 
May on Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Bill; and 
Bill. the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

— The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Bil. Bowes’ Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 

Bowes’ The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Estate Bill. 


enlarge and consolidate the Provisions of two Acts 
of Parliament relating to the Estates of John Bowes, 
late Earl of Strathmore, was, according to Order, 
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. 


Wines, &amp;c. Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented,—Return to an 


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Address to Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of July | 
last, for Returns of the Quantities of Wines im-| 
ported yearly into the Ports of Great Britain and | 
Ireland, from the beginning of 1786 down to the 

end of 1849, both inclusive ; and of the Quantities | 
of Wines entered for Consumption within Great} 
Britain and Ireland in each year of the said period ; | 
together with the several Rates of Duties payable | 
thereon, and the Total Amount of such Duties re- 

ceived in every such year; distinguishing the 

respective Quantities of the said Wines according 

to the Country or Colony of their growth respec- 

tively; and, also specifying the yearly Increase or 

Decrease (if any) inthe Revenue derived from such 

Duties :—And, of the Decennial Increase of Popu- 

lation of Great Britain and Ireland during the same 

period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March 
last, for Copy of all Reports on the Experimental 
Improvements on the Crown Estate of King Wil- 
liam’s Town, in the County of Cork, submitted to 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
since the 8th day of August 1844 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 612, of Session 1844). 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of May 
last, fora Return of the Number of Commissions 
of Inquiry appointed since the year 1830, distin- 
guishing each; and, if expired, the Date thereof, 
and the Expense of each, &amp;c., to the present period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 669, 
of Session 1848). 


Crown Estate 
(King Wil- 
liam’s Town. ) 


Commissions 
of Inquiry. 


Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of March 


British . 

Produce and last, for a Return of the Quantities and Values of 

Manufactures the different Articles of British Produce and Manu- 

exported. facture shipped from the United Kingdom to each 
Colony and Dependency of the British Crown, in- 
e.uding Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and the 
Lonian Islands, during the year 1849, together with 
an Abstract of the same. 

Drainage Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of Fe- 

(Ireland. ) bruary last, for Returns of the different Works of 


Drainage in Jreland, whether finished or in pro- 
gress, and of those for the Survey of which Pri- 


vate Individuals have given Subscriptions, whether 
finished or not, with the Estimates, if any be made: 














A. 1850, 


—And, of the different Drainage Works in Zreland in 
progress; specifying the Sums originally estimated 
for them in the Printed Reports sanctioned by the 
Board of Works, the Sums hitherto expended on 
each Work, with the further Sums necessary to 
their Completion (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 174, of Session 1849). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 





Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, Pirates’ 
dated the 26th day of July last, for a Return of the Head Money. 
Number of Officers and Men who have received 
Head Money in the years 1848, 1849 and 1850, for 
the Capture and Destruction of alleged Pirates ; 
distinguishing for Chinese, for Bornean and other 
Classes for whom Head Money has been paid, and 
by what Tribunal each Sum has been adjudged. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the ‘ 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize Army Prize 
Money, which was presented upon Saturday last, Money. 
be priuted. No, 703, 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Mercantile 
Act for improving the Condition of Masters, Mates Marine _ 
and Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in the (No, 2.) Bill 
Merchant Service, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House, according to Order proceeded to take standing 
into further consideration the Report which, upon Orders 
the 1st day of this instant August, was nade Revision. 
from the Select Committee appointed to revise the No. 704. 
Standing Orders of the House relative to Private 
Bills; 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, That the said Standing Orders be re- 
pealed. 

Then the Orders, as reported by the Committee, 
were agreed to, as follow : 


I, 


APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 
AND EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS. 


1. Tar there shall be one or more Officers of Examiners of 
this House, to be called “ The Examiners of Peti- Petitions. 
tions for Private Bills,” who shall be appointed by 
Mr. Speaker, and shall hold their offices during his 
pleasure. 

2. That there shall be a Committee, to be de- Committee 
signated “ The Select Committee on Standing Or- gee 
ders,” to consist of Eleven Members, who shall be pa 
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 
sienated “‘ The Committee of Selection,” to consist Selection. 
of the Chairman of the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman there- 
of, and Four other Members, who shall be nomi- 
nated at the commencement of every Session, of 
which Committee Three shall be a Quorum, 

4, That the Committee on every Railway Bill, Committees 
except as hereinafter provided, and on every Group oor 
of such Bills, shall be composed of a 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 Private Committees 
Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, and on oo e 
. : ivate Bills. 
every Group of such Bills, shall be composed of a 
Chairman and Four Members not locally or other- 
wise 











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, 


14 VicrorizZ. 


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 Par- 
liamentary Borough, of the Member or Members 
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. 


6. That the Committee on every unopposed Pri- 
vate 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 subsequently 
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 ex-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 in- 
terested therein, such Members to be appointed by 
the Committee 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 Members, to be appointed by the Com- 
mittee 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 Com- 
mittee 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 nomi- 
nated at the commencement of every Session, of 
whom Vhree 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, 

Ferry. ; 

Fishery, making, maintaining or improving. 

Gaol or House of Correction. 

Land, inclosing, draining cr 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. 

Vou. 105. 





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643 


2d Class. 


2d Crass: 
Making, maintaining, varying, extending or en- 
larging any 
Aqueduct. 
Archway. 
Bridge. 
Canal. 
Cut. 
Dock. 
Ferry, where any work 
is to be executed, 
Harbour. 
Navigation. 


Pier. 


Port. 

Railway. 

Reservoir. 

Sewer. 

Street. 

Tunnel. 

Turnpike or other 
public carriege 
road. 

Waterwork. 





Il. 

STANDING ORDERS, 
COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH IS TO BE 
PROVED BEFORE THE 
EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS; viz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement 
2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of Lands and Houses 
3. Documents required to be deposited, and the times 
and places of Deposit 
4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sections 
and Cross Sections shall be prepared 
5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts, or Declara- 


tions in lieu of Subscription Contracts, and De- 
posit of Money, in certain cases - p. 647 


p- 648 


p. 644 


p. tb. 


p. 646 





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. 








11. That in all cases where application is intended Notices to 
to be made for leave to bring 1m a Bill relating to state objects 
any of the subjects included in either of the Two pe a 
Classes of Private Bills, Notices be given stating the to seek for 
objects of such intended application; and if it be powers to pur- 
intended to apply for powers for the compulsory = — 
purchase of Lands or Houses, or for extending the gamate, &amp;c. 
time granted by any former Act for that purpose, or or to levy or 
to amalgamate with any other Company, or to sell or as 
or 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 extin- 
guish 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 Adver- 
tisement, which shall be headed by a short title, 
descriptive of the Undertaking or Bill. 

12. That in cases of Bills included in the Second In Second 
Class, such Notices shall also contain the Names of Class Bills, 
the Parishes, Townships, Townlands and extra-pa- NOU to con- 
rochial 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- 
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.) 

13. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert Cuts, Canals, 
into any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct Navigations, 
or Navigation, or into any intended variation, «" 
tension or enlargement thereof respectively, any When it is 
Water from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, intended to 
| Aqueduct or Navigation, whether directly or deri- frown ceict- 

vatively, and whether under any agreement with the ing Cut, &amp;e. 
Proprietors thereof or otherwise, the Notices shall 
contain the name of every such existing Cut, Canal, 
4NnN2 Reservoir, 





Letters Patent. 


Name of In- 
vention to be 
prefixed in 
Capitals to 
Notice. 


Publication 

of Notices in 
Gazettes and 
Newspapers. 


Application to 


Owners, &amp;c. 
on or before 
15th Decem- 
ber. 


How Appli- 
cation to be 
made. 


644 


flow or proceed into any such intended Cut, Canal, 
Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, or into any in- 
tended variation, extension or enlargement thereof. 
14. That in cases of Bills for confirming or pro- 
longing the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice 
shall liave prefixed to it in Capital Letters the name 
by which the Invention is usually distinguished, and 
shall contain a distinct description of the Invention 
for which such Letters Patent have been obtained, 
and alsoan account of the Term of their Duration. 
15. That inthe months of October and November, 
or either of them, immediately preceding the App 
cation for a Bill, such Notices shall be published 
once in the London, Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette, 
as the case may be, and in Three successive 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 Newspaper of some County ad- 
joining 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 any News- 
paper 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 be 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 inserted once in each 
of Three successive Weeks, in some Newspaper or 
Newspapers which shall be published in London at 


least Six Days in the Week, or in Edinburgh or Dub- | 


lin at least Two Days in the Week, as the case may 
he, and in a Newspaper of the County in which the 
principal Office of the Company or Companies or 
other parties who are the Promoters 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 already authorized are in- 
tended to be applied for. 


2.—Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of Lands and Houses. 


16. That on or before the 15th day of December 


immediately preceding the application for a Bill by| 
which any Lands or Houses are intended to be} on a Sunday or Christmas-day, or before Eight 
taken, or an extension of the time granted by any | o'clock in the forenoon, or after Eight o'clock in the 
former Act for that purpose is sought, application | ; 


in writing be made to the Owners or reputed Own- 


ers, Lessees or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of | 


12° August. 


Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, the Waters | 


supplying which will either directly or derivativel | 


li- 





A, 1850. 


18. That in all cases the written acknowledgment Written 


acknowledg- 


of the party applied to shall, in the absence of other uae of Poor 


proof, be sufficient evidence of an application having applied to, 
been made, or notice given; and in case of an ap- and, in case of 

lication or notice having been forwarded by post, Application or 
in a registered letter, the production of the Post. rae games 
office receipt for such letter, duly stamped, in such Receipt suffi- 
form as the Postmaster-General shal have ap- cient evidence, 
pointed, shall be sufficient evidence of the due deli- 
very 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;c. 
| those who have assented, dissented or are neuter in ys 
|respect. to such application, or who have returned and neuter, 
no answer thereto; and where no written acknow- 
| ledgment has been returned to an application for- 
warded 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 in- 
serted therein. (See Order 34, directing the depo- 
sit of the said Lists in the Private Bill Office). 
| 20. That before the deposit of a Petition for leave Crown, &amp; 
to bring in a Bill relating to Crown, Church or Property. 
Corporation Property, or Property held in trust for otic to 
Public or Charitable Purposes, or before the First Owners, &amp;c. 
Reading of any such Bill brought from the House 
of Lords, Notice in writing of such Application to 
| Parliament shall be given to the Owners or reputed 
Owners of such Property, and to the Lessees or 
|reputed 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 Bill for making a Burial Ground, or-the erec- vie 
_tion of Works for the manufacture of Gas, Notice Notice to 
be given to the Owner and Occupier of every a -_ 
| Dwelling-house situated within 300 Yards of the —— 
| Boundary of the proposed Burial Ground or Gas 
, Works. 

22. That previously to the deposit of a Petition 
for leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part of a 
| Work authorized by any former Act is intended to an 
| be relinquished, Notice in writing of such Bill be Notice to 
given to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or Ownets, &amp;e. 

; - when the Bill 

‘reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands _ in jg to abridge 
| which the part of the said Work intended to be any Public 
thereby relinquished is situate. Wess. 


23. That no Notice given or Application made Time for 
serving 
Notices and 
Applications. 


Relinquish- 
ment of 
Works. 


afternoon of any day, shall be deemed valid, except 
in the case of delivery of letters by post. 


all lands and houses in the Line of the proposed | 3, Documents required to be deposited, and the 


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.) 

17. That such application be made by delivering 
the same personally to every such party, or by 
leaving the same at his usual place of abode, or, in 
his absence from the United Kingdom, with his 
agent, on or before the 15th day of December, or 
vy forwarding the same by post in a registered let- 
ter, 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, Norwich, 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, 


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 Books of er 
Book of Reference thereto, and a Section and also ee with 
a Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter described, shall Clerk of the 
be deposited for public inspection at the office of Peace 
the Clerk of the Peace for every County, Riding 
or Division in England or Ireland, or in the Office 
of the Principal Sheriff Clerk of every County in 
Scotland, 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 pro- 
posed to be made, maintained, varied, extended or 
enlarged, on or before the 30th day of Movember 
immediately preceding the Application for the Bill. 

25. ‘That the Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff Clerks of 





for the posting and registration of such letters. 





Clerks, or their respective — do make —. 
| Memorial in writing upon the Plans, Sections and 4femorial on 


Books Plans, &amp;. 















14 Vicroriz. 12° August. 645 


Books of Reference so deposited with them, de- | give power to effect any of the following objects ; 
noting the time at which the same were lodged in | that is to say :— 


and Powers 
thereof, to be 
annexed to 
Power to take any lands or houses compul- Petition. 


Tidal Lands. 
Pians, &amp;c. in 
certain cases 


to be deposited the 30th day of Movember, be deposited at the 


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 Vie. 
c. 83.) 

26. That in cases where the work shall be situate 
on Tidal Lands within the ordinary Spring Tides, 
a copy of the Plans and Sections shall, on or before 





sorily, 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 con- 
fer, vary or extinguish any other right or 
privilege : 

Power 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 : 


at Admiralty. Office of the Board of Admiralty. | Power to interfere with any Crown, Church 
Railways. 27. That, in the case of Railway Bills, a published | or Corporation property, or property held in 
seanaes Map, to a scale of not less than half an inch to a| irust for public or charitable purposes : 
. - mile, with the line of Railway delineated thereon, | Power to make a Burial-ground : 
deposited so as to show its general course and direction, shall, | Power to relinquish any part of a work 
= — of on or before the Thirtieth day of November, be de- | authorized by a former Act: 


posited at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, or | 
Sheriff Clerk, together with the Plans, Sections and | 
Book of Reference. 


Power to divert into any intended cut, canal, 
reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, or into any in- 
tended variation, extension or enlargement 


Plans, &amp;c.at 28. That, in the case of Railway Bills, a Copy thereof respectively, any water from any exist- 
= =&lt; of all Plans, Sections and Books of Reference, | ing cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, 
Commis. required by the Orders of the House to be deposited whether directly or derivatively, and whether 


sioners. 


in the Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk, on or before the 30th day of November im- 
mediately preceding 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 Rail- 
way delineated thereon, so as to show its general | 
course and direction, shall on or before the same 
day be deposited in the Office of the Commissioners 
of Railways. 





under any agreement with the proprietors 
thereof, or otherwise : 
Power to make, vary, extend or 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 by the Bill, and shall indicate in 
which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their 
















Deposit of 29. That on or before the 30th day of Movember, | number) such powers are given, and shall further 

aren tage a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of| state that the Bill does not give power to eflect any 

Office. «Reference, and in the case of Railway Bills, also a! of the objects enumerated in this Order, other than 
copy of the said published Map, with the Line of | those stated in the Declaration. 
Railway delineated thereon, be deposited in the| Ifthe proposed Bill shall not give power to effect 
Private Bill Office of this House. any of the objects enumerated in the preceding 

Parish Plan, 30. That on or before the 30th day of November, | Order, the said Declaration shall state that the Bill 

—- a copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections { does not give power to effect any of such objects. 

ference. with 28 Telates to each Parish in or through which the| The said Declaration shall also state that the Bill 

Parish Clerk, Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, | does not give any powers, other than those included 

&amp;e. extended or enlarged, (see Fig. 5.), together with a | in the Notices for the Bill. 
copy of so much of the Book of Reference asrelates| 34. That on or before the Thirty-first day of De- Other Docu- 
to such Parish, be deposited with the Parish Clerk | cember there be also deposited in the Private Bill po el 
of each such Parish in England, or, in the case of | Office, all Estimates, Copies of Subscription Con- Sueded in 
any Extra-parochial Place, with the Parish Clerk | tracts and Declarations, and Lists of Owners, Private Bill 
of some Parish immediately adjoining thereto, with | Lessees and Occupiers, which are required by the fice 
the Schoolmaster of each such Parish in Scotland, | Standing Orders of the House. 
or if there be no Schoolmaster of any such Parish, | 35. That as respects all Bills for the incorporation Documents to 
then with the Session Clerk, or in Royal Burghs | of Joint Stock Companies, or proposed Companies »¢ deposited 
with the Town Clerk, and with the Clerk of the, for carrying on any Trade or Business, or for con- php od 
Union within which such Parish is included in Jre- | ferring upon such Companies the power of suing regard to 
land. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) and being sued (such Bills being Bills of the First Joint Stock 

GazetteNotice 31. That, wherever any Plans, Sections and | Class), there be deposited in the Private Bill Office, — 

peg ra Books of Reference, or parts thereof, are required | together with the Petition for the Bill, a copy of the 


with Clerks of t0 be deposited, a Copy of the Notice published in | Deed or Agreement of Partnership (if any) under 
Peace, Parish the Gazette of the intended application to Parlia- | which the Company or proposed Company is acting, 
Clerks, &amp;c. ment shall be deposited therewith. /or of the Subscription Contract (if any), and in 
_all cases a declaration in writing stating the fol- 
lowing matters :— 

ist.--The present and proposed amount of 


Deposits on or before the 31st December. 


Petition for 32. That every Petition for a Private Bill, headed | 
| 


Bill &amp;c. to by a short Title, descriptive of the Undertaking or 





be deposited PY i the Capital of the Company. 
in Private Bill Bill, corresponding with that at the head of the | 2d.—The number of Shares, and the amount 
Office, Advertisement, with a Declaration, signed by the | of each Share. 
Agent, and a priated copy of the Bill annexed, be | 3d.—The number of Shares subscribed for. 
deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the | 4th.—The amount of Subscriptions paid up. 
Thirty-first day of December; and that such Pe- 5th.—The names, residences and descrip- 
tition, Bill and Declaration be open to the inspec- tions of the Shareholders or Subscribers (so far 
tion of all parties; and also that printed copies of as the same can be made out), and of the 
the Bill be delivered therewith for the use of any actual or provisional Directors, ‘Treasurers, 
Member of the House or Agent who may apply for Secretaries or other officer, if any. 
the same. And such documents shall be verified by the sig- 
Aecazation of 33. That such Declaration shall state to which of | nature of some authorized officer of the Company 
Class of Bill, the two Classes of Bills such Bill in the judgment | or proposed Company (if any) and by some respon- 





of the Agent belongs; and if the proposed Bill shall 
VoL. 105. 





sible party promoting the Bill. 


4N3 36. That 








Copies of 
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 Bill to be 
deposited with 
Commissioners 
of Railways. 
Deposit not 


valid on 
Sunday, &amp;c. 


Description of 
Plans. 


Tands within 
Deviation to 
be on Plan. 


Buildings, &amp;c. 
on enlarged 
Scale. 


Cuts, Canals. 
xe. 
Plan to de- 
scribe Brooks, 
&amp;e. to be ci- 
verted. 


Railways. 





Distances to 
be marked 

in Miles an‘l 
Furlongs, and 
memorandum 
of Curves and 
Tunnelling. 


Diversion and 
widening or 
narrowing of 
Roads, &amp;e. to 
be shown, 


646 


36. That previously to the deposit of a Petition 
for a Bill, copies of the Estimate of Expense of the 
Undertaking under such Bill, and of the Subscrip- 
tion Contract, if any, with the Names of the Sub- 
scribers arranged in alphabetical order, and the 
amount of the Deposit respectively paid up by each 
such Subscriber, and the total amount of such Sub- 
scriptions, 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 sub- 
stituted 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 Members 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 Commissioners 
of Railways, on or before the 31st day of December. 


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. 


4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, 
Sections and Cross Sections shall be pre- 
pared. 

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 it is 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 upon the 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 Building, 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 quarter 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, Re- 
servoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, the Plan shall 
describe the Brooks and Streams to be directly 
diverted into such intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
Aqueduct or Navigation, or into any variation, ex- 
tension or enlargement thereof respectively, for 
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, 
‘rom one of the termini; and a memorandum of the 
iadius of every curve not exceeding One Mile in 
length shall be noted on the Plan in furlongs and 
cuains; and where tunnelling as a substitute for 
open cutting is intended, such tunnelling shall be 
marked by a dotted line on the Plan. " 

42. That if it be intended to divert, widen or 
narrow any Turnpike-road, Public Carriage-road, 
Navigable River, Canal or Railway, the course of 
such diversion, and the extent of such widening or 


narrowing, shall be marked upon the Plan. 





12° Augustz. 





A. 1850. 


Book of Reference. 


43. That the Book of Reference to every such Contents of 
Plan shall contain the names of the Owners or Re- —— of 
puted Owners, Lessees or Reputed Lessees, and “°°TH°* 
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 nee a 
not less than one inch to every 100 feet, and shall ee gel 
show the surface of the ground marked on the Plan, inch to every 
the intended level of the proposed Work, the height 10° feet. 
of every Embankment and the depth of every cut- 
ting, and a datum horizontal line, which sball be the 
‘same throughout the whole length of the Work, or 
‘any Branch thereof respectively, and shall be re- 
| ferred to some fixed point (stated 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 forimproving the Navi- Navigations. 
gation of any River, there shall be a Section which Susans 
shall specify the Levels of both Banks of such River ; specity level 
and where any alteration is intended to be made of both banks, 
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 
of the Railway marked thereon shall correspond 
— the upper surface of the Rails. (See line 8.5 

‘ig. 2. 





Railways. 


Line of Rail- 

* way on Section 
to correspond 
with upper sur- 
face of Rails. 

47. That distances on the Datum Line shall be Vertical mea- 
marked in miles and furlongs, to correspond with sures to be 
those on the Plan; that a vertical measure from the — 
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 — 
of the Railway over or depth under the surface Roads, &amp;. to 
thereof, and the height and span of every Arch of be marked, 


all Bridges and Viaducts, by which the Railway °") ao 


will be carried over the same, shall be marked in Crossings. 
figures 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. That if any alteration be intended in the water Cross Sections 
level of any Canal, or in the level or rate of inclina- : eagr 
tion of any Turnpike-road, public Carriage-road, or prove by the 
Railway, which will be crossed by the line of Rail- Railway when 
way, then the same shall be stated on the said pre ti ~ A 
Section, and each alteration shall be numbered ; and Siered. 
| 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, shail be added, which shall 
| show the present surface of such Canal, Road or 
Railway, and the intended surface thereof when 
altered ; 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- Emt 
| bankment, or the extreme depth of any cutting shall and 

exceed Five Feet, the extreme height over or depth 
under the surface of the ground shall be marked in 
| figures upon the Section; and if any Bridge or Via- 
| duct of more than three arches shall intervene in any 
Embankment, or if any Tunnel shall intervene in 
any 











yankments 
Cuttings. 











Horuontal 0 te V2 ba 





sAhile . + inches 





100 Feet. 1 Inch 


Vertucal 0 0 90 40 £0 





Scales tor Flan and Section. 













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—— — — 








STANDING ORDERS, 1850. 







































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| a ne Se 
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Henry Hansard, Priv ter 

















Tunnelling 
and Viaduct 
to be marked. 


Estimate and 
Subscription 
Contract in 
Bills of the 


Contract 

to contain 
Christian and 
Surnames of 
Parties. 


Not valid 


into subse~ 
quent to close 
of previous 
Session. 


Subscription 


valid, unless 
entered into 


ment of pre- 
vious Sessicn, 


Subscription 
Contracts, 
existing 
Railway 
Companies, 


Cases wherein 
Declaration 
may be depo- 
sited in lieu 
or in aid of 
Subscription 
Contract, 


14 Vicrortz. 





5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts or De- 
clarations in lieu of Supscription Contracts ; 
and Deposit of Money in certain cases. 


52. That an Estimate of the Expense of the 
Undertaking under each Bill of the Second Class be 
made and signed by the person making the same, 
Second Class.) and that a Subscription be entered into under a 
Contract, made as hereinafter described, to three- 
fourths the amount of such Estimate. (See as to 
depositing Estimate and Subscription Contract in 
Private Bill Office, No. 34.) 

53. That every Subscription Contract contain the 
Christian Names and Surnames, Description and 
Place of Abode of every Subscriber; his Signature 
to the amount of his Subscription, with the amount 
which he has paid up; and the Name of the Party 
witnessing such Signature, and the date of the same 
respectively ; and the legal description and seal of 
any corporate body being a party to such Contract ; 
and the total amount of such Subscriptions, and of 
the sums sco paid up. 

54. That no Subscription Contract shall be valid, 
unless entered excepting in the case of Railway Bills, (for which 
see Order 55), unless it be entered into subsequent 
to the close of the Session of Parliament previous to 
that in which application is made for leave to bring 
in the Bill to which it relates, and unless the parties 
subscribing to it bind themselves, their heirs, 
executors and administrators, for the payment of 
the money so subscribed, to be recoverable by action 


55. That as regards Railway Bills, no Subscrip- 
Contract not tion Contract shall be valid, unless it be entered 
into subsequent to the commencement of the Session 
subsequent to Of Parliament previous to that in which application 
thecommence- jg made for leave to bring in the Bill to which it 
relates, and unless the parties subscribing to it bind 
themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, 
for the payment of the money so subscribed, to be 
recoverable by action at law. 

56. That in all cases of application to Parlia- 
ment by existing Railway Companies, for powers to 
raise additional capital for the purpose of con- 
structing Branches or Extensions, or other new 
Works, or of contributing towards the expense of 
constructing other Lines of Railways or Works, 
a Subscription Contract shail be entered into for 
Three-fourths of such additional Capital as may 
be required for these purposes, beyond the Capital 
authorized to be raised for the existing Lines, 
whether the Bill be of the first or second class ; 
and deposits shall be duly paid thereon as herein- 
after required. (See No. 60.) 

57. That where the Work is to be made, wholly 
or in part, by means of Funds, or out of Money to 
be raised upon the credit of present Surplus Re- 
venue, belonging to any Society or Company, or 
under the control of Directors, Trustees or Com- 
missioners, as the case may be, of any existing 
Public Work, such parties being the Promoters of 
the Bill, a Declaration stating those facts, and 
setting forth the nature of such control, and the 
nature and amount of such Funds or Surplus Re- 
venue, and showing the actual Surplus of such 
Funds or Revenue, after deducting the Funds re- 
quired for purposes authorized by any Act or Acts 
of Parliament, and also the Funds which may be 
required for any other Work to be executed under 
any Bill in the same Session, and given under the 
common seal of the Society or Company, or under 


12° Augusti. 647 


any Cutting, the extreme height or depth shall be 
marked in figures on each of the parts into which 
such Embankment or Cutting shall be divided by 
such Bridge, Viaduct or Tunnel, 

51. That where Tunnelling, as a substitute for 
open cutting, or a Viaduct as a substitute for solid 
embankment, is intended, the same shall be marked 
on the Section. 


the hand of some authorized Officer of such Di- 
rectors, Trustees or Commissioners, may be depo- 
sited in lieu or in aid of the Subscription Contract, 
and in addition to the Estimate of the Expense, 
provided such surplus Funds shall be not less than 
the whole amount of the Estimate, or the portion 
thereof not provided for by a Subscription Con- 
tract. (See as to depositing Subscription Contracts 
in Private Bill Oftice, No. 34.) 

58. That in cases where the Work is to be made Cases wherein 
out of Money to be raised upon the Security of the Declaration 
Rates, Duties or Revenue to be created by or to *p4 Estimate 
arise under any Bill, under which no private or Rates may be 
personal pecuniary profit or advantage is to be de- substituted for 
rived, a Declaration stating those facts, and setting — 
forth the means by which Funds are to be obtained . 
for executing the Work, and signed by the Party 
or Agent soliciting the Bill, together with an Esti- 
mate of the probable amount of such Rates, Duties 
or Revenue, signed by the Person making the same, 
may be substituted for the Subscription Contract, 
and in addition to the Estimate of the Expense. 

(See as to depositing Estimate and Subscription 
Contract in Private Bill Office, No. 34.) 


Deposit of Money. 


59. That, excepting in the case of a Railway One-twenticth 
Bill (for which see Order 60), a sum not less than Part of amount 
One-twentieth part of the amount subscribed shall, iy se 
previously to the 15th day of January, be deposited ; 
with the Court of Chancery in England, if the 

Work is intended to be done in England, or with 

the Court of Chancery in England, or the Court of 

Exchequer in Scotland, if such Work is intended 

to be done in Scotland, and with the Court of Chan- 

cery in Ireland, if such Work is intended to be 

done in Ireland. (Vide Appendix C.) 

60. That in the case of Railway Bills, a sum one-tenth 
not less than One-tenth part of the amount sub- part of amount 
scribed shall, previously to the 15th day of January, ag one oni 
be deposited with the Court of Chancery in Eng- ipsa 
land, if the Railway is intended to be made in 

England ; or with the Court of Chancery in Eng- 

land or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such 

Railway is intended to be made in Scotland; and 

with the Court of Chancery in Jreland, if such 

Railway is intended to be made in Jreland. 





IV. 


PROCEEDINGS GF EXAMINERS, 
OF CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF WAYS 
AND MEANS, AND OF COMMITTEES. 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS 
FoR Private BILts. 


61. That the Examination of the Petitions for when Exa- 
Private Bills which shall have been duly deposited mination of 
in the Private Bill Office, shall commence on the | oesnaning 
25th day of January, in such order and according . 
to such regulations as shall have been made by 

Mr. Speaker. 

62. That one of the Examiners shall give at Notice to be 
least Seven clear Days’ Notice in the Private Bill given by one 
Office of the day appointed for the Examination of re 
each Petition which shall have been duly deposited appointed for 
in the Private Bill Office; and in case the Pro- Examination. 
moters shall not appear at the time when the 

Petition shall come on to be heard, the Examiner 

to whom the case shall have been allotted, shall 

strike the Petition off the General List of Petitions, 

and shall not re-insert the same, except by Order of 

the House. 

63. That any parties shall be entitled to appear Memorials 
and to be heard, by themselves, their agents and complaining 


witnesses, upon a Memorial addressed to the Exa- of non-com- 


. a : Z pliance. 
miner, complaining of a non-compliance with the 


Standing Orders, provided the matter complained 
4N4 of 















































































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pacino po nai grin te gn ooh ampere se 





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of be specifically stated in such Memorial, and the 
party (if any) who may be specially affected by the: 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders have 
signed such Memorial and shall not have withdrawn | 
his signature thereto, and such Memorial have | 
been duly deposited in the Private Bill Office. (See | 
Order 162, 184.) 
64. That the Examiner may admit Affidavits in 
proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders | 
of the House, unless in any case he shall require 
further evidence ; and that such Affidavit shall be | 
sworn, if in England, before a Justice of the Peace ; | 
if in Scotland, before any Sheriff-Depute or his 
Substitute; and if in Jreland, before any Judge | 
or Assistant Barrister of that part of the United | 
Kingdom. | 
Examiner to 65. That the Examiner shall certify by indorse- 
indorse Peti- ment on each Petition which shall have been duly 
a ma deposited in the Private Bill Office, whether the | 
Orders not Standing Orders have or have not been complied | 
complied with, with ; and, when they have not been complied with, | 
to report. he shall also report to the House the facts upon | 
which his decision is founded, and any special cir- | 
cumstances connected with the case. 
66. That in all cases of Petitions fur additional : 
provision in Private Bills and of Estate Bills | 
brought from the House of Lords, and of Bills 


Proof by 
affidavit. 


To report in 
all cases of 
Petitions for 


additional 

provision in introduced by leave of this House in lieu of other 

_— Bills, Bills which shall have been withdrawn, and referred 

. to the Examiner, the Examiner shall give at least 

Two clear Days’ notice of the day oa which the 
same will be examined ; and he shall report to the | 
House whether the Standing Orders have or have. 
not been complied with; and, when they have not | 
been complied with, the facts upon which his deci- 
sion is founded, and any special circumstances con- | 
nected with the case. 

Special Report 67. ‘That m case the Examiner shall feel doubts | 

in certain 

cases, 


a Special Report of the facts to the House, without 
deciding whether the Standing Order has or has 
not been complied with ; and in such case he shall 
indorse the Petition with the words “ Special Re- 
port,” either alone, or if non-compliances with other 
Standing Orders shall have been proved, in addition 
to the words “ Standing Orders not complied with.” 





PROCEEDINGS OF, AND IN RELATION TO, THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE CoMmMITTEE OF Ways 
AND MEANS, AND THE CouNnsEL To Mr. 
SPEAKER. 


68. That the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means, with the assistance of the Counsel 
examine all 2 Mr. Speaker, do examine all Private Bills, whe- 
Private Bills, ther opposed or unopposed, and do call the atten- 
&amp;c. tion of the House, and also of the Chairman of 
the Committee on every opposed Private Bill, to 
all points which may appear to him to require it ; 
and that Copies of all such Bills be laid by the 
Agent before the said Chairman and Counsel not 
later than the day after the Examiner of Petitions 
shall have endorsed the Petition for the Bill. 

Copies of Bil. 69. That Three clear Days at least before the 


as proposed to First Meeting of the Committee on any Private 
be submitted 


to Committee : : » 
to be laid bee mittee of Ways and Means and the Counsel to 


fore Chairman Mr, Speaker, by the Agent, Copies of every such 
4 Ways and Bill as proposed to be submitted to the Committee, 
eans, &amp;c. “er ’ 
and that such Copies be signed by the Agent for the 
Bill. 


Chairman of 
Ways and 
Means to 


Power to 
Chairman to 
report special 
circumstances, 
&amp;c. to the 
House. 


Ways and Means shall be at liberty, at any period 
after any unopposed Private Bill shall have been 
referred to him and the other Members of the Com- 
mittee thereon, to report to the House any special 
circumstances relative thereto, or to inform the 
House that in his opinion such Bill should be treated 
as an opposed Private Bill. 





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in its application to a particular case, he shall make | by the House. 


} 
; 


| PROCEEDINGS oF THE SELECT CoMMITTEE ON 


Bill, there be laid before the Chairman of the Com- | 





A. 1850. 


71. That Three clear Days at least before the Copy of Bill 
consideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie &amp; —— in 
he Table, a Copy of h Bill, as be laid betore 
upon the e, a Copy of every suc » 4S be laid before 
amended in Committee, excepting in the cases Chairman of 
wherein the Committee shall have reported the — = 
Amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be laid pr 
by the Agent before the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means and the Counsel to 
Mr. Speaker. 
72. That on or before the consideration of the On considera- 
Report of every Railway Bill, the Chairman of ot failwee 
the Committee of Ways and Means shall inform the Bin, Chairman 
House, or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker, whe- of Ways and 
ther the Bill contain the several provisions required Means to 
. acquaint the 
by the Standing Orders. House if 
Orders have 
been observed, 
73. That when it is intended to bring up any Clause or 
Clause, or to propose any Amendment on the con- Amendment 
r : . ‘ : . on considera- 
sideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon gion of Bill 
the Table, or on the Third Reading of any Private or on Third 
Bill, the same be submitted by the Agent to the a. 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, ¢ Chairman 
and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, on the day on of Ways and 
which notice is given thereof in the Private Bill Means, &amp;c. 


Office; and the said Chairman shall inform the 


House, or signify in writing to Mr. Speaker, whe- 


ther such Clause or Amendment be such as ought 
or ought not to be entertained, by the House, 
without referring the same to the Select Committee 


on Standing Orders. 


74. That a Copy of all Amendments made in Copy of 
the House of Lords to any Private Bill, and of all Amendments 
Amendments to such Amendments intended to be A age y 

: : ; ords, and of 
proposed in this House, be laid by the Agent before proposed 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Amendments 
Means and the Counsel to Mr. Speaker, before Two 4 he 
o’clock on the day previous to that on which the Chairman of 


as to the due construction of any Standing Order | same are respectively appointed for consideration ba and 


eans, &amp;c. 





| 
| 


| Stanpinc Orpers. 
| 


75. That when any Report of the Examiner of To report 
Petitions for Private Bills, in which he shall report whether 
that the Standing Orders have not been complied ey 
with, shall have been referred to the Select Com- or ought not to 
mittee on Standing Orders, they shall report to the be dispensed 

| House whether such Standing Orders ought or “”” 

| ought not to be dispensed with, and whether in 

| their opinion the parties should be permitted to 

proceed with their Bill, or any portion thereof, and 

| under what (if any) conditions. 

| 76. That when any Special Report from the Proceeding in 
Examiner of Petitions as to the construction of a case of Spect 
‘Standing Order shall have been referred to the —_ 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall 
determine, according to their construction of the 
Standing Order, and on the facts stated in such 

| Report, whether the Standing Orders have or have 

/not been complied with, and they shall then either 

| report to the House that the Standing Orders have 

been complied with, or shall proceed to consider 

| the question of dispensing with the Standing Orders, 

as the case may be. 

77. That when any Petition praying that any of To report 


| Sessi ’ ; . mt _ whether 
the Sessional or Standing Orders of the House re- oot icnal or 


i 


lating to Private Bills — be dispensed with, shall standing 
have been referred to the Select Committee on Orders -_, 
Standing Orders, they shall report to the House pr :3" ee 
* . pense 
whether such Sessional or Standing Orders ought with. 


70. That the Chairman of the Committee of or ought not to be dispensed with. 


78. That when any Petition for the re-insertion To report 
of any Petition for a Private Bill in the General waar 
List of Petitions shall have been referred to the poner not to 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall be re-inserted 
report to the House whether in their opinion such in the Gener 
Petition ought or ought not to be re-inserted, and, ~* 
if re-inserted, under what (if any) conditions. | 

79. That 





inne ah ae 





| 


tie 
yr 


rai 


To report 
whether 
Clause or 
Amendment 
on considera- 
tion of Bill 
should be 
adopted by 
House or not, 


or whether Bill 


should be re- 
committed. 


To report 
whether 
Clause or 
Amendment 


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79. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- 
posed on the consideration of any Private Bill 
ordered to lie upon the Table shall have been re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
they shall report to the House whether such Clause 
or Amendment should be adopted by the House or 
not, or whether the Bill should be re-committed. 


80. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- 
posed in any Private Bill on the Third Reading 
shall have been referred to the Select Committee 


awThirdRead- OX Standing Orders, they shall report to the House 
ing ought or whether such Clause or Amendment ought or ought 


ought not to 


be adopted by 
House at that 


stage. 


Printed Copies 


of Bills to be 
laid before 


Committee of 


Selection. 


Committee of 


Selection to 


group Private 


Bills. 


To name Bill 
or Bills to be 


considered on 


the first day. 


Railway Bills 
to be referred 
toa Chairman 


and Four 
Members, 


What Bills 
not to be 
considered 
oppesed. 


Constitution 


of Committees 


on opposed 
Private Bills, 


Constitution 


of Committees 
on unopposed 
Private Bills, 


not to be adopted by the House at that stage. 





PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF 
SELECTION. 


81. That printed copies of all Private Bills be 
laid before the Committee of Selection, by the par- 
ties promoting the same, at the first Meeting of the 
said Committee which shall be held after the 10th 
of January in each year. 

82. That the Committee of Selection may, if 
they think fit, form into Groups all Private Bills 
which, in their opinion, it may be expedient to sub- 
mit to the same Committee, and shall report the 
same to the House. 

83. That in all cases of Groups of Bills, the Com- 
mittee of Selection shall name the Bill or Bills 
which shall be taken into consideration on the first 
day of the meeting of the Committee. 

84. That the Committee of Selection shall refer 
every Railway Bill, except as hereinafter provided, 
and every Group of such Bills, to a Chairman and 
Four Members, not locally or otherwise interested 
therein. 

85. That the Committee of Selection shall con- 
sider no Bill as an opposed Private Bill, unless 
either previous to, or not later than Seven clear days 
after the Second Reading thereof, a Petition shall 
have been presented against it, in which the Peti- 
tioner or Petitioners shall have prayed to be heard, 
by themselves, their Counsel or Agents, or unless, 
where no such Petition shall have been presented, 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means 
shall have reported to the House that in his opinion 
any Bill ought to be so treated. 

86. That the Committee of Selection shall refer 
every opposed Private Bill which shall have been 
referred to them, or any Group of such Bills, not 
being Railway Bills, to a Chairman and Four Mem- 
bers, not locally or otherwise interested therein ; 
and if such Bill or Group shall specially relate to 
any one County, Division of a County, or Parlia- 
mentary Borough, the Committee of Selection shall 
add the Member or Members representing the same ; 
and if such Bill or Group shall relate to more than 
one County, Division of a County, or Parliamentary 


Borough, the Committee of Selection shall add so 


many of the Members representing the same as they 
shall think fit to select; and that the Committee of 
Selection shall name the Bill or Bills in respect of 
which each such Member is added, and on which 
alone he shall serve. 

87. That the Committee of Selection shall refer 
every unopposed Private Bill, which shall have been 
referred to them, not being a Railway Bill, and 
every unopposed Railway Bill which shall not have 
been placed in any Group, or shall have been sub- 
sequently withdrawn from any Group, to the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, toge- 
ther with one of the Members ordered to prepare, 
and bring in the same, and one other Member not 
locally interested therein if the Bill shall have ori- 
ginated in this House; and if the Bill shall have 
been brought from the House of Lords, to the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, toge- 

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649 
ther with Two other Members, of whom one at 
least shall not be locally or otherwise interested 
therein. 

88. That the Committee of Selection shall give Committee of 
each Member not less than Fourteen Days’ notice, Selection to 
by publication in the Votes or otherwise, of the oh ea ns 
week in which it will be necessary for him to be in ; 
attendance for the purpose of serving, if required, 
as a Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill, or 
as a Member, not locally or otherwise interested, of 
a Committee on a Private Bill. 

89. That the Committee of Selection shall give Notice of 
to each Member sufficient Notice of his appointment Appointment 
as a Member of a Committee on any Private Bill, = oa 
or Group of such Bills, and, in every case where a transmitted 
declaration is required to be signed and returned by to Members. 
such Member, shall transmit to him a blank form 
of the Declaration required, with a request that it 
may forthwith be returned properly filled up and 
signed. 

90. That the Committee of Selection shall report Members 
to the House the name of every Member, not hav- returning no 
ing been added in respect of local representation, ment ” 
from whom they shall not have received in due 
time such Declaration, so filled up and signed, or, 
in lieu thereof, an excuse which they shall deem 
sufficient. 

91. That the Committee of Selection shall have One Member 
the power of substituting, at any time, before the ™®Y —— 
first meeting of a Committee, another Member for se a 
any Member whom they shall deem it proper io 
excuse from serving on that Committee. 

92. That the Committee of Selection shall, sub- Committee of 
ject to the order in regard to the interval between paneer won 
the Second Reading of every Private Bill and the lee 
Sitting of the Committee thereupon, fix the time for Committee. 
holding the First Sitting of every Committee on 
a Private Bill referred to them. 

93. That the Committee of Selection have power, Committee of 
in the execution of their duties, to send for persons, S“lction to 


send for per- 
papers and records. sons, Bee 





PROCEEDINGS OF ComMITTEES ON OPPOSED 
Bits. 


94. That each Member of a Committee on a Declaration 
Railway Bill, or Group of such Bills, and each of of Members 
the Five Members, not locally or otherwise inter- cates 
ested, of a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, 
or Group of such Biils, shall, before he be entitled 
to attend and vote on such Committee, sign the 
following Declaration : 

I do hereby declare, That my constituents have 
no local interest, and that | have no personal 
interest, in such Bill; and that I will never 
vote on any question which may arise with- 
out having duly heard and attended to the 
Evidence relating thereto. 

And no such Committee on a Railway, or other Pri- 
vate Bill, shall proceed to business until the said 
Declaration shall have been so signed by each of 
such Members. 

95. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed Quorum to 
if Three of the Five Members, not locally or other- &gt;¢ always 
wise interested, shall be present, but not with a less ss ae 
number, unless by special leave of the House. 

96. That so soon after the expiration of Ten Mi- When Pro- 
nutes after the time appointed for the first sitting of ceedings of 


; ? ‘ . Committee to 
a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, not being commence. 


a Railway Bill, as there shall be present‘at least 
Three of the Five Members appointed, as not being 
locally or otherwise interested therein, to serve on 
such Committee, provided that all the said Five 
Members shall have duly signed and delivered in 
the Declaration as hereinbefore provided, the Chair- 
man shall proceed to take the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

97. That no Member of a Railway Committee, Members not 
nor any of the Five Members, not locally or other- to absent 
wise interested, of the Committee on any other a 

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650 


Private Bill, shall absent himself from his duties 
thereon, except in the case of sickness, or by Order 
of the House. 

98. That the Committee on each Group of Bills 

. a- shall take the Bill or Bills (vide No. 83), first into 
sider that Bill 4 . ‘ 

first which Consideration which shall have been named by the 
Committee of Committee of Selection ; and the Committee on the 
a Group shall, from time to time, appoint the day on 
and to appoint Which they will enter upon the consideration of each 
day for Con- of the remaining Bills in the Group, and on which 
a of they will require the parties severally promoting or 
Bills, of which opposing the same to enter appearances; and that 
Clerk of Com- Two clear Days’ notice, at the least, of such deter- 
a to give mination, shall be sent by the Clerk attending the | 
a Committee to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office ; | 
and in case the Committee shall postpone the con- 
sideration of any Bill, the like notice shall be given| 
of such postponement. 

99. That ‘all questions before Committees on | 
Private Bills shall be decided by a majority of voices, 
including the voice of the Chairman ; and whenever 
the voices are equal, the Chairman shall have a 
second or casting vote. 

100. That, if the Chairman shall be absent from 

the Committee, the Member next in rotation on the | 
List of Members not locally or otherwise interested | 
in the Bill or Bills referred to them, who shall be | 
present, shall act as Chairman. 
101. That if at any time during the sitting of 
y Committee Three at least of the Members, not 
locally or otherwise interested, shall not be present, 
the Chairman of the Committee shall suspend the | 
proceedings of such Committee until Three at least 
shall be present; and that if at the expiration of 
One Hour from the time fixed for the meeting of 
the Committee, or from the time when the Chairman | 
shall have so suspended the proceedings of such | 
Committee, Three such Members shall not be pre-| 
sent, the Committee shall be adjourned to the next 
day on which the House shall sit, and then shall | 
meet at the hour on which such Committee would 
have sat, had no such adjournment taken place. 

102. That if any of the Five Members not locally 
or otherwise interested shall not be present within 
One Hour after the time appointed for the meeting | 
of the Committee, or if any such Member shall 
absent himself from his duties on such Committee, | 
every such Member shall be reported to the House | 
at its next sitting. 

103. ‘That if at any time after the Committee on | 
a Bill shall have been formed, a Quorum of Mem-| 
bers required by the Standing Orders cannot attend | 
in consequence of any of the Members who shall | 
have duly qualified to serve on such Committee | 
having become incompetent to continue such service | 
by having been placed on an Election Committee, 
or by death or otherwise, the Chairman shall report | 
the circumstances of the case to the House, in order 
that such measures may be taken by the House as 
shall enable the Members still remaining on the 
Committee to proceed with the business referred to 
such Committee, or as the exigency of the case 
may require. 

104. That no Petition against a Private Bill be 
taken into consideration by the Committee on such 
Bill, which shall not distinctly specify the ground 
on which the Petitioners object to any of the pro- 
visions thereof; and that the Petitioners be only 
heard on such grounds so stated; and if it shall 
appear to the said Committee, that such grounds 
are not specified with sufficient accuracy, the Com- 
mittee may direct that there be given in to the 
Committee a more specific Statement, in writing, 
but limited to such grounds of Objection so inac- 
curately specified. 

Petitioners 105. That no Petitioners against any Private 
against Biilnot Bill shall be heard before the Committee on the 


10 Pe aeation Bill, unless their Petition shall have been prepared 


Committee on 
(iroup to con- 





Questions to 
be decided by 
majority of 
voices. 


| 


When Chair- 
man absent. 


Proceedings to 
be suspended gn 
if Quorum not 
present. 





Members 
absent to be 
reported to 
the House. 


Absence of 
Quorum by 
Death or 
otherwise, to 
be reported. 


Petition 
against Bill 
not to be con- 
sidered except 
grounds of 
objection 
sufficiently 
specified. 


presented not and signed in strict conformity with the Rules and 
Orders of this House, and shall have been pre- 


later than 


12° Augusti. 


Minutes of the Committee ; and if any Division 


mine into the compliance or non-compliance with 





A. 1850. 


g been deposited in Seven clear 

¢ days after 
Second Read. 
ing, &amp;c. 


sented to this House by havin 
the Private Bill Office, either previous to, or no 
later than Seven clear days after, the Second Read- 
ing of such Bill, except where the Petitioners shall 
complain of any matter which may have arisen 
during the progress of the Bill before the said 
Committee, or which may be contained in the 
Amendments as proposed in the filled-up Bill de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office. 

106. That in all cases of opposed Private Bills, When opposed 
other than Railway Bills, in which no parties shall anew pA be 
have appeared on the Petitions against such Bills, ynopposea, 
or having appeared shall have withdrawn their op- 
position before the evidence of the Promoters shall 
have been commenced, the Committees on such 
Bills shall forthwith refer them back, with a state- 
ment of the facts, to the Committee of Selection, 
who shall deal with them as unopposed Bills; and 
in all cases of Railway Bills which shall have been 
included in Groups, although not opposed, or having 
been opposed, shall have become unopposed, in the 
manner hereinbefore described, it shall be permitted 
to the Committees on the Groups to refer such 
Bills back, if they shall so think fit, to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, who shall deal with them as 
unopposed Bills as aforesaid. 





&gt; . 
ProceepiNGs of, and in Relation to, ComMITTEES 


on Bints, whether Oprosep or UNopposEp. 


107. That at the first Meeting of the Committee, Filled-up 
Copies of the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to Copies of Bill 
them, and signed by the Agent, be laid by him {0c lsd, 
before each Member of the Committee. Member. 

108. That no Member added in respect of local Local Member 
representation to a Committee on any Private Bill not to vote. 
shall have a Vote on any question that may arise, 
but every such Member shall be entitled to attend 
and take part in the proceedings of the Committee. 

109. That the Names of the Members attending Names of 


each Committee be entered by the Clerk on the Members to 
be entered on 


shall take place in the Committee, the Clerk do ”™™ 


take down the Names of Members voting in any 
such Division, distinguishing on which side of the 
question they respectively vote, and that such Lists 
be given in with the Report of the House. 

110. That no Committee shall have power to exa~ Committee on 
Bill not to 
such Standing Orders as are directed to be proved imauire 0. 
before the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills, ing Orders. 
unless by special Order of the House. 

111. That the Committee on any Private Bill Committee 

may admit affidavits in proof of the compliance eS 
with such Standing Orders of the House as are proof of com 
directed to be proved before them, unless in any pliance with 
case they shall require further Evidence ; and that — 
such affidavits shall be sworn, if in England, before . 
a Justice of the Peace; if in Scotland, before any 
Sheriff-depute or his substitute ; and if in Ireland, 
before any Judge or Assistant Barrister of that 
part of the United Kingdom. 

112. That the Committee may admit proof of Consents how 
the Consents of Parties concerned in interest in to be proved. 
any Private Bill, by Affidavits, sworn as aforesaid, 
or by the Certificate in writing of such Parties, 
whose Signatures to such Certificate shall be proved 
by one or more Witnesses, unless the Committee 
shall require further Evidence. 

113. That in all Bills. presented to the House for Clause com- 
carrying on any Work ie means of a Company, amar) 
Commissioners or Trustees, Provision be made for riptions. 
compelling Persons who have subscribed any Money 
towards carrying any such Work into execution, to 
— payment of the Sums severally subscribed by 
them. 

114. That in all Bills whereby any Parties are Proven 
authorized to levy Fees, Tolls or other Rate or by which Tolls 
Charge, Clauses be inserted, providing for the fol- 


&amp;c. are to be 
lowing objects, except in so far as any of such levied. 








objects 








14 Vicroriz. 


objects shall have been provided for in some general 
Act applicable to the subject-matter of the Bill :— 


Security to be That Security be taken from the Treasurer, 

taken ena Collector or Receiver, and every other officer 

a entrusted with the collection or custody of 
monies under the Bill, for the faithful execution 
of his office. 

Accounts to That full and accurate Accounts be kept of 

be kept. all monies received and expended under the 


12° Augustz. 





provisions of the Bill, and that such Accounts 
be balanced once in each year at the least. 

That such Accounts be duly audited once in 
each year at the least, and that for such purpose 
an Auditor or Auditors be appointed by some 
person or persons not immediately connected 
with the Commissioners, Directors, Trustees or 
other party, by whom, or by whose direction or 
authority, such Fees, Tolls, Rates or Charges 
shall be levied. 

That for the purpose of auditing such Ac- 
counts, the Commissioners, Directors, Trustees 
or other such party as aforesaid be required to 
cause the Accounts, together with all their 
Books and Vouchers, to be produced to the 
Auditors. 

That the remuneration of the Auditor, and 
his expenses, be defrayed out of the funds 


Accounts to 
be audited. 


Accounts, 
Vouchers, &amp;c. 
to be produced 
to Auditors. 


Remuneration 
to Auditors. 








levied under the Bill. 

That an annual Account, in abstract, be pre- 
pared of the total Receipts and Expenditure of 
all funds levied under such Bill for the past 
year, under the several distinct heads of Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure, with a Statement of | 
the Balance of the said Account duly audited 
and certified by the Chairman of the Com- 
missioners, Directors, ‘Trustees or other parties 
aforesaid, and also by the Auditors thereof; 
and that a copy of such annual Account be 
transmitted, free of charge, to the Clerk of the 
Peace (or in Scotland to the Sheriff Clerk) for 
the County, or to the Clerk of the City or 
Borough within which the chief Office for the 
management of such funds shall be situated, 
on or before the Thirty-first day of January 
in each year, under a sufficient Penalty for 
not preparing and sending in the said Account, 
to be levied by summary process ; the said Ac- 
count to be open at all seasonable hours to 
the inspection of the Public upon payment of 
a Fee. 

115. That where the level of any Road shall be 
altered in making any Public Work, the ascent of 
any Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Ireland so 
defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, shall not be more than one foot in 30 feet, and 
of any other public Carriage-road not more than 
one foot ia 20 feet; and that a good and sufficient 
fence, of four feet high at the least, shall be made 
on each side of every Bridge which shall be erected. 

116. That every Plan, and Book of Reference 
thereto, which shall be produced in evidence before 
the Committee upon any Private Bill (whether the 
same shall have been previously lodged in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office, or not), shall be signed by the 
Chairman of such Committee with his Name at 
length; and he shall also mark with the Initials of 
his Name every Alteration of such Plan and Book 
of Reference, which shall be agreed upon by the 
said Committee ; and every such Plan and Book of 
Reference shall thereafter be deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office. 

117. That the Chairman of the Committee do 
sign, with his Name at length, a printed Copy of the 
Bill (to be called the Committee Bil!) on which the 
Amendments are to be fairly written ; and also sign, 
with the Initials of his Name, the several Clauses 
added in the Committee. 
lone 118. That the Chairman of the Committee shall 
allegations of TePort to the House, that the Allegations of the Bill 
Bill, &amp;, have been examined ; and whether the Parties con- 


Abstract of 
Account to 
be annually 
transmitted to 
Clerk of Peace, 


Level of 
Roads. 


Fence to 


Las &amp;e. to 
signed b 
Chairman. J 


Committ 

Bill and _ 
Clauses to be 
Signed by 
Chairman, 


Chairman to 





VoL. 105. 





651 


cerned have given their Consent (where such Con- 
sent is required by the Standing Orders) to the satis- 
faction of the Committee. 

119. That the Chairman of the Committee shal] Chairman to 
report the Bill to the House, whether the Committee 5 pm 
shall or shall not have agreed to the Preamble, or , 
gone through the several Clauses, or any of them; 
or where the parties shall have acquainted the Com- 
mittee that it is not their intention to proceed with 
the Bill; and when any alteration shall have been 
made in the Preamble of the Bili, such alteration, 
together with the ground of making it, shall be 
specially stated in the Report. 

120. That the Minutes of the Committee on every Minutes of 
Private Bill be brought up and laid on the Table of Committee. 
the House, with the Report of the Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


121. That in the case of a Railway Bill, noCom- Railway Bilis. 
pany shall be authorized to raise, by Loan or Mort- — 
gage, a larger sum than One-third of their capital ; ra oon 
and that, until Fifty per cent. on the whole of the mee 
capital shall have been paid up, it shall not be in 
the power of the Company to raise any Money by 
Loan or Mortgage. 

122. That where the level of any road shall be Limiting 
altered in making any Railway, the ascent of any — of 
Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Jreland, so de- 0%4s where 

pise . y ? €~ Level is 
fined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, altered. 
1845, shall not be more than One Foot in 30 feet, . 
and of any other public Carriage-road not more than 
One Foot in 20 Feet, unless a report from some offi- 
cer of the Commissioners of Railways shall be laid 
before the Committee on the Bill, recommending that 
steeper ascents than the above may be allowed, with 
the reasons and facts upon which such opinion is 
founded, and the Committee shall report in favour of 
such recommendation : also, that a good and sufficient Fence to 
fence, of Four Feet high at the least, shall be made Bridge. 
on each side of every Bridge which shall be erected. 

123. That no Railway whereon carriages are pro- Railway not 
pelled by steam, or by atmospheric agency, or drawn to cross Roads 
by ropes in connexion with a stationary steam- ser el 
engine, shall be made across any Turnpike-road or mittee report, 
other public Carriage-way on the level, unless the &amp;c. 
Committee on the Bill report that such a restriction 
ought not to be enforced, with the reasons and facts 
upon which their opinion is founded. 

124, That no Railway Company shall be autho- Railway Com- 
rized to construct or enlarge, purchase or take on pany not to 
lease, or otherwise appropriate any Dock, Pier, Har- —— 
bour or Ferry, or to acquire and use any Steam-ves- Committee 
sels for the conveyance of goods and passengers, or report, &amp;c. 
to apply any portion of their capital or revenue to 
other objects, distinct from the Undertaking of a 
Railway Company, unless the Committee on the 
Bill report that such a restriction ought not to be 
enforced, with the reasons and facts upon which 
their opinion is founded. 

125. That in the case of a Railway Bill, the Com- Special 
mittee do make a special Inquiry into the bond fide Inquiry into 
character of the Subscription Contract, if any, and 5 set ap 
the sufficiency of the Subscribers thereto, and do a 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 


126. That in the case of a Railway Bill, the Matters to be 


Committee report specially :— = 
ea. 





1. The proposed Capital of the Company. 
formed for the execution of the project, and CPital. 
the amount of any Loans which they may be 
empowered to raise by the Bill. 

2. The amount of Shares subscribed for, and shares, &amp;c. 
the Deposits paid thereon. 

3. The Names and Places of Residence of Names, &amp;c. 
the Directors or Provisional Committee, with of Directors. 
the amount of Shares taken by each. 

4. The number of Shareholders’ who may be Local Share- 
considered as having a local interest in the line, holders. 
and the amount of Capital subscribed for by 


them. 
402 5. The 





Other Parties, 
&amp;c. 


Subscribers 
for 2.0004 and 
upwards. 


Whether 
Report from 
Railway Com- 
missioners has 
been referred 
to Committee, 
&amp;e. 


Assistant 
Engines. 


Engineering 
Difficulties. 


Ventilation of 
Tunnels. 


Gradients and 
Curves. 


Length of 
Line. 


Passing 
Highways on 
a level. 


Estimates, 


Assents, 
Dissents and 
Neuters. 


Engineers 
examined. 


Petitions in 
opposition. 


Fitness in an 
engineering 
point of view, 
and any other 
circumstances, 


Committee to 
fix the Tolls 
and Charges. 








652 12° August. 4. 1850. 


5. The number of other Parties, and the 
Capital taken by them. 

6. The number of Shareholders subscribing 
for 2,000/. and upwards, with their Names and 
Residences, and the amount for which they 
have subscribed. 

7. Whether any Report from the Commis- 
sioners of Railways in regard to the Bill, or the 
objects thereby proposed to be authorized, has 
been referred by the House to the Committee, 
and if so, whether any and what recommenda- 
dations contained in such Report have been 
adopted by the Committee, and whether any 
and what recommendations contained in such 
Report have been rejected. 

8. What planes on the Railway are proposed 
to be worked by assistant engines, either sta- 
tionary or locomotive, with the respective lengths 
and inclinations of such planes. 

9. Any peculiar engineering difficulties in 
the proposed line, and the manner in which it 
is intended they should be overcome. 

10. The length, breadth and height, and 
means of ventilation, of any proposed tunnels, 
and whether the strata through which they are 
to pass are favourable or otherwise. 

11. Whether in the lines proposed, the 
gradients and curves are generally favourable 
or otherwise, and the steepest gradient, exclusive 
of the inclined planes above referred to, and 
the smallest radius of a curve. 

12. The length of the main line of the pro- 
posed Railway, and of its branches respectively, 
and on what gauge it is proposed to be con- 
structed. 

13. Whether it be intended that the Railway 
should pass on a level any Turnpike-road or 
Highway, and if so, to call the particular 
attention of the House to that circumstance. 

14. The amount of the Estimates of the cost 
or other expenses to be incurred up to the 
time of tle completion of the Railway, and 
whether they appear to be supported by evi- 
dence, and to be fully adequate for the pur- 
pose. 

15. The number of assents, dissents and 
neuters upon the line, and the length and 
amount of Property belonging to each class 
traversed by the said Railway, distinguishing 
Owners from Occupiers; and in the case of 
any Bill to vary the original Line, the above 
particulars with reference to such Parties only 
as may be affected by the proposed deviation. 

16. The Name of each Engineer examined 
in support of the Bill, and of any examined in 
opposition to it. 

17. The main allegations of every Petition 
which may have been referred to the Commit- 
tee in opposition to the Preamble of the Bill, 
or to any of its Clauses; and whether the 
allegations have been considered by the Com- 
mittee, and if not considered, the cause of 
their not having been so. 

And the Committee shall also report generally as 
to the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of the 
projected Line of Railway, and any circumstances 
which, in the opinion of the Committee, it is desir- 
able the House should be informed of. 

127. That the Committee on every Railway Bill 
shall fix the Tolls, and shall determine the maximum 
rates of charge for the conveyance of Passengers, 
with a due amount of Luggage and of Goods on 
such Railway, and such rates of charge shall include 
the Tolls and the costs of locomotive power, and 
every other expense connected with the conveyance 
of Passengers, with a due amount of Luggage and 
of Goods upon such Railway ; but if the Committee 
shall not deem it expedient to determine such maxi- 
mum rates of Charge, a Special Report, explanatory 
of the grounds of their omitting so to do, shall be 


made to the House, which Special Report shall 
accompany the Report of the Bill. 

128. That in every Railway Bill by which it is In Bills grant. 
proposed to authorize the Company to grant any myo | 
—— or priority in the payment of Interest or Interest, &amp;., 

ividends on any Shares or Stock, there be inserted Provision tobe 
a Clause providing that the granting of such pre- — a 
ference or priority shall not prejudice or affect any prejudice . 
preference or priority in the payment of Interest or former granis 
Dividend on any other Shares or Stock which shall ° Preference 
have been granted by the Company in pursuance of 
or which may have been confirmed by any previous 
Act of Parliament, or which may otherwise be law- 
fully subsisting. 

129. That no Railway Company shall be autho- Company not 
rized to alter the terms of any preference or priority ‘ alter any 


of Interest or Dividend which shall have been rn 


granted by such Company in pursuance of or which granted. 
may have been confirmed by any previous Act of 
Parliament, or which may otherwise be lawfully 
subsisting, unless the Committee on the Bill report 

that such Alteration ought to be allowed, with the 
Reasons on which their opinion is founded. 

| 130. That no powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or No powers ot 
| Amalgamation, shall be contained in any Bill for purchase in 
the construction of a Railway. 





Bills for con- 
struction of a 
Railway. 

131. That no powers of purchase, sale, lease or No powers of 
amalgamation shall be given to any Railway Com- purchase, &amp;e, 
pany, with reference to any other undertaking al- po oo 
ready authorized by any Act or Acts, nor to any proof of cer- 
other incorporated Company, with reference to any tain matters 
Railway, unless, previously to the application to Deore Com. 
Parliament for such purpose, the several Companies Railways, &amp;e. 
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 autho- 
rized 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; and 
in case such powers shall be applied for in respect 
of Works intended to be authorized by any Bill or 
Bills of the same Session, it shall be proved to the 
| Satisfaction of the Commissioners of Railways that 
'such Companies have respectively paid up cne-half 
the amount of their capital, and that the Company 

proposed to be empowered to construct such Works 
have included in such amount the capital proposed 
to be authorized by such Bill or Bills; and that no 
such powers shall be given in respect of Works in- 
tended to be authorized by any Act or Acts for 
which it is intended to apply in any subsequent 
| Session. 

132. That no Railway Company shall be autho- Railway Com- 
rized, except for the execution of its original Line or Pavy not to 
Lines sanctioned by Act of Parliament, to guarantee ommees gd 
interest on any shares which it may issue for creat- dividend be- 
ing additional Capital, or to guarantee any rent or fore — 
dividend to any other Railway Company, until such "°°" 
first-mentioned Company shall have completed and 
opened for traffic such original Lines. 

133. That in Bills for the Amalgamation of Rai! Limitation of © 
way Companies, the amount of Capital created by — a 
such Amalgamation shall in no case exceed the sum of Companies 
of the Capitals of the Companies so amalgamated. 
| 134. ‘That in Bills for empowering any Railway Additional 
| Company to purchase any other Railway, no addi- Capital of 
tion shall be authorized to be made to the Capital sans 

of the purchasing Company, beyond the amount of to amount to 
the Capital of the Railway purchased ; and in case more than 
: sated Capital of 
‘such Railway shall be purchased at a premium, no ¢onpany 
‘addition on account of such premium shall be made purchased. 
| to the Capital of the purchasing Company. 

135. That a Clause shall be inserted in every No interest oF 
Railway Bill, prohibiting the payment of any dividend v 
Interest or Dividend in respect of Calls under such Calls. 
| Bill (except the Interest by way of Discount on 
| Subscriptions prepaid, agreeably to 8 Vic. c. 16, 

s. 24), out of any Capital which they have been 
| authorized 











or 





Deposits not 
to be paid out 
of Capital. 


Railway not 
to be exempt 
from any 

General Act. 


Copy of Let- 
ters Patent to 
be annexed to 
the Bill. 


Notices and 
Allegations. 


Gen. Inc. Act. 


Consent Bill 


and Statement ing Lands 


of Property to 
be delivered 
in, 


Consent Bill 


and Statement ing Lands shall, in the first place, require the Agent 
‘e, for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed 


of Property 
be delivered 
in. 


Clause for 
leaving open 
Space for 
exercise and 
recreation, 





14 Vicroriz. 


authorized to raise either by means of Calls, or of | 
any power of borrowing. 

136. That a Clause shall be inserted in every Rail- | 
way Bill prohibiting any Railway Company, from | 
paying, out of the Capital which they have been au- | 
thorized to raise for the purposes of any existing Act, | 
the Deposits required by the Standing Orders to be 
made for the purposes of any application to Parliament 
for a Bill for the construction of another Railway. 

137. That the following Clause be inserted in all 
Railway Bills passing through this House : 

And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein 
contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt 
the Railway by this or the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made from the provisions of any General 
Act relating to such Acts, or of any General Act 
relating to Railways now in force, or which may 
hereafter pass during this or any future Session of 
Parliament, or from any future revision and altera- 
tion, under the authority of Parliament, of the 
maximum rates of fares and charges authorized by 
this Act, [or by the said recited Acts]. 














Letters Patent. 


138. That when any Bill shall be brought into 
the House, for confirming of Letters Patent, there 


be a true Copy of such Letters Patent annexed to | 
the Bill. } 


} 
{ 





Inclosure and Drainage Bills. 


12° August. 





139. That in the case of any Bill for inclosing| 
Lands, the Committee may admit proof of the| 
Notices required by the Standing Orders, and of 
the allegations in the Preamble of such Bill, by) 
affidavit taken and authenticated, according to the; 
form prescribed in the Schedule to the General In- | 
closure Act (41 Geo. 3, c. 109), unless such Com-| 
mittee shall otherwise order. 





653 


places in which the land to be inclosed is situate ; 


| and also do see that provision is made for the effi- 


cient fencing of the allotment, for the investment of 
the same in the Churchwardens and Overseers of 
the parish in which such open space is reserved, 
and for the efficient making and permanent main- 
tenance of the fences by such parish; and that in 
any case where the information hereby required is 
not given, and the required provisions are not made 
in the Bill, the Committee on the same do report 
specially to the House the reasons for not comply- 
ing with such Order. 

143. That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, the Consent Bill to 
Names of the Commissioners proposed to be ap- bey Names 
pointed, and the Compensation intended for the gioners, and 
Lord of the Manor, and the Owners of Tithes, in Compensa- 
lieu of their respective rights, and also the Compen- tons for Ma- 
sation intended to be made for the enfranchisement ‘tithes art % 
of Copyholds, where any Bargains or Agreements Enfranchise- 
have been made for such Compensations, be in- ™ents. 
serted in the copy of the Bill presented to the 
House ; and that all copies of such Bills which shall 
be sent to any of the Persons interested in the said 
Manor, Tithes, Lands or Commons, for their con- 
sent, do contain the Names of such proposed Com- 
missioners, and also tlhe Compensations so bargained 
or agreed for. 

144. That no Person shall be named in any Bill Disqualifica- 
for inclosing Lands as a Commissioner, Umpire, ton of certain 
Surveyor or Valuer, who shall be interested in the Commission- 
Inclosure to be made by virtue of such Bill ; or the ers, Surveyors, 
Agent ordinarily intrusted with the care, superin- “* 
tendence or management of the Estate of any Per- 
son so interested. 

145. That in every Bill for inclesing, draining or Clauses for 
improving Lands there be inserted a Clause, pro- settling Pay 
viding what sum cf Money in the whole, or by the Annet 
day, shall be paid to each of the Commissioners to passing their 
be appointed by such Bill, in satisfaction of the Accounts. 


140. That the Committee on every Bill forinclos- | expense and trouble which he shall incur in the 


shall in the first place require the Agent | 
for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed | 


execution of the powers thereby given; and that 
there be also inserted in such Bill a Clause, pro- 


copy of the Bill, signed by the Lord of the Manor, | viding that the Account of such Commissioner or 
(in cases where the Lord of the Manor has any | Commissioners, containing a true statement of all 


interest as such in the lands to be inclosed) and by 
such Owners of Property within the parish to which | 
the Bill relates as shall have assented thereto; but | 


that the Parties, if they shall think fit, be permitted | 
to deliver in different copies of the Bill, separately | 
signed by the several ‘Parties hereinbefore men- | 


tioned, instead of one copy, signed by all of them | 
collectively ; together with a List of all the Owners | 


Sums by him or them received and expended or due 
to him or them for their own trouble or expenses, 
shall, at least once in every year, from the date of 
the passing of the Act till such Accounts shall be 
finally allowed, together with the Vouchers relating 
to the same, be examined by some Person or Per- 
sons to be appointed by the Bill, and the balance 
by him or them stated in the Book of Accounts re- 


of Property within such Parish, showing the value | quired to be kept in the Office of the Clerk of such 


according to the Poor-rate or Land-tax Assessment | 
of each Owner’s Property therein, and distinguishing | 
which of them have assented, dissented, or are | 
neuter in respect thereto. 

141. That the Committee on every Bill for drain- 


copy of the Bill, signed by such Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of Property within the Parish to which the 
Bill relates as shall have assented thereto; but that 
the Parties, if they shall think fit, be permitted to 
deliver in different copies of the Bill, separately 
signed by the several Parties hereinbefore men- 
tioned, instead of one copy, signed by all of them 
collectively ; together with a List of all the Owners 
of Property within such Parish, showing the value 
according to the Poor-rate or Land-tax Assessment 
of each Owner’s Property therein, and distinguish- 











ing which of them have assented, dissented, or are 
neuter in respect thereto. 

142, That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, pro- 
vision be made for leaving an open space in the 
most appropriate situation, sufficient for purposes cf 
exercise and recreation of the neighbouring popula- 
tion; and that the Committee on the Bill have 
before them the number of acres proposed to be in- 
closed, as also of the population in the parishes or 





VoL. 105. 


Commissioners ; and that no charge or item in such 
Accounts shall be binding on the Parties concerned, 
or be valid in law, unless the same shall be duly 


| allowed by such Person or Persons. 





Turnpike-roads (Ireland). 


146. That in every Bill for making a Turnpike- Clause for 
road in Ireland, or for the continuing or amending Qulification 
: : : &gt; of Commis- 
any Act passed for that purpose, or for the increase gioners, 
or alteration of the existing Tolls, Rates or Duties 
upon any such Road, or for widening or diverting 
any such Road, a Clause be inserted, to prevent 
any Person who shall be nominated a Commissioner 
from acting or voting in the business of the said 
Turnpike, unless he shall be possessed of an Estate 
in Land, or of a Personal Estate, to such certain 
value as shall be specified in such Bills; and that 
such Qualification be extended to the Heirs ap- 
parent of Persons possessed of an Estate in Land 
to a certain value to be specified. 





Proceevincs oF SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
Divorce Biuts. 


147. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills What Evi- 


shall require evidence to be given before them that on - = 
403 @0 vorce Cases. 


654 


an action for damages has been brought in one of 
Her Mayesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster, or 
in one of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record in Dubiin, 
or in one of Her Majesty’s Supreme Courts of Judi- 
cature of the Presidencies of Calcu‘ta, Madras, 
Bombay or the Island of Ceylon, respectively, against 
the persons supposed to have been guilty of Adul- 
tery, and judgment for the plaintiff had thereupon ; 
or sufficient cause to be shown to the satisfaction 
of the said Committee why such action was not 
brought, or such judgment was not obtained. 

148. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall, in all cases in which the Petitioner for the 
Bill has attended the House of Lords upon the 
Second Reading of the Bill, require him to attend 
before them to answer any questions they may think 
fit that he should answer. 

149. The Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall report every such Bill to the House, whether 
such Committee shall or shall not have agreed to 
the Preamble, or gone through the several Clauses 
or any of them. 


When Peti- 
tioner for Bill 
to attend 
Committee. 


Committee to 
report Bill in 
all cases, 








¥e 
THE ORDERS REGULATING THE 
PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE WITH REGARD 
TO PRIVATE BILLS. 


Practice or THE House WITH REGARD TO 
Private Bits. 


150. That no Private Bill be brought into this | 
House, but upon a Petition first presented, which | 
shall have been duly deposited in the Private Bill | 
Office, and indorsed by one of the Examiners, with | 

° . . | 
a printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed: And 
that such Petition be signed by the Parties, or some | 
of them, who are Suitors for the Bill. | 





Petition for 
Bill, and how 
to be signed, 


} 


Petitions, 151. That all Petitions for Private Bills be pre- | 
when tobe — sented to the House not later than Three clear Days 
presented. 


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. | 
152. That no Private Bill be read a First Time 
unless it be presented not later than Three clear 
Days after the presentation of the Petition for leave | 
to bring in the same. 
153. That no Petition for additional Provision in | 
any Private Bill be received by this House, unless 
a Copy of the proposed Clauses be annexed thereto. 
154. That all Petitions for additional Provision | 


in Private Bills, with the proposed Clauses an- | 
nexed, and all Estate Bills brought from the House | 
of Lords, and all Bills introduced by leave of the | 
House in lieu of other Bills which shall have been | 
withdrawn, after having been read a First Time, be | 
referred to the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 

155. That all Reports of the Examiner of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, in which he shall report 
that the Standing Orders have not been complied 


Bill, when to 
be presented. 





Petition for 
additional 
Provision. 


Petitions for 
additional 
Provision, and 
Estate Bills 
from Lords, &amp;e. 
to be referred 
to Examiner 
of Petitions, 


Reports of 
Examiner to 
be referred to 


Committee : — : ‘ 
on Standing with, and all Special Reports of the said Examiner, 
Orders. 


be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. ; 

156. That all Petitions praying that any of the 
Sessional or Standing Orders of the House relating | 
to Private Bills may be dispensed with, and also all | 
Petitions for the re-insertion of Petitions for Private | 
Bills in the General List of Petitions, be referred to | 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

157. That every Private Bill, printed on paper, 
of a size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, be 


Petitions for 
Dispensation, 
&amp;c. to be re- 
ferred to Com- 
mittee on 
Standing 
Orders. 





Printed Bill to 
be presented. | 


| 


presented to the House, with a Cover of Parchment | 
attached to it, upon which the Title of the Bill is to | 
be written; and the short Title of the Bill, as first 
entered on the Votes, shall correspond with that at 
the head of the Advertisement, and shall not be 


changed unless by special Order of the House. 


12° Augustt. 





A. 1850. 


158. That the proposed amountof all Rates, Tolls, Rates, Tolls 
and other matters heretofore left blank in any Private _ a be 
Bill when presented to the House, be inserted in 





inserted in 
Jialics in the printed Bill annexed to the Petition. Italics. 

159. That every Private Bill (except Name Bills) What Bills to 
be printed ; and printed copies thereof delivered to be printed, 
the door-keepers for the use of the Members before “"* ""™" 
the First Reading. 

160. That there be not less than Three clear days, Time between 
nor more than Y'en, between the First and Second First and Se- 
Reading of any Private Bill, except by Special °™ Radin: 
Order of the House. 

161. That every Petition in favour of or against Petition re- 
any Private Bill before the House be presented to — pane 
this House, by depositing the same in the Private to ones sg 
Bill Office, and that there be indorsed thereon the being depo- 
name or short Title by which such Bill is entered in = rag. 

&lt; oa Sl ivate Bill 
the Votes, and a Statement that such Petition is in Office, and 
favour of, or against the Bill, as the case may be, name of Bill to 
together with the name of the Member, Party or be indorsed on 
“9 every Petition, 
Agent depositing the same. 

162. That any Petitioner or Memorialist may Petitioner or 
withdraw his Petition or Memorial, on a requisition Memorialist 
to that effect being deposited in the Private Bill Pention or” 
Office, signed by him or by the Agent who deposited Memorial. 
such Petition or Memorial ; and that where any such 
Petition or Memorial is signed by more than one 
person, any person signing such Petition or Memorial 
may withdraw his opposition by a similar requisition, 
signed and deposited as aforesaid. 

163. That in cases where the Second or Third When Second 
Reading of a Private Bill is opposed, the considera- bea 

: P ealing op- 
tion thereof be postponed until the day on which the posed, to be 
House shall next sit. postponed. 

164. That every Private Bill, not being a Divorce Bills referred 
Bill, after having been read a Second time and com- te Committee 
mitted, shall be referred to the Committee of Selec- ates 
tion; and every Divorce Bill shall be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

165. That when the House shall have been in- When unop- 
formed by the Chairman of Ways and Means, that posed Bill is to 
in his opinion any unopposed Private Bill should be be treated af 

. A . ~~ Opposed, to be 
treated as an opposed Bill, such Bill shall be again 


, , again referred 
referred to the Committee of Selection. to Committee 


of Selection. 

166. That every Petition against a Private Bill Petition 
which shall have been deposited in the Private Bill against Bill, if 
Office either previous to, or not later than Seven may ee 
clear days after, the Second Reading of such Bill, Office, to stand 
do stand referred to the Committee on such Bill ; referred to 
and that, subject to the Rules and Orders of this a 
House, such Petitioners as shall have prayed to be” 
heard by themselves, their Counsel or Agents, be 
heard upon their Petition accordingly, if they think 
fit, and Counsel heard in favour of the Bill against 
such Petition. 

167. That there be Fourteen clear days between Time between 
the Second Reading of every Private Bill and the ony 
sitting of the Committee thereupon, except inthe case tittee. . 
of Divorce Bills, in respect of which there shall be 
Eight clear days, and of Name Bills and Estate 
Bills, (not being Bills relating to Crown, Church or 
Corporation property, or property held in trust for 
Public or Charitable purposes), in respect of which 
there shall be Three clear days between the Second 
Reading and the Committee. 

168. That in the case of Railway Bills, if any 
Report made under the authority of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways upon any Bill, or the objects 
thereof, be laid before the House, such Report shall 
be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Report of 
Commission- 
ers of Rail- 
ways to be re- 
ferred to Com- 
mittee on Bill. 


] Report to lie 
on Table, 


169. That the Report upon every Private Bil 
shall lie upon the Table, together with the Bill, if Vit pin, or 
a Railway Bill or a Bill amended in Committee ; Bill to be 
but if not amended in Committee, the Bill shall be pe to be 


: : da Third 
ordered to be read a third time. a, 


Bill to be 
printed after 
Report. 


170. That every Private Bill, as amended in Com- 
mittee, be printed at the expense of the Parties 
applying for the same; and be delivered to the 








Door-keepers 











14 Vicroriz. 


Door-keepers for the use of the Members, Three 
clear days at least before the consideration of such 
Bill. 
No Clause or 171. That no Clause or Amendment be offered in 
Amendment the House on the consideration of any Private Bill 
et ordered to lie upon the Table, or on the Third Read- 
oron Third ing of any Private Bill, unless the Chairman of the 
Reading, t0 Committee of Ways and Means shall have informed 


ee the House, or signified in writing to Mr. Speaker, 
man of Ways whether, in his opinion, such Clause or Amendment 
and Means — be such as ought or ought not to be entertained by 
shall have ‘ : a ‘ 3 
‘nformed The the House, without referring the same to the Select 
House, &amp;e. Committee on Standing Orders. 


Clauses and 


172. That when any Clause or Amendment is 
Amendments 


offered on the consideration of any Private Bill 


ee ordered to lie upon the Table, or on the Third Read- 

of Bill or ing of any Private Bill, such Clause or Amendment 

—— shall be printed at the expense of the parties : And 

printed. when any Clause is proposed to be amended, it shall 
be printed in extenso, with every addition or substi- 
tution in different type, and the omissions therefrom 
included in brackets and underlined. 

Whenreferred, 173, That when any Clause or Amendment on 


no further ~— the consideration of any Private Bill ordered to lie 


proceeding to 


be had until Upon the Table, or on the Third Reading of any 

Report of Private Bill, shall have been referred to the Select 

Select Com- Committee on Standing Orders, no further proceed- 

nt ing on either of such stages shall be had until the 

Orders. Report of the said Select Committee shall have been 
brought up. 

Railway Bills 174, That in order to afford opportunity for the 


a eq Proper discussion of Railway Bills included in the 


uponevery second class, and the Reports thereon, this House 
Tuesday and will upon every J'uesday and Thursday proceed to 
Thursday. —_ the consideration of such Bills and Reports. 


175. That in the case of Railway Bills Seven 
clear days, and in the case of all other Private Bills 
ordered to lie upon the Table, Three clear days, 
shail intervene between the Report and the con- 
sideration of the Bill, and that no consideration of 
such Bill shall take place, unless the Chairman of 
the Committee of Ways and Means shall have in- 
formed the House, or signified in writing to Mr. 
Speaker, whether the Bill contain the several pro- 
visions required by the Standing Orders. 


176. That all Amendments made by the House 
fete aig of Lords to any Private Bill be printed at the ex- 
and exrenlatea pense of the parties, and circulated with the Votes, 
with the Votes prior to such Amendments being taken into con- 
prior to con- sideration ; and where any Clause has been amended, 
sideration, &amp;. i+ shall be printed in eatenso, 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 pro- 
posed to the Lords’ Amendments, such proposed 
Amendments shall also be printed in like manner. 
177. That in all cases where it is intended to 
appoint a Committee to inspect the Journals of the 
House of Lords with relation to any proceedings 


Time between 
Report and 
consideration 
of Bill, &amp;c. 


Lords’ 
Amendments 


Notice of 
Committee to 
inspect Lords’ 
Journals to 


begivento upon any Private Bill, previous notice thereof in 
— writing be given by the Agent to the Clerks in the 
; Committee Clerks’ Office. 

Bill not to 178. That no Private Bill shall pass through two 
peed two stages on one and the same day without the special 
~ son same Jeave of the House. 

Notice to be 179. That (except in cases of urgent and pressing 
tay + necessity) no motion be made to dispense with any 


dispensation. Sessional or Standing Order of the House without 
due notice thereof. 


er of | 180. That each day, so soon as the House shall 
neg be ready to proceed to Private Business, the Clerk 
vate Business, at the Table shall read from the Private 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 ; 


Order of Pro- 


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655 
3. Consideration of Bills ordered to lie upon 
the Table ; 

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 Orrice. 


181. That a Book, to be called “ The Private Private Bill 
Bill Register,” be kept in a Room, to be called Office and 
“ The Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall be **8'*™ 
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 
Committee 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, be- 

tween the hours of ‘Ten and Six. 

182. That the receipt of all Plans, Sections, Receipt of 
Books of Reference, Lists of Owners and Occupiers, Plans, &amp;c. to 
Estimates, Copies of the Subscription Contracts, — 
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 Pe- 
tition for the Bill, when deposited. 

183. 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 ~_ 
have been made by Mr. Speaker, which shall be 
called the “General List of Petitions,’ and each 
Petition therein shall be numbered. 

184, That all Memorials complaining of non- Memorials 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in reference When to be 
to Petitions for Bills deposited in the Private Bill %?o#«¢- 
Office on or before the 31st December, shall be de- 
posited as follows: 

If the same relate to Petitions for Bills numbered 

in the General List of Petitions ; 


From 

». os 1 They shall be depo- 1 January pls oa 
: ? Ath. 

201 &amp; upwards J sited on or before . 3lst. 


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. 

185. That all Memorials be deposited in the Pri- Deposit of 
vate Bill Office before Six of the clock in the even- Memorials 
ing of any day on which the House shall sit, and 34 Copies 
before Two of the clock on any day on which the Private Bill 
House shall not sit; and that ‘Two copies of every Office. 
such Memorial be deposited for the use of the Ex- 
aminers before Twelve of the clock on the following 
day. 

son That every Memorial complaining of non- 7ime for 
compliance with the Standing Orders of the House depositing 
in reference to Petitions for additional provision in a 
Private Bills, to Estate Bills brought from the House cases, Xe. 
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 Peti- 





Von. 105. 





404 tions 


Seven clear 
Days’ notice 


to be given of 


Examination 
of Petitions. 


Examination 
book, 


Custody of 
Bills. 


Examination 
of Bill. 


Notice of Se- 
cond Reading. 


Notice of 
Committee. 


Filled-up Bill 


to be deposited 


in Private Bill 
Office. 


Notice of 
Postponement 


656 


tions 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. 

187. 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 Peti- 
tion for a Bill. 


188. 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. 

189. That every Private Bill, after it has been 
read the first time and the Title copied and ex- 
amined 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 com- 
mitted, be taken by the proper Committee Clerk 
into his charge, till reported. 

190. That between the First and Second Reading 
of every Private Bill, every such Bill shall, accord- 
ing to its priority, be examined, with all practicable 
despatch, by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, 
as to its conformity with the Rules and Standing 
Orders of the House; and if xot in due form, the 
Examining Clerk shall specify thereon the page in 
which any irregularity occurs, and shall enter the 
day of such Examination, together with his own 
Name, in the Examination Book. 

191. That Three clear days’ Notice in writing be 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Second Reading of every Private Bill ; aad that no 
such Notice be given until the day after that on 
which the Bill has been read a first time. 

192. That, except in the case of Name Bills, and 
Estate Bills as described in Order 167, 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 Selection 
to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of the day 
and hour appointed for the meeting of the Com- 
mittee 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 Selection, | 


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 Pri- 
vate Bill Office of the day and hour appointed for 
the meeting of the Committee on every Private Bill, 


and that all the proceedings of any Committee of | 


which such notice shall not have been given, be 
void. : 

193. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent 
for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
Committee on the 


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3:11, and in the case of a re-| 





A. 1850. 


shall have been referred to such Committee, 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, and in the case of Divorce Bills, 
either by the Agents or by the Clerk to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills, to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office of such postponement. 


195. That notice in writing be given by the Com- Notice of 
mittee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, Adjournment. 
of the day and hour to which each Committee is 
adjourned. 

196. That One clear day’s notice in writing be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the consideration 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the con- = 
sideration of every Private Bill ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

197. That the Committee Clerk, after the Report Bin, as 
is made out, do deliver in to the Private Bill Office amended in 
a printed Copy of the Bill, with the written Amend- Me se | e 
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. 


198. That when it is intended to bring up any Notice to be 
Clause er to propose any Amendment on the consi- given of 
deration of any Private Bill ordered to lie upon the pon pias 
Table, or on the Third Reading of any Private Bill, tion of Bill, or 
Notice shall be given thereof, in the Private Bill Third Read- 
Office, One clear day previous to such consideration '"* 
or Third Reading. 

199. That One clear day’s notice in writing be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the a 
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 Bill shall have been ordered to be read a 
third time. 

200. That the Amendments (if any) which are Amendments 
made on the consideration of any Private Bill or- considera- 
dered to lie upon the Table, and on the Third Read- 1? bey 
ing of any Private Bill, and also such Amendments Reading. 
made by the House of Lords as shall have been 
agreed to by this House, be entered by one of the 
Clerks in the Private Bill Office, upon the printed 
Copy of the Bill as amended in Committee ; which 
Clerk shall sign the said Copy so amended, in 
urder to its being deposited and preserved in the 


said Office. 


201. That no Private Bill be sent to the Lords Private Bills 
until a Certificate is endorsed upon the fair printed a, 
Bill, and signed by one or more of the proper Offi- endorsed with 
cers for that purpose, declaring that such printed Certificate of 
Bill has been examined, and agrees with the Bill as "xamination. 


read a third time. 


202. 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 Amendments. 
thereof in the Private Bill Office, and if any Amend- 
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 ; 





Notice of 


|} 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. - 
203. That all Notices required to be given or Time for 


committed Bill, a filled-up Bill, as proposed to be | deposits to be made in the Private Bill Office be delivering 


submitted to the Committee on re-committal, be | delivered in the said Office before Six of the clock ~° 


tices. 


deposited in the Private Bill Office One clear day! in the Evening of any day on which the House 


before the meeting of the Committee on every Pri- 


vate Bill; and that all Parties shall be entitled toa 


shall sit, and before Two of the clock on any day 
on which the House shall not sit; and that after 


Copy thereof, upon payment of the Charges for| any day on which the House shall have adjourned 


making out Amendments of such Bill. 


beyoud the following day, no Notice shall be given 


194. That notice in writing be given by the Clerk | for the first day on which it shall again sit. 


to the Committee of Selection to the Clerks in the 


Private Bill Office of the postponement of the first | do prevare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, 


meeting of any Committee on a Private Bill, which ) Petitions for Private Bills upon which any Com- 





204. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office paily Lists of 
and Committees 
sitting , 


mittee 





Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 


14 Vicroriz. 


mittee or Examiner is appointed to sit ; specifying 
the hour of meeting, and the Room where the Com- 
mittee or Examiner shall sit; and that the same be 
hung up in the Lobby of the House. 


205. 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 

oyal 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 primted or written on the 
cover. 





VoL. 105. 


192° Augusti, 





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Appendix (B.) 


Anno Primo Victoria Regine. 
Cap. LXxx!II. 


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 Bil into Parliament for making certain 
bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, 
aqueducts, 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 Jreland, 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 
4P for 








658 


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, That 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 
retain them  eXtracts or copies of the same, or any of them, shall 
for the pur- be deposited as aforesaid, such maps, plans, sections, 
poses directed books, writings, copies and extracts shall be received 
A eg by and shall remain with the clerks of the peace, 
the Houses of Sheriff-clerks, parish-clerks, schoolmasters, town- 
Parliament. 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 respectively 
as shall be thereby directed. 
II. And be it further Enacted, That all persons 
Peace, &amp;c. to interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks 
permit such . me . 
Documents to Of the peace, sheriff-clerks, parish-clerks, school- 
be inspected masters, town-clerks and postmasters, and every of 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. to 
receive the 
Documents 
herein men- 
tioned, and 


Clerks of the 


— by them, are and is hereby required, at all reasonable 
ersons . * . 
terested, 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- 
raent by each person to the clerk of the peace, sheriff- 
clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, town-clerk 
or postmaster having the custody of any such map, 
plan, section, book, writing, extract or copy, One 
Shilling for every such inspection, and the further 
sum of One Shilling for every hour during which 
such inspection shall continue after the first hour, 
and after the rate of Sixpence for every One hun- 
dred words copied therefrom. 
a . III. And be it further Enacted, That in case any 
every omission clerk of the peace, sheriff-clerk, parish-clerk, school- 
to comply with master, town-clerk, postmaster or other person, shall 
the provisions jn any matter or thing refuse or neglect to comply 
mle with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
Penalty of 51, every clerk of the peace, sheriff-clerk, parish-clerk, 
to be reco- — schoolmaster, town-clerk, postmaster or other person 
veredina 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 be 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 
effectual to all intents and purposes as if an infor- 
mation in writing had been exhibited. 


Clerks of the 


summary way. 








12° Augusti. 














A, 1850. 


. Appendix (C.) 





Anno Nono Victorie Regine. 
Cap. Xx. 


Aw Acr 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. 


Wuenreas an Act was passed in the second year 1 &amp; 2 Vict, 
of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, 
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 expe- 
dient that the said Act should be repealed and should 
be re-enacted, with such modifications, extensions 
and alterations as after mentioned: Be it therefore Recited Act 
Enacted, by the QurEn’s Most excellent Majesty, repealed. 
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Monies 


° 
4 
— 


Spiritual and T al in this pre- already paid © 
piritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre in to be Sea 


sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of with as di- 
the same, That the said Act shall be and the same rected by 
is hereby repealed: Provided always, That all acts rmer Act. 
done under the provisions of the said Act shall be 

good, valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, 

and that all sums of money paid under the provi- 

sions of the said Act shall be dealt with in all re- 

spects 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 deposit. 
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 Clerks 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 de- 
posited, 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 
hereinafter 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 
persons 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 Zreland, in the name and with 
the privity of the Accountant-general of the Court 
of Chancery in Jreland, in case such work or un- 
dertaking ig 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 England, the (Queen’s Remembrancer of the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Accountant- 
general of the Court of Chancery in Jreland respec- 
tively, to permit the sum of money directed to be 
paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an 
account 





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659 


account opened or to be opened in his name in the | rejected or finally withdrawn by some proceeding in 


bank mentioned in such warrant or order. either House of Parliament, or shall not be allowed 

III. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful | to proceed, or if the person or persons by whom 
for the person or persons named in such warrant or | the said money was paid or security deposited shall 
order, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pay | have failed to present a Petition, or if an Act be 
the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into passed authorizing the making of such work or un- 


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 


'dertaking, 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 


account there ea-parte the work or undertaking 
mentioned in such warrant or order, pursuant to the /money mentioned in such warrant or order shall 


method prescribed by any Act or Acts for the time | have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, stocks or 
being in force for regulatmg monies paid into the | funds shall have been deposited or transferred as 
said Courts, and pursuant to the General Orders of | aforesaid, or to the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 
the said Court respectively, and without fee or in case such sum of money shall have been paid in 
reward ; and every such sum so paid in, or the | the name of the said Queen’s Remembraneer, the 
securities in or upon which the same may be in-/| Court in the name of whose Accountant-general or 
vested as hereinafter mentioned, or the stocks, Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of money shall 
funds or securities authorized to be transferred or | have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, stocks or 
deposited. in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned, | funds shall have been deposited or transferred, shall 
shall there remain until the same, with all interests | by order direct the sum of money paid in pursuance 
and dividends (if any) accrued thereon, shall be | of such warrant or order, or the stocks, funds or 
paid out of such bank, in pursuance of the provi- | securities in or upon which the same may have been 
sions of this Act: Provided always, That in case invested, and the interest or dividends thereof, or 
any such director or person, directors or persons, | the Exchequer Bills, stocks or funds so deposited 
having the management of any such proposed work | or transferred as aforesaid, and the interest and di- 
or undertaking as aforesaid, shal! have previously | vidends thereof, to be paid or transferred to the 
invested in the Three per Centum Consolidated or | party or parties so applying, or to any other person 
the Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, | or persons whom they may appoint in that behalf ; 
Exchequer Bills, or other Government Securities, | but no such order shall be made in the case of any 
the sum or sums of money required by any such | such Petition or Bill bemg rejected or not being 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament as allowed to proceed, or being withdrawn or not being 
aforesaid to be deposited by the subscribers to any | presented, or of an Act being passed authorizing the 
work or undertaking which is to be executed under | making of such work or undertaking, unless upon 
the authority of an Act of Parliament, it shall be | the production of the certificate of the Chairman of 
lawful for the person or persons named in such | Committees of the House of Lords with reference 








warrant or order, or the survivors or survivor of 
them, to deposit such Exchequer Bills or other Go- | 


vernment 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 
shail 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 money required to be de- 


posited 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 ori- 
ginally 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. 

1V. And be it Enacted, That if the person or 
persons named in such warrant or order, or the sur- 
vivors or survivor of them, desire to have invested 
any sum so paid into the Bank of England or the 
Bank of Jreland, 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, in a summary way by him or them, 
order that such sum or oe interest or dividends 
shall, until the same be paid out to the parties en- 
titled 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 Go- 
vernment security or securities, at the option of the 
aforesaid person or persons, or the survivor or sur- 
vivors 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 introduced 
into Parliament, or if such Petition or Bill shall be 
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| 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, cr 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 in writing of the person or per- 

sons, or the majority of the persons named in such 

warrant, or the survivor or survivors of them: Pro- 

vided always, That the granting of any such certi- Granting 

ficate, or any mistake or error therein or in relation Certificate, &amp;c. 
F not to make 

thereto, shall not make the Chairman or Speaker the Chairman 

signing the same liable in respect of any monies, or Speaker 

stocks, funds and securities which may be paid, signing the 

deposited, invested or transferred in pursuance of 7° "*) 

the provisions of this Act, or the interest or dividends 

thereof. ; 


Ordered, ‘That the said Orders be Standing 
Orders of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be 
printed. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Mercantile 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Mer- Marine 
cantile Marine (No. 2.) Bill; and the same were (%® 2.) Bill. 
twice read, and 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. Wood reported Halls Divorce Bill, with an yans 
Amendment. Divorce Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be now taken into consideration :— The 
House accordingly proceeded to take the said Bill, 
into consideration; and the Amendment was read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


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The 


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660 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Georgina Hall with 
Henry Foley Hall, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Georgina Hall to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bil!, with the Amendment, 
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 an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Hall’s Divorce 
Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Numbers in receipt of In-door and 
Out-door Relief in Zreland ; showing also the Cost 
of Out-door Relief, the Average Weekly Cost of 
In-maintenance, and the Rate of Workhouse Mor- 
tality, on the 3d day of August 1850, in comparison 
with the Numbers, &amp;c. on the 4th day of August 
1849. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Statement of the Workhouse Accom- 
modation, the Numbers relieved, and the Deaths in 
each of the Workhouses in the Province of Con- 
naught, during the half-years ended the 25th day of 
March 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 respectively ; 
also, the Numbers in receipt of Out-door Relief at 
the close of each of these periods. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 17th day of May last, for Returns 
of the Number of British Troops that have been 
stationed, year by year, at Hong Kong, since the 
first British occupation of the Island :—Of the 
Number of British Troops that have died yearly at 
Hong Kong since our occupation of the Island :— 
Of the Number of British Troops who have been 
invalided yearly from Zong Kong since our occu- 
pation of the Island :—Of the Total Cost, including 
Pay and Commissariat, year by year, of the Troops 
stationed at Hong Kong :-—And, detailed Statement, 
year by year, of the several Sums of Money ex- 
pended for Barracks or Barrack-rent, Officers’ Quart- 
ers or Rent of ditto, for the Construction, Alteration 
or Repair of Forts, Batteries, Hospitals, Military 
Roads, and generally of all Charges in the Ordnance 
and Commissariat Department, connected with the 
Military Occupation of Hong Kong, since the year 
1841 or 1842, 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Freeholders and Inha- 
bitants of the several parishes of Westmorland and 
Botsford, in the county of Wesmorland, and Pro- 
vince of New Brunswick, praying the House to 
take into consideration the construction of a Rail- 
road from Halifax to Quebec, connecting the lower 
provinces of British America with the interior of 
Canada, and to pass laws for facilitating the same, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


Workhouses 
(Connaught.) 


BritishTroops, 
&amp;c. (Hong 
Kong.) 


Halifax 
and Quebec 
Railroad. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of the 
Apothecaries Hall of Zrelend, praying that the Me- 
dical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 
Education. Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Committee of Council on Education, July 





12° Augusts. 











A, 1850. 


1850 :—Copy of Letter to Her Majesty’s Inspectors 
of Schools on Queen’s Scholarships, (Minutes dated 
25th August and 21st December 1846). 

Copy of Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education :—Schools of Parochial Unions, England 
and Wales :—Reports by Her Majesty’s Inspectors 
of Parochial Union Schools, 1848-49-50. 





Copy of Report from Her Majesty’s sole and Queen’s 
only Master Printers in Scotland. (Scotland) 


Copy of the Reports of the Presidents of the Queen's 
Queen’s Colleges, Belfast, Cork and Galway, for Colleges 
the Session 1849-50. (Ireland. 

Incumbered Estates (Ireland).—Copy of Report Incumbered 
of the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered ys ae 
Estates, as to their Progress, &amp;c. centeeeis 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,— Return to an Ad- Royal Coleg 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this °f Surgeons. 
instant August, for Copy of the Correspondence 
which has taken place between Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department and the 
Royal College of Surgeons of England, since the 
8th day of February last, on the subject of pro- 
posed alterations in the Charter and Bye-laws of 
the said College. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Crime ana 
Reading of the Bill to continue, for a time to be Outrage Act 
limited, an Act of the eleventh year of Her pre- ——. ™ 
sent Majesty, for the better Prevention of Crime(Np, 2.) Bil 
and Outrage in certain Parts of 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; wiz. 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 right ; 

The Noes to the left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, io 
Yeas, U Lord Marcus Hill: , 
Tellers for the ( Mr. George Thompson, \ 21 
Noes, L Mr. Moore: J m 


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. 


The Bill to vest in the Commissioners of Public Lough Corrib 
Works in Jreland certain Works and Rights of the Improvement 
Lough Corrib Improvement Company, and to com- Compomeatian : 
pensate such Company for the same, was, according (Ireland) 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 take Copyright of 
into consideration the Copyright of Designs Acts yee very 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee ; pin, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


after the Orders of the day. 


The Bill to relieve the Chester and Holyhead Holyhead 
Railway Company from contributing towards the Harbour B 
Expense of the proposed new Harbour at Holyhead, 
and to take away the Powers of the said Company 
in relation to such Harbour, 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. - 

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14 Vicroriz. 


Ecclesiastical The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- 
: ments made by this House to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
mission Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

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. 

London Bridge The Bill to authorize further Charges on the Zon- 

ay don Bridge Approaches Fund, for the Completion of 

Fund Bit, certain Improvements in the Metropolis, 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. 

Union of The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
Liberties with 


facilitating the Union of Liberties with the Coun- 
ties in which they are situate, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Halsey 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. 


Counties Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Improvement of Towns (/reland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Prerogative mittee on the Court of Prerogative (Jreland) Bill ; 

—— Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Copyright of The Biil from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 

Designs Acts extend and amend the Acts relating to the Copyright 

zi sof’ Designs, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments 
do pass. 

Sodagt, 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. 

Prussia and Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Denmark. § Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of July 
last, for Copy of the Treaty concluded between 
Prussia and Denmark, under the mediation of the 

, Government of Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 

Merchant Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to consolidate and 
ee amend the Laws relating to Officers and Seamen 
zi ation in the Merchant Service: And the same was read 

No. 705 the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

* upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 
Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Justice 
the Lords. Maule : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Duke of A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable Her Majesty 
Cambridge's, to make a suitable Provision for his Lae! High- 
ey ness the Duke of Cambridge, and also for her Royal 
Highness the Princes Mary of Cambridge: 
Horborough A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable Her Majesty 
~~ 


to make Provision for the Residence of his Royal 
Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales, in Marl- 
borough House, during the Joint Lives of Her Ma- 


12° Augusti. 


661 


jesty and his Royal Highness: —And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Public Bills. 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 671, of the present Session, headed, Public 
Bills, to be made up to the present time :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Ceylon. 
proposed, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the Grievances complained of in Cey/on, in con- 
nexion with the Administration and Government of 
that colony, 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 that dependency, be printed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ printed,” and 
adding the words “ referred to the Secretary of 
“ State for the Colonies and the Members of Her 
“ Majesty’s Government,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ printed” stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment and Motion were se- 
verally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the Grievances complained of in Ceylon, in con- 
nexion with the Administration and Government of 
that colony, 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 that dependency, be referred to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the con- 
sideration of Her Majesty’s Government. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Municipal 

Act to explain an Act of tie last Session, for Corporations 

amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal (yo. 2) Bil 

Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the’ _ , 

Borough of Dublin, without any Amendment: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Earl of 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Effingham’s 

enable the Right honourable Henry Earl of Effing- ®***¢ B™- 

ham and others, to grant Building, Mining and 

other Leases of certain Freehold Estates in the 

Townships of Rotherham and Kimberworth, in the 

County of York, devised by the Will of the Right 

honourable Richard late Earl of Effingham, and 

for other Purposes, without any Amendment: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Viscount 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Midleton’s 

giving effect to a Compromise relating to the Estate © _ 

of the Right honourable George Alan Viscount 

Midleton, deceased, and, with a view thereto, for 

vesting the Estates in England and Ireland, late of 

the said Viscount Midleton, in Trustees, aud for 

other Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An summary 

Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to Jurisdiction 

certain Offences and other matters, as to which (t¢lan4) Bill 

Justices of the Peace exercise a Summary Juris- 

diction 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 poor Retief 

Act to continue two Acts passed in the twelfth Bill. 

and thirteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty, 





VoL. 105. 


4P3 for 





General Board 


of Health ; 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Ejectments 
Cireland. ) 


Customs 
Duties, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


662 12°—14° 


for charging the Maintenance of certain Poor 
Persons in Unions in England and Wales upon the 
Common Fund, and to make certain Amendments 
in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, with an 
Amendment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm 
certain Provisional Orders of the General Board of 
Health, and for certain other Purposes, in relation 
to the Public Health Act, 1848, and do not insist 
on the Amendment made by their Lordships to the 
said Bill, to which this House hath disagreed :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Summary Jurisdiction (Zreland) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Poor 
Relief Bill; and the same was twice read; and, 
with an Amendment thereto, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Wednesday next, 
at One of the clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Actions of Ejectment 
brought in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland, 
during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849 respectively ; 
and specifying the Number of Cases in which 
Judgment has been entered up for the Plaintiff:— 
Of the Number of Actions of Ejectment brought 
in the Court of Exchequer in Jreland, in the years 
1847, 1848 and 1849 respectively; and specifying 
the Number of Cases in which Judgment has been 
entered up for the Plaintiff:—Of the Number of 
Actions of Ejectment brought in the Court of 
Common Pleas in Jre/and, in the years 1847, 1848 
and 1849 respectively ; and specifying the Number 
of Cases in which Judgment has been entered up 
for the Plaintiff :—And, of the Number of Pro- 
ceedings in Ejectment by way of Civil Bill entered 
at Quarter Sessions in each County in Jreland, 
during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849 respectively ; 
together with the Number of Decrees made under 
such Proceedings in each County during each of 
the said years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the Amount of Customs Duties 
collected in each of the Ports in Jreland in each of 
the Ten years ending the 5th day of January 1850 :— 
Of the Number and Tonnage of the Vessels entering 
and clearing outwards of the several Ports of Jre- 
land, distinguishing the Foreign from the British 
and Coasting Sipping :—And, of the Number and 
‘Tonnage of the Vessels registered in the several 
Ports of Jreland, for the Five years commencing 
the 5th day of January 1840, and ending the 5th 
day of January 1845; and also for the Five years 
commencing the 5th day of January 1845, and 
ending the 5th day of January 1850. 

And then the House adjourned till Wednesday 
next, 








A. 1850. 


- Mercurii, 14° die Augusti ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


Augusti. 


PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 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 continue for a Time Crime and 
to be limited an Act of the eleventh year of Her Outrage Act 
present Majesty, for the Prevention of Crime and Lae al mr 
Ovtrage in certain Parts of Ireland: (No. 2.) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- Customs Bill. 
lating to the Customs: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for holding Assizes 
the Assizes of certain Counties of Cities and Towns (Ireland) Bill. 
in Ireland, in the Assize Towns of the adjoining 
Counties at large, in certain Cases, and to make 
Provisions as to Gaols in case of the Change of 
Assize Towns : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal certain Stamp Stamp Duties 
Duties, and to grant others in lieu thereof, and to (No. 2.) Bill, 
amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue and.amend Assessed 
the Acts for authorizing a Composition for Assessed Taxes Compo- 
Taxes: sition Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Erection on the National 
Earthen Mound in the City of Edinburgh, of Gallery 
Buildings for a National Gailery, and other Pur- {ounbursh) 
poses connected therewith, and with the Promotion 
of the Fine Arts in Scotland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for Payment of a Moiety Police Super- 
of certain Penalties towards Police Superannuation #2uation 
Funds: . Fund Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- Westminster 
sioners of Wesiminster Bridge to build a Temporary Temporary 
Bridge across the River Thames, from Bridge- a 
street, in the City of Westminster, to the opposite 
Shore, in the County of Surrey : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize further London 
Charges on the London Bridge Approaches Fund, Bridge 
for the Completion of certain Improvements in the ooo 
Metropolis: And also, ~ 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Borough 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Gaols Bill. 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize 
Justices of any Borough having a separate Gaol 
to commit Assize Prisoners to such Gaol and to 
extend the Jurisdiction of Borough Justices to all 
Offences and Matters arising within the Borough 
- which they act, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Poor Relief 
by this House to the Amendment made by their 2!) 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to continue 
two Acts passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years 
of the reign of Her Majesty, for charging the 
Maintenance of certain Poor Persons in Unions in 
England and Wales upon the Common Fund, and 
to make certain Amendments in the Laws for the 
Ha of the Poor, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Hartlepool 
by this House to the Amendments made by their bel haere 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable a 
the Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Company 
to alter and improve their Harbour, and construct 
additional Works, and for amending an Act passed 
in the tenth year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, called “ The Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Act, 1847,” without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Hall's 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divoree &gt; 
solve the Marriage of Georgina Hall with Henry 
Foley Hall, her now Husband, and to enable the 
said Georgina Hall to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned, without any Amend- 





ment: And also, Th 
e 








Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill. 


Union of 
Liberties with 
Counties Bill. 


Copyright of 
Designs Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bowes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Portland 
Harbour and 
Breakwater 
Bill. 


Small Tene- 
ments Rating 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Portland 
Harbour and 
Breakwater 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


No. 706. 


British 
Museum. 


Ecclesiastical 
Property, &amp;c. 





14 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for In- 
spection of Coal Mines in Great Britain, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
facilitating the Union of Liberties with the Counties 
in which they are situate, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Biil, intituled, An Act to extend 
and amend the Acts relating to the Copyright of 
Designs, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to en- 
large and consolidate the Provisions of two Acts 
of Parliament relating to the Estates of John 
Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Friendly Societies, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Act passed in the tenth year of 
Her present Majesty’s reign, for empowering the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to pur- 
chase Land for a Harbour of Refuge and Break- 
water in the Isle of Portland, and to make further 
Provisions for the Division and Application of the 
Purchase-money, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
the better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates 
and Highway Rates in respect of Small Tenements ; 
to which this House hath disagreed :—And then 
the Messenger witidrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Friendly 
Societies Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron 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 Port- 
land Harbour and Breakwater Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Seymour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. French presented a Bill to amend the Jrish 
Poor Law: 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. 


Petitions of J. E. Smith, a. m., and others ;—and, 
Authors or Editors of literary works published in 
the United Kingdom, Persons connected in other 
ways with English literature, or Persons generally 
using the Library of the British Museum ; complain- 
ing of defective arrangements in the Library of the 
British Museum, and of the want of an efficient 
catalogue; and praying for redress,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Paddington, praying the House to 
enact such laws as will leave every religious com- 
munity self-supported and self-governed ; to apply 
to the relief of the national burdens whatever public 
property is now devoted to Ecclesiastical purposes ; 
and to take immediate measures for the abolition of 
Von, 105. 


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663 


the Irish Church Establishment, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of a Provident Associa- friendly 
tion, called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Societies Bill. 
at Wakefield, praying that the Friendly Societies 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 Members of the Committee of the qratitax 
North of England Branch of the Canadian Land and Nova 
and Railway Association, praying the House to ana Rail- 
adopt measures for the construction of a Railway , 
from Halifax to Nova Scotia, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, Inspection of, 
praying that the Inspection of Coal Mines Bill may Coal Mines 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- ™ 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Honorary Secre- Nuisances 
taries of the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, —_ 
praying the House to pass in the present Session an yention Act 
amended Nuisances Removal and Diseases Preven- 
tion Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Post-office. 
Burntisland, and the vicinity thereof, praymg the 
House to rescind the Resolution for the abolition of 
Sunday labour in the Post-office, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Hayman, complaining of the Signatures to 
manner in which signatures are obtained to Peti- Petitions. 
tions, and more especially in reference to Petitions 
relative to the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill; and 
praying the House to adopt measures for restraining 
the practice, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Seymour presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Metropolitan 
mand,——-Copy of Seventh Report of the Commis- Improve- 
sioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into ™™** 
and consider the most effectual means of improving 
the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities 
of Communication within the same. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 15th day of July last, for Returns of all 
Iron Vessels, stating their Tonnage, Horse Power, 
the Guns they are pierced for, the Guns they were 
intended to carry, the Height intended by the Con- 
struction of the Midship Port when ready for Sea, 
and the Quantity of Coals they were to stow; and 
their Cost, including the Engines and Fittings :— 
Of Engines ordered for Iron Vessels ; distinguishing 
those appropriated and those not appropriated to 
such Vessels: —Of Iron Vessels sold, and for 
what :—And, Copies of Reports of the Experiments 
tried as to the effects of Shot on Iron, as practised 
from Her Majesty’s Ship ‘ Excellent.” 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Thomas 
Copies of all Correspondence in reference to the es Prior, 
conduct of Thomas Young Prior, Esquire (a Magis- “*?"** 
trate for the County of Galway), with his Excel- 
lency the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, or with the 
Lords Justices, in the month of July 1850; and 
also, a Copy of any Warrants issued by the said 
Thomas Young Prior, Esquire, in June last, for the 
Committal of Prisoners to the Bridewell of Cliffden, 
in the County of Galway. 


Tron Vessels. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crime ana 
Returns of the Names of the Baronies and Half- Outrage 
Baronies, with their respective Counties, in Zreland, (Heland.) 

4p4 which 








664. 


which have been proclaimed under the Crime and 
Outrage Act, with the Dates of the commencement 
and ending of such Proclamation :—Of the Num- 
ber and Expense of the Extra Police Force in each 
Townland of the Proclaimed Baronies :—Of the 
Number and Description of Arms taken or sur- 
rendered to the Police under the Act, in each Ba- 
rony :—Of the Number and Nature of Crimes 
committed in each of the Proclaimed Buaronies, 
from three months previous to the Proclamation up 
to the present Date :—And, of the Number of Li- 
censes to carry Arms granted and refused under the 
Act. 


14° Auguste. 


A. 1850. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Herne Bay 
the Herne Bay |mprovement Bill; That they had 1mprovement 
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. 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Com- pees (Courts 
mittee appointed to inquire into and report to the of Law and 
House on the Taxation of Suitors in the Courts of Equity, &amp;c.) 
| Law and Equity by the collection of Fees, and the Report.) 
| amount thereof, and the mode of collection and the No. 711 
appropriation of Fees in Courts of Law and Equity, ‘ 
and in all inferior Courts, and in the Courts of 





Waterford, Ordered, That inasmuch as several Original Re- 
br a turns, lodged in this House in 1846, regarding the | 
‘Dublin Rail. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, | 
way. under the Sessional Resolutions of 1846, are not | 


General and Special Sessions in England and Wales, 
and in the Ecclesiastical Courts and Courts of 
Admiralty, and as to the Salaries and Fees received 


forthcoming, pursuant to an Order of this House 
for their Production on behalf of the Shareholders 
(dated 22d March 1850), fresh Returns be forthwith 
made to this House by the Directors of said Com- 


pany, in terms of said Sessional Resolutions of 


1846, and containing the Information thereby re- 
quired, or a verified Copy of such Return. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the New 
Forest and Waltham Forest, which was presented 


New Forest 
and Waltham 


Forest. f 
No.707, “Po the 18th day of July last, be printed. 

Sugar Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

aaining. Copies of the Report made by Professors of Che- 


No. 708. mistry to the Board of Inland Revenue, together 
with Correspondence, and Representations by the 
Parties to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 
subject of Dr. John Scoffern’s Patent for Refining 
Sugar. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Néw Palace at Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Westminster. General Statement of the Expenditure incurred, and 
No.709. proposed to be incurred, in 5, of the Site, and 
in erecting and completing the New Palace at West- 
minster, together with all Extraneous Charges con- 
nected therewith, and also of the Monies expended 
up to the 31st day of March 1850. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


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, and who were empowered to 
report from time to time, and also to report the 
| Minutes of the Evidence taken before them; ‘That 
they had further considered the matter to them re- 
ferred ; and directed him to make a Report thereof 
ito 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. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Natal. 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence relating to the 
Settlement of Natal (in continuation of Papers 
presented 3d May 1849). 

Copy of Correspondence with the Governor of Cape of 
the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the state of Good Hope 
the Kafir Tribes on the Eastern Frontier of the 
Colony (in continuation of Papers presented 1849). 

Copy of the Reports made for the year 1849 to Colonies. 
the Secretary of State, having the Department of 
the Colonies, in continuation of the Reports an- 
nually made by the Governors of the British 
Colonies, with a view to exhibit generally the past 
and present state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Pos- 
sessions, transmitted with the Blue Books for the 


| year 1849—Part IT. 


Copy of further Correspondence on the subject Convict 
of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in con- Discipline and 
: : Transporta- 
tinuation of Papers presented 31st January 1850). ¢ion, 
Papers respecting recent Changes in the constitu- Jonian Islands. 





Table ; and be printed. 


Railway Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


tion of the Jonian Islands. 
Further Papers relative to Crown Lands in the Australian 





Companies. 


Return, showing the Amount of Income Tax paid 
No. 710. 


by Railway Companies in England, for the year 
ended the 5th day of April 1849 :—Similar Return 
for Scotland :—And, Return of the Passenger Tax 
paid by each Railway Company for the year ended 
the 31st day of December 1849 (for England and 
Scotland separately). 

Mr. Cornewall Lewis accordingly presented the 
said Returns. 

Ordered, That the said Returns 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 
House, a Return of all Sums granted, under the 


Education 
(Scotland.) 


Australian Colonies (in continuation of Papers pre- Colonies. 
sented August 1848). 

Further Papers relative to the Affairs of New New Zealand. 
Zealand (in continuation of Papers presented 31st 
January 1850). 

Mr. an also presented,—Return to an Address Roman Catho- 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of February, in (ia aon 
the last Session of Parliament, for Copies of all . 
Treaties and Acts or Ordinances of the Local Le- 
gislatures of Jndia and the Transmarine Posses- 
sions of the Crown, whereby or under which Pro- 
vision is made for the Ministers of the Roman 
Catholic Church in Jndia or such Possessions (so 
far as the same can be ascertained). 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Capital 
dated the 21st day of June, in the last Session of Punishment 





authority of the Committee of Privy Council for 
Educational Purposes, in each County in Scotland, | 
for each of the years 1847, 1848 and 1849, stating | 
the Names of the Places in which the Schools re- 
ceiving aid are situated, and the Religious Body | 
with which each School is connected ; and distin- 
guishing the Parochial Schools from other Schools 
connected with the Established Church. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Parliament, for a Return, showing how far Crimes, aw 
for which Capital Punishments have been abolished 

in this Country, are still capitally punishable in the 
Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain. 


Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Mauritius. 
dated the 28th day of July, in the last Session of 
Parliament, and the 26th day of July last, for 
Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the Governor 
of the Mauritius, respecting the Trade and Finances 
of the Island; and also of any Petitions or Memo- 
rials of the Inhabitants of that Island, and of the 
Mauritius 


Henry 
Melville. 


No, 718. 


Pirates’ 
Head Money. 


Cape Coast 
Castle. 


No, 754. 


Cotton. 


Emigration of 
Labourers 
from Sierra 
Leone, &amp;c. 


Potty Sessions 
(Ireland, ) 


665 


14 Vicrortiz. 14° Augusti. 


Mauritius Association of London, addressed to Her | the Number in Cases of Assault, Malicious In- 
Majesty or the Secretary of State, on the same sub- | juries to Property, Larcenies, Juvenile Offenders, 
jects; and also, Copies or Extracts of Despatches | Drunkenness, Trespass, Wages, and giving Pos- 
relating to the Trade and Finances of the Island, | session of Small Tenements :—Of the Number of 
addressed to Sir G. W. Anderson, c.B., and not yet | Informations taken in Summary Proceedings at 
laid before this House :——And, for Copies or Ex-| each Petty Sessions, in the same year:—Of the 
tracts of further Correspondence with the Governor | Number of Informations taken in Indictable Cases 
of Mauritius, respecting the Trade and Finances of | at the Suit of Private Parties, at each Petty Ses- 
that Island (in continuation of the Address dated | sions, in the same year :—Of the Number of War- 
28th July 1849). | rants issued in Summary Proceedings at each Petty 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | Sessions, in the same year :—Of the Number of 
14th day of June last, for Copy of the Petition of | Times when no Petty Sessions was held at each 
Henry Melville, of New Norfolk, Van Diemen’s| Place on the regular Court days, in the same year, 
Land, which Petition was presented to Her Ma-|in consequence of no Magistrates attending :— 
jesty by Lord John Russell in March 1841 ; with a| And, of the Number of Times when Petty Sessions 
Copy of the Instructions sent thereupon, by Com-| were held on regular Court days, in each Place, in 
mand of Her Majesty, to the Lieutenant-Governor the same year, when only one Magistrate attended. 
of Van Diemen’s Land; and also the Report, if| 


any, made by the Lieutenant-Governor in pursuance | 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Dispensaries 


of those Instructions; with Copies or Extracts of | Return from the Treasurer of each County and &amp;e. (Ireland) 


any Correspondence and Documents relating to | County of a City and Town in Jreland, stating the 
such Petition. | Number of Dispensaries, Fever Hospitals and In- 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the firmaries, for which County Presentments were 
26th day of July last, for Copy of the Correspon- | made in the years 1849 and 1850; the Sum pre- 
dence between the Secretary of State for the | sented for each, and the Sum subscribed for each ; 
Colonies and the Lords of the Admiralty respecting also, the Sum subscribed for Fever Hospitals at the 
the allowing Mr. Caldwell, a Volunteer in the !ate | Presenting Sessions preparatory to the Summer 
Military Operations against the Pirates in China, Assizes of 1845, and the Amount granted at that 
to be entitled to Head-money after the rank of | Assizes; and, a similar Return for the Amount of 
Lieutenant. | Subscriptions and County Grant at the Summer 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | Assizes of 1850 :—And, of the Number of Fever 
29th day of July last, for Copies or Extracts of | Hospitals that were supported by Poor Rate ; distin- 
Despatches or Letters addressed to the Secretary of | guishing those under the Temporary Fever Act, 


State for the Colonies, by the Governor or Acting- | and the Cost of each, in the year 1849. 


Governor of Cape Coast Castle, and received since | 
the 17th day of July 1849, relating to the case of | 


| 


Robert Erskine :—And, of the Correspondence he- | 
tween the Colonial Office and the Aborigines Pro- 
tection Society, on the same subject. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


tracts of any Communications addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies, relating to the supply 
of Cotton from any of the British Possessions. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returus relative to Henry 
Melville; and, Cape Coast Castle, 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 with the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the 
Emigration of Labourers from Sierra Leone and 
Saint Helena to the West Indies. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Name, Profession, Trade or Occu- 
jae and date of Appointment, of each Individual 

olding the Office of Clerk of Peity Sessions in 
Ireland, on the 1st day of August 1850:—Of the 
Places at which, and NNumber of Times in each 
month when Petty Sessions are appointed to be 
held in each County in Jreland :—Of the Amount 
of Fees received by each Clerk of Petty Sessions 
in Ireland, during the year ending the 1st day of 
August 1850; distinguishing the Amount derived 
from Informations, Summonses, Warrants, Convic- 
tions, Recognizances and Appeals respectively :— 
Of the Number of Cases prosecuted by the Con- 
stabulary at each Petty Sessions in the same year, 
distinguishing the Number of Convictions from 
the Number of Dismissals :—Of the Total Num- 
ber of Summonses entered for Hearing at each 
Petty Sessions in the same year:—Of the Number 
of Summary Convictions and Orders made at each 


Petty Sessions in the same year; distinguishing | 


Von, 105. 





Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 


the Kast 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 


age ; , Warrants or Instruments granting any Pension. 
8th day of this instant August, for Copies or Ex- | ra - n:- 


Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity :—And 
then he withdrew. 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
| Table. 


The Clerk laid upon -the Table the following 
Returns ; viz. 


last, for Returns of the Number of Private Bills 
introduced and brought from the House of Lords, 
and of Acts passed in 1850, classed according to the 
following subjects :—Railways, Roads and Bridges ; 
Waterworks; Ports, Piers, Harbours and Docks ; 
Canals and Navigations; Churches, Chapels and 
Burying Grounds; Paving, Lighting and [mprov- 
ing; 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 Com- 
mittee of Selection ; together with the Names of 
the Selected Members who served on each Com- 
mittee ; the first and also the last day of 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 the 
Preamble of which was reported to have been 
proved ; the Bills the Preamble of which was re- 
ported to have been not proved ; the Bills referred 
back to the Committee of Selection, as having be- 
come unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
proceeded with by the parties:—Of all the Railway 
Bills which, in the present Session, have been 
treated as Opposed Bills; specifying those Bills 
which have been classified in Groups by the Com- 
mittee of Selection; together with the Names of 
the Selected Members who served on each Com- 
4Qt mittee 5 








Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of July Private Bills, 


No. 712. 


Sittings of 
the House. 


No. 713. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


No, 714. 


Public Bills. 
No. 715. 


Acts of 
Yarliament. 


No. 716. 


Public 
Committees. 
No. 717. 


General Index 
totheJournals. 





666 


mittee; the first, and also the last day of 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 the 
Preamble of which was reported to have been 
proved ; the Bills the Preamble of which was re- 

orted to have been not proved; the Bills referred 
back to the Committee of Selection as having be- 
come unopposed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not 
— with by the parties :—Of all the Private 

ills, 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, together with the 
Names of the Members who served on each Com- 
mittee; the Number of days on which each Com- 
mittee sat ; and the Number of days on which each 
Member attended :—And, of all the Railway Bills, 
which, being unopposed, have been referred in the 
present Session to the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means; together with the Names of 
the Members who served on each Committee ; the 
Number of days on which each Committee sat ; and 
the Number of dayson which each Member attended. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant August, for. a Return of the Number of 
Days on which the House of Commons sat in the 
Session 1850, stating for each Day, the Date of the 
Month, and the Day of the Week, 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 (in continuation of Pariiamentary 
Paper, No. 615, of Session 1849), 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant August, for a Return of the Number of| 
Divisions of the House of Commons in the Session 
1850 ; stating the Subject of the Division, and the 
Number of Members in the Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included ; also, the Aggregate Number in 
the House on each Division; distinguishing the 
Divisions on Public Business from Private, and also 
the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 616, 
of Session 1849). 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant August, foran Alphabetical List of the Public 
Bills which have been introduced into the House 
of Commons during the Session 1850, stating by 
whom introduced, or which have been brought from 
the House of Lords; the Dates of their several 
Stages in this House, and distinguishing those 
which have since become Law (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 617, of Session 1849). 


14° Augusti. 





A. 1850. 





Mr. Cornewall Lewis presented, by Her Majesty’s Post- office 


Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ¢ 


appointed to investigate the Question of Sunday 
Labour in the Post-office. 


Sunday 
Labour.) 


Mr. Cornewall Lewis also presented,—Return_to General Board 
an Order, dated the 23d day of May last, for Re- of Health, 


turns, in detail, of the manner in which the Sum of 
£.8,000 for Inspection Expenses, stated in the Es- 
timates for General Board of Health, to the 31st 
day of March 1850, has been expended, showing 
what Sums, if any, have been repaid from Local 
Funds:—Of the manner in which the Sum of 
£.2,355. 11s. 11d. was expended during the year 
ending the 31st day of July 1849, for the Travelling 
and Personal Expenses of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy :—And, of the manner in which the Sum of 
£.10,140 was expended in the year euding the 31st 
day of March 1850, by the Poor Law Board, show- 
ing the Number of (nspectors employed, the Num- 
ber of Unions visited, and the Amount of Travelling 
and other Expenses of each. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of July 
last, for a Return, showing the Number and Dates 
of the Monthly Returns (if any) in each year from 
the 20th day of November 1844 to the 20th day of 
November 1849, transmitted to the National Debt 
Office by the Dartford Savings Bank, in which no 
Signature of a Manager, or other Officer, as required 
by the National Debt Office, is affixed, to certify to 
the true account of Weekly Receipts and Payments 
as made in his presence :—And, Copy of the Cor- 
respondence (if any) between the National Debt 
Office and the said Savings Bank, respecting the 
Non-compliance with the Regulations of the Na- 
tional Debt Office, and the due signing or trans- 
mission of any such Monthly Statements of Ac- 
counts during the same period. 


No. 755, 


vy Dartford 
Savings Bank. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of July Friendly 
last, for a Return showing the Amount of Annual Societics. 


Balances in the hands of the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, on account of 
Friendly Societies (exclusive of Balances due to the 
Trustees of Savings Banks), for each of the years 
commencing on the 20th day of November 1828, 
and ending on the 20th day of November 1849 ; 
also, the Amount of Stock and other Securities held 
by the said Commissioners at the same Dates re- 
spectively, on account of such Societies, distinguish- 
ing the Particulars, as well as the Total Amount 
and Value of the same Stock or other Securities. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to the General 
Board of Health, &amp;c., be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines, &amp;c., Wines, &amp;c. 


which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


No. 719. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Commis- Commissions 





Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this | sions of Inquiry, which was presented upon Mon- ahora 
instant August, fora Return of the Totai Number of'| day last, be printed. &gt;a 
Acts passed in each Session since the year 1800; Ordered, That the Return relative to British British Produce 


and Manufac- 


distinguishing the Number of Public, Private and 
. tures exported. 





Produce and Manufactures exported, which was 


Local and Personal Acts, and the Number relating | 
to Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, | 
and those relating to the United Kingdom. | 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 
instant August, for a Return of the Number of 
Public Committees appointed in the Session of 1850, | 
their Subjects, and the Names of Members ap-| 
pointed, and their Chairman ; the Number of Days | 
on which each Committee sat, and the Number of | 
Days on which each Member served on each Com- | 
mittee (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, | 
No. 340, of Session 1849). 

Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, 
neral Index to the J 
mons, Volume I., 1547. —-—Volume XVII., 1714, 
was upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the said General Index be printed. 


ournals of the House of Com- |} 


| 


presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


No. 721. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Drainage Drainage 


(Ireland), which were presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates’ 
Head Money, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be printed, 


(Ireland. ) 


No. 722. 


Pirates’ 
Head Money. 


No, 723. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal Royal College 


College of Surgeons, which was presented upo 
Monday last, be printed. 


n of Surgeons. 


No. 724. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Carrich-on- Carrick-on- 


That a Ge- S#annon Union, which was communicated from the 


Lords upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Inspectors of Schools on Queen’s Scholarships, 


which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 
dered, 


Shannon 
Union. 


No. 725. 


| Ordered, That the Copy of Letter to Her Majesty’s Education. 


No, 726. 








Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 927. 


Workhouses 
(Connaught. ) 


No. 727- 


Queen’s 
Printers 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 728. 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Queen’s 
Colleges 
(Ireland.) 


No.756. 


Poor Law 
Boundaries 
(Ireland. 


County 
Courts, 


14 Victrorriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Workhouses 
(Connaught), which was presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Queen’s 
Printers (Scotland), which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of the Second Report of the Regis- 
trar-General of Marriages in Jreland, under the 
Provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 81. 

Copy of the Report of the President of the 
Queen’s College, Galway, to the Lord Lieutenanf. 

Copy of the Report of the President of the 
Queen’s College, Belfast, to the Lord Lieutenant. 

Copy of the Report of the President of the 
Queen’s College, Cork, to the Lord Lieutenant. 

Copies of Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
Reports of the Commissioners for inquiring into 
the Number and Boundaries of Poor Law Unions 
and Electoral Divisions in Zreland. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of April 
last, for the following Returns from the County 
Courts established throughout England and Wales, 
under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 95, viz.—Returns 
of the Number of Days, and of the Number of 
Hours in each Day, on which every Judge of the 
said Courts sat in person for the Hearing of Causes, 
or for any other purpose connected with the Courts, 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849, both inclusive :—Of the Number and 
Names of all Deputy Judges who have been ap- 
pointed under the Provisions of the Statute, from 
the commencement of the Act down to the 31st day 
of December 1849; the Names of the Judges ap- 
pointing such Deputies; the Time during which 
such Deputies respectively acted under each Ap- 
pointment ; the Number of Days, and the Number 
of Hours in each Day, on which such Deputy Judges 
sat for the hearing of Causes, or for any other pur- 
pose connected with the Courts, from the 1st day 
of January to the 3ist day of December 1849, both 
inclusive ; and the Amount of Remuneration paid 
by the Judges to the Deputy Judges for their Ser- 
vices respectively :—Showing the Name of the Clerk 
of every County Court, and the Number of Courts, 
if more than one, for which he has been appointed, 
whether he resides within the District of the Court, 
or either of such Courts, and whether he performs 
his Duties in Person, or by Deputy or Assistant ; 
and if by Deputy or Assistant, the Name, Occupa- 
tion and Residence of such Deputy or Assistant, 


14° Auguste. 





and whether the latter performs his Duty in person ; 
what Portion of the Time of the Clerk or Deputy | 
or Assistant Clerk is daily and exclusively occupied | 
in the business of the Courts; the Gross Amount 
of Fees received by the Clerk between the 1st day 
of January and the 31st day of December 1849, 
both inclusive, and the Disbursements made there- 
out; and the Amount of Remuneration paid by 
each Clerk out of his Fees to his Deputy or Assist- 
ant for his Services: —And, showing the Name and 
Occupation of the High Bailiff of every County 
Court, and the Number of Courts, if more than one, 
for which he has been appointed ; whether he re- 
sides within the District of the Court or either of 
such Courts, and performs his Duties in Person or 
by Deputy ; and if by Deputy, the Name, Occupa- 
tion and Residence of such Deputy ; what Portion 
of the Time of the High Bailiff is exclusively occu- 
pied in the Business of the Courts; the Gross 
Amount of Fees received by the High Bailiff, be- 
tween the 1st day of January and the 31st day of 
December 1849, both inclusive, and the Disburse- 
ments made thereout for Deputies or Under Bailiffs, 





VoL. 105. 





667 


and other Expenses incident to the Office of High 
Bailiff. 


Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Turnpike. 
dated the 9th day of May last, for a Return showing roads, &amp;c. 


the Aggregate Number of Miles of Turnpike and 
Parish Roads in England and Wales travelled over 
by Mail Coaches during the week ending the 17th 
day of April 1850 :—Similar Return for Mail Carts: 
—Similar Return for Horse Posts :—Statement of 
the Estimated Amount of Toll which Mail Coaches, 
Mail Carts and Horse Posts would be liable to pay 
on each Turnpike Trust, if not exempted by the 
General Turnpike Acts: — And, Return of the 
Amount of Aid contributed by Parishes to Turnpike 
Trusts in England and Wales, in each year, from 
the 1st day of January 1837 to the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1848, 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Factories, 


10th day of June last, for Returns of the Number 
of Cotion, Woollen, Worsted, Flax and Silk Fac- 
tories subject to the Factories Acts in each County, 
and distinguishing each of these Five Descriptions 
of Factories :—1. Those for Spinning only ; 2. Those 
for Weaving only; 3. Those for Spinning and Weav- 
ing; 4. Factories not included in either of the 
above Descriptions; 5. The Number of Spindles 
employed in Spinning; 6. The Number of Power- 
looms :—The several Rooms and Premises oceupied 
by any one Firm situated within the same Outward 
Gate or Boundary to be deemed one Factory :— 
Of the Aggregate Amount available for each of the 
above Descriptions of Factories of Stearm-Power, 
expressed by Horses, and of Water-Power expressed 
in the same manner :—Of the Number of Children 
under Thirteen years of Age, Boys and Girls; dis- 
tinguishing, in Silk Throwing Mills, the Number of 
Children between Eleven and Thirteen years of Age, 
Boys and Girls :—-Of the Number of Male Young 
Persons between Thirteen and Eighteen years of 
Age, and of Females above Thirteen years of Age : 
—Of the Number of Males above Eighteen years of 
Age, including all Managers, Clerks, Overlookers, 
Engineers, Mechanics and all others employed in the 
Factory, except the Owners or Occupiers constitut- 
ing the Firm :—And, that the preceding Returns 
shall be followed by a general Summary thereof, 
embracing the whole of the United Kingdom. 


Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of June Metropolitan 
last, for a Return from the Clerk of the Finance Sewers (Sur- 
and rey and Kent 

_ Divisions.) 


Committee, from Documents in his possession, 
from Assistant Surveyor Lovick’s Account Book, 
of the Flushing Work done in the Surrey and 
Kent Divisions of Metropolitan Sewers, during the 
Thirty-one consecutive Weeks ending the 31st day 
of July 1849, of the Number of Yards lineal of 
Sewer flushed out, and to show the Cost per 
Mile for such flushing Operations, distinguish- 
ing those Sewers that cost in the said Thirty-one 
Weeks more than £.110 per Mile, those that cost 
more than £.100 per Mile, and so on; those above 
£.90, £.80, £.70, £.60, £.50, £.40, £.30 and £.20 
per Mile. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Cterks of the 
11th day of July last, for a Return of Expenses al- Peace. 


lowed to the Clerks of the Peace, in each County 
or Division of a County in England and Wales, 
during the years 1845, 1846, 1847 and 1848, for 
preparing, printing and publishing the Lists of Per- 
sons entitled to vote in the Election of Members 
of Parliament for Counties. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the yfunicipal 
15th day of July last, for a Return of the Number Electors. 


of Municipal Electors on the Burgess Roll of each 
Corporate City and Borough. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the pactories, 


26th day of July last, for a Return of the Number 
of Factories worked on the 15th of July 1850, by 
Male Persons above 18 years of age, after the 
Young Persons and Women who are employed in 
those Factories for Ten hours continuously (exclu- 

4Q2+ sive 





Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 


Poor Relief 
(Jreland. ) 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


668 
sive of Meal Times) have ceased to work for the 
Day, and in which Fagtories Children are employed 
as Assistants to the said Male Persons during such 
Extra Time of Work; together with the Number 
of Children so employed. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return, showing the Financial 
State of each District of Sewers within the present 
Jurisdiction ; the Amount of Rates that were un- 
collected ; the Amount of Balance in hand (if any), 
also Debts and Liabilities (if any) on each District 
at the time they were superseded by the Act 11 
and 12 Vic. c. 112, intituled “ The Metropolitan 
Sewers Act:”—And, Account of all Rates made 
since that Period; showing the Rental, the Amount 
of Rate, and at what Rate; also, the Amount re- 
ceived from Rates, Contributions, and other Sources, 
and how the same has been expended, under distinct 
and separate Heads of Works, Establishment, Con- 
tingent Expenses, &amp;c., up to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1849, stating the Titles of the several Acts 
of Parliament under which the Commissioners act. 

Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of July 
last, for Copies of the Return to an Order of a 
Special Court of Metropolitan Sewers held the 29th 
day of August 1849, which Order was, “ That the 
Secretary do forthwith prepare an Account in detail 
of all the Expenditure of and incident to the Flush- 
ing Works done since the opening of the Commis- 
sion of November 1847, and of all the Work done 
for such Expenditure, and under whose Direction, 
showing the Length of the Sewers cleansed, and, 
as nearly as may be, the Quantity, in Cubic Yards, 
of Soil removed by such Flushing from its original 
Place of Deposit to its Place of final Discharge 
from the Sewers, and do report thereon to the 
Court, with such Remarks as may enable the Court 
to found an Opinion as to the Penpatety of such 
Expenditure; and that every Officer and Servant 
do give, in writing under his hand, to the Secretary, 
all such Information as he may require, in writing, 
for the purpose of enabling him to make such Re- 
port; and, when required in writing by him, to 
furnish him with Vouchers to enable him to judge 
of the accuracy of such Information ; and that the 
Secretary do also report to the Court as to the com- 
pliance by such Officers and Servants with his Re- 
quisitions for such Information and Vouchers ; and 
that such Report be printed for the use of the Com- 
missioners ”:—And, of the Minute of the Special 
Court of Metropolitan Sewers, for the 29th day of 
August 1849. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Thirty- 
four General Orders issued by the Commissioners 
for administering the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor in Ireland. 

Ordered. That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and thatthe Papers relative to Queen’s Col- 
leges (Ireland) be printed. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman 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 Honse of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 


Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of | 


Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentivned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 





14° Augusti. 


| Court of Chancery in Ireland : 





A. 1850. 


An Act to enable Her Majesty to make a suitable Duke of 
Provision for his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- Cambridge's, 
bridge, and also for her Royal Highness the Princess $¢ Annuity 
Mary of Cambridge : ; 

An Act to enable Her Majesty to make Provision Marlborough 
for the Residence of His Royal Highness A/bert House Bill. 
Edward Prince of Wales, in Marlborough House, 
during the Joint Lives of Her Majesty and his 
Royal Highness : 

An Act to extend the Act for the more easy Re- County Court 
covery of Small Debts and Demands in England, Extension Bil, 
and to amend the same : 

An Act to alter and extend an Act passed in the Navy Pay Bill, 
eleventh year of King George the Fourth, for 
amending and consolidating the Laws relating to 
the Pay of the Royal Navy : 

An Act to provide for more effectually maintain- Borough 
ing, repairing, improving and re-building Bridges Bridges Bil 
in Cities and Boroughs: 

An Act for enabling Town Councils to establish paptic 
Public Libraries and Museums : Libraries and 

Museums Bill, 

An Act to shorten the Duration of Elections in pyections 
Ireland, and for establishing additional Places for (Ireland) Bil. 
taking the Poll thereat : 

An Act to amend the Laws which regulate the Parliamentary 
Qualification and Registration of Parliamentary Voters, &amp;c. 
Voters in Zreland, and to alter the Law for rating (Ieland) Bil. 
immediate Lessors of Premises to the Poor Rate 
in certain Boroughs : 

An Act to provide for the Redemption of an An- rquivalent 
nuity of ‘Ten thousand pounds, payable to the Equi- Company Bil 
valent Company: 

An Act empowering the Canterbury Association Canterbury 
to dispose of certain Lands in New Zealand : Settlement 

Lands Bill. 

An Act to amend the Laws for the Registration Registration 

of Assurances of Lands in Jreland: of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill 

An Act to reduce the Duty of Excise on Sugar Excise (Sugar 
manufactured in the United Kingdom, and to impose and Licenses) 
a Countervailing Duty on Sugar used in the brewing BH 
of Beer for Sale, and also to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Licenses granted to Brewers and Dis- 
tillers : 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons 
Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the In- (No 2) Bil 
closure Commissioners for England and Wales : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Proceedings Borough 
by Process of Attachment of Goods in the Borough, Courts of Re- 


and other Courts of Record in Jreland : pony (Ireland) 


An Act to provide for the Division of the Deanery Deanery of 
of Saint Burian into three Rectories, and for abo- poe 
lishing the Royal Peculiar of Saint Burian : wan 





j Maj tle Contagious 
twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 5 “olen 
‘intituled, An Act to prevent, until the First day yention Con- 
|of September One thousand eight hundred and tinuance Bill. 


| Fifty, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 


Disorders among Sheep, Cattle and other Animals : 


| ment, the spreading of Contagious or Infectious 
| 


An Act to regulate the Proceedings in the High om A 
nanc 
(Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to regulate the Receipt and Amount of Fees (Court 
Fees receivable by certain Officers in the Court of Soon) (ie 2) 


Common Pleas : Bill. 


An Act to enable the Council of the Borough of Manchester 
Manchester to determine their Liability to defray Bondins - 
the Expenses of Customs in respect of Goods ware- 
housed in the said Borough, and to authorize the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to direct 
the Discontinuance of the further warehousing of 
Goods in such Warehouses without Payment of 
Duty : 

An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in ——— 
Great Britain, and to make further Provisions re- ae (ile. 2.) 


specting Turnpike-roads in England : a Bill. 





An Act to continue an Act of the eleventh and Sheep andCat- . 





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ee eS SS he 





ar 


&gt; 
— 


ets 





Fisheries Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Ireland) 
Bill. 


General Board 


of Health 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) — 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


National 


14 Viceroriz. 


An Act to repeal Part ofan Act of the fifteenth 
year of King George the Third, for the Encourage- 
ment of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, 
Freland, and the British Dominions in Europe, and 
for securing the Return of the Fishermen, Sailors 
and others employed in the said Fisheries, to the 
Ports thereof, at the end of the Fishing Season : 

An Act to extend the Remedies for the Collection 
of Grand Jury Cess in Ireland : 


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of 
the General Board of Health, and for certain other 
Purposes in relation to the Public Health Act, 
1848 : 


An Act to explain an Act of the last Session, for 
amending an Act for the Regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the 
Borough of Dublin: 

An Act for the more effectual Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals in Scotland : 


An Act for the Erection on the Earthen Mound in 


Gallery (Edin- the City of Edinburgh, of Buildings for a National 


burgh) Bill. 


Mercantile 
Marine 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Registrar of 
Judgments 
Office (Lre- 
land) Bill. 
Enginés for 
taking Fish 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
Bill. 
Railways 


Abandonment 
Bill. 


Benefices in 

Plurality Bill. 

Small Tene- 

ments Rating 
ill. 


Inspection of 
Coal Mines 
Bill, 


Borough Gaols 
Bill, 


Police Super- 
annuation 
Fund Bill. 


Summary 
Jurisdiction 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Bill, 


London Bridge 
Approaches 
Fund Bill, 


crime and 
utrage Act 
(Ireland) 
Continuance 
(No, 2.) Bill, 


Customs Bill, 


Assizeg 


(leland) Bill, 


Gallery, and other Purposes connected therewith, 
and with the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scot- 
land : 

An Act for improving the Condition of Masters, 
Mates and Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in 
the Merchant Service : 

An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of 
Registrar of Judgments in Lreland : 


An Act to amend the Law relating to Engines 
used in the Rivers and on the Sea Coasts of Jreland, 
for the taking of Fish: 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners for England : 


An Act to facilitate the Abandonment of Rail- 
ways, and the Dissolution of Railway Companies in 
certain cases: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to the holding 
of Benefices in Plurality : 

An Act for the better assessing and collecting the 
Poor Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small 
Tenements : 

An Act for Inspection of Coal Mines in Great 
Britain: 


An Act to authorize Justices of any Borough, 
having a separate Gaol, to commit Assize Prisoners 
to such Gaol, and to extend the Jurisdiction of 
Borough Justices to all Offences and Matters arising 
within the Borough for which they act : 

An Act for Payment of a Moiety of certain Pe- 
nalties towards Police Superannuation Funds : 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relat- 
ing to certain Offences and other Matters, as to 
which Justices of the Peace exercise a Summary 
Jurisdiction in Ireland : 

An Act to continue Two Acts passed in the 
twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of Her 
Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain 
Poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales, 
upon the Common Fund, and to make certain 
Amendments in the Laws for the Relief of the 
Poor : 

An Act to authorize further Charges on the 
London Bridge Approaches Fund, for the Comple- 
tion of certain Improvements in the Metropolis : 


An Act to continue, for a Time to be limited, an 
Act of the eleventh year of Her present Majesty, 
for the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in 
certain Parts of Lreland: 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms: 

An Act to provide for holding the Assizes of cer- 


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669 


Assize Towns of the adjoining Counties at large, in 
certain cases; and to make Provision as to Gaols 
in case of the Change of Assize Towns : 

An Act to repeal certain Stamp Duties, and to Stamp Duties 
grant others in lieu thereof; and to amend the Laws (N° 2.) Bill. 
relating to the Stamp Duties: 

_ An Act to continue and amend the Acts for autho- ca 
rizing a Composition for Assessed Taxes : sition BIL 
An Act for facilitating the Union of Liberties with Union of 


page - ; ; ; Liberties with 
the Counties in which they are situate : Counties Bill. 


An Act to extend and amend the Acts relating to Copyright of 


‘ . E Designs Acts 
the Copyright of Designs : Amendment 


Bill. 

An Act for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting Bilston 
and otherwise improving the Township of Bilston, !mprovement, 
in the County. of Stafford, and for establishing . Welenene 
Local Board of Health in that Township, and also and Cemetery 
for better supplying with Water and Gas the said Bill. 
Township of Bilston, and for constructing Cemeteries 
there, and for purchasing, improving, maintaining 
and regulating the Market and Market-place therein, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the West Cornwall Railway West Cornwall 
Company to make a Deviation in, and a Branch Railway Bill. 
Railway from their authorized Line of Railway, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act for the Dissolution of the East of Fife rast of Fife 





fast: 


Railway Company, and for the Abandonment of the Railway Bill. 
Railway : 

An Act for amending and enlarging the Powers Westminster 
and Provisions of the Westminster Improvement Improvements 
Act, 1845, and The Westminster Improvement Act~' ° 
1847, to extend the Time for the compulsory Pur- 
chase of Lands, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to carry into effect Arrangements made Birkenhead 
between the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods Dock Trustees 
and the Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, to _ 
amend the Acts relating to the said Docks, and to 
extend the Time for Completion of Works, and for 
other Purposes : 

An Act for the Extension and better Regulation Glasgow 
and Management of the Markets and Slaughter- ae and 


‘ ° “ laughter- 
houses in the City of Glasgow : houses Bill. 


An Act for better constituting the District Church Bishop of Lon- 
of Saint Michael, Chester-square, in the County of don (Saint 


d 
c ; Michael’s 
Middlesez : Church, Ches- 


a 
state Bill. 
An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed mary-te-bone 
in the seventh year of the Reign of His Majesty and Finchley 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for a 
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 there- 
from, in the County of Middlesex,” for the purpose 
of paying off the Debt now due on the said Roads, 
and providing for the future Management thereof: 
An Act to enable the Liverpool, Crosby and South- Liverpool, 
port Railway Company to sell or lease their Rail- Crosby and 


‘ ; 7 ’ Southport 
way to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com- Sala 
pany : (Sale or Lease 


to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to River Lee 
the Navigation of the River Zee, in the Counties of Trust Bill. 
Hertford, Essex and Middlesex, and to enable the 
Trustees further to improve the Navigation, and to 
dispose of the surplus Water, and for other Purposes: 

An Act to give effect to certain Securities upon Wolverhamp- 
the Rates authorized to be levied under the Wolver- ton — 

, men 
hampton Improvement Act : Amendment 

An Act for incorporating “ The Class (A.) Share- gaint An- 
holders of the Saint Andrew’s and Quebec Railroad arew’s and 


Hk &gt; . . Quebec Rail- 
Company,” and conferring on them certain Powers : SU@r 


An Act for better improving the Borough of Bel- Belfast !m- 








tain Counties of Cities and Towns in Jreland in the 
VoL. 105. 


provement 
Bill. 


4Q3 An 





670 


Bishop of Lon- An Act for facilitating the Erection of a Church, 
‘ais Gor to be called “ Saint Gabriel's” in the District Pa- 


briel’s Church, rish of Saint Peter, Pimlico, in the County of Mid- 
Pimlico) Bill. dlesex, and for other Purposes : 


Oxford, Wor- An Act toamend the Acts relating to the Ozford, 


vat Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 
ton Railway and to confer additional Powers upon the same 
Bill. Company, and upon certain other Companies, and 
; for other Purposes : 
Hartlepool An Act to enable the Hartlepool West Harbour 
West Harbour Ms . i : 
and Docks 2nd Dock Company to alter and improve their Har- 
Bill. bour, and construct additional Works, and for 
amending an Act passed in the tenth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, called “ The Hartle- 
pool West Harbour and Dock Act, 1847 :” 
Westminster 


An Act to enable the Commissioners of West- 
minster Bridge to build a Temporary Bridge across 
the River Thames, from Bridge-street, in the City of 
Westminster, to the opposite Shore, in the County 
of Surrey: 

An Act for creating Powers of Sale in the Free- 
hold and Copyhold Estates comprised in the Mar- 
riage Settlement of William Bernard Harcourt, 
Deceased, with Elizabeth Georgiana Harriet, his 

Wife : 

Somerville’s An Act for carrying into effect a Contract for the 
or Mills’s (Bar- &gt; iin ° alee 
ford Rectory) Sale of Messuages and Lands situate in the Parish 
Estate Bill. of Barford, in the County of Warwick, belonging 
to the Rectory of the same Parish, and for vesting 
in Trustees certain Cottages and Lands situate in 
the Parish of Barford aforesaid, being Part of the 
Real Estate devised by the Will of Jane Mills, 
Widow, Deceased, upon Trust, to complete a Con- 
tract for the Sale thereof : 


An Act for establishing a School for Orphans of 
Freemen of the City of London ; 


Temporary 
Bridge Bill. 


Cavendish’s 
(or Harcourt’s) 
Estate Bill. 


London (City) 
School for 
Orphans of 
Freemen Bill. 


Earl of Cra- 
ven’s (or Sir 
John John- 
stone’s) 
Estate Bill. 


An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the 
late Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Baronet, deceased, 
to rant Building and Repairing Leases for Ninety- 
nine Years of the Estate devised by the said Will, 
situate in the Boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe 
Regis, and in the Parish of Radipole, in the County 
of Dorset, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of certain Estates, 
called the Chandos Estates, settled by a Deed dated 
the Third day of May One thousand eight hundred 
and Twenty-eight, on the Most noble Richard 
Plantagenet Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 
and his Issue, to lay out the Monies produced by 
Sales of Parts of the same Estates in the Purchase 
of the Family Estates of the said Duke of Buck- 
ingham and Chandos, called the Buckingham 
Estates, notwithstanding certain Family Charges 
thereon, either with an Indemnity against such 
Charges, to be approved by the Court of Chancery, 
or with a proportionate Deduction from the Pur- 
chase-money, to extend the Powers of re-investing 
a Part of the same Monies, and to authorize the 
granting of Building Leases of Parts of the first- 
mentioned Estate, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the 
Right honourable Henry Earl of Thanet, deceased, 
to raise Money upon the Security of his Estates, 
for the Repair and Improvement of the Buildings 
thereon : 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Will of 
William Mellish, Esquire, deceased, to invest a 
Portion of the Funds, subject to the Trusts of the 
Will of the said William Mellish, in the Purchase 
of the Family Estates in Jre/and of the Right ho- 
nourable Richard Earl of Glengall : 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of Estates in the 
County of York, devised by the Will of Sir Henry 
Maghul Mervin Vavasour, Baronet, deceased, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Right honourable Henry 
Earl of Effingham and others, to grant Building, 


Duke of Buck- 
ingham’s 


Estate Bill. 


Tufton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ear! of 
Glengall’s 
Estate Bill. 


Sir Henry M. 
Vavasour's 
Estate Bill. 


Earl of Effing- 
ham’s Estate 
Bill. 





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A. 1850. 


Mining and other Leases of certain Freehold Estates 
in the Townships of Rotherham and Kimberworth, 
in the County of York, devised by the Will of the 
Right honourable Richard, late Earl of Effingham, 


and for other Purposes : 


An Act for giving effect toa Compromise relating Viscount 
to the Estate of the Right honourable George Alan Midleton’s 
Viscount Midleton, deceased, and, with ‘a view /st#te Bill 
thereto, for vesting the Estates in England and Ire- 
land, late of the said Viscount Midleton, in Trustees, 
and for other Purposes: 

An Act to enlarge and consolidate the Provisions Bowes’ 
of Two Acts of Parliament relating to the Estates state Bill. 
of John Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Right Earl of Lin. 

honourable Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, com- ¢0lX’s Divorce 
monly called Earl of Lincoln, with the Honourable" 
Lady Susan Harriet Catherine Pelham Clinton, 
commcnly called Countess of Lincoln, his now Wife, 
and toenable him him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Georgina Hall’s Divorce 
Hall, with Henry Foley Hall, her now Husband, Bill. 
and to enable the said Georgina Hall to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blount : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The leah have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

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 hun- senda 
dred and Fifty, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Transfer Transfer of 
of Loans for the Improvement of Land in Jreland Improvement 


to other Land : and) a 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Stamp _ 
Duties on Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Duties 
Ireland, and to grant certain other Stamp Duties in (“reland) Bill 
lieu thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue the Act for Savings Banks 

ding the Law lating Savi in Act Continu- 
Ioclead ne Laws relating to Savings Banks in ance (Ireland) 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for confirming certain General Board 
further Provisional Orders of the General Board of of Health 
Health: (No. 3.) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enlarge and extend spitalfields 
the Powers of an Act of the ninth and tenth years andShorediteh 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to enable Sav Steet 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to 
— a New Street from Spitalfields to Shore- 
ditch : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to relieve the Chester Holyhead 
and Holyhead Railway Company from contributing Harbour B 
towards the Expense of the proposed New Harbour 
at Holyhead, and to take away the Powers of the 
said Company, in relation to such Harbour : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to vest in the Commis- Lough Corrib 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland certain Works Improvement 
and Rights of the Lough Corrib Improvement Seeteneation 
Company, and to compensate such Company for (Ireland) Bill. 
the same: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act securities 
to enable Mortgagees in Jreland, in respect of oon’ - 
Trust Funds, to purchase the Lands on which the i _ 
Monies are secured, to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will com- 
municate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House, in the present Session of Parliament, to 
consider and suggest Means of removing Obstacles 
and giving Fucilities to safe Investments for the 
Savings of the Middle and Working Classes ; to- 
gether with the Proceedings of the said Committee, 
the Minutes of the Evidence and the Index thereto: ‘ 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Savings of the 
Middle and 
Working 
Classes. 





Public 
Petitions. 


Sanitarium, 
Nilgherries. 


No. 729. 


Nova Scotia. 


Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Agricultural 
‘oduce 
(Ireland. ) 
Criminal 
Offenders 
(Ireland, ) 


General Board 


of Health, 


Schools of 
Design, 
No.730. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts 
(Ireland. ) 


14 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords 
a printed copy of the said Report, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and a printed 
Copy of the said Report was delivered to him, to 
be communicated to the Lords :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 15° die August ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. 


HE House met at half an hour after One of 
the clock, in the New House of Commons. 





PRAYERS. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public 
Petitions have leave to sit this day, during the sit- 
ting 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 21st 
day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
Copies of all Papers relative to the Formation of 
a Sanitarium on the Nilgherries for European 
Troops :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


The following Paper having been transmitted to 
the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz.—Copy of 
Journal and Proceedings of Her Majesty’s Legis- 
lative Council of the Province of Nova Scotia, 1850. 


Mr. Bouverie presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of Sixty-four General Orders issued 
by the Commissioners for administering the Laws 
for Relief of the Poor in Jreland. 

Copies of Returns of Agricultural Produce in 
freland, in the year 1849. 


Tables showing the Number of Criminal Offenders 
committed for Trial cr bailed for Appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County in Jreland in 
the year 1849, and the Result of the Proceedings. 

Copy of Report from the General Board of 
Health, on the late Outbreak of Asiatic Cholera. 

Mr. Bouverie also presented,-— Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her vy. dated the 6th day of this 
instant August, for Copies of all Reports on the 
State of the Head or Provincial Schools, made to 
the Board of Trade, since August 1849 :—Return 
of all the Appointments of Masters and otherwise, 
to the Head School and Provincial Schools, since 
August 1849 :—Copy of any Minutes of the Board 
of Trade, affecting the Management of the School, 
passed since August 1849 :—Returns of the Sub- 
scriptions and Donations to the Provincial Schools, 
in the year 1849, and the Amount of the Debts or 
Liabilities (if any) of each School :—And, of all 
Expenses incurred in the Inspection of the Provin- 
cial Schools, the Number of the Inspections made to 
each School, the Date when made, and the Period 
over which the Inspection at each School lasted (in 
continuation of the Report on the School of Design, 
made in 1849). 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 29th day 
of April last, for Returns of the Name of every 
Person holding Office in each Ecclesiastical Court 
in Ireland, and of the Style and Duties of such 
Office, and a Description of the Tenure of the same; 
and in case any Office therein shall be performed 
y Deputy, the Place of Residence of the Principal 
Holder, and the Nature of the Arrangement entered 
into with the Principal, by the Deputy performing 
the Duties of such Office :—Of the Scale of Fees 

VoL. 105. 





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6071 


demanded in respect of the Proving of Wills or of 
the Granting of Letters of Administration, whether 
in common or solemn form, or in any contested 
Suit relating thereto, distinguishing the Offices in 
the Court in respect of which same shall be de- 
manded, and the Amount of such Fees received in 
each of the Three years ending the 1st day of April 
1850, and of the Application of the same :—Of the 
Names of all contested Suits depending in the Court 
of Prerogative in Jreland, and in the Consistorial 
Court of Dublin, on the 20th day of April 1850, or 
at any time within one year previous to that Date, 
and of the Date of the First Proceeding taken in 
such Suits respectively, and of the Number of Court 
or Office Rules entered therein :—Of the Number 
of Proctors practising in each Ecclesiastical Court 
in Jreland, and of the Scale of Fees allowed on 
Taxation to such Proctors in relation to any Busi- 
ness transacted by them; and a Copy of any Order 
authorizing the Demanding or Allowance of such 
Fees :-——And, of the Number of Bills of Costs taxed 
in the Court of Prerogative and High Court of De- 
legates in Ireland, and in the Consistorial Court of 
Dublin, in each of the Three years ending the 20th 
day of April 1850, and the Names of the Causes 
respectively in which same were taxed ; and a Re- 
turn of the Amount demanded at foot of each Bill 
of Costs, and of the Amount disallowed by the 
Officer on such Taxation, and of the Name of the 

Officer taxing same. 


of May last, for Returns as to the Medical Charities 
in Ireland, County Hospitals or Infirmaries, Fever 
Hospitals, or any others supported wholly or in 
part from County Funds :— 























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Similar Returns for all Dispensaries :—Similar Re- 
turns for all Medical Establishments under the Poor 
Law, Union Workhouses inclusive :—And, similar 
Returns for any other Medical Charity, however 
supported, stating Amount of Grants and Bequests, 
Ke. 


for Sale and withdrawn for want of Purchasers, in 
the Court of Commissioners of Incumbered Es- 
tates in Jreland, in a tabular form, stating, 1. The 
Names of Owners; 2. The County or Counties; 3. 
The Denominations of Land; 4. Rental of same; 
5. The Price offered :—And, of the Number of Es- 
tates sold, stating the Rental, the Amount of Sale, 
the Date of Sale, the Date of Payment, the Date 
when Money was distributed to the Creditors, and 
what Interest the Money is bearing if not dis- 
tributed. 

Ordered, That the said Papersdo lie upon the Table; 
and that the Returns relative to Schools of Design; 
and, Incumbered Estates (Zreland), be printed. 


of Design, during the last twelve months. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 





Table ; and be printed. 
4Q4 Mr. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 8th day Medical 


Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of June Incumbered 


last, for Returns of the Number of Estates offered Estates 
-  (Ireland.) 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Schools of 
mand,— Reports and Documents exhibiting the Pesis- 
state and progress of the Head and Branch Schools Nv.731. 


Cottages 
(Maple-Dur- 
ham, &amp;c.) 


No. 732. 


Royal Parks. 
No, 733. 


Securities 
Cireland) Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Coroners’ 
Inquests. 


Emigration. 
No. 734. 





672 


Mr. Baines presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 6th day of this instant August, for Copy 
of so much of the Correspondence in the possession 
of the Poor Law Board as relates to the pulling 
down of Cottages in Maple Durham, Caversham, 
Newlands, and other Places in the Neighbourhood 
of Reading, referred to in the Report of G. A. 
Bechett, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Lord Seymour presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of this instant August, for a Re- 
turn of all Directions issued by the Treasury to the 
Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Works, &amp;c. 
since January 1832, relative to the repair of Lodges, 
Buildings, &amp;c. in the Royal Parks occupied by 
grace and favour of the Crown. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Securities (Jreland) Act Amendment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a secund time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, from the Clerks of the Peace of the seve- 
ral Counties in England and Wales, of the Number 
of Inquests (super visum corporis) held by each 
Coroner, including all Inquests held by the Deputy 
of any such Coroner, in each year during the Seven 
years ending the 31st day of December 1849, dis- 
tinguishing the County and its Divisions, where 
actually made as provided by Statute, or where di- 
vided by agreement of the Coroners themselves ; the 
Number of Inquests for each year to be stated sepa- 
rately ; also the Number of Miles for which Mileage 
was allowed on the holding of Inquests, and also 
the Number of Miles charged and allowed for 
journeys on going to hold Inquests that were not 
taken ; stating, also, the Number of such journeys ; 
stating, also, in separate columns, the Population 
of each County, and of each Coroner’s Division in 
each County, at the last Census; and the estimated 
Population in each County and Division in 1849: 
—Account of all Inquests held within thre Seven 

ears aforesaid (distinguishing the same by the 

‘ame of the deceased), the Fees for which have 
been disallowed; the Verdict of the Jury in each 
Case, and the specific grounds of such disallow- 
ance :—And, similar Returns from the Town Clerks 
of Cities and Boroughs having Coroners, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of all Persons of every de- 
nomination who were in the Service or Pay of Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners for Colonial Land and 
Emigration on the 1st day of July 1850, with the 
Amount of their Salaries, the Date of their Appoint- 
ment, and the Hours of attendance each day :—Of 
the Name and Tonnage of all Vessels or Ships char- 
tered by the Commissioners, the Owners’ Names, 
the Price paid or agreed to be paid for the Convey- 
ance and Victualling each Statute Adult, and the 
Number of Statute Adults taken by each Ship for 
the last Three years :—And, of all Monies received 
by the Commissioners under Acts or Votes of Par- 
liament, or from the Sale of Colonial Lands, or from 
any other source, for the purpose of Emigration, 
and how the same have ftom time to time been dis- 
bursed, for the last Three years, 





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A. 1850. 


Mr. Hawes accordingly presented the said Res 
turns. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie presented,—Return to an Order, Lunacy. 
dated the 10th day of this instant August, for Copy No. 735, 
of the Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners in 
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Members of Post-office. 
the Congregation of Rosemary-street, Belfast, pray- 
ing for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post 
office, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Burnham ;—and, Southampton ; 
praying the House to rescind the Resolution for 
the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-office, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Luke James Hansard, late Printer Railways. 
to the House of Commons, Southampton-street, 
Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
for the appointment of a Committee to consider 
the expediency of enabling the Government of the 
country, on behalf of the people, to superinduce 
and appoint a national joint stock capital to pur- 
chase all the main direct lines of Railway, to be 
placed under the management and control of the 
Government of the country, such Government to 
guarantee 51. per cent. per annum dividends, to 
all parties who should invest their money capital 
therein, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend F. H. Maberly, Vicar Poor of 
of Great Finborough, in the county of Suffolk, leland. 
praying the House to take into consideration the 
state of the Poor in Ireland, and to adopt theasures 
to stay the evictions taking place in that country, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of duly-qualified Medical Practition- 
ers and Union Medical Officers, praying for an 
alteration of the system of appointing Medical 
Officers to Poor Law Unions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
(Medical 
Officers. ) 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Medical 

to Medical Charities (Jreland), which were presented Charities 
é (Ireland.) 

upon the 7th day of June last, and this day, be 

: ; No. 758. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Honiton Honiton 
Union, which was presented upon the 29th day of U2! 
July last, be printed. No. 736. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Iron Vessels, Iron Vessels. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 737. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital Capital 


Punishment (Colonies) which was presented yester- Punishment 
day, be printed. ( No 738 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates Pirates’ 
Head Money, which was presented yesterday, be Head Money- 
printed. No. 739. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton, Cotton. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 740. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the J/au- Mauritius. 
ritius, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 741 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Friendly So- Friendly 
cieties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. ge 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative County 
to County Courts, which was presented yesterday, — 
be sidaek No. 749. 

Ordered, 














14 VicrorizZ. 


Turnpike- Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike- 

roads, &amp;c. roads, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
No.744. printed. 

Factories. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number of 


No.745. Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Flax and Silk Factories, 
subject to the provisions of the Factories Act, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Metropolitan ' 4 
Sewers (Sur- Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolitan 
rey and Kent Sewers (Surrey and Kent Divisions), which was 
Divisions. ) d rd b lated 
No. 746. Presented yesterday, be printed. 
Clerks of the Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
Peace. to Clerks of the Peace, which was presented yes- 
No. 747. _ terday, be printed. 
Municipal Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
Electors. to Municipal Electors, which was presented yester- 
No. 748, Gay, be printed. 
Factories. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
No. 749. Of Factories worked on the 15th July 1850 by Male 
Persons above Eighteen years of age, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 
Metropolitan Ordered, That the Return relative to the Finan- 
Sewers. cial State of each District of Metropolitan Sewers, 
No. 750. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Metropolitan Ordered, That the Return relative to the Expen- 
Bowers. diture for Metropolitan Sewers, which was presented 
No. 751 4 Pp 
oo" yesterday, be printed. 
year yaa Ordered, That the Return relative to Roman 
(India, &amp;e.) | Catholic Church (India, &amp;c.,) which was presented 
No. 752, yesterday, be printed. 
Helyhoad Lord Seymour presented, pursuant to the direc- 
ad, 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Twenty-seventh 
No. 753. Report of the Commissioners appointed under the 
Acts 4 Geo, 4, c. 74,7 and 8 Geo. 4, c. 35, 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 48,6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 35, and 3 and 4 
Vic. c. 104, for vesting in them certain Bridges, &amp;c., 
and for the Improvement of the Road from London 
to Holyhead, and from London to Liverpool. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Save Trade Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Class A., Copy of Correspon- 
dence with the British Commissioners at Sierra 
Leone, Havana, Cape o Good Hope, Jamaica, 
Loanda and Cape Verde Islands, and Reports from 
British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from British 
Naval Officers, relating to the Slave Trade, from 
1st April 1849 to 31st March 1850. 

Class B.—Copy of Correspondence with British 
Ministers and Agents in Foreign Countries, and 
with Foreign Ministers in England, relating to the 
SlaveTrade, from 1st April 1849 to31st March 1850, 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and 
the United States of America, relative to the Es- 
tablishment of a Commnication by Ship Canal 
between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, signed 
at Washington, 19th April 1850. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting the Affairs of 

ungary. 

Returns of the Trade of the various Ports of 
China, for the year 1849. 

Further Paper relating to the Suppression of 
Piracy off the Coast of Borneo. 

Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
2 last, for a Return of the Number of British 

ercantile Houses at each Port to which British 
Consuls or Vice-Consuls are appointed ; and the 
Number and Tonnage of British Ships that entered 
each of the Harbours or Ports within the limits of 
such Consul or Vice-Consul, in the year 1847 or 
1848 ; and also, during any previous year between 
1837 and 1840 :—And, similar Return of Americun, 
Russian and French Mercantile Ships. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


29th day of July last, for a Return of the Consuls- 
VoL. 105, 


Ship Canal 

Communica- 

tion between 

the Atlantic 

and Pacific 
Aus, 


Hungary. 
China, 
Borneo, 


Consuls, &amp;e. 


Consuls, 


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673 


General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls, distinguishing 
those who are paid in whole or in part by Fees, 
those who are permitted tu trade, those who dis- 
charge the Duties of Political Agent, with a 
Statement of the Emoluments of each, the Sources 
from which they are derived, and of the disposal of 
any Fees which do not form a part of those 
Emoluments. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee py pj: 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 12th, 14th and 15th = 
days of this instant August; and had directed him *¢P°) 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


by Mr. Pulman, Royal Assent 


AM from Her Majest 
essage from Her aake to Bills. 


Yeoman Usher of the Black R 
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 ; when Her Majesty was 
— to give the Royal Assent to the several 

ublic Bills following, viz. : 

An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund, and certain other Sums to the Service of the rriatica} Bill 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, and to! 
appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of 
Parliament. 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- Friendly _ 
lating to Friendly Societies. Bocieties Bill. 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the tenth Portland 
year of Her present gd Reign, for empower- a _ 
ing the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to pi 
purchase Land for a Harbour of Refuge and Break- 
water, in the Isle of Portland ; and to make further 
Provision for the Division and Application of the 
Purchase-money. 

An Act to enlarge and extend the Powers of an Spitalfields 
Act of the ninth and tenth years of Her present 4nd Store- 
Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to enable the Com- street Bill. 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to construct a 
new Street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch” : 

An Act to authorize the Transfer of Loans for — of 
the Improvement of Land in Jredand to other Land. ypPrevem™* 
(Ireland) Bill. 

An Act to repeal the Stamp Duties on Proceed- Law Fund 
inthe Courts of Law in Jrelund, and to grant cer- Duties 


i ies in li eland) Bill. 
tain other Stamp Duties in lieu thereof. pasa ) Bi 
An Act to continue the Act for amending the yey erg 
Laws relating to Savings Banks in Jre/and: Continuance 
Bil 


An Act to relieve the Chester and Holyhead oo ae 
Railway Company from contributing towards the ~“"’°™™ 
Expense of the proposed new Harbour at Holyhead, 
and to take away the Powers of the said Company 
in relation to such Harbour: 

An Act to vest in the Commissioners of Pub- Lough Corrib 
lic Works in Ireland certain Works and Rights of ; &lt; mona 
the Lough Corrib Improvement Company, and to Gamantien 
compensate such Company for the same : (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act for confirming certain further Provisional General Board 


Orders of the General Board of Health. on nate "ql 


After which Her Majesty was pleased to make a Her Majesty's 
most gracious Speech from the Throne to both Speech. 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I have the satisfaction of being able to release 
you from tne duties of a laborious Session. 

The assiduity and care with which you have ap- 
plied yourselves to the business which required your 
attention merit My cordial approbation. 

4R 


The 



















rar em ead 





674 


The Act for the better Government of My Aus- 
tralian Colonies will, I trust, improve the condition 
of those rising Communities. It will always be 
gratifying to Me to be able to extend the advan- 
tages of Representative Institutions, which form the 
glory and happiness of My People, to Colonies in- 
habited by men'who are capable of exercising with 
benefit to themselves the privileges of freedom. 

It has afforded Me great satisfaction to give My 
assent to the Act which you have passed for the 
Improvement of the Merchant Naval Service of this 
Country; it is, I trust, calculated to promote the 
welfare of every class connected with this essential 
branch of the national interest. 

The Act for the gradual discontinuance of Inter- 
ments within the limits of the Metropolis is in con- 
formity with those enlightened views which have 
for their object the improvement of the Public 
Health. I shall watch with interest the progress 
of measures relating to this important subject. 

I have given My cordial Assent to the Act for 
the Extension of the Elective Franchise in Jreland. 
I look to the most beneficial consequences from a 
measure which has been framed with a view to give 
to My People in Jreland a fair participation in the 
benefits of our Representative system. 

I have observed with the greatest interest and 
satisfaction the measures which have been adopted 
with a view to the improvement of the Administra- 
tion of Justice in various departments, and I con- 
fidently anticipate they will be productive of much 
public convenience and advantage. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The improvement of the Revenue, and the large 
reductions which have been made in various branches 
of Expenditure, have tended to give to our finan- 
cial condition stability and security. Iam happy 
to find that you have been enabled to relieve My 
Subjects from some of the burthens of Taxation, 
without impairing the sufficiency of our resources 
to meet the charges imposed upon them. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I am encouraged to hope that the Treaty between 


Germany and Denmark, which has been concluded | ~ 


at Berlin under My mediation, may lead at no dis- 
tant period to the restoration of Peace in the North 
of Europe. No endeavour shall be wanting on My 
part to secure the attainment of this great blessing. 

I continue to maintain the most friendly relations 
with Foreign Powers, and I trust that nothing may 
occur to disturb the general Peace. 

I have every reason to be thankful for the loyalty 
and attachment of My People; and, while I am 
studious to preserve and to improve our Institutions, 
I rely upon the goodness of Almighty God to favour 
my efforts, and to guide the destinies of this Nation. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, said ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is Her Majesty’s Royal Will and Pleasure, 
That this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the 
15th day of October next, to be then here holden ; 
and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till 
Tuesday the 15th day of October next. 


15° Augusti.—15° Octobris.—14° Novembris.—17° Decembris 1850. 




















Martis, 15° die Octobris ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


' I ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament | 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the prorogued, — 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly the House, with the Clerk As- 
sistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further pro- 
roguing of the Parliament until Thursday the 14th 
day of November next; and the Parliament was 
accordingly prorogued until Thursday the 14th day 
of November next. 








Jovis, 14° die Novembris ; 
Anno 14° Victoria Regine, 1850. i 
HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament” 


yy 


T Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 17th day of 
December next; and the Parliament was accord- 
ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 17th day of 
December next. 






















Martis, 17° die Decembris ; 
Anno 14° Victorie Regine, 1850. 


. House being met, pursuant to the last Parliamest 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the proroguel 
country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 


Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday the 4th day of 
February next; and the Parliament was accordingly 
prorogued until Tuesday the 4th day of February 
next. 











































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